Today, 5 April 2007, Afternoon Edition

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    29 1 TODAY /A=diaCofip MICA (P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Thursday April 5, 2007 todayonline.com I TODAY fiA=DIj\CORP MICA (P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Thursday April 5, 2007 todayonline.com
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  • A question of dollars and sense
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      Lock icon A question of dollars and sense
      691 1  -  LEE U-WEN IF SINGAPORE HAD J A 'REVOLVING DOOR'f GOVERNMENT Your asset values will disappear and your apartments will be m worth a fraction of what (they are now). Jobs will be in peril and your security will be at risk. Our women will
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      Thailand moves to shut down 'royally offensive' websites
      363 2 BANGKOK Amid growing public disillusionment with its performance, Thailand's military-installed government has launched a crackdown on websites deemed insulting to King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The move has prompted some quarters to accuse the Thai generals of invoking, yet again, the name of the
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      Lock icon Check into a hospital-hotel
      418 2  -  JASMINE YIN In a first, URA gives approval for unique project at Farrer Park jasmine@media corp.com.sg IT IS located right above Fairer Park MRT station and was originally slated for hotel, commercial and residential use. But the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has given the nod to
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      Lock icon How much to see the doc?
      625 3  -  TAN HUI LENG CHANNEL NEWSASIA Survey results on GP fees to be released within a year but patients face info void now huileng@media corp. com. sg WHILE it has withdrawn its fee guideline for doctors' services, the Singapore Medical Association (SMA) will soon release
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      Lock icon One big splash and a reminder
      1021 4  -  Rohit Brijnath Phelps'current journey embodies the human spirit, attests to mankind's potential WHEN the great swimmer, on a very good day, approaches the wall say, 20 metres from the finish, some television networks enhance the moment Through the gift of technology, a moving red
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  • Singapore news
    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon MAN HIT BY TRAIN DIES
        106 6 -GRACIA CHIANG A man died after being hit by a train at the Paya Lebar MRT station at about 10.20 am yesterday. Police said the victim, a 52-year-old Chinese, was pronounced dead by paramedics at 10.45 am. Investigations are underway. East-bound services were disrupted for
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        Lock icon TIGER TO ASSIGN FLIGHT SEATS
        61 6 938 LIVE From mid-April, seats will be allocated to all passengers when they fly with Singapore's low-cost carrier. Tiger Airways. And for an extra fee, passengers can even select the seats they want when making the booking online. Tiger Airways says the move is in
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        Lock icon ANTI-PIRACY MOVE IN SCHOOLS
        97 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Students at Maris Stella High School are the first to get brochures that warn about the risks and crime of supporting piracy. Buying a pirated DVD or VCD, or making a phone call to place an order across the Causeway is considered involvement in
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      Lock icon 'Sexually abused before she was drowned'
      394 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Trial of Nonoi's stepfather opens weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg THE two-year-old Malay girl, who went missing and was later found dead under a flyover last year, was apparently abused sexually by her stepfather and then drowned. Among the vaginal injuries suffered by Nur Asyura
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      Lock icon Right here waiting – for the bus to arrive
      656 8  - Right here waiting for the bus to arrive GRACIA CHIANG This is chief complaint amid overall satisfaction: Survey gracia@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE commuters are, by and large, satisfied with Singapore's public transport, many have a familiar complaint: The long wait for a bus to arrive. Out of every 10 public transport users,
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      The young do get it
      597 10  -  SHERALYN TAY Prostate cancer is no longer exclusive to older men sheralyn@media corp.com.sg MORE young men are being diagnosed with prostate cancer, a disease often associated with men in their 60s. Prostate cancer, a malignant tumour of the prostate gland, is creeping up from being
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      Raising funds with reserves in mind
      222 10  -  -WINSONTEO FOR the past 29 years, Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society (THKMS) has been carrying out its social work entirely without reserves. But the charity's modus operandi has been increasingly tested since 2002, when it took over Ang Mo Kio Community Hospital, which treats
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      Lock icon Boating death still a mystery
      416 13  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Autopsy report finds nothing unusual; State Coroner rules case a misadventure weekeat@media corp.com.sg WHEN Paul Low Khoon Hock (picture) set sail on the morning of Feb 4 to watch his youngest son compete in a sailing regatta, it seemed a normal Sunday
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      Employer convicted over wage arrears
      218 13  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI A TRANSPORT company was found guilty of failing to pay wages to its workers, reported the Minister of Manpower (MOM). ALand Express was recently fined $26,400 for failing to pay the salaries of seven drivers, who were owed a total of $26,000 in wages.
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      Lock icon Sentencing for three mothers who permitted incest pushed back
      342 13 -938 LIVE THE three mothers who pleaded guilty to helping their husband commit incest with their daughters will have to wait longer to know their fate. The trio was supposed to be sentenced yesterday for persuading six of their daughters, aged
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      88 8 WHY Q? H^iyi? JAY |——JZpZ^ZpLp-, H fi F anytime,anywhere@ o-^ngv** Name ly^gji /I I INov 12N0v2006 Patrick Lee (5—4621) WMV^-^x I^W^ Illllll^VWlifg 13Nov 19N0V2006 Goh Kah Yin (5""376G) 8f '^Ifcjj^^l jfc^? 20Nov 26N0v2006 Tey Mvi Hoon (S**"o69A) •^K^L!*i^^1 liut t&M 27Nov 3Dec2006 YueMuiFong(S'"2BsZ) J:'^', A^'^lt '"Wm** *$P* fcw^ll 4 Dec
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Wen's friendly reminder
      301 14 Japanese PM urged not to visit war shrine ahead of visit to Tokyo TOKYO Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao yesterday warned his Japanese counterpart not to go to a controversial war shrine ahead of a visit to Tokyo meant to cement warming ties. Mr Wen said he was
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      Lock icon Bloggers want lawsuits merged
      177 14 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Two Malaysian bloggers, who are being sued by the same newspaper for defamation, joined forces to fight their unprecedented lawsuits yesterday, which have been criticised for stifling free expression. In January, the government-linked New Straits Times Press filed suits against Mr Ahirudin Attan
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      Lock icon Shanghai hit by another graft scandal
      156 14 -AFP AGENCIES SHANGHAI A former land use official in scandal-hit Shanghai is being investigated for allegedly taking bribes in return for real estate approvals, reports said yesterday. The news comes some two weeks after a new mayor was appointed to Shanghai after his predecessor
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      Lock icon New quake hits Solomons
      412 16 -AFP Latest South Pacific shock measured 6.2 GIZO (Solomon Islands) A 6.2-magnitude earthquake yesterday shook areas of the Solomon Islands already devastated by an 8.0-quake and subsequent tsunami that killed at least 30 people. The latest quake came at 5.34pm (2.34pm Singapore time) hours after a
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      Unquiet UK countryside
      285 16 AL QAEDA terrorists in Britain have found a new training ground for their new recruits: The placid countryside. The Sunday Mirror, quoting a confidential intelligence report, said Al Qaeda is sending recruits mainly disgruntled young Muslims on special "bonding expeditions" to rural hideaways. Here, the recruits, many
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      Lock icon Clashes escalate as death toll in Pakistan hits 250
      327 17 -AFP WANA (Pakistan) Tribesmen beating war drums yesterday launched their biggest assault yet against foreign Al Qaeda militants in a border region, after weeks of fighting that has left 250 people dead. The Pakistani government said the offensive by about 1,000
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      Lock icon Path to peace, via Damascus?
      432 17 AGENCIES US Speaker Pelosi says Assad is ready for peace talks with Israel DAMASCUS (Syria) During her controversial visit to Syria, United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday that Syrian President Bashar Al Assad had assured her he was ready for peace talks with
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      Lock icon Election official, activists join 'political murder' list
      251 17 -AFP MANILA An election official and two peasant activists have become the latest casualties in a series of political murders in the Philippines that have drawn international condemnation, police said yesterday. Mr Pete Amurin, a local election board official in the city of
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      Lock icon Thaksin could be banned from politics until 2010
      223 18 AGENCIES BANGKOK Ousted Premier Thaksin Shinawatra may be banned from politics until 2010 if the juntaappointed graft-busters find he had made false declarations in the sale of Shin Corp shares to an offshore firm, The Nation reported. Mr Viroj Laohapan of the
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      Lock icon Radicals ready to 'declare war'
      479 18 AFP 1,000 Indonesians poised to protest if Playboy editor freed JAKARTA A court will rule today whether the editor of the Indonesian version of Playboy is guilty of publishing "indecent" material, with up to 1,000 Muslim radicals ready to protest if he is freed. Prosecutors
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon BIG BROTHER IS SHOUTING AT YOU
        90 20 ■AFP Closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras which allow operators to shout at people behaving badly are to be installed across England, the government announced yesterday. The scheme lets local council workers in a control centre monitor pictures from the cameras and talk to them if
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        Lock icon E TIMOR YOUTH CLASH AHEAD OF POLLS
        97 20 ■AP Hundreds of young men supporting rival political parties clashed in Timor Leste's capital Dili yesterday, the final day of campaigning for next week's presidential elections. At least 32 people were injured, some seriously, officials said. At several locations across Dili, United Nations
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        Lock icon ISRAELI TROOPS ENTER GAZA
        94 20 -AFP Israeli soldiers entered the Gaza Strip and clashed with militants yesterday, the first incursion into the territory since a November ceasefire, security sources said. Soldiers driving five tanks, bulldozers and jeeps, penetrated 500 m into farmland near the northern Gaza village of Beit Hanun, sparking
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        Lock icon ONLINE OFFERINGS FOR THE DEAD
        100 20 —AFP Chinese Internet users are turning to "online tombs" as an easier way to pay respects to deceased relatives and others during an annual festival to honour the dead, state media reported on Wednesday. At least five million people have logged on to websites allowing
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      Lock icon Abe heads to US amid uproar
      557 20 Japan PM hopes to strengthen ties, as Congress prepares sex slave Bill TOKYO Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said yesterday he will make his first visit as Premier to the United States this month, where he faces criticism over Tokyo's use of World War II
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      Lock icon South Korea to start free trade agreement talks with the European Union
      367 21 -AFP SEOUL South Korea will soon start talks with the European Union for a free trade agreement similar to the one it recently struck with the United States, top officials said yesterday. "The government plans to push for
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      Lock icon Hong Kong proposal criticised
      218 21 -AFP HONG KONG A long-running feud over a hoped-for move towards full democracy in Hong Kong intensified yesterday following a government proposal that critics say will stifle reform. Supporters of a swift transition to universal suffrage were angered by two papers issued by Minister Stephen Lam
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      Lock icon N Korea likely to miss April deadline to shut reactor
      363 21 —AP Pyongyang won't budge because of stalled transfer of funds from controversial Macau bank, say diplomats SEOUL North Korea may not meet a deadline for shutting down its nuclear reactor because of the stalled transfer of its funds frozen at
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      Lock icon France urges Iran to let researcher leave the country
      224 22 -AFP PARIS A French researcher is being held against his will in Iran after police seized his passport while he was travelling in a province bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan, the French Foreign Ministry said yesterday. Mr Stephane Dudoignon, who works for
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      Lock icon British envoy meets sailors
      490 22 -AFP Naval crew to fly home today from Iran LONDON The 15 British sailors who have been held by Iran for nearly two weeks met with British Ambassador Geoffrey Adams for the first time during their detention, the British Foreign Ministry said yesterday (early today, Singapore
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      Lock icon Honey, meet the 'other woman' ...
      784 24 Honey, meet the 'other woman' Mistresses an acceptable fact of life in the Philippines MANILA In this conservative Roman Catholic nation of 87 million where divorce is still banned, it appears that mistresses being one and having one have gained a degree of acceptability. "There is no stigma to being
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  • Voices
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      Pressing questions and the news
      869 28  -  HOWARD LEE Do we wait for a change of policy before our reporters become actual journalists? Letter from I REFER to Mr Loh Chee Kong's I Say, "Inform, educate, entertain expose?" (April 2), in which he referred to Dr Vivian Balakrishnan's comments at the recent
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      267 30  -  DR JAMES DOBSON H^ Ho H Fi CHILDREN DONT FIT ON TO-DO LISTS Have you noticed that routine panic is becoming a way of life for today's families? There was a time when a man didn't fret if he missed a bus. He'd just catch the
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    • Letter
      If the system is not sick ...
      570 30  - If the system is not sick CHUASOOKIAT Why withdraw doctors' fee guidelines when healthcare sector is clearly competitive? Letter from I AM deeply perplexed by the Singapore Medical Association's (SMA) move to withdraw the guideline of fees for private doctors and their apparent lack of consultation with our Health Ministry,
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      THE FAMILY WAY TO GOOD SERVICE
      549 31  -  LIANG DINGZI KAYA toast and coffee may make for a yummy snack for adults, but it is certainly no diet for a 20-month-old baby. So, when she visited a kaya toast coffeeshop in Bishan recently with her family and 20-month-old daughter, Today reader Stephanie
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    • Letter
      Consumers should be made aware of their rights
      297 31  -  CHAN CHEE MUN Letter from I REFER to the article, "Case watching coffee, tea price hikes" (April 3). There were many occasions when I walked into my local coffeeshop at BuMt Panjang Plaza to buy a cup of kopi-0 which costs 90
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      Ads are effective
      213 32  -  RICKY TAN Letter from I REFER to the letter, "Shock ads won't work" (April 4). It's always interesting to see how some people look at things. If the shock advertisement won't work, then tell us what will. I was quite shocked when I saw the ad for
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    • Give cabbies some leeway
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        Curbs on cab drivers will affect income
        124 32  -  SKKRISNAN Letter from I REFER to the article, "Driving where they should not be" (April 3). Although there has been adequate notice to taxi drivers, including a direct mailer, this is not enough as taxi drivers have to make a living by picking
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        Let them use bus lane
        105 32  -  PAULSON LUM Letter from THE LTA, taxi companies and all taxi owners should get together to study the possibility of allowing taxis to use the bus lane. When I was in London, the taxi I boarded used the bus lane. When I asked the driver
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        Allow 15 sees' grace
        86 32  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN Letter from PICKING up a passenger should not take more than 15 seconds. Any penalty should only be for vehicles staying for a period longer than that. Any commuter would feel frustrated trying to flag a cab and realising that it is not stopping
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      Lock icon Young at heart
      803 34  -  GRACIA CHIANG face in the crowd ETER FOO 87, retiree gracia@media corp.com.sg MOST 87-year-olds might be content if they can still amble to the void deck of their flat and while away the time with other elderly folk. But not Mr Eter Foo. For the last four
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      207 34 rYGIIOWPaQGS Throw off your shackles! Enjoy a splash of sun and a whole lot of fun at our 40th birthday bash at the Civic Plaza, Ngee 'f^-f\\ 7\n IdftO^" qK Ann City,6-8 April. Be entertainedJhe Yellow Pages way. Carnival 2007 §f|§ \tJ*t*ci\<^ (^vR y 5M ,^^^^^y& Who says Singaporeans are
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      273 36 The days of skin, hair and weight problems are over! Watch Beauty Experts 2 Episode 7 this week and find out how these customers made it through their most problematic times! 'm bursting with 1" .fl confidence < After W l\ a I "At YunNam the amazing results Ja El
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      Lock icon Records tumble as market soars
      432 38  -  JOHNSONCHOO Spore stock market hits new highs on the back of US rally johnsonchoo@mediacorp.com.sg BUOYED by a strong rally in US stocks overnight and soaring private home prices here, the Singapore stock market hit fresh record highs yesterday, surging 44.56 points following a five-day upward
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      344 38  - Get that software certified for free -JOHNSON CHOO BUSINESSES can soon have their software assets certified legal by the Business Software Alliance (BSA). Besides getting it done for free, these companies would also be protected from BSA-initiated enforcement action for a period of 12 months. Called the BSA SAM Advantage
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        Lock icon KEPPEL OIL RIGS IN DEMAND
        44 38 BLOOMBERG Keppel Corp, the world's biggest maker of oil rigs, said its units received a combined $280 million worth of orders from existing customers. It listed four contracts in the statement, without giving a breakdown of each deal's size.
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        M 1 GETS $250 MILLION BOOST
        40 38 Mobile One has received a three-year combined facility of $250 million with OCBC. The money will be used for general corporate funding needs and refinancing of existing debts, said the mobile phone service provider.
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        EI-NETS NETS CHINA PROJECT
        55 38 Ei-Nets, an IT consultancy, has inked a preliminary agreement to jointly develop a 13-sq km property hub in Changchun, Jilin province, with the JingYue Economic Development Zone. The 12-year project aims to attract eco-friendly tourism activities and high-technology industries, besides serving as a financial, commercial and
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        Money woes, customer loyalty worry small and medium enterprises: Survey
        257 40  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN hedirman@media corp.com.sg ISSUES such as financial performance, customer loyalty and the retention of qualified workers are keeping the leaders of small- and medium-enterprises (SMEs) up at night These findings were part of the UPS Asia Business Monitor 2007,
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        489 40  -  TORCHING LI E-TICKETING PENETRATION IN ASIA COUNTRY Asia's e-ticketing progress 'disappointing': lata chief chingli@media corp. com. sg DESPITE its status as a leading aviation hub, Singapore has been relatively slow to roll out electronic ticketing. While the International Air Transport Association (lata) has set
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          4 40 ST Index 3,332.92 +44.56
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          25 40 Gen Int Compact Jasper StarCrusUSS LottVis 0.915 +0.100 +12.3 233.158 0.045 -110.354 0.020 00.387 0.290 +0.005 +1.8 52.033 0.200 +0.005 +2.0 51.058
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          91 40 -AFP SINGAPORE share prices hit fresh record highs as investors snapped up blue chips following a strong rally in United States stocks overnight, dealers said. The ST Index (STI) soared 44.56 points, or 1.36 per cent, to 3,332.92, beating the previous closing record set on Feb 23. Earlier in
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          SGX top rises
          24 40 ChinaEntSp 0.010 +100.0 VibroPower W*****2 0.020 +100.0 Gen Int DBS070G11 0.130 +02.5 CITVDEV SGA0706I8 0.470 +44.0 Gen Int DB*****0 0.005 +44.4
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          28 40 DBS SGA *****0 0.020 -00.7 ICBCSGA *****0 0.110 OCBC Bk BNP*****0 0.080 OCBC Bk DB *****1 0.010 -52.2 -51.5 -50.0 DBS DB *****0 0.185 -39.3
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          20 40 Gold US$/oz 671.70 Silver US$/oz 13.46 Platinum US$/oz 1,257.50 Rubber cents/kg 354.75 Palm oil RM/tonne 2,140.0 Brent US$/barrel 68.05
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          28 40 USS 0.6602 UK£ 0.3346 Yen 78.484 HKS 5.1604 RM 2.2825 Euro 0.4943 Rupiah 6016.4 Baht 21.425 Peso 31.606 AS 0.8111 Indian Rs 28.447 Yuan 5.1060
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          58 40 Nikkei 225 *****.09 +300.04 +1.74 HK Hang Seng *****.71 +207.01 +1.03 Australia ASX200 0097.20 +83.80 +1.39 Korea Camp 1483.41 +19.00 +1.34 Thailand SET 093.54 +7.01 +1.02 Jakarta Camp 1922.05 +27.47 +1.45 Phils Cnmp 3294.23 +40.23 +1.42 Shenzhen B 530.00 +1.97 +0.37 Mumbai Sensex *****.77 +102.19 +1.28 Malaysia KLCI
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        Lock icon Asia's richest woman dies
        354 42 ■AFP WITH her bright clothes, mini-skirts and bizarre hairstyles, Hong Kong tycoon Nina Wang had cut an impish and unlikely figure in Asia's club of billionaires. She was the world's 154 th richest person with a personal fortune estimated at more than US$4 billion ($6 billion)
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        Global Crossing may attract private equity firms
        350 42 Improving balance sheet, sales growth put it in 'good spot' ABOUT three years after its controversial, multi-million-dollar rescue of Global Crossing, Temasek Holdings is now sitting on an outfit that may catch the eye of other bigtime investors. In an interview with Bloomberg,
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        340 44  -  DARYL LOO CHANNEL NEWSASIA Bio-Rad sets up first Asia-Pac base here darylloo@mediacorp.com.sg UNITED States-based Bio-Rad Laboratories has set up its first Asia-Pacific manufacturing facility in Singapore. The 20,000-sq-ft plant in Kaki Bukit will make high-end clinical diagnostic tools such as those used in genetic research. When
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        UK boost for Macquarie fund
        210 44  -  CHRISTIE LOH SINGAPORE-listed Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund (MIIF) expects to get a boost from a holding company's 100-per-cent acquisition of National Grid Wireless for £2.5 billion ($7.5 billion). MIIF owns 8.7 per cent of Macquarie UK Broadcast Ventures, which has agreed to buy the British
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        Lock icon Embraer to invest $61m in Singapore
        279 45 -BLOOMBERG EMPRESA Brasileira de Aeronautica (Embraer), the world's fourth-largest aircraft maker, said that it was investing US$4O million ($60.6 million) in a spareparts logistics centre and a fullflight simulator in Singapore, to support its growth plans in Asia. The company, which has 67 per
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        Lock icon Total opens a gasoline trading office here: IE S'pore
        128 45 -BLOOMBERG TOTAL, Europe's third-largest oil company, has opened an office in Singapore to trade gasoline, said International Enterprise (IE) Singapore. Total's subsidiary Total Oil Trading opened the office in January as a regional centre for Asia's crude and oil-product markets from
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        Lock icon Hong Leong Group plans 10 hotels in Taiwan: Report
        190 45 BLOOMBERG HONG Leong Group Singapore plans to open 10 hotels in Taiwan in the next three to five years, betting that the island will relax its rules and allow more Chinese tourists, the Commercial Times reported, citing a company official. Hong
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        China to probe property market
        302 46  -  BLOOMBERG Aim is to curb rapid price increases CHINA'S government will hold a year-long probe into the property market aimed at halting illegal activity and seeking ways to curb rapid price increases, the Ministry of Land and Resources said on Tuesday. The probe aims to
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        Lock icon Nasdaq to create China Index
        248 46 -BLOOMBERG NASDAQ Stock Market Inc, the world's largest all-electronic exchange, will introduce an index tracking Chinese companies traded in the United States as part of an effort to lure more international listings. The Nasdaq China Index will initially comprise 30 companies listed on any US
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        Lock icon Microsoft releases emergency software patch for Vista
        266 47 -AFP BARELY three months after launching what it touted as its "most secure" Windows operating system ever, Microsoft has released a high-priority software patch intended to fix a dangerous vulnerability in its Vista and Windows operating systems. The world's largest software company made
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        Lock icon Citic Bank tests IPO demand
        319 47 -BLOOMBERG CHINA Citic Bank, the country's seventhlargest lender by assets, began testing demand yesterday for an initial public share offering slated to be one of this year's biggest The company said that it would start marketing the shares to institutional investors on April 16 and
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      188 38 ABEILLE DOR CHLORELLA is a natural food supplement developed in Japan by Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research. =b Bhu&flr- /n 964 Dr" M'noru Shirota, the founder J of Yakult, successfully developed the f" ml i f Heterotrophic Tank Cultivation System 'i-iißMrrti^ cultivate chlorella (green algae), within I a sterilized,
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      361 43 B^ss^^ -3 If' AXA's Future Protector protects your family's future like no other Even with an average of 3 policies, most Singaporeans are underinsured and are covered for only a quarter of what's needed for their families to survive comfortably* For as little as $0.80" a day, you can keep
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      215 46 MIGRATE TO AUSTRALIA Multicultural Australia is a safe, friendly, sophisticated and harmonious society in which migrants can live and work in an English speaking country. It is a vibrant, dynamic country and its people are energetic, friendly and confident. Australia also offers excellent value for money and a standard of
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      74 46 I /^o\V New Products Demo Products I \2slJ) 6"8 April 2007 '10am"6pm I Übi Road Aztech Building Main Lobby (Free Parking) r 1 GBMP3 Players kjUH L atonlys49^fl And Shiro Corporation Pte Ltd (A Subsidiary of Aztech Systems Ltd) JIIIf rfl c Bus Service no. Along Übi Aye 2:8,22,61,63 66
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      139 47 QfciS&i "Mould Your Easter Egg" Contest r5^A Participant who mould the most creative and cute Easter r Hs£t*rj Egg will win a Hasbro Hamper. Judging criteria will be base on the use of colours and alikeness of the bunny mould. frj^ 1^ Timings: Session 1 2pm 2.40pm Session 2 4pm
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      1541 48  -  David Chew From public toilets and bus stops to mailboxes, everyday items are in for a revamp THEY seem simple enough: The übiquitous metal mailboxes at Housing Development Board (HDB) estates. But, surprisingly enough, they make collecting the mail an ordeal for some of their users.
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      157 50 —AP SEOUL South Korean movie star Jang Dong-gun (picture, left) will debut in Hollywood in a film that will also star top Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi, a news report said yesterday. The English-language Laundry Warrior is being produced by Oscar-winner Barrie M Osborne, who
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      Jack be nimble
      465 50  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL The Osbourne kid goes from fat ass to bad ass sports junkie crazy things." Describing his first attempts at shaping up, Osbourne grew emphatic. "It was disgusting," he said. "You don't realise how out of shape you are until you actually start trying to
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      Finger food for thought
      344 52  -  DAVID CHEW Audience, crew, actors play out loneliness drama david. chew@media corp. com. sg THE latest production by the Finger Players will see audiences seated on stage and interacting with the performers (not to mention a dog) and the backstage crew taking its turn in the
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      Ride with the classics
      492 53  -  DAVID CHEW SSO, SCO use public transport, ringtones to reach out to the public david.chew@mediacorp.com EFFORTS to draw audiences to orchestra performances have gone off the rails. Or, rather, onto them. In their efforts to attract and groom more classical music enthusiasts, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra
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        107 53 -AFP LOS ANGELES Former Spice Girl Melanie Brown, 31 better known as "Scary Spice" gave birth to a baby girl yesterday, but the identity of the father remains a mystery. "Mother and baby are now resting. No name has been decided on as yet and she
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        Lock icon MILLS BREAKS DOWN
        136 53 -AFP LOS ANGELES Paul McCartney's estranged wife Heather Mills broke down in tears during a radio interview yesterday, denying she had married the former Beatle for his money. The 39-year-old former model's tears came when a caller to a phone-in show said media portray- als of Mills
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        112 54 Internationally renowned cellist Qin Li-Wei (picture) will perform on Saturday with the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Orchestra at the Esplanade Concert Hall at 7.30pm. I'm currently reading The World According to Clarkson by Jeremy Clarkson, who must be one of Britain's funniest columnists. It's a collection of his Sunday
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        404 54  -  AMELYNN LIONG Versatile singer serves up rock in latest album plus@newstoday.com.sg NORWEGIAN singer-song-writer Sondre Lerche enjoys making life difficult for himself, at least when it comes to making music. Speaking to Today in a phone interview from Seattle, the 24-year-old Lerche sounded like a restless boy when discussing
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        218 55  -  R N Norris -Jennifer Chen BOOKREVIEW A GENTLE Axe is the perfect antidote to the tropical heat. Open the pages of the book and you'll be blasted by the flesh-numbing cold of a Russian winter. It's 1867 St Petersburg and the story starts with two men found
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        Lock icon FIRST AID IN FASHION
        473 56  -  PEARLYN THAM pearlyn@mediacorp.com.sg Make that dressing up men. The articulate designer told Today that most men in Singapore "are much about wearing polo T-shirts with their collars turned up". She hopes that- despite our climate they will put in greater effort and "adapt to more high
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        Stir up a cosmopolitan mix
        290 56  -  -SHERMAINEWONG IF YOU are one of those who thinks you have to keep your clothes for work and play separate, then you need to pick up a tip or two from G2ooo's Spring-Sum-mer collection 2007. Ladies will find it hard to resist the '20s and
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        Creme of creativity
        164 56 IT MAY have been the week of the Singapore Fashion Festival, but design students from five institutions in Singapore had a taste of the runway last week, too. Students from La-Salle College of the Arts, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Raffles Design Institute, Singapore Polytechnic and Temasek
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        531 57  -  AMY VAN Go on, have some more! This carrot cake is made with cholesterol-free and Omega 6-rich grapeseed oil food@newstoday.com.sg GRAPESEED oil, a winemaking by-product, is pressed from the seeds of different varieties of grapes. It wasn't until the last century that grapeseed oil produced manily in
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        782 58  -  ALISON APROBERTS -MCT AFTER 25 years of marriage and with a newly empty nest, my husband and I decided it was time for the best vacation ever. Our wish list included elements that don't usually share a travel itinerary: Hiking through beautiful foreign terrain,
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        372 60 -MCT ON A clear day, on the 44th floor of the Latin American Tower, you can see forever (picture). Or at least to the volcanoes surrounding the sprawling Mexico City. On a less clear day, you can see the Zocalo (plaza); the historic downtown; the main
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        319 62 -MCT Italian potters have decorated tables and homes for centuries SPECTACULARLY colourful and richly decorated dishes, vases and figurines gleaming on shops' shelves are only part of the story of majolica, Italy's famous art pottery prized and sold worldwide. In Übaldo Grazia's familyowned factory in this
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          WHY IT'S FUN TRAVELLING IN FOURS
          111 62 If you're planning a family trip to Hong Kong, now here's another reason to go ahead -the Cathay Pacific and Dragonair "Buy 3, Get 1 Free" travel package. The special promotion allows visitors travelling in parties of four on board Cathay Pacific or Dragonair
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          KLM INTRODUCES NEW B777 PLANE
          81 62 KLM has introduced its new 8777-200 ER aircraft on the Singapore-Europe route. All seats feature an interactive audio-video system with individual screens in both business and economy class cabins. To inaugurate the new flight, seven lucky winners received the chance to buy a return ticket
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          GET WET IN LANGKAWI
          49 62 Langkawi is playing host to this year's month-long Pesta Air 2007 (2007 Water Festival), which kicks off on April 7. Among the water-based events that will be featured are kayaking, canoeing, jet-ski competitions, fishing competitions, white-water rafting, river safaris, underwater treasure hunts and cross-channel swimming.
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      172 52 \\VV J J/y ftv]» .^fl Surprise! Surprise! You can only their real fresh milk is packed W^k get real fresh milk from real and chilled in eight minutes dairy cows. On our real dairy and shipped chilled to farm in the cool highlands of Singapore. HHHMBjIjjNJIIYJII i4KHMMJjIM|MHM| Malang we pamper
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      55 53 Booktjomjs' Seeding ?re«2jr Begins/ 5 8 APRIL 2007 10AM 9PM SINGAPORE EXPO HALL 6B Many new titles added daily! Best-selling novels at 3 for $10! Hard covers, quality children's books, Chinese books, lifestyle titles and value-buy stationery! More than 80% discount on almost all titles! Organised by Times The Bookshop
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      571 54 Urn «^A' 1 I \iM Kaßik' P^ M 1 Toy: 11.00 am, 1.00, 3.00, 5.00, 7.00, 9.00,11.00pm English with Chin Subtitles R2l Toy: 11.00 am, 1.00,3.00, 5.00, 7.00, 9.00,11.00pm TABOO @S Japanese with Eng/Chin Subtitles R2l Tdy: 11.30 am, 3.30, 7.30, 9.30,11.30pm ALAPAAP fe4> jg& Tagalog with Eng/Chin Subtitles R2l
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