Today, 25 January 2007

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    14 1 TODAY /A=DIACORP share your free newspaper Thursday January 25, 2007 todayonline.com I MICA(P) 314/10/2006
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    Indonesia acts, S'pore regrets
    882 1  -  SHARON VASOO Jakarta bans sand exports to Spore; Republic will turn to new sources, steel-based construction DEPUTY FOREIGN EDITOR sharon@media corp.com.sg FOR some time now, Singapore has been basking in its friendship with Indonesia, trying to nudge foreign investors to go to its larger neighbour. It
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    Even NS can wait for Olympic gold
    569 1  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@media corp.com.sg NATIONAL Service can wait, studies will be put on hold and careers on the backburner. Instead, 22 athletes will train full-time with just one objective in mind: An Olympic medal. The plan called Project 0812 to indicate Singapore's ambitions for
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      Lock icon 2% at one go
      785 2  -  LEE U-WEN PM prefers GST hike not be staggered u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has given the clearest indication to date that the Government will champion the proposal to raise Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributions by employers. He also expressed a preference for raising the
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      Lock icon That unsigned $25k cheque
      701 3  -  JASMINE YIN More revelations as Youth Challenge case goes to police jasmine@media corp.com.sg EVEN as his charity was being investigated for financial excess and mismanagement, Youth Challenge founder and ex-cop Vincent Lam asked his board of directors in December to approve a bonus payout of more
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      274 2 khoo "From failing grades, psmrr, my results rocketed to A's and B's!" "When I first entered secondary school, I didnt do very well. I used W I to fall 3 out of 6 subjects until I discovered the lAm Gifted, So Are I H You™l Camp for teens. It was
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      Lock icon 'Victim wanted me dead'
      1052 4  -  LOHCHEEKONG LOHCHEEKONG 'One-eyed dragon' claims nightclub boss ordered hit on him; tussle led to gunshots cheekong@media corp.com.sg THE nightclub boss who was viciously killed in his home was no angel himself, according to the man who strode into his Serangoon flat and pumped five bullets into
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      Lock icon NKF suit: Durai responds to 3rd-party move
      263 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA FORMER National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chief T T Durai has responded to the suit brought against him by former board chairman Richard Yong and former treasurer Loo Say San. No details of his response, however, are available. Both men's lawyers had
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      False alarm causes SQ flight to turn back to Beijing
      176 6  -  SHERALYNTAY A SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) flight from Beijing to Singapore made an emergency landing in the Chinese capital yesterday, after an alarm indicating a fire in the Boeing 777-200's right engine went off. SQBII, which was due to land in
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      Dear Parents, letters nipped crime
      635 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Number of young offenders down almost 25% last year, with early intervention weekeat@media corp.com.sg THE good news: The crime rate fell for the first time in four years by 10 per cent in 2006. The even better news: The number of youth
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      Lock icon Mating in Mandai
      566 8  -  UNYANQIN It's boom time as endangered species have babies here yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg THEY may not be answering mating calls out in the wild, but at Mandai, it seems some endangered species are having a baby boom. More than 180 animals were born in the Singapore Zoo and the
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      Lock icon North to South Pole, in a wheelchair
      497 8  -  GRACIA CHIANG gracia@media corp. com. sg HE WILL brave temperatures of minus-40 degree Celsius, terrain 900 feet above sea level, loneliness and exhaustion. Already synonymous with marathon record-breaking feats, neuroscientist and wheelchair athlete Dr William Tan is taking his next challenge to the
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      A MORAL COMPASS FOR COMPANIES
      751 10  -  DHARMENDRAYADAV Corporate counsels should be given larger role to point firms in ethical direction IN RECENT years, as the world was rocked by scandals of multinational corporations such as Enron, questionable practices involving organisations in Singapore have also come under scrutiny. There was the Asia-Pacific
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      Lock icon She shopped ... and won a car Today
      411 10  - She shopped and won a car Today GRACIA CHIANG gracia@mediacorp.com.sg SHE went shopping for a $6,000 tour package for her mother, nephew and niece. But to her pleasant surprise, Ms Chong Pik Wan ended up winning a car worth $48,000. Ms Chong, 43, was the grand-draw winner of a 1.4
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        Lock icon SHOP YOUR INSOMNIA AWAY
        119 10 938 LIVE Late-night shopping will become a regular feature here starting tomorrow. Retailers along Orchard Road will extend their shopping hours until midnight on the last Friday of every month. Friday late-night shopping was introduced for five months last year and the Singapore Tourism Board said
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        Lock icon FRUITS FROM CHINA SAFE TO EAT
        116 10 938 LIVE The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) has not found any contamination in fruits imported from China. It says all samples tested passed the pesticide residues screening. AVA's response follows a report by environmental group Greenpeace on toxins found in fruits
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      798 5 Brought to you by: A culturally-ri I I^™ Wfy UNIVERSITY Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is a vibrant campus with over 19,000 undergraduates and 8,500 graduate x students. Throw in an increasingly diverse international student population among the 9,000 young people living on campus, and there's a special buzz to NTU's
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      99 6 The route to further education Cambridge 4jff|. International Examinations °v"^ o British Council administers the following international f Popular examinations subjects include: examinations offered by University of Cambridge. Accounting Biology IGCSE chemistry This is comparable to GCE O-level and the UK GCSE. Chinese Language Economics AS and A-levelS English Language
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      213 6 CONGRATULATIONS to the Winners of the S.H.E Perfect 3 Draw by BAUSCH LOMB Draw Date: 15 January 2007 CheeYeeHwee XXXXBI2BH Onq Boon Wee Edwin XXXXS9B3D Chin Fen Fen XXXX94B3A Onq Chai Ying Shirley XXXX422OD Chua Menq Li XXXX7S9SZ OnqSiewYen XXXX34I7E Hoi Xinyin Kelynn XXXX7474J Pang Shenq Kin Tabitha XXXX4944F KeongCheeJeng
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      383 7 Qmlr% PfAhlomc Award-winning Hair Institute *^V%«l^^ %^"^'^y '9 Glower is the first hair care centre in I" Singapore to be awarded the prestigious m H||^ AH #^^P^ Bff^ Superbrands Award (2004/05), and to retain a Ifl I^^^ flip rmaw^m M tne status for successive years (2006/07). F*Tk %*IVW iiiW *#*fcl^
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      81 8 UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA An Australian Government Owned University BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION For local polytechnic diploma holders Cat 1 (18 mthsj: A diploma In business discipline. Cat 2 (24 mths): A diploma In engineering or other discipline. UNIVERSITY PREPARATION PROGRAM (UPP) For GCE -0" and or GCE "A" level holders
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      46 8 GRAB A BITE NOW! BK FLAVOUR'ITES A HAVE IT YOUR WAY 8 VP^Qr All our products are prepared in 100% vegetable oil. TM 2005,2007 Burger King Corporation. All rights reserved. Available ftir a limited time only. Offer subject to change without prior notice. While stocks last.
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      120 11 SHARP I Q_ O _C m ■o 8 n IV /I si NOTHING IS LOST WITH FULL HD AQUOS In golf, what isn't seen is as crucial as what's noticed. But even the best players in the world don't pick up on everything. Seeing the game through 6.2 million pixels
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      Lock icon Israeli President will suspend himself from office
      204 12 -AFP JERUSALEM Israeli President Moshe Katsav will suspend himself from office after the announcement that he will be indicted on charges of rape and other sex crimes, parliamentary officials said yesterday. The announcement falls short of meeting growing calls from politicians, the media
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      Lock icon Bush speech lacks killer punch
      435 12 -AFP State of the Union address not enough to rescue US presidency WASHINGTON Cursed by rockbottom poll ratings, chided by Congress's new Democratic masters, and bound up in Iraq's agony, United States President George W Bush offered little to loosen his political straitjacket in his
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      Lock icon Japan rebukes Bush: You were wrong to invade Iraq
      218 12 -AFP TOKYO Japan's Defence Minister yesterday said United States President George W Bush was wrong to invade Iraq and warned Tokyo could not automatically renew its air force mission to the war-torn country. The rebuke from one of Washington's closest foreign
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      Lock icon Indonesia to auction permits to log old forests?
      249 14 —AFP JAKARTA Environmental watchdog Greenpeace yesterday protested the Indonesian government's plans to auction permits to log old forests in Borneo and Papua, home to a rich variety of plant and animal life. Within two weeks, forest lands in 16 locations including Papua,
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      Lock icon M'sian premier warns bloggers
      392 14 —AGENCIES Internet not exempt from defamation laws, says Abdullah KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has defended legal action launched against two Malaysian bloggers, saying the Internet was not exempt from defamation laws, a report said yesterday. The defamation suit by the governmentlinked The New
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      Lock icon Sharia for Thai south?
      359 16 —AFP Parts of Islamic law being considered in bid to quell insurgency, says prime minister BANGKOK Thailand is considering introducing elements of Islamic Sharia law in the troubled Muslim-majority south in an effort to quell the bloody insurgency, the premier said yesterday. Mr Surayud Chulanont said
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        Lock icon THAKSIN'S DAUGHTER TESTIFIES
        55 16 AP Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's daughter yesterday testified before a corruption committee probing the sale of the family's communications empire Shin Corp to Singapore's Temasek Holdings last January. Based on their testimony in closed sessions, the committee will decide whether to issue indictments and forward
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        Lock icon PLANE HIJACK SAGA ENDS IN 20 MINUTES
        64 16 —AFP Chadian security forces detained an armed hijacker who forced a Sudanese plane heading to the troubled Darfur region to go to the Chadian capital of N'Djamena yesterday. The hijacker, who had a handgun and a knife, gave himself up after 20 minutes
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      Lock icon N Korea helping Iran build atom bomb: Report
      463 17 —AGENCIES Pyongyang agrees to share all nuclear data with Tehran, says British daily LONDON North Korea is providing Iran with help on its nuclear programme, aiding it to prepare an underground nuclear test similar to the one carried out by Pyongyang last
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      S'pore got it right with China, India, says expert
      224 17  -  NG HUN WEI SINGAPORE has nailed the right strategy in managing the rise of India and China, but the island has to remain nimble to remain successful, a renowned marketing consultant, who also advises Singapore's Economic Development Board, said yesterday. Countries
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      Lock icon Tainted blood stocks have led to hepatitis C infections, says China
      306 18 -AFP BEIJING An unknown number of patients in China have contracted hepatitis C after a company distributed tainted blood in one of its immune system-boost-ing antibody products, the government said. Sales of the company's products have been halted while
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      Lock icon The black pit of illegal coal mining
      320 18 -AFP Hu calls for probe into death of reporter investigating coal mine BEIJING Chinese President Hu Jintao has called for a investigation into the beating to death of a reporter who was allegedly attacked while investigating an illegal coal mine. "Communist Party General
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      546 14 The Kind of Children KUMON Wishes to Nurture At KUMON, we aspire to nurture These are the essential skills that will children with the ability to learn help to motivate and empower them independently, who possess superior with the will to realise their dreams and academic ability and have a
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      isay LEAVE NO ROOM FOR BETRAYAL
      561 22  -  FRANCES ONG HOCK LIN OFTEN at the hawker centre, teenagers approach me soliciting funds for charity. I seldom contribute as I know that for every donated dollar, a significant amount will be used to pay the fund-raising company. Sometimes, I will request that they
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      Faith shattered?
      210 22  -  HENRY LEE JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from IT IS disheartening to read the report, "Another charity, another shadow" (Jan 24) at a time when the National Kidney Foundation lawsuit is being heard in court Many believe that charity chiefs are paid hefty salaries besides lucrative perks such
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      Lock icon Not as pumped up...
      247 24  -  JEANNE CHENG Power tariff increase has been smaller than fuel price hike Letter from General Manager (Services Marketing) SP Services Limited I REFER to the report, "Now that the cost of oil is down, why are other prices still up" (Jan 18). We would like to
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      Witnesses can claim allowances
      84 24  -  AUDREY ANG Letter from Assistant Director (Media Relations) Singapore Police Force POLICE would like Mr Eddy Tan ("Reimburse people who report traffic offences for their court testimony", Jan 15) to contact DSP Lim Cher Khin, Head Investigation, Traffic Police, at 6547 6104 to enable us to
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      HDTV for the masses?
      1043 26 Economics may force firms to give set-top boxes away free WHILE Singapore is only starting to warm up to High-Definition television (HDTV) programming, Mr WardPlatt is no stranger to the technology that boasts sharper images, surround sound quality audio and a cinematic experience. In town last
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      Poly grads encouraged to seek PSC scholarships
      109 28  -  CHOOLEESEE Letter from Director Public Service Commission Secretariat I REFER to the letters, "Level the scholarship field for poly grads" (Jan 18) and "Tapping on polys' talent pool" oan 23). The Public Service Commission (PSC) welcomes applications from polytechnic graduates for PSC scholarships.
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      Why bus lanes are a right turn
      693 28  -  NALEEZAEBRAHIM Letter from Deputy Director, Media Relations Land Transport Authority I REFER to the letters regarding the impending bus lane modifications announced by Minister for Transport Raymond Lim at the opening ceremony of the Fort Canning Tunnel on Jan 15. As they seem
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      266 30  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY.... SCREAMING AT TREES AND CHILDREN Many parents, perhaps the majority, admit to losing their tempers and screaming at their kids from time to time. Usually we shrug it off assuming that not much harm was done. But is that really the case?
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      seiveusright GO AHEAD, BREAK THE RULES
      556 30  -  LIANG DINGZI Today reader Eddy Tanumihardja's story (Jan 4) about a department store refusing to make an announcement in Bahasa Indonesia about a lost child because it was the rule to use only English and Japanese, was an example of how our rigid but
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      SHOOT TO FRAME
      944 32 PHOTOGRAPHYtips TEXT DON WONG PHOTOS DON WONG &WEE TECK HIAN ACTIONPHOTOGRAPHY Action photography is a test of a photographer's ability in narrating an event with clarity. It is not only about showing the moment captured, it also has to trigger the viewer's imagination, giving the viewer a
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      730 smokers, 182 operators taken to task
      192 34  -  S SATISH APPOO Letter from Director, Environmental Health Department, National Environment Agency WE WOULD like to thank the readers who have written in to register their concern about the smoking ban and given valuable feedback on locations of the lapses. The National Environment
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      This kit's not for the Lions
      187 34  -  CLARENCE CHIANG Letter from IT IS great to see the Lions play against our traditional rivals. The euphoria of glory is however, tempered by their mediocre new kit. We were promised a kit unique to Singapore. But what we got was a generic design
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      Why no 7-day exchange rule?
      213 34  -  DAVE MARAN MUNISAMY VEDHAGIRI Letter from I READ with interest the letters, "Defective policy" by Mr Abdul Shariff oan 22) and "Defective policy? No, just misinterpreted" by Ms Felicia Yeo of Nokia Singapore (Jan 23). The reply by Nokia does not address the specific concern
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      Lock icon Manufacturing fall in Dec?
      340 36 DOW JONES Figures may show weak performance: Analysts SINGAPORE'S manufacturing probably contracted in December, as an inventories overhang in the global electronics industry weighed on the trade-dependent economy. In seasonally adjusted terms, manufacturing likely fell 6.6 per cent month-on-month after expanding 13.2 per cent in November,
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      245 36 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Petroleum Co (SPC), the only oil refiner traded on the Singapore Exchange, said that profit fell last year as fuel demand growth slowed and record high crude oil prices cut earnings from processing oil into diesel and gasoline. Net income
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        313 38  -  CHOW PENN NEE Internet service provider key to Asia Netcom's SE Asia presence pennnee@media corp.com.sg NASDAQ-listed Pacific Internet (PacNet), the subject of a takeover bid, could be listed in Singapore should the takeover succeed, said a firm whose parent is looking to buy PacNet "PacNet was
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        128 38 BLOOMBERG THAILAND'S government may "liberalise" some of the changes made this month to the foreign ownership laws should the need arise, said Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont On Jan 9, the Thai Cabinet approved revisions to foreign ownership laws, placing new restrictions on overseas investments
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          28 38 USS 0.6514 UK£ 0.3300 Yen 78.738 HKS 5.0828 RM 2.2803 Euro 0.5016 Rupiah 5913.3 Baht 22.898 Peso 31.855 AS 0.8331 Indian Rs 28.832 Yuan 5.0633
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          124 38 -DOW JONES THE ST Index (STI) rose to another record high. It closed up 17.34 points, or 0.55 per cent, at 3,150.24. In the broad market, gainers led losers 524 to 265 as 3.23 billion shares worth $2.16 billion were traded. The STl's 112-point rise since the year start
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          58 38 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Nikkei 225 *****.40 +98.83 +0.57 HK Hang Seng *****.05 +51.35 +0.25 Australia ASX200 5768.80 +33.80 +0.59 Korea Camp 1383.06 +19.97 +1.47 Thailand SET 657.16 +6.40 +0.98 Jakarta Camp 1805.69 -2.88 -0.16 Phils Comp 3244.75 +45.41 +1.42 Shenzhen B 519.19 -2.01 -0.39 Mumbai Sensex
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        233 39  -  CHRISTIE LOH TO KEEP an eye on the rising infocomm industry's growth, the Government has added a new category to its regular economic report without much alteration to the overall figures. Come next month, the preliminary estimates for last year's Gross
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        359 39  -  MIRAKASHINATH Another bumper year forecast for property mira@mediacorp.com.sg PRICES of prime residential property are expected to strengthen further in the current half-year, according to experts. Average values of typical prime projects (usually those in Districts 9, 10 and 11) have room to rise and challenge the
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        118 39 —AGENCIES ASCOTT Residence Trust plans to raise $265 million through a combination of new shares and bank loans. A spokeswoman said yesterday the new financing should be completed by June. The trust will distribute $8.3 million for the fourth quarter, boosted by more travellers. It
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        160 40 BLOOMBERG CHANNEL NEWSASIA Yanlord Land Group, a developer of luxury homes in China, is planning a sale of stock and convertible bonds to fund land purchases. It may issue as many as 324 million shares, it said in a statement to the Singapore Exchange yesterday. The company has not
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        422 40  -  LEECHINGWERN Budget carriers look at listings as means to fleet expansion chingwern@mediacorp.com.sg AS the region gears up for an unprecedented boost in travel demand driven by the low cost aviation sector, initial public offerings (IPO) are fast becoming the Holy Grail for these resource-strapped airlines. Budget carriers now
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        583 41  -  SHAMI MADAM BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE'S plan to reduce corporate taxes will enhance the city-state's ability to attract new investments, economists say. On Budget Day next month, the Republic will be cutting its company tax rate by at least 1 percentage point from the current 20
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      1422 42  -  David Chew THERE'S something to be said about the phrase "going back to tradition", especially when it comes to the arts in Singapore. In a landscape where arts practitioners are pushing the contemporary and avant garde, Singaporean audiences are still, it seems, paying top dollar for the
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      533 44  -  JEANINETAN Foreign names form a strong presence on this year's Oscar nomination list... Asia, in particular, can be proud jeanine@media corp.com.sg THE strong British presence, Dreamgirls missing out on a Best Picture nomination and Martin Scorsese's sixth Oscar nod that's what people are talking about
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        428 46  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Ethos Books puts out two poetry collections and a travelogue juliana.rasul@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER laying low for three years, Ethos Books is back with three new publications, including two poetry anthologies. Launched at indie store Books Actually last Friday, the books represent a fresh start for
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        421 47  -  DEEPIKASHETTY Man Booker Prize winner Kiran Desai says that isolation is the key to good writing deepika@mediacorp.co.sg SIXTY-ONE writers, over 50 events, 12 stunning settings. That might not sound like anything unusual for a literary festival unless you're in Sri Lanka. For far too long,
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        827 48  -  PEARLYN THAM LYNETTE KOH STYLESUBJECT MAC. make-up maestro shows us how to work the brand's latest looks lynettek@media corp.com.sg MAC. and monochromatism seem antonymous terms, but according to Nadine Luke, director of make-up artistry for the famously flamboyant cosmetics label, the neutral face is a key look
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      379 49  -  AMY VAN and into the frying pan as limpets are great for pasta, steamboat and more f ood@newstoday.com.sg LIMPETS are single-shelled molluscs that cling to rocks along the seashore.The white meat is plump and looks like a small disc.They are flavourful but, if overcooked,
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        785 50  -  NAZIR KESHVANI It's celluloid-meets-cuisine in the elegant Spanish city of San Sebastian traveller@newstoday.com.sg I REALISED I was going to need help when I walked into Sergio's bar in San Sebastian's old town and couldn't figure out how, or what, to order. Everywhere you look
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        480 51 Europe's new options for budget-conscious travellers A FEW years ago, looking for affordable lodging in Europe was not always easy. Bed-and-breakfasts could be hit or miss. And while familiar hotel chains provided a certain level of quality assurance, finding one outside a major city in
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          128 52 Hong Kong Disneyland will come alive with traditional Chinese New Year celebrations from Feb 2 to March 4. There will be peach blossom trees and special decorations while Mickey Mouse and his friends will be dressed in festive costumes. There will be a daily "Come and Celebrate"
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          103 52 TAKE a cruise down memory lane with evergreen singers from the 70s to the '90s onboard SuperStar Virgo. From now to March, passengers sailing on selected 2N Malacca/Kuala Lumpur cruises can listen to and mingle with singers such as Jenny Tseng, Yang Xiao Ping and Li
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        543 52 NYT ANYONE who thinks that young Arabs don't know how to party hasn't been to Aqaba during one of Jordan's national holiday weekends. Here, in the Hashemite Kingdom's southern speck of a port city, the beach scene along the sandy shores of the Gulf of
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      575 56 ARIES (March 21 -April 19) LIBRA (Sept 23 Oct 22) HA lesson can be learned today that will help Put your heart into whatever you can do to you in the future. You can make a change to p#^ make your home more comfortable or effiyour regular routine that will
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      586 57 —AFP Liverpool snap up teenager while Fulham sign Welsh international Davies LONDON Liverpool continued their investment in youth by poaching Dutch teenager Jordy Brouwer from Ajax yesterday. Brouwer, an 18-year-old striker, is Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez' third signing in the transfer window, with Sampdoria's Italy Under-21
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      271 57 —AFP HANOI Eight Vietnam footballers will face court from today in a two-day match-fixing trial aimed at cleaning up the tarnished image of the country's most popular sport They are accused of rigging a match against Myanmar in late 2005 at the South-east Asian Games
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      424 58  -  Kenneth Goh you serious YOU know a club and their manager are desperate when they indulge in over-zealous celebrations after a victory over League Two opposition. After scoring two breathtaking goals against the mighty Wycombe Wanderers, Andriy Shevchenko has been promised a starting place in
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      559 58 —AGENCIES Under-fire striker delivers, albeit against League Two minnows CARLING CUP, SEMI-FINAL SECOND LEG Chelsea 4 Wycombe 0 (agg:s-1) LONDON —AH it took was two goals, an assist and 84 minutes of hard toiling for Andriy Shevchenko to finally receive a handshake, and a temporary reprieve,
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      210 58 —AGENCIES LONDON —Roman Abramovich has been issued an ultimatum as his war with Jose Mourinho intensifies: Dare to rid the manager and Chelsea could possibly lose their influential captain John Terry (picture) as well. According to Mourinho, the England defenderwould only sign a
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      573 59 —AFP Second seed Nadal stunned while Clijsters sets up semi-final date with Sharapova MELBOURNE A stunned Rafael Nadal was turfed out of the Australian Open yesterday by Fernando Gonzalez, as Kirn Clijsters ended the dreams of Martina Hingis to set up a semifinal showdown with Maria Sharapova.
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      369 60  -  DARREN LAI darren@mediacorp.com.sg AT ONLY 21 years old. National University of Singapore medical student and bowling star Valeric Teo decided after the Asian Games last month to quit the national team after 10 years of sterling service, to dedicate more time to her studies. On
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      572 60  -  TANYO-HINN Unable to get by on allowance, national bowlers find alternative incomes yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg IF YOU'RE looking to buy corporate gifts, don't be surprised if you find yourself serviced by national bowler Jennifer Tan. Or you might walk into a massage parlour and get a
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      185 60  -  SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ PHILIPS NBL CHAMPIONSHIP 2006 Breakers 103 Slingers 100 THE Singapore Slingers spurned a glorious opportunity to stretch the gap between them and their rivals for the final playoff spot, after slipping to an agonising 103-100 defeat at the hands of the
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      225 61  -  JOSE RAYMOND WINGER Ridhuan Muhd (picture) was supposed to be coach Radojko Avramovic's trump card, as he came on in the 58th minute when Singapore were down 1-0. Avramovic was relying on Ridhuan's pace to unlock the Malaysian defence and carve openings for the Lions.
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      194 61  -  SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ 2007 ASEAN FOOTBALL C'SHIPS IST LEG SEMI-FINAL Vietnam 0 Thailand 2 A COMBINATION of lacklustre finishing and inspired goalkeeping helped three-time winners Thailand put one foot in the final of the 2007 Asean Football Championship, after a 2-0 victory over Vietnam at a
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      645 61  -  JOSE RAYMOND Young quartet face true test in the absence of Aide and Subramani jose@media corp.com.sg THEY ended the match against Laos with the scoreboard reading 11-0 in favour of Singapore at the final whistle. Throughout the evening, though, the Laotians, were by no means
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