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    11 1 TODAY /A=LJJJ\CORP incorporating IMTCiItS Thursday December 15, 2005 todayonline.com MICA(P) 112/07/2005
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    Lock icon Australian states watchful as call for violence spreads
    364 1 -AGENCIES SYDNEY —There are fears that the nightmare of last weekend's race riots in Sydney will repeat itself in other Australian cities soon. Text messages used to incite mob violence against people of middle-eastern appearance last week have been doing the rounds
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    Lock icon Growth for all to enjoy
    519 1  -  SHARON VASOO As Singapore's economy climbs, PM Lee promises that no one will be left behind IN KUALA LUMPUR Deputy Foreign Editor sha ron@newstoday.com.sg AS THE growth rate climbs to decent levels, Singapore is trying to make sure that all its citizens can ride the
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      Lock icon Final step towards peace
      389 2 ■AFP Finishing line in sight for Aceh disarmament pact BANDA ACEH Former separatist rebels in Indonesia's Aceh yesterday began the fourth and final phase of a disarmament process central to a historic peace pact with the government. The Aug 15 deal, signed in Helsinki after both
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      Lock icon Avoid Tamiflu, infants and pregnant women
      190 2 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE number of flu cases typically peaks in December, and flu drugs such as Tamiflu have been flying off the shelves. But experts in infectious diseases here say inappropriate use of such drugs could impair one's immune system. Concerns about the safety
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      Lock icon THE ART OF SEA GAMES GOLDS
      735 3  -  VINCENT CHIA Five profitable lessons for Singapore business SPORTING success is worth celebrating, especially when we are a small nation among much larger neighbours. With a smaller population pool, it is statistically harder to produce top sportsmen and sportswomen. While we may have better
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      HSA pulls four herbal 'remedies' off shelves
      432 4  -  VINITARAMANI Retailers not authorised to sell products, tests show high toxic content vinita@newstoday.com.sg CONSUMERS who turn to traditional medicine for a health problem should check if the retailer is authorised to distribute such drugs. Four products used in treating problems ranging from diabetes
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      Lock icon Will passthoughts be the key to the future?
      379 4 -AFP OTTAWA Canadian researchers hope to soon be able to use brain waves to unlock doors and get access to bank accounts. Some companies are already offering iris recognition systems that many countries want to put into biometric passports. But Miss Julie
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      Helpful S'porean stung in JB
      258 4  -  LEE U WEN IT WAS supposed to be just a regular trip to Johor Bahru to fill his motorcycle with petrol. But 20-year-old Singaporean Rosdee Ismail got much more than he bargained for last Sunday afternoon. The National Serviceman was with his girlfriend at the
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        CONTROL SILT RUN OFF, PUB TELLS BUILDING INDUSTRY
        109 4 The Public Utilities Board (PUB) has called on the construction industry to be more vigilant in preventing silt from being washed into the rivers and canals-which carry water to the reservoirs during the year-end rainy season. It will conduct checks on the
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        Lock icon KOREAN TEAM PULLS OUT
        84 4 938LIVE The death of Korean badminton player Kirn Mi Scon has prompted her team to withdraw from the Cheers Youth International Tournament held in Singapore this week. The 16-year-old was killed on Tuesday after she was hit by a car outside the Singapore Badminton Hall. The
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      Lock icon It's twice as big as Zouk
      374 6  -  DAVID CHEW A peep into the funky world of the Ministry of Sound david.chew@newstoday.com CYCLONES born of fan and foam on the dance floor. A six-metre wall of water that acts as a projection screen. VIP rooms that offer their own personal DJs. These
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      Big anniversary bash for 8 Days
      242 6  -  LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@newstoday.com. sg TO MARK its 15th anniversary, Singapore's best-sell-ing English language weekly, 8 Days, will be going big on its celebration literally. The weekly magazine, which has a circulation of 75,000, will be rewarding its readers with more of its wacky
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      Harrah's teams up with Academy Awards organiser
      384 6  -  —ANSLEYNG A DAY after it announced Suntec Singapore as one of its partners in the bid to build the integrated resort at Marina Bay, Harrah's Entertainment yesterday revealed another company that would bring big name entertainment acts to the IR if they won
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      The new madrasah wave
      442 8  -  LOHCHEEKONG Muis'first batch of teachers graduate with diplomas from an Aussie university cheekong@newstoday.com.sg TO ENSURE Singapore continues producing homegrown Islamic leaders, madrasahs have to remain relevant and keep abreast of changes in the modern world. In 2003, the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) formed its
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      Lock icon Big boost in breast cancer battle
      186 8 938 LIVE TREATMENT for breast cancer has seen another breakthrough. Women with breast cancer now have a greater chance of survival if they opt for the drug Arimidex. Latest findings revealed at a Texas medical symposium showed that this drug can half the risk
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      Lock icon Distressed mothers get a helping hand
      414 8  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@newstoday.com. sg WHEN Sheela (not her real name) left her husband to seek help in a shelter for abused women a year ago, she was lost and didn't know what to expect for the future. "He started verbally abusing me and
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      Lock icon New dawn for sunset retailers?
      626 10  -  TORCHING LI Sunset Way, Hong Kah Point hire consultants to revamp heartland shopping chingli@newstoday.com.sg HEARTLAND retailers will not go quietly into the night Offering Christmas promotions and Chinese New Year bazaars, they are banding together to lure back the crowds from snazzy, decked-up malls. Some
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      115 10 19 November 2005 2 January 2006 Escape Theme Park Wild Wild Wet This holiday season, Escape Theme Park's Aquaworld Show and Wild Wild Wet's Splash Gala bring you the ultimate aquatic spectacle. Featuring fearless dives from 30-feet and 60-feet platforms, synchronised water acrobatics and gripping underwater escapes, these two shows
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      Lock icon M'sian woman causes uproar
      312 12 ■AFP KUALA LUMPUR A furore erupted yesterday after a Malaysian woman identified herself as the mystery figure in a police abuse scandal thought to involve a Chinese national that triggered protests from Beijing. An inquiry into the case heard testimony on Tuesday from a 22-year-old Malay
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      Lock icon A good start for Asia
      705 12  -  SHARON VASOO Japan, China shake hands, East Asian talks to be held annually IN KUALA LUMPUR DEPUTY FOREIGN EDITOR sharon@newstoday.com.sg THE INAUGURAL East Asia Summit ended yesterday with an agreement to hold talks annually. The closing ceremony also witnessed a rare handshake between the leaders
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      Lock icon Indonesia could trigger crisis
      203 12 —AGENCIES JAKARTA- Indonesia, which confirmed its ninth fatality from avian influenza, harbours a "very real possibility" of triggering a pandemic, the World Bank's representative in the country said. Of Indonesia's 1.3 billion chickens, as many as 400 million are in "very informal settings, running around people's
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      Lock icon EU, US in fierce new face-off over food aid
      365 14 AGENCIES As big players butt heads, protesters make their mark on WTO summit HONG KONG As Korean farmers who converged in Hong Kong to protest against the World Trade Organisation stirred strong emotions, the European Union and United States, already sharply
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        Lock icon ELECTION COMMISSION BOSS JAILED FOR GRAFT
        63 14 -AFP An Indonesian court yesterday jailed the head of the national election commission for seven years in a high-profile corruption case that emerged after last year's polls. Nazaruddin Sjamsuddin, chairman of the General Election Commission, was found guilty of accepting a kickback for awarding
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        Lock icon THAI SOUTH TO GET 9,000 SECURITY CAMERAS
        37 14 -AFP Thailand said yesterday it would install 9,000 security cameras in key government buildings in its restive South. The government also planned to install the cameras in schools and temples.
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        Lock icon MOVE ISRAEL TO ALASKA, SAYS IRAN'S PRESIDENT
        77 14 AFP Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched a fresh attack against Israel yesterday, dismissing the Holocaust as a "myth" and saying the Jewish state should be moved as far away as Alaska. "They have invented a myth that Jews were massacred our proposal
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      Lock icon Plans for tsunami warning system mired in politics as Thailand goes it alone
      254 14 AGENCIES BANGKOK- High-level political pressure is delaying the installation of a tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean countries, according to a top Thai official who said that Thailand would push ahead alone in setting up its
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      Dead zone found at epicentre of tsunami
      174 14 LONDON A "dead zone" has been discovered at the epicentre of last year's tsunami, four kilometres down in the Indian Ocean, reported The Age newspaper. There were no signs of life around the epicentre, which opened up a 1000-metre chasm on the ocean
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      Lock icon China ex-minister in the dock
      432 16 -AGENCIES He is accused of taking bribes of more than $828,000 BEIJING A former Chinese cabinet minister has gone on trial for taking bribes, the government said yesterday, in the high-est-level graft scandal since a senior legislator was executed in 2001. Tian Fenghsan, the former
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      Lock icon FIRST INTERNATIONAL PACT ON CORRUPTION TAKES EFFECT
      326 16 -AFP The United Nations has gained a new weapon in its fight against corruption with the entry into force yesterday of the first legally binding international agreement against such crime. "The world will have a powerful new tool to control corruption on a
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      324 16 -AP BIRITIBA MIRIM (Brazil) There's no more room to bury the dead, they can't be cremated and laws forbid a new cemetery. So the mayor of this Brazilian farm town has proposed a solution: Outlaw death. Mayor Roberto Pereira da Silva's proposal to the town council
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      Lock icon Vietnam catches paedophile eyes
      790 18  -  TRANDINH THANH LAM IPS Activists fear country becoming a hotspot for child abusers news@newstoday.com.sg HO CHI MINH CITY Speculating on the whereabouts of the former pop singer and notorious paedophile, Gary Glitter, an international newspaper suggested that he could be holing up in Vietnam and had
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        THAKSIN'S FAMILY THE RICHEST SHAREHOLDERS – AGAIN
        71 22 THAKSIN'S FAMILY THE RICHEST SHAREHOLDERS AGAIN For the second consecutive year, the family of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra are the richest shareholders in Thailand's stock market, with shares worth 33.2 billion baht ($1.35 billion), according to a survey reported in The Bangkok Post. Ms Pinthongta Shinawatra, Dr Thaksin's 23-year-old daughter,
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        BRITISH ENGINEER 'DIED' 32 TIMES IN 20 MINUTES
        82 22 A British non-smoker and teetotaller "died" 32 times in 20 minutes after a heart attack. The Telegraph reported. Mr Leslie Hackwell, 49, an engineer who lives in Gloucester, survived a succession of cardiac arrests after suffering the attack this year. He had
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        Lock icon ONE THIRD OF RUSSIAN BUSINESSES DON'T PAY TAX
        79 22 AFP About one third of Russia's registered business companies do not pay taxes, according to Russia's deputy prosecutor general. "Out of the 2.6 million companies registered in Russia today, about one third do not pay taxes at all, and the rest don't
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      Lock icon CIA secret prisons claim 'credible'
      326 22 AGENCIES Complicit European countries slammed PARIS A European rights body has backed allegations of secret CIA prisons, saying that the United States appeared to have illegally abducted and detained suspected extremists with the possible collusion of some European governments. A probe found that "the information
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      Lock icon Man allegedly kills wife with cobra to cash in on insurance
      174 22 -AP BANGKOK Thai police were hunting yesterday for a man who allegedly killed his common law wife with a poisonous snake in hopes of claiming compensation from an insurance company, police said. Nired Ngamdee, 49, allegedly conspired with a
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        Lock icon BADLY HURT MAN IN GREAT ESCAPE
        54 26 -AP Police were hunting yesterday for a man who fled the Burwood Spinal Unit in the southern New Zealand city of Christchurch wearing a traction apparatus and with both arms in casts. The "escape" has left people wondering how the patient managed to get
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        83 26 -AFP Embarrassed diplomats at the British consulate in Hong Kong scrambled to stop the media hordes invading a cocktail party for visiting ministers from London, after sending out an invitation all round in error. "Dear media members. You're invited to a UK ministerial drinks,"
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        ROMANIA'S WALL-EATING GEESE
        59 26 Romanian builders are in trouble after geese ate the walls of the school they were supposed to be renovating, ananova.com reported. The birds pecked away the polystyrene panels they had installed on the outer walls of the school in Risesti village, Vaslui county. However, the villagers are
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      Lock icon US woman charged with eco-terrorism
      212 26 ■AP EUGENE (Oregon) A woman charged with damaging a transmission tower has been suspected of being behind at least half a dozen other eco-terror crimes, including firebombing a Colorado ski resort Chelsea Gerlach of Portland was ordered held without bail Tuesday after Assistant United States
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      Lock icon The bloody cost of Iraq's democracy
      461 26 —AGENCIES AGENCIES Minority Sunnis prepare to vote today amid brutal violence BAGHDAD The price of politics in Iraq is high. Mr Mithal Al Alusi, head of the Iraqi Islamic Party, one of the Sunni Arab parties in today's election, was photographed last year on
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      Pander or pay the price
      403 28  -  ADRIAN TAN Does becoming a global city mean losing the freedom to do what we see fit for our society? Letter from I DIDN'T read Terence Chong's piece on the difference between a city-state and a global city ("The front door's open, the backyard's locked",
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      69 28 THE T SHIRT SAYS IT ALL: Reader Joey Toh captured this man checking on his car from his kitchen window. CALLING ALL SHUTTERBUGS: Email us an interesting picture you have taken in Singapore and it could appear on this page. Give yourfull name, age, occupation, address and phone number
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      isay PLAYING MOTHER COURAGE
      608 30  -  SUSAN FONG AFTER reading the letters from Mr Sim Kah Choon and Ms Margaret Pereira "Dads and mums on a role" (Dec 14), I would like to share some of my insights as a full-time mother. When I decided to be a stay-at-home mum more than
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      Lock icon Rising costs for S'poreans who employ or marry foreigners?
      388 30  -  LEONGSZEHIAN Letter from I REFER to the article, "Looking overseas for love: More inter-eth-nic marriages here over the past year" (Dec 13), and media reports that there will be no fee and prescription subsidies for foreigners at polyclinics from next year.
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      260 34  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY..... CHILDREN DON'T FIT ON TO DO LISTS Have you noticed that routine panic is becoming a way of life for today's families? There was a time when a man didn't fret if he missed a bus. He'd just catch next one. Now
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      Lock icon isay LOOK, TRUE BEAUTY LIES CLOSE TO HOME
      389 34  -  JOANNA KOH I AGREE strongly with Mr Lim Kuan Chiang's views on international beauty competitions, "Are Asian looks out of fashion?" (Dec 13). Asian looks have been "out" ever since they were "in". It shows very clearly in the results of recent
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      Beware, it's bonus time for bogus monks
      243 34  -  PHILUPANGKENGHONG Letter from 'TIS the season to not be giving to bogus monks. Recently, I spotted a number of foreign-looking monks begging within my estate. Despite past publicity on the issue of bogus monks, they continue to surface in Singapore. What is more
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      Latest TransitLink bus guide not up-to-date
      232 38  -  HENGCHOCHOON Letter from THE latest bus guide, TransitLink Guide 2006, on sale is a disappointment some of the information is out of date. Page 185 of the guide shows the route taken by Service 61, which passes Jalan Jurong Kechil, and the bus stop
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        I'd join queue for short trips: Driver
        132 38  -  ANDREW NG MUN KEONG Letter from I REFER to the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore's (CAAS) reply, "CAAS, LTAsay no to separate taxi queues at airport", (Dec 14). I am a relief taxi driver working nights. I do not like queuing up at
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        Fear factor alone not good enough
        201 38  -  ROGER OH Letter from MS IVY Woo of the CAAS states that a system of separate taxi queues "could result in significantly longer waiting time for passenger". I beg to differ, unless CAAS can provide survey data to show that no taxi will join
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        Do quick survey on waiting drivers
        95 38  -  FRISNATAN Letter from I WOULD like to know if CAAS conducted any survey among taxi drivers and passengers before deciding with LTA not to implement a separate taxi queue lane. If not, may I suggest a quick and simple "yes" and "no" survey, with
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      Solving that Chinese puzzle
      514 40  -  HO PENG Interim format's a bridge, but it is still based on exisiting curriculum Letter from Director, Curriculum Planning Development, Ministry of Education WE WISH to thank Jeremy Lim for his views on the new Chinese Language (CL) curriculum ("The Chinese Puzzle", Dec 6). The Chinese
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      Notification by post still in use
      195 40  -  COL BENEDICT LIM Letter from Director, Public Affairs Ministry of Defence I REFER to Mr Matthew Lee Chee Wei's letter, "Hardcopy Notification?" (Dec 9), where he suggested that Mindef provide an option for those who prefer hardcopy notification of NS training and activities. Mindef
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      1042 31 THE ORIGINAL DIGITAL VZ.XILIM CE 995 CASIO n^ EXILIM'S TICKET TO THE WORLD $10,000 WORTH OF TRAVEL VOUCHERS TO BE WON! 26 November 2005 31 January 2006 >v/ With Casio EXILIM, your holidays could well be free! Purchase a Casio EXILIM digital camera from any Authorised Casio Dealer in Singapore
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      456 33 Revlon Revlon Top Speed Feria 3D Wella Bigen Speedy Bigen Prominous Hair Colour Assorted I's Hair Colour Assorted I's with Free Hair Dye Assorted I's Koleston Decore Kit Assorted I's Hair Dye Assorted 2's Hair Dye Assorted I's with Free Beauty Hair Colouring Cape Labo Leave-on Treatment 140ml IfjjiiW^^i I
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      628 36 TRYING OUT THE SERVICES AVAILABLE ON 3G NETWORKS IS THE SUREST y^ "^V WAY TO UNDERSTAND AND ENJOY MOW THIS IS THE WIDE RANGE OF BENEFITS IWWM j^ When 3G was officially introduced in Singapore, many Sin- i. A% Bt Bt I B qaporeans discovered the thrill and convenience of
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      172 37 i Brought*, you by JHSfi thereal3Gexnerience Across the island, many Singaporeans are enjoying 3G services. Here s what some say about their personal 3G experiences. Video caljing is really interesting.l get tn see If V-.. and fun! I think that it's a good thing lor m\ \> ,3k 3G to
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      99 39 G I O RDANO t* Hv Em 9fe^ k V Storewide discount up to I #A Giordano and Giordano Junior stores Airport T1 Anchorpoint Ang Mo Kio Bedok Bugis Junction Bukit Panjang Plaza Causeway Point Centrepoint Century Square CityLink dementi Compass Point Downtown East Eastpoint Heartland Kovan Hougang Mall IMM
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      77 40 i/' K 1 Introducing the all new FnsltkiL LiLLx: Toothpaste that is specially formulated to give natural freshness and a refreshingly cool sensation: Maximum protection with Calcium Double Fluoride for stronger and healthier teeth j^fe?3j Double Fluoride protects against cavities and strengthens tooth enamel Nft^s^ Whitemax and Micro Foam reach
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      Lock icon Cash registers ring in cheer for retailers
      571 42 -DOW JONES Sales this year are at their healthiest since 2001 SINGAPORE'S retailers, after weathering several lean years, are reporting their strongest sales in recent memory as consumers open their wallets, encouraged by an improving economy and a bubbling property market. For Mr
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      Lock icon CapitaLand, partner win Orchard bid
      150 42 DOW JONES CAPITALAND and Hong Kong' developer Sun Hung Kai have been awarded the tender for a parcel of land on Orchard Road after bidding $1.38 billion, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said yesterday. The bid for the Orchard Turn site is equivalent to $10,976.25
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        Lock icon Citiraya ex-CEO's brother jailed
        399 44  -  CHRISTIE LOH NgTeckßoon accessory to giving outsl.B2m in bribes christie@newstoday.com.sg THE curtains have fallen on the first of the key players in the corruption case at Citiraya Industries, one of the biggest in Singapore's corporate history. In a court hearing yesterday, Ng Teck Boon, 37 the
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        Lock icon US trade deficit at record high
        152 44 BLOOMBERG THE United States trade deficit unexpectedly widened to a record US$6B.9 billion ($ll5 billion) in October, as imports of crude oil, cars and television sets rose, a government report showed yesterday. The gap in goods and services trade reported by the Commerce Department
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        CORPORATEBRIEFS
        124 44 Del Monte Pacific appointed KPMG Corporate Finance as the independent financial adviser in connection with the mandatory conditional cash offer by NutriAsia Pacific to buy Del Monte Pacific shares that it does not already own. United Overseas Land (UOL) chairman Wee Cho Yaw, who is also the chairman and
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        Lock icon SP AusNet shares make weak debut
        313 47 AGENCIES Interest rate concerns dampen investor sentiment SHARES in power company SP AusNet, which raised Asl.4 billion ($1.7 billion) in an initial public offering, made a weak debut in Australia and Singapore yesterday amid concerns about the effect of possible interest rate rises. SP
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          ST Index — 2,324.38 +0.41
          4 47 ST Index 2,324.38 +0.41
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          Lock icon Singapore
          91 47 Dow Jones SHARES closed flat yesterday as late profit-taking trimmed earlier gains, traders said. The ST Index ended 0.41 point higher at 2,324.38. In the broader market, decliners outnumbered advancers 246 to 202. Volume dropped to 624 million shares worth $618 million. SingTel shares succumbed to profit-taking after recent
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          Lock icon World markets
          64 47 SGX, Dow Jones Bloomberg Information provided by and Nikkei 225 15,464.58 -314.28 -1.99 Hang Seng Australia ASX 14,976.26 4,617.90 +33.64 +30.80 +0.23 +0.67 Taiwan Wtd 6,235.35 -25.83 -0.41 Korea Comp KLCI 1,334.27 898.80 -2.21 +0.53 -0.17 +0.06 SET Index 694.72 +1.24 +0.18 Jakarta Comp 1,173.71 -8.31 -0.70 Phils
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          SGX most active
          51 47 Biosensors 1.070 Gen Int 0.300 SPAusNet 1.640 Celestial 0.525 GlobalVoice 0.105 UniFiber 0.320 China Sun 0.470 HSI*****SGAeCW*****6 0.190 LinkReitMBLeCW*****5 0.295 MIDAS 0.460 -0.110 -0.005 +0.035 +0.005 +0.015 +0.015 +0.050 +0.030 -9.3 -1.3 +7.1 +1.6 +3.3 +0.6 +20.4 +7.0 40,476 30,149 19,916 19,061 13,400 12,093 12,263 12,262 12,232
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          SGX top rises
          75 47 Jandina CSC 11.800 +0.400 JMH400USS 17.200 +0.300 LinkR8itBNP8CW*****0 1.050 +0.220 F8N 18.200 +0.200 QUE 10.700 +0.200 Shang Asia 2kHK$ 11.300 +0.200 DBSBk6%NCPS10 108.100 +0.100 Hyflux 2.780 +0.100 SingamasC 2kHK$ 3.950 +0.100 SIA200 11.700 +0.100 Hyflux MBL eCWD***** 0.110 Informatics W*****0 0.015 +57.1 +50.0 Fastech 0.050 Hyflux DBS
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          SGX top falls
          66 47 Creative 50 14.000 DBS 16.300 -0.200 -0.200 Nikkei225DBeCW*****0 1.140 -0.160 Biosensors 1.070 UOB 14.500 -0.110 -0.100 Venture DBeCW*****5 0.330 Olam 1.400 -0.070 -0.060 OSIM 1.560 -0.060 SSE50ETFSGAeCW*****9 0.480 TACMBLeCW*****3 0.145 -0.055 -0.055 STATSChPMBl_eCW*****0 0.020 lntegrW*****7 0.010 UangHuat 0.010 SupFastenR 0.010 BiosensoriVIBLeCW***** 0.120 -55.6 -50.0 -33.3 -33.3 -29.4
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          Your S$1 buys
          36 47 US$ 0.5977 UK£ 0.3363 Yen 70.845 HK$ 4.6357 RM 2.2595 Euro 0.4967 Rupiah 5,856.7 Baht 24.556 Peso 31.949 A$ 0.7902 Indian Rs 27.381 Won 607.70 CS 0.6860 Yuan 4.8288 NZS 0.8434 NT$ 19.945
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          20 47 Gold US$/oz 518.70 Silver US$/oz 8.575 Platinum US$/oz 982.00 Rubber cents/kg 285.25 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,389 Brent US$/barrel 59.59
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        383 48 -AFP Hints at end to credit tightening cycle, but leaves door open to more hikes WASHINGTON In the sort of balancing act that has made its outgoing chairman Alan Greenspan famous, the United States Federal Reserve is hinting at an end to its rate
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        Lock icon Qantas picks Boeing in $34b expansion
        241 48 ■AFP SYDNEY Australian flag carrier Qantas Airways announced yesterday that it had chosen Boeing's 787 long-haul airliner as the "cornerstone" of a major renewal of its fleet, snubbing Airbus for a deal worth about US$2O billion ($33.5 billion). The Qantas board said it would
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        It's a Sony like no other
        1165 50 COMPRISING audio-visual, IT, media, gaming, and professional broadcast equipment, Sony Electronics' full range of consumer electronics products caters to busy professionals, hobbyists, as well as young students. Sony's strategy is to provide a wide range of products in each category with emphasis on innovation
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      375 43 Wiggle Your Way To A Whimsical Christmas Forum Dorothy the Dinosaur and herWiggly friends are here for a Wiggly good time filled with fun, activities and surprises! AYA fl| y &^%M rfflrjM Bring along your child for someWiggly fun at Forum this school A W f■ lM IK^^^fllßK. holiday! Get
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      210 46 jftijj/^ Be the center of attraction this <«^^^. S3 S3 maSmmwMe&A&L H A What could be better than striding m confidently into a party, knowing that all eyes will be drawn towards you? With New York Skin Solutions, you'll be the belle of the ball this Christmas! New York Skin
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      59 48 jL. ~&s 1 B^ WV^ II A #Y A a prf v o Photina Shoe Gemella Taupe/Celadon, Charcoal Mink Leather, $128 Dark Ebony Suede, Black Leather, $108 Rawley Solarium Blue. Brown, Red, White Leather, $92 Tan, Black Leather, $88 Argal Serissa Black, Ebony Leather, $118 Ebony, Black Leather, $118 Malpas
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      480 51 Singapore /a=djacorp q Foundation Your Heart (VeCare WIN a Saab 9-3 X. sport sedan plus y^ \W Sunday 18 December 2005, free petrol ml (worth $6,ooo) ,^_^^j Channel B,7pm LIVE Telecast iflOd \mHß^^ 2005^12^180, MMX wfa* yk^^Bi- j. *±7jft, sum ««ui Sf^j aj Call in now! Every call is a
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      649 52 I I EMERGENCY LINES 1800-752-1800 Cvil Defence 995 IFire and Emergency Ambulancel Non-emer a enc7ambulance^ Police W> Police hotline 1800-255-0000 SPPowerGrid 1800-788-8888/ t0 report power failure) 6778-8888 f„- p |ip IHIP ]5?,5? rTNFPA. "M-28™ SSrfTiS^ IMII »1 U« 1800-221-4414 SocietyforThe Prevention of 6287-5355 Cruelty to Animals The Salvation Army Singapore
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      546 55 M TRAVEL/TOURS TRAVEL/TOURS TRAVEL/TOURS TRAVEL/TOURS I™ Tour packages IMTour packages I™ Tour packages HI Tour packages Celebrating Arrival of OMAR STAR in Singapore yr special Launching of High Sea Sunshine Cruise '"troductory J? -4 4Tk <Tk Year End Hassle FREE Short Trips... t frfr JKJK /36 hours of Rest Relax
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      873 60  -  Rohit Brijnath The World Cup is six months away, but hopes have been raised and the prayers of the faithful have already commenced ONLY in football will the removing of small balls representing nations from glass bowls become a televised live event of universal fascination. Only
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        195 56 —AGENCIES NEW DELHI Indian selectors yesterday dropped former captain Sourav Ganguly from the squad for the third and final Test against Sri Lanka to be played in Ahmedabad from Sunday. The former India skipper, who has not been part of recent one-day teams, was
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        548 56 —AGENCIES Montgomerie's ban a reminder that doping can be established by any kind of evidence LAUSANNE International sport's top tribunal said on Tuesday that the landmark verdict against US sprinter Tim Montgomery should remind athletes that they can be sanctioned for doping without failing tests.
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        324 57 AFP CRICKET India vSri Lanka NEW DELHI Anil Kumble (picture) was once again among the wickets as India achieved a resounding 188-run victory over Sri Lanka on the final day of the second Test at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground yesterday. The 35-year-old leg-spinner
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        527 57 —AGENCIES English press, fans gang up on "obnoxious" United boss LONDON After Alex Ferguson hit out against the press on Tuesday, it was the English national media's turn yesterday to strike back at the Manchester United manager. Reacting to an outburst in which Ferguson accused the media
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        369 57 AFP WORLD CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS Liverpool v Deportivo Saprissa TOKYO Liverpool's rich vein of form will be put to the test today by triple Concacaf champions Deportivo Saprissa. The Costa Rican side admitted it will be hard to beat the European champions but insisted anything
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        378 58  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS supposed to be a learning trip for wushu exponents Deng Ying Zhi and Ng Xin Ni. But yesterday, they brought home more than just experience from the Bth World Wushu Championships in Vietnam. The duo won a silver medal
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        141 58  -  TANYOHINN SINGAPORE'S Li Jiawei suffered an early exit from the Women's World Cup Table Tennis Championship in Guangzhou, China yesterday. Li, the current world No 3, lost 1-4 (4-11, 3-11,12-14,11-6, 10-12) in her third and final preliminary group match against Japan's wildcard entry, Ai Fukuhara.
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        725 58  -  DARREN LAI Club president Chee confidentS-League's latest club will succeed da rren@newstoday.com.sg IN OCTOBER, when Today first broke the news that Sporting Afrique Football Club will be the latest addition to the S-League, there were murmurs of concern about the club headed by former
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        502 58  -  DARREN LAI THE Young Lions' failure at the recent SEA Games was no doubt a setback, but it is not a disaster and Singapore football is making steady progress. That is the verdict of Football Association of Singapore president and Senior Minister of
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        344 59 AFP BANGKOK Asia's big guns will be out in force for next month's Royal Trophy showdown against Europe in Bangkok. Spearheading the continent's starstudded line-up are the top three finishers on the Asian Tour Order of Merit Thai duo Thaworn Wiratchant and Thongchai Jaidee
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        429 59  -  Jose Raymond NO SPECIAL REWARD FOR THE GREATEST? ON DEC 3 at the Trace College in Los Banos, swimmer Joscelin Yeo took over the mantle as Singapore's greatest Southeast Asia (SEA) Games athlete. When she won the 50m freestyle race and in a new SEA Games
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      24 60 6pm Football Fifa Club World C'ship semi-final 2: Deportivo Saprissa v Liverpool, Ch24 3.40am Football Uefa Cup, group stage: Middlesbrough v Litex Lovech, Ch22
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      1534 64  -  Jeanine Tan ASHRAFSAFDAR EXCLUSIVE jeanine@newstoday.com.sg Backstreet Boys' McLean admits that drink and drugs almost destroyed him BOOZE and drugs usually go hand in hand with rock and roll not cute, clean-cut, sin-gin'-and-dancin' boybands. Yet those twin addictions almost ruined A J McLean's life and contributed to
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      306 66 WHAT THE THREE PRODUCTIONS TALKED ABOUT: Oil SLEEPING BEAUTYII: The play is set 100 years ago in a village called Temasek. The Sultan's daughter has been cursed by a wicked witch to go into a 100-year slumber if she comes into contact with the dye used to make batik,
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      1169 66  -  DAVID CHEW Can serious issues be tackled in theatre here in a non-satirical manner? david.chew@newstoday.com.sg EARLIER this month, three Singaporean theatre productions focusing on "sensitive" issues were set to open. Issues such as government policies, drug trafficking and even the death penalty were going to be
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      810 68 I CHOSE to visit to Dubai to test my hypothesis. Hearing that the Emirate was simply a soulless desert outpost with nothing more than new, shimmering skyscrapers and shopping malls, I set out to prove that at least a grain of Dubai's history and culture could
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      257 70 AGENCIES LONDON Salman Rushdie (picture), Nick Hornby, Ali Smith and Christopher Wilson are on the shortlist for the prestigious Whitbread Novel Award, one of the top book prizes in Britain and Ireland. The winner of the book of the year prize,
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      405 70  -  TAN HUI LENG But classic ballet retains a loyal following huileng@newstoday.com.sg IF JEFFREY Tan had his way, this year's edition of The Nutcracker would have a Singaporean twist, with Chinese, Indian, Malay and Eurasian dances. Too bad the Singapore Dance Theatre's (SDT) management turned
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      592 72 AGENCIES Brazilian Raquel Pacheco has gone from call girl to celebrity author in just 60 days SAO PAULO Raquel Pacheco (picture) isn't the first prostitute to pen her memoirs and become a celebrity author in the process, but she might be the first to do it
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      235 72 -AFP WELLINGTON Peter Jackson is the king of special effects, but even he was outdone when the audience was shaken and stirred by an earthquake during a preview screening of his new blockbuster King Kong. The quake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale hit
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      283 76 -AGENCIES Singer-author McCartney comes clean on animal rights LONDON Singer Sir Paul McCartney said the 1942 Disney film Bambi inspired him to take an interest in animal rights. The former Beatle, 63, said the animated Disney film had a profound impact on him as a
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      204 76  -  Belle De Jour. a j _l __r Audrey Phoon BOOKREVIEWS The Intimate f I fl-ff f*!-l Adventures at a London uaii bin Anonymous Belle, whoever she may be, writes with the wit and sharp cynicism of someone who's been there and done it all in some intimate places.
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      187 76  -  Valerie Law Gary Rimmer If you fell from a tall building, you'd have enough time (11.5 seconds) to make a phone call. Bill Gates' fortune of over US$3l billion ($52 billion) is enough for a McDonald's meal for everyone on earth. Stacked in single
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      117 77 CATMASUTRA 2 is Paul Koh and Michelle Chang's second exhibition, in which the Singaporean husband-and-wife team showcase a body of work inspired by their two cats. While Paul's work involves a process he considers a reversal of pop art taking high art and placing it in the present
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      145 77 Aminah Mohd Saat (picture) took home first prize in the Philip Morris Singapore Art Award last week for her work "The Day I Skived Off Work...", which was indeed about the day she skipped a day of work as an architectural draftsman. She is also the drummer for the
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      532 78  -  CH'NGPOHTIONG BROUGHT TO YOU BY What better way to do so this Christmas than to have a feast of good food and red wine food@newstoday.com.sg LAST week, we recommended that you pair Christmas goodies with champagne and white wines.This week, let's turn our attention to red
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        630 79  -  CATHY HAN A checklist to ensure you make the most of this gorgeous Hawaiian island traveller@newstoday.com.sg MAUI is the perfect destination for an indulgent, do-nothing holiday. Yet, it also offers action and adventure. You can spend many contented hours on its beaches soaking in the sun, or
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        743 80  -  TOR CHING LI Stay atone of the world's classic beach stops: Krabi chingli@newstoday.com.sg IT'S hard to imagine that the calm, clear turquoise expanse that is the Andaman Sea had just a year ago washed out resorts, towns and lives along the beaches of western Thailand. But
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          124 81 Here's a chance to tee off at three of Brunei's top golf courses: Royal Golf Country Club, The Empire Country Club and the RBA Golf Club. The3D/2N package includes a return economy air ticket from Singapore to Bandar Seri Begawan onboard
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          95 81 Millennium Copthorne (M&C) Hotels has teamed up with American Express to offer Global Weekends Specials at selected M&C properties. American Express Cardmembers can enjoy an exclusive offer of up to 75 per cent off published rates when they spend a weekend at participating
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          224 81 Jetstar Asia and Valuair will begin a five-times-weekly service to the Indian city of Bangalore and a three-times-weekly service to Bali (picture) in January. To mark the launches, the airlines are offering special fares of $98 for one-way travel to Bangalore and
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      423 70 How Can I Give JTT My Child A Brighter^ter Future? fTV 9 n Five-year-old Nicolette Goh did not have much interest in v x Mathematics before joining Kumon. But she becomes -ST- increasingly interested in the subject after picking up the jjj Kumon Method and will self study without any
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