Today, 8 May 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp share your free newspaper MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Monday May 8, 2006 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon Singapore won big: SM Goh
      914 1  -  LOH CHEE KONG Says 66.6% is a 'very' good result for first time PM cheekong@newstoday.com.sg HAILING the "strong mandate" given to his successor, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong was a happy man yesterday, as far as the election results were concerned. Speaking at a victory
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      Lock icon James Gomez under police investigation
      509 1  -  LEECHINGWERN chingwern@newstoday.com.sg WORKERS' Party candidate James Gomez (picture) is under investigation by the police. Yesterday afternoon, Mr Gomez was at the airport to catch a flight when he was stopped by immigration officials. Police officers later took him to the Police Cantonment Complex where he
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Margin at Aljunied was decisive, says PM Lee
      548 2  -  CHRISTIE LOH The task now is to solve voter problems, raise living standards christi e@newstoday.com.sg ALL smiles when he arrived, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's face settled into sobriety as soon as a group of men lined up before him, forming arches
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      Lock icon Results a boost for investors: MM
      597 3  -  JASMINE YIN Shows that Singapore is a stable country with a rational government jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg FOREIGN investors can rest assured of their interests in Singapore, now that voters have given Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and the People's Action Party (PAP) a good mandate to
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      374 2 Do you want financial independence? Most financially successful individuals get rich by starting their own businesses. You may have that I I idea but you are scared of failure, of losing your hard earned money or not sure if you can make the cut. J ■ill ffii»a™ @m IQth Mav2
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon Welcome back, Mr Chiam
      564 4  -  LOH CHEE KONG Too old for another term? Potong Pasir residents don't agree cheekong@newstoday.com. sg FEELING somewhat vindicated after having doubts cast on his competency and being written off as "over the hill", Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) chairman Chiam See Tong again criticised the People's Action
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      Lock icon Young candidates a 'breakthrough' for WP
      485 6  -  ANSLEY NG LEECH ING WERN Low says Workers' Party will continue to attract young talent to contest in the next GE a nsley@newstoday.com.sg CONDUCTING a post mortem for reporters after a victory parade in Hougang yesterday, Workers' Party (WP) secretary-general Low Thia Khiang said
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      LOWSPEAKS
      79 6 Hougang residents want and need upgrading but they have character. If you threaten them to replace LowThia Khiang with upgrading, it doesn't mean they would do it Every time I see (SM Goh), I will ask him for the money. I will tell him: "This is a promise you
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      Lock icon Young voters gave strong support
      248 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that the People's Action Party's (PAP) programme and team had struck a chord with younger voters. Speaking at a post-election news conference early yesterday morning, he said that the results showed that younger voters understood what was
      — CHANNEL NEWSASIA; DON WONG  -  248 words
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      Lock icon Taiwan may restart talks with China
      346 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Taipei mayor is in town by invitation of local mayor, speaks about One China issues TAIPEI Mayor Ma Ying-jeou is in Singapore at the invitation of Mr Matthias Yao, the Mayor of South-east District. During his stopover en route to Australia, the
      – CHANNEL NEWSASIA; AFP  -  346 words
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      Lock icon Time for thanks, reflection and action
      664 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA, 938 LIVE Victor-as well as the vanquished-reach out to their respective wards island-wide DEPUTY Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng has described the voting outcome in Singapore's General Election as a very good win for the People's Action Party (PAP). Out to thank
      – CHANNEL NEWSASIA, 938 LIVE; PHOTO COURTESY OF PAPTAMPINES GRC  -  664 words
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      Lock icon Royal visit to S'pore
      240 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA BRUNEI'S Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is on a five-day official visit to Singapore at the invitation of Singapore's Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng. While here, the Crown Prince will be conferred the Distinguished Service Order by President S R Nathan for his outstanding
      – CHANNEL NEWSASIA; JASON HO  -  240 words
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      425 11 I BUSINESS I THIRD EDITION V'_ ~^m J I I. MM //<■ 1 Wv/™ fmiv BL' k II a AH 11 I iJ Hr lIP Ji jdi We take learning beyond books. At PSB Academy's School of Business, you are encouraged to apply fresh and original thinking in solving problems.
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      Lock icon Heroic miners close to freedom
      690 12 ■AFP Australian pair expected to be freed after nearly two weeks of being trapped inside gold mine BEACONSFIELD (Australia) Two Australian miners buried alive for nearly two weeks were just a couple of paces from freedom yesterday, but the final push to rescue them ran
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      Lock icon Bush wants Guantanamo closed, detainees tried
      272 12 -AFP BERLIN United States President George W Bush said in an interview broadcast yesterday that he wanted to see the camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba closed and the prisoners held there put on trial. "I very much would like to end Guantanamo. I
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon POLYGAMIST ON FBI LIST
        61 12 -AFP The Federal Bureau of Investigation has put the leader and so-called "prophet" of a Mormon polygamist sect in the United States on its list of the country's 10 most wanted fugitives and offered a US$lOO,OOO reward for his capture. Warren Jeffs, 50, is wanted for
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        Lock icon TERROR SUSPECTS HELD
        40 12 —AFP Indonesian security forces have arrested five people suspected of being close aides of Southeast Asia's most wanted terrorist Noordin Mohammad Top. The suspects were nabbed in Central Sulawesi province on Saturday, the Kompas news service said.
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        Lock icon 80 HURT IN EARTHQUAKE
        36 12 —AFP At least 80 people were hurt and many homes damaged yesterday when a strong earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Zarand in southern Iran's Kerman province.
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        Lock icon GAYS LOSE BISHOP RACE
        69 12 -AFP The United States Episcopal Church on Saturday avoided widening a schism in the Anglican community over gay clergy by electing a heterosexual bishop to head a diocese. Delegates from congregations in the San Francisco Bay Area diocese voted against the openly homosexual candidates two men
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      Lock icon Duo call for strong resolution on Iran
      204 12 -AFP PARIS French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday called for a UN resolution that would legally bind Iran to freeze all uranium enrichment and reprocessing activities. The two leaders agreed in a telephone conversation that the UN Security Council
      -AFP; AFP  -  204 words
    • this quirky world
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        CELESTIAL HELP TO PREDICT STORMS, EARTHQUAKES
        83 14 Myanmar astrologers are hoping that by observing the stars and planets, they will be able to forecast storms and earthquakes, a newspaper reported. A group of local astrologers is comparing their predictions with data from the meteorology department. If proven to be true, the
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        WITH THIS CALL, I THEE WED
        77 14 An Indian couple exchanged wedding vows last week over the telephone after the bridegroom could not make it to the ceremony due to Hindu-Muslim clashes in the bride's city. Sky News reported The long-distance marriage took place because of a curfew and army patrols
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        Lock icon SEX INDUSTRY GETS LIST OF TAX-DEDUCTIBLE ITEMS
        95 14 -AP Prostitutes, strippers and lap dancers can claim tax deductions for adult toys and lingerie, officials said on Friday, as the Australian Taxation Office issued a list of deductible items for the sex industry Condoms, lubricants, gels and oils are among a myriad
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      Lock icon Ailing Suharto gets worse
      411 14 AGENCIES Ex-Indonesian dictator's doctors struggle to stop intestinal bleeding JAKARTA Doctors treating ailing former Indonesian dictator Suharto said yesterday that his condition had worsened due to constant internal bleeding, but he remained conscious. Mr Suharto, 84, was rushed to Jakarta's Pertamina hospital late on Thursday with
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      Lock icon Tough times ahead for Blair
      333 14 AGENCIES LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair is preparing to walk a political tightrope this week as a sweeping Cabinet reshuffle in the wake of dismal local elections has failed to silence calls for him to resign. Working against him is a growing band of
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      Lock icon Chavez taunts foes over polls boycott
      191 14 -AFP CARACAS Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he might call a referendum on remaining in office until 2031 if Opposition parties boycott presidential elections in December. Mr Chavez, heavily favoured for reelection in opinion polls, said he would call such a referendum by decree
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      Lock icon The 'mysterious' fall of a spy chief
      497 16 Were hookers, poker and a disgraced politician behind the resignation of CIA director Porter Goss? WASHINGTON- "Just one of those mysteries" was how Mr Porter Goss described his resignation on Friday as the chief of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). However, there is
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      Lock icon 69 killed in Iraq's bloody weekend
      212 16 —AFP BAGHDAD Fifteen people were killed yesterday in a car bomb attack in the Shia holy city of Karbala and police uncovered the bodies of dozens of murdered men as Iraq remained engulfed in sectarian violence. A total of 69 people were reported killed
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      Lock icon Global cyber defence centre
      496 17 —AGENCIES New Malaysian emergency response base to be funded by world's govts, private sector KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will set up a centre to offer emergency responses to cyberattacks on economic and trading systems of various countries, local media reported yesterday. Unveiled in Austin, Texas, by Prime
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        THAI JUDGE FOUND DEAD
        75 17 A Thai Supreme Court judge who suffered chronic depression apparently drowned himself after leaving a suicide note to his wife and family. The Nation newspaper reported yesterday, quoting the police. The body of 58-year-old Komwut Burithanawat was found caught in a fishing net in a 500m-long
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        Lock icon SRI LANKA PEACE TALKS
        74 17 -AFP A senior Japanese envoy began talks with Sri Lankan government officials yesterday in an effort to save Sri Lanka's peace process after a surge of violence, diplomats said. Even as Tokyo's Mr Yasushi Akashi began his efforts, troops and Tamil Tiger rebels exchanged fire in
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        Lock icon ARROYO VISITS SAUDI ARABIA
        80 17 -AFP Philippine President Gloria Arroyo flew to Saudi Arabia yesterday for a three-day visit during which she hopes to win assurances over energy supplies amid record-high crude oil prices, the presidential palace said. "The Philippines is hit hard by the high price of oil" and she
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      Lock icon Brainy, sporty, talented sperm for sale
      747 18 -THE OBSERVER Britons turn to top quality donors from the United States after new law forces UK sperm banks to run dry LONDON One is a blue-eyed, violin-play-ing space physicist who enjoys karate; another is a blond 1.9 m business graduate who earns a
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      Lock icon Booming demand for Beijing's gigolos
      454 19 —THE OBSERVER BEIJING Near the restaurant where Chairman Mao Zedong and President Richard Nixon shared roast duck during the heady days of "ping pong diplomacy", Beijing's new "ducks" strut their stuff at a popular nightspot They are easy to pick out: in tight clothes and
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      117 14 H^GE Money "I need $10,000 for our wedding dinner. l^eknTt know where to get the money." L—— $10,000 loan for $12 a day. From education to home improvements, from weddings to medical expenses, there's always ezyCash for all your needs. Minimum monthly income of $1,600 to qualify. Loan amount up
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      274 15 CITIZER BEYOND PRECISION Prcsavt Jter IA/oui l/l& !Bes£ v ..I 4Q r-f, yIQ /KJ t i(\ S fes I fcHmS rigl p^j if. S"'a"t q f>^ bjj 2HSS! i§j V^*o^^\ j M N 6 y J U -*Ll —J w U- SHE I^SM Give your mum a pampering treat with
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      238 17 5" 1 PATH I Foundation Programme to Diploma in Applied Psychology For Fresh 'O' and *N' Level Graduates I In Community DIPLOMA IN SPECIALIST DIPLOMA IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY Specialisation In Specialisation In Counselling Psychotherapy Community Psychology Community Care Socio-Psychotherapy Pre-Approved by SDF Take the right step for your
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      302 19 Only Education Group awarded the Singapore Government I Enterprise 50 Awards in 2002, 2003, 2004 2005 f ff «L 2002 2003 2004 2005 J 3 YEAR Direct Honours Degrees ?s\ Direct 2nd Year entry for relevant Polytechnic students* S&^\\ Iff]! THE E L C O ™°N M^ OOL BSc Information
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      304 19 Yomeishu. As good for you today, as it has always been. '^Mte^ s**^ Yomeishu recipe for good Cinnamomi Carthami \n Cortex Flos Rekmanniae Paeoniae MHP*****6 Yomeishu taps the goodness <Jjj of natural herbs Created in 1602 by Sokan Shiozawa, Yomeishu is a can/ophyiu Ginseng special concoction of 14 natural ingredients
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  • Voices
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      Lock icon 63 – and she's only just begun
      789 20  - 63 and she's only just begun LIN YOUQUAN Retirement is no reason to slow down, says this beauty queen who leads by example face A in the crowd MADAM ANNA TAY 63, beauty queen and volunteer news@newstoday.com.sg WHO says old isn't sexy? At age 63, a still-ravishing Anna Tay can
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      From tax to elders subsidy
      335 21  -  DAVID LAM YANCHOON Allocate 1% of taxes collected to help the elderly defray medical costs Letter from I HAVE a simple proposal to do away with the proposed means testing. We could extend the "one per cent" idea first proposed by Senior Minister Goh Chok
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        KNOW YOUR LEARNING MODALITY
        106 21  -  NELSON QUAH: I agree with Jeremy Lim's article, "Learning how to learn" (May 2). Teachers should be mindful of the students' learning modalities -visual (by seeing), auditory (by hearing) and kinesthetic (by doing) for processing information. Using a visual teaching method for students with an auditory
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        COVERT CHECKS HELP DETECT ABUSE
        121 21  -  TAN CHEKWEE: I refer to the Agri-Food Veterinary Authority's (AVA) letter, "Pet shop didn't breach rules" (May 6). Whenever I see the estate cleaner polishing the lift in the block of HDB flats that I live in, I know a YIP is visiting the estate
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      246 22  -  DR JAMES DOBSON MY FRIEND WENDY (PART 1 OF 2) The year was 1983, and I had an appointment one morning with a young woman who had asked to see me. I was about to meet one of the most unforgettable people I would ever be
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      Driving school computer system leaves no choice
      244 22  -  TAN GUET MENG Letter From I WAS enrolled as a student in the Bukit Batok Driving school when I became pregnant The school states that a pregnant woman needs the doctor's approval to continue the lessons. My gynaecologist certified that I should not
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      isay THE NAME OF THE GAME
      552 22  -  ANDREWWOOD THE TAXI driver was stumped. "What? De what?" "D'Ecosia," I repeated obediently. "Huh! Dunno lah. Tell me which street." "Still Road." "Aiyah, say so lah. Don't tell me 'de something. How I know where?" I get a lot of this but, frustrating though
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    • Polling process raises questions
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        Lock icon Why a need to serialise actual ballot slips?
        194 23  -  CHARLES TAN MEAH YANG Letter from AT SATURDAY'S polls, voters registered at the polling centres with the polling cards they received in their mail. At the upper right corner of each polling card was a serial number. Upon verification of the voter's
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        Checks necessary, but some procedures obscure
        154 23  -  WEE KAH HUAT Letter from LIKE all eligible voters, I went to the polls early on Saturday morning. I have some questions regarding how our votes are kept secret The polling officer shouted out our polling card serial number and name, and the other
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      Poll booth downstairs not ours
      105 23  -  JASON LEE LAI CHOY Letter from WE LIVE in Block 677 at Woodlands Avenue 6. My parents are aged 82 and 72. Blk 677 itself was also a polling station, yet my family was not allocated to it. Instead, we had to go to the
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      SINGAPORESEEN
      83 23 CALLING ALL SHUTTERBUGS: Email us an interesting picture you have taken in Singapore. Give your full name, age, occupation, address and phone number and send a 300 dpi, <3M jpg file to: seen@newstoday.com.sg. Include a 50-word caption. BEHOLD THE SKY LIGHT This surreal shot was taken by Today reader
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      My family life? It's none of their business
      415 24  -  RICK LIM SAY KIONG Companies should not ask family-related questions if job does not entail any travelling Letter from FRIENDS of mine who have been attending job interviews recently have experienced a strange phenomenon. It seems that more human resource (HR) practitioners
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      PA's doors always open to all
      144 24  -  FOUZIAH A RAHIM Letter from Manager, Corporate Communications Division, for Chief Executive Director, People's Association WE THANK Ms Jerina Ng for her feedback, "Do residents have to join RCs to have a say?" (May 4). We have since contacted Ms Ng and addressed her
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      Yes, engineers are new endangered species
      199 24  -  YOONG YINSHING Letter from I READ with a heavy heart your report, "Engineers, the new endangered species" (April 29-30). As a civil engineer by profession, I can tell you why this is true. Engineering is never an easy course. I remember when I was
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      Lock icon Cat-killings still a problem
      385 25  -  LYNN LAM Animal abuse continues, and so does indifference Letter from IT SEEMS that the brief jail sentence for serial cat killer, David Hooi, hasn't deterred anyone from abusing animals. In recent months, residents of the Old Airport Road area often heard piteous cries of cats.
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      Fare concession rests on other factors too
      201 25  -  KATHRYN LAU Letter from Assistant Corporate Communications Manager Transit Link Pte Ltd WE REFER to the reader's letter "Make age the fare criteria" (May 4). Please allow us to share that eligibility for student travel concession on public buses and trains is not
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      527 26 -DOW JONES German transport finance bank expects such trusts here to reach $5b in 2010 GERMANY'S DVB Bank is looking to tap interest in shipping funds modelled on the popular real-estate investment trust (Reit) framework following Singapore's announcement of new tax incentives meant to bolster the
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      330 26 -BLOOMBERG TOLL Holdings, which has reached agreement with Patrick Corp to take over the company, said that it would try and prevent any attempt by Macquarie Bank to trump its offer and buy Australia's largest cargo handler. Macquarie Bank, Australia's largest securities firm,
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        128 26 -AFP SHARE prices here are expected to ease this week after rallying to record heights, dealers said. The results of Saturday's general elections and corporate earnings from some blue chip stocks such as Singapore Airlines are also likely to influence investors, they added. "We might consolidate next week," Fraser-AMMB
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        36 26 us$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.6364 0.3423 71.653 4.9339 2.2950 0.5001 5587.9 24.064 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NT$ 32.776 0.8243 28.551 597.99 0.7036 5.1004 0.9921 20.137
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        27 26 SGX, I Bloomberg Gold US$/oz 684.30 Silver US$/oz 13.89 Platinum US$/oz 1,189.10 Rubber cents/kg 352.25 Palm oil RM/tonne 1/426.50 Brent crude US$/barrel 70.96 Information provided by
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      155 26 -DOW JONES THE investment arm of PSA Corp bought the right of first refusal on all of Hutchison Whampoa's future port divestments as part of last month's US$4.3B-billion ($6.9-bil-lion) mega deal, the South China Morning Post reported on Saturday,
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      482 27 Eyes piece of booming market of the substitute for petrol WITH crude oil trading at close to US$7O a barrel, alternative energy sources such as corn ethanol are attracting increasing amounts of attention from investors. Sin-gapore-listed commodities company Noble Group is among them. The company
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      142 27 BLOOMBERG THE United Arab Emirates' Dubai Department of Civil Aviation has agreed to a threeyear USsl-billion ($1.57-billion) loan with a group of banks that complies with an Islamic ban on usury to help fund the expansion of Dubai International Airport The
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      264 27 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian national auto manufacturer Proton is in talks with France's Peugeot, Europe's second largest carmaker, to jointly develop a car for the South-east Asian market, a news report said yesterday. Both sides are likely to sign a
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      73 27 -BLOOMBERG GOLDMAN Sachs Group is leading a group of investors that includes the Government of Singapore Investment Corp, which may buy Associated British Ports Holdings for £2.5 billion ($7.3 billion), the Sunday Times of London reported, without saying where it got the
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        699 28  -  LEE U-WEN The French business school branches out of Paris into Singapore, with research high on its agenda u-wen@newstoday.com.sg A SUCCESSFUL graduate business school cannot survive simply by promoting and selling its courses to students not in today's competitive higher education market. Rather, said
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        158 28 MAGDALENE LIE MATH whizzes keen to tackle real-life economic problems can now sign up for a new degree in the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). A four-year direct honours programme, the new Bachelor of Science degree combining mathematics and economics two usually separate disciplines is
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      652 29  - Game for the tourism industry PI.KU'Mnii^TuTTl Demand for workers here is rising, but candidates need Emotional Intelligence most TOURISM PART 1 WITH the development of Integrated Resorts here, the demand for workers qualified in and suitable for tourism has suddenly grown dramatically. Could you be a part of this exciting
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      1118 30  -  Zul Othman in Bangkok It wasn't a big-name night but the 6,000 screaming fans at MTV Asia Awards didn't care GLITZ and glamour was the name of the game on Saturday as 13 international and regional music acts descended on Bangkok for the fifth annual MTV
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      100 30 FAVOURITE ARTIST Singapore: Taufik Batisah Malaysia: Mawi Thailand: Tata Young Indonesia: Peterpan Hong Kong: Twins Taiwan: Wang Lee Horn Mainland China: Vicki Zhao Philippines: Rivermaya India: Jal South Korea: Se7en Favourite Male Artist: Ricky Martin Favourite Female Artist: Kelly Clarkson Favourite Pop Act: The Backstreet Boys Favourite Rock Act:
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      355 32  -  AMELYNN LIONG Local band Stoned Revivals lost two of their members but none of their zeal a melynnl@newstoday.com.sg HOMEGROWN band Stoned Revivals is half the size they used to be, but their passion for music remains strong. The group that formed in 1990 with four
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      413 33  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Fashion reality-show winner blasts superficiality of industry Juliana r@newstoday.com.sg JAY McCarroll is unhappy with the state of fashion today. In a phone interview with Today from New York, McCarroll —who won the first season of fashion reality series Project Runway with his eccentric urbanwear
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      252 33 —THE GUARDIAN ACTOR Randy Quaid has dropped his US$lO million ($15.7 million) low-pay lawsuit against the makers of Brokeback Mountain, claiming that the parties had reached a settlement. In his lawsuit filed in Los Angeles in March, the actor who plays a homophobic rancher
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        213 34  -  —ASHRAFSAFDAR SOME of the best names in stand-up comedy folks such as Jerry Seinfeld and Russell Peters continue, in the prime of their careers, to tour the club circuit, where audiences heckle and tease fantastic performances out of them. With her brainchild Comedy Camp,
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        428 34 Worth their weight in millions or not —AFP They're paid over US$lO million per film, do they deserve it? WASHINGTON Da Vinci Code star Tom Hanks delivers for his US$25 million ($39 million) per-movie salary, but not Jim Carrey, whose films haven't done as well at the box office, a
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        712 35  -  LOW SHI PING An entirely new 'wellness' concept all under one roof f ood@newstoday.com.sg A MEAL at Tonic is not complete if you have not spent time on the four floors above the bistro. Collectively known as Living Space, it is a new
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        266 36  -  LEE HUI SHAN GOING FOR GOURMET Get ready for a gastronomic feast at Raffles The Plaza, Singapore this month. At Prego, renowned Italian chef Angelo Mazzi takes you on a journey of Tuscan culinary specialties from the Renaissance era. Chef Mazzi presents a variety of sublime dishes, including antipasti,
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      601 39 —AGENCIES NBA PLAYOFFS, WESTERN CONFERENCE IST ROUND Phoenix 121, LA Lakers 90 (Phoenix win series 4-3) PHOENIX The Phoenix Suns went from the brink to a blowout, from the edge of elimination to one of the most impressive turnarounds in NBA playoff history. So much for
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      269 39 -AFP OSAKA The world's top sprinters are predicting that new world records will be set at Osaka's Nagai Stadium when it hosts the 2007 World Championships. Justin Gatlin (picture) of the United States, who ran 9.95 seconds on Saturday in his first 100
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      480 40 -AFP Lin Dan and Co reign supreme again as they retain Thomas Cup crown BADMINTON Thomas Cup TOKYO World No 1 Lin Dan beat Peter Gade to spearhead China to a 3-0 victory over Denmark and retain the Thomas Cup yesterday. It was China's second straight and
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      467 41  -  CUBBYLEONG Tajikistan out, but that makes Singapore's task even tougher, says Khan cubby@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE have one game fewer to play in the Asian Games hockey qualifiers, but national coach Terry Khan thinks the road to the finals in Doha is harder than ever before. Tajikistan
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      512 41  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@newstoday.com.sg WITH six wins out of six, the Vipers look unstoppable in the NTUC Fair Price Netball Super League (NSL) 2006. But the Marlins and the Stingrays have other ideas. At the Toa Payoh Sports Hall yesterday, the Marlins and the Stingrays fought
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      628 42 -AFP German outsmarts Alonso for second consecutive victory at home race EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX FORMULA 1 European Grand Prix NURBURGRING Michael Schumacher showed that Ferrari's Imola win was no fluke yesterday as he capitalised on a perfect pit-stop strategy to win the European Grand Prix
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      578 43 —AFP Manager-in-waiting says England squad primed for success LONDON Steve McClaren, who takes over the England manager's job after the World Cup, has said the team he will inherit is due a big prize. "I've not inherited a squad of ageing players, 30-pluses. These are players in their
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      300 43 -AFP PARIS Marseille believe their dreams of Champions League football next season have been sabotaged by Lyon's decision to field a second-string team against fellow European hopefuls Lille. Lyon, with the French title safely wrapped up, crashed 4-0 at Lille on Saturday, while Marseille were
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        108 43 ALEX Ferguson has called on a quartet of senior English players to step up to the plate in the World Cup, in the likely absence of star striker Wayne Rooney. "I said before there was too much being put on Wayne's shoulders," said Ferguson. "Now
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        95 43 IRISH budget airline Ryanair are considering a cheeky promotion ahead of next month's World Cup: They will give out thousands of free tickets for each goal England concede. The airline's chief executive Michael O'Leary said: "We can imagine something like 100,000 free tickets for
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        149 43 US PRESIDENT George W Bush admitted he was not a big fan of football, saying it was not played much in the United States when he was young. The US reached the quarter-finals in the last soccer showcase in 2002 and
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        80 43 Borussia Dortmund's German international midfielder Sebastian Kehl is a doubt for next month's World Cup, after injuring his ankle on Saturday. Kehl was forced off in the 85th minute of Dortmund's 1-1 league draw with Eintract Frankfurt and club sporting director Michael Zorc said the player
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      538 44  -  DARREN LAI Mobile communications giants now hope to unearth local football talent da rren@newstoday.com.sg ACCORDING to Nokia Singapore general manager Chris Carr, Nokia are not just in the business of connecting people, but also connecting people with their passions. It is with this objective in
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      66 44 HIS father Piyapong Pue-on was a Thai legend in the '80s and early '90s. But son Pongpisut simply wants to prove that football does run in the family. How does he feel to be the son of a legend? Will he ever rise to his father's heights? If
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      359 44  -  DARREN LAI THE winners of the Malaysian leg of the Nokia Defend Your Turf Challenge had crashed to a whopping 12-0 defeat at the hands of the Boys From Brazil. Therefore, not many in the stands gave Singapore's local champions much of a chance against
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      504 45  -  LI ZAI SHI Sporting hope to get back to winning ways soon sports@newstoday.com.sg FOR Sporting Afrique, last week's 4-1 defeat at the hands of Albirex Niigata was a missed opportunity to join the title-chasing pack. If the Africans had got past the Japanese, they
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      656 45  -  DARREN LAI NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2006 Tampines 2 Young Lions 3 darren@newstoday.com.sg PLAYING away for the first time this season, this match was billed as the Young Lions' first real test And Fandi Ahmad's young side passed it with flying colours as they served notice
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        562 46 -AFP Ferguson says he will consider player's future this week I ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man United 4 Charlton 0 MANCHESTER Ruud van Nistelrooy appears certain to have played his last game for Manchester United after Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed he will consider the Dutch
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      747 47 -AGENCIES Tottenham stumble as Henry's hat-trick secures Gunners' European spot ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Arsenal 4 Wigan 2 LONDON Arsenal captain Thierry Henry smashed a hat-trick as the Gunners beat Wigan 4-2 yesterday to qualify for next season's Champions League. The France striker was inspired at the club's
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