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  • 29 1 TODAY /A=DIJ\CORP fresfsf share your free newspaper MICA(P) 314/10/2006 Wednesday November 22, 2006 todayonline.com TODAY /A=DiJ-\COFiP share your free newspaper Wednesday November 22, 2006 todayonline.com I MICA (P) 314/10/2006
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  • 668 1  -  DERRICK A PAULO London is stealing a march in the battle of financial centres derrick@media corp.com.sg CALL it the revenge of Enron. The United States has tied itself up in so much regulation after the flurry of corporate scandals there that companies no longer
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    • 816 2 A RESTLESS SOUL FREEZES THE STOPWATCH IT WAS inevitable that when this career, so precise, so graceful, was over, like always, its finish would be timed. Lan Thorpe's life has been lived, and measured, and evaluated by the clock, and so why should the end be any different? To the
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    • 72 2 WHAT I SEE ARE THREE THINGS Population growth, ageing societies and the fact that more and more of the economic power is concentrated in megacities with more than 10 million inhabitants. The one fundamental thing you need in growing economies is energy. In an ageing society, you need affordable health
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    • 544 3 How medical advances -and the spirit of giving -savedfive lives BALTIMORE In a deal borne out of love and desperation, doctors strung together an extraordinary chain of five simultaneous kidney transplants and stunned the medical world. They were not chasing records. The complicated swap in
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    • 212 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE growth of small states like Singapore and even oil-rich countries like the United Arab Emirates will depend on the world and regional balance of power, said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. Keeping a sensitive radar to monitor the world pulse
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    • 211 4 ITS rivals had touted reinvestment figures to the tune of $200 million a year and a topbilled chef to oversee up to 50 food outlets. Not to be outdone, Sentosa integrated resort (IR) hopeful Kerzner Capita Land rolled out its own numbers yesterday.
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      78 4 •Vivid lights projected onto Bideford, Scotts, Grange Road junctions Criss-cross pedestrian junction at Bideford junction from next month "Jellyfish-like" lights on the water Illuminated underpass walls Luminous signboards, 3D advertisements and animation to line streets Exteriors of key historical and cultur- al buildings to be lit up White
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    • 374 4  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@media corp.com.sg CROSSING the road in the city will soon be more than just getting from one side to the other. Colourful and moving lights and imagery will be projected onto three major junctions along Orchard Road as part of a major lighting plan by
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    • 460 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Fort Canning Tunnel to be opened in Jan weekeat@media corp.com.sg COME January, motorists driving from Marina Centre and the New Downtown to the Orchard Road area will find the journey a breeze. The new Fort Canning Tunnel will be open by then allowing
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    • 485 6  -  LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@media corp.com.sg THE fall from grace of former national water polo team captain and South-east Asia Games hero Matthew Tan (picture) could be complete today, with the court scheduled to sentence him for siphoning more than $60,000 from the Singapore
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    • 455 7  -  ANSLEYNG Company was not aware that the funds it received were tainted, says director ansley@mediacorp.com.sg THE head of the Singaporean firm enmeshed in a Nigerian email scam has denied that his company was involved in "tainted funds". Taking the stand yesterday, Hiro Bhojwani,
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    • 197 7 CHANNEL NEWSASIA BY THIS time next year, Singapore could be a platform where leading international religious authorities come together to seek and promote greater understanding of each other's faith. Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong personally discussed this possibility with the Secretary of State of the
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    • 334 7 -ASHRAFSAFDAR THEY came with violin and erhu, ballet tutu and art portfolio, to vie for a coveted place in Singapore's first pre-tertiary specialised arts school. On day one of the talent auditions yesterday, aspiring young dancers moved to hip-hop and Indian classical music, while
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    • 819 8  -  ROGER TAN Issuance of govt bonds may be a good way to finance expenditures and ensure transparent use, returns PRIME Minister Mr Lee Hsien Loong announced recently that the Government is planning to raise Singapore's GST to 7 per cent, in preparation for
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  • world news
    • 761 10 Attacks on anti-Syrians in Beirut claim 34-year-old son of ex-President Amin Gemayel IN THE CROSSHAIRS BEIRUT Lebanese Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel was assassinated in a northern Beirut suburb yesterday in the latest in a series of attacks on anti-Syrian politicians. The 34-year-old Maronite Christian and father of
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    • 474 12 —AFP Neighbours want a speedy settlement of border dispute and doubling of trade NEW DELHI India and China pledged after a landmark summit yesterday to work faster to end a bitter border dispute, the cause of a brief war in 1962,
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    • 287 14  -  NG HUN WEI hunwei@media corp.com.sg A REGIONAL conference to be held in Kuala Lumpur on Monday will explore and promote closer cooperation between businesses in Singapore and Malaysia, and how both sides can seize the opportunities in the region. Its organiser,
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    • 443 14 NYT NEWS SERVICES 'Shameful'sum spent leaves Clinton with little advantage for possible 2008 presidential bid WASHINGTON She had only token opposition, but United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton still spent more on her reelection upward of US$3O million ($46 million) than any other candidate
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    • 528 16 —AP She and her brother may face criminal charges for allegedly failing to pay taxes BANGKOK Thailand's anti-corruption agency is considering criminal charges against the wife and brother-in-law of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra for allegedly failing to pay almost US$l5 million ($23 million) in
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    • 221 16 —AFP BANGKOK Thailand has decided to adopt a dialect of Malay as a working language for government officials in insur-gency-torn provinces of the country's Muslim south, a spokesman said yesterday. "The government (has) approved the use of Malay as an additional working language
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    • 241 18  -  CINDY UT-TAN Dead neighbour got court summons Letter from I WAS surprised to see a "Summons to Accused Person" notice pasted on my neighbour's door. On closer look, it was a summons (Criminal Procedure Code Section 42, Cap. 68) to the accused to make an appearance before the
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    • 141 18  -  i ISHWAR MAHTANI Letter from I AGREE with Mr Leong Sze Hian's points ("Why raise postage rates when Sing Post is making a profit?", Nov 20). It is strange that Sing Post has decided to raise postage rates when their rates are
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    • 208 18  -  IGNATIUS LOURDESAMY Letter from Ag Deputy Director (Marketing Projects), for Director (Estate Administration Property) Housing Development Board I REFER to the letter, "Have more kids? It's a squash" (Nov 15) by Ms Sangeetha Bysheim. Housing Development Board (HDB) flats are
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    • 223 20  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY THE VALUE OF ADVERSITY The self-doubt that typically accompanies adolescence, if experienced in small doses, may not be all that bad. When we see our children struggling with the conflicts associated with the teen years, especially low self-esteem, it's tempting to wish
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    • 387 20  -  MICHAEL CHUAKHENGHWEE Younger part-time drivers show need for stricter licensing test standards Letter from I REFER to Michael Loh Yik Ming's letter "Cabbies with no street savvy" (Nov 20). His frustration with the poor sense of direction shown by taxi drivers is understandable. Many of the cabbies
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    • 191 20  -  SEAH LEONG KHAI Letter from WHEN raising the Goods and Services Tax (GST), there is at least one thing the Government should not do it should not impose GST on essential goods and services. Medicines and hospital/polyclinic charges should be exempt, along with food items
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    • 919 22  -  LEONG WEE KEAT TWO years ago, my grandfather did what many of us (including me then) would consider to be the "unthinkable". On April 15, 2004, my grandfather committed suicide jumping off the eighth storey of the block of flats he was living in. He was
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    • 233 24  -  ATHENA D'SOUZA Letter from I WAS touched by Anita Kapoor's commentary, "The Dinner of Our Discontent" (Nov 20). She shared a compassionate and unbiased view of that sad, dissociated family, without indulging in the formulas of the usurping daughter-in-law versus
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    • The care old folk deserve
      • 345 24  -  JO-ANNE LEE Letter from I APPLAUD the Government for the recent Senior Citizens' Awards, which now includes Working Senior of the Year. By the year 2030, it is estimated that about 20 per cent of the population will be above the age
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      • 253 24  -  SHARON ANG Letter from I READ with interest the letters "Going into (c)old storage" and "Giving the greying cloud a silver lining" (Nov 21). I wonder if we could not put together the best of both worlds: Extend social networks among the
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      • 27 26 ST Index 2,802.9 +31.5 M Ml W 2731.7 J* 2787.6 f,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1 I I I I I "83.4 3 10 11 12 3 4 5 m gm tcJSGX
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      • 44 26 DOW JONES SHARE prices ended higher, with the property sector leading gains. The ST Index rose 31.5 points, or 1.1 per cent, to 2,802.9. On the broad market, gainers outnumbered losers 380 to 227 while 1.33 billion shares worth $1.23 billion were traded.
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      • 55 26 Nikkei 225 *****.14 +8.20 +0.05 Hang Seng ASX *****.30 +53.67 5358.00 +35.60 +0.28 +0.67 Taiwan Wtd 7309.69 +48.21 +0.66 Korea Comp 1405.90 +3.69 +0.26 KLCI 1036.16 +2.64 +0.26 SET Index 724.64 -1.73 -0.24 Jakarta Comp 1681.34 -2.66 -0.16 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2825.41 -17.90 357.56 +0.10 -0.63 +0.03
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      • 26 26 Gold US$/oz 622.10 Silver US$/oz 12.74 Platinum US$/oz 1,234.30 Rubber cents/kg 249.00 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,779.00 Brent crude US$/barrel 59.46 Information provided by SGX, Bloomberg
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      • 36 26 us$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.6413 0.3376 75.677 4.9931 2.3406 0.5003 5861.0 23.467 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NT$ 31.944 0.8331 28.769 599.86 0.7347 5.0456 0.9568 21.078
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    • 349 26  -  LEECHINGWERN Trader in Singapore unit hid losses from naphtha positions chingwern@mediacorp.com.sg TWO years after China Aviation Oil (Singapore) shocked the corporate world here with its US$55O-million ($B5B-million) loss from trading oil derivatives, Mitsui Co's Singapore unit yesterday revealed that it had lost US$Bl million, or about $127
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    • 119 26 Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust will develop a distribution facility at Changi LogisPark expected to cost $32.5 million. The facility is expected to be completed by the beginning of 2008. Anchor tenant Zuellig Pharma has committed to rent 80 per cent of the space for 10 years. Republic Hotels
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    • 165 27 SINGAPORE'S domestic wholesale trade index rose 8.7 per cent in the three months ended Sept 30 from the corresponding period a year earlier, down from the 18.1-per-cent growth recorded in the second quarter, the Department of Statistics (DOS)
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    • 370 27 BLOOMBERG Speculation of ETF launch boosts demand PLATINUM for immediate delivery jumped to a record high yesterday on speculation that an exchange-traded fund (ETF) might be introduced, potentially boosting demand for the precious metal. Spot platinum rose as much as US$l56 ($244) an ounce, the biggest
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    • 746 28  -  WILLIAM PESEK -BLOOMBERG The yen hit a record low against the euro on Monday. Here's a commentary on the upside of a low yen... news@newstoday.com.sg FEW countries would find fault with investors looking their way. That is, unless it is Japan and
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    • 374 29 -MIRAKASHINATH MR WEE Cho Yaw, 77, the chairman and chief executive of United Overseas Bank (UOB), became the first recipient of the Credit Suisse Ernst Young Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition of his pioneering entrepreneurial spirit
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    • 383 29  -  MIRAKASHINATH Ernst Young crowns him top entrepreneur mira@mediacorp.com.sg MR DAVID Teo of Super Coffeemix Manufacturing fame walked away with the coveted Ernst Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award (EOT) this year, earning the honour to represent Singapore at the global EOY awards in Monaco
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    • 1540 32  - LET'S MOK&ROLL SHE WORKS HARD AND PARTIES HARDER IT'S ABOUT TIME SOMEONE ROLLED OUT THE RED CARPET FOR PATRICIA MOK Elisa Chia PATRICIA Mok has known she wanted to be a performer since age six. But she also knew she couldn't take the glamour route to show business since she
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    • 516 34  -  JUSTIN CHEONG IN LOS ANGELES Happy Feet star sings the praises of the film's message-in a really terrible voice justin@media corp.com.sg YOU know that parlour game "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon", in which movie-buffs try to tie everyone in entertainment back to the übiquitous star? Well, can
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    • 394 34  -  GRACE YAP SINGER Taufik Batisah is all about connecting with his fans. Which probably explains the fact that, as with anyone born and raised here, the season one Singapore Idol champ occasionally exhibits distinctly Singaporean behaviour. Speaking to
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    • 430 34  -  ASH RAF SAFDAR ashraf@mediacorp.com.sg HE'S an oasis in the fashion desert, a self-described natural designer who "transcends thought and words with clothes". Say hello to Santino Rice, the 31-year-old second runner-up in the sophomore season of Project Runway
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    • 278 35 —AP NEW YORK It was a sequel few had asked for or dared conceive a television and book project with 0 J Simpson describing how he would have killed his former wife and her friend, Ron Goldman. Any fascination with Simpson's shocking return to
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    • 168 35 —AGENCIES LOS ANGELES Former Seinfeld star Michael Richards (picture) shocked audience members at a Los Angeles comedy club with a tirade of racist abuse, video footage showed on Monday. Richards, best known for playing wacky neighbour Cosmo Kramer on the hit sitcom, uncorked
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    • 278 36  -  EUSACHIA Six of Top 12female SuperStarhopefuls to show stuff tonight elisa@newstoday.com.sg THE competition truly begins tonight when six of Project Superstar's Top 12 females take to the stage. Each of the six will pair up and sing before giving a solo performance at Bpm on MediaCorp TV
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    • 503 40 —AFP LONDON The Premier League will lobby for the use of video technology to resolve disputed goal-line decisions. Law-making body the International Football Board will consider the Premier League's proposal in January. Arsenal's Arsene Wenger is one of a number of managers who have long been advocates
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    • 226 40  -  ASHES —AFP Australia v England BRISBANE, Australia Shane Warne says Geraint Jones will be under enormous pressure with his suspect record as England's wicketkeeper for tomorrow's opening Ashes Test against Australia at the Gabba. The master Australian legspinner believes the expected selection of Jones ahead of
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    • 548 41 —AFP Rijkaard banking on same team that punished Mallorca against Bulgarians CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GRPA Levski Sofia v Barcelona Barca's task has been made easier as Levski striker Emil Angelov will miss the match because of a thigh injury. The 26-year-old, who scored twice in the four qualifying matches
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    • 581 42 —AGENCIES As Barcelona sweat, English champs say they'll be on the ball CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GRPA Werder Bremen v Chelsea BREMEN Chelsea seem to be in an ideal spot. Tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time), they can afford to field a second string side for their Champions
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    • 331 42  -  CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GRPC AGENCIES Liverpool v PSV Eindhoven ANFIELD Liverpool's frontline have been misfiring in the Premiership. Maybe their Champions League encounter against PSV Eindhoven tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) in Group C can help the Reds rediscover the art of scoring. Rafael Benitez'
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      709 43 —AP World unites as Aussie legend calls time on his career SYDNEY lan Thorpe was yesterday hailed as an Australian hero who helped elevate world swimming to celebrity status. Thorpe, 24, ended weeks of speculation about his future when he announced yesterday that he was giving up competitive
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    • 665 44  -  CUBBY LEONG Delic ready to add a world crown to his collection at historic fight at Suntec City WBF WELTERWEIGHT TITLE Eddie "Psycho" Delic v Dondon Sultan cubby@mediacorp.com.sg HE WAS given only three weeks to prepare for the biggest fight of his life. But Eddie
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    • 247 44  -  CUBBYLEONG CHRISTOPHER Hwang (picture), 14, bowled his first perfect game yesterday at the ongoing 37th AIA Singapore National Bowling Championships held at the Superbowl Safra Mount Faber. Christopher became the fourth Singapore Sports School student to chalked up a perfect game after Mark Wong, then 12, started
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    • 396 45  -  Jose Raymond Doha, Qatar Avramovic's men's Asiad hopes hanging by a thread ASIAN GAMES QUALIFIER, GRP B Iraq 2 Singapore 0 A SEVEN-MINUTE blitz by Iraq in the first half saw Singapore go down 2-0 last night in an Asian Games Group B qualifier at the
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    • 220 45 CUBBYLEONG SINGAPORE could be the headquarters for Australian athletes preparing for the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. Today, Australian Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA) CEO Perry Crosswhite along with general manager Diane Gallagher will visit the Toa Payoh multi-purpose hall and stadium, Singapore Sports School and
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    • 351 45  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@media corp.com.sg AT LAST year's SEA Games in the Philippines, Singapore's national golf team aided by detailed, self-made course guides won a silver (team) and bronze (men's individual) medal, their best showing since 1999. They will be using the tried-and-tested formula for
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