Today, 15 May 2008, Afternoon Edition

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    27 1 TODAY /A=djj-\Copp MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Thursday May 15, 2008 todayonline.com TODAY /A=DiACORP MICA (P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Thursday May 15, 2008 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon Where the need is
      814 1 As survivors in Myanmar, China cry out for help, a dilemma for aid-givers? nazry@mediacorp.com.sg AS OFFERS of help pour in from aid agencies and countries for China in the aftermath of Monday's earthquake, a disturbing question has come to the fore: Will victims of the May
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      Mercy coalition: Asean's only option
      378 1  -  -NAZRYBAHRAWI WHILE Asean is ready to lead a "Coalition of Mercy" to help Myanmar's cyclone victims, it has "no contingency plan" should the military generals refuse to accept the grouping's help, said Asean Secretary-Gen-eral Surin Pitsuwan. Myanmar is expected to make its stand clear at
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      294 2 This offer is available for a limited time only. Hurry to your nearest UOB Group branch to sign up or call 1800 222 2121 (24-hour) for more details. 111 l m n ft Singapore Dollar deposit(s), as listed in the UOB Register of Insured Deposits (a copy of which is
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      Lock icon Same brand of rice, very different prices
      657 3  -  ALICIA WONG NGJINGYNG AND alicia@mediacorp.com.sg YOU could be paying up to 50 per cent more for the same bag of rice depending on where you buy it from, a survey by the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) has found. Checking on the regular
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      56 3 I* Magnolia GO! is a nutritious food drink made with Malt and low-fat, high-calcium milk. It's formulated W^ J/ w'tn ACTIVEMAX containing Vitamins A, 81, 86, D, Iron and Magnesium to help release the energy ttAii»*.,iM«ft« within you. It's perfect for breakfast or anytime you need a boost. GO ahead,
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      When charity becomes a weighty hazard
      506 4  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI Donation drive for Cyclone Nargis survivors cut short after dispute over storage at Peninsula Plaza nazry@media corp.com.sg "GENEROUS" would not begin to describe the mountain of relief supplies donated by members of the Myanmar community here for survivors of Cyclone Nargis. The problem?
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      Lock icon Will N Korea sign treaty of cooperation?
      631 6  -  TAN HUI LENG George Yeo hopeful that the country will accede by July IN DANDONG, CHINA huileng@media corp.com.sg NORTH Korea will "favourably consider" acceding to the Asean Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC), said Foreign Minister George Yeo yesterday after a four-day visit
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      HOW TO GET TICKETS TO THE PARADE
      125 8 How you apply for tickets remains the same but this year, tickets must be collected from the Marina Bay Multi-Purpose Facility Function Room 2. Citizens and Permanent Residents can apply between Friday and May 25 via telephone, SMS, at SAM and AXS stations
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      Lock icon Getting into the Spirit
      520 8  -  ALICIA WONG Jet skis, new stage, to engage many in NDP celebrations at Marina Bay alicia@mediacorp.com.sg FOR the second year, the National Day Parade (NDP) will be held at Marina Bay. This time, the organisers will incorporate lessons picked up from last year's event For instance,
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      her cool new world
      357 9 Thanks to Winne Soh, National University of Singapore (NUS) students can now chill out on a beach on campus and eventeleportthemselvesto class in the virtual world, that is. Although Winne will graduate onlythis July with a Bachelor of Computing (Honours) in Information Systems, the 24-year-old is
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      NUS School of Computing
      163 9 Ranked 10th in tha world and second in Asia among technology universities by Times Higher Education, NUS School of Computing offers six four-year bachelor's degree programmes which stress system design and rigorous training in software construction and project management. Students learn abstraction and complex problem-solving skills
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      his real-world approach
      229 9  -  LYNETTE KOH Last October, Indradeep Biswas' business associates returned from a conference in Bangkok, only to discoverthat three mobile phones were stolen from their luggage. Unfortunatelyforthe culprits,the phones had been outfitted with Wave Secure, the flagship product of ten Cube, the company Indradeep cofounded. Wave Secure allows
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      42 9 NUS School of Computing has taughtj me how to approach real-world problems. Indradeep Biswas, Computer Science graduate and co-founder of ten Cube NUS Overseas Colleges studying at Stanford University. NUS exchange students in, Yosemite National Park, US j won the Start-Up@Singapore competition
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      Lock icon Labrador trail afoot
      426 10  -  NGJINGYNG Newest pedestrian link between Harbour Front and West Coast Park launched jingyng@media corp.com.sg COME 2011, Singaporeans will be able to set foot on a part of Singapore's coastline that is currently inaccessible to the public. The Labrador area, which is near Alexandra Road, has one of
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      Minor insurance dispute? Fidrec can help
      318 10  -  ANSLEYNG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg DRIVERS in disputes with insurers over motor accident claims can now avoid lengthy, expensive court battles and instead try to settle their cases under a new mediation scheme. The cases will be heard by the Financial Industry Disputes Resolution Centre (Fidrec), which
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon NEIGHBOURHOOD COURT GETS JUDGES
        106 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Five Justices of the Peace have been appointed as magistrates to preside over cases at the new Neighbourhood Court, which begins functioning today. The new magistrates, appointed by President SR Nathan, are Mr Woo Tchi Chu, Mr Lee Chow Soon, Mr Toh Weng Cheong,
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        Lock icon NEW INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OPENS
        106 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A new international school NPS (National Public School) International has officially opened in Singapore. While classes began less than six months ago, the school already has plans to expand. NPS has 212 students from kindergarten to Grade 9, but plans to extend its curriculum
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        Lock icon LATCHKEY KIDS: THE KIDZ ARK IS HERE
        93 10 -938 LIVE As part of efforts to support families with working parents, Kidz Ark, a new afterschool care centre, has been set up for students at North View Primary. The centre is a collaborative effort between Neighbourhood Care Services and the school. It
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      To help her husband beat rape charges...
      459 12  -  TEOXUANWEI Did she send alleged victim her own daughter-to India in bid to foil prosecutors? xuanwei@media corp.com.sg IN A bid to help her husband escape allegations of raping his own stepdaughter, she sent her 14-year-old girl back to India. And this was in
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      One-stop shop at improved www.gov.sg
      407 12  -  HEDIRMANSUPIAN hedirman@media corp.com.sg AN IMPROVED government Web portal is coming your way, making the one-stop website where one can renew a passport, for example more user-friendly. The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) yesterday announced it was planning to revamp www.gov.sg, equipping it with a smarter search
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      229 5 B Anglo-Chinese Junior College Francis Chan IE E~ A a^affCr! St Andrew's Junior College 0 fl <^By Vice-Captain, Track and Field ■!> JJ 5*W iH 1 A J: .^laaßF^ -Jaa^Mr^^iWlraa^lilS^aati^^ f«*ZT^**A«aaaW i*»U^^ll P Hi aafl y SliflßP '"*yW>»<,,»Wrarar».«r> **»<l)li^js**l|JaW iM MM^g|||j||^MttMM-|__ H^ ''*j,'! v f^'^'^M/k Let's Make A Difference Accept
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      59 10 Look out for HSBC's One Dines for Free I food series tomorrow! I Would you and a friend like to dine with a TODAY I I food editor or GOLD 90.5FMDJ? Simply tell us why I I you should be chosen at dining@newstoday.com.sg I I and include your name, NRIC,
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      219 11 Screen images are simulated. ©2008 Samsung Eectronics Co. Ltd. M^ II imagine the beauty of crystals I H I lured in a true original Marvel at a masterpiece gorgeously sculpted, infused with intense colour. Captivating from the first sight, it sets your imagination soaring with pictures so vivd. Realism II
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      27 12 PHIIAUH HHIA»A Tremendous Thursday. SPREAD THE GOODNESS EVERY MORNING. Philadelphia Cream Cheese, with 60% less fat than butter or margarine. Breakfast with a little taste of heaven.
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      Lock icon Myanmar faces new disaster
      395 14 -AGENCIES As aid workers labour to help victims, expert says fresh storm would be 'worst scenario imaginable' BANGKOK Another powerful storm is headed towards Myanmar's cyclone-dev-astated delta, where so little aid has arrived, that the United Nations warned yesterday of a "second wave of deaths" among
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      Govt's football game with opposition takes ugly turn
      211 14 BANGKOK A friendly football match between the Thai government and the opposition turned into an ill-tempered match marred by a walk-out and verbal sparring, local media reports said yesterday. Democrat party law-makers staged a walkout during the match on Tuesday against government
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      Lock icon China turns away help
      455 16 —AFP Crippled transport systems hamper international aid BEIJING China rebuffed international offers of sniffer dogs and search-and-rescue experts to help in its huge earthquake relief operation, but countries yesterday still sent cash and prayers. Despite whole towns being flattened in Sichuan province, burying thousands, Australian expertise
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      Lock icon HFMD, EV71 DEATHS CONFIRMED
      160 16 -AFP China yesterday confirmed the first two deaths in Beijing from hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), taking the national death toll to 42 children, health officials said. A city health department spokesman told Xinhua news agency that a child from Beijing died on Sunday. Another
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      Lock icon Scores of dead children prompts uneasy questions
      285 16 —AFP JUYUAN (China) As more children were pulled from the rubble of their schools yesterday, questions emerged over whether corruption and shoddy construction were to blame for so many young lives being lost. Across Sichuan province and neighbouring regions, tens of thousands of
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      Lock icon Daughter fails maths exam, dad gets jail
      315 18 —THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Ohio father gets 180 days even though daughter was living with her mother OHIO-A father who had been ordered by a judge to keep a close eye on his daughter's education has been jailed for six months after she failed
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      Lock icon M'sia mulls palm oil swap for rice
      393 20 —AP The palm oil exporter aims to stabilise domestic supply KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is prepared to offer palm oil in exchange for rice to any rice-exporting country as part of efforts to stabilise domestic supply, a Cabinet minister said. "Currently, Thailand is our
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      'Back-up' Umno aims at younger voters
      312 20 BATU PAHAT A group that includes former members of the ruling party is forming what they call a "back-up" party for the Malays and Bumiputeras in Malaysia, The New Straits Times (NST) reported. Parti Kegemilangan Bangsa Malaysia (KBM) is not meant to rival the
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        Lock icon MALAYSIA CONSIDERS SEX EDUCATION FOR NS TRAINEES
        101 20 —AP Malaysian authorities are considering teaching sex education to teenagers when they undergo National Service after leaving school, director-general of the National Service Department Abdul Hadi Awang Kechil said yesterday. The plan was announced by the Women, Family and Community Development Minister, Dr
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        Lock icon TOP HK CHEFS ARRESTED FOR GRAFT
        90 20 DPA Dozens of chefs from some of Hong Kong's most illustrious bars, clubs and restaurants have been arrested for allegedly taking bribes from suppliers. The 46 chefs, some of whom work in the city's popular Lan Kwai Fong and Tsim Sha Tsui districts known
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        Lock icon AUSTRIAN MAN AXES FAMILY
        122 20 -AP Austrian investigators discovered the bodies of five people yesterday after a man turned up at a Vienna police station confessing to the murders. The police said the 39-year-old man told them he had killed his wife and seven-year-old daughter with an axe early on Tuesday
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      Lock icon Curfew imposed on Jaipur to stop retaliation for bombings
      204 22 -AGENCIES JAIPUR (India) Indian police yesterday arrested two men after eight near-simultaneous bombings killed 63 people in Jaipur, Rajasthan, the state's chief minister said. "We have arrested two people and detained several more for questioning," Mr Vasundhara Raje said. "RDX and
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      MAKING PROMISES A REALITY
      536 22  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI Dr Anies Baswedan Indonesia can only achieve goal of democracy with a reformed bureaucracy nazry@media corp.com.sg IT WAS the movement that paved the way for the staging of free and fair elections something that was not possible under the late President Suharto's New Order regime.
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      Lock icon Evolving in the face of fundamentalism
      409 24  -  JESSINTATAN The threat of terrorism has changed Israel jessinta@media corp.com.sg THE growing influence of Islamic fundamentalism has changed Israel's character, making it stronger in facing threats and hostilities from terrorist groups and countries such as Iran. "We're strong not because of our military capabilities.
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      Lock icon Rudd considers legal action against Iran's Ahmadinejad
      270 24 -AFP SYDNEY Australia is considering taking Iran's President to the International Court of Justice for inciting violence against Israel, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said yesterday. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had said the Jewish state should be wiped off the map and the Australian
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        Lock icon PALESTINIANS TO RELEASE BLACK BALLOONS INTO JERUSALEM SKIES
        121 25 —AFP When United States President George W Bush addresses Israel's Parliament to mark the country's 60th birthday, thousands of black balloons will darken the skies as Palestinians mark their greatest loss. Mr Bush is scheduled to speak today, the day Palestinians commemorate
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        Lock icon BUSH: I QUIT GOLF OVER IRAQ WAR
        126 25 -AFP United States President George W Bush said in an interview published on Tuesday that he quit playing golf in 2003 out of respect for the families of US soldiers killed in the conflict in Iraq, now in its sixth year. "I think
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      Lock icon Israel gives Bush warm welcome
      556 25 -AP He pushes for Mideast peace as he celebrates Israel's 60th birthday TEL AVIV (Israel) United States President George W Bush yesterday visited Israel where he'll make a new push for peace in the long-troubled Middle East "We consider the Holy Land a very special
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      Lock icon Town opts for 19-yr-old, dumps 70-yr-old Mayor
      224 26 -AP MUSKOGEE (Oklahoma) A 19-year-old first-year student (picture) at the University of Oklahoma was elected Mayor of Muskogee a city of 38,000 in the north eastern part of the state on Tuesday. With all precincts reporting, Mr John Tyler Hammons won with 70
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      Lock icon Top Democrat Edwards backs Obama
      595 26 AFP Another sign party leaders closing ranks behind front-runner in nominating contest WASHINGTON Democratic front-runner Barack Obama scored a coup yesterday in his White House nominating battle against rival Hillary Clinton by winning the high-profile endorsement of blue-collar champion John Edwards. Mr Edwards, the party's
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      256 26 W 17 18 May 2008 Sat (11 am to 11 pm) Sun (11 am to 9pm) Ngee Ann City, Civic Plaza m Join us and discover the new U NTUC's got a brand new look and you're invited to join in the U Festival celebration that's all about U I
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      Are gantries or IUs to blame?
      128 28  -  LIM BOON HEE Letter from IN "PROBLEM? Let us test Cash Card" (May 13), Nets promised to deliver good quality cashcards and said that non-Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) payments, which make up 60 per cent of all transactions, have no problems. The problems were
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      Lock icon Count your blessings
      251 28  -  YEOWENQING We should be more gracious towards Chinese workers in this difficult time Letter from IN THE wake of the earthquake in China, there may be Singaporeans waiting for a flight to get out of affected areas or those at home who have booked tours and have
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      224 30  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY A F A FATHER'S INFLUENCE Some years ago, a greeting card company decided to do something special for Mother's Day. They set up a table in a federal prison, inviting any inmate who so desired to send a free card to his
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      170 32  -  ANDY KERK Driver unapologetic, even hurls threats at reader's mum Letter from MY MOTHER took Tibs bus Service 960 last Thursday evening from Bukit Panjang Block 183. The bus was heading towards Woodlands Re- gional Bus Interchange. At the final traffic light before the
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      501 34  -  ANSLEY NG M'sia's largest airline adopts budget carrier marketing tactics ansley@mediacorp.com.sg FROM July, you can fly to Malaysian hotspots including Langkawi, Penang and Kuching for free if you are among the first 30 per cent to book flights through Malaysia Airlines' (MAS) website. In
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      524 34  -  CONRAD RAJ EDITOR-AT-LARGE conrad@mediacorp.com.sg DESPITE rising costs and competition, Singapore Airlines' (SIA) shareholders can look forward to more years of generous dividend payouts, said the national carrier. According to chief executive Chew Choon Seng, the airline's board having looked at its reserves and its
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        150 36 -AGENCIES DATACRAFT Asia, Singapore's biggest builder of computer networks, said fiscal second-quarter profits climbed 25 per cent on orders from India and Indonesia. Net income rose to $9.51 million, in the three months ended March 31, with sales advancing 26 per cent to $180.6
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        575 36  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@media corp. com. sg SINGAPORE Telecom (Sing Tel) shareholders can expect a bigger slice of its profits in years to come. From here on, 45 to 60 per cent of net earnings will be given away as dividends, up from 40
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        922 37 These three chefs sizzle up the small screen with their culinary passidn BY LYNETTE KDH BRANEN TEO, 32 RESTAURANT WARAKU SPECIALITY JAPANESE FUSION When did you start cooking? I started helping my grandma at nine with chores like marketing, peeling faugayfbeansprouts) and cooking. She died when
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        314 38 -BLOOMBERG US sub-prime crisis hurts confidence of likely buyers CITY Developments (CDL) will delay sales of new residential projects in Singapore, where it gets more than half of its revenue. The confidence of prospective home buyers has been eroded by the sub-prime mortgage crisis in the
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        213 38  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@media corp.com.sg MORE help is on hand for firms wishing to venture abroad, with the launch a $20 million programme by IE Singapore. This money pool can be tapped by smaller companies needing special assistance in areas such as branding and manpower. Under
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        311 39 DOW JONES SEMBCORP Industries posted a 4.3 per cent drop in first quarter net profit due to lower contributions from most business divisions, and it expects fullyear earnings to remain in line with last year. The Singapore conglomerate recorded a net profit of $123.1 million, slightly
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          125 39 Container shipping company Neptune Orient Lines said its first-quarter net profit more than doubled from a year earlier on higher liner freight rates and container volume, but warned that the outlook looks challenging due to rising fuel prices. Net profit for the three months
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          98 39 Singapore-listed Thai Beverage said its first quarter net profit fell 8.6 per cent on year due to a decline in beer sales and higher marketing costs. Net profit for the three months ended March 31 was US$BO million ($llO million). Earnings from its beer
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          99 39 Hospital operator Parkway Holdings said its firstquarter net profit fell 13 per cent despite posting higher revenue. The company reported a net profit of $18.5 million for the three months ended March 31, down from $21.4 million a year earlier, when it reported one-time
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          115 39 Property developer UOL Group said net profit fell 44 per cent in the first quarter, as the company had enjoyed a one-time gain on a property sale a year earlier. Net profit was $42.9 million for the first quarter ended March 31, compared with $76.1
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          102 39 DOW JONES Wilmar International said two of its plants in Sichuan province, China, have been temporarily closed in the aftermath of Monday's earthquake. "The closures are expected to be brief and are intended to facilitate the relief efforts by easing the strain on
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        267 40  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg IT COULD take a few years for the United States economy to bounce back. This was the prediction from one of Merrill Lynch's top strategists at the start of its "Rising Stars" conference in Singapore yesterday. Mr Mark Matthews, the firm's chief
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        102 41 HEALTH PARADISE: Architects, known for its part in Resorts WorldOSentosa and Singapore Sports Hub projects, is now master planner for a global healthcare centre in Bahrain. The unique $1.6-bil-lion Dilmunia Health Island will be the first of its kind in the Middle East. Inspired by a legendary place called Dilmun,
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        465 40 US files tax evasion charges against Bradley Birkenfeld A FORMER ÜBS banker has been charged in Florida with helping a billionaire real-estate developer evade United States taxes on US$2OO million ($276.7 million) in Swiss and Liechtenstein bank accounts. The indictment accuses Bradley Birkenfeld, a "director of
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        249 41 BLOOMBERG CHINA'S industrial production growth slowed by more than economists estimated last month as United States demand for exports weakened. Output rose 15.7 per cent from that of a year ago, after climbing in March 17.8 per cent In response, the yuan fell on
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      199 40 —I i) v~ t T V Attend this monthly series and discover the balance amid the SPEAKER Ms. Diana Chandra Oh hustle and bustle of your daily life. Ms Diana Chandra Oh is a counsellor and trainer with more I than 20 years of experience in education and training. She
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      820 42  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH KARMAN TSE AND christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg BEING a pop star can be a tricky thing. There are those who seek fame and stardom all their lives but never achieve it And then there are those who attain stardom unwittingly, just through their sheer
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      312 42 Your latest album and concert are called "From Now On". What can we expect from you from now on? After four albums, I think it's a good time for me to think about the direction I should take and what kind of music I should be
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      500 44  -  Christopher Toh James Blunt exhibits an energy glaringly absent on his records CONCERTREVIEW by I James Blunt: The Lost Souls Tour WE'VE attended enough concerts to realise that there are very few people who can take intimate songs and transmit them across a cavern the size
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        161 45 Various Those complaining about the dearth of good local music, please pop down to your CD store and get this album (and if they don't have it, tell them to order it). This compilation of songs by Music For Good and Aging Youth Records is a mixed
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        94 45 Marie Digby If you haven't yet heard of this guitar-wielding, piano-playing babe called Marie (pronounced mah-ree-ay) Digby- it's time to crawl out from under the rock you've been hiding. Apart from her pop-py single Say It Again, this album also features bonus tracks, including her acoustic rendition of Rihanna's
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        92 45 Def Leppard Big rock returns! Just when you thought you saw the last of anthem rockers, Def Leppard pops backwith this 11-song album of new material that isn't as cringe-worthy as detractors might fear. True, the riffs and licks of album opener Go sound pretty last century, but
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        94 45 Tracy Huang Tracy Huang is the Olivia Newton-John of Asia arguably better looking than ONJ, some say- and this re-issue of English covers released during the 1970s isn't half as bad as some might think. Recorded for the most part in Singapore, she does sound uncannily
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        75 45 Princess Ai Dai Ai Ling (aka Princess Ai) has already released two albums to relative anonymity (compared to other Taiwanese singers like John Tsai or Cyndi Wang), although she has some fairly well-received collaborations with Shin (of Mayday) and Paula Ma. This then, her third outing aims to
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        99 45 Fireflight They ye been tagged as a Christian band but many will find more musical comparisons with Paramore or Evanescence rather than the choir at Novena church. However, dig beneath the crunching guitars, the pulsating bass lines and the rock steady drumbeats, and you'll find that Fireflight possess more
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        96 45 Vasco J-J-J The title is Italian for the world that I would want" and really, this album is the kind of album you'd want if you like good pop music that is. Vasco's music bears shades of the familiar Euro power rock that we've heard through
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        636 46  -  GENEVIEVE LOH The musical that tells the story of PRamlee and his three trusting wives genevieveloh@media corp. com. sg AS THE saying goes: "Behind every great man, there is a greater woman." In P Ramlee's case, there were three. And it's these very love stories that
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      943 48  - Ready for an upgrade JENNIFER CHEN Speciality, customised and luxe tours cater to mature, affluent travel market jennifer@media corp.com.sg IF PACKAGED tours to countries in the region are as common as HDB flats nowadays, what's next for Singaporeans looking for the travel equivalent of condominiums and landed property? Luxury travel
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      228 50 You could easily book a tour to Siem Reap with any travel agent here, but you may end up spending a lot of time doing stuff you don't care to do and going places you couldn't care less about. Gem factory, anyone? Or, like my
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      694 50  -  EDRICSNG SELF DISCOVERY: Cambodia In Siem Reap, every carving tells a wondrous story DEPUTY DESIGN EDITOR edric@media corp.com.sg "THIS one my favourite," says Bot, my guide in Angkor, pointing to a carving on a wall at Bayon temple. "I think the soldier getting ready for war. I think
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      620 51  -  JENNIFER CHEN Slowtravel made sumptuous jennifer@media corp.com.sg I DON'T have any exciting story to tell of my four days on the Silver Shadow. No adventures of near misses and almost scrapes to relate as the super luxurious vessel glided up the Straits of Malacca to Langkawi before
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      467 54  -  PAUL GREEN NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2008 Dalian Shide v Woodlands Wellington Queenstown Stadium, 7.45pm paulgreen@mediacorp.com.sg THE last time he turned out for his club in the NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 campaign, he hurt his ankle so badly he had to be
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      764 55 AFP UEFA CUP (FINAL) Rangers 0 Zenit 2 MANCHESTER (England) The quest by Rangers for a first European trophy in 36 years ended in heartbreak as Zenit St Petersburg claimed Russia's second Uefa Cup in the space of four years with
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      391 55 AFP MANCHESTER (England) The Rangers players will lift themselves from the 2-0 Uefa Cup final defeat by Russian champions Zenit St Petersburg as they challenge for a Scottish League and Cup double, claimed their assistant manager Ally McCoist here yesterday
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      308 56 AFP LIMELETTE, Belgium Women's world No 1 Justine Henin yesterday announced her retirement from competitive tennis. "I have decided to put an end to my tennis-playing career," she said, confirming reports in the local press that she was quitting the sport while still enjoying a firm lead
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      276 56 BIRMINGHAM Aston Villa have begun talks with Gareth Barry as they try to persuade the England midfielder to stay with the Midlands club and turn down an offer from Premiership rivals Liverpool. Villa manager Martin O'Neill has been angered by the way in
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