Today, 15 February 2007, Afternoon Edition

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    14 1 TODAY /A=DiACOFiP MICA (P) 314/10/2006 share your free newspaper Thursday February 15, 2007 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      MATURITY WITH A BANG
      794 1  -  CHRISTIE LOH And expanding economy spells good news for jobless rate, say economists christie@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN the world smiles, Singapore smiles too. As fears about a worldwide slowdown subside, economists are tinkering with the domestic numbers to reflect perkier paycheques, jobs growth and singing cash registers. This
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon SILVER WORKFORCE STRIKES GOLD
      811 2  -  DERRICK A PAULO derrick@media corp.com.sg IT SEEMED an uphill task and a five-year employment target was set for older workers. When a report is submitted in the coming weeks, this target will have to be revised. The reason? Within a year, it has already been met.
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      Lock icon Chinese New Year feasting sends price of fish soaring
      304 2 -938LIVE I FIRST, vegetables prices were sent soaring by the floods in Johor. Now, the price of fish has gone the same way this festive season possibly hitting a five-year high. While price hikes around the Chinese New Year period are
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      ON BUDGET DAY, A HEADS-UP
      1056 3  -  TERENCECHONG What is announced today will make clearer PM Lee's vision of an inclusive society GLOBALISATION is forcing many governments and citizens into re-examining their social contract. The traditional responsibilities of the state to its citizens and citizens' loyalty to state are being stretched and
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon Breaking free of wires
      571 4  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN Wireless@SG has over 200,000 subscriptions in just two months hedirman@media corp. com. sg THE target was 250,000 subscribers by next year, but just two months into its launch, Wireless@SG has already signed up more than 200,000 people. The Government's wireless broadband programme was rolled
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      Brave dad's death an act of selflessness
      163 4  -  938 LIVE THE death of a "brave" father, who died while trying to save his son in the open seas, has been ruled as a case of misadventure. Mr Mohamed Ayoob, 45, had dived into the waters at East Coast Park beach in
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      Wooing talent in a big way
      565 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG Bankers still laughing, but professionals in HR, IT and sales are also making big bucks cheekong@media corp.com.sg FOR those who have been left green-eyed by the booming salaries in the banking and finance sector, here's the good news: the industry's direct spin-offs and
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      AND HOW MUCH DO YOU MAKE?
      60 6 ACCORDINGTOTHE ROBERT WALTERS GLOBAL SALARY SURVEY, A SINGAPOREAN IN THESE JOBS CAN EXPECTTO EARN BANKING AND FINANCE Audit director Up to $350,000 HR GeneralisfsBo,ooo-$120,000 IT PROFESSIONALS IT Director $200,000-$350,000 Data centre manager •$120,000-$200,000 SALES AND MARKETING Accounts director •$130,000-$200,000 Public relations manager $80,000-3130,000 SUPPLY
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      WDA helps 22,000 find jobs
      342 6  -  GRACIA CHIANG gracia@media corp.com.sg THE Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) helped 22,125 unemployed people find jobs last year. Most of these were lower-skilled workers with qualifications of 0 levels and below, while 59 per cent of them belonged to the above--40 age group. The WDA
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        DOCTOR FINED, BANNED FOR A YEAR
        105 6 THE Singapore Medical Council has censured yet another doctor for prescribing sleeping tablets to his patients without keeping proper records of the patients. Dr James Ong Zhang Vi was suspended from practice for 12 months and fined $8,000. The general practitioner from Healthgain Clinic
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        FIGHT AGAINST CHILDHOOD CANCERS
        114 6  -  -SHERALYNTAY SOME 130 children here are struckwith childhood cancers each year and almost half of them are under five years old. Last year, the Children's Cancer Foundation (CCF) helped some 450 families cope with the burden of the disease. In conjunction with International Childhood Cancer Day
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        SIM'S NEW DEGREE COURSES
        63 6 SIM University has launched its Bachelor of Arts in Translation and Interpretation degree programme the only upgrading pathway for this career field in Singapore. Its aim is to train a pool of qualified and professional Chinese-English translators and interpreters here. Two other new degree programmes are
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      A diversified economy is the best defence
      225 8  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI CABLE lines are damaged, leading to a widespread breakdown of Internet connections. A sudden shortage of vegetables, poultry and eggs results from floods or avian flu in the region. Our construction industry is disrupted because our supply of sand is suddenly cut
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      Lock icon Prime targets 8 more schools
      521 8  -  LEE U-WEN MOE upgrading in final stretch with loads left in kitty u-wen@media corp.com.sg are being renovated. Some schools that have already benefited from Prime, however, say that even though they spent far less than the budget, they are more than satisfied with the upgrading.
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      Lock icon Concrete steps towards mobility
      504 9  -  JASMINE YIN $32-million masterplan for barrier-free accessibility in over 8,000 HDB blocks jasmine@media corp.com.sg BY 2011, battling steps and kerbs may become a thing of the past for the elderly and the disabled in constituencies run by 14 town councils when a $32.4-million, five-year barrier-free accessibility
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      Hawkers in the park: First Singapore Day to be held in New York
      251 9  -  -YVONNE LIM ONE year after it was set up, the Overseas Singaporean Unit is throwing its first big party pulling out all the stops to bring Singaporeans in New York and its vicinity a slice of life
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      104 6 U<rur New Fiej-U In fife sn^w Yes! For the very first time, celebrate your Lunar New "vS^cy ~2" Year with whimsical activities in the 2NOVI/. rf% Lion Dance performance on 19 Feb. 2.45pm ••v.iV v™s> k:;..;. Meet Mr Fingor Lightning, the balloon clown •Breathtaking Juggling Act r ENJOY •Magic Show
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      292 8 .j&tfx/i ;.:'5., Life is a journey full of exciting possibilities to be ««rf^llil explored and discovered. But when every step you y>l S'fK^Pw f£r&-'\ ,a^e a' on 9 *c way lurts in,ensely. y°ur destination :h\ ..^v^a**?"'^? must seem like a million miles away. Kbr ll<ftn"i Sa As a podiatrist, you
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  • world news
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      Lock icon N Korean nuclear deal could lead to lasting peace
      604 10 -AFP Seoul keen to start talks on future of divided peninsula SEOUL Tuesday's six-nation agreement on scrapping North Korea's nuclear programme could lead to a permanent peace deal on the divided Korean peninsula, the South Korean government said yesterday. In a
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      Lock icon British minister says 'sorry' for slave trade
      260 10 AFP LONDON Cabinet minister Peter Ham yesterday apologised for the roles Wales and Northern Ireland played in the slave trade, about six weeks before the bicentenary of the adoption of laws that abolished slavery in Britain. Mr Ham, the Wales and Northern Ireland
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon CIVET CAT BACK ON MENU
        100 10 -AFP The civet cat (picture), linked by China scientists to the deadly Sars virus, is back on the menu in southern China. Several restaurants have been caught selling civet cat and other wild animals banned after the breakout of Sars in 2002. Officials issued fines
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        Lock icon IRAQ INSURGENCY RING BUSTED IN FRANCE
        62 10 -AFP French anti-terrorism police yesterday arrested nine suspects allegedly linked to Al Qaeda for running a network that recruited fighters for the Iraq insurgency, the interior ministry said. The nine suspects were arrested in the Paris, Ariege and Toulouse regions of south-west France after
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        Lock icon THOUSAND EVACUATED AFTER HONG KONG TRAIN FIRE
        71 10 -AFP Eleven people were hospitalised and 1,000 passengers evacuated after a fire yesterday in a train in Hong Kong. The blaze was apparently caused by an electrical short circuit, an official said. The fire broke out on a train in the Kowloon district
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      Lock icon LESSONS ON HOW TO STOP A ROGUE STATE
      477 11 —THE GUARDIAN N Korea deal shows talking to enemies works ONE note soured the perfect cadence that greeted North Korea's decision to shut down its main nuclear reactor at Yongbyon, and take the first step towards dismantling its nuclear weapons programme. Characteristically,
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      Lock icon Legal battle delays burial for Anna Nicole Smith
      230 11 -AFP FORT LAUDERDALE (Florida) Former Playboy centrefold Anna Nicole Smith had still not been laid to rest yesterday almost a week after her death as a legal battle raged over who fathered her baby daughter. A judge in Broward County, Florida, where
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      Lock icon Abdullah says Malay traders must stop relying on handouts
      250 12 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi criticised the country's ethnic Malays and indigenous groups, saying they must stop relying on handouts. The Premier also said he was disappointed to learn that government contracts awarded to the bumiputra companies,
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      Lock icon Chinatown hit by royalty blues
      454 12 M'sian shopkeepers not happy about paying fees to play New Year songs KUALA LUMPUR It's that time of the year when Chinese New Year tunes get played at eardrum-busting decibel levels to get people into the festive mood. But for shopkeepers in Kuala Lumpur's Chinatown,
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      Lock icon Has Mr Ma lost the plot?
      508 13 —AGENCIES Despite high ratings now, his indictment could prove fatal for his loftier ambitions TAIPEI Opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou's presidential ambitions could have been dealt a fatal blow by corruption charges against him, analysts say, an outcome which may force China to review its
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      Lock icon China protests name change of Taiwan's state firms
      233 13 -AGENCIES BEIJING Beijing said it is opposed to the renaming of Taiwanese companies to drop "China" as pushed by Taiwanese President Chen Shuibian as a way to distinguish the island as a separate country. "Chen Shui-bian's de-sinification activities have been denounced by
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      Lock icon The long shadow of Australia's
      360 14 Govt imposes limits such as specific days for watering plants, ways to wash cars CANBERRA Major cities in Australia have introduced various limits on the use of water as the country in its sixth year of drought struggles to cope with water shortages, Reuters reported.
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      Lock icon 18 killed after bomb attack on Iran's elite force
      260 14 —AFP TEHRAN Eighteen people were killed yesterday when a car bomb targeting a bus carrying members of the elite Revolutionary Guards exploded in south-eastern Iran, official media reported. The bus was reported to have been taking the Guards from their housing
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    • Article
      China goes green in ambitious water plan
      181 15 BEIJING In an ambitious plan with two outcomes, the Chinese government plans to reduce water usage and increase national income by 20 per cent by the end of the decade, Reuters reported yesterday. The Asian economic giant's per capita water resources are currently
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      355 12 IT SHOW! I www.itshow.com.sg J™—^V 8"- 11" MARCH 07 ml Suntec City Exhibition Centre Entire Levels Q, Q LARGEST I.T DIGITAL MOBILE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS EXHIBITION EVER HELD IN SINGAPORE IS [OPENING NEXT MONTH] yS^i JKMJ IT Show Special Poll-out In IBS r^zt M Digital Life on 6th Mar (Hie) fe.,
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  • Voices
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      Change employer perceptions
      492 16  -  RICK LIM SAY KIONG Pro-family employment practices must be enforced to boost Spores birth rate Letter from I REFER to the article, "Not what they were expecting" (Feb 14). I feel that the 71 cases of pregnant women unfairly dismissed in 2006 and 78 similar cases reported
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    • Letter
      Want to increase S'pore population? Here's how
      338 16  -  SEAH LEONG KHAI Letter from I AM surprised at the Government's vision of increasing the population to 6.5 million from the current 4.5 million. As I see it, unless Singapore opens its floodgate to immigrants, it is near impossible to achieve this target.
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      Redefine your printing experience
      370 17 PIXMA photo printers and All-in-Ones packs a whole lot of features in a compact package The Swiss Army Knives of printers If you think all printers are alike, then you are obviously missing out the great new features of the Canon PIXMA series of photo printers
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      USER EXPERIENCE
      322 17 Several respondents were invited by canon to try out the latest Canon PIXMA photo printers and All-in-Ones to discover for themselves the various printing possibilities. Senior promotions executive Ophelia Tan was one of the lucky few being selected, and she was amazed by the capabilities of the PIXMA
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    • Article
      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY BREAKING FROM THE CIRCLE
      272 18  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY If you've ever felt like you're just running in circles, it may be because you are. An experiment was once carried out by the great French naturalist, John Henry Fabray. He took a number of processionary caterpillars, so
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    • A little bit of give and take
      • Letter
        Subjective to say Lam was overpaid
        230 18  -  STEVE X NGO Letter from I WRITE in response to the various reports and letters about the Youth Challenge saga, including the latest article, "Vincent Lam says he's not like that other charity boss" (Feb 13). First, let me make it clear that I
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      • Letter
        Have audit guide for all charities
        156 18  -  KENNETH PHUA Letter from LAST year and this year produced some shockers concerning the improper use of money by respected charity organisations. All such organisations receiving money and property should have their financial books audited under special guidelines to ensure that the donations they
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    • Govt should open up scope to use CPF money in new ways
    • Letter
      The raw facts
      501 19  -  DAMON TAN Low pay, foreign glut behind shortage of civil engineers Letter from I REFER to the article, "A worrying lack of raw material" on the lack of civil engineers in Singapore (Feb 12). This is no surprise. A civil engineer's pay is among the lowest for
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      seweusvight HOW AN UNHELPFUL PERSON LOST HER HOTEL A GOOD CUSTOMER
      703 20  -  LIANG DINGZI FOLLOWING my story about an exemplary hotel guest relations officer last week ("Passion wins the day", Feb 8), a friend wrote to me to recount a different experience by a visiting business associate. The visitor from North
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        REMOVING BUS BAYS WILL CREATE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
        204 21  -  RAMCHAND RAMESH Singapore residents should be proud of the fact that we have a superior transport system, a key element of which is the quality of bus shelters and the presence of wide bus bays. Yet, because of inconsiderate road users, the authorities
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      • Article
        E-VISAS VOID WITH NEW PASSPORTS
        100 21  -  BRIDGET ANNE ARMSTRONG-KWONG: Are you going to Australia using a new passport? I found out the hard way that my electronic visa, which was still valid for a few months, was not valid with the new passport. I was not the only person affected. As
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        DONT CONDUCT SCHOOL EXAMS DURING CNY TIME
        158 21  -  CHAN WAI PIEW DANIEL: Chinese New Year is just around the corner. Foreigners, particularly those of Chinese origin, are naturally excited and many are anxious to return home to spend time with their parents and grandparents. As Chinese New Year's eve falls on
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon LOOKING AFTER THE INDIVIDUAL'S WELFARE
      789 22  -  JOSEPH TAN news@newstoday.com.sg THERE has been a lot of setting of expectations by Government officials prior to the release of Budget 2007 today. It is fairly clear that the Government plans to raise the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to 7 per cent from 5
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    • CORPORATEBRIEFS
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        Lock icon TEMASEK BUYS 5% STAKE IN CITIC RESOURCES HOLDINGS
        68 22 -DOW JONES Temasek Holdings said that it bought a 5-per-cent stake, or 251 million new shares, in CITIC Resources Holdings for US$79 million ($l2l million). On Friday, CITIC Resources sold US$22O million worth of new shares to its parent and some institutional
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        Lock icon PACIFIC HEALTHCARE TIE-UP WITH KUWAIT FINANCE
        80 22 -AP Singapore-based Pacific Healthcare Holdings has teamed up with Kuwait Finance House, one of the world's largest Islamic financial institutions, to establish medical centres in Asia. Kuwait Finance will take up a 60-per-cent stake and Pacific Healthcare, 40 per cent, in the joint venture
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        Lock icon BSE CONFIRMS DEUTSCHE BOERSE STAKE SALE
        53 22 938 LIVE India's Bombay Stock Exchange has confirmed an earlier media report that it had sold a 5-per-cent stake to Germany's Deutsche Boerse at 1.9 billion rupees ($65.8 million). The Singapore Exchange said last month that it wanted to buy the stake in its
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      • Article
        NET PROFITS UP FOR HIAP HOE, ROTARY ENGG
        174 22 Niche property developer Hiap Hoe reported a turnaround in net profit of $12.6 million, or 1.11 cents per share, for the financial year ended Dec 31, compared to a net loss of $2.6 million, or 0.23 cent per share in 2005. Its
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        WRIT FOR ALLEGED PATENT INFRINGEMENT
        95 22 MFG Integration Technology has been served with a writ of summons issued by the High Court of Singapore for its alleged infringement of a patent involving certain equipment parts used for one component of its business. The company said that it was seeking professional advice
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    • Article
      Top tender for office site near Clarke Quay at $44m
      218 22  -  —JOSEPH YADAO THE tender for the commercial site at New Bridge Road/North Canal Road closed yesterday with Kirn Eng Properties tendering the highest bid of almost $44 million. That works out to a bid of $758.38 per square foot per
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    • Article
      Lock icon Strong Q4 for Capita Land
      452 23 -BLOOMBERG And property market will stay upbeat: Analysts CAPITALAND, South-east Asia's largest property developer, said fourth-quarter profit rose almost five times as it sold more homes in Singapore and had divestment gains. Net income rose to $455.8 million, or 16.2 cents a share, from $93.2
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      Lock icon CAPITALAND LOOKS TO ONE-UP LI KA-SHING IN ORCHARD
      164 23 BLOOMBERG Capita Land expects to sell its apartments in the Orchard Road shopping belt at a price higher than a record achieved by billionaire Li Ka-shing's downtown project. The developer will start selling some of the 175 units at the 56-storey development
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      Lock icon Sing Tel may up stake in Bharti Airtel: Report
      150 23 -BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Telecommunications (Sing Tel) may increase its stake in Bharti Airtel, India's biggest mobilephone services provider, television channel CNBCTVIB cited Bharti chairman Sunil Mittal as saying. The Mittal family, which controls New Delhi-based Bharti Airtel, is in the process of
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        284 24  -  TORCHING LI Net profit up 63% to $360 m, plans capital reduction chingli@mediacorp.com.sg STARHUB posted a sterling set of full-year results yesterday, helped by a tax credit and unexpectedly good revenue growth in all its business units. According to chief executive officer Terry Clontz,
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        159 24  -  CHOW PENN NEE MAINBOARD-listed Chemoil Energy plans to buy six companies from Hong Kong's Andorra Services, a company that is wholly owned by its executive chairman and chief executive officer, Mr Robert V Chandran. The six companies are Helios Terminal Corp, Link Marine, Olympic Shipping, Pebble
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          118 24 DOW JONES BLUE chips ended higher on broad gains, and property shares advanced following strong results from developer Capita Land. The ST Index rose 33.1 points, or 1.0 per cent, to end at 3,182.2. In the broad market, decliners edged out advancers by 386 to 359 while two billion
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        408 25 —AFP In bold move, central banktightens monetary policy to suck out liquidity NEW DELHI India's central bank tightened monetary policy on Tuesday for a second time in two weeks to fight accelerating inflation, hiking the amount of cash commercial banks must keep on
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        222 25 —AFP TOKYO Japan reported a record 19.84 trillion yen ($251 billion) current account surplus for last year, highlighting lopsided global trade flows that are fuelling tensions over the weak yen. The surplus in the current account, the broadest measure of trade in
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      204 23 A/» ah I i^ Q I I v I Ml vi k Keynote speaker/i#^ I'jnrTJgi.'id Ms. Sandra Lee/iis®BS^c± 3 March 2007 (Sat) Managing Director, Sodete Generate 2007^3^ 3 H (S18A) Structured Products and Equity Derivatives (Asia ex-Japan) S^g«rfpM4llifagl (3E^E/H#^h) IJl'.'.MJjJiiill TopicMS Session A WS Lyxor's Investment Strategy in the Year
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      1079 26  -  Jeanine Tan IN HER latest role, Farm Wong grabs her chest, farts and barks out a particularly rude Hokkien word with gusto. For the curious, that word begins with an "N" and is a contraction of a vulgarity that pertains to one's...
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      348 27 BEFORE he hit the big time in showbiz, Jack Neo spent eight years as a civil servant. During the mid-1980s, he was an infantry officer in the Singapore Armed Forces Music and Drama Company, which may make him an ideal candidate to make a film about the civil service.
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        104 28 -AP SINGER and actress Beyonce who won a Grammy on Sunday for her album, B'Day has hit another high note. The 25--year-old will appear on the cover of this year's Sports Illustrated (SI) swimsuit issue. The star of the hit movie, Dreamgirls, posed on a Florida beach in a
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        452 28  -  AMELYNN LIONG Singer Rachael Yamagata insists she's not her lovelorn lyrics plus@media corp.com.sg AMERICAN singer-songwriter Rachael Yamagata may deliver heart-wrenching, piano-pound-ing melodies effortlessly, but she is quick to say that she is no emotional basketcase. Performing in town at the Esplanade Mosaic Festival on March 17, the 29-year-old
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        585 30  -  JUSTIN CHEONG Director Frederic Auburtin rounds up cinema's best for a collective of passionate vignettes in Paris je t'aime justin@mediacorp.com.sg CONSIDERING Frederic Auburtin is a Frenchman helming a film about the different facets of love in the various neighbourhoods of Paris, the Marseille-born director is surprisingly indifferent about
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        294 31 I In the Name of Honour Mukhtaran Bibi MLJKMTAH WAI In tk Nam; ofHowwr IN THE Name ofHonouns the true story of an illiterate peasant woman from a small village in southern Punjab. On a fateful night in June 22, 2002, Mukhtaran Bibi was sentenced to gang rape by
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          89 32 AFP TOM Cruise (left) and Ben Stiller (far left) are to team up in an action comedy based on the popular US children's detective books The Hardy Boys by Franklin W Dixon. Cruise and Stiller will play adult versions of the teenage
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          80 32 CHINESE actress Zhang Ziyi (left) may play Leonardo Di Caprio's (far left) first "on-screen Asian lover" in a US$l.5 billion ($2.3 billion) movie based on the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, reported China's HaiXia Dao Bao yesterday. The as-yet-untitled movie will be
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        457 34 A new face with an old twist for Lancome's new line LYNETTEKOHINCHIANGMAI lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg LAST December, journalists from across the region came together on the sprawling, idyllic grounds of the Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi in Chiangmai to learn about the Lancome Blanc Expert NeuroWhite X 3 series. It was
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        355 34  -  PEARLYNTHAM WHEN I told a wise-crack-ing colleague that multi-hy-phenate Dick Lee was collaborating with Lee Hwa Jewellery, she asked: "So, now are they going to be known as Dick Lee Hwa?" I don't know about that, but Lee Hwa Jewellery did allow a sneak peek into Dick's
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          117 34 You may not have her good looks or her sexy physique, but you can now at least share supermodel Gisele Bundchen's passion for a good cause. She has collaborated with footwear brand Ipanema on its new Gisele Bundchen Ipanema Collection, which supports the "V Ilkatu
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          123 34 Dainty Diane, Posh Pamela, Retro Rene and Sweet Shirley no, not characters in a soap opera, but some of the 15themes in the new Sorci Age (read: "Saw-see-arch") lingerie collection by Wacoal. Designed forthe young and the young-at-heart, the new Spring-Summer 2007 collection is inspired by
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          111 34 For those who like their make-up sweet, clean and dreamy, Fasio's Spring-Summer 2007 make-up collection Dreaming Fairy-will be a wish come true. Achieve a full nd glossy pout with Full Glossy Lips ($13.20), a sheer lip gloss with sparkly bits. Be sure to also fluff
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          131 34 Growing older may make you wiser or not but it can also cause your skin to deteriorate. To help your skin rebuild its tissue and fill in deep lines. La Roche-Posay's new Redermic Essence is made with three molecules Madecassoside, hyaluronic acid and 5-per-cent pure vitamin
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        461 36 ROSNAH AHMAD rosnah@media corp.com.sg THE twittering of a seagull roused me from my winter slumber. I drew open the curtains of my hotel room and I was taken aback: There was a painting of a lake landscape outside my window. It took me a good few seconds to
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        167 37 This is one town where you can get away with telling someone to "go to hell". Noribetsu is home to Jigokudani or Hell Valley, a volcanic crater which has steam and boiling water gushing out of it It is also the source of mineral-rich waters for most of the
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        230 37 The lake which is surrounded by many hot-spring resorts is more than just a pretty face. You can go canoeing on the ice-free lake or take a pleasant stroll around its many waterfalls. At a cafe near one of the resorts, you can even learn how to make
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        755 38  -  BENNY LEE This serene ancient city of temples is just a skip away from bustling Bangkok traveller@newstoday.com.sg AYUTTHAYA is ideal for day-trippers seeking solace from congested and hectic Bangkok. Situated 76km north of Thailand's capital, Ayutthaya is just 90 minutes away by road or rail. To
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      731 29 Brought to you by pamper your n A Novartis Company MECHANICAL engineer Wong Keng Hwo used to experience dryness and discomfort in his eyes a few hours after putting on his monthly contact lenses. He said: "My eyes would feel very dry very quickly, even when I wasn't staring atthe
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      36 39 ""CjBPW CJH T^ W^f' Over 80 destinations worldwide. Flights to Newcastle will commence on Ist September 2007. For more details contact Emirates on 6735 3535 or visit 600 North Bridge Road, Parkview Square #11-01, Singapore *****8.
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      576 42 -AGENCIES Striker denies criticising Rijkaard, insists he has no problems with coach BARCELONA Barcelona's Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o has sought to quell tensions raised by his public criticism of the Spanish club's Dutch boss Frank Rijkaard and Brazilian team-mate Ronaldinho. During a training session yesterday, there
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      205 42 -DPA ZURICH World champions Italy have replaced Brazil at the top of the Fifa rankings. It is the first time that the Italians have been ranked the top team in the world since November 1993 and ends a run of 55 months at the top
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        120 42 RAHUL Dravid (picture) became the sixth cricketer to score 10,000 runs in one-day internationals as he helped India to a five-wicket win against Sri Lanka. Dravid was run out for 66 as India reached 233-5 to tie the four-match series through three games. The India captain
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        134 42 A SPORTS judge yesterday sentenced Serie A side Catania to play their remaining home games of the season on neutral ground and behind closed doors after a policeman was killed during violent clashes following the Sicily derby with Palermo, ANSA reported. The officer, Filippo Raciti,
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        92 42 INDIA, Iran and Qatar are in the running to host the 2011 Asian Cup finals after the deadline to express an interest expired. The three countries have all put their hat in the ring and must now formally declare in writing their official candidature by April
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      676 43 -AFP Bolton's five-match unbeaten run against Arsenal comes to a shuddering halt in extra time BOLTON (England) Freddie Ljungberg kept Arsenal's triple trophy bid alive as Arsene Wenger's side overcame an almighty scare to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup with a
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      513 43 -BLOOMBERG BAYER Leverkusen beat Blackburn 3-2 in the Uefa Cup as the sec-ond-tier European soccer tournament resumed yesterday (early today, Singapore time) following a two-month break. Livorno, playing in a stadium without fans, lost 2-1 to Espanyol. Carsten Ramelow and Bernd Schneider snapped
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      910 44  -  Rohit Brijnath The beautiful game takes a backseat when fans get carried away and violence reigns THURSDAY WITH news@newstoday.com.sg IN SOME places, people go and watch sport carrying sandwiches, a thermos of coffee and a hopeful heart. In Italy, evidently, some days they go to
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      362 44  -  CHERYL NG cheryl. ng@media corp. com. sg NBL PLAYOFFS Crocodiles 106 Slingers 93 THE Singapore Slingers' adventure in the 2007 Philips National Basketball League playoffs ended last night when they lost 106-93 to the Townsville Crocodiles. The Slingers had memories of a 40-point thrashing
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      636 45  -  LAN DE COTTA F1 designer Tilke, McLaren boss to talk about business of motorsports here ian@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE the powers-that-be are busy exploring a plan to bring Formula 1 action to Singapore, potential stakeholders will soon understand how a motorsports event can benefit them and the economy. Some
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      350 45 —AGENCIES ROME Ferrari driver Felipe Massa says BMW Sauber will be a force to be reckoned with during the new Fl season. "The McLaren looks quick, but for me the BMW is the best of all at the moment," the Brazilian told Italian
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      254 45  -  lANDECOTTA A DISCONTENT that began on the Al Grand Prix (AIGP) circuit, allegedly found its way into cyberspace and could eventually end up in court The media and marketing partners of Al Team Singapore motor racing outfit are taking legal action against their
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      117 45 S.LEAGUE SHOWCASE STARTS! Special competition for S.League clubs. SCORE Sengkang Bal Khalsa Thu, 15/02/07 7.45pm SCORE Gombak Albirex Thu, 15/02/07 7.45pm UECup Spartak Celta de Vigo Fri, 16/02/07 12.00 am UE Cup Steaua Sevilla Fri, 16/02/07 2.30 am UE Cup Braga Parm Fri, 16/02/07 3.00 am UECup Lens Panathinaikos Fri,
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      785 46  -  JOSE RAYMOND IDAYEXCLUSIVE Selected stadiums to be upgraded so S-Leaguefans can enjoy matches jose@media corp.com.sg FIVE years ago, in January 2002, Balestier Khalsa chairman Balbeer Singh Mangat had a grand idea. He wanted coffee-shops, fastfood outlets and other amenities built within the vicinity of the
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      289 46 SINGAPORE squandered a two-goal lead to go down 3-2 to Pakistan yesterday in the second leg of the preliminary qualifiers for the 2008 Beijing Olympics football tournament in Lahore. Terry Pathmanathan's under-21 side were defeated 2-1 in the first leg last
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