Today, 1 June 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    38 1 TODAY Frew share your free newspaper MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Thursday June 1, 2006 todayonline.com TODAY /AEDIA.CORP share your free newspaper o o 6 "E s. (0 o CO o o CM c —i (0 ■o (A 3 MICA(P) 112/07/2005
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon Russia, China 'to seek UN sanctions if no agreement reached with Iran'
      329 1 —AFP WASHINGTON Russia and China have agreed to return to the UN Security Council to seek sanctions against Iran if international powers fail to reach an accord with Tehran over its nuclear programme, a senior US official said
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      Lock icon Taking the mickey out of Disney tales
      671 1  -  ANSLEY NG —WITH AGENCY REPORTS Johor claims deflated; could Minnie come closer to home? a nsley@newstoday.com.sg SHEER coincidence perhaps, but just around the time Singapore was awarding its Marina Bay integrated resort licence to Las Vegas Sands last week, Malaysia started buzzing with
      —WITH AGENCY REPORTS; AFP  -  671 words
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      Lock icon US stocks rise, oil closes lower
      121 1 —AFP NEW YORK Wall Street shares swung higher yesterday, as investors deemed the latest selloff an overreaction, bringing a positive close to the worst month in years for the main indexes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 73.88 points to 11,168.31, the Nasdaq Composite
      —AFP  -  121 words
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  • hot news
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      CHILD ABUSE AND THE WALL OF SILENCE
      725 2  -  CHARLES TAN Tackling the sensitive issue requires a community effort CHILD abuse covers physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, psychological and emotional maltreatment So, just how rampant is child abuse here? Figures provided by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) between
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      Lock icon Bigger bonuses
      341 3 CHANNEL NEWSASIA, 938LIVE Payout for civil servants will benefit lower, middle-income groups CIVIL servants will be getting a higher mid-year bonus payout this July compared to last year. In addition to the 0.5-month bonus, or annual variable component (AVC), the Government yesterday also announced an additional $220 payment
      — CHANNEL NEWSASIA, 938LIVE  -  341 words
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      Lock icon SM Goh visits US
      198 3 —TANHUILENG SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong will touch down in the United States today. During his two-day visit SM Goh will meet US President George W Bush, Vice-President Richard Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, National Security Advisor Steve Hadley, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, and
      —TANHUILENG  -  198 words
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      Lock icon Colombian 'heroin kingpin' sentenced to 40 years in US jail
      236 3 AFP NEW YORK- Colombian "heroin kingpin" Ramiro Lopez-Imitola was sentenced in New York yesterday to 40 years in prison for smuggling US$200 million ($315.7 million) worth of the highly addictive drug into the United States, the authorities said. Lopez-Imitola, who
      — AFP  -  236 words
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      76 3 imagine the seductive beauty of black. Surrender to the allure of the new Samsung black YP-Z5F. Be mesmerised by the brilliance of its 1.82" JTFT LCD screen. Groove to endless music with up to 35 hours of battery life and the built-in FM radio. And immerse yourself in quality acoustics
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon Taking a leaf from happy Bhutan's book
      573 4  -  TEOXUANWEI Can its Happiness Index apply in fast-paced Singapore? xua nweit@newstoday.com.sg A GLOWING economy, low unemployment and low crime. Based on conventional measures, Singaporeans seem to have it good. But another set of worries afflicts us instead among them, the rising cost of
      TEOXUANWEI  -  573 words
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      isay HAPPINESS AND FAMILY, CULTURAL LINKS
      456 4  -  Kesang Dema AS A Bhutanese visiting Singapore, I take uninhibited pride in being able to say that I come from the thunder dragon Kingdom of Bhutan. Almost all the time, I am greeted with curiosity, and they always shoot the obvious question: "Isn't Bhutan
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      Spheres of knowledge
      539 6  -  DERRICK A PAULO The MOE's teacher development projects are gaining ground derrick@newstoday.com.sg FOR so long, they had to follow the teaching packages and programmes from the Ministry of Education. So, when left on their own to decide the best teaching methods for their pupils and then share
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      Lock icon CROWNING JEWEL
      393 8  -  JASMINE YIN Sands winning IR bid brainchild of celebrated architect Moshe Safdie jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg HE HAS been visiting Singapore for work and leisure for more than 20 years, but the trip on Tuesday arranged at a few hours' notice was the "sweetest" for internationally-renowned architect Moshe Safdie. The 68-year-old
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon TWO NEW FACES AMONG 4 MPs SWORN IN
        126 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Three Senior Parliamentary Secretaries and a Parliamentary Secretary have been sworn in by President S R Nathan at the Istana. New MP Masagos Zulkifli was sworn in as Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Education, while another new face,
        CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  126 words
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        Lock icon STORE ACCREDITED ESTATE AGENCIES BORN
        66 8 -938UVE From Thursday, HDB's Listed Housing Agents Scheme will be discontinued. It will be replaced bythe Singapore Accredited Estate Agencies (SAEA) Scheme. The new scheme is run bythe Institute of Estate Agents and the Institute of Surveyors and Valuers. Interested resale flat buyers and sellers
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      Lock icon What moves the President?
      283 8  -  UNYANQIN THE portrait of President S R Nathan blinks benignly down at you as you stroll past. You may even get to see the President shift his whole body perhaps adjusting to a more comfortable position? No it's not magic, but a "video portrait" by the
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      Lock icon Freedom with more wheels
      453 10  -  JASMINE YIN New device gives wheelchair users new-found freedom jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg IT IS made of aluminium, has 12 small wheels and aims to bridge the disabled and the community at large. The Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD) and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have come up
      PHOTO COURTESY OF SOCIETY FOR THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED  -  453 words
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      ONE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY: DR VIVIAN
      179 10  -  JASMINE YIN IT WAS a portfolio that kept him busy on many fronts from assisting struggling entrepreneurs to rejuvenating Singapore's shopping artery at Orchard Road and most notably, braving much heat from some quarters in the population against developing the two massive integrated resorts (IRs).
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      Time for 'real' lesssons in anti-terrorism
      287 10  -  ANSLEYNG THE 460 students mostly from Orchid Park Secondary School were packed in a train at Ang Mo Kio MRT station, looking out for any suspicious packages that they have been told were on the train. When they found a black sports bag at
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      177 9 I SAMSUNG imagine a masterpiece that reflects your fine style. f/^^H Now it can be yours. Why should a work of art as brilliant as the new R7 be reserved only for an elite few? Thanks to Samsung, one of the world's biggest LCD TV innovators, you can now easily
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      169 10 '"A Fountain of Youth btyown I for only t'j't Q d^^ffir'^^^^^^wtd 1 Due to overwhelming response for our Ladies Wellness Workshops held in May, we are conducting another workshop on 10 June, from 2.00pm to 5.45pm so as not to disappoint anyone! Gain beauty tips from Dr Julinda Lee from
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Tiger link? S'pore seeks details
      460 12 -AGENCIES Republic responds to Sri Lankan claims about Tamil rebel funds KUALA LUMPUR Singapore yesterday called on Sri Lanka to provide more details following Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera's startling allegation that Tamil Tiger rebels were funnelling funds through the city-state to buy weapons. Mr Samaraweera
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      Lock icon Timor Leste rebel chief rejects deal
      214 12 -AGENCIES DILI Timor Leste's rebel leader, Major Alfredo Reinado, yesterday rejected an agreement designed to end days of violence in the tiny nation and demanded the sacking of the country's embattled prime minister. As gang violence and arson attacks again broke out across the
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      Lock icon Suharto discharged from hospital as he wanted to go home
      203 15 -AGENCIES JAKARTA Former Indonesian President Suharto was discharged from hospital yesterday after 27 days of treatment following colon surgery to stem internal bleeding. Mr Suharto wanted to go home because he felt that he had been staying in hospital for
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      Lock icon 'There are good and bad survivors'
      346 15 AGENCIES Indonesia defends its quake relief efforts BANTUL (Indonesia) Indonesian officials defended the quake relief efforts yesterday as survivors pleaded for help and aid agencies said many victims lacked medical care and water, four days after the disaster in Central Java, which has killed
      AGENCIES; AFP  -  346 words
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      120,000 British lecturers take to the streets demanding better pay
      302 17  -  VINITARAMANI vinita@newstoday.com.sg UP TO 120,000 lecturers will be taking part in rallies and pickets today to voice their frustrations, as part of an ongoing pay dispute that observers say is a fight for the future of education in Britain. Today's
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      Lock icon The beginning of the end for Roh?
      426 17 ■AFP Opposition routs ruling party in key polls SEOUL South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun's ruling Uri Party suffered a stinging defeat in elections for mayors, governors and local council members with the conservative opposition Grand National Party (GNP) taking 11 out of 16
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      Lock icon Landslide crushes 43 homes KL
      382 18 —AFP Old lady and three kids feared dead as rescue continues KUALA LUMPUR An elderly woman and three children were feared dead following a landslide in the Malaysian capital which destroyed 43 homes, police and rescuers said yesterday. "Four people are believed to be trapped
      —AFP; ' *" AP  -  382 words
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      Lock icon IS AHMADESfEJAD THE NEW SADDAM?
      816 20  -  EMANUELSHAHAF slraiglrt IN JERUSALEM IRAN'S President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is still basking in the support he received from his recent trip to Indonesia, where he worked hard at generating understanding for his position on nuclear issues, and shored up support for his agenda vis-a-vis the West.
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  • Voices
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      Lock icon isay OBSOLETE ADVICE AND TODAY'S CHILDREN
      664 22  -  FRANCES ONG RECENTLY my husband and I attended a sharing session for parents at Republic Polytechnic (RP). Like many of the parents there, we were eager to know how our child was doing, having enrolled at RP for a threeyear course. It was an
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      263 26  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY I RETURN TO MAYBERRY When it comes to family-related matters I'm known as a traditionalist. In fact, there's some people who think I'd like to take us backto the days of Ozzie and Harriet. But that's untrue and preposterous. I don't want
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      Lock icon A Singaporean astronaut?
      1140 26  -  CLAUDE NICOLLIER KESANG DEMA coffee with 62, Swiss astronaut Reaching for the stars isn't a spaced out dream, says a man who's been there kesa ng@newstoday.com. sg AFTER logging more than 1,000 hours in space including 8 hours and 10 minutes of space walk Switzerland's first and
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      Chiam does not see beyond his ward
      307 28  -  ABDUL RAHIMOSMAN Former party colleague tells of the man he knows Letter from I REFER to the article, "What now, Mr Chiam?" (May 27-28). I was with Mr Chiam See Tong since 1991 until I resigned as the Singapore People's Party's (SPP) vice-chairman
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      It's all in the supple mathematical mind
      207 28  -  ANGTOKWOON Letter from GOH Liang Song's letter, "Greater variety fosters critical thinking" (May 29) gives the impression that the mathematics teacher is some tyrannical creature with a fossilised mind who rigidly prescribes a single uncreative method of solving a problem. Far from it,
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      HDB: Resale prices are left to market forces
      203 28  -  LEONGCHOKKEH Letter from Deputy Director (Policy and Property) Housing Development Board WE REFER to Ms Kuan Yen Ping's letter "Flat valuation falls, who pays price?" (May 24) which mentioned that the Housing and Development Board (HDB) had implemented measures to boost demand
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Keppel Offshore's order books swell
      354 32  -  CLEMENT MESENAS EDITOR-AT-LARGE clement@newstoday.com.sg WITH oil prices soaring to beyond US$7O a barrel, the order books of rig-builder Keppel Offshore Marine are packed as the search for oil hots up. To meet the demand for rigs, the company's chairman and chief executive officer Choo Chiau
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      Retail investors get more help
      221 32  -  CHOW PENN NEE RETAIL customers who want more help when deciding which stocks to buy can look to a new service launched yesterday by DBS Bank's online brokerage DBS Vickers Online (DBSVO). DBSVOClarity is a new feature on the DBSVO website that provides real-time stock
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      Lock icon CORPORATEBRIEFS
      243 32 BLOOMBERG Shipping and marine engineering group Cosco Corporation said that its 51-per-cent-owned Cosco Shipyard secured four contracts worth $181 million. The contracts include ship repair and the conversion of an oil tanker into a submersible heavy lift vessel. SC Global Developments has bought 16 terrace houses along Cairnhill Circle
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        414 35  -  ELAINE NG Singapore's HDTV trials to start this month elaine. ng@newstoday.com. sg YOU will soon be able to watch your favourite television programmes in cinema quality, with sharper, and more life-like pictures, together with enhanced sound. The Media Development Authority of Singapore yesterday announced the
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        87 35 -BLOOMBERG THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) yesterday named Minister of Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang as its deputy chairman. Mr Lim, whose appointment is effective from today, replaces Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister of Education and Second Minister of Finance, who is stepping
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        87 35 DOW JONES SINGAPORE Technologies (ST) Kinetics, the land systems arm of mainboard-listed ST Engineering, has increased its stake in Star Automotive Centre (Zhejiang) Co from 70 per cent to 86.24 per cent The rise in shareholding is due to a capital injection of 2.5 million
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        289 36  -  CHRISTIE LOH christie@newstoday.com.sg ACCORD Customer Care Solutions (ACCS) may fork out as much as $2.5 million as a "settlement" with Nokia, the Finnish mobile phone maker that severed its dealings with ACCS last year upon discovering fake invoices. Revealing the ballpark figure
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          4 36 ST Index 2.383.87 -57.67
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          142 36 DOW JONES SHARE prices closed down at a four-month low yesterday when a tumble in Japan's Nikkei after mid-day sparked a fresh round of selloffs. Also casting a pall over the local bourse were losses on major European bourses, and United States equity markets, which suffered three-digit declines on
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          46 36 Nikkei 225 *****.33 -392.12 -2.47 Hang Seng ASX 5001.70 -103.70 -2.03 Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp KLCI 927.70 -2.11 -0.23 SET Index 709.43 -4.53 -0.63 Jakarta Comp 1329.99 -36.17 -2.65 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2296.11 -3.97 301.51 -4.16 -0.17 -1.36 Mumbai Sensex *****.61 -300.02 -3.60
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          52 36 THBEV SingTel UTAC China Sun Celestial Capitaland GlobalVoice Chartered STATSChP OCBCBk 0.260 -0.010 -3.7 154,059 2.530 -0.010 -0.4 92,576 0.005 -0.025 -3.0 20,117 0.655 -0.005 -0.0 25,952 1.310 +0.020 +1.6 20,347 4.100 -0.000 -1.9 19,731 0.130 19,554 1.490 -0.070 -4.5 19,430 1.020 -0.040 -3.0 19,019 6.300 -0.150
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          60 36 Jardine CSC 10.300 +0.300 SIMSCI295MBLG0329 1.060 +0.210 HSM6400DB*****1 1.430 +0.200 OCBC Bk4.5»/oNCPSIOO 102.000 +0.200 HSM6BBBDBB6B731 0.905 +0.175 SIMSCI28BMBL***** 0.025 +0.170 STI2600DB06I228 1.150 +0.170 Nikkei225SGAG0608 0.435 +0.155 Nikke225SGAG0907A 0.965 +0.135 CapitalanBNP***** 0.010 +100.0 Nikkei225SGA***** 0.435 +55.4 StarHub MBL*****5 0.035 +40.0 CapitalandCA***** 0.000 +33.3 STI2450SGA*****9 0.440 +31.3 NOLMBL*****9 0.275
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          63 36 STIFTF100 24.500 -1.150 F8N 19.200 -0.600 KepCorp 13.500 -0.600 Shang Asia 2kHK$ 14.400 -0.600 DBS 17.300 -0.500 Venture 11.300 -0.500 CITYDEV 9.400 -0.400 Haw Par 5.500 -0.300 OmegaNav 50 22.400 -0.300 DatacrftBNP*****3 0.010 -77.0 SPC MBL*****9 0.030 -53.0 SembCorpMBL***** 0.090 -52.6 BiosensorDB*****1 0.015 -50.0 CharteredMBL***** 0.205 DatacrftDB*****4
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          36 36 US$ 0.6338 UK£ 0.3364 Yen 71.087 HK$ 4.9168 RM 2.2938 Euro 0.4925 Rupiah 5818.4 Baht 24.236 Peso 33.228 A$ 0.8313 Indian Rs 29.342 Won 599.39 C$ 0.6964 Yuan 5.0870 NZ$ 0.9896 NT$ 20.368
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          22 36 SGX, Bloomberg BaH uss/oz 663.90 Sihw uss/oz 13.07 PMnin usl/oz 1,291.40 IMkai cents/kg 426.75 P*lilßM/tonnW7.oo BmtmhusS/bni 71.10 Information provided -"'■I by
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        343 40 BLOOMBERG Economy expands by 9.3 per cent in the first quarter INDIA'S economic growth accelerated last quarter as computer-related companies hired code writers and engineers, spurring spending on houses, travel and mobile phones. Asia's fourth-biggest economy expanded 9.3 per cent from a year
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        165 40 -BLOOMBERG EACCESS, Japan's third-biggest high-speed Internet access provider, said that its mobile phone unit sold shares yesterday to Temasek Holdings, Goldman Sachs Group and other investors. The wireless unit issued 27.3 billion yen ($386.5 million) in new shares, Tokyobased EAccess said
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          193 40 SINGAPORE'S best-selling entertainment magazine i-Weekly turns 25 this year. As part of its birthday celebrations, the magazine had introduced a fresh new look and features from this week's issue. And who better to herald this new look than local show biz's hottest icon, Zoe Tay, who graces
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          197 40  -  -LAUREENTOH WITH 300 days of sunshine a year and a climate that supports the growth of exotic herbs, fruits, organic produce and wines, it is no wonder that Queensland is a culinary haven. Last week's three-day visit by 14 gourmet food producers from
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      175 37 TOO IiOT TO RESIST 2 -18 Jun 06 Liang Court ,^OtmLJU>" Oryou migirt want to soothe outyouraching body with an invigorating traditional Thai massage. For those who are bold enough, have your fortune read and chart r out new frontiers. Arts Crafts Browse through interesting authentic Thai fare including handicrafts,
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      354 40 A lot of jobs are being created, particularly in software, resulting in higher spending on services and manufactured goods. Infrastructure spending will help sustain the growth momentum. Mr DH Pai Panandiker, president of economic policy research group RPG Foundation fW TRADE LIVE ALONGSIDE WITH OUIM TEAM 'ROLLING OPTIONS' FOR SIW
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      1098 42 FUJITSU EB2lO NOTEBOOK BOOTH: 1616 As the top-of-the-line model in Fujitsu's E series notebooks, the EB2lO packs in powerful features, including an Intel Core Duo HP COMPAQ NC2400 NOTEBOOK BOOTH: 1628 LG LW2S EXPRESS DUAL NOTEBOOK BOOTH: 1629 Processor T2400 (I.B3GHz), an 80GB hard disk
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      206 43 NEC POWERMATE DL TBOIOW DESKTOP PC BOOTH: 1603 Said to be the first of its kind in the Asia-Pacific, the Powermate DL TBolow desktop computer from NEC features water-cool-ing technology that enables the system to operate at less than 30dBA softer than a whisper. The water-cooling tech- nology
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      358 44 NOKIA NBO MOBILE PHONE BOOTH: 1620 •> If you're seeking a powerful camera phone, try the NokiaNBo. This slider phone incorporates a 3-megapixel camera with up to 20x digital zoom and a close-up (macro) mode. You can also get creative with the landscape capture mode that can be activated
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      558 44 ►> The Palm Treo 650 Smartphone now comes with Blackßerry Connect, available through Sing Tel and Star Hub. BlackBerry Connect supports push email functions, wireless calendar synchronisation and attachment viewing capabilities, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and PDF formats. The Blackßerry Enterprise Service software integrates with Microsoft Exchange and
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      553 46 SCREENS SAVERS Sporting clean-cut lines and a smooth black surface, the Sony Micro Vault Classic USB flash drive is preloaded with a Virtual Expander, which compresses data automatically to utilise memory space fully. The drive features a USB 2.0 interface and has a writing speed of 18 Mbps for convenient
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      420 48 Built for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the Canon imageClass MFBIBOC is a laser all-in-one (AIO) device that offers colour laser printing, copying, faxing and scanning functions. It produces monochrome and colour documents at a print resolution of 600x600 dots per inch (dpi), which can be enhanced
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      983 50  -  David Chew WHAT do Singaporeans think of the arts? That was the question radio DJs such as MediaCorp Radio Gold 90.5FM's Hamish Brown and 938 Live's Michelle Martin asked their listeners last week. Are venues such as the Esplanade too atas (high class) for the average Singaporean?
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      82 52 From a door-to-door survey of almost 1,500 Singaporeans and Permanent Residents last year, NAC found that: or almost everyone was able to name or or slightly more than half of the yj^^-VQ recognise arts and cultural activities in OO /O Singapore population isn't interested in Singapore the arts at
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      372 52 AMELYNNLIONG PUT a break-dancing, trash-talk-ing Scotsman in a thong, slap on a fake tan and the result is the zany dance-cabaret-comedy act The Cuban Brothers. The formula may sound simple, but as the troupe's founder Edinburgh native Mike Keat told Today in a recent interview,
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      391 53 JAMES TAY, 24 (cook) This Love- Maroon 5 Song delivery 3/5 Showmanship 3/5 Dress sense 2/5 Total 8/15 Remarks: Tay took some risks with this radio hit, but did not have the vocals or attitude to pull it off. 1900 112 1903 or SMS "3" to *****
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        128 54 When MediaCorp leading man TAY PING HUI (picture) takes time off from acting, he reads everything from non-fiction works by the likes of Warren Buffet to novels by Jeffrey Archer and Dan Brown. The actor fills us in on the other books on his bedside table. "I'm reading a
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        430 55  -  ASHRAFSAFDAR Author Nirpal Singh uses the sexploits of his protagonist to reveal human flaws ashraf@newstoday.com.sg THE cad whose sex life was detailed in his wife's confessional column in the British edition of the women's magazine, Marie Claire, has come out with his first book, Tourism, an engrossing read
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        212 55  -  Suresh Menon SHIBUITTYKUniCKAL BOOKREVIEW THIS collection of 10 short stories is no easy read and it's not meant to be one. Yet, for the serious fiction reader. Smell of an Evening is an intellectual trip into the psyches of a variety of characters some who live
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        503 57  -  AMY VAN Tease your appetite with a spicy lychee mango relish before your main course f ood@newstoday.com.sg WHAT do you do when you have a bunch of lychees which you can't finish? I'd usually make sorbet with them. It makes a refreshing dessert.All you need to
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        844 58  -  LIM HENG FONG Take the road less travelled and appreciate the wonder of Everest TIBET to me has always come across as a land full of mystery and daunting altitudes. But I felt strangely compelled to visit this autonomous province of China before age
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        454 60  -  LYNETTE KOH The quirks of the Australian capital are meant to be enjoyed lynette@newstoday.com.sg THE oddest sights sometimes rise above the picturesque city of Canberra. "I have seen a hot-air balloon in the shape of a Scotsman complete with kilt," said Mr Ross MacDiarmid (picture), the
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        100 60 TULIPS flown directly from Australia are among the key attractions at the Colours of Canberra exhibition at the Central Atrium of Marina Square. The exhibition, which ends on June 4, showcases Canberra's holiday experiences such as hot-air ballooning, shopping for unique handicraft and lifestyle products, and the city's
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          167 62 MAKE a date with Cupid onboard Star Cruises' SuperStar Virgo next month. The Dating@Sea cruise -which departs on July 2 invites singles to join in on a three-night cruise to Penang and Phuket to meet other singles from countries such as
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          210 62 QATAR Airways has been named as the best airline in the Middle-East and North Africa. It picked up the honour at the annual Middle-East and North Africa (MENA) travel awards in Dubai recently. The awards is considered one of the region's most prestigious in the
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          109 62 JET Airways now has a "kiosk check-in" for its domestic flights to India. When a passenger uses the kiosk check-in at the airport, the system performs a name check, verifies the PNR (reservation record), enables him to select his preferred seat and print his boarding
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        854 66 NYT A study finds that busy parents are embracing the goggle box as a substitute nannya trend that child experts find worrying SHARAE Sharp is familiar with paediatricians' advice on how children under the age of two should not watch television. But the advice feels less than
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        288 67 MUSIC lessons, remedial classes and creativity workshops. Faced with a myriad of programmes that promise to help children acquire new knowledge and develop skills in various areas, parents sometimes find it difficult to decide which one works best. While some programmes cater to a child's interests,
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      201 68 WEATHERTODAY Amsterdam 5/13 C rainy London 10/17 C cloudy o Auckland 4/17 C fair Los Angeles 15/26 C fair OingapOre Bali 25/30 C cloudy Manila 27/33 C thunderstorm 25/32 C BSBegawan2s/32C thunderstorm Melbourne 10/15 C fair Bangkok 25/34 C thunderstorm New Delhi 2941 C partly cloudy Bangalore 20/26 C slight
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      462 69  -  CUBBY LEONG cubby@newstoday.com.sg JIANG Yanmei broke down in tears when she and Li Yujia lost 17-21, 19-21 to tournament top seeds Chin Eei Hui and Wong Pei Tty of Malaysia at the Commonwealth Games final. The Singapore's women's pair is now aiming to bounce back from that
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      337 69 ■AFP NBA PLAYOFFS, WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL Phoenix 106 Dallas 86 (Series tied 2-2) PHOENIX, Arizona Raja Bell provided a spark and Phoenix rediscovered their rhythm in a 106-86 beating of Dallas that evened the semi-final series at two games each. Leandro Barbosa scored a playoff
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      603 70  -  JOSE RAYMOND Lacklustre Singapore edge Malaysia in Shootout TIGER FC CAUSEWAY CHALLENGE Singapore 0 Malaysia 0 Singapore win 5-4 on penalties jose@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE lifted the Tiger FC Causeway Challenge trophy last night at the National Stadium, beating Malaysia 5-4 on penalties after the match ended in a 0-0
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      Lock icon Indra's injury sours shootout win for Lions
      377 70  -  DARREN LAI darren@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE might have edged their Causeway rivals 5-4 on penalties in the first leg of the Tiger FC Causeway Challenge last night at the National Stadium, but grave faces were seen in the Lions' camp. Singapore's ace striker Indra Sahdan
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      Lock icon Ronaldinho's moment to shine
      871 71  -  Rohit Brijnath Germany 2006 could well decide Brazilian's place in history THIS picture, this so-called iconic one, it shows no deft goal, it captures no classic dribble, it catches no goalkeeper in sinewy stretch. A thousand words it does not speak. No, it is far more
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      469 72 -AFP Having let off Germany, coach wants Japan to be more ruthless at World Cup WORLD CUP WARM-UP Germany 2 Japan 2 LEVERKUSEN -Japan coach Zico said he was delighted with his team's performance in their 2-2 friendly draw with Germany on Tuesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), but
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      Lock icon Ronaldo raises hopes
      468 73 -AFP Much-maligned striker scores twice and wins praise from Brazil coach Parreira WORLD CUP WARM-UP Brazil 8 Lucerne 0 BASEL Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira heaped praise on fit-again striker Ronaldo, after the star struck twice in a preWorld Cup rout of Swiss club team Lucerne. Parreira
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        EASY FOR ARGENTINA
        91 74 FIRST-HALF goals from Maxi Rodriguez and captain Juan Pablo Sorin gave Argentina a comfortable 2-0 win over Angola on yesterday in the South Americans' final warm-up match before the World Cup. Argentina coach Jose Pekerman picked what was believed to be the likely starting line-up for their
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        CHINESE FANS WARNED
        78 74 CHINA has warned its football fans to stay away from hooligans and avoid drinking establishments at the World Cup. Fans should avoid carrying large sums of money and be aware of their personal safety at all times, according to guidelines posted on the foreign ministry's website. "Stay
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        KOREANS NOT TOO OPTIMISTIC
        82 74 NEARLY 90 per cent of South Koreans think their team will reach the second round of the World Cup, but fewer than four per cent thinkthe side can make the semi-finals. The survey of 1,094 people found that 88.3 per cent of South Koreans thought the
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        PLENTY OF WORRIES FOR TOGO
        66 74 TOGO'S World Cup preparations have been hit by cold weather and a chicken-pox scare, according to the team doctor. Togo were forced to train on an artificial pitch at their camp in Wangen Im Allgau, Germany, due to driving hail and temperatures that plummeted to
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        IVORIANS BATTLE FOR DRAW
        67 74 IVORY Coast warmed up for the World Cup with a hard-fought 1-1 draw against Chile yesterday in a bruising encounter that saw the Africans finish with 10 men. Six yellow cards five for the Ivorians and one for the Chileans told the story of a physical
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      504 74 -AFP Captain Beckham in a league of his own, purrs Eriksson WORLD CUP WARM-UP England 3 Hungary 1 MANCHESTER Sven-Goran Eriksson claimed that David Beckham answered his critics as the England captain inspired his country to a 3-1 victory against Hungary at Old Trafford. Beckham proved the key
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      511 75 -THE GUARDIAN England must keep ball low to unlock striker's prowess: Sven MANCHESTER Sven-Goran Eriksson indicated yesterday that he was sufficiently satisfied with his period of experimentation to persist with his new-look team for the World Cup. After watching his side beat Hungary 3--1
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      245 76 -AFP EINDHOVEN Holland coach Marco van Basten (picture) will ring the changes ahead of his team's World Cup warm-up match against Mexico tonight. Van Basten played what many people believed to be his first choice XI in last Sunday's 1-0 win over Cameroon, but
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      775 76 AGENCIES Today has selected nine nations that we feel can stand on top of the world on July 9. After Argentina and Italy, today it's Holland's turn in the spotlight. Written off even by their own countrymen, van Basten's youthful-looking Dutch team could yet silence their doubters.
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        336 77 —AFP Both sides substitute many players in experimental warm-up match WORLD CUP WARM-UP Switzerland 1 Italy 1 GENEVA Italy looked uninspired during a 1-1 draw against Switzerland in a largely experimental World Cup warm-up yesterday where both sides substituted six players during the second half. Alessandro del Piero
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        315 77 —AFP TENNIS French Open, 2nd round PARIS Top seed Roger Federer and Russian golden girl Maria Sharapova lifted the Paris gloom yesterday when they shrugged off the bitter cold and rain-choked skies to reach the French Open third round. World No 1 Federer took
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