Today, 22 July 2008, Afternoon Edition

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    10 1 TODAY Tuesday July 22, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      IN OUR MORNING PAPER
      176 1 ORGAN TRADING Two new measures are being introduced to boost kidney transplant rates from 50 to 70 per cent in the medium term, said Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan. First, the age limit of 60 years on cadaveric donors will be lifted and second, a national
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      WANTED
      789 1  -  ANSLEYNG 9 MAS SELAMAT KASTARI I REWARD $1,000,000 I Bounty aimed at flushing out terrorist-fugitive who is thought to be harboured by sympathisers anstey@mediacorp.com.sg The $1-million cash reward applies to any i information that leads to the capture of Mas A Selamat inside or outside Singapore. On that all-important
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      Lock icon WHY THEY'RE OFFERING $1M
      93 1 YEN YOK BUSINESSMAN A In his mid-forties, married. Has considerable business interests and investments in the region. "I have thought about it before but I decided to do something now because after five months, it's clear the authorities are not making much headway. I hope my
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  • PARLIAMENT
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      Govt fund bounties? No, say analysts
      498 2  -  ANSLEYNG ansley@mediacorp.com. sg FIVE months after the posters and MMSed photos of Singapore's most wanted man went out, secretary Rohaini Nawari, 50, says she is so much less alert now, that if she were to bump into the fugitive today, "I don't think I'd
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      Its all in the mind
      313 6  -  SHERALYNTAY MORE BABIES IT'S not just government initiatives, but also the acceptance of gender equality that have helped Sweden and other Nordic countries achieve both high fertility rates and robust female workforce participation. As the Government here puts together a package of measures to be
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      S'pore claims zone around Pedra Branca
      235 6  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI TWO months after being awarded its claim over Pedra Branca, Singapore is going ahead to claim an Exclusive Economic Zone around the island. Dr Balaji Sadasivan, Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, told Parliament the "precise coordinates" would be announced at an
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    • PARLIAMENT ROUNDUP
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        FREEZING ERP 'NOT THE WAY'
        133 6 The Government "will be happy" to collect less revenue from Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) should higher petrol prices succeed in discouraging driving and improving traffic speeds, Transport Minister Raymond Lim told Parliament yesterday. Responding to questions on the freezing of ERP charges or the deferment
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        SEVEN NSF DEATHS SINCE 1995
        92 6 Since 1995, there have been 23 sudden cardiac deaths in the SAF, seven involving full-time National Servicemen (NSFs). Three of these occurred during training, said Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean responding to a question from NMP Siew Kum Hong. MrTeo said six of the NSF
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        BATTLING THE BOOKIE MENACE
        95 6 The Singapore Turf Club may soon be allowed more flexibility in combating illegal betting on horse racing. With greater autonomy (in agreement with the Singapore Totalisator Board) in areas such as race fixtures, admission to races and betting, it can respond better to challenges from illegal
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      Lock icon CROUCH OFF THE MARK
      201 3 AGENCIES LONDON —Peter Crouch (picture) has started to pay back a slice of his £9 million ($24 million) transfer fee, scoring his first goals for Portsmouth in their 4-1 friendly win over Bournemouth yesterday. The England international, who rejoined Pompeyfrom Liverpool earlier this month, scored twice
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      Lock icon A Real mistake
      465 3 'AFP TRANSFERTALK lAMAERuSfe ivtiuici DURBAN Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has claimed that Cristiano Ronaldo would be doing the "worst thing" for his career if he decides to move from Old Trafford to Real Madrid. The 23-year-old Portuguese forward once again refused to rule out a
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      Lock icon Becker crowns Nadal the new king of tennis
      381 4 AFP MEN'S TENNIS German tennis icon thinks that the best is yet to come, too TORONTO Boris Becker says the newest king of tennis was crowned at Wimbledon as Rafael Nadal ended the glory run of Roger Federer. Germany's own tennis icon
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      Lock icon Duo fined, suspended for match betting
      278 4 BLOOMBERG DOUBLES players Frantisek Cermak and Michal Mertinak were suspended by the governing body of the men's tennis circuit for betting on matches, a day after they both won tournament titles. Cermak, a Czech who's 34th in the doubles rankings, was suspended from the
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      Lock icon US Olympians: 'Ambassadors of liberty'
      180 4 .AFP UNITED States President George W Bush yesterday told American athletes bound for the Beijing Olympics that they will be "ambassadors of liberty" representing US commitments to "human rights and human dignity." "In Beijing, you will convey our nation's most cherished values. As ambassadors of
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    • Article
      Where students take a teaching role
      299 8  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg THANKS to the overwhelming response to conversational Chinese and Malay (CCM) two non-examination subjects in some primary and secondary schools since 2006 teachers aren't the only ones leading classes. Schools are recruiting parents, alumni and students as instructors for those not taking
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      Petrol down again
      93 8 GOOD news for motorists. Petrol prices have fallen for the third time in two weeks, again led by Shell. Shell initiated the latest round of price cuts by shaving 4 cents off its main grade, 3 cents off V-Power and 2 cents off its diesel prices yesterday.
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      Chaos in a massage cubicle ...
      418 8  - Chaos in a massage cubicle LEONGWEEKEAT MURDER TRIAL Accused tells court of lover's $30,000 blackmail bid weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg HE HAD given her a 30-cm-long kitchen knife from his stall so she could cut vegetables better, and she used it to stab him, the man accused of murdering his lover in a
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      202 8 ffiSj I Professor Anthony Cohen, Principal, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh Queen Margaret University ASIA CAMPUS The QMU Asia Campus (Branch of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh) The QMU Asia Campus is Singapore's latest Tertiary Education Institution.Together with East Asia Institute of Management (EASB), we bring you a wider range of business
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      $1.35b bill for next three years
      557 10  -  TEOXUANWEI REBUILDING MYANMAR xuanwei@mediacorp.com. sg RELIEF and reconstruction of Myanmar's cyclone-devastated areas will cost an estimated US$l billion ($1.35 billion) over the next three years. But given earlier doubts over whether relief supplies were reaching those who needed them most, United Nations (UN) humanitarian
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      Asean Charter a 'milestone event'
      217 10  -  TEOXUANWEI ONLY about 30 per cent of Asean's agreements and commitments have been honoured and implemented, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said at the opening of the Asean Ministerial Meeting yesterday. Describing the record as "somewhat patchy", he said it was "not surprising" that Asean
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      Asean human rights body to rely on 'peer pressure' to get results
      227 12 THE Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) human rights body expected to come into being next year will have no power to impose sanctions and will rely on "peer pressure" to bring members into line, officials said yesterday.
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      Lock icon No signs of backing down
      295 12 AFP THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE But troops near temple agree not to use force ARANYAPRATHET (Thailand) Senior Thai and Cambodian defence officials emerged from talks yesterday with no resolution to a military standoff near an ancient temple which has seen troops mass on the border. After
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      Lock icon FOES CHAT AND SHARE MEALS
      210 12 AFP The Cambodian soldiers facing Thai troops at a border standoff may wear flip-flops and sport Cold War-era guns, but most of them are battle-tested former Khmer Rouge fighters. The mood at the site of the standoff was calm yesterday as each side chatted, snapped
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      Lock icon GRASP NETTLE OF SECURITY PROBLEMS
      803 13  -  TIM HUXLEY -Asia NEWS COMMENT Asean s credibility seriously hurt if Thai-Cambodian dispute escalates SINCE 1967, Asean has certainly done much to foster a sense of community among its member states' governments and elites, while at the same time, encouraging practical economic collaboration. However, a
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon CATHOLIC CLERIC DEFENDS POPE
        139 14 AFP Australia's top Catholic cleric defended a meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and four victims of sexual abuse by clergy yesterday, after critics objected that they were handpicked and unrepresentative. Cardinal George Pell, Sydney's Archbishop, said the victims, who were "keen to remain anonymous", had the
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        Lock icon THAW IN CHINA-RUSSIA TIES
        86 14 AGENCIES China and Russia have resolved a 40-year-old dispute over their border, Chinese state media said, in the latest sign of warming relations between the once-bitter communist rivals. The protocol was signed yesterday by the two countries' foreign ministers in Beijing. China Daily said the agreement
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        Lock icon WARGAMES NEAR DISPUTED ISLANDS
        90 14 AFP South Korea will hold two major military exercises near disputed islands this year to prepare its armed forces for any provocation by Japan, Defence Minister Lee Sang-Hee said. The "defence-oriented exercises" will be conducted later this month and in November, respectively, he told Parliament yesterday.
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        Lock icon OBAMA STARTS TOUR OF IRAQ
        98 14 AP Senator Barack Obama began his first visit to Iraq yesterday since launching his bid fortheWhite House. His planned stops in Baghdad and other areas of the country marked the second major leg of a war zone tour that opened in Afghanistan. Mr Obama supports
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      Lock icon Two dead in Kunming blasts
      345 14 AFP PRE-GAMESTENSION Bombs go off on public buses during rush-hour traffic BEIJING Two people were killed yesterday in explosions aboard two public buses in a major Chinese city that were deliberately set off, police said, in an incident likely to heighten Olympic security concerns. The
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      Lock icon Chen kicked as he enters courthouse
      327 15 AGENCIES TAIPEI Taiwan's former President yesterday testified that he was blameless in a libel case brought against him, but first had to pass angry opponents shouting at him outside the courthouse and a man who reportedly kicked him in the rear end. Mr Chen
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      Lock icon Police chief piles legal pressure on Anwar
      327 15 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's police chief sued opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim for alleged defamation yesterday, piling legal pressure on the politician as he combats a sodomy accusation that has threatened his resurgent career. Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan demanded unspecified compensation from Mr
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      When will it really be game over at the National Stadium?
      203 16  -  Jason Chiam Chiah Sern Letter from I REFER to the decision by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) to hold a friendly game between the Olympicbound Brazilian soccer squad and a Singapore Selection at the National Stadium in the
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      Lock icon Many are ignorant
      340 16  -  KSToh SAFETY CONSCIOUSNESS Teachers, student leaders forget about safety as they maintain order Letter from UNTIL and unless we inculcate a sense of safety consciousness at all levels across all sports and activities, accidents will continue to take place, people will be injured and lives will be
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      219 18  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY FIXATION ON BEAUTY HARMS KIDS We have talked about the many stories in children's traditional literature that emphasise the importance of being gorgeous, especially if you are female. I mentioned a few of them yesterday, such as Sleeping Beautyjhe Ugly Duckling and
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      Lock icon ONE FUNKY HOTELIER
      926 18  -  AGATHA KOH BRAZIL LAWYERTO HOTELIER LAID-BACKGUY COFFEEWITH voices editor agatha@mediacorp.com.sg FROM IT'S not so much the idea of getting married that might keep Loh Lik Peng awake some nights. When the time comes, it would more likely be having to find a venue large enough to accommodate
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      142 16 NOTICE I, Tolla Clare Louise Duke of 80 Mohamed Sultan Road, #09-07 The Pier Robertson, Singapore *****3 intend to marry Simon James Sloane of 80 Mohamed Sultan Road, #07-07 The Pier 9 Robertson, Singapore *****3 in Italy on 4 October 2008. Any person knowing of any lawful impediment to the
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      6 16 HAVE YOUR SAY. news@ newstoday.com.sg V^MaaWMk
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      Lock icon So, you think you know dance?
      1201 20  -  MAYO MARTIN STEP BY STEP Today shows you the right moves to getyouqroovin' mayo@mediacorp.com.sg IT CAN be beautiful or ugly. It can be someone twirling 20 times or standing still for 20 minutes. You know it's great, but the world of dance can be
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    • PLUS PICKS STEP UP AND DANCE
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        PICNIC: BALLET UNDER THE STARS
        73 21 Marking Singapore Dance Theatre's 20th anniversary is this "best of" edition of their regular outdoor dance show. It features upas dedeux to highlight some of the pieces in their repertoire, as choreographed by the likes of the late Goh Choo San, Jeffrey Tan, Graham Lustig,
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        RENT: BILLY ELLIOT
        55 21 Jaded with ballet or dance in general? It's time to re-visit this heart-warming story about a miner's son who secretly takes up ballet classes-when heshould've been at the boxing gym and eventually bags a lead role in Swan Late. You can also catch the ongoing musical version
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        WATCH: TRUE
        57 21 A multi-media performance led by Kyoto collective Dumb Type dancer-choreog-rapherTakao Kawaguchi andTsuyoshi Shirai. It's guaranteed to give you sensory overload with LEDs, oscillators and other sensors, which make the space itself "a flickering and vibrating extension of the performers' bodies". July 24 to 26, 8.30pm, at Esplanade Theatre
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        SURF: PINA BAUSCH
        56 21 The German modern dance choreographer mixes the surreal with humour. Check out the many excerpts of her pieces on You Tube. If you're a fan of Pedro Almadovar, his movie TalkTo Her also excerpts two pieces: Cafe Muller and Masurca Fogo and the film's protagonists meet up
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      Lock icon Now, you can get anime on MOBTV
      387 22  -  HEDIRMANSUPIAN hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg ANIME fans hankering for the latest episodes of their favourite titles can now do it online legally. A new anime channel dubbed AnimeTrix made its debut yesterday, offering the latest episodes on MOBTV, MediaCorp's video-on-demand portal. MediaCorp has partnered with Odex,
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      Lock icon Y.E.S, they rock
      143 23 PICKOFTHE POPS TAIWANESE boyband Energy amped it up for an audience of 2,000 at the Y.E.S 933FM Pick of the Pops (POTP) 25th anniversary street concert on Sunday with a high-en-ergy dance medley. Held at IMM's Garden Plaza, the concert, a prelude to the annual Singapore Hit
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      Lock icon Nailing the problem
      789 24  -  EVELINE GAN CLUES TO HEALTH How your fingernails look could be a clue to underlying health problems eveline@mediacorp.com.sg THE 75-year-old patient had gone to see Dr Joyce Lee, a consultant dermatologist at the National Skin Centre, about a nail problem. All of his fingernails and toenails had
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      Lock icon Suicide: Not only victims, but bullies at risk
      382 25 NEWYORKTIMES NEWS SERVICE A BROAD analysis of childhood bullying and the link with suicide has found that it's not just the victims of bullying who are at risk. Bullies themselves also are more likely to have suicidal thoughts. The finding comes from
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    • Article
      ASK THE DOC
      333 25 CANT STOP BURPING QUESTION BYTROUBLED I've had a digestive problem for many years. I burp and belch when I'm hungry or too full. I try to eat five small meals a day to avoid being hungry. Doctors have advised me not to bend down or lie down
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      1241 26 THE YANG SISTERS II DOCUMENTARY DRAMASUTRA THE SUITE LIFE OF ZACK CODY Three Yangs and a Baby Sport Science: Hardest Hits (Debut) Janji Diana II Free Tippy Channel 5, 8.30pm Arts Central, 10pm Suria, 9.30pm Kids Central, 6pm A teenager abandons JaaV^aYl M Sport Science .■K'-ir'ilatlfff'ft^ WhenCodyand C4\\ I triggers
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      1210 27 NYT GOLF Steady Harrington overcomes sentimental favourite Norman to defend Open title IN SPITE OF DREAM RUN, VETERAN NORMAN'S NOT PLANNING ON A COMEBACK SOUTHPORT (England) Greg Norman said that his remarkable revival at the British Open will not mean that he will be making a
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      400 28 More action at Emirates 5 exit doors THEDAILYTELEGRAPH TRANSFERTALK Arsenal boss Wenger faces fight to hold on to captain Gallas and van Persic LONDON Arsene Wenger has insisted he will bring at least one, if not two, new faces to the Arsenal dressing room ahead of the new season. Right
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      214 28 THE GUARDIAN Arsene Wenger was due to meet Emmanuel Adebayor (picture) yesterday for the first time since he indicated his desire to leave Arsenal. The 24-year-old striker continues to be linked with a move to either AC Milan or Barcelona and it has been
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      281 28 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON Cristiano Ronaldo has spurned his first opportunity to clear the confusion surrounding his future, as Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon assured the Spanish media the Portuguese winger's proposed move to the Bernabeu was "sorted". Ronaldo, who is on holiday in Los Angeles,
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      272 29  -  LOW LIN FHOONG ASIA'S sports fans will be able to catch the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver and 2012 London Summer Olympics on ESPN Star Sports' channels. The cable television network announced yesterday that it had secured a landmark deal with
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      163 29  -  TANYO-HINN THE race to sign up 48,000 runners forthis year's Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon, which takes place on Dec 7, began yesterday when Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Lee Vi Shyan, officially launched the event at Raffles Place. This year's marathon will again
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      555 29 AFP BLUES IN ASIA London club deny interest in Kaka while Scolari insists Drogba's staying put GUANGZHOU (China) Chelsea yesterday denied tabling a sensational world-record offer for AC Milan's Kaka as the transfer rumour mill went into overdrive at the start of their Asian tour, while new
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      414 30  -  TANYO-HINN ROADTO BEIJING Top coach Sweetenham enlisted to help prepare Singapore Olympic team yohinn@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE'S Olympic swimmers are set to get a boost before the competition in Beijing gets underway in 16 days' time. Today has learnt that leading swim coach Bill Sweetenham will be
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      186 30 AFP LONDON Major doubts have been raised over a key doping test just days before the Beijing Olympics, according to a BBC probe released yesterday that sparked fears that cheats are going undetected. The investigation found that World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) laboratories are
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      617 30  -  MILTON TAN NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 Gombak United v Dalian Shide Jurong West Stadium, 7.45pm sports@newstoday.com.sg ONE month and a day after guiding Gombak United to their first piece of silverware, the Jurong West-based club relieved head coach Swandi Ahmad of
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      49 29 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 5.55pm Cricket England v South Africa, Ch 110 11pm Tennis Rogers Cup, Ch 24 TOMORROW 1.45 am Football Friendly: Hertha Berlin v Liverpool, Ch 27 7am WNBA Sparks v Shock, Ch 23 SPORTS ON RADIO 6.35am-n.3spm Sports Zone Minutes Hourly Sports updates live on gjBLive
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      417 31  -  JOSEPHYADAO OLYMPIC FEVER McDonald's fulfils Olympic dreams of three students joseph.yadao@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS a dream assignment for many journalists: Reporting on the action at the Olympic Games from the grandstands amid cheering fans and rubbing shoulders with athletes at the Olympic Village. Thanks to McDonald's, three students
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        91 32 Keppel is appointing Economic Development Board managing director Ko Kheng Hwa as chief executive of its new sustainable development and living division with effect from next month. This role will see Mr Ko leading the growth of the group's businesses in sustainable developments, including
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        52 32 Excelpoint Technology has warned it expects to post a net loss for its second quarter to June 30, compared to a net profit of US$3OO,OOO ($405,500) in the same period last year. It is blaming the economic slowdown, higher operating costs and provisions arising from
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        54 32 Metro Holdings has filed two suits in the High Court of Malaya against the directors of Gurney Plaza, which is an indirectly-owned associated company in Malaysia. The department store operator will be claiming for, amongst other things, money that was allegedly paid out of Gurney
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      348 32  -  CONRAD RAJ BUSINESS STRATEGY Water treatment company scraps planned rights issue editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com. sg WATER treatment company BioTreat Technology has abandoned plans to do a renounceable rights issue and instead, it is now looking at setting up a business trust containing all its water-related infrastructure
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      272 34 BLOOMBERG EARNINGS PROJECTIONS Slowing US economy to impact iPod, iPhone sales APPLE Inc forecast profit that missed analysts' estimates, signalling that back-to-school orders and demand for the iPhone may not maintain the company's growth streak. The shares fell 11 per cent in late trading. Fourth-quarter earnings will
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      273 36  -  ESTHERFUNG QIAN HUQ2 RESULTS esther@mediacorp.com.sg ORNAMENTAL fish company Qian Hu Corporation says its profit margins have not been affected by higher costs of fish feed, even though rising cornmeal costs have eaten into margins of other fish breeders. Qian Hu executive chairman Kenny Yap yesterday
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      203 36 UNITED States-registered investment firm China Holdings Acquisition Corp is seeking to buy Singapore-listed Bright World Precision Machinery at up to 75 cents a share, more than double its last closing price of 37 cents on Friday before trading in the counter was suspended yesterday.
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        72 36 Sembcorp Marine has secured a contract from repeat customer, Egyptian Drilling Company (EDC), to build a jack-up rig worth US$22O million. Scheduled for delivery in mid-2oio, this latest jack-up rig order is the second consecutive newbuild jack-up rig that EDC has placed with SembCorp subsidiary
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        118 38 US MARKETS Wall Street dips US stocks fell modestly yesterday as investors consolidated gains from the past week's rally and mulled Bank of America's better-than-expect-ed earnings. The market opened stronger but failed to sustain its gains as Bank of America announced a second-quarter profit of US$3.4l billion ($4.57 billion)
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        33 38 Crude rebounds Crude oil prices staged a rebound after steep falls last week. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for August delivery, advanced US$2.l6 to close at U*****.04 a barrel.
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        106 38 BETTING ON COAL At an extraordinary general meeting held yesterday, Jade Technologies Holdings' shareholders questioned the new management's decision to concentrate only on the company's coal business. However, all 39 shareholders represented eventually agreed to the plan to sell loss-making Jade Precision Engineering. This disposal is
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        424 38 AFP WTO TALKS BEGIN Mandelson's claims of raised tariff cuts fail to impress GENEVA A bid by the European Union (EU) to kickstart crucial World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks with a new-sounding offer on agriculture tariffs fell flat yesterday with Brazil denouncing the proposal as "gimmickry".
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        414 38 LOHCHEEKONG cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg THE Government may soon review its official Gross Domestic Product (GDP) forecast for this year in the face of record inflation, but believes Singapore isn't facing stagflation, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry S Iswaran assured Parliament yesterday. Stagflation is
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        364 38 CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER last week's sell-off, local shares bounced back yesterday with a vengeance following more reassuring news from Wall Street. The Straits Times Index surged 2.5 per cent to end at 2,919.21, with stock markets across Asia rallying the most in four months.
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