Today, 30 April 2008

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    30 1 TODAY /ApdiaCorp MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking 0 o 6 _c "E o > (0 o 00 o o CM O 00 'i_ Q. < > (0 "O (A 0) c 0)
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    CASHCARD TROUBLES?
    765 1  -  NGJINGYNG >DAYEXCLUSIVE You're not alone, with more drivers reporting woes at ERP gantries jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg THE next time you drive past an Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantry, make sure the IU in your car holding the Cash Card does beep. For, a growing number of drivers here are having
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    69 1 NOW, THATS A BIG CATCH: Captain John Bennett examining the world's first adult male colossal squid. At up to 10m long, the creature is the biggest squid ever caught and boasts a fearsome beak and razor-sharp hooks. The colossal squid, which has been thawing for two days at the Museum
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      25 1 REST DAY FOR MAIDS SOCIETIES LAUNCH CAMPAIGN ONLINE HOT NEWS PAGE 3 ERIKSSON OUT? THAKSIN UNHAPPY WITH MAN CITY SLUMP UNDER COACH SPORTS PAGE 62
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      63 1 The Monetary Authority of Singapore says inflation will cool to an average 4 per cent in the second half of this year, after it hit a 26-year high of 6.7 per cent last month. The central bank reaffirmed its forecast for economic growth of between 4 and 6 per cent
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    Driver rams steps outside MRT station
    316 2  -  TEOXUANWEI xuanwei@media corp.com.sg A DRIVER rammed through several reflective posts and crashed into the steps outside Raffles Place MRT station during the evening peak hour yesterday. The driver, a man in his 30s, was conveyed to Singapore General Hospital after he complained of chest
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    Under 20 and HIV-positive
    460 2 More young patients as total number of new cases hits 422 NINE youth six of them males between the ages of 10 and 19 were diagnosed as HIV positive last year, the most ever in a single year according to records dating back to 1985. There
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      197 2 OWELL Body Care A Mother's Love. M P^ Celebrating good health as part A of our togetherness fy te, Cx^^ t I I /w*^ Simply buy any 2 bio-magnetic Promotion ends 11 May 2008. \\f^ Reminiscence the heart warming moments shared with Mom on her Terms conditions apply, while stocks
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    Lock icon 'Battle not won' for rest days
    875 3  -  LINYANQIN Three societies to launch campaign for maids yanqin@media corp.com.sg THEY are often seen as hired help to be squeezed for their wages' worth but foreign domestic workers are themselves parents or children of families back home, seeking a better life by working here.
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      174 3 Give Mum and Dad a Break! f7TiT>7i^lH Kuala LumPur r^ Surabaya [p^ BOOK NOW EffljTTjTj| .visitwww.jetstar.com Bangkok Hona Kona 'Too .^*****2880^,0,^^, ■Vl^lZ^ Medan «S5 B LllJ .vis^oseiectedSingPost Offices 9&£ H (Check website for locations) Vor»nr»r» ■from only TdliyUll I MOQ I For offline payment: visa Sing Post or 7-Eleven outlets
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      Lock icon This can prevent gas poisoning
      487 4  -  NGJINGYNG Gadget invented by Singaporean warns motorists of excessive carbon monoxide levels jingyng@media corp.com.sg PHOTO COURTESY THAT daily five-minute wait at the traffic lights may seem innocuous, but the buildup of carbon monoxide in your car over the long term could harm your health. Enter
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      More train trips on Thursday and Friday evenings
      200 4  -  -ESTHER FUNG TRAIN operator SMRT's plans to roll out an additional 700 train trips a week from next month may include adding more services on Thursday and Friday evenings. There are currently about 7,000 train trips a week. These additional trips will
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      Nokia opens online music store here
      423 4  -  HEDIRMANSUPIAN hedirman@media corp.com.sg IT MIGHT take more than just another online music store to whet the digital appetites of music-lovers. The Nokia Music Store (www.music.nokia.com.sg) was launched here yesterday, the second after Soundbuzz to tap the online music market here. But will it fill
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      Market Street carpark to stay as it is, for now
      225 6 THE planned redevelopment of the Market Street carpark has been deferred. In January, Capita Commercial Trust (CCT) was granted an outline planning permission to redevelop the property into a Grade A office building. Since then, it has been working with
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      Lock icon Bar raised for workplace safety
      444 6  -  SHERALYN TAY Bosses should treat safety as investment, not cost: PM Lee sheralyn@mediacorp.com.sg AS YOU see workers labouring in the hot sun or perched on the scaffolds of one of the many building sites mushrooming across the island, spare a moment to think about what
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      Lock icon A fried-rice partnership
      328 8  -  JINNY KOH North West CDC and Lerk Thai restaurant join hands to help needy jinny@mediacorp.com.sg AS THE price of rice increases, one company is making use of the grain in a move to help the needy. Lerk Thai Restaurant will donate $1 for every $8.50-plate of pineapple
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      Lock icon Doctor suspended for inappropriate prescriptions
      228 8 938UVE THE Singapore Medical Council (SMC) has suspended a General Practitioner at Bukit Batok for a year for inappropriately prescribing sleeping pills. Dr Justin Quek, of Wesley Family Clinic and Surgery, was also fined $8,000 and censured. He was found guilty by the SMC's Disciplinary
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      Dow Jones journalist who punched cabby fined $1,000
      326 8  -  TEOXUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg A JOURNALIST who got into an argument with a cabby and punched him was fined $1,000 yesterday. The district court heard that Andrew Bevan Jones, 35, a financial journalist working at Dow Jones, had taken Mr Irwan Shah Saharim's taxi
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      See the Angkor Wat? No, not keen lah!
      538 10  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI Singapore's undergrads among least keen to consider themselves citizens of Asean: Survey nazry@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE may be the current chair of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) and host of the last Summit, which laid the groundwork for integration. But
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      AIRASIA SOARING INTO TURBULENCE?
      837 12  -  LIANG DINGZI Malaysian budget carrier preparing to spread its wings JETSTAR Asia's success in turning in a profit in its second year of operations and Tiger Airways' reportedly strong year-end business results may have put to rest the scepticism surrounding the budget airline business model, especially
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      142 12 When is the right time to change your hearing aid? 1/ With Siemens trade-in offer from now till end May, the time is now. From now till 31 May, trade in any of your current hearing aid to enjoy better cost savings for your new Siemens digital hearing aid purchase.
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      Lock icon After 10 yrs, Anwar returns to Parliament
      546 14 -AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Ten years after being kicked out, Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim returned to Parliament (picture) yesterday, but as a guest sitting in the gallery. He was invited as the husband of Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, who won a seat
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      M'sian opposition gears up for attacks
      519 14  -  JESSINTATAN DAP wants to pin-point inflation; demands reforms to Parliament, judicial systems jessinta@media corp.com.sg THE opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) is going to push for policies that will help Malaysians cope with staggering inflation, as well as parliamentary and judicial reforms when Parliament begins
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      Lock icon Vietnam detains anti-China activists before torch relay
      254 16 —AFP HO CHI MINH CITY The Beijing Olympic torch was paraded in this Southern Vietnamese city yesterday on the latest leg of its troubled worldwide journey, hours after police detained several anti-China activists. The relay started at 6.30pm with organisers anxious to avoid
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      Lock icon Cover-up alleged as virus kills 20 kids in China
      252 16 —AGENCIES BEIJING The local authorities in eastern China tried to cover up an outbreak of a highly-contagious virus that has killed 20 children and left more than 1,500 others ill, Chinese press reports said. The China Youth Daily, the official organ
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      Lock icon 30 jailed for Tibet riots
      330 16 —AFP Terms range from 3 years to life for inciting violence BEIJING The authorities in China yesterday jailed 30 people for between three years and life for their role in last month's Tibetan unrest, state press reported. The 30 were involved in violence on March
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      Lock icon AUSTRIANS OUTRAGED
      568 19 AGENCIES Incest case prompts soul-searching from media and citizens AMSTETTEN (Austria) Austrian doctors yesterday kept a woman and her children freed from a windowless cellar that had been their prison for years isolated as their 73-year-old captor appeared before a judge. Ms Elisabeth Fritzl, 42, and her children
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      Lock icon Conversions: Islamic body rejects Abdullah proposal
      209 19 —AP KUALA LUMPUR Islamic authorities have rejected a proposal by Malaysia's prime minister that would require non-Muslims to inform their families before converting to Islam. The decision was made at a weekend meeting of top Islamic authorities, the Malaysian Islamic Development Department's directorgeneral, Mr
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      Lock icon PERMISSION GRANTED
      341 20 -AFP Thaksin's wife allowed to absent herself from court BANGKOK The wife of Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra appeared in court yesterday to seek permission for her trial on corruption charges to proceed in her absence. Ms Pojaman Shinawatra and Mr Thaksin are both charged with corruption
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      Lock icon Samak to cook dinner for visiting Myanmar PM
      240 20 —AP BANGKOK The Prime Minister Thailand plans to cook dinner for his visiting counterpart from neighbouring Myanmar. The plan was revealed yesterday as the Myanmar PM started a visit which is expected to include talks about the militaryruled country's coming referendum on
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      Lock icon This Australian politician admits to sniffing a woman's chair
      277 21 —AFP SYDNEY An Australian political leader broke down at a televised news conference yesterday as he admitted that he had sniffed the chair of a female colleague. The confession came from the leader of the conservative Liberal Party in Western Australia,
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      Lock icon UN sets up task force to tackle food crisis
      253 21 —AGENCIES BERN The United Nations will set up a top-level task force to tackle the global food crisis and avert "social unrest on an unprecedented scale", Secre-tary-General Ban Xi Moon said yesterday. "The first and immediate priority that we all agree
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      Lock icon ASEAN READY TO TACKLE SOARING FOOD PRICES
      200 21 —AGENCIES The Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) is ready to tackle the soaring food prices by implementing a number of measures including the strengthening of its existing food security mechanism, Asean SecretaryGeneral Surin Pitsuwan said yesterday. According to Antara news agency, Mr
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      Lock icon Obama pastor re-ignites US race debate
      291 22 -AFP WASHINGTON Mr Barack Obama's fiery former minister has thrust his way back into the United States presidential campaign, again placing the divisive issue of race at the heart of the Democrat White House tussle. An unapologetic Reverend Jeremiah Wright (picture) hit back at
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      Lock icon Rebel chief surrenders
      292 22 —AFP Ramos-Horta pardons man who tried to kill him DILI An East Timor rebel leader whose men launched armed attacks on the President and Prime Minister surrendered to police yesterday in a formal ceremony hailed as a "historic event" for the fledgling country. Militant chief Gastao Salsinha
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      Lock icon Philippines bans kidneys for foreigners
      244 22 —AP MANlLA—Foreigners will be permanently banned from receiving kidneys for transplant in the Philippines to prevent the country from becoming a major Asian centre in an already-thriving black-market trade, health officials announced yesterday. In recent years, the local media have reported extensive kidney trading involving
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      Lock icon AHMADINEJAD IN INDIA FOR PIPELINE TALKS, DESPITE US OPPOSITION
      243 24 —AP India and Iran were expected to push ahead with a US$7billion ($9.5-billion) gas pipeline during Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's (picture) visit to New Delhi yesterday, despite strong opposition from the United states. Energy-starved India desperately wants to kick-start the long-stalled
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      Lock icon Shy 'prince' takes on fiery 'queen'
      595 24 —AFP At stake is vast vote bank of Uttar Pradesh, regarded as Congress stronghold NEW DELHI Reluctant "crown prince" Rahul Gandhi (picture) is finally getting his hands dirty in India's tumultuous politics after years of dithering about filling the boots of his illustrious forebears.
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      Lock icon Afghan move on Kabul to proceed
      420 26 -AGENCIES Army to take over security in the capital despite bold Taliban attack WASHINGTON Afghanistan's national army will take over the security of Kabul as scheduled this autumn despite a brazen attack by suspected Taliban militants, the special United Nations envoy said on Monday.
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      Lock icon HOW TO POLICE CHINA'S COPS?
      730 27  -  MARIA SIOW jHHHj Today I in China Public outcry over thuggish actions of chengguan officers EAST ASIA BUREAU CHIEF mariasiow@media corp.com.sg THEY are known in China as chengguan the rank-and-file officers dealing with municipal urban matters. Their job includes ensuring that unapproved posters are taken
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      276 14 OPPORTUNITY IN ADVERSITY Professional Forex Trader Clarence Chee, the developer of the M Dynamite Forex System and the Profit in Pivot System (PIPS), (W started T3B Forex Club has been coaching a growing group of i Z& successful retail investors privately on how to profit consistently from the forex market.
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      170 16 ivlizX^ 4D Kuchlng V^USal^^mA Include return economy airfare on Silk Air I M B^f^iHF^T^t 3 nights accommodation (1 night in Damai, ;W^*£? *cS, Meals as per itinerary(include one seafood) H S^^"** Sarawak Cultural Village Tour with Cultural Show Semonggoh Orang Utan Centre 4* Land Dayak Longhouse L: "£<mj U^. 'SSJ^qq
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      342 17 With 88 flights a week, any time's a good time to visit Australia. Experience Australia now from $688* with Singapore Airlines. There's always something new to do in Australia. Go on a coastal getaway along our miles of perfect beaches. Enjoy nature at her finest with our unspoilt landscape and
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      REBATES FOR KIDS' PASSPORTS?
      126 28  -  CHNGKIMGUAN Letter from My child's passport has to be changed although it is valid for another 32 months, as her picture is no longer accepted. Her passport was made when she was three months old. She is now 31 months old. Her photograph cannot be updated
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      Lock icon A year later, the spamming goes on
      485 28  -  PETER LOW WAI KEONG Despite numerous requests to 'opt out', unwanted calls continue to plague reader Letter from A YEAR ago, in April 2007,1 wrote in to express my views about an issue which main points are summarised as follows: 1. To support
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      China Aviation Oil: Questions to ponder
      254 28  -  THERESA GOH Letter from I AM a strong advocate that people in positions of power in the business world should strive to do what is right, for the benefit of shareholders and stakeholders. After reading "CAO Payments: Transparency wanting" (April 29) and "'No obvious
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
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      190 34  -  -ESTHER FUNG TRANSPORT operator SMRT earned 5.5 per cent less in its fourth quarter ended March 31, but managed to report a 10.4-per-cent rise in net profit for its full fiscal year. SMRT's net profit for the fourth quarter was $34.2 million, down from $36.2
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      495 34  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@media corp.com.sg INFLATION is expected to moderate to an average of 4 per cent in the second half of this year after averaging above 6 per cent in the first half, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said yesterday. In its semi-annual Macroeconomic
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      203 34  -  CHEOWXINYI Wealth accumulation outside the United States, a more broad-based global economy and persistent weakness against other currencies. These are some of the signs that the US dollar's strategic role as the world's premier reserve currency is waning. Given its recent dramatic falls amid fervent
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        80 38 The HDB has launched a 99-year leasehold residential site in Sengkang for the development of an executive condominium. The site covers 17,000 sq m and has a gross plot ratio of 3. It is launched under the Government's Reserve List system. Under this system,
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        64 38 Noble Group has completed its syndication of a US$7OO million ($950 million) revolving credit facility that provides the commodities trader with additional capacity to issue guarantees and letters of credit to support its revenue growth. ING Bank, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Societe Generale
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        78 38 AsiaPharm executives and private equity firm MBK Partners have again extended the deadline for their $357 million takeover offer for the pharmaceutical group by another week to May 6. The bidding consortium had previously extended the deadline from the original closing date on March 24, but said
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        528 40 THE combined value of the world's sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) rose 24 per cent to US$3.5 trillion ($4.8 trillion) last year, according to an industry report cited by The Guardian newspaper. Such funds have grown 24 per cent for each of the past three years,
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        417 42 -BLOOMBERG Investor finances Mars' buy of Wrigley and is hopeful consumer loyalty will last through economic downturn BILLIONAIRE Warren Buffett's latest investment, committing US$6.5 billion ($B.B billion) to another consumer goods company, may pay off even as the United States economy slows. He will help finance
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        200 42 ■AP WASHINGTON The United States Federal Reserve is poised to deliver another cut to its key interest rate target today. This could however, be the last break that consumers and businesses get for a while. Fed chairman Ben Bernanke and
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      70 42 FLAIR 2008 I 1- 4 May I (Public Holiday, Fri, Sat Sun) Suntec Singapore International Convention Ji Exhibition Centre LEVEL 3 ROOM 323 The Grand Bridal Flair featuring *%fflj Beautiful Gowns Exquisite Bridal Photography is here! 2008 Wedding Evening Gown Exhibits from local over-seas *feki« JMrTftifT designers! rYlpr'^'' Different photography
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      544 45 JfJ ItSB 581 111 It's not just our investors who have recognised our success. In addition to our six accolades at The Edge-Upper Singapore Fund Awards 2008, we received yet another accolade at the Morningstar Singapore Fund Awards 2007 It's a result of our experienced team committed to in-depth research
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      425 46 When UK investment house Morningstar bought Standard Poor's global fund data business last year, it also inherited its awards programme, the Oscars of the fund industry. Renamed Morningstar Fund Awards, it now boasts a new set of judging criteria and are also more exclusive. Twelve accolades
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      233 46 EQUITY CATEGORIES Global Equity Fund North America Equity Fund Europe Equity Fund Emerging Markets Equity Fund Asia-Pacific with Japan Equity Fund Asia-Pacific ex Japan ex ASEAN Equity ASEAN Equity Fund DBS Shenton Global Opportunities Fund Schroder ISF US Smaller Companies Franklin Mutual
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      515 46 LION CAPITAL SINGAPORE/MALAYSIA FUND BEST IN ASEAN EQUITY FUND CATEGORY An aggressive approach to risk taking may have clinched Lion Capital its title for Morningstar's best ASEAN Equity Fund in 2007, but its fund manager Kelvin Wong has decided to play it safe this year. The
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      509 48 DBS SHENTON GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND BEST IN GLOBAL EQUITY FUND CATEGORY Less is more for Mr Peter Chiang when it comes to selecting stocks for his DBS Shenton Global Opportunities Fund. The vice-president equity of DBS Asset Management Ltd and lead manager of the award-winning fund
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      690 48 TEMPLETON EMERGING MARKETS BOND FUND BEST IN EMERGING MARKETS BOND FUND CATEGORY FRANKLIN MUTUAL EUROPEAN FUND BEST IN EUROPE EQUITY FUND CATEGORY While the typical perception of a bond fund manager is one perpetually seated behind his computer studying interest rates and currency models, California-based Dr
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      542 50 UOB UNITED REGIONAL GROWTH FUND BEST IN ASIA-PACIFIC WITH JAPAN EQUITY FUND CATEGORY Stock picking is rigorous work and Mr Colin Ng from UOB Asset Management is thankful he has 14 heads to help him do that for the United Regional Growth Fund. The modest lead manager cited
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      322 47 We've added yet another prestigious award to our track record. Thank you for inspiring us to maintain our consistent winning performances. ■i|_±_|Fun(iAwards(Sin<j;.|)MM'. As the largest provider of Singapore Authorised Funds, we have left no stone unturned to help you build HH r^\ Gk your wealth. We are proud that our
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      514 49 I Consistently winning praise and recognition for our funds The Edge-Lipper Singapore Fund Awards 2008 Lion Capital Management Limited Best Fund Group over 3 years (Mixed Assets Group) Lion Capital Singapore/Malaysia Fund Best Fund over 3 years (Equity Singapore and Malaysia) Best Fund over 5 years (Equity Singapore and Malaysia)
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      417 50 SIX DIFFERENT WAYS TO TOAST SIX DIFFERENT REASONS TO CELEBRATE Xff I CHEERS! Here's a toast to our six awards—that's For more than 60 years, we've helped our tally this year. Past results are no investors accumulate wealth through guarantee to future performance. But our rigorous investment approach. It's success
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      431 54  -  Genevieve Loh This technically-superior film keeps audiences fuelled in anticipation FILMREVIEW by I Iron Man I AM probably going to need the wicked cool Iron Man suit just about now, seeing as I'm going to need full protection from many an angry Iron Maniac. I confess: I don't
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        315 55  -  Genevieve Loh FILMREVIEW by Dance of Hie Dragon WITH all the seemingly right ingredients such as fan-favourite Farm Wong (right), Korean rent-a-devastating-hunk Jang Kyuk (left) and Hollywood Asian-American action man Jason Scott Lee, you would expect their combined forces headlining
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        243 55  -  Genevieve Loh FILMREVIEW by I Nim's Island A PLUCKYbut willful Abigail Breslin (picture), a cute array of animal friends who exude human behaviour, Jodie Foster attempting to flex her dusty old comic muscles and the yummy but useless Gerard Butler as a lost-at-sea Dad all wrapped
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        407 56  -  Asif Ansar But lack of audience engagement takes some fun out of show CONCERTREVIEW by I Stereophonies THE Stereophonies (picture) were on fire, not just because of their scorching rock tunes. The three-piece band burst onstage with the rabble-rousing Bank Holiday Monday clad in leather on
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        142 56 —AFP STONE Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland, who has a history of drug-related problems, was sentenced Monday to eight days in jail for driving under the influence of drugs a second time. Weiland, 40, was arrested last November after his car crashed on a Los Angeles
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    516 58 —AFP Paper claims American sports icon Clemens had affair with McCreadywhenshewas 15 NEW YORK Embattled Major League Baseball star Roger Clemens began a 10-year affair with country music singer Mindy McCready (picture) when she was just 15, the New York Daily News sensationally
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    593 59 -AP BASKETBALL NBA Playoffs DENVER The Denver Nuggets finally gave the Los Angeles Lakers a good fight No surrender on this night. No frustrating fouls filling up the fourth quarter of another blowout. No matter. The Lakers dispatched the tempestuous Nuggets anyway. Kobe Bryant
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    404 60  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@media corp.com.sg NOH Alam Shah would already have circled July 13 on his calendar, the day when his club Tampines Rovers meet Dalian Shide in an NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 clash. It will be the day the striker can resume wearing the
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    429 60  -  LOWUNFHOONG Fast-approaching completion date means consortium will shelf hotel proposal PHOTO COURTESY OF linfhoong@media corp. com. sg IT WOULD have measured 84-me-tres in height, with 528 rooms the proposed Premier Park Hotel at Kallang Basin would cater for sports teams and sports-related tourists
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    384 62 —THE GUARDIAN LONDON Sven-Goran Eriksson's agent yesterday admitted he does not expect the Swede to be at Manchester City next season. With Eriksson's future at Eastlands thrown into doubt following an uneasy meeting with City owner Thaksin Shinawatra on Sunday,
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