Today, 23 September 2005, Afternoon Edition

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    • 915 2 —AFP Computer projections show whole city of Galveston could be swallowed up by a flood tide GALVESTON (Texas) More than one million people clogged highways and piled into buses in a traffic snarling exodus as Hurricane Rita ripped towards oil industry citadel Houston yesterday and
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    • 664 3  -  Jerry Siah Eng Kiat They may have some disabilities, but have we robbed them of their abilities? THEY are a minority in our midst who suffer from some form of impairment it may be physical, visual or hearing. But have the majority in our society also
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  • singapore news
    • 478 4  -  TAN HUI LENG The authorities can now get more resources but political pitfalls still lurk huileng@newstoday.com.sg AS INDONESIA comes under scrutiny over its bird flu situation, at least one organisation is somewhat happy the World Health Organization (WHO). Speaking to Today from his Jakarta office, WHO
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    • 251 4 —AFP GENEVA The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday urged calm as Indonesia confirmed a new human case of avian influenza or bird flu. The UN health agency said it had received confirmation from the Indonesian authorities of a new case of the HSNI
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    • 523 6  -  LEECHINGWERN Money from increased fees will mean more union benefits for members chingwern@newstoday.com. sg UNION membership fees will go up by $1 to $9 per month from 2006, announced NTUC Secretary-general Lim Boon Heng yesterday at NTUC's Pre-ordinary Delegates Conference. But the hike, which will
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    • 201 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA DENGUE has claimed two more victims in Singapore, bringing the total death toll to 10 this year. The two, a 55-year-old woman and a 61-year-old man were patients at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital. While the Health Ministry declined to reveal more details, it
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    • 199 6  -  -VINITARAMANI POLICE questioned Singapore film-maker Tan Pin Pin on Monday in an ongoing investigation into Martyn See's documentary on Singapore Democratic Party secretary-general Mr Chee Soon Juan. The authorities began investigating the documentary Singapore Rebel after the Board of Film Censors lodged a complaint that it had
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    • 175 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA EDUCATION Minister and Deputy Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, will visit the United States from today to Sept 28. He will attend the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group Boards of Governors Annual Meetings in Washington DC,
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    • 179 8  -  LOHCHEEKONG THE highly decomposed body of a Chinese man, believed to be in his late 30s, was found lying face-up in a one-room flat yesterday. Police spokesman ASP Victor Keong said: "There were some bloodstains in the living room area. On
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    • 168 8  -  ANSLEYNG AS THE police wrapped up the investigation into the murder of Filipino Jane Parangan La Puebla, fellow maid Guen Garlejo Aguilar charged with the Sept 7 murder was able to meet her lawyers, Mr Shashi Nathan and his legal team, yesterday. In a four-hour
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    • 170 8  -  DERRICK A PAULO MR ANDREW Kuan has become involved in another lawsuit Only this time, he is doing the suing. Following the events surrounding his efforts to become president, Mr Kuan is taking Member of Parliament Inderjit Singh to court Mr Kuan told Today he
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    • 632 8  -  DERRICK A PAULO Shortage of tourism expertise may lead to crisis: Expert derrick@newstoday.com.sg WHEN it comes to the growth of tourism in the region, it is not the number of visitors Asia has to worry about It is whether Asian countries, including Singapore, have enough hospitality
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    • 680 10  -  LEE U-WEN Founders of Silver Ribbon campaign to dispel myths about mental illness u-wen@newstoday.com.sg YOU'VE heard of the white ribbon campaign to end men's violence against women. Recently, there was the yellow ribbon campaign to help ex-convicts regain their place in society. Next up
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    • 323 10  -  ANSLEYNG AN American conman working for an international syndicate was sentenced to two years in jail yesterday for cheating 11 people of nearly US$2OO,OOO ($336,014). Michael Lee Port, 50, pleaded guilty to 30 charges, including for cheating and possessing forged documents. Six charges were proceeded
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    • 440 12  -  TAN HUI LENG Vision Restoration Therapy arrives in Singapore huileng@newstoday.com. sg MR CHUA Sook Ngee used to be able to hit almost every table tennis ball coming his way until he suffered a stroke three years ago that caused the left-field vision in
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    • 323 12  -  TANHUILENG BARELY 10 months into its operations, the only public horse ranch in Singapore is moving to Johor Bahru. Sentosa Ranch has to pack up to make way for the upcoming integrated resort on the island. Said its administrative manager, Ms Chitra Rogers:
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    • 436 14  - NUS now Shanghai LOH CHEE KONG Second overseas base will have education, research, enterprise activities cheekong@newstoday.com. sg IN LINE with its aim of promoting global entrepreneurship, the National University of Singapore (NUS) unveiled its overseas base in Shanghai, China, yesterday. Called NUS@Shanghai, the centre occupies about 300 sq m and
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    • 257 14  -  —JAIME KOH IN SYDNEY WHO were the people Tony Tan Poh Chuan spent the last minutes of his life with? This was a question thrown up by the latest revelations in the committal hearing of double murder suspect Ram Tiwary, 26. Prosecution witness Jonathan
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    • 213 14 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A NATIONAL Health Survey has found that only four out of 10 women aged 50 to 69 years have gone for a mammography screening for breast cancer within the past two years. This is even though eight in 10 were aware of what mammography was
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  • world news
    • 597 16 Virus may be impossible to contain once outbreak starts, says WHO expert ROME The chance of containing a bird flu pandemic when it breaks out is limited and a pandemic may not even be detected until it has already spread to several countries, the way the
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    • 230 16 AFP ■AFP Mr Nguyen Thanh Hung (above) enjoys a glass of beer in Hanoi yesterday, a week after being discharged from hospital. Mr Hung, 42, a Vietnamese, is one of a few people who came down with bird flu, stared death in the face,
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    • 209 16 AFP SEOUL A six-party deal forged this week to dismantle North Korea's nuclear weapons programme could end up costing South Korea up to US$lO.7 billion ($lB billion) for nine to to 13 years. South Korea's Unification Minister Chung Dong Young said the
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    • 201 16 -AFP WASHINGTON US drug agents arrested 17 people in a crackdown on what was described as a multimillion-dollar network of "rogue" Internet pharmacies selling a variety of controlled drugs. Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator (DEA) Karen Tandy said Operation CYBERx targeted more than 22 Internet
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    • 391 19 AGENCIES Only women and children left in village, where hostage drama took place TANYONG LIMO Thai police and troops yesterday mounted a door-to-door search for the killers of two navy officers, beaten to death in a dramatic 18-hour hostage-tak-ing that highlighted the growing chasm between Muslim
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 36 19 ■AFP A strong typhoon was bearing down on Japan Thursday, with weather officials warning that the storm would hit the Japanese island of Honshu within two to three days.
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      • 63 19 -AFP An increasing number of Shanghai drivers are having trouble getting to their destinations when they rely on their GPS navigation system because of fake electronic maps. The government is aware of the problem but is at loss over how to handle it as there
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      • 65 19 ■AFP Top US nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill is exploring the possibility of a visit to North Korea next month and even talks with the communist state's supreme leader Kirn Jong 11. The South Korean Chosun llbo newspaper said .the US envoy "showed a strong
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    • 144 19 ■AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has extended the jail term of nine terrorist suspects, including the son of an Islamic opposition party leader, for another two years, officials said yesterday. The suspects have spent four years in custody at the Kamunting prison camp in Malaysia
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    • 349 20 AGENCIES Even light smoking triples the risk of heart disease or lung cancer: Study LONDON Smokers who believe a few cigarettes a day will not do them any harm, need to think again. Norwegian scientists who studied the health records
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    • 216 20 LONDON Metropolitan Police Commissioner lan Blair would not rule out resigning if he was condemned by Britain's Independent Police Complaints Commission that is probing the mistaken shooting of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes, London's Times newspaper reported. Mr Blair
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    • 144 20 LONDON The British government described as "extremely worrying" a study that found one in 10 Muslim students would not inform police if they learnt of a fellow Muslim planning a terrorist attack, a survey of young Muslims revealed. The poll, by the Federation of Student Islamic
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    • 181 20 THE GUARDIAN LONDON They may be the words of the Lord. But there are simply too many of them for the modern attention span. That, at least, was the reasoning behind the launch of a more "user-friendly" edition of the great work. The 100-minute Bible was published
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    • 651 22 -AFP In Indonesia, Israel remains a sensitive subject JAKARTA —Does the recent discreet meeting between the Indonesian and Israeli foreign ministers in New York mean Jakarta is ready to build bridges with the Jewish state? Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom on Monday urged Muslim
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    • 302 24 ■AP TOKYO The makers of Japan's favourite instant ramen will soon be airing a commercial that's truly out of this world. Starting next month, Nissin Food Products Company will film a promotional spot on the International Space Station for
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    • 424 24 THE GUARDIAN Middle-class drug use on the rise in China BEIJING A "people's war" on narcotics in China has turned into a campaign against designer drugs after police found a surge in the usage of Ecstasy, ketamine and methamphetamine more popularly known as ice among
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    • this quirky world
      • 74 26 A NEWLY married Romanian farmer hurt his penis after he ogled his young wife while carrying a heavy sack of grain, according to ananova.com. Farmer Gheorghe Popa, 52, from Galati, had been moving the grain sacks to the barn when he stopped to watch his 25-year-old
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      • 84 26 WHILE YOU WERE IN THE LOO AFP TWO-thirds of Swedes secretly read their partner's mobile phone text messages, in particular when he or she nips off to the 100, a study has found. Sixty-four per cent of the respondents said they read their partners' SMS messages out of curiosity, but
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      • 73 26 -AFP INDIAN-born Suresh Joachim has been named the world's greatest couch potato after watching television non-stop for almost 70 hours. He broke the record of 50 hours and seven minutes as part of Toronto network WABC-TV's Guinness World Record Breaker Week,
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    • 532 26 Dark-eyed doll wears jubah, a headscarf, and has 'Muslim values' to boot DAMASCUS Say goodbye to Barbie doll and hello Fulla doll. Barbie dolls are fast disappearing from the shelves of many toy stores in the Middle East and in their place, there is Fulla,
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  • Voices
    • 507 28  -  LEONG YEW MENG Low-key fund trains IMH patients for jobs, gives social support to those without families Letter from Chief Executive Officer Institute of Mental Health/Woodbridge Hospital I REFER to Ms Jasmine Tay's letter, "Start fund for mental health patients" (Sept 16) and Mr Raymond A
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    • 198 28  -  OSCAR LEE SHING KAN Letter from I READ Paul Armstrong's letter, "Handicapped by the inconsiderate" (Sept 22) with sympathy and concurrence. Too often, in Singapore, there are drivers who park at the lots for the handicapped for their own convenience. On the
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    • 215 30  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY............... MINNESOTA TWIN STUDIES Some absolutely fascinating studies of identical twins raised apart have been going on for many years atthe University of Minnesota. More than 100 pairs have now been identified who were separated nearthe time of birth for a variety of
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    • 861 30  -  mr brown Presenting ez-brain-link: mr brown's own device to shock fare cheats THERE is a new Bill being looked at that proposes jailing commuters who cheat on their bus and taxi fares. Yes, if this bill passes, you could see the birth of a new Criminal
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    • 911 32  -  DAVID GABRIEL coffee with 61, Entrepreneur DAVID Gabriel, 61 (picture), has explored the banking world, gone on the airwaves as a radio and television presenter, opened a restaurant, taken his business overseas and been involved in his wife Julia's speech and drama
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    • 202 34  -  KAREN TAN Letter from Director, Corporate Communications Ministry of Health I REFER to the recent exchange of views between Today and The New Paper ("Is it about TNP? Or about AFA?", Sept 19) The exchange concerned the investigation of Action for Aids
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    • 367 34  - Small island, small minds WENDI STRAUCH MAHONEY Motorists here must learn to respect others Letter from IT was gratifying to read Liang Dingzi's commentary, "A place where only bullies get ahead?" (Sept 6) on the rudeness of Singaporeans. I felt, for once, that I am not alone in feeling battered
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    • 147 36  -  HARRY CHIA Letter from I REFER to your report, "RJC wins excellence award" (Sept 21). The Education Ministry's School Excellence Award (SEA) has very much reinforced what "inclusive" means in the education system. Departing from the past practice of categorising
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    • 628 36  -  Liang Dingzi news@newstoday.com.sg ANOTHER child went missing last week and made the news. More than 100 people joined a search party and hundreds of flyers with her photo were distributed. The police asked taxis drivers to be on the lookout for the girl.
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    • SHORTTAKES
      • 81 37  -  SHATRUGHANYADAV: I read with interest Liang Dingzi's commentary, "Inventing a Singaporean sawadee" (Sept 20). While we certainly need to show our warmth and courtesy, I cannot agree that we should do it if it is going to be "mechanical". We are already doing this
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      • 82 37  -  MIKEFONG: I agree with Mr Liang —we lack a unique identity. I had written to the press and to the authorities previously on ways to welcome guests at Changi Airport, on board Singapore Airlines, at the customs points I had also pointed out how department stores, hawker
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      • 53 37  -  KAREN CHUA BEE CHOO: Inventing a "Singaporean sawadee" would be meaningless if it is not from the heart. Also, we do not need to follow any one culture's gesture of greeting as a formal expression of welcome. Receiving all with a warm, big smile would make
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    • 328 37  -  TIMOTHYTANENGHOCK Letter from I AM heartened to read that the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) has taken an interest in the one-way trend of petrol prices here ("Case for lower petrol prices", Sept 20). Reader Lim Wei Peng has an interesting suggestion for the
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    • 414 38  -  ARZAMI SALIM Muslims and non-Muslims must adapt to each other Letter from Exco Member Mendaki Club MR MAAROF Salleh's letter, "Shaping the S'porean Muslim identity" (Sept 21), highlighted the challenges Muslims all over the world face in trying to convince the nonMuslim communities "that Islam is
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    • 116 38  -  S SATISH APPOO Letter from Head, Environmental Health Department National Environmental Agency I REFER to the letters "Mozzies thrive on fear of fines" (Sept 19) and "When mozzie penalties work and when they don't" (Sept 20). We would like to thank your readers for their feedback.
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    • 457 42 TRAVELLERS and hotel guests in Singapore can now rest easy, thanks to the development of a new national standard the Technical Reference (TR) on Security Management System for Hotels. The new standard, which will be ready at the end of the year, will
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    • 513 42 BIOMETRICS is an automated method of recognising a person using the individual's unique physiological or behavioural characteristics such as fingerprint, face, voice, signature, iris, hand geometry, and DNA (known scientifically as deoxyribonucleic acid). Unlike personal identification numbers and passwords, your biometric characteristic will not
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    • 465 43 MAJOR associations in the financial industry are coming together in a bid to reduce fund processing costs. Members of the eFinancial Services Technical Committee (eFSTC) of the Information Technology Standards Committee (ITSC) have agreed to adopt and implement common international standards for funds processing. The participants include
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    • 439 43 E-LEARNING content providers now no longer need to develop different versions of the same content to suit various e-learning systems. This is thanks to the SS 496, a series of Singapore Standards on e-learning framework. With the standard, an e-learning content provider who wants
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    • 462 44 The Life Cycle Assessment, if properly applied, can enhance corporate image and yield other cost savings THE ISO ***** standard on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) was first published in 1997 to help companies assess the impact of production processes on the environment. It recognises that each
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    • 516 44 HAVE you ever wondered why your weight sometimes does not read the same when you measure it at home, then at your fitness club? Or if the 500mg Vitamin C tablets that you purchase contain the right amount of vitamins in each tablet? Metrology the
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    • 493 45 Three building services standards revised to improve safety SPRING Singapore recently revised three standards for building services to improve the safety of building services. The standards SS CP 10 Code of Practice for installation and servicing of electrical fire alarm systems, SS CP 48 Code of
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    • 54 45 Asia Pacific Breweries Singapore is one of the first breweries in Asia to attain ISO certifications for our quality standards and sound environmental management. Our brews have been recognised for their unique tastes and distinct quality around the world. Mr Henk de Bruin, technical manager,
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    • 250 45 Each year. Spring Singapore launches about 25 new or revised standards. In the coming months, it will be launching two new standards. OFFICE ERGONOMICS STANDARDTO HELP REDUCE MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS The Singapore Standard Code of Practice on Office Ergonomics provides guidelines to users, employers and manufacturers on occupational health
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    • 106 45 Seminar on New Technical Reference on Cold Chain Management for Chilled PorkTß 20:2005 For a Safe and Fresh Supply of Chilled Pork Sept 23,8.30 am 12.30pm PSB CorporationTheatrette Global Entrepolis Singapore 2005 Biometric Forum Biometrics: Your Key To The World Sept 28, 9am 6pm
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    • 490 46  -  CHRISTIE LOH If bank succeeds, even white knights can't save electronic waste recycler christie@newstoday.com.sg UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) has stymied a court hearing scheduled for 10am today to decide the fate of Citiraya Industries, the electronic waste recycler under police investigations. Just three days
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    • 153 46 PROPERTY developer United Overseas Land (UOL) said none of the convertible notes it issued had been swapped into shares in its parent company, United Overseas Bank (UOB), at the expiry of the conversion deadline yesterday. With UOB's share price trading below the exercise
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      • 73 46 SHARES fell yesterday, taking their cue from Wall Street as worries about the impact of Hurricane Rita pushed up oil prices. The ST Index closed down 7.97 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 2,290.68. In the broad market, losers outnumbered gainers 286 to 199. Traded volume totalled 1.2 billion
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      • 47 46  -  DOW JONES overnight after briefly topping US$6B a barrel. A lack of fresh local corporate news also damped sentiment, as it gave an even greater focus to overseas events. "Blue chips are off investors' radar while traders are chasing some speculative stocks," said a broker.
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      • 36 46 US$ 0.5948 UK£ 0.3302 Yen 66.205 HK$ 4.6151 RM 2.2422 Euro ***** Rupiah 6,090.2 Baht 24.412 Peso 33.445 A$ 0.7752 Indian Rs 26.127 Won 610.63 C$ 0.6917 Yuan 4.8105 NZ$ 0.8524 NT$ 19.711
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      • 56 46 Nikkei 225 13,159.36 -37.21 -0.20 Hang Seng 15,179.95 -43.67 -0.29 All Ordinaries 4,511.60 +9.00 +0.22 Taiwan Wtd 5,972.06 -95.20 -1.57 Korea Comp 1,199.97 +3.30 +0.20 KLCI 923.05 +0.40 +0.05 SET Index 725.64 +4.40 +0.62 Jakarta Comp 1,016.75 -27.29 -2.61 Phils Comp 1,965.27 +6.12 +0.31 Shenzhen B 223.77 -4.74
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      • 27 46 SGX, Dow Jones, Bloomberg Information provided by ■old US$/oz 476.60 lilvar US$/oz 7.485 'latinum US$/oz 936.00 Rubber cents/kg Palm oil RM/tonne Brent US$/barrel 292.00 1,415.00 65.60
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      • 370 49  -  VALERIE LAW Second civil penalty action by MAS against an individual valeri e@newstoday.com.sg THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) yesterday said that it has fined Mr Yang Yomin $50,000 for contravening the insider trading provisions under the Securities and Futures Act (SFA). Mr Yang had
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      • 177 49 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Telecommunications' Optus unit, Australia's second-biggest telephone provider, will spend at least Aslso million ($193 million) on a high-speed network, threatening to erode the wholesale revenue of larger rival Telstra Corp. Optus plans to connect digital subscriber line equipment to
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      • 191 49 -DOW JONES CHINA Sky Chemical Fibre Co, a nylon manufacturer, said yesterday it will sell 180 million shares at 55 cents each in its initial public offering (IPO) here. The offer comprises 90 million new shares and 90 million shares being sold
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      • 384 50 CHANNEL NEWSASIA But Hsieh says bourse committed to 80% dividend payout THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is unlikely to distribute its cash pile, which amounts to $270 million, or about 26 cents a share, its chief executive officer Hsieh Fu Hua said yesterday.
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      • 160 50 -BLOOMBERG MACQUARIE Bank, Australia's largest investment bank, has exercised an option to acquire 50 per cent of Singapore's Prime Reit (real estate investment trust), which sold shares in an initial public offering (IPO) earlier this month. Following the completion of the acquisition before Dec
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      • 185 50 DOW JONES HYFLUX chief executive Olivia Lum Ooi Lin and investment firm 2G Capital both have the option to sell more shares in the water treatment company, investment banking sources said. On Wednesday, Ms Lum cut her stake by 12 million shares, reducing
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      • 479 52 Motorola's ROKR receives strong support from mobile operators in anticipation of high consumer demand DESPITE mixed reviews for the world's first mobile phone with Apple's iTunes, Singapore consumers are expected to make a beeline for the much-anticipated ROKR El hitting shelves here today. Motorola's Singapore
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      • 191 52 -DOW JONES PROPERTY group Capita Land said yesterday its joint venture with Bahrain's Arcapita Bank, ARC-CapitaLand Residences Japan, had acquired five rental apartment buildings in Japan worth 8.5 billion yen ($127.5 million). Two of the properties are in Tokyo, two are
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      • 553 53  -  DAWN QUEK Management process for business continuity launched da wn@newstoday.com.sg IN RECENT years, many unforeseen events such as the Sept 11 attacks, terrorist threats and Hurricane Katrina have taken their toll on the economy and businesses. Even something on a smaller scale, like the loss of
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      • 406 53  -  -DAWNQUEK AS A ten-year veteran of the Information Technology Standards Committee (ITSC), Professor Angela Goh has been a leading figure in the development of standards for the IT industry. Apart from her work on the committee, the vice-dean of the School of
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      • 860 54  -  Mano Sabnani Too many negative or unknown factors CAD, CPIB investigations, creditors demanding repayment Editor-in-Chief/CEO mano@newstoday.com.sg CITIRAYA Industries, the electronic waste recycler, has hit the headlines once again. What is one to make of the latest developments? The company has been in the news
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      • 220 56 AFP EUROPEAN semi-conductor maker STMicroelectronics plans to invest US$5OO million ($B4O million) to bolster its Singapore operations, the firm's president and chief executive Carlo Bozotti said in remarks published yesterday. "We are investing as needed," Mr Bozotti told The Business Times. The company
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      • 403 56 BLOOMBERG Firm to trim costs by $3b through restructuring SONY Corp, the world's sec-ond-biggest consumer electronics maker, will cut 10,000 jobs and the number of its product models by 20 per cent to help end losses at its electronics business, chief executive Howard Stringer
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      • 161 56 ■AFP FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank, Germany's biggest bank, plans to open branches in five Indian cities this year, the head of the lender's private customer business said. "We are going to open eight branches in five different cities this year," Deutsche Bank's board member for private
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    • 208 56 Fort Siloso Commemorates 60th Anniversary Of The End Of World War II 9 30 September 2005 History comes alive as you tour the Fort and revisit the F scene where the Japanese signed their surrender 60 years Commemorative^ackage* ago. Catch "The Impregnable Fortress", and be thrilled by includes admission to
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    • 820 58  -  FELIX CHEONG dsd Like a sticking plaster, the arts will be used to heal the wounds of America's latest tragedy rre plus@newstoday.com.sg MOORE beating about the Bush Igain? A year after his documentary Fahrenheit 911 (2004) took top honours at Cannes, Michael Moore may train his lens again
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    • Article, Illustration
      1008 60  -  JEANINETAN HK actor says he could handle the long hours of make-up but acting young was a challenge jea nine@newstoday.com.sg IT'S all about family for Hong Kong superstar Andy Lav. In his latest film Wait Till You're Older, the actor takes on the role of a young man
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      353 62  -  Zul Othman in I With its hypnotic percussion, Sri Lankan debut of Womad proves to be a smash hit CONCERTREVIEW Womad Sri Lanka THE World of Music, Arts Dance Womad for short made a triumphant debut in Sri Lanka's capital city Colombo on Wednesday night. Considering that this
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    • 317 62 -AFP LOS ANGELES It's one of the most famous images in music history and you can own a part of it if you're rich enough, of course. The iconic white suit worn by John Lennon on the cover of the Beatles'
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    • 313 62  -  DAVID CHEW BRITAIN'S latest a cappella pop sensation The Magnets have sung with some of the world's most accomplished singers such as Lisa Stansfield and Lionel Richie. But they came across their most bizarre moment when they performed as back-up singers for crooner Tom
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    • 157 63 LONDON The knives are certainly out for fading supermodel Kate Moss (picture). Her employers are queuing up to cancel contracts and the police are closing in. Burberry is the latest fashion chain to cancel a deal with the British model and Chanel also decided not
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    • 431 63  -  RAHUL VENKIT Indian group pays tribute to 'mesmerising music' of A R Rahman before concert ra hul.venkit@newstoday.com.sg IT SURE was an offbeat media lunch. Samosas, salads and pepper chicken for the main course and an impromptu jam by five of India's top musicians for dessert. Having
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    • INADDITION...
      • 159 64 Supermodel Tyra Banks underwent a sonogram on her own television show to quell rumours that she had breast implants. But first, she ordered all the men out of the audience, a spokeswoman for her programme said. Banks, 31, told the audience for
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      • 58 64 New Contemporaries: New Art features Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts' students' works. Part of the Singapore Art Show, the exhibition opens today at the Earl Lu Gallery at the Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts. It will run until Oct 16. Opening hours are 10am to 6pm daily. The
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      • 46 64 Rise:Rose by Kota Yamazaki Fluid hug-hug Co showcases renowned Japanese choreographer Kota Yamazaki's dance moves. The concert will be held today and tomorrow at the University Cultural Centre Theatre, National University of Singapore at 7.30pm. Tickets are available through Sistic.
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    • 458 64  -  Elisa Chia Jackie Chan kisses the girls and kicks bad guys in his latest film, The Myth FILMREVIEW by............... EZEEJ OKAY, first things first We know Jackie Chan enjoys romancing the ladies. It's long been established that the Hong Kong action superstar places a heavy emphasis
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    • 171 64  -  JOYCE LIN MEDIACORP TV Channel U is repositioning itself with its new slogan Leading Asia's Trends, as it introduces more popular programmes on Asian trends and cultures in the months to come. The Mandarin channel will also screen variety programmes and
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    • 297 65  -  Zul Othman Director Rob Zombie's The Devils Rejects is violent, but utterly compelling FILMREVIEW by................. The Devil's Rejects FOR all its gore and violence, The Devil's Rejects the sequel to 2003's House of 1,000 Corpses sees di- rector Rob Zombie gloriously fashioning a riveting piece of cinema
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    • 612 78  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@newstoday.com.sg THE GAP between the achievements of two of golfs teenage sensations could not be wider. American Paula Creamer, 19, has already won two LPGA events, 19 national and junior titles, been part of winning Curtis and Solheim Cup teams and currently stands
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    • 262 78  -  -LEONGWEEKEAT HAVING played host to Asia's richest national championship in the US$2 million ($3.36 million) 2005 Singapore Open two weeks ago, the Sentosa Golf Club will once again come under the spotlight next April. The Royal Ancient (R&A), golfs governing body for countries outside
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    • 227 78  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@newstoday.com.sg THE four Singapore golfers only had one goal in mind yesterday, when they stepped onto the par--72, 7,140-yard course at Narita Golf Club, Tokyo. The quartet of Choo Tze Huang, Goh Kun Yang, Jonathan Leong and Patrick Tang desperately wanted to
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    • 791 79  -  Jose Raymond Premiership clubs have exploited fans here and English football chief vows to put a stop to it in Kuala Lumpur jose@newstoday.com.sg ENGLISH Premier League chairman Dave Richards admits the clubs have been exploiting fans in Asia. Yesterday, he vowed to put a stop
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    • 363 79  -  -JOSE RAYMOND THAILAND have made their mark on the English Premiership with beer brand Chang emblazoned on Everton jerseys. The Thais' Singha beer is advertised on advertising boards. This season, the Malaysian government, through Tourism Malaysia, invested in advertising boards across the Premiership with its
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      • 147 73 -AFP LONDON Under-fire national performance director Bill Sweetenham yesterday defended his controversial coaching methods, which have resulted in British swimming chiefs launching an inquiry. The Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) have opened an independent investigation into allegations of bullying against Sweetenham made by British athletes
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      • 717 74 Unfashionable Galicians lookto have championship pedigree MADRID Celta Vigo have never won a single major honour in football, but the early league leaders in Spain have a feeling that this may be the year to finally break that barren spell, especially with Real Madrid and Barcelona
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      • 451 74 —AFP SERIEA Udinese oJuventusl ROME Juventus coach Fabio Capello admitted his team were lucky to escape from Udinese with all three points, as the titleholders maintained their 100 per cent record on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Patrick Vieira's (picture) 37th minute strike gave Juventus a
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      • 177 74 —AFP LEAGUE CUP DoncasteM Man City 1 (Doncaster won 3-0 on penalties) LONDON Manchester City manager Stuart Pearce admitted his Premiership side did not deserve to win, after being knocked out of the second round of the Carling League Cup by lowly Doncaster Rovers on Wednesday
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      • 509 76 ■AFP GOLF Presidents Cup GAINESVILLE, Virginia As if golfer David Toms did not have enough trouble after collapsing with a heart problem and leading three weeks of hurricane relief efforts, he managed to trigger White House security alarms. After all Toms has been through, the Presidents
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      • 352 76 -AFP GOLF Mercuries Taiwan Masters TAIPEI Taiwan's Hsu Mong-nan battled strong winds and rain to shoot a 4-under-par 68 at Taiwan Golf and Country Club's Tamsui course, to set the first round pace in the US$4OO,OOO ($670,000) Asian Tour event. Hsu, 31, leads
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        • 100 76 BANGLADESH coach Dav Whatmore said yesterday he would quit only when he feels he is not doing his best to improve the Test minnows' fortunes in international cricket. Bangladesh's cricketing image suffered yet another blow when they lost the second and final Test against Sri Lanka
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        • 76 76 HUNDREDS of golfers will take part in the Asian Tour Qualifying School in Malaysia next January to chase at least 40 tour cards that will let them compete in tournaments across the region, organisers said yesterday. The top 40 finishers in the school's final stage, slated
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        • 80 76 ENGLISH rugby is facing a club-versus-country conflict which could undermine England's already shaky preparations for the 2007 World Cup. The English Rugby Football Union has refused to pay three Premiership clubs who defied the governing body this month by playing their English internationals who toured New Zealand
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        • 85 76 BARRY Bonds (picture) continued to boost the San Francisco Giant's playoff hopes, as he belted his fourth home run of the season to help them to a 5-1 victory over the Washington Nationals. It was the 707th homer of Bonds' career as he continues to move closer
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        • 61 76 WIGAN chairman DaveWhelan has called for a salary cap on English Premiership clubs to prevent the bigspenders like Chelsea ruining the competition. Whelan, whose club are playing in the top flight for the first time in their history this season, believes if the current situation is
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        • 316 77  -  gxc —AFP England defender scores own goal and then gets the sack despite win for Real Madrid MADRID England defender Jonathan Woodgate endured a nightmare debut for Real Madrid yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) after his 17-month injury-enforced layoff. The former Newcastle United player scored an
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        • 207 77  -  ERIC DING AFTER playing second fiddle to Tampines Rovers in the title race for so long, SAFFC finally took over top spot in the S-League last night, when they beat Paya Lebar Punggol 4-2 at the Hougang Stadium. While the three points ensured the Warriors leapfrogged
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        • 234 77 —AFP. JL GAINESVILLE South African Retief Goosen and Australian Adam Scott beat top-ranked Tiger Woods and Fred Couples 4 and 3 as the Internationals took the first point over the US team at the Presidents Cup yesterday, (this morning, Singapore time). Both teams got the
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        • 128 77  -  CUBBYLEONG SINGAPORE'S hopes of silverware at the sixstar U*****,000 ($420,470) Djarum Indonesia Open 2005 rest on the shoulders of Jiang Yanmei and Li Yujia. At Jakarta's Istora Senayan Complex last night, the Singaporean pair dismantled Malaysia's Fong Chew Yen and See Phui Leng 15-3,15-3 to advance
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