Today, 4 January 2007, Afternoon Edition

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    28 1 TODAY /VPPPPOPP MICA (P) 314/10/2006 share your free newspaper Thursday January 4, 2007 todayonline.com TODAY /A=DiJ-\CORP share your free newspaper Thursday January 4, 2007 todayonline.com MICA (P) 314/10/2006
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon First human tests begin of gene-based vaccine for bird flu
      356 1 SCIENTISTS in the United States have begun the first human tests of a gene-based vaccine against a lethal strain of bird flu that some health experts fear may set off a pandemic capable of killing millions. Tests have begun on
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      The bang... and the bucks, too
      788 1  -  CHRISTIE LOH Stock market sparkles, economy expands, property purrs, so what can spoil the party? christie@mediacorp.com.sg ECONOMISTS and market-watch-ers pinched themselves and tried not to get carried away. By evening, they had spotted a couple of distant clouds to worry about, but the smiles
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      35 1 iNgin^^^^ I hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 8 voices 20 business 24 plus 28 citystyle 33 traveller 35 tv radio listings 36 classad 37 sports 38 we set you thinking I ____^__l
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  • hot news
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      Fatal fall at the opera
      624 2  -  ANSLEY NG GRACIA CHIANG Woman tumbles down stairs on way to toilet during Esplanade show ansley@mediacorp.com.sg THERE was an hour to go of the Hainanese opera show, and retiree Wong Mvi Lee, 55, needed to use the washroom. She got up from her stall seat
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      Lock icon False hopes and the cruel truth
      595 3 -AGENCIES Indonesia outraged by officials who mismanaged air crash info and said survivors had been found POLEWALI (Indonesia) It was a slim chance, but for a while hope flickered in Ms Ima Kulata's heart. Her cousin and two nieces had been on board the
      -AGENCIES  -  595 words
    • Article
      Lock icon SET SAFETY CAP ON USE OF CPF FUNDS
      833 3  -  SIEWKUMHONG AP Let's bar use of monies above 30% contribution mark for mortgages THE signs had been pointing to an increase in the Central Provident Fund (CPF) employers' contribution rate, and the Prime Minister's New Year message has all but confirmed it
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      100 2 Hf>.^ QlijQ a&HflmliiHifflfll^^ffi^^ Introduction and opening address Freely Time Squeeze Theory Fundamental, Technical and Gapping Analyses Portfolio Management for the modern investor Case studies of successful investing Witness graduates' testimonies L Over two in three people noted !^BB4_/3* Dr. Chiang as Singapore's number |K*^B one money stock options I B^^rr
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon How did something as massive as this go missing?
      349 4  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg FOR 10 days, the two barges drifted along unmanned like ghost ships in the South China Sea going unnoticed by other ships and the authorities searching for them. But on Sunday, they were finally found beached off
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        NKF HEARING TO START ON MONDAY
        115 4  -  LOHCHEEKONG The hearing for the National Kidney Foundation's (NKF) civil lawsuit will begin on Monday. The charity is expected to call more than 20 witnesses in its bid to recoup about $12 million from ex-chief T T Durai and former directors Richard Yong, Loo
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        Lock icon NEW PSC MEMBER
        80 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The President has appointed community leader and architect Mr Edward Alec D'Silva as a member of the Public Service Commission (PSC). Mr D'Silva, 56, has been the executive director of SAA Architects since 1983 and is vice-president of the Eurasian Association. He also sits on
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      High end = hot property
      564 4  - High end hot property LEECHINGWERN JOSEPH YADAO Luxury market expected to keep growing with new projects in pipeline chingwern@mediacorp.com.sg LAST month's buying frenzy at the Marina Bay Residences which saw penthouses sold for a staggering $3,400 per square foot has bumped up the growth of Singapore's private-home prices to a
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      A better economy means bigger flats for S'poreans
      274 4  -  LEECHING WERN THE downgrading bug has subsided Singaporeans are moving on to bigger flats, in line with an improved economy, said analysts. According to the sales data of property firm ERA, which holds a 40-per-cent share of the HDB resale market, resale
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      Lock icon The price of kelong? $200, allegedly
      473 6  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@media corp.com.sg WHAT price to let in a goal? Goalkeeper Zulkifli Zainolabidin said in court yesterday that former Malaysia national football coach Chow Kwai Lam (picture) had offered him between $200 and $300 on top of an undisclosed bonus to let in two
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      Making light of learning
      830 6  -  LEE U-WEN Primary school was a drag, but now there's hope, and doodles, for these kids u-wen@media corp.com.sg THEY were welcomed by their teachers at the MRT station, where a shuttle bus awaited. They were treated to a surprise celebrity appearance at the morning assembly and
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      Chee case adjourned while he briefs new lawyer
      196 6  -  -LEONGWEEKEAT THE trial of Singapore Democratic Party chief Chee Soon Juan for trying to leave the country without permission was adjourned yesterday after the court agreed to his request for more time to prepare his case. Yesterday, Chee told the court that
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Thaksin loyalists blamed for blasts
      487 8 —AGENCIES Severe penalties await those responsible for attacks that wounded nearly 40: Junta BANGKOK Thailand's powerful military council yesterday declared that politicians and renegade army officers loyal to ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra were responsible for the New Year's Eve bomb attacks in Bangkok as
      —AGENCIES; AFP  -  487 words
    • Article
      Lock icon UN chief backs call on Iraq executions
      143 8 -AFP UNITED NATIONS UN chief Ban Kimoon backs the top UN human rights official's call for Iraq to refrain from executing two aides of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, his spokeswoman said yesterday. Ms Michele Montas said Mr Ban, who declined to condemn
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      92 8 RELIGIOUS BATH: Indian Hindu devotees pray after taking a dip on the occasion of Poush Poornima at the Ardh Kumbh Mela, or Half Grand Pitcher festival, at Sangam in Allahabad, India. Ashsmeared Hindu priests led millions of devotees yesterday in a predawn holy dip in frigid temperatures at the confluence
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      Lock icon N Korea confirms death of foreign minister
      163 8 -AGENCIES SEOUL North Korea's foreign minister has died, the country's official media reported yesterday. Mr Pack, who was 77, was the North's top diplomat since 1998. North Korean leader Kirn Jong-Il sent a wreath yesterday to Mr Pack's bier, "expressing deep condolences over
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    • Iraqi PM seething, President sulking
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        Lock icon THE RELUCTANT PM
        365 12 -AGENCIES Maliki dreads remaining time as leader WASHINGTON Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki said in an interview that he wished his tenure was already over, and has made it clear that he has no desire for a second spell in office. Mr Maliki, accused by United
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        Lock icon PROTESTS OF A PRESIDENT
        336 12 -AFP Talabani claims ignorance over Saddam's execution date BAGHDAD Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has distanced himself from the execution of Saddam Hussein, saying the act did not require his approval and he did not know when it was scheduled to take place. "The President did not
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      London transport bites the pocket
      500 14 UK's capital city is now the world's most expensive to travel around on buses, trains LONDON Planning a trip to London? Be prepared to pay more when taking the trains or buses because the city's public transport has just been declared the world's most expensive.
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      Lock icon Ban gets busy on his first day
      342 15 —AFP Darfur, N Korea top of agenda for new UN chief, who also has his say on Saddam UNITED NATIONS New United Nations Secretary-Gen-eral Ban Ki-moon has acknowledged that he faced daunting challenges in many crises worldwide, from the Middle East to North
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    • Article
      Lock icon Allegations of child sex abuse by UN staff in Sudan surface
      239 15 ■AFP LONDON United Nations (UN) staff and peacekeepers in the south of Sudan have been accused of sexually abusing children as young as 12, The Daily Telegraph reported yesterday. The abuse allegedly started when the UN which has around
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon ROW OVER TOP UN JOB FOR BLAIR'S HOLIDAY COMPANION
        127 15 ■AFP The appointment of a senior British diplomat and holiday companion of Prime Minister Tony Blair to a key United Nations post has provoked a political row. The Times reported yesterday. Sir John Holmes, Britain's ambassador to Paris, is to become
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        Lock icon TOYOTA TO DEVELOP ANTI-DRUNK DRIVING SYSTEM
        119 15 —AFP Japanese auto giant Toyota Motor Corp will develop a system to stop a vehicle if it detects the driver is drunk as part of efforts to cope with a serious social problem, the Asahi Shimbun reported yesterday. The system, expected to become available
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    • this quirky world
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        OBAMA? I MEANT OSAMA...
        55 16 CNN has apologised for mistakenly promoting a story on the search for Osama bin Laden with the headline "Where's Obama?" A spokesman for Illinois Senator Barack Obama, a potential Democratic presidential candidate, said the apology was accepted. CNN has called the mistake a "bad typographical error"
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        Lock icon BREAKING VOWS IS FAST TO DO
        92 16 AFP One in three New Year's resolutions are broken within the first week. according to a British survey this week. Researchers found that quitting smoking was the most popular resolution at 27 per cent, followed by losing weight at 24 per cent and eating
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        Lock icon HELP NEEDED FOR WORDSMITHS
        82 16 -AFP The compilers of the definitive English dictionary want the public's help to find the roots of words such as stiletto and 100, British media reported yesterday. The Oxford English Dictionary is appealing for assistance with 40 definitions because they believe Britons may be able to
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      Lock icon 7 years on, the summit's in sight
      503 16 AGENCIES Former South Korean leader says time is right for second inter-Korean meeting SEOUL Former South Korean President Kirn Dae-jung on Tuesday said there could be an inter-Korean summit this year amid concern among opposition politicians that such meetings were aimed at influencing
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  • Voices
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      An equal opportunity award for fair-minded employers?
      285 20  -  RICK LIM SAY KIONG Letter from THE existence of discriminatory advertisements indicates an underlying problem with many employers ("When black and white doesn't help", Dec 29). As a human resource (HR) practitioner, I know that for a job advertisement to be placed in
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      Up to job seekers to dispel or reinforce negative views
      295 20  -  KISHORE MAHAMUNKAR Letter from WHILE I am fully sympathetic to Mr Prasannakumar's situation, I would also like to call my fellow Indians' attention to a few points. As a member of a group or caste, I would always relate more
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      Offer channels for those unhappy with the boss
      206 20  -  GOH KIAN HUAT Letter from I APPLAUD Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen's call for employers to stop seeing employees as mere "digits of production" ("Want the most from staff? Here's how", Dec 28). It is common for employers and managers to view
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      Knock down language barriers in mall announcements
      335 20  -  EDDYTANUMIHARDJA Letter from ON THE afternoon of Dec 30, I was at Takashimaya Department Store when I heard an announcement in English about an Indonesian boy, aged 4 to 5, who was found wandering lost inside the store. The announcement was repeated some
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      CHEAH:FEELINGTHEHEAT
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    • Letter
      Crowd can use other mosques near Al-Abrar
      189 21  -  ZAHID AHMAD Letter from Head, Mosque Development Strategic Unit Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) WE THANK Mr Haj Mohamed for his feedback, "Mosque too crowded on Fridays, new venue needed" (Dec 14), with reference to the overflowing congregation at Al-Abrar Mosque in
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    • Letter
      Great shakes
      498 21  -  PETERHENG Despite being in quake zone, N Asia is best site for systems Letter from Director, Corporate Communications Singapore Telecommunications Limited WE REFER to the letter, "The Little Red Dot that went invisible", by Mr Denis Distant (Dec 30). We thank Mr Distant for sharing his concerns about
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      247 22  -  DR JAMES DOBSON THE WORDS OF A CHILD BY I I want to share with you today an actual letter written by a 14-year-old girl that needs no explanation. She wrote: When I was ten, my parents got a divorce. Naturally, my father told me about
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      servusright
      538 22  -  LIANG DINGZI HOW NOT TO GET SICK OF WAITING I WALKED into a polyclinic at noon one day and was naturally disconcerted to find a sign that said "Waiting time: Three hours". I checked its veracity with one of the staff and, to my relief, she told me to
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    • Letter
      Spirit of service is more than words
      392 23  -  CHAN CHEE MUN Bill waivers, wine gifts convey sincerity beyond polite sorry's Letter from I REFER to your article, "Sing Tel double bill?" (Jan 3). Mr Kenny Ng was doublebilled twice and got a deserved refund, after numerous phone calls and the standard
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    • Letter
      Changi is unique as S'pore's green lung
      190 23  -  MARYANNE MAES Letter from I READ with disdain Huang Pengxie's proposal to have a future integrated resort (IR) built along Loyang Avenue. ("Changi excellent location for future IR", Jan 3) Singapore already faces an uphill task of meeting the people's diverse needs when
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    • Letter
      Sparing Saddam wouldn't have helped
      191 23  -  EDDYTAN Letter from I REFER to the letter, "Puppet on an American string" (Jan 3). I would like to turn the question around: What would be the benefit of keeping Saddam Hussein alive, well-fed, clothed and housed, not to mention provided with medical care, while
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon NOL, rivals raised capacity 14% in 2006
      343 24 -BLOOMBERG THE world's shipping lines, which includes Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), increased their capacity to move containers by 14 per cent last year the fastest pace in six years, as trade expanded, data from Containerisation International showed. Capacity at the world's shipping
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      New role for plastic
      320 24  -  CHOW PENN NEE Future type of semiconductors to be made out of the material PLASTIC is the new chip in the semiconductor world, as far as a British company is concerned. Cambridge-based Plastic Logic whose shareholders include Intel will build the world's first plant in Germany
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      UOB housing loan for houses in Thailand
      322 24  -  CHOW PENN NEE pennnee@mediacorp.com.sg IN A move to look beyond Singapore's saturated home loan industry, United Overseas Bank (UOB) is offering mortgages for houses in Thailand a first for local banks. Under this, Singaporeans, permanent residents and foreigners are eligible to borrow money
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      Lock icon CORPORATEBRIEFS
      91 24 CHANNEL NEWSASIA CHANNEL NEWSASIA ABN Amro and ComfortDelGro will waive the 10-per-cent credit-card administrative fee for taxi commuters using ABN's credit cards to pay fares on Comfort, City Cab and Yellow-Top cabs. The partnership will also see a 24-hour priority booking hotline set up exclusively for ABN's cardmembers. Hwang-DBS
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    • business news
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        Lock icon 4Q GDP gives S$ a boost
        308 26 DOW JONES Local currency breaks record against the United States dollar THE Singapore dollar gained yesterday in Asia on the first trading day of this year, reflecting investors' strong appetite for Asian currencies, traders said. "Asian currencies are in demand now," said one foreign
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        Lock icon Thai market spooked
        155 26 BANGKOK Thai shares sank on the first day of trade after the New Year's Eve bombings in Bangkok that killed three and wounded 38. The Stock Exchange of Thailand composite index was down 20.59 points, or 3.03 per cent to 659.25 yesterday. Finance Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula told
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      • Article
        Lock icon China stocks need to improve corporate governance: Study
        283 26 -DPA -AFP CHINA stocks listed on the Singapore Exchange generally comply with disclosure requirements but can do much more to improve corporate governance, according to a study. Nanyang Technological University professor Tan Lay Hong and two lawyers found that there were many
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      • marketwatch
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          World markets
          49 26 Nikkei 225 Hang Seng ASX *****.39 +103.21 5649.30 -20.90 +0.51 -0.37 Taiwan Wtd 7917.30 -3.50 -0.04 Korea Comp 1409.35 -25.91 -1.01 KLCI 1117.09 +20.05 +1.90 SET Index 659.25 -20.59 -3.03 Jakarta Comp 1034.70 -1.01 -0.10 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 3020.70 +43.05 +1.47 Mumbai Sensex *****.92 +72.60 +0.52
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          SGX most active
          50 26 Gen Int Sapphire ChinaEnergy FHTK Jasper CSC BBR StarCiusUSS Acma Auston 1.020 +0.175 +20.7 261,670 0.040 +0.010 +33.3 172,052 1.190 +0.190 +19.0 107,900 0.010 02,303 0.025 56,000 0.210 +0.030 +16.7 54,242 0.110 +0.010 +10.0 45,091 0.340 +0.020 +6.3 42,920 0.095 +0.015 +10.0 39,643 0.295 +0.055 +22.9 32,900
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          SGX top rises
          77 26 OUE 14.000 +3.000 SMRTCS *****0 0.250 +61.3 Shang Asia 2kHK$ 21.000 +1.300 KepCorp 10.500 +0.900 GLD10US$ 63.700 +0.600 CITYDEV 13.200 +0.500 Wilmar 2.090 +0.460 HSI*****DB*****8 1.530 +0.430 Jardine CSC 15.200 +0.400 Wilmar DBS*****2 0.705 +57.0 SGXBNP *****6 0.360 +56.5 CoscoCorpBNP***** 1.000 +53.2 KepCorp SGA*****2 0.245 +53.1 CoscoCorpBNP7D319
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          SGX top falls
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          156 26 -DOW JONES THE ST Index (STI) rose yesterday to end this year's first trading day at a record high. The STI closed up 51.9 points, or 1.7 per cent, to finish at 3,037.7 points, its thirdstraight record high, with gains seen across various sectors. In the broader market, gainers
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          36 26 US$ 0.6533 UK£ 0.3314 Yen 77.646 HK$ 5.0860 RM 2.2957 Euro 0.4921 Rupiah 5860.4 Baht 23.559 Peso 31.942 A$ 0.8195 Indian Rs 28.989 Won 605.15 C$ 0.7615 Yuan 5.1049 NZ$ 0.9235 NT$ 21.164
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          24 26 SGX, lIIUII [JIUVIUOU Bloomberg Information Drovided by HI uss/oz 638.00 ■wuss/oz 12.94 Platan uss/oz 1,144.30 Rubin cents/kg 305.25 Pihii 1,962.00 Bratfcniit iism.-i,, 59.54
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        190 27 BLOOMBERG AIRASIA bought almost half of Holiday Air, a Sri Lankan low-cost carrier that plans to start operations this year, Malaysia's Bernama news agency reported, citing airline people it did not identify. Holiday Air, which will operate mainly regional flights,
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        356 27 -BLOOMBERG From today, the interbank borrowing rate will be set based on bids from 16 banks CHINA'S central bank will start publishing a new benchmark rate for borrowing between banks today, a step toward a more market-driven financial system. The Shanghai interbank offered rate, or Shibor,
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      1245 29 HAS BLOOD DIAMOND STAR LEONARDO DICAPRIO FINALLY MOVED ON FROM HIS DAYS AS LEADER OFTHE PUSSY POSSE? TO SUGGEST that Leonardo DiCaprio is a suspicious character would be overstating the case, but he does come across as a more serious-mind-ed actor in person than his reputation
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      243 29 AFRICA IS IN FOR A FILM REVIVAL IN 2007, WITH A HOST OF TITLES SET IN THE DARK CONTINENT HITTING THE SCREEN I LAST KING OF SCOTLAND: I Not a sequel to Braveheart I but a chronicle of the life and I times of a brutal dictator,
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      589 30  -  ZUL OTHMAN Flying spaceships, shooting guns and fighting aliens Doctor Who is a dream job for actor John Barrowman zul@mediacorp.com.sg PLAYING a part in an iconic British science fiction series was the fulfilment of Scot-tish-American actor John Barrowman's fondest wish. "I loved Doctor Who as a
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        124 30 -AP OPRAH Winfrey opened a school yesterday for disadvantaged girls in Johannesburg, fulfilling a promise she made to former President Nelson Mandela six years ago and giving more than 150 students a chance for a better future. "I wanted to give this opportunity to girls who
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        129 30 —AGENCIES IF YOU were to line them up according to their new royal assignations. Rod Stewart would outrank Hugh Laurie, but the good doctor from the television series House has one up on the Beatles. Stewart was named a Commander of the Order of the
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        107 30 -AGENCIES SINGER George Michael (picture) has been paid a reported £1.5 million ($4.5 million) for an hour's concert at a Russian billionaire's New Year's party. The unnamed businessman paid for Michael to entertain his 300 guests on his private estate 30km outside Moscow, the star's spokesman said.
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        97 30 -AP A SPOKESMAN for Kate Moss yesterday denied reports the supermodel and rocker Pete Doherty had tied the knot during a candlelit Buddhist ceremony in Thailand on New Year's Day. Stuart Higgins said Moss, 32, was vacationing in Thailand, but hadn't married Doherty, frontman for
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      454 31  -  ASHRAFSAFDAR In addition to class struggle and morality, homoerotic undertones explored in new take on My Fair Lady ashraf@mediacorp.com.sg THERE was once a sculptor who chiselled a woman in his image and subsequently fell in love with her, even though he, ahem, batted for the other team.
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      141 31 LOS ANGELES Former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith must undergo paternity testing by the end of this month to determine the parentage of her baby, a lawyer for a man claiming to be the child's father said on Tuesday. Los Angeles Superior
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        21 32 THE MASTER'S PLAN: A sketch by Daniel Libeskind of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada, which he designed.
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        449 32  -  David Chew Like his buildings, famed architect Daniel Libeskind's exhibition will inspire you by Between, Beside, Beyond: Daniel Libeskind's Reflections and Key Works (1989 2014) ARCHITECT-extraordinaire Daniel Libeskind's most famous building is The Jewish Museum in Berlin, which was opened to public acclaim in 2001 despite the fact it
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          80 33 An unlikely amalgamation of stripes, checks and florals becomes suddenly polished on this Michael Kors ensemble. While the designer may whine and gripe as a judge on reality show Project Runway, he sure knows how to put together a look as potentially chaotic as this. If
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          75 33 Over-feasted on the Christmas turkey and ham? Thank the fashion gods for keeping the tunic trendy. If you have the and a relaxed office dress code, wear your tunic on its own as a short dress and you'll look as sassy as this model in her
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          74 33 If you didn't get yourself a shirtdress last year, where were you? The easy-to-wear and figure-flattering dress will take on a second lease of life this year how else can you cleverly combine the corporate edge of a shirt with the feminine grace of a dress? Here,
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          68 33 I Don't laugh now, but retroI cafe tablecloth checks may be your fashion checkmate soon if Yves Saint Laurent visionary Stefano Pilati has his way. In his Spring-Summer ■V 2007 ready-to-wear show, he sent out his models in a flur- ry of oversized checks. Gingham may be
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          54 33 Pasty-skinned geeks and ah peks won't be the only men donning cardigans this season. Guys working in a creative environment will probably keep warm in preppy-nerdy cardigans, too. Take inspiration from the Hermes Spring-Summer 2007 men's collection shown here and wear your cardis over checked or striped shirts.
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          137 33 L There's something sexy and rogue-ish about a woman I in a menswear-inspired jacket or suit. Last year's overI sized shirts were perhaps a prelude to the mannish jackets of this season. Suit guru Giorgio Armani tops off his versions for A Spring-Summer 2007 with bewitching scoop
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      361 34  -  AMYVAN I ham and cheese prata Serves 4 to 6 Method 1. Cut prata into wedges or desired shapes. Ingredients 4 pieces Fair Price plain prata 2. Top prafa with garlic, cheddar cheese, ham and 2 cloves garlic pepper. 1 cup cheddar cheese 4 slices honey glazed ham
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        768 35  -  TAN CHUI HUA Boratanti Kazakhstan have as much in common as the moon and cheese, this writer discovers KAZAKHSTAN'S had a hard time of it lately. Before Borat, nobody seemed quite sure where to find it on the map. Then, there's the common misconception that there's
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      545 38 ■AFP England's pace ace finally delivers as Aussies lose Ponting ASHES, CTH TEST Australia v England SYDNEY Steve Harmison gave a glimpse of what might have been yesterday with a zestful bowling performance to give England hope of preventing a 5-0 Ashes series whitewash to Australia
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      305 38 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's entire national hockey team have been disbanded after a dismal performance at the Asian Games in Doha where they placed sixth, the New Straits Times reported yesterday. The Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) have also appointed a new coach, Sarjit Singh, who
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      664 39 -AP In first game against former team, Nuggets' big new name can only mouth off NBA Denver 97 Philadelphia 108 DENVER Allen Iverson took plenty of shots at his former team, before, during and after the game. It didn't add up to a win,
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      278 39 -AP BEIJING The Olympic torch is expected to reach the summit of Mount Everest a year early. Having promised to take the torch relay over the world's highest peak, Beijing 2008 Olympic organisers now say the complex undertaking will get a trial run later
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      139 39 -AP MELBOURNE Roger Federer isn't messing around as he begins his Australian Open defence, arriving here nearly two weeks before the first tennis Grand Slam of the year. Top-ranked Federer, who bypassed the Doha tournament he won the past two years, flew into Melbourne yesterday and
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      649 40  -  JOSE RAYMOND Battling a goal drought, Lions' coach Avramovic also has to contend with tension in the backline FOOTBALL 2007 Asean Football Championship jose@media corp.com.sg WITH just six goals in 10 games, one would think Singapore coach Radojko Avramovic would be working hard trying
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      240 40  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SHE was the only one of the 20-strong sailing squad that returned from last month's 15th Asian Games in Doha without a medal. But Griselda Khng (picture) is on course to make up for that disappointment At the Optimist World Sailing Championships
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      346 40  -  SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ 2006/07 PHILLIPS AUSTRALIAN NBL CHAMPIONSHIP Singapore Slingers 85 South Dragons 115 m.sazali@media corp.com.sg WITH 14 matches to go in the regular season, they were desperate to start their final push for a playoff spot with a win, but the Singapore Slingers came
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      652 41 —AGENCIES Henry fires the Gunners on his return, but turns the spotlight on his team-mate ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Arsenal 4 Charlton 0 LONDON Arsenal captain Thierry Henry believes Robin van Persic can become one of the best players in the Premiership. Henry returned from a five-week lay-off
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      414 41 -AFP LONDON Adrian Boothroyd, manager of English Premier League basement club Watford, revealed yesterday that he had turned down a bid of £5 million ($l5 million) for promising striker Ashley Young. Hornets boss Boothroyd has repeatedly insisted Young would not
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      105 41 -AFP LONDON Sheffield United captain Chris Morgan has been charged with violent conduct by the Football Association after a clash with Arsenal's Robin van Persic. Morgan appeared to strike the Arsenal striker out of sight of Alan Wiley, the referee, during United's 1-0
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      193 38 ClassAd I I $^T I EMAIL I Some little words can catch us unawares. I It is common to hear, "After a long weekend I away I had 220 emails to sort." We will answer some of your spoken English language questions in this column, and a book prize will
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      53 41 MILLWALL IN SCORING SPREE! Scored 8 goals in last two matches! E Cup Stoke City Millwall Sat, 06/01/07 3.45 am Sales closes 5 minutes before kick-off time, or at the outlets' closing time. For PoolzConnect members, sales closes 5 minutes before kick-off time. Elay3> Always Play With Care ____T RCB
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      681 42 -AGENCIES Blues pegged backyet again, but champions Mourinho and Lampard remain confident of overhauling Red Devils H^L ■sfij LONDON Having announced before kickoff that John Terry and Petr Cech would soon be returning from injury, Jose Mourinho was forced to endure more misery on the
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      296 42 —AGENCIES MANCHESTER Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo reportedly tops the transfer wishlist of Spanish giants Barcelona. DiarioSport claimed yesterday that the Catalans have spent the festive break discussing their transfer options, and have drawn up a shortlist of four players who they want
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      56 42 As Rohit Brijnath is on leave, his regular column will return on Jan 18 7.30am Cricket Ashes: Australia v England, Ch95 8am Basketball Atlantic Coast Conference: Pennsylvania v North Carolina, Ch23 3.30pm Cricket South Africa v India, Ch95 7am Golf Mercedes-Benz C'ship, Ch22 7.30am Cricket Ashes: Australia v England, Ch95
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