Today, 17 March 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    27 1 TODAY Frew share your free newspaper MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Friday March 17, 2006 todayonline.com TODAY /A=diaCofzf> share your free newspaper Friday March 17, 2006 todayonline.com I MICA(P) 112/07/2005
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon S&P 500 up for 5th day
      140 1 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK- The Standard Poor's 500 Index advanced for a fifth day, its longest winning streak since the start of the year, after a government report signalled that inflation is in check. "Data is now tipping toward lower inflation and anticipation of the
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      Guilty Chee's day ends with one more chance
      670 1  -  LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@newstoday.com.sg ON A day on which he was found guilty, showed flashes of defiance in court and, at one point, broke down, opposition politician Chee Soon Juan went home with the judge giving him one more chance to explain
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      Lock icon Fighting for their lives
      455 1 —AGENCIES Two drug trial men in critical condition, firms defend conduct LONDON —All six of the men hospitalised here after receiving an experimental drug suffered "multiple organ failure", according to a Northwick Park Hospital spokesman. Two of the participants in a drug trial at a Parexel
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      Lock icon Car alert – after death by fumes
      679 2  - Car alert after death by fumes ANSLEYNG Carbon monoxide killed couple; coroner sounds warning a nsley@newstoday.com.sg A BUSTED floorboard and a blocked exhaust pipe combined to poison the couple found dead inside a car last November, a coroner's inquiry revealed yesterday. But State Coroner Tan Boon Heng was so concerned
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      REALDANGER
      133 2 STATE Coroner Tan Boon Heng's warning of busted car floorboards and blocked exhaust pipes should be heeded. According to the Land Transport Authority (LTA), 1156 petrol-driven cars failed the carbon monoxide test and 22 cars were found with badly damaged or corroded floorboards last year. Car owners have to
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      OWNUP-MONEY DOESN'T ALWAYS TALK
      819 3  -  ADRIAN TAN Recent DP World, Temasek deals indicate need to be sensitive about strategic overseas investments DUBAI Ports World (DP World) and Temasek were on a roll. They were investing overseas in style. They were praised by the media and analysts as shrewd investors with plenty
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      Lock icon Warmer seas = bigger storms
      186 4 Warmer seas bigger storms BLOOMBERG RISING ocean temperatures create more intense hurricanes, explaining the increase in the number of strong storms since 1970, according to a study to be published in tomorrow's edition of the journal, Science. The study found that a rise in the surface temperature of the world's
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      Faulty gantry impedes baby's hospital dash
      465 4  -  LIN YANION Infant pronounced dead on arrival at CGH ya nqinl@newstoday.com.sg IT is every parent's nightmare: Trying to rush a baby to hospital and finding that the car park barrier would not open. In this case, the nightmare will last a lifetime as Ignatius,
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      Lock icon With charge reduced, chia has GE chance after all
      265 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE cloud over Non-Constituency MP Steve Chia's upcoming General Election bid looks set to be lifted, with the Deputy Public Prosecutor agreeing yesterday to reduce his traffic offence from "dangerous driving" to "driving without due care". With this reduced
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon When the Queen comes a-knocking — twice
      517 6  - When the Queen comes a-knocking twice CHEOWXINYI Toa Payoh's Mr Pung is a lucky man, indeed xinyic@newstoday.com.sg OVER the past four days, a family in Toa Payoh Lorong 7 has been sprucing up their flat, digging out yellowed photos, and polishing their decades-old brandy bottles. Not that it's likely Mr
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      Four charged with abducting 2 from hotel
      191 6 FOUR Singaporean men were charged in court yesterday with kidnapping two Indonesian men over a money dispute. Khairi Ibrahim, Rushdi Arshad, Suhadi Scotch and Muhamad Hafidz Adam were each slapped with two charges of abducting for ransom Mr Tommy Anthony Kaparang, 36, and
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      Lock icon Duck from Perak suspended
      127 6 938 LIVE THE Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) is suspending duck imports from Perak with immediate effect. The ban comes after confirmation that an outbreak of the HSNI virus has been found in the Malaysian state. The virus was found in the Bukit Merah Laketown Resort's
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    • Article
      Let donors decide fund usage?
      546 8  -  LINYANQIN Courage Fund chairman explains why the idea is too simplistic ya nqinl@newstoday.com.sg YES, charities need to do more to inform the public donors of what they are doing with donations, and actively seek their feedback. But letting donors choose to redirect donations to other
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      Lock icon A safer drive last year ... but jaywalkers on the rise
      361 8  - A safer drive last year but jaywalkers on the rise —TEOXUANWEI LAST year, the Traffic Police (TP) collected over $140,000 in fines from jaywalkers. More than 7,000 jaywalkers were fined for offences like failing to cross at pedestrian crossings, climbing over railings and not obeying traffic signals, the police announced
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      Lock icon An upbeat year for S'poreans, retail sector down but not out
      315 8  -  TEOXUANWEI WHEN it comes to jobs and the stock market, Singaporeans are a bullish lot In fact, Singaporeans are at their most upbeat since 2000, according to a series of MasterCard Masterlndex reports released yesterday, with the biggest boost
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      Stability is back: SAVH head
      527 10  -  JASMINE YIN Co-operative for masseurs, going hi-tech, among plans to inject new life into body jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg PLANS are underway at the Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH) to beef up its massage and reflexology operations as part of efforts by the beleaguered association to
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      Lock icon More women aware of ills of smoking
      138 10 -938 LIVE THE Health Promotion Board's (HPB) antismoking campaign targeting young women is reaping results. More young female smokers are now aware of the dangers of smoking. Many had even tried to quit. The latest survey revealed that one in eight young women
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      SMU-Carnegie in tie-up to offer Master's
      310 12  -  CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE best and brightest young minds are being encouraged to pursue a high-flying career in the infocomm industry, with a new fast-track programme offered in a tie-up between Singapore Management University (SMU) and America's Carnegie Mellon University. The unique programme, believed to
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      Lock icon Big rise in Vietnamese medical tourists
      755 12  -  TAN HUI LENG Raffles Hospital is one centre that saw a dramatic jump of 84% in such visitors huileng@newstoday.com.sg VIETNAMESE teacher Ms Nguyen Ngoc Anh has become a medical information concierge of sorts for her friends and family back home. Every month, the 39-year-old,
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      85 10 mm See TODAY'S EPL coverage by WUiSim B "II is not enough just to be l^flßl I "Let's break the stereotype and consider passionate- it is what you do \A success based on multi-dimensions, placing with your passion that makes I on educational achievements r^. j^H and more emphasis on
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Cyberbugs on the radar?
      391 14 —AGENCIES Micro-systems to be installed in pupae to create tiny six-legged scouts for US army LONDON The United States military's research wing is looking for scientists to create "cyberbugs" by developing micro-sen-sors to be implanted in insects. The Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) hopes to
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      Lock icon ANIMALSINWAR
      116 14 WW II: Attaching a bomb to a cat and dropping it from a dive-bomber on to Nazi ships. The cat, hating water, would "wrangle" itself on to enemy ship's deck. In tests cats became unconscious in mid-air. WW II: Attaching fire-bombs to bats, inducing hibernation and dropping them from
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon NEW UN RIGHTS COUNCIL ENDORSED
        66 14 -AFP Brushing aside objections from the United States, the UN General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly endorsed the creation of a revamped body to replace the current, discredited Human Rights Commission. By a vote of 170 in favour, four against-the United States, Israel, Palau and Marshall
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        Lock icon CARTOONS NOT SCORNFUL: DANISH PROSECUTOR
        66 14 BLOOMBERG Danish newspaper Jyllands-PostenwiW not face criminal charges over the cartoons of Prophet Mohammed that prompted international protests by Muslims. The country's public prosecutor said that the drawings of Prophet Mohammed, an article and other cartoons published last September were neither "scornful" nor "degrading" of
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        Lock icon JFMD: SARWAK SCHOOL GROUP QUARANTINED
        69 14 -AGENCIES Malaysia has quarantined a group of seven students and four teachers in Perlis where a hand-foot-and-mouth epidemic is raging, on fears they will spread the disease throughout the country. The group displayed the disease symptoms. Meanwhile, year one to year three classes in 1,265
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      Lock icon Thanksin avoids protesters,says he won't bow to the 'mob'
      398 14 —AFP BANGKOK Embattled Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra avoided protesters in Bangkok yesterday as he returned to the capital after a campaign tour for next month's election, which may now be postponed. Yesterday, Mr Thaksin moved his meetings to the Foreign
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      Lock icon US syphilis rate rises, spurred by sex between men: Report
      312 14 BLOOMBERG ATLANTA More Americans, especially men who have sex with men, are getting syphilis, a potentially deadly infection, data in the United States show. A group concerned with the health of gay men gives a reason: Condom use is weakening.
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      Lock icon They molested kids on demand
      507 17 ■AP Child sex ring busted in US, Canada, UK and Australia WASHINGTON An international ring of child pornographers has been busted for streaming live videos of molestations on the Internet, officials said. Some of those videos included "molestation on demand" of both children and infants
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      Lock icon SEX OFFENDERS TO BE TRACKED BY SATELLITE?
      249 17 -AFP SAN FRANCISCO A proposed law requiring paroled "sexual predators" in California to be tracked by satellite got its first hearing in the state legislature on Wednesday. If the Bill makes it out of the state senate and is endorsed by Governor Arnold
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      Lock icon WHEN AN ALLY GETS BITTEN
      647 18  -  MEENAJANARDHAN IPS Security, Islamophobia, domestic politics cited for sinking of US ports deal news@newstoday.com.sg DUBAI Although the Dubai-based DP World has withdrawn its bid to manage key ports in the United States, questions linger as to what prompted Congress resistance to the deal genuine security
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      Lock icon Zimbabwe's women use newspaper as sanitary towels
      339 18 HARARE Women in Zimbabwe are up in arms. There is a sanitary towel crisis in the economically-hit country, following a government ruling that all sanitary towels donated during an international appeal have to undergo a quality tests before any duty exemption is waived.
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      Lock icon Taiwan's blue-eyed boy
      905 20  -  ZEPHU IN TAIPEI Why the US, his party and the Taiwanese people have high hopes of the opposition leader news@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Taiwan's then president Lee Teng-hui visited his alma mater, Cornell University, in the United States in 1995, China was so upset that it fired several rounds
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      Lock icon Blair's party launches probe into election loans
      294 23 -AGENCIES LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour Party was yesterday at the centre of an investigation launched by the party itself into a series of large loans received last year. Labour's treasurer initiated the inquiry after revealing on Wednesday that he had
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      Lock icon The bizarre side-effects of a sleeping pill
      426 23 —AGENCIES Some users indulge in binge-eating, have sex and even drive while sleeping NEW YORK A pill, that is touted to induce a deep slumber in insomniacs, is causing some to sleepwalk into kitchens and indulge in binge-eating. Some of the drug's users
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      Lock icon US tags Iran as No 1 threat
      410 25 -AFP Washington confirms doctrine of pre-emptive war in security blueprint WASHINGTON Making no apologies for the war in Iraq, the United States yesterday warned states like North Korea and especially Iran that it will take pre-emp-tive military action if necessary to protect itself.
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      Lock icon We warned US, Britain of prison attack, says Israel
      305 25 THE GUARDIAN JERUSALEM Days before Israel's military assault on Jericho prison, it warned Britain and the United States that it would seize Palestinians held there for killing an Israeli Cabinet minister if the two countries withdrew their monitors. Mr Dov Weisglass,
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      Lock icon Bollywood beckons
      552 26 -AFP Actors from Australia, UK, Eastern Europe head to India to their launch careers and to look for high profile roles MUMBAI A growing number of foreign actors are being drawn to Bollywood by the promise of high-profile roles and a stage to launch their careers. Observers said
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      74 22 I Teaching is an exciting career with unmatched opportunities and challenges. Being a teacher today means not just nurturing the spirit of innovation and the passion for learning, but also taking lessons beyond the classroom. If you are a professional who is contemplating a career switch, why not teach? Be
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  • Voices
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      Kudos SIA!
      187 28  -  TAN MEI LING Letter from Recently, I travelled on Singapore Airlines (SIA) for my first business trip to Boston. As there is no direct flight from Singapore to the city, I had to travel to Los Angeles via SIA and transfer to Boston via American Airlines (AA). On
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      isay IDEAL STORE BEING FOUGHT FOR IN CYBERSPACE
      862 28  -  HOWARD LEE AS FAR back as I can remember, I have always observed the General Election (GE) as a spectator. Due to the many walkovers, I never had the opportunity to vote, despite being eligible for the past three GEs. Even if
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      Why did flat valuation drop by $35,000 in seven months?
      228 28  -  WONGTECKTIAN Letter from I AM writing to find out why there was such a big difference in the valuation prices of my HDB five-room flat in Toh Vi Drive. Property Agency Orange Tee valued it at $368,000 in June last
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      Lock icon Call 1900-MPIDOL to vote now!
      960 30  -  mr brown If you want to cast your lot for MP No 7, you can also SMS"vote"toGE2oo6*o7 I'D LIKE to take this opportunity to welcome my new Group Representation Constituency (GRC) family, the residents of Serangoon Gardens, who used to come under Marine Parade GRC,
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      More details needed for LTA to investigate
      355 30  -  LYNN ONG (MS) Letter from Deputy Manager, Media Relations Land Transport Authority I REFER to Ms Nancy Chng's letter on deregistering a vehicle (16 March). With the move towards electronic transactions, LTA no longer issues vehicle registration cards or logcards to owners of
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      Climb into a teacher's skin
      335 32  -  NG SUI CHYE SEBASTIAN A teacher has to wear many hats Letter from THE article, "Look Beyond pay, career issues" by Victor Ng Beng Li (March 15) gave some insights on the current situation or plight teachers are facing in their chosen profession. To outsiders,
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      Lock icon Equal status for TCM
      186 32  -  HASUNDASHAMSUDIN Letter from I REFER to the report, "NTUC Totalcare" (March 10), where it was reported that NTUC is venturing to provide traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) at its Toa Payoh TCM Clinic. As one who believes in TCM, I am glad to note that there are
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      Lock icon How Ang Mo Kio really got its name
      173 32  -  CHEWPOHLOH Letter from I READ with considerable interest the letters from Neo Chew Peng ("I say Ang Mo Kio, you say tomato", Feb 24) and Lim Wei Lee ("That 'tomato' sign", March 4). In olden Singapore, it was common to name some
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      260 34  -  DR JAMES DOBSON NO GROWING WITHOUT TAKING RISKS One of the most difficult choices mothers and fathers face is deciding when its appropriate to let their children suffer the consequences of their own actions and when they really do need rescuing. The road to success is
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      137 34  -  DAWN LOW Letter from Senior Manager Corporate Marketing and Communications SMRT Corporation I REFER to the letter, "Stop bike dumping at MRT stations" by David Kwok Ng Kan (March 8). SMRT takes a stern view of cyclists who park beyond the designated bicycle lots, cause
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      107 34  -  WALTER JAYANDRAN Letter from I REFER to the news comment "A better way to help the poor?" by Siew Kum Hong (March 16). The proposal to focus on helping the 200,000 households with income levels of $795 is sound. If the Ministry for Community Development, Youth
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      138 38  -  TAMMY TAN Letter from Director Corporate Communications SBS Transit Ltd I REFER to the letter from Mr Vincent Chin, "Traffic jam not the real cause" (March 7). Mr Chin had said that the bus bunching incidents of Service 16 he mentioned in his earlier letter
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      200 38  -  COLONEL BENEDICT LIM Letter from Director Public Affairs, Ministry of Defence WE REFER to Murali Sharma's letter, "Give goodies to pre-1967 'NSmen' too" (March 6), and D J Raj's letter, "Give goodies to 'senior NSmen' and mums" (March 7). The Government has over the years
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      227 38  -  JEAN TAN Stay-at-home adult S'poreans still get Growth Dividends Letter from Director Corporate Communications For Permanent Secretary Ministry of Manpower WE REFER to the letters "Give goodies to 'senior NSmen' and mums" (March 7) by Danny Chua; "Workfare bonus for grandmums" (March 8) by
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      125 38  -  S SATISH APPOO Letter from Head, Environmental Health Department National Environment Agency I REFER to Mr Soh Tiong Boon's letter "Govt agencies ready for bird flu threat?" (March 15). We share Mr Soh's concerns over the bird flu threat and would like to assure him
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      419 43  -  LEECH ING WERN CHEN Jiulin, the former chief executive officer of China Aviation Oil (Singapore), or CAO, said yesterday that he had cheated and committed insider trading because he was betrayed by CAO's parent firm, China
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      529 43  -  CHRISTIE LOH Winners of OCBC's stake could be unveiled next week christie@newstoday.com.sg HOMEGROWN retailer Robinson Co may soon get a foreign investor on board as its biggest shareholder, OCBC Group, moves closer to shedding its non-core interests in line with banking regulations, sources said. But
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      262 44 Tickets are available through SISTIC. Call 6348 5555 or visit sistic.com.sg. For more details, visit www.mediacorpradio.sg/ marriage 2 00 6/ Never thought you would be able to laugh your way through a marriage seminar? Well, that is set to change in March this year. Whether you were
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      443 44  -  VALERIE LAW Websites make inroads into classified ads va lerie@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) is facing a lurking threat from online advertising as Internet usage becomes more entrenched with increased broadband penetration, global investment banking giant and securities house Goldman Sachs said in a research report.
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      326 46 -BLOOMBERG DBS Group's bid for a US$6-billion ($9.7-billion) controlling stake in Korea Exchange Bank has won support from the Korean lender's labour union, which said that it would back a planned purchase by South-east Asia's largest lender. DBS, the only foreign bidder, should buy the
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      152 46 BLOOMBERG DBS Group Holdings will cap its purchase of shares in TMB Bank's stock offering to avoid breaching Thai limits on overseas ownership of lenders, The Nation reported yesterday, citing TMB chief executive officer Subhak Siwaraksa. DBS, South-east Asia's biggest lender, owns 16.1
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        53 46 -DOWJONES SHARE prices closed flat on reduced investor interest for blue chips after the end of the earnings season. The ST Index closed up 0.91 points, or 0.04 per cent, at 2,498.93. On the broad market, decliners narrowly led advancers 274 to 268 while 1.23 billion shares worth $1.12
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      228 48 Mapletree Investments has agreed to buy an industrial property in Changi South Street from Sesdaqlisted precision engineering and plastic injection moulding company Avaplas for $10 million. The acquisition is the first for its Mapletree Industrial Trust, a pan-Asian trust focusing on industrial properties. Avaplas will lease backthe property for
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      291 48  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA Indian lender has found space in Raffles Place shobha@newstoday.com.sg IN A sign of fast-warming trade ties between Singapore and India, another major Indian bank Bank of Baroda is starting operations here soon, bringing to eight the number of Indian banks
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      130 48 —AGENCIES GLOBAL Crossing, 71-per-cent owned by Singapore investment firm Temasek Holdings, said its fourth-quarter loss widened to US$BO million ($129 million) as sales of its traditional phone services fell. The net loss compared with a loss of US$27 million in the same period a year earlier,
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      171 48 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Telecommunications (Sing Tel) said it would trim 450 jobs, or 4.5 per cent of positions at its Australian unit Optus, and may cut more positions to reduce costs. "We are likely to remove 450 roles across the business," Optus spokeswoman Luisa Ford
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      813 50  -  ANDYMUKHERJEE BLOOMBERG Shortage of good-quality urban real estate there acts as dampener on businesses news@newstoday.com.sg PRESIDENT George W Bush got it wrong this month when perhaps feeling a bit flush with the success of his maiden trip to New Delhi he urged Americans to
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      773 52 DOW JONES World's fourth-largest economy seen both as an opportunity and as a threat LONDON China's neighbours view its emergence as an economic powerhouse as both a threat and an opportunity. Indonesia, on one hand, is happy to fuel Beijing's boom by supplying
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      586 52 DOWJONES HONG KONG While investors around the globe hunt for stocks that will help them cash in on China's red-hot economic growth, a United States-based fund manager says neighbouring Taiwan offers investors a good route to capture this
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      674 54 -DOW JONES India could become the next sourcing hub for electronic components MUMBAI As demand for mobile phones and personal computers boom in India, parts makers are growing their operations in the country, a trend that could propel India's electronics manufacturing services industry out of the backyard
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      257 54 -AGENCIES MTTTAL Steel on Wednesday presented its plans for the proposed takeover of rival steelmaker Arcelor to the government of Luxembourg, Arcelor's biggest shareholder with a 5.6-per-cent stake. According to a document earlier leaked to the media, Mittal said that the combined group would be "the
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      1372 56  -  Jeanine Tan in Berlin and coming from Harvard grad Natalie Portman, it's an articulate one on politics and qoinq bald for her latest film SHE has Deen called one of the most intelligent actresses of her generation. So it was a little surprising to learn that Natalie
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        65 58 Making her film debut at the age of 12, Portman showed a level of maturity as an actor that left audiences and film critics in awe. She played a precocious young girl named Mathilda who after the murder of her parents forms an unusual (albeit chaste) relationship
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        BEAUTIFUL GIRLS (1996)
        59 58 Portman did nothing for her celluloid Lolita reputation -which she had earned with The Professional -when she played a 14-year-old "old soul" who charms a jaded pianist played by Timothy Hutton when he returns to his hometown. Once again, Portman outshone her much older co-stars, Uma Thurman
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        65 58 Not straying far from her standard role, Portman played a mature teenager who has to cope with the eccentricities of her dysfunctional mother (Susan Sarandon). She initially turned down the role because of a nude scene, but Sarandon told producers she would pull out if Portman
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        57 58 In Mike Nichols' adaptation of Patrick Marber's award-winning play about love, seduction and duplicity, Portman played a stripper involved with a writer (Jude Law), who betrays her by falling for a photographer (Julia Roberts). This was Portman's most daring role yet and earned her an Oscar nomination and
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        66 58 AND 111 (1999, 2002,2005) The only blight on Portman's resume, the Star Wars trilogy did nothing for her acting career. As Queen Amidala, Portman was reduced from an authority figure in part one, to a lovesick princess in the part two, and to a helpless
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      754 60  - Big family evil? Felix Cheong I FRIDAY WITH plusifflnewstoaay.com.sg Ban flicks that parody the woes of a king-sized household! LET'S bite the bullet and do the right thing: Ban films such as Nanny McPhee, Yours, Mine and Ours and the recent Cheaper by the Dozen 2. The sooner, the better.
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        86 60 FIRST IDOL FINALIST BOOTED OUT IS Melissa McGhee became the first of the final dozen to be voted off American Wo/when she forgot the words to her song. The 21-year-old stumbled with some of the lyrics in an otherwise smooth rendition of Stevie Wonder's Lately. Still, cranky judge Simon Cowell
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        48 60 The Singapore Dance Theatre presents French Connection, a mixed repertory programme that features the Singapore premiere of Bolero and The Dying Swan by French choreographer Thierry Malandain. The performance is on today and tomorrow at Bpm at the Esplanade. Tickets are available through Sistic.
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        58 60 Hong Kong police are investigating if action star Jackie Chan broke the law by driving a two-wheeled battery-powered scooter- not legal for use on Hong Kong roads -while filming his new movie Project 88. Chan allegedly jumped on the vehicle and rode it together
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        74 60 50 Cent has done it. Now Kanye West (picture) will also bring his music and himself-to the big screen. The Grammy-win-ning rapper announced he would be starring in a yet-to-be-titled film. The film will create a multiperspective portrait of the United States as seen through
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        41 60 Good news for potential Amazing Race Asia contestants who are still looking for a perfect race partner. AXN has extended the application deadline to March 31. Hopeful adventurers can download the entry forms from www.axn-asia.com.
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        59 60 Grammy award winner Kelly Clarkson and Asian superstar Wang Leehom will make their debut to host the fifth annual MTV Asia Awards. Rock band Korn, as well as heartthrobs Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe will be performing at the event, which will be held
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      155 62  -  —JULIANA JUNE RASUL PUT on a dash of green and take part in South-east Asia's inaugural St Patrick's Day parade this Sunday. Organised by the Irish expatriate community in Singapore and Irish beer brand Guinness, the parade is to celebrate St Patrick's Day, the
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      391 62  -  DAVID CHEW New novel explores the sensitive subject david. chew@newstoday.com. sg RACISM may seem like a hot potato to most people, but to literary authors such as Zadie Smith and Kate Grenville, it is a winning ticket. Only a few days ago, Grenville won the 2006
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      331 62  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL BOBBY Mason, the latest castaway to be voted off Survivor Panama: Exile Island, made no bones about how he felt about the tribe members who voted him off. "They're all lunatics. Everyone except me and Cirie Fields," Mason told
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        544 64  -  Jeanine Tan The Mafr/xfilm-makers' adaptation of a cult classic graphic novel is near perfect FILMREVIEW F by I V for Vendetta THEY got it so right Maybe it's the fact that the Wachowski brothers, who wrote the screenplay, are huge comic book fans themselves.
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        269 66  -  Jeanine Tan Fl by Cry_Wolf MADE with the teenage set in mind, this thriller does have quite the surprising ending, although after sitting through two hours of mediocrity, even a twist no longer impresses. The central character is the handsome British teenager Owen (Julian Morris), an all around nice
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        284 66  -  Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW F by I Dorm IT'S almost de rigueur these days that ghost stories shouldn't simply shock and awe. Dorm, the latest Thai offering, is no different. Drawing inspiration as much from the criminally-underrated The Devil's Backbone (2001) as director Songyos Sugmakanan's own
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        234 68  -  by Jeanine Tan FILMREVIEW Yours, Mine and Ours THESE kinds of family films may not seem terribly ex- citing to most people, but there is a kind of familiar comfort to be sought in their consistency and the solid values they preach. So if you don't like
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        249 68  -  Jeanine Tan FILMREVIEW I I by THIS is a tale of a young woman named Dodo, played by Vivian Hsu, whose miraculous recovery from a childhood disability that left her in a wheelchair sparks off an obsession with shoes. One day, a grownup Dodo meets her Prince Charming,
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    431 75  -  CUBBY LEONG To have any chance of a medal, she must crack her best time 18TH COMMONWEALTH W -^OB GAMES IN MELBOURNE L^VJ cubby@newstoday.com.sg SHE went into the Games as Singapore's hottest swimmer and duly backed it up by qualifying for today's 50m butterfly final. But Tao
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    274 75  -  —TANYOHINN THE Singapore women's team lived up to their favourites tag in the table tennis competition at the 18th Commonwealth Games in Melbourne yesterday, as they cruised to a 3-0 win over New Zealand in their opening Group A match at the Melbourne Aquatic
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    329 75  -  TANYO-HINN 18TH COMMONWEALTH BF^ GAMES IN MELBOURNE IF 1 Badminton K^^fl yohinn@newstoday.com.sg AFTER a seven-month absence through injury, Ronald Susilo made a winning return yesterday, inspiring Singapore to a 5-0 win over South Africa in their opening Group C clash in the mixed
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    982 76 —AFP Bad start for hosts on opening day as swimmers flop and drug row erupts MELBOURNE Australia's superstar swimmers endured a nightmare start to the 18th Commonwealth Games yesterday, as their dreams of a record gold medal haul suffered a devastating early blow. The host
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    316 76  -  LEONGWEEKEAT 18TH COMMONWEALTH r^^H GAMES IN MELBOURNE Shooting B^H weekeat@newstoday.com.sg THEY may be making their debut at the Commonwealth Games but Singapore's rifle and pistol shooters are gunning for medals. Officials have tipped the rifle and pistol shooters for a good showing, when the
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      461 78 -AFP Singapore No 1 cards a steady 68 and is six shots back GOLF TCL Classic SANYA, China Fresh from his historic victory at the Osim Singapore Masters, Mardan Mamat is clearly in the mood for more. Mardan became the first Singaporean to win a European
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        120 78 THEY may be the host nation but Germans do not believe their country can win the World Cup this ummer. According to the latest poll released yesterday, only three per cent of Germans believe they will win the World Cup, from June 9-July 9. As many as
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        97 78 FORMER England international Gary Lineker has played down talk that Barcelona starlet Lionel Messi could be the new Diego Maradona. In Argentina to conduct an interview with the legendary Maradona, Lineker hailed the Argentine World Cup winner as the game's greatest ever player. "Diego has been
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        106 78 SVEN-GORAN Eriksson is to ban agents from England's hotel at the World Cup, but admits he cannot prevent players negotiating transfers while they are on international duty. Eriksson revealed the ban on agents after visiting the Buhlerhohe Schlosshotel in Baden Baden, where England will be based this
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      451 78  -  TANYO-HINN Due to the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne (Mar 15-26), Today's weekly Sports Class feature has been put on hold. It will return on March 31. yohinn@newstoday.com.sg MINUTES after his historic win at the Osim Singapore Masters at Laguna on Sunday, Singapore's First European Tour
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      160 80  -  DARREN LAI FORMER Singapore international Quah Kirn Song has been fined $2,400 and suspended from driving for 18 months, after he pleaded guilty to a drink-driving charge in court yesterday. Quah was stopped during a routine roadblock along Lornie Road in the early hours of March
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      212 80  -  DARREN LAI NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2006 Woodlands Wellington 0 Gombak Utd 0 darren@newstoday.com.sg FOR the second week in a row, title hopefuls Woodlands Wellington failed to justify their favourites tag, after they were held to a 0-0 draw by Gombak United in their S-League clash
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      548 80  -  Lan de Cotta Alonso and Schumacher in great mood ahead of Sunday's duel in Sepang ian@newstoday.com.sg THE gauntlet has been thrown down and it looks as if the battle for 2006 honours will be between four teams. And a mix of rubber and astute
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        652 82 Benitez pledges to stay and sign new deal at Liverpool, thus crushing Real and Inter's hopes also appeared confident that Liverpool's long search for new financial backers would soon pay dividends an outcome he has made more likely by his decision to stay. "We all have the same
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