Today, 5 September 2007, Afternoon Edition

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    • 587 2  -  NOORMOHDAZIZ -AFP Int'l users to join hands with littoral guardians under new mechanism aziz@media corp.com.sg IN A breakthrough for international maritime cooperation, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia have agreed to involve other users in enhancing the navigational safety and environmental protection of two of the world's busiest waterways
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    • 431 3  -  LEONGWEEKEAT Public and MPs react with concern to corporal's actions weekeat@media corp.com.sg EVEN as questions about the incident abound, the full-time National Serviceman who was caught on Monday night with a loaded rifle in the heart of Orchard Road will be charged in court
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    • 230 3  -  SHERALYNTAY THE numbers are falling, but the danger is still real. Dengue claimed its sixth fatality this year when Joseph Aloysius Ryan died last Thursday. The 84-year-old, who had multiple chronic medical conditions, was admitted to National University Hospital on Aug 22 after complaining
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    • 117 3 A COUGH mixture that may cause abnormal heart rhythm among some users has been withdrawn from shelves worldwide. German firm Boehringer Ingelheim said recent findings suggest that Silomat has a "low chance" of causing cardiac arrhythmia. The drug contains clobutinol, a cough
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  • singapore news
    • 366 4  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@media corp.com.sg INTELLIGENCE reports by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) in 2003 found the concert promoter had "a good track record". Checks within the industry also revealed that the organiser's events were "well-managed", "well-publi-cised" and
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    • 411 4  -  JASON LEE jasonlee@mediacorp.com.sg ENTREPRENEUR Li Ka-shing's gift of $100 million to the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP) can help train future leaders in the region, said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew yesterday. The donation by Dr Li, Hong Kong's richest
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    • 356 6  -  JASMINE YIN 1 Moulmein Rise bags prestigious architecture prize jasmine@media corp.com.sg IT IS not what most would consider an icon of the Lion City, and most Singaporeans would not even be able to identify this building on sight But the 28-storey tower in Moulmein is
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    • 316 6  -  JASMINE YIN jasmine@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE the contracts awarded have been within budget, Resorts World at Sentosa (RWS) said it would only know in about a month's time if its projected $5.2-bil-lion development bill needs to be topped up. Final drawings for the 49-hectare
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
      • 88 6 A 7-Eleven outlet at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza had its tobacco licence suspended for six months, after an employee was caught selling tobacco products to a person below the age of 18 on July 6. The offence was compounded for $2,000. This was the second time
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      • 157 6  -  ANSLEYNG The High Court has turned down Singapore Democratic Party chief Chee Soon Juan's appeal against a conviction of trying to leave the country while he was a bankrupt. In February, Chee had been ordered by a district court to pay a fine of $4,000 or
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      • 63 6 Seats for the Sydney to Singapore return leg on Oct 26 on Singapore Airlines' A3BO Charity Flight are now up for bidding at online marketplace eßay. A majority of seats will be on auction until Sept 10. For those interested to be on both legs
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      • 64 6  -  -ANSLtYNU The bloated and highly decomposed body of a man was fished out of Kranji Reservoir at about Ipm yesterday. Police were alerted at about 12.10pm. The deceased, clad in a red long-sleeved shirt and dark brown shorts, was pulled out of the waters by officers
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      • 53 6 The Urban Redevelopment Authority yesterday launched a residential development site at Enggor Street for sale by public tender. The land parcel has a site area of about 0.30 ha and can generate a maximum permissible gross floor area of about 25,504 sq m. The tender closes
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    • 311 8  -  LOH CHEE KONG AMID the buzz about having more new kids on the higher education block, Singapore's first and so far, only private university for adult learners has been conspicuously missed out "We form part of the big eco-system. (But)
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    • 340 8  -  DAPHNE CHUAH Sports, music, arts classes could be conducted in Mandarin at some schools daphne@mediacorp.com.sg THERE is nothing strange about teachers coaching primary school students the rules of football during Physical Education (PE) lessons but what if they were conducted in Mandarin? If
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    • 481 10  - What kids really need SHERALYNTAY Research is vital in making early childhood education world-class, says Dr Balakrishnan sheralyn@media corp.com.sg THE recent increase in wages for some pre-school teachers is not the only way to boost the profession research is another important element in making childhood education here "world class", said
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    • 849 11  -  THOMAS KOSHY IT WAS in September 2003 that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) fired the first salvoes in the war against home users who had infringed copyright by downloading music off the Internet. Four years and thousands of claims later,
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  • world news
    • 496 12 -AGENCIES Japan pension agency officials embezzled millions of dollars, say investigators TOKYO A Japanese law-maker resigned yesterday in yet another blow for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's party, even as investigators revealed they had found evidence of embezzlement in the country's pensions scandal. Japan's Farm Minister
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    • 307 12 HONG KONG The Standard, one of Hong Kong's two main English-language newspapers, will be distributed free from next week, AFP reported. The deciscion was made after a shakeup in stock market regulations with companies listed on the Hong Kong exchange no
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    • 370 13 -AGENCIES IMiIHIIIBBIiIIfIBMiMIBIIBI A PLEA FOR LEEWAY... China said yesterday it was working hard to increase its use of renewable energy, but needs to be given some leeway in the global effort to reduce greenhouse gasses. China's contribution over time to climate change has been relatively
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    • 199 13 -AP WELLINGTON A television consumer programme in New Zealand used flawed tests that erroneously showed excessive levels of formaldehyde in children's clothes imported from China, New Zealand's retailers' association said yesterday. TV3's Target programme "applied the wrong test" to woolen and
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    • 171 13 -AP BEIJING Clashes between minority Chinese Muslims and the Han majority last month left at least one person dead and 20 injured, a Hong Kong newspaper and human rights group reported yesterday. The fighting in the province of Shandong broke out on Aug
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    • 253 14 SHAH ALAM One of the two policemen on trial for the murder of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu has accused the police of framing him for the crime. Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar told Malaysia's High Court that he realised
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    • 283 14 -AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (picture) was in stable condition after undergoing a second bypass surgery yesterday following two recent heart attacks, a hospital statement said. The National Heart Institute, where Dr Mahathir was operated on, said that the next
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 83 14 -AFP Kansai Electric Power, Japan's third-largest power company, said yesterday that a small amount of water containing radioactive material had leaked from a nuclear plant. The leak at the light water reactor in Fukui prefecture in western Japan was discovered late Monday, amid rising
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      • 95 14 -AFP Malaysian police have arrested seven Taiwanese nationals in north-western Penang state over an international mobile phone text messaging scam, a senior police officer said yesterday. "They were picked up after several months of investigation," said the officer. "We hope with their
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    • 489 16 -AGENCIES But is Howard using green issues to up approval ratings? SYDNEY Pacific Rim nations began negotiating a contested declaration on climate change yesterday, as host Australia sought to rally support, warning that future economic well-being depends on curbing global warming. Drafting was moving into high
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    • 105 18 -AFP COPENHAGEN Danish police said yesterday they had prevented a terrorist attack with the overnight arrest of eight men believed to be linked to the Al Qaeda. The director-general of the Danish intelligence service, Mr Jakob Scharf, told reporters: "We would describe the main suspects as
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    • 381 18 -AFP Coordinated attacks thought to be work of Al Qaeda, say Pakistani authorities RAWALPINDI (Pakistan) Two suicide bombings yesterday ripped through a military bus and a market near the Pakistani army headquarters, killing 25 people in the latest attacks aimed at destabilising President Pervez Musharraf.
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    • 830 20  -  OONYEOH news@newstoday.com.sg A MAJOR scandal involving Malaysia's main port authority, a government ministry and a politically-well-connected private firm is starting to unfold, although most local newspapers are still ignoring the story. The Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ), modelled after the successful Jebel Ali Free Zone
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    • 424 22 -AGENCIES SYDNEY A senior United States diplomat said yesterday that North Korea remains on a list of states that sponsor terrorism, dismissing North Korean claims that Washington has decided to remove the designation. "No, they haven't been taken off the terrorism list,"
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    • 89 22 Weapons from China are ending up in the hands of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, British officials have complained to their counterparts in Beijing. The British have aired concerns over China's lax arm export arrangements after Afghan officials revealed that more and more sophisticated China-made weapons are
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    • 215 22 -AFP GHAZNI Security forces have killed a Taliban commander involved in the kidnapping of 23 South Koreans, the Afghan government said yesterday. The commander and 15 other suspected insurgents were killed in an operation launched late on Monday in the central province of Ghazni, where
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  • Voices
    • 433 26  -  MATTHEW CHUA Authorities should review how a weapon could have been taken out of camp Letter from I REFER to the report, "NSman with assault rifle arrested after 20-hour manhunt" (Sept 4). It was not too long ago that the world witnessed the horrific killings
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    • SHORTTAKES
      • 100 26  -  JIANG ZHIWEI I refer to the article "Anti-malaria pills replaced" (Aug 30). In 2001, during my Basic Military Training, I had Dapsone Hypersensitivity Syndrome (DHS) and came down with hepatitis after taking Maloprim. Fortunately, I recovered. Was the safety of Maloprim continuously monitored and reviewed prior
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      • 76 26  -  RICKY TEO I refer to the HDB advertorial, "Median rent from subletting of flat" (Aug 29). I am afraid it does not present a true picture of the high rentals of HDB flats now. The median rents in the chart are way off actual rentals transacted across
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      • 102 26  -  LEONG SZE HIAN I was given a flyer at a neighbourhood mall, from a private tuition centre, which said "Free Chinese tuition for needy students". I called to enquire and was told the fee ranged from $90 to $120 a month for primary and secondary students. When
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    • 250 28  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY FOR PARENTS OF REBELS If you are the frustrated parent of a very rebellious and difficult child, I think I can encourage you today. I know there are times when you feel like throwing in the towel. But if you choose to
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    • 833 28  -  STEVE POWELL coffee with 45, Principal and Managing Partner of Healthcare Team Training WHAT has aviation safety got to do with healthcare? Lots, Captain Steve Powell would tell you. The pilot of 23 years -formerly with the
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    • 175 29  -  LEEKIMHUA Letter from Director, Family Services Division Ministry Of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) IN THE letter "Do student centres really care?" (Aug 16), Ms Koh Hui Hoon expressed concern over a child left alone by a student care centre to wait for
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    • 162 29  -  TAN TUAN KHOON Letter from IN AN ageing society, more might be partially or fully disabled. Shopping complexes, exhibition venues and places of interest should provide both manual and motorised wheelchairs. This service is commonly available in large stores, supermarkets and theme parks
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    • 318 30  -  PETER LAU Why import concept of Ivy League-styled Masters when we have our own? Letter from I REFER to the report, "In a league of its 0wn..." (Aug 23). It mentions the plans that the National University of Singapore (NUS) has for a new university town
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  • Business
    • 271 32 —AGENCIES POWERGAS, a subsidiary of Singapore Power, will build the nation's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal to reduce reliance on supplies from Indonesia and Malaysia. "There are clear synergistic benefits for Power Gas to operate the LNG terminal, given its
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    • 569 32  -  JOHNSON CHOO Water and healthcare are two promising sectors for Singapore's vibrant future johnsonchoo@media corp.com.sg LIKE Japan, Singapore has moved from low-cost manufacturing to higher-value added industries to drive its economy. But unlike Japan, Singapore has seen the pitfalls of letting its industries mature, without
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    • business news
      • 272 34 AGENCIES Palm oil producer Wilmar International said that an Indonesian court has acquitted two of its plantation officers of using fire to clear land. Environmental group Friends of the Earth Netherlands had accused the company of illegally logging Indonesian forests and setting them ablaze. Shipping operator China Cosco Holdings
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      • 373 34  -  CHEOWXINYI The battle for'mobile payment' heats up cheowxinyi@media corp.com.sg A MOBILE phone that pays your bills could hit the commercial market as early as the middle of next year. A day after Star Hub and EZLink announced a joint trial to allow commuters to
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      • 348 35 -AGENCIES SINGAPORE shares closed slightly down yesterday, with analysts saying the market is unlikely to post big gains or losses in the next few weeks as wary investors stay on the sidelines. "It's difficult to tell whether we've seen the worst of the
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      • 369 35  -  JOSEPH YADAO joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg A BUSINESS Times report that former Singapore Telecommunications chief executive Lee Hsien Yang (picture) could take over as chairman of Fraser Neave later this year gave the stock of the conglomerate a boost yesterday. The shares rose as high as
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      • 214 36 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE said it has concluded talks for a free-trade agreement (FTA) on goods and services with Peru that will remove tariffs on its exports to the South American nation. Negotiations, which began in February last year, ended yesterday in a meeting
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      • 342 36 Deal values surge to record high: Reports COMPANIES in Asia, excluding Japan, have gone on a buying spree of United States' assets, with data showing the value of purchases surging to record levels, the Financial Times (FT) reported yesterday. Investment bankers told the newspaper
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      • 599 37  -  ANDYMUKHERJEE IF THE United States Federal Reserve does cut interest rates on Sept 18, will that automatically make Asian equities a "buy"? A cursory glance at statistics does seem to suggest such a correlation. In the past 27 years, except on a couple
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      • 223 37  -  -CHEOWXINYI TREMORS in the US sub-prime mortgage market may have started to hurt Singapore's export sector. The latest Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a key gauge of the manufacturing sector, fell 1.6 points from the previous month to 51.7 points in August, because of
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