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    31 1 TODAY Wednesday February 3, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you afternoon edition TODAY MiCA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUbLiCATiON OF NEWS hOTLiNE 6822 2268 Wednesday February 3, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    More land in the second half?
    599 4  -  GOVERNMENT LANd SALES URA launches a fourth Confirmed List site; more to come in the next two months AZHAR KHALID azhark@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As part of the constant reassurance to property buyers that there will be more than enough private homes to go around, the
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    Lock icon Property tycoon Ng Teng Fong dies
    514 4  -  1928 2010 NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE In chauffeured cars and chartered buses, they came to pay their last respects to Singapore’s richest man and entrepreneur extraordinaire. Property tycoon Ng Teng Fong, 82 (picture), died yesterday morning after suffering cerebral haemorrhage on Jan
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      72 4 6333 9886 MEDHCORP ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES Today is taking part in the IFRA International Newspaper Colors Quality Club 2010-2012 for print quality. This colour patch is part of the entry requirements. TODAY is taking part in the IFRA International Newspaper Color Quality Club 2010-2012 for print quality and this col-quality.Thiscolourpatchispart our
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      A BLUEPRINT FOR FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE?
      808 5  -  PoInT oF VIeW CHOY KEEN MENG dr Choy is assistant Professor of economics at the nanyang Technological university. THE Economic Strategies Committee (ESC) Report released this week is the latest instalment in a long series of economic restructuring plans issued by official committees that were
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        SINGAPORE AIRLINES FLIGHT DIVERTED
        70 5 A Singapore Airlines flight from Hong Kong was diverted to Batam Airport yesterday. SQ863 was due to land at Changi Airport at 3.10pm. But parts of the tarmac were closed to accommodate the Singapore Airshow, resulting in a backlog of flights. An SIA spokesperson said the
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        WOMAN STABBED IN YISHUN
        84 5 A woman in her 20s was stabbed along Yishun Avenue 9, in front of the ITE Yishun, yesterday morning. She is believed to have sustained injuries to her head, neck, shoulder and back, and was taken toTan Tock Seng Hospital. After police were alerted to the
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      MOH official finds rojak stall dirty with food stains and presence of cockroaches
      315 6  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB shaffiq@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE The stall was dirty with food stains and showed signs of cockroach infestation. These were among the findings by Ministry of Health (MOH) Senior Public Health Officer Abdul Rahman Osman during his
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      Meeting to review traffic situation
      358 6  -  upper thoMson road danger zone MustaFa shaFaWi and Wang eng eng mustafa@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE The traffic situation at a busy stretch of Upper Thomson Road the scene of two fatal accidents in three months will be reviewed. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has organised a
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      TRUE INSPIRATION
      667 7  -  PoInT oF VIEW CONRAD RAJ editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg THE death of Singapore’s richest man Ng Teng Fong, after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage about 10 days ago, marks the passing of one of the last of his kind: Businessmen who make decisions on their own, without the help of consultants
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      Calls for industry-specific training
      544 9  -  eCOnOmiC sTraTeGies COmmiTTee LIN YANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A workforce training framework has been in place, even in the last decade, when productivity averaged a mere 1 per cent. So, will more skills training raise productivity? Customisation is crucial, training providers told MediaCorp, as the Economic Strategies
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      Foreign workers: A productivity trade-off
      431 9  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Fewer foreign workers, but better productivity to drive a smaller growth rate in the Gross Domestic Product. This strategy has some Singaporeans wondering to what extent it was economically or politically motivated. And what makes this productivity drive different from previous
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      Time off to upgrade
      359 11  -  esC reCommendations For WorKers Companies should be given incentives to send lower skilled for training ESTHER NG AND LIN YANQIN estherng@mediacorp. com.sg SINGAPORE When low-income workers take time off to upgrade their skills in order to land better-paying jobs, they should still get paid. And companies
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      She couldn’t tap cash for repairs
      367 13  -  LaWsuiT againsT OCbC ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The four water heaters in her house were almost corroded beyond repair and water was leaking through the floor and walls. The door of a cabinet fell onto one of the maids because it was spoilt
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      Lock icon New diploma to serve beyond vocational training
      341 13  -  ZUL OTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Next on the menu for the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) is a new technical diploma in Culinary Arts. The institute wants to expand beyond vocational training, and the new diploma is in line with its vision of moulding
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      Rise in fire incidents caused by lighted materials: SCDF
      338 13  -  MUSTAFA SHAFAWI SINGAPORE Improper disposal of lighted materials accounted for 65 per cent of all fires last year, said the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF). There were more than 5,200 fire incidents last year, up from the close to 5,000 cases
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      FEWER NON-EMERGENCY, CRANK CALLS
      130 13 Non-emergency calls and false alarms to the Singapore Civil Defence Force’s Emergency Ambulance Service have fallen. The number of non-emer-gency calls went down by 165 cases to some 2,300 last year, the SCDF said. The number of false alarms also dropped by about 23 per cent
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      He tried to help a friend but ...
      361 15  - He tried to help a friend but Lawyer susPended Forging documents a serious offence: CJ ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He wanted to help his friend resolve his marital problems, but lawyer Dixon Ng did it the wrong way and got a two-year suspension for his pains. In Jan 2006,
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        FAKE GOODS SEIZED
        66 15 Police arrested three men and three women believed to be part of two major counterfeiting syndicates. In the 18-hour operation, officers raided four trade fair stalls and a repository in the Bedok area. More than 40,000 items of clothing soccer jerseys with football clubs’ trademarks and children’s
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        SYNDICATE BUSTED
        64 15 Police have nabbed eight men and four women for involvement in an illegal lottery syndicate. Officers raided units in a shopping complex on Beach Road, seizing some $20,000 cash, betting records and other items. It is believed punters’ bets were collected, then consolidated and transmitted to an overseas
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      Disbarred after repeated overcharging
      303 15  -  ONG DAI LIN SINGAPORE She was told by the lawyer’s secretary that the legal costs for divorce proceedings ranged from $2,000 to $3,000, and she had to pay a $1,000 deposit before she could see the lawyer. But after China national Hu Yue Hao paid the
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      Woman in court for alleged decoy
      125 17 SINGAPORE A 22-year-old woman has been charged in court for allegedly paying another woman $1,000 to take the rap for her traffic offence. On Jan 22, 2008, Evangeline Tay Su Ann (picture), then a polytechnic student, beat a red light at the junction of
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      A place to (e)*Scape
      375 17  -  yOuTH ParK TERENCE LEE terencelee@mediacorp. com.sg SINGAPORE Youth will have one more reason to head for Orchard Road this year and it is not the lure of another shopping mall. The new *Scape building (picture), the brainchild of a non-profit government-led initiative to create a youth
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      186 5 SIC SINGAPORE INSTITUTE of COMMERCE ■mil Students from M0B "e'l U eS IOP;UPJDEGREE J RMIT UNIVERSITY Ranked in the Top 100 Universities Worldwide by Times Higher Education Supplement2005 ENGINEERING (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING) (AEROSPACE ENGINEERING) Accredited by Engineers Australia Applied and industry-focused with relevance to international industries 2 residential visits to the
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      101 6 What should you look for when you hire? Hire on Merit. Be a Fair Employer. Skill and ability are basic qualities that make a good employee. Hiring on merit means looking at whether a person can do the job well. It is not about the wrinkles on the face or
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      251 8 L'Oreal Paris Color-Vive. Singapore's No.1* choice for colored hair care. Choosing the right hair care is essential to protect colored hair from damaging environmental aggressors such as UV rays and pollution. L'Oreal Paris Color-Vive is the expert solution formulated to deeply nourish and protect hair from the elements, so color
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      136 11 PREMIUM l_Asik SuRCjERy Clii\ic IS iLASIK FOR YOU? 3 Forum by Associate Professor Leonard Ang Medical Director Cornea Refractive Surgery Fellowship, Singapore Harvard Medical School, USA Cornea Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, USA Cornea, Refractive Surgery Stem Cell Treatment Fellowship, Kyoto, Japan Dates: 5 Feb 2010 (Fri) 7pm English Forum I
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      290 11 Leam the Secrets A ofSuccessfuIr* fA Property Investon^A Are you buying the right property? Losing money from the property you have bought? This preview will encapsulate how one can grow limited funds into a multi-million dollar property portfolio. This course is conducted by experts led by Andy Ong who grew
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      13 11 he tried to heLP a Friend but Forging documents a serious offence: CJ
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon And the Oscar nominees are ...
      231 19 And the Oscar nominees are BEVERLY HILLS (California) There were no surprises as the nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards were announced. Science-fiction sensation Avatar and the war thriller The Hurt Locker lead with nine nominations each, including best picture and director for James Cameron and ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow. For
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      Lock icon PM sought as witness
      424 19 anWar sOdOMy TrIaL AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim yesterday said he would call the Prime Minister and his wife as witnesses in his sodomy trial, accusing the couple of a conspiracy to end his political career. The trial was due to begin yesterday,
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        Lock icon FAECES LOBBED AT ABHISIT'S HOUSE
        92 19 AFP A suspected anti-government protester threw bags of human excrement into Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s home on Monday. Mr Abhisit said the incident had “not shaken” his family. Deputy Premier SuthepThaugsuban was quick to blame the attack on the “Red Shirts” supporters of ousted
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        Lock icon INDON HOPES FOR OBAMA 'BALANCE'
        98 19 AGENCIES Indonesia has said it hopes United States President Barack Obama will bring a new balance to ties between the two countries when he visits next month. An Indonesian presidential spokesman said the visit was a chance for Mr Obama to set relations on a
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      Lock icon Iran proposes prisoner swap
      333 22 us hikers AP TEHRAN Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday proposed a swap of Iranians in prisons in the United States for three American hikers being held in Tehran. Mr Ahmadinejad said in an interview with state television that there were ongoing negotiations about exchanging the hikers
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      Lock icon An end to ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’?
      263 22 THE GUARDIAN WAsHiNgToN The Obama administration yesterday launched the first serious attempt at tackling discrimination against gay people in the United States military since former President Bill Clinton’s era. Senior defence staff, giving evidence to the Senate armed services committee, announced a year-long
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      4 charged for role in arson attacks on churches
      183 25 TAIPING (Malaysia) Four men have been charged in connection with the arson attacks on two churches and a mission school in Taiping last month, which were sparked by a court ruling that allowed the use of the word “Allah” by Christians.
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      Lock icon Close fight looms
      244 25 ausTRaLia eLecTiOns PM wants his party to step up its game AFP SYDNEY Australia’s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd warned yesterday that the elections would be “very tight” as the revamped opposition rose in polls following the defeat of controversial emissions trading laws. Mr Rudd confirmed the legislation
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      Lock icon ‘Exploding cigarette’ maker pays victim’s medical bills
      145 27 AFP JAKARTA An Indonesian tobacco company has agreed to pay the medical expenses of a man who lost six teeth when a cigarette mysteriously exploded in his mouth last Thursday. Security guard Andi Susanto, 31, told Metro TV in an interview from his
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      Lock icon Blast derails Russian train
      228 27 Terror aTTack driver of inspection carriage wounded in pre-dawn bombing AFP SAINT PETERSBURG A train driver was wounded yesterday when a bomb exploded on a railway line near Saint Petersburg, two months after a deadly blast derailed an express train, investigators said. The blast, which happened
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      Lock icon Most Taiwanese favour sex zone
      213 27 AFP TAIPEI The majority of Taiwanese are in favour of setting up red-light districts to regulate the sex trade, a survey showed. About 83 per cent of over 1,200 respondents said they supported creating the sex zones, with 13 per cent opposing them, according to
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      Lock icon ‘Britain needs a national security adviser’
      441 28 UK COUNTER-TERRORISM AP LONDON Britain needs an American-style national security adviser to report to Prime Minister Gordon Brown on terrorist threats, said a committee of lawmakers in a report that included unusually sharp criticism of the country’s approach to security. Parliament’s Home Affairs select
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      Lock icon US missile test failure prompts investigation
      179 28 AFP WASHINGTON The United States military failed to shoot down a ballistic missile in a test resembling an Iranian or North Korean strike, after a radar malfunctioned, said a spokesman on Monday. The test was carried out on Sunday at a US army site
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      Lock icon HUGE DEFICITS MAY ALTER US POLITICS
      804 29  -  anaLYSiS DAVID E SANGER THE NEW YORK TIMES IN A federal Budget filled with mind-boggling statistics, two numbers stand out as particularly stunning, for the way they may change United States politics and US power. The first is the projected deficit in the coming
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      Lock icon THE NEXT MAN ON THE MOON...
      709 30  -  POInT OF VIeW Playing it too safe, us and europe will fall behind in the space race COLIN PILLINGER The writer is a planetary scientist at the Open university. he was the principal investigator for the british Beagle 2 Mars lander project. THE GUARDIAN
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      Lock icon Foreigners get priority
      398 33 bRiTish uniVeRsiTy buDgeT CuTs THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON More than 200,000 British students may miss out on degree courses as severe budget cuts force universities to freeze places, vice-chancellors warned. One university leader warned that institutions were being forced to prioritise foreign students over those from the
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      Lock icon Sham marriage ads behind surge in visa applications
      310 33 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON A surge in advertisements for sham marriages is behind the huge increase in Indian student visa applications to Britain, according to officials and immigration experts. Britain was forced temporarily to suspend applications from India, Bangladesh and Nepal following
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      Lock icon Trial begins in France
      351 35 COnCOrde CrasH us airline, French aviation officials go on trial for manslaughter of 113 AFP PARIS American airline Continental and French aviation officials went on trial for the alleged manslaughter of 113 people, who died here when a Concorde aircraft plummeted to the ground in a
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      Lock icon Enter the dingy world of China’s hackers
      678 37 Cyber Crime THE NEW YORK TIMES CHANGSHA (China) With a few quick keystrokes, a computer hacker who goes by the name Majia calls up a screen displaying his latest victims. “Here’s a list of the people who’ve been infected with my Trojan horse,”
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      Lock icon Wasabi fire alarm awakens hearing impaired in Japan
      231 38 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH TOKYO—AJapanese company has developed a fire alarm that emits the strong smell of wasabi to alert people with impaired hearing. Japanese horseradish, the smell of which is more commonly found in sushi restaurants, contains the same chemical compound that
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      Lock icon Electric boost for bicyclists
      373 38 rOad TransPOrT THE NEW YORK TIMES SHANGHAI Detroit may be introducing electric car designs, while China is pushing forward with a big expansion of its highways and trains. However, millions of people around the world are taking part in a more accidental transportation upheaval. It began
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      106 30 My only role is to be the provider in the house, and yet I couldn't even cook for my family. I could not face my husband. 3 v "I felt inadequate and blamed myself for his suffering." Every time my child cried after a painful blood test, I wondered could
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