Today, 14 November 2007

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    13 1 TODAY /A=ryJj-\CORP MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Wednesday November 14, 2007 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon Maximilian takes the wind out of Project 0812's sails
    471 1  -  CUBBYLEONG cubby@media corp.com.sg IT WAS a groundbreaking project, set up to give Singapore's elite athletes the best possible chance of winning a medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, or in London at the 2012 Games. Launched in January with a war
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    Lock icon Bhutto builds alliance
    519 1 LAHORE Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, who is once again under house arrest, moved decisively yesterday to forge a coalition of Pakistan's fractious opposition parties in a bid to isolate President Pervez Musharraf ahead of elections. Ms Bhutto said last night that she was ready to form
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      33 1 YELLOW BRIGADE PEOPLE POWER EVERY SATURDAY IN MALAYSIA WORLD PAGE 11 EPIC CHALLENGE FROM OLD ENGLISH POEM TO ACTION, FANTASY FLICK PLUS•PAGE 30 SEA GAMES FURORE TRIATHLON, SQUASH, NOW BASKETBALL SPORTS PAGE 38
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  • hot news
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      'Naval presence a problem'
      520 2 M'sia accuses S'pore of extending border by claiming Pedra Branca THE HAGUE Malaysia told the United Nation's highest court yesterday that Singapore was seeking to enlarge its sea border by claiming sovereignty over Pedra Branca, Middle Rocks and South Ledge islets close to key shipping lanes.
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      Lock icon Blast at Philippine congress kills Basilan lawmaker, raises tensions in capital
      366 3 AGENCIES MANILA A powerful bomb ripped through a section of the Philippine House of Representatives yesterday, killing two people, including Philippine congressman Wahab Akbar, and injuring at least 10 others including other lawmakers. Mr Akbar, who represents Basilan island,
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      Lock icon 'Sympathy verdict' upped to 3-year term
      447 3  -  ANSLEY NG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg THE jilted man who pushed his ex-girlfriend into the path of an MRT train last year had received a "sympathy verdict", the Court of Appeal heard yesterday. Kwong Kok Hing, a permanent resident from Malaysia, had been given one year's jail
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  • singapore news
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      Dummy air tickets and their S'pore dream
      262 4  -  -LEONGWEEKEAT THE Philippines embassy in Singapore has warned Filipinos about a "disturbing link" between human trafficking rings and the rampant use of "dummy air tickets" to smuggle them into the Republic. In the last two months, 15 Filipinos have been jailed from three
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      Lock icon No end to their spat
      402 4  -  ZULOTHMAN Indochine and its contractor await hearing as both pin allegations on each other zul@media corp.com.sg ITS red leather sofas, plush curtains, soft lighting and great food make it one of the more popular nightspots along the bustling Orchard Road. But behind the charm of
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      Lock icon Worker falls 7 storeys to death in city
      221 6  -  TEOXUANWEI xuanwei@media corp.com.sg A BANGLADESHI worker fell to his death yesterday from International Plaza, to the shock of commuters at a bus stop just metres away. The man, in his 30s, an employee of Seiko Architectural Wall Systems, was installing an overhead
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      Surprising S'pore?
      431 6  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg THE results of this travel survey seem to stand what some Singaporeans believe on its head. According to respondents, the third-best fine-dining experience to be had in all the world is in the Lion City (after France and Italy). It is also one of the
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      Lock icon Towards a more disciplined Asean
      493 8  -  LEE U-WEN Dispute settlement process to kick in; scorecards will trackAsean countries' progress in meeting targets u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg THE days when Asean countries could make lofty promises about economic collaboration, only to go back on their word without consequence, will soon be a thing of the
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      Govt defers public sector projects to 2010 and beyond
      214 8 THE Government is postponing public sector projects worth at least $2 billion to 2010 and beyond to ease the pressure on construction resources and the capacity crunch in the sector. The move is expected to reduce the demand for additional construction
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon FAMILIES OF Jl DETAINEES GET HELP
        83 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Families of detained members of the Jemaah Islamiah (Jl), have been receiving practical and financial help from the Aftercare Group. The efforts of the group's counsellors, volunteers and partners were yesterday recognised at a reception. Eighty children from 25 families of the
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        BEWARE SNATCH THIEVES: POLICE
        61 10 There were 50 cases of snatch theft by motorcyclists between August and this month, and the police have advised shoppers to avoid carrying excessive cash and valuables during the year-end festive season. They advised the public not to leave large amounts of cash or jewellery at
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        NO CHANGE IN GST CREDITS, SENIORS' BENEFITS
        148 10 Most Singaporeans will continue to receive the same amount of GST Credits and Senior Citizens' Bonus (SCB) in 2009 despite the upward revision in the annual value (AV) of properties, which kicks in on Jan 1 next year. The amounts are determined by
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        RESEARCHERS RECEIVE $50M IN GRANTS
        41 10 More than $50 million was given to the first group of six researchers under the National Research Foundation's Competitive Research Programme Funding Scheme yesterday. The inaugural CRP grant call received 124 science-and-technology proposals from Singapore-based researchers.
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      Price rise, eco issues fuel biodiesel debate
      451 10  -  LINYANQIN Subsidies, more awareness needed to spur the industry yanqin@media corp.com.sg BIODIESEL could be a viable alternative to fossil fuels. Less polluting than petroleum diesel it can easily be incorporated into existing engine systerns in cars and power generation. But rising palm oil
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  • world news
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      Lock icon 'People power' in M'sia
      381 11 —AGENCIES Opposition calls as rally-goers are charged with endangerment KUALA LUMPUR Malaysians were urged yesterday to wear yellow every Saturday in a protest against the government, after a rally calling for election reform was put down by the police using water cannons and tear gas. The
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        Lock icon ASEAN CHARTER NOT FOR MYANMAR
        111 11 -CHANNEL NEWSASIA Leaders are set to sign the Asean Charter and a blueprint paving the way for a single Asean community by 2015 at the grouping's summit in Singapore. But Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar expressed the hope that the Myanmar issue would not
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        Lock icon M'SIA DETAINS STORE FISHING BOATS
        88 11 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Singapore's Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) has confirmed that two Singapore-registered fishing vessels had been detained by Malaysian authorities. Also detained were eight crew members, believed to be seven Indonesians and a Malaysian. Reports said the trawlers were charged with trespass and allegedly
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        Lock icon MAN ESCAPES HANGING IN DRUG CASE
        86 11 —AFP A Malaysian man facing death for cannabis possession escaped the gallows after the judge who sentenced him took nine years to deliver his written judgement, reports said yesterday. In a case that raises questions over judicial standards, the death sentence against Baha Jambol,
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      Lock icon UN ENVOY TO MEET JUNTA OFFICIALS AT REMOTE CAPITAL
      93 12 —AGENCIES United Nations envoy Paulo Sergio Pinheiro (picture) was invited yesterday to Myanmar's remote capital of Naypyidaw to meet high-ranking junta members as part of a probe into alleged human rights abuses during the regime's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators. He
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      Lock icon Topping up the coffers
      338 12 —AGENCIES JL JL < Foreigners flockto Myanmargem auction despite calls for boycott YANGON More than 1,500 people from over 20 countries have registered for a major gems auction in Myanmar opening today, despite calls from human rights groups to block the purchase of precious stones from
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      Lock icon China: Used condoms recycled as hair ties
      239 16 -AFP BEIJING Used condoms are being recycled into hair bands and hair ties in southern China, threatening to spread sexually-trans-mittable diseases they were originally meant to prevent, state media reported yesterday. In the latest example of potentially harmful Chinese-made products, rubber hair bands
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      Lock icon Macau outlines plans to placate unhappy masses
      359 16 -AFP Macau's leader promises to fight corruption, labour crisis, inflation HONG KONG The Chief Executive of Macau yesterday pledged to tackle a labour crisis, rampant corruption and soaring inflation in a bid to ease growing public discontent in the gambling hotspot. Mr Edmund
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      Lock icon Japan will stay free of nukes: Koizumi
      325 17  -  TIFFANY TAN Ex-PM reiterates policy against war but says revamp needed tiffany@mediacorp.com.sg FORMER Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (picture) yesterday said his country will continue to renounce war and "will never possess nuclear weapons". His declaration came the same day Japan's lower house
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      Lock icon Parliament battles restart of naval mission
      205 17 -AP TOKYO Japan's lower house of parliament yesterday approved a resumption of the country's anti-terrorism naval mission in the Indian Ocean, defying opposition lawmakers who had forced it to a halt. The Bill which now goes to the upper house would however limit Japanese
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      Lock icon Fancy a swim at the cemetery?
      545 18 -AFP At this deluxe Indon memorial park, you can also dine at a posh restaurant KAEAWANG (Indonesia) Indonesian mourners wearing black congregate by a lawn-fringed plot on the outskirts of Jakarta as they await the arrival of the body of their relative and friend.
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    • A scourge called surcharge
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        Hitch onto bus-train links
        109 20  -  JOHNCHUA Letter from I REFER to the report, "Will new penalties make disappearing taxis reappear?" (Nov 13). I would like to suggest that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) do away with the surcharges and consider learning from the Hong Kong experience. Getting rid of the surcharges
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        Usage charges are better
        59 20  -  DAVID LIM Letter from THE LTA can get to the root of the taxi touts problem by abolishing the surcharge scheme while, at the same time, raising the flag-down fare to $3 and increasing the per-kilometre distance charges. And if passengers are happy with drivers who
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        Have a dedicated helpline
        130 20  -  DAVID KWOK Letter from WITH the rise in taxi complaints, especially by tourists, the LTA should set up a permanent and direct helpline for the public to give feedback to its Public Transport Division. This helpline should be manned around-the-clock, preferably by a senior officer who
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    • Letter
      Improvement project funds are channelled through advisers
      325 20  -  HAN LIANG YUAN Letter from Press Secretary to the Minister for National Development I REFER to The Straits Times report, "WP chief rebuts Mah's remark on fund access". Mr Low Thia Khiang was disputing the statement in The Straits Times report on Nov
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    • Let's not forget our roots, S'pore
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        Have some respect: Foreign workers are human beings, too
        159 23  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from I REFER to the letter "Doesn't our food smell, too?" (Nov 12). Foreign workers have been a part of our lives for quite some time, but some Singaporeans are still prejudiced against them. Instead of
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        Parochial mindsets are disappointing in modern S'pore
        77 23  -  Letter from TAN IA CHEW FOREIGN workers are doing the jobs that Singaporeans reject Who are we to turn up our noses in disdain when these fellow contributors to our economy seek a decent place to live, or want to hang out with
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        Being a multi-racial society is about tolerance, empathy
        81 23  -  Letter from thers had also travelled to this country with their meagre possessions and worked hard to build Singapore into the country it is today. To be prejudiced against foreign workers now is to be prejudiced against your own history. Being a
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      234 23  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY ADOLESCENT INFERIORITY Imagine being depressed and miserable overthe shape of your nose, or the texture of your skin, or the colour of your hair. Dissatisfaction with one's body is an experience that most adolescents live with every day. If you were to
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      SMU graduates make IT work at work
      684 23  -  LAURA CHENG Brought to you by Singapore Management University With a sound grasp of both IT (information technology) solutions and business functions, graduates of the School of Information Systems at the Singapore Management University are in hot demand. JOSEPH SUNG, a final year
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  • Business
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        COMFORTDELGRO Q3 PROFIT UP 15%
        74 24 ComfortDelGro's third-quarter net profit rose 15 per cent to $59 million from $51.3 million a year earlier, on higher revenue from rail, bus and taxi operations. Its revenue for the quarter was $771.4 million, up 6.3 per cent from the previous year's $725.8 million. The
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        Lock icon $953M BID FOR MARINA VIEW SITE
        91 24 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Macquarie Global Property has put in the highest bid for a 99-year leasehold white site at Marina View, which at just under $953 million is below market expectations of at least $2 billion. Macquarie had previously clinched the adjacent land parcel for
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        Lock icon HUGE JUMP IN PROFITS FOR PARKWAY
        55 24 -AGENCIES Hospital operator Parkway Holdings posted a huge jump in its third-quarter net profit on a one-time gain of $220.8 million from the transfer of properties into its Parkway Life Reit. The firm said net profit for the quarter was $224.6 million, compared to
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      F&N's profits rise 28%
      559 24  -  ESTHER FUNG Earnings boosted by strong growth in property, F&B units esther@media corp.com.sg FRASER Neave's net profit soared 28 per cent for the year ended Sept 30, boosted by strong growth in its property and food and beverage divisions. Its net income before exceptional items was
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        Lock icon Banyan's Q3 boost
        178 26  -  CHEOWXINYI Luxury group reports $50m profit after one-time gain cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg A ONE-TIME gain related to its listed Laguna Resorts and Hotel subsidiary and growth in hotel operations boosted luxury hotel developer Banyan Tree Holdings' net profit sharply to $50.3 million for the three months ended Sept 30,
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        Shares hit 2-month low over US woes
        242 26  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE shares fell further to end at its lowest level in two months as fears that US economic weakness would trigger a global recession heightened. The Straits Times Index (STI) slid 1.02 per cent to close at 3,475.5. A total
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      931 30  -  Mavo Martin From an epic Old English poem to a star-studded, action-packed fantasy flick, Beowulf was a m challenge that took nothing less than the two-headed monster', and ry, to tackle I "^T^\OR a movie where blonde he-1 I J roes go slashing at bloodthirsty I giant monsters,
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