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    20 1 TODAY Wednesday July 23, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Wednesday July 23, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    COLUMN
    38 1 MARIA SIOW China's residents are angry that their personal information is being sold to people who then swamp them with calls offering to sell them all kinds of goods. Evidently, privacy laws are urgently needed. Page 14
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    SINGAPORE
    77 1 TOUGH BUT FAIR Singapore has rejected a US finding that the Republic does not meet "minimum standards" in prohibiting and punishing those engaged in human and sex trafficking. Singapore's legal system is "tough but fair", says Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng. Page 4 ACTIVE AGEING From next month,
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    PLUS
    43 1 STAR JOLT Nothing, not even an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale, could dampen the excitement of fans at the Japanese convention celebrating 30 years of Star Wars, our reporter Shamir Osman found out on a visit to Tokyo. Page 30
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    BUSINESS
    29 1 US: MORE PAIN American companies foresee yet more pain ahead, including a recession back home. This, they say, will hurt their Asia operations, a survey shows. Page Bl
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    Bounties at what price?
    953 1  -  NAZRY BAHRAWI REWARDS FOR INFORMATION nazry@mediacorp.com.sg A YOUNG girl is kidnapped and murdered. Drug smugglers find a new way into the country. A tourist is robbed and raped. Unlike an attack on Changi Airport the threat made by fugitive Mas Selamat Kastari such scenarios are not
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    Public projects: Another $ 1.7b worth deferred
    558 1 Public projects: Another 1.7b worth deferred A HOSPITAL for the western part of the island, a prison extension and a centre for managing addictions these are all projects that have been postponed by the Government, in part to facilitate the "timely delivery" of key developments such as the Marina Business
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  • NEWS
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      US report unjustified'
      521 2  -  NEOCHAICHIN SINGAPORE'STIER 2 RATING Our vtough but fair' laws apply to trafficking offences too says Wong Kan Seng chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE has rejected a United States report's finding that we do not meet its "minimum standards" in prohibiting and punishing those engaged in human and sex trafficking. It
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      The cost of giving a kidney
      729 3  -  ALICIA WONG ORGAN DONORS Living-donor registry can help keep tabs on donors after transplant: Khaw alicia@mediacorp.com.sg ALTRUISM has no price, some say, but the reality is that organ donors could do with some financial help whether it's with paying for medical check-ups, insurance premiums
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      Plug pulled on traditional night of comical skits
      239 4 SINGAPORE has cancelled Asean's traditional night of skits and stage acts by its foreign ministers at the end of their annual talks, Asean Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan said yesterday. He said he did not know why Singapore had decided to pull the plug
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      Lock icon Peace talks end in stalemate
      497 4 AGENCIES BORDER ROW Thailand and Cambodia cannot agree on how to resolve dispute THAILAND yesterday rejected a Cambodian request to allow Asean to mediate in their simmering border dispute that has led to hundreds of troops from both sides being stationed around the ruins of
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      Lock icon Drumming it up...
      438 6  -  LINYANQIN ACTIVEAGEING Annual festival encourage* senior citizens to create bigger social network yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg FROM August, senior citizens can look forward to four months of activities to encourage them to live life to the fullest. But beyond the annual festival, more could be done to make active ageing
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      No change to Section 377 A enforcement
      248 6 THE police do not actively enforce against consensual gay sex and this "basic approach" has not changed, said Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng, despite a man being charged recently under Section 377 A. Mr Chan Mun Chiong was found guilty earlier this
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      Prosecution withdraws charge against Durai
      191 6 IT just might be his final appearance in court, three years after his insistence on suing Singapore Press Holdings led to his downfall and exposed the National Kidney Foundation charity scandal. And this time, T T Durai may have finally walked out happy with the
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        MORE FULL-DAY BUS LANES
        90 6 From Monday, the normal bus lanes along three stretches of Orchard Boulevard (Grange Road to Paterson Road), Orchard Road (Orange Grove Road to Anguilia Park) and Serangoon Road (Buffalo Road to Balestier Road) will be converted to full-day bus lanes, from 7.30 am to Bpm on
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        41 CASES OF PETROL THEFT
        114 6 There were 41 cases of petrol theft in the first half of this year, compared to 27 cases for the whole of last year. Thirty-seven cases involved theft from motorcycles and four were from cars. In a written answer to questions not answered in Parliament
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        NUS MEDICAL INTAKE UP
        53 6 From this coming academic year 2008, the National University'sYong Loo Lin School of Medicine will take in an additional 10 students each year, bringing the total annual medical intake to 260. Plans are to gradually increase this to 300 in academic year 2011, said Education Minister
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        DEPENDS ON HOW YOU PAY
        145 6 Why do motorists have to pay a $10 administrative fee, if they pass through an Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantry without a properly-inserted cash card? Answering this question tabled in Parliament on Monday by MP Liang Eng Hwa, Transport Minister Raymond Lim said in his
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      PILOT ERROR CAUSED CRASH
      195 6 The crash landing of the Super-Puma A 5332 helicopter at Sembawang Airbase on May 21 was the result of pilot error, revealed Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean in his written reply to a question not answered in Parliament. No one was hurt in the accident, which
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      Packed gallery watch 'struggle'
      360 8  -  LEONG WEE KEAT THERE was a massage bed, an "actress" to role-play the deceased and a camera all ready to record the scene. But these props for Courtroom 5C were not used yesterday for the murder re-enactment. Still, a packed public gallery witnessed two demonstrations of
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      Lock icon Don't assault taxi drivers
      503 8  -  LEONGWEEKEAT LEONG WEE KEAT ZEROTOLERANCE weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg THOSE who assault public transport workers have been warned: An appeal judge yesterday tripled a businessman's jail term after he appealed against his one-month jail sentence for punching a taxi driver, who later died of a heartrelated condition. Justice of
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      Lock icon Stepped-up collaboration with Duke University seen
      264 8 938 LIVE THE first step was the setting up the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School (GMS) two years ago, and now, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan is keen to explore a broader and deeper collaboration with Duke University. An inter-agency committee is now brainstorming on
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon 'No interference in our affairs'
      300 10 Lap ASEAN MEETING Myanmar opposes investigative powers for human rights body MYANMAR'S junta has indicated it will oppose any effort to give a South-east Asian human rights body the power to monitor or investigate rights violations in the region, diplomats said in Singapore yesterday. A
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      Lock icon Batman arrested
      141 10 AGENCIES HOLLYWOOD actor Christian Bale, the star of the new Batman film, was arrested yesterday over allegations that he assaulted his mother Jenny, 61, and sister Sharon, 40, in his suite at London's Dorchester Hotel on Sunday, a day before the European premiere of his film The Dark
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      Lock icon Ministers meet here today on N Korea
      336 10 AGENCIES FOREIGN ministers from six nations will meet in Singapore today for talks on how to progress and verify the denuclearisation of North Korea. Hopes for the talks differed yesterday, with the United States calling them an informal exchange of views, but China
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      Lock icon Indian govt survives no confidence vote
      356 10 'AFP NEW DELHI India's main opposition party yesterday demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over allegations the government was bribing lawmakers to survive a vote of confidence in Parliament. The demand came as a crucial debate descended into chaos when opposition Members
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      Penang govt accused of embezzling' $12.5m
      225 12 MALAYSIA POLITICS PENANG A Barisan Nasional (BN) assemblyman in the Malaysian state of Penang has accused the opposition-led state government of "embezzling" RM 30 million ($12.5 million), reported The Star newspaper. "The state says that it is trying to save money by flying economy
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      Lock icon Tenaga may build M'sia's first nuke plant
      277 12 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian utility company Tenaga may construct the country's first nuclear power plant at a cost of US$3.l billion ($4.2 billion) but is braced for objections from the public. "We are looking at about RMIO billion (US$3.l billion) for a 1,000
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      Non-Muslims need not fear these talks
      250 12 KUALA LUMPUR Non-Muslims should not fear the Umno-PAS dialogue because the talks will help to lead to national unity and stability, said an Umno supreme council member in a report by The Star newspaper. The United Malays National Organisation (Umno) is the pillar of
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      WHEN PRIVATE INFO GOES PUBLIC...
      723 14  -  MARIA SIOW TODAY IN CHINA east asia bureau chief mariasiow@mediacorp.com.sg Leaks of private data are becoming a social scourge and menace SHENZHEN native Feng Shixin is eight months pregnant. She was recently swamped each week with numerous text messages and telephone calls from people wanting
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        UN HUMANITARIAN CHIEF VISITS MYANMAR CYCLONE ZONE
        104 16 United Nations humanitarian chief John Holmes arrived in Myanmar yesterday for a three-day trip to see how the nation is coping in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis. The UN said Mr Holmes would "make a rapid aerial assessment of the Irrawady delta area".
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        VICTIMS OF EAST TIMOR VIOLENCE CAN STILL GET THEIR DAY IN COURT
        106 16 Although the Indonesian government has taken the blame forthe East Timor violence in 1999 following a recommendation bytheTimor-Leste Commission for Truth and Friendship (CTF), individuals may still seek punishment for perpetrators through national or international courts, the National
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        Lock icon SURGERY FOR CONJOINED TWINS
        106 16 Surgeons in the Bangladeshi capital yesterday said they were preparing to separate three-month-old conjoined twins (picture) despite similar attempts there in the past leading to the deaths of one or both children. Banya (Flood) and Barsha (Rain), born in northern Bangladesh on March 24, are joined
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      Lock icon No terror link in Kunming blasts
      197 16 AFP OLYMPIC SECURITY They were set off deliberately in act of sabotage, say police BEIJING China said yesterday that no evidence of an Olympic terror link had been found in a pair of bus explosions that killed two people in a southwestern city. The
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      Phantom condom order almost ends relationship
      246 18 LONDON A couple have accused Tesco, one of Britain's largest supermarket chains, of almost wrecking their relationship after it mistakenly included condoms in their online shopping list. Ms Lynn Newby was set to break up with her boyfriend after discovering a packet of 12
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      Lock icon Karadzic caught
      364 18 AP WAR CRIMES Man responsible for v3oo 000 deaths' arrested after 12 years on the run BELGRADE Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, the accused architect of war crimes including Europe's worst massacre since World War 11, was arrested after more than a decade on the run, the
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      Lock icon Single parents urged to return to workforce
      615 20 IEGUARDIAN WELFARE REFORM Changes proposed to UK welfare system gets mixed reactions LONDON In the most radical shake-up of the British welfare system since World War 11, the United Kingdom may require single parents to take part in training so that they can
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      Lock icon 'Unwritten rules' that deter
      333 22  -  Valeric Tan BABY VS CAREER Traditional mindsets still prevalent at the upper-management level, says reader Letter from I REFER to "It's all in the mind" (July 22). Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng hit the nail on the head with his speech in Parliament on Monday
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      Lock icon Household consumption higher from May to Aug
      242 22  -  Jeanne Cheng Letter from Deputy Managing Director SP Services I REFER to the letter by Van Dawei, "Still sore about the pinch" (July 16). We have been in touch with Van Dawei and explained to him how the bills are calculated and provided
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      198 24  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY MEN IN MID-LIFE CRISIS Much has been written in recent years about men who go through mid-life crises and the condition is very real. It is brought on largely by the sudden awareness that youth is passing and that old age is
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      Lock icon Let the old dame retire in grace
      232 24  -  Ng WoonYang NATIONAL STADIUM CLOSURE When will the iconic sports stadium be laid to rest in peace? Letter from I REFER to "When will it really be game over at the National Stadium" (July 22). I attended the first "last game" (Asean Football
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      Why the Lions should play against Brazil's Olympic team
      170 24  -  Chong Wee Pin Letter from I AM excited at the prospect of Brazil's Olympic Team coming to Singapore for a friendly match. This clearly shows that we are going in the right direction as a sporting hub. On the other hand,
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    • Of trains and planes
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        Great terminal, but we want a great view, too
        114 28  -  R Parthiban Letter from I REFER to the report, "No business at T3? Time for better viewing galleries" (July 21). I remember the Swensen's restaurant at the viewing gallery at Terminal 1. It was always crowded with people having meals and
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        Lock icon How about having an express airport train to the city?
        147 28  -  GanYung Chyan Letter from A REASON why Hong Kong International Airport has often been voted the world's best airport could be that it takes about 24 minutes to reach the city by an express service train. By December next year,
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      Time to move the Cash Card slot
      137 28  -  Michael Chua Kheng Hwee Letter from THE obvious problem with the current In-Vehicle Units (lUs) in motor vehicles is the location of the Cash Card slot. Some car owners have had their windscreens smashed even though they keep their Cash Card elsewhere. Even
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      40 years on, still one service
      164 28  -  Lim Boon Hee Letter from I USED to study in Owen Primary School. That was more than 40 years ago. Dorset Primary school, Cambridge Primary school and Rangoon Primary school were all also within the "Pek Kio" area. There was only one bus service
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      1101 30 TODAY EXCLUSIVE ON AN island 5,300 km north-east of our own, this Star Wars fan found himself in a place that might as well have been in a galaxy far, far away. Streets were silent after dark; smokers whipped out their
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        48 33 Unless your first name is Han, there's no need to go solo. You can join like-minded lightsabre-wield-ing wookie-lovers who speak like Yoda on a good day. Also known as the home base for Star War fans who've strayed from Tatooine and into Singapore. www.starwars.sg
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        76 33 Too many. Suffice to say, if six movies weren't enough, you've got tonnes of reading materials spanning from 25,000 years before The Phantom Menace to centuries after Return of the Jedi. For comic book fans, look for the Dark Horse Comics series, while book lovers can first check
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        62 33 Thanks to the prolific composer John Williams, you've got the intra to The Imperial March (aka Darth Vader'sTheme) stuck in your head whenever the boss walks in. Williams is also known forthe scores for Jaws and Superman, but we thinkthis is his best work. Better stick to the
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        SURF: SPOOFS
        39 33 A franchise this big is sure to get its share of spoofs and parodies, from injured Stormtroopersto Yoda getting drunk. Check out Weird Al Yankovic's song condensing the entire Phantom Menace movie plot into five minutes. >> www.youtube.com
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      An intense psycho-sexual labyrinth
      339 34  -  WANDA FOO MOVIE REVIEW THE BOOK OF REVELATION TAKE one performer at the peak of his career, three menacing, masked female kidnappers, 12 days of sexual abuse and you have a macabre, moody cinematic dance fraught with tension and thrills. First screened two years ago at
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      Cry, cry and cry cry me a visa
      384 34  - Cry, cry and cr y cry me a visa GENEVIEVE LOH MOVIE REVIEW LA MISMA LUNA Tear-jerker provides simplicity to an important human issue genevievdoh@mediacorp.com.sg I HATE going to the movies and being manipulated by a tear-jerker. But when it is a manipulative tear-jerker that works (a cinematic rarity), then
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      Gruesome scenes barely make it B-grade
      246 34  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEW P2 YOU'VE got to give first-time director Franck Khalfoun marks for at least trying. His thriller starts off promisingly tight and lean: Workaholic executive Angela (Rachel Nichols) stays back at the office till late on Christmas Eve, resulting in her getting
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      246 35 MEDIACORP Raintree Pictures is setting its sights on local politics at least on film. The company behind comedies I Not Stupid and the upcoming Money No Enough 2 is currently working on a film called 1965. This was revealed by Raintree Pictures managing director Daniel
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      Scare-free scary movie
      235 35  -  MOVIE REVIEW PROM NIGHT TO PARAPHRASE a line from the movie: "You have nothing to be afraid of. I promise." But there's certainly ample to be disappointed about if you're expecting a few good scares with a topping of blood and gore galore. Prom Night is supposed
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      524 36  -  GENEVIEVE LOH THEX-FILES SEQUEL Creator keeps mum on secrets of new film, but lets on that Mulder in a Speedo isn't out of the question genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg THE whole truth still isn't quite out there, but X-Files creator Chris Carter still wants us to believe.
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      1100 37 EXPLORE MIDDLE EAST TERMINATOR: THE SARAH LIFESTYLE THE MAGIC GARDEN Kebabs CONNOR CHRONICLES Penguin Adventure With Nigel Marven Birthday Present Blossoming Powers Channel NewsAsia. 7.32pm and 12.32am Channel 5,8.30pm Arts Central, 9pm Kids Central, 4.30pm In this first episode ON travels to Dubai and Turkey to Skynet. Meanwhile, fM W\
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      355 38  -  SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg GEYLANG United and Singapore defender Baihakki Khaizan is looking forward to Friday, when he ties the knot with his fiancee, MediaCorp TVI2 artiste Norfasarie Yahya. But none of his team-mates or coaches will be at the wedding dinner that evening, due to a
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      613 38  -  TANYO-HINN TANYO-HINN ROADTO BEIJING Hackett's coach doesn't mind swimmer's unique Olympic preparation yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg IF GRANT Hackett wins his third successive gold medal in the 1,500 m freestyle at next month's Olympic Games, he will be the first male swimmer to achieve the remarkable hat-trick. In his chase
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      Lock icon Olympic hammer champion revs up
      443 39 AFP ROADTO BEIJING Japan's Murofushi warns rivals he's fit and ready to defend his crown TOKYO Defending Olympic hammer throw champion Koji Murofushi, who came in a mere sixth at last year's world championships, has warned he will be back in title contention at the
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      Lock icon Somjit eyes a gold finish
      263 39 AFP BANGKOK Thailand's former world flyweight champion Somjit Jongjohor (picture) has decided to call it quits after the Beijing Olympics and become a coach. Somjit, who is seen as a gold medal favourite in his division after picking up silver at the world championships in
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      599 40 FAMILY MATTERS United boss echoes warnings that Spanish giants could stretch Ronaldo thin DURBAN (South Africa) If you want to describe Alex Ferguson's position at Old Trafford most accurately, it is that of a clan chieftain, or the head of a vast,
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      Lock icon Sweet dreams aren't made of these
      619 41 AFP AFP BLUES IN ASIA Terry admits he relives Champions League Final penalty miss every morning GUANGZHOU -John Terry hasn't been sleeping very well since May 21. And when he does get to sleep, the Chelsea skipper, who will lead his side out against
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      LA Galaxy reap the rewards of Beckham gamble
      357 41 LONDON David Beckham, like the Spice Girls, is popular in the wrong way. He's too glamorous. He's not deep. He is a bit fluffy. And LaLa Land was the perfect place for the Saronged One to end up. Or maybe not. Latest
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      260 41 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Tottenham Hotspur have handed the Premier League a dossier of evidence from the past year to back up their complaint about Manchester United's pursuit of Dimitar Berbatov. United manager Alex Ferguson has questioned the validity of comments attributed to him last week regarding
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      793 42  -  KENNETH GOH FOOTBALL FEVER Get set for a party as the blue and gold will be in town all set to dance football correspondent kenneth@mediacorp.com.sg GOALSCORERS and their fans will argue there is no bigger thrill then when the ball hits the back of net.
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      620 42  -  MILTON TAN NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 Home United v Woodlands Wellington Bishan Stadium, 7.45pm sports@newstoday.com.sg SAMBA fever is building in the country as the Brazil Olympic team arrive in Singapore for a six-day training camp today, ahead of next month's Beijing
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      242 43 'AFP WELLINGTON All Blacks skipper Richie McCaw continued his remarkable recovery from a serious ankle injury when he was named alongside Daniel Braid for Saturday's Tri-Nations rugby Test against Australia in Sydney. A decision on whether he takes the field will be made
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      680 43  -  SHAMIR OSMAN GETTING FIT Beep Test woes means he could give up citizenship and return to Croatia shamir@mediacorp.com.sg ALL the glorious feats appear to be a distant memory for Mirko Grabovac these days. He was the top scorer in the S-League five times and was crowned
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      51 43 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 7am WNBA Sparks v Shock, Ch 23 11.30pm Tennis Rogers Cup, Ch 24 11.30pm Football Euro under-ig C'ship: semi-final, Ch 113 11.35pm Cricket Durham v Somerset, Ch 110 TOMORROW 2.15 am Football Euro under-ig C'ship: semi-final, Ch 113 6.35am-n.3spm Sports Zone Minutes Hourly Sports updates on
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      608 44  -  LOHCHEEKONG FASTEST GROWING 50 COMPANIES Near two-fold increase in home-grown talents receiving accolades cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg IN A nod to the rising strength of homegrown talent, more local small and medium enterprises have made it onto this year's "Fastest Growing 50 Companies" list compiled by DP
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      Knitting a more successful future
      373 45  -  ESTHER FUNG VENTURINGABROAD bingapore garment makers team up for international branding initiative esther@mediacorp.com.sg BEING the only Singapore manufacturer for a particular product usually makes commercial sense, but sweater manufacturer Lee Yin Knitting Factory believes local competition could actually help its sales. "Being the only Singapore-managed
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        32 45 The first collective brand identity for Singapore-managed apparel companies. It represents companies that are trusted business partners, highly reliable, reputable, customer-focused, adaptable and integrated in their service offerings.
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        WHO RUNS IT?
        24 45 This branding initiative is managed by the Textile and Fashion Federation Singapore (TaFf), and supported by IE Singapore and SPRING Singapore.
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        WHO CAN BENEFIT?
        38 45 Singapore-incorporated companies with management based in Singapore. Qualifying firms must have factories in at least two countries. They must be accredited by SABOOO/WRAP/ International Labour Organisation, or be compliant with any international buyer's compliance codes.
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        WHERE CAN I GO TO GET MORE INFOMATION?
        28 45 Visit www.apparelsingapore.com. Lee Yin Knitting, an Apparel 1 Singapore brand J ambassador, is the only local firm making sweaters (right).
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      Lock icon 'Managed in Singapore' pedigree accepted by giant garment retailers
      350 45  -  ESTHER FUNG THESE days you rarely see clothes with "Made in Singapore" tags. However, there are in fact plenty of "Managed by Singapore" garments in the world, sold by big brands like Nike, Gap, Zara and Macy's. Pedigree is one thing
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      541 46 BLOOMBERG STOCK MARKET Mark Mobius thinks battered China and India stocks now "bargains' STOCKS in China and India offer "good bargains" after benchmark indexes in the nations declined more than any other major market this year, Templeton Asset Management's Mark Mobius (picture) said. "We've been rearranging
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      374 47 BLOOMBERG VIETNAM Move by Hanoi will tighten global supplies and worsen regional inflation VIETNAM, the world's secondbiggest rice exporter, will introduce its first tax on shipments of grain and fertiliser to ensure sufficient supplies domestically. The tax will be as much as 2.9
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        74 47 BLOOMBERG Malaysia's inflation probably accelerated to a 26-year high in June, intensifying expectations the central bank will this week raise interest rates for the first time since April 2006. Consumer prices rose 6.6 per cent last month from a year earlier, according to the
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        70 47 I BLOOMBERG The Philippine central bank said it is considering further increases in borrowing costs as it expects the impact from soaring oil and rice prices to persist. Second-round effects in inflation have set in, said Central Bank managing director Cyd N Tuano-Amador at
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        72 47 3LOOMBERG As US growth slows and accelerating inflation crimps global consumer spending, Asia's developing economies will expand at the slowest pace in five years this year, the Asian Development Bank predicted in a report released today by the lender's Office for Regional Economic
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      Positive signs for ION
      360 48  -  CHEOWXINYI ORCHARD RETAIL With halt its shopping space snapped up, it is on track to reach target for launch cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com. sg RETAILERS have already bagged 50 per cent of shopping space at lON Orchard, a highlyanticipated development slated to open beside Orchard MRT station next year.
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      441 48  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg AUSTRALIA has become one of the world's most ardent adopters of green real estate practices, thanks to the demand of best building practices from staging the 2000 Sydney Olympics and job seekers demanding eco-friendly work environments. Here in Singapore, multinational corporations
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        75 48 SingTel recently announced the launch of its $2 EasyTopUp service on payphones, the first of its kind in Singapore. The service allows all SingTel prepaid mobile customers to top-up their accounts anytime at selected SingTel payphones islandwide. Each top-up from the payphones is $2, the
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        GET A BITE INTO CHARITY
        103 48 Student members from uniformed groups, such as The Boys' Brigade and Girl Guides, will be stationed at selected NTUC Fair Price outlets islandwide on weekends this month to spread the President's Challenge message to shoppers. This is part of the Kit Kat Uniformed Groups Friends
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        125 48 Till Aug 3, more than 200 British products will take their place on Carrefour supermarket shelves as part of the Tastes of Great Britain campaign, a joint effort by the UK Trade and Investment at the British High Commission Singapore, Food from Britain and
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        1-NET JOINS DATA CENTRE ALLIANCE
        149 50 Four South-east Asian firms have announced an alliance to become one of the biggest data centre operators in the region, catering to top telcos, government agencies, banks and other businesses. The partners to the Asean Data Centre Alliance are l-Net Singapore, Vietnam's CMCTelecom, Malaysia's The
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        81 50 The Marina Bay Sands integrated resort (IR) has awarded a $6g.i-million contract to DDS Contracts and Interior Solutions, the interior fitting specialist announced yesterday. DDS will be working with South Korean main contractor SsangYong Engineering and Construction to fit 716 guest rooms, including the guest corridors
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        SOILBUILD SUBMITS HIGHEST LAND OFFER FOR WOODLANDS SITE
        77 50 The tender for a Woodlands Industrial land parcel closed yesterday, with developer Soilbuild Group Holdings submitting a top bid of $13.6 million. The site at Woodlands Industrial Park E5, which comes with a 60-year-lease, measures some 16,800 square metres, with a permissable
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      254 50 BLOOMBERG DATACRAFT ACQUISITION DIMENSION Data Holdings, Africa's largest computer-serv-ices company, plans to buy all the shares of Singapore-based Datacraft Asia it doesn't already own for about US$276 million ($373.5 million), seeking to increase its presence in Asia. Datacraft is Singapore's biggest builder of computer networks.
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      Pockets of opportunity
      411 51  -  ESTHER FUNG MONEY-MAKERS Invest in banks, commodities and infrastructure plays, Citibank advises esther@mediacorp.com.sg "There's no right time to enter the market. Rather, it's about seeking the right opportunities." On the property front, however, Citi is advising its clients to choose developers with strong balance sheets and those
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      319 52 YANLORD $2.04 I Underperform Merrill Lynch downgrades the China-based real estate developer from "neutral" and cuts the price target to $1.70 from $2.60, saying that "a persisting slow market will eventually drag average selling prices down". It has cut Yanlord's FY2OOB and FY2009 net profit estimates by 10
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      526 52  -  CHRISTIE LOH and CHEOWXIN Yl SURVEYOFUS FIRMS IN SPORE High housing costs and office rents prompt highest level of dissatisfaction since 2006 christie@mediacorp.com.sg INCREASINGLY frustrated by cost pressures and a shortage of places for their children at international schools, American companies foresee yet more pain ahead, including
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      NOL advises caution over its shares
      516 52  -  CONRAD RAJ editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com. sg AFTER months of speculation, Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) yesterday finally confirmed that it has put in an "indicative non-binding bid" for the container shipping business of Germany's Hapag-Lloyd. If successful, it would create the world's third-largest container line after
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