Today, 4 July 2005, Afternoon Edition

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    11 1 TODAY fV\=LjJ^CORP mica (P) 103/07/2004 incorporating utFßiitS Monday July 4,2005 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Bush hailed
      507 1 -AFP US agency says he's first president to champion Africa aid cause WASHINGTON US President George W Bush will seek to present himself at the G8 summit in Scotland this week as the leader who crafted a move to boost aid to developing countries. In the last few
      -AFP; AFP  -  507 words
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      Lock icon All manner of gods
      760 1  -  Rohit Brijnath ROHIT BRIJNATH news@newstoday.com.sg LADIES and gentlemen of the Olympics, kindly take your marks, Singapore is ready. We are a clean city, as you might have noticed, and expect no less than a clean fight. May the best city and speech win and may the
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      Lock icon Forget SIA-Qantas merger
      528 2 Agencies Tiger Airways, Jetstar Asia alliance makes more sense: Analysts SYDNEY Aviation analysts have dismissed suggestions from top officials in Canberra and Singapore that Qantas and Singapore Airlines (SIA) will merge, but say the two carriers' budget-airline offshoots would benefit from an alliance. Australia's Trade Minister Mark
      — Agencies; WEE TECK HIAN  -  528 words
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      Lock icon Charity slams Brit govt
      383 2 -AFP LONDON A leading British aid charity attacked the British government for using international concern over African poverty to promote its own image while its actions did not match its words. A second charity said that officials were wrangling over minor details while millions of children
      -AFP  -  383 words
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      150 2 MIGRATE TO AUSTRALIA One of PERTH'S BEST INDIAN RESTAURANT is FOR SALE A 5500,000 (neg.). This reputed and highly profitable establishment is seeking a new owner to take over its operation, lease and staff as the present owner is retiring. An ideal opportunity for business owners/senior managers with a proven
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  • hot news
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        Lock icon Are songs of hope what Africa needs?
        671 3  -  Francis Kan francis@newstoday. com, sg "I DON'T like Mondays," sang Bob Geldof in his only hit of the same name with Irish band Boomtown Rats. Well, today is Monday. The Monday after the musician-tumed-social activist rocked the world by organising the greatest live
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      Lock icon Deputy PM Tan outlines his last duty before retirement
      329 4 Live93B DEPUTY Prime Minister Tony Tan, who chairs the ministerial committee on research and development, said he still has to put a proper structure in place to develop the five key thrusts listed by the committee, before he steps down in
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    • Article
      Woman found dead, Indonesian maid arrested
      187 4 AN INDONESIAN maid was arrested yesterday morning after a 39-year-old woman was found murdered in her home in Wellington Circle off Canberra Road in Sembawang. The 20-year-old maid is now in police custody while investigations into the murder continues. Police spokeswoman Siow Cheng Cheng
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      Spaniards make men do housework
      468 4 Changes to marriage contract will force men to promise wives they will share the chores MADRID There goes the macho man. The Socialist government in Spain is bringing in changes to law which would require men to scrub toilets and change nappies as often as
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      104 4 '1. jIMJHHI^ Congratulations, Sim Chong Lay (*****130 D ?.ju J L on your new Samsung P73OC! i y J E. Bo°k SMRT Taxis for your chance to win 7-^- J 1 E a Samsung P73OC weekly. A Book an SMRTTaxi from now till 18 July and a Samsung P73oChandphone worth
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      205 5 1 life, live it. fjlll [for FREE with) V IDD 021 J j* f That's gotta v^^v V keep you talking. 1 >a^/ 'X X iThis 4th and sth July, as America celebrates its independence, M 1 mobile customers can share in the festive mood by calling family, friends and
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  • Singapore news
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      ComCare fund not for VWOs
      621 6  -  Jasmine Yin Social service sector wishes it is used to help the elderly and disabled jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg VOLUNTARY welfare organisations (VWOs) should stay focused on the aims of the Com Care Fund and not try to use it to fund their other projects, cautioned the president
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      Lock icon MILK Run attracts record participation, raises $450,000
      299 6 Lee U-Wen HE IS more used to being chauffeured around, but yesterday Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong tried another mode of getting around. He took to a wheelchair to get a feel of the difficulties faced by the disabled. He was joined by
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      Lock icon All set to ride high
      367 8  -  Jasmine Zhao SMU's students plan to cycle the mountains of Tibet, Nepal news@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE Management University students are taking extreme sports to even greater heights. On July 24, a team of cyclists from the university will embark on the 2005 Himalayan Bicycle Diaries, the first
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      Lock icon They came with an apple ... and left with an iPod
      358 8  - They came with an apple and left with an iPod ■Lee U-Wen GIVE a 30-cent apple in exchange for a slick MP3 player worth $178? That made sound business sense for Mr Ash'ari Hussin, who took part in a special giveaway by Courts Singapore last Friday. In conjunction with its
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Graft cases: Pressure mounts on Thaksin
      618 10 Agencies Scandal implicating a minister raises many questions BANGKOK When the Cabinet minister in charge of building the country's much-delayed new international airport can't clearly answer the question "Where is the money?" and the money involved is tens of millions of dollars paid for
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      Lock icon ST man's wife up in arms
      219 10 AP HONG KONG The wife of Straits Times' senior China correspondent Ching Cheong has accused the authorities of spreading rumours about the release of her husband who has been detained in the mainland to suppress turnout at a major pro-democracy protest Ms Mary Lav,
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    • Article
      Enter Saddam, the novelist
      274 10 THE fruit is always sweeter when it's forbidden, they say. That's why Arab rulers may be uneasily watching the release of a novel later this week. The novel has been banned by at least one Arab country and more could follow suit in the coming days.
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      Vanishing Malaysians
      83 10 Fifteen Malaysians are reported missing every day from Malaysia, the New Sunday Times reported. And the vast majority of them are girls aged between 14 and 21. Police statistics for the past 24 months show that many of the 12,1 1 8 Malaysians who went missing did so
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      Victim turns the tables
      84 10 A gutsy snatch theft victim chased a thief on her motorcycle before ramming into his machine and nabbing him, The Star newspaper reported. The Penang TAR College student, in her late teens, trailed the man for about 500m after he grabbed her bag from her motorcycle
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      Lock icon Woman 'priest' defies Vatican
      81 10 'AP A French woman defied a threat of excommunication by the Roman Catholic Church and held a ceremony proclaiming herself a priest. In a small ceremony on a boat on Saturday, Ms Genevieve Beney was joined by other women from around the world who have taken
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      Lock icon Move to ban lesbians from test-tube baby treatment
      211 12 AFP SYDNEY A drive to ban lesbians and single women from some fertilisation treatments has been revived in Australia as the conservative government takes control of the senate, a report said at the weekend. A similar move was rejected by opposition parties
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      Lock icon Egypt's man in Iraq abducted
      292 12 Agencies BAGHDAD Egypt's ambassador to post-Saddam Hussein Iraq has been kidnapped in Baghdad just weeks after arriving in the war-torn country, Egyptian diplomats said yesterday. The kidnapping could undermine United States-backed efforts to encourage Iraq's Arab neighbours to send highranking diplomats to Baghdad. The posting
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      Lock icon Fears over US press freedom
      252 12 -AFP WASHINGTON The threat of a jail sentence for two top United States reporters, who refused to name their sources, is forcing journalists to question assumptions that their trade is shielded by law. Ms Judith Miller of The New York Times and Mr Matthew Cooper
      -AFP  -  252 words
    • this QUIRKY world
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        Lock icon Underpants for horses
        84 14 AFP Authorities in Rome have decided to tit the horses which transport tourists in carriages with "underpants" to avoid their droppings from fouling the streets of one of Europe's tourist gateways. The ele gant grey and pink coloured bags will be worn from Aug 15. In exchange
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        Lock icon Clueless lovers
        123 14 AFP Hong Kongers usually rank near-bottom of the international list of lovers and a social worker may have discovered why: They don't know what to do between the sheets. Ms Grace Wong of the southern Chinese territory's Family Planning Association said the number of inquiries at her agency
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        2010 hearing for plaintiff, 98
        87 14 A court in Italy has tofd a 98-year-old plaintiff to come back in 201 0 for the next hearing in her legal battle over property rights. Ms Amalia Cuccioletti, who was born in 1 907, launched the suit against some of her relatives in 1
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      Lock icon Next US president? It may well be Mrs Clinton
      498 14 -AFP More than half in CNN poll lean towards her, but former First Lady is tight-lipped WASHINGTON Her talk is cautious, she draws unmatched media attention, and a smear biography of her is selling fast Former First Lady Hillary Clinton looks
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      Lock icon TOP CONTENDERS
      167 14 AFP Prospective candidates for the 2008 presidential race are queueing up for the chance to succeed President George W Bush. Here are the other contenders, besides Ms Hillary Clinton (above): Joseph Biden, 62 The Democratic Senator earlier this month became the first politician from either of the two
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        Lock icon 'Victory' in Iraq could create more havoc
        852 16  -  William Pfaff War outcome may have more impact on US than on worldwide Islamic militarism PRESIDENT George W Bush's Fort Bragg speech made two fundamental arguments. The first was that the 9/11 attacks and the war in Iraq are aspects of the same
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      414 12 Fast-Forward Your Career with APMI "At APMI there is a highly developed set of standard operating procedure for L ensuring student support. We had never come across such close and detailed student support systems for any other business school." (Accreditation Report 2004) *tl ninlnma in Riicinncc Year 1 of3Year Igm
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      Focus On The Family
      241 18  -  Dr James Dobson i Tbnws byl PARENTS AND GUILT Coping with strong-willed children is difficult, but some parents find that the hardest part is dealing with their own doubt. It's not unusual for parents of strong-willed children to struggle with feelings of guilt and selfdoubt over
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      Keep the 'monster' at bay
      612 18  -  TEO CHIN KER Merger of Singaporean and Malaysian universities is a lose-lose deal I Letter from I REFER to Mr Prithpal Singh's news comment, "Here Comes the Monster Varsity" (July 1). Mr Singh advocated a merger between our universities and ultimately with universities in Malaysia,
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    • Letter
      Innocent until proven guilty or vice-versa?
      162 18  -  STEVEN LOW Letter from I REFER to the article, "Still no lawyer access as 'killer' faces theft charges" ouly 2-3). I read with concern that, to date, the accused is still being deprived of a legal counsel. I am a layman, I am not
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      Never blame yourself for a spouse's straying
      178 20  -  MOHDROSLIAHMA^^^^^ Letter from ONLY the most heartless of husbands would not have felt any sympathy for Karen T's fate. And that's simply because being faithful takes a lot of hard work, discipline, self-awareness and sacrifice. Her case of wives who gave up their
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    • Coping with the
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        Changed attitude towards marriage
        502 20  -  TAN MX Letter from I EMPATHISE with Karen and understand exactly how she feels: The sense of betrayal, anger and sadness are exactly the same emotions I went through. This year marks the 25th anniversary of my marriage, but there is nothing much to celebrate. My
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        Victim too is guilty for tolerating abusive acts
        733 21  -  ANDREW C Letter from I AM the product of such a marriage as Karen T's. I think it is a miracle that I have remained emotionally and mentally sound. I am coming on 29 and am looking forward to moving out soon.
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      Eat the hygienic way
      284 22  -  SEE LEONG KIT Let's not dip chopsticks and spoons into common dishes Letter from I REFER to the report, "If killer flu strikes, a plan is in place" (June 30). The Ministry of Health's (MOH) director of medical services, Professor X Satku, was right to say
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      Why blame SAF doctors alone for camp deaths?
      240 22  -  LIM BOON HEE] I Letter from SINGAPORE Armed Forces (SAF) doctors become scapegoats and their reputation takes a downward turn every time a National Service soldier dies suddenly in camp. Parents lose confidence in these doctors overloaded with hundreds of soldiers during
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      Let the youth try new things
      204 22  -  I JEFFREY LAW I Letter from I WOULD like to comment on the report, "Shrink Government to promote risk taking" (July 2). Unless there is a change of mindset, no amount of government incentives can motivate our people to want to try new things.
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    • Letter
      Can a trust-based MRT system work here?
      232 22  -  LAU WAH YUEN Letter from I REFER to Mr Tan Kok Tim's letter, "Flat-rate MRT fares a win-win situation" (June 29). I agree with his suggestions and hope that the transport authorities would look into them. His letter prompted me to share an
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      Lock icon Going back to his first love
      827 24  -  I TAN CHEE MENG Top lawyer in Nicoll Highway inquiry draws on his engineering knowledge coffee ill I 48, lawyer THE House of Israel, tycoon Oei Hong Leong's libel suit against The Business Times, Chiam See Tong's case against 12 Singapore Democratic Party leaders
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Biomed sector likely to bounce back: EDB
      484 26 Dow Jones Volatility in output expected to stabilise A STRONG recovery is likely in the second half of this year for Singapore's output of biomedical products, after a double-digit slump in the first five months, a senior Government official said on Friday, Overall,
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    • Market WATCH
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        Singapore
        86 26 THE benchmark ST Index ended the week lower last week. It closed at 2,209.95, which was a slide of 0.6 per cent, or 1 3.77 points lower than the previous week. "Today, we are not seeing much interest in the market," a dealer at a local brokerage said on
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        Lock icon Commodities
        45 26 'SGXJIooi Bloomberg Agencies Information provided by 1 1 buildings to Suntec Reit for $788 million. The developer will book a pre-tax gain of $342 million from the sale. Gold us$/oi 429.30 Silver us$/oi 6.93 Platinum us$/oi 870.90 Rubber centsAg 261 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,402.50
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 26 us$ 0.5904 IIK£ 0.334 fen 65.996 HK$ 4.5889 m 2.2435 Euro 0.4937 Rupiah Baht 5,783.6 24.446 Peso 32.989 4$ 0.7853 Indian Rs 25.712 Won 610.19 C$ 0.7334 ftjan 4.8864 NZ$ 0.8632 NTS 18.707
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    • business news
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        HPL's Peter Fu dies
        258 27  -  Lee U-Wen 'Reserved gentleman' built empire from 'practically nothing' u-wen@newstoday.com.sg TYCOON Peter Fu Yun Siak, who was the founder and chairman of Hotel Properties Limited (HPL), died just after midnight on Sunday morning. He was 82. Mr Fu was the father of highfashion retailer Christina Ong,
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        Lock icon Malacca Strait 'high-risk' status won't raise premiums
        145 27 AFP KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian port operator has downplayed the prospect of rising insurance costs for ships using the Malacca Strait after it was declared a high-risk area by an international insurance body. "I don't think that is going to happen to ships
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        Hunt for Singapore's top Indian entrepreneurs begins
        241 27  -  Shibu Itty Kuttickal THE search is on again for the best Indian entrepreneurs here. The Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sicci), in association with DBS Bank, launched the SicciDBS Indian Entrepreneur Awards 2005 on Friday. The awards seek to recognise the
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        Sun Business raises $8.88m
        186 28 THROUGH three partial-stake sales in the span of a month, Sun Business Network (SBN) has raised $8.88 million. As part of SBN's plan to exit the education business, it sold off 18 million shares of Auston International Group for $1.08 million on June 10. It also
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        Lock icon Digital music's happy song
        408 28 AFP It sets the beat for the mobile phone industry's next bonanza STOCKHOLM With camera phones already sliding into the category marked yesterday's news, digital music is rapidly becoming the new Eldorado of the mobile-phone industry. "All operators we meet say that the most important service
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        Lock icon US, China 'are pushing up global oil prices'
        560 29 AFP They now represent a third of total world consumption LONDON The voracious appetite of the United States and China for enough energy to feed their growing economies is a key reason behind recent sky high oil prices, said analysts. "China and
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    • savvy investor
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        Lock icon Guarded optimism about global equity
        605 30 Dow Jones Fund managers raise outlook for Spore in poll HONG KONG International fund managers are becoming more cautious about global equity markets because of the surging price of oil, but they generally remain bullish, the latest monthly Dow Jones Newswires survey shows. On average,
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    • the business of learning
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        She knocked on the right door at right time
        577 32  -  CMLim And now job and study opportunities are opening up news@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS a bittersweet moment when Claribelle Guangco, 23, learned she had attained firstclass honours for her Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems and Management Well, slightly bitter, but
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        China student exchange to link top minds
        268 32 TOP students from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have a new programme that will give them the opportunity to study China in depth. In an agreement signed with Peking University (PKU), students in the university's premier University Scholars Programme (USP) will have
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        A need to know
        449 33  -  John Bittleston ONCE we have discovered the inevitability of dependence, our instinctive struggle for independence and the vital importance of communication, we have laid the turf for the fourth of our essential lessons the necessity to learn. How well we absorb this lesson will, to a
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      1283 34  -  Jennifer Eveland in London The Live 8 concert rocked Hyde Park but will its message be heard? news@newstoday.coms.g WHICH is more insane: Flying halfway around the world to get crushed in a field with 200,000 screaming strangers, or the idea that we can end poverty in our lifetime?
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      315 34 AFP ROME A concert in Rome that had been billed as part of a worldwide campaign to end poverty in Africa failed to attract the announced 1 million spectators, drawing only about 50,000 to hear mainly local artistes. The event part of the Live 8
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      638 36  -  David Chew A Broadway star for 25 years, Li I lias White will perform here next month david. chew@newstoday. com.sg LILLIAS White has every reason to be a diva. She has been a Broadway star for 25 years and reputedly got picked over
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        86 36 Programme For the fourth year, the Ministry of Education and the Singapore Art Museum will be holding an exhibition of works by the students of the Art Elective Programme (AEP). This year's exhibition will feature 47 works of art by 124 AEP students.
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        74 36 After the success of this year's Ml Singapore Fringe Festival, theatre group The Necessary Stage is calling for entries for next year's festival. The annual festival features genres such as theatre, performance arts, film and dance with a central theme. Next year's work festival has
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        82 36 The Singapore Dance Theatre is staging The Little Mermaid from July 8 to 1 0. The performance is in celebration of the 1 0th anniversary of its popular outdoor event, Ballet Under the Stars, and also in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Hans Christian Anderson's
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      293 38  -  Mervin Tay Mervin Tay Malaysian singer-songwriter sets national record as she churns out the tunes mervin@newstoday.com.sg IT'S not unusual for singers to immortalise their names on pop charts, or take home record-breaking hauls at awards shows, but Penny Tai (picture) recently went one up by snagging a
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      226 38  -  David Chew THE much-anticipated National Library sans red-brick facade will open its doors to the public at 10am on July 22. Its collection will be expanded some two-and-a-half times as compared to its predecessor, the Central Library, with a floorspace some five to six
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      586 40  -  Eveline Gan SFF's Deep Sea Medley is a must for seafood lovers Deep Sea Medley will feature different seafood stalls, each offering its unique seafood dishes amid the backdrop a picturesque East Coast beach. And how about enjoying a plate of cereal prawns while crab mascots and
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      880 41  -  Amy Van Two restaurants show the art of posh dining isn't lost food@newstoday.com.sg NOT many wine bars in Singapore make the mark when it comes to serving good food alongside fine wines. But there's hope: Townhouse, a dining venue in the CBD, promises to deliver. The
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        448 43 Local desserts are given a divine update by ice-cream maker Haagen Dazs Eveline Gan eveline@newstoday.com.sg TRADITIONAL local dessert favourites have been given a modern twist by Haagen Dazs, the official ice cream sponsor for this year's Singapore Food Festival. From the Singapura Ice a modern take
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      271 43 House Of Thai Restaurant If 13, Purvis St Te1:6333 1198 H Daily business hours:ll.3oam -3pm/ 6pm -10.30pm M M Claypot Tunghoon Crab LJ 1 each for one plate only Set Lunch $8.90 +(six items/mon-sun) Recommended Specialities Fish Prawn Cake $2.soeach Pineapple Olive Rice $8 Red Curry Duck $12 Mango Salad
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      1537 44 Portrait of Jo^^ Desperate Housewives IfO Film Art Work-Life Works Home f^l i Channel 5,10pm jl Mt\ Spellbound i Channel News Asia, 8.32pm i At the second-last episode of t-E ■Bi.'ssbst i How does Sun In answer to Yu's j the season and just before we J^F-^M^KR Spellbound follows the
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      423 45  -  TAN YO-HINN Indonesia's Olympic champ spanks Chen to clinch second Spore crown BADMINTON Aviva Open Singapore 2005 yohinn@newstoday.com.sg LAST year, an inflamed blister in the sole of his right foot caused him to pull out at the eleventh hour, much to the disappointment of fans here. But Taufik
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      247 45  -  Tan Yo-Hinn THE badminton fraternity are well aware of what will happen on Friday. The 117 th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session will determine the fate of 28 sports, voting on whether they should remain part of the Games. Badminton, which became
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      434 45  -  LAN LYE ian.lye@newstoday.com.sg DRENCHED in sweat, gasping for breath, they ran just a few paces off each other for nine kilometres. But with the finish line in sight, China's Wang Hong Ni found an extra burst of speed in the final kilometre
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      122 45  -  Lan Lye THEY took part in the 2nd Samsung Olympic Torchbearer challenge at Ngee Ann City over the weekend and were eliminated. But Steven Tan, 31, and girlfriend Charlene Quah, 23, were nevertheless over the moon. Tan presented Quah with 99 roses
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      832 46  -  1 He has played virtually non-stop for the past four-and-a-half years, but Noh Alam Shah is hardly itching for a break sports@newstoday.com.sg NOH ALAM SHAH can't seem to stop scoring. The punishment He's not allowed to take a break. The S-League's leading goalscorer has banged in 14 goals
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      323 47  -  Eric Ding IT WAS one of the toughest decisions Mark Williams ever had to make. Happily, it is something he has not come to regret By choosing to extend his contract with Geylang United at the start of the year, the 26-year-old missed
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      345 48  -  Eric Ding WITH four victories from their last six matches, Sinchi FC have transformed themselves into one of the S-League's most consistent teams. After suffering a poor start to the season, coach Ding Zhe remains confident that his charges can still finish
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      1575 48  -  ERIC DING Stags coach Vorawan won't tolerate another loss to Balestier _sports@newstoday.com.sg S-LEAGUE leaders Tampines Rovers want revenge. The reigning champions host fourthplaced Balestier Khalsa on Wednesday, when they will hope to make amends for a painful 2-0 defeat in April. It was the Stags' first
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      408 49 Support the Young Lions DRESS in red and support the Young Lions this Saturday, July 9, at the Yishun Stadium and get yourself an exclusive wristband. The Young Lions will be playing defending champions Tampines Rovers in the second leg of the Singapore Cup quarter-finals. The wristbands are
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      585 50  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS British Prime Minister backs London 2012 bid on Changi Airport tarmac BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Singapore yesterday and began lobbying for London's Olympic bid almost immediately. Just 10m from his chartered plane, he stopped on the Changi Airport tarmac and confidently praised
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      364 50  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@newstoday.com.sg BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair has written letters to every International Olympic Committee (IOC) member. French President Jacques Chirac will meet as many members as possible during the 117 th lOC Session, which starts officially on Wednesday
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      404 51 -AP ON WEDNESDAY, the 117 th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session will decide the host city for the 2012 Games. But sports federations will be more concerned with developments on Friday, when lOC members vote on whether to drop any
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      653 51  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Supporting New York City, Olympic great Comaneci says best bid will win weekeat@newstoday.com.sg THE centennial Olympics in 1996 was expected to go to Athens venue of the first Games in 1896. In perhaps the biggest and most controversial rumour to ever come out of
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      533 52  -  CUBBYLEONG Paris mayor believes they have learnt from mistakes of past bids cubby@newstoday.com.sg TWICE in the last 20 years it has tried to win the right to host the Olympic Games. Both times Paris has come unstuck. With French President Jacques Chirac taking part in the
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      286 52 Edwards swaps spikes for suits PACKING for his trip to the 117th International Olympic Committee Session brought back fond memories for 2000 Olympic triple jump champion Jonathan Edwards. But that's where the similarities ended. "Instead of my spikes, I was packing my ties and suits," said Edwards, who
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        487 53 -AP c hoi /oods,| GOLF Western Open LEMONT, Illinois After finishing second three times this year, Jim Furyk answered Tiger Woods' charge with three straight birdies and hung on to win the Western Open this morning. It was his first victory since the 2003 Buick Open. After
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