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    12 1 TODAY /AediaCorp Frew MICA(P) 112/07/2005 incorporating utTOSItS Thursday December 8, 2005 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon Workers' champion, reluctant President
    945 1  -  CLEMENT MESENAS, ■LEE CHING WERN Devan Nair: 1923-2005 AND I A MAN to whom Singapore owes a great debt but one who was not always comfortable in his role as the Republic's third President died yesterday in Hamilton, in the Canadian province of Ontario. Mr Devan
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    Expat junkies, dealer, get their fix then fall into net
    424 1  -  CUBBY LEONG DAI EXCLUSIVE cubby@newstoday.com.sg ONE by one, they made their way to the home of the woman who headed the drug syndicate. And, one after another, the waiting Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers nabbed them. A British management consultant,
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      A GREAT UNION LEADER: PRESIDENT
      231 2 President S R Nathan said in his letter of condolence to Mr Nair's children that he was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Mr Nair, whom he had worked with in the establishment of NTUC. Singaporeans, the President said, will remember Mr Nair
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      NAIR A MAN OF HIS WORD: PM
      229 2 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Singaporeans will remember Mr Devan Nair for his many years of service to the nation. "He belongs to the generation of founding fathers who made Singapore what it is today. His passing is a loss to us
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      BALANCING ON THE SUMMIT
      783 3  -  YANG RAZALI KASSIM Will the EAS be a new theatre for old quarrels? Or will Asean lead the way? FOR the first time, 16 countries each claiming a strategic stake in the future of Asia will gather in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday
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      Lock icon Deep Impact in 2036?
      391 4 —THE GUARDIAN Scientists urge action to deal with asteroid likely to hit Earth LONDON Scientists are monitoring the progress of a 390m-wide asteroid discovered last year that is potentially on a collision course with the planet, and are imploring governments to decide on a strategy for
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      Lock icon More than 2,000 at service for hanged drug trafficker
      309 4 -AGENCIES MELBOURNE Thousands turned out for the funeral of executed drug smuggler Nguyen Tuong Van yesterday. His mother Kirn Nguyen sobbed as her son's coffin was carried out at the end of a Catholic requiem mass to the front steps of
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      Lock icon Australia going to be bossy in East Asian summit: Dr M
      392 4 KUALA LUMPUR Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday criticised Australia's hard-won entry to the inaugural East Asia summit, saying it would likely be bossy and dilute the grouping's clout After diplomatic tussles, Australia signed a regional non-ag-gression pact
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      Blood donors jailed for false declarations
      369 6  -  VINITARAMANI 4of the H IV-positive men get 8 months, the fifth 10 months vinita@newstoday.com.sg FOUR HIV-positive men who pleaded guilty to providing false information on their blood donation forms have been sentenced to eight months in jail, while a fifth was given a 10-month
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      Lock icon Redoubled efforts to curb loan sharks
      632 6  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@newstoday.com.sg THE Government is working hard to control the problem of loan sharks in Singapore and prevent it from escalating, especially when the Integrated Resorts (IR) open in a few years' time. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Wong Kan
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      STB to invest in 'Wow' tourism projects with private sector
      389 8  -  JASMINE YIN IT IS the agency that drives Singapore's tourism industry. But for Singapore's next must-see tourist attraction after the Integrated Resorts (IRs), the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) may well be a co-investor. Its chief executive Lim Neo Chian revealed
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      Lock icon No Guggenheim for S'pore
      454 8  -  TORCHING LI So Sands bank on star chefs in IR bid chingli@newstoday.com.sg LAS Vegas Sands Corp has shifted its focus from the promise of high culture to that of fine cuisine in its bid for the Marina Bay integrated resort (IR) site. Sands president and chief
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      GUOCOLAND PULLS OUT OF MARINA BAY IR BID
      159 8  -  TORCHING LI Malaysian-owned property developer Guocoland Ltd is the latest casualty to drop out of the race to bag the Marina Bay integrated resort site. In a statement to the Singapore Exchange yesterday, the company said: "After further evaluation of the requirements,
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      Top American game school to build a campus here
      383 10  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@newstoday.com.sg AS FURTHER proof that gaming is big business in Singapore, an American school is bringing in degree courses to develop computer animation talents. The DigiPen Institute of Technology, a top school in game development education, will invest $3.4
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      Divorced? You may change insurance nomination
      490 10  -  VALERIE LAW MAS proposals will open up options for divorced policyholders valerie@newstoday.com.sg IN A much-needed regulatory move, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has made proposals to change a law that has affected thousands of divorcees in the past Under proposals to amend the
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      S'pore in WHO outbreak alert circle
      273 10  -  TANHUILENG SINGAPORE has joined the World Health Organisation Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (Goarn), a move that will see it render expertise in the event of outbreaks, and not just receive aid. The 150-member network, an arm of the World Health Organisation (WHO),
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      The 3 letters that made the difference
      428 12  -  DERRICK A PAULO Four protesters lost case because they mentioned NKF derrick@newstoday.com.sg "NATIONAL Reserves. HDB (Housing Development Board). GIC (Government of Singapore Investment Corporation). CPF (Central Provident Fund). Be transparent now. "Singaporeans spend on HDB; whole earnings on CPF; life savings but cannot
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      Lock icon Tissue repair without surgery
      287 12  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@newstoday.com. sg A RESEARCH outfit here worked hard to come up with a gel that is injected into the body to repair tissue removing the need for surgery. After completing its research, the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) tried to file a
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      Lock icon Kelantan tilts towards BN
      692 14  -  OONYEOH Malaysia's ruling coalition eyes state after opposition beaten in high stakes by-election news@newstoday.com.sg THE BARISAN Nasional (BN) coalition government has won a high stakes by-election in Kelantan, setting the stage for takeover of the state in the next general election. Although the final results has
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      Malaysia's dengue busters cut corners
      167 14 KUALA LUMPUR An inquiry conducted by Malaysia's Health Ministry has found that several private contractors hired to wipe out the spread of aedes mosquitoes in a bid to fight dengue, had cut corners on the job. The probe revealed that some of the contractors may
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      Lock icon Top UN official fired for harassment
      193 14 -AGENCIES UNITED NATIONS The United Nations Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, has dismissed a senior official who oversaw the supervision of elections in Afghanistan and Iraq. His spokesman said Ms Carina Perelli (picture), director of the UN election unit, had been given a letter
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      SQUATS, PIG HEADS AND MALAYSIA'S WORRY
      751 18  -  Nazry Bahrawi news@newstoday.com.sg As it moves to soothe China, XL learns some lessons IN AN increasingly complex world economy where nationstates are interdependent, a country runs the risk of damaging its financial vi- ability if its citizens remain parochial, causing it to be estranged
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      Lock icon Official accused of cover-up found dead
      245 18 AFP BEIJING The vice-mayor and environment chief for China's Jilin city has been found dead, the city's Communist Party press office said yesterday, amid accusations he was involved in last month's toxic disaster cover-up there. "He died yesterday," a spokesman for the Jilin city
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        Lock icon CLONING PIONEER HOSPITALISED
        52 18 -AFP South Korean cloning pioneer Hwang Woo-Suk was yesterday admitted to a Seoul hospital suffering from severe fatigue, stress, dehydration and a sleeping disorder, hospital officials said. Prof Hwang had been in seclusion for the past two weeks amid a controversy over ethical lapses in his breakthrough
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        Lock icon OMAR SHARIF PLEADS NOT GUILTY
        56 18 -AP Egyptian-born actor Omar Sharif, 73, has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanour battery charges after allegedly attacking a parking lot attendant who refused to accept euros. Mr Sharif, who starred as the lead in Lawrence of Arabia, allegedly punched the attendant when he refused to
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        Lock icon MALAYSIAN TEEN SUES POLICE
        74 18 DPA A Malaysian boy has filed a lawsuit against three police officers who allegedly broke his leg and forced him to plead guilty to theft. Fifteen-year-old M. Vinegesvaran claimed that the three officers had accused him of stealing a motorcycle. He said he was taken into
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        Lock icon ARMY CHIEF TO BE REPLACED AGAIN
        41 18 -AFP Thailand is planning again to replace the southern army commander in charge of quelling unrest in the southernmost provinces, a senior minister said yesterday. The change would be the fifth in almost two years.
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        THE BIBLE, LAID BARE
        76 20 A German church group has released a calendar using nude models to depict biblical characters and scenes, ananova.com reported. "We wanted to bring old religious paintings to today's people by translating them into contemporary context," said Mr Stefan Wiest, spokesman for Katzwang Evangelical Youth group. There
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        A THRONE FIT FOR KINGS
        55 20 American company Toto has constructed a state-of-the-art toilet that is compact and automated. The lid and seat lift up automatically as someone approaches Neorest, which flushes automatically and activates a cleansing process similarto a bidet. The seat temperature and water pressure forthe cleansing can be
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        HEY, THAT DUDE LOOKS LIKE A LADY ...
        66 20 HEY, THAT DUDE LOOKS LIKE A LADY A Peruvian woman spent a month in a male prison in Argentina after she was mistaken for a man, ananova.com reported. A police spokesperson said: "She looks and acts exactly like a man, it was impossible to see that she is a woman.
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      Lock icon Cameron takes over
      391 20 -AGENCIES He is Tories' best bet against Labour's Gordon Brown, say newspapers, polls LONDON Fresh from a decisive victory as Conservative Party leader, the telegenic, eloquent and young David Cameron locked horns in Parliament with Prime Minister Tony Blair for the first time yesterday, accusing him of
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      Lock icon Tainted by graft, ex-VP charged with rape
      143 22 -AFP JOHANNESBURG Axed Vice-President Jacob Zuma (picture), who is to go on trial for corruption in South Africa's most sensational graft scandal, was charged with rape on Tuesday. The man who once seemed destined to rule South Africa could be jailed for life
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      Lock icon Attack on 'real seat of power'
      238 22 -DPA Gunmen shoots at Mr Arroyo's office MANILA Gunmen yesterday shot at a building housing the offices of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's scandaltainted husband, while an improvised bomb exploded outside the house of a close ally. No one was hurt, police said. The
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      Lock icon Saddam refuses to enter court
      167 22 -AFP BAGHDAD A defiant Saddam Hussein refused to appear in court yesterday, delaying the resumption of his trial that had adjourned on Tuesday with the deposed Iraqi dictator shouting: "Go to hell!" The gripping but chaotic trial had been scheduled to resume yesterday. However, proceedings
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      Lock icon Scourge of a sea monster
      186 24 TOKYO Japan, China and South Korea have found a common enemy to fight against: Vast armadas of slimy and poisonous horrors, 6 feet wide and weighing nearly 200 kg. Nomura's jellyfish, called echizen kurage in Japanese, is the biggest creature of its kind off the
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      Lock icon CIA whitewash efforts revealed
      353 24 AGENCIES Secret jails emptied before Rice's trip to Europe: Reports LONDON In new revelations that could embarrass Washington, the British media reported that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had closed down secret jails in eastern Europe after their existence was revealed early last month. The Daily
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      Lock icon Help for poorer nations
      272 27 -AFP WTO backs an accord to supply generic drugs GENEVA Members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) confirmed their support for a provisional accord that allowed poor countries to import generic drugs to treat infectious diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and Aids. The 2003 agreement gave
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      Lock icon Sri Lankan army chiefs meet after attacks
      200 27 -AFP COLOMBO Sri Lanka's top military brass held emergency talks with field commanders yesterday amid fears that a truce with Tamil Tiger rebels was in danger of collapsing after a fresh wave of violence killed 27, officials said. The army, navy and air
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        Lock icon INDONESIA ON ALERT FOR FESTIVE TERROR
        43 27 -AFP Indonesia has received information indicating that extremists may be planning attacks during Christmas and New Year celebrations. The country's intelligence chief Syamsir Siregar said that "terrorist activities like bombings" may take place in cities, including Jakarta.
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        Lock icon WHO WARNS OF MORE OUTBREAKS
        50 27 AFP More bird flu outbreaks are likely in China over the next few weeks, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned yesterday, a day after 10-year-old-girl from Guangxi had contracted the potentially lethal HSNI virus. But WHO said China was ready to deal with more outbreaks.
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        Lock icon OSAMA ALIVE, AL QAEDA GROWING
        51 27 -DPA The deputy leader of Al Qaeda, Ayman Al Zawahri, said Osama bin Laden was alive and was still leading the terrorist network. In a video broadcast by Al Jazeera yesterday, Ayman said that the network was growing and called for attacks on oilrich Muslim
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        Lock icon US HOSPITAL SYSTEM NOT PREPARED
        59 27 -AFP The hospital system in the United States is inadequately prepared for a natural disaster, a biological attack or a pandemic disease, said in a report by Trust for America's Health non-profit group. It said that most hospitals do not have sufficient backup supplies of
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      589 30 SINGAPORE has come a full circle as an "exciting" city. There have been huge developments and changes in the past 100 years. However, the opening of The Crazy Horse Show, and the reports of the rising number of HIV-positive children and wives infected
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      Eyes of the beholder
      390 32  -  YONGTECKMENG So is it entertaining art or glorified soft porn? Two readers give contrasting views on the just-opened Crazy Horse show. Don't get fancy... call a spade a spade Letter from I REFER to the letter by Ms Goh Mm Yen, managing director of Eng Wah
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      183 32  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from NOTHING surprised me than the brouhaha caused by some women who claimed the show is pornographic and degrading to their gender ("Not that crazy after all", Dec 7). If the show was or is being
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      120 32  -  ELAINE PONG Letter from Senior Manager, Corporate Communications for Chief Executive Officer, Agri-Food& Veterinary Authority, Ministry of National Development I REFER to the articles "Food with a health warning" (Nov 30), "'Healthy Choice?' Oh really now (Dec 1) and "Guidance and advice needed on trans
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      228 34  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY I HELPING SCHOOL KIDS GET ORGANISED What's the primary reason for failure in secondary school? The answer may surprise you. According to manyteachers,the answer is not laziness or poor study skills. No, the main reason forfailure in secondary school is disorganization. Show
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      305 34  -  VINCENT TEO Agency aims to reduce waste production at source Letter from Acting Head Resource Conservation Department, National Environment Agency WE REFER to the letter, "Recycling: Do more, firms" (Dec 3-4) by Phillip Ang Keng Hong. We agree with the writer that human activities
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      249 34  -  NELSON QUAH Letter from MS CHOONG Yoke Leng's commentary, "Bad job or a chance to grow" (Dec 7) is inspiring. Theoretically, I agree with her that there is no such thing as "good jobs" and "bad jobs". In reality, our children have grown up
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      416 36  -  MURALI SHARMA WhatDevan Nair contributed to workers and the labour movement came from the heart Letter from IF ONE were to think of someone other than Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew who sacrificed and contributed much to Singapore, it would be ex-President Devan Nair. Mr
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      The death sentence keeps Singapore safe
      303 36  -  JOHNCHIA 808 RAINES Letter from Brisbane, Australia I REFER to Paul Sheehan's commentary, "Where life is cheap and heroin, chic" (Dec 7). I don't think Australia's legal system sends a very strong message to wrongdoers. Drug offenders seem to get off very lightly; for
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      159 38  -  GARY LEE Letter from I REFER to the letter "Works for NS, why not our kids?" (Dec 7). I hope Mr Christopher Ching and other parents did not stop contributing to the Children Development Account (CDA). The biggest benefit from
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      369 38  -  CHAN XI WEN Govt should look beyond PSLE scores, award scholarships on yearly basis Letter from I SCORED 262 for my Primary School Leaving Examinations (PSLE) two years ago and failed to qualify for the Edusave Entrance Scholarships in Independent Schools (Eesis) the
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      232 38  -  ROSEMARY PANG Letter from Manager, Corporate Relations (Acting), Institute of Technical Education I REFER to the letter by Nur Azzahar Bin Buhari, "More open assessment for scholarships" (Dec 5). The Community Development Council Citizens' Consultative Committee-Institute of Technical Education (ITE) Scholarship aims to attract and
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      Lock icon ITE Electric's former directors fined
      306 40 CHRISTIE LOH FOUR men were fined yesterday for misdeeds related to a share transaction in ITE Electric, a Sesdaq-listed distributor of electrical installation materials. Founder and ex-chief executive Sia Teck Mong, 60, paid a $150,000 penalty for deceiving RHB-Cathay Securities in 2001 into placing out
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      Lock icon US court dismisses suit against CAO
      92 40 -BLOOMBERG CHINA Aviation Oil (Singapore), or CAO said a US court last week had dismissed a class-action suit filed against the company. It was dismissed "on the grounds that the US courts did not have subject matter jurisdiction over the lawsuit", CAO said yes-
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      Lock icon S'pore Power raises $1.8b in Aussie IPO
      470 40 -BLOOMBERG Utility company sells 1.03 billion shares at A 51.38 each SINGAPORE Power has raised Asl.4 billion ($l.B billion) in an initial public offering (IPO) of its Australian energy unit, less than the maximum amount sought as investors questioned the company's growth prospects.
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        218 42 -DOW JONES SINGAPORE'S economy will grow 5.1 per cent this year, slightly faster than the Government forecast, bolstered by strong manufacturing output, according to a quarterly survey of economists. The Monetary Authority of Singapore survey, released yesterday, showed that economists had upgraded their outlook for the
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          PERHAPS LOVE DAZZLES AT ITS PREMIERE IN SINGAPORE
          105 42 THE glamourous Red Carpet Event cum Gala Premiere of Perhaps Love was held at the Victoria Theatre on Monday night. It was a dazzling evening as the theatre sparkled when director Peter Chan and producer Andre Morgan, with the main leads of
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          CELEBRATE WITH BESTA
          91 42 BESTA celebrates 15 years in Singapore with activities with its customers. The Besta CD-18, the first computerised dictionary was launched here in 1991. If you still own one, take it to the customer service centre at 101 Lorong 23 Geylang #01-03, Prosper House, for a Besta cash
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          61 42 AMPHORA and Le Muse will hold wine appreciation evenings of fine wines from the central Italian region of Marche on Dec 14 and 15 at Le Museat#ol-60C/D Millenia Walk from 6pm to 9pm. Email info@amphora.com.sg for registration. The admission fee of $25 per person, or $40 per
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        Lock icon NOL puts its money where its mouth is
        456 42 -DOW JONES Shipping firm to return $1.34b to shareholders, quashes talkthat it is buying rival P&O NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL) said that it would return $1.34 billion to shareholders, ending speculation that the Singapore-based firm planned to make an acquisition, and sending
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          60 42 SHARE prices closed almost flat. The ST Index rose 3.46 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 2,311.81. Losers led gainers 244 to 238, while 660.7 million shares worth $694.7 million were traded. New listing Cityneon fell victim to the weak broad market sentiment. Shares of the exhibition services and
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          41 42 ST lndex —2,311.81 +3.46 Dow Jones initial public offer price of 25 cents. Mobile One, rose 8 cents, or 3.8 per cent to $2.20 after saying that it would announce a partnership with the Philippines Long Distance Telephone Co on Friday.
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          36 42 US$ 0.5934 UK£ 0.3409 Yen 71.734 HK$ 4.601 RM 2.2371 Euro 0.5038 Rupiah 5886.4 Baht 24.539 Peso 31.966 A$ 0.788 Indian Rs 27.405 Won 613.86 C$ 0.6868 Yuan 4.7934 NZ$ 0.8271 NT$ 19.854
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          55 42 Nikkei 225 *****.66 +61.28 +0.40 Hang Seng ASX *****.95 4623.90 +144.34 +7.90 +0.96 +0.17 Taiwan Wtd 6329.52 -21.00 -0.33 Korea Comp 1324.75 +3.69 +0.28 KLCI 891.67 +5.20 +0.59 SET Index 694.87 +15.71 +2.31 Jakarta Comp 1151.36 +27.93 +2.49 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2103.42 189.46 +4.27 -0.70 +0.20 -0.37
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          Lock icon Commodities
          26 42 SGX, Dow Jones Bloomberg Gold US$/oz 516.80 Silvar US$/oz 8.87 Platinum US$/0z1005.00 Rubber cents/kg 281.75 Palm oil RM/tonne 1397.50 Brent US$/barrel 57.62 Information provided by
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          SGX most active
          50 42 LinkReitBNP*****8 GlobalVoice Biosensors HKLand US$ NOL UniFiber SingTel N0LBNPeCW*****4 Rotary Chartered 0.350 0.190 1.130 3.140 3.360 0.300 2.530 0.125 0.490 1.320 -0.055 -0.005 -0.020 -0.060 +0.360 +0.055 +0.020 +0.010 -13.6 -2.6 -1.7 -1.9 +12.0 +78.6 +4.3 +0.8 24,982 24,966 24,611 16,089 14,713 13,007 12,311 12,204 11,722 11,583
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          SGX top rises
          67 42 NOL 3.360 +0.360 N0LDB8CW*****6 0.100 +105.7 JIW400US$ 16.300 +0.300 N0LSGA8CW*****7 0.050 +150.0 FSM 17.500 +0.200 N0LMBL8CW*****1 0.150 +100.0 ShangAsia2kHK$ SC Global 11.300 +0.200 1.500 +0.160 SwingMediaW*****3 0.010 +100.0 WssPoh 0.010 +100.0 Fortune Reit HK$ NOLDBeCW*****0 5.050 +0.150 0.390 +0.150 N0LBNP8CW*****4 0.125 +70.6 N0LDB8CW*****4 0.250 +66.7 OIYDEV 0.300
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        466 44 DOW JONES Malaysia's central bank rejects Southern Bank's plan to buy Singapore firm KUALA LUMPUR Southern Bank's ambitions to grow beyond Malaysia were dealt a blow after the country's central bank rejected its planned acquisition of Singapore insurer Asia General Holdings, a source close
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        Lock icon UOB prices $500m of preference shares at 5.796%
        120 44 UNITED Overseas Bank, Singapore's sec-ond-largest bank, will pay a dividend of 5.796 per cent for the preference shares that it is planning to sell. The dividend for the $500 million of preference shares will be for the period until March 15, 2016,
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        11 ways to mix fixed, floating housing loan rates
        308 45  -  CHOW PENN NEE DBS Bank launches new Managed Mortgage packages for up to 10 years pennnee@newstoday.com.sg IN AN industry first, DBS Bank has launched a housing loan that allows home-buyers to combine fixed and floating rates according to their preference and
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        314 45 BLOOMBERG CRUDE oil prices rose for the sixth day in New York, the longest rally since Hurricane Katrina hit in August, on concerns that freezing weather in the United States will drain fuel supplies. "This is a market that has been
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        Lock icon Raising the cellular stakes in Indonesia
        419 46 -DOW JONES Sing Tel-backed Telkomsel forecasts big jump in capex TELEKOMUNIKASI Selular- an Indonesian cell phone operator that is 35 per-cent-owned by Sing Tel plans to raise its capital expenditure for next year by 41 per cent, according to a Merrill Lynch report. Telkomsel
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        143 46 DOW JONES PHILIPPINE Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT) will sign a cooperation agreement with Mobile One or Ml on Friday. PLDT spokesperson Ramon Isberto said the agreement is intended to provide inexpensive cellular services to Filipinos in Singapore through a mobile virtual network operator
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      1104 50  -  MICHAEL MUSTO, JULIAN LENNON NEW YORK In music, all John Lennon ever wanted was to "give peace a chance". But even in death, the former Beatle is immersed in conflict. On Dec 8,1980, he was shot dead outside his New York apartment building at the age
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      Lock icon Anugerah stars' journey of disc-overy
      271 50 —ZULOTHMAN IT IS a first for MediaCorp TV 12 Suria: The four finalists of Malay talent show Anugerah have pooled their talents for a special VCD, to be released this week. In partnership with Life Records, the VCD entitled Anugerah Kau Bintangku (Anugerah You're My
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      Lock icon A BOY, AN ARTIST ...A HERO
      874 52 Former MediaCorp Radio Gold 90FMDJ STEVEN SHALOWITZ is on a round-the-world journey after leaving Singapore. This week, the Chicago resident took an emotional visit to Jerusalem to remember Holocaust victim Petr Ginz THE story of Dan Ramon, the first Israeli to travel into space,
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        78 52 -AFP After reviving War of the Worlds, director Steven Spielberg will remake the 1951 sci-fi thriller When Worlds Collide. In the film, which won an Oscar for special effects in 1952, a dead star speeding toward Earth forces humans to choose a group of
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        74 52 Practice Performing Arts School proudly presents 2705 Planet o—an0 —an original sci-fi dance drama performed by its students. Audiences will journey to the year 2015, where earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and catastrophic climate changes have devastated the world. Aided by a cockroach, survivor Olivia sets out to
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      Lock icon Top Malay poet Masuri dies at 78
      170 53 -DAVID CHEW REGARDED as one of Singapore's greatest poets, Dr Masuri Salikun died on Tuesday at the age of 78. He was being interviewed for a museumrelated project when he experienced breathing problems at about 2pm and fainted suddenly. His wife, Hajjah Fatimah
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      340 54 Not gay so pay! -AGENCIES Robbie Williams wins court case over false homosexual claims in newspaper, mags LONDON In a week when both Elton John and George Michael reiterated their plans to marry their gay partners, another British pop star stressed, once and for all, that he's not gay. Robbie
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      217 54 —AGENCIES NEW YORK Rap superstar Eminem said he is back together with his former wife and may remarry. Eminem went through an ugly divorce and custody battle over his young daughter with Kimberly Mathers. They married in 1999 and their divorce was finalised in 2001. "We
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      741 56 -THE GUARDIAN Author Amy Tan overcomes illness and depression to publish her new novel LONDON At a dinner at the British Embassy in Washington, author Amy Tan once met former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. "She came up to me and I had my little dog
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      114 57 HE MIGHT be only 12 years old, but Tim Supramaniam certainly keeps himself busy. He's just starred in the Singapore Lyric Opera's concert version of Gian Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors, a Christmas opera staged at the Victoria Concert Hall last Friday and yet he still finds
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      133 57 -AFP LOS ANGELES Edward Masry, the crusty lawyer played by Albert Finney in the Oscarwinning film Erin Brockovich, died at 73, announced the city hall of Thousand Oaks, California, where Masry had served as mayor. Masry and his feisty assistant Brockovich played by Julia Roberts in
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        260 58  -  Robert Santelli Ross Wallace BOOKREVIEW If not for the fact he has been churning out albums and selling out concerts for more than four decades and is arguably the most influential artist in pop music history, it would be tempting to call this Bob Dylan's
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        214 58  -  Paul Abisheganaden -Justin Cheong Today, the Singapore music scene is thriving with the success of the Esplanade and more outlets for home-grown music classical or pop. But few can recall or are aware of Singapore's musical history in the pre-war years, which was partly shaped by
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      656 60  -  ROSNAH AHMAD Resort island has plenty to offer those who want to give the beaches and bars a miss traveller@newstoday.com.sg WHEN I heard that we were going islandhopping that day, my first question was: "Can we buy anything there?" Of course, anyone who knows Thailand
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        120 64 Fly to Perth or Darwin from just $328, or to London or Frankfurt from $998. These are some of Qantas' Global Deal special offers that await travellers from now until next Monday. Other specials include flights to other major Australian cities from $498
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        80 64 Jet Airways now has daily flights from Singapore to the Indian city of Chennai. The daily flights will be operated by a new generation 8737-800 aircraft specially configured for international operations with 16 seats in Club Premiere (business class) and 124 seats in
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        210 64 Emirates is offering a special travel package forthose wishing to join the month-long Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF), which will start on Jan 4. In addition to special two-to-go fares. Emirates' DSF special will also offer hotel packages starting from US$56 ($94) per person
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      254 65 -AP ALL THAT GLITTER Ittook 120,000 bulbs of fairy lights, 10,000 uniquely designed plastic- shaped lighting and 45,000 feet of weatherproof rope lights to transform Persiaran Lagoon at Sunway Lagoon Resort into a glittering fantasy land. The dazzling display, titled Show [lights, is meantto
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        499 71 —AP World No 1 caps glorious season with player of the year award THOUSAND OAKS, California Tiger Woods won the US PGA Tour player of the year award on Tuesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) for the seventh time in his nine full seasons, the final prize
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        373 71 -AFP HONG KONG Asia has become a happy hunting ground for many golf stars who are paid hundreds of thousands of dollars and in one case, millions -just to turn up. While officials refuse to discuss figures, Colin Montgomerie was reportedly paid a
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        336 71 -AFP CHENNAI, India India's cricket coach Greg Chappell has drawn the curtain on the unsavoury row with Sourav Ganguly, saying the spat was history. "We have moved on. The drama that surrounded the episode was much greater than actually was the case,"
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        310 72 —AFP WHEN Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Mohammed bin Hammam talks about developing the game in the world's most populous continent, the word he keeps coming back to is professionalism. This, he feels, is what is missing from the sport in many parts of
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        327 72 -AGENCIES LONDON Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has joined Chelsea's Jose Mourinho in ruling himself out of the running for the vacant managerial post at Real Madrid, dismissing the job as "unstable". Wenger was one of the three managers along with Mourinho and
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        541 72 Club in coach out -AFP McLeish likely to leave Rangers, despite club's historic success CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GRPH Glasgow Rangers 1 Inter Milan 1 GLASGOW Rangers manager Alex McLeish (picture) will almost certainly leave the Scottish Champions today, despite making history on Tuesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) by leading them into
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        596 73 -AGENCIES Ghanaian set to escape scot-free after horror tackle on Liverpool's Hamann CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP G Chelsea 0 Liverpool 0 LONDON Liverpool may have drawn 0-0 with Chelsea to finish top of Champions League Group G on Tuesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) and showed how far
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        488 73 —AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUP E AC Milan 3 Schalke 2 MILAN Carlo Ancelotti insisted his AC Milan team were still a force to be reckoned with in Europe despite their difficulty in reaching the knockout stages of the Champions League. Brazilian midfielder
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        649 74  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Sorenstam wants a Lexus Cup win and more Majors before calling it a day weekeat@newstoday.com.sg IN 2002, she became the first woman to shoot a 59. A year later, she became the first woman in 58 years to compete on the PGA Tour,
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        404 74  -  -LEONGWEEKEAT MENTION Colombian sports personalities and the likes of Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya and footballer Juan Pablo Angel would often spring to mind. Golfer Marisa Baena (picture) wants to be in that hallowed company as well. Since her maiden Tour victory in
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        332 75  -  DARREN LAI HE WAS recently crowned the European Player of the Year and is the odds-on favourite to win the Fifa World Player of the Year title later this month. Now expect Barcelona and Brazil star Ronaldinho to carry his sizzling form
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        525 75  -  DARREN LAI Vice-chairman Wang cites budget, inability to raise quality side as reasons for their decision darren@newstoday.com.sg SINCHI'S on-off saga came to a final conclusion yesterday: The Chinese club confirmed they are pulling out of next season's S-League. And this time, there's no holding
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        326 75  -  DARREN LAI THE Young Lions team participating in next season's S-League will be barely recognisable from the one that featured in the recent South-east Asian (SEA) Games. Apart from losing their three Africanborn players Agu Casmir, Itimi Dickson and Precious Emuejeraye up to
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