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  • 26 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp share your free newspaper MICA(P) 112/07/2005 TODAY /A=D>JJ\CORP mica(P) 112/07/2005 share your free newspapei Thursday April 27, 2006 todayonline.com Thursday April 27, 2006 todayonline.com
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  • 1107 1  -  VALCHUA GE2006 It could decide whether PAP is returned to power on Nomination Day ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR val@newstoday.com.sg IT HAS generally been assumed that, for the first time since 1988, the People's Action Party (PAP) will not be returned to power on Nomination Day itself.
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  • 596 1  -  DERRICK A PAULO LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@newstoday.com.sg AGAINST the backdrop of an impending lawsuit that could drag the Singapore Democratic Party to uncharted territory, its members filed in and out of the shophouse on Serangoon Road that serves as its
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    • 424 2 (l§pGE Money Who says nothing's for free? uP AS /rwfirnf For more information on James, call 6410 2929 or simply SMS your NRIC to *****. DnUfCD Dl AY uion contests FUVvCH r^/ll 7 GRCs likely contested KKhs.hi »».e,si \<s>\ The candidates and the likely battlegrounds i?^?^, *N—™!W"»-> H Today is
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  • 458 3  -  CLEMENT MESENAS AND DERRICK A PAULO Political climate more open as competitors speak freely MEMBERS of competing political parties engaging in a public forum was proof of how much more open the Singapore political climate had become, argued National University of Singapore Society (NUSS) president Chandra
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  • 249 3  -  CHANNEL NEWSASIA WORKERS' Party (WP) candidate James Gomez (picture) met with another hiccup over his election papers yesterday. But unlike the last elections, when an omission in his nomination papers led to him being disqualified from the contest, this was just a close
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  • 791 4  - Return of the queue this time for rally spots ANSLEY NG VALERIE LAW Test of endurance as party workers reserve seats with tissue paper a nsley@newstoday.com.sg IT IS an assignment many would dread to take on. For up to eight hours, you sit on a stiffly padded chair one of
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  • 306 4  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@newstoday.com.sg LIKE a well-oiled factory, they meticulously unfurled and stapled posters, arranged stacks of polling cards according to their district, and mounted more than a hundred flags onto wooden poles. This was the scene late last night at the PAP
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  • 136 4 It was the night before Nomination Day, but the People's Action Party branch at Chua Chu Kang was hardly a hive of activity. All 11,000 copies of the manifesto, 600 posters and five banners in support of the PAP and Chua Chu
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  • 403 4  -  TORCHING LI chingli@newstoday.com.sg BARELY seven months into the role of Minister of State for Manpower and Education, People's Action Party (PAP) candidate Gan Kirn Yong is seeking to retain his job by winning the Chua Chu Kang ward in the General
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  • 713 5  -  CHRISTIE LOH LIN YANQIN But SDA's six-man team in Potong Pasir picks which questions to answer AND..... christie@newstoday.com.sg THE Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) yesterday revealed its final batch of candidates in a unique way. Assistant secretary-general Desmond Lim Bak Chuan picked a void deck in Potong Pasir to
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  • 458 5  -  JASMINE YIN jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg THE Singapore Democratic Alliance team contesting in Jalan Besar has put up a stout defence against the criticisms levelled at it by the People's Action Party. But the rebuttal was short on details and the SDA team was reluctant
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  • 343 5  -  —JASMINE YIN THE surprise inclusion of a former Opposition MP in the Singapore Democratic Alliance's (SDA) team for Jalan Besar GRC has, unsurprisingly, drawn flak from the incumbent People's Action Party (PAP). Dr Lee Boon Yang and his team took
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  • 402 6  -  TANYO-HINN CHRISTIE LOH It's elbow grease time for nine schools doubling as nomination centres AND yohinn@newstoday.com.sg IN THE lead-up to Nomination Day today, the nine schools selected as nomination centres were busy preparing for the important occasion. At Jurong Junior College nomination centre for the
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  • 296 6  -  -UNYANQIN EVERY few years, the Elections Department kicks into high gear and gets ready for the polls. The department usually maintains a staff of about 20, but for this General Elections (GE), the department has trained more than 18,000 civil servants to
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  • 793 7  -  TORCHING LI How young an Mr are Singaporeans willing to accept? chingli@newstoday.com. sg WITH four in 10 voters here born after 1965, it is hardly surprising that the lineup of candidates for the May 6 polls is getting younger. But with a couple of post-1980 candidates now
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  • 253 7  -  CHRISTIE LOH EAT, drink and be "political" at Billy Bombers, an American-themed restaurant chain run by locals. Caught up in Singapore's election fever, the company is staging mock polls in its five outlets starting today until May 6, the eve of Polling Day. "The
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  • 385 7  -  TEOXUANWEI DERRICK A PAULO xua nweit@newstoday.com.sg VETERAN Opposition figure J B Jeyaretnam yesterday called off a press conference where he was expected to introduce an independent candidate he was backing. When Today visited him at his office yesterday, the 82-year-old declined to reveal who this
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  • Singapore news
    • 397 8  -  TEOXUANWEI Judge rejects the defence that cabby's jealousy impaired his mental responsibility for his actions xua nweit@newstoday.com.sg FORMER cabby G Krishnasamy Naidu, who hacked his wife Chitrabathy Narayanasamy to death, was sentenced to hang after Justice Woo Bih Li rejected the defence of diminished responsibility and
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    • 598 8  -  LINYANQIN ya nqinl@newstoday.com.sg IF YOU have noticed flyers seeking information about missing persons at bus stops and other roadside structures, you might not be seeing them too much longer. Crime Library, a voluntary welfare organisation (VWO) that helps to seek information from the public
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    • 291 8  -  LEE U WEN THE newly formed Education Services Union (ESU) has announced an ambitious tie-up with the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) to provide skills upgrading to its 4,400 members. The union has already begun discussions with the WDA's manpower skills and training council to
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
      • 75 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A 26-year-old Singaporean was killed at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6 on Tuesday. A few hours later, three men aged between 23 and 26 surrendered to the police and were arrested for the murder. Police were alerted to a fight at Block 124 at
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      • 64 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The current wet weather, due to unstable inter-monsoon conditions, is likely to continue until early next month. The Meteorological Services Division said "moderate or heavy showers of short durations are expected on most days". With heavy rains and high tides, flash floods could affect
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    • 431 10  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA FOR a free daily barely five years old, winning a top international media award is arguably akin to a first-time small budget director winning an Oscar. That description might easily sum up Today's winning of Ifra Asia's Silver Award for Best
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    • 1054 10  -  VALCHUA -TORCHING LI They may have different themes, but the fate of Marina Bay and Sentosa IRs is intertwined ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR val@ newstoday.com.sg AS THE Government deliberates on the winner of the Marina Bay integrated resort (IR), the bidding for
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  • world news
    • 385 12 —AGENCIES Faced with sanctions, it plans to hide nuclear programme, offers the technology to Sudan TEHRAN Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, yesterday warned that American interests around the world will be harmed if the United States launched an attack against his country. Facing
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    • 177 12 -AFP JAKARTA Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Indonesia next month for bilateral talks before attending a summit of eight large Muslim countries in Bali. Mr Ahmadinejad is due to arrive in Indonesia on May 10 and meet Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, said
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    • 180 12 —AFP KATHMANDU Maoist rebels will lift a blockade of the Nepalese capital and key centres ahead of tomorrow's reopening of the parliament after a gap of four years, their leader said in a statement The Maoists had, on Tuesday, rejected King Gyanendra's restoration of
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    • 254 12 -AFP TOKYO Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (picture) credited his reforms for Japan's economic resurgence as he marked his fifth year in office yesterday, playing down concerns about growing social inequalities. "When I came to office, the economy was in a slump and I was
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    • 473 14 BLOOMBERG Zarqawi rails against new Iraqi govt, says insurgency will fight US'crusader'drive BAGHDAD Iraqi terrorist chief Abu Musab Al Zarqawi has urged Iraqis not to cooperate with that country's new government in a video posted on the Internet, which United States officials believe
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 60 14 -AP Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urged foreign governments to continue aid to the Palestinian government, saying in Saudi Arabia yesterday that the ruling Hamas party should be encouraged to resolve its problems with Israel. Most international aid has been cut off to
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      • 65 14 -AFP Future US troop levels in Iraq will depend on the new government being formed by premier designate Jawad Maliki, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Wednesday. He added that a handover will
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      • 47 14 -AFP Fox News commentator Tony Snow has been selected to be the new White House spokesman, replacing Scott McClellan, who resigned last week. Mr Snow did a stint as speechwriter for President George W Bush's father. President George H W Bush in 1991.
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      • 62 14 —AFP A strong earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale struck early yesterday in the Indian Ocean between the Indonesian islands of Nias and Simeulue but there were no reports of damage or casualties. The quake that struck at 1.26 am was centered 32 kilometers under
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    • 299 14 KUALA LUMPUR Is the correspondence between Malaysia and Singapore on the bridge saga classified as an official secret? And if so, could former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (picture) be charged under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) for revealing his correspondence with Singapore's
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    • 345 16 —AFP CAIRO Twin suicide attacks targeting security personnel rocked northern Sinai, near the Gaza Strip, yesterday, two days after triple bombings killed at least 18 people in a resort further south. The first suicide bomber blew himself up as vehicles carrying an Egyptian
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    • 564 17  -  VINITARAMANI The country's chief justices will meet tomorrow to decide on political stalemate vinita@newstoday.com.sg BANGKOK Thailand's top three judges will meet tomorrow to try and resolve the raging political crisis, after a rare appeal from revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej for the courts to
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    • 252 17 TOKYO The Japanese government is funding speed-dating parties in the hopes of reversing the current demographic trend that is leading towards a shrinking population. The phenomenon is so popular that events are happening all over Japan every night of the week. In central Tokyo, a
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    • 660 18 AFP Moves for peace talks still on despite deadly suicide bombing, say some analysts COLOMBO Air strikes, mortar attacks, a suicide bombing in the heart of Colombo while it may seem Tamil Tiger rebels and Sri Lanka's government are beating war drums, they
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    • 333 20  -  YUNWEN, YVONNEGUO YUNWEN,CHONGRIJIA WENDY FOO Fresh JC and poly grads need the help Letter from AND CAN transport concessions for junior college (JC) and polytechnic students be extended for eight months after their graduation date? Such fresh graduates who are not part of the workforce yet lack
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    • 277 20  -  AY BOON SUN Letter from Senior Public Relations Officer For Director (Corporate Development) Housing Development Board I REFER to Mr Peter Heng Teck Wee's letter "Spice it up, HDB" (April 13). To cater to the diverse needs and preferences of flat buyers, HDB offers a variety
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    • 206 20  -  BOEYYEEKWONG Letter from I AM a pump attendant in my 50s employed by the Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC). Many of the pump attendants are senior citizens in their 50s and 60s. By employing senior citizens, SPC is helping the elderly to remain active and continue
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    • 524 22 Politicians have stopped blogging but netizens continue with their takes on the GE SO IT seems you can blog about politics during the election period except when your website has "persistently political views". But Workers' Party member Goh Meng Seng is taking no chances as he
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    • That world class question
      • 141 23  -  ACE KINDRED CHEONG Letter from I AM disappointed to read the comments by Workers Party's Low Thia Khiang. I am a Singaporean in my mid30s and I have travelled extensively I know the differences between a Third World and a First World government.
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      • 267 23  -  ANDREW TEONENG WEE Letter from I REFER to the article, "Distribute government funds fairly: Low" (April 25). While I admire Workers' Party (WP) chief Low Thia Khiang's defence of his party when Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew remarked that Singapore lacks a First World opposition
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    • 156 23  -  JASON LIM Letter from I HAVE been following the election news closely and particularly the lawsuit against the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP). The issues raised by its secretary-general Chee Soon Juan alarmed me. I am not a supporter of the People's Action Party or the
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    • 119 23  -  SOONSZEMENG Letter from I WOULD like to know why most of the candidates from the People's Action Party (PAP) have not said that they would choose to become full-time MPs if they are voted into Parliament, as compared to a number of opposition candidates who
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    • SHORTTAKES
      • 134 25  -  BRIAN FARRELL: I refer to the report "Green Iranian plugs the atom" (April 25). Ms Massoumeh Ebtekar, former vice-pres-ident of Iran, "defended Iran's controversial nuclear drive during a visit to Singapore". She is quoted as saying: "We are trying to promote Iran as a peacemaking
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      • 140 25  -  KHOO LIH-HAN: Recently, SBS Transit launched 10 more Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses. While I appreciate the company's efforts to preserve the environment, I am disturbed by the fact that the maintenance cost of a CNG bus is 82 per cent higher
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    • 253 26  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY I CHILDREN AND FINANCES There's an old song which says that "the best things in life are free". That may be true, but a lot of kids today are growing up taking this sentiment too literally and they never learn the value
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    • Transparency please in varsity admissions
      • 176 26  -  LIM BOON HEE Letter from THE manner in which places are allocated to local and foreign students ought to be made more transparent just like the open bidding for the certificate of entitlement for cars. Currently, if rejected, local students are in the dark
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      • 167 26  -  KHOO LIH-HAN Letter from EVERY year, a few thousand Singaporean students travel abroad for tertiary education. According to statistics provided by the IDP Singapore, Australia alone absorbed 8,349 students last year. Not only is Singapore los- ing a significant amount of revenue to foreign countries,
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    • 183 26  -  R MALARAMA Letter from I REFER to the letters "Adulterated values" (April 24). On April 24,1 took the free shuttle service from XX Women's and Children's Hospital to Bugis MRT station. Seats were limited but there were a few adults sitting with their
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    • 557 28 -AGENCIES Spore Government investment agency says deal complied with local regulations THE Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC), one of the world's top 10 property investors, is disputing taxes levied by South Korea on its 2004 purchase of an office tower
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      • 117 28 Dow Jones SHARES rose yesterday on better-than-expected industrial output data and bargain hunting after the bourse's recent correction. The ST Index ended up 13.04 points, or 0.5 per cent, at 2,596.65, after retreating 0.3 per cent on Tuesday. In the broad market, advancers led decliners 311 to 277. Traded
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      • 36 28 USS 0.6285 UK£ 0.3523 Yen 72.424 HK$ 4.8719 RM 2.2871 Euro 0.5064 Rupiah 5,539.6 Baht 23.687 Peso 32.618 AS 0.8424 Indian Rs 28.309 Won 594.61 C$ 0.7112 Yuan 5.0372 NZ$ 1.0014 NT$ 20.135
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      • 29 28 SGX ar Dow Jones j Bloomberg Hi uss/oz 631.48 Snruss/oz 12.63 Pkfinini uss/oz 1,139 Mkl cents/kg 348.25 Pltall RM/tonne 1,436 BMt cn*i usS/ban«i 73.32 Information provided by.... and
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    • business news
      • 405 31 -DOW JONES Govt may revise GDP expectations upwards: Economists SINGAPORE is likely to raise its economic growth estimate for the first quarter after manufacturing expanded at a faster-than-expected pace in March, economists said. Manufacturing output grew 25.2 per cent from a year earlier, slower than February's 37.2-per-cent
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      • 185 31 DOW JONES DBS Bank has been hit by more resignations, with Mr Steve Ingram, head of technology and operations, and Mr John Mitchell, chief credit officer, preparing to leave the company, The Business Times reported yesterday, quoting bank officials. In recent weeks, DBS has lost
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      • 194 31 DOWJONES SINGAPORE port operator, PSA International, will finance the US$4.4-billion ($7-billion) purchase of a 20-per-cent stake in the ports business of Hutchison Whampoa Holdings through US dollar loans, a source said yesterday. A consortium of three banks comprising
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      • 235 32  -  VALERIE LAW Impact on stocks will depend on margin of victoryforPAP:UßS va lerie@newstoday.com.sg WHILE a win by the People's Action Party (PAP) at the upcoming polls is likely to be a foregone conclusion, the margin by which it wins could have an impact
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      • 65 32 -DOW JONES SINGAPORE Airlines will increase the fuel surcharge on tickets sold from May 15. The surcharge will rise by US$5 ($8) to US$2O a sector on flights between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, Bandar Seri Begawan, Bangkok, Denpasar, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Manila
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      • 198 32  -  CHOW PENN NEE THE retirement and the high-net-worth segments are two key areas for growth here for insurer Prudential Singapore, the company's chief executive said yesterday. "The retirement sector is a growing issue in Singapore, with the ageing population and structural unemployment," said Mr Kevin
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      • marketbuzz
        • 127 32 PARTY the night away as UOB partners with Raymond Weil to present Chill-Out Nites, a series of clubbing events that takes you to the most contemporary and coolest clubs across Singapore. Look out for special events such as the True Religion Fashion
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        • 61 32 LOOKING PRETTY: The Lancome (top) and Biotherm (right) counters at Robinsons Raffles City. FOR the first time, internationallyrenowned brands under the L'Oreal Luxury Products Division Lancome, Biotherm, Ralph Lauren Fragrances, Giorgio Armani Fragrances, Shu Uemura and Kiehl's have come together at Robinsons Raffles City.
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      • 252 33 SGX filings United Test Assembly Center (Utac) reported a net profit of $20.7 million, or 1.4 cents per share, for the three months ended March 31, up from $3.9 million, or 0.4 cent per share, in the year-earlier period. Revenue rose 63.4 per cent to $103.2 million. Utac said
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      • 169 33 -BLOOMBERG KEPPEL Land said yesterday its first-quar-ter profit was little changed as contributions from overseas were offset by a decline in earnings from property trading. Net income was $36.3 million, or 5.1 cents per share, in the three months ended March 31, compared with
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      • 198 33 -BLOOMBERG But defence company expects higher earnings for full year SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering, South-east Asia's biggest defence company, said its first-quarter profit was little changed from the same period last year because earnings from a minority stake in a taxi company fell. Net income rose
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      • 137 33 -BLOOMBERG ELECTRONICS contract manufacturer Venture Corp reported yesterday an 11-per-cent rise in first-quarter profit, boosted by the sale of medical and automotive devices. Net income rose to $49.7 million, or 18.3 cents a share, in the three months ended March 31 from
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      • 348 34 DOW JONES Spore firm also sets up 2 new ventures in mainland China ASCOTT Group, Asia's largest serviced residences company, announced yesterday the purchase of a property in Hong Kong and the setting up of two joint ventures in Suzhou, China. Ascott, a
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      • 144 34 -BLOOMBERG TWO Kirn Eng Holdings investment managers will start an Asian hedge fund next month, Hong Kong-based financial publisher Finance Asia reported on its website. Fund managers Lee SaiSing and Lien Ber-Luen, who had worked together at the Government of
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    • 102 38 Check out the following films tonight at the ongoing Singapore International Film Festival. Tickets are priced at $8.40 and are available from Ticket Charge. Call 6296 2929. MAN AT WORK 7pm, Lido 3 An Iranian comedy that pokes fun at masculine fixations, the film concerns four friends who become
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      631 38  -  YONG SHU CHIANG Malaysian film-maker's documentary about 'communist bandit' raises hackles in his homeland plus@newstoday.com.sg GROWING up in Malaysia, independent film-maker Amir Muhammad learned to be afraid of ghosts and evil spirits and communists. "Yes, communists were the big bogeymen, next to Hantu Kumkum (a legendary blood-thirsty
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      • 110 40 -AP Ocean's Thirteen just got some added depth with the addition of Al Pacino to the star-studded cast. Daily Variety reported yesterday. In the third installment of the caper films about charming rogue Danny Ocean (George Clooney), Pacino -who turned 66 on Tuesday-will join
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      100 42 AWARD-WINNING actress Pam Oei performs her music-cum-comedy show Pamdemonium at the Esplanade Recital Studio from Friday to Sunday at 9.30pm. Tickets from Sistic. "By my bedside now is Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre. It won the Man Booker in 2003 and is about the crazy gun culture in
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    • 423 42  -  ASHRAFSAFDAR Author chooses Singapore as setting for latest book, The Ambassadors Wife ashraf@newstoday.com.sg WHEN American Jake Needham started writing books set in Thailand in 2000, he received a flurry of hate mail from readers questioning his right to create fiction about Asia. But, as Needham assured Today
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      • 203 43  -  Kaoru Kurotani -VALERIE LAW KUROTANI'S book is a fun read for those who want to learn about the life of the man who broke the Bank of England and who is accused of having caused the 1997 Asian financial crisis. The book begins with the
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        213 43  -  Nicholas Sparks SHANTHI RAMAKRISHNAN SPARKS' Love At First Sight is the sequel to his book True Believer. Successful columnist Jeremy Marsh, 37, is leaving New York to settle down in Boone Creek with Lexie Darnell, the town librarian who is pregnant with his child. The arrival of
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        426 45  -  PEARLYN THAM It's a one-stop shop for unique fashion and accessories pea rlyn@newstoday.com.sg WHITEWASHED chairs and cabinet drawers hanging midair, rocking horses in a corner and a cuckoo clock on the wall sounds like a child's whimsical wonderland? But to Paul Khor, his new Actually concept store is serious
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      • 164 45  -  PEARLYNTHAM YOU may not be a famous movie star like Tom Cruise but you can flaunt the same watch that he wears in his upcoming film Mission: Impossible 111 (M:i:III). Specially chosen by the star himself, the new limited edition
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      • 143 47  -  -PEARLYNTHAM WHAT makes a better gift for the woman who shines in your life than jewellery? This Mother's Day, bedazzle your mum with three new jewellery collections from Goldheart Jewelry. If you really want to go all out to impress Mum, there's the
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      • 782 48 A self-drive vacation is the best way to enjoy the country's scenery, culture and food ONE of the best ways to get to know a country is for a visitor to get behind a wheel and go wherever the road takes him. New Zealand is
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      • 159 49 —AP VIENTIANE The remains of a centuries-old temple, along with thousands of historical artefacts, have been uncovered in and around the Lao capital during excavation works for the upgrade of a major road. Lao archaeologists believe the temple Vat Yotkeo dates back to the 1548-571 rule
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      • 619 50  -  RYAN DALL LI M AFF The smaller HK Disneyland is still massive magic for little tykes and their minders SNUGLY situated on Lantau island, Hong Kong Disneyland is easily accessible from Hong Kong Island or Kowloon by taxi, public bus or, most conveniently, the Mass
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        • 167 52 ■AFP You can now add 110 more surprising sights to the long list of sights tourists can see in Paris. Over a hundred cows in all manner of poses and colours are on display until June 16. The herd of fibreglass bovines have been stationed
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        • 116 52 For a glimpse into how Macau today is more than a city of gaming and entertainment, check out the "Step into Macau" fair at Chijmes. The fair to be held from tomorrow to Sunday is open from 11am to 6pm. Organised by the Macau Government Tourist Office
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        • 153 52 Here's a chance to enjoy the sights and sounds of Bandar Seri Begawan while you are on transit in the Bruneian capital. Royal Brunei Airlines' passengers who have four hours to spare can join one of its six popular Golden Touch Holidays' transit tours from
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        • 110 52 An airborne tour of Sri Lanka's diverse landscapes is now possible thanks to SriLankan Air Taxi the domestic amphibious float plane operations of SriLankan Airlines. The float plane aircraft flies a few thousand feet above the ground, far lower than commercial aircraft and the route
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      636 56 -AGENCIES United tyro's desperate to stop Chelsea on Saturday, as he talks of maturing LONDON When Chelsea arrived at Old Trafford at the end of last season as champions, Sir Alex Ferguson ordered his Manchester United players to form a guard of honour for Jose Mourinho's men.
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    • 321 57 —AFP TOKYO Globe-trotting US basketball coach Joe Bryant (picture) insists that his superstar son Kobe should be named the NBA Most Valuable Player this season. The senior Bryant, who has led the Tokyo Apache to the final playoffs this weekend in the
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    • 466 57 Barry hits a clutch 3-pointer and Ginobili helps finish off Sacramento in overtime NBA PLAYOFFS, WESTERN CONFERENCE San Antonio 128 Sacramento 119 (OT) SAN ANTONIO Maybe the Sacramento Kings would've preferred being blown out again over what the San Antonio Spurs did to them Tuesday
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    • 161 58 —AFP SYDNEY The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) said yesterday they have offered rugby league star Mark Gasnier a playing contract that could see him turn out for the Wallabies in next year's World Cup. The ARU said Wallabies coach John Connolly felt Gasnier, a centre for the
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    • 217 58  -  CUBBYLEONG SINGAPORE'S women's table tennis team face an uphill battle to qualify for the quar-ter-finals of the 2006 Liebherr World Team Table Tennis Championships, after a 3-0 spanking by Japan in a Division 1, Group D encounter yesterday. Needing a win to keep alive their hopes of
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      • 137 58 TIM Cahill has added to Australia coach Guvs Hiddink's World Cup problems, after being ruled out of action for the next six weeks. The influential Everton midfielder suffered a partial tear of his cruciate ligament and though the problem does not require surgery, he faces
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      • 104 58 ENGLAND manager Sven-Goran Eriksson warned defender Ashley Cole (picture) that he will have to play more for Arsenal if he wants to be considered for the World Cup finals. Cole has played just once for Arsenal in six months, but is returning to fitness and
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      • 84 58 FORMER England manager Graham Taylor blasted the Football Association's search for the next national team boss as "pathetic", yesterday. Taylor, who managed England from 1990 to 1994, believes the search for Sven-Goran Eriksson's replacement which began three months ago has not been directed in a very
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      • 110 58 THE French press were dreaming yesterday of a glorious World Cup send-off for Zinedine Zidane, the day after he announced his decision to retire following this summer's tournament. Leading sports daily L'Equipe dedicated five pages to the legendary 33-year-old Real Madrid playmaker's comments on Tuesday
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    • 283 59  -  DARREN LAI NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2006 Young Lions 2 SAFFC 0 THE Young Lions are proving to be the surprise package of the season and their den at the Jalan Besar Stadium is fast becoming a fortress. Fandi Ahmad's young side won for the fourth successive
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