Today, 3 June 2005, Afternoon Edition

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      40 1 NEWS£yWWS A fare shake? Right assumptions behind higher transit fares?/2 Rules eased Permit norms relaxed for arts entertainment/1 1 Ramen king Mr Cup Noodles has had his fill/51 M WELCOME TO THE~] HHNBU rg FUNHOUSEi Check out our GSS pullout
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      27 1 JACKSON 'A PREDATOR' WORLD 16 CRISIS TALKS PLANNED ON EU CHARTER WORLD 1 8 BOY, 7, KILLS BABY WORLD 26 BECKHAM SETS SIGHTS ON ASIA SPORTS 74
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      This may take long, several years perhaps,' Ching told his wife
      511 1  -  Clement Mesenas Foreign Editor clement@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Straits Times journalist Ching Cheong could not open an email attachment, purportedly containing a copy of the latest Zhao Ziyang manuscript, he decided to go to China to collect the manuscript Apparently, that
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      Lock icon Business optimism at 3-year low
      194 1 -AFP Gloomy mood among global CFOs: Survey WASHINGTON Global corporate finance chiefs see more troubles ahead for their firms as a result of rising costs and interests rates, and a lack of pricing power, a survey showed yesterday. The Duke University survey of global chief
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      Lock icon US stocks edge higher as oil retreats
      94 1 -AFP NEW YORK US stocks scratched out small gains yesterday after oil prices turned lower, with investors cautious a day ahead of monthly employment data that will offer more insight into economic momentum. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 3.62 points to
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        By bus, by train, but is that how we travel?
        820 2  -  Siew Kum Hong Assumptions behind fare hike may not have been accurate I DOUBT if anyone was surprised when the Public Transport Council (PTC) approved the applications by SMRT Corp and SBS Transit to increase bus and train fares. But
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      Second-lower, upper, lower ...
      478 3  - Second-lower, upper, lower Tan Hui Leng NTU graduates' honours results changed online, 'human error' blamed huileng@newstoday.com.sg MOST graduates either feel down or are on a high when their results are released. But, for the past couple of weeks, 14 of them have been on an emotional rollercoaster. A graduating Nanyang
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      Lock icon SPH journalists start petition in support of Mr Ching
      77 3 Ansley Ng A PETITION to "show support" for Mr Ching has been drawn up by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) journalists acting in their "personal capacities". A spokesperson for the group, a journalist who did not want to be named, told TODAY:
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      Lock icon World's defence ministers meet in S'pore
      557 4 -AFP North Korean nuclear standoff, cross-Straits piracy, among issues to be discussed in three-day talk ASIA-Pacific defence ministers and their allies from the major powers will meet in Singapore for three days from today to discuss security issues such as terrorism and the North
      -AFP; AFP  -  557 words
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      SMRT waives fare hike for senior citizens
      247 4  -  Patricia Yap SENIOR citizens who use concession passes when travelling on SMRT buses and trains will be exempted from the fare hike for the first 12 months. The transport company is also extending the off-peak periods, when senior citizens enjoy a flat concessionary
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      Lock icon Best judicial systems in Hong Kong, S'pore
      270 4 -AFP HONG Kong and Singapore have the best judicial systems in Asia, while those of Indonesia and Vietnam are the worst, according to a survey of expatriate business executives working in the region released yesterday. Hong Kong pipped Singapore for the top spot
      -AFP  -  270 words
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      Booked in advance: MM Lee's chronicles
      244 4  -  Tor Ching Li LET the Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew be your muse in learning the Chinese language. A 250-page book chronicling Mr Lee's 50-year-long struggle with his "fifth tongue" titled Keeping My Mandarin Alive (picture) is now up for sale. The other languages
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      Trial for Khoo sisters set for June 20
      129 6  -  Chow Perm Nee THE court hearing for the two daughters of the late tycoon Khoo Teck Puat has been set for June 20. It will be heard by senior district judge Richard Magnus. Elizabeth and Jacqueline Khoo face charges for their part
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      Reward plan for taxi drivers
      163 6 SMRT Taxi driver Richard Chia is looking forward to going on holidays for up to 14 days and not have to pay his taxi rental. All he'll have to do under the rewards scheme the firm launched yesterday is to earn points by maintaining acci-dent-free
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      Lock icon MPs join push for Myanmar reform
      347 6  -  Derrick A Paulo derrick@newstoday.com.sg A GROUP of Singapore MPs have joined their regional counterparts to push for reforms in Myanmar. MPs Charles Chong, R Ravindran, Wang Kai Yuen and Penny Low are taking their "personal interest" in Myanmar up a notch by joining the
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      Lock icon SMU considers old govt buildings for city hostel
      299 8 PLANS to provide residential facilities to Singapore Management University (SMU) students near its new campus are certainly underway, but the accommodation won't be ready until next year at the earliest, said SMU president Professor Howard Hunter. Today reported yesterday that the Government
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      Aids awareness lacking
      402 8  -  Loh Chee Kong Campaigns targeted at youth may go unheeded cheekong@newstoday.com.sg THREE teenagers were infected with the Aids virus last year, according to the latest figures from Action for Aids (AFA). But a recent study done on local tertiary students suggests that this might only be the
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      Now you can hold art show without licence
      541 11  -  David Chew MDA relaxes permit norms for painting exhibitions, others david.chew@newstoday.com.sg HOLDING an art exhibition or a classical music concert here just got easier and cheaper. As of last Friday, nine categories of arts entertainment events ranging from "performances of classical music
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      Lock icon Extend operating hours, plead mobile food vendors
      229 11 Channel News Asia BUSINESS for mobile food vans has been so bad that only seven of the initial 33 mobile food vans are now left Of the surviving vans, most say they can make only between $100 and $200 a day. Some say
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      Ballad from the heart
      496 13  -  Jasmine Yin Local musicians sing so that those in prison can be soothed jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg AS THE war in Iraq raged, Mr Hwang Eu Jin's thoughts turned to a close friend, Martin, who was in Iraq playing his part in that war. "I thought about how Martin
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      Lock icon Donation appeal for amputee film-maker
      238 13 Channel News Asia A DONATION appeal has raised $260,000 for Mr Bertrand Lee (picture), a film-maker who met with a serious accident on Jan 14 in Mumbai, India. The 27-year-old was crushed by a 20-ton truck while filming along a crowded street and his left
      – Channel News Asia  -  238 words
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      Lock icon With eye on Shanghai, S'poreans learn the lingo
      206 13 Channel News Asia SHANGHAI has been called the world's fastest growing city, attracting businessmen and tourists in droves. In Singapore, language centres are seeing more and more young people learning the Shanghainese dialect One, Ms Ivy Yeo, 24, said she worked in
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      Lock icon New look for PAS
      533 15 -AFP M'sian party seeks to rebrand itself with women and young leaders KOTA BARU Leaders of Malaysia's hard-line opposition Parti Islam Semalaysia (PAS) are meeting this week to rebrand themselves and woo back voters, but analysts say the party faces an uphill task as many feel
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        Lock icon Maldives becomes a multi-party democracy
        36 15 AFP The Maldivian parliament voted unanimously yesterday to allow multi-party democracy for the first time in the tiny atoll nation ruled by President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom since 1978, his spokesman said.
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        Indonesia to ban female circumcision
        41 15 Indonesian health authorities are to issue a ban on doctors and paramedics performing female circumcisions, health ministry director general of community health Azrul Azwar told AFP. He could not say when the decree would be issued.
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        Lock icon Russia, China and India in security meet
        66 15 AFP Foreign ministers of Russia, China and India met yes- terday in Vladivostok, Russia and vowed to coordinate efforts to fight terrorism and boost their economic ties with the unstated aim of creating a counterweight to US influence in Asia. Russia and China
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        Lock icon M'sia to issue condoms, needles to drug users
        64 15 AFP Malaysia will distribute free needles and condoms to users of injection drugs in a nationwide pilot project to curb the spread of HIV-Aids. The items will be made available at government and private clinics. More than 61,000 people in the country
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      Lock icon Corby case echoes Japanese woman's
      165 15 -AFP SYDNEY Australia's outrage over the harsh sentence handed to Queensland woman, Schapelle Corby, convicted on drugs charges in Indonesia mirrors how Japanese feel about a tourist jailed here for more than a decade, criminologist Paul Wilson said yesterday. Professor Wilson, who testified on behalf
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      Lock icon Chinese spies spook Australia
      393 16 -AFP I Agencies They outnumber Russians and new spy unit has been set up to track them down SYDNEY Australia has set up a counter-espionage unit to track down foreign spies, notably Chinese agents who have surpassed Russians as the country's biggest espionage threat, The Australian
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        Bit of a fix for bride and best man
        102 16 Doctors had to separate a bride and best man after they were caught in the act during a wedding in Croatia. The couple were trapped together by a muscle spasm after a friend of the groom walked in on them having
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        Guests take a dip in beer pool
        63 16 In Did to boost the popularity of an Austrian holiday resort, the owners are offering guests a chance to swim in a pool containing 42,000 pints of beer. The Starkenber Beer Myth resort has filled seven 1 3ft-long pools with the beer. Guests
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      Lock icon Jackson 'a predator who groomed victim into abuse'
      345 16 AFP SANTA MARIA Michael Jackson is a calculating predator who used alcohol and porn to lure a teenaged cancer patient into his "forbidden" world of sexual abuse, prosecutors told jurors yesterday. The stunning claims came in the prosecution's closing arguments in the
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      Lock icon Crisis talks planned on EU charter
      345 18 AFP Chirac, Schroeder to meet tomorrow BRUSSELS The EU battled yesterday to keep its Constitution alive after twin ballot blows to the historic charter, as the leaders of France and Germany planned crisis talks to seek a way out of the impasse. President Jacques
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      Lock icon US reservist regrets role in prison abuse
      240 18 AP NEWARK, New Jersey The first Army reservist to be freed after serving time in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal said that he is a good person who was under tremendous stress amid horrific conditions in and around the Iraqi prison. In
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      Lock icon 'Implosion' ahead in Myanmar?
      585 22  -  Larry Jagan -IPS Climate of fear as military shake-up continues BANGKOK Myanmar's top military leader Senior General Than Shwe has strengthened his control over the army and government through a major shake-up of the army. But as a probe into the recent bomb blasts in the
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      Lock icon Odd Couple is now the Couple At Odds
      496 24 -AFP India media speculate on Gandhi-Singh rift NEW DELHI Amid celebrations marking the first anniversary of the political union between India's ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, reports of growing disharmony cloud their future. This has touched
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      Lock icon 'Runaway Bride' on probation for 2 years
      88 26 -AFP MIAMI A judge yesterday placed Jennifer Wilbanks the woman dubbed the "Runaway Bride" after she faked an abduction to avoid her wedding on probation for two years and ordered her to do 120 hours of community service, local media reported. Wilbanks, 32,
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      Lock icon Boy, 7, kills baby
      255 26 -AFP Police trying to figure out how to charge him MIAMI A seven-year-old boy beat his seven-month-old sister to death with a board, Tampa police said, and the Florida authorities are trying to figure out how to charge him. On May 22, the boy, whose identity
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        Lock icon Freedom for 405 Palestinians
        61 26 AFP Israel began to release 405 Palestinian prisoners yesterday. The detainees were to be released at five drop-off points across the occupied West Bank and at the Erez crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip. Four hundred prisoners had been released earlier. Israel had pledged to
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        Lock icon Fall in Japan's suicide rate
        39 26 AFP The number of Japanese people who killed themselves last year fell slightly amid a string of widely-publicised suicide pacts. Last year, 32,325 people committed suicide in Japan, down 6.1 per cent from 2003.
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      Moving on with
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    Focus On The Family
    254 30  -  Dr James Dobson TbiMTs by i MUSIC IN THE HOME We were talking the last time about children between birth and two years of age, and how their parents can begin introducing them to the wonderful world of music. The most important era, however, occurs between
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      Where's the drive to go public?
      564 30  -  LIM PING LIAN ERP system not enough to deter car owners or solve traffic jams Letter from I REFER to the new Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) charges on the CTE and Orchard Road. The ERP scheme has been in place for many years, but
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      Re-trained security officers deserve higher wages
      229 30  -  WENDELL CHUA I I Letter from President, Association of Certified Security Specialists I REFER to the National Wages Council's recommendation to raise lower-salaried workers' wages. The issue of the efficacy of training and re-training has surfaced in the ensuing debate, with sceptics arguing that
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      Some free advice for Johor...
      179 33  -  |JEFFREYLAWLEEBENG I Letter from I REFER to the report, "Bad press causing decline in Spore visitors: Johor officials" (June 2). I cannot agree with the statement by Johor Tourism and Environment Committee chairman Freddie Long that Singapore media reports on crime in Johor have let
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      Lock icon isay WILL WE EVER GET TO THE STARTING LINE?
      491 33 Tan Teng Lip SO SINGAPORE has turned down another chance at hosting an international motorsport event. According to reports, the seventh round of the inaugural Al Grand Prix series will probably go to Indonesia instead. I am sure the Government agencies
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      814 34  -  mr brown IT is time to change our mindsets about our children's education. A Las Vegas casino school is going to open here. Who would have thought this day would come? Of course, their course is, er, integrated, like our resorts. They stress that
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      283 34  -  GUNTMAR KERBL Letter from I REFER to Denyse Tessensohn's "Save our Shiok" (May 26). I was born in Europe, grew up speaking German and learned English in school. At 20,1 moved to the United States and came to realise that my
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      417 37  -  NARAYANA NARAYANA Potential conflict of interest in SGX's private and public roles Letter from A FEW weeks ago, in a reference to SGX's wearing two hats as market regulator as well as being itself a listed public limited company (PLC), The Business Times carried a strongly-worded reader's letter
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      208 37  -  DAWN LOW I Letter from Manager, Corporate Marketing and Communications, SMRT Corporation Ltd I REFER to the letter by Ms Chua Kirn Choo (May 19) regarding the feeder service and the MRT system. We would like to assure Ms Chua that, in the planning of
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      63 37 "I urge all women to boycott organisations that attempt to capitalise on our insecurities, trying to make us feel insecure enough to shell out thousands of dollars to morph ourselves into some poor carbon copy of Pamela Anderson." Reader Jayandran Sandra Alison, who notes that unreal expectations of
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      462 40  -  |PHIUPANGKENGHONG Hold children's families accountable for discipline lapses I Letter from "ONE size does not fit all" (May 30) highlights a questionable weight loss programme in schools which reinforces in children the idea that "thin is in". The Trim and Fit (TAF)
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      359 40  -  FIONA SOH I Letter from Manager, Corporate Communications National Cancer Centre Singapore WE refer to the letter "Subsidised marginalised?" (May 27). We are concerned that Ms Munira Ahmad felt disappointed at not being able to choose a female specialist We agree that
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        55 42 ndex Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries faiwan Wtd *****.05 *****.58 4180.70 6039.48 -49.62 -58.49 +32.90 +67.86 -0.44 -0.42 +0.79 +1.14 Korea Comp 970.88 +1.37 +0.14 KLCI 862.40 +0.44 +0.05 SET Index Jakarta Comp 672.81 1091.46 +5.29 +8.52 +0.79 +0.79 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2010.56
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        60 42 By volume KCS 'Food JniFiber (afflesEdu t/lacqlntlnfra ilectroTech >ing Tel \IM latacrftUSS iemb Corp Close 0.155 0.865 0.325 0.725 1.150 0.460 2.640 0.200 1.120 2.430 Change +0.040 +0.045 -0.005 +0.005 +0.030 +0.080 +0.030 +0.005 +0.040 +0.090 '000 +34.8 113,68! +5.5 43,837 -1.5 35,116 +0.7 25,565 +2.7 20,84;
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        76 42 By$ By percentage lardineC&C 12.900 +0.500 ACCS CA eCW*****5 0.025 +150.0 ISH500USS 10.700 +0.400 DatacrftDB eCW*****5 0.170 +47.8 DBS 14.300 +0.300 ACCS 0.155 +34.8 IMH400USS 17.700 +0.200 FHTK 0.020 +33.3 Venture 15.700 +0.200 DatacrftDB eCW*****7 0.145 +31.8 SembCorpMBLeCW***** 0.850 +0.130 GrealEast 14.400 +0.100 JurTechCA eCW*****4 0.150 +25.0
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        80 42 By$ F&N 15.300 -0.300 By percentage A-SonicW*****0 0.005 -50.0 Creative 50 13.200 -0.100 EiangHual 0.005 -50.0 OCBC 13.800 -0.100 Wee Poh 0.005 -50.0 Shang Asia 2kHIC5 11.500 -0.100 Eco Water 0.085 -26.1 STI 2200SGAePW*****8 0.510 -0.090 Ionics 0.030 -25.0 HSI*****DBeCW*****9 1.010 -0.070 Cyber Vill 0.080 -20.0 STI
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        72 42 Dow Jones SHARE prices closed higher, led by buying in blue chips such as SMRT Corp and SembCorp Industries, as sentiment was boosted by gains on Wall Street overnight. The ST Index put on 14.62 points, or 0.7 per cent, to close at 2,191.55, after hitting a new four-year
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        35 42 UK£ fen HK$ RM V.J/JI 0.3293 64.788 4.6366 2.2637 Euro Rupiah Baht Peso 4$ Indian Rs Won C$ fan NZ$ NTS 0.4891 5703.8 24.213 32.513 0.7947 26.077 601.96 0.7436 4.9324 0.8544 18.75
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        26 42 SGX,, Bloomberg Information provided by rtlduss/oz 419.40 iilver us$/oz 7.52 'latinum us$/oz 875.70 iubber cents/kg 237.00 'aim Oil RM/tonne 1 404.50 irent crude us$/iarrei 53.30
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      118 42 Agencies UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB), Singapore's secondlargest lender by assets, said yesterday that it had appointed Mr Lee Wai Fai as its chief financial officer. Mr Lee, 45, was appointed to the post on Wednesday, UOB said in a filing with the Singapore stock exchange
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      340 42 Agencies Country's telecom sector seen having 'strong growth prospects' SINGTEL, South-east Asia's biggest telephone company, said it paid US$llB million ($197 million) for 45 per cent of Pacific Bangladesh Telecom, aiming to tap rising demand for mobile-phone services in Bangladesh. Of the total
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        322 44 Agencies OVERSEA-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) completed the purchase of an additional 19.6-per-cent stake in Indonesia's PT Bank NISP for 729.7 billion rupiah ($128.2 million), the Singapore bank said yesterday. OCBC bought 810.83 million shares in NISP
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        311 44  -  Chow Perm Nee Sentiment boosted by appointment of Philip Eng as board chairman pennnee@newstoday.com.sg SHARES of Accord Customer Care Solutions (ACCS) rebounded strongly yesterday following the announcement on Wednesday evening that it had appointed a well-known executive to head its board of directors. The counter rose
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        459 46  -  Val Chua Auston claims it was informed late of contents of university's letter to students val@newstoday.com.sg TROUBLED education services provider Auston International Group revealed yesterday that its partnership with the University of Western Sydney (UWS) fell through because of a "default in
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        192 46 THE world's third largest car parts manufacturer, Denso, plans to use Singapore as its springboard into North Africa. Its Singapore regional headquarters also aims to grow its sales in the Asia-Pacific region, excluding China, by 150 per cent in five years. The company's sales now
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        97 46 United Overseas Land has teamed with United Industrial Corporation to buy three freehold properties at Chay Van Street for $59.95 million. Bo Bo Tan Gardens, Bo Bo Tan Mansion and a substation measure a total of 5,680 sq m and will be redeveloped into high-end homes. CSE Global s
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        309 47  -  Christie Loh ACE commissions study to explore feasibility of micro-financing here christie@newstoday.com.sg LOOKING for money to set up a food stall or push cart? The regular banks may turn you down, but "micro-lenders" may grant you a loan if they ever make it to
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        170 47 SOME 4,000 members of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) can now get credit ratings for free, thanks to the association's tie-up with DP Information Group, a provider of business and credit information services. All the members have to do is
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        78 47  -  Dow Jones KEPPEL Corp said yesterday its Keppel Shipyard unit had entered into a deal to convert an oil tanker into a floating production unit for US$l74 million ($2BB million). The unit will be completed by the end of next year and be deployed in
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        117 47  -  Christie Loh DBS Bank has received applications from about 300 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for an aggregate $80 million in funding from its $300-million loans securitisation scheme launched in April. DBS has approved "an encouraging number of applicants," said Mr Desmond Choo, senior vice president
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        260 49 -AFP SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) said yesterday that it would hold talks with European aircraft-maker Airbus over a delay in the delivery of the A3BO super-jumbo jet, amid media reports that it may seek compensation. SIA, the launch customer for the A3BO, had been
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        276 51 Bloomberg PROTON Holdings, Malaysia's biggest car maker, said it began taking bookings for its new 1.2-litre compact car slated to go on sale this month. The compact car is its first new model in 15 months, as it seeks to
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        360 51 AFP Inventor of the quick, inexpensive meal bows out of limelight at age 95 TOKYO Mr Momofuku Ando, the man credited with inventing instant noodles, will bow out of the business limelight at age 95, after seeing his cups of quick, hot and
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        177 52 -AFP BEIJING US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez warned yesterday that China risks "an outbreak of protectionism" if current trade tensions are not addressed and this may lead to further textile restrictions. "The Bush administration prefers to resolve all trade issues with China through negotiation
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        391 52 -AFP Leaves US markets watchdog amid criticism his policies too restrictive WASHINGTON The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr William Donaldson, quit on Wednesday as the head of the top US financial market watchdog amid criticism from the business sector that his policies
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      15 51 CURSED BY CONVENTION Wes Craven movie suffers by resorting to slasher flick formulas PLUS 61
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      83 52 In the process of fitting in, I found new ways to stand out. That's life as an NTU undergraduate. si projects. Late-night suppers. fii Huj But who's complaining? y^MPr'^E 'Bill Apart from having a first--IJ' class education, I discovered ■jj |v\ a whole new me at NTU. But iWM m
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      802 54  -  Mervin Tay Bringing his impish sense of humour back to TV, Bryan Wong speaks about bumps and bad press BRYAN Wong (picture) gave a cheeky glare at the mention of four words he'd probably like to forget "Oh, you mean that show?" he said in mock horror. This
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      507 56  -  Lorraine Lim All stops to be pulled out for next week's nine-night Hong Kong Cantonese Opera Spectacular news@newstoday.com.sg FOR those with an appetite for Chinese opera, now's the time to indulge the Hong Kong Cantonese Opera Spectacular will run for nine nights starting next Thursday,
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      262 56  -  Lorraine lim THEATRE REVIEW by The Busker's Opera PERHAPS it is the unexpectedness of it all. After all, a show that ends with death by lethal injection can't be very funny or can it? From the opening joke about a performer turning to busking
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      155 56  -  david chew THEATRE REVIEW by IF SUCCESS is measured by attendance alone, Action Theatre's first Theatre Idols final, which was held on Wednesday night, must be considered a winner. About 1,500 seats were filled at the Esplanade Concert Hall for an event one could describe as theatre done
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      370 58 Yong Shu Chiang PLAYING one of the young boys who inspired author JM Barrie to pen Peter Pan, pixie-faced Freddie Highmore turned in a stunning performance opposite Johnny Depp in last year's Oscar-nominated film, Finding Neverland. Not surprisingly, Highmore has been rather
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      366 58  -  Mervin Tay Scientists have been taking Star Wars seriously mervin@newstoday.com.sg AT THE end of The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywalker has a robotic hand that replaced the one he lost in his lightsaber duel with Darth Vader. Just another invention from the universe created
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      412 60  -  yong shu chiang] FILM REVIEW by The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy HOLDING a single breath of air, we are told early in this film r\ooci/i r\rt tncs lo+o uaovu vv.ii uiiv- latv. Douglas Adams' radio play and his popular books can keep one alive for about
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      277 60  -  mervin tay~| FILM REVIEW by ONCE in a while, a film comes along that makes you hesitant to pass judgment. Its merits are evident, yet something holds you back from lauding it Unleashed is one such film. Jet Li plays Danny, a fighter who was raised like an animal
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        351 61  -  yong shu ch^ng Wes Craven movie suffers by resorting to slasher flick formulas FILM REVIEW by Cursed WEREWOLVES aren't the scariest things you'll find in the cinema anymore. Granted, these oversized super furry animals make a heck of a lot of noise, and they have the troublesome
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          95 61 Noise Singapore, a National Arts Council festival celebrating creativity in youth, has an exciting line-up of programmes for the June holidays for anyone aged 25 and below. A variety of workshops, ranging from animation and claymation to graffiti art drawing, video games and blogging will be
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          73 61 To mark the Philippines' 107 th year of independence, the Singapore Art Museum will hold Mabuhay Pilipinas a three-day festival celebrating Filipino music and culture. The festival, which runs until Sunday, showcases Filipino talent and will feature performance, film screenings, street parades, workshops and a party, hosted by
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        369 62  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS Action and emotion propels NBA movie FILM REVIEW by The Year of the Yao YAO Ming is China's No 1 export. Familiar to billions, his Chinese face is the most recognised around the world since Mao The basketballer might stand at 7 feet 6 inches
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        218 63 FILM REVIEW by yong shu chiang WHAT really happened in Adolf Hitler's bunker headquarters as World War II waned? Downfall, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel (The Experiment), examines Hitler's last days from April 20, his 56th birthday, to May 2, two days after his suicide in 1945. Based on Joachim
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      174 72 mm '^w mm Catch our local W^T^ badminton stars at w Toa Payoh HDB Hub B V on 9 th June from 1 12pm to Bpm and Win J L attractive prizes in JJ our contests! y The Aviva Open Singapore 2005 is back and promises an exciting week filled
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      220 74 League Home Team Away Team Match KickOff (Singapore date/time) W Cup Uzbekistan Korea Republic Fri, 03/06/05 9.00pm W Cup Iran North Korea Fri, 03/06/05 10.35pm W Cup Bahrain Japan Sat, 04/06/05 12.30am W Cup Saudia Arabia Kuwait Sat, 04/06/05 2.05am SCORE Singapore Malaysia Sat, 04/06/05 8.00pm W Cup Bulgaria Croatia
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      40 76 jJj^.rlDjJj\-L. /AGE GROUP May3o-June 11, 2005 a^fff Singapore Badminton Hall, 100 Guillemard Road Pra*9LCategories Under 11 Under 13 Ml^^^^^X Under 15 M^^ Under 17 "V For more information: www.singaporebadminton.org.sg Organiser: Title Sponsor: Co-Sponsors: Official Equipment Supported By: Affiliated To: Supplier:
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      85 76 Bam Baseball Yankees v Royals, Ch23 4pm Hockey Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: South Africa v South Korea, Ch23 spm Bowling San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour: Philippines, Ch24 7pm Tennis French Open, Ch22 9pm Football Asian World Cup Qualifier: Uzbekistan v South Korea, Ch23 1 Opm Golf Celtic Manor Wales Open,
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      281 76 -AFP HOCKEY Sultan Azlan Shah Cup KUALA LUMPUR South Korea beat New Zealand 6-4 in an entertaining match at the 14th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup here yesterday to make sure of a top-four finish, while keeping alive an outside chance of reaching the final.
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      482 76  -  ASIAN WORLD CUP QUALIFIER Defeat for either coach will be a major blow to World Cup hopes Bahrain v Japan MANAMA Football fever gripped the tiny Gulf kingdom of Bahrain as Japan arrived in the capital city yesterday for a crucial Group B 2006 World
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      535 77  -  CUBBYLEONG Malaysia coach says Lions' Tiger Cup win down to physical superiority TIGER BEER CAUSEWAY CHALLENGE Singapore v Malaysia cubby@newstoday.com.sg MALAYSIAN coach Bertalan Bicskei believes Singapore won the Tiger Cup in January because they were in top shape for the tournament. And as he prepared his side
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      360 77  -  ERIC DING LION CITY CUP 2005 Singapore Team A 1 Malaysia under-16s 1 sports@newstoday.com.sg THE Lion City Cup has long been a breeding ground for local football talent, unearthing the likes of Fandi Ahmad and Indra Sahdan Daud. But finding a striker of similar calibre
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        473 71 -AFP Lions coach eyes All Blacks scalp to erase bitter memory AUCKLAND British and Irish Lions defensive coach Phil Larder is desperate to win the Test series against New Zealand to erase the painful memories of defeat four years ago. Larder was in charge of the defence
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        198 71 -AFP PARIS Olympic long-jump legend Bob Beamon has accused London 2012 bid leader, Sebastian Coe, of treating fellow Olympians with a lack of respect Beamon is furious his photograph was used in a promotional brochure for the London bid without his permission. The brochure, highlighting
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        545 72  -  NBA PLAYOFFS -AP Into the Finals, Spurs superstar is simply happy to see off Stoudemire, Nash and Co Phoenix 95 San Antonio 101 PHOENIX The San Antonio Spurs are excited to be going back to the NBA Finals. They're even happier about not having to
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          525 74 -AFP England star hopes to set up academies in this continent LOS ANGELES David Beckham said yesterday he hopes to launch an Asian version of the David Beckham Academy by 2007, a sister facility of his first two football schools in London and Los Angeles.
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          225 74 AFP LIVERPOOL Everton have confirmed they are in talks with a London-based consortium over investment into the newly qualified Champions League club. The Merseysiders have been involved in talks with several interested parties in the past months, including a group led by former Tottenham
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        573 75 -AP Birthday boy aims to beat world's best player in match of the tournament TENNIS French Open, men's semi-finals PARIS Built like a boxer rather than a tennis player, Rafael Nadal (picture) is listed at 74kg in the annual ATP Tour media guide, but actually weighs
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        243 75 -AFP TENNIS French Open, women's semi-finals PARIS Justine HeninHardenne's impressive recovery from illness and injury continued yesterday, when a 6-2, 6-3 win over outclassed Russian Nadia Petrova put her within touching distance of a second French Open title. For the Belgian 10th seed, the 2003 champion,
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