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    22 1 //\=DIJ\COKiP TODAY MICA(P) 112/07/2005 incorporating iMTCiItS Wednesday August 31, 2005 todayonline.com /AediaCorp TODAY MICA(P) 112/07/2005 incorporating !MT6£ilS Wednesday .August 31, 2005 todayonline.com
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    Loaded Creative may trip up iPod
    590 1  -  VALCHUA US Patent gives it the edge in MP3wars val@newstoday.com.sg CREATIVE Technology hit a high note in its intensifying battle with Apple, after it was awarded a Untied States patent for a technology used widely on MP3 players, including the popular Apple iPod. This
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    Lock icon Oil bubble rides the waves of a storm
    587 1 AGENCIES HURRICANE Katrina exacted its terrifying price, killing at least 55 people as it swept through the United States yesterday. In a sign of the times, alongside the body count, analysts were keeping an equally anxious watch on what this would do
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      33 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 6 world news 12 voices 18 business 26 growth 36 plus 44 1v radio listings 52 careers today 53 classed 54 sports 56 we set you thinking I
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      29 1 NOWS THE TIME <#*"* JACKNEO'S NEWCASTLE TO RESOLVE f, LATEST MOVIE GRAB ENGLAND **siijj| BILATERAL I TACKLfSHOW STRIKER AFTER J, ISSUES, SAYS EX-CONVICTS ANFIELDBID PARAMESWARAN ff ARE TREATED BREAKS DOWN
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  • hot news
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      A LITTLE FLUTTER GOES A LONG WAY
      707 2  -  Clement Mesenas Foreign Editor clement@newstoday.com.sg LEGALISED gambling in Singapore is by no means new. Horse racing, Toto, 4D, the Singapore Sweep and charity lotteries have been with us for many years. And, more recently, television shows designed to raise funds for charity have
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      Lock icon PAP leader's banner defaced
      291 2  -  ANSLEYNG a nsley@newstoday.com.sg WITH the talk of an electoral battle looming, a mysterious vandal struck yesterday in the opposition-held ward of Potong Pasir, defacing a publicity banner of Mr Sitoh Yih Pin, the rival of MP Chiam See Tong. Black paint was used to smudge the
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      Singapore Rebel in police custody
      418 3  -  DAVID CHEW Film about SDP chief seized as police investigate if it breached Films Act david. chew@newstoday.com. sg HE MADE a film about Mr Chee Soon Juan, secretary-general of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), and now his work has been confiscated. Documentary film-maker Martyn See
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      Helping hands rather than handouts
      727 4  -  TORCHING LI Multi-ministry team to look at multi-faceted problem of low-wage earners chingli@newstoday.com.sg WHERE there's a will to work, there will be a way out of poverty. This is the assurance given to Singapore's low-income families by the newly formed Ministerial Committee on Low-Wage Workers.
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      Lock icon Murder suspect close to extradition
      212 5 -AFP SYDNEY A British businessman accused of a double murder in Singapore has lost another round in a three-year fight to avoid extradition from Australia on the grounds that he could be executed. The Federal Court in Melbourne on Monday dismissed Michael McCrea's appeal against
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      Visions grounded in reality
      551 5  -  LOH CHEE KONG Middle-aged citizens are more concerned with jobs and language cheekong@newstoday.com.sg WHILE animated discussions may be taking place across the island on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's vision of Singapore as a vibrant, global city, some have other concerns on their minds, such as
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      100 2 SIN-JKT JKT-SIN VF2O2 Departure 11:05 VF2OI Departure 12:35 Arrival 11:45 Arrival 15:20 4sfP From 11 September 2005 From 11 September 2005 VF2OB Departure 18:55 VF2O7 Departure 20:20 Arrival 19:35 Arrival 23:00 All local times shown. Book now or call your travel agent today! Book direct: For bookings HDB Hub, East
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  • Singapore news
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      Population woes a big worry
      321 6 MM Lee says governments may have to take a more active role in population control MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said that the most critical factor for security and growth for countries in the 21st century will be demography and not democracy. Mr Lee made
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      Lock icon Pump prices on the rise again
      119 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA PETROL companies Caltex, Shell and SPC yesterday increased their pump prices by 5 to 9 cents per litre, to match Exxon Mobil's hike on Monday. The price hike follows record crude oil prices that soared to almost US$7O per barrel due to
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      Lock icon Bet on more than just IRs
      430 7  -  VALCHUA Las Vegas events expert says Spore should involve all hotels in marketing plan va l@newstoday.com.sg AS SINGAPORE places its bets on the two upcoming integrated resorts and the glitzy shows that come with the package to bring in the tourists, it should not
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon FLATS FOR SENIORS NOW AVAILABLE
        108 7 -938UVE More than 1,770 Housing Development Board apartments in mature estates have been put up for sale under a balloting exercise, just one day after the HDB relaxed rules to make it easier for those aged above 55 to purchase studio apartments. There are 187
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        Lock icon PAY ERP CHARGES THE EASI WAY
        131 7 938 LIVE Motorists who are Sing Tel Mobile customers can now pay their outstanding Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) charges via SMS, at a lower administrative fee. Under the new Easi-ERP service, motorists who drive through a gantry without a Cash Card or with insufficient
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      Gas charges to rise from tomorrow
      97 8 GAS tariffs will go up starting tomorrow, City Gas announced yesterday. With the upward revision of 0.28 cents per unit, households can expect to see an average increase of less than $0.25 per month. The hike has been approved by the Energy Market Authority,
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      Lock icon It's legal – and safe – to speed here
      239 8  - It's legal and safe to speed here JASMINE YIN THE next time you want to challenge someone to a race, forget your wheels and leave those running shoes at home there's a new racing ground here. Located in Sentosa, the 650m-long luge track opened yesterday. It winds downhill starting from
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      Good news, bad news in drug war
      688 8  -  LOHCHEEKONG Arrests down but new menace called Erimin-5 arrives cheekong@newstoday.com.sg THE number of drug abusers arrested in the first six months of this year has gone down by more than a third, compared to the same period last year. In its mid-year report
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      Lock icon No need to turn up your nose
      381 10  -  DAWN QUEK Four Spore Poly students invent an automated toilet cleaning system da wn@newstoday.com.sg IF YOU are fed up with inconsiderate toilet users who do not care about the spills when they urinate, four Singapore Polytechnic students have come up with a good,
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      Lock icon The law is being broken in your very home
      368 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A RECENT survey conducted by the IP Academy has found that 70 per cent of the youth are aware that it is illegal to download music from the Internet without permission. Yet, about the same number feel they will
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      Window to safety
      630 11 Homeowners who fail to retrofit their windows by Sept 30 will face hefty penalties SALES executive Mr Lee Kok Wah, 28, vividly remembers the day his kitchen casement window fell from his third-floor Housing and Development Board (HDB) flat six years ago. It was early morning and
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      Protect your loved ones — stop killer litter
      259 11 Protect your loved ones stop killer litter That little flower pot perching on your window ledge or the bird cage hanging from your balcony may bring life to your flat and look pretty from the inside, but these seemingly innocuous items can kill. A safer place to live To make
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Disaster's 2nd wind
      304 12 AFP Flood surges as scientists warn of other Katrinas on the way NEW ORLEANS A day after Hurricane Katrina pounded the United States Gulf Coast, authorities and business establishments were yesterday tallying the deaths involved and the tens of millions of dollars lost. At least 55 people
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      Lock icon Arroyo ouster bid on verge of defeat
      116 12 -AFP MANILA As left-wing protestors, wearing monkey masks (picture), rallied near the Philippine parliament's main gate yesterday, the Congress ruled that it could only hear one of three impeachment complaints filed against President Gloria Arroyo. This left the opposition bid to oust her
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      Lock icon Police offer 50% discount on fines
      147 12 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian traffic police are offering a 50-per-cent discount on 3.4 million unpaid fines as part of efforts to clear a huge backlog. Federal Traffic Police chief Gingkoi Seman Pancras told the New Straits Times that he hoped to collect money owed
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    • this quirky world
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        Lock icon DEAD MAN WALKING
        93 13 -AFP Mourners who paid their last respects to British war veteran Frank Hughes were overjoyed to see him strolling through the town shortly after the funeral, reported The Sun yesterday. Friends of the former bus driver travelled from far and wide to attend the cremation after reading
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        Lock icon AN UNFUNNY JOKE
        92 13 AP Michael Lyons of Savannah in Georgia was arrested after he told a 13-year-old girl to hand a note to a bank teller threatening a holdup, police said. The 45-year-old told police that he and a group of girls celebrating his daughter's birthday were trying to play
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      Lock icon Japan is Asia's 'sleeping giant'
      229 13 -AFP WASHINGTON Japan, not China, is Asia's sleeping giant, and the Chinese Communist Party's days are numbered, according to predictions for the next three decades in an influential US magazine. The threat posed by China and nuclear-armed North Korea may force Japan to regain its
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      Lock icon Woman stabs herself at Koizumi's home
      453 13 -AGENCIES High drama as Japanese PM and rivals hit election campaign trail TOKYO Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and his political rivals hit the campaign trail on a day of high drama yesterday, when a mental-ly-ill woman tried to disembowel herself in a suicide bid
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      Lock icon Icy seas and a little red dot
      385 15  -  VENESSALEE Singapore's diplomats tell their stories some sleeping with revolvers under pillows venessa@newstoday.com.sg THE LITTLE Red Dot: Reflections by Singapore's Diplomats is a collection of essays by politicians who have passed through the portal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Singapore's
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon BATTLE OF THE ISRAELI PREMIERS
        75 15 AFP Former Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu (picture, right) formally announced yesterday that he is challenging Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (picture, left) for the leadership of the right-wing Likud party. Mr Netanyahu quit as finance minister at the beginning of the month in protest at the
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        Lock icon SBY GRANTS AMNESTY TO REBELS
        61 15 AFP Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday signed a decree granting amnesty to separatist rebels in Aceh province, clearing the way for more than 1,400 guerrillas to be freed from jail. The decree was the expected next step in the implementation of a historic peace
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        Lock icon CHINA, TAIWAN BRACE FOR TYPHOON
        31 15 AFP The eastern coastal provinces of China and Taiwan were bracing yesterday for Typhoon Talim, which is expected to slam into the region later this week.
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      Indian firm set to take on Pfizer
      378 16  -  THE GUARDIAN US giant is taken to court over rights to produce world's biggest-selling drug LONDON Indian drug firm Ranbaxy has launched court battles in the UK and America that could save healthcare providers billions of dollars a year by freeing the rights
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      Off yer bike son: Bicycle seats linked to impotence
      200 16 LONDON The rise of bicycling this summer had been assumed to be having a solely beneficial effect on health. But a study has found that, for men, forsaking the car or train for pedal power could have an undesirable effect Men
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      Lock icon Nuclear breakthrough for Iran
      228 16 -AFP TEHRAN Iran announced it has made another breakthrough in its controversial nuclear programme by successfully using biotechnology to extract purer uranium from its mines. Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation scientists, after six years of research, had mastered the technique of employing microbes to purify uranium ore
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      Lock icon The Internet crackdown
      587 17 -AFP BRITAIN GETS TOUGH ON EXTREME PORN LONDON Britain is to announce measures to combat extreme Internet pornography, newspapers said yesterday. Under proposals to be published by the Home Office, Britain's Interior Ministry, it would be an offence punishable by up to three years in prison to
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      Cancer a blessing in disguise
      796 18  -  VINITARAMANI KATE WONG 64, breast cancer survivor AFTER having had a hysterectomy and coming close to death during a severe spell of pneumonia, Kate Wong wasn't upset by the damning diagnosis four years ago that she had a cancerous tumour in her breast "I wasn't
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    • Model answers far below exam standard
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        Most are rehashed
        234 20  -  DELL MARIE BUTLER Letter from LIKE Mr Berton Lim, who wrote the letter, "Model exam answers a rip-off" (Aug 30), I too am preparing for my A-level examinations this year. I agree with Mr Lim that the standard of model answer books by local publishers is far
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        Irrelevant and useless
        232 20  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from VISIT any bookshop and you will find assessment books in abundance. Whether it is English, science or mathematics, one is spoilt for choice among the self-help books by the dozens of local publishers. When I was a student in the '50s
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      Not easy to spot hidden packages, but tip-offs can help
      595 22  -  TRISTAN SIM ABDULRAZAK Vigilant members of the public have alerted police to suspicious items in the post Letter from Assistant Director (Media Relations), Singapore Police Force and ments. The Police MRT Unit is deployed in the MRT trains, MRT stations,
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      Have SMS disabling option for safer driving
      266 23  -  JOHN LUCAS Letter from THE only information I found on the Internet relating to the number of car accidents involving young drivers in Singapore was a report that said about 1,500 accidents annually were caused by people in their late teens and early
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      Park management has to be sensitive to needs of all users
      183 23  -  PHUAKINKENG Letter from Deputy Director, Parks Management, National Parks Board WE REFER to the article, "It's a dog's life in East Coast Park" (Aug 26), and thank the writer for the feedback. We wish to clarify that pets are
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      MOM, do more to teach workers their rights
      359 23  -  RICHARD YIP Ministry should also publicise list of employers who terminate staff unfairly Letter from I REFER to reader Tan Gek Hua's letter, "Pay rise, then I sacked for poor performance when pregnant" (Aug 30) that was in response to the article,
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      256 24  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY I GUILT: VALID OR INVALID? I read a true story one time about a man living in Russia who hid in his attic for 25 years for a crime he thought he had committed. When he finally decided to face the music,
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      Open season – wives to cabs
      735 24  - Open season wives to cabs Mr Miyagi news@newstoday.com.sg Bloggers are a diverse bunch of people and they'll pontificate on any topic under the sun, as some highlights from past week's postings show... not a party to it, and therefore, the Court cannot rule on grandparent's access." victeoh also argues that
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      Training relevance
      355 25  -  SIMSOOKHENG WDA is committed to making best use of our resources Letter from Deputy Director, Corporate and Marketing Communications, Singapore Workforce Development Agency THE Workforce Development Agency (WDA) is developing framework to ensure relevance of training. We thank Mr Koh Kah Tiong for his feedback in the letter,
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      ASK CPF
      566 25 The Dependants' Protection Scheme (DPS) will be privatised on Sept 17. It will then be managed by the Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited (Great Eastern Life) and NTUC Income Insurance Cooperative Limited (NTUC Income). Below are some frequently asked questions on the scheme and the privatisation. What
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      Citiraya withdraws repayment deal
      445 26  -  CHRISTIE LOH With no investor in sight, DBS plans to ask the court to wind up company BY I christie@newstoday.com.sg BELEAGUERED Citiraya Industries is standing on the brink of a complete collapse as fierce opposition from its biggest creditor, DBS Bank, has forced the electronic waste
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        55 26 -AGENCIES SHARES closed slightly lower after a choppy session yesterday amid lingering concerns over higher oil prices and economic weakness in neighbouring Indonesia, traders said. There are also worries how rising oil prices could hit corporate earnings. The Straits Times Index fell 3.51 points, or 0.2%, to 2268.49. Some
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        55 26 Nikkei 225 12,453.14 +143.31 +1.16 Hang Seng All Ordinaries 14,922.22 +85.25 4,438.6 +41.8 +8.57 +8.95 Taiwan Wtd 6,832.12 -17.32 -8.29 Korea Comp 1,872.61 +9.45 +8.89 KLCI 913.56 +1.71 +8.19 SET Index 692.86 +1.53 +8.22 Jakarta Comp 1,839.82 +45.85 +4.53 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1,951.63 +17.87 215.82+8.32 +8.88 +8.15
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        26 26 Gold US$/oz Silver US$/oz Platinum US$/oz Rubber cents/kg Palm oil RM/tonne Brant crude US$/barrel 440. 6.1 891 641 1,371 66.61 information provided by SGX, Bloomberg
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        62 26 HS*****0DB8CW*****9 2.350 +0.230 El-Nets 0.010 +100.0 HS*****DDBeCWD***** 1.450 +0.140 HSI*****SGA8CW*****9 1.290 +0.130 Biosensors 1.120 +0.120 LiangHuat Des Studio NH Ceram 0.010 +100.0 0.075 +66.7 0.000 +60.0 Dairy Farm 900 US$ 3.160 +0.120 FJBenW*****6 0.015 +50.0 Isetan(S) 3.540 +0.120 CITYDEV 0.550 +0.100 Jade NeoCorp 0.020 +33.3 0.020 +33.3
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        35 26 JS$ JK£ 'en M iuro lupiah 3aht 0.5946 0.331 65.777 4.6192 2.2412 0.486 6/406.82 24.5392 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NT$ 33.4267 0.79 26.0941 612.7364 0.7122 4.8135 0.8575 19.3132
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        ACCS posts $3.79m loss in Q1
        362 28  -  -DOWJONES Expects further losses this year; high overhead costs at regional offices cited for fall in profit TROUBLED mobile phone repair company Accord Customer Care Solutions (ACCS) yesterday said it posted a first-quarter net loss due to high overhead and startup costs at its
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        MediaCorp Publishing acquires Hachette MediaCorp
        145 28 MEDIACORP Publishing (MPB) will now be publishing Elk Singapore under licence from Hachette Filipacchi Presse SA (HFP), rather than through Hachette MediaCorp Pte Ltd (HMPL) a joint venture between the two companies. MPB said the move will enable it to respond better to the magazine's
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        199 28 ST Engineering to buy IDirect for 165m BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Technologies (ST) Engineering south-east Asia's largest defense company said its unit would acquire IDirect for $165 million as part of a strategy to expand in the United States market Virginia-based IDirect which makes two-way Internet protocol-based broadband satellite networking solutions has
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          TAIWANESE SHIPPING COMPANY LISTS ITSELF ON S'PORE EXCHANGE
          87 30 Courage Marine Group, a Taiwan-based dry bulk shipping company with an extensive market presence in Greater China, lodged its prospectus to list on the Main board of the Singapore Exchange yesterday. The group's fleet of eight dry bulk carriers, with a total
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          INTER-ROLLER BAGS CONTRACT
          91 30 Inter-Roller has secured baggage handling system contracts valued at $83 million. These projects are for airports in China, the United Kingdom and the Asean region, including Singapore. They are expected to be completed in stages over three years to 2008. Inter-Roller was awarded two more projects by
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          UNION STEEL NET PROFIT FLAT
          49 30 Union Steel Holdings has reported a full year net profit of $9.6 million, or 3.53 cents a share, for the full year ended June 30, 2005, compared with $9.6 million, or 3.49 cents, a year earlier. Sales rose 0.6 per cent to $112.8 million.
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          SNP ANNOUNCES JOINT VENTURE
          40 30 SNP Corporation Ltd ("SNP") yesterday announced a joint venture in Shanghai to carry out printing operations in Shanghai. The joint venture is spearheaded by the investment arm of SNP's Hong Kong listed subsidiary, SNP Leefung Holdings.
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          PA WATER SECURES 51% STAKE IN ENGINEERING SERVICES FIRM
          66 30 SESDAQ-listed Pan Asian Water Solutions (PA Water), an integrated water piping systems solutions provider, has signed an agreement to take a 51 per cent stake in Tricaftan Enterprise, an engineering services specialist, to further penetrate the fastgrowing regional water and wastewater
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          TIGER AIR OFFERS $1 FARES IN SEPT
          72 30 Tiger Airways said yesterday it will offer promotional fares every Wednesday from now until the end of September to celebrate its first anniversary of ticket sales. The airline will kick off the promotion today with a special one day sale of airtickets between
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        Wearnes' hidden Australian gem
        394 30  -  CHRISTIE LOH Minority shareholders seek higher turnover offer Christie@newstoday.com.sg AS the Sept 9 voting day to decide Wearnes International's delisting approaches, shareholder grousing about WBL Corp's $1.35 offer price is getting louder. Not least because the offer discounts the millions of dollars that would be unlocked
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        CHANGI'S BATTLE FOR THE SKIES STARTS ON THE GROUND
        682 32  -  Liang Dingzi Competitive pricing by ground handling companies will lure in the airlines but will Swissport be Changi's casualty? news@newstoday.com.sg WILL Swissport be the first casualty among Changi Airport's ground handlers? Swissport became Singapore's third ground handling company in March this
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        407 34  -  CHOW PENN NEE pennnee@newstoday.com.sg Over 1,000 temporary offices to be built for the ***** IMF-World Bank gathering at Suntec Citynextyear AS PART of its plans to host Singapore 2006 (*****) the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meetings in September next
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        806 36  -  VALERIE LAW Small firms must have good track record before they venture abroad, banks say valerie@newstoday.com.sg ALTHOUGH banks are going all out to woo small and medium enterprises (SMEs), some smaller players still face difficulties in getting loans, both at home and abroad. According to
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        Database for manufacturers to share info on debtors
        363 37  -  VALCHUA va l@newstoday.com.sg MANUFACTURERS can now share information on debtors in a centralised database, thanks to a beefed up credit bureau service for companies. The enhancement is part of the newly launched SMa-DP Corporate Centre, a joint initiative by the Singapore Manufacturers'
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      427 32 SINGAPORE A INSTITUTE OF yW MANAGEMENT SIM Open House... Are You Ready To Lead Receive a gift per person September 10 •9amto 5 pm SIM Headquarters 461 dementi Road when you register for a Enquiries: Patricia Cindy 6248 9447 6248 9439 E-mail: membership@sim.edu.sg V"™™ *octala*i Online registration: wwwl.sim.edu.sg/oh.html [Concurrent Talks]
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      231 34 SINGAPORE'S (3SS^* IT DIGITAL EXHIBITION V\ s^PTEMBt> SB j2Sk i a IBR!l^^^H!Wfflnfflfl C ■U^\\\^ Comex Supplement In (W^Miiy *-ltV Fyn\W* DigitalUfeon 30thAng liin^il'JUlrrll'Jkl LAI The Straits limes on Ist Sept 'TJiii Wuidii Di'i'J'^ Di^iiiii il fJDJi£>ujji^_L j _Lili?i!ji_L jDiii!J 'i'^iiiiJidld^/ 2 700 170,000 Levels at Suntec City Leading Manufacturers sq
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      142 36 wrn ™c London school iumie n 0 iti# Ai I nunnu A& IMI OF ECONOMICS AND llll||tUVl fW im I INI l|l CAwnm. I uiiL.T,cuscience URivEnoii ur Lunuun l^i Permission to teach Diploma in Economics I Equivalent to the first year of B.Sc degrees. Course Details: TALK BFHPSnraHnfTtfWTnrTllfßß Full-Time Pan-Time
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      759 38 War of the Robots fy' 3£ S~\ f~->, I I k I > I Catch machine versus machine -J"** companion V^J I I— 1^^ I J I— BJ BJ B J H-BB-BB-H-BB-B-HBVn as the National Junior Robotics Compefifion makes its return! The V_y \-,_r> I \j X- I hl^SBU theme
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      580 39  - It's Abdullah's watch make the most of it SHARON VASOO Malaysia's High Commissioner to Singapore says there's no time like the present to build stronger bilateral ties DEPUTY FOREIGN EDITOR sha ron@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE should seize the opportunity to resolve outstanding issues with Malaysia while Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi is in
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      Lock icon Malaysia's accidental boom industry
      675 40  -  OONYEOH The outlook continues to be bullish for the outsourcing sector in Cyberjaya news@newstoday.com.sg SOMETHING surprising happened last year. International management consultancy AT Kearney rated India and China as the top two countries in the world for outsourcing opportunities. But that's not the surprising bit. What
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      Lock icon Holding the fort in business circles' top 10 list
      360 40  -  SHARON VASOO FOREIGN investors continue to rate Malaysia as a choice business location, in spite of the increased competition posed by emerging markets in the region, an international survey said. The study byTNS Global Reputation Survey 2005 found that, in terms
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      Bountiful Borneo
      404 42  -  SHARON VASOO Indiana Jones would fit in fine in this exotic locale DEPUTY FOREIGN EDITOR sha ron@newstoday.com.sg WITH its lush green rainforests, rivers, tropical islands and atolls, a trip to Borneo has the makings of an Indiana Jones-style escapade. Eco-travel is picking up among Singaporeans, and, with greater
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      372 39 Sending money You can't do it to Malaysia? any faster than this. mW+r\ o\\ #Xn O\\ Sendmoneythrough/NT£RCOUNTRYL/NKlnstant ll Mm Iw Mm .^mm^ Funds Transfer with this coupon and enjoy a low flat Iff 11 Iff 11 feeofs*2ofortransfersofuPtoS*3- 000- I 9 31 I I 9 311 Ternis and Conditions I I
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      298 41 This year we're celebrating Malaysia's 48th year of Independence and we'd like you to come to the party... MALAYSIA Price from Kota Kinabalu SGD 265 Kuching SGD 195 Langkawi SGD 155 Penang SGD 155 But if you're not joining us we'd like to apologise upfront for the loud merrymaking across
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      277 42 Visit RHB Regional Banking Centre in Singapore Making an overseas \*t&*?~~ investment can appear Your choice of SGD, MYR or other major insurmountable at times. M r-rJk t^ncle. tor financing of your Malaysia Different procedures and 0 tiL-Utd rTTL ~^b—._ Bn I *flaaaa^^^Ba regulations, or simple VtS WTL^SF Use either
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      148 43 Advertising feature CELEBRATED T*£Z^^^ the nation's key landmarks have become synonymous with J it HPV^P^^mV IMnW V^W^ B^StStv ir h-^'&^FhmI ™jf jT' '-^p«^b^b^L^b^bb b^bh f BJj^^^-^t^^^* f^Br^B^ffSf^p^^^HnWiTT^ffTT^^TaHST^^pn^p^^^^^B IIBH BBBl Journey through mangrove, river :fi: ffiM t^^^ and oceanic habitats featuring over »^L^A '^^JlnS %s BMrTwsHln'llwffl^ 5,000 different land-bound and Sfc
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      894 44  -  Jeanine Tan Neo's latest movie tackles society's treatment of ex-convicts jeanine@newstoday.com.sg ABOUT 10,000 convicts are released from prison every year. Ironically, the same num- ber are also sentenced to prison every year. These surprising statistics shocked film-maker Jack Neo and inspired him to make a movie about
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      543 46  -  MERVIN TAY As the final approaches, Today looks backatthe highlights plus@newstoday.com.sg FOR the past two months, Project SuperStar has been a part of up to 1.7 million Singaporeans' lives. Not just "a Mandarin version of Singapore Idol", as many predicted when it debuted on June 8, MediaCorp
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      Lock icon Meet Kelly Poon's No 1 fan
      176 46  -  —JOYCE UN PROJECT SuperStar fan Chan Yu Leong (picture), 25, was elated upon receiving tickets for the final showdown at the Singapore Indoor Stadium tomorrow. A volunteer managed to get the tickets for Chan, who is a cerebral palsy resident at the Cheshire Home
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      Lock icon Venice beckons for Hong Kong films
      168 48 —AFP HONG Kong films hope to make a splash at this year's Venice Film Festival with local movies opening and closing the prestigious event for the first time. Director Tsui Hark's martial arts epic Seven Swords will be the curtain raiser at the 62nd
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      236 48 AGENCIES LOS ANGELES Gwyneth Paltrow (picture) criticised her former fiance Brad Pitt yesterday. The actress claimed Pitt's breakup with Jennifer Aniston could have been avoided. "It would have been a lot easier on Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston now if they had not talked
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      Theatre Works towards the future
      683 49  -  DAVID CHEW Moving into a new venue, director Ong hopes to help artists find their niche david.chew@newstoday.com.sg THEATREWORKS is moving to a new home on Sept 15 and artistic director Ong Keng Sen is clearly excited about it. With the new venue, he is already
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      413 50  -  ZULOTHMAN DnA show isn't fake, insists the popular Malay media star zul@newstoday.com.sg POPULAR Malay actor Aaron Aziz isn't content to rest on his laurels. Having successfully made the transition to MediaCorp TV Channel 5 in Heartlanders, the 29-year-old has just set up his own production company
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        61 50 As a suave rogue in Ocean's Eleven, heartthrob George Clooney pulled off a major casino heist. Now, he's sinking his own cash into Sin City's latest multi billiondollar gaming, condo and hotel fantasyland. The development will feature 11 towers with a luxury hotel, resi-
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        52 50 Christina Aguilera has no beef with Britney Spears. Really. In a message posted on her fan website xtinaxposed.com on Monday, Aguilera wrote of her former Mickey Mouse Club mate: "It's really sad to see that some tabloid magazines still have to manufacture ill will between Britney
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        MIME MAESTROS
        67 50 Now in its third year. Mime Unlimited's Open Rehearsal Performance is Singapore's only showcase of new work in mime and physical theatre. Highlights this year include Wong Young Tseng's A Chair In The City. The Open Rehearsal Performance will be held tonight, Bpm at Teatre Kami's Blackbox, 126
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        JOIN THE CIRCUS!
        60 50 Be part of Cirque Dv Soleil's Quidam. With its stopover in Singapore from Sept 1, there's a chance for you to be up close and personal with Quidam's touring staff. There will be 250 job openings ranging from six to eight weeks. Jobs include ushers, YIP hosts,
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        46 50 View modern Christian art by local artists in Christ To Asia in an exhibition that runs from Sept 1 to 14 at the Arts House. Opening hours are 10am-Bpm weekdays; 11am to Bpm on Saturdays, 11am to spm on Sundays. Admission is free.
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      417 51  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS And just as cute are middle-aged virgins, shark boys and lava girls neil@newstoday.com.sg BEING a virgin has never been so cool. Not since Britney Spears claimed she was still a virgin (even though she probably wasn't) has the subject been so topical in the
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      A KOREAN MARATHON
      149 51 South Korean film buffs can enjoy a marathon week of top-grossing titles from Sept 8 to 14 at Cathay Cineleisure Orchard. Offerings from the first Korean Film Festival in Singapore include Silmido, Legend of Evil Lake, My Beautiful Girl Man, Mapado and Marathon (picture). The latter a
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      206 46 GOOD PUBLICITY IS Terns and Conditions: •Only available on Mondays Thursday •This promotion ends3oSeptember2oos Booking to be done online at www.todayonline.com Limited to the first 300 advertiers only on a first-come first-served basis Only applicable to direcl advertisers Contact number of the advertisers (e.g mobile or office number) must be
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      72 47 WE'RE DOING IT EVERY DAY! WITH CROSSWORD PUZZLE, HOROSCOPE, SAY IT RIGHT, WEATHER HELPLINE ClassAd now appears in every issue of TODAY. And we bring you not just the products and services you need but also a host of engaging new features that will entertain and enlighten. Check out the
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