Today, 7 January 2008

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    26 1 TODAY /A=B>Jj-\CORP MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Monday January 7, 2008 todayonline.com TODAY /A=ryU\CORP MICA(P) 132/10/2007 share your free newspaper Monday January 7, 2008 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon Means testing will be 'fair'
    890 1  -  CHRISTIE LOH Khaw hints patients will still have choice, subsidies less for higher-income, will not follow nursing home model christie@mediacorp.com.sg THE specifics are still being shaped. But Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan, the man in the middle of the far-reaching change to introduce means testing
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    Lock icon China Eastern stake: Air China parent offers 32% more than SIA
    477 1  -  CHRISTIE LOH THERE'S no concrete bid, just the promise of more money. In an llth-hour attempt to shoot down the two-year-long efforts by Singapore Airlines (SIA) to buy a stake in China Eastern Airlines, the parent of rival Air
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  • hot news
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      Malaysian polls just around the corner?
      378 2 KUALA LUMPUR All current signs are pointing towards Malaysia holding its general elections very soon although analysts are speculating that Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's government could hold back due to a host of problems. Malaysia's Election Commission chairman Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman spelt
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      Lock icon Going for the kill
      678 2 NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE/THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Obama and Edwards turn up the heat on Clinton NEW HAMPSHIRE It was as if they sensed her vulnerability. Senator Barack Obama and John Edwards went after Senator Hillary Clinton like never before in a televised debate on Saturday
      — NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE/THE DAILY TELEGRAPH; Hafp  -  678 words
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      MAKE MEDICAL COVER COMPULSORY
      1149 3 In Weekend Xtra's report on health costs in Singapore, STANLEY JEREMIAH took a critical look at the existing medical schemes. Today, he studies some possible solutions. THE only real solution to the problem of inadequate medical cover is for the Government to legislate compulsory portable medical
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      370 2 MM WKlftE "i'>': F J\ Ml Sillylll ?Hll.rf 1 |i:illf.l 111-- I.P.H F-H^ly C* II! .HI 1.1 111 _Yi'.7 --.Ih. N)l 1 Hy opii^ri arKl stock optidns coach-, Dr Ctemen Chiang, As a business owner and director of several F* JB^ successful companies in Indonesia, he has learnt many lessons
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon Watchful eye on service
      497 4  -  ALICIA WONG —ALICIA WONG Optometrists providing poor service will be named and shamed alicia@mediacorp.com.sg IF YOU don't see eye-to-eye with your optometrist over their service, you can now turn to Singapore's consumer watchdog for help. Under a deal inked yesterday, eye-care providers guilty of overcharging or
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      59 4 PONGAL PAT: DrTeo Ho Pin, Mayor of North West District andMPforßukit Panjang constituency, patting one of the 10 cows present at the Pongal Festival in Pending Road yesterday. The Pongal Festival is a celebration originating in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu but also celebrated by Tamils worldwide-to give thanks
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      Asean – the jostling goes on
      598 6  - Asean the jostling goes on CLEMENT MESENAS MM Lee, Anwar Ibrahim among key speakers at Iseas forum EDITOR-AT-LARGE clement@media corp.com.sg A WEALTH of topics, from the apparent increasing Islamisation of Malaysia to the tumultuous post-Thaksin transformation of politics in Thailand and the rise of China and India, will put the
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      213 7 NTUC£^ NTUCmembers justget more wilii [:LeeU[iqLade Pay and Earn at NTUC Fair Price More Convenience When You Travel More Link Points When You Shop FreeAccount&MoreßankingPrivileges Earn Rebates 1 by Buses and MOT Ss2 1 Link Point Free Account with Earn Link Points 1 Start using NTUC Plus' ez-link card At
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      Lock icon M'sia has enough cooking oil: Najib
      226 8 PEKAN (Pahang) Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has given an assurance that there is adequate supply of cooking oil in the country, reported The Star. "There is enough supply but the situation is due to an extraordinary demand," the newspaper quoted Mr
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      Sex video: Woman among four arrested
      221 8 BATU PAHAT Oohor) Malaysian police have made four arrests over a sex video featuring former Health Minister Chua Soi Lek who was forced to resign over the scandal last week. The New Straits Times (NST) reported yesterday that one of the two latest arrests
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      Lock icon In the final stretch
      476 8 -AGENCIES Taiwan gears up for vote with 'Super Sunday' rallies TAIPEI Taiwan's political heavyweights hit the campaign trail yesterday with less than a week to go before parliamentary elections, which are seen as a key indicator of who could take the presidency in March. President Chen
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      Lock icon Suharto weak but able to smile: Doctors
      291 10 -AFP JAKARTA Indonesia's former President Suharto showed signs of improvement yesterday but remained in critical condition, his doctors said yesterday. Mr Suharto was hospitalised with heart, lung and kidney problems two days ago. He fell ill early last week at his home, which
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        Lock icon HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN KENYA?
        107 10 -AFP In Nairobi, aid groups have warned of a looming humanitarian emergency after post-election violence in Kenya as teams struggled to access tens of thousands of displaced civilians across the country. With widespread insecurity and supplies close to depletion, field teams said their worst fears were
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        Lock icon REBEL LEADER KILLED IN SRI LANKA
        72 10 -DPA At least 30 rebels, including their military intelligence leader, have been killed in confrontations with government security forces in north-western Sri Lanka. A military spokesman said the guerrilla leader identified as Mr Shanmugadasan Ravishankar, alias "Colonel" Charles-was killed in an ambush in Mannar,
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      Lock icon Bhutto's party calls for UN investigation
      385 10 -AFP PPP reacts to Musharraf's comments about possibility of former PM being shot ISLAMABAD The party of murdered Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto said yesterday that President Pervez Musharraf's admission that she might have been killed by a gunman underscored the need for a
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      Lock icon 'Shower Bush with bombs'
      418 11 —AGENCIES Al Qaeda militant calls for hostile reception for US leader's Mideast trip DUBAI An American member of the Al Qaeda terrorist network has urged Islamist militants to welcome United States President George W Bush "with bombs" during his trip to the Middle East next week.
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      Lock icon Chinese official sacked for mum's extravagant funeral
      203 11 -AFP BEIJING A ranking official in southern China has been sacked for arranging an extravagant funeral for his mother. Xinhua news agency reported that Mr Xie Pingfa, former director of the highway bureau in Lufeng city in Guangdong province, invited more than 1,000
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      Lock icon More bad news for Fukuda government
      178 12 -AFP TOKYO A new poll yesterday showed almost half of Japanese voters now support the opposition Democratic Party, confirming the growing disenchantment with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's government Some 46 per cent of slightly over 1,500 respondents to the survey in the Mainichi Shimbun
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      Lock icon COLOUR BLIND
      562 12 TELEGRAPH Voters are looking beyond Barack Obama's race and liking what he represents lOWA lowans did not vote for Mr Barack Obama just because of his colour. They liked his opposition to the Iraq war, his vision of a Washington free of vested interests and his promise of
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      Lock icon Bishop warns of 'no-go' areas
      337 13 THE SUNDAY TEL£GRAPH He says Islamic extremists have made them unsafe for non-Muslims LONDON Islamic extremists have created "no-go" areas across Britain, which have been deemed too dangerous for nonMuslims to enter, one of the Church of England's most senior bishops warned yesterday. The Rt
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      Lock icon Study shows how bird flu gets under your 'umbrella'
      234 13 ■AFP PARIS Scientists have figured out how influenza viruses carried by birds latch on to humans, a discovery that may open the way to a vaccine against not just deadly avian flu but against all flu types. Researchers have long known
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      213 12 fc?SMU SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY The Master of Science in Applied Finance (MAF) is an intensive course designed to provide candidates with a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the practical issues of financial markets and instruments. Taught by top-notch academics and industry professionals, the programme is tailored for the real world
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      Don't scrap IPPT
      194 14  -  SIM PERN REN Letter from I REFER to the letter from Rick Lim Say Kiong, "Longer run may be safer option" (Jan 5-6). I believe that the 2.4 km run segment for the Individual Physical Proficiency Test (IPPT) should stay. The reason why NSmen hurt themselves doing
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      Patient turned away
      150 14  -  RICHARD ANG KWANG LENG Polyclinic stops taking in walk-in patients hours before closing time Letter from ON DEC 22 last year, my sick son was turned away when he went to Outram Polyclinic at 11 am to seek medical attention. It seems the polyclinic had arbitrarily stopped
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      Polyclinic explains...
      254 14  -  DR SALLY HO, Letter from Director, Outram Polyclinic We regret that Mr Richard Ang's son was turned away from Outram Polyclinic on Dec 22 last year, at 11am. Saturdays are one of our busiest periods. Since September 2007, Outram Polyclinic has introduced a partial appointment system on Saturdays
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      Lock icon THE ATYPICAL EXPAT
      583 15  -  CHEN SI YA in the crowd I KERRY WILCOCK 38, Social Worker news@newstoday.com.sg CONTRARY to what most people think when they meet her, Ms Kerry Wilcock (picture) is not your typical expatriate. She does not earn a generous salary with housing perks. Instead, the 38-year-old Australian, who
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      259 15  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY FAMILY TIES ARE THE KEY When it comes to family-related matters I'm known as a traditionalist. Some people think I'd like to take us back to the days of Ozzie and Harriet. But that's untrue and preposterous. I don'twantto go backto Ozzie
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      228 14 Chua ChorTeck Memorial annual C>^ LLJ S Marine Insurance: Past, Present and Future by Mr Nick Sansom, SeniorVice-President Head of Marine, Asia, Marsh (S) Pte Ltd Join Nick Sansom who will share his insights on marine insurance building, repair and trading of ships, hull and P&l insurance. He will review
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  • Business
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      Lock icon Mitsui Engineering wins 3 orders at Exxon's S'pore site
      130 16 DOW JONES MITSUI Engineering and Shipbuilding Co has secured three orders to design and build facilities for Exxon Mobil Corp's petrochemicals plant complex in Singapore, The Nikkei reported on Saturday. The facilities to produce ethylene, polypropylene and special resins, will be
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      Lock icon Oil price to stay high till March: Opec chief
      455 16 -AGENCIES THE high price of oil will continue until the end of March, said Mr Chakib Khelil (picture), president of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec). "The surge in price will probably endure until the end of the first quarter
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      Shares here may be affected by worries over US economy
      317 16  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE shares will likely head south this week, as fears of a recession in the United States looms even larger with unemployment figures reaching a two-year high. Figures released by the US labour department last Friday which
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      Lock icon $5.3b boost for Marina Bay Sands
      309 17 THE WALi STREET JOURNAL Weaker US dollar pushing up cost for Las Vegas Sands LAS Vegas Sands (LVS) said that despite the constricted credit market, it has secured more than US$3.7 billion ($5.3 billion) in loans to build Marina Bay Sands, its proposed integrated
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      125 17 ONE CARD FOR EVERYTHING: NTUC members, Mr Mohamed Ali Sarwar (left) and Ms Siti Norafizah Rahmat, at the launch of the NTUC Pjus card. National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) members can now use their membership card for all their shopping and public transport needs. The NTUC Plus card, jointly launched
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      Lock icon China toy exports rocket despite recalls
      208 17 -AFP EXPORTS of Chinese toys increased in the first 10 months of last year despite a wave of high-profile recalls of products made by the Asian country, according to state media yesterday. In the period from January to October, China shipped US$7.l billion ($10.2
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        EU YAN SANG GIVES YOU 3 REASONS TO CELEBRATE THIS LUNAR NEW YEAR
        225 17 Celebrate the new spring with the gift of health. Give a healthy boost to I the Year of the Rat. Traditional Chinese medicine com- pany Eu Van Sang offers six ham- pers filled with premium quality health
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        ZONE1511 ANNIVERSARY SPECIALS
        274 17 First-time subscribers will enjoy a 20-per-cent rebate every month for five consecutive months from the date of registration for calls made via the Zonelsll 123 Free (for home users) and 1511 Biz (for corporate users) service plans. This means you getto call top destinations (Japan, United Kingdom,
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          Lock icon The right training and the students know it
          525 18  -  LINYANQIN yanqin@media corp.com.sg THE strong reputation of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (Chicago GSB) made students flock to its Asian campus here (picture) right from the start Since it opened eight years ago, applications for its Executive Master of
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          Which course should I choose – the MBA or executive MBA?
          611 18 Which course should I choose the MBA or executive MBA? SUCCEED WITH ISAAC GOTTLIEB succeed@newstoday.com.sg EACH year, a select group of elite candidates pursue either the traditional Master in Business Administration course or the modern Executive MBA (EMBA). In my capacity as director of the International EMBA programme for Rutgers
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          WRITING WELL THE BUSINESS WAY
          80 19 This two-day workshop teaches better business correspondence. An experienced trainer who has provided communication courses to multinational corporations builds the sessions on an easy-to-follow guide. Learn to write clearly and correctly, and in complete sentences. WHAT: Workshop to aid sentence writing in business correspondence WHEN:
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          NAIL THAT DEAL
          98 19 Faced with tough negotiators on that million-dollar deal? Learn how to overcome negative responses and clinch the sale. Through games, role-play and discussions, the workshop -targeted at supervisors and managers who handle sales teams -will help develop the right attitude towards customers, and impart the knowhow to
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        brainfood
        299 19  -  LOH CHEE KONG Our Iceberg Is Melting by John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber Through a tale spun around an Emperor Penguin colony and its assortment of oddball characters coping with the prospect of rising global temperatures eating away at the giant iceberg they call home, Kotter, a Harvard Business
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      78 17 DAILY GOLD UPDATE Last Business Day: Jan 4, 2008 SPOT GOLD OPEN (9am) U*****.00/oz SPOT GOLD CLOSE (spm) U*****.90/oz CHANGE -0.36% Gold continued its surge into record territory, hitting U*****.50/oz before eas'ng back on profit-taking. This new all-time high surpasses the US$B5O.OO/oz seen 28 years ago'nearly 1980. Although a breach
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      Lock icon The new faces of Sundance
      1022 20 -THE GUARDIAN In the beginning, the Sundance Film Festival was the Now, it's the very commercial playground of movie breeding ground for fresh indie talent, studios, advertisers and wannabe actresses WHEN Garth Jennings was filling out the accreditation forms for last year's Sundance Film Festival,
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      Lock icon ZOE HAPPY TOGETHER
      238 21  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH THERE were miles of smiles from happy folk at the Intercontinental Hotel last Saturday afternoon, when more than 100 fans of Zoe Tay were invited to her birthday bash. Looking splendid in a purple outfit royal purple, no less the "Queen of Caldecott" celebrated her
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      Lock icon A TRUE SINGAPOREAN BEAUTY
      735 22  -  Christopher Toh The revival of Beauty World on its 20th anniversary proves why the local musical is so iconic I'M JUST going to say it Go watch Beauty World you won't regret it That famous refrain ("Beauty World, cha cha cha") may be the only thing
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      Lock icon TWICE IS GOOD
      258 23  -  Ng Jing Yng Jacky Cheung still wows in his encore round of concerts OVER 8,000 excitable, karaokefriendly fans showed up at the Singapore Indoor Stadium when Hong Kong superstar Jacky Cheung (picture) rode his "King of Cantopop" status into town yet again last Saturday. Cheung's two-night engagement
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      495 26 —AP GOLF Mercedes-Benz Championship KAPALUA, Hawaii Mike Weir finally got one last birdie putt to fall, and it was enough to put him in the lead at the MercedesBenz Championship on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). But even after a 5-under 68 on
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