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    103 1  - LEONGWEEKEAT RAIN'IN THE TRAIN STATION: 'Rain' greeted commuters inside City Hall MRT station yesterday morning a sprinkler located within an escalator had burst when it was damaged during repair works. The incident at about 10.35 am saw water raining down from the upper platform to the lower platform. Parts of
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  • 646 1 AGENCIES BN memberfromSabah calls for no-confidence vote against PM Abdullah KOTA KINABALU His party is among the smallest in Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's ruling coalition. Still, Sabah politician Yong Teck Lee's call yesterday for an unprecedented vote of no confidence against Mr Abdullah's government has dealt
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  • 677 1  -  CONRAD RAJ NEWS COMMENT EDITOR-AT-LARGE conrad@media corp.com.sg IT WAS good to see the Singapore Exchange taking seriously an attempt to rig the market and punishing errant broker Loo Chang Yuan with a fine and a trading suspension. Price manipulation undermines the integrity of the market
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    • 42 1 (si/ I EURO2OOB I Austria-Switzerland LOOK OUT FOR THE LATEST IN OUR AFTERNOON EDITION HOUSEBRAND RICE PRICES ON THE RISE COSTS STABILISING FOR BRANDED RICE HOT NEWS PAGE 2 I NO SELANGOR CUP? SULTAN THREATENS TO CANCEL GAME WORLD PAGE 10 I
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    • 411 2  -  NEOCHAICHIN Some branded rice gets cheaper chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg THAT cheapest bag of rice at your supermarket just got costlier. The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) has found that prices for housebrands rose between 14 and 58 per cent last month. The most dramatic jump was for Cold
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    • 581 3  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI Asean Sec-Gen denies clash, says he is'careful'with more proactive role nazry@media corp.com.sg TALK of a "rift" between the Association of South-east Asian Nations' (Asean) Secretary-Gen-eral and his superiors emerged last week after Singapore, the grouping's current chairman, moved swiftly to clarify Dr Surin Pitsuwan's
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    • 226 3  -  TEOXUANWEI IN THE second fatal shipyard accident this month, a suspected case of gas poisoning claimed the lives of two young workers on Tuesday afternoon. Five other workers, aged between 22 and 32, who were working on a ship docked at a shipyard at
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    • 377 4  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Temporary traffic diversion at Marina Boulevard a precautionary measure weekeat@media corp.com.sg A 200 M STRETCH of road leading from the Central Business District to East Coast Parkway (ECP) was closed for more than four hours at midday yesterday after soil at a
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    • 217 4 ANSLEYNG HE TRIED to save $9,622.67 on the purchase of an imported sports car that he had hoped to sell off for a profit Instead, he was caught and fined nearly 10 times the amount for tax and duty evasion. On April 26,
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    • 188 4 -AFP In a fresh challenge to his four-month-old government, Thailand's main opposition party yesterday lodged a motion of no-confidence against Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej. The Democrat Party wants to grill Mr Samak and seven members of his Cabinet over their performance so far. The
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    • S'PORESNIPPETS
      • 102 6 From June 30, SMRT will introduce two premium bus services from the north to the city during morning peak hours. Service 587 will ply from Woodlands to Orchard Road and Shenton Way for $5, while Service 588 will serve residents living in Sin
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      • 80 6 938 LIVE COE prices continue to fall for most categories of vehicles in this month's second bidding exercise. The biggest drop was for commercial vehicles, for which COE prices went down by $1,499 to $12,002. Small car COEsfell by $489 to $14,101. In the open
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    • 497 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG But more autonomy now for Jetstar Asia cheekong@media corp. com. sg JETSTAR Asia's purported "split" with its Melbourne-based sister, Jetstar Australia, might have raised eyebrows, but analysts describe it as a straightforward cost-cutting measure as airlines worldwide grapple with the prospect of plunging earnings. It
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    • 311 8  -  ZUL OTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg WITH no let up in the number of Singaporeans being cheated despite media reports and a publicity blitz the battle against phone scams is getting a new weapon. A fraud prevention scheme similar to ones that were piloted in the
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    • 126 8  -  ZULOTHMAN From August last year to last month, 22 people lost between $500 and $60,000 to phone kidnap hoaxes, said National Crime Prevention Council vicechairman Eric Low. Posing as kidnappers who abduct family members for ransom is the latest in a series of tactics to be used
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  • world news
    • 368 10 AGENCIES Sultan threatens to call off tournament as Islamic party opposes music event KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Sultan of Selangor state has threatened to cancel a football tournament after the Islamic opposition objected to the entertainers performing at the event Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah said the
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    • 224 10 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Former Malaysian Premier Mahathir Mohamad yesterday denied allegations that he threatened to sack judges and ordered them to attend boot camps for progovernment indoctrination. Dr Mahathir, 82, who was criticised for suppressing judicial and press freedoms during
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    • 322 10 KANGAR (Perlis) Malaysia's Election Court has declared vacant a Perlis state seat won by Malaysia's ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition in the March 8 polls, paving the way for a by-election. The court yesterday accepted a petition filed by opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS)
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    • 370 11 AFP In a bid to bridge ties, Japan and China agree to explore gas field TOKYO Japan said yesterday it had struck a landmark deal with China to jointly develop a gas field in the East China Sea, resolving a spat that has affected ties between
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    • 191 11 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia's Supreme Court has come under the spotlight of an aggressive anti-corruption drive which has already shamed the attorneygeneral's and customs offices, officials said yesterday. Investigators from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have confiscated documents from the court in search of evidence of embezzlement
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    • 179 11 AFP REYKJAVIK- Icelandic police yesterday said they had shot and killed a polar bear discovered earlierthis week on the island, which is hundreds of kilometres from the natural habitat of the threatened species. Polar bears are rare sightings on Iceland but the bear discovered on
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    • 219 12 AFP JERUSALEM Israel confirmed yesterday that it had agreed to a truce in and around Gaza but showed little enthusiasm for the Egyptian-brokered deal with Hamas, which it boycotts as a terrorist group. "Israel has accepted Egypt's proposals," said Mr Mark Regev,
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      131 12 TEMPLE OF CONFLICT: About 5,000 people protested yesterday at the Thai foreign ministry against a deal that will allow Cambodia to seek United Nations' recognition for a Hindu temple on the border dividing the two nations. The long-disputed Preah Vihear temple (picture) is in Cambodia, but the only way to
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    • 319 12 AP But as US, China wrap up discussion, many problems remain unresolved ANNAPOLIS (Maryland) The United States and China, hoping to defuse simmering trade tensions, cobbled together a set of modest achievements to cap two days of highlevel economic talks. But the deals in areas such
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      114 14 MISSISSIPPI RISING: As hail and rain pounded lowa, Mr Russ Kozak of New London, transported a load of sandbags up the Mississippi River to a team reinforcing the river levee that protects the town of Gulfport, Illinois. By Tuesday, the Mississippi, the United States' main internal commercial waterway, had broken
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    • 505 14 AFP Five human feet washed ashore trigger speculation VANCOUVER Five human feet that washed ashore on Canada's south-western coast have become an international science puzzle and sparked intense speculation about whether murder or a tragedy caused them to be separated from the bodies they belong
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    • 242 18  -  KOH CHIN CHYE Letter from I WAS elated when I discovered by chance a new premium bus service (No 567). This service takes me from my home near Blk 44, Telok Blangah Road, to Robinsons Road. It costs $2 but shaves off travelling time by almost
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    • 294 18  -  KAREN TAN Letter from I REFER to the report "A costlier drive through" (June 18). Even though this is the first major enhancement since 1998, there have already been regular revisions made to the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) scheme over the
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    • 165 20  -  DR BILL MAIER BY I BODY TALK Do you ever wonder why people run the other way when you walk into a room? Maybe it's your body language! Sometimes we say more by the way we carry ourselves than we realise. It's easy to send mixed
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    • 332 20  -  LIUI-CHUN In Taipei, hospitality and kindness abound, making it an extremely liveable city Letter from I REFER to "People make a liveable city" (June 18). I am an expatriate who has been living in Taipei for the past three years, and have grown to like this
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    • 231 20  -  RICHARD HARTUNG Letter from I refer to "Is the UK prison system all that great?" (June 18) in response to the report "How other prisons keep on their toes" (June 14-15). The focus of my article was on how improvements in performance and reporting results are critical for
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    • 92 18 VOICES ON RADIO The pace of life has v quickened and people are II I feeling more pressured. fr pll] Is that why we seem to n_ hear more and more about I LIVE people taking the law into their own hands to resolve everyday disputes? Are people in Singapore
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    • 589 19 ThunTdays, 12 June 31July #ft I „J^S*\ "^B&Z? 8.30pm on Channel 8 j Sabrina tells you how not to sit and wait when hoit -Foil striKes Sabrina, share this with us It was really uncomfortable and r^W^C do you think looking perfect is depressing to have my friends and With
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    • 593 21 8.30pm on Channel 8 j MilETrd Lit, Sp Can You! F You're looking so trim, Susan! Are T^\^^ t™l Cj Fi^ I" 2 you sure you used to be plus-sized? w'th I h > V it is hard to imagine, isn't it? i used to binge WITn L°nclon s Weight
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  • Business
    • 384 22  -  LIN YANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg NORWAY'S Renewable Energy Corp (REC) has committed $3.4 billion to build the first phase of the world's largest integrated solar manufacturing plant in Singapore. The green light comes after REC previously said it would make a final
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    • 347 22 AGENCIES It must match bank's highest share price in last three months UNITED Overseas Bank has offered to buy the remaining shares of Indonesia's PT Bank UOB Buana that it does not already own and take it private. It owns 61.1 per cent of UOB Buana
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    • business news
      • BUSINESSBRIEFS
        • 152 24 BLOOMBERG The Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) has won an appeal against a Seoul district office's decision to charge it 16.7 billion won ($22.4 million) in taxes. The Seoul High Court ruled the Gangnam-gu Office should scrap taxes imposed on the Singapore investment
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        • 69 24 The Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias) is changing its selection and scoring criteria for this year's Corporate Governance Awards to better recognise firms with independent directors to safeguard shareholders interests. Firms with a majority of independent directors on their board will score better, especially
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      • 352 24  -  CHEOWXINYI Aim: To position Singapore as a broadband gateway cheowxinyi@media corp.com.sg PACNET is teaming up with Bharti Airtel to help position Singapore as a broadband gateway into India from Asia and beyond. The partnership will see the two telecom companies interconnecting their respective networks. Pacnet's
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      • 766 26  -  VINCENT LINGGA THE JAKARTA POST Indosat divestment helps Temasekoutof a tight spot while protecting its shareholders' interests IT WAS visionary business acumen on the part of Singapore government-owned Temasek Holdings when its subsidiary, ST Telemedia (STT), acquired, through an international competitive bid, about
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    • 1221 28  -  MfffWTl You don't need to travel all the way to the US or Europe to enjoy some of the hottest names in music -touring the region will do just fine CALLING all music fans. We like festivals. They compile our favourite acts all on one billing, kinda like
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      117 30 HONK if you like this. Critically-acclaimed Grammy-nominated rock quartet Death Cab for Cutie will hit our shores in August for a one-night-only performance. The Seattle band who took their name from a song by '60s novelty act Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band is best known for its
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    • 273 30 AFP Viennese concert goers avoid football fans FORGET the Three Tenors and the World Cup. Football and opera really don't match, the Vienna State Opera said Tuesday. While Euro 2008 co-host Austria was battling it out on Monday evening with arch rivals Germany in Ernst Happel
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    • CDREVIEWS
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        197 31 I Flavors of Entanglement Alanis Morissette Just when you're about to relegate her to the "where are they now" pile, Alanis springs back with an album that, in true Alanis fashion, offers more questions than answers. One question you'll ask upon first listen is: "Where is Alanis now,
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      • 81 31 Allura In the short space of a year, Allura has quickly become a force to be reckoned with on the local live circuit. This, their debut EP, has six tracks (including bonus tracks) which showcase what the band's like live. Songs such as Gamajazillion
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      • 76 31 X'Ho Everafter This spoken word collection marries Singapore's unfavourite son X'ho's social commentary done in his inimitable sing-speak, with local muso Everafter's brash and sometimes discordant musical collage. But whether this album is a call to avoid being subsumed into the herd mentality or just a rant for
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        77 31 Jesse McCartney The tween star's latest album ventures deep into R&B territory, but it would be remiss to think the whole album is an Off the l/l/a//-meets-A/ei/i/ Power Generation rip-off. Rock You, for example, could give Justin Timberlake a run for his money, and tracks such as It's Over
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      • 71 31 Various Kicking off with Fergie's reworking of the SATCtheme song, this album is one of those soundtracks that, when stripped of its visual accompaniment, comes across as nothing more than an uncomfortable compilation. For example, India.Aries Heart of the Matter'is excellent, as is the remix of
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    • 391 32  -  Christopher Toh CONCERTREVIEW ///by The Osmonds'soth Anniversary World Tour I REMEMBER watching the Bonny and Mark Show on TV when I was a little boy, and whenever we drove up to Malaysia to visit our relatives, my sister and I would annoy my dad with our
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    • 397 33  -  ANNETTE TAN Reduced-fat cheese slices are a healthy way to incorporate calcium into your child's diet f ood@newstoday.com.sg I HAVE never liked to drink milk. Even as a child, I would try to distract my mother whenever the time came to drink my daily cup of
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    • Traveller
      • 831 34  -  JENNIFER CHEN Forget three months, think half year. Planning your holiday is more important than ever to take advantage of travel deals jennifer@media corp.com.sg THE cost of travel is becoming more expensive by the week. This is the new reality in air travel as
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      • 600 36  -  JASON LEE Sun Moon Lake's beauty drew Chiang Kai Shek decades ago, lovers today traveller@newstoday.com.sg IF YOUR experience with Taiwan so far has been restricted to its famous night markets and hot springs in Taipei, you are missing out on one key aspect of the island's
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      • 266 36 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH FOR decades it was the island every resident dreamed of escaping from. Now the managers of Alcatraz island, home to one of the world's most notorious prisons, are hoping to cash in on tourists' enduring fascination with it. The United
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