Today, 1 September 2006, Afternoon Edition

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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
    • 193 1 -AFP NEW YORK Wall Street shares ended with slight losses yesterday as investors remained cautious ahead of a key payroll report and a long holiday weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial Average drifted down 1.76 points at 11,381.15 while the Nasdaq Composite Index
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    • 828 1  -  LOH CHEE KONG PM Lee wants teachers, schools to ensure that no child is left behind cheekong@newstoday.com.sg IF THE wheels of Singapore's changing education landscape were set in motion over the last few years, the next five years will see it running at full
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  • hot news
    • 472 2 -AGENCIES Bombs hidden in books, bags, files explode at 22 banks YALA (Thailand) A wave of small bombs exploded almost simultaneously early Thursday at 22 banks in Thailand's Muslim-majority south, leaving one man dead and at least 30 injured, officials said. Militants, many of them
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    • 534 2  -  TOR CHING Ll DON'T let the small size of Singapore limit the scope of your dreams that was the rallying call from Minister of Manpower Ng Eng Hen to about 450 undergraduates at the annual Kent Ridge Ministerial Forum last night.
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    • 352 2 —AGENCIES BEIJING China yesterday sentenced Ching Cheong, the Hong Kong-based reporter for The Straits Times, to five years in jail on charges of spying for Taiwan. Mr Ching, who is a Chinese national and a Singapore permanent resident, was also stripped of his political
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    • 802 3  -  ANDYMUKHERJEE At one time, Spores role as an efficient middleman was in question. Not any more FIVE years ago, economists wen sceptical about the future o: Singapore, and equity analysts were making gloomy predictions abou many of its companies, especially those that seemed to
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  • Singapore news
    • 627 4  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA MediaCorp's CNA, Today, Radio and Publishing merge sales, marketing units shobha@newstoday.com.sg FOUR subsidiaries of the MediaCorp Group will be merging their sales, marketing and creative services functions, reflecting the growing trend towards cross-media advertising worldwide and in Singapore. In a move hailed as well-timed by
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    • 350 4  -  CHRISTIE LOH GOLD tiepins, Chinese herbs and eye massagers are just some of the made-in-Singapore gifts that will rain down on the bigwigs coming for next month's mega financial summit. "Usually the host government would want to show its warmth and
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    • 196 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE number of visitors to Singapore hit a record high in July. Visitor arrivals jumped by 4 per cent, compared to a year ago, to hit 913,000 the first time it has breached the 900,000 barrier. It is also the highest visitor arrival
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    • 436 6  -  JEANINETAN jeanine@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Lime magazine editor Stella Thng's sister Sally passed away from cancer at the age of 39 in December last year, it spurred Ms Thng on a one-woman journey to help other people who were in a similar situation. She decided to interview cancer patients
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    • 509 6  -  LOH CHEE KONG Feedback Unit to play a greater role in engaging S'poreans, effecting change cheekong@newstoday.com.sg NOT content to be a mere feedback channel, the 21-year-old Feedback Unit (FBU) wants to rewrite its role as a change agent. Starting today, the FBU is embarking on a
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    • 153 6  -  —ZAFARANJUM THE rain over the last two days has washed away the haze that had enveloped parts of Singapore. "The PSI reading at 4pm yesterday was 30 (good) as compared to the PSI level on Wednesday, which was 52 (moderate)," a National Environment Agency (NEA)
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    • 645 8  -  ANSLEYNG The Home Team gets a news267-million 'training village' a nsley@newstoday.com.sg WITHIN the fences of the new Home Team Academy is a training facility endowed to prepare trainees for any kind of situation, especially those related to terrorism. Inside the "training village", they are taught to
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    • 315 8  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@newstoday.com.sg SOME 600,000 residents in private condominiums here can expect better service from their managing agents with the launch of a new national standard for performance. The new national benchmark that was crafted for agents who manage private condominiums, called
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    • SINGAPORE
      • 113 8 938 LIVE A Malaysian man will stand trial for the murder of a gay NUS professor, following a preliminary inquiry in the High Court yesterday. Lee Chez Kee, 36, had been on the run since he allegedly robbed and killed
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      • 117 8 938 LIVE A woman was plucked to safety from the window ledge of her flat that had been engulfed by fire. She was rescued by fire fighters who rushed to her 12th floor unit at Block 210 Boon Lay Place just before
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      • 175 8 —938 LIVE The High Court yesterday ordered the trial of two Falungong followers be resumed in the Subordinate Courts. The two followers, Erh Boon Tiong and Ng Chy Huay, have been on trial in the Subordinate Court since Monday for public order and
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    • 448 10  -  LINYANQIN $200,000 grant to find out why non-small-cell cancer strikes them yanqin@media corp.com.sg ABOUT one third of the women in Singapore with non-small-cell lung cancer are non-smokers, and nobody knows why. This is what a group of scientists from the National
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    • 573 10  -  SHERALYN TAY shera lyn@newstoday.com.sg IT IS a "pharmaceutical industry" worth as much as $8 billion, but its products counterfeit medicines are more likely to kill you than heal you. One to 2 per cent of the world's Pharmaceuticals are counterfeit, estimates Dr Harvey Bale,
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    • 331 10  -  —SHERALYNTAY WITH its eye on improving the level of healthcare standards in a region that is virtually untapped, global accrediting body Joint Commission International (JCI) officially opened its Asia Pacific office in Singapore yesterday. With an initial investment of U*****,000 ($393,000), JCI believes the
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    • 359 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Launch of $15 million system next month is one step closer to national vision of a seamless healthcare system FROM Oct 1, general practitioners will be able to tap into their patients' medical records online, following the launch of a $15-million
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    • 192 12  -  -EUSACHIA IT WAS a tough night for fans of Joakim Gomez yesterday. Tears were streaming down many fans' faces as the 18-year-old became the latest contestant to be eliminated from Singapore Idol. But Joakim who performed Stevie Wonder's My Cherie Amour and Mario Winans'
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    • 478 12 Perks of giving gooaservice TANGIBLE gratitude and appreciation are among the unique perks one can get in the service industry, say industry professionals. And this is what keeps them rooted to their jobs. No other career gives such an emo-tionally-rewarding experience as the instant gratitude or warmth of appreciative customers,
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    • 250 12 938 LIVE THE Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports is expanding the Parent Education in Preschools programme (Peps) to 150 private childcare centres. This comes after a pilot project at 40 NTUC Childcare centres yielded positive responses from teachers and parents. Peps
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  • world news
    • 340 14  -  OONYEOH news@newstoday.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR Leading Buddhist leader X Sri Dhammananda died yesterday in hospital after a long illness. The 87-year-old monk, who was popularly referred to as "Chief", had been critically ill for the past six weeks after suffering from a stroke. Last week
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    • 417 14 -AFP lAEA: Tehran has not stopped enrichment-related work UNITED NATIONS The Security Council held off yesterday on taking punitive action against Iran over its failure to freeze uranium enrichment as diplomats awaited the outcome of nuclear talks between European and Iranian officials next week.
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 97 14 -AFP International business leaders in Hong Kong yesterday called on the government to act against rising pollution or risk losing the territory's international status. Members of the British, Canadian, Australian and Japanese chambers of commerce were among those who met political leader
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      • 112 14 -AFP Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan has urged China to "have a heart for dogs" after thousands of the animals were killed to fight rabies outbreaks, the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta)
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      • 77 14 AFP More than 11,000 Tamil refugees have fled to India since January to escape renewed fighting between the Sri Lankan army and separatist rebels and more are likely to come, officials said yesterday. The figure includes a batch of about 500
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    • 502 16 New Bangkok airport set to open this month, but experts warn problems persist BANGKOK The much-delayed new international airport in Bangkok is finally due to open this month. But following years of setbacks, Thai travel industry experts still question whether it is really ready. Mr Apichart
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 72 16 A United States appeals court ruled that student Zachery Guiles could wear a T-shirt that labelled President George W Bush "Chicken-Hawk-In-Chief" and a former alcohol and cocaine abuser, reported Reuters. Officials at Williamstown Middle High School in Vermont had made Mr Guiles put duct
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      • 56 16 —AFP United States President George W Bush on Wednesday warned that a hasty withdrawal from Iraq would wreck American credibility and create a terrorist base more dangerous than Afghanistan under the Taliban. He added that such a withdrawal would be a major defeat for
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      • 72 16 -DPA Timor Leste's capital Dili was calm yesterday as security forces hunted for the instigator of a massive wave of violence in the city earlier this year. Major Alfredo Renado and 56 other prisoners broke out of Dili jail on Wednesday. "(They) essentially walked out
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    • 804 18  -  EMANUELSHAHAF Why anti-Israel rhetoric may doom Tehran's nuclear cause IN JERUSALEM IT IS now abundantly clear to a concerned world that Iran, unimpressed by the international community's hesitant attempts at reining it in, is continuing to build up its nuclear capability. Different levels of
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    • 243 20 BANGKOK Thailand could be on the verge of becoming a "failed state" if society continues to be polarised, a former premier warned on Wednesday, according to The Nation newspaper. Former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun said the term "failed state" was used by
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    • 337 20 —AFP M'sian PM calls for unity on National Day KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi marked the country's National Day yesterday by calling for unity amid simmering racial and religious tensions. In a message celebrating the country's 49 years of independence, Mr Abdullah called
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    • 141 20 JOHOR BARU The Johor government has given the go-ahead for a RM2 billion ($854.2 billion) waterfront project that will reportedly become the Garden City of Johor Baru, according to the New Straits Times newspaper. The federal government signed an agreement on Wednesday with Central Malaysian Properties
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    • 147 22 —AP MUREE (Pakistan) An earthquake-dam-aged apartment building collapsed in a mountain resort area near the Pakistani capital yesterday, and survivors trapped in the rubble used their mobile phones to speak with rescuers, an official said. The building, which had been previously ordered to be demolished,
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    • 465 22 —AGENCIES BEIRUT Millions of dollars are urgently needed to help Lebanon back to its feet after its bombardment by Israel, aid agencies have told international donors. Governments and international organisations are gathering in Sweden to pledge money to rebuild the country, with a target of
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    • 215 22 —AFP CALIFORNIA Actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have yet to show their baby daughter off in public, but eager fans have been given an unusual preview overnight, with the chance to see a bronze cast depicting her first
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    • 207 24 -AGENCIES NEBRASKA Billionaire Warren Buffett has married his longtime companion, Ms Astrid Menks, in a private ceremony on his 76th birthday, the Omaha World-Herald reported. Mr Buffett, the chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc, and Ms Menks, 60, were wed by Douglas County district
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    • 902 24  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI Sultanate realises that oil won't last forever as globalisation hits home EVEN though the Sultanate of Brunei is called Brunei Darussalam where Darussalam means "abode of peace" the nation suffers from a longstanding misconception by the outside world that peace
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    • 566 29 —AP WASHINGTON Don't tell your cell phone any secrets. It might not keep them. Secondhand phones bought over the Internet surrendered credit card numbers, bank account passwords, business secrets, and even evidence of adultery. A company Trust Digital of McLean, Virgnia bought 10
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    • this quirky world
      • 65 29 DPA Car owners in Hong Kong are mulling over the opportunity of driving around with number plates that include HANDSOME, BABYFACE and I LOVE U. Among the other car plates to be sold at an auction on Sept 15, all with a
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      • 73 29 A postman who gave people advice on how to block junk mail has been suspended and could lose his job, Reuters reported. Roger Annies, 48, wrote and delivered leaflets that explained how to block letters offering loans, credit cards and other services. Royal Mail
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      • 108 29 —AFP An Air Canada Jazz pilot who left the cockpit of his passenger jet to use a washroom moments before landing found himself locked out upon his return. The pilot eventually busted into the cockpit and safely landed the plane, but not before
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    • 328 30 —AGENCIES WASHINGTON CNN was forced to apologise to viewers and the White House after an open microphone transmitted an anchorwoman's bathroom chit-chat with another woman live as the network was carrying President George W Bush's speech in New Orleans. Ms Kyra Phillips
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    • 237 30 —AFP PHNOM PENH The Cambodian parliament yesterday began debating a controversial law that will send unfaithful spouses to prison for a year, while also outlawing polygamy and incest The draft law would limit Cambodians to having only one husband or wife, with extramarital
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    • 529 30 —AFP Four-decade wait for an heir may be over as a close friend of Prince Akishino says a boy is due to the couple next week TOKYO —Japan's Prince Akishino has confided to a friend that his wife Princess Kiko will give birth to a
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
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    • 667 32  -  JACK TSEN-TA LEE LTA's demolition of parts of gazetted building shows weakness of the Act Letter from I READ with dismay a report in the Lianhe Zaobao of Aug 26 that, in the course of constructing the Bras Basah MRT Station of the Circle Line, the
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    • Spell it all out plainly
      • 347 34  -  THOMAS LIEW Letter from I REFER to the letter, "When neighbours and friends turn enemies from Chiu Li Yu (Aug 29). Her experience seems to accurately reflect the Pine Grove condo situation where the pro tern sales committee has been questioned
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      • 344 34  -  CHOYYOONHOONG Letter from I AGREE with Chiu Li Yu. The estate I am living in is the subject of an ongoing en bloc sale, too. A homeowner's first reaction to the suggestion of an en bloc sale is likely to be: "How dare
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    • 109 34  -  CHIAEUFOONG Letter from I REFER to your report, "Subutex junkies 'hiding like rats'" (Aug 30). Heroin addicts hooked on Subutex inject the drug into the blood stream in a process called "jabbing". Besides listing Subutex as a controlled drug, the situation can be further
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    • What 1 % sales commission means
      • 229 34  -  LOWSWEEKIM Letter from Acting President and 2nd Vice-President Institute of Estate Agents sth Council WE REFER to the letters by Ivan Tan, Karen Ong and James Chi, "Pay commission before moving in" (Aug 30) and Chiam Moi Leng's letter, "Should buyers
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      • 150 34  -  EVELYN TAN KEOW KEOW Letter from LAST week, I bought a five-room resale flat for $350,000 and paid $3,500 as the 1-per-cent commission. I was reluctant to pay the commission as we had sourced the house through the ads and were prepared to do the paper
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    • 216 34  -  YAP TEONG LIANG Letter from Vice-President The Law Society of Singapore I REFER to your report, "Whistleblowers as bookkeepers in law firms" (Aug 16). With reference to the term "bookkeeper", the society would like to clarify that the recommendations made in the Law Society Committee's interim report
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    • 314 38  -  TONYTENG JULIE CHIA Letter from I COMMEND the sincerity of the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) and the Automobile Association of Singapore (AAS) in their joint letter "Not just for wheelchair-bound" (Aug 30). They have shown that while there are
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    • 330 38  -  LIMKINGHUI Gantry, speedcam at root of ECP congestion Letter from I COMMUTE to my office in the city area using the East Coast Parkway (ECP). Most of the morning journey is fairly smooth-going until I hit the stretch of the expressway just before the ERP
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    • 123 38  -  MARY DE WET Letter from I READ a lot of letters complaining about Singlish, but how can anyone hope to combat it when phrases such as these are being taught in schools: "The more Pumas is better is better is better.
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    • 268 40  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY.... DROPPING IN ON A FRIEND When was the last time you had friends drop in unexpectedlyforavisit? For many of us it's been entirely too long. There was a time when families made a regular habit of packing into the car and driving
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    • 207 40  -  DIERDRE G MORGAN Letter from MY FORM teacher, Miss Sandra Teng, faced the daunting task at the beginning of the year, of gaining the trust of a bunch of 16-year-old girls. She had to get past the mood swings, teenage angst and outbursts of
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    • 358 40  -  TANQIXIANG Letter from I AM a slow learner and am glad I had seven very good teachers who were patient and caring. Without them, I think I might not have graduated. Mr Lim Loon Heng, a lecturer at Temasek Polytechnic, left the deepest
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    • 444 40  -  KAREN GOH MEIMEI Letter from I WONDER how many people received an email or SMS regarding a "Mars Spectacular" recently, and how many actually believed this and stayed up at night over the weekend to observe this supposedly "once-in-a-lifetime" phenomenon and then
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    • 194 42  -  MOHAMED RIZAL Letter from MOHAMEDYUNOS MANY negative things have been said about taxi drivers, but there was a kind-hearted soul who rescued a person in distress on Aug 26. I had just received my driving license in July and was not sure what had
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    • 189 42  -  KKRISHNAN before going ahead to blacklist cabbies Letterfrom I REFER to the report, "Weeding out the black sheep among cabbies" (Aug 30). I believe the proposal by Singapore Taxi Academy (STA) to blacklist terminated drivers industrywide is a harsh move, and is tantamount to revoking a
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    • 304 42  -  NELSON QUAH Letter from OFTEN we read letters from restaurants apologising to unhappy customers for the service lapses of their staff. It goes to show that many restaurant supervisors or senior waiting staff do not know how to properly handle service
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    • 642 46  -  TANG LI THE article, "They're here to help us" (Aug 21) made me realise that in spite of being a nation built by people who faced intense competition, Singapore has become a nation where a businessman can become a hero when he succeeds in
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      • 322 48  -  MADELENEYEN I BECAME a Permanent Resident four years after I arrived in Singapore with my non-Singaporean husband, who was raised in Europe and wanted to experience life in the East After living and working here for four years, he fell in love with Singapore
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      • 388 48  -  DAVID POH I CAME to Singapore to work after graduation as I was not able to find employment in my country of birth. Initially, I missed my family. I was working almost 24/7 in the growing IT industry and took a week's leave each quarter to
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    • 410 50 -AGENCIES Investors see these promoting more corporate transparency, feedback shows THE Ministry of Finance (MOF) has decided to retain quarterly earnings reports for listed companies here. However, companies with a market capitalisation of $75 million or less will continue to be exempted from the requirement. The decision
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    • 241 50 CHOW PENN NEE SINGAPORE'S bid to become a major hub for the alternative energy industry has drawn Europe's largest solar company to set up its Asia-Pacific headquarters here. Germany's Conergy, a leading renewable energy company which supplies solar, wind and bio energy systems is pumping in
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    • 162 50 SINGAPORE'S Changi Airport, Asia's sixth busiest, said that its passenger volumes rose in July, a monthly record high this year, as economic growth encouraged more people to travel by air. Passenger volumes rose to 3.05 million last month, 5.2 per cent more than a year
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      • 71 50 SHARE prices ended higher, tracking gains on Wall Street overnight, with much of the session focused on property and technology stocks, traders said. The ST Index (STI) ended up 11 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 2,482.4. Gainers led losers 330 to 206 as 1.14 billion shares worth $1.23
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      • 36 50 US$ 0.6354 UK£ 0.3336 Yen 74.439 HK$ 4.9418 RM 2.3388 Euro 0.4951 Rupiah 5794.5 Baht 23.883 Peso 32.371 A$ 0.8329 Indian Rs 29.555 Won 610.90 C$ 0.7049 Yuan 5.0567 NZ$ 0.9807 NT$ 20.902
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      • 19 50 Gold US$/oz 626.10 Silver US$/oz 12.67 Platinum US$/0z1,237.50 Rubber cents/kg 320.25 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,542.00 Brent US$/barrel 70.20
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      • 45 50 DOW JONES off raising interest rates for at least three months. "No rise in interest rates is good news for property stocks here because it also means that getting a property loan from a bank won't be as expensive," a trader said.
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      • 63 50 !SGX, Dow Jones, ni i Bloomberg Information provided by Mikkei 225 *****.76 +260.74 +1.69 Hang Seng USX *****.27 5115.40 +107.56 +40.10 +0.62 +0.95 FaiwanWtd 6611.77 +24.65 +0.37 <orea Comp 1352.74 +11.39 +0.05 <LCI 950.12 +4.90 +0.51 SET Index 690.90 +6.39 +0.93 Jakarta Comp 1431.26 +6.03 +0.42 Dhils Comp
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      • 715 52  -  CLEMENT MESENAS Understanding the business culture of China vital to seal a deal, says Oei EDITOR-AT-LARGE clement@newstoday.com.sg IT WOULD require a stretch of the imagination to visualise leading businessman Oei Hong Leong as a member of the proletariat, toiling among peasants in the countryside during the
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      • 230 54 China Kangda Food has filed a draft prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore to launch an initial public offering (IPO) of its shares on the Singapore Exchange. The company, which processes chilled and frozen meat products and distributes pet food, is seeking to raise funds to expand its
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      • 133 54 OEI Hong Leong Foundation and Heshe Holdings have extended the completion date of their deal to buy 75 per cent of electronics waste recycler Citiraya Industries, according to a statement filed with the Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday. The so-called "long-stop date", which
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      • 355 54 DOW JONES Rise reflects strong demand for luxury homes DEVELOPMENT charges for property in central Singapore will rise by as much as 38 per cent from today to reflect the increasing value of luxury apartments. Data issued by the Ministry of National Development yesterday
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      • 205 56 BLOOMBERG BAA, Europe's largest airport operator, has rejected calls for British regulators to break up the company's seven airports into separate businesses, saying such a move will threaten investment in airport capacity. BAA has told the United Kingdom's Office of Fair Trading that
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      • 500 56 —AGENCIES Delay will shave billions of dollars off PC sales MICROSOFT Corp, the world's largest software maker, may be running out of time to deliver its new Windows Vista operating system to consumers by January. The company has yet to issue a
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      • 630 58 DOW JONES Eu Van Sang chief positive about long-term trend CHINESE medicine retailer Eu Van Sang expects its core business to return to profitability in the current quarter, with results to be "stable", compared with the $3.4 million net profit a year earlier, chief executive
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      • 431 60 DOW JONES G7 may repeat call at IMFWorld Bank meet for more flexibility for Asian currencies GROUP of Seven (G7) Finance Ministers and central bankers will likely reaffirm their call for greater flexibility and appreciation for Asian currencies when they meet in Singapore next month,
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      • 267 60 BLOOMBERG HONG Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa had its bids for Indian port projects rejected on national security grounds. "This security clearance is mandatory and is a standard procedure," Mr P Mohana Chandran, secretary of the Mumbai
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      • marketbuzz
        • 106 60 WATCH the elite PC gamers battle it out at the World Game Master Tournament (WGT) next week. To be held from Sept 4 to 10, the WGT is supported by hardware solutions from Asus, Intel, ATI and Kingston for some of the hottest games, namely. Counter
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        • 348 60  -  BERNADETTE CHONG WINE lovers, head down to Raffles City Shopping Centre until Sept 3 and be dazzled by more than 350 labels from all over the world at the International Wine and Beer Fair 2006. The wines showcased at the
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      • 220 62 —AGENCIES TOKYO The global airline industry is expected to halve its losses this year, thanks to buoyant economic growth and deep cost cuts, the world's top airline association said yesterday. The industry is now expected to lose US$l.7 billion in 2006, much less
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      • 502 62 BLOOMBERG Surprise drop suggests no imminent rate hike TOKYO -Japanese plants and factories cut their output unexpectedly in July, the government said yesterday, dousing market speculation of another rise in interest rates any time soon. Industrial production in July dropped by 0.9 per cent
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    • 420 53 Advertisement Feature TASTE THE ENCHANTMENTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL WINE AND BEER FAIR NOW till 3rd September 2006 at Raffles City Shopping Centre, City Square, Level 1 Guest YIPs Mr. Anthony Yip, General Manager of Raffles City Shopping Centre, and Mr. Choo Peng Chee, CEO of Cold Storage Supermarkets, The launch
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    • 454 66 DPA Kiev-thelandof gold and green, never fails to thrill every traveller GREEN and gold are the colours of Kiev and the images of the golden-domed cloisters and churches are reflected on the green leaves of the chestnut groves shimmering in the sun. Kiev lies on the hilly
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    • 666 69 —AFP European champs Greece a tough proposition for the Stars and Stripes BASKETBALL World Championships, semi-finals SAITAMA, Japan The Americans know they must improve to beat Greece today and qualify for Sunday's World Basketball Championship final, where either 2004 Olympic champions Argentina or title-hungry Spain will
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    • 243 69 BLOOMBERG ZURICH Fifa president Sepp Blatter gave this year's World Cup in Germany eight out of 10 for the standard of football and nine out of 10 for organisation. Blatter, interviewed by Fifa magazine, said he would have liked more attacking play particularly after the opening
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    • 265 69 —AFP NEW DELHI India will support any moves to dilute cricket umpires' powers, following the forfeited Test between England and Pakistan, an official said yesterday. "For the sake of spectators, television viewers and the game's sponsors, no match should be called off and certainly
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    • 293 70 —AFP MANCHESTER Phil Neville is backing Andy Johnson to shine, if his Everton team-mate gets the nod and plays in Steve McClaren's first competitive game in charge of England. With Wayne Rooney suspended and Michael Owen injured, Johnson is in the running to face
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    • 565 70 —AFP If England vice-captain gets his way, expect a goal rush at Old Traffford EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP, GROUP E QUALIFIER England v Andorra MANCHESTER Steven Gerrard yesterday urged his teammates not to show any mercy against European whipping boys Andorra in Steve McClaren's first competitive match in charge
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    • 506 71 -AGENCIES Drogba queries team-mate's motives, as boss Mourinho eyes European glory LONDON Not always a favourite with manager Jose Mourinho, Chelsea striker Didier Drogba must have scored some important points with his boss yesterday. The Ivory Coast star told want away defender William Gallas to stop
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    • 235 71 AGENCIES SYDNEY Sunderland manager Roy Keane looks set to continue the Manchester United connection at the Stadium of Light. While he has targeted Brian Kidd, former assistant to Alex Ferguson, to be his coach, the newly appointed Sunderland manager yesterday signed former United striker Dwight Yorke.
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    • 264 71 —AFP LONDON In possibly the most stunning news of the transfer merry-go-round, Argentina international forward Carlos Tevez said yesterday he will play for English Premiership side West Ham, along with national and Corinthians teammate Javier Mascherano. Both players were among Argentina's top performers
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    • 467 72 -BLOOMBERG Four Russian players, Serena Williams also move into the third round in New York RAFAEL Nadal (picture) matched his best US Open performance in advancing to the third round of the year's final Grand Slam tennis tournament, beating Luis Horna of Peru 6-4, 4-6,
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    • 241 72 —AFP JOHANNESBURG New South Africa coach Carlos Alberto Parreira arrives here today against a background of media fury over his 1.8 million rand ($394,000) salary. Sensing an outcry in a country where many people survive in abject poverty, the South African Football
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    • 179 72 —AFP EINDHOVEN (The Netherlands) Liverpool defender Jan Kromkamp signed for Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven yesterday. Holland international Kromkamp, who has cost PSV around £1.5 million ($4.5 million), previously played in the Netherlands for AZ Alkmaar before signing for Villarreal in Spain, then
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    • 669 73  -  CUBBY LEONG While club aim to improve development programme, Kinoshita says they're happy here cubby@newstoday.com.sg GOOD things happen to those who are patient, some folk believe. And they include the powers that be at Albirex Niigata. This is the third year the J-League club's feeder
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    • 261 73  -  CUBBYLEONG ENCOURAGED bythe credible performanc of Albirex Niigata and, more recently. Sporting Afrique, S-League chief executive officer Winston Lee says there is room for one more foreign club next year. Interested parties have already touchec base with the S-League, which currently features 11 teams battling for
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    • 562 74  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Singapore-based NBLoutfit will test various mechanics in pre-season tour Down Under weekeat@newstoday.com.sg THE Singapore Slingers are pulling out all the stops to ensure they will be ready for the upcoming Australian National Basketball League (NBL). Last night, the Slingers, who will play all
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    • 247 74 —AP CLAIREFONTAINE, France Claude Makelele (picture) yesterday admitted he only joined the French national team's camp because he was forced to by coach Raymond Domenech. "I said after the World Cup that I was retiring from international soccer," Makelele said. "I said so on
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      • 55 74 SOUTH African Anton Haig and Aussie ace Marcus Both were tied for the lead after the first round of the Pulai Springs Malaysian Masters golf tournament yesterday. Haig enjoyed his best start on the Asian Tour while Both posted a blem-ish-free round as both
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      • 58 74 EGYPTIAN international defender Mohammed Abdel Wahab died of a heart attack while training with his club, champions Al-Ahly, yesterday. The 22-year-old collapsed on the pitch and was immediately transferred to a nearby hospital but resuscitation efforts failed. The young defender was part of the squad who
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      • 72 74 FORMER England international striker Andy Cole yesterday moved from Manchester City to Portsmouth on a two-year contract. The 34-year-old Cole passed a medical on Wednesday after Pompey agreed to pay City a fee which is officially undisclosed, but is believed will rise to £1 million ($2.9
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      • 76 74 THE World Boxing Association light flyweight champion Koki Kameda's (above) rematch of his dubious split decision victory over Juan Landaeta has been set for Oct 18, his handlers said yesterday. It will be fought at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo. The controversial fight earlier this month between
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      • 60 74 REAL Madrid have agreed in principle to a swap deal with Inter Milan. The proposed deal would see Ronaldo going backto his former Italian club and fellow striker Adriano going in the other direction, according to Cadena Serradio. The Spanish giants are also reportedly considering swapping
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    • 549 75  -  TANYO-HINN India's Olympic hero Rathore has only been shooting competitively for 10 years yohinn@newstoday.com.sg ARMED with a dead eye and cool as ice, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore became India's hero at the 2004 Olympic Games, when he finished second in the men's double trap in
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    • 299 75  -  LEONGWEEKEAT GOLF Barclays Singapore Open weekeat@newstoday.com.sg FORMER world No 1 Fred Couples yesterday pulled out of the US$3 million ($4.7 million) Barclays Singapore Open, to be held at Sentosa Golf Club's Serapong course from Sept 7-10. Couples, the 1992 US Masters champion, was
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    • 82 75 —AFP LONDON Reading manager Steve Coppell has revealed his dismay at striker Leroy Lita's arrest on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm. Lita was quizzed by Bristol police on Wednesday after an incident in the early hours of Sunday morning when the England under-21 player is alleged to
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    • 724 80  -  EUSACHIA Former news anchor turned film-maker documents the lives of Bhutanese reincarnates elisa@newstoday.com.sg IT IS a story that has intrigued Lian Pek for almost two decades. Her elder sister, who married a Bhutanese, has long shared accounts of young reincarnated monks in Bhutan, the number of
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    • 456 80  -  JEANINETAN jeanine@newstoday.com.sg KEKE Palmer may be only 13 years old, but she already has her sights set on winning an Academy Award. Call it youthful optimism, but the young actress may have a shot at it. After all, she was
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      392 82  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Pageantveteran Ssunita Rai says the worst thing about judging a beauty contest is disappointing the contestants plus@newstoday.com.sg WHO better to judge the merits of beauty pageant contestants than a reigning beauty queen? This year's batch of Miss Vasantham hopefuls will not only be scrutinised
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    • 354 82  -  DAVID CHEW david. chew@newstoday.com. sg SINGAPORE'S answer to the famous French piano duo the Labeque sisters, the Low sisters will perform tonight and tomorrow with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO). In playing Mozart's Concerto for Two Pianos in E Flat Major, the duo will
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      436 84  -  JEANINETAN Hollywood screenwriter here to teach film industry the art of a good story jea nine@newstoday.com.sg IF Chris Vogler had his way, the recent summer blockbuster Superman Returns would have been a different film entirely. Vogler is a top Hollywood screenwriting guru, whose influential book The Writer's
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      126 84 THE Top 12 from Singapore Wo/will reunite this Sunday to raise funds for the President's Star Charity. Well-known characters from Singapore sitcoms Under One Roof, Happy Belly, Police and Thief, Phua Chu Kang and My Sassy Neighbour are also coming together to put on a "best of sitcoms"
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    • 514 86  -  JUSTIN CHEONG Get ready for a sonic space odyssey with Enigma's new album, A Posteriori justin@newstoday.com.sg JUST like Bono on U2's heart-wrenching 1987 ballad, Michael Cretu still hasn't found what he's looking for. Sure, the Enigma mastermind with his groundbreaking, ever-changing soundscapes and sampling has managed to sell
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    • 149 86 HERE'S your chance to land that coveted recording contract and launch your music career. Auditions for the second season of Project SuperStar begin on Sunday from 9am to spm in Toa Payoh's HDB Hub mall area. Aspiring singers between the ages of 16 and 35 years old
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    • 217 88  -  David Chew EXHIBITIONREVIEW by..... HE IS considered one of the most important post-war German artists, one who has experimented with many different styles and subjects. Still, it is surprising to see just how many styles Sigmar Polke has worked in when 40 of his paintings
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    • 383 88  -  AMELYNN LIONG Kata Orang aims to boost Malay singing talent in Singapore plus@newstoday.com.sg IF YOU fancy a chance to sing with up-and-coming Malay singers, read on. Happening on Saturday at Earshot Cafe at The Arts House, Kata Orang (which means "what people say") is a new event
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    • 456 90  -  ASHRAFSAFDAR The team behind A Nation in Concertqet high on a show about self-absorbed insects ashraf@newstoday.com.sg DRUNKARDS frolicking on the set of a show that's how director Jonathan Lim describes the creative team behind A Nation In Concert, his upcoming performance that blends music, dance
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    • 1072 92  -  DAVID CHEW The first Roald Dahl Day on Sept 13 hails one of the best-loved children's writers david. chew@newstoday.com. sg HIS books are among the bestloved in the world: Titles such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda having entranced generations of children. He introduced to children
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      • 353 100  -  Jeanine Tan Monster House is one fun, frightening ride... for adults too FILMREVIEW by........ Monster House THE lack of cute is actually a good thing in Monster House. No creatures or critters that act like humans is another thing to cheer ibout What's left is an
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