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    14 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp Freifif share your free newspaper MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Wednesday March 15, 2006 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon US stocks at highest levels since 2001
      417 1 BLOOMBERG Boosted by Goldman Sachs profit, bond yields tumble NEW YORK Stocks in the United States rallied to their highest levels since 2001 after bond yields tumbled and Goldman Sachs Group Inc reported Wall Street's biggest quarterly profit in history. Brokerage stocks led
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      Lock icon US to move 8,000 marines to Guam from Okinawa
      270 1 —AFP WASHINGTON The United States military will move around 8,000 marines from Okinawa to Guam by 2012 as part of an agreement on the realignment of US forces there, a Pentagon spokesman said yesterday. The number of marines to be relocated
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      Lock icon Old dread, new steps
      463 1  -  CHEOWXINYI xinyi c@newstoday.com.sg SO MUCH has changed in Thailand and so little. News that tremors were being detected last week on the seabed worried tourists who carry the memories of the 2004 tsunami with them. As if to quell the panic, the Thai authorities said on
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      36 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 14 voices 26 business 38 growth 46 plus 48 1v 55 classad 56 sports 58 we set you thinking m¥^^~ mmmmmM 'flam. I i. B^fc B!1t9S Mw3h!eK! iiBT*^iii
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon JB Jeyaretnam's race against time
      477 2  -  ANSLEYNG Seeks more time to raise funds to annul bankruptcy ansley@newstoday.com.sg BANKRUPT opposition figure JB Jeyaretnam must race against time if he hopes to contest in the upcoming General Election. After having indicated earlier that he was confident of clearing his debts to annul his
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      LOOK BEYOND PAY, CAREER ISSUES
      776 3  -  VICTOR NG BENG LI MOE has to adopt a holistic approach in its review of why teachers are leaving THE Ministry of Education (MOE) is planning to pay consultants good money to review teachers' pay and career structures. Yet, currently those who choose to leave
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      Lock icon This year, it's going to be a lot less taxing to file your returns
      376 3 LEE U WEN THE taxman is making it much easier for you to file your tax returns electronically, having learned some lessons from last year, when taxpayers complained about jammed servers and the numerous steps they
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon Temasek appoints Simon Israel as executive director
      216 4 -DOW JONES TEMASEK Holdings has promoted New Zealander Simon Israel to executive director, with a dual focus on Asian investments and reviewing the company's investment portfolio. Mr Israel, who was appointed a director of Temasek last year, will also review investments in Singapore
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      No need to quit TP to contest GE
      648 4  -  DERRICK A PAULO Policy amendment means WP chairman Sylvia Lim won't have to leave poly job derrick@newstoday.com.sg WORKERS' Party chairman Sylvia Lim will not have to leave her job at Temasek Polytechnic (TP) to contest the coming polls. But she might not
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      Lock icon Ambassadors to the world
      514 6  -  LEE U-WEN New agency helps overseas Singaporeans find work locally or abroad u-wen@newstoday.com.sg IT IS a growing group, and Singapore wants them to know that they are not forgotten. Signalling the importance of the Singapore diaspora to the country, Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister
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      Lock icon Singaporeans ignore health risk when travelling abroad
      259 6 938UVE SINGAPOREANS may be avid travellers, but when it comes to taking the necessary health precautions, many still fail to do so. A local survey has shown that many travellers ignore the risk of getting infectious diseases, especially if they are on short
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      Sample the Titanic menu and meet Aliens in S'pore
      533 8  -  TORCHING LI IN LAS VEGAS ButHarrah's Cameron offering can be in place only by 2011 chingli@newstoday.com.sg IF YOU are a Titanic fan, expect to be wowed if Harrah's Entertainment bags the integrated resort (IR) site in Marina Bay. Just two weeks
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon NEW STUDY LOUNGE OPENS
        90 8 -938 Live The National Library Board has made it easier for people to study at its libraries. A new study lounge has been opened at the National Library at Victoria Street. The lounge allows users who don't need to use library resources to study in the
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        Lock icon 5 STINGRAYS HERE ON 'EXCHANGE' PROGRAMME
        105 8 Channel News Asia Five rare stingrays are coming to live at Sentosa's Underwater World through an exchange programme with Sea World Indonesia. The five stingrays, found in tropi- cal waters of South-east Asia, include two female Giant Whitespotted Guitarfish, two female Leopard Whip-rays and
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        Lock icon LIM HNG KIANG IN JAKARTA
        63 8 938 Live Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang will be in Jakarta for a two-day visit starting today. He will speak on the "Strategic Impact of Foreign Investment in Indonesia" at the Indonesia-Singapore Business Seminar, a networking forum. Also at the event will
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        Lock icon 1,200 IN SCRABBLE CONTEST
        90 8 Channel News Asia Over 1,000 students competed in the Inter-School Scrabble Championship yesterday. The event at Northland Secondary School was also an attempt to book a place in the Guinness World Book of Records for the most number of Scrabble games played simultaneously at one location.
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      That curvy 'necklace' bridge
      460 8  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@newstoday.com.sg WHEN brainstorming for the design of the new $68 million Marina Bay pedestrian bridge, its three architects were unanimous that it should be elegant and unique, yet simple in appearance. One of them likened the 280 m long curved bridge, which will be
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      NUS offers direct entry for real estate degree
      277 10  -  LIN YANQIN yanqin@newstoday.com.sg THE National University of Singapore (NUS) has revamped its degree programme for those aspiring to carve out a career in the real estate industry. Starting this August, the university's School of Design and Environment will be offering direct entry
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      Teenager charged with using fake notes
      285 10  -  VINITA RAMANI SHE may be only 17 years old, but Charlene Lim Jia-Wen may have known a thing or two about the art of using counterfeit money and passing it off as the real thing. The unemployed secondary school dropout was charged in court
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      A $4,000 lesson for illiterate landlord
      256 10  -  VINITA RAMANI KNOW who's living under your roof. That's one expensive lesson a landlord learned in court yesterday. Ng Kee Boon was fined $4,000 for not checking the visas of two women of Chinese nationality who were staying in his flat. A divorcee and
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      Don't let your guard down with Hepatitis B
      539 12  -  TAN HUI LENG Not as harmless as it seems, the condition accounts for 90% of liver cancer patients huileng@newstoday.com. sg CALL it ironic Singapore has been so successful at curbing new Hepatitis B cases that chronic sufferers of the condition have underestimated
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      Domestic helpers' role to grow as population ages
      383 12  -  TEO XUANWEI WHEN Indonesian maid, Ms Puji, arrived in Madam Grace Kan's home last year, she did not think she would have any problems caring for Madam Kan's 81-year-old mother. After all, the 47-year-old maid has had many years of experience in
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      Lock icon Innovation could save TTSH $3Ok annually
      250 12 938 LIVE TAN Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) has been losing almost 3,000 surgical overalls annually. That amounts to about $30,000 a year, all because doctors usually misplace their overalls after performing surgeries. But after turning to the Singapore Polytechnic (SP) for a solution, TTSH
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      War of words between China and Taiwan escalates
      184 14 BEIJING In an escalating war of words, Taiwan yesterday lashed out at Beijing and urged its rival to abandon its "illusionary" one-China policy. Joseph Wu, chairman of the cabinet-level Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) set up to handle relations with China, also asked
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      Lock icon Space shuttle delay
      76 14 BLOOMBERG HOUSTON NASA has delayed the launch of its Discovery space shuttle mission until at least July because of concerns about sensors in the external fuel tank, programme managers said. Engineers discovered a glitch last month with sensors in the external tank that detect when there is
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      Lock icon Thaksin's office under siege
      681 14 —AGENCIES DPM Surakiartmaybe in line to replace Thaksin as military eases emergency fears BANGKOK Tens of thousands of protesters blockaded Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's office yesterday to demand he step down, as government officials were locked in secret talks on how to ease the political
      —AGENCIES; AP  -  681 words
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      Lock icon Police find at least 75 bodies in 24 hours in Baghdad
      235 14 —AP BAGHDAD Bodies of at least 75 men killed by gunshots, mostly with hands and feet bound, were found in Iraq in a gruesome wave of sectarian killings over the past 24 hours, police said. The bloodshed the second
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      Lock icon Moussaoui case postponed
      271 17 —AFP US judge gives prosecutors time to appeal ruling ALEXANDRIA (Virginia) A United States judge yesterday postponed the trial of 911 plotter Zacarias Moussaoui (picture) until Monday, to allow prosecutors time to decide whether to appeal her ruling to strike out key evidence. The delay in the
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      Lock icon Jail siege militants surrender
      267 17 —AFP JERICHO (West Bank) A Palestinian militant leader surrendered to Israeli troops Tuesday after a day-long siege of a West Bank jail sparked an unprecedented wave of abductions and anti-Western violence across the Palestinian territories. Ahmed Saadat, the leader of the leftist Popular Front for the
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      Lock icon UN to discuss Iran nuke issue on Friday
      370 18 —AFP Security Council will debate text next week: Peru envoy UNITED NATIONS The UN Security Council will hold formal consultations on the Iranian nuclear issue on Friday but will not debate a text until next week, Peru's UN ambassador Oswaldo de Rivero
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      Lock icon Milosevic to be buried in Belgrade: Aides
      352 18 —AFP THE HAGUE Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic will be buried in Belgrade, his aides said late yesterday, after a bitter wrangle between his family and authorities over how to handle the funeral. Mr Milorad Vucelic, a senior official in Milosevic's Socialist Party
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      Students protest against youth jobs laws
      269 18 PARIS Riot police in Paris used tear gas on Monday to disperse students protesting against a new jobs contract for youths, after Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin refused to give way to a growing movement of opposition. Several hundred school and university students tried
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      Lock icon Good deal for 'old duffers'
      429 19 BLOOMBERG British lawto allow professional partners to work into their 90s LONDON British professionals in partnerships will be able to work into their 90s under government regulations that outlaw forced retirement. Under the regulations, scheduled to come into force in October, it will be illegal
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        HAZE COULD RETURN
        59 19 The haze might be back soon in Malaysia with fires spreading rapidly through some 49,000 acres of forest in Riau, Sumatra, The Star newspaper reported. Malaysian Meteorological Department Principal Assistant Director Wong Teck Kiong said the haze would "almost definitely" be back if the fires in Riau
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        PROBE INTO SMS BULLYING
        72 19 Leading New Zealand cellphone firms Vodafone and Telecom will hold talks with the police and an Internet safety group next week after a 12- year-old girl was reported to have killed herself following an SMS and email bullying campaign by schoolmates. New Zealand newspapers reported yesterday.
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        911 MEMORIAL WORK STARTS
        46 19 Construction started on Monday on a memorial and museum to commemorate the victims of the 911 attacks, the BBC reported. The structure at the site of the destroyed World Trade Centre in New York will feature two reflecting pools surrounded by trees.
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      Lock icon REDISCOVERING SECULARISM IN M'SIA
      746 20  -  BARADAM KUPPUSAMY -IPS But drive to reaffirm secular law could clash with Muslim groups that regard the constitution un-lslamic news@newstoday.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR Moderate Malaysians, fearful of Shariah incursions into their private space, have launched a movement to rediscover the country's secular constitution and restore it as
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      Lock icon Undone by a game of golf
      430 22 —AGENCIES South Korean PM resigns after criticism that he was out on the course while the nation was hit by strikes SEOUL It was only a round of golf, but South Korean Prime Minister Lee Hae Chan paid a dear price for his hobby.
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      Lock icon Japan in no hurry to lift US beef ban
      220 22 —AFP TOKYO Japan has signalled it will take its time when considering lifting a ban on beef imports from the United States after a meat packer's shipment to Hong Kong violated guidelines against mad cow disease. Hong Kong banned imports from
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      Lock icon Google reaches for the stars
      415 24 —AGENCIES Internet giant unveils Web-based mapping tool that allows users to explore Mars up-close LOS ANGELES First there was Google Earth, then Google Moon. Now Google Inc has expanded its galactic reach by launching Google Mars this week, a Web browser-based mapping tool that gives
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        Lock icon FAT, ASTHMATIC, DID DRUGS? AUSTRALIA STILL NEEDS YOU
        70 24 DPA Australia will relax recruitment rules so that the overweight, asthmatics and former drug addicts will not be barred from the armed forces. Defence Minister Brendan Nelson said yesterday. "In my view it is character that really counts," Mr Nelson said. He
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        WHERE TO GO AND NOT TO GO IN HANGZHOU FOR YOUR OWN GOOD
        59 24 An "anti-theft" map of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province in east China, has been launched online, the Shanghai Daily reported. Internet users can view "hot spots" on the map where thefts have frequently occurred, as well
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        SO YOU'VE GOT A NURSE FETISH?
        84 24 Prostitutes in Germany are being given the opportunity to retrain as nurses for the elderly. The Daily Telegraph reported. Launched with the help of the Church and the European Union, the scheme will help plug a chronic shortfall in nurses as well as offer
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      595 26  -  EDWIN YEO TEE YEOK ON A sunny Sunday afternoon, as I was driving along the Benjamin Sheares Bridge, I found myself saying to my wife: "Singapore is such a beautiful country to live in, except that the heat is unbearable."
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      398 28  -  JENNY KONG TOTAL DEFENCE AWARDS SPECIAL FEATURE MINDEF salutes 197 Total Defence Awards winners in an evening of pride, honour and entertainment jenny@newstoday.com. sg It was an evening of celebration for guests at the Total Defence Awards Presentation Ceremony, many of whom were recipients of the prestigious
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      116 28 The Total Defence Awards recognise employers and civil resource (CR) owners who have been supportive of national defence and national service (NS). The Minister for Defence Awards (MiDAs) League distinguishes its members as leaders and strong advocates for national defence. They will be
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      83 28 ComfortDelgro Corporation Ltd DBS Bank Gems Marine Pte Ltd Hanson Building Materials (S) Pte Ltd Hiap Shing Shipping Pte Ltd Huationg Contractor Pte Ltd Maritime Port Authority of Singapore Megastone Holdings Pte Ltd Nanyang Polytechnic Penguin Boat International Ltd PSA Corporation Ltd Public Utilities Board Singapore
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        196 29  -  FANNY CHAN Letter from I WAS heartened to learn that readers are not a genuinely uncaring lot when they expressed their concern over the mandatory day off for domestic maids. A well thought out law should allow for practicality of
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        161 29  -  CHUAKIMCHOO Letter from IT IS not inhuman if the maid does not have a day off each week. It is only inhuman if the maid is treated badly by the employer. I am glad that the Parliament decided not to mandate
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        281 29  -  THAMYUNBING Letter from AS SINGAPORE matures into a developed country, laws should also change and progress to keep in tune with the society's level of sophistication. While I agree with the recent letters that more must be done to deter animal abuse from taking
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      62 29  -  -Mary Tan The school holidays are here. Scouts are running around doing jobs to raise money for charities. There is someone who lives in a Kovan landed property and drives a Mercedes, who had asked the young scout to give tuition for two hours for a mere $1. I
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      571 30  -  Mr Miyagi The word-of-mouth effect-only far more effective WHEN Tan Pin Pin's documentary, Singapore Gaga (singaporegaga.com), was shown at a "press screening" for a select few in the media, several of us bloggers were a little surprised we were on the invite list We
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      33 30 About a Nut: http://blog.juznuts.com/?p=69B the crowd of me: http://ilovespyda.blogspot.com/2006/03/clogs-tissue-sellers-street- vendors.html eye2eye: http://www.e2e.sg/index.php?itemid=B63 mrbrown: http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2006/03/singapore_gaga_.html popagandhi: http://popagandhi.com/260/singaporegaga/#respond singabloodypore: http://singabloodypore.blogspot.com/2006/03/singapore-docu-mentary-with-sound-bite.html Tym Blogs Too: http://www.toomanythoughts.org/blog/2006/03/listening-to-singapore.html Waikay.net: http://waikay.net/2006/03/a-little-film-publicity/ A busker featured in the film, Singapore Gaga.
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      223 32  -  DR JAMES DOBSON THE FAMILY MEETING The process of caring for ageing parents can be a time that draws families closer together. Unfortunately, it usually becomes a time that tears them apart. Typically, the sister who lives nearby feels she is sacrificing her life to care
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        203 32  -  JIMMY HO KWOKHOONG Letterfrom I REFER to the article "Plan for your Golden Years", by Frances Ong Hock Lin (March 13). I admire Ms Ong's grandfather for his pursuit of a meaningful life after his retirement We should follow his
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        166 32  -  SOHTIONGBOON Letter from RECENTLY, I noticed a dead bird on our living room window ledge. At first, I wanted to bury it but my son reminded me to be careful in case it had died of bird flu. I called the National Environment
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      218 32  -  LYNN ONG (MS) Letter from Deputy Manager, Media Relations Land Transport Authority I REFER to Mr Young Pak Nang's letter "Real issue not addressed" (March 7). We would like to clarify that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) does not require a vehicle
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      772 34  -  LV DARAVUTH He returns to Cambodia to record history before it's lost i coffee with 32, co-founder, co-director of Reyum Institute of Arts and Culture, Cambodia Ly Daravuth, co-founder and co-director of Reyum Institute, was one of the many Cambodians displaced by the civil
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      75 36 CALLING ALL SHUTTERBUGS: Email us an interesting picture you have taken in Singapore. 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. KARATE KIDS Today artist Soh Eng Kong captured this photograph of two men
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        270 36  -  LIEWKAIKHIUN Letter from London, UK WHILE I share Dr Kanwaljit Soin feminist ideals (March 13), I beg to differ with her ideas of the progress of women. According to Dr Soin's gauges, the Singaporean women would be in the third wave of feminism,
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        207 36  -  ALFRED LIM Letter from I cannot help but feel the feminist movement sometimes fail to see the wider pictures of social impact it has caused. The basic premise of the feminist movement equality in all forms between the sexes is one which
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      546 38  -  LEECHINGWERN Despite large stake, Temasek wants to keep the telco listed chingwern@newstoday.com.sg AMID the deepening political crisis faced by Thai Premier Thaksin Shinawatra, Temasek Holdings' takeover of Shin Corp was completed successfully yesterday with it acquiring 96.12 per cent in the telecommunications giant founded by Dr Thaksin.
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        4 38 ST Index 2,506.70 -5.44
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        109 38 SHARE prices closed marginally lower. The ST Index closed down 5.44 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 2,506.70. Losers outnumbered gainers 279 to 245 while 1.09 billion shares worth $989.7 million were traded. China Milk Products Group, which debuted on Monday, was the most actively traded counter. The share
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        59 38 SGX Bloomberg I Index Value Change Pis Information provided by Mikkei 225 -123.15 -0.7! Hang Seng USX *****.76 4932.20 -22.31 -0.1' -19.10 -0.3! laiwan Wtd 6460.01 -04.62 -1.2! <orea Comp 1326.30 -11.90 -0.91 <LCI 924.37 +2.34 +0.2! SET Index 730.63 +5.75 +0.7! Jakarta Comp 1245.37 +1.71 +0.1' Dhils
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        48 38 CbinaMilk GlobalVoice Biosensors Reyoung SingTel Ferrocbina LabroyMarBNP***** LabroyMar SPCSGAeCW*****4 TopGlobal 0.855 0.135 1.110 0.465 2.710 0.695 0.170 1.410 0.170 -0.020 -0.005 +0.020 +0.030 +0.010 +0.015 +0.030 +0.005 -2.3 -3.6 +1.8 +6.9 +0.4 +9.7 +2.2 +3.0 37,777 33,157 28,558 26,537 24,628 22,918 21,485 20,593 19,312 18,000
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        64 38 MitSem 13.700 +0.300 :iTYDEV 10.100 +0.200 ISH500USS 12.000 +0.200 MBLCorp 6.150 +0.150 (S Energy 2.790 +0.130 Celestial 1.140 +0.120 5GXCA8CW*****4 1.370 +0.110 :iTYDEVW*****0 7.500 +0.100 :8N 19.600 +0.100 5GXBNP8CW*****4 1.400 +0.100 MAEEngg 0.045 +50.0 Sunlight 0.040 +33.3 GMG US$ 0.025 +25.0 Hitchins 0.055 +22.2 CITYDEVMBE8CW*****70.200 +21.2 Xpress
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        66 38 DBS 16.300 -0.200 IACBBeCW*****0 Fortune Reit HK$ 0.500 -0.120 6.100 -0.100 Jardine C8C 10.200 -0.100 KepCorp DUE 13.300 -0.100 11.600 -0.100 JOB 15.400 -0.100 STI2300SGA*****0 rAC200US$ CCBMBtoCW*****1 1.000 -0.000 3.600 -0.060 0.405 -0.050 M.MBtoCW*****3 0.005 -03.3 :apitalanBNPePW***** 0.005 5TATSChPMBLXCW*****0 0.005 -66.7 -66.7 \IOLDBeCW*****0 0.030 -50.0 >embMarSGAeCW*****5 0.015
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        31 38 JS$ JK£ 'en m iuro lupiah 0.6153 0.3551 73.045 4.7739 2.2882 0.5143 5684.5 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ 31.508 0.8355 27.388 603.45 0.7124 4.9532 0.9622
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        20 38 ■old US$/oz iilver US$/oz 'latinum US$/oz 547.50 10.16 1,023.10 Rubber cents/kg Palm oil RM/tonne Brent US$/barrel 330.; 1,439.1 62.:
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        653 40  -  CHRISTIE LOH Bank shares fall, but the deal is far from sealed christie@newstoday.com.sg HAUNTED by memories of a lavish venture, investors yesterday bailed out of DBS Group Holdings' shares on news that Singapore's top lender had jumped into a bidding race touted to be
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        477 42  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA AFF S'porean joins Dubai top real estate firm; hints at interest in regional businesses shobha@newstoday.com.sg THE appointment of Singaporean property veteran Dr Yu Lai Boon to one of the top posts in Dubai's Nakheel Property Group might be the first hint of the property giant's
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        189 42 -AFP TIGER beer will expand its United States distribution through an agreement with American brewer Anheuser-Busch, the companies said in a statement. Tiger is the flagship brand of Singa-pore-listed Asia Pacific Breweries, a joint venture between Fraser and Neave Group and Heineken
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        377 44 BLOOMBERG Lawyer says court wants documents on application; hearing to resume in a week CHINA Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp, or CAO, which is reorganising after a US$55O-million ($894-million) derivatives trading loss, said a Singapore court adjourned a hearing related to its restructuring plan until
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        215 44 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE expects India to ease investment norms in banking after it signed an accord last year to give the Republic preference over others in the purchase of banking and financial stocks. "The Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Reserve Bank of India have been
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        223 45 -DOWJONES LONDON Global oil consumption for this year is not expected to grow as rapidly as had been previously thought because high prices are undercutting demand, the International Energy Agency (lEA) said yesterday. In its widely watched monthly report, the Paris-based lEA cuts
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        293 45 BLOOMBERG Both companies may jointly import and export crude oil CHINA Petroleum Chemical Corp, Asia's biggest oil processing company, and Hindustan Petroleum Corp, India's sec-ond-biggest state-run refiner, agreed to consider joint refinery and exploration ventures. Sinopec, as China Petroleum is known, and Hindustan Petroleum
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        512 46  -  CHOW PENN NEE India and Hong Kong are at the top of Grant Thornton International's annual list pennnee@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE ranks fourth among Asian economies in the Grant Thornton International Super Growth Index, a research project involving more than 7,000 business owners in
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      153 44 kcietiring Soon? Plan well for your retirement From age 62, you will receive monthly payments from your CPF |pu! I J^^M^^TT^rt— Minimum Sum to help meet your basic needs during retirement. M mS3k T^^M In general, if you had set aside the Minimum Sum fully in cash, H)^V^9 your CPF
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      1351 48  -  Ashraf Safdar Ong Keng Sen, who used to dance in dresses at ACS, has grown up to be a multi-disciplinary theatre guru and now trots the globe, curating, directing and believing that the best is yet to be I legends-pioneers»heroes~ GROWING up in the *****, Ong
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      149 49 1963 Born the youngest of six siblings. 1970-1981 Completed his education at the Anglo Chinese Schools. 1985 Directed his first play. The Children's Hour, by Lillian Hellman. 1987 Became president of the National University of Singapore's Varsity Playhouse. 1988 Staged Beauty World and became proud of his Singaporean identity
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      845 50  -  FELIX CHEONG Booming Thai film industry grapples with a leeching problem IN BANGKOK plus@newstoday.com.sg THAI director Songyos Sugmakanan has high hopes for his second feature film Dorm, which opens tomorrow. Shot in 55 days with a budget of US$l.B million ($2.9 million), the ghost story set in
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      536 51 AGENCIES The Da Vinci Code author tells London court of his wife's role in his success LONDON In a rare and reluctant appearance, The Da Vinci Code novelist Dan Brown dismissed as "completely fanciful" claims that he stole the ideas of two authors, saying
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      219 51 -AP NEW YORK Isaac Hayes has quit South Park, where he voices Chef. He said he could no longer stomach its take on religion. Hayes, who has played the ladies' man/school cook in the animated Comedy Central satire since 1997, said in a statement
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      133 52 HONG KONG Hong Kong action hero Jackie Chan (picture) has joined Hollywood stars in raising awareness of Red Cross missions. The Rush Hour star is among 25 celebrities, including Pierce Brosnan and Jamie Lee Curtis, recently appointed to the so-called American Red Cross national celebrity
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      375 52  - All I want is my debut concert AMELYNN LIONG Though overwhelmed by the quickened pace, Wei Lian is set to give his best in his first solo a melynnl@newstoday.com.sg READY or not, Project Superstar winner Tan Wei Lian will hold his debut concert next month at the Singapore Expo. It
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      200 53  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL LOOKING fabulous in a wedding dress, Kumar announced on Monday night that he was "getting married". To six men, to be precise. The six 40-something members of local band Speedway will join the gender-bending comedian in his nightly show at Orchard Towers nightclub Gold
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      158 53 ■AP LOS ANGELES The judge presiding over the Colin Farrell's lawsuit to prevent distribution of a sex tape he made with his Playmate girlfriend three years ago has ruled that the case must go on. Nicole Narain, Playboy's Miss January 2002, sought to have
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        276 54 AGENCIES Critics may have savaged them but people in Spore and the US just loved them NEVER mind what the critics say, the most-panned new release of last week shot straight up to the top position on the local box office charts. Date Movie, a
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      318 57 MEDIACORP features prominently in the development of Singapore's broadcasting history. We commenced Radio broadcast on 1 June 1936 and Television on 15 February 1963. Today, MediaCorp is Singapore's largest broadcaster with a complete range of media businesses. As part of its content-driven strategy, it produces highly-rated multi-lingual and multi-genre local
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      539 58 First set fightback helps Haas continue good form TENNIS Pacific Life Open INDIAN WELLS, California A baffled Andre Agassi was bundled out of the U555.27 million ($8.56 million) Pacific Life Open 7-5, 6-2 on Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) by Germany's Tommy Haas. Despite his status
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      333 58 —AP ATLANTIC CITY Banned from doing business with Atlantic City casinos, boxing promoter Don King was honoured Monday by the seaside resort city, which named a street-end plaza after him. "It is a momentous occasion and one I'm humbly grateful for, to be honoured in such
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      252 58 —AP TAMPA, Florida A former Carolina Panthers cheerleader avoided jail Monday by pleading no contest to charges stemming from her role in a brawl sparked by accusations that she was having sex with another cheerleader in the bathroom of a bar. Under the deal with
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        411 59 —AFP FACUP,STH ROUND REPLAY Man City 2 Aston Villa 1 MANCHESTER, England Giorgios Samaras repaid another chunk of his £6 million ($17 million) transfer fee to help Manchester City into the last eight of the FA Cup with a 2-1
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        352 59 Dazzling Dejan scores for Inter Milan to join Catalan company in quarter-finals CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ROUND OF 16 Inter Milan 1 AjaxO (Inter win on 3-2 aggregate) ROME Inter Milan's Dejan Stankovic scored in a 1-0 defeat of visiting Ajax last night (this morning, Singapore time) in
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        284 59 —AFP LONDON Arsenal midfielder Freddie Ljungberg looks set to be sidelined for at least two weeks after a recurring calf injury flared up again, the club confirmed yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). The 28-year-old Sweden international had just returned to the side after missing the
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        96 60 AFTER a year in the international wilderness, Valencia goalkeeper Santiago Canizares looks set to be included in Spain's World Cup squad. Spain coach Luis Aragones described Canizares' recent form as "phenomenal" and said if it continued, the 36-year-old would be selected as the team's thirdchoice goalkeeper. The
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        77 60 DESPITE being drawn in a very tough group with Brazil, Croatia and Australia, Japan manager Zico is backing his side to make it to the semi-finals of this year's World Cup. "We are 18th in the Fifa world rankings, but I think we are better than
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        93 60 BERLIN wants to shed its image as being the grumpiest city in Germany with the World Cup finals less than three months away. The German capital, whose revamped Olympic Stadium will be the World Cup's showcase venue and will host the final, launched a campaign yesterday
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        139 60 EXPERTS expect a flood of pirated products worth an estimated total of 1.3 billion euros ($2.5 billion) to hit the market before and during the World Cup in Germany which starts on June 9. Sports apparel is traditionally popular with the pirates who are
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      313 60  -  JOSE RAYMOND jose@newstoday.com.sg IT NOW looks as if Singapore could host the 2011 SEA Games. Media reports yesterday revealed that Cambodia, slated to host the 2011 edition of the biennial Games for the first time, had decided to pull the plug because of logistical
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      750 60  -  DARREN LAI Former Lions coach, now in Sporting Afrique's corner, also praises Crouch darren@newstoday.com.sg RAFAEL Benitez will bring the glory days back to Anfield and beanpole striker Peter Crouch will come good. That is the opinion of former Singapore national coach Barry Whitbread, the director of recruitment
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      597 61  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Based at Indoor Stadium, new basketball club will represent Singapore in NBL weekeat@newstoday.com.sg THIS September, Singapore will have a professional club fighting it out in the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). But it will most probably not feature a single Singapore player.
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      431 61  -  DARREN LAI da rren@newstoday.com.sg FANDI Ahmad's Young Lions will go into the Malaysian FA Cup last 16 clash against Johor tonight boosted by the news that winger Khairul Amri and defender Ismail Yunos will both be available for selection. The duo were initially due
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      402 62 -AFP Member of Indian contingent charged on two counts for assaulting teenager MELBOURNE A sex scandal involving an official from India threatened to overshadow the 18th Commonwealth Games yesterday, with police and organisers put on the back foot over an assault in the Games village. A
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      412 62 —AFP MELBOURNE It is almost inevitable that athletes will use performance-enhancing drugs at the Commonwealth Games, a senior anti-doping official said yesterday, but he warned the net was rapidly closing. Some 1,000 tests will be conducted at the 12-day spectacle which opens
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      367 62 -AFP MELBOURNE -South Africa's swimmers insist they have nothing to fear from their powerful hosts Australia, as they carry their nation's medal hopes into the Commonwealth Games here this week. Four years ago in Manchester South Africa won 46 medals, nine of them gold.
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      413 63 THEY worked till the last minute to try to reach an agreement, but failed. The result: Singaporeans will not be able to catch the 18th Commonwealth Games on television. But MediaCorp TV revealed yesterday that supporters of Team Singapore do not have to fear
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      563 63  -  LEONGWEEKEAT Athletes and officials enjoy local food on the eve of 18th Commonwealth Games weekeat@newstoday.com.sg Shooting ace Lee Wung Yew TEAM Singapore athletes and officials were treated to Australian hospitality last night, as the Darebin City Council, welcomed the Republic's athletes and officials with plenty
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