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    11 1 /A=DJJ\CORP TODAY incorporating JMTCfItS MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Friday November 11, 2005 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon Mastermind foiled, but terror threat's still far from dead
    466 1 —AGENCIES JAKARTA After three years on the run, Azahari Husin, one of Asia's most wanted men, met his death in a manner befitting a master bombmaker blowing himself to bits as anti-terrorist police stormed his hideout in Batu, East Java. Within
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    Lock icon Room rebound dilemma
    1057 1  -  LOH CHEE KONG Hotel industry looks to keep pace with stunning tourism figures cheekong@newstoday.com. sg JUST two years ago, Singapore's tourism industry was hit so badly by the Sars outbreak that hoteliers were left wondering how to fill their rooms, with some of them even forced to
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      2-arm thieves, 1-arm bandits
      364 2  -  JOSE RAYMOND Jurong club staff charged with taking $200,000 from jackpot machines jose@newstoday.com.sg THREE Jurong Country Club (JCC) employees who pilfered almost $200,000 from the club's jackpot machines over a 15--month period have been charged in court Two of the three accused have already been sentenced
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      IT'S YOUR JOB TO SERVE AS A CHECK
      693 3  -  Dharmendra Yadav Voters must take on the burden of ensuring a corruptionfree government, in a situation where the media does not SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong, whom I regard as a political hero of my generation, recently addressed the audience at Today's
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      Lock icon Al Qaeda cell claims 56 lives in Jordan
      703 4 —AGENCIES Suicide bombers blast Radisson SAS, Hyatt Amman and Days Inn hotels AMMAN The Al Qaeda in Iraq group has claimed responsibility for three hotel bombings yesterday that killed at least 56 people in Amman, the biggest outbreak of violence in Jordan
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      Lock icon At luxury hotel, a wedding from hell
      357 4 —AGENCIES IT WAS suppose to be a day of joy for Mr Ashraf Mohammad and his bride Nadia Al Alami. But their wedding celebration turned into a nightmare when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the grand ballroom of the luxury Radisson
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      Lock icon High 5ive, Today!
      493 6  -  TORCHING LI We're five, and we're celebrating with bumper issue, freebies chingli@newstoday.com.sg Today newspaper celebrated its fifth year in print and its first year in the black with a bumper 128-page salute to its readers and advertisers yesterday. Spreading the good tidings on the streets in the
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      Lock icon New scanners for a new age
      248 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) is evaluating new scanners that can detect plastic explosives. This means that in future, passengers travelling in and out of Singapore may have their luggage scanned not just once, but twice. In addition to the usual
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      Lock icon Terrorists posed as students in a quiet neighbourhood
      312 6 —AGENCIES THE hideout which Asia's top terror suspect Azahari Husin and his men chose was in a quiet East Java neighbourhood. Shocked neighbours said the premises in Batu, in the Indonesian region of Malang, had been empty for some time before it
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      Lock icon SMU's study abroad schemes expanding
      407 8  -  DERRICK A PAULO It celebrates having more than 100 partner institutions globally for its exchange programmes derrick@newstoday.com.sg WHEN the Singapore Management University (SMU) first began looking for partner universities for its student exchange programmes, it had no campus, no students and only a draft curriculum.
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      Lock icon Gay group barred from arts event
      371 8 —ANSLEYNG A GAY rights group's participation in a national arts event last night was denied less than a week before it was due to perform. People Like Us, or PLU3, received news on Saturday that it could not participate in the week-long event titled
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      Lock icon Pay by finger or phone using Nets
      338 10  -  TORCHING LI Handy contactless readers will have users tapping to pay chingli@newstoday.com.sg CONSUMERS will soon have the choice of paying by cash, card, handphone or fingerprint Singapore's leading electronics payments provider, Network for Electronic Transfers Singapore (Nets), has developed prototypes that will allow
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      Lock icon Confucius Institute training Chinese-language teachers
      208 10 938 LIVE CHINESE language teachers can now turn to the Nanyang Technological University's new Chinese language and culture training centre to upgrade their knowledge. A pioneer batch of 20 secondary and junior college teachers is attending a threeday training programme at NTU's newly established Confucius
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        Lock icon FUEL PRICES DOWN BY 3 CENTS
        55 12 938 LIVE Pump prices fell by 3 cents per litre yesterday. Esso and Mobil kicked off the downward adjustment in the late afternoon, followed by Caltex and Shell. ExxonMobil says this is because inter-nationally-traded wholesale product prices have fallen. The cut applies to all
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        Lock icon 24 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CAUGHT
        130 12 938 LIVE An illegal immigrant tried to jump out of a second-storey HDB flat in a desperate attempt to evade arrest yesterday morning. He changed his mind after he spotted immigration officers waiting at the ground floor to prevent any such escape. His countrymen in the
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        Lock icon CRABBY ENCOUNTER AT SENTOSA
        107 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA For most Singaporeans, their closest encounter with crabs lies mostly in the way they are cooked. But they can now view some unusual crabs in a special exhibition at the Underwater World in Sentosa. At least 12 different species from giant spider crabs and
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      Red carpet roll-out
      592 12  -  JEANINETAN New cinema to woo Hollywood to hold premieres here jea nine@newstoday.com.sg HOLLYWOOD celebrities could be walking down a red carpet in Orchard Road next year. Come January, Singapore will have its own grand theatre dedicated to film premieres much like the famous Mann's Chinese Theatre in
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      Lock icon Meet the people, earn CCA points
      514 14  -  TORCHING LI Students from 20 schools to take part in new grassroots programme chingli@newstoday.com. sg STARTING next year, students from some 20 secondary schools can earn CCA points for meeting the people in various constituencies and organising community projects. According to Mr Jackie Goh
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      Lock icon Mission: Early detection
      458 15  -  VINITARAMANI PHOTO COURTESY OF Groundbreaking research in ways to identify oral cancer vinita@newstoday.com.sg ORAL cancer is the sixth most common cancer worldwide, with 400,000 new cases diagnosed each year. In Singapore, 517 cases were diagnosed between 1998 and 2002. Of these, the fiveyear survival rate is only
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      Lock icon Waterworks exhibit makes a splash
      127 15 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE Singapore Science Centre has a new attraction and it is all about water. The $3 million Waterworks exhibit is a collaboration with the Public Utilities Board. Environment and Water Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim tried the Water Maze yesterday by making his way
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      Thai minister asks Buddhists to move to the South
      210 16 BANGKOK- Buddhists from the Northeast should move to the predominantly Muslim deep South in an effort to bring peace to the restive region, which has witnessed the death of over 1,000 since January last year, Thailand's The Nation newspaper reported the
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      Lock icon TELLING BLOW TO TERRORISM
      766 16 —AGENCIES But Azahari's death does not mean the end of terror networks, say analysts JAKARTA The death of Azahari Husin, a Malaysian terrorist at the top of police most-wanted lists across South-east Asia, would deal a serious but not fatal blow to terror networks in the
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      Lock icon Cops to wear anti-graft badges
      204 16 —AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police must wear badges reading "I'm against corruption" as part of a new campaign to clean up the force and discourage people from bribing officers, police said yesterday. About 40,000 of the badges have been distributed to police officers along with
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      Aborigines snubbed at own party
      183 18 SYDNEY It was a party to celebrate Aboriginal culture, but the indigenous staff of the Botanic Gardens who attended their company function were told to drink no alcohol, eat only leftovers and sit at a separate table in the rain. Non-Aboriginal staff listened to the
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      Lock icon The business of terror
      449 18 —AGENCIES Australian terrorist suspects registered a series of companies to buy chemicals for bombs SYDNEY Eight terrorist suspects arrested in Sydney by Australian police on Tuesday had registered a series of company names to justify buying large quantities of industrial chemicals that were to be used
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        HAVE FAT, WILL TRAVEL
        34 20 Auckland adventurer Peter Bethune, 39, wants overweight people to have liposuction so he can turn their fat into biofuel to power his boat around the world in March, said news.com.au.
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        PAINFUL END TO FIRE-EATER'S STRIP CLUB ACT.
        72 20 Fire-eater Marc Miszler, 22, has been given a 10-month suspended jail sentence for setting a stripper's boobs on fire, reported Ananova.com. Ms Maria Leeb, 27, was tied to a pole wearing just her g-string while her fire-eating partner blew flames at her. But
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        RUSSIAN FOOTBALL HOOLIGANS TO QUELL PARIS RIOTS?
        59 20 Far-right Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky has offered to send the country's football hooligans to France to sort out the rioters, said Ananova.com. Mr Zhirinovsky, who is the deputy speaker of the parliament, said he has hundreds of volunteers, many with special forces training.
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      Lock icon Belgium offered S'pore gateway
      437 20  -  CLEMENT MESENAS EU-Asia ties a strategic partnership for prosperity, says Belgian PM FOREIGN EDITOR clement@newstoday.com.sg THE political centre of gravity which once was the United States, Russia and Europe is now shifting towards the East, prompted in no small measure by the rise of new economic
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      Lock icon Infrared bombs exact deadly toll in Iraq
      415 24 —AP More US, British troops being killed by sophisticated insurgent bombs that can pierce armour that is 10cm thick DUBAI American and British troops are being killed in Iraq by increasingly sophisticated insurgent bombs, including a new type triggered when a vehicle crosses
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      Lock icon Expats death sites irk Cambodia
      194 24 —AFP PHNOM PENH An American expatriate has been summoned by a Cambodian court over his websites that promote the impoverished kingdom as a destination for people who want to kill themselves. Kampot provincial court chief prosecutor Uk Kimsith said he sent a letter to Californian
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        Lock icon CIA LEAK REPORTER QUITS NYT
        59 26 BLOOMBERG Reporter Judith Miller, 57, accused of misleading editors about her role in the leak of a CIA agent's name, quit The New York Times yesterday after two weeks of negotiations. She was imprisoned for 85 days for refusing to testify before a grand jury
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        M'SIA RULING ON TUDUNG
        68 26 The Malaysian Cabinet has ruled that no Malaysian undergraduate should be compelled to wear a tudung, The New Straits Times reported. The consensus was that in matters of religion, choice, and not coercion, was preferred. The issue came under scrutiny recently after the International Islamic University
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      Lock icon Flu-infected birds in Kuwait
      191 26 -AFP KUWAIT CITY Kuwait announced yesterday that it had discovered two birds infected with avian flu, the first cases to be reported in the Gulf. Sheikh Fahd Salem Al Sabah, head of the Kuwaiti public agriculture authority, said the cases were discovered last week. The first
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      Lock icon 'Untouchable' who rose to highest office
      518 26 —AGENCIES India bids adieu to a President who overcame hurdles of poverty and casteism NEW DELHI India is in mourning following the death of Kocheril Raman Narayanan the first "untouchable" from the country's pernicious caste system to occupy the office of President. He was
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      Lock icon MYANMAR'S MYSTIFYING MOVE
      660 28 AGENCIES Was it paranoia or fortune-tellers that led to capital change? YANGON Myanmar's confirmation earlier this week that it was shifting its seat of government has left many analysts at a loss to explain the move. Observers are questioning the huge trouble and expense of relocating thousands
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        CONVICTED FOR TRYING TO SMUGGLE MISSILES
        74 30 A United States grand jury has indicted two men on charges of conspiring with foreign nations to smuggle surface-to-air missiles into the United States. The men, both naturalised US citizens born in China, are accused of planning to import missile systems designed to destroy
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        Lock icon TAIWAN MINISTER QUITS AFTER BRIBE ADMISSION
        65 30 -AFP Taiwan's deputy transportation minister Chou Li-liang resigned yesterday after charges that he had taken bribes from a subway construction company accused of mistreating Thai workers. Chou admitted to receiving 200,000 Taiwan dollars ($10,121) from Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Company but said he was not
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        Lock icon US EMBASSY WARNING 'A SHAM', SAYS CHINA
        72 30 -AFP Chinese authorities said a United States embassy report warning that Islamic extremists could be planning attacks on luxury hotels in China next week was a "sham" fabricated by a foreigner. The US embassy website had posted a statement on Wednesday, quoting a
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      Lock icon France to expel foreigners involved in riots
      361 30 —AGENCIES More car burnings, arson attacks reported, but violence is abating: Authorities PARIS France's Interior Minister, Mr Nicolas Sarkozy, announced that he has ordered the expulsion of all foreigners convicted over two weeks of rioting. Mr Sarkozy told French deputies that he had
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      Lock icon Blair ally takes the blame
      136 30 —AFP LONDON Britain's interior minister, Mr Charles Clarke, took the blame yesterday for the defeat of an anti-terrorism law, but rejected claims that Prime Minister Tony Blair was losing his grip on power. The premier suffered his first defeat in Parliament on Wednesday when members
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        Lock icon TALKS FIRST, DEAL LATER
        76 32 —AFP British Prime Minister Tony Blair held private talks in London with the visiting Chinese President, Mr Hu Jintao, discussing North Korea and human rights as protesters banged drums outside. After the talks, the British side announced lucrative trade deals agreed with the Chinese. Mr Hu
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        Lock icon MORE MISERY FOR QUAKE VICTIMS
        85 32 —AFP United Nations officials warned yesterday that fresh rain in Pakistan's quake zone could have a "disastrous" effect on their struggle to contain an outbreak of acute diarrhoea. There have been at least 200 cases and possibly as many as 750 at one camp for
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        Lock icon BUSH MEETS DALAI LAMA
        59 32 DPA United States President George W Bush met the Dalai Lama on Wednesday ahead of a trip later this month to Asia, including a stop in Beijing. It was widely expected that the Buddhist spiritual leader would push the US president to raise China's occupation of
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      Lock icon Fatherhood 'civilises' men
      486 32 —AGENCIES Becoming a dad reduces men's testosterone levels for a while, according to new study LONDON Fatherhood significantly reduces men's testosterone levels, a study has shown. Researchers in the Untied States compared levels of the male sex hormone among single men and married men, both with and
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      227 34  -  KHOO LIH-HAN Drivers should not forget safety, even in an urgent situation Letter from roads. They should be doubly careful since their mission is to save lives. Having the emergency sirens and lights on should not give such drivers the impression that they own the
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      139 34  -  ACE KINDRED CHEONG Letter from I WAS angry, shocked and saddened to read about the death of Volunteer Special Constabulary Seah Ben Hur who was on duty when he was killed by a tipper truck that failed to stop at a police road block.
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      271 34  -  LAWRENCE SEOW KUAN YONG Letter from DID you know that if you run afoul of the three-quarter tank petrol rule when crossing the causeway into Johor, and refuse to pay the $50 composition fine offered to first-time offenders because you want to appeal your
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      236 36  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY............... TAKING PRIDE IN CHILDREN Can a parent take too much pride in a child's achievements? There's nothing wrong with feeling good about the successes of our children. But problems crop up when the parent's ego is riding on the kid's performances; when
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      209 36  -  LUM CHOONG EU Letter from I REFER to the letter from Dr Lim Boon Hee "No flu vaccines for students" (Nov 10). My daughter will be in China until Dec 5, for a total of six weeks, as part of a programme organised by
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      958 36  -  mr brown Singapore is second last in a global sex survey. Here's how to improve... IN THE 2005 Durex Global Sex Survey, Singapore came in second last out of 41 countries. Japan was last. Hooray! We beat Japan! Woohoo! Positive spin, people, positive spin. We don't want
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      180 37  -  KENNETH YEO Letter from I'M FROM Team 7 (one half of the Yeo brothers, who lasted until the final 6 teams) of the MediaCorp Radio Subaru Car Challenge. First of all, congratulations to the winning team you deserved it! I was in a bit of
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      329 38  -  HASUNDASHAMSUDIN The letter writer's opinion is shared by mainstream society here as well as in America, where the scanty dress of waitresses in this California cafe earned flak. Don't blame them for gawking if you flaunt it Letter from I REFER to the letter
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      The age-old headache
      810 42  -  WONG FEI WAN Would you give upon a senile mother-in-law when the burden is yours to bear? face in the crowd MARIE I In her 40s, caregiver HAD Marie thought of putting her mother-in-law in an old folks' home, it would have been hard to find fault
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      isay WHY MY SON, 18, WEARS DIAPERS
      385 43  -  D MURTHY I REFER to the recent letters about toilets for the disabled. As a frequent user of such toilets, I am amazed at the number of seemingly "able" people who think nothing is amiss when they make use of this facility. Their
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      170 43  -  LIN JUNJIE Letter from I REFER to the letter, "Art of naming" (Nov 8), by Mr Heng Cho Choon. While having a brand name can help its students to identify themselves better with the school, the essence and character of
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        ROAD CLOSED PART-WAY SO ECONOMY CAN GO THE DISTANCE
        94 43  -  DALBIR KAUR I understand Mr Eddy Tan's frustrations due to the closure of the road from Raffles Quay to Boon Tat Street for the filming of the Bollywood movie, Krissh ("Does wooing film-makers mean more road closures?", Nov 10). However, the
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        MUMS-TO-BE MAY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PAID LEAVE
        101 43  -  KOHYIWEN I refer to the letter from Ms Yvonne Wong ("Pro-family options", Nov 10) on allowing new employees one month's maternity leave. I find Ms Wong's request unacceptable. She is looking at it from the point of view of the mothers and I
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      365 44  -  JASSINE C A few minutes a day will help her settle better Letter from I REFER to the letter, "Take a good look at your maid" (Oct 26). I have been working here for a few years and I often read about maid issues in
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      239 44  -  HUANG SHOOU CHYUAN Letter from I REFER to the ongoing debate about Singapore's poor ranking in the press-freedom index constructed by Reporters Without Borders. Being 140 th out of 167 countries cannot be described as "a feather in the cap" as the company we keep at
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      677 46  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@newstoday.com.sg YOU might have spotted them during your lunch break recently. In the heart of Shenton Way, they thronged the streets clad in their smart uniforms, carrying little baskets filled with hundreds of white ribbons, each of which they had meticulously folded
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      Lock icon SGX to double listing fees
      491 48 —AGENCIES Firms seeking to float shares on mainboard may have to pay up to $200,000 initially THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) has announced sharp hikes in listing fees payable by companies on its mainboard, prompting mixed reaction from market players. Effective Jan 1, 2006, companies applying
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      Lock icon First Pacific to buy Del Monte stake
      159 48 BLOOMBERG FIRST Pacific Co, the Hong Kong-based owner of the world's biggest instant-noodles maker, has agreed to pay US$l64 million ($279 million) to buy a 40-per-cent stake in Singapore-listed Del Monte Pacific, the world's largest pineapple canner. First Pacific will make a mandatory
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        67 48 DOW JONES SHARE prices closed lower due to worries over rising interest rates. TheST Index fell 12.08 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 2,258.25. Losers led gainers 294 to 184 as 819.2 million shares worth $796.4 million were traded. New listing SKY China Petroleum Services closed at 32 cents
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        55 48 Mikkei 225 *****.88 +8.68 +0.06 Hang Seng USX *****.33 4543.70 +35.78 +17.60 +0.25 +0.39 Faiwan Wtd 5988.37 +17.31 +0.29 <orea Comp 1234.43 +6.84 +0.56 <LCI 901.09 -5.46 -0.60 SET Index 694.44 -2.41 -0.35 Jakarta Comp 1043.69 -9.12 -0.87 Dhils Comp Shenzhen B 2099.14 195.07 +1.84 -2.97 +0.09 -1.50
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        27 48 I SGX, Bloomberg Gold US$/oz 467.80 Silver US$/oz 7.71 Platinum US$/oz 962.00 Rubber cents/kg 273.25 Palm oil RM/tonne 1435.00 Brent crude US$/barrel 56.88 Information provided by
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        69 48 :8N 17.000 -0.600 ChaiteiedMBLeCW***** 0.005 -66.7 lardine CSC 9.950 -0.250 NobleGipSGAeCW*****5 0.030 -57.1 (epCorp :ortune Reit HK$ :iTYDEV :reative 50 IBS ISH 500US$ 11.400 -0.200 5.700 -0.150 8.650 -0.100 12.600 -0.100 15.900 -0.100 9.750 -0.100 L8M 0.005 NobleGipMBLeCW*****0 0.030 NobleGtpBNPgCW051 222 0.125 NobleGipSGAeCW*****3 0.105 NobleGipMBLePW*****5 0.010 S8P500DBgPW*****6
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        36 48 US$ 0.5878 UK£ 0.3372 Yen 69.081 HK$ 4.5592 RM 2.2161 Euro 0.4996 Rupiah 5831.2 Baht 24.236 Peso 32.171 A$ 0.7979 Indian Rs 26.866 Won 615.04 C$ 0.6978 Yuan 4.7529 NZ$ 0.8561 NT$ 19.779
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        Lock icon Construction firm L&M served winding-up petition
        194 50 -DOW JONES SINGAPORE-BASED construction company L&M Group Investments said yesterday it had been served a winding-up petition and was seeking legal advice. "The company announces that Mr Yeo Boon Siah has on November 8, 2005 served a winding-up petition against the company. The hearing
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        Lock icon Four finalists for Guangdong bank to submit bids next week
        278 50 DOW JONES Cap on foreign holdings may be lifted: Source HONG KONG DBS Group Holdings, Citigroup, ABN Amro Holding and Societe Generale are expected to submit final bids next week for a stake in China's Guangdong Development Bank, said sources
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          CHRISTMAS, THE TIME FOR GIVING
          139 50 THE Boys' Brigade Sharity Gift Box will see 7,500 wishes being fulfilled this year, up from 5,000 last year. This charity project encourages Singaporeans to go beyond cash donations by purchasing gifts for the less privileged. American International Assurance Company (AIA) is the project's presenting
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          LADY, BE ACTIVE
          82 50 The "Be an Active Woman" Campaign 2005 organised by the Singapore Sports Council aims to encourage women to lead energetic and healthy lifestyles through active participation in sports. Co-driven by the Women Sport Group, the campaign aims to send out the message that by remaining physically active,
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        Lock icon Better Q2 results but Sing Tel shares fall
        526 52  -  CHRISTIE LOH Investors concerned about the prospects for Optus, even as CEO Lee voices optimism christie@newstoday.com.sg DESPITE turning in a better-than-expected set of quarterly results yesterday, Singapore Telecommunications' (Sing Tel) shares were sold down by investors bearish about the com- pany's prospects
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        COURT OF APPEAL DWELLS ON SINGTEL-STARHUB CASE
        215 52 SO COMPLEX is the tussle between Sing Tel and Star Hub over a breach of contract that the Court of Appeal needs more time to mull its final decision. Chief Justice Yong Pung How, who presided over the hearing, said this to the
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        306 53 Jaya Holdings' reported that net profit for its first quarter ended Sept 30 rose 67 per cent to $22.3 million, or 2.96 cents per share, from $13.4 million, or 1.78 cents a share, in the corresponding period a year earlier. Revenue fell to $40.7 million from $53.8 million in
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        Zurich International Life opens in S'pore
        240 53  -  JANECHIAPOCO Company to use Republic as springboard for S E Asian expansion ja nec@newstoday.com.sg ZURICH International Life (ZIL) officially launched its Singapore branch at Raffles Place yesterday, bringing its more than 20 years of insurance experience into the country. ZIL became the first offshore
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        Lock icon Starwood keen to boost Singapore presence
        122 53 CHANNEL NEWS ASIA HOTEL operator Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, which runs well-known hotel brands like St Regis, Westin and Sheraton, is keen to establish its other brands like W hotels. Starwood has secured the management contract to run a St Regis hotel along
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        Lock icon Refco's collapse marks onset of outrage fatigue
        680 54  -  MARK GILBERT Society resigned to news of yet another high-profile failure news@newstoday.com.sg CALL it outrage fatigue. As the vultures pick over the carrion of Refco, nobody seems particularly indignant about the collapse of what was the fourth-largest United States futures broker before its
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        Lock icon Banking on strikes
        508 56 BLOOMBERG New breed of S Korean labour activists shake up finance sector UNION leader Park Chan Keun's idea of a strike is far from the images of rock-throw-ing and riot police that made South Korea's labour groups famous. Last week, the 40-year-old led 2,500 bankers in a
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        Lock icon Aussie energy IPO battle starts
        344 57 DOW JONES Spark launches offer ahead of SP Power SPARK Infrastructure, which launched its initial public offering (IPO) in Australia, said that it may pursue global acquisitions worth more than £2 billion ($5.9 billion) alongside Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings (CXI). Spark is spun-out of CKl's
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        Lock icon China Construction Bank raises IPO size to $15.7b
        278 57 BLOOMBERG CHINA Construction Bank increased its share sale by 15 per cent to HK$7l.6 billion ($15.7 billion) to meet demand, making it the world's biggest initial public offering in five years. The Beijing-based bank sold 3.97 billion more shares at the issue
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        Lock icon GM revises Q2 results, to restate 2001 earnings
        202 57 BLOOMBERG GENERAL Motors Corp, the world's largest automaker, revised its second-quarter-2005 loss to US$l.O7 billion ($1.82 billion), almost quadruple the amount first reported, and said that it would restate 2001 earnings because of erroneous credits from suppliers. The second-quarter change arose from
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