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    13 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp share your free newspaper Wednesday August 2, 2006 todayonline.com MICA(P) 192/07/2006
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    Lock icon Castro surgery sparks succession whispers
    619 1 AGENCIES After 47 years, is it the end of the road for USA's oldest enemy? HAVANA He has outlasted nine United States presidents, survived more assassination attempts than Saddam Hussein and never relinquished power even for a day during his five decades of communist rule.
    — AGENCIES; AP; AFP  -  619 words
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    Bus, train rides may cost two cents more
    547 1  -  TORCHING LI chingli@newstoday.com. sg IT COULD cost up to two cents more per bus or train trip on average come October, now that both public transport companies have applied to the Public Transport Council (PTC) for a fare increase. While not giving
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      31 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 6 world news 10 voices 16 business 26 growth 32 plus 34 tv radio listings 40 classed 42 careerstoday 43 sports 44 we set you thinking
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      70 1 ITS NOT JUST A QUESTION OF CLASS I The language environment UklMkl I matters more than English lessons 2 ..jdb. ISIM ''^Vk I 176KGNEWLYWED DIES AFTER Eflfllwfll bfc fA V i GASTRIC BAND SURGERY 4 WIIM i/lMf SCHOOL DAYS OR SCHOOL DAZE? Sill A»L^®l Educators, help our children IPfinQ I
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      DECODING THE LANGUAGE ENVIROMENT
      692 2  -  JULIA GABRIEL It's not about just English classes, all teachers must speak correctly THE commentaries of the past few weeks and the recent Ministry of Education (MOE) announcement on how, and by whom, English should be taught in schools, all seem to agree on three areas.
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      Lock icon Older cars get green light for private hire
      606 3  -  TAN HUI LENG LTA decision could shake-up car rental market, bring in new players huileng@newstoday.com.sg IT IS no longer just new cars that can be registered for private hire. This decision, announced by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) yesterday, could shake up
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      Lock icon S'pore for N Korean denuclearisation
      198 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE supports the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula through peaceful and diplomatic means. It also calls on North Korea to return to the six-party talks to resolve the issue. This was reiterated by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to North Korean Foreign Minister
      — CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  198 words
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      Lock icon Newlywed dies after gastric band surgery
      483 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA 31-year-old martial arts instructor the first here to succumb to such complications IT WAS supposed to be a last resort to reduce his 176 kg frame. But four operations later, newlywed Ross Tay, 31, died after succumbing to complications caused by gastric
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      Apathetic? Not kids these days
      668 6  -  LOH CHEE KONG More youth join social groups, though they spend less time on each activity cheekong@newstoday.com.sg NOT content with being a section leader in her school choir and a founding member of its piano ensemble, Grace Chew, now aged 19, was also actively involved
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      Lock icon Cadbury Schweppes opens R&D facility
      268 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE next big hit among candy lovers could be coming straight from a new Cadbury Schweppes regional research facility in Singapore. Costing $4.3 million, the Science and Technology Centre is part of the company's plans to accelerate growth in key emerging markets in
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      Lock icon When a calling rises above all else
      456 8  -  TAN HUI LENG 2,400 apply for 50 slots in inaugural NUS nursing programme huileng@newstoday.com.sg WITH three straight As for their A-level results, Wong Zi Yang and Lim Chi Ching could have had their pick of the choicest university courses. But while more prestigious
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        Lock icon PASSENGER TRAFFIC TAKING OFF
        70 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Passenger traffic at Changi Airport rose to 16.84 million in the first half of this year, a 9.1-per-cent increase over the same period last year. In June alone, passenger traffic at the airport grew 6.2 per cent year-on-year to 2.98 million. The Civil Aviation
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        Lock icon FACELIFT FOR WHAMPOA MARKET
        50 8 938 LIVE The 30-year-old Whampoa Market and Food Centre will get a $10-million makeover. It will reopen next year with wider walkways, a mechanical exhaust system and stylish, curved roofs. During the upgrading, existing stallholders will operate from a temporary market at Block 77 Lorong Limau.
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        Lock icon CONTRACTOR MAY PLEAD GUILTY
        69 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The contractor being blamed for the Fusionpolis collapse on April 29, 2004, is likely to plead guilty. This is according to the representative for the Greatearth-United Engineering joint venture, which was charged under the Factory's Act last year for failing to ensure the worksite
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      Lock icon More S'poreans choose higher-class wards
      402 8 938 LIVE MORE Singaporeans are choosing higherclass wards when they are admitted to hospitals, said Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan yesterday. This is in line with Singapore's stronger economy, as compared to the recession years. "It's a little bit like hawker food. (If the) economy
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      Lock icon Farmers face jail in bird flu crackdown
      480 10 -AGENCIES Thai PM seeks to reassure investors with harsh measures BANGKOK Thailand has vowed to jail farmers who fail to promptly report poultry deaths, and closed its land borders to fowl trade to stem outbreaks of bird flu. The measures came in the
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      Lock icon Security Council sets deadline for Iran
      209 10 -AFP UNITED NATIONS The United Nations Security Council on Monday ordered Iran to halt its nuclear activities by Aug 31 or face the threat of sanctions but the measure was immediately rejected by Tehran. The resolution, passed by a 14-1 vote with Qatar in
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        Lock icon END OBSESSION WITH STRAIT
        82 10 -AFP Malaysia criticised a decision by influential insurer Lloyd's to list the Straits of Malacca as one of the world's most dangerous waterways yesterday, saying it would affect the economies of nations it borders. Transport Minister Chan Kong Choy said the decision will increase the insurance
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        Lock icon ALL FOR THE LOVE OF HER GUCCI
        105 10 AFP A passenger was escorted off a Tokyobound plane in Hong Kong after she refused to put her Gucci handbag under the seat, disrupting the flight for more than an hour. The Cathay Pacific jet was ready to take off but was forced
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        Lock icon TERROR THREAT LEVELS GO ONLINE
        61 10 AFP Britain for the first time yesterday began publishing on the Internet on a permanent basis the level of threat that intelligence experts believe the country faces from terrorist attacks. The current state of alert was first published on the new government website www.intelligence.gov.uk, listing
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      Piles land Mahathir's attacker in hospital
      129 10 KOTA BARU The politician who was detained for the pepper-spray attack on Malaysia's former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has been admitted to hospital here for piles, the New Straits Times (NST) reported. The newspaper said the 53-year-old politician and businessman had been moved from
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      Lock icon Lebanon's Exxon Valdez
      263 11 80km oil slick caused by Israel's bombing of power station BEIRUT Israeli bombing of the Jiyyeh power station in Lebanon has led to an oil slick stretching 80km across the country's coastal waters. The pollution, which local environmental groups are calling an "environmental disaster", has led the
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      Lock icon Concerned by North Korea and China, Japan calls for stronger US alliance
      361 12 -AFP TOKYO -Japan's Defence Agency, voicing "grave concern" about North Korea's recent missile tests, called yesterday for the quick implementation of a controversial plan to realign American military bases. In an annual white paper meant to provide guidelines
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      Lock icon North, South Korea trade fire
      418 12 -AFP SEOUL Soldiers from North Korea and South Korea exchanged fire along their border overnight, even as Pyongyang earlier yesterday cancelled an annual joint celebration with Seoul. No one was hurt when the soldiers traded fire, a South Korean military official said yesterday. The incident
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      GLOBALROUNDUP
      114 14 SABRE RATTLING CHINA China marked the 79th anniversary of its army yesterday with a warning from its defence minister that the mainland would never tolerate Taiwan independence. But Mr Cao Gangchuan stopped short of referring to the direct use of force against Taiwan, Reuters reported. BLAIR'S DEAL WITH ARNIE
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      Battles rage in Lebanon
      463 14 Israeli push faces stiff Hezbollah resistance TYRE Thousands of people fled their homes as Hezbollah guerrillas engaged in fierce fighting with Israeli forces in southern Lebanon yesterday as the army sought to expand its ground offensive. Police and United Nations sources told AFP that Israeli army
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      Lock icon MUSLIM COUNTRIES TO MEET IN KL
      152 14 DPA LEADERS from member states of the world's largest Islamic political bloc are due to hold an emergency meeting in Kuala Lumpur to call for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Lebanon crisis, officials said yesterday. More than 15 leaders of the 57-member Organization of
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      Lock icon Uproar in HK over 'Big Brother' Bill
      502 15 —AFP New law will grant authorities broad surveillance powers HONG KONG Legislators here are poised to pass a law this week granting the authorities broad surveillance powers which human rights campaigners fear will erode civic freedoms in the southern Chinese city. The Interception
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      this QUIRKY world
      224 15 MY OTHER CAR'S A'HEARSE'... New Zealanders have been registering their cars as hearses to get out of paying full road tax, reported ananova.com. The trend came to light when a Christchurch woman told a radio station that she had paid NZ$57 ($55) to register her car, instead
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      Lock icon isay WHEN SCHOOL DAYS BECOME SCHOOL DAZE
      690 16  -  HO KONG LOON JEREMY Lim spoke from his heart of his experiences in primary and secondary school ("Sweeteners for school please", July 25). I was a maverick teacher who often spoke up for flexibility, fun and friskiness, even as we schooled the young
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      Breeze smells of smoke here
      293 18  -  LISALIM Re-assign smoking tables at East Coast Park food centre Letter from ON A visit earlier this month to my favourite hawker centre at the East Coast Park, I was extremely disappointed when I discovered that the majority of tables on the perimeter facing the
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      Police didn't object to race
      160 18  -  AUDREY ANG Letter from Assistant Director (Media Relations) Singapore Police Force THE police would like to clarify with Mr Henrik Siken ("Brakes off bikers", July 25) that we had not objected to the race event planned by Singapore Amateur Cycling Association for May 4, 2006,
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      Lock icon India will soon be a country for the wealthy and successful
      344 18  -  L R JAYARAMAN Letter from YOUR report, "Born in India, but made overseas" (July 27) made interesting reading. As an Indian, I am proud that Mr Lakshmi Mittal has become the fifth wealthiest person in the world. It is
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      247 20  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY ADOLESCENT INFERIORITY Imagine being depressed and miserable over the shape of your nose, or the texture of your skin, or the color of your hair. Dissatisfaction with one's body is an experience that most adolescents live with everyday. If you were to
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      This game must end
      210 20  -  LIM BOON HEE Taxi hide-and-seek will severely dent Spores image Letter from THE chronic taxi shortage problem caused by hide-and-seek drivers needs to be resolved fast It may not be of the acute urgency on the scale of the Sars crisis but the public image problem
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      Guidelines needed on cord blood banking
      210 20  -  BIRGIT HOLLAND, Letter from in the UK I REFER to Heng Cho Choon's letter "Banking babies' cord blood comes with risks"(Jul 31) and would like to add a few comments. A June 13 article on the BBC News website featured a report by the
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        EVERY JOB VACANCY IS AN OPPORTUNITY
        127 22  -  KHOO LIH-HAN: I refer to the article, "More job opportunities" (Aug 1). It may be a good sign that there have been more job opportunities in the recent months, but it is a worrying trend that many Singaporeans are generally fussier about their job
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        SEEKING DETAILS ON HPB'S HEALTH INITIATIVES
        97 22  -  JAMES YONG: With reference to the Health Promotion Board's (HPB) initiatives ("Same old fare, but healthier", July 31), I think the advice of using fibre-enriched flour is a good one. But nothing is mentioned of trans-fats, which is a far higher risk than saturated
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        RESOLVE THE PROBLEM OF SMOKING IN HDB LIFTS
        128 22  -  ANGIECHOO: I refer to the letter on people puffing away at Boon Lay bus interchange ("A hut for a box", July 27). At Block 726 of Woodlands Circle, smoking in the lifts has been a long-time issue. We caught a few residents
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        INTEGRATED RESORTS MUST LEVERAGE ON DIFFERENCES
        92 22  -  SIMON NG YAP PENG: I read with interest your report, "Harrah's back for a Sentosa hurrah" (Aug 1). With two integrated resorts (IR) in Singapore one at Marina Bay and the other at Sentosa both should leverage on their differences, or risk competing on
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      The tango of service
      494 22  -  YVONNEGOH The key to getting good service is to be first a nice customer Letter from I REFER to the letter, "S'porean familiarity just breeds contempt" (Aug 1). Whenever there is an article or discussion on service standards in Singapore, the Singapore Airlines cabin crew inevitably
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      More dentists for polyclinics?
      397 24  -  LEONG SZE HIAN Of the 3.9 m polyclinic attendances per year, how many are for dental services? Letter from I REFER to the National Dental Centre's (NDC) reply, "Patients in pain get seen to more quickly" (July 24) and the Ministry of Health's (MOH) reply, "Dental
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      To some, a house is more than just a property
      242 24  -  HOCHONGSENG Letter from I AM prompted to write after reading the two letters from Valeric Ong and Eddy Tan ("Protect the rights of home owners who do not agree to en-bloc sales", Aug 1). I feel the laws governing enbloc
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      241 20 CATHERINE LIM ...AMUSES Two youths buying train tickets At the counter began to blush The salesgirl looked just gorgeous All well-endowed and lush. They began to stammer and stutter Their destination was Pittsburgh Before the beauty they blurted 'Two pickets fortittsburgh!' A smiling priest came up and said 'Young men,
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      6 24 Real people. Real questions. Real Answers
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      Divestments boost UOB
      446 26  -  CHOW PENN NEE Its sale of OUE, Hotel Negara raises second-quarter profit by 177 per cent pennnee@newstoday.com.sg UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) said yesterday that divestment gains boosted its net profit after tax to $1.13 billion, or an annualised $1.58 per share, for the second quarter ended June
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      Lock icon SembCorp Marine enjoys 66-per-cent profit jump
      190 26 BLOOMBERG SEMBCORP Marine, Singapore's second-largest offshore rig maker after Keppel Corp, said that its sec-ond-quarter profit rose 66 per cent to a record, helped by increased oil rig orders and demand for ship repairs. Its net income was $57.5 million, or 3.91 cents a
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      CORPORATEBRIEFS
      204 26 Nasdaq-listed Pacific Internet is reviewing the request for two board seats by Mediaßing, a Singapore-listed Internet phone service provider. PacNet said yesterday that it would soon interview Mediaßing's executive director Koh Boon Hwee and chief executive Khaw Kheng Joo, in accordance with US listing rules. PacNet is also asking
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      Lock icon Singapore manufacturers remain optimistic of good times ahead
      248 27 -DOW JONES SINGAPORE'S manufacturers remain optimistic about business conditions over the next six months, a quarterly survey by the Economic Development Board (EDB) revealed. A weighted net 26 per cent of firms surveyed in the third quarter expect better times ahead, unchanged
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      76 27 DOW JONES WHEELOCK Properties Singapore agreed to sell its United Kingdom-based real estate agency Hamptons to a unit of Dubai-listed Emaar Properties PJSC for $238.6 million. Wheelock will book a gain of $128 million on the sale and the proceeds will be used for general
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      349 27 —AGENCIES SINGAPORE Airlines' (SIA) fiscal firstquarter net profit rose 145 per cent, boosted by one-time gains, but the underlying result was muted by record jet fuel prices. SlA's net profit for the first quarter ended June 30 was $575
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      418 28  -  VALERIE LAW Bourse increases bandwidth, sets up call centre, conducts public seminars and educational programmes va lerie@newstoday.com.sg ONLY one in ten working adults trades in shares at least once a year and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) wants to increase this percentage in a
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        127 28 Agencies SHARES closed flat yesterday as investors consolidated positions following recent market gains, dealers said. The ST Index slipped a marginal 0.39 point to 2,445.04. In the broad market, gainers led losers 280 to 227 on volume of 863 million shares worth $741.32 million. Prospects of good quarterly results
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      529 29  -  CHRISTIE LOH Tycoon threatens court action if firm's cash reserves are not distributed christie@newstoday.com.sg AFTER four previous trading sessions in which they ended flat, Nat Steel's shares jumped yesterday on news that key shareholder Oei Hong Leong was threatening a winding-up
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      472 30 DOW JONES But it says moves are good for long-term prospects CAPITALAND, South-east Asia's largest developer by market capitalisation, said recent restrictions on foreign investment in real estate in China would raise its costs but would aid the healthy development of the property market
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      193 30 CHRISTIE LOH UNITED States-based microchip designer Marvell Technology Group will pump in more than $100 million to expand its operations in Singapore over the next five years. Marvell is building a 200,000-square foot regional headquarters in Paya Lebar Industrial Park, the company said
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      119 30 Channel News Asia CAPITALAND is selling its 45-per-cent stake in Inter-Continental Hotel Singapore for $231 million to international property firm Pacific Coast Assets. Capita Land had held the stake in the hotel indirectly through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Capita Land Retail Investments, Victoria City and Capita
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      658 31 BLOOMBERG Remarks by Federal Reserve officials hint at pause in credit tightening at Aug 8 meeting TWO United States Federal Reserve officials said the economic outlook might justify a break from two years of consecutive interest rate increases, signalling policymakers could leave the key
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      269 32 JOYCE CHEN OVER the next year, Saudi Arabia hopes to attract 1,000 Singapore firms to invest in the Kingdom a giant leap from the existing four there currently. Economic development body, Saudi Arabia General Investment Authority (Sagia), is looking for big market players in Singapore
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      1129 33  -  JOYCE CHEN SPRING Singapore initiatives help small and medium enterprises find solutions to manpower shortage problem joyce@newstoday.com.sg RATHER than join the horde of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that are tearing their hair out over the lack of manpower, some local companies have turned
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      461 36  -  JEANINETAN This producer-Playmate won't stand for hanky panky from men or women jea nine@newstoday.com.sg MODEL slash actresses are commonplace. But what about a producer slash Playmate? In DJ Diamond, music and soft porn come together in a leggy, voluptuous, blonde package. The 36-year-old, whose real name
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      377 36  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL NICK Verreos (picture) has been living it up since he was eliminated from Project Runway. First, there was a stint doing fashion commentary on figure skating costumes for the 20th Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy, earlier
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      471 37  -  EUSACHIA Emilee ain't makin' whoopee, but she's sure making waves elisa@newstoday.com.sg DESPITE her distinctive smoky voice, Emilee Kang may ultimately be remembered as the getai singer who, erm, hasn't been "makin' whoopee" for a while. The 28-year-old Singapore Idol hopeful received the lowest number of votes
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      229 37 Who's the hot favourite? Who's supposedly dating whom? Today serves up a sampling of the latest buzz on the Singapore Idol forum. I was rewatching the results show and kind of noticed something. It was towards the ending credits when Emilee was hugging the other contestants. Is it just
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      389 38  -  DAVID CHEW THE Singapore Biennale 2006 may have the decidedly positive theme of belief, but trust local artist Donna Ong (picture) to add her own morbid flavour to it. "I wanted to explore the idea of faith and belief, but if you look at fanatics,
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      472 38  -  ASHRAFSAFDAR Viewers decide the fates of characters on Suria's Cinta Q BESIDES being one of the most expensive TV shows ever produced by MediaCorp TVI2 Suria, Cinta Q has an added claim to fame in that it features popular Malaysian entertainer Amy Mastura. The 35-year-old actress
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      353 39  -  —ASHRAFSAFDAR Examining nation aim of theatre event says company artistic director Ivan Heng THE logo for Wild Rice's inaugural Singapore Theatre Festival is striking: A man in Singapore's national colours red and white interrogates a Merlion by sticking his head into the creature's mouth.
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        62 39 Heath Ledger (picture) has been cast as the Joker in The Dark Knight, the next instalment of the rejuvenated Batman franchise, slated for a summer 2008 release. Meanwhile, Christian Bale reprises his role as Batman. The last time Batman faced off against the Joker was in
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        63 39 -AGENCIES Celebrate National Day this year with arts and heritage by visiting the Istana on Sunday. The open-house, which starts at 7am, will have a treetop maze and pavilion designed by National University of Singapore first-year architectural students. There are also music and art
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      259 44 —AFP SAN DIEGO It's not the knock on the door that worries Martina Hingis it's the timing. The Swiss former world No 1, making her WTA summer hardcourt start here this week, complained that a Sunday drug test during a pre-tournament training day threw
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      610 44 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK- ZDF, one of Germany's two public television networks, may drop the Tour de France from next year's schedule because champion Floyd Landis' positive drug test has undermined cycling's premier event "We're no longer prepared to broadcast this race unless something changes," said Walter
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      284 45 LONDON Steve McClaren has vowed to be a completely different England coach to his predecessor Sven-Goran Eriksson. The 45-year-old arrived at Soho Square for his first day in his new job yesterday morning and immediately set his stall out Though McClaren has been
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