Today, 30 May 2007

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    42 1 TODAY //\=DJA.CORP MICA(P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking o o 6 _c "E o > (0 o o o CM o cr> CO > (0 ■o (A 0) c 0) TODAY /A=ojaCorp MICA (P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Wednesday May 30, 2007 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon Safety review after drownings
    672 1  -  SHERALYN TAY sheralyn@media corp.com.sg IN A bid to keep Singaporeans afloat in rough waters, the National Water Safety Council (NWSC) will review legislation and buildings standards for swimming pools and water bodies. The review which could include an analysis of the services of lifeguards comes after
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    Lock icon Promise of no flip-flops on IDR
    747 1  -  JOHNSON CHOO Malaysian Deputy PM gives assurance on govt policies, vows to combat Johor crime johnsonchoo@media corp.com.sg SOME tough questions awaited Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak during his two-day visit to Singapore. Will the Malaysian government change its economic policies midstream like it
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Death for top China official
      417 2 AGENCIES Sentenced for graft, negligence over tainted products scare BEIJING China's former top regulator was sentenced to death on charges of corruption and negligence yesterday even as the government stepped up efforts to tighten its food quality control systems. Zheng Xiaoyu (picture), ex-di-rector of China's
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      Lock icon Second suicide in Japan contracts scandal probe
      307 2 AGENCIES TOKYO Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's political fortunes ahead of parliamentary elections in two months faced another potential setback when a scandal over Japanese government contracts appeared to have claimed its second victim yesterday. Mr Shinichi Yamazaki, 76, former head of Japan Green
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    • Article
      THE FACULTY OF ACCOUNTABILITY
      743 3  -  SIEWKUMHONG In the Singapore model, mitigating the risks when things go wrong is crucial ANGER, disbelief, fear, shock and tears. Those were just some of the reactions to the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Asia's announcement that it was giving up after just one term.
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      Lock icon Hope in hand, UNSW students meet local varsity officers
      333 3  -  DERRICK A PAULO THE dilemma weighs on his mind. He prefers his daughter to study here, but the chances appear slim. If she were to go to Sydney, Mr VC Venkatesan would have to accept the University of New South Wales'
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      461 2 learn The 6 Ways >V*dam kho° You Can Achieve >" iGreatehSuccess in life! C Design a Powerful Life Plan Break Through Your Limiting Beliefs If you want to achieve exceptional results, then you have One of the major reasons we produce mediocre results to plan for it! Most people are
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon Changi T3 to open in Jan
      656 4  -  LEONGWEEKEAT 938 LIVE weekeat@media corp.com.sg AFTER seven years in the making including a twoyear delay due to a dip in travel in 2003 because of Sars the $1.75-billion Changi Airport Terminal 3 will finally open its doors on Jan 9 next year. The biggest
      938 LIVE; TREVOR TAN  -  656 words
    • Article
      Bidders go flat out for 2nd design-and-build project
      359 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT IT was a novel concept that turned out to be a runaway success about 6,000 people applied last year for the 616 flats at the Premiere in Tampines, which was under the Housing Board's (HDB's) first Design Build and
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    • SINGAPORE
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        Lock icon DEATH OF FISH NOT LINKED TO TOXINS IN WATER
        96 6 938 LIVE The fish spotted floating in Serangoon River earlier this month did not die as a result of toxic substances in the water, said local water agencies. The Public Utilities Board and National Environment Agency have been conducting tests on
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        Lock icon ELDERLY CYCLIST DIES ON COLLISION WITH TAXI
        76 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA An elderly cyclist died in a collision with a taxi at 2.10 am yesterday. The cyclist, in his 70s, was pedalling along Kallang Road towards Lavender Street when his bicycle was hit from the rear. The cyclist suffered serious injuries and
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        Lock icon LITERATURE IN MALAY TO BE OFFERED AS NEW COURSE
        48 6 -938 LIVE Literature in Malay will be offered as part of the Combined Humanities subject next year. Students can choose Malay literature and social studies as electives, in addition to the current Malay literature subject offered at 0 level.
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      Nerves jangle in Singapore as tills jingle
      501 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG Republic is sixth most stressed country in the world: Report cheekong@media corp.com.sg BUSINESS coffers might be rising but there is a price to pay as stress levels in Singapore continue to head north. According to the latest Grant Thornton International Business Report,
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      New faces, new challenges
      619 8 Aggressive recruiting to continue as MediaCorp expands beyond Singapore OVER the past few months, MediaCorp has hired a team of experienced senior management staff to help steer the multi-media group to pole position in Asia. And according to the man at the helm, the aggressive hiring
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      KENNETH LIANG RETURNS TO THE FOLD ...
      123 8 KENNETH LIANG RETURNS TO THE FOLD Mr Kenneth Liang is the man who created Phua Chu Kang, initially as a skit character on the comedy show Gurmit's World, long before the popular foi/i//cay contractor had his own show on MediaCorp's Channel 5. His ties to the media industry date backtothe
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    • SINGAPORE
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        Lock icon JAMS AROUND SHANGRI-LA EXPECTED
        109 8 -938UVE Motorists are advised to expect traffic congestion in the area around Shangri-La Hotel this weekend, in view of the Asia Security Summit meeting to be held there from Friday to Sunday. Road blocks will be set up at the following locations and selective checks will
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        Lock icon MEDICINAL PRODUCT WARNING
        137 8 ■938 LIVE Consumers are warned not to take an illegal medicinal product called Asam Urat Flu Tulang, P-J Dewandaru. It claims to be able to treat joint pain, rheumatism and arthritis. The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said a young female patient is suspected to have developed skin
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        Lock icon NEW JUDGE FOR SUB-COURTS BENCH
        127 8 938 LIVE Another district judge has been appointed to the subordinate courts' bench. Mr Sarjit Singh will take on the role of Deputy Registrar of the Sub Courts, and Coroner and Referee of the Small Claims Tribunals from this Friday. A National University of Singapore
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        Lock icon BODY IDENTIFIED
        137 8 938 LIVE The second body found on Monday at Lower Seletar Reservoir has been identified as that of Gurdev Kaur. The body of the deceased was found near Yishun Jetty. She was pronounced dead at 2.15pm on Monday. Police have classified the case as unnatural death and are
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      Ready to get hitched – in their own time
      343 10 Ready to get hitched in their own time THEY are young, single and certainly looking to get hitched when the time is right A new survey on marriage attitudes has shown that only 3 per cent of undergraduates and polytechnic students do not want to get married. The survey, conducted
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      Lock icon Fewer trees are falling
      342 10  -  SHERALYN TAY NParks staff paying closer attention to defects in trees sheralyn@mediacorp.com.sg THE recent series of falling trees that in one instance took the life of a mother of two and damaged property has been worrying, but the National Parks Board (NParks) reassures the public that
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      320 7 fc?SMU SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY Beyond any doubt Our University of Choice I B WL I (A _^^l| Raffles Junior College wk/fA K. Artistic Director, Raffles Players V Ist Place, Japanese Speech Contest, Tokyo Janice Liv I H "t^ H Lee Kong Chian Scholar Pioneer Junior College I H Ik^^R Writer/Composer,
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      259 9 1 life, live it. DON'T LET YOUR INBOX GET OUT OF CONTROL. 1 Vte^ Stay on top with Mobile eMail, the most ist3l th Wl^L cost effective email service in town! subscHption! t You'll never be late attending to an important email, or be faced with an inbox that gets
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      119 11 SHARP 9D cs I v ft I 1 1 I^^B I NOTHING IS LOST WITH FULL HD AQUOS In golf, what isn't seen is as crucial as what's noticed. But even the best players in the world don't pick up on everything. Seeing the game through 6.2 million pixels on
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      Lock icon Hat Yai hotel hit
      271 12 ■AFP Songkhla province reels under third attack in 2 days NARATHIWAT (Thailand) A man on a motorcycle hurled a homemade bomb into a hotel in the southern Thai tourist town of Hat Yai yesterday, police said. It was the third such attack in the region in
      ■AFP; AFP  -  271 words
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      Lock icon Alert ahead of Thai verdict
      335 12 BANGKOK Senior Thai judges began deliberating yesterday on whether to dissolve the kingdom's two main political parties as some 15,000 troops were put on alert amid security fears ahead of the landmark verdict The Constitutional Tribunal must decide whether Thai Rak Thai, the party formed
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      Lock icon GENERALS LIKELY TO RETAIN POWER
      143 12 -AP Thai Rak Thai in 2005 became the first party in Thai history to win an absolute majority in Parliament. By all accounts, ousted Premier Thaksin Shinawatra's party remains popular with rural voters for its populist policies. The Democrats, with the restive south as their
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        Lock icon IS TINKY WINKY WONKY?
        75 14 -AFP Poland's child rights ombudsman is investigating whether The Teletubbies (picture), the British television show for infants, promotes homosexuality. "We need to examine this. If inappropriate attitudes have been promoted, we need to react," said Ms Ewa Sowinska. The issue centres on one of the Teletubbies,
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        Lock icon HSIEH TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT
        120 14 -AP Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) formally nominated ex-Premier Frank Hsieh as its presidential candidate yesterday. Mr Hsieh, 61, clinched the presidential nomination by beating favourite Su Tseng-chang and two other candidates in internal primaries on May 6. Then-Premier Su resigned following the nomination.
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        Lock icon GB 'SHOULD FOOT CLIMATE BILL'
        107 14 ■AFP The G8 countries should pay developing states US$5O billion ($76.4 billion) to help them cope with the effects of climate change. Oxfam said yesterday in a report. The British-based development and relief agency, criticising the Group of Eight industrial powers ahead of their June
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      Lock icon Bird flu survivors hold key to cure
      461 14 AGENCIES Trials show their antibodies protect against the infection WASHINGTON Blood donated by four survivors of bird flu seems to harbour a potent protection against the deadly virus. Researchers in Switzerland have successfully immunised mice against the HSNI strain of bird flu using
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      Lock icon Rights group slams Malaysia's Vigilante culture'
      160 16 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Migrants and refugees are subject to a "vigilante culture" in Malaysia, where civil liberties have not improved despite government pledges to reform, rights group Suaram said yesterday. In its 10th human rights report, Suaram said the rounding up of undocumented immigrants
      -AFP; AFF  -  160 words
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      Lock icon Malaysia faces key ruling on religious freedom
      439 16 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia faces a milestone legal verdict today. The case, involving a woman who converted from Islam to Christianity, goes to the heart of a debate on whether civil courts should take precedence over tribunals based on Sharia, or Islamic law.
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      Do not fear Singapore: Indon defence minister
      363 18 Top govt official says pact will benefit Indonesian army JAKARTA Defence minister Juwono Sudarsono has said that Indonesia should not fear nor hate Singapore although Indonesia's military, defence and economy are not as strong as the city-state's, Antara reported. "How can the parliament
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        Lock icon THE OLDEST MAN ON EVEREST
        47 18 -AP In this photo provided by a mountain guide, climber Katsusuke Yanagisawa is shown resting on his way to the summit of Mt Everest. Mr Yanagisawa, a 71-year-old retired teacher from central Japan, became the oldest man to scale Everest last week.
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        Lock icon BULLET REMOVED ... 64 YEARS LATER
        74 18 BULLET REMOVED 64 YEARS LATER -AP Doctors in China have removed a 3cm bullet from a woman's skull 64 years after it lodged there when Japanese troops shot her. Ms Jin Guangying was 13 years old in 1943 when she was shot. The Shanghai Daily reported that Ms Jin, now
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      Lock icon Neighbourly talks about nuclear power
      185 18 DOW JONES DARWIN (Australia) Indonesia has promised to consult its neighbours over its nuclear power plans after Singapore raised concerns yesterday about nuclear safety, at the meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) energy ministers in Darwin. Singapore raised the question of consultation over nuclear plans,
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      Lock icon Two Koreas launch talks amid tensions
      409 20 -AFP Sessions to 'go forward like a train' despite delays in rice aid, nuclear disarmament SEOUL North and South Korea launched a new round of reconciliation talks yesterday, calling for successful negotiations despite tensions over delays in Seoul's rice aid and Pyongyang's nuclear disarmament
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      Lock icon Pakistan's 'charming' PM causes uproar
      197 20 -DPA ISLAMABAD Senators in the upper house of Pakistan's Parliament yesterday moved a motion to summon Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz over "shameful" allegations that he tried to use seductive charm to win over United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during talks. Referring to Dr
      -DPA  -  197 words
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      Lock icon Bush tightens Sudan sanctions
      178 20 -AGENCIES WASHINGTON United States President George W Bush announced tighter economic sanctions against Sudan yesterday, while demanding the government take responsibility to end "genocide" in Darfur. He also called on the United Nations Security Council to impose new sanctions against Sudan. Mr Bush accused Sudanese President
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      Lock icon 2nd round of voting for Israel's Labour leadership
      211 22 -AFP JERUSALEM Former Premier Ehud Barak and an ex-security chief yesterday reached a run-off vote to lead Israel's Labour party, defeating the Defence Minister and casting a shadow over the ruling coalition. Mr Barak and Mr Ami Ayalon will face off in
      -AFP; AFP  -  211 words
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      Lock icon 3 charged with spying in Iran
      356 22 —AFP TEHRAN Iran announced yesterday it has charged three American-Iranians with spying in cases that have heightened tensions with Washington. This comes a day after the first direct official talks between the United States and Iran in 27 years, which focused on Iraq. In
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      Lock icon Anti-war mother calls it a day
      241 22 -THE GUARDIAN WASHINGTON She was the grieving mother who staged a protest outside the United States President's ranch. Ms Cindy Sheehan (picture), whose soldier son was killed in Iraq three years ago, said on Monday she was stepping down from her role as the
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      Lock icon Nuclear power nightmare
      469 24 BLOOMBERG Security on uranium of weapons grade should be tightened so it won't fall into terrorists' hands WASHINGTON Fifteen Al Qaeda commandos surround a Canadian nuclear facility that makes isotopes for use in Pharmaceuticals, laying down a barrage of fire with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades. Accomplices
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      Lock icon Venezuela accuses CNN of linking Chavez to Al Qaeda
      269 24 —AFP CARACAS Venezuela has filed charges against cable network CNN for linking President Hugo Chavez (picture) to the Al Qaeda terror group. The move came just hours after the country's oldest television station, the anti-gov-ernment Radio Caracas Television (RCTV), was shut
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      EDB gives a peek into that deal
      504 26  -  KO KHENG HWA UNSW pulled plug because both parties could not agree on revised package Letter from Managing Director, Economic Development Board THE Economic Development Board (EDB) regrets the decision by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) to close its Singapore campus
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      A case study to remind stakeholders that nurturing the market takes time
      183 26  -  RAYMOND NG Letter from I WAS saddened to learn that a good university like UNSW Asia is annulling its plan to plant its roots in Singapore. I think in all fairness to those students who had enrolled, the
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      275 28  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY WHYWEFIGHTI One of the most common sources of conflict between husbands and wives comes down to a simple matter of differing assumptions. Let me illustrate. Some years ago I went through a very hectic period of my life, professionally. I was a
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      Kindness abused
      279 28  -  ROCKY CHEW A helping hand cost $15 and trust in others Letter from A FEW weeks ago, my family received the telephone bill for the month. When we looked through it, we were shocked to see a $15 charge for a Sing Tel hilcard top-up service, which we
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      Comfort rewards caring cabbies
      96 28  -  TAMMY TAN Letter from Group Corporate Communications Officer ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited I REFER to the letter "A taxi driver's sacrifice for a stranger" by Ms Felicia Fernandez (May 28), commending Comfort cabby Yam Kwok Kwong of SH 8987H for going the extra mile to help her
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      Thumbs up to the sailor who made our S'pore trip memorable
      242 28  -  JENNY SCHOFIELD Letter from Colchester, Essex United Kingdom I HAVE just returned from a long holiday that included sunny Singapore where we spent two weeks of our vacation. We found the country clean and nice, and enjoyed our visit
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      isay LOOK FORWARD TO OLD AGE
      604 30  -  HO KONG LOON THE middle-aged couple who run the cooked food stall in my neighbourhood lead a very hard life. They work literally from well before dawn, often from 3am, to late in the afternoon, from Monday to Saturday. They slog daily for earnings
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      694 30 RaboJet Certs Series 1 will be launched on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX) on 7™ June 2007. Linked to the share price performance of DBS Group Holdings Ltd, Capita Land Limited, Singapore Telecommunications Limited and Singapore Airlines Limited Daily lock-in feature with a maximum rate of return 1
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      335 32 BLOOMBERG Temasek buys $504 m stake in Aussie child-care provider TEMASEK Holdings sees big money in child's play. The Singapore investment firm is buying a 12-per-cent stake in ABC Learning Centres, the world's largest publicly traded childcare provider, for As4o2 million ($504 million). Revealing this
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      224 32 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE'S central bank and stock exchange will take over the responsibility of overseeing corporate governance at publicly listed companies from a government-appointed body that will be dissolved this year. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will govern the island's capital markets, while Singapore
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      91 32 I understand some companies use boilerplate language provided by external advisers to meet their obligation under the Code to explain how they have met its standards in areas such as risk management... MAS and SGXwill work with market participants to review how best to raise the governance practices
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        93 35 -AFP SHARE prices closed 0.39 per cent higher yesterday, with the broad market consolidating in the absence of fresh buying incentives and with United States markets closed for a holiday, dealers said. They noted the most trading interest was centred on companies linked to specific corporate news events such
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      389 35 -AFP.DPA Consortium's offer beats Barclays proposal by 10%, promises to axe fewer jobs THE world's biggest banking takeover battle is hotting up, as a three-member consortium led by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) seeks to trump a friendly takeover bid for
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      453 37  -  JOSEPH YADAO joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg AFTER a decade of heavy lobbying, Singapore has finally convinced the Asian Shipowners Forum (ASF) to base its permanent secretariat here. ASF members, which include shipowner associations from most nations in the Asian region, unanimously agreed to set up
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      245 37 CHANNEL NEWSASIA NEW challenges are set to confront the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Itlos). But Deputy Prime Minister S Jayakumar feels that states should still turn to such bodies to settle long-standing disputes. As an example,
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      354 39  -  JOSEPH YADAO Top Singaporean managers being eyed by foreign companies, bosses told joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg BOSSES, watch out Foreign companies are eyeing the pool of Singaporean managers who have been helping their firms make a splash in the business world. These were wise words from CapitaLand head
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      198 39 -AFP AUSTRALIANS have rated their flag-carrier Qantas Airways as the worst international airline in a survey conducted by a consumer watchdog. The poll of 4,000 people voted Singapore Airlines best, the consumer magazine Choice said yesterday. Next in line were Emirates, Air New Zealand, Malaysia
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      221 42 BLOOMBERG, AFP JAPAN'S jobless rate fell to a nine-year low last month and households increased spending for a fourth month, suggesting consumers will help extend the economy's longest post-war expansion. The unemployment rate dropped unexpectedly to 3.8 per cent from 4 per
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      351 42 ■AFP CHINA may soon give the green light to individual direct investments in overseas stock markets in a bid to ease excess liquidity and growth in forex reserves at home, state media reported yesterday. The regulator may also allow securities firms and fund
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        417 44  -  DAPHNE CHUAH the business of enterprise $7m centre to help SMEs develop and market new products daphne® mediacorp.com.sg FROM frozen microwavable sushi to antioxidant chocolate, Japanese food-makers have consistently managed to roll out products differentiated by innovation. Now, Singapore is hoping an
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      1072 45 Businesses can propose ideas to PEP through Enterprise Development Centres Marketing manager Ong Lye Hwee thought he had hit on a great business idea when he realised that Muslims in Singapore used Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to treat common illnesses and bolster their health.
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      250 38 SONY. Sony Recommends Windows Vista™ Business. Fl Centrind^ I I I Duo W\ Advanced Home VAIO A High Quality LCD and Smooth Processing I Makes it Perfect for Home Viewing. Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor Speaker sold separately FREE GIFTS* N '/^^r W Mb FREE GIFT* N $2,499 There are
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      1437 46  -  Asif Ansar asif@mediacorp.com.sg Vintage cars, cigars and of course, lots of bubbly it's all in a day's work for Jean Berchon, a descendant of one of the families behind Moet Chandon champagne IF ANYONE knows about the joys of champagne, Jean Berchon should. He had
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      629 48  -  LIM KUAN CHIANG Crowning of Japan's Mori acknowledges that Asian beauties can hold their own kuanchiang@media corp.com.sg BEAUTY pageant fans across Asia rejoiced yesterday when Miss Japan Riyo Mori was named Miss Universe 2007 over Miss Brazil Natalia Guimaraes, who finished second. It was a triumph to
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      133 48 -AFP,AP Ningning Zhang from China, 20, won the Miss Congeniality award, while Anna Theresa Licaros, 22, from the Philippines, was named Miss Photogenic. In the days leading up to the final selection Miss USA Rachel Smith endured boos from the public because of her country's attitude toward Mexicans
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      443 50  -  JEANINETAN LOS ANGELES Questions on romance and politics are out for this English heart-throb IN jeanine@mediacorp.com.sg ORLANDO Bloom may seem to lead a very exciting life in the movies an elf archer with deadly aim and a swashbuckling pirate, oh my but in person, he seemed
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      386 50 -AP VANCOUVER (Canada) The Police (picture) kicked off its reunion tour before a sold-out crowd of 20,000 not bad for a group playing its first stadium in more than 20 years. Fans took to their feet and sang along as Monday night's show opened
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      431 52  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Tang Quartet to surprise with unusual outfits, performance style at world premiere of avant garde Optical Identity Julia na.rasul@media corp.com.sg THE outfits say it all. Gone are the black-and-white formal suits, to be replaced by all-white designs featuring sleeveless tops that end in long
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        595 54  -  ZUL OTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg It's stressful, but WWE superstar Matt Hardy doesn't mind performing gravity-defying moves to keep his fans happy CYNICS may dismiss the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as nothing more than a glorified soap opera peopled with curvy babes applauding burly bruisers dishing out
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      436 56  -  -TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE'S sports industry grew from $5.1 million in 2002 to over $8 million last year. Now, as part of ongoing efforts to help bolster the industry, the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) have launched the Business Sports Group (BSG) feedback sessions. The BSG, which
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      163 56 THE adidas +CHALLENGE 2007, which includes a trip to Hong Kong to meet selected Liverpool stars, starts today with 256 teams doing battle at the Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza until June 3. The winning team from the under-16 category will represent Singapore in
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      510 56  -  CHERYLNG SRU back on track and ready to move on, says their chief cheryl. ng@mediacorp. com. sg NOT too long ago, the Singapore Rugby Union (SRU) went through their darkest days, faced with the biggest financial scam in Singapore's sporting history. In November 2005, the sporting
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      427 57  -  CUBBYLEONG Teenager eager for opportunities to connect with her roots cubby@media corp.com.sg FRESH from breaking the 24-year-old national 800 m freestyle record, Lynette Lim is now looking forward to representing Singapore at the SEA Games in December and the 2008 Beijing Olympics. On Saturday, the
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      421 57  -  DARREN LAI darren@mediacorp.com.sg THE aim was to get more children involved in football, by giving them more chances to play. Judging from the turnout at the inaugural H-TWO-0 Inter-Primary School Mini Football Carnival 2007, the two-day event was a big success. More than 450
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      568 58 -AGENCIES Top seed picks up where he left off before rain delay to wrap up comfortable win TENNIS French Open PARIS Roger Federer, trying to win the only Grand Slam tennis title to elude him, completed a straight-sets victory yesterday against Michael Russell at the
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      430 58 -AGENCIES NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS Utah 79 San Antonio 91 SALT LAKE CITY, Utah Manu Ginobili saved his best for when his team needed it the most. The fiery Argentine scored 16 of his 22 points in the final quarter, helping the
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      93 59 1 A/hot OTO \/mir Football atthe National Stadium moved thousands of Singaporeans, including Chia Kin Fong,whowas ulflldl C lv YU thrilled by the atmosphere she experienced atthe stadium during the Malaysia Cup days in the *****. And n the fans'unswerving support of the Lions left a lasting impression on
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      288 59  -  CHIAKINFONG Letter from TRY as I might, I will never forget May 25,1974, and for two very big reasons: Singapore beat Penang in the Malaysia Cup that night, and I had "thrown away" my car keys. I
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