Today, 16 May 2006

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    27 1 TODAY //\=DIJ\CORP fresfsf share your free newspaper MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Tuesday May 16, 2006 todayonline.com TODAY /A=diaCorp share your free newspaper Tuesday May 16, 2006 todayonline.com MICA(P) 112/07/2005
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    Stock markets shiver
    718 1  -  CHRISTIE LOH STI sees largest single-day fall in three years on uncertainty over US rates christi e@newstoday.com. sg EMERGING from a long weekend of leisure, investors yesterday hammered the Singapore market to its biggest single-day drop in three years, reacting belatedly to Wall Street's jitters last week
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    Experience in legal, health sectors lands Tay NKF hot seat
    804 1  -  JASMINE YIN jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS probably one of the toughest job hunts in Singapore. So imagine the surprise of Mr Gerard Ec, chairman of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), when he found 10 letters in his mailbag from potential applicants
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      52 1 m like a rose. lay be sweet but watch out for my thorns. 5 more days y SINGAPORE IDOL Is a trademark of FremanUeMedla Limited and 19 TV Limited. Based on the television programme "Singapore Idol" produced V In association with Fremantle Productions Asia Pte Ltd for Medlacorp Television Singapore,
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      35 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 10 voices 18 business 24 wealth 30 impact 32 infotech 34 plus 38 hearthtoday 42 tv radio listings 47 classad 48 sports 49 we set you thinking
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      61 1 THE SECRET VOTE *£> Current practices must be reviewed to ensure election's objectives are met 3 *^s^~ JEREMY LIM Jh x 1 Parents'intentions are good, so J^ blame kids when they misbehave 22 WARM MEMORIES Paris used to be the playground I GOT DISASTER? for Ronaldinho and Thierry Henry 53
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon FORMER MP CHARGED
      552 2  -  LOHCHEEKONG Lew Syn Pau and business colleague prosecuted for using company funds to help third party buy shares cheekong@newstoday.com.sg FORMER Member of Parliament Lew Syn Pau was in the dock yesterday, as the trial over his involvement in a questionable share deal got underway. He and business
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        Lock icon MM LEE'S BOOK ON SALE IN CHINA
        110 2 938 LIVE The Chinese edition of the Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's book Keeping My Mandarin Alive- recounting his experience in picking up the language has been rolled out in China. Mr Lee said he was surprised that the publisher thought the book
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        Lock icon AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER IN TOWN TO BOOST BILATERAL TIES
        76 2 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer was in Singapore for a three-day visit, with regional counterterrorism efforts and boosting bilateral ties on the top of his agenda. He called on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday and discussed regional developments
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      Lock icon VOTING MUST BE SEEN TO BE SECRET
      822 3  -  SIEWKUMHONG Review current voting practices to ensure that the objective of a secret vote is always achieved YOUR polling card states which voting lane you must use. The serial number of the ballot slip issued to you is recorded against your name. "They"
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon Merapi 'won't affect Singapore'
      628 4  -  TEOXUANWEI Winds not strong enough to carry ash clouds far: Expert xua nweit@newstoday.com.sg THE thick, black clouds spewing into the skies from Mount Merapi are unlikely to affect Singapore, say experts. "For Singapore to be affected, the eruption would need to be substantial and the prevailing
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      'Mysterious' partner returns
      586 6  -  LEECHINGWERN Michael Geraghty resurfaces, retracts defamatory comments about ex-partner Paillart chingwern@newstoday.com.sg IN A major twist to the legal tussle between two former top DBS Bank executives, a "mysterious" business partner who had gone missing has now resurfaced. Mr Michael Geraghty is also retracting all "defamatory comments" made
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      Gomez returning to work in Sweden
      224 6  -  LEECHING WERN LET off over the weekend with a "stern warning" by police for using "threatening words" against a civil servant, Workers' Party (WP) member James Gomez has returned to work overseas three weeks after he was embroiled in a minority certificate application furore
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      Caring for children's eyes
      420 8  -  TAN HUI LENG Machine makes it easier to detect lazy eye, squint eye in kids huileng@newstoday.com. sg MYOPIA may be seen as the most pressing problem affecting the eyes of local kids but experts say there are other long-term conditions such as lazy eye which can
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        33,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN LABOUR FORCE SURVEY
        46 8 The Manpower Ministry will conduct a Labour Force Survey involving 33,000 households over six weeks, starting Sunday. Data collected on employment, unemployment and other economic characteristics will be used to help plan manpower-related policies. For more information, call 6438 5122.
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        FORMER CAAS EMPLOYEE SETTLES MOLEST CASE
        107 8  -  LOH CHEE KONG The former finance director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), charged with molesting two female employees, has agreed to a $40,000 out-of-court settlement. Between February 2004 and last November, Wong Mun Toong, 55, allegedly touched the buttocks of two
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        Lock icon DUCK SALES HIT HARD BY BIRD FLU
        77 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Singapore's three duck slaughterhouses have lost about $5 million in sales since the ban on Perak ducks in March, following bird flu concerns. Seven workers have been retrenched and 115 are on no-pay leave. The drop in supply of live ducks
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      Lock icon Downtown East gets $80m refit
      285 8  -  -UNYANQIN IMAGINE your typical neighbourhood gaming centre where avid gamers shoot virtual characters in cyberspace. Now multiply that several times to some 13,000 sq ft That is what NTUC Club has in mind for its new $80-mil-lion facelift at Downtown East The new development will
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      Lock icon UNSW double-murder trial begins
      302 8 CHANNEL NEWS ASIA THE high-profile Ram Tiwary double-murder trial has begun in the New South Wales Supreme Court in Sydney. The former Singapore Armed Forces scholar is charged with clubbing his two Singaporean flat-mates to death with a baseball bat on the morning of Sept 15,
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Thailand set for Oct 22 polls
      565 10 -AGENCIES New date for general elections will prolong political crisis, say analysts BANGKOK The discredited Thai Election Commission (EC) yesterday set Oct 22 as the date for a new general election following a court decision earlier this month to annul an April 2 snap
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      Watchdog to monitor M'sian bomohs?
      227 10 KUALA LUMPUR Religious leaders in Malaysia have urged the government to set up a watchdog to monitor and regulate spiritual healers such as bomohs and mediums in the country, following a rise in the number of abuse cases. They have also called on the government
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      Lock icon EU wants free trade deal with Asean
      298 10 -AFP MANILA The European Union (EU) wants to strike a free-trade agreement (FTA) with the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean), but human rights issues in Myanmar could be a problem, EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson said yesterday. He said he would meet
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        Lock icon AN OFFER IRAN CAN'T REFUSE?
        53 10 -AFP The European Union (EU) is preparing an offer for Iran including economic, nuclear, and perhaps security guarantees to curb its atomic ambi tions, said the EU's foreign policy chief, Mr Javier Solana He said it was a "generous" deal, which Iran may find hard
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        Lock icon BALI SUMMIT, VESAK DAY TARGETED BY TERRORISTS
        43 10 -AFP Terrorists may have been planning coordinated attacks on a weekend summit of Muslim nations in Bali and Vesak Day in Central Java, Indonesian police said. The assumption was basec on confessions from a terror suspect.-
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      Lock icon Pakistan rivals unite
      431 12 Exiled former premiers Bhutto, Sharif form alliance to challenge Musharraf LONDON Former Pakistani leaders Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif have agreed on a "charter of democracy" and pledged to return from exile to challenge President Pervez Musharraf in elections due next year. "Both will go to Pakistan
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      Girl escapes rape, death by playing dead
      241 12 KOTA BARU (Kelantan) A 16-year-old Malaysian school girl escaped death by playing dead to avoid her assailant from raping and killing her. Miss Noraini Othman was on her way home near Kampung Gual Kulim when a man suddenly grabbed her and dragged her
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        Lock icon M'SIA TO ISSUE DAILY REPORT CARDS
        78 12 -AFP Malaysian parents anxious to know what their children are up to at school will soon be able to receive daily SMS text messages from schools. The service offered at a monthly fee of RM3 ($1.30) will be available at 88 schools in a
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        Lock icon UK SCHOOLS TO TEACH 'BRITISH VALUES'
        99 12 THE GUARDIAN School children in the United Kingdom should be taught "traditional British values" as part of an attempt to challenge extremism and promote a more cohesive society, according to a proposal by Higher Education Minister Bill Rammell. Under the plan, all 11 to
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        Lock icon TEACHER SORRY FOR DEADLY ASSIGNMENT
        87 12 -AP High school teacher Michael Maxwell has apologised for asking students to write about who they would kill and how they would do it, and officials said he will likely keep his job. Mr Maxwell, who teaches industrial technology at Central High school in the
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      Lock icon Bush plan to deploy troops along Mexican border
      300 14 —AFP WASHINGTON United States President George W Bush is set to announce the deployment of troops to the border with Mexico to stop illegal immigrants. Mr Bush is expected to speak from the White House as the Senate resumes debate on legislation
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      Lock icon PALESTINE ON HOLD
      800 14  -  EMANUEL SHAHAF Abbas' intention to call it a day in 2009 could extract a heavy price from Israel IN JERUSALEM SURPRISINGLY and hardly noticed, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas recently said he had no intention to run for a second term of office. As presidential elections are scheduled
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      Lock icon Japan to run out of wooden chopsticks?
      252 16 -AGENCIES TOKYO Millions of Japanese diners could soon be deprived of their favourite wooden chopsticks following China's decision to impose a 5 per cent tax on the utensils because of concerns over deforestation. The move is already beginning to affect restaurants and caterers
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      Lock icon Couples flock to US to pick designer babies
      476 16 -AFP S'porean parents among those heading for gender selection treatment LOS ANGELES Parents from around the world are forking out around US$l9,OOO ($30,000) for a groundbreaking gender selection treatment offered by only a handful of United States clinics but banned in most
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    • Balance puppy love, civic sense
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        Lock icon Dog owners have selves to blame for restrictions
        649 18  -  TAN WEN PING Letter from I AGREE with S Manojraj ("Unleashed dogs a danger", May 15) that Sentosa Corporation could follow the example of Bishan Park's dog run yet I am sorrowful that it has to come to this. Canine behaviour experts
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        Leash dogs, mind Muslims
        186 18  -  S ZAWIYAH KASNAN Letter from AS A mother of two young boys below the age of four, I am always wary of them standing in front of the lift or rushing out of the flat once I open the door. I have noticed that many dog
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    • Letter
      Too quick with reject letters
      193 18  -  LIM BOON HEE Letter from I REFER to the News Comment, "When head and facts prevail" (May 12). I feel local universities can afford greater transparency on admissions. It is typical for a student to apply to all three local universities and foreign universities simultaneously.
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      Iseas hopes for funding
      164 18  -  LEE HOCK GUAN Letter from Coordinator, ISEAS Regional Social and Cultural Studies Programme I REFER to the letter headlined, "Fund films on region's leaders" by Mr Setyadi Ongkowidjaja (May 15). He urged funding for a more organised effort to collect film material on South-east Asia that
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    • Letter
      Beware the vicious cycle of inaction
      407 19  -  DR MICHELLE LEE Public must come forward with evidence of animal abuse and police must show commitment to investigate Letter from President, Cat Welfare Society I REFER to Ms Lynn Lam's letter ("Cat killings still a problem", May 9). The Cat Welfare Society applauds
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    • READERS'SUGGESTIONS
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        'ANIMAL CENTRES' RUN BY THE PUBLIC
        168 19  -  JOCELYN KOH: I AM not an animal lover but I am perturbed by the extent to which some people will go to harm strays. I would like to suggest the following: The SPCA has been short-handed for many years. More awareness, public education, manpower
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        DETERRENT ACTION
        84 19  -  TAY LEE HONE: I AM aware that it is difficult to catch abusers red-handed in order to prosecute them. However, this is no excuse for the lack of concern shown when cases of abuse are reported to the authorities. By reporting such crimes and asking for eye witnesses
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        LEARN FROM US LAW
        148 19  -  YASMIN RAHMATULLAH: THE authorities might want to adopt a law modelled on one implemented in the United States. In March, Maine Governor John Baldacci signed an unprecedented law that permits judges to include animal companions in court-issued protection orders against domestic abusers. Those who harm animals
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY DISHONEST EMOTIONS
      243 20  -  1.1:»M.',1:H.M:H.T71 BY Yesterday we talked about human emotions and how undependable they typically are. They'll lie to you with a straight face. Let me explain. I had a friend who won a Bronze Starfor courage in Vietnam. The first night his unit was on
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      Such a wasted effort
      329 20  -  FRANCIS VIM Dumping of used food packaging into recycling bin is ruining other recyclables Letter from IT'S good to note that the National Environment Agency (NEA) has reported a 10-per-cent rise in Singapore's recycling efforts, and intends to put more recycling bins around housing estates eventually
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      IR design concepts: Show us MGM's and Harrah's
      216 20  -  TAN ENG HONG Letter from I RECALL seeing only two design concepts for the proposed Marina Bay integrated resort (IR) by Genting and Sands, but what about the plans by MGM and Harrah's? I find it puzzling (and annoying) that out of
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      isay MONSTERS OF THEIR OWN MAKING?
      623 22  -  Jeremy Lim news@newstoday.com.sg NOT too long ago, I saw a child bawling at the toy section of a shopping centre. He was throwing the worst tantrum I had ever seen. Ignoring his own safety, he was kicking wildly while his mother tried to drag
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    • Letter
      Boundary-drawing, not voter secrecy, the real concern
      199 22  -  YEO CHOW KHOON Letter from I READ the letter "On vote secrecy" by Mr Goh Jia Ming (May 11) and can sympathise with his concern over how the various parties can know the level of support shown by the voters as they analysed
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        FIFTY CENTS IS STILL FIVE TIMES TOO MUCH FOR TEST REPORT
        119 22  -  WONG MONG GUAN: I had to pay 50 cents for a photocopy of my blood test report-which a patient should have, for self-monitor-ing purposes conducted by the outpatient department (OPD) of the National University Hospital. Why? If the cost
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        IF YOU GOT IT, DON'T FLAUNT IT – YOU'RE ASKING TO BE ROBBED
        114 22  - IF YOU GOT IT, DON'T FLAUNT IT YOU'RE ASKING TO BE ROBBED TAN KOK TIM: I understand there are many cases of snatch theft in Johor Baru (JB). Johoreans laugh at naive Singaporeans who show off their wealth in JB with expensive handbags, gold chains, watches, and so on. Johoreans
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      When first could be last: Passports may solve surname snag
      198 22  -  YEOTIENEE Letter from I UNDERSTAND that the Immigration Checkpoints Authority (ICA) will be introducing new biometric passports and I'd like to suggest that the ICA makes it a point to highlight our surname in the new passport. This standardisation will
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Singapore market still favourable
      572 24 BLOOMBERG Stocks here may catch up with those in emerging markets as economy grows SINGAPORE'S stock market is lagging behind those in China and India this year even though the nation's economy is growing at a comparable pace. Share prices may soon catch up as investors
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        52 24 Dow Jones SHARES plummeted yesterday after a weak Wall Street and inflationary concerns in the US triggered heavy selling. The ST Index ended down 85.75 points, or 3.3 per cent, at 2,534.83. In the broad market, decliners outnumbered advancers 664 to 71. Traded volume totalled 1.83 billion shares worth
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        World markets
        58 24 Nikkei 225 16,486.91 -114.87 -8.69 HK Hang Seng 16,494.84 -487.81 -2.41 Australia ASX200 5,234.18 -95.48 -1.79 Korea Comp 1,413.98 -31.22 -2.16 Thailand SET 765.97 -16.53 -2.11 Jakarta Comp 1,429.54 -96.24 -6.31 Phils Comp 2,438.73 -79.47 -3.16 Shenzhen B 324.13 +11.88 +3.78 Mumbai Sensex 11,822.28 -462.91 -3.77 Malaysia KLCI
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        29 24 SGX, Dow Jones and Bloomberg Information provided by Gold US$/oz 687.80 Silver US$/oz 13.285 Platinum US$/oz Rubber cents/kg 1,281-00 385.25 Palm oil RM/tonne 1/467.00 Brent crude US$/barrel 70.67
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        SGX most active
        52 24 CSE Global SingTel Hengxin 1.626 2.596 6.565 -6.616 -6.696 +6.626 -1.0 -3.4 +4.1 90,970 89,520 66,839 Wee Poh Delong Capitaland 6.665 6.136 4.666 -6.246 -5.0 53,675 43,896 26,675 Sino-Env 6.896 +6.646 +4.7 25,985 China Sun Jiutian ChinaLife 6.915 6.766 6.385 -6.655 -6.616 +6.636 -5.7 -1.3 +8.5 25,965
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        SGX top rises
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        SGX top falls
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        Your S$1 buys
        37 24 us$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.6335 0.3366 69.855 4.9102 2.2853 0.4941 5,793.8 24.226 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ I Yuan NZ$ NT$ 33.081 0.8321 28.795 597.43 0.7075 5.0676 1.0209 20.035
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        Lock icon OCBC's earns $318m in Q1
        671 26 -DOW JONES But Singapore's No 3 bank shows weakness in lending operations, lagging behind rivals' net interest margins OVERSEA-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) reported a 7-per-cent rise in first-quarter net profit that was in line with expectations but the results also showed weakness in the bank's
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        CORPORATEBRIEFS
        428 26 Electronics contract manufacturer Jurong Technologies Industrial Corp reported a net profit of $16.5 million, or 4.06 cents per share, in the first quarter ended March 31, up from $14.8 million, or 3.62 cents per share in the corresponding period a year ago. Better cost efficiencies drove the profit increase
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        Lock icon F&N plans Reit with its three malls
        188 26 CHANNEL NEWSASIA CONGLOMERATE Fraser and Neave (F&N) is set to launch a real estate investment trust (Reit) containing three of its shopping malls. The three properties Causeway Point, Northpoint and Anchorpoint are worth some $915 million. F&N said it would own 51 per
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        Lock icon Maybank's Q3 profit at $280.6m
        169 26 DOW JONES MALAYAN Banking, or Maybank, said yesterday its net profit in its fiscal third quarter fell 6.7 per cent from the corresponding period a year earlier due to increased loanloss provisions and higher taxes. Malaysia's largest bank said net profit fell to RM641.2 million
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        Lock icon CAO records $342m Q1 gain on one-off debt waiver
        178 26 -AGENCIES CHINA Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp, or CAO, which underwent a debt restructuring and capital injection after a US$55O million ($869-million) trading loss that nearly caused its demise, said profit surged to $342.2 million in the first quarter, helped by a
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        Lock icon March retail sales jump 12.3%, beat expectations
        208 28 -BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE'S retail sales in March expanded almost three times faster than economists expected as more tourists visited the Republic and rising employment spurred sales at department stores and car showrooms. The retail sales index jumped 12.3 per cent in March from the
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        Lock icon Fidelity allows S$ investments in 14 funds
        295 28 DOW JONES Move makes them more accessible to locals UNITED Kingdom fund manager Fidelity International launched a new scheme yesterday that would allow investors to use Singapore dollars to invest in 14 funds that target developed and emerging global markets. Ms Madeline Ho,
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        Lock icon Chinese real estate developer Yanlord plans SGX listing
        185 28 -DOW JONES YANLORD Land Group has become the latest Chinese company to seek a listing on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). According to a draft prospectus posted on the Monetary Authority of Singapore's website yesterday, Yanlord is a real estate developer that focuses
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        Lock icon The Consumer Credit Bureau: How it affects you
        1141 30 In this article, Money Sense explains what a consumer credit bureau is and how it affects you. We also provide some tips on how you can maintain a good credit record WHAT IS A CREDIT REPORT? A credit report contains records of
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        Scaling new heights
        537 32  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA Indian healthcare brand Himalaya hopes to repeat its success around this region shobha@newstoday.com.sg CASHING in on the growing global demand for herbal remedies, one of India's leading healthcare brands Himalaya Herbal Healthcare has teamed up with Watson's to bring its Ayurvedic products to consumers here. With
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        Lock icon Boncafe gets a 'change of clothes'
        160 32  -  -JANECHIAPOCO PREMIUM gourmet coffee roasters Boncafe has gone for a totally new look its first "change of clothes" after 10 years. Boncafe unveiled new packaging for its roasted and ground coffee product lines, along with a new look for its tea product, BonTea, at
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        Nets: A card you've used and come to love
        265 33  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA THE neighbourhood's old and friendly payment "helper" has just undergone a facelift that's likely to make it even more popular among local shoppers. Singapore's leading electronic payment provider, the Network for Electronic Transfers Singapore more popularly known as Nets has
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        On top of the ad world
        689 33  -  JANE CHIAPOCO Cannes ad fest combed the globe for the best in the business and Spore came to the fore ja nec@newstoday.com.sg IN A nod to small Singapore's big contribution to Asian advertising, three senior advertising executives from the Republic have been picked to
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        Red and white: A union to celebrate
        254 33  -  -SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA TO HIGHLIGHT the similarities between high-reaching Singapore and its European alter-ego Switzerland, the Embassy of Switzerland is launching "Icons in Red and White", a celebration of the two countries' past achievements, current success stories and promising prospects. Until May 28, the events
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        HP customises designs just for Asia
        640 34  -  ARIELTAM IN SEOUL The IT product giant launches a new line unique to the region a riel@newstoday.com.sg IN ONE of its most comprehensive enterprise product launches ever, HewlettPackard (HP) has unveiled 17 imaging and printing products and five notebook series all targeted to meet
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        A solution for SMEs' document security
        414 34  -  ELAINE NG I MANY companies have policies in place to secure confidential corporate electronic documents. The management of hardcopy documents, on the other hand, tends to be somewhat neglected. Although International Data Corp (IDC) does not have official figures tracking the increased importance of
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        615 36  -  ELAINE NG Value is lost if content isn't organised and searchable. Get the right ECM tools elaine. ng@newstoday.com. sg AS THE volume of content burgeons I whether in electronic or physical format organisations are finding information increasingly difficult to manage. "Employees can spend up to 40 per
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          ASUSTEK GLOBAL OFFICE HERE
          69 36 AsusTek Computer has established its first overseas international headquarters in Singapore, known as Asus Technology, which will serve as the Asus business centre for sales, marketing, customer service, logistics and finance. According to Asus, establishing a stronger presence here allows the manufacturer of motherboards, graphic cards
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          INTEL'S CORE2 DUO PROCESSORS
          160 36 Intel Corp has announced that its upcoming processor families for desktop and notebook computers, which will arrive in the third quarter of the year, will carry a unified brand name known as Intel Core 2 Duo processor. Formerly codenamed Conroe and Merom, the Intel Core 2
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          SAS' INTELLIGENCE OFFERING
          89 36 Business intelligence solutions provider SAS has launched five new software as a service business intelligence offering to complement its SAS Solutions OnDemand: Web Analytics reportedly enables organisations to leverage Web data to enhance customer service and retention and boost Internet marketing. These on-demand versions of SAS' key
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        HELPDESK
        353 36  -  Jenny In a fix over IT matters? Bugged by software glitches? Send your questions to infotech@newstoday.com.sg PC SHUT ERROR Q: When I surf the Internet my PC hangs after a while and I have to reset it. And when I am halfway through a document, the system simply auto-reboots.
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      1010 27 IST CERVICAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH (CvCAM) 2006 LAUNCH PUBLIC FORUM Organised by Singapore Cancer Society Cervical cancer is currently the sth most common cancer in Singapore women. About 200 new patients are diagnosed yearly. Fortunately cervical cancer may be prevented. Pre-cancer and early cancer of the cervix are often without
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      1276 38  -  Zul Othman DIRECTOR Wolfgang Petersen seems to inspire devotion in his actors, which is odd considering the film-maker subjected the cast of his latest film, Poseidon, to horrific conditions. The film, a re-imag-ining of the 1972 blockbuster The Poseidon Adventure, which starred Gene Hackman and Shelley Winters, opened
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    • DISASTROUSFLICKS
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        THE SWARM (1978)
        49 39 Befitting its crown as the worst disaster film of all time, this tale of killer bees attacking a city is so terrible, even the allstar cast of Michael Came, Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland could not keep it from descending into an unintentionally funny mess.
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        CITY ON FIRE (1979)
        47 39 A disgruntled civil servant sets fire to an oil refinery in yet another 1970s disaster cinema stinker. Infamous for using stock footage nicked from other tragedy flicks. City On Fire has recently found fame with critics who consider it a campy B-movie classic.
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        BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1979)
        46 39 The multi-million dollar success of 1978's The Poseidon Adventure resulted in this totally silly sequel: Terrorists return to the luxury passenger liner wreckage to salvage a lost shipment of gold and plutonium. Michael Came and Sally Field in a sea dud.
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        THE CONCORDE ... AIRPORT 79 (1979)
        37 39 THE CONCORDE AIRPORT 79 (1979) This final entry in the 1970s Airport series spins a tired yarn as the Concorde of the title defies the laws of physics by completing aerial acrobatics without incurring a single scratch.
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        ARMAGEDDON (1998)
        54 39 The casting of Bruce Willis as an oil rigger dispatched to save humankind against an approaching comet may have spelled box office gold, but this Michael Bay-directed epic remains high on the hit lists of many critics for its overwrought melodrama. CRINGE: Ben Affleck. I Bruce Willis and
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      A Toto surprise
      373 40  -  AMELYNN LIONG Band has lasted 3 decades, still manages to drawthe young a melynnl@newstoday.com. sg LOVE thy band members. It's a commandment that Steve Lukather, guitarist and vocalist for the 29-year-old rock band Toto, swears by. Speaking to Today in a recent phone interview from Bangkok, Lukather
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      Not a bad day when song's used on American Idol
      435 40  -  ZUL OTHMAN IN BANGKOK zul@newstoday.com. sg JUST before Daniel Powter sat down for an interview in Bangkok recently, one of the Canadian singer's minders told journalists not to ask questions about the use of his hit song Bad Day on
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        Youth
        72 41 Matisyahu On paper, Matisyahu (real name Matthew Miller) sounds like bad novelty act in the vein of "Weird" AlYankovic. A 26-year-old Hasidic Jew from New York, Matisyahu championsof all things-reggae. While you can't fault his earnestness or his wonderfully plaintive vocals, Matisyahu's yawn-inspiring excursions into Jamaica's most famous export
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        Stadium Arcadium
        113 41 Red Hot Chili Peppers After 23 years in the music business, it's reassuring to know that Californian quartet the Red Hot Chili Peppers can still be relied upon to deliver the goods. Blending the best bits of 1989's Mother's Milk and 1991's Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Stadium Arcadium
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        Pearl Jam
        88 41 Pearl Jam After years of skirting the fringes, grunge survivors Pearl Jam return to the hard rock leanings of their 1991 debut Ten. On their self-titled eighth studio album. Pearl Jam sounds harder and more direct than it ever has. World Wide Suicide and Life Wasted are tracks
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        MY FAVOURITE ALBUM
        79 41  -  BRYAN WONG This week, we ask MediaCorp artiste Bryan Wong what he plugs into his stereo system. ON ELDISSA'S WHAT A DIFFERENCE: This Brazilian group does a lot of bossa nova covers in its unique way. Reworking disco tunes from Abba and the Bee Gees could easily
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      Lock icon Yoga teacher got nemesis' vote to win
      309 41 —AP NEW YORK It was a high-stakes battle that didn't have a clear-cut favourite but, as always, in the end there was one Survivor. Aras Baskauskas, a 24-year-old yoga instructor, beat Danielle DiLorenzo, a 24-year-old medical sales representative, to win the 12th edition
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        Lock icon The long and short of pregnancy intervals
        523 42  -  REETA RAMAN Study highlights health risks brought about by extreme birth intervals reeta@newstoday.com.sg WHEN intervals between pregnancies, that is the time lapse between the delivery of the last child and the conception of the subsequent child, are shorter than 18 months and longer
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        Rare medical condition puts teen in bed for weeks
        491 42  -  -REETA RAMAN DURING home economics class one day, Wei Qiang (not his real name) fell asleep while standing over the stove. His teacher, while concerned, was angry that the young teenager was being inattentive in class. Nevertheless, she sent him to
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          COPE BETTER WHEN AN EMOTIONAL CRISIS HITS YOU
          98 42 Emergencies and disasters are part and parcel of today's dynamic life. Coping with it is something altogether different as some cope with it better than others. Through this two-day workshop, learn more about how you can cope better the next time you
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          SAY GOODBYE TO SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
          105 42 Almost 48 per cent of individuals may experience insomnia at some point in their lives. Insomnia can have a serious impact on the quality of your life. Have you been suffering from sleepless nights? If you have, attend this forum to find out what could
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          FITNESS@WORK
          67 42 Fitting in exercise into your hectic week is now a little easier. Twice a week now, fitness work workout sessions are staged at Far East Square and Singapore River Promenade. Date: Every Monday at Far East Square; every Wednesday at the Singapore River Promenade Venue: Far East Square, courtyard
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        Lock icon Grape seed extract lowers blood pressure
        595 43  -  —JANICE GOH GRAPE seed extract may help to control blood pressure, a recent study by the University of California (UC), Davis, has suggested. High blood pressure, or hypertension, is one of the factors in metabolic syndrome a cluster of risk factors for heart disease.
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        Lock icon Keeping hepatitis at bay
        656 44  -  REETA RAMAN Vaccination is a highly effective measure to avoid liver disease reeta@newstoday.com.sg HEPATITIS is a general term that refers to the inflammation of the liver. It can be acute (lasting less than six months) or chronic (lasting more than six months), and can have a
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        Helping mums prevent osteoporosis
        399 44  -  REETA RAMAN THE risk of osteoporosis remains a largely underestimated problem here, a survey by Research International showed. The survey was carried out among 155 women aged between 25 and 55 who had a mother who was at least 50 years old. It found that 40
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        Lock icon Losing weight the sandbag way
        259 45 -THE GUARDIAN THE builders' workout is the latest exercise craze to sweep the United States, with devotees wheelbarrowing their way to weight loss. At the Crunch chain of gyms, the Sacked session invites members to "heave-ho their way to fitness" by hauling around bags of
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        ASK THE DOC
        586 46 My mother is 67 years old. She has been deaf for 10 years now. Over the past two years, she has been warded at various hospitals for vomiting and dizzy spells. Sometimes, her condition worsens till the extent that she has to be sent to the accident
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        Lock icon All down to hormonal hotwires
        161 46 -KRT CHICAGO Scientists are getting closer to understanding what makes the brains of men and women so different Researchers are beginning to discover that the differences may have a lot more to do with how powerful hormones wire the female and male brain during early
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      494 49 —AP Nets in a deep hole as Wade, O'Neal and Co look to clinch series at home NBA PLAYOFFS, EASTERN CONFERENCE New Jersey 92 Miami 102 EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey The wake-up call came early Sunday for an Bam walk-through a decidedly unusual gathering in
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      160 49 JALAPA, Mexico Marion Jones (picture) suggested she can still be a force on the world stage by running the year's second fastest 100 m on her seasonal debut here on Sunday, reported BBCSportOnline. The 30-year-old American clocked 11.06 seconds into a headwind to
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      511 50  -  Lan De Cotta World champion ensures one American genius, millions of Spaniards, and a Singaporean are swept along for the ride in Barcelona ian@newstoday.com.sg HE SAID he had never felt such exhilaration before and I believed him. He may have just collected 10 championship points when he took
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      250 50 -AFP KINGSTON -Asafa Powell (picture) reacted strongly to a report indicating Justin Gatlin, the man who eclipsed his 100 m world record, might not take him on at an athletics meeting in England next month. America's Gatlin, the world and Olympic champion, set the
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      376 50 —AP TENNIS Rome Masters ROME If he devours future opponents with as much relish as he downed a plate of pasta after a thrilling five-set victory over Roger Federer to win the Rome Masters, Rafael Nadal should make a meal out
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      539 51  -  Cubby Leong Singapore suffer third defeat and now aim to avoid the wooden spoon in Dhaka cubby@newstoday.com.sg ASIAN GAMES, MEN'S HOCKEY QUALIFIERS Singapore 1 Hong Kong 3 AFTER two opening losses, their Asian Games fate hung in the balance. A gutsy win over Sri
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      291 51  -  JOSE RAYMOND jose@newstoday.com.sg TEN minutes into the RHB Singapore Cup match between Sengkang Punggol and Gombak United at the Hougang Stadium on Sunday, a visibly excited punter ran towards fans in the stands and yelled that Score! was still being offered at Singapore Pools'
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      192 51  -  -DARREN LAI NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE2OO6 Geylang United 1 SAFFC 4 IN THE end, it proved to be a false dawn. After going three matches unbeaten, the Eagles of Geylang United were sent crashing down to earth when they were hammered 4-1 by
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        79 52 GERMANY manager Jurgen Klinsmann sprang two major surprises in his 23-man World Cup squad unveiled yesterday, with uncapped midfielder David Odonkor and veteran defender Jens Nowotny included for next month's finals. Borussia Dortmund midfielder Odonkor has never been called up to the Germany squad, but finds himself
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        95 52 SPAIN coach Luis Aragones named his 23-man squad for the World Cup yesterday and said he had picked his players for the way they fitted into his system. There were few surprises in the squad apart from the absence of Liverpool striker Fernando Morientes. Media pundits
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        81 52 JAPAN coach Zico yesterday announced a World Cup squad with six Europebased stars, opting to gamble on up-and-coming forward Seiichiro Maki to boost their crucial lack of firepower upfront. Maki is a 25-year-old J-League player who has scored three goals in his nine international caps as a
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        106 52 PARAGUAY striker Rogue Santa Cruz (picture) has warned group rivals England against expecting an easy passage through to the knockout rounds of the World Cup. The Bayern Munich star has recovered from a cruciate ligament injury that saw him miss most of the Bundesliga season and is
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      436 52 —AFP Ex-chief Moggi questioned as scandal threatens to engulf Italian champions ROME Last week, the entire Juventus board resigned, following the publication of phone taps featuring Luciano Moggi. On Sunday, Moggi quit as general director of the newly crowned Italian champions. Yesterday, the man at the centre
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      313 52 -AFP MUNICH Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho got a glimpse of Michael Ballack's talents when his team played Bayern Munich in the quarter-final of last season's Champions League. Fourteen months on, the wily Portuguese coach has captured Ballack on a free transfer. Chelsea unveiled the
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      532 53 -AFP Both Henry and Ronaldinho will be on very familiar territory in the City of Lights CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL Barcelona v Arsenal PARIS Paris will welcome the return of its two most famous footballing musketeers, when Barcelona and Arsenal lock horns in tomorrow's Champions League final (Thursday
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      343 53 PARIS It has been 50 years since the famous Real Madrid side of Alfredo di Stefano lifted the first European Cup. Since that time, there have been a number of final match-ups that have promised a clash for the ages, only to fall flat as
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