Today, 29 June 2006, Afternoon Edition

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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon Israel arrests 10 Hamas ministers, warns exiles
      474 1 —AFP Palestinian movement's leaders blamed for soldier's abduction RAMALLAH The Israeli army has detained more than 10 ministers and lawmakers of the Hamas-led Palestinian government in an overnight raid in the West Bank, Palestinian security officials said. The Hamas ministers were arrested early
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      Why those long polyclinic lines pose a health threat
      635 1  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@newstoday.com.sg THINK queuing up for a copy of this newspaper is a drag? Try joining a similar queue when you're sick outside a polyclinic. The wait could stretch for hours, and might go some way towards explaining exactly
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      33 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 10 voices 20 business 26 plus 32 chystyle 38 traveller 40 fv radio listings 45 classad 46 sports 49 we set you thinking 8 "*****6"*****9"
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      92 1 WAN ci- braces HTT'm'^llnnnnl ßOHTT BRIJNATH 53 FOR FED DECISION lißaw J 1*- World Cup's crying out for a moment of genius g$ Hfe WHO'S THE GREATEST? 54 l ,.u l .,r ßT( v m I JTfllnfr aHll LEONARD THOMAS 56 goes^o^pfSatSn I Hh Ronaldinho: In search of that smile
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon THE ULTIMATE AXIS OF EVIL
      806 2  -  IRFAN HUSAIN What turns otherwise decent human beings into beasts in war? WHAT do American soldiers in Iraq, Israelis in Palestine and Russians in Chechnya have in common? We could also ask the same question about Americans during the Vietnam war, Pakistanis during the East
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      Lock icon Wall St braces for Fed decision
      146 2 —AFP NEW YORK US shares see-sawed to a higher close yesterday as investors braced for a Federal Reserve decision on interest rates and a message on monetary policy that may offer clues on the economic outlook. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 51.06 points
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    • Article
      Glitch causes ballot boxes to be reopened
      452 3  -  JASMINE YIN jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg BALLOT boxes from two polling districts in Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC) have to be reopened, as the name lists of people who voted in the May 6 General Election (GE) were mistakenly sealed along with their counted ballot papers,
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      Lock icon Chiam's $80m-request rejected
      155 3 CHANNEL NEWSASIA NATIONAL Development Minister Mah Bow Tan has rejected Mr Chiam See Tong's request for $80 million in upgrading funds for his Potong Pasir ward. The Potong Pasir Member of Parliament wrote to Mr Mah last Wednesday asking how he could get access to the funds
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      80 3 imagine the seductive beauty of black. Surrender to the allure of the new Samsung black YP-ZSF. Be mesmerised by the brilliance of its 1.82" Ijj^^ TFT LCD screen. Groove to endless music with up to 35 hours of battery life and the built-in FM radio. And immerse t yourself in
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon Singaporeans top soccer punters in the region
      282 4 SINGAPORE punters came out tops in the region when it comes to soccer betting this season. Four in 10 Singaporeans or 43 per cent are expected to bet on at least one World Cup game, said market research firm Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS)
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    • Article
      Sentosa Cove plots: Going once, twice ...
      410 4  - Sentosa Cove plots: Going once, twice VALCHUA Christie's Great Estates will auction southern bungalows Assistant News Editor val@newstoday.com.sg THERE are still two months to go before any sale takes place, but some 500 keen buyers are already eyeing a prized plot of land in the southern part of Sentosa Cove.
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      Lock icon ComfortDelGro to revise fares
      193 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE largest taxi company here, ComfortDelGro, has informed the Public Transport Council (PTC) of its plans to revise its taxi fares. This confirms talk that the flag-down rate is likely to rise above $2.40 for the first time in 12 years. Peak hour surcharges
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      Largest Erimin-5 seizure recorded this year
      289 6  -  -TANHWEEHWEE THE Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) scored a significant victory in the war on drugs when it seized 3,326 Erimin-5 tablets the largest consignment of the controlled substance this year. On Tuesday, approximately 3,326 Er-imin-5 tablets, 275g of Ketamine, 265 Ecstasy tablets and 4g
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      Culling animal abuse
      454 6  -  TAN HWEE HWEE How should serial offenders be dealt with to prevent further incidents? hweehwee@newstoday.com.sg HE WAS charged in court yesterday for allegedly torturing a cat, barely four months after being convicted of animal abuse. Sentenced to spend three months in jail from March, David Hooi Yin
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon POULTRY IMPORTS ALLOWED
        100 6 m I ill ki I I 938 LIVE Singapore will resume its imports of poultry and poultry products from the Malaysian states of Seiangor and Perak tomorrow. The Agri-Food Veterinary Authority (AVA) first suspended imports from Seiangor four months ago, after the HSNI bird flu virus was
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        Lock icon SMITH STREET FOOD CENTRE TO CLOSE
        50 6 938 LIVE The 23-year-old Smith Street Food Centre, located in the heart of Chinatown, will close on Saturday for a facelift. Until upgrading is completed in December next year, stallholders will be relocated to a temporary site along Outram Road, near the MRT station
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        Lock icon HELPING HANDS ON MASSAGE
        67 6 938 LIVE An association conducting research on massage therapy here, the Sub-Optimal Health Tui Na Association, has said the rules set by the Government are "probably too harsh" and "could be more flexible". The association will hold a seminar for massage parlour businessownersthis Sunday at its
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        Lock icon NEW AMBASSADOR TO INDONESIA
        65 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Mr Ashok Kumar Mirpun has been appointed the next Ambassador to Indonesia from July 3. He was Singapore's High Commissioner to Malaysia from 2002 to 2006 and High Commissioner to Australia from 2000 to 2002. Mr Mirpuri, a career officer with the Ministry of
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    • Article
      A brighter, bolder NDP
      179 8  -  —ANSLEYNG THE show segment for this year's National Day Parade (NDP) at the Kallang Stadium will be "bigger, better, bolder and brighter", promised the event's creative director Glen Goei. "We want it to be special and memorable for everybody," said Mr Goei, who was behind the
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Let third party hold one key to clients' money
      630 8  -  DERRICK A PAULO Law Society wants this in place for sums above $50,000 derrick@newstoday.com.sg SOME law firms will soon have to turn to third parties to carry out transactions, but they will not need to hand over clients' money lock, stock
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      Poorer S'poreans earned less last year
      362 8  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@newstoday.com.sg LOWER-INCOME Singaporeans earned less last year than in 2000, with higher unemployment and smaller wages just two possible reasons for the decline. Last year's General Household Survey shows the average monthly household income from work dipped to $1,180, or by nearly
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      86 8 Premieres tomorrow. Book now! Singapore The Repertory Theatre N 5 Academy Award ?5 Golden Globe Award fc Nominations Dresser By Oscar-winning Ronald Harwood Starring MediaCorp Artiste Adrian Pang and Michael Corbidge Co-Starring Gerald Chew Pamela Oei Ashraf Safdar Susan Tordoff Wong Ping Ping From 29 June 2006 DBS Arts Centre
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  • world news
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      Lock icon I've been approached for top UN job, says Anwar
      557 10  -  VINITARAMANI vinita@newstoday.com.sg MALAYSIA'S former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim has confirmed that he has been approached to run for the hotly-contested post of United Nations secretary-general, but he is yet to make a decision. Mr Anwar, 58, said foreign ministers and leaders
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      Lock icon Dr M trying to 'topple govt'
      249 10 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is attempting to topple the ruling government and his stinging criticism are affecting national stability, a minister warned yesterday. Mr Nazri Aziz, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, said the Cabinet had expressed concern over
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    • this quirky world
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        MAN HAD 1,000 PET RATS
        44 10 A 67-year-old Californian man says rodents loved him so much that he had to keep 1,000 pet rats in his one-bed-room home, ananova.com reported. Mr Roger Dier was charged with animal cruelty and his pets have been taken away.
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        JUST WHAT THE WORLD NEEDED ...
        55 10 JUST WHAT THE WORLD NEEDED A Florida man has invented a device that allows people to dunk biscuits in drinks without messing up their hands. ananova.com reported. "I have always enjoyed dunking cookies in milk, but I felt there had to be a cleaner way to do it," said inventor
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        Lock icon SLAIN BEAR BACK AS LIMITED EDITION TEDDY
        42 10 —AFP A German toy firm is planning to produce 2,000 limited edition 30cm-tall teddy bears to immortalise Bruno, the roaming bear, which was shot by hunters after spreading panic in the south of the country.
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      Lock icon Indian Ocean tsunami alert system goes into operation
      280 11 BLOOMBERG A TSUNAMI alert system for nations bordering the Indian Ocean is up and running, 18 months after deadly waves triggered by an earthquake slammed into 12 nations across the region and killed an estimated 220,000 people. Twenty-six information analysis centres capable
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      Lock icon Floods hit north-east US
      337 11 —AFP Seven people reported dead and 200,000 ordered evacuated NEW YORK Flooding killed at least seven people, cut power to thousands and caused mass evacuations in the north-eastern United States yesterday. In one of the worst-hit areas in eastern Pennsylvania, county officials ordered the evacuation of
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon US PANEL ENDORSES NUCLEAR DEAL WITH INDIA
        78 11 -AFP A United States Congressional panel has endorsed a sweeping civilian nuclear energy deal between India and the US, which supporters said will usher New Delhi into the top tier of global powers. The Foreign Relations Committee in the House of Representatives voted
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        Lock icon PASSIVE SMOKING INJURIOUS: US SURGEON-GENERAL
        62 11 AFP Breathing any amount of someone else's tobacco smoke harms non-smokers, US Surgeon-General Richard Carmona declared in a study a strong condemnation of secondhand smoke that is sure to fuel nationwide efforts to ban smoking in public. The study cites "overwhelming scientific evidence" that secondhand
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        Lock icon JAPAN, ASEAN LAUNCH ANTI-TERROR TALKS
        68 11 —AFP Japan and Asean began their first talks on cooperating against terrorism yesterday Officials from both sides are meeting for two days on ways "to strengthen counter-terror-ism cooperation in the Asean region", the Japanese foreign ministry said. The talks are expected to focus on how
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      Lock icon Factional fights, arson break out in Dili after Alkatiri's exit
      311 12 —AFP DILI Stone-throwing youths attacked refugee camps and torched homes in East Timor yesterday, raising tensions as thousands of supporters of former premier Mari Alkatiri waited outside the capital, Dili. Peace-keeping troops forced apart rival factions during sporadic attacks across
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      Lock icon Lifeline for Thai parties ?
      464 12 Lifeline for Thai parties —AGENCIES Courts may not disband Thai RakThai, Democrats: Analysts BANGKOK Thailand could fall back into political turmoil if the Constitutional Court disbands the two main parties over alleged election violations, but analysts predict they will survive the legal challenge. Despite its recent assertiveness, analysts said the
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon DISGRACED SOUTH KOREAN SCIENTIST TO RETURN TO THE LAB
        75 14 —AFP South Korea's disgraced cloning expert Hwang Woo-Suk, on trial over charges of fraud and embezzlement, will resume research work as early as next month, his lawyer said yesterday. "He will set up a private lab somewhere in Seoul," said his
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        Lock icon NUMBER OF MALAYSIAN WOMEN SMOKERS JUMP 100 PER CENT
        73 14 DPA The recorded number of women smokers in Malaysia jumped 100 per cent in 2003 compared to 1996, a top health official said. The numbers doubled from 1996 to 2003, reaching a figure of almost 2 million female smokers, said the
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        Lock icon ESTRADA CONFIDENT OF ACQUITTAL
        64 14 —AFP Deposed Philippine president Joseph Estrada said yesterday he was confident he would be acquitted in his corruption trial as he ended his stint on the witness stand. But government prosecutor Dennis Villa-lgnacio said he was "very much comfortable with the testimony" of Estrada, who is
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      Lock icon From Heartbreak Hotel to ...
      420 14 From Heartbreak Hotel to AGENCIES Bush, Koizumi to mark symbolic last meeting with trip to Elvis Presley's Graceland shrine WASHINGTON President George W Bush and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi are set for a symbolic, last diplomatic duet tomorrow, before making a pilgrimage to the Graceland shrine of the Japanese leader's
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      Lock icon Tamil Tigers 'regret' Rajiv assassination
      445 16 AGENCIES Lankan rebels urge India to be magnanimous COLOMBO Comments by a senior Tamil rebel leader on the 1991 assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi were tantamount to an admission of the group's guilt, Sri Lanka's government said on Wednesday. London-based Liberation Tigers
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      Lock icon SRI LANKAN SCHOOLS SHUT AFTER BOMB SCARE
      175 16 2. —AFP SEVERAL top schools in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo and at least two other main towns shut yesterday following fears that Tamil Tiger rebels may bomb them, officials and parents said. School buses were turned away at key colleges while even
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  • Voices
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      sayagain
      45 20 The last few hikes went ahead despite many Singaporeans voicing their unhappiness. Since commuters are directly affected, they ought to be consulted before any increment is made. Khoo Lih-Han on taxi operators' proposed fare hikes. Unlike train and bus fares, taxi charges aren't regulated.
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    • Letter
      Box for gold in the right weight class
      527 20  -  OSCAR LEE Are we missing out on our real sporting strengthspotential world-class officials and venues? Letter from THE recent success and accolades for our football referee Mr Shamsul Maidin at the World Cup, where he has been unofficially ranked the best referee
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      VOICEOUTON938LIVE
      57 20 Do the disabled in Singapore deserve more enlightened rules for parking lots for the handicapped? How should we deal with school bullies? Are the mentally-ill short-changed in our society? Tune in to 938LIVE's Talkback from 8.15 am to 8.45 am tomorrow, for these issues raised by Today readers. Call
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      221 22  -  DR JAMES DOBSON FLATTERY Flattery will get you nowhere, we're told. Well.that's not necessarily true in most areas of life, but it's surprisingly accurate when you're dealing with children. When it comes to children, flattery or inflationary praise is unnecessary, and it'll get you nowhere. When
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    • Letter
      Pathetic apathy
      278 22  -  RICK LIM SAY KIONG Harsher actions are needed to shame us into courtesy Letter from THE recent article "Courtesy does not begin at home" (June 21) saddens me. If after 25 years of courtesy campaigns reminding citizens to be polite to each other, we still end up a
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    • ...AND LAUDABLE ACTIONS
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        SIMPLE SERVICE THAT MAKES US SMILE
        117 22  -  EPHRAIM LOY: While there has been a lot of talk about our poor showing in the Reader's Digest courtesy survey, I must say our service standards are, by and large, improving. I recently travelled in an SMRT Mercedes taxi and was impressed by the
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        SAMARITANS OF ALL NATIONALITIES
        119 22  -  KASMAWATI MANIJAN: On June 21 at around 7.30 am, as I was driving to work, an accident happened at the junction of Rochor Canal Road, Bukit Timah Road and Serangoon Road, involving myself and a foreign worker who was a pillion rider on a bicycle ridden
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        HONEST CABBY WENT THE EXTRA MILE
        62 22  -  JOSEPH LEE: I am deeply touched by the actions of Mr Wong of Comfort taxi no 5H1905. On June 27,1 took his taxi and dropped my pager, which is auto-linked to my business phones, without realising it. Mr Wong promptly replied when I activated
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      • Cycling into danger
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      Legal fees, client woes
      411 25  -  DANNYCHUA Law firms must issue interim, more detailed billing statements Letter from I REFER to your article "Client accounts on way out?" (June 27). It will be a good thing for a third party to hold fee deposits and settlement sums as lawyers would have nothing
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    • Letter
      Clean up if you care
      166 25  -  KALTHOM ABDUL LATIFF Letter from Deputy Director, Parks (East) National Parks Board WE REFER to the letter "Clean up after your barbecue beach party" oune 26). We thank the writer for taking a strong stand against irresponsible park users who leave rubbish behind at barbecue
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    • Letter
      Getting to the meat of the world's nightmare
      207 25  -  LOHYEOWNGUAN Letter from I REFER to a recent Carl's Jr advertisement on an SBS bus, "A vegetarian's worst nightmare. It's gonna get messy". I would like to thank Carl's Jr for bringing vegetarianism to the forefront of the public eye. However, important
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      174 20 CATHERINE LIM ...AMUSES There was an old maid who Pew a lot She didn't mind being frisked one jot Said she to the officer 'Go on, take longer Since that's the only sex life I've got!' MUSES The Chinaman? He's most calculating He has an abacus in his head The
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      638 26  - Hello? Here is what we earn CHRISTIE LOH Sing Tel discloses exact pay of top guns in a move that reaffirms transparency christie@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE Telecommunications (Sing Tel) has raised the bar for financial disclosure here by becoming possibly the first big listed company to reveal the exact take-home pay of
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      141 26 WITH the convenience of its customers its top priority, Dell is going out on wheels to reach some of Singapore's high-traffic areas directly with its first mobile roadshow this week. A bus booth displaying the latest Dell products will make a stop at Far
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      114 26 CHANNEL NEWSASIA MSI Global, a subsidiary of the Land Transport Authority, has landed a 60-million yuan ($l2 million) project to help Shanghai with the building of its metro line. MSI will be the project manager for Shanghai Shentong to develop the Shanghai Metro Line
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      100 26 Singapore Technologies Electronics has won an $11.8-million contract from the Ministry of Home Affairs to supply equipment to Police Coast Guard vessels. Singapore-listed Chinese property developer Sunshine Holdings has bought two pieces of land in Henan province for a total of 80.6 million yuan ($16.1 million). The sites are
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        214 28 —AGENCIES SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX), which runs the country's securities and derivatives markets, said yesterday it would allow the listing of hedge funds in a bid to broaden its services to investors. Starting today, authorised hedge funds with a minimum asset size of
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        138 28 -DOW JONES SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) has sold the SIA Building in the central business district for $343.9 million to a real estate fund managed by CLSA Capital Partners. The 35-storey office tower on Robinson Road, which has a net floor area of about 295,000 square
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        297 28 BLOOMBERG News Corp may join Macquariebidfor PCCW's assets RUPERT Murdoch's News Corp, part of a failed bid for Hong Kong's largest telephone company in 2000, may join Australia's Macquarie Bank to acquire its phone and media assets from entrepreneur Richard Li. Mr Li is the
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        166 28 CHANNEL NEWSASIA PROPERTY developer CapitaLand will own or manage over 100 shopping malls in China by 2010 amounting to at least 4 million square metres of retail space. This was revealed by Capita Mall Trust chief executive Pua Seek Guan
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        362 30 -BLOOMBERG Macquarie MEAG Prime Reit plans acquisitions across Asia MACQUARIE Bank's Singapore real estate affiliate plans to buy properties in Japan, China and Malaysia to broaden its asset base and bolster returns. Macquarie MEAG Prime Reit, whose manager is 50-per-cent-owned by Australia's biggest securities firm, also plans to
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          61 30 DOW JONES SHARE prices ended lower, led by technology shares, following an overnight decline on Wall Street as investors continued to worry about an expected interest-rate increase in the United States. The ST Index ended down 6.78 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 2,350.80 points. Losers led gainers 307
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          26 30 Bloomberg SGX, Gold US$/oz 584.40 Silver US$/oz 10.30 Platinum US$/oz 1,188.30 Rubber cents/kg 439.00 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,399.50 Brent crude US$/barrel 70.98 Information provided by
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      942 32  -  DAVID CHEW LORRAINE LIM But for the Spore Arts Fest, what comes after F? david.chew@newstoday.com.sg THE F-word. This year, it seems everyone in the arts loves it, from co-artistic directors Alvin Tan and Haresh Sharma of The Necessary Stage (TNS) to founding artistic director Ivan Heng of
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      388 33 PLUS PICKS At this year's festival, it seemed as if the offstage goings-on often outshone the performances. David Chew and Lorraine Lim pick some highlights: NORWAY? NO WAY A nationwide strike by Norway's musicians meant a sold-out concert featuring Sarah Chang backed by the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra was not to
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      221 34  -  —JULIANA JUNE RASUL WHAT'S a better way to raise funds than getting beautiful girls involved? The Singapore Women's Association (SWA) has been doing just that for over 30 years. Since 1975, the association has organised an annual beauty pageant in order to raise funds for
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      385 34 The exit of Meryl Joan Lee may have created some much-needed hullabaloo for the Singapore Wo/wildcards but, as ZUL OTHMAN reckons, there is a reason why some were voted out the first time around: They just cannot cut it as singers. Tune in and vote for
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        252 36  -  "-EUSACHIA DAVID Tang (picture), the outspoken founder of fashion boutique Shanghai Tang, misses the old Hong Kong. "My perception is that the whole place has gone much more Western," he said. "Just look at the way how old buildings
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        356 36  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Juliana r@newstoday.com.sg Dick Lee's latest project, Soundwaves, is a musical showcase of multiculturalism TABLAS next to gamelan, wus next to violins. That's what the audience can expect from Soundwaves, a Dick Lee-created concert featuring the eight performing groups of the People's Association (PA). Part
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        129 37  -  TANYOHINN Richard Williams BOOKREVIEW The No 10 jersey tends to be worn by a soccer team's best player. He doesn't necessarily score the goals, but is the one who makes his team tick. In Football's Dreamers, Schemers, Playmakers and Playboys, Richard Williams explores the life and times
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        299 38  -  PEARLYN THAM Strong, modern unisex looks pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg HERE'S a bit of architectural trivia: What is the name of the deep dark brown wood used to build the roofs of Japanese houses? The answer is makuti, which coincidentally is also the name of the latest Italian jewellery
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        348 38  -  -PEARLYNTHAM HAVE you ever wondered what lies beneath your skin? Imagine a threedimensional network of elastin fibres, collagen fibres and a tonguetwisting component named glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) that exist to give your skin its shape, structure and mass. And, you could also
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          105 38 Get fresh in a legitimate way, of course, with the new Dove Fresh Moisture range. Comprising a body wash, facial foam and soap bar, this range hydrates your skin and refreshes you, as its formula contains a quarter hydrating milk, cucumber extracts and antioxidant and anti-inflammatory
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          110 38 CYC shirts from its springsummer 2006 collection are anything but stuffy. Slip on the new range of women's tunic shirts that are cut longer in the style of the 1960s and 1970s but that are still fitted with feminine details such as Nehru collars. If you
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          118 38 Want to spend your mid-year bonus on a new watch? Check out the new summer 2006 collection from Solvil et Titus that has three sets of watch designs. Glamour pusses will love the very fashionable pair, shown here. The dials have been kept to a minimalist matte
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          39 38 Want to enjoy a makeover and appear in Today? Email style@newstoday.com.sg with your name, identity card number, age, occupation, contact number and a photo of yourself. Tell us why you should be chosen.
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      461 39  -  AMY VAN Delight your loved ones or party guests with this DlYhoneydew sago dessert food@newstoday.com.sg HONEYDEW sago is one of my all-time favourite desserts. It is a sweet treat that I often opt for whenever I eat at Chinese restaurants. If you like it, too, try
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        656 40  -  ELAINE QUEK A day in this quirky town will ignite your holiday news@newstoday.com.sg TIJUANA, in Baja California, Mexico, is less than an hour's drive from the American city of San Diego. I highly recommend that tourists travelling to San Diego continue their journey farther south
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        445 41 —AP sssssSs® 3* THERE'S a new type of backpacker roaming the globe the flashpacker. And no, it has nothing to do with how fast you pack your bag. Nor is it a streaker or a weird dude in a raincoat "Flashpacking is just backpacking, with an
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        200 42 Thinking of taking a vacation? Look no further than an hour's ferry ride away. From now until the end of August, Bintan Lagoon Resort (picture) is holding its Great Bintan Sale. For $79++ per person per night (twin sharing), you get to enjoy an international buffet
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        89 42 This weekend, Malacca's A'Famosa resort is holding a sales carnival at Hougang Street 21, Kovan Express Terminal (near Kovan MRT Station and Heartland Mall) from 9am until 9pm. Special deals include packages from $75 per person. The self-contained holiday destination offers lodging options such as bungalows equipped
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        66 42 One of South Korea's best summer events, the Boryeong Mud Festival, takes place from July 15 to July 21. The mineral-rich mud of Boryeong, a S/i-hour drive from Seoul, is used to good effect in cosmetic products such as mud packs and soaps. Enjoy mud
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      93 42 The guru says: Patience is a virtue but a great deal pays off now. Log on to zuJl.com.sg today for more travel deals! Terms and Conditions apply No sen/ice fee unless stated No credit card fees Fiee ticket delivery Best time to capture the most romantic moment with
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      551 44  - Kukup sedap lah! JANICE GOH Enjoy cheap, delicious kampung-style seafood at this Malaysian fishing village ja nice@newstoday.com.sg THE tang of seawater gently wafted through the air as I arrived in Kukup, Johor. Like many places in Malaysia, Kukup, an old fishing village, is a throwback to Singapore in the '60s
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      155 46 EMERGENCY LINES City Gas (to report gas supply 1800-752-1800 interruption, low pressure and leakage) Civil Defence (Fire Emergency Ambulance) 995 Non-emergency ambulance 1777 Police 999 Police hotline 1800-255-0000 SPPowerGrid 1800-778-8888/ (to report power failure) 6778-8888 Traffic Police 6547-1818 Water Supply 1800-284-6600 HELPLINES —GENERAL Samaritans of Singapore 1800-221-4444 Society for The
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        518 49 -AFP Roger Federer pushes Tim Henman closer to career exit LONDON —Ruthless Roger Federer crushed Tim Henman's Wimbledon dream for another year this morning (Singapore time), while Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams were so merciless that they seriously undermined their equal prize money campaign. Federer, bidding for
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        219 49  -  DARREN LAI NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE2OO6 Balestier Khalsa 2 SAFFC 5 Woodlands 3 Sengkang 0 AFTER sharing the spoils last Friday in a 2-2 draw, both SAFFC and Woodlands Wellington returned to winning ways with emphatic victories last night At the Toa Payoh Stadium, stand-in skipper
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      523 50  -  JOSE RAYMOND Flamingos pay the price for fielding 'under-age'player jose@newstoday.com.sg HOW SAFFC coach Richard Bok must be smiling now. Without a ball being kicked, the Warriors were awarded three points by the S-League yesterday, after the football body ruled that Sporting Afrique had fielded an ineligible player in
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      530 50  -  Jose Raymond youCOnnotbeserious FOR the second time in four years, Loh Lin Kok and Steven Lee will lock horns tonight when they challenge each other for control of the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) executive committee. Expect a bruising contest Candidates from both
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      992 51  -  LI ZAI SHI Hit with suspensions, Gombak coach orders his fiery Bulls to calm down sports@newstoday.com.sg GOMBAK United's nickname is the Bulls. But last week, captain Sevki Sha'ban, defender Nor Azli Yusoff and midfielder Ruhaizad Ismail took their nickname literally, getting themselves sent off in a
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      580 52 —AFP Eriksson refuses to get worked up over charismatic Scolari BADEN-BADEN One manager is famous for his dazzling man-man-agement skills, the other is ridiculed for his short-sightedness and tactical caution. It is not surprising that the former has prevailed in two previous encounters. England will
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      346 52 -AFP BADEN-BADEN Shopping, drinking and posing for the cameras. It's been a hard slog for the glamorous wives and girlfriends of the England team as they stand by their men in genteel Baden-Baden. The antics of the "Wags" (wives and girlfriends) are taking
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      180 52 -AFP DUISBURG Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro (picture) has put his excellent World Cup form down to a good diet, plenty of sleep and a healthy sex life. The 32-year-old defender was outstanding in Italy's hard-fought 1-0 second round win over Australia on Monday, which earned them
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      928 53  -  ROHIT BRIJNATH extra time with sports@newstoday.com.sg IT'S a disease, this compulsion of our species to measure things, to endlessly expect, to be impatient We can't leave things be. We can't just enjoy the football and simply say it is a cup worth waiting and
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      945 54  -  TAN YO-HINN off-side with Ronaldo is the World Cup's all-time leading scorer, but could he have achieved it with heavy leather boots, even heavier balls and over-zealous henchmen in a single World Cup? Today examines the World Cup's forwards' Hall of Fame and speculates whether the
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      THE GOLDEN QUESTION REVISITED
      792 55 One of three deadly duos could emerge as top scorer UNLESS Adriano bangs in at least a goal a game from the quarter-finals all the way to the Final, it looks like the Golden Boot winner of the 2006 World Cup will not come from Today's
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      557 56 —AGENCIES DORTMUND Their three-week Cinderella run at the World Cup finals may have ended, but Ghana hinted at what could happen on African soil in 2010. Even though they went down 2-0 and 3-0 to former World Cup winners Italy and
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      881 56  -  LEONARD THOMAS Ronaldinho's in uncharacteristically foul mood and it won't do for Brazil in germany with Sports Editor leonard@newstoday.com.sg THERE were only minutes left, the game was already won and Cafu thought he'd have a pop, at goal. The right-back ballooned the ball over Richard
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      443 56 —AGENCIES DORTMUND Revenge will not be on Brazil's minds when they take on France in the World Cup quarter-finals Saturday (Sunday morning, Singapore time). Or so they claim publicly, at least. The five-time champions lost 3-0 the last time Brazil faced France the 1998
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      186 57 AGENCIES DORTMUND Carlos Alberto Parreira said he's more concerned about successfully defending the World Cup than entertaining spectators after his Brazil team were jeered during their 3-0 win over Ghana. "History doesn't talk about the beautiful game, it talks about champions," the Brazil coach said. "We
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      99 50 IGO FOR S.LEAGUE ACTION l| S.League Gombak Sport Afrique Thu, 29/06/06 7.30pm S.League Young Lions Home United Fri, 30/06/06 7.00pm World Cup Germany Argentina Fri, 30/06/06 11.00pm World Cup Italy Ukraine Sat, 01/07/06 3.00 am World Cup England Portugal Sat, 01/07/06 11.00pm World Cup Brazil France Sun, 02/07/06 3.00 am
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      692 58  -  LEONARD THOMAS ROUND OF 16 Spain 1 France 3 in germany with Sports Editor leonard@newstoday.com.sg I DON'T care much for Luis Aragones. There is an ugliness about the veteran coach, the acrid stench of a racist follows him everywhere he goes, after he disgracefully called Thierry Henry
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      174 58 HANOVER France striker Thierry Henry denied cheating to win the free-kick which led to his side's second goal in their 3-1 World Cup victory over Spain on Tuesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). The game between Spain and France was level at 1-1, when Italian referee
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      473 59 —AP Eriksson claims he has a plan, but he's not telling BUEHLERTAL For all his different formations and altered line-ups, SvenGoran Eriksson has a clear plan for England to win the World Cup. Just don't expect him to tell you. "Of course I have a clear vision we
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      302 59 BERLIN Singapore's referee at the World Cup, Shamsul Maidin, was yesterday disappointingly omitted from the list of officials who will be staying on in Germany. English referee Graham Poll and Russia's Valentin Ivanov, who have come in for particularly strong criticism for they way they handled their
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      175 59 LEADING SCORERS 4 Miroslav Klose (Germany) 3 Hernan Crespo (Argentina), Maxi Rodriguez (Argentina), Ronaldo (Brazil, picture), Lukas Podolski (Germany), Fernando Torres (Spain), David Villa (Spain) 2 Tim Cahill (Australia), Adriano (Brazil), Paulo Wanchope (Costa Rica), Tomas Rosicky (Czech Republic), Carlos Tenorio (Ecuador), Agustin Delgado (Ecuador), Steven Gerrard (England), Thierry
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      100 58 LEONARD W*^^M THOMAS says M I Ronaldinho is I^Mfl in a foul mood ftf^^M i and it just won't BhTx do for Brazil REVISITING THE GOLDEN BOOT Today predicted who will win, find out how we are fairing i TANYO-HINN A more to being H goal scorer than f crying
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    2862 61 Campus A student-run ice-cream parlour in school is just one of the ways campus co-operatives can equip students with entrepreneurial skills and a good dose of creativity. Perkafe at Meridian Junior College, which sells homemade ice cream and snacks, has become a platform for developing business
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      6 63 SA/CF SINGAPORE NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE FEDERATION www.sncf.org.sg
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