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    27 1 TODAY ...........fgfdgfdgI we set you thinking Wednesday August 15, 2007 todayonline.com MICA(P) 314/10/2006 TODLAY /A=diaCorp we set you thinking MICA (P) 314/10/2006 Wednesday August 15, 2007 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon 'Govt may make buying annuity compulsory'
    379 1 CHANNEL NEWSASIA WITH people living longer and working beyond the retirement age of 62, the Government may make it compulsory for every Singaporean to buy an annuity plan. This was revealed yesterday by Mr Lim Boon Heng (picture), the Minister tasked to tackle the
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    When you can't make the call
    985 1  -  JASMINE YIN Proposed Mental Capacity Bill lets you pick who you want to make decisionsforyou jasmine@media corp.com.sg OFTEN disoriented, the 80-year-old woman with dementia would complain of "neighbours who wanted to kill her". Her five children took it in turns to care for her.
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    As far away as Pulau Ubin, hotels grapple with Fl levy
    684 1  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@media corp. com. sg ONE'S a budget hotel for backpackers in Joo Chiat, another in Chinatown caters mainly to locals, while a third is a resort tucked away on the tranquil island of Pulau Übin. They are
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      62 1 DOWNLOADERS UNMASKED IP OWNERS GET EDGE IN COPYRIGHT WAR LOCAL PAGE 4 I BUS DRIVER WAS WANTED FOR RECKLESS DRIVING DIES IN CRASH, KILLING 20 WORLD PAGE 12 I TAINTED TOY STORY 18M MORE TOYS PULLED <M OFF SHELVES WORLD C PAGE 14 I SONY POWERS IN WITH $150 M
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      Lock icon Thai court orders arrest of Thaksin and wife
      455 2 AGENCIES BANGKOK Thailand's top court issued arrest warrants yesterday for ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife (picture). Mr Thaksin, who has taken over Manchester City football club and settled in Britain following his ouster in a coup last year, is
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      PARENTS OF INTELLECTUALLY-DISABLED KIDS CAN PICK A GUARDIAN FOR THEM, TOO
      175 2 Those who have children with severe intellectual disabilities will get a say in who will look after their children in the event that they themselves become mentally incapacitated. The draft Mental Capacity Bill, which also covers those below the
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      Easier to get that dream home
      606 3  -  LOHCHEEKONG First-time applicants have better chances of clinching new flats cheekong@media corp.com.sg FIRST-TIME applicants and those who have been unsuccessful repeatedly will now have a higher chance of landing their dream homes. The Housing and Development Board (HDB) yesterday announced immediate changes to its
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      Lock icon NIGHT RACE OR NOT, WE'LL KNOW BY DECEMBER
      187 3 TANYO-HINN F1 fans will know by the end of the year if the Singapore Grand Prix will be held at night. Minister of State for Trade and Industry S Iswaran said that motor sports' world governing body will make an announcement on
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon Copyright infringement: Gaming firm charged
      182 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA AN INTERNATIONAL firm was yesterday charged in court for copyright infringement. Boonty Asia, an Internet gaming and distribution company of digital products, was caught by the police earlier this year for using illegal software. The court heard that the company allegedly infringed the
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      Downside of downloading
      586 4  -  DERRICK A PAULO Door open for IP owners to get names of those doing it illegally derrick@mediacorp.com.sg GOING online to download content may soon offer less anonymity in Singapore than it used to, particularly for those getting copyrighted material illegally. According to legal experts, the laws and
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      Whatever it takes for a sense of nation
      664 6  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI Even graffiti is being used as an innovative way to promote national identity nazry@media corp. com. sg OFTEN associated with vandalism and its anti-establishment overtones, graffiti is becoming all the rage in Singapore schools. The difference this time: Teachers are encouraging
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        DEFENCE MINISTER TEO IN THAILAND
        78 6 Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean is on a three-day working visit to Thailand until tomorrow. While in Bangkok, Minister Teo will call on Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont and Defence Minister General Boonrawd Somtas, and meet with other Thai senior defence officials. The Singapore
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        Lock icon MORE FIREWORKS THIS WEEK
        94 6 If you missed the National Day Parade fireworks, here's another chance to catch a spectacular show in the sky. The Singapore Fireworks Celebrations will take place at the Marina Bay floating platform this Friday and Saturday. Participants include Barcelona-based company Pirotechnica Igual and China's Lidu Fireworks.
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        NO MORE FREE PARKING AT...
        61 6 The Free Parking Scheme on Sundays and Public Holidays will be withdrawn from five car parks at Kovan Hub and Hougang Street 21, effective Sept 2. Around 850 car lots and some 200 motorcycle lots are affected. Motorists will have to ensure that their cashcards
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      Fewer hawkers raising prices
      258 6 THE good news for those who eat out Hawker food prices have continued to stabilise, with fewer stall owners opting to raise charges following the 2 percentage-point hike in the Goods and Services Tax (GST). Of 1,271 stalls surveyed between July 21 and Aug 3 by
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      Open verdict on death of motorcyclist
      301 8  -  ANSLEYNG ansley@media corp. com. sg A CORONER'S court yesterday delivered an open verdict on the death of motorcyclist Sng Seng Liang, 22, an undergraduate who died following a collision with a car. State Coroner Ronald Gwee said that he could not reach a conclusion
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      'Judge, Judge, help me Judge!'
      518 8  -  ANSLEYNG Drama in court as sentence is raised from probation to reformative training ansley@mediacorp.com.sg BOTH young men were punished with probation in April for their roles in separate incidents in which two Chinese national prostitutes were raped and robbed. Yesterday, a High Court agreed with
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      Lock icon Fresh evidence to be heard in sinseh's case
      257 8 -LOHCHEEKONG A CHINESE sinseh, who was sentenced to a month's jail for allegedly using a false certificate to get registered as a practitioner, earned a reprieve yesterday after the High Court allowed new evidence to be adduced. Zhong Zhili, 54, a China-born
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      Not just a vision for the future...
      551 10  -  SHERALYN TAY Imaging technology that could detect early signs of diseases such as cancer will soon land on Spore shores sheralyn@media corp.com.sg IMAGINE technology that detects changes in the cells even before a disease like cancer, Parkinson's or diabetes strikes. Cutting-edge imaging technology
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      Lock icon MORE PHYSICS STUDENTS NEEDED
      180 10 A*Star chairman Lim Chuan Poh (picture) has made the call for more physicists here. "Among our students and among our undergraduates, there has been declining interest in physics," he noted. This is in line with a worldwide trend. "But they have to recognise that at the
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      Lock icon WILL THE VIRGIN MAGIC WORK FOR FAX?
      867 11  -  LIANG DINGZI NOW that Sir Richard Branson (picture) of the Virgin Group has confirmed taking a 20-per-cent stake in Fly Asian Xpress (FAX) Air Asia chairman Tony Fernandes' joint venture company, which will introduce long-haul budget travel to the world aviation experts diffident
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      Lock icon M'sian bus driver a serial traffic offender
      307 12 -AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR The driver of a bus that crashed, killing 20 people in Malaysia's worst road accident, had two outstanding arrest warrants for reckless driving, initial results of an investigation showed yesterday. Rohizan Abu Bakar, 28, who was among the dead, also
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      46 12 AFP TROUBLED PROJECT: Afire broke out yesterday at the Shanghai World Financial Centre, which is supposed to be China's tallest skyscraper. The 101-storey tower is setto stand at 492 m when it is completed next year. Delays have plagued the project since it began in 1997.
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      Special ink to mark Malaysian voters
      261 12 PUTRAJAYA Malaysian voters will have their left forefinger marked with indelible ink in the next general election to prevent fraud. Election Commission chairman Rashid Abdul Rahman said the "archaic" method would be used to satisfy some quarters that had cried fraud. Among the instances
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      Lock icon 'MILESTONE RULING'
      621 13  -  JASON LEE Ma's acquittal could be boost to his chances in next election jasonlee@media corp.com.sg THE acquittal of Kuomintang (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou on corruption charges yesterday will boost his chances of winning at the polls next year, said analysts. Professor George Tsai of the Chinese Culture
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      Taiwan to garner support via YouTube
      145 13 TAIWAN'S ruling Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) Youth Affairs Department launched a You Tube campaign in support of its government's bid to join the United Nations under the name "Taiwan", the Taipei Times reported yesterday. The department's director, Mr Chou Yung-hong, encouraged youngsters to record
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        NOKIA TO EXCHANGE REPORTED FAULTY MOBILE PHONE BATTERIES FOR FREE
        103 14 Nokia, the world's leading maker of mobile phones, said it would offer free-of-charge replacements for some of its Nokia BL-5C batteries after around 100 incidents of overheating were reported globally. No serious property damage or injuries were reported as a
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        Lock icon RUSSIAN NUCLEAR BOMBERS HOLD EXERCISES AT NORTH POLE
        75 14 AFP Russian strategic bombers yesterday began five days of exercises over the North Pole, marking the latest in a series of displays of Moscow's military muscle. The nuclear-capable bombers will practise firing cruise missiles, navigation in the polar region and aerial refuelling
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        Lock icon STAB-PROOF SCHOOL UNIFORMS GO ON SALE IN BRITAIN
        124 14 -AFP A British company is offering to provide stabproof school uniforms, lined with the same material used by soldiers, to parents worried about knife crime among youngsters. Bladeßunner, a company based in Romford, east of London, has added the Kevlar-lined uniforms to
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        Lock icon PORN CRACKDOWN TARGETS HUNDREDS OF WEBSITES IN CHINA
        67 14 AFP China authorities have punished 348 Internet websites for publishing "pornographic novels" online, citing social order concerns. Some of those websites have been closed down, Xinhua news agency reported. Chinese authorities announced in April a six-month campaign to purge the Internet of
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      Lock icon 18m more toys off the shelves
      366 14 AGENCIES Mattel announces second recall of China-made toys WASHINGTON United States toy maker Mattel yesterday announced it was recalling more than 18 million China-made toys worldwide, including 9 million in the United States, amid fears over small magnets and lead paint "Mattel is recalling
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      Lock icon Tourist attraction now rubble
      373 16 —AGENCIES China bridge collapses as workers remove steel scaffolding; 29 killed BEIJING A bridge being built as a tourist attraction (picture) in central China collapsed into a river just before it became operational, killing at least 29 people with 46 missing, the authorities said yesterday. The
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        Lock icon BUSH TO GIVE JAPAN A MISS
        86 17 -AFP United States President George W Bush has dropped plans to visit Japan next month, due to a highly-awaited report on Iraq, Japanese media said yesterday. Mr Bush had planned to stop in Japan, a close US ally, on his way home from the
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        MICHAEL CHANG TO OPEN TENNIS SCHOOL IN CHINA
        131 17 Michael Chang, the youngest male player to win a Grand Slam tennis title, will open an academy in the city of Shenzhen in southern China, it was reported yesterday. The announcement of Chang's plan came as China is counting down for the
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        Lock icon INVESTIGATE TOP BUSH AIDE, URGES NYT
        106 17 -AFP A leading United States newspaper called on Congress yesterday to pursue its investigation of departing White House adviser Karl Rove (picture), whom it accused of pursuing a ruthless brand of politics as "blood sport". Mr Rove, President George W Bush's top strategist, architect
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      Lock icon N Korea floods kill hundreds
      302 17 -AGENCIES SEOUL—Heavy rains spawned flooding that left "hundreds" dead or missing in North Korea and destroyed more than 30,000 homes, the country's state media reported yesterday. In a rare admission of problems within the reclusive country the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said
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      Lock icon World's oldest person dies
      225 18 -AP I TOKYO The world's oldest person Yone Minagawa, who died on Monday at the age of 114, was as sprightly as ever until the moment she got into bed for her eternal rest, her caretaker said yesterday. Ms Minagawa, who enjoyed good food and a
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      Lock icon Almost ready to go home
      485 18 ■AFP Freed hostages spend night in'safe place' as plans made for their departure GHAZNI (Afghanistan) Two South Korean women freed by Afghanistan's Taliban after more than three weeks in captivity prepared to head home yesterday as fresh talks began over the release of their 19
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      Lock icon Crocs trap Australian rancher on a tree for a week
      288 18 ■AFP SYDNEY An Australian rancher described how he spent a week on a tree in a remote crocodile-infest-ed swamp as the man-eaters stalked him after he fell off his horse. The manager of a cattle station, Mr David George, 53,
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      Lock icon Train hit by terror attack?
      307 19 -AGENCIES Russia launches investigation as 60 passengers hurt MOSCOW Russian police suspect a terrorist attack after 60 people were injured when a passenger train travelling between Moscow and Russia's second largest city, St Petersburg, was derailed (picture). A homemade device was used to trigger the
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      Lock icon 10,000 'bombs' found meant for fishing, not terror
      231 19 AGENCIES JAKARTA Police investigating a deadly blast in a coastal Indonesian town have discovered 10,000 semifinished bombs intended for fishing, they said yesterday. The blast in Pasuruan, East Java, killed three people and triggered speculation of a link to Islamic militants, before
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      Lock icon AN AIRPORT UNDER SIEGE
      482 20 DAILY TELEGRAPH -THE Heathrow protesters plan 8-day climate change camp LONDON A group of environmental activists are drawing up plans to bring Heathrow airport to a standstill using an array of tactics including disguising themselves as holidaymakers to cause havoc in the airport terminals. The Daily
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      Lock icon THE PROBLEM WITH THE TOOK' NEIGHBOUR
      1185 22  -  WILLIAM DALRYMPLE THE GUARDIAN Why Pakistan is written off as a failed state, while India is seen as a success story AMID all the hoopla surrounding the 60th anniversary of Indian independence, almost nothing has been heard from Pakistan, which turned 60 yesterday. Nothing,
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      Lock icon India steps up security after Al Qaeda threats
      208 23 -AFP An Indian paramilitary soldier standing guard in front of a textile shop in Srinagar, India yesterday. Security was beefed up in Kashmir on the eve of India's 60th Independence Day yesterday, as was the case in other parts of the country
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      Lock icon Musharraf denies waging war for US
      382 23 -AFP We are confronting terrorism for Pakistan's sake, he says ISLAMABAD President Pervez Musharraf marked Pakistan's 60th anniversary of independence yesterday by saying the battle against terrorism is being waged for his own country's sake and not America's. Al Qaeda, the Taliban and other
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      Lock icon isay A NEW GAUGE FOR A NEW AGE
      712 24  -  KOH YU CHEN THE National Day Special articles on "The New Patriot" featured in the Aug 9 edition were an enlightening read and certainly thought-provoking for me a 19-year-old still confused and struggling to find my "Singaporean Identity". Like the majority of
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    • Micro-financing scheme must include mentoring
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        Playing on afield full of big boys
        190 25  -  JANICE TAY Letter from CAN Professor Muhammad Yunus' microcredit movement take off in Singapore? As Singapore chews on solutions for the widening income gap, the idea certainly seems attractive. After all, it fits in perfectly with Singapore's ideology of self-help and entrepreneurship. But
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        A road to self-reliance
        114 25  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from I READ with interest "A Nobel idea to help Singapore's low income?" (Aug 14). Singaporeans would rather strike out on their own than depend on handouts. But many are unable to start their businesses due their inability to borrow from
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      239 28  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY TEACHING CHILDREN TO WORK Why do some children love to work and others get depressed just thinking about it? Some of the differences can be traced to temperaments, but generally speaking, children learn what they've been taught. Some well-meaning parents think childhood
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        327 28  -  CHIANG MING YU Letter from MAX Wai Keong has raised an interesting question in his letter "Are teachers certified in first aid?" (Aug 13). Teachers as well as students should be trained and re-trained in first-aid, and CPR these
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        55 28  -  TAN CHENG KOK Letter from I REFER to the letter, "Boy with fits just left to rest" (Aug 14). I propose that everyone who goes through the education system and National Service should be given a comprehensive training on CPR. Performing CPR should
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      93 28  -  SHARIFAH FAZDLIN Letter from I MET with an accident along the Pan Island Expressway on July 31 at 8.15pm. I was hit by an MPV from behind. The driver immediately called the ambulance and the Traffic Police (TP). The TP arrived at 8.45pm. The
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      316 29  -  ESTHER CHIA Letter from I WAS at East Coast Park for a late leisurely lunch recently when I saw a group of secondary school students on, I assume, their school's clean-the-beach day, as they all had huge black
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      380 29  -  EDMUND UM WAI HOONG Self-sacrifice and altruism are essential hallmarks of great athletes Letter from I AM rather appalled by the fact that shot putters Zhang Guirong (picture, left) and Dv Xianhui left abruptly for their native China after getting Singapore citizenship a few years
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        174 30  -  LEESIONGCHAY Letter from I REFER to the recall of 255,000 Chinamade tyres in the United States, or about half the number of tyres the importer had identified earlier as posing a risk ("Chinese tyres, toys recalled", Aug 10). I assume that a major
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        156 30  -  ISHWAR MAHTANI Letter from I RECENTLY bought an adapter from a makeshift stall at the People's Park Complex. Although the items on sale were very cheap and seemed too good to be true, I bought the product. However, I soon realised that
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      254 30  -  GOHSHIHYONG S SATISH APPOO Letter from Assistant Director, Corporate Communications for Chief Executive Officer Agri-Food Veterinary Authority Ministry of National Development and Director, Environmental Health Department National Environment Agency WE REFER to the letter "Small dogs pose danger too" (Aug 8) by Mr Jeffrey Law
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      91 34 SHIN Corp, controlled by Temasek Holdings, said its second-quarter profitfell 26 per cent as earnings at its mobile phone and satellite units dropped, reported Bloomberg. Bangkok-based Shin said profit fell to 1.19 billion baht ($90.8 million), or 0.37 baht per share, in the three
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      82 34  -  CHEOWXINYI STANDARD Poor's (S&P) Ratings Services said yesterday it has reviewed banks' exposure to US sub-prime mortgage-relat-ed instruments and has determined their exposure is negligible at this time. As the international ratings agency estimated that "only a small portion" of the holdings of asset-backed securities of DBS
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      479 34  -  JOHNSON CHOO Boosted by higher spending and demand, its revenue grows by a healthy 10% johnsonchoo@media corp.com.sg DRIVEN by higher corporate data spending and growing broadband subscription, Singapore Telecommunications' Singapore operations saw revenue grow by a strong 10 per cent to $1.16 billion in the quarter
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      239 34  -  JOSEPH YADAO CITY Developments Ltd (CDL), one of Singapore's top real estate developers, saw $194.4 million in profit for the second quarter of this year, 331 per cent higher than the $45 million registered a year earlier. The booming property and hotel sectors
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      278 35  -  CHEOWXINYI -AGENCIES Environmental company Hyflux Ltd is making waves in the Middle East with a $45-million joint venture, in Saudi Arabia, with Saudi Economic Development Company on used oil recycling -their new area of growth. Execution of projects also look set to continue in other regions such as China,
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      357 35  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN It aims for a bigger share in the lithium batteries market hedirman@media corp.com.sg TO BOOST its share of the global lithium ion polymer battery market, Sony announced yesterday its plans for a $150-mil-lion plant in Singapore to make the cells (picture), which
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        410 36 BLOOMBERG INVESTORS are overlooking the growing risk in Asian markets from rising outsourcing and consumer debt, analysts said. Outsourcing of manufacturing by firms in the United States, Europe and Japan to emerging economies in Asia, has made the region
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        250 36 -BLOOMBERG Spore stocks continue to perform after sub-prime crisis SINGAPORE'S stocks climbed for a second day as investors judged that recent declines triggered by losses in the United States sub-prime mortgage market have made shares cheap. "If the selloff was to continue, it would
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        322 37 -BLOOMBERG Company expanding in Vietnam with rising tourist demand for luxury resorts BANYAN Tree Holdings, an operator of luxury hotels, reported a profit in the second quarter from a year-earlier loss, as more tourists visited its resorts and because of the absence of a one-time charge.
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        313 37 -AFP MALAYSIA will allow all banks to carry out Islamic-banking business in foreign currencies, the central bank said yesterday, further cementing the country's role in Sharia financing. Central bank chief Zeti Akhtar Aziz said in a statement "We want and aim to develop Malaysia
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        452 38 BLOOMBERG THE Bush administration asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to rule in a complaint against China over piracy of copyrighted movies, music, software and books, escalating a dispute that has roiled commercial relations. The United States Trade Representative's office took the
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        380 38 -BLOOMBERG INDONESIA wants to renegotiate its deal with Freeport-McMoßan Copper Gold, the world's second largest copper producer, potentially cutting output and boosting royalties from the Grasberg mine. "Both parties must agree to change the contract of work," Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro
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      1266 40 -GUARDIAN It was supposed to be a disaster, but the Bourne series has made Matt Damon one of Hollywood's mostvaluable stars. He tells STEVEN GOLDMAN how he overcame career meltdown ON MARCH 23 1998, Matt Damon became, in no uncertain terms, an overnight sensation. Along with
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      875 42  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS The boys from American Chopper ride into Australia IN SYDNEY plus@newstoday.com.sg ON PAPER, American Chopper does not have the makings of a hit reality TV show. It's a series about building customised choppers (fancy motorbikes) in a greasy workshop that has been generously
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      183 42 BLOOMBERG A LONDON-based bookmaker will pay out on a number of bets on the fate of Harry Potter because of an "ambiguous ending" to the seventh and final novel about the boy wizard. The bookmaker, William Hill Pic, repaid £50,000 ($152,000) in wagers
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      199 43 —AP REPRODUCTIONS of 20 of Fats Domino's gold records lost or destroyed during Hurricane Katrina were presented to the 79-year-old Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer at a French Quarter nightclub. Among the gold-plated records Domino lost when the rains from Katrina flooded
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      352 43  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@media corp.com.sg BEING guest judge for singing competition Live The Dream has brought back fond memories for Ann Hussein (picture). For one thing, it has given her a chance to reconnect with resident judges Dick Lee and Ken Lim. "The three of us go way back," the
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      356 44 ■AP GEORGE Clooney's (picture) production company is writing a script for a movie based on the true story of a CIA fake-identity expert who smuggled six Americans out of Iran while dozens of others were being held hostage there. Escape From Tehran is in
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      273 44  -  Felix Cheong The Bourne Ultimatum is a non-stop action-packed thriller FILMREVIEW by.......... The Bourne Ultimatum WATCHING The Bourne Ultimatum is like running on a treadmill. The movement never stops. The third and final chapter of the saga features a noticeably stockier Matt Damon (picture) reprising
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      License to Wed has a flat ring
      237 45  -  Gareth Goh FILMREVIEW by............ License to Wed FOR an alleged romantic comedy, License to Wed doesn't have much romance and virtually no comedy. The movie is disappointingly flat from start to finish. John Krasinski and Mandy Moore, two lovable and saccha-rine-sweet young actors,
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      190 45  -  Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW by............ Brave Story WHAT'S possible to imagine is possible to animate, as the latest anime offering, Brave Story, demonstrates. Based on a story by bestselling Japanese author, Miyuki Miyabe, it follows the adventures of Wataru (voiced by Takako Matsu), an
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        346 46  -  NGIAMYINGLAN Kuching-born singer Nicholas Teo waxes lyrical about his latest album yinglan@mediacorp.com.sg THREE albums on and with 45,000 copies sold regionally Nicholas Teo is still the boy-next-door fans first knew him to be. In Singapore to promote his third album, Prince, the Kuching-born singer was down-to-earth and affable
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      556 48  -  DARREN LAI NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2007 Albirex Niigata v Super Reds Jurong East Stadium, 7.45pm darren@media corp.com.sg WHEN former Geylang United striker Nam Woung Xi made his debut for the Super Reds Football Club (formerly Korean Super Reds FC) against SAFFC on July
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      523 49  -  TANYO-HINN After missing Woods this year, Singapore Open organisers eye 2008 date yohinn@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE is set to become the hub of continental golf, with possibly Tiger Woods lighting up the region's biggest tournament next year in the Barclays Singapore Open. The Barclays Singapore Open 2007
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      236 49 -AFP NEW DELHI Rahul Dravid's triumphant Indians (picture) were yesterday rewarded with a U*****,000 ($380,000) bonus by the country's cricket chiefs for a rare Test series win in England. India won the three-match series 1-0 after the final Test ended in a draw at
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      178 49 OVER 25,000 runners about 30 per cent women have already signed up for this year's Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2007. The organisers are confident that the targeted 38,000 slots for the Dec 2 event will be filled well before registration closes on Oct 14. "I
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      250 49  -  -TANYO-HINN THEY are the undisputed kings of the region, winning 21 consecutive SEA Games gold medals since 1965. Singapore's waterpolo men's team are again favourites to win gold at December's 24th SEA Games in Korat, Thailand. But being the big fish in a small pond
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      635 50  -  LAN DE COTTA Spore company to partner F1 team for 2008 season ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE'S YHI International are set to join the likes of ING, Vodafone, Shell and Allianz in using Formula 1 to brand their business and products globally. YHI International's group managing director Richard Tay
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      210 50 DEFENDING champion Cody Crocker of Australia conquered treacherous terrain and hot and humid conditions in the oil plantations of Johor at the weekend to win in Round 5 of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) 2007. The Motor Image Rally Team driver stayed cool to
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      116 50 -AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Singapore No 1 Ronald Susilo (photo) is through to the last 32 of the men's singles at the 16th Proton World Badminton Championships in Malaysia. At Kuala Lumpur's Putra Stadium yesterday, world No 11 Susilo overcame Scotland's Alistair Casey 22-20, 21-12 and will face Welshman
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      173 50 -AFP SYDNEY Dutchman Dick Advocaat has agreed to become Australia's new football coach, but the deal is being kept under wraps until the end of the Russian championship season in November, local media here reported yesterday. Advocaat has made it clear he wants to do the right
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      547 51 -AGENCIES Redsto use final loss in Athens as motivation against Toulouse CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 3rd round qualifiers, Ist leg Toulouse v Liverpool PARIS Less than three months after their last Champions League campaign came to a painful end going down 2-1 to AC Milan in
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      237 51 -AGENCIES LIVERPOOL One conspicuous absence in the Liverpool squad last Saturday that travelled to Aston Villa for their season opener was Peter Crouch. The 2m-tall striker is said to be furious at being left out of the squad. According to The Sun, Crouch had "a showdown"
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      288 51 -AGENCIES CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 3rd round qualifiers, Ist leg Sparta Prague v Arsenal LONDON Arsenal kick off their Champions League campaign tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time), travelling to Sparta Prague for the first leg of their third-round qualifier. The Gunners who were beaten in the
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      654 52 -AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP, Portsmouth v Manchester United I PORTSMOUTH Given a choice, Harry Redknapp would not have wanted Manchester United to visit Fratton Park tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time). The wily Portsmouth manager feels such an early Premiership clash with the giants diminishes the chances
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      200 52 ■AFP LONDON Egyptian striker Mido (picture) appeared to be about to move again yesterday, with Middlesbrough set to seal his transfer from Premiership rivals Tottenham Hotspur. The north-east side said they hoped to clinch the transfer "within the next 36 hours" after the forward
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      259 52 ■AFP LONDON Injury-plagued striker Michael Owen (picture) has targeted a return to Premiership action this weekend after coming through a tough training workout on Monday. The 27-year-old England stalwart missed Newcastle's season-opening win at Bolton with a thigh injury sustained during shooting practice. But
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      645 53 THE GUARDIAN Ayear after Cech incident, Hunt just wants to move on ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Reading v Chelsea READING The last time Chelsea visited the Madejski Stadium, goalkeeper Petr Cech suffered a fractured skull after colliding with Stephen Hunt The Reading winger was pilloried following the
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      373 53 -AFP READING Chelsea's new signing Steve Sidwell (picture) makes an early return to his old club Reading tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time). But the manager he left behind, Steve Coppell, is not convinced the midfielder will be missed this new season. "Of course I
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