Today, 7 February 2007, Afternoon Edition

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    28 1 TODAY /A=DJj\CORP share your free newspaper Wednesday February 7, 2007 todayonline.com MICA (P) 314/10/2006 TODAY //\=DlACORP share your free newspaper Wednesday February 7, 2007 todayonline.com MICA (P) 314/10/2006
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    Lock icon THE GREAT BIOMED DEBATE
    1197 1  -  TAN HUI LENG fdsfdsfsd A*Star defends its wide-net policy, but some say its spread too thin huileng@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S a race to breach the next big biomedical frontier. As battalions of scientists toil away in Singapore's labs with their armies of mice, the Republic can point to
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      37 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 10 voices 18 business 26 growth 31 plus 32 tv radio listings 37 classad 38 sports 39 we set you thinking IH^Ir^BI El ~*W *m am w I El
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  • hot news
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      Career 2007 set to be the biggest job fair in the region
      492 2  -  GRACIA CHIANG gracia@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS traditionally Singapore's biggest job fair, and this year, Career 2007 will greet Singaporeans with a smile. The four-day event next month will see some 20,000 jobs up for grabs, double the number from
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      Lock icon $548m blockbuster deal
      500 2  -  JOSEPH YADAO Capita Land may snare Gillman Heights condo in record en bloc sale joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg IN WHAT is the biggest en bloc transaction to date, Capita Land is set to acquire Gillman Heights Condominium for $548 million. The 22-year-old estate breaks the previous en bloc sale
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      WILL ASIA HEED WARNING OF JAKARTA'S KATRINA?
      752 3  -  -ANTHONY MELYCABALLERO- JUST a few days back, Indonesia declared a state of emergency as it battled the HSNI strain of the bird flu virus. Now, Jakarta is on high alert again as it struggles to cope with floods brought on by torrential rains.
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    • Article
      Officer licences to give security industry an image boost
      362 3  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg PRIVATE security officers in Singapore will soon be issued personal licences once they pass screening and training requirements. At present, such officers are given approval through the companies they work for. But the Government is revising existing rules
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      107 3 BANGKOK HOCHIMINHCITV PHNOMPENH SURABAYA MAJV/IA fl/li/ HONGKONG MIRFI Ji^ <#i!SS AX by IS Magazine 2006 Book by 11 February and travel between 1 March and 31 May2oo7. 'SS?™' -^isrissTo 600 ft, visitjetshir.com or visit 20 selected Sing Post offices (check website for locations). Call *****288 or contact your travel agent
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  • Singapore news
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      Product health care
      445 4  -  SHERALYN TAY New Bill will include medical apparatus but not slimming devices sheralyn@media corp.com.sg MEDICAL devices from the potentially life-saving heart valve to the common pregnancy test will be the first in a range of health products proposed for inclusion in the recently-tabled Health Products Bill. The
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon CHANGE OF CHIEFS
        125 4 The current Army Chief, MajorGeneral Desmond Kuek (picture), will be the new Chief of Defence Force from March 23. He takes over from Lieutenant General Ng Vat Chung, who will return to the administrative service after attending a management programme at Harvard University. Replacing MajorGeneral Kuek as
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        Lock icon SIN-KL ROUTE TO TAKE OFF?
        119 4 —AFP Singapore and Malaysia are due to discuss liberalising the lucrative Kuala Lumpur-Singapore air route for budget airlines at a regional transport ministers' meeting in Bangkok this week. Transport Minister Raymond Lim will meet with his Malaysian counterpart Chan Kong Choy on the issue during
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        SINGAPORE STUDENT FOUND DEAD IN UK CANAL
        90 4 The body of a 22-year-old Singaporean was found in an English canal last month. British police found the body of Mr Aaron Kok Jun Fa in the Mariners Canal, Salford Quays, on Jan 15-weeks after the podiatry student, who was on a Singapore
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      Unsafe contractor now on shaky ground
      420 6  -  LEE U-WEN MOM dishes out harsh penalties to repeat offender u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg JUST five months after it was slapped with a hefty fine for its part in the Fusionopolis worksite collapse, local contractor Greatearth Construction has been dealt another blow. Yesterday, the Ministry of Manpower
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      Lock icon Paving the (water)way for Singapore to become more than a garden city
      460 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@media corp.com.sg SINGAPOREANS will soon have greater access to the Republic's rivers, reservoirs and nature reserves as the Public Utilities Board (PUB) embarks on a major beautification programme. In the pipeline are more than 20
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      Volunteers not fully tapped, survey shows
      314 8  -  JASMINE YIN IPCs using more full-time staff to raise funds instead jasmine@media corp.com.sg VOLUNTEERS may be the lifeblood of any charity but a survey of nearly 300 Institutions of a Public Character (IPCs) show they are spending more resources instead on fund-raising. According to
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      Marina Bay's all-in-one adventure hub
      252 8  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI nazry@mediacorp.com.sg ADVENTUROUS executives toiling in the city centre will soon have an "all-in-one" sports hub on their doorstep to ease away stress. Costing between $4 million and $5 million, the water and land adventure sports centre at Marina Bay will be for professionals and
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      124 5 HHHfI NANYANG [sfiiSj TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY I I An NTU education primes you for success in the fast-paced, high-tech global economy. The 4 colleges College of Engineering and 2 autonomous institutes provide distinctive specialisations and avenues to broaden your education through cross-disciplinary studies. Seize the many opportunities for research and global
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      218 9 W v Jm rj —<^^ w ■r X J v I B' fl ■I 1 I M r'" utK// For 43 years SIM has been entrusted with the development of Singapore's human capital. An alumni of over 73,500 have graduated from our programmes to create better prospects for themselves. In
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Sharing viruses is hard to do
      412 10 —AGENCIES Citing protection of IP rights, Indonesia refuses to share bird flu samples JAKARTA Indonesia has stopped sending human bird flu samples to laboratories overseas ahead of a vaccine agreement with a United States-based manufacturer of medical products, health ministry officials said yesterday. The
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      Lock icon Flood victims told to take precautions against diseases
      224 10 —AFP JAKARTA Health officials yesterday warned of a growing risk of disease from the filthy floodwaters inundating Indonesian capital Jakarta, where hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes. Torrential rains yesterday raised water levels even further, bringing
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      Tempers flare over Indian water row
      291 12 Karnataka on alert after ruling favours neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu BANGALORE The southern Indian state of Karnataka was on high security alert yesterday after a tribunal ruled against it in a century-old water dispute that triggered deadly riots in 1991, officials said. Schools,
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      Lock icon Homeschooling for Thai kids
      120 12 DPA BANGKOK Educators in Thailand's violence-wracked province of Narathiwat are turning to homeschooling to carry out their duties without losing their lives. The Narathiwat Education Office is seeking funding from the United Nations Children's fund (Unicef) to help compose the "self learning lessons" for school children
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon BANGKOK TO REOPEN OLD AIRPORT
        80 14 —AP Bangkok's old Don Muang airport can be reopened for international and domestic flights. Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said yesterday, amid growing problems and flaws at the scandal-ridden new Suvarnabhumi Airport. He added that the move would divide international flights between the two airports.
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        Lock icon IRAN TO TEST NEW NUKE PLANT
        82 14 —AFP Iran has set up over 300 centrifuges in an underground nuclear plant and will test them soon as it moves towards industriallevel enrichment of uranium. "It is a matter of hours, or of days, before the Iranians test the centrifuges," said a diplomat.
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      Lock icon China's sticking to coal
      373 14 -AFP Global warming taking hold but it can't switch to cleaner fuels BEIJING As Beijing experiences its warmest February on record, which has led to an early blossoming of trees, the Asian giant's first response to a recent United Nations report on climate change was not
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        Lock icon ASTRONAUT CHARGED
        67 16 BLOOMBERG United States astronaut Lisa Nowak (picture) was charged with attempted murder yesterday after she donned a disguise and pepper-sprayed her romantic rival in a kidnapping plot gone awry, police said in Florida. NowaK. auacKeu air force officer Colleen Shipman after learning that they were both involved with
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        Lock icon POSSIBLE JET SALE TO AUSTRALIA
        87 16 —AFP The Pentagon issued a notice yesterday of a possible sale to Australia of 24 F/A-18E/F fighter aircraft in a deal that could be worth US$3.l billion ($4.75 billion). The Australian request includes installed engines, spares, radar systems, computer networks, guided missile launchers, night-vision goggles
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      Lock icon Giuliani jumps into 2008 fray
      280 16 -AFP 'America's Mayor' settotakeon Hillary Clinton in presidential race WASHINGTON Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who guided his city through the 911 attacks, threw his hat into the 2008 presidential race on Monday, saying on television that he was "in this to win". "We
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      Lock icon Iraqi, US forces launch sweep
      125 16 -AFP BAGHDAD Iraqi and US forces swept an area through Baghdad's notorious Sunni district of Adhamiyah yesterday in a clearing operation a US officer said was the start of the much-awaited new security plan. "Iraqi and US forces conducted clearing operations in Adhamiyah today, which
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      Lock icon The wishes and worries of Aceh
      536 17  -  FABIOSCARPELLO Former guerrilla leader seeks to boost economy but faces a political minefield IN BANDAACEH news@newstoday.com.sg THERE is little euphoria to be seen in rebel-turned-Governor Irwandi Yusuf, as he gets ready to take office as the first di-rectly-elected governor of the once rebellion-hit province
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      Lock icon Rebellion hurts Roh's party
      135 17 ■AFP SEOUL South Korea's ruling Uri Party yesterday teetered towards a possible collapse as 23 lawmakers quit to create a new political outfit, sending President Roh Moo-Hyun's group into a minority ahead of December polls. The walkout is a new blow for the embattled Mr Roh,
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      434 12 <^rj CAN YOU BRING FOOD INTO £?a SINGAPORE? Many travellers may wish to bring home food after their holidays, especially during the festive season, but do you know that there are restrictions on what you can bring in from overseas? The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) is responsible for maintaining
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      194 15 HITACHI Inspire the lMext Breakthrough in Food Freshness MINUS-ZERO Cooling A Refreshing Ingenuity I; i;;;;:;:::; i £^^k Tl_—_ II: i—Kjd^H—l -■■-> I j.'-: <^H a™ t t T I wMiM dsF'-// Zj -v k Ice-cold O°C Panel Keeps Food Fresher Preserves Freshness Flavour preserves more moisture 1 (preserves more vitamin
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      305 16 MIGRATE TO :|'IJMIE f\ II I 111 First come,first served basis. *W^ P*~r -m. -m.m.,4. M 4 m-A. .m. iGRINCITY -1 item per customer valid on specified date only. -I Revised points test requirements and other significant ■^fc^vaiiabieatAngMoKtoshov7roomoni,y P<>n' "HHf-mni changes have been slated for 2007! In a constantly evolving
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  • Voices
    • The people's beef with racism
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        Whatever the pranksters' motives, let's forgive, forget
        470 18  -  TANYEOWSIEN Letter from WHEN my wife and I heard about the RK House video, we went home, launched our Web browser, typed in the words "No Pork", watched the clip, and went away unimpressed. Not that I was hoping for anything exciting or
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        The responses prove that perhaps we do know better
        208 18  -  CLARENCE CHIANG Letter from "IT'S how we respond that counts" (Feb 6) is an enlightened take on the need for online regulation. I agree that when it comes to sensitive issues broached online, whether for mischief or malevolent intent, having people
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      When there's wit, there's a way
      543 19  -  CHIAHERNKENG Don't drop PCKfor a misperceived lack of ideas. Singaporeans need to laugh, even if they do so in Singlish Letter from YOUR weekend cover, "Is there laugh after PCX?" (Feb 3-4) on the state of TV sitcoms by Juliana June Rasul made my
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    • Letter
      Surcharges only partially relieve high fuel prices
      189 19  -  STEPHEN FORSHAW Letter from Vice-president, Public Affairs, SIA I REFER to the letter written by Mr Lam Wei Guang, "Fare unfair" (Feb 2). Let me explain for the benefit of your readers that a percentage change in surcharge will not necessarily equate to
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      Is a cup of tea and no queue too much to ask for?
      231 19  -  NELSON QUAH Letter from IT IS ironic that shoppers who buy a trolley cart full of items at most supermarkets, especially during festive season, often have to join long queues at cashier counters. But if a person
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      Before it's too hot to handle
      286 20  -  LUAJIASIN Economic gains won't match losses if Earth continues to be destroyed Letter from I REFER to the article, "Climate change report points finger at human activities" (Feb 3-4). For years, factories have been spewing out large amounts of ozone-depleting gases that are threatening
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      Lock icon isay WHEN KIDS GO OVER THE CLIFF... NEARLY
      674 22  -  HO KONG LOON I TAUGHT Linda in 1983, 24 years ago. She was 12. It was a Primary 5 extended class, the equivalent of a present tail-end EM2 class. At the beginning of the year, I was unduly harsh with her. She
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      251 24  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY................... NO TWO ALIKE If every grain of sand at the seashore is unique, and every snowflake that falls is different, how simplistic to thinkthat human beings are identical atthe moment of birth -thatthey come into the world as blank slates on which
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      Wireless wise
      262 24  -  HO HWEI LING Both owners and users of wireless networks need to be more responsible Letter from Assistant Director, Corporate and Marketing Communications Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) WE REFER to the letter, "If mooching is stealing, so is watching World Cup on Malaysian TV" (Jan 26).
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      Whale on our plates — how?
      165 24  - Whale on our plates how? WEE LENG LENG Letter from MY FAMILY was dining at a restaurant at Shaw Tower when we saw that whale meat was offered on its gourmet menu. The Agri-Food Veterinary Authority of Singapore's website reveals that Singapore is one of the signatories to the Convention
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      Baby changing room blues
      138 24  -  LAU CHOON KENG Letter from I APPEAL to all shopping centres not to put up signs of baby changing facilities that point one to ladies' toilets. Recently, in Vivocity mall, I was looking for a baby changingroom to change my toddler's nappies. Following the signs I
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      100 23 CITIZEN. BEYOND PRECISION Hajppy Valen£tiu<'s Day P* i The origin of Valentine's day is based on Saint Valentine's history. While helping prisoners escape the Roman prisons, he fell in love with the daughter of his captor. He sent her the first "valentine" as an expression of his love and supposedly
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  • Businesstoday
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      OCBC gets China nod
      335 26  -  CHOW PENN NEE pennnee@media corp.com.sg CHINA'S huge pool of savings will now be more accessible to Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC). The bank has received approval from the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) to prepare for local incorporation in that county, making it the second local bank
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      False trading earns him $80,000 fine
      193 26  -  CHOW PENN NEE THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) yesterday fined an individual for false trading of a stock. The central bank took a civil penalty enforcement actionwhich is designed to prevent market misconduct, against Pai Keng Pheng. The MAS found that on 15
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      Lock icon CORPORATEBRIEFS
      74 26 DOW JONES BLOOMBERG Thai Beverage has arranged a three-year loan of 4.5 billion baht ($199 million) to boost the share capital of its fully owned unit. International Beverage Holding, from HK$lOO million ($19.6 million) to HK$l.OB billion. CrtySpring Infrastructure Trust raised $286.4 million from its initial public offering. The
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    • marketwatch
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        ST Index— 3,223.25 -0.07
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        SGX most active
        25 26 BanJoo Sapphire PDC Corp ChinaEnergy LottVis 0.195+0.005 +2.6111.008 0.030 +0.005 +20.0 67.027 0.090 +0.010 +12.5 66.251 1.410 -0.010 -0.7 47.274 0.185 46.932
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE
        112 26 -DOW JONES SHARE prices finished almost unchanged. The ST Index closed down 0.07 points at 3,223.25. In the broad market, gainers led losers 402 to 345 as 2.12 billion shares worth $1.9 billion were traded. Investors largely ignored news that Singapore Post would lose its monopoly on basic mail
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        SGX top rises
        21 26 NOLDB *****6 0.885+129.9 NQL MBL *****5 0.715 +88.2 Falmac 0.080 +77.8 SGXSGA *****2 1.370 +70.2 Digiland 0.015 +50.0
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        Commodities
        20 26 Gold US$/oz 656.10 Silver US$/oz 13.56 Platinum US$/oz 1,171.70 Rubber cents/kg 344.75 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,917.00 Brent US$/barrel 57.72
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        SGX top falls
        18 26 CoscoCorpBNP***** 0.010 -66.7 FHTK 0.005 HSI*****DB*****8 0.045 ChinaEntSp 0.010 HSM8200BNP*****7 0.035 -50.0 -40.0 -33.3 -30.0
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        Your S$1 buys
        28 26 USS 0.6518 UK£ 0.3323 Yen 78.525 HKS 5.0899 RM 2.2793 Euro 0.5040 Rupiah 5904.1 Baht 22.391 Peso 31.605 AS 0.8407 Indian Rs 28.758 Yuan 5.0560
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        58 26 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Nikkei 225 *****.86 +62.06 +0.36 HK Hang Seng *****.20 +199.58 +0.98 Australia ASX200 5870.50 +48.40 +0.83 Korea Camp 1428.58 +10.63 +0.75 Thailand SET 673.63 -0.79 -0.12 Jakarta Camp 1761.29 -7.24 -0.41 Phils Camp 3271.97 -9.93 -0.30 Shenzhen B 492.72 +32.49 +7.06 Mumbai Sensex
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      421 27  -  CHRISTIE LOH Spore economy to strengthen despite slower global trade, predicts economist christie@media corp.com.sg WILL there ever come a time when a giant sneezes but tiny Singapore does not catch a chill? Probably not, say economists, but there are signs that there is increasing resilience at home. Unlike
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      250 27  -  -HEDIRMANSUPIAN A LOCAL online gaming firm affiliated to the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) has just received another round of funding. The two-year-old Infocomm Asia Holdings (lAH) has secured $14.2 million in funding from two global investors GigaMedia, a Nasdaq-listed Taiwanese software company and venture capitalist
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        295 28 -938 LIVE NINE out of 10 chief executive officers (CEOs) in the Asia-Pacific region are upbeat about revenue growth in the next 12 months and over the next three years. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers' latest Global CEO Survey, confidence about
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        350 28 —AFP Kuwait Finance House leads offer for M'sia's RHB ISLAMIC banking group Kuwait Finance House (KFH) will lead a RMI2-billion ($5.2-billion) bid for a Malaysian bank in an effort to create the world's largest Islamic bank. KFH said that the consortium had made
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        216 29 -AFP SHANGHAI China's central bank has stepped up efforts to prevent illegal fund inflows into the stock market even as investors have chalked up heavy losses over recent days, state media reported. The Shanghai branch of the People's Bank of China has
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        324 29  -  CHOW PENN NEE Future IR operator reports strong earnings pennnee@media corp.com.sg BIG-TIME gamblers in Macau provided the bulk of revenue for gaming behemoth Las Vegas Sands Corp, pushing its full-year revenue up 28.5 per cent to U552.24 billion ($3.43 billion). The winning bidder of
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        93 29 BLOOMBERG PSA International, the world's second-largest container port operator, yesterday signed a contract to develop and operate its first terminal in Pakistan as global trade expands. The Singapore-based company will operate a multi-purpose and container terminal in Gwadar, the country's deep-water port that faces the
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        340 30 BLOOMBERG CHINA, on course to surpass the United States as the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide by 2009, will set up Asia's first carbon-credit exchange and 12 brokerages to let companies invest in clean technology to cut emissions. The Beijing-based exchange
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        450 30 -AFP Fuel rates could seesaw as global warming spreads NEW YORK- Climate change, by disrupting current weather patterns, could play ever greater havoc with the zigzags in oil prices, such as the price plunge seen in early January, market analysts said. The Intergovernmental Panel on
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          429 31  -  TORCHING LI NTUCChildcareandSMU among those exploring opportunities in Middle East chingli@media corp. com. sg FOLLOWING in the footsteps of local entrepreneurs from the transport, health and finance sector, representatives from Singapore's leading education institutes are on a one-week visit to the United Arab Emirates
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            207 31 THE Investment Outlook 2007 seminar will be held from 2.30pm to 5.30pm on Saturday atSuntec, Rooms 303 to 305. Speaking on the "Economic Outlook" will be Dr Tan Kee Wee, principal partner, Ashleemae Econometrics, an economicconsultancy firm. Now that the markets have risen
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            91 31 THE Active, Beautiful, Clean Waters programme by PUB will create an environment that is beautiful, making Singapore's water bodies a feature of the city's landscape and create new community spaces for lifestyle activities. Imagine kayaking down the canal of your HDB estate
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      1210 32  -  Juliana June Rasul To the public, he's the consummate entertainer but Adrian Pang tells Today he'd rather hide somewhere and sulk Juliana.rasul@mediacorp.com.sg ADRIAN Pang may be everywhere on TV these days he hosts the MediaCorp TV Channel 5 debating show The Arena, stars alongside Jessica
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      210 32 ADRIAN Pang tumbling around as a drunkard is not exactly what you'd expect from Channel 5 family fare like Parental Guidance. But the actor, who plays beer-guz-zling bad boy James Seto, says it's the character's journey to repentance that counts. "People will want to stick with him to see
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      284 34  -  WINSONTEQ Sextet Platinum sex up The Dance Floor winson@media corp.com.sg CLAD in tight, skimpy outfits, Platinum's performance during The Dance Floor auditions was raunchy to say the least But the all-girl sextet (picture) told reporters during a press session on Monday that their sexed-up act "came from the
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      62 34 Royston Tan's short film Monkeylove tookthe grand prize at the Labo competition segment at the ClermontFerrand International Short Film Festival, which ended on Saturday. Monkeylove is about a man in a monkey suit who is searching for love in Hokkaido. Short films that merge traditional
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      186 34 THINK "Lunar New Year" and what comes to mind are bak kwa, pineapple tarts and, of course, a fun game of cards with friends and family. For the first time, 8 Days and i-Weekly are marking the festive occasion
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      140 35 -AFP LOS ANGELES US pop star Mariah Carey called herself a "prude" in an interview with Playboy in the same issue she will appear on the cover, the magazine revealed yesterday. "I end up being very flirtatious and people take it the wrong way," the 36--year-old
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      461 35  -  AMELYNN LIONG Local band that shun fame to do it their way ready to rock Good Vibrations Festival plus@newstoday.com.sg AMRAN Khamis is well aware that his instrumental post-rock outfit I Am David Sparkle (lADS) is destined to remain on the fringes of the Singapore
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        348 36 -AGENCIES Byrne's'disco opera' about former First Lady of Philippines given Carnegie Hall debut NEW YORK It has got to be the shoes. Long known for his eccentricity as the frontman for influential 80s pop band Talking Heads, David Byrne treated an audience at Carnegie Hall on
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      1510 37 IWIMiB THE DANCE FLOOR FACTS OR FICTIONS A VERY NYONYA NEWYEAR THAT'S IT Channel 5, Bpm Channel 8, 8.30pm (DEBUT) Learn more about the Arts Central, 9.30pm Microsoft Vista 4fc Its down to M^ There were a lot of information on Channel News Asia, 8.32pm V-~ .1 m 122 the
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      754 38 IYOURH TODAY by Eugenia Last ARIES (March 21 -April 19) LIBRA (Sept 23 Oct 22) H Incorporate into your everyday routine some Do things with children, family or friends and of the ideas other people have for doing P^^ you will feel good about yourself, your life and things. Then,
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      459 39 —AFP 800 boys, opponents give Ronaldo a torrid tim^ LONDON Cristiano Ronaldo endured a torrid time as he was singled out for punishment by the crowd and his opponents in Portugal's 2-0 friendly win against Brazil in London yesterday (early today, Singapore time), which saw them
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      135 39 -BLOOMBERG FORMER England captain David Beckham will play in every Major League Soccer city after he joins the Los Angeles Galaxy in a record US$25O million ($382.94 million) deal, with most of his games being shown on US television. The 31-year-old midfielder, who
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      610 40 —AFP It may only be a friendly, but a loss to the Spaniards would mean the England boss' days are numbered FOOTBALL FRIENDLY England vSpain MANCHESTER Luis Aragones has reportedly told his bosses at the Spanish football federation that they can sack him, if his side
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      Ballack brushes off Shearer criticsm
      161 40 LONDON Chelsea's Germany international midfielder Michael Ballack has hit back at criticism of his Premiership displays. The former Bayern Munich ace was expected to be a big hit in England following his free transfer from the Bundesliga giants last summer. However, Ballack has failed to
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      264 40 —AFP LONDON Michael Owen is taking inspiration on his long journey back to full fitness after his crippling World Cup knee injury from England's returning rugby hero Jonny Wilkinson. Wilkinson made a stunning return to action after a three-year injury lay-off with a record points
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      465 41 -AFP New stadium plan convinces board to sign deal with American duo LIVERPOOL English Premiership giants Liverpool yesterday accepted a £470 million ($1.4 billion) takeover offer from American tycoons George Gillettand Tom Hicks. The two National Hockey League (NHL) team owners were expected to make
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      587 42  -  TANYO-HINN SSC lining up various events as National Stadium's final day approaches yohinn@media corp.com.sg THE National Stadium is scheduled to be torn down in the second half of the year to make way for the Sports Hub, the first and largest Public-Private-Partnership infrastructure project for a sports
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      448 43  -  CHERYLNG Injured Chandler ruled out, but rookie outfit confident they can cope 2007 PHILLIPS AUSTRALIAN NBL CHAMPIONSHIP Singapore Slingers v Brisbane Bullets cheryl. ng@mediacorp. com. sg IT WAS a long and hard scrap but in the end, the endeavour paid off. Last Saturday, tournament rookies the
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      220 43 —AP INDIANAPOLIS The RCA Dome never felt so good to the Indianapolis Colts. After a rain-soaked victory in Miami the night before and then a frigid, bone-numbing homecoming parade through the streets of downtown Indianapolis on Monday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time),
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      266 39 /\i=DIs\CORP liHF As Singapore's largest broadcaster and one of the region's most renowned F broadcasters, MediaCorp offers a complete range of media businesses: TV, Radio, fSfl Entertainment Productions, Movie Productions, Newspapers, Magazines, Electronic Su Media and other broadcasting services. MediaCorp's vision is to become one of |Sm Asia's top media
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      541 44  -  JOSE RAYMOND TODAY XCLUSIVE AFF currently exploring the format and tackling issues like cost and scheduling jose@media corp.com.sg MORE than seven years after it was first mooted, a league involving countries or clubs from the Asean region appears to be taking shape. And if everything goes
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      296 44  -  CUBBY LEONG cubby@media corp.com.sg CLUBE DOS 13, also known as the "Union of the Major Brazilian Clubs", are an elite group. Among the members are names like Gremio, Sao Paulo, Santos, Flamengo and International, all Brazilian football clubs that account for 13 Copa Libertadores (South
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      354 45  -  DARREN LAI Lions'hero set to start as Singapore's Olympic quest begins darren@mediacorp.com.sg LESS than 24 hours after the high of the Asean Championship triumph in Bangkok on Sunday, goal hero Khairul Amri and fellow Lions Fazrul Nawaz, Isa Halim and Ismail Yunos checked into the River
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      160 45  -  -JOSE RAYMOND LAST Wednesday, Thailand staged a dramatic walkout in the first leg final of the Asean Football Championship against Singapore at the National Stadium, protesting the referee's decision to award the hosts a penalty. A special committee of the Asean Football
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      35 45 SPORT TV TODAY 8.30pm Cricket South Africa v Pakistan, Ch9s TOMORROW 3.25 am Football Friendly: Holland v Russia, Ch2l 3.55 am Football Friendly: France v Argentina, Ch22 3.55 am Football Friendly: England v Spain, Ch24
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