Today, 12 December 2006

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    25 1 TODAY MICA(P) 314/10/2006 share your free newspape Tuesday December 12, 2006 todayonline.com TODAY MICA (P) 314/10/2006 share your free newspaper Tuesday December 12, 2006 todayonline.com
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    Relations to ride on Genting high?
    986 1  -  TORCHING LI Analysts expect more cross-border investments, especially with new development in Johor chingli@media corp. com. sg SOME who bet against Malaysian company Genting International winning the bid to build an Integrated Resort on Sentosa, had believed that Singapore would not award such a
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    Lock icon N Korea nuke talks to resume
    700 1 —AFP BEIJING A date has been set but analysts have warned not to expect too much. China announced yesterday that six-nation talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear program would resume in Beijing on Dec 18, some 13 months after a walk-out by officials
    —AFP; JOSE RAYMOND; AFF  -  700 words
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      28 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 10 voices 20 business 30 impact 36 plus 40 1v 48 classad 49 sports 51 we set you thinking I
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      S'pore man charged with baby murder in Sydney
      268 2  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@media corp.com.sg THE baby was only 11 weeks old when he was admitted by his parents to the hospital with a heart attack. Tests showed a fractured skull, two fractured ribs, and brain haemorrhage. Five months later, he died.
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      Lock icon Disabled woman not allowed on Tiger flight
      561 3  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Airline's CEO apologises to Australian family, says Tiger does not discriminate weekeat@media corp.com.sg AN AUSTRALIAN family's planned monthlong holiday in Greece got grounded after their disabled daughter was not allowed to board a Tiger Airways flight. The incident, which drew
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      101 2 i^ ju t'f^ i iir yi'"f 'i' f V <'' r/i'^t'M rB Introduction and opening address Freely Time Squeeze Theory Fundamental, Technical and Gapping Analyses Portfolio Management for the modern investor Case studies of successful investing Witness graduates' testimonies Over two in three people noted -jKjB I one money stock
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      474 3 Widen your career prospects globally with internationally recognised qualifications r^^ HK_J Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia has more than 21,000 students undertaking study in 330 courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and has more than 4,000 international students originating from 90 countries. It is a member of
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      Record price for Bay luxury
      444 4  -  JOSEPH YADAO Strong demand for high-end apartments, including threestorey penthouse joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg IN WHAT could be a record price for innercity luxury developments, BFC Development is launching its Marina Bay Residences at prices between $1,550 and $2,150 per square foot (psf). All 428 luxury apartments
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      Lock icon SAF to acquire Leopard tanks from Germany
      399 4  -  ANSLEYNG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg THE Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is boosting its arsenal with 66 Germanmade Leopard 2A4 tanks to replace some of the French-made tanks that have been in service for four decades. Another 30 will also be acquired as spare tanks, said the
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      Genting's economy boost
      506 6  -  JASMINE YIN Consortium pledges to contract goods and services up to $200m each year from SMEs iasmine@media corp.com.sq GENTING chairman Lim Kok Thay (picture) did not swear when he learnt of the success of his company's $5.2 billion bid for the Sentosa integrated resort (IR). "I did
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      Civil aviation body aims for standard rules on carrying liquids in flight
      196 6 STILL confused by the different rules as to what liquids are allowed in various airports worldwide? The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is trying for a common standard across all its member countries' airports by March next year,
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      ONE-THIRD OF GENTING'S IR FUNDING TO COME FROM EQUITY
      126 6 Genting plans to fund one third of the $5.2 billion cost of its IR through equity and may sell new shares by year-end. The balance of the funding will come from term loans. While details were not given at the briefing,
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      Lock icon CHANGI TRAFFIC GROWS
      119 6 -938LIVE Passenger traffic at Changi Airport grew by almost 8 per cent for the first 10 months of this year, one of the highest growths over the past five years. It outshone the 6 per cent average passenger traffic growth at airports worldwide. Releasing these figures at
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      WEATHER CHALLENGE
      873 8  -  SIMON SCTAY Most countries in the region do not have a clear plan for mitigation and adaptation to climate change It is timely to develop such plans Asean leaders should work out ways to deal with climate change THIS week's expected Asean and East Asian summits in Cebu
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      Lock icon Ex-rebel scores shock election win in Aceh
      328 10 -AFP Former GAM member will be province's new governor BANDA ACEH A former separatist rebel jailed by Jakarta won a surprise victory yesterday in the first democratic elections for the post of governor of Indonesia's Aceh province, according to unofficial results. Mr Irwandi
      -AFP; EPA  -  328 words
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      Lock icon Court approves recount in Kaohsiung
      182 10 -DPA TAIPEI A Taiwan court has approved a request by an opposition mayoral candidate for a recount of ballots cast in the closely-fought mayoral polls in the southern city of Kaohsiung over the weekend. Mr Huang Chun-ying, the mayoral candidate of the main opposition Nationalist
      -DPA  -  182 words
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      Rayappan's widow to sue Selangor's Islamic authorities
      288 10 KUALA LUMPUR The controversy sparked by rival claims to bury the body of Mr Anthony Rayappan is not over as his widow now plans to file a civil suit against the religious authorities of Selangor state, Malaysiakini reported. State Islamic authorities last week
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      Lock icon Typhoon Utor heads towards China
      214 12 AGENCIES MANILA Typhoon Utor was heading toward southern China yesterday after leaving at least five people dead and 20 others missing in the Philippines. Some 90,000 people have been displaced from their homes. The second typhoon to hit the Philippines in 10 days, Utor made
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      Lock icon HK democrats optimistic after poll
      137 12 -AFP HONG KONG Democracy supporters were optimistic yesterday that they won enough seats on an election committee to put a candidate on Hong Kong's leadership race ballot for the first time since the British colony returned to Chinese rule nearly 10 years ago. The pro-democracy
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      Lock icon Arroyo meets with fierce opposition
      337 12 AFP Senators, church move to block her allies' bid to rewrite Philippine Constitution MANILA Philippine senators and leaders of the country's influential Roman Catholic Church yesterday moved to block efforts by President Gloria Arroyo's allies to rewrite the Constitution. Judges, legal experts and activists dismissed
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      Lock icon Ex-Russian spy 'poisoned in hotel'
      350 13 -AFP Bus ticket used by Litvinenko leads British police to suspected scene of the crime, says report LONDON A bus ticket found in the coat pocket of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko indicates he was poisoned in a central London hotel where he met two associates,
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      Lock icon Champagne, riots greet Chilean dictator Pinochet's death
      252 13 —AP SANTIAGO (Chile) The death of former dictator Augusto Pinochet sparked cham-pagne-soaked celebrations, skirmishes with police and displays of lasting devotion as Chileans took an anguished look back at the dictator. He was 91. For victims, Pinochet's demise dashed hopes that he would
      —AP  -  252 words
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      Lock icon Another bird flu outbreak
      134 13 -AGENCIES SEOUL Hundreds of quails have died of a "highly infectious" bird flu at a farm south of Seoul, officials said yesterday. "It has turned out to be a highly infectious AI (avian influenza) case," said Mr Park Hae-Chung, an Agriculture Ministry spokesman. Officials are now
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      Lock icon THE DECLINE AND FALL OF PRIVILEGE
      823 14  -  PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR India's open economy is a boon to justice news*views*analysis IN NEW DELHI THERE was a sudden chill in the political corridors when Shibu Soren, a Cabinet minister in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government, was recently sentenced to life imprisonment for
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      Lock icon Holocaust 'revisionists' gather in Iran
      354 15 —AFP Tehran hosts 'experts' from around the world to 'study' mass slaughter of six million Jews during WWII TEHRAN Iran yesterday defied an international outcry by holding a conference aimed at breaking taboos on the Holocaust and attended by a number of controversial Western "revisionist"
      —AFP; AP  -  354 words
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      Belgian group miss hitting $55 million jackpot after blunder
      175 15 BRUSSELS A Belgian lottery syndicate who thought they had won 27 million euros ($55 million) were devastated when they found their winning numbers had not been entered, reported the BBC. The group of 30 players had been using the same combination
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      Lock icon Cabinet ministers quit in Bangladesh
      245 15 -AFP DHAKA Four members of Bangladesh's interim Cabinet quit yesterday in protest over the president's decision to deploy the army to restore order ahead of next month's elections, an interim Cabinet member said. The resignations came despite assurances from President lajuddin Ahmed that calling in
      -AFP  -  245 words
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      Soros to meet critic Dr Mahathir in Malaysia?
      222 16 KUALA LUMPUR Top global financier and philanthropist George Soros is likely to meet one of his harshest critics, former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, when he visits Malaysia for the first time this week, reported the malaysiakini website. "We have had an exchange
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      Lock icon IRAQ-SYRIA TIES
      96 16 DPA Damascus breaks diplomatic ties with Iraq in 1982, accusing Baghdad of inciting riots in Syria by the banned Muslim Brotherhood. Damascus sides with Iran in the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war. Trade ties between Iraq and Syria are restored in 1997. Diplomatic ties between Baghdad and Damascus restored this
      — DPA; AP  -  96 words
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      Lock icon Two rivals come together
      408 16 —AGENCIES Iraq, Syria reopen embassies after severing diplomatic ties over 24 years ago BAGHDAD In a historic move, Iraq and Syria reopened their embassies yesterday with parallel ceremonies that ended almost a quarter-century of severed diplomatic ties between the two countries. Flag-hoisting ceremonies were held in
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      Lock icon isay WEAR THE RIBBON WITH HEART
      640 20  -  LIANG DINGZI A COLLEAGUE and good friend who was posted overseas was brought home to work at the head office purportedly because he was not in good health. I found him reasonably cheerful, betraying no sign of illness. He brushed it aside as a
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      On late-night MRT routes
      449 22  -  DAWN LOW (MS) All trains must reach depots before lam for daily maintenance Letter from Deputy Director Corporate Marketing and Communications SMRT Corporation I REFER to the letter, "Look into MRT late-night trains that stop short" by Denis Distant (Nov 28). We regret the writer's experience
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      222 24  -  JAMES DOBSON BY DR LEARNING TO SLOW DOWN A prescription for renewed family life could begin with this simple phrase, "Slow down". There is no doubt that the modern world has become terribly hectic. People work hard and play hard, and they rarely have time to
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      Make laws clearer
      378 24  -  ADRIAN TAN Personal users should be explicitly allowed to copy from their own CDs Letter from I REFER to the letter from IPOS ("Law is for big-time copycats", Dec 7) in response to Siew Kum Hong's article "Criminal downside of copyright laws" (Nov 30). It seems to
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      Environmental issues not mere evangelism
      231 24  -  TEH PEIJING Letter from I REFER to Mr Chia Hern Keng's letter "Country's survival comes first" (Dec 6). I agree that Singapore needs to balance economic growth with environmentalism. His suggestion to turn Pulau Übin into a tropical ecotourist resort combines environmental protection with economic
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      Rising numbers of abuse victims call for stricter laws
      228 26  -  NELSON QUAH Letter from THE commentary "Rape's not the only aspect of abuse" (Dec 4) by Lee U-Wen turns the spotlight on violence against women and the need for laws to protect them against spousal or domestic abuse. According to an
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      Lock icon NAIVE NO MORE
      923 26  -  DANA LAM Author'walked the line'with Opposition, urges public to'read between the lines' coffee with 53, Author and activist AS A playwright, activist, author and former journalist all rolled into one, Ms Dana Lam is no outsider to the forces at work in society. Yet, the former president
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        WHAT'S IN A NAME?
        116 27  -  UMPOHSENG I feel our street naming system can be improved. Long roads should be divided into sectors along their length. For example, one currently cannot quickly find out if 27 Serangoon Road is nearer Sungei Road or Upper Serangoon Road. If the road was broken into
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        A QUEUE FOR THE QUEUE SYSTEM?
        85 27  -  DAVID SOHPOHHUAT My mother-in-law recently went to Tampines Polyclinic between 12pm andipm on a weekday to get a queue number for an afternoon consultation. To her surprise, there was a queue for the queue automation system. She was told it would only start dispensing
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    • Cleaning up is not hard to do
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        'Impeccably clean' image seems false
        135 28  -  KOJI NODA Letter from I REFER to your report, "We're just brats, I guess (Dec 9--10). I thought not clearing the mess you make at fastfood joints was a customary practice here that everybody took seriously by which I mean that any cleaning up by
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        Learn to depend lesson cleaners
        220 28  -  RICK LIM SAY KIONG Letter from IN HER letter, "A week's break for cleaners?" (Dec 9-10), Ms Maryanne Maes seems to have given up on Singaporeans ever learning such a simple task as clearing up after themselves. I suppose the main reason why the system
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        A'table-training' campaign may help
        140 28  -  LIN PEIXIN Letter from WHEN I am with friends, I do not see clearing my tray as something detrimental to my "reputation" at all. What's wrong with being seen as a responsible citizen? And there is always the added plus of my friends being embarrassed into
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      213 30 -DOW JONES CHANNEL NEWSASIA SembCorp Marine's wholly-owned subsidiary Jurong Shipyard has signed a US$5OO-million ($772 million) contract to construct and outfit a new ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig for Noble Drilling Holding of the United States. Property developer Singapore Land said yesterday that it was the top bidder for a
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      418 30  -  CHRISTIE LOH Watchdog to allow those that enable Singapore firms to compete better overseas christie@media corp.com.sg WHAT'S an acceptable merger? If the result is a lean, mean machine able to take on the big boys overseas, the business marriage will get the thumbs up
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      279 30  -  CHOW PENN NEE THE Chinese yuan will appreciate to 5.8 per United States dollar by 2015 from 7.835 now, according to Dr Tan Kong Yam, who is Professor of Economics at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). "There is pressure for a substantial appreciation
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        Lock icon CapitaLand plans to launch its first overseas property trust in Malaysia
        374 32 DOW JONES KUALA LUMPUR For its maiden overseas listing of a real estate investment trust (Reit), Singaporebased property developer CapitaLand is partnering Malaysian property firm Quill Group. The initial public offering (IPO) will have 238.7 million units issued, including
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          47 32 Gen Int First REIT Sapphire SingTel CapitaRChina FHTK StaiCrusUSS Yongnam Jasper Capitaland 0.515 +0.100 +24.1 206,710 0.725 76,393 0.015 70,140 3.220 +0.140 +4.5 57,705 1.900 +0.100 +5.6 36,310 0.005 32,204 0.235 +0.045 +23.7 27,612 0.120 +0.005 +4.3 23,557 0.020 23,117 6.000 -0.100 -1.6 21,327
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          156 32 -DOW JONES GENTING International's meteoric rise and Wall Street's gains last week helped push blue chips higher. The ST Index (STI) finished 0.77 per cent, or 22.09 points, higher at 2,887.23 points. In the broad market, losers led gainers 342 to 304 while 1.6 billion shares worth $1.7 billion
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          36 32 US$ 0.6476 UK£ 0.3317 Yen 75.669 HK$ 5.0338 RM 2.3036 Euro 0.4906 Rupiah 5885.3 Baht 23.056 Peso 32.116 A$ 0.8274 Indian Rs 28.999 Won 599.67 C$ 0.7437 Yuan 5.0741 NZ$ 0.9429 NT$ 21.039
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          20 32 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 631.00 Sihnr uss/oz 13.90 FMnßusS/oz 1,107.80 Mbl[ cents/kg 263.50 PllnoilßM/tonntB3o.so Bnntcndiiiss/i,,,,,:! 59.46 Information provided by
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        558 33 -DOW JONES Central bank not expected to remove unofficial tightening bias at today's meet: Experts NEW YORK The United States Federal Reserve will keep interest rates steady through the first quarter of next year and will ease policy only once next year,
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        301 33 -AFP BEIJING Eight foreign banks including Singapore's DBS filed applications yesterday for local incorporation in China in a bid to gain easier access to the nation's enormous number of potential customers, state media reported. The applications were filed to the exact
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        107 33 NEW international maritime regulatory changes, effective Jan 1, may propel shipping rates of chemical tankers by 30 per cent in Asia, shipbrokers and owners said, according to industry publication ICIS. The regulations under Annex II of the Convention for the prevention of Pollution from Ships,
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        756 34 -DOW JONES Rising demand, prices spur Asia's plantation firms to scramble for more space DESPITE swelling coffers thanks to soaring commodity prices, Asian plantation companies cannot find enough of the one asset they need most land. Shortage of land at home is fundamentally changing the way
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          95 34 GUESS the correct winner of the Viera Football Match when you purchase selected models of Plasma and LCD TVs until April 30, 2007, to stand a chance to get a full refund on your Viera purchase. Go to www.panasonic.com.sg/vieraepl to find out the Viera
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          201 34 STARBUCKS Coffee Singapore continues its tradition of giving during the festive season with its year-end highlight the Starbucks Christmas Open House. For the third year running, the public was treated to the Tall-sized Starbucks beverage on the house from
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        731 36  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA Rather than relying on IBM,thisPCmakeris striking out on its own shobha@media corp.com.sg SOME might think that, blessed with a five-year window to use the IBM brand, computer maker Lenovo would jump at the chance to gradually bring its relatively unknown brand
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        165 36  -  JOSEPH YADAO THE advertising industry will know who to impress following the announcement of the 2007 executive jury chairs for the 48th annual Clio Awards. "Clio recognises the best and most innovative work that leads the industry, so it is critical that
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        289 36 ASIA PR WERKZ MARKS 10TH ANNIVERSARY From a small home-grown one-man-show that started with a capital investment of $2, Asia PR Werkz (APRW), which celebrated its 10th anniversary recently, is now one of the most sought-after boutique public relations agencies in Singapore. From weathering the dot-com era to setting
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        199 37  -  —JOSEPH YADAO HARPER Diamond Industries, well-known for its warehouse-style store, has embarked on an expansion plan with the introduction of three distinct store concepts. "Harper Diamond Industries pioneered the factory concept of jewellery shopping and now we're ready to break new ground again," said Ms Olivia
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        513 37  -  TAN HUILENG Shift from consumer electronics to healthcare products is paying off for company IN TOKYO huileng@media corp.com.sg IN A fast-greying continent like Europe, even electronic companies are re-invent-ing themselves to cater to the changing demographics. Best known for their colour television sets, electric shavers
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        173 38 FUJI XEROX APEOSPORTII SERIES Aimed at small- and medium-sized offices, the Fuji Xerox ApeosPort II multifunction device (MFD) series combines scanning, printing, copying and faxing operations. The machines print at speeds of up to 35 pages per minute (ppm) in colour and 45 ppm in monochrome. They also have
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        283 38  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN BEING the only telco involved in I Wireless@SG has its perks. In an exclusive partnership, Nokia and SingTel are offering customers free premium Internet access at its Wireless@SG hotspots. Wireless@SG is a wireless broadband programme initiated by the Infocomm Development Authority
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        507 38  -  HEDIRMANSUPIAN $9m exhibition aims to fuel interest in infocomm industry hedirman@media corp. com. sg IMAGINE meeting Quasi the emoI tive robot or experiencing Audio Spotlight sound that can be targeted at anyone as precisely as a beam of light. Such futuristic scenarios are brought to life
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        391 39  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN I IN JAPAN, broadband techI nologies have helped to warn people about earthquakes and informed consumers about the latest deals at pet shops. That's an indication of how diverse broadband applications could be, according to Mr Tatsuo Suzuki, executive officer (solution sales and
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        472 39  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN A winner of an application from Republic Polytechnic student team hedirman@media corp. com. sg I STOCKBROKERS and inI vestors, take note. Securities Real-Time has developed an application that can analyse live data from the stock market and display the findings on your 3G
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      100 37 SINUS Nobel Museum nH \j/st}>J National University Nf^*^/ of Singapore PROUDLY PRESENT Cultures of Creativity >4 w THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION OF THE NOBEL PRIZE Discover 100 Years of Creative Achievements 26 OCTOBER 2006 TO 24 JANUARY 2007 Lee Kong Chian Atrium, University Hall, National University of Singapore Opening Hours: Mondays
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      925 40  -  JEANINETAN and GRACE YAP With fond words for boyfriends, brothers and ballplayers, the stars let it out of the bag at the Star Awards on Sunday night jeanine@media corp.com.sg SUNDAY night's Star Awards may have sprung a few surprises not least the unexpected appearance of
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        36 40 What did he do? Did he do charity work? Hong Kong actor Nick Cheung, ignorant of Christopher Lee's drink driving incident, is puzzled why the latter said he would face up to his actions
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        37 40 The last time I cut my hair this short was 10 years ago. I chopped it off because I'm not involved in any drama at the moment Ann Kok explains her new pixie hairstyle
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        THE LUCK OF THE DRAW
        46 40 I've always thought I was in a horse race like the Singapore Pools' kind and the people who are betting on us are those who are voting. -Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste winner Rui En tells it like it is
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        39 41 Atfirst I was a little bit worried my top would slip. I had tape, but it ran out So I only put it on one side, which made it worse! Luckily nothing happened. Felicia Chin
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        42 41 When my fengshui master read in the papers I was hunting for yellow underwear to wear for luck, he called me up and told me to wear red instead. So yes, my undies tonight are red. Bryan Wong
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        THE WIND-UP
        34 41 I thought you were asking us to hasten our speeches because the presenters before me talked a lot of rubbish? Hong Kong actor Francis Ng's peeved when he's cued to keep talking
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      131 41 Best Drama Serial The Shining Star Best Variety Programme Home Decor Survivor Best Variety Special Ren Ci Charity Show 2006 Best Actor Li Nanxing, The Undisclosed Best Actress Ivy Lee, Family Matters Best Supporting Actor Huang Yiliang, Women of Times Best Supporting Actress Hong Huifang, The Shining Star
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        135 42 Arab Strap THEY'VE skirted the folk rock fringe for the past decade but mainstream success has all but eluded Scottish duo Arab Strap. Perhaps it has something to do with their dour and sparse arrange- merits, which display too much haunting melancholy to be very popular.
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        138 42 The Beatles THREE years ago, DJ Danger Mouse fused The Beatles and Jay Z to create The Grey Album, a hot property on the Internet music trading circuit. Obviously, the Fab Four's label EMI saw red and blocked any effort to give it an official release. Draconian it may
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      99 42 This week we ask Hamish Brown, DJ for MediaCorp Radio Gold 90FM, to name the album he'd take to a desert island. HAMISH BROWN ON THE POLICE'S SYNCHRONICITY: This is their fifth and final album and represents The Police at the peakof their commercial powers. It also
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      486 43  -  ZULOTHMAN It may be hard to tell The Magic Numbers apart at first glance, not so their music zul@media corp.com.sg THE Magic Numbers revel in the fact that they stand alone in the British pop market "We don't sound like anything else right now," said bassist
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        54 43 Good news for first-time writers and illustrators as the Media Development Authority and the National Book Development Council of Singapore are coming together to offer grants of up to $8,000 for the publication of first books. More details can be found at www.mda.gov.sg. Applications
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        118 43 The human form is one of the most interesting and rewarding subjects an artist can master and is the focus of the fourth instalment of the Style Imagination series, which is ongoing at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Gallery. A Changeling
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        276 44 LIFESTYLE CHANGE: IMPACT ON WEIGHT MANAGEMENT BEEN trying to battle the bulge but to no avail? Learn more about how lifestyle changes can bring about successful weight loss in this seminar on weight management. Date: Dec 12 Time: Ipm to 2pm Venue: National University Hospital, Health Education Hub, Main
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        703 44  -  JOANNEYAP Obesity increases pregnant women's risk of diabetes and long labour joanne@media corp.com.sg PREGNANT women are often asked to eat more than they normally do for the nutrition requirements of both mother and baby. But entering into a pregnancy tipping the scales at an unhealthy weight,
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        91 45 WILL APPLYING TOOTHPASTE TO BURNS REALLY SOOTHE THE WOUND? By virtue of the cooling effect of menthol (a common ingredient in toothpaste), applying toothpaste helps to relieve the sting and erythema (redness of the skin) of mild, first-degree burns. However, sec-ond-degree burns, which blister, may require a
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        616 46  -  JOANNEYAP Studies show that regular consumption of soy-based products cuts cancer risk joanne@media corp.com.sg IT MIGHT just be time to start thinking of more innovative ways to dish up the humble soy and get more of it into our diets. Increasing
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        365 46 I am 42 years old and overweight For the past three years, I have been swimming every day for at least half an hour. In June, I took up walking as an additional form of exercise. However, my fingers would start to swell after walking for about
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      570 50 -AGENCIES Langer, Siem take world crown after Scottish pair make their only error in the playoff GOLF World Cup ST JAMES, Barbados Germany's Bernhard Langer and Marcel Siem triumphed in a playoff over Scotland's Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren here Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) to
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      199 50 -AFP DUBAI The Singapore-based ESPNStar television network was awarded cricket's global media rights for the next eight years for a staggering US$l.l billion ($1.7 billion), it was reported yesterday. The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the deal with ESPNStar, without disclosing the amount involved. But
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      613 52 —AGENCIES With Larsson, Park joining the striker and Rooney, the Frenchman's upbeat MANCHESTER Louis Saha was guilty last month of missing a last-minute penalty against Celtic, which left Manchester United's chances of qualifying for the knockout rounds of the Champions League in jeopardy. But instead of
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      334 52 —AFP SERIEA Empoli 0 Inter Milan 3 ROME Inter Milan won 3-0 at Empoli on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) to record an eighth consecutive Italian league victory and consolidate their lead at the top of the table. Hernan Crespo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and
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      199 53 -AFP LONDON Struggling English Premiership side West Ham sacked manager Alan Pardew (picture) yesterday. Following Saturday's 4-0 thrashing at Bolton, the Hammers are in 18th place in the Premiership, just three points ahead of bottom side Watford. "Alan has made an important contribution since joining
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      580 53 -AFP Mourinho smells conspiracy against Chelsea as he blasts negative Arsenal LONDON Jose Mourinho accused Arsenal of taking more satisfaction from sabotaging Chelsea's Premiership challenge than getting their own title bid back on track. Chelsea are now eight points behind leaders Manchester United after they
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      320 53 -AFP TOKYO Club World Cup favourites Barcelona were greeted by a scrum of about 200 fans, journalists and security guards as they arrived here yesterday. About 100 supporters wearing Barcelona shirts and holding banners were held back by the guards as the European champions
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      838 54  -  Surely the packed December schedule will determine striker's tenure at Chelsea AT APPROXIMATELY 3.50pm on a wet and wintry Sunday afternoon at Stamford Bridge, just about 10 minutes from kick-off, Andriy Shevchenko would have been warmed by some of the loudest cheers a player could get, when
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      226 54  -  KENNETH GOH HE USED to be a fiery Gunner, one of Arsenal's heroes and now he is in the blue of hated Chelsea, so little wonder the visiting fans at Stamford Bridge bayed for Ashley Cole's (picture) blood every time he touched the ball on Sunday.
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      124 54 ANNIKA Sorenstam, the world's top female golfer and captain of the International team for the Lexus Cup 2006 (Dec 15-17), arrived in Singapore yesterday. She surprised some travellers at Changi Airport Terminal 2's departure/transit mall by making a special appearance courtesy of the Civil Aviation Authority of
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      709 55  -  SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ Goalkeeper Norazmi wants Ultimate Move win, if only to boost SAFFC's trophy cabinet m.sazali@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN SAFFC's Faizal Hamid was quizzed on who he thought might have a chance at winning the H-TWO-0 Ultimate Move contest next month, he picked out his teammate and fellow
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      398 55  -  SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ SAFFC right-back Faizal Hamid is used to hurdling tackles when he goes on one of his overlapping runs. Naturally, he was asked to pose as a hurdler for the H-TWO-0 Ultimate Move Contest "I didn't even know that I was
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      556 56 -AFP Defending champs confident of retaining Asiad football title ASIAN GAMES Football DOHA Defending Asian Games football champions Iran will play hosts Qatar while South Korea take on Iraq in two finely poised semi-finals today. After scraping through 8-7 on penalties against
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      502 56  -  DARREN LAI ASIAN GAMES Golf darren@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE'S top amateur golfer Choo Tze Huang came within a whisker of securing an historic first Asian Games medal in golf yesterday. The 19-year-old carded a 2-under 70 for a four-day total of 279 to finish tied
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      476 57 —AFP Qatar sports chief says criticism of their foreign talent policy is a case of bullying DOHA Sheikh Saoud Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Thani, secretary-general of the Qatar National Olympic Committee (QNOC), claimed yesterday his country is bullied by the big nations. Referring to criticism of
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      238 57 —AFP DOHA A second weightlifter from Myanmar has tested positive for drugs and has been stripped of her medal and disqualified from the Asian Games, the Olympic Council of Asia announced yesterday. Oo Mya Sanda (picture), 29, won the silver medal in the 75kg
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      318 57 -AFP ASIAN GAMES Track& Field DOHA Olympic champion and world record-holder Liu Xiang of China shook the sleep out of his eyes and coasted through the qualifying heat of the 110m hurdles in the Asian Games
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      123 60 TODAY Karate Women's Individual Kata Preliminary (2pm): Ng Pei Yi Sailing Laser 4.7 (Open) Race 12 (4pm): Colin Cheng Match Racing (Open) Beneteau 7.5 Race 7 (4pm): Teo Wee Chin, Roy Tay Junhao, Renfred Tay, Ivan Tan Hsiao Loong and Justin Wong Ming Ho Laser (Men) Race
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      700 60  -  Jose Raymond Sarah and Tze Ting simply too strong for the best on the continent ASIAN GAMES Sailing THEY were born just hours apart, a few kilometres away from each other. On May 30,1989, Lim Tze Ting was born at Thompson Medical Centre. A day later, May
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      528 61  -  Jose Raymond World champ bags gold, Soh could well make it four for Singapore sailing today ASIAN GAMES Sailing SINGAPORE sailing captured gold number three yesterday evening at the 15th Asian Games, after 17-year-old Colin Cheng amassed an an unassailable lead in the Laser 4.7 Open
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      188 61 15TH ASIAN GAMES DOHA, QATAR BROUGHTTOYOUBY Gold Silver Bronze Total China South Korea Japan Kazakhstan Thailand Chinese Taipei Saudi Arabia India Qatar Bahrain Hong Kong North Korea Malaysia Uzbekistan Iran Singapore Kuwait Mongolia Indonesia Syria Vietnam UAE Jordan Lebanon Tajikistan Philippines Myanmar Kyrgyzstan Iraq Sri Lanka Pakistan Turkmenistan
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      365 61 —AGENCIES A SECOND weightlifter from Myanmar tested positive for drugs and was stripped of her medal and disqualified from the 15th Asian Games, the Olympic Council of Asia announced yesterday. Oo Mya Sanda, 29, had won the silver medal in the
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