Today, 10 March 2007

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    26 1 MICA (P) 311/10/2006 /A=DIACORP weekendTODAY we set you thinking March 10-11, 2007 todayonline.com weekendTODAY MICA (P) 311/10/2006 March 10-11, 2007 todayonline.com /A=D}ACORP we set you thinking
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    Lock icon S'pore gets another billionaire on Forbes list, by way of China
    417 1 -AGENCIES AT A time when Singapore is trying to attract new immigrants to its shores, a Chinaborn businessman who has made the Republic his home has landed on the 2007 Forbes list of billionaires. Debuting on the Singapore list
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    Lock icon DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR MAID IS UP TO?
    1423 1  -  I TAN HUI LENG SHERALYNTAY -938UVE, DON WONG It's 10am. You're at work. HAND I huileng@media corp. com. sg IN CLIFFHANGING scenes that are worthy of Oscar mentions, two maids stole the headlines recently. One, surprised by employers who returned home
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      41 1 ARE EXTRA MRT LINES NEEDED FOR A POPULATION 0F6.5M? 6 ETHICAL QUESTIONS ABOUND OVER HUMAN EGG MARKET 12 NEIL HUMPHREY'S SECRET LOVE FOR ADRIAN MOLE 14 THE POWERHOUSE BEHIND THE ST JAMES PHENOMENON x NO ALL-ENGLAND CLASH IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW
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      Change in the air at head of the House
      174 2  -  LEONGWEEKEAT AS THE Budget debate drew to a close on Friday, Parliament also witnessed the changing of the guard within the House. After 20 years as Leader of the House, Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng handed over the reigns to
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      Lock icon THAT'S ONE THOUSAND MILLION DOLLARS
      404 2 —AGENCIES The "richest year in human history" saw familiar names such as Bill Gates and Warren Buffet dominating the world's billionaire club. But the 2007 Forbes billionaire list also reveals some interesting new trends. Of the 946 billionaires on the list, 83 of them are
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      Lock icon Batey given the boot but S'pore Girl remains
      340 3  -  TOR CHING LI chingh@media corp. com. sg FHE Singapore Girl gets to keep her job and sarong kebaya togs, but the advertising agency behind her and Singapore Airline's (SIA) image for the past 35 years has been given the boot. Three months
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      Lock icon Fair Price goes into market hyperdrive
      426 3  -  LEE U-WEN Xtra hypermart outlet in Hougang to open this year, with more in the pipeline u-wen@media corp. com. sg RESIDENTS living in Hougang can soon shop at a new NTUC hypermarket set to open its doors in the third quarter of this year.
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    • Article
      450,000 JOBS? WHY NOT, SAYS NTUC SEC-GEN LIM
      181 3  -  LEEU-WEN The five-year projection to create 450,000 jobs is a "stretch target" but one which is sustainable, said labour chief Lim Swee Say. Responding to reporters' questions about whether this figure was a conservative one seeing as how job creation last year
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  • Singapore news
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      Raise minimum age for Malay marriages?
      349 4  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI nazry@media corp. com. sg TYING the knot at sweet 16 may be impossible for young Malay-Muslims in future. The Government is studying the need to implement a new legislation to raise the minimum marriageable age of Malay-Mus-lim minors, said Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs
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      Money no enough: MP Neo
      519 4  -  JASMINE YIN Planned $30-$ll5 increase in monthly aid 'inadequate' jasmine@media corp.com.sg THEY are Singaporeans in their 70s and 80s who have no kin. Even with help from the Public Assistance (PA) scheme, they still survive only by skipping one meal a day. This group of
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      Lock icon Help foreign players integrate so they won't leave
      398 4  -  DARREN LAI darren@media corp.com.sg THE Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) is open to the idea of setting up a counselling and resource centre to help foreign-born athletes integrate into Singapore society. While the likes of Tao Li and Li
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    • PARLIAMENTSNIPPETS
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        MENTORS FOR JUVENILE HOME LEAVERS
        60 4  -  -JASMINE YIN Trained adult volunteer mentors will be assigned to those leaving juvenile and children's homes to help ease their transition into the community and keep them crime-free. The Podz programme will start six months before the youth's release and continue for six months after
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        NEW HELP FOR OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTHS
        78 4  -  JASMINE YIN A new Youth Link initiative has been set up to keep troubled youths aged 12 to 17 in mainstream schools. Four voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs) will work with schools to counsel and help potential dropouts and truants to continue their studies. If a
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        CHANGES TO LEGAL PROFESSION ACT
        137 4  -  DERRICK A PAULO A handful of lawyers was found guilty over the past two years of practising without a valid practising certificate. Now, the Legal Profession Act is being changed to come down harder on the culprits. Instead of the current $1,000 maximum fine, unauthorised
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      Lock icon Yong's birthday present of a Montblanc pen was a "fake"
      417 6  -  ANSLEYNG ansieyiffmeaiacorp.com.sg FIRST, he was given a "fake" Montblanc pen for his 60th birthday by former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chairman Richard Yong. Four months later, NKF ex-chief executive T T Durai called him to say that he was getting
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    • Article
      Extra MRT lines may ease crowding
      474 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Loncerns whether transport system can handle 6.5 m weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg CAN Singapore's public transport system handle 6.5 million people? The revised population planning parameter was a burning issue on parliamentarians' minds as the Ministry of Transport's plans came under the spotlight on
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon KIDS' CANCER CENTRE AT NUH BY END OF THE YEAR
        103 6 -938 LIVE The National University Hospital will be able to double the number of children's cancer cases it sees by the year's end, when the Children's Cancer Centre is up and running. The centre will offer advanced therapies like stem
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        INDIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL S P JAIN OPENS CAMPUS HERE
        114 6  -  DERRICK A PAULO The former Institute of Dental Health is now the site of the first Indian tertiary institution to have its own campus in Singapore. On Friday, the S P Jain Center of Management marked the official opening of its
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        Lock icon WORLD DENTAL MEET HERE IN 2009
        59 6 938 LIVE In one of the largest meetings to be held here since the International Monetary Fund-World Bank meets last year, more than 13,000 dental professionals will converge for the World Dental Federation's annual congress in 2009. The four-day congress is estimated to bring
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        NIGHTSPOT A DRAW FOR JOB-SEEKERS
        103 6 St James Power Station, Singapore's biggest nightspot, has attracted more than 200 people to join its workforce as bartenders, supervisors and servers among other positions since it launched operations last year. So far, 124 staff have undergone the F&B Workforce Skills Qualification training programme, provided
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      More premium bus services to heartlands
      360 6  -  GRACIA CHIANG gracia@media corp. com. sg THE good news for commuters sick of long waiting times and crowded buses is, operators are queuing up to offer premium bus services to the HDB heartlands including far-flung estates such as Punggol and Loyang. Barely two weeks
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      67 4 YOU COULD WIN $250,000 Want to be a quarter of a million dollars richer? Then come on down to MediaCorp Reception at Caldecott Hill and audition for our new gameshow Deal or No Dea/at the following times: March 9 (Fri): 6.30pm to 9pm March 10 (Sat): 10am to 4pm March
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      487 5 fc?SMU k SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY Beyond an open house A trailblazer to your future SMU Open House 10&11 March 2007 I )a (Sat sun) 10am 6pm «fl|^ SMU Administration Building, 81 Victoria Street m ~> X*^* m. SMU is an icon of change, of shifting paradigms; a break from the
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      Lock icon Airline disasters 'embarrassing'
      510 8 -AGENCIES Indonesia to replace top transport officials, set more strict aviation rules JAKARTA Indonesia's government will replace its top transport officials and tighten aviation regulations after three airline disasters in as many months "embarrassed" the nation, Vice President Jusuf Kalla said. "We are embarrassed Indonesia has had
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      5 imams banned from talking to Aussie media
      357 8 A LEADING Muslim association in Australia has banned five senior Islamic clerics from talking to the media because of the "immeasurable damage" they have caused the community, The Australian reported yesterday. The Lebanese Muslim Association (LMA) sent a letter to the imams
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      S'pore seeks clarification on Indonesian granite 'ban'
      132 8 SINGAPORE'S Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said it was "baffled" by an Indonesian official's comments that the Indonesian government would be issuing a regulation to ban the export of "granite and materials" to Singapore. A Batam Pos report dated March 7 had quoted
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon ANWAR'S FORMER AIDE RELEASED BY M'SIA POLICE
        83 8 -AFP Malaysian police have released a top aide of former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. Mr Tian Chua, information chief of the People's Justice Party headed by Mr Anwar's wife, was detained on Wednesday for attempted murder after driving his car through a
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        Lock icon EX-FINANCE CHIEF NOMINATED AS SOUTH KOREA'S NEXT PM
        83 8 -AFP South Korean President Roh Moohyun on Friday nominated former Finance Minister Han Duck-soo as Prime Minister. If approved by parliament, Mr Han, 58, would succeed the nation's first female Prime Minister, Ms Han Myeong-sook, who stepped aside after 10 months in
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        Lock icon 275-KPH CYCLONE HITS WESTERN AUSTRALIA
        73 8 —AFP At least three people were feared dead and more were injured when a cyclone slammed into Australia's northwest coast on Friday. The deaths reportedly occurred at the Fortescue Metals Group mining construction camp, 100km south of Port Hedland, when category four Cyclone George unleashed
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      Lock icon Heightened activity observed in 3 Indonesian volcanoes after Sumatra earthquake
      205 8 -AGENCIES MOUNT TALANG (Indonesia) The earthquake that killed more than 70 people in western Indonesia on Tuesday may have led to heightened activity at three volcanoes, experts warned. Geologists said sensors on the slopes of three active volcanoes Talang, Tandikat
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      Lock icon Anwar to contest Kelantan?
      256 10 PETALING JAVA Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS), the leading opposition party in Malaysia, has invited former deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (picture) to contest in Kelantan at the next general election, local media reported on Friday. Mr Anwar, now an opposition politician who advises Parti Keadilan Rakyat(PKß),wasfreeto
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        Lock icon INFLUENTIAL M'SIAN ANALYST'S TRIAL SET FOR JUNE
        94 10 —AFP A Malaysian court on Friday brought the trial of influential political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, who was charged in the murder of a Mongolian model, forward from March next year to June. Abdul Razak is accused of abetting two policemen in the
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        Lock icon M'SIAN WOMAN SUES HUSBAND'S MISTRESS AND WINS
        114 10 —AFP A Malaysian woman won court damages from the mistress of her ex-husband for the woman's role in breaking up the marriage, reports said on Friday. Ms Kamlesh Mangal Sain Kapoor, 58, obtained compensation of RM10,000 ($4,300) from Ms Kerpal Kaur Kernail, the
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      Lock icon Dousing Indonesia's hotspots
      426 10  -  FAWZIAH SELAMAT Spore, Jambi launch master-plan to stop haze-causing fires in province fawziah@media corp.com.sg LAST year, more than 1,500 fires were detected in Muarao regency, one of nine divisions within Jambi province in central Sumatra. This year, residents there can hope to see zero fires should a
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      Lock icon Thai southern Muslims urged to rat on militants
      178 10 —AFP RA NGAE (Thailand) Thailand's junta chief on Friday urged people living in restive Muslim-majority provinces to act as informants for security forces trying to quell three years of separatist unrest. "I know that some of you here know where the militants
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      Lock icon THE HUMAN EGG BOOM
      477 12 KRT As demand for human eggs soar, fertility industry faces ethical questions CHICAGO Demand for eggs in the human fertility industry have soared over the past decade in the United States, raising ethical questions about a business that has become increasingly commercialised. According to a December
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      Lock icon US Bill to demand apology from Japan
      232 12 -AFP TOKYO A United States congressional committee will likely pass this month a controversial Bill demanding Japan's apology to World War II-era sex slaves, a lawmaker was quoted as saying on Friday. Japan's conservative government has been lobbying hard against the Bill, and
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        Lock icon M'SIAN 13-YEAR-OLDS GET MARRIED
        65 12 -AFP Two 13-year-old Malaysians were the youngest among 10 couples married on f hursday in a mass wedding ceremony in Terengganu state. The two are neighbours in an indigenous people settlement that allow couples to marry if they had reached puberty. The minimum legal age for
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        Lock icon NEW POWER-SHARING DEAL?
        63 12 —AFP Northern Ireland's main parties were leading in early election results that could create a new power-sharing administration between Protestant Democratic Unionists with their old Catholic foes Sinn Fein. London and Dublin, which pushed for the elections, had said they would rule the province indefinitely if the
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        Lock icon EU CLINCHES CLIMATE CHANGE PACT
        60 12 -AFP European Union leaders clinched a landmark climate change accord on Friday but postponed the thorny task of setting mandatory renewable energy goals for each member country to meet. The accord's overarching achievement is to commit the 27-country EU to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide
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        Lock icon TOP TERRORISTS TO GET HEARING
        57 12 —AFP A group of 14 top terrorist suspects are set to face their first hearings before United States panels with reporters barred from proceedings shrouded in secrecy. The suspects include people allegedly involved in the 911 attacks and the 2002 Bali bombings The "high-value" suspects
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        Lock icon HK BANS JERMUK BOTTLED WATER
        68 12 AFP Hong Kong's government has told shops to stop selling a brand of bottled water that United States authorities say is contaminated with arsenic. The health department said US studies had found that Jermuk products contained up to 60 times the international standard for the
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        Lock icon A FIRST FOR ASIA...
        63 12 AFP An artificially inseminated elephant has given birth to a healthy male calf in Thailand, a scientific first in Asia that could help protect the endangered animal, veterinarian Sittidet Mahasawangkul said on Friday. "We were so happy. Both mother and baby were healthy and well," said
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      Lock icon Killer bacteria leaves scores dead in Israel
      270 12 -AFP JERUSALEM A killer bacteria resistant to antibiotics is sowing panic across Israel as it sweeps through hospitals, leaving scores dead and afflicting hundreds more. Five hundred people in more than 10 hospitals have been struck down with the lethal Klebsiella bacteria strain
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        MAKE SURE YOU DON'T BREAK ANY LAWS
        108 14  -  ALAN GREENE: I found Michael Podolinsky's letter, "Free up the free WiFi" (March 8), very interesting and I agree wholeheartedly with his comments and basic tenet that it is up to the transmitter to safeguard the security of his electromagnetic emissions. However, while
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        CHILDREN'S LIBRARIES HELP KIDS SOCIALISE
        112 14  -  STEVEN EU: With reference to Jo-Anne Wee's letter, "Keep children's libraries alive" (March 7), our family agree with and support her views regarding the closure of the Community Children's Libraries (CCLs). Both our children (three and seven years old respectively) enjoy going to the Simei
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      Lock icon A NOVEL ROMANCE
      812 14  -  Neil Humphreys Why we should love books, libraries and green superheroes WHEN I was a boy, I fell in love. The person was much older than me. And he was also a boy. It was most disconcerting. His name was Adrian Mole: A bespectacled, troubled teenager from
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      Lock icon Losing another winner
      460 15  -  i EDMUND LIM WAI HOONG Zhang Xueling's departure raises concerns about how some Singapore sports organisations treat foreign-born athletes Letter from I AM writing in response to the recent news about the departure of China-born Singapore citizen table-tennis player Zhang Xueling. Ms Zhang obtained her Singapore citizenship
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    • Article
      Students should aim high, but not be obsessed with perfection
      478 15  -  ONG SHENYANG HARRY CHIA Letter from I REFER to Mr Lim Boon Hee's letter, "Warped standards?" (March 8). As an adult volunteer, I have been returning to my alma mater to help train my juniors from my Co-Curricular Activity (CCA).
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    • Letter
      Charges reflect market values
      269 15  -  HANYONGHOE Letter from Director (Development Control) Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA I REFER to the letter, "Reduce charges for low-rises" by Mr Harry Chia (March 5). Mr Chia asked if there could be an exemption or a low DC for developers who want to redevelop low-rise properties
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    • Letter
      More well-rounded schemes will help disabled
      357 15  -  LEO CHEN lAN Letter from President, Disabled People's Association IT WAS music to our ears when we heard the announcement of new changes in the foreign domestic worker (FDW) levy as part of the Budget 2007 "goodies". The reduction of the FDW levy and
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Cut down on EGMs with mediation centre
      314 18  -  CHOW PENN NEE pennnee@media corp.com.sg COSTLY and hastily-convened extraordinary general meetings (EGMs) should be avoided in favour of mediation, said the president of an investor watchdog. Citing a recent hostile showdown between Isetan and its shareholders over tax credits, Mr David Gerald (picture),
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    • Article
      Quek Leng Chan's stake in UE crosses 5%
      272 18  -  CHRISTIE LOH christie@mediacorp.com.sg WHERE he treads, others quickly follow. Malaysian billionaire Quek Leng Chan may again inspire copycats with his latest buy in Singapore. According to company filings, Mr Quek has amassed 5.19 per cent of United Engineers (UE), a main-board-listed developer
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      Keeping casinos in check
      390 18  -  TORCHING LI Probity reviews on Genting will continue chingh@media corp. com. sg IT MAY have cut direct links to Macau tycoon Stanley Ho, but Genting International received a gentle reminder from the Government that "probity checks" are a "continuing" process, even after a licence is issued.
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      Temasek, GIC set to get larger shares of ICICI pie
      275 18  -  THE path looks clear for Singapore's investment companies Temasek and the Government Investment Corporation (GIC) to double their stakes in the ICICI Bank, India's largest private bank by assets. According to a Friday report in the Indian newspaper Mint, the
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      Lock icon Thai capital controls to stay
      463 19 -AGENCIES But finance chief promises no more'shock'policies BANGKOK Thailand's new finance minister said that he would keep controversial currency rules, dashing market speculation that the government would soon lift the measures aimed at curbing the Thai baht's rise. But he said he no plans to
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      SingTel resolute despite threat to AIS licence
      190 19  -  -DOW JONES Singapore Telecommunications said it is committed to its investment in Thai telecommunications company Advanced Info Service (AIS). "SingTel remains committed to its investment in AIS," a SingTel spokesperson said on Friday. The telco has a 21.4 per cent stake in AIS.
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    • marketwatch
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        ST Index — 3,143.7 +21.2
        4 19 ST Index 3,143.7 +21.2
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        SGX most active
        28 19 Indofood THBEV SuntecReit Abterra CSC 1.230 +0.050 +4.2 40,308 0.275 +0.005 +1.0 45,047 1.020 +0.030 +1.0 42,740 0.040 +0.005 +14.3 30,210 0.215 +0.020 +10.3 38,504
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        SGX top rises
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        SGX top falls
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        Commodities
        20 19 Gold US$/oz 655.50 Silver US$/oz 13.12 Platinum US$/oz 1,214.50 Rubber cents/kg 338.50 Palm oil RM/tonne 1941.00 Brant USS/barrel 61.34
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        SINGAPORE
        122 19  -  DOW JONES Shares were modestly higher on Friday, with gains led by property stocks. Thin volumes, however, suggest investors are still nervous about the market, traders said. The benchmark ST Index closed up 21.22 points, or 0.7 per cent, at 3143.71 with advancers outnumbering decliners by a ratio of
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        World markets
        53 19 Nikkei 225 *****.04 +73.73 +0.43 HK Hang Seng *****.88 -40.20 -0.21 Australia ASX200 5830.20 +7.00 +0.14 Korea Camp 1423.58 -0.31 -0.02 Thailand SET 071.17 -0.81 -0.12 Jakarta Camp 1704.58 -0.07 -0.30 Phils Cnmp 3000.82 +71.45 +2.30 Shenzhen B 483.55 +0.04 +0.13 Mumbai Sensex *****.10 -00.10 -0.70 Malaysia KLCI
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        Lock icon Your S$1 buys
        36 19 IUIIIICRIU )y SGX, I Bloomberg USS 0.6552 UK£ 0.3395 Yen 76.983 HKS 5.1206 RM 2.2952 Euro 0.4983 Rupiah 6012.1 Baht 21.392 Peso 31.813 AS 0.8407 Indian Rs 29.009 Yuan 5.0742 Information provided by
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      Lock icon Thai Air Asia eyes Shin Corp stake
      409 19 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR The management of Thailand's Air Asia is in talks to acquire the 50 per cent in the carrier held by Temasek Holding's Shin Corp, an industry source said on Friday. "They have been talking. The intent (to acquire the shares)
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      Lock icon Chinese govt to set up investment agency
      603 20 -DOW JONES Entity to be modelled after Temasek Holdings BEIJING China confirmed on Friday for the first time that it is establishing a gov-ernment-controlled entity that will invest its massive foreign exchange reserves, the world's largest at US$l trillion ($1.52 trillion). "A government
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    • wealth the business of personal finance
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        Zurich goes big on racial profiling
        471 20  -  MIRAKASHINATH mira@mediacorp.com.sg NEEDS-based financial planning has been around for some time, but Zurich International Life (ZIL) has taken it a step further to include racial profiling, an element that it believes is behind its success in the financial market here. The insurance-based financial services
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        311 20 -AGENCIES EUROPEAN aircraft maker Airbus suffered its first-ever operating loss in 2006 and was expected to make further losses this year, its parent group European Aeronautic Defence Space (EADS) reported on Friday. The result and forecast illustrated how far the jet manufacturer has fallen in such
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        100 20 BLOOMBERG CHINA may regulate state-owned companies' foreign investments to reduce risks, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing unidentified people in the agency that oversees government assets. After the 2004 losses at China Aviation Oil (CAO), the state-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission wants to
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      67 18 why do air stewardesses treat ang mohs better? Caucasians greet mmmmmmmm them with a warm Efppwpr— hello. Asians board the plane with a black W. ft face and demand I "^N| I^C^^'^t newspapers and J^^ S^\ &¥i playing cards. Says one air-stewardess: M >^JB "I feel like throwing j Mi
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      573 21  -  Pearlyn Tham ThiS Spring, designers take a «v:«« n 4- n ii:» n «-.,J *^\w~~~ Shine tO metalllCS and mirrors lAM told that at a new mega nightspot in town, a certain breed of clubbers jostle to get prime spots before the mirrors lining the dance floor.
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      210 21  -  -PEARLYNTHAM k THE poet Keats may not have seen the spring season in I gold, black and white. But you won't be losing out on the f lyrical moments with SK Jewellery's Spring collection, that is built around these colours. While black and white
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        490 22  -  PEARLYN THAM It's a fairytale come true for Asian stars as they ride on a wave of endorsement deals pea rlyn@media corp.com.sg IT PAYS to be an Asian superstar these days. Just ask Zhang Ziyi. The fresh-faced beauty already has Maybelline and Asience endorsement deals under
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        257 22  -  PEARLYNTHAM YOU love the brand's clothing, but you aren't one of those lucky women who can afford to stock your entire wardrobe with Paul Joe. Here's a trick: Stock up on Paul Joe make-up instead, as these feature the brand's signature whimsical, retro-style
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        122 22 PILGRIM FROM ROCK TO BLING Make a pilgrimage now to the jew ellery departments of Takashimay and Isetan Scotts (level one) where the Pilgrim women's jewellery collection, priced between $14 for earring studs and $328 for necklace, is now available. The brand started off with founders Thomas Adamsen and Annemette
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        104 22 BOBBI BROWN BEAUTIFUL AS A BLUSHING BRIDE It's your big day and Bobbi Brown knows just how unique this special occasion is. This is why the beauty brand has launched its new, limit-ed-edition Bridal Palette ($B5) a blissinducing mirrored compact in white. Inside, the compact marries threes shades of eyeshadow,
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        PEDDER RED – KED YOUR FEET IN THESE
        107 22 PEDDER RED KED YOUR FEET IN THESE What do celebrities Mischa Barton, Lindsay Lohan and the Olsen twins have in common? The answer is, Keds shoes. The simple yet funky sneaker-like flats have been given a fashionable twist this season, thanks to the shoe brand's collaborations with rock poster artist
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        126 22 LAB SERIES SKINCARE FOR MEN GET OUT OF THE OIL ZONE Guys, look sleek, not like an oil slick. Here are the hard facts: Men produce more oil on their skin, which then tends to become shinier, greasier and more prone to breakouts. Also, excess oil can make your skin
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        713 23  -  SHERMAINEWONG A laidback eatery with some dishes that truly hit the spot shermainewong@mediacorp.com.sg THERE'S just something about finding off-the-beaten-track makan places that never fails to excite me, more so if they serve up good food at reasonable prices. So, you can imagine how
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        543 24  -  TREVOR TAN This ergonomic device not only knocks you dead with its looks but works beautifully, too trevor@media corp.com.sg RAZER'S rodents have always impressed gamers. Sometimes, I wonder what else it can do when its gaming mice are already top of its class. Well, apparently,
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          114 24 Packard Bell is back with a series of Intel Core 2 Duo-based 12-inch notebooks called the Easynote 8U45. The I.9kg notebook comes loaded with Vista Home Premium and relies on the Intel GMA9SO I chipset for graphics. It has up to 2GB of DDR2 memory
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          LG L6W SERIES
          135 24 LG has launched a series of monitors that uses its Digital Fine Contrast Technology, enabling contrast ratios of 3,000:1 way beyond the competition. They come in three widescreen sizes, 19-inch (LI96WT), 20-inch (L2O6WT) and 22-inch (L226WT) and are Vista-compatible as well. The monitors sport response times of
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        Singapore among first to play beyond
        512 24  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN neairman<smeaiacorp.com.sg SONY'S launch of its PlayStation 3 (PS3) gaming console here also heralds its efforts to get more connected to the gaming community in Singapore. All its 200 pieces, priced at $799 each, were snapped up within three hours of the launch
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        MANIC IMPRESSIVE
        616 25  -  TREVOR TAN If it ain't broke, don't fix it-and new Track Mania release doesn't veer off course trevor@media corp.com.sg THERE are plenty of racing games in the market these days, each offering you the chance to pilot a range of authentic cars, realistic simulation effects and plenty of
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        Microsoft moves beyond software to PC peripherals
        308 25 FOR a company which built its name mostly on software Microsoft sure makes a nice range of peripherals for the personal computer. It has collaborated with gaming accessory maker Razer to bring gamers the Habu Gaming Mouse ($119), an ergonomic and high-performance wired
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        Swiss army of stars
        860 26  -  NICKSYN IN GENEVA The hottest new car models of 2007 are being paraded at the Geneva Motor Show news@newstoday.com.sg In light of the fact that most car manufacturers seem to be deep in the throws of SUV fever, it's gratifying to know that good old coupes,
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        TOUGH STUFF
        492 27  -  SHELDON TROLLOPE Mitsubishi's Pajero is an off-roaderwith real pedigree^ news@newstoday.com.sg FEW modern Sports Utility Vehicles do exactly what their rugged styling suggests they will. Most are useless on anything more challenging than a grassy patch and only a handful of genuinely tough guys remain the Land Rover Defender
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          164 27 THE NEW VIOS LONGER, WIDER AND MUCH SLEEKER THAN BEFORE Toyota distributor Borneo Motors opened the order books on Thursday for the new Vios, just one day after the model's official launch in Thailand, where it is built. The entry-level 1.5 J manual costs $48,288 with COE, just $500 more
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          RACE AGAINST THE PROS
          144 27 One Singaporean will soon have the chance to go to Europe and drive a highperformance car on a race track under the guidance of racing experts. The catch? He or she will first have to prove to be a dab hand at a Formula 1 computer
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          SAME OLD NEW X-TRAIL
          111 27  -  COLIN YONG Japan's No 2 automaker Nissan has launched the second-generation X-Trail Sports Utility Vehicle, but you'd be hardpressed to spot the difference between this and the old model at a glance. The new car shares its predecessor's upright, squared-off shape and bluff front end. Nissan
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        EN-BLOC BLITZ CONTINUES
        548 28  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA Collective sales in 2007 likely to match last year's $8-billion record shobha@media corp.com.sg IN WHAT looks like a repeat of last year's collective sales blitz, there have been at least five such sales launched in the past six days, one of the highest ever in
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        146 28  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA TWO of Singapore's leading residential property developers have teamed up to buy Anderson 18, possibly the last large piece of freehold property available for redevelopment in the upmarket Ardmore Park area. The 50:50 joint venture between City Developments Ltd and Wing Tai is expected
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        China properties still hot
        127 28  -  -SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA FOREIGN property investors in China are expected to continue their buying spree this year despite macroeconomic control measures aimed at curbing speculation and regulating the property sector. The country's real-estate market is buoyed by economic growth, rapid urbanisation and growing numbers of high-income earners, said
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        Cook any type of rice – perfectly
        455 28 Cook any type of rice perfectly Living Innovations By Philips The new range of Philips Artificial Intelligence rice cookers cooks all types of rice and many other dishes to perfection THERE are actually more than 2,000 varieties of rice, each with different cooking requirements. Regular milled white rice is what
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      1241 30  -  Zul Othman ANDREW ING, COO The important thing is to show that whatever we do can't be copied easily. I DENNIS FOQ, CEO We are successful because we focus on the general consumer I who wants more variety in terms v of size and entertainment THETEAM BEHINDTHE MASSIVE
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      230 31 THE grand opening of St James Power Station will be nothing less than spectacular, promises chief executive officer Dennis Foo. Slated to take place on Monday with the participation of Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean, the party will include appearances by Project SuperStarfmaWsts Kelvin Tan and Chew Sin
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      Disco? What's that?
      278 32  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Julia na.rasul@media corp.com.sg MOST of the oldies have been ditched by the SMS-voting public, but having a few of them around would have been useful for The Dance Floor's discothemed show next week. Some of the younger contestants, like ballroom dancer Vasily Chuply, seemed
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      454 32  -  WINSONTEO Equine accident leaves HK actor Steven Ma with a broken face winson@mediacorp.com HORSES might symbolise Daniel "Harry Potter" Radcliffe's acting breakthrough he's now starring in a West End play about a troubled boy who blinds half a dozen of the animals but they have a very
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      447 32  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Juliana.rasul@mediacorp.com.sg FIRST, it was terrorists in a haunted house in Katong. Now, poet, author and Today columnist Felix Cheong is imagining terrorists on the MRT, thanks to an urban legend about the haunted last carriage on the last train from
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        529 34  -  David Furhmann-Lim +hink+wice A green citizen is fed up with holding on to his rubbish HEY, where did all the rubbish bins go? Not the rubbish, we know where the rubbish goes: Onto the floor, the streets, the MRT, the underground passages, the stairs, the bathrooms and
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        155 34 —AFP IT'S shaping up as a battle between a boy reporter and an amphibian bride. In separate announcements on Friday, Steven Spielberg's Dreamworks Studios said it has started work on a series of Tintin (picture) films based on the celebrated comic strip character while Disney
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        Buff and fluff
        229 35  -  Juliana June Rasul Aiming low, silly teen movie hits the mark DVDREVIEW by, m John Tucker Must Die girls who, realising they've all been duped by campus hottie John Tucker (played by Desperate Housewives gardener Jesse Metcalfe), decide to seek revenge by setting him up with sweetie-pie
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        Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
        354 35  - Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring Ross Wallace DVDREVIEW by m FILM: If the highest aim of movies is to uplift and enlighten, then this film festival award-win-ner by South Korean director Kirn Xi Duk could be said to approach perfection. The maker of sometimes nausea-inducing films such as 2000's
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      109 32 SUDOKU Our tough-level weekend treat for the die-hard Sudoku junkie I 141 3 161 I _9_ 3_JL_ B_J 2_ 6_s_ 7_ 9_ J 2_l_ 9^ JL2^ A__ I |2| 11 T5~ FRIDAY'S SOLUTION: BJHliaaUyj|^y>a«««i 8 5|6|9 2|3|l 47| HOW TO PLAY: *****1 369 The rules are easy. Fill in the
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      1311 37 SUNDAY AizoiACoßP HIGHLIGHTS uammau amh u» c,cn=»c CHANNEL g T o r co^TderTchief I CHANNEL 4? HANNAH AND HER SISTERS Ruble Dubidouxand Arts Central, 9pm 6.00 AM The Ellen DeGeneres the Brown Bound 6.00 AM Three Gorges t Show 111 Express 6.30 The Emperors DunngaThanksgivmg Day party we make Brendan
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      379 38 YOOHwEHOOlElDbyWarKiaPerr^^^^^^^^^^ ARIES (March 21 April 19) LIBRA (Sept 23 Oct 23) HA major change is coming to your life. Tie up HP^H Sign up for an exercise program and make a loose ends and be prepared to put yourself vow to stick to it. Progress will be slow yet in
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      159 38 HELPLINE EMERGENCY LINES City Gas (to report gas supply 1 800-752-1 800 interruption, low pressure and leakage) Civil Defence (Fire Emergency Ambulance) 995 Non-emergency ambulance 1777 Police 999 Police hotline 1800-255-0000 SPPowerGrid 1800-778-8888/ (to report power failure) 6778-8888 Traffic Police 6547-1818 Water Supply 1800-284-6600 HELPLINES —GENERAL Samaritans of Singapore 1800-221-4444
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      812 39 MCT More and more employers in the US are clamping down on Internet and email access at work KANSAS When Brad Cloverdyke sits down at his computer at I American Century Investments, he can not visit the MySpace online community's websites. The pages are blocked.
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      90 39 /sA^diaCorp hraK 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, Entertainment Productions, Movie Productions, Newspapers, Magazines, Electronic Media and other broadcasting services. MediaCorp's vision is to XI become one of Asia's top media companies by
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      503 40  -  JOSE RAYMOND Young Lions ensure a poor opening week for foreign triumvirate NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE2007 Young Lions 3 Liaoning Guangyuan 2 jose@media corp.com.sg IF THE first round of results in the NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2007 is any indication, then the three foreign sides will find quite a
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      218 40  -  CHERYLNG DANCE enthusiasts are in for a treat this weekend as Singapore hosts the 7th Singapore Dance Sport Federation (SGDF) Singapore Open Dance Sport Championships. The competition will be held at the Padang/Collyer ballroom at the Raffles City Convention Centre from lOam-lOpm
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      Lock icon Asian champ decides to pursue studies
      312 41  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@media corp.com.sg ASIAN Games bowling champion Michelle Kwang has quit. Kwang, who teamed up with Valeric Teo to win the women's doubles gold medal at last year's 15th Asian Games in Doha, has decided to pursue further studies in Australia. The 22-year-old tendered
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      Lock icon Jyoti to the fore
      696 41  -  TANYO-HINN Indian favourite makes light work of conditions, unlike defending champ Mardan GOLF Clariden Leu Singapore Masters 2007 yohinn@media corp.com.sg ON A day when the wind whipped up and the fast greens frustrated many at the Laguna National Golf and Country Club, Jyoti Randhawa (picture) showed
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      Get sporty, ladies
      84 41 AS PART of Singapore Sports Council's (SSC) celebrations for International Women's Day, more than 30 ladies kicked their way to a really good work out on the lawns of Raffles Place Park on Thursday afternoon. There were also more than 19 sports booths opened, offering a wide
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      299 42 AGENCIES FA CUP QUARTER-FINAL Chelsea v Tottenham LONDON -1990. That was the last time Tottenham Hotspur beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. And the way the Blues have been playing under Jose Mourinho (picture) only one defeat in 80 matches at home in all competitions things
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      248 42 Hbßbß Hbß P^"3^ubl Check on our MATCH DAY DOUBLES! v c. Visit our outlets and website for more details. J League S Hiroshima Kashiwa Reysol Sat, 10/03/07 I.oopm J League Jubilo Iwata Oita Trinita Sat, 10/03/07 2.00pm J League JEF Utd Chiba Shimizu S-Pulse Sat, 10/03/07 6.00pm S.League Sengkang SAF
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      509 44 AGENCIES ATHENS Good news for fans of English football: There will be no clash between Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United in the Champions League quarter-finals, and there is a strong chance a Premiership side could feature in the final
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      368 44 MANCHESTER Alex Ferguson is looking forward to his first competitive match with Roma when they meet in the Uefa Champions League quarterfinals. The Scotsman insists that Manchester United will not underestimate the Italian side. United's date
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