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    22 1 TODAY /AEnIACORP incorporating utrCfltS MICA (P) 103/07/2004 Friday May 13,2005 todayonline.com TODAY Fre&f incorporating otrCSTS Friday May 13,2005 todayonline.com MICA (P) 103/07/2004
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    No-cash-back rule hits HDB market
    801 1  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla shobha@newstoday.com.sg FALLING property valuations in the Government housing sector have led to a big drop in business in the resale market over the past month, according to some experts. Compared to a month ago, business has dropped by as much as 80
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      Lock icon Home alone with Michael Jackson
      586 2 -AFP We slept in the same bed but nothing happened, says actor Macaulay Culkin SANTA MARIA Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin denied yesterday that Michael Jackson ever fondled him and said he never saw him molest any other boys. But Culkin admitted sharing the singer's
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      Lock icon Jackson says his pet chimpanzees shared his toilet, had good table manners
      184 2 -AFP JURORS also heard Michael Jackson say his pet chimps would use the same toilet he did, had good table manners and helped clean his bedroom. In the videotaped interview recorded two years ago, the King of Pop
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        Empathising with wheelchair users
        861 3  -  Jerry Siah Eng Kiat Neglected as an 'invisible' problem or shunned as public spoilers, they deserve better OVER the Labour Day weekend, a group of volunteers from Spaces community service group, including myself, took turns to travel in a wheelchair from Toa Payoh to Chinatown, using
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      Lock icon Tsunami aid stranded at docks
      514 4 Bureaucratic bungling, incomplete paperwork blamed HUNDREDS of containers of aid for tsunami victims were stranded at ports in Indonesia and Sri Lanka because of bureaucratic bungling and missing paperwork, five months after the disaster, according to a report yesterday. Speaking to reporters in Singapore on
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      Lock icon Two more cases of polio confirmed in Indonesia
      284 4 AFP JAKARTA Indonesian health authorities said yesterday they had confirmed two more cases of polio, taking the total to six in an outbreak that has sparked fears of a larger health scare. More than a decade after the crippling disease was believed
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    • Article
      Retail mall, co-owned by GIC, to ban swearing, hooded tops
      476 4  -  Derrick A Paulo A SHOPPING mall in Britain has decided to ban shoppers who wear hooded tops or baseball caps or swear on its premises, as part of a crackdown on anti-social behaviour. The Bluewater shopping centre located in Kent,
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      58 2 MIGRATE TO AUSTRALIA Australian immigration laws are complex. Understanding its procedures require commitment while completing application forms is a time consuming and laborious process. Successful, fast track processing can only be achieved when documentary requirements surrounding yonr application are presented in a manner, which promotes the authority's review and approval.
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      135 3 EVER IGNORE THE FIRST SIGNS OF HAIR LOSS. GARNieR garner M L\ Don>t take a tn' ck> luscious head of hair for granted. Love your hair and treat it right with a natural and NERIt NERIL M L\ effective formula-Neril ANTI-LOSS Guard. ho., I™^.^ ha.r ffl R wim 2 out
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  • singapore news
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      New institute makes plastic surgery more accessible to public and private sectors
      330 6  -  Tan Hui Leng A NEW plastic surgery institute with private clinics has been set up at Tan Tock Seng Hospital to better manage the brain drain of doctors from the public to private sector. Located at the public
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      Waste 'did not breach' laws
      452 6  -  Sharon Vasoo Spore, Indonesia end compost dispute sharontSnewstoda^conLsg A 10-MONTH bilateral dispute over a shipload of compost between Singapore and Indonesia was resolved yesterday with Indonesia agreeing that Singapore had operated legally and had not shipped materials which were considered "hazardous" under international regulations. Soil
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      Lock icon BreadTalk chief fined
      421 8  -  Wong Fei Wan Drink driving offence fetches $4,000 fine, 30-month ban feiwan@newstoday.com.sg BREADTALK managing director George Quek was fined $4,000 yesterday after he admitted to drink driving and inconsiderate driving. District Judge Ronald Gwee also slapped the 48-year-old entrepreneur with a 30-month driving ban. On Oct 8
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      Unnatural death probe nets 3
      171 8 POLICE have arrested three men in connection with the unnatural death of an unidentified man, whose body was found at a multi-storey car park at Compassvale Crescent on Tuesday. It is believed that the man, supposed to be a Myanmar national in his 20s, had
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      Shanmugam to hang today
      353 8  -  Wong Fei Wan DRUG trafficker Shanmugam Murugesu will be hanged today after the High Court rejected a last minute application for a delay of the execution. His lawyer M Ravi yesterday asked Justice Lai Kew Chai to order the Director of Prisons to stay the execution
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      Lock icon Contest promotes work-life harmony
      166 8 Channel News Asia A COMPETITION is being organised to promote work-life harmony in workplaces. Aimed at getting more businesses to introduce work-life programmes to improve employees' productivity and performance, it is organised by the Tripartite Committee on Work-Life Strategy and the Singapore Training and Development Association.
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        Lock icon Music teacher acquitted
        84 8 Newsßadio 93.8 A music teacher at the Silat Road Sikh Temple has been acquitted of molesting a teenage student in his class. After hearing the eignt-day trial, District Judge Toh Yung Cheong dismissed the case against Mr Paramjit Singn.The judge said there was inconsistency in the prosecution's
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        Lock icon Heavy rain uproots tree, damages bus
        72 8 Channel News Asia Heavy rain yesterday morning causeaa tree to be uprooted, damaging a tour bus parked in Sembawang. Fortunately, no one was injured. A staff member of Karimun Country Club found the bus completely camouflaged by the fallen rambutan tree. The bus had
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        Lock icon NTUC concerned over ergonomic injuries
        79 8 Newsßadio 93.8 The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) has expressed its concern over the high number of office workers here who suffer from ergonomic injuries. About seven in 1 0 office workers experience chronic neck, shoulder or back pains at work, according to a survey
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      Fine arts graduates showcase their work
      79 10 Yeoh Wee Hwee's Infestation joins more than 1,000 works of art as part of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts' (Nafa) School of Visual Arts Graduation Show 2005. The graduates total 242 and include the first batch of students majoring in the school's Interior
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      Lock icon Cook well and travel the world
      528 10  -  Patricia Yap That's what Eric Low did as the private chef of the rich and famous patricia@newstoday.com.sg NOT many people have the chance to get up close and personal with former United States President George Bush or the Duke of York Prince Andrew. Nor
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      Retrench, recover, then re-employ
      559 12  -  Lee U-Wen Fu Yu Corporation repays retrenched workers' loyalty with job offers when business picks up u-wen@newstoday.com.sg MADAM Heng Boon Sing was taken by surprise when she received a job offer from Fu Yu Corporation. After all, that was the company the 46-year-old was retrenched from
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      Lock icon Anwar is 'a backstabber'
      423 14  -  KUALA LUMPUR Agencies Dr Mahathir blasts former protege for 'slandering' him Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad branded his former protege turned arch political foe, Mr Anwar Ibrahim, as a "backstabber," and accused Mr Anwar of slandering him during a recent TV interview, the New Straits Times
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      Lock icon British MP, French minister 'got kickbacks' in UN plan
      284 14 Agencies WASHINGTON A controversial British MP and a former top French minister allegedly received huge oil allocations in kickbacks from the ousted Saddam Hussein regime under the United Nations Oil-for-Food programme, a United States Congress panel said yesterday. The Senate investigation
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      Lock icon UN NEEDS QUICK, SWEEPING REFORMS, SAYS M'SIA
      176 14 AP MALAYSIA yesterday called for quick, sweeping reforms in the United Nations, saying the organisation is no longer in tune with the globalised world. Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar met with UN envoy Ali Alatas in Putrajaya to discuss wide-ranging reforms proposed
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        Thailand's Supachai gets UN nod
        89 14 After over two months of delay, the United Nations General Assembly has approved Thailand's Mr Supachai Panitchpakdi, the outgoing chief of the World Trade Organization, as head of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad), reported the Bangkok Post. UN chief Kofi Annan had
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        Lock icon US commander fined for letting dogs out
        102 14 q I AFP Colonel Thomas Pappas, the commander of the United States 205 th Military Intelligence Brigade, has been reprimanded and fined for dereliction of duty for authorising the use of dogs in interrogating a prisoner at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, army
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        Outrage over jail term for M'sian NS dodger
        115 14 An outpouring of sympathy and outrage from the public over a jail term for Malaysian National Service dodger Ahmad Harizal Ahmad Fauzie has prompted the AttorneyGeneral to apply for a revision of the sentence, reported the New Straits Times. Ahmad Harizal, who
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        Lock icon Militant on trial for Jakarta embassy bombing
        121 14 AP An Islamic militant went on trial in Jakarta on charges of helping plan and facilitate last year's car bombing at the Australian Embassy that killed 10 people and injured more than 200 others. The indictment accuses Darmawan, who goes by one name,
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      Lock icon Thailand faces dengue epidemic, say health officials
      189 14 Agencies BANGKOK Dengue fever infections could reach epidemic levels in Thailand in the coming months, health officials warned yesterday after a 13-year-old boy died of the disease. Thailand has seen a 43 per cent jump in cases of dengue fever in the first
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      Lock icon Fears grow of impending N Korean nuclear crisis
      435 16 -AFP Pyongyang says it is one step closer to atomic weapons SEOUL Fears of an impending crisis in the nuclear standoff with North Korea grew yesterday after Pyongyang said it had completed another step towards making more atomic weapons. North Korea said
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      S Korean males rush to give up citizenship to avoid call-up
      295 16 SEOUL An increasing number of male South Koreans with dual nationality have rushed to give up their South Korean citizenship since a bill was revised last Wednesday that obliges them to do military service, South Korean media reported. The
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        Lock icon Perth is safe, after all
        78 16 AFP The Australian Foreign Ministry apologised yesterday for a travel advisory that warned that Australia's western city of Perth is dangerous at this time of year. Subscribers to the foreign affairs department's email travel advice service received this overnight advisory: "This is a message to
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        Donkeys get workers' rights
        46 16 The famous donkeys of Blackpool in Britain are to be given workers' rights including an hour for lunch. Council officials will also ensure the resort's 200 donkeys work only from 1 oam until 7pm with every Friday off, reported the Daily Telegraph.
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        Chimp's art to be auctioned alongside Renoirs, Warhols
        65 16 Three paintings by a chimpanzee are to be auctioned alongside artworks by Renoir and Andy Warhol, ananova.com reported. Bonhams auction house expects the abstract paintings by Congo the chimp to fetch between £600 ($1,850) and £800. Congo's work was first exhibited in
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      Lock icon Small plane sparks terror alert and mass evacuation in US
      312 16 AP WASHINGTON A security scare in the US capital served as a mostly-successful terror alert test after authorities diverted a small plane that flew within three miles of the White House, which led to the evacuation of thousands of people.
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      Lock icon Colonel punished for authorising use of dogs in Abu Ghraib
      179 16 -AFP WASHINGTON The commander of a US intelligence brigade has been reprimanded and fined for dereliction of duty for authorising the use of dogs in interrogating a prisoner at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, army officials said on Wednesday. No
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      Labour lawmakers press for voting reform
      456 18 AlmOSt 100 MGmbGrS of p rarllamSnT S66K CM any 6 LONDON The campaign for reform of the electoral system in Britain has gained momentum among the newly-returned Labour party lawmakers, according to news reports yesterday. The pressure on Prime Minister Tony Blair to modernise
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      Lock icon HIV infection rates double in the Philippines
      299 18 AFP MANILA Aids infections have picked up significantly in the Philippines, with new cases reported at a rate at least twice that of the 1990s, Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit warned yesterday. Since 2000, an average of 20 people have been infected every month
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      Lock icon China seeks Taiwan talks
      337 19 Agencies Hu's offer seems directed at Chen BEIJING President Hu Jintao yesterday said China and Taiwan were at a crucial moment in their history and called for talks with the island's independence-leaning leader, but only if he accepted the one-China principle. "Whoever the person is, whatever
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      Lock icon Senate nod likely for Bolton
      183 19 AP WASHINGTON US Undersecretary of State John Bolton's chances of winning Senate approval to be UN ambassador appeared to brighten as Republican fencesitters drifted in his direction. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee's final action to vote on whether to approve the nomination and send it
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      Lock icon Girl chained and raped repeatedly for three months
      200 19 AFP TOKYO A Japanese man allegedly chained a teenage girl with a dog collar for more than three months and repeatedly raped and beat her after meeting her in an Internet chatroom, police said yesterday. Yasuyoshi Kobayashi who at age 24 has
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      Lock icon Where do these suicide bombers come from?
      405 20 Guardian Questions raised after attacks kill 400 in Iraq SULAIMANIYA (Iraq) In July 2003, when United States President George W Bush was asked about the growing number of attacks by insurgents in Iraq, he said: "Bring them on. We have the force necessary
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      Lock icon Indonesian govt shies away from Suharto graft issue
      160 20 AP JAKARTA During dictator Suharto's week-long stay in Pertamina Hospital, Indonesia's political elite stumbled over one another to visit the ailing strongman and then described him as a great leader and "father of the country". None of the leaders, including President Susilo
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        Lock icon Japan sees 70% rise in sexual assaults on kids
        60 20 -AFP Reported sexual assaults of children in Japan surged 70 per cent over the past decade, according to a Mainichi Shimbun poll yesterday. Police received 2,607 reports of rape or other sexual assaults on children aged 15 or younger last year,
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        Lock icon Cook, students in Sabah hospitalised with cholera
        65 20 AP A cook and more than 100 schoolchildren in Sabah were hospitalised with cholera, apparently contracted from eating contaminated food, the Star reported yesterday. The school cook was found feverish, vomiting and with diarrhoea last Friday. About 106 pupils from the school and
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        Lock icon Quran abuse uproar grows
        101 20 -AP Students in Kabul burned a United States flag and shouted slogans against the US military yesterday, as protests at the reported abuse of the Quran at the US jail in Guantanamo Bay spread to the Afghan capital. The unrest came a day after riots in
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      Lock icon Cohabitation TV programme draws Saudi hardliners' fire
      240 20 AFP RIYADH Sixty-three Saudi hardline religious scholars have lashed out at the Arab version of the popular reality television show Star Academy, branding it a "crime against Islam". In a statement posted on the Saudi independent website Al Wifaq, the scholars rounded on
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      Focus On The Family
      243 22  -  Dr James Dobson by. Tbiws NO MAGIC BULLETS Our commentaries this week have focused on building self-confidence in the child who is physically or emotionally different the one who faces a tough social challenge. Despite these wonderful suggestions that I've provided, let me conclude by acknowledging
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      sayagain?
      29 22 We would have arrived as a first-world country when Singaporeans can automatically keep left on escalators without having to be told to do so. Reader Lim Boon Hee
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      RESIDENT DIFFERENCES
      807 22  -  Yvonne Lim, Voices Editor JUST what do foreigners here have to d( to prove themselves deserving of Permanent Residence (PR) status? One could say the debate provoked bj Prithpal Singh's News Comment, "Time to raise the bar for PRs here?" (May 10) boils down to this simple question.
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      New HDB valuation rule puts buyers and sellers in tight spot
      258 22  -  JINXIN Letter from FROM April 1, under the new HDB requirement, the minimum cash downpayment to buy a resale HDB flat, amount of CPF withdrawal and housing loan from banks will all be calculated based on the resale transacted
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      Lock icon When bloggers go out boogeying
      1050 24  -  mr brown news@newstoday.com.sg Mr Brown goes out partying, bonds with the DJ and has a great time, Ah Gua faux pas aside A FEW nights ago, I found out I am not cool anymore. I was at this joint called Hideout, which my buddy Ben
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      isay A DEARTH OF POLITICAL VISIONS?
      752 26  -  Mohamad Rosle Ahmad IT WAS telling that of the many "visions for Singapore" articulated by readers in this newspaper over the past month, almost none espoused anything to do with the realpolitik of politics. While views and aspirations on social and economic issues abounded,
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      Kindness does beget kindness
      291 26  -  TAN KUM CHEONG Letter from KINDNESS begets kindness. What goes around comes around. These words are often heard but rarely witnessed or proven convincingly. All of us can draw a lesson from the just-concluded series of The Amazing Race. Viewers saw how the fortunes of the
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      Here's how service industry can develop 'X' factor
      204 28  -  VINCENT LAI WAI YIN Letter from I REFER to Janet Tan's letter, "Service providers, do not be overzealous; render service only when it is needed" (May 11). I agree with Ms Tan and our Manpower Minister's point about the lack of the
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      Public transport is for the public
      319 28  -  HASUNDA SHAMSUDIN Nationalise bus companies once again to drive out profit motive Letter from I REFER to the letters on the proposed public transport fare hikes. The bus companies are being responsible in ensuring that shareholders get their due returns in the form of
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      Raise fares at selected stops
      97 28  -  NICHOLAS NG Letter from DESPITE a public outcry, it seems that fare hikes are inevitable. The lower income group will be the worst hit To shield this group from the hike, I propose raising fares at the exit gates of MRT stations they frequent the
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      Another go at dignity for ex-cons
      139 28  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG I Letter from THE report, "Former convicts dish up specialities" (May 12), is heartening news that an ex-convict need not have to carry a social stigma as a result of his previous undesirable acts. The setting up of the Social
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      264 29 This weekend meet the Speak Good English Icons Suhaimi Yusof of the Police Thief series, Triple Noize, Y.E.S 93.3 FM's Mary Bukoh, Kids' Central star Kirn Wakerman and the mysterious Cyberathelete at Carnival Speak!. Take on a gigantic scrabble challenge, have a jab at a spelling competition, or simply have
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      541 32  -  Valeric Law valerie@newstoday.com.sg JET fuel supplier China Aviation Oil (Singapore), or CAO, yesterday unveiled a better-than-expected scheme of arrangement to its creditors, by raising the amount of cash payment up front and shortening its debt tenor from eight to five years, among other improvements. Creditors
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      365 32  -  Christie Loh CURRENCY markets in Asia resumed their normalcy yesterday after a "mistaken" report in China on the yuan revaluation sparked frenzied trading the day before. Traders who did not jump on Wednesday's erroneous yuan report were smiling to themselves as the greenback
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        101 32 Dow Jones SHARE prices closed higher, boosted by overnight gains on Wall Street following a strong earnings report from Cisco Systems. The ST Index rose 8.05 points, or 0.4 per cent, to close at 2,181.19. Solid earnings posted by local blue chips Star Hub and OverseaChinese Banking Corp also
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        351 34  -  Val Chua Listing to go ahead, issue manager DBS faces review val@newstoday.com.sg IN A case believed to be the first of its kind here, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) has allowed a Chinese company to proceed with its initial public offering (IPO) despite the firm breaching
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        392 34 Bloomberg Dow Jones Commodities trader Noble Group said first-quarter net profit rose 4 per cent, helped by increased sales of ethanol, aluminium and petrochemicals in North America. Net income rose to US$B4.3 million, or 3.77 US cents a share, in the three months ended March 31, from US$Bl.l
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        221 34 COMFORTDELGRO Corp, the world's second-largest land transport company, said its first-quarter profit remained flat compared to that of the corresponding period a year earlier because of high fuel costs and the absence of a tax write-back. Net income dropped slightly to $54.6
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        209 34  -  Chow Perm Nee SHARES of Accord Customer Care Solutions (ACCS) surged 33 per cent yesterday amid fresh rumours of a white knight emerging to save the embattled company. A heavy 123.7 million shares changed hands yesterday, with the share price jumping 5.5 cents
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        365 36  -  Chow Perm Nee Aziz says economy is 'truly an open market environment' pennnee@newstoday.com.sg PAKISTAN Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz urged more Singapore companies to follow the lead set by Temasek Holdings and Parkway Group Healthcare and invest in the country's fastgrowing economy. "Foreign investment
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        122 36 Bloomberg SINGAPORE investment company Temasek Holdings has hired prominent banker Bridget Lai Hung Yee as the chief executive officer of Malaysia-based Alliance Bank, The Edge reported, citing people it did not identify. Ms Lai, who will assume her new role on
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        127 36 -AFP JAKARTA Prosecutors investigating a graft case reportedly involving US$l.3 billion ($2.1 billion) in loans from Indonesia's largest lender have named three executives at the state-run bank as suspects. Bank Mandiri president ECW Neloe, vice-president I Wayan Pugeg and corporate banking director Sholeh Tasripan have
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        210 38 Agencies INDIAN carrier Air Sahara's maiden flight outside South Asia landed in Singapore yesterday, joining five other airlines now plying routes between India and the city-state. "Air Sahara's entry into the Singapore-India market occurs at a most opportune time, given the fast-growing
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        352 38 Bloomberg Shipping giant AP Moeller sees more consolidation in Asia as it bids for P&O AP MOELLER, which plans to buy Royal P&O Nedlloyd for US$3 billion ($4.9 billion), expects further consolidation in the container industry as rivals seek to cut costs and prepare for an eventual decline
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        147 38 AFP WASHINGTON United States exports surged in March to bring the country's trade deficit down to US$55 billion ($90.5 billion), the government reported on Wednesday. The Commerce Department said the deficit fell from February's record high US$6O.6 billion on the back of strong civilian
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      726 40  -  Andy Mukherjee Bloomberg Investors worry insufficient rain will hit economy, markets news@newstoday.com.sg IT IS that time of the year when smart money in India looks heavenwards for guidance. Investors are fretting about monsoons. Besides giving sleepless nights to farmers, the risk of deficient monsoons also causes anxiety
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      667 40 Vasu Menon DESPITE the recent pullback of the Indian bourse, Mr Sanjiv Duggal, lead fund manager for the HSBC Indian Growth Fund, is optimistic about prospects for the market. The Bombay Sensex, the Indian stock market's benchmark index, rose to a high of 6,915.09 on
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      245 40 Agencies DBS Asset Management and State Street Global Advisors Singapore are among nine companies picked by the central banks of 11 nations in Asia and the Pacific to manage US$2 billion ($3.29 billion) of Asian local-currency debt
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      406 42  -  Mervin Tay Hit musical's top star Jacky Cheung may bow out of the Singapore leg i TODAY EXCLUSIVE mervin@newstodav.com.sg THE musical is coming but will its star Jacky Cheung be performing? The Mandarin version of Snow. Wolf.Lake, the hit musical helmed by the veteran Hong Kong singer,
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      296 42 AP LOS ANGELES A lack of soul power cost Anthony Federov on American Idol 4, sending him home and leaving three contestants on the stage. The 19-year-old was the only performer to get low marks from the judges for both
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      568 44  - Whipping up a sandstorm Felix Cheong The desert seems to be Hollywood's milieu of the month news(g>newstoday.com.sg FORGET the postcard greenscape of Middle Earth, framed by mountains that touch the sky. Feast your eyes on the barren sands of the desert instead Hollywood's new flavour-of-the-year playground setting. Already, we've witnessed
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        120 44 Online personal ads today are a distinct part of the Internet landscape. They conceal as much as they reveal. In Jason Wee's installation at The Substation Gallery titled Bao Bei, he looks at the ways through which identity is reconstructed through online personal ads, in
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        71 44 Australia's Explosive Minds returns to Singapore with its oneweek only improv comedy show, The Original One Night Stand. The show revisits its battle of the sexes theme with audiences voting throughout the evening for their choice of the funniest gender. Explosive Minds will be performing at The
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        82 44 MediaCorp Studios will be conducting a holiday camp for children aged between six and 12 next month. Participants will attend nip-hop dance classes and vocal training courses. Each child will also get to learn how stunts are performed safely and record his or her own singing onto a
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        283 46  -  Nur Idayu Suparto HAVING settled into the back end of television reporting with her involvement in production work, newscaster Suzanne Ho is glad to be back on the streets with MediaCorp TV Channel s's revamped News 5 Tonight. A new, more casual format of the programme
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        379 46  -  Mervin Tav Jordan Chan is the complete opposite of his Initial D character mervin@newstoday.com.sg JORDAN Chan may play Kyouichi, a race captain in the movie, Initial D, but he did not quite like the idea of racing along a winding mountain pass. "Racing should be done on
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        309 46  -  MERVIN TAY FILM REVIEWb7 THE mind is a powerful tool and this movie certainly pushes that fact to the limit Oscar winner Adrien Brody plays Jack Starks, a Gulf War veteran who returns to his hometown suffering from amnesia and delusion. He is put into a psychiatric hospital,
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        321 48  -  YONG SHU CHIANG Are We There Yet? Our sentiments exactly. FILM REVIEWby Are We There Yet? RAP star-turned-actor Ice Cube gets randy, struck by the beauty of single mum Suzanne (Nia Long). Once they get attached, her naughty kids annoy him royally. As the film requires, he
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