Today, 8 June 2005

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    22 1 TODAY /VIEjyJACORP incorporating utrCiitS MICA (P) 103/07/2004 Wednesday June 8,2005 todayonline.com TODAY /iAediaCorp incorporating oITCUrS MICA (P) 103/07/2004 Wednesday June 8,2005 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon Anwar welcomes PAS offer of big stage
    355 1 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian politics is poised to change dramatically. Former Malaysian Deputy Premier Anwar Ibrahim (picture), currently banned from politics, on Tuesday said he welcomed an offer by Malaysia's hardline Islamic party, the Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS), to lead an opposition alliance.
    -AFP  -  355 words
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    2,200 and counting, will the rally last?
    871 1  -  Val Chua Stocks climb a wall of worry to five-year high val@newstoday.com.sg RECENT corporate scandals may have spooked some investors, but the sentiment clearly hasn't spilled over to the ST Index (STI), which is forging ahead with its own momentum. The benchmark saw
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      Ching will get his rights: China
      323 2 Spore Press Club wants fair hearing FOLLOWING persistent demands from journalists across the world, China has sought to reassure the world that Mr Ching Cheong, The Straits Times correspondent detained on suspicion of spying, will not have his rights denied to him. Mr Ching,
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        Forget about that Dream Singapore
        690 3  -  Jeremy Lim Many idealistic visions will never come true, but that's no reason to lose heart I READ with interest the series of letters from Today readers some time ago on their "visions for Singapore", and wondered if the Singapore that the writers want will
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      Lock icon Praise for Pakistan founder lands Hindu leader in soup
      367 4 -AP Advani resigns, saying he won't retract statement on Jinnah NEW DELHI The president of India's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Mr Lai Krishna Advani, has resigned from his post after Hindu hardliners expressed outrage at his praise of Pakistan's founder
      -AP; AFP  -  367 words
    • Article
      Denied bash in Singapore, gays move party to Phuket
      314 4  -  Ansley Ng ASIA'S largest gay party, which has been held in Singapore every year since 2001, has found a new playground. After the authorities here rejected the application for Nation.os, this year's event, the organisers decided to shift it to Phuket,
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    • SINGAPOREsnippets
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        S'pore kid missing in M'sia
        66 4 Three Malaysian children aged 10 to 1 6 and tneir nine-year-old Singaporean cousin, Jeremy Teo, have gone missing in Fraser's Hill in Pahang. The four had left for the 1 km jungle trek, known as Bishop trail, on Monday at about 3pm. Their relatives lodged
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        Lock icon Leaders pay tribute to ex-CJ
        97 4 Newsßadio 93.8 President SR Nathan has described the late former Chief Justice Wee Chong Jin as an illustrious Singaporean and a sportsman in spirit and in practice. In a condolence letter, he said many who had experienced Dr Wee's compassion and fairness would feel his
        – Newsßadio 93.8  -  97 words
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        Lock icon Huang Na murder trial date set
        72 4 Channel News Asia The murder of eight-year-old Huang Na could soon be played out in Singapore courts, with 75 witnesses expected to take the stand in a threeweek trial of suspect Took Leng How. A preliminary inquiry next Tuesday will consider if there is
        — Channel News Asia  -  72 words
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        Lock icon More aspire to be President
        45 4 Channel News Asia Three more forms have been issued by the Elections Department for candidates aspiring to contest the Presidential Election due by the end of August. This brings the number of forms handed out to 1 3 so far.
        — Channel News Asia  -  45 words
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        S'pore, Aussie police sign pact
        31 4 me police forces or bmgapore and Australia have signed a memorandum of understanding on fighting transnational crime. It covers areas such as terrorism and cyber crime.
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      44 2 -^^^^rMmmm^m^' Charlie P3ce fjmWM Wi) Rock Star KB jif'fai 1 James "Sawyer" Ford Occupation Unknown (Sj mm mt^. Vj j^^J i'imw Confirmed identities of two more passengers on the missing Oceanic Flight 815 Charlie Pace and James "Sawyer" Ford. Full report tomorrow, 10pm on
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      216 5 She won her way to Juilliard. Now she's back to win your support. -'bUkMr J I Youth Excellence Award 1 l**--^_,. I Clare Yeo I -*<^^». At age 11, Clare Yeo won a scholarship As part of her community outreach as to the prestigious Juilliard School in the 2004 HSBC
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon Here, commission's just a month of a maid's pay
      667 6  -  Tor Ching Li rininrrli/V/)nA^j7cl'AniT7 Am cry Ethical maid agency set up to make life easier for caregivers chingli@newstoday.com.sg SHE has seen at first hand how maids here are exploited, how maid agencies routinely skim six to eight months' worth of salary
      FOR CHING LI  -  667 words
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      Lock icon Piracy patroller sets up base here
      520 8  -  Lee U-Wen 182 countries voted Singapore as their choice u-wen@newstoday.com.sg THE World Intellectual Property Organization (Wipo) has ventured to set up an office outside North America and Europe for the first time and has picked Singapore as the host country from which to run
      LEE U-WEN  -  520 words
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      Lock icon Young brains abuzz
      351 10  -  Patricia Yap They are even shaping the country's agenda patricia@newstoday.com.sg WHAT about an annual "Celebrate Youth" event to generate interest about community activities among youth? Or the establishment of a corporate national identity to develop Singapore brands as national icons? These are just two of 91 proposals
      DON WONG  -  351 words
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      242 8 I Pip, in IT IJ High Dip, in IT Bachelor off IT |ft OX/^i Singapore Institute Direct final °f Commerce year entry lor F l//^ S.I.C. Building, 250 Middle Road. IT|lwl!!iMjl«TJ.-.« Hb% /S^^ relevant diploma Call: 6337 8000 www.sic.edu.sg holders fj^ At James Cook University; !^r e^es reeyousee'< is closer
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      216 10 ■ABMI Education Leadership MONASH University «%=£E Bachelor of Early Childhood Master in Organisational Studies Leadership Singapore 7th Intake Singapore 9th Intake Provides graduates with advanced For mid-professionals who are working knowledge of early childhood studies in leadership and managerial roles in a r m i i» range of service sector
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      187 11 BRING OUT THE KNOCKOUT BEAUTY WITHIN AT THE MAYBELLINE GROOVY SALE! It's the Maybelline Blockbuster sale you've been waiting for! Get exciting deals on fantastic beauty sets that are guaranteed to take your breath away! What's more, get funky make-up tips from the Maybelline Beauty Advisors at the Blockbuster sale!
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      Lock icon Electronic 'tags' for British workers
      282 12 The Guardian New device turns work into 'battery farm': Report LONDON Workers in British warehouses are being "electronically tagged" by being asked to wear small computers to cut costs and increase the efficient delivery of goods to supermarkets, a report revealed yesterday. New American satelliteand
      – The Guardian  -  282 words
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      Lock icon Indonesia says no to joint strait patrols
      150 12 -AFP JAKARTA Indonesia does not want to join Malaysia and Singapore to patrol the pirate-infested Malacca Strait, and would prefer that the current system of cooperation is maintained, it was reported yesterday. Indonesia's Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono said joint patrols would remove each
      -AFP; AFP  -  150 words
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      Lock icon Beijing wives called to fight corruption
      145 12 -AFP BEIJING China is calling on officials' wives to help stop their husbands embezzling money as it seeks increasingly novel ways to crack down on corruption, state media reported yesterday. The All China Women's Federation, China's official women's rights body, urged "all wives in
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      Lock icon From Australia, a stink makes Corby judge dizzy
      325 13 Agencies JAKARTA Supporters of Schapelle Corby, the Australian jailed in Bali for 20 years on drug charges, have struck again this time not only mounting a second hoax-attack on the Indonesian embassy, but also on the Indonesian judges involved in the case.
      – Agencies  -  325 words
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      Lock icon Myanmar junta raises alarm over terror threats
      216 13 -AFP YANGON Myanmar's military government stepped up security in the capital yesterday in a bid to alleviate fears triggered by rumours of impending bomb attacks spread by "destructive elements". The junta warned that anti-government agents were spreading fabricated rumours of forthcoming bombings at
      -AFP  -  216 words
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      Lock icon I'm no freeloader: Cherie Blair
      267 13 -AP WASHINGTON The wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, accused at home of cashing in on her husband's position, blamed her predicament on sexism as well as the difficulties of balancing her professional life with being married to the Prime Minister. Responding to the
      -AP; AFP  -  267 words
    • this QUIRKY world
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        Pay tax, have sex
        75 14 Komania s Aiexanaru loan Cuza University has slapped a "sex tax" on students who invite their partners to spend the night at the dormitories, according to ananova.com. The university will charge £4 ($l2) each time someone spends the night with one of the 1,800 students living
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        No to foreign spouses
        84 14 A group of MPs is drafting a Bill to send Russians who marry foreigners to exile and strip them of their citizenship, reported Reuters. "Our women, the most beautiful and best in the world, are going abroad. By doing this, they are wasting the most valuable
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        No laughing matter
        69 14 Hong Kong will hold a laughing contest next month to encourage people to lighten up, as a growing number of residents suffer from depression, reported Reuters. Contestants at the July 1 5 to 17 event will be judged on how long they can laugh and the quality
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        Lock icon Lookalike casting call
        80 14 AFP Elvis-A-Rama, a Las Vegas museum dedicated to the memory and myth of Elvis Presley, has launched a worldwide casting call for impersonators of the "King of Rock", organisers said. The museum will hold a casting call in Las Vegas on Aug 8 and 9 and will
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      Lock icon Humans? No way, says the clone master
      380 14 Agencies Process will remain an impossible and dangerous fantasy, says scientist SEOUL South Korea's ground-breaking cloning scientist Hwang Woo-Suk said yesterday the cloning of human beings would remain an impossible and dangerous fantasy for decades to come. "Human cloning is not only ethically
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      Lock icon PAS takes a punch but is far from out
      628 15 The Guardian Growing membership, image update mean the hardline party should not be underestimated KUALA LUMPUR Protest organisers from the Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) had predicted a big turnout But on a sticky afternoon in Kuala Lumpur two Fridays ago, its
      The Guardian; AFP  -  628 words
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      Lock icon Call to shut Guantanamo
      241 16 Agencies It's 'a propaganda tool for the recruitment of terrorists' WASHINGTON Senior Democrats are calling for the closure of America's detention centre in Guantanamo, Cuba, saying it has become a "propaganda and recruitment tool" for terrorists in the wake of continued allegations of prisoner abuse. Leading
      Agencies; AFP  -  241 words
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      Lock icon Thousands bullied by camera phones
      210 16 The Guardian LONDON Thousands of secondary school pupils are the victims of a new wave of bullying by camera phone, a British children charity, National Children's Home (NCH) said. Its poll, which explored levels of bullying and intimidation among 11 to 19--year-olds, found that one
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        Lock icon Four more Indonesian children have polio
        49 16 AFP Indonesia has confirmed four more cases of polio, bringing the number of children infected with the disease in the country's first outbreak in a decade to 20. Last week, Indonesia carried out a huge vaccination programme aimed at reaching 6.4 million children.
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        Lock icon Smelly, rotting fish kill three Thai men
        44 16 ■AFP Three Thai men died after being overcome by powerful fumes from rotting fish in a boat they were unloading in Malaysia's northern Perak state. Another Thai crewman escaped narrowly escaped death by crawlina away in time.
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        Lock icon 100 women dance naked, hoping for rain
        37 16 AP More than 1 00 women danced naked in a remote mountainous village in Nepal hoping the gods would be pleased ana give them rain, the Kathmanau Post reoorted yesterday.
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      Lock icon Medicinal marijuana outlawed
      134 16 AP WASHINGTON People who smoke marijuana because their doctors recommend it to ease pain can be prosecuted for violating federal drug laws, the United States Supreme Court ruled, overriding medical marijuana statutes in 10 states. The court decision was filled with sympathy for two seriously ill California
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        Lock icon Kuwaiti women voters not cheering yet
        554 18  -  Meena S Janardhan IPS New Bill may be discriminatory, say activists DUBAI In an historic move Kuwait has appointed two women to its municipal council for the first time, but activists say the move does not smooth the road to women effectively voting and
        IPS; AFP PHOTOS  -  554 words
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      400 12 Digging into 1%4 I Id I IVII l%Jw Homes Today offers you the platform to promote your products and services j^^k A With over half a million readers*, V X TODAY is the ideal medium to reach V V a out to homeowners who are constantly i on the lookout
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      Focus On The Family
      235 20  -  Dr James Dobson m Tbosrs by j FREEDOM AND RESPECT Someone said if you love something greatly set it free. If it comes back to you, it's yours for life. If it doesn't come back, it never was yours in the first place. When it comes
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      Reaffirm our humanity: Legislate with a heart
      473 20  -  LIEW KAIKHIUN] Govt can be driving force in showing the respect our maids are due Letter from I THANK this paper for constantly raising the topic of the dignity of our Foreign Domestic Workers (FDWs). As a Singaporean, it pains and shames me
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    • Letter
      Why not give COE rebate in cash, not credit?
      277 20  -  TENG HAW KIAP] Letter from I BOUGHT a car that cost me approximately the remaining value of its COE. When the car was beyond economical repair, I scrapped it and got the remaining, pro-rated portion of the COE in return. However,
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      singaporeseen
      104 20 CALLING ALL SHUTTERBUGS: Email us an interesting picture you have taken in Singapore and it can appear on this page. Give your lull name, age, occupation, address and phone number and send a 300 dpi, <3M jpg file to: seen@newstoday.com.sglnclude a 50 word caption to describe yourself and your
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    • Letter
      SPCA's take: Tough laws only answer
      516 22  -  DEIRDRE MOSS I With focus on profits, it is wishful thinking to hope self-regulation can bring an end to animal abuse Letter from Executive Officer Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals I REFER to the commentary, "Anti-animal abuse rules lack bite" (June
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    • Letter
      Dicey email and the SMS effect
      279 22  -  |hengchochoon I I Letter from I READ with great interest Soh Tiang Keng's timely advice on email etiquette, "Mind your email" (June 6). It is most irritating to read an email replete with sentences in capital case, emoticons and enigmatic abbreviations which have crept
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    • Article
      sayagain
      64 22  -  —Tan KuiTian Instead of charging customers for plastic bags, shops such as the NTUC Fair Price can give out coupons, perhaps with every $5 or $10 purchase, to those who do not take the plastic bags. These coupons can be accumulated to redeem grocery items like rice, sugar, bread,
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    • Letter
      Expert clarifies
      133 24  -  DAVID KELLY Letter from I REFER to an article reproduced in Today, "Spying, the Chinese way" (June 7). The words attributed to me in the original article ("Spying the Chinese way: Millions of snippets from all over the world," Sydney Morning Herald, June 6) were quoted completely out
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    • Letter
      No hitch to US visa-waiver
      387 24  -  CHIAWEIKIANG All that S'poreans need is a valid passport that is machine-readable I Letter from Senior Public Internal Communications Executive for Commissioner Immigration Checkpoints Authority I REFER to Mr Denis Distant's letter "Biometric Passports: Ready When?" (June 6). Mr Distant is concerned that, if the
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    • Letter
      The real nemesis: A complaining public
      257 24  -  CHONG LEE MING Letter from I REFER to Mr Tham Chee Chung's letter "Don't stifle private trade with stringent controls" (June 6). While I agree with Mr Tham's views that the mobile food vendor scheme is stifled by over-regulation, I believe the regulations are
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    • Letter
      Wet market for Pasir Ris
      176 24  -  JESSICA TEE Letter from IN HIS letter, Mr Tay Boon Sun from HDB ("Facilities at Pasir Ris adequate", May 31), did not answer my question. I had noted there are sufficient amenities on the outskirts of the town and had asked for more facilities in
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      Lock icon BenQ to take over Siemens phone unit
      124 26 Bloomberg BENQ Corp, Taiwan's biggest mobilephone maker, will take over Siemens' handset unit after the German firm's market share slid to its lowest level in six years and losses mounted. Siemens will give away the business to BenQ, spend 250 million euros ($416
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    • market BUZZ
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        Be green together with Carrefour
        234 26 GOING shopping at Carrefour? Take along your own bag then. Carrefour, with the Singapore Environment Council (SEC), has launched the Green Living Programme to encourage shoppers to be eco-friendly To reduce the use of plastic bags, shoppers are encouraged to bring their own bags. Find
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      • Article
        Get some summer fun at Swensen's
        189 26 CELEBRATE the vibrant colours and flavours of summer at any Swensen's restaurant till July 8. Summer Fun Meals for the family celebrate the sweet, spicy, savoury and BBQ flavours of the not season. Then cool down by indulging in the deliciously refreshing new summer
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        Shopping hangout for sports fans
        134 26 SPORTS fanatics have a new hangout right in the heart of town! Spanning 7,686 sq ft, the newly-reno-vated Stadium by Royal Sporting House is ready to rock Ngee Ann City with its rich assortment of sports and active lifestyle wear. Catering to the hip and
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      Lock icon Apple chip plan may not hurt Chartered
      359 26 Dow Jones although key customer IBM loses processor deal CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing should not be hurt by key customer IBM losing a chip-supply tie-up with Apple Computer as IBM still has other avenues for growth, analysts said. Apple said on Monday that it
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      China Motion debtor faces difficulty
      217 26 CHINA Motion Telecom Holdings (CMTH) has indicated that it will "have difficulty" repaying the balance of a second instalment of debt of HK$47.B million ($10.2 million) owing to its strategic partner, Singaporelisted China Motion Telecom International, by the July 14 deadline. CMTH has also asked
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        228 28 Dow Jones THE Infocomm Media Business Exchange (imbX), a five-day event comprising exhibitions and conferences to be held next week, is expected to add about $200 million to the economy, Singapore Exhibition Services (SES) chief executive Stephen Tan said
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          61 28 Index Value Ch hange Pis Nikkei 225 11,217.45 -53.17 -0.47 Hang Seng 13,837.29 -23.26 -0.17 All Ordinaries 4,160.10 +5.50 +0.13 Taiwan Wtd 6,105.79 -31.78 -0.52 Korea Comp 970.88 -5.21 -0.53 KLCI 876.92 +4.95 +0.57 SET Index 682.15 -0.15 -0.02 Jakarta Comp 1,092.81 -4.01 -0.37 Phils Comp 2,003.02 -48.02
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          58 28 By volume lyvol Close Change '000 Delong UniFiber 0.130 0.360 +0.030 +0.010 +30.0 36,725 +2.9 22,574 SembMar 2.190 +0.100 +4.8 21,061 Goldtron 0.015 20,081 Biosensors 0.620 +0.020 +3.3 18,990 MMI 0.415 +0.030 +7.8 18,837 AIM 0.220 +0.010 +4.8 18,403 Cbina Sun 0.415 +0.020 +5.1 17,997 ACCS 0.145
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          75 28 By$ By percentage Jardine C&C 13.700 +0.400 FJBenW*****6 0.020 +100.0 JMH 400USS 18.300 +0.400 Venture eCW*****7 0.100 +100.0 Venture 16.100 +0.300 TMC Inl 0.070 +75.0 KepCorp 12.300 +0.200 NeoCorp 0.030 +50.0 STI ETF 100 22.520 +0.170 Venture eCW***** 4 0.085 +41.7 KepCorpeCW*****1 1.140 +0.130 CharleredeCW***** 0.280 +40.0
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          76 28 By$ By percentage Creative 50 12.500 -0.300 ST EnggeCW*****4 0.225 -30.8 OCBC4.55SNCPS100 101.400 -0.200 Venture ePW*****8 0.065 -27.8 OTTO 7.000 -0.100 FHTK 0.015 -25.0 GrealEast 14.400 -0.100 Venture ePW*****5 0.055 -21.4 Robinson 6.000 -0.100 VGO Corp 0.040 -20.0 ShangAsia2kHKS 11.400 -0.100 SembMusic 0.130 -18.8 Sp Land 5.350
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          86 28 Dow Jones SHARES rose yesterday, with sentiment boosted by Wall Street's overnight gains and falling oil prices, traders said. The ST Index added 5.46 points, or 0.3 per cent, to close at 2,206.84, after hitting a four-year intraday high of 2,210.68. In the broad market, gainers outnumbered losers 355
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          36 28 US$ 0.6012 UK£ 0.3295 Yen 64.235 HK$ 4.6891 RM 2.2901 Euro 0.4905 Rupiah 5,752.1 Baht 24.419 Peso 32.875 A$ 0.7837 Indian Rs 26.245 Won 605.43 C$ 0.7495 Yuan 4.9888 NZ$ 0.8425 NTS 18.799
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          26 28 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 428.60 Silver uss/oz 7.555 Platinum uss/„i 880.00 Rubber ontsAg 241.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,389 Brent crude uss/barrei 53.73 Information provided by
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        447 29 Bloomberg Exchange plans clearing service for such trades to lower counterparty risk THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) may offer clearing services that reduce the risk of default in the unregulated US$lOO billion-a-year ($166 billion) market here for oil and freight derivatives known as swaps. "We
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        182 29 Agencies SHIPBUILDER ASL Marine Holdings said yesterday it had secured an additional $100.3 million of contracts to construct eight vessels for customers in Europe and Indonesia. The contracts are expected to be completed by June 2007 and revenue will be recognised on a progressive
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        339 30 Agencies CNOOC mulls bid for Unocal, takeover battle looms BEIJING China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) confirmed yesterday that it was considering launching a bid for United States oil company Unocal, rivalling an offer by ChevronTexaco Corp. "The company is continuing to examine its
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        210 30 Bloomberg JOHN Houldsworth, an executive at Berkshire Hathaway's General Re unit, has agreed to plead guilty to a federal criminal charge of helping American International Group (AIG) use a reinsurance transaction to distort its finances. Under an agreement with the Department of Justice,
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      617 35  -  Mervin Tay mervin(gnewstoday.com.sg FORGET about Project Superstates top 24 for now. The stars of the singing competition's debut episode, which airs tonight at 8.30 on MediaCorp TV Channel U, will be the rejects. In late April, over 3,000 hopefuls turned up for the
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        156 36  -  Yong Shu Chiang Madagascar rules the roost here and in US IT TOOK a fortnight, but Dream Works Animation's animal adventure Madagascar is now king of the movie jungle in North America, ending the two-week reign of box-office juggernaut Star Wars: Episode 111 Revenge of the Sith.
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        580 40 -AP Coach Brown and Co now face Duncan and the Spurs as they go for back-to-back titles NBA PLAYOFFS Miami 82 Detroit 88 MIAMI Larry Brown walked through the front door of the Detroit Pistons' packed locker room, scanning the celebration with his eyes aglow and
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        264 40 -AFP WELLINGTON No room could be found for former All Black lynchpin Carlos Spencer in the starting line-up for a starstudded New Zealand Maori team, in what is being billed as a "fourth Test" against the British and Irish Lions in Hamilton on
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        297 40 Agencies LONDON Just 48 hours after completing the signing of 34-year-old Dutch goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, Manchester United yesterday made an official approach thought to be £5 million ($15.2 million), for PSV Eindhoven's Korean midfielder Park Ji Sung. And
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        634 41  -  ERIC DING So good is under-16 forward, he gets his own Nike commercial sports@newstoday.com.sg HONG KONG striker Au Yeung Yiu Cheung gets recognised whenever he goes shopping along the bustling streets of Kowloon. Already hailed as a national icon, football fans stop him for autographs
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        636 41  -  CUBBYLEONG cubby@newstoday.com.sg HE IS reputed to be one of the most accomplished full-backs to have played for the Lions. Kadir Yahya was part of the outstanding defensive quartet that included the late Borhan Abu Samah, Lim Tong Hai and Jang Jung
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        495 42 Agencies Greece desperate to win to remain in contention WORLD CUP QUALIFIER Greece v Ukraine ATHENS What a difference a year makes. Just 12 months ago, the Hellenic heroes from Greece were about to start their extraordinary Euro 2004 adventure which would end with
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        357 42 Agencies WORLD CUP QUALIFIER Spain v Bosnia MADRID Rumours abound that Raul Gonzalez (picture) will be in Singapore on July 6 to lobby for Madrid's bid to host the 2012 Olympics at the International Olympic Committee's 117 th Session. After a disappointing season
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        66 42 Group 1: Czech Republic v Macedonia, Finland v Holland, Romania v Armenia Group 2: Greece v Ukraine, Denmark v Albania, Kazakhstan v Turkey Group 3: Estonia v Portugal, Latvia v Liechtenstein, Luxembourg v Slovakia Group 4: Faroe Islands v Republic of Ireland Group 5: Belarus
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        607 43 Agencies No spectators, but N Korea-Japan clash could be explosive WORLD CUP QUALIFIER North Korea v Japan BANGKOK Two sides will meet in a critical encounter in Bangkok tonight, but Thailand are not involved. The city has been chosen as the neutral venue for the potentially volatile
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        177 43 Agencies WORLD CUP QUALIFIER Iran v Bahrain TEHRAN Iran only need a draw against Bahrain tonight in their Group B qualifier to secure an automatic spot at the World Cup Finals in Germany next year. With the whole country behind the national
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        379 43 -AFP LONDON Liverpool will know by the end of this week if they can defend their Champions League trophy. And the signs are looking good. Uefa president Lennart Johansson spoke to Uefa's executive committee yesterday about allowing the European champions
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      527 44  -  JOSE RAYMOND FAM chief wants revenge, Avramovic calls for calm among his Lions TIGER BEER CAUSEWAY CHALLENGE Malaysia v Singapore IN PENANG, MALAYSIA jose@newstoday.com.sg BERTALAN Bicskei was a nervous man yesterday. No wonder, after reports in the Malaysian press revealed the challenge thrown down by the
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      274 44  -  Jose Raymond IN A move which could further boost the long-standing football relationship between Singapore and Malaysia, and help the Young Lions gain more experience, it was revealed yesterday that the Singapore under-23 side could participate in the Malaysian Premier League next year. In
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      410 44  -  TAN YO-HINN yohinn@newstoday.com.sg THE first Asian X Games was held in Bangkok in 1998. Now interest in the continent's biggest competition for extreme action sports has exploded, with nearly 14,000 fans watching the 7th Asian X Games presented by
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      555 45  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Deputy leader Gabriel vows to bring top celebrities here weekeat@newstodav.com.sq PARIS 2012 organisers have promised to pull out all the stops when they arrive here for the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) 117 th Session, from July 6-9. Leading the race to host the
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      384 45 Agencies NEW YORK In a matter of hours, a three-horse race became a two-horse race. New York City slipped from being a worthy contender for hosting the 2012 Olympics Games to a distant long shot who may even contemplate withdrawing. Monday
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