Today, 17 September 2005

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    Lock icon DANGEROUS LIAISONS
    494 1  -  CLEMENT MESENAS First to church, then to disco on Sundays where the fun and the slip-ups can happen FOREIGN EDITOR clement@newstoday.com.sg SHE loves singing and dancing. A disposition which has its roots in 400 years of Spanish influence and another 100 years of American pop culture. But the
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  • hot news
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      BUY ME A DRINK, SELL ME A DREAM
      802 2 But what of her husband back home? "What he doesn't know won't hurt him and we both know that because he does not earn enough, I had to go abroad to work," says Lynn with a shrug. There are many men in
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      Lock icon From dock, Guen spots husband, weeps
      584 3  -  ANSLEY NG Maid accused of murder in strange reunion as husband flies in from the Philippines ansley@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Guen Garlejo Aguilar, who is accused of murdering a fellow Filipino maid, spotted her husband in the courtroom on Friday, she burst into tears. The couple
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    • Article
      Jakarta's secret hello to Israel?
      426 4 Report says Indonesian and Israeli foreign ministers met for talks on sidelines of UN summit UNITED NATIONS Until just the other day, it was unthinkable that Muslim leaders across the world would even acknowledge Israel, let alone hobnob with it But since Israel's withdrawal from
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      Lock icon Army technology on display
      150 4  -  ■LOHCHEEKONG A MAJOR exercise will be held in the United States in November to test Singapore's Third Generation (3G) technologies, Defence Minster Teo Chee Hean said yesterday. Mr Teo was speaking on the sidelines of the Singapore Armed Forces' Integrated Knowledge-based Command and Control (IKC2) week,
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      Book offers ride into the MRT past
      428 4  -  TORCHING LI chingli@newstoday.com. sg WHILE the "Great MRT debate" now consists of whether Singapore's rail network should be run by one company or two, the issue in the 1980s was whether Singapore should have a train system at all. Such watershed events in
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      Lock icon MM on riding the tide
      214 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE has got to where it is today by riding every tide that came its way and using the world as its hinterland. Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew made these comments in a Bloomberg television interview aired on his 82nd birthday on Friday.
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      Two jailed for Sats bomb hoax
      267 4  -  -VINITARAMANI WHAT began as a prank led to the bomb squad being called into the Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats) and landed the two perpetrators in jail. On Friday, Ahmad Muhssin Adnawi, a lance corporal with Sats Auxiliary Police, was jailed for two and
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      128 2 From Barrenness f to Fruitfulness "For years, my wife and I have been trying for a child without success. We were prayed for in LFC and my wife conceived shortly after that! We are now the blessed parents °^^H^| Bfed| two beautiful children! fIMM^J Come and hear my healing j!
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      Lock icon NKF lays off 92 to cut costs
      855 6  -  VALCHUA Exercise is driven by dwindling donations and the temporary gag on active fund raising va l@newstoday.com.sg IN A move that will save it $3.2 million a year, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has laid off 92 non-clinical staff, as it scales down
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      Two funds likely to be hived off
      295 6  -  -VALCHUA TO GET back to basics, the NKF will concentrate on its main task helping people with kidney disease. And to achieve this, the organisation will "very likely" hive off its Children's Medical Fund and NKF Cancer Fund to "people who can assume
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      60 resigned from shrinking NKF
      257 6 EVEN before 92 staff were told of the bad news on Friday morning by NKF interim CEO Professor Goh Chee Leok, another 60 of their colleagues had quit the organisation in the past three months. These "proactive" resignations were from "across-the-board", unlike Friday's downsizing exercise,
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      Focus on Asia, SM urges Australia
      368 8  -  TORCHING LI AUSTRALIA'S future lies in Asia, and Asia stands to benefit from this, said Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong at the University of New South Wales' honorary degree conferral ceremony on Friday. Mr Goh was accepting an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws
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      Lock icon Votes in, but not all shop tenants glad
      618 8  -  LEECHINGWERN chingwern@newstoday.com. sg WHEN 45-year-old Mdm Phang Phuay Gek received the Housing Development Board's (HDB) letter informing her that her block would not be vacated under the pilot Restructuring Programme for Shops (RPS) scheme, her heart sank. Her provision shop at Block
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        NUMBER OF DENGUE CASES REPORTED FALLS BY HALF
        107 8 THE number of dengue cases has more than halved, with 54 new cases confirmed between 3pm Thursday and 3pm Friday compared to the figure of 122 in the previous 24 hours. But the Health Ministry warned the public against letting down its
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        Lock icon YAACOB TO MAKE DENGUE STATEMENT IN PARLIAMENT
        103 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Yaacob Ibrahim will make a ministerial statement on dengue control measures when Parliament sits on Monday. The questions tabled by MPs include those on the deadline to change window rivets and the reason for
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        Lock icon ART COMMUNITY GATHERS TO REMEMBER EARL LU
        106 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Some 300 members of the art community and art supporters gathered on Friday for a memorial service for the late Dr Earl Lu. The service was organised by the Singapore Art Museum and Dr Lu's family. Dr Lv retired from medical
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      Just 17, hate blogger charged
      231 8  -  LOH CHEE KONG JUST four days after two men were charged with making racist remarks online, another blogger has joined their ranks. This one is only 17, but his remarks appeared to be at least as virulent as those made by the two men charged
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  • world news
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      WILL MIGHTY MOUSE TRIUMPH?
      1030 10  -  SHARON VASOO Personalities rule in Germany's election: Bland Merkel may have won over more voters than sleek Schroeder expected DEPUTY FOREIGN EDITOR sha ron@newstoday.com.sg JUST two weeks ago, Mrs Angela Merkel seemed unstoppable. The woman tipped to become Germany's first female chancellor was in good form.
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        FOURTH INDONESIAN DIES FROM BIRD FLU
        52 12 Indonesian health authorities announced on Friday its fourth human death linked to bird flu after tests confirmed that a woman who died late last week was infected with the deadly virus. Indonesian health authorities and the World Health Organization have warned more cases could
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        SELANGOR'S WATER WOES
        65 12 Water levels in Selangor dams, which provide drinking water to the 7.3 million residents of Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, are dropping towards critical levels and authorities are urging residents to save water. The Star newspaper reported. The authorities are hoping to save up to 1,850 million cubic
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        Lock icon INDIA EVACUATES 100,000
        45 12 -AFP Around 100,000 people had been evacuated by Friday morning from India's western Maharashtra state as heavy rains and water released from dams flooded large areas, officials said. The army and navy have been called in to aid rescue and relief efforts.
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        Lock icon ENCEPHALITIS DEATH TOLL HITS 929
        38 12 AP Japanese encephalitis has killed 29 more people mostly children in northern India, taking the death toll from an outbreak of the mos-quito-borne disease in South Asia to 929. officials said on Friday.
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        Lock icon SUICIDE BOMBER OUTSIDE SHIA MOSQUE KILLS 11
        68 12 -AFP A suicide car bomber killed at least 11 Shia worshippers and wounded 24 as they left a central Iraqi mosque after midday prayers on Friday, the latest attack in a three-day surge of violence targeting the majority community. The bloodshed followed a
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      Lock icon Musharraf under fire for 'shocking' rape comments
      301 12 -AFP ISLAMABAD Pakistani activists, politicians and protesters condemned President Pervez Musharraf on Friday after he told a United States newspaper that some women viewed being raped as a way to acquire a foreign visa. Mr Musharraf told the Washington Post that rape in
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      Lock icon When Egypt sends aid to the US
      528 12 -AP From blankets to baby food, the world's richest country is getting help from all over the world JACKSONVILLE (Arkansas) Baby food from Israel. Blankets from Egypt and India. Tents from Russia. Unicef school supplies sent via Denmark. Generators from China. Rice from
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      Lock icon 'THIS GREAT CITY WILL RISE AGAIN'
      220 12 AGENCIES American President George W Bush promised his country on Thursday night that New Orleans, the city ravished by Hurricane Katrina, would be rebuilt "in one of the largest reconstruction efforts the world has ever seen". It was a carefully choreographed speech that was
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      Lock icon Asia's richest woman wins $5.9b empire
      544 13 AGENCIES Father-in-law defeated in eight-year tussle over late husband's will HONG KONG Asia's richest woman won an eight-year legal battle on Friday when the city's highest court ruled that she not her father-in-law should inherit her late husband's multi-billion-dollar real estate empire. The five-member
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    • this quirky world
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        Lock icon THE WALKING, TALKING POWER STATION
        63 13 -DPA An Australian who favoured polyester clothes built up enough static electricity in his body to burn holes the size of coins in the carpet he walked on, and melt a plastic mat in his car. Mr Frank Clewer generated an estimated 30,000 volts of
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        Lock icon BALDING 31-YEAR-OLD PASSES OFF AS SCHOOLBOY
        61 13 THE GUARDIAN He is balding, bespectacled and 31. That did not prevent Frederic Bourdin from spending most of last May in a children's home in France, where he successfully passed himself off as a destitute, orphaned 15-year-old schoolboy. He was caught only when a
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      Lock icon Which guns to surrender?
      304 15 AGENCIES Primitive guns not accepted, says Jakarta, as rebels hand over ageing weapons PEUDADA (Indonesia) Acehnese rebels emerged from their jungle camps on Friday to surrender a second batch of weapons, as the guerrillas and the Indonesian government argued over what kind of guns should be
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        ABDULLAH: WHAT MAKES TERRORISTS TICK?
        55 15 Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Thursday pressed for greater efforts to find out what makes terrorists tick, reported the New Straits Times. "Terrorists deserve neither compassion nor sympathy. But we do need to know their minds and their mentality," said Mr Abdullah atthe
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        TSUNAMI ALERTS TO BE INSTALLED IN MOSQUES
        57 15 Malaysia will install remotecontrolled recordings in mosques to warn people in villages and coastal areas of an approaching tsunami. The Star reported. The pre-recorded messages would be linked to the public address systems in mosques and could be activated from other locations when
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      Lock icon G4 to make new UN bid
      140 15 AFP UNITED NATIONS Japan, India, Brazil and Germany have vowed to make a new attempt for permanent membership on the United Nations Security Council. Foreign ministers and top officials of the so-called Group of Four (G4) agreed to pursue this goal at a meeting
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      Parking lot woes
      88 16  -  KHOO LIH-HAN Letter from I WAS at Suntec City on a weekend looking for a parking lot I had waited for about 20 to 30 minutes when I realised that there were about eight or nine lots reserved for the handicapped. Could the number of such lots
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      When they were heroes ...
      775 16  - When they were heroes Neil Humphreys Don't ever forget your WWII veterans MY LATE grandad was posted to many countries during World War 11. But he never saw a shot fired in anger in any of them. Whether it was mainland Europe or North Africa, he always seemed to step
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      Here's one way to get companies to lower petrol prices
      275 17  -  FONGSIEWCHEONG Letter from I CANNOT find any good reason for local petrol companies to lower their pump prices. If any of them wants to gain market share by lowering prices or by giving hefty discounts, experience has shown that the
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      Not right to run horror trailers before kids' films
      384 17  -  KOH JUNE MAY Cinemas will be asked to exercise caution Letter from Senior Manager, Corporate Marketing Communications, Media Development Authority before films targeting children, which include Madagascar. The BFC will inform all film exhibitors to exercise caution, and ensure that film
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      Self-censorship stymies growth
      417 18  -  WAYNE SOON Better to deal with hate speech by encouraging people to actively reject such slurs Letter from I REFER to Mr Timothy Tang's letter, "Free speech, are you responsible enough?" (Sept 16). He has made a case for self-censorship and the need to be responsible with
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      Even freedom has its social limits
      236 18  -  JACQUELINE CHIA Letter from I HAVE been following the recent articles and letters to Today on bloggers and free speech and I believe Mr Timothy Tang has made an important point (Sept 16). I agree with him that "free speech is not absolute" and
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      CLASS, OUR GUEST TEACHER ON POLITICS ...
      840 18  - CLASS, OUR GUEST TEACHER ON POLITICS YVONNE LIM VOICES EDITOR SHOULD keen young Singaporeans get the chance to study politics and sociology at 0 and A level? The idea, posited by undergraduate Wayne Soon in his commentary, "Think pills for generation lax" (Sept 7), gets Mr Leow Xian Yin's vote.
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      Worksites breeding fewer mozzies
      336 20  -  S SATISH APPOO Letter from Head Environmental Health Department National Environment Agency I REFER to the letter "Poor supervision the cause?" sent by Ms June Tan Zee Lan (Sept 9). The National Environment Agency requires contractors of construction sites to engage specially-trained Environmental Control Officers (ECOs).
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      Elderly well and truly stuck
      298 20  -  PAUL ARMSTRONG where there are no, or only up-riding, escalators Letter from I REFER to Tor Ching Li's report "Too steep, too fast for the elderly" (Sept 14). Being elderly and disabled, I have great problems getting around. I live in the Fairer Road area
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      When mainstream suits 'special needs'
      247 20  -  GIDWANI KARAN LAI Letter from I REFER to Lily Tan's dilemma about her struggle to decide between letting her child go to a mainstream school or a school for those with special needs in her letter "They behave differently, but... (Sept 15). I personally feel
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      Help former inmates fit in at work
      136 20  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from I WAS gratified to read the report "And now, jobs no bar" (Sept 16). While I applaud those employers who are offering jobs to ex-convicts, it is also important that the new workers can adapt to the
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      137 16 1 Opinions. Thoughts. 1 Concerns. What moves you? 1 What irks you? Tell us. Write, email or fax us a letter 1 with your full name, contact number and address. we want your voice IASHBOURNE COLLEGE LONDON, UK I MEDICAL SCHOOL J A Level Entry Jan' 06 I Interviews For
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      294 21 My family persuaded me to Grondsur fc^ Plus there's the sea breeze. <*/~^r k A So I think we're going to be W i^ very comfortable here. l^_ "~V nr^ i i~ c rri v a d*1 a i~\ r™ ,^B^9hS I——^ Now you can experience for yourself the laid-back
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      Lock icon Give me all the sh*t you can
      688 22  -  VALERIE LAW Singapore-based company that converts waste into energy is poised to take on a slew of projects in the region valeri e@newstoday.com.sg A COMPANY that converts waste into energy is getting a lot of attention these days as oil prices keep rising.
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    • marketwatch
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        Lock icon Singapore
        164 22 -DOW JONES SHARES fell on Friday on interest rate worries and caution ahead of the weekend, traders said. The US Federal Open Market Committee is due to meet on Tuesday and analysts expect the key interest rate to be increased by 25 basis points. Interest rates in Singapore tend
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        ST Index— 2,306.38-11.29
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        Lock icon World markets
        64 22 Dow Jones Bloomberg SGX, Nikkei 225 12,958.68 -28.1 -8.22 Hang Seng 14,983.28 -57.82 -8.38 All Ordinaries 4,499.48 +33.88 +8.74 Taiwan Wtd 6,831.24 -51.32 -8.84 Korea Camp 1,174.13 +4.54 +8.39 KLCI 921.99 +2.34 +8.25 SET Index 788.26 -2.94 -8.41 Jakarta Camp 1,856.72 +5.82 +8.55 Phils Camp 1,989.88 +6.71 +8.35
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        SGX most active
        48 22 SinSnnnH 6.216 -6.825 -16.6 62,654 Frontline 6.136 +6.816 +8.3 51,295 Japan Land 6.675 L8M 6.665 Ipco 6.686 SPHBNPeCW6665B5 8.286 Delong 6.125 CapitalandDBeCW***** 6.326 +6.815 -6.865 -6.865 +6.865 +25.8 -5.9 -2.4 +4.2 34,525 31,163 26,751 25,646 24,522 19,394 AsiaMed 6.136 -6.865 -3.7 19,383 Biosensors 1.146 15,721
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        Your S$1 buys
        34 22 UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.3290 66.035 4.6238 2.2466 0.4855 6,047.5 24.426 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NT$ 33.477 0.7752 26.152 613.64 0.7050 4.8195 0.8434 19.627
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        Commodities
        20 22 Gold US$/oz 461.60 Silver US$/oz 7.12 Platinum US$/oz 919.20 Rubber cents/kg 290.00 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,387 Brent USS/barrel 63.55
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        SGX top rises
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        SGX top falls
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        Lock icon Riding an idea whose time's come
        509 24 Popularity of Internet-based phone calls to ring in profit and growth for Mediaßing INTERNET telephone company Mediaßing expects to report its first full-year profit this year, as making telephone calls over the Internet is becoming more mainstream, resulting in the rapid growth of its
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        Lock icon CORPORATEBRIEFS
        261 24 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Malaysian semiconductor-products maker Advance Modules Group said on Friday that the public tranche of 2 million shares of its initial public offering on the Singapore Exchange was 14.7 times subscribed. The overall offering of 44.6 million shares was 1.6 times subscribed. The shares, issued at 41 cents
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        Lock icon Ong Beng Seng, Capita Land, M'sia Sultan to build complex
        245 24 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE hotelier Ong Beng Seng and Capita Land plan to tie up with a Malaysian Sultan to build a US$265-million ($445-million) Four Seasons hotel and apartment complex in Kuala Lumpur, taking advantage of rising property prices and tourist arrivals.
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        New CMT units to fund Parco Bugis purchase
        268 24  -  CHOW PENN NEE CAPITAMALL Trust (CMT) is looking to sell new units to raise more than $400 million for the purchase of Parco Bugis Junction. A shareholders meeting will be held on Oct 6 to seek approval for the issue of up
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        Prime Reit IPO more than 30 times subscribed
        98 24 THE initial public offering (IPO) by Prime Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) which invests primarily in prime real estate used mainly for retail and/or office purposes was more than 30 times subscribed. Institutional and retail investors applied for more than 21 billion
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        Lock icon Fock is new PSA chairman
        106 26 BLOOMBERG PSA International, the world's second-biggest container port operator, said Mr Fock Siew Wah (picture) will replace Mr Stephen Lee as its chairman on Nov 1. Mr Fock, who is a board member of Temasek Holdings, joins the company at a time when there may
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        Lock icon Winding-up petition served on NeoCorp
        157 26 DOW JONES CIVIL engineering firm NeoCorp International said on Friday it had been served a winding-up petition by Standard Chartered Bank a day earlier. "The company is seeking advice on the matter," NeoCorp said in a statement. The hearing of the petition is scheduled in
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        Lock icon Key exports up 7.1% in August
        375 26 -AFP Weakness in electronics shipments damp growth SINGAPORE'S non-oil domestic exports showed a mixed picture last month, with the growth momentum weighed down by weakness in the main electronics and pharmaceutical sectors, the Government said on Friday. Key exports were up 7.1 per cent
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      543 27  -  Pearlyn Tham CITYSTYLE with I pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg If you have a dark skin tone, don't fret, there are loads of make-up options for you BEFORE there were Naomi Campbell, Tyra Banks, Alek Wek or Liya Kebede, there was Iman. The Somalia-born beauty graced her first Vogue magazine cover
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        1307 28  -  PEARLYN THAM Illuminate darker skin with the right make-up pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg FOR post-graduate student Nisha, buying foundations and face powders can be "tricky business". Said the 24-year-old Indian, who uses the brands Revlon and Maybelline: "Most colours do not completely match dusky skin tones so I end
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        Not dark, not light, we want it just right
        109 30 BRENDA CHEW took to the streets and spoke to several Indian and Malay women on whether they face difficulties I am quite fair for a Malay and ifs easy for me to get matching base make-up. in finding foundations or face
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        GAME TO GO GLAM?
        439 31  -  PEARLYN THAM L'Oreal Paris' 2005 autumn colour collection has all the right moves to seduce you pea rlyn@newstoday.com.sg IF FORBIDDEN fruit always tastes better, then a make-up collection going by the moniker Forbidden Game is all set to thrill and entice make-up lovers. Created by international
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        Cod fish galore at Mero King
        671 32  -  MICHAEL SEAH Its steamed cod brings out the natural flavour while the bean curd dish is a winner f ood@newstoday.com.sg I WAS walking down Joo Chiat Place, which is flanked by eateries, looking for something decent to fill my growling stomach when a brightly-lit
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          FANCY SOME LIQUEUR ICE CREAM MOONCAKES?
          166 32  -  EVELINE GAN MOONCAKE lovers looking for that quirky twist will love Haagen-Dazs' range of premium liqueur ice cream mooncakes ($BO for a box of three) this mid-autumn festival. There are three exotic flavours to choose from rum and raisin ice cream with rum chocolate
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        Bring on the barbecue, amiga
        757 33  -  LOW SHI PING Meat lovers can get full satisfaction at this Brazilian eatery on Sixth Avenue f ood@newstoday.com.sg GRASPING a long, sharp knife and a pair of lethal-looking skewers, he approached the table. "Would you like some beef striploin, madam? Best in the world!" I
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          96 34 BUDGET-conscious consumers may want to take a look at Creative's all-in-one mini digital camcorder the DiVi CAM 428. Priced at US$199 ($334), its functions include video recording, still image capturing, voice recording and MP3 playback. The DiVi CAM 428 incorporates a 4-megapixel CCD
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          LG 50PX4R PLASMA TV
          91 34 LG ELECTRONICS' latest plasma television model, the 50-inch LG 50PX4R, is equipped with a proprietary digital television picture-enhancing chip and Directional Correlational Deinterlacing technology to produce smooth images. Also known as the LG Hurricane II, the TV has a contrast ratio of 10,000:1 and delivers a
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          CANON PIXMA IP6600D PHOTO PRINTER
          105 34 THE Canon Pixma iP6600D photo printer supports direct printing from PictBridgeenabled digital cameras and has slots for MicroDrive, CompactFlash, Multimedia Card, SecureDigital, Memory Stick and xD cards. High-resolution photo printouts with greater detail and clarity are possible through Canon's Full-photoli-thography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering technology, which
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          OMIZ MINI BLUETOOTH PENDANT PLUS OMB055+
          122 34 MEASURING 60x17x10mm and weighing 10.8g, the Omiz Mini Bluetooth Pendant Plus OMB055+ is one of the smallest headsets currently available. A clip on the pendant headset lets you attach the device onto your shirt, blouse or tie. The headset also comes with a flexible
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        182 34 -AFP TOKYO Microsoft will take the game console war to its Japanese rivals' home turf on Dec 10 with a launch of the new Xbox 360 that aims to steal a march on arch foes Sony and Nintendo. The US
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        Backup for home users
        435 34  -  TERRY LAU JL A storage product that provides consumers with a lot of flexibility infotech@newstoday.com.sg EVEN home users tend to run out of storage capacity quickly, thanks to the volume of downloads, MP3s, videos and games. Since computers can only host a limited number of internal
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        A camera that produces good pictures without fuss
        275 34  -  TREVORTAN THE Kodak Easyshare V 530 is the latest sleek and compact digital camera to hit the market Packing a 5-megapixel sensor with a 3x optical zoom (36-108 mm equivalent of 35mm) lens and a bright two-inch high-resolution liquid crystal display into
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        Groovy innovations
        694 35  -  RICHARD VALLADARES Philips Research dreams up out-of-the-world technological wonders IN BERLIN ritchie@newstoday.com.sg THERE is no crystal ball but there are people who look far into the future in their minds. And they dream up all sorts of technological innovations, some of which may never be marketed. Meet the
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        Fresh from Frankfurt
        1100 36 There are new models aplenty on display at this year's Frankfurt Motor Show, says SHELDON TROLLOPE. The show opened on Thursday and runs until Sept 25. VOLVO C7O THE new C7O has a folding metal roof instead of the current model's fabric soft top. Built on the
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        AUTO MATE
        155 37 I car-related question? Drop the experts at Today a line! tm.?"Y our questions to: colin@newstoaay.com.sg have just bought a second-hand automatic Honda Civic, 2004 model. The fuel consumption seems to be rather high, averaging 10-11 km/litre. Is this normal? There is also an 'ccc' sound from the front
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        Easy on the eyes
        561 37  -  COLIN YONG A vision-friendly head-up display is available for BMW's 5 and 6 series colin@newstoday.com.sg THE best marker of how important something is in your life is not how it makes you feel when you have it but how much you miss it when it's gone.
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        A sporty alternative
        524 37  -  NICKSYN news@newstoday.com.sg WHILE you could safely say "show me a sporty Volvo and I'll show you a cheap Bentley" in the past, this doesn't really hold true these days. You can now pick up a Bentley for three-quarter of a million bucks, a steal in relative terms.
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        Orchard Scotts condos' launch soon
        392 38  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA 387-unit development on prime land expected to draw locals and foreigners alike shobha@newstoday.com.sg RIDING the growing trend in large prime district apartments, Far East Organisation recently unveiled for previewing one of Singapore's largest major luxury residential developments in the prime Orchard/Scotts Road area.
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        Weekend date for Cliften
        289 38  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA NICHE developer Soilbuild Group Holdings is launching an exclusive 32-unit freehold development this weekend. Cliften, the 18-storey development near Balmoral Road in District 10, features three and four-bedroom units with floor areas ranging from 1,066 to 2,260 sqft It was built by Soilbuild's property
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        Affordable housing scheme in Melbourne
        204 38 ON THE heels of a successful exhibition of Australian property by leading Australian developer Australand comes another Australian property developer with an enticingly affordable housing scheme in Melbourne. Woodland Waters by Australian Stock Exchange listed Central Equity is launching its new housing development in Singapore
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        S'pore builder signs deal in Bahrain
        187 38 UNDERSCORING its expansion in the Middle East, Fraser Serviced Residences has inked a deal to build serviced apartments in Bahrain, its second in the region and only three months after the signing of its first deal in Dubai. The latest agreement was signed between
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      1513 41  -  EUSACHIAAND JEANINETAN elisa@newstoday.com.sg AMERICA'S television networks may be in for a reality check. Next week, the networks will roll out their line-up of new and returning reality shows. But, if the findings of a recent poll are anything to go by, only one in five Americans will
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      513 42 —AP Emmy veteran tasked with entertaining audience in a post-Katrina America LOS ANGELES Emmy Awards host Ellen DeGeneres and executive producer Ken Ehrlich might be the perfect team for the ceremony on Sunday (Monday, Singapore): They're both Emmy veterans who have paid serious dues.
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      Daniel and Jean split up
      101 42 MEDIACORP Radio's golden couple Daniel Ong and Jean Danker have parted ways. Daniel is a DJ with 98.7FM while Jean is with Class 95FM. The couple has been together for three years. According to Daniel, they broke up "amicably" at the end of May. "We
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        KIDMAN'S RAKING IT IN
        63 42 Nicole Kidman is Australia's richest young woman, according to Australian business magazine BRW. The Academy-award winning actress has a fortune of US$l46 million ($245 million) and was ranked fourth in a list of the top 40 wealthiest young Australians. She was the only woman on the
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        ZELLWEGER SEEKS ANNULMENT
        50 42 After only four months of marriage, Renee Zellweger is seeking an annulment, according to People magazine. The actress wed country singer Kenny Chesney on June 9 after a whirlwind courtship and has always maintained that the pair were "happily married". It was the first marriage for both.
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        HILTON'S HACKER SENTENCED
        34 42 The teenager who hacked into socialite Paris Hilton's (picture) mobile phone address book and leaked out her celerity contact numbers over the Internet has been sentenced to 11 months in jail.
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        SSO IN THE PARK
        27 42 To celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra will perform Chinese classics at Botanic Gardens' Palm Valley. The concert begins at 6pm.
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        MALAYSIAN FILM FESTIVAL
        76 42 The second Malaysian Film Festival organised by Cathay begins on Sept 23. This year's film festival focuses on women's issues. The opening film is Gol and Gincu, a lighthearted story about a woman plotting to win the heart of her sports-mad boyfriend by excelling at the game
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        PHILIP MORRIS AWARD
        94 42 The 11-year-old Singapore Art Awards organised by Philip Morris Singapore is back. A major event that showcases local art, the competition is open to all Singapore citizens and permanent residents aged 18 years and above. Artists may explore any theme or subject using a two-dimensional medium, be
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        170 44  -  ALSHIDIQWRI+ES: I REFER to your story "The stage is set" (Sept 13). It has always been a dream of mine to see the more albums of local bands reviewed in local magazines and newspapers. Many will agree that acceptance is what we really need for
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        Neo gives voice to the other side
        88 44  -  HEYANHUIWRI+ES: After reading Today's review on Jack Neo's new movie One More Chance, I feel that the comment given was not that fair. As a Singaporean, I'm proud to have a filmmaker like Jack Neo. He brings to the cinema slices of Singaporean
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      281 44 -AGENCIES PART of the appeal of the Survivor franchise lies in its unpredictability: A disparate group of contestants thrown into a situation they're not likely to have faced, or to ever face again. So, what happens when participants from seasons past are brought back
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      465 45 A tired Jacky Cheung arrives for the Snow.Wolf.Lake musical A DAY before the Snow. Wolf.Lake musical debuts in Singapore, creative director and leading actor Jacky Cheung looked like he was carrying the world on his shoulders. Looking visibly weary at a media gathering on Thursday, he said: "I
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      288 45  -  -DAVID CHEW IF YOU'VE bought tickets to Ariel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden that was to be performed at the Arts House from Sept 26 to Oct 1, you will need to get a refund. The play, produced by V Subramaniam, has been cancelled
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      Millions
      140 45  -  David Chew DVDREVIEW by////// FILM: Director Danny Boyle (The Beach, Trainspotting) is back with this incredibly adult-like child movie Millions. Boyle's movie follows the lives, and minds, of Damien (Alexander Etel) and his brother Anthony (Lewis McGibbon) as they try to spend a huge loot of money they find
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      Melinda & Melinda
      139 45  - Melinda Melinda David Chew DVDREVIEW by FILM: One wonders with Melinda Melinda if the phrase "classic Woody Allen" has finally run its course. Certainly, this film is classic Woody Allen the frailty of love, sophisticated romance and communication (or lack of it), all explored in the neurotic form that Allen
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        111 46 Movies begin at 8.30pm, tickets at $15 each from Ticket Charge outlets. Call 6296 2929 or visit www.ticketcharge.com.sg. Saturday: Batman Begins and Fantastic Four. Dress up as any of the characters in either movie and attend the screening for free. Sept 19: Madagascar Sept 20: The Island Sept 21
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        Kids' night out
        227 46  -  JOYCE UN Underprivileged children to enjoy cinema under the stars IT'S kids' night at Asia's largest outdoor cinema festival. Nokia Starlight Cinema has invited 100 underprivileged children from the Jamiyah Children's Home and the Chen Su Lan Methodist Children's Home for its screening of Madagascar (picture) on
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          CINDERELLA MAN
          24 47  -  Neil Humphreys The talented Russell Crowe sidesteps the potential cliches in this Oscar-worthy film based on the life of boxer Jim Braddock.
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          AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
          26 47  -  DAvid Chew Set in a small Swedish town, this charming movie tackles the awkward aspects of human behaviour and it's heavenly.-
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          BE WITH ME
          29 47  -  JeanineTan Life is hard but love is even harder, a point Eric Khoo makes beautifully in a Singapore movie that is sad, poignant, funny and hopeful.
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          Lock icon A BITTERSWEET LIFE
          21 47 JT South Korean film that is so preoccupied with style that its anti-hero Lee Byung Hun is overshadowed.—
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          32 47 This fictional tale of the Brothers Grimm bears director Terry Gilliam's trademarks It's wildly imaginative, funny and filled with over the top characters. Pity about its blundering leading men. JT
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          HERBIE: FULLY LOADED
          22 47  -  Elisa Chia The battered old car returns. The engine is revved up but the movie runs out of steam.
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          23 47 JT A spectacular Russian horrorfantasy blockbuster that disappoints only in its story as not enough of the convoluted plot is fleshed out.-
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          THE LONGEST YARD
          20 47  -  Zul Othman Not original, but this Adam Sandler remake of Burt Reynolds' prison yarn is damn funny.
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          22 47 JT Mediocre but this big-budget local horror flick has a chance of being a break-out hit, a la Japan's Ringu.-
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          23 47 This child-friendly film about a boy and his robot alter ego has great special effects but the story makes little sense. JT
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          30 47 NH Good intentions, but this Jack Neo movie about three ex-convicts trying to be accepted by society will have you hatching an escape plan from the cinema.—
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          Lock icon THE CAVE
          32 47 -JT 77;e Cave is murky but so is the plot. Characters die in order of how famous the actors are and too many horror cliches are thrown at the audience.-
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          23 47 -ZO A South Korean melodrama on growing up that is ruined by bratty child actors and a poor script.-
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