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    22 1 TODAY /A=DIJ\CORP incorporating dtr63tS MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Tuesday November 15, 2005 todayonline.com TODAY /A=diaCorp incorporating iMTCJJtS Tuesday November 15, 2005 todayonline.com MICA(P) 112/07/2005
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    Lock icon Closing the gap
    871 1  -  LOH CHEE KONG Big steps have been made for the disabled but schools here are not yet truly inclusive cheekong@newstoday.com. sg WITH her arms outstretched, Ms Grace Chan, who has Down's syndrome, paused for a moment and took a second look at the piece of paper in
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    Lock icon My bomb failed to go off, says woman terrorist on TV
    582 1 —AGENCIES AMMAN Her husband put an explosive belt on her and taught her how to operate it. Sajida Al Rishawi, 35, and her husband were on a suicide mission at a hotel in Jordan where a wedding reception was
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      25 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 10 voices 16 business 22 plus 32 1v 44 classad 45 sports 47 we set you thinking
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  • hot news
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      Probe into Ho's casinos
      456 2  -  TORCHING LI US investigation into Macau casino mogul's alleged links with mafia chingli@newstoday.com.sg CASINO mogul Stanley Ho's shady reputation in the industry could possibly taint the bids of three casino operators gunning for the Marina Bay integrated resort: Melco International, Publishing Broadcasting Ltd (PBL) and MGM
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      UNLEARN THE ART OF SELF-GAGGING
      758 3  -  THOMAS KOSHY No reason to keep mum with Government backing constructive discourse SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong's speech on responsible reporting and freedom of the press has drawn a range of responses. Some have lamented Singapore's poor ranking for press freedom 140 th out of
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  • Singapore news
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      Fronting the cancer cause
      386 4  -  TAN HUI LENG Singapore to play key role in first large-scale liver cancer study huileng@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE is set to be one of two centres for an international effort on liver cancer research a decision that came out of a meeting of 35 cancer institute directors in
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      Lock icon SJI's spirit of enterprise
      515 6  -  DERRICK A PAULO School to offer entrepreneurial diploma that offers attachments, capital derrick@newstoday.com.sg IN the past two years, with the Integrated Programme (IP) and the International Baccalaureate (IB), students entering secondary school have had more options to choose from. Now, one school is adding a diploma
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      Lock icon President Nathan unveils Creative 2005, design award
      232 6  -  DAVID CHEW AS PART of the plan to develop the creative industry, Singapore's own creative talents will now be recognised with the inaugural President's Design Award (PDA), launched last night by President S R Nathan. Recipients of the PDA will receive a trophy
      TREVORTAN  -  232 words
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      Not your typical Asian dad
      315 7  -  CHOW PENN NEE The late Tan Chin Tuan was a warm, generous man who was loved by all pennnee@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPOREANS from all walks of life gathered yesterday at a Grange Road apartment for the wake of the late Tan Chin Tuan. The prominent banker and
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      Lock icon A jewel of an addition to Mount Faber
      246 7  -  —JASMINE YIN MOUNT Faber has become taller and brighter, thanks to a 61-metre-tall Christmas tree. Designed with a disused transmission tower as its base, the tree which is awaiting endorsement from Guinness World Records as the world's tallest artificial Christmas tree was
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon STORE RATIFIES CHILD LABOUR LAWS
        34 7 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Singapore has ratified the International Labour Organisation convention on minimum employment age. A Manpower Ministry statement said this shows SinaaDore's commitment to the abolition of child labour.
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        Lock icon MM LEE VISITS MID-EAST, INDIA
        55 7 938 LIVE Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew yesterday began his visits to the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and India. He will meet the Crown Prince of Dubai, Indian President Abdul Kalam and Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi. Mr Lee will also deliverthe Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial
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        SMGOH IN SPAIN TO TALK ABOUT TERRORISM
        64 7 Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong visits Barcelona, Spain today. He will deliver a keynote address at the Second EastWest Dialogue, when he will share his views on how the international community can work together to defeat terrorism. Mr Goh's working trip ends tomorrow
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      Lock icon It only took a paper star to make her happy
      349 8  -  —JASMINE YIN ONE was so happy that he took out his harmonica and spontaneously started playing a tune. Another laughed after she managed to fold a star using coloured paper. These were some reactions from the nearly 20 patients many
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      Lock icon A voice for Asia's kids
      419 8  -  JASMINE YIN Conference will focus on improving their lot jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg THE welfare of children in Asia will be the focus of a regional conference here this week. About 460 delegates from 38 countries will discuss topics such as improving efforts to detect, treat and prevent
      AFP  -  419 words
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Battle of extremes to save Sri Lanka
      336 10 —AFP Main rivals differ sharply on peace process, economy COLOMBO Sri Lanka's presidential election this week has turned into a vote on the country's distressed economy and the troubled peace process, with the two main contenders diverging sharply on the major issues. Some
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    • THE CONTENDERS
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        Lock icon MAHINDA RAJAPAKSE
        157 10 Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse (picture) shot to fame as an army general in his debut 1993 film Immortals, but his political popularity will be tested in this week's presidential poll in which Tiger rebels portray him as a war candidate. Mr Rajapakse, 59, is seen as
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        Lock icon RANILWICKREMESINGHE
        159 10 AFP Mr Ranil Wickremesinghe (picture), the 56--year-old former prime minister, is seen by some as the frontrunner in the presidential vote. He bills himself the "peace candidate" and claims credit for freezing a decades-long ethnic war, but that has not translated into deep support among the Sinhalese majority. He
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      Lock icon 'We're glad he died in a hail of bullets'
      244 13 -AFP JAKARTA While Indonesia's police chief warned yesterday that the proteges of master bombmaker Azahari Husin, who was killed in a raid last week, were still at large, Azahari's sister said his family was glad that he died the way he
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon OZ TO REBRAND KANGAROO MEAT
        84 13 -AFP Australia has launched a competition to find a new way of describing kangaroo meat which will be less offensive to diners sensitive about eating the national symbol. Organisers said that a slice of cow or pig is called by the more palatable euphemisms of
        -AFP  -  84 words
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        Lock icon BOMB DETECTOR DOGS ON TUBE?
        68 13 BLOOMBERG The UK plans to test the use of weapons scanners and sniffer dogs on the Heathrow Express and London Underground (or Tube) train services in a bid to improve security. Trials of airportstyle scanners will begin next year on the Heathrow Express, a service
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      Lock icon Military to groom spies in Thai south
      324 13 -AFP Security training, employment scheme part of new strategy BANGKOK Thailand's military said yesterday that it will offer security training to up to 20,000 residents of the three Muslim-majority southern provinces where an Islamic insurgency is raging. The programme will combine security training
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      Lock icon N Korea offering five-stage plan to give up nukes, says Seoul
      196 14 —AFP SEOUL North Korea proposed a fivestage plan for the gradual elimination of its nuclear weapons drive at last week's sixnation talks, South Korea's top official on ties with Pyongyang said yesterday. Unification Minister Chung Dong-Young said the plan
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      Lock icon Aussie nuclear plant target of militants ?
      316 14 Aussie nuclear plant target of militants AGENCIES Suspects trained near Sydney, say police SYDNEY Islamic militants arrested last week on charges of plotting a major terrorist bombing were caught by police near Australia's only nuclear reactor last year, police alleged in documents released yesterday. Police also said that suspects underwent
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        Lock icon TAIWAN ON ALERT
        59 14 —AFP Taiwan was on alert yesterday after droppings from a migratory bird were found to contain a strain of avian flu, the authorities said. They detected the H7N3 virus in one of 20 samples of bird droppings taken from a swamp outside the southern city of Tainan.
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        Lock icon TWO JUDGES KILLED
        42 14 DPA Two judges were killed yester day in southern Bangladesh when a bomb was thrown at their car. The judges were on their way to work when they were attacked in Jhalalkathi, 120 km south of the capital, Dhaka
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        Lock icon US WARNS CITIZENS LIVING IN SOUTHERN CHINA
        79 15 -AFP Washington has warned its citizens living in southern China, saying it has "credible information" that a terrorist threat exists against United States government facilities in the city of Guangzhou. The warning was posted on the US consulate website in Hong Kong and
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        Lock icon AUSTRALIA'S GETTING HOT
        49 15 —AFP Australia is having its hottest year on record and experts blame global warming for the trend. Meteorology officials said average temperatures for the first 10 months of the yearwere 1.03 degrees Centigrade above the 30-year mean and the warmest since monthly records began in 1950.
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        Lock icon CHINA TO BUILD PRISONS FOR HIV/AIDS INFECTED INMATES
        52 15 —AFP Southern China's Guangdong province plans to build at least two special prisons for HIV/Aids inmates to cope with an increasing number of carriers who are serving jail terms. About 20 prisoners have full-blown Aids and 518 others am infected with the
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        Lock icon ISRAEL KILLS TOP MILITANT
        46 15 AFP Israeli troops yesterday killed Amajad Al Hinnnawi, 35, the military leader of the radical Palestinian Hamas movement in the northern West Bank town of Nablus, officials said. He had been holed up in a house when Israeli forces raided the premises
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      Lock icon France's elite riot cops dig in
      395 15 AGENCIES Emergency to be extended by 3 months PARIS France is set to extend by three months the state of emergency declared to contain rioting across the country, a government spokesman said yesterday. Despite a fall in the number of disturbances nationwide, the authorities
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  • Voices
    • Why cuff minor offenders ?
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        Handcuffs will leave a stigma for life
        158 16  -  NARAYANA NARAYANA Letter from MR LIONEL de Souza pre-empts the official reply with his letter "Fear cuffs? Obey rules" (Nov 14). With due respect to his experience in the Police Force, he voices what is probably the official view, and the law, that
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      • Letter
        Treatment should be commensurate with severity of offence
        264 16  -  JIMMY HO KWOKHOONG Letter from I RECALL my similar experience with Singapore Customs more than 10 years ago. Then, the rule called for half a tank of petrol, which I ran short of for the first time. A customs officer led me
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    • Letter
      Loophole in medical/hospitalisation leave-taking
      206 16  -  CINDY LIT Letter from I WOULD like to know the distinction between medical leave and hospitalisation leave. I have observed staff in my department going on hospitalisation leave when the staff involved never underwent any surgery or surgical procedure. All they did was consult specialists in
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      Citizens haven't the advantages that journalists have
      289 17  -  CHARLES TAN Letter from I REFER to the two articles on Nov 11 the news comment, "It's your job to serve as a check" by Dharmendra Yadav, and "Informed readers aren't fools" by letterwriter Huang Shoou Chyuan. One of the roles of the
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      sayagain
      85 17 Singaporeans are infamous for their political apathy and indifference —why would any individual take the risk of censure, if not more, to be outspoken on issues that might be viewed to be offensive to the establishment? Singaporeans read between the lines in the local press and take their cues
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      Lock icon A down to earth labour of love
      699 18  -  EVELYN ENG-LIM JASMINE YIN She quit her job 6 years ago to start a farm the pure, organic way-without chemicals and is now nearly breaking even face i in the crowd JW < JB: J I 58, Organic Farmer WHILE fogging was being
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      isay WANT TO STOP THE SUPERBUGS? STOP USING CHEMICALS
      485 18  -  LIMTIANSOO WITH experts predicting that an outbreak of the bird flu virus could kill billions, the race to find a vaccine and impose bio-security measures has intensified. It seems that lots of money and energy is being spent on controlling the
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      263 20  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY I PREVENTING PROBLEMS IN OUR OLD AGE Did you hear about the 94-year-old man who went to the doctor because his hip was aching? The doctor examined him and said, "Well, what do you expect? You're 94!" The man replied, "Well, how
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    • Donor dilemmas
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      Are you a real doctor or not?
      140 20  -  ONGWHEEKIAT Letter from I REFER to the letter "Say that again, 'doc'" (Oct 28) by Mr Robert Bacsafra. Persons with a PhD who use the title "Dr" convey the impression that they are medically qualified to dispense medical advice. In the event that
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      Lock icon Electronic purchases won them money
      337 20  -  -VINITARAMANI GETTING lucky once is more than enough for a surprised Mrs Ng Ting, 40, a sales manager at Changi Airport. To refurbish her living room, she went in for a hefty purchase of a television set, sofa and dining table for her home at
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon DBS keeps bullish on China
      319 22 CHANNEL NEWSASIA It will open new branches in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou SHANGHAI Although its parent company has reportedly hit a snag in its China banking aspirations, DBS Bank believes it is on a different playing field in that country, said its chief operating officer
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      Ernest Wong to step down from UOB board
      243 22 FORMER MediaCorp Group CEO Ernest Wong has tendered his resignation as director of United Overseas Bank (UOB), said the bank in a statement yesterday. Mr Wong, who is also leaving his post as chairman of UOB's audit committee, would leave his banking
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    • Article
      Lock icon CDL 3Q profit falls 30% to $37.3m
      86 22 BLOOMBERG CITY Developments (CDL) said third-quar-ter profit fell 30 per cent after income tax expenses almost doubled. Income tax costs rose to $22.8 million from a restated $12.2 million. Net income fell to $37.3 million, or 3.93 cents per share, in the quarter
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    • marketwatch
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        ST Index — 2,254.15 -11.88
        4 22 ST Index 2,254.15 -11.88
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        Lock icon Singapore
        72 22 DOW JONES SHARE prices closed lower as local lending rates hit a four-and-a-half year high. Higher interest rates will make some debt investments more attractive than equities and could also slow domestic spending, hurting the earnings of stocks exposed to the local economy. The ST Index closed down 11.88
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        World markets
        55 22 Nikkei 225 *****.04 -39.02 -0.20 Hang Seng ASX *****.49 4608.40 -111.11 +34.10 -0.75 +0.75 Taiwan Wtd 6003.62 +0.36 +0.14 Korea Comp 1257.63 +1.51 +0.12 KLCI 096.19 -2.16 -0.24 SET Index 603.41 -7.04 -1.02 Jakarta Comp 1017.73 -11.25 -1.09 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2072.05 192.20 -20.63 -3.66 -0.99 -1.07
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 22 'SGX, Bloomberg Gold US$/oz 470.60 Silver US$/oz 7.84 Platinum US$/oz 975.50 Rubber cents/kg 273.25 Palm oil RM/tonne 1438.50 Brent crude US$/barrel 55.47 Information provided by
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        SGX most active
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        SGX top rises
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          101 28  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA The Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Singapore (4AS) will host the 25th Anniversary Creative Circle Awards on Friday at the Suntec Convention Centre Ballroom to celebrate creative excellence in Singapore. The annual event held in conjunction with the AdAsia 2005 Congress is part
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        969 27  -  VALERIE LAW valeri e@newstoday.com.sg PROFESSIONAL advisers will always tell you that you need at least $1 million to retire comfortably. But the key word is "comfortable", and that definition varies from one person to another. While some may think two holidays
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        630 27 SINGAPORE EXCHANGE ($2.66) -OVERWEIGHT Morgan Stanley maintains an "Overweight" rating on Singapore Exchange (SGX) after the bourse raised its listing and processing fees in line with its peers. It says that the new fee structure could increase SGX's profit by 3 per cent to 4 per cent for FYo6,and
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        679 29  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA Country's reliable-and-safe reputation could help local food labels gain world status shobha@newstoday.com.sg OTHER than Singapore Airlines and Banyan Tree, if there was a made-in-Singapore brand that could be an outright world-beater, it would be a food brand, leading Asian brands expert and
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        256 29  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA FOR a heart-stopping moment, the thick lunchtime crowd milling around in Raffles Place was petrified, as all eyes were skyward, on a man leaping off the 280-metre Republic Plaza. But fear turned to awe as
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        518 30  -  ELAINE NG FootFall's technology aids malls to better gauge their pedestrian flow elaine.ng@newstoday.com.sg RETAILERS, property owners and asset management agents can now make strategic business and marketing decisions with greater accuracy by implementing a pedestrian traffic monitoring system. Contrary to what many believe, such systems do not
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      444 37 —dpa Blockbusters triumph over art films in this year's Golden Horse Awards KEELUNG Big budget Hong Kong blockbusters eclipsed Taiwanese art films to clinch the most gongs at Sunday's Golden Horse awards, often referred to as the Chinese-language Oscars. Box-office comedy Kung Fu Hustle, from director Stephen Chow,
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      994 38  -  REETA RAMAN The 2 different types of diabetes and how to manage them reeta@newstoday.com.sg IT SEEMs that more children are getting type 2 diabetes these days. In the past, observed senior consultant Dr Tey Beng Hea from Alexandra Hospital's Diabetic Centre, children usually developed type 1 diabetes. But
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      361 39 Despite being 51 years old, action movie star Jackie Chan is still actively involved in coordinating and executing sleek stunts in his movies. The exercise junkie confessed that he exercises almost daily. Last month, the international action star was in Singapore for the California Fitness
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      953 52  -  JOSE RAYMOND Badminton chief says team will find it hard to match 2003 effort, but insists the sport is on the rise here jose@newstoday.com.sg SINCE Wong Shoon Keat's gold medal in the men's singles at the 1983 SEA Games on home soil, Singapore's men have failed
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      319 52  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@newstoday.com.sg DESPITE resting the likes of Joscelin Yeo and Leslie Kwok, Singapore's swimming team are making some waves at the inaugural Asian Indoor Games (Nov 12-19). Yesterday, Shana Lim bagged a bronze in the women's 50m short course backstroke final.
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      572 53  -  CUBBY LEONG Thai All-Stars were powder-puff, so why did game go on? cubby@newstoday.com.sg IT was supposed to be a joyous occasion, marking the completion of the Fifa-approved astroturf pitch at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Instead, the 2,000-odd fans who turned up on Sunday looking forward to an
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      189 53 BLOOMBERG SHANGHAI Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal withdrew from the Masters Cup yesterday with injuries, joining three other Grand Slam champions who already pulled out of the season-ending tennis tournament Agassi, 35, said he suffered an ankle injury playing racquetball four weeks ago and hurt it again
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      372 53  -  DARREN LAI da rren@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S biggest telecommunication company has stepped into the big league as far as sponsorship of local sports is concerned. Yesterday, Sing Tel pledged their support and commitment to local football, in a deal worth $1.1 million over the next
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        477 46 —AP Colts stay perfect as Texans have no answer to Manning's potent attack NFL Indianapolis 31 Houston 17 INDIANAPOLIS The Indianapolis Colts have a message for the National Football League: The "Triplets" are back and better than ever. Not to mention still perfect at 9-0.
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        192 46 BLOOMBERG SHANGHAI The Japanese, Asian and Australasian golf tours are in talks to jointly run three events from 2006, the Asian Tour's chief executive said. Under the plan, a tournament will be played in each region using two courses to accommodate 90 golfers per
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        523 47 —AGENCIES Special charter flight boosts home side's confidence, as Forlan's injury deals Uruguay a blow WORLD CUP PLAYOFFS, 2ND LEG Australia v Uruguay SYDNEY Australia are claiming a psychological edge over Uruguay ahead of tomorrow's decisive World Cup play-off here. Despite trailing 1-0 from Saturday's first
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        234 47 -BLOOMBERG DUBAI Football's biggest financial conference may generate a record amount of business after attracting twice as many delegates as last year because of the proximity of the 2006 World Cup, organisers said. Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein were among the
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        443 48 —AGENCIES Former Gunners skipper also brands Rooney a'diver' LONDON Juventus midfielder Patrick Vieira has launched a broadside at his former club Arsenal, where he had hoped to end his career before being offloaded to the Italian giants in the summer. "Arsenal did nothing to keep
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        202 48 —AGENCIES LONDON Tottenham have denied reports that Ledley King has rejected a fresh deal, insisting they have yet to offer a new contract to their captain. The 25-year-olds current contract runs until 2008 and Spurs sporting director Damien Comolli said: "We initiated talks with
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        546 49 AGENCIES England's a cbhtender-i--. .but Eriksson will surely sweat on stars' fitness LONDON England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson said yesterday the current England squad is the best he has ever had since taking charge of the national team. Saturday's epic 3-2 victory over Argentina boosted the
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        170 49 —AFP CRICKET TEST Pakistan v England MULTAN, Pakistan Salman Butt scored a second successive half-century to keep Pakistan's hopes alive in the opening Test against England here yesterday. The young opener followed his first-innings 74 with a gutsy 53 not out, as Pakistan reached 125-2 in their
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        213 49 —AFP ATHENS Despite failing to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, Greece have kept faith with German coach Otto Rehhagel (picture) by extending his contract for two years. Rehhagel guided Greece to an astonishing Euro 2004 triumph, but he could not repeat the magic in
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        439 50 English giants could be boosted by ambitious American billionaire LONDON American billionaire Robert Kraft has refused to rule out investing in Liverpool, after a meeting with Anfield chief executive Rick Parry last week. Parry held talks in the US with the Krafts, who own the National Football
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        188 50 —AP WELLINGTON Prime Minister Helen Clark has thrown her government's support behind New Zealand's bid to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup, saying it would assist "morally, financially and in every other way." Clark will be a member of the team which pitches New
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        438 51 Group willing to take it all off, if Young Lions come home with medal SOME will call them crazy, but this group of guys don't care. They are ready and more than willing to shave their heads, as long as the Young Lions win a
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        438 51  -  DARREN LAI da rren@newstoday.com.sg CHAT with them, get to know them better, find out their daily thoughts and catch exclusive behind-the-scene videos of the Young Lions. Fans of the team will be able to do it all and more, if they join
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      355 54 Enjoy Ssl off every movie ticket at Golden Village with HSBC credit cards! i From now to 31 December 2006, HSBC credit cardholders enjoy one dollar off all movie tickets at Golden Village Cinemas. iKif^ To make the experience more enjoyable, we're giving you the Popcorn Combo for only Sss
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      51 55 AN INITIATIVE UNDER Gems-*' ™b 0 SPRING Singapore A Association of Singapore Attractions Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore LandTransp* jb^ Lithority US NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TRAVEL AGENTS SINGAPORE SINGAPORE HOTEL ASSOCIATION SRA SINGAPORE RETAILERS ASSOCIATION mSL a in k flsstitst ACr The Restaurant Association of Singapore SUPPORTED BY: (SI CASE
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    602 56 MORE than 11,000 individuals in the service industries received the Excellent Service Award this year, setting an unprecedented record since the launch of the award in 1994. To date, more than 47,700 individuals have been recognised for their excellent service. While most recipients of the
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      162 56 J7 C* H JLJistinctive ijervice fflsaWi Teochew City Seafood Restaurant 176 Orchard Road #05-16 Centrepoint Singapore *****3 JP*H Teh (65) 6733 3338 FaX: (65) 6734 4407 SL M&r VBAjf1 jfl| f J(i^ i. 1 TEOCHEWCITY j H I SEAFOOD RESTAURANT Noodle Place Restaurant Left to right: Wong Kwok Wing (Gold),
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    568 58 11,075 service personnel from 272 companies given the thumbs up this year THE Excellent Service Award (EXSA) has set another new record this year, with an unprecedented 11,075 award recipients from 272 participating companies. "We partnered with industry to introduce the Excellent Service Award
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      260 58 P^^W^B OST LOURFUL PEOPLE IN THE ki jJ BUSINESS OF FUN NTUC Club proudly congratulates all our Excellence Service Award winners. Thanks to their contribution in stirring up the right mix of fun and relaxation, NTUC Club continues to lead the way in offering Singaporeans the best in recreation. NTUC
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      2213 59 Thank you to our SuperStai^_^gtf_ Chua Aik Ngwen J^2tiiß&* I and the rest of our 689 winners, <JP' f excellent Mr Chua Aik Ngwen is an employer's M CCERVICE IB dream. A 2005 1 Mr~* The 43-year-old route master at SBS Transit's V Toa Payoh Interchange has clinched the Excellent
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      106 60 M\ Star Hub Just how inspiring are our award-winning staff to their loved ones? IcAJsw^ w*"' S Mommy tota3 to customer To our 203 Excellent Service Award 2005 winners, we're proud of you too. jjk S^R^r'vice Customer service excellence doesn't start in the office. It starts in the heart. And
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    477 61 Want to enter your company for EXSA? Here's how... THE Excellent Service Award (EXSA) which was launched in 1994 is a national award that recognises individuals who have delivered outstanding service. It seeks to develop service models for staff to emulate and create service champions. EXSA is managed
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    457 62 Why EXSA is the best thing to have happened to the local service industry Since its inception in 1994, the Excellent Service Award (EXSA) has played a crucial role in improving the service industry. The award encourages organisations to develop service champions, who are
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      194 62 W Hw We're proud to deliver better value vjk I*^' service to our customers! Jiff Congratulations to our Winners Of Excellent Service Award 2005 I pr ■r Award Winners Silver Award Winners i (English) Supervisory (English) Non-Supervisory Ler Chen Boon Kelvin Jurong Point Abdul Rashid Bin Ahmad White Sands Situ
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      131 63 rr r i f 7^e/ic/i for i/i c -J—, <f~ js+£ Congratulations to our 1,287 recipients of the National Excellent Service Award 2005 you exemplify the National Healthcare Group's relentless pursuit of excellence in quality healthcare. We honour and celebrate your selfless commitment to service and patient welfare, and thank
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    534 64  -  LAUREENTOH A smile and'thank you'from passengers are what keeps Linda Tan's spirits soaring IN HER nine years with the Singapore Airport Terminal Services' (Sats) Passenger Services Department, Ms Linda Tan has put smiles on the faces of countless passengers. At first, she was
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    804 66  -  -JANICE GOH v Changi Airport aims to serve the diverse needs of our passengers and we appreciate our airport staff for their efforts in consistently delivering service excellence. Our frontline staff provide the essential human touch while delivering the "Changi Experience" to all
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      962 66 W^Swßw ser]?e you is our greatest rewards\ \-V/ J jjm EfffnSy Tnis year we Just cou|dn't stop improving our services. saver NonExec I mtfIHHP service at the best value •>■* Gold Non Exec W BUWftafo-^^fc Silver Non Exec 1^551 WT° be aboVe the beSt FOOd V SllVerNOn^ Star Awards IST!
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      102 67 Global v (S^M r ci^^v- G ,o ß .s™ v^fcud^ Congratulates SUTT'RST'A.'R XW^RD —^Astar jCwwd. -^^Tafice Tan Meng£an CareCynn Teo Xah Wai Cheryl Wong Wai To m xwjahv I -^^BeCinda Lim Xim CHoo Irene Loh Cftoy ~Wan Lena Thoo Cjeok Lee 'Wendy J-fo Ing Xeow Daisy Leong Jong Teng Jason
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    650 68  -  -FAROOKH SHAIKH Assoc Prof Leo Yee Sin says medical care is only a fraction of what patients expect of medical practitioners SHE IS an "exemplary leader"a "beacon of hope" and a "tower of strength" for her peers and subordinates; and the face of "compassion" to those who
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      351 69 YOU COLOR CUlx WORLD CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR WINNERS FOR THEIR EXCELLENT SERVICE AND DEDICATION Kok Geok Hong Jessie Ling Aei WVWWII II Hua Lou Kirn Lee Jennifer Yee "%^B^||^l Hung Fong Alex Ting Li Lan May J~s^ Swe Yee SiewThai May Yeo "j?^ Wf' *M^ V\A Boon Heoy Tan
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    1030 70  -  EVELINE GAN Service with a human touch is what sets Gan SeowKoon apart INTHE hotel lobby, Mr Gan Scow Koon cheerfully greets several guests by name. Although the assistant front office manager at Swissotel Merchant Court does not know them personally, he goes the extra
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      527 70 ■■■■■■■ii^ Informatics Is The Private Education Organisation (PEO) With The Most Awards Latest: The only PEO with Employees awarded National Excellent Service Award for Two Years Running (2004 2005) Bulb TlßHHlHflinßdl FACULTY OF BUSINESS FACULTY OF INFO-COMM TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY University of Southern Queensland Curtin university of Technology
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      103 71 -I vf^^^^^M SERVICE, SERVICE, SERVICE. CUSTOMER SERVICE, PRODUCT SERVICE, SERVICE RECOVERY, It's a POPULAR culture Congratulations to our 97 retail staff on winning the SPRING Excellence Service Award 2005. Year after year, our staff have consistently won the SPRING Excellence Service Award. And at an increasing number too a testimony
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    651 72  -  SUREKHAYADAV Making your day makes his more colourful; meet route master Chua Aik Ngwen WALKING through theToa Payoh bus interchange, Mr Chua Aik Ngwen spotted a spill on the floor and immediately went to a nearby coffee shop to borrow a mop to clean up the
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      128 72 Congratulations to all 85 1 of our staff who won the 2005 Excellent Service Awards (EXSA) and especially to Ms Linda Tan Gek Hua SATS Customer Services Officer for being the 2005 Excellent Service Superstar Award winner. Thank you for being our champions of service excellence! About Singapore Airport Terminal
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      241 73 The Management of Parkway Hospitals Singapore congratulates all staff from our premier hospitals, GLENEAGLES and MOUNT ELIZABETH who have won the EXCELLENT SERVICE AWARD (EXSA) 2005 We are very proud of Gleneagles 15 Star, 29 Gold and 102 Silver winners Hi "fW^ :v'v-K^^^^^^mF^^^b^' ■r^^^^^B^B^B^'^ '^^^:w^b^^B^H^ 1 I?^' i ,jW <\
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    970 74  -  -CATHLEENTUNG Ng Choon Kirn's attitude towards service gives you some food for thought "I'M LOVIN' IT," is what Ms Ng Choon Kirn has to say about McDonald's. But it's not just her liking for fast food she's talking about. The 36-year-old is referring to
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      160 75 i J '^V v r f a 7' ■'4 Br~" i IL' i I We are proud to honour our Excellent Service Award winners. I I The next time you shop at Giordano, you will receive more than service I I with a smile from these winners. Giordano remains committed
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    1235 76  -  CINDY TONG is what HooAi Chin's service leaves you with ITWAS just another day at work for 30--year-old Ms Hoo Ai Chin. The assistant supervisor at children's department store. Kiddy Palace, was going about her usual business when she heard the piercing cries of a baby.
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      136 76 Bngratjptions SOLD ii h\L\J^ji GOLD AWARD Ivy Wee Poh Van Mohamed Said Bin Mohamed Said Saroja Sadasivan P M Transit Link, we believe in Yusmawati Bte Yusoff providing excellent customer service and achieving customer SILVER AWARD satisfaction. Fawziah Binte Ali Foo Meng Sar Esther Our staff exemplify the Harpal Kaur
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      755 77 Quality People providing Quality Service STAR (L to R) H|llig|&g£&&^S Jessica Lee G Mahaletcheme W^k m'''^^\ ft Joyce Yea Tze Hong j KM ftk B At NTUC Income, we would like our customers to feel that they have been served by an excellent organisation with excellent people. We are proud
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    875 78  -  CINDY TONG Linna Tan will win you over with her tact, patience and smooth approach to service PROVIDING good service is second nature to Singapore Press Holdings' (SPH) senior customer care officer LinnaTan. "It is not just part of my job. Being courteous and helping
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    868 80  -  —AGNES WEE a Good service makes the difference between an ordinary restaurant and one which makes the customers happy. Advertisements may draw customers to the restaurant, but it is the service that brings them back or chases them away. Customers with good
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      262 80 j2^^^^^^^^*^Team Herbalife of Singapore! JBS I Herbalife's mission is to provide the best business opportunity X I iPfc. 1 in direct selling and the best nutrition and weight management UE^^ products in the world. n pf\ 1 Headquartered in Century City, California and opened in Singapore __**_\X <n A^r^i>** in
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      58 81 f EXCELLENT pCERVICE |>^YARD Ah 1 Clockwise from top: Tan Van Ping (Silver), Lois Koh(Gold), Ivy Teo(Star) and Zach Ho (Silver) "It's not just about providing the customer service hardware but the heartware too. We're customers too, and we hope our sincerity comes through in our efforts to meet their
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      63 82 Going the extra mile for service... I^^M^ and lovin 1 it! I McDonald's celebrates a treasured achievement at the 2005 Excellent Service Awards: X B 1 SuperStar •22 Stars •88 Gold -319 Silver A I l^^fl A 1 HiLsl pk-4 VllJ I X- Ml m m II \^l W 2005
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      575 83 D4J.L Dell recommends Windows® XP Professional Service and solution that comes to your door. All new Dell™ products include Next nniiDucwin n™ n- *w Business Day On-Site* Service that means you don't have to leave the comfort of your Vlslt us OUR NEW DeM Dlrect Klosk home/office when you have
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