Today, 5 May 2007

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    14 1 TODAY MICA (P) 311/10/2006 /A=DJJ\CORF we set you thinking May 5 6, 2007 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon NOT A BEAR IN SIGHT?
    788 1  -  TOR CHING LI -AGENCIES chingli@media corp.com.sg IN JUST five short months, it has breezed through psychological barriers, bounced back from steep corrections and is now hovering in virgin territory. As the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) continued its steady trot northwards to close at a
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    Lock icon Soft power the way to win Asian minds: PM
    753 1  -  CHRISTIE LOH IN WASHINGTON DC christie@media corp.com.sg THEY have fought two costly wars in a short five years. Understandably, the people of the United States are in a "conflicted and introspective mood", anxious about their next steps forward. But amid these
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  • hot news
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      Detained pair worried about families, fate
      380 2  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI Unionists appeal for release of Spore execs in Batam jail nazry@media corp.com.sg THE two Singaporean executives detained for nearly two weeks at a Batam police station jail are "stressed" and worried about their families back home, said a unionist The pair, Mr Huang
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      Lock icon LOOKING FOR SINGAPORE'S NEXT LEADER
      1571 2  -  DERRICK A PAULO derrick@media corp.com.sg HE MAY be the leader of a nation of just 4 million souls, but he or she must be able to hob-nob with the president of a superpower, and be listened to with respect. Which is why finding the right
      PHOTOS AFP  -  1,571 words
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon New Marina ECP exit, ERP gantry
      286 4  -  ANSLEY NG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg BY THE end of the month, there will be a slew of changes to the roads in Marina Bay to keep heavy construction vehicles out of business-zone traffic. The new roads, built at a cost of $6.2 million, will open in
      FAIZAL  -  286 words
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      Lock icon New airport rules loud and clear
      344 4  -  LEONG WEE KEAT It pulls out stops to remind travellers to repack liquids, gels weekeat@media corp.com.sg AS NEW Changi Airport security measures kick in from noon on Tuesday, departing passengers will have no excuses if they are asked to repack or throw away liquids,
      001 BOON KEONG  -  344 words
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      Mandatory safety plans for all worksites from next month
      286 4  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@media corp. com. sg FROM next month, all construction worksites here and not just those with projects valued at $10 million and above will be required to implement a safety and health management system. All worksite supervisors, not
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      Lock icon TWO MORE DIE IN WORK-RELATED ACCIDENTS AT PASIR RIS AND KRANJI
      227 4  -  LOH CHEE KONG Just a day after a fire killed two Singaporean oil refinery workers, two more lives were lost in separate workplace mishaps on Friday. A foreign worker fell to his death while pruning trees near a Pasir
      CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  227 words
    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
    • Article
      Power outage halts NEL services
      97 4 A DISLODGED power connector between train and track halted services on the North East Line (NEL) for more than 90 minutes on Friday night The incident caused a power trip at 8.46pm and cut off the electricity between Dhoby Ghaut and Harbour Front stations. This
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      Lock icon S'pore Navy gets leaner, nimbler at 40
      388 6  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@media corp.com.sg FIVE thousand people work for the Republic of Singapore Navy today a "small" number by chief Ronnie Tay's standards, but not something he is losing sleep over. The 43-year-old says there are no plans to boost staff strength significantly
      LEE U-WEN  -  388 words
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      Lock icon Icons of history
      681 6  -  GRACIA CHIANG Architects call on authorities to preserve unique buildings gracia@media corp. com. sg PROPERTY owners who prefer to stay put are not the only ones worried about the current en bloc sale fever now sweeping Singapore. Local architects are also concerned that the frenzy could result
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Thailand to sue YouTube
      343 8 —AP Minister stresses that legal action is due to a cultural issue and not a political one BANGKOK The Thai government plans to sue You Tube, a popular video-sharing Internet site, for hosting a short clip lampooning the country's much-revered monarch. The government blocked access to
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      Lock icon Untitled
      80 8 —AFP OLMERT IGNORES RALLY CALLS FOR HIM TO RESIGN: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmertsaidon Fridaythathe had no intention of resigning, despite louder calls for him to step down. Nearly 200,000 demonstrators gathered in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square on Thursday, calling onMrOlmertto quit after a government inquiry put the bjame squarely
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      Lock icon Nations must immediately work on overcoming global warming
      430 8 -AFP -AFP BANGKOK Countries have the money and the technology to save the world from the worst ravages of global warming, but they must start acting immediately to succeed, experts said on Friday. After five days of testy negotiations, the experts from
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon SOURCE OF OFFICIAL SMS ALERTS
        55 8 —AP Malaysia plans to appoint an official spokesman to send out SMS alerts and manage information flow during health crises. Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said the move will avoid confusion and panic caused by rumours and misinformation. He said such guidelines would prevent unauthorised
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        Lock icon SCHOOLBOY, 8, DIES AFTER CLASSMATES BEAT HIM: REPORT
        63 8 -AFP An eight-year-old Indonesian schoolboy died of internal injuries after being severely beaten by four of his classmates three ofthem girls. The girls and a 10-year-old boy had waited for their classmate after gym classes before attacking him in the toilets last
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        Lock icon BUZZING NOISE FORCES INDONESIAN PLANE BACK
        63 8 ■AFP A Garuda Indonesia plane returned to Surabaya shortly after takeoff due to a "buzzing noise". The plane was 15 minutes into the flight to Singapore when the pilot decided to turn around. An airline official said that .the decision was a precaution and
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      Indonesian leaders lambast officials
      219 8 JAKARTA Under fire for the government's dismal performance, Indonesia's top leaders lambasted regional officials for their poor leadership skills and lackadaisical approach to the development of their regions. Urging a broad-based outreach programme, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice-President Jusuf Kalla urged the country's governors, regents
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      Lock icon TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL: BORAT'S IN, BUSH IS OUT
      519 10 NEW YORK United States President George W Bush has been dropped from Time magazine's list of the world's 100 most influential people for the first time, in a further sign of his flagging political fortunes. While Osama bin Laden, Pope
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      Lock icon No political honeymoon
      834 10 -AFP —AGENCIES President-elect must act fast to keep voter support after this weekend's polls PARIS With France in the grip of an economic malaise, whoever is elected as its new president this Sunday will have little time to enjoy the customary political honeymoon. At home, the French
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon ARMY DESERTERS KILL CUBAN OFFICER IN FAILED HIJACK
        103 10 AFP Two army deserters killed a Cuban military officer on Thursday as they tried to hijack an airplane at Havana's Jose Marti Airport and flee to the United States. Armed with AK-47 rifles, the deserters entered the airport at dawn in a
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        Lock icon NO THREAT, BUT OBAMA GETS SECRET-SERVICE PROTECTION
        71 10 BLOOMBERG Democrat White House contender Barack Obama has been put underthe protection of the Secret Service, according to the United States Homeland Security Department. The decision followed a request from Mr Obama despite there being no known threat against him. But the Secret
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        Lock icon BLAIR'S LABOUR PARTY ON WEAK GROUND AFTER LOSSES
        104 10 -AFP Outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour party suffered major losses in local elections on Friday and risked losing control of Scotland, but it averted the crushing defeat polls had predicted. Mr Blair, who is set to announce his resignation date
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      Zoooooming to the grave as well?
      292 12  -  RICKLIMSAYKIONG Letter from LACK of time? Kiasu-ism ("fear of losing" mentality)? Overworked and overstressed? Or all of the above? I wonder what the reason is for Singaporeans ending up as the world's fastest walkers ("Zooooom in just 10.5 sees", May 3). Mind you, this
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      Lock icon THE DA MOTHER CODE
      772 12  -  DOWN UNDER WITH NEIL HUMPHREYS Thanks to spammers, my mum's phone calls are insane news@newstoday.com.sg SPAMMERS are making my life a misery. They are turning my mum into James Bond. A telephone conversation with her is a cross between a coded dialogue with a secret agent
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      Mums must upgrade too
      401 13  -  CAROLINE GOH Some with unrealistic expectations, don't see need for this Letter from IT'S time to get off the backs of employers and try to understand the mindsets of female staff. I am a childless female professional and an employer who cares about the plight of
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      Lock icon Self-checkout machine at supermarket mandated the taking of plastic bags
      226 13  -  CHEN JUNYI Letter from I WAS at the supermarket at Great World City last Saturday. All I wanted to do was to get a can of cold drink and I did not need a plastic bag for this. However, at
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Loans drive DBS Q1 profit up
      369 14  -  JOHNSON CHOO $617 m return is up by 19 per cent from a year ago johnsonchoo@mediacorp.com.sg HIGHER loan volumes and continued growth in fees helped DBS Bank to return a healthy $617 million first-quarter profit This better-than-expected result represents a 19 per cent increase
      BLOOMBERG  -  369 words
    • Article
      Lock icon CORPORATEBRIEFS
      248 14 -AFP -AGENCIES -938UVE A joint venture shipyard between a Singapore firm and Norway's Aker Yards has clinched a US$25O million ($379 million) deal to build six specialised vessels for use in the booming oil and gas industry. The anchor handling supply vessels will be built at the joint venture's
      -AFP; -AGENCIES; -938UVE  -  248 words
    • Article
      Inflation not a worry: Tharman
      207 14 SINGAPORE can exceed its 3 to 5 per cent growth potential over the nextfive to eight years, but will keep land and labour costs in check to remain competitive. This comes from Second Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who told Reuters in an interview that the
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    • Article
      IT biggie HP gears up to help small, medium businesses
      228 14  -  JOHNSON CHOO IF YOU are a small and medium-sized business (SMB) and want to grow, IT giant Hewlett-Packard can help. At the first of a three-part Today-HP Total Care Seminar held on Friday, HP pointed to a 2006 SME Development
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    • marketwatch
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        ST Index— 3,485.76 +35.1
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        SGX most active
        18 14 ChinaEntSp Digiland Jasper Sapphire BakerTech 0.015 -414.100 0.050 -314.020 0.025 -102.800 0.035 -187.440 0.285+0.045 +18.8120.551
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      • Article
        SGX top rises
        22 14 'etrnC RB IBS MS ihangTurbo Vqua-Terra R JOB DBS 0.000 +70.0 0.305 +74.3 0.040 +00.0 0.045 +50.0 0.015 +50.0
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        SGX top falls
        19 14 KepCnrp BNP HSI*****SGA 0.005 0.005 -00.7 -42.4 HSCEI0200SGA UOBDB HSI*****SGA 0.120 0.025 0.105 -40.0 -37.5 -30.5
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE
        95 14 -AFP Singapore share prices closed at a record high for the second straight session, closing 1.01 per cent higher on Friday following expectations of strong corporate earnings, dealers said. The main ST Index finished 35.12 points up at 3,485.76, off a new intraday recorc high of 3,500.20 touched earlier
        -AFP  -  95 words
      • Article
        Commodities
        19 14 Gold US$/oz Silver US$/oz Platinum US$/oz 13.51 1,310.80 Rubber cents/kg Palm oil RM/tonne Brant USS/barrel 356.00 2410.00 65.52
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      • Article
        World markets
        42 14 Nikkei 225 HK Hang Seng *****.08 +150.50 +0.77 Australia ASX200 0304.00 +50.30 +0.05 Korea Camp 1507.74 +7.88 +0.51 Thailand SET 710.44 +0.53 +0.02 Jakarta Camp 2033.30 +7.72 +0.38 Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex *****.27 -143.04 -1.02 Malaysia KLCI 1303.40 +20.01 +1.53
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        Lock icon Your S$1 buys
        33 14 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by JSS JK£ 'en IKS \M luro 0.6581 0.3314 79.196 5.1475 2.2511 0.4852 Rupiah Baht Peso AS Indian Rs Yuan 5906.' 21.551 31.211 0.8031 26.95 5.062:
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      Lock icon Qantas buyout rejected
      296 15 BLOOMBERG Investors say'no', alleging low bidding MACQUARIE Bank and TPG failed to complete the world's biggest airline takeover after investors rejected an Asll.l billion ($13.8 billion) buyout of Australia's Qantas Airways. The bidders had less than 50 per cent of Qantas shares when the six-month-old offer closed
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    • Article
      Lock icon Temasek selling Telekom M'sia stake?
      171 15 TEMASEK Holdings is selling 3.4 to 5 per cent of Malaysia's state-con-trolled Telekom Malaysia Bhd via book building, fund managers familiar with the deal said on Friday. Goldman Sachs and CIMB Investment Bank are handling the sale of the shares, the fund managers said. The
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      Lock icon Reuters receives takeover bid
      110 15 -BLOOMBERG REUTERS Group, the world's largest publicly-traded provider of financial data, said it received a takeover approach from an unidentified suitor, causing its stock to surge as much as 31 per cent. The approach comes three days after Rupert Murdoch's News Corp said it offered US$5
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      Lock icon wealth personal finance & investment
      580 15 wealth personal finance investment UNDERSTANDING TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION In recent years, Internet banking has seen a huge increase in its users. Banking customers regularly log into banks' website to access their accounts to conduct a wide range of banking transactions. However, the popularity of Internet banking have also attracted growing security
      BLOOMBERG  -  580 words
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        LET'S GET PERSONAL
        519 16  -  with Pearlyn Tham No time to make a Mother's Day gift? You can still give Mum a customised present CITYSTYLE pearlyn@media corp.com.sg MY MUM probably doesn't remember this, but when my allowance was too paltry for me to save anything many Mother's Days ago, I decided to
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        Crown your beauty regimen with this gel
        285 16  -  -PEARLYNTHAM YOU'LL be forgiven if, at first glance, you think the Kawaii Tokyo Brighten-up Gel is meant as a prop for beauty queens in the Harajuku district A tiara is featured in the advertising visual and also in the brand's logo, and its
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      • FOR THE GEM IN YOUR LIFE
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          ONE PENDANT, MANY STYLES
          72 17 If Mum's the kind who chides you for spending too much money on her, placate her budget-conscious ways with the I'Nova Multi-wear pendant from Citigems. For $698, you get a white gold and diamond pendant that Mum can rearrange and wear in different ways so she
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          A HEART-FELT GIF
          43 17 Show your love for Mum with not just one heart but five. Priced at $598, the Endearment pendant from Lee Hwa Jewellery is made up of five diamond-edged hearts to symbolise the intertwining of the love between Mum and you
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          ROSE, ROSE, I LOVE MUM
          56 17 A rose by any other name will smell as sweet but if that rose happens to be from SK Jewellery's Skarlet Diamond collection, then it will smell even sweeter for Mum. Priced from $179, the Skarlet Diamond collection is made up of rose motif jewellery
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          MORE THAN JUST DIAMONDS
          61 17 Diamonds are already gorgeous on their own but add coloured gemstones and pearls to the equation and you have an even more winsome combination. Priced from $198, Soo Kee Jewellery's Enchante collection marries pink and yellow gemstones with diamonds while its Dancia collection couples diamonds with
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          BLOOMING BAUBLES
          45 17 Goldheart Jewelry gives you another way to present your Mum with flowers this Mother's Day. Priced from $278, its Estella Glitz earrings resemble precious diamondencrusted flowers. If Mum loves daisies, get her the Daisy Pendant priced from $428 in white gold with diamonds.
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        SUNNY SIDE WHITE
        501 17  -  PEARLYN THAM Protect your skin from harmful UV rays with Garnier's new products pearlyn@mediacorp.com.sg GUESS they don't call Singapore a sunny island for nothing. While you don't have to be a meteorologist to realise that there's more sun in Asia than in Europe, did you know that
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    • makan
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        Lock icon FOOD NOTES
        268 18  -  EVELINE GAN EAT YOUR HEART OUT ON MUM'S DAY This Mothers' Day, show your love and appreciation at Swissotel Merchant Court, where many dining options await. From May 11 to 13, surprise your mum with the Hula BBQ buffet dinner at Blue Potato, where your family can indulge
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        A royal gem among the pebbles
        691 18  -  Eveline Gan Dining on Aangan's subtly-fine fare amid plush decor makes one feel like a million bucks eveline@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S only seven in the evening at Excelsior Hotel and Shopping Centre but the place is dead quiet Large billboards tout waxing services (for men!). Most
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        Lock icon Pool side Party
        715 20  -  EVELINE GAN 1 A II r there is nothing new about VVr ILt the concept of poolside dining. Blue Potato at Swissotel Merchant Court manages to nail all the elements of an alluring restaurant-by-the-pool. The 120-seater, tucked between the hotel's second level pool deck and a lush
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    • gadget
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        SPIDER, MAN
        521 22  -  TREVOR TAN Razers Tarantula is a gamer's keyboard with real bite trevor@media corp.com.sg IT'S been a long wait, but Razer has finally released a gaming keyboard that can live up to the same high-pedigree breed of its gaming mice. The first thing that strikes you about the Tarantula
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        HP's black and blue beauty – so cool it glows
        394 22  - HP's black and blue beauty so cool it glows HEDIRMAN SUPIAN The Hewlett-Packard (HP) Pavilion txlooo laptop is an attractive Vista-running ultra-portable. Like HP's previous laptops, it's adorned with subtle wave patterns on the casing, a black and silver colour scheme and multimedia buttons that glow in blue quite a
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      • SHOPPINGGUIDE
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          CREATIVE ZEN STONE
          132 22 You can now shuffle music on Creative's new Zen Stone. Weighing just 18.3g, it's a featherweight MP3 playerthat lets you store 500 songs with its IGB of storage. The battery life is pretty decent too, letting you listen to up to 10 hours of continuous music playback.
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          LG SHINE KU970
          124 22 The LG Shine KU97O ($698) looks quite the stunner. It has a 2.2-inch reflective screen that acts as a fancy mirror when you're not using it. The slider phone is also adorned with a full-metal exterior that exudes style and sophistication too. The Shine has more than
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    • car
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        GOLF ON THE GREEN
        657 24  -  SHELDON TROLLOPE Revolutionary engine makes VW Golf GT fast, frugal at the same time news@newstoday.com.sg PROBABLY the most asked question among car owners is: "How can I reduce my car's fuel consumption while improving its performance?" Until recently, this was a moot question. Simple logic dictates
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        Toyota races past GM to take No 1 spot as global car seller
        476 24  -  COLIN YONG TALK about Japanese efficiency. Last year, Toyota predicted that it would overtake General Motors (GM) to become the world's top car seller in 2008. It has already done that in the first quarter of 2007.
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        HAFEI, WILL TRAVEL
        582 26  -  SHELDON TROLLOPE news@newstoday.com.sg IT SEEMS ridiculous to compare a small 1.1-litre hatchback with a taxi but that's exactly what the majority of potential Hafei Lobo owners are likely to do. Hafei is the third car brand from China to be represented in Singapore. Like Chery and Geely,
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      • NEWSTRACKS
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          MITSUBISHI'S NEW EVO ... AT LAST
          151 26 MITSUBISHI'S NEW EVO AT LAST After more than two years of teasing the public with concept models and teaser photographs, Mitsubishi has finally unveiled the pro-duction-ready version of its new Lancer Evolution X. The "X" means "10" -the number of updates the Evolution range has been through since its launch
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          PICASSO EXPECTED TO DRAW CROWDS
          143 26 Local Citroen distributor Cycle Carriage France has opened the order books for its new sevenseater MPV, the C 4 Picasso, although the first cars will only be in the showroom in a fortnight's time. More than 10 buyers have already placed deposits for the 2.0-litre
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          PLUG-IN MINI
          144 26  -  COLIN YONG Hybrid Technologies, a Nevada-based company, has developed a fully electric version of BMW's Mini which can reach speeds of 130kmh. The secret of the car's good performance and long range is its highdensity lithium-ion batteries, similar to those found in laptop computers and mobile phones. Most
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    • property
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        Lock icon Ascendas' hearty Lunch
        442 27  -  JOSEPH YADAO The property landlord distinguishes itself from its peers by offering value-added activities to its tenants joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg THEY are always bugging you for rent; you cower in fear when they come around to check on the state of their property. Such stereotypical views of landlords
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      • Article
        Lock icon Industrial values, rents to post strong growth this year, say analysts
        386 27 CHANNEL NEWSASIA RENTALS and capital values for industrial properties are expected to continue growing at a strong rate this year. But analysts say they will not outpace the blistering hikes seen in the office sector, where there is an
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        Lock icon Another en bloc feather on DTZ's cap: The $336-million sale of Himiko Court
        455 27  -  JOSEPH YADAO DTZ Debenham Tie Leung is fast making a name for itself as the go-to broker for en bloc sales. Just last week, the real estate company brokered the $835-million sale of Leedon Heights to Guocoland.
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