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    Return of the two-room flat
    719 1  -  LEE U-WEN Smaller units widen choices for elderly, less well-off u-wen@newstoday.com.sg THE housing wheel has come a full circle. Some 20 years after the Housing and Development Board (HDB) stopped building two-room flats since everyone those days wanted to upgrade to larger accommodation the greying
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    Lock icon Loose wire ties up NEL trains, halts services
    481 1  -  JASMINE YIN jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg A SINGLE loose wire yesterday crippled a segment of the North East Line (NEL) and led to the longest disruption of train services in Singapore's recent history. NEL services between HarbourFront and Dhoby Ghaut came to a standstill at
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      Lock icon The experiment that failed
      593 2  -  TAN HUI LENG A*Star points to problems with Johns Hopkins' PhD programme, senior leadership huileng@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S eight-year relationship with Johns Hopkins University (JHU) has gone sour and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) has said the reason was simple: The American medical institution did
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      October hike for SMRT fares?
      409 3  -  JASMINE YIN large, sustained increase' in diesel costs cited as reason jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg OPERATORS of other modes of transport look set to follow in the footsteps of the re-cently-announced taxi fare hike, as SMRT Corp confirmed that it will submit a proposal by next Tuesday to
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  • Singapore news
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        Lock icon CAUTION ADVISED WHEN BURNING INCENSE
        120 4 938LIVE The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) has called for greater caution when conducting religious rites in public areas, so as to minimise fires. This is in view of the Festival of Hungry Ghosts, which begins today, when more people are expected to burn incense
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        Lock icon PHASE TWO STARTS FOR FOUR MILLION SMILES
        139 4 Singaporeans have been keen to show how hospitable they are. CHANNEL NEWSASIA The organisers of Four Million Smiles say they have received 25,000 digital photos, filling up more than 120 pages of an online collage. The project now moves into Phase Two. Companies
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        Lock icon WATER SAFETY CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
        94 4 -938UVE An average of about 30 people drown in Singapore every year. Now, a nationwide campaign aims to promote public awareness of water safety and to reduce the number of drowning fatalities. Its slogan advises Singaporeans: "Be Water-Smart, Stay Alert, Buddy Up, Swim Safe". The $300,000
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        SOUTH KOREA'S FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS ON SM GOH
        69 4 The Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea Mr Ban Ki-moon called on Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong at the Istana yesterday afternoon. During the meeting, Mr Goh and Mr Ban discussed the current situation on the Korean Peninsula, in view of
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      Lock icon S'poreans join US class action suit
      467 4  -  TAN HUI LENG 2 intent on legal action against Bausch& Lomb for eye infection huileng@newstoday.com.sg TWO Singaporeans who had to undergo corneal transplants due to fungal eye infections have engaged law firms in the United States for a class action suit against contact lens
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      Not Harvard but the MTT of the East
      485 6  -  SHERALYNTAY Why NTU chose to focus on its strengths in science and technology: Dr Su Guaning shera lyn@newstoday.com. sg HARVARD or MIT? That was the choice Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong wanted the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to make almost a year
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      Teaching S'pore-style in China
      408 6  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@newstoday.com.sg ONE of Singapore's top schools, Hwa Chong International School (HCIS), is making an ambitious foray overseas as it brings its famed brand of education to China. It will take over and manage two new schools in China's Hui Yang District, which is in
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      Lock icon Sentosa's marina site goes to CDL
      346 8 -ZAFARANJUM AFTER the recent successful launch of the Oceanfront condominium on Sentosa Cove, City Developments Limited (CDL) has gained another foothold on the island. It has beaten four other bidders including foreign players to snare a 4.9ha marina site for $255 million on which
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      Many firsts for unknown Eighth Wonder
      469 8  -  TORCHING LI Sentosa IR is its raison d'etre, says casino developer chingli@newstoday.com.sg THE odds may be stacked high against Eighth Wonder, but the US casino developer lacks no confidence in bidding for the Sentosa integrated resort (IR) project. Should Eighth Wonder beat its rivals
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      Time to move on: MP Seng Han Thong
      262 10  -  ANSLEYNG YIO Chu Kang Member of Parliament (MP) Seng Han Thong, who was assaulted by a former cabby last week, said he may have assistants in the room during his Meet-The-People sessions (MPS) to "help cool down" frustrated residents. "We might follow
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      S'pore crime rate declines
      404 10  -  ANSLEYNG Fewer teenagers arrested but rise in rape and murder cases a nsley@newstoday.com.sg FEWER crimes were committed in the first half of this year, but there was a rise in more serious crimes like rape and murder. The overall crime rate fell 15 per cent in
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      83 8 Singapore Gifts Premiums Fair 2006 The7th Singapore International Trade Exhibition for Promotional, Corporate, Incentive and Retail (rifts Stationery&OfficeLink 2006 The 6th Singapore International Trade Exhibition for Stationery, Office Equipment and Supplies 26 28 July 2006 (Wed Fri) 10.30am 6.30pm Suntec Singapore, Level 6 Am ft": I'ropcrafficc/lr.wirLCMamft" Upcn in aifux/aKpamK buyers
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      118 10 NO WEAVING AT ALL. v^ Hair fit Scalp Treatment You can own the celebrity look and style now. Trust your hair with Sam Koh, Singapore's leading hair stylist and hair replacement specialist. Sam now provides customized hairpieces that is cut and styled to fit comfortably and naturally. We also offer
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      Lock icon Thai DPM steps up bid for UN job
      840 11  -  SHARON VASOO SHARON VASOO Asean to push for Surakiart to succeed Annan IN KUALA LUMPUR DEPUTY FOREIGN EDITOR sharon@newstoday.com.sg THAILAND'S Deputy Prime Minister SuraMart Sathirathai last night stepped up his campaign to become the next United Nations Sec-retary-General. Upon arriving in Kuala
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      Lock icon Rice in Lebanon
      435 12 -AGENCIES AGENCIES Ceasefire urgent, says the US Secretary of State BEIRUT United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to the Lebanese capital of Beirut yesterday as Israeli troops engaged in fierce ground battles with Hezbollah. The trip was an "important show of support
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      Lock icon Thaksin files more defamation suits
      415 13 DPA AFP Protest leader Sondhi and 11 others face claim of $41.8m BANGKOK -Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday sued an anti-govern-ment protest leader and 11 others for defamation and demanded 1 billion baht ($41.8 million) in damages, his lawyer said. The civil lawsuit joins
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      Lock icon Sultan's sister murdered, relative arrested
      172 13 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR The sister of the Sultan of Pahang was stabbed to death by a relative who "ran amok", a report said yesterday. The Star daily reported on its website that Tengku Putri Kamariah Sultan Abu Bakar and her husband, Tunku Ismail, were stabbed
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    • this quirky world
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        Lock icon UP FOR AUCTION: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A BIKER
        92 13 -AP The Comanchero Motorcycle Club is auctioning off a day in the life of a biker. The highest bidder will spend eight hours with three or four Comancheros on their Harley Davidsons in Sydney, according to the club's advertisement
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        Lock icon FIRST MEN ON THE MOON USED PEN TO FIX LUNAR MODULE
        155 13 -AFP The first men on the Moon had to use a pen to fix a broken switch on their lunar module and return home to Earth, British newspaper The Daily Mirror reported yesterday ahead of a new documentary. Neil
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        Lock icon PROPOSALS ON BENDED KNEE GOING OUT OF FASHION
        60 13 AFP The classic romantic wedding proposal, where a man offers his would-be fiancee an engagement ring while down on bended knee, is going out of fashion, according to a British survey published yesterday. Nearly one in three British couples just "agree together"
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      Lock icon 4th person arrested for Mumbai blasts
      107 14 -AFP MUMBAI Tanvir Ansari, a doctor, became the fourth person to be arrested by Indian anti-terrorist police in connection with the Mumbai train bombings on July 11, which killed 183 people and injured more than 800, according to reports yesterday. Ansari was formally arrested
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      Lock icon Arroyo unveils huge spending programme
      342 14 AFP President aims to kickstart the Philippine economy MANILA Philippine President Gloria Arroyo yesterday outlined a massive spending programme to kickstart the economy and urged opponents demanding her ouster to give up what she described as a lost cause. Delivering her annual State of the
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      Lock icon LESSONS FROM TIMOR LESTE
      803 15  -  THANG D NGUYEN DILI used to blame Jakarta for the bloodshed in Timor Leste before the latter gained independence from Indonesia and became the world's youngest nation in 1999. Since then, however, Dili has been responsible for its own destiny, including the waves of violence that
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      isay SWEETENERS FOR SCHOOL PLEASE
      773 16  -  Jeremy Lim IT WAS not easy for my parents to get me into a primary school. They had to go school hunting. The line that got me a place in Pei Chun Public School was: "I love school very much." The principal at that time,
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      We have kept our end of the deal: A* Star
      1428 17  -  DR ANDRE WAN Agency says decision to terminate agreement with Johns Hopkins taken after three years of monitoring and scrutiny Letter from Director Biomedical Research Council Agency for Science, Technology and Research LET US start by stating the mission of
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      266 18  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY... THE WALLEYED PIKE Let me tell you a story about a walleyed pike, which is a fish, for those of you who aren't fishermen orfisherwomen. Some interesting experiments have been done in laboratories where the walleye is placed in a big tank
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      Lock icon Brakes off bikers
      397 18  -  HENRIKSIKEN Cyclists should be given space, support to train and race on our roads Letter from IN THE debate on cycling in Singapore, we have to remember that cycling can be a means of transport or a serious sport Indeed, the Tour de France ranks second only
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      A monthly limit for train travel pass?
      188 18  -  KRISTIADAVINASIANIPAR Letter from I REFER to the letters by Aloysius Ang ("Why a 4-ride limit for train concession pass", July 12) and Transit Link ("More free rides, higher cost of travel pass", July 17). Being a train concession pass holder myself, I must
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      Lock icon IN MEMORIAM
      193 18 Farewell to the man whose vision will live on forever ACE KINDRED CHEONG: WHILE I am saddened by the passing of one of Singapore's founding fathers, I am forever grateful for his contribution to my motherland. I am grateful that he built affordable HDB flats. I live in
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      Vigilantism can cut both ways
      296 19  -  LIMBOONHEE Fine line between kindliness, kaypoh-ness Letter from I AGREE with Neil Humphreys ("Get up, stand up...", July 22-2-23), that if Singapore is serious about becoming a gracious and courteous society, more "vigilantism" is required to put peer pressure on inconsiderate and obnoxious behaviour. Poor
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      Providing substitute drugs will only prolong addiction
      243 19  -  DAWN SIM Letter from Public Affairs, For Director Central Narcotics Bureau WE REFER to the letter "Drug for heroin dependence can turn lives around" by Dr Soo Inn Choong ouly 10). Abusing drugs such as heroin is a deliberate act of taking a
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      Looking beyond the Israeli bombs
      230 19  -  CONRAD CHIN EN LOY Letter from IT HAS recently been the trend for commentators to describe recent Israeli military actions in a poor light, or at best "counter-productive" as in Mr John Gee's "Why no one's turning against Hezbollah" (July 21). But Mr Gee loses
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      73 16 CATHERINE LIM ...AMUSES When the wag filled in the form For 'Race'he wrote, 'Clearly human' For 'Sex', 'Yes, that would be great!' For 'Last address', 'Hopefully heaven!' MUSES The lure for big corporate money With great commercial pitches The best airport, the best seaport Singapore's embarrassment of riches. But if
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon SingTel may seek foreign CEO after Lee
      606 20 BLOOMBERG Successor likely to keep focus on Asia, especially China; needs new markets to stem slowing sales growth SINGAPORE Telecommunications (SingTel) may hire a foreign chief executive officer to seek growth in developing markets in Asia after Mr Lee Hsien Yang's announcement of
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      Lock icon SingPost profit up
      134 20 -DOW JONES SINGAPORE Post (SingPost) reported a net profit of $30.9 million, or 1.61 cents per share, for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, up 5 per cent from the corresponding period a year earlier, driven by an 8.5-per-centrise in revenue to $105.1 million. The mail
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      OCBC raises mortgage rates
      124 20  -  CHOW PENN NEE OCBC Bank has increased its home loan interest rates by between 0.25 percentage point and 0.75 percentage pointfor some of its customers, depending on when they took up the loan. Letters informing customers of its rate hikes were sent out last week. Mr
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      Lock icon Matchmaking Singapore and Japanese companies
      120 21 DOW JONES TRADE promotion agency International Enterprise Singapore signed an agreement with the Development Bank of Japan yesterday to support direct investment into Japan by Singaporean companies. The agreement will serve to facilitate "matchmaking" of Singapore and Japanese companies and encourage the exchange of information
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        ST Index— 2,375.04 +3.67
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        World markets
        56 21 Nikkei 225 14,794.50 -26.76 -0.18 HK Hang Seng Australia ASX200 16,480.59 +16.41 4,934.40 -26.20 +0.10 -0.53 Korea Comp Thailand SET 1,263.35 -7.98 683.76 -1.95 -0.63 -0.28 Jakarta Comp 1,303.15 -11.43 -0.87 Phils Comp Shenzhen B Closed 293.66 +0.32 +0.11 Mumbai Sensex Malaysia KLCI 10,215.37 +129.46 922.34 -2.38 +1.28
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        SGX most active
        52 21 THBEV Chartered MDR STATSChP UTAC China Sun SingTel Fabchem ChinaEssen SeeHS 0.270 -0.005 -1.0 53,293 1.100 -0.120 -9.0 51,257 0.050 32,106 0.005 -0.055 -5.9 19,463 0.655 -0.020 -3.0 17,124 0.040 +0.015 +1.0 16,060 2.460 -0.010 -0.4 16,316 0.695 +0.005 +13.9 14,734 0.665 +0.030 +4.7 12,694 0.105 +0.020
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        SGX top rises
        68 21 ShangAsia2kHK$ 15.300 +0.600 OTYDEV 0.050 +0.300 DBS 10.200 +0.300 MtSem 15.200 +0.200 SIA 12.000 +0.200 SembMareCWQG1013 0.515 +0.145 Ukkei225 ePWB0907A 1.300 +0.140 Robinson 5.100 +0.140 ST1ETF100 24.330 +0.110 ChaiteredePW***** 0.395 +0.100 Chartered eCW*****0 0.050 +900.0 ChinaEntSp 0.010 +100.0 C1TYDEV8CW*****0 0.030 +100.0 SingTel 8CW*****5 0.010 +100.0 SIA8CW*****0 0.050
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        SGX top falls
        72 21 KepCoip 14.200 -0.300 Capital XCW***** 0.500 -0.175 Capital eCW***** 0.110 -0.160 Chaiteied 1.100 -0.120 N0L8CW*****0 0.030 -0.120 Venture 9.700 -0.100 ChartBi6deCW06D818 0.060 -0.095 Chartered eCW*****1 0.065 -0.005 Chartered 8CW***** 0.015 -0.065 Chartered eCW***** 0.015 N0L8CW*****0 0.030 SPHeCWD***** 0.005 Chartered eCW*****0 0.060 Capital eCW***** 0.110 Chartered eCW*****1 0.065
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        Lock icon Singapore
        145 21 Dow Jones SHARES recouped early losses to close mixed yesterday, with strength in property and banking stocks overcoming a selloff in the technology sector. The ST Index closed up 3.67 points, or 0.15 per cent, at 2,375.04 after falling 0.7 per cent in the morning. In the broad market,
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        Your S$1 buys
        32 21 UK£ 0.3405 Yen 73.605 HK$ 4.9047 RM 2.3297 Euro 0.4994 Rupiah 5,792.3 Baht 23.951 Peso 32.869 A$ 0.8392 Indian Rs 29.591 Won 600.13 C$ 0.7191 Yuan 5.0368 NZ$ 1.0145
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        Lock icon Commodities
        24 21 /SGX, Dow Jones Bloomberg Information provided by and Sold USS/oz 61b.4U Siw uss/oz 10.80 mm uss/oz 1,215.50 tabbH cents/kg 382.00 >lMRM/tonne1,***** Jintndiiiss/tm,:! 72.99
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    • business news
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        Lock icon S'pore consumer prices up 1.4% in June
        214 22 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE'S consumer prices increased more than expected last month from a year earlier as housing and food costs climbed. The consumer price index rose 1.4 per cent from a year earlier following May's 1.1-per-cent gain, said the Department of Statistics. From May,
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        Lock icon Temasek eyeing a bigger bank share?
        412 22 -BLOOMBERG Singapore firm may buy more of China's Minsheng Banking TEMASEK Holdings is in talks to raise its stake in China Minsheng Banking Corp, a move that would strengthen the Singapore company's position as the biggest overseas investor in China's banks. "We haven't short-listed
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        SunGard makes $120m bid for System Access
        378 23  -  CHRISTIE LOH US firm offers to pay 36 cents per share for S'pore company christie@newstoday.com.sg ONE of the world's largest banking software providers, SunGard Data Systems, yesterday proposed to pay $120.2 million to take over Sesdaq-listed System Access, a smaller version chalking up
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        Lock icon Ascott Residence Trust beats expectations
        201 23 -DOW JONES ASCOTT Residence Trust (ART) reported a higher-than-forecast maiden distribution of 1.71 cents a unit for the period March 31 to June 30, beating its forecast of 1.55 cents a unit by more than 10 per cent The trust, which owns serviced apartments in
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        CORPORATE
        221 23 From Aug 10, residents of two selected condominiums will get to try out SingTel's two new technologies offering broadband speeds of up to 80 megabits per second (Mbps), which is 40 times faster than today's norm of 2Mbps. The free trial at Leonie Hill Residences and The Gardens at
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    • Impact the business of marketing
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        Lock icon When you bank upon a star
        640 24  -  JANE CHIAPOCO Survey shows influence of celebrity endorsements is strongest among youth ja nec@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPOREANS are highly influenced by celebrity endorsements of fashion products, according to a market research survey conducted by students from the Singapore Polytechnic. The survey also found that print media
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        STRIKING THE RIGHT BALANCE
        595 25  -  VALERIE LAW With its new store at Raffles City, sports shoe maker New Balance is all set to capture mind-share valeri e@newstoday.com.sg BRANDING a product or a service is a long journey and few know this better than New Balance. By its own reckoning one of
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        S'pore Apprentices win jobs in ad agency
        475 25  -  JANE CHIAPOCO ja nec@newstoday.com.sg ADVERTISING agency DDB Singapore concluded the world's first DDB Apprentice programme by presenting a job offer to not one, but two participants when the results were announced earlier this month. Ms Lai Lijun, 23, of the National University of
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          CARLY FIORINA, TOM PETERS COMING HERE
          135 25 Former chief executive and chairman of HewlettPackard Carly Fiorina and management guru Mr Tom Peters will be speaking in Singapore on Aug 4 at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel. In 2003, Ms Fiorina was lauded with the Concern Worldwide "Seeds of Hope" Award to
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          GET DOW JONES DATA ON YOUR MOBILE
          75 25 Dow Jones Newswires announced yesterday the launch of DJNmobile.com, a browser-based interface for wireless devices. The new service brings Dow Jones' market-leading news and information to mobile devices of financial professionals. DJNmobile.com provides customers with brows-er-based access to the Dow Jones content they
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          HALLMARK CHANNEL'S LOCALISED INTERFACE
          65 25 The Hallmark Channel got a new look along with new programming from this month. The new look presents landscapes and scenes of daily life filmed in Malaysia, Thailand and India to foster an emotional connection with viewers. New programming this year includes mini-series based on classics
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        565 26  -  HEDIRMANSUPIAN No 1 independent software maker in the world wants to triple Asia-Pacific footprint hedirma n@newstoday.com.sg SAP, the world's largest inI dependent software provider, has set its sights on tripling its customer base to 9,600 in the Asia-Pacific's small and medium enterprise (SME) market by 2010. "As
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      949 30  -  Juliana June Rasul She looks like an imperious diva, but one-on-one, Malaysian singer Sheila Majid is... DON T let the glamour shots fool you. Sheila Majid is a makcik (auntie) on the phone. A conversation with her is peppered with aiyohs and lahs, which quickly undermine any
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      463 32  -  LIM KUAN CHIANG kuanchia ng@newstoday.com. sg IT WAS a case of so near yet so far for Asian television viewers watching yesterday's broadcast of the 2006 Miss Universe beauty pageant in Los Angeles. Millions must have held their breath when it was down to Miss Tipan
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      358 32  -  David Chew -DAVID CHEW THEATREREVIEW by.... Toy Factory's Cabaret SET aside the bawdy thrills and spills and cabaret is basically a platform for satire on the morals and politics of the day. Using this definition as
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      125 33 We ask Today humour columnist and author Neil Humphreys, whose new book Final Notes From A Great Island: A Farewell Tour of Singapore is out now in major bookstores, for his pick. NEIL HUMPHREYS: ON OASIS'S DEFINITELY MAYBE It's a tough call among the albums of The
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      666 34  -  JANICE GOH HEALTHLISTINGS LIVING AND COPING WITH CANCER This forum addresses issues about providing holistic care for cancer patients, including some of the pain control and symptom relief treatments available. Date: July 29 Time: 1.30pm to 4.45pm Venue: Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Theatrette, Level
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      721 35  -  REETA RAMAN reeta@newstoday.com.sg THE year 2002 one of change for Ms Khan (not real name) for the worse. Living in Texas at that time, the 45-year-old and her then-husband suffered massive burns when their apartment caught fire. With 60 per cent burns, she was hospitalised
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      588 36  -  REETA RAMAN reeta@newstoday.com.sg TO DEVELOP the best in your child, you should start young, and that includes cultivating good nutritional habits for your kids. Good nutrition supports the parent's endeavour for his or her child to be wellbalanced emotionally, mentally and physically, said Raffles Hospital consultant
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      154 40 I A READER'S MALAPROPISM Thanks to Juliana Tan who sent us this contribution: Colleague: "I don't eat apparatus." Me: "Huh? Who eats apparatus?" Pause. Me: "Oh, you mean asparagus!" This confusion probably came about because apparatus was wrongly pronounced as apPAIR ratus instead of the correct ap pir RAY tirs.
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      463 41  -  DARREN LAI Valerie wins first gold medal for Singapore at World Youth Championships BOWLING 9th Bowling World Youth Championships da rren@newstoday.com.sg JUST one silver and three bronzes in 14 years that was all Singapore's bowlers had to show for from eight previous World Youth Championships. So
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      285 41  -  CUBBYLEONG IN A swift turnaround as unexpected as the initial announcement, the Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) said they would be sending a team to the Four Nations tournament, which begins next Thursday at the Delta Sports Complex, after all. The Malaysians gave the Singapore Hockey
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      328 41  -  CUBBYLEONG cubby@newstoday.com.sg AFTER 15 years in office, Manmohanjit Singh is set to step down as the president of Cuesports Singapore. Nominations for this Saturday's annual general meeting closed last weekend and Manmohanjit did not put up his application to serve for another two-year term. Manmohanjit's
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      248 42  -  DARREN LAI NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE2OO6 Albirex2Gombak2 THE red mist is continuing to descend on Gombak United. Gabriel Obadin Aikhena scored a goal, but then became the latest Gombak player to be sent off last night in a pulsating 2-2 draw against Albirex Niigata at the
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      532 42  -  TANYO-HINN Former SEA Games shot put champion may quit if injuries don't clear up yohinn@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S top male shot put thrower is at a career crossroads. On Sunday, Dong Enxin, the 2003 South-east Asia (SEA) Games champion and current national record holder, returned to
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      502 43 —AGENCIES But Dutch striker could soon be off to Bayern LONDON Ruud van Nistelrooy, who has been linked with both Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, returned to training with Manchester United yesterday, but doubts still remain over whether he will be at Old Trafford for the
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      267 43 —THE GUARDIAN LONDON So much for Peter Kenyon's claim that Chelsea would be run like a proper business: Damien Duffs (picture) transfer to Newcastle was completed for the startlingly low figure of £5 million ($14.7 million), a statement to the stock exchange has confirmed.
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      309 43 -AP LONDON Chelsea won't sell Argentine striker Hernan Crespo unless they receive a "suitable offer," despite the striker's stated desire to return to Italy. "He (Crespo) is contracted to Chelsea for the next two years and will remain so unless Chelsea
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      106 43 -DPA MADRID Barcelona are interested in adding Juventus anchorman Patrick Vieira after snapping up defenders Gianluca Zambrotta and Lilian Thuram from the disgraced Italian club, a Spanish newspaper reported on Sunday. Mundo Deportivo reported in its online edition that the reigning European champions were prepared
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      76 43 BAL KHALSA SEEKS WINNING BREAK! Not won in last three matches! S.League Bal Khalsa Home United Tue, 25/07/06 7.30pm J League Ksaki Frontale Gamba Osaka Wed, 26/07/06 6.00pm Singapore Cup Young Lions Woodlands Wed, 26/07/06 7.30pm I Sales starts at Bam the day before the matdn and doses |sabbftibCT Always
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      943 44 -AP Woods abandons his driver but is still too good for his rivals GOLF British Open HOYLAKE, England Tiger Woods was going through the victory routine for yet another Major championship when Chris DiMarco interrupted with a desperate plea. "Hey Tiger," DiMarco said, "would
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