Today, 3 May 2006

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    13 1 TODAY /A=LJJJ\CORP share your free newspaper MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Wednesday May 3, 2006 todayonline.com
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    WP 'wayang' takes centrestage
    912 1 GE2006 Gomez was out to discredit electoral process: DPM Wong FAR from being a "distracted" candidate who made an "unintentional omission" and then apologised for it, Mr James Gomez set out to deliberately setup the Elections Department with the eventual aim of showing that the Government
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      30 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 16 voices 22 business 30 growth 37 plus 38 tv radio listings 71 classad 72 sports 73 we set you thinking 53t070
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    Lock icon Dump Gomez, field 4-man slate: Yeo to WP
    372 2  -  ANSLEYNG a nsley@newstoday.com.sg RENEWING the call by the People's Action Party (PAP) for the Workers' Party (WP) to drop Mr James Gomez from its Aljunied slate, Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo yesterday said that a four-man team can go on to contest
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    Lock icon Gomez a liar, so sue us: MM Lee
    656 2  -  LEECHINGWERN He also asks WP chairman to 'come clean' on her role chingwern@newstoday.com.sg CALLING Workers' Party's (WP) James Gomez "liar" and a "bad egg", Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew (picture) dared the WP to sue the Government if what the PAP ministers
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    Lock icon End the saga, says WP
    422 3  -  LEECHINGWERN TEOXUANWEI Close Gomez chapter, focus on real issues, say party heads AND chingwern@newstoday.com. sg RESPONDING to the accusations by People's Action Party's (PAP) ministers that Workers' Party's (WP) James Gomez was trying to cast doubts on the integrity of the Elections Department, WP chairman
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  • Article
    It's Third World gutter politics: Gomez
    326 3  -  VALCHUA ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR va l@newstoday.com.sg IN GIVING a "stock analysis" of how the General Election is going so far, the man at the centre of the controversy has criticised the build-up of the storm over his missing form as "Third World, gutter politics".
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  • GE2006 ALL THE ACTION
    • Article
      LOWER COST OF LIVING MEANS LOWER SALARIES: KHAW
      100 3 The Opposition has been making high costs a key issue in these elections. But Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said yesterday that for the cost of living to stay low permanently would mean no wage increases for everybody. Griping about the cost
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      FLATS FOR 70K? DO YOUR HOMEWORK: MAH
      95 3 The Singapore Democratic Alliance's (SDA) candidate for Tampines GRC Edmund Ng Say Eng is not letting go of the issue of pricing of HDB flats. Yesterday, after National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan rebutted his claim that the cost of building a $250,000
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      LAST-MINUTE CARROTS AND WP'S CHANCES
      93 3 Means testing for admission to C-class hospital wards appears to have become an issue and the Workers' Party (WP) has seized on this to test the Government's sincerity in providing affordable healthcare. Party chief Low Thia Khiang wants Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan to give
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    • Article
      OF FRESH EYES AND CHUA CHU KANG'S CROWS
      118 3 If Chua Chu Kang residents want an MP with the backing of the NTUC Singapore's umbrella trade union they should elect People's Action Party (PAP) candidate Gan Kirn Yong, said labour chief Lim Boon Heng yesterday. At an earlier rally, Mr Lim
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      ARE MARINE PARADE CITIZENS FIRST CLASS?: WP CHIEF
      83 3 The Government is not being fair to everybody, especially those in Opposition wards or those that are not contested, said WP chief Low Thia Khiang yesterday. Why was Marine Parade upgraded first and not East Coast GRC, where he went on a
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      Lock icon A VOICE IN THE CABINET FOR THE WORKERS
      79 3 -938 LIVE Should Government ministers participate in trade unions? Yes, says PAP chairman Lim Boon Heng. In response to the WP manifesto, he defended the role of unions in the Government. For workers to have a voice in the Cabinet, unions have
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    It's all about leaders
    546 4  -  JASMINE YIN SM Goh questions the quality of the Opposition's chiefs jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg GOOD quality leadership is crucial for the future of Singapore, said Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong at a rally in Jalan Besar GRC last night And that was why the People's Action Party (PAP)
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    Don't fall for seductive bad ideas: PAP
    413 4  -  JASMINE YIN CHEOWXINYI DANGEROUS and seductive is what the People's Action Party (PAP) team for Jalan Besar GRC is calling the Opposition's ideas. Leading the point-by-point rebuttal last night of the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) team's ideas, new PAP face Denise Phua made
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    Lower cost of living, lower salaries: Khaw
    660 6  -  LOH CHEE KONG Health Minister also defends Singapore's 2.6-percent jobless rate cheekong@newstoday.com.sg IF SINGAPOREANS had low salaries, the cost of living here would be lower. But it could also be a recipe for disaster, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said yesterday in response
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  • Article
    Flats for $70K? Do your homework: Mah
    360 6  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@newstoday.com.sg FIRST, he said that it merely cost between $70,000 and $80,000 to build a five-room flat that sold for $250,000. Challenged by National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan to try building flats at that cost, the Singapore Democratic Alliance's (SDA)
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  • Article
    Last-minute carrots and WP's chances
    565 8  -  TEOXUANWEI Hougang MP Low also presses Khaw on means testing issue xua nweit@newstoday.com.sg WORKERS' Party (WP) chief Low Thia Khiang has given his analysis of factors that will affect how his party's candidates fare, even as he refused to be drawn into speculating on the
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    Funds help for Malay merchants
    227 8  -  CHEOWXINYI NEW plans are in the pipeline for the Malay community, including possible funding from the Government for Malay merchant organisations, said Dr Yaacob Ibrahim yesterday. The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources and Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs was responding to queries on the
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    Of fresh eyes and Chua Chu Kang's crows
    753 10  -  TORCHING LI Labour chief praises Gan for highlighting problem within days of knowing the ground chingli@newstoday.com. sg IF CHUA Chu Kang residents want an MP with the backing of the NTUC Singapore's umbrella trade union they should elect People's Action Party (PAP)
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    Lock icon Chiam hits back
    363 12  -  —TORCHING LI Finding the right candidates a problem shared by PAP too, says SDA chief IT IS not only the Opposition that has trouble finding the right candidates even the People's Action Party (PAP) has had its share of troubles. Responding to criticism that he had picked
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    Lock icon Don't force Singaporeans to retire, says Chia
    363 12  -  -TEOXUANWEI CHUA Chu Kang candidate Steve Chia (picture) hit out at Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan for his talk of a retirement village for older Singaporeans. Speaking at a rally at Chua Chu Kang last night, Mr Chia said: "You are Singaporean. But
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    Lock icon Looking out for workers
    646 14  -  VALCHUA LOHCHEEKONG Government should be separate from unions, say WP leaders AND va l@newstoday.com.sg LABOUR Day has come and gone, with rosy predictions on the job front but how protected is the low-income worker in Singapore? Responding to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's speech at Monday's
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    Amid conflicting responses to lawsuits, Chee stands defiant
    362 14  -  TAN HUILENG UNYANQIN AND huileng@newstoday.com. sg SINGAPORE Democratic Party (SDP) chief Dr Chee Soon Juan has done it again. Just 15 minutes before the rally was due to wrap up in Sembawang last night, Dr Chee, who is being investigated for contravening
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  • world news
    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon COMPENSATED FOR SEVERED PENIS AFTER 19 YEARS
        77 16 -AFP A Chinese man has been awarded more than half a million yuan ($98,500) in compensation, 19 years after his penis was severed. Mr Dou Xueliang, a resident of Anshan city in north-east China, had a penis infection in 1987, sina.com reported. Doctors
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        Lock icon THAI COURT TO RULE ON SNAP POLLS BY MID-MAY
        76 16 AFP Thailand's Supreme Administrative Court said yesterday that it will rule on whether to invalidate last month's controversial snap polls by the middle of this month. The Supreme Administrative Court rules on the legality of government actions. The announcement came one
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        Lock icon BOMB-MAKING VCD RECOVERED
        71 16 AFP Indonesian police said yesterday they had recovered a video compact disc (VCD) containing bomb-making instructions from a terrorist hideout that was raided last weekend. A police spokesman said the VCD taught "bomb-making techniques for small to large bombs". Police raided the house in Central Java on
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      Lock icon Malaysia has no guts: Dr M
      433 16 Former premier says country is 'half past six' KUALA LUMPUR Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has launched another verbal assault on his successor, saying he could no longer stay silent while Malaysia's self-re-spect was being undermined, local media reported yesterday. He denounced Malaysia as
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      BRIDGE COMPENSATION ESTIMATED AT $43.7M
      103 16 Discussions are underway on how to compensate construction firm Gerdang Perdana for the aborted bridge project. The Public Accounts Committee, led by Johor Baru MP Shahrir Abdul Samad, said enough queries had been raised in Parliament about the compensation amount to warrant the committee's discus-
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      Lock icon America grinds to a halt
      235 17 —AGENCIES LOS ANGELES The wholesale vegetable markets stood quiet The perfectly manicured lawns of Los Angeles' rich and famous went untended. Traffic on the freeways was strangely quiet during the rush hour. But elsewhere across California and in other parts of the nation, more than
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      Lock icon French PM refuses to quit
      270 17 —AFP Denies smear campaign against top rival PARIS French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said yesterday he will not resign over allegations that he tried to smear his chief rival for the presidency, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy. Mr Villepin told radio Europe 1 he was
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      Lock icon Bush, Clooney in most powerful list
      207 18 —AFP WASHINGTON United States President George W Bush and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad along with actor George Clooney and film-maker Ang Lee are among Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential personalities. Despite scandals and setbacks in Iraq, the magazine said that
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      Lock icon Iran complains to UN about US threats
      322 18 —AGENCIES Tehran calls for action as world body meets on nuke crisis PARIS Iran has complained to the United Nation's Secretary General Kofi Annan and the Security Council over a perceived threat of attack by the United States and urged the international body
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon NEPAL NAMES TOP CABINET POSTS
        47 18 —AFP Nepal's interim government yesterday filled its top cabinet posts with former ministers and veteran pro-democracy campaigners. The largest party, the Nepali Congress, clinched the key interior and finance posts after last week securing the premiership for its leader Girija Prasad Koirala.
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        Lock icon JAILED REPORTER TO FACE TRIAL
        48 18 CNA Jailed Straits Times reporter Ching Cheong will face trial soon, more than a year after he was detained in China. His wife Mary Lav said the Hong Kong authorities informed her over the weekend. But she said no date has been fixed.
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      WHY DR M IS BACK
      618 19  -  Oon Yeoh news@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced that he would resign as Prime Minister of Malaysia, many people questioned whether he would go through with it right up to the day it actually happened. Then, when he said that he would quit politics completely
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      Lock icon Toys for all ages
      327 20 Faced with an ageing population, Japan's toy makers cater to elderly and young adults TOKYO It's a robotic doll that tells its owner how much she is loved and welcomes her home every day. But the latest product designed by the Japanese toy company Tomy isn't
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        Lock icon MAN, 33, MARRIES 104-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
        90 20 —AGENCIES A 33-year-old Malaysian man who married a 104-year-old woman said it was "God's will" that he tie the knot with someone old enough to be his great grandmother. For her part, bride Wook Kundor, who has been married 20 times, said she hoped the
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        Lock icon MAN BUYS FIGHTER JET TO DECORATE OFFICE
        59 20 —AP Chinese businessman Zhang Cheng has bought a MiG-21f fighter jet from a United States seller on the online auction website eßay for U5524,730 ($39,000) and plans to use it to decorate an empty space at his offices, the Beijing News reported. The
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        Lock icon FIGHT AGAINST GRAFT: SEW POCKETS SHUT
        73 20 DPA Toll booth collectors on a busy highway in northern Vietnam have been ordered to stitch up their pockets to deter bribe-taking, a transport official revealed yesterday. "The decision was aimed at keeping the toll booth workers from taking bribes from drivers," said Mr
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  • Voices
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      Mentally-infirm are entitled to vote
      175 22  -  EMILYNYAH But if procedures are beyond the voter, consensus may be sought to cast blank vote Letter from Manager (Public Education and Training) Elections Department THE Elections Department thanks Mr Andrew Lim Swee Leong for his letter, "Can the mentally unstable vote?" (May 2). No
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    • Letter
      Remarks hurt sincere RC volunteers
      272 22  -  WONGKAMWAH Letter from 44, senior engineer, voter in Sembawang GRC AT A Workers' Party rally in Yishun on Saturday, a speaker described Residents' Committees (RCs) as chep liau be in Hokkien (loosely translated as "wasteful"). This metaphor is hurtful to a sincere volunteer. When I
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    • Article
      NUANCES OF A VOTE IN A FOREGONE CONCLUSION
      788 23  -  SIEWKUMHONG I HAVE always questioned just how meaningful my vote is. In 2001,1 voted in Hong Kah GRC. This year, I will vote in Ang Mo Kio GRC. The result was not in doubt in 2001. The People's Action Party (PAP) team
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      What's rally worth blogging about
      739 24  -  Mr Miyagi CHIP OFF THE BLOG news@newstoday.com.sg Netizens get active in their blogs about the election and even upload rally clips THE Labour Day break made for good (blog) reading, what with the election rallies out in full swing, taking advantage of the long weekend
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    • Article
      DON'T FLING MUD...
      194 25  -  STAN LEY WONG hawker, 40, voter in Jurong GRC I HAVE read about the attacks by People's Action Party candidates on Workers' Party (WP) candidate James Gomez regarding the non-submission of his application for a minority certificate. Various ministers have cast doubt on Mr Gomez's integrity, even
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      COME CLEAN, GOMEZ
      188 25  -  CHEE CHIN LAM resident of Hong Kan GRC I SPEAK as someone who worked as a polling clerk and later as a presiding officer during elections from 1962 to the *****. I was assigned to the job as a civil servant. I once came across a person
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      Opposition win? Yes, but not on my turf
      273 25  -  TANSIEWHOON freelancer, in 40s, voter in the east THEORETICALLY, I agree that it would be useful to have a few representative Opposition voices in Parliament to provide alternative views and keep the Government on its toes. This is especially so when they
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      263 26  -  DR JAMES DOBSON THE POWER OF NEGATIVE THINKING Much has been written about the power of positive thinking and the concept is valid. Incredible things can be accomplished by those who are confident of their abilities and excited about opportunities. People who are naturally upbeat are
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    • Article
      Do not give in to the politics of horse-trading
      177 26  -  FRANKIEWONGCHEEKIN Self-employed, resident of Bangkit IN REPORTS dated April 29, Senior Minister of State for Health Dr Balaji Sadasivan was quoted as saying: "In the next five years, if you give us a strong mandate, we will find ways to make
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      ABCs OF OPPOSITION
      429 26  -  GABRIEL SIM, 39 lsavGE2oo6 Knowledge manager, resident in Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC I AM one of those who will not get to cast a vote on May 6. Do I blame the People's Action Party (PAP) government for not giving me a choice? On the contrary, it is
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    • Letter
      Banners are permitted to be displayed
      84 26  -  EMILYNYAH Letter from Manager (Public Education and Training) Elections Department I REFER to Mr Adrian Chong's letter, "Are banners a road hazard?" (April 29). During the election campaigning period, candidates in a contested Electoral Di- vision are permitted to display party political posters and
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    • Letter
      Give future payouts partly in kind
      267 28  -  CHONG LEE MING So S'poreans won't splurge all and can appreciate intent Letter from ON SATURDAY morning, I was puzzled to see long queues at ATMs and banks. After reading Today, I realised the people were rushing to withdraw their Progress Package money. Why
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      430 30  -  VALERIE LAW Shares will be placed with private investors to raise $140 million, no offer made to public valeri e@newstoday.com.sg A HOLDING company with industrial and hotel businesses on the Indonesian islands of Bintan and Batam plans to list its shares on the Singapore Exchange (SGX).
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      268 30 Australia's Toll Holdings said its takeover offer for SembCorp Logistics (SembLog) had been accepted by over 90 per cent of SembLog shareholders, allowing Toll to compulsorily acquire the remaining shares. The offer for SembLog rises by 10 cents to $1.80 a share as a result of the 90-per-cent threshold
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        393 32 DOW JONES Gains from project sales offset decline in hotel earnings, forex losses CITY Developments Ltd (CDL) said yesterday its first-quarter net profit edged up 2 per cent from the year-ear-lier period as higher earnings from development projects offset a fall in hotel earnings and
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          56 32 Mikkei 225 17,153.77 +228.06 +1.35 -IK Hang Seng 16,868.04 +206.74 +1.24 Australia ASX200 5,273.10 -37.30 -0.70 <orea Comp 1,434.90 +15.17 +1.07 Fhailand SET 768.26 -0.03 0.00 Jakarta Comp 1,475.89 -0.56 -0.04 Dhils Comp 2,305.64 +35.11 +1.55 Shenzhen B Closed Vlumbai Sensex 12,218.78 +176.22 +1.46 Malaysia KLCI 951.25 +2.02
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          154 32 Bloomberg SHARES rose yesterday after the long May Day weekend, with the market benchmark rising to a new all-time high. The ST Index added 22.09 points, or 0.9 per cent, to a record 2,632.80 close, taking gains in the past four sessions to 1.9 per cent. In the broad
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          36 32 US$ 0.6337 UK£ 0.3451 Yen 72.007 HK$ 4.9128 RM 2.2898 Euro 0.5015 Rupiah 5,563.8 Baht 23.844 Peso 32.673 A$ 0.8326 Indian Rs 28.438 Won 595.48 C$ 0.7023 Yuan 5.076 NZ$ 0.9934 NT$ 20.129
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        148 32 VETERAN property consultant Soon Su Lin has quit CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) to oversee Capita Land's high-pro-file Orchard Turn project, the mainboard-listed property group said yesterday. She will assume the post of chief executive officer of Orchard Turn Developments this month. The firm is
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        125 33 DOW JONES MCL Land has bought a prime piece of land from Singapore Telecommunications for $102.5 million, the Singapore property developer said yesterday. The 2.4-hectare property, which is located at the junction of Hillcrest Road and Dunearn Road in District 11, is currently being utilised
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        215 33 DOW JONES THE Government will launch a public tender to sell a commercial site along the prime Orchard Road shopping belt about two weeks from now, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said yesterday. The URA said it had set a minimum price
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        245 33  -  CHRISTIE LOH NEW orders for non-electron-ics goods pushed Singapore's manufacturing industry back into expansionary mode last month after it suffered a decline in March. The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) hit 50.4 points in April, up from the previous month's 49.6 points, the Singapore Institute of Purchasing
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        450 34 -DOW JONES Singapore manufacturers upbeat about next 6 months, shows an EDB survey SINGAPORE'S manufacturers are more optimistic about business conditions over the next six months because of a strong outlook for electronics and transport engineering, according to a quarterly survey by the Economic Development Board (EDB).
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          131 34 nesiaenis ai nursing homes will soon enjoy the benefits of massage chairs as Ogawa's tradein scheme kicks into action. Used massage chairs bought under the scheme will be reupholstered, repaired and cleaned before they are donated to nursing homes. Furthermore, the owners of the chairs
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          92 34 In conjunction with its launch of Family Link, a revolutionary banking solution for smarter savings and mortgages. Standard Chartered Bank organised a hunt for Singapore's largest extended family, offering $25,000 worth of prizes in the Standard Chartered Family Link Challenge. The five-generation Chay family, whose youngest
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          195 34 MediaCorp artiste Felicia Chin (picture) is the brand spokesperson for Vitagen Less Sugar cultured milk. With her as its ambassador, Vitagen hopes to enhance the brand's image and reinforce its position as "Singapore's favourite less-sugar cultured milk". Felicia will be at the centre of the product's advertising
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          322 34 Staff from Carrefour celebrated Labour Day on Monday by taking home the fruits of their labour-literally. Employees of the hypermart were given plastic containers which they could fill up with fruits from a wagon display containing apples, oranges and pears. Members of the public could
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        729 36 DOW JONES Recent acquisitions to take toll on earnings in short to medium term: Analysts SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering, long coveted as a dividend yield play, is ripe for profit-taking, say analysts, as costly recent acquisitions will continue to take their toll on the company's
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        651 37  -  JANE CHIAPOCO Two entrepreneurs to start online bank for game currency used in MMOGs ja nec@newstoday.com.sg TURNING fake gold into real money using online gaming may sound like the alchemy of old, but for two young Singaporean entrepreneurs, the possibility lies just around the
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      493 42  -  RAZALI ABDULLAH Good melodies and honesty are the hit formula for British quintet Snow Patrol raza li@newstoday.com.sg GARY Lightbody was born to be a musician. "I can't imagine myself doing other things like being a sales person, for example," he said. Good thing, as it's clear that the
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        96 42 —AFP Illusionist David Blame began his latest stunt on Monday. He will spend seven days in a water-filled sphere before attempting the world record for holding his breath. A mask and an oxygen line will keep him alive, while liquid nutrition will be provided through a tube. After
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      377 43  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Thai star Utt returns to host third season of Incredible Tales Julia nar@newstoday.com.sg IN HIS stint as host of Incredible Tales, Uttsada Greg Panichkul, better known as Utt, has gained considerable knowledge about beliefs in the supernatural in Asia. "When I started out,
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        656 44 YOU KNOW IT'S SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER SEASON WHEN AGENT ETHAN HUNT IS BACK TO SAVE THE DAY TOM Cruise returns as secret agent Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible 111, Which opens in cinemas here today. After his heroics in the first two M:i films. Hunt seems to have opted
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        563 46 mWJ/M'WjW nUH in FRESH from the triumph of his Best Actorwin for his role as the iconic author Truman Capote in Capote atthe Academy Awards this year, Philip Seymour Hoffman now makes an about-turn to play the villain in the highly anticipated summer action blockbuster M:i:lll. Intelligent
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        153 50 IT WAS a Wild weekend at Singapore cinemas as Disney's latest animated offering ousted last week's No 1 film, The Sentinel, to finish on top of the box office Top 10. The Wild, about zoo animals who must adapt to life on a volcanic
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      811 53  -  EVELINE GAN FOR once,the quietconference room attheToDAY newsroom was turned into a circus of sorts. The star of our Mother's Day story, Wendy Jacobs (aka Mrs Fandi Admad), was having her eyelashes crimped forthe photo shoot while her brood of kids from ages four to nine were
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        745 54  -  LAUREENTOH EVELINE GAN THROUGHOUT the interview, her eyes never quite met mine. Instead, they followed watchfully over two children as they clambered around us, and our conversation was peppered with her chiding and chuckling overtheir antics. Madam Ong Soh Kirn, 46, juggles the roles of housewife, mother
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        430 56  -  LAUREEN TOH AS Jasmine Teo rattles off her list of fitness certifications while her children mill about in the background,you can'thelp but wonder howshe does it. Crowned four times dance champion, the COO of Amore Fitness seems to have it all in one petite package. As she
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        398 58  -  PEARLYN THAM These lavish coffret sets are sure to make mum beam Good things come in sets... indeed they do when it comes to gift ideas for mum. Nothing makes a more lavish treat than a coffretset And if you are lucky, the set may even
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        285 60  -  PEARLYN THAM when mum wears one of these lovely perfumes from you TOP on the list of our latest favourite fragrances must be the limited edition J'adore Shimmering eau de Parfum by Dior. At $110, this makes a luxurious gift for mum that is literally
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        339 62  -  LEE HUI SHAN One lucky mother was treated to Tangs' personal shopper service, thanks to a touching letter her 25-year-old daughter wrote to Today, hoping for something to make her mother's day. Outfits for three looks were picked for Aryati Aris cocktail, corporate and weekend. For Aryati's
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        314 62  -  LEE HUI SHAN With a makeover and some new clothes, mum is all set to be queen for the day ABOUT FACE Estee Lauder's make-up artist Tessie Mok tookone look at Margaret —a mother of four and knewshe hasn't shaped her brows for ages. So Tessie worked
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        467 64  -  LEE HUI SHAN There are many ways of saying "thank you" and "I love you" this Mother's Day. Here are a few SHOPS Chalone Wisma Atria, 435 Orchard Road, #02-16/17 (Tel: 6735 9469) Christian Dior 391 Orchard Road, #01-07/08 Ngee Ann City (Tel: 6734 2388) Imedeen hotline
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        474 66 It's your turn to get busy in the kitchen as mum enjoys a spot of shopping or her fave TV show Recipe: Steamed custard with superior stock A delicate steamed savoury egg custard made with homemade broth. Smooth and softly set like chawanmushi. Rich and aromatic thanks
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        1171 68  -  LEE HUI SHAN The way to mum's heart? Her tummy, of course ON regular days, it's usually mum who whips up delicious treats for us, making sure we're well-fed and that we enjoy our meals. On Mother's Day, it's our turn to pamper her with a special meal,
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      565 72 ARIES (Mar 21 -Apr 19) LIBRA (Sept 23 Oct 22) H Control your emotions and you will avoid un- Don't take chances when it comes to your necessary arguments. Be more tolerant of I**^l means of making money. Protect your posiothers, especially today when there are so tion by doing
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      550 73  -  DARREN LAI Swimmer aims for gold medal and world record in Beijing Paralympics da rren@newstoday.com.sg HER long-term target is to make history. But first, she will have to make a splash this November. In six months time, Theresa Goh will compete in the International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
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      182 73 -AFP BOSTON -Unbeaten Ricky Hatton (picture) is confident of making two conquests here next week in his welterweight debut, taking the World Boxing Association (WBA) title and winning over US fight fans. The 27-year-old pugilist from Manchester, already the WBA junior welterweight champion, carries a 40-0 record
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      561 74  -  JOSE RAYMOND Stags hold off Selangor to set up a nail-biter against Happy Valley AFC CUP GROUP F Tampines Rovers 3 Selangor 2 jose@newstoday.com.sg TAMPINES Rovers' hopes of making the last eight of the Asian Football Confederation Cup received a boost last night, after
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      540 74  -  DARREN LAI da rren@newstoday.com.sg SIX months after the selection trial for the 4x400m relay team for the 2005 SEA Games in the Philippines ended in farce, the disciplinary hearing to investigate the incident finally got underway on March 27
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      448 75 —AP Golf star's beaten one demon, but can't shake off the other JACKSONVILLE, Florida-John Daly says he has lost up to US$6O million ($95 million) during 12 years of heavy gambling, and that it has become a problem that could "flat-out ruin me", if he doesn't bring it
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      250 75 —AP DAVIE, Florida A man faces hate crime charges stemming from an alleged assault on Miami Dolphins linebacker Jason Taylor that left the NFL player with a minor injury to one forearm, police said on Monday. Redmond Charles Burns, 24, allegedly used racial epithets and
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      266 75 —AFP NEW DELHI A five-year-old child stunned onlookers when he ran a distance of 65km in seven hours here yesterday. Watched by his coach, paramilitary forces and TV crews, and trailed by army doctors and an ambulance, Budhia Singh ran between the holy
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      567 76 —AP Clippers finally win a playoff series and lie in wait... hopefully for Lakers NBA PLAYOFFS, WESTERN CONFERENCE, FIRST ROUND LA Clippers 101 Denver 83 (Clippers win series 4-1) LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles Clippers were a happy bunch after putting an end to a 30-year
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      393 76 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Boston 7 New York Yankees 3 BOSTON, Massachusetts Former Boston Red Sox star Johnny Damon was jeered Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) by the fans who once adored him as the home side routed arch-rivals the New York Yankees 7-3
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      185 76 —AFP SOUTHAMPTON Shane Warne (picture) has firmly rubbished rumours of an impending return to Australia's limited overs squad. Warne, back in England for the start of a county season with Hampshire, said he had no intention of coming out of his selfimposed one-day international retirement The Hampshire
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      543 77 -AGENCIES Second place battle with Liverpool well and truly drawn ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man United 0 Middlesbrough 0 MANCHESTER Just weeks ago, Manchester United were making a determined charge for the English Premiership title. Now they are in danger of not even finishing second. Alex Ferguson's
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      488 77 -AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Sunderland 0 Arsenal 3 SUNDERLAND Thierry Henry and Arsene Wenger joined forces to slam Sunderland on Tuesday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time), as Arsenal left the Stadium of Light battered and bruised after cruising to a 3-0 Premiership victory. France under-19 international
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      207 73 Amsterdam 9/23 C fair Los Angeles 14/21 C slight rain c Auckland 14/21 C showers Manila 27/34 C party cloudy OingapOre Bali 23/32 C partly cloudy Melbourne 10/16 C showers 24/33 C BS Begawan 25/33 C showers New Delhi 25/40 C thunderstorm Bangkok 2936 C thunderstorm NewYork9/17C partly cloudy anowers
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      150 75 CHANCE FOR REVENGE? Roma gets a chance to avenge 2005 KaEan Of> exit! J League JEF Utd Chiba Urawa Reds Wed, 03/05/06 3.00pm J League Nagoya Grampus Yokohama FM Wed, 03/05/06 6.00pm S.League Albirex Sport Afrique Wed, 03/05/06 7.30pm German League Munich Stuttgart Thu, 04/05/06 2.00 am German League SchlkO4
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      685 78 —AGENCIES I have seen Rooney and I like him. He has got character, he has got strength and he sticks out his backside. Maradona Fifa say Eriksson can replace striker up to 24 hrs before Paraguay game LONDON In a BBC documentary screened here last night,
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      514 79 —AGENCIES Barcelona ready to wrap up title, with an eye on Euro final PRIMERAUGA Celta Vigo v Barcelona MADRID Barcelona are hoping to clinch their Spanish league title tonight, so they can concentrate on bigger matters ahead. The Catalan club will seal the championship for the
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      351 79 MIDDLESBROUGH Steve McClaren said he is looking forward to the Football Association (FA) making their announcement on who will be the new England manager. Newspaper reports have claimed McClaren will be confirmed as Sven-Goran Eriksson's successor tomorrow. "I am just looking forward to
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        60 79 GERMANY are second favourites behind champions Brazil to win the World Cup, according to German bookmakers, after England striker Wayne Rooney suffered an injury which is likely to keep him out of the tournament. BetandWin, Germany's largest private bookmakers, have Brazil as 4-1 favourites while the
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        86 79 MANCHESTER United defender Mikael Silvestre admits there may be no place for him in France's World Cup squad but says he deserves the chance to go to Germany. France coach Raymond Domenech will name his 23-man squad on May 15. "Nothing's certain, but I'm not really convinced
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        58 79 ENGLAND defender Ashley Cole will continue his fight back to full fitness for the World Cup, by starting in one of Arsenal's last two Premiership games. The 25-year-old left-back, who had been out with a stress fracture of his foot, returned to senior action at
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        98 79 JAPAN coach Zico said yesterday his players must show some "pride" during their Kirin Cup games against Bulgaria and Scotland in order to clinch their tickets to the World Cup in Germany. Zico said he had wanted his Europebased players, including Bolton midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata and
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