Today, 6 March 2007, Afternoon Edition

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    15 1 TODAY /A=jyjj^CaßP MICA (P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Tuesday March 6, 2007 todayonline.com I
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon Govt to co-drive Singapore F1 bid
      461 1  -  LAN DE COTTA ian@media corp.com.sg AS THE drive to bring a Formula 1 (Fl) race to Singapore's streets next year enters its final few turns, the Government has stepped on the accelerator, promising a cash injection. Speaking in Parliament yesterday, Minister of State for
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      Lock icon Wall St follows global stocks lower
      333 1 -AFP NEW YORK US shares closed lower yesterday as bruised investors retrenched further amid stock market declines across Europe and Asia following heavy market losses last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 63.69 points at 12,050.41, after an early rally fizzled out.
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  • hot news
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      STATE OF OUR RELATIONS
      1037 2 Later this year, Singapore will hold the Asean chair for the association's 40th anniversary, and it will do all it can to push forward the Asean agenda, Foreign Minister George Yeo said in Parliament yesterday. He also outlined the ups and downs in Singapore's bilateral relations
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    • Article
      Still on neighbourly terms
      362 3  -  LOH CHEE KONG Singapore's military ties with Indonesia, Thailand are good: Defence Minister cheekong@media corp.com.sg IN SPITE of mixed political signals from Indonesia and Thailand, Singapore's military ties with these countries remain "good", Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean assured Parliament yesterday. Adding that the defence arrangements
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      CLOSE WATCH ON DEFENCE BUDGET
      200 3  -  LOH CHEE KONG Responding to concerns about the size of Mindef's $10.6-billion budget and its financial controls. Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean said that "rigorous checks" were in place to ensure prudent use of the money. Noting that the Government was prepared to spend up
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  • parliament news
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      Shop for electricity
      441 4  -  CHRISTIE LOH New system could let one pick a provider online, in stores christie@media corp.com.sg THE day may soon come when you can go online to buy electricity from your preferred provider. Under a worlds-first electricity vending system that the regulator is testing, retailers will be able
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      Big guns in mega broadband battle
      341 4  -  CHRISTIE LOH THE who's who of the global telecommunications industry will slug it out over a multi-million dollar contract to build Singapore's super-fast broadband network. Besides the three local telcos, big foreign players such as Britain's BT, Ericsson, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp,
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    • Article
      Timeshare-specific laws unlikely for now
      233 4  -  CHRISTIE LOH SPECIFIC laws to punish shady timeshare companies? Not just yet. The Government believes the best form of regulation will be to give the consumer watchdog more teeth through the Fair Trading Act, Minister of State for Trade and Industry Lee Vi Shyan said
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    • PARLIAMENTBRIEFS
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        $100M INTO ENERGY RESEARCH
        88 4  -  CHRISTIE LOH In the quest for commercially viable alternative energy sources, the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) and the Economic Development Board will pump $100 million into energy research and test-bedding programmes over the next five years. If biofuel trials take off, they may
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        R&D ON THE RIGHT TRACK
        128 4  -  TORCHING LI Weighing in on the recent biomedical debate. Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Khiang said that Singapore's R&D strategies are "in the right direction", albeit subject to future adjustments. "With the limited funds available, we have to focus on niche areas... We
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      138 5 OT^NANYANG kAcj&l TECHNOLOGICAL "jRKT TINTVFRSTTY WL J ir^m Ktf" Itri WM w^m at An NTU education primes you for success in the fast-paced, high-tech global economy. T College of Engineering The 4 colleges and 2 autonomous institutes provide distinctive specialisations and avenues to broaden your education through cross-disciplinary studies. Seize
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  • singapore news
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      Wayward teen wins appeal
      533 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Judge rescinds jail and caning, orders reformative training weekeat@media corp.com.sg DESPITE his tender age, 16-year-old Maria Dass Pandi Rasan had already been exposed to "a life of crime". From age 10, he was smoking 12 cigarettes a day and abusing drugs like ketamine,
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      Lock icon 'Okay' to pay commission: Loo
      370 6  -  ANSLEY NG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg A LITTLE-KNOWN former volunteer continued hogging the limelight at the corruption trial of former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) CEO T T Durai. Yesterday, the court heard more about Mr David Tan Kee Kan's relationship with the NKF, where he served as a
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      Lock icon Community leaders in courtroom battle
      344 6  -  —NAZRYBAHRAWI A WAR of words between two prominent Malay-Muslim community leaders has now erupted into a courtroom battle. Yesterday marked the first day of a defamation suit against Mr Wan Hussin Zoohri, chairman of the TAA Trust Fund, by Mr Abdul Halim Kader, who formerly
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        POLICE HUNT FOR MURDER SUSPECTS
        81 6 Police are on the hunt for several murder suspects following the death of a man who was assaulted at Fullerton Road early Sunday. Mr Lim Chye Huat, 35, had just left a karaoke lounge at One Fullerton at about 5.30 am, when he was attacked
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      • Article
        Lock icon SEX OFFENDER JAILED
        83 6 938 LIVE A 25-year-old who took nude shots of two teenage girls and extorted money and sex from them was yesterday jailed for two and a half years. In 2003, Daniel Ou Yang Jian Cong befriended two 14-year-old girls through the Internet. He had sex with them
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        PERTH DIVING ACCIDENT VICTIM EVACUATED TO SINGAPORE
        124 6  -  -TANHUILENG A 24-year-old Singaporean woman involved in a diving accident in Perth has returned to Singapore and was yesterday admitted to Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Ms Serene Teng, who almost drowned off the west coast of Australia on Feb 19, the second day
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        DOG-BEATER FINED AND JAILED
        174 6  -  LEONGWEEKEAT A man was sentenced to a week's jail and a $3,000 fine in a district court yesterday for "cruelly" beating a dog and fracturing its leg. Pam Teck Soon, 31, hit the Siberian husky after it bit his fiancee, Ms Janice Ong, in February last
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      HEADING FOR A CRASH?
      802 8  -  ADRIAN TAN Rising yen, unwinding of 'carry trades' could lead to carnage in global market "A WEEK is a long time in politics," a British Prime Minister once said. The recent stock market falls show that a week for investors can feel like a generation. On
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      Lock icon Makeover money for HDB shops
      294 8 938 LIVE HOUSING and Development Board (HDB) retailers who have been feeling the heat from their upmarket counterparts can look forward to makeover grants from the Government A new HDB scheme called the Revitalisation of Shops will co-fund upgrading efforts and provide rent-free periods for
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon SECURITY AGENCY FINED
        69 8 938 LIVE The Manpower Ministry has fined a security guard agency $27,000 for violating the Employment Act. The agency. Unique Security Services, was convicted of various offences, including making its security officers work for more than 12 hours a day, failing to provide for weekly rest days,
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        Lock icon GRASSROOTS CEREMONY FOR NEW CITIZENS
        65 8 938UVE Come April, citizenship certificate presentation ceremonies for newly sworn-in Singaporeans will be held at the grassroots level. They are currently held at the Community Development Councils. This is part of the Government's plans to help citizens forge closer community ties. The People's Association has
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        Lock icon PUB'S AMERICAN TIE-UPS
        97 8 938 LIVE The Public Utilities Board (PUB) will take part in more research and development projects after two agreements were signed with water organisations in the United States. The first is with non profit organisation American Water Works Association. The framework will allow PhD water researchers to
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      279 8 r T",'l_ Money makes money is an age old saying. In a recent newspaper article, J_ XXC X X wXX was highlighted that the rich is getting richer whilst the lower income -a group is struggling along. This is because the lower income group is (J^^T "t*l C* Y\ competing
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  • world news
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      Lock icon 'Prisons, the weak link in terror fight'
      523 10  -  SUJADISISWO Militants often consolidate strengths while inside, says anti-terror official JAKARTA Indonesian prisons are a weak link in the country's fight against terrorism, with militants often emerging more organised and committed to violence than before they were jailed, a top anti-terror official said
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      'Indonesia facing ecological disaster'
      197 10 JAKARTA Indonesia is facing "ecological disaster" because its government does not have the political will needed to stop companies from exploiting the country's national resources, a local non-governmental organisation said. In an interview with The Jakarta Post, national executive director of the Indonesian Forum for the
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      Corruption probe necessary to reflect impartiality: Abdullah
      174 10 PUTRAJAYA Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said investigations into allegations of corruption were necessary in order to reflect impartiality and justice but said that most allegations lacked basis, a report said yesterday. His comments came on the heels of recent news reports
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      Lock icon Race for riches may lead to chaos
      440 12 -AFP China's Premier warns of social, environmental costs of boom BEIJING Premier Wen Jiabao called yesterday for more efforts to balance China's roaring economy with protecting the environment and bridging the widening gap between rich and poor. Opening the annual session of China's
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      Lock icon THOSE WHO WANT TAIWAN BACK
      228 12 AFP China will continue to strengthen its armed forces. Premier Wen Jiabao said at the annual session of the National People's Congress yesterday. His comments were applauded by military leaders who want to counter new threats and take back Taiwan. Mr Wen made the pledge
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      Lock icon Emergency rule declared in Timor
      310 13 -AP President grants arrest powers to international troops DILI Timor Leste's President invoked emergency powers to quell unrest yesterday after hundreds of young men blockaded roads with burning tires in support of a fugitive rebel leader. Security in the tiny Asian nation deteriorated after international
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      Lock icon TAIWANESE PRESIDENT SUED FOR SEDITION
      181 13 -DPA Taiwan's opposition People First Party (PFP) yesterday filed sedition charges against President Chen Shui-bian, one day after Mr Chen declared that Taiwan must seek independence. PFP members filed the sedition charges with the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, saying they hoped the President could be tried
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon THAI COUP LEADER FEARS THREATS, MOVES OUT OF HOME
        102 13 Thailand's coup leader. General Sonthi Boonyaratkalin (picture), has moved to a new residence in the compound of the 11th Infantry Regiment, a military source was quoted by the Bangkok Post as saying. Gen Sonthi's newest abode is the official residence of
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        INSURGENTS HAND OUT LEAFLETS
        97 13 Insurgents in Thailand's restive south have distributed leaflets claiming responsibility for the wave of coordinated violence that rocked the region on Feb 18, The Nation reported. The attacks had left eight people dead. The "Warriors of Pattani Islamic State" claimed that they were responsible for the
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      Lock icon Abe won't back down
      373 14 -AFP Japanese PM reiterates that there's no proof of coercion in WWII sexual slavery TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe refused to back down yesterday in a row over whether the military used Asian women as sex slaves during World War 11, repeating his claim that
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      Lock icon US, North Korea start talks on ties
      302 14 AFP NEW YORK The United States and North Korea began ground-breaking talks yesterday in a first step towards normalising ties and cementing Pyongyang's commitment to scrapping its nuclear arms programme. Mr Christopher Hill, the chief US representative to six-party negotiations on the nuclear
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      Lock icon Attacking Iran could speed up its nuclear programme
      460 16 -AFP Tehran could build atomic bomb in months rather than years: Report LONDON Pre-emptive military strikes on Iran could accelerate rather than hinder Tehran's production of atomic weapons, a report by a British global security think-tank said yesterday. Backed by the former
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon THE ULTRA-SKINNY LOOK IS OUT
        94 16 AFP The organisers of the Australian Fashion Week say they will follow the lead of some European countries and keep ultra-skinny models off the catwalks. "We don't want to see young girls hurting themselves in any way," organiser Simon Lock said. The healthy weight guidelines,
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        Lock icon CAMILLA'S HYSTERECTOMY
        58 16 AFP The wife of Britain's Prince Charles, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, was admitted to a private hospital on Sunday ahead of a planned hysterectomy. The 59-year-old was believed to have been scheduled for the operation at London's King Edward VII hospital yesterday. Her office has said the womb-removal
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        COURT OKAYS LAWSUIT AGAINST SBY FOR MUD VOLCANO
        123 16 A court in Indonesia gave the go-ahead yesterday for a lawsuit against President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and other officials for human rights violations over the slow response to a disastrous "mud volcano". The lawsuit, which also names the firm held responsible
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        Lock icon RESCUERS DIG FOR INDONESIAN LANDSLIDE VICTIMS
        124 16 AFP Rescuers in Indonesia were forced to use shovels to dig for dozens of people still missing after a series of landslides and flash floods killed at least 34, officials said yesterday. Heavy rain and blocked roads have prevented heavy machinery from reaching the
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      On HDB resale levy
      124 18  -  LEONGCHOKKEH Letter from Deputy Director (Policy Property) for Director (Estate Administration Property), Housing Development Board I REFER to the letter by Mr Leong Sze Hian on "HDB Resale Woes" (Feb 27). Mr Leong asks why his friend has to pay a resale levy, even though he
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      Lock icon Leave CPF investment policy alone
      477 18  -  PHILUPANGKENGHONG Expecting higher returns of 8 to 10 per cent on CPF funds is fraught with risks Letter from MEMBER of Parliament Ong Kian Mm (Tampines GRC) recently highlighted in Parliament that the guaranteed returns for Central Provident Fund (CPF) deposits should be higher. However,
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    • Letter
      HDB ethnic quota is crucial for harmony
      218 18  -  LEONG CHOK KEH Letter from Deputy Director (Policy Property) for Director (Estate Administration Property), Housing Development Board I REFER to the letter by Mr Lim Wee Teck, "Lift ethnic quota for unsold flats" (Feb 27). Racial harmony is crucial for social cohesion in
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    • Article
      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      221 20  -  DR JAMES DOBSON ////BY HEREDITY AND PERSONALITIES OF CHILDREN For parents whose children have caused them great pain through rebellion and misbehaviour, recentyears would have been a nightmare of conflict and disappointment for them. Parents in that situation today have been much too quickto blame themselves
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    • Ending the hide-and-seek game
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      A step in the right direction
      244 21  -  TEO KUEH LIANG Muis'plan to reach out to non-Muslims is timely Letter from' I READ with interest and excitement the report, "Muis aims for all mosques to reach out to non-Muslims" (Mar 5). It is heartening to learn that the new generation of Muslim
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    • Letter
      Withdrawing service 608 will hurt commuters
      224 21  -  KOHCHINCHYE Letter from I AM deeply saddened by SMRT's announcement to withdraw the one and only surviving City Shuttle Service, CSS 608, on April 1. This service is operated by its sister company Singapore Shuttle Bus Pte Ltd, bought over by SMRT. City Shuttle
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      Lock icon isay LEARNING ABOUT SEX AT 8 – THE RIGHT WAY
      684 22  - isay LEARNING ABOUT SEX AT 8 THE RIGHT WAY AUBREY ESS RECENTLY, the case of a nine-year-old mother was in the news. While only in Primary Three, this girl had already had sex with her boyfriend many times, behind her parents' back. During her pregnancy, she had to cope with
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      'Actually, we want a Mandarin speaker'
      516 23  -  NOR ANOMABD AZIZ Secondary school may be closing the door on some job applicants Letter from MY AUNT, who will be 60 in a few years, has accounting qualifications and she can speak and write in English and Malay. From her late teens till
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      Lock icon Growing population will mean longer waiting time
      294 23  -  JAYANDRAN SANDRA ALISON Letter from THERE has been much publicity in recent weeks on the long waiting times for patients to get appointments with specialists at the major hospitals. The long waiting times at the polyclinics have also been much talked about Has
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  • Businesstoday
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      Stocks in Asia fall to their lowest in two months
      356 24 ASIAN stocks tumbled to the lowest in two months, extending a worldwide sell off that wiped US$l.5 trillion ($2.3 trillion) from the value of global shares, on concern that United States' growth will stall. Shares from Singapore to Shanghai fell
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      CORPORATEBRIEFS
      125 24  -  BLOOMBERG City Developments and Wing Tai Land have jointly acquired Anderson 18, a prime freehold residential site in District 10 for $477.7 million, excluding a development charge of $40.1 million. The acquisition is subject to the approval of the Strata Titles Board. With a land area of about 112,098
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      STAYING LOCAL, GROWING GLOBAL
      600 24  -  TORCHING LI SMEs to get technology booster from Spring, NRF chingh@media corp. com. sg TO give local enterprises a leg up on the global market, the Government will be investing some $250 million on initiatives to grow Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), particularly technology start-ups. Announcing
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      Lock icon Temasek to increase Russia fund to $458m
      493 25 BLOOMBERG TEMASEK Holdings is doubling its fund investing in Russian companies to US$3OO million ($458 million) by April, said Mr Ruben Vardanian, chairman of Troika Dialog, a Moscow-based investment bank that jointly manages the fund. The fund, called the Russia New Growth Fund,
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        28 25 JSS JK£ 'en IKS 1M iuro 0.6550 0.3405 75.550 5.1182 2.3035 0.4980 Rupiah 6051.9 Baht 21.859 Peso 32.016 AS 0.8446 Indian Rs 29.129 Yuan 5.0720
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        114 25 THE ST Index (STI) closed lower, hit by the sell-off in Asian equity markets, and analysts said that it might fall at least another 100 points. The ST Index (STI) closed down 96.45 points, or 3.13 per cent, at 2,982.29, but off an intraday low of 2,931.63. The index
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        56 25 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by I Mikkei 225 *****.25 -575.08 IK Hang Seng *****.88 -777.13 \ustralia ASX200 5053.00 -132.40 (area Camp 1370.15 -38.32 rhailand SET -3.34 -4.00 -2.20 -2.71 Jakarta Camp 1008.82 -01.10 -3.48 3hils Camp 2007.88 -142.40 Shenzhen B 401.58 -31.43 -4.54 -0.38 Iflumbai Sensex *****.04 -471.00
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        396 26 CHANNEL NEWSASIA CHANNEL NEWSASIA DOW JONES 938 LIVE Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has accepted a position on the International Advisory Board of Skolkovo, the Moscow School of Management. He joins an international panel comprising experts in business, science, politics and arts and will be responsible for inspiring the
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        389 26 BLOOMBERG Ong Beng Seng and partners to build the hotel SINGAPORE tycoon Ong Beng Seng, who owns Four Seasons resorts in Bali, Singapore and the Maldives, won government approval to build the brand's first hotel in the Malaysian capital after a 17-month wait
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        238 26  -  MIRAKASHINATH mira@media corp.com.sg THE Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) is sticking by its decision to approve a proposal by Qantas to merge its operations with unit Orangestar, on grounds that the merger will bring about cost savings that would benefit consumers in the long term.
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        710 28 —AGENCIES BLOOMBERG Time to end tax benefits for foreign companies in China: Premier Wen BEIJING Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said that it was time to end a major financial benefit for foreign companies operating in China, as he introduced a law to parliament that would unify tax
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        311 28 BLOOMBERG ITV, a Thai broadcaster controlled by Temasek Holdings, may suspend its operation temporarily from Wednesday because of legal problems after the government revokes its concession, an official said. The Thai government plans to seize iTV's operation by midnight if it cannot
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          34 29 This award recognises the efforts and achievements made by individuals, organisations, events, or projects that best encapsulate the essence, personality and inspiration behind the Unique Singapore branding. The Uniquely Singapore Clipper.
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        399 29  -  JOSEPH YADAO New Singapore Tourism Board Awards category honours nightspot hosts joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg THEY serve you drinks, they talk to you when you're down, they are polite even when you are a nuisance and they make sure you have a safe ride home when you're too
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        415 30  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA Irish Trade Minister to grace St Patrick's Day as festival makes its return here shobha@media corp.com.sg FOR the second year in a row, Singapore is celebrating St Patrick's Day Ireland's most important festival making it the only country in South-east Asia and the
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        173 30  -  JOSEPH YADAO Joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg THE chief executive officers of two homegrown global brands have been conferred Honorary Fellow titles by the Marketing Institute of Singapore (MIS). Mr Richard Eu, the group CEO of Eu Van Sang International Ltd, and Mr Ron Sim, the founder
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        213 30  -  —JOSEPH YADAO DHL Asia Pacific is set to recognise and promote young social entrepreneurs in Asia who are working towards the UN Millenium Development Goals (MDG) with the inaugural DHL Young Entrepreneurs for Sustainability Awards (DHL YES Awards). The UN Millenium Development Goals are a
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        517 31  -  HEDIRMANSUPIAN New application enables social networking on mobile, IM platforms hedirman@media corp. com. sg YOU blog, you're hooked on You Tube and you share photos with friends regularly. What if you can have the same experience on your desktop and mobile phone without any compromise in
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        340 31  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN WITH 1.9 billion mobile subscribers I worldwide and 1.4 billion existing email accounts, is anyone wondering why the rest of us aren't able to check our email on standard mobile phones? "Email's already the most used application on the Internet If anything's
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        588 32  -  CHRISTOPHER CHEN Can't decide what to buy, or even figure out what you need? Here's help! infotech@newstoday.com.sg I MULTI-FUNCTION printers (MFPs) I that combine a printer, scanner, copier and fax in one machine are rapidly replacing single-purpose devices in small and medium businesses (SMBs) everywhere. According to IDC,
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      159 28 N LJ !S Centre for Clinical Pharmacology Pte Ltd A partnership of Lilly Research Laboratories and the National University of Singapore We invite Males and Females to be screened for a Clinical Research Project which studies how exercise influences insulin production in the bod/. The study involves 2 separate in-patient
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      178 32 fcpl/nf, C TOURISM MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE *r*^9'B' 'r^?/ (The official training arm of National Association of Travel Agents Singapore, NATAS) Advance Your Career Tr lndustry lATA-UFTAA Travel and Tourism TMIS Diploma in Travel Tourism/ Foundation Diploma Casino Gaming Electives Course Outline Joinly awarded by Tourism Management Institute 1) Tourism
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      334 36  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL African journalist tells his blood diamond story Juliana.rasul@mediacorp.com.sg BEFORE Blood Diamond the film, there was Cry Freetown, an awardwinning documentary by African journalist Sorious Samura that took a no-holds-barred look at the horror of Sierra Leone's civil war. Six years on, Samura is back in
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        132 37 ////by Strange House AMONG the most hyped new UK bands. The Horrors are English rock's latest enfants terribles, champions of a seedy organled style of garage rock that sounds like a cross between The Doors and The Stooges. Led by combative and bizarrely dressed frontman Faris Rotter, the
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        125 37 Kaiser Chiefs YOURS Truly, Angry Mob may be the most anticipated sophomore effort in recent memory but on first listen, it sounds suspiciously like the Kaiser Chiefs' previous album Employment. The band are still indulging in sing-along choruses that, for the most part, recall Blur's Modern
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      291 37  -  DAVID CHEW WHAT gets children excited about the arts? A specialist in plays for kids for almost three decades, Act 3 International is well qualified to answer that question and does so with its eighth Prudential Children First! festival, which starts tomorrow. "In the
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        955 38  -  JOANNEYAP In conjunction with International Women's Day on Thursday, Today puts the spotlight on four women who were empowered to conquer illness, smoking, obesity and depression in positive, inspirational ways joanne@media corp.com.sg It ain't too tough to quit "It's too hard to quit" is a common refrain
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        470 38 GRACE Au was only 21 when she was diagnosed with stage three ovarian cancer in May last year, a rare affliction among younger women and one with a high mortality rate. Within a week of her diagnosis, she went under the surgeon's knife twice to have
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        374 39 At 15, Celeste Phua was obese. At 1.68 m tall, she weighed 82kg. Determined to get back in shape after a teacher commented on her weight, Celeste took to a gamut of fad diets to try to slim down. "I tried the protein diet, eating only
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      105 39 .p*^—^ Is your Are you concerned about the worsening of your child's myopia? The Singapore Eye Research Institute is inviting healthy children, age 6 to 12 years with myopia, to join a clinical study on a medication to prevent myopia progression. The purpose of this study is to evaluate lower
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      592 42 -AFP American pockets $1.5 m after outlasting three other players in a shootout PALM BEACH GARDENS (Florida) American Mark Wilson won his first PGA Tour title here yesterday, sinking a 10-foot birdie on the third hole of a darkness-halt-ed playoff to win the Honda Classic.
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      230 42 -AFP LOS ANGELES A fragile foundation to the American football universe was bolstered here yesterday when Los Angeles Galaxy general manager Alexi Lalas said he was not worried about David Beckham's knee injury. England star Beckham suffered a strained right knee ligament in Real
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      655 43 -AGENCIES Defender calls for focus as dangerous Porto hit town CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Chelsea v Porto (Ist leg 1-1) LONDON-It was classic Jose Mourinho, surely trying to up the ante, almost baiting Manchester United. When Ashley Cole came out yesterday to say Chelsea had to concentrate on winning
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      408 43 LONDON Alan Curbishley can sleep well, even if West Ham fans haven't gotten over the nightmare of the Hammers' shocking loss on Sunday night The manager will not be fired even if the club are relegated from the Premiership, BBC Sport
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      328 44 —AGENCIES CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Valencia v Inter Milan (Ist leg 2-2) ROME Inter Milan's Brazilian striker Adriano is battling to be fit in time for their crucial Champions league last 16 tie away to Valencia tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time). The first leg
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      578 44 —AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Lyon v Roma (Ist leg 0-0) LYON Lyon will try to put Saturday's crowd trouble in their derby match at St Etienne behind them as they tackle Roma in the Champions League last 16, second leg clash tonight
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      751 46  -  TANYO-HINN Veteran shooter begins Project 0812 programme and has to unlearn old style in bid for Olympic glory yohinn@media corp.com.sg HE IS one of Singapore's most experienced shooters a veteran of two Olympic Games (1996,2004), winner of multiple SEA Games gold medals and a two-time
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      297 47  -  DARREN LAI ALOR Star, the capital of Kedah, holds many fond memories for V Sundramoorthy (below). In his first season playing for Malaysia's northern state, Sundram led his team to the final of the Malaysia Cup in 1989,
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