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  • 14 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Monday December 27, 2004 mica (P) 103/07/2004 I
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  • 617 1  -  Wong Fei Wan ON FRIDAY night, one father sat up till midnight moved close to tears as he read and re-read the words of his 13-year-old daughter. Those same words had stirred Today readers a day earlier, when this newspaper had told
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  • Article, Illustration
    964 1  -  Clement Mesenas Indon quake sends giant waves smashing into region; S'poreans stuck in Phuket, Maldives, Sri Lanka, India THE largest earthquake to jolt the planet in nearly 40 years triggered off a series of powerful aftershocks and huge tidal waves which swept over 10,000 people to their
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  • 319 1 Singaporean singer-songwriter Jai Wahab was with his wife at Patong Beach in Phuket when the tidal wave hit at 9am. Jai, a member of the band Kick! and currently a solo Malay artiste, had arrived in Phuket with his wife for a holiday
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  • 215 1 SINGAPORE Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong issued the following statement on the disaster last night: "This is a major natural calamity. lam shocked and saddened at the extent of the destruction and the large number of casualties in
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    • 285 3  -  Jose Raymond TREMORS were felt in many parts of Singapore early yesterday morning as a result of the massive earthquake that struck Indonesia's Sumatra island. But the tremors which were felt in Tanjong Rhu, Marine Parade, Toa Payoh, Siglap and Meyer Road were
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    • 252 3 Offences include speeding and drink driving A TOTAL of 298 motorists were nabbed for traffic offences such as speeding and drink driving over the Christmas weekend. The six-hour-long, island-wide joint operation between the Traffic Police and the Land Transport Authority began at 11pm on Saturday.
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  • singapore news
    • 118 4  -  Jaime Koh Our education system is among the world's best and kiasu parents can share the credit for that, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. Said Mr Lee when he gave out 210 Edusave scholarships to young Teck Ghee constituents:
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  • world news
    • 372 6 Agencies Analysts warn that regional ties could be at risk BANGKOK-Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra's attempt to blame Malaysia and Indonesia for his failure to quell an Islamic insurgency in southern Thailand is a blunder that threatens regional ties, analysts warned. The Nation, an Englishlanguage daily
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    • GLOBALroundup
      • 68 6 Suspected bomber Suelee Chaeni, who died after a device he planted in front of a bank exploded prematurely on Friday, has been linked to two other bombings that injured nearly 30 people in a bar area at Sungai Kolok in southern Thailand in
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      • 75 6 AFP A Malaysian national was jailed for seven /ears in Vietnam after being caught using fake credit cards and drawing more than U5525,000 ($41,000) from Vietnamese banks, state media reported yesterday. The Ho Chi Minh City People's Court on Friday found Chin Yew
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      • 56 6 The United Kingdom is secretly setting up an "Armageddon agency" to respond to devastating terrorist attacks, The Independent reported on Sunday. Neither Parliament nor the public have been told how far the government has gone to put the service which will deal with chemical, biological,
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    • 114 6 KUALA LUMPUR To build grassroots support, Parti-Islam se Malaysia (PAS) is targeting those who leave school in its recruitment drive. The youth wing is even considering "un-Islamic" activities such as rock concerts to attract the young, the New Straits Times reported. "This is
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    • this QUIRKY world
      • 67 7 Earbags Earbags have become the latest cold weather fashion accessory and a sellout success this Christmas, reports ananova.com. The baas look like earmuffs without the band and use a ring system which clicks them into place so they stay put on ears all day without messing up
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      • 75 7 A Belgian company is producing ice cream specifically for dogs, reports ananova.com. Three young marketing students from Edingen are confident their Dog Ice which comes in the shape of a big bone will be a success. "We'll start with vanilla flavour but I think in the
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      • 75 7 He remains upright to do everything eating, going to the toilet and even sleeping and he has reportedly done it for the past two years, reports ananova.com. Holy man Ram Dayal Sanichar Muni, 45, who lives at a temple in Himachal Pradesh
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    • 303 7 Agencies Despite new law, fears of election violence remain KihX Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, 50, is tipped to win yesterday's presidential election in Ukraine, with several opinion surveys giving him a lead of more than 10 points over 54-year-old government candidate Viktor Yanukovich. Questions,
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    • 212 7 1 j -AFP LONDON DNA tests have proved that former British home secretary David Blunkett, who resigned earlier this month in a scandal linked to his affair with Kimberly Quinn, is the father of her two-year-old son, The Sunday Telegraph reported The Labour politician is
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    • 1085 8  -  Tor Ching Li With a new Prime Minister in Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore begins to look towards the future THIS year will be remembered by political pundits as one that kept them guessing 24/7. When would the handover take place? Would Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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    • 574 10  -  Jaime Koh Economy bounced back and then some THE Singapore economy's redhot expansion in 2004 was one of the year's most pleasant surprises. Following a Sars-depressed 1.1 per cent growth for the full year in 2003, gross domestic product is
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    • 450 10 Federer, Wenger's Arsenal, Schumacher, Armstrong and Singh are sport's superheroes ROGER Federer obliterated the tennis field, winning three Grand Slams and 1 1 titles. Arsenal did what no one thought was possible in modern football, going on a 49-match unbeaten run in the English Premiership. Michael Schumacher won
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    • 559 12  -  Razali Abdullah A local band as good as this one comes by once a millennium IT'S that time of the year, when music critics all over the world list their most outstanding albums of the year. And knowing how pretentious these lists can
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    • 625 12 I UIIOMI IO IPS Indonesia, Malaysia appear firmly on a path veering away from extremism INDONESIA'S president, Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, steps into the political limelight just as South-east Asia's identity as a symbol of moderate Islam gets increasingly bruised by the region's own Muslims.
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    • 220 14  -  Dr James Dobson m Tbnws LITTLE MOMENTS VERSUS BIG EVENTS As mothers and fathers, it's easy to put our energy into the big extravagant moments, ratherthanthe small spontaneous ones. We concentrate on the all day Saturday outing, orthe two-weektrip to Disney World in the summer, or
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    • 297 14  -  RITAWILUS SELAMAT Employers put kids at risk by hiring maids to do this specialised job I REFER to "Homegrown fix to maid problems" (Dec 23) and would argue that the problem of maid-child-employer abuse is mainly perpetuated by the employers. A maid's job is
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    • 180 14  -  JANE YEO, WE REFER to the letter "SGX discrepancy?" (Dec 21) by Mr Denis Distant. Buying-in is the fails management mechanism used by CDP to recover shares that failed to be delivered by sellers. Mr Distant has suggested that for a
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    • 109 14  -  CHRISTINA TAN, I REFER to "Cash-backs may be undermining HDB's objective" (Dec 20). Under MAS' Notices on Housing Loans, all banks and other financial institutions are required to compute their housing loan quantums so that the borrower would have to make a cash downpayment of at
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    • 171 14  -  EE TECK SIEW SINGAPORE has toughest laws on drink driving that are among the toughest in the world, with fines of up to $30,000 and prison terms of up to three years for repeat offenders. Recalcitrant offenders can also have their driving
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    • 128 14  -  LIM CHEE HWEE I REFER to the letter "Poly graduates deserve half of places at local universities" by Janice Ng (Dec 13). The focus of a polytechnic education is practice-oriented as the intent is to train technical manpower to support Singapore's economy. Nonetheless, we
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    • 379 16  -  JAMES CHI I HAVE read both the letter by Lam Ming Sing ("Unbearable stench in Rivervale area", Dec 21) and the National Environment Agency (NEA)/HDB's response ("Rivervale area meets air quality standards", Dec 24). Like many residents, I can fully identify with Mr
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    • 207 16  -  JONAS KOR WE REFER to the letter "Some CPF restrictions illogical" (Dec 15) by Mr See Leong Kit Mr See suggested allowing members to use their CPF savings to pay for overseas educational expenses and extending the use of Medisave to pay for
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    • 411 16  -  Murali Kumara Sharma A FEW reflections in this last week of the year. For 2005,1 wish that... AIDS would be wiped out or at least curbed. People would respect their spouses or boy/girlfriends and not indulge in risky sex. BABIES would be regarded as a blessing
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    • 69 16 in reaching your A^y—xJ iJ J v Advertise your programmes in AVfl Bk%wl^ 111 kV the business of learning an education feature published every Monday in TODAY newspaper, targeted at young working adults who are keen to make the most of their lives. This section highlights opportunities tor career and
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  • Businesstoday
    • 305 18 -AFP Repeat possible next year depending on oil price THE global economy flourished this year, with recovery evident just about everywhere apart from the eurozone, and next year could see more of the same provided oil prices remain reasonable. "The world economy will
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    • 148 18 -AFP JAKARTA Indonesia's economy has been given a boost by recent promises of financial reform but a controversial ruling that bars foreign investors from the country's struggling power sector could hurt efforts to pull in investment The decision by Indonesia's top court to scrap
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    • MarketWATCH
      • 94 18 AFP Share prices are likely to be little changed this week with business quiet during the festive period, dealers said. Apart from today's release of the industrial production report for November, there are few fresh leads to inspire trading interest, dealers said. Most investors have closed their books for
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      • 36 18 US$ 0.6097 UK£ 0.317 Yen 63.2099 HK$ 4.7447 RM 2.3167 Euro 0.4506 Rupiah 5651.5775 Baht 23.7635 Peso 34.1899 A$ 0.793 Indian Rs 26.6941 Won 638.8965 C$ 0.7505 Yuan 5.0459 NZ$ 0.8501 NTS 19.6196
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      • 26 18 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 442.900 Silver uss/oz 6.915 Platinum uss/oi 837.700 Rubber centsAg 199.75 Palm oil RM/tonne 1386 Brent crude uss/barrel 40.75 Information provided by
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    • business news
      • 233 20 Bloomberg THE greenback is heading for its third straight annual drop against the euro and the yen amid swelling budget and trade deficits and as officials ignore calls to stem its slide. The US dollar fell against the euro for the 10th
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      • 413 20 Agencies Newbridge Capital to sell entire stake SEOUL Global banking giant HSBC has agreed to buy Korea First Bank in a deal which will put the British bank in competition with its United States rival Citigroup in the world's 11thlargest economy, a
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    • the business of learning
      • 345 22  -  Ansley Ng Accurate appraisals needed in flexi-wage system HUMAN resource (HR) practitioners are a busy lot these days. Twenty years ago, their duties were purely "technical" and administrative, with no need to take a "strategic, overall view" of the business, said Mr Rodney Pumpa, director of
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    • 402 22 -Li ~-^\@9 I Rishy Rl^'l fVt I Prima-j' Scienc/ .g^Sk, (■1 Primary »C -p i^l2tlf^f \<y —A j». Vfoo&tnJ ""^Sc/g. W^^/ About the Author Tho Lai Hoong has been involved in writing science textbooks, revision guides, teaching modules and other educational articles since 1982. His current published works include primary
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  • plus
    • 734 24 For director Jay Roach, working with De Niro et al was like doing a lion-taming act JAY Roach can thank Mike Myers and Ben Stiller for his career. Besides all three films in Myers' Austin Powers franchise and Stiller's sleeper hit Meet the Parents (2000) and
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    • incinemas
      • 117 26 -AP CATE Blanchett comes on strong when she first appears as Hollywood legend Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's new Howard Hughes biopic, The Aviator. She talks a mile-a-minute with Hepburn's accent Blanchett said Scorsese wanted it that way. "He wanted Hepburn to come into the film
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      • 180 26 -AP SMOKING is bad for your health but it was good for Hong Kong martial-arts queen Yuen Qiu's acting career. Yuen, who appeared in the 1974 James Bond film, The Man With the Golden Gun, landed a role in Kung Fu Hustle because director-star Stephen
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    • eatout
      • 552 28  -  Wyna Tan Pace yourself to properly enjoy this meaty S American feast IF you're hankering for succulent meat and have an appetite for lots of it, a churrascho is the place to go. For the uninitiated, a churrascho is a traditional Brazilian barbecue restaurant which serves a veritable
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      • 404 30  -  Chew Hui Chin Head for the eatery patronised by Japanese residents HACHI-MANYA Japanese Restaurant opened its doors about two months ago and, already, it seems to have generated quite a buzz in the local Japanese community. I dropped by the restaurant for lunch one Saturday
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    • 1663 32 Mega Monday Movie j Las Vegas j JU^ Double Happiness II j Asian Leadership Changes Stargate What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas jjA j% channel B,7pm channel News Asia, 9.32pm Channel 5,7.15pm j Channel 5,10.30pm i Wenxiong returns to f'"?lf*'"^MT't "*«TJM^^N ms ear The story begins in Giza, Egypt
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  • sports
    • 684 34  -  CRICKET TEST -AFP v#c)ijfii fta'sjee ntu ry pay es th c way for revitalised visitors MELBOURNE Stand-in skipper Yousuf Youhana (picture) worked over Australia's bowling to put the boot on the other foot for Pakistan in a dramatic swing in fortunes in the Boxing Day cricket
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    • 284 34 AFP MELBOURNE Former Pakistani Test star Sarfraz Nawaz said on Saturday that match-fixing was still rife in his homeland, sparking a sharp retort from national coach Bob Woolmer of the eve of the second Test against Australia. Sarfraz told Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper the
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    • 663 36 -AFP O'Neal's Heat come out tops over Bryant's Lakers NBA LA Lakers 102 Miami Heat 104 LOS ANGELES Shaquille O'Neal got just what he wanted for Christmas as his Miami Heat edged the Los Angeles Lakers 104-102 in overtime Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), in O'Neal's
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    • 389 36 -AFP NBA Indiana Pacers 93 Detroit Pistons 98 INDIANAPOLIS The return of Jermaine O'Neal to the Pacers line-up was not enough to prevent a Christmas day defeat on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) as the Pistons triumphed 98-93, in the first meeting between
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    • 168 36 HANOI Vietnamese authorities have been given the green light to legalise sports betting which they hope will curb match fixing and illegal betting, state-con-trolled media reported on Saturday. Nguyen Tong Hy, Vietnam's vice minister of sports, said the government has accepted his ministry's initial proposal
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    • 443 37  -  JOSE RAYMOND TIGER CUP MYSTERY Midfielder banned by AFC, but played inTiger Cup group games DID Myanmar field an ineligible player during the Tiger Cup? That is the burning question on the minds of Asean Football Federation (AFF) officials, after it was discovered that
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    • 105 37 TWO of Singapore's top match officials are set for a stint in Qatar's much-acclaimed professional football league, the Q-League. Four-time S-League Referee of the Year, Shamsul Maidin, and two-time S-League Assistant Referee of the Year, Tang Yew Mun, will leave for Doha tomorrow for the three-week
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    • 296 37 Jose Raymond FIRST, Indra Sahdan was suspended. Then, his strike partner Noh Alam Shah sustained a knee injury. Yesterday, three more Lions joined Singapore's lengthy list of walking wounded, as national coach Radojko Avramovic was left staring at a threadbare
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    • 492 38 -AFP Wenger counts on his! skipper to kickstart Arsenal's title bid LONDON Arsene Wenger is hoping team skipper Patrick Vieira will help to kickstart their title challenge in the second half of the season. Vieira has relatively struggled for form and fitness during the campaign so
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    • 567 39 Duff's strike enough to keep Chelsea ahead of chasing Arsenal ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Chelsea 1 Aston Villa 0 LONDON Damien Duff's first-half winner ensured Chelsea maintained their five-point advantage at the Premiership summit, reported BBC Sport Online. Duff scored after 30 minutes, beating Aston Villa keeper Thomas Sorensen
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    • 338 39 MANCHESTER A volley from Ryan Giggs (picture) and a Paul Scholes shot kept Manchester United in touch with Premiership leaders Chelsea, reported BBC Sport Online. Giggs scored after just 10 minutes, showing exemplary technique to steer the ball into the corner of the
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