Today, 3 May 2010

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    26 1 TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PublICAtIon of nEWS HotlInE 6822 2268 Monday May 3, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking may 3, 2010 a publication of
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    Lock icon Bomb scare in Times Square
    671 1 Police search for driver as car bomb fails to go off in new York NEW YORK As New York’s Times Square reopened to the public after a 10-hour lockdown, investigators raced yesterday to find who attempted to detonate an “amateurish” but potentially deadly car bomb
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  • Article
    Separation of banks unlikely, says MM
    308 1  -  lEonG WEE KEAt SINGAPORE The United States and United Kingdom are unlikely to separate banks into deposit-taking and investing activities, even though Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew agreed with former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker’s proposal that they should do so. “It would be
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      26 1 i ODAY on HTC android phones For the latest news updates on the go. Download the latest version of the application from your device's App store.
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  • NEWS
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      They get others to do their discriminatory hiring
      719 3  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It is an open secret in the recruitment industry that employers do not want to hire those aged 35 and above. They also have other biases, like wanting to hire only young, pretty women, or the perception that
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      Lock icon Climate change and the stumbling block of domestic politics
      555 3  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As climate changes and its “catastrophic” effects threaten the globe, governments worldwide face a conundrum they stay in power by promising citizens better economic growth rates and a better life, but their emphasis on domestic politics
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      DISCRIMINATORY JOB ADVERTISEMENTS ONLINE
      203 4 Unlike in the print media, discriminatory online advertisements are hard to police given the number of places they can appear, such as online forums, job portals and websites of businesses and staffing firms. Tripartite Alliance for Fair Employment (Tafep) co-chair Madam Halimah Yacob told MediaCorp that
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      Lock icon NEW DELHI ON ALERT AS EMBASSIES WARN OF ATTACK
      287 4 AGENCIES Thousands of police and paramilitary soldiers guarded New Delhi’s markets and shopping centres yesterday after foreign embassies in India issued warnings of imminent militant attacks. The United States, British, Australian and otherWestern embassies issued urgent alerts advising their nationals to
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      Lock icon Now, a fast way for maids to adapt
      539 6  -  Programme includes talks, demonstrations and visits to historical landmarks LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com SINGAPORE It was a Sunday out of the ordinary for 85 foreign domestic workers (FDW) yesterday. Instead of performing household chores or meeting friends at shopping centres, some of
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      Lock icon Busy as usual at RWS
      640 8  -  MBs pulls in crowd too, with first industry event underway ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Crowds thronged the casino at Resorts World at Sentosa (RWS) over the weekend even as the spanking new one at rival integrated resort, Marina Bay Sands (MBS), pulled in curious punters.
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      Lock icon 75 per cent of elderly not so well
      446 10 SINGAPORE Of the 12,000 elderly Singaporeans who took part in a national health screening exercise over the last two years, nearly 9,000 or a shocking 75 per cent were diagnosed with “at risk” results. Disclosing this yesterday at the launch of the
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      Lock icon Trials and tribulations for HDB
      312 10 Challenges documented in two-part series HETTY MUSFIRAH SINGAPORE As the Housing and Development Board (HDB) celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, the challenges facing Singapore’s public housing have been documented in a special two-part series. Eight in 10 Singaporeans live in HDB flats. And with
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    • Article
      BURGLARS STILL POSING AS ELECTRICIANS, BUT CASES DOWN
      109 10 The number of cases of burglars posing as electricians to gain access into flats has been on the rise since 2006, but the trend reversed last year with a decline of 14 cases. Many of the victims were the elderly. Victims Madam
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      134 9 SMa School of Management is now officially: SMa Institute of Higher Learning v Jasmine Ang Pei Fen Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing Management) Murdoch University, Australia 2008 Intake here you can take your education and career networking even further that \OtW Now .edu.^9 o\)\|\J \N titute of SW\avte9^ The SMa Institute
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      293 10 Property Investme Strategies for 201 Successful property investors will share their insights at this seminar on great property strategies for 2010. 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 $10,000
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      319 11 Watch how our customers achieved perfection in their looks on our brand new variety show on Channel 8, every Saturday, 9.30pm. From 1 May 5 Jun. HAVING AIR PROBLEMS? YES NO NEW Programme/ o .'-V, Mediterranean Hair Loss I Female Hair Loss I Premature Greying I Patch Baldness I Oily
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      206 14 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices 0 TMC Academy Every Step With You How to be ready in the face of modern market challenges? Is Entrepreneurship the answer? The recent financial meltdown has shown that the world is a global village and is more
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  • VOICES
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      If you already have blood in your stool ...
      158 14  - If you already have blood in your stool Letter from Lim Ah Kheng I REFER to “FIT kit: Doctor’s role explained” (April 29) and thank Mr Lam Pin Woon from the Health Promotion Board for his reply. People must be mad to buy a Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) kit to
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      Airspace closure may have cost lives
      261 14  -  Letter from Dr Bill Durodie Senior Fellow, Coordinator, Health and Human Security Programme, Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University THE continuing discussion of the cost-vs-safety aspects relating to the recent volcanic cloud in Europe misses some
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      LTA clarifies need for new gantry
      153 14  -  Letter from Helen Lim Deputy Director, Media Relations, Land Transport Authority WE REFER to “New road gets gantry? Why?” (April 28). The Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantries in the Central Business District (CBD) form a cordon that serves to regulate the traffic conditions of
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      161 16  -  BY DR BILL MAIER Let kids pLay Watching a child’s mind develop is a fascinating process. A child’s brain begins to grow and develop from the moment of conception. In fact, studies done on newborns show that they recognise stories that were read to them while
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      Data to be improved
      113 16  -  Letter from Ignatius Lourdesamy Director Deputy Director (Marketing and Projects) Housing Development Board WE REFER to “More statistics please, HDB” by (April 26). We recognise the value of providing relevant data to help flat buyers and sellers make informed decisions. Therefore, HDB provides Median Cash Over
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      Flat can be monetised
      131 16  -  Letter from Jee Choo Lily Chan-wong Director And Deputy Director (Policy And Property) Housing Development Board I REFER to “How much would I have made?” (April 13). Ms Tong Jee Cheng asked whether HDB flats are indeed valuable investments. In making her calculations and concluding that
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      Why budget hotels must be reined in
      321 16  -  Letter from Lionel de Souza I WAS flabbergasted after reading Mr Tang Li’s letter “Hourly rates not only for vice” (April 30). Mr Tang’s point was that if one understands the dynamics of Singapore, one would realise that hourly rates at budget hotels
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
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      Bad service? Beware blogger backlash
      732 18  -  one man’s pen or ‘boo-quet’ is proving mightier than the sword in fighting back CONRAD RAJ conrad@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is editor-at-large at Today. In the great national push to improve service standards, one person can perhaps make a difference. On his blog boo-n-bouquet (boo-n-bou-quet.blogspot.com), Mr
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      China pats itself on the back a lot
      663 19  -  But communist nation’s self-congratulatory habits may not necessarily be unwarranted MARIA SIOW mariasiow@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is East Asia Bureau Chief at MediaCorp. It is probably a fairly uniquely Chinese phenomenon that even a national disaster could be turned into an event that
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      Who knew bankruptcy paid so well?
      454 20  -  Bankruptcy specialists are raking in big money in a post-Lehman world. Is it justified? NELSON D SCHWARTZ AND JULIE C RES WELL A sum of more than US$263,000 ($360,000) charged for photocopies in four months. Over US$2,100 in limousine rides by one partner in
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      Lock icon LESS LEFT FOR CREDITORS
      331 20 THE NEW YORK TIMES Analysts say that nickel-and-di-ming might be worth a laugh or two if some of the larger fees weren’t snowballing so quickly. They say these bounteous fees reduce the money left for creditors in the bankruptcy cases. In the Lehman case, some unsecured
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      Lock icon Mexican gulf oil spill is BP's wake-up call
      662 21  -  Its alternative energy unit has been left to wither. Will BP now question its dependence on fossil fuels? JOHN SAUVEN THE GUARDIAN Soon after taking over in 2007, BP’s newly-appointed chief executive told an audience of business students at Stanford University in
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      Lock icon China steps up security at schools
      345 22 AFP BEIJING China has ordered police forces nationwide to beef up security around schools and kindergartens following a spate of violent attacks against young children. In an emergency notice, the Ministry of Public Security ordered reinforced security patrols in and around campuses at the
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      Lock icon Bomb hoax on Taiwan-China flight
      204 22 AP TAIPEI A Taiwanese-American man has been detained in China after falsely claiming that his luggage contained explosives during a flight from Taipei to Shanghai, Taiwanese police said yesterday. Taiwan’s China Airlines had to divert the plane with 293 passengers and 22 crew on board
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      Lock icon Snooker No 1 suspended over match-fixing claims
      295 22 AFP LONDON World snooker No 1 John Higgins (picture) was suspended yesterday from all World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) tournaments over a report that he agreed to take a bribe for fixing matches. This came after Britain’s News of the World
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      142 21 If you have the drive to excel in your education and career, we have the scholarship for you. The Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) offers two prestigious scholarships worth SGD 100,000 each to enable you to pursue your studies at any reputed local or overseas university. Offered in honour of
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Ready to clear them out
      351 12 But Thai govt says it will give warning before it begins AP BANGKOK Thailand’s Prime Minister said yesterday the government was preparing to clear an area of Bangkok defended by thousands of anti-government protesters. “We are sending a signal that we have given people enough
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      Lock icon GROUP DEMANDS ROYAL COMMISSION ON DR M'S CLAIMS
      219 12 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER Pro-Malay group Perkasa has urged Prime Minister Najib Razak’s administration to form a royal commission to investigate allegations, raised by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, over offshore oil fields that were allegedly given to Brunei in exchangefor Brunei dropping
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      NAJIB SAYS PROBE ON FATAL SHOOTING MUST BE TRANSPARENT
      144 12 Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has said investigations into the fatal shooting by police of 15-year-old Aminulrasyid Amzah had to be carried out in an open, transparent manner, Bernama news agency reported. “We cannot be defensive, the public wants answers,” Mr
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      FACEBOOK 'DEATH THREAT'AGAINST NIK AZIZ
      158 12 Malaysian opposition leaders have lodged a police report over an alleged death threat posted on Facebook against Mr Nik Aziz Nik Mat, the spiritual leader of their party, PAS (Parti Islam SeMalaysia). PASYouth chief Nasrudin HassanTantawi lodged the report against the man who allegedly posted
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Oil slick spreads before Obama’s visit
      164 23 AGENCIES VENICE A giant oil slick closed in on the Louisiana coast yesterday after attempts to stop it faltered, even as President Barack Obama was set to visit the area in the morning. Commandant Admiral Thad Allen of the US Coast Guard newly appointed
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      United States sounds alarm
      289 23 HONG KONG United States regulators are sounding alarm bells over Macau’s triads but analysts say casinos around the world have always attracted organised crime, not just in the Asian gambling hub. The spotlight fell on the former Portuguese colony when New Jersey’s gaming watchdog released a
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      Lock icon Peace talks to start soon
      172 23 AFP JERUSALEM Israeli and Palestinian officials said yesterday they expected to start indirect peace talks within days, following the Arab League’s endorsement on Saturday of a United States-bro-kered plan to end the impasse. “The objective is to start in the coming days, at the latest
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      Lock icon bells over Macau triads
      343 24 AFP report’s findings and said it would instead sell a 50-per-cent stake in an Atlantic City casino-resort and quit New Jersey so it could keep its casino-hotel in Macau which has leapfrogged Las Vegas in gaming revenue. Macau’s reputation for organised crime activity reached a climax
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      Lock icon Iran to propose reforms to a ‘failed’ nuclear treaty
      291 24 AFP TEHRAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has failed and Iran will propose changes, as he left for New York yesterday to take part in a conference to review the NPT. The hardline Iranian leader is to
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      Lock icon Maoist strike shuts down Nepal
      137 24 AGENCIES KATHMANDU Maoist opposition supporters armed with bamboo sticks enforced a general strike that closed transportation, schools and markets across Nepal yesterday to demand the Prime Minister quit. While thousands of supporters of the former communist rebels marched in the capital, Kathmandu, the international airport
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      395 24 MAKE MELBOURNE YOUR WINTER WONDERLAND From $769 (all-inclusive return airfares) From $488 (Melbourne land package per person twin share) mk From June onwards, Melbourne's ski season comes alive with the Mt. Buller Winterfest. Indulge in fabulous winter treats like night skiing and live entertainment or enjoy a drink by a
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      293 30 N*? Nanyang Polytechnic the nnOVatiVe polytechnic Professional Development Centre: Your Preferred Partner for Continuing Education and Training The PE WSQ Diploma in Mould Tool Making equips you with a range of skills needed to design and manufacture precision modules and components. You also gain management skills in supervising advanced manufacturing
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  • BUSINESS
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      Lock icon King Wan Corp reports former directorto police
      259 25 JO-ANN HUANG SINGAPORE King Wan Corporation has filed a police report against its former director Tan Han Meng, a Singaporean who was in charge of its China-based associate company. This is in relation to misappropriation of funds in an associate company, Dalian Shicheng
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    • WEEKLY ROUNDUP (APRIL 26 TO 30)
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        STI
        52 25 friday close 2,974.61 (+0.53%) thursday wednesday tuesday Monday 2,959.01 2,932.04 2,991.68 3,002.62 p q q p 0.92% 1.99% 0.36% 0.47% the week ahead The STI is likely to rise on the back of the climb in Asian stocks, after better-than-esti-mated company earnings and forecasts. Europe’s debt crisis continues to
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        ASIA
        30 25 Ç hang seng Ç 21,108.59 Ç Ç Ç (+1.59%) nikkei 11,057.40 (+1.21%) shanghai 2,870.61 (+0.08%) aUstralia Ç 4,807.40 (+0.46%) MUMBai Ç 17,558.71 (+0.32%) Malaysia 1,346.38 (+0.79%) seoUl 1,741.56 (+0.76%)
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        COMMODITIES
        9 25 oil Us$87.44 (+0.62%) Ç Ç gold Us$1180.70 (+1.02%)
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      • STOCK CALLS
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          YANGZIJIANG
          65 25 $1.35 outperform CLSA raises target price to $1.55 from $1.44, based on 11.5X P/E, after increasing FY2010 to 2012 earnings forecasts by 9 to 17 per cent to assume increased orders. Notes while higher steel prices and fewer new building contracts will eat into margins, company’s steady improvement in
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          VENTURE CORP
          51 25 $9.89 Buy Kim Eng Securities upgrades from Hold, raises target price to $11.30 from $8.83, based on 17X P/E vs 12.5X previously. Says contract electronics manufacturer is “excellent proxy” to recovery in electronics industry, after 1Q10 earnings grew 42.3 per cent on-year at $39.5 million driven by stronger
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      Lock icon Greek bailout deal struck, cuts to begin
      359 25 AGENCIES ATHENS Greece reached an agreement with the European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on rescue loans valued at more than €100 billion ($182 billion) to keep the nation from defaulting on its debts, in a deal that will impose
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      Lock icon New sales team brings hope of en bloc sale
      774 27  -  JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Residents of Laguna Park condominium are giving the en bloc sale of their estate a second try. They appointed a new sales committee yesterday to kick-start the collective sale process once again. This was after their previous
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      Micro-Mechanics gains from global tech recovery
      172 28 SINGAPORE Mainboard-listed Micro-Mechanics says its net profit grew to $1.3 million for the third quarter ended March 31 a turnaround from the $1.4 million net loss it reported in the same quarter last year. This is on the back of 85.1 per cent revenue
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      AIF Capital to take 10% stake in Oriental Uni
      153 28 SINGAPORE Raffles Education Corporation says that it has signed a non-binding term sheet with AIF Capital Asia III, LP, which will be taking a 10-per-cent strategic investment in the private education group’s Oriental University City (OUC) in Langfang City, in China’s
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