Today, 17 January 2006

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    Lock icon No dodging this draft
    935 1  -  Mindef proposes Bill to hit defaulters with heftier fines LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@newstoday.com.sg THOUGH pianist Melvyn Tan had been treated according to the law, the public reaction to his case has highlighted an inadequacy in the system. And the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) moved to address
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    Thaksin undermined by growing protests
    689 1  -  CLEMENT MESENAS EDITOR-AT-LARGE IN BANGKOK clement@newstoday.com.sg IF THE Thai media and academics are to be taken seriously, it would appear that Dr Thaksin Shinawatra’s days as prime minister are numbered. His critics mainly from a Bangkokbased middle class and intelligentsia and spearheaded by a disgruntled
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    21 1 (2nd edition) MEDIACORP PRESS TODAY newspaper free your share 12/07/2005 1 (P) MICA todayonline.com 2006 17, January Tuesday AFTERNOON EDITION 8 *****6 *****9
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    Lock icon No dodging this draft
    935 1 (2nd edition)  -  Mindef proposes Bill to hit defaulters with heftier fines LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@newstoday.com.sg THOUGH pianist Melvyn Tan had been treated according to the law, the public reaction to his case has highlighted an inadequacy in the system. And the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) moved to address
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    Lock icon Keppel bids for Brazilian contract
    159 1 (2nd edition) BLOOMBERG KEPPEL Corp, the world’s largest maker of shallow-water oil rigs, is among six groups that have bid for contracts to build US$1.3 billion ($2.12 billion) of oil and gas tankers for Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Brazil’s state-controlled oil company. The company’s transportation unit, Transpetro, will
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      He made appeals but was rejected, too
      380 2  -  LOHCHEE KONG cheekong@newstoday.com.sg WORLD-FAMOUS pianist Melvyn Tan (picture) found himself embroiled in a national debate after it was reported in November that he paid a $3,000 fine and forfeited a $30,000 bond for defaulting on National Service (NS). And last month, “saddened and
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      isay SIX KIDS AND THEY ARE THE REAL BONUS
      757 3  -  FRANCES ONG HOCK LIN The writer is an educator. SIX days after I gave birth to my son, my husband asked me when we could start with conceiving No 2. I looked at him in disbelief. Was he out of his
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      4 3 What’syourv i ew?Emailusat news@newstoday.com.sg
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      154 4 UCCEEll FINANCIAL INDUSTRY! The financial services industry is one of the key pillars in any economy. How do you succeed in this lucrative sector? This program equips you with the essential skill sets to thrive in this robust industry. THE r Why our program? Incorporating CFA® program Our participants achieved
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      Thaksin undermined by growing protests
      482 4 (2nd edition)  -  CLEMENT MESENAS EDITOR-AT-LARGE IN BANGKOK clement@newstoday.com.sg IF THE Thai media and academics are to be taken seriously, it would appear that Dr Thaksin Shinawatra’s days as Prime Minister are numbered. His critics mainly from a Bangkok-based middle class and intelligentsia and spearheaded by disgruntled media
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      CDL withdraws from IR race
      642 4  -  Cuts ties with Las Vegas Sands for reasons ‘regulatory in nature’ VALCHUA ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR val@newstoday.com.sg PROPERTY tycoon Kwek Leng Beng (picture) has become the latest dropout in the race to build Singapore’s first casino. In a shock announcement yesterday, his mainboard-listed developer City Development
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      CDL withdraws from IR race
      642 4 (2nd edition)  -  Cuts ties with Las Vegas Sands for reasons ‘regulatory in nature’ VALCHUA ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR val@newstoday.com.sg PROPERTY tycoon Kwek Leng Beng (picture) has become the latest dropout in the race to build Singapore’s first casino. In a shock announcement yesterday, his mainboard-listed developer City Development
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      Want a platform? Queue up
      397 6  -  DPM Wong tells Opposition MP rally sites granted on first-come-first-served basis JASMINEYIN jasmine.yin@newstoday.com. sg IT WAS one of the more heated exchanges in Parliament yesterday, highlighted by talk that the General Elections (GE) are around the corner. The issue was raised by Opposition MP Low
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      Rental rates ‘affordable’
      351 6  -  But requests for subsidised rates will be considered carefully: Mah Bow Tan JASMINEYIN LOW-income HDB households facing rent problems and households troubled by financing requirements came into focus in Parliament yesterday. Responding to queries from Members of Parliament (MPs), the Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan
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    • PARLIAMENT BRIEFS
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        Lock icon NO TO WHISTLE-BLOWERS LAW
        67 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Legislation to protect whistle-blowers is not necessary at present, said Minister of State for Community Development, Youth and Sports Yu-Foo Yee Shoon. Such a move may build distrust among voluntary welfare organisations. The boards of VWOs should continue to strengthen internal controls. The ministry
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        Lock icon BIRD FLU PROJECT IN INDONESIA
        79 6 —938LIVE A pilot project on the control of bird flu is to be set up in Indonesia. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said the project was agreed on when the leaders of the United States, Indonesia and Singapore met during the Apec summit in December.
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        SINGAPORE IS SAFE FROM TSUNAMIS
        99 6 The Government has assured Singaporeans the island is unlikely to be hit by a tsunami because of the country’s geographical position and the shallow waters in the Malacca Straits and South China Sea. “Simulations conducted by renowned institutes and agencies in the US, France, Denmark
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      More staff so faster Causeway clearance
      209 6  -  ANSLEYNG IF YOU had an easier time crossing the Causeway and the Tuas Second Link in the last three weeks, it could be that more officers have been recalled to perform extra duties and longer hours at the checkpoints. Up to 130 Immigration and
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      Lock icon Heavier penalties
      161 6 938LIVE KETAMINE has been upgraded to a Class A controlled drug, following an amendment to the Misuse of Drugs Act yesterday. Those caught trafficking the synthetic drug will face heavier penalties. Traffickers can be jailed from five to 20 years, instead of three to 20 years. They also
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      Lock icon Vegas, Disney stints on offer
      469 8  -  SP students to benefit from overseas internships under new diploma progamme LEE U-WEN u-wen@newstoday.com. sg SOME lucky Singapore Polytechnic (SP) students will get to work overseas in world-class theme parks and resorts before they even graduate. Starting this year, internships in the United States, Finland
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      Lock icon Registers of Electors ready for public inspection
      269 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE Election Department has completed its revision of the Registers of Electors for all 23 constituencies and is opening them for public inspection from today. All Singapore citizens aged 21 and above on Jan 1, 2006, who are eligible to vote
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      S’pore seeing more start-ups
      326 8  -  LIN YANQIN yanqinl@newstoday.com.sg AN INCREASING number of people are taking the plunge and starting their own businesses. According to the latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), seven out of every 100 adults in Singapore began engaging in entrepreneurial activity of some sort whether it was opening a
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      Lock icon Iran threatens spurt in oil prices
      493 10 Unmoved over nuclear issue, faced with possible economic sanctions, Opec’s No 2 producer bites back AGENCIES TEHRAN Iran refused to budge over its controversial nuclear programme yesterday and the energy-rich nation retaliated with threats of soaring oil prices if it were to be subjected
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      Lock icon One killed in Penang bomb blast
      107 10 AFP PENANG A bomb exploded during an outdoor singing competition here, killing one man and injuring another, police said yesterday. “Nails, ammunition casings and metal pieces were found at the site of the incident,” local police chief Syed Ismail Syed Azizan said of Sunday’s
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      Lock icon Saddam trial to resume without chief judge
      219 10 AFP BAGHDAD The trial of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein will resume next week without its chief judge, who handed in his resignation after criticism of his handling of the volatile hearings, a court official said yesterday. But while a different judge will
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      Lock icon Parliament delays British ID plan
      233 10 AFP LONDON The hotly disputed plan of the British government for a new national identity card system suffered a serious setback yesterday after the Upper House of Parliament, the Lords, voted to delay the Bill. Members of the chamber voted 237 to 156 to force
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      Lock icon Iran threatens spurt in oil prices
      493 10 Unmoved over nuclear issue, faced with possible economic sanctions, Opec’s No 2 producer bites back AGENCIES TEHRAN Iran refused to budge over its controversial nuclear programme yesterday and the energy-rich nation retaliated with threats of soaring oil prices if it were to be subjected
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      Lock icon One killed in Penang bomb blast
      107 10 AFP PENANG A bomb exploded during an outdoor singing competition here, killing one man and injuring another, police said yesterday. “Nails, ammunition casings and metal pieces were found at the site of the incident,” local police chief Syed Ismail Syed Azizan said of Sunday’s
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      Lock icon Could Bush be impeached?
      160 10 AFP WASHINGTON A top Republican senator on Sunday for the first time mentioned impeachment in connection with President George W Bush’s authorisation of electronic surveillance inside the United States without a court warrant. Mr Arlen Specter, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said it was too
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      Lock icon ‘Osama has ceased to be important’
      166 10 AFP MADRID Fugitive Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has “ceased to be important”, with the movement he created posing a far greater threat, said respected British Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk in an interview published on Sunday. “To look for Osama now is
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        Lock icon SHARON BLINKS, SHEDS A TEAR
        81 12 AFP Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon blinked his eyes yesterday as a tape of his grandson was being played. He remains in a coma. The 77-year-old earlier appeared to be shedding a tear while listening to the tape, medical sources said. Doctors said it was
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        Lock icon NORWEGIAN DOCTOR FAKED CANCER RESEARCH
        70 12 AFP A Norwegian doctor fabricated research that was published in an international scientific magazine, a spokesman for his hospital has said. The doctor, Mr Jon Sudbo, is an eminent mouth cancer specialist. “He published an article in The Lancet in October last year whose data
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        Lock icon SOUTH-EAST ASIAN TERRORISTS REGROUPING, RECRUITING: SBY
        69 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) has called for more regional cooperation against terror, warning that South-east Asian militants were “regrouping, adapting and recruiting”. Dr Yudhoyono has also picked the current head of the air force, Air Marshall Djoko Suyanto, to become
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      Lock icon The lab that’s beating bird flu
      561 12 How India has kept the deadly virus at bay AGENCIES BHOPAL (India) Even as experts gather in Beijing this week to discuss measures on how to contain bird flu, India’s success in keeping the virus at bay has been hailed by the World Health
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        Lock icon SHARON BLINKS, SHEDS A TEAR
        81 12 (2nd edition) AFP Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon blinked his eyes yesterday as a tape of his grandson was being played. He remains in a coma. The 77-year-old earlier appeared to be shedding a tear while listening to the tape, medical sources said. Doctors said it was
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        Lock icon NORWEGIAN DOCTOR FAKED CANCER RESEARCH
        70 12 (2nd edition) AFP A Norwegian doctor fabricated research that was published in an international scientific magazine, a spokesman for his hospital has said. The doctor, Mr Jon Sudbo, is an eminent mouth cancer specialist. “He published an article in The Lancet in October last year whose data
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        Lock icon SOUTH-EAST ASIAN TERRORISTS REGROUPING, RECRUITING: SBY
        69 12 (2nd edition) CHANNEL NEWSASIA Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) has called for more regional cooperation against terror, warning that South-east Asian militants were “regrouping, adapting and recruiting”. Dr Yudhoyono has also picked the current head of the air force, Air Marshall Djoko Suyanto, to become
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      Lock icon The lab that’s beating bird flu
      556 12 (2nd edition) How India has kept the deadly virus at bay AGENCIES BHOPAL (India) Even as experts gather in Beijing this week to discuss measures on how to contain bird flu, India’s success in keeping the virus at bay has been hailed by the World Health
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      Lock icon South Korea plans $51b baby bonuses
      398 14 Comprehensive package to encourage couples to have more babies AGENCIES SEOUL South Korea’s government plans to spend 30.5 trillion won ($51 billion) over five years to encourage its people to have more children, as the nation’s birth rate falls and population ages. Seoul will
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      Lock icon Taiwanese want direct China links
      159 14 AGENCIES TAIPEI A majority of Taiwanese want the government to open direct trade, transport and postal links with rival China, a survey released yesterday showed. Sixty-one per cent of those polled by the United Daily News said they hoped the government would soon open the
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        Lock icon SOUTH KOREAN PROSECUTORS QUIZ CLONING RESEARCHERS
        34 14 AFP South Korean prosecutors yesterday questioned seven researchers, including two members of Prof Hwang Woo-Suk’s team, in a probe of a cloning scam by the dis- graced scientist.
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        LOIN CLOTH WEARERS ARRESTED
        71 14 Twin Zimbabwean brothers were charged with indecent exposure after strolling up to an up-market Harare mall wearing only traditional goatskin loin cloths. The 22-year-old brothers returned recently after 2 1/2 years in Britain vowing to promote an authentically African lifestyle, the Sunday Mail reported. By opting
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        Lock icon FREE CALLS ‘CORRUPT’ YOUTH
        58 14 AFP The Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission has asked mobile phone firms to stop free late-night services as they degraded moral values of young people. “Boys and girls set aside study and sleep and spend all night chatting," the panel said in a letter to five companies.
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        Lock icon Chile elects first woman president
        295 15 Michelle Bacheletis a former political prisoner AGENCIES SANTIAGO Socialist Michelle Bachelet, a former political prisoner and pediatrician, has become the first woman president of Chile, after defeating conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera in Sunday’s run-off presidential election. “Who would have believed five or 10 years ago
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        Lock icon MOTHER OF A NATION
        216 15 AFP President Tarja Halonen (picture), who on Sunday won the first round of the Finnish presidential elections, is a product of her country’s entrenched social democratic traditions, but her unconventional profile makes her stand out from the crowd. With a poll score of 46.3 per cent,
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        Lock icon ‘SHINING EXAMPLE’
        200 15 AFP Liberia’s new President, Ms Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (picture), took the oath of office yesterday, becoming Africa’s first elected woman head of state. Senior figures from across Africa and further afield attended the inauguration, among them United States First Lady Laura Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
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      558 16  -  Manic-depressive painter Mark overcomes stigma and prejudice by proving himself through his achievements facein the crowd MARK STEVENS 39, painter battling manic-depression SU LAI MAN DAUD news@newstoday.com.sg MARK STEVENS has his own way of dealing with the prejudice and stigma that comes with his condition. “If you
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      The other side of the fence
      299 17 Ill-located football court disturbs the peace Letter from RIZAL ISMAIL I REFER to Damien Tan Wei Keong’s letter, “Make my neighbour can it” (Jan 6). I too have to endure such disruptions when I go to sleep. The source of the noise? A football
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      Pet owners make it a dog’s life for us
      315 17 Letter from LYMAES-PAN OUR family home is located on a street corner. Dog owners like to “park” their pets at the trees planted outside my house and feign ignorance while their mutts lay their doggy bricks by the trees. Then, like
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      275 18  -  BY DR JAMES DOBSON BARBIE AND HER PALS Many years ago I commented in one of my books that I didn't like what Barbie dolls did to the little girls who play with them. Parents still write me today and ask why, and there are two
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      Child safety in cars taken for granted?
      418 18 Will we only do what’s right under threat of a hefty fine? Letter from CINDYTANHUI CHENG I RECENTLY met a retailer who lamented that sales of car seats for children in his suburban outlet had dropped dramatically since 2003. I told him this
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      Racism has no face
      240 18 Letter from EVONZING I WOULD like to commend Benjamin James Saram on his excellent ISay column about the dangers of racism, “Avoid Sowing the Seeds of Hate” (Jan 16). Racism is easily fuelled by those eager to find a group of people to point a finger
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      Compensation policy exploited?
      361 19 Authorities should check claims made by workers Letter from RAYNERWONGKEEHOOI AS A subcontractor for a shipyard in Singapore, I sometimes wonder if foreign workers are taking advantage of loopholes in the Workmen’s Compensation policy. I knew a foreign worker who accidentally cut his right index finger during
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      Pri 1 registration: Should those who rent flats be counted?
      183 19 Letter from RACHEL LEE AS THE new year begins, parents of K2 preschoolers are anxious to enrol their child in a choice primary school. This year, competition is expected to be fierce, as children born in the Year of the
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      Facilities adequate
      223 19  -  LIMHUAYCHIH Director, Corporate Services Ministry of Education WE THANK Lim Boon Hong for his feedback on Jurong Primary School “New school is way too small Grounds insufficient for sports or in the event of a fire” (Jan 9). The new Jurong Primary, which merged with the former Boon
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      359 22  -  –LEECHINGWERN I IN AHMEDABAD IN AN interview with The Hindu last week, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong was asked about the apparent lacklustre display of interest by Singapore companies in infrastructure and port projects in India. He was asked about Changi Airport
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      206 22 Dow Jones Biosensors International Group said yesterday that the hearing of the patent lawsuit against it by Boston Scientific Corporation and its business partner Angiotech Pharmaceuticals had taken place on Friday. The ruling is expected to be made by Feb 10. China Aviation Oil (Singapore), or CAO, has
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        148 22 COFFEE has long been associated with total body wellness. When consumed in moderation, it helps clear the mind and perk up one’s energy. Furthermore, it provides the body with anti-oxidants that have been linked to a number of potential health benefits including protection against heart
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        95 22 AIA launched a new Universal Life plan —the US-dollar-denominated AIA Platinum Legacy. The plan, which is registered in Singapore and approved by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, is aimed at high net worth clients aged between of 20 and 75. Key
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      177 23 —DOWJONES BIO-Treat Technology said yesterday that its executive chairman had sold 50 million shares, or a 5.8-per-cent stake in the company. The shares were sold on the open market last Friday at $1.08 each, the waste water treatment company said in a statement filed
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      505 23 Dow Jones Singapore SHARE prices ended slightly lower on continued profit-tak-ing made worse by disappointing November retail sales data, traders said. The ST Index ended down 4.66 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 2,401.20 points. Losers led gainers 298 to 264 as 1.16 billion shares worth $949.5 million
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        294 24  -  CHOW PENN NEE DESPITE Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra stoutly denying rumours of his family selling its stake in Shin Corp, more details have emerged of the supposed sale in the telecommunications company for cash to Singapore’s Temasek Holdings. Media reports in
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        242 24 DOW JONES BANGKOK Thai Beverage’s shareholders yesterday approved the liquor maker’s planned dual listing in Thailand and Singapore, as thousands of anti-alcohol protesters gathered in front of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to oppose the local listing. The SEC has yet to decide
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        259 24 (2nd edition) DOW JONES KUALA LUMPUR Southern Bank said yesterday it would drop its plan to buy Sin-gapore-based insurer Asia General Holdings, citing an inability to meet conditions put down by Malaysia’s central bank, Bank Negara. The move by Malaysia’s ninth-biggest bank by asset size
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        318 26 AGENCIES GLOBAL coastal and industrial fishing operations enterprise China Fishery Group yesterday launched an initial public offering (IPO) to raise net proceeds of about $65.4 million. The company will offer 57 million new shares, priced at $1.25 per share. One million shares
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        326 26 (2nd edition) Tops Hong Kong in terms of containers handled in 2005 DOW JONES SINGAPORE has surpassed Hong Kong as the world’s busiest container port by throughput for the first time since 1999, after the latter posted near-flat growth for all of last year, official statistics showed
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        312 27 Gain slowest in 9 months as tourism receipts ease and car sales fall BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE’S retail sales gained in November at the slowest pace in nine months as tourism growth eased, car sales fell and consumers trimmed spending after stocking up for religious festivals. The
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        139 27 BLOOMBERG DBS Group Holdings is seeking to sell an office building it owns in Hong Kong’s Central district, its real estate agent Savills (Hong Kong) said. The building, which DBS is selling by sealed-bid tender, is 23 storeys tall, has
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        127 27 DOW JONES ASCENDAS Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) yesterday said it had agreed to buy an industrial site in Jurong East from LabOne Singapore for $20 million. The site will house a 7-storey business park building with a single-storey laboratory and is expected to have a
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        783 29 Cheaper valuation, better margins in its S’pore, HK operations cited as factors DOW JONES ITS share price registered the smallest gain among Singapore’s three banking groups last year, but DBS Group Holdings is likely to outdo its peers this year, analysts say.
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        149 29  -  CHOW PENN NEE CONSUMERS of Hong Leong Finance (HLF) can now buy insurance products at its branches islandwide. Yesterday, the largest finance company in Singapore began selling insurance products at all its 28 branches. HLF which got the green light in
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        582 30  -  Eu Yan Sang branches into TCM-based spa products JANE CHIAPOCO janec@newstoday.com.sg FOUR years after it first launched its personal care line Zing Herbal Spa, Eu Yan Sang, the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) based company, recently launched a new product. Called the Aloe Pine Shower Gel, it is
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        938 31  -  Plans are also underway to have a ship based in Singapore to offer cruises along Malaysia’s west coast SHOBHATSERING BHALLA shobha@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE’S tourism industry looks set to get its “uniqueness” strongly enhanced if Europe’s most famous entrepreneur, Mr Stelios Haji-Ioannu, has his
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        279 31  -  JANE CHIAPOCO LET IT SNOW It may be a tad too late for Christmas, white or red, but Indochine and Red Bull are still partnering to conjure up snow on Club Street this weekend. The street will be blocked off to motorists for its transformation into a Tropical
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      416 29 healthiswealth In this column series, Dr Theresa Chew, co-founder and CEO of Expressions International and President of Spa Wellness Association (Singapore), answers beauty, spa and wellness questions by Today readers. Expressions International is a leading beauty, spa, wellness and slimming services provider. Dr Chew set up Expressions International in 1989
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        623 32  -  Rich in features, the new 3DS Max v 8 is a joy to use SOFTWAREREVIEW Autodesk3DSMaxversion8 ADRIAAN PELZER infotech@newstoday.com.sg AUTODESK has just released 3DS Max version 8 and I had the honour to test-drive this well-developed application. FIRST IMPRESSIONS It gave me the feeling of
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        165 32 —BLOOMBERG CISCO Systems, the No 1 maker of equipment that directs Internet traffic, plans to enter the consumer electronics industry, the Financial Times reported, citing an interview with chief development officer Charles Giancarlo (above). Cisco, which is a leader in the router market, plans to sell
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        556 33  -  Companies that outsource need to consider factors such as cost management and security breaches ELAINE NG elaine.ng@newstoday.com.sg AN ORGANISATION’s infrastructure includes a wide range of resources networks, servers, applications, storage devices, printers and mobile devices. As business needs develop and diversify, companies need to re-examine how
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        142 33 PORTAL DEVELOPMENT WITH TIBCO SOFTWARE Tibco Software has launched PortalBuilder 5, a portal deployment solution that harnesses the power of a service-oriented architecture. PortalBuilder 5 provides a flexible, con-figuration-driven interface that minimises the need for custom coding. It is based on several key standards, including Java Specification Request 168
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      1099 34  -  Idol runner-up and a family man with a hit debut album, Bice is going one way up Zul Othman zul@newstoday.com.sg WITH his intense eyes, long hair and fiery pop performances on the fourth season of popular talent show American Idol, Bo Bice always knew he was going
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      1098 34  -  Idol runner-up and a family man with a hit debut album, Bice is going one way up Zul Othman zul@newstoday.com.sg WITH his intense eyes, long hair and fiery pop performances on the fourth season of popular talent show American Idol, Bo Bice always knew he was going
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      341 35 AGENCIES American Idol’sfifth season kicks off tomorrow night on MediaCorp TV Channel 5, with the first of seven audition episodes from Boston, Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Austin, Texas and Greensboro, North Carolina. Aspiring singers who win the judges’ approval will move on to American Idol’s Hollywood
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      355 35 (2nd edition) AGENCIES American Idol’sfifth season kicks off tomorrow night on MediaCorp TV Channel 5, with the first of seven audition episodes from Boston, Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Austin, Texas and Greensboro, North Carolina. Aspiring singers who win the judges’ approval will move on to American Idol’s Hollywood
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      573 36  -  A hit in Australia, S’pore’s The Suns unveil their debut album, 2/20 ZUL OTHMAN zul@newstoday.com.sg THESE days, Singaporean trio The Suns are the hottest rock act on the Melbourne live music circuit. Through two years of steady gigs, the band guitarist/vocalist San Singer, bassist J Boss and
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      264 36  -  —AMELYNNL I ONG KAIRA Kong is perhaps the envy of many fellow newcomers. In putting together her self-ti-tled debut album, the Singaporean songbird had famed Taiwanese singer-composer David Tao co-write a track for her with prominent homegrown lyricist Chen Jiaming. “I heard from
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        323 37 his year, TODAYcelebrates Chinese New Year by launching the cookbook, New Age Cuisine for an Age-Old Tradition, in collaboration with celebrity chef Moses Lim. The book contains recipes with an interesting twist five award-winning local chefs create new-age recipes with traditional Chinese New Year
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      489 38  -  Sculptor who thinks big scales down for latest show DAVID CHEW david. chew@newstoday.com. sg SHE is famous for creating some of Singapore’s biggest sculptures, detailed pieces in stone and granite that are among the most celebrated artworks around. This year, she will create pieces
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      97 38 This week, we ask MediaCorp TV Channel 8 actress Cynthia Koh for her pick. CYNTHIA KOH ON DE-PHAZZ’S DAILY LAMA: I listen to different genres of music, from Taiwanese rock I especially enjoy the music of Mayday to ambient jazz, but my favourite album is still De-Phazz’s
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      212 39 AGENCIES JOAN Didion, winner of the National Book Award for her memoir The Year of Magical Thinking, and William T Vollmann, the fiction winner for Europe Central, were among the finalists announced yesterday for the National Book Critics Circle awards. The awards are presented yearly
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        701 40  -  Howto enjoy your CNY steamboat meal without letting your health goto the dogs JANICE GOH janice@newstoday.com.sg FOR many of us, Chinese New Year celebrations won’t be the same without a piping-hot steamboat meal, flavourful pineapple tarts and crumbly love letters. But before you
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        466 40  -  KNOWN as the golden girl of Singapore’s swimming scene, Joscelin Yeo (picture) has so far bagged a record-breaking 40 gold medals at the South-east Asian (SEA) Games. But as JANICE GOH finds out, swimming is, in fact, one of Joscelin’s many passions CELEBHEALTHWATCH JANICEGOHfinds Tell us
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        312 41  -  JANICE GOH PLUMP, juicy and red all over tomatoes don’t just look delicious, they also reduce the risk of prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men and is the sixth most common cancer affecting Singaporean men. Studies have shown
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        1466 42  -  Eating smart for better brain health can give your kid a head start BMC, REETA RAMAN reeta@newstoday.com. sg HOW can we make our children smarter? A tough question considering that every child is unique. While one may be book smart, the other might be street smart. Personality
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        166 43 FITNESS WORK Join in the one-hour weekly workout sessions conducted by California Fitness instructors to spice up your work-week. Date: 18 Jan Time: 6.30pm to 7.30pm Venue: Singapore River Promenade, next to UOB Plaza. KEBAYAROBICS WORKOUT This new type of aerobics workout is specially choreographed for the Malay
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      115 37 with atwist! Recipes Venue: Raffles Place Park Date: January 20 (Friday) Time: 11am Catch celebrity Moses Limin person! Purchase the cookbook at a special price of $18* and get it autographed by Moses Lim between 12.00pm to 1.00pm! Normal price $28 Special price of $18 is valid till January 27,
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