Today, 19 July 2005, Afternoon Edition

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    11 1 TODAY /AehiaCorp mica (P) H2/07/2005 incorporating utFßiitS Tuesday July 19,2005 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Thousands rally against Gaza pullout
      166 1 -AP NETIVOT (Israel) Soldiers and police stopped thousands of Gaza withdrawal opponents marching last night in defiance of a police ban, determined to reach nearby Jewish settlements and stop Israel's pullout next month, the biggest test yet for security forces. After a two-hour standoff, settlers
      -AP; AP  -  166 words
    • Article
      A slice of history for $1.72b
      932 1  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla S'pore landmark part of Raffles Holdings' disposal of hotel business shobha@newstoday.com.sg IN A stunning move that will see one of Singapore's most enduring icons going into foreign hands, Raffles Holdings has sold its entire hotel business, including the 117-year-old Raffles Hotel,
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      Lock icon Stocks, oil close lower
      121 1 AFP NEW YORK Wall Street shares swung lower yesterday after a disappointing earnings report from Citigroup prompted investors to lock in gains from a three-week rally. The Dow Jones Industrial Average skidded 65.84 points to 10,574.99, the Nasdaq fell 11.91 points to 2,144.87 and the Standard
      AFP  -  121 words
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      Carriers to merge after all
      134 1 TWO of Singapore's three budget airlines are said to have finalised a merger the first sign of consolidation among South-east Asia's fledgling low-cost carriers, according to The Business Times today. It reports that on-off talks between privately-owned Valuair and Qantas associate Jetstar Asia seem to
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      49 1 NEWS£\yiEWS Tisa Ng Is women's place in politics or on pedestal?/3 Cold reception No honeymoon period for new NKF chief/6 Saint Jack What's the story behind controversial 70s film?/36 Page 27 impact Daring to differ/28 to 29 MMMME-ZEIEMm Health Pages 40 to 46 WW Spurs enter race for Baptistq/^2
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      18 1 U.S. MAY START BAG SEARCHES HOT NEWS 2 TOP U.N. ENVOY LOSES JOB LATEST GLOBAL ROUNDUP WORLD 16
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  • hot news
    • Article
      The Pakistan shadow
      533 2  -  Ansley Ng MPs discuss if visits to madrasahs there are dangerous ansley(gnewstoday.com.sg THE authorities keep track of Singaporeans who visit madrasahs, or religious schools, in Pakistan, but see no need to restrict their access to the country, Deputy Prime Minster Tony Tan told Parliament yesterday. Dr Tan
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      Lock icon Washington subway may introduce bag searches
      231 2 -AFP WASHINGTON Security chiefs on the subway system are mulling the introduction of random bag searches as they review anti-terror precautions after the London bomb attacks. The city authorities sent machine-gun toting police and sniffer dogs down into stations and trains after the London
      -AFP  -  231 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Running deaths unavoidable
      141 2 Channel News Asia DEFENCE Minister Teo Chee Hean has assured MPs that there were no breach of safety in the deaths of two servicemen who died suddenly after running. An autopsy has shown that Second Warrant Officer Teh Kok Lian had died from sudden cardiac arrest while
      – Channel News Asia  -  141 words
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      Lock icon Structural solutions sought Dr Ng
      145 2 Channel News Asia MPs yesterday wanted to know whether the array of policies implemented to help low-wage workers have really helped. In reply, Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen assured them that the newly-formed Ministerial Committee on Low Wage Workers was not looking at quick-fix solutions,
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        Slotting women, Singapore style
        652 3  -  Tisa Ng Quick! Where do women belong? Politics or a beauty shop? Our attitudes are showing TO ANYONE with an interest in the status and condition of women in Singapore, there were two fascinating news items at the start of last week. One was the report
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  • Singapore news
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      S'pore scientists find cancer's little helper
      399 4  -  Tan Hui Leng Breakthrough could change approach to treatment huileng(gnewstoday.com.sg SCIENTISTS at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology have discovered that a natural protein thought to kill deadly cancer cells is really helping the cells survive. The new findings overturn traditional theory and
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      Lock icon Philippines requested to chair Asean if Myanmar forfeits
      213 6 AP MANILA The Philippines has been asked by some of its neighbours, including Singapore, to be ready to assume the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) amid signs that Myanmar may skip its turn next year, a senior foreign
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      The CEO who had no honeymoon period
      535 6  -  Loh Chee Kong Eggs thrown at dialysis centre, 15,000 cancel NKF contributions cheekong@newstoday.com.sg GERARD Ec started his first day of work as interim CEO of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) yesterday. After meeting the media, he held a meeting with the staff, which
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    • Article
      She's 25, HIV-positive, riled up
      568 8  -  Vinita Ramani Activist says obsession with gay men and drug users is hurting fight against Aids vinita@newstoday.com.sg THE stubborn adherence to stereotypes and the Government's lack of sensitivity to various marginalised groups on the Aids issue continue to hamper efforts to deal effectively with the
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    • Article
      LTA: Poor barrier design regretted
      189 8 THE chief executive of the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has expressed regret over last Wednesday's accident in which a cyclist, a father of two, was paralysed after he crashed into the newly-installed barrier at a pedestrian overhead bridge at Tampines Street 43. The statutory board
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    • SINGAPOREsnippets
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        Mah to address Parliament on changes in property market
        46 10 Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan will deliver a ministerial statement on Policy Changes Affecting the Property Market in Parliament today. His statement will be broadcast "live" on Channel News Asia and 938 Live at 3pm.
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      • Article
        Lock icon More foreign exposure for students: Shanmugaratnam
        87 10 Channel News Asia The National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and Singapore Management University aim to send at least 50 per cent of their students overseas through exchange programmes, summer courses, work attachments and conferences, Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said yesterday. He said
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    • Article
      Took saw 'shadows' at his workplace
      408 10  -  Wong Fei Wan Huang Na's alleged killer visited medium feiwan@newstoday.com.sg HIS luck was down that whole week, so Mr Yap Teong Huat decided to seek advice from a medium. He went to his colleague Took Leng How to ask for the address of a
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      Lock icon A mountain for S'pore on her 40th birthday?
      360 10  -  Vinita Ramani THERE'S Mount Everest and Mount Ophir. Soon, might there be a Mount Singapura? A team of mountaineers, led by Everest veteran David Lim, are headed to explore several unconquered peaks in Central Asia's Tien Shan range. Should they reach the
      WEE TECK HIAN  -  360 words
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      Lock icon Conjoined twins return to Indonesia
      347 11  -  Tan Hut Leng THEY came as one. But yesterday, little Anggi and Anjeli finally left for home in Sumatra in separate prams. The 17-month-old Indonesian conjoined twins who were separated after a 10-hour surgery at Gleneagles Hospital in May were cheerful and lively at the
      PARKWAY HOSPITALS SINGAPORE  -  347 words
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Catching up on 50 years
      645 12 Agencies Indian PM calls on Bush amid simmering political issues WASHINGTON The relationship between the only superpower and the most populous democracy is in the spotlight, as United States President George W Bush hosts a three-day state visit by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, beginning
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      Lock icon Another two Arroyo aides quit
      203 12 -AFP MANILA Two more senior aides to President Gloria Arroyo resigned yesterday as the embattled Philippine leader struggled to keep her government intact amid allegations of electoral fraud. Ms Corazon Guidote left her post as special adviser on investments while Ms Victoria Garchitorena resigned as
      -AFP  -  203 words
    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Former British PM dies
        83 12 AP Former British Prime Minister Edward Heath (picture), who took Britain into the forerunner of the European Union during his term in office in the early 1 9705, died on Sunday aged 89. Mr Heath ruled Britain from 1970 to 1974. After losing power, he was
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        Lock icon Pakistanis not a threat
        53 12 -AFP Malaysia said it is confident that Pakistani workers, who began arriving at the weekend to plug a critical labour shortage, would not pose a security threat. The acute labour crunch prompted the government to fast-track the recruitment of 100,000 Pakistanis, amid fears this would worsen
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        Lock icon Thais for tough peace
        75 12 AFP lhais in Bangkok and southern Muslim provinces overwhelmingly support the government's tough new emergency measures aimed at curbing a deadly insurgency, a nationwide poll said. About 75 per cent of respondents in Bangkok and about 85 per cent in Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala provinces support
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      Lock icon Was he the mastermind?
      574 13 Detectives suspect eldest bomber was the brains behind attack LONDON The Londonbomber who led a double life as a teacher-mentor had international terrorist connections, helped fund terrorism and may have been an operative in Israel, yet Mohammed Sidique Khan evaded Mls's attention last year because he
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        Outdoor orgies a worry
        53 13 Dutch police and other officials have admitted they are powerless to stop a growing trend of sex orgies in parks and beaches, the planet.nl website reported. One official called for a national debate after a group of people were found romping naked on a beach in
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        Lock icon Sit-ups for watching porn
        49 13 -AFP Police in India's eastern state of Orissa rounded up about 200 people watching a porn movie in a cinema hall and made them to do 1 0 sit-ups in public as punishment. Parents of teenagers caught were ordered to come and watch the punishment.
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        Lock icon Posing nude for funds
        43 13 AP The caretakers of the school gardens in Leland, Michigan, wanted an attention-getting way to raise money. The 2006 Naked Gardener calendar featuring photos of 12 well-known area men, including schools superintendent Michael Hartigan, posing nude with carefully-placed props.
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      Lock icon White House 'brains' named in CIA leak
      410 14 The Guardian LOS ANGELES Key political advisers to Untied States President George W Bush and the vice-president, Mr Dick Cheney, were named as sources in the leaking of the name of a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operative. Time magazine reporter Matt Cooper, who
      – The Guardian; AFP  -  410 words
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      Lock icon Indonesian serial bomber caught
      188 14 -AFP JAKARTA Police in Indonesia's violence-racked province of Central Sulawesi have arrested a man suspected of involvement in a series of bombings and killings there, a report said yesterday. Wagiman alias Papa Siti, who tops the provincial police wanted list, was arrested in Ampana district on
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      Lock icon Studies dispute US claim on Iraq war
      214 15 Agencies WASHINGTON Why is the United States military fighting terrorism in Iraq? US President George W Bush's stock answer is: "So we do not have to face them here at home." However, new studies by the Saudi Arabian government and an Israeli think-tank
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      Lock icon Weekend bloodbath in Iraq
      452 15 Agencies Fears of civil war as suicide bombings kill 150, injure 260 A WAVE of suicide bombers butchered more than 150 people in Iraq, mostly Shias, and left over 260 wounded over the weekend, prompting a Shia leader to declare that Iraq was headed for civil
      – Agencies; AFP  -  452 words
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      Lock icon Deaths linked to birth-control patch
      349 16 FDA defends product's safety despite 12 fatalities WASHINGTON About a dozen women, most in their late teens and early 20s, died last year from blood clots believed to be related to the birth-control patch Ortho Evra, while dozens more users survived strokes and other clot-related
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      Top UN envoy to N Korea loses job
      196 16 UNITED NATIONS A Canadian businessman lost his job as the top UN envoy to North Korea amid questions about his connection to a suspect in the oil-for-food scandal in Iraq, the world body said yesterday. The decision not to renew Mr Maurice
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Police question Aishwarya Rai
        66 16 AFP. inaian ponce yesTeraay quesnonea former Miss World Aishwarya Rai over allegations that Bollywood actor Salman Khan had threatened her unless she performed at a mafia don's stage show. Rai, who is Bollywood's top actress, was interviewed at her Mumbai residence and had her voice recorded
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        Lock icon Saudi denied bail
        60 16 AP A Saudi accused of enslaving an Indonesian woman and forcing her to have sex was ordered held without bail in Denver yesterday after prosecutors said there was a good chance he would flee. Homaidan Al Turki, 36, and his wife, Sarah Khonaizan, 35, face other charges
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        Lock icon Ninja Turtle comeback
        49 16 AFP The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are set to return to the big screen after a 14-year break in a lavish new computer-generated movie, the industry publication, Daily Variety, reported yesterday.The new movie will feature state-of-the-art computergenerated animation and is set for release in early 2007.
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    Focus On The Family
    242 18  -  grhhhh Ibex's L^^^^^^ BALANCE IN A MAN'S LIFE The circus performer who walks the tightrope understands that one skill is needed more than any other, and it is balance. I remember watching the women's marathon at the Summer Olympics in 1984. One competitor still stands out
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    • Letter
      Familiar ring to NKF's pay rationale
      136 18  -  HARMINDER SINGH Letter from WHAT has been forgotten in the hullaballoo surrounding the outcome of the NKF-SPH case, is that the remuneration policies the NKF board follows have the same underlying rationale the Government of Singapore uses to explain the salaries it pays its
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      It's not about taps, It's about trust
      385 18  -  CHAN MEI MEI NKF ISSUE Dangerous to take the approach that the end justifies the means Letter from This brings us to the point: Does the end justify the means? If a society or nation moves onto the track of "it doesn't matter
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    • Article
      In response to Ms Ho Ching...
      264 18  -  THOMAS KWOK TAN CHEW BEE AGREE Letter from I AGREE with Ms Ho Ching's view that "we do not expect CEOs of publicly-funded hospitals to be poorly paid" ("NKF deserves continued support", July 18) The problem is not how much Mr T T Durai
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      ... and Ms Tessensohn
      241 18  - and Ms Tessensohn TANYEONGHENG I I I HAVE RESERVATIONS I Letter from I REFER to Ms Denyse Tessensohn's article, "The tyrant who will be missed" (July 18) and others who have written in to support Mr T T Durai. Most of us have no doubts about Mr Durai's commitment and
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    • Letter
      Separate roles of charitable body and 'professional' fund-raiser
      292 18  -  TOH CHOON SWEE Letter from' I BELIEVE that one of the contributing factors to NKF's current setback is its mixed role as a charity and "professional" fund raiser. If a professional fund-raising company gives its CEO $25,000 a month plus 12 months
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      No offence Mr President but...
      528 20  -  WINSTON CHEW CHOON TECK Shouldn't the issue of political renewal also apply to this high office? I Letter from' I REFER to the letter, "Avoiding a one-horse race", from Jason Lee Boon Hong (July 14). While nobody can deny that President Nathan has done a
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      Nathan deserves a second term
      123 20  -  HAJ MOHAMED Letter from I REFER to the report about how Malay-Muslim Singaporeans support the President. I personally feel Mr Nathan has done a good job as President and he deserves a second term. It is good to hear that the Malay-Mus-lim community supports the
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      Lock icon Cecil Street divider has improved traffic flow
      313 22  -  HAN LIANG YUAN I Letter from Senior Manager, Corporate Communications Land Transport Authority I REFER to your readers' letters about the recent changes at the junction of Cecil Street and Robinson Road. During peak hours, there is heavy traffic at the junctions of
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    • Letter
      Time for traffic violation appeals varies by case
      246 22  -  TRISTAN SIM I Letter from Assistant Director, Media Relations Singapore Police Force I REFER to Ms Cindy Tan's letter, "The appeal that's 'in due course' for four months now" (July 9). We would like to assure the public that we take every
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      Montessori maverick of Singapore
      673 22 SOME 20 years ago, early childhood education in Singapore was about spoon-feeding children with basic knowledge. Little emphasis was placed on nurturing the child to develop creative and thinking skills. Mr T Chandroo (picture) had the foresight to realise that there was tremendous potential in providing
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon S'pore on track to meet growth target
      443 24 -AFP Impact of high oil prices seen tempered: Minister THE Singapore economy will meet its 2.5- to 4.5-per-cent economic growth target this year even if world oil prices remain at the current high levels or rise slightly, Minister for Trade and Industry Lim
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    • Article
      Lock icon Sats invests $23m to upgrade services
      198 24 j. v Agencies SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services (Sats) said yesterday it intended to spend around $23 million on upgrading its services to maintain its market share in the face of stiffening competition. Sats Singapore Airlines' groundhandling and flight-catering arm will fund the upgrade using
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    • MarketWATCH
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        Lock icon Singapore
        209 24 Dow Jones SHARES fell yesterday on weaker-than-expected economic data, with losses led by technology stocks like Creative and Venture. Although Singapore's nonoil domestic exports recorded an expansion of 3.6 per cent for the first six months, the key exports rose only 1 per cent last month from June last
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        61 24 By volume STX PanOcean Biosensors Delong AIM UTAC BIL Intl UniFiber IPCCorp Sing Tel ElertroTech Close 0.990 0.960 0.140 0.250 0.735 1.240 0.405 0.225 2.680 0.630 Change +0.010 +0.015 +0.005 +0.020 +0.020 -0.010 +0.005 +0.045 -0.010 +0.025 +1.0 +1.6 +3.7 +8.7 +2.8 -0.8 +1.3 +25.0 -0.4 +4.1
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        80 24 By Close Change Hyflux CAeCW*****5 2.150 +0.190 Hyflux 5.050 +0.170 Hyflux DBeCW*****7 2.130 +0.150 OUE 9.300 +0.150 By percentage Close Change LiangHuat 0.010 +100.0 Shining 0.085 +54.5 Digiland 0.020 +33.3 Inno-Pac 0.020 +33.3 STIETF100 23.240 +0.140 CAM Inl 0.045 +28.6 DBS Bk6% NCPS10 108.400 +0.100 GMG USS
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        77 24 )y Close Ireative 50 12.600 lardine C&C 12.700 Change -0.500 -0.300 By percentage Close Mayfran 0.035 SIAMBLePW*****5 0.020 Change -36.4 -33.3 :iTYDEVW*****0 5.600 KepCorp 12.400 JOB 14.400 failure 16.000 HSCEI5000DBeCW*****0 0.735 «1 SGAeCW*****6 0.275 tandasMBLeCW*****6 0.450 5MRT 1.150 -0.100 -0.100 -0.100 -0.100 -0.090 -0.090 -0.075 -0.060 M
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        55 24 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd Closed 14,567.00 4,259.90 Closed +62.71 +5.70 +0.43 +0.13 Korea Comp KLCI 1,062.43 915.08 +2.83 -1.76 +0.27 -0.19 SET Index lakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 652.67 1,128.44 1,909.25 199.25 7,347.10 -2.79 -3.02 +12.17 -12.58 +75.56
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        27 24 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Gold us$/oi Silver us$/oi Platinum us$/ 421.70 7.025 Az 865.50 Rubber centsAg 286.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,415.50 Brent crude us$/barrel 57.80
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        556 25 WHEN you read this article, take a moment to imagine your life after retirement are you reclining in your lounge chair by the beach or travelling and enjoying a holiday? Now ask yourself this: "Can I afford it?". You may be able to, provided you start
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        389 25  -  Herman Phua news@newstoday.com.sg WITH the listing of Mapletree's real estate investment trust (Reit), Singapore investors are spoilt for choice when deciding on which property trust to put their money in. But there's another option worth considering if you are looking for a similar investment platform.
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          128 25 United Overseas Bank ($14.40) HOLD Kirn Eng Securities -1 The bank has agree to buy an additional 30-per-cent stake in Indonesia's Bank Buana, in which it now has a 23-per-cent stake. The 1.65-trillion-rupiah ($285-mil-lion) purchase price of is equivalent to 2.59-times its book value as at June. We believe that
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          89 25 CSA Holdings ($2.01) SELL Dow Jones Sias Research initiated its coverage on CSA Holdings with a "Sell" and no target price. Substantial shareholder Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) is offering $2.05 per share to buy over CSA and privatise it after a 75-per-cent majority vote. Sias Research said that there was
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        350 26  -  Valeric Law Aims to raise as much as $211 million valerie@newstoday.com.sg MAPLETREE Logistics Trust (MLT), which launched its initial public offering (IPO) yesterday, plans to grow its portfolio beyond Singapore and increase yields. MLT, the first logistics real estate investment trust (Reit) in Singapore, will raise
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        169 26 Dow Jones AN ADVANCED Integrated Manufacturing Corp (AIM) unit has signed a conditional deal to buy a 14.3-per-cent stake in South Korea's Übiquam for US$5 million ($8 million). The unit, Advanced Manufacturing Corp, had earlier won a deal to manufacture CDMA handsets
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        128 26 Dow Jones TIGER Airways will begin offering flights between the Philippines and Macau from Oct 30 to increase its fleet utilisation and keep ahead of the competition. "The new service will allow us to carry more than 100,000 passengers a year between the
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        77 26 Dow Jones SINGAPORE plans to further tighten regulations governing money changers as part of an international effort to counter money laundering and terrorist financing. The Government presented a bill to Parliament yesterday requiring companies that engage in money-changing to have minimum capital of $100,000.
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        565 27  -  Christie Loh They also don't have enough for retirement and are heavily-reliant on CPF savings: SMU survey chri sti e@newsto day, com. sg "HOW long can I survive with the cash on hand?" is one of the first questions you will ask yourself if
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        516 28  -  Greg Waldron Quirky marketing is working for Subaru dealer news@newstoday.com.sg IF PASSENGERS travelling on Mass Rapid Transit trains between Redhill and Queenstown stations last weekend noticed any of the car dealerships along Leng Kee Road, it would probably have been the Subaru Dealership. A large poster depicting
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        123 28  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Advertising awards imminent In just three months the best and brightest in the advertising industry will be stepping up to the podium to receive their awards at the seventh annual Singapore Advertising Hall of Fame Awards 2005. The Institute of Advertising, Singapore (lAS), which organises the
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      598 29  -  Seah Siew Hua Those which match the consumer's lifestyle mindset are the successful ones, say the experts siewhua@newstoday.com.sg MS ANDREA Chee, a lawyer, was issued with a gold credit card when she and her parents were approved for a home loan a
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      691 29  -  Greg Waldron SOME agencies are creating and running advertisements for companies in order to win awards a practice which is just short of "cheating", say some experts in the industry. "Scam advertising" is becoming more popular
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      1123 32  -  Ariel Tarn To battle cyber crime, high-tech policing must go international: Expert ariel@newstoday.com.sg THE biggest problem in IT security is I the belief that attacks happen to everyone else but you, said Mr Howard Schmidt That is foolish thinking. Hacking tools are everywhere and everyone is
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          Novell launches open-source training programme locally
          68 33 Novell has launched the Novell Academic Training Partner programme to promote open-source training to students in Singapore. The company has appointed Singapore Polytechnic as its first Academic Training Partner here. The polytechnic will offer Linux training taught by Novell-certified instructors, while students will have
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          98 33 Trend Micro's Anti-Spyware 3.0 is available in three versions for homes; small and medium enterprises; and large enterprises. Built to detect and remove spyware, it features faster definition updates, reduced system memory usage, Trickle Scan to minimise CPU utilisation and the ability to monitor more than
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          66 33 Acronis Inc has released Acronis Snap Deploy to help organisations deploy new PCs and servers. The enterprise-class software incorporates disk-imaging technology, letting you create an exact disk image of the standard system software configuration and deploying this image via multicast or narrowcast to systems on
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        729 33  -  Ariel Tarn Lack of authenticity makes online petitions unreliable gauges for now ari el@newsto day, com. sg I THE recent controversy over the (mis)management of public funds at the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has seen tens of thousands of people signing an online petition,
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        264 34 How to calibrate a monitor Q: When I download digital photos onto my home computer, they look overexposed, white and washed out. But they look okay viewed on my office computer. Is there some way to correct my home monitor? Is there a standard setting? Neil A: How
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        430 34  -  Seah Siew Hua No flash drive is cheaper to make siewhua@newstoday.com.sg FLASH drives and portable disk drives are all the rage now, but DVDrecordables (DVD-Rs) as a storage medium should not be overlooked just yet either. The optical disc is a lowcost, high-capacity alternative, said
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      834 36  -  YongShu Chiang news(g>newstoday.com.sg AT THE time the first edition of Star Wars was playing in Singapore cinemas, a Hollywood crew headed by a noted American film-maker was in town to shoot a movie. The working title of the film, shot in 1978, was Jack of Hearts.
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      175 37 -AP Jet Li hopes his new martial arts movie will give hope to the suicidal HONG KONG Actor Jet Li said the high number of suicides in China prompted him to make his new film about kungfu master Huo Yuanjia to inspire youngsters to live life
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      311 37  -  Dawn Quek dawn@newstoday.com.sg IN THE past few weeks of the Shop to Win TODAY draw, winners increased their chances of winning by spending more than hundreds of dollars at participating outlets. This week, Madam Frieda Lee (picture), 47, broke the trend she spent only
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        58 38 jazzy Critically-acclaimea jazz musician John Pizzarelli is coming to town on July 31 to perform classical standards and late-night ballads at the Esplanade Theatre. The singer and guitarist will be performing songs from the great American songbook, with Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra being the order
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        117 38 Who can forget the Centrepoint kids phenomenon in the 80s? This exhibition at the shopping mall takes viewers back to the 80s, when the Centrepoint kids expressed creativity through their appearance and dressing. The exhibition also showcases Youth Challenge's activities (an organisation which was started
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      502 38 AP J X Rowling dreads penning the last of the Harry Potter series LONDON J X Rowling, whose literary creation Harry Potter has captivated millions of fans of all ages worldwide, is filled with dread at the end of the popular series when the seventh and
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        314 39 AFP NEW YORK Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince shattered publishing records in the United States, selling 6.9 million copies in its first 24 hours on sale, its US publisher Scholastic said yesterday. "The fact that a brilliantlywritten book for children just
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      566 40  -  Eveline Gan So what if it's just their baby teeth? Children need to cultivate a culture of dental care early on eveline@newstoday.com.sg LIKE many pre-schoolers, six-year-old Joshua Wong has never visited a dentist this despite nursing a "big black hole" in his tooth. And
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      264 40  -  Brenda Chew FOR most Singaporeans, mustard greens exist in the form of pickled vegetables or kiam chye, as it is known locally. However, fresh mustard greens are packed with nutritious goodness and vitamins that can be beneficial for your extremely taxed body. Fresh mustard greens
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      496 40 KRT MOTHERS pass on hundreds of chemicals from pesticides to flame retardants to their babies through their umbilical cords, according to a groundbreaking study. The study found 287 industrial chemicals and pollutants in umbilical cord blood from 10 babies born in hospitals in
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      628 42 Celebrity health watch MediaCorp artiste reveals how she stays trim and pretty IF YOU see MediaCorp artiste Joanne Peh sucking in her tummy, squeezing her buttocks together or tiptoeing, she's not gone loony. Joanne, who stars in an Channel 8 Chinese drama called Destiny, is merely trying to
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      562 42 -KRT A DETROIT team is studying acupuncture as a treatment for hot flashes caused by breast cancer treatments. It's a therapy that holds hope for other can-cer-related problems. Chemotherapy medicines and the drug tamoxifen, taken by thousands of women to prevent
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      510 44  -  Brenda Chew Couples can use their Medisave for treatment of infertility brenda@newstoday.com.sg f^HERYL (not her real name) been trying to have a baby for the past one year, but with no success. The thought of consulting a doctor, however, embarrassed her. So she visited a gynaecologist claiming
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      471 44 ANXIETY is one of the most common stress-related conditions encountered by people today. Anxiety can give rise to the tightening of muscles, digestive problems, high blood pressure and palpitations. It can also cause insomnia and restlessness. Aromatherapy This form of treatment offers various supportive
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      816 45  -  Recta Raman Re-emergence of some polio and meningitis cases worries parents reeta@newstoday.com.sg THE last couple of months have been slightly worrying for parents. Polio resurfaced, with some of the first cases reported in neighbouring Indonesia, while meningitis has been reported in India. World Health
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      557 45  - Children, too, can get arthritis and parents often miss the signs Eveline Gan FOR almost a year, three-year-old Tommy (not his real name), who had been diagnosed with arthritis, felt more like an old man as he struggled to get out of bed every morning. Sometimes, his joints were so
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      809 46 What is the medical term for the condition where a patient has insufficient platelets? What type of food is recommended to increase the amount of platelets? What kind of food should one avoid and should one take any precautions? Stone The medical term for platelet deficiency is
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      312 46 Manage your pain Chronic, persistent pain can have a significant impact on an individual's life. Sadly, many chronic pain patients suffer in silence. This forum aims to cover a wide range of topics, from interventional procedures, to practical tips on how to manage your pain
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      Lock icon World No 1 chews rivals up, and spits them out
      935 55 Agencies IST ANDREWS A ruthless [Tiger Woods toyed with his rivals las he swept to a crushing victory |to take his second British Open Championship at the Home of Golf on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). The 29-year-old needed only
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        326 50  -  CUBBYLEONG cubby@newstoday.com.sg ALTHOUGH he failed in his bid to reach the magical mark, 15-year-old triple jumper Stefan Tseng (left) is sure he will crack it soon. Just before last week's International Association of Athletics Federation World Youth Championship in Morocco, Stefan had vowed to break
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        154 50  -  lan Lye IT WASN'T quite Saturday night fever, but Singapore's athletes burned up the dance floor last Thursday night. Discusthrower James Wong (above, in white) caught a case of happy feet, as he led the rest of the Team Singapore athletes and volunteers in a
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        636 51 Agencies Armstrong celebrates old buddy's win CYCLING Tour de France SAINT-LARY-SOULAN, France Lance Armstrong began the day remembering his dead friend, and finished it with a tear in his eye. But it was still a perfect day. As the cycling legend savoured yesterday's rest day, he could reflect
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        247 51 -AFP LONDON Australia skipper Ricky Ponting believes a long, hot day in the Leicester sun will only serve to harden his team's resolve, ahead of the Ashes series which gets under way at Lord's on Thursday. The Australians had to
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        159 51 -AFP MONTREAL Australia's swimmers found themselves short of some necessities when they arrived here for the World Championships, thanks to a massive loss of baggage en route from their training camp in Florida. The Australian squad, captained by veteran Grant Hackett and buoyed by a
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          244 52 -AFP LONDON Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson (picture) was found guilty of improper conduct yesterday by the Football Association (FA) and warned as to his future conduct The FA found him guilty over remarks he made following a 2-1 victory over Newcastle in April when
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          212 52 -AP MONTREAL World AntiDoping Agency chairman Richard Pound criticised as "very light" a plea agreement that recommends Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (Balco) founder Victor Conte spend four months in prison. Conte headed off a potentially explosive trial last Friday when he pleaded guilty in San Francisco
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          509 52 Agencies Spurs enter race for Arsenal target Baptista with higher offer LONDON Tottenham appear to have entered the race to sign Julio Baptista (picture) after Sevilla today claimed they have received a bid of more than £13.8 m ($4l million) for the forward. Baptista, the
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          80 53 LONDON Newcastle United are plotting a £4 million move for Manchester United defender John O'Shea, according to recent reports. Magpies boss Graeme Souness is after a versatile defender and is targeting the Republic of Ireland international, f He said: "I want to sign a centre-half who can
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          70 53 Inter Milan have joined Manchester United in the chase for German midfielder Michael Ballack. The Italians see Ballack as the ideal replacement for midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron, who wants to return to Argentina next summer. United are also keen on the playmaker and will reportedly discuss
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          64 53 LONDON Juventus midfielder Stephen Appiah has issued a "come and get me" message to the host of Premiership clubs chasing his signature. The £1 3.7 million arrival of Patrick Vieira has not helped the cause of the 24-year-old, who feels it is now time to move
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          79 53 SYDNEY PSV Eindhoven manager Guvs Hiddink could become Australia's new coach after one of the main contenders took a job elsewhere. Dutchman Dick Advocaat was appointed the new UAE national coach on a one-year contract on Sunday. Australian news reports had Advocaat on the
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          87 53 •£1=52.95 LONDON David O'Leary has flown out to Spain in an attempt to bring Barcelona striker Javier Saviola to Aston Villa on a season-long loan deal. The Argentine attacker has been told he does not have a future at the Nou Camp and according to reports in
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        478 53 Agencies With Wright-Phillips in the bag, Chelsea focus attention on Essien PARIS Jose Mourinho believes his Chelsea jigsaw is almost complete. Having secured the signature of winger Shaun WrightPhillips on Sunday, the Blues manager now wants Michael Essien to fill the one "space" remaining in his
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        337 53 Agencies LONDON Chelsea midfielder Joe Cole has welcomed the signing of Shaun Wright-Phillips, even though it threatens his own place in the Premiership champions' line-up. The England winger's arrival on a five-year contract will give Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho four alternatives for
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