Today, 17 November 2006

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    14 1 /A=diaCorp TODAY share your free newspaper Friday November 17, 2006 todayonline.com MICA (P) 314/10/2006
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    Lock icon Bush sounds bell to the future
    764 1  -  RAHULPATHAK Rings warning to North Korea, strikes cordial tones on trade and energy ASSOCIATE EDITOR rahul@mediacorp.com.sg HE CAME to Singapore to make his first major policy speech since the House and the Senate were snatched from the Republican grasp and to hint at issues
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      Lock icon Malaysian analyst faces death penalty
      566 2 Abdul Razak charged with abetting in model's murder KUALA LUMPUR A dishevelled and unshaven Abdul Razak Baginda (picture, top) showed no emotion as he was charged with abetting the gruesome murder of a Mongolian model. If he is found guilty, the prominent political analyst faces
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      Wanted: Less conventional NMPs
      824 3  -  LOH CHEE KONG Could athletes, retirees and the disabled be among them? cheekong@media corp.com.sg AS THE month-long race to put up names for Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs) for the 11th Parliament kicks in, names are already being bandied about. And this time round, some people
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      107 2 More lo from More savin i hi i o i-2 o > pq CO a R CO i The festive season is upon us again and we We have more ideas, well-designed furniture, accessories and your home. If that's not enough, there's tempting Swedish fare at located at level one
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      125 3 w prices us. gs for you. O. /4-pk SKAMT tealight holders ISIG top star $7.50 Assorted colours. H3ocm. SKAMT tealight holders 53.90/4-pk Red/orange or Blue/green. H3.scm. have lined up a whole lot of treats for you. decorations. It's also a great place to get gifts for your loved ones and
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  • Singapore news
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      From rivals to partners?
      539 4  -  JASMINE YIN KDF searches for chief, says it is open to possibility of joining forces with NKF jasmine@media corp.com.sg CLOSER collaboration may be in the offing between two healthcare charity rivals, as the Kidney Dialysis Foundation (KDF) embarks on a search for a chief executive officer
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      Lock icon Two Singaporeans in last 10 playing for poker tournament top prize today
      431 4  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg AT 4PM today, two Singaporeans will be among the final 10 players sitting down to play for the grand prize of U*****,000 ($702,000) at the inaugural Betfair Asian Poker Tour Singapore's first international poker tournament.
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      Rest easier under this roof
      541 6  -  VALERIE LAW POSB offers first home loan pegged to CPF rates valerie@media corp.com.sg FOLLOWING recent controversies over the lack of transparency in variable home loan rates, a local bank is now offering a slice of certainty to homeowners by launching a product that rides on
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      Lock icon President exhorts Egypt, Singapore to share more
      193 6 938 LIVE EGYPT and Singapore may be different in terms of size and population, but the two countries share things in common that ought to be strengthened, especially in this age of globalisation. This was the message President S R Nathan conveyed to
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    • SINGAPORE SNIPPETS
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        Lock icon FIRM FINED FOR MAKING STAFF WORK OVER 12 HOURS A DAY
        176 6 938 LIVE A company has been fined $58,000 for requiring its staff to work more than 12 hours a day. SAM Security Service and its director Gunapalla were found guilty of this on several occasions between September lastyear and
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        UWC SEEKS SITE FOR EXPANSION
        107 6 Strong demand for places in foreign-sys-tem and privately-funded schools here is seeing international schools embark on their expansion plans. The Economic Development Board is now helping the United World College of South-east Asia find a suitable site for its second campus which will house the
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        Lock icon FREE ENTRY FOR FOREIGN VEHICLES FROM NOON DURING HOLIDAYS
        82 6 938 LIVE From next Monday, foreign registered vehicles entering Singapore will be allowed free entry from noon onwards, instead of the usual spm, on weekdays. This is in conjunction with the upcoming December school holidays, and part of ongoing initiatives to
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        Lock icon $1M TO COLLECT WEATHER DATA
        129 6 93BLIVE A central data depository to pool weather data from schools is being set up, with about $1 million for schools to tap into. A total of 240 or 67 per cent of all Singapore schools are taking part in the second inter-school National Weather
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      Lock icon A MAN ON THE MOVE
      522 8  -  LEE U-WEN A musical interlude, talk of terrorism and a beefsteak dinner were all in a day's work for President Bush u-wen@media corp.com.sg A SHARP hand on a musical instrument, some banter with students and discussing terrorism with a Prime Minister before making policy pronouncements
      DON WONG; 001 BOON KEONG; ERNEST CHUA; AFP  -  522 words
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      A day of Rice, egg and carrots for Foreign Minister George Yeo
      402 8  -  CHRISTIELOH IN HANOI christie@mediacorp.com.sg THE ambitious proposal for Asia Pacific countries to form a free-trade area was the attention of talks yesterday between Foreign Minister George Yeo and United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The two leaders
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      Lock icon Do you live in a big flat? Do you work, Mrs Bush?
      425 9  -  SHERALYNTAY sheralyn@media corp. com. sg CHILDREN say the darndest things. And, going by the questions from inquisitive youngsters during Mrs Laura Bush's visit to the National Library yesterday, they ask the darndest things too even if you are
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      Facelift for grand dame of Orchard Rd
      516 10  -  ANSLEY NG Mandarin Gallery to get $180 m makeover ansley@mediacorp.com.sg ONE of the grand dames on Orchard Road will undergo a pricey $180-million facelift to keep up with the changing face of retail. Meritus Mandarin hotel, built in 1973, will boost its shopping
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      From claws to cooperation in exclusive 'club' for convention cities
      312 10  -  JASMINE YIN jasmine@media corp.com.sg ONE moment they were at each other's throats, the next they were patting each other on the back. It was over a lucrative Mice (meetings, incentive travel, conventions and exhibitions) event slated for 2009. Their relationship
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      It's a wheely good deal
      148 10 AFTERMARKET alloy wheels are big business in Singapore and these new 20-inch designs from SSW are some of the largest currently available in the market The SSW brand is owned by Singapore Stock Exchangelisted company Stamford Tyres, which has one of the largest car accessory
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon NTU-GEORGIA TECH TIE-UP OFFERS DUAL DEGREES
        116 10 938 LIVE The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Georgia Institute of Technology have tied up to offer two integrated programmes in infocomm. They allow an NTU student to graduate with a Bachelor of Engineering and a Master of Science degrees. The course will take
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        Lock icon NEW BOOK TELLS OF THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS
        101 10 S3BLIVE A book documenting Singapore's approach to tackling the drug problem has been released. Slaying the dragon Singapore's fight against drugs is commissioned by the Home Affairs Ministry and written by local writer Tan Ooi Boon. It chronicles the stories, thoughts and
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        PUBLIC FORUM ON MENTAL HEALTH TOMORROW
        70 10  -  LEONG WEE KEAT In conjunction with Senior Citizens' Week, the Institute of Mental Health and the Singapore Action Group for the Elderly will hold a public forum tomorrow to promote mental well-being. Held at Toa Payoh Community Centre, the forum, which is open to
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        Lock icon SHARITY GIFT BOX WILL GO AROUND STORE
        159 10 938 LIVE The Boys' Brigade Sharity Gift Box is back this year and the aim is to collect 400,000 food items. The 19-year tradition will have a new feature: A mobile gift box. The float will make its rounds throughout Singapore from Dec
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      Lock icon Union to cushion impact of GST hike
      364 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE labour movement has promised help for low-wage workers and their families to cushion the impact of the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) hike. The exact details will be released after the Government's offset package is unveiled on Budget Day
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      A STAND FOR THE SMALLER FIRMS
      828 12  -  VINCENT CHIA Time for SMEs to get their own championing agency, help to go abroad from big-brother businesses TAKING over as chairman of Spring Singapore next April, Mr Philip Yeo has been asked by the Government to take Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to
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      Lock icon Iraqi hostages tortured
      477 14 —AFP Kidnapping of govt staff prompts Sunni minister to step down in protest of lack of action against Shia militia BAGHDAD Many of the hostages seized in a daylight raid on a government research institute in Baghdad were tortured and some were killed, a minister said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Umno urges Abdullah to defend Malays
      333 14 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's ruling party yesterday pressed Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to defend majority Malay Muslims and expand their wealth base. Senior leaders of Mr Abdullah's United Malays National Organisation (Umno) said two decades of the government's affirmative plans in education and
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        Lock icon PRINCE VOTED LEADER OF OWN PARTY
        69 14 —AFP Cambodia's ousted royalist leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh was voted to lead his own party. The Norodom Ranariddh Party, yesterday. The prince, battered by months of graft allegations, was dumped in October as head of the Funcinpec party amid a clash with Prime Minister
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        S KOREAN IS HEAD OF APEC'S COUNTER TERRORISM TASK FORCE
        78 14 Ministers at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) have approved Ambassador Park Sang-ki as the new Chair of the Apec Counter Terrorism Task Force (CTTF). Mr Park, who is also South Korea's Ambassador for International Counter-Terrorism Cooperation, will serve for two
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        Lock icon THAIS GET TSUNAMI ALERT SYSTEM
        63 14 -AFP Thailand will install the first tsunami warning system in the Indian Ocean within two weeks, almost two years after the major tsunami, which killed 220,000 people, officials said yesterday. The first devices will be installed on Nov 28 and is a joint effort between
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      Lock icon Homesick Thaksin enjoys a round of golf in Bali
      556 16 —AFP DPA BALI Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday said he wished to return home, but set no timetable given that the country's military-backed government has balked at the idea. "Yes, Thailand is my home although (when I return home)
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      Lock icon Flights halted so students can sit for exams
      267 18 -AFP SEOUL Rush hour was shifted and flights briefly halted across South Korea yesterday as around 600,000 students sat an annual state examination seen as crucial for entry to university. In a country that places great importance on education, extraordinary precautions are
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      Lock icon Teaching patriotism no longer taboo in Japan
      366 18 -AFP TOKYO Japan's Lower House of Parliament yesterday passed a Bill that requires schools to teach patriotism, a taboo since World War 11, despite a boycott by the opposition and fierce criticism from liberals. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a conservative who wants Japan
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      Lock icon CHINA, JAPAN MOVE TOWARDS RECONCILIATION OVER WAR HISTORY
      147 18 AFP China and Japan yesterday pushed ahead with efforts to improve bilateral ties strained over their wartime history, tasking experts to study the issue and publish their findings by 2008. Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and his Japanese counterpart Taro Aso, meeting
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        SIKH SCHOOLBOY'S HAIR CUT BY WHITE TEENS IN RACIST ATTACK
        77 20 A gang of white teenagers attacked a 15-year-old Sikh schoolboy and cut his hair in an unprovoked racist attack in Scotland, British media reported. The gang shouted racial abuse at him as he walked through a park, then kicked him
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        Lock icon MODEL DIES OF ANOREXIA
        64 20 AFP An 21-year-old Brazilian model died of anorexia a day before she was to fly to Paris for a photo shoot. Ms Ana Carolina Reston (picture) was 1.74 m tall and weighed 40kg when she died on Tuesday. "She had no resistance and the medication had
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        Lock icon HONG KONG RESIDENTS MAY BE LAID TO REST AT SEA
        61 20 AFP Hong Kong is considering cemeteries at sea, where cremated ashes can be scattered, because it is run ning out of burial spaces, a government official said. This is in response to a growing demand for sea burials, which have
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      Lock icon Blair endorses Brown, finally
      356 20 THE GUARDIAN LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday effectively endorsed Mr Gordon Brown as his successor, predicting that the ruling Labour party will be led at the next election by a heavyweight with a "big clunking fist" who will knock out flyweight Conservative leader David
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      Lock icon Divorcing rape and religious laws
      338 23 —AFP Pakistan's Islamic fundamentalists threaten to protest over Bill approval ISLAMABAD Islamic fundamentalists yesterday vowed to hold mass protests after Pakistan's Parliament voted that rape and adultery cases should no longer be heard under the country's harsh religious laws. On Wednesday, lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a
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      Lock icon Pakistan fires nuclear-capable missile a day after peace talks
      181 23 -AFP ISLAMABAD Pakistan yesterday test-fired a nuclear-ca-pable ballistic missile, a day after concluding peace talks with India where the South Asian rivals agreed to fresh atomic safety measures. The medium-range Hatf V, or Ghauri missile which can strike targets 1,300 km
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        AIRPORT GETS MORE SECURITY AFTER HARASSMENT CLAIMS
        68 23 Thailand's new Suvarnabhumi airport has hired more security staff at the airport after its night-shift staff complained of sexual harassment by construction workers. The Bangkok Post reported. Some staff members complained that holes had been drilled into the doors of female toilets. These
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        Lock icon MAO PORTRAIT BY WARHOL GOES FOR RECORD PRICE
        78 23 —AFP A Hong Kong real estate tycoon has paid the highest amount ever for a work by pop art icon Andy Warhol, with the purchase of a portrait of Mao Zedong for US$l7.4 million ($27 million) at an auction in New York.
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        Lock icon HILLARY BETTER THAN GIULIANI
        86 23 -AFP By a 67-47 per cent margin. New Yorkers think Democrat senator and former first lady Hillary Clinton would do a better job as United States president than their former mayor Rudolph Giuliani, a Quinnipiac University poll found. In the poll, 33 per cent of New
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      Lock icon If I did it, I'd do it my way
      762 24 —AGENCIES In a controversial interview, 0 J Simpson describes how he would have killed his ex-wife and her friend LOS ANGELES More than 12 years after the murders of Ms Nicole Brown and Mr Ron Goldman, Mr 0 J Simpson will
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      Lock icon AL JAZEERA (OUT OF) FOCUS
      675 26 THE GUARDIAN Its English channel shifts priority away from Western news LONDON It's the weather that hits you first. The blonde meteorologist's survey begins with "cloud in the Arabian peninsula" and then works through Asia and Europe before a quick pay-off mentioning "a lot of
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        561 28  -  KUO HOW NAM Letter from President Credit Counselling Singapore I REFER to the reply, "Pay in full, on time no charge" (Nov 15), by Mrs Ong-Ang Ai Boon, director of the Association of Banks in Singapore. The thrust
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        95 28  -  RAPHAEL LEONG SAI MOOI Letter from IN NORMAL trade, interest is usually charged only after the due date of the credit, so I guess credit card companies march to the sound of a different drummer. Sad, but why? Is it not counter-productive? The debtor is
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      870 30  -  Tabitha Wang Shopping swank on a budget is such fun VICTORIA Beckham went shopping at London's famous Notting Hill recently. But it wasn't at her favourite Prada or D&G stores. Instead, the multi-mil-lionairess, who can well afford a £20,000 Cavalli gown, bought a £20
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      202 34  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY.... HANDLING HOLIDAY BLUES Is there any way to avoid the holiday blues? Around this time of year, many people find themselves feeling mildly depressed, even after a happy and exciting holiday with friends and family. Some people wonder if this means they
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      1062 34 After four brain operations, this Singapore expat wrote a biography on a Nobel Prizewinner .coffee with ROBERT DODGE 61, Author and educator AMERICAN Robert Dodge is the author of The Strategist, a biography of last year's Nobel Prize in Economics winner Thomas Schelling. Residing in Singapore, Mr
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      115 38  -  JEAN TAN Letter from Director, Corporate Communications, for Permanent Secretary Ministry of Manpower WE REFER to the letter, "Sound advice for labourers ear protection is a First World essential", by Mr Ng Chong Hwee (Nov 7). The Ministry of Manpower would like to thank Mr Ng
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      296 40  -  LEONG SZE HIAN Letter from President Society of Financial Service Professionals I REFER to Jimmy Ho Kwok Hoong and Jeffrey Law Lee Beng's letters "A pragmatic view of 'altruism'" (Nov 9) in response to Frances Ong Hock Lin's "'Volunteering' with an
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      351 40  -  ZHU FENG Structure of JC project work scheme is too rigid Letter from I WAS (until recently promoted) a first-year Junior College (JC) student, and wish to address the subject of Project Work (PW), a compulsory undertaking for all first-year JC students. The stated aim of
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        181 42  -  KOH KAYWAH Letter from ONE way to protect one's wireless network from unauthorised access is to implement Media Access Control (Mac) address control on the wireless router. But what if the party with the wireless router does not do so? This may
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        279 42  -  EDMUND NG SAY ENG Letter from AS A wireless Internet user, as far as I know, there are a few methods that can prevent someone from tapping into one's wireless network access: Secure your wireless network by adding a WiFi Protected Access (WPA) or Wired
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        116 42  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG: I agree with Ramzah Osman's letter, "Help where it matters" (Nov 16). We have to make good use of our resources to reach out to the public. Town Councils, Community Clubs and Resident Committee (RC) branches in housing estates can connect effectively with
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        91 42  -  WILLIE TAN: I have been operating a restaurant for three years and recently opened a second outlet under a new company name that is GSTregistered. I applied for GST registration for my first company also, but it was granted on condition of a $10,000
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      490 44  -  CHOW PENN NEE That's what Asean economies need to spend to sustain the pace of economic growth pennnee@media corp.com.sg COUNTRIES in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) may have to spend as much as US$6O billion ($94 billion) on infrastructure developments over the next five
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      272 44  -  TEMASEK Holdings' stakes in DBS and Singapore Telecommunications might gradually be reduced in line with a global trend to privatise state-owned enterprises, said Prof Tommy Koh at the Asean Banking Conference yesterday. Singapore's Ambassador-At-Large said that "it is not the intention
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        254 46 BLOOMBERG Manufacturer and distributor of doors and joinery products Chuan Soon Huat Industrial Group announced the arrests of six directors for breaches of disclosure requirements underthe Securities and Futures Act. Managing director Lee Thian Soon, executive directors Lee Siew Hoe and Lim Kiang Soon, nonexecutive director Geoffrey Aldridge, and
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          55 46 Nikkei 225 *****.87 -79.60 -0.49 Hang Seng ASX *****.07 5392.60 +61.07 -37.30 +0.32 -0.69 Taiwan Wtd 7257.48 +20.63 +0.29 Korea Comp 1410.75 -1.79 -0.13 KLCI 1037.60 +9.22 +0.90 SET Index 733.14 -0.91 -0.12 Jakarta Comp 1668.82 -1.28 -0.08 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2818.59 350.94 +27.10 -0.79 +0.97 -0.22
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          52 46 intillion Chartered itraitsAsia JTAC SingTel UvSCT JTATSChP Equation VIAEEngg JDC Coip 0.160 +0.015 +10.3 75,421 1.200 +0.060 +4.9 47,925 0.675 +0.060 +9.0 47,704 0.750 +0.040 +5.6 39,770 2.900 37,044 0.550 +0.020 +3.0 35,634 1.050 +0.000 +0.2 35,537 0.160 +0.020 +14.3 34,070 0.120 +0.025 +26.3 27,004 0.025 +0.005
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          74 46 ISH500US$ 11.800 -0.300 Izra 3.680 -0.280 ]BS Bk 6% NCPS 10 107.800 -0.200 5GXCS *****7 1.730 -0.180 5GXMBL *****7 0.180 -0.165 5GXML*****2 0.565 -0.155 \PB 15.200 -0.100 :ortune Reit HK$ 5.700 -0.100 IMH400US$ 19.900 -0.100 /enture 13.500 -0.100 HSH7400SGA0B1129 0.005 -66.7 CapitalandDB***** 0.010 -50.0 TimeWatch 0.005 -50.0
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          132 46 DOW JONES SHARE prices ended at a record closing high forthe third consecutive session following another strong overnight performance on Wall Street, and the rally could continue today due to the bullish sentiment, traders said. The ST Index closed up 20.83 points, or 0.75 per cent, at 2,798.45, after
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          36 46 US$ 0.6412 UK£ 0.3394 Yen 75.878 HK$ 4.9928 RM 2.3389 Euro 0.4999 Rupiah 5888.1 Baht 23.421 Peso 32.090 A$ 0.8380 Indian Rs 29.077 Won 603.69 C$ 0.7302 Yuan 5.0457 NZ$ 0.9722 NT$ 21.039
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          26 46 I V^ \.l SGX, Bloomberg Ml uss/oz 623.80 anruss/oz 12.95 Flitan uss/oz 1,170.80 RubbW cents/kg 262.00 ft* ii 1,679.50 Bretfcmii iisx/i,, 62.00 Information provided by....
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        516 49 -BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE investment company Temasek Holdings plans to start an infrastructure fund backed by $800 million of water and gas assets, according to four people familiar with the proposal. Temasek, which manages about ftfc>_ $130 billion of assets, hired New DW. York-based Morgan
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        225 49 DOW JONES SYDNEY Singapore Telecommunications could be in the running for a A5543-million ($648-mil-lion) acquisition in Australia, which could help underpin sliding earnings at its Optus unit, senior traders told Dow Jones Newswires. A broker said that he expected Commander Communications to soon
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        598 50  -  LEECHINGWERN chingwern@media corp. com. sg IN TIME to come, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will likely go up even further, beyond the impending rate of 7 per cent. Given the increasing need for public spending on areas such as social assistance and national
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          121 50 WITH no less than $88,000 up for grabs, Carrefour Singapore has launched a new way to reward its customers with the "Lucky Charm" card. It takes the shape of a cute mini-card which can be attached to your handphone, handbag, keychain or whatever
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          MARIGOLD PRESENTS HELLO KITTY FANTASTICAL ADVENTURE 2006
          119 50 HELLO Kitty and her friends are coming to Singapore to perform from Dec 2 to 15 at D'Marquee, Downtown East. Marigold Jelly and Pudding is proud to be one of the official sponsors for Hello Kitty Fantastical Adventure 2006. Until December, with every
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        425 52 —AFP Beijing opens up banking sector but local deposit market still restricted BEIJING The local currency deposit market in China remains largely off-limits to foreign banks even as Beijing announced yesterday new rules governing the operations of overseas lenders in the country as part of
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        229 52  -  CHOW PENN NEE WITH local banks increasingly looking overseas to bolster their bottom lines, United Overseas Bank (UOB), Singapore's sec-ond-largest banking group after DBS, is opening four new branches in Malaysia within a week. "With 41 strategically-located branches nationwide, UOB remains the top foreign bank with
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        683 54 DOW JONES Central bank says inflation remains greatest concern, dampening rate cut hopes WASHINGTON A cautiously optimistic United States Federal Reserve reasoned last month that risks to both economic growth and inflation had diminished slightly since its prior meeting, an indication that officials are
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      301 58 -AP Procreation Vacations can bear fruit WHEN Ms Lucinda Hughes heard she would have to down sea moss elixirs while vacationing in the Bahamas, she was sure it would make her sick. Three months later, she is very sick every morning and expecting her
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      73 58 red, orange, yellow and gold splashed across vast areas of the countryside. And it takes place during one of the best times to visit Japan, between the stifling humidity of the summer and^^ the chill of winter. The season is^^fl longer, too^^H
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      680 59  -  CATHERINE TSAI AP jj Two mountains highlight the natural beauty of China's countryside TAISHAN in Shandong province is considered one of the most sacred mountains in China. Huangshan in Anhui (picture), with its distinctive pines and rolling clouds that seem to move like waterfalls over the mountains, has
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      320 59 -AP GENEVA A global competition to name the new seven wonders of the world is attract ing widespread interest, with more than 20 million people voting so far, organisers say. The Egyptian pyramids are the only surviving structures from the original list of seven architectural
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      489 61 —AFP Tiger's errant ball just misses Katayama, but Japanese keeps his nerve to lead GOLF Dunlop Phoenix MIYAZAKI, Japan Tiger Woods went up and down, even shooting into the preceding party by mistake, as he trailed two strokes off the pace after the first round
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      211 61 -AFP NEW DELHI A pair of Indian schoolboys did the unthinkable when they put on a world record 721 for the opening wicket off 40 overs in a one-day cricket match, the Times of India reported yesterday. Shaibaz Tumbi and B Manoj Kumar achieved the
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      508 62 —AGENCIES Magpies vow to push Gunners as their manager stares down the barrel ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Arsenal v Newcastle LONDON Arsenal are desperate not to slip any further behind leading Premiership contenders Manchester United and Chelsea. That could spell trouble for Newcastle United and their embattled manager
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      252 62 -AFP LONDON Police launched an investigation yesterday into alleged death threats against Reading football players Stephen Hunt and Ibrahima Sonko. Hunt and Sonko were sent threatening letters in the aftermath of Reading's controversial Premiership match against Chelsea. Hunt's collision with Petr Cech put the
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      185 62 -AFP LONDON English Premiership giants Liverpool could be set for a takeover bid from the owner of Montreal's ice-hock-ey team. Montreal Canadiens owner George Gillett (picture) is said to have met Liverpool chairman David Moores and chief executive Rick Parry in America earlier this month to
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      218 64 -AFP PARIS Thierry Henry closed to within two of Michel Platini's French scoring record with the only goal in a 1-0 win over European champions Greece here on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Henry rose in the 26th minute to score with a rare
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      408 64 —AFP Germany held off by a spirited display EURO 2008 GRP D QUALIFIER Cyprus 1 Germany 1 NICOSIA Cyprus produced the landmark performance of Wednesday's (yesterday morning, Singapore time) batch of Euro 2008 qualifiers when the Mediterranean minnows held mighty Germany to a 1-1 draw. Captain
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      657 66 -AFP McClaren claims team have bounced back, as group results go against them FOOTBALL Holland 1 England 1 AMSTERDAM Embattled England boss Steve McClaren has insisted his side are back on track to qualify for Euro 2008, after watching them share friendly honours with Holland on
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      266 66 -AFP EURO 2004 GRP A QUALIFIER Belgium 0 Poland 1 WARSAW Polish international defender Jacek Bak claimed he was offered a bribe to help his side lose their Euro 2008 qualifier against Belgium on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Poland won 1-0 in Brussels, but
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      224 66 -AFP EURO 2008 GRPE QUALIFIER Croatia 4 Israel 3 ZAGREB Croatia hailed their new football hero yesterday, after Brazilian-born Eduardo Da Silva's hat-trick earned a 4-3 away win over Israel in a Euro 2008 qualifier. Unbeaten Croatia top Group E after four matches following the
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      531 68 —AFP Uzbekistan also gain entry to Asia's biggest football show FOOTBALL Asian Cup 2007 MANAMA After nine months and 65 matches, the line-up for next year's Asian Cup finals is complete with Bahrain and Uzbekistan filling the final two slots available. The qualifying campaign, which
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      154 68 -AFP SHANGHAI China's tennis chiefs are sounding out ChineseAmerican Michael Chang (picture) as a coach for the national team, after the 1989 French Open winner expressed an interest in the job, it was reported here yesterday. "Personally I would welcome him coaching the team here," said Sun
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      373 68 —AFP TENNIS Masters Cup SHANGHAI James Blake was the last man to qualify for the season-ending Masters Cup, but the outsider is now just one match from the final after two big wins here. The bottom seed became the first into tomorrow's semi-finals,
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      446 69 Twelve stars to fight it out for the best-looking stomach in football MANY of them have washboard stomachs, some are blessed with the chiselled good looks that send women wild. After 11 years of the S-League, the professional footballers' tough training regimen and healthy lifestyle off
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      507 69  -  SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ HAVING secured second place in the 2006 NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League with a 3-1 win over Woodlands Wellington two weeks ago, Tampines Rovers coach Vorawan Chitavanich (picture) would be forgiven in some quarters for resting key players for their league double-header against Balestier Khalsa.
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      762 70  -  CUBBY LEONG After 16 years, this will possibly be Jos' final splash at the Games cubby@mediacorp.com.sg ALL THE years in competition, Joscelin Yeo very rarely reveals her hand, she is legendary for keeping things close to her chest, whether it is medals or her frame of mind,
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      322 70  -  CUBBYLEONG cubby@media corp.com.sg FOOTBALL Brazilian Beach Soccer WORK is going on frantically behind the scenes to get Eric Cantona to strut his stuff at Sentosa, but even if the organisers fail to convince the Frenchman to star in the Brazilian Beach Soccer (Dec
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      585 71  -  Jose Raymond Singapore team ease into Doha and get down to preparing for Syria opener THE Young Lions were one of the first few batches of athletes to arrive in Qatar, when they touched down in Doha yesterday morning after a seven-hour flight from Singapore. The football
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      464 71 GOLF Lexus Cup 2006 THEY are two of the most recognisable female golf stars in the world. Together they have won over 70 titles. Annika Sorenstam has also captured seven Majors, while Grace Park has bagged one. The Swede has pocketed more than
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      173 70 BAL KHALSA FIGHTS FOR PRIDE! Win over Tampines will do it! S.League Bal Khalsa Tampines Fri, 17/11/06 7.30pm German League Boch E Frankfurt Sat, 18/11/06 3.30 am E League Champ Cardiff QPR Sat, 18/11/06 3.45 am J League Nagoya Grampus Urawa Reds Sat, 18/11/06 I.oopm J League Omiya Ardija Kashima
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      1424 74  -  Neil Humohrevs BIG AND BLOND, FACES THE MAMMOTH TASK OF SCULPTING A REAUSTIQ RECOGNISABLE AND ACCEPTABLE ICON ML M played by Dame Judi I MX M% Dench thought she I m I had James Bond pegged I m J I a decade ago. The head I of the
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      755 76  -  Felix Cheong From other woman to Suzy Welch has survived the tabloids to become one half of a power couple TALK about a phoenix rising from the ashes. Four years after she was reviled as the other woman who broke up a high-profile marriage, Suzy Wetlaufer is back in
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      290 78  -  GRACE YAP Kids can also learn about Asian cultures atthe ACF grace@media corp. com. sg TRAVEL Asia with the family without leaving Singapore that's what the organisers at the National Library Board hope its 7th Asian Children's Festival (ACF) would deliver. At the heart of this year's
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        45 78 Delve into the fascinating world of science through this interactive workshop that also allows children to make their own toys. Places are limited to 25 children from 5 to 12 years old. When: Nov 25 Where: Bukit Batok Community Library
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        62 78 It's the return of a popular forum for parents and teachers to share their child development ideas. The event features award-winning German children's book illustrator Birte Miiller, who will be sharing tips on how to win children over with picture-based
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        37 78 A collection of personal childhood tales contributed by librarians and staff of the National Library Board is now available. The stories are written in four languages. Where: Available at all libraries for $10.50.
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      334 80  -  ASHRAF SAFDAR ashraf@mediacorp.com.sg THERE are resounding symmetries between children and animals. So it makes sense that first-time novelist Lee Jin Pyn, 31, has brought the two together in a children's book about animals. "We have so many social norms to live
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      337 82  -  DAVID CHEW Wire artist Victor Tan showcases a decade of art at the Esplanade david. chew@media corp. com. sg MANY people have been captivated by Victor Tan's wire sculptures on the steps of the Esplanade concourse. Some even have their pictures taken with his eye-catching creations. Few know,
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      184 84 NOT since 2001 has there been a dedicated jazz music festival in Singapore, but things will soon change with the Jazznote Festival. Spearheaded by celebrated jazz pianist Jeremy Monteiro (picture), the festival will be held in June next year under the
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      370 84  -  GRACE YAP Next month, the world's best classical guitarists come together in one festival grace@media corp.com.sg PETE Townshend of legendary band The Who once said: "I realised the only way I was ever going to fit into society and have a role was via the guitar." Next month,
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        91 85 Do your part for charity and watch a movie while you're at it with Cathay's Pink Charity Movie Package. Available at The Cathay's internal atrium for $88 until next Friday, part of the sales proceeds of each package will go to the Breast Cancer Foundation.
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        91 85 The upcoming Season of Australian Cinema is not just a celebration of films from Down Under, it's also a showcase of films between the period 1970 to 1980, which was the renaissance of modern Australian cinema. Presented by The Substation Moving Images, the six-day programme will run
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        94 85 Did the hit Thai horror film Shutter scare your socks off? Learn the techniques of making horror work with Parkpoom Wongpoom, the co-director of the film, who will be in Singapore on Dec 5 for a dialogue session at the Singapore Art Museum. A
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        71 85 In our report "Ultimate Comedian used to make 'em cry" (Nov 14), the newly crowned champion of the MediaCorp TV Channel 8 The Ultimate Comedian Ho Ai Ling was quoted as saying: "The weirdest thing is that I was telling my husband how much I
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      329 86  -  JEANINETAN in cinemas 500n... I with jeanine@mediacorp.com.sg A tornado of blatant political incorrectness, the comedy Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan has offended a whole lotof people and made a staggering US$67 million ($104.3 million) at the North Amen can box office after
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        284 90  -  Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW by.... IT'S the twilight zone of parenthood that causes many sleepless nights: Why some babies keep crying when they've already had their beauty sleep and been fed. Some people attribute this mysterious condition to colic, but in the latest Thai horror offering, Colic, it's the supernatural
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        498 90  -  Felix Cheong Daniel Craig brings, 007 back to the table FILMREVIEW by... I Casino Royale THERE are some questions in life that bear re-asking. Such as: Does the world really need another James Bond adventure? Answer: Only if he's played by Daniel Craig. In the grittiest portrayal of the
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        335 92  -  Jeanine Tan FILMREVIEW by, PLASTIC surgery is a destructive habit, goes the morality lesson in Kirn Xi Duk's latest film Time. But while the message is as straightforward as it gets, the way it is expressed is as intriguing and peculiar as in Kirn's other films like 3-Iron, which
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        254 92  -  Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW 50 by I GO on, give yourself permission to trip out, hang loose. Join the madding crowd, if only to experience the hysteria vicariously through this musical documentary called Glastonbury. The Glastonbury Festival in the UK is, of course, the largest music festival in the world.
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        387 93  -  Felix Cheong It's an old formula but film about school crush gets it right FILMREVIEW by.... Just Friends THERE must be a place where second-rate comedians like Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris and Amy Smart hang out, trade jokes on why they haven't made it big and laugh
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