Today, 26 October 2005

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    35 1 TODAY //\=DIJ\COKiP incorporating dtrCßtS MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Wednesday October 26, 2005 todayonline.com TODAY /A=EiIACOFLP incorporating IMTCiItS CD 3 CD (A a < o o O o o CJI 0 a < o 3 CD o 3 MICA(P) 112/07/2005
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    Lock icon Steep learning curve for an untested Prof
    837 1 -AGENCIES Sawy economics, sharp politics needed to fill Greenspan's shoes NEWS NALYSIS NEW YORK Mr Ben Bernanke accepted the most important financial job in the world and then went straight to work on his greatest perceived weakness: His political skills. From his office
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    Lock icon Mystery of Ocean revealed – almost
    933 1  - Mystery of Ocean revealed almost ELISACHIA Channel News Asia tDAYEXCLUSIVE elisa@newstoday.com.sg FOR more than two years, singer Ocean Ou De Yang has led a life less ordinary. He stormed onto the music scene in 2003, when his debut album, Lonely Northern Hemisphere, hit No 1 on the Rias chart and
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      Lock icon CEO charged with graft
      449 2  -  CHRISTIE LOH Crimson Logic's boss is accused of bribing former Carrefour man to win deal christie@newstoday.com.sg THE chief executive officer of a govern-ment-linked company was hauled to court for corruption charges yesterday. Crimson Logic's CEO Velusamy Mathivanan, 50, allegedly conspired with three other members of his
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      Dengue-related deaths rise to 19
      118 2 THE number of dengue-related deaths has hit 19 this year. The 17th victim was a 69-year-old Malay man admitted to hospital on Oct 1. He died on Oct 18 from dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF), said the Ministry of Health. A 68-year-old Chinese man admitted on
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      Childcare pains: More teachers are claiming unfair dismissal
      420 2  -  LEECHINGWERN chingwern@newstoday.com.sg THEY take care of your children but not always, it seems, of their own employees. More childcare centres are being accused of unfair dismissals. Since the beginning of this year, the National Trades Union Congress's Industrial Relations Department received 10
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        INVITATION TO NON-MUSLIMS TO BREAKFAST AT KAMPONG GLAM
        109 3  -  -Jasmine Yin Breaking fast, or iftar, will be a multi-cul-tural affair during the last eight days of Ramadan. Until Oct 31, the Malay Heritage Centre at Kampong Glam is opening its doors for the public to join in this daily evening ritual
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        Lock icon MOE APPROVES USE OF ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY AT SOME EXAMS
        103 3 Channel News Asia The Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board has approved the Hansvision Handheld Dictionary PX2051 for use in national exams starting in 2007. The electronic dictionary, which converts Hanyu Pinyin to Chinese characters, was developed by Creative Technology in collaboration
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      Lock icon China can transform Asian landscape: PM
      683 4  -  TORCHING LI IN BEIJING chingli@newstoday.com.sg A PACKED auditorium of up-and-coming leaders from the Chinese Communist Party sat in rapt attention yesterday morning as Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong shared his thoughts on China's rapid rise on the world stage. Speaking in Mandarin, Mr Lee
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      Deadline for maid contract yet to be set
      307 4  -  LOHCHEEKONG cheekong@newstoday.com.sg IN RESPONSE to reports in The Straits Times (ST) and The New Paper (TNP) yesterday, the Association of Employment Agencies Singapore (AEAS) and Case Trust yesterday issued a joint press statement to clarify suggestions that foreign domestic workers will be
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      Lock icon The corporate war against flu
      876 6  -  TAN HUI LENG TAN HUI LENG Companies vaccinate staff, monitor employees flying overseas, buy antivirals huileng@newstoday.com. sg WITH a flu pandemic becoming a distinct possibility, some companies are stepping up business continuity plans to ensure that operations can run as smoothly as possible. One such
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        Lock icon HANDBAG THEFT BEHIND DEATH AT ORCHARD CINELEISURE
        78 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The 22-year-old man who fell to his death from the third floor of the Orchard Cineleisure Complex on Monday night is believed to have tried to rob a woman of her handbag. Police said Saiful Abdul Hamid was spotted fleeing down
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        BLACKMAILING BOYFRIEND PLACED ON PROBATION
        56 6 The NSman, who threatened to expose topless photographs of his former girlfriend over the Internet unless she paid him, has been ordered to be put on probation for one-and-a-half years. Ravinderpal Singh, 19, admitted to extorting $400 from the 20-year-old woman he had met online,
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        Lock icon FUND-POCKETING PRIEST ORDERED TO RETURN $1.5M
        113 6 938 LIVE Chief Justice Yong Pung How has dismissed Catholic priest Joachim Kang's appeal against parishioner Emily Chan. The priest will have to return $1.5 million in cash and shares Ms Chan had passed him for safekeeping. Court sources also said that Kang who
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        Lock icon ORANGUTAN ESCAPES FROM SINGAPORE ZOO
        82 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA An orangutan at the Singapore Zoo escaped yesterday afternoon, in an incident that lasted for about an hour. The 24-year-old female named Medan daughter of Singapore's most famous orangutan Ah Meng -was returning to her enclosure after routine training when she veered off.
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      'Mix and match' your curriculum
      617 8  -  LEE U-WEN University of New South Wales students can take up to 50 per cent non-core subjects u-wen@newstoday.com.sg THE University of New South Wales (UNSW) set to become the first fullfledged foreign university in Singapore when it opens in two years is going to give
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      Lock icon NTU seeks to raise $800m next year
      197 8 -DOW JONES NANYANG Technological University (NTU) plans to raise around $800 million next year through a variety of instruments that could include corporate bonds, term loans and revolving credit, said a university official yesterday. The comments come on the heels of an announcement
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      Lock icon Leader, entrepreneur, hall-of-famer
      561 12  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA JANECHIAPOCO Lifetime Achievement Award for MediaCorp chairman Ho Kwon Ping shobha@newstoday.com.sg AS IN any good plot, the best part of the Advertising Hall Of Fame Awards yesterday evening was saved for the finale. The event widely considered the Oscars of the advertising industry saw the
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      Savings on bulbs to light up lives
      412 14  -  VINITARAMANI 14 PAP town councils will use bulk of $12 million from energy savings to make estates more elderly and disabled-friendly vinita@newstoday.com.sg COST efficient and environmentally friendly lighting at housing estates could eventually help the elderly and disabled communities in Singapore. How does
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      Lock icon S'poreans more green conscious
      285 14 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE'S consumers want to make environmentally- friendly choices. In an online survey conducted by the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR), more than 90 per cent of the respondents are for energy or water efficiency labels for all household appliances, and fuel
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      Lock icon Cheney at heart of CIA leak scandal?
      402 16 —AFP He allegedly revealed spy's identity to top aide, says report NEW YORK Documents in the CIA leak investigation indicate that the chief of staff to Vice-President Dick Cheney first heard of the covert CIA officer from Mr Cheney himself, reported the New
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        Lock icon BARGAIN-HUNTING TIPS
        114 16 -AP Shower with your dog, live in a tent, and confiscate your husband's credit cards. These are some of the mostly tongue-in-cheek money-saving tips given by participants in a competition to find New Zealand's thriftiest shopper. The contest, run by a nationwide chain of bargain stores, carried a
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        Lock icon 'ELMO','MR INCREDIBLE' ARRESTED
        85 16 -AP The red and cuddly Sesame Street Muppet Elmo has learned a new lesson: 'H' is for handcuffs. A man dressed as the character was one of three impersonators arrested last week for allegedly harassing tourists for tips after posing for photos on Hollywood Boulevard. Booked with
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      Lock icon Bush to pull out Miers?
      194 16 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON President George W Bush is making it harder for United States Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers (picture) to win Senate confirmation by refusing to disclose what advice she has given as his aide and White House counsel, senators from both parties said. Mr
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      Minister's apology draws fire
      267 16 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's tourism minister has defended his apology to a Brazilian couple whose wedding reception on Rawa island was ruined by gatecrashers, including a member of the royal family. Tourism Minister Leo Michael Toyad had pointed out that the apology was not an admission of
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        Lock icon MALAYSIA TO WHIP, JAIL POACHERS
        78 20 ■AP Malaysia plans to impose harsher penalties for illegal hunters, including whipping and mandatory jail terms, amid concerns that poaching has become a serious problem, reports said yesterday. Mr Sazmi Miah, parliamentary secretary for the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry, was quoted by the New
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        Lock icon NEARLY 60 BEACHED WHALES DIE
        87 20 -AP Nearly 60 whales died in a mass stranding on a remote beach in southern Australia, a wildlife official said yesterday, as rescuers struggled to save about 10 survivors. Two groups of long finned pilot whales beached themselves near Marion Bay on the southern island
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      Lock icon Fresh bird flu fears rattle Asia
      392 20 -AGENCIES Fourth death in Indonesia, fresh outbreak in China JAKARTA Fresh fears of a bird flu scourge rattled Asia as a fourth Indonesian was confirmed to have died from bird flu and China reported a new outbreak of the virus among poultry. Indonesian health
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      Lock icon Wilma roars along US east coast
      164 20 -BLOOMBERG MIAMI Hurricane Wilma left at least seven people dead and millions without power as it swept across Florida before moving offshore along the United States east coast The deaths in Florida brought to 25 the overall death toll in the US, Mexico and
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      Lock icon Aids may orphan 18m kids in Africa
      396 21 Children being overlooked in global Aids fight: Unicef LONDON The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) says 18 million children in sub-Saharan Africa could be orphaned by Aids by the end of 2010, the BBC reported. According to the children's charity, every minute, a
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      Lock icon Man U's Ferguson backs campaign
      113 21 -AFP GENEVA Top soccer club Manchester United is throwing its weight behind a new United Nations campaign to focus global attention on children hit by HIV-Aids, its manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, said yesterday. The English football club has worked with the UN children's fund, Unicef,
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      Lock icon Ex-Khmer Rouge commander arrested
      173 21 -AFP PHNOM PENH A former Khmer Rouge commander convicted in February of the 1994 murders of three Western backpackers but on the run from the authorities was arrested yesterday in Cambodia, an official said. Cambodia's Supreme Court ordered one-time guerrilla Chhouk Rin jailed for the abduction
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      Son dies, disabled mum starves to death
      196 22 SYDNEY A 94-year-old wheelchair-bound woman is believed to have starved to death when her son whom she relied on to administer her medication, feed and care for her died in their Sydney home. The bodies of 66-year-old Rigas Pitsios and his mother lay
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      Lock icon Report: Saddam oil taints a British MP
      201 22 -THE GUARDIAN WASHINGTON British MP George Galloway has angrily rejected fresh allegations from a United States senate investigation that he lied under oath about then-Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's multi-million-dol-lar oil-for-food programme. The inquiry, headed by Republican Norm Coleman, claimed he had "knowingly made
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      Lock icon An icon is dead
      523 22 -AGENCIES Rosa Parks'bus rebellion changed the face of the US WASHINGTON African-American civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man in 1955 sparked a movement to end legally imposed racial segregation in the United States, has died,
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      Three sisters and their joint surrogate baby
      202 24  -  -THE GUARDIAN LONDON A woman who was left infertile after chemotherapy to treat cervical cancer has had a baby boy thanks to her two sisters one of whom donated an egg and the other who acted as a surrogate. Ms Alex Patrick's twin
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      Lock icon Nigerian First Lady dies after 'tummy tuck'
      245 24  -  THE GUARDIAN Probe ordered into death at Spanish resort MADRID A Spanish judge has ordered forensic scientists to determine whether Mrs Stella Obasanjo, wife of Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, died because a cosmetic surgery operation went wrong. Mrs Obasanjo, 59, was rushed to
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      Want to beat PMS? Use the right side of your brain
      248 24  -  THE GUARDIAN LONDON Women who become moody just before their monthly period may not be using the right part of their brain to control their emotions, according to researchers. Brain scans of women who do not suffer from pre-men-strual
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      Lock icon Take a good look at your maid
      563 26  -  HO SEE LING Could maid-related crimes have been prevented with proper background checks? Letter from THERE have been several cases of maids killing their employers. It's time to look into the matter seriously before another crime is committed. Most maids come to Singapore
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      NEA checks on food centre clean-up
      216 26  -  S SATISH APPOO CHAN WAI SAN Letter from Head, Environmental Health Department, National Environment Agency and Head, Hawkers Department, National Environment Agency WE REFER to the letter, "Clean up, hawkers" (Oct 21). We would like to inform Mr Chua that the National Environment Agency
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      Subletting made easy
      679 27 From HDB to You Two homeowners give the new simplified application process the thumbs-up myPLACE MORE spending money with none of the hassle, that's what MdmYong Liong Peng and Mdm Leong Beh Sem enjoy, now that the Housing and Development Board (HDB) has relaxed its policy on
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      Asian Aerospace brand lies with Reed
      649 28  -  THOMAS TANG, Launch of another air show could mean loselose situation for all Letter from" Chief Financial Officer, Reed Exhibitions Asia-Pacific South I WOULD like to respond to the comments made in the letter from Mr Thomas Khoo (Oct 21), president of Interfama, which
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      264 30  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY A TRUE LOVE STORY KIM KRICKET Every now and then, I run across a love story that's worth remembering. Let me share one with you that you may have read about in the "Reader's Digest". It began when a man named "Kirn"
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      161 30  -  CHANG LONG KIAT Letter from Director (Housing Healthcare), Central Provident Fund Board WE REFER to the letter by Mr Chee Chi Meng, "DPS Premium Higher than necessary?" (Oct 17), where he asked for the annual surpluses of the Dependants' Protection Scheme (DPS). In
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      637 30  -  RAHMAN JOHAR Local body shares concerns about overzealous tactics Letter from Chairman, Direct Selling Association of Singapore WE REFER to your reports on October 19, 20 and 21 about certain Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) distributors who may have been overzealous in sharing their experiences
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      482 31 or at least write about it from the comfort of home, as Singaporeans get gastronomical in their blogs Aroma Cookery (aromacookery.com) has been around for a little over a year and is still going strong. If you're looking for honest reviews about
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      124 32  -  PETER LIM Letter from WRITING as a totally blind person from Singapore, I must say that I agree with letter writer Cris Ewell ("Society blind to special needs", Oct 24). However, I do have my reservations about having guide dogs in our urban society.
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      338 32  -  PAUL ANTONY FERNANDEZ Include them in Register of Criminals review Lettsr from agencies for failure to make prompt payments or make good the composition fines imposed by our government agencies in accordance with state rules and regulations. Every Friday in The Straits Times, an
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      158 32  -  JAMES CHI Letter from I FULLY empathise with Mr Ricky Lee and his family having to suffer cigarette smoke while waiting for his cab ("All that cigarette smoke in the air", Oct 25). All smoking zones should be located at least 50m to
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      451 34  -  VALERIE LAW Consortium to develop larger-than-expected space in first phase of BFC valeri e@newstoday.com.sg IN A move that signals growing confidence in Singapore's property market, a consortium that won the bid for the Business and Financial Centre (BFC) site said it would develop a larger-than-expected 244,000 sq
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      235 34  -  CHRISTIE LOH TWO listed local education companies have clashed head-on over a proposed acquisition of Thames Business School, a New Zealandbased provider of business and management training. Informatics Holdings yesterday hit out at Hartford Holdings' plan to buy up all the issued shares of its
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        74 34 CHANNEL NEWSASIA is offering 92 million shares at 29 cents each in its initial public offering (IPO). That works out to a historical price earnings ratio of 6.3 times. Four million shares will be set aside for public subscription, while the remaining 88 million shares are for
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        226 34 CHANNEL NEWSASIA United Overseas Land said its third quarter profit rose 33 per cent to $33 million, or 4.2 cents per share, from $25 million, or 3.43 cents per share for the period ended Sept 30. Revenue rose nearly 15 per cent to $118 million. Newly-listed Courage Marine Group said
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        320 36 —AGENCIES Firm expects repair and building work to increase because many rigs in US Gulf damaged by hurricane KEPPEL Corp, Singapore's biggest offshore marine engineering company, said yesterday its third-quarter profit rose 24 per cent, boosted by new orders at
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          56 36 Nikkei 225 13,280.62 +174.44 +1.33 Hang Seng 14,424.88 +22.53 +0.16 Australia ASX 4,390.80 +33.60 +0.77 Taiwan Wtd 5,721.31 +4.03 +0.07 Korea Comp 1,181.28 -3.32 -0.28 KLCI 904.75 +0.05 +0.01 SET Index 676.84 -9.37 -1.37 Jakarta Comp 1,062.17 -10.91 -1.02 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1,927.49 +10.02 198.27 -5.10 +0.52
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          157 36 SHARES rose slightly yesterday on bargain hunting, with market sentiment bolstered by overnight gains on Wall Street, traders said. Worries over the outbreak of bird flu globally, however, damped investor sentiment in some food-related stocks, trimming some of the session's early gains. The ST Index closed up 3.63 points,
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          36 36 US$ 0.5911 UK£ 0.3323 Yen 68.075 HKS 4.5852 RM 2.2318 Euro 0.4908 Rupiah 5,897.1 Baht 24.166 Peso 32.681 AS 0.7840 Indian Rs 26.651 Won 622.38 CS 0.6980 Yuan 4.7835 NZ$ 0.8401 NT$ 19.951
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        472 38 —AGENCIES Developer aims to double revenue in five years, says China to drive growth BEIJING Capita Land aims to double its revenue in the next five years, and expects operations in China to drive growth, its chief executive Liew Mun Leong said yesterday. In an interview in
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        184 38 -DOW JONES HONG KONG Temasek Holdings and Standard Chartered have been confirmed as the strategic investors for China Dongfeng Motor's initial public offering in Hong Kong, a source familiar with the situation said yesterday. "Although the number of strategic investors (for
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        425 40 BLOOMBERG Merrill Lynch makes buyout offer and Interactive Brokers ups its earlier bid MERRILL Lynch, Man Group and Leon Black's Apollo Management have transformed a discreet auction for failed Refco Inc into a worldwide free-for-all. Refco has drawn interest from at least seven bidders since agreeing
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        286 40  -  BLOOMBERG BUSINESS confidence in Germany, Europe's largest economy, rose to a five-year high this month as the outlook for exporters improved and the nation's two biggest parties agreed to form a new government The Ifo confidence index rose to 98.7, the highest since
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        155 40 THE South Korean economy grew at a faster pace in the third quarter to September, with consumer spending registering the highest growth rate in 11 quarters, the central bank said. Gross domestic product gained 4.4 per cent in the July-September period from
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          56 42 SGX ($2.63) Outperform Goldman Sachs upgrades its recommendation for Singapore Exchange stock to "Outperform" from "Neutral" and raises its target price to $3.20 from $2.80 as the bourse is set for record profit and 46-per-cent earnings per share growth in fiscal 2006. Goldman says SGX is the top pick among
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          55 42 ST Engineering ($2.47) Outperform Daiwa keeps its "Outperform" recommendation on ST Engineering with a $2.81 price target as continued high aircraft usage in the United States should boost demand for aircraft maintenance services. Daiwa says difficult operating conditions for US airline companies should force them to outsource maintenance services to
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          69 42 Qian Hu (27 cents) Hold Dow Jones DBS Vickers raises its recommendation for Qian Hu to "Hold" from "Fully Valued" after the fish breeder reported a turnaround in operating conditions. But DBS cuts Qian Hu's earnings target for fiscal 2005 by 18 per cent to $2 million and by 22
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        1483 42  -  MAH CHING CHENG SOURCE: BLOOMBERG Despite investor caution following gains in the first nine months of the year, valuations remain attractive news@newstoday.com.sg ASIAN markets have been performing strongly this year. However, most Asian bourses suffered a sharp correction this month, likely
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        424 44  -  CHOW PENN NEE ONE of the biggest fish breeders here, Swee Chioh Aquaculture Holdings, is going big on franchising. But it's not a matter of just replicating similar fish farms around Singapore, said Mr Vi Yuan Wah (picture), managing director of
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        569 44  -  CHOW PENN NEE Local entrepreneurs speak up at India-Spore Forum of Parliamentarians pennnee@newstoday.com.sg ONE Singaporean entrepreneur complained about how major reconstruction on the roads hampered access to New Delhi's airport Another said corruption in India was "overwhelmingly frustrating". These ground issues
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      183 36 Cindy. Tatjana. Linda. Gisele. Who will be next? Log onto www.elitemodellooksingapore.com to: Access the finalists' Mobile Blogs Vote for your favourite finalist AND stand to win a trip to the Elite Model International Finals in Shanghai! /£r^& LA' X L^v Support the Breast Cancer Foundation [l>4 1] ©Iffi^E I through
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      1794 46  -  Lorraine Lim Neil Humphreys Humphreys TIMELINE 1956: Born Lee Peng Boon, Richard on Aug 24, 1956 to Lee Kip Lee and Elizabeth Lee 1972: Takes part in Radio Television Singapore's Talentime with friends Stephen Joseph, Gabriel Lim and Rudolph Van der Yen as The Harmony. They
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      423 50  -  JOYCE LIN The Schroeders lost their way while racing in Louisiana, now rebuilding lives after Katrina joyce@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS one blow after another for the Schroeder family the fourth team to be eliminated from The Amazing Race. They faltered during the Detour segment of the race,
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      127 50 -AP LOS ANGELES Michael Jackson (picture) returned several antiques to settle a lawsuit with a gallery that accused him of not paying part of a nearly US$3BO,OOO ($643,611) bill, attorneys said on Monday. Kamad Enterprise, which owns Mayfair Gallery, claimed Jackson still owed
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      229 50 -AP NEW YORK Janet Jackson and James Deßarge, who were briefly married in 1984, had a daughter together, Deßarge's brother Young Deßarge has claimed on a radio programme. Young Deßarge said the child, named Renee and now 18, has been living with Rebbie Jackson, Janet's
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      422 51  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS The clay characters of Wallace Gromit seem more lifelike than the humans in No 1 US film DEPUTY PLUS EDITOR neil@newstoday.com.sg IN THE animated film Wallace Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rab-bit, the two central characters are the result of "claymation" which means stop-motion
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      301 51 -AP NEW YORK Justin Timberlake who once told ex-girlfriend Britney Spears to Cry Me a River is coming to her defence. Photos of Spears, her husband Kevin Federline and the couple's infant son were published online on Friday. But within hours,
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      499 60 —AGENCIES Lampard says Chelsea will come back stronger LONDON The load is off Chelsea's back and midfielder Frank Lampard insists the Blues will bounce straight back. Sunday's 1-1 draw at Everton ended the reigning Premiership champions' hopes of beating Tottenham's record of 11 straight top-flight victories.
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      347 60 -AFP LIVERPOOL Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez admits his European champions are playing like chumps in the English Premiership. Five months after that amazing Champions League triumph over AC Milan in Istanbul, Liverpool are playing even worse than last season in the domestic competition. They struggled
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      204 61 -AFP NAGPUR, India Sachin Tendulkar smashed 93 off 96 balls on his return from an elbow injury, as India whipped Sri Lanka by 152 runs yesterday to take a 1-0 lead in the seven-match one-day series. Irfan Pathan hit a career-best 83 and new captain Rahul Dravid stroked
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        280 57 —AGENCIES NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Falcons 27 Jets 14 ATLANTA The Atlanta Falcons made Vinny Testaverde look every bit like a 41--year-old quarterback. And despite two rush touchdowns, Michael Vick didn't look much better, with numerous missed passes and a couple of interceptions. Testaverde
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        342 58 -AFP LONDON England captain Michael Vaughan has insisted there will be no "Ashes let-down" for his side when they play Pakistan. England's dramatic 2-1 home series defeat of Australia, the world's No 1 ranked Test team, gave them the Ashes for the first time in 18
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        493 59 —AGENCIES Capello's side need another victory to surpass class of'3o and 85' SERIEA Juventus vSampdoria centrate on keeping ourselves ahead of our rivals." Capello said his team could not be compared with the 1985-86 side that won the championship under Giovanni Trapattoni. "Football has changed a great
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        178 59 —AFP LAUSANNE The impasse over the Italian parliament's refusal to suspend their tough anti-doping sports laws for next year's Turin Winter Olympics will head the meeting of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) executive board here this week. Mario Pescante, lOC member and Italian
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        325 59 -AFP DUBAI Defending champions Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia take on Al Am of the United Arab Emirates, in the first leg of the Asian Champions League final here today. And the stakes are high, with the winner being crowned Asia's
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