Today, 6 January 2005

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    12 1 /AehiaCofip TODAY Streats incorporating MICA (P) 103/07/2004 Thursday January 6,2005 todayonline.com I
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    Scientist warned of tsunami danger 15 years ago
    283 1 SOME 15 years ago, a top scientist warned in a report to the United Nations of the danger of tsunamis hitting the region and called for an early warning system to be set up. But the countries that he spoke to had
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    Lock icon The multi-million $ aid question
    662 1  - The multi-million aid question Tor Ching Li How will local donations for the disaster be spent? chingli@newstoday.com.sg THE outpouring of money has been unprecedented. In the 10 days since the calamitous Sumatra earthquake and tsunamis, individuals and organisations in Singapore have donated more than $18 million to the Singapore Red
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      37 1 NEWSX\VIEWS Coffee with Eddie Tay, 54, entrepreneur and philanthropist/26 Dying wish Director Amenabar's morbid fascination with death/36 Sporting donors Schumacher leads the big names in charity drive/60 56 HUNGRY ELS 'Big Easy' determined to shed bridesmaid's tag
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      More soldiers, police officers deployed for relief missions in Indonesia, Thailand
      247 2  -  Jasmine Yin THE Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and the Singapore Police Force (SPF) are beefing up disaster relief efforts as hopes of finding survivors grow dimmer. The SAF sent another 196 servicemen to Meulaboh, Aceh on board the RSS
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      Summit to decide how to spend billions in aid
      554 2  -  Derrick A Paulo in Jakarta derrick@newstoday,com.sg WORLD leaders began arriving in Jakarta yesterday for today's snap one-day summit of Asean countries to address relief and recovery efforts following last week's tsunami disaster, a meeting proposed by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
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      The splash that could be heard around the world
      864 3  -  Clement Mesenas Scientists predict the eruption of a volcano could produce mega-tsunami Foreign Editor clement@newstoday.com.sg THE Pacific Ocean has had its share of tsunamis and the horror of giant waves is fully upon us in the Indian Ocean. But scientists are
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      Lock icon Call to save 'Generation Tsunami'
      563 4  -  Tor Ching Li Unicef wants efforts to focus on the 1.5 million vulnerable children chingli@newsto day, com. sg CHILDREN remain the most vulnerable victims of the tsunami crisis as child traffickers are reportedly exploiting the situation to take children from shelter camps and sell them
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      SM Goh: Singapore responded well to tsunami crisis
      333 4  -  Tan Hut Leng SINGAPORE has done well to move quickly in its relief efforts to tsunami-hit regions, said Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong at the South-east Community Development Council's (CDC) appointment ceremony yesterday. "This regional disaster is the first major test facing
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      S'pore team of medical caregivers to arrive in Sri Lanka
      285 4  -  Wong Fei Wan WHEN nurse Pung Ai Khim told her son that she had volunteered for a medical mission to Sri Lanka, the young man teased hen "Why you so kaypoh?" But he was soon helping his 49-year-old mother with
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      How you can help ...
      172 4 How you can help Spore Red Cross Donations in cash or by cheque. Cheques are to be made out to the Singapore Red Cross Society. Indicate Tidal Waves Asia and include your name, address and telephone number on the back of the cheque. Donations can be made during office hours
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    • NEWS roundup
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        Latest news on govt portal
        42 6 For the latest news releases and information on the tsunami disaster, visit the Singapore Government portal, SINGOV, at www.gov.sg. Its Crisis and Emergencies section contains information such as travel advisories, hotline numbers and information on contact centres.
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        Lock icon Donation hotlines genuine
        69 6 Newsßadio 93.8 The Singapore Red Cross and Mercy Relief have assured Singaporeans that their donation hotlines for the tsunami disaster victims are genuine. There have been SMS messages and emails alleging that the telemachine donation line 1900-91 ***** which ask for a $10 donation is fraudulent. Mercy
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        Lock icon Drinking water to be shipped to stricken areas
        60 6 Newsßadio 93.8 Five companies have come together to rush drinking water to affected areas. The companies, which include Stolt-Nielsen Transportation, the world's largest tank container owner, are planning to ship almost 350,000 litres of drinking water supplied by the Public Utilities Board
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        Lock icon Airport charges waived for flights transporting aid
        48 6 Channel News Asia The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) is waiving airport charges at Changi and Seletar airports for flights involved in transporting humanitarian relief supplies. CAAS will collect donations from the over 80,000 passengers who use Changi Airport daily.
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        Lock icon Europe pays tribute in three-minute silence
        42 6 AFP Europe fell silent yesterday to remember the victims of southern Asia's tsunami disaster, in a three-minute tribute to the dead and show of solidarity with devastated survivors. Flags flew at half-mast during the continentwide commemoration.
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        Lock icon False compensation claims
        69 6 AFP Some Thais are posing as victims of the deadly tsunamis to claim government compensation. Phang Nga governor Anuwat Metheeviboonvut said there was concern that some people are claiming to have lost family members in the disaster. The government will pay 15,000 baht ($630) for each dead
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      Survivors' mental trauma
      459 6 Victims and aid workers face scars GENEVA While aid is pouring in from all parts of the world for the physical needs of Asia's tsunami survivors, agencies are still figuring out how to support those who lived through the catastrophe but are suffering from psychological trauma. Experts
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        Lock icon COE prices fall further
        70 8 Newsßadio 93.8 COE prices continued their decline over the New Year. The biggest drop was in the big car category, where COE prices came down by nearly $5,000 to $14,000. COEs for small cars and taxis now cost about $1 8,000 each, down from $20,000. Open
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        Lock icon Bilateral naval exercises with Malaysia commence
        65 8 Channel News Asia The Singapore and Malaysian navies yesterday began the 1 6th instalment in a series of bilateral exercises. The exercises will extend until Jan 14. Exercise Malapura is hosted by the Singaporean Navy this year and involves a total of six ships
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      Lock icon Casino players bid for time
      497 8  -  Val Chua Govt-imposed restrictions may force re-evaluation of investments val@newstoday.com.sg PARTIES interested in bidding to operate the proposed Singaporean casino may ask for an extension of the deadline to submit their bids when they meet with the Government today, sources said. To be hosted by
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      $35 metamorphosis gets underway
      428 11  -  -Lee U-Wen WITH the ground barely broken at the site of its latest campus at Stirling Road, the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) is already forging ahead with plans for further expansion. Work will begin tomorrow on the $35-million metamorphosis of the old Queenstown campus
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      Lock icon His 'failure is not an option' inspiration
      539 12  -  Lee U-Wen NMP DrTan to speak in Parliament on entrepreneurship and engaging youth u-wen@newsto day, com. sg EMBLAZONED outside his office are the famous words from the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission "Failure is not an option." Dr Tan Sze Wee, who began his
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      108 13 I I MERCEDES-BENZ I ASIA FASHION I AWARj^^ I H The annual Mercedes-Benz Asia Fashion Award, developed to nurture Asia's best new talents in fashion design, is in its 3rd consecutive year. I The 2 top finalists of the Singapore selection in February will each win SGDSS,OOO and qualify for
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      Lock icon Generous offers, only fraction paid
      251 14 Agencies Nations urged to fulfil pledges NEW DELHI The United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has cautioned that many pledges of aid to the tsunami victims may not come through, judging from previous aid commitments. It cited examples where the international community
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      Lock icon Villagers sift through donations
      61 14 Indian tsunami victims going through a heap of donated clothes at a government office in the South Indian town of Nagapattinam on Monday. The town is one of the worst-affected areas in the country, with some 6,000 people dead. Authorities have told aid agencies to stop
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      Lock icon Hugging guru pledges $39m
      203 14 NEW DELHI One of India's most revered Hindu gurus, Mata Amritanandamayi Dcvi, has pledged U5523.4 million ($38.6 million) to help victims of the tsunami in southern India, her website reported yesterday. Amritanandamayi, who runs a religious community at an ashram in Kerala and is known as
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      Lock icon To eat or not to eat seafood
      255 14 -AFP HONG KONG The Hong Kong government has urged vendors to stop importing seafood from countries hit by tsunamis because of contamination concerns. The authorities fear that the fish may have eaten heavy metals and other pollutants stirred up by the seismic movements
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      Lock icon Indonesian govt aims to re-open schools in 2 weeks
      161 14 -AFP JAKARTA Indonesian authorities aim to re-open some schools in the devastated areas of Aceh within weeks although 1,000 teachers were killed in the tsunami disaster, officials said yesterday. The director-general for the education ministry's elementary and secondary department, Mr Indrajati
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    • this QUIRKEY world
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        Girlfriends for rent
        57 18 AFP reported that agencies in China's Chengdu city are offering rented girlfriends to bachelors who need someone to show off to relatives during the coming Chinese New Year, according to the China West Metropolitan News A hired girlfriend can cost 300 yuan ($76) a day, one-third of
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        Get a degree in UFOs
        47 18 The Santiago University in Chile is offering a degree in UFOs. Director of the course, Ricardo Bermudez, told Las Ultimas Noticias: "There is something happening out there and we don't know what it is." The course is aptly titled Unexplainable Air Phenomena.
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        Chewing gum going to the dogs
        42 18 Brazilian pet care firm Chiclet is launching a chewing gum for dogs, reported Terra Noticias Populares. The slogan for the bone-shaped gum made out of edible leather is: "Your pet's dog breath will soon be gone."
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      Lock icon I must be PM, says Yulia
      359 18 -AP Opposition leader claims she has a deal with Yushchenko KIEV Ukraine's fiery opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko expects nothing less than to be the country's next Prime Minister, given her support for Mr Viktor Yushchenko, who is expected to become President. She said a
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      Lock icon World's oldest mum-to-be is 67
      44 18 -AFP Adriana Iliescu, a 67-year-old retired Romanian universityteacher, will soon become the world's oldest mum. She is seven months pregnant with twin girls after almost a decade of fertility treatment. In 2003, a 65-year-old gave birth in India. AFP
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        Lock icon A tough act to follow
        502 20  -  Ranjit Devraj -IPS 'Viceroy' Dixit was unyielding in defending India's interests news@newstoday.com.sg NEW DELHI He was called "Viceroy" affectionately by colleagues and somewhat bitterly in the capitals of India's smaller neighbours. Indian National Security Advisor Jyotindra Nath Dixit (picture), who died on Monday, was affable
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      Lie-detector tests for sex offenders
      144 20 LONDON Sex offenders living in Britain will have to take compulsory lie-detector tests after a study found 85 per cent of them were re-offending or breaching parole, or had failed polygraph tests, reported The Independent yesterday. British authorities are going to introduce the controversial law
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      Lock icon Why women take less kindly than men to jibes about being fat
      163 20 LONDON Scientists have shown why jibes about weight and body shape tend to bounce off men but upset women. When men and women are asked to think about "unpleasant" words associated with being fat, different parts of their
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        Lock icon Nine-year-old dies of bird flu in Vietnam
        37 20 -AFP Nine-year-old Vietnamese boy Tnach Phung from the southern Cang Long district has died from suspected bird flu. The boy suffered from high fever after coming into contact with poultry.
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        Lock icon PLO chairman to campaign in Jerusalem
        60 20 -AFP In an unprecedented move, Israel said it was prepared to let Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) chairman Mahmud Abbas, the front-runner in this weekend's Palestinian presidential race, campaign in annexed east Jerusalem. Israel never allowed the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to visit Jerusalem,
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        Curry spice might help prevent Alzheimer's
        31 20 A key ingredient in curries, Curcumin, found in tumeric, could be an important weapon in the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease, reported The Telegraph.
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      1004 15 ADVERTORIAL SCIENCE^ TECHNOLOGY In this fourth of a five-part series on the Singapore Youth Award (SYA), Recta Raman speaks to scientist Dr Chew Fook Tim and Dr Ong Soh Khim two recipients of the SYA last year. The SYA is the highest national accolade given to youths who have achieved
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      Focus on The Family
      226 22  -  Dr James Dobson 0 Tbiws by........ THE COMPARISON TRAP Have you ever played the "if only" game? I've played it. I'm pretty sure you have too. All it takes is you, your spouse and one other person. The game goes like this. If only..if only my
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      Poly grads not at disadvantage
      272 22  -  LIM THIAM POH It is university grads who face uphill fight Letter from I REFER to the letter "Implement admission changes for poly grads now, not in 2010" (Jan 4), by Chee Swee Lin. The writer suggests that the lower annual admission rate into local
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      Lock icon Ugly behaviour on part of S'porean fans, too
      162 22  -  U AUNG KHAING SWE Letter from I REFER to Andrew Wee's letter, "Shocked at Myanmar football player's act" (Jan 5). Was he not shocked by other ugly incidents that day? We do not deny that our players behaved indecently in public, worked
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      isay Communication breakdown?
      711 22  -  Grace Poon IN 1993, only 49 out of 1,000 people here were mobile phone subscribers, according to the Yearbook of Statistics Singapore. Mobile phones looked like a solid slab of brick and required a stack of banknotes to buy. In those days, I was free of the
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      Hanging too good for exploiters of tragedy
      180 24  -  KATE SMITH I Letter from I HAVE watched events unfold these past eight days with a sense of disbelief. I have fought back tears every day and counted my blessings. Today, I feel a growing sense of anger and sickness in my stomach,
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      Lock icon In disaster, hope for fresh start
      291 24  -  CHONGFOOSIN New outlook needed after tsunami devastation Letter from ALTHOUGH the tsunamis brought with them destruction almost beyond the imagination, they also brought opportunities. For the first time in a long while, the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka and the Aceh Independence Movement in
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      Watching out for the underdog
      703 26 .coffee Mil EDDIE TAY, 54, entrepreneur philanthrop st HIS life story reads like a classic rags-to-riches tale: A ne'er do well foster child of a washerwoman battling the odds to become a successful businessman who now gives back to society through charity work. Mr Eddie
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      Lock icon CAO's creditors may face 60% debt write-off
      570 28 Agencies Oil firm's survival depends on approval of debt plan CHINA Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp (CAO) may ask creditors to write off 60 per cent of its debt before it presents a repayment proposal to the High Court on Jan 24, people familiar
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      Lock icon Air Asia's AWAir to fly S'pore-Jakarta route
      204 28 Dow Jones KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian low-cost carrier Air Asia said yesterday its 49-per-cent-owned AWAir associate would begin flying between Singapore and Jakarta from Jan 19, the first time Indonesia-based AWAir will be flying an international route since Air Asia bought a stake in
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        ST Index— 2,071.04+2.55
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        230 28 Dow Jones SHARES closed slightly higher yesterday on bargain-hunting. The ST Index closed up 2.55 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 2,071.04. On the broader market, advancers led decliners 242 to 1 83. Traded volume amounted to 760.3 million shares worth $704.7 million. Shares of Jardine Cycle Carriage rose
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        55 28 By volume RafflesH Ascott Qtiraya UniFiber SembCorp Sing Tel MultiVis FirstLink Teledata Capitaland Close 0.560 0.470 0.800 0.265 1.710 2.380 0.170 0.140 0.045 2.160 Change +0.040 +0.035 -0.025 +0.090 +0.010 +0.005 +0.005 -0.010 +7.7 +8.0 -3.0 +5.6 +0.4 +3.0 +12.5 -0.5 'OOO 26,754 22,656 20,650 19,705 15,743
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        78 28 By Close Change DBS Bk 6% NCPS10 108.300 +0.500 lardine C&C 10.400 +0.300 XBC4.59HNCPS100 102.400 +0.200 By percentage Close LiangHual 0.015 MediaS 0.020 PNEInaW*****8 0.020 Change +50.0 +33.3 +33.3 ip Land 5.200 +0.200 Rolol 0.060 +33.3 ip Land W*****3 3.020 +0.190 FJBenW*****6 0.025 +25.0 KepCorp 8.700 +0.100
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        73 28 By Close Creative 50 23.400 Change -0.800 By percentage Close El-Nets 0.010 Change -33.3 F&N 16.000 -0.500 HKLand SGAeCW*****7 0.395 -21.0 Shang Asia 2kHK$ 10.800 -0.200 CrealiveMBLeCW*****3 0.325 -14.5 IDT 2.260 -0.130 Gales 0.090 -14.3 HKLandSGAeCW*****7 0.395 -0.105 Reed 0.035 -12.5 APB Breweries 7.600 -0.100 VenlureDBSeCW*****7 0.035
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        59 28 Index Value Change Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd Korea Comp 11,437.52 13,764.36 4,043.40 5,988.37 885.19 Pis -80.23 -281.54 -17.30 -72.09 -1.71 -0.70 -2.00 -0.43 -1.19 -0.19 KLCI 907.96 +5.47 +0.61 SET Index lakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Wumbai Sensex 683.50 1,015.43 1,875.37 226.18 6,458.84 -0.98
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        26 28 SGI,, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 426.70 Silver uss/oi 6.475 Platinum uss/oi 847.00 Rubber centsAg 194.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,368.50 Brent crude uss/barrel 40.67 Information provided by
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        36 28 US$ 0.6060 UK£ 0.3231 Yen 63.395 HK$ 4.7194 RM 2.3030 Euro 0.4582 Rupiah 5,642.2 Baht 23.747 Peso 34.074 A$ 0.7946 Indian Rs 26-566 Won 634.25 C$ 0.7468 Yuan 5.0175 NZ$ 0.8692 NTS 19.428
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        444 30  -  Clement Mesenas Spore firms help in Kazakhstan's energy sector clement@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE companies are being invited to take part in the multi-billion-dollar development of Kazakhstan's oil production facilities when its giant new project a 1,000 km pipeline supplying oil to China goes into operation
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        186 30 SembCorp Logistics raised its shareholding in Japan's Footwork Express from 35.2 per cent to 38.4 per cent by converting its bonds in the latter. The bonds were subscribed and paid for by SembCorp Logistics together with its initial investment in Footwork Express. ISG Asia subsidiary ISG Asia Singapore
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        233 30 Channel News Asia INSURANCE claims in Singapore resulting from the tsunami disaster could reach $100 million, the General Insurance Association of Singapore (GIA) president Terence Tan said yesterday. The bulk of this sum is likely to consist of property insurance claims, he added. "As
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        397 32 -AFP But Morgan Stanley maintains its expectations for Indonesia and Malaysia US INVESTMENT bank Morgan Stanley lowered its economic growth forecast for Thailand this year to 5.7 per cent from 6 per cent due to the impact of the tsunami on the country's tourism industry.
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        276 32 Bloomberg THE US Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee (FOMC) had concluded that interest rates were still too low "to keep inflation stable" and said that rising prices may become a risk to growth, according to minutes of its Dec
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        174 32 AFP SEOUL The efforts of HSBC to buy Korea First Bank (KFB) ran up against a late bid by Standard Chartered, apparently raising the price tag, a banking source said. US equity fund Newbridge Capital was set to announce the sale of its
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        774 34  -  William Pesek Jr Bloomberg Region is home to world's most buoyant economies, with rapidly emerging middle-class consumer sectors HEDGE funds are suddenly the rage in Asia. It is an ironic turn of events in a region that just seven years ago
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      520 38  -  Yong Shu Chiang Hung goes from She Bangs to Shao BingwWh his Hong Kong movie debut shuchiang(gnewstoday.com.sg FLASHING his trademark buck-toothed grin, with hair slicked back and parted left, William Hung looked like he'd had a prosperous holiday season. Hung, clearly pudgier, said he hadn't had
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      220 38  -  David Chew "I LOVE performing, the spirit of singing, in some way connecting with people. I didn't want it to end with Singapore 1d01... said Mohd Haizad, one of the 30 finalists on the recently-ended MediaCorp competition. So after a playing small part
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      465 40  -  David Chew Former refugee's novel based on real experience david.chew@newstoday.com.sg WHEN David Chiem wrote Only the Heart, about Vietnamese boat refugees, he didn't expect to touch so many. "I've had many Vietnamese boat people come up to me to say how accurate the book is, that finally, there
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      121 40 Actress Celest Chong made the crossover from SPH Media Works to MediaCorp this year and is trying to launch her singing career in Taiwan for the second time. "THE last really good book I read was Life of Pi by Yann Mattel. It's a beautiful story about
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        170 40  -  Thomas D Robinson Lynda La Plante NEOPHYTE police inspector Anna Travis is the daughter of Jack Travis, the recentlydeceased, highly-regarded London police detective who mentored her current boss, James Langton. Determined to make it on her merits rather than her name, Anna seeks to prove her skill in
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        277 42  -  YONG SHU CHIANG DVD REVIEW BY' Super Size Me ANYONE who had a "don't wanna know" attitude towards food, and especially fast food, might have their minds changed by the very entertaining and persuasive Morgan Spurlock. He's the guy who had the bright idea of eating nothing
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        596 44  -  Pearlyn Tham Designer inspired by Maggie Cheung, Sarah Jessica Parker pearlyn(gnewstoday.com.sg DRESSED in an Adidas T-shirt, jeans and trainers, Sunny Ang looks worlds apart from the ethereal dresses he designs. The 29-year-old, who counts celebrities Jolin Tsai and Michelle Saram among his customers, joined the fashion world
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      545 46  -  Amy Van The spicy torn yam sauce can make much more than soup food@newstoday.com.sg THE words"torn yam" bring to mind a übiquitous spicy and sour Thai soup. Perhaps, what makes this soup so popular is its well-bal-anced combination of hot, salty and citrus flavours. Apparently, each region
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        538 47  -  Joy Frances Peaceful Vietnamese countryside beckons traveller@newstoday.com.sg WHETHER it is serenity or action you're after on your holiday, you can find it in central Vietnam. The region has some of the longest unspoilt beaches in the world and adventure tourism in the central highlands is taking off
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        145 48 -AFP ROME Michelangelo's worldfamous statue of David (picture) is to be surrounded by an invisible wall of air to protect it from the dust from over one million tourists who go to Italy every year to see it "It is a question of
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        594 49  -  Alan Solomon -KRT Visitors will find the Clinton Presidential Library in the Arkansas town an expression of the man and his pledge LITTLE ROCK (Arkansas) This isn't your grandfather's presidential library. "For the most part," said Mr David Alsobrook, director of the William J
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        698 50  -  Pauline D Loh From tarts and temples to casinos and cathedrals pauline@newstoday.com.sg VAST numbers of visitors now flock to Macau from China, South-east Asia and Taiwan, facilitated by its new international airport and attracted by the newest casinos, the unique Macanese cuisine, good shopping, and the options of
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        807 52  -  Rosalind Png A snowy holiday in South Korea isn't complete without skiing, shopping and sweating rosalind@newstoday.com.sg A WINTER holiday in South Korea usually means two things: Shopping and skiing. But before you do any of these, try a third 'S': Sweating. Head to a jjimjilbang a Korean
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      136 56 League I Home Team I Away Team Match Kick Off (Singapore date/time) Italian League Milan Lecce Thu, 06/01/05 10.00pm Italian League Parm Jtus Thu, 06/01/05 10.00pm Italian League Livorno Inter Thu, 06/01/05 10.00pm Italian League Lazio Roma Fri, 07/01/05 3.30 am E Cup Burnley Liverpool Sat, 08/01/04 3.45 am Check
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      390 56 -AP NBA Timberwolves 115 Suns 122 MINNEAPOLIS With the youngest roster and the best record in the NBA, the Phoenix Suns are looking forward to many more challenges like this as the season moves on. On Tuesday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time), they passed an
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      758 58 Mourinho now busy trying to stem talk of four trophies landing at Stamford Bridge ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Chelsea 2 Middlesbrough 0 LONDON The three-way battle for the Premiership title may well have taken a decisive turn on Tuesday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Many had expected the
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