Today, 23 August 2005

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    Lock icon Orange rage in Gaza
    778 1 AGENCIES Settlers, evicted after 38 years, train their anger on Sharon GAZA STRIP The hand of history was turned back 38 years yesterday as Israeli troops started evacuating the last inhabited Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip a piece of land captured by Israel in 1967
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    Lock icon LTA must pay, says paralysed cyclist's family
    481 1  -  LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@newstoday.com. sg THE family of the 40-year-old cyclist who was paralysed from the neck down after crashing into a metal barrier at a pedestrian bridge in Tampines, is demanding compensation from the Land Transport Authority (LTA). According to his brother-in-law,
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Accounting for kids' futures
      523 2  -  LEE U-WEN Post-Secondary Education Account can be moved among siblings, goto CPF u-wen@newstoday.com.sg STUDENTS entering Primary One in 2008 will be the first batch to benefit from the newly-set up Post-Secondary Education (PSE) Account They can use the funds in this account to pay for their
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      isay THE CHAIN IN THE WAY OF CHANGE
      732 3  -  Jeremy Lim news@newstoday.com.sg I WAS hospitalised again recently. Although it was nothing out of the ordinary for me I have been a regular "client" since I was a few months old -1 still found the experience stressful. It was not so much
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon Quick rescue for hurt worker in deep hole
      120 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A CONSTRUCTION worker fell into a 12m-deep manhole yesterday, but was rescued in 20 minutes by rescuers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force. The foreign worker fell into the 3m-wide manhole at a sewerage tunnel construction site in Ang Mo
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    • SINGAPORE SNIPPETS
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        Lock icon $370,000 FUND FOR 'YOUTH IDEAS'
        115 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) has set aside about $370,000 as seed money for informal youth groups who want to implement ideas for the community. The Young Change Makers grant scheme will fund up to 80 per cent of
        — CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  115 words
      • Article
        ITE STUDENTS TAKE KL BIZ TOUR
        90 4  -  LEE U WEN In line with the Institute of Technical Education's five-year Advantage Plan, which aims to prepare its students to face the global economy, 300 ITE students will head to Kuala Lumpur today for the ITE's biennial student seminar. To expose them to
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      Polys already on track for U tie-ups
      485 4  -  DERRICK A PAULO They're eyeing specialised education partners derrick@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS news to most when Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced in his National Day Rally speech that local polytechnics will be able to award degrees through tie-ups with specialised foreign universities. However,
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      Simulation tests of Sindee's fall 'flawed'
      560 6  -  ANSLEY NG Woman accused of causing four-year-old's death is due to take the stand today a nsley@newstoday.com.sg TESTS simulating Neo Sindee's fall from a block of flats were flawed, defence lawyer Subhas Anandan told the court yesterday. Constance Chee, 37, allegedly threw four-year-old Sindee
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      Lock icon The skinny on S'pore noodles
      251 6  -  TANHUILENG THE Atkins diet says eat meat, cheese and little in the way of carbohydrates. Other diets often involve taking meal replacement soups or drinks. But a new diet, produced by a Singapore company, hopes to make eating instant noodles the path to slimming success.
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      Mr 'Good Service'
      345 8  -  LEE U-WEN Raymond Lim spells out priorities of his new assignment u-wen@newstoday.com.sg THE man spearheading the national drive to promote good service in Singapore has embraced the assignment Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong gave him on Sunday night Second Minister for Finance and Foreign Affairs Raymond Lim
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      Making SMEs family-friendly
      267 8  -  JASMINE YIN SMALL and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been singled out for lagging behind in implementing family-friendly policies. To tackle the problem, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) approached the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (Asme) for help two months ago. The result A one-stop resource centre
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      More funds to promote the arts
      199 8  -  ELISACHIA RECOGNISING that the local arts institutions are gaining popularity among students here, the National Arts Council (NAC) yesterday doubled the number of arts bursaries it awards. It handed out $74,000 87.4 per cent more than last year to fund 12 students pursuing arts-related
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Australia calls for more anti-terror cooperation
      384 10 AGENCIES Spore can boost involvement in counter-terrorism in the region, it says PERTH Australia yesterday urged Singapore to become more involved in counter-terrorism cooperation with countries in the region, including Indonesia and the Philippines. "We're aiming to get Singapore more involved in counterterrorism cooperation
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      Lock icon Saddam wants to be a martyr
      123 10 —AGENCIES BAGHDAD Facing trial and possible execution this autumn, former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (picture) has sought to cast himself as a martyr, telling an old friend in a letter that his "soul and existence are to be sacrificed" for the Arab cause. The
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      Lock icon Aussie model in Bali drug bust
      106 10 -AFP DENPASAR (Indonesia) A 24-year-old Australian model who was caught with the party drug Ecstasy at a Bali nightclub over the weekend faces the possibility of 10 years behind bars. Michelle Leslie (picture), who is also known as Michelle Lee, was caught carrying two
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      Lock icon Casinos chase Thai tour operator for millions
      249 11 BANGKOK Three Australian casinos are chasing a Thai tour operator whom they claim is responsible for millions of dollars in debts left behind by a group of Asian high rollers. The Nation reported that the tour operator, a 58-year-old woman from Bangkok, has
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      Lock icon China's dangerous disparity
      340 11 -AFP Mass instability forecast by 2010 if inequality grows BEIJING China's rapidly widening income gap has reached dangerous levels and could trigger social instability by 2010 if the trend continues, a government report warned yesterday. "China's growing income gap is likely to trigger social instability after 2010
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      Lock icon China kept mum about eels, says HK
      285 11 AFP HONG KONG Hong Kong's health secretary yesterday acknowledged that China often fails to inform the territory of dangers in food supplies and vowed to improve communication with the mainland. His comments came after government tests discovered five kinds of freshwater fish imported
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon 13,00 TROOPS WITHDRAW FROM ACEH
        101 11 -AFP SOME 1,300 Indonesian soldiers withdrew from Aceh province yesterday, the first major step by Indonesia to begin implementing a historic peace deal struck last week with separatist rebels. Two battalions from the army's Kostrad strategic reserve about 1,300 men left on board a navy
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        IMPACT OF SARS LESSENED IN MONKEYS
        49 11 AN experimental treatment approach called RNA interference reduced the severity of Sars infections in monkeys, American researchers reported in the journal Nature Medicine. A Maryland-based biotech company said monkeys infected with Sars either before or after treatment became less ill than untreated monkeys.
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        Lock icon JAPAN DENIES GIVING UP UN BID
        40 11 -AFP JAPAN has denied giving up its bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, a Foreign Ministry official clarified yesterday, quashing weekend rumours that the country has pulled out its bid.
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        Lock icon WORKERS RIOT OVER DRINKING BAN
        58 11 AFP ABOUT 300 Thai workers torched a building and clashed with riot police in southern Taiwan early yesterday during a protest over rules banning drinking and gambling at their work dormitory, police said. The riot took place near a construction site in Kangshan city (picture)
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      Lock icon SHE'LL LEAVE BY STROLLER, SAYS ESTRADA
      144 12 -AFP PHILIPPINE diplomats in New York have been asked to verify reports that a senior election official, MrVirgilio Garcillano —who allegedly conspired with President Gloria Arroyo (right) to cheat in last year's presidential poll is in hiding in the United States. Meanwhile, deposed Philippine
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      Looks like she's got away with 'Sorry'
      620 12  -  PHILLIP VILLAMOR No real alternatives to Arroyo's government at the moment news@newstoday.com.sg AFTER surviving the worst crisis of her presidency, Mrs Gloria Arroyo is back at work at Malacanang Palace, arguably secure because she has enough support to escape impeachment by Congress and
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      Anti-depressant drug linked to suicides
      281 14  -  TAN HUI LENG But no complaints of any adverse reaction to the drug in Singapore, says Health Sciences Authority huileng@newstoday.com. sg ONE of Britain's most widely prescribed antidepressants, Seroxat, which is also available in Singapore has been linked to a seven-fold increase in suicide attempts
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      Lock icon Big bro, sis always ahead, says study
      193 14 AGENCIES LONDON Your elder siblings are always one step ahead of you, according to a Norwegian study published in the Daily Telegraph yesterday. And, the first born achieves the most success in life, the study found. For that, of course, Presidents George W
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    • this quirkY world
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        HARD WORKERS WORK HARD IN BED
        80 14 Men who have difficulties balancing career and home life scored highest in a study of their wives' or girlfriends' sexual satisfaction, reported the Sunday Times of London. The study, unveiled at the annual American Psychological Association gathering, challenges the popular notion that spouses of
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        Lock icon LOST TEDDY BEAR HOTLINE
        65 14 AFP Housewife Magali Himbert of Tamos in southwest France is offering a service that registers children's most cherished toys or security blankets, and provides a 24/7 hotline if they go missing. Ms Himbert sells a kit with a label to be sewn onto a favourite toy
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  • Voices
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      Time to replace marriage with a cohabitation contract?
      575 16  -  WILSON WONG Women should expect less from their man and understand that philandering is in his nature Letter from I REFER to the report, "Stay away from my husband, you hear!" (Aug 19) and the letter "Don't blame the other woman if
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      Rethink killing of stray dogs
      407 17  -  DRTANCHEKWEE Try out more humane ways Letter from A CHANNEL News Asia report on July 29 was about how 3,600 stray dogs are rounded up each year and most are put to sleep at the AVA's Centre for Animal Welfare and Control. The centre's head,
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      227 18  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY afas fas UP AGAINST A WALL One of the great natural wonders of the United States is the 300-kilometre long Lake Powell in Arizona and Utah. Boating through the channels, you are overshadowed by stone walls which tower hundreds of feet above
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        Lock icon Message of hope for all S'poreans
        147 18  -  DRPJJOHN Letter from I THOUGHT Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong sounded sure of himself and more focused in his second Rally speech. It was good that PM Lee addressed the needs of senior citizens, including those 45 years or older and not wanted in
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        Space needed for dreams, passion
        130 18  -  WILLIAM TAY Letter from I AGREE with the points Ms Teo Hwee Nak makes in her news comment, "After the rally, how to keep spirit alive?" (Aug 22). We should be given the "space" to pursue our dreams and passion, and not just the materialistic
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        Offer practical help to needy S'poreans
        166 18  -  LIM BOON HEE Letter from TO TRULY remake Singapore, we must ensure that the lowerincome, under-privileged and physically disabled are constantly engaged by the Government. Get grassroots workers to find out what their day-to-day problems are and point them to the sources of assistance.
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      Why not Victoria Girls' School?
      244 19  -  HAJ MOHAMED Letter from AS AN old boy of Victoria School (VS) and Victoria Junior College (VJC), I thank Today for publishing several views on the subject of VS turning into a co-ed institution. I feel primary schools should be co-ed, whereas secondary schools should
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        GET RID OF CROWS POSING THREAT TO HEALTH
        124 19  -  KHOO LIH-HAN: The numbers of black crows are increasing especially at places like Newton Hawker Centre and Somerset MRT. At the Newton Hawker Centre, I have seen crows feed on leftovers and leave their droppings on the tables. This is not hygienic.
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        EZ-LINK CARD SHOWS 'NEW RIDE' INSTEAD OF TRANSFER'
        106 19  -  TAYSOKKHOON: I took bus numbers 961, 66 and 985 on Aug 18, 21 and 22 respectively. Each time I had to alight and take another bus of the same service either in the opposite direction, or to continue on from where I
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      New-look Today is fresher and brighter
      113 20  -  MURALI SHARMA Letter from A NEW day dawned Today. It was pleasing and refreshing to the eye. The clean and uncluttered look was like a breath of fresh air in our humid country. The page heads are also in lighter, more joyful colours. Voices
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      Curb PRs from job hopping
      237 20  -  LIOWGWEE CHENG Employers get the short end of the stick Letter from THE success rate of Indian nationals applying for Permanent Residency (PR) has been high. Much as I rejoice with them for getting their PR status, I have also my woes as an employer.
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      Distrust of Japanese stems from unfair treatment
      207 20  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from I READ with interest Mr Liang Dingzi's commentary, "Atrocities that just can't be lied away" (Aug 22). Many Asians do not trust the Japanese not only because of their distorted history books, but they are also dogged
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon ComfortDelGro in $134m Aussie venture
      380 22 BLOOMBERG Spore transport firm teams up with Cabcharge to buy assets of Westbus Group COMFORTDELGRO and Cabcharge Australia will set up a venture to buy the businesses and assets of Westbus Group, a Sydney bus operator, for A 5106.7 million ($134 million). ComfortDelGro, which operates
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    • marketwatch
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        Singapore
        62 22 SHARES rose yesterday, led by bargain hunting in blue chips such as Sing Tel and DBS, dealers said. They said the National Day Rally speech on Sunday in which Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong pushed for economic competitiveness helped to boost general market sentiment. The ST Index closed 14.59
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 22 uss 0.5998 UK£ 0.3333 Yen 65.775 HK$ 4.6622 RM 2.2615 Euro 0.4909 Rupiah 6,002.2 Baht 24.613 Peso 33.522 A$ 0.7921 Indian Rs 26-169 Won 613.23 C$ 0.7258 Yuan 4.8635 NZ$ 0.8608 NT$ 19.256
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        Lock icon ST Index—2,300.95 +14.59
        42 22 AFP gainers outpaced losers 282 to 203, with traded volume totalling 844 million shares worth $844.3 million Sing Tel rose 5 cents, or 1.9 per cent, to $2.70, while DBS gained 20 cents, or 1.3 per cent, to $15.60.
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        World markets
        56 22 Nikkei 225 12,452.51 +160.78 +1.31 Hang Seng All Ordinaries 15,218.63 4,462.70 +180.02 +32.80 +1.20 +0.74 Taiwan Wtd 6,206.65 +47.71 +0.77 Korea Comp 1,116.68 +26.80 +2.46 KLCI 923.97 -1.57 -0.17 SET Index 690.77 +9.94 +1.46 Jakarta Comp 1,076.35 -11.60 -1.07 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1,963.37 231.98 -2.96 +1.38 -0.15
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        Lock icon Commodities
        27 22 SGX, Dow Jones, Bloomberg Gold US$/oz 442.50 Silvar US$/oz 6.995 Platinum US$/oz 885.60 Rubber cents/kg 259.75 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,376.50 Brent US$/barrel 64.35 Information provided by
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        SGX most active
        54 22 UIC STXPO Bio-Treat K1 Ventur UniFiber MMI Biosensors MediaRing UTAC MapletreeLog 1.130 1.070 0.915 0.325 0.360 0.545 0.955 0.160 0.650 1.000 +0.000 +0.060 +0.035 +0.020 +0.005 +0.035 +0.015 +0.010 +0.020 +0.035 +7.6 +5.9 +4.0 +6.6 +1.4 +6.9 +1.6 +6.7 +3.2 +3.6 49,049 40,026 42,397 31,749 29,570 19,001
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        SGX top rises
        68 22 HSI*****DB8CW*****9 2.960 +0.320 CITYDEV 8.850 +0.200 DBS 15.600 +0.200 F8N 16.100 +0.200 HSI*****DB8CW*****0 1.810 +0.200 SIA200 11.800 +0.200 CITYDEV W*****0 6.300 +0.150 HSCEI5000DB8CW*****0 1.160 +0.140 HyfluxDB8CW*****7 1.570 +0.140 KS Energy 3.000 +0.140 SIAMBL8CW*****5 0.050 +150.0 Oculus 0.055 +120.0 Digiland 0.020 +100.0 Hitchins 0.000 +60.0 HSI*****SGA8PW*****9 0.095 +35.7
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        SGX top falls
        73 22 Venture 15.100 -0.200 CapitaVlall(MW***** 0.630 -0.105 Creative 50 12.100 -0.100 DBS Bk 6% NCPS10 109.100 -0.100 0CBCCap3.93%Pref10 100.300 HSU5200SGAePWD***** 0.705 DairyFarm 900 US$ 3.000 -0.100 -0.090 -0.000 Auston 0.040 -0.060 CapitaMall 2.420 -0.060 Fortune Reit HK$ 6.400 -0.050 SingTelMBLeCWD***** Huston 0.010 0.040 -71.4 -60.0 N0LDB8CW*****6 0.005 -50.0
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    • business news
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        Lock icon Mercedes sales ride in slow lane
        378 24 DOW JONES But local distributor expects better business in 2006 with new car launches SINGAPORE'S biggest motor vehicle distributor Jardine Cycle Carriage (C&C) expects domestic sales of its flagship Mercedes Benz cars to be slow for the rest of the year. "The second half
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        CORPORATEBRIEFS
        346 24 Shipping firm Jaya Holdings will distribute a dividend of 4 cents per share for the year ended Jun 30, after posting an 86-per cent jump in net profit to $86.1 million. Growth was spurred by higher chartering profits and gains from vessel sales. Revenue increased 61 per cent to
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        325 25 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Lion 30 to track stocks which comply with Islamic tenets A NEW index tracking Singapore-listed stocks which comply with Islamic principles will be launched on Hari Raya Puasa in November. To be called the Lion 30 index, it will be Singapore's first Islamic financial index.
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        335 26 -BLOOMBERG Rising costs and concerns over overcapacity weigh on earnings SHARES of Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), the operator of Asia's second-largest container shipping line after Taiwan's Evergreen Marine, fell as much as 4.9 per cent yesterday to a seven-month intraday low on concerns about
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        96 26 A-Reit ($2.21) Buy ÜBS keeps its Buy recommendation on A-Reit and raises its price target for the real estate investment trust to $2.50 from $2.25. It says that the likely privatisation of the Government industrial landlord JTC and property developer Ascendas could provide A-Reit with opportunities to acquire more industrial
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        31 26 Vita Holdings (26 cents) Buy Sias Research upgrades Vita Holdings to Buy from Hold, and raises its price target to 30 cents from 27 cents, citing the company's increased earnings visibility.
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        55 26 DOW JONES DBS Vickers keeps its Hold rating on Yellow Pages with a $1.32 price target after AC Nielsen data showed that spending on advertising has been weaker this year than last year. DBS says although revenue may pick up in fiscal 2007, there may be
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        1118 28  -  VALERIE LAW It is also important to look for qualities such as integrity and care in the person who you select for the job valerie@newstoday.com.sg YOUR financial planner (FP) may be someone referred to you by friends or family, but not many people know that
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        154 29  -  -VALERIE LAW THE financial industry here has adopted an international standard for processing unit trust transactions that will help to reduce costs for investors. Various financial associations including the Association of Banks in Singapore and the Investment Management Association of Singapore recently signed
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        347 30  -  CHOW PENN NEE Massage chairs a hit among growing number of young and rich customers pennee@newstoday.com.sg THEIR influence is spreading well beyond the traditional base of the old and "kneady". Increasingly, massage chairs are gaining popularity among the young and wellheeled who tend to view these luxury
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        187 30 OCBC Bank has launched a wealth management campaign costing over $1 million to invite Singaporeans to come to the bank with their questions on money management The campaign includes above and below-the-line advertising, including TV commercials, print advertisements and road shows. It will last
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        565 31  -  GREGWALDRON news@newstoday.com.sg SOMETIMES, the best way to get somebody to do something is to avoid telling him to do anything at all. This was certainly the case at a recent media lunch pharmaceutical giant Schering held at the Singapore History Museum on the
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        170 31 4AS ANNOUNCES SMA FINALISTS THE inaugural Singapore Media Awards (SMA) 2005 attracted 167 entries. The Best Integrated Media Campaign attracted the largest number of entries, resulting in the judging panel being locked away for four hours until a decision was reached. Starcom had the largest number of finalists, with
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        436 31  -  VALERIE LAW va lerie@newstoday.com.sg JEANS as we know them today were pioneered by Levis Strauss in the 1850s. Originally worn by labourers and gold miners, the material evolved into conventional wear for cowboys before exploding on the world fashion scene with the rock and roll
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        254 31  -  GREGWALDRON AT the National Day celebrations, revellers at the Padang were given a model of the Nokia 3230 phone in their goodie bags. Flipping a switch activated a torch where the screen would normally have been it was that simple to operate.
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        474 32  -  SEAH SIEW HUA From being a hobby for geeks, it has become an industry providing high-paying obs siewhua@newstoday.com.sg IF YOU think gaming is child's play or solely for geeks, it is about time you realised that gaming is not only a full-time profession for some, but
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          68 32 SSA Global Technologies is acquiring customer relationship management solution provider Epiphany and has acquired human capital management (HCM) applications provider Boniva Software. The first transaction has a gross value of US$329 million ($549 million). Boniva's talent management portfolio of e-learning, skills and
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          OPTIMISED DATA ACCESS FOR ENTERPRISES
          71 32 Boasting more than 50 new features, Citrix's Access Suite 4.0, an integrated business access solution designed for enterprises of all sizes, enables on-demand access to any information resource for any authorised user, with any enabled device, over any enabled network connection. The software includes Citrix
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          58 32 Message Labs is partnering Scan Safe, a UK-based managed Web filtering company, to offer Web-based anti-virus and anti-spy-ware protection as well as URL filtering. Message Labs will add Scan Safe's patented managed Web security technology to its portfolio of managed security services and provide
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        304 32 BROTHER SECURITY-ENABLED LASER MFC-8840D Brother's five-in-one flatbed laser multifunction centre MFC-8840D (picture) is suitable for small offices and corporate workgroups that seek secure printing. Printing can only be enabled when you enter a personal identification number on the printer's panel. Users can choose to upgrade the 32M8 base memory
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        354 32  -  SEAHSIEWHUA II SPYWARE is a legitimate business I and a booming one, according to Mr Vilis Ositis, the chief technology officer of Blue Coat Systems (Asia-Pacific). "It is enormously successful because companies are paying to install spyware on people's machines," he said. In other words, the
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        832 33  -  DEREK KIONG Don't become a victim of spyware and adware; add muscle to your computer's security with these tips infotech@newstoday.com.sg I SPYWARE are programs that monitor I user activity and subsequently transmit user information to remote servers. Adware operates similarly but shows targeted advertisements
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        396 33 ADWARE/SPYWARE WOES Q: My PC has been infected with adware and spyware that cause unknown software programs to be loaded when I log on to the Internet. I used Microsoft's anti-spyware software, but it does not seem to help. Jean fie Your problem seems to be either malware that
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      131 29 POEMS Mobile POEMS WAP is now POEMS Mobile! POEMS Mobile allows you to access SGX stock information, place trades and review your watch lists through a mobile phone or PDA. It uses the latest secured mobile technology via WIFI, GPRS or WAP. \vt VH H fiX- if !^m^k B ■a
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      994 36  -  UllllllL.Ui.M Robin Gibb will continue to perform as a tribute to Maurice and the Bee Gees SATURDAY Night Fever has an unforgettable opening sequence. The 1978 disco movie focuses on a man's shiny red shoes with enormous heels. The camera pulls back to reveal an impossibly-handsome John
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        Do Or Die
        115 36 Ronin Rock music isn't about progression. Singaporean rock band Ronin knows that. So instead of skirting around with pretentious fiddle, their debut album Do Or Die (complete with cheeky scratch-and-see bits on the cover) goes straight for the jugular. The results are extremely entertaining and an unashamed
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        49 36 Supergrass They've been written off as Britpop has-beens but the wryly-titled Road To Rouen is a fine return to form. This fifth album is teeming with colour-fully-layered textures and eclectic grooves, masterfully crafted to create a batch of pop tunes that swagger out of your speakers.
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        60 36 Funeral for a Friend Welsh outfit Funeral For A Friend has been peddling the harrowing sounds of emotional hardcore since 2003. Keeping with the genre's time-honoured tradition of supreme whinging, their tunes are typical boy meets girl, boy loses girls then cries. But thankfully, they also do it with
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        64 36 Kelly Osbourne Ozzy Osbourne's offspring Kelly may be a royal brat on The Osbournes. But her music has always been saccharine sweet ironic since she's cast a the infant terrible of teenyboppers. With album No 2, Kelly goes for a revamp. Feisty in structure. Sleeping in
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      294 37 EUSACHIA SINGAPORE'S budding film-making talents received a considerable morale boost at the National Day Rally on Sunday. Commissioned by the Prime Minister's Office, Ngee Ann Polytechnic's Centre for Film and Media Studies produced two video clips that were aired during the Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's
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        619 38  -  Neil Humphreys Deputy Plus Editor neil@newstoday.com.sg MANY of the greatest male performances in modern cinematic history occurred in the *****. The age of the auteur brought creative freedom from the studios and engineered the birth of the movie brat pack. Inspired by their
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        389 39  -  JOYCE LIN Wei Lian gets rousing welcome on visit to primary school joyce@newstoday.com.sg PROJECT SuperStar finalist Tan Wei Lian returned to his alma mater yesterday and was soon mobbed. As he arrived at the Singapore School for the Visually Handicapped in Toa Payoh, the blind busker
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      100 38 HOUSTIC CUNICAL MANUAL THERAPY 10 Lessons include: A safe complementary health massage therapy that uses gentle traction or pressure to release deep tensions at precise anatomical structures, thus allowing the body to heal itself efficiently. clinical nTffTTfflfflTTWM AROMAIHERAPY HmWWMhMRI 5 euments Hf.W!f%Mwt**Bm 5 Lessons include: Essential oil |BL|dyMp|iMM|HN>Mi production, qualities
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      718 40  -  EVELINE GAN The HPB's Fruit for Health programme is giving kids something to think about eveline@newstoday.com.sg WHAT do mathematics and eating fruit have in common? Plenty, it seems. At Princess Elizabeth Primary School, students learn maths by eating fruit Launched in June last year by
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      382 41  -  BRENDACHEW brenda@newstoday.com.sg THE treadmill is one of the more popular pieces of exercise equipment They are easy to use, work well if you are trying to lose weight by burning calories and they also help strengthen the heart muscles. The range of treadmills on the market is extensive,
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      144 41 BRENDACHEW BREAKFAST helps kick-start your day. Most busy urbanites, however, find preparing breakfast from scratch too much of a hassle, so ready-made cereals serve as a quick solution to our timeoriented lifestyles. Most cereals contain vitamin B. These vitamins work together to boost metabolism, maintain
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      Lock icon A wet blanket cramps your style
      807 42 Kegel exercises and avoiding alcohol and caffeine help manage incontinence INCONTINENCE is a common problem for men and women. It is embarrassing and causes anxiety and changes in the lifestyle of its sufferers, sometimes limiting their daily activities. AYURVEDA Incontinence is believed to be
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        87 43 This forum addresses topics like if there is a cure for some of the more common sexual problems in couples. Doctors present will also give advice on how to spice up your later years, and discuss issues like ejaculatory dysfunctions. Date: Aug 27 Time: 2pm
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        AGE-RELATED EYE DISEASES
        49 43 Find out more about age-related macular degeneration, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, dry eyes and glaucoma at this forum conducted in Mandarin. Forums in Tamil and Malay at other sessions. Date: Aug 27 Time: 10am to noon Venue: Alexandra Hospital Auditorium Registration/enquiries: Call 6379 3741 or email Alice_How@alexhosp.com.sg
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        40 43 Learn how to manage stress before it manages you and enhance your work performance in the process. Date: Aug 27 Time: 2pm to 4pm Venue: Geylang East Community Library Fee: Free admission Registration/enquiries: Call 6332 3255
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        46 43 Prevent and learn about eye disease. Come down for free eye screening tests at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Date: Aug 27 Time: 8.30 am to noon Venue: Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Atrium, Level 1 Fee: Free admission Pre-registration: Call Dennis on 6357 8266
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      454 43  -  EVELINE GAN One reason is ignorance about gum problems eveline@newstoday.com.sg DECAY is not the only cause of tooth loss. In fact, according to Associate Professor Grace Ong Hui Lian, head of the National University of Singapore's department of preventive dentistry, gum disease also
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      583 44 MY DAUGHTER had asthma when she was about one year old. She used to take 1-plus milk powder, which was followed by 6-plus milk powder. She would develop eczema and rashes whenever we changed the brand of milk powder. She is 12 years old now and is
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      202 42 BEDWETTING Can be treated! Don't Suffer in silence. tfgl^k Date :27 August 2005 (Saturday) l|^9 Time :2pmto 5 pm Venue .-Singapore Power Auditorium M^^% (former PUB Auditorium, Z. >\\ °PP- Somerset MRT) Hft\ J^^^vl^ 1' cc er Person I F~ <£ihl s (includesrefreshments) I Tel 6284 8889 (Jane) for reservation
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      565 52  -  CUBBY LEONG After a chat with President Nathan, world sailing champ Teo talks of his goals cubby@newdstoday.com.sg ALMOST a month to the day, Teo Wee Chin and Terence Koh's world changed forever. On July 22, the Singapore sailors conquered the best in the world in the
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      205 52 —AFP BRUSSELS A third-division provincial girls' football team entered the annals of Belgian football on Saturday after suffering a crushing 50-1 defeat because of the absence of a single, but crucial player Their musicloving goalkeeper. SK Berlaar's goal was left unguarded in
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      138 52 —AFP MIAMI Maria Sharapova, 18, became the first Russian woman and the fifth youngest in history to reach the summit of women's tennis yesterday, when she took over the world No 1 spot in the rankings released by the WTA. She supplanted US veteran Lindsay Davenport atop
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      313 52 -AFP TENNIS Cincinnati Masters CINCINNATI Andy Roddick is optimistic he will be fit for the US Open despite suffering a right foot injury in a 6-3, 7-5 loss to Roger Federer in Sunday's (yesterday morning, Singapore time) final at the USs2.4smillion ($4 million) Cincinnati
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      316 53  -  Leong Wee Keat BEFORE Joscelin Yeo and Junie Sng, there was Patricia Chan (picture). She was Singapore's first "Golden Girl", flying the Republic's flag high in Southeast Asia and beyond from the 1960s to the early *****. Having won a record 39 gold medals at the
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      638 53  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S top junior golfer Choo Tze Huang has often played the role of bridesmaid at tournaments. In 2004, it almost became a habit, as he finished runners-up in five tournaments the Callaway Junior World Golf Championships, Australian Junior Open, Asia Pacific Junior Championships,
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      Geylang bite the dust again, at home
      223 53  -  DARREN LAI NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2005 Geylang United 2 Albirex Niigata 3 da rren@newstoday.com.sg ALBIREX Niigata heaped more misery on Geylang United last night, when they beat the home side 3-2 in at S-League clash at the Bedok Stadium. In the news over
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        474 48 -AFP A-Leaguesetto kick off this weekend as Australia gives football another chance SYDNEY Australia's new domestic soccer league kicks off this weekend with sound corporate sponsorship, a chief executive who successfully ran the 2003 Rugby World Cup, 30 overseas players and a pay television contract. All the
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        256 48 LOS ANGELES The International Olympic Committee (IOC), concerned about the selection of officials and scoring for amateur boxing, has frozen some US$9 million ($l5 million) in payments to the International Boxing Association (AIBA), the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday. According to the
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        166 48 -AFP PORTLAND, Oregon Soo Yun Kang (right) carded a three-under-par 69 on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) to capture her first victory on the LPGA Tour, a four-shot triumph in the US$l.4 million ($2.3 million) Safeway Classic. The 29-year-old South Korean became the ninth first-time winner on tour
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        329 48 AFP DUNEDIN, New Zealand The Springboks arrived in Dunedin yesterday to prepare for the weekend's Test against the All Blacks, knowing that a victory or a draw will clinch their first back-to-back Tri-Nations titles. South Africa have never won against the All Blacks at
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        454 49 Gunners boss hopes team won't crumble like they did last season ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Chelsea 1 Arsenal 0 LONDON It is rare that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger comes out publicly to criticise his players. But losing his 500 th match in charge on Sunday must have been too much
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        339 49 -AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Liverpool v CSKA Sofia PARIS Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is one match away from leading the Anfield giants back into the Champions League group phase, but he still hasn't solved his striker dilemma. The European champions entertain CSKA Sofia at Anfield
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        113 49 LIVERPOOL Everton have denied Alan Stubbs' claims that he left them for Sunderland because they wanted to cancel any new deal if he had a cancer relapse, reported BBC Sport. Stubbs, 33, has twice beaten testicular cancer and, despite such a clause in his last deal,
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        672 50 —AP GOLF NEC International AKRON, Ohio The World Golf Championships were created seven years ago to bring together the best players from around the world. Tiger Woods has turned them into an annuity. The world No 1 overcame some shaky putting on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore
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        520 51 —AFP Indonesian becomes first man to hold both Olympic and world singles crowns BADMINTON World Championships ANAHEIM, California In a stunning tour de force, Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat captured his first badminton World Championship title here on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) by dismantling Lin Dan, the world
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        302 51 -AFP ISTANBUL Championship challenger Kimi Raikkonen turned the screw on title race leader Fernando Alonso in Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix, but the unflappable Spaniard is refusing to crack. Raikkonen, proudly nicknamed the "Iceman", displayed his cool composure once again as he made the most out
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        230 51 —AFP ANAHEIM, California The International Badminton Federation (IBF) are calling on their female athletes to wear more glamorous outfits. Speaking during the finals of the World Championships here on Sunday, IBF deputy president Punch Gunalan said he wished the women shuttiers would dress more like
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