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    20 1 TODAY Thursday August 14., 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Thursday August 14, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    COLUMN
    35 1 LEONARD THOMAS Singapore badminton is in the doldrums, as witnessed in our shuttlers' poor showing in Beijing. Surely the time to start blooding our junior shuttiers is now, says our Sports Editor. Page 54
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    COMMENT
    65 1 OFFICE RENTS Office space in the CBD remains tight for now, but tenants may start to find some relief in the coming months. The supply crunch in the CBD will be eased from 2010 with new office buildings being completed. Potential supply of office space from the second half
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    SINGAPORE
    32 1 PHONE RADIATION A local neurosurgeon links mobile phone use to the rise of malignant tumours here, but the jury's still out on whether mobile phones are bad for health. Page 2
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    CHIKUNGUNYA
    52 1 Could there be three simultaneous clusters of the virus —in Yishun, Hougang and Sungei Kadut for the first time ever? Alarm bells were raised after three people were infected with chikungunya, even though they had not travelled overseas recently and seldom moved about beyond their residence or work place.
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    WORLD
    32 1 ARIFVS ANWAR Barisan Nasional announced yesterday that their man Arif Shah Omar Shah will go up against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in the Permatang Pauh by-election on Aug 26. Page 12
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    BUSINESS
    35 1 DAYENWOES Its top executives have quit, its chairman is forced to sell millions of shares and its stock value has tumbled 75 per cent since early June. Just what's brewing at Dayen? Page B3
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    Is it that simple?
    594 1  -  NEOCHAICHIN POLITICAL CHANGE MM questions younger Singaporeans' desire for multi-party politics chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg THE political problems faced by many countries in Asia can be traced back to two words: Money politics. And the reason such troubles have not taken root here? There is no "money politics" in
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      184 1 Jj^'WrF NOMAD LAND B& tlw iJ Gallop the steppes, Genghis Khan-style, \mg gL-i 'n Mongolia. "fjl 11 TRAVEL 44 Michael Phelpswasso fast, I would hit the wall just about right" that he managed to set a world Barely an hour later, he record even with his eyes closed. picked up
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      Lock icon 'Work permit foreign workers will bear brunt of layoffs'
      330 2 SINGAPORE is in for "rougher times ahead" but the country has some "shock absorbers" to cushion the economic blows, said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. The economy, he said, "may grow less at 3 to 5 per cent" if the United
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      Radiation: Just how bad is it for us?
      1032 2  -  TANHUILENG HEALTH CHECK Doctor links mobile phone use to malignant tumours here, but other experts disagree huileng@mediacorp.com.sg WELL-KNOWN neurosurgeon Keith Goh has seen an increase in the number of cases of malignant brain tumours and this is worrying him especially as more
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      Who's hardest hit in heartlands?
      284 3 WHEN it comes to money woes, the hardest hit are those living in four-room HDB flats. These homeowners form a disproportionately large number of the hardship cases that MPs come across during their meet-the-people sessions, according to the latest issue of Petir, the People's Action
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      The missing link: Insurance
      494 4  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI RE-EMPLOYMENT Workgroup in talks with insurers to plug coverage gaps for workers over 65 nazry@mediacorp.com.sg WITHOUT steps to correct the situation, mature workers who wish to stay on the job once re-employment laws kick in could find a crucial element missing from their contract medical
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      RE-EMPLOYMENT HURDLES OVERCOME
      183 4 Japanese manufacturing firm Mitsuboshi Overseas Headquarters found a way around the market's standard last entry age cap of 64 years for medical insurance. It simply haggled with its insurer to settle on a package for a 66-year-old employee, said its assistant human resource manager LimThiam Lye. "Initially,
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      Lock icon Same route but different paths
      744 6  -  ESTHERNG LKYSCHOLARS estherng@mediacorp.com.sg ONE grew up in a two-room flat, son to a taxi driver and a housewife. The other saw the world at an early age, with a dad who was an academic-turned-businessman. Different as their lives were and are one is a colonel
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      Lock icon More chikungunya cases, new clusters?
      417 6  -  ALICIA WONG media alicia@mediacorp.com.sg ONE IS a 42-year-old contractor living in Yishun, another is a 20-year-old accountant from Hougang, and the third is a 31-year-old Bangladeshi worker based in Sungei Kadut. What they have in common: They have been infected with the chikungunya virus, did
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      $70-million revamp for Shatec
      399 8 WITH the tourism and hospitality industry seeing dramatic changes in recent years, 25-year-old Shatec, the leading educational and training provider for the sector, has announced a $70-million revamp to keep up with the changing times. Apart from having a new brand name, Shatec Institutes, it will
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      Lock icon A rocky marriage
      425 8  -  TEOXUANWEI STIRLING ROAD MURDER TRIAL Victim 'could not tolerate' ex-husband's abuse any longer and filed for divorce xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg DURING the times she faced financial difficulties at home because her husband could not hold down a steady job, a male friend called "Mani" was one of those Madam
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      Lock icon ALL EYES ON HIM
      56 10 MrOngTeckKim, 47, has been charged with receiving bribes from the syndicate operator of an Internet gambling cafe chain. Early last year, MrChuaChin Hoe asked MrOng to be his scapegoat for his 12 gambling houses. MrOng agreed, and registered the 12 houses as Internet cafes. He now
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      Scams in the city
      405 10  -  LEONGWEEKEAT music SINGAPOREAN HOAXES Lheats use technology to their advantage weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg THE scams have been around for more than a year; the technology just got better. While conmen posing as police or Supreme Court officials over the telephone could previously be exposed because their calls showed
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      CRIMES AGAINST ELDERLY RISE
      191 10 While overall crimes against people have decreased, crimes against those over 60 years have increased between January and June. Robberies and snatch thefts targeting elderly victims increased 25 per cent to 145 cases, compared to the same period last year. There were 241 crimes against the
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      259 6 MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF SINGAPORE'S FLOURISHING TOURISM HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY: With the debut of FORMULA 1 Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix, the IR projects and the inaugural Youth Olympic, Singapore's tourism landscape is set for an exciting period of changes for the next three years. By 2010, we will A Tr*%
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      GIANT KILLING STILL POSSIBLE
      764 12  -  ATHIVEERANGAN MALAYSIAKINI NEWS COMMENT BN harbours hopes of turning vkingmaker voters away from Anwar TO SAY that the outcome of the Permatang Pauh parliamentary by-election on Aug 26 will have serious political repercussions is indeed an understatement. A win for opposition icon Anwar Ibrahim would not
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      The Herald warned again
      240 15 MALAYSIAN POLITICS PUTRAJAYA Malaysia's Catholic newsletter Herald may have its permit suspended if it goes ahead and publishes an editorial on the Permatang Pauh by-election, reported The Star newspaper. This is because an editorial on the Aug 26 by-election in which opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is
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      Lock icon Thaksin's diplomatic credentials to be revoked
      249 15 AFP BANGKOK Thailand's Foreign Minister said yesterday that his ministry would revoke former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife's diplomatic passports. "The Foreign Ministry will cancel Mr Thaksin and his wife's diplomatic passports as soon as possible," MrTej Bunnag said. "As soon as the
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    • EYE ON THE OLYMPICS
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        Lock icon SONG CONTROVERSY: ZIP YOUR LIP, CHINA'S MEDIA TOLD
        176 18 AGENCIES Olympic organisers yesterday defended a decision to fake a key part of the Games opening ceremony, as China enforced a media blackout on the lip-synching controversy. Lin Miaoke, g, became a celebrity after she "sang" a patriotic ballad during last week's
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        Lock icon CHINESE POLICE ROUGH UP BRITISH TV CREW
        91 18 &FP Chinese police roughed up a British TV crew and stopped them from covering a pro-Tibet protest, witnesses said. Uniformed police pounced on Mr John Ray, China correspondent for Independent Television News, shortly after foreign protesters unfurled a pro-Tibet banner nearthe main Olympic
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        Lock icon TIBET CRACKDOWN GOES ON DESPITE OLYMPICS: DALAI LAMA
        72 18 \FP The Dalai Lama yesterday accused China of pursuing its crackdown in Tibet despite the Olympic Games, French lawmakers said, following talks with the exiled leader. Asked whether China had suspended "arrests and oppression" in Tibet, "the answer was very clear: No.
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      Lock icon Abduction probe on the cards
      274 18 AFP MISSING JAPANESE N Korea agrees to finish investigatio and let Japanese investigators in TOKYO —Japan yesterday said it had made progress in a bitter row over the abductions of its citizens by North Korea. The secretive state has agreed to complete a new probe
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      Lock icon Furor over ethnic minority proposal
      222 19 AP KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian opposition proposal to let ethnic minorities into a university reserved primarily for majority Malays has prompted protests by students and a rebuke from the government. The outcry reflects deepening resentment among some Malays over what they regard as attempts to
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      Lock icon LEBANESE BOMB BLAST
      65 19 Police inspect the scene after a bomb exploded at a busy shopping street near a bus carrying civilians and offduty soldiers in the northern city of Tripoli yesterday, killing at least 18 and wounding 46, security officials said. The blast came as new violence rocked the country
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      Lock icon Modern weapons a must, says DPM
      314 19  -  Mr Najib Razak I MALAYSIA DEFENCE TERUMBU LAYANG LAYANG (Sabah) Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak says the government is bent on beefing up the country's military assets to protect its sovereignty and natural resources and the future of its citizens, reported the New
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon VIENNA HOSPITALS BAN CROCS
        103 20 Vienna's hospitals said that they were banning the popular Crocs plastic clogs by the end of the month. Mr Peter Woelfl, the director of technical services at Vienna's city hospitals, said: "Technical evaluations have shown that they are not anti-static, and could interfere with the proper
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        Lock icon RATS, THE SOLUTION TO WORLD FOOD CRISIS
        118 20 AFP Eating rats is the best way to solve the global crisis of rising food prices, an Indian official said yesterday as he unveiled his plan to put rodents on menus in homes, street stalls, restaurants and even five-star hotels. Regular rat snacks
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      Lock icon Now, its a battle of words
      378 20 AFP GEORGIA-RUSSIA CONFLICT Both nations say ceasefire being violated as EU pushes for peace TBILISI Georgia and Russia yesterday accused each other of violating a truce that halted their fiveday conflict even as Russia faced mounting criticism in the West for its military offensive.
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      Lock icon Pakistani MIT graduate is 'alleged terrorist Mata Hari': US
      317 22 \FP WASHINGTON Jailed Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui, who is charged with trying to murder United States officials in Afghanistan, is a "terrorist Mata Hari" and "treasure trove" of information on Al Qaeda, US officials said in a media report on Tuesday.
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      Lock icon Only men are allowed to buy cucumbers
      272 22 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH ALQAEDAIN IRAQ BAGHDAD Al Qaeda is losing support in Iraq because of a brutal crackdown on activities it regards as un-Islamic including women buying cucumbers. Besides the killings inflicted those who refuse to pledge allegiance to them, Al Qaeda has lost credibility
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      Lock icon OPERATION DOMINATION
      729 26  -  DAVE BARRY TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES DAVE BARRY AT THE OLYMPICS news@newstoday.com. sg THE Olympic Games are not about winning or losing. The Olympic Games are about improving international friendship and understanding, by which I mean: Winning. Unfortunately, as I write these words, the United State is not winning.
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      160 28  -  DR JAMES DOBSON I BY DATING RULES Views about dating differ from family to family. Some parents believe in courtship, where children are encouraged not to date until they are ready to get married. Other parents allow teenagers to date, but only after a certain age
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      When Big Brother is watching
      215 28  -  Darren Chong CCTV CAMERAS Surveillance cameras may be intrusive Letter from WE ARE planning to deploy more closed circuit television (CCTVs) on our streets. In fact, the Singapore Police Force is looking into new "smart" cameras that can recognise suspects by their facial features. The
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      Lock icon The reservist dilemma: To school or camp?
      187 28  -  Joseph Tay Letter from SIEW Kum Hong's commentary, "Need to refine deferment policy?" (Aug 12) is certainly food for thought. It highlights the need for Government agencies to be more adaptive to the changing needs and realities of a fast-paced and dynamic society.
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      SINGAPORE SEEN PATRIOTS ALL
      66 31 While some Singaporeans appear to be confused by the correct orientation of the national flag (right), others found new ways to show their patriotism. DONWONGANDOOI BOONKEONG CALLING ALL SHUTTERBUGS Email us an interesting picture you have taken in Singapore. Give your full name, age, occupation, address
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      Lock icon It's not just about the distance
      326 31  -  Lim HuayChih MOE REPLY Proximity not sole deciding factor for Pri 1 registration Letter from Director School Planning and Placement Ministry of Education MR TAN Chor Hoon asked why proximity to school does not outweigh contributions by committee members of grassroots organisations and parent
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      I SAY WE NEED YOU, DAD
      501 32  -  STEPHANIE UY Just being there makes a difference WE REFER to "It's time to change gender stereotypes" and "The struggling father" (Augl2). We strongly agree that fathers need to assume greater responsibility in parenting and that it requires a major change in attitudes. The
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      72 32 VOICES ON RADIO The National Environment Agency has advised the public not to take a dip in M the waters at Pasirßis Beach because %M of "high bacteria content". How con- ill cerned are you about the coastal \J waters in Singapore? What more can be done to clean up
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      995 36  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH THE ISSUE WITH REISSUES U2, Paul Simon, Billy Joel have new albums out —chances are you already have them christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg AS A music enthusiast, I'm occasionally given to bouts of MAS (music acquisition syndrome), which often results in a headache, because
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      416 36 READ: Life With My Sister Madonna by Christopher Ciccone Christopher Ciccone's memoir is based on having the world's most famous female entertainer as your sister the Queen of pop herself, Madonna. Christopher was also her backup dancer, personal assistant, dresser, decorator, art director and
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      297 38  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM SAM opens new wing for contemporary art mayo@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S approximately "88 steps" from the Singapore Art Museum (SAM), but the new wing BQ.— is expected to go the distance for contemporary art. Revamped to the tune of $6 million, the former Catholic
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      158 38  -  MAYO MARTIN AS THE OCBC Singapore Theatre Festival continues to roll, tragedy has struck one of the productions, The Last Temptation of Stamford Raffles. The mother of the play's erstwhile director Christina Sergeant died on Sunday night, said Wild Rice director Ivan Heng. He
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      185 40 CD REVIEWS CHRISTOPHERTOH ALBATROSS JEREMY SHARMA Local artist/ musician Jeremy Sharma is back with a new album. Like the long distance seagoing bird, this album attempts to reach far and wide with its diverse musical styles from Western pop inflections to Asian musical reflections and its
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      STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
      87 40 THE MUSIC This Brit foursome has the same unabashed bravado as those UK indie bands of yore as they come out straight from the get-go and head for the jugular. Lead single Strength in Numbers kicks with its fuzz bass lines, providing the perfect foil for the
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      80 40 Sisters Miko and Yumi make up By 2, and this Mandarin pop album relies very much on their PYT (that's Pretty Young Thing) status, with songs about the usual teenage themes of everlasting love, shopping, unrequited love and having a good time. The songs here don't
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      77 40 CSNY David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and Neil Young still haven't hung up their activism hats, after all these years. This album, recorded on their 2006 Freedom of Speech tour, is also the soundtrack to the Young-helmed concert movie, CSNY Deja Vu, which was shown at the Sundance
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      84 40 MASON JENNINGS Mr Jennings may be signed to Jack Johnson's label, but he sounds a lot more uplifting than Johnson. From the moment the syncopated drums kick in on Never Knew Your Name, Jennings revels in laid-back acoustic mesh, like on Love You and Buddha Too a
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      79 40 FAN WEI CHI This compilation is split into three discs, with the first titled Classic, which contains 14 classic tracks done in Fan Wei Chi's inimitable way. The second disc is titled Self, which contains songs that the Chinese singer has picked including a reworked version of
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      460 41  -  MAYO MARTIN DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE CONCERT REVIEW mayo@mediacorp.com.sg DURING the final seconds of their glorious finale song, Death Cab for Cutie drummer Jason McGerr pounded on the drums with such brutal force I thought he would have brought the entire house down. Which was exactly
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      407 42  -  ANNETTE TAN Fair Price's UHT milks are a more economical option and they last longer, too f ood@newstoday.com.sg UHT milk also goes by the name "long-life milk That's because it has been heated to at least 135 degrees Celsius for at least one second. This destroys any
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      1026 44  -  ADRIAN YAP NORTHERN EXPOSURE Live the wanderer's life and gallop the steppes, Genghis Khan-style, in Mongolia traveller@newstoday.com.sg MONGOLIA conjures images of the untamed and carefree. Its vast barren steppes, snowcapped mountains and traditional nomadic culture all cry freedom. Add to this, a glorious past when Genghis Khan
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      953 46  -  ELLEN CREAGER MCT POLISH SURPRISE Beauty ot i ooo-year-old city survives WWII and Nazi links traveller@newstoday.com.sg COMPLETELY enchanting. Worth every zloty. Gracious and romantic. Exciting. Complex. Historic. If you stay in Krakow a day, you will wish you stayed a week. If you stay a
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      236 47 When it comes to freebies, savvy KLM businessclass passengers know better than to leave the blue ceramic houses containing Dutch gin behind. In fact, many forgo drinking the liquor altogether so the piece will be kept intact for their collections. The gin containers, known as
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      Lock icon They shoot polar bears, don't they?
      698 48 AP SIGHTINGS ONE disconcerting thing about sightseeing on the frozen Arctic islands at the edge of the polar ice pack: The biggest tourist attractions might be returning your stare. And to them, you're a potential meal. There are an estimated 4,000 to 5,000 polar
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      254 50 ASPIRING travellers who missed the Natas Holidays 2008 travel fair two weeks ago have another chance to book their year-end holiday at the Chan Brothers Travel Christmas Greatest Hits Event this weekend. On offer are packages to suit a wide range of holiday preferences.
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        64 50 These days, the sooner you lock in your holiday plans, the better your chance of saving on flights, especially when it comes to budget carriers. Starting Oct 26, Tiger Airways will double flights to Macau from the current seven weekly to 13. Book now on www.tigerairways.com
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        68 50 Solo travellers need not miss out on flight deals on Silkair. The commercial carrier is offering special fares to 16 destinations in the region for travel before Dec 31. Single flyers can buy a ticket to Langkawi for as low as $158; Phuket, $178; Siem Reap, $168;
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        73 50 If the price of staying in a beachfront villa has always put you off the Maldives, consider this offer: Until Nov3O, stay two nights for the price of one at the Angsana Velavaru. Guests who book a minimum of five nights, inclusive of two complimentary nights,
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      946 52  -  LEONARD THOMAS BEIJING BUZZ Goggles woe, but it could not stop Phelps winning his nth Olympic gold sports editor in beijing leonard@mediacorp.com.sg MAYBE the hump is put in front of you because to emerge triumphant at the end of the quest is just not
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      525 53  -  LOWLINFHOONG TABLETENNIS Singapore's women paddlers hammer US and Nigeria to open Olympic campaign linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg IN WHAT was a stunning start, the Singapore women's table tennis team whipped the United States and Nigeria by 3-0 scorelines yesterday, setting the stage fora possible march into the Olympic
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      286 53 WORTH HERWEIGHTINGOLD Liv Chunhong of China won the women's 69kg weightlifting gold medal in world record-breaking fashion at the Olympics yesterday. The defending champion, who was made to switch sports from judo because she was considered too short, hoisted 128 kg in the snatch and added 158 kg
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      180 53 ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS Women's team final: 1 China 188.900, 2 US 186.525, 3 Romania 181.525 CYCLING Individual time trial-Women: 1 Kristin Armstrong (US) 34:51.72, 2 Emma Pooley (Gbr) 35:16.01, 3 KarinThurig (Sui) 35:50.gg; Men: 1 Fabian Cancellara (Sui) 1:02:11.43; 2 Gustav Larsson (Swe) 1:02:44.79; Levi Leipheimer (US) 1:03:21.11
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      36 53 SWIMMING Women's Boomfreestyle: Lynette Lim SAILING Laser Standard race 5 6: Koh Seng Leong; Laser Radial race 5& 6: Lo ManYi TABLE TENNIS Women's team: v Netherlands/ Nigeria; Men's team: v Croatia/Germany
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      113 53 VENUS SERENA WILLIAMS The Williams sisters are aiming to be the second pair of siblings-after Reginald and Lawrence Doherty-to win two tennis gold medals in a single Games. Venus achieved the feat in Sydney 2000, but Serena needs to win the singles competition and the doubles with
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      731 54  -  LEONARD THOMAS SPORTS MATTERS sports editor in beijing leonard@mediacorp.com.sg After shuttlers poor Beijing showing, it's time to start blooding junior champions SINGAPORE'S women table tennis team got off to a flyer yesterday at the Olympic Games in Beijing. After easy wins over the United
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      596 54  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg EVEN as Beijing Olympic swimming finalist Tao Li (picture) worries about catching up with her school work, plans are afoot to ensure that Singapore's raw diamond is not left behind by her international rivals in the pool. And a possible million-dollar makeover
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      41 56 China's Cheng Fei competes on the beam during the women's team final of the artistic gymnastics event yesterday at the Beijing Games. China won the gold, while the United States won the silver and Romania bronze. GETTY IMAGES
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      233 56  -  LOWLINFHOONG AFTER failing to endure the heat at Beijing's shooting range, national trap shooter Lee Wung Yew flew back to a subdued reception at Changi Airport early yesterday morning the first of the Republic's 25-strong sporting contingent to return from the ongoing Olympics.
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      Lock icon Supermums in Beijing
      479 56 AFP OLYMPIC SACRIFICE Sportswomen juggle family and training for Olympic glory BEJING Trying to be a mother and a champion Olympian simultaneously is a tough task, but the Beijing Games has its fair share of mums juggling their duties. Some of the better-known include British marathon runner
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      426 57 AGENCIES SHOOTING STAR Abandoned at 14, China's golden shooter Guo wishes her next dream comes true BEIJING A revelation by Olympic gold medal winner Guo Wenjun that she was abandoned by her father 10 years ago has caught China's imagination and sparked a massive
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      262 57 AFP BEIJING While China waits with bated breath to see if world champion hurdler Liv Xiang strikes gold in Beijing, the man responsible for lifting Chinese athletes on to the world stage will not be there. Ma Junren (picture), 64, tookup coaching when
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      453 58 AFP TEMPERATURES RISING Shooter slams China officials for bias as other claims emerge BEIJING Claims of questionable officiating and even cheating flared up yesterday with the Olympic gymnastics, shooting and boxing competitions coming under fire. Australian shooter Russell Mark (picture) alleged that Chinese judges, influenced by a
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      683 59  -  SHAMIR OSMAN PREMIERSHIP BUILD-UP The 4-2-3-1 formation may not take the EPL by storm, but its principles surely will shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SPAIN used it in the absence of David Villa, when they beat Germany in the Euro 2008 final on June 29. The free-scoring Dutch
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      248 59 AFP PARIS Manchester United are close to signing Tottenham and Bulgaria striker Dimitar Berbatov for a fee of around £28 million ($73.4 million), The Times and other papers reported yesterday. The transfer could be completed in time for the Bulgarian striker to make his debut for
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      540 60  -  MILTON TAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Woodlands striker can't wait to get fit and score again NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 Woodlands Wellington vAlbirex Niigata Woodlands Stadium, j.^spm sports@newstoday.com. sg IT'S fairto say that Laakkad Abdelhadi hasn't had the best of luck in recent years. The Moroccan striker
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      350 60  -  MILTON TAN IF YOU'VE caught Albirex Niigata in action in the S-League these past couple of seasons, you've probably seen Atsuko Tabuchi. Albirex' 28-year-old marketing manager wears many hats at the club. She handles the Japanese club's sponsorship deals, works with the supporters'
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      145 53 O^MPICS LIVE ON TV MEDIACORPTV gam Ch 5 Highlights 10am Chs&HDs Swimming semis finals: 100 m freestyle, 200 m butterfly (M&W) or Table Tennis team prelims (M&W) Noon Ch 5 Badminton: mixed doubles quarter-finals, singles quarter-finals (M) 3.40pm HDS Canoe/ Kayak Slalom: singles and doubles finals (M&W) 6.30pm Chs&HDs Swimming
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      308 58 OVERHEARD@THE OLYMPICS Some of my best friends in Toronto are of Chinese origin. Spain's basketball star Jose Calderon, who plays for the Toronto Raptors, insists no offence was meant after the national side posed for an advertisement while making slit-eyed gestures They were giving him points for anything but when
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      738 62  -  CONRAD RAJ LEARNINGTO DIVERSIFY S pore contractor is happ> concocting his own brews editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg FOR small-time contractor Ernest Ng, the recent property boom largely passed him by. High material costs and the difficulty in getting skilled labour has made him reconsider the wisdom
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      598 63  -  CHUACHORHOON PROPERTY COMMENT WITH no new major buildings yet completed, supply of office space continues to be tight in the Central Business District (CBD). In the wake of unceasing uncertainties in the wider economy and high office rentals, more companies are adopting a cautious business
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      128 63 College of Design and Commerce the finest education Raffles College of Design and Commerce (RCDC) is a unique education provider based in Sydney, Australia delivering premier higher education programmes from Bachelor Degrees to Masters Degrees. Join us for a preview talk on 23 August 2008 and find out more on
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      89 64 <VFP Japan's Tokyo University researcherTsuyoshi Sekitani displaying an elastic sheet containing carbon nanotubes which conduct electricity (black part) and a robot hand at his laboratory. Japanese researchers say they have developed a rubber that is able to conduct electricity well, paving the way for robots with stretchable 'e-skin'that
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      437 64 AFP ASIAN ECONOMY GDP shrank by 0.6% in 3 months to June from previous quarter JAPAN'S economy contracted in the second quarter as a global slowdown and weak domestic demand pushed Asia's largest economy towards the brink of recession, official data showed yesterday. Japan's
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      323 65 BLOOMBERG RUSSIA'S RTS stock index is turning into the world's worst performer this quarter as tumbling oil prices, a war in Georgia and the probe of a steel company remind investors owning shares in the former Communist nation can be perilous. Since June 30, the
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      977 66  -  CHRISTIE LOH BUSINESS COMMENT Top execs quit, co-founder returns, chairman suffers forced share sales christie@mediacorp.com.sg SHAREHOLDERS of Dayen Environmental must be a puzzled lot these days. It was bad enough that their stock value has tumbled 75 per cent since Dayen announced its first change in
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      373 67  -  KELVIN CHOW PHOTO COURTESY METAL INDUSTRY NEWS To reap economies of scale in the construction sector, size does matter kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg STEEL trading firm HG Metal Manufacturing has agreed to buy a controlling 70 per cent stake in fellow mainboard listee, BRC Asia. The acquisition will
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        70 68 $2.17 I Buy Merrill Lynch keeps its rating but cuts price target for the firm to $4.20 from $5.00, based on 1.2 times the market value of its net assets. It says the Baltic Dry Index's decline is seasonal, compounded by the temporary closure of steel mills
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        73 68 $2.13 I Neutral Merrill Lynch upgrades the firm from "underperform" and sets a fair value of $2.60, saying recent equity placements have improved gearing ratios. "The strengthened balance sheet should provide sufficient capital to finance Olam's growing working capital needs and enable the company to make acquisitions of
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        59 68 29 cents I Neutral Credit Suisse downgrades the firm from "outperform" and slashes price target to 44 cents from 60 cents. It said Q2 FY2OOB results were below expectations. First-half net profit was 31 per cent of its forecast. It said the credit crunch has reduced funding options
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        117 68 $1.27 I Outperform CIMB has a $2.19 price target for the firm. It "expects SinoEnvironment to report stronger desulphurisation sales in the second half of FY2OOB, but likely lower gross margins that would be more in line with the industry average." Q2 gross margins fell to 43.3 per cent
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      502 68  -  ESTHER FUNG MOBILE MARKET Sing Tel adds capacity in hotspots after surging demand for pre-paid phone cards esther@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Telecommunications has done so well selling pre-paid mobile phone cards, its network is suffering congestion in some busy hotspots an issue it is working hard to rectify. It has
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      379 68 LOHCHEEKONG cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg MORE commuters may be hopping onto buses, taxis and trains, but transport giant ComfortDelGro has recorded a dip in its second-quarter net profit due to rising fuel and electricity costs. Not even its thriving overseas operations could stop net profit between April and
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      450 68 AP ORGANISERS have promised to let more people into the tightly-guarded Olympic Green after sponsors complained that security restrictions kept visitors away from promotional pavilions, a marketing official said. General Electric, Coca-Cola and others who have spent tens of millions of dollars to link their brands
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      215 71 Your guide to Gourmet Pleasures. hmese dialect HBB i i "avourites discovered citibank Gourmet Pleasures invites j||3 y°u to embark on a lip-smacking tour c of authentic Chinese dialect favourites. Begin your journey at Moi Lum Restaurant, fc^. where traditional Cantonese favourites w like roast suckling pig, crispy fried chicken
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