Today, 19 April 2007

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    29 1 TODAY //\=DJACORP MICA (P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Thursday April 19, 2007 todayonline.com I TODAY /A=DIACOFiP MICA (P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Thursday April 19, 2007 todayonline.com
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  • Article
    Staunching the legal bleed
    724 1  -  DERRICK A PAULO DAI EXCLUSIVE 10% salary hike for state's legal officers, external consultants to review pay structure derrick@mediacorp.com.sg THEY may not have been one of the groups of civil servants whose pay revisions were announced publicly, but officers in the Legal Service will get bigger
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    Lock icon CASTING LIGHT ON A DARK PORTRAIT
    526 1 —AGENCIES BLACKSBURG (Virginia) He often spoke in a whisper, if at all, refused to open up to teachers and classmates, and kept himself hidden behind the facade of a hat, sunglasses and silence. As investigators continued to determine what drove Cho Seung Hui, 23,
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  • hot news
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      That's $ 1.1b we're leaving at home
      410 2  - That's 1.1b we're leaving at home JASMINE YIN Spores GDP would grow considerably if more women were in the workforce jasmine@media corp.com.sg HAD Singapore increased its female workforce by 10 per cent between 2000 and 2004, its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total value of goods and services
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      Lock icon SGX boss puts conflict to rest
      444 3  -  CHRISTIE LOH He ceases other duties said to clash with leadership christie@media corp.com.sg SOME couldn't fathom what the fuss was all about Others said perceptions mattered. In the end, the critics won out, as corporate hotshot Hsieh Fu Hua took big steps to distance
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        NZ PRIME MINISTER VISITS S'PORE
        126 4 New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark called on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana yesterday. They discussed issues relating to regional and multilateral fora, including the East Asia Summit in November. They also reaffirmed close bilateral relations. Mr Lee thanked Ms Clark for
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        Lock icon A GRANT FOR HEALTH'S SAKE
        81 4 938 LIVE From next month, the Singapore Sports Council and the Health Promotion Board (HPB) will give companies with at least 30 employees a grant of up to $10,000 to start their own workplace health and sporting programmes. To qualify for the grant, companies should
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        Lock icon CHALLENGE FOR 2 S'POREAN RUNNERS
        80 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Two long-distance runners in Singapore will take on Death Valley in the United States, one of the hottest and most arid places on earth, in June. Mr Lim Nghee Huat, a MediaCorp Senior Producer and his running mate will have to complete a
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      Lock icon Shaming can lead to change, says Champion of the Earth
      327 4  -  GRACIA CHIANG PUBLIC shaming might be an outdated practice in some countries, but it has been proven to work in the Philippines when tackling industries that pollute the environment. The Ecowatch programme, which pushes for public disclosure of a company's
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      Lock icon Mixed bag of reactions ...
      578 4  - Mixed bag of reactions GRACIA CHIANG DAPHNECHUAH But most shoppers respond positively to Bring Your Own Bag Day gracia@media corp.com.sg SOME insisted on carrying their purchases in their hands. Many snapped up the "green" shopping bags on sale. Most donated a token 10 cents for each plastic bag they used.
      WEETECK HIAN  -  578 words
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      Lock icon Move in, please
      528 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT New buses, seating will ease congestion at doors weekeat@media corp.com.sg IT IS a common grouse among commuters a long-awaited bus arrives, crowded at the front and the exit doors, but with plenty of standing room at the rear. This sight normally raises the ire
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      You can use coins for Kopitiam card
      220 8  -  DAPHNECHUAH IF YOU tend to amass coins and don't know what to do with the heavy hoard, a joint venture between The Singapore Mint and the Kopitiam Group of Companies could help. A self-service coin deposit machine, set up at the Kopitiam at
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      Lock icon No deal done with Chua, says witness
      269 8 -938UVE A WITNESS in the criminal trial of former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) director Matilda Chua said no service was ever rendered to Chua. The latter is accused of falsifying accounts and misleading the market in a 2001 deal involving the shares of
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      Lock icon NOW YOU SEA IT...
      85 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA In a possible first for Asia, Singapore company Kingfisher Marine is launching a scheme called Azurea where people can charter luxury yachts, like the one shown here. A five-year membership costs $59,000, with additional costs each year. Three different sizes of yachts are available,
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      NTUC honour for former labour chief
      414 8  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI Lim Boon Heng to get Comrade of Labour award at May Day celebrations nazry@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS the highest accolade for contributions to the labour movement It has been awarded to former Prime Ministers and Presidents. And now, it is about to go to
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      SINGAPORE GIRL STAYS ON TOP
      852 10  -  SHUKORYUSOF BARRING any unforeseen circumstances, Singapore Airlines (SIA) will take delivery of the world's first superjumbo, the Airbus A3BO, this October. And for the first half of next year, it will be the only carrier to fly the A3BO. Being first is nothing new to
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      Lock icon 33 REASONS FOR GUN CONTROL
      560 12 -AGENCIES BLACKSBURG (Virginia) The man who sold Virginia Tech killer Cho Seung-Hui a high-powered pistol last month said he bore no responsibility for the tragedy. Instead, gun dealer John Markell yesterday blamed the university for the slaughter, saying if guns had not been banned on
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      Lock icon Brutality of yakuza spills into the open
      478 14 —AFP Japanese PM calls for action after slaying of mayor NAGASAKI (Japan) -The shocking murder of the mayor of Nagasaki has thrown a rare spotlight on the underworld of Japan's powerful but reclusive yakuza gangsters. Nagasaki Mayor Iccho Ito, 61, was shot twice
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      Lock icon Thailand unveils draft Constitution
      250 14 —AFP BANGKOK Thailand yesterday unveiled the first draft of its potentially divisive new Constitution, which the junta insists will guide the kingdom back to democracy following last year's coup. One of the more controversial clauses states that the Senate will be appointed rather than elected as
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      Lock icon Myanmar's PM to retire
      270 15 -DPA YANGON Myanmar's Prime Minister Soe Win will retire "very soon" due to poor health, a well-placed government source said yesterday. Myanmar's Information Minister BrigadierGeneral Kyaw Hsan acknowledged at a press conference last month that General Soe Win had gone to Singapore for a health check-up
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      Lock icon Death by molten steel
      361 15 -AFP At least 32 workers killed in factory accident BEIJING At least 32 workers were killed and two injured yesterday when they were engulfed in white-hot molten steel in a metal factory in north-east China, the government said. The accident was triggered when a 30-tonne-capacity steel
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      Lock icon 450 sick in China from chemical discharge
      160 15 -AFP BEIJING About 450 people including 135 students have been hospitalised in south-west China after a fertiliser plant discharged a "huge amount" of sulphur dioxide, state media reported yesterday. The incident took place on Monday in Guizhou province, the Beijing Morning Post reported,
      -AFP  -  160 words
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      Lock icon No more karaoke stages for govt buildings in China
      186 15 -AGENCIES BEIJING China's communist leaders have banned fixtures like indoor fountains, soaring atriums and hightech karaoke stages from government buildings in a bid to crack down on luxury and corruption. The new rules were handed down in a circular by the
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      Lock icon A TOUGH LITTLE FIGHT
      720 16  -  JOCEUNETAN -THE STAR Malaysia's ruling coalition faces by-election against Anwar-backed party news@media corp.com.sg IJOK (Malaysia) The Ijok by-election on April 28 will be interesting not only because of its "newcomer versus heavyweight" aspect but also because of the various background players in the contest The seat
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      Lock icon US volunteer found in shallow grave in Philippines
      166 18 -AFP MANILA Police have launched a criminal investigation after the body of a missing United States Peace Corps volunteer was found partially buried in a shallow grave in the Philippines. Ms Julia Campbell, 40, had disappeared on April 8 while hiking, and
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      Lock icon Not just aircraft, Indon airports are unsafe too
      315 18 -AFP 19 airports under scrutiny, says top official JAKARTA Only half of Indonesia's 19 major airports comply with international safety standards, a top government transport official said yesterday, further fuelling fears about the nation's aviation industry. One day after the United States
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      Lock icon Bangladesh sends another ex-Prime Minister into exile
      203 18 -AFP DHAKA Bangladesh's mili-tary-backed emergency government yesterday exiled opposition leader Sheikh Hasina Wajed. The decision came a day after officials announced the country's last Prime Minister Ms Hasina's arch-rival Khaleda Zia had been told to pack her bags and go to Saudi Arabia.
      -AFP; AFF  -  203 words
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      Lock icon US, Aussies plan boat people swap
      473 20 Exchange will involve those held on Nauru and those held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba SYDNEY Australia yesterday announced plans to swap its detained boat people with those held by the United States, a move immediately denounced as "bizarre" by rights groups and opposition
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      Lock icon Macau bank not dodgy
      413 21 —AFP It did not handle fake US currency for N Korea, according to probe by top accounting firm HONG KONG An accountancy firm has cleared a Macau bank of handling counterfeit US dollars for North Korea, a report said yesterday, adding a new twist to Pyongyang's
      —AFP; AFP  -  413 words
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        Lock icon THAI PROVINCE HIT BY BLASTS
        49 21 —AFP Five bomb blasts carried out by suspected Islamic rebels cut power in Thailand's restive south yesterday and seriously injured a senior police commander. The power blackout affected 80 per cent of Narathiwat province. Three Buddhist men were also shot dead. Another was beheaded.
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        RARE PARROT STOLEN IN HK
        63 21 A rare parrot is pining for its perch after being stolen from a Hong Kong zoo by thieves who stand to make U552,500 ($3,780) selling it in the black market. The Military Macaw, named Red, was stolen from the city's Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden
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        Lock icon FOR SCIENCE'S SAKE
        71 21 DPA Australian marine biologist Lloyd Godson was back on land yesterday after spending almost two weeks on the bottom of a lake breathing air exhaled by algae he propagated with his own urine. His quest inside a submerged van-sized capsule was to prove that mankind can survive
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      Lock icon Bury dead in a box near a tree and save the environment
      262 21 -AFP SYDNEY An Australian scientist yesterday called for the end to the age-old tradition of cremation, saying the practice contributed to global warming. Professor Roger Short said people could instead choose to help the environment after death by
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        Sales committee only keen on collecting signatures
        371 24  -  DEEPAK G GURNANI Letter from I AM appalled at the way the Gans were treated by their estate's sales committee ("For just one family, an en bloc shock"), and empathise with the frustration suffered by Mr Ngoei Boon Liong ("Not all winners in
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        STB should offer protection
        147 24  -  LUCY HUANG Letter from I AM absolutely aghast at the action taken by the STB in the report, "For just one family, an en bloc shock" (April 18), about the Gans at Lincolnsvale Condominium. What right did the Board have to "appoint a representative" to sign
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      About saving planet, not just saving money
      430 26  -  Letter from PATRICK WONG FOOK SENG I READ with great interest the articles on Bring Your Own Bag Day campaign. I am sure the relevant Government agencies and participating stores have good intentions but I have my doubts that it will progress beyond
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      Lock icon Beware the eco-profiteer
      292 26  -  CHIAHERNKENG Letter from MR DENIS Distant brought up a good point in his letter, "But what about garbage?" (April 16). Plastic bags provided by shops and supermarkets are actually being recycled for useful purposes like for packing garbage. Apart from that, plastic bags are also used to
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      Lock icon When ex-cheat is rewarded for dishonesty
      623 28  -  YAPGUATHOON ...the message one gets is that greed and crime do pay Letter from I AM greatly perturbed by the fact that a successful cheat is now rewarded with cash and reputation as a "sought-after" consultant ("Once a cheat, now a much sought-after consultant",
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      269 30  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY NIGHT TERRORS Have you ever been awakened in the middle of the night by a boy or girl who was obviously terrified but couldn't tell you why? That child may haye just experienced what's known as a "night terror", which is very
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      serveusright WHAT MAKES A TRUE PRO?
      628 30  -  LIANG DINGZI FEEDBACK from a Today reader about unsatisfactory security service at Changi Airport ("Security should be friendlier", March 22) and the incident of a family being deprived of their Darwin holiday ("B-word causes airport scene", March 30) raise the question of whether customer
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      Tissue-paper reservations are 'uniquely Singapore'
      222 32  -  ALVIN HOON Letter from I REFER to the recent letters sparked by Makoto Kawaguchi's letter, "Stop tissue paper 'reservations'" (April 16) on our uniquely Singapore method of seat reservation at food centres that seems to confound some visitors to our sunny shores. Rightly or wrongly,
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      This teacher needs a lesson
      298 32  -  JIN MUI KIANG Pupils with learning disabilities deserve more consideration Letter from MY SON, who has dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD), will be sitting for the PSLEs this year. Last month, the Ministry of Education approved his exemption from Mother Tongue at PSLE.
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      Blood-test charges reasonable
      161 32  -  MALCOLM KOH WONG LOONG KIN Letter from Chief Financial Officer, National Heart Centre and Chief Financial Officer, Singapore General Hospital I REFER to Dr Lim Boon Hee's letter, "Subsidised blood test rates higher than market prices" (April 13), which cited that some of National Heart Centre's (NHC)
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      594 34  -  JOSEPH YADAO HQ moves to Marina Bay Financial Centre joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg ITS official opening may be three years away but the Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC) has its first tenant Standard Chartered, a United Kingdom bank that makes two-thirds of its profit in Asia, will spend
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      194 34  -  TORCHING LI HOMEGROWN sports and lifestyle retailer RSH formerly known as Royal Sporting House now belongs to Dubai-based Emaar Properties and Indian real estate developer MGF group. Emaar's price of $1.05 per share received 61.3 per cent acceptances inclusive of the 42.5 per cent of
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      145 34 DOW JONES 938 LIVE Temasek Holdings is likely to buy up to a 26-per-cent equity stake in India's privately held First Flight Couriers for between 700 million rupees ($25 million) and 1 billion rupees, the Economic Times reported, citing unnamed sources. First Flight is likely to use the money
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        388 36  -  JOHNSON CHOO johnsonchoo@media corp.com.sg OCBC Bank is rolling out 100 new Automated Teller Machines (ATM) by the end of the year, paving the way for the local bank to have the biggest network of ATMs in the future. The first of these machines part of an
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        393 36  -  HEDIRMANSUPIAN hedirman@media corp.com.sg FREE trade agreements (FTAs) in Asia while abundant fall short on delivering expanded trade, according to a United Nations report released yesterday. Among its criticisms are "lopsided" talks led by a dominant trading power, non-com-pliance with rules from the World Trade Organization
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        318 38 -AGENCIES TIGER Airways, the low-cost carrier 49 per cent owned by Singapore Airlines, will likely add a second hub in South-east Asia to ward off competition from 17 budget airlines in the region, its CEO Tony Davis (picture) said yesterday. In the coming weeks, the
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        183 38 -938 LIVE IT IS losing US$l million ($1.5 million) a day. And to stem the red ink, Gulf Air will stop flying to Singapore and five other heavyloss making routes from July, said the carrier's president and CEO Andre Dose. The move the
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          98 39 —AFP Singapore share prices closed 0.44 per cent lower yesterday as investors consolidated their positions, dealers said. The ST Index closed down 14.91 points at 3,400.41, on volume of 3.72 billion shares worth $2.79 billion. There were 367 risers, 444 decliners and 583 unchanged issues. "It's a normal pullback.
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          53 39 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Nikkei 225 17,667.33 +139.88 +8.88 HK Hang Seng Australia ASX200 28,777.89 -11.52 -8.86 6,236.98 +58.48 +8.81 Korea Comp Thailand SET 1,534.58 +5.92 +8.39 692.27 -2.76 -8.48 Jakarta Comp 1,959.67 -5.76 -8.29 Shenzhen B 562.95 +3.85 +8.54 Mumbai Sensex 13,672.19 +65.15 +8.48 Malaysia KLCI
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          23 39 Yangzijiang FHTK Sapphire Yongnam Gen Int 1.340 462,104 0.015 350,210 0.030 140,447 0.330 +0.015 +4.0 02,304 1.010 -0.040 -3.0 70,033
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          19 39 Gold usl/oz 692.50 Silw uss/oz 1402 PMna uss/oz 1,280.90 Rubtar cents/kg 364.50 PBIBOI RM/tonne 2,260.00 Brctcnidi usS/bami 64.79
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          28 39 US$ 0.6619 UK pound 0.3290 Yen 78.558 HK$ 5.1705 RM 2.2691 Euro 0.4864 Rupiah 6007.0 Baht 21.565 Peso 31.498 A$ 0.7905 Rupee 27.729 Yuan 5.1112
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        207 39 —AGENCIES German giant to invest $410 million in Singapore centre INFINEON Technologies, Europe's second-biggest maker of semiconductors, plans to invest 200 million euros ($4lO million) to expand its research and development activities in Singapore. The investment will help meet rising global demand for technologies in the
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        182 39 DPA THE world's largest motorcycle and bicycle show will be held in Singapore next year, and is expected to generate an estimated US$l5O million ($226 million) in business, the event's organisers said. Bike Asia 2008 will occupy 20,000 square metres at the Singapore Expo from April
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        272 40 -DOWJONES THE United States dollar's steady slide and the rise of several Asian currencies has been caused by fundamental changes in the world's economy from rising consumption in Asia to growth in Japan and Europe and is reducing the risk of a sudden shock
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        323 40 -BLOOMBERG INDIA'S Trade Minister Kamal Nath said the rupee's appreciation is hurting overseas sales and urged companies to be more competitive. A plan is being prepared to hold a meeting of exporters next week to discuss their problem because of the rising currency, Mr Nath
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        730 41  -  WILLIAM PESEK -BLOOMBERG Finance officials should be discussing global monetary imbalances, not the World Bank president's future CALL them the "Wolfowitz meetings". Last weekend's spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank were supposed to offer a forum to address global imbalances. Instead,
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        312 42 —AFP TOKYO Japan is considering a merger of its stock, commodity and other financial markets to boost their competitiveness in an increasingly fierce global environment, an official said on Tuesday. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's top economic policysetting panel has proposed facilitating the integration of the
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          198 42 FOR a wedding with a difference, pledge your vows to each other under the canopy of an azure sky and treat your guests to a generous helping of warm sunshine or a sprinkling of sparkling stars. The journey of a lifetime begins
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          137 42 THIS month is an exceptionally joyful time for Goldheart Jewelry after bagging the "Best Shopping Experience Specialty Store" Award, at the Tourism Awards 2006 organised by the Singapore Tourism Board. To share its joy with customers, Goldheart is organising an instant giveaway.
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        326 42 Trade ties with China OK but -AFP Further retaliatory tariffs against Beijing could be looming, warns US official BEIJING Recent retaliatory tariffs by the United States against China could be followed by more such steps in the future but trade ties should stay strong, a US Commerce Department official said
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        181 42 BLOOMBERG TURKEY again delayed the sale of a cargo port in Izmir because a court hasn't ruled on the anti-trust regulator's challenge to the sale of another state-run port. Akfen, a Turkish company that won auctions for two Mediterranean Sea ports last year with
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      1057 44  - where ART thou David Chew david RAMON ORLINA isn't what you'd call an emotional man, but earlier in his career the 63-year-old artist had good reason to cry and did. His $300,000 work, Wings of Victory, made up of 67 suspended steel birds weighing 35kg each, went missing. Having been
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      535 46  -  DARREN LAI Kallang Wave team hopes to reignite football patriotism in Singapore darren@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN it comes to football, if there's one thing a player has to be able to do, it's adjust to change. One minute a team can be up 1-0 and cruising towards victory, the
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      213 48 —AGENCIES NEW YORK Hundreds of fans of J R R Tolkien, creator of The Lord of the Rings (LOTR) trilogy, have lined up for special editions of a new book by the late writer, completed by his son Christopher. Autographed copies of The
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      390 48  -  WINSONTEO Jesseca Liv learns the quirks of spousal life from Mars Vs Venus co-star Pierre Png winson@media corp.com.sg YOU don't have to be married to understand what married couples go through. So said Langkawi-born MediaCorp actress Jesseca Liu. "I've had a seven-year relationship myself, and I
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      339 50 —AP Furore over Gere's and Shetty's kiss heats up NEW DELHI Three lawyers filed complaints in Indian courts against actor Richard Gere and Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty for kissing at a public function, a news report said yesterday. In his complaint, attorney Poonal Chandra
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        526 52  -  ROSS WALLACE Settling squabbles between kid actors all in a day's work after CEO Shaye trades executive suite for director's chair ross@media corp.com.sg IT ISN'T supposed to take a dozen years to make a movie. In Hollywood, any filmmaker who dawdles over a project
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        292 52 —ZULOTHMAN THE Malay music industry's biggest awards night, Anugerah Planet Muzik 2007, returns on June 8 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium and organisers said the focus this year is on Singaporean musicians. "Local music has been making huge waves in Singapore's Malay music industry
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        232 53  -  JENNIFER CHEN I The Janissary Tree Jason Godwin READING The Janissary Tree is like immersing yourself in a Dan Brown novel: An erudite man must make sense of symbolic clues to defuse an institution-crippling crisis. But to compare Jason Godwin's very satisfying thriller to Brown's riddle-driven works is to
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        370 53 —JULIANA JUNE RASUL MONTY Python meets Singapore history: that's what Glen Goei (picture) has in mind for the Dim Sum Dollies this year. Historical figures Sang Nila Utama and Sir Stamford Raffles included will feature in The Dim Sum Dollies
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        275 54  -  PEARLYN THAM If Barbie loves MAC, so should you -the brand's latest range is full of fun, fashionable shades pearlyn@mediacorp.com.sg BARBIE has travelled to many places in her long-standing career, but this season may be the first time the world-famous doll is going to your dressing table.
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          113 54 They look like mothball-faced people but Parisbased Taiwanese designer Wang Yenling's little accessories are meant to charm and cheeryou up. These wee mascots dot the brooches, necklaces, bracelets, key chains, belts and bags that she designs for her label Zuwa, which is the name of the
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          134 54 If you travel for golf or golf when you travel, the Puma Travel Golf Collection will make teeing off hassle-free with its travel solutions for golfers. Pack all your essentials into the Puma Golf Travel Bag (price not available) available for men and women and stay
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          104 54 Volcanic ash, hot spring water and okara bean may remind you of a Japan tour itinerary but these are actually the ingredients used in J's Origin Masks ($41.90 each) from The Face Shop. There are three formulas: Volcanic Ash Heating Mask, Spa Sauna Mask and Okara Cushion
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          123 54 You may have the right designer shoes, but how is it that sometimes, your feet still don't feel or look like a million dollars in them? Unless you can afford a pedicure every two days, the rough and dry skin that accumulates on your feet can
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        251 54  -  SHERMAINEWONG IF WATCHES reflect a man's character, then he who wears the Nautica Rose Gold watch must be someone who is masculine, sporty and knows about luxury. Nautica Watches' gorgeous offering for the year is refined in its design and bound to
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        655 56 -MCT Once a fortress, today... IN THE rolling hills of Italy's Tuscany, where the sun casts a yellowgreen glow over the landscape, causing the grape vines and olive trees to vibrate with colour, every goodsized hilltop sports an ancient rock castle. In the Middle Ages, they
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        551 57  -  LYNETTE KOH Join MediaCorp artistes Darren Lim and Christopher Lee as they live it up in South Australia ROLLING parklands, an ordered and lively urban landscape, and rich ethnic diversity enabled by immigrants from some 150 countries give Adelaide its peaceful livability, but there is more to the
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        713 58  -  CHRIS WELSCH -MCT The places that inspired Vincentvan Gogh and Claude Monet's art are a fascinating study in contrasts WHEN the car entered the valley of the River Oise, I began looking for scenes that Vincent van Gogh had painted. My friend Ursula, an
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        332 60 4 Make a date with history in the city, or chill in the countrysjlp %f VISITBRITAIN has launched a campaign that features the best of the country's offerings through six packages that it says are easy on the pocket at less than $2,000. The packages are also
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        144 60 IF YOU missed the recent travel fairs, Chan Brothers is offering a "last chance" to book your travel holidays at this weekend's MidYear Holiday Fiesta. The fair starts at Suntec City Mall Galleria Foyer at 11am on Saturday and ends at 9pm the
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