Today, 11 August 2005, Afternoon Edition

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    11 1 TODAY /\AediaCorp mica (P) H2/07/2005 incorporating utFßiitS rhursday August 11,2005 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Stocks lower as oil price soars
      146 1 -AFP NEW YORK A rally on Wall Street evaporated yesterday as oil prices surged to US$65 a barrel for the first time, reawakening fears for the impact on the US economy and on corporate profits, brokers said. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down
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      Lock icon Unocal shareholders say 'yes' to Chevron
      218 1 -AFP Merger after Chinese oil company abandons bid LOS ANGELES Months of controversy that saw China rebuffed in its attempt to enter the US oil industry culminated yesterday in Unocal Corp shareholders accepting a takeover bid by US rival Chevron Corp. After the state-owned
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      Superstar hopeful gets chilling threat
      491 1  -  Mervin Tay plusWnewstoday.com.sg PROJECT SuperStar has been the highestrated variety show on MediaCorp TV Channel U this year. With the make-up of its audience stretching from teenagers to aunties, the singing competition attracts about 11 per cent of viewers over the age of 15. But
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Job-hopping Kuan explains his switches
      749 2  -  Loh Chee Kong He spent only three months with Hyflux as he wanted to prepare for election cheekong@newstoday.com.sg TAKING up Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's invitation to share his employment history with Singaporeans, presidential hopeful Andrew Kuan forwarded copies of his resume to the local
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      Kuan won't withdraw allegations
      518 2  -  Derrick A Paulo POTENTIAL presidential candidate Andrew Kuan could be on his way to court before Nomination Day next week. He is sticking to the statements he made at a press conference on Monday about the circumstances relating to his departure in May 2001 from the
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        Singapore at the crossroads
        706 3  -  Mano Sabnani With competition growing, inflation looming, time to push Singapore brand in China, India Editor-in-Chief/CEO mano@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE achieved economic growth of 4 per cent in the first half of this year a nice number, considering we are celebrating our 40th year as an independent nation.
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      Koizumi Express gathers speed
      344 4 TOKYO One of the greatest gambles taken by a Japanese Prime Minister in recent memory may also turn out to be among the most rewarding. If it works, it could help the sleepy giant economy turn the corner. Thwarted by his own party colleagues in his
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      Cabinet grilling turns out to be tame affair
      456 4 M'sian PM Abdullah issues vague statement KUALA LUMPUR The much-awaited Cabinet grilling yesterday of Malaysia's controversial International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz (picture) proved to be a damp squib. After reviewing a lengthy explanation on the Approved Permits controversy, Prime Minister
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      Lock icon President's Star Charily raises more
      137 4 Channel News Asia THE President's Star Charity show has raised $3.8 million more than the amount collected last year. This, even though there were fewer calls this year just under 42,000 compared to last year's figure of slightly over 57,000. The July 31 show capped
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      51 4 Learn more about Singapore's first bond tracker fund, the proposed ABF Singapore Bond Index Fund, from the investment experts at DBS Asset Management. Venue DBS Auditorium Time 6.30pm to 8.30pm Date :23 August 2005, Tuesday For RSVP and enquiries, please email your name and contact numbers to dbsseminar@newstoday.com.sg ©DBS ASSET
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon MM: China right to revalue yuan
      268 6 Channel News Asia MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said China's decision to revalue the yuan against the United States dollar is a right move, though it is only a 2 per cent appreciation. The move is also good for China because if the value
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      Lock icon 'Missing' boys lived it up on stolen cash
      337 6  -  Dawn Quek dawn(gnewstoday.com.sg THE two boys who went missing on Monday have been found tired but unremorseful after a 48-hour adventure and spending spree on money stolen from home. The disappearance of brothers Jeremy Tan Chia Khee, 10, and Tan Chia Ying,
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      Lock icon New ERP charges improve traffic flow on CTE
      235 8 Channel News Asia WITH the introduction of the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) charges on northbound vehicles on the Central Expressway (CTE) on Aug 1, the flow of traffic has improved. This was the conclusion supported by figures released by the Land Transport
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      Lock icon Just a little flavour helps the medicine go down
      650 8  -  Tan Hui Leng Pharmacy custom-makes drugs to doctors' specifications huileng@newstoaay. com. sg FANCY a mint caramel-flavoured hormone replacement therapy gum? How about a liver-flavoured chew for your sick pet dog? Medicine has never been so palatable. "We have 13 flavours you
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      Library gets upmarket French tenant
      576 10  -  Lee U-Wen Essec Business School joins rival Insead in having a Singapore campus u-wen@newstoday.com.sg ONE of France's premier business institutions is setting up a new campus here in October, and it has picked the new $203-million National Library on Victoria Street for its first address
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      Scientists make groundbreaking find
      456 12  -  Vinita Ramani Discovery may hold key to treat Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases vinita@newstoday.com.sg IS A child always on the mind of his mother? That may literally be the case in some instances, according to groundbreaking research findings that could hold the key to treatment possibilities for
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        Lock icon NTU launches new studies
        82 12 Channel News Asia The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has launched a new School of Physics and Mathematical Sciences, as well as an Institute of Advanced Studies, aimed at nurturing more talents in these fields. NTU President Dr Su Guaning said that this is because the sciences
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        Lock icon $ 10,000 prize for design contest
        119 12 10,000 prize for design contest 938 Live Youth from across the Asia Pacific can now take part in a design competition that will see the winner walking away with $10,000 in cash. Creative Youth Exchange, an annual competition launched last year by the Singapore Government, will also grant the winner
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        Who's the best Learner'?
        109 12 'Lifelong Nominations for the Lifelong Learners Award (LLA) 2005 are open from today. Organised by MediaCorp Radio and the Singapore Workforce Development Agency, the award honours individuals with a passion for learning who continuously upgrade their skills, or have helped raise service quality. This year's award
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        Lock icon Get up close with NDP floats
        51 12 938 Live The floats used for the National Day Parade are on display at the Padang. The Defence Ministry says they are there to give members of the public an opportunity to view them close up. The floats will be removed at 1 opm
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      Lock icon Transport vouchers for the needy
      169 12 938 Live SIXTY-TWO thousand needy households are being given Public Transport Fund vouchers to help them cope with the recent increase in bus and MRT fares. While only 50,000 needy households were slated to get these vouchers when the $4 million fund was set up
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      Lock icon Nuclear seals come off mid-negotiation
      359 14 Agencies Tension escalates as Iran resumes uranium conversion ISFAHAN (Iran) Tehran yesterday removed the seals at its uranium conversion facility in Isfahan, allowing the plant to return to full capacity, an Iranian nuclear official said. The controversial move came as the United Nations atomic agency
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      Lock icon Husband wanted me to have breast surgery: Accused
      154 14 HONG KONG An American housewife, on trial for allegedly drugging and murdering her husband in Hong Kong, told the court yesterday she had planned to travel to the United States for breast enhancement surgery and liposuction to please her sexually demanding spouse.
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      Lock icon Model's parents spark boycott fury
      151 14 -AP HONG KONG Chinese Internet users have launched an online campaign urging a consumer boycott of Procter Gamble (P&G) products because the parents of the company's endorser, Taiwanese model Lin Chi-ling, favour independence for their home island. "If Procter Gamble doesn't drop Lin boycott to
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        Sexline conman on the loose
        70 16 A German man pretended his car had broken down to dupe local residents into letting him use their phones to call kinky sex hotlines for up to 20 minutes at a time, reported ananova.com. At least four women have complained to police in Bad Urach
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        Dog who loved lacy lingerie
        78 16 German vet Claudia Schuermann, who operated on bull terrier Breiti to remove a suspected stomach tumour found a g-string instead, reported ananova.com. Ms Schuermann, head of the Troisdorf animal rescue home, said the dog was handed in after his previous owners complained he ate "anything
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        Lock icon 'Flashing light' driver nabbed
        80 16 AP A man who police say stopped another driver to warn him about his careless driving was arrested for impersonating a police officer and driving a stolen pickup truck. Jessie Joe Hill of Dcs Moines, lowa, was driving the stolen vehicle when he turned on a
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        Radio gets slap in the face
        83 16 New York radio station WQHT that that earlier mocked tsunami victims on the air has agreed to pay U*****,000 ($395,000) to the authorities after it sponsored "smackfest" contests in which young women took turns slapping each other for a chance to win concert tickets
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        That mirage in the desert
        544 16  -  Clement Mesenas Do Rafidah's advisers shy away from telling her the truth? Foreign Editor clement@newstoday.com.sg IF SHE knew the truth, she would have squirmed, I think. When Ms Rafidah Aziz made one of her first overseas trips in the 80s, it was to the oil-rich
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      Lock icon Haze reaches danger levels in Kuala Lumpur
      62 16 Pedestrians in Kuala Lumpur covering their faces with handkerchiefs to block out the noxious effects of a haze blamed on forest fires in Indonesia. The haze thickened yesterday to dangerous levels over the Malaysian capital. All schools in Kuala Lumpur and the districts
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      Lock icon Malaysia turns to palm oil to cut fuel bill
      173 16 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will soon start blending diesel with palm oil to power cars and electricity generators to reduce its fuel bill, due to record high oil prices, news reports said yesterday. Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said diesel, which
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      Lock icon Troops on guard despite Aceh deal
      226 16 -AP JAKARTA The Indonesian military says it is readying its troops in case a peace agreement with rebels in Aceh province collapses, despite the pact getting a muchneeded boost from a parliamentary pledge to support it The accord, which will be formally signed on
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      Lock icon Sharon blasts Netanyahu
      444 18 -AFP Minister 'shirking his responsibilities by leaving Cabinet' JERUSALEM Prime Minister Ariel Sharon accused Mr Benjamin Netanyahu of shirking his responsibilities by quitting the Cabinet at a crucial stage in Israel's history as the rivalry between the pair sharpened yesterday. With polls among members of their right-wing
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        Lock icon Riot on death row
        43 18 -AFP A riot involving white and Latino inmates has triggered a partial lockdown at a San Francisco-area prison housing prisoners awaiting execution. About 900 prisoners were confined after the riot. More than 40 inmates suffered injuries in the brawl.
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        Chemical attack rehearsal
        26 18 Scientists have released a harmless gas at four New York City locations to test the mechanics of a major biochemical attack, reported UPI.
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        Lock icon 61,000 students fall victim to hacker
        40 18 -AFP A hacker has broken into computers at Sonoma State University in California and stolen personal information on about 61,000 students. The stolen data included social security numbers which can be used for fraud.
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      Lock icon $165m to circle the moon
      167 18 -AFP NEW YORK A US company associated with the Russian Space Agency hopes to send tourists to circle the moon, perhaps as soon as 2008. The ticket price: A cool US$lOO million ($165 million). "Today is a historic day," said Mr Eric Anderson, whose Virginia-based
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        Lock icon Walking on eggshells will only spur jihadis
        582 22  -  Dr Norman Vasu Change has to come from both Muslims and non-Muslims news@newstoday.com.sg THE INVESTIGATIONS into the London bombings of July 7 have revealed that all four bomber suspects were young British men, and not Al Qaeda operatives from abroad. The Zeitgeist was
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        Lock icon India-the new China
        616 24  -  Shobha Tsering-Bhalla Shift in US attitude puts Asian giant in the 'big league' shobha@newstoday.com.sg INDIA is now the new China for high investment returns and the United States is beginning to see it as important an ally as Israel. That is the analysis by Dr George Friedman,
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    Focus on The Family
    242 26  -  Dr James Dobson i Tbows l^ inejL i mw\mm\ by THE POWER OF AFFIRMATION Given a choice between a compliment and a criticism, who wouldn't choose a compliment? Unfortunately though, some parents forget this when they talk to their children. Psychologist Abraham Maslow once said, "It
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      HOLD THE ADVANTAGE IN THE SERVICE GAME
      923 26  -  Yvonne Lim, IT HAS become a nightmare to walk along Orchard Road, says one reader. "Persistent salespeople recruited by network marketing companies, handphone retailers, credit card companies, time-share firms and charities with a quota to meet keep badgering people to donate, buy things
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      Welcome fillip in the fight against bigotry
      486 26  -  NURAZZAHAMIRGANY Letter from ON SPECIAL days such as when the Lions brought the Tiger Cup home, or on National Day I feel a sense of gratitude and appreciation for how far the country has come. This year, though, National Day meant a bit
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      READERS' SHORT TAKES
      244 27 Khoo Lih-Han I was at the Celebrations@Tampines on National Day and was walking by the funpack counters. People were choosing the colours of their funpacks as if they were at a shopping centre buying clothes. It made more difficult the job of those helping to distribute the
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        Just hanging out in Bugis
        52 28 An open field in Bugis usually has Chinese acrobats setting up their makeshift stage to do a spot of busking. Sometimes, after the performance ends and the crowds have left, the limber artistes hang around for extra practice, as captured by engineer Lawrence Loe Yit
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        CALLING ALL SHUTTERBUGS:
        50 28 Email us an interesting picture you have taken in Singapore and it can appear on this page. Give your full 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 picture.
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      At 29, do I really need a hangout?
      353 28  -  ■aloysius [tan chee peng I Letter from I AM writing in response to your article, "Youth get their space, but button their lips", (Aug 5). I have been reading with interest about the *scape project I am a 29-year-old working Singaporean, which
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      Marina carnival well-planned
      144 28  -  PREETI ATHAVLE ACCOLADE I Letter from I'M WRITING on behalf of my daughter who wants to convey her heartfelt thanks to all those who made the CARNIVAL MARINA a big success. We were there every single day and still did not manage to cover all the activities.
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      If's time we looked beyond Japan's war-time atrocities
      330 29  -  NSHINJI Letter from AS THE father of two Singaporeans, I (a Japanese) shared the happiness of the National Day with my Singaporean wife, daughter and son watching the National Day Parade on television. However, Aug 9 also reminds many Japanese living in
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      Give off-peak cars a full day
      390 29  -  JIMMY HO KWOK HOONG Cut their tax gains and let them be on road for full Saturday Letter from I REFER to the letter, "Off-peak car restrictions are a trade-off", by Ms Lynn Ong of the Land Transport Authority (Aug 5). Ms Ong makes
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      Lock icon isay THE SEX OF ART
      1011 30  -  Izzy THERE is a great deal of bulls* *t art out there in the world most of it terribly expensive, excessively funded by governments and, sadly, they not only look bad, but also mean nothing. That is not to say I think all art needs
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      171 32  -  DR GILLIAN KOH Letter fromß Research Fellow^^^^^^^^^^^ Institute of Policy Studies I REFER to the quote attributed to me in the report, "Can one-party system stand the test of time?" (Aug 9), stated as: "It requires a strong man to hold a party together someone
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      556 32 Today reader Yeoh Siew Hoon has a bone to pick with the scientists in Seoul who broke the "hound barrier". HI. My name is Snuppy. I am the world's first cloned dog. At first, they wanted to call me Cloney, but my "parents" thought I'd
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      644 34  -  LIM YEOW CHYE Ordinary S'porean, but he's the very fabric of the nation (ace in the crowd 63, retiree As told by his niece, Lim Li Koon AS SINGAPORE celebrated yet another birthday this year with fanfare and fireworks, I would like to write about a
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      532 34  -  VIVIEN TAN In "The Age of Loneliness" (Aug 8), widow Sally Wong called for other English-speak-ing, lonely senior citizens to help her fulfil her vision of a clubhouse to hang out at. Several readers have expressed keen interest. One took a different tack to her
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        59 38 ndex Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd Korea Comp KLCI SET Index lakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Wumbai Sensex Value *****.08 *****.41 4425.60 6356.84 1104.86 939.48 684.59 1176.83 2010.41 236.45 7729.82 Change Pis +197.76 +298.57 +7.80 -23.16 +5.09 -5.46 +3.05 +14.03 +20.41 -2.11 +134.25 +1.66 +1.98
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        21 38 Sold us$/oi iilver us$/oi 'latinum us$/oi 440.70 7.06 900.00 lubber cents/kg 135l 'aim Oil RM/tonne 269.2: Srent crude us$/barrel 61.91
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        126 38 Dow Jones SHARE prices closed lower on postNational Day profit taking, and as disappointing earnings from Over-sea-Chinese Banking Corp damped market sentiment, dealers said. The ST Index fell 9.72 points, or 0.4 per cent, to close at 2,338.49, as losers beat gainers 328 to 202. Trading volume was 1.12
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        79 38 By Close Chang* SingamasC 2kHK$ 5.600 +0.401 F&N 17.000 +0.301 HSI *****DBeCW*****0 1.900 +0.251 HKLand US$ 3.380 +0.201 KepCorp 13.200 +0.201 Fortune Reil HKS 6.600 +0.151 Ezra 1.640 +0.131 HKLandMBLeCW*****2 0.490 +0.12: KS Energy 3.120 +0.121 lardineC&C 12.700 +0.101 By percentage MonicW*****0 Close I 0.015 Changi +50.1
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      475 38  -  Valeric Law Spore economy rises sharply in Q2, Govt narrows official gross domestic product band to 3.5-4.5% valerie@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S economy grew 5.2 per cent in the second quarter from a year ago a sharp increase over an earlier estimate of 3.9 per cent,
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      128 38 HOTEL Properties Limited (HPL) has appointed Mr Joseph Grimberg, a prominent lawyer, as its new non-executive chairman with immediate effect. Mr Grimberg is assuming the seat left empty in early-July by the late Peter Fu Yun Siak, father-in-law of Mr Ong Beng Seng, HPL's managing director.
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      694 39 Now you can borrow cash at nine Post Offices across Singapore THERE are times when you have a genuine need for cash to pay off bills, for your wedding or to further your studies, but you don't know where to find it.Thankfully now there's
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        367 40 Bloomberg It may consider a Reit to unlock the value of its properties PARKWAY Holdings, Asia's sec-ond-biggest publicly traded hospital operator, said that its sec-ond-quarter profit rose 22 per cent because more overseas patients sought treatment in the firm's hospitals in Singapore. Net profit rose
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        212 40 SHE screamed when she got a call from Standard Chartered Bank. Never did Mdm Foo Tiam Thay think that she would win a brand new convertible under StanChart's "Bank Win" Lucky Draw. Yesterday, she drove off with a Renault Megane Coupe-Cabri-olet worth $100,000 without
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        346 41 Hong Leong Finance had a 17-per-cent fall in second quarter net profit to $1 9 million, or an annualised earnings per share of 1 7.54 cents, due to higher cost of funds. Interest on loans slipped 6.6 per cent to $32.7 million for the quarter ended June 30. In
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        372 41 Bloomberg Company offers $1.65b for Chinese search engine YAHOO! executives are in talks to buy about 33 per cent of Alibaba.com, China's biggest online retailer, for US$l billion ($1.65 billion) in stock and cash, as it tries to win share in a market that's expected to
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        560 42 Bloomberg Year-on-year, it enjoys 6% rise in customer loans to $57 billion OVERSEA-Chinese Banking Corp, which owns Singapore's biggest insurer, posted second-quarter profit that fell short of some analysts' estimates after the cost of acquisitions countered an increase in loan income. Net profit rose 1.4
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        228 42  -  Chow Perm Nee AFTER a three-month search, Singapore Computer Systems (SCS) has appointed former Pacific Internet chief Tan Tong Hai as its new chief executive officer. In mid-May, the mainboardlisted SCS said that its president and CEO Pek Yew Chai, and chief financial officer (CFO) Chia
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        142 43 -AFP SINGAPORE investment company Temasek Holdings said yesterday that it had sold part of its stake in property group Capita Land, raising $580 million from the placement The sale of 200 million ordinary shares at $2.90 each cut Temasek's holdings in Capita Land
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        388 43 -AFP It's dominated by US dollar, euro, yen and S Korean won BEIJING China's central bank governor yesterday said its recently introduced currency basket is dominated by the US dollar, the euro, the yen and South Korea's won. The currencies were chosen for
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        139 43 -Dow Jones KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Plantations yesterday said that veteran banker Bridget Lai will become chief executive of its wholly-owned Alliance Bank from Sept 1. Malaysian Plantations is controlled jointly by Singapore investment company Temasek Holdings and Malaysia's privately-held Langkah Bahagia. Ms
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        322 44 -AFP WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve on Tuesday lifted US borrowing costs for the 10th time running to guard against inflationary pressure, and signalled that it would stay on a slow but steady tightening course. As expected, chairman Alan Greenspan and
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        795 44  -  William Pesek Jr news@newstoday.com.sg IN APRIL 2001, Mr Junichiro Koizumi rose to the top of Japan's political establishment with a simple slogan: "Change the LDP, Change Japan." It always was the wrong idea given the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s corruption, cronyism and success
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        269 44 SAN FRANCISCO A purported super-spammer and his insurance company have agreed to pay computer software giant Microsoft US$7 million ($11.6 million) to resolve a pending civil suit, the man's lawyer said on Tuesday. The settlement is being pondered by
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      1184 46  -  David Chew Blogging will be discussed at local literary festivals for the first time are the organisers selling out? david.chew@newstoday.com.sg BY THE time you finish reading this I sentence, another six I blogs short for web I logs, online journals will have been ere- I ated in
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      206 50 WASHINGTON Dana Reeve, the widow of Superman actor Christopher Reeve, has been diagnosed with lung cancer. Reeve, 44, who spent nine years caring for her husband after he was paralysed in a riding accident, said on Tuesday that she had decided to disclose her illness
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        81 50 Calling all NSmen out there: Challenge your limits and stand to win prizes at one of Singapore's biggest fitness and sporting events the inaugural MIW Safra Challenge '05. The competition, organised by NSmen's portal MIW is open to NSmen aged 1 8 to 40 who are
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        58 50 Singaporean artist Sunar Sugiyou will show his life on a canvas today. The artist presents Hijrah, a journey through memories. View nis Chinese watercolour works at the Utterly Art Exhibition Space, 208 South Bridge Road. Hijrah runs until Aug 21. Opening hours are Monday to Saturday
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        40 50 Experience South-east Asian storytelling coupled with music at The Armenian Church, 60 Hill Street. The sessions will be held on Friday and Saturday at 8pm. Tickets available from the Substation box office. For phone bookings, call 6337 7800.
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      370 51  -  Zul Othman Nico wins best newcomer award at top DJ tournament zul@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE has unearthed a new talent albeit an underage one in 16-year-old Nico Alfonso Ho. The budding turntablist impressed the judges at the DMC/Technics World DJ Championships Singapore at Zouk on Monday, and
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      238 51 -AFP LONDON A cartoon banned from the BBC for depicting the Pope as an immature brat is set to cause new controversy after it was confirmed the programme will be released on DVD in Britain. Popetown which features the voices of comedienne
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      217 52  -  Vinita Ramani Myths of sub-continent exposed The Argumentative Indian Amartya Sen LONG-renowned as an expert on philosophy and politics, Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen brings these elements and several more together in his new book, The Argumentative Indian. Beginning with the rich tradition of heterodoxy evident
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      165 52  -  David Chew David Sedaris, Editor WITH David Sedaris being one of the great humourists of his generation, it was always going to be interesting to know what the witty New Yorker reads. The author of Me Talk Pretty One Day and Dress Your
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      109 53 Who's reading what TAIWANESE hip hop singer Wilber Pan (picture) was in town this week to promote his new album, Expert. But he stopped bopping long enough to tell TODAY what turns his pages: "I've just finished reading Donald Trump's Think Like a Billionaire: Everything You Need to Know About
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      502 53 Agencies Actor Sir lan McKellen says controversy about best-selling book is 'pathetic' IT IS difficult to recall the last time an entertaining pot-boiler caused so much hysteria. Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code (2003) is an enjoyable thriller, filled with various k conspiracy theories and two-dimensional
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        248 54  -  Pearlyn Tham JEAN Yip hairstylists are probably more used to getting requests for the latest fancy hairstyles but next Monday and on Aug 20, they will be shaving the heads of the Hair for Hope volunteers instead. In its third year, Hair for Hope invites
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        520 54 In this column series, Dr Theresa Chew, co-founder, president and chief executive officer of Expressions International, answers TODAY readers' beauty, spa and wellness questions. She is also the president of the Spa Wellness Association (Singapore). Expressions International is a leading beauty, spa, wellness and slimming services
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        274 54  -  Pearlyn Tham Win an image-consultation package from Nivea worth $2,400 pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg YOU'LL get more than just perfect skin with Nivea this month. This is because Nivea is offering two image-consultation packages worth a total of $4,800 as prizes to be won. You have a chance
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        Shop until late at night at Compass Point
        159 56  -  Pearlyn Tham THERE'S retail life after 9pm. Compass Point is starting its first late-night shopping event that will allow shoppers to indulge in retail therapy until 11pm on three Fridays tomorrow and on Aug 19 and 26. Start your nocturnal shopping spree
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        322 56 THERE are some things in life that you can't change thank goodness your eye colour isn't one of these. After all, if you can change your outfit or your hair colour to suit the occasion or to be in tune with the latest trends, why not
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        93 56 This weekend, get the chance to find out more about FreshKon Colors Fusion and also see the finalists of Miss Singapore World 2005/2006 at The Heeren. During this roadshow, buy one box of FreshKon Colors Fusion lenses and get a free exclusive gift pack.The
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        256 56  -  Pearlyn Tham pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg LOOKING at Lancome's Rose Mystere make-up collection for the Fall season, one can't help but think of Madonna's "lady of the manor" fashion spread in this month's Vogue magazine. Rose Mystere was inspired by the English countryside, fine English mansions, glittering dew and water sunbeams.
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      389 57  -  Amy Van This versatile vegetable is full of goodness food@newstoday.com.sg BROCCOLI is such a versatile vegetable that it's popular in many cuisines. In Italy, for example, broccoli has been a favourite ingredient since ancient Roman times. In fact, the Calabrese, from Italy's Calabria province, is one
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      254 57 Serves 2 to 3 Ingredients: 1 large Australian broccoli 350g macaroni or elbows 4 cloves garlic, crushed 250 ml chicken stock 2 tbsp butter Salt and pepper, to taste 200g prawns 150g scallops 2 tbsp Cajun seasoning 3 tbsp oil for pan-frying 2 tbsp grated parmesan
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        780 58  -  Felix Tan traveller@newstoday.com.sg I HAVE always imagined that the mystical Shangri-La would be somewhere near Tibet, hidden amid the snow-capped mountain ranges. And it was this never-ending quest of finding my Shangri-La that brought me to Yunnan. Backpacking in Yunnan, China's eighth largest province, is an
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        811 59  -  Jenny Kong Pack your bags for a delightful holiday in the Australian capital jenny@newstoday.com.sg AUTUMN is one of the best times in Canberra to take the whole family on a holiday. The city commemorates its birthday with festive celebrations and the weather is a cool 20-degree
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        52 59 Balloon Aloft 7 Irving St Phillip,ACT 2606 www.balloon.canberra.net.au Questacon The National Science and Technology Centre King Edward Terrace, Parkes ACT26OO www.questacon.edu.au Old Bus Depot Markets in Kingston 27Wentworth Aye, Kingston ACT 2604 www.obdm.com.au Cockington Green Gardens Gold Creek Village, I I Gold Creek Road Nicholls ACT
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        275 60 Ananda Travel Fair at Suntec City draws 25,000 The two-day Ananda Travel Fair at Suntec City, held last weekend, attracted more than 25,000 visitors. The fair offered savings of up to 40 per cent on selected tour packages. Visitors also had a chance to learn more about Ananda's new
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        668 60  - A medieval castle under construction Christina Mackenzie .-AFP In France, an effort to reproduce rather than unearth history GUEDELON (France) Every year more than 250,000 tourists visit an old quarry in this hamlet about two hours south of Paris to chat with the workers and marvel at the medieval fortress
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        257 62 3 days of festivities will herald grand opening on Sept 12 HONG KONG It certainly was in keeping with the theme of the park. On hand to greet members of the press at a press preview of Disneyland and Hollywood hotels at Hong
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        134 62 THE Mulu National Park in Sarawak, made a Unesco world heritage site five years ago, has opened the world's longest canopy skywalk, a 480 m walkway suspended 20m above the forest floor. The canopy skywalk is part of the Gunung Mulu world heritage area opened by
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    641 65  -  ERIC DING Noh's back and ready to shoot SAFFC down in match-of-the-season sports@newstoday.com.sg IT has been a long and strenuous month for Tampines striker Noh Alam Shah. After attending two separate trials at English League Two club Notts County and Latvian champions Skonto Riga, Noh arrived back
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      767 70 Agencies GOLF PGA Championship SPRINGFIELD, New Jersey Tiger Woods already has a green jacket and a claret jug. All he lacks going into the PGA Championship today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) is an aura of invincibility. Woods can't make history at Baltusrol, only match it Five
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        191 66  -  Eric Ding FIVE promising youngsters from Woodlands Wellington Football Club became the first recipients of the Children Financial Assistance Scheme (CFA) yesterday. The CFA awards are part of the CARE United Programme launched by the S-League in June last year. Targeted at primary and secondary
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        554 66  -  TAN YO-HINN President Arroyo takes action, but secretary-general Hontiveros plays down talk of SEA Games crisis yohinn@newstoday.com.sg IN A stunning move, Philippines SEA Games organising committee (PHILSOC) chairman Roberto Pagdanganan was relieved of his duty to oversee the preparations, after a grim progress report was presented
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        178 66 LONDON Michael Essien (right) has presented Lyon with no choice but to sell him to Chelsea, reports claimed yesterday. Chelsea now expect to finalise the £27 million ($79.8 million) signing of the midfielder in the next 48 hours, after the player forced president
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          609 67 -AFP Spaniard displays clinical finishing las Liverpool |cruise to victory CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFYING CSKA Sofia 1 Liverpool 3 SOFIA Liverpool are on the verge of the Champions League group stages after Fernando Morientes emerged from a recent slump to lift the European champions to a 3-1
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          227 67 LONDON Japan star Hidetoshi Nakata is in talks with Bolton Wanderers about a possible move to the English Premiership side. The 28-year-old midfielder joined Fiorentina last summer but could find himself sacrificed due to the Italian club's financial struggles, reported BBC Sport. Nakata, capped 66 times by
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        1034 68  -  ROHIT BRIJNATH The football season is almost upon us and right now, every fan's a winner THE most amusing, or most tragic, or most understandable, or must dubious soccer story, a stance entirely dependant on how tightly you embrace football as a religion, was the
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        618 69  -  LEONGWEEKEAT But jury is still out on Asian footballers in the English Premiership weekeat@newstoday.com.sg SOUTH Korea's Park Ji-Sung arrived at Manchester United for £4 million ($ll.B million). The latest reports on the English Premiership indicate that Japan international Hidetoshi Nakata could soon be
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        352 69 -AFP TRACK AND FIELD World Athletics Championships HELSINKI World 3,000 m steeplechase champion Saif Saaeed Shaheen (picture) has drawn as much attention for his world-class performances on the track as for his controversial decision to change allegiance from his native Kenya to Qatar.
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        167 69 -AFP THIRD ASHES TEST England v Australia MANCHESTER Shane Warne does not expect to have things all his own way in the third Ashes Test at Old Trafford, despite the venue's reputation for turning pitches. The Australia leg-spinner enters today's match needing just one more wicket to
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