Today, 25 May 2005

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    11 1 TODAY /AEjyJACoRP mica (P) 103/07/2004 incorporating utrCHTS Wednesday May 25,2005 todayonline.com
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    Raddy to leave S'pore?
    631 1  -  Jose Raymond Frustrated at lack of support, Tiger Cup hero considers offers from abroad Today Exclusive jose@newstoday.com.sg IN 1998, after helping Singapore win its first major international football crown, the Tiger Cup, English coach Barry Whitbread left the team, a decision he made before the tournament
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    Lock icon Making a desert bloom: S'pore and political engagement
    1024 1  -  Siew Rum Hong News Comment DR CATHERINE Lim has once again revealed her knack for hardhitting articles that analyse the fundamental dysfunctions in Singapore politics as she sees it Earlier this month, in her article "Utopia or Dystopia?", Dr Lim considered the
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      35 1 NEWSX\YIEWS PM Lee says To attract investors, Asean needs to pull together/2 I Say The pain of a 13-year-old dual citizenship holder/24 Hot prospects An opportunity arises from Sars crisis/35 If"tbaiMu«]J ttBlM HUw "jMf 'ffl/tSm
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      Lock icon 'Get your act together', PM Lee tells Asean
      658 2  -  Val Chua Collective effort will make region more attractive to Japan val@newstoday.com.sg TOKYO The Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) needs to get its act together to attract investments as a bloc from Japan, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, on a three-day
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      Lock icon Bush's foreign policy is working, says think-tank
      378 4 -AFP It was a controversial approach, but the threat of terrorism was abated LONDON Washington's bold policies in Iraq and the Middle East look "increasingly effective", and even the threat from terrorism abated slightly during 2004, the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS)
      -AFP; AFP  -  378 words
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      Lock icon Drug for premature ejaculation unveiled
      283 4 -AFP WASHINGTON A new drug introduced in the United States promises to make sex last much longer. The drug, dapoxetine, was unveiled at an annual meeting of the American Urological Association on Monday and aims to help millions of men around the world cope with
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      Lock icon She's not the real Miss Vietnam
      126 4 AP HANOI A week before Miss Vietnam was set to stride across the stage in the Miss Universe pageant, officials in her country said she hadn't earned the sash. Pageant organisers say Pham Thu Hang, 22, can compete in the May 31 competition in
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      274 3 We know how demanding school can be. Which is why the ißook comes with processor speeds of up to I.33GHz, wireless networking capability, a DVD-burning Super Drive and up to 1.25G8 of memory all to help you review more information anywhere, anytime. Together with the iPod's voice-recording capabilities, massive storage
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        Lock icon Lower ERP rates at 12 points
        112 6 Channel News Asia Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates will be lowered by 50 cents at 12 gantry points during the school holidays. These include the Central Expressway (CTE) gantries north and south of Braddell Road, East Coast Parkway at Fort Road and Ophir Road,
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        Lock icon CPF top-ups: 70,000 yet to reply
        65 6 Channel News Asia Seventy thousand Singaporeans have yet to indicate if they wish to aualify for CPF top-ups the Government will be giving out on July 1. Each qualified person will receive between $50 and $450. Singaporeans who qualified for the third lot of
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      Lock icon Funeral of PM's mother-in-law tomorrow
      194 6 Channel News Asia POLITICIANS, businessmen and friends turned up to pay their respects to the mother-in-law of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Madam Chan Chiew Ping, 76, died on Monday. She is believed to have died of cancer after a long illness. Mr Lee has
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      Lock icon Angeli and Anggi recovering well
      561 6 Newsßadio, Channel News Asia They'll be out of intensive care by 'end of week' INDONESIAN conjoined twins Angeli and Anggi are recovering well after an operation over the weekend to separate them. Doctors expect the girls to be out of intensive care by the end
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      Lock icon Come on Singapore – READ!
      420 8  - Come on Singapore READ! Patricia Yap Campaign launched to get locals to learn to love books patricia@newstoday.com.sg A STORYTELLING session on a Woodlands-bound train and a 12-hour reading marathon are two of the more than a hundred activities organised until Aug 6 to encourage Singaporeans to read. READ! Singapore, launched
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      How green will you go?
      228 8  -  Sheralyn Tay WOULD you support a tax based on how fuel-efficient your car is? Or go to a centralised recycling centre 100 m from your flat? How about paying 5 cents for every plastic bag you use? Members of the public are invited to answer
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      Lock icon Govt economy drive saved $736m
      209 8 Channel News Asia THE Government's economy drive has resulted in savings of $736 million in the last financial year. This represents 2.3 per cent of the total cash budget and is 7.1 per cent higher than the savings for FYO3. A Government statement said the
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      Lock icon Free massage bed sessions draw crowds
      683 10  -  Chen Siya Elderly fans speak of health benefits but doctors sceptical siya@newstoday.com.sg EVERY day, as early as 7am, the queue begins to form. At 8.30 am, someone hands out queue tickets and the jostling begins. Then the doors open, and those at the head
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      149 6 lARMI Education r***iWl Leadership JpMONASH University *trE Master of Education Master of Education [Early Childhood) (Leadership, Policy Change) Singapore 9th Intake Singapore 9th Intake For teachers, educators and other For individuals who have leadership professionals who wish to pursue a responsibilities for the delivery of leadership role in the early
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      191 8 J^ Ak At James Cook University, c e§ree yon see^ ii is closer than you think, July '05 full-time part-time intake open for all J/ GCE 'A'-Level holders, diploma graduates and above. _j3JSgrS^^^ BACHELOR OF PSYCHOLOGY (Honours upon invitation) James Cook University (JCU) is one of BACHELOR OF BUSINESS Australia's
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      Lock icon Relations nosedive
      276 12 -AFP Japan-China ties worsen after Koizumi furore TOKYO Sino-Japanese relations took a further nosedive yesterday with more finger pointing over who is to be held responsible for worsening relations, after a cancelled meeting between Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Vi and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. China expressed "extreme" dissatisfaction
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      Lock icon Woman doctor to contest PAS post
      209 12 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Islamic fundamentalist opposition party, long criticised for its record on woman's rights, will decide whether to elect a woman to one of its highest positions next month. Britain-trained physician Siti Mariah Mahmud, who became the first woman to be nominated
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        Fat woman told to go to zoo
        64 12 A 1 84kg New York woman, who is bedridden and cannot fit into a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine, was told by her doctor to go to the Bronx Zoo for her check-up. "I was told if elephants and hippos need MRIs, they
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        Wife cuts off sleeping man's penis
        47 12 A housewife in Uttar Pradesh in India was so sick of her husband's womanising ways that she chopped off his penis while he was asleep. Doctors who re-attached the man's penis are unsure if he could have sex again, reported ananova.com.
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        Jobless Germans get cheaper sex
        36 12 Germans on the dole can now get a 20 per cent discount at brothels in Dresden. All they need to do is show their unemployment benefit card to qualify, reported ananova.com.
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      Lock icon Israel was hiding atrocities: Mahathir
      211 12 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said that the Israeli government denied him entry to Jerusalem and Jenin last week because they want to hide the atrocities against Palestinians. Describing the Israelis as "cruel" and "arrogant", he also said that the officials
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        What if Chin Peng had succeeded?
        572 14  -  Eric Koo Peng Kuan Singapore and Malaysia could have been very different today "THE winners are kings, and the losers are bandits." This Chinese saying seems to reflect quite pragmatically what happens to those who have been consigned to the dustbin of history. The
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      Lock icon SBY sets sights on military ties with US
      308 16 Agencies But Indonesia's human rights record may hinder efforts JAKARTA Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono headed to Washington yesterday, with hopes that his country's giant strides in democracy and tough line on terror would lead to a restoration of strategic military ties
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      Lock icon BUSH AND KARZAI SIGN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP DEAL
      142 16 Agencies United States President George W Bush and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (picture) signed a strategic partnership deal enabling long-term US involvement in Afghanistan's security as well as reconstruction. Among the key points of Monday's agreement was allowing US military forces operating in
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      Lock icon Arnold 'is losing his shine'
      109 16 Agencies CALIFORNIA California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is losing his shine as a politician. He has faced a spate of public criticism for being ineffective and now even some of his greatest supporters his Hol-lywood-star friends, are distancing themselves from him. Actor Warren Beatty, 68, unleashed
      — Agencies; AFP  -  109 words
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      Lock icon No agreement on Gaza pullout
      96 16 AFP GAZA CITY Palestinian Interior Minister Nasr Yussuf and Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz failed to reach an agreement on Israel's pullout from the Gaza Strip as the Palestinian leadership battled to shore up a troubled Middle East truce. "The meeting (in Tel Aviv) was
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      Fake, stolen artefacts are the norm in Britain
      207 18 LONDON Most of the antiquities on sale in Britain are either stolen or fakes, a top museum expert was quoted as saying by The Independent yesterday. A scientist at the British Museum, Mr Paul Craddock, whose work involves checking the authenticity of
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      Lock icon Koran report journalist I dropped the ball
      318 18 -AP Says he underestimated impact of report alleging desecration of Koran NEW YORK One of the two Newsweek journalists behind the retracted article alleging that interrogators at the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, had desecrated the Koran, said he had underestimated the
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        Lock icon N Korea won't rule out pre-emptive strike
        72 20 Agencies iNorth Korea has refused to rule out a pre-emptive attack, saying that the United States' "hostile policies" led it to develop nuclear weapons as a deterrent. It also warned against any attack to dislodge its leadership, state media reported. Meanwhile, China said
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        Blood might be scarce in emergencies in Thai south
        92 20 Hospital authorities in Thailand's southern Sungai Golok, where there have been at least five bombings this year, are facing difficulties in getting blood donations during emergencies, reported the New Straits Times. Sungai Golok Hospital deputy director Dr Wichai Wichien Wattanachai said
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        Lock icon UN special envoy Clinton to visit Sri Lanka
        43 20 -a'p Former US president Bill Clinton will visit Sri Lanka this weekend on his second post-tsunami tour of the region this time as the Unitecl Nation's special envoy for tsunami recovery, the UN said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Twist in the tale of a US hero
      361 20 Family of ex-football star accuses army of lying about the way he died WASHINGTON The family of former American football star Pat Tillman, killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan, has accused the army of creating a heroic tale about his death to
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      Lock icon Thai law proposed to declare missing tsunami victims dead
      218 20 AFP BANGKOK Thailand proposed yesterday to declare legally dead the nearly 2,000 Thais still missing five months after the tsunami, which would clear the way for victims' families to claim inheritances and other benefits. Under Thai law, a person must be
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      50 17 speak up. speak out. speak Well. f tJws*' w''S wKn r ■■^Sifflt'V ail EB% Mi m m H m| |Hp y g^juV -^^^^.^H fLr?^ Mk>t> t^mi!^ 1 J^^«mJ What's their story? An inspirational story behind each personality, watch out for The Speak Good English Icons. Speak Good English Movement www.goodenglish.org.sg
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      Focus On The Family
      292 22  -  James Dobson m TbiM^'s byDr, JEEP FENDERS You know, children can be so hateful and mean to each other, especially when we, as adults, haven't taught them basic kindness and sensitivity. I learned this when I was only eight years old. I attended a Sunday School
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      Living life by the numbers
      682 22  -  ESTHER TEH coffee with 38, Astrologist MUCH as one might expect her to look like a gypsy, Esther Teh dresses like a modern woman and interprets astrology charts printed off a computer. As a child, she predicted the death of her grandparents and her hamsters.
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      singaporeseen
      140 24 Come on, have one! Students of body language are certain to read in this scene the antics of a fruit salesman trying to push his wares. But pineapple was far from the mind of the sculptor who created this work of art, displayed by the Singapore River. A mischievous
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      isay PAIN OF DUAL CITIZENSHIP HOLDERS
      566 24  -  Robert William Straughan I'M A 13-year-old student, and like some other children in Singapore, I have dual citizenship. My father is American, and my mother Singaporean. I am proud to be a holder of both American and Singaporean citizenship as I know it is
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      Encourage adoption, not abortion
      290 25  -  DANIEL KOHKAH SOON NELSON QUAH] I Letter from THE report, "More pick abortion to avoid pregnancy" (May 24), makes sad reading. A growing number of "terti-ary-educated" adults, who should know better, seem to have opted for abortion as a method of birth control. In recent years,
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      Competition will help public transport
      283 25  -  iTEOHOONSENG Letter from WHILE the jury is still out on the fare increase application by the public transport operators, letters continue to pour in to newspapers seeking justification for the application and overcharging by a far-from-perfect fare deduction system. Once upon a time, a fare
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      Too many hurdles for the disabled here
      201 25  -  [CHUAKIM CHOP I Letter from MANY HDB flats do not have lifts which stop on all floors yet. When my late father had a fall and had to be wheelchair-bound for almost two months, he could not even go for his medical follow-ups
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      It's not about supporting the underdog
      335 26  -  ANTHONY PRAKASAM Let the market rule for all airlines budget or full-service Letter from I READ with interest your article on Mr Ken Ryan, Jetstar Asia CEO ("'Forced' to slash airfares", May 19). He asked travellers not to be fooled by the low airfares
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      Hold subsidised or free English classes to improve standard of language
      237 28  -  JOCELYN KOH Letter from THERE are campaigns to encourage Singaporeans to speak good English, to be understood, and to discourage them from speaking Singlish. I believe many of us will be able to "switch" and speak proper English when
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      Unacceptable hospital didn't tell of change
      295 28  -  |CHUA KIM CHOP As Spore strives to become Asia's medical hub, standards must rise I Letter from I AGREE with Jeremy Lim and the other readers that something has to be done about the waiting period at hospitals. As Singapore strives to become the
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      Are we trapped in an old world mentality?
      209 28  -  SOHGIMTEIK Letter from I REFER to the report, "Can Singapore step up its game?" (May 24). Of course, you are right It is always about money (or the lack of). While not wanting to overpay to bring in a team here, or
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      Cheated homeowners need recourse against conduct of housing agents
      249 29  -  TAN KOK LIANG Letter from" ARE housing agents allowed to back out from their letter of undertaking? I had engaged one to rent out my condominium for a minimum period of one year. She managed to secure a foreign professional on
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      Can driver use cell phone in condo car park?
      290 29  -  [LIONEL DESOUZA I Letter from RECENTLY there has been much discussion in the newspapers and on the Internet on the use of handphones while driving. There have been many interpretations on the issue. To set the record straight, the Traffic Police
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      283 30  -  Christie Loh Buys 11.6 m shares at 40 cents each and pays $696,000 christie@newstoday.com.sg DBS Bank has responded to market furore over Longcheer Holdings' listing fiasco by subscribing to new shares in the company and paying the firm $696,000. The twin moves, which DBS
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        4 30 ST Index —2,175.20 1.43
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        64 30 SHARES ended mixed yesterday amid a lack of fresh factors. The ST Index gained 1.43 points, or 0.07 per cent, to 2,175.20. In the broader market, losers outpaced gainers 231 to 207. Volume amounted to 651.8 million shares valued at $81 1 million. FM Holdings plunged 26.2 per cent
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        64 30 Index Value hange Pis Nikkei 225 Hang Seng 11,133.65 13,719.32 -25.00 +20.19 i -0.2: +0.1: Ordinaries 4,054.30 +30.00 I +0.7: laiwan Wtd 5,909.10 +23.65 i +0.41 Korea Comp 951.61 +0.56 i +0.0i KLCI 884.34 +1.17 1 +0.1: SET Index 663.66 -6.99 -1.0' lakarta Comp Closed Phils Comp Shenzhen
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        21 30 Gold uss/oz 418.40 Silver uss/oz 7.010 Platinum uss/oi 863.00 Rubber centsAg 229.75 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,394.50 Brent crude uss/barrel 48.43
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        59 30 By volume UTAC Chartered Sing Tel FM Hldg Biosensors STATSChP UniFiber SembCorp Capitaland Noble Grp Close 0.615 1.150 2.680 0.155 0.575 1.170 0.270 2.280 2.400 1.350 Change +0.025 +0.050 +0.040 -0.040 +0.010 +0.005 +0.070 +0.050 -0.150 +4.2 +4.5 +1.5 -6.5 +0.9 +1.9 +3.2 +2.1 -10.0 '000 49,605
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        77 30 jy Close )BSBk65SNCPS10 107.300 Change -0.400 jealive50 13.300 -0.300 F&N 15.500 -0.200 >hangAsia2kHKS 11.600 -0.200 >IA 11.600 -0.200 Noble Grp 1.350 -0.150 HSI*****SGAeCW*****0 1.480 -0.130 Fortune Reil HKS 6.100 -0.100 3realEasl 14.300 -0.100 ISH 500USS 10.100 -0.100 By percentage Close STIDBePW*****5 0.025 Change -61.5 DBSDBeCW*****1 0.005 -50.0
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        41 30 SGI, Bloomberg US$ 0.6040 UK£ 0.3305 Yen 64.975 HK$ 4.6935 RM 2.2959 Euro 0.4809 Rupiah 5,721.4 Baht 24.194 Peso 32.972 A$ 0.7953 Indian Rs 26.294 Won 604.72 C$ 0.7621 Yuan 5.0005 NZ$ 0.8495 NTS 18.943 Information provided by
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        469 32 Dow Jones Thin margins, volatility of earnings weigh on segment: CAI THE high rollers that Singapore hopes to attract to its proposed casino resorts represent a small market with thin margins, and operators will find it more profitable to focus on the mass market,
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        169 32 CHINA Aviation Oil Singapore (CAO) filed yesterday in the High Court the documents for the improved terms that it had offered to its creditors and called for the creditors' meeting to be held on June 8 to vote on the scheme of arrangement
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        192 33  -  Chow Perm Nee THE fight for the saver's dollar shows no signs of abating, with banks coming up with novel products to attract deposits. The latest to join in the fray is Maybank, which has launched a Singapore dollar time deposit that pays an
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        323 33 -AP Ranks after Paris, Anchorage, London SINGAPORE is the world's fourth most important connecting point for international air travel, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science yesterday. The city of lights, Paris, is also the city
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        287 33  -  Christie Loh CORPORATE overhaul specialist Nicky Tan may have temporarily held off a bid by DBS Bank to wind up Citiraya Industries, which is under police investigations. The debt-laden electronics waste recycler failed yesterday to repay $38.6 million to
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        530 35  -  Chow Perm Nee MTECH makes the best of an opportunity arising from the Sars crisis pennne«a'newsioaay.com.sg WHILE the Sars outbreak in Singapore two years ago dealt a deadly blow to many industries, it gave birth to a business that is still making waves in its
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        207 35 BUDDING entrepreneurs, there is now a platform for you to trial your products and services at a nominal cost. For the first time, the Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) is opening the Blue Sky Carnival to any member of the public who wants
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      823 36  -  Jeanine Tan Why aren't Singaporean guys setting the dating scene alight on reality show Eye for a Guy 21 U /^ANNOT make it" That may just be best way to describe the standard of the Singaporean men on the second season of dating reality show
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      156 38  -  David Chew IT IS China's most celebrated play of the moment, and after rocking the Hong Kong Arts Festival earlier this year, director Meng Jinghui and playwright Liao Yimei's Amber will open this year's Singapore Arts Festival at the Esplanade tomorrow. Amber is an experimental,
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      475 38  -  Jeanine Tan Finally, the Bo versus Carrie showdown AMERICAN IDOL 4 THE FINAL TWO BO BICE, 29 Helena, Alabama Personal idol Sheryl Crow Who is your American Idol My mom Musical strengths Experience (he was in a band that opened for Warrant and Blackfoot)
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        224 40  -  Yong Shu Chiang Star Wars Episode 111 breaks records HAILED by fans, fanatics and critics alike as the best film of director George Lucas' new Star Wars trilogy, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith outdid its predecessors while breaking records galore at the North American box office last
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          128 40 me ladies on Wisteria Lane led the debut season of Desperate Housewives to a smashing close on Sunday night in America. A total of 30.3 million viewers tuned in to find out the truth behind Mary Alice Young's suicide the tragedy that opened the season for the
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          64 40 Singapore's "queen" of comedy, Kumar, and Malaysia's "queen" of cabaret Joanne Kum Po Po will reunite at the Guinness Live! Comedy night on Thursday at 8 at Zouk. This will be the dynamic duo's first reunion since they last worked together at the old Boom Boom Room They
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      213 40 BOX OFFICE brought to you by TOP iQ rq Golden VillageW North American Box Office (May 20 22) RANKING MOVIE WEEKEND CUMULATIVE WEEKS IN GROSS/USS GROSS/USS CINEMAS 1 Star Wars: Episode 111 108.44 m 158.45 m 1 2 (1) Monster-in-Law 14.35 m 44.17 m 2 3 (2) Kicking and Screaming
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      369 44 The fat cat and his pal will be on the SuperStar Virgo THIS school holiday, a cat and a dog will sail onboard Star Cruises' SuperStar Virgo and kids can look forward to having a great time in their company. Garfield, the world's most famous feline, and
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      218 44 AS THE school holiday kicks in, families can gear up for an exciting weekend at Eastpoint Mall where a host of great bargains and fun activities await them. This weekend, the mall will be transformed into a mini pet centre as Pet Lovers Centre and
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      275 46 Chan Brothers Travel shows you how LEADING travel agency Chan Brothers Travel has expanded the number of its Asia-only counters to meet the increased demand for travel in the region. Mr Anthony Chan, group managing director of the agency, noted that this is
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      624 47 As the school holiday begins this weekend, why not plan some activities to keep the little ones busy and happy. Choose from a list of the arts and theatre performances especially for kids or let them express their creativity through a series of
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      454 51 -AFP Owen joined the sporting immortals 70 years ago today ANN ARBOR, Michigan Only a tiny plaque on a small brick monument here commemorates Ferry Field as hallowed ground, the site of the finest hour in athletics, thanks to the legendary Jesse Owens. Today marks the 70th
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      192 51  -  Jasmine Zhao IN THE coming months, hundreds of primary school children will play badminton with "bitesized" racquets. Yesterday, the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) recognised MacPherson Primary School as the first school to successfully complete the "Modified Badminton Programme". The three-month programme involved all
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      451 51  -  CUBBYLEONG AFC CUP, GROUP E Home United v Happy Valley cubby@newstoday.com.sg HIS club may be on the brink of making the quarter-finals of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup for the second successive season, but Home United coach Steve Darby was
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      542 52 -AP Pistons tame Superman to cool the Heat NBA PLAYOFFS Miami 81 Detroit 90 (Detroit lead series 1-0) MIAMI The mismatches favoured the Detroit Pistons, and the defending champions kept finding and exploiting khem. Whether it was Tayshaun Prince fcutsizing Dwyane Wade, Rasheed Wali lace taking his
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      313 52 -AFP HOCKEY Sultan Azlan Shah Cup KUALA LUMPUR Australian coach Barry Dancer has called for unity in his squad for this week's Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia, following the recent sacking of top player Troy Elder. Elder was suspended by Hockey Australia for 12
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      575 53 Agencies Milan coach believes early goal will destroy Liverpool's game plan CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL AC Milan v Liverpool ISTANBUL AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti knows that Liverpool are likely to stick to their Italian style "catenaccio" game plan in the Champions League Final. The Reds have
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      308 53 AFP TENNIS French Open PARIS Andre Agassi's record 58th Grand Slam appearance ended in a shattering first round defeat at the French Open here yesterday, the loss surely marking the final act of the 35-year-old American's Roland Garros adventure, which began in 1987.
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      1379 54 Agencies Reds' success may depend on the creative inspiration of Garcia, Alonso ISTANBUL Liverpool midfielder Luis Garcia believes Spain will be rooting for "their club" against AC Milan in the Champions League Final tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time). The Reds have become popular on the
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      633 55  -  LEONARD THOMAS Tired and in poor form, Italians can lean on their wonderful skipper SPORTS EDITOR leonard@newstoday.com.sg IT USED to be that Franco Baresi was the king of Milan. Look for strength and inspiration and the team had only to turn to their leader, always imperious
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      297 55  -  Razali Abdullah LIVERPOOL supporters have been issued with 20,000 tickets, but twice that number are expected to be in Istanbul tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) for the Champions League Final against AC Milan. And Reds legend Alan Kennedy believes the devoted Kopites could
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      148 51 League I Home Team I Away Team Match Kick Off I I (Singapore date/time) SCORE Home United Happy Valley Wed, 25/05/05 730pm STRIKE! Sun Hei Tampines Wed, 25/05/05 B.oopm |UE Champions Milan Liverpool Thu, 26/05/05 2.45 am S.League I Young Lions Albirex I Thu, 26/05/05 7.30pm S.League WoodlandT" SAF FC
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      524 57 Prudential customers come first Prudential is one of the few companies to define how they do business so that their customers remain the central focus of all activities. This self-analysis resulted in an official, worldwide, but very human, manifesto. THE PRUDENTIAL The facts customer manifesto say it all. The Prudential
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      191 58 Prudential's latest branding campaign will be driven primarily by TV. There will also be advertisements in newspapers, buses and outdoor billboards. The TV commercial entitled 'listening to Singapore' will air in English and Chinese languages on local television stations. Two versions will be seen by people in
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      Special website goes online for Prudential staff and advisers only.
      106 58 To celebrate the launch of the new campaign a unique website has been created just for Prudential staff and advisers. The site contains the TV commercial, Print ads and billboards. It also has a photo competition to find the best
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      130 58 I* ■4. I The print campaign will run in English in the major Singapore publications. Print Ad Catch yourself at the Raffles MRT station fl > your silence. And we Bus Ad Outdoor Billboard What type Of Free Screensaver listener are you? SSftP* Prudential has developed a fun and revealing
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