Today, 18 May 2007

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    29 1 TODAY /vPojpCopp MICA (P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Friday May 18, 2007 todayonline.com TODAY /AediaCorp MICA (P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Friday May 18, 2007 todayonline.com I
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    Lock icon That pricier basket of goods
    789 1  -  DERRICK A PAULO Food suppliers say raw material costs, not GST hike, behind higher prices of groceries derrick@media corp. com. sg IF YOU feel like you have been paying more for groceries in recent weeks, you are spot on though perhaps not for the reason
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    AFC to play hardball?
    355 1  -  DARREN LAI darren@mediacorp.com.sg AS TALK would have it, Malaysia's position as co-hosts of the 2007 Asian Cup finals is in grave danger, following its controversial decision to go ahead and host a friendly match with Manchester United on July 27. In possibly one of the worst
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    Number's up for NDP ticket scalpers
    521 1  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@media corp.com.sg WITH this year's National Day Parade (NDP) moved from the National Stadium and to the 27,000-capacity stands by Marina Bay, tickets will be harder to come by than ever before. Already in previous years, the prices of NDP tickets given
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      46 1 MUSEUMS INK DIFFERENT BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ART AND THE COMMON MAN PAGE 46 THE WOU= WHO CRIED FOR A WAY Om" 4 BED CRUNCH HOSPITALS NEAR CAPACITY 6 DRINK DRIVERS PUT THEM BEHIND BARS, SAY READERS 24 THROWN A LIFELINE THROWERS OFFERED NEW CONTRACTS 68
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  • hot news
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      AFTER THT LANGKAWI PRESS CONFERENCE...
      831 2  -  WAN HAMIDI HAMID AFTER more than 40 years of mutual suspicion, Malaysia and Singapore are now looking forward to a new level of understanding. In the last four decades despite the mistrust and occasional hiccup trade and investment have flourished. Still, political misunderstandings have characterised
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      Malaysia will not give up DDR jurisdiction
      276 3 KUALA LUMPUR The proposed joint Singapore-Malaysia ministerial committee to promote cooperation in southern Johor will not have any deci-sion-making powers. Such authority will solely be in the hands of an allMalaysian regulator, said Johor Chief Minister Abdul Ghani Othman. "Be they local or
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      Lock icon Wet weather fells more big trees
      188 4  -  —JASMINE YIN THIS huge tree (picture) crashed onto an empty parked car and bent a street lamp at about 2pm yesterday at the junction of Rochor Canal Road and Syed Alwi Road. The owner of the car said that at the time he was
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      Lock icon Wolfowitz poised to exit on face-saving deal
      372 4 AGENCIES He wants World Bank to share blame for ethics breach WASHINGTON After six weeks of trying to hang on to his job, embattled World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz appears to be finally ready to throw in the towel, partly on his own
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon Hospitals running out of room
      550 6  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@media corp. com. sg A SPIKE in infectious disease cases and other factors have pushed occupancy rates up at hospitals here resulting in patients in C- and 82-class wards engaged in a game of musical chairs or, in this case, beds. From
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      Mercy Relief has a new chairman
      185 6  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI MERCY Relief has got a new chairman: Mr T X Udairam (picture), the chief executive officer of Changi General Hospital, took over from Mr Zulkifli Baharudin on Tuesday following the humanitarian organisation's annual general meeting. Mr Udairam, 54, said he intended to reposition
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      Laws for employment beyond 62
      672 8  -  DERRICK A PAULO derrick@media corp.com.sg IT WAS made permanent only three months ago, but higher payouts are already in the offing for the Workfare Income Supplement (WIS) scheme. Low-income workers above the age of 55 are likely to receive more benefits when the scheme is
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      Lock icon AN AGE-FRIENDLY COMPANY
      224 8  -  GRACIA CHIANG SHORT of manpower, food manufacturing company Foodplex Trading was pushed to think of ways to make its workflow more age-friendly. "Our sales were increasing and we needed more staff. Young people are not keen on a production job and with the cap on the number
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      Lock icon Direct poly admission exercise starts July
      179 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA STUDENTS with special talents and achievements, seeking direct admission into Singapore's junior colleges (JCs) and polytechnics for the next academic year, may start applying from June and July respectively. The first direct polytechnic admission (DPA) exercise starts on July 11 for those
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      Herbs and pins do the trick...
      433 10  -  DAPHNECHUAH Sick animals at zoo get better with TCM daphne@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN the grand old dame of the Singapore Zoological Gardens, Ah Meng, suffered from severe constipation for over half a year, Western medicine failed to provide relief. But just two weeks after veterinarian Oh
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      Speak up, aggressive men urged
      221 10  -  SHERALYNTAY FOR the first time, the National Family Violence Networking System Symposium is addressing the role that men can play in ending the cycle of domestic violence. Speaking at the symposium, Parliamentary Secretary for National Development, Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman noted that men were the
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      355 10 WO I OMI II EH Ir l M&KiM j Come and join us at a fun and exciting public *ij?^v^ education event on 19 20 May m 12 pm 6 pm Raffles City Shopping Centre If .£m Launch on 19 May at 12.30 pm Guest of Honour Mr Wong Kan
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      49 11 New aviation security measures for hand-carry luggage ■M. l^%l have been implemented. Most passengers, however, can still continue to purchase duty-free liquor and l^^l perfumes without restrictions at Changi Airport and bring them onboard. For more information, AIRPORTSINGAPORE please check with any Changi Airport shop staff, or visit changiairport.com
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        Lock icon ITALY WANTS A STORE EMBASSY
        85 12 The Italian Prime Minister has asked Singapore to set up an embassy in Rome. Mr Romano Prodi made the request personally when he met Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew yesterday for more than an hour. Mr Lee explained it could be a challenge because trade
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        Lock icon A SHOW OF CONFIDENCE
        57 12 -AFP Emerging results from mid-term elections in the Philippines were a vote of confidence for the government and its economic policies. President Gloria Arroyo told the Wall Street Journal^yesterday. She vowed to revise the country's tax system and amend the Constitution in her remaining three years
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        Lock icon THAIS FOUND WITH EXPLOSIVES
        51 12 -AFP Three Thai workers were arrested for illegally possessing some 1,700 small bombs and a large quantity of fertiliser, police said yesterday. Acting on a tipoff, police found the illegal explosives at a cement company warehouse in Saraburi, 107 km north of Bangkok. The motive was
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        Lock icon M'SIAN EMPLOYERS TO FACE FINES
        45 12 -AP Malaysian employers will face a hefty fine if they fail to address sexual harassment complaints, as part of the country's push to better protect its workers. Under a new provision, employers could be fined up to RM 10,000 ($4,500).-
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      Lock icon Korean trains run, 56 years late
      479 12 —AGENCIES First rail crossing at heavily armed border since the 1950-53 Korean War MUNSAN (South Korea) The divided Koreas sent trains lumbering through their heavily armed border for the first time in more than half a century yesterday, reaching another symbolic milestone in a
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      Lock icon Indonesian, Cambodian militants training Thai rebels
      277 12 -AFP BANGKOK Extremists from Indonesia and Cambodia are training separatist insurgents in Thailand's Muslim-majority south, a senior security adviser to the Thai Prime Minister said yesterday. General Watanachai Chaimuanwong told AFP that Thai authorities were investigating reports that hundreds of Cambodian Muslims with links
      -AFP  -  277 words
    • GLORALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon FILLON NAMED AS FRENCH PM
        78 14 AP President Nicolas Sarkozy named reform-minded conservative Francois Fillon as France's new Prime Minister yesterday. Mr Fillon, 53, is an efficient fourtime minister, who is credited with pushing through tricky retirement reforms as Social Affairs Minister from 2002 to 2004. The rest of the government
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        Lock icon TAIWAN CABINET RESHUFFLE
        82 14 AP Taiwan's new Premier Chang Chunhsiung named the Presidential Chief of Staff Chiou l-jen as his deputy yesterday, in a Cabinet reshuffle where several ministers kept their key posts. Economics Minister Steve Chen, Finance Minister Ho Chih-chin and Transport Minister Tsai Tuei retained their positions. Foreign Minister
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        Lock icon NEW NAME FOR CKS MEMORIAL
        61 14 DPA Taiwan will rename the Chiang Kaishek (CKS) Memorial Hall tomorrow to distance itself from China, despite protests. President Chen Shui-bian -who has been on a name-change campaign to delete Chiang Kai-shek, China and Chinese from buildings and company names -will unveil the new name
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      Lock icon Thaksin the 'shock jock'
      495 14 —AFP Three Bangkok radio stations shut down for allowing ex-PM to go on air BANGKOK The Thai authorities shut down three Bangkok radio stations yesterday after deposed Premier Thaksin Shinawatra (picture) went on air to urge a swift return to democracy. Mr Thaksin, who has lived
      —AFP; BLOOMBERG  -  495 words
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      Lock icon Recipe to narrow
      448 16 -AFP ILO says region needs to up productivity levels to compete with India and China JAKARTA South-east Asian countries are failing to raise productivity levels to help millions of workers out of crippling poverty, the International Labour Organization has warned. The Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean)
      -AFP  -  448 words
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      More Japanese people literally working themselves to death
      406 16 TOKYO A record number of Japanese people literally worked themselves to death last year, the government said, despite campaigns to ease the country's notoriously long office hours. Some 355 workers fell severely ill or died from overwork in the year to March,
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        Lock icon DR MAHATHIR RECOVERING
        72 16 AP Malaysia's former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad suffered breathing problems caused by congested lungs linked to a heart attack last year, but he is recovering, the hospital treating him said. Dr Mahathir, 81, experienced problems breathing on Monday while vacationing on the northern resort island of Langkawi
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        Lock icon SARAWAK CHIEF MINISTER SUES WEBSITE
        74 16 ■AP Sarawak's Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud has filed a lawsuit against website malaysiakini.com, pro-government newspaper Utusan Malaysia and two officials of the opposition People's Justice Party, over reports linking him to logging kickbacks allegedly paid by Japanese shipping firms. The suits were filed after
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        Lock icon 80-YEAR RELIGIOUS SPLIT COMES TO AN END
        104 16 -AFP The domestic and exiled branches of the Russian Orthodox Church were formally reunited yesterday, ending an 80-year split over communism and sealing a reconciliation strongly backed by the Kremlin. The agreement, which became possible following the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union,
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        Lock icon BANGLADESH'S KHALEDA PUTS OFF SINGAPORE TRIP
        113 17 -AFP Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia (picture) postponed plans to travel to Singapore for medical treatment after an extortion case was filed against her younger son. Madam Zia last month reportedly agreed to go into exile in return for leniency for her two
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        Lock icon HAMAS HEADQUARTERS HIT BY ISRAELI WARPLANES
        104 17 -DPA Israeli F-16warplanes bombed the headquarters of the Hamas-established Executive Security Force in Gaza City, as sporadic factional clashes between the Palestinian rivals, Hamas and Fatah, persisted yesterday throughout the Strip despite a new truce. At least 15 people were injured in the air
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      Lock icon Stability top priority for Beijing ahead of Olympics
      370 17 -AGENCIES BEIJING The top Communist party official called yesterday for a law-and-order crackdown as he set security as the top priority for successfully hosting next year's Olympic Games. "From start to finish, maintaining stability in the capital is the main political task,"
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      Lock icon M'sian state gets tough on tea breaks
      159 17 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Thousands of civil servants in Malaysia's Terengganu state have been barred from leaving their offices for tea breaks, a report said yesterday. State secretary Mokhtar Nong said civil servants were taking far too long in restaurants and street stalls having
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      Lock icon Estonia hit by a cyberwar
      456 18 -THE GUARDIAN BRUSSELS A three-week wave of massive cyber-attacks on the small Baltic country of Estonia, the first-known incidence of such an assault on a state, is causing alarm across the western alliance, with North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) urgently examining the offensive and its
      -THE GUARDIAN  -  456 words
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      Lock icon Blair makes his last visit to White House
      222 18 —AP LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair was on the final White House visit of his tenure yesterday to mark a friendship with President George W Bush that many believe tarnished the legacy of the oncepopular British leader. The two men were
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      Lock icon Brown confirmed next Labour leader
      188 18 DPA LONDON British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown was confirmed Labour leader-elect and successor to Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday, after his only rival John McDonnell conceded defeat in the race. Shortly before the deadline for nominations, Mr McDonnell said that it would be
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      Lock icon WOLFOWITZ JUST ONE OF WORLD BANK'S WOES
      667 20 MCT Critics say close the bank, whose problems include lack of relevance, focus WASHINGTON The World Bank sprang to life from America's bold efforts to help Europe rise from the ashes of World War 11, and proved valuable during the Cold War as
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      Lock icon Australian terrorist released early from prison
      200 22 AGENCIES PERTH A Muslim convert who said that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden ordered him to set up a terrorist cell in Australia and who plotted to blow up the Israeli embassy in the capital was released on parole yesterday after serving half
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      Lock icon Internet game sparks outrage
      355 22 —AFP Australian creator of game based on Virginia Tech massacre defiant SYDNEY An Australian man has sparked a storm of protest after creating an online computer game based on the murderous shooting spree at Virginia Tech in the United States last month. Players control an image
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      Lock icon Fancy a facial for your butt?
      220 22 -AFP WASHINGTON Worried about being the butt of jokes this summer? Then how about a "facial" for a sagging derriere. Spas across the United States from New York to Miami, Los Angeles and Minneapolis are promoting "butt facials" this spring, promising to tighten, lift
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      Drink drivers: Put them behind bars
      400 24  -  YAPENGHOK In jail, one can't drive Letter from I REFER to the News Comment by Ansley Ng, "Hit drink drivers where it hurts" (May 16). While I agree with the objective, I do not agree that simply taking away a driving licence is akin
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      Living in their own world
      177 24  -  CLAIRE LAW Letter from WE HAVE been too patient with drink drivers. The numbers state clearly: People have been injured and even killed as a result of drink driving. "What are the chances of this happening?" you may say. Come on, you are putting other
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      Heavier fines, longer ban
      200 24  -  HARRY CHIA Letter from THE writer's exhortation to hit drink drivers where it hurts should be taken seriously. There have been too many reports of drink driving cases and people being hurt as a result The behaviour of celebrities Christopher Lee and Benedict Goh, who were
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      258 26  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY I OF MACHINES AND MEN A few years ago, I saw a computerised chess set in a store featuring a little sign that invited customers to play the game. I tookthe bait. This remarkable device had a mechanical arm that actually reached
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      A way for companies to do their bit for the planet
      171 26  -  MASAYO HADA Letter from Assistant Manager, Regional Environment Management Group Ricoh Asia Pacific Pte Ltd WORLD Environment Day, commemorated on June 5, is one of the main events through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness for the environment
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      Lock icon The Ah Beng Ah Sens race
      788 26  -  Tabitha Wang I BUDGET TAITAI news@newstoday.com.sg OVERHEARD at a hawker centre recently: "You know, this Singapore Formula One is my kind of race." "Why?" "Aiyah, just see who brought it in: Ong Beng Seng. So, the Fl is for Ah Beng, Ah Sengs like
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    • Letter
      Insurance plan to protect victims of falling trees?
      279 28  -  Letter from GOH KIAN HUAT I REFER to the report, "Fallen tree was healthy" (May 17). Madam Ho Siew Lan, a 43-year-old dental assistant, was killed by a falling Albizia tree at the Bukit Batok Nature Park. It was indeed a tragedy
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      Lock icon N Parks should act to prevent future accidents
      98 28  -  ALBERT TAYBENGGUAN Letter from I REFER to the report, "Two killed by falling trees" (May 16). It is not the first time that trees at the Bukit Batok Nature Park have fallen during wet weather. Another instance was in January last year,
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      Lock icon Protect pedestrians from cranes
      192 28  -  JOHNYONGSIEWHUA Letter from I REFER to the accidents where two persons were killed by falling trees. Extrapolating from these two incidents, it is not a farfetched conjecture that one of the many giant cranes (picture) at the Orchard Turn development could collapse or topple onto the
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      Uphill task for disabled to visit 100 in MRT stations
      299 30  -  Occasions when requests for toilets to be unlocked are frowned upon Letter from LEO CHEN lAN, President, Disabled People's Association WHAT is the purpose of a public toilet facility if its access is restricted to even that section of the
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      Faster promotions, higher pay possible for teachers who perform well
      169 30  -  LU CHENG YANG, Letter from Director, Personnel, Ministry of Education WE REFER to the letter, "Help post-grads to a degree; self-motivation is not enough; give incentives for higher studies" (May 11) by Mr Peter Song. The Ministry of Education does
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      A day to refresh connections with overseas S'poreans
      118 30  -  SIEWKUMHONG Letter from I REFER to the letter "More than just a taste of home" by Mr Roy Quek of the Overseas Singapore Unit of the Prime Minister's Office (May 9), responding to my commentary "Not a recipe to win hearts" (May
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      Butterfly knife was detected in woman's luggage
      199 32  -  AUDREY ANG, LIMJINGJING, Letter from Assistant Director (Media Relations), Singapore Police Force Deputy Head, Pub- lie and Internal Communications, Immigration Checkpoints Authority WE REFER to the letter, "Elderly woman's airport ordeal" by Mr Phang Kok Chiew (May 7). In the course of baggage
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      isay HAVE A 'REUNION DINNER' EVERY DAY
      720 32  -  FRANCES ONG EVER since my two older children started attending polytechnic last month, it has been difficult for us to have a family dinner together. On some days, my son comes home at 10pm, after his guitar club activities. On other days, my
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      528 36  -  CHRISTIE LOH It is now the world's second-busiest container port, behind Singapore christie@media corp.com.sg NOW may be soul-searching time for the bosses of Singapore and Hong Kong ports. According to state media China Daily, Shanghai has, for the first time, overtaken Hong Kong to become
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      317 36 -DOW JONES SINGAPORE'S mainstay exports unexpectedly contracted in April as the electronics industry remained in a slump, leaving the economy increasingly dependent on services to meet the official growth targets. Non-oil domestic exports fell 7.2 per cent last month from March in seasonally-adjusted
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      24 36 HSBC FACESTALEISTT CRUNCH IN CHINA World's fourth-largest bank says shortage of qualified bankers will drive up salary costs as it expands on the mainland
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      392 38  -  JOHNSON CHOO $201 m buy will make it largest hotel owner here johnsonchoo@mediacorp.com.sg CITY Development's H-Reit is buying Novotel Clarke Quay for $201 million as part of its bid to grow its asset size. The hospitality real estate investment trust will also assume an $18.8-million
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        33 38 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by JK£ fen HK$ ]M iuro U.U3OI 0.3318 79.369 5.1304 2.2320 0.4847 nupidii o# /u-z. Baht 21.867 Peso 30.649 AS 0.7945 Indian Rs 26.7B9 Yuan 5.0344
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        63 38 —AFP Share prices powered to a fresh all-time high yesterday following Wall Street's record-breaking lead, dealers said. The ST Index (STI) closed up 24.34 points, or 0.7 per cent, at a record of 3,525.51, beating the previous high of 3,501.17 set on Wednesday. Transaction volume was 2.68 billion shares
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        45 38 Nikkei 225 *****.60 -30.40 -0.17 HK Hang Seng *****.61 +57.35 +0.27 Australia ASX200 6365.90 +71.30 +1.13 Korea Camp 1615.58 +14.98 +0.94 Thailand SET 724.37 +2.71 +0.38 Jakarta Comp Shenzhen B 767.72 +20.59 +2.76 Mumbai Sensex *****.71 +172.40 +1.22 Malaysia KLCI 1359.37 +6.96 +0.51
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        19 38 Gold US$/oz SilvarUS$/oz Platinum US$/oz 661.50 12.93 1,325.80 Rubber cents/kg 367.25 Palm oil RM/tonne 2500.00 Brant US$/barrel 68.37
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      328 40 BLOOMBERG EVEN a deep-pocketed, big name like HSBC Holdings is having trouble snagging talent. The world's fourth-biggest bank by market value «ays a shortage of qualified bankers will drive up its salary costs as 1 it expands in I I China. \J "Salary costs
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      235 40 -938 LIVE INTERNET service provider Pacific Internet yesterday said an unsolicited offer from Connect Holdings was "not compelling" despite being "fair from a financial point of view". Earlier this month, Connect a United States-based fund that owns
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      280 41 -AGENCIES EVEN if shares of Stats ChipPac were to be suspended, investors can still sell their shares to Temasek Holdings. The Singapore investment firm said this yesterday shortly after Stats ChipPac, the largest chip-testing and packaging company in Southeast Asia, revealed that
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      297 41  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI Maritime defence show will be based in Doha, Qatar, from next year nazry@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE-born maritime defence tradeshow Imdex Asia will soon be making waves in the Middle East. Renamed the Doha International Defence Exhibition (Dimdex), the event- to be held from March 17 to
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      169 41  -  -JOHNSON CHOO -JOHNSON CHOO The Singapore Exchange's (SGX) new Appeals Committee has heard its first appeal and decided to throw out the case. SGX-Securities Trading (SGX-ST) had appealed to increase the penalty against Mr Loh Weng Khin, a trading representative of UOB Kay Hian, who was found guilty in
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      244 42 BLOOMBERG, AFP MACQUARIE Bank and its buyout partners have abandoned plans to revive a takeover bid for Qantas Airways, after shareholders rejected their offer of Asll.lbillion ($l4 billion) as too low. The consortium known as Airline Partners Australia (APA) had said earlier this month
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      263 42 -AGENCIES CHINA'S spending on factories and real estate grew 25.5 per cent in the first four months of 2007 from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said yesterday. This suggests the central bank may need to raise interest rates to cool investment
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      203 42 BLOOMBERG JAPAN'S economy, the world's second largest, cooled in the first quarter as companies cut spending on concern that exports to the United States will slow. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an annual 2.4 per cent in the three months ended March 31, the
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      280 43 -AGENCIES EVEN if shares of Stats ChipPac were to be suspended, investors can still sell their shares to Temasek Holdings. The Singapore investment firm said this yesterday shortly after Stats ChipPac, the largest chip-testing and packaging company in Southeast Asia, revealed that
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      272 43  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI Maritime defence show will be based in Doha, Qatar, from next year nazry@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE-born maritime defence tradeshow Imdex Asia will soon be making waves in the Middle East. Renamed the Doha International Defence Exhibition (Dimdex), the event- to be held from March 17 to
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      194 43  -  -JOHNSON CHOO JOHNSON CHOO The Singapore Exchange's (SGX) new Appeals Committee has heard its first appeal and decided to throw out the case. SGX-Securities Trading (SGX-ST) had appealed to increase the penalty against Mr Loh Weng Khin, a trading representative of UOB Kay Hian, who was found guilty in
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      1073 44  -  WUYI NO TWO countries enjoy such complex business and trade ties as China and the United States. Both countries are closely linked and interdependent, but relations are also marked by frictions and disputes. Thirty-five years ago, China-US trade volume was almost non-existent when a breakthrough
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      185 44 -AFP ASIAN nations are grappling with a surge in capital inflows that may lead to overvalued currencies or asset price bubbles in the rap-idly-growing region, warned the International Monetary Fund (IMF). "The one issue that countries have been wrestling with (is) coping with surges
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      1315 46 As Singapore's museums join others worldwide today to celebrate International Museum Day, AGATHA KOH BRAZIL finds out the raison d'etre behind their popular touches THE man who runs Singapore's museums has an anecdote he relishes telling. One day, Michael Koh got into a cab outside the
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      152 50 AP AN ANDY Warhol painting (picture) sold for more than US$7l million ($108.4 million) more than quadrupling the previous top auction price for the pop artist's work, an auction house said. The Wednesday auction of postwar and contemporary art took in a total of
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      192 52 -AP PARIS Hilton (picture) will serve about half of her 45-day jail sentence and be separated from the general prison population, United States authorities said on Wednesday. The hotel heiress will spend about 23 days in a "special-needs housing unit" at the Century Regional Detention
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      313 52 ■AP MOST observers thought she was a lock to go on to the American Idol finale, but Melinda Doolittle was instead eliminated. The result on Wednesday night was a real surprise, considering Doolittle hands down the best singer there had the blessing of judge Simon
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      116 52 IT'S time to get Dirrty with Christina Aguilera (picture). And the date to do it is June 30 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. It will be the first time in Singapore for Aguilera, the multiple Grammy Award-winner behind hits like Beautiful, Genie In A
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        367 54  -  WINSONTEO Kimball fails to outsmart Yau-Man, gets voted off Survivor winson@mediacorp.com.sg IF THERE'S anything to prove that overacting can cost you a shot at US$l million (sl.sm), last week's eliminated castaway from Survivor: Fiji Stacy Kimball can attest to that. The 27-year-olds attempts at
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        275 56  -  Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW by........... I Next +H IF NEXT could've foretold its own future, it wouldn't have been made. In another lazy, hang-dog performance, Nicolas Cage plays Cris Johnson, a two-bit Vegas magician blessed or cursed with the gift of seeing two minutes into his own future.
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        246 56  -  Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW by............. I Blades of Glory ++H THE WIT may not be sharp enough to hurt But if it's frat boy humour you're after, then look no further than this un-derdog-to-top dog story, Blades of Glory. Jon Heder plays Jimmy MacElroy, a figure
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        354 58  -  Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW by........... Udon DON'T be fooled by this Japanese concoction that passes itself off as Udon. It's actually more like rojak. For this Katsuyuki Motohiro film has a whiff of romantic comedy, social satire, family soap opera and even manga. The result Fusion
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        144 58 IF A fragrance were to have a shape, what would it be? You can now find out at Essences Insensees, an exhibition where 13 international artists have created perfume bottles and sculptures to complement various scents from Quest International, a professional laboratory that has created perfumes such
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        600 59 NYT For an alternative to costly accommodation in Europe, head to the hills EVER dream of vacationing in a European villa, set on a hillside vineyard inTuscany or on a bluff, perhaps, overlooking the Mediterranean? This may be the year to book it. Tourists in most
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