Today, 5 October 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp share your free newspaper MICA(P) 192/07/2006 Thursday October 5, 2006 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon A phoenix rises from Citiraya's ashes
      728 1  -  MANO SABNANI FRANCIS KAN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF/MD mano@mediacorp.com.sg STOCK markets work in strange ways. Companies rise and fall as quickly, and some rise again like a phoenix from the ashes. In the process, some investors make millions only to lose them all, and then others step
      FRANCIS KAN  -  728 words
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      Lock icon Former HP chief, four others charged
      546 1 BLOOMBERG HEWLETT-PACKARD'S ousted Chairwoman Patricia Dunn (picture) and four others were charged with conspiracy and fraud by California officials yesterday (early today, Singapore time), the first prosecution in a probe of illegally-obtained telephone records. California Attor-ney-General Bill Lockyer has been investigating boardroom leaks at
      — BLOOMBERG; '^^^^^^TP  -  546 words
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      29 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 6 world news 12 voices 18 business 24 plus 28 traveller 36 tv radio listings 41 classad 42 sports 44 we set you thinking
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      24 1 BUDAPEST: A iSfY^ IJ.UJiIIJiM miiMHHH IiUUB I.HJMftMMiII.IJII.iI DIVIDED BY A RIVER IMlliMfflfcß HP SPENT MORE THAN $0.5 M TO SPY ON DIRECTORS PAGE 26
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  • hot news
    • Article
      Lock icon Premiere housing begins
      242 2 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE'S first public housing project undertaken by a private developer will be launched this Saturday. Applications, which close on Oct 18, should be done online. The Premiere@Tampines is the first development under HDB's Design, Build and Sell Scheme. Buyers will have to satisfy HDB's eligibility
      – CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  242 words
    • Article
      WOULD WE RATHER BE SEEN AS SAFE OR STIMULATING?
      750 2  -  SIEWKUMHONG Singapore needs to decide how it wants the world to view it THE International Monetary FundWorld Bank meetings in Singapore were meant to showcase Singapore as a great place to live, work and play and to host conventions. The event
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      Lock icon He shot his mouth off... and himself in the foot
      544 3 —AGENCIES, Star economist quits job after sending an email that went too far HE HAD made a career out of being outspoken. But Morgan Stanley's star Asia-Pacific economist Andy Xie, who abruptly left the United States investment bank last week,
      —AGENCIES,; BLOOMBERG  -  544 words
    • Article
      Capsized Australian boat recovered but hopes of finding missing Singaporean dim
      308 4  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@media corp.com.sg THE boat carrying four Singaporeans which capsized in Australia was recovered yesterday morning. But the 5.5 m cabin cruiser yielded no clues to rescuers as to the fate of the missing 40-year-old Singaporean man.
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      Lock icon N-test: North Korea warned
      395 4 —AGENCIES But it tells worried neighbours that the move is not meant to be a provocation SEOUL North Korea was sternly warned by its neighbours yesterday against carrying out an unprecedented nuclear test, but insisted the move was not meant to be a provocation. Pyongyang also
      —AGENCIES; AFP  -  395 words
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      97 2 Introduction and opening address Freely Time Squeeze Theory Fundamental, Technical and Gapping Analyses Portfolio Management for the modern investor Case studies of successful investing Witness graduates' testimonies Dr. Clemen Chiang "j r ceo tar "3 jHB- 7jj fif j -,J FCIM, FCMI, FMCA, FPMA, FAAFM JwJPfES B-^M mi* I•■ H
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      26 2 RAMADAN FAST TIMES today: Am BREAK OF FAST jf^ A 6.57PM \WJ J^ 1 tomorrow: wJm v start of fast v mm w 5.24 AM 1
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      165 4 Today, mobile phones have become Head down to the oELEBRyears of essential to everyday life. They fit c:«««««^a EwnA U^ll O '■'■vC infocomm in the smallest pockets and are Singapore CXpO Hall 3 '^z\ used as fashion accessories. These x rnm n 1 c C\r*r\V\e\r advancements in technology have TiUIII
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      622 5 jf Star Hub I "Push Mail letsme j% L Gnjoy morG ot iitg k >$^ a^^^ wherever I am" X r 'A f I can easily arrange t^^ matches witti my H friends on the go." m H^E JK ats 8 l^^^^^^^^^^^^l "I travel constantly, but emails i H from
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  • singapore news
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      Scheme off to healthy start
      438 6  -  TAN HUI LENG MOH's Chronic Disease Management Programme attracts 560 GPs huileng@media corp.com.sg THE Ministry of Health's (MOH) Chronic Disease Management Programme is still in its infancy, but it has already attracted 560 participating general practitioner (GP) clinics and a few hundred patients. The scheme,
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      Lock icon AVA, cullers at the ready in case of a bird flu epidemic
      354 6  -  SHERALYN TAY sheralyn@mediacorp.com.sg ABOUT 540 hens were culled yesterday as part of a bird-flu preparedness exercise conducted by the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA). Code-named Exercise Gallus 4, yesterday's programme included, for the first time, 50 cullers from
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    • Article
      A settlement in the works
      424 8  -  ANSLEYNG Errant timeshare firm to resolve consumer complaints out of court ansley@mediacorp.com.sg TWO days after the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) slapped a court order on a defiant holiday resale firm, the firm extended an olive branch by proposing to settle the matter out of
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon APPEAL FOR EYEWITNESSES
        78 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Police have identified the body of a man found float- ing in the Singapore River near Boat Quay on Monday. He has been identified as 22-year-old Khawar Abbas Shah (picture), a Pakistani studying in Singapore. He was believed to have suffered from polio and walked
        — CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  78 words
      • Article
        Lock icon AIR QUALITY BETTER
        69 8 -938UVE Singapore's air quality is inching nearer to the "good" range. The 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index reading as at 4pm yester- day had dropped to 52 from Tuesday's 62. Hazy conditions are likely to continue over the next few days as dry weather in southern Sumatra is
        -938UVE  -  69 words
    • Article
      AMK's big bang
      294 8  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@media corp.com.sg RESIDENTS at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4 were literally awakened with a bang yesterday morning when a loud explosion was reported at the car park near Block 163. Mr Ang Kuan Chang was opening his Traditional Chinese medicine shop, about 40m away from the
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    • Article
      58 cases of Internet fraud reported in S'pore last year
      162 8  -  -ASHRAFSAFDAR SINGAPORE'S active cyber community saw 58 users fall prey to Internet fraud last year. These reported cases consist mostly of cheating, crimes related to e-commerce, and credit card fraud, said Mr Andy Tan, a member of the IT committee
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    • Article
      More support sought for the 'poorer cousins' of RCs
      247 10  -  LEE U WEN MOST people are familiar with Resident's Committees (RC), which serve those who live in public housing. But while Neighbourhood Committees (NC) which serve residents of private estates do almost the same work, they do not get any funding
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      Lock icon Love Airways gets clearance to take off
      501 10  -  GRACE YAP Spores first adult magazine is set to raise temperatures grace@media corp.com.sg WITH the unusual name of Love Airways, Singapore's first adult edutainment magazine is set to hit the newsstands on Oct22. Filled with sex-related material by contributors ranging from a cosmetic
      KOH MUI FONG  -  501 words
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      245 10 I-Weekly WFm best or m^ .ftfillltfnfi Hona Kona MMSMB&mm^Mm Pantacu onrift _^f al iiaov £\J\j\j i g- ---jj|- pp.,,, Anniversary, we're organising 4*:'jjt. Wrmttw -^lii'Ti O Shop 'til you drop at Ladies' Market. 1111 »7il «I^B Q 1 -night cruise experience on-board SuperStar Pisces. FTCTfT^B 0 Enjoy the spectacular Symphony
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Filling his Cabinet
      336 12 New Thai PM gets to work on selecting ministers, will reveal line-up next week BANGKOK Thailand's new Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont, a former army chief installed by coup leaders, was building his Cabinet yesterday as he picked his economic team and worked towards filling other ministries. Gen
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      Lock icon Iran opens nuclear facilities to tourists
      161 12 —AFP -AP TEHRAN Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered the authorities to open the doors of Iran's nuclear facilities to foreign tourists in order to prove its disputed nuclear programme has been peaceful, state-run television reported yesterday. "After an order by the President... foreign
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      Lock icon Blast allegations test Pakistan's sincerity
      246 12 —AFP NEW DELHI Pakistan has to prove it is sincere about working with India to counter terrorism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned after police accused Islamabad of plotting blasts that killed 186 commuters in India's financial capital Mumbai. "Pakistan will have to walk the talk,"
      —AFP  -  246 words
    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon CAMBODIAN EX-POLICE CHIEF ARRESTED IN MALAYSIA
        123 12 —AFP Malaysian police have arrested a fugitive Cambodian ex-police chief who fled murder charges and has been in hiding. Deputy Internal Security Minister Mohamad Johari Baharum said yesterday. Heng Povwas convicted in Cambodia in connection with the 2003 murder of a judge and sentenced
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      • Article
        MORE COPS, PATROL CARS FOR JOHOR
        99 12 Johor Baru's high crime rate will be tackled under the 9th Malaysia Plan, which will allocate the highest number of policemen and patrol cars to the state. The Star reported. Internal Security Deputy Minister Mohd Johari Baharom said more police stations and police beat
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        Lock icon AMERICAN WINS THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR CHEMISTRY
        148 12 -AFP American Roger Kornberg (picture) won the 2006 Nobel Chemistry Prize yesterday for exploring a key process of life called gene transcription, taking further Nobel prize-winning work done by his father. The 59-year-old received the distinction "for his fundamental studies concerning how the
        -AFP; AP  -  148 words
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      Lock icon Singapore explains comments to Indonesia
      353 13 —AFP City-state acknowledges 'positive situation' of minorities, does not want to interfere, says official JAKARTA Singapore has explained to Indonesia comments made by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew on Jakarta's treatment of its ethnic Chinese. Indonesia summoned Singapore's ambassador last week to seek clarification of
      —AFP; EPA  -  353 words
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      M'sia FM reacts to LKY comments
      271 13 PUTRAJAYA Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar noted yesterday that while Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew had said "sorry" for causing "discomfort" to Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, he did not regret the remarks he made about Malaysian Chinese being marginalised. "These are two
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      Lock icon An EU that's not that liberating
      462 14  -  NG HUN WEI Czech leader cautions against hasty integration of regional states hunwei@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE some have hailed the European Union (EU) as one of Europe's greatest political achievements, Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus told an audience here yesterday that the process of integration could
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      Lock icon Report says IRA dismantling, abandoning terrorism
      230 14 -AFP BELFAST A watchdog monitoring disarmament in Northern Ireland said on Tuesday the Irish Republican Army (IRA) is abandoning terrorism, fuelling hopes for a deal to revive power-sharing government in the province. The Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) said that the IRA is "now firmly
      -AFP  -  230 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Why Amish schoolgirls' killer did what he did ...
      396 15 Why Amish schoolgirls' killer did what he did —AFP He was haunted by past, dreamed of abusing children again, and was 'angry with God', say police NICKEL MINES (Pennsylvania) The truck driver who slaughtered five Amish schoolgirls in this United States farm town intended to molest them first and confessed
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      Lock icon Congressman was 'abused by clergy'
      299 15 —AGENCIES WASHINGTON Lawyers acting for Mr Mark Foley, the Republican congressman who resigned after it was revealed he had sent sexually charged emails to teenage boys, said that the politician had been abused by a member of the clergy as a teenager. No details of
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      Lock icon HK election won't be a one-horse race
      281 17 AGENCIES Barrister steps forward to challenge Tsang in the name of democracy HONG KONG A pro-democracy lawmaker and barrister from Hong Kong is set to challenge Beijingbacked political leader Donald Tsang in next year's leadership race, his political party said yesterday. Mr Alan
      – AGENCIES; AFP  -  281 words
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      Lock icon Russia seeks UN help to get Georgia to withdraw troops
      338 17 -AFP UNITED NATIONS Russia has sought help from the United Nations Security Council to get Georgia to withdraw its forces from an area near the breakaway province of Abkhazia amid heightened tensions between Moscow and Tbilisi. On Tuesday, Russian envoy
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  • Voices
    • First 'discounts', then, spiralling rates
      • Letter
        Housing loan rate increased four times within a year
        235 18  -  ANGEUNE LEE Letter from WITH reference to Mr Scow Chee Bin's letter, "A loan in whose interest?" (Oct 4), I've had a similar experience. I signed a housing loan package conversion with a bank last year. The interest rate for the
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        MAS must stop or regulate practice of multiple rates
        253 18  -  DEEPAK GURNANI Letter from AS A victim of multiple board rates for banks housing loans (or should I say, my "personalised board rate"), I could not agree more with the writer. However, what amazes me is the silence on the part
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        OFFENDING DEEPAVALI BANNERS TO BE REPLACED
        103 18  -  MUHAMMAD ROSTAM BIN UMAR: Director, Communications Singapore Tourism Board I refer to the letter, "Little India Deepavali banners culturally inappropriate" (Oct 2) by Mr Ramchand Ramesh, on the illustrations used on Deepavali street banners. The actual image depicted a girl holding two lamps with
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        ISSUE ADVISORY ON DEALING WITH HAZE
        127 18  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG: For the past week, the haze has obscured the skyline. The pollutants are unhealthy. Some people are experiencing dry cough and itchy eyes while others are vulnerable to an asthmatic attack. What puzzles me is that given the dust and
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    • Letter
      Giro's 8-week wait
      119 19  -  DENIS DISTANT Letter from THE use of Giro to effect periodic payments should not only be encouraged, but also be made cost-effective and convenient to benefit both the company receiving payments and its clients. Why, then, does it take six to eight weeks to set up a
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    • Letter
      Will they defend S'pore?
      290 19  -  LEONG SZE HIAN About 30% of Permanent Residents who do NS holding on to their foreign passports Letter from I REFER to media reports about more sons of foreigners who have moved to Singapore opting to do National Service (NS). The authorities say that since the
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    • Letter
      A lifetime here and still no roots
      361 19  -  DRTANCHEKWEE Letter from AH KUM (not her real name) is in her 70s. Once every two months, she cycles about one kilometre to see me at the clinic for management of her hypertension. During the last review a few weeks ago, there was
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      261 20  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY ASF A DO NO HARM We're continuing our discussion this week about children who are at greater risk of social ridicule; those who, because of the way they look, or because of some striking characteristic, are likely to be abused by other
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    • Letter
      Power of freedom
      279 20  -  MICHAEL READING Liberalising natural gas sector will mean savings for electricity consumers Letter from Director, Island Power Singapore WE REFER to the letter by Mr Lim Boon Hee, "Are $80-$ lOO utility bills possible for 4-, 5-rm homes?" (Sept 29). In recent years, Singapore has opened up
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    • Letter
      HSA must banish trans fats
      281 20  -  HENG CHO CHOON Letter from MR RICHARD Seah's article "We know fat lot about trans fats" (Oct 3) should sound alarm bells in the minds of readers who were blissfully ignorant about the dangers of trans fats in common items like margarine and pastries. In
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      serveusright WTTHIN REASON
      599 21  -  LIANG DINGZI IF YOU want to hear stories about "unreasonable" customers, talk to taxi drivers. For every complaint about rude cabbies, they will tell you stories about passengers who refuse to co-operate when asked if a certain route is acceptable but accuse them of cheating when they
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    • Letter
      I said thanks – now my table gets cleaned first
      211 21  - I said thanks now my table gets cleaned first SIEWNGUNGCHIA Letter from I REFER to the commentary "No extra mile without the power" by Liang Dingzi (Sept 28). I agree that empowerment can help to improve the quality of customer service. But that aside, we can still elicit excellent service
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    • Letter
      Building ramps on the Web
      472 22  -  LEO CHEN lAN For the disabled, access to e-contentisasvital as friendly physical structures Letter from President, Disabled People's Association WITH Enable (Engaging Persons with Disabilities in Employment), more companies are taking the forward step of tapping into the $520,000 fund to modify their workplaces to
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    • Letter
      Great spin-offs from being arbitration hub
      230 22  -  STEVEKNGO Letter from Deputy Secretary-General Western Australian Institute of Dispute Management I REFER TO the article "Opening up arbitration" (Oct 4). I applaud the Government's most perceptive initiative. While arbitration is not fully understood by most Singaporeans, it is actually a very integral aspect
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      Attempt to rejoin society was curtailed at the bank
      140 22  -  LINUS WANG Letterfrom I REFER to the letter "Pin Yellow Ribbon on civil service first" (Oct 4). I have a friend who served time for "aiding and abetting" a financial mismanagement case at a national sports federation here. When he rejoined
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      72 18 TALKBACK ON RADIO More marriages are breaking down are globalisation, work pressure and the search for personal fulfilment to blame? There's more than meets the eye to being a stay-at-home mum do you agree? Tune in to 938Live's Talkbackfrom 8.15 am to 8.45 am tomorrow for a debate on issues
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  • Businesstoday
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      SG eyes commodity warrants first-mover spot
      357 24  -  —VALERIE LAW I SOCIETE Generale (SG), one of the leading warrant issuers in Singapore, plans to list the first commodity-linked warrant on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). Without disclosing a specific time-frame, Mr Edmond Lee, senior vice-president of equity derivatives at SG hopes that this
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      marketbuzz
      185 24 SMASHING CHILDREN'S DAY AT CARREFOUR CHILDREN'S Day was celebrated at Carrefour Suntec City and Plaza Singapura last Saturday in a novel way. Kids needed to simply sing any sailingthemed song, such as Row Row Row Your Boatand I'm Popeye the Sailor Man, among others, in exchange for a free
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      Airbus confirms further A380 delay
      528 24  -  TORCHING LI First delivery to Singapore Airlines expected in Oct 2007 chingli@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) will be the first to fly the A3BO plane in October next year instead of December this year. This 10-month delay is the third in a row for the
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      Lock icon Pontiac, West Paces form joint venture to build and operate hotels in Asia
      240 25 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE'S Pontiac Land Group plans to build three more hotels in the next five years in Asia as it forms an equal joint venture with West Paces Hotel Group of the United States. Atlanta-based West Paces,
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    • marketwatch
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        ST Index — 2,602.92 +9.65
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        166 25 Dow Jones A SLIDE in oil prices and the record-setting rally in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Tuesday drove blue chips in Singapore higher yesterday. (See Page 27 for report on oil prices and Page 26 for report on the rally in the Dow.) The benchmark ST Index
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        283 26 BLOOMBERG HEWLETT-Packard (HP) paid private investigators more than U*****,000 ($515,900) to spy on directors and reporters in a probe that eventually cost chairwoman Patricia Dunn her job. Surveillance, including a sting operation and digging through trash, was the most expensive
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        471 26 —AFP Indications of 'soft landing' for economy NEW YORK Wall Street's blue chips vaulted to record highs for a second straight day as the latest data and comments from Fed chief Ben Bernanke bolstered the notion of a "soft landing" for the
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        513 27 BLOOMBERG AIRBUS' parent company pledged to "radically" overhaul the plane maker and investigate managers as delays to deliveries of the A3BO jet slice 4.8 billion euros ($9.7 billion) from earnings through 2010. European Aeronautic, Defence Space Co co-chief executive officer Tom Enders promised
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        208 27 -AFP CRUDE oil prices fell further in Asian trade yesterday, hitting levels last seen in mid-February on the view that the market is more than well-supplied going into the Northern hemisphere winter, dealers said. According to the dealers, participants also did not
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      93 28 H Kirei Kirei I *kf*kf I Guide 1: I I Thorough Hand Washing I Kirei Kirei in Japanese means 'Clean Clean. Kirei Kirei Family Medicated Foaming Hand Soap dispenses soft, creamy foam with anti-bacteria and antiseptic ingredients when pressed. It stays on children's hands and allow them to clean all
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      368 30 FIRST to Malaysia, then to Vietnam. After a successful first season run in Malaysia, MediaCorp Studio's Project Superstar format has now been snapped up by a Vietnamese broadcaster. Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV) will apply the Project Superstar format to its Ngoi Sao
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      542 31  -  ZUL OTHMAN Canadian crooner Matt Dusk places his own stamp on jazz standards zul@mediacorp.com.sg FOR velvet-voiced crooner Matt Dusk, comparisons to fellow troubador Michael Buble are inevitable. After all, both singers hail from Canada and have a fondness for singing in the fashion of American
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      244 32  -  -JEANINETAN BOOKREVIEW Michael Morpurgo AWARD-WINNING children's writer Michael Morpurgo's latest is a delightful collection of short stories and essays that would please any reader whether they're eight or 80. The magic of Morpurgo's writing is in the way he offers an incisive look at how children
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      313 32 -AFP FRANKFURT The world's biggest book fair opens with Indian authors taking centrestage and a scheme to protect writers' copyrights from Internet piracy creating a buzz. The 58th Frankfurt Book Fair brings together publishers from more than 100 countries and spotlights India this year as
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        45 33  -  PEARLYN THAM B^nHH9HH^nPfP BB Hj|R SB DBS 3953 HSil ii HjJUßwi BHSHP |||jgiilßgjj||||j|J3 IPMBfiBBI KHBlfislißi JHHfflliifiW ■i^HßiinßH RfwHWißlisilpyßiiiH US fashion brand planning 30 stores in Singapore and Malaysia STALKING INTO STORE: Gap's first local store will open next Sunday atVivoCity.
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        246 33  -  -SERENE HUANG THE secret of youthful looks comes at a price $450, to be exact. Secret de Vie (picture), Lancome's latest product, is a dream cream that promises to revive and invigorate all types of skin, for women of all ages.
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          85 33 Japanese cosmetics brand Fasio is using pretty K-pop singer BoA as the face of its new Power-Stay Mascara 3D+ Air Tech (Curl Volume). The mascara, which is formulated with hollow air powder particles, creates thick, curly lashes without any of the usual heaviness. It comes in
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          142 33 Keeping a pulse on the latest hairdos (and don'ts) is a must for all hairstylists. Schwarzkopf Professional aims to make their job easier with Essential Looks Autumn Winter 2006/2007 Fusion Collection a guide to the latest trends in colouring, styling and cutting. Targeted at all
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        318 35  -  ■gjESgama Edmund Chen,Xiang Yun check out the thrills of Gold Coast and the Outback FIVE hundred varieties of fruit from Asia to the Amazon. Star couple Edmund Chen and Xiang Yun had never seen so many I types of tropical fruit in one place I until
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        768 36  -  ADELINE ANG Budapest, a city divided by the mighty Danube, Inasmuch to offer visitors traveller@newstoday.com.sg IT IS hard to ignore the mighty Danube when you are in Hungary. After all, the river flows right through the centre of its capital. In 1873, Budapest became a
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        418 38 SPECIAL DIRECT FLIGHTS TO UDON THANI UDON Thani, situated in the highlands, offers a quiet respite from the hustle and bustle of Bangkok, some 564 km away. This north-eastern province is the cradle of Thai civilisation and houses the archeological ruins of Ban Chiang, a pre-historic Bronze Age site.
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        478 40  -  MICHAEL JANOFSKY NYT Ancient city of Petra in Jordan still dazzles after all these years NO MATTER what you know about Petra the Jordanian historical site famous for its deep pink rock facades nothing quite prepares you for the experience of seeing it for real. There
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      302 38 Hotels Resorts d|Bp 3rd Night Stay Tloman Island odws/2 Nights) Redang Island can ays /2Nigws) Coach Ferry Inclusive Air-lndusive Coach Ferry Inclusive Air-Inclusive ss2lB torass3sB romss3lB frass4lB Twin Share Twin Share Twin Share Twin Share ttov&period till 31/10/2006 'ilerms conditions apply Kamadhan Special, fi^ one niot (room cntiy),from 3W) till
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      107 39 Ba IMI /I .SMiy l Terms Conditions: Fares shown are per person for a round-trip travel out of Singapore between 30 Oct to 31 Dec 06 Tickets must be issued within 5 days upon confirmation of booking or by 15 Nov 06 whichever is earlier Stopover in Bangkok not permitted
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      374 40 In c w—nmnrirnnnJ An Unforgettable Farm and Wine Experience at NORTHEASTERN THAILAND I-San! A fun-filled holiday for the whole family! 5 Days from only c £f^ Q iff I Package includes: I Return economy airfare to Bangkok on Thai Airways Sirffi^ift International. 2 nights accommodation at Sima Tnani Hotel (Korat]
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      1779 41 IT]|~| COFFEETALKAND VARIETY CHILD OF OUR TIME 2006 ARTS INCORPORATED HAWKER WOKS 111 My Stay Guide Ha PP|ness Media Management This is the sixth A v j v jMm, Moving on from the I „< p r „f I At the last stop in our search for businesses with a
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      543 42 IYoOßnOßOSßOpEroßl^n^ugeni^ist^^^^ ARIES (March 21 -April 19) LIBRA (Sept 23 Oct 22) ■JIJB You may not be thinking practically but you You can make a move that will lead to a bet\wM will pull things off by being determined and W't^ ter future. Don't be so afraid of change or refusing
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      160 42 HELPLINE EMERGENCY LINES City Gas (to report gas supply 1800-752-1800 interruption, low pressure and leakage) Civil Defence (Fire Emergency Ambulance) 995 Non-emergency ambulance 1777 Police 999 Police hotline 1800-255-0000 SP Power Grid 1800-778-8888/ (to report power failure) 6778-8888 Traffic Police 6547-1818 Water Supply 1800-284-6600 HELPLINES —GENERAL Samaritans of Singapore 1800-221-4444
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      487 43 -AP MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS New York Yankees 8 Detroit 4 NEW YORK In the New York Yankees' modern-day Murderers' Row, one player always stands out Derek Jeter. The Yankees captain tied the post-season record for hits, going s-for-5 with two doubles and a home run
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      248 43 -AFP NEW DELHI The Indian media yesterday predicted the end of Sourav Ganguly's (picture) cricket career, after the former captain failed miserably in a trial one-day series. The left-hander, making a lastditch attempt to regain his place in the Indian team, made 24 and three
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      451 44 —AFP Symonds says their car is just a little better than the Ferrari FORMULA 1 Japanese Grand Prix SUZUKA, Japan Defending Formula 1 constructors world champions Renault are convinced they can still upset Ferrari's momentum, win the Japanese Grand Prix and help Fernando Alonso beat Michael Schumacher
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      253 44 —AFP LONDON David Beckham's spokesman yesterday dismissed a claim made by Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon that the former England captain will quit in two years. "As far as I know he has decided to retire in two years' time," Calderon told BBC
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      535 45 -AFP England boss preaches flexibility, and demands intelligent footballers LONDON Conscious that a perceived lack of tactical flexibility was one of the sticks used to beat his predecessor Sven-Goran Eriksson, Steve McClaren insisted yesterday he was ready to shake up England's formation on the road to
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      336 45 —AFP LONDON Luton manager Mike Newell insisted yesterday that the 39 transfers being scrutinised amid claims of illegal transfer payments are just the tip of the iceberg. Newell, whose initial claims in January prompted Lord John Stevens' current investigation into bungs in the Premier League,
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      120 45 -AFP PARIS France manager Raymond Domenech went on the defensive after being accused of lacking courtesy by Lyon's Gerard Houllier. Eight of Houllier's French champions figure in Domenech's squad for the Euro 2008 qualifiers against Scotland on Saturday and the Faroe Islands four days
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      209 43 WEATHERTODAI Amsterdam 6/15 C rainy Los Angeles 15/21 C partly cloudy q. Auckland 05/15 C windy Manila 25/32 C thunderstorm OingapOre Bali 23/31 C partly cloudy Melbourne 12/20 C showers 25/32 C BS Begawan 25/33 C thunderstorm New Delhi 20/35 C hazy Bangkok 2931 C thunderstorm New York W2OC slight
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