Today, 24 November 2006

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      The roadmap to the courts
      404 2  -  LEONG WEE KEAT SLA sues creators of streetdirectory.com weekeat@media corp.com.sg THE Singapore Land Authority (SLA) has filed a civil suit against Virtual Map the company behind streetdirectory.com for copyright infringement The copyright material in question: Singapore's map data and street information, which the SLA had
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      Lock icon For the fifth time, Chee chooses jail
      860 3  -  LOH CHEE KONG After launching 45-minute verbal attack in Court cheekong@media corp.com.sg FOR the fifth time in seven years, Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan has gone to jail. On each occasion the court had imposed a fine $5,000 in this
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      Lock icon A cockpit view, and it looks hazy
      844 4 —THE AUSTRALIAN THE PARING QANTAS TAKEOVER MOVE I MATTHEW STEVENS THERE will be a lot of spectacular knuckle grinding over the next couple of weeks over private equity's attempt to poach the Flying Kangaroo. But there shouldn't be. As long as Team Macquarie
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      141 3 that sits with you BILLY storage combination $218 Wl2OxD2B, H2o2cm. $19 H FLARKE TV bench Birch effect. W^ W63xD44, H4ocm. furniture and functional home accessories for every part of your home, you'll enjoy prices that will always let you rest easy. So don't stand on ceremony, enjoy on the same
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      147 4 Korea's Corolla-beater I "Hyundai means business..." "It may not (yet) have the cachet of established brands like Toyota, but its careful blend of features from design to packaging and dynamics makes the Avante a car you can't ignore when shopping in this market segment." Lee Nian Tjoe, The Straits Times,
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      Mitsui man hid it like Leeson
      577 6  -  LEECHINGWERN Industry insiders stunned that Japanese trader could rack up $125 million in losses chingwern@media corp.com.sg THE energy trader at Mitsui Oil Asia (MOAS) who concealed losses of US$Bl million ($125 million) dollars had hid his secret very well over the months, said traders
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      Five injured as taxi rams into coffeeshop
      155 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG IN A bizarre accident along Serangoon Road yesterday evening, a Yellow-Top taxi crashed into a coffeeshop, injuring two helpers and a customer. The taxi driver and his female passenger suffered wounds to their neck and abdomen respectively. Of the other three men
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      Lock icon MM: Engage Arabs to seize opportunities
      326 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE must seize opportunities in the Middle East within the next five to seven years, said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. Wrapping up his official visit to Kuwait and Abu Dhabi, he said that although the Republic may lack the human resources
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      Lock icon Topping the flu test
      671 8  -  LOHCHEEKONG Stamford Primary students overcame disease outbreak to score in PSLE cheekong@media corp. com. sg NOT even gastric flu could stop three pupils from topping Stamford Primary's honour roll for this year's Primary School Leaving Examinations (PSLE) results. But the virus outbreak last month saw the
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        Lock icon EIGHT SYNDICATE MEMBERS ARRESTED IN RAIDS
        102 8 938UVE Eight men, believed to be members of an unlicensed moneylending syndicate, were arrested in island-wide raids on Wednesday evening. The men, aged between 23 and 35 years old, were arrested at several locations including Geylang, Sims Drive and Jurong West. Police also seized
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        Lock icon WORK ON NEW ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL SET TO BEGIN
        115 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Groundbreaking work for the new Alexandra Hospital in Yishun start next Tuesday and the Working Committee hopes to get the new hospital up and running by 2010. And the committee, led by Member of Parliament Dr Lim Wee Kiak, has
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      Lock icon The Quays to a vibrant S'pore
      364 10  -  TORCHING LI STB to announce blueprint to develop Singapore River area into a 24-hour hotspot chingli@media corp. com. sg THE Singapore Tourism Board (STB) will soon reveal plans for a vibrant Singapore Riverfront that never sleeps. A tender for qualified surveyors to study the
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      Lock icon Go 'green' at work
      136 10 938 LIVE IT DOESN'T take much effort, time or money to make an office more environmentally friendly, says Mr P H Tan, real estate operations director for Hitachi, which has won the Singapore Environment Council's Green Office Label for its commitment to preserving the environment Said
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      87 12 001 BOON KEONG THE WELCOME WAGON: A cheerful hued caravan now trawls around Singapore for a limited period to help visitors such as Raymond and Jane Gambles from England on Orchard Road get their bearings. Furnished with tables, chairs, and a treasure trove of tourist information brochures, the vintage 1970s
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      Don't panic, say docs
      794 12  -  SHERALYN TAY Recent sudden heart deaths no more than usual, statistics-wise sheralyn@media corp. com. sg AND now there are five. The latest victim of a sudden cardiac arrest is a 35-year-old Singaporean man who was working in Xiamen, China. On Saturday, the 35-year-old director working in
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      702 9 Savour up to ZAj /0 OTT our festive dining treats! DBS. All you need to be Santa. Raffles The Plaza, Singapore Singapore Marriott Hotel The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore hk. PH Prefer 59?3 Cktfshy^s dtedL Cktishy^<s Gifr frwp>P& Hm .10% off total F&B bill 15% off all Christmas cakes 10% off
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      35 13 Receive an exclusive Christmas gift a $20 preloaded _|J» Style Society card with every $100 nett spent at any U2 store* If from 1 Nov to 24 Dec 2006. Whilst stocks last. W J if
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      Lock icon S'porean attacked by cop in Indonesia
      152 14 CHANNEL NEWSASIA JAKARTA A police officer in Indonesia has been caught on tape attacking a hotel manager with a gun. According to Metro TV, the Singaporean manager, who is currently in hospital, is claiming police brutality. There is apparently Closed Circuit TV (CCTV) footage
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      Suspect gets bail
      518 14 Those accused of abetting murder are usually detained KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian political analyst charged in connection with the murder of a Mongolian model was released on bail yesterday after pleading not guilty to the grisly crime. Abdul Razak Baginda, 46, who is said to be a
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      Lock icon Indefinite curfew after Baghdad blasts
      522 15 AGENCIES Car bombs kill 143, deputy minister trapped in attack on Health Ministry BAGHDAD The Iraqi government has announced an indefinite curfew in Baghdad, effective from 8 last night, after the a series of car bomb attacks killed at least 143 people in the Shia
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      Lock icon rhaksin serenades wife on her 52nd birthday
      171 15 —AFP HONG KONG Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Wednesday ©spent a romantic evening with #his wife, celebrating her 52nd birthday in a famous local restaurant in Hong Kong. At the restaurant, Happy Valley, Mr Thaksin requested the eatery's guitarist and singer
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        Lock icon SARS ORIGINATED FROM CIVET CATS, SCIENTISTS FIND PROOF
        70 16 —AFP Chinese scientists have found proof that the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) virus originated from civet cats, state press reported yesterday. The research is the first to provide a genetic basis for how the pneumonia-like virus spread, the China Daily said.
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        Lock icon TAIWAN MPS TO VOTE ON RECALL MOTION TO OUST CHEN
        76 16 —AFP Taiwan's 218-member parliament will vote today on a third recall motion aimed at ousting President Chen Shui-bian over alleged corruption. If passed, a national referendum will be held in three months to determine Mr Chen's future. The two previous
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        Lock icon INTERPOL CONCERNED ABOUT N KOREAN COUNTERFEITING
        70 16 —AFP Interpol chief Robert Noble yesterday said North Korea's counterfeiting of United States dollars especially the top quality US$lOO is a major concern for the international police organisation. It had urged manufacturers of currencymaking equipment not to ship prod ucts to North Korea, he
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      Lock icon Bird flu stalks S Korea again?
      507 16 —AFP —AGENCIES Officials on high alert after 6,000 chickens die on farm SEOUL South Korea yesterday reported a suspected bird flu outbreak after 6,000 chickens on a poultry farm died over three days. If confirmed, it will be the first outbreak since the country
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      DOTCOM DOUGH
      82 18 Business investment in the Internet is rising again, with over US$25 billion ($39 billion) being invested each year in new companies. Among the big-dollar dotcom transactions to have made the headlines recently: You Tube, video-sharing website bought by Google for USsl.6s billion last month. Skype, Internet telephone group
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      Lock icon Net bubble is rising again
      430 18 —AFP And it's not one likely to burst, say analysts NEW YORK Frenzied acquisitions of young Internet firms at sky-high prices, investors ploughing millions into new Internet start-ups: Internet companies are red-hot again, but this time it's more solid than the tech bubble of 2000,
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      Lock icon A whole host of agreements with Pakistan await President Hu as he arrives for visit
      384 20 BLOOMBERG ISLAMABAD Chinese President Hu Jintao will seek to reinforce ties with Pakistan when he arrives on a four-day visit to the country today, after having agreed to improve trade and political relations with India.
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      Lock icon China honours Indian angel
      394 20 —AP Doctor saved the lives of thousands of Chinese soldiers during war in 1938 MUMBAI The exploits of one war doctor from India who saved the lives of thousands of Chinese soldiers in the battle zone have been largely forgotten in his own country but not
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      Lock icon China, the world's newest R&D hub
      819 22  -  NG HUN WEI Foreign investment is pouring in but not everyone wins PUDONG (China) The world's most populous country looks set to cause some shakeups as it vies to grab a big slice of the world's Research and Development (R&D) pie. Eager to tap
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      Lock icon Indonesia, M'sia step up non-combat cooperation
      208 24 —AFP JAKARTA The armed forces of Indonesia and Malaysia yesterday agreed to step up cooperation in anti-terrorism, disaster management and humanitarian operations from next year, a report said. "The focus of our cooperation which so far has been in military operations, is shifted into
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      Lock icon Terror plague is spreading: Singh
      334 24 —AFP Militants target areas outside Kashmir now, says Indian PM NEW DELHI India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said yesterday that terrorist attacks in the country had spread beyond Kashmir, which is in the grip of a 17-year-old Islamic separatist insurgency. "Attempts to take this threat
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      Lock icon UN to help in assassination probe
      483 26 -AGENCIES I Thousands show support at funeral of Lebanese minister UNITED NATIONS Lebanon's request for assistance in the investigation of Tuesday's assassination of an anti-Syria Cabinet minister has met with swift approval from the United Nations Security Council. Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel, 34, was
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      Lock icon Britain to hand Basra back to Iraqis
      218 26 AGENCIES LONDON The clearest government timetable yet for Britain's withdrawal from Iraq was set out on Wednesday when Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said she was confident Britain could hand control of the south of the country to Iraqi forces early next year. It
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        Lock icon THAI-MALAYSIA TIES WONT BE AFFECTED AFTER PM'S REMARKS
        68 27 AP Thailand's Interior Minister Aree Wongaraya yesterday expressed confidence that ties between his country and Malaysia would not be affected following remarks by Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont that some Thai restaurants in Malaysia were supporting insurgents in the Thai south, reported The
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        Lock icon OVER $26 MILLION IN BRITISH TSUNAMI AID UNACCOUNTED FOR
        121 27 —AFP More than £9 million ($26 million) of British government aid for victims of the Asian tsunami may not yet have been spent, a parliamentary committee said yesterday. The British government committed £75 million in humanitarian assistance following the Dec 26,
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      Lock icon Vatican to allow use of condoms ?
      539 27 Vatican to allow use of condoms -THE GUARDIAN Roman Catholic church to review total ban on use of contraception in bid to curb the spread of Aids ROME The Roman Catholic church has taken the first step towards what could be a historic shift away from its total ban on
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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      268 16 Come join us for our 10 th Anniversary celebration tomorrow! Enjoy a full "hands on, minds on" experience at the Spore Discovery Centre with your friends and family. With a host of highly interactive activities and games lined up, you'll be guaranteed a fun-filled day! Starting from 25 th Nov,
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      369 17 r-rl r— W |jT> Detects as many as I IfJKWji for spectacular pictures. High speed, high precision Multiple Face Detection Technology. Introducing the Digital IXUS 850 IS from Canon, a camera so intelligent it detects as many as 9 faces instantly and sets the correct focus and exposure for your
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      659 19 Chat face-to-face and heart-to-heart I for FREE even when calling overseas ffl I Put on your best smile and prepare to get up-close with your friends and loved pjg i ones. That's because all Sing Tel Mobile customers will enjoy $30 worth of local re^n and international outgoing video calls
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      679 21 J Incredible bundles with j mS^ m Samsung MP3 Players FREE ACCESSORIES WITH EVERY PURCHASE OF SAMSUNG MP3 PLAYERS YP-K5 IJIPv YP-T9B Jm^ YP-ZSF Jl^L Built-in slide-out speakers Bluetooth enabled u| WJ *Upto 44 hours playback* ll| OLED Full Color Display MPEG4 Video Photo/ Audio FM Radio •FM Radio, Alarm
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      415 22 I^SBQ' S^-^^mßr ***** \CHARGE &LREDEEM Redeem fabulous deals this Christmas when you charge to your Maybank Card 18 November to 31 December 2006 or use your CreditAble! gf lUvf Eg fl&jftfM Weekend brunch buffet for 2 at Club Chinois f' *i\\'i For every charge of: 553,000 IS Cathay Pacific m
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      158 23 SAN RIO DISNEY L WALLPAPERS ■k 1 lm'>m animations LI THEMES 9tf ,JL| «s p^B pp. H n Send a gift for FREE, all through the 12 days of Christmas! Get into the spirit of giving and send your loved ones a gift of mobile content every day! Just SMS
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      72 24 I—l^a imagine purer living with Samsung Enjoy cleaner, healthier wash with Samsung washers, engineered with advanced I l l'^>iico^il technology to protect your well-being. Silver Nano technology kills 99.9% of Ik «kWi* M bacteria to protect for up to 30 days, while the Air Wash system sterilizes clothes J^k anf^
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      571 29 ILvATCH A FAIRYTALE UNFOLD AT RAFFLES CITY Barbie In The 12 Dancing Princesses LIVE Show 18 Nov 3 Dec, lpm 7pm dafly (except Mon) \^v_^ f Enjoy a magical display of song and dance with Barbie and 11 other dancing princesses. See how they li v r triumph over the
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      isay THE SOLUTION LIES WITH YOU
      672 30  -  RICHARD SEAH THE kidney has become like a computer. When it stops functioning, it makes more sense to get a replacement than to keep servicing the old one. And so we are now recommending that people suffering from advanced stage of kidney failure should
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      So, how much do you care?
      168 32  -  RANI VADIVELOO Letter from I REFER to the recent discussions on elderly care. My 70-year-old father had a stroke due to his diabetes both his legs were amputated and because of his stroke, he lost his speech. His children were aged between 21 to
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      Here's one good way to drive cabbies
      343 32  -  SARAH FRASER Give grades to all taxi drivers and reward proficiency Letter from AS AN expatriate who has lived in Singapore for 10 years, I have seen many debates about the taxi system over the years. May I suggest that we, as a
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      277 34  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY..... HELPING CHILDREN SEE THE VALUE OF LEARNING Remember how badly you wanted to learn to drive a car when you were about 18? No one had to coax you to acquire that new skill. The desire came from within, and that's what
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      Sticks and stones...
      857 34  -  BUDGET TAI TAI May break your bones but words can scar you, too I ONCE dated a guy who loved ridiculing me in public. The smallest thing would set him off if I forgot he took brown sugar instead of white, he'd explode in front of everyone
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      Just one card at a time in transit card readers
      178 35  -  NGSOOKFUN Letter from Director, Corporate and Marketing Communication Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) WE REFER to the letter from Lim Boon Hee, "So much for it being 'smart' technology" (14 Nov). We would like to clarify that the Contactless
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      Parents are at fault for escalator accidents
      218 35  -  MARYANNE MAES Letter from THE Building and Construction Authority (BCA) has replied on national laws that help prevent escalator accidents ("Keeping escalators safe is everybody's concern", Nov 23). While I sympathise with the little child who lost her toe in the recent accident,
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      Big kid on the block
      1106 38 Meet one of the world's youngest CEOs, who helped turned Lego around coffee with JORGEN VIG KNUDSTORP 38, CEO and president of Lego Worldwide HE PLAYED with their building blocks as a kid and now, some 30 years later, Jorgen Vig Knudstorp is the head
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      An empty seat and a tale of two women, one pregnant
      255 40  -  RONALD KOH LIANG HOO Letter from YOUR reader H Abu Bakar has suggested changing the signs on MRT trains to make it clearer that pregnant women, the handicapped and the elderly should have seating priority (Nov 21). I doubt
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      SHORT
      111 40  -  JOHNNG: MORE BUS SEATS FOR THE NEEDY I suggest that more non-reserved aisle seats in buses be converted to reserved seats for the elderly/needy, and that reserved window seats be made "normal" ones. This comes from my observation that although the seats are meant for the elderly, in many
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    • The key to good customer service
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      180 42  -  MALATHYKRISHNASAMY Letter from I FOUND the Nov 22 issue of Today particularly satisfying. I enjoyed reading Rohit Brijnath's piece on lan Thorpe. It was well-written and gave the reader a sense of Thorpe both as a person and as well as a swimming phenomenon. Though
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      244 42  -  ELENA LAU Letter from A FEW months ago, the government implemented Non-Smoking Zones in all coffeehouses and hawker centres. During that time, plainclothes officers went around the island's eateries to keep tabs on people violating this new law. Fines were imposed
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      680 44  -  JOSEPH TAY WHO could blame United States President George W Bush for his Singapore speech, which to me was a letdown, and his lack of interest in touring Hanoi? He could not have been in the best of moods during his visit
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      400 46  -  LEECHINGWERN Once again, Moody's gives Republic highest grade chingwern@media corp. com. sg SINGAPORE has won top marks again from US-based global ratings agency Moody's Investor Services. In its annual report on Singapore released yesterday, Moody's said that Singapore's conservative fiscal and monetary policies, strong government position and
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      152 46 Temasek Holdings may invest in Reliance Communications' Flag Telecom unit, telecoms industry publication CommsDay reported. It cited Indian newspaper reports saying that Temasek and Omantel had expressed interest in buying up to a 20-per-cent share in Flag, worth potentially more than US$2OO million ($3lO million). Genting, Asia's largest publicly
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      344 46  -  -VALERIE LAW THE global warrants market more than doubled in the first 10 months of this year, compared to last year, and in Singapore it was no exception. In October, Singapore's warrant market hit three highs: The highest monthly trading value
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          143 48 DOW JONES SGX, Dow Jones Bloomberg SHARES here continued their bull run, reaching a record-high close forthe sec-ond-straight session on follow-through buying and strength in oil and gas related plays The ST Index (STI) rose 8.5 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 2,838.5. The index hit an intraday high
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          52 48 Mikkei 225 Hang Seng USX *****.32 5466.90 +14.53 +21.20 +0.08 +0.39 Faiwan Wtd 7384.69 +35.92 +0.49 <orea Comp 1419.23 -3.31 -0.23 <LCI 1046.51 +2.70 +0.26 SET Index 728.92 -0.51 -0.07 Jakarta Comp 1704.13 -1.31 -0.08 Dhils Comp Shenzhen B 2814.56 360.68 -40.67 +0.92 -1.42 +0.25 Vlumbai Sensex *****.83
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          54 48 AusGraup Ouhua Centillion China Sun Ferrochina THBEV SeeHS CEnerSave Excelpoint Longcheer 0.535 +0.035 +7.0 47,651 0.510 +0.020 +4.1 35,667 0.160 +0.005 +3.2 32,490 0.710 +0.030 +4.4 30,230 0.035 +0.090 +12.1 29,437 0.270 +0.010 +3.0 29,305 0.275 +0.035 +14.6 20,065 0.175 +0.010 +6.1 27,054 0.265 -0.005 -1.9 25,967
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          21 48 Gold US$/oz 629.00 Silver US$/oz 13.04 Platinum US$/oz 1,154.00 Rubber cents/kg 238.00 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,797.50 Brent crude US$/barrel 59.24
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          36 48 US$ 0.6440 UK£ 0.3363 Yen 75.176 HK$ 5.0131 RM 2.3472 Euro 0.4976 Rupiah 5883.8 Baht 23.559 Peso 31.982 A$ 0.8304 Indian Rs 28.849 Won 601.42 C$ 0.7351 Yuan 5.0645 NZ$ 0.9596 NT$ 21.127
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        Ascott Residence Trust to buy Manila property for $84m
        317 48  -  CHOW PENN NEE pennnee@newstoday.com.sg ASCOTT Residence Trust (ART), a whol-ly-owned subsidiary of The Ascott Group, has agreed to buy Oakwood Premier Ayala Center in Manila for 2.7 billion pesos ($84.4 million). Singapore-listed ART, a serviced residences real estate investment trust (Reit),
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        207 50 —AGENCIES SINGAPORE-listed Chinese property developer Yanlord Land is tying up with the real estate arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) to invest in China. Yanlord and GIC Real Estate (GIC RE) signed an agreement to form a joint
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        397 50 —AGENCIES Overhaul comes amid probe into sale of its parent Shin to Temasek THAILAND said yesterday that it would overhaul fees paid by mobile phone companies, taking away advantages given to market leader Advance Info Service (AIS) by the government of ousted prime
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        371 51 AGENCIES THE Singapore dollar continued its upward trend to hit a nine-year high yesterday on broad United States dollar weakness. The Singapore currency strengthened as much as 0.3 per cent to $1.5523 against its US counterpart late in Asia yesterday, the highest since
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        497 51 BLOOMBERG Consumer price index rose only 0.4 per cent in October SINGAPORE'S inflation rate held at a 14-month low in October as a strengthening currency reduced the costs of imports such as fuel. The consumer price index rose 0.4 per cent from a
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        424 52 —AGENCIES Spore Power unit benefits from cold weather in Victoria MELBOURNE SP AusNet, which was spun out of the Victoria state-regulated electricity and gas assets, said yesterday it had a net profit of A 5114.6 million ($137.8 million) for the six months ended
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          FREE TALK ON LASER ACUPUNCTURE
          114 52 LICENSED acupuncturist and consultant laser acupuncturist Rodney Lim of the Laser Acupuncture Centre will speak at November's Lunchtime Talk The Library. He will speak on Laser Acupuncture: When Traditional Acupuncture Is Redefined on Nov 29 from 12.30pm to 1.30pm at the Library@Orchard. An effective way
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          135 52 DAVID Aw, 19, is the winner of director Kelvin Tong's Men In White Talent Search. "The M/I/I/Talent Search candidates surprised me with their charm, enthusiasm and talent," said Men In White director Kelvin Tong. "A successful event like this bodes well for the film industry
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          1,336 STEPS FOR CHARITY AT SWISSOTELTHE STAMFORD VERTICAL MARATHON '06
          112 52 MORE than 1,000 participants raced 1,336 steps up to the helipad of Swissotel The Stamford early Sunday morning. This year, the Corporate Charity Race had a record of 54 corporate teams. The full participation fee of $600 per team and
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        242 53 CHANNEL NEWSASIA STARHUB has beat Sing Tel in the battle for the exclusive rights to broadcast the English Premier League (EPL) football matches in Singapore for the next three seasons, starting from July 2007. This comes as a disappointment to Sing Tel,
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        Lock icon Hsu Fu Chi plans $106m IPO
        151 53 —DOW JONES CHINESE confectionery producer Hsu Fu Chi plans to raise up to $106.3 million in its initial public offering on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). The maker of Chinese-style cakes and cookies plans to issue 125 million shares at a maximum price of 85
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        278 54 —AP KUALA LUMPUR Three of Malaysia's largest palm oil producers are to merge, Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said yesterday, in a fusion that would create the world's biggest publicly-traded palm oil entity. Kumpulan Guthrie, Sime
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        315 54 —AFP Foreign banks in China get breathing space BEIJING China will give locally incorporated foreign banks five years to abide by a rule requiring them to keep loans in the local currency below 75 per cent of deposits, state media said yesterday. The
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        186 54 BLOOMBERG CHINA'S central bank said that it would try to reduce the nation's savings rate, which make up about 45 per cent of the economy or double the global average, in a move to spur domestic consumption and reduce the country's trade surplus. "The
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        700 56  -  ANDY MUKHERJEE BLOOMBERG India's richest increasingly playing important role in building its infrastructure news@newstoday.com.sg IT'S easy, perhaps too easy, to become pessimistic about India's deficient infrastructure. Everything from potholed roads and clogged airports to frequent power blackouts and creaking urban transportation would
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      Lock icon Ponting mauls England
      567 61 —AFP Aussie skipper in devastating form as visitors' bowling CRICKET Ashes Test BRISBANE Ricky Ponting joined Steve Waugh as Australia's greatest century-maker in Test cricket to put his team in command over England on the first day of the Ashes opener at the Gabba here yesterday. Skipper
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      Lock icon Woods in seventh heaven
      406 61 —AP GOLF PGA Grand Slam of Golf POIPU BEACH, Hawaii There are winning streaks in sports that may never be broken: The Boston Celtics' 10 straight NBA titles, Lance Armstrong's seven consecutive Tour De France wins and John Wooden's UCLA winning seven straight national championships in
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      Lock icon Michelle continues to struggle in men's game
      190 61 -AFP KOCHI, Japan Michelle Wie (picture) bogeyed nine holes in the first round of the Casio World Open yesterday and is set to miss another cut in the men's game. The 17-year-old Ko-rean-American high school girl from Hawaii squandered all her five birdie
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      Lock icon Barcelona's hopes in the balance
      493 62 —AGENCIES Defending champions have to beat Bremen in final group match to progress CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUPA Levski Sofia 0 Barcelona 2 SOFIA Barcelona have a "cup final" to win on Dec 5, if they hope to be in the actual Champions League final on May
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      Lock icon Clinical Crespo drives mean Inter
      476 62 —AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUP B Inter Milan 1 Sporting Lisbon 0 MILAN Hernan Crespo has put Inter Milan's eight-match winning run down to a newly-discovered mean streak. The 31-year-old Argentine striker scored the only goal in Wednesday's (yesterday morning, Singapore time) 1-0 Champions League win
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      Lock icon Blues ready for United
      546 63 —AFP Despite defeat in Champions League, Chelsea promise to deliver at Old Trafford CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUPA Werder Bremen 1 Chelsea 0 BREMEN English champions Chelsea saw their confidence punctured with a 1-0 Champions League defeat by Werder Bremen, but captain John Terry backed his team to
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      Lock icon Velappan steps down from AFC post
      181 63 —AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Asian Football Confederation general secretary Peter Velappan (picture) announced yesterday that he will relinquish the post he has held for 30 years at the end of this year. "The time has come to say goodbye," Velappan was quoted as saying on
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      Lock icon Liverpool top group but pay heavy price
      361 63 —AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUPC Liverpool 2 PSV Eindhoven 0 LIVERPOOL- Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez is facing a midfield crisis after losing three key players during his side's 2-0 Champions League victory over PSV Eindhoven at Anfield on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Benitez
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      Lock icon Leading men
      893 64  -  Leonard Thomas As always, Neville and Terry will sweat blood to ensure their clubs prevail on Sunday OFTEN they are not matchwinners, Pele was the most glittering of stars in a Brazilian ensemble that for 12 years captivated a global audience, but never did he captain his country.
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      Lock icon Just another match: Kenyon
      237 64 LONDON Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon does not believe Sunday's game with Manchester United will be a title decider, reported Sky Sports yesterday. The English Premiership champions head to Old Trafford for a Super Sunday clash with the Red Devils with much at stake. United top
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      Lock icon Bellamy accused
      139 64 LONDON Liverpool football star Craig Bellamy (picture) grabbed a woman by the throat after they bumped into each other at a nightclub, a court here heard yesterday. Cardiff magistrates heard how on Feb 5, the Wales skipper and Liverpool striker collided with Sophie Palmer, 19, before grabbing the
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      Lock icon Chonburi will test Tampines
      592 66  -  SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ Thai side weakened, but former international Surachai says they'll be tough RHB SINGAPORE CUP FINAL 2006 Tampines Rovers v Chonburi FC m.sazali@mediacorp.com.sg UNDERESTIMATE FC Chonburi at your own peril. That is the message former Thailand international Surachai Jaturapattarapong is sending out to Tampines
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      Lock icon Mirko ooking for a hat-trick
      475 66  -  SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ IF TAMPINES Rovers manage to beat Thai side FC Chonburi in the RHB Singapore Cup final this Sunday, Mirko Grabovac (picture) will find himself in a select group. Only three players boast a hat-trick of Singapore Cup titles and they are all
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      Lock icon They just want to box
      686 68  -  CUBBY LEONG One eager to set boxing career alight, the other relishing a second wind cubby@mediacorp.com.sg THEIR reasons for getting into the ring are as different as night and day. But at Hall 601 of Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre tomorrow night, Mohd
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      Lock icon Arab states depend on foreign talent, too
      349 68 —AFP DOHA Oil and gas rich Gulf states believe the Asian Games is a crucial stepping stone to the 2008 Olympics, and they are depending on their controversial imported foreign legion to achieve the biggest strides. Buying in talent has reached record levels
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      143 63 FIGHT FOR PRIDE! Lions chance to salvage some pride! Qatar 2006 Indonesia Singapore Fri, 24/11/06 9.00pm German League Schlk 04 Boch Sat, 25/11/06 3.30 am E League Champ Wolverhampton Sunderland Sat, 25/11/06 4.00 am German League Hamburg Munich Sat, 25/11/06 10.30pm E League Champ Preston Crystal Palace Sat, 25/11/06 11.00pm
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      PULLOUTS GIVE SINGAPORE HOPE
      455 70  -  Jose Raymond SINGAPORE'S hopes of qualifying for the main draw of the 15th Asian Games in Doha are suddenly back on. Last night, two more teams exited the main draw of the competition. Yemen pulled out while Iran were forced to withdraw after their national football
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      RIPPED, NATURALLY
      596 70  -  TANYO-HINN SBBF confident Singapore's bodybuilders have got the anti-doping message yohinn@media corp.com.sg BODYBUILDING has been a gold mine for Singapore at international level. Over the years, Singapore have consistently produced world and Asian champions. Gold medals have been in constant supply at the SEA Games. At the last
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      Lock icon Hariss' belated birthday present
      408 71 ASIAN GAMES, GRP B QUALIFIER Singapore v Indonesia ONLY just turned 16, Hariss Harun will make a dream start tonight (11pm, Singapore time) when Singapore square off against Indonesia in their final Group B Asian Games qualifier at the Al-Wakra Sports Club. The youngster, who celebrated
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      She'll do whatever it takes
      661 71  -  TANYO-HINN Jiawei will try grunting to win that elusive Asian Games gold yohinn@media corp.com.sg TWO years ago, Li Jiawei's dreams of winning an Olympic gold in Athens were dashed in the semi-finals by North Korean Kirn Hyang-Mi the eventual silver medallistwho scored a stunning come-from-behind
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      Precious JADE
      1119 75  -  EVELINE GAN Willowy, impish and quick-witted, Miss Singapore runner-up Jade Seah is the newbie with sass eveline@mediacorp.com.sg FORMER Miss Singapore Universe run-ner-up Jade Seah may be a greenhorn in showbiz but the pretty 23-year-old is already creating ripples on TV. The Singapore Management University (SMU) graduate began her
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      GO GREEN WITH ENVY
      2613 78 JOANNEYAP (joanne@mediacorp.com.sg) speaks to people whose job, lifestyle and marriage make others go green with envy. They play different roles in keeping Singapore clean and green.Three individuals tell NEO CHAI CHIN (chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg) that Christmas festivities need not generate a sea of trash. SAVING GIFT WRAPPERS, REDUCINGTRASH
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      697 82 SERENE HUANG (serene@mediacorp.com.sg) explores the green spaces in Singapore where you can celebrate Christmas the tropical way GO GREEN, CHEAP AND HIP IT'S a pity we don't picnic more. It's fun, romantic and budget flexible. Plus, there is no lack of green spaces in Singapore spread your blanket,
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      1210 84 This year, stuff yourself and feel good about it just go vegetarian. EVELINE GAN (eveline@mediacorp.com.sg) tells you where to order the food, from soy-based mock turkey to flavourful Mediterranean cuisine. THE BLUFF BUFFET IF YOU'RE tired of the usual festive party food, go for vegetarian zi-char style dishes
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      726 88 PEARLYNTHAM (pearlyn@mediacorp.com.sg) checks out skincare with ingredients borrowed from nature MARINE MAGIC With its cell-renewing properties, it is no wonder that Kiehl's scientists have been eyeing Criste Marine. Criste what? This sweet-sound-ing flower grows on rock formations along the Mediterranean Sea, which shows how hardy it is. At
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      999 90 holiday grins EVENTS BECKY LO (becky@mediacorp.com.sg) shows you where you can get the most bang for your buck this festive season MILLENIAWALK Amazing Bandbaz Watch a full-grown man balance for 30 seconds on a dagger that's placed in another man's mouth. Date: Today to Sunday Venue: Level 1 main atrium
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      Lock icon In season
      414 92 BYTE SAFE Protect your laptop. Pinder bag $99 from Urban Junkie. GLASS CLASS Saying cheers just got a Tittle cooler with this wine glass $12 from Eggthree. NO SILENT NIGHT Tune in to your favourite Christmas carols on this miniature antique radio $49 from Nova Efx. GARY PHUA
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      37 97 HOMEGROUND Vmr I jr V FELIX CHEONG ON THE l*\ W 1 GOLDEN HORSE AWARDS/28 F™ m DESIGN OF THE TIMES 1 NURTURING A CLIMATE IN SINGAPORE THAT y* I |F CULTIVATES DESIGN/30 W^ \j!j MOVIE REVIEWS
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      GETTING ALL BIRD-BRAINED
      1673 98  -  Justin Cheong Never short of improvisational surprises, ROBIN WILLIAMS breathes life into two flightless but extremely feisty birds in Happy Feet -W-^ ECOVERING sub- stance abuser" is a I description AcadeX m. my Award-winning actor and comedian Robin Williams thought he had put behind him years ago.
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      Homeground DISADVANTAGE
      882 100  -  Felix Cheonq Once a powerhouse in film-making, Taiwan has long hosted the the Golden Horse awards but nowadays, it's Chinese productions that are earning the lion's share of the nominations IF HOLLYWOOD turned out fewer than 10 films a year, would the Oscars still draw as much hype
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      DESIGN OF THE TIMES
      847 102  -  DAVID CHEW Finally, good looks are given due recognition david. chew@media corp. com. sg DESIGN has come a long way in Singapore and has a history that's a lot longer than many people might think. Starting in the late 60s, designers here have drawn support from
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        9:56
        249 103  -  Felix Cheong by..... FILMREVIEW TIME and tide wait for no man. But occasionally, they'll stop for spooks, such as the clock-watching ghost in the latest K-horror flick, 9.56. The story revolves around Se Jin (Go So Yeong), an attractive but lonely woman who by virtue of her job as
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        NO MEAN FEET
        495 104  -  Justin Cheong Serious messages make penguin musical lose momentum FILMREVIEW by.... Happy Feet IT'S A wonder nobody's ever tackled a movie about singing and dancing penguins. They walk funny, penguin chicks are adorable and they've already got the tuxedos ready for that epic Fred Astaire routine. So,
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        283 104  -  David Chew FILMREVIEW by..... A LONE warrior set on saving a besieged walled city from imminent attack by a 25,000-strong army is the focus of the latest film featuring Hong Kong superstar Andy Lav. Based on the popular 11-volume manga series Bokko, A Battle of Wits
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        Black humour a hoot
        387 106  -  Jeanine Tan Story about rise of comedian's band a silly laugh-along FILMREVIEW by I Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny YOU don't have to like Jack Black, rock and roll or really crass male-centric humour to laugh at Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny.
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        287 106  -  Justin Cheong FILMREVIEW by..... WHEN it comes to the crime of rape, most filmmakers explore the effects of sexual abuse from the victim's point of view. Take, for example, The Accused, Sleepers and even the too-intense-to-bear Irreversible. But few films tell the story of the rapist such
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