Today, 20 April 2007

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    28 1 TODAY /A=L)JA.CORF MICA(P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Friday April 20, 2007 todayonline.com TODAY MediaCorp fret* MICA (P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Friday April 20, 2007 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon Video faces that taunt a nation
    661 1 -AGENCIES Virginia killer mailed murder manifesto between shootings BLACKSBURG (Virginia) The disturbed young undergraduate wasn't just satisfied with a plan to commit America's deadliest campus massacre. Cho Seung Hui also had time to assemble a multi-media package which he posted to a television network
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    Lock icon A MURDERER'S RANTS
    99 1 You forced me into a corner and gave me only one option. The decision was yours. Now you have blood on your hands that will never wash off. You had everything you wanted. Your Mercedes wasn't enough, you brats. Your golden necklaces weren't enough, you snobs. Your
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      Lock icon Another S-League kelong scandal?
      409 2  -  JOSE RAYMOND Fathi has done the right thing by reporting the incident. Balestier Khalsa coach Karim on Fathi's (picture) act EXCLUSIVE Balestier player reports he was offered $8,000 to get himself sent off jose@media corp.com.sg THE dust has barely settled on one match-fix-ing scandal and, already,
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      Lock icon Thumbs up and down for SGX boss
      639 3  -  CHRISTIE LOH But questions remain for some after he quits rival firm christie@mediacorp.com.sg FOR acting on public criticism, Singapore Exchange (SGX) chief Hsieh Fu Hua has earned the thumbs-up from some market observers. But he may not get to step out of the
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      Lock icon The plus, plus strategy
      547 4  -  TORCHING LI Govt sets up Action Teams to boost Singapore's growth over the next 40 years chingli@media corp. com. sg AS A little red dot in an increasingly "red ocean" that is, a competitive environment the Government has come up with a new growth strategy to
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      Slow returns on gaming code
      472 6  -  JASMINE YIN Local operators not fully sold on details of guidelines to tackle problem gambling jasmine@media corp.com.sg THE two upcoming integrated resorts may have had many people up in arms about the ills of gambling, but the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) wants to
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      Schools to have swimming programmes; overall water safety will be stepped up
      451 6  -  DAPHNECHUAH daphne@mediacorp.com.sg PHYSICAL and Health education lessons for students could soon make a life-saving splash, thanks to a recommendation by the Water Safety Taskforce. With the recent deaths at sea of two teenage boys still fresh in the
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      $20m cancer goodwill from Mrs Khoo-Oei
      243 8  -  —TANHUILENG CANCER research got a $20-million jab yesterday in the form of a donation to the National Cancer Centre (NCC). The gift, from the chairman of the Goodwood Group of Hotels, Mrs Mavis Khoo-Oei, will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the Health Ministry. Mrs Khoo-Oei
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      Lock icon From hot soup to a kitchen
      417 8  -  -NAZRYBAHRAWI HE USED to be a cook at an American restaurant chain in Singapore. But when David (not his real name) was arrested for substance abuse four years ago, he was not sure if he would ever work in a kitchen again. "I wondered
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      LTA review in higher gear
      405 8  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Up to 1,000 people to be polled on land transport quality weekeat@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE'S ongoing land transport review is gathering speed, with the Land Transport Authority (LTA) rolling out a tender for consultancy services to survey users of the island's road networks.
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        92% OF TAXPAYERS FILE RETURNS
        92 8 More than one million taxpayers had e-filed their taxes as of the April 18 deadline. This record number represents four-in-five of the 1.26 million taxpayers who filed their returns this year. In all, the filing rate was a record 92 per cent, compared to last
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        Lock icon STORE URGED ON RIGHTS CONVENTIONS
        97 8 —AFP Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon has urged Singapore to ratify two United Nations conventions on rights. He said that he raised the matter during a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister S Jayakumar, and the latter had said Singapore was looking at the issue. Mr McKinnon,
        —AFP  -  97 words
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        Lock icon DPM WONG IN THE UNITED STATES
        85 8 —CHANNEL NEWSASIA Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng is in the United States for a working visit until tomorrow. While in Washington, he will meet Mr Michael Chertoff, US Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, to discuss possible areas
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        Lock icon ABOUT 100,000 PLASTIC BAGS SAVED
        72 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Singapore's first Bring Your Own Bag Day on Wednesday managed to save an estimated 100,000 plastic bags. Supermarket chains NTUC FairPrice and Cold Storage cut the number of plastic bags taken by customers by up to 60 per cent. They also sold about
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      Open verdict on engineer's death
      302 10  -  LEONG WEE KEAT He took risk upon himself, not entering tank with oxygen tanks, companion: Judge weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS raining heavily, but a marine engineer walked on quickly towards a barge he was to inspect. After examining some of the barge's enclosed steel tanks, Mr
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      Lock icon Don convicted of lying resigns from university
      160 10 -938LIVE NANYANG Technological University (NTU) don Bryan Ngoi Kok Ann, who was fined for lying to graft officers, has resigned from the university. An NTU spokesperson, however, declined to reveal when he did so, citing legal issues. Ngoi, 47, had been on no-pay
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      Lock icon Taking S'pore-South Africa co-operation to higher plane
      230 10  -  AUGUSTINE ANTHUVAN CHANNEL NEWSASIA augustine@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE and South Africa have pledged to take their strong bilateral ties to the next level. President S R Nathan and his counterpart Thabo Mbeki made this call when they met in the South African capital of Pretoria
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      Lock icon WHERE HSIEH TRIUMPHED ... AND FAILED
      610 12  - WHERE HSIEH TRIUMPHED AND FAILED DAVID GERALD THE continuing relationship between the chief executive officer of SGX and his founding firm PrimeFounders Inc (PFI) had, until recently, given opportunity for a foreign media to use it to slam Singapore's corporate governance standards. Regrettably, none of the local media had raised
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      Lock icon US schools and universities hit by hoaxes
      356 14 -AGENCIES CHICAGO Thousands of students and staff were evacuated from the University of Minnesota yesterday following a bomb threat The threat which was a hoax came amid heightened tensions following the deadliest school shooting in American history that left 33 people dead at
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      Lock icon S Koreans mourn victims
      267 14 -AGENCIES SEOUL South Koreans mourned the deaths of those killed in the Virginia Tech shootings at a special church service yesterday, some fighting back tears from the guilt that a fellow South Korean was responsible for the massacre. About 130 people gathered atMyeongdong Cathedral in central
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      Lock icon How did the Virginia killer fall through the cracks ?
      441 14 How did the Virginia killer fall through the cracks —AGENCIES He was found to be mentally ill and dangerous, yet he roamed free BLACKSBURG(Virginia)- Officials at Virginia Tech University are facing tough questions about why a mentally disturbed student fell through the cracks and ended up gunning down at least
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      Lock icon Water bottles fly in Ijok clash
      546 16 -AGENCIES M'sian by-election campaign heats up as opposition supporters clash with pro-government activists on nomination day KUALA LUMPUR Riot police broke up scuffles yesterday as a key by-election campaign began in Malaysia that could bolster former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's return to formal
      -AGENCIES; AFP  -  546 words
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      Lock icon NAJIB DISMISSES ANY FALLOUT FROM MONGOLIAN MODEL MURDER
      279 16 -AFP Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday brushed aside fears the high-profile murder of a Mongolian model would undermine the ruling coalition's chances in a key byelection in Ijok in Selangor state. The murder of Ms Altantuya Shaariibuu, 28, rocked Malaysia
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      Dr M to Abdullah: I'm sorry about mansion allegation
      228 16 PUTRAJAYA Malaysia's former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has apologised to Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for having alleged that the latter owned a mansion in Australia, the Bernama news agency reported. Neither Mr Abdullah nor his son Kamaluddin owned the mansion,
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      Megawati's party eyes Muslim votes
      501 19  -  FABIO SCARPELLO hormer Indonesian leader's PDI-P launches Islamic wing ahead of 2009 presidential election news@newstoday.com.sg KNOWN for its secular and nationalist stance, the party of former President Megawati Sukarnoputri, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), has shifted its focus slightly, launching an Islamic wing
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      Lock icon Indonesia may ban the sale of new cars
      221 19 -AFP JAKARTA Indonesia's Environment Minister has proposed a ban on the sale of new cars in a radical bid to slash pollution levels in the nation's rapidly growing urban areas, a report said yesterday. Environment Minister Rachmat Witoelar said the plan could
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        Lock icon NEW RESTRICTIONS AT AIRPORTS
        109 19 —AP Travellers using Thailand's airports will soon be barred from carrying bottled water on planes and will have to pack their carry-on toiletries in transparent plastic bags, the civil aviation department said yesterday. The new rules are expected to take effect in May. The restrictions are
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        Lock icon TUTU CALLS FOR RECONCILIATION
        121 19 -AFP Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu yesterday called on the people of Taiwan to face their painful history if they are to heal the wounds caused by a 1947 uprising in which thousands were massacred. The slaughter of islanders by Nationalist troops brought in from
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      Lock icon Asia's richest woman leaves estate to fortune-teller: Report
      284 21 -AFP HONG KONG Asia's richest woman left her wealth to her fortune-teller in her last known will, Hong Kong media reported yesterday, predicting a costly legal battle to control her multi-billion-dollar estate. Ms Nina Wang (picture), who died aged 69 earlier this
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      Lock icon Villages flooded after dam cracks
      164 21 —AFP BEIJING A dam in north-west China cracked yesterday following heavy rains, flooding farms and at least two villages downstream. There were no casualties. Rescue teams had been dispatched to evacuate residents downstream from the Xiaohaizi reservoir in Gansu province, the Xinhua news agency reported.
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      Lock icon US Supreme Court cuts access to abortion in landmark ruling
      457 21 -AFP WASHINGTON The United States Supreme Court backtracked on abortion rights for the first time in more than a generation on Wednesday, upholding a federal law banning a controversial late-term abortion procedure. The bellwether ruling is a major victory for
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      Lock icon Canadian activist jailed in China
      328 21 —AGENCIES BEIJING A Canadian activist was yesterday sentenced to life in prison in China for alleged terrorist links, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said, in a ruling that could ratchet up political tensions between the countries. Huseyin Celil was sentenced for "the crime of splitting
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      Lock icon Mayor's killer wanted compensation for pothole damage
      267 22 -AGENCIES TOKYO The gangster arrested in the shooting death of Nagasaki's mayor visited city offices more than 30 times to press for up to 2.7 million yen ($34,650) in compensation for car damage caused by a pothole, Japanese news reports said yesterday. Mayor
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      Lock icon World Bank mulls next step
      281 22 —AFP Board to assess fate of its scandal-hit chief WASHINGTON World Bank directors were set yesterday to debate the fate of their scandal-hit president Paul Wolfowitz, with Washington under pressure to jettison its support for the former deputy Pentagon chief. The meeting of the 24
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      Lock icon N Korea transfers out Macau cash
      173 22 -AP TOKYO North Korea has begun transferring some of its funds from Macau to an unnamed bank in South-east Asia, a major Japanese newspaper reported yesterday, potentially clearing the way for Pyongyang to fulfill its obligations for nuclear disarmament. North Korea missed a Saturday
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      Lock icon Oz drought gets worse
      275 24 -AGENCIES Irrigation under threat if next month does not see significant rainfall, says PM CANBERRA Australia's worst drought on record got tougher yesterday when the Prime Minister said there wouldn't be enough water to allow irrigation along the country's largest river system unless there is significant
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      Lock icon 3 slain at Turkish publishing house
      217 24 —AFP ANKARA (Turkey) Assailants have slit the throats of three people, one of them German, at a publishing house in eastern Turkey that had been threatened for distributing Bibles and printing books on Christianity. Wednesday's gruesome murders in the conservative city of Malatya, 650km
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      Lock icon A dirty word in France
      495 26 —AGENCIES Globalisation may ring in the profits, but it's poison at presidential polls PARIS With the first round of voting in the French presidential elections two days away, the race is too close to call. Though former Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy (picture) has led the
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      Lock icon A minister's view of that pay rise
      822 30 FOR a minister to justify a pay increment for ministers is, understandably, awkward. Our FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER GEORGEYEO, the only minister in Singapore who blogs, admits as much. In a blog dated April 15, he shares his sentiments on the controversial issue that
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      For only once a month, let's do our part to help save the environment
      436 32  -  SU HUIJUAN Tabitha Wang Letter from IT WAS heartening to hear the Government declare every first Wednesday of the month as the Bring Your Own Bag Day. However, yesterday at the NTUC FairPrice at Toa Payoh
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      546 32 It will take more than a baa tax to make me change itm wasteful ways time I'm offered an extra bag, I silence my inner freebie queen by thinking of cute turtles and seals snacking on one. Sadly, my efforts are often thwarted by eager shop
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      144 33  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from YESTERDAY morning at a neighbourhood NTUC retail outlet, I observed that many customers were unaware of the need to bring their own shopping bags. They were equally perplexed when asked by the cashier to donate 10 cents to Singapore Environment Council
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      Free bags for $20 spent
      92 33  -  PAUL ANTONY FERNANDEZ Letter from YESTERDAY Singaporeans tried to be environmental friendly. All major supermarkets imposed a 10-cent charge for each plastic bag requested by customers, who could also buy a reusable bag for $1. Naturally, this new policy will face stiff resistance, since retailers
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      287 34  -  DR JAMES DOBSON ■y DANAE'S NIGHT TERROR We talked yesterday about night terrors, those frightening experiences that some children have while sleeping and that are very different from nightmares. Fortunately, there is no known harm associated with night terrors, nor do they seem to be related
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      A vote for staying power
      285 34  -  TANCHOONHWEE Give those who actually live in the residence more of a stake in decision to go en bloc Letter from I REFER to the letters, "What about minority rights?" (April 19). An en bloc sale is a complicated matter. I believe that in the
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      259 34  -  HASUNDASHAMSUDIN Letter from I REFER to the report, "You can use coins for Kopitiam card" (April 19). I am pleased to note that self-service coin deposit machines a joint venture between The Singapore Mint and the Kopitiam Group of Companies will be made
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        HDB rentals affected, too
        188 40  -  ONG LIP HUA Letter from WHILE foreigners have been up in arms over the recent hike in rental rates, Singaporeans living in Housing Board flats have also been hurt by the sudden upturn. The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore taxes a property based on prospective rental
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        Different kinds of 'expats'
        367 40  -  JEAN HAONG Letter from I REFER to the letter, "Not all expats have fat pay packages" (April 18), by Ms Meera Sahasranaman. It is necessary to distinguish an "expat" from a "foreign worker". In Singapore, there seems to be hardly any distinction between the two. To
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        Rents ruled by market reality
        124 40  -  EVAN TEO Letter from I READ with bemusement the reactions in the news of some foreign talents to the rising rental rates. It seems that while they are perfectly willing to accept the rhetoric of globalisation when it suits them, they, like many native Singaporeans,
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      Agencies work together to make green greener
      176 42  -  ONG SENG ENG Letter from Director, Resource Conservation Department National Environment Agency (NEA) WE REFER to the letter, "Kudos to CDL" (April 10). We thank Ms Maryanne Maes for her interest and encouragement for property developers to go green and minimise the impact
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      362 42  -  LEE YIN MAY Firms try to gain from couple's timeshare woes Letter from WE HAVE heard much about the headaches of those who are timeshare owners. It was 10 years ago when my husband and I bought our timeshare ownership. The last time
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      Strange, this SGX hoo-ha
      171 42  -  NARAYANANARAYANA Letter from I REFER to the article, "SGX boss puts conflict to rest" (April 19), which reveals that Singapore Exchange (SGX) chief executive officer Hsieh Fu Hua has assigned his substantial holding in a competitor to the SGX, to a trust This may be a
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      25 44 3BR Ibngnam towsley tongzijiang .nttVis 0.150 -0.010 -6.3 333.211 0.350 +0.020 +6.1198.191 0.190+0.060 +46.2145.397 1.270 -0.070 -5.2 95.804 0.660 -0.010 -1.5 86.137
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      19 44 HSCE9800SGAePW7D427 HSCEI8BD0SGAePW***** STI 3150SGAePW*****7 0.135 0.075 0.010 +285.7 +114.3 +100.0 RnwsleyW*****7 HSCEI9200SGAePW***** 0.120 0.225 +84.6 +73.1
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      Lock icon World markets
      53 44 ■SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Nikkei 225 *****.97 -295.36 -1.67 HK Hang Seng *****.71 -477.38 Australia ASX2D0 6165.10 -71.80 -2.30 -1.15 Korea Camp 1513.66 -20.92 Thailand SET 687.23 -5.04 -1.36 -0.73 Jakarta Camp 1918.35 -41.32 -2.11 Shenzhen B 536.61 -26.34 -4.68 Mumbai Sensex *****.70 -52.49 -0.38 Malaysia KLCI
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      Lock icon SINGAPORE
      114 44 -AFP Share prices closed 3.21 per cent lower yesterday on fears that China's rapid first quarter economic growth might prompt a further interest rate hike, dealers said. They said worries over a call for measures to cool the possibly overheated Chinese economy were used by investors as an excuse
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      16 44 ■old US$/oz iilvarUSS/oz 'latinum US$/oz 693.30 13.98 1,306.90 lubber cents/kg 'aim oil RM/tonne 360.00 2,340.00
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      24 44 JSS JK£ 'en \K$ 1M 0.6615 0.3302 77.945 5.1688 2.2670 Rupiah 6021.3 Baht 21.499 Peso 31.544 AS 0.7951 Indian Rs 27.872
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    490 44 -AGENCIES Markets react over concerns that China will raise interest rates SINGAPORE shares closed sharply lower yesterday, hit by fears that China will curb foreign investment in listed companies and take other measures to cool its economy. The slump was replicated throughout Asia and Europe,
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      SGX halts trading of Automated Touchstone shares
      204 46  -  CHRISTIE LOH christie@media corp.com.sg FUDGED data unearthed from the offices of China-based Automated Touchstone Machines has led the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to order a halt in the trading of the firm's shares. This follows the resignations earlier this week of two of the
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      Too much of a good thing?
      323 46  -  JOHNSON CHOO Issuing many new shares will pose dilution risk, say OCBC shareholders johnsonchoo@media corp.com.sg TWO of OCBC's institutional shareholders yesterday voted against a resolution to give the bank's board the power to issue new ordinary shares worth up to 20 per cent of
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      SHARING IN THE BANK'S SUCCESS
      124 46  -  -JOHNSON CHOO In 2004, OCBC introduced a unique share-purchase scheme for all its employees, including frontline and clerical staff, as part of a move to reward and retain workers. The pilot OCBC Share Purchase Plan matured last year and had a 33 per cent take-up
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      Lock icon India gives Temasek, GIC nod to raise ICICI stakes: Report
      150 46 -938LIVE INDIA'S central bank will let Temasek Holdings and the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) raise their stakes in ICICI Bank to 10 per cent each, reported the Mint daily, citing senior government officials. Temasek holds 7.41-per-cent equity in
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      Lock icon Rosy market draws niche players ,
      419 47  - Rosy market draws niche players FREDERICK LIM CHANNEL NEWSASIA Even booksellers seek to cash in on property boom frederickl@mediacorp.com.sg CALL it a repeat of the boom days in the '90s. The buoyant Singapore property market is now attracting new players whose core businesses are not in property to try their
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      Lock icon S'pore may allow LPs by end of the year
      196 47 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE is aiming to allow businesses to be set up under the limited partnership (LP) structure by the end of the year, said the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (Acra). Such a set-up may attract investors who prefer to
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      Sinwa in joint venture with Nordic Intl
      223 47  -  JOSEPH YADAO joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg MARINE supply and logistics company Sinwa has entered into a three-year joint venture with Nordic International, extending the mainboard-listed company's expansion into the offshore industry. Sinwa will inject US$2 million ($3.02 million) into Nordic for a 50-per-cent stake in
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      Lock icon China still speeding ahead
      518 48 BLOOMBERG Economy surged forward with 11.1% growth rate in first quarter of this year CHINA'S economy grew at a faster-than-ex-pected 11.1 per cent pace in the first quarter from a year earlier, powered by exports that have inflamed trade tensions and increased the risk of overheating.
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      191 48 —AFP BEIJING Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (picture) called for steps to prevent growth from leading to an overheated economy, the government said yesterday, as China's first-quarter GDP increased by 11.1 per cent. "We must... prevent the economy from changing from rather fast-paced (growth)
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        SOUND DISCOUNTS AT AUDIO HOUSE
        144 50 THERE is a super special sale of hi-fi systems at Audio House Liang Court until Monday. With the many brands of sound systems set up in the electronics mega-store, you can listen to live systems from top brands under one roof. Also, Audio House will
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        DRUM YOUR ACHES AWAY WITH OSIM AND WIN ATRIP TO JAPAN
        140 50 DESIGNED with the drumming pattern of Taiko drums, Osim uPapa promises to pound away aches and pains on your back, thighs, calves and feet so as to provide relief to these sore areas and revive (or restore) muscles weary
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      Lock icon Asia can be greener
      343 50 -AGENCIES Citing S'pore example, UN urges environment protection ECONOMIC powerhouse Asia can play a bigger role in helping to save the earth, by coming up with environmentally-friendly technologies and products. Mr Achim Steiner, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep), cited Singapore as an
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      Lock icon CORPORATEBRIEFS
      281 50 938LIVE BLOOMBERG -938UVE DBS Group has received approval from China's securities regulator to buy a 33-per-cent stake in Changsheng Fund Management. DBS Asset Management bought an 8 per cent stake from Guoyuan Securities, 13 per cent from Anhui Provincial Innovative Investment, and the remainder from Anhui Provincial Investment Group.
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      Aerospace giant's executive's pay-off row deepens
      211 52 CONTROVERSY sparked by an 8.5-million-euro ($17.5 million) severance payment for a former co-chief executive of aerospace giant EADS deepened on Wednesday, with French Finance Minister Thierry Breton alleged to have intervened to arrange the payment The finance ministry denied a report of Mr Breton's
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      Lock icon China piracy irks Europe
      413 52 —AFP EU's Mandelson threatens Beijing with WTO action EUROPEAN Union (EU) trade chief Peter Mandelson toughened up Europe's line on China's "patchy" protection of intellectual property rights on Wednesday, raising the prospect of WTO action against Beijing. Weeks after the United States lodged a complaint with
      —AFP  -  413 words
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      1180 54  -  Zul Othman Asitturns 16 and continues to reinvent itself to keep up with changing times, is Singapore's marquee club in the midst of an identity crisis? zul@mediacorp.com.sg Lincoln Cheng, Zouk's founder and managing director IS THE most iconic club in South-east Asia experiencing an identity crisis? Zouk the 30,000-sq-ft
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      CELEBRATE THE SPIRIT OF YOUTH
      172 55  -  ZUL OTHAMAN Zouk turns Sweet 16 tomorrow and like all teenagers, the celebration centres on school, cheerleaders, jocks and teachers. The club will be transformed into a school hall setting, but what it will look like exactly, Zouk's marketing manager, Tracy Phillips, refused to divulge
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      GROWING UP
      791 56  -  Felix Cheong I FRIDAY WITH FELIX plus@newstoday.com.sg A CHILD about to come into his own has a way of rubbing his parents the wrong way. And that's what the made-in-Singapore documentary is doing at the moment Testing boundaries to see what it can get away with. And, going
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      Victim of circumstances
      357 58  -  WINSONTEO No thanks to unexpected twists, Michelle gets voted off Survivor: Fiji-as she predicted winson@media corp.com.sg NO AMOUNT of strategising can prepare contestants for the twists in a reality TV competition. This was the insight gleaned by Survivor: Fiji's Michelle Yi, who became the fall girl when
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      Lock icon NEXT UP, SURVIVOR: CHINA
      215 58 -AFP BEIJING China will be the location for the next season of American reality show Survivor, it was reported yesterday. The CBStelevision networkhaswon rare permission from the Chinese government to film the show there, which could help boostthe programme's appeal in Asia, the US entertainment journal.
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        Fracture
        356 60  -  Ross Wallace FILMREVIEW by FIRST things first Despite the presence of Anthony Hopkins as a cold-blooded killer with a weakness for mind games, Fracture is a far cry from The Silence of the Lambs. Sure, there are surface similarities between Hopkins' aircraft designer character Ted Crawford and serial killer
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        The Kallang Wave
        158 60  -  Jeanine Tan FILMREVIEW by CONTRARY to what audiences might expect, The Kallang Wave is not so much about the National Stadium as it is about the symbolism of local football's diminishing importance to a populace seemingly obsessed with material success. The film-makers seven Ngee Ann Polytechnic graduates
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        Nightmare Detective
        338 62  -  Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW by LIKE a nightmare, there are long spells when Nightmare Detective is truly disturbing. But when the lights are switched on, it doesn't actually make much sense. Helmed by Shinya Tsukamoto, the director behind the cult hit Tetsuo (1989), the story is a Mad Hatter's
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        200 Pounds Beauty
        272 62  -  Jeanine Tan FILMREVIEW by AN ACTOR donning a fat suit is a rather old idea by now, and riding on the coattails of other "fake fat people" films like Shallow Hal (2001) and Love on a Diet (2001) is this South Korean romantic comedy that doesn't break
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        20 Centimetres
        248 62  -  Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW by FROM Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) to TransAmerica (2005), 20 Centimetres is a happy-go-Spanish operation that grafts onto its skin just about every transgender offering on the market Monica Cervera plays Adol- fo, or Marieta as he'd like to be called, a two-bit
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          Wild Hogs
          381 64  -  Jeanine Tan FILMREVIEW by IF MEN in the throes of a mid-life crisis have wholesome fantasies, they probably look like this. This crowd-pleasing comedy about four middle-aged men who go on a weeklong road trip to rediscover themselves is easy enough on the brain. Doug (John Travolta), Woody
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          The Hills Have Eyes 2
          217 65  -  Ross Wallace FILMREVIEW by WHAT does a slasher flick have in common with a bowl of Rice Krispies? If it's The Hills Have Eyes 11, it's "Snap, Crackle and Pop". The "snap" of another National Guardsman's bones breaking at the hands of mutants in their
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      351 68 -AFP BRIDGETOWN, Barbados Struggling South Africa fast bowler Makhaya Ntini (picture) is battling to save his Caribbean World Cup dream. The 29-year-old was dropped from the team for the crucial Super Eights match against England here on Tuesday, despite
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      364 69  -  DARREN LAI NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2007 Korean Super Reds 1 Liaoning 4 AFTER a dismal six straight losses from six games, NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League debutants Liaoning Guangyuan finally got their first points of the season with an away win against fellow rookies Korean Super Reds
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      675 70  -  CUBBYLEONG Zhang, Du could be out of the SEA Games, NSA claims failure to submit full training details cubby@media corp.com.sg THEY went to China in February and almost immediately got down to work. After a controversial 2006, Zhang Guirong and Du Xianhui were looking
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      602 71  -  CHERYLNG Training trip abandoned after three days as paddlers suffer under poor conditions cheryl. ng@mediacorp. com. sg A MONTH ago, Singapore's table tennis players embarked on a training trip to China, expecting to undergo a rigorous workout to prepare for the Liebherr Brazilian Open, which ended last
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      218 71 —AGENCIES LOS ANGELES Major League Soccer's (MLS) Los Angeles Galaxy have already cashed in on their investment in David Beckham. They have banked US$l3.3 million ($2O million) in revenue, more than enough to cover Beckham's salary for two years. Beckham, who won't play until
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      363 74 —AFP MANCHESTER Don't expect more thrilling 7-1 victories, Ryan Giggs has warned Manchester United fans. As United chases a treble heading into the final weeks of the season with five Premiership games, the FA Cup Final and Champions League semi-finals still to play
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      281 76  -  DARREN LAI REIGNING Thai Premier League champions Bangkok University are set to give S-League's big guns SAFFC, Tampines Rovers and Home United a run for their money in this year's RHB Singapore Cup, which carries a top purse of $80,000. In yesterday's draw,
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