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    28 1 TODAY /AediaCorp MICA(P) 112/07/2005 share your free newspaper Thursday March 16, 2006 todayonline.com TODAY Frew MICA (P) 112/07/2005 share your free newspaper Thursday March 16, 2006 todayonline.com I
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    Lock icon Empty seats add to Thai drama
    593 1 No-contests sour script as palace steps in and Thaksin drops a startling hint BANGKOK Next month's election in Thailand was thrown into doubt as Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's party started running out of opponents to fight against. And that could be its biggest problem.
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    Lock icon Only the best for a racehorse, of course
    515 1  -  VINITARAMANI vinita@newstoday.com.sg IN AN industry where just over 1,000 animals generate an annual turnover of about $1.5 billion, owning a racehorse isn't exactly a passion for the financially or emotionally non-committal. A top-end horse can cost up to $500,000. And a simple
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      A BETTER WAY TO HELP THE POOR?
      807 2  -  SIEWKUMHONG Instead of cash assistance, a super trust fund for the needy could do the trick THE 2006 Budget contained many significant milestones, and the Workfare Bonus was probably the biggest one of all. As Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong put it: "The
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      Lock icon Welcome back, Your Majesty
      609 3  -  CLEMENT MESENAS 17 years after her last visit, Queen Elizabeth II returns to Singapore EDITOR-AT-LARGE clement@newstoday.com.sg BRITAIN'S Queen Elizabeth II arrives here today, 17 years after she last set foot in Singapore in 1989. Interestingly, she first came here 17 years before that, in 1972. On
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      Lock icon Eye infections here are still on the rise
      205 3 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE number of fungal eye infections among contact lens users continues to rise, says the Ministry of Health (MOH). There are now 56 confirmed cases compared to the 39 reported three weeks ago. The cases were linked to Bausch and
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      Lock icon Fanning the flames he 'didn't start'
      635 4  -  LEECHINGWERN It was due to errors in judgment, says lawyer of former CEO of CAO chingwern@newstoday.com.sg CLOSING yet another chapter of Singapore's biggest financial scandal in recent years, former chief executive of China Aviation Oil Singapore (CAO), Chen Jiulin, yesterday pleaded guilty to six
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      Raid nets 4 alleged S'porean kidnappers
      256 4 FOUR Singaporean men will be hauled to court today for allegedly kidnapping two Indonesian men over a money dispute. The locals were nabbed after the police stormed into a warehouse to rescue the victims, aged 35 and 53, on Tuesday evening. Over $10,000 was
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      Lock icon Cirque's 'bigger top' if MGM wins bid
      552 6  -  JASMINE YIN Latest carrot in MGM Mirage's IR bid involves gigantic pool shows jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg AUDIENCES in Singapore may be familiar with watching Cirque dv Soleil's eccentric cast of characters perform dramatic choreography under a big white tent But this could possibly be a
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      Lock icon Where are the frills? Visitors ask at Budget Terminal tours
      416 6  -  TEOXUANWEI xua nweit@newstoday.com.sg THE atmosphere was carnival-like: Large crowds arriving in tour buses, tour guides with loudhailers and children running around. Made up mostly of retirees, housewives and children, the 3,000-strong crowd that visited the spanking new $45-million Budget Terminal
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      Lock icon A record year for jobs
      612 8 AGENCIES THE year 2005 saw record high employment for Singaporeans since 1997. The Ministry of Manpower's (MOM) latest statistics show total employment grew 113,300, exceeding the previous year's gains of 71,400. The employment growth was powered by the services sector mainly from the real estate
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      Lock icon Will charges be reduced for Filipino maid?
      344 8 —ANSLEYNG FILIPINO murder suspect Guen Garlejo Aguilar is banking on one of three defences to escape the noose. Aguilar, 26, is accused of killing fellow maid Jane Parangan La Puebla on Sept 7 last year. Two days later, Ms La Puebla's body parts
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      More living in bigger flats
      503 10  -  DERRICK A PAULO Statistics Department data shows more upgraders over past 10 years derrick@newstoday.com.sg THE downgrading trend may have begun to set in, but compared to 1995, most Singapore households have moved into bigger homes. Yesterday, the Department of Statistics (DOS) released data which showed
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        Lock icon PM LEE INVITED TO CUBA
        68 10 Channel News Asia Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has been invited to attend the NonAligned Movement Summit in Cuba in September. Cuban President's Special Envoy, Miguel Angel Ramirez Ramos, who is on a three-day official visit, delivered a letter from President Fidel Castro to Mr
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        Lock icon RJC STUDENT AWARDED ANGUS ROSS PRIZE FOR ENGLISH
        97 10 Channel News Asia Raffles Junior College student Abigail Loh has been awarded the Angus Ross Prize for last year. The prize is awarded for the best performance in the November GCE A-level English examination by a non-United Kingdom candidate. Since the University
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      Advertisers in the loop: Ratings agency
      364 10  -  JANE CHIAPOCO ja nec@newstoday.com.sg SOME 10 days after it withdrew its TV ratings service, media research company TNS addressed, point by point, the concerns raised by the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Singapore (4As). The advertising agents represented by 4As had decided not to
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      Yearning to vote, but are they in tune?
      632 12  -  LEE U-WEN Overseas Singaporeans complain of tough residency criteria; Minister explains the Government's stand u-wen@newstoday.com.sg WHEN the rules were first introduced before the last General Election (GE) in 2001, they generated a heated debate in Parliament and among the public. The various
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      MP: What exactly is your vision, Ms Sylvia Lim?
      448 12  -  CHEOWXINYI IS IT ENOUGH to want to act as a check on the Government? This was the poser given by People's Action Party (PAP) MP Irene Ng last night when asked for her views on opposition leader Sylvia Lim. Speaking at
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      140 10 open house WYM Saturday, 18 March Iff I SIM University Singapore's I^ll^l 4th University is dedicated to working ZJLIJ|dIJ professionals and adult learners. ISUUitiiUlil Approved by the Ministry of Education, >v it is the only university that offers a unique learning system that empowers you to balance your studies with
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      Lock icon M'sian tap water causes a stink
      173 14 KUALA LUMPUR Residents in Malaysia's Klang Valley have received another shock following last month's record floods. Following the floods, residents have complained of a bad smell in their tap water. Residents in certain areas, including Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya and Shah Alam have claimed
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      Lock icon Threat of the Tigers
      515 14 ■AFP Rebels use violence to extort money from overseas Tamils to fund 'final war' NEW YORK Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels are using threats, intimidation, and violence to extort millions of dollars from Tamils living abroad, Human Rights Watch said in a report yesterday. Since last
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      Lock icon US urges Indonesia to play leadership role in region
      327 14 -AFP JAKARTA Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the United States was committed to South-east Asia and urged Indonesia to play a leadership role in the region. She made her comments as she wrapped up a two-day visit to Jakarta yesterday.
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      Lock icon West Bank raid triggers unrest
      451 16 -AFP Palestinian territories grind to a halt after general strike called to protest prison attack GAZA CITY The Palestinian territories ground to a halt under a general strike yesterday to protest against an Israeli army raid on a West Bank prison, as the authorities braced
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      Lock icon Imelda open to talks over Marcos' Philippine assets
      158 16 ■AFP MANILA Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos is open to negotiating a settlement with the government on assets worth an estimated US$lO billion ($16.2 billion) that her late dictator husband is alleged to have stolen from the state. Negotiations remain the
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      Lock icon Six seriously ill after drug trial
      95 16 AFP LONDON Six men were in a local hospital's intensive care unit yesterday after participating in trials of a new drug that were immediately suspended as Britain's health watchdog launched a probe. The men, who were all healthy, paid volunteers, were admitted to the
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      Lock icon No space for the dead
      145 20 -AFP SHANGHAI Shanghai is so crowded these days that the living barely have any elbow room. Now, it seems that people will have to spend eternity in even tighter quarters. Struggling to find space for its 17 million people, Shanghai is looking to the dead
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      Lock icon Golf puts another Korean minister in the bunker
      479 20 -AFP Vice-Education Minister quits, probe launched into alleged influence peddling SEOUL A day after South Korea's Prime Minister resigned over a controversial game of golf, a second minister has followed suit, sparking a criminal investigation into alleged influence-peddling. Vice-Education Minister Lee Gi-Woo,
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      Lock icon US frowns at Russian nuclear supplies to India
      357 22 -AFP It says New Delhi has to first take steps under nuclear deal WASHINGTON The United States is opposed to Russia supplying India with nuclear fuel before New Delhi honours obligations under a nuclear deal it recently signed with the US, a
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        DOOR-TO-DOOR CHECK FOR BIRD FLU
        44 22 Health workers went door-to-door looking for people with flu-like symptoms in western India yesterday, a day after the country reported its second outbreak of bird flu, Reuters reported. The latest outbreak is in the Jalgaon district of Maharashtra state.
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        Lock icon MILOSEVIC TO BE BURIED IN SERBIA
        53 22 ■AFP Former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic will be laid to rest on Saturday in his hometown of Pozarevac, east of the capi- tal Belgrade, two officials said. Meanwhile a Serbian court revoked an arrest warrant for Milosevic's widow Mira Markovic, to allow her to
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        Lock icon RHETORIC... AND REALITY
        40 22 -AFP Police beat and arrested three protesters outside the hall where minutes earlier China's Premier Wen Jiabao had promised to protect citizens' rights at a once-a-year press conference for hundreds of foreign and local journalists in Beijing.
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      Lock icon SO WHAT IF US HAS DOUBLE STANDARDS?
      773 23  -  ROBERT KAGAN Its nuclear deal with India makes strategic, diplomatic, ideological and political sense A HUGE nation, a huge democracy, increasingly prosperous and powerful and increasingly sympathetic to the ideological and strategic objectives of the United States and its democratic allies. It sits
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      Lock icon Cracks in the inner circle
      485 24 NYT NEWS SERVICES Powerful voices within Tehran are criticising Iran's nuclear policy TEHRAN While the Iranian government remains resolute in its combative approach toward building a nuclear programme, cracks have been opening both inside and outside the circles of power over the issue. Some people
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      141 25 .!,-,L"w SHI -■111" T-*"~^ r.;V-V: 'ik» «T^Vf*""V'f^lff^lff'^^ft Jffl If :'p ff rfPrH H in-1 ===^|siß Sfe'x Tickets valid for sale on or before 31st March 2006 and valid for travel from Ist March until 30th April 2006. Tickets must be issued on or before 31st March 2006. Seats are subject
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      Lock icon isay AN ABSENCE OF TEARS
      676 26  -  TANG LI THE death of Slobodan Milosevic, the former Yugoslav President last Saturday was an emotional event for me. I grew up in Western Europe during the 1990s and the murders and rapes that took place in the Balkans were part of my daily news
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      Car was fully paid for, yet the transfer process took a week
      191 26  -  NANCY CHNG Letter from I REFER to the letter from the Land Transport Authority (LTA)," More online traffic, hence jam" (March 14), where it defended the new e-Services@one.motoring service recently implemented. LTA states: "Generally, if a vehicle is
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      Life in the slow lane no go for some vehicles
      126 26  -  KEVIN LIM Letter from THE recent amendment to the speed limit for certain commercial vehicles seems to have done more harm than good. These vehicles, for so long confined to the left lane at 60kmh, have started venturing out to
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    • More transparent information, please
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        Clarify posting system, MOE
        366 28  -  CHIACHYEHIANG Letter from HELPING your child choose a new school, in this case a junior college (JC), is a stressful process. It is a balance of knowing her abilities and the right JC for her. When our daughter did reasonably well in her 0 levels, we
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        Make clear pre-requisites
        299 28  -  KENNETH GOMES Letter from MY SON achieved good results in the GCE 0 level 2005 Examinations. He got five As and one B, with a total aggregate score of 11, in subjects such as Chemistry, Design Technology, E Maths, Combined Science and Combined Humanities. He applied and
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      Welcome Singaporeans abroad home
      148 28  -  JEFFREYLAWLEEBENG Letter from THE report "Ambassadors to the world" (March 15) is heartening news, especially when there are about 100,000 Singaporeans working or studying overseas. There are students who, upon graduation, fail to return because they have lost touch with the job market here and seek
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      Caring for elderly needs special training
      418 31  -  HENGCHOCHOON Domestic maids with right qualifications should be entitled to higher pay Letter from YOUR reporter Teo Xuan Wei has highlighted the importance of foreign domestic helpers who are trained to look after elderly patients suffering from dementia and other age-related sicknesses ("Domestic helpers'
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      Publicising statistics may not be of help
      143 31  -  LAI YEW CHAN Letter from I REFER to the report titled "Paper on Cataract Surgery Out" (March 13). The move to publicise charges, success rates and safety rates of surgeries is predicated on the notion of empowering informed consumers. The notion may not
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      Impressed with Air Asia's service
      130 31  -  PHANGKOKCHIEW Letter from I HAVE just returned from a short trip to Thailand on Air Asia. It was my first experience with the budget carrier and I was very impressed with the quality of service provided. Check-in at both airports was fast and efficient and
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      222 32  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY IN SEARCH OF HEROES You know, today's kids live in a world without heroes. And that may be because we've taught them that genuine heroes don't really exist. According to Peter H Gobbon,the headmaster of the Hackley School in New York, the
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      SINGAPORESEEN
      294 32  -  Sim Kah Choon GOLDEN MILE COMPLEX: THOUGHTS OF AN OLD BUILDING I thought I have sunk into oblivion finding final solace in my slumber in which I would often relive those halycon days way back in 1974 when I was the toast of the town with my iconic cruise
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      Re-examine income ceiling for HDB flats
      347 32  -  PETER HENGTECK WEE Don't add to the burden of young couples Letter from I I AM concerned that the HDB's existing income ceiling of $8,000 is unfair to a large group of Singaporeans. I am speaking of the number of couples who are below
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      Rights of businesses
      246 32  -  BRIAN SELBY LEEHAIHUA Letter from IN TRADE and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang's recent reply in Parliament (March 8) on the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) issue, he pointed to the United States as a country having compulsory membership for private businesses in a federation similar to the
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      558 34 DOW JONES Merger to ready BumiputraCommerce, Southern Bank for banking liberalisation KUALA LUMPUR Bumiputra-Com-merce Holdings (BCHB) hopes a RM6.7-bil-lion ($2.9-billion) merger with Southern Bank announced yesterday would give it the edge that it needs to compete in a consolidating Malaysian banking sector. The planned
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      252 34 Singapore Airlines (SIA) carried 1.3 million passengers last month, a year-on-year rise of 11.4 per cent due to demand for flights to and from the Asian Aerospace 2006 exhibition from Feb 21 and 26. It filled 76.2 per cent of seats with paying passengers last month, more than the
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        123 34 BRITAIN is fast becoming a culinary mecca. But for those without the luxury of time to travel, the Tastes of Great Britain promotion until tomorrow showcases British food products at Cold Storage Jelita and Takashimaya and Market Place Paragon, Tanglin, Raffles City and
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        135 34 SHtHAIUN lowers Singapore's Grand Ballroom will showcase the grandeur and elegance of a romantic fairytale wedding. From 12.30pm to 4.30pm on Saturday, couples will be treated to such offerings that they would need to create their own fairytale weddings. With main sponsors Sattine
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      154 35 -AGENCIES CHINESE fertiliser maker Sichuan Meifeng Chemical Industry Co said yesterday its board approved the sale of a 10-per-cent stake in the company to a fund in which Singapore investment firm Temasek Holdings indirectly holds shares. In a deal estimated at 117.9
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        26 35 ST Index 2,498.02 -8.68 i, i, **********1, i, i, *****1 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 am pm iu.^ 2507.3 2504.5 2501.6 2438.S 2495.9 (cJSGX
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        56 35 Nikkei 225 16,319.04 +80.68 +0.50 HK Hang Seng 15,720.36 +200.60 +1.29 Australia ASX200 4,946.30 +14.10 +0.29 Korea Comp 1,333.98 +7.68 +0.58 Thailand SET 741.21 +2.58 +0.35 Jakarta Comp 1,244.44 -0.94 -0.08 Phils Comp 2,127.91 +6.92 +0.33 Shenzhen B 248.68 +3.72 +1.52 Mumbai Sensex Closed Malaysia KLCI 924.24 -0.13
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        54 35 GlobalVoice 0.150 +0.015 +11.1 65,507 ChinaMilk 0.940 +0.005 +9.9 57,976 CSO Pharm 0.435 +0.025 +6.1 34,293 Reyoung 0.465 29,053 China Petra 0.625 +0.040 +6.0 27,593 ChinaEssen 0.555 +0.020 +3.7 26,002 MsmoiyD 0.495 +0.015 +3.1 23,970 SingTel 2.720 +0.010 +0.4 22,056 China Sun 0.655 +0.020 +3.1 19,444 HSH5600CW*****a
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        168 35 Dow Jones SHARES closed mixed yesterday, but blue chips were weighed down by profit taking in the Jardine group of companies. The ST Index closed down 8.68 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 2,498.02. In the broad market, gainers outnumbered losers 338 to 206. Trading volume amounted to 1.27
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        36 35 US$ 0.6172 UK£ 0.3538 Yen 72.559 HK$ 4.7901 RM 2.2877 Euro 0.5134 Rupiah 5,707.3 Baht 24.184 Peso 31.506 A$ 0.8351 Indian Rs 27.419 Won 601.81 C$ 0.7136 Yuan 4.9625 NZ$ 0.9581 NT$ 19.998
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        25 35 SGX, Dow Jones Bloomberg Hi uss/oz 553.00 ***** usl/oz 10.27 FUmn uss/oz 1,030.00 Rikll cents/kg 334.25 P*ii 1,418.50 BMtorilllSS/bnnl 63.63 Information provided by and
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        345 36 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Amid keen competition in credit card industry, only the biggest will survive: Pundits THE saturated credit card industry in Singapore is likely to face consolidation and DBS Bank predicts that smaller players will be marginalised. The bank says that weaker players are likely to
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        159 36  -  CHOW PENN NEE SHARES in mainboard-listed Memory Devices ended at 49.5 cents yesterday, its highest price since its debut at 20.5 cents last November, boosted by news that it was buying Taiwanese data storage devices maker TwinMOS for about $156.8 million. The shares rose 1.5 cents,
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        1396 38 New Zealand's pure natural environment is so attractive to visitors because it offers something for all ages, including the little ones in the family. From the North Island to the South Island, there is plenty of engaging action that will keep the whole family engrossed
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        206 40 DOW JONES SINGAPORE'S retail sales rose 4.8 per cent in January from the same month a year earlier, in line with market expectations but slower than December's 7.4-per-cent growth because of flat car sales. Seasonally-adjusted retail sales fell 3.9 per cent in
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        309 40 -BLOOMBERG Spore eyes the giant derivatives market ASIAN-based investors including hedge funds will help spur the growth of Singapore's derivatives market, a senior Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) official said. Singapore is betting that a growing investor base in Asia, including hedge funds, will help
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        741 41  -  VALERIE LAW Some aspects of corporate taxation policy seen impeding Spores goal to be IHQ hub valerie@newstoday.com.sg WHILE Singapore pushes ahead to become the location of choice for global companies wishing to setup a regional or international base for their operations, the country's corporate tax regime
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        976 42  -  WILLIAM PESEKJR BLOOMBERG The key is to transform Asians into affluent consumers news@newstoday.com.sg A MANILA train station may seem an odd place to gauge Asia's economic future. It's here where you will find graphic examples of the force that may trump all others over
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        899 43  -  JOHN M BERRY BLOOMBERG US central bank does not want to risk overshooting as growth and housing prices likely to cool off news@newstoday.com.sg FEDERAL Reserve officials seem more likely to pause in raising their target for the overnight lending rate when it reaches 5 per
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      153 42 STUDY IN \AUSTRALIA (■fl^Bfe^. l ___^_____B nil* '-> j^^l^j 7 Tertiary Secondary Schools Showcase 18 -19 March 2006 Suntec Singapore, Hall 401, Level 4 12 pm 6 pm Meet over 40 world-class secondary and tertiary institutions Includes Specialty studies: Hospitality, Tourism, Creative Arts and Media 1.00 -1.45 p.m Biomedical Science
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      1429 44  -  YONG SHU CHIANG New book details the making of a previously-banned, made-in-Singapore classic plus@newstoday.com.sg i A LITTLE-KNOWN made-in-Singapore film k has seized the imagination of some of HolI lywood's greatest minds over the years. 1 Kill Bill director Quentin Tarantino I owns a 35mm copy of
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      155 45 Orson Welles initially intended to direct Saint Jac/c with Jack Nicholson in the lead. Playboy Enterprises had a financial stake in Saint Jack. Paul Theroux's book of the same name was never banned here, contrary to popular belief. Roger Corman, who bankrolled Saint Jack, once noted on a visit
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      43 45 Author Ben Slater (picture) will speak about the origins of his book Kinda Hot at Borders on Saturday at 2pm. There will be a booksigning and members of the local cast and crew for Saint Jack are also expected to be present.
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      389 46  -  SHIBUITTYKUTTICKAL shibu@newstoday.com.sg CHRISTMAS Eve, 2005. Saradha Shankar had marked that day as special on her calender. It was just days ahead for her kidney transplant operation at the Madras Medical Mission Hospital in Chennai. But, the mind of the noted
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      311 46  -  -ZULOTHMAN IT'S official, the Norwegian duo, the Kings of Convenience, are among the nicest men in music. Not too many pop stars would suffer fools gladly, but Erlend Oye and Eirik Glambek Boe are quite the contrary. At a press conference yesterday,
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      463 46  -  ZULOTHMAN Scotland's famous folk soloist is having a Mosaic affair atthe Esplanade zul@newstoday.com.sg SCOTTISH folk singer Eddi Reader couldn't help but envy young musicians these days. "These days it's easier for bands to break through," she said in a phone interview from her home
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      134 47  -  Jane Harris DAVID CHEW The Observations It seems contemporary writers are following in the footsteps of successful authors like Sarah Waters -who have made Victorian literature hip again. This debut novel by Jane Harris is a page-turner, containing all the ingredients that make a suspense novel hard to put
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      98 47 Singapore film-maker Tan Pin Pin's documentary, Singapore GaGa, is being screened exclusively at The Arts House until April 16. I'm currently "reading" a photography book called Lodz Ghetto Album: Photographs by Henryk Ross, which features images of concentration camps during World War 11. I must admit that I like
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      352 47  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL But she has no wish to return, even after 37 years, says US-based writer Julia nar@newstoday.com.sg HER latest novel about three sisters who move from a relatively sheltered life in Malaysia to the raw realities of the United States somewhat mirrors her own
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        286 48 -AP Author vents her fury over film's bestpicture Oscar loss LOS ANGELES Annie Proulx, whose 1997 short story inspired the film Brokeback Mountain, has penned a scattershot blast in Saturday's issue of The Guardian, unleashing her anger over the film's bestpicture Oscar loss. The coveted Oscar went
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        188 48 —AP NEW YORK Michael Douglas is taking shots at Brad Pitt and his girlfriend Angelina Jolie. "I don't know about Brad Pitt, leaving that beautiful wife to go hold orphans for Angelina," Douglas said in GQ's April issue. "I mean, how long is that
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        112 49 AFP LOS ANGELES Nicollette Sheridan, the temptress of television hit Desperate Housewives, is engaged to singer Michael Bolton, said People magazine. Briton Sheridan, 42, and American Bolton, 52, dated during the 1990s after she separated from actor husband Harry Hamlin. Recently, she broke off her 2003 engagement
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        375 50  -  AMANDA KOH LIKE MediaCorp artiste and Swatch ambassador Adam Chen, spend some time in the sun having fun with Swatch's new Summer Sport collection. An avid wakeboarder, Adam showed off his moves at the launch of the collection on Tuesday at the newly-opened Ski36o Degree
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        506 50  -  AMANDA KOH An uptown girl she's not but Anna Sui believes in following a dream a ma nda@newstoday.com.sg IF ANNA Sui (picture) wasn't a fashion designer, she'd probably choose to be a rock star. The fashion icon is a bonafide bohemian: An artist advocating peace, passion and dreams
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      531 53  -  AMY VAN Sick of eating out? Pack some stir-fried vermicelli to work or school for a change f ood@newstoday.com.sg IF YOU are tired of eating overly oily and cholesterol-laden hawker food for lunch, today's recipe is great as a packed meal to bring to the office or school.You
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        813 54  -  TONGSUITCHEE traveller@newstoday.com.sg ISRAEL is often not a holiday destination that most tourists will head for due to security reasons. But the country, with the Mediterranean Sea to the east and the Red Sea in the south, is quite safe, as I found out on a do-it-your-self group tour
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        888 56  -  PING SIM Mix and Marvel I Charming and picturesque, it's a feast for the senses as much as it is the gourmand and nature-lover's delight BY You'll fall in love with South Australia once you've discovered all that it has to offer. Spanning a
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        121 56 Can't wait to start your gastronomic adventures in South Australia? Your taste buds will first be tantalised en route to Adelaide on Singapore Air-lines-the World Gourmet Cuisine menu of signature dishes were specially designed by SlA's International Culinary Panel of award-winning chefs. Complementing your
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        683 58  -  RACHELLO Skiing, horse-riding, trek and adventure, Snowy Mountains has something for everyone traveller@newstoday.com.sg CANBERRA, Australia's federal capital, is a beautiful little city that was conceived in 1901. That was when the founding fathers decided to settle the intense rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne with a
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        298 59  -  EVELINE GAN Visitthelandof kimchi and be enchanted by its theme parks evehne@newstoday.com.sg FOR those who think that amusement parks are just playgrounds teeming with kids, South Korea's magical theme parks will change your /jy^ mind. With their charming garden blooms, idyllic lakes, hot springs and thrilling
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        573 60  -  EVELINE GAN Fandi and family get up close and personal with nature on Australia's Moreton Island eveline@newstoday.com.sg NESTLED amidst natural bush lands and sculptured gardens across Moreton Bay, Tangalooma Wild Dolphin Resort- blessed with pristine beaches, lush foliage and azure blue skies is one of Queensland's
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          177 61 THOSE who appreciate accommodation with design and personality may want to check out wotif.com's special offers on boutique hotels in several countries. Among the offers: For HK$BBl ($184) down from HK$l,4OO--you can get a garden view room at Central Park Hotel on Hong Kong Island. The hotel
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          66 61 TRAVELLERS heading to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam will soon have another carrier to choose from. From May 11, Royal Brunei Airlines will provide a thrice-weekly service to the city. It will be flying the Sydney-Brunei-Ho Chi Minh City route with its two Airbus 3205.
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          130 61 ANA and Swiss International Air Lines (Swiss) will begin a strategic alliance from April 1. The partnership will kick off with the linking of their Frequent Flyer Programmes (FFP). The agreement will also explore other areas of cooperation, including codesharing on flights between Japan and Switzerland, and beyond.
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          100 61 FROM the middle of this year, Qatar Airways will offer its First Class passengers a luxurious lounge onboard its new A340-600s. The aircraft is designed to operate long-haul flights, such as Doha to Europe, the United States, the Far East and Australia. The First Class lounge (picture)
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        473 62 Attractive deals and new destinations at 625 booths await visitors next weekend INTERESTED in getting the best travel deals or finding out more about new travel destinations? These and more await visitors to the popular consumer travel show, Natas Travel 2006, that will be
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        383 64 FROM parched deserts to palm-fringed beaches, verdant valleys and majestic mountains, cool breezes and hot winds see and feel all these in India, a country with 5,000 years of history. And as India's attraction as a tourist destination continues to grow, hotel operators are also out to entice
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      479 68  -  TANYO-HINN Fresh from making history, Mardan is confident of doing well in Hainan GOlf TCL Classic yohinn@newstoday.com.sg JUST days after writing his name into Singapore sporting folklore, it's back to business for Mardan Mamat On Sunday, the Republic's No 1 golfer became the first Singaporean
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        147 69 -AFP TEHRAN Iran hope to make it to the second round of this summer's World Cup because of their steady progress through hard work, the country's football chief said yesterday. World Cup warm-ups will include a number of national teams including Croatia, Iran coach Branko Ivankovich's native
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        129 69 BERLIN -The "drip drip" news is hardly doing Germany's preparations for the World Cup finals any good. The jailing of disgraced referee Robert Hoyzer in November was supposed to bring an end to the match-fixing scandal that rocked German football, but a report yesterday claimed the
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        180 69 -AFP BERLIN Just one of the venues and one of the teams in the World Cup finals in Germany will be based in the former communist east, making the already depressed region sure losers of the championship. Ukraine have announced that they will hunker down
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      472 69  -  Lan de Cotta Renault's Italian ace not exactly thrilled \A/ith the company in his car in Sepang ian@newstoday.com.sg THE haze was in town again. But it could not cow Malaysian hysteria, as the Formula 1 circus hit Kuala Lumpur in earnest yesterday, ahead of Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix
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      235 69  -  DARREN LAI da rren@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS the day after his birthday and a friend bought him a round of beer to celebrate over supper, at Adam Road Hawker Centre. It was just before midnight, March 2. Hours later, former Singapore international Quah Kirn Song
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      202 70  -  DARREN LAI MALAYSIAN FA CUP, IST LEG Young Lions 2 Johor 2 darren@newstoday.com.sg FANDI Ahmad's Young Lions will need to win when they travel to Johor's Tan Sri Dato Hassan Yunus Stadium in a fortnight, if they want to figure in the draw for the
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      539 70 —AGENCIES LONDON Ruud van Nistelrooy's agent insisted yesterday he has not been in contact with Manchester United over a new deal for the striker, only adding fuel to the fire that the Dutchman will leave Old Trafford in the summer. Reports earlier this week suggested
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      305 70 -AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Inter Milan 1 AjaxO (Inter win 3-2 on aggregate) MILAN Villarreal may not be one of the heralded names left in the Champions League, but Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini isn't underestimating his side's quarter-final opponents. Inter, two-time European champions (1964
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      834 71  -  LI ZAI SHI After his S-League debut, Home youngster Sufian simply wants to work hard and continue improving sports@newstoday.com.sg THEY were at a chalet at the East Coast last weekend and typically, the bunch of teenagers, all boisterous, were bouncing off the walls. But they were not
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      450 72  -  LI ZAI SHI Gombak's apparel sponsors feel the future's bright with young Bulls sports@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Italian sportswear giants Lotto sought a re-entry into the S-League, they wanted to partner a young, vibrant team that would embody the contemporary nature of their products. What better fit then, than
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      174 72 Five questions for striker Jonathan Angelucci, 30, Sengkang Punggol 1) What's the most Australian thing about you? My last name I don't know. I'm not really all that Aussie. I have not lived in the bush and I don't have kangaroos in my backyard! 2) Okay, what's the
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      578 73  -  DARREN LAI With Whitbread's help, coach Bala is preaching tactical discipline to his men NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2006 Tampines Rovers v Sporting Afrique darren@newstoday.com.sg THE players are straining at the leash, they are raring to get out of the blocks tomorrow, when they make their
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      591 73  -  DARREN LAI AFTER seeing his side drop two points against Balestier Khalsa in their opening match of the season last Wednesday, Woodlands Wellington coach Karim Bencherifa is demanding nothing less than a win over Gombak United tonight "We drew against Balestier when everyone
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      241 74  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@newstoday.com.sg SHE was a wide-eyed 19-year-old when she made her debut at the last Commonwealth Games in Manchester four years ago. Singapore shuttler Li Li (picture) admitted she never expected to return home with a gold medal. Li overcame a partisan home crowd and a
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      232 74 SINGAPOREANS IN ACTION TODAY Badminton: Melbourne Exhibition Centre (WOOhrs) Mixed team against South Africa: Ronald Susilq, Kendrick Lee, Hendri Saputra, Aaron Tan, Hendri Wijaya, Li Li, King Aiying, Jiang Yanmei, Liv Fan, Li Yujia Men's singles: Kendrick Lee, Hendri Saputra, Aaron Tan, Hendri Wijaya Men's doubles: Kendrick
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      571 74 Organisers mix humour with the spectacular as the Commonwealth unite in sport MELBOURNE Giant koalas running amok, a flying tram and a performing duck took centre stage yesterday as Melbourne staged an elaborate but light-hearted opening ceremony for the 18th Commonwealth Games. Watched by more
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      653 75  -  TANYO-HINN After SEA Games win, Zhang's out to better her 2002 outing 18TH COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN MELBOURNE Table Tennis yohinn@newstoday.com.sg AFTER Joscelin Yeo, Zhang Xueling, along with swimmer Tao Li, were Singapore's biggest stars at last year's SEA Games (Nov 27-Dec 5). But table tennis
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      457 75  -  CUBBY LEONG 18TH COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN MELBOURNE Swimming cubby@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE have never had a swimming finalist in 17 previous editions of the Commonwealth Games. As she prepares to take her first plunge in the pool in the opening day of competition at the 18th
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      922 76  -  Rohit Brijnath For these Games will definitely provide thrills and spills, no matter what the doomsayers say THURSDAY WITH news@newstoday.com.sg A SENIOR Australian official, to the sound of universal guffawing, excitedly described the 18th Commonwealth Games as the biggest sporting event of 2006. Presumably his
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