Today, 22 September 2006, Afternoon Edition

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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon No more politics for Thaksin
      436 1 -AFP Ousted Thai Premier calls for snap new polls, appeals for national reconciliation LONDON Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra confirmed yesterday that he was bowing out of politics, while calling for snap new elections and urging "national reconciliation" after the shock coup in Bangkok.
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      Lock icon Three Indonesian Christians executed for inciting riots in 2000
      246 1 -AFP PALU Three Indonesian Christians who were on Death Row for inciting violence against Muslims in 2000 have been executed, their lawyer said early today, as security forces braced for potential religious unrest "They have been executed. Their bodies are now
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  • hot news
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      SingTel's global CEO search ends at home
      435 2  -  LEECHINGWERN chingwern@newstoday.com.sg AFTER searching the globe for someone to succeed its chief executive Lee Hsien Yang, Singapore Telecommunications (Sing Tel) found her in their own office. And she has been there even longer than Mr Lee. Ms Chua Sock Koong (picture), who currently
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      Lock icon US stocks down, oil closes higher
      203 2 AFP NEW YORK Wall Street shares skidded lower yesterday after a weaker-than-ex-pected regional industry survey highlighted fears that the world's biggest economy may be sputtering. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped 79.96 points to 11,533.23, the Nasdaq Composite Index shed 15.14 points to 2,237.75
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      Wife-killer spared gallows on appeal
      617 2  -  ANSLEYNG Mental disorder should factor into judgment, rules court a nsley@newstoday.com.sg HE HAD been sentenced to death for killing his unfaithful wife in broad daylight, slashing her six times with a chopper with one blow almost severing her neck. Yesterday, G Krishnasamy Naidu was spared
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      Lock icon STIRRING UP 1997 GHOSTS
      929 3  -  ANDYMUKHERJEE While another financial crisis is unlikely, Thai coup may lead to risk aversion and a higher premium on Asian assets THE more superstitious among emerging-market investors won't miss the coincidence. The army coup in Thailand took place just as the International Monetary Fund was getting
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon SK-II products pose no health risks
      323 4 -938LIVE,AFP SINGAPORE'S Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has said that there is no cause for alarm over the presence of chromium and neodymium in SK-II products. This follows reports in South Korea and China alleging that Chinese authorities have found the harmful ingredients in nine
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      Lies to save face backfired
      515 4  -  LOHCHEEKONG NTU don made up 'informant'but other info was true: lawyer cheekong@newstoday.com. sg ALL university don Bryan Ngoi Kok Ann was guilty of was trying to save face by creating a fake "informant", but he found himself in the dock, and the details of his
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      Friendly, efficient, disciplined
      530 6  -  DERRICK A PAULO, JASMINE YIN AND LOH CHEE KONG Most IMF-World Bank meet participants give Singapore five out of five: Today poll derrick@newstoday.com.sg RAFFLES Hotel, Botanic Gardens and attractions by the bay such as the Esplanade hogged the International Monetary Fund and World Bank delegates' list of
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      Outdoor protest ban elicits mixed reactions from delegates
      283 6 AS THE IMF-World Bank summit wrapped up on Wednesday, delegates seemed to have mixed reactions to Singapore's stand on outdoor protests and its list of activists who could be prevented from entering the country after an interview process. Said Ms Katrine Morgensen,
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      Lock icon Spore scores for high local involvement
      296 8  -  —VALCHUA SINGAPORE scored a number of records for the recently concluded IMF-World Bank meetings, among them, the most number of locals participating. According to Ms Patricia Davis, who headed the Washingtonbased joint secretariat for the meetings, the 12,000 Singaporeans who collected their badges for
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      Lock icon Shoppers return to Suntec
      186 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA CONSTRUCTION lorries lifted security cordons off the roads around Suntec Singapore on Wednesday night, while workers removed barricades that once lined the streets for the IMF-World Bank meetings. But it wasn't just physical changes, business inside started to pick up as well. Retailers and
      — CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  186 words
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      Lock icon Most delegates spent on food
      514 8  -  DERRICK A PAULO JASMINE YIN LOH CHEE KONG AND Some ate at restaurants, others tried out food courts; most cite good service derrick@newstoday.com.sg HE IS accustomed to attending to wellheeled diners. But when Mr Gabriel James took the bill to a group of 15 International
      JASMINE YIN; LOH CHEE KONG AND; TREVOR TAN  -  514 words
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      Retired at age 62
      470 10  -  UNYANQIN She's undaunted by working with younger, more IT-sawy people yanqin@media corp.com.sg AT 62, when most senior citizens leave their working lives, Madam Kok Oi Yee (picture) found herself being called out of retirement by her former employers. After retiring from her job as principal laboratory
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      Lock icon 3 British men nabbed for using cloned ATM cards
      146 10 938 LIVE THREE foreigners were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly using cloned ATM cards at Selegie. All three are British and 21 years old. Police said they received information on Tuesday that members of a foreign syndicate had been committing thefts
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      Charity regains IPC status
      204 10  -  -JASMINE YIN THE Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH) has regained its right to collect tax-exempt donations after being dogged by governance and financial woes more than a year ago. The charity received official notice from the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) on Monday
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      Lock icon New drug cheer for diabetics
      219 10 938 LIVE ASK any diabetic and he will tell you that the worst part of the disease is the insulin injections. But a new drug that can prevent the need for these injections until the later stages of the disease may soon be on the
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      Lock icon Sweeping effort
      440 12  -  SHERALYN TAY Volunteers to clean homes for old people living alone sheralyn@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Mr Yong Teck Meng, national director of Habitat for Humanity (HFH), first stepped into the dark one-room flat, he nearly threw up. The flat, occupied by 79-year-old Leong Pak Soon, was filthy brown grime encrusted
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      Lock icon Workers' safety measures yield results
      221 12 -938UVE THE Manpower Ministry's initiative to enhance workplace safety in areas with high accident rates has yielded positive results. Following the implementation of the first programme, which targeted worksites with scaffolds, the number of sites that were issued orders to stop work after a scaffold
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  • world news
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      Lock icon What coup in Thailand?
      558 14  -  RICHARD VALLADARES CHIEF SUB-EDITOR IN BANGKOK LESS than 24 hours after Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin seized power in the wee hours of Wednesday, the indications of the coup were barely in evidence in the Thai capital. "Where are the soldiers and the tanks?" I asked the cabby
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      Lock icon Thaksin's London holiday
      392 14 AFP LONDON Smiling and dressed in a dark blazer and open-necked white shirt as he emerged into the warm autumn sunlight with his daughter, Mr Thaksin Shinawatra looked like any other wellheeled visitor to London. Indeed, the ousted Thai premier said he was now on "holiday" and
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      Lock icon SUICIDE BOMBING NOT A 'BAD THING'
      159 16 -DPA In a recent television interview, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defended the practice of suicide bombing and said it was not a "bad thing". When asked by an NBC journalist how he would feel if his child became a suicide bomber, the president bounced
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      Lock icon Iran given two weeks to start nuclear talks
      302 16 BLOOMBERG US will push for UN action after deadline NEW YORK Iran has about two weeks to begin negotiations on its nuclear programme, including suspension of uranium enrichment, before the United States renews a push for United Nations sanctions on the country,
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      Lock icon 'Lesbian dad' image dropped
      186 16 -DPA WELLINGTON A picture depicting New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark as Star Wars villain Darth Vader with the caption, "Luke, I am your lesbian father" was taken off an opposition party's website yesterday after she complained it slandered her. It was the latest twist in
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      Lock icon 'Devil' spoke at UN: Chavez
      430 18 AGENCIES Venezuelan President slams US leader in sulphurous UN speech UNITED NATIONS Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called United States President George W Bush "the devil" in a speech to the United Nations and accused him of "talking as if he owned the world". The fiery
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      Lock icon Newly formed Gil to press G8 on development issues
      292 18 -AFP NEW YORK Eleven developing economies clubbed together on Wednesday to unveil a new forum aimed at easing their debt burden, narrowing the income gap with rich countries and lifting millions of people out of poverty. Jordan's King Abdullah II unveiled
      -AFP  -  292 words
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      Lock icon Car-makers, world heaters?
      421 19 —AFP US state's legal suit holds car-makers responsible for pollution LOS ANGELES California on Wednesday announced that it had filed a civil suit against six United States and Japanese automobile companies for their alleged contribution to global warming, a first such legal fight in the US. The
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      Lock icon Bill to Hillary Clinton: Hold your horses
      162 19 DPA WASHINGTON Former United States President Bill Clinton had some pointed advice on Wednesday for his wife, US senator Hillary Clinton: Get re-elected first in November, then start thinking about the White House. Mr Clinton, whose wife ha? rebuked him in the pas*
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      Lock icon America alienating rest of world: Powell
      265 19 —AGENCIES WASHINGTON Former United States Secretary of state Colin Powell has accused the White House of pursuing policies in the "war on terror" that have put the US out of step with the rest of the world. In a rare public breach with the
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      Lock icon Aussie Aborigines set sights on more cities
      271 20 —AFP SYDNEY Aborigines yesterday set their sights on more Australian cities as the government warned that a landmark court decision giving Aborigines native title to Perth could have significant implications. Claims have already been lodged for rights to the country's largest city, Sydney,
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      Lock icon Female suicide bomber to hang
      481 20 —AFP Iraqi guilty of hotel bombings in Jordan last Nov AMMAN A Jordanian military court yesterday sentenced to death an Iraqi female would-be suicide bomber over triple hotel attacks in Amman, Jordan, which killed 60 people and shook one of the most stable nations in
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      DRM TURNS TO BLOGS
      793 22  -  OONYEOH Cut off from mainstream media, M'sia's former premier picks a new battleground news@newstoday.com.sg WHEN former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad called for a press conference last week, he began by saying: "Thank you for coming, members of the press and bloggers." Dr Mahathir's recognition of
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      Lock icon PICKING UP THE PIECES
      748 24  -  LAN LYE Normalcy returns to terror-struck Egyptian beach resorts amid tight security news@newstoday.com.sg DAHAB (Egypt) Except for the protective bandage around his right hand, the long sleeves of his shirt leave almost no visible sign of the burns on his arms. But the scars run much
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      Lock icon YOU GOTTA WORK
      819 25  -  EMANUEL SHAHAF All parties have to compromise for a unity govtto function in Palestine IN JERUSALEM LAST week, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya finally gave up his attempts to keep Hamas in sole control of the government. He agreed, jointly with President Mahmoud Abbas, on a deal
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    • this quirky world
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        TOO MANY PYJAMAS IN SHANGHAI
        75 25 Wearing pyjamas in public, while common in Shanghai, is considered the city's most uncivilised aspect, Reuters reported. This was the result of a survey of Shanghai residents, which revealed they were also irked by aggressive pets and unhelpful neighbours. Over 16 per cent of the
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        Lock icon ALL FOR THE SAKE OF $32
        85 25 -AP An American man has suffered a broken collarbone, cuts and scrapes after falling more than 15m while retrieving his US$2O ($32) bill. Mr Mark Giorgio was walking across a bridge when the bill blew out of his hand and flew over the rail.
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      Lock icon Motoring show host seriously hurt after car crash
      211 26 —AGENCIES LONDON Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond's condition is improving but he remains seriously ill in hospital after he crashed a jet-powered car during filming for the BBC show. The 36-year-old was thought to be driving at about 482kmh on an airfield
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      Lock icon South Korea's new weapon
      329 26 —AFP Seoul develops a new cruise missile aimed at reaching deep inside North Korea SEOUL South Korea has developed a cruise missile with the range to hit missile launching sites deep inside North Korea, a report said Thursday. JoongAng Ilbo newspaper, quoting an unidentified senior defence
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        Caricature undermines convents' rich legacy, strong moral values
        448 28  -  VALERIE GOH MEISHI, GERMAINE LIU SHUMEI, QUEKXIU LING, LEE SZE CHING, CHUA Ql Yl, SABRINA CHU MING LING, CHENG HUI TING, MARIE TAN XUE-LING, JOYCE TAN Yl SIANG, EIRENE KOH JIA XUAN, JANA HO JIALE,ZHUO YUN LU, Letter from AND SECONDARY 4/1
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        No condoning humour at the expense of innocents
        148 28  -  TERENCE TEO Letter from I WOULD like to add my voice to the growing torrent of those condemning the totally unnecessary, unsubstantiated and prejudiced pronouncements regarding IJ girls. This cannot be excused as an example of being "light hearted", "tongue-in-cheek" kind of
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      No cut in public sector scholarship nos.
      148 31  -  CHOOLEESEE Letter from Director Public Service Commission Secretariat Public Service Commission IN HIS letter "Lure for foreign scholars" (Sept 21), Mr Leong Sze Hian noted from media reports that the Public Service Commission (PSC) has reduced its scholarships from 253 to 39. We
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        Laws should ensure fair contractual rights, costs aren't dumped on FDWs
        458 31  -  JOLOVANWHAM Letter from Executive Director Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics I REFER to your report, "Our maids deserve fair play, fair pay" (Sept 19). The issue of heavy debt loans and fair labour practices has to be tackled at
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        Make levy family-friendly
        157 31  -  VANESSA TEO Letter from AS A stay-home mother with no support, I know how difficult it can be to look after young children and run a household without domestic help. For parents like me, who have no one else to turn to, employing a maid can be
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      isay WHAT MONEY ALONE CANT SOLVE
      771 32  -  CHIAHERNKENG ALL the talk about the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank seems to revolve around money and how it can go to help, stabilise and rescue economies. Even when it is proposed that emerging economies take a higher profile in IMF,
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      Modify SGX rule on takeover bids
      198 33  -  DENIS DISTANT Letter from WHY is it that most takeover bids in other I countries come at a price which is at a I healthy premium to the current market I price but in Singapore, bids often are mandatory in nature, due to SGX
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      Checks needed for condo kitty
      344 34  -  PATRICK SIO Lack of training, rules hinders management committees'financial governance Letterfrom UNLIKE the Town Council Act, which provides for the Government to make financial rules, there is an absence of the same in the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act Financial rules are important as
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      217 36  -  JAMES DOBSON BYDR WHEN PARENTS DISAGREE What typically happens when mothers and fathers disagree on howto raise and, especially, howto discipline the children? Well, that's a very common pattern in family relations and it's an unhealthy one. Here's the familiar scenario. Dad is more harsh and
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      Beyond Bangkok
      304 36  -  ROGER SCHMID Thaksin tapped into the votes of the rural poor and Thailand must heed the lesson Letter from THE newspapers in Thailand, in the weeks leading up to Sept 19, were loaded with hints about the ex-Prime Minister not returning to Thailand after his visit abroad. One
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      Their gain is ours, too
      271 36  -  CHEN JUNYI Letter from I REFER to the letter, "Rivals, not partners" (Sept 21). Though some Malaysians openly expressed the desire for their country to overtake Singapore's economic success, it is not a good move for Singapore to avoid all forms of partnership with Malaysia.
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      Give sales staff the power to go the extra mile
      178 40  -  DONALD THAVER Letter from REGARDING Mr Liang Dingzi's experiences in his column Serve Us Right ("I walked an extra mile for my shoes", Sept 21), the matter could be due once again to that common malady: Empowerment, or rather, the
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      isay THE WILL TO LIVE OR DIE
      377 40  -  LAU KWONG FOOK ARE we prepared for death? The invitation by Frances Ong Hock Lin (Sept 14) is irresistible. Who are "we"? The controversial case is when the ailing patient (or his representative if the patient is comatose) wants life support withdrawn, while
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        LET THEM RIDE TRAINS, BUSES
        109 40  -  NICHOLAS NG: I refer to the recent letters on the public transport fare hike and the state of our public transportation. I browsed the Public Transport Council website and noticed that the council members seemed to be directors, chairmen, professors, and so on. I wonder
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        HOW TO EAT WELL, HEALTHILY
        84 40  -  MURAUKUMARASHARMA: I'm glad the Health Promotion Board (HPB) is promoting healthy eating by organising Healthy Gourmet Tours. But many people may not be able to join these tours, so the HPB will reach only a small segment of the population. Perhaps the HPB could produce
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      Outdoor protests have their place
      442 42  -  JACK TSEN-TA LEE Letter from NOW that the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings have concluded, it's time to have a sober debate about the role of public demonstrations and protests held in the open in this country. Many correspondents to this newspaper have
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      LOCAL PERSPECTIVES ON S2006
      617 42  -  YVONNE LIM Voices and Commentary Editor FOREIGN delegates gave Singapore two thumbs-up for its sterling performance as host to the International Monetary Fund-World Bank meetings, but did things look as shiny from the local perspective? For most Singaporeans, who were not involved in the event and
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    • Smiles beyond S2006: A stretch too far?
      • Letter
        Yes, going by the way we drive
        287 43  -  VASANTHAN GOVINDASAMY Letter from I REFER to Loh Chee Kong's commentary, "Stretching the eight-day smile" (Sept 21). Behind the curtain of smiles at the Singapore 2006 (*****) meetings, reality stays transfixed in our true hearts. Just this morning, while driving along the CTE,
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        No-so don't stop the VIP treatment here
        153 43  -  KEITH LIM Letter from Your commentary rightly emphasised the need to go the extra mile beyond the recent IMF-World Bank meetings here. Over the past few months, much effort has gone into encouraging Singaporeans to make the delegates feel at home: The Gems
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon SingTel's investment strategy to continue
      276 44 -DOW JONES SINGTEL'S newly appointed chief executive officer yesterday reaffirmed its strategy of investing in regional mobile markets. "The overseas business continues to be an area of growth and we will continue to make sensible investments, and that includes looking at new investments as well
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      Lock icon SIA unit eyes raising $1.6b
      547 44 BLOOMBERG Singapore Aircraft Leasing plans Asia's first securities backed by planes SINGAPORE Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (Sale), a Singapore Airlines unit, may raise as much as US$l billion ($1.58 billion) selling securities backed by planes, the first such sale in Asia, to help pay for its
      — BLOOMBERG; SINGAPORE AIRCRAFT LEASING ENTERPRISE MEDIA SITE  -  547 words
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      Lock icon CORPORATEBRIEFS
      117 44 -BLOOMBERG -938UVE Equipment maker for the oil and gas industry KS Energy Services plans to form a joint venture to purchase and manage an oil drilling rig. It will join with marine supply firm for the oil industry Sinwato buy the rig and operate it for an unidentified Central
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      Lock icon Shin probe may be passed to police
      117 44 -DOW JONES THAILAND'S Ministry of Commerce said that it may forward to the police the results of its investigation into alleged proxy shareholding in the takeover of Shin Corp by Temasek Holdings. Permanent Secretary Karun Kittisataporn said that the ministry will decide today
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    • Article
      Lock icon Investors remain confident in Thailand, says Central Bank chief
      165 45 BLOOMBERG THE "limited" drop in Thailand's key stock index share today showed that overseas investors remain confident in the country after a military coup, said Thailand's central bank governor Pridiyathorn Devakula. "I feel comfortable," Mr Pridiyathorn told reporters in Bangkok. "Past
      — BLOOMBERG  -  165 words
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      Lock icon Thai state may not be dire
      554 45 BLOOMBERG Thailand, stronger than in 1997, may withstand coup THAILAND'S record reserves, and an economy that is stronger than before the 1997-98 crisis, mean that it may withstand another delay in elections after this week's coup. 'The fundamentals in Thailand are significantly stronger now
      — BLOOMBERG  -  554 words
    • business news
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        Lock icon Bahar opens facility in Tuas to be Ist Indian firm to invest in fragrances sector here
        316 46 CHANNEL NEWSASIA PERFUME additive producer Bahar Industries has opened its first overseas production and research and development centre in Singapore, becoming the first Indian company to invest in Singapore's fragrances sector. Bahar Industries will
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      • marketwatch
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          ST Index — 2,538.26+6.84
          3 46 ST Index 2,538.26+6.84
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          World markets
          58 46 Mikkei 225 15,834.23 +115.56 +0.74 -IK Hang Seng 17,619.97 +107.01 +0.61 Australia ASX200 4,995.90 -2.60 -0.05 <orea Comp 1,366.79 +0.35 +0.03 Fhailand SET 692.57 -9.99 -1.42 Jakarta Comp 1,507.37 +28.06 +1.90 Dhils Comp Shenzhen B 2,557.21 +44.45 311.29 +1.79 +1.77 +0.58 Vlumbai Sensex 12,274.27 +165.13 +1.36 Malaysia KLCI
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          SGX most active
          44 46 Heshe 0.145 +0.030 +26.1 60,305 Synear THBEV 0.975 42,500 0.200 -0.005 -1.0 36,400 SirgTel CEnetSave Wilmar 2.420 +0.040 +1.7 31,464 0.170 +0.005 +3.0 19,477 1.090 17,072 Japan Land Gallant 0.005 14,760 0.030 +0.050 +6.4 14,597 IMC GlobalTest 0.770 14,459 0.250 12,996
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          SGX top rises
          65 46 BukitSem 21.400 +1.100 B0CCA8QM***** 0.055 +57.1 HSH64HHIIWWD61OZ7 1.420 +0.320 PSL 0i)35 +410 JaidinG CSC 12.500 +0.300 STIETF10D 26.000 +0.300 AdwSys BOCDBeCW*****0 0i)20 OAS) +33.3 +33.3 HSI1G200SGAeCW0G1129 1.650 +0.240 ChnaFood 0.120 +33.3 Creative 50 10.400 +0.200 HSI*****BBftOMB1027 1.420 +2ai HSI164MMW*****0 1.460 +0.200 1HT 0i)45 +20.6 JMH400USS 10.300 +0.200
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          SGX top falls
          64 46 <epCorp 14.400 -0.300 AutranW070B03 0.005 -50.0 JSH500US$ 11.300 -0.200 CapltalandDBePW***** 0.010 -50.0 VHEMBlflO929 0.190 -0.140 SlilSd305MBLeCW***** 0.190 -42.4 m 15.400 -0.100 KiaiHo 0.170 -34.6 HSI*****BNRePW*****0 0.420 -0.100 STb«gSGAeCW0G110G 0.030 -33.3 icokw/oNCPsioo 102.100 -0.100 ST12G00SGAeCW0G0928 0.020 -33.3 <ianHo 0.170 -0.090 HSI15GOOBNPteFWOG1027 0.025 -20.6 JTEngg 2.790 -0.000 KepCnpSGAeCWOGIOOG 0.005
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          Lock icon Singapore
          150 46 Agencies SHARES rose yesterday, led by the overnight rally on Wall Street and helped by relief that the situation in Thailand appeared to be stabilising following Tuesday's military coup. The ST Index ended up 6.84 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 2,538.26. In the broad market, gainers led decliners
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          Your S$1 buys
          36 46 US$ 0.6327 UK£ 0.3333 Yen 73.930 HK$ 4.9238 RM 2.3214 Euro 0.4968 Rupiah 5,782.2 Baht 23.647 Peso 31.644 A$ 0.8388 Indian Rs 29.005 Won 597.36 C$ 0.7105 Yuan 5.0125 NZ$ 0.9594 NT$ 20.819
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          Lock icon Commodities
          26 46 SGX, Dow Jones and Blommberg OH usl/oz 586.50 Staruss/oz 11.085 Ptaum 1,132.00 Mill cents/kg 283.25 Pin iRM/tmne 1,508.50 Bn* mi* iiss/t,,,,:! 60.63 Information provided by
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        Lock icon Father knows best
        534 48 BLOOMBERG Li Ka-shing helps fund son's exit from PCCW without his knowledge HONG Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing provided a HK$5OO-million ($101.6 million) deposit that would help his son Richard Li to sell his stake in Hong Kong's biggest phone company, according to a statement by Singapore-listed Pacific
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        Lock icon Waiting for the A380? Expect further delays
        277 50 DOW JONES Analysts warn that more holdups could further knock confidence in the project among customers THE European Aeronautic Defence Space Co (EADS) said yesterday that it expected further delays in its troubled Airbus A3BO programme. The company did not provide further details
        — DOW JONES  -  277 words
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        Lock icon SIA: STILL WAITING FOR FIRM DETAILS FROM AIRBUS
        182 50 DOW JONES SINGAPORE Airlines said that it was waiting for firm details from Airbus about a new delay in the production of the A3BO superjumbo. "We're in contact with Airbus concerning the announcement EADS (European Aeronautic Defence Space Co) has made. We're
        — DOW JONES  -  182 words
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          NOKIA STARLIGHT CINEMA NOW TO START ON SEPT 27
          122 50 DUE to the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Annual Meeting, Nokia Starlight Cinema has been postponed. Organised by JDI and sponsored by the Nokia Nseries, the event will now run from Sept 27 to Oct 7 at The Padang. All
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          FULFIL YOUR WEDDING DREAMS WITH SOO KEE JEWELLERY
          208 50 IF YOU are fretting over preparations for your big day, Soo Kee Jewellery can ease your anxiety with its bridal fair "Wedding Dreams" at Plaza Singapura until Sunday. The jeweller is gathering bridal boutiques and other related partners including Jazz Bridal, Volans
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          WIN A LAPTOP OR WALKMAN MOBILE PHONE AND MORE
          116 50 IF YOU fancy winning a brand new Fujitsu 711 OS laptop or a Sony Ericsson WBlOl Walkman phone, it could happen. Just take part in the Mitsubishi Pencil Co's uni Lucky Draw until Oct 31. All you have to do is
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          AUDIO HOUSE 16TH ANNIVERSARY SUPER SPECIAL SALE
          181 50 AUDIO House will be turning 16 tomorrow! To celebrate this special occasion. Audio House will be holding its $1 Super Special Sale at both its Liang Court and Sims Drive outlets tomorrow and Sunday. There will be discounts of up to 90 per
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        Lock icon Fed holds key rate at 5.25%
        548 52 BLOOMBERG But US central bank preserves latitude by using ambiguous tone on oil prices THE United States Federal Reserve kept its key federal funds rate target steady at 5.25 per cent on Wednesday, but adopted an ambiguous tone in discussing swings in energy prices,
        BLOOMBERG  -  548 words
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        Lock icon US must move first to restart trade talks: EU envoy
        215 52 BLOOMBERG THE European Union has demanded that the United States make further concessions on farm subsidies before Brussels boosts its own offer to resume stalled global trade talks. "The US should flag its willingness to do something in terms of
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        Lock icon China mulls looser bank rules
        173 52 —AFP SHANGHAI Financial regulators in China are considering loosening regulations for foreign banks after criticism that proposed lending rules are far too strict, a state newspaper reported yesterday. China, which is gearing up to open its financial services sector in line with commitments made to
        —AFP  -  173 words
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      1581 54  -  Ross Wallace He doesn't fly, crush metal or reverse time but director Bryan Singer sure makes one helluva hero IT WOULD be easy to mistake Bryan Singer for a superhero. No, as far as anyone knows, he isn't endowed with X-ray vision, super-strength or the power to fly.
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      Lock icon PAST IMPERFECT
      620 56  -  Felix Cheong How much does an author's past affect the way his work is read? WHAT'S past is past or is it? How does a writer's past colour our view of his fiction? And how much of fiction is really memory? These were some of the questions that
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      474 57  -  EUSACHIA but don't mention the Ritz Carlton fiasco or it might trigger her depression elisa@newstoday.com.sg THE cheery yellow polo-tee she was wearing said it all. Mavis Hee was in a jovial mood. Surrounded by more than a dozen reporters at her parents' flat in Toa Payoh
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      550 58  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@newstoday.com.sg MEDIACORP TVI2 Suria's first big outdoor event is set to kick off, quite literally, with a bang. Held in the historic Kampong Glam area, tonight's opening show of the month-long Pesta Karnival Suria promises to be the biggest Hari Raya-themed festival Singapore has
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      350 58  -  -AMELYNN LIONG METAL band Malex aren't into music just for kicks. The five-member outfit, with a combined 50 years of experience in the music game, have been actively touring the region for years playing a brand of music they describe as "melodic power metal". They will
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      171 59  -  ZU LOTH MAN zul@newstoday.com.sg A NIGHT with Singapore Idol finalists past and present that's the idea behind the Hype Up 2006 concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Oct 24. Organised by Hype Records, the one-night only show will have season one
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          320 60  -  Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW by.... I OF THE rash of movies based on TV shows from the 1970s and 80s, Miami Vice is positively the best. That's because director Michael Mann clearly had no qualms about reinventing his hit TV series. Right from the first frame, the film hits
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          309 61  -  Justin Cheong FILMREVIEW by,...... YOU know what's truly scary? The fact that Japanese horror movies are still being made. The tired storylines aren't all that different from one another and the evil female spirit always looks the same long hair, obscured face and rotten limbs and wants
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          347 61  -  Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW by..... YOU can't have your cake and eat it too. Or, in the case of Spanish auteur Daniel Calparsoro, ape Roman Polanski and pull an M Night Shyamalan twister out of your hat. With The Absent, he does just that and the result is a
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        296 62  -  Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW by......... PS. IS the postscript to cliche-a-dozen chick flicks incubated and hatched in Hollywood. After landing the man or the job or both, what next? Well, flash forward 15 years and what's next is an embittered woman in the form of Louise Harrington (Laura Linney), no
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        319 63  -  Felix Cheong John Tucker doesn't die, but the fun soon does FILMREVIEW by........ John Tucker Must Die DON'T believe everything you read. Nobody dies in John Tucker Must Die, least of all John Tucker. In the hyperbolic world of US high school, death comes in hormonal spurts, the
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        299 63  - Imagine Me You Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW by THEIR eyes connect for the first time in church, full of longing. But she's about to be married. She tries her best to lead the life of a faithful wife but soon gives in to her desire. They meet again, are parted by
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      469 69 —AFP Advantage Australia as Windies await their final opponents CRICKET DLFCup KUALA LUMPUR Australia and India face-off in a crunch DLF Cup one-day match today, conscious that whoever loses will take the failure into the Champions Trophy next month. Aside from the psychological boost a
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      217 69 BEIJING China hit back at Amnesty International yesterday, accusing the rights group of launching a politically motivated attack over human rights ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Earlier in the day Amnesty said Beijing had broken their pledge to improve human rights in the run-up
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      395 69 —AP SAN FRANCISCO Two San Francisco Chronicle reporters are awaiting their punishment for refusing to testify about who leaked them secret grand jury testimony from baseball star Barry Bonds and other elite athletes. The government will today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) ask US District Judge
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      910 70  -  CUBBY LEONG It's an uphill task, but Steinebrunner insists Rams'title chase is still on NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2006 Woodlands 2 Young Lions 0 cubby@newstoday.com.sg THERE are eight games left and they are 12 points behind leaders SAFFC. But Woodlands Wellington are not giving up on the
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      296 72  -  Jose Raymond youClibeserious AFTER six years, the Centres of Excellence (COE) programme looks to be headed for a major overhaul. Yesterday (see graphic), it was revealed that the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) are looking at taking over the COE programme from
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      559 72 Defending champ underestimates Navickas, but recovers just in time BADMINTON World Championships MADRID Defending champion Taufik Hidayat suffered a second round scare in defence of his crown at the World Badminton Championships here Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), after admitting he had not warmed up properly. The
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      555 73  -  CUBBYLEONG Despite recent successes, sailing coach says Beijing target too soon cubby@newstoday.com.sg ANDRAS Sigmond's nickname is "Giba". Translated from Hungarian it means crazy. The 60-year-old is crazy, but only about sailing. Tonight, along with 40 others, the Singapore Sailing coach is up for one
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      389 73  -  Jennifer Chen THEY say women pick it up faster than men. That you don't need to be a water baby to bounce off the waves. Magic words to a desk-bound professional desperate for sun, sea and a glowing, blemish-begone tan. Wakeboarding or
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      142 73 -AFP SYDNEY-Football Federation Australia chief John O'Neill yesterday urged the nation's A-League clubs to forget chasing "has-beens" as guest players. O'Neill said he had concerns about Newcastle Jets' failed bid this week to lure ex-England striker Stan Collymore and Adelaide United's attempt to get 40-year-old Brazilian
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      295 74 -AFP SERIEA Roma 0 Inter Milan 1 ROME Hernan Crespo did his best Ronaldinho impression to score the goal which gave Inter Milan a precious 1-0 win at Roma, their likeliest rivals for the Serie A title. Wednesday's (yesterday morning, Singapore time) win not only lifted
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      477 74 AFP While lashing out at bung'lies', All a rdyce is hurt by son's actions LONDON Bolton manager Sam AUardyce has revealed he feels hurt by his son Craig, after he was exposed in the BBC investigation into corruption in English football. Allardyce was accused by two agents
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      427 74 -AFP FOOTBALL Carling Cup LONDON Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce insisted yesterday he could cope with the pressure, after his side's dismal run continued with a shock Carling Cup exit The 2-1 loss to Chesterfield was City's 13th defeat in their last 16 games,
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      623 75 —AGENCIES Dutch strike ace breaks his Liverpool duck and boss Benitez is purring ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Liverpool 2 Newcastle 0 LIVERPOOL Now that he's got the allimportant first goal of his Liverpool career, Dirk Kuyt is set to soar. That's according to his manager Rafael Benitez. The
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      165 75 LIVERPOOL midfielder Xabi Alonso (picture) felt his 70-yard wonder goal against Newcastle United was the best of his career. The Spanish international's amazing chip over Steve Harper was the highlight of the 2-0 win. Alonso scored a similar goal against Luton Town in the FA Cup
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      237 75 —AGENCIES MANCHESTER Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson yesterday admitted that the loss of Ryan Giggs to injury has hurt the club. Giggs injured his hamstring in the Champions League win over Celtic and missed the 1-0 loss to Arsenal on Sunday. United will also be without
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      198 72 I Home United vs Gevlang 2 TOTAL GOALS ODD OR EVEN? Si Odd $1.87 Even $1.80 S.League Home United Geylang Fri, 22/09/06 7.00pm German League Mochengladbach Dortmund Sat, 23/09/06 2.30 am E League Champ Preston Barnsley Sat, 23/09/06 2.45 am J League Urawa Reds Shimizu S-Pulse Sat 23/09/06 2.00pm J
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      33 74 7am MLB Minnesota Twins v Boston Red Sox, Ch23 2.20pm Cricket Australia v India, Ch9s 2.55pm Golf Ryder Cup, Ch22 Bpm Badminton IBF World C'ship, Ch2l 7am MLB Yankees v Devil Rays, Ch23
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      1088 76 EUROPE Paul Casey (ENG) Age: 29 Caps: 1 (2004) Record: P2WI L 1 World ranking: 28 Qualifying position: 6 Darren Clarke (NIR) Age: 38 Caps: 4 (1997-99-02-04) Record: PI7W7H3L7 World ranking: 22 Qualifying pos: wild card Luke Donald (ENG) Age: 28 Caps: 1 (2004) Record: P4W2HI
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