Today, 11 August 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    26 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp share your free newspaper Friday August 11, 2006 todayonline.com MICA(P) 192/07/2006 TODAY /AedjaCorp Friday August 11, 2006 todayonline.com MICA(P) 192/07/2006 share your free newspaper
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
    • Article
      Lock icon Bomb plot: 24 held, more arrests possible
      682 1 -AFP Police nab suspects in pre-dawn raids in several areas LONDON British police hinted yesterday that more arrests were likely after 24 people, most of them of Pakistani origin, were detained over an alleged plot to simultaneously blow up US-bound aircraft Pre-dawn raids
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      Lock icon US stocks up, oil closes lower
      111 1 —AFP NEW YORK Wall Street shares ended higher yesterday but airline stocks hit turbulence after the British authorities said they had foiled a plot to blow up passenger jets bound for the United States. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 48.19 points at
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      Lock icon 'Over 50 dead' in Sri Lanka clashes
      120 1 -AFP KANTALAI Sri Lankan military aircraft bombed rebel positions yesterday while ground troops were in fierce battles that the Tamil Tiger rebels said had killed more than 50 people. The battles, which included mortar and artillery attacks, ended a brief lull in violence
      -AFP  -  120 words
    • Article
      Its promise distorted, Subutex fades on a low
      774 1  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@newstoday.com.sg STARTING next Monday, no user of Subutex an effective cure for heroin addiction will be allowed to take it home. Instead, after evidence that many have become addicted to Subutex itself after mixing it with sleeping pills, users
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  • hot news
    • Article
      Biometric passports out next week
      576 2  -  ANSLEYNG Claims of flawed technology untrue, says Spore ICA, US-based smart card group a nsley@newstoday.com.sg BY NEXT Tuesday, Singapore will roll out its first biometric passports, or Bio Pass, which are implanted with a computer chip that identifies passport holders through their facial features and
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    • Article
      BITING INTO THE $912-BILLION HALAL PIE
      886 2  -  ANDY MUKHERJEE Butfeeding a quarter of the world's people requires reconciling Islam's tenets and modern production lines MS JUMA'ATUN Azmi, organiser of the first World Halal Forum in Malaysia in May, didn't want to host yet another scholarly debate among Islamic clerics about what
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      Lock icon A lesson on basic politics
      573 3 It was wrong decision for Hezbollah to 'test' Israel's new Prime Minister: SM Goh CALL it an outsider's point of view or call it Politics 101, but Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong believes Hezbollah should not have captured two Israeli soldiers five weeks ago. The
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      SIACOMPLIES
      223 3 Singapore Airlines' (SIA) passengers must comply with new security requirements on all flights from the United Kingdom and the United States. SIA, which issued a statement shortly after the foiled terror attempt on various airlines in London, said that the heightened security arrangements were ordered by the Transportation Security
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      76 3 imagine the seductive beauty of black. Surrender to the allure of the new Samsung black YP-ZSF. Be mesmerised by the brilliance of its 1.82" £TFT LCD screen. Groove to endless music with up to 35 hours of battery life and the built-in FM radio. And immerse yourself in quality acoustics
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon Doctors investigated for lax prescription
      563 4  -  ANSLEY NG Singapore Medical Council looks into the supply of Subutex to drug abusers ansley@newstoday..com.sg AS MANY as 10 doctors are being investigated by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) for being lax while dispensing Subutex to heroin addicts. Responding to email queries, the SMC confirmed
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    • Article
      Lock icon Subutex fix for addicts available in JB
      581 4 -ANSLEYNG THOUGH Singapore is preparing for harsher laws to curb the abuse of Subutex, there is evidence that a black market in the drug is already available across the causeway. In three days, Subutex will be classified as a Class A Controlled Drug,
      -ANSLEYNG  -  581 words
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      12 charities to be audited
      540 6  -  JASMINE YIN MOH appoints Ernst Young to carry out review, tightens monitoring of charity sector jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg TWELVE charities will have to undergo a stringent corporate governance review by accounting firm Ernst Young, which has been appointed by the Ministry of Health (MOH) to beef up
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      Lock icon Union leaders upbeat over continued job growth
      315 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA UNION leaders are expecting the momentum in job growth to continue in the second half of this year, despite the upward creep in unemployment figures from March to June. In fact, the increase in unemployment rate from 2.6 per cent to
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      Lock icon Schools urged to open doors to physically disabled kids
      491 6  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@newstoday.com.sg MAINSTREAM schools in Singapore have been urged to do more to welcome students with physical disabilities into their classrooms. As of last year, 264 such students are currently enrolled in mainstream schools, a 13 per cent jump from
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      Lock icon COE prices for small and big cars climb upwards
      177 8 938 LIVE The Certificate of Entitlement (COE) prices for small cars have gone up considerably since last month. The COE now costs $1,100 more at $11,900. President of the Automobile Association of Singapore, Bernard Tay, attributes this to the 20 per
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      Lock icon Fighting mozzies and rodents – like an expert
      502 8  - Fighting mozzies and rodents like an expert SHERALYNTAY Pest control workers must now take course before doing fogging shera lyn@newstoday.com. sg THE vector control workers helping to battle the mozzies in your estate will now have to swot up on their pest knowledge before they can carry out the fogging.
      TREVOR TAN  -  502 words
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      Researchers' hunt is on for the Aedes Love Potion No 9
      383 8  -  SHERALYNTAY shera lyn@newstoday.com.sg THINK of it as a Love Potion No 9 for mosquitoes, but with less romantic goals. Researchers in Malaysia will be the first in the world to try to isolate mosquito sex pheromones as a means
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      Lock icon 59 injured in three-bus accident
      628 10  -  LOHCHEEKONG Singapore, M'sian and other foreign workers involved in morning crash cheekong@newstoday.com.sg HE HAD gotten on the company bus just half an hour earlier and was catching his forty winks as another workday beckoned. But when he next opened his eyes, his face was covered
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      Nursing home steps in to quell tuberculosis fears
      424 10  -  -SHERALYNTAY SOME 17 people at Ling Kwang Home for Senior Citizens have been identified to be positive for non-infectious tuberculosis. However, this is not unusual or any cause for alarm, says the home's resident doctor, Dr Chia Kiat Swan. He explained that
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  • world news
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      Lock icon This is Abdullah's style
      382 12 —AGENCIES Malaysian Premier explains his way of governing the country after Dr Mahathir's latest criticism KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said he was prepared for criticism as long as they were sincere and were for the good of the people. In explaining his
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      Lock icon Court postpones verdict on 1993 Mumbai blasts
      267 12 -DPA MUMBAI A special court in Mumbai yesterday postponed to Sept 12 its verdict on a series of bombings that killed 257 people and injured more than 700 in 1993. "The commencement of pronouncing judgment has begun today and the court will give
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon DOCTORS ISSUE WARNING
        73 12 -AFP Doctors have issued fresh warnings about medicines purchased over the Internet after a British woman badly damaged her eyesight by taking a drug she purchased from an online pharmacy in Thailand. The British medical weekly. The Lancet, said the 64-year-old woman developed glaucoma and cataracts and
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        Lock icon INDIAN STATES BAN COLA
        78 12 -AP Pressure mounted on Coca-Cola and PepsiCo yesterday as two more Indian states banned the sale of their soft drinks at government-run schools and colleges amid allegations they contain high levels of pesticides. The states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh joined five other states in banning
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        Lock icon M'SIA RELAXES VISA RULES
        81 12 -AP Tourists from 23 countries who currently need visas to enter Malaysia will be allowed to obtain them at the airport when they arrive starting Sept 1, reports said yesterday. Tourists from the countries, including China, states in the former Soviet Union, India, Pakistan and Myanmar,
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      Lock icon Tone it down, says Malaysia
      290 12 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia said yesterday that foreign artistes will have to follow strict guidelines in their on-stage acts, after the chart-topping Pussycat Dolls were slammed over skimpy costumes and suggestive routines. Authorities fined local organisers of the Pussycat Dolls concert earlier this week after
      -AP; AFP  -  290 words
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      Lock icon THE CLAMPDOWN THAT WASN'T
      790 14  -  OONYEOH The battle over cyberspace has only just started in Malaysia straight "BLOGGERS beware" was the sensationalistic newspaper headline that caught everyone's attention in Malaysia last week. At first glance, it looks like the government is ready to clamp down on bloggers. Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin
      BLOOMBERG  -  790 words
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      Lock icon 15 female foetuses found in well
      118 19 -AFP PATIALA (India) Police have recovered at least 15 aborted female foetuses in a well next to a private nursing home in India's Punjab state. A doctor and his wife, who run the home, have been arrested. The grisly discovery came about when a
      -AFP  -  118 words
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      Lock icon China's biggest storm in 50 years
      167 19 -AFP BEIJING South-east China was hit by one of its strongest typhoons in decades yesterday, forcing the evacuation of more than 1.5 million people and leaving at least 14 people dead or missing. Typhoon Saomai bringing winds of over 216 km per hour and
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      Lock icon UFO stunt explained
      63 19 -AFP LONDON A British couple have owned up to being behind a stunt involving "Unidentified Flying Objects" (UFOs). Last month, Mr Paul McKinney, 28, and Ms Emma Henfrey, 30, released lanterns into the night sky to celebrate a move into their new home. Images of the orange-and-white
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      Lock icon Japanese royal offered war apology to China
      163 19 AFP TOKYO A member of Japan's royal family privately apologised to China's President in 1998 over Japan's brutal wartime occupation of the country, a report said yesterday. Official Chinese documents cited by Jiji Press quoted Prince Mikasa, brother of wartime emperor Hirohito, as
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      Lock icon Howard faces dissent over immigration law
      112 19 -AFP CANBERRA Australian Prime Minister John Howard yesterday suffered his biggest parliamentary revolt ever, over controversial plans to process refugees in remote Pacific island camps. Three members of his Liberal Party voted against the legislation and one abstained the worst breach of party loyalty
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      Lock icon KL, the world's cheapest city
      112 19 AP LONDON Oslo and London are the world's most expensive cities, while Kuala Lumpur is the cheapest, according to a report released on Wednesday. Europe dominates the list of 71 cities compiled by Swiss bank ÜBS, while Asian cities including Kuala Lumpur and Mumbai are
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      Lock icon Asean nations offer 2,000 troops for UN in Lebanon
      205 20 AGENCIES JAKARTA Military chiefs from South-east Asia's three mainlyIslamic countries said yesterday that they were willing to send about 2,000 personnel to any United Nations peacekeeping force for Lebanon. Indonesian military chief Djoko Suyanto said the forces from Brunei, Indonesia and
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      Lock icon Israel delays major offensive
      533 20 AFP Govt aims to give peace efforts a chance JERUSALEM Israel will put a hold on a new ground offensive in Lebanon possibly until the weekend to give ceasefire efforts a chance, senior government officials said yesterday, a day after Israel's Security Cabinet approved a major
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      Lock icon ISRAEL SURPRISED BY HEZBOLLAH POWER
      807 22  -  EMANUELSHAHAF JERUSALEM Both sides have got their sums wrong and should now turn to diplomacy \HAFIN ONE month into the fighting in Lebanon, it has become abundantly clear that it is not only Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah who misjudged the consequences of his actions. While
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      Lock icon The wet market threat
      350 24 -AFP Top expert says Indonesia needs to clean them up to effectively fight bird flu JAKARTA Cleaning up Indonesia's popular wet markets and shifting live birds to separate sanitary locations is a crucial first step in the nation's fight against the deadly bird flu virus, an
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      Lock icon Cheney goes on the offensive
      306 24 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON Vice-Presi-dent Dick Cheney dismissed polls showing voters are ready to toss out incumbents in November and signalled Republicans will try to exploit Senator Joseph Lieberman's loss last night in a Democratic primary. In a conference call with reporters, Mr Cheney said Mr Lieberman's
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  • Voices
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      Tips, not a rule book
      245 26  -  CHOONGKETCHE Letter from Director, Corporate Marketing Communications Singapore Workforce Development Agency WE REFER to the commentary "This lion is too tame" by Mr Liang Dingzi (Aug 7), in which he thought that the training was too structured with "guidelines on what to do and how
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    • Cushioning a 'future shock'
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        No contradiction between nation state, global city
        478 26  -  CHIA HERN KENG Letter from TERENCE Chong's commentary, "The great identity conundrum" in your National Day issue, is so rich with ideas that after reading it several times, my mind was swimming. I got very confused about the issue of nation state versus
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        Work together to solve identity conundrum
        108 26  -  MANDALANAYAGAM THIRUGNANASAMBHANDAN Letter from TERENCE Chong's commentary was a delicate piece appropriate for the occasion. It was a great National Day treat for me. Even the customary National Day Parade, which I watch on TV every year, came in second to it this year.
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      Lock icon Allow special-needs kids to watch NDP live
      156 26  -  MERINDATAN Letter from IT IS with great pride that we watch our National Day Parade every year. All Primary 5 students watch it live as part of their national education programme. My daughter, who is 15 years old and has special needs, has
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    • Letter
      Risky ride, no thanks to officer
      163 26  -  HILARIONGOH Letter from AFTER the National Day Parade, I was in a queue for the SBS bus to Marina Bay and was surprised by the SBS Transit officer on the ground who, in my view, compromised passengers' safety. As a working photographer, I had
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    • Article
      The true value of a home
      1107 28  -  YVONNE LIM VOICES COMMENTARY EDITOR SHOULD you get to vote on the proposed collective sale of your private estate only if you actually live there? It was a simple proposal published on July 29 but with it, Today reader Lucy Huang ignited two weeks
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      247 30  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY SOLO SOARING We can learn a valuable lesson from the glider pilots who soar through the skies. From my office in Colorado Springs, I enjoy watching Air Force Academy pilots in their training. Their flight patterns take them right overthe headquarters of
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    • For smoother highway rides
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        Road hogging causes unnecessaryjams
        230 30  -  JENNIFER LEM KAY MUI Letter from THOSE staying in Sengkang and Punggol seem to be penalised for using the CTE to get to work and home, if we do not use the alternative routes via Potong Pasir, Serangoon and Little India, which are equally congested during
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        Reducing number of entry/exit points may help ease congestion
        141 30  -  LAU KENG KIAT Letter from REPEATEDLY, the ERP rates have been revised higher only to ease the congestion on the expressways for a month or two. Here's one alternative: Most of the congestion happens when vehicles change lanes at entry and
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    • Article
      sayagain
      53 30 While his version may be correct in terms of phonics, "Singapore" originated from the Malay word "Singapura" (Lion City). Wouldn't pronouncing the English version accurately obscure the origins of the name? Kuang Jingkai, on Michael Wee's comment that the "a" should be pronounced as "uh" and not "ah" (Say
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      Trace source of pollution at ECP and bring culprits to book
      278 30  -  XIAOYI KUN Letter from DURING a three-week stay in Singapore, I was a frequent visitor to East Coast Park. "Borrowing" a friend's dog, I tramped the beach from one end to the other on more than one occasion. The
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      In the interest of the FAMILY
      696 31  -  LYNETTE KOH The third in a six-part series on Pro-Family Businesses Y^ Standard j Chartered's new FamilyLink scheme takes care of your family's financial l needs in an easy and fun way A >r A study conducted by MCYS showed that while most retailers
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      Boon to the needy, but fix the loan loophole
      209 32  -  MURALI SHARMA Letter from THE new measures to alleviate the difficulties of the poorer section of the population, by lowering the annual income limit for unsecured personal lines of credit from $30,000 to $20,000, is a welcome move. It will enable
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    • Letter
      Protect those who help
      205 32  -  DAVID GOHKIANGAN Genuine volunteers should be insured against mistakes Letter from THE recent problems of the members of the executive committee of the National Kidney Foundation have raised concerns about the liabilities of volunteers. When we volunteer with a voluntary welfare organisation (VWO), we try to
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      An exclusive understanding
      127 32  -  MEERASAHASRANAMAN Letter from I THINK part of the problem with getting people to speak standard English is that Singaporeans don't realise that others find it difficult to understand them, since they understand each other perfectly, when they speak Singlish. My mother, who is a professor of English
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      Never too early to leave a legacy
      204 32  -  DANNYCHUA Letter from DESPITE the 13.4 per cent rise to a new high of 55,000 high net-worth individuals, local millionaires may be slow to share their wealth with the less fortunate, as the article "Wanted: Local Warren Buffetts" (Aug 7), suggests. Even the
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      661 40  -  CLEMENT MESENAS WALLY SNEWIN An Australian journeys to Singapore to explore his father's past Sip IK 89, Braille transcriber EDITOR-AT-LARGE clement@newstoday.com.sg ALL his life Australian Wally Snewin had wondered what life was like for his father who lived in Singapore before the First
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      119 40  -  ACE KINDRED CHEONG Letter from I WILL surely miss our National Stadium. I was honoured and happy to be at the National Stadium to celebrate my homeland's 41st birthday. But I am also sad that a Singapore national icon will be demolished to make way for
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      723 42  -  ZAFARANJUM MY FIRST brush with a jihadi-minded Muslim youth was not in India. It was in Singapore. In India, I had known and lived among many Muslims, young and old, who believed in the concept of jihad. But theirs was not the military or
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      99 40 CATHERINE LIM ...AMUSES A dirty old man who likes Shakespeare Has renamed his play 'King Leer' As for Dickens' tale of the cities He's called it 'A Sale of Two Titties' MUSES The Japanese came to South-east Asia To kill, plunder and instil fear They claimed a benign intention To
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      531 44 -AFP Manufacturing sector to drive growth, IMF-World Bank meetings to benefit services SINGAPORE'S economy is poised to meet its upgraded 2006 growth target of 6.5 to 7.5 per cent after gross domestic product (GDP) surged beyond expectations in the first half, analysts said
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      127 44 DOW JONES BRILLIANT Manufacturing posted a net loss of $2.9 million, or 0.62 cent per share, in its fiscal third quarter ended June 30, compared with a profit of $3.3 million, or 0.72 cent a share, in the year-earlier period. The hard-disk component
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      121 44 AGENCIES NOBLE Group recorded a net profit of U5524.9 million ($39.1 million), or 1 US cent per share, in its fiscal second quarter ended June 30, down 53 per cent from US$53 million, or 2.12 US cents a share, in the corresponding period
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        139 44 Agencies SHARES closed lower yesterday as news of stronger-than-expected economic growth in Singapore was overshadowed by renewed concerns over global terrorism. The ST Index fell 20.41 points, or 0.83 per cent, to 2,444.63. In the broad market, decliners outnumbered advancers 360 to 237, with traded volume amounting to 1.02
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        4 44 ST Index 2,444.63 -20.41
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        66 44 Dow Jones Bloomberg SGX, Information provided by and Nikkei 225 15,630.91 -25.60 -0.16 HK Hang Seng 17,222.14 -124.44 -0.72 Australia ASX200 4,953.20 -0.00 -0.10 Korea Comp Thailand SET 1,304.31 690.12 -10.62 -10.01 -0.01 -1.52 Jakarta Comp 1,304.06 -20.24 -2.00 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2,326.06 204.71 -23.16 +1.63 -0.99
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        36 44 US$ 0.6367 UK£ 0.3348 Yen 73.131 HK$ 4.9536 RM 2.3333 Euro 0.4951 Rupiah 5,764.1 Baht 23.851 Peso 32.649 A$ 0.8273 Indian Rs 29.572 Won 610.21 C$ 0.7132 Yuan 5.0774 NZ$ 1.0049 NT$ 20.755
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        20 44 Gold US$/oz 660.40 Silver US$/oz 12.50 Platinum US$/oz 1,265.00 Rubber cents/kg 367.50 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,637.00 Brent US$/barrel 76.43
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        442 46 -BLOOMBERG It helps narrow the company's loss in Q4 CREATIVE Technology, whose music players are losing share to Apple Computer's iPods, posted a narrower loss in the fourth quarter, lifted by a tax gain. The net loss shrank to US$l2.7 million ($2O million), or
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        211 46 THAI Beverage, Thailand's leading producer and distributor of alcoholic beverages, yesterday reported a net profit after tax of 5.1 billion baht ($213.8 million) for its fiscal first half-year ended June 30, little changed from the corresponding period last year. The brewer's operating revenue
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        426 48 Stent maker Biosensors International Group said that for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, it had a loss of US$6.7 million ($10.5 million), or 0.74 US cent a share, compared with a profit of U*****,000, or 0.09 US cent per share, a year ago. Total revenue fell 46
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        Lock icon Parkway earns $6.6m in Q2
        391 48 BLOOMBERG Net income falls on investment charge PARKWAY Holdings, Singapore's biggest operator of private hospitals, said that its sec-ond-quarter profit fell 58 per cent after it took a charge for its investment in local food company Auric Pacific Group. Net income fell to $6.6 million,
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        377 50  -  VALERIE LAW Allco Reit plans $10m makeover of retail space in complex valeri e@newstoday.com.sg SHOPPERS at China Square Central could see more buzz and fanfare in the near future, as the retail cum office property is likely to undergo a $10-million makeover of its retail space
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        396 50 Magnus Energy has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire a majority stake in Songyuan Yongda Oilfields Exploration and Technology Co, an oil and gas company in China with producing oilfields that have certified proven reserves of 43 million barrels of crude oil. Magnus will pay up to $26.6
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          SENTOSA'S PALAWAN BEACH SMILES AFTER A$2OM FACELIFT
          101 50 PALAWAN Beach on Sentosa is the first of its kind in Singapore, with all the necessary amenities within easy reach. After a $20-million makeover, the rejuvenated family beach boasts a host of food, retail and recreation options. Catch animal and bird presentations at
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          NATIONAL DAY AT CARREFOUR WAS EXTRA REWARDING
          138 50 NATIONAL Day 2006 was extra appealing at Carrefour Suntec City and Carrefour Plaza Singapura. The stores opened early at Bam offering amazing bargains. And the first 1,000 people (500 per store) who brought birthday cards to exchange got a free goody bag each
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        Lock icon UOB approved to buy yuan-denominated securities in China
        255 52 DOW JONES BEIJING China's securities regulator said yesterday it approved Singapore's United Overseas Bank (UOB) to invest in the domestic capital market The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said in a statement on its website that it had approved three foreign institutions
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        Lock icon China tightens control of foreign acquisitions
        410 52 BLOOMBERG Move aims to prevent economy from overheating, guard strategic assets CHINA'S government will increase scrutiny of foreign acquisitions in the country, seeking to curb inflows of capital to cool economic growth and prevent overseas control of industries regarded as strategically important The Ministry
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      238 48 Wyeth pus to (CV exchange for \\C-^ (Jfc> dUeount 13h£§^/^ WYETH GOLDp CAN EXCHANGE PROGRAM 13 August 2006 (Sunday) 11am-2pm Participating outlets: NTUC Fair Price Bedok North A fßf ;w' Cold Storage Causeway Point s!j **i *^jl, Simply present an empty milk can of any brand (at least mo W^^2f
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      851 49 Charity Auction Pi'! Sat 12 Aug 3.30pm Centrestacje Join popular hosts Dasmond Koh §fe?Ai vsfM Mon SlJul Sun 13 Au ff iM and Lin Lingzhi in our charity Bft.\ivV'» ]iti- f^ auction Do your bid and HSHNffI fc^" You can't pass up these Offers from BUM Equipment, T ~J^ help
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      104 53 IDid you know that 4^ x Vitamin Dis essential for Strong Bones? Il 1 I It is well-known that growing kids need Calcium for strong bones. Less well-known I |^A is that Vitamin D helps their bones absorb more Calcium to make them stronger: fc Only Kraft Singles has added
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      472 54  -  When it comes to voicing animated film characters, Hollywood wants A-list actors, but are they up to it? W animated feature The Ant I Butty has a pretty good cast. I Not that the director of the i^L. film, which is now out in Singapore cinemas, assembled a
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        49 54 THE GENIE IN ALADDIN (1992) Undeniably the true star of Disney's take on the classic Arabian tale (sorry, Aladdin), the Genie is Robin Williams through and through. Thanks to the zany actor's rib-tickling asides and inimitable comic timing, he was the perfect counterpoint for Aladdin and Princess Jasmine's romance.
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        SHREK AND DONKEY IN SHREK (2001)
        66 54 In voicing Shrek's titular character, Canadian actor Mike Myers chose to give the lovable green ogre a Scottish brogue. It was a perfect fit. Meanwhile, Shrek's pesky hangeron Donkey was voiced by Eddie Murphy, who lent a suitably madcap element to a character who
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        DORY IN FINDING NEMO (2003)
        54 54 Comic Ellen DeGeneres proved that even when playing animated fish Dory, her comic genius could not be contained. As the spazzed-out companion to Nemo's father on the search for his longlost son, DeGeneres carved out a place for herself as one the most memorable animated
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      Unsugared Kane
      598 56  -  Felix Cheong Sure, he's a WWE behemoth, but wrestler and See No Evil star Kane is actually a polite, bookish... erm... gentleman A POLITE professional wrestler is, by definition, an oxymoron. Especially if he happens to be Kane, one of the meanest in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
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      420 57  -  ASHRAFSAFDAR Christian Campbell says goodbye to starving artiste days with lead role in tragic musical ashraf@newstoday.com HAVING a chat with actor Christian Campbell is a bit like riding a roller coaster without the safety harness. The star of the Broadway musical tick tick... Boom!, Campbell radiates
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      Life is like a box of (bitter) chocolates
      292 57  -  -ASHRAFSAFDAR THERE is a man sitting despondently in a wheelchair, his face the picture of melancholy, eyes moist as he contemplates his prison. Then a struggle begins, the paraplegic forces himself out of his wheelchair and onto his feet, shoes are slipped
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      156 57 —AGENCIES LONDON Don't have time to re-watch the entire Stars Wars saga? Now you can do it in 20 minutes. Adam Long, co-founder of London's Reduced Shakespeare Company, announced plans yesterday to write and direct a comic stage version of the films called Star
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      RAHIMAH GETS THE BOOT
      94 58  -  Did her inability to rocka rock song cause her to be knocked out of the competition? Rahimah Rahim was the next contestant to be voted out of Singapore Idol on last nighf s Results Show. Contrary to her usual confident performances, she had delivered a flat
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      500 58  -  ZUL OTHMAN Warm Springs screenwriter Nagle saw similarities between disabled brother's fight and Roosevelt's polio zul@newstoday.com.sg ffISTORIANS consistently rank Franklin Delano Roosevelt the 32nd President of the United States, who served from 1932 to 1945 as one of the greatest leaders the US has ever known. The
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      Boyband to get off their butts
      551 60  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Upcoming gigs won't be stool-oriented: Westlife plus@newstoday.com.sg HAS Westlife really been around for eight years? You bet While the average boyband has a lifespan of about five years, these unlikely contenders for pop chart longevity have survived the loss of a
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        S KOREA'S SHINHWA TO PERFORM HERE
        140 60 POPULAR boyband Shinhwa will bring their State of the Art 2006 tour to the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Sept 10 at Bpm. Their show will mark the first time a South Korean pop music group has staged a ticketed concert here. Formed eight years
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        Lock icon FUNNYMAN STRIVES TO KEEP SOBER
        100 60 -AFP ACTOR and comic Robin Williams has checked into an alcohol recovery pro- gramme, his publicist said yesterday. "After 20 years of sobriety, Robin Williams found himself drinking again and has decided to take proactive measures to deal with this for his own well-being and
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        90 60 -AFP JENNIFER Aniston will not be hearing wedding bells in the near future. Her publicist yesterday denied a report in US Weekly magazine that the Friends star is engaged to rumoured beau Vince Vaughn. Aniston's publicist said the report was not true: "The US Weekly
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        311 62  -  Felix Cheong Über-babe flies high as jilted girlfriend, but film falls short in satirical edge FILMREVIEW F by My Super Ex-Girlfriend FASTER than you can whisper "chick flick". More powerful than a woman spurned. Able to leap tall stories in a single bound. It's Uma
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        275 62  -  Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW F by LET'S play spot-the-differ-ence. In Boo!, a psycho killer goes on the rampage and knocks off hormonal young people in an abandoned building. In See No Evil, a psycho killer goes on the rampage and knocks off hormonal young people in an abandoned
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        331 63  -  Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW Fl by Crazy Stone A CHINESE heist movie is as rare as a sighting of Halley's Comet. And when one zips along, packed with more hip quotient than Guy Ritchie's Snatch (2000), you'd better sit up and be entertained. The "crazy stone" at
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        307 64  -  Felix Cheong Solid story and good acting make Sophie Send/la winner I FILMREVIEW Sophie Scholl: The Final Days F I by r IT'S easy to tar all Germans with the same brush, holding them accountable for the machinery of evil that rolled through Europe in World War 11.
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        171 64  -  Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW F by BASED on a manga, this Japanese rip-off of Titanic (1997) and this year's Poseidon revolves around the exploits of a search-and-rescue squad as they evacuate more than 400 passengers from a ferry that's run aground. As is typical in such disaster flicks, the
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        311 64  -  Jeanine Tan FILMREVIEW F by AFTER Antz and A Bug's Life, any animated feature about creepycrawlies should have the ambition to do greater things. Sadly, The Ant Bully suffers from an unfortunate case of predictability, a problem that starts with critters that look a lot (in fact,
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      733 72  -  CUBBY LEONG Boon, Sivakumar shed their football boots to try their hand at business management cubby@newstoday.com.sg SENGKANG Punggol goalkeeper Amos Boon and Home United defender A Sivakumar know that a footballer's career is short That is why both are prepared for the day they would
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      548 73 -AP Former No 1 Davenport derailed in comeback bid CARSON, California Throwing out her pride along with 10 double faults, Lindsay Davenport's comeback ended with a 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-3 loss to Australian Samantha Stosur in the JPMorgan Chase Open on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Out
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      Lock icon Ibrahimovic joins Inter Milan
      154 73 AFP ROME Sweden forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic has signed a four-year deal with Inter Milan in a 24.8 million euro ($49.9 million) transfer from Juventus yesterday. "Juventus have reached agreement with Inter Milan for the signing of Zlatan Ibrahimovic for 24.8 million euros payable over three years,"
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      154 73 THE Bth Asian Karate Federation Cadet and Junior Championships 2006 will be held at the Jurong East Sports Hall from Aug 25-27. It will feature more than 300 karate athletes from over 18 countries competing in the cadet (16-17 years) and junior (18-20 years) categories, including
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      Lock icon There may be more dope cheats: Wada
      407 74 AP MONTREAL The World AntiDoping Agency (Wada) have urged governments and sports bodies to accelerate the fight against drug cheats, warning that recent high-profile cases may be only "the tip of the iceberg". Wada said the recent positive tests involving Tour de France
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      Lock icon Bring on the Dream Team
      692 74  -  DARREN LAI The USA are favourites but beatable, say NBA stars Ginobili and Gasol darren@newstoday.com.sg NOBODY is afraid of Team USA. Even if Leßron James is in the United States squad. That is the opinion of Argentina's Manu Ginobili, who has won two Championship rings
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      598 75 ■AP Ballack willing to play second fiddle to team-mate Lampard LONDON Michael Ballack faces two challenges with Chelsea winning the Champions League and accepting that he's no longer the man who pulls the strings in his team's midfield. The Germany captain left Bayern Munich on
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      418 75 ASIA-PACIFIC champion and Callway World Junior Championships bronze medallist Nicholas Smits lived up to his billing by helping the Singapore Sports School clinch two golf titles at the Thai Sports School Games golf competition yesterday. At the Treasure Hills Golf and Country Club in Chonburi
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      Bowlers strike gold
      124 75  -  CUBBYLEONG CARL DE VRIES and Jason Yeong Nathan combined to win Singapore's first gold at the 19th Asian Tenpin Bowling Championship yesterday, when they felled 2,639 pinfalls in the men's doubles (short oil). The duo beat the Chinese Taipei pair of Yang Nien Hua and Cheng Chao
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      Runners rush for Marathon
      144 75 MORE than 11,000 runners have signed up for the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2006, exceeding a third of the organisers' initial target of 28,000 since registration opened on July 21. It is a big improvement from the same time last year, when only 3,500 people signed
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      117 74 PRESTON BIDDING FOR VICTORY! Both draw in opening match! German League Munich Dortmund Sat, 12/08/06 2.45 am E League Champ Wolverhampton Preston Sat, 12/08/06 2.45 am SCORE HK Select Spore Select Sat, 12/08/06 6.00pm E League Champ Stoke City Birmingham Sat, 12/08/06 7.30pm E League Champ Southampton West Bromwich Sat
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      Lock icon Bramble strikes for Newcastle, Ribery starts at Marseille
      450 76 -AFP UEFA CUP QUALIFIERS, IST LEG PARIS Newcastle United took a step closer to the Uefa Cup group stages yesterday when Titus Bramble scored the only goal in a 1-0 win at Latvia's Ventspils in their second qualifying round, first leg clash.
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      Lock icon Top English jockey in corruption probe
      282 76 -AFP LONDON English racing yesterday was facing up to yet another scandal after it emerged that top rider Robert Winston was to be charged with corruption. Winston, who was set to be crowned champion jockey last season before injury intervened, is being targeted in
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      Lock icon Rooney makes his peace with Ronaldo
      188 76 -AFP LONDON Wayne Rooney says he's buried the hatchet with his Manchester United teammate Cristiano Ronaldo after falling out with the Portugal winger at the World Cup. Rooney was incensed at Ronaldo's provocative behaviour in the controversial quarter-final between England and Portugal. Ronaldo was
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      Lock icon Polish keeper for Old Trafford
      211 76 AFP MANCHESTER (England) Manchester United's summer-long pursuit of goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak came to a successful conclusion yesterday when West Brom agreed to loan out the Polish international for the coming season. United manager Sir Alex Ferguson had expected the deal to be tied up last
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      Lock icon Terry gets the job
      474 77 -AFP Chelsea skipper beats Gerrard to England captaincy LONDON Chelsea's John Terry has been appointed the new captain of England's football team, taking over from David Beckham, the Football Association (FA) announced yesterday. The decision was made by new national team manager Steve McClaren, who replaced
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      Lock icon Fed-up Mourinho issues Cole ultimatum to Arsenal
      231 77 -AFP LONDON Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has told Premiership rivals Arsenal that he is not willing to break the bank to sign England full-back Ashley Cole. Chelsea are understood to have offered £16 million ($4B million) for the player but Arsenal are holding
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