The Straits Times, 13 January 2005

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  • 853 1  -  Chua Mui Hoong 2ND SESSION OF 10TH PARLIAMENT He paints a vision of the Republic as a land of opportunity and a country full of talent By Senior Political Correspondent The 7 priorities 1. Secure Singapore's place in the world Nurture relations with
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  • 403 1  -  V.K. Raghunathan By India Correspondent In New Delhi A SINGAPOREAN family of five reported on Tuesday to be uncontactable in tsunami-stricken southern India has been found to be safe. The Singapore Consulate in Chennai said yesterday that while efforts were being made to locate
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    1087 1  -  Arlina Arshad Fuss-free help from S'pore docs in Aceh By In Banda Aceh Di SAFE HANDS "Singapore doctors say little, but do more... You see that lady? She's the one treating my daughter. She is fast and knows what she's doing. She puts me at ease." MS IRAWATI, 23,
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    • 37 2 Tunq admits failures The HK Chief Executive lists his weaknesses that have landed the territory in trouble. PAGE 17 Dengue alert in KL A dengue outbreak in Pandan Jaya is worrying residents and officials. PAGE 19
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    • 39 2 Raging Aussie fires Deadly bushfires kill 15 people in South Australia amid the summer heat and strong winds. PAGE 20 Push for Arab reform Dubai's crown prince urges the Arab media to speak out against wrongdoings. PAGE 22
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    • 23 2 Jeb Bush as president? Talk is mounting that Mr George W. Bush's brother may enter the 2008 White House race. PAGE 25
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    • 75 2 Love 'not glandular' Priest Joachim Kang says he had a very close relationship with Earishioner Emily Chan ut it was not of the "glandular kind". PAGE HI Family home, new life DP Architects founder will replace his old family home in Katong with a 17-unit freehold apartment block. PAGE
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    • 54 2 No SMA lobby The Singapore Medical Association clarifies its stand on the topic of separating prescription and dispensing in response to a Sunday Times article. PAGEHIO Not many rowdy acts A recent JC graduate says that a dangerous game known as a taupok is not a way of life
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    • 36 2 Colour Kallang red Singaporeans, let's wear red tops to Sunday's Tiger Cup final. PAGE Hll Morientes' challenge Liverpool want to pit the Spanish striker this Saturday against Man United once his transfer is complete. PAGEHI4
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    • 50 2 Shares dip after error A trader's data-entry error caused the shares and covered warrants of Thai-based cellphone operator Total Access Communication to plunge yesterday. PAGEH2I $36b in infrastructure Jakarta will offer $36 billion worth of projects next week, drawing Singapore companies to a summit on the developments. PAGE H22
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  • 637 3  -  Krist Boo Industry players say it is achievable, but only if the country as a whole pulls together By "In Thailand, the whole country is behind tourism, from the Prime Minister to the small boy. We can spend millions of dollars advertising, but
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  • 506 4  - SIA is on course to save $800m Karamjit Kaur It expects to hit it next year, says CEO, but he warns of challenges ahead By Transport (Torrtspontient SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) expects, to have shaved $800 million or 10 per cent from its costs next year, meeting the target it announced
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  • 149 4 PHOTOS: IPod Shuffle Weighing less than 30g, it will cost $178 for the 512M8 version (which can hold 120 songs) and $268 for the IGB (240 songs). Smaller and lighter than a candy bar, the new device (right) is based on Apple's shuffle technology, which
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  • 457 4  - Jobs does the SHUFFLE Grace Chng By In San Francisco But Creative's Sim js not impressed APPLE Computer has upped the ante in the MP3 player and computer markets, unveiling a new iPod and the cheapest Mac computer ever. Announced at the annual Macworld exposition in San Francisco, the oh-so-tiny
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  • ASIA
    • 528 6  - Sri Lanka's long-term need: JOBS Tracy Quek S'pore can cooperate with country to help its economic recovery, says Tharman By In Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) SRI LANKA'S long-term priority will be to generate jobs for the thousands who lost their livelihoods after the Dec 26 tsunami disaster. Singapore can collaborate with
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    • 250 6 BRYAN Wong, who hosted Sunday's Ren Ci Charity Show, will be flying with six other MediaCorp artistes to Sri Lanka on a relief mission this evening. They are part of a 54--strong team made up of doctors, nurses, social workers, pharmacists and
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    • 691 8  -  Chang Ai-Lien Autopsy details art matched against dental records and DNA samples By Science Correspondent "We can no longer help the dead, but we hope, in a small way, to be able to give the grieving family members some closure if their loved ones
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    • 508 8  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok PRIME Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has pledged more than 69 billion baht (552.9 billion) in fi-* nancial aid and credit schemes for individuals and businesses hit by the tsunami. Over five billion baht is earmarked
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    • 242 8 Bangkok UNTIL two weeks ago, Mr Smith Thammasaroj was a prophet without honour. As the chief of Thailand's meteorological department in 1998, he was accused of scaremongering when he warned that the country's south-west coast could face a deadly tsunami. He retired from his
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    • 666 9  -  Arti Mulchand 42 relatives ofthe Singapore-based Acehnese journalist died in the disaster By. SHE had spent six days covering the aftermath of the Boxing Day tsunami. Waiting to leave, on the tarmac of the Sultan Iskandar Muda Air Base in Aceh on Jan 2,
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    • 440 9  -  Banda Aceh LAST ONES STANDING: A mosque in Ulee Lheu, a village Bkm from the coast, is one of the few things left intact in the village in Aceh, where Singaporebased journalist Eva Masrieva (in picture on the right, standing fourth from
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    • 257 9  -  Bonhomme Richard Aboard The USS US MARINES have agreed not to take weapons with them on relief missions in Aceh, and almost all will return to their ships at night, following Indonesian objections to armed US troops and their setting up of a
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    • 74 10 Troops on the ground are bringing muchneeded relief to the people of disasterstruck Aceh and they come from all over the world. These pictures show relief teams from the United States, Spain, Germany, Russia and Australia in action. The troops help in a variety of ways,
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    • 473 10 Record $1.2b in aid pledged Never before has so much money been collected in so little time, says UN coordinator Geneva THE United Nations (UN) has secured aid commitments worth US$7l7 million (Ssl.2 billion) for the Indian Ocean tsunami relief effort over the next six months. UN humanitarian relief coordinator
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    • 141 10 "We are all in this for the long haul, and Singapore stands ready to support the UN and the affected countries. We are a small country and what we can do is but a drop in the ocean, but we will continue to render our fullest
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      10 12 TEXT: GRAPHICS: PHOTO: ANGELINA CHOY LIM YONG CHEW SENG KIM
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    • 586 12  -  David Boey International relief efforts showing results, with basic services restored By In Meulaboh CELLPHONES are ringing in Meulaboh. Essential services like medical care, rubbish collection and telecommunications have been restored in this devastated town, indicating that the massive international relief effort is showing
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    • 477 16  -  Derwin Pereira Process covers rescue and relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction By Indonesia Bureau Chief In Medan THE Indonesian government has drawn up a three-phase programme to rebuild the tsunami-hit Aceh province. Aides close to Vice-Presi-dent Jusuf Kalla, who heads the national coordinating council on the
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    • 83 16  -  KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is doing his bit to raise funds for the victims of the tsunamis. He has gamely agreed to play chauffeur for nine lucky {>eople in a posh Porscne Cayenne four-wheel drive for three aps each at the Sepang International
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    • 80 16  -  BEIJING: A concert titled "Love from China", featuring Hong Kong and mainland pop artistes, was held at the Beijing Capital Gymnasium over the weekend to raise funds for tsunami victims. Some 10,000 tickets priced at 100 yuan (Ss2o) each were sold out in 10
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    • 155 16 LOS ANGELES: A television benefit show for victims of the Asian tsunami featuring Madonna, Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Elton John and a string of celebrities has run into controversy in the United States, before a note has been played or a dollar pledged. Fox
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    • 101 16 MUMBAI: Leading singers and songwriters from India's Bollywood film industry will record a song on "wave of sadness" this week to raise money for tsunami survivors, a well-known composer said on Tuesday. "The song aims to give hope to the victims and to garner support
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    • 92 16 BANGKOK: Puerto Rican pop star Ricky Martin met Thai officials yesterday to discuss the fate of children orphaned by the tsunami that struck the country's south-west coast. Martin, who has lent his celebrity to help the United Nations Children's Fund, said he would
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    • 68 16 LONDON: England football team captain and Real Madrid star David Beckham will make a worldwide television appeal on behalf of tsunami victims after being appointed as a goodwill ambassador of Unicef yesterday. Unicef said Beckham's 30-second announcement would be a valuable fund-raising tool as the organisation seeks
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    • 244 16 A JOINT parliamentary delegation from Singapore and Indonesia will be visiting the tsunami-stricken towns of Meulaboh and Banda Aceh today. The Singapore delegation, comprising MPs from the Government Parliamentary Committees of Defence and Foreign Affairs, and Health, will be led by Mr Cedric
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    • 303 16 PUTRAJAYA SOME employers in tsunamihit states of Kedah and Penang have drawn flak from the government for allegedly dismissing or docking the pay of workers who took leave after the disaster. The government is investigating allegations that 20 tsunami survivors have either
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    • 571 17 'Yes, we've made mistakes' Tung admits to shortcomings after public reprimand by Chinese President Hong Kong HONG Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa, admitting to shortcomings and inadequacies in his leadership, pledged yesterday to listen more closely to the people and to address the city's growing poverty problem. Mr Tung's
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    • 623 17  -  Ching Cheong NEWS ANALYSIS By Chief China Correspondent In Hong Kong "We will staunchly preserve the core values of our society, which include continuous self-improve-ment, honouring of agreements and contracts, fair competition, respect for personal dignity, protection of private property, charity and benevolence, filial piety
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    • 228 17 Beijing A PRESS conference held here by South Korean legislators investigating China's treatment of North Korean refugees was broken up forcibly yesterday by unidentified men claiming to be from the Chinese Foreign Ministry. The team was to brief the press about its fact-finding trip
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    • 555 18  -  Goh Sui Noi Private-sector representatives negotiating Chinese New Year charters By In Beijing Lawrence Chung In Taipei CHINA and Taiwan took a step closer to ground-breaking direct flights as the two sides edged towards agreement on negotiation by private-sector representatives. Beijing yesterday
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
      • 71 18 BEIJING: China will double investment in railways this year to 100 billion yuan (Ss2o billion) to help the rail system keep pace with rapid economic growth and ease transport bottlenecks. "The ministry will draw investments from local governments, businesses and foreign countries to build
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      • 71 18 HONG KONG: A heron found dead near Hong Kong's border with mainland China was carrying a bird flu virus, but further tests are needed to determine if it is the strain that has killed people, health officials said yesterday. The bird, found
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      • 62 18 KUALA LUMPUR: A former security guard has been sentenced to 54 years in jail and 24 strokes of the cane for raping his three daughters. The 47-year-old Malaysian, whose identity was not revealed, was convicted in Kuantan. His daughters were between six and 10
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      • 73 18 HANOI: The Chinese coast guard fired on two Vietnamese fishing boats in separate attacks in the Gulf of Tonkin, killing nine Vietnamese fishermen and wounding six others, an executive said yesterday. Mr Nguyen Phi Phuong of Hung Cuong Fishing Cooperative in Thanh Hoa province said one
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    • 70 19 'mWmWWttWmttmMmWWWWWttWWWWWWa mar troops on a stronghold of Karen National Union rebels on Tuesday. The raid sparked the first clash between government soldiers and the rebels since heir ceasefire declared 13 months ago. After the lighting subsided, seven Myanmar soldiers surrendered to Karen rebels and the bodies
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    • 251 19 Manila THE World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday it will send a laboratory and epidemiology experts to the Philippine city of Baguio to help determine whether a bacterial outbreak which has killed 19 people is meningococcemia. Mr Jean-Marc Olive, WHO's representative in the Philippines, said
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    • 593 19  - KL raises dengue alert as cases multiply Reme Ahmad Government issues health warnings m Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Penang and Pahang By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur f PANDAN Jaya, which is Bkm away from the Petronas Towers, is one of the areas nit hard by the dengue outbreak in
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    • 8 H1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY JANUARY 13, 2005
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    • 684 H1  -  Elena Chong LAWSUIT AGAINST CONVICTED PRIEST "It wasn't the glandular kind. It had nothing to do with the rise and fall of oestrogen... I will describe the relationship as affection like that between parents and their children or between siblings." PRIEST JOACHIM KANG
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    • 688 H2  -  M. NIRMALA Ll Xueying MPs' REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS MPs heartened by new govt tack in balancing family life and economy By IN HIS 20 years as a Member of Parliament, Dr Wang Kai Yuen counts last night's President's Address as one of those
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    • 426 H2  - - SUE-ANN CHIA INTERVIEWS BY Do MPs have a new resolution for this new session of Parliament? This is what they had to say. SEE IDEAS BLOOM "I hope to hit a home run in the promotion of entrepreneurship. The ideas must be implemented and people must
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      • 78 H2 A NEW polyclinic opened in Sengkang yesterday. It provides outpatient treatment and caters for Sengkang residents, especially women and children in the new housing estate. Special services for women include breast and cervical cancer screening, antenatal and postnatal care, and family planning advice. Parents can
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      • 91 H2 MINISTER for the Environment and Water Resources, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, will lead a Singapore delegation to Mauritius today for a United Nations conference on small island states. The conference will review and discuss concrete actions that need to be taken by governments to
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      • 107 H2 THE Tamil Internet Steering Committee's mission to develop and bring together Tamil content on the Net will now be overseen by the Tamil Language Council. Dr Lee Boon Yang, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, said: "In view of the recent changes in
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      • 149 H2 THE tender for a 21,985 sq m plot of land near the unopened Buangkok MRT station attracted nine bids, with the highest at $172.52 million, the Singapore Land Authority announced yesterday. The 99-year leasehold plot at the junction of Sengkang Central and Buangkok Drive, which
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    • 286 H2 TAKING THE LEAD "DrKwong's solid credentials both in industry and research will be instrumental in leading the institute to take on new challenges in the electronics frontier." PROF CHONG TOW CHONG, on Prof Kwong Dim-Lee (right) ONE of the world's leading microelectronics researchers, Professor Kwong Dim-Lee,
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    • 52 H3 That's the concept Mr Koh has for the apartment block, located on the 12,000 sq ft site in Green Lane, off Tanjong Katong Road. "I wanted a concept in which man is living in harmony with nature. That's why plants feature very strongly." MR KOH
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    • 525 H3  - Architect to turn family home into flats Daryl Loo 1 2,000 sq ft Katong site will be transformed into 5-storey freehold apartment block By Some units for family NOT all the units at One K Green Lane will be for sale, said Mr Koh. For old times' sake, his own
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    • 387 H4  - Ex- top exec guilty of duping May bank of $28m in credit Chong Chee Kin He and accomplice used false invoices in conspiracy to cheat bank By TWO men one of them a former top executive were convicted yesterday after they admitted to being part of a conspiracy to dupe
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    • 152 H4 THE chairman of NTUC FairPrice, Mr S. Chandra Das, was awarded an honorary degree by St John's University in New York on Tuesday. He was made a doctor of commercial science. It was Mr Das' second honorary degree. The first was from the
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    • 203 H4 A 20-YEAR-OLD youth threatened a salesgirl with a knife after she refused him a refund for a shirt. Mohammad Sallahuddin Mohammad Abdooh, who has a history of mental illness and borderline intelligence, was sentenced yesterday to 15 months' probation after pleading guilty to criminal
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    • 203 H4 THE police are stepping up security measures for this year's Chinese New Year events. They are expecting a turnout of more than 80,000 revellers, and will be working with Cisco, the Traffic Police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force to monitor and control crowd
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    • 573 H5  -  Ben Nadarajan His own claim of $1.2 million in shares, unpaid wages is dismissed By AN ENGINEER who took his publicly-listed electronics firm to court for not paying what it had promised for buying his invention, has ended up facing a hefty
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    • 332 H5  - Chatline fiend got 13 -year- old girl pregnant Chong Chee Kin By MOHAMMAD Johan Hamzah embodies every parent's worst fears about chatlines and Internet chatrooms. First, the jobless 22-year-old used a chatline to befriend a 13-year-old, began a relationship with her, made her pregnant, then abandoned her. Then, a couple
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    • 414 H5  -  Khushwant Singh BEATING OF ALLEGED LOVER By Seven charged APART from Tan Chee Hong, others on trial facing the same charge are his son Tan Wei Yi, 21; the accused's two brothers, Tan Chee Loon, 47, and Chee Keong, 48; Wei Yi's
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    • 75 H8 PHOTO: PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO BATTLE PLAN IN PLACE: Mr Sim said his company would put out more MP3 players and accessories soon, including the Zen Micro Photo, which won Creative yet another award in Las Vegas last Friday. AFP NO BIG CHALLENGE: The iPod Shuffle, introduced
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    • 168 H8 A VISITING United States congressional delegation met Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday for discussions that included closer economic links and countering the threat of terrorism. The five-member team, led by Representative Joseph Crowley, called on Mr Lee
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    • 447 H8  - Want a bigger bite of the Apple? It won't be easy Grace Chng NEWS ANALYSIS By APPLE'S latest MP3 product has been dismissed by Singapore's own digital entertainment giant, Creative Technology. As the creator of Sound Blaster sound cards, Creative's knowledge of digital music is wide and deep, spanning almost
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      • 329 H10 TAUPOK' IN JUNIOR COLLEGE I REFER to the letter, "Put an end to this dangerous JC 'game' (ST, Jan 11). While not undermining and trivialising the concerns of the writer regarding the "taupok" incidents, I think that he has overreacted. Orientation games for students
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      • 215 H10 I REFER to the letter, "Put an end to this dangerous JC 'game' (ST, Jan 11), by Mr Justin Situ Ren Jun. I agree that the "rowdy behaviour", described as "taupok", is dangerous. However, I am surprised that "it can
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      • 297 H10 I REFER to the letter, "Immigration hurdle for doc ailing from cancer" (ST, Jan 10). We would like to assure the public that the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) is sensitive to the needs of our customers, including foreigners in Singapore for medical treatment.
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        • 974 H11  -  Yap Koon Hong Wear a red top if you're headed for the Tiger Cup final this Sunday By Sports Editor Tiger Cup final SECOND LEG Singapore v Indonesia Sunday, National Stadium, 7.30pm »live,Ch24, 7.25pm TICKET UPDATE Grandstand sold out. When: Sales from today to Saturday
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        • 490 H11  -  Alvin Foo HOW I'M SUPPORTING THE LIONS By This family will be there by 3pm YOUNG and old, rain or shine, Sunny Lee, 49, and his family of six will be at the National Stadium. The Lions' official fan club member will be
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        • 187 H12  -  SELENA LUM THREE Singapore youths appeared in a district court yesterday accused of assaulting a Myanmar football fan at the National Stadium during the second leg of the Tiger Cup semi-final on Jan 2. Muhammad Raini Adil, Muhammad Nur Yusof and Abdul Qayum Mohamed Subi, all
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        • 407 H12  -  Tan Kim Han HE MISSED THE BOAT By AHMAD Latiff Khamarudin could have been a member of the Tiger Cup football squad. He was summoned for the assignment last October, but ignored it as the preparations clashed with his two-week
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        • 805 H13  -  Tan Kim Han »THE SPORTS INTERVIEW: AGU CASMIR The Singapore Lions 1 Nigerian-born striker insists his poor form was due to injury By AGU Casmir believes he is a much misunderstood footballer. When the Nigeria-born striker's goal tap ran dry he went eight games without
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          • 70 H13 THE 6th Asian Netball Championships has been postponed till Sep 3-11. Originally slated to be held in Singapore from Feb 19-27, the tournament was pushed back after requests from participants Sri Lanka and the Maldives, both of which were badly affected by last month's killer waves. The
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          • 57 H13 SINGAPORE swimmer Shana Lim finished second in the girls' 200m individual medley at the Queensland State Championships yesterday. She clocked 2min 33.665ec in the final behind winner Australian Kacey Pilgrim, who finished in 2min 32.155ec. Mylene Ong, another Singaporean, won bronze in the girls' 200m
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          • 123 H13 SINGAPORESAILING is embarking on a fund raising project, called Sail for HOPE, to support the efforts of the Singapore Red Cross Society in raising funds for the countries hit by killer waves. The fund raising effort will be held at the National Sailing Centre on
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      • 404 H14 BASKETBALL Phoenix (Arizona) AMARE Stoudemire showed little respect for his boyhood idol Shaquille O'Neal. The Phoemx Suns gave the rest of the Miami Heat a rude welcome, too, as Stoudemire scored 34 points to help .the West-leading Suns win
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      • 489 H14 SOCCER Liverpool wants the striker for clash with United once transfer is finalised Liverpool FERNANDO Morientes is set for a baptism of fire in English football. Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez revealed yesterday he wants to throw last season's Champions League top scorer into Saturdays
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      • 234 H14 »GOLF London NOT even US$l million (551.65 million) could persuade caddie Dave Renwick to stick with Vijay Singh. The Scot dumped the richest bag in golf because he was not shown enough respect by the surly Vijay. Renwick,
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        • 90 H14 PARIS: The lOC has pulled the plug on the BBC's plans for a televised debate between the five cities bidding for the 2012 Olympics. Paris, London, Madrid, New York and Moscow had all agreed in principle to the programme, which was to be shown
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        • 81 H14 MADRID: England captain David Beckham took his first stab at Spanish in public after Real Madrid's 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid and was warmly applauded by the press. "El parti do con Atletico was mucho mejor para todos (The game against Atletico was much
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      • 748 H14 BASKETBALL NBA: Cleveland 100 Charlotte 98 (OT), Atlanta 103 Milwaukee 80, Detroit 89 New Jersey 80, New Orleans 88 NY Knicks 82, Indiana 86 Memphis 85, Phoenix 122 Miami 107, Sacramento 109 Denver 100, Seattle 104 LA Clippers 99. CRICKET Limited-overs tour match in Adelaide: Pakistan 279-8 in 50
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      • OBITUARIES
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          79 H14 EE AH CHOY (Wife of late Sadhu Singh Riard) Village: Bharth Age: 86 passed away peacefully on 12 Jan 2005, leaving behind loved ones. Children: Spouse: (Santokh Singh, deceased) Harbans Kaur Sulochana Kaur Pritam Singh Teriok Singh Mahindar Kaur Naranjan Singh Catherine Brown Pritam Singh Phuong Lan Charan Kor Kreta
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          90 H14 ALYC E DE SOUZA nee TIONG SUE HONG Age: 52 passed away on 11.01.05 leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Christopher O. De Souza Daughter: Yuki'e Ann De Souza (Mother: Mdm Beh Ah Hiok, deceased) Brother: Teo Kim Chai Wife: Ng Chwee Eng Sister: Teyu Yan Lang Husband: Chia Teck Leng
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          101 H14 LAdmanathan (Mani) (Formerly from Mount Emily) Aged: 48 passed away peacefully on 11 January 2005, Tuesday. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. rWife: Banumathi Daughter Kokila Father: (S. Narayanasamy, deceased) Mother (N. Meenachyammal, deceased) Uncle: Aunt (Jaganathan. deceased) R. Letchumee Brothers: Sisters-in-law. Visunathan Saroja Rehunathan Shanthi Lim Hua
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          29 H14 1 9th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of SUNANDA AYYATHAN (W/O P. Achuthan) Departed 13.1.86 Love's greatest gift Remembrance. Always remembered b Husband, Sons, Daughters, Daughter-in-law, Grandson, Granddaughters loved ones.
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          29 H14 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to the famiry of the late CPL TOOBY KENNETH BENEDICT Departed 1 1 lan 2005 From: The Commissioner Staff of Singapore Civil Defence Force
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      • OBITUARIES
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          141 H15 LEE CHENG YEW LEE INN NAN Age: 74 passed away peacefully on 1 1 January 2005. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Hong Nam Sang deceased) Sons: Daughters-In-Law: Hong Peng Wai, Philip Bin fee Luan, Hong Tuck Choy, Tong Hoe Yeow, Albert Evelyn Hong Tuck Kwong, Ng
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          92 H15 FOO LIAN ENG AGE: 91 passed away peacefully on 12 Jan 2005. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Lim Hong Jeow Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lim Joo Toon (Woon Kim Lan, deceased) Lim Joo Juan Karen Lai Yee Poh Daughter: Son-in-law. Lim Siew Kiak Serene Lee Chee Chee Grandchildren:
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          52 H15 S. OTHUMAN GHANI Departed on 2 Jan 2005 Deeply loved and missed by Wife: Sun u Daughter: Anisha Soiußhareth and loved ones. Athma Shanti Pooja will be held at 7.30pm on Sunday 16 Jan 2005 at Sri Sivan Temple, 24 Geylang East Ave 2, 5(*****2) Please treat this as a
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          32 H15 14th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of: DORIS LIM AH UAN Departed 13 Jan 2000 Memories Of You Will Always Remain In Our Hearts Deeply Missed Always Remembered By: Family And Loved Ones
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          52 H15 m 1 mf i iw w*M In Loving Memory Of I Our Dear Friend j (GEORGE LOW TECK CHYE Departed on 13 lan 98 We still remembei you I fondly in our hearts I Though many years have since passed Lovingly remembered by: Kian Tin. Ginny, Godson Adrian, Meng Hoon,
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          127 H15 I With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Tham Khai Wor and family on the demise of his beloved father THAM TUCK YEN 11 Jan 2005 From colleagues of Singapore Press Holdings Alan Chan Lim Jim Koon Alvin Tay Lista Chang Amy Ho Low Huan Ping Arthur Sect Mable
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          156 H15 "Those who are sent, come, O Nanak; when they are called back, they depart and go. (SGGS PG 1239 Salok Mehla 2) SARDARNI HARN AM KAUR SAN I) H I J (Village. Makhi Kalan) Age: 92 passed away peacefully on 12 January 2005. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved
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          62 H15 7th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of GEORGE LOW TECK CHYE Departed on 13 Jan 1998 Gone from our lives one so dear But in our hearts forever near. Always cherished deeply missed by: Your Mother, Devoted Wife, Loving Children, Sons-in-law, Grandson, Granddaughter, Godson, Brothers, Sisters, Relatives, Friends Loved Ones. Mass
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          48 H15 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to the Tham family on the demise of their beloved father THAM TUCK YEN 1 1 January 2005 From: The Directors, Management Staff of Continental Steel Pte Ltd Mr Mrs Leonard Soh Mr Mrs Chua Kiam Seng Mr Mrs Yip Seong Ching
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          104 H15 Mr Marc Mak's beloved father IMAK KEE LENG SOO Age: 65 passed away peacefully on 11 January 2005, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Sai Moi Sons: Daughters-in-law: Mak Chee Hong Khor Lay Eng Mak Chee Cheong, Marc Stella Ho Daughters: Sons-in-law: Mak Lai Chun Low Swee Chin Mak Lai Yoke
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          36 H15 IWith Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Tham Khai Wor Mr Tham Khai Meng on the demise of their beloved father THAM TUCK YEN Departed 11 January 2005 From Management Staff of orocoior IMAGING SEPARATION PRINT
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          41 H15 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Tham Khai War Senior Executive Vice-President, Marketing Division of Singapore Press Holdings on the demise of his beloved father THAM TUCK YEN Departed on 11 January 2005 JQ EU SCN PRINTERS PTE LTD
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      • MONEY
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        • 45 H16 6065 Diamonds US2o6ocd 6095 IS DJ US Tech U***** 6097 IS MSCI Spore U5555 6101 ISS&PSOO U***** ***** ***** 6170 SPDRS USII2OO 2116 1775 6235 STI ETF 100 2100 -1 2 2109 2100 2120.4 1736 6236 STI ETF IOPV 2100.3 -12.4 ***** *****
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        • 436 H17 Deficit balloons in November as a result of high oil import bill and a drop in exports Washington THE United States' trade deficit widened unexpectedly in November to a record US$6O.3 billion (5599.4 billion), propelled by the highest-ever oil import bill and a drop
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        • 96 H17 THE US trade deficit has continued to rise despite a 50 per cent drop in the value of the greenback against the euro over the past three years, which had been expected to gradually narrow the gap. Wall Street had expected the trade gap to narrow to US$54
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        • 558 H17 San Francisco INTEL, the world's biggest chipmaker, reported on Tuesday its highest-ever quarterly revenue of US$9.6 billion (5515.9 billion) and boosted its budget for factory and manufacturing investments by more than US$l billion as profits exceeded Wall Street expectations. The bellwether report, the first
          Reuter; NEW YORK TIMES  -  558 words
        • 274 H17 NYSE fines Morgan Stanley record $31m New York THE New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) yesterday imposed a US$l9 million (5531.3 million) fine on investment bank Morgan Stanley, the largest ever meted out by the exchange, for various regulatory and supervisory lapses. It also censured the investment bank. In a statement,
          Reuter; BLOOMBERG NEWS  -  274 words
        • 44 H17 Yesterday's close: 11,453.39 (-86.6 points) Japanese stocks closed lower in broad-based selling, with a drop in shares in the United States and a weaker US dollar against the yen prompting investors to take a breather after the market's recent rally. REUTERS
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        • 33 H17 Yesterday's close: 13,565.31 (+56.06 points) Hong Kong stocks ended in positive territory after six days of losses, in what traders said was a technical rebound from oversold conditions. REUTERS
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        • 31 H17 Yesterday's close: 1,256.92 (-0.54 point) Chinese share prices closed little changed as household appliance manufacturers and the banks were dragged down by quick profit-taking after recent gains. AFP
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        • 39 H17 Yesterday's close: 4.070.4 (-2 points) Australian share prices closed little changed as weakness in the banking sector and News Corp offset > gains in resources. Market turnover was 1.32 billion shares worth A52.93 billion (553.67 billion). AFP
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        • 40 H17 Yesterday's close: 933.33 (-1-2.7 points) Malaysian share prices closed 0.30 per cent higher, as selective buying was offset by profit-taking aimed at blue chips. Volume was 639.38 million shares, worth some RMI 25 billion (***** million). AFP
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          44 H17 Yesterday's close-. 6,103 (-120 points) Despite impressive results from Infosys, the Indian market failed to retain early gains. Aftershocks of Tuesday's sharp decline of 85.67 points were felt in the market, as stocks got hammered for a third straight day. BLOOMBERG NEWS
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        • 38 H17 Yesterday's close: 1,008.57 (-3.09 points) Indonesian share prices closed 0 31 per cent lower as traders took profit in pulp and paper firm Indah Kiat, with market heavyweight Telkom also down on extended profit-taking. AFP
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        • 37 H17 Yesterday's close--694.63 points (+2.66 points) Thai share prices closed 0.38 per cent higher, boosted by selective buying in late trading. Trading volume totalled 5.2 billion shares, worth some 20.9 billion baht (SsB9o million). AFP
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        • 232 H17 Jan 12 Stock Name Wt Close Change ML 209 3.000 -0.020 OCBC 10.10 13.900 -0.100 Parkway H 25c 0.69 1.520 -0.020 People's Food 0.46 1.570 -0.020 SGXIc 1.20 1.850 +0.040 SIA 50c 4.57 11.300 SPH 20c 5.02 4.560 -0.020 ST Engg 10c 1.81 2.430 -0.050 STATSChP2Sc
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        • 69 H17 UM 1c 94,396,000 Meghmani SDS 55,391,000 Citiraya 2.5c 35,522,000 TAC SGA eCW*****0 28,042,000 Bio-Treat HK4Oc 21,624,000 Datacraft 10c 19,854,000 Sunningdale 15c 17,248,000 DMX Tech US5c 15,700,000 China Petro 4c 15,256,000 China Sun HK25c 13,685,000 Jan 12 UniFiber 10c 13,421,000 Leong Hin 20c 13,300,000 SingTel 15c 13,069,000 DatacrattOß eCW*****5
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        • 147 H17 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): Jan 12 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY I Source: HSBC Bank USA, Spore Branch (*M'sian nnggit: Interbank rate by OCBC) UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2430 1.2590 Can dollar 1.3360 1.3520 Euro 2.1370 2.1610 Malaysian ringgit*
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        • 563 H18 Coffers swell as speculators bet on a rise in yuan value, and trade surplus and foreign investment grow Beijing CHINA'S foreign exchange reserves last year soared to a record U*****.9 billion (Ssl trillion) from U*****.3 billion in 2003 as speculators betting on a
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        • 244 H18 Beijing AN OFFICIAL audit of 181 Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) found that 120 submitted incomplete financial information, while 13 falsified records outright, state press reported yesterday. "The key trouble-makers are financial intermediaries," the Xinhua news agency quoted Mr Meng Jianmin, an official with the State-owned
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          • 100 H18 SINGAPORE: GIC Real Estate (GIC RE), the property investment arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), has acquired a Malaysian shopping mall for RM9S million (5541.1 million). Swiss Advanced Technology Institute is developing the threestorey Jusco Mall in Seremban 2,
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          • 56 H18 NEW DELHI: Bharti Tele-Ven-tures, India's largest provider of GSM cellphone services, has raised US$354 million (*****.4 million) in long-term foreign loans to fund its expansion, it said yesterday. Bharti said it had raised US$254 million from Swedish export credit agency EKN and another US$lOO
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          • 66 H18 BANGALORE: Indian software bellwether Infosys Technologies reported a better-than-expected 52 per cent jump in quarterly net profit to 4.97 billion rupees (*****.8 million), on strong outsourcing demand and raised its full-year earnings forecast. India's second-largest software services exporter said it expected earnings per share to
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        • 320 H18 Brussels THE United States and the European Union (EU) on Tuesday agreed to return to the negotiating table to curtail aid to Boeing and Airbus, calling a truce over the biggest dispute in the history of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The two sides
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        • 407 H19  -  Lorna Tan Cash incentive will apply to agents who secure tenants for the developer By MARKING a first in the property industry here, Ascendas is rolling out an eye-popping new incentive scheme which provides individual cash payments of up to $100,000 for
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        • 206 H19 CITIBANK'S priority customers will soon be able to watch mountain gorillas in Uganda or play a round of golf on South Africa's finest courses if they chalk up enough points under a new loyalty scheme. The CitiGold Member Rewards programme, launched
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        • 215 H19  -  Joyce Hooi By THE drive by former consumer retail-focused Brother International Singapore to woo the corporate market is paying off. The manufacturer of printers and digital imaging technology yesterday said that local corporate sales soared 200 per cent last year, its first full year
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      • 551 H20  -  It allegedly did not inform furniture firm when its stake crossed 5% By Carolyn Hong Malaysia Correspondent In Kuaia Lumpur RECEIVING some stock in a company as part of a debt settlement 2V. years ago has come back to haunt the Malaysian subsidiary of OCBC
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      • 394 H20  -  By Karamjit Kaur Transport Correspondent THE rebound in air travel, particularly from low-cost carriers, has spurred Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (Sale) to go shopping for up to 50 new planes. The company, which is 35.5 per cent owned by Singapore Airlines,
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      • 138 H20 MAINBOARD-LISTED Sin Soon Huat said yesterday that net profit for the first half ended Nov 30 last year jumped to $3.5 million, eight times the corresponding figure of $435,000 a year earlier. The stockist of industrial materials and welding products added that sales grew
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      • 115 H20 MALAYSIA'S top investment bank, CDMB, said yesterday there was no certainty that its planned "material business transaction" would be concluded, though it still aimed to announce a deal today. "The company intends to make an announcement of a material business transaction on Jan 13, in
        Reuter  -  115 words
      • 117 H20 RAFFLES International has sealed a contract to manage a hotel in Shanghai that is due to open in 2007. It said the deal marks its first foray into the buoyant Shanghai market and further strengthens its foothold in China. The 478-room Swissotel Grand Shanghai will
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      • 569 H21  -  Error leads to firm's warrants being traded at a heavy discount for brief period By Azhar Khalid A WRONG keystroke by a trader in Hong Kong sent shares and covered warrants of Total Access Communication (TAC) into a tailspin yesterday and left the
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      • 458 H21  -  By Lee Su Shyan Companies Correspondent SHAREHOLDERS of main-board-listed Global Active could be forgiven for feeling left in the lurch after the company said at noon yesterday it would issue a profit warning but then failed to provide details by last night.
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      • 613 H21 ORNAMENTAL fish breeder Qian Hu managed to hook itself a small profit at the end of the year after spending the third quarter under water. Qian Hu's annual profits were down 77 per cent to $1.6 million and turnover for the year ended
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      • 425 H21  -  By Azhar Khalid A SLIGHT glitch on Wall Street was reason enough for local traders to dump blue chips yesterday, grab the profits and head for the exit. Disappointing corporate earnings in the United States set the ball rolling. Wall Street ended lower
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      • 240 H21 DIRECTORS' TRADES INTER-ROLLER EXECS BUY MORE SHARES IN A vote of confidence for the company, insiders continued to pick up more shares in InterRoller Engineering on the open market. Filings with the Singapore Exchange show that chairman Lim Yong Wah bought 50,000 Inter-Roller shares at 75 cents apiece on Tuesday,
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      • 688 H22  -  Nicholas Fang Major S'pore firms heading to Jakarta next week to get slice ofthe pie By Lucrative contracts up for grabs About 91 infrastructure projects worth $36.3 billion are on offer. Details will be unveiled at a Jakarta summit next week. Projects include
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      • 23 H22 BUYING SELLING Australian dollar 1.2430 1.2590 Euro 2.1370 2.1610 Sterling pound 3.0600 3.0960 US dollar 1.6300 1.6480 Yen (100 units) 1.5769 1.5944
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      • 8 H22 UP DOWN Gainers: 162 Losers: 241 Unchanged: 412
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      • 197 H22 CFA INSTITUTE SURVEY Hong Kong ASIAN companies are getting better at disclosing corporate and financial information to investors, with Australia and South Korea topping a survey released by the CFA Institute yesterday. Nearly 70 per cent of the 1,219 finance professionals surveyed said the quality
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    • FEATURES
      • 891 8 ABOUT A PLAYBOY N 1953, British novelist lan Fleming created one of the world's most famous characters in his novel Casino Royale James Bond. Handsome, sharply dressed, suave and debonair, the bachelor spy was, some say, the founding father of swinging modern bachelorhood. With his love for fast cars, women,
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    • 1178 10 CAD TO THE BONE tox^mdesTntS r^ S £.d world of playboys. SANDRA LEONG shows you how to spot them WANTS TO: Get hitched to the woman of his dreams, move into a suburban flat decorated with furniture from Courts and have an army of children he can chauffeur around in
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      302 12 BOYS AT PLAY The Singapore Playboy is hard to pin down, asJANICE WONG discovers. But she persuades three to talk he Singapore Playboy is a varied species with no distinct traits, age group and modus operandi. About the only thing that binds this tribe is that he is a smooth
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    • 465 13 300 names in his Palm Pilot Sheldon Lee, 33, a fit, handsome and single Singaporean fund manager of Chinese and Englisn parentage. He lives with his parents in an Huß flat and does not own a car. "After I broke up with my girlfriend four years ago, I
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    • 550 13 From club lo church The scion of a wealthy family that owns a property investment company, the pudgy 37-year-old is divorced with an eight-year-old daughter. He is a director in the family business. He lives in a bungalow in Katong and currently drivesaßMW323. "My wild days started at
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    • 546 14 Models and air stewardesses his forte A 33 j yearold plairrlooking investment banker who is single and admits to being perpetually on the prcwl. He lives in a condominium apartment ana drives a Mercedes. He does not want to reveal his name because "it would spoil my reputation
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    • 453 14 For Angel Tan, the carpark at Zouk is the starting point of her dating adventures, an opportunity to suss out the rich from the riff raff. Her eyes are trained on the owners of fast cars as they enter the club. Then, the pretty
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    • 532 15 How celebs deal with playboys Jamie Yeo, 27, Perfect 10DJ "Guys come up to me and offer to buy me drinks or chat me up at clubs. I give them the cold shoulder and give one-word answers like yes and no. Then I walk away. Now I have my husband
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    • 464 15 Victoria Ekstrom, 1 9, student "A man once said to me that he has his own car and house and asked rf I would like to stay the night. I told him I have my own house and that I was going back to
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    • 872 16 FAST CARS FANCY WOMEN A man with the right car can make a woman go vroom, says LEOWJU-LEN Peacocks have bright shiny feathers, baboons have large red backsides, and men? We have Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Porsches. Indeed, a playboy without an appropriate appendage is pretty much mankind's equivalent of a
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    • BEAUTY
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        211 17 GET THE RED CARPET Kathy Kaehler, personal trainer to celestial bodies, says beauty is just pain hard work ennifer Aniston's arms, Cindy Crawford's abs, Michelle Pfeiffer's legs and Claudia Schiffer's rear. Sound like a recipe for the unattainable dream woman? According to a new book by trainer-to-the-stars Kathy
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      • 103 17 Kaehler began working with Aniston in 1994, when the popularity of Friends was beginning to grow, and is credited for the actress' perfectly shaped and toned shoulders and upper arms. THE SHOULDER SHRUG Holding weights (1 .3 kg or more, depending on strength), stand with your feet
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      • 233 17 Barrymore called on Kaehler for help when she was doing Charlie's Angels. They worked out four times a week for eight weeks before filming. THE PY LO PUSH-UP WITH A CLAP Lie face down on the floor with your knees bent, your feet lifted above your knees,
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      • 3 18 CINDY CRAWFORD'S ABS
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      • 116 18 The thought of appearing on camera in a black vinyl bodysuit would make most women weep. So when she landed the role of Catwoman in Batman Returns, Pfeiffer called Kaehler. THE SIDE-TO-SIDE HOP STEP Take a long piece of masking tape and tape it to the floor in
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      • 91 18 CLAUDIA SCHIFFER'S REAR Kaehler and Schiffer have recorded an exercise video called Perfectly Fit. THE HIP LIFT Lie on your back in front of a chair, with your knees bent and your heels on the chair seat. Your knees should be directly above your hips, your arms by your sides.
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    • FITNESS
      • 526 19 LEARNING THE ROPES Skip to it if you want to burn up calories fast PERSONALTRAINER .d-ptai Remember skipping rope as a child? Little did we realise it then but those hours of fun actually gave us a great cardio workout. In fact, skipping bums up even more calories than run
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        251 19 ♦The Reebok Speed Rope (above) is light the rope is thin, see-through plastic which can be adjusted for length and devoid of any fancy attachments. Even the handle is tiny, with barely enough plastic for you to grip, but is designed such that it won't slip out of
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      • FTTFILE
        • 72 19 Chamomile tea has been found to contain medical compounds that may help fight infections due to colds and relieve menstrual cramps. A study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry found that those who drank it had more of the compounds hippurate and gl yci
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        • 74 19 Oil for staving off cancer A Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil may cut the risk of developing breast cancer because of the oleic acid found in the oil. Scientists in Chicago ran tests and found that oleic add cuts levels of a gene called Her-2/neu thought to trigger the
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        • 91 19 Alzheimer's tumeric trial A component in tumeric spice, which makes curry yellow, can be used to treat Alzheimer's disease and lower the risks of developing the disease. American scientists found that cu reu m i n could reduce deposits of beta-amyloid proteins in the brains of elderly laboratory mice. Accumulations
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    • AGENDA
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        53 20 STORYTELLING FOR ADULTS If you've ever lied about your weight, you'll know that storytelling can be good for grown-up girls too. So escape into the calm and contemplative world in this week's stories about strong and striving women. 45 Armenian Street, The Substation, Blue Room, Fri to Sun: Bpm,
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        140 20 SPRING SINGING Tired of the traditional throne-sitters of theatre? This all-new, all-muscular male singing sensation (below) should rock you. The cast includes a Singapore Idol finalist, a national bowler, a Channel U's Next Big Thing finalist and bodacious boys. Expect music ranging from 1960s swing to rowdy retro and
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        183 20 Singapore Expo Hall 48, Sat Sun: 9am to 9pm, Free (you need only pay for purchases), Tel: 6450-6071 WE LUV HOUSE At this celebration of a local clubbing event and the most bootylicious birthday party for a two-year-old event, there will be five men to get you into the
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        704 20 LATTE DISCOUNT With 20 per cent off storewide, you can get a load of this lovely and new, lady-like brand full of flounces and fabric and fun. Proceeds from the sale will be matched dollar-for-dollar in donations to the Red Cross Fund in aid of the tsunami victims. Scotts
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        459 20 cJETSET /Tan Su-Lyn Bhutan is not for the ugly jetselter who expects everything in the city she's just arrived in to be just like they were in the city she had bft. If you have the habit of always concluding that the scene is trendier in New York or
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    • 14 21 CBBOSPAOFK H&WIN_UTK)NAL HAACHF AG, SKIN BODYCARE MfYSON TRADING DESIGN
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    • FOOD
      • 151 22 MACADAMIA MANIA Don't get a heart attack when you see the price tag on this macadamia spread. I know $1 6.25 is a lot to pay for a 250g jar of anything but this really is yummy. It's basically just ground up macadamia nuts, nothing else added. The simplest way
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        210 22 It's 2005 and you'd think we would all have moved on to a new dessert obsession. But no. Some of us still get a little buzz when we stick a fork into a chocolate fondant and see the little hot rivulet of chocolate run out So many places
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      • 135 22 The quince isn't a particularly beautiful fruit. It looks sort of like a Chinese pear but is bigger and lumpier. But this yellow-coloured fruit has been around for more than 4,000 years and you've got to respect anything that has this kind of staying power. Fresh quinces are
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      220 23 I THEBAGPAGE /Leong Su-Lin l l Fann Wong, 33, loves big bags. The svelte actress, who recently launched an autobiography which she illustrated herself, often lugs around a satchel half her "I do get a little envious when I see women carrying small bags because they look so
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