Today, 4 February 2005

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  • 20 3 TODAY MICA (P) 103/07/2004 incorporating utfCiltS Friday February 4,2005 todayonline.com TODAY MICA (P) 103/07/2004 incorporating ulXCtltS Friday February 4,2005 todayonline.com
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  • 1053 3  -  Jose Raymond Jose Raymond Today Exclusive Better salaries and perks for players as FAS set sights on joining Asia's elite j ose@newstoday.com. sg FOLLOWING Singapore's unexpected Tiger Cup triumph last month, Football Association of Singapore (FAS) president Ho Peng Kee promised to make major changes to help
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  • 354 3 PETALING JAVA An old Malay manuscript once owned by Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore, has led to the discovery of a 1,000-year-old lost city in Johor. The ancient site at Kota Gelanggi which lies between Johor and Pahang, is possibly older than Angkor
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    • 28 3 I TIGER COUP Singapore Airlines subsidiary Tiger Airways has clinched the coveted traffic rights to Ho Chi Minh City, and Valuair is not happy. Report on Page 8
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  • hot news
    • 425 4 Agencies New Secretary of State to help revive flagging Israel-Palestinian peace process WASHINGTON The Middle East will be the major topic during new US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's weeklong tour of Europe, Israel and the Palestinian territories, which kicked off yesterday. Before leaving for her
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    • 718 5  -  Fabio Scarpello N EWSS&nUUfiU^^^ GDP rise is due to spending frenzy, say critics NO ONE doubts that Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will win Thailand's next general election on Sunday. But, many have openly declared that his next term is not going to be
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  • Singapore news
    • 522 6  -  Ansley Ng In the fight against terror, families must also be prepared for emergencies ansley@newstoday.com.sg DUST from the 911 attacks, Bali bombings and the strike on the Australian embassy in Jakarta may have settled, but Singaporeans are still vigilant in keeping an eye open for
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    • 110 6 Channel News Asia BILATERAL trade between Singapore and the US jumped more than 10 per cent in the past year to US$4O billion ($66 billion), Singapore's Trade and Industry Ministry and the US Embassy revealed jointly in their review of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The
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    • SINGAPOREsnippets
      • 113 9 IE Singapore has set up an India Advisory Panel, comprising key Indian captains of industry, that will promote deeper collaboration between Singapore and Indian companies for projects in India or in third countries. It is chaired by Mr N Kumar, who is the
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      • 108 9 The Total Defence Campaign is getting a facelift. It will have new icons from Feb 15 and an updated theme song sung by Singapore idol finalist Olinda Cho. These initiatives are part of a new direction in the campaign this year, which aims
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    • 668 9  -  Tan Hui Leng Singaporeans will have more and betterpriced plans to choose from come July 1 huileng@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPOREANS will be able to choose from a wider, competitively-priced menu of medical insurance schemes come July 1, when changes to the private medical insurance industry kick in.
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    • 649 11  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla shobha@newstoday.com.sg FIERCE rivals Jetstar Asia and Tiger Airways have just been granted air traffic rights to Vietnam's two top cities by the Singapore authorities, making Valuair the only home-grown lowcost carrier to be kept out of the Vietnamese route. But it was
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      • 125 13 Channel News Asia The wife or drug suspect Jeremy Mahen Chanmugam has been charged with giving false information to an anti-narcotics officer. The court heard that 47-year-old Cornelius Nadia Celina Seraphina, a Belgian, had told an officer from the Central Narcotics Bureau that she did not
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      • 79 13 Channel News Asia Sixteen law practices in Singapore have volunteered to give free legal representation to the next of kin of tsunami victims. This will enable them to make a court application to obtain a declaration of death. The Law Society of Singapore will match
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      • 80 13 Channel News Asia The Feedback Unit is getting a group of 28 young Singaporeans to help revamp its website. The Singaporeans, aged between 15 and 25, responded to the Feedback Unit's call for help to make its website more usable and user-friendly. They comprise mostly students,
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      • 112 13 Newsßadio 93.8 From today, all foreign-registered cars and motorbikes will not have to buy an entry permit if they come into Singapore after spm on weekdays. This was announced by the Singapore Tourism Board and the Land Transport Authority after their trial last month
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    • 274 13  -  Seah Siew Hua Bropia variant can make systems open to hackers siewhua@newstoday.com.sg USERS of MSN Messenger beware. A new Bropia worm variant is now spreading via the instant messaging platform. Users who are lured into opening the file called "SEXYJPG" will find a photo of
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    • 161 14 days Channel News Asia To welcome the Lunar New Year, Sentosa is set to display over ],000 species of flowers. The local "Garden of Eden" covers sha and contains more than a million blooms. One of the unusual and eyecatching displays
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    • 494 14  -  Lee U-Wen Mental health institute launches programme to tackle emotional problems affecting performance u-wen@newstoday.com.sg EVER felt bogged down at the office by a problem personal, family or work-related but felt too ashamed to confide in your supervisor? The Institute of Mental Health (IMH) estimates
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    • 607 15  -  Lee U-Wen School also plans to be state-of-the-art cultural centre u-wen@newstoday.com.sg IN JUST over a year, Republic Polytechnic (RP) will move into a home of its own a lush, open campus in Woodlands Avenue 9 that will accommodate 14,000 students when fully
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    • 747 19  -  Tor Ching Li chingli@newstoday.com.sg HOW your day goes today will determine your fortunes for the rest of the Rooster year, so says Singapore's self-professed "Feng shui Queen" Lynn Yap. "If good things happen to you today, then you will enjoy a great year. Otherwise, the
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    • 27 6 Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom. William Shakespeare THE COLOURS OF LOVE Valentine's SpeciahTomorrow
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  • world news
    • 132 21 Lucky knickers Hong Kong company Life Enhance has just the thing if your horoscope is looking a bit worrying for the coming Lunar New Year: Feng shui underpants. The lucky undergarments, available in boxers for men and briefs for women, were designed by feng shui master Yeung
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    • 476 21 US President says the 'sacrosanct' programme is headed for bankruptcy WASHINGTON During the annual State of the Union address, President George W Bush unveiled controversial plans to shake up the longstanding national pension system known as Social Security, which was slammed by
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    • 106 21 During his State of the Union address, President George W Bush called on lawmakers to move on several other contentious policies, including liberalising immigration laws, imposing limits on medical malpractice lawsuits, simplifying taxes and extending the life of the tax cuts enacted during his first
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    • 245 23 KUALA LUMPUR Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said that Malaysia does not want to enter a public row with Thailand over the issue of whether a suspected Muslim insurgent leader should be extradited for alleged militant activities in Southern Thailand. He
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    • 235 23 Surge in Iraq violence hours before Bush speech BAGHDAD Even as United States President George W Bush said in his State of the Union address that American operations in Iraq had entered a "new phase", Iraqi forces suffered their worst day of violence since the election. Rebels
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    • GLOBALroundup
      • 74 23 The opposition Democrat party plans to sue Thai Rak Thai (TRT) leader Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and two other leaders for defamation, reported The Nation. TRT supporters had sought to bring a charge of lese majeste against those publishing election campaign stickers containing remarks made
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      • 68 23 Lloyd's of London, the world's biggest insurer, said its member insurers would pay £100 million ($3OB million) in claims for the Boxing Day quake that triggered tidal waves from Thailand to India. "A significant proportion of these losses will be within businesses planning assumptions for expected
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    • Article, Illustration
      52 25 AFP Many sick and elderly Zimbabweans are increasingly turning to traditional witch doctors such as 36-year-old Ms Agnes Gaobepe (right}. The Sangomas, as they are known locally, fill the void created by the poor healthcare sector, which has fewer than 900 doctors serving the country's 7 7 .5
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    • 450 25 ■IPS Malaysia's police, immigration laws stacked against women tricked into prostitution: Report KUALA LUMPUR Last November, Ms Zu Lian, 22, and five colleagues all from a tiny village in China's southern Yunnan province pricked their fingers, dipped a toothpick in the blood and wrote a
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    • 215 27 dpa SYDNEY Accepted wisdom has it that singledom is bad for your health and that spinsters particularly are unlikely to reach a ripe old age. Not true, say researchers at Queensland University in Brisbane. They looked at a sample of 2,300 Australians
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    • 514 27 IPS NEWSIi&IILM-M^— Tsunami tragedy sees emergence of an Arab media willing to engage in self-criticism Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK The silence in the camp of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden since the Dec 26 tsunami is one more reason to nail him as a monster who
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    • 230 29 LONDON Have you received email claims to sell electronic copies of the latest Harry Potter saga? Better watch out, for they could be from Internet fraudsters trying to steal bank and credit card details. In the latest "phishing" scam, fans were asked to
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    • 578 29  -  Jim Wright KRT NEWSSfiDUn^^^ His move to make every country democratic is bold but brash PRESIDENT George W Bush's commitment to democratise the whole world, one country at a time, brings Simon Bolivar to mind. He tried to unite all of South America into
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    • 485 31 SYDNEY The abundance of pornography available on the Internet is affecting the sex lives of some couples so much that counsellors are seeing an increase in the numbers seeking help. Some men have become so addicted to porn that they are unable to sexually
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    • 350 33 Hitmen recruited by revengeful politicians MANILA Being a journalist in the Philippines is dangerous, so many in the industry never leave home without a handgun. With warlords and vigilantes enforcing their own brand of law and order in the streets, journalists find their lives on the line
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    • 569 35 AFP It takes 5 years for most to settle down in S Korea SEOUL North Korean defectors suffer such deep psychological scars from their previous life in the Stalinist state, that it would take years of counselling and therapy before healing even begins. Medecins
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    • 250 37  -  Dr James Dobson by EMERGENCY ROOM LESSONS Most of us parents know the trauma of rushing ouryoung ones off to the local hospital emergency room. We usually encounter crowded waiting rooms and frustrating forms to fill out, and all the while we're wondering, "What's wrong with
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    • 670 37  -  Sim Kah Choon MORE LETTERS ON PAGES 36,38,40 THE Government's recent decision to stage a Bugis revival summoned some memories I thought had long been lost Twenty-five years ago, my grandma surprised me with a request "I've heard so much about Bugis Street Is it
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    • 434 37  -  LIEW KAI KHIUN I Letter from BEHIND the issues of money versus morals, the casino debate reflects what sort of society Singaporeans want to live in. For a long time, we have been fed the ideals of the affluent
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    • 232 39  -  RICK LIM KAY SIONG Abusers think responsible use of gadgets lies with others but never them Letter from RECENT letters to Today have called for guidelines and action to be taken against inconsiderate mobile phone users ("Clarion call for courtesy code", Feb 2). In my
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    • 269 39  -  I MOHAMAD ROSLE AHMAD I I Letter from THE only way to avoid frustration when reading "nonanswers" or "half-answers" from public servants ("Silence from public servants is not golden" (Feb 3) is to expect them. This is very true when one is taking on
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    • 352 41  -  TRISTAN SIM I Letter from^^^l Assistant Director (Media Relations) Singapore Police Force WE REFER to Lim Cho Peng's letter, "Many cyclists fail to observe traffic rules" (Jan 29). Like motorists and pedestrians, cyclists are also road users and are required to abide by
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    • 242 41  -  HO SEIN YEAN Letter timiH Deputy DireCTO^nuHra^nuusffly^^^^^ For Director (Housing Administration) Housing and Development Board I REFER to Dr Tan Chek Wee's letter, "Compulsory pairing policy for elderly needs revision" (Jan 25). HDB's 1- and 2-room rental flats cater to
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    • 393 41  -  JULIA HANG HDB has held firm on prices for 1- and 2-room rental flats Letter frorrß Deputy Direcfo^^^^^^^^^^^ (Corporate Communications) Ministry of National Development IN Leong Sze Hian's letter "Difficult for old to cope with rate increases" (Jan 27), he said that rents and service
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    • 216 41  -  NKIRU OKPAREKE Letter from I WAS disappointed with your report "Shortage of wiles in British Isles?" (Feb 3), which said one of the Top 10 scams identified by Britain's Office of Fair Trading was the Nigerian Advance-Fee Fraud. Shouldn't it have been simply Advance Fee Fraud?
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    • 96 41  -  TAN TEE OON Letter from I AGREE with Lilian Koh in "Skip the lift, able-bodied commuters" (Feb 3). I have a special child who uses a wheelchair. Whenever we are at shopping centres or MRT stations, commuters "fight" with us to use the lifts. Often,
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    • 289 43  -  TAN KIN LIAN I Letter frorn^^^^l^^H Chief Executive Officer, NTUC Income] I REFER to your report, "Court rules for map site" (Feb 3). It stated: "Last April, insurance giant NTUC Income was ordered to pay damages to Virtual map for copying nine maps from Streetdirectory.com
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    • 527 43  -  DEREK KHOO face in ttie crowd I 40, motivational speaker WHEN he was 13, Derek Khoo's mother died and soon after, he dropped out of St Andrews' Primary School to become a karung guni man collecting scrap metal from shipyards for $3.50 a day. A year
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    • 393 71 Convincing victory leaves Milan feeling confident SERIEA Messina 1 AC Milan 4 ROME AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti said his team have a glimmer of hope of catching Juventus after trimming the league leaders' advantage to five points. Juventus lost 1-0 at home to Sampdoria
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    • 273 71 -AFP LONDON England captain David Beckham says Real Madrid's new Brazilian coach, Wanderley Luxemburgo, has helped him rediscover his old magic. A spectacular long-range Beckham free-kick maintained Real's perfect league record this year with a 2-1 win at bottom club Numancia on Sunday. And
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    • 551 73 Agencies Mourinho sets title target of 27 points, but may lose Robben ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Blackburn 0 Chelsea 1 BLACKBURN Manchester United can defeat Arsenal 4-2 at Highbury, but that memorable encounter will mean nothing in the title race, if the Blues keep churning out victories. Jose Mourinho
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    • 192 73 AFP LONDON Birmingham City manager Steve Bruce still can't believe how Walter Pandiani (picture) came to be playing for him, after the Uruguay international scored on his debut in a 2-1 win over Southampton on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). The 28-year-old striker, nicknamed
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    • 588 73 LONDON Gary Neville has admitted players from both sides let themselves down in Manchester United's tumultuous 4-2 win over Arsenal at Highbury on Tuesday. The defender was at the centre of the pre-match tunnel bust-up that led to an angry confrontation between
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    • 385 75 -AFP GOLF Heineken Classic MELBOURNE Trevor Immelman has a US PGA Tour card and a spot on the President's Cup team in his sights this year, after an encouraging start to the Heineken Classic yesterday. The 25-year-old South African fired an opening
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    • 530 75  -  TAN YO-HINN Korean leads, but Serramia impresses in first pro event GOLF Samsung Ladies Masters yohinn@newstoday.com.sg AS THE top golfer in the Korean Ladies PGA last year, it was no surprise Bo Bae-Song was in commanding form at the season-opening US$2OO,OOO ($327,013) Samsung Ladies Masters 2005
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    • 238 77 -AFP ESSEN, Germany Suspect referee Jurgen Jansen claims he has never fixed a match and has hit out at the German Football Federation (DFB) for making him the fall-guy, as they attempt to wrap up the scandal. Jansen's home in Essen was
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