Today, 8 June 2006, Afternoon Edition

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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon ROONEY'S READY
      716 1 AGENCIES Boost for England as striker gets World Cup green light MANCHESTER Wayne Rooney boarded a return flight to Baden-Baden this morning, seemingly given the all-clear to join England's World Cup campaign. After a morning flight on a private jet from England's base in southern Germany to Manchester,
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      25 1 hot news 3 Singapore news 4 world news 13 voices 22 business 34 classad 46 sports 48 we set you thinking Jfe.^'. 4*J IIMWIMJ HI
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      78 1 Today's m m W WORLD CUP ftk I Igfc 1 I Afe] PACKAGE I J f T The greatest Wjf m W *A sporting event on T\\ V A off tomorrow and Sports Editor Today columnist Sports columnist Today will bring LEONARD THOMAS NEIL HUMPHREYS ROHIT BRIJNATH vouapackaqe complains that
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  • hot news
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      NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS, BOSS
      726 2  -  LIANG DINGZI Loaded job interview questions and workplace discrimination help nobody IT'S good news for not just the workers, as the Government turns its attention to corporate manpower management. Considering that Singapore's key resource is its people, improved human resource (HR) management will benefit all
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      Lock icon Royal couple on first trip to S'pore
      304 3  -  VINITARAMANI Three-nation visit aimed at improving ties and raising mutual understanding vinita@newstoday.com.sg EMPEROR Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan will arrive in Singapore today for a three-day state visit at the invitation of President S R Nathan and his wife. While here, they
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      Lock icon KMT chief to make S'pore visit
      164 3 CHANNEL NEWSASIA TAIWAN'S Honorary Kuomintang (KMT) chairman Lien Chan will be in Singapore on Monday to mark the 100 th anniversary of the Singapore Tong Meng Hui, a revolutionary movement setup by the founding father of the Republic of China Dr Sun Vat Sen
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      Lock icon Out to oust Chen
      122 3 -AFP TAIPEI Taiwan opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party yesterday put its weight behind an ongoing campaign to oust President Chen Shui-bian in a move tipped to deepen the political crisis on the island. The KMT parliamentary caucus was given the green light to raise a recall motion
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      Lock icon Wall St extends slide, Dow ends below 11,000, oil closes lower
      403 3 AGENCIES US stocks fell to four-month lows, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average below 11,000, as the prospect of slower economic growth hurt commodity producers. A morning rally ended after Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Jack Guynn became
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  • singapore news
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      Out on bail, teacher molests again...
      285 4  -  LOH CHEE KONG HE WAS out on bail after being hauled up by the police for molest But that did not stop a 36-year-old primary school teacher from repeating his crime by molesting a fellow passenger on the MRT train. It was after he
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      Lock icon Let us tell you what we think...
      525 4  -  DERRICK A PAULO 13 students organise a consultation exercise, the Ministry of Education listens derrick@newstoday.com.sg FOR three years now, they have been active participants in the sessions organised by the Feedback Unit Over time, however, students Soh Vi Da and Tan Yong Liang
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      For SDP, the writing is on the wall
      425 4  -  LOH CHEE KONG IF THIS was the moment that sealed the fate of the Singapore Democratic Party, it came as an anti-climax. No one from the party was even present to witness it With the courts due to enter their judgment on
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      Lock icon Flexible loans for Filipino maids
      471 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG Scheme offered by tie-up with Philippine banks allows for longer repayment period cheekong@newstoday.com.sg THE perennial complaint among foreign domestic workers of having to scrimp and save for the first few months of their employment, in order to pay their hometown agencies for getting them
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      Lock icon Missing lawyer case shocks CJ
      277 6 938 LIVE CHIEF Justice Chan Sek Keong has expressed his shock and concern about the alleged misappropriation of clients' money by lawyer David Rasif and suggested that stricter rules could be necessary. In the statement issued by the Supreme Court, CJ Chan said the incident
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    • SINGAPORE SNIPPETS
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        Lock icon COE PRICES RISE SLIGHTLY
        102 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Certificate of entitlement (COE) prices for nearly all categories of vehicles have gone up slightly. The latest bidding exercise shows the sharpest rise for Category A COEs. They rose $1,102 to reach $11,202. Also rising slightly are the COEs for cars in Category B.
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        Lock icon SUSPECT ARRESTED FOR FATAL STABBING IN GEYLANG
        108 6 938 LIVE A 31-year-old unemployed Malay man has been arrested after a fatal stabbing at Circuit Link in Geylang last month. Police believe he killed a 41-year-old odd-job labourer, MrZainal Zainuddin, who was found bleeding from a stab wound on the night of
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        Lock icon SEVEN ROUNDED UP IN DRUG BUST
        151 6 938 LIVE Officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) arrested seven suspected drug offenders in an operation that ended this morning. They also seized nearly 70g of ketamine with a street value of more than $3,000. The seven arrested included the 24--year-old supplier, who
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      Lock icon Plenty of jobs on the cards, but few takers
      520 8  -  LINYANQIN Radio DJs join in effort to overhaul image of hospitality industry ya nqinl@newstoday.com.sg SO THE integrated resorts and the tourism boom that should come with it are promising to create as many as 100,000 new jobs in the service sector
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      Lock icon New Lasik surgery with fewer side effects
      279 8 938 LIVE RESEARCHERS have come up with a new Lasik technology that is said to significantly reduce post-surgery glare, halos and night vision problems. Each year, it is estimated that more than 10,000 Lasik procedures are performed in Singapore where some 40 per
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      Lock icon Choose flexible wages or be forced to retrench: Minister Ng
      330 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA INTRODUCE the monthly variable component (MVC) in your wage package, or risk having to wield the axe in an economic downturn. This was the stark warning from Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen (picture) to Singapore companies who have
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      Lock icon A $47m endeavour for charity
      304 10 938 LIVE THE Community Chest aims to raise $47 million this financial year for charities and social service programmes under its care. The target has gone up by $2 million from last year as the Community Chest has an additional eight programmes and three charities
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      Lock icon Signatures for Seletar
      558 10  -  TEOXUANWEI Residents, golfers ink a petition to save part of area's rustic charm xua nweit@newstoday.com.sg LESS than a month after plans to convert Seletar Airport into a major aerospace park were unveiled, some 100 people have put their signatures to a petition to save the area. A
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      Lock icon Scientists look to TB for malaria cure
      326 10 938 LIVE SCIENTISTS here have found an enzyme common in tuberculosis (TB) and malaria that may pave the way for a new cure for malaria. The Novartis Institute of Tropical Diseases has discovered the enzyme that could allow a new drug now in
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      Lock icon A success despite detour
      549 12  -  TEOXUANWEI Having gone through ITE and poly to get to university, this student hopes to inspire others xua nweit@newstoday.com.sg JUST like Einstein, Goh Jian Hui believes that what you lack in talent, you make up for with sweat. His academic performance is proof that the saying
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      A card smart enough to keep attendance
      288 12  -  SAMPOORNADASGUPTA TAPPING our ez-link cards on the readers when boarding a bus has become almost second nature to many of us. Now, students at Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC) are tapping similar smart cards to enter their lecture theatres daily. This new system of
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      girl's NIGHT OUT
      384 12 The first seven female Idol hopefuls took the stage last night, and ZUL OTHMAN says, for the most part, it was another round of hohum singing. Two voices stood out, however: Rahimah Rahim's powerful delivery and Jasmine Tye's demonstration that she is a diamond in the making.
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Harvard enters cloning race
      364 13 BLOOMBERG BOSTON Harvard University researchers have entered the race to do what Korean scientists falsely claimed to have accomplished last yean Clone a human embryo in the lab to create stem cells genetically matched to a living person. The Harvard researchers said yesterday they have begun
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      Lock icon Playboy resurfaces in Bali
      318 13 —AFP JAKARTA A defiant second issue of the Indonesian edition of the American adult magazine Playboy hit Jakarta's streets yesterday, produced from its new headquarters on the mostly Hindu resort island of Bali. The edition is the first to reappear after violent Muslim hardliners forced the
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      Lock icon Betrayed Mahathir cannot tahan anymore
      541 14 —AP Not true that he depleted coffers or that govt is bankrupt, says former PM PUTRAJAYA Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad yesterday accused his hand-picked successor, who reversed many of his decisions, of betraying his trust and coming close to stabbing him in the back.
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      Eye on World Cup syndicates
      215 14 PETALING JAVA Three syndicates, comprising illegal bookies, loan sharks and VCD pirates, have formed an "unholy trinity" to cash in on World Cup fever with a scheme to lure fans to place bets on matches, The Star reported. Money coming in from the sale of
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      Lock icon Quake recovery as Merapi threat looms
      272 14 —AFP MT MERAPI (Indonesia) Workers labouring in the wake of an earthquake on Indonesia's Java last month expanded their focus to simmering Mount Merapi yesterday as it threatened to spark a second emergency. By late Tuesday, more than 15,000 people have been evacuated from
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      Blind man wins cheque book tussle
      304 14 NEW DELHI A blind Indian man has had a victory in his legal battle with a bank over being allowed to use a cheque book. Mr Prasanna Kumar Pincha, who works for Action Aid India, went to court after trying to open an account
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      Lock icon Apec countries test response to possible bird flu pandemic
      231 15 —AFP SYDNEY Major countries in the Asia-Pa-cific region took part yesterday in an exercise designed to test their response to a bird flu pandemic. Coordinated by Australia, the exercise aimed to test the communication links between the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
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      Lock icon UN force to return to Timor Leste?
      379 15 —AFP Envoy to call for police force deployment DILI The United Nations hinted yesterday that it may increase its presence in Timor Leste, which has been hit by weeks of violent unrest. "I think just about everybody I've talked to believes that there
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    • Article
      OIL'S NOT WELL IN THE THAI ECONOMY
      766 16  -  SAKULRAT MONTREEVAT Delaying the polls till October has eroded investors' confidence THAI authorities recently revised downward their GDP forecast this year to 4.0-5.0 per cent, from the targeted 4.5-5.5 per cent, because domestic demand is slowing down the country's growth. Thailand recorded 4.5-per-cent
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    • this quirkq world
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        Lock icon CLOWN URINALS FOR PUBLIC TOILETS IN M'SIA?
        91 16 AP Malaysia's public restrooms are set to be revamped with unconventional urinals, a newspaper report has said. "We will start placing the designer toilets in the Klang Valley in August before expanding (the project) to other states," an official was quoted as saying
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        CAN I TAKE LEAVE TO SERVE TIME IN PRISON?
        133 16 A teacher convicted of theft has tried and failed —to take leave from work to serve prison time in New York. Thomas Everett will not be welcomed back to work, officials from his school said. In January, Everett submit- ted a
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        FED UP, MAN BURNS CAR
        75 16 A Serb man calmly set fire to his car when he heard how much he had to pay to reclaim it after it was towed away for illegal parking, Reuters said. Reuters quoted a eye-wit-ness as saying: "He went to his car, took a few
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    • Article
      Lock icon Dwarf dinosaur discovered
      254 16 AGENCIES PARIS When you think dinosaurs, you think big. But German scientists say they've discovered a species that evolved into a dwarf, ending up only about one-third the size of its closest-known relatives the largest animals to ever tread the earth. This unusual species of dinosaur became
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      Lock icon US blasts report
      422 18 —AGENCIES Council of Europe 'rehashed statement on secret CIA flights' WASHINGTON The United States yesterday criticised a Council of Europe report on secret Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) flights for "war on terror" suspects, dismissing it as heavy on charges but thin on hard facts. "We're certainly disappointed
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      Lock icon 600 prisoners released from Iraq jails
      184 18 —AGENCIES BAGHDAD Almost 600 prisoners were released in Iraq yesterday after new Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said that a total of 2,500 would be freed to help foster national reconciliation. It was one of the biggest such releases of prisoners held in Iraqi or
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      Lock icon Peasants storm official building in Brazil
      179 18 —AGENCIES BRASILIA (Brazil) Hundreds of landless farmers stormed Brazil's Congress building during a protest in Brasilia, leaving at least 23 people injured and hundreds more arrested, media reported. The melee occurred on Tuesday during a protest by an estimated 700 members of the Movement
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      Lock icon No civil war, says Hamas PM amid talks
      238 18 —AFP GAZA CITY Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya has flatly ruled out any descent into civil war as Egyptian mediators rushed to find a lastminute solution to deadly feuding in the Gaza Strip. "We want to save Palestinian blood, we want to
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    • Article
      Final-year relief
      448 19  -  VINITARAMANI UK varsity lecturers accept pay deal to end months of anxiety vinita@newstoday.com.sg UNIVERSITY lecturers across Britain called off their national boycott yesterday, ending months of anxiety for thousands of final-year students, whose degrees were hanging in the balance. After last-ditch attempts to end the deadlock, the University
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      Lock icon M'sia says no to Mrs Blair
      295 19 —AFP KUALA LUMPUR British Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife, Cherie, was yesterday refused permission to act in a controversial Malaysian court case which is linked to accusations of government corruption. "I am in no doubt, and I agree with the opposing parties, that an
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      Lock icon US does a U-turn on Iran
      347 20 —AFP Tehran offered possibility of continuing nuclear activities by Washington WASHINGTON In a policy reversal for the Bush administration, the United States has joined Europe in offering Iran the possibility of uranium enrichment in its own territory, the Washington Post reported yesterday. Iran's President
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      Lock icon Google hits Great Wall
      246 20 —AFP BEIJING The Google.com search engine has been blocked in most parts of China, as Beijing steps up its efforts to restrict the public's access to information, a Paris-based media watchdog said. Internet users in many major Chinese cities have had difficulty connecting to the uncensored
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      Lock icon Over 1,000 Muslims plan protest against London police
      369 20 —AFP LONDON Anger at police treatment of British Muslims is growing in east London where over 1,000 people plan to hold a protest this weekend, with some even urging the community to stop cooperating with the authorities. Members of the area's large
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  • Voices
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      Lock icon isay MUM, DAD, THANKS, BUT IT'S MY LIFE
      698 22  -  JAMES CHIH THE commentary "Obsolete advice and today's children" (June 1) by Frances Ong brings back memories. I have no doubt parents have the best intentions when they give their children advice on education and career choices, but many feel compelled to
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      Bus captains must live up to their titles, not shirk responsibility
      324 22  -  RAJA MITRA Letter from I REFER to the incident of a foreign worker being assaulted on a bus (June 2). While intervention by fellow passengers is voluntary, it is not so for the bus driver. An integral part of
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    • More than just a House ...
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        Lock icon Parliament's work matters – renovation concerns should be secondary
        214 24  - Parliament's work matters renovation concerns should be secondary EDDY TAN Letter from I REFER to the report, "All dressed up, no House to go to" (June 7). I am surprised that the swearing-in of MPs and Parliament sessions should be delayed. This indicates a logic that is not consistent with
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        Window of time could be used constructively by MPs
        116 24  -  KHOO LIH-HAN Letter from IT MAY be a blessing in disguise for newlyelected MPs that Parliament will only be convened in November. This time gap will be good for them to come to grasp their job scopes and also to work
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    • Article
      sayagain
      45 24 The Government should not adopt the "not-invented-here" mentality or the "what-do-you-people-know" approach to suggestions from the public. The worst thing to do to is to give a canned, non-committal answer. If more recognition, tangible and intangible, were given, great ideas would surface. Gary Lee
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      HDB flats designed to muffle noise
      287 24  -  TAY BOON SUN Letter from Senior Public Relations Officer for Director (Corporate Development) Housing Development Board I REFER to the letters "Thin walls of our 'paper' flat" by Ms Karine Lim (May 15), "Forced to sell flat due to noise" by Mr Chng Kiat
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        SHOULDN'T LAWYER HAVE SPOTTED OVERSIGHT?
        90 24  -  RASHID OSMAN: I refer to the article, "Ignore Chee's oversight" (June 7). Mr M Ravi had explained that Ms Chee had missed the deadline to pay the security deposit because as a lay person, she was "not conversant with legal procedure". It puzzled me. Shouldn't
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        IN REGARD TO A COMMON GRAMMATICAL ERROR ...
        90 24  - IN REGARD TO A COMMON GRAMMATICAL ERROR ALAN WONG: Whilst fully endorsing Ms Liu-I-Chun's proposal ("Language labs will help correct pronunciation", June 7), I wish to point out that the letter itself contains a common grammatical error. It is the phrase "with regards to". The correct phrase is "with regard
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      229 26  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY I PRIC PRICELESS MEMORIES I've always thought that kids were funny. I'm reminded of Ann Ortland's 11-year-old son, Nels, whom she described in her book. Disciplines of a Beautiful Woman. She had taken this rambunctious boy to their paediatrician for a routine
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      Lock icon Training plan misses the target
      460 26  -  NURWATIABD RAZAK Costly compulsory course can't teach as well as field visits, job-specific classes Letterfrom I THINK it is a waste for the Government to spend $4.4 million on the Singapore 2006 Customer Service Training Programme. It allows taxi drivers or hotel staff to learn
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    • Chop chopstick provision
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        Only a ban can save the environment
        239 26  -  MURALI SHARMA Letter from I REFER to the I Say piece, "Bring your own chopsticks" (June 5). The world is facing a crisis perpetrated by the humble chopsticks, which threatens to deplete forests. Drastic action is called for. As is evident from past
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        It's also a matter of personal hygiene
        68 26  -  SAMLAIWAH Letter from WE SHOULD look into how food courts and coffee shops handle cutlery. Handlers who distribute them without wearing gloves make me worry about hygiene. I have seen customers searching through cutlery to pick out clean ones. Bringing your own chopsticks
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      'Staying the course' no longer an option
      238 28  -  BRIAN SELBY Letter from YOUR report on the recent visit of United States Defense Secretary Rumsfeld ("Rumsfeld mulls on the longest war", June 5) reinforces my conviction that President Bush's and his administration's war on terrorism can safely be predicted to be one
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      Include child carer's name in passports
      168 28  -  ALEXLO Letter from AS LETTER writers have argued, I think it is prudent for the authorities to consider indicating the surname/family name in the Singapore passport It would clear any confusion foreign immigration authorities may have as they are not familiar with our culture.
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    • APPALLING!
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        Let the club chairman try to live on $100 a month
        227 28  -  MOHDNOOR ABDULLAH Letter from I REFER to the Today Exclusive, "S-League football stars who take home less than maids" (June 7). I was appalled by the response of the footballers' employer. Sporting Afrique president Collin Chee said the players
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        Don't bring in foreign players if you can't afford it
        202 28  -  HEXIUYUN Letter from IT IS plain despicable to deduct $700 per month from each player for just supplies of chicken and rice and, on top of that, one of the players had to cook! Chicken and rice will not cost
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        121 28  -  PETERTEOH Letter from I EARN several times more than the football players concerned. But based on my daily eating habits, $10 is more than enough to cover breakfast, lunch and dinner. Which means $300 is more than enough for meals, and not $700
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      162 28  -  DARREN LEE Letter from THE mostly-unsold executive flats in my Sembawang neighbourhood are undergoing a major floor-tile replacement. These new flats were built six years ago, along with the four and five-room ones that have all been sold. My block has 28 executive
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      562 32  -  AUDREY LIM the crowd^^^^H NG LI PING 24, in the IT business Schooled at home for years, he goes on to ace his polytechnic diploma course news@newstoday.com.sg SOME people keep their school uniforms long after they need them so as to remember the
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      Lock icon Exodus from Murakami fund?
      535 34 BLOOMBERG —VALERIE LAW Their concern follows on the fund manager's arrest in Japan for insider trading SOME investors are thinking of ditching a 400-billion-yen ($5.7-billion) fund based in Singapore, after its manager Yoshiaki Murakami was arrested in Tokyo earlier this week on insider trading charges. Orix
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      Lock icon Japan tightens investment laws
      222 34 —AFP REELING from a string of financial scandals, Japan yesterday enacted laws aimed at tightening regulation of investment funds and financial markets. Calling for harsher penalties for insider trading, accounting fraud and other financial misdeeds, the new rules come amid growing concerns about the conduct of
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        Spore to grow 6.7% this year: Private economists
        367 36  -  CHRISTIE LOH Positive predictions for industries such as manufacturing, services and pharmaceutical christie@newstoday.com.sg STRONG global economic conditions have prompted private-sec-tor economists to raise their forecasts for Singapore's full-year growth to 6.7 per centfrom 5.9 per cent, according to a quarterly-sur-vey released yesterday
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        SGX toughens listing rules
        298 36  -  CHOW PENN NEE pennnee@newstoday.com.sg FOREIGN issuers will now be required to have at least two independent directors who are Singapore residents on a continuing basis, and not just at time of listing. This is just one of several new listing rules which will come into effect
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        Lock icon Regulator to study bid for BAA
        321 38 BLOOMBERG It will review whether Ferrovial's bid for airport operator reduces competition in Australia AUSTRALIA'S anti-trust regulator will review Grupo Ferrovial's £10.1 billion ($29.8 billion) bid for BAA, the world's biggest airport owner, to assess whether it reduces competition among the nation's airfields. On
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        Lock icon CORPORATEBRIEFS
        185 38 DOW JONES Friends Provident International, a British financial services group, has secured a branch licence to operate in Singapore. The office, which will open in September, plans to be the first here to launch a portfolio bond for high net worth customers. Luxury home developer SC Global has sold
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          CATCH THE WORLD CUP ACTION WITH PIZZA HUT DELIVERY
          271 38 DINERS can savour great tasting pizzas while catching all the action of World Cup 2006. Pizza Hut delivery is ready to provide soccer fanatics throughout the night with hot and fresh pizzas during the World Cup season. For the first time.
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          206 38 THE L'Oreal Paris Skin Rebrightening Atrium is on now until Sunday from 10am to 9.30pm at Suntec Galleria Foyer. Activities during the event include a skin analysis session that will show your skin age versus your real age, as well as your
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          4 38 ST Index 2,355.43 -34.58
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          65 38 DOW JONES SHARE prices closed at a five-month low as the persistent speculation that the United States Federal Reserve will continue to raise US interest rates pulled Wall Street down. The ST Index ended down 34.58 points, or 1.4 per cent, at 2,355.43 its third consecutive day of decline.
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          57 38 Nikkei 225 *****.01 -200.05 1 QQ -I.Bo Hang Seng ASX *****.55 -156.56 5025.50 -10.60 -0.90 -0.21 Taiwan Wtd 6612.74 -117.53 -1.75 Korea Comp 1266.04 -34.70 -2.67 KLCI 923.57 -1.92 -0.21 SET Index 600.22 -13.02 -1.97 Jakarta Comp 1207.17 -29.76 -2.26 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2210.42 -71.30 293.41 -11.77
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          26 38 SGX, Bloomberg Gold US$/oz 634.70 Silver US$/oz 11.85 Platinum US$/oz 1,235.90 Rubber cents/kg 428.50 Palm oil RM/tonne 1/MB.OO Brant crude US$/barrel 70.85 Information provided by
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          66 38 JTIETF100 25.600 +0.400 !TI 2500SGA*****0 0.910 +0.135 !TI 2450SGA*****9 0.495 +0.130 1SI*****DB*****1 0.730 +0.110 1SI*****DB*****1 1.250 +0.110 Jikkei225SGA***** 0.905 +0.105 jreatEast 14.000 +0.100 )UE 10.200 +0.100 ;iMSCI295MBL***** 1.120 +0.100 1SI*****SGA*****0 0.930 +0.095 Falmac 0.045 +125.0 FHTK 0.010 +100.0 STI2450SGA*****9 0.495 +35.6 Autran WD***** 0.020 +33.3 HSI*****SGA*****9 0.350
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          70 38 5SE50ETFSGA*****9 1.720 -0.580 :reativ8 50 8.350 -0.500 IBS 17.200 -0.500 IMH 400USS 17.900 -0.500 /enture 10.400 -0.400 (spCorp 13.500 -0.300 Magnecomp 0.720 -0.300 \PB 9.550 -0.200 :iTYDEV 9.150 -0.200 ]BS Bk 6% NCPS10 107.600 -0.200 0lamCSeCW***** 0.010 -92.6 STATSChPDBSeCW0B0828 0.020 ChinaEnlSp 0.005 Noble GtpDBeCW*****3 0.005 SingTelSGAeCW0B0717 0.005
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          36 38 US$ 0.6314 UK£ 0.3394 Yen 71.555 HK$ 4.8998 RM 2.3009 Euro 0.4920 Rupiah 5900.6 Baht 24.164 Peso 33.354 A$ 0.8528 Indian Rs 29.001 Won 595.39 C$ 0.7031 Yuan 5.0602 NZ$ 1.0070 NT$ 20.241
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        Lock icon Customers matter, S'pore banks: PwC
        322 40 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Better service is one thing they look for TO GROW in the long run, Singapore banks should pay more attention to their customers, and not depend on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) alone, according to a joint survey released yesterday by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and
        — CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  322 words
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        StanChart taps SMU brains
        256 40  -  CHOW PENN NEE HOW can Standard Chartered Bank fine tune its operations here? For fresh ideas, the foreign lender is looking to the staff and students of the Singapore Management University (SMU). The school and StanChart have jointly setup an innovation centre to conduct research and
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        7-Eleven to run Shell stores
        157 40  -  —VALERIE LAW SHELL (Singapore) will hand over the operations of its service stations to 7-Eleven Singapore, the companies said yesterday. Under the alliance, customers will be able to access products and services typically available in 7-Eleven convenience stores, besides fuel-related products, said Shell spokeswoman Mavis
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        Lock icon HSBC to tap Chinese market
        247 42 BLOOMBERG Company to start an insurance venture in China this year HSBC Holdings, Europe's largest bank by market value, said that it would start an insurance venture in China by the end of this year, tapping into demand by the growing middle class for protection
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        Lock icon Whiz kid pleads guilty in $llm hedge fund scam
        199 42 —AP NEW HAVEN, Connecticut A former New York University student pleaded guilty to bank and wire fraud on Tuesday, admitting that he used his student ID and expertly forged documents to pose as the heir to a billionaire Turkish family and
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        Lock icon Krispy Kreme will open its first store in China this year
        229 42 BLOOMBERG KRISPY Kreme Doughnuts, the second-largest United States doughnut maker, will open a store in China for the first time after awarding development rights for Hong Kong and Macau to a pair of Australian restaurateurs. The agreement calls for
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      Lock icon Winning start for Susilo
      929 48  -  CUBBY LEONG CUBBYLEONG Unseeded Singaporean surprises world No 14 Kuan BADMINTON Aviva Open Singapore 2006 cubby@newstoday.com.sg BADMINTON fans who turned up to support home favourite Ronald Susilo at the Aviva Open Singapore 2006 were not disappointed yesterday, when he defeated world No 14 Kuan Beng Hong
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      Lock icon Young Lions pull away at the top
      377 48  -  DARREN LAI NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2006 Balestier Khalsa 0 Young Lions 4 darren@newstoday.com.sg THE indomitable Young Lions continued their impressive unbeaten start to the season by handing out a 4-0 thrashing to Balestier Khalsa at Toa Payoh Stadium last night Playing in only
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      Lock icon Dolphins plot to climb up table
      1204 49  -  LI ZAI SHI With recent results, Sengkang Punggol striker Angelucci says cellardwellers have finally turned a corner NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE2OO6 Sengkang Punggol v Home United sports@newstoday.com.sg THEY may be coming off the back of their first victory of the season after a nine-game wait,
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      Lock icon NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
      646 50 —AP Two first-timers ready to contend for NBA championship NBA FINALS, GAME 1 Miami Heat v Dallas Mavericks NEW YORK Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki are in the NBA Finals for the first time. For Shaquille O'Neal and Pat Riley, it's just another June. There
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      Lock icon Dampier prepares for the 'Mays Masher'
      520 50 —AP DALLAS Shaquille O'Neal has always given himself colourful, timely nicknames. With his Miami Heat about to open the NBA finals against the Dallas Mavericks, here's a new one he could consider: The Mays Masher. He certainly has the numbers to back it up.
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      Lock icon Nadal on cruise control
      557 52 —AFP Clay master strolls into last four as Djokovic retires TENNIS French Open PARIS Reigning champion Rafael Nadal advanced to the semi-finals of the French Open yesterday after Serbian teenager Novak Djokovic withdrew injured when trailing by two sets to love. The 20-year-old Spaniard extended his
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      Lock icon Sorenstam seeks slice of LPGA history
      433 52 —AFP HAVRE DE GRACE, Maryland Annika Sorenstam's dominance has dwindled on the LPGA tour of late, but the Swedish star is still in the running to make history at this week's LPGA Championship today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time). Sorenstam is seeking her fourth straight
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      Lock icon Campbell ponders move to Turkey
      221 52 —AGENCIES ANKARA, Turkey England and Arsenal defender Sol Campbell is considering an offer to move to Istanbul team Fenerbahce and will make a decision after the World Cup, according to a report published yesterday. "The likelihood that I will go to Fenerbahce is higher than
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      Lock icon Boro appoints Southgate as coach
      170 52 —AGENCIES MIDDLESBROUGH Despite lacking a Uefa coaching licence, Gareth Southgate (picture) was introduced as Middlesbrough's new manager yesterday. Club chairman Steve Gibson said: "We have fast-tracked Gareth because we let our previous manager, Steve McClaren, become the new England coach." However, Boro have until 12
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      Lock icon Barthez preaches
      551 53 SAINT-ETIENNE, France France goalkeeper Fabien Barthez has spoken out against media reports of a rift inside the French camp. The 1998 World Cup winner, in particular, has denied falling out with reserve Gregory Coupet "I never had any problems with Greg," Barthez told reporters yesterday as France prepared
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      Lock icon Choi urges Korea to plug defensive gaps
      280 53 —AFP BENSBERG, Germany Experienced defender Choi Jin-Cheul said yesterday South Korea will have to tighten up the back four if they are to have any chance of repeating their World Cup glory run on home soil four years ago. With the vultures already
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      Lock icon CLASSY TORRES
      540 54 —AGENCIES Youngster's wonder goal gives Spain welldeserved win over Croatia GENEVA An injury-time wonder goal from young Fernando Torres gave Spain a well-deserved 2-1 win over Croatia this morning. Spain had to come from behind after Croatia had taken an early lead against the run of play in
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      Lock icon Hiddink fumes as Aussies toil against lowly Liechtenstein
      323 54 ULM (Germany) Australia struggled to a 3--1 win over Liechtenstein this morning, in their final warm-up before their opening World Cup game against Japan on Monday. An own goal from Lucas Neill after eight minutes saw Liechtenstein take a surprise lead at
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        MISS UNIVERSE LIKES BALLS
        108 54 FORMER Miss Universe Alicia Machado stole the show yesterday as Central American hopefuls Costa Rica geared up for Friday's World Cup curtain-raiser against hosts Germany in Munich. Venezuelan Machado, crowned Miss Universe in 1996, burst in on the squad as they trained at nearby Walldorf, to
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        GATTUSO JOINS ITALY'S INJURY LIST
        93 54 MIDFIELDER Gennaro Gattusowill miss Italy's first two games at the World Cup due to a thigh muscle injury, team doctor Enrico Castellacci said yesterday. Gattuso joins a growing Azzurri injured list including his AC Milan teammate and central defender Alessandro Nesta, whom Italian media have
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        CZECH STAR BAROS DOUBTFUL
        77 54 CZECH international striker Milan Baros is doubtful to start in his country's first World Cup match against the United States on June 12 because of a foot injury, team coach Karel Bruckner said yesterday. Baros, who plays for English premier league club Aston Villa and who
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        CHILD'S PLAY FOR FERREIRA
        50 54 PORTUGAL defender Paulo Ferreira has been allowed to leave his team's World Cup base to return home to witness the birth of his first child, Portuguese press reported here yesterday. However, the Chelsea player should resume training this afternoon with the team at their Marienfeld base.
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      45 54 Q. Having a mascot for the World Cup is a relatively young tradition. When was the first World Cup to have one? A: Willie, a lion, was the mascot in England in 1966. It was the first World Cup to have one.
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      437 55 —AFP Ronaldinho urges referees to protect the Brazilians' Beautiful Game KOENIGSTEIN, Germany If the world wants to see the Samba boys dance, then the Brazilians must be protected. World and European footballer of the year Ronaldinho pleaded with the referees yesterday to look after him and his
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      Lock icon Cahill ready to roar in Socceroos clash against Japan
      393 55 —AGENCIES OEHRINGEN, Germany Socceroos midfielder Tim Cahill declared yesterday he can play as many World Cup minutes as coach Guvs Hiddink wants him to, saying he is fit and firing after recovering from a knee injury. Cahill believes he is ready
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      386 55 —AFP TOKYO Asian champions Japan shrugged off doubts over fitness and team unity as they prepare for what is expected to be a tough physical battle against Australia in their World Cup Group F opener in Kaiserslautern on Monday. Right winger Akira Kaji,
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      THE WORLD IS READY
      923 56  -  ROHIT BRIJNATH After four years, we're all geared up once again for the tournament that pushes atthe margins of madness extra-time with sports@newstoday.com.sg HARD as it might be to comprehend for those whose favourite site is www.healrooney.com, there are actually people on this planet who look
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      853 57 There are 48 matches in the group stages of the World Cup, which kicks off tomorrow night. No matter how much caffeine you take or how many days you skip work, it is going to be difficult to catch all 48 matches. Fixtures involving England or
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      1232 58  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS Beckham's boys will never get a better chance of lifting trophy TWO years ago, David Beckham strode imperiously towards the penalty spot A nation's hopes rested on his tattooed shoulders as his manicured fingers placed the ball. Always aware of the cult of celebrity, the
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      490 58 Spirit of '96 inspires blessed England, says Neville AFP BADEN-BADEN If England end up winning the World Cup, few will appreciate the irony better than Gary Neville. Ten years ago, the fresh-faced youngster from Salford was given a lesson in what it takes to win a major tournament by this
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      Lock icon Former England skipper backs Cole
      334 59 —AGENCIES LONDON Terry Butcher believes England's time to recapture the World Cup has arrived and is backing midfielder Joe Cole to emerge as their secret weapon. The former England captain told BBC Sport that Cole will emerge from the shadows of his more high-profile team-mates.
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        478 60 DPA Striker's injury ruins battling France's win over China SAINT ETIENNE France's 3-1 win over China provided little consolation as Les Bleus lost Djibril Cisse for the tournament yesterday, after the Liverpool striker appeared to break his leg in the team's final preparation game before
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        56 60 MARRYING IN STYLE: Tired of the traditional wedding finery? Chinese models display alternative wedding fashion with football designs during a road show in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province in China. Football-related products have flooded into the market and drawn the attention of football fans days prior to the
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        201 60 —AGENCIES BERLIN Germany captain Michael Ballack is in danger of missing the hosts' World Cup opening match against Costa Rica tomorrow night The 29-year-old, who has joined Chelsea on a free transfer from Bayern Munich, was expected to play in the game after being cleared to
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      774 61  -  LEONARD THOMAS Pinch me, otherwise I wouldn't know my dream's about to be fulfilled in germany with Sports Editor leonard@newstoday.com.sg COLD, everybody going about their business all covered up, little colour no fanfare at all, I was startled at how ordinary Munich seemed when I arrived here
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      274 61 —AFP BERLIN If the mood in Germany is pretty subdued ahead of the world's biggest sporting event, it hasn't been helped by comments from its national skipper. As the hosts prepare to kick off the World Cup tomorrow night against Costa Rica, Michael
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      68 61 GERMANY2OO6 june9-july9 x r Do you have something to 111 F; get off your chest about T»/~vrii < the World Cup? Send 1 vJo J your thoughts to sports@newstnday.com.sg and the best letter of the week will win a special adidas World Cup prizes package, which includes top of fy
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      853 64  -  David Chew Tan Swie Hian's Multi-disciplinary artist Tan Swie Hian honoured for service to France WITH a two square-kilo-metre outdoor museum dedicated to his work in China, a private museum bearing his name in Singapore and a Cultural Medallion to his credit, Singaporean Tan Swie Hian is not
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      894 66  -  FELIX CHEONG From actors to directors to arts practitioners, the arts arena is seeing an influx of Asian movers and shakers plus@newstoday.com.sg IT'S just a matter of time before spending power translates to realpolitik power. The power to be movers and shakers. The power to call the
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      540 68  -  ZULOTHMAN Stop trying so hard after you've had a hit in BANUKUK zul®newstoday.com.sg SOMETIMES, taking it easy might be the best route to conjuring up a hit album. So said Chris Hesse, drummer for the Californian rock quartet Hoobastank, when asked to describe the group's third album Every
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      400 69  -  EUSACHIA elisa@newstoday.com.sg THEIR first documentary on Marco Polo, the 14th century Venetian explorer, was both a commercial and critical success. Marco Polo: The China Mystery Revealed won the top awards for Best Cinematography and Best Original Score, as well as a runner-up award for
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      175 69 PUT a fashionable spin on your home decor with help from the newly-launched Style: Living magazine. Some of the regular features of the magazine include picture spreads on real-life homes, ideas for decorating your pad as well as updates on the latest trends in the industry.
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      185 70 THE latest Drama Box play in this year's Singapore Arts Festival promises something a little different as it features a film by homegrown director Royston Tan and music by local band The Observatory. Inspired by an original play written by Quah Sy Ren
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      422 70  -  AMELYNN LIONG Eunice Olsen and Joi Chua hope the underprivileged Cambodian youth they help will go on to help others a melynnl@newstoday.com.sg IT was a sight that Nominated Member of Parliament Eunice Olsen and homegrown singer Joi Chua are unlikely to forget. "We saw kids scavenging through
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      372 71  -  DAVID CHEW David.chew@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S art community is coming together in an effort to raise funds for victims of the May 27 earthquake in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Plastique Kinetic Worms (PKW) held a one-night exhibition and sale of still life drawings yesterday, while Your
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          173 72  - Millions of Women are Waiting LORRAINE LIM Scan Thomas PAINFULLY honest would be one way to describe Scan Thomas' novel. Millions of Women are Waiting to Meet You. Documenting his experience as the client of an Internet dating service, which he joined for the purpose of writing a magazine article,
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          185 72  -  -LORRAINE LIM Rachel Cusk IT IS probably no coincidence that Rachel Cusk's latest novel, Arlington Park, brings to mind the famous military cemetery in the United States. The main characters in Cusk's narratives are all mothers who seem to have just realised that they have lost sight of
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        368 72  -  DAVID CHEW Exhibition shows whatthe National Museum is capable of david. chew@newstoday.com. sg THE National Museum opened the first exhibition of its preview season yesterday with The Scenic Eye: Visual Arts and the Theatre. Part of a preview programme which kicked off in April with the Singapore International
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        265 78  -  WAN HUI YUEN Sweden's southern region tempts visitors with festivals, great food, magnificent castles traveller@newstoday.com.sg THE thing that I first noted about Skane in the southernmost part of Sweden is its wonderful quality of life. Almost everyone I met appeared to be truly passionate about the Scanian way of
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        426 79 displaying a plethora of traditional fare not available elsewhere in the country. Unique Scanian delicacies that are served include "black soup" made from goose's blood and spices (eaten during Martinmas) as well as spettekakas, a tall meringue-type cake shaped as a hollow pyramid and baked on a spit
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        411 80 NYT Teen-only clubs and adventure trips will have them smiling WHEN her mother suggested a trip to the Kalahari Resort in Ohio, 17-year-old Rachel Potee's first reaction was "a little less than thrilled". "The last time we went on a family vacation, I
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        822 82  -  LEE U-WEN Be awed by skyscrapers, huge shopping malls and be sure not to miss its popular pizzas and hotdogs u-wen@newstoday.com.sg AS I took my first steps out of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, an unexpected spine-chilling gust greeted me smack in the face. "Seems to me
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          126 84 Buy a Royal Brunei Airlines ticket to certain destinations and you will have a chance to fly to Brunei at a special price. Under its "purchase with purchase" promotion, passengers who buy the special fares to Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, (from $180) or Brunei
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          81 84 —AFP Retired Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk (pictured above) now a popular Chinese tourist attraction -will remain a military theme park after a new owner bought it at an auction recently. CITIC Shenzhen Group, an investment company, bought the 34-year-old vessel for 128.3 million yuan
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