Today, 29 November 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    14 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp share your free newspaper MICA (P) 314/10/2006 Wednesday November 29, 2006 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon Bigger strides on smaller legs
      659 1  -  DERRICK A PAULO DERRICK A PAULO Don't look to trade, foreign investment or Govt for growth SMEs hold the key: Expert derrick@media corp.com.sg THE legs that have carried Singapore this far have run their race, warned one of the world's foremost experts on competitiveness. And
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      84 1 8 "*****6"*****9 I Hfcr^^ Presenter f^BJ lm m 7 mw'- Awff-mM *mW M^^Hfl^^k A^m^mmZ wfm Tang Lingyi I i%W.& Michelle Lew I *JSffi Li Hejing I Sheila Ou I S^Bf Charlotte Loh I S'Mtt Chen Diya I PsiS3t I v/JP V|ii3jjMii2ilßlil9iailMEflda^ HmWSSMfI Hi iinliH ■hV Jh ill T ill bj
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  • hot news
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      SCHOOLED IN COMPETITION
      202 2  -  DERRICK A PAULO THE Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy has established a new institute to spearhead competitiveness research in Asian countries, with a focus on Asean. The Asia Competitiveness Institute's (ACI) objective is to improve economic growth in the region, and it has found a
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    • Article
      M1 pulls off a surprise
      463 2  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN Offers wireless service anywhere in Spore at competitive rates hedirman@media corp. com. sg YOU are sitting in a bus or at the back of a taxi, taking a long ride into town. You stop at a coffeeshop, but there is work to finish.
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      Lock icon Ripples from 'that' Genting remark
      766 3  -  JASMINE YIN Chairman plays it down, experts divided on its possible impact jasmine@media corp.com.sg ONE day before it could turn on the charm in its final pitch to the authorities, Malaysian gaming group Genting got a little surprise help from its own Government. "Were Genting
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      Lock icon AIDS: THE NUMBERS TELL THE TALE
      112 3 A report published in the Public Library of Science's Medicine journal paints a harrowing picture of how the disease will affect our planet: AIDS-RELATED TODAY2.BM DEATHS EACH YEAR TOMORROW4.BM •At least 120 million Aids-related deaths predicted from now until 2030 RISING ON LIST OF
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      203 2 AmW ftfefetete^ .mH I I j^LJj^H 1 Established by Special Invitation of Admission requirements: gmmmmmmk the Singapore Government, UNSW Asia, GCE A Levels, with minimum SEtfES The University of New South Wales, will of two A level subjects l^jigg^yjj^ be opening in March 2007 in Singapore Acceptable international High School
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon GST hike depends on the economy next year: SM
      342 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA BRATISLAVA (Slovakia) Whether the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be increased by two percentage points next year will depend on the economic environment then, said Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong. He also hinted that the increase might be
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      Kusu: Playground of the rich?
      666 4  -  ANSLEYNG Tourism Board looks into ideas to develop Spores six southern islands to attract the super-rich ansley@media corp.com.sg THEY are now visited by pilgrims, campers and nature lovers. But if the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has its way, six of Singapore's southern islands could soon
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      Atlantis, complete with fish and (micro)chips
      510 5  -  TORCHING LI Tech wizards behind Free Willy promise life-like robots, personalised experiences in Kerzner Sentosa IR chingli@media corp.com.sg SO REALISTIC was the robotic killer whale used in the 1993 movie Free Willy that the real whale star reportedly grew attracted to it And did
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      Genting's IR bid gets a DNA boost
      202 5 THE Genting International-Star Cruises consortium has roped in leading genomics scientist, Dr J Craig Venter, to boost its bid for the Sentosa integrated resort. Dr Venter has been credited as a chief architect of the team that in 1995 sequenced the first genome
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    • Article
      A Vera good wedding – on Sentosa
      258 5  - A Vera good wedding on Sentosa -ASHRAFSAFDAR THE Lion City one of the world's top exotic wedding destinations? Bridal couture goddess Vera Wang is banking on it. The designer, who has dressed the likes of Jennifer Lopez and Uma Thurman, is so sure that she has tied the knot so
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      THAT SECURE FEELING
      808 6  -  ADRIAN TAN Why bank on creativity when being safe brings in the big bucks for us? SO SINGAPORE is building a high-securi-ty vault to safe-keep the world's art treasures, tapping into a multi-billion-dollar business, according to a Today exclusive. Some time ago, a regular Today social commentator
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      Lock icon Spore scores 4-5 for health – 'Not bad'
      606 8  - Spore scores 4-5 for health 'Not bad' LEECHINGWERN Health plan's limited, but system is among the world's most progressive chingwern@media corp. com. sg ON A scale of one to 10, Singapore's healthcare system would get a score of only "four to five", said Professor Michael Porter, Harvard Business School's competitiveness
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      Avoid the bunch-up times at clinics
      417 8  -  SHERALYN TAY sheralyn@mediacorp.com.sg A REPORT on the waiting times and peak periods at polyclinics will be out before the end of the year to help deal with the issue of early-bird queues, said Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan yesterday. He was responding to recent
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      Fierce bidding for shophouses
      493 10  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Hotelier ends up paying $5.1 million for two Jalan Sultan units weekeat@media corp.com.sg HE HAD his eye firmly set on two unrestored conservation shophouses at Jalan Sultan and was prepared to pay $3 million at most for their 99-year leases. Yesterday, hotelier and
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE'S MBA COURSES RATED TOPS
        88 10 -938UVE MBA programmes offered by universities here have scored top marks in a study by QS, a top recruitment fair organiser. The National University of Singapore's MBA programme snagged top spot in the Asia-Pacific region, up from last year's eighth place. The Nanyang Technological University
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        Lock icon CREDIT-CARD PENETRATION AMONG HIGHEST IN REGION
        76 10 -938UVE Singapore is one of the Asia Pacific's top five countries in terms of credit-card penetration. About four in 10 Singaporeans go shopping with at least one credit card, according to a survey by Nielsen Media Research. South Koreans are the biggest credit card
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        Lock icon NEW SENGKANG FLATS GO ON SALE
        80 10 -938UVE New HDB flats in Sengkang went on sale yesterday. About 105 units of three-room and 285 units of four-room flats are being offered in Compassvale View, a new public housing development under the build-to-order scheme. A three-room flat will cost between $108,000 and
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        120,000 killer litter warnings in one year
        266 10  -  UNYANQIN IN THE span of a year, 14 town councils managed to serve over 120,000 warnings about killer litter to Housing Development Board (HDB) households. More than 15,000 housing blocks have been inspected by the People's Action Party (PAP) town councils since July
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      104 7 Bl^^^l Nk^^^r Come celebrate A Magical Christmas at Hong Kong Disneyland. Now Christmas is just as you've always dreamed with fun and decorations including: Snow falling every night on Main Street USA Sing-along carols and tree-lighting with your Disney friends Our giant Christmas tree-lighting show Meeting Santa Claus at our
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      204 8 Polytechnic Diploma holders can now graduate with a Q Great Reasons for direct honours degree in 2 years with exemptions through J Choosing Stansfield Stansfield's 12-week Bridging Course recognised by the London School of Economics for entry into the University -University of London Specialist of London direct honours B.Sc degrees.
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Softly, softly Thailand does it
      531 12 -AFP Martial law to be eased but not in some areas BANGKOK Thailand's mili-tary-installed government said yesterday that martial law will be lifted across half of the country, including Bangkok, in the first easing of restrictions since the September coup. But military rule will remain
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      Lock icon NEIGHBOURS TALK
      118 12 AP Thailand's army chief met yesterday with his Malaysian counterpart for talks on the bloody Islamic insurgency in Thai provinces along their shared border, officials said. No details were released of the meeting between Malaysian army chief Genera Abdul Aziz Zainal and Thai General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, who led
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      Lock icon Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt cleared of bomb charge
      201 12 —AFP MUMBAI Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt was yesterday found guilty of illegal weapons possession but cleared of a more serious charge of conspiracy in the deadly 1993 bomb attacks in India's financial hub, Mumbai. The verdict against the 47-year-old action hero was
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      Lock icon Pope calls for 'authentic dialogue'
      202 14 —AFP ANKARA Pope Benedict XVI began a fence-mending mission to Turkey yesterday, urging "authentic dialogue" between religions after angering Muslims worldwide with remarks seen as linking Islam to violence. Both the Pope and his Turkish hosts appeared anxious to put the controversy to rest, trading
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      Guardians of the region's greenery
      660 14  -  FAWZIAH SELAMAT M'sia, Indonesia, Brunei agree to prevent destruction of Borneo's rainforest fawziah@media corp. com. sg ALL eyes will be on three Asean (Association of South-east Asian Nations) members in the coming months to see if they will live up to an agreement to safeguard
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      Lock icon India's coal minister found guilty in murder case
      187 16 -AFP NEW DELHI India's Coal Minister Shibu Soren (picture) was found guilty yesterday of conspiring in the abduction and murder of a former aide 12 years ago and was asked to resign, an official said. Four others were found guilty of involvement
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      Lock icon Annan urges drastic action
      284 16 —AGENCIES UN chief says Iraq will descend into civil war unless steps are taken UNITED NATIONS Iraq is on the brink of civil war and the situation could develop into fullblown conflict unless urgent steps are taken to prevent this, United Nations Secretary-Gen-eral Kofi Annan said
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      Lock icon ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN ...WHO MESSED UP
      175 17 —AGENCIES JACK ABRAMOFF Top Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff admitted in January to bribing officials and is now at the centre of a corruption probe that has seen several prominent heads roll. He is now serving a six-year sentence for separate fraud charges. ERIC
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      Lock icon THE BEST CHOICES THAT GOT HIM INTO TROUBLE
      652 17  -  MARGARET CARLSON BLOOMBERG news@newstoday.com.sg WASHINGTON It was the war in Iraq, of course, but also a pile of other issues voter disgust with lobbyist Jack Abramoff for taking elected officials off to golf, and elected officials taking themselves off to Terri Schiavo's
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      Lock icon Security Council extends coalition's mandate in Iraq
      274 18 BLOOMBERG US-led forces can remain in that country until end of nextyear THE United Nations Security Council has voted 15 to 0 to extend for another year the mandate of the US-led military forces in Iraq, responding to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al
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      Lock icon US stocks higher after Bernanke's comments
      256 18 -AFP NEW YORK US stocks posted modest gains yesterday after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said economic growth is likely to pick up next year and that inflationary pressures are expected to ease. A surprise rebound in the sale of existing homes last month
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      99 18 W\L} EQ9 THE UNIVERSITY I jffc HPB OF ADELAIDE mAjr**^^ WM Qttrma& m\t'J£m\ fe "3 Overseas degrees from reputable University brought home to Singapore Identical degrees, as awarded in Adelaide Face to face teaching from University faculty Convenient location near Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station For Poly Diploma graduates in IT,
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      Let's not be haven for 'hot' art
      471 20  -  JACK TSEN-TA LEE Having apt laws will ensure this Letter from IT IS laudable that Singapore is diversifying its economy by branching into non-traditional service industries such as providing art repositories ("Art 'fortress' in Singapore", Nov 28). However, I am concerned. The Today
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      Less value for money at SMU's city hostel
      200 20  -  RAJAN RISHYAKARAN Letter from REFERRING to your report, "SMU's city hostel to open in January" (Nov 27) indeed, as reported, SMU Residences@Prinsep Street comes at a high price. But it is even more difficult to understand how the Singapore Management University (SMU)
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    • Article
      sayagain
      69 22 Reading Jeremy Lim's piece, my heart leapt. I have bipolar disorder and this made me treat my mother so terribly before I was diagnosed. She is no more now, and I wish I could rewind the years. I wish there was a school subject on 'family' that calls for
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    • Don't let dialect heritage die
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        Take advantage of dual sound mode for TV shows
        262 22  -  GEORGE CHONG Letter from TOR Ching Li's commentary, "The dialectics of dialect" (Nov 27), prompted me to give my two cents' worth. My grandfather was from Shunde in Guangdong province, China, and I grew up speaking Cantonese. My wife's forefathers were
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        Knowledge of dialect can bean advantage
        114 22  -  JONATHAN CHEEFOOKHENG Letter from THANK you very much for your commentary "The dialectics of dialect". Wouldn't it be an advantage for Chinese Singaporeans to be able to speak more dialect? How sad it is when the implementation of the Speak Mandarin campaign leads to
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      isay SOFT SCHOOLS ARE RAISING A BRAT PACK
      632 24  -  HO KONG LOON WRITER Henrik Siken's letter, "I love (dirty) Singapore" (Nov 27), sums up Singapore's incipient descent into mediocrity and slovenliness. Today readers have also lamented Singapore's drastic drop in ranking in a recent survey on its service industry. I have
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      Too heavy a burden for RCs
      563 25  -  JIMMY HO KWOKHOONG Are we expecting too much of short-staffed, overloaded grassroots committees? Letter from I REFER to the letters, "Grassroots groups more than capable of helping" by Celina Loo and Rodney Chang (Nov 28) and "Help where it matters" by Mr Ramzah Osman
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      A flight delay that wasn't
      221 25  -  GOH KIAN KOK Letter from MY CLAIM for travel delay on a recent flight was rejected by AIG (American Home Assurance Company Singapore). I held a confirmed seat on UA5860 from Chicago to Cleveland on Aug 24 and learnt about its cancellation at check-in. I
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      267 26  -  DR JAMES DOBSON AFASDBY HANG IN THERE, PARENTS Someone once said that life is like giving a violin concert in public, and learning to play it as you go. Actually, that sounds a lot like raising kids. It seems that being a good parent is becoming
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      Why 2-week wait for HIV test results ?
      306 26  - Why 2-week wait for HIV test results LIM BOON HEE With cases on the rise, outdated practice should be scrapped Letter from I APPLAUD the initiative by the Government to set up a highlevel committee to tackle the increasing number of cases of HIV in Singapore ("New command in Aids
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    • Letter
      Tax the rich more over estate duties, income and property to help out the poor
      432 26  -  EDMUND LIM WEE KIAT Letter from FROM 1993 to 2007, corporate tax rates decreased from 30 per cent to 20 per cent. From 1993 to 2007, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) went from 0
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      Money talks, even in the civil service
      301 27  -  TERENCE LEONG YOONG HWA Letter from I REFER to the letter by Leong Sze Hian, "No loss if civil servants go private" (Nov 28). I agree with the main thrust of the letter, that of keeping the big picture in mind with regard
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      Lock icon No more 'buddy-buddy' appointments
      543 28  -  CHOW PENN NEE SIAS calls for third party to appoint independent directors pennnee@media corp.com.sg NEUTRAL third parties not the company's board of directors should be the ones choosing independent directors to prevent "buddy-buddies" appointments, said an investor body yesterday. Weighing in on the latest spate of
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      302 28 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has taken civil penalty actions against three traders from Phillip Securities for false trading. Teo Wen Shuen, Foong Kirn Wah and Ng Cheng Hong have admitted to deliberately depressing the share price of 01am International Ltd on Feb 10
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        356 30 BLOOMBERG GRAND Hotel Group, operator of the Hyatt chain in Australia, plans to liquidate the company after rebuffing a A5336-million ($405-mil-lion) takeover bid by Singapore-list-ed Tuan Sing Holdings. More than 95 per cent of votes cast at a meeting in Melbourne yesterday supported
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        92 30 LONDON'S 'BEST KEPT SECRET ON HIGH STREET: River Island, will open its first retail store in Singapore and Asia at VivoCHy in January. And those aren't the only firsts. If s also probably the first company hereto conduct a "Singapore IdolaudW\on" style interview. The recruitment drive for retail advisors
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          55 31 Nikkei 225 *****.26 -38.12 -8.19 Hang Seng ASX *****.53 5384.38 -564.48 -67.98 -2.94 -1.25 Taiwan Wtd 7444.94 -53.21 -8.71 Korea Comp 1411.47 -13.66 -8.96 KLCI 1857.23 -11.86 -1.84 SET Index 727.33 -7.33 -1.88 Jakarta Comp 1691.98 -37.84 -2.19 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2779.14 362.87 -38.42 -2.58 -1.36 -8.68
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          139 31 -DOW JONES SHARE prices ended lower after tracking losses in Wall Street but traders said that the ST Index (STI) would likely move upwards in the midst of the traditionally strong yearend season. The STI closed down 53.13 points, or 1.87 per cent, at 2,787.81 Losers led gainers 557
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          36 31 US$ 0.6454 UK£ 0.3330 Yen 74.920 HK$ 5.0195 RM 2.3476 Euro 0.4914 Rupiah 5898.9 Baht 23.502 Peso 32.040 A$ 0.8292 Indian Rs 28.819 Won 600.47 C$ 0.7314 Yuan 5.0622 NZ$ 0.9653 NT$ 21.105
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          25 31 11-JIIIIUUI-JII UIUU lUOU ISGX, Bloomberg bid usl/oz 647.10 Sim uss/oz 13.69 FMhßuss/oz 1,147.40 RlbbK cents/kg 239.50 PllnioißM/tonnW9l-00 Brent oidi iiss/i,:,n,:i 59.46 Information provided by
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        271 31 The number of visitors to Singapore rose 15 per cent last month to 857,000 from a year earlier, said the Singapore Tourism Board. The rise was fuelled by a 48-per-cent surge in visitor arrivals from Indonesia to a record 210,000, making it the market with the highest growth. Visitor
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        Free stock data at National Library
        291 32  -  CHOW PENN NEE RETAIL investors can now gain access to financial information on Singapore stocks and derivatives previously only available to brokers and subscribers. Furthermore, this information some of which date back 10 years will be available for free. By accessing six new terminals
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        167 32 SINGAPORE is one of Asia-Pacific's top five economies in terms of credit card penetration. According to a survey by Nielsen Media Research, four-in-10 Singaporeans will go shopping with at least one credit card. South Koreans are the biggest credit card users in
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        Lock icon Another round of bogus DBS emails
        430 32  -  CHOW PENN NEE Bank says that no account has been compromised pennnee@media corp.com.sg THE fraudsters have targeted DBS Bank again. In the latest phishing scam making its rounds, DBS customers have received an email which claims to be from the bank's review department telling
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        795 33  -  LEEU-WEN IN DOHA,QATAR u-wen@media corp.com.sg URBAN planning and real estate opportunities are foremost on the minds of 17 top Singapore companies as they continue to make inroads in the booming Middle East. After a successful weekend of meetings in Saudi Arabia, the high-level
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        588 34  -  MIRAKASHINATH Young entrepreneurs welcome proposal to lower age requirement for directorship to 18 mira@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN she first heard about the Government's proposal to lower the age requirement for directorship, Ms Peline Tan squealed in delight, welcoming the opportunity to be treated like a "grown-up". The 20-year-old
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        124 34 CHANNEL NEWSASIA RESEARCH companies in the biomedical industry can now apply to be registered with Spring Singapore's Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) Programme. To qualify, they need to complete at least one GLPcompliant study. Under the programme, non-clinical studies carried out by
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        Lock icon New loan guarantee facility to catalyse media financing
        200 34 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE film producers eyeing the international market have been given a leg up. They can now tap on a new loan guarantee facility by media talent and financing company RGM and the Media Development Authority of Singapore. The loan guarantee
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      1875 36  -  Zul Othman Radio DJ William Xavier, better known as Mr X the radio maverick, returns to his roots by lending his voice to serious news. How will he fare? zul@newstoday.com.sg V *V ADIO person1^ ality William J. V.Xavier is proud to say he's done it all.
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        69 38 The interactive kids movie and musical extravaganza Hello Music Landw'iW play at Golden Village Vivo City from Friday until Dec 23. Hello Music Land combines a live stage show musical with digital animation. One lucky child will also be given the chance to co-host the show with
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        73 38 Do you love fashion or consider yourself a fashionista? If so, good news has arrived in the form of Fashion TVs debut in Singapore. The channel, which reports the latest news on trends, designers, models and celebrities around the clock, is available on Star
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        73 38 How would you like to decide which episodes of American Chopper and Mythbustersw'iU air on the Discovery Channel? In a special viewers' choice online poll that runs until tomorrow, fans can vote for their favourite episodes of each series, and these will air on the channel
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      TV lists top catchphrases
      147 38 They are part and parcel of pop culture now NEW YORK Sometimes it takes only a word, or just a few, to become immortalised in television history. The TV Land cable network in the United States has compiled a list of the 100 greatest catchphrases in
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      137 38 AP "Aaay" (Fonzie, Happy Days) "Come on down!" (Johnny Olson, The Price is Rightl "Don't make me angry (David Banner, The Incredible Hulk) "D'oh!" (Homer Simpson, right. The Simpsons) "Hey hey hey!" (Fat Albert, Fat Albert) "Holy (whatever). Batman!" (Robin, Batman) "How you doin'?" (Joey Tribbiani, Friends)
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      491 39  -  JOHN MARIANI BLOOMBERG Craig's too short on style to portray 007 plus@newstoday.com.sg IN CASINO Royale, James Bond's boss, M, played by Dame Judi Dench, savages him for botching a job, snapping: "Any thug can kill people." And any thug can be a witless boozer. Author lan Fleming's suave
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      171 39 -AP LOS ANGELES Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock each filed divorce papers yesterday seeking to end their marriage of less than four months. Anderson and Rock, whose real name is Robert Ritchie, each cited "irreconcilable differences" in their divorce filings in
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      221 40  -  ASHRAF SAFDAR ashraf@newstoday.com.sg AS MARRIAGE rates worldwide spiral upward, chased only by skyrocketing divorce figures, everyone's talking about getting hitched. What do promises of fidelity mean? How many of the skeletons in your closet do you show your new partner? Is a fresh marriage
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      207 40 THE Asian Festival of First Films, a celebration of the first films of film-makers from Asia, begins today and runs until next Tuesday. A total of 22 feature films and documentaries from 13 countries in the Asian region will be screened at Golden Village Vivo
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      334 41  -  JEANINETAN Adrian Pang reckons his attempt at the language in Portrait of Home //got him an ATA nomination jeanine@media corp.com.sg ADRIAN Pang finds it amusing that he has earned a nomination in the Best Drama Performance by an Actor category in the upcoming Asian Television Awards (ATA).
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      1244 42 /A=OJJ\CORP MEDiACORP M=DiJ\CORP CHANNEL CHANNEL (Q s v r i a A central JLZL. 6.00 AM Travel Asia Beyond II 3.00PM Variety Big Brother 111 9.00 AM Ribert Robert's Wonderland 3.00PM Music Clips &Trailers New Zealand Places to Stay 4.30 World this Week Ribert Wants to Know About: 4.00 Menjejak
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      548 44 ARIES (March 21 -April 19) LIBRA (Sept 23 Oct 22) ■JIJB Look for any opportunity to branch out and Problems will crop up if you have to deal try something new. You will be in dire need *B^ with peers today. If you can work alone, do of a challenge
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      316 46 —AFP WATFORD (England) Danny Webber struck late against his former club Watford to earn Sheffield United a crucial 1-0 win in a relegation struggle yesterday (early today, Singapore time) in Vicarage Road. Webber, who only opened his Premiership account in the 1-0 win by the Blades
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      520 46 —AFP LONDON Andy Robinson's time as coach of the England rugby union team appeared to be drawing to a close yesterday with details of his resignation expected to be finalised later in the day. It is now understood that Robinson, who last weekend vowed he
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      261 46 —AP TOKYO The Boston Red Sox have made an offer to pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka that team president Larry Lucchino described as "fair" and "comprehensive". Lucchino, met with representatives of Matsuzaka's team, the Seibu Lions, here yesterday and said the Red Sox have taken the
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      Lock icon Shine to polish Harmison's bowl
      534 47 —AFP Fletcher says seamer will play in second Ashes Test despite his struggles ADELAIDE England coach Duncan Fletcher has confirmed that misfiring strike bowler Steve Harmison will not be dropped for the second Ashes Test starting in Adelaide on Friday. Harmison produced a woeful bowling
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      346 48 —AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Liverpool v Portsmouth LIVERPOOL Rafa Benitez' penchant for tinkering with his strikeforce is well-known, but the Liverpool manager will be forced to stick to the Dirk KuytPeter Crouch partnership against Portsmouth tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time). The Reds will be
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      Lock icon Bolton's new weapon
      659 48 —AGENCIES CHELSEA PREMIERSHI Allardyce's side rely on Anelka as they aim for Chelsea's scalp ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Boltonv Chelsea When you play at a top club like Chelsea, you play in top games with top players and you get to work with a great manager. I've learned a
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      667 49 —AGENCIES Red Devils'star aims to shoot down former club ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man United vEverton MANCHESTER Last week, Wayne Rooney committed his future to Manchester United by signing a new six-year contract Tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time), he hopes to help the Red Devils maintain their
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      502 49 —AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Fulham v Arsenal LONDON Arsenal will be hoping the return of star striker Thierry Henry will inspire them to a much-needed victory in tonight's (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) London derby against Fulham at Craven Cottage. The France frontman, who was beaten
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      657 50 -AGENCIES Injury-hit Newcastle turn to weekend hero Sibierski for goals UEFA CUP, GROUP H Eintracht Frankfurt v Newcastle PARIS Injury-ravaged Newcastle are in Germany this week aiming to wrap up their Uefa Cup group campaign unblemished with a fourth straight win against Eintracht Frankfurt. In contrast
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      Lock icon Sevilla, Ajax hope to advance
      185 50 -AP LONDON Defending champions Sevilla and four-time European Cup winners Ajax are part of a handful of clubs that can qualify for the third round of the Uefa Cup this week. Sevilla can advance with a win over Grasshoppers in Zurich tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore
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      636 51  -  JOSE RAYMOND jose@media corp.com.sg SAA urge him to reconsider decision to quit as tributes flow for thrower THE Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) are hoping that discus thrower James Wong will rethink his decision to retire. They feel the 38-year-old can fly the flag for Singapore at
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      270 51  -  DARREN LAI WITH three days of competition still to go, Team Singapore's athletes at the ongoing Far East and South Pacific (Fespic) Games for the Disabled in Kuala Lumpur have already surpassed their medal haul from the 2002 Games in Busan, Korea. Golden girl
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