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    26 1 TODAY /A=DiJ\CORP share your free newspaper MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Thursday May 11, 2006 todayonline.com TODAY share your free newspaper Thursday May 11, 2006 todayonline.com /AbdiaCorp MICA(P) 112/07/2005
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  • From overseas, an even stronger mandate arrives
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      Lock icon Iran urged to drop 'aggressive posture'
      517 1 —AGENCIES Important for Tehran to remain open to discussion: Annan UNITED NATIONS UN chief Kofi Annan yesterday urged Iran to drop its "aggressive posture" and respond to proposed new incentives from key European powers by reassuring the world about its nuclear intentions. Commenting on
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      Lock icon Fed ups rate to 5%, stocks close mixed
      114 1 -AFP NEW YORK US stocks ended mixed yesterday, showing muted reaction to the Federal Reserve decision to keep its options open after its latest quarter-point rate hike to 5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which began the day at a six-year high,
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      From overseas, an even stronger mandate arrives
      628 1  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@newstoday.com.sg EVEN after the votes of 1.14 million Singaporeans were tallied here last Saturday, there was still one more batch of ballots left those from the overseas electorate. Yesterday afternoon, the ballot boxes and envelopes containing the votes of some 335
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      Lock icon Woman auctioned in market near KL
      397 2 -AFP Outraged Vietnam lodges official complaint over citizen HANOI Vietnamese authorities have lodged an official protest with Malaysia following press reports that a 21-year-old Vietnamese woman was auctioned off in a marketplace, state media reported on Wednesday. The Vietnamese ambassador in Kuala Lumpur sent
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      Lock icon LESSONS LEARNT FROM MAY DAY
      768 3  -  IRFAN HUSAIN In this age of globalisation, should the'invisible hand' still have free rein? FOR most of us, May Day was just another public holiday. But two significant events happened that day: Workers in the United Arab Emirates won the right to organise themselves into
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      Lock icon Probe unlikely to affect NCMP seat: Low
      542 4  -  LIN YANQIN DERRICK A PAULO WP chief confident police will be fair; Gomez is called in for questioning a third time ya nqinl@newstoday.com.sg ALTHOUGH the James Gomez controversy is far from settled, Workers' Party chief Low Thia Khiang said it's unlikely that ongoing
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      Lock icon Seletar Airport to become aerospace park
      695 6  -  LEECHINGWERN Plan will create 10,000 jobs and contribute 1% to Singapore's GDP by 2018 chingwern@newstoday.com.sg IN A move that would create 10,000 new jobs and contribute $3.3 billion annually to Singapore's GDP, the Government announced yesterday, its plans to transform the existing Seletar Airport
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      Lock icon Chees file papers, but party delays
      364 8 —AGENCIES SINGAPORE Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan and his sister Chee Siok Chin have filed their defence papers over their defamation suits yesterday afternoon. But their lawyer, M Ravi, has not done so for the embattled party, which is also being sued
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      Took's petition goes to President today
      343 8  -  LOHCHEEKONG THE fate of convicted murderer Took Leng How will be known within three months, as a last-ditch effort to spare him from the gallows reaches the President today. Some 34,000 people have signed a petition against Took's death sentence, which will be submitted
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      Teacher in court on molest charge
      635 8  -  LOH CHEE KONG Charged with fondling four students on pretext of checking for'injuries' cheekong@newstoday.com.sg HE HAD kept it to himself for more than two years. When the student finally mustered the courage to tell one of his teachers that her colleague had molested him,
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      Lock icon Going on a diet is bad for your foetus
      569 10  -  TAN HUI LENG Babies who are born to dieting mums are at a higher risk of obesity: Expert huileng@newstoday.com.sg WOMEN who diet are doing a disservice to their foetuses when they get pregnant According to foetal development guru Professor Peter Gluckman,
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      Lock icon Queues gone when rumours quashed
      325 10  -  TORCHING LI chingli@newstoday.com. sg AMID the heat of the election fever, some 65,000 senior citizens have been caught up in a frenzy of their own in the past 10 days. The crowds and confusion abated only yesterday after reports in the Chinese media dispelled rumours
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      Lock icon If scandal strikes...
      659 12  -  JASMINE YIN Instead of shunning the media, charity sector should manage flow of info: Expert jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg CHARITIES, listen up: If you ever get embroiled in a crisis and are ambushed by the media, make sure you remember the five Cs. Not at all the typical Singapore dream
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      Lock icon Exclusive pay TV tie-ups to stay: MDA
      293 14 -AGENCIES WILL competition in the pay TV market in Singapore be hampered by exclusive tie-ups between operators and content providers such as HBO and ESPN? No, said the Media Development Authority (MDA). After a three-year study, the MDA is giving the green light
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      Lock icon 1.8m seals of approval
      679 14  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA Channel News Asia sees a record number of viewers tuning in to live GE coverage shobha@newstoday.com.sg A RECORD number of 1.8 million viewers watched MediaCorp's live coverage of the General Election (GE) results last Saturday 3 per cent higher than the GE live coverage in
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      Lock icon Thai court limits political role
      609 16 AGENCIES Govt, election commission should set poll date: Judges BANGKOK On a day marked by violence directed at Thailand's opposition, a court here yesterday ordered the government and election authorities to set a date for new polls that could bring outgoing premier Thaksin Shinawatra back
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      Lock icon Annual meeting of Asean defence ministers lauded
      209 16 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR The belated decision by South-east Asian defence ministers to meet annually in an influential new forum will enhance security cooperation and help cast aside old suspicions, officials said yesterday. Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) officials hailed the first-ever gathering
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        Lock icon RESIDENTS RETURN HOME ALTHOUGH MOUNT MERAPI MAY ERUPT SOON
        59 16 -AFP Residents evacuated from the slopes of Indonesia's fuming Mount Merapi are returning to their homes despite increas ing signs of an imminent eruption. Thousands had already voluntarily evacuated to shelters elsewhere as the volcano in Central Java began oozing lava.
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        Lock icon ITALY GETS NEW PRESIDENT
        61 16 AFP Former communist Giorgio Napolitano (picture), 80, was elected Italy's 11th President yesterday. The election of centre-left leader Romano Prodi's candidate was opposed by the conservatives led by outgoing Premier Silvio Berlusconi, who voted with blank ballots. The election of the former Parliament speaker clears the
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        Lock icon ISRAEL SETS DEADLINE FOR PALESTINIAN NEGOTIATIONS
        70 16 AFP Israel said the Palestinians have until the end of the year to become negotiating partners or else the government will fix the country's borders on its own terms. Premier Ehud Olmert and Cabinet members said the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority must renounce the use
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      Lock icon M'sian pork sellers to strike ahead of bah chang festival
      264 20 -AP KUALA LUMPUR More than 3,000 pork sellers in Malaysia are planning a fiveday strike ahead of a traditional Chinese festival at the end of this month to protest against recent farm price increases. Farm prices for pigs have been
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        Lock icon BRITAIN'S HP SAUCE GOING DUTCH
        75 20 AFP HP Sauce, a staple on British dinner tables for a century, is to be made in the Netherlands after its manufacturer announced on Tuesday it planned to close the plant in the English Midlands where the sauce is made. Global foods group Heinz said
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        Lock icon UN CHIEF TO VISIT ASIAN COUNTRIES
        77 20 AP United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will visit Austria this week and then move on to Asia, where he will meet the leaders of South Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam and Thailand. On Saturday, Mr Annan heads to Asia with Seoul as the first stop.
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        Lock icon ARROYO'S TOP AIDE CALLS FOR BAN OF DA VINCI CODE MOVIE
        84 20 AFP President Gloria Arroyo's top aide yesterday joined calls for a ban on the screening of the film version of The Da Vinci Code. The film is an adaptation of Dan Brown's best-seller that says Jesus Christ married Mary
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      Lock icon Umno lacks sparkle on diamond anniversary
      363 20 KUALA LUMPUR Even as Malaysia's ruling party celebrates its 60th birthday in a big bash today, all the bunting and back-slapping may not be enough to hide some deep unhappiness. The diamond anniversary of the United Malays National Organisation (Umno) comes at a time
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      Lock icon Indonesia exhumes possible mass grave
      282 20 -AFP JAKARTA Police in Central Sulawesi were yesterday excavating what may be a mass grave containing victims of a massacre in 2000, which occurred at the peak of sectarian violence there. "The digging is in progress... a witness said that victims of the massacre in
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      Lock icon Mideast quartet backs aid plan for Palestinians
      510 22 -AFP Proposal aimed at averting a collapse of services in Palestinian territories UNITED NATIONS The Middle East quartet United States, European Union, United Nations and Russia yesterday endorsed the creation of a temporary mechanism to deliver badly-needed assistance to the Palestinian people suffering
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      Lock icon ARMSOUTLAWED
      182 22 -AFP The Palestinian Hamas-led government and President Mahmud Abbas' Fatah faction yesterday outlawed the carrying of arms by militants, in an unprecedented joint initiative. "Anyone who carries arms will be considered an outlaw," Fatah spokesman Ahmed Hilles told a joint press conference with Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, following an
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      Lock icon Brother will make a 'great President': Bush
      336 22 -AFP ORLANDO (Florida) President George W Bush said yesterday that his younger brother, Jeb, would make a "great President", setting off speculation that a third member of the political dynasty could try for the White House. Mr Jeb Bush, who is the Governor
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      US HAWK HOVERS TOO CLOSE OVER IRAN
      845 24  -  IRFAN HUSAIN To Tehran, shoring up nuclear defences is only natural but Bush may not think so IN KARACHI WHAT do you do if your country is being accused daily of developing a clandestine nuclear capability and threatened with sanctions and possible military
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        Lock icon VIETNAM PLANS SOCCER BETTING
        74 26 —AP Vietnam is working on a plan to allow legal soccer betting to generate money for the country's sports industry and curb rampant illegal gambling, state media reported yesterday. Authorities would move cautiously, imposing ceilings on the amounts that could be wagered and regulating participants' age.
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        79 26 —AFP Aspirin, red wine and green vegetables, already famous for helping the heart, may also delay the onset of age-related deafness and reduce hearing loss caused by powerful antibiotics and loud noise, suggests the upcoming edition of New Sc/enf/sfweekly. Indirect evidence for this comes
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        Lock icon COKE RECALLS MORE DRINKS
        84 26 —AFP The Japan unit of beverage giant Coca-Cola is expanding a recall to withdraw 2.37 million bottles of soft drinks laced with iron powder. The subsidiary had announced a withdrawal earlier this month of 570,000 bottles of six soft drink brands man ufactured between March 26
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      Lock icon State pardon for Suharto?
      388 26 —AFP SBY holding talks with courts and lawmakers on dropping charges against ex-President JAKARTA Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is considering a plan to drop corruption charges against former dictator Suharto, as the nation's attorney-general tries to determine if the former general is fit to stand
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      Lock icon TWO THORNS IN AMERICA'S SIDE
      716 28  -  KAUNGASENEVIRATNE China's cosying up to leftist Latin leaders rattles US WHILE United States President George W Bush is preoccupied with chasing after Islamic terrorists around the world, whom he believes is out to destroy "Ameri- can values", in its own backyard, Latin America's leftist parties
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      Once hungry, China and Vietnam now donate food
      480 30 The United Nations World Food Programme estimates that the number of hungry people in the world is increasing at a rate of 4 million a year and 18,000 children die daily from hungerrelated causes. Despite this, global food aid has dropped from
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      Lock icon British hacker fears being 'hung and quartered' in US
      274 30 -AFP LONDON A British court yesterday recommended that a computer whiz be extradited to the United States to face charges of causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to US defence computer systems. The case of Gary McKinnon, dubbed the
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      Lock icon Brown raises spectre of Thatcher in coded warning to Blair
      291 32 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Mr Gordon Brown, the United Kingdom's chancellor of the exchequer and pre-mier-in-waiting, on Tuesday raised the spectre of Lady Margaret Thatcher's ejection from No 10 Downing Street as he pressed Prime Minister Tony Blair to give assurances
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      Lock icon China, Cuba elected to UN rights council
      380 32 -AFP Will review human rights record of others UNITED NATIONS The United Nations General Assembly elected Cuba, China and Saudi Arabia to the new Human Rights Council on Tuesday, putting rights abusers on a panel created to replace its discredited predecessor. United States
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      Lock icon Right way to pick Mr Right
      461 34 —AFP Just look him in the face and trust your instincts, women told PARIS Disregard months of email courtship, pay only polite attention to the advice of your friends. And forget about those Jane Austen-style books on how to select Mr Right. A better
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      Women who earn more than husbands
      178 34 LONDON More women are becoming their family's breadwinners, according to figures released by the British government Data from the Women and Equality Unit shows that women now earn more than their husbands or partners for 21 per cent of all couples, The Times of
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      Lock icon Hispanics swell US population
      155 34 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON Almost half of the United States population growth last year was Hispanic, adding the equivalent of a city the size of Phoenix, US Census Bureau statistics showed. The 1.3 million Hispanics added in the year that ended in July 2005 included 800,000 births and
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      Lock icon Fat Man Walking – 4,800 km
      329 34 Fat Man Walking 4,800 km —AP NEW YORK Steve Vaught did not count each mile he walked or weigh himself every day along the way. And as he completed the final leg of his trek across America, he said making it to New York City from California on foot was
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      Lock icon isay WHEN SHOULD A MOTHER LET GO?
      814 36  -  FRANCES ONG HOCK LIN IDA and David wanted their son, Dwight, to graduate from college. Dwight, however, wanted to go to West Point Both Ida and David were flabbergasted by their son's decision. Yet, all she ever said to him was: "It is
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      isay APATHY TOWARDS ANIMAL ABUSE WORRYING
      459 38  -  KAREN SCOn THE recent letters about continuing animal abuse, particularly of cats, have highlighted the extraordinary contradictions at work in this society. On the one hand, there are people such as the Today letter-writers, who are to be commended for taking whatever action they
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        Set up dedicated police force just for animals
        183 38  -  TEOXIUQI Letter from I REFER to Ms Lynn Lam's letter, "Catkilling still a problem" (May 8) and Ms Tirta Andila Swari's letter, "Don't let animals end up like Spot" (May 9). I was shocked by the actions of the cat killers. I
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        Nurture love and care for animals in youth
        184 38  -  LAI DANTING Letter from I AM an early childhood educator. After reading articles about animal abuse, I had cut them out and held discussions with the children under my charge. I found that a number of them had actually witnessed cases of
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      Race on IC insufficient to prove minority status
      179 40  -  EMILYNYAH Letter from Manager (Public Education and Training) Elections Department I REFER to Mr Khoo Meng Kuan's letter, "Why use cert when 'race' is on our ICs?" (May 5). "Race" as stated in an identity card (IC) does not meet the requirement
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      Pursue Gomez saga to the end
      603 40  -  808 TAN BOON TAT A tainted electoral system is just the start of trouble Letter from SOME felt the ruling party came down too hard on the Workers' Party and James Gomez during the elections campaigning. Let me share the Philippine experience to drive
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      Don't let people be misled by false fears
      309 41  -  KENNY LIM Voting for the party of your choice is unlikely to affect your job status, personal life Letter from AS I spoke to friends and acquaintances all post65ers in the run-up to the polls, I was concerned about some of the
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    • On vote secrecy...
      • Letter, Illustration
        How do parties tell voting trends of specific estates?
        202 41  -  GOHJIAMING Letter from I REFER to the reply from the Elections Department, "Why your vote is secret" (May 10). During the GE 2001, one of the five precincts in Potong Pasir, Sennett estate, gave the People's Action Party (PAP) candidate about
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        Other ways to ensure security of ballot
        147 41  -  HSUSINMIN Letter from AS LONG as there is a traceable trail to a ballot cast such as when a voter claims he has been impersonated how can a vote be defined as secret? I have some suggestions. First, the serial number should not
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      Unprofessional HR practices a turn-off
      351 42  -  CALIS CHUAN What have parents' pay, sister's job to do with one's ability? Letter from I REFER to Mr Rick Lim's letter, "My family life? It's none of their business" (May 8) and Mdm Halimah Yacob's "A question of drawing the line" (May 9). It
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      Other driver uncooperative
      148 42  -  VICTORIA TAN QUECHING Letter from MY SISTER-IN-LAW was involved in a driving accident when a small private bus cut into her lane, resulting in a collision. This happened at Grange Road, going in the direction of Napier Road, on May 9 at 7.20pm. When she tried to
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      SINGAPORE
      109 42 BACK TO NATURE It was a classic photo opportunity for Today reader Michael Smith, 51, during a trip to Sentosa. The man above was busy looking at a photo he had just taken when a monitor lizard nonchalantly crossed the road behind him. The man had no idea he
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      249 44  -  DR JAMES DOBSON ///BY HOLD THEM CLOSE AND LET THEM GO One of the most difficult responsibilities parents face is the task of letting go. When children are young, parents should be deeply involved in their lives, providing love, protection and authority. Butwhenthese boys and girls
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      Bottoms-up to being an independent child
      364 44  -  Should childcare centres leave it to a three-year-old to clean up herself after a visit to the toilet? Letter from TANCHORHOON MY FOUR-and-a-half year old daughter has been attending a childcare centre since the age of two. When she was in Level N2 at
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        LOWER PLACEMENT OF EZ-LINK CARD UNIT
        115 44  -  CJBALACHANDRAN: I do not know if there is any reason for fixing the height of the ez-link card reader on the bus, but I saw a struggle because of the current height. A commuter could not unzip his back pocket. His friend tried too
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        SET UP FLEA MARKETS IN EMPTY PARKING LOTS?
        93 44  -  COLIN ONGTAUSHIEN: I noticed that many HDB multi-storey car parks- especially the upper decks are underutilised during the day. I suggest HDB allow "mini-flea markets" where proprietors can use their cars as temporary stalls between 9am and spm. These proprietors can register
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      Aren't firms subsidised for fare concessions?
      311 46  -  DAMON TAN If so, they should deploy aircon buses on long routes popular with students Letter from I REFER to the May 8 reply from TransitLink, "Fare concession rests on other factors too". Ms Kathryn Lav said that tertiary students do enjoy concession privileges
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      Why same answer on poly fares
      194 46  -  CAROLINE LIM Letter from I REFER to Transit Link's reply of May 8. In March last year, two polytechnic students started a petition asking Transit Link to grant the same fare concessions to those studying in polytechnics as the ones given to junior college
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      No fare cap with transfer to SMRT bus
      207 46  -  BENNYTAN Letter from SINCE October 2002, commuters on SBS Transit buses have enjoyed fares that are capped at $1.90, regardless of the number of bus transfers within 45 minutes. I was shocked to find out that SMRT buses do not have a
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      Are S'poreans cavemen trapped in a modern setting?
      213 48  -  LIMBOONHEE Letter from I AM almost inclined to believe that Singaporeans, being genetic descendants of low-educated migrant stock from Southern China, still carry the same peasant characteristics till today. We see tall, spanking new HDB blocks, but the grass verges and pavements
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      Produce MC for the library?
      293 48  -  FAITH TOH Instead of making such demands, the NLB should allow for third-party collection Letter from AS I was bedridden recently, I was unable to collect a library book I reserved. I was not aware that sending someone to collect the book on my behalf
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      Make a difference this Vesak Day
      282 48  -  TAN CHEKWEE Letter from SOME 2,600 years ago, the Buddha taught "Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. Do not believe anything because it is spoken
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      Lock icon THE POWER OF CARTOONS
      635 50  -  SAMUEL CHEA^^^^^^^ Comics not only entertain but are a rich reservoir of lessons and commentaries face in the crowd 52, Cartoonist and teacher "WITH great power comes great responsibility", goes a famous line in the story of a comic book superhero and cartoonist Samuel Cheah could
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      Pay those who work overtime
      198 50  -  MOHAMAD NOOR ABDULLAH Letter from RESTAURANTS' operating hours tend to be long, sometimes ranging from 10am to 10pm. The Employment Act states that the work hours for employees per week to be 44 hours, beyond which the overtime rates apply. Employers should not deprive their
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      287 36 CATHERINE LIM ...AMUSES Burbles his tittle-tattle wife 'Dear, gossip is the spice of life!' 'No,'says he, 'Since it sows strife You gossips are the spies of life!' MUSES The much maligned Ah Beng On the cheap side of the social divide Represents Singapore's hoi polloi Whom the hoity toity deride.
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      202 37 I JUNST§w i WET i^^^.*I Sunday, 14 May w Atrium, Level 2 I Chiam Bakar Carrie Tan Castillo lav Lai Ojessica Cheng ©Tingala Ma ©Stella Teo (B) Kristin Hui IH Alicia Ng Stephanie Tok Tlimfa Sarmago Official Radio: Show Partner: Sponsors: I FREDERICK LEE uft o@) J_ jf£H^ m <^
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      Eu Van Sang has healthy Q3
      116 52 EU VAN Sang International said that profit for its fiscal third quarter ended March 31 rose 25.1 per cent to $4.3 million, or 1.21 cents per share, from $3.5 million, or 0.97 cent per share, a year ago. The retailer, wholesaler and manufacturer of
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      CORPORATEBRIEFS
      308 52 Healthcare services provider Parkway Holdings said that for the first quarter ended March 31, net profit rose to $15.4 million, or 2.12 cents per share, from $13.5 million, or 1.87 cent per share, a year earlier. Revenue rose 113 per cent to $220.2 million. System architect DMX Technologies Group
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      Lock icon CapitaLand profit up 87%
      391 52 BLOOMBERG Singapore's largest developer earns $131 million, helped by asset sale CAPITALAND, South-east Asia's biggest developer, said that firstquarter profit rose 87 per cent, boosted by an asset sale, management fees, and a write-back in taxes after a ruling in the company's favour. Net profit rose
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        62 52 SHARE prices closed higher after a session of volatile trading on a lack of strong catalysts and mixed local corporate earnings. "The lack of strong economic positives is keeping the element of uncertainty high in the market," said a trader. The ST Index (STI) ended up 13.21 points, or
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        Lock icon ST Index —2,642.89+13.21
        42 52 DOW JONES 351 to 262 as 1.5 billion shares worth $1.4 billion were traded. OCBC Research said that it believed that the ST Index would hit its target of 2,700 points over the next 15 to 20 trading days.
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        55 52 Mikkei 225 *****.93 -238.98 -1.39 Hang Seng USX *****.59 5352.20 -53.40 +26.40 -0.31 +0.50 Faiwan Wtd 7324.71 -64.23 -0.87 <orea Comp 1451.09 +0.65 +0.04 <LCI 966.62 -0.26 -0.03 SET Index 784.28 -1.10 -0.14 Jakarta Comp 1539.40 +6.77 +0.44 Dhils Comp Shenzhen B 2529.49 302.18 +17.26 +1.35 +0.69 +0.45
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        Lock icon Commodities
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      266 54 BLOOMBERG Water treatment firm's Q1 profit rises 7% to $9.6 million HYFLUX, Singapore's biggest publicly traded water-treatment company, said that its first-quarter profit rose 7 per cent, helped by increased sales from its projects in China and Singapore. Net income climbed to
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      272 54 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE-listed Datacraft Asia, which sets up computers for banks and insurance companies in the region, said that secondquarter profit more than quadrupled after it gained contracts and received an insurance payout. Net income rose to US$lO.3 million ($l6 million), or 2.19 US cents a
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      139 54 DOW JONES THE New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex), the world's largest energyfutures marketplace, will open an office in Singapore next Wednesday. It will be its second office in Asia after starting operations in Tokyo last year. "There has been great interest in our
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      271 56 DOW JONES BANGKOK Advanced Info Service, Thailand's largest mobile phone operator by subscribers, reported yesterday that its net profit in the first quarter dropped 5.2 per cent from the corresponding period a year earlier on higher expenses amid
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      471 56 BLOOMBERG Telco earned $61.4 m as revenue rose to $427 m STARHUB, the second-largest phone company in Singapore, said its first-quarter profit doubled as it gained subscribers for its mobile phone, Internet and cable television services. Net income rose to $61.4 million, or 2.84 cents
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      464 58 DOW JONES Citigroup targets smaller firms for global cash management business CITIGROUP is looking to Asian companies in particular fastgrowing small- and mediumsized enterprises (SME) as it seeks to expand its global cash management business, a senior bank executive said. Citigroup's global business head for cash
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      196 60 —AFP JAKARTA Indonesia and Iran will jointly develop an oil refinery on the densely-pop-ulated Java island worth up to US$5 billion ($7.8 billion) that will process crude mainly for China. Elnusa, a unit of Indonesian state energy firm Pertamina, and the National Iranian
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      875 60  -  ANDY MUKHERJEE BLOOMBERG Its savings glut is responsible but with right tools, there's no reason why this should continue IT'S SOMEWHAT of an enigma why global investors hold almost no debt denominated in Asian currencies when they are lapping up fixed-income securities that pay in Uruguayan
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      Lock icon Great Eastern's Ql profit up 6% at $95.3 m
      278 62 DOW JONES GREAT Eastern Holdings said yesterday its first-quarter net profit rose 6 per cent from the corresponding period a year earlier despite foreign exchange losses resulting from the strengthening Singapore dollar. Great Eastern, the insurance arm of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp,
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      270 62 -AGENCIES COMFORTDELGRO Corp reported yesterday a 1.3-per-cent year-on-year rise in first quarter net profit as gains deriving from an increase in ridership were largely offset by persistently high fuel costs. Singapore's dominant public transport operator reported a net profit of $55.3 million, or 2.67 cents
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      145 62 PROPERTY developer Ho Bee Investment reported yesterday a 35.9-per-cent year-on-year drop in turnover in the first quarter ended March 31 to $52.8 million because of lower recognition of sales for both development and investment properties. Net profit fell to $13.2 million, or
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      126 64 —AP TOKYO A computer glitch at Citibank branches in Japan botched 274,800 bank transactions over the past week, the latest in a string of embarrassments for the largest United States financial house in the Japanese market. The glitch affected transactions from May 2 to May 8,
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      432 64 DOW JONES Temasek may add to its 5% stake in bank HONG KONG Bank of China, the country's secondlargest lender, plans to raise as much as US$9.B billion ($l5 billion) in its June initial public offering (IPO), in what could be China's biggest IPO
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      167 59 OLYMPUS Your Vision, Our Future YJtJfw ■I The Toughest Creature in the Ocean i^^fffM Meets the Toughest Camera on Land Harvey Norman Singapore Expo Sales 12 -14 May 2006 Take it to the extremes and soak up the tumbles and hard knocks of life the new *shock P roof up
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      197 69 WEATHERTODAV Amsterdam 8/24 C fair Los Angeles 14/23 C partly cloudy o Auckland 10/18 C showers Manila 27/35 C showers OingapOre Bali 25/32 C partly cloudy Melbourne 7/17 C partly cloudy 25/33 C BS Begawan 25/33 C showers New Delhi 25/40 C thunderstorm Bangkok 27/36 C thunderstorm New York 12/18
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      544 70 —AP James' rally can't stop Cavaliers from falling as Pistons charge into two-game lead in the series EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMI-FINALS Detroit 97 Cleveland 91 (Detroit leads series 2-0) Prince added 20 to lead Detroit to a 97-91 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night (yesterday
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      632 71 —THE GUARDIAN He doesn't drink, so teenager celebrates England call-up with a game of monopoly J LONDON The twists and turns of an international career could wait as Theo Walcott moved his golden boot counter around a board game. "We went home," he said, "switched off
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      267 71 —AGENCIES LONDON Chelsea's chances of signing Andriy Shevchenko improved after AC Milan rejected the Ukrainian's request to extend his contract by two years, the Times reported. The 29-year-old forward may switch for £35 million ($lO2 million) after Milan president Silvio Berlusconi, the outgoing Italian
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      130 71 —AFP WATFORD Championship side Watford ended Crystal Palace's hopes of an immediate return to the Premiership yesterday morning (Singapore time) as they drew 0-0 in their Championship promotion play-off second leg to advance 3-0 winners on aggregate. Watford will play reviving English giants Leeds
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        RETIREMENT NOT IN KAHN'S MIND
        106 71 GERMAN international goalkeeper Oliver Kahn said yesterday he had not decided if he would quit the national team after the World Cup. Kahn turns 37 during the finals but he believes he can follow in the footsteps of Italian goalkeeper Dino Zoff and play on
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        CHELSEA'S BRIDGE IN BUST-UP
        118 71 WAYNE Bridge, a member of England's provisional 23-man squad for the World Cup, was caught up in a brawl at a London nightclub party featuring a host of Premiership stars. Police officers at a nearby station became involved when the disturbance at the Embassy Club in
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        DRINK BAN ONLY FOR HOOLIGANS
        88 71 GERMAN organisers confirmed yesterday that football fans would be allowed to consume alcohol at next month's World Cup finals. The organising committee said it was always the plan to sell beer at the 12 World Cup stadia, although police have the right to order alcohol
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        HIDDINK PUTS FAITH IN YOUTH
        84 71 UNCAPPED youngsters Josh Kennedy and Mark Milligan were surprise inclusions in Australia's 23--man squad for next month's World Cup finals in Germany. Dutch coach Guvs Hiddink (picture) added tall Dynamo Dresden striker Kennedy and Sydney FC defender Milligan for Australia's first appearance at the World
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        673 72 —AFP No fairytale farewell for McClaren, as Middlesbrough's European dream is obliterated UEFA CUP FINAL Sevilla 4 Middlesbrough 0 EINDHOVEN, Holland There was no storybook ending to Steve McClaren's reign as Middlesbrough coach as his side were thrashed 4-0 by Sevilla in the Uefa Cup final here
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        376 72 Eindhoven, Holland Middlesbrough manager Steve McClaren said his players were down after their 4-0 Uefa Cup humbling by Sevilla but said he would try to rouse them, reports the BBC Sport Online. "The dressing room is very down but they should all be proud
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        321 72 —AFP LONDON Spurs hopes of a Champions League lifeline were dashed on Wednesday as the FA Premier League rejected their request to replay Sunday's match at West Ham. Spurs chairman Daniel Levy had requested that the 2-1 defeat should be scrapped and the
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      1322 73  -  Rohit Brijnath Zico and his Class of'B2 sent us to football nirvana IT WAS 1982, I was 19, in love for the very first time and, on a July night, introduced to hate. It was the first World Cup I can remember watching in India, alone in
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      634 74  -  Leonard Thomas So let's hope athletics chief at least fights for another two years, to set SAA right COMMENT Sports Editor leonard@newstoday.com.sg While it is hardly something to cheer about, it was at least refreshing that Tang Weng Fei has taken full responsibility for the sorry showing
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      May date for relay hearing
      185 74  -  TAN YO-HINN THE hearing into the national men's 4x400m team fiasco will resume on May 29. Yesterday, Jeffrey Beh, head of an independent disciplinary committee, said the two coaches, Pedro Acuna and Melvin Tan, and former national coach Uli Kunst, will have until that date
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      Lock icon Nadal puts friendship aside
      346 74 —AFP TENNIS Rome Masters ROME Second seed Rafael Nadal began the defence of his Rome Masters title with a hard-fought 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 first round win over fellow Spaniard and practice partner Carlos Moya yesterday. Victory for Nadal, the reigning French Open champion, took his head-to-head
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      682 75  -  JOSE RAYMOND S-League Selection get the better of Selangor counterparts SULTAN OF SELANGOR'S CUP S-League Selection 3 Selangor Selection 0 jose@newstoday.com.sg THE S-League Selection strolled to victory in the annual Sultan of Selangor's (SOS) Cup when they whitewashed the Selangor Selection 3-0 at the National
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      160 75 JOSE RAYMOND FORMER Singapore international S Rajagopal is suspected to have suffered a mild heart attack yesterday during the Singapore Veterans and Selangor Veterans match. Rajagopal, who came on as a substitute in the second-half, was barely on the pitch for five minutes when he
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      Go One-on-One
      63 75 HIS father Piyapong Pue-on was a Thai legend in the '80s and early '90s. But son Pongpisut simply wants to prove that football does run in the family. How does he feel to be the son of a legend? Will he ever rise to his father's heights? If
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      85 74 |3 SAF FC vs Albirex WHICH HALF WILL HAVE MORE GOALS 9s 1st Half $2.90; 2nd Half $1.85 Both Halves: Same $3.80 International Football Bulgaria Scotland Thu, 11/05/06 6.15pm Italian Cup Inter Roma Fri, 12/05/06 2.45am S.League SAF FC Albirex Fit, 12/05/06 700pm Sales starts at 8am the day before
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      548 76  -  JOSE RAYMOND Jelicic follows friend Butler through exit door, but Warriors are unconcerned jose@newstoday.com.sg THE clearout at SAFFC continued yesterday. A day after the shock resignation of coach Peter Butler after only eight matches in charge, the club confirmed yesterday that fitness trainer Mirko Jelicic had
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      Lock icon Precious boost for Young Lions
      238 76 GOMBAK United defender Precious Emuejeraye has been drafted into the Singapore under-23 squad who will travel to face Malaysia Super League champions Perlis in the Malaysia FA Cup semi-final secondleg clash on Saturday. Young Lions coach Fandi Ahmad is counting on the 23-year-old defender to
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      332 76 —AP SAN FRANCISCO Barry Bonds was ready to make history. Juan Pierre made him wait a little longer. Pierre's leaping catch against the wall in the centre robbed Bonds of home run No 714, and the San Francisco slugger remained one shy of tying
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      327 77  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@newstoday.com.sg TO HAVE a new aquatic discipline, develop Masters level events, place greater emphasis on sports industry, and increase affiliate clubs' involvement with the Singapore Swimming Association (SSA). These are the plans that Jeffrey Leow (picture), who is contesting for the post of SSA president
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      Oman test for S'pore
      480 77  -  Cubby Leong Defiant Khan unfazed by new format, says he will treat every game like a final ASIAN GAMES HOCKEY QUALIFIERS Singapore v Oman AFTER Tajikistan's withdrawal due to financial reasons last week, the Singapore hockey team went to Bangladesh thinking they had three qualifying games
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      Lock icon Late arrivals, Indonesia no-show throw qualifiers into turmoil
      375 77 CUBBY LEONG IN DHAKA THE Asian Games hockey qualifiers have taken shape with a confirmed fixture list, but not all the participating teams are too impressed with the revamped format Originally a tournament of two pools to determine the four Asian Games
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      922 80  -  Ashraf Safdar (with strings attached) It's puppet power at the theatres here and abroad PINOCCHIO and Oscar the Grouch have never been the most charismatic of leading men. And so on stage, if not on TV and in the movies, such puppets have long taken a backseat to
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      350 82  -  —ASHRAFSAFDAR HOME is where the heart is. In recent months, foreign musicals such as Rent, West Side Story and Grease have dominated Singapore stages. But a new romance by Dick Lee called Man of Letters is set to hit
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      340 82  -  JEANINETAN As a trained singer and vocal coach, Jacintha fits the bill as an /ofo/judge jea nine@newstoday.com.sg A SIGNIFICANT number of men in the second batch of Singapore Idol contestants have a rather strange habit They tend to call the judges "Sir". For example, one young
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