Today, 9 December 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Thursday December 9, 2004 MICA (P) 103/07/2004
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  • AFRERNONN EDITION
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      Lock icon US stocks rise on positive news, oil higher
      128 1 -AFP NEW YORK US stocks climbed yesterday as mostly positive corporate news and a rally in the dollar helped the market rebound from a drubbing a day earlier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 53.65 points to close at 10,494.23, the techheavy
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      Chen says he is back to 'explain'
      724 1  -  Val Chua Suspended CAO chief arrested, released on bail THE drama in the China Aviation Oil (CAO) saga stepped up a notch yesterday when the company's suspended chief executive, Mr Chen Jiulin (picture), was arrested by the police and later released on bail,
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      Lock icon Snow to remain as Treasury Secretary
      109 1 -AFP WASHINGTON Treasury Secretary John Snow will remain in the top economic Cabinet post as President George W Bush starts his second term, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said yesterday. Mr Snow agreed to a request to stay on the job at a White
      -AFP  -  109 words
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  • hot news
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      Battle in need oi a few good men
      784 2  -  Lee U-Wen |\|Eyy§comment_ LAST week, I put my hand over my heart and made a pledge. It was a simple one; just 12 words that took five seconds to recite. But the meaning of those few words resonated deep within me as
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      Finally, Lenovo to buy over IBM's PC business
      271 3  -  Seah Siew Hua IN A US$l.75-billion ($2.88-billion) deal that will further consolidate the global personal computer market, China's top computer maker Lenovo is to buy over IBM's entire PC business. With the purchase which has ended a week of speculation Lenovo, formerly
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      Innovators go to front of the queue
      560 3  -  Tay Tsen-Waye New initiative gives 'first movers' with fresh ideas an advantage in the allocation of public assets A NEW Government initiative will give businesses with fresh ideas a leg up over their rivals when bidding for the use of public assets. Launched
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon New appointments
      113 4 Newsßadio 93.8 SEVERAL changes to senior appointments in the public sector have been announced. Deputy Secretary of Policy from the Ministry of Education (MOE), Mr Chan Yeng Kit, will become the new Chief Executive Officer of the InfoComm Development Authority of Singapore. He will replace Mrs Tan Ching
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      University fees up by 5%
      387 4  -  Keith Lin IN a widely anticipated move, the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) yesterday announced an increment of 5 per cent for university fees starting next July. The increase will bring tuition fees for laboratory and non-labora-tory undergraduate courses to
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      Lock icon SnowBall tossed out
      133 6 Channel News Asia THE Police have rejected an application by Jungle Media to hold a party called Snowßall.o4 which was to be held at the former Warehouse Disco at River Valley Road on Christmas Day. In explaining its decision, the Police said the organisers who also staged
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      Lock icon Merger fears addressed
      408 6 Channel News Asia MediaCorp-bound SPH staff meet their bosses-to-be SOME 200 employees from Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) who have been offered jobs at MediaCorp met the new management yesterday. The two companies on Tuesday announced details of the merger of their mass-market TV and studio operations. The
      — Channel News Asia; WEE TECK HIAN  -  408 words
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      Yet to fly, Jetstar ups flights
      268 8 Huge demand for seats to Hong Kong prompts extra flight ONE day after launching ticket sales for its Hong Kong route, Jetstar Asia has added one more daily flight to the destination. With the addition, Singapore's latest low-cost carrier will offer two flights daily
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      Rotary Club coordinates donations for victims of Philippine typhoon
      185 8 FOLLOWING an appeal from the Philippines for donations to help the victims of the typhoons, the Rotary Club of Singapore has offered to coordinate the collection of cash donations. Its sister club, the Rotary Club e3310, has volunteered to collect donations
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      Lock icon Case, furniture group sign MOU
      84 10 Channel News Asia CONSUMERS can now get even more protection with the latest Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between consumer watchdog Case and the Singapore Furniture Association (SFA). Disputes between consumers and furniture retailers can now referred to the media- tion service provided by Case.
      – Channel News Asia  -  84 words
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      Freed tiger = free Tiger
      376 10  - Freed tiger free Tiger Anslev Ng Brewer's offer for info leading to release of home-kept animals TIGER Beer will give away a year's supply of beer for information leading to the release of a tiger said to be kept in a home in Sixth Avenue. This promise was advertised at
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      Lock icon Silent, sudden killer
      418 13 Newsßadio 93.8 Cardiac arrest claims one to two adult lives daily ONE to two adults aged between 18 and 60 die from sudden cardiac arrest every day. This fact was revealed in a recent study conducted by the National Heart Centre (NHC). The study the first to
      – Newsßadio 93.8; YEN YOK  -  418 words
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        Lock icon Teo Chee Hean in Indonesia
        75 13 Newsßadio 93.8 Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean is in Indonesia for his first official visit in his present role. During his three-day trip, he will meet his Indonesian counterpart, Mrjuwono Sudarsono. Rear-Admiral Teo will also call on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice-President Jusuf Kalla.
        – Newsßadio 93.8  -  75 words
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        Lock icon Yeo Cheow Tong in China
        71 13 Newsßadio 93.8 Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong left for China yesterday where he will make a speech at the BFA World Logistics Conference in Shenzhen. Mr Yeo will also visit Shanghai and Guangzhou and meet officials from Chi- nese airlines. He will visit China's rail
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        Lock icon COE car prices rise
        100 13 Channel News Asia COE prices for cars edged higher in the Open Bidding exercise for the first half of December, which closed yesterday. The latest results from the Land Transport Authority showed big cars registering the largest increase of $1,002 to $21,302. The Open category rose
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Massacre of innocents
      402 15 -AFP. Ex-US marine reveals killing of 30 Iraqi civilians in two days TORONTO A former American marine revealed how his unit killed more than 30 innocent Iraq civilians in just two days while on checkpoint duty in Baghdad. The graphic testimony by Marine Sergeant Jimmy Massey was
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      Lock icon Rumsfeld comes under fire from Iraq-bound troops
      290 15 -AFP BAGHDAD US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld came under fire from American troops yesterday over their safety in Iraq. American troops waiting in the Kuwaiti desert to enter Iraq challenged Mr Rumsfeld about their safety. About 1,800 of the 10,000 troops at Camp
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      The allure of gambling
      501 17 Casinos might prove too lucrative for China to resist HONG KONG Chairman Mao must be squirming in his grave as an activity he once branded "a bad social custom that arose out of the rotten political environment of the landlord class" is apparently being sought to
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Ukraine leader was poisoned, says doctor
        71 17 Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned in an attempt to kill him during election campaigning in September, a British daily reported yesterday, quoting the doctor who oversaw his treatment. Doctors at Vienna's Rudolfinerhaus clinic are within days of identifying the substance that left
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        Lock icon Tipster turns down $66,000 reward
        84 17 AFP An anonymous tipster who was eligible to receive a US$4O,OOO ($66,000) reward for providing information that led to an arrest in a murder case has turned the money down, asking that it go instead to a charity established in the victim's name. Mr Ali
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        Lock icon Mercy worker strikes $44.4m jackpot
        38 17 AP \As Debi Faris-Cifelli, who names forsaken newborn babies at the morgue and buries them in a snoebox-size coffin in a California desert cemetery, has won US$27 million ($44.4 million) in a lottery.
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        Parents of child vandals to be fined
        73 17 The parents of young children who steal or vandalise property will be made to pay up to £5,000 ($16,000) to the victims, the British government said last night. Police investigate 4,000 incidents of law-breaking by children up to the age of nine every
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      Women bosses better for profits
      380 22 But survey finds glass ceiling persists in most companies LONDON British companies run by women are performing better than those with men at the helm, according to a new study published in the Independent yesterday. Firms with women as top-level directors posted average returns of
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      Russia plans 500-day' Mars tesf
      173 22 RUSSIAN scientists are selecting volunteers to be locked in a capsule for 500 days to test plans for a trip to Mars. The mock mission is designed to simulate the tough conditions of a space trip to the Red Planet, BBC reported. A team of
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      Kofi Annan rejects calls to resign
      144 22 UNITED NATIONS Secre-tary-General Kofi Annan rejected calls for his resignation, saying he would continue helming the United Nations (UN) for the next two years. Five Republican members of the United States House of Representatives backed a Republican senator's call for Mr Annan to step
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      Kirn 'son' discusses succession
      290 24 TOKYO A man believed to be one of JNorth Korean leader Kirn Jong-Il's sons says "no decision has been made on the succession issue" in email correspondence with Japanese newspaper Yomiuri and other top Japanese dailies. The man met a group of Japanese journalists at Beijing
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      US won't join Kyoto Protocol
      145 24 BUENOS AIRES (Argentina) The United States does not intent to join the international Kyoto Protocol, which aims to cut down gas emissions, if remarks by Dr Harlan Watson, the chief American negotiator at an United Nations climate change conference here, are anything to go by.
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        What's in a name?
        75 24 Well, ask Mrs Ae-Pil, whose Korean name was to replace the English word for condom in South Korea. However, the Korean Anti-Aids Federation has shelved the plan after complaints from people with identical or similar-sounding names. The word is derived from the Chinese characters for love
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        Lock icon Ex-postman kept letters
        59 24 AFP Malaysian police in Kuala Lumpur have arrested a former postman, who had been on the run for the past four months, for failing to deliver 21,255 letters. The 27-year-old said he was upset with his salary and believed he was sending a message to the authorities
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  • A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL BY CITIBANK
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      Give Me The Money
      845 18 At last a credit card that understands that I want a real money-back guarantee, says Jennifer Schoon I 'I II only loyalty points I want to JL J~l Is accrue are "eternity points" that can be exchanged for free entry to, and other perks in, heaven.
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      Naughty or Nice
      740 19 year or a I So you can choose to play any I way you like. Today has sussed out fashion, lifestyle, beauty and food finds that fit the naughty or nice bill.Treat yourself or give them as gifts to loved ones. And whatever you charge to your
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  • A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
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      Naughty or Nice
      1093 20 When it comes to apparel, you'll be hard put to decide which route to go. Play it nice in pretty tops or naughty >in red satin shoes. A 10TIMEAND MONEY SAVING TIPS 1. You've heard it before. Make a list. On it should be all the people
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      Focus. on The Family
      243 26  -  Dr James Dobson w THE CLASS OF '65 In the mid-*****. Time magazine selected the senior class of Palisades High School in southern California as a focus for its cover story entitled "Today's Teenager". These young men and women lived in one of the wealthiest school
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      Tracking down SingPost rate hikes
      233 26  -  CHRIS YAP BOH TEE Increases in surface mail rates hit particularly hard during holiday times SINGAPORE Post raised its overseas postal delivery charges with effect from Dec 1. The hefty increase in surface mail rates, especially, will badly affect SMEs, expatriates, foreign students, workers and
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      READERS'SHORT TAKES
      312 26 Chua Kirn Choo: Escalator trouble at Yishun MRT station an ongoing problem The escalators between the Yishun MRT station and the underpass were out of service again, only shortly after they were restored to working order on Nov 1 9 after having been out of order for almost
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      No danger of chauvinism
      465 28  -  HASLINDA SHAMSUDIN But creation of Chinese elite must not undermine racial integration I REFER to Dharmendra Yadav's news comment, "Do we fear the dreaded 'C word?" (Dec 8). As a member of the Malay community although I do not claim to speak for it I share
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      Real fear is of discussing the 'R' word
      264 28  -  PAUL TAN BENG HWEE Mr Dharmendra Yadav may or may not be correct that racial equality continues to thrive in Singapore. However, the examples he uses only undermine his case. For instance, we have always known that the unelected position of president
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      Still too many selfish drivers
      286 30  -  LIONEL DE SOUZA Lack of basic courtesy increases need for wardens WHAT ever has happened to basic road courtesy? In spite of the many campaigns there are still a number of selfish motorists at large. On Nov 30,1 encountered one such selfish motorist outside the
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      Reckless cyclists a menace on walkways
      148 30  -  EUGENE CHAN A FEW months back, my wife and I were on the Yishun Avenue 2 walkway when we were almost run down by two cyclists. Not only did we have to endure the cyclists' reckless disregard for pedestrian safety, we were also subject
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      263 32 Bloomberg CHINA Aviation Oil Singapore Corp. (CAO) said that it had no more open positions in derivatives trading activity except for three "back to back" oil option trades. "The company is monitoring the situation very closely to find a solution to close out
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      346 32 Bloomberg SATYA Capital has demanded $85.4 million from China Aviation Oil Singapore Corp (CAO) and its parent for breaching a contract to buy a stake in Singapore Petroleum Co (SPC), a court filing showed. Hong Kong-based investment firm Satya filed a writ of summons
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      178 32 Bloomberg COSCO Corp Singapore, a ship-repair unit of China's biggest shipping company, has no links with China Aviation Oil Singapore Corp (CAO) and continues to expect that its profit will rise this year, president Ji Haisheng said. "We don't have any business dealings with
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        305 34 Agencies Takes on PSA, Hutchison for HK presence DUBAI Ports Authority (DPA) has emerged to challenge Singapore's PSA International and Hong Kong's Hutchison Whampoa in the battle for the international port operations of United States transport group CSX, the Financial Times (FT) reported on its
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        192 36 Dow Jones SembCorp to return most gains from K&N stake sale MARINE and utilities conglomerate SembCorp Industries said yesterday it would make a special dividend payout from its share of the gains from the stake sale in Kuehne Nagel by its unit SembCorp Logistics (SembLog) to shareholders. SembCorp
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        88 36 MARINE conglomerate Keppel Corp said yesterday its unit Keppel FELS had secured a US$llO million ($lBO million) oil rig contract from Qatar's Gulf Drilling International. Keppel Corp, one of the world's biggest builders of offshore oil rigs, has benefited in the last
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        295 38 Defence group will supply rugged laptops for use in tactical environments SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering (STE), South-east Asia's largest defence group, said yesterday it had won a US$2OO-million ($328 million) contract to supply the United States Army with rugged laptop computers. STE said yesterday its
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          60 40 Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Value *****.37 *****.32 3897.70 5892.51 Change Pis +67.74 -213.46 -29.80 -32.77 +0.62 -1.50 -0.76 -0.55 Korea Comp KLCI SET Index Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 871.74 902.30 645.41 979.22 1801.18 238.90 6261.52 +10.67 -10.11 -10.42 -7.19
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          36 40 USS 0.6107 UK£ 0.314 Yen 62.881 HK$ 4.745 RM 2.3205 Euro 0.4551 Rupiah 5547.9 Baht 23.888 Peso 34.246 A$ 0.7891 Indian Rs 26.702 Won 636.225 C$ 0.738 Yuan 5.0542 NZ$ 0.8524 NTS 19.587
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          92 40 Dow Jones SGX, Bloomberg SHARE prices ended slightly higher after a choppy session that saw bouts of bargain hunting alternating with profit-taking in select blue chips. The ST Index closed 4.40 points, or 0.2 per cent, higher at 2,020.66. The benchmark index opened lower early in the session in
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          60 40 By volume Close UniFiber 0.170 CoscoCorp 1.030 Sing Tel 2.360 China Sun 0.370 Noble Grp 1.340 ArianeCorp 0.125 Creative DBeCW*****3 0.550 StarHub 1.070 DatacrftUSS 1.050 SPH 4.680 Change +0.010 -0.040 +0.020 -0.050 +0.010 -0.020 -0.050 -0.030 +0.020 +6.3 -3.7 +0.9 -3.6 +8.7 -3.5 -4.5 -2.8 +0.4 'OOO
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          83 40 Sukit Sem jreatEast Close Change 13.300 +0.300 12.500 +0.300 taw Par 5.300 +0.250 :&N 15.000 +0.200 )BS 15.900 +0.100 .IA ilA 200 11.100 +0.100 11.200 +0.100 >T Engg (epCorp 'arkway 2.160 +0.060 8.300 +0.050 1.450 +0.040 By percentage PM Data ITechGrp Surface MTW*****9 Close i 0.080 0.035
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          82 40 By$ Close CITYDEV 6.700 TAC 200USS 3.240 CITYDEV W*****0 4.240 Robinson 6.050 Hyflux 2.550 OCBC 13.200 OCBC 4.55SNCPS 100 100.400 Shang Asia 2kHKS 10.000 STI ETF 100 20.500 Change -0.200 -0.180 -0.160 -0.150 -0.130 -0.100 -0.100 -0.100 -0.100 Venture 15.500 -0.100 By percentage L&M MediaS Nylecl SHC
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        437 40 Bloomberg The bank's earnings before tax last year was U51.54 billion STANDARD Chartered, the British bank that makes about two-thirds of its profit in Asia, said that its 2004 profit before tax may rise 29 per cent, helped by growth at
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        333 41 Dow Jones So far, such activities in Asia-Pacific have reached $557b MERGER and acquisition (M&A) activity in Asia-Pacific looks set to grow next year as Chinese companies seek natural resources and markets worldwide, while others look to expand in the economically buoyant region. In several countries,
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          96 41 United Overseas Bank ($13.60) HOLD ABN Amro raised both its call on UOB to "Hold" from "Reduce" and the target price to $14.40 from $1 1.90, as the special 35-cents-per-share dividend from United Overseas Land (UOL) would lift the bank's FYO4 earning by 8 per cent. The UOL stake sale
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          76 41 United Engineers ($1.60) HOLD DBS Vickers We visited the group and came away with a neutral stance. Construction and trading activities continued to drag performance but there are no indications from management for further rationalisation in the near future. The group's move into the environmental business may provide a new
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        428 41 Dow Jones ALTHOUGH the Malaysian government said that the ringgit peg will stay, there appears to be a preparedness to adjust current settings if domestic economic conditions warrant a change and the dollar weakens further. While the peg has served the
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      570 42  -  Jeanine Tan Now-famousTaufik cannot sing with his R&B group at hip-hop festival because of contractual obligations FOR Taufik Batisah, it all started here. Before he became the Singapore Idol, before his debut single I Dream took over the airwaves, he was known as "Fique" in the hip-hop scene
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      247 42  -  Jeanine Tan THE hip-hop scene in Singapore is one that's largely self-created. From the publicity to the music, DIV has been the way to go for a long time. Said Imran Ajmain, the co-organ-iser of The SG Hip Hop Festival 2004: "A lot of
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      229 44  -  Jeanine Tan Actress Rui En takes over from Steph Song on Achar! JAS Arora is probably relieved that he now has a new "wife". The Indian actor played one half of inter-racial couple Ajay and Stephanie in MediaCorp TV Channel 5 sitcom Achar!. In real
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        50 44 The Idol phenomenon continues with the search for the next American Idol. The series, which propelled Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard and Fantasia Barrino to stardom, returns on Jan 20 at 1 0pm on MediaCorp TV Channel 5. Watch this space for more details.
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        Andy Lew at charity screening at Prince 1
        90 44 Catch Andy Lau and Rene Li at 7pm today at Prince 1 movie theatre. They will be there for the charity premiere of their movies A World Without Thieves and My Brother, which also stars South Korean hunk Won Bin. Organised by
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      344 46  -  David Chew Former journalist finds new voice in her novels SHE'S seen too much to sit idly by. Indonesian novelist Ayu Utami's soulful eyes belie a steely determination. Two weeks before the Suharto regime in Indonesia crumbled, Ayu's novel Saman hit bookstores. It wasn't a pure
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          143 48 David Chew In the spirit of the season, it's time to revel in the glitter and glamour of the fund-raising gala dinners that fill the year-end social calendar. Escape Theatre's fund-raising event, Arts for Art, will be held at The Arts House at
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          71 48 David Chew Huzir Sulaiman was announced as the recipient of [he inaugural NUS-FASS and Arts House Writing Fellowship yesterday. The fellowship allows a developmental and nurturing stance towards playwriting in Singapore, and wilfprovide a $4,000 monthly stipend to Huzir, chosen from 23 applicants. The money will
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        142 48  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS FORGET Nick Hornby, Tony Parsons and the excruciating Helen Fielding no author has surveyed Britain's changing landscape better than Sue Townsend in the last 20 years. Through the eyes of her angstridden central character Adrian Mole, Townsend has tackled and
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          528 52  -  Jenny Kong In Kanchanaburi, the past and present are linked closely to the River Kwai MENTION Thailand and my friends gush about the sandy white beaches in Phuket and Koh Samui or the cheap shopping at Chatuchak Market But for me, Kanchanaburi is the first
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          584 53  -  Joy Frances S^^^^^^^^KHLdjbyj^^ PlflißiL^ IF YOU haven't seen Vietnam in the past five years, you wouldn't know how tall it stands today. This is not a country still ravaged by the war it had with the United States. And it isn't a country averse to allowing its youngsters
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          581 54  -  Corrine Wan Get wild in Sabah's Sukau Rainforest YEARNING to get away from the confines of your work place for a spot of adventure and be at one with nature? Then Sabah, the "Land Below the Wind", is the place to be. Climb Mount Kinabalu, the highest
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          523 55  -  Jaswinder Kaur Gill City dwellers weary of the urban life can relax and rejuvenate themselves here in Sarawak THIRTY minutes into our drive from Kuching, Sarawak's capital, we see Mount Santubong rising in the distance. As we approach the Damai Peninsula, we can make
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          Fun time in Pattaya
          805 56  -  Nazir Keshvani This popular Thai beach resort has something for everyone HERE I was at the shrine of rock 'n' roll the Hard Rock Hotel in the Thai beach resort of Pattaya but there was nothing wild, rebellious or naughty about it In fact, after a
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          First-class bus service
          430 58  -  Wong Fei Wan Lunch, restrown, massage chairs allon the luxcrry Aerolinejcoach to XL TRAVELLING back to Malaysia has been a monthly routine ever since I started working in Singapore. For me, taking a flight was never a palatable option partly because I figured the money for the
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          590 59  -  Rachel Lo How budget airlines have alterec^the taste of travellers TIMES have never been better for those who consider travelling as one of their favourite pastimes. The rise of budget airlines has made it easier and cheaper for Singaporeans to go on short-haul holidays to places
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            211 60 Chan Brothers is offering several weekend getaway packages to Myanmar and Bali. The Myanmar cities of Yangon, famous for its many temples and pavilions, and Mandalay, which is teeming with temples and bustling markets, are fast becoming hot spots for Singaporeans in search of a
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            225 60 Wotif.com, the global specialist in lastminute accommodation, is offering several attractive deals to Indonesia, Vietnam or Malaysia this month. In the Indonesian resort island of Bali, The Vira Bali Hotel, a new semi-boutique hotel in Kuta, is offering a special rate of US$49 ($80) nett per room
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            Stars descend on Genting
            152 60 Genting, the City of Entertainment, is offering special rates for its hotel rooms from Jan 2 to Feb 7 next year. A guest who books one room for one night will get a second room or a second night free during this period. If he plans
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        623 61  -  Timothy Su History marches on in the Czech capital ii jyVO", that's my favourite IT Czech word. And there is no better place to enjoy pivo Czech for "beer" than in Prague, capital of the Czech Republic. Arriving in Prague early one Saturday morning, I passed by pubs
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        526 62 Ancient melodies, secluded beaches and a crispy bread of life" FOR most big-city tourists, the central and eastern regions of Sardinia lying west of mainland Italy, usually play second fiddle to popular mainland cities. With a population of about 1.65 million people, the island of Sardinia seems insignificant
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      544 63  -  Lynn Seah Why slave in the kitchen when you can get all the food and party ware you'd need for your Christmas dinner at NTUC Fair Price? MAKING a roast turkey from scratch is a major undertaking. Thawing the bird alone is going to take several
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      969 66  -  ROHIT BRIJNATH After the last week, it's scary to think where our once magnificent world of sport is heading WELCOME to the asterisk universe, where so much of human achievement is not what it seems, where you don't know if the glittering performance that moved
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      306 69 -AFP ROME Luis Figo (picture) scored twice as Real Madrid defeated a sec-ond-string AS Roma side 3-0 behind closed doors this morning (Singapore time) to clinch a place in the knockout phase of the Champions League. The match at the Stadio
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      285 70 -AFP LONDON Steven Gerrard has warned Liverpool he will seek a transfer in the summer, if the club do not start winning trophies. Fourth place in the Premiership behind Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United is not good enough for the club captain, who was
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