Today, 22 February 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    15 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp fresfsf share your free newspaper MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Wednesday February 22, 2006 todayonline.com I
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      No deal, just an offer of 'marriage' for SIA
      641 1  -  LEE CHING WERN Spore upset over Aussie refusal, analysts slam merger 'ploy' chingwern@newstoday.com.sg THE Singapore Girl was roundly rebuffed yesterday and then courted with a "marriage" proposal. The Australian government formally turned down Singapore Airlines' (SIA) longstanding request for access to
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      Lock icon US stocks close lower, oil price rises
      115 1 -AGENCIES US stocks fell for a second day yesterday as an index of economic indicators and the minutes of the Federal Reserve's latest policy meeting suggested the central bank will not stop raising interest rates soon. The Standard Poor's 500 Index lost 4.21
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      367 1 Fly with us and enjoy the best city country land packages from $418. I Start your Australian adventure JJl^^ A AtiLM I with two nights amidst the hustle A-H A. HI Whafs more, you'll have the m and bustle of the city. Soak up the JM kA m^S^S^ use of
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Bush rejects calls to delay sale of ports to Dubai
      177 2 -BLOOMBERG US President George W Bush yesterday rejected calls by lawmakers, including both Republican congressional leaders, to delay the US$6.B billion ($ll.OB billion) sale of a company that operates six US ports to a firm controlled by the United Arab
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    • Article
      ReNu link: Has fungus mutated
      473 2  -  TAN HUI LENG Investigation into cause of eye infection may take months huileng@newstoday.com.sg THE Ministry of Health (MOH) does not want to take any chances. Even as it identifies more cases of fungal corneal infection, it wants consumers to stop using the contact lens solution
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      HEEDFULINHK
      208 2  -  CHEOW XIN YI FOLLOWING Singapore's eye infection scare, the health authorities in Hong Kong have also ordered checks on Bausch Lomb's ReNu contact lens solution. The Centre for Health Protection in Hong Kong will investigate a possible link between the solution and fungal eye infection cases there, according to
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      Lock icon A SPACE ODYSSEY
      689 3  -  THOMAS KOSHY Singapore will have a footprint in space and a toehold in a promising market news@newstoday.com.sg WHICH of us has not looked up into the night sky and wondered what it would be like to float in the vastness of space? Now, in one stroke Singapore
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      Lock icon MM meets economic bigwigs
      169 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA JAKARTA Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has held talks with Indonesia's economic ministers and former military leaders to discuss topics ranging from Indonesia's civil service, the country's investment climate and bilateral defence relations. Mr Lee and Indonesia's team of economic ministers led by Mr
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      Lock icon Might 'mistake' make a martyr of Nazi apologist?
      583 4 -AGENCIES Sentencing of historian for Holocaust denial sparks Iranian contempt, fears of backlash VIENNA A Nazi apologist who denied the Holocaust and the gas chambers of Auschwitz was sentenced to a three-year prison term, giving a fresh twist to the recent debate
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      Lock icon Door-to-door checks in M'sia
      463 6  -  VINITA RAMANI Selangor villagers being checked for bird flu as Spore steps up inspections vinita@newstoday.com.sg A DAY after confirming that bird flu was behind the death of 40 free-range chickens in Selangor's Jalan Genting-Klang, Malaysia took the unusual step of conducting door-to-door checks among residents living
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    • S'PORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon 330,00 PREPAID USERS REGISTERED
        71 6 Channel News Asia More than 330,000 prepaid phone card users have registered with their telcos since November last year. The Home Affairs Ministry said users who have not registered should to do so by May 1. All unregistered prepaid cards will be de-activated on May 2.
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        Lock icon EASY UPDATING WITH XCHANGE
        72 6 938 Live Overtwo million people in Singapore will now find it easier to update their particulars with the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). A new one-stop electronic system called Xchange has been set up for those who need to update their contact details with NTUC, its
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        SINGNET BROADBAND OFFERS
        66 6 Sing Net, the Internet arm of Sing Tel, has unveiled two promotional rates for its 512 Kbps and 3.sMbps Broadband Unlimited Plans. The promotional rates for Sing Net's 512 Kbps and 3.sMbps services are now $38 and $47 per month respectively for a 24 month contractual period.
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      Lock icon Mladic has not been arrested: Prosecutor
      145 6 -AFP THE HAGUE UN war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte yesterday officially denied that top Bosnian Serb fugitive Ratko Mladic had been arrested as Serb media have reported. "We officially deny that Mladic has been arrested," Ms Del Ponte's spokeswoman said. "To our knowledge
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      242 4 I SEMINAR IF Your Relative is a I Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 PR I Citizen of Australia Time: 6.45pm 8.15pm You Are A working Cost:s2s/pai Professional I I (Refreshments Provided) i -psai y /You Are Below jk Tel: 6535 1611 45 Years Old I Spearhead Your Career into The
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      134 7 HITACHI *w I^^^ Inspire the Next i 1 Surprisingly Fresh. i f P\ Makes detergent work harder i^=^\ Hitachi's Detergent Maximizer dissolves powdered detergent into a superconcentrated liquid that boosts cleaning power. With Super Clean Wash, the detergent thoroughly penetrates into the fibres and a strong flow of water I
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  • Singapore news
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      A career fair for students, young and old jobseekers
      289 8  -  -TEOXUANWEI OLDER workers, alongside young jobseekers and students, will have something to cheer about at Career 2006, the annual career and education event organised by the Singapore Professional Centre. This year's event will feature a new Matured Workers Pavilion, where older
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      MGM's Macau partner under investigation
      532 8  -  JASMINE YIN Las Vegas casino giant files application to address concerns over partner's alleged mob links jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg ANOTHER United States casino regulator is investigating MGM Mirage's partnership with Ms Pansy Ho, daughter of Macau gambling mogul Stanley Ho. This probe followed an application filed by
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      Lock icon PAP to field Eurasians in elections soon
      199 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE People's Action Party will field able and committed Eurasians to contest the elections soon, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. He expressed his confidence in doing so while applauding the efforts and role of the Eurasian community in an event
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      Lock icon Euro air defence giant bases RStD hub here
      336 10  -  LOH CHEE KONG New centre will produce made-in-S'pore security devices cheekong@newstoday.com.sg WHERE some see terrorism, others sense an opportunity and an aviation giant is the latest to jump on the bandwagon. In the months to come, made-in-Singapore homeland security devices, such as
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    • AIRSHOWNOTES
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      Lock icon Early scramble for payouts
      134 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA JUST a day after details of the $400-million Workfare Bonus Scheme (WBS) were unveiled, Singaporeans swamped community centres, Community Development Councils and CPF centres to submit forms. By 4pm yesterday, about 1,400 WBS declaration forms were submitted, even though the deadline is on April
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      17 10 VL? £Do not keep (9^T cooked food I at room kfl o*** Visit www.ava.gov.sg for more details
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      Lock icon Quit now, ruling party lawmakers urge Thaksin
      450 12 AGENCIES 4ThaißakThaiMPs join chorus against besieged leader BANGKOK Four lawmakers from Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's ruling Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party yesterday urged their embattled leader to quit joining growing calls for his resignation. It was the first time ruling party MPs
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon DRUGS SENT THROUGH COURIER SERVICE
        69 12 AP Police arrested a 36-year-old man on Monday as he received three packages of methamphetamine sent from an address in China by a courier company, a customs official in Jakarta said yesterday. The drugs weighing 4.5 kg, with an estimated street value of U*****,526 ($405,000),
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        Lock icon TAIWAN PRESS CURBS ON CELEBS
        79 12 -AFP Taiwan said yesterday it would curb press access to celebrities and politicians at its international airports following a series of incidents including a high-profile row involving singer Sir Elton John. "Some foreign or local politicians on private visits did not want publicity," Interior Minister
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        Lock icon PHILIPPINE VOLCANO SPEWS ASH
        87 12 AFP A volcano in the central Philippines shook with more than a hundred quakes and sprayed ash across its slopes yesterday, triggering fears of a potential eruption. The government's vulcanology and seismology institute raised the alert and advised residents to stay out of a danger zone
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      Lock icon 98-year-old woman raped in Aussie home for elderly
      234 12 AFP SYDNEY A 98-year-old woman, suffering from dementia, was allegedly raped three times by a 35-year-old staff member at a nursing home in Australia's Victoria state, said media reports The Herald Sun newspaper said that three other residents were also allegedly sexually
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      Lock icon The party's over
      346 14 M'sia nabs thousands of drug users, steps up raids on clubs KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police yesterday announced that the party's over for youth who take designer drugs such as Ecstasy at nightclubs and other entertainment outlets, reported The Star. The country's top anti-narcotics police officer said they
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      Lock icon Indian steel magnate fires back at Chirac
      215 14 —AGENCIES NEW DELHI Indian billionaire Lakshmi N Mittal has fired back at charges by French President Jacques Chirac that his US$23-billion ($37.5 billion) bid for steel giant Arcelor contradicts normal business practices. The Mittal Steel chief said that critics in Europe who are
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    • GLOBALROUNPUP
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        Lock icon ANTI-CARTOON ACTIVIST HELD
        68 14 -AP Indonesian police arrested a member of a hardline Muslim group yesterday for allegedly taking part in a violent protest against the Prophet Mohammed cartoons at the United States embassy in Jakarta, an official said. The man arrested yesterday faces a maximum penalty of five-and-a-half-years' jail for
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        Lock icon GOOGLE CHINA 'LACKS LICENCE'
        68 14 -AP Internet search engine Google's Chinabased site, which has been criticised for blocking searches for politically sensitive material, might be operating in China without the required licence, the Beijing News reported yesterday. The licence number listed on the Google.cn site belongs to a Chinese company, the
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      From battlefield to boardroom
      587 16  -  SHIBUITTYKUTTICKAL Bosses should delegate and empower'lieutenants', says Gulf War veteran shibu@newstoday.com.sg THE scene: The Yom Kippur War, 1973, fought between Israel on the one side and Syria and Egypt, on the other. Former Israeli Defence Minister General Moshe Dayan had received reports from the Syrian front
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      Lock icon Naked couple wind up 1,398km trek by dressing up
      318 16 —THE GUARDIAN LONDON If the certainty of having your collar felt, metaphorically of course, by the local police every few days is not enough to put you off walking the length of Britain naked, then February's wintry wind in Scotland should
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      Lock icon Arroyo to stay, says she's 'the best'
      310 18 -AGENCIES Military on 'full alert' amid concerns over coup d'etat MANILA Philippine President Gloria Arroyo said yesterday that she would remain in office until her term ended in 2010 as the military went on "full alert" in the capital a day after an
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        Lock icon THE NEXT TIME YOU MEET A TIGER
        107 18 I I I -DPA Afemale rubbertapper in Pahang, Malaysia, escaped death when she engaged a tiger in a staring match in which her predator was the loser. "I was tapping a tree and was not aware of the tiger until it sank its
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        Lock icon CHINA'S FATTEST CAT
        72 18 -AGENCIES He weighs in at an amazing 15kg, has a waist measurement of more than 78cm and needs his master's help just to get onto a bed. This nine-year-old from Qingdao is China's heaviest cat and needs to be fed 2.7 kg of chicken and pork each
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      266 12 The only university dedicated to working adults, UniSIM offers a unique learning system that empowers you to balance your studies with work, family and social commitments. You'll have an open flexible learning environment where you can learn at your own pace, place and space. School of Arts and Social Sciences
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      109 14 Managing the household 24/7 doesn't stop her /irv P^ like an expert. fcr She brushes with Oral-B, Singapore's No. 1* choice. vL &gt;T_ Now that's a super mum. l^V i U^H The Brand More Dentists s^m j*«^B Use Themselves 'SF'J X .■■■■;.;.7.7: ,:;^;SB v. AC Nielsen Retail Audit Full Year
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      78 16 Applicable for passengers 55 years old and above. Flights are via Brunei. Stopover at Brunei is allowed on the return journey. Sales ticketing period Now to 31 March 2006. Travel period Now to 31 March 2006 Blackout period 11-19 March 2006. Price exclude airport taxes, service fees, insurance and fuel
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      101 16 ■^ZjPJp^^E^ being an expert in scoring goals, Hi w nes also an cx Per t jm&lt;' II in brushing. So Now that's a hat trick. H^^^^Mk TfTe Brand More Dentists A MHw. I* g^fc Use Themselves AC Nielsen Retail Audit Full Year 2005 (Value and Volume Shares) No.l best selling
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      709 17 C Singaporelnstitu' i s Cfnucfi/iIH Prkiiorro Founded 1947 [JuEBiJiMH H^T J Hfl '^L^^l Singapore Institute of Commerce and Stansfield College have been conducting the J V I University of London degree programmes in Singapore since 1990. The two institutions have also been approved individually by the London School of &T"^^
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      307 18 iljfet Apart from Jjr being an expert w x^ft on world peace, W^^ jfl^ w., she's an expert f j in brushing too. I She uses Oral-B, Singapore's No. 1* choice. Now that's a perfect ten. T";:&gt;o%&gt;, jKi*-; The Brand More Dentists 'jfc_^ 'UPS*- ik Uss Themselves AC Nielsen Retail
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      Are HDB officers trained to mediate?
      224 20  -  PARMJIT KAUR Letter from I REFER to the recent letters on neighbourly woes and the authorities' response. It was said that officers from the Housing Development Board (HDB) will visit the affected parties and, where necessary, interview other residents nearby to verify the complaint,
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      NUS abides by all rules, guidelines
      433 20  -  PROFESSOR TAN CHORH CHUAN Its corporate governance follows best practices to ensure funds used properly Letter from Provost and Deputy President National University of Singapore I REFER to Darius Chan Xiaohui's letter, "Reveal more, NUS" (Today, Feb 21). The National University of Singapore (NUS)
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    • Perks for living under one roof
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        Give more emphasis to family values in schools
        340 22  -  ALWIN QUEK Letter from I CANT agree more with the statement, "Singapore seems a good place to make money but not one to retire in". The cost of living in Singapore appears to increase day-by-day, not to mention medical expenses, which go
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        Govt must build more homes for the elderly
        245 22  -  DR GEORGE WONG Letter from ONE area requires urgent attention in an ageing society like Singapore. People live longer now because of advances in medicine. However, at some point, they may have to depend on others for their daily needs especially those
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      Palm oil has balanced fatty acids content
      307 22  -  Letter from DRYUSOFBASIRON Chief executive officer Malaysian Palm Oil Promotion Council WE REFER to the article, "Good Hearts, Fat Hope" (Jan 21 22). We have noted with concern the misinformation about palm oil as follows: "Palm oil, for example, while low in trans
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      Give yourself peace of mind
      685 23 Hire a BCA-trained installer to fix up external air-conditioners Their 10-year-old window unit air-condi-tioner gave off a loud noise for several minutes. And then it stopped and fell silent. "That was when I knew that we had to buy a new one. I had wanted
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      Subletting your whole flat
      197 23 You can now sublet your whole Home Ownership flat if you have lived in the flat for five years and do not have an outstanding HDB loan. If you have an outstanding HDB loan, the minimum occupation period is 10 years. These changes to HDB's subletting
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      You can buy youthfulness, but not loyalty
      371 24  -  NELSON QUAH Letter from MR HENG Cho Choon gave an accurate assessment of the job prospects faced by old people today ("The bogus age axe", Feb 17). One good idea he suggested: A worker who has reached the age of 60 should be
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      Living in glass houses
      726 24  -  Mr Miyagi Remember, you shot it on yourhandphone don't cry if that intimate snap becomes public domain viewing THIS is not new: A couple recording themselves having sex on video, promptly losing the recording and then reeling in horror as it is flashed all over the
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      Lock icon A Scout's honour
      507 26  -  MICHAEL LIM JOSHUA HIEW A childhood passion prompted 40-year-old CEO to be a leader to the younger ones face in the crowd I 40, CEO and sea scout news@newstoday.com.sg AT 40, Mr Michael Lim is possibly the oldest active "boy" scout in Singapore and probably the only
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    • Letter
      Clerks need to follow doctor's orders too
      202 26  -  LEOW ENG LYE Letter from MY WIFE had her second laser treatment for a facial lesion at the National Skin Centre on Feb 14. During the pre-treatment consultation, we understood from the doctor that the interval between treatments in my wife's case should
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      276 30  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY I THE LITTLE GIRL IN THE AIRPORT You can learn a lot by watching people (which happens to be a favourite pastime of mine). I was doing just that while waiting to catch a plane some 20years ago atthe Los Angeles International
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      Lock icon isay WHEN SORRY DOESN'T MEAN A DAMN THING
      414 30  -  MAKWAI KEONG POLITICIANS the world over play with the words "regret" and "sorry", which carry different connotations. Back in 2001, a Chinese fighter pilot died in a collision with a United States spy plane that had entered Chinese airspace without permission. These
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      94 22 Performing for fans ■&gt;'fm Jut JM Jerry Van brushes with Oral-B, ifl .^fl Singapore's No. 1* choice. Now that deserves an encore. The Brand More Dentists Use Themselves I AC Nielsen Retail Audit Full Year 2005 (Value and Volume Shares) No.l best selling manual and power toothbrushes. AC Nielsen Brand
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      547 32  -  Courts emphasise good corporate governance, high standard of integrity CHOW PENN NEE pennnee@newstoday.com.sg emphasise the importance of having an honest, effective and good corporate governance. This requires high standards of integrity and transparency", Justice Liew said in his judgement "Disclosure of information would
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        175 32 f Peter Lim Tiong Sun (picture), former chief financial officer of China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp, or CAO. Sentenced to two years in prison and fined $150,000 for conspiring to cheat and for his failure to disclose in CAO's financial statements that it had chalked
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        115 32 Yip Hwai Chong, former chief financial officer of Accord Customer Care Solutions. Sentenced to 4 years and 4 months' jail for conspiracy to cheat and fraud. The Commercial Affairs Department swooped down on ACCS in February last year. It was found out that a non-existent bulk
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        166 32 SHARES rose yesterday on bargain hunting in the run-up to more corporate earnings announcements, traders said. The ST Index ended up 11.79 points, or 0.5 per cent, at 2,443.56. In the broad market, gainers outnumbered losers 368 to 204, with traded volume amounting to 1.1 billion shares worth about
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        66 32 Information provided by Dow Jones and Bloomberg I SGX, i Nikkei 225 15,894.94 +457.01 +2.96 Hang Seng Australia ASX 15,627.24 +28.57 4,879.10 +43.60 +0.18 +0.90 Taiwan Wtd 6,631.51 -55.04 -0.82 Korea Comp 1,346.49 -1.76 -0.13 KLCI 925.67 +0.49 +0.05 SET Index 727.76 -6.89 -0.94 Jakarta Comp 1,236.08 -11.32
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        36 32 us$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.6127 0.3509 72.888 4.7578 2.2788 0.5148 5374.9 24.155 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NT$ 31.757 0.8297 27.214 593.56 0.7030 4.9315 0.9235 19.907
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        20 32 Gold US$/oz 556.00 Silver US$/oz 9.525 Platinum US$/oz 1,011 Rubber cents/kg 335.00 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,461.00 Brent US$/barrel 61.49
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        365 34 -BLOOMBERG Lack of one-off gain from Kuehne Nagel cited, else gain up 33% SEMBCORP Logistics yesterday reported a 95-per-cent fall in its net profit for the year ended Dec 31 to $62 million, or 7.9 cents per share, in the absence of an exceptional
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        840 35 Resilience is the ability to stand up to challenges and to bounce back should we suffer a setback. It is an integral part of Psychological Defence without which the other four pillars of Total Defence cannot be sustained. Resilience is an attitude built on our strength and resolve as
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        523 36 -AFP India's Spice Jet signs $1.1-billion deal to buy Boeing 737 aircraft ASIA'S biggest air show was flying high on its opening day yesterday after Indian low-fare carrier SpiceJet signed a deal to buy 10 Boeing 737 jets from the US
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          125 36  -  Lee Hui Shan Shoppers at Plaza Singapura did a double take last Saturday: Horses in the city? The animals were brought in by Osim to demonstrate the benefits of horse riding. Said Osim International's marketing manager, Ms Lee Wei Lin: "We wanted everyone to learn from
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          105 36 Twelve couples toughed it out to show who could be "super sticky" at Post-it's Super Sticky Notes Couple Challenge held outside Orchard Cineleisure recently. The challenge, supported by Romancing Singapore, was held to launch Post-it's new Super Sticky Notes. The notes adhere to vertical and non-paper
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        502 38 BLOOMBERG Republic focuses on wealth management to attract Islamic funds from the Middle East SINGAPORE is counting on its wealth management industry to win business from Muslim investors, building on US$2 billion ($3.3 billion) of Islamic funds in the city earmarked for real estate projects,
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        307 38 BLOOMBERG CIMB, ranked first among Islamic debt underwriters in the world last year, said it was in an "advanced stage" of introducing an Islamic unit trust in Singapore in the first half of this year. The Kuala Lumpur-based company said it had
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        176 38 -BLOOMBERG NOBLE Group, a Hong Kong-based and Sin-gapore-listed commodities trading company, is suing a suspended aluminium trader for allegedly making unauthorised sales and purchases of the metal and falsifying the company's records to cover the trades. Noble is seeking unspecified damages from trader Philip Gross
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        207 39 FREIGHT forwarder Airocean Group said yesterday its newly-constituted board of directors felt that its ability to continue as an ongoing concern would depend on its ability to overcome its tight cash flow position. Airocean is negotiating with its bankers to restructure its debts and
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        339 39 -AGENCIES Plan comes amid moves in Washington to block its takeover of P&0 that includes US harbours DP WORLD, the United Arab Emirates company that is buying the United Kingdom's Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co (P&O) for US$6.B billion ($ll.l billion), plans to
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        262 39 Singapore's domestic wholesale trade rose 19.9 per cent in the fourth quarter over the same period last year, said the Department of Statistics yesterday. The jump was due to a big rise in petroleum and chemical sales. However, excluding petroleum, domestic sales increased by 12.7 per cent compared to
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          657 40  -  JANE CHIAPOCQ Survey shows possible correlation between stress, number of holidays taken ja nec@newstoday.com.sg EVEN though the economy grew 6.4 per cent last year and evoked plenty of cheer, it did not ease the stress levels of Singapore's entrepreneurs, who are among the top 10
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      1590 42  -  David Chew :jm IHBPiPWiPPIIIPWiIiiIIIIIIfPIII ONCE considered les enfants terribles of the Singapore theatre scene, Alvin Tan and Haresh Sharma, the artistic directors of Singapore theatre company The Necessary Stage (TNS), have come a long way from the days when their non-traditional productions hogged the headlines for flirting
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      457 44  -  AMELYNN LIONG The actress discovers that being on the other side of the camera is a rewarding experience a melynnl@newstoday.com.sg JOANNE Peh is one young artiste who is going places. Having built a career as an actor, host and product spokesman, the former Miss Singapore
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      408 44  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Juliana r@newstoday.com.sg LADIES, prepare for another dose of your favourite talent show winners. The Anugerah "boys", the most popular group of finalists to emerge from MediaCorp TV 12 Suria's annual singing competition, star in a six-part drama series premiering tonight.
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      379 45  -  —AMELYNN LIONG LOOKING like a cross between Fann Wong and Celest Chong, newcomer Dawn Yeoh seems to have what it takes to become the next media darling. With no acting experience, the doeeyed 19-year-old landed the coveted lead role of a visually handicapped girl on MediaCorp
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        295 46 —AGENCIES Remake of comedy classic dethrones I Not Stupid Too at Singapore box office JACK, meet Jacques. After ruling the Singapore box office Top 10 for the past two weeks, home-grown director Jack Neo's I Not Stupid Too finally met its match last weekend in the form of
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      560 50 AP Team bounce backfrom doping scandal with gold haul Winter Olympics TURIN Never before has Austria won so many gold medals in an Olympics. In the span of just a few hours on Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) alone, Austria won its fifth, sixth and seventh
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      218 50 -AFP TURIN Italian police launched a new raid late Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) on a base being used by the Austrian nordic team at the Winter Olympics, a source at the team said. The police operation, at a house at Pragelato in the Italian
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      321 50 -AFP SYDNEY Australian swimming superstar lan Thorpe is struggling with a bout of bronchitis ahead of next month's Commonwealth Games (March 15-26). Manager David Flaskas said yesterday the five time Olympic gold medallist hoped to return to the pool within 48 hours and has denied the
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      266 50 -AFP DUBAI Amelie Mauresmo, the Australian Open champion from France, hinted yesterday that relations between her and Justine Henin-Hardenne might not be well following the Belgian's failure to complete the final at last month's Grand Slam in Melbourne. Asked if she had been disappointed at Henin-Hardenne
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      690 51  -  TANYO-HINN Rugby staff, fraternity rubbish allegations of favouritism and existence of 'alternative SRIT yohinn@newstoday.com.sg THEY may have been sacked, but that hasn't stopped Singapore Rugby Union (SRU) staff from being up in arms over a letter published in this newspaper earlier this week. The letter,
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      263 51  -  CUBBYLEONG AFTER a disastrous opening on Monday when all of Singapore's seven players were dumped out of the Asian Squash Championships' main individual draw, salvation came yesterday in the Plate tournament Serene Lee, Vicky He and Kenneth Chan all cruised past their respective opponents
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      630 52  -  JOSE RAYMOND jose@newstoday.com.sg WHEN he extended his contract to remain in Singapore for another two years till December 2007, one of the targets national coach Radojko Avramovic had set for his charges was to qualify for the 2007 Asian Cup. Tonight, the Lions
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      445 54 -AFP Fancied Liverpool slip to give Benfica 1-0 advantage for return leg at Anfield CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Benfica 1 Liverpool 0 LISBON Liverpool's hold on their Champions League title was left looking distinctly shaky after Brazil defender Luisao snatched a scarcely-deserved 1-0 win for Benfica here last night
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