Today, 10 March 2005

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    21 1 TODAY MEDIACORP mica (P) 103/07/2004 incorporating utrCSTS Thursday March 10,2005 todayonline.com TODAY mica (P) 103/07/2004 incorporating Thursday March 10,2005 todayonline.com /iAediaCorp
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    MOH may fight rising cases of Aids with over-the-counter test kits
    456 1  -  Tan Hui Leng huileng@newsto day, com. sg TO MAKE HIV testing simpler, the Ministry of Health (MOH) is studying the introduction of over-the-counter test kits, Health Senior Minister of State Dr Balaji Sadasivan told Parliament yesterday. "These test kits
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    Lock icon UK breakthrough in diabetes cure
    596 1 Pancreatic cells injected into liver of man with extreme form of disease to produce insulin LONDON In a significant medical breakthrough, British doctors announced yesterday that they had cured a 61-year-old man suffering from the most extreme form of diabetes for over 30 years by
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      35 1 NEWSX\YIEWS H Shobha Tsering Bhalla Save our babies/3 I say This girl won't cook/26 Face in the crowd Former teacher gives new hope to Changi convicts/28 I it I PAGES 41-51 m J I H
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      Indons urge M'sia to back off
      455 2 Tensions ease as leaders meet to resolve territorial dispute JAKARTA Both Indonesia and Malaysia were not budging from their positions yesterday even as they sought a diplomatic end to a territorial dispute that has seen warships and fighter jets deployed to oil-rich waters in
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        Save our babies
        748 3  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla shobha@newstoday.com.sg IN THE last two months there have been two cases of infanticide and abandonment of newborns in which two young mothers stand accused. One is a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl and the other is a 23-year-old undergraduate. Infanticide invokes the nightmare of a civilisation the
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      Row over shipload of compost
      445 4  -  Clement Mesenas Foreign, Commentary Editor clement@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE and Indonesia agreed yesterday that both sides should seek a resolution to a dispute over a shipload of compost which was exported to Batam from Singapore, a press statement by the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources
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      Lock icon Man charged in Johor crash
      59 4 Channel News Asia MUAR A Malaysian man has been charged in a court here for dangerous driving following an accident last Thursday which killed eight people, including seven Singaporeans. Wong Wah Chong, 30, has been charged with causing death by reckless or dangerous driving. The
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      Spore 'understands' need for anti-secession law
      72 4 Singapore said yesterday "it understood the reason for China to enact" an anti-secession law. "From the briefing given by National People's Congress Standing Committee Deputy Chairman, Wang Zhaoguo, it would appear that the law restates China's known position against Taiwan independence with a strong
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  • Singapore news
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      Spore tastes woman power
      525 6  -  Jasmine Yin IWD celebrations see increased participation this year jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg IF International Women's Day (IWD) this year seemed a particularly lively affair, that is thanks to some new faces that joined the usual women's groups in launching a plethora of activities. The one-month-old Women Make A
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      Students' toy designs impress
      90 6  -  Patricia Yap TWENTY-TWO students from Singapore Polytechnic (SP) and Temasek Polytechnic submitted their toy designs in hope of clinching the top spot in the Mattel-sponsored Toy Design Category in this year's Pro/E Design Competition 2005. Innovative entries included a transformable helicopter-gun, a zen robot and a
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      Use of infocomm technology: Singapore is tops in global survey by WEF
      269 8 SINGAPORE is the world's most successful economy in exploiting information and communication technology, said a study released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) yesterday. Singapore's rating at the top of the "networked readiness index" was based on several
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      Is law unfair to domestic help?
      471 8  -  Clement Mesenas Iseas seminar looks into the issue Foreign and Commentary Editor clement@newstoday.com.sg WHY is a foreign domestic worker not allowed to get into a relationship with a Singaporean or a permanent resident? Does this constitute a violation of human rights? These issues surfaced
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      MOE creates V-P, teaching jobs to ease stress on schools
      321 10  -  Tan Hui Leng IN a bid to free up time for teachers bogged down with administrative work, the Ministry of Education (MOE) will create a Vice-Principal (Administration) position. The Vice-Principal (Admin) will assist the principal in matters such as strategic
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      CCA criterion dropped
      585 10  -  Lee U-Wen NUS, NTU won't count co-curricular activities for admission u-wen@newstoday. com, sg FROM 2007, students applying to the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University will no longer be graded on their co-curricular activities (CCA) performance. Instead, the CCA will be assessed under the universities'
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      Lock icon A dose of 'reality' for urban soldiers
      425 12  -  Patricia Yap NTU lecturer develops 'more human' wartime simulations to give soldiers better training patricia@newstoday.com.sg SOLDIERS training for urban warfare using computer simulation will now have more "reality" heading their way. The reality factor in warfare simulation will soon be upped by a
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      Lock icon 51 arrested in three-day CNB drug bust
      274 12 Channel News Asia NARCOTICS officers have arrested 51 people, including 15 hairstylists, in a drug swoop over the past three days. One of them, a 24-year-old hairstylist, will be investigated for trafficking in controlled drugs an offence that carries a minimum two-year jail
      – Channel News Asia  -  274 words
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      Lock icon All eyes on Indonesia
      430 16 Agencies Report questions how Jakarta will handle tsunami relief funds HONG KONG The world is watching how Indonesia handles the billions of dollars flowing in for victims of the tsunami tragedy that hit Aceh on Dec 26. "All eyes are on Indonesia," a report by Political
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      Lock icon Reporters win case against ITV
      142 16 -AFP BANGKOK Thailand's Supreme Court has ordered a TV station controlled by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's media empire to re-hire the 21 staff it sacked illegally over their reporting of the 2001 election campaign. The verdict brings to a close a long-running and controversial labour
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        Air traffic controller nods off on the job
        68 16 A cargo plane was forced to circle for more than half an hour around Nice Airport in France while an air traffic controller dozed on the job, ananova.com reported. The pilot said he requested for permission to land a number of times,
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        Ceausescu's dentures auctioned for charity
        56 16 A replica of the false teeth worn by Romanian communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu have been sold at an auction, ananova.com reported. The dentures fetched £20 ($62) for charity at the Romanian Dentists' Association's annual ball and came with a certificate of authenticity proving they were
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        Wife stays at home for 15 years
        66 16 A Romanian woman has not left her home in 15 years since her husband was jailed. Mariana Schuster, 46, signed a legal agreement promising her husband, who is serving 30 years for murder, that she would not leave the house in case she
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      Lock icon Vietnamese journalist to be prosecuted for revealing 'state secrets'
      210 16 -AFP HANOI A Vietnamese journalist working for the state-con-trolled Tuoi Tre newspaper and one of her sources is to be prosecuted on charges of revealing "state secrets", the daily said yesterday. Investigative police had asked the People's Supreme Procuracy to prosecute
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      Lock icon I lied, says boy in Jackson trial
      428 18 Agencies Defence lawyers pounce on key prosecution witness SANTA MARIA (California) Lawyers defending Michael Jackson sought to poke holes in a 14-year-old boy's damaging testimony that he twice witnessed the pop icon molesting his brother. The boy acknowledged under crossexamination on Tuesday that
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      Lock icon Former foes set up joint human rights body
      265 18 -AP JAKARTA Indonesia and its former province East Timor yesterday set up a joint panel to investigate crimes by Indonesian forces during East Timor's violent break from Jakarta in 1999. Activists have previously accused Indonesia of circumventing any United Nations probe into
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Bashir appeals conviction
        62 18 AP Lawyers for Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir filed an appeal on Tuesday to overturn a 30-month sentence handed down to Bashir for conspiring in the 2002 nightclub bombings on the island of Bali. Attorney Wirawan Adnan said Bashir's conviction was weak because it relied solely on
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        Lock icon Mummified body found at home, 10 years after death
        82 18 -AFP Japanese police have found the mummified body of a I 07-year-old man, who died up to a decade ago, at his house near Osaka. Lying face down in bed, the body of Kyujiro Kaneoka was found in Itami, 400 km
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        Lock icon Thaksin re-elected PM
        49 18 AFP Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was formally re-elected yesterday making him the kingdom's first democratically elected premier to hold a second term. Mr Thaksin, 55, was the only candidate for the post. He was endorsed by 377 law makers in the 500-seat House of Representatives.
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        Watch TV to improve your English, students told
        86 18 In what seems like a dream development for Malaysian school children, the education ministry has ordered students to watch more television to improve their English, reports said yesterday. The move is among a series of strategies to boost standards among students of
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      Lock icon Children die from cassava poisoning
      100 18 -AFP MANILA Twenty-five primary school children died yesterday from apparent food poisoning in the central Philippine province of Bohol, officials said. The students from the San Jose Elementary School in the town of Mabini had eaten snacks made from cassava roots in their mid-morning break
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      Lock icon Blow to Chechen peace hopes
      584 20 Rebels vow to expand fight for independence after their leader's death at Russian hands GROZNY (Chechnya) Chechen leader Asian Maskhadov's death is considered a notable coup for Mr Vladimir Putin, who had insisted since he became Russia's president five years ago that Mr Maskhadov was
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      Lock icon Lebanese choose new PM as Syria begins redeployment
      224 20 Agencies MDEIREJ (Lebanon) Syrian soldiers flashed victory signs and waved automatic rifles as they drove eastward through Lebanon's mountains yesterday, continuing the evacuation of positions they have held for almost three decades. Meanwhile, Lebanese President Emile Lahoud began consultations with Parliament on
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        Lock icon Charles' wedding gets the nod
        90 20 AFP Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, and his fiancee Camilla Parker Bowles, have received the green light for their wedding next month after all formal legal objections against their union were dismissed. Mr Len Cook, registrar-general for England and Wales, said "none
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        Lock icon US seeks action against Iran
        77 20 AFP I he United states called on the international community on Tuesday to consider possible actions against Iran, following its reluctance to drop its sensitive nuclear activities. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher did not elaborate, but hauling Iran to the UN Security Council is among
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        Lock icon Strikes could strike serious blow to Paris' Games bid
        101 20 AFP The strong case mustered by Paris for the right to hold the 2012 Olympic Games could receive a serious blow today, when unions stage a day of strikes and demonstrations against the government just as International Olympic Committee inspectors are
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        Lock icon Bill introduced to prevent removal of life-support
        64 20 AFP Two US Republican lawmakers introduced a bill on Tuesday seeking to protect a comatose Florida woman whose feeding tube is due to be removed later this month. The move comes amid a lengthy legal feud that pits the parents of Mrs Terri
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      Lock icon Dozens of corpses found in Iraq
      222 21 -AP BAGHDAD Security forces found 35 corpses some shot to death, others beheaded in western Iraq and south of the capital, police said yesterday. Twenty corpses were found late on Tuesday in a field near Rumana, a village about 20 kilometres east of the
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      Lock icon Media giants fight for free Web
      500 21 -AFP 50 global firms back Washington Post's challenge to libel claim in Canada TORONTO The Washington Post, backed by 50 other global media giants, has challenged a landmark Internet libel claim lodged in Canadian courts, which critics fear could suppress freedom of expression on
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      Lock icon Palestinian militants are 'ready' for truce, but Israel is sceptical
      281 21 -AFP JERUSALEM A top Palestinian official said yesterday that all armed militant groups were set to observe a truce, but Tel Aviv voiced caution even as Israeli army commanders prepared to transfer control of West Bank towns to the Palestinians.
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      Focus On The Family
      246 22  -  Dr James Dobson TbiMTs "H by BLUE FINGERS I was walking toward my car outside a shopping center a few weeks ago when I heard a loud and impassioned howl. I spotted a man about 50 feet away who was in great distress. His fingers were
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    • Jane and the art of forgiving
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        Help Jane, she is a selfless mother
        233 22  -  LESLEY CHAN Letter from I can't help but wonder if the Government is sending a very wrong message here. Are they actually encouraging abortion if they are so unsupportive of single mums? Of course, all women hope the guy they love will marry
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        Make teens aware of the dangers
        234 22  -  HAJ MOHAMED Letter from I The real victim here is Jane's daughter, who has to bear the consequences of her parents' irresponsible behaviour. It is a child's right to be raised in a normal twoparent family. The emotional bond required by a child has
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        Help Jane, we're a forgiving society
        245 22  -  HASLINDA SHAMSUDIN I Letter from The social stigma attached to being a single, unwed mum not to mention being disowned by the family is sufficient punishment for women who engage in premarital sex and thereafter decide to keep the baby. There is, therefore, no
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        Jane's family should come to her aid
        205 22  -  ESTHER LIM I Letter from While I sympathise with Jane, I believe the authorities are not without compassion. But they need to consider society as a whole. Moreover, it is not as if the Government did not forewarn that single parenthood is discouraged
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        Help Jane, she needs compassion
        146 22  -  WALTER JAYANDRAN Letter from Thank you for bringing up another sad situation in our so-called progressive society. I am sure there are many more Janes in our midst I wonder why, with all the modern, technologically-superior administration and smart people in Government, there is no
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    • Letter
      Road tax refund given for unused vehicle
      188 24  -  HAN LIANG YUAN I Letter from Senior Manager, Corporate Communications Land Transport Authority I THANK Ms Elaine Yeo Wei-Min for her letter, "Can motorists claim partial road tax refund?" (March 2). We are pleased to inform Ms Yeo that we do allow owners,
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    • Letter
      Should churches help financially?
      387 24  -  LIM PING LIAN CHOONG PIANG CHOY Church's move to help gambler raises eyebrows Letter from I REFER to the tragic demise of Mr Simon Lee and his family, and I offer my condolences to their friends and relatives. Although there was already speculation that the cause
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    • Letter
      Extended smoking ban will help artistes
      152 24  -  CHIAYINGYING Letter from I AM heartened to hear of the proposed extension of the smoking ban to pubs, discos, bars and the like. My boyfriend, a non-smoker, sings part-time at a pub and has to endure hours of smoky air. He complains of an
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    • Letter
      MPCs offer unlimited islandwide parking
      194 24  -  PETER TAN GUAN LEONG I I Letter from Deputy Director (Land Administration, Carparks) Urban Redevelopment Authority and ENGSOH SENG Deputy Director (Car Parks) Housing Development Board I REFER to the letters headlined, "Give season coupon holders unlimited parking" by Mr Nelson Quah and Mr Mohamad
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    • READER'S SHORTTAKES ON: OFFICIAL REPLIES
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        Mohamad Noor Abdullah:
        128 26 I was astonished to read the Traffic Police's response (on March 5) to my letter, "Police practice endangers drivers" (March 1). I had indicated that a TP highway patrol car was parked on the traffic island "without any lights on". Although it was 7.50pm, the night lights,
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        Jimmy Ho Kwok Hoong:
        123 26 I refer to my letter, Fogging delayed; done half-heartedly" (Feb 24) and the National Environment Agency's (NEA) reply, "Everyone has a part to play in the fight against mosquitoes" (March 3). The message is clear that it is "everyone's duty" to fight mosquito breeding. However, this
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      isay DON'T DO HOME CHORES
      483 26  -  Ho Shiyi, Fiona MY mum often says I'm an incorrigible girl. She proclaims my room is a pig-sty, that I can't do any household chores, that I cannot cook for peanuts, and that the washing machine doesn't like me. She declares that no man will
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      Lock icon Convicted by his love for teaching
      561 28  -  NG LOKE KOON r Richard Seah Former teacher gives new hope to inmates of Changi Prison (ace in the crowd 59, part-time teacher to prisoners TWENTY-FIVE years ago, Ng Loke Koon left the teaching profession because the pay was "peanuts". Today, he is back
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    • Letter
      Is SingPost really 186 years old?
      119 28  -  NARAYANA NARAYANA Letter from YOUR front-page article Sing Post takes stake in troubled ACCS (March 8) describes Sing Post as "Singapore's 186-year-old post office". This presumes Sing Post has been around from 1819 when Stamford Raffles acquired the island on behalf of the Indiabased
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    • Letter
      Rehab scheme in review
      191 29  -  GOHSHIHYONG But public support vital in plan to spay stray cats and free them Letter from Corporate Communications Manager for Chief Executive Officer Agri-food Veterinary Authority Ministry of National Development WE REFER to the letter (March 1) calling for the rehabilitation scheme for stray cats to
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    • Letter
      NEA monitors standard of cleaning jobs regularly
      155 29  -  S SATISH APPOO I Letter from Head, Environmental Health Department The National Environment Agency WE THANK Mr Jimmy Chan for the letter "Inadequate cleaning of estates" (March 5-6). The cleaning of public areas, including recreational beaches, public roads, pavements and drains, is carried
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      371 32 Dow Jones It becomes the latter's new major shareholder KUALA LUMPUR -A joint venture of Temasek Holdings emerged yesterday as a major shareholder in a Malaysian banking group, stoking expectations that Malaysia's financial sector is opening up to greater foreign participation. Temasek said that
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        69 32 Dow Jones SHARE prices closed at a new four-year high as investors bought "Old Economy" stocks such as Singapore Land, as well as technology shares, in line with gains at most other major Asian bourses. The ST Index ended up 23.66 points, or 1.1 per cent, at a new
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        26 32 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by............ jOld US$/oz iilver us$/oz 'latinum us$/oz 442.100 7.600 876.500 lubber cntsAg 215.50 'dm Oil RM/tonne 1422.00 Irent crude us$/borrei 52.84
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        345 34  -  Valeric Law Ang Mo Kio plant to be closed, Spore to remain regional HQ valerie@newstoday.com.sg HARD-DISK drive maker Maxtor Corp said that it will set aside US$l2 million ($19.4 million) as compensation and retraining for the 5,500 employees it plans to cut from
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        180 34 Dow Jones SARIN Technologies, an Israeli developer and manufacturer of precision technology products used to design and cut diamonds, said yesterday it is seeking a listing on the Singapore Exchange's (SGX) mainboard. If successful, it will be the first company
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        97 34 Bloomberg SUMITOMO Mitsui Banking Corp, a creditor of China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp (CAO), asked Singapore's High Court to allow its suit against the jet fuel supplier to proceed. "Sumitomo Mitsui has filed an application seeking leave of the court to proceed against China Aviation
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        159 36 Bloomberg SHARES of Stats ChipPAC rose as much as 5.8 per cent yesterday after the firm said it will offer a new testing process, and chipmaker Xilinx Inc raised its sales forecast, boosting hope of a recovery in the semiconductor industry.
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        392 36  -  Seah Siew Hua Forced leave would have been till 2007, court hearing reveals siewhua@newstoday.com.sg SEVEN days after he was made Prebon Yamane's managing director for Asia last November, Mr Mark Spring was removed from his new appointment and placed on "garden" leave. This forced leave
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        218 36 THREE Sing Post directors with direct and indirect stakes in Accord Customer Care Solutions will abstain from voting on a deal that could see Sing Post buying up to 29.9 per cent of the troubled mobile phone servicing company. The three are Sing Post chairman
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        343 38 Bloomberg The utility sells energy assets in Australia to meet competition rules CLP Holdings, Hong Kong's biggest power producer, agreed to pay A 52.13 billion ($2.76 billion) for Australian gas and electricity assets from Singapore Power. The purchase includes an energy retailer serving 1.1 million
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        257 38 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Air Asia will offer daily services between Bangkok and the south-eastern Chinese city of Xiamen, becoming the first nofrills foreign airline to fly to China. "It is scheduled to start next month," Mr Tony Fernandes, Air Asia's chief executive,
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        184 38 Chow Perm Nee MOBILEONE (Ml) customers visiting Thailand and the Philippines will benefit from a new service that provides 100 free SMS. Users will also enjoy a flat rate for calls and GPRS services, when roaming in those countries. The service,
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        481 39 -AFP Tech-stock dominated Nasdaq unlikely to reach its heady all-time 2000 closing high of 5,048.62 NEW YORK Five years after one of the biggest stock bubbles in history burst, analysts say Wall Street and the tech sector are in good shape but that it
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        372 39 -AFP COMPUTER sales in the Asia-Pacific region excluding Japan rose 13.8 per cent to 33.1 million units last year, with a similarly strong performance expected this year, the Gartner research house said yesterday. Sales in Singapore were 8.4 per cent
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        504 40  -  Valeric Law For returns above 10%, that should be the strategy: Expert valerie@newstoday.com.sg IT IS not enough to invest in equities and bonds alone, said Mr Kurt Tofte Jensen, a fund manager for Hamton Asset Management. Instead, he recommends high-net-worth investors to diversify into alternative investments. "Equity
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      1285 41 Str\O^ Dell Inspiron 6000 [Booth 8438] I With prices starting at $1,699 after a $300 cash off promotion, M the Dell Inspiron 6000 leverages on Intel Pentium M proces- I Ii I The IT Show 2005 is here. Get the latest digital products here, from S ors and includes Intel's
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      1078 44 f Sony NW-HD3 Hard Disk Player [Booth 8210] I Making its debut at the IT Show, the NW-HD3 is Sony's first Hard I Disk Network Walkman to be available in Singapore. rVpfltlVP Zpn Mirrn 4(TR/fi(TR [Rnnth« B^B/8*761 The NW"HD3 has a sleek aluminium body that measures creative Z.en IVIICrO 4<jls/o<jls
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      748 52  -  David Chew A year old, the Arts House atThe Old Parliament has found commercial success by combining the arts with corporate business david@newstoday.com.sg IT'S turns a year old tomorrow and The Arts House at The Old Parliament, is doing rather well financially. Compared to the "bright spanking new facilities
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      456 54  -  Jeanine Tan If James Moody were not a jazz great, he could have been a comedian j eanine@newstoday.com. sg JAMES Moody may be a jazz legend, but you wouldn't be able to tell that if you met him. Dressed down in a bright blue tracksuit,
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      159 54 AFTER a week of speculation and media frenzy, it's official: MediaCorp celebrity couple Li Nanxing and Yang Libing have divorced. In a statement released to the media, Libing said they signed the divorce papers yesterday afternoon in the presence of their lawyers. News of their
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      352 56  -  Jeanine Tan Clarence Lim Star of new Channel 5 drama Chase is surprisingly reticent j eanine@newstoday.com. sg DON'T confuse the Utt you see on MTV Asia with who he is in real life. For one, he doesn't talk as much as he does when hosting music programmes. The
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      153 56 Taiwanese-born Linda Liao is the latest foreign face to grace our TV screens. The bubbly 24-year-old, who speaks fluent English, thanks to years of schooling in Canada, plays Utt's love interest in Chase. Considering that she's best known as the host of Fresh on MTV's Chinese
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      209 56 THE women just do it better, if ratings for the fourth season of American Idol are anything to goby. For the second week, the women-only episode of the competition drew more viewers then the men-only episode in America. According to Nielsen Media Research, last week's womenonly episode
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      334 57  -  Amy Van Less fat, better quality, and readily available at NTUC Fair Price, you'll be happy to put pork back on the table food@newstoday.com.sg THESE days, pork is commonly known as "the other white meat". No longer fat and undesirable, some cuts are as lean as
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      BRAISED PORK WITH CHESTNUTS AND MUSHROOMS
      156 57 Ingredients Serves 4 400g Canadian Maple Leaf Pork boneless ham hind lean, cut into bite-sized pieces 1 tbsp light soy sauce 2 tbsp dark soy sauce 1 tsp sugar 1 tsp salt 1 OOg The Pasar dried chestnuts 2 tbsp oil 6 cloves garlic,
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      131 57 1. Pre-packed fresh pork cuts can be stored in the refrigerator for two to three days. Minced pork can be kept for one to two days. 2. If you do not plan to cook the pork immediately, separate it into smaller portions, then re-wrap the meat with cling
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      198 60  -  David Sedaris David Chew BOOK REVIEW Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Demin GQ COLUMNIST David Sedans is back with a new book. And while the man is famously known for his sardonic, sharp humour in his columns and previous book Me Talk Pretty One Day,
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      158 60 CURRENTLY hosting Channel News Asia's magazine programme What Women Want... Really, which airs Wednesdays at 8.30pm, presenter Diana Ser reads a mix of serious, work-related material, as well as light-hearted books to unwind. "One of the more hilarious books I am reading now is The Idiot Girls'
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        87 60 Survivor and Castaway this is not, as Stages presents a Mandarin play, Pulau, which sees two people trapped on an island barely big enough for them to stand on. The play is an examination of our environment, identity and things we take for granted. It will
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        78 60 Sometimes, a play does not have to be acted out. Theatre Works will be presenting a series of dramatised readings of commissioned plays and winning entries from playwriting competitions. These will take place today and tomorrow, as well as on March 1 8 and 1 9,
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        280 61  -  YONG SHU CHIANG Before Sunset answers the tantalising questions of its prequel DVD REVIEW BY Before Sunset +++4 NOT very much actually happens in Before Sunrise, the 1995 film in which Ethan Hawke played Jesse, an American exchange student in Vienna. He meets a beautiful
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        226 61  -  YONG SHU CHIANG I DVD REVIEW BY De-Lovely ++++4 DIRECTOR Irwin Winkler must have loved making this biopic of the late, great American songwriter Cole Porter, with Kevin Kline and Ashley Judd starring as Porter and his beloved wife Linda, respectively. He
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        193 61 NOW that he's killed Bill, Quentin Tarantino may be ready to tackle Jason. The maverick writer-director is reportedly in discussions to resurrect hockey-masked slayer Jason Vorhees for a new instalment in the highly-profitable Friday the 13th franchise. A source close to the
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        400 62 Planning some retail therapy this weekend? PearlynTham shows you some of this season's wearable trends to watch out for PICK OF THE CROP While skirts are getting fuller and longer in the style of prairie skirts, jackets are becoming more cropped and snug. But, unless you work in
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        149 66  -  Tan Woon Hwee, Of the 131 women who tested Refinish, 92 per cent said their skin texture became more refined after four weeks of use; 96 per cent had softer skin and 81 per cent had more radiant complexions. Here's what one woman who tried Refinish had to
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        545 66  -  Pearlyn Tham Do-it-yourself kit helps you find radiance beneath the dead skin cells pearlyn@newsto day, com. sg THE idea of a hands-on approach takes on a new meaning with L'Oreal Paris Dermo-Expertise's new Refinish DIV Micro-Dermabrasion Kit. As its name suggests, the kit lets you enjoy
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        477 68  -  Jaswinder Kaur Gill Sarawak's capital has all the charm of an old town HOW Kuching got its name remains debatable. Some say the word "kuching" is derived from the word cochin, meaning harbour. Others say that it is named after the mata kuching fruit found in
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        312 70  -  Elisa Yang elisa.yang@newstoday.com.sg ELEGANT frocks. Inspirational textile art Colourful homeware. Contemporary craft. Australia has them all. And you'll get a chance to sample such creativity at its best during the Australian Design Fashion Showcase. The event is part of the month-long festival, Celebrate Australia 2005, which
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          182 71  -  Elisa Yang THE Natas Travel 2005 fair next Friday will kick off with a circus performance by Club Med's Gentle Organisers. The performance will be repeated several times during the three-day fair. Club Mcd, which will be at booth F27 at the fair, will also
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          125 71  -  Elisa Yang To celebrate its 55th birthday this month, Gulf Air has a special present for members of its frequent flyer programme until April 30. Members travelling first or business class will receive up to five times the normal bonus miles. Full-fare first and business class
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      755 74  -  CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Agencies AC Milan 1 Manchester United 0 (Milan win 2-0 on aggregate) Clearly second best to Milan, clouds gather over OldTrafford after another premature Euro exit MILAN It would be simply unthinkable to most, but after Manchester United's latest premature departure from the Champions
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      410 74  -  TAN YO-HINN yohinn@newstoday.com.sg KEITH Mills does not believe in polls. Instead, the international president and chief executive of London 2012 insists all that matters is convincing the International Olympic Committee (IOC) members that London is simply the best venue
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      751 75  -  CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Agencies Blues keeper shines, as Mourinho and Co now dream of ultimate glory Chelsea 4 Barcelona 2 (Chelsea win 5-4 on aggregate) LONDON It wasn't simply an epic match, but a clear declaration of intent by the brash, bullish Jose Mourinho. The Champions League
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      282 75 AFP LONDON Chelsea's dramatic Champions League win over Barcelona has been marred by claims by the Catalans' Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o he was called a "monkey" by a Chelsea steward, in angry skirmishes after the match. "I understood it He called me a monkey
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      214 75  -  CHAMPIONS LEAGUE -AFP Lyon 7 Werder Bremen 2 (Lyon win 10-2 on aggregate) LYON, France French champions Lyon advanced to the Champions League quar-ter-finals with a ruthless 7-2 hammering of German league title-holders Werder Bremen, in their first knockout round Champions League
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      540 76  -  TAN YO-HINN Birmingham semifinalist in 2004, Singapore No 1 falls at the first hurdle this time BADMINTON All-England Championships yohinn@newstoday.com.sg FOR the last six months, he has watched helplessly as his world ranking tumbled 10 spots. Now on the comeback trail after being sidelined with injury and fatigue,
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      405 76  -  JOSE RAYMOND AFC CUP, GROUP E Home 2 Pahang 1 jose@newstoday.com.sg THEY may have finished with three points safely in the bag, but it was hardly a cakewalk for Home United in their opening Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup Group E clash against
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      65 76 -AFP MOHALI, India Virender Sehwag put Pakistan's attack to the sword with a rapid and unbeaten 95, to strengthen India's position in the opening Test yesterday. The opener provided a breathtaking display of aggressive batting as India reached 184-1 at stumps, in reply to Pakistan's first-innings total of
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      985 77  -  ROHIT BRIJNATH Tiger's roaring, Phil's got a killer instinct the Masters can't come soon enough HOW easy is it to hate Tiger Woods? You look down a 603-yard par-5 and you need to pull out an abacus to count your shots and the only
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      245 77  -  Jasmine Zhao DBS Bank and Honma Golf Co Ltd both share a similar vision to nurture a new generation of golfers in Singapore. With yesterday's launch of the DBS-Honma Junior Golf Programme, the two parties believe they have come up with a sound plan to
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