Today, 1 June 2005, Afternoon Edition

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    11 1 TODAY MehiaCorp MICA (P) 103/07/2004 incorporating utT6£itS Wednesday June 1,2005 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Ching Cheong a spy, says China
      1430 1  -  Clement Mesenas and Wong Fei Wan Chilling turn as STjournalist faces death penalty clement@newstoday.com. sg THE case against The Straits Times' (ST) chief China correspondent Ching Cheong took a chilling turn yesterday when Beijing said he had confessed to spying for foreign intelligence agencies
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      Lock icon Pakistan to deport top Al Qaeda suspect to US
      187 1 AFP ISLAMABAD President Pervez Musharraf said yesterday that a top Al Qaeda operative arrested in Pakistan was being handed over to the United States, which regards the country a key ally in the war against terror. "We are obviously going to
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      Lock icon Stocks lower as investors take profit
      108 1 AFP NEW YORK US stocks swung lower yesterday as investors locked in gains on the final day of a strong month while mulling mixed economic data and the implications of the French rejection of the EU Constitution. As trading resumed after a three-day Memorial
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      33 1 NEWSX\YIEWS Animal abuse Weed out errant pet shops with stricter laws/3 Kirn's kitchen 'Bombshell' memoir on N Korean dictator due/1 7 I Say ERP: A small price to pay for smooth roads/25 BP9
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      Lock icon Villepin named French PM
      342 2 -AFP France composes itself after Sunday's referendum defeat PARIS French President Jacques Chirac appointed close aide Dominique de Villepin as his new prime minister yesterday, as France scrambled to pick up the pieces after Sunday's disastrous referendum defeat for the European Union (EU) constitution. Mr Villepin
      -AFP; AFP  -  342 words
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      Presidential contest forms handed out
      210 2 FOUR application forms for the presidential contest were issued yesterday, the first day applications for the certificate of eligibility were made available. Among one of the persons to make his way to the Elections Department was a 60-year-old health inspector from the civil service, Mr
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        Anti-animal abuse rules lack bite
        635 3  -  Goh Boon Choo HOW much is that doggie in the window? Judging by the 1,000 pets the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) receives every month, they are not worth much to their former owners. Such rampant pet abandonment is a consequence
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      Lock icon 'Tabloid fever' sweeping across newspaper world
      515 4 AFP SEOUL Reports of the imminent death of the print media may be premature, or even dead wrong. "Tabloid fever" has gripped the industry in a trend that is gaining speed, a media conference was told yesterday. The smaller newspaper format long favoured by
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      Lock icon Mahathir defends his record on fighting graft
      288 4 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Former Malaysian Premier Mahathir Mohamad emotionally defended his record for fighting corruption after he was accused of failing to crack down on the scourge during his 22-year tenure. Dr Mahathir said in interviews with Malaysian journalists on Monday that his
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      132 3 Ip^R" dm BrJ?a^Ta£?^fr ~*zzrr"-T-!i__ ,",B '^b'-T^V -■■■■yr *$T^T*-WKfc \^\3n Singapore's Global University We, your alumni, are thrilled that we are re-connecting with our roots at Bukit Timah. This homecoming is great news as we celebrate our Centennial year. We're proud of our alma mater its ranking among the world's top
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      83 4 "gBBBB^^JBBw. \m jZ~*~~l^AMf^*fl n it vi HUGH I \.r Mw** Ji****"^_H^B ""ril.v From /efr: Die Welt Kompakt, The Independent and The Times. I The newspaper of 2020 I will be small in size and I will be very closely linked I to the digital media and, k I specifically, the
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  • Singapore news
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      Help at hand for low-wage workers
      481 6  -  Lee U-Wen National Wage Council urges companies to increase pay to low-income employees u-wen@newstoday.com.se SALARIES in Singapore may have increased across the board over the last decade, but the disparity between lower and higherincome earners has also grown. According to the Ministry of Manpower's
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      Lock icon Certificate-less lawyer jailed for nine months
      357 8 Ansley Ng A MAN who practised law without a legal certificate was sentenced to nine months jail yesterday. By appearing in court and filing documents for his clients for 18 months without a certificate to practise, Mahadevan Lukshumayeh, 45, had misled the authorities into
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      Lock icon Should we follow the crowd to India, China?
      500 8  -  Derrick A Paulo Students question Minister Raymond Lim at seminar derrick@newstoday.com.Sj THE Government may be convinced of the opportunities that come with the rise of China and India, but there were some doubting Thomases at the Pre-University Seminar 2005 yesterday. In a
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    • SINGAPOREsnippets
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        SM Goh meets Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Hamad
        97 10 Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong hosted a lunch yesterday for Sheikh Hamad Zayed Al Nahyan, the chairman of both the Abu Dhabi Department of Planning and Economy, and General Authority of Health Services. Sheikh Hamad is on an official visit here to study
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        Lock icon man found dead inhome
        77 10 Channel News Asia A man was found dead on his bed in Block 836 Tampines Street 82 yesterday morning. Neighbours called the police when a bad smell wafted from 42-year-old Goh Boon Chua's flat. His body was found lying with the face upwards and he was
        Channel News Asia  -  77 words
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        Lock icon Club for blood donors formed
        103 10 Newsßadio 93.8 Some 30 Singaporeans who have been donating blood regularly are banding together to form a club for blood donors. They will be donor ambassadors, showing others that it doesn't hurt to give a pint of blood every three months. Called the Blood Donor
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        STB restructures to push S'pore as top travel site
        95 10 The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has restructured its brand management and corporate communication divisions to enhance its branding and marketing campaigns to promote Singapore as a premier travel destination. The Brand and Communications Group has been set up with two divisions
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      Lock icon NUS team plants flag on Mt Everest
      82 10 The National University of Singapore (NUS) flag was planted on the summit of Mount Everest at 9.40 am yesterday. The NUS' Centennial Everest Expedition team is Asean's first univer-sity-backed team to successfully scale the world's highest peak. The five team members from left:
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      ComChest ropes in 6 more
      411 10  -  Jasmine Yin They will join 12 others on the committee to help raise $45m j asmine.yin@newstoday.com. sg SIX new faces have joined the Community Chest (Com Chest) to help raise $45 million for charity, $2 million more than last year's collection. Hailing from diverse fields,
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      Lock icon SGH and KK Hospital retrench 108 maintenance staff
      190 12 Channel News Asia SINGAPORE General Hospital (SGH) and XX Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) have retrenched 108 general maintenance staff from their Facilities Plant Engineering Department The department will be outsourced to Keppel Facilities and Management Operations (Keppel FMO) from July 1.
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      Lock icon Can't 'Lasik"? There's hope
      371 12  -  Tan Hui Leng Epilasik is suited to almost everyone huileng@newstoday.com.sg IN A country with one of the world's highest rates of myopia, surgical vision correction is fast becoming a fact of life. But it is a little known statistic that 10 to 30 per cent of
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      Lock icon Bouncing back from bad business
      178 12 Channel News Asia EIGHT entrepreneurs here have put into print their experiences on business failures and successes to help people understand and cope with failing. In the book Out of the Ashes, they share their insights on how they survived cold shoulders, betrayals and failed
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      Lock icon Sulawesi bombing suspects identified
      367 14 AFP Attacks similar to those in Maluku chain, Indonesian police say JAKARTA Indonesian police said yesterday they suspected a gang of agitators behind a string of attacks across sectarian violence-hit eastern islands for a weekend bombing that killed 21 people. The police chief of Indonesia's Maluku
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      Lock icon China refuses to stop gas exploration: Japan
      266 14 AFP BEIJING China has refused a request from Japan to stop its exploration in bitterly disputed gas fields in the East China Sea, as two days of talks on the issue ended yesterday, a Japanese official said. "The Japanese side asked the Chinese
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      Lock icon 'Fed up' with the war shrine visit issue ...
      76 14 'Fed up' with the war shrine visit issue AFP Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said he was getting fed up with persistent questions from the media about his shrine visits. A poll by the daily Asahi Shimbun showed that 49 per cent of Japanese voters believed Mr Koizumi should stop
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      Lock icon Post confirms ex-FBI man was 'Deep Throat'
      350 16 -AFP Watergate revelations led to Nixon's resignation WASHINGTON The Washington Post confirmed yesterday that former FBI number two Mark Felt was the "Deep Throat" source who helped unravel the Watergate scandal of the 1970s and bring down President Richard Nixon. Mr Bob Woodward,
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      Lock icon Cooking up a storm on N Korea's first family
      488 17 AFP TOKYO A Japanese sushi chef and author, who served North Korean dictator Kirn Jong-Il for 13 years until 2001, is dishing up a third memoir which he promises will be another bombshell for the Stalinist royal family. "I don't want
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      Lock icon PYONGYANG ACCUSES US OF PLOTTING WAR
      143 17 AFP SEOUL North Korea yesterday accused the United States of planning a war under the guise of a new strategic military proposal for South Korea, days after protesting the deployment of US stealth fighters there. Washington and Seoul have been negotiating a "strategic flexibility"
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      Lock icon Has Anwar Ibrahim been gagged?
      318 18 He claims Prime Minister Abdullah has ordered a media blackout on him KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's former deputy prime minister, Mr Anwar Ibrahim, says that there is an official media blackout on him. He recently launched a "travelling reform campaign" and gave a series of rallies
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      Lock icon Saudi-IAEA deal on inspections?
      118 18 -AFP VIENNA The UN atomic agency is urging its members to accept a deal for Saudi Arabia to finally allow inspections of its nuclear facilities, even if there is concern the agreement struck could severely limit the agency's investigative rights, according to a document obtained by
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      Lock icon Jackson 'scared silly by prospect of being jailed'
      298 18 -AFP LOS ANGELES Pop icon Michael Jackson believes he will be convicted of child molestation at the end of his trial and appeared to be "scared silly" by the prospect of being jailed, according to Vanity Fair magazine. The prestigious magazine quoted
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        Lock icon Aftershock hits Banda Aceh, sparks panic
        65 18 AFP A strong aftershock measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale shook the capital of Indonesia's Aceh province, Banda Aceh, yesterday, prompting panic among the population, residents said. The quake, which hit at 9:29 am local time, was centered some 33km under the ocean floor,
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        Lock icon Earthquake strikes southern Japan, no risk of tsunami
        65 18 AFP A strong earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale shook southern Japan yesterday but there was no risk of a tsunami or immediate reports of damage, officials said. The quake occurred at 1 1 :04am local time in waters off the
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        Lock icon Iran tests new missile
        71 18 AFP Iran has tested a new missile using solid-fuel technology yesterday. The missile matches the more than 2,000-km range of Iran's Shahab-3 rocket. Officials described the test as "1 00 per cent successful". Iran has upgraded the Shahab-3 ballistic missile, believed to be based on a
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      Lock icon Khodorkovsky verdict 'nothing to do with justice', says lawyer
      174 19 -AFP MOSCOW The chief lawyer for Yukos oil founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky (picture) confirmed yesterday he would appeal the conviction and sentencing of his client, saying the guilty verdict and nine-year jail term handed down by the court had "nothing in common
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      Is Saddam lawyer a fraud?
      336 19 British prosecutors may file charges LONDON A controversial Italian lawyer linked to a series of high-profile defendants, including former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, may soon find himself dragged to court on fraud charges in Britain, reported The Independent. The newspaper said that British prosecutors are
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        Lock icon Man sets house on fire to get rid of guests
        61 19 AP Illinois native Dean Craig allegedly set his own home on fire in order to get two visitors to leave, police said. The 46-year-old allegedly splashed rubbing alcohol on the floor of nis two-storey home and ignited the fire on
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        Masturbation marathon
        65 19 San Francisco's Center for Sex and Culture played host over the weekend to the city's annual "Masturbate-a-thon", an event its organisers said could draw up to 120 people from across the United States, reported Reuters. It is not mentioned who won the self-love fest but last year's record
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        Lock icon 500 down, 500 more to go
        50 19 AP Mr Dan Freeman of Brooklyn has popped into his 500 th bar in a quest to visit 1,000 bars in a single year. "I just wanted to see how many bars you could hit in a year, and 1,000 seemed reasonable," he said.
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      Lock icon Geldof's Live 8' to set scene for G8
      292 19 LONDON Rocker turned activist Bob Geldof will revive his star-studded 1985 Live Aid charity event, in an event dubbed "Live 8", in a bid to eradicate world poverty. It will be timed to precede a Group of Eight (G8) summit in Scotland
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      Lock icon The secret world of Guantanamo Bay
      343 20 AP LONDON One Guantanamo prisoner told a military panel that American troops beat him so badly he wets his pants now. Another detainee claimed United States troops stripped prisoners in Afghanistan and intimidated them with dogs so they would admit to militant activity. Reports
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    Focus On The Family
    265 22  -  Dr James Dobson w Tibiws by. GROWING UP EARLY AND LATE I want to talk today about four growth patterns in the early teen years that have significance for self-confidence. First, there's the late-maturing boy, who is keenly aware that all his friends have grown up.
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      SGX's dual role incompatible
      403 22  -  HJEEEKBBJffI Separate securities authority needed to enforce corporate governance rules |BJ^ I REFER to the announcement yesterday by the Singapore Exchange (SGX) that it will be tightening the rules of accountability to restrain errant directors. It has prompted me to write on a matter that has
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      ACCS debacle: Govt watchdogs have not been alert enough
      140 22  -  flimftm Ujjgjjgjj THE over-reporting of ACCS' profits has been in the news for some time now. Also, it was reported to be a profit-mak-ing company, but we now know that there were hardly any profits in 2003 and 2004. Thus, not
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      High fares, low standards
      286 24  -  LIM BOON HEE| To justify hikes, improve reliability and level of service on buses, trains Letter from I THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) should invite tenders for a third national public transport network so that we are not held hostage by the two incumbents. They could
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      Overcharging, connectivity problems not yet resolved
      223 24  -  [JULIE CHOOIKOKWOON I Letter from I REFER to your report, "Green light given for fare hikes" (May 31) The Public Transport Council (PTC) should not have authorised SMRT Corp and SBS Transit to increase fares without requiring that they first resolve the problem of
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      Lock icon isay ON THE RIGHT ERP TRACK
      647 25  -  Sim Kah Choon A EUROPEAN friend whom I was driving around recently, showing him the sights of Singapore, casually remarked: "The traffic is so smooth. And your cars all look so clean here." I have heard the first statement many times before to the
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      Blindness in Viagra users very rare
      183 26  -  DR LI MAN KAY I Letter from Consultant Urologist Gleneagles Medical Centre I REFER to your report, "Viagra linked to blindness?" (May 30). Non-arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (Naion) shares similar risk factors with erectile dysfunction (ED): Occurence in adults over the age of
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      Public complaints can be constructive
      129 26  -  FLORENCE LEUNG Letter from I REFER to Mr Chong Lee Ming's letter, "Be constructive, don't just whine" (May 30). Mr Chong said the writer should not have complained in public about her unsuccessful efforts to complete the Household Survey online. I feel that we should
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      Puzzling advice on HDB windows
      253 26  -  ■victor I [CHUASWEEHEE Unclear policy on replacement specifications I Letter from UNDER the new regulation laid down by the Housing and Development Board (HDB), households have to switch to stainless steel arms and rivets on their casement windows by the end of September. My block
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      433 28  -  Christie Loh But unit's sensitive military contracts mean potential buyers restricted christie@newstoday.com.sg CONGLOMERATE SembCorp Industries (SCI) said yesterday it was open to divesting its 61-per cent stake in its logistics arm, SembCorp Logistics (SembLog). However, the unit's military contracts could restrict the number of potential
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      233 28  -  Val Chua CHINA Aviation Oil (Singapore), or CAO, will release this week the final report by auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) into its trading losses, sources said. The long-awaited report is likely to be made public, contrary to earlier concerns that its contents may not
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          81 30 AFP SHARES closed mixed yesterday, with the start of the annual mid-year school holidays dampening market interest, dealers said. The ST Index fell 1 0.1 5 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 2,161.77. In the broad market, gainers led losers 227 to 212. Traded volume totalled 734 million shares
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          60 30 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 11,276.59 +10.26 +0.0' Hang Seng 13,867.07 +21.97 +0.11 All Ordinaries 4,070.40 -19.10 -0.4; Taiwan Wtd 6,011.56 +2.04 +0.0: Korea Comp 970.21 +1.17 +0.11 KLCI 860.73 -9.23 -l.Oi SET Index 667.55 -0.65 -0.11 Jakarta Comp 1,088.16 +25.21 +2.3; Phils Comp 1,929.38 +42.77 +2.2;
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          58 30 )y volume Close Change '000 vccs 0.120 -0.010 -7.7 49,565 table Grp 1.480 +0.040 +2.8 36,135 JTAC 0.640 +0.005 +0.8 33,265 taqlntlnfra 1.110 -0.030 -2.6 32,540 lldin 0.920 28,486 JniFiber 0.315 +0.015 +5.0 24,986 ".osm Corp 1.830 +0.060 +3.4 21,146 .TATSChP 1.210 +0.020 +1.7 20,515 chartered 1.210
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        258 32  -  Christie Loh Japan's Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries wants the firm's core businesses chnstie@newstoday.com.sg JURONG Engineering (JEL) has received a firm offer of $51.6 million for its core engineering and construction businesses from Japan's Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI), which had indicated its interest back in January. IHl's
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        266 33  -  Chow Perm Nee DBS Bank Indonesia (DBSI), the Indonesian subsidiary of DBS Bank, and Bank International Indonesia (BII) have entered into a strategic alliance to let DBSI's corporate customers access Bll's nationwide network of 260 branches in 60 cities for depositing
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        244 33 4m shares will be offered to public SYSTEM Access expects to raise $7.9 million in net proceeds from its initial public offering (IPO). The banking software provider is offering 49 million new shares at 20 cents each, it said in a prospectus
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        924 34  -  Lyn Chan Reality TV show's entrepreneur finalists talk business news@newstoday.com.sg ENTREPRENEURIAL flames have been ignited and fanned with the Government's rallying call to local organisations to endorse entrepreneurship. And so running on television since April, is Start-Up, a reality TV competition that showcases the trials and
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          102 34 AN ISLAND-wide Spot the Watsons Shopper "hunt" in conjunction with the Great Watsons Sale, is on until June 30. Shoppers carrying the retailer's carrier bags at areas near its outlets will be chosen randomly every Friday, Saturday and Sunday for five weekends. Upon verification of proof of
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          127 34 NOKIA has sponsored a new category in the Start-Up@Singapore National Business Plan Competition and Enterprise Launcher called "Run Your Own Nokia Shop". For polytechnic and other undergraduate students, this is the first-of-its-kind competition that provides enterprising tertiary students with a chance to set up and run
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          97 34 THE Springside, comprising 19 freehold terrace-houses in two designs, will be launched on Saturday. The development's contemporary archi- tectural setting is complemented by the surrounding lush nature, creating a unique living environment, said its developer Kallang Development. The first design, TF, is a three-storey structure with attic that
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        693 35  -  Vasu Menon Memories of 1998 LTCM fiasco resurface amid rumours that such funds are chalking up huge losses news(gnewstoday.com.sg THERE have been rumblings recently that hedge funds are sitting on significant losses, which could surface in coming months and cause problems for global financial
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      521 36  -  Lorraine Lim Robert Lepage's The Busker's Opera evolves with each stop I news(gnewstoday.com.sg LIKE fine wine, the works of Robert Lepage (picture) and his theatre company, Ex Machina, improve with age. While many works are considered finished products once they are performed on stage, the creative process never
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      327 36  -  Lim Kuan Chiang kuanchiang(gnewstoday.com.sg OKAY, I was a bit off the mark This year's Miss Universe pageant was supposed to be different, as I said in yesterday's paper. More specifically, this was to be the year that Asian beauties would do well, especially since
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      354 38  -  Jeanine Tan Shan may have been out of order onTV but it hasn't hurt his career j eanine@newstoday.com. sg GOOD-LOOKING, he is. A gentleman, he is not. That may be the verdict on Shan Wee after last week's episode of Eye for a Guy 2. His elimination
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      405 39  -  Jeanine Tan Local singer will not perform in Singapore leg of Snow.Wolf.Lake j eamneWnewstoday. com.sg AMONG the many things Kit Chan (picture) will be doing during her yearlong hiatus in Boston, "taking care of my man" will be near the top of the list. The 33-year-old announced
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        346 40  -  Mervin Tay Neo's sequel to 2002 hit to look at parent-child relationships mervin@newstoday.com.sg JACK Neo knew expectations would be high if he decided to do a sequel to I Not Stupid. His 2002 break-out hit looked at the plight of EM3 students and offered incisive comments on
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        106 40 Paris engaged to soulmate Paris -AP LOS ANGELES Hotel heiress and The Simple Life TV star Paris Hilton (picture) is engaged to her boyfriend of eight months, Greek shipping heir Paris Latsis. "They are happy and excited," Hilton spokesman Rob Shuter said on Monday, confirming a story first reported on
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        192 42  -  -Joyce Lin 10th anniversary of singer's death to be marked with musical tribute here THE legacy of the late Teresa Teng lives on. Ten years after the Taiwanese songbird's death, Unforgettable Teresa Teng A Musical Tribute will be performed in her memory from Oct 28 to Nov
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        208 42  -  Yong Shu Chiang STAR Wars fever continued at the North American box office, but director George Lucas' blockbuster Episode III: Revenge of the Sith was toppled by cute zoo animals in Singapore. Dream Works Animation's Madagascar, about African safari animals who have only known life in
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        613 48 AFP Hatton and Manchester will be against the champ on Sunday MANCHESTER When Kostya Tszyu puts his International Boxing Federation (IBF) light-welter-weight title on the line against local hero Ricky Hatton here in the early hours of Sunday morning (Monday morning, Singapore time), he can
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        344 48 -AFP AUCKLAND The British and Irish Lions displayed their rugby skills before the New Zealand public here yesterday. In a specially arranged and rare open training session, the 42 players three are still to arrive gave the public a taste of what the All
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        165 48 AFP LOS ANGELES Former Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson is trying to set up a meeting with Kobe Bryant early this month and could decide about a possible return to the team soon. The Los Angeles Daily News, citing unnamed sources, reported that the nine-time
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        580 49 -AP Stoudemire takes charge to keep Phoenix alive NBA PLAYOFFS San Antonio 106 Phoenix 111 (San Antonio lead series 3-1) SAN ANTONIO Amare Stoudemire was tired of hearing how Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs were using their experience to teach the young Phoenix
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        331 50 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR The last time Thailand's Thaworn Wiratchant topped the Asian Tour's Order of Merit, it was in 1996 and it was only for a brief spell. He finished the season out of the top 10. This year, however, the
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        532 50  -  TAN YO-HINN Singapore leads the way with Punggol centre WHILE wakeboarding is growing in popularity in Singapore, the national team continue to lag far behind the best in Asia. The sport suffers from a lack of a proper training programme, facilities are scarce, there are
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        518 51  -  LAN DE COTTA Singapore will not host Jan 15 leg, race likely to go to Indonesia iantsnewstoaay.com.sg SINGAPORE will not host a leg for the upcoming inaugural Al Grand Prix series, which should begin this September in England. It is believed negotiations between the
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        206 51 Leong Wee Keat SINGAPORE women's floorball team are just one victory away from reaching the semi-finals of the sth Women's World Floorball championship. All the Orchids need to do is defeat Malaysia in their final Division B match at ITE College East tonight.
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        395 51 Agencies BERLIN Seven-time Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher has quashed suggestions he is considering walking away at the end of the season, after struggling to compete in his Ferrari. "I have always said that I will retire when I cannot keep up with
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        324 52  -  CUBBYLEONG LL. ,/7J\ .._j. l_.. cuDDytsnewstoaay.com.sg PERES De Oliveira gained membership into the S-League's elite "century" club last night. His 10th minute opener for Home United in their pulsating 3-3 draw against Balestier Khalsa, was his 100 th goal for the Protectors. In a boost
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        495 52  -  JOSE RAYMOND Eagles coach resigns before club's second heaviest defeat in league history NTUC INCOME YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2005 Tampines Rovers 7 Geylang United 0 jose@newstoday.com.sg THE loudspeakers at the Tampines Stadium blared U2's Beautiful Day before the Stags kicked off against Geylang United last night, in an
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        551 53  -  ERIC DING Sundram believes his promising under-18s will retain Lion City Cup FOOTBALL 20th Lion City Cup sponsiy^newsioaay.com.sg WHEN Jurong FC pulled out of the S-League in 2003, one of Singapore football's finest ever players suddenly found himself unemployed. Former Malaysia Cup and S-League star V
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        374 53  -  ERIC DING sports@newstoday.com.sg PLAYING in the shadow of V Sundramoorthy's Singapore under-18 Team A, Tay Peng Kee's boys are rank outsiders for the 20th Lion City Cup. But the Singapore under-18 Team B coach couldn't care less. Having worked with the side for three years,
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        541 54 Agencies Striker jumps to fourth on England's scorers' chart with hat-trick against Colombia EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey Michael Owen scored three times to give England a narrow 3-2 victory over Colombia in a football friendly this morning at the Giants Stadium. The Real Madrid striker's
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        354 54 -AFP MANCHESTER England international Rio Ferdinand has asked for more time over his ongoing contract talks with Manchester United. The 26-year-old central defender claimed he was being given just a month to clear up the dispute with United when other players were allowed 18
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        236 54 AFP METZ Goals by Djibril Cisse and Florent Malouda gave France their first home win under Raymond Domenech with a 2-1 victory over Hungary but the coach could not escape being roundly booed because of his continuing insistence on not
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