Today, 8 December 2006

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    44 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp CD CL CD CL (/> CD C CD CD 4— z: O CD CO _c en Friday December 8, 2006 todayonline.com CD O o CM O CO < o 5 TODAY /A=DIj\CORP share your free newspaper Friday December 8, 2006 todayonline.com MICA (P) 314/10/2006
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    THE LONG ARM OF ETHICS
    893 1  -  TORCHING LI Why holding Shorvon accountable is important to the Spore Medical Council chingli@media corp. com. sg WHEN he came to Singapore in 2000 as chief of the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI), Professor Simon Shorvon was acknowledged as one of the world's leading authorities on
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      9 1 136 RAGES IN TODAY'S EDITION INCLUDING YOUR 56-PAGE SPECIAL!
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      41 1 Tao Li celebrates her victory in the women's 50m butterfly swimming event just before midnight, Singapore time. Her gold medal is Singapore's first in swimming at the Asian Games in 24 years. Catch James on page 43 in PLUS *2 l^jy^l^
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      Lock icon One final chance to speak out
      784 2  -  DERRICK A PAULO LawSoc chief Jeyaretnam has bigger picture in mind as he enters his fourth term derrick@media corp.com.sg WHEN he gazes into his crystal ball, Mr Philip Jeyaretnam sees the Law Society speaking out on issues such as human rights. But he will
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      YouTube, you leave
      398 3  -  LOH CHEE KONG Star Hub fires temp staff for 'misconduct' in office cheekong@media corp.com.sg THEY wore company T-shirts. They horsed around in the office and posted clips of themselves on the popular online video sharing website You Tube. It was after office hours and in their mind,
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      222 3 Christmas gins today Lighten up! Add an air of festivity to every room in your home with our wide range of decorative lights. From charming lamps that shed light on home economics to creative candle lighting your budget will warm up to, you'll enjoy prices that'll get you glowing. So,
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      Lock icon Easing way for disabled
      497 4  -  LEECHINGWERN LTA working on barrier-free access to areas around MRT stations chingwern@media corp.com.sg HAVING completed the task of making all MRT stations disabled-friendly, the Land Transport Authority is now working on the stations' immediate surrounding areas. Five years from now, the disabled and elderly will be
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      Citibank takes heartland train
      338 4  -  CHOW PENN NEE pennnee@media corp.com.sg ARMED with a first-of-its-kind credit card that doubles as an ez-link card, and with plans to plant itself in all MRT stations within a year, Citibank Singapore is muscling in on the local banks' turf with heartlanders as its prime target.
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      WHY TWO GST RATES ARE BETTER THAN ONE
      829 6  -  WAYNE SOON Introducing a lower rate of GST for certain products and services can help lower- and middle-income S'poreans IT IS reassuring to hear the announcements by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam that Workfare will become a permanent
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      Lock icon Super yachts ahoy!
      618 8  -  CLEMENT MESENAS 7,000 on the high seas but they are giving Singapore the miss EDITOR-AT-LARGE clement@mediacorp.com.sg THERE are 7,000 mega ocean-going yachts plying the playgrounds of the world, mainly in Europe, the United States and Australia but the vast majority of them have yet to discover Singapore.
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      Lock icon The not-so-polite professor?
      255 8 -938UVE A NANYANG Technological University (NTU) don charged with intentional harassment and driving in a rash manner is hoping to resolve the matter amicably. Associate Professor Wang Jianliang allegedly insulted and spat at security guard Mohamed Fadil Muhayat at his Hazel Park condominium in September. The Permanent
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      Educating families on teen sexuality
      189 10  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@media corp.com.sg HAVING successfully engaged the Malay community in a dialogue on teenage sexuality, Mendaki and its partners are ready to take the next step. Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, said yesterday that next year's approach to reducing the incidence
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      Lock icon Insurance the key
      549 10  -  ANSLEY NG —ANSLEY NG Talks on to work out costs to protect foreign workers ansley@mediacorp.com.sg HOT on the heels of the recent announcement that foreign workers will soon have to pay unsubsidised medical costs, Minister of Manpower Dr Ng Eng Hen said yesterday that employers of such
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      JB-S'pore LRT link must be govt-level decision: SMRT
      163 12  -  CHOW PENN NEE THE SMRT Corporation clarified yesterday that it was only in talks with a Malaysian company over building a monorail system within Southern Johor. It said that any proposal of a monorail link between Johor and Singapore had to be
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      Biomed drive to harvest fruit of research
      403 12  -  LINYANQIN $1.5b to fund development of drugs yanqin@media corp.com.sg TWO new institutions will kick off the second phase of Singapore's biomedical sciences drive: Developing scientific discoveries into treatments that can benefit patients. Known as translational research, the Agency for Science, Technology and Research
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        Lock icon 2 FIRMS FACE THE MUSIC
        63 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Two local companies will be facing the music in court today for possible music copyright infringements. The Composers and Authors Society of Singapore (Compass) is taking legal action against Mojeu and Interactive Voice Systems for allegedly selling ringtones and MP3 downloads without relevant
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        ATM EMAIL IS A HOAX
        89 12 If you receive an email instructing you on how to foil a robbery at an Automated Teller Machine, ignore it. The email advises anyone coerced by a robber at an ATM to key in their personal identification number in reverse so as to alert the
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      386 10 L at sfyiea/ie Centra/ <^ Experience true joy and the magic of Christmas at China Square Central's Santa Village! A host of exciting festive-themed activities have been lined V up to kindle the Christmas spirits for you and your family! Don't forget to bring the camera to capture the merriment.
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      Lock icon Moscow opens murder probe into former spy's death
      193 14 -AFP I MOSCOW-A Russian man who met murdered ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko last month in London is sick with radiation poisoning, as Moscow opened a murder inquiry into Mr Litvinenko's death. Private security agent Dmitry Kovtun "has also been found to have an
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      Lock icon Islamic council drop claim to man's body
      390 14 AFP Malaysian Rayappan will have a Catholic burial KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Islamic authorities yesterday dropped a controversial bid to claim the body of a man whose family insisted had died as a Christian, his lawyer and reports said. The family of Mr A
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      Lock icon Bush sets terms for Iran and Syria talks
      172 14 -AFP WASHINGTON President George W Bush said yesterday that Iran and Syria must stop helping extremists and commit to help Iraq's fledgling government before any talks with the two. Mr Bush spoke following White House talks with his main ally, Britain's Prime
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      Lock icon Reluctant Cebu opens its doors
      497 16 -AFP While the summit will boost the economy, some are unhappy about disruptions CEBU For many people in the central Philippine island of Cebu, next week's gathering of South-east Asian leaders will be a hindrance rather than the economic blessing that these types of events
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      Lock icon WARNING: TERRORISTS MAY STRIKE IN CEBU
      179 17 AFP The United States embassy in Manila warned yesterday of a possible terror attack in the central Philippine island of Cebu, the venue for the annual summit of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean), which starts on Sunday. In a letter to US
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      Charter: More teeth for Asean
      630 17  -  SHARON VASOO Measures could lead to tougher line on Myanmar DEPUTY FOREIGN EDITOR sharon@media corp.com.sg IT'S sad, but there is very little the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) can do to nudge Myanmar to change its ways. This candid admission came from the secretary-general
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      Lock icon Racial divide is a 'disease'
      337 19 —AFP M'sian PM says the problem must be tackled openly KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has admitted that race relations in Malaysia are "fragile" and appealed for next year's celebrations marking 50 years of independence to emphasise on national unity. Mr Abdullah described
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      Lock icon Controversial fine rescinded
      209 19 -AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Kelantan state has backed down on a policy to fine non-Muslim women for wearing skimpy outfits, but it warned yesterday that it could issue a crackdown if the women continued to dress "indecently" by Islamic standards. The fundamentalist Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) party
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      A 2nd microchip heist in two months in Malaysia
      201 19 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police yesterday said they were investigating a missing consignment of microchips that was bound for Singapore, just weeks after a multi-million-dollar chip heist raised security concerns. The chips, worth some RM30,000 ($13,000), were reported missing from the air
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      Lock icon FORGET IRAQ, WE NEED A PANEL ON BUSH
      727 20  -  MARGARET CARLSON BLOOMBERG Baker's group may have released its findings but US leader can carry on as usual WAITING for Baker became the Washington game everyone wanted to play. It allowed both parties to hit the pause button as they anticipated a
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      Lock icon SPEAK UP OR LOSE OUT
      768 23  -  OONYEOH Malaysia's non-Malay parties are keeping mum for good reason, but it will cost them IN KUALA LUMPUR "Putting the malaise in Malaysia" and "Drifting towards extremism" are two recent not-so-flattering headlines about Malaysia in The Economist and Newsweek, respectively. The headlines were prompted by
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      Lock icon BIG MONEY, BIG PROMISES
      188 24 EDUCATION 90 per cent of all adults in Britain are to have five GCSEs by the year 2020. Plans for 12,000 new or com-pletely-refurbished schools. The project will benefit half of all primary schools and 90 per cent of secondary schools. It will also include the
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      Lock icon Brown focuses on going green
      565 24 -AGENCIES Aside from the environment, he also has ambitious plans for education LONDON The United Kingdom's Finance Minister Gordon Brown widely seen as favourite to replace Mr Tony Blair as prime minister next year indicated, in no uncertain terms, his top priorities: To make Britain
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      Lock icon Democracy is overrated, says Fiji's new Premier
      222 26 —AGENCIES SUVA Fiji's newly-appointed Premier yesterday admitted that the military had illegally ousted the elected government, but added that West-ern-style democracy is overrated. "That is the problem with you people democracy," Prime Minister Jona Senilagakali retorted angrily when asked by the Australian Broadcasting
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      Lock icon Elections tainted by vote rigging
      304 26 —AGENCIES It's a dirty fight for mayoral, city council seats in Taiwan TAIPEI Already marred by high-profile scandals, the run-up to Saturday's mayoral council and city council elections in Taiwan's two major cities, Taipei and Kaohsiung, has suffered another blow a government investigation of vote
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      Not robbing Peter to pay Paul
      420 28  -  CHIAHERNKENG Institutions must raise our standing in foreigners' eyes Letter from THE tone of two letters apparently written by foreigners arguing that they should not pay more for essential services such as education and healthcare is a little disturbing (Dec 6 and 7). This
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      236 30  -  )R JAMES DOBSON BY I PORNOGRAPHY ON THE INTERNET In 1985 and 1986,1 served on the US Attorney-Generaj's Commission on Pornography, which turned out to be one of the most difficult assignments of my life. For 18 months, I had the unenviable responsibility, with 10 other
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      Where's the spirit of care?
      443 30  -  ADELINE ANGPY A hospital should not be a place that patients dread Letter from I REFER to the Coffee With interview, "A healer, not a doctor" (Dec 4). Earlier this week, I visited a child cancer patient in hospital, and got the feeling that the
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      Banks agree on disclosure statement
      133 30  -  MRS ONG-ANGAI BOON Letter from Director, The Association of Banks in Singapore WE REFER to the letter, "Leave no room for ambiguity" by Mr Kuo How Nam, President of Credit Counselling Singapore (Nov 17). In his letter, Mr Kuo called on card-issuing banks to move
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      isay MY BOSS, MY REFUGE, MY CHILD
      890 36  -  Tania Choi IF ANYONE had told me that once I had children, I would be a stay-at-home mum, I would have extended the seven years I waited to have my daughter. I was one of those women who liked the symbolic concept of
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      Lock icon Clean up your mess!
      356 40  -  RICK UM SAY KIONG Govt's anti-littering campaign approach needs a revamp Letter from HAVE you noticed that our littering problem has not abated despite years of campaigning, countless fines and scores of corrective work orders? It is time for a revamp of our approach in dealing
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        LOWER CBD CAR PARK CHARGES
        106 40  -  HARRY LIM CHENG CHWEE: With the introduction of the five-day work week, traffic in the central business district (CBD) is very light on a normal Saturday morning. The supply of parking lots in Shenton Way and Raffles Place area far exceeds demand and yet motorists
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        REVIVE TANG DYNASTY SITE
        114 40  -  THOMAS LEE ZHIZHI: Every time I drive past the site of the Tang Dynasty, I feel a sense of loss and pity that a grand project of this scale is now left to decay. With the impending construction of the two integrated resorts, can't the Government
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      RCs should beef up membership
      193 42  -  MAH LAI FONG Letter from I REFER to the letters, "Too heavy a burden for RCs" by Mr Jimmy Ho (Nov 29) and "Help from the network" by the People's Association (Dec 4). As an ex-Residents' Committee member, I would like to offer my comments
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      Oh, how I wish it were Christmas every day
      750 43  -  Tabitha Wang Let the purists grouse, I plan to savour the whole tinsel and lights experience IT'S that time of the year again when no Orchard Road streetlight goes undecorated, tinny carols fill the air and pesky tin-rattling kids come out
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      Lock icon A MAN OF HIGH SPIRITS
      561 44  -  PETER PRENTICE This whisky master is also an elephant polo champ pnffon uuilDC with 43, vice-president of Chivas Bros Asia-Pacific HE IS truly a "been-there-done-that" man of the world. Hong Kongbased Englishman Peter Prentice (picture) has worked 20 years in the Scotch whisky industry, with
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      How about an undersea tower instead?
      433 47  -  MOHAMMAD FAHMI AHMAD ABU BAKAR Nothing original about an oceanarium, and it doesn't showcase our local waters Letter from I REFER to Mr Howard Lee's and Mr Chia Hern Keng's commentaries, "Voices of common sense" (Dec 4) and "Country's survival comes first" (Dec 6),
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      307 47  - isay WOULDN'T IT BE NICE? JUST ONE PROBLEM EDRICSNG THE idea of an underwater tower or viewing point in Singapore waters makes a welcome change from the faux-environmentally-concerned notion of building oceanariums on Sentosa. There's just one problem: Unlike typical towers built on land, where you can see for miles
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      199 48  -  CHRISTIE LOH WHEN Singapore s first China-focused property trust starts trading at 9am today, eager beavers are likely to push up the unit price. So sought-after is Capitaßetail China Trust that the initial public offer (IPO) of 193.3 million units was 167 times subscribed,
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      321 48 BLOOMBERG Demand for music players is fuelling orders for Asia's electronic manufacturers. Economy expected to expand 7.8%: MAS survey SINGAPORE'S economy will probably expand 7.8 per cent this year, faster than previously estimated, according to the median forecast of 16 economists in a Monetary Authority of Singapore
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      245 48  -  CHRISTIE LOH DESPITE the year-end shopping sprees gathering pace, manufacturers here are not expecting their cash registers to ring as loudly this quarter as during the previous three months. According to the Singapore Manufacturers' Federation's (SMa) latest quarterly poll, the proportion of respondents who expect higher net
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        197 50  -  CHRISTIE LOH CURRENTLY assessing potential candidates, Pacific Internet (PacNet) will fill the three empty inde-pendent-director posts by Feb 28, next year. This is so that the Singaporebased company can maintain its listing on the United States' Nasdaq, PacNet said yesterday in a
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          4 50 ST Index 2,901.8 +6.8
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          55 50 Mikkei 225 *****.36 +102.08 +0.62 Hang Seng USX *****.99 -183.37 5465.20 -1.50 -0.96 -0.03 Faiwan Wtd 7686.52 -6.81 -0.09 <orea Comp 1410.30 -3.43 -0.24 <LCI 1098.26 -0.09 -0.01 SET Index 745.54 -0.62 -0.08 Jakarta Comp 1782.11 -2.31 -0.13 Dhils Comp Shenzhen B 2796.18 -1.61 393.36 +2.51 -0.06 +0.64
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          48 50 3en Int :sc Sapphire FHBEV SingTel fongiiam 3BR liutian Vlagnus JTATSChP 0.435 +0.010 +2.4 73,506 0.155 +0.005 +3.3 60,277 0.020 40,214 0.270 34,577 2.900 +0.070 +2.4 31,666 0.105 -0.015 -12.5 31,320 0.005 29,347 1.060 +0.020 +1.9 27,229 0.190 +0.005 +2.7 22,970 1.200 +0.010 +0.0 22,060
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          143 50 DOW JONES THE ST Index (STI) ended slightly higher as investors looked for bargains after Wednesday's dip, and traders expect the index to continue rising till the end of the year. The STI finished up 6.8 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 2,901.8 points, just a shade below Tuesday's
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          36 50 US$ 0.6498 UK£ 0.3300 Yen 74.676 HK$ 5.0465 RM 2.3030 Euro 0.4883 Rupiah 5896.5 Baht 23.102 Peso 32.130 A$ 0.8217 Indian Rs 28.992 Won 593.84 C$ 0.7451 Yuan 5.0832 NZ$ 0.9398 NT$ 20.984
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          23 50 jy SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 635.90 Sin uss/oz 13.80 Mb usl/oz 1,125.70 Rlbbir cents/kg 253.00 PtlranißM/t0nn3827.50 Brant ndi uss/tar«i 59.46 Information provided
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        223 52 -DOW JONES DWS Investments, the global mutual fund arm of Deutsche Asset Management, yesterday launched five Islamic mutual funds in Singapore, and said it planned to launch the funds in Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei, as well as in parts of Europe. The
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        445 52 -BLOOMBERG Move comes after $1.3b plant in Singapore SEAGATE Technology, the world's biggest maker of computer disk drives, will invest about US$4B2 million ($742 million) to setup a new factory and expand production in Malaysia as global demand increases. The company will invest "a little
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        615 55 -AFP Biofuels to remain boutique fuel and not replacement: Analysts CEBU Despite moves to cut dependence on crude oil, it will remain a key growth driver for East Asia's dynamic economies for the foreseeable future, analysts said. Biofuels, natural gas, nuclear power
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        Lock icon SIME DARBY, GUTHRIE, GOLDEN HOPE SHARES SURGE ON CREDIT SUISSE REPORT
        245 55 BLOOMBERG SHARES of Sime Darby, Kumpulan Guthrie and Golden Hope Plantations, three Malaysian palm oil producers that may merge, jumped after Credit Suisse said in a report the value of the combined entity may climb 41 per cent. Newly
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        491 56 -DOW JONES Bank raises growth forecast for the emerging economies HONG KONG The Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Economic Monitor report said yesterday that it had raised its forecast for economic growth in emerging East Asian economies to 7.7 per cent on strong and steady
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        Market bets on Genting International
        247 56  -  GUESS who's going to clinch the Sentosa integrated resort (IR) this afternoon? Going by gyrations in the stock market yesterday the winner will be Malaysia's Genting International, which lost the previous bid for the IR in Marina Bay. Punters made a beeline for the company's
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        55 56 Mapletree Logistics Trust has made its first acquisition in Japan. The industrial property trust is paying 1.8 billion yen ($24.4 million) for a warehouse in the Greater Tokyo Area. The Australian authorities have allowed Singapore's Tuan Sing Holdings and Morgan Stanley Real Estate to proceed with their joint takeover
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        Lock icon COULD POPULATION DIP BE GOOD FOR ECONOMY?
        770 58  -  WILLIAM PESEK BLOOMBERG news@newstoday.com.sg IT'S a worthy question for the "Freakonomics" guys: Is a shrinking population, contrary to conventional wisdom, actually good for an economy? Last year, Professor Steven Levitt, a University of Chicago economist, and writer Stephen Dubner made a splash with
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        Lock icon Exports push Chinese trade surplus to $242b in 11 months
        268 61 BLOOMBERG CHINA'S trade surplus hit US$l57 billion ($242 billion) in the first 11 months of the year and will swell 65 per cent to a record US$l6B billion this year, the Customs Bureau said yesterday, less than a week before
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        425 61 BLOOMBERG Chinese central bank says inflows stifle efforts to cool the overheated economy THE People's Bank of China (PBOC), the holder of the world's largest foreign currency reserves worth more than US$l trillion ($1.5 trillion), said more capital would flow into the nation as the
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        599 62 —AFP Bankers and traders start window shopping for luxury items NEW YORK As the year end nears, Wall Street bankers and traders are counting down the days until they receive their Christmas bonuses as real estate brokers, car dealers and restaurateurs
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      727 67 —THE GUARDIAN After the win, Fergie says British clubs will conquer Europe CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, j GROUPF r Man United 3 Benfica 1 MANCHESTER It is rare that a football manager thanks an opposition player for scoring against his team at their home ground. But that
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      392 67 -AGENCIES CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUP G Porto 0 Arsenal 0 OPORTO Arsene Wenger could not recognise his own team on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). But the Arsenal manager promised a return to more free-flowing and dynamic ways when the Gunners take on Premiership champions
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      602 68  -  Kenneth Goh African striker has risen to the Shevchenko challenge this season and is firmly No 1 at Stamford Bridge IN FRONT of an adoring Stamford Bridge crowd on Tuesday night, Andriy Shevchenko scored the opening goal against Levski Sofia and the thunderous roar of delight
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      338 68 LONDON After weeks of intense speculation, it looks like Andriy Shevchenko's days at Chelsea could well be numbered. The Ukrainian has revealed that he could be making a swift return to AC Milan, the club he left for Chelsea in a £30 million ($90.7
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      529 69  -  Cubby Leong US Open champion Ogilvy wants more Majors, both for him and his countrymen GOLF Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championships IN A 165-strong field at the Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championships, Geoff Ogilvy is the only Major winner. In the opening round yesterday at the Hyatt
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      483 69  -  SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ FOUR NATIONS NETBALL CUP 2006 Singapore 44 Scotland 37 m.sazali@mediacorp.com.sg SCOTLAND'S Lesley Ann Dall was sent off in the last quarter of their Four Nations Netball Cup 2006 clash against Singapore last night, and the visitors paid the ultimate
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      366 70 —AFP ASIAN GAMES Track& Field DOHA- Britain's 1924 Olympic 100 m champion Harold Abrahams not only left British sprinting a legacy but a precedent for the sport to be successful you need a coach. The sprint great immortalised in the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire was
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      480 70  -  Jose Raymond Singaporeans lead in four categories, second in four others ASIAN GAMES Sailing, Day 3 "My tactics were the same but the wind was at my advantage. "The winds were more stable and did not shift course and I was finally able to
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      385 71 -AP Two Koreas set up mouth-watering quarter-final showdown ASIAN GAMES Football DOHA In a politically charged showdown, North Korea will play South Korea in the football quarter-finals at the Asian Games. The confrontation was setup yesterday morning (Singapore time) when North Korea stunned Japan
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      516 72  -  Japan explain the secret behind their surprise challenge in swimming ASIAN GAMES Swimming THE swimming competition at the 15th Asian Games turned out to be a two-horse race between China and Japan. Many had expected the Chinese to run away at the top of
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      464 72 -AGENCIES ASIAN GAMES Weightlifting DOHA Winning the gold medal at the Sydney Olympics opened a few doors for Iranian weightlifter Hossein Rezazadeh. Turkey offered him US$2O,OOO ($30,800) a month, a luxury villa and a reward of US$lO million if he would change his
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      466 74  -  Jose Raymond Pressure's on, but Chua is fired up for gold as muscle men get set to flex ASIAN GAMES Bodybuilding BODYBUILDER Simon Chua is a man on a mission here at the 15th Asian Games. This morning, when he lines up
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      65 74 Everyone will be keeping their eyes on us, I am sure. There is a lot of pressure on us to deliver the gold medals for Singapore. But as a team, we are committed. We have been training very hard for the Asian Games and the time has finally arrived for
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      279 74 —AP DOHA It had to happen sometime. Though they are still free to compete in bikinis, female beach volleyball players at the Asian Games have been told to cover up following their matches out of deference to local customs. The beach volleyball competition has been causing
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      50 74 Rain, rain, go away DOHA- A venue worker tries to sweep away water in front of a canoe-kayak banner after heavy overnight rainfall at West Bay Lagoon in Doha yesterday. Torrential rain has disrupted the Asian Games, delaying events in tennis, equestrian and baseball. GETTY IMAGES
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      462 75 —AFP South Korean rider killed after fall off his horse DOHA Tragedy struck the Asian Games yesterday when an experienced South Korean equestrian rider died after his horse threw him from the saddle then crushed him underfoot. The horse, Bundaberg Black, hit a fence and stumbled,
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      213 75  -  —TANYOHINN ASIAN GAMES Bowling SINGAPORE'S men's and women's team of five had a poor day yesterday at the Qatar Bowling Centre. The men's team of Lee Yu Wen, Lionel Lim Jason Yeong-Nathan, ShaunNg (picture) and Remy Ong were in 10th spot overall after the first block
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      290 75 BODYBUILDING Men's Fly Weight 60kg (Prejudging Round 3.00pm, Final Round 9.00pm): Ng Han Cheng Men's Bantam Weight 65kg (Prejudging Round 3.45pm, Final Round 9.35pm): Ibrahim Sihat Men's Light Weight 70kg (Prejudging Round 4.30pm, Final Round 10.20pm): Nor Perwira Rahmat Men's Welter Weight 75kg (Prejudging Round 5.15pm,
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      699 76  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Tao Li stuns Chinese to become first Spore swimmer to win Asiad gold in 24 years woman took the top step in the Asian Games was in Bangkok in 1978, when Junie Sng struck double gold in the 400 m and 800 m freestyle events. Afterwards,
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      365 76 —AFP ASIAN GAMES Table Tennis DOHA China seized control of the Asian Games table tennis yesterday, fending off attacks from Hong Kong and South Korea to win another two gold medals. With three titles already secured, China's world No 5 Guo Yue (picture) fought off a
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      186 70 I v^ml i <- I £BA Sfi&Bl jiMiii Taiwan i sras" -i^^q e^^ s i i i r~ I?] sq^h I DOHA 2006 J _l y I HERTHA BERLIN AIMS TO REDEEM! I Beaten 1-3 last week. German League Leverkusen Hertha Berlin Sat, 09/12/06 3.30 am Qatar 2006 Thailand Qatar
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      117 71 TEAM SINGAPORE IN DOHA —DEC 1-15 MBSI W -aJ>l #1 •ATHLETICS«BADMINTON«BODYBUILDING«BOWLING«CUESPORTS«FENCING«FOOTBALL«GOLF I Hu J •GYMNASTICS«KARATE«ROWING«SAILING«SHOOTING«SWIMMING«TABLETENNIS«WUSHU« "**HPP l» W^ m\ I Its a day like no other. I We love weddings. It's a day when everyone is happy and the world seems to be smiling _jA because it's all about you.
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      20 75 TEAM SINGAPORE IN DOHA —DEC 1-15 MBfifli I*.* W 'I 0K •ATHLETICS«BADMINTON«BODYBUILDING«BOWLING«CUESPORTS«FENCING«FOOTBALL«GOLF I BU jjg^jrg CP •GYMNASTICS«KARATE«ROWING«SAILING«SHOOTING«SWIMMING«TABLETENNIS«WUSHU« jfj 4mfr Bft
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      58 76 /A-ljiaCorp u~~^ Team Singapore^ I^\ on Channel 5 Catch Team Singapore athletes in action at the 15th Asian Games in Doha right up to December 15 on MediaCorp TV Channel 5. TODAY 9.30 am Asian Games LIVE from Doha (Encore) 6.30pm Today At The Games (Encore) 11pm Asian Games-LIVE from
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      95 77 m Jk m i if mm l W^ /11 lw m H The Mega Launch of Forever 21 at Vivo City, Bth December, 2006 Free gift* and tattoos for all. Exciting gift* with purchase Bth 9th December, 2006. Fashion shows 7:00 pm on Bth December, 2006; 1:00 pm and 7:00
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      19 79 THE FESTIVE SEASOI\I,TROPICS STYLE Vernetta's wearing green coat with I fur collar $242.90 from Muchacha. JASON h5
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      1478 80 She likes white weddings but wants to play the devil, hates seeing fur in fashion but loves eating beef It all makes sense when you're Vernetta Lopez, as Lynette Koh (lynettek@media corp.com.sg) discovers FOR the past two years, Vernetta Lopez, one of the mostfamiliarfaces in local entertainment, has
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      1402 88 DOWN THE AISLE IN WHITE WHEN it comes to weddings, "rejection" is probably the most dreaded word. But it was through rejection that bridal gown designer Ted Wu found his niche in Peranakan-inspired gowns. Years ago, a Peranakan customerwanted embroidery on an evening gown, but after
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      1438 92 "THE ARCTIC HUT": Eski Bar HOOK, LINE AND SINKER THE ENTRANCE: The beach chairs and al fresco seating outside Whitebait Kale on the ground floor of Camden Medical Centre was a close shave. I saw Santarina furrow her brows at the novel sight of beach chairs.
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      1370 96  -  -Becky Lo Forget boring fast food and maddening lunchtime crowds. Today checks out restaurants where you can enjoy the perfect corporate lunch. LUXEONTHEGO The axiom of the modern day worker is to work hard and eat well, and there is nowhere better to do this in Shenton
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      458 101 Shine with fain radiant and healthy skin this season, PEARLYNTHAM (pearlyn@mediacorp.com.sg) says I 1 FACIAL PHOTOSHOP I Touching up your face takes on a bright new slant with Lancome's Photogenic Lumessence Compact. In a sleek new mirror-like case, you'll find a compactfoundation with impressive light-mastering,smoothing and moisturising properties.
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        344 102 TAMPINES MALL Santa meet and greet Take the kids or be a kid again. This festive season, make your way to Tampines Mall, where you and the little ones can get up close and personal with Santa in the meet and greet sessions. Date: Dec 15-17, 23, 24 Venue:
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        443 105 CHANGE ALLEY Ifs a world record I Go green this Christmas when you visit Change Alley. Don't miss the opportunity to witness the certification of Singapore's first and tallest drink-can Christmas tree by the Singapore Book of Records. Date: Dec 13 Venue: Caltex House, stage area Time: 2pm Enquiries:
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      1101 108 HOW DO WE CHOOSE INTERESTING CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS? Takashimaya spokesperson: Consider gifts that allow you to DIY as they are more memorable and make great gifts. An easy-to-do gift such as a mosaic coaster, candle or
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