Today, 17 May 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    26 1 TODAY Frew share your free newspaper MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Wednesday May 17, 2006 todayonline.com TODAY /AedjaCorp share your free newspaper Wednesday May 17, 2006 todayonline.com MICA(P) 112/07/2005
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
    • Article
      GDP expands by 10.6% in first quarter
      379 1 Growth forecast raised to between 5 per cent and 7 per cent THE Singapore economy expanded by 10.6 per cent in the first quarter of this year, after an 8.7 per cent growth in the final quarter of last year, the Ministry of
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      An Indian boost for SAF training?
      402 1  -  DERRICK A PAULO derrick@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE soon may be the first foreign country to station its troops in India for training on a long-term basis. The Indian defence ministry is said to be looking favourably at a request by the Republic to shift its personnel
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      Lock icon Up for grabs for at least $400m
      241 2 —AGENCIES Third prime site on Orchard Road offered for tender A THIRD site along the prime Orchard Road shopping belt has been offered for tender with a minimum bid of $400 million. Earmarked for commercial use, the release of the Somerset Central site
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      Lock icon Stocks lower, oil closes higher
      256 2 —AGENCIES NEW YORK Wall Street shares lost ground yesterday as investors remained nervous about the outlook for interest rates after the latest inflation figures. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 8.88 points to 11,419.89 after see-sawing around the flatline throughout the session. The Nasdaq Composite
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      SEND IN THE CLONES – FOR A GOOD CAUSE
      772 3  - SEND IN THE CLONES FOR A GOOD CAUSE CHARLES TAN Outlaw cloning of humans, but not stem cell research that will help cure diseases SINGAPORE is shedding its kiasu image, at least in the area of medicine. The Republic was one of the 34 member countries that voted against a
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      Lock icon NZ double amputee scales Everest
      321 3 -AFP Now they are making their way back down, which will probably take three or four days, and then they will be home. So they will certainly come back pretty fast. Ms Anne Inglis, wife of mountaineer Mark Inglis WELLINGTON New Zealand mountaineer Mark Inglis,
      -AFP; AFP  -  321 words
    • Article
      Students divided as strike looms
      506 4  -  VINITARAMANI UK universities pay row deepens as unions lookto carry on strike past June 1 vinita@newstoday.com.sg UP TO 70,000 lecturers across universities in the United Kingdom will not return to work after a planned strike on June 1, if their employers do not agree to
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      Lock icon Colony of 43 sharks on display at Sentosa
      295 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SENTOSA'S Underwater World is now home to 43 sand tiger sharks from South Africa. In what is believed to be the largest display of such sharks in the world, the sharks are separated from their visitors by a six-centimetre-thick glass
      — CHANNEL NEWSASIA; AFP  -  295 words
    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon CLEANER KILLED IN SBS BUS ACCIDENT
        127 4 -938UVE A 64-year-old cleaner was killed after she was run over by an SBS bus yesterday morning. Witnesses said the victim. Madam Ng Mcc Yean, was dragged for about 50 metres after she was hit by bus service 92. Her body was trapped under
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        Lock icon HEALTH WARNINGS HELPED 3 IN 10 SMOKE LESS, SAYS HPB
        119 4 -938UVE Graphic health warnings on cigarette packets have helped people to quit or reduce smoking, according to a survey conducted by the Health Promotion Board on about 1,300 smokers and nonsmokers between November and December 2004. About seven in 10
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      171 5 q 1 I can enrich the i i world with my 41 A Congratulations to all of you offered a place at NTU. You recognise that NTU's programmes in humanities, fine arts and communication studies will give you a strong foundation for success. Art» Des '9n Media The combination of
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon Millions loaned despite missing signatures
      807 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG Court told howex-MP Lew stood to gain in alleged $4.2 m scam cheekong@newstoday.com.sg FORMER Member of Parliament Lew Syn Pau's "vested interest" in pushing through an alleged $4.2-mil-lion share scam was highlighted in court yesterday. On the second and last day of the hearing,
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      No cash please, deposit in kind
      425 8  -  JASMINE YIN The Youth Bank seeks to get young to pledge their time for community service online jasmine.yi n@newstoday.com.sg WHAT the latest online banking initiative to hit Singapore wants is something that money cannot buy: Time. Non-profit youth organisation Heartware Network, in conjunction with
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      Gates more than a do-gooder: FM Yeo
      285 8  -  —JASMINE YIN AMERICAN software giant Microsoft is a huge hit worldwide because of its inspired leadership and sound recruitment and management systems, according to Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo. Speaking at a youth volunteerism event yesterday, Mr Yeo said: "For it to become
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      Lock icon Time for reflection
      531 10  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@newstoday.com.sg DON'T expect to see Mr Eric Low mingling with Hougang residents and listening to their problems anytime soon. The People's Action Party (PAP) candidate in the single ward declared that he was "taking a break to reflect", having lost for the second time to
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  • world news
    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon MINISTER SLAMS 'STUPID' PROTESTERS
        88 12 -AFP A Malaysian Cabinet minister has condemned a protest by conservative Muslims against a forum to discuss freedom of religion, calling the move "stupid". Mr Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz, an influential minister in the Prime Minister's Office, criticised the protest by more than 500 people on
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        Lock icon HYUNDAI CHAIRMAN CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT
        63 12 AP Hyundai Motor Co chairman Chung Mong-koo (picture) was indicted yesterday for embezzlement and breach of trust. Chung, 68, was arrested on April 28. A spokesman for the Supreme Prosecutors' Office said Chung had created a 103.4-billion won ($173.1 million) slush fund with the embezzled
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        Lock icon TAIWAN BANKERS QUIZZED ABOUT CHEN'S SON-IN-LAW
        55 12 -AFP Three top Taiwanese bankers were questioned yesterday by investigators probing allegations of insider trading by President Chen Shui-bian's son-in-law. Parliamentarian Chiu Vi from the opposition Kuomingtang last week claimed that Mr Chen's son-in-law, Mr Chao Chien-ming, had made around 400 million Taiwanese dollars
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        Lock icon TYPHOON CHANCHU TARGETS HK
        90 12 -AFP Typhoon Chanchu barrelled towards Hong Kong and southern China yesterday after claiming at least 41 lives in the Philippines and becoming the strongest storm on record to enter the South China sea in May. In Hong Kong, signs warning residents to prepare for a possible
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      Lock icon Starring Dr M in a mud-slinging role ...
      300 12 Starring Dr M in a mud-slinging role -AGENCIES DVD shows former-PM bad mouthing Abdullah government KUALA LUMPUR A DVD showing former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad bad-mouthing the current government at an event last year has become a focus of controversy. Copies of the DVD have been circulated around the
      -AGENCIES; AFP  -  300 words
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      Lock icon Thai poll runs into flak from judges
      339 14 AGENCIES Election Commission must quit, says court, rejecting proposed poll date BANGKOK Thailand's three most powerful courts yesterday rejected a proposed Oct 22 date for new elections and demanded that the Election Commission (EC) resign. The Supreme, Constitutional and Supreme Administrative Courts said
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon ALLEGED BALI BOMBER SAYS HE WAS TORTURED BY POLICE
        73 14 AFP An Islamist on trial for alleged involvement in lastyear's suicide bombings on Bali in Indonesia has said that police had tortured him in a bid to extract a confession. "I was slapped, kicked, my ankle was hit by a pistol.
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        Lock icon TOP FEMALE OFFICER SAYS SHE WAS BEATEN DAILY IN AUSTRALIAN NAVY
        84 14 -AFP Australia's military faced calls yesterday for an urgent inquiry after one of the navy's most senior female officers revealed she had endured daily abuse from 1986 when she joined the navy, until her dismissal in 2000 after being
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        Lock icon MONK CAUGHT WITH NAKED WOMAN
        67 14 -DPA The chief monk of a key Buddhist temple in Ipoh in Malaysia has been found with a naked woman in his private chambers by police probing a separate criminal complaint against the man. The Star reported. Temple members had earlier lodged a police report
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      Lock icon Thailand opts out of Asean FTA
      195 14 -AGENCIES MANILA South Korea signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) yesterday but founding member Thailand opted out because of internal disagreements and objections to Seoul's barriers on rice. Bangkok was left out of the agreement that
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      Lock icon Myanmar junta reshuffling military, government
      229 16 -AFP YANGON The Myanmar junta has begun reshuffling military and government officials, in its latest drive to consolidate its hold on power. The changes came as the junta held a top-level meeting in its secret new War Office compound outside Pyinmana, where the regime has
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      Lock icon Medicos strike hits thousands
      443 16 -AGENCIES But India govt refuses to give in to protesters NEW DELHI India's Human Resource Development Minister yesterday refused to budge on his plan to raise the quotas for underprivileged students in elite educational institutions, including medical colleges, despite a raging controversy over the issue. A
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      Lock icon Sprucing up the 'ugly American'
      314 18 -AFP Guide book aims to change negative perception of US citizens overseas WASHINGTON Don't be so loud. Listen. Dress up. Those are among the tips offered to United States business executives travelling abroad in a new guide aimed at countering the image of the "ugly
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon MOISTURELOC RECALLED
        70 18 -AFP Contact lens maker Bausch and Lomb announced an immediate worldwide recall o its MoistureLoc cleaning solution that had been linked to a rare eye infection. The announcement came after health authorities in Hong Kong, Singapore and the United States reported that the MoistureLoc formula was used by
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        Lock icon US-LIBYA TIES RENEWED
        74 18 -AFP The United States on Monday renewed diplomatic ties with Libya, ending a 25-year battle with leader Muammar Gadaffi over backing international terrorism. Libya was also taken off a US list of nations accused of supporting terrorism. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called the renewal of
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        Lock icon CHINA'S MEDIA QUIET ON REVOLUTION ANNIVERSARY
        57 18 -AFP China's national media were silent yesterday over the 40th anniversary of the start of the Cultural Revolution. The revolution began in 1966 after Communist chief Mao Zedong charged that "representatives of the bourgeoisie" had infiltrated the party and must be "cleansed". It turned
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      Lock icon 6,000 US soldiers won't deter them
      434 20 -AGENCIES Would-be illegal migrants dismiss Bush plan to secure border WASHINGTON Opponents of United States President George W Bush's plan to send up to 6,000 troops to the US-Mexico frontier to stem illegal immigration have said it would further stretch the military, which is
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      Doing away with the MC hassle
      577 22  -  DR LEE YUNG SENG Allowworkers7days of non-certified medical leave for minor illnesses Letter from MOST, if not all, workplaces require employees who are ill to produce medical certificates endorsed by doctors in order to get approved medical leave. Everyone is bound to suffer from
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      Should the first shot be a blank or fired skywards?
      142 22  -  LEEZHIZHI Letter from IN A recent case where a man believed to be mentally unstable refused to throw down a chopper he was holding and approached the police in a threatening manner, the policemen were forced to fire a warning
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      isay ENCOURAGE THEM, DON'T BROWBEAT THE WEAK
      601 23  -  HO KONG LOON WHEN I was a junior teacher, I attended a very useful course that detailed how a well-balanced examination paper ought to be set. A detailed analysis of the results of any well-set paper should produce a bellshaped graph: There are
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      MC not required for use of library services
      173 23  -  JASNADHANSUKHLAL Letter from Manager, Corporate Communications National Library Board WE REFER to the letter by Ms Faith Toh ("Produce MC for the library?", May 11) We regret that Ms Toh experienced difficulty when trying to collect her reserved library book and we
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      263 24  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY MORE DISHONEST EMOTIONS We were talking about anxiety and how it distorts perceptions of reality. Here's another example: In the fall of 1969, a wild man named Charles Manson and his young followers went on a killing spree in the city of
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      Legal solutions not foolproof
      593 24  -  DAVID ANG Tackle interviewers' biased practices with guidelines Letter from Executive Director Singapore Human Resources Institute (SHRI) I REFER to the letters "Unfair HR practices a turn-off" (May 11), "Harsh answers to biased questions" (May 15) and "Can we report interview bias to Ministry?" (May 15).
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      Clear ethnic name confusion with passport format
      223 26  -  KIM-KWANG CHOO Letter from I FULLY understand Yeo Tien Ee's predicament ("When first could be last Passports may solve surname snag", May 16). As an ethnic Chinese, my full name undergoes several mutations in my time overseas. There were frustrating moments when I
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      Forced to sell flat due to noise
      277 26  -  CHNGKIATSIONG Soundproofing didn't help-can experts advise on a way out? Letter from I READ with great interest the letter "Thin walls of our 'paper' flat" (May 15) by Karine Lim. We stayed in a six-year-old HDB flat in Sembawang, and the problem of
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      Workers earning $1,600 or less are entitled to OT pay
      183 26  -  JEAN TAN Letter from Director, Corporate Communications for Permanent Secretary Ministry of Manpower I REFER to the letter by Mr Abdullah "Pay those who work overtime" (May 11). The Employment Act sets out the basic rights and duties of employers
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    • Letter
      What about the consumer part of bureau?
      126 27  -  GARY LEE Letter from I REFER to the article, "The Consumer Credit Bureau: How it affects you" (May 16). From my perspective as a financial consultant for individuals and corporations, the Consumer Credit Bureau (CCB) has not lived up to the "consumer" portion
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    • Sentosa's beaches are for all but ...
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        Misunderstandings create need to leash dogs in public
        171 27  -  ANIRUDH SHARMA Letter from Communications, Sentosa Leisure Group I REFER to the letters, "Unleashed dogs a danger" by S Manojraj (May 15) and "Balance puppy love, civic sense" by Tan Wen Ping (May 16). Sentosa's beaches are meant to be enjoyed by
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        Small dogs are no more a hazard than spoilt kids
        294 27  -  SIMON LEETECKPOR Letter from MOST canine breeds in Singapore are small, with mild temperaments, given that a majority of people live in HDB flats. These intelligent small dogs, compared to spoilt and uncontrollable children, are certainly not posing a greater
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      388 28 -BLOOMBERG Spore music player maker says US rival breached patent CREATIVE Technology, the maker of the Zen digital music player filed a trade complaint and a lawsuit against Apple Computer, seeking to halt sales of the iPod music player in the United States. Creative shares
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      134 28 PACIFIC Internet said its firstquarter net profit rose 32 per cent from the corresponding period a year earlier, helped by its focus on higher-margin corporate business. The regional Internet service provider posted a net profit of US$l.5 million ($2.4 million) for the three months ended
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      109 28 -BLOOMBERG UNITED Test Assembly Center (Utac), Singapore's secondlargest chip tester, is seeking a loan to fund most of the cost of its acquisition of NS Electronics Bangkok. Utac will borrow at least US$lOO million ($l5B million), said Mr Chong Chow Pin, director of investor relations, yesterday.
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        405 30  -  CHOW PENN NEE StanChart will focus on SMEsand new products, says CEO pennnee@newstoday.com.sg STANDARD Chartered (StanChart) will continue to innovate to stay ahead of the competition, said its new Singapore chief executive Lim Cheng Teck. "Being in a saturated market place like Singapore, we have to do things
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        90 30 DOW JONES NEW DELHI United Kingdom's Menzies Aviation, a unit of John Menzies and Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats) have won contracts to set up one cargo terminal each at the proposed Bangalore International Airport, Mr Albert Brunner, chief executive of the Bangalore Airport said
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        326 32  -  CHOW PENN NEE CEO Tan Kin Lian says the lenders have made the cost of insurance more expensive pennnee@newstoday.com.sg IN A scathing attack on banks that sell insurance products, insurance industry veteran Tan Kin Lian accused some banks here of "mis-selling" to customers and using
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        122 32 Inter-Roller Engineering has acquired two investment properties for a total of $16 million, comprising one floor of office space with an area of 1,336 square metres in Suntec Tower One for $12.2 million and one floor of office space with an area of 562 square metres in The
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        273 32 BLOOMBERG STAR Cruises, the world's thirdlargest cruise operator, posted a second straight quarter of losses after higher costs countered the growth in sales from increasing travel demand. The cruise operator's net loss for the first quarter ended March 31 was US$35.l million ($55.4 million), or 0.66
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        272 34 MORE than 20 companies have signed up to join the Singapore Exchange's (SGX) new business of offering over-the-counter (OTC) clearing services for energy and freight derivatives, according to Minister of State for Finance and Transport, Mrs Lim Hwee Hua. At yesterday's
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          3 34 ST Index —2,513.70-21.13
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          58 34 Nikkei 225 16.158.42 -328.49 -1.99 HK Hang Seng 16.393.11 Australia ASX 5,217.40 -101.73 -0.62 -16.70 -0.32 Korea Comp 1,382.11 -31.87 -2.25 Thailand SET 761.87 -4.10 -0.54 Jakarta Comp 1,427.81 -1.72 -0.12 Phils Comp 2,460.19 +21.46 +0.88 Shenzhen B 305.64 -18.49 -5.70 Mumbai Sensex 11,873.73 +51.53 +0.44 Malaysia KLCI
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          48 34 Goldtron 0.025 SingTel 2.610 +0.020 WeePoh 0.005 Hsipn 0.530 +0.025 SmBusiness 0.070 FJBenW*****6 0.060 +0.005 Capital 4.520 -0.000 UTAC 0.935 -0.025 Chartered 1.630 -0.010 China Sun 0.070 -0.045 76,695 +0.0 53,366 46,120 +5.0 43,990 35,494 +9.1 35,414 -1.7 33,772 -2.6 32,600 -0.6 26,097 4.9 24,700
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          164 34 Agencies SHARES closed lower yesterday, extending Monday's plunge as concerns over rising interest rates continued to drive investors to lock in profits, dealers said. The ST Index closed down 21.13 points, or 0.83 per cent, at 2,513.70. In the broad market, losers outnumbered gainers 601 to 108. Traded volume
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          36 34 USS 0.6328 UK£ 0.3363 Yen 69.785 HK$ 4.9051 RM 2.2791 Euro 0.4937 Rupiah 5,830.5 Baht 24.154 Peso 33.158 AS 0.8305 Indian Rs 28.796 Won 597.84 C$ 0.7048 Yuan 5.0635 NZS 1.0166 NT$ 20.122
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          25 34 Dow Jones SGX, Bloomberg Ml uss/oz 684.50 9w uss/oz 13.10 Ptatam 1,272.00 Ruttir cents/kg 383.75 P*ii 1,436.50 Bmtcnifc iiss/tiiiiii 69.78 Information provided by and
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        493 36  -  LEECHINGWERN Over 600 entrepreneurs and venture capitalists to attend July event chingwern@newstoday.com. sg SMALL and medium-sized enterprises (SME) seeking financing of at least US$l million ($1.6 million) now have the opportunity of pitching their business proposals directly to leading venture capitalist firms
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      1704 38  -  JeanineTan When I say I really believe in commercial films, Ym saying that I believe in a body of work that is identifiably Singaporean not because the press says so, not because a few foreign festivals say so, but because of the sheer number of Singaporeans going to
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      380 40  -  JUSTIN CHEONG The Manhattan Transfer owe their success to staying true to themselves justin@newstoday.com.sg ALL you need is love, The Beatles famously sang. But for The Manhattan Transfer, it's harmony that's indispensable. "Look at the world today. Oh my god, it's so unharmonious. It's
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      232 40  -  SHIBU ITTY KUTTICKAL MARIAH Carey, Christina Aguilera and Diana Krall all rolled into one feisty package. That's what Singaporeans can expect when Sunidhi Chauhan (picture), Bollywood's top female playback singer playback singers supply the vocals that are mimed by actors on screen comes to the Esplanade Theatre this
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      560 42  - Two weddings AMELYNN LIONG Superhost Quan Yifeng says 'I do' again in a surprise ceremony at Sentosa a melynnl@newstoday.com.sg MEDIACORP artiste Quan Yifeng became a blushing bride for a second time on Monday. In a well-executed surprise set at a yacht club in Sentosa, a tearful Yifeng renewed her marriage
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      200 43  -  -EUSACHIA Diana Ser, James Lye expecting first child CHANNEL News Asia presenter Diana Ser, 34, and former TV heartthrob-turned-banker James Lye, 37, are expecting their first child. Diana told Today she is about three-and-a-half months pregnant but does not yet know the baby's sex. "But a James
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      216 43  -  —JULIANA JUNE RASUL ARE Singaporeans "afraid of their imaginations"? Author Meira Chand thinks so and she might be right Statistics suggest Singaporeans read more for career- and self-improve-ment than for pleasure. This year's Read! Singapore initiative aims to change all that by encouraging a
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        275 44  -  AMELYNN LIONG Cine Singapore offers local film-makers a platform a melynnl@newstoday.com.sg HOMEGROWN film-makers now have a place to call their own. Starting in June, the National Museum of Singapore will host Cine Singapore (Cine.SG), a five-month showcase of made-in-Singapore classic and unreleased films. The event will run in
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        233 44 IT WASN'T a tidal wave that swept Mission: Impossible 111 out of the No 1 spot at the Singapore box office this weekend, it was Poseidon. Although director Wolfgang Petersen's remake of 1972's The Poseidon Adventure didn't manage to unseat M:i:III from the top
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        518 49 —AFP Club qualify for next season's lucrative Champions League group stages MADRID Two goals from England captain David Beckham, and another from Zinedine Zidane in his last official club match, could not stop Real Madrid from going down 4-3 at Uefa
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        151 49 —AFP VILLARREAL (Spain) Villarreal have agreed to a five-year deal with the Turkish international midfielder Nihat Kahveci, the Spanish first division club announced here yesterday. Nihat, 26, has spent the last five years at Real Sociedad where he had been a popular player
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      326 50 -AFP DALLAS Jason Terry is no longer the guy who replaced Steve Nash in Dallas. He's the Mavericks' latest playoff star and half of a suddenly unstoppable backcourt duo. Terry made a crucial basket with 23 seconds left in regulation, opened overtime with
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