Today, 20 March 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY Frew share your free newspaper MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Monday March 20, 2006 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon SM Goh's hoofbeats on opposition turf
      772 1  -  DERRICK A PAULO LEECHINGWERN ILOHCHEEKONG derrick@newstoday.com.sg JUST like in 1997, when the big guns from the People's Action Party joined the battle for Cheng San GRC, there will be extra firepower for two PAP candidates at the upcoming polls. Only this time, the struggle
      LEECHINGWERN; ILOHCHEEKONG  -  772 words
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      Lock icon Super cyclone hits N-E Australia
      159 1 -AFP BRISBANE A super cyclone smashed into tropical north-eastern Australia today, with winds of up to 290 km/h causing casualties and ripping homes apart, officials said. Tropical Cyclone Larry hit land near Innisfail in the far north of Queensland state as a top Category 5
      -AFP  -  159 words
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      23 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 6 world news 10 voices 16 business 26 succeed 30 plus 32 fv 38 classad 39 sports 40
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      45 1 fisichella I ITOSHIBA Bf\ ISSUES engush premiership world title as Killfalw Renault runs RlT^lN j riot X-' t»ii 9 CREATEUR D'AUTOMOBILES J^kf"*" .^.jflfr NO CONTACT WITH PALESTINIAN GOVT, VOWS ISRAEL 15 BELARUS LEADER POISED FOR LANDSLIDE VICTORY 15 RELATED REPORTS/LETTERS PAGES 2,4, 6, 20, 22
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon No urgency to go to polls: PM
      438 2  -  DERRICK A PAULO New PAP faces from this week, election manifesto later derrick@newstoday.com.sg THE pair followed Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong throughout his community walkabout in Ang Mo Kio GRC. They were there when he attended a swimming carnival, launched an anti-mosquito campaign
      DON WONG  -  438 words
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      WP checks out Ang Mo Kio
      210 2  -  LOHCHEEKONG WHILE Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was rallying support for the People's Action Party in nearby Yio Chu Kang, Workers' Party (WP) cadres were working the ground in Mr Lee's Ang Mo Kio ward which they indicated they might contest Led by Mr
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      BENG IS COOL, SINGLISH A SIGNAL
      741 3  -  TERENCECHONG Ever wondered why the English-proficient are its biggest backers? THE presence of Singlish in everyday life is undeniable. From HDB coffeeshops to corporate boardrooms, it is deeply entrenched in the psyche of Singaporeans from all walks of life. It is thus no surprise
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      116 2 Dr ISSy Bacher is considered one |i|||)j|||| of the world's top financial guru. He was fc'^l |j^V^y>^^|^}|j|•?j^lr^uEf!;T^E the keynote speaker at the International Pjffl&l^ Traders Expo 2005 held in Las Vegas. He l^l^ftijSJi wowed the audience with his consistent money-making techniques. His techniques KggJ are so simple that after some
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      108 3 lINUS YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC presents \a^3)>>/ National University \ee.W 0 f Singapore t^^s^^^^^^^^s^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ A w I m Brahms Saint-Saens f Piano Concerto Noll Symphony No. 3 in D minor, Op. 15 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ" I J^^^t W C~^B Sji Thursday C 6April 2006 -U-.irrm,A-r^nv/
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon 'Old face' is not worried
      405 4  -  LOHCHEEKONG Chiam on SM's involvement and Sitoh's banquets cheekong@newstoday.com.sg THE action in Potong Pasir is heating up and Opposition MP Chiam See Tong is ready to spew his share of the fire. Hours after it was revealed that he had been described as an "old
      LOHCHEE KONG  -  405 words
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      MP Lim Hwee Hua to move to Aljunied GRC?
      463 4  -  LEECHINGWERN chingwern@newstoday.com. sg NOW that Marine Parade GRC's Serangoon has been transferred to Aljunied GRC, will Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, the MP overseeing it, follow suit? Touching on the topic at the opening of the Serangoon Community Club yesterday, Senior Minister
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      Lock icon A woman for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC
      224 4  -  -ANSLEYNG RESIDENTS in the new-look Holland-Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency (GRC) will see a new female face when PAP announces its line up. Bukit Panjang was carved out to form a new Single Member Constituency (SMC), while Bukit Timah SMC was merged with the
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      Hail the aunty army
      442 6  -  LEE U-WEN McDonald's honoured for encouraging employment of older workers; HP, Ritz-Carlton also win big at HRM awards u-wen@newstoday.com.sg VISIT any McDonald's restaurant and chances are high that a mature worker would be the one serving you at the counter. Half of the fast food chain's
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      PAP and SDA's 'happy' challenge
      232 6  -  JASMINE YIN THE Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) says that it has even more potential candidates than are required to contest the Jalan Besar GRC. The ruling People's Action Party (PAP) welcomes the challenge. In fact, a contest can put to the test the level of
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      $1b renewal for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC
      209 6  -  CHRISTIE LOH YOUNG and growing Pasir Ris-Punggol will undergo $950 million worth of renewal works over the next five years. Yesterday, a travelling exhibit of the plans started making its rounds to residents. The amount earmarked for Singapore's second-largest Group Representation Constituency (GRC) overshadows
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      Lock icon Steve Chia's secret weapon – a 200-page book
      274 6  - Steve Chia's secret weapon a 200-page book TORCHING LI BACK once again to woo the Choa Chu Kang ward, Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Steve Chia wants to make a statement with his words. Or rather, a 200-page book. Mr Chia's book, which is in the final stages of publication, will
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      Lock icon A STAR IS BORN
      141 8  -  MERVIN TAY plus@newstoday.com.sg FROM today, the name Bryan Wong will not only bring to mind the wacky television host, but also Singapore's first Star Idol. The 26-year-old flight steward aced MediaCorp TV Channel B's acting quest last night, beating Leo Lam, the dark horse of the
      TREVOR TAN  -  141 words
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      Lock icon Potent strain of HFMD spreading here
      314 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA, 938 LIVE A MORE dangerous strain of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is on the rise in Singapore. Of the over 2,000 cases reported since the beginning of this year, some 75 per cent have tested positive for Enterovirus 71 (EV7I)
      – CHANNEL NEWSASIA, 938 LIVE  -  314 words
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  • world news
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      Lock icon 1968 spirit returns?
      522 10 -AGENCIES Student protests against new job lawturn violent PARIS Almost 40 years after the great student protests of 1968, France's students are again manning barricades, throwing cafe tables at police riot shields while the smell of tear gas pervaded a university. At the Sorbonne University, students went
      -AGENCIES; AFP  -  522 words
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      Lock icon Thaksin lets fly at protest leader
      255 10 -AGENCIES BANGKOK Leaders of a round-the-clock protest that started a week ago outside Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's office vowed yesterday not to budge, even as Mr Thaksin attacked his political detractors. Mr Thaksin attacked Mr Chamlong Srimuang, a key leader of the antiThaksin
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      Lock icon Myanmar sets date for minister's visit
      190 10 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Myanmar has ended months of delays by setting a date for the visit of Asean special envoy and Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar to check on democratic reforms, the Malaysian minister told AFP yesterday. Mr Syed Hamid said he would
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon END DEATH PENALTY: LAWYERS
        53 10 -DPA The Malaysian Bar Council's main panel of lawyers has urged Kuala Lumpur to abolish the death penalty and impose an immediate freeze on all executions, news reports said yesterday. They also urged that the current death row sentences be reduced to life sentences, the New
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        Lock icon MAN IN ILLEGAL DOWNLOAD SUIT
        57 10 -DPA A single parent who claims he doesn't know how to switch on a computer is being sued by seven record companies for illegally uploading music on to the Internet, Hong Kong's Sunday Morning Post reported yesterday. Yeung Chunchoi, 54, is accused of uploading, downloading
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        Lock icon GOLD THEME PARK IN CHINA
        43 10 -AFP China plans to open what it has billed the world's first theme park dedicated to the precious metal, state media reported yesterday. Construction of the park kicked off Saturday near a working mine in China's Shandong province.
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        Lock icon QUAKE ROCKS ACEH
        25 10 -AFP A 5.7-magnitude earthquake rocked the centre of Aceh province yesterday but there were no reports of casualties or damage, meteorologists said.
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      Lock icon They need to know the truth
      439 12 —AGENCIES Taiwan opposition rally for probe into 2004 shooting of president, wants leader to consider livelihood issues TAIPEI Tens of thousands of supporters of Taiwan's second-largest opposition party rallied in downtown Taipei yesterday, calling for authorities to reopen a probe into the shooting of
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    • this quirky world
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        Lock icon SURVIVING POISONOUS KISSES
        59 12 AGENCIES Snake charmer Shahimi Abdul Hamid is believed to have set a new world record by kissing a poisonous king cobra 51 times within three minutes and one second, the event's organisers said yesterday. The 33-year-old Malaysian performed the feat in front of a crowd at the
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        Lock icon THEY PREFER TELEVISION TO SEX
        52 12 -AFP A survey found Canadians between 40 and 64 years old dedicated an average of just 15 minutes a day to sex and romance. But the protagonists of the 1960s sexual revolution said they spent four to five hours a day watching television or surfing
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      Lock icon Nowhere near peace in Mid-East
      680 14  -  WARREN P STROBEL HANNAH ALLAM —KRT Predictions of stability evaporate 3 years after Iraq invasion AND WASHINGTON Three years after the United States invaded Iraq in pursuit of a freer, more stable Middle East, the country's deepening ethnic conflict is spreading tension across Iraq's borders,
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      Lock icon Police guns end up with terrorists
      375 15 -THE OBSERVER Guns exported by UKfirmsfor Iraqi police find their way to Al Qaeda men LONDON They were meant for the Iraqi police, but they ended up with the terrorists instead. Thousands of guns supplied by British arms companies have fallen into the hands
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      Lock icon No contact, vows Israel
      98 15 -AFP JERUSALEM Israel will have no contact with a "terrorist" Palestinian government a senior official said yesterday after Hamas handed Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas a Cabinet line-up dominated by radical Islamists. "We will not transfer any moneys until they accept the three conditions," added the official
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      Lock icon Poised for landslide win
      95 15 -AFP MINSK Incumbent Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko won over 80 per cent of the ballots counted so far from yesterday's polls, the central election commission said overnight. With 72.2 per cent of ballots counted, Mr Lukashenko won 82.3 per cent of the vote, while main opposition
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      Truth about animals
      71 16  -  NELSON QUAH Letter from IT IS sad some people have not been taught to love, respect and protect animals. One hopes the man jailed three months for cruelty to a kitten will not become bitter. Perhaps future offenders should be made to work for animal welfare organisations
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      isay CAATCH THE HUMAN RATS
      793 16  -  GOHBOONCHOO THE March 14 edition of Today carried the article, "Hunt for Tampines gang of four". Police were "on the lookout for a gang of suspected teenaged delinquents who allegedly preyed on their peers". I cannot help but wonder why we never see a headline
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      Patients need to know more, not less
      272 17  -  KAREN TAN Letter from Director, Corporate Communications Ministry of Health IN HIS letter "Publicising statistics may not be of help" (March 16), Mr Lai Yew Chan questioned the usefulness of publication of clinical outcome statistics as the public may not be able to
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      Jet boat ride short of thrilling
      174 17  -  BORIS CHAN Letter from BY NOW, many people should have heard of the new exciting and fun attraction, the Singapore Jet boat. But the public may not know there is a minimum height requirement My family and I went for the boat ride only
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      238 18  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY.... SINGLE-PARENT BLUES Take all the problems associated with parenting and multiply them by two. Now you have some idea of what I call the single parent blues having twice the problems with half the resources to deal with them. How do the
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      Just for the record
      947 18  -  HENRY LEONG HIM WOH SUREKHAYADAV Henry is convinced he's a record-holder, but needs your testimony to prove it ""'^■-v tf j HENRY LEONG HIM WOH 45, landscape technician HE HAS sent out so many letters, spoken to so many people that he has lost count But
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      That $5k bond
      488 19  -  JOHN GEE Instead of saying no to days off, bosses should tell maids of pregnancy fears Letter from Vice-president, Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2) THERESA Ec wrote (March 17) that the greatest fear of most employers is "their maids getting pregnant, in which case they will have
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      Thank you for trusting me
      200 19  -  ARMIDABOGOFORO Letter from AS A maid I feel it is not fair to work everyday. We want to have privacy and feel the breeze outside. I cannot imagine why some employers are selfish to their helpers. Giving us trust for a day off is not
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      Time enough to debate during hustings
      307 20  -  MOHAMAD ROSLE AHMAD Letter from I REFER to the report "MP: What exactly is your vision, Ms Sylvia Lim" (March 16). It seems rather strange for People's Action Party (PAP) MP Irene Ng to ask albeit in response to journalists' queries Workers' Party (WP)
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      isay ON VOTING AND HAVING A CHOICE
      544 20  -  CHEOWXINYI WHEN the highly anticipated electoral boundaries report was finally released two weeks ago and the political reporters in the Today newsroom discussed their work for their long night ahead, I, too, was brimming with excitement in my own little corner. Not because
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      Internet helps overseas Singaporeans stay 'in tune'
      144 22  -  HENGBINHEE Letter from IT IS untenable to disqualify an overseas Singapore citizen from voting because he is not "in tune" with what is happening in Singapore ("Yearning to vote, but are they in tune?", March 16). Surely this reason cannot override the fact
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      Few registered voters overseas, but big leap for democracy
      114 22  -  DANNYCHUA Letter from ALTHOUGH only 857 out of an estimated 100,000 Singaporeans abroad were registered as overseas voters, it is a big leap for democracy. Even for resident Singaporeans, only 30 per cent of eligible voters have ever voted because of
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    • Road hogs: The fast, slow and heavy
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        Slower vehicles, keep to left lane
        232 22  -  LYNN ONG Letter from Deputy Manager, Media Relations Land Transport Authority I REFER to Kevin Lim's letter on speed limits for commercial vehicles (March 16). In March, the speed limit for light commercial vehicles was raised from 60km per hour (kmh) to 70kmh. These
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        Speeding heavy vehicles hog lanes
        99 22  -  EUGENEWONG Letter from I AM writing to reinforce Kevin Lim's point in "Life in the slow lane no go for some vehicles" (March 16). While he had witnessed the first two lanes being hogged by vehicles going no faster than 70 kmh, what I have
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        Increase speed limit for these vehicles
        184 22  -  SOH YEW PENG Letter from CLEARLY, the issue brought up by Kelvin Lim is independent of one's vehicle make and class category. The bottom line is simply about being a considerate driver. How about motorcycles? Should they be restricted to the left or slow
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        Not all commercial vehicles are slow
        142 22  -  JAMES CHI Letter from IT IS counter-productive to push all commercial vehicles to the last lane on expressways as it would make travelling for them ridiculously slow. Moreover, not all commercial vehicles are slow. Many business owners today are getting more technologically advanced vans
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    • Lessons learnt from tragedy
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        You + idling engine + aircon + confined spaces = disaster
        214 24  - You idling engine aircon confined spaces disaster JUNDYCALDITO Letter from AS A CAR aficionado, I know a lot about cars and I had my share of car races back in my home country. The incident that happened days ago with a married man and his co-worker was a pity ("Car
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        Law against keeping engine running?
        130 24  -  DERRICK D'SOUZA Letter from ONCE again, the media reports a death by a silent and swift killer carbon monoxide poisoning. While we express our sympathy to the families in the recent case, the danger of remaining in a stationary vehicle with engine and airconditioner running
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      Flexibility in delivering aid
      245 24  -  KEVIN SHUM Letter from Director, Social Support Division 1, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports I REFER to Chang Wei Meng's letter "Graduated cut-off for aid" (March 11). The Com Care social assistance schemes help needy Singaporeans to become self-re-liant so that they are able
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      What is 'productive' work?
      222 24  -  NGSOEK CHENG Letter from I REFER to the letter from the Ministry of Manpower's Jean Tan, "Yes to mums, grandmas and disabled" (March 17). Tan said that the "Workfare Bonus is a cash bonus for older, low-wage Singaporean workers to reward regular and productive work". I'd
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      The US was not referred to
      119 24  -  UMBEEKHIM Letter from Press Secretary to Minister Ministry of Trade and Industry WE REFER to the letter from Brian Selby, "Rights of businesses" (March 16), regarding Minister Lim Hng Kiang's recent reply in Parliament on the Singapore Business Federation's (SBF) compulsory membership. Mr Selby
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      380 26 PSA in 1.2b China deal BLOOMBERG to build and operate terminals with Tianjin Port Group THE investment arm of PSA Corp has signed a 50-year agreement with Tianjin Port Group to build and operate six berths in the port in northern China at a cost of about 6 billion yuan
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      252 26  -  CHRISTIE LOH AFTER a failed attempt to take over Robinson Co a few years ago, Thailand's largest retailer Central Retail Corp has managed to penetrate the Singapore market by buying 39.1 per cent of Page One Holdings, a privately-held book seller here. This marks Central's "first
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      181 27 BLOOMBERG IN a literally high-profile deal, Capita Land's two property trusts Capita Mall Trust and Capita Commercial Trust will jointly buy the Raffles City downtown commercial development for $2.1 billion. The trusts said yesterday they were considering selling shares and loans to finance the
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      257 27 BLOOMBERG SC Global offer accepted in en-bloc sale SC GLOBAL Developments, a local developer of luxury apartments, is spending $266 million to buy a residential development in the Orchard Road area. The company plans to develop Paterson Tower along Paterson Hill into a 24-storey
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        86 27 AFP SHARE prices here are not likely to move significantly this week as little corporate developments are expected, dealers said. "The market will likely trade sideways in the near term," said a dealer referring to the absence of fresh leads last week. For the weekending on Friday, the ST
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        379 28 -BLOOMBERG China should continue investment growth curbs, up consumer spending: Official CHINA should continue restricting its investment growth for the next five years and boost consumer spending to ensure stable growth of the economy and avoid "instability", the nation's development planning chief said. China's total
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        339 28 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Low-cost carrier Air Asia hopes to launch more flights to China and subsequently to India as part of its ambitious plans to become an Asia-wide airline. The budget carrier is also looking at new joint ventures in
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        422 29 BLOOMBERG Move will increase foreign investments in the country, says PM Singh INDIAN Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said his government will consider allowing the rupee to trade freely against foreign currencies as part of a plan to boost overseas investments into the country. At
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        720 30  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA First management school from India to open its doors in Singapore next month shobha@newstoday.com.sg THE independently-run SP Jain Centre of Management (SPJCM) will be the first Indian business management school to start classes here when it opens its doors next month just six months after it
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        437 31  -  VINITARAMANI Forum emphasises need for working women to speak up vinita@newstoday.com.sg GIVE a woman and a man $50 each to complete a task and the woman will put in 33 per cent more work than the man for the same amount of money. Working on
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      1187 32  -  Elisa Chia The original Mr Nasty returns to the judging panel on the hit TV reality show competition So You Think You Can Dance elisa@newstoday.com.sg BEFORE Simon Cowell, there was Nigel Lythgoe. As cutting and sarcastic as American Idol judge Cowell has been
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      201 33 IT'S a reality competition a la American Idol only this time it's searching for the best undiscovered dancing talent in the United States. That's logical enough: The same creators, Nigel Lythgoe and Simon Fuller, launched the hit singing competition four years ago. The first two episodes put the spotlight
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      378 34  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Several Spore /do/hopefuls blow their chances in second auditions round with wrong outfits, songs and dance moves Julia nar@newstoday.com.sg IT SEEMS less really is more, at least when it came to impressing the judges in the second round of the Singapore Idol auditions. Heeding
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      406 34  -  —AMELYNN LIONG TALK may be cheap but it has the potential to become increasingly lucrative for Pierre Png. Pierre, best known as the hapless yuppie architect Phua Chu Beng on the MediaCorp TV Channel 5 sitcom Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd,
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        600 36  -  ASHRAFSAFDAR Play tracing a priests alleged paedophilia really a parable about Bush swarm Middle East ashraf@newstoday.com.sg IN PLACE and time, it's a world away from Singapore, but the setting of the multi award-winning play, Doubt a Bronx Catholic school in 1964 takes on a universal quality
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        549 37  -  AMYVAN Designer decor, bottom's up view of the pool and great food at Chinatown f ood@newstoday.com.sg THE ultra-trendy Majestic Hotel at Chinatown has been the talk of the town ever since it was given a new lease on life. Loh Lik Peng, who owns this establishment and
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        281 40 -AFP Ukrainian double helps move Milan to striking distance of Juventus SERIEA Udinese 0 A C Milan 4 ROME Andriy Shevchenko scored twice as second-placed AC Milan thumped Udinese 4-0 yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) to move to within 10 points of runaway Serie A leaders Juventus. Alberto
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        251 40  -  PRIMERAUGA -AFP Real Madrid 0 Real Betis 0, Racing Santander 2 Valencia 1 MADRID Barcelona's stranglehold on the Primera Liga title race tightened further yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) after closest rivals Real Madrid and Valencia both dropped precious points. Barcelona
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        187 40 GERMANY and Bayern Munich midfielder Sebastian Deisler will miss the World Cup finals due to a knee injury, the German Football Association announced yesterday. The 26-year-old had an arthroscopy in the United States, which showed that Diesler will need knee surgery and will be out of action
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        142 40 BOLTON manager Sam Allardyce believes Kevin Nolan will catch the eye of England manager SvenGoran Eriksson if he keeps scoring vital goals for his club. The 23-year-old midfielder took his tally for the season to 11 in Saturday's 2-0 defeat of Sunderland. Allardyce has recently
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      511 41  -  TANYO-HINN Singapore crash out as India make a mockery of world rankings 18TH COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN MELBOURNE Badminton yohinn@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S shuttlers are taking an early flight home from the Commonwealth Games, after crashing to a 3-1 defeat to India in the quarter-finals of badminton's mixed team event at
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      347 41 -AFP MELBOURNE Mighty Australia found themselves sharing the Commonwealth Games spotlight with England, Scotland and even humble Isle of Man yesterday. The day, dubbed Super Sunday, began with an emotional home gold medal for mother-of-two Kerryn McCann who retained her women's marathon title.
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      302 41 -AFP MELBOURNE Malaysia's world champion squash queen Nicol David (picture) blew her chance of a gold medal on a lean day for Asia at the Commonwealth Games yesterday. David, a hot favourite to add the Commonwealth crown to her World
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      889 42  -  TANYO-HINN Men's team survive early scare to join women in respective finals today 18TH COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN MELBOURNE Table Tennis yohinn@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE is assured of at least two more silver medals at the 18th Commonwealth Games. At the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre yesterday, both
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      317 42  -  CUBBYLEONG cubby@newstoday.com.sg AFTER missing out on the last five days of the Commonwealth Games' swimming competition due to a viral infection, Joscelin Yeo (picture) has been passed fit to make a return today. It is just the boost her team need. In a
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      891 43  -  Lan De Cotta in Sepang ian@newstoday.com.sg Italian stakes claim on world title as Renault run riot FORMULA 1 Malaysian Grand Prix GIANCARLO Fisichella wants team-mate Fernando Alonso to reconsider who his world championship rivals are, after the Italian led a Renault 1-2 to the chequered flag at
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      828 44  -  LI ZAI SHI Peres shows Tampines whatthey have been missing from their past Brazilians sports@newstoday.com.sg SUBMITTING to the embrace of the last of a gaggle of autograph hunters, Peres De Oliveira called out to a Tampines Rovers official. "Just let me be famous for two
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      492 45  -  DARREN LAI Bencherifa gets vote of confidence despite Woodlands' poor start to new season darren@newstoday.com.sg IT MAY be only two weeks into the new season, but one could understand if Woodlands Wellington coach Karim Bencherifa (picture) is already feeling the heat Touted as potential title contenders, especially
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      264 45  -  DARREN LAI THEY may have been trounced 4-2 by defending champions Tampines Rovers on their S-League debut, but Sporting Afrique certainly left a positive impression on those who saw them in action at the Tampines Stadium last Friday. Most felt that they were a
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      443 45  -  DARREN LAI NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2006 Young Lions 2 BalestierO Two second-half goals from national winger Khairul Amri sealed all three points for the Young Lions as they beat Balestier Khalsa 2-0 in an S-League match at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The victory, in
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        280 46 -AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Westßroml Man United 2 BIRMINGHAM Louis Saha (picture) has admitted he feels sympathy for his teammate Ruud van Nistelrooy, whose Manchester United future has been thrown into further doubt after Alex Ferguson once again left him on the bench. Saha fully justified his
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        531 46 —AFP Blues crash in controversy after Gallas' late sacking ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Fulham 1 Chelsea 0 LONDON Chelsea slumped to a shock 1-0 defeat at the hands of neighbours Fulham at Craven Cottage last night (this morning, Singapore time) in a game that exploded into controversy with
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        520 47 -AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Newcastle 1 Liverpool 3 LONDON Peter Crouch, Steven Gerrard and Djibril Cisse scored in Liverpool's 3-1 victory over Newcastle in the English Premiership yesterday, as the Reds closed the gap on second-placed Manchester United to two points. Liverpool dominated from the start and, except for
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        360 47 -AFP BIRMINGHAM Martin Jol has insisted that his squad have the self-belief to hold off Arsenal in the battle for fourth place in the Premiership and a ticket to next season's Champions League. A 2-0 win over struggling Birmingham, sealed by second-half goals from
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