Today, 2 September 2005

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    21 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp incorporating Friday September 2, 2005 todayonline.com MICA(P) 112/07/2005 TODAY //\=DJACORP incorporating dIrcHTS MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Friday September 2, 2005 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon Term 2 begins
    431 1  -  TORCHING LI PM Lee explains strict qualifying requirements chingli@newstoday.com. sg FOLLOWING a simple yet dignified swearing in ceremony at the Istana last night, Mr S R Nathan starts his second term as the President of Singapore today. Addressing Mr Nathan on behalf of Singaporeans and the government,
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    Lock icon Gunfire halts New Orleans' evacuation
    248 1 AGENCIES NEW ORLEANS The evacuation of hurricane victims from the New Orleans' Superdome was suspended yesterday after shots were fired at a military helicopter and arson fires broke out outside the stadium. The scene at the Superdome became increasingly chaotic, with thousands of people rushing
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    Lock icon And your SuperStar is ... Tan Wei Lian
    377 1  - And your SuperStar is Tan Wei Lian MERVIN TAY plus@newstoday.com.sg BORN blind, he has spent his life overcoming the odds. Reliant on neither his family nor charity, he has struggled to live a normal life. But after last night his life will never be normal again. After nearly five months,
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      25 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 14 voices 24 mr brown 30 business 36 plus 46 tv/radio listings 56 classad 58 sports 63
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      Lock icon NEW ORLEANS DESPAIRS
      679 2 —AGENCIES Mayor says hurricane likely killed thousands as city struggles with water shortages, looters NEW ORLEANS Chaos gripped New Orleans as looters ran wild, food and water supplies dwindled, bodies floated in the floodwaters and officials said there was no choice but to abandon the city devastated
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      Lock icon WORLD OIL CRISIS LOOMING
      168 2 AGENCIES AT LEAST 20 oil rigs and platforms are missing in the Gulf of Mexico and a ruptured gas pipeline is on fire after Hurricane Katrina tore through the region, according to a US Coast Guard official. "We have confirmed at least 20 rigs or platforms
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      Lock icon THE BIG UNEASY
      680 3 THE GUARDIAN Worst destruction wrought by after-effects of Katrina, not by hurricane itself THERE were times this week, even after the storm had struck, when it seemed that the threat to America's Gulf coast from Hurricane Katrina might have been exaggerated. The over-hyping of American weather dramas
      THE GUARDIAN; AFP  -  680 words
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      Lock icon 'I don't want a label stuck on me'
      863 4  -  CLEMENT MESENAS President Nathan on life, prayer and concert seats in the middle of a row FOREIGN EDITOR clement@newstoday.com.sg BEHIND the pomp and pageantry of being a president, Mr S R Nathan is at heart a simple man he enjoys the meals
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      Lock icon The dengue mystery
      768 6  -  TAN HUI LENG The rising temperature provides a clue. Otherwise, why should the number of cases multiply despite the prevention overdrive? huileng@newstoday.com. sg HAVE you glanced at manhole covers recently? Their holders are filled with concrete. When workers need to access the hole, the concrete is broken.
      PHOTOS BY 001 BOON KEONG AND DON WONG  -  768 words
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      IR licences only by next year ?
      614 8  - IR licences only by next year VALCHUA STB says tender guidelines will be issued 'no earlier than the last week of September' va l@newstoday.com.sg CASINO players will have to wait a little longer before they get the tender guidelines for their integrated resort (IR) proposals. The Singapore Tourism Board (STB)
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS TO MARK END OF WWII
        72 8 Dawn Quek A series of events will be helc this month to commemorate theendofWorldWarll in September 1945. One highlight will be the "Light After Dark" Hippo guided tour, where open-top Hippo buses will ferry tour participants to WWII sites like the Changi Chapel
        – Dawn Quek  -  72 words
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        Lock icon KALLANG BAHRU FLYOVER TO OPEN ON SEPT 11
        82 8 938Live The new Kallang Bahru Flyover, which is accessible via Sims Way, will be opened to traffic from Sept 11. Motorists travelling from Guillemard Road, Mountbatten Road and Nicoll Highway will have a convenient way to get onto the PIE towards Tuas.
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        Lock icon CHARLES & KEITH MD BAGS ASEAN YOUTH AWARD
        57 8 CHARLES KEITH MD BAGS ASEAN YOUTH AWARD Channel NewsAsia Mr Charles Wong, the managing director of footwear brand Charles Keith, has won the Asean Youth Award 2005. The National Youth Council cited his entrepreneurship and contributions in promoting youth employability. The company provided support to students, young designers and graduates
        — Channel NewsAsia  -  57 words
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      Lock icon Online patient info for docs
      135 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA AN INTERNET portal is being setup to allow information-shar-ing among healthcare professionals and institutions here. Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts and Health, Dr Balaji Sadasivan, said quick and easy access to a patient's medical history and laboratory and
      – CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  135 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Flower power for children with cancer
      377 10  -  —JASMINE YIN AS SCHOOLS island-wide celebrated Teachers' Day yesterday, one primary school teacher used the occasion to help young cancer patients. Knowing that students would be buying gifts for their teachers, Peixin Primary School teacher Mrs Carine Yap encouraged them to buy tulips instead.
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      Lock icon A pooling exercise that could save millions
      462 10  -  LEE U-WEN -TANHUILENG Govt's HR, finance departments will be centralised next year u-wen@newstoday.com.sg THE Government has created a new department to handle the human resource and finance needs of the agencies under its care all under one roof. From April next year, the
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      Lock icon Human robots here to crank up the weekend
      224 13 AFTER performing for millions in 33 countries, The Droidz human robot entertainers are finally making an appearance in Singapore. Said to be the most popular human robot characters for shows, the life-sized robots can be customised for any occasion from pre-programmed audio
      URTESY OF SINGAPORE SCIENCE CENTRE  -  224 words
    • Article
      Animal lovers petition for heavier sentence
      431 13  -  DAWN QUEK They claim $3,000 fine was way too small da wn@newstoday.com.sg THE prosecution has 10 days to appeal against the penalty, but some 3,000 Singaporeans took it upon themselves to do it yesterday. Outraged by the lenient penalty handed out to the owner
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Typhoon Talim forces evacuation of 790,000
      304 14 -AGENCIES Storm that lashed across Taiwan also the strongest to hit China this season SHANGHAI China evacuated more than 790,000 people as powerful Typhoon Talim slammed into its east coast yesterday after barrelling across Taiwan, where it left three dead and dozens injured. Talim
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      Lock icon Thai Muslims flee to Malaysia to escape violence
      202 14 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police said yesterday that they had detained 131 undocumented Thai Muslims, including women and children, who said they had fled across the border to escape violence in Thailand's restive south. The group sought refuge on Tuesday in several
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      Lock icon SBY's rupiah rescue slammed
      222 14 -AGENCIES JAKARTA Indonesians charged yesterday that their president was not doing enough to ward off economic turmoil after he announced policies that contained few concrete measures to bolster a sagging currency. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono addressed the nation late on Wednesday. The press described his package,
      -AGENCIES; AP  -  222 words
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      Lock icon Sultan unveils political first
      140 14 AFP BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (picture) yesterday unveiled a new parliament including five indirectly-elect-ed members a first for the kingdom along with royals and cabinet ministers. With effect from today, the new 30-member Legislative Council will replace the old 21-member parliament, the government
      — AFP; BLOOMBERG  -  140 words
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      Lock icon SEEING THROUGH THE HAZE
      645 16  -  Simon SC Tay Indonesia, with a little help from its friends, has the means to solve this environmental problem for good THERE was a sense of deja vu about the haze that polluted Malaysia, South Thailand and Indonesia two weeks ago. In 1997 and 1998, fires
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        BROTHERS DIE IN HEAD-ON COLLISION
        74 16 Mr Mohd Hairien Sahlan, 20, was late coming home on his motorcycle on Wednesday night, and his younger brother Hafiz, 17, got on his own bike to look for him. About 9pm on a dark stretch of road through an oil palm plantation neartheir village,
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        Lock icon STEPMUM'S PLOT TO ATTACK STEPSON
        49 16 AFP Hong Kong police yesterday arrested the stepmother of a seven-year-old boy. The boy suffered serious injuries after being attacked by two masked men wielding cleavers. The stepmother said she had hired the henchmen to attack her stepson because he was bullying her son.
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        Lock icon SLEEPY TRAFFIC CONTROLLER KEEPS AIRLINER WAITING
        90 16 AFP A Qantas airliner carrying 68 passengers was forced to circle over the Australian capital Canberra for 20 minutes because an air traffic controller overslept. The controller's alarm apparently failed to go off Wednesday morning and the control tower at Canberra International Airport was
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      Lock icon Indian enclaves becoming more isolated
      220 16 AFP LONDON South Asian enclaves in British cities are growing in size and isolation, newspapers in the United Kingdom reported yesterday, citing a study. The segregation in conurbations such as Bradford, Leicester and Oldham is as severe as in the black ghettos of divided American
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      Lock icon The horror at Al Aima bridge
      394 18 —THE GUARDIAN BAGHDAD For once, there were no cars rigged with explosives, no men with assault rifles or bomb-filled vests no proof of malice. The culprit was a combination of panic and the weight of Shia pilgrims crushing against each other. One moment Mr
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      Lock icon Sex business booming in traditional Tibet
      460 18 —AFP Inflow of tourists, soldiers and growing consumerism behind the shift SHIGATSE (Tibet) A prostitution boom has taken place in Tibet, but it is a phenomenon which the authorities deny. The issue has conflicted the Himalayan territory, struggling to maintain its traditions, in the
      —AFP; AFP  -  460 words
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      Lock icon New anti-rape device snares attacker with hooks
      226 20 -AGENCIES JOHANNESBURG A South African woman, Ms Sonette Ehlers, has invented a device that will hopefully send the number of rape cases in the country plunging. The device, trademarked Rapex, is a con-dom-like device bristling with internal hooks designed to snare rapists. Worn
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      Lock icon We will never be first to use nukes: China
      465 20 AFP Calls for restraint from other nuclear powers BEIJING China said yesterday it was committed to peaceful development and would never seek hegemony or be the first to use nuclear weapons, as it set out its policy on arms control in
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      Lock icon China, US wrangle over dinner for Hu
      490 22 -AFP A2l-gun salute, a White House welcome, but no state dinner for Chinese leader WASHINGTON Diplomatic protocol over Chinese President Hu Jintao's upcoming US visit has become such a jostling issue between the two powers that some analysts fear the trip may yield
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    • this quirky world
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        Lock icon ROBOT DOG KEEPS OVER-EATERS ON TIGHT LEASH
        77 22 -AFP A United States scientist has designed a robot dog that monitors your daily food intake and pleads with you to curb over-indulgence. If you have stuckto your daily calories, the dog will jump up and down, wag its tail, play cheerful music
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        BOTTLED WELSH AIR FOR SALE
        47 22 A man is selling Welsh air to expatriates who miss the valleys and it can be bought on walesinabottle.com Each bottle, which costs, £24 ($73), comes with a certificate guaranteeing the air has been gathered in the Welsh mountains, reported BBC online.
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        GERMANS ATTEMPT SHOWER RECORD
        87 22 Ten Germans are attempting to soap themselves down for 101 hours in the hope of breaking the record for the world's longest shower, reported ananova.com. The two women and eight men aged between 18 and 22 from Hoevelhof began their attempt on Wednesday and will try
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        Lock icon PAY UP YOUR PHONE BILL OR ELSE...
        107 22 -AFP Briton Kevin Harding was sent a letter threatening him with hospitalisation and horrors worse than the London bombings if he failed to pay his phone bill, the Daily Mirror reported. The Royal Mail customer was warned in an unsigned letter on official
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        COURT RULES IN FAVOUR OF FAT DRIVER
        117 22 A German court has ruled that Mercedes must release a man from a car lease deal after a dispute over whether he was too heavy to drive the luxury vehicle, said Reuters citing the Bild newspaper. Mercedes refused to release the insurance salesman
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      Breasts to be grown in labs?
      193 22 LONDON Scientists have found a gene that triggers the growth of breasts, which means technicians would be able to grow mammary tissue in the laboratory, the Daily Telegraph reported. Initially, the scientists would use it to shed light on the causes of breast cancer
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      Lock icon Housewife found guilty of 'milkshake murder', gets life
      194 22 AGENCIES HONG KONG A American mother of three was found guilty in Hong Kong yesterday of murdering her high-flying banker husband and sentenced to life imprisonment The five-man and two-woman jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict on Nancy Ann Kissel (picture), who
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      Brit school to allow F-word
      198 22 LONDON A British secondary school is allowing its students to swear at their teachers. And that includes the F-word and its derivatives, London's Daily Mail reported. But students are warned: Any more than five instances of swearing in a class and the class gets a
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  • Voices
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      Who's a pop icon now?
      852 24  -  GERRIE LIM 'Singapore's only claim to global pop culture renown is a porn star' 46, Full-time writer HE WAS last known for his book Invisible Trade, a racy expose on the social escort business in Singapore. Now writer Gerrie Lim who spent 15 years living
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      Lock icon Bend rules for special cases?
      386 26  -  SHARON CHEW Letter from THE issue of elderly care was featured in Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's National Day Rally speech. My parents belong to a generation that holds to the belief that their life will be well taken care of with their fully paid-up
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    • Letter
      Stop waiting for fish, grab a fishing rod
      165 26  -  WONG CHING HWEE Letter from I REFER to "Helping hands rather than handouts" (Aug 31). I agree with the Government's stand. Instead of providing a social safety net, our Government's approach resembles water points that are set up along an especially tedious
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      Use perforated covers over gutters to stop menace
      235 26  -  KENNEDY POI Letter from I WRITE from Melbourne where I live. I was sad to learn that back home in Singapore, my pastor, Cheah Fook Meng, succumbed to dengue on Monday and became Singapore's eighth dengue victim this year. (As of July,
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      Review Rule 30 to ensure faster payment for shares
      185 28  -  DENIS DISTANT Letter from RULE 30 of the Singapore Code on Takeovers and Mergers requires offerors to despatch payment cheques within 21 days of the offer becoming unconditional. This rule might be appropriate under a non-scripless system, as time is needed
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    • Models that we can do without
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        Do not fuel the rise of 'generation dependent'
        252 28  -  MURALI SHARMA Letter from LIKE Mr Jeffrey Law Lee Beng ("Irrelevant and useless", Aug 31), I never heard of model answers when I went to school. And my generation went on to produce the nation's great leaders of today. In fact, not
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        Shape up model answer books, else shelve them
        252 28  -  LEOWXIANYIN Letter from I REFER to Mr Berton Lim's letter, "Model exam answers a rip-off", (Aug 30). Our teachers have told us repeatedly not to trust the answers in the 10-year series and assessment books. During English lessons, my teacher even guides
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    • ACCOLADES
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      Lock icon Staid Singapore full of surprises
      995 30  -  mr brown LATELY, my wifev and I have discovered that Singapore can be quite a surprising place. Most people I think of Singapore I as a staid place, I where the most ex- I citing thing to do is I to buy dental chew- I
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      246 32  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY I Aiini AVOID THE COMPARISON GAME One of the surest ways for parents to damage their child's self-esteem is to playthe comparison game. It's human nature for us to measure our ability and worth against others. The question is not "how am
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      Lock icon Stem divorce with polygamy
      383 32  -  LIM THIAM POH Letter from I REFER to the viewpoints regarding marriage and divorce discussed at great length recently in Today's Voices section. What has been missing in the debate is the age-old concept of polygamy though legally prohibited in our mainstream society still being practiced
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      isay CAN'T YOU HEAR THE WIVES SIGH...
      688 32  -  Denyse Tessensohn IS IT true what some readers have professed recently, that wives in Singapore want less sex than their husbands "demand"? I asked Dr Wong Yoke Meng, senior gynaecologist with Singapore Women's Clinic and Healthy Glow, who told me just the opposite.
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      334 36 -AFP Temasek bolsters presence in Asia's most dynamic market TEMASEK Holdings' US$3.l billion ($5.2 billion) investment in Bank of China (BOC) underscores the Singapore investment firm's determination to strengthen its foothold in Asia's most dynamic market, analysts said yesterday. Temasek's biggest gamble so far in China will
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      Consumer banking veteran moves to SGX
      246 36  -  CHOW PENN NEE CONSUMER banking stalwart Andrew Liew (picture) has left ABN Amro to head the Singapore Exchange's (SGX) retail business unit Mr Liew's main role will involve creating greater interest among individuals to invest in stocks and new products like structured warrants. "His
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        77 36 -AFP SHARES rose yesterday, led by gains in banking and property stocks, dealers said. The ST Index added 20.11 points, or 0.88 per cent, to finish at 2,295.54. Traded volume totalled 947 million shares worth $996 million, with gainers outpacing losers 330 to 153. Dealers said a retreat in
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        54 36 Mikkei 225 12,506.97 +93.37 +0.75 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries 15,143.75 +240.20 4,460.10 +46.60 +1.61 +1.06 faiwan Wtd Closed (orea Comp 1,106.37 +23.04 +2.13 <LCI 909.67 -3.09 -0.43 SET Index 710.20 +12.43 +1.70 Jakarta Comp 1,039.23 -10.06 -1.03 Dhils Comp 1,941.41 +4.51 +0.23 Shenzhen B 224.60 +5.21 +2.30 Vlumbai
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        26 36 Gold US$/oz 440.20 Silver US$/oz 6.905 Platinum US$/oz 893.00 Rubber cents/kg 276.75 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,340.00 Brant crude US$/barrel 67.59 Information provided by 'SGX, Bloomberg
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        50 36 ACCS 0.155 +0.050 +47.6 64,000 AsiaEntH 0.295 63,205 Biosensors 1.140 +0.040 +3.6 33,624 Capitaland 2.970 Bio-Treat 1.030 +0.050 +1.7 22,627 20,957 SingTel 2.600 K1 Ventur 0.315 +0.020 +0.020 +0.0 +6.0 10,550 17,664 STXPO 1.070 CapitalanBNPeCW***** 0.225 SembKim 0.405 +0.010 +0.020 +0.020 +0.9 +9.0 +4.3 16,204 15,221 14,409
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        36 36 US$ 0.5942 UK£ 0.3287 Yen 65.815 HK$ 4.6192 RM 2.2416 Euro 0.4806 Rupiah 6,200.0 Baht 24.458 Peso 33.364 AS 0.7858 Indian Rs 26.198 Won 615.93 C$ 0.7076 Yuan 4.8118 NZS 0.8523 NT$ 19.465
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        Lock icon China inks $33b deal to support Indonesia's projects
        265 38 -AP JAKARTA China has agreed to invest US$2O billion ($33 billion) in Indonesia to build scores of electricity, telecommunications and other infrastructure projects over the next 20 years, a news report said yesterday. Vice-President Jusuf Kalla (picture) said the rupiah's recent depreciation
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        Lock icon India, China to cut oil subsidies?
        561 38 -BLOOMBERG Oil refiners want the two nations to follow Indonesia's move in a bid to cut losses OIL refiners are pressing China and India to follow Indonesia's plan to cut fuel subsidies in response to record fuel prices, a move that might leave consumers
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        Lock icon Rupiah, stocks fall as SBY disappoints
        282 40 —AFP JAKARTA The battered rupiah came under further pressure yesterday and Indonesian stocks fell on disappointment over a special presidential address that contained few concrete measures to bolster a sagging currency. The rupiah was at 10,430 to the US dollar yesterday, weaker than Wednesday's
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        Lock icon INDONESIA HIT BY CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE
        806 40  -  ANDYMUKHERJEE -BLOOMBERG Jakarta must consider abolishing its currency, central bank news@newstoday.com.sg THE crisis of confidence that has come back to haunt the rupiah for the second time in eight years is making some analysts wonder if Indonesia would be better off without a central
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        GIC pumps $1b into second Japan logistics property fund
        355 42  -  CHRISTIE LOH Portfolio to include up to 50 warehousing facilities, double-digit returns expected christie@newstoday.com.sg SO LUCRATIVE is the warehouse leasing business in Japan that the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) is buying a majority stake in a second logistics property
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        Stanchart extends 1.88% e$aver offer to year end
        191 42  -  CHOW PENN NEE STANDARD Chartered Bank has extended the promotional period for its esaver savings account offer of 1.88 per cent interest per year. The bank said that due to "overwhelming response" to the promotion, esaver would continue to give 1.88 per
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        Lock icon A-Reit buys Changi warehouse for $34.8m
        223 42 BLOOMBERG ASCENDAS Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) said yesterday it agreed to buy a three-storey warehouse for $34.8 million from Accord Famous Logistics The acquisition of the property, 1 Changi South Lane, is expected to be completed by the end of next month, the
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        Lock icon Citiraya applies for judicial management
        250 44  -  CHRISTIE LOH Move could blockfirm's creditors such as DBS from liquidating its assets christie@newstoday.com.sg CITIRAYA Industries has filed a petition in the High Court seeking judicial management in a bid to stop its creditors from winding up the electronic waste recycler. The company, currently under
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        'Not So Desperate Housewife' wins at S'pore Media Awards
        232 44 A TELEVISION advertising campaign by media agency Initiative has won the prestigious Grand Prix prize at the inaugural Singapore Media Awards (SMA) 2005 for Best Overall Media Campaign. "The Not So Desperate Housewife Strategy" campaign for client Woods Kalbe Farma was
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        Electronics manufacturing rises
        154 44  -  VALERIE LAW THE electronics manufacturing sector expanded for a second consecutive month last month, supported by new orders in both domestic and overseas markets, a key index showed yesterday. The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the electronics sector rose by a marginal 0.2 points last month to
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        CORPORATEBRIEFS
        212 44 Indonesian tycoons Anthony Salim and Chairul Tanjung have completed their acquisition of a stake that would make them the largest shareholder in AsiaMedic, a Singapore-based healthcare company. Singapore-incorporated Grandiflora, jointly owned by the Salim Group and Mr Tanjung's Para Group, exercised an option to buy 27.8 per cent of
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      Lock icon PULLING HIS PUNCHES
      861 46  -  Wong Fei Wan Hong Kong legend Jackie Chan switches from kicks to kisses in his latest film, The Myth ACTION superstar Jackie Chan is famous for his straight-talking, trademark one-liners and kick-ass gongfu moves on screen. But one would be hard pressed to call him a character
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      The Observatory's star is rising
      608 48  -  FELIX CHEONG The band-possibly the country's best shine with another complex, but compelling, album THE band is named after a place, but it has no place to call its own. Welcome to the housing woes of The Observatory, arguably Singapore's most accomplished band right now.
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      Shankar's dance troupe defies convention
      267 48  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA shobha@newstoday.com.sg IF YOU have time for only one show this weekend, go see the Mamata Shankar Ballet Troupe (picture) at the Singapore Polytechnic Convention Centre this Sunday. The world famous Indian dance troupe will perform here after a highly-acclaimed two-month, 16-ciry tour of
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      Lock icon Views from a wheelchair
      375 50  -  JOYCE LIN Tan's short film on the disabled in S'pore makes Project Pilot 3G finals joyce@newstoday.com.sg Dr William Tan (picture) still feels most Singaporeans do not appreciate how difficult it is to get around Singapore in a wheelchair. So the wheelchair-bound athlete, who completed a marathon
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      PROJECTPILOT3GFINALISTS
      194 50 MY LIFE (ACTION) Neo Beng Poh, 29, freelance storyboarder A story about an assassin trying to lead a normal life CORNERED (DRAMA) Dr Bernard Siew, 27, dentist An interrogation in which two individuals make remarks about being 'black' in a game of chess THE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER (ANIMATION) Cheok Cheah
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      163 50 SINGAPORE'S first Project SuperStar was born last night but your path to stardom could start tomorrow. If you've got the acting chops and can converse fluently in Mandarin, sign up for MediaCorp TV Channel B's new talent quest Star Idol. The launch of Star Idol
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      Lock icon SuperStars go from screen to print
      211 50 I-WEEKLYhits the newsstand today with a special edition of all-you-need-to-know about Project SuperStar. The 24-page Chinese-language tabloid costs 70 cents and looks back at how the popular MediaCorp TV Channel U talent show evolved into the TV phenomenon that it has become. The writers
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      C'est le Cirque encore!
      152 52 LOOK out for the huge yellow and blue tent the next time you pass by Beach Road. The Grand Chapiteau (Big Top) was set up yesterday a feat that involved more than 50 men in the sweltering noon heat in preparation for Quidam, Cirque Du Soleil's
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      A visual arts boom
      302 52  -  DAVID CHEW NAC hopes Singapore Art Show will help create a scene for the arts david. chew@newstoday.com. sg COME Sept 23, the National Arts Council (NAC) will launch the biggest visual arts festival in the country. The month-long, island-wide Singapore Art Show promises to be a
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      ART SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
      84 52 A DifferentLight'is a canonical exhibition drawn from public and corporate collections that offers a cross-section of Singapore art from 1950s to present day. It happens from Sept 23 to Oct23atthe Drama Centre, National Library Building, sth Floor. Four-episode film series 4x4: Episodes of Singapore Art (picture, above)
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        A comedy of errors
        295 54  -  Jeanine Tan Murphy is a bumbling villain who's just no good at being bad FILMREVIEW by..... Red Eye RISING young Irish actor Cillian Murphy plays one of the dumbest villains ever witnessed on the silver screen in horror maestro Wes Craven's latest offering Red Eye. While
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        Herbie: Fully Loaded
        138 54  -  Elisa Chia FILMREVIEW by..... HE'S proud. He's a bit of an affectionate hog. After a 25-year hiatus from the big screen, Herbie the fourtime car star returns with more personality than ever before in this zippy little race film. And joining Herbie in the kiddie comedy is
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          47 55 Playhouse Disney Channel (Star Hub Channel 34) will offer a free preview of its programmes to all subscribers of Star Hub Digital Cable from today until Sunday. To stand a chance to win attractive prizes, just tune in to Star Hub's Preview Channel, Channel 01.
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          MARVEL AT A MOZART PRODIGY
          42 55 Maria-Elisabeth Lott, 18, once played on Mozart's prized violin and recorded an album afterwinning a competition in 1998. Catch her performing Bruckner and Mendelssohn pieces tonight at 7.30pm at the Esplanade Concert Hall. Tickets available through Sistic.
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          MAIDS CAN WATCH THE MAID FOR FREE
          54 55 MediaCorp Raintree Pictures and Golden Village Pictures have organised a free screening of the horror film The Maid for 500 maids. To redeem a ticket, maids should their employment pass on Sunday from 10am onwards at Prince 2 at Shaw Beach Road. The
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          50 55 GET EXTRATXTRAPOLIS Txtrapolis a contemporary, text-based art exhibition featuring the works of 17 local artists —will be held at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Gallery 2. The exhibition runs from Sept 3 to Sept 11 and is open daily between 10am and 7pm. Admission is free.
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        It's all in the game
        277 55  -  Zul Othman Predictable but palatable, The Perfect Catch is true to the book FILMREVIEW by..... The Perfect Catch THE Farrelly brothers are probably the last people you'd expect to make Fever Pitch Nick Hornby's tale of sports obsession with an American snin. To make the
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      267 51 A t. I >"s i ]UST FANCL Freshness FANCLs Slim Healthy Cuisine 25 Aug 20 Oct 2005 Whatever your lifestyle, FANCL has a complete range of products to help you lose weight and stay in SP"SSH ill' T^ V/%f if y Germinated Brown Rice and Porridge HEALTHY CHOICE AaA/IAJtmL With
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      146 61 AFP KOLKATA (India) Mr Alfred Brush Ford, a great-grandson of American automobile pioneer Henry Ford, plans to invest in three tourism projects in the eastern Indian temple town of Mayapur, creating thousands of jobs, his company said. Mr Ford, a devotee of the Hindu
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      560 68 AGENCIES Striker rues Denmark debacle and promises to take it out on the Welsh CARDIFF Beneath all the swearing on the pitch, England striker Wayne Rooney is more introspective and self-critical than many outsiders would expect. The Manchester United player was the one footballer generally absolved of blame
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      305 68 —AGENCIES ANFIELD A summer that began with Steven Gerrard lifting the European Cup on that unforgettable night in Istanbul ended in frustration for Liverpool on Wednesday night as the transfer window slammed shut on Reds manager Rafael Benitez. While English Premiership rivals Tottenham Hotspur and
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        75 68 MADRID Real Madrid said yesterday they had bought highly-rated Spain defender Sergio Ramos (below) out of his contract with Sevilla for 27 million euros ($56.3 million). Ramos, 19, who joins on an eightyear contract, is the first Spaniard to arrive since president Florentino Perez took over in
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        79 68 JOHANNESBURG A racism charge against Springbok skipper John Smit, accused of hurling a slur at a Samoan bouncer in a Sydney bar, has been withdrawn. South Africa Rugby said yesterday. Smit, who denied the charge, said he was relieved that the matter has now finally being
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        115 68 LONDON Tottenham have agreed terms with Derby County for Poland international striker Grzegorz Rasiak. The 26-year-old bagged 17 goals for County last season as he helped the Rams reach a playoff position. The 6ft 3in forward has been capped 20 times by Poland. Spurs coach Martin
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        91 68 SAN ANTONIO, Texas Michael Finley, the most sought-after free agent in the National Basketball Association, has decided to sign with champions San Antonio Spurs, ESPN reported. The two-time All-Star swingman, who played the past seven of his nine NBA seasons in Dallas, rejected more money to
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      608 69 AGENCIES Chelsea manager targets more Premiership titles and one European Cup LONDON The world has been warned. Jose Mourinho yesterday outlined his five-year plan to turn Chelsea into a major football power. The Portuguese boss wants the reigning Premiership champions to win three more English titles
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      455 69 AGENCIES NEWCASTLE Putting the Intertoto Cup aside, Newcastle fans have not seen the net bulge at St James' Park for six months. Yesterday, they met the man who would put that right. Newcastle new boy Michael Owen has vowed to match Alan
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        615 63 -AFP All Blacks, Wallabies say they 'cheat' in rucks and mauls, like every other team TRI-NATIONS RUGBY New Zealand vAustralia AUCKLAND New Zealand and Australia, two of the world's leading rugby sides, admitted yesterday to cheating in rucks and mauls, but said they had no
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        534 63 AFP BEIJING World No 5 Retief Goosen blazed a first-round 64 to stamp his authority on the Volkswagen Masters China golf tournament here yesterday. Two eagles and five birdies, against one bogey, put the South African on top of the leaderboard at
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        621 64  -  DARREN LAI Shot put queen sets a new national record and is now an Asian Games threat TRACK AND FIELD 16th Asian Athletics Championships 2005 da rren@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S Zhang Guirong looks a shoo-in for the gold medal at the upcoming SEA Games in Manila, and she is now
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        292 64  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@newstoday.com.sg DRAGON boat enthusiasts are in for a treat next month. Singapore will host the SAVA Sprints International 2005, from Oct 8-9 at the Bedok Reservoir and the event will feature over 50 dragon boat teams from Singapore, Malaysia,
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        307 64  -  JOSE RAYMOND IN BANGKOK jose@newstoday.com.sg IT COULD have been a clash to savour, but both Thailand and Singapore will not go all out for the win in tonight's Asean Football Federation (AFF) under-23 tournament Group B meeting as they have already
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        120 64  -  DARREN LAI ALL four Singapore men crashed out of the singles event at the 17th Asian Table Tennis Championship in South Korea yesterday. Yang Zi was dumped 4-0 by China's Hao Shuai in a last 16 clash. Compatriots Cai Xiao Li, Ho Jia Ren and Lee Han Ting
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        504 65  -  LEONGWEEKEAT BAS say their "Merit" sport status is not under threat despite SEA Games snub weekeat@newstoday.com.sg ALMOST six months after it became a "Merit" sport, basketball suffered a blow last Friday when the men's team failed to get the nod from the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC)
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        477 65 THE teams in the 7-Eleven InterSchool Futsal Championship 2005 are all set to bring the house down tomorrow at the Choa Chu Kang Sports Hall. The tournament tomorrow features under-15 sides and one coach who is brimming with confidence is
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        364 66 -AP NEW YORK When Venus and Serena Williams saw the US Open draw, neither of the two-time champions was happy. The sisters, only 15 months apart, are closer than most. They live with each other. Hang out with each other. Practise with each other. Travel
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        539 66 -AP Spaniard blasts past American wildcard to move into third round TENNIS US Open NEW YORK French Open champion Rafael Nadal ground out a 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 win over unheralded American Scoville Jenkins on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) in a rain delayed, second round match at
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        148 66 —AFP SYDNEY Australia's golden cricket era looks like coming to an end and it is time to bring in some new blood, New South Wales coach Trevor Bayliss said yesterday. Australia's beleaguered cricket team are preparing for a last stand at The
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        571 67 —AGENCIES Dope expert says cycling greattook more than one banned substance BERLIN The exploits of seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, who is alleged to have used the banned blood booster EPO (erythropoietin) in 1999, are also down to the use of other banned substances,
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        316 67 —AFP GREEN BAY, Wisconsin Brett Favre said his storm-damaged New Orleans'-area home has become a sanctuary for 50 friends and family members who survived one of the worst hurricanes in a generation. "Our house survived. I say that because there are 50 people
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