Today, 14 March 2008

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    26 1 TODAY /?k_r MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Friday March 14, 2008 todayonline.com TODAY /A=DJj-\CORP MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Friday March 14, 2008 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon THIS LAW FIRM SHOOS WORKAHOLICS OUT OF OFFICE
    720 1  -  SHERALYN TAY sheralyn@media corp.com.sg IT'S a worrying trend the best legal minds have been trying to curb. In the last 10 years, the number of Singapore lawyers, despite new graduates joining the profession each year, has remained almost constant as of mid-Feb-ruary,
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    Lock icon On guard against the bug
    1342 1  -  SHERALYN TAY No rise in the cases but Singapore authorities on alert for any spike sheralyn@media corp. com. sg AS HONG KONG grapples with a massive flu outbreak that has claimed at least four young lives, the Singapore authorities have stepped up their guard even
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      LIFTING STANDARDS
      468 2  -  ALICIA WONG IDAYEXCLUSIVE New society forms amid concerns over plastic surgery here alicia@mediacorp.com.sg AMID concerns over standards in the plastic surgery industry here, a new anti-age-ing and aesthetics medicine society is keen to make its presence felt The new grouping, Society of Antiaging and Aesthetic Medicine (Singapore) (SAAAMS),
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      Lock icon China group gets Tuas Power for $3.9b
      271 3 CHINA Huaneng Group has won the bidding for Singapore's Tuas Power (picture), having offered between US$2.B billion ($3.9 billion) and US$3 billion to buy the utility firm owned by sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings, the Wall Street Journal's online edition cited people familiar
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      Lock icon NTU aims to be multi-cultural varsity
      127 3 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has ambitious plans for expansion, and aims to become a multi-cultural university with programmes reaching out to China, India, Malaysia and Indonesia. The university has raised $200 million in endowment funds over the last seven years, but
      – CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  127 words
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      Still in hot soup over slapping incident
      358 3  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI nazry@mediacorp.com.sg A WEEK after settling out of court a suit filed by a Singapore Airlines (SIA) stewardess whom she allegedly struck, the wife of the Venture Corporation chief executive found herself in more legal hot soup over the same incident yesterday. This
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      Lock icon Rise in HFMD cases – but no cause for alarm
      132 4 Rise in HFMD cases but no cause for alarm THERE has been an increase in the number of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in the first 10 weeks of this year. According to the Health Ministry, there were 2,727 cases, nearly 1,000 more than the same period last year.
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      Lock icon High-risk culture work in Singapore?
      802 6  -  NEO CHAI CHIN How South Korea's Kaist tackles'high-return' projects can provide pointers for fourth university here chaichin@media corp.com.sg WHO would have thought of it: Converting old ships into desalination plants that use solar power, and sailing them to parts of the world lacking in water
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      Lock icon After 14 years in Thai prison, S'pore jails him
      289 6  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI nazry@mediacorp.com.sg HE HAD served 14 years in a Thai prison for murder. And yesterday, the 46-year-old Singaporean was jailed for two years here for a burglary he participated in with five others 21 years ago. Lee Scow Poh pleaded guilty
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    • Article
      REACHING OUT TO THE NEEDY: CDC AWARDS FOR THREE
      174 8 Coming from "a not so well-to-do" family himself was enough reason for 24-year-old undergraduate Lim Weiting to devote his time the last three years helping underprivileged children. "I come from a needy family, so I feel this need to reach out
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      Lock icon Good to debate 'handout' issues in the open, says Balakrishnan
      362 8  -  LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@media corp. com. sg THE calls for more generous handouts might not sit well with the Government's mantra of self-re-liance but Dr Vivian Balakrishnan (picture), Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, is confident that most Singaporeans
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    • Article
      When eye drops won't help
      542 8  -  TAN HUI LENG Eyes, infected by virus, may end up needing costly treatment huileng@mediacorp.com.sg YOU may suffer from inflamed, irritated eyes and be prescribed eye drops to sooth your woes. Such a condition used to be diagnosed as iritis. And while some are acute, erupting
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      YOU WANT TO INSULT A WOMAN?
      857 10  -  CHITRARAJARAM Tell her she got ahead because of'breaks' DEPUTY EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, MEDIACORP chitra rajaram@media corp.com.sg ARE we ready for a Hillary Clinton in Singapore? This was the topic of discussion at an inaugural series organised by the Association of Women for Action and Research
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      A woman PM? Not likely, says panel
      461 10  -  LIN YANQIN yanqin@media corp.com.sg DESPITE the modern and dynamic image of Singapore, the idea of a woman authority figure leading the country may still be unacceptable to Singaporeans. For example, Nanyang Technological University Professorial Fellow Koh Tai Ann said at a forum on
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      Lock icon La Nina to blame for heavy rains
      205 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE has been pounded by heavy thunderstorms over the past few days, which is unusual in the month of March. But rest assured as weather forecasters say this is not due to global warming. The main culprit for this unusual phenomenon
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      Lock icon Talks to spread multi-faitn studies
      469 12  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI IRO to explore expansion of its programme to all secondary schools nazry@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER running its multi-faith studies programme for mainly religious workers for three years, the Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO) is now exploring if it could be extended nationwide to all secondary school students. Its
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      Timely – this food safety course
      293 12  - Timely this food safety course JINNY KOH jinny@mediacorp.com.sg FOR the first time, Food&HotelAsia2ooB the largest food and hospitality trade show in Asia will be featuring a food safety management course as part of its offerings. The introduction of the course is timely, coming just months after the PrimaDeli food scare
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      149 8 Celebrating Valuair's latest destination in Indonesia, Medan WEEKLY J -.Singapore 13"19 Mar 2008 f_ CC** 30Mar- > *.**•>,> 25 oct2ooB v Jakarta^ 4x DAILY -v S l— .Surabaya 'Co» JS 4x WEEKLY JLM Valuair is a sister company of Jetstar.JeW" rS ph n n Allocated seats Complimentary 20kg baggage Arrival
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      316 9 SKIN WHITENING SPECIAL 2007 Best Selling Whitening Cream I B luminous and radiant. High-tech extraction of k M 1(1^^ pure lemon essence and Chinese herb, long dan, M allows active ingredients to work in synergy to inhibit M melanin production, visibly whiten complexion and 5i fade off stubborn dark spots.
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      204 12 Monash College is your pathway to Monash University Monash College in Singapore offers the Diploma of Business leading to the second year of selected undergraduate degrees at Monash University campuses in Australia, Malaysia and South Africa. With the flexibility to commence classes in February, June and October and the expertise
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      73 13 Bk.^l THEY BREED, YOU BLEED. The grim truth is that the Aedes mosquito is a highly adaptive creature that breeds all year round. And the dengue virus it carries can kill, regardless of the season. Have you done all you can to keep your family safe? GET RID OF STAGNANT
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      Lock icon Man on Heathrow runway arrested
      275 14 -AGENCIES LONDON A man was arrested after he ran onto the runway at London's busy Heathrow airport yesterday, triggering a major security alert "A man ran towards an Emirates flight," a police spokeswoman said, as television pictures showed police vehicles scrambling to deal with the
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      Lock icon Perak power tussle cripples opposition
      397 14 —AFP Three-party alliance in discord over who should be Chief Minister KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's fragile opposition alliance quarrelled yesterday over control in Perak, forcing the swearing-in of the chief minister to be postponed. In their first open sign of discord, the three opposition parties disagreed
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      Lock icon Cabinet to be downsized
      222 14 —AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is expected to unveil a streamlined new Cabinet early next week, cutting back posts after unprecedented election losses, a report said yesterday. The Star daily cited sources as saying that the number of posts will be trimmed
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      Lock icon Netizens urge PM to resign
      96 14 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR There is a mounting online campaign demanding Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's resignation after massive losses in national elections. The initiative is an indication of brewing dissent against Mr Abdullah, who has repeatedly insisted he will not step down. A popular website
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      Lock icon Disgraced ex-Philippine President may run again
      248 18 -AGENCIES MANILA Disgraced former Philippine President Joseph Estrada yesterday said he might run again for the presidency if the public wants him to, adding that a legal study he commissioned showed he can still do so. Speaking to the Foreign Correspondents Association of the
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      Lock icon Open tender is the fairest way
      439 18 —AGENCIES Opposition defends scrapping race policies PENANG Malaysia's opposition yesterday defended plans to dismantle decades-old racebased discrimination policies and denied it will marginalise the ethnic Muslim Malay majority. Mr Lim Guan Eng (picture), the newly-appointed Chief Minister of Penang state, rejected Prime Minister Abdullah
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      Lock icon Hawaii-born Obama ineligible to contest?
      341 20 —AP HONOLULU Some native Hawaiians think island-born Barack Obama cannot be president of the United States because he was born in an independent sovereign nation the Hawaiian Kingdom. A few island independence advocates claim that Hawaii legally remains a foreign country today, making Mr Obama
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      Lock icon Sorry, sorry, sorry
      377 20 -AP Hillary can't seem to stop apologising over race issues WASHINGTON Senator Hillary Clinton (picture) did something on Wednesday night that she almost never does. She apologised. And once she started, she didn't seem to be able to stop. The New York Senator, who is in a
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        Lock icon TOP THAI TSUNAMI EXPERT RESIGNS OVER 'LACK OF SUPPORT'
        114 20 —AFP A top Thai meteorologist, tasked with issuing tsunami alerts to avoid a repeat of the 2004 Indian Ocean disaster, yesterday said he would quit, complaining of a lack of government support. Mr Smith Dharmasaroja, the chief of the National Disaster
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        Lock icon CHINA CONCERNED OVER PHILIPPINE SPRATLY CONTROVERSY
        117 20 —AFP China yesterday said it is concerned that controversy over its joint study with the Philippines and Vietnam to find possible petroleum reserves in the Spratly Islands may harm relations with Manila. The Spratlys, a chain of islands and atolls in the South China
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      Lock icon Emperors Club call girl in Spitzer scandal exposed
      586 22 -AGENCIES I just don't want to be thought of as a monster, says 22-year-old brunette NEW YORK The identity of the high-priced prostitute at the center of the Eliot Spitzer sex scandal emerged yesterday after the embattled crime-busting New York state governor
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      Lock icon After 2 years, woman rescued from boyfriend's bathroom where she lived
      377 22 —AP WICHITA (Kansas) A 35--year-old woman who sat on her boyfriend's toilet for so long that her body was stuck to the seat by the time he called police had a phobia about leaving the bathroom, her boyfriend said.
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      Lock icon Author donates $1.3m for 'skirmish' against Alzheimer's
      234 24 —AFP LONDON Best-selling British author Terry Pratchett, who is battling Alzheimer's disease, has donated USsl million ($1.38 million) towards research into the debilitating brain disease, he said yesterday. Mr Pratchett, 59, whose fantasy fiction Discworld books have sold 55 million copies worldwide, said
      —AFP  -  234 words
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      Lock icon Cashing in on the bubbly
      494 24 —AFP France to extend champagnegrowing areas REIMS (France) As champagne sales pop record highs, a top body was set to issue a ruling yesterday extending France's champagne-growing area to take in 40 villages that will be cashing in on the boom. Like other French wines,
      —AFP; AFP  -  494 words
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      Lock icon KMT-DPP fracas
      319 26 -AGENCIES Taiwan finance minister quits over pre-elections fight, Ma apologises TAIPEI Taiwan's finance minister resigned yesterday to take responsibility for a violent clash outside the campaign headquarters of Frank Hsieh, the ruling party's presidential hopeful. "I tendered my resignation this morning and Premier Chang (Chun-hsiung) has approved it....
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      Lock icon Tibetan marchers arrested in India
      308 26 —AFP DEHRA (India) Indian police yesterday arrested a group of 100 Tibetan exiles trying to walk to their homeland as part of a major protest ahead of the Beijing Olympics, although the demonstrators vowed their march would go on. The marchers were rounded up as
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      Lock icon US-China annual tit-for-tat
      393 27 —AFP BEIJING China yesterday accused the United States of human rights hypocrisy, as it branded the US invasion of Iraq the "greatest humanitarian disaster" of the modern world. In an annual response to Washington's criticism of China's human rights record, Beijing labelled the US arrogant, and highlighted
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      Lock icon Muslim woman tried to blow up plane: China
      236 27 —AFP BEIJING Chinese authorities said a 19-year-old Muslim woman aboard a commercial airliner heading for Beijing had planned to blow the plane up, state press reported yesterday. The Uighur woman intended to explode a petrol bomb in the toilet of a China
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      Lock icon Ms Integrity to call it a day
      862 28  -  PAULINE D LOH China's only female Deputy PM may fade from the public eye, but memories of her legendary battles will linger FOREIGN EDITOR paulined@media corp.com.sg SHE first became known for her quick decisive action during the disastrous Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars)
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      403 27 I A picture may paint a thousand words, but we believe hard facts speak volumes. Here's an example. \Jr\ 29 February 2008, five individuals were honoured with the IT Leader Awards for their leadership, integrity, achievements and Aa^ contributions to the IT field in Singapore. Sweeping the awards in the
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      28 28 J()IMY I We set you thinking. f^U3^lSlC=^ "mm T»Wonline.com I :™T I f III! I f VJvl V>/llllllv/ 93 B5 h^S" Catch The Latest News Videos On www.todayonline.com
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    • Letter
      Chinese cooking wine misused as cheap booze
      169 30  -  S JEYALATCHMI Letter from I REFER to the report "Global warming fortifies wine" (March 13), and wish to highlight a problem that is also related to wine albeit a different kind. I am concerned about the use of culinary Chinese cooking wine, which
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    • Article
      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      160 32  -  BILL MAIER BYDR ATTENTION DEFICIT IS A REAL CRISIS Could your child have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)? In recent years there has been a lot of debate among parents and educators about ADHD. Is it being over-diagnosed in kids? Many parents are afraid to have
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    • Letter
      No F1 betting lessons here
      165 32  -  SHARON CHOO Talk focused on racing matters LETTER FROM Assistant Manager Public Affairs and Corporate Social Responsibility Singapore Pools WE REFER to Mr Joel Kong Chun Wai's letter, "How can a fan be an 'expert'" (March 12). From time to time, Singapore Pools organises talks
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    • Letter
      Better signage for motorists
      196 32  -  SUHANAKHARUDIN Letter from Manager, Media Relations Land Transport Authority WE REFER to the letter "Danger posed by many cyclists" (March 7). We share the writer's concern for the safety of motorists and cyclists on the road. Given Singapore's land constraints, it is not practical to provide
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      Lock icon SINGAPORESEEN
      71 32 CALLING ALL SHUTTERBUGS: Email us an interesting picture you have taken in Singapore. Giveyourfull name, age, occupation, address and phone number and send a 300 dpi, <3M jpg file to: seen@newstoday.com.sg. Include a 50-word caption. DON WONG GETTING READY: An S-Laague soccer player's silhouette is cast on a wall
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    • Letter
      Keep looking for illegals even after Mas Selamat is captured
      262 32  -  GOH KIAN HUAT Letter from I REFER to the report, "Hunt for Mas Selamat flushes out 40 illegal immigrants" (March 11). The massive search for the escaped terror leader by combing forests and abandoned buildings systemically has netted 40 immigration
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    • Letter
      IT'S OH SO FRIGID IN OUR OFFICES ...
      94 34  - IT'S OH SO FRIGID IN OUR OFFICES CHERIESIM Letter from I WONDER if there are others who share this sentiment Our offices are way too cold. In every office, there is invariably someone wear- ing clothes usually seen on the ski slopes of Hokkaido, while others are covered up as
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      Lock icon Care-giving a tough job
      733 34  -  Tabitha Wang BUDGET TAITAI news@newstoday.com.sg Not all singles can look after their parents I GOT married just two years before I was eligible to buy a Housing and Development Board (HDB) flat under the singles scheme. "Aiyah, so wasted," some of my wedding guests joked. "If
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      460 36 -AGENCIES Greenback sinks to record low against Spore dollar; market sentiment gloomy ASIAN shares were sharply lower yesterday as euphoria surrounding the latest rescue efforts by the United States Federal Reserve and other major central banks to ease credit market strains faded. News
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      347 36 —AP CARLYLE Capital (picture) said it expects its creditors to seize all of the fund's remaining assets after unsuccessful negotiations to prevent its liquidation. The London-based fund shook financial markets last week after missing margin calls from banks on its US$2l.7 billion ($3O
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        311 40 -BLOOMBERG GOLD futures traded yesterday in New York at USSI,OOO an ounce for the first time as creditmarket turmoil spurred demand for the precious metal as a safe haven from falling stocks and the weakening greenback. Gold has climbed 19 per
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        427 40 -AGENCIES Paulson announces measures to prevent reoccurrence of credit crisis UNITED States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (picture) said federal regulators would heighten their scrutiny of banks, mortgage brokers and debt-rat-ing firms to prevent a reoccurrence of the credit crisis that has roiled capital markets. But
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          95 43 China International Marine Containers, the world's largest manufacturer of shipping containers measured by production, plans to buy a 29.9-per-cent stake in Singapore's Yantai Raffles Shipyard for up to U*****.5 million ($7Bl million). China International Marine said its board approved a plan to buy 81.8
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          55 43 Macquarie MEAG Prime Real Estate Investment Trust (MMP Reit), which owns stakes in two downtown shopping malls, has refinanced $220 million of short-term loans, the company said in a statement. Of the total amount, $190 million is due in May and another $30 million in
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          65 43 ASL Marine Holdings said its unit ASL Shipyard has won three shipbuilding contracts worth $126 million from its European customers. In a filing to the Singapore Exchange, ASL said that all the three vessels are scheduled for delivery in 2010. "Including these new contracts, the
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          166 43 -AGENCIES Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) is still keen to buy Hapag-Lloyd despite a breakdown in talks. The company is willing to pay between US$6 billion ($8.2 billion) and US$7 billion for the German container shipper, people familiar with
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        294 43 DOW JONES It warns govts that public funding maybe needed to curb crisis GLOBAL policymakers must take "decisive policy action" including the possible use of public funding or the current financial turmoil could lead to a "downward credit spiral", the first deputy managing director of the
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        191 44 BLOOMBERG GOVERNMENT of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) and Morgan Stanley are offering to sell properties in Hong Kong's Central and Sheung Wan areas, the Hong Kong Economic Times reported. GIC put 15 floors of Cosco Tower (picture) in Sheung Wan
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        308 47 —AFP A CLASS-ACTION suit filed against Societe Generale alleges the French bank misled investors about its exposure to risky United States mortgage securities and failed to clamp down on a rogue trader who ran up massive losses. Law firm Cohen Milstein
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        418 47 -AFP Gates in plea for US immigration reform UNITED States high-tech firms are forced to outsource jobs overseas because of immigration restrictions, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates (picture) said as the US Congress debated a visa programme for skilled workers. Mr Gates, echoing a longstanding
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        1151 48  -  ARIEL TAM Cool alternatives to traditional user interfaces ONLINE AND TECHNOLOGY EDITOR ariel@mediacorp.com.sg IT HAS taken some time, a decade or two in fact, but interaction between human and machine is finally on the cusp of a mini-revolution. These days, it's no longer just about pointing and clicking
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        670 50  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN Tracking software provides information on employees' email activities hedirman@media corp. com. sg WHAT if your boss could read all your emails at work, know when you read a reply from a client, the number of times you've read it; and if you've been trading gossip
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        469 50  - What a stunner TREVORTAN trevor@media corp.com.sg THE successor to Sony's first foray into the DSLR (digital single lens reflex) camera market is here. The Sony (X2OO ($1,099, with 18-70 mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens) will replace the 00.00 as the entry-level DSLR of Sony's alpha Equipped with the same 10.2-effective-megapixel CCD
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      979 52  -  Asif Ansar Nobody, it seems. The fashionable term now is 'mixologist'. And it doesn't mean the same thing. According to two acclaimed mixologists, they get laid more asif@mediacorp.com.sg THEY are at some of the coolest parties in the world, socialising with celebrities and cruising
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      381 54 —AP He is latest to bump up against China's cultural restrictions TWO days after a triumphant performance in Singapore last Friday, singer Harry Connick Jr hit a flat note in Shanghai. The Grammy winner is the latest Western performer to bump up against China's cultural
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      1032 55  -  EDWARD WYATT ■THE NEWYORKTIMES,AGENCIES Apparently, millions still do even as Idol rounds up the usual suspects in Season 7 plus@newstoday.com.sg AMERICAN Idol is down to 11 finalists, and among them are all the archetypes of seasons past. In the biggest show on
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        103 56 —AGENCIES The most popular zip code on television is back. The CW network is developing a contemporary spin-off of the show that made stars of Shannen Doherty and Jason Priestley, Beverly Hills, *****{p\cture). It is not known if any of the characters on the original series
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      629 56  -  ASIFANSAR NIGHTLIFEREVIEW Play an alcoholic version of masak-masakwWhout getting your hands dirty asif@media corp.com.sg THEY say we shouldn't play with our food. It's a good thing the same doesn't apply to drinks because that's exactly what we did at a swishy hotel. The Conradtini, introduced at all Conrad
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      200 56 -AFP UNITED States actor Ed Norton and his Class 5 Films are producing a documentary about Democrat Barack Obama's historic bid for the White House, according to reports yesterday in Hollywood. The feature film planned for release next year will focus on the political campaign
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      504 58  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH Shawn Yue revels under the rule of director Kelvin Tong christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg HOT Hong Kong actor Shawn Yue may have seen dead people while shooting the thriller Rule #1 but the thing that shocked him most was director Kelvin Tong. In Rule. #1,
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        530 59  -  Christopher Toh Jools Holland and his merry band show Singapore how to boogie CONCERTREVIEW c by Jools Holland and his Rhythm Blues Orchestra ENJOY yourself, sang Jools Holland at the end of his concert on Wednesday. Of course, it was a little late for his go-ahead.
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      615 62  -  PAUL GREEN Tampines may have a score to settle after last season's Cup Final defeat to SAFFC NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE2OOB Tampines Rovers v SAFFC Jalan Besar Stadium, 7.30pm paulgreen@mediacorp.com.sg TAMPINES Rovers have proven a thorn in the side of double-winners, SAFFC, over the past
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      267 62  -  -PAUL GREEN JAMIL Ali (picture) has been in fine form this season for SAFFC, his two goals for SAFFC on Tuesday underlined the young midfielder's promise. His brace came in the Warriors' 4-0 trouncing of Hong Kong club Kitchee FC in their AFC
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      404 67 -AFP LIVERPOOL Everton manager David Moyes challenged his players to claim another passport to Europe after Fiorentina's 4-2 penalty shoot-out victory eliminated the Merseysiders from the Uefa Cup here at Goodison Park on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Andy Johnson's first-half goal
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      316 69 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON As Thaksin Shinawatra (picture) prepares for his brief return to England following the start of his corruption trial in Thailand, Inside Sport has obtained fresh evidence of the lack of scrutiny from the football authorities which accompanied his £81.6 million
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