Today, 25 October 2005, Afternoon Edition

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    22 1 TODAY Frew incorporating iMTCJJCS MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Tuesday October 25, 2005 todayonline.com TODAY /A=djaCorp incorporating kJircdCS MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Tuesday October 25, 2005 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon Temasek Night in Beijing
      511 1  -  TORCHING LI IN BEIJING Singapore-China businesses dovetail in many areas: PM Lee chingli@newstoday.com.sg AS PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrived in the Chinese capital yesterday afternoon, along with a convoy of ministers and merchants, fingerprints of Singapore were all around him. Just opposite the hotel where
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      Lock icon US stocks surge, oil closes lower
      235 1 -AFP NEW YORK Wall Street staged a strong rally yesterday as news that the White House nominated economic adviser Ben Bernanke as the next Federal Reserve chief added to positive sentiment from corporate earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 169.78 points to 10,385.00
      -AFP; AP  -  235 words
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      Lock icon US sees support for Security Council action on Syria
      139 1 -AFP WASHINGTON The United States believes there is broad support on the UN Security Council for a resolution addressing Syria's alleged role in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. A report from a United Nations investigation released last
      -AFP  -  139 words
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon German held over killings
      127 2 —AFP MANILA A German citizen has been arrested in the northern Philippines after two people were killed when a land dispute boiled over into violence, police said today. Anthony Kampemann, 51, who is married to a local woman, faces murder and attempted murder charges following Sunday's
      —AFP  -  127 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Bush picks top aide to succeed Alan Greenspan
      235 2 —AGENCIES THE chief White House economist, Mr Ben Bernanke, was named early today by US President George W Bush to replace Mr Alan Greenspan as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Mr Bernanke "commands deep respect in the global financial community", Mr
      —AGENCIES  -  235 words
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      Lock icon Wilma may have caused $16.9b in damage
      154 2 -BLOOMBERG HURRICANE Wilma headed into the Atlantic Ocean after its path across southern Florida knocked down trees and power lines and flooded lowlying areas. Insured damage from the storm may be as much as US$lO billion ($16.9 billion), more than any of the
      -BLOOMBERG; AF  -  154 words
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      Lock icon BIRD FLU AND DOUBLE STANDARDS ON TAMIFLU
      815 3  -  MARWAAN MACAN-MARKAR IPS Slow to react to deaths in Asia, western governments use legislative muscle on Roche as pandemic fears hit Europe BANGKOK Western politicians seem to be suggesting that the lives of people in the developed world matter more than those that
      — IPS  -  815 words
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      7 3 What's your view? Email us at news@newstoday.com.ss
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      Durai fails to get costs cut
      238 4  -  ANSLEY NG Ex-NKFchiefhasa month to appeal a nsley@newstoday.com.sg THE High Court yesterday dismissed T T Durai's application to reduce legal costs he owes Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) and The Straits Times' journalist Susan Long. The former CEO of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), who
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      Lock icon Ready to strike
      293 4  -  VINITARAMANI vinita@newstoday.com.sg THE action game "Counter Strike" may not strike a note with many people. But for the representatives of Cyber Team Singapore at the World Cyber Games (WCG) grand finals to be held in Singapore next month, it is going to be what they eat, breathe,
      ERNEST CHUA  -  293 words
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      Lock icon Australia pleads for drug smuggler
      199 4 —AFP SYDNEY Canberra yesterday issued a forceful last-minute appeal to Singapore to spare the life of an Australian drug smuggler who has been sentenced to death. But Foreign Minister Alexander Downer held out little hope that Vietnameseborn Nguyen Tyong Van, 25, could be saved. Nguyen
      —AFP  -  199 words
    • Article
      Widow settles SQ006 suit
      295 4  -  —ANSLEYNG THE last of negligence suits in Singapore against Singapore Airlines (SIA) was settled out of court yesterday, nearly five years after flight SQOO6 crashed while taking off at Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek airport Dutchman Johannes van Schijndel, who worked for telecommunications equipment company Lucent Technologies, was
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      Changi first non-American airport to take off with this airport security award
      211 6  -  —JASMINE YIN SECURITY measures at Changi Airport have been given the thumbs-up by Airport Security Report, a United States-based leading publication on airport security. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), which operates and manages Changi Airport, is
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      Lock icon Raising the stakes
      369 6  -  JASMINE YIN Harrah's, Keppel Land rope in exhibition management firm for their IR bid jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg THE stakes just keep getting higher in the race for integrated resorts (IRs) in Singapore. Barely one week after announcing a tie-up with French cultural institution Centre Pompidou, Harrah's Entertainment has upped
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      Lock icon NUS Business among the best
      171 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE National University of Singapore Business School has taken its place among the world's best Its Asia Pacific Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) programmes were ranked 30th in the world in the latest Financial Times EMBA ranking, ahead of business schools at
      — CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  171 words
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      Lock icon 1,000 jobs at Learning Fest
      272 6 —938 LIVE FOR the first time, this year's Learning Festival will highlight opportunities in the service sector. More than 1,000 jobs will be available at the annual event that opens on Thursday. With the economy on the upswing, organisations in the Tourism, Retail, Finance and
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      Engineering a revamp for a neglected discipline
      266 8  -  -DAWN QUEK THE image of engineering courses is so desperately in need of a makeover that the five polytechnics here are resorting to joint advertising and promotional campaigns. This is the first time there has been such a concerted effort to raise engineering's
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      Lock icon The ABCs of HIV/Aids
      320 8  -  DAWN QUEK Keep message simple or lose audience: Volunteer da wn@newstoday.com.sg USING loaded words like "abstinence" with young people could hinder rather than help in efforts to curb the spread of HIV and Aids. So, when he talks to the young, Action for Aids volunteer Justin
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      Lock icon A closer eye on optometrists
      138 8 -CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE Health Ministry's (MOH) public consultation on the regulation of the optometry industry came to a close yesterday. The MOH is proposing a law to regulate and register opticians and optometrists. Responding to feedback that regulation may raise the cost of eye checks,
      -CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  138 words
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Suicide bombers kill 17 in blitz on Baghdad hotels
      366 10 -AFP Blasts amid mounting tension over outcome of vote on draft Constitution BAGHDAD At least 17 people were killed yesterday when triple car bomb blasts slammed heavilyprotected hotels used by foreigners in the centre of the Iraqi capital. The attack came
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      Lock icon UK reconsiders 1916 execution of soldier
      326 10 -AFP LONDON The British Ministry of Defence is to consider new submissions in a case brought by the family of a World War I British soldier who was shot at dawn for cowardice, a judge ruled yesterday. Lawyers for the family of Private Harry
      -AFP  -  326 words
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      Lock icon US could help play role as Eyes in the Sky: M'sia
      274 10 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia said yesterday that nations bordering the pira-cy-prone Strait of Malacca were seeking United States participation in air patrols, but that it would only play a supporting role. Defence Minister Najib Razak said the US could
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      Lock icon Six-week scramble
      395 12 —THE GUARDIAN Quake-hit Pakistanis face fightfor survival once winter sets in BALAKOT (Pakistan) Arriving by donkey, helicopter, or on the shoulders of desperate relatives, grievously injured villagers are still streaming into makeshift hospitals in northern Pakistan 16 days after the earthquake that destroyed their world. By mid-afternoon on
      —THE GUARDIAN; AFP  -  395 words
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      Lock icon Iraqi lawyers to stop work after killing?
      204 12 —AGENCIES BAGHDAD Iraq's bar association urged lawyers yesterday to stop working with the special court trying Saddam Hussein until the murder of a member of the defence team is solved. It also called for a one-day strike tomorrow to protest the killing of
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon ESTRADA CALLS ON ARROYO TO QUIT
        116 12 DPA Ousted Philippine leader Joseph Estrada, facing trial on large-scale corruption charges, yesterday urged President Gloria Arroyo to resign over vote-rigging allegations, saying it would save the country. In paid advertisements published in major newspapers, Mr Estrada said Ms Arroyo and other national leaders
        — DPA  -  116 words
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        Lock icon THORNY ISSUES OFF ASEAN AGENDA
        68 12 -AFP Thorny issues such as violence in southern Thailand and democratic reform in Myanmar have been left off the agenda of December's Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit although leaders can raise them on the sidelines, Malaysia said yesterday. Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar
        -AFP  -  68 words
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      Lock icon FROM A WHISPER TO A RIOT
      813 13  -  HUGHMUIR RIAZAT BUTT -THE GUARDIAN Does 13-year-old girl exist? Do roots lie deeper? IN LONDON And IN BIRMINGHAM news@newstoday.com.sg IT BEGAN as a whisper, an inflammatory rumour that gained horror and currency each time it was told. It was said that after being caught
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      Lock icon MAN KILLED NEAR RIOT SCENE
      82 13 —AFP An 18-year-old man was shot dead yesterday, police said, as Birmingham suffered a second night of violence involving members of its ethnic communities. Two men have been arrested in connection with the shooting. Police said it was "too early to tell" whether the killing
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      Lock icon Ex-wife gets $90m
      363 14 Founder of world's No 2 ad agency in massive divorce payout LONDON The founder of the world's second largest advertising agency has been told by the High Court to pay his ex-wife nearly £30 million ($89.8 million) in one of Britain's biggest divorce settlements, according to The
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    • this quirky world
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        Lock icon WHEN LENIN MET KHRUSHCHEV IN MOSCOW, INDIA
        121 14 -AFP When Khrushchev met Lenin for the first time in Moscow, they didn't discuss politics, only the weather. The two South Indians with Russian names feared a spell of rain might mar last weekend's annual meeting of people with Russian names in Moscow,
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        Lock icon RECORD FREQUENT FLYER HAS NEVER BOARDED A PLANE
        84 14 DPA An Australian computer whiz racked up enough frequent flyer points to jet round the world more than 150 times despite never having boarded a plane, a Melbourne court was told yesterday. In the four years that he worked in Melbourne as
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      Lock icon How Miss Run Amok is threatening Bush and the New York Times
      364 14 -AP NEW YORK The scandal surrounding one of the New York Times' most prominent reporters, Ms Judith Miller, is poised to engulf one of America's most respected newspapers in a dispute over its reporting of the Iraq war,
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      Lock icon Al Qaeda No 2 joins the bandwagon
      433 15 AGENCIES Osama's deputy calls for aid for Pakistan quake victims ISLAMABAD In yet another video from terrorist group Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden's deputy has urged Muslims to come to the aid of quake-hit Pakistan despite the group's violent opposition to President Pervez
      – AGENCIES; AP  -  433 words
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      Lock icon When a child is not to be ...
      588 16  - When a child is not to be ZAIDAH MOHAMED JAFFAR AS TOLD TO VINITARAMANI A mother recalls her painful, life-and-death decision about her unborn baby 26, marketing communications executive JUST before Ramadan last year, 26-year-old Zaidah Mohamed Jaffar had to make the hardest decision of her life. As a Muslim,
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      ABOUT THALASSAEMIA
      212 16 The disease, in its two forms, thalassaemia minor and major, is inherited. It is caused by an abnormal gene that blocks normal, functioning haemoglobin in the blood. According to KK Women's and Children's Hospital's website, 3 per cent of Singapore's population are carriers of the gene. If both
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      Make OPC hours more family-friendly
      229 17  -  LOW LAI YIN Letter from NOT too long ago, a few proposals were submitted to the Land Transport Authority (LTA) pleading for a relaxation of the rules on offpeak cars (OPC). Not surprisingly, they were rejected with the standard restatement of policy. I hope the
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      Give them their independence
      267 17  -  CHAN WAI HAN More resources should go towards training the disabled Letter from I REFER to Cris Ewell's article, "Society blind to special needs (Oct 24). In Singapore, there seems to be a fear that any barrier-free access for the less able-bodied will bring on a
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      With park closed, where do kids go now?
      220 17  -  LESLEY ANTON Letter from I WISH to express my deep disappointment at the removal of the skateboard park near Orchard Cineleisure. My husband, along with other dads, would often cycle or walk with our sons to the park where they could practise
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      256 18  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES There's a bookthat was published manyyears ago based on a very simple little principle that I neverforgot. Its thesis was that the first five minutes occurring between people sets the tone for everything that's to follow. For example,
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      Lock icon The traffic-stopping run
      561 18  -  HARIHARAN GANGADHARAN It's no 'fun' ride for drivers caught in CBD traffic jam Letter from THE Bull Run, an event organised by the Singapore Exchange, is now described in publicity material as "Charity Fun Run in the CBD". Well, one has to search hard to find people
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      Where's the logic for closing road at peak hours?
      151 18  -  DAVID MILLER Letter from PLEASE find the logic behind the decision to have some sort of road run that closed the main roads to traffic around the CBD on Friday late afternoon and early evening. This was a brilliant plan as
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      All that cigarette smoke in the air
      253 18  -  RICKY LEE Letter from WHAT good is the national smoking ban at taxi stands when smoking areas are just inches away from them? My family and I joined the end of a long queue at the taxi stand at Causeway Point shopping centre
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      Impeccable service, smiles and a surprise
      327 20  -  LYEYINFONG Letter from ACCOLADES TWO Fridays ago, my husband and I dined at The Hibiki Japanese Restaurant. We ordered cocktails on promotion. After several sips, my face turned crimson. When the manager came to clear our plates she enquired in concern if the cocktail
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      Today report proves newspaper's reach
      169 20  -  MIKE SEBASTIAN Letter from www.singaporegoldenyears.com I JUST wanted you to know that the "pull appeal" of Today is awesome. Your report on the website www.singaporegoldenyears.com caused a Web traffic jam which almost crashed the site. This says a lot for your reach in Singapore and
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      Lock icon Incorrect card use is often to blame
      585 20  -  KATHRYN LAU But fewer claims thanks to ez-link system tweaks, education Assistant Corporate Communications Manager Transit Link WE REFER to the letter, "Deserted by authorities, commuters now have to help themselves"(Oct 19) and the three letters under the headline, "The commuter fights back"
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Pan-United sells 20.7% stake in Chinese port
      446 22  -  VALERIE LAW Shipping services firm to gain up to $73.7 m from sale to Macquarie valerie@newstoday.com.sg PAN-UNITED Corp has sold a 20.7-per-cent stake in Changshu Xinghua Port (CXP) in China to Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund (MIIF) and stands to make a profit of
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    • CORPORATEBRIEFS
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        Lock icon Advanced Integrated Manufacturing
        98 22 Channel News Asia reported a net profit of $1.6 million, or 0.25 cent per share, for its fiscal third quarter ended Sept 30, down from $1.98 million, or 0.39 cent a share, in the corresponding period a year ago. Revenue dropped slightly to $13 million from $13.2
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      • Article
        Lock icon International Enterprise Singapore
        103 22 93.8 Live launched the Trade Credit Insurance or TCI Programme. It works by pooling demand among Singapore-based companies for trade credit insurance, making it possible to offer premiums at lower rates. In addition, a 70-per-cent pre-funding will be extended to such companies that purchase trade credit insurance
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    • Article
      Lock icon SPC's Q3 profit up 67.9% on higher oil refining margins
      188 22 DOW JONES SINGAPORE Petroleum Company (SPC) said yesterday its third-quarter net profit rose 67.9 per cent from the corresponding period a year earlier on higher oil refining margins and a one-time gain. Net profit for the three months ended Sept
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      Lock icon Qian Hu back in the black
      184 22 93.8L1VE ORNAMENTAL fish breeder Qian Hu reported a profit in its fiscal third quarter, turning around from a loss in the corresponding period a year earlier. Net profit for the three months ended Sept 30 was $543,000, or 0.42 cent a share, a sharp
      — 93.8L1VE  -  184 words
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      Lock icon Keppel Land Q3 profit at $33.2m
      205 22 -AGENCIES KEPPEL Land said third-quarter net profit rose 2.5 per cent as it sold more homes and benefited from a rise in office rents in a recovering economy. The developer's net income for the three months ended Sept 30 rose to $33.2 million, or
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      187 23 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE'S consumer prices rose for a third month last month from September a year earlier as higher fuel costs made food and holiday travel more expensive. The 0.6-per-centrise in the Department of Statistics' consumer price index (CPI) released yesterday matched
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        56 23 Nikkei 225 13,106.18 -93.77 -0.71 Hang Seng Australia ASX 14,402.35 -85.50 -0.59 4,357.20 -7.10 -0.16 Taiwan Wtd 5,717.28 -21.48 -0.37 Korea Comp 1,184.60 +1.12 +0.09 KLCI 904.70 -4.88 -0.54 SET Index 686.21 +4.29 +0.63 Jakarta Comp 1,073.08 -2.88 -0.27 Phils Comp 1,917.47 -5.03 -0.26 Shenzhen B 203.36 -0.70
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        53 23 China Sun 0.460 +0.010 +2.2 22,731 GlobalVoice 0.165 -0.005 -2.9 20,070 Chartered 1.060 +0.040 +3.9 20,325 SingTel 2.360 -0.030 -1.3 17,452 Cosco 8CW***** 0.260 +0.010 +4.0 15,267 Biosensors 1.340 -0.050 -3.6 13,321 UTAC 0.625 +0.015 +2.5 12,165 0CBCeOM***** 0.125 -0.005 -3.0 11,070 Delong 0.115 11,206 SPHeCW*****6 0.145
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        70 23 DBS6%NCPS10 110.000 +0.300 F8N 17.100 +0.300 OUE 9.750 +0.150 SNP500 1.020 +0.130 CoscoeCW***** 0.490 +0.120 Hyflux 2.940 +0.120 Creative 50 12.700 +0.100 0CBC4.5%NCPS100 103.400 +0.100 Robinson 6.250 +0.100 Cosco8CW*****3 0.615 +0.090 Chartered 8CW***** 0.025 +400.0 STI220DePW*****8 0.040 +166.7 Chartered 8CW***** 0.010 +100.0 Chartered 8CW***** 0.010 +100.0 DatacifteCW*****8
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        72 23 Bukit Sem 13.100 -0.300 DBS 15.700 -0.200 JSH500USS 9.650 -0.200 UOB 13.600 -0.200 Venture 13.000 -0.200 Bukit Sem R 7.000 -0.150 Bukit Sem R500 7.900 -0.150 DaiiyFarm 900 US$ 3.460 -0.140 HoNegara 3.220 -0.120 CITYDEV 0.500 -0.100 \fentiiB8CW*****9 -0.055 -36.7 Goldtron -0.005 -33.3 PeariEeCW0B0417 -0.050 -31.3 SembMreCW*****5
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        163 23 Dow Jones SHARES ended lower yesterday amid cautious trading in the wake of sharp falls last week, traders said. The ST Index fell 16.53 points, or 0.74 per cent, to 2,222.83. In the broad market, losers beat gainers 291 to 195, while volume totalled 718.4 million shares worth $638
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        36 23 US$ 0.5898 UK£ 0.3338 Yen 68.305 HK$ 4.5760 RM 2.2272 Euro 0.4943 Rupiah 5,936.9 Baht 24.159 Peso 32.709 A$ 0.7886 Indian Rs fluan Won 623.84 C$ 0.7032 Yuan 4.7745 NZ$ 0.8422 NT$ 19.931
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        25 23 SGX, Dow Jones, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 466.10 Silw uss/oz 7.66 Pkfimi uss/oz 927.30 MbBI cents/kg 290.75 Nil iRM/tonne 1,430.50 HafcusS/iinii 57.61 Information provided by
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        112 24 PACIFIC Andes Holdings subsidiary China Fishery Group has been notified by the Singapore Exchange (SGX) of its eligibility to list on the bourse. Among other conditions, the proposed listing is subject to the lodgement and registration of China Fishery's prospectus with the Monetary Authority of
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        361 24 DOW JONES Fluidigm to invest in Singapore plant, its first offshore manufacturing facility FLUIDIGM Corp, a US medical technology company, plans to invest $40 million over the next five years in its first offshore manufacturing facility in Singapore, said its president Gajus Worthington. Apart from boosting the
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        183 24 BLOOMBERG CAPITALAND has raised US$4OO million ($678 million) with Citigroup to invest in China's real estate, marking its second fund in that market It will invest US$l5O million in the fund and Citigroup's CBC International Real Estate has added US$2O million. The fund will
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        162 24 DOW JONES AUSTRALAND Property Group, which is 54-per-cent-owned by property developer Capita Land, is being prosecuted in Australia for a workplace death in 2003. The New South Wales state Work Cover Authority, a workplace regulator, alleged that Australand failed to ensure the safety of teenager
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        243 25 —AGENCIES CHINA'S four biggest state-run banks uncovered 1.6 billion yuan ($336 million) worth of fraud cases in the first half, a banking regulator said, adding that the figure represents about half of the total amount exposed at all the
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        253 25 BLOOMBERG Chinese regulator tightens use of such units CHINESE companies and individuals will have to get regulatory approval before setting up offshore vehicles to raise funds abroad, under rules aimed at preventing theft of state assets and illegal capital outflows. The rules, published by the
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        169 25 BLOOMBERG SUMCO Corp, the world's sec-ond-largest maker of silicon wafers used to produce microchips, will raise as much as 144 billion yen ($2.1 billion) in Japan's largest initial public offering this year. It will offer 43.62 million shares at 2,900
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        1154 26 DO YOU know what to look out for when buying a motor insurance policy and how to avoid problems when it comes to making a claim? In the second of our "Motor Insurance" series with MoneySENSE, we share two case stories on problems commonly
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        59 26 Private Car Policies PERIOD OF DISCOUNT INSURANCE ON RENEWAL WITH NO CLAIM 1 year 10% 2 years 20% 3 years 30% 4 years 40% 5 years or longer 50% Commercial Vehicle Motorcycle Policies PERIOD OF INSUR- DISCOUNT ANCE WITH NO ON RENEWAL CLAIM 1 year 10% 2
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        277 26  -  CHOW PENN NEE HSBC Insurance has launched the first Islamic endowment plan in Singapore that guarantees the principal sum invested. Endorsed by the Islamic Advisory Board, the five-year Takaful Saver offers projected returns called dividends in Islamic banking, of between 1.92
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        534 28  -  FAROOKH SHAIKH Jackie Chan-branded California Fitness clubs are pumping in business news@newstoday.com.sg THE phenomenon of using celebrities as ambassadors to put across a product's or a company's message is not a novel one. What is important is finding a personality who can command universal respect. Such a
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        128 28  -  JANECHIAPOCO DHL'S $60,000 PASS THE PARCEL CONTEST The world's largest express and logistics company DHL, announced a novel Pass the Parcel contest yesterday with cash and travel prizes worth $60,000. DHL customers with airway bills can also win a bonus of $1,500 each. Contestants are randomly chosen on-air by
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        808 29  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA Today's the only English daily to gain readership; but it's no surprise, say readers shobha@newstoday.com.sg FIGURES never lie as the old saying goes. According to the latest annual survey by Nielsen Media Research, in less than five short years, Today has done the
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        436 29  -  —JESSICA JAGANATHAN YET another player has joined the throngs of investors cashing in on a growing local infatuation with yoga. From an ancient Indian meditative discipline, yoga has evolved into a lucrative exercise form which has attracted its
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        297 30 I SAN JOSE (California) I There is a new player in the lucrative market of semiconductors that power everything from cars and game consoles to medical equipment and supercomputers. P.A. Semi Inc is set to emerge after working the last two years in stealth
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        530 30  -  VALERIE LAW IN SOUTH KOREA LG's looking to innovate to top the home appliances market valerie@newstoday.com.sg I LG Electronics is targeting a 17.6-per-cent increase i in sales this year to achieve the No 3 spot in the global home appliances market by the end of the
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          95 31 Tipping Point, a division of 3Com, has launched what it claims is the industry's first network-based solution to thwart phishing attacks and prevent identity theft. The intrusion prevention system (IPS) detects and prevents phishing scams using mechanisms such as vulnerability protection, pattern-matching protection and behaviourbased protection. It
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          94 31 Sing Tel yesterday launched eSurveillance, a managed end-to-end digital-video surveillance service that works on broadband or Internet protocol connection. eSurveillance allows users continuous video recording and real-time image viewing of their surveillance recordings from anywhere, both within and outside of Singapore. Users can store and
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        474 31  -  ELAINE NG The PrivaSys card is thin and lightweight, but big on features to help prevent fraud elaine.ng@newstoday.com.sg I TO COMBAT card counterfeiting and fraud from lost and stolen cards, PrivaSys, a California-based payment card solutions provider, has introduced patented technology that will change
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        132 32 LENOVOTH INKCENTRE E SERIES Targeted at small businesses, the ThinkCentre E Series line of desktop PCs by Lenovo eliminates complex configurations that require the support of IT staff. The E50 desktops, which have Rescue and Recovery preloaded, help users diagnose and recover from a crash, even when the operating
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        509 32  -  ARIELTAM In-flight telephony is here, be very afraid. a riel@newstoday.com.sg I SO, YOU thought that enI during the polyphonic trilling of a mobile phone and the occasional phone yakker in the theatre was bad. Soon, you may have to put up
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        279 32 Q: My PC displays the message "Primary Master Hard Disk Fail". I would press the Delete key to go to Advanced Bios Features and choose Save Exit Setup. I'd insert the Bootable Upgrade CD of WinXP Professional with Advanced Security Technologies to boot up from CD. Sometimes, it works
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      1391 34  -  Zul Othman Legendary singer-songwriter returns to soulful roots with new album news@newstoday.com. sg isELDOM does a mvHsician come as gifted las Stevie Wonder. As an acclaimed Hsongwriter and social Hactivist, the singer Bwith the peerless Mvoice and unbridled Bspirit wonderfully Bmerged funk, pop rhythm and
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      140 35  -  Zul Othman b»: JohnLennon Working Class Hero John Winston Ono Lennon would have been 65 this year. To commemorate the life of the greatest Beatle is this tidy 38--track compilation charting all his solo hits. Granted, it's all been compiled on other Lennon-themed collections but the exhaustive Working Class
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      133 35 Life +++4 This superstar may have been guilty of inflicting the term "shake your bon-bon" and William Hung onto our collective consciousness but Ricky Martin's reputation as a one-trick Latino capable of only intense bouts of *****-wig-gling is undeserved. Aside from updating the concept of the Latin lover
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      132 35 Their Law The Singles 1990-2005 Distilling a 15-year career into 31 songs is a Herculean task. Not surprisingly, not everything works like a charm on Their Law but it is still quite a showcase for a group that went from being spotty ravers in 1990 to one of
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      104 35  -  HONG JUNYANG This week we ask Project SuperStar finalist Hong Junyang to name his favourite disc he likes to get down and groove to Craig David: ON CRAIG DAVID'S STORY GOES: I've always been a fan of Craig David, and his latest album is my all-time favourite
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      411 36  -  ZUL OTHMAN zul@newstoday.com.sg BRITISH electro band Goldfrapp made up of saucy vocalist/keyboardist Alison Goldfrapp and keyboardist/composer Will Gregory have been labelled a strange, quirky outfit by the media. They don't disagree. "Eccentric is a word that is halfway between being insane and genius so that's probably quite
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      375 36  -  ZULOTHMAN BRITISH rock band Starsailor just can't seem to catch a break. Their 2001 debut Love Is Here had them unflatteringly labelled as Britpop's new sensitive boys all because Starsailor's lead singer James Walsh's high-pitched voice and the band's brand of mope rock sounded
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        91 36 Sunday's Cancer Charity Show 2005 was watched by 800,000 viewers, or 22 per cent of viewers aged 4 and above. By the end of the extravaganza, $3.24 million was raised for the beneficiaries of the Singapore Cancer Society. Donors have until Sunday to call 1900
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        125 36 Celine Dion (picture) is already planning to have a second child after her contract with Caesar's Palace ends in 2007. The 37-year-old singer said she plans to begin in-vitro fertilisation treatments at a New York clinic after finishing her work at the
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        50 36 The hit tune Waterloo by Swedish pop group Abba has been voted the best song in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest Viewers in 31 countries across Europe watched a special show in Copenhagen, Denmark, to celebrate the annual event's 50th birthday.
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        82 36 The 21st French Film Festival is now on until Nov 6. This year's festival offers a varied selection of 26 films. Some of the films to watch out for are Merry Christmas, the French entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the
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      369 37  -  JEANINETAN Ong Bak star Tony Jaa can't believe ChowYun Fatt wants to work with him jea nine@newstoday.com.sg YOU know you've made it as an actor when your childhood hero wants to share screen time. Thai action star Tony Jaa (picture) has, by this measure, made it. But
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        807 38  -  REETA RAMAN It may not be an excuse to skip school, but an indication of other problems reeta@newstoday.com.sg NINE-year-old Don* (name has been changed) was a normal, healthy child. Then one day, and for two long months after that, he refused to walk because his legs hurt so
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        610 39  -  REETA RAMAN HE IS a motivational speaker, author and a familiar face in the business of leadership coaching. It's not an understatement to say that Steve Morris, head coach of Steve Morris Associates, wears many caps. He also has an
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          479 40  -  REETA RAMAN Bed-wetting can be treated with medication and lifestyle change reeta@newstoday.com.sg WETTING the bed is no mere child's play. Instead it is a worldwide problem that affects about one in every 50 young adults anyone above 18 years old. In fact, individuals in their early
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          402 40 Celebrity health watch MediaCorp artiste Christopher Lee, 34, recently joined the "Kick It, Beat It! 30-day Quit Smoking Challenge". He is in the middle of the programme where he will stop or reduce smoking with the help of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). Christopher tells BRENDA
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          229 41  -  BRENDACHEW PALM oil, a widely used oil because of its cheaper price, is high in saturated fats. These fats are commonly associated with heart diseases such as atherosclerosis (hardening of arteries). The oil is a popular choice because saturated fats
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          267 41  -  —REETA RAMAN It is good for treating fatigue, indigestion and insomnia IN TRADITIONAL Chinese medicine (TCM), lingzhi or the ganoderma lucidium mushroom is well regarded for its health enhancing properties. There are almost 80 varieties of lingzhi that are currently available. One of the most beneficial
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          811 42 1AILMENT3APPROACHES Severe cases maybe indicative of serious medical problems SNORING is very common and it is estimated that 45 per cent of adults snore occasionally. However, 25 per cent of people snore habitually. Other than being a source of embarrassment and a nuisance for your partner in
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          678 43  -  BRENDACHEW How essential fatty acids may help your child stay at the top of the class brenda@newstoday.com.sg IT CANNOT guarantee that your child will be the next Einstein. But studies done in the United Kingdom have proven that essential fatty acids (EFA) can boost your baby's
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          532 44 ABOUT two months ago, I slipped on wet ground and landed on the left side of my body, with my left elbow bearing the full brunt of the fall. Immediately after the fall, a bruise appeared and I applied a cold compress to it Other than that,
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            80 44 Help and support your loved ones who are suffering from diabetes. Learn more about diabetes management through this public forum. There will be four sessions in all on the first Saturday of every month. Each session will focus on different topics. This forum will touch on lifestyle modifications
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            103 44 The Institute of Mental Health (IMH) will be organising a forum to educate the public on depression. Topics include understanding depression, depression and suicide, psychotherapy and how to enhance emotional wellness. The forum aims to help the public understand depression, cope with the illness and learn ways
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            75 44 Glaucoma can cause irreversible blindness if left untreated. Find out how it is detected and the latest treatment options available. Learn more about existing support groups for patients with glaucoma and listen in to a patient's experience on coping with the condition. Date: Oct 29
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            57 44 Mental health illnesses take various forms, such as anxiety, stress and depression. Do you have any questions on stress or depression? What should you do if you are stressed or depressed? Speak to the psycholo-gist-on-call at Health Line. Call 1800-*****13t0 speakto a psychologist.
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            108 44 There are many common skin conditions in children such as viral warts, acne and acne scars. Learn how you can help your child to manage his or her condition. Topics covered during this forum include: the management of childhood skin infections; management of allergic
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            38 44 Are you depressed? Call the Health Promotion Board's Health Line at 1800 848 1313 until Oct 30 to get some help. Take part in the call-in weekly contest and you could win prizes.
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