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    11 1 TODAY /AehiaCorp MICA (P) 103/07/2004 incorporating utfCiltS Thursday June 23,2005 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon S'pore Girl unmoved by Qantas dance
    499 1  -  Christie Loh Tactic or lure? Now Howard hints at airline merger christie@newstoday.com.sg ON Monday, it was the Trade Minister. Yesterday, it was the Prime Minister. A week after saying "the time is not right" for Australia to let Singapore Airlines (SIA) fly to the
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    Staff of Citiraya clients face bribery charges
    260 1  -  Valeric Law valerie@newstoday.com.sg THE Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) yesterday arrested four people employed by customers of Citiraya Industries for allegedly taking large bribes in a scam involving the re-sale of obsolete electronics equipment meant to be destroyed, sources told Today. It is
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        Having a maid is a privilege, not a right
        874 2  -  Liang Dingzi A feeling of entitlement should not lead us to deny an entire group their basic rights as workers WHEN we decided to hire a maid to assist with the arrival of our first child, my wife and I sought
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      Lock icon Pilot dead as US spy plane crashes – but it won't say where
      310 3 Pilot dead as US spy plane crashes but it won't say where AFP BAGHDAD A US Air Force U-2 spy plane has crashed in south-west Asia a shorthand sometimes used for the Middle East killing its pilot, the military said in a statement released on Wednesday in Baghdad. "The pilot
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      Forging stronger Asia-Middle East ties
      523 3  -  Clement Mesenas Foreign Editor clement@newstoday.com.sg A STRONGER partnership between Asia and the Middle East has been forged following two days of intense deliberations by delegates from both regions on how to explore business opportunities, boost energy security and step up the fight against global terrorism.
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      Lock icon Costs rising with crowded gaming scene
      364 4  -  Tor Ching Li CASINO operators in Macau are seeing their profit margins slashed by half because of the increasingly crowded gaming scene. And Singapore's entry into the game will worsen the situation. Speaking at the Asian Casino Expo 2005 yesterday, Dr L C Koo,
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      Lock icon Only the big boys will stay in casino race
      524 4  -  Val Chua USs2b price tag may force others to drop out val@newstoday.com.se MORE bidders may drop out as the casino race in Singapore heats up, predicted a top executive for Harrah's Entertainment Speaking on the sidelines of yesterday's Asian Casino Expo
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      Lock icon Mega-hotel, Guggenheim at Marina Bay?
      238 4 Bloomberg LAS Vegas Sands Corp will build an 832-room hotel, a convention centre and an arena in Singapore if it wins the right to operate the integrated resort on the Marina Bay site. The company's president, Mr William Weidner, said at the Asian Casino Expo
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      Lock icon M'sia suspends Indian minister over uni row
      358 6 -AFP 3-month suspension is punishment for 'criticising government' KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian Cabinet minister was suspended for three months yesterday as punishment for a rare breach of discipline after he criticised a government decision that affected his minority Indian community. Prime Minister Abdullah
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      Lock icon Petrol, diesel prices up again
      151 6 Channel News Asia BARELY a week after the discount war, ExxonMobil and Caltex have raised pump prices by 9 cents a litre for petrol and 6 cents a litre for diesel. The adjustment took effect yesterday. ExxonMobil was the first to announce the price hike,
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      Lock icon Register for P1 from July 5
      175 6 Channel News Asia PARENTS with children born between January 2,1999 and January 1, 2000 can register them for Primary 1 from July 5. The registration will be done in phases over two months until Aug 30. During this period, all primary schools will open
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      434 4 9 ototw/ /orof//' retirement r i%f a-/ 1-3 July 2005 HDB Hub Toa Payoh Central X Retirement planning isn't something to consider when you're near retirement. By the time you are ready to retire, you should have enough Hk savings to last you at least 20 years. To achieve this,
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      207 7 She won her way to Juilliard. Now she's back to win your support. BBBVfl*aVBVBvBfl HbV """^l j^HHSBCO At age 11, Clare Yeo won a scholarship As part of her community outreach as to the prestigious Juilliard School in the 2004 HSBC Youth Excellence Award New York, becoming the youngest winner,
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      Now, a clearer way to pay
      588 8  -  Christie Loh Govt agencies putting new measures in place after PAC report christie@newstoday.com.sg AFTER getting rapped by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for breaching accounting and procedural guidelines, the central agencies of the Singapore civil service have sprung into action. The report released last
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      Lock icon We'll always have time for teh
      293 8  -  Karman Tse SO YOU'RE tea-cultured enough to sniff out the difference between Camomile and Darjeeling. But the wellrounded Singaporean would recognise the importance of being fe/z-cultured, too. After all, the uncle from the drinks stall at the hawker centre responds best to terms such
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        Lock icon Mr Wong visits HK, Macau
        61 8 938 Live Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng will be in Hong Kong and Macau today for a four-day visit. He will meet key government officials to discuss casino-related law and order as well as regulatory issues. Mr Wong will be accompanied by senior officers
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        Lock icon SAF regular dies during run
        88 8 938 Live A Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) regular died during a routine run yesterday. The Ministry of Defence (Mindef) says Second Warrant Officer Teo Kok Lian, 39, collapsed during the run in Jurong Camp at 8.45 am. He was given immediate medical attention on site
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        Lock icon Haze fears as PSI of 74 clocked
        45 8 938 Live The haze is back. The Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) reached 74 at 4pm yesterday: The highest recorded this year, but still within the moderate range. The hazy condition is exoected to persist for a few days.
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      Providing hope for animals
      468 10  -  Jasmine Yin 3-day conference in Spore for activists to address animal-related concerns jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg INTERNATIONAL and local animal welfare activists have gathered in Singapore for the Asia for Animals Conference (AfAC) 2005. It is the first time the biennial animal welfare conference is being held here. Hosted
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      Lock icon Separated twins recovering well
      215 10 Channel News Asia THE conjoined Indonesian twins separated in Singapore last month are recovering better than their doctors had expected. Anjeli and Anggi are now able to sit in walkers. Doctors say they should be able to stand with some help within six months. Before their
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      Lock icon Record recruitment in hospitality industry
      343 10  -  Loh Chee Kong THE hospitality industry is the place to be in if you want a job. According to the inaugural Singapore Recruitment Index survey, the industry recorded the highest level of recruitment for the first five months of the year. The trend is set
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      A never-say-die attitude earned him an education
      213 12  -  —Jasmine Zhao IF ANYTHING, Jan Lee's disability has taught him never to give up easily. The 24-year-olds application for a Nanyang Technological University scholarship was rejected by the Society for the Physically DisabledAsia Pacific Breweries (APB) scholarship panel last year, but he would
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      Lock icon They're not at sea anymore
      463 12  -  Dawn Quek Students learn about maritime careers dawn@newstoday.com.se SECONDARY 3 student Sect Ying Cong made up his mind on which career he was going to pursue in just three days during the June holidays. The 15-year-old has set his sights on bagging the Seafaring Alternative
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      Region's states 'should join hands to end piracy'
      384 14  -  Sharon Vasoo US 'no' to M'sia's call for air surveillance in Malacca Strait in Washington DC sharon@newstoday.com.sg COMBATING piracy in the Malacca Strait will succeed only if Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia pull together as neighbours and draw up an integrated plan to
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      Credit card data theft may hit 67,000 in Japan
      191 14 TOKYO The theft of credit and debit card data by a hacker in the United States could affect an estimated 67,000 card holders in Japan, the government said yesterday. News reports said the hacker may have stolen data from as many
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      Lock icon Snatched baby could be sold in black market, warns MCA leader
      313 14 AFP KUALA LUMPUR A baby boy who was snatched from a Malaysian hospital just hours after being born could fetch up to RM20,000 ($8,800) on the black market, a politician has said. Mr Michael Chong, a leader of the
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        Thief falls asleep after drinking, nabbed
        67 16 A man who broke into a house in Cordoba, Argentina, was caught when he fell asleep in the sofa after drinking all the alcohol of the house's owner, ananova.com reported. Mr Roberto Nunez found Oscar Filippa sleeping on his sofa after having broken into
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        Groom spends wedding night in police cell
        58 16 A 47-year-old Serbian bridegroom spent the night in a police cell after he injured 15 guests while trying to shoot an apple with a shotgun. Shooting the apple is a traditional part of a Serbian wedding and is supposed to bring good luck
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      Lock icon Found guilty after 41 years
      551 16 -AFP Ex-Ku Klux Klan chief convicted in 'Mississippi Burning' case PHILADELPHIA (Mississippi) A jury here has convicted an aged former Ku Klux Klan (XXX) leader and former Baptist preacher of manslaughter in the killings of three civil rights activists on the 41st anniversary of their
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        How Bali survived the Corby tsunami
        637 20  -  John Wanstall news@newstoday.com.sg FOLLOWING the 20-year sentence handed down to Schapelle Corby, the 27-year-old blond Australian beautician (picture), for attempting to smuggle a few kilograms of pot in her hand luggage, one question being asked is: Can Bali survive the worldwide condemnation? The beautiful
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      Lock icon Choppers needed to bust a casino
      348 22 Agencies Bangkok gambling den was like a fortress BANGKOK Helicopterborne police commandos yesterday raided a huge illegal casino in Bangkok allegedly owned by a prominent politician, arresting 353 gamblers and seizing more than US$2.5 million ($4.18 million) in chips in one of the largest-ever
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      Lock icon M'sia might give jobs to 90,000 refugees
      333 22 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is responding to an acute labour shortage by considering allowing refugees to join the workforce, and blacklisting employers who abuse foreign workers, reports said yesterday. Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohamed Nazri said some 90,000 refugees in the
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      Lock icon Demure British school bans skirts for girls
      259 22 The Guardian LONDON Concerns that playground cartwheels and energetic drama lessons are making it impossible for girls to "maintain their modesty" has prompted a school in the United Kingdom to ban them from wearing skirts. From next year, all pupils at the Broadstone
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        Lock icon 51 dead after US jets bomb Taliban haven
        64 24 -AP United States' warplanes pounded a suspected Taliban safe haven on the mountains of southern Afghanistan. The assault left at least 46 insurgents, five policemen dead and five US soldiers wounded. Two American CH-47 helicopters were also damaged during the 11 hours
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        Lock icon Aceh violence kills six
        59 24 -AFP Three Indonesian soldiers and three civilians have been killed in an ambush staged by separatist guerrillas in the tsunami-hit province of Aceh, residents and the military said yesterday. Military spokesman Eri Sutikno said the ambush by Free Aceh Movement rebels occurred Monday in the Simpang
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        Lock icon Hijack mastermind nabbed
        60 24 -AFP Malaysian police arrested a 42-year-old man accused of being the mastermind behind the botched hijacking of an oil tanker in Malacca Strait last week, Bernama news agency reported yesterday. He was arrested late on Monday in Kuala Lumpur and suspected of planning to sell the tanker's
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      Lock icon Will Bush play his last card?
      295 24 Agencies Reviving John Bolton's nomination for UN job set to stir controversy WASHINGTON President George Bush is left with few options for reviving the stalled nomination of John Bolton to be the United States ambassador to the United Nations. All options carry potential political
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      161 23 m Mm t f J Life dealt a cruel blow to Madam Taibah Ismail when she was diagnosed with breast cancer barely a year into her marriage. She had to undergo breast removal surgery to prevent the cancer from spreading further. A series of painful chemotherapy sessions followed next, leaving
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      Focus On The Family
      254 26  -  Dr James Dobson m Tbiws by j HEALTHY DATING RELATIONSHIPS Yesterday, I shared the first five of ten features found in a healthy dating relationship according to psychologist Dr. Neil Clark Warren. These are the characteristics that predict a successful marriage and portend well for the
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      iSay MY MAID, MY MUM
      505 26  -  Hong Sek Chern MY MOTHER has been a housewife all her life, cooking, washing, tending the kids, running errands 24/7 with no pay and leave. So, the idea of mandatory days off for a live-in maid who does basically what she does and gets paid
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      Insatiable? Lock them upthen!
      176 26  -  [HUANGSHOOUHYUAN I Letter from I REFER to Ms Grace Ang Ger Ean's letter, "No brakes in maids-land" (June 22). As "human nature is insatiable" and maids will invariably demand the better conditions that their fellow maids have, should we not all lock up our maids, keep
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      sayagain?
      52 26 I was using my wheelchair along the Dunearn Road pavement near the bus stop next to the Esso petrol station, when I was blocked by poles. I could not continue my journey. Why are there poles on the pavement? Reader Wee Su Mien echoing, unfortunately, a common complaint of
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      Best restaurant service ever!
      136 26  -  FRANCIS LEE ACCOLADES Letter from ABOUT two weeks ago, my girlfriend and I were eating at the Sakae Sushi restaurant at Sentosa. As the restaurant next door was closed for a private event, Sakae Sushi was jampacked. When my girlfriend asked supervisor Alvin Ng where the
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      102 world records ... and counting
      844 28  - 102 world records and counting I STEVE FOSSETT For this adrenalin junkie, life is about planning the next big adventure laiewtli 61, millionaire adventurer THREE years ago, he became the first person to successfully circumnavigate the globe in a hot-air balloon after six failed attempts that included a 29,000-ft fall
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      Don't hedge, find ways to void error trades
      394 29  -  JIMMY HO KWOK HOONGI SGX must put in effort to maintain a fair market Letter from ERROR trades involving the covered warrants of Hyflux and TAC have been the focus of much debate lately after they were honoured by the Singapore Exchange
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      NRIC not enough to verify person's identity
      345 29  -  VICTOR KEONG LEE BOON HWEE I Letter from Asst Director, Media Relations (Covering) Public Affairs Department Singapore Police Force Head, Public and Internal Communications Branch Corporate Communications Division Immigration Checkpoints Authority WE REFER to Mr Ong Yong Keat's letter (June 15). As he
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      Let the plastic industry create a bag that is environment-friendly
      238 30  -  TAN KEN JIN Letter from I THANK Mr Ronald Lim of the Singapore Plastic Industry Association ("Plastics meet 'green' objectives", June 22) for his insight into the plastics problem. However, I have a few questions. The problem is, the plastic
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        Splash of rainbow?
        104 30 We//, no, not quite. Matthew Teo, 7 8, a Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts student, made a nocturnal trip to the new Merlion Park to capture the popular tourist attraction in a different light. It was a riot of colours viewing the Singapore skyline through the water
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      Community support vital to raising standard of spoken English
      402 30  -  HO PENG I Letter from Director, Curriculum Planning and Development Ministry of Education WE THANK Ms Denyse Tessensohn ("Better English calls for better teaching", June 13), Mr Kirpal Singh ("Exposure to literature helps beget good English", June 14), and Ms Constance
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      'Middle Easf a colonial term
      125 30  -  DANIEL KOHKAH SOON I Letter from IT IS heartening to see another initiative of Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong dialogue between Asians taking place in Singapore. But why bill it as "AsiaMiddle East Dialogue"? Isn't "Middle-East" part of Asia? "Middle East" might make sense to
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      Lock icon Indian Oil Corp eyes stake in SPC
      390 32 May take 26% interest worth $600 m NEW DELHI India's staterun refiner Indian Oil Corp (IOC) is in talks to buy a stake in Singapore Petroleum Co (SPC) as part of its overseas expansion plans, a senior lOC official said yesterday. "We are
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      133 32 GREATLINK Electronics has entered into an exclusive agreement to negotiate the sale of all its ordinary shares in the financially-troubled Greatronic. Greatlink has a stake of nearly 65 million shares, making it one of Greatronic's substantial shareholders. The exclusivity agreement with Mr
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      198 32 Channel News Asia SINGAPORE'S industrial property developer Ascendas is partnering China's Dalian Software Park to develop a 35-hectare IT park in Dalian. This is the first IT park development that Ascendas has undertaken in the northeast region of China. The parties
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      124 33 MAPLETREE Investments, wholly-owned by Singapore's investment company Temasek Holdings, will raise $200 million from the listing of its real estate investment trust (Reit) next month, Reuters quoted a source familiar with the deal as saying. The Mapletree Logistics Trust is
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        66 33 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd 11,547.28 14,161.02 4,232.10 6,357.83 +58.54 +181.67 -23.20 +79.37 I +0.51 +1.30 I -0.55 +1.26 Korea Comp KLCI 1,002.15 903.33 +12.16 +7.02 i +1.23 +0.78 SET Index 686.57 -3.07 -0.45 Jakarta Comp 1,134.69 +1.36 i +0.12 Phils
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        56 33 By volume UniFiber Close 0.395 Change +0.025 +6.8 'OOO 38,037 Sing Tel ACCS Biosensors Pearl Energy PFood STATSChP 2.700 0.155 0.740 1.650 0.910 1.190 +0.050 +0.025 +0.090 +0.010 +0.010 +1.9 +3.5 +5.8 +1.1 +0.8 30,119 23,133 19,385 14,484 13,511 11,581 UTAC 0.665 +0.010 +1.5 11,516 Bio-Treat 0.670
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        76 33 By$ By percentage KepCorp 12.600 +0.400 Hyflux 4.260 +0.220 JurTecheCW*****4 0.210 +100.0 Venture ePW*****2 0.060 +50.0 HyfluxeCW*****7 1.380 +0.210 JurTech eCW*****0 0.200 +48.1 Creative 50 12.900 +0.200 JurTech eCW*****3 0.225 +40.6 Jardine C&C 13.800 +0.200 Teledata 0.035 +40.0 SIA 11.400 +0.200 Digiland 0.020 +33.3 Hyflux eCW*****5 1.380
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        67 33 By$ By percentage GrealEasI 14.000 -0.400 Goldtron 0.010 -50.0 SngamasC2kHKS 5.500 -0.300 A-SonicW*****0 0.015 -40.0 JSH500USS 10.300 -0.200 Sunlight 0.050 -33.3 OCBC4.55SNCPS100 102.200 -0.200 KPlas 0.055 -26.7 DalaafleCW*****2 0.370 -0.100 DBSeCW*****8 0.015 -25.0 DBS 14.100 -0.100 LHT 0.030 -25.0 OCBC 11.700 -0.100 Ionics 0.035 -22.2 ShangAsia2kHK$ 12.200
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        4 33 ST Index 2,206.34 +9.70
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        82 33 SHARES rose yesterday, led by marine engineering firms Keppel Corp and SembCorp as they secure more rig orders amid high oil prices. The ST Index rose 9.70 points, or 0.44 per cent, to 2,206.34, after two straight days of declines. Gainers beat losers 277 to 163, with trading volume
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        36 33 us$ 0.5978 UK£ 0.3288 Yen HK$ 65.085 4.6472 RM 2.2728 Euro 0.4924 Rupiah Baht 5,774.1 24.623 Peso 33.263 A$ 0.7711 Indian Rs Won C$ 26.034 604.92 0.7384 Yuan NZ$ NTS 4.9505 0.8382 18.771
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        26 33 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Sold us$/i 439.81 iilver us$/oz 7.28: 'latinum us$/oz 893.01 (ubber ants/kg 242.7: 'aim Oil RM/tonne 1,42* irent crude us$/bomi 57.4'
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      325 33 SEOUL South Korea's STX Pan Ocean plans to price its shares to be listed in Singapore on July 8 and make its debut on the Singapore Exchange on July 14, said its largest shareholder, STX Shipbuilding.
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          151 34 STELUX Group (HK), which owns City Chain Stores (S) opened mome nts, a new timepiece concept store in Singapore dedicated to the new wave of young professionals and executives who are discerning about their personal style and substance. Relating to moments of joy, passion, romance and
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          170 34 LIVEPOWERHUB is a brand new store offering a variety of leading-brand electronics and lifestyle product ranging from personal MP3 players, digital cameras, Plasma TVs and home appliances, to massage chairs. It officially opens at Block 86 Marine Parade Central #01-670 on Saturday from 10.30 am. Wear
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          214 34 THERE is more to coffee you can actually lose weight by drinking it. Xando Coffee Slender contains 10 per cent of chlorogenic extract, which is also called green coffee extract. This ingredient blocks carbohydrates and prevents the body from converting them into fats. Ordinary coffee also
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          162 34 THE Womens' Indian Network (WIN) is organising the "Leave the Herd Behind: Make Smart Money Decisions" seminar cum workshop in collaboration with ipac financial planning on June 30 at 6.30pm. This session is aimed at busy female executives and their partners to assist them
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        Lock icon Jardine to buy into UK banking group
        344 34 Agencies Its holdings unit will pay $309 m for a 20% stake SINGAPORE-listed Jardine Strategic Holdings has agreed to buy a 20-per-cent stake in United Kingdom banking group, Rothschilds Continuation Holdings (RCH), for US$lB5 million ($309 million) from the UK's second-biggest general insurer,
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        GAR, Kulim paying too much for acquisitions
        863 37  -  Mano Sabnani TRANSACTIONS between related companies are always tricky and liable to be fraught with complications. And that appears to be the case for two mega-deals being proposed by prominent listed firms Golden Agri Resources (GAR) and Kulim Malaysia. GAR, a giant palm
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        638 39 Bloomberg CNOOC, Haier bids signal new confidence of Chinese firms SOME of the biggest global mergers this year are being made in China. CNOOC, China's largest offshore oil and gas producer, may bid US$2O billion ($33 billion) in cash for United States upstream oil company
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        154 40 -AFP TOKYO Sony shareholders have approved making Welsh-born former television journalist Howard Stringer the iconic Japanese company's first foreign chief executive officer as the electronics giant struggles to preserve an edge. Mr Stringer, a United States citizen who has headed CBS News and Sony's
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        293 40 AFP Posco's $12b contract is India's largest single foreign investment BHUBANESHWAR (India) South Korean steelmaker Posco is signing a deal to set up a US$l2 billion ($20.8 billion) steel plant in the eastern Indian state of Orissa the largest single foreign investment in India, a government official
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        785 42  -  Valeric Law Integrated resorts will turn up the heat, but some retailers are staying ahead of the curve valerie@newstoday.com.sg RETAILERS, be prepared to take the heat of competition when Singapore's integrated resorts (IR) are ready in five years' time, said a prominent local
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        298 44  -  Valeric Law Corporate-giving and conservation let IndoChine sow the seeds of success valerie@newstoday.com.sg NO SHARK'S fin soup! No caviar and sturgeon-roe! No pollution! Recycle! These are values that Mr Michael Ma propagates passionately through his work as he grows the IndoChine Bars and Restaurant Group that
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      443 40 APOLOGY "I, Koh Sock Chin of Blk 178 Yang Seng Road #09-127, Singapore *****8, did on 24 June 2004 wrongfully slap and kick Ms Listijani Sasmito in public at Paragon Shopping Centre. I acknowledge that my actions have caused embarrassment and distress to Ms Sasmito. I sincerely and unreservedly apologise
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      537 46  -  Yong Shu Chiang THE OC's wisecracking young star Adam Brody will have you believe he's been trying to come between Mr and Mrs Smith to no avail. The 25-year-old actor, who plays the smart-aleck Seth Cohen on the popular drama, being aired on MediaCorp TV Channel 5
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      130 46 BOYS GIRLS Today: What do the OC boys, Adam Brody and Benjamin McKenzie, think of the OC girls, Rachel Bilson and Mischa Barton undoubtedly the "Itgirls" of teen television? Adam (right): Explain their "It-girl" status? They're pretty and they're on a hot show. Benjamin (left): You forgot talented. Adam: Talented.
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      612 46  -  Yong Shu Chiang No longer battling censors, RoystonTan shows his introspective side in 4:30 shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg WITH his latest offering, film-maker Royston Tan is not expecting many cuts. And that's not just because the 28-year-old has asserted that his second feature-length movie 4:30, currently being filmed, doesn't have
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      272 46  - Strangers in the night they weren't allowed to talk Mervin lay ONE is a child actor who has starred in local dramas and films; the other a Korean actor. Together, Xiao Li Yuan and Kirn Young Jun share a relationship in 4:30 described by director Royston Tan as one in
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      466 48  -  Venessa Lee Author of the latest Dracula tale dislikes gratuitous violence venessa@newstoday.com.sg ii Tdidn't want to spill more than .La cup of blood," said the author of The Historian, which reimagines the myth of that most bloodthirsty of creatures, Dracula. Indeed, the blood spilt in
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      86 48 LOOKING for a good laugh? The Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow promises some welcome comic relief to get rid of your stress. The show will include perform- ances from Tom Gleeson and Fiona O'Loughlin, who have previously performed at the invitationonly Just for
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      153 48 Who's reading what Singapore jazz legend Jeremy Monteiro (picture) will perform with celebrated Chicago jazz artistes such as Howard Levy and Eldee Young on July and 2 at the Esplanade Concert Hall. "I'm reading The Disappearance of the Universe by Gary Renard. It's a book that teaches one to practise
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      189 48 THEY may have seemed lacklustre beside their male counterparts at a media session earlier this month. But the first six Project SuperStar female quarter-finalists will show what they are made of when they take to the stage tonight at 8.30 on MediaCorp TV Channel U. Here's
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        361 50  -  Yong Shu Chiang Festival features films that stretch imagination, test boundaries shuchiang(gnewstoday.com.sg A MURDEROUS presence in the subway; pyramids floating in the sky; an investigation into that old legend; the Loch Ness Monster; and a Shaolin master with comic flair. These are some of the subjects featured
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        579 52  -  Amy Van It adds a hint of citrus sweetness to the dish food@newstoday.com.sg IT MAY be a newcomer in the world of fruits, but the ZESPRI™ Gold Kiwifruit has already made its mark in the consumer market. Fans love its smooth yellow flesh and sweet tropical flavour
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        479 54  -  Brenda Chew You'll never feel blue in the Queen City of the Philippine South brenda@newstoday.com.sg CEBU is a city with a colourful past A bustling trade port since pre-Hispanic times, it was named as the Philippines' capital by the Spaniards in 1565. Now crowned the "Queen City of
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        292 55 FOR decades, it was known simply as the Clark US Air Force Base, home to American pilots serving in the Pacific. When the Philippine-US Military Bases Agreement ended in 1991, Clark was turned over to the Philippine government and declared a special economic zone.
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        839 56  -  Pearlvn Tham It's summer sale season in the UK and France and there are plenty of hot deals to be had pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg IF THE ongoing Great Singapore Sale has whetted your appetite for bargains, head for the United Kingdom and France this month or next,
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