Today, 26 January 2005

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    23 1 /■AeejlaCorp TODAY MICA (P) 103/07/2004 incorporating utrCfltS Wednesday January 26,2005 todayonline.com I /AbojaCorp TODAY MICA (P) 103/07/2004 incorporating tMTCiitS Wednesday January 26,2005 todayonline.com
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    7 die, 13 missing as Thai speed boat capsizes
    73 1 Rescue workers attaching a rope to a capsized speed boat (left), in which the body of a tourist is visible, in the Gulf of Thailand yesterday. The boat was travelling from Phangan Island to the resort island of Samui. At least
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    Sports council staff cleared
    522 1  -  Jose Raymond Probe of contract system finds no wrongdoing j ose@newstoday.com. sg THE Singapore Sports Council's probe of its system for awarding contracts to external parties has been completed with staff cleared of any corrupt acts. The three-month investigation involved the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB)
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    More to MPs' work than attending Parliament
    1062 1  -  Derrick A Paulo derrick@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS the second sitting of the second session of the 10th Parliament, after the President's Address. But a prior commitment meant that Nominated MP Eunice Olsen could not be there. Her no-show has drawn flak from readers in
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      26 1 NEWSJW/TEWS Sunny Goh Zhao: Political zero or national hero?/3 I say One size fits all, say food hawkers/24 For sale Bintan Lagoon Resort on the block/26
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  • hot news
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      Towards a city in a garden
      475 2  -  Derrick A Paulo House approves Bill to strengthen nature conservation efforts derrick@newstoday.com.sg IT has been some years since the National Parks Board came under the spotlight in Parliament Yesterday, though, the agency in charge of Singapore's natural capital got a boost in political capital
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    • PARLIAMENTroundup
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        Lock icon Cisco to be put under new Govt company
        144 2 Channel News Asia Cisco officers will no longer share the same insignia as Singapore Police Force officers and will also wear a different uniform, said Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng. In his update on Cisco's corporatisation, which was announced in June
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        Lock icon Bill on Limited Liability Partnerships passed
        140 2 Channel News Asia A Bill introducing a new business structure called Limited Liability Partnerships (LLP) was passed in Parliament yesterday. This structure gives businesses the option of becoming a limited liability entity with the flexibility of a partnership. An LLP will be a separate
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        Zhao: A political zero or national hero?
        821 3 Former China chief may be a non-entity in death, but he can't be denied his place in history DEPENDING on which account of Chinese history one wishes to document, China's former Premier Zhao Ziyang (picture), who died on Jan 17 at the age
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      Lock icon 'Blindfolded and abused'
      236 4 Agencies Iraqi security forces implicated in prisoner scandal LONDON Iraqi security forces systematically abuse Iraqi prisoners, a leading United States-based human rights group reported yesterday. According to Human Rights Watch, unlawful arrests, torture and the long-term isolated detention of detainees, includ- ing children, were "routine" for the
      — Agencies  -  236 words
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      Lock icon 3 accused of feeding man to lions
      265 4 Guardian News Service PHALABORWA A white South African farmer and two black employees have been accused of killing a black former employee by throwing him into a pen of five lions, which ate him. Mark Scott-Crossley, 37, Richard Mathebula, 41, and Simon Mathebula,
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      Lock icon NTUC calls for MediShield reform
      313 4 Channel News Asia THE National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) has called for increased payouts for claims and higher age limits for patients under the MediShield scheme, which is now under review by the Ministry of Health (MOH). NTUC feels that limiting the maximum age for
      — Channel News Asia  -  313 words
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      Woman in high-profile drug bust to be jailed 13 months
      303 4  -  Ansley Ng MARIANA Abdullah, one of 23 suspects nabbed in a high-profile drug bust last October, has been sentenced to 13 months in prison after she pleaded guilty to taking morphine and stealing $1,000 from an Australian chef. Three other
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      75 4 I SWEET DEALS FROM &&fr<^k I SINGAPORE AIRLINES. V^ Tjjg W Experience premium service at great value. For more sweet deals to 21 other destinations, contact your travel agent today or visit us at www.singaporeair.com.sg h A great way to fly rtj i) *Price shown is per person, for at
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      193 5 w With the M Card, it is a truly Happy New Year! Buy the $28 M Card and you get $8 bonus upon activation, while an $18 M Card entitles you to ass bonus, t jk JB Upon activating your M Card, an SMS will be sent to you on
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  • singapore news
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      S'pore's corporate leaders uninspiring
      546 6  -  Sheralyn Tay Study finds private sector leaders to be poor developers of talent, future leaders sheralyn@newstoday.com.sg MUCH has been made of how the Singapore Government plans its leadership succession well in advance but the same cannot be said of corporate and organisational leaders in the country.
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      Lock icon How CID helped identify tsunami victims
      252 6 Newsßadio 93.8 THE tsunami disaster was the first overseas mission for CID police officers specially trained in Disaster Victim Identification (DVI). A team of about 20 DVI officers, including three women, had flown to Phuket four days after the tragedy to help process hundreds
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      Singapore Poly gets a tune-up
      439 8  -  Sheralyn Tay Plugs into audio industry with new diploma course sheralyn@newstoday.com.sg SONGWRITING, musicianship, recording studio techniques and basic acoustics. These are just some of the modules in Singapore Polytechnic's (SP) new Diploma in Music and Audio Technology (DMAT), which will be launched in May. The
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      Lock icon Tsunami-aid contact centres close
      150 10 Newsßadio 93.8 THE contact centres for Singaporeans seeking help after the Dec-26 tsunami disaster closed yesterday as the centres had not received any new cases. One centre was in Singapore and a second in Phuket Anyone needing help or who can provide information can call the
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      Lock icon More CC open houses to boost participation
      432 10  -  Lee U-Wen Five key areas identified in PA direction for this year u-wen@newstoday.com.sg WITH more than 100 community clubs and centres all over Singapore, the People's Association (PA) has a tough task on its hands in attracting residents to visit its centres and
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      Pillow talk
      488 12  -  Tor Ching Li Your sleeping pose and personality are linked, says Dr Sleep chingli@newsto day, com. sg ARE you a hang-glider, sleeping beauty or open flower? Those are not cheesy pick-up lines, but the three main sleeping positions people adopt, according to sleep expert Dr Chris Idzikowski otherwise
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      Lock icon SLEEPING HABITS OF CORPORATE CHIEFS
      160 12 POSE: Hang Glider: Sleeping on one's front PERSONALITY: Brash, gregarious exterior but likely to be thin-skinned. Doesn't like I extreme environments WHEN SLEEP-DEPRIVED: Becomes demanding EXAMPLE: Elim Chew CEO, 77th Street I POSE: I Sleeping Beauty: I Sleeping on one's side I PERSONALITY: I Curled
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      71 8 r FIRES AND EMERGENCIES-i I r. Electrical tire destroys t entire factory You shouldn't be making the headlines this way. Never overload electrical outlets or circuits. Frayed or cracked cords should be replaced or repaired by licensed technicians. Good fire safety habits can save lives and property. tt Message brought
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      371 9 Mobile CableTV JTCsfcarHub T r Business Max Online 3000 is now Max Online 6500. Singapore's highest residential broadband speed! BT^^m B 1 v IB "Our best has just gotten better without us having to pay more!" Max Online 3000 has just become Max Online 6500! Delivering Singapore's highest residential broadband
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      120 12 Maximising Your Child Potential During Pregnancy F^ ff-^ Dr Woo Bit Hwa, Consultant Obstetrician Gynaecologist in private practice, p^| will explain medical conditions such as Down Syndrome and Thalassemia as well as how to give your child the best care during pregnancy. Date :29 January 2005, Saturday Time 3.00pm 4.30pm
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      386 13 Sending money You can't do it to Malaysia? any faster than this. 119 \J 311 Singapore] Malaysia Need to send money to your loved ones in Malaysia for their festive shopping? Or rushing to pay your partner to secure a business deal? You'll be glad to know that you can
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Indonesia to give monthly updates on tsunami funds
      307 14 Agencies Announcements are a bid to dispel concerns of corruption BANDAACEH-Ina bid to dispel concerns about official corruption in aid-relief operations, Indonesia will make monthly announcements on the amount of money it receives in foreign donations and where these funds will be
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      Lock icon Aviator gets 11 nominations
      306 14 Agencies BEVERLY HILLS The bigbudget biography of US billionaire Howard Hughes, The Aviator, dominated the 2005 Oscar nominations yesterday, with 11, including one for best picture. Martin Scorsese got the nod for best director, while Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett and Alan Alda were named for acting
      — Agencies  -  306 words
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      Lock icon 7 die as Thai boat capsizes
      224 16 DPA 4 foreigners among dead, 13 missing BANGKOK A speeding boat packed with tourists departing from Thailand's Phangan Island overturned and sank, drowning seven passengers and leaving 13 others missing, who are also believed to be dead. Of the seven passengers who drowned, four
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        China to re-measure height of Mt Everest
        65 16 China will send a scientific team to re-measure the height of Mount Everest, citing worries global warming may c causing the world's highest peak to shrink. The team will use radar and global positioning system equipment. Mt Everest's height is said to be
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        Woman trapped by foot massager
        67 16 A woman, 44, who tried out a foot massager in a Hong Kong shop had to be rescued by firefighters. The woman was 15 minutes into the trial when she realised her foot was stuck, the South China Morning Post reported. Staff spent 30 minutes
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      Lock icon Rwandan 'Schindler' raps the UN
      331 16  -  Asif Ansar asif@newstoday.com.sg HAILED as Rwanda's Oscar Schindler for saving more than a thousand men, women and children from being massacred during inter-ethnic violence, Mr Paul Rusesabagina believes the rest of the world could have prevented the genocide that killed at least 800,000 people in
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      Lock icon Two blows for Russia
      291 18 AFP Ukraine's anti-Moscow moves may widen rift with Putin KIEV Russia suffered a double blow with the new Ukraine government's latest political moves of picking an acting Prime Minister with anti-Russian sentiment and opting not to be part of Russia's economic project for former Soviet states.
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      Lock icon Alleged drug lord indicted
      210 18 -AP NEW YORK-A suspected drug kingpin was indicted on charges of masterminding one of the world's largest heroin trafficking operations from a South-east Asian outpost Wei Hsueh-kang and seven other fugitive defendants were named in an indictment unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn. All are alleged
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      Lock icon 300 pilgrims killed in India
      125 18 -AFP SATARA (India) More than 300 Hindu pilgrims were trampled to death and 200 injured yesterday in a stampede at the Mandhradevi temple in western India. Police said most of the dead were women and children who were trapped in a narrow access road. About
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon $131b more needed to fight wars in Iraq, Afghanistan
        74 18 AP The Bush administration is expected to request about US$BO billion 1 31.2 billion) more for this year's costs of fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, congressional aides said. The request would push the total provided so far for those wars
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        Oxford University seeks more foreign students
        62 18 Oxford University has announced a package of radical proposals to tackle "chronic under-funding" and to maintain its standing in the international "super league" of universities. British newspaper The Telegraph reported that the university proposed to cut the number of British undergraduates it admits and
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      Focus On The Family
      228 20  -  Dr James Dobson Tbnws byi PARENTS AS DETECTIVES Sometimes being a good parent requires the skills of a detective, decoding the messages behind your child's actions. The most successful parents are those who have the skill to get behind the eyes of the child, seeing what
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      Classification is not the answer
      405 20  -  JASON LEE BOON HONG Keeping risque material from kids is parents' job Letter from I REFER to your report, "Risque mags stir classification talk" (Jan 24). I can empathise with the feelings and concerns of parents and the more conservative segment of our population with
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    • Letter
      HDB is building new flats strictly on demand basis
      305 20  -  DESMOND WONG I Letter from Deputy Director (Marketing Planning) for Director (Estate Administration Property) Housing Development Board I REFER to the letters, "Suspend project till over-supply clears" (Jan 13) by Mr Lawrence Ng and "HDB can't force people to buy flats"
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      Let cinemas screen dialect films again
      323 22  -  JONATHAN KWOK DAOYANG| They are not responsible for deteriorating use of Mandarin I Letter from I REFER to the article, "Lost in translation" by Mervin Tay (Jan 20). It is high time the Media Development Authority (MDA) relaxed its policy on dialect films. The
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    • Letter
      Old is gold but we realise too late
      135 22  -  MICHAEL CHUA KHENG HWEE Letter from I AGREE with Murali Kumara Sharma's "Old is gold? Not in today's world" oan 24). Most working adults today are caught up in the daily hustle and bustle and rush to get work done. It takes
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    • Letter
      Shops were told not to obstruct
      126 22  -  KAREN CHAN I I Letter from Public Relations Manager, Sembawang Town Council WE THANK Mr Steven Ag Lee for his letter, "Plenty of fire hazards exist in HDB estates" (Jan 24), regarding shops which display their wares beyond closing time and cause obstruction. Sembawang
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    • Letter
      Why no help with new flight, AirAsia?
      225 23  -  CHENCEPHIN Letter from A FEW months ago, my family made plans to visit Jakarta over the Chinese New Year holiday to attend a wedding. We booked a flight to Jakarta on Thai Airways and domestic flights within Indonesia. Then, about a month ago,
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    • Letter
      Cut noise levels before starting any post-midnight train services
      190 24  -  JENNY NEO Letter from I REFER to the letter, "Post-midnight trains needed" by Nelson Quah (Jan 24). I agree with him on the benefits of extending the train services from midnight to sam. But before SMRT test-runs this programme, the transport
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      isay OH, THESE SUPER HAWKERS
      399 24  -  Andrew Wood YOU can't buy just one prata kosong at the stall below my block. It's a minimum of two pratas or nothing, full stop. No negotiation. It's no point arguing with the makcik at the stall. She sells only this supersized meal deal, take
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      626 23 DEPARTMENT OF REAL ESTATE lIV I IC SCHOOL OF DESIGN fo©££l I'wJ AND ENVIRONMENT YsM'/ National university \^^y of Singapore Application lor REAL ESTATE PROGRAMMES UmdteirgraiyQte 6L Oraduale courses ComiMndng In August 2005 The above modular course provides an avenue for |^P^^^J^P!*tf3r^^^j practitioners in the real estate and construction industries
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      176 24 r SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY Singapore Management University Announces The Master of Science Programs In ACCOUNTING ECONOMICS FINANCE To Be Offered In July 2005 Program Features Information Session The programs are designed to equip graduates with in-depth An information session about these programs, open to the public, knowledge in their selected
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      Bintan Lagoon Resort up for sale
      425 26  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla No reserve price set, but property may fetch about $80m shobha@newstoday.com.sg DEBT-BURDENED Bintan Lagoon Resort, whose shareholders include SembCorp Industries subsidiary Safe Enterprises, and Keppel Land, has put its main asset up for sale. The Singapore resort company which wholly-owns PT
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      Lock icon Law on share prospectuses eased
      145 26 Bloomberg PARLIAMENT has voted in favour of amending legislation to exempt publicly-traded companies from issuing prospectuses when they are selling shares to no more than 50 investors over 12 months. The change will help small and medium-sized companies raise funds more effectively, said Monetary Authority
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      Lock icon Excelpoint warns of Q4 loss
      70 26 Dow Jones ELECTRONIC components distributor Excelpoint Technology expects to report a loss for the fourth quarter ended Dec 2004 due to credit-tightening measures in China that led customers there to reduce inventory levels, it said in a regulatory filing with the Singapore Exchange yesterday. The
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    • Market WATCH
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        ST Index — 2,065.71 -8.53
        4 26 ST Index 2,065.71 -8.53
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        World markets
        61 26 Index Value Cl Pis jiange Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd 11,276.91 13,584.06 4,056.40 5,782.75 -12.58 +197.07 +8.80 +11.27 -0.11 +1.47 +0.22 +0.20 Korea Comp 915.10 -8.01 -0.87 KLCI 919.75 -3.58 -0.39 SET Index 702.14 +6.22 +0.89 Jakarta Comp 1,026.89 -3.82 -0.37 Phils Comp Shenzhen B
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        SGX most active
        61 26 fy volume JniFiber isiaPower Siina Sun Jeauty China 3lobalVoice ling Tel iTATSChP iipitaland MrstLink Mo-Treat Close 0.285 0.160 0.440 0.940 0.100 2.410 0.915 2.240 0.180 0.685 Change +0.030 -0.020 -0.025 -0.070 -0.010 -0.030 -0.010 +0.030 +0.005 -0.025 '000 +11.8 55,257 -11.1 32,599 -5.4 31,016 -6.9 22,103 -9.1
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        SGX top rises
        72 26 Bys DBSBk6%NCPSIO 108.400 +0.300 HSII3OOOeCWOSOS3O 1.710 +0.210 UOB 13.900 +0.200 CITYDEV 6.750 +0.100 OCBC4.SWPSIOO 102.100 +0.100 CITYDEVWO6OSIO 4.300 +0.080 SingamasC 2kHKS 4.600 +0.075 NOL 3.180 +0.060 NOLDBeCWOSOS3I 0.725 +0.060 SPC 4.000 +0.060 By percentage KepCorpePWososo2 0.060 +20.0 NeoCorp 0.035 +16.7 Gales 0.120 +14.3 HSII3OOOeCWOSOS3O 1.710 +14.0 Casa
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        SGX top falls
        71 26 Bys Creative 50 22.700 -0.900 JMH4OOUSS 15.700 -0.600 JSHSOOUSS 7.900 -0.300 STIETFIOO 20.650 -0.260 F&N 16.800 -0.200 ShangAsia 2kHK$ 10.400 -0.200 JurEng 2.300 -0.130 Jardine C&C 10.200 -0.100 OCBC 13.600 -0.100 SIA 11.400 -0.100 By percentage WeePoh 0.005 -50.0 Goldtron 0.015 -25.0 North 22 0.015 -25.0 Serial
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        Lock icon Singapore
        114 26 Dow Jones SHARES fell yesterday on profit taking, with sentiment undermined by weakness on Wall Street. The ST Index ended 8.53 points, or 0.4 per cent, lower at 2,065.71. On the broader market, decliners outpaced advancers 315 to 121, while traded volume amounted to 928.4 million shares worth $829.3
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        197 28 Dow Jones KEPPEL Telecommunications Transportation reported yesterday an 88-per-cent rise in full-year net profit due to a turnaround in its network engineering business and said it may form a real estate investment trust (Reit) to divest its warehouses. Reits have become
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        312 28 Dow Jones Says restructuring of jet fuel supplier driven by commercial principles CHINA Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp's (CAO) Beijing parent denied yesterday ever having agreed to assume its Singapore unit's liabilities from derivative trades. In a statement signed by company president Jia Changbin,
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        124 29  -  Chan Kwai Seng OVERSEA-CHINESE Banking Corp (OCBC) has appointed industry veteran and former Citibanker Hui Yew Ping to replace departing OCBC Securities head Leong Mun Wai. Mr Hui brings a wealth of experience to his new role at OCBC, having worked for more than 10
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        190 29 Bloomberg It joins LucioTan in electronics venture MAINBOARD-LISTED SembCorp Logistics will set up a joint venture in the Philippines with local tycoon Lucio Tan. The venture will target manufacturers of electronics for exports, which account for about two-thirds of the Philippines' overseas shipments. Mr Tan
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        142 29 -Dow Jones SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) is reviewing its fuel surcharge on air tickets as oil prices have eased from earlier highs, chief executive Chew Choon Seng said yesterday. "The matter is under review. The price of jet fuel went down
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        325 30 Bloomberg It has applied for up to four weekly flights VALUAIR will begin weekly flights to China in early March, becoming one of the first low-fare carriers to serve Asia's second-largest economy, chief executive Sim Kay Wee said. Valuair will use its fourth
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        138 30  -  Chan Kwai Seng MAYBANK has launched Singapore's first instant funds transfer service to Malaysia. Available at all 22 Maybank branches here, the Intercountry Link Instant Funds Transfer service costs no more than a normal telegraphic transfer and is not subject to agent
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        196 30  -  Jaime Koh HEALTH and beauty chain giant AS Watson is expanding into the perfumery business with its planned acquisition of France's largest perfumery and cosmetic retailer Marionnaud. Last week, the Hong Kong-based AS Watson announced a 534-million euro ($l.l billion) cash offer for the
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        738 32 Volatility of returns and disparity in performance among Asian bourses show it's better to diversify bets FUND managers continue to rate Asia as the most promising region in the world, but those investing here need to bear in mind that there are "two sides
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      424 36  - Tony Leung action hero? Mervin Tay Seoul Raiders star talks about his fighting chops mervin@newstoday.com.sg A LTHOUGH Hong -iA-Kong actor Tony Leung has a fair share of the action sequences in the movie Seoul Raiders, he is not ready to take on the title of "action star". Speaking over the
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        491 38  -  David Chew GERARD Butler has a crush on a Singaporean celebrity. The Scottish actor, who played the masked one in the movie version of the Phantom of the Opera, was introduced to former-MTV VJ and Fly Entertainment artiste Nadya Hutagalung at the Bangkok International Film
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        508 38  -  David Chew Film-maker's movie Perth headed for Rotterdam festival HE HAS won a Best Short Film Award at the Singapore International Film Festival (SIFF), has a distribution deal with Shaw Brothers, and is married to a Hollywood actress. But Singaporean filmmaker Djinn Ong, who lives
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        495 40  -  Yong Shu Chiang Leconte's latest film is in images, music shuchiang(gnewstoday.com.sg THE versatile French director Patrice Leconte pondered a question, then spoke at length in fluent French. Then he stopped, embarrassed. "I'm sorry, my English is so terrible," said the much-admired 57-year-old known for movies
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        141 40  -  Yong Shu Chiang THE roundly criticised new comic-adapted movie, Elektra with Jennifer Garner in a tight red leather outfit, was the most popular film in Singapore last week. A spin-off from the Daredevil movie that starred Garner's current beau, Ben Affleck, it has the Alias star reprising her
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      245 46  -  ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Agencies Blackburn 0 Bolton 1 LONDON Furious Blackburn Rovers boss Mark Hughes has launched an angry tirade on Bolton Wanderers striker El-Hadji Diouf, accusing him of diving and elbowing Andy Todd in the face. A late goal by the Senegalese international handed
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      639 46 Agencies Lomu ready to return after kidney operation LONDON Leading sports stars are usually told to adhere to conventional wisdom and avoid making a comeback. Mike Tyson, Bjorn Borg and George Best are just a few sporting legends who risked their reputations by making comebacks long after
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      637 47 AFP Woods, Els and Vijay dominate money list after three events PARIS Only three tournaments into the 2005 US PGA season and already modern golf's "big three" Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh and Ernie Els have proved just how far ahead of the rest
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      463 47 NBA Philadelphia 106 Miami 98 PHILADELPHIA On an impromptu appreciation night for Super Bowl finalists Philadelphia Eagles, Allen Iverson hoped some of that championship magic had rubbed off on the 76ers. "It was something you always want to be a part of,"
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      394 48 NEWCASTLE According to media reports, Craig Bellamy (above) has played his last game for Newcastle United. That scenario moved from being merely likely on Monday to inevitable yesterday after Bellamy said his manager, Graeme Souness, was "lying" about the reasons for the
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      579 48 -AFP Man United not ready to bow down to the Blues LEAGUE CUP SEMI-FINAL Man United v Chelsea MANCHESTER Contrary to what his critics might suggest, Sir Alex Ferguson has always been capable of accepting defeat with good grace. But admitting he is beaten is a
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      199 48 LONDON Liverpool legend Alan Hansen believes his former club must find new investment immediately, or risk becoming a footballing non-entity. The TV pundit thinks the Reds should accept tycoon Steve Morgan's money if they want to challenge the elite again. Talking to BBC
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      459 49 -AFP MELBOURNE Serena Williams angrily hit out at suggestions that the most famous sister act in tennis was in decline after romping into the Australian Open semi-finals yesterday. The former world No 1 produced her best performance of the tournament to blitz second seed
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      536 49 -AP Even a super-fit Agassi can't halt the Express TENNIS Australian Open MELBOURNE Andre Agassi was good. Roger Federer was much better. But then, he's always much better than his opponents. In a match-up worthy of a final, defending champion Federer was at his graceful
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      262 49 -AFP MELBOURNE David Nalbandian has stoked the temperature ahead of his Australian Open quarter-final showdown with Lleyton Hewitt today, saying his opponent's on-court behaviour was not good for the sport Nalbandian came through a late-night fourth round meeting with Argentine compatriot Guillermo Coria on Monday,
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      589 50  -  JASMINE ZHAO Perth-Sydney clash is Australian league's most important yet, says Wildcats chief Vlahov NBL BASKETBALL Perth Wildcats v Sydney Kings jasmine. zhao@newstoday. com. sg FOR many basketball fans, the Harvey Norman Singapore Spectacular match on Friday between the Perth Wildcats and the Sydney Kings
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      291 50 -AFP LONDON Arsenal defender Kolo Toure (left) has been charged by the English Football Association for an alleged elbow into Alan Shearer's back during the match against Newcastle United at Highbury on Sunday. The Ivory Coast international was charged with violent
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      616 51  -  TAN YO-HINN Local pro Lam blames three events for losing his confidence GOLF Caltex Singapore Masters yohinn@newstoday.com.sg THREE tournaments on last year's Asian Tour ruined Lam Chih Bing's (picture) year. Singapore's No 2 golfer endured one of his worst seasons since turning pro in
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      514 51 PHYSICALLY, Colin Montgomerie has never looked better. But the lean Scotsman admits that there is a mental problem. Whether it was the break up of his 14-year marriage last year or dropping to No 80 in the world rankings that caused the
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