Today, 26 March 2008, Afternoon Edition

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    • 31 1 BEIJING OLYMPICS SARKOZY MAY SKIP OPENING CEREMONY WORLD PAGE 17 FOOTBALL FRIENDLY BECKHAM WILL PLAY AGAINST FRANCE SPORTS PAGE 51 IS SPORE FILM FEST DOWN IN THE DUMPS? PLUS PAGE 44
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    • 568 1  -  ALICIA WONG. NGJINGYNG AND alicia@mediacorp.com.sg WITH security concerns at the forefront of the public's imagination in recent months, the mystery had set tongues wagging and some Singaporeans worrying. Was the gas which packed 18 people off to the hospital, reportedly set others vomiting and caused the
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    • 816 1  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI Malaysian PM Abdullah admits underestimating Internet; now faces poison-pen campaign nazry@mediacorp.com.sg IGNORED by government-linked mainstream media, Malaysia's opposition waged an aggressive online election campaign using blogs and news websites. For example, 67-year-old opposition Democratic Action Party chairman Lim Kit Siang ran three blogs, which were meticulously
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  • hot news
    • 432 2  -  LINYANQIN STB looking at untapped student pool in Shenyang, Palembang,Alor Setar yanqin@media corp.com.sg GUIDELINES to regulate the private education sector here should be ready by the first quarter of next year, with government agencies to meet by the middle of this year. Mr John Gregory Conceicao, director
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    • 410 3  -  -LEONGWEEKEAT A KEY rule on how charities and institutions of public character (IPCs) can raise funds has been tweaked. Changes are being made to the "30/70 rule" while ensuring costs are kept within 30 per cent of total funds raised, according to the
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    • 629 3  -  TEOXUANWEI HOTEL REVENUE BY MONTH, FEB 07 TO FEB 08 More tourists, but not all can afford record room rates xuanwei@media corp.com.sg WITH Singapore hotel rates keeping up a string of record-setting months, some may be wondering: How long can the hospitality bullrun last and
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    • 310 4  -  NGJINGYNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg IN A solar-powered car, Mr Louis Palmer (picture), 33, has so far traversed more than 20 countries to find out what the world is doing to stop global warming. Calling his car a Solartaxi, he offers a ride to anyone keen on solar energy,
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    • 273 4  -  JINNY KOH Switch off and save the earth, S'poreans urged jinny@media corp. com. sg SHOULD Singapore experience an islandwide blackout from Bpm to 9pm this Saturday, it would, for once, be good news at least for the environment Proponents of Earth Hour 2008, a worldwide
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    • 178 4  -  -SHERALYNTAY From Friday, staff of the FiitzCarlton Millenia Singapore will be encouraged to make every last Friday of each month a "car-free" day that is, to take public transport instead of driving to work. Human resource director Cecilia Chia, who spearheaded
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    • 554 6  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI Fewer deaths but issues of under-reporting and falls from heights remain nazry@media corp.com.sg FOUR years after the Nicoll Highway accident, the latest statistics released suggest that workplace safety here has improved, with fewer deaths and injuries. But a lively exchange held yesterday
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    • 282 8  -  -ZULOTHMAN THE decomposed body of an elderly woman was found in her flat in Toa Payoh yesterday afternoon the second such incident in the estate in the past two weeks. On March 13, the body of 62-year-old Mr Teh Giok Swee
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    • 347 8  -  ANSLEYNG Prosecution raises doubts over the position slain masseuse was found in ansley@mediacorp.com.sg A FORENSIC expert yesterday released damning evidence against hawker Eu Lim Hoklai, charged with the murder of masseuse Yu Hongjin, who was found dead in a massage parlour two years ago. Ms Lim
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    • SINAPORESNIPPETS
      • 98 10 Singapore identity card (IC) holders reporting a change of address will, from next month, have to produce evidence such as a letter, bill or statement sent to them at their new address. The requirement is a security measure to prevent errant IC holders from falsely
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      • 78 10 The Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music received its second $25 million gift in five years from the Yong Loo Lin Trust. While the first donation in 2003 went towards establishing a state-of-the-art conservatory atthe National University of Singapore, the latest offer will be
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      • 88 10 With health scares and safety standards hogging the spotlight here, the National University of Singapore has teamed up with government agencies and medical companies to help train a quality workforce for the pharmaceutical industry. This will be done through the Singapore Academy of GxP Excellence (Sage),
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      • 113 10 If you're catching a Jet Airways flight to Chennai this morning, take note that the aircraft will depart from Changi Airport's new Terminal 3 (T3) The airline is one of four shifting operations from T1 to T3, joining Singapore Airlines, which moved earlier. The
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    • 439 10  -  LEONGWEEKEAT Company to appeal after losing latest copyright tussle weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE the company behind a popular online street directory has lost its latest legal battle, the tussle over copyrights to its street maps isn't over. Virtual Map (VM), which is behind streetdirectory.com, has
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  • world news
    • 495 12 AGENCIES BN-backed Idris offers to apologise to Sultan, whose own choice has the seat KUALA LUMPUR The candidate backed by Malaysia's Prime Minister for Terengganu's top job has said he is willing to forgo the position. Mr Idris Jusoh, the ruling coalition's and, in particular,
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    • 267 12 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's ruling party may postpone internal elections due this year to avoid "havoc and disaster", said a party official. The move is apparently aimed at protecting the country's prime minister from challengers in the wake of an election debacle. "If
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    • 231 14 -AP BANGKOK The city's famed Oriental Hotel is embroiled in a defamation suit filed by a competitor, highlighting the backstabbing and animosity behind the scenes at some of the world's top luxury establishments. The lawsuit was filed on Jan 17 but only
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    • 402 14 -AFP Wan Azizah unveils agenda to boost economy, fight graft KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's first female parliamentary opposition leader, Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, has unveiled an ambitious agenda to boost economic growth and fight corruption. Dr Wan Azizah, 55, is head of the Keadilan party and wife
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    • 260 16 —THE DAILY TELEGRAPH New online game leaves parents'groups fuming LONDON Parents' groups have criticised a new Internet craze in which young girls give virtual characters plastic surgery and feed them diet pills. The Miss Bimbo game has seen girls aged as young as nine
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 74 16 ■AFP A Thai minister in the Prime Minister's Office has been charged with lese majeste. Mr Jakrapob Penkair, who led protests last year against the September 2006 coup, is accused of slighting the royal family during a talk atthe Foreign Correspondents' Club of
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      • 70 16 -AFP Christie's auction house will be selling a nude portrait of French First Lady Carla Bruni. The picture was taken by Michel Comte in 1993, when the now wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy was a model. Christie's defended the sale of the nude
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      • 87 16 -AP A gun belonging to the pilot of a US Airways plane went off as the aircraft was approaching North Carolina on Saturday. The "accidental discharge" on board Flight 1536 from Denver, Colorado, to Charlotte, North Carolina, did not endanger the aircraft or the
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    • 679 17  -  MARIA SIOW MARIA SIOW EAST ASIA BUREAU CHIEF mariasiow@media corp. com. sg PRO-TIBETAN groups may have scored a major diplomatic victory in recent days with their planned protests and activities. But the biggest casualty of the worst disturbances Lhasa has seen
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    • 336 17 -AFP LONDON French President Nicolas Sarkozy said yesterday a boycott of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony was possible over China's crackdown in Tibet, though leaders of other major powers vowed to attend. The White House said US President George W Bush still
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    • 219 18 -AFP ISLAMABAD Pakistan's new prime minister was sworn in by President Pervez Musharraf yesterday, as two United States envoys arrived to shore up Islamabad's support for the United States-led war on terror. Mr Yousuf Raza Gilani, a top aide of assassinated opposition
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    • 266 18 -AGENCIES Governing party pledges to follow King's policies THIMPHU Bhutan's soon-to-be governing party pledged yesterday to follow the policies of the absolute monarchy it is replacing, after a landslide victory in the Himalayan kingdom's first parliamentary elections. "I don't think we'll have a different
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    • 141 20 -AP JAKARTA Indonesia's Parliament enacted a law yesterday to make using or posting a pornographic website punishable by up to three years in jail. Anyone convicted of violating the law could also be subject to a fine of up to 1 billion
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    • 202 20 -AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's incoming First Lady Chow Meiching yesterday said she had stopped taking the bus to work after being surrounded by crowds of media and supporters following her husband's election win. The down-to-earth Ms Chow created a furore when she took the bus as usual
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    • 686 21  -  Mr Tony Buzan LYNETTE KOH THE 65-YEAR-OLD MIND MAPPING GURU WILL TEACH PARTICIPANTS HOWTO STOP A "COUCH POTATO BRAIN" FROM GETTING WORSE According to Tony Buzan, the brain should get better as it gets older. Recently, the Mind Mapping guru gave several keynote
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    • 826 23 —AGENCIES Countries act to ease the plight of lower income IT IS not just Singaporeans who are striving to cope with global price rises particularly of food with several countries yesterday unveiling a range of measures to mitigate the impact on their populations. Malaysia's Mr
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    • 299 24  -  MOHAMMAD SADEQULHUQ It is hard to respect a customer sometimes, says service staff Letter from I AM a student who works part-time as a cashier at the Ikea store in Tampines. As a customer service staff, I have always been told that the "customer is always right and
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    • 230 24  -  EDGARDO CARPIO FOZ Letter from ON FEB 12, I sent my wife's handphone to Nokia's Tampines service centre. After waiting three hours for my turn, I was told it would take about two weeks for my phone to be repaired. It has
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    • 248 29  -  TAN KHAI HUA Move follows incident in which man was allowed to check in despite carrying wife's obsolete passport Letter from Public Relations Manager Jetstar Asia/Valuair I REFER to the letter by Mr Goh Kirn Hoe, "So much for being vigilant" (March 21). Mr
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    • 140 29  - Idling engines NEA action TAN QUEE HONG Letter from Director, Pollution Control Department, National Environment Agency (NEA) WE REFER to the letter by Ms Marianne Macs, "Idling coaches that keep their engines running" (March 7). In our latest check of the areas in Little India and around Golden Mile Complex,
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    • 146 29  -  YEO KWEE BOON Letter from I REFER to the report "Budget NTUC outlet coming up?" (March 25). It is a good thing that NTUC Fair Price is trying to help the lower-income group. As cost is a crucial factor, it is not viable to build
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    • 170 30  -  DR BILL MAIER BY... POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION How can a new mother tell if she's struggling with postpartum depression? That's an important question because well over half of all new Mums struggle with some form of depression after giving birth. Most are simply experiencing the "baby blues",
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    • 510 30  -  LEECHORUN Enjoy what the National Museum has to offer during regular open house Letter from Director National Museum of Singapore WE THANK Kog Yue Choong for his feedback in "A true vault of our collective memory?" (March 24). The National Museum of Singapore's core function is to
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  • Business
    • 415 32  -  CHEOWXINYI Fund managers willing to gamble, but many have not beefed up risk management practices cheowxinyi@media corp.com.sg DESPITE greater appetite for alternative investments, a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey has revealed fund managers have not increased their risk management practices in these riskier investments. The Economist Intelligence Unit conducted
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    • 268 32 -BLOOMBERG MOBILEONE (Ml), Singapore's smallest wireless-phone company, said it paid chief executive officer Neil Montefiore (picture) between $1.25 million and $1.5 million last year. Mr Montefiore was also given 940,000 share options last year, the company said in its annual report issued yesterday. He
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    • 196 33 -AFP Main and second boards combined, Mesdaq revamped MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced the streamlining of the country's stock exchange, with the number of boards to be cut to two from three in an effort to boost investment. Mr Abdullah said in a speech
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    • BUSINESSBRIEFS
      • 127 33 -DOW JONES Malaysian conglomerate MMC Corporation expects to list its Saudi joint venture on the Saudi Arabia stock exchange in the fourth quarter of this year or the first quarter of next year, said Mr Hasni Harun, chief executive of MMC
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      • 67 33 -DOW JONES DBS Group Holdings has received approval from the Reserve Bank of India to open eight new branches in India. They will be set up in Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Moradabad, Nasik, Pune, Salem and Surat within a year, said a
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    • 269 33 —AP THE Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) chief said there is no need to restrict investments by sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) as long as they are motivated by profit, not politics. The OECD, a 30-nation group of the richest economies,
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      • 108 35 Air China and Shanghai Airlines said the companies had no intention of forming an equity tie-up, Reuters reported "We have no plan for an equity deal of any kind," Mr Huang Bin, Air China's board secretary, said, noting the two airlines were
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    • 589 50 -AFP As Dunga bloods his next generation, legend Jairzinho points out England's dearth of talent LONDON Brazil coach Dunga will use the friendly against Sweden here tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) to cast his eye over the young stars expected to emulate Ronaldinho and Kaka. Dunga
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    • 645 51 -AGENCIES Football star will join elite when he makes his 100 th appearance for England FOOTBALL FRIENDLY France v England "Every player would like to reach this target but very few manage it so you have to give David Beckham credit," Capello said. "He's done
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    • 489 52  -  SHAMIR OSMAN But Avramovic wonders what the fuss is all about, as weatherman predicts showers THE Lions are praying for dry conditions tonight, when they take on Lebanon at the National Stadium in their crucial World Cup Asian Zone Group 4 qualifier. Coach Radojko
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