Today, 18 October 2006

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    13 1 TODAY /A=£>JJ\CORP share your free newspaper MICA(P) 192/07/2006 Wednesday October 18, 2006 todayonline.com
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    S2006 a success, no matter what foreign media said: PM Lee
    391 1  -  TORCHING LI chingli@media corp.com.sg SINGAPOREANS should not be discouraged by the negative coverage mainly from the foreign media on the International Monetary Fund (IMF)-World Bank meetings held here last month. At an appreciation event for some 2,700 IMF-World Bank
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    Lock icon Not always there for you, baby
    722 1  -  TAN HUI LENG Children need a consistent caregiver, or they run greater risk of mental problems: Survey huileng@mediacorp.com.sg A PIECE of granny's wisdom has just got some scientific backing: When a child's growing up, nothing quite beats a parent being around. For many households,
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      Lock icon N Korea defiantly planning second test?
      525 2 AFP —AP Satellite images show signs of activity at site of first explosion SEOUL North Korea may be preparing to conduct a second nuclear explosion, said South Korean and United States officials yesterday. They were commenting on a US television news report that American
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      Bush signs Bill legalising CIA prisons
      205 2 —AFP WASHINGTON United States President George W Bush yesterday signed a controversial law legalising secret CIA prisons, harsh interrogation practices and military trials as weapons against suspected terrorists. "It is a rare occasion when a president can sign a Bill he knows will save
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      Couple who planned to send daughters to 'fairyland' plead mental illness
      351 3  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@media corp.com.sg AFTER being told that they would go to a "fairyland", two girls were each fed 120 sleeping pills by their Singaporean parents. But when the younger girl began having fits, her parents panicked and
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      PROTECT, DON'T STIFLE
      860 3  -  SIEWKUMHONG Laws safeguarding intellectual property should not obstruct the creation of new ideas I HAVE always thought that the policy discourse on intellectual property (IP) law in Singapore was dominated by rights owners, to the nearexclusion of other stakeholders. So it was gladdening to note the Chief
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      18 2 RAMADAN I FAST TIMES today: k break of fast m^ a% tomorrow: start of fast v mf vi
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      149 3 Midweek Madness! •3&« sraiSjj travel between 1 November an d 30 November 2006. npjj IFv//^ y f i /^i F^)P visit 20 selected Sing Post mtt(M9M) offices (check website for iW^JIJifl Vh Y/lM locations). Ca********** or W m 1 1 1T fAr i I 17 *7 t"^'J'J W Mil I
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  • singapore news
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      25 more in download net
      463 4 Police to conduct probe into new cases of illegal file-sharing THE Recording Industry Association of Singapore (Rias) has reported 25 new cases of illegal music file-sharing to the Criminal Investigation Department, days after police raided the homes of seven alleged culprits. Rias announced this latest
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      Biomed scientists come from afar – but on local pay: Survey
      284 4 Biomed scientists come from afar but on local pay: Survey THEY may make up 53 per cent of the biomedical research scientists in Singapore but about two-thirds of these foreigners are being paid on local, not expatriate, terms. And they accept this because for scientists from less-developed countries, a local
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon DECOMPOSED BODY FOUND NEAR ACS BARKER
        119 6 -938 LIVE A BADLY decomposed body has been found in the bushes under the overhead bridge opposite ACS Barker at Dunearn Road. The bushes were by the canal dividing Bukit Timah Road and Dunearn Road, about 100 metres away from the junction with Balmoral
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        Lock icon PROSECUTION WANTS MORE TIME FOR 2-YEAR-OLD'S MURDER CASE
        102 6 -938UVE THE prosecution has asked for more time to process charges against a man accused of killing his two-year-old stepdaughter. It said investigations into the case, which included an autopsy report, have just been completed and it would need a month to
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        Lock icon NEW SKILLS SYSTEM TO REPLACE BEST, WISE SCHEMES FOR WORKERS
        111 6 -93BLIVE THE Workforce Development Agency is replacing two of its educational programmes with the Singapore Employability Skills System (ESS) by 2009. The agency says the ESS will have a more comprehensive coverage of foundational skills for workers than current programmes.
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        Lock icon $1M SUIT AGAINST CONSTRUCTION FIRM OVER DEAD AROWANA FISH
        92 6 -938 LIVE A TRIAL over compensation for the death of 42 prized fish began in the High Court yesterday. OTF Aquarium Farm is suing Lian Shing Construction for some $1 million. The fish farm claims the construction firm was negligent in
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      Kerzner's sweet deal
      477 6  -  JASMINE YIN Bid promises jobs for 8,000, gourmet food at Atlantis jasmine@media corp.com.sg NINE renowned chefs such as Joel Robuchon and Nobu Matsuhisa will run the kitchens at Atlantis Sentosa, if Kerzner International wins the bid to develop Singapore's second integrated resort (IR). These chefs, who include
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      More style and comfort on SIA flights
      268 6  -  LEONGWEEKEAT PASSENGERS on long-haul flights on board Singapore Airlines (SIA) will soon be travelling in better style and comfort after the carrier unveiled its "most important and comprehensive" cabin upgrade yesterday. Besides offering extra legroom of scm, economy class seats will be equipped
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      Lock icon The grey outdoors
      351 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Schools cope with the effects of haze on sports training, outdoor activities OUTDOOR activities in most schools are being cut back as the haze continues to hover around the moderate to unhealthy levels. For some schools, it means thinking harder when it comes to planning
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      Lock icon AIR'S BETTER AT THE ZOO, BUT ...
      152 8 AIR'S BETTER AT THE ZOO, BUT -CHANNEL NEWSASIA Zookeepers in Singapore have been closely monitoring the animals under their charge. So far, none of the 3,000 animals have had to be treated for eye infections or haze-related respiratory illnesses. The number of visitors to the Singapore Zoo has also not
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      Poly students, staff go green
      364 8  -  LEE U WEN THE annual Clean and Green Week is only taking place next month, but the students and staff of Republic Polytechnic (RP) are already embracing the event in a big way. Roped in by the National Environment Agency (NEA) as a new partner
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      Lock icon An Asian giant enters ...
      727 10  - An Asian giant enters FAWZIAH SELAMAT Jakarta has lofty plans after being picked for the UN Security Council fawziah@media corp.com.sg UNITED NATIONS After winning Asia's non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, Indonesia has vowed to use the position to push for Middle East peace and urge North Korea
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon TWO METRO TRAINS COLLIDE IN ITALY
        76 10 ■AFP A young woman died and scores of people were injured, five seriously, when a Rome metro train smashed into the back of another one that had halted in a station yesterday morning, police and rescue workers said. The crash, believed to be the
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        Lock icon LONGER STAY FOR THAI GOVERNMENT
        66 10 -AFP Thailand's military-installed government may not be able to hand over power to an elected leadership within the one year promised by the generals who staged last month's coup, said Mr Thirapat Sereerangsan, the minister to the prime minister's office. The government could stay on
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        Lock icon INDIAN VILLAGE GOES PINK TO LIFT SPIRITS
        75 10 -AFP Residents of a depressed eastern Indian town are painting it pink in a bid to boost morale and cut crime. Aurangabad in India's Bihar state is a hotbed of Maoist rebel activity and has suffered from killings, extortion, kidnapping and inter-caste wars.
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        Lock icon TURKISH PM FAINTS BUT NO DANGER
        65 10 ■AP Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was rushed to hospital yesterday after fainting while keeping the Muslim fast during Ramadhan, but doctors said there was no need for concern. Mr Erdogan, 52, had been due to address members of his ruling centre-right AX Party
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      Lock icon UN recommends investigation of former Timor PM Alkatiri
      262 12 -AGENCIES DILI A United Nations inquiry into this year's violence in Timor Leste found yesterday that former Premier Mari Alkatiri failed to prevent weapons falling into the hands of civilians and should be criminally investigated. A statement announcing the report's findings said
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      Lock icon Deeparaya 'wrong'
      460 12 -AFP Muslim cleric condemns merging of festivals KUALA LUMPUR A top Muslim cleric has condemned as blasphemous the melding of celebrations for the major Muslim and Hindu festivals which fall close together this month in multi-cultural Malaysia. Deepavali, the Hindu festival of lights, is being held three days
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        Lock icon DEMOCRACY 'ROAD MAP' FOR HK?
        72 14 DPA Chinese President Hu Jintao might set out a schedule for greater democracy in Hong Kong when he pays his first visit to the city next year. The South China Morning Post reported yesterday. Mr Hu was expected to deliver a landmark speech in July
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        Lock icon A GAME OF POOR TASTE
        88 14 -AFP The Australian state of New South Wales is battling to ban a new Monopoly-style board game glorifying the country's worst race riots that erupted on Sydney's beaches last December. The game, called "Cronulla 2230", celebrates "all those who had the guts to come along
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        Lock icon MALAYSIA DEPLOYS 'CHICKEN GUARDS'
        56 14 AFP Malaysia has deployed "chicken guards" to prevent bird flu from entering Sabah state on Borneo island. The New Straits Times reported. The flock is being housed in a shed, which allows wild birds to mingle with the poultry, it said. Experts will monitor the chickens
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      Lock icon Sri Lanka retaliates
      471 14 -AFP Air force jets bomb rebel base after suicide bombing of Navy convoy COLOMBO Sri Lankan jets yesterday pounded Tamil Tiger areas in the wake of the rebels' deadliest suicide bombing ever in escalating fighting that analysts said was a sign neither side in the brutal ethnic
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      Lock icon Name change for China's Olympic mascots
      274 16 BEIJING China's Olympic committee has changed the English name of its 2008 Olympics mascots following complaints that the original one was misleading, newspapers reported. The five mascots, originally called the Five Friendlies, are now known as Fuwa, which is a phonetic translation of their
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      Lock icon Two terror suspects escape surveillance
      389 16 -AFP UK's interior ministry reassures public, says it may tighten current measures LONDON Two men suspected of being international terrorists and subjected to close surveillance in Britain have escaped, according to reports from the BBC and the country's domestic Press Association. The two suspects had
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    • this quirky world
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        GAY ROMPS IN ANIMAL KINGDOM
        95 16 The birds and the bees may be gay, according to the world's first museum exhibition about animals' homosexuality. The Shanghai Daily reported. With documentation of gay or lesbian behaviour among giraffes, penguins, parrots, beetles, whales and dozens of other creatures, the Oslo Natural History Museum
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        Lock icon FEELING CONSTIPATED? TRY THIS ...
        73 16 FEELING CONSTIPATED? TRY THIS -AFP Malaysian police fed spicy curry to a suspected Zambian drug-smuggler to hasten the appearance of a bellyful of heroin that he allegedly swallowed in an attempt to smuggle it in from Myanmar, reported The New Straits Times. The report said the 27-year-old was given a
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      154 10 MA JT Together S\ 1 Let's Keep I Food J-J f^A M"^ms!»" WASH AND KEEP CLEAN A Germs can be found everywhere, in our environment, on our hands, m cleaning cloths, utensils and food. m Consuming food contaminated with m these germs can cause food poisoning. m We can prevent
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      215 16 be in touch with science. H"' t wg provide the means, you the imagination. iciences institutes BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES INSTITUTES (BMSI) The Biological Resource Centre (BRC) is a significant biomedical facility at Biopolis in the Buona Vista vicinity. We are seeking self-motivated individuals to fill the following position: LABORATORY ASSISTANT Ref:
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    • Pansies won't make us bloom
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        Teens forced maid to clear their soiled sanitary pads
        303 20  -  HASUNDASHAMSUDIN Letter from I READ with interest Frances Ong's "It's the maid's job!" (Oct 17). I am not surprised at her accounts of how our children are leaving everything to the maid flushing the toilet, turning off the tap, and so
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        Time to take responsibility for our own offspring
        156 20  -  QUEKMENG-CHONG Letter from IT IS a sad state of affairs when, in the race to be a First World nation, we forget that the important things in life are not measured in dollars and cents. Let's not bring up the usual arguments
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        Get children used to working from an early age
        138 20  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from YOUNG people should be accustomed to physical labour from the first years, or they could turn into a generation expecting so- ciety to provide them with more than they themselves are ready to contribute. Doing
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        On reining in the kids and losing the household reins
        157 20  -  LEE YIN MAY Letter from IT IS no wonder that some maids are not allowed any days off, if they have to be there to flush the toilets or turn off taps left running! I have heard from maids that
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      Damn not this Village
      359 22  -  EUGENE TAN YING SAN With more publicity, Artists Village can be a success Letter from I REFER to your article, "An empty Village" (Oct 16). It is true that some artists will always take the side of art in the tussle with Mammon, just as some
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      Why not a third world-class IR to liven up Punggol 21 or Jurong West?
      267 24  -  LIMBOONHEE Letter from IF TINY Macau can have room for dozens of mega hotel-casino-theme park style resorts like The Venetian, Wynn and MGM, Singapore too can do some out-of-the-box thinking and have a winwin situation. After
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      Tunnel vision
      403 24  -  CHAN CHIN KEONG Public areas should have underground barrier-free network Letter from I REFER to plans by the Building and Construction Authority to implement barrier-free access route plans for new buildings at the planning stage. It's good that it is taking the initiative to do so. The regulation
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      sayagain
      67 24 As long as one's feet are on the road, one's life is in danger because impatience is a common virtue among drivers here. If s amazing to see pedestrians cross while engrossed in SMS-ing or chatting, like it is "their grandfather's road". This is sheer stupidity. Tan Chek Wee,
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      279 26  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY ROCKETS THAT WON'T FIRE Here's a question from a 20-year-old man who said: "I have no idea what to do with my life. I feel like a rocket sitting on a launching pad that just isn't going anywhere. How can I get
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    • Life sciences – the future's good
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        Many grads do have bright job prospects, in or out of the lab
        440 26  -  CHAN SOCK HOAI TIONGCHITZE Letter from and WE REFER to your article "The life sciences conundrum" (Oct 9). We are fourth-year undergraduate students at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) School of Biological Sciences, expecting to graduate with
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        As industry grows, so does number of jobs for non-PhDs
        477 26  -  DR ANDREW P LUCY Letter from Director, MDIS School of Life Sciences Management Development Institute of Singapore OVER the next five years, the Singapore Government intends to invest some $15 billion in research and create between 15,000 and 30,000 jobs
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      The cost of the death penalty
      186 27  -  YUENXIANGHAO IN "THE high cost of life imprisonment" (Oct 17), Mr Goh Kian Huat makes the case that while life imprisonment in the United States costs about $1.28 million (US$805,000) per person, the death penalty costs US$2 million more due to legal processes, and
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        FREE BUS RIDES IF EZ-LINK IS DOWN?
        112 27  -  DAVID KWOKNG KAN: I refer to the letter, "Do not penalise commuters for ez-link flaws" (Oct 16). The correct thing for the bus companies to do is to give free rides to commuters if there is a failure of the ez-link system. This
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        NO SHAME IN BEING MISTAKEN FOR A MAID
        119 27  -  RICA P FALLE: I refer to Ms Gina Olivares-Jocson's letter, "Excuse me, are you a 'working'gal?" (Oct 11). As a Filipino, I feel sad about the impression that Filipinos abroad are just construction workers, caregivers or "stupid" maids. But as a maid,
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      462 30  -  CHRISTIE LOH Long-serving director not re-elected; did recent shareholder Lippo play a part in his exit? christie@media corp.com.sg SHAREHOLDERS of Robinson and Company have eased out Mr Michael Wong Pakshong, non-executive chairman and one of the longest serving directors of the department store operator. Replacing him
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      240 30  -  CHRISTIE LOH FANCY Sichuan pepper chocolates with a spot of Chinese tea? Healthcare provider Eu Van Sang International is hoping consumers will lap up such East-meets-West offerings at its lifestyle concept store, due to open in Vivo City early next month. Touted as a world's first,
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        394 32 BLOOMBERG The step is necessary to avoid trading restrictions on the stock TEMASEK Holdings must sell part of its stake in Thailand's Shin Corp by April to avoid having trading restrictions imposed on the stock. Under Thai rules, 15 per cent of
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        180 32 -DOW JONES ASCENDAS Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) said its distribution per unit (DPU) rose 9 per cent in the fiscal second quarter helped by rents from recently acquired properties. The Singapore industrial property landlord posted a DPU of 3.16 cents for the quarter ended Sept
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          118 33 -DOW JONES HIGHER oil prices and a belief that the Singapore stock market had over-extended its rally dragged the benchmark index to a lower close yesterday, with traders saying that it might need to fall further before buyers can regain the upper hand. The ST Index closed down 31.85
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          36 33 us$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.6315 0.3392 75.165 4.9142 2.3260 0.5039 5807.5 23.642 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NT$ 31.573 0.8377 28.692 603.32 0.7184 4.9947 0.9574 20.984
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          20 33 Gold US$/oz Silver US$/oz Platinum US$/oz 598.50 11.91 1,091.30 Rubber cents/kg Palm oil RM/tonne Brant USS/barrel 301.25 1,520.50 61.66
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        361 33 -DOW JONES 4.6-per-centmonth-on-month expansion in September SINGAPORE'S mainstay exports accelerated slightly last month, lifted by a jump in Pharmaceuticals and a modest but likely sustainable performance in the tech sector. Non-oil domestic exports expanded 4.6 per cent last month from August in seasonally adjusted terms,
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        293 34  -  VALERIE LAW but most think they have insufficient funds to last beyond 12 months: Poll valerie@media corp.com.sg ALTHOUGH Singaporeans are among the most well-insured people in the region, a significant number of people want additional coverage for critical illness and income protection, a survey commissioned by
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        Collyer Quay development site attracts eight bids
        95 34 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority received eight tenders for the proposed commercial/hotel development at Collyer Quay, comprising Clifford Pier and the Customs Harbour Branch building, as well as two adjoining land parcels. Among the bidders for the tender that closed yesterday was Clifford Development,
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        343 36 -BLOOMBERG Action comes as S Korean prosecutors continue investigations into Korea Exchange Banktakeover SOUTH Korean prosecutors raided the Seoul office of a Citigroup unit yesterday as part of a probe into Lone Star Funds' takeover of Korea Exchange Bank, an investigator said. Citigroup Global
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        934 38  -  LEECHINGWERN Some considerations before starting a franchise partnership chingwern@media corp.com.sg ALONG with the proliferation of brand-name chain stores all over the island, franchising and licensing are fast becoming the hottest modes of expansion among companies here. And in two week's time, Singapore will host the world's
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        220 38  -  CHOW PENN NEE HOW can Singaporeans ensure the milk they drink is fresh? Through a set of standards adopted this year by companies that transport the product from farm to supermarket, that's how. Standards and conformance are important in helping companies grow and compete, said
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      952 40 Never underestimate the benefits of standards life would be very chaotic without them Thanks to standards, you can be assured that there is quality, safety and reliability. We can say goodbye to aches and pains from poor work habits or badly designed workstations because of
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      613 41 The next time you travel to Korea or Japan, you no longer need to change your mobile phone that is if you own a 3G phone. This is because the 3G network in Singapore is based on theWCDMA standard, which is adopted by GSM mobile
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      554 41 These new standards will help raise quality and improve efficiency As our economy becomes more service-oriented, Singapore is also taking the lead to push for national standards to improve the quality of the service sector. Spring Singapore, as the national
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      1409 42  -  Zul Othman OBSERVATORY FRONTMAN LESLIE LOW RELEASES HIS DEBUT SOLO ALBUM, OPTING FOR PHOTO BY AS HOMEGROWN singer-songwriters go, 34-year-old Leslie Low is in a class by himself. A full-time composer, Low's musical journey began in the late 1980s with his bands the Twang Bar Kings and
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      180 43  -  -ZULOTHMAN LISTENING to Leslie Low's debut solo effort. Worm, one gets the sense that The Observatory front man is dissecting humanity in order to find peace within himself. Not that he would admit it, of course. "I know I've always been called vague. But to me, this new
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      189 44 -AP LONDON Police officers escorted the African infant being adopted by Madonna off a British Airways flight yesterday, whisking him past photographers seeking a glimpse of the baby on his way to the pop star's home. One-year-old David Banda was carried off the plane and into
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      306 44  -  ASHRAFSAFDAR ashraf@media corp.com.sg DURING his heyday, Chandran Lingam of the Experimental Theatre Club (ETC) was seen as a director who was ahead of his time. And though he left the theatre about 20 years ago, Lingam is back and directing a new production of
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      407 45  -  JEANINETAN Tale of two passionate women finding escape in each other is best British film prize-winner jeanine@media corp.com.sg THERE'S a particular intensity in the friendship between young women that has been explored often in film, from Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures to Foxfire, which starred a young
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        319 46  -  David Chew ROOFTOP ART LINKS SINGAPORE TO INDIA This is the latest instalment in an ongoing series on the Singapore Biennale, which runs until Nov 12. This week, Ahmad Mashadi, head of the National University of Singapore Museum, takes us through a site where a mural and the
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