Today, 27 September 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    14 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp fresfsf share your free newspaper MICA(P) 192/07/2006 Wednesday September 27, 2006 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon Jail doors close on two top US corporate criminals
      596 1 -AFP Former World Com chief Ebbers jailed for 25 years, while ex-Enron CFO Fastow gets 6 years HOUSTON (Texas) Two US corporate criminals, whose names became synonymous with fraud and greed that cost shareholders billions of dollars, heard jail doors close
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      Lock icon Rally lifts Dow index to 2006 high, near all-time record
      162 1 -AFP NEW YORK Wall Street's blue-chip share index yesterday powered to its best finish this year and neared its all-time high, as a stronger report on consumer confidence eased fears that US economic growth is stalling. The Dow Jones Industrial
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      49 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 12 voices 22 business 30 growth 38 plus 40 tv radio listings 47 classad 48 sports 51 we set you thinking Singapore Idol runner-up Jonathan Leong aims to follow in the FEET OF CLAY (...Aiken, that is) iiL W 8 "*****6"*****9"
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      38 1 THE FINE ART OF A pW r f/.\^ MULTI-TASKING I pk I v\ j/j ,1m Meet stay-at-home Wr pm ~,*\*i mum Chen ShenPo, Jjld^Al/J who organises multi- X v** L x Act.3 co-founder million dollar artfairs Ruby Urn-Yang
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      11 1 >^JkmamnW^ S Ik. THE BUSINESS OF LIARS AND CHEATS PAGE 36
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  • hot news
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      Getting their house in order
      639 2  -  LEONG WEE KEAT New central registry for estate agents will help consumers seek redress weekeat@newstoday.com.sg AFTER visiting a four-room flat in Toa Payoh, Mr Tan Aik Bing thought he had found a dream home. But for the 33-year-old civil servant, the journey towards home ownership
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      Lock icon Bangkok's new airport, Thaksin's pet project, will open without him
      564 2 BLOOMBERG WHEN Thailand's junta ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from power last week they also robbed him of the chance to preside over tomorrow's opening of his pet project, Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport About 40 million passengers will use Suvarnabhumi in
      — BLOOMBERG  -  564 words
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      FAITH, RIOTS AND (UN)REASON
      1066 3  -  IRFAN HUSAIN Threatening the Pope or Salman Rushdie with death is just a way of avoiding reality I HAVE a theory about riots: Those out on the streets often don't have a clear idea what they're rioting about And invariably, they have a lot of time
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    • SINGAPORE SNIPPETS
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        Lock icon PROGRAMMES SHOWCASE IN FRANCE
        126 3 CHANNEL NEWSASIA More than 30 made-in-Singapore High Definition programmes will be shown to the world next month. The showcase is led by the Media Development Authority (MDA) as part of Mipcom 2006, the largest annual international trade show for television programmes, held everyyear in France. These
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        Lock icon CABBY HELPS NAB LORRY THIEF
        80 3 CHANNEL NEWS ASIA An eagle-eyed taxi-driver spotted a stolen lorry and helped to nab the vehicle thief less than eight hours after the theft. The police had called on the various taxi companies to broadcast an alert about the missing lorry on Monday. Mr Kwang
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      13 2 FAST TIMES today: tomorrow: break of fast start of fast 7.00PM 5.26 AM
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon A joint industrial park to be proud of
      343 4 938 LIVE, CHANNEL NEWSASIA Spore-Vietnam 10-year venture gives rise to second park THE Vietnamese presence in Singapore may get stronger in the coming months. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said more student exchange programmes are in the works, while talks to enable
      — 938 LIVE, CHANNEL NEWSASIA; AFP  -  343 words
    • Article
      S'pore likes courteous tourists
      408 4  -  DERRICK A PAULO derrick@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE has voted. Its tourist idols are the Japanese, while the least-favoured visitors hail from mainland China. These two sets of tourists are at the opposite ends of the courtesy spectrum in a survey of perceptions of inbound tourism. The Japanese come
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      Reprieve for an unsuspecting 'black sheep'
      547 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG Court sets aside suspension of ex-lawyer who was unaware of case against him cheekong@newstoday.com.sg WHILE flipping through the newspapers last year, ex-lawyer Joseph Chen Kok Siang was shocked to read that he had been suspended from practice for four years and he had
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      Lock icon Ngoi did not feel 'cheated' by ex-lover
      446 6  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@newstoday.com.sg DESPITE the fact that she had conned him of money, and investigators' warnings not to talk to her, Bryan Ngoi Kok Ann (picture) let his ex-lover Guo Juan move in with him in August last year for three months. This was
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    • Article
      Lock icon Telcos probe mystery calls from China
      174 8 -BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE'S three mobile phone operators are investigating complaints from their customers about calls received from phone numbers in China that are quickly disconnected. A letter to the press from Ms Lynn Lee said an acquaintance was billed an "enormous" amount for returning such
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      Trial begins for ex-NEA officer in hoax email case
      238 8  -  LOHCHEEKONG THE trial of a former National Environment Agency (NEA) senior manager who allegedly sent hoax email to Government feedback websites, warning them of terrorist attacks, began yesterday. Neo Khoon Sing, 36, who has been suspended from his job, was slapped
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    • Article
      No wrangle as rival charities share tasks
      478 8  -  JASMINE YIN The pair will avoid duplicating efforts to serve the visually handicapped jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg INSTEAD of crossing swords, two competing charities have joined forces to streamline and coordinate their services and programmes for the visually handicapped. The Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped
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      Battling misconceptions
      552 10  -  MIRAKASHINATH Business still slow for direct selling industry as negative image persists mira@media corp.com.sg IT'S been over five years since the law was amended to allow legitimate multi-level-marketing (MLM) firms to operate here came into effect, but the direct selling industry remains dogged by the negative image many
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      Walk through and learn at the new LaSalle-SIA
      373 10  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@newstoday.com.sg NOT content with being the region's top arts institution, the LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts is also aspiring to be the most transparent In terms of appearance, that is. The college's new home in the city will boast scores
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Irwin's widow finally breaks her silence
      243 12 -AFP SYDNEY The shattered widow of wildlife adventurer Steve Irwin yesterday spoke publicly for the first time since his death three weeks ago, saying she still expects him to walk in the door at any minute. "I'm still at the stage where I think
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon OSAMA ALIVE, SAYS TALIBAN
        59 12 -AFP Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is alive and well, a source in Afghanistan's militant Taliban movement told AlArabiya news channel yesterday, denying recent reports of his death or illness. A leaked French intelligence memo claimed that their Saudi counterparts concluded that Osama succumbed to
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        Lock icon EU INVITES BULGARIA, ROMANIA
        70 12 -AFP Bulgaria and Romania will be allowed to join the European Union on January 1, 2007, an official said. But they will be admitted only under strictest conditions of any new members to the bloc.The EU's executive arm proclaimed the two countries have carried out sufficient
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        Lock icon US WARNS TAIWAN'S CHEN
        58 12 -DPA The United States on Monday cautioned Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian against changing the definition of Taiwan's territory when the nation amends its Constitution. "The United States does not support independence for Taiwan, and we continue to be opposed to unilateral changes in the status quo
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      Lock icon China's big shake-up
      361 12 -AFP Management of pension funds to be centralised as more heads set to roll after Shanghai chief is sacked SHANGHAI China plans to centralise the management of pension funds, state press said yesterday, a day after Shanghai's Communist Party boss was sacked for alleged graft involving his
      -AFP; AP  -  361 words
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      Lock icon Lee's comments upset Indonesian MPs
      257 12 —AFP JAKARTA Indonesian legislators yesterday expressed their anger over Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's reported remarks claiming Jakarta discriminated against its ethnic Chinese minority. According to reports, Mr Lee told a forum in Singapore earlier this month that the attitude of Malaysia and Indonesia
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      Lock icon Army will protect Turkey's secular system against rising Islamist threat
      263 13 -AFP ANKARA Turkey's military on Monday vowed to protect the country's secular system, warning of a rising Islamist threat, only days after a European Union official charged the army with meddling in politics and hindering democratisation. "The (Islamist) reactionary threat
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      Lock icon Poorly paid M'sian civil servants to ask for Ist pay rise in 16 years
      298 13 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR About 200,000 poorly paid Malaysian civil servants, who have not seen a salary review in over a decade, are now de__manding a salary hike. The civil servants are from the "support k-_ category"
      -AFP  -  298 words
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      Lock icon Big Brother will be watching new Thai PM
      366 13 AFP Thai junta will keep check on govt after premier is appointed BANGKOK Thailand's ruling junta will remain in place after a civilian prime minister takes office to keep a tight check on the new government, the general who led last week's
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      Lock icon Koizumi leaves the building
      309 13 -AFP TOKYO Described as a "weirdo" by friends, foes and even himself, Mr Junichiro Koizumi (picture) turned the job of Japan's prime minister into celebrity-in-chief, and with it, recrafted the political landscape. The silver-haired 64-year-old, Japan's longest-serving premier in three decades, left office yesterday with polls
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      Lock icon Indonesia investigating another bird flu cluster case
      232 14 -AFP JAKARTA Indonesian health officials yesterday said they were examining possible person-to-person transmission of bird flu after three brothers developed symptoms of the virus, one of whom has died. So-called cluster cases, where the HSNI virus is spread from human to human rather
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      Lock icon Rush on to set up nuke plant in Iran
      324 14 —AFP Russian-built unit to be ready in Sept 2007 MOSCOW Russia and Iran yesterday signed an agreement, setting next September as the deadline for the launch of the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power station, a senior atomic energy official said. The deal
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      Lock icon HK's Ho siblings at it again
      235 14 —AFP HONG KONG The sister of Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho has launched another legal hurdle against plans to list part of his lucrative gambling business in Hong Kong, media reports said yesterday. Ms Winnie Ho who for years has been locked in a
      —AFP  -  235 words
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      Lock icon Mrs Blair's alleged comments spoil Brown's show
      218 16 —AFP LONDON Alleged comments by the wife of Prime Minister Tony Blair overshadowed finance minister Gordon Brown's key speech staking his claim as Britain's next leader on newspaper front-pages yesterday. Mrs Cherie Blair allegedly said "well, that's a lie" when Chancellor of the
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      Lock icon Blair bids farewell at party meet
      500 16 —AGENCIES British PM says it's hard to leave office, pays tribute to rival Gordon Brown MANCHESTER British Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday paid tribute to Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, the frontrunner to succeed him despite tensions between them, as a "remarkable servant
      —AGENCIES; AP  -  500 words
    • Article
      WHY THIS COUP IS DIFFERENT
      804 17  -  THAMCHENFYE IN CHIANG MAI A WEEK ago, then Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was deposed in the bloodless coup led by General Sonthi Boonyaratglin. Apart from expressing shock and, in some cases, condemnation, observers have remarked at how the putsch has been as "smooth as silk",
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      Lock icon Possible new sanctions for Syria: Rice
      304 18 -AGENCIES NEW YORK The United States is hoping to convince its allies to back new sanctions against Syria in response to its purported role in destabilising Lebanon and Iraq, and supporting the radical Hamas movement, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said. "We're going
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      Lock icon Let's talk: US
      371 18 —AFP Americans open to bilateral meeting with N Korea in bid to restart nuke talks SEOUL The United States is willing to hold a bilateral meeting with North Korea even before six-nation nuclear disarmament talks resume, a senior official said yesterday, in a concession aimed at restarting
      —AFP; AFF  -  371 words
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      Lock icon '911 mastermind behind London blasts'
      382 19 —AFP Britain tipped off after top terrorist's arrest in 2003, reveals Pakistani President Musharraf's memoirs ISLAMABAD -The chief architect of the Sept 11,2001 attacks was also linked to last year's suicide blasts on the London transport network, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf says in his memoirs.
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      Lock icon US spy chief admits Iraq war creating more terrorists
      291 19 —AFP WASHINGTON The United States' intelligence chief John Negroponte admitted on Monday the Iraq war was shaping a new generation of terrorists, but denied claims that a secret report said America was in more peril than in 2001. Mr Negroponte stepped
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    • this quirky world
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        Lock icon IT'S DANDRUFF, MADAME?
        48 20 -AFP An American tourist was arrested after she was found with US$B9,OOO ($141,000) worth of drugs stashed in her hairdo when she arrived in Ireland on Monday. The woman's "beehive" hairstyle contained about one kilogram of cocaine concealed in black cotton oackaqes in her hair.
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        Lock icon AUCTION SPLITS KEN AND BARBIE
        99 20 THE GUARDIAN Frankly, it was never going to work. They never really had much in common, except ever expanding wardrobes and a certain stiffness in social situations. "She was the kind of girl that every year acquired a new wedding dress, and yet somehow the
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        Lock icon PLACENTA TRIBUTE FOR CROC HUNTER
        97 20 —AFP A die-hard fan of late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin plans to feed his baby son's placenta to giant lizards in a bizarre tribute to his reptile-loving hero. Australian Wil Kemp hopes the offering will help bring his son born the day after Irwin was
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      Lock icon Hotter than in a million years
      351 20 —AGENCIES Global warming is making the Earth sweat WASHINGTON Weather phenomena such as El Nino are signs that Earth's temperature could be at its warmest ever in the last million years, according to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) climatologists. A Nasa study, published
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      Lock icon A 100-year mud crisis for Java?
      243 20 —THE GUARDIAN JAVA Mud, gas and boiling water gushing out of the ground in east Java since May have submerged six villages and 20 factories and could continue for a century with "catastrophic consequences", European experts said on Monday. Efforts to seal the flow
      —THE GUARDIAN; AFP  -  243 words
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      Lock icon Tobacco industry hit by ruling
      349 21 —AGENCIES US federal court approves class action suit by 'light'cigarette smokers NEW YORK In a blow to the tobacco industry, a United States judge ruled that people who smoked light cigarettes, which were often marketed as a safer alternative to regular ones, could press their
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      Lock icon Game-maker sued for killings
      260 21 -AP ALBUQUERQUE (New Mexico) Family members of three people slain by a 14-year-old have sued the makers of the violent video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, claiming the crimes would not have occurred had the teenager never played it The $600 million ($951 million) lawsuit
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    • GLORALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon AUSTRALIA GOING DRY
        63 21 —AFP Australia's water resources are drying up much faster than predicted, experts warned yesterday, as the government unveiled an office dedicated to tackling the worsening crisis. Government scientists said their worstcase scenario for 2050 widespread drought, shrinking ski fields and crop failure appeared to be happening now.
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        Lock icon JIHAD AD BACKFIRES
        70 21 —AP The owner of a car dealership in Ohio in the United States, which planned to air a radio advertisement calling for "a jihad on the automotive market", has issued an apology and promised not to use the commercial. Several stations had already rejected the spot from
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        Lock icon MILLION DOLLAR MISTAKE
        67 21 —AFP A South Korean lottery winner had a rude shockwhen he presented a winning ticket only to be told he could not claim the prize of US$l million ($1.5 million) because of a printing mistake, officials said Authorities called off the sale of the scratch-and-win tickets after
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  • Voices
    • Jobs and the bottomline
    • SHORTTAKES
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        NOT CHARGED FOR FALSE ACCUSATIONS?
        85 22  -  ALEXTAY: I refer to the report "Ex-engineer acquitted of rape charges" (Sept 26). Is the maid going to be charged for giving false evidence? Or will she walk away scot-free after taking a shot at the employer? Also, has anybody proposed withholding the identities of
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        VENDORS NEED EXTRA TIME TO PLACE TENDERS
        91 22  -  CHRISTINA CECILIA CHEANG: I refer to Jun Wang's letter, "Fair business?" (Sept 26). I share the writer's concern and second his appeal for more transparency in future Gebiz tenders, as I have repeatedly encountered the same issue of a very short notice period
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        CAN OPEN U DEGREES BE CONVERTED TO UNISIM?
        99 22  -  WONGTECKTIAN: At the recent SIM University Convocation ceremony, it was reported that students who are currently pursuing and completing the SIM Open University courses are given the option to graduate with degrees awarded either by the SIM University or Britain's Open University.
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        COLLATE INFORMATION ON DISCOUNTS FOR SENIORS
        92 22  -  UM POH SENG: Many organisations give discounts to senior citizens. Unfortunately, there is no central body to record all this information and often, the elderly are not aware of the discounts offered. Can the authorities or a group take up the task so that
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    • Letter
      PTC members take public transport regularly, too
      146 23  -  LOOITEIKSOON Letter from Secretary Public Transport Council I REFER to the letter "Let them ride trains, buses" (Sept 22) by Mr Nicholas Ng. Members of the Public Transport Council (PTC) are drawn from a wide cross-section of society, including the grassroots organisations, labour
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    • Letter
      Extending the Islam welcome
      517 23  -  NURYUSMAN MOHAMED IBRAHIM Friday sermons could be in English to reach out to non-Malay Muslims Letter from IT IS my observation that the majority of khutbahs Friday sermons in mosques here are conducted in Malay, with only a few mosques each week delivering these in English.
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      isay SHOWING OUR TRUE FACES
      561 24  -  FRANCES ONG HOCK LIN NOW that the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has declared the SK-II products sold in Singapore are safe, women can with ease of mind use these products to whiten their complexions and delay the ageing process. When women are discontented with themselves,
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    • Communication – too little and too much
    • Letter
      S2006 drivers not a part of the team?
      191 25  -  DARREN LEE Letter from BEING selected as one of the 600 drivers for the Singapore 2006 meetings here was once-in-a-lifetime experience. Many of us took time off from our fulltime work to be involved in the international event, never mind the low
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      THE ART OF MOTHERHOOD
      868 26  -  CHEN SHEN PO Working from home, mum of four manages multi-million-dollar art fair SHE may be a mother of four with her youngest child just four months old working out of her Farrer Road home, but even so, Chen Shen Po organises the established ARTSingapore art
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        MORE 'LIP' SERVICE, PLEASE
        370 27  -  DARREN TAN I WAS shopping with a lady friend not long ago at one of the shops in Takashimaya. My friend, X, noticed an attractive blouse displayed on one of the mannequins. She found the blouse among the rows of tops inside the shop but to
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      • Article
        ... AND BE ALL EARS, TOO
        360 27  - AND BE ALL EARS, TOO GLENN THNGWEIJUN THIS happened on Sept 22 at The Chocolate Factory, located at The Pier, Robertson Quay. I and five friends got ourselves a table and the waitress took our orders for one cup of coffee and a chocolate souffle to be shared among us.
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      263 28  -  JAMES DOBSON BYDR MEN AND WOMEN, WOMEN AND MEN Here'sa provocative question for you: Who needs the opposite sex more? Males or females? For centuries, it's been believed thatthe single women were the ones who were most lost. They were often called "old maids" or "left
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      378 28  -  KEVIN SHUM Scheme caters to specific group; different programmes available for other needs Letter from Director, Social Support Division 1 Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports WE REFER to Mr Leong Sze Hian's letter, "Time to review Hope scheme" (Sept 18). We share Mr
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      345 30  -  —VALERIE LAW UNITED States-based marine fuel supplier Chemoil Energy plans to raise up to US$374 million ($593.3-million) in the second biggest initial public offering (IPO) here this year after that of Thai Beverage. Besides supplying marine fuel to ships that berth
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      512 30  -  CHRISTIE LOH Shareholders vote to keep existing directors but boardroom tussle not fully resolved christi e@newstoday.com.sg FOUR directors of Integra2ooo have received a mandate from the Sesdaq-listed firm's shareholders to remain in the company. But the vote at yesterday's extraordinary general meeting (EGM) has not fully resolved
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      364 32 THE United States lost its position as the world's most competitive economy to Switzerland as budget and trade deficits prompted a slide to sixth in the World Economic Forum's annual rankings. Singapore is fifth in the rankings. Finland, Sweden and Denmark were ranked second
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      601 32 -DOW JONES But economists expect manufacturing here to stay at relatively healthy level for rest of 2006 SINGAPORE'S manufacturing output fell short of expectations last month, indicating that global demand is waning, but the local economy remains on track for growth at the high end of
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        127 33 -DOW JONES SHARE prices ended flat, with an absence of domestic leads to spur trade, but political jitters in Shanghai saw some China issues lose ground, traders said. The ST Index rose 2.1 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 2,526. Losers led gainers 354 to 204 as 1.21 billion
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      257 34  -  VALERIE LAW Key developments include BFC, integrated resorts, petchem plants valeri e@newstoday.com.sg THE Building and Construction Authority (BCA) has raised its forecast for construction demand for this year by about 17 per cent to between $14 billion and $16 billion, from
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      286 34 -AGENCIES SINGAPORE conglomerate Keppel Corp said yesterday it won a US$3B5-million ($6ll million) contract to build a deep-water drilling rig from Ensco International. The contract is the third order this year from Ensco, a United States-based oil and natural gas driller,
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      179 34 THE chief executive of Seah Holdings, Seah Say Yoong; a director of Global Net Relations, Matilda Chua Li Hoon; and the former chief executive of Wizoffice.com, Seah Chin Yew, will be charged today for manipulating the price of Wizoffice shares, the police said in a
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      740 36  -  MATTHEW LYNN BLOOMBERG Little social sanction for cheating that it becomes normal and routine news@newstoday.com.sg SO YOU think the average corporate chief is a lying cheat Well, you haven't seen anything yet If you view the current crop of Wall Street heavy hitters as
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      259 37 —AFP JAKARTA The Indonesian government is planning to float shares of 10 state-owned companies next year, the state enterprise ministry secretary said, according to a report yesterday. "About 10 state-owned companies are ready to go public, pending the approval of the privatisation
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      225 37 NEWBRIDGE Capital, a United States buyout firm that manages US$l.7 billion ($2.7 billion) in Asia, has dropped a US$l47-million offer for a stake in Singapore-listed Pacific Century Regional Developments (PCRD). Mr Richard Li, the Hong Kong tycoon who owns 75 per cent of PCRD, will
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      219 37 DOW JONES THAILAND'S Ministry of Commerce still cannot decide whether to submit to the police the results of its probe into alleged proxy shareholding in the takeover of Shin Corp by Singapore's Temasek Holdings, or to conduct further investigations. Permanent Secretary Karun
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      1069 38  -  LEECHINGWERN Creator of the wildly successful wedding portal Singaporeßrides.comturns humiliation into elation chingwern® newstoday.com.sg DECISIONS and more decisions are essentially what planning a wedding is all about In many cases, these choices, together with a truckload of expectations, turn an otherwise joyous and exciting activity
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      177 38 IS THERE any form of tax exemption for start-ups? To help start-ups retain profits and manage cash flow, certain tax exemptions exist for new businesses that qualify. These businesses do not need to pay tax on the first $100,000 of chargeable income. excluding Singapore franked dividends (dividends paid out
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      1260 39  -  LEECHINGWERN SPRING initiatives help them innovate chingwern@newstoday.com.sg IN THIS age of globalisation, how can small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore compete effectively on a worldwide platform? The answer, it appears, lies in technology if the success stories of two SMEs are anything to go
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      1541 40  -  Justin Cheong EDUCATING CHILDREN THROUGH THEATRE HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A JOY FOR CO-FOUNDER OF ACT 3, RUBY LIM-YANG NO D ODY channels their inner child better than Ruby Lim-Yang. Which explains how the 49-year-old theatre veteran has carried such a sunny disposition and sense of child-like wonder
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      166 41 FEB 6,1957: Ruby Lim-Yang is born, the third of four children. 1966: Performed, as a Haig Girls' School student, for the first time on stage. 1976: Joined amateur stage group, the YMCA Shapeshifters. Met Jasmin Samat 1979: Encountered Jasmin again and met R Chandran in an acting workshop. 1984:
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      502 42  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Jonathan maybe the Singapore Idol runner-up, but insists he has more to give plus@newstoday.com.sg COMING second on Singapore Idol doesn't get you off the media merry-go-round. It only means you're expected to answer even harder questions. When Today caught up with Idol runner-up Jonathan
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      284 43  -  -EUSACHIA FROM five to four members and now to three. But not to worry, this Taiwanese boy band is not running out of energy yet Prior to guest-performing at the Singapore Idol Grand Finals on Monday night, Energy members Kunda, Shuwei and A-di
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      445 43  -  JEANINETAN GRACE YAP Difference in number of votes for Hady and Jon leaves fans, celebrities puzzled jeanine@newstoday.com.sg THE second season finale of Singapore Idol may have been a closely fought contest, but you'd never know it from the vast difference in the number of votes earned
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      329 44  -  ASHRAFSAFDAR There s laughter, sex and life-sized puppets in this Italy-inspired morality play ashraf@newstoday.com.sg WHEN the US television series Ally Mcßeal began airing in 1997, it turned the dramatic genre on its head, in part by inserting bits of comedy such as song-and-dance numbers that had
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      510 45  -  hDavidChew This is the latest in a weekly series on the works in the inaugural Singapore Biennale, which runs until Nov 12. One venue will be featured each week along with comments by an experienced curator. This week, Seng Yu Jin, assistant curator at the Singapore Art
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      173 45  -  ZU LOTH MAN zul@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S biggest outdoor festival ZoukOut returns for a sixth instalment at Sentosa on Dec 9. Hosted by clubbing flagship Zouk, the event attracted a record 18,000 revellers last year and featured top international jocks. This year, the producers promise another stellar party. While de-
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        346 46  -  ASHRAFSAFDAR Star Hub package offers channels for the young and savvy ashraf@newstoday.com.sg VJS Sarah Tan and Dominic Lav are going to get up to "naughty things" when Englishlanguage music Channel V International debuts in Singapore on Monday. Though Channel V will arrive alongside four other channels on
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      198 49 WEATHERTODAY Amsterdam 12/19 C rainy London 15/21 C partly cloudy Auckland 9/17 C partly cloudy Los Angeles 17/28 C fair Bali 23/30 C partly cloudy Manila 24/28 C thunderstorm BS Begawan 25/32 C showers Melbourne 10/20 C partly cloudy Bangkok 25/32 C thunderstorm New Delhi 22/35 C hazy Bangalore 19/30
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      Lock icon NOW, GO WIN A MAJOR
      602 50 —AGENCIES Captain Woosnam wants European players to end seven-year drought LONDON lan Woosnam has told Europe's Ryder Cup heroes to build on their second thrashing of America's finest in two years by winning the Majors. Woosnam who captained the side to their humiliation of the
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      Lock icon Bond sacked after BBC bungs sting
      273 50 —AFP LONDON Newcastle assistant manager Kevin Bond, 49, became the first casualty from last week's BBC documentary alleging corruption in English football when he was sacked yesterday. He has hinted he intends to sue the BBC, but that did not save him from being
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      Lock icon WELCOME HOME
      102 50 THE New Orleans Saints and their fans celebrated the return of the National Football League to the city on Monday, 13 months after a deadly hurricane devastated the American coastal city. In their emotional return to the Superdome site that was one of the focal points of the
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      570 51 —AFP An ugly spell ends on a high note for Allardyce, as Pompey fall for the first time ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Portsmouth 0 Bolton 1 PORTSMOUTH Sam Allardyce admitted Bolton's narrow 1-0 victory over Portsmouth at Fratton Park here on Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) was
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      MORE THAN WINNING MEDALS
      503 51 Special feature on the Coach Recognition Awards 2006 brought to you by Singapore Sports Council There is a lot more to coaching than having your team bring home the winning medal. That is what Coach Recognition Awards (CRA) 2006 Winner Emran Yusoff firmly believes in, although
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      Lock icon REAL THRASH KIEV
      705 52 Raul and Van Nistelrooy steal the show with a brace each against Ukrainians MADRID Real Madrid bounced back from their 2-0 defeat to Lyon in the Champions League two weeks ago to inflict a 5-1 thrashing on Dynamo Kiev here on Tuesday (early today, Singapore time). Two
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      Lock icon Chelsea aiming for victory to establish European credentials
      244 52 -AGENCIES CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GRP A Levski Sofia v Chelsea SOFIA Chelsea are in Bulgaria today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) to take on local champions Levski Sofia in the latest stage of a journey they hope will lead them to a first ever
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      Lock icon Gunners sink hapless Porto
      464 52 -AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GRPG Arsenal 2 Porto 0 LONDON Thierry Henry led by example as Arsenal cruised to a 2-0 Champions League win against Porto on Tuesday (early today, Singapore time). The Arsenal captain was at his effervescent best as he scored the first goal and
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      Lock icon Lyon march on
      612 53 -AFP BUCHAREST French champions Lyon continued their strong tradition in the Champions League with a convincing 3-0 away victory over Steaua Bucharest here Tuesday (early today, Singapore time). Brazilian forward Fred gave Gerard Houllier's men a half-time breather with the opener two minutes before the interval. Only
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      Lock icon Liverpool hope to make home advantage count against Turkish challengers
      464 53 -AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUP C Liverpool v Galatasaray LIVERPOOL Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez believes that his side's apparently shaky start to the season was caused by a fixture list that kept them away from Anfield. They had not played at
      -AFP  -  464 words
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      Lock icon Man United atone for last season's humiliation
      278 53 -AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUP F Benfica 0 Man United 1 LISBON French striker Louis Saha gave Manchester United a 1-0 win over Benfica in Champions League Group F on Tuesday to avenge last year's defeat to the Lisbon team which knocked the English
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      604 54  -  DARREN LAI National coach Avramovic likely to name players from Tampines and Woodlands for Asian Games da rren@newstoday.com.sg PLAYERS from both Tampines Rovers and Woodlands Wellington could soon be facing a club versus country dilemma. S-League title holders Tampines are still in with a chance of
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      Lock icon Concert cancelled, but Lions may not play at National Stadium
      385 54  -  -DARREN LAI IT'S confirmed Robbie Williams' concert at the National Stadium on Nov 18 has been called off. However, the cancellation does not mean that the Lions' final Asian Cup qualifier against Palestine on Nov 15 will be moved back
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      Lock icon RAMS IN THE DOCK
      434 55  -  JOSE RAYMOND Woodlands players, officials face misconduct charges jose@newstoday.com.sg THREE Woodlands Wellington players, coach Jorg Steinebrunner and his assistant Jeffrey Tham have been hauled up by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) to face a disciplinary committee hearing on Oct 2. Captain Goh Tat Chuan, defender
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      Lock icon Slingers return home and Pathman's itching to play
      408 55  -  TANYO-HINN PHILIPS NBL CHAMPIONSHIP Singapore Slingers v Perth Wildcats yohinn@newstoday.com.sg LAST Friday, Pathman Matialakan made history by becoming the first Asian to play and score in an Australian National Basketball League (NBL) match. The 1.98 m tall forward appeared for the final
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      Lock icon Malaysia's shuttlers blasted for poor showing
      283 55 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's top badminton players have received a tongue-lash-ing from the government's sports agency after a dismal performance in the World Badminton Championships. The deputy director of the National Sports Council (NSC), Zolkples Embong, said the national team, who only garnered a
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      32 55 SPORT TV 12.25 am Football Champions League: Spartak Moscow v Sporting Lisbon, Ch23 2am Football Champions League: Liverpool v Galatasaray, Ch24 2.30 am Football Champions League: Inter Milan v Bayern Munich, Ch23
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