Today, 20 December 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    15 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp share your free newspaper Wednesday December 20, 2006 todayonline.com I MICA (P) 314/10/2006
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon SINGAPORE SWIMMING
      507 1  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@media corp.com.sg PHOTOS BY TRAFFIC jams, floods, felled trees, a collapsed shophouse and mudslides. And no wonder as Singapore took one of its worst batterings from the skies in 75 years yesterday. At 10.30am, residents near Little Guilin rushed to their windows when they heard
      WEETECKHIAN; WEETECK HIAN AND 001 BOON KEONG  -  507 words
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      Lock icon Libya vs the World
      748 1 -AGENCIES Outrage over condemnation of 6 medics could derail Tripoli's return to world community soon after renewing ties with US WASHINGTON The United States vowed to pursue efforts to gain the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death by a Libyan
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  • hot news
    • AFTERNOONEDITION
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        THE BIG THAI CAVE-IN
        815 2  -  CHRISTIE LOH CHARTING THE FALL Asian bourses melt, forcing Thais to back-off from day-old currency controls christie@media corp. com. sg A JITTERY Thailand was forced to lift some of the surprise currency controls it introduced yesterday after its stock market was brought down to its knees
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      • AFTERNOONEDITIONUPDATE
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          Lock icon SHUTTLE LEAVES SPACE STATION FOR EARTH
          77 2 -AFP Astronauts aboard the Discovery space shuttle undocked from the International Space Station at 221OGMT (6.70am this morning, Singapore time) to begin the journey back to Earth. The shuttle's eight-day construction visit saw a busy slate of space walks to rewire and install new
          -AFP  -  77 words
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          Lock icon OJ IN MORE HOT SOUP
          126 2 -AFP The family of one of 0J Simpson's alleged murder victims are to sue the disgraced sport star, lawyers said yesterday [this morning, Singapore time), claiming he tried to hide a US$1 million ($1.54 million) advance from a nowscrapped book on the 1994 killings. Simpson
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          Lock icon MISS USA CLINGS TO TIARA
          143 2 -AFP Miss USA is to keep her tiara, despite admitting that she has been boozing it up in New York, after pageant boss Donald Trump said yesterday [this morning, Singapore time) he would give her a second chance. Miss Universe boss Trump said at a
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          Lock icon ANTHRAX SCARE FOR NY DAILY
          82 2 -AFP United States police are investigating the discovery of a suspicious white powder at the Manhattan offices of the New York Daily News, they said yesterday {this morning, Singapore time). A police spokesman said only that a hazardous materials team was sent to investigate the
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  • Singapore news
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      First S'porean charged with using another's wireless network
      556 4  -  ANSLEYNG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS 2am and his mother had told him not to use the Internet. Determined to log on to chat with his friends, Garyl Tan Jia Luo, 17, left home with his laptop and wandered around the private estate in
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      Lock icon BEING SMARTER ABOUT MERITOCRACY
      858 4  -  THOMAS KOSHY A perfect system comes with truly equal opportunities to enter the ranks of the elite MERITOCRACY is a word in the throes of an identity crisis. Born as a pejorative to describe a dystopian system doomed to failure, it has more recently been touted
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      Bigger incomes but smaller families
      619 6  -  JASMINE YIN Growing number of married women in the workforce takes atoll on family size jasmine@media corp.com.sg MORE married women with at least an upper secondary school education entered the Singapore labour force and brought home a bigger chunk of the bacon last year, as
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      Lock icon A difficult adjustment?
      747 8  -  LOHCHEEKONG Worried about bottomlines, employers say they need more time to prepare for higher CPF contributions cheekong@media corp.com.sg WHEN the employers' Central Provident Fund (CPF) contribution rate was cut in 2003, workers were up in arms while their bosses nodded in approval. Three years on, their roles
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        MEDISAVE, OTHER CHANGES IN CPF
        169 10 Some CPF changes announced earlier will come into effect on Jan 1. The required amount in members' Medisave Account will be raised from the current $8,300 to $11,500. This refers to the amount that CPF members who turn 55 and meet the CPF minimum sum
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        Lock icon FIRST OVERSEAS EDUCATION SERVICES CENTRE IN JAKARTA
        92 10 -938UVE The first overseas Singapore Education Services Centre has been launched in Indonesia, in the embassy district of Jakarta. The centre is a one-stop information centre for international students. Services include one-on-one sessions with counsellors, who can provide information on education options and
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        Lock icon PETROL PRICES GO UP
        116 10 938 LIVE Petrol prices at Esso and Mobil service stations are up. The increase is by 8 cents a litre for Synergy 2000 and 5000. For Synergy 8000 petrol, the increase is 6 cents a litre. The pump price of Synergy diesel remains unchanged. In its
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        Lock icon STRENGTHENING TIES WITH VIETNAM
        94 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Singapore-Vietnam relations are broad and deep with many business and people exchanges, said Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo who visited Ho Chi Minh City for four days from Dec 16 to 19. During his stay, Mr Yeo spoke at the "Vietnam-Singapore Friendship Night" reception,
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      Lock icon Credit Bureau on hunt for partners
      595 10  -  CHOW PENN NEE CHANNEL NEWSASIA But lukewarm response to planned tie-up with phone, retail finance companies pennnee@mediacorp.com.sg WHETHER you settle your phone and utilities bills on time could determine how easily you get a bank loan in future if the Credit Bureau Singapore (CBS)
      — CHANNEL NEWSASIA; WEETECKHIAN  -  595 words
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Nothing festive about marathon nuke talks
      354 12 -AGENCIES But N Korea's ambitious list of demands may be trimmed BEIJING Negotiators saw no compromise in bruising six-party nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea yesterday and urged Pyongyang to come to the table with a realistic offer and a festive spirit But China,
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      Lock icon North Korean army could take over if Kim dies without appointing an heir
      275 12 —AFP SEOUL North Korea's powerful army is likely to seize power should leader Kirn Jong-Il die without having a successor firmly in place, according to a report commissioned by South Korea's Parliament. The research paper, released yesterday,
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon KL CONSIDERS USING PEAK HOUR FEES TO REDUCE CONGESTION
        70 12 —AFP Kuala Lumpur is mulling over peak hour traffic fees and lanes reserved for car pools to ease the city's traffic jams. Kuala Lumpur's mayor, Mr Abdul Hakim Borhan, also told the New Straits 77mesthat greater use of public transport would
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        Lock icon THOUSANDS EVACUATED DUE TO HEAVY RAIN IN JOHOR
        80 12 -AFP Thousands of people in Johor were evacuated yesterday after heavy rain caused floods and triggered minor landslides which disrupted rail services. More than 2,000 people have been told to leave their homes. The evacuees are sheltering in community halls and staterun
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        Lock icon M'SIA QUARANTINES 30 PIG FARMS
        108 12 -AGENCIES Following Malaysia's announcement that it has quarantined 30 pig farms after pigs tested positive for beta-agonist, a banned growth enhancer, Singapore's authorities have reassured its residents that they will not be affected. This is because Singapore imports pork only from countries such as Australia
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      Lock icon Arrested: Second serial killer suspect
      404 14 AGENCIES Nabbed in night clothes near red light area IPSWICH In an extraordinary twist to the high-profile serial killer case that has gripped the United Kingdom, police made a second arrest in connection with the deaths of five prostitutes in an earlymorning raid yesterday. Chief
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      Lock icon Malaysians buy Vietnamese brides in coffee shops: Report
      166 14 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian men are acquiring Vietnamese brides for up to RM30,000 ($12,950) from agents who parade them in rural coffee shops, a local newspaper said yesterday. Mr Michael Chong, head of the Malaysian Chinese Association's (MCA) public service and complaints
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      Putting a new spin on things
      543 15 With the world's first revolutionary Air Wash System, Samsung's latest washing machine-cum-dryer brings the level of cleanliness in your home to greater heights. imay find this scenario familiar: The family has just come home after a barbecue party, and now, everyone's clothJI smell sipoky.The
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      Lock icon Laura Bush's skin cancer scare
      177 16 -AFP WASHINGTON The United States' First Lady Laura Bush has had a cancerous tumour removed from the skin on her leg, her office said yesterday. Shortly before November's legislative elections, Mrs Bush noticed "a little sore on her leg that wouldn't heal. She had it
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      Lock icon Gates dives into Iraq crisis
      424 16 -AFP New Defence Secretary in a hurry to avert'calamity' thatwould haunt Mideast, US WASHINGTON With no time to lose, new United States Defence Secretary Robert Gates is diving into the Iraq crisis to try to rescue a floundering US mission amid growing doubts at home
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    • AFTERNOONEDITION
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        Lock icon FDA plans warnings for over-counter pain relievers
        332 18 BLOOMBERG DRUGSTORE headache medicines would have to carry warnings about risks of liver damage and stomach bleeding under a proposal from United States regulators, and packages would clearly identify the main ingredient Warnings for products like Johnson Johnson's Tylenol and Bayer AG's Aleve
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        Lock icon Aceh prepares for next quake
        407 18 -AFP Red Cross goes to local schools to train children in disaster preparedness KRUENG RAYA (Indonesia) At the shouts of "Earthquake, earthquake!" 10-year-old Riska Munandasari vigorously shakes her desk before diving underneath it to shelter with two schoolmates. The quake drill, organised by the Indonesian
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        Lock icon Ahmadinejad faces new setback in key electoral battle
        276 20 -AFP TEHRAN Hardline allies of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) facing a new election defeat, trailing moderate conservatives and reformists in the key battle for Tehran city council, partial results showed. Loyalists of Ahmadinejad, including his sister
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        Lock icon Kofi Annan's last stand
        535 20 —AGENCIES Outgoing UN chief defends his record, makes last push for a deal on Darfur UNITED NATIONS Kofi Annan used his last press conference yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) to defend his 10-year stewardship of the United Nations and to make one last push to end
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      Messages repeated for wider reach
      221 22  -  NOELLETANGSHUKYEE Letter from Manager, Corporate Marketing and Communications SMRT Corporation Ltd I REFER to the letter, "Risk in too much safety spiel?" by Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim (Dec 13). Station announcements serve to alert passengers to essential information and are implemented based on need, experience
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      JOLLY GOOD DIVERSITY
      621 24  -  LIANG DINGZI isay EVEN as the traditional year-end festive season approaches, some question its relevance in our part of the world. First, we are reminded that the celebration of Christmas is not native to Singapore, and it is an appendage we forgot to expunge when our colonial
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      Dad died, son's CPF account deactivated
      252 25  -  RAMASWAMY SELLAPPAN Letter from EVER since my dad passed away in January, I have been having problems with Government-related services and insurance policies/share schemes. Apparently, the Central Provident Fund (CPF) de-activated the wrong account mine and they had informed my service providers about it.
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      For the congregation's good
      219 25  -  SADIQ BASHA Friday prayers at proposed Nagore Darga will help many Muslims in CBD area Letter from I READ with interest the letter by Haj Mohamed, "Mosque too crowded on Fridays, new venue needed" (Dec 14). In the CBD area, it is not only Masjid Al-Abrar
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      FOCUS ON THE
      222 26  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY DATING YOUR MATE Many marriages, following the honeymoon, lose the wind in their romantic sails, and wallow in the doldrums formonthsand even years. Sailors in the days of wooden ships and sails feared pirates and storms. But their greatest fear was that their
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      Taken for a virtual ride
      616 26  -  LEE THAU CHI AN Watch out for firms selling elderly people computer deals they don't need Letter from I WISH to warn those who are less com-puter-sawy to beware of the deals computer companies offer. My father recently bought a computer, after attending a talk
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      Enough toilets to prevent urinating in public
      202 28  -  S SATISH APPOO Letter from Director, Environmental Health Department, National Environment Agency (NEA) WE REFER to the letter, "The cost of saving on public toilets" (Dec 13). Urinating in public is not a widespread problem in Singapore. There are about 30,000 toilet blocks
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      No set rule for 'real' university
      237 28  -  STEVE KNGO Letter from I REFER to the letter, "Don't allow unaccredited universities to operate here" (Dec 18), by Mr Leong Sze Hian. While I can empathise with him, some of his views must be corrected. "Bogus or scam schools" must not be equated
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        NATIONAL HEALTH PORTAL NEEDED
        71 28  -  DAVID SOH POH HUAT Changi General Hospital will be setting up a web portal on health. This is a very good initiative. What perturbs me is, shouldn't such a portal be done at the national level instead where resources can be shared At hospital level, specialists
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        ELITE LESSONS TO NARROW THE GAP
        71 28  -  LIM BOON HEE If we are genuine about narrowing the divide between "elite" and "neighbourhood" schools, then we should not waste money sending students overseas during the holidays. Instead, inter-school camps should be organised to allow elite and neighbourhood students to mix. This could
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      NightRider decision review
      176 28  -  NOELLETANG Letter from Manager, Corporate Marketing Communications SMRT Corporation Ltd I REFER to the letter ,"Bus service cancelled, stranded at night" (Dec 4), by Gurmit Singh Kullar. On Dec 2 and 3, there were substantial road closures to facilitate the PAP Award Ceremony 2006 and the Standard
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      1323 23 I Back to School with Dad 2007 First week of school NA NA Schools, pre-schools, To encourage fathers to play a more active role in 2007 companies and organisations I I in father-child bonding, the Centre for Fathering who are keen to participate I 1 I (CFF) is organising the
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      316 32 -AGENCIES SHANGHAI A Singaporean has been fingered as the main suspect behind the biggest illegal money laundering case in China this year. The man, who wasn't named by Chinese authorities, was suspected of handling 5 billion yuan ($987 million) through remittance, foreign exchange and
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        181 32 ONE year after BDays made everyone sit up with its first-ever Big issue (featuring, most aptly. King Kong), the entertainment weekly is back with its second Big issue. This time, the treat is a jumbo-sized pull-out celeb calendar featuring a dozen MediaCorp stars photographed, appropriately, in
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        126 32 DESCRIBED as the voice of elegance, nouveau and retro Italian combined, Patrizio Buanne is all about style, sophistication and manners. His debut album. The Italian, achieved phenomenal success across the globe, with 1 million albums sold worldwide. His second album. Forever Begins Tonight,was released in
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        139 32 NIXON Singapore is providing Today's readers with expert photography tips in a series of six advertorials. In conjunction with the advertorials, there will be two main contests: The Amazing Photo Hunt and Shoot to Frame Photo Contest. In the launch Amazing Photo Hunt contest, contestants can win
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      524 32 Travel agents file $96.5 m class action suit against six airlines SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) could be embroiled in a potential lawsuit in Australia for allegedly failing to pay commission owed to travel agents over its fuel surcharge. It was one of the airlines
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      213 32  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA IN ITS first acquisition, CDL Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust (H-Reit) yesterday bought the 455-room Rendezvous Hotel in New Zealand for $120 million. The addition of the luxury hotel in Auckland to H-Reit will improve the diversification of the trust's portfolio of quality
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        461 34  -  CHOW PENN NEE Shareholders call for EGM to remove CEO, 2 independent directors pennnee@media corp. com. sg IN THE latest boardroom power squabble, shareholders have moved to oust Hengxin Technology's chief executive and two other directors. The China-linked company which manufactures radio frequency cables for the mobile
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        93 34 -BLOOMBERG SINGTEL'S Australian unit that accounts for two-thirds of its sales, has formed a joint venture to offer rural broadband services as it seeks a share of As6oo million ($725 million) in government funding. Sing Tel Optus and Futuris Corp unit, Elders, applied for the funding
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        361 35 -BLOOMBERG TEMASEK Holdings, which is eyeing a Pakistani financial group, has secured the Pakistan central bank's approval to examine the books of its target The State Bank of Pakistan approved the application of Temasek unit NIB Bank to study the accounts and
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          55 35 Nikkei 225 *****.88 -185.23 -1.89 Hang Seng ASX *****.55 -228.36 5559.76 -31.88 -1.19 -8.57 Taiwan Wtd 7598.88 -25.74 -8.34 Korea Comp 1427.76 -5.47 -8.38 KLCI 1666.36 -21.24 -1.96 SET Index 622.14 -168.41 -14.84 Jakarta Comp 1736.67 -56.95 -2.85 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2849.71 -28.12 413.35 -8.61 -8.98 6.66
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          52 35 Sapphire 0.025 +0.005 +25.0 121,114 THBEV 0.266 -6.815 -5.5 119,759 Genlnt 8.516 +6.816 +2.6 96,151 SingTel 3.246 -6.166 -4.7 63,376 FHTK 6.865 48,562 Auston 6.158 +8.618 +7.1 41,762 HSI188BBMBtB7B1318.366 +6.686 +28.6 27,428 Sunning Tech 8.276 -6.816 -3.6 25,764 CapManMBt7B5B3 6.165 -6.625 -19.2 26,765 HSI 194BBBBB7B228 6.548 -8.146
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          69 35 SIMSGI315DB*****1 1.666 +6.766 CLI RB eCW*****0 1.020 +106.1 CLI RBeCW67B828 1.020 +0.525 OCBCCap3.93 D/oPreM0 96.568 +8.268 SingTel BNP7B312 B.7BB +0.200 OBSCAeCW*****9 0.035 +0.140 HSM9200SGA*****0 0.540 +0.105 HSI *****0B*****0 0.676 +6.186 Ml 2.256 +6.186 CapitalaSGA762B5A 0.020 +100.0 ChinaEntSp 0.010 +100.0 SIMSCI3150B*****1 1.668 +98.5 Capitaland0B7B312 0.025 +66.7 Oigiland 6.615
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          70 35 BBS 21.668 -1.868 STATSChPMBL*****5 8.658 -56.8 Shang Asia 2kHK$ 18.866 -1.666 Jardine CSC 13.966 -6.666 CharteredBNP***** 6.626 Benefun 20k 6.616 -42.9 -33.3 JMH46BUS$ 21.000 -0.500 SIA200 17.400 -0.500 CapitalanSGA***** 8.295 BBS SGA *****2 6.188 -29.8 -29.4 KepCorp 17.700 -0.400 SIA 17.500 -0.400 FTASEAN*****US$ 7.450 -0.350 Rotary 6.596
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          146 35 -DOW JONES THE pall of uncertainty created by Thailand's capital controls dragged Singapore shares to a sharply lower close. The ST Index closed down 66.14 points, or 2.2 per cent, at 2,897.30. Losers led gainers 494 to 172 as 1.6 billion shares worth $1.5 billion were traded. "What's happening
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          36 35 US$ 0.6463 UK£ 0.3316 Yen 76.375 HK$ 5.0246 RM 2.3127 Euro 0.4935 Rupiah 5923.9 Baht 23.098 Peso 32.153 AS 0.8282 Indian Rs 28.993 Won 602.27 C$ 0.7469 Yuan 5.0553 NZS 0.9353 NT$ 21.161
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          22 35 1 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 617.90 Sinr 12.53 Hitinß 1,102.10 Rlbblf cents/kg 267.75 Film Ol RM/t0nnt849.50 BrintoidiiEvii.'iiiiii 61.50 Information provided by
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        546 36 —AGENCIES Country tightens control over seven state industries BEIJING China has listed seven industries as critical to the nation's economic security in which the state must retain "absolute control" and limit foreign participation, state press reported yesterday. Military equipment, power generation and grids, oil, telecommunication, coal, civil
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        203 36 -AGENCIES STAR Cruises' joint venture with Genting International will borrow $3.38 billion for its integrated resort on Sentosa. Genting International and sister company Star Cruises, which are both units of Malaysian casino operator Genting, said earlier this month that they
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        204 36 BLOOMBERG THE sons of casino tycoons Stanley Ho and the late Kerry Packer may have failed to win Singapore's second casino licence, but they are seeing better luck in Macau. Mr James Packer's Publishing Broadcasting (PBL) and Melco International Development, run
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          160 36 —AFP RETAILING giant Wal-Mart, an icon of American capitalism, said that it had authorised the establishment of a Communist Party union branch at its China headquarters. The branch was set up in the southern city of Shenzhen, where Wal-Mart operates its China
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          178 36 BLOOMBERG EBAY will close its primary China website and form a partnership with Beijing-based Tom Online to boost traffic in the world's second-biggest Internet market, said a source familiar with the situation. The world's largest online auctioneer will pay about US$4O million ($61.7 million)
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          137 36 -AFP UNITED States coffee chain Starbucks Corp plans the issue of stock options to all its Chinese employees in mainland stores in which it has a controlling stake the first time a foreign company in China has used stock options as a form
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        472 37 —AFP Global slowdown pose problems for the giants: Experts WASHINGTON Asian powerhouses China and India have to grapple with some critical problems in their financial systems amid a projected slowdown in global economic growth, experts warn. The two large economies have been growing rapidly in
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        698 38  -  MIRAKASHINATH He gave up a career in finance to start the first Apple concept store here mira@mediacorp.com.sg "When you're struggling to finish your paper in the dead of night, with only pizza and Coke for company, it's good to see a smiling face when you turn
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      1035 40  -  Ross Wallace Deputy Plus Editor ross@mediacorp.com.sg THE PUMPED BRANGEUNA SHILOH NOUVEL If good things come in threes, then the world has yet another reason to envy Angelina Jolie, who cemented her relationship with life partner No 3 Brad Pitt in 2006 (post-Jonny Lee Miller and Billy
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      293 40 The year in Asian entertainment proved just as eventful as that in the US, though it had nothing to do with a baby boom. JEANINE TAN goes over the highlights. THE SECRET WEDDING On-off couple Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Cheung proved that their tumultuous relationship is on again when
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      256 42  -  PEARLYN THAM pea rlyn@media corp. com. sg WHEN fashion brand Song+Kelly2l was acquired by retail conglomerate Club 21 six years ago, local fashion industry insiders saw the move as a major coup. Last night, Wykidd Song (picture) co-founder of Song+Kelly2l held a farewell party at II Lido
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      858 42  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS Like other child actors, Dakota Fanning of Charlottes Web must deal with fame, fickleness and... puberty IN MELBOURNE plus@newstoday.com.sg DAKOTA Fanning will not be available for interviews. That was the message from the distributors of her latest movie Charlotte's Web, which had its world premiere
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      277 43  -  —AMELYNNUONG CANADIAN scratch DJ and turntablist Kid Koala has one request for his fans: Take your mum to his gigs. In town to promote his latest album Your Mum's Favourite DJ, Kid Koala (real name Eric San) performs on the rooftop of the Red
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      278 44  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL plus@newstoday.com.sg BREAKDANCING might not be the ideal sport for most thirtysomethings, but in the words of So You Think You Can Dance contestant Ryan Conferido: Why not? The spiky-haired B-boy from the first season of the dance reality show is in town for
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        531 45  -  ZULOTHMAN Incubus were intent on making Light Grenades the album of their lives zul@media corp. com. sg INCUBUS frontman Brandon Boyd seems to be genuinely surprised that his five-piece alternative rock band has endured for 15 years. "First of all, all of us are amazed we
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      663 49 —AP NBA also punishes Nuggets and Knicks, and six other players after brawl NEW YORK- NBA scoring leader Carmelo Anthony was suspended for 15 games on Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) and six other players were penalised as commissioner David Stern came down hard on both teams,
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      307 50 —AFP PERTH As pressure mounts on his position, a defiant England coach Duncan Fletcher accepted some of the blame for his team's disastrous Ashes defence, but said he wanted to keep his job. In the wake of England's defeat in the third
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      520 50 —AFP Victorious Aussie skipper Ponting and Fletcher make up, country goes barmy ASHES CRICKET Australia v England SYDNEY Australian captain Ricky Ponting says he has buried the hatchet with England coach Duncan Fletcher, following his team's crushing Ashes win. Magnanimous in victory, Ponting said he sought
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      412 51 —AFP Champagne, beer flow after historic win in South Africa TEST CRICKET S Africa v India NEW DELHI India rejoiced unashamedly at its first cricket Test win on South African soil, a success legendary allrounder Kapil Dcv said was "the best ever" abroad. Rahul Dravid's men conjured a
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      170 51 —AGENCIES CHENNAI Indian track legend P T Usha came out in support of Santhi Soundarajan yesterday, after she was deemed to have failed a gender verification test carried out by the Olympic Council of Asia's (OCA) medical committee at the Asian Games. Yesterday, the OCA stripped Soundarajan
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      269 52 LONDON Everton will submit a formal complaint to the Football Association about Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho's criticism of Toffees striker Andrew Johnson, reported BBC Sport Online. Mourinho called Johnson "untrustworthy" after his team beat Everton 3-2 on Saturday, claiming the England man dived after a challenge
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      628 52 -AGENCIES Italian rock caps a momentous year by collecting Fifa's top honour ZURICH Fabio Cannavaro has set his sights on winning the Champions League, after being named the Fifa World Player of the Year on Monday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time). The Real Madrid and Italy defender capped
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      195 53 -AFP LIVERPOOL Rival managers Rata Benitez and Arsene Wenger criticised referee Martin Atkinson after the Yorkshire official called off Liverpool's League Cup quarter-final against Arsenal at Anfield yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) due to heavy fog. The two clubs now face a fixture logjam
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      116 53 BLOOMBERG WYCOMBE upset Charlton of the Premiership 1-0 to reach the semi-finals of English soccer's League Cup yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). Jermaine Easter scored his fifth goal in the competition this season to give Wycombe, which plays three divisions below, a spot
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      558 53 -AFP Portuguese manager says it was 'risky' to have left such thin defensive cover CARLING CUP, QUARTER-FINALS Newcastle v Chelsea LONDON Jose Mourinho fears he may have made a rare misjudgement that threatens to undermine Chelsea's attempt to win all four major trophies. England captain
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      226 53 LONDON Didier Drogba taunted Alex Ferguson and Manchester United in The Sun yesterday by declaring: "My wonder goal won us the title." The Chelsea hitman claimed his 25-metre thunderbolt which saw off Everton 3-2 at Goodison Park on Sunday would lead to Jose
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