Today, 28 December 2005, Afternoon Edition

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    22 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp incorporating iMTCiITS MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Wednesday December 28, 2005 todayonline.com TODAY /AeljjaCorp Wednesday December 28, 2005 todayonline.com incorporating kMT6£ItS MICA(P) 112/07/2005
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon Music downloads: Price-fixing probe
      336 1 —AP New York state subpoenas several major music companies ALBANY (New York) State investigators have subpoenaed several major music companies as part of a preliminary inquiry into whether the digital music services have engaged in any illegal price-fixing activity. A spokesman for state Attorney-Gener-al Eliot Spitzer
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      Lock icon Dow posts big loss, oil closes lower
      168 1 BLOOMBERG US stocks dropped the most in two months as falling oil and petrol prices dragged down energy shares and a milestone in the bond market triggered concern the economy will slow. Two-year Treasury yields drew even with 10-year yields for the first
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      Lock icon With Kerry Packer dead, where does S'pore IR bid stand?
      841 1  -  VALCHUA ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR va l@newstoday.com.sg HE WAS the larger-than-life media baron who left behind a personal fortune of As7 billion ($8.5 billion) and a sprawling empire that includes a television network, magazines and Melbourne's Crown Casino. The same man
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      585 1 Exciting activities, great shopping, wonderful food and nature await you in Sydney. Voted "World's i^H P^l Best City" 10 times by US travel magazine Conde NastTraveler, this vibrant city will thrill you mill* Ki(W L W» 1 1' U w' lt'l its natura' wonders and attractions such as the Blue
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      Bomb exercise at MRT, bus stations
      454 2  -  LOH CHEE KONG Emergency response to be tested at start of new year cheekong@newstoday.com.sg SOMETIME during the first two weekends of the new year, commuters could witness a bomb blast, a gas attack, or be in a train that has stalled for as long
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      Lock icon Rockets fired at Israel: Lebanese police
      114 2 —AFP TYRE (Lebanon) Seven Katyusha rockets were fired into northern Israel from southern Lebanon overnight and early today, Lebanese police said. No one immediately claimed responsibility. A spokesman in southern Lebanon for the Shia radical Hezbollah movement, which controls the border region between Lebanon
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      Lock icon LET CHRISTMAS BE
      598 3  -  LIANG DINGZI Neutralising the Christian aspect of the holiday is counter-productive news@newstoday.com. sg DID you have a good Christmas, oops, I mean, holiday? The Americans, who have influenced the world in their preference for words such as "chairperson" and "disadvantaged" (as opposed to "handicapped") for political correctness,
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      525 2 Singapore's top selling m MP3 player brand 1 Ml^QiJPlflHl^LlfflE Giving you more reasons to share with Creative ideas H CREATIVE ZEN NEEON 6gb (Choice of6backplate colours: Blue, H^HHH|IHH}fH Purple, Grey, Green, Orange and Red) m Also available: •for selected item purchases. Terms and conditions apply. SGB (FM H .i uxtua&OZm*
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      165 3 Whether it's the infamous durian, or its architectural look-alike, the Esplanade, just take a picture of what's uniquely Singapore to you with a digital camera or mobile phone. Organised by: IkmiillßllUjUjSj^ffl^^l For digital photo entries, just upload your picture on visitsingapore.com/unique2me along with a caption. To submit an MMS TertTls
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  • Singapore news
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      Smart fares badly in taxi operator report card
      238 4 SMART Automobile again has performed the worst in the Land Transport Authority's (LTA) latest report card on taxi service standards. The company failed to achieve the standard in the call answer rate for all three months surveyed from July to September. It
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      Is Norwegian salmon safe to eat?
      261 6  -  —TANHUILENG THE Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) is initiating tests to check for heavy metals in imported Norwegian salmon. The move follows reports of a Russian ban on the fish from Jan 1 next year, due to "dangerously high levels of lead and cadmium"
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      Lock icon Monthly school bus fees to rise next week
      564 6  -  LEE U-WEN Ass to $10 increase will offset higher diesel, operating costs u-wen@newstoday.com.sg BE PREPARED to fork out more for your child's monthly school bus fees when the new term begins next Tuesday. In a random check by Today, eight school bus
      " LEE U-WEN  -  564 words
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      We aren't whiners
      459 8  -  SERENECHUA Surprise, surprise: Poll shows S'poreans least irritable in Asia serene@newstoday.com.sg ACCORDING to a recent Reader's Digest poll, Singaporeans are not easily riled. The magazine surveyed 3,600 people across Asia, with respondents in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia and South Korea asked
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      Best of both worlds
      534 9 The new Design, Build and Sell Scheme offers homeowners HDB flats that combine fresh design inputs from private developers HOUSE hunting just got a little more interesting. House hunters like Mr Tan Chee Keong, who has been looking for resale flats and condominium units inTampines, will
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      WHO CAN BUY DBSS FLATS
      255 9 Those interested in buying a Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) flat will need to meet the eligibility conditions that are applicable to buyers of new flats sold by HDB. Firstly, the buyer must be a Singapore Citizen and at least 21 years old at
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      Lock icon Teaching Chinese the Cinux way
      717 10  -  LOHCHEEKONG Students' results much better after new teaching method finds favour here cheekong@newstoday.com. sg OVER the past year, a national effort invested in overhauling the teaching of Chinese language in schools has resulted in sweeping reforms like reducing the syllabus and shifting emphasis away from
      DONWONG  -  717 words
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      76 4 KnoumouPinsupanGG.com.sg > protection > investment > retirement > medical All You Need To Know About Insurance www.KnowYourlnsurance.com.sg is an educational and interactive insurance website to help you make the right choice. You can learn the basic facts of insurance on your own in an easy and fun way. You also
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      153 6 HI IBiilMiHßii {""PATH From IT Professionals to Strategic Management Leader I This is a highly prized premier program, one y< of the best in Southeast Asia. Learn how you can be a strategist in Management where you JVi will see things in a new light, do things in a new
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      19 8 (U J^ Buy chilled and Q-^T v] frozen food last I and head home Visit www.ava.gov.sg for more details
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      267 10 CHAMPION STUDENT PW M FOR LIFE! flpfiW Mind Champs' ground-breaking programs are scientifically researched and provide your child with proven long-term outcomes. Learn how We would like to encourage your Child Can: all parents to consider sending Wi their children to Mind Champs S Achieve better marks at School because
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Thai resorts 'not ready' for disasters
      428 12 -AGENCIES BANGKOK Almost all the hotels and resorts in the tsunami affected areas in Thailand still do not have any guidelines for guests, or plans to evacuate them. Mr Smith Dharmasaroja, chairman of the Committee for the National Disaster Warning Administration, told The Nation
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      Lock icon SBY under 'increased security threat'
      160 12 -AFP BANDA ACEH Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono broke his silence yesterday and confirmed that he was under an increased security threat. But the president said that he would continue his duties as usual. Since the killing of top Malaysian bomb maker Azahari Husin in
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon MARINES, DRIVER CHARGED FOR RAPE
        76 12 -AFP Four United States marines and a Filipino driver were charged yesterday with raping a 22-year-old local woman in the Philippines, prosecutors said, in a case that has reopened old wounds in the former US colony. The woman first met the marines at a Subic
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        Lock icon SHARON TO UNDERGO SURGERY
        87 12 BLOOMBERG Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who returned to work this week after suffering a mild stroke, will undergo a catheterisation operation next month to seal a small opening in his heart. The hole, measuring Imm to 2mm, is a birth defect and will be closed
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        Lock icon REBELS KILL 10 SRI LANKAN SOLDIERS
        83 12 -AFP Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels killed 10 soldiers and wounded eight yesterday when they set off a powerful landmine in the Jaffna peninsula in northern Sri Lanka. The incident took place in the Puloly area, where 18 soldiers were killed in two similar attacks
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      Lock icon Most of EU to miss Kyoto targets
      206 12 -AGENCIES LONDON The United Kingdom is almost alone in Europe in honouring Kyoto pledges to cut greenhouse gases, a thinktank claims. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) found that 10 of 15 European Union signatories will miss the targets without urgent action.
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      China's new treatment for human bird flu cases
      234 14 n A new treatment for human infections of bird flu claimed to be more effective than Tamiflu has been developed by Chinese scientists, the official China Daily reported. "We have completed clinical experiments, and find it is more effective on humans than
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      Lock icon The short, brutal lives of Russian men
      418 14 -AFP High mortality leading to national disaster PEREPECHINO (Russia) Men in Russia are dying too easily and the potentially disastrous tendency has set alarm bells ringing. In a study, the World Bank said Russian men have "short, brutal lives" due to heart disease,
      -AFP  -  418 words
    • this quirkq world
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        Lock icon ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES FOR LOVE
        134 16 -AFP A British man set off on Monday on a 55-mile (88.5 km) crawl on his hands and knees to find a partner. With a sign saying "Could you Love Me?" on his back and 18 boxes of chocolates trailing behind him on
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        Lock icon FAMOUS NUN BUN STOLEN
        91 16 AP A cinnamon bun that bears a striking likeness of Mother Teresa has gone missing from the coffeehouse where it was displayed. The owner, Mr Bob Bernstein, arrived to find a Christmas morning breakin and the world-famous pastry gone. The Nun Bun gained worldwide attention in
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      Lock icon Record numbers of British children in hospital with alcohol-linked problems
      190 16 AFP LONDON Record numbers of British children were treated in hospital last year with alcohol-related problems, The Daily Telegraph reported, quoting figures from the Liberal Democrats opposition party. Around 4,809 children were admitted to accident and emergency units suffering from
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      Lock icon 10 terrorist attempts on London since 911
      190 16 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Terrorists have tried to attack London 10 times in the four years since 911, the mayor of London, Mr Ken Livingstone, claimed on Monday. However, he insisted that the threat to Britain's capital was disorganised and not part of an
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      Sitting happy on six billion tons of waste?
      569 16 How an environmentally unsound US gold mine has thrived in Indonesia JAKARTA For around 40 years, American company Freeport-McMoßan has been mining the world's largest gold reserve in remote Papua in Indonesia, The New York Times reported. By Freeport's own estimates, it
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      119 14 Ajr~°x Catch Japan Hour on Channel News Asia j| Channel News Asia EVBty Sdt 7.30pm, SIIFI Bdff! fp/71 k Japan Hour Homeviewers' Contest Name Dec 17 2005-Jan 13 2006 Gender Male Female NRIC Age Just answer this very simple question: Address Name the three telecast times of Japan Hour on
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      180 18 r X' til II m HI: 111 m "^^^^^^^j^^j^^^fc^^^^^^ I IHJijjl^JjM^^^iM yrrilUJlllt Jlll]^l|rT^TttHHLu| oiMnJj jrrjijf |||lllU||j|UH Elizabethtown Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom), once a rising star at a leading athletic shoe company, has just been fired due to the overwhelming failure of his design for a sneaker and the $972 million
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      262 20 fr Nu Skin Enterprises SEVEN Millionaires Within FIVE Years Ssl22 Million Commissions Paid! (jif V Congratulations to all, especially to our newly qualified 1 Million Dollar £^V Circle Members, Henry Ho, Teresa Tan and Michael San! N M El r^' Angela Liew Rayne Ho Henry Ho Amy Yip Gary Lee
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      423 21 Nu Skin Enterprises' Vision is to pay out the most commissions than any other direct selling company in the world. Within five years of operations in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei, we have created SEVEN Millionaires and paid out an accumulation of Ssl22 million in commissions /Tl^^Z^ by end December 2005.
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      Car flyers not fine
      133 22  -  LIONEL DESOUZA Letter from VERY often, motorists who park in public car parks find advertising flyers placed on their windscreens. What is most annoying is that the person or persons responsible utilises the vehicle's windscreen wipers as a sort of paperweight They may think their actions
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      Lock icon The world's at her feet
      1031 22  -  DERRICK A PAULO. Being a BBC World presenter has taken Pakistani Mishal Husain to Spore, US and UK coffee with IMISHAL HUSAIN 32, BBC presenter SOME call her a rising star. Others say she has already arrived. Whichever the case, news viewers across the world
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      The HDB can't stop them, neither can the police ...
      204 23  - The HDB can't stop them, neither can the police HAJ MOHAMED Letter from I AM raising an issue which is a perennial problem at Block 12 on North Bridge Road. The void deck is occupied by Thai workers during weekends who sit in big groups and litter the whole place.
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      ICPAS comments on NKF saga uploaded on website
      88 23  -  MS JANET TAN Letter from Executive Director, Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore WE REFER to the commentary, "Going the Extra Mile for a 'True and Fair' View" written by Mr Adrian Tan (Dec 27). We would like to clarify that
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      3 ideas for a pleasant drive
      259 23  -  NEILWILKINSON Letter from I RECENTLY returned from a visit to Malacca, Malaysia. I wrote a year or so ago regarding the flashing green light idea for traffic lights here. The reply was that the idea was being studied. This very useful practice is in
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      SINGAPORESEEN
      50 24 CALLING ALL SHUTTERBUGS: Email us an interesting picture you have taken in Singapore and it can appear on this page. Give yourfull name, age, occupation, address and phone number and send a 300 dpi, <3M jpg file to: seen@newstoday.com.sg. Include a 50-word caption to describe yourself and your picture.
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      44 24 LIFE IN A LEAP Christopher Chua Chin Huat 48, snapped this photo at the Bedok Jetty. Some people stroll along the beach, some fish and some simply enjoy a dip in the water. The simple pleasures life is too important to be taken seriously.
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      Measures in place to prevent cheating
      332 24  -  MS CHEONG LAI PENG, Spring Spore still needs public's help to prevent collusion Letter from Director, Incentives Management, SPRING Singapore I REFER to the Dec 27 letter by Mr Haj Mo hamed and appreciate the opportunity to clarify how the government assistance schemes managed
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      260 26  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY//// VALUE YOUR MARRIAGE Love, even genuine love, is a fragile thing. Like a plant, it must be watered and cultivated or it will wither and die. You know, some newly married couples have the misguided notion that their love will continue to
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      Unlikely to be hit, but ready
      452 26  -  FOONG CHEE LEONG MAJOR ABDUL RAZAK NEA developing system for tsunami early warning Letter from Director General Meteorological Services Division National Environment Agency Director Public Affairs (Covering) Singapore Civil Defence Force WE REFER to the letters, "Not to be swept away" by Mr Suhaili
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      Jin Yin Ji manages to lose weight no matter how busy she is!
      362 27 She's now size 'S', thanks to Theresa's revolutionary internal-external therapy! Gaining weight in your middle age is fairly common. But MediaCorp artiste Jin Yin Ji is doing the exact opposite! She's losing weight, with more impressive results
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      96 22 we set you thinking todayonline.com I Opinions. Thoughts. 1 Concerns. What moves you? 1 What irks you? Tell us. 1 Write, email or fax us a letter 1 with your full name, contact _~^^> number and address. we want your voice T€IKH ENGLISH Diploma in TESOL and Certificate in TEFL
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      Biosensors confident of its position in patent lawsuit
      248 28  -  LEECH ING WERN MAINBOARD-LISTED stent maker Biosensors International said yesterday that it was in a strong position to defend itself against a patent lawsuit brought upon the company by American medical device giant Boston Scientific Corporation and its Canadian business partner Angiotech
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      Lock icon Pulp friction
      408 28  -  CHRISTIE LOH Unifiber raises offer for Indonesian paper mill to $717 m in an attempt to ward off Sampoerna christie@newstoday.com.sg Faced with the new competitor, Singapore mainboardlisted Unifiber raised its offer price to US$43O million ($717 million) from US$37O million, said the report The better offer includes repaying
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        143 28 BLOOMBERG Dow Jones Bloomberg SHARE prices rose yesterday in light trading after the long holiday weekend, led by exporters including Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing. Sentiment was boosted by a report last Friday showing consumer confidence in the United States climbed the most in two years this month. Also positive was
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        52 28 Nikkei 225 15,969.40 -138.27 -0.86 Hang Seng Closed Australia ASX Closed Taiwan Wtd 6,531.59 -3.18 -0.05 Korea Comp 1,373.55 +5.98 +0.44 KLCI 894.51 +2.38 +0.27 SET Index 706.47 +5.10 +0.73 Jakarta Comp 1,161.70 +3.36 +0.29 Phils Comp 2,088.60 -22.86 -1.08 Shenzhen B 192.41 -0.77 -0.40 Mumbai Sensex 9,283.16
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        21 28 Gold US$/oz 510.20 Silver US$/oz Platinum US$/oz 8.76 972.00 Rubber cents/kg 287.25 Palm oil RM/tonne Brant crude USS/barrel 1/415 56.18
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        36 28 us$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.6001 0.3454 70.245 4.6530 2.2685 0.5055 5,896.1 24.582 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NT$ 31.923 0.8226 27.158 607.64 0.7009 4.8466 0.8892 19.884
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        429 29 -AFP Singapore's industrial output was up 22.4 per cent last month SINGAPORE'S industrial sector performed better than expected last month with output up 22.4 per cent from a year ago on stronger orders for Pharmaceuticals and oil rigs, official figures released yesterday showed. On a month-on-month basis,
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        316 29 BLOOMBERG CHANGI Airport, Asia's sixthbusiest, said that it handled more passengers and cargo last month as a record number of airlines flew here on increased trade and travel demand. The airport handled 2.8 million passengers in November, a 3.3 per cent
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        259 30 -AFP BEIJING China punished 799 employees from the country's "Big Four" commercial banks for irregularities which cost up to 588.5 billion yuan ($l2l billion) this year, state media reported yesterday. Xinhua news agency cited the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) saying
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        405 30 BLOOMBERG Capital investment likely to gain momentum on hopes economy gets out of deflation: Analyst JAPAN'S consumer prices rose last month for the first time in two years, gains the central bank says need to be sustained before changing its
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        280 30 Channel News Asia Osim International has acquired its Shanghai distributor for 29 million yuan ($6 million) and made it a whollyowned subsidiary, the health and lifestyle products maker said in a filing with the Singapore Exchange yesterday. The purchase will give Osim direct control of 182 outlets in 34
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          465 31  -  LEECHINGWERN Today spoke with the heads of five small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from various industries to find out what they want to see for their business or industry in the coming year. MORE GLOBAL BRANDS "To see more local brands becoming global brands in
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          767 31  -  CHOW PENN NEE Local firm makes global golf clubs accessible and affordable to the masses pennnee@newstoday.com.sg AS MOST people here would know, playing golf in Singapore is an expensive sport. For most part, only the rich are able to afford club memberships that can cost in
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      1507 32  -  David Chew Poet and professor Edwin Thumboo shaped generations of the country's writers, students david.chew@newstoday.com.sg AT THE age of 72, Emeritus Professor Edwin Thumboo might be expected to take things more slowly after working at the forefront of the Singapore literary scene since the
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      537 34  -  ZUL OTHMAN IDAYEXCLUSIVE Ex-Centro chief takes on big clubs with intimate bar, Suba zul@newstoday.com.sg FORMER Centro boss Michel Lv has opened a new bar at Millennia Walk. Unlike his high-profile past venture Centro Concepts at One Fullerton, his new club Suba is a scaled-down, intimate affair.
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      376 34  -  ASHRAFSAFDAR ashraf@newstoday.com.sg OVER the years, Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice has entertained audiences worldwide while also raising a debate over whether it should be condemned as anti-Semitic. On Jan 12, its central character comes to Singapore as a one-man play called Shybck, written and performed
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        111 34 AP Vincent Schiavelli (picture), the droopy-eyed character actor who appeared in scores of movies, including One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Ghost, died on Monday at his home in Sicily. He was 57. He died of lung cancer, said Salvatore Glorioso, mayor of Polizzi Generosa,
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        126 35 Agencies With Oscar night just 10 weeks away and no host in sight for Hollywood's marquee event yet, betting has begun on who will helm the show. A US sports betting agency known as BetCRIS Sportsbook is laying odds on which celebrity will be
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        89 35 Agencies Austin Powers star Mike Myers and his wife, Robin Ruzan, are ending their 12-year marriage, a spokesperson said recently. "They remain committed and caring friends," publicist Ina Treciokas said in a statement. The 42-year-old actor-comedian and Ruzan, a writer and actress, were married in May
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      368 35  -  FIONA SZE plus point plus@newstoday.com.sg I REFER to Jonathan Lim's plus point ("Engage Singapore!", Dec 16), which suggested Singapore theatre should speak to its audience. Productions, he claimed, must speak to the people about their lives and their country and touch on issues
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        371 36 ■AP Schwarzenegger has name removed from hometown stadium VIENNA He's a movie legend and the small Austrian town were proud to call him one of their own. Well, they were until yesterday. Officials in Arnold Schwarzenegger's hometown of Graz quietly, and under the cover of darkness,
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        220 36 ■AP WASHINGTON The author of Memoirs of a Geisha is defending the film version amid criticism from some experts in the geisha world. In a letter to The Washington Post published on Monday, Arthur Golden wrote that "no storyteller or journalist is
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        460 38  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS The bigger you are, the better the performance Deputy Plus Editor neil@newstoday.com.sg IN THE battle of the beasts, the gorilla looks to have downed the lion, albeit on a split decision. King Kong got the girl and grabbed the cash over the Christmas
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        538 44 —AFP Injured stalwarts not in Chelsea line-up for trip to Manchester City LONDON English Premiership champions Chelsea are set to be without both Ricardo Carvalho and Michael Essien for today's (tomorrow morning's, Singapore time) trip to Manchester City. Defender Carvalho, who is nursing an Achilles injury, has
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        324 44 —AFP NEWCASTLE, England Newcastle United defender Steven Taylor (picture) is to undergo surgery that will keep him out of action for up to three months. This follows an aggravation of an existing shoulder injury on his return to the first-team in Monday's 2-0 Premiership
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        280 44 —AFP LONDON Newcastle's Lee Bowyer is unlikely to get the backing of his manager Graeme Souness if and when the Football Association investigates the midfielder's fourth red card in just over a year. Bowyer was sent off in the 64th
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        426 42 -AFP MELBOURNE The Australian cricket community yesterday mourned the passing of media magnate Kerry Packer, acclaimed as the greatest influence in reshaping the mod-ern-day game. Packer, 68, Australia's wealthiest man, died with his family at his bedside at his Sydney home late Monday, his
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        596 42 ■AP Heat coach plans to bring in sumo wrestlers to aid Shag MIAMI ShaquiUe O'Neal laughed at the idea: diaper-clad men of gargantuan size summoned as battering rams to make the NBA's most imposing big man even better. Don't laugh, Shag. It might happen. Coach Pat Riley
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        196 42 NBA Cleveland 102 Chicago 91 CLEVELAND The Chicago Bulls tried almost everything to stop LeBron James. But James shook off some desperation grab-and-hold tactics by Chicago's Andres Nocioni to score 12 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to
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        627 43  -  DARREN LAI They're big on fitness, but SAFFC's new coaching partnership won't resort to military methods da rren@newstoday.com.sg WHILE most of the other S-League clubs are only just starting their pre-season training, SAFFC have stolen a march on their rivals by starting their pre-season earlier
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        386 43  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@newstoday.com.sg HAWAII-BASED windsurfer Elon Wong (picture) has racked up some impressive achievements since he started surfing competitively in 1997. In 1999, he finished second in the Men's amateur division of the US Open Windsurfing Championships. This year, Wong has already won four events. In June,
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        179 43 -AFP HANOI A vice-chairman of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has resigned following allegations of match-fixing by players in the recent South-east Asian (SEA) Games, an official said yesterday. Le The Tho submitted his resignation on Monday and it has been accepted, said a senior
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    546 45 -AFP Crouch, Gerrard could be in trouble for their part in Bowyer altercation LIVERPOOL Liverpool striker Peter Crouch and midfielder Steven Gerrard could both have action taken against them by the English Football Association (FA), after Michael Owen's return to Anfield descended into an ugly brawl.
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    385 45 AGENCIES MANCHESTER Alex Ferguson says United's spell of bad form has now been banished, with their Boxing Day win over West Brom their fourth in five games. United reached their nadir with their elimination from Europe at the hands of Benfica. The loss knocked
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