Today, 15 September 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    27 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp Frew share your free newspaper MICA(P) 192/07/2006 Friday September 15, 2006 todayonline.com TODAY Frew share your free newspaper MICA(P) 190/07/2006 Friday September 15, 2006 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon Oil prices near six-month lows
      442 1 —AFP Fall from increase in gas reserves, suspension of strike in Nigeria NEW YORK World oil prices dropped to their lowest levels in almost six months yesterday after news of a strong build-up in US natural gas reserves and the suspension of a strike by
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      Lock icon S Korean leads race to succeed Annan
      158 1 AFP UNITED NATIONS The Security Council yesterday handed South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Xi Moon a second victory in a "straw poll" to select a successor to UN chief Kofi Annan, but the race remains wide open with more candidates expected to enter
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      Lock icon War heroine Choy dies, aged 96
      845 1  -  CLEMENT MESENAS EDITOR-AT-LARGE clement@newstoday.com.sg WAR heroine Elizabeth Choy who survived the beatings of her Japanese interrogators and became a nude "goddess" for art students after the war died of cancer yesterday at her home in MacKenzie Road. She was 96. A member of the
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      Then there were 2
      222 2  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@newstoday.com.sg IT WASN'T, perhaps, the most surprising of outcomes: Jasmine Tye (picture), 18, last night became the latest hopeful ousted from the second season of Singapore Idol. On Wednesday, the theme was My Favourite Song, and Jasmine's take on Jim Brickman's Valentine and Carrie Underwood's
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      No breach of MOU: S'pore
      519 2  -  DERRICK A PAULO derrick@newstoday.com.sg MORE than 23,000 delegates will be in town for many important meetings, but the spotlight so far has been on 27 civil activists, and now, one memorandum of understanding (MOU). After remarks made on Wednesday by a World Bank official and
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      AILING EAGLE, WORRIED DRAGON
      780 3  -  ADRIAN TAN A US slowdown could burst China's bubble, fuel global doomsday THINGS look so good for the global economy that the American, European Union and Japanese central banks have been raising interest rates to slow their economies lest inflation rise. Remember oil prices are above
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  • singapore news
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      Voting rights may be tweaked
      419 4  -  CHRISTIE LOH World Bank chief expects IMF vote on quotas to go through christie@newstoday.com.sg RISING economies may get greater voting rights in the World Bank, if its sister organisation gets the green light next Monday to tweak her own representation structure. In an interview with
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    • S2006SNIPPETS
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        Lock icon IMF CHIEF MEETS ON KEY ISSUES WITH PM LEE
        87 4 938 LIVE International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Rodrigo de Rato met Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana yesterday. He briefed Mr Lee on the key issues to be discussed at the IMF meetings, including a review of IMF quotas
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        WOLFOWITZ DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENT AID WITH
        91 4 World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz called on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. Mr Wolfowitz shared with Mr Lee the concerns of the World Bank in poverty alleviation and development programmes for Africa. He also highlighted the progress made by the Bank in improving the
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        Lock icon REMINDER: MARINA BAY AREA STILL OPEN TO PUBLIC TRAFFIC
        96 4 -938UVE Traffic police have sent out a reminder that the Marina Bay area is still accessible to the public despite road closures. People are advised to take public transport, but for drivers, two routes are available, said Deputy Superintendent Scan See.
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      Asians at the wheel
      353 4  -  LEECHINGWERN chingwern@newstoday.com.sg EVEN as Asia's growing economic weight is making the world take note, this should be matched by an equally vibrant intellectual buzz. For that reason, the inaugural Raffles Forum which has drawn 250 of the world's top policy-mak-ers, academics and business leaders to Singapore
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      Taxi drought hits Marina area hotels
      384 4  -  LINYANQIN yanqin@media corp.com.sg APART from the beefed up security at the entrances of the Marina area hotels, one other thing was conspicuous by its absence: Taxis. Due to the road diversions, few taxis are pulling into or waiting at the driveway of some of
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      Lock icon US stocks close mixed
      211 4 AFP NEW YORK The main US stock indexes finished mixed yesterday as the market digested four days of gains while awaiting a key report on inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average drifted down 15.93 points to 11,527.39, a day after closing at its best level since
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      Challenges, accountability in relief work
      306 6  -  DERRICK A PAULO derrick@newstoday.com.sg AT A time when charities are facing greater demands for accountability of public donations, civil society organisations (CSOs) involved in disaster relief work are having it tough. They may receive the biggest sums, for example, in response to the Asian tsunami,
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      Lock icon White-mask protest today
      452 6  -  JASMINE YIN This will symbolise that the world's poor 'lack a voice' jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg IT WILL be a silent affair when activists from at least 25 civil society organisations (CSOs) stage their first protest during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meetings at Suntec Singapore at
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      Push to fund Asian social enterprises
      340 6  -  LEE U-WEN 2006 u-wen@newstoday.com.sg A CALL is made to the World Bank to fund promising social enterprises that need the capital to grow and become successful. Social and human rights activist Professor Lisa Dacanay, who is from the Asian Centre for Entrepreneurship in the
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      A tangled web unravels
      771 8  -  LOHCHEEKONG Husband recounts his stormy 2-year marriage to nightclub singer who had two lovers cheekong@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS a web of deceit, sex and money spun around a nightclub singer and the men around her an ex-drug peddler, a prominent university don and a former customer. While
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      Chee Soon Juan to go ahead with protest tomorrow
      414 8  -  ANSLEY NG a nsley@newstoday.com.sg OPPOSITION figure Dr Chee Soon Juan will press on with a protest march this Saturday against the lack of civil and political rights, despite repeated police warnings about it being against the law. In a press conference
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      More foreigners owning land here
      843 10  -  TORCHING LI Twice as many foreigners bought landed property in the first ha If of this year compared to lastyear chingli@newstoday.com. sg AS THE Government embarks on its drive to attract more new immigrants, the signs look promising as an increased number of foreigners are
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      Seeing red over mistaken 'Yellow Pages'
      781 12  -  ANSLEY NG Ad solicitation sounded like business listings form, say irate businessmen a nsley@newstoday.com.sg DIAMOND merchant Peter Chia works alone, does not have a secretary and takes little time to study mails that are sent to his small and spartan Boon Keng Road office.
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon TIGER AIRWAYS TO INCREASE FLIGHTS FROM NEXT MONTH
        68 12 938 LIVE BUDGET airline Tiger Airways will launch additional flights to Thailand and Macau from next month. It will add a total of seven flights a weekto Hat Yai, Krabi and Macau from Oct 29. In December, it will launch 14 more
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        Lock icon MAN HIT BY LORRY, DIES
        77 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A MAN in his 30s died after he was hit by a lorry yesterday morning atWhampoa Drive in front of Block 74. The victim was dragged for a few metres and suffered head injuries. He was semi-conscious when the police arrived just past
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        Lock icon YEO MEETS IRAN FOREIGN MINISTER
        48 12 938 LIVE MINISTER for Foreign Affairs George Yeo met Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on the sidelines of the 14th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Cuba on Wednesday. The two ministers discussed bilateral relations and the Iranian nuclear issue, among others.
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        Lock icon DR NG FOR UN MEET ON MIGRATION
        78 12 MANPOWER Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen is CHANNEL NEWSASIA attending the United Nations High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development in the United States. Discussions will cover issues such as the economic and social impact of migrants, and prevention of human trafficking. Dr
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  • world news
    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon THAI PRISONERS PROTEST AGAINST 'ABUSIVE' WARDENS
        68 14 —AFP Hundreds of protesting inmates in a prison in southern Thailand yesterday demanded the removal of five wardens they say have abused them. About 500 men in Nakhon Si Thammarat prison could be seen on television news reports waving signs demanding the guards be
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        Lock icon SMUGGLING TUNNEL FOUND BETWEEN HK AND CHINA
        74 14 —AFP Smugglers dug a tunnel between sewers in mainland China and Hong Kong and used it to traffic mobile phones and computer chips The 20 metre long tunnel, which is wide enough for two to crawl through, was found by Chinese customs and
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        Lock icon M'SIANS PROTEST OVER 'ZERO SQUATTERS' CAMPAIGN
        69 14 —AFP Some 300 Malaysians yesterday held a rare protest outside Parliament urging the government to abort a plan to demolish all squatter settlements. The protest comprised of villagers from 15 squatters in the capital Kuala Lumpur and in Selangor state. Malaysia two years ago
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        Lock icon BUSH FAMILY ANTAGONIST DIES
        70 14 DPA Ms Ann Richards, the former governor of Texas who became known for her humour and her antagonistic political relationship with the Bush family, died at her Austin home at the age of 73. Ms Richards rose to national fame as the keynote speaker at the
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      Lock icon M'sian firm denies favours
      172 14 —AFP KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian conglomerate yesterday denied it received government projects through the influence of one of its major stakeholders, the son of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. The chief executive of the Scomi Group, Mr Shah Hakim Zain, said the firm, whose main business
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      Lock icon Thai PM tired, wants to quit
      394 14 —AGENCIES Thaksin says he is not 'addicted'to power, thinking of resigning after November polls BANGKOK Thailand's embattled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said in an interview broadcast yesterday that he was tired and considering stepping aside after general elections to be held in November this
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      Lock icon First conviction in 1993 Mumbai bombing trials
      144 14 -AFP MUMBAI Mohammed Kasam Ghansar was convicted of murder yesterday for an attack on a jewellery market here 13 years ago during the deadliest day of bombings in India's history, which killed 257 people. Ghansar faces a possible death sentence for killing 17
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      Lock icon Militant gets 15 year sentence for Bali blasts
      266 14 —AFP DENPASAR Indonesia yesterday sentenced a young Islamic militant to 15 years in jail for his role in last year's triple suicide bombings on the resort island of Bali. Anif Solchanudin, a 24-year-old mobile telephone salesman, was the fourth man to be
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      THE THIN LINE BETWEEN MOSQUE AND STATE
      930 16  -  TERENCECHONG 73% of M'sian Muslims believe their country is Islamic, but that's open to interpretation THE recently released figures from the Muslim Identities Public Opinion Survey, conducted by a Malaysian academic, reflects two Malaysian realities growing religiosity and cultural pluralism. These two realities
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      Lock icon Protests to turn ugly?
      448 17 -AGENCIES Anti-Chen marchers ready to bring Taipei to a standstill TAIPEI The campaign to bring down Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian is set to climax tonight, as thousands of protesters including union members plan to create chaos and paralyse roads connecting to the country's busiest airport. Mr
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      Lock icon Myanmar plants seeds of self-sufficiency
      145 17 —AP YANGON Residents here have been ordered to grow vegetables and herbs in a bid to promote self-sufficiency in the poor Southeast Asian country, a state-run newspaper said yesterday. Local authorities have instructed residents to gmw cmnr-H lemongrass, chilli, ginger, coriander or other staples in
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      Lock icon China says no US medal for Dalai Lama
      280 17 -AFP WASHINGTON The United States' plan to award the Dalai Lama Tibet's exiled leader the Congressional Gold Medal, was strongly condemned by China yesterday. China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said: "The award by the US Congress is an interference in China's
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE CURRY
        93 18 American musician Steve Francis is believed to have ordered the world's most expensive curry by paying £10,000 ($29,700) for fish bhuna and side dishes to be delivered to New York from the Indie Spice restaurant in Belfast, reported The Telegraph. Mr Francis, a member of
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        Lock icon PENIS PUMP SCARE AT AIRPORT
        82 18 -AP United States prosecutors have dropped all charges against Mardin Amin who claimed an airport security guard misheard him when she thought he'd said a penis pump in his backpack actually was a bomb. The 29-year-old was embarrassed to explain the small, black object to
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        Lock icon COPS GET PORNO 'INSTRUCTIONS'
        86 18 -AP Spanish police officers settling in for a video presentation on how to get promoted to sergeant were instead shown footage from a hard-core pornographic film, the Madrid regional justice and interior ministry said. Howling laughter rippled through the auditorium where 120 Madrid city police officers
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      Lock icon M'sia running out of land for palm oil
      469 18 -BLOOMBERG World's largest producer looking at other means to boost output KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia, the world's largest palm oil producer, has almost run out of land for new plantations as demand surges from companies turning the crops into fuel. "In terms of
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      Lock icon Columbine in Canada
      453 20 .—AFP Lone gunman kills one, injures 19 at college in Montreal MONTREAL A gunman sporting a Mohawk haircut and a black trenchcoat opened fire in a Canadian college on Wednesday, killing one and injuring at least 19 before police shot him dead, officials and witnesses said. The
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      Lock icon Deputy of Russia's central bank assassinated
      350 20 —AGENCIES MOSCOW The deputy head of the Russian central bank, Mr Andrei Kozlov, was killed on a quiet street outside a sports stadium in Moscow on Wednesday, officials said. "Mr Kozlov died without regaining consciousness," reported Interfax, quoting medical sources. The 41-year-old known for
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      Lock icon Has world's top diplomat fallen in love?
      434 21 -AGENCIES Rumours abound about US Secretary of State and Canadian foreign minister WASHINGTON In private moments, Dr Condoleezza Rice concedes that being the world's most famous diplomat can be exasperating. There is a war on terror to fight, a volatile Middle East, an
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      Lock icon Mid-East leaders consider Iraq war a 'disaster', says Annan
      292 22 AGENCIES UNITED NATIONS Most Middle East leaders consider the United States-led invasion of Iraq and the continuing violence there to be a "disaster", United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said. Mr Annan, who has described the invasion of Iraq as a violation
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      Lock icon Ex-army chief blasts Israel's 'spin move'
      341 22 —AFP Former general calls for Olmert's resignation over Lebanon war JERUSALEM A former Israeli army chief of staff said in comments published yesterday that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert must resign for not stopping a final, ill-fated battle in the Lebanon war. Mr Moshe Yaalon
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    • Article
      ISRAEL: SHAKEN AND STIRRED
      814 24  -  EMANUELSHAHAF Better times past, the Jewish state is crying out for a new leader IN JERUSALEM THE recent war between the Hezbollah and Israel in South Lebanon has exacerbated a crisis of confidence that has developed between the Israeli public and its political leadership in recent
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      The right and wrong of a leak
      404 26  -  LAW SIN LING Judge the acts caught on video, not simply the illicit sharing of the film Letter from MR BERNARD Fook's News Comment "Caught On Video" (Sept 14) started promisingly as an objective analysis of the issue of exposing sensitive military information
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      SINGAPORESCENE
      74 26 RAY OF LIGHT Today reader Ng Vi Han captured this photo of the city skyline during a rainy day. It seemed like there was a hole in the clouds just for the sunshine to pour through. CALLING ALL SHUTTERBUGS: Email us an interesting picture you have taken in Singapore.
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    • It's a question of image
      • Letter
        Disappointed by reactions to S'pore's firm stance
        222 26  -  HAZEL TAN LI SHAN Letter from SINGAPORE'S decision to ban 27 accredited activists from Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) around the world has drawn criticism from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF), as well as other NGOs ("More protests, now from World
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      • Letter
        Chee's actions are against the law
        149 26  -  S RAMAMIRTHAM Letter from SINGAPORE Democratic Party's Dr Chee Soon Juan remains persistent in wanting to carry out his so-called march and rally from the Speaker's Corner to several locations in the city tomorrow. Dr Chee is a bad example of a person who
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      Lock icon isay HEAD FOR THE GULF, YOUNG MAN
      1051 32  -  CLEMENT MESENAS EDITOR-AT-LARGE clem ent@newstoday.com.sg AN ENTRY visa glitch and a howling sandstorm that turned the sky a soupy brown on my arrival in Kuwait almost made me take the next flight home, back to the comfort of Singapore. The searing heat on
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        WHY HAVEN'T THE TREES RETURNED?
        118 34  -  UMBOONHEE: More than one and a half years ago, the Surbana-which comes underthe umbrella of the HDB undertookthe widening of Jalan Membina. In the process, 15 to 20 mature trees were felled, as one letter-writer lamented. The trees were about 25 to 30 years old,
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        110 34  -  JOHNANG: Thank you Daniel Ton Yong Tat ("Calling all residents Sept 14) and brother for feeding the stray cat Garfield for the past two years. But while the community works together to look for the "cat murderer", they could perhaps also help to clean up
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      338 34  -  ERNEST TAN JIARUI SMRT's failure to market commercial space turns off this would-be tenant Letter from THE report "Shops open, where are the crowds?" (Sept 6) served as a timely reminder for aspiring young entrepreneurs such as myself not to plunge into costly retail ventures without adequate research.
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      175 34  -  MURALI SHARMA Letter from IT IS of some comfort that a number of organisations are banding together to help the poor deal with the impending public transport fare hike. One of the measures is to give a $20 transport voucher to needy families
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      241 36  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY.... DIFFERING EXPECTATIONS Children are extremely sensitive to issues of fairness at home, especially as they relate to their siblings. But is it really a worthwhile goal to give your boys and girls identical experiences in the name of fairness? Family psychologist and
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      546 36  -  ONG-ANGAIBOON Terms do allow banks to levy incidental interest, and here's how it works Letter from Director, Association of Banks in Singapore WE REFER to the letters from Messrs Roy Chan and Wong Kum Foo on overdraft interest on Sept 6 and 11, respectively. We
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      314 38  -  SHANNON YU Letter from I REFER to the letter, "2 x work, 0 x gratitude" by Shyama Nandakumar (Sept 14). The author appears to embrace the belief of a world where working mothers are "doomed to meet the expectations" of taking on both breadwinner and
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      296 38  -  CHRISTOPHER BOUSIGUES Letter from AFTER reading Zafar Anjum's comment piece, "Why do migratory 'birds' roost elsewhere?" (Sept 13), I'd like to share my views. When the home environment is unfavourable, it is understandable why people would want to go overseas and secure themselves
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      132 38  -  DANNYCHUA Letter from I REFER to your article on the hottest political issue in the Thai media which is again accusing Temasek Holdings of wrongdoing over its purchase of Shin Corp from the family of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra ("Thai press
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      251 39 Never underestimate the Harbour Front Centre Sale. Mallwide discounts and offers *15 to 24 September &«i SUPER I I DUPER DEALS! Redeem an incredible deal for $1 every day W^H^^^^^^^^UTC m with every same-day purchase of at least $100 KllßiiiiffwißßßßßwßliiSiWllWflPffiSf (a receipt from BIG Megastore and one other m^ -^m
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      178 40 M ■TAT/m] IISV STH ANNIVERSARY M\ MONSTER I /Wtai^ steppies fICH I II 'invisible' gel cushioning for ball-of-foot dressing table /1 hancock WRITING DESK 2-SEATERSOFA &lt;S&gt;:iiS&gt;-.^fr, ;i "V-A'JF-W imnmwpc ?hnp fit M«ShPWI cappucino Victorian green improves snoe Tit &lt;t^Q* -w*#w &lt;t-)OQ* re-usable, washable, transferable i% tts^ r^^^l mßßg^^^__^^JM 7Pcr rSUfMI
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      267 41 Sing Tel TOUCHING XLIVESFUND m VQ*/ I Show how much you care and f^ f^ f^ make a difference to the lives of f less privileged children and II J I I young people. V J J It takes so little to bring so much hope J J X n
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      Lock icon IMF raises growth forecast for emerging Asia to 8.3%
      506 42 -BLOOMBERG 2006 Fund says region is the most dynamic globally, driven by expansion in China and India THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its 2006 economic growth forecast for Asia excluding Japan, saying economies around the region are benefiting from
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      Ex-Integra CEO may have been overpaid: Forensic audit
      478 42 A FINANCIAL investigation into Sesdaq-listed shell company Integra2ooo has uncovered hundreds of thousands of dollars paid to former chief executive Kwok Kah Kie that he might not have been entitled to. The "forensic audit" conducted by accounting firm Moore Stephens had been
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      Lock icon Inflation may force Fed to keep raising rates: IMF
      291 42 -AFP THE United States Federal Reserve may be forced to raise interest rates even higher to keep inflation under control, putting the brakes on al-ready-slowing growth in the world's largest economy, the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mr
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      Lock icon Thailand says IMF must curb volatility
      480 43 -BLOOMBERG Fluctuations should not hurt growth: Thanong THAILAND'S Finance Minister Thanong Bidaya, who in 1997 sought a bail-out from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said the lender must ensure fluctuations in financial markets do not undermine global economic growth. "We believe in free trade
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      Lock icon IMF raises 2007 oil price forecast to U5575.50
      161 43 -BLOOMBERG THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) raised its 2007 oil price forecast by 20 per cent to U5575.50 abarrel, citing the risk of cuts in supplies from producers as consumption rises. The projection was raised from the US$63 forecast in April, the
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        Lock icon SIA may wait longer for A3 80
        281 45 DOW JONES SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) said yesterday that a further delay for the A3BO superjumbo would be frustrating, but the carrier was not prepared to take delivery of a sub-standard aircraft. The comments come after Airbus board member Mike Turner, also chief executive
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        Lock icon NE Holdings bids for Nera Electronics
        110 45 CHANNEL NEWSASIA NE HOLDINGS is offering 26 cents a share for all shares of Nera Electronics that it does not already hold, valuing the target at $85.8 million. The general offer was triggered after NE Holdings completed its purchase of 68.3 per cent in
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        Lock icon PSA, 5 other port operators bid for Pakistan terminal
        142 45 BLOOMBERG PSA International, Hutchison Port Holdings and four other port operators have expressed interest to build and operate a container terminal in Pakistan, said maritime news service provider Ci-Online, without saying where it got the information. The first phase of construction,
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          55 45 Nikkei 225 *****.39 +192.34 +1.22 Hang Seng ASX *****.45 -26.59 5070.40 +53.20 -0.15 +1.06 Taiwan Wtd 6598.87 -66.00 -0.99 Korea Comp 1358.75 +25.62 +1.92 KLCI 957.10 +2.85 +0.30 SET Index 701.97 +3.78 +0.54 Jakarta Comp 1461.29 +10.21 +0.70 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2406.48 +27.05 288.07 -2.86 +1.14 -0.98
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          SGX most active
          50 45 Wilmar 1.130 39,095 Biosensors 0.935 +0.060 +6.9 27,414 Hi-P 0.055 +0.070 +0.9 25,031 Axis 0.475 +0.035 +0.0 21,752 CaphalanMBL***** 0.290 -0.005 -1.7 10,774 SingTel 2.460 -0.020 -0.0 10,705 Heshe 0.090 10,507 China Sun 0.760 -0.025 -3.2 15,353 Meiban Gp 0.320 +0.015 +4.9 13,076 Ho Boo 0.930 12,474
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          SGX top rises
          61 45 ;hang Asia 2kHK$ 15.400 +0.501 CepCorp 14.900 +0.401 lardine CSC 12.200 +0.301 IMH400US$ 10.000 +0.301 SembCorp 3.340 +0.141 \PB 15.500 +0.101 MDEV 10.000 +0.101 1SM7600BNP*****8 0.750 +0.101 fepLand 4.740 +0.101 fepLandBNP*****5 0.040 +100.0 ;embCorpSGA***** 0.070 +55.6 3akerTechW11Q613 0.015 +50.0 lasper 0.015 +50.0 5IAMBL*****9 0.090 +50.0 Hitchins 0.160
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          SGX top falls
          67 45 SIA200 14.200 -0.200 SembCorpDB*****5 0.030 -0.110 Bukit Sem 20.000 -0.100 SIA 14.300 -0.100 HKLand US$ 3.000 -0.000 HSI*****DB*****1 0.775 -0.065 Ho Royal 2.660 -0.060 HSI*****BNP*****71.040 -0.060 Nylect 0.075 -0.060 SIA CA8CW*****5 0.190 -0.060 SembCorpDB*****5 0.030 Roly W*****8 0.005 Nylect 0.075 STATSChPDB*****6 0.020 -70.6 -66.7 -44.4 -33.3 STI2600SGA*****0
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          151 45 DOW JONES SHARE prices ended higher, with plastic molding stocks scoring large gains for the second straight session on falling oil prices and favourable broker reports. The ST Index rose 10.9 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 2,518.97. Advancers beat decliners by 273 to 266 as 918.4 million snares
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          Your S$1 buys
          36 45 US$ 0.6347 UK£ 0.3383 Yen 74.687 HK$ 4.9383 RM 2.3308 Euro 0.5002 Rupiah 5810.3 Baht 23.698 Peso 31.923 A$ 0.8431 Indian Rs 29.317 Won 608.64 C$ 0.7109 Yuan 5.0446 NZ$ 0.9812 NTS 20.868
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          Lock icon Commodities
          24 45 Gild uss/oz 596.30 Silmuss/oz 11.20 Mim uss/oz 1,185.80 Mil cents/kg 296.75 Pita til RM/tonnUJll.oo Brut mil iKvfciiiiii 65.35 Information provided by... SGX, Bloomberg
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        Lock icon The Apple of Stats' eye
        360 46 DOW JONES New iPod nano line expected to raise demand for the chip tester's services SINGAPORE chip tester Stats ChipPac said yesterday that it saw higher demand for its services after Apple Computer on Tuesday launched a new line of iPod MP3 players. "It's a
        — DOW JONES; BLOOMBERG  -  360 words
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        Maybank home loans give customers greater flexibility
        288 46  -  CHOW PENN NEE A NEW feature, which was unveiled yesterday, to Maybank's home loan packages lets borrowers decide on how much they want to pay in monthly instalments for the first five years. The Maybank Choice Instalment Scheme allows customers to fix their
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        Lock icon SembCorp enters China wastewater plant agreement
        219 46 BLOOMBERG SEMBCORP Industries, the world's secondlargest oil-rig builder, signed an initial agreement to develop a water treatment project in Tianjin as China adds 16 million new urban water consumers a year. The project is in a chemical industry park in the Binhai district of
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        Lock icon CIMB and SGX to set up an Asean exchange-traded fund
        197 46 BLOOMBERG CIMB Group, Malaysia's second- largest banking group, and the Singapore Exchange (SGX). will list a fund that tracks 40 companies in South-east Asia on the Republic's stock exchange. The FTSE/Asean 40 Exchange Traded Fund will track 40 of the
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        Lock icon When this man talks, you pay attention
        560 47 -BLOOMBERG MR HENRY Paulson, the new United States Treasury Secretary, is everything predecessor John Snow was not regal, inaccessible, authoritative and influential. The former Goldman Sachs chief executive officer prefers to travel on military jets rather than on the commercial airlines that Mr
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        Lock icon YUAN RISES AS US TREASURY SECRETARY URGES CHINA TO LOOSEN CONTROLS
        283 47 BLOOMBERG THE yuan climbed on speculation that China will allow faster gains after United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson urged the nation to loosen currency controls. Mr Paulson, due to attend meetings of the Group of Seven nations this
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      57 44 I Meet the stylish and sexy Italian. It's I I new PYREX® Metalware, now available I in Singapore. Technologically superior, I its anti-stick qualities will make cooking I i a breeze. Choose from 2 product ranges I I Revo and Lustre. You will never have to I^l I look anywhere
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      28 45 RSSESSHSffI Rtf *f I Pyrex Metalware is available at Isetan Scotts, Metro (Tampines, Woodlands and Sengkang), OG Department Stores, Seiyu Bugis, Takashimaya Department Store and Tangs Home, Basement.
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      277 46 :ib3 j§a] j]^a] i ODKv International Club Games Training Centre is the only provider of casino job skills training in Singapore. The certification program provides casino games dealing skills to prepare students for Croupier positions in the casino. The comprehensive curriculum is the definitive foundation course for casino career aspirants.
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      547 48 iiPTTTMiBIBBB! mf\ i« KKT«\ I Pfgggff MggB MB MB MB MB MB MB MB MB MB MB MB MB MB MB MB M. i HDB(SALE) HHDB(SALE) H ROOM (RENT) HOME NEEDS BJ PERSONAL HJ PERSONAL Sengkang Bl Mixed estates Bl Renovation/ NEEDS BINEEDS HOLLAND VIILAGE-Pandan Valley/Pine contractor Beauty/health Beauty/health EXEC
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      725 48 HELPLINE EMERGENCY LINES City Gas (to report gas supply 1800-752-1800 interruption, low pressure and leakage) Civil Defence (Fire Emergency Ambulance) 995 Non-emergency ambulance 1777 Police 999 Police hotline 1800-255-0000 SPPowerGrid 1800-778-8888/ (to report power failure) 6778-8888 Traffic Police 6547-1818 Water Supply 1800-284-6600 HELPLINES —GENERAL Samaritans of Singapore 1800-221-4444 Society for
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      558 50 -AP BETTY Kam, a 30-year-old teacher from Hong Kong, planned her July vacation in Scotland carefully. She had a detailed itinerary and reserved accommodations for each leg of her journey. The only unusual thing about her trip: She decided to stay in hostels, long the preserve of young
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      Lock icon Tourist icon or flying vermin?
      577 51 -AP JUST a handful of corn, and the pigeons of St Mark's Square swoop. Nothing says "I've been to Venice" better than a photo taken with pigeons perched on arms, shoulders, head, breast. The constant feeding has created a pigeon problem in the lagoon city,
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      Lock icon Say aloha to a cheap, fun holiday
      619 52 Hawaii isn't just for the rich, some artful freeloading can give those with shallow pockets a good time, too NOT a millionaire? In Hawaii, you can soak up the sun and sift your fingers through the sugary sands outside celebrities' obscenely priced homes
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      301 51 /Afamosa MM I Resort Malaysia We are a 520-Hectare Integrated Resort! Missing The Fun Would Be One's Biggest Regret Seasonal Chart for Early Bird Promotion: 20/10 21/10 22/10 23/10 24/10 25/10 26/10 27/10 28/10 s s s s s /^rmal| ISP I SP SP BOOKING PERIOD 12/09/06-23/09/06 S: SHOULDER P:
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      637 52 KX4gg£4|gJHKjHMMX|ag|tO^-^ J-* "^fei; M&m I '^v©lWk hong kono S uHH 3blU|H^| Where Dreams Come Une B^n£gKß I Add magic to your vacation when Biffift3^^^B llr I a* Hong Kong Disneyland. As J HhA 1 J^\Jmt I our hotel guest, you can "Stay l^X^B P^y *°r 2 days"* to experience all
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      546 53 PERSONAL PERSONAL PERSONAL PERSONAL PERSONAL PERSONAL PERSONAL PERSONAL NEEDS NEEDS NEEDS NEEDS NEEDS NEEDS NEEDS NEEDS Beauty/health Beauty/health Beauty/health Beauty/health Beauty/health Beauty/health Beauty/health Beauty/health Revolutionary breakthrough ms^B^^ that saves our skin I POSitive StUdieS Of SOS Living -free skin- Free radicals are prevented Cell Therapy W&gt; &gt; from doing any
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      Lock icon CHOMPING AT THE BIT
      504 54 —AFP After last season's shock, United boss Ferguson can't wait to take on Benfica CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, Man United 3 Celtic 2 MANCHESTER Revenge is a dish Sir Alex Ferguson expects to dine on in Lisbon at the end of this month. In fighting mood after his
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      475 55 —AP Capello blames loss to French champions on his men's poor fitness champions league Lyon 2 Real Madrid 0 MADRID Real Madrid attributed their defeat against Lyon in their opening Champions League Group E game on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) to a lack of fitness.
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      210 55 —AFP LONDON Sunderland continued their Roy Keane-inspired rebirth in the Championship with a 3-0 win over hapless Leeds here on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), the Black Cats' third successive win. Goals from Liam Miller, Graham Kavanagh and Stephen Elliot wrapped up Sunderland's win and
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      567 56 -AGENCIES After dumping Hamburg, Wenger believes Gunners are set to fire at Old Trafford ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man United vArsenal HAMBURG, Germany His men may have collected just two points from three English Premiership outings, but on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was
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      482 56  -  -THE GUARDIAN ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Chelsea v Liverpool LIVERPOOL Liverpool's Rafael Benftez has moved to repair his increasingly tempestuous relationship with Jose Mourinho by insisting he will gladly accept the offer of a handshake from the Portuguese, after Sunday's English Premiership clash at Stamford Bridge.
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      921 58  -  JOSE RAYMOND Boksays his men will go out to erase memories of last season's sorry end NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2006 SAFFC V Tampines Rovers jose@newstoday.com.sg FOR the first couple of months, it seemed as if the Young Lions were on an inexorable march to their first
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      264 58  -  JOSE RAYMOND THEY started well enough, posting an emphatic 7-2 win over Woodlands Wellington on Saturday to booktheir place in the 2006 RHB Singapore Cup Final. But Tampines Rovers then lost 1-0 at home to Jordan side Al-Wihdat on Tuesday in their Asian Football Confederation Cup quarter-final
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      570 60  -  TANYO-HINN Jofuku says it's too soon to talk about his youngsters' chances of making senior side FOOTBALL AFCunder-UC'ship yohinn@newstoday.com.sg JAPAN have been among the top teams in Asia for the last decade at least. But, after a credible last--16 show when they co-hosted the 2002
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      158 60 DPA HAMBURG World champion Fernando Alonso and Renault are likely to escape punishment for a verbal outburst they made after Sunday's Italian Grand Prix. A spokesman for the sport's governing body FIA told the German magazine Auto, Motor und Sport that it was unlikely
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      568 61 -AFP Two wins, a draw and a loss for English clubs FOOTBALL Uefa Cup, First round PARIS English Premiership sides Newcastle and Tottenham came through tricky away ties with narrow victories in the Uefa Cup first round first leg ties yesterday (early today, Singapore time). But there was
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      190 61 —AFP WENTWORTH, England World No 1 Tiger Woods was sensationally knocked out of the World Matchplay Championship by Shaun Micheel here at Wentworth yesterday. Woods, going for a sixth straight tournament win, was three down at lunch and lost 4 and 3 as both members of the American
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      163 61 -AFP ATHENS Controversial sprinter Marion Jones has pulled out of this weekend's World Cup here after claiming she was not fit enough to merit her place in the team. Jones was to be the USA's 100 m runner and part of
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      1715 64  -  Ross Wallace TRUE to his philosophy that the best thing a film-maker could do is to give audiences a vacation. Dean Devlin has played a role in the production of some of the most audience-friendly films in the history of Hollywood. ROSS WALLACE picks few high-profile examples.
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      424 66  -  AMELYNN LIONG plus@newstoday.com.sg NEVER mind that teen stars Shawn Lee and Joshua Ang were absent from the press conference for the soon-to-air sitcom I Not Stupid 2, the focus was still very much on them. Like a proud
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      628 67  -  ZULOTHMAN Peace Jam documents the plight of American teenagers plagued by poverty and violence zul@newstoday.com.sg IT'S THE age-old argument about nature versus nurture but could underprivileged children brought up in a climate of poverty and violence really change for the better once they've been given guidance by
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        88 68 Fish are normally innocent enough subjects for art, but Fernando Escora uses them for subtle social commentaries in Philippine society. In Fish Fond: A Silent Violence, Escora uses our aquatic friends to comment on the rot beneath a manicured facade, the stench that leaks from an opaque bureaucracy
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        75 68 Enjoy a night of magic flutes and magical mirrors tonight at the Victoria Concert Hall at Bpm as Mozart's own timeless favourite A Little Night Music opens this uniquely varied Mozart Plus concert. The programme includes Jonathan Dove's Magic Flute Dances and Haydn's Surprise
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        45 68 Fine art photographer Chris Yap opens his exhibition. Preserved Nature, tonight at epSITE atWheelock Place. The exhibition explores the intricacy and beauty of nature, and how it can be translated into an intimate experience through the theme of preservation.
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      499 68  -  AMELYNN LIONG West End actress Laura Michelle Kelly's album gives her a breakfrom a hectic stage schedule plus@newstoday.com.sg THE pop world might seem intimidating to newcomers, but English musical veteran Laura Michelle Kelly's crossover has been a breeze so far. Having recently released her debut pop
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      318 68  -  ASHRAFSAFDAR ashraf@newstoday.com.sg THE inimitable troubadour Leonard Cohen has inspired not just musicians such as REM and Rufus Wainwright, but writers and thespians too. Actress-cum-director Bonni Chan falls into the latter group. Tonight and tomorrow, the Hong Kong-born, Scotland-based Chan brings Dance
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      414 70  -  DAVID CHEW New exhibition at ACM showcases Japanese masks and costumes, some dating backto the 10th century david. chew@newstoday.com. sg GET a look at the true face of Japan with the Asian Civilisations Museum's (ACM) latest exhibition on the art of Japanese masks. A look
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      115 72 A RENOWNED performing arts group comprised mainly of disabled people will stage their first show in Singapore tonight. Highlights of the show include the awe-inspiring Qian Shou Guan Yin (Thou-sand-Hand Bodhisattva, left) dance led by troupe leader and principal dancer Tai Li Hua, who lost her
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      472 72  -  ASHRAFSAFDAR Feted novelist is cheeky in real life, too ashraf@newstoday.com.sg NOVELIST cum screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce is quite the raconteur. After winning Best Screenplay at the 2005 British Independent Film Awards for Millions (directed by Trainspotting's Danny Boyle), Boyce proceeded to lavish praise on
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      319 74 in cinemas 500n... with JEANINE AIM jeanine@newstoday.com.sg In 1947, a young actress by the name of Elizabeth Short was found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles. Her body had been severed at the waist and her face slashed from ear to ear, a bizarre
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        441 76  -  Elisa Chia PLUS MOVIES liant You simply cannot miss this movie cry good A fine way to spend an evening Good Decent, no-frills entertainment Average Could end up disappointed Awful Do not waste your money Banqueta dazzling feast that's hollow at its core nevertheless FILMREVIEW The
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        455 78  -  Neil Humphreys Moans of wealthy women gain no sympathy FILMREVIEW I Friends with Money ACCORDING to its official website, Friends With Money is "about the unexpected challenges of being an adult". It isn't It's about three extremely wealthy women who are old friends
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        310 80  -  Jeanine Tan Gigolo a light but heart-warming romp FILMREVIEW Gigolo Wannabe IGNORE the dubious-sound-ing title, as this is really a feath-er-light take on the world of the Japanese male host club. For those not in the know, these are clubs where goodlooking male hosts pamper
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        194 80 PREPARE to be Be.Dazzled as some of the country's best vocal groups come together for the A Capella Society's annual A CapellaFest Top a capella groups such as nanu, Juz B and Verve Enharmonics, in cooperation with theatre director Vincent Pang, promise to serve
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        398 82  -  Jeanine Tan With a clunky storyline and poor scares, Pulse is a movie to watch at your own risk FILMREVIEW by... Pulse WHEN the audience starts sniggering during a climactic scene in a movie the onh' direction the film can go is down. Midway through a screening
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