Today, 5 July 2005, Afternoon Edition

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    22 1 TODAY /V\=LjJpCORP mica (P) 103/07/2004 incorporating utFßiitS Tuesday July 5,2005 todayonline.com TODAY /A=ojj-\CofiP incorporating iMT6£ItS MICA (P) 103/07/2004 Tuesday July 5,2005 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Clashes in Scotland ahead of G8 summit
      810 1 -AFP Protests spark security fears as top leaders gather EDINBURGH Protesters kept up the heat ahead of this week's Group of Eight summit in Scotland, clashing with police in Edinburgh and blocking the gates of Britain's main nuclear submarine base. Anarchists and anti-globalisation
      -AFP; AFP  -  810 words
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      Lock icon UK drafts plan for major Iraq troop pull-out: Report
      195 1 -AFP LONDON Britain's defence ministry has drafted plans for a significant troop withdrawal from Iraq over the next 18 months and a big deployment to Afghanistan, the Financial Times reported yesterday. When asked about the article, however, a ministry spokesman took
      -AFP  -  195 words
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      Lock icon Tribunal clears Prince Harry of cheating on exam
      206 1 -AFP LONDON Prince Harry (picture), third in line to the British throne, was cleared yesterday of cheating on his graduation art exam at prestigious Eton College when a tribunal ruled his teacher had been fired unfairly. The employment tribunal upheld the contention
      -AFP  -  206 words
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      32 1 NEWSX\YIEWS When you're 64 That lonely old man could be you/3 Family matters Sacrificing all for your kids could be unhealthy/21 Impact Samsung's new approach/29 Health Pages 34 to 37 wL ~jm\\
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      Lock icon Special ties reaffirmed
      245 2  -  Tor Ching Li PMs Lee, Blair ink pledge on shared commitments chingli@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE and the United Kingdom inked a joint statement yesterday recognising the special relationship both countries shared in promoting science, engineering and technology, both bilaterally and in the region. Prior to the signing of the
      TOR CHING LI  -  245 words
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        Lock icon That lonely old man could be you
        654 3  -  Jerry Siah Eng Kiat Forget savings and retirement plans, will there be people by your side when you age? news@newstodav.com.se WE ARE becoming islands as we grow older. More elderly Singaporeans want to live alone. Their married children, too, prefer to stay apart
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      Lock icon Corby case to be reopened
      336 4 Agencies Defence allowed to present new witnesses JAKARTA An appeals judge agreed yesterday to hear new evidence in defence of an Australian woman sentenced to 20 years in prison for smuggling drugs into Indonesia, including testimony from witnesses who claim marijuana found in her bag
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      Lock icon Cries of 'awesome' as Nasa sends its space probe crashing into comet
      367 4 Agencies PASADENA It could have been a scene from Hollywood blockbuster Armageddon. Early yesterday, a space probe collided head-on with a comet hurtling through the solar system as part of an experiment by Nasa space agency. "That's awesome!
      Agencies; NASA & AP  -  367 words
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      Lock icon Accused maid had asked for transfer
      420 6 Channel News Asia Victim, a single mum, had also reported her for disobedience AN INDONESIAN maid has been charged with the murder of her employer at a flat in Wellington Circle, Sembawang. The body of 39-year-old Tan Chiang Eng, a mother of two, was
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      $46m makeover for Bugis
      251 6  -  Tor Ching Li LIGHTING, animation and sound will soon characterise the Urban Entertainment Centre (UEC) site at Victoria Street This is part of the proposal for an iconic entertainment development by Jack Investment Pte Ltd, which has been awarded the bid for the UEC, the Urban
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      Sports hub? Here come the lawyers
      328 8  -  Lee U-Wen Mediation of sports disputes will come to the fore u-wen@newstoday.com.sg WHILE Singapore is eager to grab a slice of the US$3B billion ($64.4 billion) global sports entertainment industry, it needs to first create more avenues for the resolution of sports disputes. This
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      Lock icon M'sian youth get first taste of HDB life
      331 8  -  Jasmine Yin LIVING in a high-rise Housing Development Board (HDB) flat is nothing new to over 80 per cent of Singapore's population, but for 22-year-old Kamalhazrizan Kamarun, it is a novel experience that she is anticipating with trepidation and excitement "I am
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      2nd term: President declines to comment
      115 8 PRESIDENT S R Nathan, who celebrated his 81st birthday at the Botanic Gardens on Sunday, has again declined to comment on whether he would be seeking a second term. When asked about the possibility during a visit to the Sun Vat Sen Memorial Hall
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      Lock icon Polio outbreak hits Sumatra
      118 10 AFP JAKARTA -A child on Indonesia's Sumatra island has tested positive for polio, marking the first case of the disease outside the country's main Java island since an outbreak was confirmed in May, officials said yesterday. The latest case brings to 66 the number of children
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      Lock icon Bird flu crisis at 'tipping point', warn experts
      471 10  - Bird flu crisis at 'tipping point warn experts Dr Shigeru Omi, Agencies Mass vaccination of poultry is necessary now say UN, WHO WHO (picture) KUALA LUMPUR (Malaysia) The outbreak of bird flu in Asia has reached a critical stage and the disease could easily become a human pandemic if it
      Agencies; AFP  -  471 words
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      Most of Africa oblivious to Live 8 concert
      249 10 NAIROBI The record breaking Live 8 rock concerts, held around the world in aid of Africa, may have made an impact across the globe, but there were questions about its effect on the poverty-stricken continent itself. According to Britain's The Independent newspaper,
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      Lock icon Spotlight on N Korean nuke issue
      547 12 AFP Officials hope Asean forum in Laos will help break year-long talks deadlock WASHINGTON With the Korean nuclear talks in limbo for more than a year, officials are looking at the Asia-Pacific region's biggest official security forum this month to help break the deadlock.
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        Lock icon Free paper in Sydney
        56 12 AP Rupert Murdoch's News media empire yesterday launched a new free afternoon newspaper, mX, aimed at Sydney commuters. The 28-page tabloia is the Sydney version of a paper with the same title that was launched in 2001 in Melbourne. Initial distribution will be 50,000 copies each
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        Lock icon Junta may leave Yangon
        70 12 -AFP Myanmars military junta may be readying to move part of the administration outside the capital to somewhere "safer", diplomats in Yangon said. Pyinmana, a region described by tour guides as full of "verdant charm", could become the "escape city" for top leaders, military commanders and
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        Lock icon 'Iraq-inspired' beheadings
        39 12 AFP A string of eight beheadings last month in southern Thailand was copycat violence inspired by Iraq, Interior Minister Chidchai Vanasathidya said yesterday. "We are really concerned about the beheadings because it's so brutal," he told reporters.
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      Lock icon 'Bush's brain' under fire
      496 13 The Guardian President's man suspected of leaking classified data to Time magazine WASHINGTON President George Bush's right-hand man Karl Rove yesterday found himself at the centre of the controversy over who revealed the name of a secret CIA agent Newsweek revealed that he was a source
      — The Guardian; AFP  -  496 words
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      Credit card scam masterminds jailed
      189 13 LONDON British police have busted a criminal network that stretched from computer hackers in the United States to former KGB agents, The Times newspaper reported yesterday. The network collapsed after police discovered that its masterminds were a pair of computer geeks in Leeds and Glasgow.
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        Sick of staying with mum-in-law
        55 14 Psychiatrists in the Romanian town of Botosani say they are being overwhelmed with cases of "mother-in-law syndrome", reported ananova.com, citing the 7 Plus newspaper. They coined the name for mental problems suffered by men who share their home with their mothers-in-law. The symptoms include anxiety
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        Astrologist sues Nasa for $500m
        81 14 Russian astrologist Marina Bai, who claims that Nasa altered her horoscope by crashing a spacecraft into a comet, is suing the US space agency for damages of US$300 million ($500 million), the Izvestia newspaper said, according to Reuters. Nasa deliberately crashed its probe, named Deep
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        Saying 'I do' by mobile phone
        42 14 An Indian couple exchanged wedding vows by mobile phone after the groom, Mr Asif Khan, could not make it to the marriage ceremony because of severe flooding in the western Indian state of Gujarat, reported Reuters.
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        'Love fee' to fund arts courses
        50 14 The Colombian city of Cartagena is taxing love motel customers to pay for fine arts courses for underprivileged youngsters, reported Las Ultimas Noticias. The new tax was introduced after the authorities surveyed hotel guests who said they did not mind paying the "Love Fee".
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      Lock icon Military pledges loyalty to Arroyo
      489 14 Agencies Shares plunge as court freezes her tax initiative MANILA The Philippine military yesterday renewed its pledge of loyalty to President Gloria Arroyo amid a swirl of fresh coup rumours fuelled by allegations that she rigged last year's elections. However, shares plunged to six-month lows
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      Focus On The Family
      238 16  -  Z)r James Dobson i Tbiws by. HELPING A PRICKLY PERSON When you want to offer advice to a person about a flaw or a shortcoming in his or her character, it's best to do it the way porcupines make love: very, very carefully. It's often difficult
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    • Live 8 is not Live Aid 2
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        It is a starting point, not an end
        461 16  -  EUGENE LIN Letter from I REFER to the news comment, "Are songs of hope what Africa needs?" by Francis Kan (July 4). I am a Singaporean pursuing a degree in London, and have just returned home for the summer. I have read
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        Pricking world's conscience
        93 16  -  DANIEL KOH Letter from OF COURSE hungry people cannot be fed by song or rhetoric. Political will, expertise and long-term commitment to economic reforms from both the rich and poor countries are needed to overcome structural problems which trapped millions of people in deep poverty. Will Live
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      First a wife, then a career woman
      484 18  -  [FRANCES ONG HOCK LIN Modern marriages might benefit if women rediscovered their feminine side I Letter from I WAS chastised by reader Eunice Lim ("Obedience or subservience?", July 2, 2005) for having my judgment "clouded" by my grandfather's "obsolete concept of family values".
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      isay IT BOILS DOWN TO BOUNDARIES
      786 21  -  Annie Chua Sacrificing all for the kids can be unhealthy I REFER to the article, "Is there justice in marriage?" (July 1) and would like to offer another perspective to marriage. People get married for various reasons and, for a first-world country where people
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      24 16 How will the merger of private Shield-type insurance with MediShield give better coverage? Find out more on 6 July 2005. Ministry Of Health Singapore
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      Lock icon Temasek, Sabre to invest $8.5b in India
      366 22 Bloomberg Fund to tap economy expected to grow at 7% SINGAPORE investment company Temasek Holdings and Indian investment firm Sabre Capital Worldwide, founded by former Standard Chartered chief executive Rana Talwar, are teaming up to raise up to US$5 billion ($8.5 billion) to
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        SGX most active
        55 22 By volume CSC China Sun UniFiber SingTel LabroyMar Olam Man Wah L&M ST Engg ACCS Close 0.035 0.420 0.390 2.740 0.830 0.955 0.305 0.005 2.470 0.150 Change +0.005 +0.015 +0.035 +0.030 +0.015 +0.030 -0.005 +16.7 +3.7 +4.4 +3.2 +5.2 +1.2 -3.2 '000 28,294 18,693 16,844 12,701 12,239
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        SGX top rises
        83 22 By$ Bukit Sem Close Change 14.200 +0.600 JMH 400USS 18.000 +0.400 CITYDEV W*****0 5.400 +0.300 Jariline C&C 13.400 +0.300 Shang Asia 2kHK$ CITYDEV 12.200 +0.300 7.850 +0.200 Creative 50 11.200 +0.200 SIA 11.400 +0.200 UOB 14.400 +0.200 KS Energy 2.100 +0.150 By percentage Close Change PDC Corp
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        SGX top falls
        79 22 By$ SingamasC 2kHK$ F&N Close Change 5.200 -0.400 15.400 -0.300 STI2100 DBePW*****9 0.390 -0.130 GrealEasI 14.300 -0.100 Robinson 5.950 -0.100 Transpac 2.150 -0.100 HSI*****SGAeCW*****9 0.980 -0.080 NOL 3.660 -0.080 Hyflux CA eCW*****5 1.320 -0.060 Thai Prime200USS 4.640 -0.060 By percentage Penguin W*****0 LKN Close Change 0.005 -50.0
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        World markets
        60 22 Index Value Change Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp 11,651.55 14,177.87 4,234.70 6,271.20 1,021.71 Pis +21.42 +0.18 -23.19 -0.16 +10.60 +0.25 -0.94 -0.01 +3.69 +0.36 KLCI 898.69 +4.67 +0.52 SET Index 669.78 -5.72 -0.85 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 1,138.88 1,815.67
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 22 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 429.30 Silver uss/oi 6.930 Platinum uss/oz 870.90 Rubber cents/kg 264.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,418 Brent crude uss/borrel 57.57 Information provided by
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 22 us$ 0.5907 UK£ 0.3358 Yen 65.895 HK$ 4.5922 RM 2.2449 Euro 0.4952 Rupiah 5,833.7 Baht 24.481 Peso 33.201 A$ 0.7865 Indian Rs Won 25.721 615.23 C$ 0.7353 Yuan 0.4889 NZ$ 0.8689 NTS 18.781
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        ST Index —- 2,221.16+11.21
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        Lock icon Singapore
        219 22 Dow Jones SHARES rose yesterday as the United States dollar strengthened against regional currencies, including the Singapore dollar, traders said. The US is a major export market for trade-dependent Singapore and a weaker Singapore dollar makes exports cheaper and boosts external demand. The ST Index gained 1 1.21 points,
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        Make your savings work harder
        512 25 MANY of us have surplus funds lying idle in savings accounts with a bank. These may be funds that you have set aside to prepare for a rainy day or money that you are putting aside to buy your dream house or car, or even
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        Lock icon Fund managers in S'pore prefer stocks to bonds: OCBC Wealth Management survey
        705 25  -  Alex Lee news@newstoday.com.sg A RECENT survey of fund managers in Singapore has found that almost all prefer equities to fixed-income securities. Most still find good valuations in equities compared to fixed-income securities, according to an OCBC Wealth Management
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        CORPORATEbriefs
        104 24 Singapore Technologies Engineering announced yesterday it received further orders or US$lO million ($16.9 million) for multimedia classrooms in the Republic of Kazakhstan, bringing the total value of its contracts to USs3om. The contracts were awarded to Kaz-ST Engineering Bastau, its joint venture company with Kazakhstan Engineering. Tuas Power, a
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        Lock icon Temasek to take stake in China bank: Report
        291 24 Dow Jones 5.1% interest estimated at $2.4 billion BEIJING Singapore investment company Temasek Holdings plans to take a 5.1-per-cent stake in China Construction Bank worth US$l.4 billion ($2.4 billion), the central bank-backed Financial News reported yesterday. In an agreement that Temasek and
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        Electronics manufacturing falls
        152 24  -  THE electronics manufacturing sector contracted for the first time in almost two years due to weaker growth in new orders from both domestic and overseas markets, a key index showed yesterday. The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the electronics sector fell by 2.2 points last month to
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        Lock icon Labroy wins $169m vessel deal
        111 24 Dow Jones LABROY Marine has signed a contract worth $169 million for the construction of six offshore vessels, bringing its outstanding order book to $634 million, the Singapore-listed shipbuilder said yesterday. Five of the vessels will be delivered in 2007 and the last one in
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        Lock icon China Shipping moves HQ to M'sia
        419 26 AFP Spore loses out to Port Klang; move spurred by rising direct trade between Malaysia and China KUALA LUMPUR Container shipping giant China Shipping Group has moved its regional headquarters to Malaysia from Singapore on expectations of increased activity at Port Klang, a senior
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        Lock icon Lucky shoppers and their stories
        332 26  -  Dawn Quek FILIPINO domestic helper Ms Mila Abarca got a month's bonus from her employer last week in the form of his prize money from the Shop to Win TODAY weekly draw. The 33-year-old struck gold simply by helping Mr David Tan SMS the lucky
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