Today, 13 December 2006

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    13 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp share your free newspaper Wednesday December 13, 2006 todayonline.com MICA(P) 314/10/2006
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    Lock icon IT'S TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT SPORTS
    437 1  -  DARREN LAI darren@media corp.com.sg TEAM Singapore will return with at least seven gold medals from Doha, surpassing its best-ever haul of five achieved in New Delhi in 1951 and at Busan four years ago. But while he is proud of the achievement, Dr
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    Start spreading the news
    842 1  -  SHERALYN TAY New York bans trans fats; will Singapore follow suit? sheralyn@media corp.com.sg NEW York is a city synonymous with its cheesecake and apple pie. But last week, in a move hailed as a "tipping point" to the debate on trans fats formed when hydrogen is
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    Kidnap, robbery across Causeway
    470 1  -  DERRICK A PAULO derrick@media corp.com.sg ONE was a victim of a robbery attempt that went awry, while the other fell prey to a kidnapping plot. Both cases took place in Johor in the past week the latest in a spate of attacks this year involving visitors
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      Lock icon CAUSE FOR CONCERN?
      122 2 Last year, 52 Singaporeregistered cars were stolen in the state, while there were 18 reported snatch thefts involving Singaporeans. In April, Johor police said that Singaporeans were not being targeted by criminals, and in fact, were victims in only 5 per cent of all crimes in the
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      No peanuts in these packets
      571 2  -  TORCHING LI Most sectors banking inparticular-toget healthy pay raises in 2007 chingli@media corp.com.sg EMPLOYEES of the banking and finance sector will be laughing their way to the bank, so to speak, with the highest projected salary increases in the coming year. Even as Mercer Human
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      Get the royal treatment
      674 3  -  ANSLEYNG More wealthy Russians, Nigerians are coming here for healthcare ansley@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN a king from Nigeria came to Singapore in July with his 10-man entourage including four tribe chieftains he didn't just have fine dining and shopping on his mind. He was here to fix his
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      Lock icon School fees for PRs: Up next yr
      227 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SCHOOL fees for permanent residents (PRs) and foreign students will go up next year but these changes will be gradual and will only be fully implemented in 2008. All PRs and foreign students will be affected by the fee increase, said
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      Clean-living hawker dies of heart failure
      461 4 6THSUDDENDEATHIN2MONTHS HE WAS neither a smoker nor a drinker. And a medical check-up in September had given him the all-clear. Yet, like the other five seemingly healthy persons before him in the last two months, Mr Too Chiak Koo suffered a heart failure, and
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      Barge death mystery
      499 4  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Questions remain, so inquiry into engineer's death postponed weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS a session meant to yield answers to the death of a marine engineer, found dead in a tank of a barge in September last year. But the Coroner's Inquiry yesterday drew more questions
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        Lock icon AID FOR TYPHOON VICTIMS
        134 6 938 LIVE Humanitarian aid organisation Mercy Relief is sending a disaster relief team to the Philippines to help those affected by typhoons Durian and Utor. The four-man team will be carrying out mobile health services in some of the worst-hit villages in the Albay region, south
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        PARLIAMENT'S NEXT SESSION
        17 6 Parliament will sit on Jan 22 next year. The session will start at 1.30pm.
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        Lock icon NZ AIR FORCE CHIEF VISITS STORE
        55 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA New Zealand's Air Force Chief, Air Vice-Marshal Graham Lintott, called on Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean yesterday. The vice-marshal is here on an introductory visit. He visited Tengah Air Base, Changi Air Base, Sembawang Air Base, Safti Military Institute and the SAF
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      Lock icon Have wheels, can't travel
      500 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Another wheelchair-bound person turned away from boarding Tiger Airways flight weekeat@media corp.com.sg ANOTHER family with a disabled member has spoken up about having their holiday plans grounded by Tiger Airways. This time, it's a Singaporean family. Hairstylist Ivan Hoo Soo Yu told Today
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      Daddy's cool
      421 8 Fathers encouraged to take on more active family role by taking kids to school HE HAS a gruelling work schedule but Dr Vivian Balakrishnan makes it a point to send his kids to school almost every morning. Said the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS): "It
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      Lock icon Closing ranks to keep 'undesirables' out
      347 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA WITH the integrated resorts coming up and an expected influx of tourists, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) has stepped up security measures to keep undesirable visitors out. It is working closely with its counterparts from Malaysia and Thailand to share intelligence
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      TRIMMING THE FAT (ADS) OF THE LAND
      717 10  -  CHARLES TAN WITH more than 300 million obese people around the world, it's a global crisis that even has a new term: Globesity. Drastic measures are called for to address this threat to public health. Singapore has banned tobacco advertising. Should we ban,
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      658 7 Christmas in Singapore just got a whole lot cooler. Use your HSBC credit card and enjoy a host of goodies lined up just for you. JfeJß^^^^^^ Treat yourself to a pint Of Gelare ice cream (worth *To qualify for your free pint of Gelare ice cream and a chance to
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      Lock icon Philippines slammed over Asean no-show
      365 12 AFP Japanese minister doubts Manila cancelled meetings because of typhoon TOKYO A Japanese minister has said the Philippines had lost credibility by postponing twin Asian summits last week, and doubted Manila's stated reason of an impending typhoon. Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akira Amari also
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      Lock icon Would-be Australians have to take test
      320 12 AGENCIES SYDNEY Under new guidelines introduced by Canberra, migrants who want to become Australian citizens will have to take English exams and prove their knowledge of local history and customs. Prime Minister John Howard who has tightened immigration rules to deter refugees from arriving
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      Lock icon MALAYSIA'S KING STEPS DOWN:
      105 14 Malaysia's 12th king, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, stepped down from his post yesterday after a five-year reign. The 63 year old king and his queen, Tuanku Fauziah (picture), were given a 21-gun salute at the nation's Parliament. Hundreds of Malaysians lined the streets to wave goodbye to
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      Lock icon Why Indonesia is lagging behind
      384 14 -AFP Soros urges country to lookto India, China JAKARTA Indonesia's economy has been underperforming mainly because of rampant corruption and weak government policies, according to United States billionaire George Soros, who also called on Jakarta to act against the military junta in Myanmar. Speaking to
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      Lock icon There's no need to worry about Aceh polls: VP Kalla
      455 16 Former rebel's likely victory lauded JAKARTA Indonesia's government extended a hand yesterday to a former rebel leader set to become governor of Aceh after landmark elections there. Unofficial results show that Mr Irwandi Yusuf, the former spokesman of the Free
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      Lock icon M'sia should compensate model's family: Mongolian NGOs
      223 16 KUALA LUMPUR A group of 45 Mongolian non-govern-mental organisations (NGOs) has issued a statement demanding that the Malaysian government compensate the family of Ms Altantunya Shaariibuu, a Mongolian model who was murdered in Malaysia last month. The group also expressed concern that "the
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      Lock icon Ex-maid robs Thai politician
      110 16 AFP BANGKOK—A former maid of Thailand's opposition Democrat Party leader has confessed to stealing some $38,100 from him, which she spent on luxury goods. Mr Abhisit Vejjajiva complained to police last month that money was mysteriously disappearing from his bank account, leading Bangkok police to arrest
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      Lock icon Annan's swan song
      631 18 —AGENCIES Outgoing UN chief blasts US foreign policy, war on terror and rights record WASHINGTON United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered his swan song yesterday, accusing the United States for compromising core ideals in its pursuit in its so-called "war on terror". Observers said that it was
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      Lock icon Israel's deadly gaffe
      390 19 -AGENCIES Prime Minister Ehud Olmert lets slip that his country has nuclearweapons BERLIN In an embarrassing gaffe, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appeared to admit for the first time that his country has nuclear bombs. "We never threatened any nation with annihilation," Mr Olmert said on German
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      Lock icon US wants N Korea to disarm by 2009
      227 19 -AFP WASHINGTON The Bush administration wants disarmament talks set to resume next week with North Korea to result in the dismantling of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme within two years, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told AFP. "I'm delighted the talks are going
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      Lock icon Shrine row eases but tensions over China's rise remain
      248 21 BEIJING Strained relations between China and Japan over a controversial war shrine have eased, but broader tensions driven by Japan's acceptance of China's rising clout remain, Reuters reported. Referring to the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, China's ambassador to Japan, Mr Wang
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      Lock icon GROWING PAINS
      83 21 The number of elderly people in China is expected to top 200 million by 2015, and 280 million by 2025. Some 30 per cent of the population will be classified as elderly by 2050. But China has said it is too early to lift restrictive one-child policies. Rural
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      Lock icon Rural aged spark concern in China
      345 21 AP Greying population presents challenge for Asian giant BEIJING China has said creating welfare schemes for its soaring numbers of elderly is a national priority, but warned that will be a daunting challenge in a rapidly greying society. China faces an acute demographic crunch
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      isay WHAT WILL YOU LEAVE BEHIND?
      721 22  -  FRANCES ONG HOCK LIN MY FATHER did not die a rich man. He did not leave us a big house or an assortment of stocks and shares. One might say, he almost died a pauper. Yet, he left us a living legacy neither fame
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      Lock icon Risk in too much safety spiel?
      456 24  -  ABDULSHARIFF ABOO KASSIM To get message across, be more selective with MRT announcements Letter from I LAUD SMRT for its commitment to public safety. However, I do wonder if its current practice of making repeated announcements in stations advising commuters to be mindful of
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      Economic ties take precedence
      145 24  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from I READ with interest the report, "Relations to ride on Genting high?" (Dec 12). The fact that Singapore is in favour of Genting International to develop an Integrated Resort on Sentosa demonstrates that political hiccups between Singapore and Malaysia are
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      Lock icon Killer litter: Rap lax officers
      520 26  -  PHILUPANGKENGHONG It's not enough to punish offenders only Letter from RECENT press articles on killer litter in HDB estates are not encouraging. Town Councils have reported that after a year and a half of its Anti-Killer Litter campaign, they have identified more than 90,000 potential
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      228 28  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY LOVING WHOLEHEARTEDLY The very best gift we can give our families is what has sometimes been called "wholehearted love". Two friends of mine, Gary Smalley and Dr. John Trent, have written a wonderful book called, "The Two Sides of Love". They point
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      The cost of saving on public toilets
      197 28  -  LIM BOON HEE Letter from FOREIGNERS lament that people use the underpass at Clarke Quay as a public latrine. Rubbish is also dumped indiscriminately at several tourist sites. Locals face the same problem of drunkards and incontinents urinating on walls of void decks
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      Most CBD parking lots not URA-operated
      240 28  -  LIM ENG CHONG Letter from Deputy Director (Land Administration, Car Parks) Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) WE REFER to the letter, "Lower CBD car park charges" (Dec 8) by Mr Harry Lim Cheng Chwee, who suggested that with lighter traffic in the Central Business District
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      SHORTTAKE
      86 28  -  DAVID KWOK NG KAN BRIGHTER BUS INFO PANELS, PLEASE Bus drivers are required to illuminate the interior of their vehicles at night. I would like to suggest to the Land Transport Authority and the Public Transport Council that the bus information panels at bus stops be lit up as
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      Equal treatment in Canada
      226 30  -  MARKFEATHERSTONE Letter from THE recent letter by Kevin Lee Tianrong ("Not just here that citizens are treated better", Dec 11) has planted a striking piece of misinformation that must be corrected. It simply is not the case that "every First World country... treats its citizens preferentially",
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      Raise medical subsidies for Singaporeans instead
      500 30  -  LEONG SZE HIAN Letter from I REFER to the article, "Cuts, costs and citizens" (Dec 11). In the past, when foreign workers' levy, accommodation requirements, polyclinic and Communicable Disease Centre fees were raised, the take-home pay generally declined. With the growing outsourcing trend, particularly
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      Levies more than cover subsidies
      159 31  -  SEAH LEONG KHAI Letter from ACCORDING to the Ministry of Manpower statistics, there were 671,000 foreign workers in Singapore last year. For each of these workers, the employers pay a levy every month of between $100 for an unskilled worker and $470 for a skilled
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      Beware pre-hike profiteering
      128 31  -  DAVID SOH POH HUAT Letter from SINCE the Goods and Services Tax hike next year is inevitable, I hope the authorities or the Consumers Association of Singapore will start taking an active role to monitor the prices of essential items. I will not be surprised if some
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      2-GST system straightforward
      229 31  -  CLARENCE CHIANG Letter from I AGREE with Wayne Soon's proposal of a two-tier Goods and Service Tax (News Comment: "Why two GST rates are better than one", Dec 8). Fears that such a GST scheme will seed confusion and accusations of inequality, as raised by Joey Yeo
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      376 30 His ORIGINAL SOURCE IKi! #H I GET $2 OFF EVERY ORIGINAL SOURCE PRODUCT AT GUARDIAN AND SELECT WATSONS UNTIL 25 DEC "Applicable for items at retail selling price of $8.50 $9.50 only. h .-r^-ij-:,h.r r... t1 i,, .■.ilkM.j, u.'irr, v .rr.-.^..; JMB^B* ,^V"Wh. Natural is o plcn,i about and performed
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      116 31 NOW IN SINGAPORE ASTROLOGY QUESTION ONLINE SERVICES VISIT: www.rugdee9.com ml WE TAKE PARTIES SERIOUSLY. Having an event at Traders Hotel is just plain easier. With a wide range of function spaces, delicious food, and great entertainment and service, you can have more fun with less stress. To help get your
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      600 32  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA It acquires 76 per cent of Indonesia's BankSwadesi shobha@media corp.com.sg IN TANDEM with the growth of Indian business interests in South-east Asia, Indian banks are now flexing their muscles in the region. Bank of India, India's fifth-largest bank by asset size,
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      442 33  -  CHRISTIE LOH Telecommunications provider's share price hits 6-year closing high of $3.26 christie@media corp.com.sg HISTORY often repeats itself. And now may again be the time for investment firm Temasek Holdings to strike while Singapore Telecommunications (Sing Tel) stock is hot The telco's
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      284 33 CHOW PENN NEE COMPANIES will have to pay the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) a fee if they need to seek clarification or advice on how the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Act applies to their business. Following a public consultation exercise on
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        335 34 -DOWJONES SINGAPORE-based property developer Capita Land is setting up a S/zan'a-compli-ant real estate fund that targets raising up to US$63O million ($969 million) in equity. The fund will invest in a waterfront development at Bahrain Bay
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          58 34 Nikkei 225 16,637.78 +109.79 +0.66 HK Hang Seng Australia ASX200 18,907.17 -17.49 5,473.60 +3.90 -0.09 0.07 Korea Comp 1,376.98 -13.75 -0.99 Thailand SET 738.25 -2.69 -0.36 Jakarta Comp 1,754.58 -5.10 -0.29 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2,840.82 -0.95 395.94 +0.62 -0.03 +0.16 Mumbai Sensex 12,995.02 -404.41 -3.02 Malaysia KLCI
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          49 34 Gen Int FHTK 0.485 -0.030 -5.8 125,359 0.005 48,130 Austen StraitsAsia Jasper SingTel Xpress CapitaRChina First REIT 0.075 +0.010 +15.4 37,091 0.650 +0.035 +5.7 35,430 0.020 30,675 3.260 +0.040 +1.2 29,084 0.175 20,514 1.780 -0.120 -6.3 17,695 0.750 +0.025 +3.4 16,482 Hongguo 0.760 -0.070 -8.4 16,090
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          64 34 ShangAsia2kHK$ 18.400 +0.300 TimeWateh 0.010 +100.0 SIA 16.400 +0.300 SGXeCW*****8 0.020 +33.3 SIA200 16.400 +0.300 SIAeCW*****5 0.315 +28.6 SIAeCW*****9 0.905 +0.200 SIAeCW*****9 0.905 +28.4 CITYDEV 12.000 +0.100 DBSePW*****9 0.080 +23.1 GLD10US$ 62.400 +0.100 IstSoflware 0.030 +20.0 Haw Par 7.200 +0.100 Ionics 0.060 +20.0 lsetan(S) 5.200 +0.100 CEnerSaveW*****2
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          72 34 DBS 21.200 -0.300 CMBePW*****8 0.005 -80.0 IS MSCI INDIA 100US$ 5.350 -0.300 Autron W*****3 0.005 -50.0 Jardine C8C 14.300 -0.300 Cha1eredeCWD***** 0.005 -50.0 OCBCCap3.93%Pref10 96.300 -0.200 Uridnx 0.055 -31.3 ThaPrime200US$ 6.350 -0.150 Cha1eredeCW***** 0.035 -30.0 CapitaRChina 1.780 -0.120 STATS eCW*****8 0.185 -28.8 Broadway 0.610 DBS6%NCPS10 107.500 -0.110
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          168 34 Dow Jones SHARES closed mixed yesterday, and the benchmark ST Index may trade sideways for the rest of the year after failing to sustain a rise above resistance at 2,910. The ST Index closed up 6.58 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 2,893.81 aftertrading as high as 2,910.52 intraday.
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          36 34 US$ 0.6492 UK£ 0.3307 Yen 75.861 HK$ 5.0485 RM 2.2987 Euro 0.4902 Rupiah 5391.3 Baht 22.925 Peso 32.152 A$ 0.8249 Indian Rs 29.184 Won 599.29 C$ 0.7454 Yuan 5.0865 NZ$ 0.9419 NT$ 21.102
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          25 34 SGX, Dow Jones Bloomberg BaH uss/oz 633.90 Sihw uss/oz 14.01 PHim uss/oz 1,117.00 Mill cents/kg 262.75 (Will 1,858.00 BmtOIiBIISS/baml 62.01 Information provided by and
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        221 36 -AGENCIES SINGAPORE'S Changi Airports International has won an 18-month contract to manage the Abu Dhabi International Airport in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Changi will manage terminals, apron operations, customer services and emergency services at the airport, state-run Abu Dhabi Airports said
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        284 36  -  CHOW PENN NEE StanChart says it's the first of its kind here pennnee@media corp.com.sg A CROWDED credit card market has seen banks trying to differentiate themselves from each other with all kinds of features, ranging from the use of biometric verification payment systems to co-branding with
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        57 36 MINIMUM ANNUAL INCOME TO QUALIFY: $30,000 EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE: 9.32% ANNUAL FEE: Free for first two years HOW IT WORKS: Every transaction above $100 is automatically converted into 24 monthly instalments. For transactions below $100, it works like a normal credit card OTHER FEES: 6% administrative fee for each
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        393 38 agency reports Channel News Asia The public tranche of Chemoil Energy's Singapore initial public offering was more than 50 times subscribed, a person close to the deal told Dow Jones yesterday. The public tranche of 6.7 million shares, or about 3 per cent of total shares offered, closed yesterday.
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        260 38  -  JOSEPH YADAO CDLto launch 341-unittwin towers in CBD joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg CITY Developments (CDL), hoping to cash in on the buzz surrounding inner-city living, announced yesterday that its luxury residential development, One Shenton, would be unveiled soon. Situated in the heart of the Central Business District and
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        781 40  -  MIRAKASHINATH An intimate, first-hand understanding of both gives Amore founder an edge mira@mediacorp.com.sg cßrtesyof ass COURTESY OF. ONLY a woman would recognise the therapeutic effects of a simple hip scarf. The chiffon garment seems innocuous enough hanging on its rack, its edges laced with
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      378 33 Tomorrow's successful managers o^^M make the right choices today X JL\> ,tfjEl UNIVERSITY OF mw> BRADFORD fciilK*' MAKING KNOWLEDGE WORK I|#"^^ j University of Bradford, UK Hanr.es Reinhardt I The University of Bradford received its Royal Charter in 1966 but its origins date back to the 1860's. Bradford is Britain's
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      76 38 wnrth S3l W?- H w^ ■Will 111 I|PUh lUi UK- J| j>mf^, All you have to do J^v^w ie hi in thic uiaolt'c r" v^ Bvmßl Id Uliy 111 Id WCCIVd JL_ TTT __H ,^«^~«v |gyr *****0 f\t lalAfoolf llfl ri ls^kl (l. ii- I %I' y MXi ISOUC Ul
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      170 39 RS SEASON VN/ITI-I > IA Use your VISA credit card at Esplanade Mall and get free gifts A instantly. What's more, spend 1,000 and get a pair of YIP box seat tickets* to a popular musical. See price structure for other fabulous redemptions: S Amount Spent Gifts 8 $80 $10
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      254 40 LIMITED EDITION BOXES NOW AVAILABLE AT SPECIAL PRICES. SHIP NOWTO RECEIVE ANIBBBIHBHgIFT! k^%^^^^^ This holiday season, ship gifts to your loved ones t, If'" with limited edition 2kg and skg DHL Festive *2ir\ Get into the spirit of the Boxes. These specially-designed boxes even \vHfrJfSr season ship with us today
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      191 41 /y\ yV n^.^ Combining modern and casual design, the VAGARY wrist \//\I "H/\ I watch is a new generation watch suggestive of a free-spirited nature and a taste for fashion. The VAGARY design philosophy "^f^ A&3S%K and brand image are summed up in the logo "I play my way". M7?«tf
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      1223 42  - a blessing for the curse Jeanine Tan What could be better than having affable and easygoing Hong Kong superstar Chow Yun Fat on the set of Curse of the Golden Flower} HE CAME, he saw, he conquered. That sums up Chow Yun Fat's first official visit to Singapore since 2000.
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        73 43 Based on the famous story arc in the Chinese epic The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, this mega movie starring Andy Lav, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Ken Watanabe and Lin Chiling marks director John Woo's return to Asian cinema. Chow plays Liv Bei, the iconic historical
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        PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END
        66 43 The third and presumably final instalment of the hugely successful Pirates of the Caribbean franchise promises to tie up all the loose ends from the second film. Chow is a new character. Captain Sao-feng, the leader of the Singapore pirates, which brings all
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      645 44  -  CLEMENT MESENAS Passion still oozes from every pore of the world's most popular recording artist, Julio Iglesias EDITOR-AT-LARGE clement@mediacorp.com.sg HE HAS been singing love songs for 40 years but Julio Iglesias is still very much in love. On his latest album, Romantic Classics which is out
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          74 46 Channel News Asia Listening to your favourite radio shows whenever you want is now possible with a new portal, Podcast.sg [www.podcast.sg). It was launched by MediaCorp Radio on Monday. Best described as radio-on-demand, Podcast.sg enables users to download various programmes from MediaCorp Radio stations. Users can
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          97 46 Fans of English indie rockers Muse, who will perform at Fort Canning Park on Tuesday, Jan 16 at Bpm, have until Friday to purchase general admission tickets at $85 at any Sistic outlet (excludes $2 Sistic fee). From Dec 16 to 31, tickets are priced at
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          62 46 The 2007 Arts Awards are open for nominations and The National Arts Council invites the public to recommend deserving Singapore artists for the awards, which comprise the Cultural Medallion and the Young Artist Award (for artists under the age of 35). Nominations can be made at
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        332 46  -  GRACE YAP Popular fish film is now a show on skates grace@mediacorp.com.sg FOR kids who fancy a dip in the ocean but are still a bit fearful of murky water and waves, a solution has arrived in the form of next year's Disney On Ice show. Disney/Pixar's
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        425 48  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL I'm just a normal young guy, living my life. But in hip hop, you're always in the spotlight. Joey Boy, Thai rapper extraordinaire Working with the Black Eyed Peas and doing films is all in a day's work for Thai rapper Joey Boy plus@newstoday.com.sg
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      79 46 BOXOFFI TOPTEN In Singapore (Dec7-Decioi RANKING MOVIE WEEKS IN CINEMAS 1 DejaVu 1 2 (1) Happy Feet 3 3 (2) Open Season 2 4 (3) Casino Royale 4 5 (4) Battle of Wits (Mandarin) 3 6 (5) Flags of Our Fathers (NCW) 2 7 Cinderella (Korean) 1 8 The Nativity
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      1154 49 M=diaCorp MediaCorp M=diaCorp CHANNEL CHANNEL ff& s v r i a A Channel NewsAsi* 6.00 AM Travel Asia Beyond II 3.00PM Variety Big Brother 111 9.00 AM Dora the Explorer (preschool) 3.00PM Music Clips &Trailers Thailand Hua Hin Elephant 4.30 World this Week 9.30 Barney Friends (preschool) 4.00 Anak Metropolitan
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      80 50 DEXTROUS OR DEXTEROUS? They are both adjectives and may be used interchangeably. They mean "skillful with hand, words or mind" Examples are: 1. He mended the tear in my skirt with the dextrous [DEX trous] use of needle and thread. 2. She navigated her way around office politics with her
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      544 50 IYOUR cTODay by Eugenia Last ARIES (March 21 -April 19) LIBRA (Sept 23 Oct 22) Hit may be an emotional day for you if you give Abide by the rules and regulations. Focus on in to someone or something that you know p>^ helping others and opening up to new
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      355 50 HELPLINE EMERGENCY LINES City Gas (to report gas supply 1800-752-1800 interruption, low pressure and leakage) Civil Defence (Fire SEmergency 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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      579 52 -AFP FOOTBALL Club World Cup TOKYO Two-time World Player of the Year Ronaldinho said Barcelona were desperate to write their names in the history books by winning the team's first Club World Cup trophy. The Brazilian, who was given a hero's welcome by fans as the favourites
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      604 53 ■AFP Aussie bowler needs just six wickets to reach magical 700 CRICKET Ashes Test PERTH The forecast of a spin-friendly WACA wicket could see champion Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne become the first bowler to claim 700 Test wickets during the third Ashes Test. After his fifth-day heroics in
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      413 53 -AGENCIES LOS ANGELES Admitting they made a rare turnover, the NBA quickly got back on the ball to correct it Unhappy with player reaction to the synthetic ball they introduced this season, the NBA announced Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) that on
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      768 54 -AGENCIES Man United will strengthen squad in January, says Charlton MANCHESTER Henrik Larsson will not be the only new signing arriving at Old Trafford in January. Manchester United director Sir Bobby Charlton has confirmed that Sir Alex Ferguson will strengthen his side's Premiership title push
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      201 54 -AGENCIES LONDON Steve McManaman, 34, is on the verge of signing for Hong Kong First Division League side Hong Kong Rangers. The former Liverpool and Real Madrid midfielder, who said he had retired from football in 2005 after an unsuccessful spell with Manchester City, could
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      568 55 -AGENCIES Curbishley's keen on West Ham, while Pardew could be bound for Charlton LONDON Former Charlton Athletic manager Alan Curbishley said yesterday he would be delighted to take over at West Ham following the sacking of Alan Pardew. And in an ironic twist, Pardew could be
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      239 55 -AFP LONDON Everton are considering a move away from Goodison Park, their home for the last 114 years, to a new stadium outside the city of Liverpool, the Premiership club confirmed yesterday. Under the plans, which have provoked angry opposition from many supporters, the
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      605 56 -AFP Mourinhosettodrop Ballack or Shevchenko to accommodate Robben ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Chelsea v Newcastle LONDON Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is ready to revert to a more tried-and-tested formula as he tries to regain his grip on the Premiership title. Which could mean dropping high-profile flops Andriy
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      365 56 -AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Wigan v Arsenal MANCHESTER Arsenal travel to Wigan Athletic tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) with manager Arsene Wenger refusing to concede defeat in the race for the Premiership title. Wenger's players did leaders Manchester United a massive favour by securing
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      568 58  -  CUBBY LEONG PHILIPS NBL CHAMPIONSHIPS Spore Slingers v New Zealand Breakers cubby@media corp.com.sg IT IS an individual accolade that he is proud of, but Mike Helms, named on the Philips National Basketball League (NBL) Championships World All-Stars team for the third year running this season, is
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      105 58 PHOTO COURTESY OF ONE (FOOTBALL), a 24 hour five a side marathon to raise awareness of global poverty was played, at The Cage over the weekend. More than 50 teams made up of youth, special athletes, celebrities and ex offenders, took part in a
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      275 58 -DPA HAMBURG Fifa announced yesterday that they have fired their director of marketing and three other employees, in the wake of a ruling by a New York judge earlier this month that credit card company MasterCard can sponsor the 2010 and 2014 World Cups. MasterCard
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      538 59 —AFP Malaysian official slams coach for accusing rivals Pakistan, Japan of collusion ASIAN GAMES Hockey DOHA- Malaysia's hockey officials lashed out at their men's coach yesterday for suggesting that they were knocked out of the Asian Games by a fixed match between Pakistan and Japan. Both countries
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      239 59 -AFP ASIAN GAMES Diving DOHA China's Olympic diving champion Guo Jingjing was revelling yesterday in becoming the most successful female diver in Asian Games history. Guo, who has already announced she will retire after the Beijing Olympics, took the women's 3-metre synchronised springboard title here with Li
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      514 60  -  DARREN LAI Coaches ask bowling chief Phua to rethink her quit plan, as she lauds Doha performance ASIAN GAMES Bowling darren@mediacorp.com.sg IN JUNE last year, Singapore Bowling Federation (SBF) president Jessie Phua announced her plan to step down from her post once her current term ends
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      298 60  -  -DARREN LAI SINGAPORE'S top amateur golfer Choo Tze Huang, who suffered heartbreak when he lost the individual men's bronze on a count-back on Monday, arrived home yesterday, along with the bowling team and Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan. The 19-year-old,
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      265 60 -AFP DOHA In an age when Muslim women come under increasing scrutiny for wearing head-covering scarves, Bahrain's Ruqaya alGhasara has proved that a hijab is no hindrance to sprinting round a running track. Ghasara, who won bronze in the 100 m on Saturday
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      675 61  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Olympic champ sets a new Games record, now eyes worlds ASIAN GAMES Athletics in Doha, Qatar yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg LOVE him or loathe him, you've got to hand it to Liv Xiang. In the run-up to the 15th Asian Games here in Doha, China's reigning Olympic
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      345 61 —AFP ASIAN GAMES Football DOHA Iraq wrote another chapter in their fairytale Asian Games football story yesterday, when they reached their first final in 24 years with a 1-0 semi-final win over South Korea. The Iraqis, who endured a miserable build-up to the
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      51 61 Missiles, torpedoes maybe? No, and if s also not ice. These pair of divers were plumes of bubbles in the pool at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha. The two athletes, members of a synchronised diving team, were training before the Asian Games competition got underway.
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      698 62  -  Jose Raymond After a spectacular Asiad show, Singapore sport gears itself for the ultimate test in Doha, Qatar jose@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS Singapore sport's proudest achievement Strangely, with each passing Olympiad, it is becoming a reminder of failure. Tan Howe Liang's remarkable silver-medal effort at the 1960 Olympics
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      WHAT THE LEGENDS SAY
      122 62 There is no reason why we should not aim high. With a certain amount of effort, our athletes have achieved at this Asian Games. If that effort and level of support is increased from all quarters, we have the potential to do it at the Olympic
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      793 63  -  Jose Raymond Singapore's Laser hero continues sailing's fairytale run ASIAN GAMES Sailing in Doha, Qatar jose@mediacorp.com.sg MAXIMILIAN Soh kept reminding himself to include the Singapore flag, when he packed his bag as he prepared to set off for Doha last month. The Laser sailor hoped to have a
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      189 63 -AGENCIES MAXIMILIAN Soh ensured Singapore's dominance of the Doha waves continued when he won the Laser men's event yesterday. It was gold medal number four for the Singapore sailing team and the seventh overall for the country. All eyes were on track and field
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