Today, 16 December 2006

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    17 1 weekend TODAY //\S£J]J-\CORP December 16 17, 2006 mica<p)3h/io/2006 share your free newspaper we set you thinking todayonline.com
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    NTUC calls for employers to raise CPF contribution
    519 1  -  SHERALYN TAY sheralyn@media corp.com.sg IN A long-awaited signal that employees' hopes may finally be realised, the labour movement is calling for employers to consider raising their Central Provident Fund (CPF) contribution a move that, if it happens, would benefit middle-income Singaporeans. In
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    Lock icon FOUR to lead the quest
    1851 1  -  JOSE RAYMOND WITH ELITE SUPPORT, GLORY BECKONS AT BEIJING 2008 jose@media corp.com.sg IF EVERYTHING goes according to plan, as Singapore celebrates its 43rd birthday on Aug 9, 2008, Tao Li will start her swimming programme, Maximilian Soh will be running in Race 1 of the
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon THE MENTAL GAME IS THE HARDEST TO WIN
      739 2  -  LEONARD THOMAS SPORTS EDITOR leonard@media corp.com.sg SRE were clearly nerves and not, for the task was hardly imple: To make history is ane of the heaviest of burdens and it has destroyed some of the bravest souls. On Aug 20, 2004, at
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      48 2 LIVING FAITH CHURCH www.thelivingfaith.org "For I the LORD thy GOd will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, fear u^ i not; I will PI ©I P thee. The Bible, Isaiah 41:13 Join us at Singapore Conference Hall I Speaker: Rev Dr John Shepherd Lim Come be blessed!
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  • singapore news
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      Stab video raises questions
      613 4  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@media corp.com.sg WHOEVER filmed this video, and posted it on the Web, knew the contents would be shocking, perhaps revolting. "It's quite graphic, so be forewarned," said blogger Locksley on his online journal. Lasting two minutes and 22 seconds, the footage shows a
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      Marina Bay Residences being resold – even before buyers sign on dotted line
      608 4  - Marina Bay Residences being resold even before buyers sign on dotted line -JOSEPH YADAO BARELY days after being sold out, Marina Bay Residences is making an appearance on the secondary market, with some buyers looking at cashing in their profits without even having signed on Sale and Purchase agreements. A
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      When early birds try to beat the queue
      591 6  -  SHERALYN TAY they add to it instead, Sing Health survey finds, among other things sheralyn@media corp.com.sg THOSE long, early-morning queues at Sing Health Polyclinics (SHP) could be halved if the retirees and housewives who comprise 46 per cent of the arrivals before
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      SINGHEALTH'S TIME-SAVERS
      105 6 I MEASUREMENT STATIONS Collect blood pressure readings of patients with chronic illness to help cut down consultation times. Other assessments will be phased in slowly. An automated system to collect and link the data to the computer system will be ready by January. Allows patients with well-controlled hypertension
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      Lock icon Hazy Oct slowest retail month
      354 6 -BLOOMBERG THE shoppers stayed home and the cash tills weren't ringing as loud in October, and it seems retailers have the haze to blame. Singapore's retail sales growth slumped to a 20-month low in October, according to the latest retail sales index. It increased 1.6
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      Lock icon MDIS as full varsity? Maybe not
      560 6  -  LEECHINGWERN chingwern@media corp. com. sg WHY change something that works? The Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) is reassessing its plans to become a full-fledged university by 2015. At the official opening of the MDIS Business School and its $35-million Queenstown campus on Friday,
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      Lock icon White-collar workers buck uptrend
      571 8  -  CHRISTIE LOH PMETs making up larger portion of retrenched workers in first 3 quarters christie@m edia corp.com.sg BENEATH the sparkle of record job creation so far this year, a statistical worry may be creeping up on Singapore's whitecollar workers. According to the latest labour market data,
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      Lock icon New help for South-east District's needy residents
      217 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA NEEDY residents of the South-east District will soon be able to tap three new initiatives for help. Deputy Prime Minister S Jayakumar announced this when he launched the South-east Com Care Local Network on Friday. As needy families face multiple problems
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      Water, environment studies to make a splash in polytechnics
      380 8  -  DERRICK A PAULO TERTIARY education may have found a sequel to its biomedical blockbuster of a few years ago. At least three polytechnics are going to offer diplomas linked to the environment and water industry. The move comes in a year
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  • world news
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      Lock icon How will Rumsfeld be remembered?
      1108 12 —AP Followed by the indelible shadow that is the controversial Iraq war, the outgoing Defence Secretary cuts a tragic figure WASHINGTON History seems to be in a hurry to judge Donald H Rumsfeld. Despite his half a century in United States public service, a defence
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      Lock icon A daring kidnap of 48 businessmen in Iraq
      206 12 -AFP BAGHDAD A heavily armed gang in police uniform kidnapped some 48 businessmen in a brazen daylight raid on a busy commercial street Gunshots rang out as workers ran for cover and motorists made rapid U-turns to escape the unofficial dragnet This
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      Lock icon Japan's support for India-US pact on hold
      269 14 -AFP TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday withheld support for India's ambitions to join the club of civilian nuclear powers, saying he would wait for more answers from New Delhi. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met Mr Abe while on a
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    • this quirky world
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        Lock icon HAIRY ADVICE FOR EMPLOYMENT
        113 14 -AFP The bearded leader of Germany's ruling centre-left Social Democrats has defended his advice to an unemployed man that he might find a job after he gets a shave. Mr Kurt Beck, whose party forms part of the coalition government, gave Mr Henrico Frankthe advice after
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        MUMMY'S JUST ONE CLICK AWAY
        86 14 Feeling lost without your mummy? A German website has the answer for men who are incapable of cooking, ironing and doing the laundry after leaving home, ananova.com reported. Named Ask-mummy, www.askmummy.de, the online advice website was set up to help German men who are known
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        Lock icon A DRY SPELL FOR A WET PROFESSION
        103 14 -AFP Tourism officials in the Indian coastal resort state of Goa are having a tough time finding lifeguards after just one candidate out of 129 passed the swimming test. Only one could swim 400 m in the mandatory 9 minutes and nearly half
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      Lock icon Chen's wife faints during court hearing
      426 14 AGENCIES She collapses and is sent to hospital after pleading not guilty to corruption charges TAIPEI Taiwan's First Lady Wu Shuchen was in court on Friday and pleaded not guilty to charges of corruption, but the hearing was adjourned after Ms Wu fainted and
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      Lock icon Will N Korea have a 2nd go at nuke tests?
      235 14 —AFP SEOUL North Korea may stage a second nuclear weapons test to strengthen its hand during upcoming negotiations on scrapping its nuclear programme, South Korea's new defence minister warned on Friday. Mr Kirn Jang-Soo, a former army Chief of Staff,
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon A HOST OF CHANGES FOR JAPAN
        83 16 -AFP The hawkish Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday easily survived a no-confidence vote, had his controversial Bill on school patriotism passed by Parliament, and saw the creation of a defence ministry for the first time since World War 11. The United States
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        Lock icon HAMAS PM'S CONVOY ATTACKED
        69 16 -BLOOMBERG Gunmen attacked a convoy of Ismail Haniya, Prime Minister of the Hamasled Palestinian Authority government, as it entered the Gaza Strip from Egypt late yesterday, killing a bodyguard and wounding his eldest son. The attack by unidentified gunmen came amid clashes between Hamas and its
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        Lock icon BLAIR UNDER FIRE FOR PROBE
        104 16 -AFP British Prime Minister Tony Blair came under fire on Friday after fraud investigators stopped a probe into a BAE weapons deal with Saudi Arabia due to concerns that it would damage Britain's national interests. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) had been investigating claims that
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      Lock icon In the face of competition, Malaysia steps up rules for hospitals
      168 16 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will give 36 hospitals one month to improve standards and register with the government or face the prospect of having their premises sealed. The deadline for registration was initially in October, Health Minister Chua Soi
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      Lock icon When two old foes meet ...
      547 16 When two old foes meet Mahathir, Soros bury the hatchet at their Ist meeting since 1997 economic crisis KUALA LUMPUR Once upon a time, Malaysia's former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad called one of the richest people in the world, Mr George Soros, a "moron". In return, the American financier called
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      Islamic PAS party ponders tourism zone
      262 16 KUALA LUMPUR In an about-turn, Malaysia's fundamentalist Parti Islam Se-Malaysia-led state government in Kelantan will consider allowing some types of entertainment outlets, including discos, in a proposed tourism zone, reported The Star. Kelantan had previously banned outlets such as nightclubs, karaoke outlets and pubs.
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      281 17 Bk 0v IPS P~ IN SINGAPORE i Happy 2007 Nikon is proud to be the official camera for Celebrate Christmas in Singapore PR Z E S 2006. Nikon Singapore together with Celebrate Christmas in Singapore Ltd and The Photographic Society of Singapore is proud to present "Capture the spirit Ist
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  • Voices
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      Teach students what true self-worth is
      186 18  -  EDDYTAN Letter from I REFER to the commentary, "Elites, be not proud" (Dec 15). It is more effective to tell people to do something positive compared to telling them not to do something negative. Instead of reminding students in socalled elite institutions not to
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      Lock icon Let's go Back to the Future
      749 18  -  Neil Humphreys Grab the kids, anybody's kids, Universal Studio's coming to Sentosa! Down Under with news@newstoday.com.sg I HAVEN'T sold out And I haven't been tekaned by anyone. But still, I have to say it Well done, the Singapore Gahmen. I haven't been bribed, but
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        REWARD SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS TOO
        117 20  -  UMPOHSENG: While we are giving very big awards to our Asian Games winners, I do not see a corresponding reward from the Singapore National Olympic Council to the athletes' respective sports associations. I am glad the sailors are pledging 20 per cent of their Multi-Million Dollar
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        SINGAPORE, MORE THAN NY, IS'CITY OF THE WORLD'
        134 20  -  JACOB JOHN: Mr Wong Hoong Hooi ("Can NY pass thosaitestT', Dec 15) is absolutely right. A city should be called a "city of the world" only if every inhabitant can retain their identity and all cultures are accepted. Mr Wong says third-generation
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      Lock icon Kids need to learn survival
      441 20  -  HENGCHOCHOON What street urchins can teach Spores pampered children Letter from JOHN GEE'S I Say article "Kids need to play" (Dec 15) should ring alarm bells in the minds of our kiasu parents who feel that they must keep up with the Tans, the Ahmads
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      Apologies to Spore Science Centre
      153 22  -  DR DAVID TIO PEE JIN Letter from IT HAS been brought to my attention that my letter, "A pain in the neck for audiences" (Nov 28), may have contained misleading information with regards to visitors, both past and future, to the Omni-Theatre at the Singapore
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      Thumbs up for Siew as NMP
      141 22  -  JOSEPH TAY Letter from I AM delighted to learn that Mr Siew Kum Hong is seeking a voice in Parliament as a Nominated MR Mr Siew has demonstrated in the commentaries that he has written in Today, that he is aware of the issues
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      Nothing to lose by banning trans fat
      312 22  -  KELVIN KWAN CHEE HONG Letter from I REFER to the front-page article "Start spreading the news" (Dec 13) on New York banning trans fats. Five years ago at a health seminar, I learnt of the harmful effects of trans fatty acid. In 1994,
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      Tao Li for top sportsperson
      159 22  -  COLIN NGZHENXIANG Letter from FORGET Roger Federer and Tiger Woods. For the sportsperson of the year, look no further than our own Tao Li. Despite being just 16 years old, Tao Li capped a season that has been nothing short of spectacular by winning the
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      821 22 Advertisement GELUGPA BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION (SINGAPORE) IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT Gelugpa Buddhist Association Singapore) was legally incorporated under the Laws of Singapore as a non-profit making Buddhist organization, having its registration number as R05:132/95REL Its objectives are to promote the Buddha's compassion and wisdom in order to purify everyone's mind. In order to
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Hope for Singapore Airlines?
      891 24 -AGENCIES Australia-US route not guaranteed to be prohibited toSIA,saysPM Howard QANTAS Airways, Australia's biggest airline, does not have a guarantee that rival Singapore Airlines (SIA) will be prohibited from flying the trans-Pacific route to the United States, Prime Minister John Howard said on Australian radio on
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      Lock icon Republic's carrier seen as an 'acquirer', not acquisition target
      567 24 -DOW JONES THE takeover bid for Qantas Airways may whet the appetite of private equity firms for more such deals, but Qantas' main competitor in the region, Singapore Airlines (SIA), is highly unlikely to be sold any time soon, analysts said.
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    • business news
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        Lock icon Bank of China buys Sale
        372 26 AGENCIES Lenderto payss billion for plane lessor, including the assumption of debt BANK of China, the nation's sec-ond-biggest bank, said on Friday it would buy Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (Sale) for U553.25 billion ($5 billion) including the assumption of debt, the first major acquisition made
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        Lock icon Marche to open in VivoCity
        252 26 CHOW PENN NEE ITS DISTINCTIVE Heeren restaurant may have closed and its 10,000-sq-ft outlet in Suntec City is due to shut down next month. ButMarche restaurantthe Swiss food court best known for its potato rosti and open mar-ket-place atmosphere is not leaving town. Marche will
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        CORPORATEBRIEFS
        189 26 Grand Hotel Group, which operates Hyatt Hotels in Australia, agreed on Friday to a revised takeover offer from Singapore's Tuan Sing Holdings and Morgan Stanley's real estate unit, scrapping plans to wind up the company. Tuan Sing, which already owns 25 per cent of Grand Hotel, is offering A
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      • marketwatch
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          ST Index— 2,931.29+15.01
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          World markets
          58 26 Nikkei 225 16,914.31 +85.11 +0.51 HK Hang Seng Australia ASX200 19,110.65 +191.25 5,575.40 +2.30 +1.01 +0.04 Korea Comp Thailand SET 1,421.87 +3.49 736.29 +3.89 +0.25 +0.53 Jakarta Comp 1,792.16 +24.36 +1.38 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2,856.29 +23.02 400.32 +5.76 +0.81 +1.46 Mumbai Sensex 13,614.52 +127.36 +0.94 Malaysia KLCI
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          SGX most active
          47 26 THBEV 0.270 +0A05 +1.9 60,577 CCCC8CW*****0 0.900 52,572 Auston 0.110 +0A30 +375 50,020 Whiar 2.050 +0.340 +195 45,436 SingTel 3.240 +0.120 +3.0 39,215 SunningTech 0.205 +0JD15 +5.6 33,916 Sapphire 0.020 +0D05 +33.3 30,642 ArianeCotp 0.090 29,370 Genlnt 0.405 +0JD10 +2.1 25,013 FHIK 0.005 25,421
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          SGX top rises
          73 26 ShangAsia2kHK$ Lyxor China H 1DUS$ STIETF100 19.100 +0.700 11.600 +0.600 29.810 +0.410 Capi1alandePW***** TimeWateh Cha1eredeCW***** 0.010 +100.0 0.010 +100.0 0.035 +75.0 SIA 200 Wilmar 17.100 +0.400 2.050 +0.340 SingTel eCW*****1 NewLakeside 0.560 +60.0 0.055 +57.1 SIA 17.100 +0.300 Wilmar eCW*****2 0.450 +52.5 SingTel eCW*****1 C1TYBEV 0.560 +0.210
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          SGX top falls
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          Lock icon Singapore
          160 26 Dow Jonas SHARES rose on Friday, with the ST Index hitting a new record and rounding off a sixth straight weekly gain. The ST Index rose 15.01 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 2,931.29, a record closing high. In the broad market, advancers beat decliners 389 to 229, as
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          Your S$l buys
          36 26 US$ 0.6482 UK£ 0.3312 Yen 76.643 HK$ 5.0409 RM 2.3021 Euro 0.4941 Rupiah 5891.7 Baht 22.866 Peso 32.006 A$ 0.8312 Indian Rs 28.996 Won 598.57 C$ 0.7491 Yuan 5.0753 NZ$ 0.9431 NT$ 21.127
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          Lock icon Commodities
          26 26 SGX,Dow Jones Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 629.70 Sihw uss/oz 13.90 PMinui uss/oz 1,107.50 Mbit cents/kg 260.75 MnilßM/ton.e 1,875.50 Brant cnda usS/batrai 63.44 Information provided by and
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  • !mpact media and advertising
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      Lock icon ODE TO A VISIONARY
      1183 28  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA shobha@media corp.com.sg WIT, not warmth, has always been the defining description of the advertising industry. So, it would have to be a singularly gut-wrenching event to elicit any outpouring of sentimentality from the community. But, say industry insiders, when the event is as "momentous"
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  • wealth personal finance & investment
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      Lock icon The need to understand hedge funds better
      1355 30  -  MIRAKASHINATH mira@mediacorp.com.sg AS HEDGE funds return to favour and become more easily available, do investors know what they are getting into? The question is especially relevant given that it was not too long ago that hedge funds were shunned following the spectacular US$3.6-billion
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      980 32 DOW JONES Region seen as investment growth story for hedge fund industry for next 10 to 15 years HONG KONG Global funds of funds believe the next wave of significant growth in the hedge fund industry will come from Asia in terms of both
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        122 32 Brokerage UOB Kay Hian sets a fair price of $1.18 for transport operator SMRT Corp, based on the "discounted cash flow" method of valuation. The brokerage says there is "little scope for share price upside". It rates SMRT as a "Hold", recommending buying the stock if
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        117 32 UOB KayHian says Singapore Airport Terminal Services "needs more good news flow about concluding overseas ventures to significantly improve the stock's viability beyond the current price". The brokerage notes the announcement on Thursday of SATS' respectable growth in cargo and passengers for November. SATS handled 2.55 million
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        KEPPEL ($18.20) —BUY
        126 32 DBS Vickers notes that Keppel has clinched a contract to build its first floating storage offloading system worth $135 million for LukOil, a Russian company with oil and gas exploration interests in the Caspian Sea. The vessel will be delivered in the first quarter of 2009. The
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        LABROY ($1.82) —BUY
        124 32 DBS Vickers notes that Labroy has clinched two contracts to build two anchor handling towing and supply (AHTS) vessels worth US$59 million ($9l million) for delivery in 2009. The contracts will raise Labroy's order book by about 5 per cent to $1.9 billion and contribute profit before
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      133 33 Wjy A white Christmas in Sunny Singapore? Head to Tanglin Mall t for a winter wonderland experience. You'll have so much M Rl fun enjoying the avalanche of "snow". Plus fabulous M shopping and great photo opportunities. 9nOW f ffn6 M u^^^l Avalanche*: 7 7:lspm &8 8.15pm fl w! *Subject
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      642 34  -  BHBEBI CITYSTYLE ES pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg Perennial gift-buying procrastinators, you're not alone. Fret not, just tap your imagination. AROUND this time every year, I'll hate myself for being a procrastinator. I've been one all my life. In school, I would wait until the day before an
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        744 35 GET THE GLOSS ON THESE What do you get for the female colleague who loves sugary confections but who'd rather not imbibe the calories? Yummy lipglosses with dessert and fruit-in-spired scents and flavours, of course. At an introductory price of $9.90 each, Revlon's new Glossylicious lipglosses whet
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          120 35 If your brows are sparse, light and undefined, you won't be doing justice to any amount of eye make-up applied expertly around your eye area. So, make beautiful brows one of your must-haves in the coming new year with the Browhaus Perfect Brow Kit. This compact
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          A DIFFERENT KIND OF VENUE
          110 35 When you step into the new Venue Lab store at #01-05 The Heeren, don't be alarmed to find clinical equipment such as a surgery table, test tubes, oxygen masks and even an operating room lamp -the store is just playing on the word "lab" in
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          SERVICE FOR YOUR LIPS
          113 35 Ferity Lip Project VlO5 calls itself a lip plumping brand a worthy description indeed as the brand boasts a vast collection of assorted products which care for your lips and enhance their appearance. Enriched with a unique vitamin blend and a natural enhancer formula, the Ferity
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      172 36 WILL it be your lucky Saturday this weekend? It could be, if you're holding one of 40,000 issues of Weekend TODAY with a special Olay stick-on attached. Only a limited number of copies of Weekend TODAY will be distributed with the Olay stick-on. On
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      BOSSINI'S BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
      173 36  -  BECKYLO IF SIENNA Miller's bohemian chic style of dressing is a look you've been trying hard to imitate, you'd do well to check out Bossini's Fall-Winter collection. The collection boasts jacquard vests with pom-poms, striped belted cardigans and corduroy jackets and pants. The men aren't left out
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      43 and she's still got it
      458 36  -  PEARLYN THAM For Demi, the new face of Helena Rubinstein, when it comes to age, less definitely isn't Moore pea rlyn@media corp.com.sg IF SHARON Stone, Catherine Deneuve and Elizabeth Hurley can do it, why not Demi Moore, too? Sharon, Catherine and Elizabeth all of
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        Lock icon Just like eating in a Eurasian home
        689 37  -  LOW SHI PING Get acquainted with Eurasian cuisine at Quentin's food@newstoday.com.sg IT HAS been said that to better understand a culture, you must taste its cuisine. So if you want to get acquainted with the Eurasians, I'd recommend you make your way to
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        FOODNOTE
        284 37  -  EVELINE GAN FUSS-FREE CELEBRATIONS Home parties can be a hassle to organise. So, why not head over to Swissotel Merchant Court this Christmas for a fuss-free meal and some festive fun? The Christmas Day Brunch Extravaganza available from 11.30am to 3pm on Dec 25 at The Ballroom —features a
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      248 38  - KACHANG PUTEH today with moses I i m moseslim@newstoday.com.sg mtf3KACHAHG7bMa.3£, n"n PUTEH BP fife ;> KACHANG PUTEH i# &P ±SSI mGmmmffii&mtb-fta.§k a rtT^M&m (KACHANG PUTEH), Rie^SW^A ft#ffiaWi£¥R#£PJSAft«l^W'>»^^* KACHANG PUTEH »8 7 3«*7ftt«K, BPA--fe^^fe, fPJIM*«® (CONE SHAPE), A^Sfe^-feAfe, as. S3E, D7 o If you know Malay, you'll know that kachang puteh
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        Lock icon GLAM IT UPI
        234 39  -  EVELINE GAN The Fullerton Hotel Singapore celebrates this festive season with a touch of glamour and a lavish spread of festive treats. Worthy of mention is the Old World Dinner Buffet at Town Restaurant, available until Dec 30 (excluding Dec 24 and 25), from 6.30pm to 10.30pm.
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        POWER TREAT
        162 39  -  EVELINE GAN This festive season, fans of The Powerpuff Girls are in for a sweet treat. Polar Puffs Cakes has been appointed by Cartoon Network to create a range of character cakes featuring the three super heroines Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup fromthe popular cartoon. The Powerpuff Girls character
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      Best of both OS worlds
      695 40  -  TREVOR TAN Run Windows on Intel Macs with these cool software trevor@media corp.com.sg THERE are always several reasons for a person's choice of computer operating system (OS). Mac users might turn green in envy when their Windows counterparts get to play the latest cool games
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        RAZER DEATHADDER GAMING MOUSE
        110 40 Gamers will drool over the new Razer Death Adder gaming mouse ($99), due to be out at the end of the month. It has a precision of 1,800 dots per inch and is optimised for highspeed movements. According to Razer, a 3G infrared sensor disables surface
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        SANDISKV-MATE VIDEO RECORDER
        136 40 The Sandisk V-Mate ($199) lets you record video directly to flash cards and can capture video from television sets, cable and satellite set-top boxes, DVD or VCR players. The handy device converts analog video to digital and compresses it into MPEG-4 format. It has a maximum recording
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        LENOVO THINKPAD T6O NOTEBOOK
        120 40 The Lenovo ThinkPad T6O is a decently lightweight widescreen notebook. It weighs 2.3 kg and measures 1.1-inch thick despite having a 15.4-inch display. The T6o's equipped with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and an ATI Radeon Xl4OO with 128MB of video memory. For connectivity, not
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        SAMSUNG SGH-E890 MOBILE PHONE
        101 40 The SGH-EB9O ($568, without operator plan) is a new handset from Samsung that's slightly different from its other offerings it has a touchscreen. You can operate the phone with the included stylus or even with your finger. It also has handwriting recognition and Chinese character recognition
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        454 41 -AP Nintendo to replace flimsy strap ofWii's motion-sensitive controller NINTENDO has announced that it I will replace 3.2 million straps for its popular Wii computer game controllers after the Japanese game-maker received a rash of reports that the device flew out of the hands of enthusiastic
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        202 41 More comfortable, less boisterous new cyber-gaming outlet at The Cathay CYBER gamers now have a spanking I new venue downtown that lets them satisfy their gaming needs. After the success of E2Max@Cine-L9 at Cathay Cineleisure Orchard, E2Max@TheCathay has opened its doors on the fourth level of The Cathay at Handy
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        HOT BUY !
        166 41 HOT BUY FUJITSU UFEBOOKQ2OIOWITH BUILT-IN HSDPA If you spend most of your time commuting or working I in obscure locations around the island, the Fujitsu LifeßookQ2olo might be for you. It has built-in High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) capability, making I it perfect for Ml's 3.5G-based wireless broadband services.
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      QUICKTAKES
      52 42 SUBARU TRIBECA 3.0 Ups Seats seven Stylish cabin Refined, car-like ride Downs Controversial styling Uninspiring performance Agent Motor Image Enterprises Price: $138,500 with COE SPECIFICATIONS Engine Type: 3,000 cc, 24V flat-six Maximum power: 245bhp at 6,600rpm Maximum torque: 297Nm at 4,200rpm Gearbox: 5-speed automatic PERFORMANCE Top speed: 195kmh 0-100kmh:
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      MAKE IT ONE FOR THE ROAD
      628 42  -  SHELDON TROLLOPE Subaru's rugged-looking seven-seater Tribeca proves well-suited to the city grind news@newstoday.com.sg FOR A car named after a fashionable district in New York, the Subaru Tribeca doesn't exactly have what you'd call a conventionally attractive design. Characterised by a snout-like grille in front,
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        VOLVO XC9O GETS A TASTY V8 POWER UPGRADE
        469 43  -  NICKSYN THERE is really only one car for expat mums on the school run, the Volvo XC9O. And it's not hard to see why. The XC9O is roomy, very safe, and filled with parent-friendly features like child locks that you can activate
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      NINTH LIFE EXTENSION
      572 44  -  COLIN YONG Mitsubishi's current Evolution range comes to a stirring conclusion with the Evo IX MR cohn@mediacorp.com.sg YOU'RE looking at the automotive equivalent of episode 20 of Friends season 10, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and the upcoming Rocky Balboa. That's right,
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        84 44 The family saloon class will welcome another fresh face next year when the new Mitsubishi Lancer makes its debut. It makes its world premiere at the Detroit Auto Show in January and is scheduled to arrive in Singapore by June 2007. It represents a complete departure
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        FAST LEXUS MODELS
        112 44 Audi has its FiS range of high performance models, BMW has M and Mercedes-Benz has AMG. Lexus will soon join in the fray-it announced last week that it's developing a range of sporty cars carrying carry the Ftag. The compact IS saloon will be the first model
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        PEUGEOT'S NEW CABRIOLET
        92 44  -  This is the first official photograph of the Peugeot 207 CC, which will replace the 206 CC next year. It has grown in all directions and has a stiffer body shell. Under the bonnet is a 1.6-litre engine developed with BMW. The two-piece roof retracts completely in
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        661 46 -AFP First-time buyers face hurdles in owning home INDIA'S real estate market is in overdrive as developers snap up land to build malls and housing enclaves, but high prices and opaque rules make it difficult for first-time buyers to land a dream home. The
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        BRINGING CITIES TO LIFE WITH LIGHT
        469 46 Living Innovations By Philips Philips introduces its illuminating City People Light concept COINCIDING with the unveiling of the Singapore Master Lighting Plan by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) for Singapore's city centre. Philips recently introduced the concept of City People Light as well as
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      93 38 JUST BLACK CHOCO PUFF L^ $2.20 per box; from Cold Storage supermarkets Don't judge a puff by its appearance.These all-black Choco Puffs, which look like they've been left sitting in the oven for too long, may not look very appetising, but they sure are tasty. Each morsel is filled with
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      1286 48  -  Juliana June Rasul It's flora meets high art as designers create their fantasy gardens for show at Suntec City plus@newstoday.com.sg A TRANSPLANTED English garden in the middle of a concrete jungle like Suntec City? Award-winning British horticulturist Julian Dowle's English Garden is one of the 32
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      712 50  -  AMELYNN LIONG plus@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S clubbing scene is far from saturated, that's the opinion of Andrew Ing, chief operating officer of entertainment complex St James Power Station. The multi-faceted mega nightspot, which consists of nine outlets featuring everything from swing to world music to Mandopop, is open for
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      S'POREANS LUCK OUT OF AMAZING RACE ASIA
      362 50  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL plus@newstoday.com.sg THEY had the looks, and the physical ability, but unfortunately, luck decided to bail on Singaporean team Melody Chen and Sharon Wong on this week's episode of The Amazing Race Asia. After cruising quite comfortably for most of the
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      Eat, Shopp Galore!
      889 51  -  SUREKHAYADAV BY FOODIES and shopaholics will feel right at home in Macau. Every turn and street has stores and restaurants with a wealth of offerings to satiate their varied appetites, from delectable dim sum to divine designer shoes. In Macau, you can sample the tastes of the
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        241 52  -  ■GRACE YAP THE disco era of the late 1970s spawned plenty of oddly dressed acts, not the least of which was cult outfit Boney M. Defined by their infectious bubble-gum pop hits such as Daddy Cool and Rasputin, the four-member group have defied the odds
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          185 52  -  LINDA LIM WRI+ES: IT'S outrageous that Kelvin Tan Wei Lian won the Most Popular Newcomer Award and Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Award at the recent Star Awards ("Love is on the Air", Dec 12). Kelvin is well known as a singer. So, was the award for
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          94 52  -  01TENG WRI+ES: Kelvin Tan Wei Lian was definitely not the right person to grab the Most Popular Newcomer and Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Awards. He might be a newcomer but surely not the best, for now at least. I've watched him in Dream Chasers
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          140 52  -  PAUL LIM WRI+ES: I am writing to complain about the poor reporting done by your newspaper and others on the recent press conference with Chow Yun Fat ("A Blessing for the Curse", Dec 13). Any article on Chow's upcoming Curse of the Golden Flower is a
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      Lock icon Babel towers over Golden Globe nods
      569 54 -AFP Borata\so in running while Eastwood and DiCaprio prepare to battle selves for awards LOS ANGELES Powerful drama Babel led nominations for the Golden Globe Awards on Friday, picking up seven nods as Hollywood opened its annual awards season and countdown to the Oscars.
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      TOPNOMINEES
      158 54 BEST PICTURE-DRAMA Babel Bobby The Departed Little Children The Queen BEST PERFORMANCE (ACTRESS) DRAMA Penelope Cruz Volver Judi Dench Notes on Scandal Maggie Gyllenhaal Sherrybaby Helen Mirren The Queen Kate Winslet Little Children BEST PERFORMANCE (ACTOR) DRAMA Leonardo DiCaprio Blood Diamond Leonardo DiCaprio The Departed Peter O'Toole Venus Will
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      Feast for the eyes and more
      266 55  -  Jeanine Tan Banquetan intelligent look at human dynamics DVDREVIEW MteIAMM by FILM: Feng Xiaogang's The Banquet is in the unfortunate position of being too obscure for people not familiar with Shakespeare's Hamlet. For those who are, however, the film is a stunning reinterpretation. There
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      284 55  -  David Chew DVDREVIEW by FILM: You know what to expect of the films in this franchise: Anything and everything (other than actual scares) goes. But that's OK, because as with Scary Movie 4's predecessors, the gags and cameos come fast and furious. Tagged as the fourth and
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      462 62 -AFP Mixed reaction to pitcher's move to Red Sox TOKYO Japanese fans were full of pride on Friday as their nation's top pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka signed with the Boston Red Sox, but many were also turned off by the massive US$52 million ($80.2 million) price tag.
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      571 63 ■AFP Mouth-watering prospect as champions Barcelona face 2005 winners Liverpool in the round of 16 FOOTBALL Champions League NYON, Switzerland Defending champions Barcelona will need to beat five-time winners Liverpool if they want to make the quarter-finals of the Champions League. The
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      336 63 -AFP CLUB WORLD CUP Barcelona v Internacional YOKOHAMA Barcelona's two-time World Player of the Year Ronaldinho said winning the Club World Cup would fulfil a dream he has held since he was a schoolboy. The Brazilian, who fired Barcelona into the final
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      158 63 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has agreed to host Manchester United's summer tour only after the 2007 Asian Cup finals, following Asian Football Confederation (AFC) fears that the Premiership side would overshadow their flagship tournament "If Manchester United come, they will be coming after the
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      304 64 -AFP LONDON Newcastle United were on Friday reported to be on their way to becoming the latest English Premiership club to be taken over by foreign investors. The Premiership stragglers later issued a statement to play down a report in The Daily Mail, which claimed the
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      774 64 It's Robben's turn to remind the league leaders that the Blues are on their tail ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Everton v Chelsea LONDON The message coming out of Stamford Bridge is clear: The Blues will not let up the pressure on Manchester United, on
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      604 64 ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP West Ham vMan United MANCHESTER In a dig at Roman Abramovich, Jose Mourinho and the rest at Stamford Bridge, Manchester United captain Gary Neville on Friday insisted the likes of Chelsea will never break into the top
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      457 65 ■AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Charlton v Liverpool LONDON Rafa Benitez believes rookie defender Daniel Agger will play a key role in Liverpool's renewed challenge for honours this season. Agger's composed displays in recent weeks have elicited murmurs, for now, that
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      230 65 LIVERPOOL captain Steven Gerrard says he has "no respect" for Charlton boss Les Reed, reported BBC Sport Online, after the way he treated him during England's Euro 2000 campaign. Reed, who faces Gerrard at The Valley on Saturday as the two teams meet in a
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      450 66 —AFP GOLF Volvo Masters of Asia BANGKOK Thai star Thongchai Jaidee (picture) took the halfway lead in the U*****,000 ($1 million) Volvo Masters of Asia with a four-under-par 68 on Friday, while birthday boy Jeev Milkha Singh of India charged into
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      474 66 -AFP England's batting collapse gives home side hope of wrapping up the series ASHES, 3RD TEST Australia v England PERTH Australia edged closer to regaining the Ashes after another spectacular English batting collapse on the second day of the third cricket Test at the WACA Ground
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      804 67  -  CUBBY LEONG Team International hotshots show style and hunger LEXUS CUP Team Internationals 3 Team Asia 3 cubby@mediacorp.com.sg THEY promised that nerve was of no consideration, and in the end, showed plenty of verve to see off Team Asia's highest ranked pair in Day One
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      494 67 CUBBYLEONG MEMORIES of last year's 16-8 whitewash were quickly erased by Team Asia, who put up a solid performance to share honours with the Team International after Day One of the Lexus Cup. Last year, the Asian team went down 4-2 after the foursomes,
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      93 68 They are the two of the most populous nations on earth. In sport, one country is mad about cricket and little else, the other is gearing up to host the Olympic Games, where it hopes to stand tallest, even ahead of the Americans. The 15th Asian Games
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        587 68 -AFP DOHA India's Olympic chief hailed his country's "best ever" performance at the Asian Games and promised China-like hauls in future, if the government doled out larger funds for sports. India will return from Doha with 54 medals, including 10 golds,
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        591 68 -AFP DOHA As expected, China easily emerged as kings of the 15th Asian Games. But with the Olympic Games in Beijing less than two years away, the Chinese were quick to quell any thoughts that the success in Doha will translate into dominance
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      636 69  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Team Singapore's chef-de-mission delivers a glowing report card in Doha, Qatar yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg TEAM Singapore's chef-de-mis-si on Annabel Pennefather called it the "proudest moment at any Asian Games" on Friday. After the country's record haul of eight gold, seven silver and 12 bronze medals, and a
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      830 70 -AGENCIES Hosts triumph as bizarre goal ends Iraqi dreams of landing the most coveted gold of all ASIAN GAMES Football DOHA Qatar saved their best for last They ended the Asian Games in style here on Friday, collecting the last title and sending Iraq into
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      515 70  -  TAN YO-HINN IN DOHA, QATAR yohinn@media corp.com.sg EARLIER this week, Australian swimmer and world record-holder in the 800 m and 1,500 m freestyle Grant Hackett tagged South Korean sensation Park Tae Hwan as the sport's future star. In Asia, at least, the
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