Today, 6 August 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    20 1 TODAY Thursday August 6, 2oog www.todayonhne.com we set you thinking TODAY Thursday August 6, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      afternoon latest
      103 1 ■"1 (2 Don't lecture us, Hillary: ID Kenyan PM tells visiting US Secretary of State that touching on lack of prosecutions over postelection violence is in 'bad taste. CZ"~) Alonso out, Aquilani in. *J£ Liverpool has moved swiftly to replace the Madrid-bound Spaniard with Roma's star midfielder. Dl
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      Lock icon High speed at your doorstep
      690 1  -  ZULOTHMAN NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK zul@mediacorp.com.sg OVER the next three years, they will be knocking on your door armed with a drill and fibreoptic cable. For about one or two hours, at the most four, the contractors will install the cable, keeping any drilling or hacking
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon WHO HOLDS THE ACES?
      866 2 AGENCIES AGENCIES NEWS ANALYSIS NORTH Korea's leader Kirn Jong II may have emerged from his Tuesday meeting with former United States President Bill Clinton convinced that bullying tactics and "bad behaviour" pay off, observers and analysts warn. In return for pardoning and releasing American journalists Euna
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      When its criminal, not cool ...
      430 3  - When its criminal, not cool LEONGWEEKEAT CRIME STATISTICS 37 cases of statutory rape in first half, most involving friends or boyfriends weekeat@mediacorp.com. sg THE two teenagers the girl was barely 13 or 14 were unabashedly hugging and kissing each other at a bus stop. A friend, recording all this on
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      Lock up your bikes — theft is on the rise
      622 3  - Lock up your bikes theft is on the rise LEONGWEE KEAT ONE cyclist removed his mountain-bike's saddle and seat-post. Another cyclist covered his bicycle with a piece of cloth. Both locked their prize rides outside their homes. And both had them stolen in the first six months of this year.
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      'She gave us wings to soar'
      474 4  -  TANYO-HINN OBITUARY Mother of Leonard, Joscelin and Gerard Yeo dies aged 59 yohinn@mediacorp.com. sg SHE mothered them through years of hard training in the pool, the thrill of competition, the pain of failure and the harsh public scrutiny that came with being one of
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      More women than men 'could lose jobs'
      227 4  -  NEOCHAICHIN INCREASING economic opportunities for women was a major theme of the two-day 14th Apec Women Leaders Network (WLN) Meeting, and yesterday, the bulk of its recommendations made to Apec leaders mapped out ways to achieve this goal. They include ensuring access to
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      Lock icon Help for laid-off Seagate workers
      281 6 938 LIVE, CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE 2,000 workers who will be laid off by hard-disk maker Seagate, which is shutting down its Ang Mo Kio plant next year, will get help from the Manpower Ministry, the union and their employer. Some workers will get to explore
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      Charity chief pleads guilty
      439 6  -  ANSLEYNG IN COURT ansley@mediacorp.com. sg THE man behind the group of charities first to be deregistered by the Commissioner of Charities (COC) under tougher rules has pleaded guilty to a series of charges, including making unauthorised withdrawals from one of the charity's coffers and giving false
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      The $14,000 ultimate Fl experience
      636 8  -  TANYO-HINN SINGAPOREGRAND PRIX Deal offers premium Fi hospitality, meetings with drivers and privileged access to events yohinn@mediacorp.com. sg BUSINESS-CLASS tickets on SIA. Stays at luxury hotels. YIP treatment at top stores, restaurants and nightclubs. Not to mention, sky suite access to the Formula 1 race
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      Lock icon EXPLORE THE FOREST
      84 8 001 BOON KEONG The Sentosa Nature Discovery gallery was opened yesterday by Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean. Located on the fringe of the Imbiah Forest in Sentosa, this latest attraction in the Imbiah Lookout is housed in a former monorail station. Visitors can view an interactive
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      Let's 'be more', not 'have more': WP
      159 8 THEY are the ideals represented by the stars on the Singapore flag: Democracy, peace, progress, justice and equality. Yet, in its National Day statement issued yesterday, the Workers' Party (WP) said that "for some time now, we have been losing our way on
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    • Article
      A campaign to put a stop to sexual exploitation
      177 10 THE Body Shop has launched a campaign to Stop Sex Trafficking of Children and Young People (Stop), across its network of stores worldwide. In Singapore, the movement kicks off today at all its stores here. Besides raising awareness, the aim is
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      3 months' jail for 'fun' with teen
      371 10  -  ANSLEYNG OBSCENEACTS ansley@mediacorp.com. sg DESPERATE for money to maintain his lifestyle, the 15-year-old boy started posting his services for "paid fun" in chat forums frequented by homosexual men. He posted his age as 16, but admitted his real age to the men he
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    • SPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon ARE YOU FIT FOR GIC?
        154 12 938 live The Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) has launched a new talent recruitment programme, targeting fresh graduates orthose out of university for no more than four years. Besides candidates with good academic qualifications and work experience, the Young Professionals Programme also identifies those
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        EZ-PAYMENT OF DUTY, GST
        118 12 Declaring, and paying taxes on, the dutiable items in one's luggage will become a lot easier when the Customs tax payment kiosks are rolled out to all land and sea checkpoints by next year. The kiosks were soft-launched in April at Changi Airport, and some 5,200
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        Lock icon NEW FIREWORKS FOR NDP
        66 12 938 LIVE Two new fireworks effects will be seen at the National Day Parade this year. One is a red-coloured double heart, the other is a silver star, revealed the chairman of the Fireworks Committee, Lieutenant Colonel ThamTiem Foo. The fireworks will be fired from three
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        32 AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS
        80 12 The Singapore Government has given 32 undergraduate university scholarships to students from Asean countries, underthe Singapore Scholarship Programme. The award ceremony was yesterday. The programme, into its 11th year, is part of the Singapore Cooperation Programme whose objective is to share the Republic's development experience and technical
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      64 4 COE PRICES CATEGORY YESTERDAY LAST EXERCISE Premiums for certificates Small cars $13,658 $15,291 of entitlement (COEs) for small cars got a reprieve Big cars (above i6oocc) $18,890 $18,501 in the latest bidding Goods vehicles and buses $18,801 $17,410 exercise it was the only LJ-L category to see a reduc- Motorcycles
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Triad boss hacked to death
      217 14 AFP HONG KONG A senior triad boss was hit by a car and hacked to death by three knifemen outside the five-star ShangriLa hotel in Kowloon, the police and reports said yesterday. The 41-year-old was attacked at 4am on Tuesday, a police spokesman said. The
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      Protests greet swearing-in
      264 14 IRAN POLITICS TEHRAN Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in for a second term yesterday, vowing more defiance of the West at a ceremony boycotted by his rivals, as riot police broke up protests. The 52-year-old hardliner took the oath of office for another four years at
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    • EYE ON MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon PENANG TO REWARD WHISTLE-BLOWERS
        51 14 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER The Penang state government is planning to give a RMi,ooo ($410) reward to anyone who exposes graft in the administration. "The payout is not a big amount if it helps secure a prosecution," said Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, of the opposition Pakatan
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        Lock icon WORST HAZE LEVELS FOR THE YEAR
        50 14 AGENCIES Malaysia was hit yesterday with the worst haze levels recorded this year, as smoke from forest fires caused "unhealthy" levels of pollution in six areas. Environment Department chief Rosnani Ibrahim said hundreds of forest fires were blazing in Sumatra and Kalimantan in Indonesia
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      Lock icon 150,000 bid farewell to Aquino
      229 14 AGENCIES MANILA Ms Cristina Alba, battling to get nearer the truck bearing the flag-draped coffin of Philippines democracy icon Corazon Aquino, fell several times, losing the slipper from her arthritic left foot. However, the 10-deep crowd many in tears lent the 64-year-old a helping hand,
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      Lock icon Anti-graft panel chief reports death threat
      201 14 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian AntiCorruption Commission (MACC) chief Ahmad Said Hamdan received an anonymous death threat last month that sought revenge for the mysterious death in a fall of opposition political aide Teoh Beng Hock last month. The threat to Mr Ahmad
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      Lock icon Nato will 'finish the job' in Afghanistan: New sec-gen
      178 16 AP KABUL Natos new SecretaryGeneral pledged yesterday that the alliance would remain in Afghanistan despite flagging support in many nations from voters anxious over rising deaths among civilians and Western forces. Mr Anders Fogh Rasmussen flew to Kabul to meet with
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      Lock icon Don t lecture us: Kenya to Hillary
      315 16 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH AFTERNOON LATEST Comments on disputed elections lin poortaste PM NAIROBI Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fought to defuse a growing row between the United States and Kenya during the first day of her Africa tour yesterday, pledging support for government efforts to
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      Lock icon 33 MISSING OFFTONGA AFTER FERRY SINKS
      109 16 AP Tongan authorities say 33 people are missing after a ferry sank during the night off the coast of Tonga in the South Pacific. The ferry sank fast "but we don't know why," said New Zealand Rescue Coordination Center spokesman Neville Blackmore. He said
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      Lock icon Berlusconi gets an earful from daughter
      231 18 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH ROME Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's daughter has lectured her father, saying politicians cannot draw a line between their public and private lives and that she would never cavort with "old men". Ms Barbara Berlusconi, 25, is one of three children from the
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      Lock icon I power, you pay
      236 18 THE GUARDIAN GLOBAL WARMING India wants rich nations to foot bill for bold solar energy plans NEW DELHI India has decided to push ahead with an ambitious plan to generate clean electricity through the power of the sun and it wants rich nations to pay the
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon PLACENTA TRADE STILL ALIVE IN CHINA
        101 20 "AFP Hospitals in China are engaging in a thriving trade in fresh human placentas, seen as a source of nutrition, despite a government ban four years ago. Each placenta can reportedly be sold for up to 250 yuan ($52). A journalist at East Asia
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        Lock icon THE OTHER ATTACK OF 911
        87 20 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH Thousands of those exposed to choking dust after the 911 destruction in New York have developed asthma, said a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. A follow-up study of more than 46,000 people caught in the 911 attacks, found
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      Lock icon Terror at the healthclub
      248 20 'AP SHOOTING RAMPAGE BRIDGEVILLE (Pennsylvania) On Tuesday night, an armed man strolled to the back of an exercise class at health club LA Fitness Centre in suburban Pittsburgh, pulled out two guns and opened fire. Two women and a man believed to be the gunman, died
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      82 15 What's in store for you in our clusters of discovery? TURN ON YOUR STYLE MODE AT B-ONE (B1), DISCOVERY WALK (L 1) AND THE RUNWAY (L 2 L 3). PAMPERING AWAITS AT INDULGE (L 2 TO L 4). Get your adrenaline fix at Exchange@4 (L 4) and The Ramp (L
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      107 18 NDP 2009 6 "LIVE" EXPERIENCES! Channel 5 f Gate 2 C Blue Gallery \m\ Mobile Rooftop IK I a*""^"""Yi rloating Platformy^ s f HnR i^^^EHH perfctmera. iMtshlcsruepiirto'lt This year Singaporeans at home and abroad can come together online to catch the National Day Parade "live", with a choice of up
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      Thank you, Today
      175 22  -  Loh Wei Letter from I AM so thankful for Today's Then Now photo contest. Each time a photo of the past is published, it touches my heart. Most of the photos my parents and I dug out were of my siblings and me as children. We could
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    • Letter
      Some people litter, some throw them food
      263 22  -  Grace Wong PIGEON PROBLEM Letter from Public Relations Manager Marine Parade Town Council WE WOULD like to thank Ms Melissa Lim for her views on "Address root cause" (July 30). We share Ms Lim's comments that littering is the root cause of pigeons
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      Proper disposal of waste will help
      162 22  -  S Satish Appoo Letter from Director, Environmental Health Department National Environment Agency WE refer to the letter "Re-think shooting of crows" (July 27). The National Environment Agency (NEA) adopts a multi-pronged approach to controlling the crow population in Singapore given the public health concerns
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    • SHORT TAKES
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        GROW FOODS IN ECO-CYCLE
        112 22  -  David Lim Phai Ik Letter from I share the call for more land to grow our own food in view of the developments in today's chaotic world. However, a more sustainable model could be the growing of foods in an eco-cycle. Fishes can be fed with
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        POLICYHOLDER PROUD OF GE
        111 22  -  Deepak GGurnani Letter from I refer to the report "Don't bet on Fls to follow GE's lead" (Aug 5) by Conrad Raj. Although no other financial institutions may be contemplating following Great Eastern Life (GE) in fully compensating their clients as yet, they must indeed weigh
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      FOCUS" ON THE FAMILY
      234 24  -  DRJAMES DOBSON ...BY BEAUTY AND THE BEAST A mother once related an incident which occurred when she was taking her three-year-old son to a nursery school for the first time. Another mother was also arriving with her twin girls, and as they walked into the centre,
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      Lock icon THEY'RE AT IT AGAIN
      506 24  -  Trevor Tan MYLIFE:THEN&NOW Camera technology has improved, models are more skimpily dressed, but this could be a scene from 2009 trevor@mediacorp.com. sg I HELPED caption and upload nearly 600 entries for Today's My Life: Then Now photo contest onto Todayonline.com (www.todayonline.com/Gallery/Today) over 11 hours. So, I
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      91 22 VOICES ON RADIO ft ft ft As National Day draws nearer, £f« what are your favourite memo- till!,, riesofSingapore?Tuneinto Talkback from 8.15 to 8.45 am tomorrow. Call *****938 and share your views. AUGUST ISSUE OUT NOW! AUGUST 2009 MASTER^^H H Tur^i \fzu~r YOUR I nuuDPi i PnAlvLUr AKJCU/CD PA^VWAY9 I^^^^^.
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      8 22 HAVE YOUR SAY. email voices@mediacorp.com.sg or visit www.todayonline.com/voices
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      133 24 a s^i Specialist Diploma in /--<\ejtinea Teaching Supporting Counsellors Children with Special Needs >i'Jf.T!.F.W,IP.?.IiWfIJ.| .!!Hl .M!llfltJ [Fraa Talk 11 AugO9,Tue7pm] www.certifiedcounsellors.org Hotline t6339 5411 All courses are conducted by ACC School of Counselling and Psychology (MOE Reg. N0.2233), the training division of Academy of Certified Counsellors. What kind of bride
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      236 24 W4WT waning Money Can L>6 Be A BIG Challenge Times Like This!/«*v "Prospects for an imminent rebound of economic activity are weak," flf W (Source: Yahoo Finance) W> JT React Or Respond, Which One Are You? In times like this, we can either react or respond to the situation. Which
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  • plusMUSIC
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      The sound of Singapore
      873 26  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH Rgagjjiijjijijgmiggyajijgi What kind of music would define this little red dot? Let us count the hits christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg YES, this is National Day week, and everybody's all geared up to mark Singapore's 44th birthday with the musical bash that is the parade and show at
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    • CD REVIEWS
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        Roger, Wilco
        237 28  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH ....BY WILCO (THE ALBUM) WILCO THERE are several lessons younger musicians can learn from Wilco. Take for example one about how writing a nice catchy song can really let you take strides without losing any of the indie cred that you've built up especially if you throw
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        POP 'N'WAVE THE NEW ROMANTICS
        104 28 Starting with Respect, a song that has several nods to the era of '80s synth pop from Depeche Mode to Erasure this album by The New Romantics, comprising local DJ/producer Leonard T and singer Maia Lee, is a musical throwback to the club scene. Songs
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        THE VERY BEST OF DON HENLEY DON HENLEY
        90 28 Yes, it's another compilation of hits from the man who sang The Boys Of Summer and The End Of The Innocence. And yes, those two songs are in this album. In fact, this sounds suspiciously like Henley's 1995 greatest hits compilation. Even
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        77 28 Jazz quartet The Moleskins spends this album converting 12 pop and rock classics into jazz. It works on songs like Carole King's It's Too Late, and even Pink Floyd's Money and Led Zeppelin's Dazed Confused sound plausible, thanks to their intricate time signatures. But songs like
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      337 34 AGENCIES BYE, PAULA! Paula Abdul leaves American Idol, Ryan Seacrest vsad PAULA Abdul (picture) announced on Tuesday she is quitting/American Idol, a show that she said became an international phenomenon with her help. "With sadness in my heart, I've decided not to return" to the
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      427 36  -  MAYO MARTIN Actress Mindee Ong talks of her 'bondage' experience and leather... bags mayo@mediacorp.com.sg YOU can't really tie Mindee Ong down. One minute she's designing bags inspired by envelopes, the next, she's off to Taiwan in the name of charity. Unless, of course, you're tying her
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      19 26 SING SINGAPORE Read the full list of 44 songs that make up the Soundtrack of Singapore online at www.todayonline.com/plus
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      808 38  -  TIFFANY TAN Take a breather from rowdy Beijing traveller@newstoday.com.sg I LOVE Beijing's ancient grandeur, its dizzying array of shops and restaurants, and most of all its energy a city determined to secure a place among the world's business, political and cultural centres. But after spending two
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      A home over sea
      878 40  -  JENNIFERCHEN MALDIVES Climate change threatens the island nation... so is it time to pay a visit? jennifer@traveller.com. sg MY TRIP to the Maldives was inspired by a Komodo dragon. The creature waddled across my computer screen 10 years ago, one of a menagerie of animals selected
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      QUICK TOURS
      253 42 FAIRS IN FULL SWING The Great Singapore Sale may have ended, but the great travel sales are just beginning, with the culmination being the Natas Holidays travel fair at the end of the month. On National Day (Aug 9), SA Tours will offer their bargain packages. Go early,
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      Asean Pass: Four flights for one price
      190 42 ASEAN residents have it good travel wise. For the price of a typical trip from Singapore to, say, Hanoi, they can get four flights to anywhere in the region when they fly Malaysia Airlines (MAS). For US$229, travellers can choose to fly among
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      Lock icon A NATIONAL DELIGHT
      527 44  -  ANNETTE TAN This National Day, whip up a dish of Singapore-style Buffalo wings with Fair Price Garlic Chilli Sauce f ood@newstoday.com.sg Singaporeans adore fried chicken wings. Every fast food joint worth its hamburgers has chicken wings on its menu and nowhere is the Singaporean love for them
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      Lock icon MUCH MORE THAN A GRAND PRIX
      771 48  -  LEONARD THOMAS SPORTS MATTERS sports editor leonard@mediacorp.com.sg Spores night race could become global spectacle for not just the sports fan THE world's second Formula 1 night race is a little over a month away and if anyone is wondering how Singapore's organisers are going
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      Youngsters eye a win against Cambodia
      151 48 THE Singapore under-18 team will have a spring in their step when they take on Cambodia at the Thanh Long Sport Centre today. Coached by former Singapore international Salim Mom, the team kicked off their Asean Football Federation under-19 Youth Championship with a credible
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      Tampines bond over dinner
      531 50  -  PHILIPGOH Hungry Stags aim to put Sunday's fiasco behind them GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Tampines Rovers v Home United Tampines Stadium, 7.45pm philipgoh@mediacorp.com.sg A TEAM that eats together, wins together. And judging by the dinner that the Tampines Rovers team shared last night after training, it
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      227 50  -  PHILIPGOH IT WAS over in just 17 minutes. That's how long World No 8 Madeline Perry took to oust Singapore's sole representative Pamela Chua in the first round of the CIMB Singapore Women's Squash Masters 2009 at the Kallang courts last night. But the
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      Lock icon 'Big brother' Yao Zhong leads by example
      393 50  -  LOWLINFHOONG in nakhon si thammarat Hnfhoong@ k mediacorp.com. sg AT JUST 17, Oh Yao Zhong is the Singapore Sports School's oldest student, and the "big brother" of the 36-strong swim team at the ongoing 12th Thailand Sports School Games here. It's a responsibility
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      Lock icon Alonso out, in comes Aquilani
      456 52 AGENCIES AFTERNOON LATEST It's midfielder for midfielder as Benitez licks his wounds LIVERPOOL Liverpool are set to sign Italy midfielder Alberto Aquilani from Roma after agreeing a transfer fee with the Serie A club. After reluctantly selling midfielder Xabi Alonso to Real Madrid, and just
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      Lock icon NO MORE SPENDING: REAL
      68 52 THEGUARDIAN Real Madrid director-general Jorge Valdano says his club will make no more signings in the transfer window once the deal for Liverpool's Xabi Alonso is completed. Madrid has spent €254 million on eight players since Florentino Perez became president in June. "The main aim was
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      Lock icon 'Toon Army doesn't care for Londoners'
      308 52 THEGUARDIAN LONDON—Joe Kinnear has suggested that Newcastle United's support is prejudiced against Londoners including the club's owner, Mike Ashley and that only Kevin Keegan and Alan Shearer could enjoy unconditional support as manager. Kinnear claimed yesterday that Ashley, who has been trying to sell
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        95 52 THEGUARDIAN Sir Bobby Robson was laid to rest at a private funeral yesterday, his family said. The former England and Newcastle manager died last week aged 76 following a long battle with cancer. The funeral was attended by Robson's widow, Elsie, and the couple's three
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        81 52 AGENCIES Chelsea have conceded defeat in their attempt to lure the Andrea Pirlo after the 30-year-old said he was "very happy" to end his career in Italy after the midfielder pledged his future to AC Milan a summit meeting with president Silvio Berlusconi, vice-president Adriano
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      197 52 THEGUARDIAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFIER Dynamo Moscow o Celtic 2 (1-2 on aggregate) CELTIC created history in the most dramatic fashion as they overcame a first-leg deficit to beat Dinamo Moscow in their third-round qualifier. The Glasgow club had never won a European tie after
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      130 48 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 11.35pm Cricket Durham v Worcestershire, Ch 110 TOMORROW 2.15 am Golf Bridgestone Invitational, Ch 26 7am MLB Red Sox vYankees, Ch 23 SP.9RI?. ON RADIO 6.35am-n.3spm Sports Zone Minutes Hourly Sports updates live on g3BLive S.League Tampines Home United Thu, 06/08/09 7.45pm S.League Combak Super Reds
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      301 54 SENTOSACOVE LUXE does not have to mean excessive, as Sentosa Cove demonstrates with en-vironmentally-friendly initiatives that characterise the exclusive residential enclave. "From the onset, Sentosa Cove was designed (in 1996) with the natural environment in mind approximately 40 per cent of our development is dedicated to landscaping
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      287 55 Dell™ recommends Windows Vista® Home Premium W\^^\ I YOURS IS HERE Black Colour standard. Optional colours additonal cost applies INTRODUCING THE NEW DELL" INSPIRON" 13 Slim, lightweight and portable, the Dell™ Inspiron™ 13 is designed with touches that exude contemporary I fi appeal. Equipped with an Intel® Core™ 2 Duo
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      141 56 BLOOMBERG TECH industry bellwether Cisco Systems, the largest maker of networking equipment, predicted that revenue will drop for a fourth straight quarter as the recession crimps orders of networking equipment. Revenue will fall 15 per cent to 17 percent in the fiscal first
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      346 56 BLOOMBERG FIRST-HALF EARNINGS CATHAY Pacific Airways, Hong Kong's biggest carrier, returned to profit in the first half after a HK$2.l billion ($3BB million) fuel-hedging gain offset a drop in traffic amid the global recession. The airline posted net income of HK$Bl2 million compared with a
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      197 56 BLOOMBERG NOBEL Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said he expects a "very slow recovery" in the United States economy and that a replacement for Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke should be considered. "There are lots of potholes in the road," Prof Stiglitz of Columbia University
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      Lock icon HSBC aims for a first
      400 58 BLOOMBERG SHANGHAI STOCK MARKET CHINA is stepping up preparations to allow foreign companies to sell shares in the world's second-largest equity market and HSBC Holdings may be first in line for a listing. The China Securities Regulatory Commission plans to set up an international board
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      No full recovery yet for StarHub
      269 60  -  TAN HUI LENG STARHUB says it has yet to see clear signs of a sustained recovery in consumer and enterprise spending, even as its second quarter net profit rose 21.1 per cent from a year ago. Chief executive Terry Clontz said the economic recession
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      Lock icon A bumpy road for bourse
      356 60  -  MAYWONG CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE EXCHANGE SGX full-year net profit fell 31 per cent on fewer IPOs lower cash market turnover may_wong@mediacorp.com.sg IT HAS been a bumpy road for global equities markets and as investors stayed away, earnings at the Singapore Exchange—Asia's second-largest listed bourse inevitably
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        92 60 CHEOWXINYI US-based firm SAS plans to increase headcount in Singapore overthe coming months, as part of its US$2OO million new investment across Asia-Pacific markets, the provider of services in software and business intelligence said yesterday. It declined to provide details. The company, which currently has 91 employees
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        Lock icon YANGZIJIANG SEES RECORD EARNINGS
        136 60 938 LIVE Singapore-listedYangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings yesterday reported a record half yearly net profit of 1.1 billion yuan ($230.8 million), up 54 per cent from a year ago. Second quarter net profit for quarter ended June jumped 80 per cent to 607 million yuan, due to increased
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        82 60 CHEOWXINYI Today will be the last trading day for shares of Mainboard-listed retailer CKTang, whose founding family recently succeeded in pushing through a privatisation bid. The stock will be suspended on Friday and officially delisted on Aug 24, said the firm
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          63 62 Lower on uncertainty US stocks ended lower following weaker-than-expected data on employment and the services sector, underlining the uncertainty about prospective economic recovery from recession. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 39.22 points to 9,280.97, snapping a four-session rise. The Nasdaq composite lost 18.26 points to 1,993.05,
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