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    13 1 TODAY /A=DIJ\CORP share your free newspaper MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Monday April 24, 2006 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon Wanted: Credible opposition
    850 1  -  LEE U-WEN 'Honest, motivated' alternatives good for Singapore: SM Goh u-wen@newstoday.com.sg THERE is room for a credible, alternative voice in Parliament, despite the fact that the Opposition parties have little or no choice but to field "weaker" candidates in the elections, said Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong.
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    Let the people gauge our worth: Opposition
    443 1  -  CHRISTIE LOH christi e@newstoday.com.sg THEY have been written off as being below "First World" standards by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. But Opposition politicians yesterday asserted that such judgement is for the people to make, not Mr Lee. Speaking at a Tanjong Pagar
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      36 1 I hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 12 voices 20 business 28 succeed 34 plus 36 eatout 43 1v radio listings 45 classad 46 sports 48 we set you thinking I ■SEE I Esl
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  • hot news
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      WHY SOME CHINA SCEPTICISM IS IN ORDER
      747 2  -  ADRIAN TAN Rosy expectations of the country should be balanced with risks of over-extension WOULD you do business or invest in a country where there is over-capacity and rising costs in industries such as electricity generation, steel, cement and luxury property? There is
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      Lock icon Reluctance and the power of persuasion
      897 3  -  TEO HWEE NAK IDAYEXCLUSIVE New PAP candidates needed more coaxing than previous batches and it's perfectly understandable, says PM Lee DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR hweenak@newstoday.com.sg THE latest batch of new People's Action Party (PAP) candidates needed a lot of persuasion far more than the batches
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      Lock icon SM Goh's Plan B: To 'translate warmth for me into support for PAP' in other wards
      735 3  -  LEE U-WEN LEE U WEN u-wen@newstoday.com.sg THE Senior Minister's team in Marine Parade will not be sitting pretty during the nine days of hustings, should they return unopposed on Nomination Day. Ready for battle,
      TREVOR TAN  -  735 words
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  • Singapore news
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      SDA's Tampines team unaffected by legal action
      313 4  -  ■CHEOWXINYI HE MAY be one of the 12 served with letters of demand from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, but that is not stopping Arthero Lim Tung Hee and his new Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) team in
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      SDP carries on
      577 4  -  LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@newstoday.com. sg DEFYING the looming prospect of legal action over its remarks on the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) saga, members of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) yesterday continued selling their party's newsletters containing the allegedly defamatory statements about the Government's involvement Led by their
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    • ELECTIONBRIEFS
      • Article
        NEW BUS SERVICE TO BUKIT PANJANG
        147 6  -  -VINITARAMANI Residents of Segar Road will now be able to reach the Bukit Panjang area with greater ease after SMRT Corporation launched the new bus service 922 yesterday, which runs from Bukit Panjang interchange. To residents who have been voicing their frustrations which Today
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        Lock icon APPLICATION FOR ELECTION MEETING PERMITS OPENS AFTER APRIL 27
        78 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Following Nomination Day on April 27, candidates can apply at the Police Elections Liaison Office for permits to hold election meetings and the use of vehicles fitted with loudspeakers. Outdoor election meetings can be held at stadiums, parks and
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        SDA PROMISES AND FUNDING LAWS
        149 6  -  CHRISTIE LOH By making a promise impossible to fulfil, the credibility of the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) has fallen "a little bit", said Mr Charles Chong, MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC. He was speaking to Today about the SDA's recent declaration that if elected, they
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      Lifts issue in the limelight
      425 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG SDP promises to upgrade lifts in Potong Pasir; PAP says action is overdue cheekong@newstoday.com.sg WITH the fight for Potong Pasir set to intensify as May 6 approaches, both camps have zoomed in on the issue of lift upgrading. On Saturday, as the Singapore Democratic
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    • Article
      SDA to unveil mystery candidate
      247 6  -  —JASMINE YIN HE IS Chinese, speaks dialects fluently and is an ex-Parliamen-tarian. These were the only hints given about the fifth "surprise" candidate in the Singapore Democratic Alliance's (SDA) Jalan Besar GRC line-up. This mysterious fifth person, to be unveiled at a press conference today,
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    • Article
      Yip's 'campaigning' cut short
      308 6  -  LEONGWEEKEAT THERE were no visible pyrotechnics yesterday, but Yio Chu Kang residents who attended the constituency's Residents' Day celebration could feel the heat of next month's General Election (GE). National Solidarity Party (NSP) candidate Yip Yew Weng was on a walkabout opposite the Yio Chu Kang
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      Hardly 'run-of-the-mill'
      426 8  -  TORCHING LI But WP chairman Sylvia Lim is happy to be one of the masses chingli@newstoday.com. sg IT'S not everyday that an Opposition politician gets mistaken for a People's Action Party MP, but that was exactly what happened to Workers' Party (WP) chairman Sylvia Lim during a recent
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      Lock icon HE'LL QUIT HIS DAY JOB TO BE A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
      273 8  -  lUHUHINULI AT 1.9 m tall, Mr Perry Tong is surely one of the most imposing candidates presented by the WP for the coming election. Should the 35-year-old University of California, Berkeley, political science graduate succeed in his election bid
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      Lock icon SHE'S THE YOUNGEST CANDIDATE
      209 8  -  ANSLEYNG AT 26, WP candidate Lee Wai Leng is one cool newcomer. While reporters grilled her, Ms Lee, the youngest candidate so far in the upcoming polls, never once paused before replying or showed uncertainty. "I don't think age is a barrier because it's not the
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    • Article
      A -VETERAN' POLITICIAN AT HIS SECOND GE
      148 8  -  —ANSLEYNG DESPITE having contested in only one election, businessman Mohammad Rahizan Yaacob was described by party chairman Sylvia Lim as a "veteran" politician. Mr Rahizan, 49, entered politics in 1984, joining the Singapore Malay National Organisation, or PKMS. He was elected its secretarygeneral
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      ESTATE MANAGEMENT HIS FOCUS
      157 8  -  -ANSLEYNG THIS General Election will be Mr Gopal Krishnan's first fight in the political arena, though he joined WP in 1979. In the early 1980s, the 52-year-old was a member of the Anson Constituency Working Committee and helped thenAnson MP and WP secretary-general J B Jeyaretnam
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      AVOICEFORHEARTLANDERS
      167 8  -  -ANSLEYNG DURING the 2001 polls, Dr Poh Lee Guan garnered 26.3 per cent of the votes in a face-off with Senior Minister of State for Law and Home Affairs Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee in Nee Soon East. "That was my first time. I am happy with it," said
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    • Article
      'No exam' certs for tourism industry
      490 10  -  JASMINE YIN It joins retail sector in offering Workforce Skills Qualifications jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg SHE thought it was a routine in-house audit when observers watched her clean a guestroom at the Shangri-La Hotel. Hence, housekeeper Goh Kee Noi, 53, was pleasantly surprised to find out instead
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      Allergy-friendly hotel rooms
      228 10  -  TEOXUANWEI xua nweit@newstoday.com.sg THE sheets are white and crisp, but with thousands of guests walking through hotel doors every year, hotel rooms are hardly as clean as they look. For people with sensitive skin or who suffer from allergies, food particles, fungi or dust mites in hotels
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      696 11 Medisave MediShield Medifund Healthcare made affordable with 3Ms SS Ln Eewstoda y co msg Healthcare subsidies I Singaporeans are coined about healthcare cost, Good S^S53 I health can never be taken for granted. Naturally, it is our own by the Government Patients n ed t0 bear part of tneir medica
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Another round of Thai polls likely, says panel
      495 12 -AGENCIES However, Parliament could meet before all 500 seats are filled SONGKHLA (Thailand) Thailand may need to hold a third round of parliamentary elections following boycotts, ballot destruction and an apparently wholesale rejection yesterday of the ruling Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party
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      Lock icon Former M'sian DPM Ghafar Baba dies
      215 12 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Mr Ghafar Baba (picture), former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister, who rose from humble roots as a rural schoolteacher, died yesterday after nearly a decade of poor health, officials said. He was 81. Mr Ghafar, who was former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's
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      Lock icon Another Osama tape surfaces
      171 12 —AFP DUBAI Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden called on Muslim fighters to go to Sudan to wage war against "crusader thieves", slammed the isolation of the Hamas-led Palestinian government and called for the boycott of Western products for publishing cartoons of Prophet Mohammed, according to
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      Lock icon A hardliner to unite Iraq
      363 13 AGENCIES Appointment of prime minister hailed by political opponents and US BAGHDAD Hardline Shia Prime Minister Designate Jawad Al MaliM (picture) yesterday got down to forming Iraq's first fullterm post-Saddam Hussein government that faces the challenge of quelling sectarian violence and reining in Shia militias.
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      Lock icon No end to Palestinian cash crisis?
      170 13 -AGENCIES RAMALLAH (West Bank) Aid pledged by Arab countries to the cash-starved Palestinian Authority has been held up, a senior Palestinian official said, blaming foreign opponents of the Hamas government The funds had reached the Arab League, but their transfer to the authority's bank
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon MORE TROOPS TO SOLOMONS
        83 14 -AFP Australia and New Zealand sent more troops to the Solomons to bolster security amid fears today's opening of Parliament could trigger further riots in the South Pacific island nation. Australia, New Zealand and Fiji had already sent more than 300 soldiers and police to restore
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        Lock icon JAPAN, S KOREA AVERT IMPASSE
        82 14 -AFP Japan heaved a sigh of relief yesterday after Seoul and Tokyo struck an accord averting a stand-off over an ocean survey near a chain of disputed islets. "It was the most realistic compromise at that stage," the Asahi Shimbun newspaper said. "Both dropped their
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      Lock icon Clashes erupt despite curfew
      340 14 -AFP Kathmandu protesters ignore 11-hr stoppage KATHMANDU Sporadic clashes erupted after Nepal's beleaguered King Gyanendra imposed a fresh curfew on the capital yesterday as the opposition vowed to bring an end to his absolute rule. The streets of Kathmandu were mostly quiet except for occasional protests
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      Lock icon 6 Alaska suspects held over 'Columbine plot5
      236 14 6 Alaska suspects held over 'Columbine plot 5 -AP ANCHORAGE (Alaska) Six students in a small Alaskan town were arrested on suspicion of plotting to bring guns and knives to school to kill their classmates and faculty. The students had planned to disable North Pole Middle School's power and telephone
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      Lock icon Mittal is richest person in UK
      132 15 LONDON Indian-born, Lon-don-based global industrialist Lakshmi Mittal is Britain's alltime richest person after topping this year's Sunday Times Rich List. Mr Mittal, 55, who is spearheading an audacious bid to take over the European steel group Arcelor, has amassed a fortune of £14.88 billion
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      Lock icon Thai hospitals going places
      395 15 -AFP They are on an aggressive drive overseas BANGKOK Nearly 1.3 million foreigners came to Thailand for medical treatment last year, but now private Thai hospitals are going overseas on an aggressive expansion drive. Five of Thailand's major private hospitals are opening branches abroad or forming
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      Lock icon MARRIAGES IN HELL
      915 16  -  DECLAN WALSH —THE GUARDIAN Blood feuds settled with 'gift' of a wife in Pakistan INMALMUNDI AWORRIEDMsTasIeem Bibi peered through the j slits of her pitch-black veil. Seventeen years ago, her father had struck a devilish deal to stay out of jail. Now his daughter was paying its
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      Lock icon Chernoby1 lingers on
      526 17 -AFP KIEV Twenty years after the Chernobyl disaster, the defunct power plant in Ukraine remains a grim symbol of nuclear energy hazards as it continues to claim victims, fuel controversy and gobble up astronomical amounts of international funds. A series of explosions ripped through a reactor at
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      Lock icon Condi to replace Cheney?
      462 18 Latest Republican talk point to such a scenario as a way to stem Bush's diving popularity WASHINGTON Is United States VicePresident Dick Cheney, who was apparently caught napping during a visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao to the Oval Office, on the way out of the
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    • this quirky world
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        Lock icon WANT TO ACHIEVE PEACE OF MIND? TAKE UP BIRD WATCHING
        97 18 Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang is urging residents to take up bird watching, suggesting it can teach patience and help people achieve peace of mind. "From watching birds you can learn restraint, endurance and focus —these are qualities a leader
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        GRANNY WINS $21 MILLION ON CASINO SLOT MACHINE
        76 18 A granny has won over US$l3 million ($2l million) on a 5 US cent slot machine, reported ananova.com. Ms Josephine Crawford was down to her last few coins when she hit the jackpot at Harrah's casino in New Jersey. Harrah's spokesman Alyce
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      398 18 Shop like crazy? See a shrink LONDON People who shop like crazy may be slightly mad, reported Gayle Avery is what we in the academic world call a global applied leadership expert. So it is The Sunday Times of London. hardly surprising she leads her students to the world's top
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  • Voices
    • ADULTERATED VALUES?
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      Let's be more forgiving to those who make mistakes
      246 20  -  HO KONG LOON Letter from I HAD expected it The about-turn when decisions did not go the way some tabloid journalists had predicted. Earlier, they went to town highlighting the brainy contestants in the Miss Universe Singapore pageant Post-competition, instead of
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      Listen to your heart
      792 22  -  JANICE GOH in the crowd LILY GOH I Ex-Spore Idol deaf contestant wants to clear misconceptions about her disability and is ready to embark on a music career 26, Teaching assistant ja nice@newstoday.com.sg TWO years ago, she sang and signed her way into the hearts of
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      Police considering actions against other parties
      114 23  -  JDREYANG Letter from Al Assistant Director (Media Relations) Singapore Police Force WE REFER to the letters by Colin Low, "Why leave the girls with their monster mum?" (April 20), and Kavita Gupta, "Why no actions against mums?" (April 22). After completing the investigations into
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    • Letter
      MRT glitch: Better response needed
      285 23  -  ALFRED LOH CHEW KAI Letter from I TOOK the MRT to work on the morning of April 21. I boarded the train at Tiong Bahru station and it remained stationary for five minutes before moving off. During the delay, there was an announcement about a
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    • Article
      sayagain
      74 23 I was a teenager in the early 60s when I saw Mr Lee Kuan Yew being shoved into a drain along Ah Hood Road amid protesters' shouts. The tense atmosphere was frightening. Even at that tender age, I knew that one day, this fearless man would be a great
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    • Weighing reactions to the NKF issue
      • Letter
        SDP losing credibility over repeated foolish actions
        145 24  -  KHOO LIH-HAN Letter from I I REFER to the article, "PM, MM demand apology from SDP over NKF remarks" (April 22). About a week ago, Dr Chee Soon Juan and his party members were warned again by the police for speaking in public
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      • Letter
        Don'tjump into legal battle
        98 24  -  JAMES CHI Letter from,. ALTHOUGH I can understand the ruling party's anger over allegations made by SDP in the NKF scandal, I do not feel they should have jumped into a legal battle straight away. If SDP has a point to prove, let them state their
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      • Letter
        Proceed with charges; get ex-NKF officials to pay fines
        105 24  -  CHAN KENG WEE Letter from I REFER to the report, "MOM will not press charges against NKF" (April 22). I am shocked to read that the charges were dropped because the fines will have to be borne out of donor funds.
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    • Letter
      Checks at rallies a necessary precaution
      129 24  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from, AFTER reading the report, "Be ready for checks at rallies" (April 22), I must compliment the police for implementing various security measures to ensure the safety of those attending election rallies. True, some people may find such security
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    • Naive dreamers, shallow critics?
      • Letter
        Lacking politics know-how?
        134 25  -  ANDREW TEO Letter from j IT IS not so much the manner in which the panel questioned Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew or their questions that I am concerned about it is the thoughts going through their minds. These young and dynamic next-gener-ation Singaporeans are simply too
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        Line of questioning shallow
        296 25  -  IZAD SALEH ALI Letter from IF QUESTIONS posed by the panel to MM Lee were to be any indication of the sentiments of Singaporeans under-30, should we be surprised that older Singaporeans are shaking their heads at the arguments made? Many of the issues raised were
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      • Letter
        Go on dreaming, idealising
        135 25  -  TANCHAKUM Letter from' THE young panellists did not dispute the priorities: Good education, jobs, housing, medical care, security and the future. But they are asking, what else within Maslow's heirarchy of needs? If we, as a nation and as individuals, are merely concerned with the tangibles
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      • Letter
        Good life taken for granted
        231 25  -  LEE LAI YONG Letterfrom THE sad fact of the matter is, I know many youth today hardly read the newspapers or watch news broadcasts. Many are more concerned with the latest gadget, movie, hit song, clubbing activity, Xbox games, car model or new condo being
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    • Article
      FOCUS ON THE
      234 26  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY............. 60 YEARS IN HIDING "Hide and seek" is a fun game for kids, but many adults play a hiding game that's really not much fun at all. I recently saw a fascinating story in The Seattle Times. The headline read, "Sixty Years in
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      isay IS IT EVER TOO LATE?
      579 26  -  MARTHA LEE IN HER commentary, "A degree too far to alter course?" (April 3), Catharina Laporte said she met a degree-holder, possibly in her 30s, who felt "fated" to be in an unsatisfying life as an accountant, bound by a decision she made 10
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    • Letter
      When is Today's next Happy issue?
      73 26  -  iHARRYCHIA Letter from NEIL Humphreys's column never fails to amuse me. This week, it was his encounter with the Inland Revenue Authority, the previous article was his in-laws' holiday in Batam. My wife and I always have a good hearty laugh. It makes your
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    • Letter
      IRs can be Spores Taj Mahal
      217 26  -  AMYFONG Letter from I REFER to Mr Ng Ya Ken's letter, "Risky side to IR beauty" (April 21). Having tourism appeal and architectural design weighted at 70 per cent of the evaluation criteria may seem a lopsided formula. That is, if the definition of
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      639 28 AFP IMF heeds calls for voting reforms for such economies WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fund (IMF) took a first step toward a major transformation on Saturday by agreeing to boost the role of emerging market countries in its decision-making and to overhaul its
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      115 28 TEE International signed a conditional Memorandum of Understanding with CMC Engineering to expand its security and communication engineering business in Malaysia. Subject to the satisfactory completion of the financial and legal due diligence on CMC, TEE International will buy 105,340 shares at RMI (44 cents) each. This represents 10
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      410 28 BLOOMBERG INDUSTRIAL Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the nation's largest lender, said that it may sell shares in the domestic market after the initial public offering overseas that will be the world's biggest in six years. "In 2006,
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      212 29 -DOW JONES May be the biggest tech firm to list on Bursa this year KUALA LUMPUR Hard drive maker JCY Holdings, a registered company in Singapore owned by a Malaysian businessman, is poised to raise up to RM2 billion ($872 million) in an
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      218 29 DOW JONES NEWBRIDGE Capital increased its bid for the 25-per-cent stake held by public shareholders in Singapore-listed Pacific Century Regional Developments (PCRD). It raised its bid by 13 per cent to 30.5 cents per PCRD share, according to a joint statement to the
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        152 29 SINGAPORE shares are expected to ease on profit-taking next week after a rally that propelled the benchmark index to new all-time highs beyond 2,600 points, dealers said. The Singapore bourse shook off concerns over surging oil prices to reach a record high of 2,605.12 during intra-day trade on Friday
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        32 29 us$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah 0.6268 0.3517 73.078 4.8603 2.2934 0.5079 5568.4 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ 32.388 0.8422 28.298 594.54 0.7130 5.0252 0.9902
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        19 29 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by iilvar US$/oz 'latinum US$/oz lubber cents/kg 'aim oil RM/tonne 12.97 1,139.20 349.25 1,429.00
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      172 29 BLOOMBERG A REPORT to be released this week will show that the United States economy moved ahead in the first quarter as the warmest January on record propelled consumer spending and construction, economists said. Gross domestic product (GDP) probably rose at an annual rate of
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          50 30 PERE Ocean is participating in the Administrative Professionals Week 2006 until Saturday, which is organised by the Singapore Association of Administrative Professional as part of its 35th anniversary celebrations, as well as Secretaries' Day. Pere Ocean will provide free bottled mineral drinks for the occasion.
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          141 30 TWO Watsons shoppers spent Good Friday morning shopping for free. The two winners of the "Win Free Shopping Spree at Watsons" each won 30 seconds to grab all they could at Watsons Ngee Ann City. One of the winners, Mdm Sally Lee, and her husband
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          123 30 bNJUY special discounts on selected products during the Eu Van Sang Mothers Day Promotion 2006 until May 14. Discounts of 20 per cent are being given on Eu Van Sang's Vinegar Series, Raw Bird Nest, Hua Van Bird Nest, Premium Bird Nest and Bottled Bird Nest
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          188 30 ONE lucky mother will win an all-expens-es paid nine-day holiday worth $10,000 to Sydney as her special Mother's Day gift. Listeners of MediaCorp Radio's 938 Live station are encouraged to nominate a special mother and say why she deserves this treat.
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        580 30 -BLOOMBERG Beijing is also reducing trade surplus but developed countries must help solve imbalance: Bank governor THE People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan said his country is adjusting its currency and taking steps to reduce a trade surplus that tripled to a record US$lO2 billion
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        135 30 SERIAL System will stop providing voluntary quarterly financial updates. It noted in its statement to the Singapore Exchange on Saturday that it was mandatory for companies with market capitalisation of at least $75 million as at March 31,2003 to provide quarterly reporting, as provided
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        558 31 -AFP Statement follows implicit criticism of investment policies WASHINGTON The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) on Saturday bluntly challenged oil-consum-ing nations to build more refineries, insisting that producers are not solely to blame for oil market volatility. "Opec member countries have been
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        173 31 -BLOOMBERG NAZA Group, Malaysia's No. 1 luxury vehicle importer, unveiled its first locally-built compact car, meant to take on Proton Holdings and Perodua, and said it would target overseas markets. Naza will also spend an initial RMS7O million ($249 million) on its third plant to produce
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        555 32 DOW JONES Chartered Semiconductor's top executive dismisses talks of a possible decline in chips' demand; reveals plans for a new plant CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing expects a rosy second half for the semiconductor industry, the company's top executive said, dismissing concerns of a possible slowdown in
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          109 32 CAPITAMALL TRUST ($2.38) BUY DOW JONES Daiwa Institute of Research keeps Capita Mall Trust as "buy" with a $2.93 target ahead of its IQO6 results due tomorrow. It expects the Reit to pay DPU of 2.73 cents, up 10.5 per centyear-on-year and up 1.2 per cent quarter-on-quarter. This is mainly
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          92 32 DOW JONES Daiwa Institute of Research downgrades AsiaPharm to "underperform" from "outperform", as the stock price is already above its new six-month target price oi 93 cents (compared to 90 cents earlier] after a 24-per-cent surge over the past month. Daiwa notes that the rise
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          77 32 JACKSPEED CORP (22 CENTS) BUY DOW JONES OCBC Investment Research started its coverage of Jackspeed (JCL) at "buy", with fair value of 22.5 cents, but it may upgrade the "conservative" target after it reviews the FYO6 results which is due out this week. The research organisation expects long-term growth to
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          115 32  -  KIM ENG SECURITIES While further value unlocking can be done, we do not expect major moves along this front in the next six months. As such, we see little reason to aggressively buy the stock now. With just 7-per-cent upside to our fair value, we re-initiate coverage
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        677 34 Show potential employers you're Flexible, Friendly, Fortified, Fuctioning... and Fifty-Five MATURE JOB SEEKERS -PART 3 CURRENT thinking about older workers goes like this: "Mature workers have had a fair turn at the job market; we don't want them to become a burden on society; they can
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        676 35  -  UNYANQIN ya nqinl@newstoday.com.sg STOP trying to "have it all" and accept that trade-offs have to be made to get ahead in life. That is the advice of the Centre of Creative Learning's (CCL) Global Director Dr Ancella Livers to
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      1170 36  -  Elisa Chia Veteran celebrity journalist, Entertainment Tonighthost Steines on what it takes to get the juicy details from Hollywood's elite EXCLUSIVE MADONNA was relaxing backstage after her performance at the Grammy Awards in February when she spotted an old acquaintance. It was Mark Steines, who was covering
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      514 37 IT MIGHT only be April, but Mark Steines has a few insights into what may turn out to be the biggest entertainment stories of the year. Following are his picks with added details by ELISACHIA BABY OF THE YEAR This is shaping up to be a battle between the
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      572 38  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Apprentice winner snubs Trump's suggestion of hiring co-finalist Rebecca Jarvis Julia nar@newstoday.com.sg IN THE final episode of The Apprentice shown last night on MediaCorp TV Channel 5 the hiring of Randal Pinkett as the latest employee of the Trump Organization may
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      319 40  -  Mervin Tay Despite technical glitches, Wei Lian's solo effort is a success CONCERTREVIEW by............. Wei ban Debut Concert 2006 THERE were no fancy stage effects or nifty dance routines, but Tan Wei Lian put up a decent gig on Saturday night, debunking scepticism of whether he could pull
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      244 40  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL WHEN Mohd Shabir was crowned MediaCorp TVl2's first Vasantham Star last October, he promised he would take lessons to improve his singing. He has, and he's even made an album. Alaipayuthey (Rocking Waves), the long-awaited debut effort from
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      443 41  -  ASHRAFSAFDAR Director and actor Wilson shares the secret to unearthing the emotional core in a play ashraf@newstoday.com.sg WHEN international theatre star Monique Wilson (picture, left) rehearses for her upcoming production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Aspects of Love, she writes in new scenes, introduces new personae and plucks
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        399 42  -  ASHRAF SAFDAR Liza Dalby shares her experiences as a geisha, disses Rob Marshall's movie ashraf@newstoday.com.sg BEFORE Arthur Golden, there was Liza Dalby. In fact, Golden the best-selling author of Memoirs of a Geisha which has since been adapted for film admittedly read Dalby's book on geisha and used
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        185 42 -AP LOS ANGELES Mission: Impossible 111 director JJ Abrams is going from Cruise control to warp speed. Abrams will produce the 11th Star Trek feature film and there are plans for him to direct as well. The film is slated for release in
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        103 42 Check out these films tonight at the ongoing Singapore International Film Festival. Tickets at $8.40 and are available from Ticket Charge. Call 6296 2929. AFTER THE NIGHT... DAWN 7pm, Lido 3 Acclaimed Indian director Sandip Ray tells the tale about how relationships among upper-middle-class urbanites crumble in the face
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        618 43  -  LAUREN PEH Caffeßar offers yummy mains with its drinks f ood@newstoday.com.sg WHEN it comes to cafes, I tend to be a bit more sceptical than usual. Many cafes that boast an extensive beverage menu do well enough in that area, but often fall short where
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        142 44  -  LEE HUI SHAN EMBARK ON A SAFARI EAT-OUT From now till April 27, head down to AquaMarine at Marina Mandarin for a taste of robust South African flavours. Executive chef Roberto De Carvalho and his team specially invited from the Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa in Cape Town —will
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      322 54 -AFP NEWCASTLE While West Bromwich Albion manager Bryan Robson seemed resigned to life outside of the Premiership, Birmingham boss Steve Bruce remains defiant. After a feeble 3-0 defeat away to Newcastle United on Saturday, Robson was honest enough to admit: "The way the
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