Today, 30 September 2005

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    24 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp incorporating iMTCiItS MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Friday September 30, 2005 todayonline.com TODAY /AediaCorp Frew incorporating dtTOlllS Friday September 30, 2005 todayonline.com I MICA(P) 112/07/2005
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    Lock icon Ribbons point to new lease on life
    1035 1  -  JASMINE YIN 68% of ex-offenders find jobs at Yellow Ribbon Project fair jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg THE organisers and partners for the Yellow Ribbon Project (YRP) were happy when 17 companies turned up two weeks ago to offer places to prisoners at a special job fair
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    Lock icon Back to school at 63, thanks to the boss
    606 1  -  LEECHINGWERN chingwern@newstoday.com.sg ALMOST 60 years after his peers went to school, Mr X Subramaniam started his own version of primary school education. That was three years ago, when his employers, the PUB, sponsored English classes under the Basic Education for Skills
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      Keeping fees fair
      322 2  -  TORCHING LI Air hub fund extended for 3 years with increased budget chingli@newstoday.com. sg AIRLINES landing in Singapore can continue to enjoy savings until 2008, as the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) will be extending and enlarging its Air Hub Development Fund. The fund was due
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon Singapore gets its man after 3 years
      499 4  -  ANSLEY NG McCrea extradited from Australia, charged in court yesterday a nsley@newstoday.com.sg AFTER three years of court battles in Australia to prevent his extradition to Singapore, murder suspect Michael McCrea was finally charged in court yesterday. But despite facing two murder charges for
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon HDB PEGS LOAN RATE TO INDEX
        130 4 Channel News Asia The Housing and Development Board is revising the peg for its market interest rate. This will affect about 78,000 homeowners who took market-interest-rate loans from HDB to buy flats or finance upgrading projects. From Oct 15, the interest rate will be
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        Lock icon PRICY OIL, COSTLY ELECTRICTY
        63 4 Channel News Asia Electricity tariffs will be increased by about 1.31 cents per kilowatt for the next three months. SP Services says this is due to higher oil prices. With the increase, a family living in a four-room flat, whose monthly electricity bill is $75, may
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        NICOLL HIGHWAY PROJECT RESTARTED
        94 4 Construction of the Nicoll Highway Station and tunnels began last evening with a ground-breaking ceremony. The project was stalled when the highway collapsed on April 20 last year after a retaining wall at the Circle Line MRT worksite gave way, killing four people. In February, the
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        DENGUE DIP
        33 4 Seventy-three new cases of dengue were reported in Singapore in the past 24 hours up to 3pm yesterday. That is a slight dip from the 104 cases reported the previous day.
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        MORE PLACES SNUFF OUT SMOKING
        53 4 The National Environment Agency is reminding the public that smoking is banned at more public places from tomorrow, Oct 1. These include bus interchanges, public toilets and public swimming complexes. Signs will be placed at these locations and action will be taken against smokers who
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        NO PENALTY BUT FINE STAYS
        52 4 Drivers caught travelling along or parking their vehicles on bus lanes during restricted hours will no longer be given four demerit points. The $130 fine, however, still applies. The Traffic Police says the adjustment is part of the its ongoing review of the penalties for
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      Lock icon 9-hr hunt yields hit-and-run suspect
      265 6 938 LIVE A 65-YEAR-OLD man suspected of being involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident has been arrested by the police after a nine-hour island-wide search. The taxi driver allegedly knocked down a 62-year-old Chinese cyclist at about 6.30 am on Wednesday along Kallang Road towards
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      Hock Kee owners plan to stay put
      674 6  -  LOH CHEE KONG LTA: They took compensation so would be reneging on deal cheekong@newstoday.com.sg DESPITE accepting the Land Transport Authority's (LTA) financial assistance package and signing its letter of undertaking to move out by the Oct 3 deadline, some Hock Kee House unit
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      FAREWELL TO A TRENCH FIGHTER
      1404 8  -  Clement Mesenas clement@newstoday.com.sg Today, Ernest Wong spends his last day at MediaCorp as its Group CEO. As quietly as he tool over the reins in 2000, Mr Wongl will leave without any fanfare orl the obligatory farewell interview granted by outgoing CEOs of big companies.
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      Another school gets in on IR act
      556 10  -  DERRICK A PAULO ACPE latest to offer masters course in hospitality management derrick@newstoday.com.sg TWO polytechnics are doing it. So is one university. Now, a private school is entering the fray. The decision to have two integrated resorts in Singapore is making resort management
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      Lock icon Delay in IR proposals will not affect opening
      173 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE twice-delayed launch of the request for proposals (RFP) to build Singapore's integrated resorts will not affect their proposed opening in 2009. Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Second Minister for Trade and Industry, gave this assurance yesterday. Dr Balakrishnan who is also
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      Lock icon 58 nabbed in raid
      169 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE Manpower Ministry (MOM) has nabbed 58 foreign workers believed to be working as conservancy cleaners without permits. This is the largest number of foreign workers caught in a single raid this year. The 58 were believed to be working for eight companies, all
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      Johns Hopkins Medical expansion plans
      175 12  -  —TANHUILENG BARELY settled into its new facility at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), the Johns Hopkins Singapore International Medical Centre is already looking to expand its activities as it continues to see an increasing number of patients. During the opening yesterday, Health Minister Khaw Boon
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      25 schools to pilot new programme
      456 12  -  LEE U-WEN Wide range of school types to use new modular Chinese Language curriculum nextyear u-wen@newstoday.com.sg BEFORE the new modular Chinese Language (CL) curriculum is fully rolled out in 2007, 25 schools will get to pilot the approach for its Primary 1 and 2
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      Lock icon Thaksin in airport stunt
      468 14 —AGENCIES He flies into yet-to-be completed airport on the day it was to open and at'auspicious'time BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra embarked on a publicity stunt yesterday and flew into Bangkok's new international airport at 9.19 am, an auspicious time in Thai culture. But the
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    • this quirky world
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        Lock icon SANTA GETS COMPENSATION
        51 14 -AFP The Danish air force has paid damages of 4,022 euros ($8,190) to one of the country's many professional Santa Clauses after a blast from a low-flying fighter jet last February left Rudolph the reindeer lifeless. Rudolph died from the shock of the noise made by the
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        EBAY SHOCK FOR PENSIONER
        47 14 A pensioner was sent 12 bicycles, four boats and a luxury mobile home after a hacker spent £270,000 ($807,120) under his name on eßay. Managers at eßay in Germany said they will cancel the transactions supposedly created by pensioner Horst Lukas, said Ananova.com.
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      Lock icon Imelda's $17m collection under the hammer?
      194 14 —AP MANILA—Former first lady Imelda Marcos' vast collection of shoes, gowns and jewels worth around US$lO million ($l7 million) could soon be auctioned off, a Philippine official said yesterday. Mr Ricardo Abcede, of the Presidential Commission on Good Government that has recovered the ill-gotten
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      Lock icon Privatisation plans prompt nationwide strike in India
      244 14 —AFP NEW DELHI A nationwide strike disrupted flights and shut down government offices and banks in India yesterday as state workers staged a one-day protest over moves to liberalise Asia's fourth-largest economy. Union leaders said the massive stay-away was the first step in
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      Lock icon Japan upset over its huge UN payments
      208 16 —AFP LONDON Japan is fed up with making hefty payments to the United Nations but forever failing to gain a permanent seat on its Security Council, Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura told The Times of London yesterday. Mr Machimura said Washington had created a
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      Lock icon Indonesia's bird flu woes dive
      378 16 —AFP 2 more suspected deaths; another zoo shut JAKARTA The bird flu crisis in Indonesia took a further dive yesterday as officials said they were investigating two more suspected bird flu deaths. The reports of new deaths came as local and foreign experts strove to
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      Lock icon Arctic sea ice melting faster
      145 18 -AP DENVER New satellite observations show that sea ice in the Arctic is melting faster while air temperatures in the region are rising sharply, scientists involved in a NASA study said. Since 2002, data have revealed unusually early springtime melting in areas north of Siberia
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      Lock icon India's human guinea pigs
      326 18 -AFP Many offer their bodies for research BANGALORE Lured by the money being offered by the dozens of global pharmaceutical firms doing clinical trials in India, a huge number of people, many of them illiterate, are offering themselves as guinea pigs. India has become a huge
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      Lock icon Fierce differences may sink Turkey's EU bid
      572 21 —AFP Britain warns of disaster if talks do not proceed as planned BRUSSELS The European Union (EU) is set to finally start entry talks with Turkey next week but fierce differences over whether the vast Muslim country can ever actually join the bloc
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      Lock icon 'The Hammer' quits, dealing blow to Bush
      414 22 —AGENCIES Tom DeLay indicted on campaign finance charges WASHINGTON He has been called "The Hammer" and was crucial to keeping Republican lawmakers lined up behind the policy aims of President George W Bush like social security and deficit trimming. However, in a setback
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      Lock icon Straw's heckler, 82, manhandled, ejected
      215 22 -AGENCIES LONDON British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw's speech at the Labour Party conference in Brighton was interrupted when party stewards manhandled a 82-year-old heckler, Mr Walter Wolfgang. The incident occurred after Mr Wolfgang shouted, "It's a lie", when Mr Straw defended keeping the troops in
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      Gynaecologist faces patient-sex abuse rap
      148 22 LONDON A Seattlebased gynaecologist is facing charges of allowing his identical twin to impersonate him and sexually abuse his patients, The Telegraph newspaper of London reported. About 50 women are claiming that gynaecologist Charles Momah and his twin, Dennis, a doctor not qualified to work
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      Lock icon US recession ahead?
      714 23  -  KEVIN G HALL -KRT More analysts see possibility of two consecutive quarters of negative growth WASHINGTON Economists and Wall Street seers are quietly hedging their bets after months of rosy reports about a vibrant United States economic outlook. They are now seeing the growing possibility of recession
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        COURT DISMISSES KOIZUMI SHRINE VISIT CASE
        58 23 A Japanese high court yesterday dismissed an appeal challenging Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to a war shrine which have fuelled tension with China and South Korea. Judge Shizuka Hamano upheld a ruling in November 2004 by the Chiba District Court near Tokyo. The
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        ALGERIAN REFERENDUM
        57 23 Algerians voted yesterday in a referendum meant to put an end to a decade-long civil war that has left more than 100,000 dead and thousands unaccounted for. A "yes" vote would endorse government plans to grant an amnesty to many of those jailed for the killings, reported BBC
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        Lock icon PROBE INTO UGLY BARTER
        60 23 -AFP The United States military is opening an investigation into reports that soldiers based in Iraq posted gruesome photographs of dead Iraqis, including explicit shots of severed body parts and internal organs, on a Florida-based website in exchange for access to the site's pay-only pornography archive.
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        COPS FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES
        60 23 British police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes on a London Tube train in July have been warned that they could face criminal charges. The Times of London reported. The six officers involved have been served with notices, first stage
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      Not tired of sex, just too tired to have it
      190 24 LONDON Demanding careers, household chores and their children and husbands are leaving married women so exhausted they are losing interest in sex, a report in the Times of London said. A University College London survey found that one in 10
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      Lock icon Teens opt for safe sex alternative
      413 24 -DPA But practice could backfire, say experts WASHINGTON The United States government's largest-ever survey of the nation's sexual practices has found that American teenagers are increasingly engaging in oral sex as a strategy to avoid Aids and other sexual-ly-transmitted diseases. It also found a
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      Lock icon Smoke gets in your eyes
      831 26  -  mr brown news@newstoday.com.sg FRIDAY WITH like gum gets on your hands. Ban'em all! And pornographic mags too! THE National Environment Agency (NEA) is reminding the public that smoking is banned at more public places from next month. Places where smoking is banned include bus interchanges,
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      On that $9m in lost fares
      172 28  -  THUSARADHARMAPALA Figure suggests that 1,232 people cheat on their fares every hour Letter from IT HAS been reported that bus companies lose an estimated $9 million a year to fare cheats. I am very curious, as are many others who have written in, on
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      Mandarin scheme a boon for non-Chinese children
      312 28  -  MOHD HAMZAH Letter from IT MADE me cry with joy to read the Ministry of Education's announcement on the project involving 25 primary schools and the new Chinese language curriculum. I am a father of two daughters aged 8 and 10. They are
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      What turns friends into bloodthirsty foes
      558 30  -  PREETIATHAVLE Inflammatory remarks can poison weak minds, ruin society Letter from rally we have to work hard for them. The other line of reasoning being offered is that coming down hard on the objectionable blogs kills critical thought. I beg to disagree. Criticism is
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      A need to Act soon
      148 34  -  DENIS DISTANT Letter from SINGAPORE is one of the most "wired' countries around. Yet in some areas, it would seem we are stuck in the last century. One glaring example is the case of Keppel T&T, an SGX-listed company, which announced a capital reduction exercise
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      Long and short of life annuity
      472 34  -  DANNY CHUA UMBOONHEE More choices of pension plans needed Letter from I REFER to "CPF plan 'best decision in board's history'" (Sept 27). Yes, it is the best thing since sliced bread. Most Central Provident Fund Investment Scheme investors lost money due to high
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      252 36  -  DR JAMES DOBSON IT'S NEVER TOO LATE I'm sure you've noticed that the world seems to worship youth and fears getting old. But there was a time when age was associated with wisdom and experience. In fact, some of the greatest accomplishments in history came very
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      Lock icon There must be a better way, LTA
      240 36  -  FRANCIS TAN Evening ERP does not help off-peak car owners Letter from WITH the implementation of evening Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) on the CTE and at Orchard until Bpm, would it not be better to scrap the off-peak car (OPC) scheme now that
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      In all unfairness...
      260 36  -  JIMMY HO KWOKHOONG Letter from I REFER to the letter, "No price, hours change for supplementary licences" by Ms Han Liang Yuan of the Land Transport Authority (Sept 29). The LTA turned down a reasonable suggestion by Mr Abdul Rahim Darman to review the daily Supplementary Licence
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      Add cord blood to transplant act
      152 40  -  HARRY CHI A We have so little and need so much more Letter from I IT IS disappointing that only 500 umbilical cord-blood units have been stored at the Singapore Cord Blood Bank (SCBB), against a goal to stock 10,000. This is especially so
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      SMRT stations have 24-hr 'private' closed-circuit TV
      196 40  -  DAWN LOW Letter from Manager, Corporate Marketing and Communications, SMRT Corporation Ltd I REFER to the letter, "MRT security's blind spot?" by Ms Yvette Ong (Sept 29). We would like to clarify that all SMRT stations are equipped with a digital closed-cir-cuit television
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      Lots of flu drug in stock
      220 40  -  KAREN TAN Letter from Director, Corporate Communications Ministry of Health WE REFER to the letter by Mr John Lucas (Sept 27) and his concerns over the availability of Tamiflu in Singapore in case of a pandemic influenza situation. As part of the Health Ministry's
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      180 42 —AFP THE firm that manages Fifa's global retail empire will transfer its world headquarters to Singapore from London later this year before its commercial rollout in 2007. Global Brands Groups (GBG) cited Singapore's strong protection for intellectual property, efficient business infrastructure and highly
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      443 42 -DOW JONES Strong interest among local and foreign investors for the faith-based property trust SINGAPORE'S first real estate investment trust (Reit) that complies with Islamic principles could make its debut soon as there are several parties interested in launching such an instrument, a senior executive
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      200 42 BLOOMBERG Keppel Corp unit Keppel Singmarine has secured contracts worth about $78 million for four offshore support vessels and two tugboats. They will be progressively delivered to their owners up to the first half of 2007. The contracts are not expected to have a material impact on Keppel Corp's
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        311 44  -  CHRISTIE LOH Deal worth $51.5 m to be paid in cash and deferred loan christie@newstoday.com.sg DESPITE some shareholders' doubts about the value of investing in Pacific Internet (PacNet), Van- tage Corp yesterday inked an agreement to buy 28.6 per cent of the US-listed Internet
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          56 44 Nikkei 225 *****.24 +181.33 +1.35 Hang Seng All Ordinaries *****.25 +209.79 +1.38 4671.70 +44.10 +0.95 Taiwan Wtd 6009.99 +78.61 +1.33 Korea Comp 1231.22 +2.65 +0.22 KLCI 924.23 -0.27 -0.03 SET Index 722.83 -0.37 -0.05 Jakarta Comp 1048.30 +20.41 +1.99 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1970.19 -5.91 -0.30 220.37 +3.72
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          51 44 Celestial 0.465 -0.015 -3.1 39,367 SingTel 2.420 -0.020 -0.8 34,102 SinSoonH 0.210 +0.005 +2.4 27,847 MediaRing 0.300 +0.010 +3.4 27,029 ElectroTech 0.580 +0.020 +3.6 18,271 K1 Ventur 0.350 -0.005 -1.4 16,415 GlobalVoice 0.130 15,804 SingTelDB*****70.060 -0.005 -7.7 15,370 Aqua-Terra 0.735 +0.085 +13.1 15,238 SembKim 0.575 +0.005 +0.9
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          145 44 DOW JONES BLUE chip prices ended flat amid a lack of compelling leads to give fresh directions to the overall market. However, on the broad market, gainers led losers 259 to 235, as 1 billion shares worth $939.6 million were traded. The ST index closed 2.55 points, or 0.1
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          36 44 US$ 0.5910 UK£ 0.3343 Yen 66.846 HK$ 4.5862 RM 2.2280 Euro 0.4911 Rupiah 6152.7 Baht 24.327 Peso 33.116 A$ 0.7786 Indian Rs 26.027 Won 613.26 CS 0.6939 Yuan 4.7838 NZ$ 0.8597 NT$ 19.669
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          25 44 I SGX, f Bloomberg Ui uss/oz 472.20 Star uss/oz 7.41 Ptataiiin 928.00 IMtll cents/kg 287.75 p*ii 1456.00 Bnit art usS*it.i 63.88 Information provided by
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        347 46  -  VALERIE LAW Plan will stimulate seed investments in start-up companies valerie@newstoday.com.sg ANGEL investors here received extra wings from the Economic Development Board (EDB) when it announced yesterday a new Business Angel Scheme (BAS) to support their investments in start-up companies. Under the BAS, each
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        224 48  -  CHOW PENN NEE IN A first for the mutual funds market here, Standard Chartered has done away with upfront sales charges, redemption fees and lockin periods for a group of unit trusts it has dubbed Feesaver. The first of the Feesaver series
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        499 48  -  CHOW PENN NEE Members earn cash rebates when they use the card to pay for daily necessities pennnee@newstoday.com.sg GOING against the trend of credit cards targeted at niche market segments, DBS Bank is using its POSB brand to launch a card that caters to the daily
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        212 50 PEARL Energy said yesterday it had agreed to sell stakes in two Indonesian oil concessions to share the risks associated with such projects. Pearl Energy will sell 30 per cent of the Tungkal production sharing contract in Sumatra and 50 per cent
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        369 50 -BLOOMBERG Southern Bank's plan to acquire stake in Singapore insurer may stall: AWSJ THE plan by Malaysia's Southern Bank to buy a 43-per-cent stake in Asia General Holdings, a Singapore-based insurer, may stall amid opposition from some shareholders, the Asian Wall Street Journal reported
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        165 50 MAINBOARD-listed Hong Leong Asia said yesterday it had increased its stake in Chinese white goods maker Xinfei Group to 90 per cent from 51 per cent for $88.8 million. In a statement to the Singapore Exchange, Hong Leong Asia
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        613 52 -AFP Process of how and where to build one to be referred to a working committee VIENTIANE Ministers from 13 East Asian countries yesterday pledged to shore up energy security in the wake of record oil prices and said that they would work towards
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      87 42 Capparoma Low Fat meets the Nutritional Guidelines B m 5^ Bi J ■■1 V .^^bbl Vjbb B^r Q* B> BM\ B*bYl Hfe 1 i W 4bT I ia x^no^/ rappsßoiriA Less °/Fat-Less yr °v- m Eat All Foods In Moderation \J *V Capparoma Low Fat instant coffeemix is LOW FAT
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      290 43 NEC recommends Microsoft® Windows® XP Cool. Innovative. Stylish. The NEC Power Mate DL TBOOO w features the new Intel® Pentium® D l! M P", F Processor supporting Dual-Core processing that delivers the ultimate in computing power. I It is state-of-the-art technology you can count on for multi-tasking in today's high-demand
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      254 44 JAPAN .^M Tokyo/Osaka ONE ASIA J A m A%\mtm\ \^J m \W m mu \^A% uuuuwx From STOPOVER SINGAPORE 4 ANA ASIA TRIANGLE FARE* Froml Oct'os-31 Mar'o6 Inclusive of One Asia Stopover Business Class Economy Class 1 Beijing fr. 553,770 fr. S$ 1,600 'T.X i^ '£*M-~ Good Times Fly Enjoy
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      221 46 It's The PICKET&RAIL 4th Anniversary Sale! Last 3 Days! mkjT o* w ASA 20®/o °ff St°rewide Stretch YOUr Budget 4% More Discount for Members Extra Super Red Hot Deals 40% off on Selected hems And Of COUrSe OX}r&j)r^utith Free* delivery assembly IMMEDIATE! JS 4(J SpeCldlsl DELIVERY *f J- JBayden Console
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      63 46 Simply purchase $5 worth of Loacker participating products in a single receipt and stand a chance to win attractive prizes. Promotion ends 30 Nov 2005 f Sony DVD IV la^MM DVD7E-btw s££j B a V (worth $1,360) am' ;f /S?w& B .Mf ■^Ba" Sony DCR-DVD V ffl 602E Handycam (worth
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      709 47 ELECTRICITY TARIFF REVISION Electricity tariffs will be increased by an average of 1.31 cents per kWh for the quarter, 1 October to 31 December 2005. The increase is due to higher cost of electricity arising from higher fuel oil prices. For the period, 1 October to 31 December 2005, tariffs
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      142 48 Jewel Pavilion Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza 6 October 2005, 7.00pm oogiobMMtingin^i^M coutureißan^ok cool! Hip num b e rs from MumbaiSe strike up the urban M Ik chord for this show choreographed with the modern 0 eclectic woman in mind. I^^^m. I 111 111 I Models take to the catwalk
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      392 49 .-"'■"lP Ell, ffi^t I /4# T Newly-weds (or the newly-engaged) who are WM, Bi^^W^BP The Quintet. Developed by Centrepoint Homes, -~^^fe.:' ">' The Quintet is not just a luxurious pad one can fifaj* _XjI~" escape to every day. With so much to offer, it Finally, a il f £IGJOSS i
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      59 50 5£ Courage Marine Group Limited V Our Dry Bulk Ships Transport Coal for Asian Power Plants' Growing Energy Needs The company is steered by shipping veterans with bold entrepreneurial spirit and extensive hands-on experience in dry bulk shipping in Asia, particularly in Greater China, using Handysize, Handymax and Panamax dry
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      431 51 p^j ££££t i^f^B P^F^M p^vij Footnotes Vnvestors will have to hold their investments in the Great Link Choice for the entire policy term of 5 years before they may benefit from the 100% capital protection. If investors realise their units before the fund matures, the realisation price will be based
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      168 52 ■I" ~iJ IE"I I CHANNEL r^ STORIbi Real Drama alal jk. I ft*. Bb^Bßß^^*"* i JB A BB«»^B^BlB^B«<;.B^^flP Mr lal 4.^kA^ Ridingtheßus y with My s Sister Hfi "Va^eiaKeiviß iß^bl B^k STARRING Andie MacDowell (Golden Globe nominee), Rosie O'Donnell t Hi. j I (Emmy winner) DIRECTED BY Anjelica Huston (Academy
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      105 53 ucfcncc i— B^^^^^BB^^^^^^ *r^^^vfl v The winning entries of the Total Defence Photo Competition 2005 are You can catch them at: coming to a place near you! Come on by and take a look at the Ja|an Kayu (m 315 A Anchorvale Linkj opp Nan Chiau Pri Sc/?oo/; jWk winning
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      1047 54  -  JEANINETAN Hollywood's not kind to older actresses -butAndie MacDowell says she'll make the most of what she's got jeanine@newstoday.com.sg AGE is a touchy subject for some women, but not for veteran actress and model Andie MacDowell. We're not even sure how to broach the topic;
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        66 56 Forever known as Sally from When Harry Met Sally (1989), the queen of romantic comedies found herself stuck in that genre. Recently, the actress tried to revive her career with the gritty In the Cut (2oo3), in which she stripped for the camera, and Against the Ropes
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        64 56 The beautiful Stone put in an unforgettable performance as serial killer Catherine Tramell in Basic Instinct (1992). The moment she uncrossed and crossed her legs revealing, well, no panties is film legend. Filming for Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction has wrapped up, but the sequel, with littleknown
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        68 56 The thrice-Oscar-nominated actress has played some unforgettable roles, but many of these banked on her icy good looks, including turns as Susie Diamond in 77;e Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), Catwoman in Batman Returns (1992) and Countess Olenska in The Age of Innocence (1993). Her last role in
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        69 56 Few actresses could combine smart and sexy like Hunt. One of her best roles was in As Good As It Gets (1997), where she played a no-nonsense single mother who tames eccentric Jack Nicholson as they fall in love Hunt won an Oscar for her efforts. In
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        77 56 Something's Gotta Give (2003) summed up the esteem he is still held in: In the comedy he romances both Amanda Peet and her on-screen mother, Diane Keaton. He also won Keaton's affections over Keanu Reeves. If he were a woman he would be obscenely old, but there's
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        71 56 The star of spaghetti westerns such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly{]%o) has since gone on to become an acclaimed director who gets more respected with every wrinkle. Most recently, he directed and starred in Million Dollar Baby (2004), which won Oscars for Best Director
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        76 56 He had such an illustrious career playing angry young men in his prime that when he tried his hand at his new interest, comedy, critics protested that he had become a parody of himself. But as his Goodfellas{ 1990) character Jimmy Conway said: "You don't take
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        86 56 In his action heyday he was the ultimate alpha male, but as he's aged his career has taken on new, interesting turns. While his earlier roles capitalised on his brawn -the Die A/art/trilogy, for example he has since gone on to more textured roles that show his
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      701 58  -  FELIX CHEONG I FRIDAY WITH FELIX plus@newstoday.com.sg Work must be in English and published in Britain? Booker Prize reeks of imperialism IMAGINE this scenario: After abolishing slavery in the 18th century, the United States offered liberated slaves with literary skills a shot at a writing prize.
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      268 58 -AFP STOCKHOLM The Nobel Literature Prize has been awarded to fiction writers and poets for decades. But just days before this year's winner is revealed, some say the prestigious prize could be awarded within a different genre altogether. The list of prospective winners appears
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        373 60  -  JOYCE LIN Magician's assistant McDevitt unhappy to leave Survivor: Guatemala so soon joyce@newstoday.com.sg MAGICIAN'S assistant Morgan McDevitt performed her latest disappearing act in Survivor: Guatemala, when she was eliminated in a 7:1 vote by her tribe members last week. In the reality series airing Fridays at lpm
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        101 60 MORE HAND-ON-CAR MANIA The annual MediaCorp Radio-Subaru Car Challenge now in its fourth year returns on Nov 5 at Ngee Ann City. But unlike previous years, participants need a partner. Together, they will have to keep their right palms on their designated decal on the car. The last pair "palming"
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        102 60 Three labour unions representing flight attendants are calling for a boycott of Flightplan, which was the No 1 movie at in North America last weekend. In the thriller about a mother looking for her missing daughter aboard a plane, a flight attendant colludes with
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        49 60 American conductor John Nelson leads the Singapore Symphony Chorus, Singapore Bible College Chorale and the Hallelujah Chorus in Mendelssohn's Elijah, which marks the 25th anniversary of the Singapore Symphony Chorus. The concert is on tonight and tomorrow, 7.30pm at the Esplanade Concert Hall. Tickets available through Sistic.
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        152 62  -  Jeannine Tan FILMREVIEW by IF NOT for Andy Lav's much-hyped ageing process in this film, there really isn't much else to shout about. Lav plays Kwong, a mischievous child who believes his stepmother (Karen Mok) caused the death of his mother. He's a regular little troublemaker,
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        239 62  -  David Chew Burton's movie is good on the eye but where's the plot? FILMREVIEW by............. Corpse Bride YOU'D expect nothing less from Tim Burton, stop motion animator extraordinaire. And with his latest offering Corpse Bride, he serves up a pretty movie that looks so good,
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        177 64  -  Jeanine Tan FILMREVIEW by A GROOVY Motown soundtrack, solid acting from leads Mark Wahlberg and Outkast's Andre 3000, inter-racial tension and loads of grit director John Singleton's movie has all of these and yet it doesn't quite reach the heights of a classic. The four Mercer brothers Jeremiah
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      275 69 KRT More firms are 'refining' rooms with homeowners' existing furniture THE cluttered living room had decor problems and room refiner Ruth Edmondson had been hired to solve them.The furniture arrangement was awkward: A couch backed up against a window, facing a row of mismatched chairs. "It doesn't look
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      282 69 KNQ ASSOCIATES has been offering home-refin-ing services in Singapore since early last year. According to Mr StanleyTham, one of the partners in the company, KNQ Associates is a leader in this area. He said: "As far as we know, there were
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      119 73 PHONE YOUR BETS! S.League Woodlands Albirex Fri, 30/09/05 7.00pm E League Champ Hull City Millwall Sat, 01/10/05 2.45 am E League Champ Wolverhampton Burnley Sat, 01/10/05 2.45 am S.League Tampines Paya Lebar Sat, 01/10/05 7.30pm S.League Home United Sinchi Sat, 01/10/05 7.30pm E League Champ Preston Southampton Sat, 01/10/05 10.00pm
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      49 75 V\\\V. '"-S^ E1 a. Ask for a PoolzConnect Pack at Singapore Pools branches or download application form at www.singaporepools.com.sg Enquiries: hotline 6786 6688; email poolzconnect@sgpoolz.com.sg Customers who trade by 30 Nov 05 will receive the $50 TOTO voucher. Other lerrn; and conditions apply. C-iiect website tor data Is f
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      576 76 —AGENCIES Lyonseemto be coping well enough without their midfield enforcer CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GRPF Rosenborg 0 Lyon 1 PARIS They may have lost their best player, Michael Essien, to the lure of moneybags Chelsea, but French champions Olympique Lyon gave further proof on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time)
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      Campbell's itching for England place
      315 76 -AFP LONDON England defender Sol Campbell (right) celebrated re-establishing himself as Arsenal's defensive rock by calling on Sven-Goran Eriksson to hand him back his slot at the heart of England's defence. Campbell's return from a lingering calf problem has been a major factor in Arsenal's
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        93 76 FRANCE coach Raymond Domenech yesterday gave the country a boost with the news that Zinedine Zidane (right) had been selected for the potentially decisive World Cup qualifier against Switzerland on Oct 8. Zidane has been out of action for three weeks ago with a hamstring injury. Also recalled
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        81 76 THAILAND'S Thaworn Wiratchant took his accustomed place at the top of the leaderboard after a rain-hit opening round at the Crowne Plaza Open golf yesterday. Thaworn battled to a three-under-par 69 at Grand Epoch City Golf Club for a one-stroke lead over China's upcoming star Li Chao,
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        INVESTIGATION WIDENED
        46 76 PROSECUTORS investigating alleged financial irregularities at French first division club Paris St Germain were reported yesterday to have widened their enquiry to take in sports goods giants Nike. Legal sources said investigators were probing alleged under-the-table payments to players made on behalf of PSG.
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        PAYNE ON BOARD
        81 76 LONDON are banking on a cash bonanza from the 2012 Olympics, after gaining the support from the man who helped write the lOC marketing handbook. Michael Payne, who helped mastermind the lOC's rise to a billion-dollar business, has agreed in principle to join London 2012 as a
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      Till the next time
      506 77 -AGENCIES Honours even, but Reds and Blues will not have to wait long to meet again CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GRPG Liverpool 0 Chelsea 0 LIVERPOOL The confrontation between Liverpool and Chelsea is becoming a mini-series. The Champions League Group G 0-0 draw on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore
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      Becks the star, Raul the record-breaker
      334 77 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GRPF Real Madrid 2 Olympiakos 1 MADRID Real Madrid coach Wanderley Luxemburgo praised David Beckham for his role in the 2-1 victory over Olympiakos in their Champions League Group F clash on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Beckham, who won the man-of-the-match
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      270 77 Group A Juventus Bayern Munich Club Brugge Rapid Vienna 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 2 1 0 1 6 0 6 3 0 4 0 Group E AC Milan Fenerbahce PSV Eindhoven SchalkeM 2 2 2
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        542 73 —AP So used to targeting titles, Jackson just hopes to makes the playoffs now EL SEGUNDO, California Championships have always been the goal for Phil Jackson's teams. Now that he's back with a different Los Angeles Lakers team, it's a matter of simply making
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        203 73 —AP BALTIMORE Alex Rodriguez' (right) eyes darted to the television screen as reporters gathered around his locker in the New York Yankees' clubhouse. Instead of fielding a question, he asked one. "What inning is it?" he enquired. Moments after the Yankees beat
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        239 73 -AFP MELBOURNE Indian batting great Sunil Gavaskar yesterday defended captain Sourav Ganguly, after he was portrayed as selfish and lazy by England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff. Flintoff, who played alongside Ganguly for English county side Lancashire in 2000, said in an extract from his forthcoming autobiography,
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        Vietnam referees come clean
        127 73 —AFP HANOI Several football referees have turned themselves in to police and returned bribe money they had received, a police spokesman said yesterday, as a match-fixing scandal roiling Vietnamese football widened. "Three referees came to us on Wednesday. Because the investigation is ongoing, we cannot provide
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        Stuff of champions
        492 74  -  ERIC DING Ali Imrantheheroas SAFFC go top with late rally NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE2OOS SAFFC 3 Balestier Khalsa 2 sports@newstoday.com.sg IT LOOKED as if SAFFC's title hopes had been sunk, but Ali Imran Lomri had other ideas. The substitute striker popped up in injury time to fire SAFFC
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        287 74  -  DARREN LAI BOWLING 38th Singapore Open 2005 da rren@newstoday.com.sg THEY may have qualified for the Masters event with ease, but all six of Singapore's SEA Games-bound bowlers struggled yesterday in the 38th Singapore Open. While Remy Ong and Co had an off day at Victor's
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        Something old wins our man something new
        276 74  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@newstoday.com.sg HIS 5-wood was the oldest club he owned, and he had actually planned to dump it. Lucky Rahul Pathak had a change of heart. With the sweetest strike, Today's night editor saw his tee shot at the par 3, 167 m
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        Win or bust
        1048 75  -  ERIC DING Woodlands v Albirex Woodlands Stadium Tomorrow 7pm, live Channel NewsAsia Prediction: Woodlands 2 Albirex 2 Likely scorers: Jonathon Angelucci (Woodlands), Issey Nakajima (Albirex) Suspensions: None Injuries: Teppei Uesugi, Yuki Sakai and Akihiro Kurihara (Albirex) Last 5 games: Woodlands WWWWL, Albirex WWWWW Previous league meetings: Woodlands
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