Today, 11 July 2006

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    27 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp TODAY share your free newspaper MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Tuesday July 11, 2006 todayonline.com /AejdjaCorp share your free newspaper Tuesday July 11, 2006 todayonline.com I MICA(P) 112/07/2005
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    Lock icon NO WAY, ZIZOU!
    1211 1  -  LEONARD THOMAS LEONARD THOMAS Hours after his moment of shame, French captain is crowned king of the World Cup SPORTS EDITOR IN GERMANY leonard@newstoday.com.sg THE image shocked the world. France's greatest player, one of the finest of all time, resembled nothing more than a street thug. Shoving
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    Charities seek to insure directors against lawsuits
    678 1  -  JASMINE YIN jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg THEY seem strange bedfellows insurance and the charity sector. But many non-profit organisations are now looking at buying insurance policies to cover their directors against claims and lawsuit costs. Ithas never been easyforsuch organisations to attract high quality board members.
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      72 1 |MS|D| hot news Singapore news 4 world news 10 voices 16 business 24 impact 32 plus 36 1v 45 classad 46 sports 47 we set you thinking SUDOKUpIus PAGE 40 NEWS COMMENT English as she should be brokered 2 JEREMY LIM Reward us for taking care of ourselves 16 INFOTECH
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      44 1 48 REACTIONS IN Sll\ jPOT^+^^^^pH^^^^fl LIPPI SET TO STAY 53 .'*r -^f^S^ '',li;^lH'f gr^s7^fflfffe^ WTL-J7"\ C AW7 I 'I TP1 ITAI IAM lAV J r^U* FREIMCII r*.. -'Oi.vi For the latest reports, visit www.todayonline.com. Quality news and views at no cost BTH WORLD CUP
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      Lock icon Illegal racing circuit smashed
      712 2  -  LOHCHEEKONG M'sian police crackdown on weekend races on Second Link highway; Singaporeans among those rounded up cheekong@newstoday.com. sg FOR six months, a three-kilometre stretch of the six-lane Second Link highway was their playground. Every weekend, hundreds of Singaporean racing enthusiasts would flock there in their Porsches,
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      ENGLISH AS SHE SHOULD BE BROKERED
      715 3  -  NG YA KEN Let's turn language teaching into an industry for Spore and set global standards IF SINGAPOREANS continue to focus on the small issues in our discussion on improving the standard of English, we may miss the woods for the trees. Why is
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      So Mum can stay hired
      650 4  -  JASMINE YIN Incentives, changes in law proposed to keep pregnant employees from losing their jobs jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg IT HAS been more than a year since this newspaper first reported on employers sacking their pregnant employees just to deny them maternity benefits. The dismissals continue and the
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    • SPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon FLY THE NATIONAL FLAG STARTING THIS MONTH
        171 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Singaporeans can now fly the national flag at their residences from the middle of July to the end of August, to celebrate the country's National Day. Previously, the national flag could only be displayed in August. Following requests by Singaporeans, the
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        Lock icon CIRCUIT RD FIRE KILLS 1
        89 4 938 LIVE A fire broke out at a flat belonging to an elderly couple on the fourth storey of Block 69 Circuit Road yesterday morning. One person was killed and another suffered serious injuries. The deceased, who is believed to be a woman in her
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      Lock icon Action for workplace safety and health
      187 6 -938UVE A NEW competency framework for workplace safety and health professionals is being debated as part of a new strategy to halve the number of worksite accidents from five per 100,000, to 2.5 per 100,000 workers by the year 2015. The proposal is one
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      200 more hospital beds
      266 6  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@newstoday.com.sg ANOTHER 200 to 300 beds will be added to public hospitals by 2009 to help cope with the pressure on the public healthcare system, particularly at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH). Commenting on the recent surge in Emergency Department attendance due to
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      AWARD FOR CLEAR-SIGHTED ACT THAT LED TO GLOBAL RECALL
      178 6  -  TAN HUI LENG The 16-men core team involved in investigating the recent fungal infection outbreak among contact lens users yesterday received the Minister for Health Award for Outstanding Performance in Public Health. The Ministry of Health issued its first public alert
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon NCSS GETS NEW PRESIDENT FROM AUG
        103 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Rear-Admiral (Retired) Kwek Siew Jin will take over as the president of the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) from Mr Gerard Ec in August, for a two-year term, after serving as its vice-president council since 2004. NCSS says the former Chief
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        Lock icon STOREAN SCALES ASIA'S HIGHEST VOLCANO
        67 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Singaporean mountaineer David Lim has scaled Asia's highest volcano. Mount Damavand in Iran. Together with his climbing partner Grant Rawlinson, he reached the summit of the 5,761-metre volcano on June 22 without any guides or assistants. But on the way down, Lim sustained
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        Lock icon NTU HOSTS WORLD PHYSICS OLYMPIAD
        89 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA 800 physics whizzes from 90 countries turned up for the 37th International Physics Olympiad one of the most prestigious physics competition for pre-university students held at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). The 10-day event is being held in Singapore for the first time
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      SMRT cabs to raise fares too
      472 8  -  TORCHING LI But cabbies are unsure if fare hikes will boost income chingli@newstoday.com.sg IT WILL costmore to take SMRT taxis from next Monday, as Singapore's second largest taxi operator follows the lead of ComfortDelGro which implemented higher fares yesterday. SMRT's revised fare structure will
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      150 9 a^^H Thomas was^Hsßgra danger o Hh^H armed robber I M We plann m& i a job together Km "Thomas served time in prison for robbery and possession of dangerous weapons. He came to me for help and we I worked together. It was challenging, but his strong determination helped him
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  • world news
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      Lock icon TYPHOON LASHES SOUTH KOREA
      67 10 High waves battering a bridge under construction in the port of Busan in South Korea. At least five people have been killed and two others were still missing after Typhoon Ewiniar slammed into South Korea yesterday, causing landslides and floods. Hundreds of people fled their homes
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      Lock icon No debate on 'blockbuster bailouts' and Dr Mahathir
      219 10 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Parliament yesterday rejected an opposition bid to debate an extycoon's claim that former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad forced him to buy a stake in the state-owned flagship carrier to bail out the government. Speaker Ramli Ngah Talib dismissed
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      Lock icon India's rocket disintegrates just after blast-off
      128 10 -AFP BANGALORE A rocket carrying India's heaviest satellite disintegrated in a ball of smoke and flame seconds after lift-off yesterday, dealing a crippling blow to the country's ambitious space programme. The 49-metre rocket was launched from an island off the coast of the southeastern
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      Lock icon Diplomatic push over N Korea
      338 10 -AGENCIES US, China separately try to jumpstart talks TOKYO The United States and China made new diplomatic efforts yesterday to jumpstart talks with North Korea, which has warned it was ready for allout war after test-firing seven missiles last week. As the US and Chinese
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        Lock icon TAIWAN PRESIDENT'S SON-IN-LAW INDICTED
        55 10 AP Taiwanese prosecutors yesterday indicted the son-in-law of President Chen Shui-bian on insider trading charges, further eroding Mr Chen's leadership position. Prosecutors indicted Chao Chien-min, who is allegedly at the centre of an elaborate insider trading scheme involving a Taipei property company They say they will
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        Lock icon PAKISTAN PLANE CRASHES, ALL ON BOARD KILLED
        53 10 -AFP A Pakistan International Airlines plane crashed into a field in flames yesterday after taking off from Multan in central Pakistan, killing all 45 passengers and crew. The plane was bound for the eastern city of Lahore. The cause of the crash was
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        Lock icon FOUR RUSSIAN AIR ACCIDENTS IN 36 HOURS
        75 10 -AFP A plane carrying the chief of staff of the Russian navy and other officers caught fire after crash-landing at an airfield in Crimea. It was the fourth serious aviation incident involving Russian passenger planes in 36 hours. The others included two emergency
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        Lock icon KILLED: RUSSIA'S MOST WANTED MAN
        43 10 -AFP Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev the most wanted man in Russia, who claimed responsibility for the Beslan school hostage massacre and was blamed for many other attacks has been killed. Basayev was killed by Russian special forces.
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      WHAT NORTH KOREA REALLY WANTS
      816 12  -  BRUCE CUMINGS MEREDITH JUNG-EN WOO In its own awkward way, Pyongyang wants to talk straight AND NORTH Korea's July 4 fireworks display had a desperate quality to it, even by the standards of a regime that specialises in selfdefeating provocation. Whatever the original purpose may
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      Lock icon Howard's No 2 goes for the kill
      342 13 —AGENCIES Aussie PM on the defensive amid worsening leadership battle SYDNEY Australian Liberal Party leader-in-waiting Peter Costello yesterday threw down the gauntlet to Prime Minister John Howard, urging the 66-year-old to honour a promise made a dozen years ago and make way for
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      Lock icon Bush 'undermined' by CIA
      267 13 AFP WASHINGTON- A high-rank-ing Republican lawmaker, in a letter made public on Sunday, exposed what he sees as a dissident faction within the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that he says "intentionally undermined" the policies of President George W Bush. Rumours about the existence of
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      Lock icon 250 travellers stranded at KL international airport: Report
      242 14 -AP KUALA LUMPUR At least 250 travellers have been stranded at Kuala Lumpur's international airport because of passport and visa issues, which prevent them from entering Malaysia or heading to other destinations, a news report said yesterday. A total of 56 foreigners
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      Lock icon Ramos-Horta takes office
      363 14 AFP Timor Lestes new PM aims to restore security DILI Nobel peace laureate Jose Ramos-Horta took office as Timor Leste's new Prime Minister yesterday, pledging to restore hope in the tiny nation shattered by weeks of unrest, and ruling out an immediate reshuffle of the government. "Our
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      162 12 PUBLIC FORUM IN MANDARIN 'Kidney Disease What Do I Need To Know?' Forum Chairman: Dr Tan Seng Hoe Topics: How Do I Know I Have Kidney Disease? Date DrMarjorieFoo 15 July 2006 Singapore General Hospital What Are The Ways To Retard Kidney Failure? Ti me Dr Ho Chee Khun 2.00
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      625 15 forjgliaritu 1- Sy |1 IP Puma Bag <^MJ V SSSSKSESI I HttEl Limited to first on 11 July 2006 will be donated "7 Rin Ruin OmS. _J b^BII Ul lIU 40 customers. to Spastic Children's Association Jr~^^S^_ School, a charity supported j *iiir CD HOldBI" k v c'/*r^ f^-- .^b^^/
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      isay REWARD US FOR TAKING CARE OF OURSELVES
      521 16  -  Jeremy Lim news@newstoday.com.sg A FEW days ago, while brushing my teeth, it struck me that it was within my power to control, if not reduce, the dental costs for my parents. I could do that if I continue to eat healthy food,
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      Lock icon When there's just no alternative to the bus lane
      195 16  -  TANGEKHUA Letter from I WISH to recount a rather unpleasant encounter on June 30. Along with several other motorists, we were caught on camera by traffic wardens from United Premas when travelling on the bus lane along Orchard Road outside Plaza
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      Mechanisms work well
      401 17  -  RADHASKHOO Law reform bodies play specialist role; they don't act on every unsolicited feedback Letter from Head (Corporate Communications), Ministry of Law WE REFER to the article "Our own law commission?" (July 5) and thank the writer for the suggestion for Singapore to have an independent body
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    • Letter
      Farrer Court's dengue mystery
      138 17  -  LIMBOONHEE Letter from ACCORDING to media reports, the recent hot and wet weather has made the air-condition-er trays at Farrer Court the perfect breeding ground for Aedes mosquitoes. But the estate's MP said out of the 867 trays, only five have been found to have bred
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    • Letter
      Road link will disrupt area's peace
      227 17  -  MOHAN LAL Letter from I SAW a notice about the construction of the PIE/Bedok North Avenue 3 road interchange. This would involve the widening of Bedok North Aye 3 and the building of overhead bridges and other road ancillaries. The interchange will bring additional
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    • Article
      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      241 18  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY GOOD FAMILY MAN Remember when pot was something you cooked in and when bad really meant bad, not good? It's funny how some words pass in and out of common usage. I was thinking the other day, for example, about the phrase
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      Walk this way
      393 18  -  CHENG BUCK POH LOWYANHOW GOH PENG HONG Keen participation proves grassroots activities do forge bonds Letter from Chairman, Nanyang Citizens' Consultative Committee Chairman, Clementi Citizens' Consultative Committee Chairman, Sembawang Zone "H" Residents' Committee WE REFER to Mr Joseph Tay's article "The same old roots aren't deep enough"
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    • Letter
      Non-smokers still suffering
      169 18  -  SIMON NG YAP PENG Letter from I WITH effect from July 1, smoking is not allowed on the premises of all coffee shops. However, some coffee shop owners have divided their premises into smoking and non-smok-ing areas. I can understand that the provision of a smoking area
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      Putting an edge on age
      418 20  -  ABDUL SHARIFFABOO KASSIM Older workers, prove you're still as capable of learning as the young Letter from I REFER to Nelson Quah's letter, "When a late bloomer enters industry" (July 7). He wondered how many people over 55 would be keen to spend time and
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      Lock icon isay HARD WOMEN: FREED TO OPPRESS?
      470 21  -  RATNATIWARY No man is as anti-feminist as a really feminine woman. Frank O'Connor MEN and women have been discussing liberation and feminist theories since time immemorial. The question I think we ought to ask now is: What has all this discussion done? Where has
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        SECURITY CAMERA ON TRAINS TO PROTECT AGAINST MOLESTERS?
        119 21  -  SUSAN TEO: AS I was travelling to work from Yishun to Ang Mo Kio MRT last week, a short, plump man wearing a white long-sleeved shirt kept brushing his groin against me. Even though I moved away from him three times from
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        A PLEA FOR SENSIBLE PARENTS
        99 21  -  ANGTOKWOON: IN DAVID Poh's letter, "A parent's Xbox of tricks" (July 10), we find the reason behind the mushrooming problem of game addiction among children: Overindulgent parents who buy their kids starting from the age of six years old gaming PCs, Play Stations and Xboxes.
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      302 17 lIS The University of Mil Western Australia Achieving International Excellence Professor Geoffrey Soutar UWA Graduate School of Management Faculty of Economics and Commerce PhD Doctor of Business Administration World Top 100 Master of Business Administration University Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing) The Times Higher With specialisations in eßusiness Information Management Education
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      212 18 Are you sure nothing escapes your m vacuum cleaner? I I J_ I You will never suspect what could be lurking on seemingly clean surfaces. That's why Toshiba Vacuum Cleaners are extremely efficient and offer one of the strongest cleaning powers in their class with high suction power on low
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      381 18 I Singapore Institute of Management proudly presents disco^'group I m* registrations. X Tom Kelley General Manager of IDEO. the widely-acclaimed design firm that brought us the Apple mouse, the Palm V and hundreds of cutting-edge products. He is the author of the best-sellers, The Ten Faces of Innovation and The
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      390 20 I jhL V A^^^^m SMi ft 'V B^^ W A Bb A |B '3 S^ FfJ I This September, light up Singapore with your I I^H M'~^k Urn s WbA I%kW Ga smile as we welcome over 16,000 delegates and BE^^KJ 3\s'^. visitors to the largest international meeting ever I
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      102 20 CATHERINE LIM ...AMUSES The dictator on a whim one day Drove out in a private capacity At the lights he was sternly stopped By an officer on traffic duty. Then the officer saw who it was 'Oh my god!' he cried, ready to beat it 'That's right,' said His Excellency
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      Lock icon Prime office rents rise further
      130 24 -DOW JONES RENTS for Grade A office space in Singapore continued to rise in the second quarter, helped by falling vacancy levels and increased demand from banks and other financial institutions, real estate consultant CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) said yesterday. CBRE said Grade A office
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    • marketbuzz
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        7 SWEET DEALS ON 7-ELEVEN DAY!
        152 24 ON JULY 11 every year, 7-Eleven celebrates 7-Eleven Day by offering an exciting range of promotions to its customers. This year there will be seven Sweet Deals that you can look forward to. 7-Eleven offers these promotions in gratitude of the loyalty and support
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      Lock icon Q2 GDP growth slows to 7.5%
      486 24 —AFP Biomedical sector hurt performance, but economy on trackto achieve official target SINGAPORE'S economic growth slowed in the second quarter to 7.5 per centyear-on-year on a weaker manufacturing sector, but analysts said the official 5- to 7-per-cent target for the year is within reach.
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      Lock icon Sing Tel Optus to lead $4.9b high-speed broadband network proposal in Australia
      376 24 -DOW JONES SYDNEY-Challenging Telstra Corp ahead of its privatisation, Singapore Telecommunications Optus unit yesterday said it would not let its bigger Australian rival call the shots as it set out to develop a high-speed broadband network. Optus, along
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    • business news
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        CORPORATEBRIEFS
        190 28 Mapletree Investments has signed an agreement to develop 54,000 sq m of warehouse space in the Tianjin Airport International Logistics Zone at Tianjin Binhai International Airport in China. The project will have an investment value of about 160 million yuan ($31.5 million) upon completion. Mapletree intends to offer the
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        CDL hospitality Reit launched
        418 28  -  VALERIE LAW va lerie@newstoday.com.sg TO EASE investor concerns of fluctuating hotel income for Singapore's first hotel real estate investment trust (Reit), CDL Hospitality Trusts has been structured to receive a minimum income stream of $26.4 million annually. "Because of the nature of the business, we have
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        Lock icon PCRD to sell stake in PCCW
        219 28 -AGENCIES HONG KONG Mr Richard Li, chairman of Hong Kong telecommunications firm PCCW said yesterday that Singaporelisted Pacific Century Regional Developments (PCRD) will sell its 23-per-cent stake in PCCW to a consortium led by Hong Kong financier Francis Leung. Mr Li is not selling
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        172 29  -  -LEECHINGWERN INDONESIAN tycoon Oei Hong Leong has failed for the second time to acquire Nasteel. Yesterday, a mandatory conditional offer for Nat Steel made by the Oei Hong Leong Foundation lapsed when it did not achieve more than 50 per cent of the issued shares
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        249 29 -DOW JONES SYDNEY Singapore-listed commodities trader Noble Group has offered between US$27O million ($425 million) and US$3OO million for 10 per cent of Fortescue Metals Group, the Australian iron ore project developer said yesterday. Proceeds from the proposed share placement are earmarked for Fortescue's A52.3-billion ($2.7-bil-lion)
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          50 29 Nikkei 225 *****.81 +245.20 +1.60 Hang Seng ASX *****.81 +144.03 5142.80 +7.50 +0.88 +0.15 Taiwan Wtd 6682.46 +21.85 +0.33 Korea Comp 1299.29 +25.36 +1.99 KLCI 924.86 -0.70 -0.08 SET Index 684.55 -1.56 -0.23 Jakarta Comp 1339.83 -8.07 -0.60 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2238.84 -19.19 295.65 +2.74 -0.85 +0.94
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          56 29 THBEV SKY Petrol UniFiber Celestial SingTel China Sun UTAC Biosensors CEnerSave China Petro 0.275 +0.010 +3.0 70,903 0.500 +0.015 +3.1 32,923 0.295 +0.020 +7.3 30,340 1.500 +0.090 +6.0 27,031 2.510 -0.030 -1.2 24,409 0.065 +0.005 +0.6 20,305 0.705 -0.005 -0.6 10,521 0.945 -0.005 -0.5 10,423 0.175 +0.005
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          137 29 -AGENCIES SHARE prices ended lower after a volatile session punctuated by mixed economic data and worries about the potential fallout from North Korea's missile tests. The ST Index ended down 6.68 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 2,438.5 points, but intraday, it rose as high as 2,456.52 points. Decliners
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          37 29 US$ (L 6350 UK£ ***** Yen 7Z413 HK$ 4.9328 RM Z3167 Euro ***** Rupiah 5756.1 Baht 24JW3 Peso 33.257 A$ 0.8450 Indian Rs 29.143 Won 601.99 C$ 0.7074 Yuan 5.0709 NZ$ 1.0392 NT$ 20X61
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          26 29 provided SGX, Dow Jones Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 634.80 SilW USS/OZ 11.41 Pktin uss/oz 1,243.70 MblF cents/kg 415.50 PllnioilßM/tonnM4l.so Bnirt mdg usS/barrai 73.52 Information by and
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        303 30 UNDERSTAND the implications of the following terms, often contained in guarantees: 1. "Principal Debtor" Clauses The intent of such clauses is to make the guarantor liable as if the guarantor had borrowed the money himself. So although the borrower may
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        622 32  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA Spores most famous 'fat man' is brand's new spokesman shobha@newstoday.com.sg PUTTING its money where its mouth is, Reborne, the maker of Xando life-long weight control products, has found a potent spokesman in Moses Lim, Singapore's most enduring symbol of humour and food. The
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        520 33  -  JANE CHIAPOCO Spore bids to host world's Ist Effie Advertising Congress janec@newstoday.com.sg JUST three years after launching the Effie Singapore Awards, the Institute of Advertising Singapore (lAS) is bidding to host the first World Effie Advertising Congress. The congress aims to bring Effie award winners from
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        119 33  -  -JANECHIAPOCO ENTRIES can now be submitted for the second Asia Travel Tourism Creative Awards. The awards honour the best in television, press, print, photography and web design for the travel and tourism industries. Discovery Travel Living will again be this year's presentersponsor. The awards are also
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        150 33 HAIR care brands will not be easily washed out of Asian heads, considering the US$3 billion ($4.7 billion) spent on hair care advertising in the Asia-Pacific region in the last year, according to Nielsen Media Research. "The hair care sector is highly competitive and the
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        290 33 DUE to its focus on customer convenience, Samsung Asia has become the first consumer electronics company to be awarded the Singapore Service Class certification. Introduced by Spring Singapore, the certification provides a framework in service leadership and customer experience to help companies exceed
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          188 33  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA THE much-awaited second annual Singapore Media Awards (SMA), organised by the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents, will be held on Sept 15. The SMA 2006, which will showcase the year's top talents in the media industry, comprises 16 awards that include three special merit
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          147 33  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA ONE of the world's leading authors on business wisdom will be speaking at a seminar here on Aug 2. Management guru Tom Kelley, author of The Art of Innovation and The Ten Faces of Innovation will be the keynote speaker at the Singapore
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        459 34  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN ...thanks to low staff turnover rates and high productivity levels hedirman@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE was rated as the overI all No 2 performer in a recent study on contact centres in the Asia-Pacific region. The Aspect Contact Center Index, a study developed by callcentres.net
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        177 34 GN NETCOM'S GN 9300 WIRELESS HEADSET SERIES Designed tor business professionals, GN Netcom's GN 9300 series of wireless headsets is ideal for conventional and Internet protocol (IP) telephony use. The GN 9350 is said to be the industry's first headset to offer full convergence between conventional office telephony and
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          101 34 Tibco Software, a business integration and process management software company, has released Tibco Business Studio Version 1.1. The software delivers enhanced modelling and simulation capabilities so that users can model and simulate process execution via real-world data. This feature provides a more efficient
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        376 34  -  ELAINE NG I WITH the visually compelling I content that blockbuster films and premium television programmes provide these days, more people are gearing up for high-def-inition television (HDTV), according to Mr Bill Roberts, director of product management at Autodesk Media and Entertainment HDTV is
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        401 35  -  Jonas rides the whale in crime-busting software, with clients such as MGM Mirage ELAINE NG infotech@newstoday.com.sg I WHEN he is not racing in 1 triathlons, he is leading a hightech chase for Las Vegas' biggest swindlers, and possibly the world's most wanted terrorists. Mr Jeff Jonas,
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      1215 36  -  Zul Othman zul@newstoday.com.sg This year, get more for free atthe indie music festival held on Esplanade grounds THIS weekend's Baybeats the annual indie music event on the Esplanade grounds has a lot to live up to. After all, last year's festival unleashed a wall of sound made up
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      294 37 Indie music fans will be spoilt for choice, with over 20 homegrown, regional and international bands taking part in the fifth annual Baybeats. JULIANA JUNE RASUL picks out five noteworthy gigs. KENNETH ISHAK (Norway) An alumnus of Baybeats 2004 where he performed to an awed crowd, Ishakis back this
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      587 38  -  ZUL OTHMAN Band that shared stage with Travis here 5 years ago performs in sold-out concert zul@newstoday.com.sg COLDPLAY front man Chris Martin once famously said: "There would be no Coldplay music without Jonny Buckland." The 28-year-old guitarist real name Jonathan Mark Buckland may
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          140 39 Ramones The album title may smack of irony, since the Ramones never did score the same commercial acclaim afforded to their peers the Sex Pistols or the Clash. Nonetheless, the New York quartet are widely hailed as the world's first punk rock group and they've also become one
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          145 39 Thorn Yorke the lead singer of England's nost eulogised rock oand Radiohead, Thomas Edward Yorke has decided that his debut solo album —which has attracted intense attention and was leaked on the Internet months before its release —will go completely off-tangent and be dominated by electronic murmurings. It
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          109 39 Electrico One of Singapore music's most celebrated success stories, Electrico's 2004 debut So Much More Inside made them instant stars and even earned them a MTV Asia Awards nomination last year as the island's favourite artiste. This follow-up is likely to endear them further to their fans. Hip
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        123 39 This week, we ask Singapore Idol vocal coach Babes Conde who's also the musical director of Children's Letters To God, which will run from July 26 until Aug 6 at the DBS Arts Centre to name her all time favourite disc. BABES CONDE ON IN TUNE BY
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        413 40  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Experts pool their predictions for natural catastrophes in lauded series Juliana r@newstoday.com.sg A SUPER tornado in Texas, a super typhoon in Hong Kong and a solar storm that could shut down the globe. That's what experts on Discovery Channel's new show Perfect
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          74 42 Sexuality is a complex process, and is altered with age, health status and personal experiences. A breakdown in any of these areas, can lead to sexual dysfunction. This talk will outline what is this condition, its associations with medical conditions and what are the options for treatment.
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          82 42 When crises, disasters and emergencies suddenly arise, people respond differently How do you cope and would you be sufficiently prepared for it when faced with one? Join this workshop to learn more. Date: Aug 22 23 Time: 9am to 5pm Venue: Institute of Mental Health Atrium, Meeting
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          81 42 Severe hearing loss can be easily missed without undergoing a hearing test. Hearing loss limits learning, social and occupational options. All of this leads to a poorer quality of life. Through this talk, find out what the latest treatments are and you can be
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        685 42  -  REETA RAMAN You may have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder reeta@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS in her late teens, when Ms Sarah Tan (not her real name) had an inkling that she could be suffering from an attention deficit disorder. The symptoms were all
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        748 43  - Strong, healthy bones at any age REETA RAMAN STRONG BONES FOR LIFE, HEALTH PROMOTION BOARD Both young and old need Vitamin D and calcium to maintain bone health reeta@newstoday.com.sg TO MAINTAIN strong bones and prevent osteoporosis, don't forget about Vitamin D. Often overlooked where bone health is concerned, taking Vitamin
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        526 44  -  JANICE GOH ja nice@newstoday.com.sg CRUCIFEROUS vegetables such as broccoli and cauliflower may prevent and fight prostate cancer, a recent study suggests, adding to existing evidence on the cancerfighting properties of these vegetables. A chemical found in these vegetables may kill prostate cancer cells and
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        129 44  - SURE OR NOT Mrs Magdalin Cheong, CAN YOU EVER DRINK TOO MUCH WATER? AND IF SO, IS THAT BAD? IT'S not really bad if your kidney is functioning fine, as your body will excrete any excess water. However, there are some medical conditions such as heart problems and certain kidney
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      559 46 ARIES (March 21 April 19) LIBRA (Sept 23 Oct 22) H Someone is likely to take advantage of your Give a little time to remembering your past ability to do things so quickly. Today you H experiences so you can address a current should be doing for yourself not others.
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      560 47 ■AFP Federer relieved to end Nadal's challenge... at least for now WIMBLEDON Men's final LONDON Four-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer thought his dream might be over. The world No 1 admitted that Rafael Nadal would have dealt a major blow to his reputation as the world's best
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      282 48 7th minute: 1-0 France. Marco Materazzi trips Florent Malouda in the box, but replays suggest there was little contact. Zinedine Zidane steps up to dink a cheeky penalty past Gianluigi Buffon, the ball bouncing off the bar and inside the goal. 13th: 1-1. Mauro Camoranesi steals a corner off
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      243 48  -  DARREN LAI THEY came, they watched, they went delirious. Hundreds of them. The Singapore-based Italian community came together yesterday morning to witness their country being crowned the 2006 World Cup champions. About 200 Italy supporters, including several Singaporeans who rooted for the Azzurri, yelled their lungs out
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      218 50 He was a magical player, but Zinedine Zidane's genius has occasionally been overshadowed by a volatile streak. His World Cup Final red card was the latest in several incidents that showed the darker side of France s inspirational playmaker: 1998: The first round World Cup
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      771 50 —AGENCIES No one wanted the French magician's last game to end like this I WORLD CUP FINAL »"fA" >1 Italy 1 France 1 (act, VU Jk I Italy win 5-3 on penalties) BERLIN Zinedine Zidane began his sporting life as a street footballer in La Castellane,
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      361 50 -AGENCIES BERLIN France were struggling to come to terms with defeat yesterday, following their 5-3 loss on penalties to Italy in the World Cup Final after the match ended 1-1. They were also finding it difficult to comprehend why Zinedine Zidane lost
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      377 52 -AP BERLIN Marco Materazzi likes to say that there are two Marco Materazzis. Both showed up for the World Cup Final. The Italy defender showed off his overly physical and sometimes violent side when his foul on Florent Malouda resulted in a penalty
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