Today, 15 June 2005

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    Lock icon MJ's not guilty, but the innocence is gone
    845 1 Agencies Antics of accuser's mum probably helped fading star SANTA MARIA (California) After three months of lurid testimony about his relationships with young boys, Michael Jackson was acquitted of all charges and allowed to return to his former life, even if some
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    Internet phone calls to go mainstream, get own numbers
    364 1  -  Christie Loh christie@newstoday.com.sg PHONE calls over the Internet have so far been an amusing sideshow, which many serious telco players have acknowledged only with a shrug. This may change. Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services are going mainstream and the Infocomm Development
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      209 1 ill1 11 ''I "The Phua Chu Kang Musical is a bold and entertaining enterprise by DPM. DV. Tony iCM said he found it pr °Mng s^ Jb I^- i^°~° S\» local artistes ll is a commendable creative effort. I find the show heart-warming and touching and that it was very
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Joining the hot spots
      543 2  -  Tor Ching Li MRT line to be extended into Downtown at Marina Bay chingli@newsto day, com. sg GETTING to the integrated resort or business and financial centre (BFC) at Marina Bay via public transport will be a seamless experience from 2012. Confirming an earlier report by
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      Lock icon Thaksin delayed by radar snag
      127 2 Bangkok Post. BANGKOK Thailand's Prime Minister, Mr Thaksin Shinawatra, got lost for about an hour over the jungle on Monday when the radar system on his helicopter broke down in poor visibility, local newspapers reported. Mr Thaksin told waiting villagers that he wasted about an
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        Office tyrants chase profits away
        759 3  -  David Graves Bottom line benefits when you draw a firm line against the antics of workplace bullies IT IS good that the Singapore Human Resources Institute is considering taking action on workplace bullying, but it has to be said that companies must make serious moves
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  • singapore news
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      Green card lottery scams get red-carded
      473 4  -  Loh Chee Kong Police looking into suspicious offers of US immigrant visas cheekong@newstoday.com.sg EVERY year, the United States State Department holds a worldwide lottery to distribute applications for 50,000 green cards the sought-after visas that enable prospective immigrants to work and live in the
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      Lock icon Dial 'N' for newspapers
      153 4 Patricia Yap A SINGAPORE company has patented a technology that will let you read whole newpapers on your mobile phone. SmarttPapers International, in conjunction with Sing Tel and Motorola, launched its SmarttPapers service at CommunicAsia 2005 yesterday. Subscribers can download and read the news on their
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      Kids from China find home here
      487 6  -  Loh Chee Kong All girls, they have been adopted by 18 Singaporean couples cheekong@newstoday.com.sg A BATCH of 18 Chinese orphans, matched by the authorities in China to Singaporean couples, have arrived here from the Chongqing province along with their adoptive parents. The orphans, all
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      Lock icon Pulau Ubin poultry farmers close shop, move to mainland
      198 6 Channel News Asia MR ZHOU Qingzhong sold his remaining 10 chickens to close friends last week. The 76-year-old farmer, who has been raising kampung chickens on Pulau Übin for more than 50 years, will close down his farm on the island
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      Lock icon Huang Na's mother not on witness list yet
      318 8  -  Ansley Ng Prosecution presents 75 statements from witnesses in court ansley@newstoday.com.sg THE statements of 75 prosecution witnesses were presented in the High Court yesterday at a preliminary inquiry before the trial of Took Leng How, who has been accused of killing eight-year-old
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        Lock icon Suspected robber nabbed at pawnshop
        72 8 Channel News Asia Police have arrested a 31-year-old unemployed man suspected of five robberies in Redhill and Ghim Moh involving taxi drivers in the first two weeks of June. The suspect was arrested on Monday after police traced him to a pawnshop. He was caught
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        Lock icon Murder suspect turns himself in
        97 8 Channel News Asia A 25-year-old man suspected to have Killed a man after a fight in Serangoon two years ago turned himself in at the Criminal Investigation Department on Monday. In August 2003, two men in their 20s went to Ang Mo Kio Community Hospital
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      Fewer S'poreans worried about terrorism than before
      325 8  -  Jasmine Yin FEWER Singaporeans are worried about terrorism today than seven months ago, according to the latest global online consumer confidence survey from marketing information provider AC Nielsen. Of the 500 respondents polled last month, 16 per cent saw terrorism as their biggest
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      55 6 Introducing the Silk Air DigEplayer. Watch movies and music videos anytime you want on your personal entertainment device. [f^^PJ liL—— where the world unwinds The DigEplayer is complimentary in Business Class and available for rental in Economy Class on a first-come-first served basis. Only on flights 3 hours or longer.
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      300 7 Have you gone down to HSBC's Great 25% Bankwide Sale? Hurry! Fantastic deals are available only till 30 June 2005. If you'd like to know more about the most amazing sale of the year, rush down to your nearest branch today or log on to www.hsbc.com.sg now. i I I
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      68 8 i Don't wait a lifetime for the break of a lifetime. Why wait for a long weekend before taking a holiday? At prices as low as these, with no credit card fees, service fees and free ticket delivery, you would be crazy not to. Book online now at zuji.com.sg Terms
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  • world news
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      Aids epidemic is at M'sia's doorstep: WHO
      259 10 65,000 diagnosed since 1996, but figures 'conservative' KUALA LUMPUR The World Health Organization (WHO) has sounded the Aids alarm for Malaysia. The WHO has concluded, after studying HIV statistics and speaking to Ministry of Health officials, that the HIV epidemic is knocking on
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      Daredevil Mungo struts his stuff over Rotterdam
      87 10 As a crowd exceeding 700,000 watched, 50-year-old American Mike 'Mungo' Mangold (inset) produced two superb runs over the Maas River to dominate the Rotterdam Air Race. He was a clear eight seconds ahead of his nearest competitor. The race, organised by Red Bull,
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      Lock icon Over 1m infected in US
      84 10 AFP Over a million Americans were infected with Aids at the end of 2003, with black, homosexual and bi-sexual men making up the largest group among them, according to figures released on Monday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned that demographic tendencies
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      Lock icon KL cops bust two drug syndicates
      104 10 AFP KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian police have bust two drug syndicates trafficking ketamine to China, Taiwan and Hong Kong through commercial courier services, the authorities said in a report yesterday. The drugs, smuggled in from India, were hidden in computer printer cartridges or coffee
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      MediShield revamp to make it more effective
      698 11  -  Tan Hui Leng More benefits, less worries huileng@newstoday. com.sg It's a medical nightmare that many worry about and which some unfortunately have to deal with an astronomical hospital bill after a stay in the hospital. MediShield was introduced in 1990 to offer some
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        Lock icon US$ 1 m lottery win — a second time
        53 12 US$ 1 m lottery win a second time AP Ms Donna Goeppert of Bethlehem, who won US$l million ($1.67 million) playing a state lottery scratch-off ticket in Pennsylvania earlier this year, has won US$l million again in the same game. The odds of winning the lottery once are 1.44--million-to-one, according
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        The 'ultimate' sex machine
        79 12 Serbian Ncsa Proka has invented the "ultimate" sex machine for women, reported Ananova.com. The apparatus, which runs on a 390-volt electric engine, simulates sex and has a seven-and-a-half-inch long artificial penis, it said. According to Mr Proka, the artificial penis can deliver 1 80 thrusts a
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        Lock icon Catwalk exam for models
        60 12 -AFP Chinese models are being forced to take an exam to show they can walk properly before taking part in fashion shows, the China Daily said yesterday. The new rule has been introduced by the authorities in Guangzhou, China's modelling capital, following complaints that too many
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      Turkey's EU dream fading?
      252 12  -  The Guardian France says it will be difficult to admit Ankara if charter bid fails LUXEMBOURG Turkey was being set up as the main casualty of French and Dutch rejection of the EU Constitution on Monday night when France seemed to put the brakes on Ankara's
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      M'sian govt'model for Iraq'
      122 12 HONG KONG Insurgency-wracked Iraq could adopt Malaysia's model of power-sharing among various communities to achieve stability, said visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. He said the main issue behind Iraq's problems was the relationship among its three major groups Shias, Sunnis and Kurds, reported Malaysia's
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      Lock icon Pentagon man indicted on spying charge
      292 14 AFP Analyst allegedly handed classified documents to Israeli lobbyists WASHINGTON A Pentagon analyst has been indicted on charges of passing classified information and documents about a Middle Eastern country to two employees of a pro-Israel lobbying group and a diplomat from an unnamed country,
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      Lock icon 'Moderate' general charged
      140 14 AFP YANGON Myanmar's Supreme Court has started hearing the junta's case against former premier and military intelligence boss Khin Nyunt, who was sacked in October and accused of corruption, legal sources said yesterday. Supreme Court officials declined to comment The court heard the charges against the once-powerful
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Seven Indonesian pirates face caning and jail
        53 14 AFP Seven Indonesian pirates were sentenced to six years' jail and several lashes of the cane in Malaysia, reports said yesterday. The seven, arrested earlier this year in waters off Johor, were found guilty of attempted robbery, possession of dangerous weapons and entering
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        Lock icon Top UN official robbed in broad daylight in Malaysia
        55 14 AFP Mr Richard Leete, the United Nations Development Programme representative in Malaysia, was held up at gunpoint with his family and robbed of his BMW X 5 car in broad daylight at a Kuala Lumpur shopping mall. The incident occurred at
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        Lock icon 'Racist' cosmetics ad pulled out
        36 14 AFP Japanese cosmetics maker, Mandom Corp has withdrawn a TV commercial featuring black men and a dreadlockea chimpanzee after criticism that it was a racial slur, a company spokesman said yesterday.
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        Lock icon Earthquake jolts Chile
        36 14 AFP A strong earthquake struck northern Chile on Monday, killing at least one person, toppling houses and sparking alarm on the country's border with Peru. The quake measured 7.9 on the Richter scale.
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      418 11 M^^^^^^_ Ministry Of Health Singapore f- 7fl/s mea"s that Med/Sh/e/d h 9r°Und 30 Per •Am u $n°'m CM.OOO •°-V,. ro ta W tto.oo. I Singapore's healthcare system is supported by the 3M system: Medisave, MediShield, and Medifund. These 3Ms come into effect after the government's hospital subsidies have been applied
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    Focus On The Family
    266 16  -  Dr James Dobson m TtJMTs by. TALKING ABOUT SELF-ESTEEM If self-esteem is something we value for our sons and daughters, maybe it would be helpful to assist them in achieving it. It seems like every teenager has to come along today and bump his head on
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      Lock icon Problem is disposal, not use
      432 16  -  hltllttiMdiaiTß Better environmental awareness would remove need to limit use of bags Letter from Chairman Singapore Chemical Industry Council WE REFER to the several reports and readers' letters on the subject of plastic bags that have appeared in Today. The Singapore Chemical Industry Council (SCIC)
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      singaporeseen
      87 17 Time for the Bat-signal? With the latest Batman film opening soon, //ie Dark Knight's arch-nemesis appears to be taunting him with this message left on Punggol Beach. The scene was caught by architect HooNyuk Lian, 35. CALLING ALL SHUTTERBUGS: Email us an interesting picture you have taken in Singapore
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      Whining is constructive
      255 17  -  SEE LEONG Klf| 'Complainers' do a public service Letter from I REFER to Mr Chong Lee Ming's three letters "Let's not demean our assets and exalt others" (June 13), "The real nemesis: A complaining public" (June 8) and "Be constructive, don't just whine" (May 30). As a
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      Plans for Bras Basah traffic?
      105 17  -  LIM BOON NEE] Letter from THE Bras Basah area is one of the worst for traffic congestion. Whenever I pass the Singapore Management University (SMU) city campus which borders Bras Basah Road, Stamford Road and Victoria Street, I wonder what will happen when the university
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      Lock icon Review of ambulance protocols necessary
      595 18  -  PR JOHN CHIN Untimely paperwork, lack of judgment may lead to tragedy Letter from I WAS saddened to read of Madam Lily Lim's tragedy. Without knowing the details of the case and her husband's illness, it is difficult to say if the delay contributed to
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      Three hours for hurt dad to reach hospital
      85 18  -  [JOANNE CHEOW Letter from MY HEART goes out to Mdm Lim. I had a bad experience with the SCDF ambulance service last year. My dad was sleeping on the sofa when he fell off and hit his head on a glass table.
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      Ban on 'handphone driving' in car parks
      387 18  -  VICTOR KEONG I Letter from Assistant Director, Media Relations (Covering) Public Affairs Department Singapore Police Force I REFER to Lionel De Souza's letter, "Can driver use cell phone in condo car park?" (May 25) and Mr Adrian Kwong's letter, Car park cell phone
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    • Letter
      Supermarket negates need for wet market in Pasir Ris area
      241 18  -  HVI:M»K'HI[7I I Letter from Senior Public Relations Officer For AG Director (Corporate Development) Housing and Development Board I REFER to Ms Jessica Tee's letter "Wet market for Pasir Ris" (June 8). In providing market or shopping facilities, there is a
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      Payback may come for selfish drivers
      208 19  -  |JACKYTAI I Letter from SINGAPORE'S drivers have to go through one of the most comprehensive and stringent driving tests in the world. And yet, every time I see an ambulance, it will invariably be blocked by unthinking jerks. Even were it not the law
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      Simple way to stop fraudulent use of lost IC
      214 19  -  ONG YONG KEAT Letter from DESPITE reporting the loss of my identification card (IC) three years ago, it has been fraudulently used on many occasions. It has been used to borrow library books, subscribe to mobile phone lines with all the
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon International panel for infocomm sector
      225 22 Channel News Asia SINGAPORE is setting up an international advisory panel (lAP) to help develop its information and communications industry, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, Dr Lee Boon Yang, said at the opening of the Infocomm Media Business Exchange (imbX) yesterday. Mr Lim
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      Lock icon No last-minute hope for STT's Indian bid
      343 22 Bloomberg India won't change laws to allow purchase: Minister INDIA will not amend rules to allow Singapore Technologies Telemedia and Telekom Malaysia to buy jointly a 48-per-cent stake in Idea Cellular, the country's fifth largest mobile phone operator, Telecommunications Minister Dayanidhi Maran said
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        Lock icon Vading into the CommunicAsia fray
        52 24 CommunicAsia 2005's wide array of products and exhibits attracted even Darth Vader and his Storm Troopers to the Singapore Expo, where it will be held until Friday. The four-day IT and communications exhibition features a broad spectrum of electronic and digital communications products and solutions.
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        Lock icon Motorola Inc's sights set on China
        414 24 Dow Jones New handsets customised for region MOTOROLA INC plans to release 20 new models of 3G handsets this year and most them will be available in Singapore, Mr David Taylor, Motorola's director of strategic operations in high-growth markets, said yesterday. The company has
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        Lock icon Keppel wins $502m oil rig orders from Diamond Offshore
        283 26 Bloomberg KEPPEL Corp, Singapore's biggest offshore marine engineering company, said yesterday its unit had won a US$3OO million ($502 million) order to build two oil rigs as persistently high crude oil prices prompt explorers to look for more untapped reserves. Keppel
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        Lock icon PUB in talks to sell 10-year bond: Banker
        227 27 Dow Jones First ever issue by the board may hit $400m THE Public Utilities Board (PUB), which manages Singapore's water reservoirs, is in preliminary talks with banks to sell its first bond, a 10-year Singapore-dollar issue, a banking source said yesterday. "They
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      • Article
        Unifiber shares slump 11% on heavy volume
        160 27  -  Chow Perm Nee UNITED Fiber System (UniFiber) shares fell 4.5 cents, or 11.1 per cent, yesterday to close at 36 cents as nearly 82 million shares changed hands to make it the most actively traded stock. In reply to the Singapore Exchange, the
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        CORPORATEbriefs
        101 27 Action Asia warned that it expected to incur a further loss for the rest of fiscal 2005 due to to a slowdown in customer orders, an increase in sales returned and pre-operating expenses arising from its new operations in China. PSA International moved 10.5 per cent more containers in
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      • Market WATCH
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          SGX most active
          58 27 By volume UniFiber Biosensors SingTel UTAC Macqlntlnfra Chartered Pearl Energy Noble Grp 4CCS leledata Close 0.360 0.745 2.580 0.665 1.210 1.300 1.590 1.430 0.160 0.035 Change -0.045 +0.040 -0.040 -0.010 -0.020 -0.020 +0.030 -0.070 -0.010 -11.1 +5.7 -1.5 -1.5 -1.6 -1.5 +1.9 -4.7 -111 '000 81,887 49,356
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          SGX top rises
          76 27 :sa QBSBk6%NCPS10 iC Global F&N XBC4.59HNCPS100 DUE ilA 200 Close Change 2.000 +0.630 108.300 +0.300 1.400 +0.200 15.500 +0.100 101.900 +0.100 8.500 +0.100 11.600 +0.100 By percentage Integr W*****7 PDC Corp STIDB ePW*****5 Wee Poh CSA Jackslnt Mayfran Close Change 0.025 +150.0 0.055 +120.0 0.010 +100.0 0.010
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        514 43  -  JOSE RAYMOND Clubs submit applications to FAS for 2006 season jose@newstoday.com.sg UNABLE to balance their books, Gombak United and Sengkang Marine were forced to withdraw from the S-League. Now, they are ready to return. Both clubs submitted their plans to the Football Association of Singapore
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        256 43 WITH the South-east Asia (SEA) Games just over five months away, Singapore coach Radojko Avramovic has short-listed 40 players for the under-23 squad. Not surprisingly, the Young Lions who drew with SAFFC in their S-League encounter last night form the backbone of
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      286 44 AFP CONFEDERATIONS CUP Argentina v Tunisia FRANKFURT Argentina go into their opening Confederations Cup Group A tie tonight carrying the burden of heavy favourites against underdogs Tunisia. The South American giants, winners of the inaugural edition in 1992, have already assured themselves
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        44 44 LONDON Premiership newcomers Sunderland signed Blackburn striker Jon Stead for £1.8 million yesterday morning. The 22-year-old signed a four-year deal to hand Black Cats boss Mick McCarthy his first major signing since the club returned to the Premiership. £7= $3.03
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