Today, 8 March 2006

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    13 1 TODAY /A=DIJ\CORP share your free newspaper MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Wednesday March 8, 2006 todayonline.com
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    A practical approach to secondary school
    651 1  -  LOH CHEE KONG DERRICKA PAULO More applied learning for students Education MinisterTharman cheekong@newstoday.com.sg ANOTHER wave of changes are on the way for Singapore's evolving education landscape. Unveiling the recommendations by a committee set up last October, Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam told Parliament yesterday that
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    Lock icon Chinese military build-up 'entirely defensive in nature'
    287 1 -AFP BEIJING China sought to ease fears over its rising military budget as Taiwan claimed the threat from the mainland's armed forces was growing much stronger. "Our defence policy is transparent and our defence is entirely defensive in nature," Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing
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      UPCOMING GEMS SHOW? MIND THE GAP, PLEASE
      683 2  -  LIANG DINGZI Let's sort out the compliments and the complaints I IMAGINE the people driving the national customer service campaign, Gems (Go-the-extra-mile-for-service movement), crossing their fingers in the countdown to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group Boards of Governors Annual
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      Drug price difference to go on
      205 3  -  TAN HUILENG THE disparity between certain drugs bought from polyclinics and hospitals looks set to continue. Responding to questions raised by MPs on why some drugs cost more in polyclinics than those bought from acute hospitals, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan explained how the
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    • PARLIAMENTBRIEFS
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        ELDERSHIELD REVIEW AFTER SEPTEMBER 2007
        73 3 Severe disability insurance scheme Elder Shield will be reviewed after its five-year contract with NTUC Income and Great Eastern runs out in September 2007. The contract does not allow for changes till then. MP Halimah Yacob had raised concerns on why a general practitioner appointed
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        MORE PROFESSIONAL DEGREES TO BE RECOGNISED
        87 3 To meet the shortage of professionals, such as lawyers and doctors in Singapore, two ministries will recognise more degrees from overseas universities. The Singapore Bar will soon recognise post-graduate degrees from four American universities, namely Columbia University, Harvard University, New York University and the
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        TAMILFLU STOCKPILE PLAN PROCEEDING WELL
        70 3 The Health Ministry is on track to building up a national stockpile of Tamiflu by the end of the year. Currently it has 700,000 courses of the antiviral drug. Senior Minister of State for Health Dr Balaji Sadasivan said that the ministry has an assured
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        MRT LOCATION FOR NEW ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL@YISHUN
        29 3 The new Alexandra Hospital Yishun will be located near Yishun MRT and the bus interchange. The hospital will open in phases from 2009.
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      Elder care enhanced
      400 3  -  TAN HUI LENG MOH unveils plan to revamp health services huileng@newstoday.com. sg IMAGINE having dedicated family physicians taking care of your elderly relative's health as soon as he leaves the hospital. Imagine a governmentsubsidised mobile van that runs through the heartlands conducting health checks for the elderly.
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      More transparency on private hospital bills
      288 3  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@newstoday.com. sg PATIENTS will be empowered with even more information when the Health Ministry (MOH) expands its bill size publication scheme to include private hospitals and qualitative data such as success rates of surgeries. Starting with cataract operations performed in public
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      Lock icon Protest at S'pore embassy
      349 4 AGENCIES 50 Thais in Bangkok hit out at Thaksin, call to end Temasek deal BANGKOK The campaign to oust Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra moved to the Singapore Embassy in Bangkok yesterday, with demands that Temasek Holdings cancel its Shin Corp takeover plan and threats of
      – AGENCIES; AFF  -  349 words
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      Man in Henderson dies of multiple wounds
      343 4  -  TEOXUANWEI xuanweit@newstoday.com.sg A MAN was found in a prone position on a grass verge between Blks 91 and 92, Henderson Road at noon yesterday. Mr Hussein bin Abdul Rahman, 42, suffered multiple injuries to the front of his upper body and was conveyed
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon Singapore to stem the flow
      655 6  -  LEE U-WEN CHANNEL NEWSASIA Agrees to join climate treaty to cut emission of greenhouse gases u-wen@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE has committed itself to becoming a party to the Kyoto Protocol climate treaty by the end of this year. Delivering the good news in Parliament yesterday was a
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      Firms in pact to cut packaging waste
      247 6  -  LEE U WEN pEVEN companies from the food and beverage industry have pledged their support to help cut down on the amount of packaging waste being disposed of locally. The effort is part of a new voluntary agreement put together by the National
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    • Article
      Carrot for foreign lawyers
      258 6 IN A bid to attract talented foreign lawyers to work here, the Government will allow them to take a stake of up to 25 per cent in local law firms. This was revealed by Law Minister S Jayakumar yesterday, following the recommendations by a review committee
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      SBF membership justified
      206 6  -  -JEREMY LUA THE question of the relevance of the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) was raised again in Parliament yesterday. Echoing the views of Mr Chew Heng Ching (East Coast GRC), non-constituency MP Steve Chia quizzed the Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr Lim Hng Kiang, on the
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      Lock icon Will JBJ be back?
      448 8  -  ANSLEYNG His group could contest in'one or two GRCs'if his bankruptcy status is annulled a nsley@newstoday.com.sg VETERAN opposition figure JB Jeyaretnam has all his comeback plans laid out for the coming General Election. And it appears the 81-year-old will be welcomed into the fold by the
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      Law Society rejects request by Chee
      188 8  -  -JASMINE YIN STANDING by the Singapore judiciary, the Law Society yesterday rejected a request from opposition politician Chee Soon Juan to weigh in on his contempt of court case. In an open letter to the Singapore Democratic Party secretary-general, president Philip Jeyaretnam said that
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      Help for teenagers
      210 8  -  -UNYANQIN THE good news about suicides cases involving the elderly have gone down, thanks to better healthcare, said experts.The bad news teen suicides are on the rise. According to Dr Alex Su, Head of Emergency Service at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), stress may not be
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      No job worries at SMU
      377 10  -  LINYANQIN 100% of students find jobs within half-year of graduation ya nqinl@newstoday.com.sg FOR the second year running, every single graduate from the Singapore Management University (SMU) has landed a job either before or within six months of their graduation. This is according to a survey
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      NTU, NLB to publish Web magazine
      234 10  -  -CHEOWXINYI TWO local information powerhouses are joining hands to provide research on the very nature of research. With the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on Monday, the Nanyang Technological University's School of Communication and Information (NTU SCI) will team up with staff from
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      AEC president to join UNSW Asia camp
      177 10  -  -CHEOWXINYI THE Singapore campus of Australia's University of New South Wales (UNSW) has appointed a prominent figure in Singapore's private education field to the position of deputy president (resources). Professor Chan Yoke Kai, currently the president and chief operating officer of AEC Education
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Labour unions to join anti-Thaksin rally
      316 12 —AGENCIES BANGKOK-An estimated 100,000 workers from state enterprises are planning to join next week's rally to demand Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra quit, as the country's powerful business associations indicated that they too would make a stand on the worsening political crisis. "We have
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      Lock icon At least 12 dead in Indian blasts
      231 12 —AFP LUCKNOW (India) Minutes after a deadly explosion occurred at one of Hinduism's most revered temples in the northern Indian holy city of Varanasi, another blast rocked a railway station there, police said. A third bomb then exploded in a train in the
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      Lock icon Palestinian PM-designate 'may be killed'
      198 12 BLOOMBERG THE Palestinian Authority's Prime Minis-ter-designate, Mr Ismael Hania, who is also a Hamas leader, may become an Israeli assassination target should his movement fail to renounce violence, Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz said yesterday. Mr Mofaz's remarks, broadcast on Israel army radio, came a
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      Lock icon Arroyo to hold talks with military leaders
      219 12 —AFP MANILA President Gloria Arroyo confirmed yesterday that she would hold talks with leaders of the Philippines military, less than two weeks after her government foiled an alleged coup plot by renegade officers. In her first live television interview since the crisis erupted
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        Lock icon SPACE TOURIST FROM JAPAN
        62 12 —AFP Japanese entrepreneur Daisuke "Dice-K" Enomoto has been approved as the next candidate for a space tourism flight to the International Space Station, US firm Space Adventures said. The 34-year-old, who made his fortune in information technology, would become the fourth ultra-wealthy tourist to pay for
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        Lock icon TOILET SEATS NOT STRONG ENOUGH FOR AUSSIE GIRTHS
        62 12 —AFP Australians are getting so fat that toilet seats may have to be made stronger to bear their weight, the country's standards association said yesterday. Standards Australia said it had begun looking into the problem and expected to recommend "an increase in
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        Lock icon RABIN KILLER GETS HIS WISH
        70 12 —AFP Yigal Amir, the jailed Jewish extremist who killed Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, won permission yesterday to artificially inseminate his wife. Israel's justice ministry agreed to the request after denying the couple conjugal rights. Amir, 36, sought permission last August for a
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        Lock icon NEW JERSEY TO ISSUE DRIVING LICENCES TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS?
        100 14 —AP New Jersey legislator Joseph Vas has unveiled a Bill allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licences. The supporters of a "Driving Privilege Card" say illegal immigrants are a reality in the United States economy, and most need to travel by
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        Lock icon TRUTH ABOUT THAT KISS OF DEATH
        79 14 —AP A lack of oxygen to the brain likely played a role in the death of Canadian teenager Christina Desforges, once thought to have died of a peanut allergy after kissing her boyfriend who had just eaten peanut butter, Quebec coroner Michel Miron said.
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        Lock icon BLOOD TEST FOR BRAIN DISEASES
        76 14 —AFP A Canadian neuroscientist has claimed to have developed the world's first simple blood test to detect brain diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and CreutzfeldtJakob disease and says it may be available within two to five years. The test, which looks for clumps of "misfolded"
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        Lock icon LESBIAN CROWNED 'KING' OF DANCE
        106 14 -AP A liberal arts college in Frederick, Maryland State, is reviewing its rules for selecting homecoming royalty after a lesbian was crowned king of the dance, an official said. Miss Jennifer Jones, 21, beat out three men for the honour during a traditional ceremony to
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      Lock icon US Supreme Court challenged on abortion
      369 14 CI V AF -AFP South Dakota allows only instances when mother's life in danger CHICAGO The governor of South Dakota has signed a controversial ban on abortion that could challenge abortion rights across the United States. The bill makes it illegal to terminate a
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      Lock icon Teen's prosthetic legs stolen – again – then returned
      245 16 Teen's prosthetic legs stolen again then returned -AP ARCADIA (California) A 16-year-old girl's prosthetic legs, which have been stolen twice since last November, have been quietly returned, police said yesterday. Miss Melissa Huff's mother found the legs in her unlocked car, which she had parked at Arcadia High School last
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      Lock icon Russian plan sparks rift with West
      382 16 -AGENCIES US, EU disagree with proposal over Iran's nuclear programme VIENNA A serious split has emerged between Russia and the United States and Europe at the meeting of the watchdog nuclear agency in Vienna, regarding Iran's nuclear programme. The divide became evident after Moscow
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      Lock icon SHOCKING WORKING CONDITIONS:
      49 16 AFP Indian women sitting on broken light bulbs as they sort glass from aluminium sockets at a ractpry near vadqdara city, some 110 km south of Ahmedabad. Working without protective gear, they earn 40 rupees ($1.50) a day. International Women's Day is being cerebrated worldwide today.
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      Lock icon Man implicated in Thai financial crisis loses Canadian bail bid
      245 17 -AGENCIES VANCOUVER A Canadian judge on Monday Rakesh Saxena, who is among those accused of setting off the 1996 Thai financial crisis, bail as his decade-long battle against extradition to Bangkok seemed close to an end. The defence lawyer's claim
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      Lock icon Austrian cats beat bird flu
      442 17 —AGENCIES One more death in Indonesia feared caused by the virus VIENNA The deadly HSNI bird flu virus has been detected in three cats in Austria, but officials said two of the felines had fought the virus and survived. The virus was found in mouth
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      Lock icon All over the news
      785 18  -  Lyse Doucet INTERNATIONALWOMEN'SDAY2OO6 There are more women working in the media, and not just the 'third sex' of female Western journalists THERE'S good news from the media front. More women journalists are reporting around the world, including areas of conflict Whenever I travel, I meet women
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      isay ASK NOT WHAT YOU CAN GET FROM YOUR MAN ...
      623 20  - isay ASK NOT WHAT YOU CAN GET FROM YOUR MAN FRANCES ONG HOCK LIN TODAY is International Women's Day and women's groups around the world usually use it to draw attention to decades of struggle by women for equality, justice, peace and development While acknowledging that women still have a
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      Medisave for Lasik surgery
      74 20  -  WONGTECKTIAN Letter from ALTHOUGH Medisave covers the expenses of hospitalisation, day surgery and certain outpatient expenses, it does not cover the expenses of myopia correction surgery such as Lasik. Patients who undergo the Lasik surgery don't do it for cosmetic reasons, especially those with severe myopia.
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      Enforcing smoking ban
      141 20  -  JAMES CHI Letter from I REFER to the letter by Melvin Lim on "Smoking at bus stops: How can I stop it?" (March 7). As today most people own mobile phones that are armed with digital cameras, they could lend a hand by taking snapshots of those
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      Lock icon Of rising coffee prices and bus fees
      615 22  -  IVAN PNG Will the Competition Act protect us from such fee hikes? Letter from IN JANUARY, the Competition Act came into force. The United States government stipulated that we must enact a general competition law as a condition for concluding a free trade
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      WINNING EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THE SAF
      877 23  -  EVELINE GAN Morale boost and prestige are perks that Apex-Pal International and Tractors Singapore relish as Total Defence Awards winners evel ine@newstoday.com.sg How does a company set itself apart from the competition and stay ahead in the market? Two local companies, ApexPal International and
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      273 24  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY DON'T QUIT EARLY Have you everthought about how long it takes to raise a human being and get him or her ready for independent living? Well, hamsters are ready to go on their own in three weeks. Kittens need just two months;
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    • It's about calibre and fairness
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      Strong NUS, NUSS ties
      376 26  -  CHANDRA MOHAN KNAIR Society works in congr Letter from President, National University of Singapore Society WE REFER to Lim Wei Yi's letter "Want members? Hear out students" (March 1) and welcome the opportunity to comment on his observations. As the largest organised alumni group, the National
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      Workfare bonus for grandmums
      181 26  -  JENNY PHANG Letter from MY FATHER is a gardener and my mum is helping me to look after my three children aged one, three and six. Whenever my husband goes for reservist training, overseas trip or works late, my dad will help chauffeur my kids to
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      Where history can repeat itself ...
      780 28  - Where history can repeat itself Mr Miyagi Snippets of Singapore's past are being preserved in audio, video clips online A LOCAL daily on Saturday said Singaporeans had what it termed "collective amnesia", highlighted by the passing of former Second Deputy Prime Minister S Rajaratnam. Last week, I wrote about bloggers
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      432 30  -  VINITARAMANI Prosecution witness returns to stand in corruption trial involving Crimson Logic execs vinita@newstoday.com.sg SOFTWARE company Gridnode's former general manager Leong Kah Keong returned to the stand in the Subordinate Courts yesterday as the prosecution witness in the trial against former officials of Gov-ernment-linked IT
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        63 30 Dow Jones SHARES fell yesterday on profittaking, with sentiment hurt by Wall Street's overnight decline and weak regional markets, traders said. The ST Index slid 23.73 points, or 0.9 per cent, at 2,489.15, after hitting a six-year closing high of 2,512.88 on Monday. In the broad market, losers outpaced
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        58 30 Mikkei 225 15,726.02 -175.14 -1.10 -IK Hang Seng Australia ASX200 <orea Comp Fhailand SET 15,602.36 -209.47 4,079.7 -24.20 1,316.67 -20.09 730.36 -12.45 -1.32 -0.49 -2.00 -1.66 Jakarta Comp Dhils Comp Shenzhen B 1,246.251 -16.44 2,121.91 -26.41 240.013 -0.60 -1.30 -1.23 -3.49 Vlumbai Sensex 10,725.67 -9.69 -0.09 Malaysia KLCI
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        26 30 SGX, Bloomberg Gold US$/oz 555.20 Silver US$/oz 10.00 Platinum US$/oz 1,040.00 Rubber cents/kg 341.25 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,441.00 Brent crude US$/barrel 62.18 Information provided by
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    288 32  -  CHOW PENN NEE Accord Express Holdings merges with South Korea's CJ Global Logistics Service pennnee@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE logistics firm Accord Express Holdings said yesterday it had agreed to merge with South Korean third-party logistics service provider Cheil Jedang Global Logistics Service (CJGLS) to form an entity with
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    230 32  -  —SHOBHATSERING BHALLA HILLTOPS Apartments in Cairnhill has come on the market again but this time with a solid invitation for tenders, unlike two years ago when its marketing agent DTZ Debenham Tie Leung called only for "expressions of interest" because of the weak
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    212 32 The CPF Board has extended the appointment of Singapore Post to process the sale of special discounted Sing Tel shares to March next year. SingPostwas appointed last April as the sole agent for CPF members to sell their Sing Tel shares. This helps those without broking accounts sell off
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    212 34 —AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's trade surplus in January declined 1.59 per cent to RM9.28 billion ($4.08 billion) from RM9.43 billion in December, the government said yesterday. However, exports for January were 11.7 per cent higher compared to a year earlier, the Ministry of
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    463 34 -AGENCIES Keppel, SembCorp Marine win new deals KEPPEL Corp and SembCorp Marine continue to win contracts to build oil exploration and production rigs or convert marine vessels to such facilities as oil prices remain well above US$6O a barrel. Keppel Shipyard, a unit
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    484 35 Embezzlement case comes as bank prepares for HK listing BEIJING Bank of China, the country's second-largest commercial lender after the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, faces a fresh corruption scandal as it prepares to offer shares in Hong Kong this year, state
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    780 36  - Stay for the long haul with cash VALERIE LAW Institutional capital, cultural support for the success of SMEs still lacking: Expert valeri e@newstoday.com.sg GOVERNMENT-led initiatives to help finance start-ups may be abundant in Singapore, but the resources monetary and cultural ones that are necessary for an enterprise's ongoing success is
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        406 40  -  Eveline Gan SHE made an impressive debut by winning four gold medals at the SEA Games in the Philippines last December. This month, all eyes will be on her atthe Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. At just 16,Ta0 Li, the Hubei-born national swimmer, looks set to steal the
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        322 40  -  Eveline Gan AS A child, Singaporean director Samantha Scott-Blackhall recalled playing backstage at Victoria Theatre where her producer mother was involved in theatre productions. Today, at 27, the award-winning director is wowing local theatre audiences with her works. In an industry dominated by male theatre directors,
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        318 40  -  Eveline Gan AS THE only female political leader up against veterans in her first election this year. Workers' Party chairman Sylvia Lim is stirring up Singapore's maledominated political scene. Despite the challenges shefaces, the 40-year-old is not daunted. "I'm used to working with men because in the
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        376 42  -  Eveline Gan She made a splash (literally) with her role as a swimmer in The Champion and went on to earn a Star Awards nod for Portrait of Home. Bigger and better things are almost guaranteed for a woman of her talents. Of course, it also doesn't
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        367 42  -  Pearlyn Tham IF SHE could, Grace Ban would serve customers at her beauty counters. Never mind that she is the managing director of Estee Lauder Companies with brands such as Clinique, Origins, Bobbi Brown, La Mer, Stila and, of course, Estee Lauder, and about 250 employees under
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        407 42  -  As L'Oreal Singapore's country manager, regal-looking Theresa Huang is refreshingly down to earth. Unlike some prominent personalities we have interviewed, she doesn't ask to look at the shots that the photographer has taken other. Perhaps, this comes from her corporate philosophy of allowing her staff the freedom
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        302 44  -  LaureenToh "I feel like I've been given a second chance at life, to really be happy," Elyse Ang said while her bevy of girlfriends smiled on. You would never guess from her sunny disposition, but a year ago, the 28-year-old project executive was plagued with suicidal thoughts,
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        312 44  -  Laureen Toh After shedding four dress sizes and 20kg, Nor Arfah Othman is no longer weighed down by low self-esteem and she has fitness instructor Christina Liew-Gin to thank. "After my pregnancy, I bumped into an ex-colleague and the first thing he said was, 'What happened to you!'
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        277 46  -  -Lee HuiShan Since she was a teenager, Jerine Chia has had a strained relationship with her mum. It all boils down to their bad tempers. "We can't communicate. Two hot-tem-pered people cannot interact effectively," said the undergraduate, now 22 years old, matter-of-factly. When their arguments got out of
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        282 46  -  Lee Hui Shan They call it your crowning glory, so it's no wonder a hairstylist could be one of the most important people in one's life. For image consultant Audrey Quek, hairstylist Kelvin Yap fills just such a role -the creative director of Kelture hair salon has
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        337 48 EIGHTEEN years ago, Henne Mercerwas a house model for hair salon chain Toni&Guy in London when she fell in love with her hairstylist- David Mercer. She married him and the couple has been together for 12 years. Today, David is the director of Toni&Guy Hairdressing and Henne is
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        234 48 She is often seen at glitzy events and in glamorous magazines but ironically, SulianTan-Wijaya,who is a director in a government agency, told Today: "I don't think much of my looks and I hate looking at myself in photos." And ifyouthinkthatshe only wears designer labels, Sulian is in Adidas,
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        243 48 BEWARE, David Gan. MediaCorp artiste Fiona Xie wants to pack you into her bag. She was joking, of course, when she offered this as one of her style tips. But wow looks aren't all there is to being in showbusiness. "You can be successful in this line
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        286 50 AS THE managing director of Bang Public Relations, Monica Alsagoff has prestigious fashion and beauty clients in her company's portfolio. Think FJ Benjamin retail group, Lancome and True Yoga. It comes as no surprise, then, thatthe 41-year-old is always stylishly dressed. "I feel that regardless
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        240 50 THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Patricia Yuen's physique would putyoungerwomen to shame. And she has her fitness regimen to thank. The consultant dermatologist at Pacific Specialist Practice works out at least thrice a week, training with an "awesome" personal trainer before work and going on leisurely runs during the weekend. "The
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        213 51 Ivy is synonymous with Singapore's netball scene, despite having retired last year from the sport that she helped nurture for more than 20 years. These days, the 56-year-old has gone back to one of her first loves gardening on the 10-acre farm she calls Bollywood Veggies.
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        144 51 Joscelin has come a long way since making her Southeast Asian (SEA) Gamesdebutin 1991. Dubbed bythe media as Singapore's golden girl in the pool, the 26-year-old has added author,triathlete and now, swimming coach, to her resume. How do you cope with the pressures of being a national
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        128 51 Annabel Pennefather, 57, is a sports law consultant with Harry Elias Partnership. She is also vice-president of the Singapore National Olympic Council, president of the Singapore Hockey Federation and vice- president of the International Hockey Federation. You had a health scare 10 years ago? Yes. A
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        172 51 You too can achieve the wow factor. Here's how: 1) Stay active mentally and physically. Physical activity improves your health, keeps obesity at bay, helps you to handle stress and best of all, makes you look better. "A healthy woman will be effective at home, at
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      710 52 Oh, the perks of knowing what you want. Eveline Gan (eveline@newstoday.com.sg) looks at the advantages of the women-only card. MORE women are digging into the credit card pie. That's what banks Today spoke to revealed. "With an increasing number of women entering the workforce, especially in executive
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      1090 56  -  David Gan's gone from shampoo boy to poster boy for hairstyling success WALKING along Singapore's streets recently, David Gan bumped into a young couple. "Chao ah quah," the couple hissed in unison a derogatory dialect term for homosexual as they walked past the celebrity hairstylist. The
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      262 56 From the hair of ordinary folks as a trainee 1960: Born the ninth often children to a low-income family in Segamat, in the Malaysian state of Johor. 1974: Came to Singapore to work as a shampoo boy. 1979: Switched from a salon in a housing estate to one in
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      678 58  -  ZULOTHMAN Forget fame, music's all the matters to multi-Grammy winner Metheny zul@newstoday.com.sg AMERICAN jazz star Pat Metheny isn't too worried that his beloved musical art form is getting diluted. It is an interesting turnaround, especially since Metheny once famously appealed for a boycott of the likes
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      289 58 —AFP THE shock Oscar victory of Crash, which left the gay cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain without its expected Best Picture trophy, may be a signal that Hollywood is not ready to come out of the closet just yet. While Brokeback swept
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      193 59  -  AMELYNN LIONG LOCAL singing duo Max Shanti comprising sisters Lynette (who runs her own online clothing boutique) and Winnie Teo (a veterinarian) never expected their musical experiments to result in an album. "It just happened," said Winnie. Last year, the sisters took a gamble by submitting
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      470 59  -  AMELYNN LIONG Singer Frances Yip will be in town to celebrate the day with her son, and a concert at the Spore Indoor Stadium a melynnl@newstoday.com.sg ALMOST 40 years into her illustrious career, Frances Yip shows few signs of slowing down. As she made plans
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      315 60  -  —AMELYNN LIONG Former Taiwanese boy band member ventures into hosting MILK, a former member of the Taiwanese boy band Energy, may never have hosted a TV show before but doing the honours on MediaCorp TV Channel U's Superßand might be just the opportunity he has been
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      376 60  -  Ashraf Safdar THEATREREVIEW Tf by, Army Daze FIRST staged in 1987, Michael Chiang's Army Daze has since become one of only a handful of Singapore plays to enter the popular vernacular. Toy Factory revisits the escapades of National Service (NS) recruits in its production of Army
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      320 61 —AGENCIES Vampire thriller gets a taste of No 1 at box office charts THE lure of the Underworld proved stronger than the hospitality at Big Momma's House over the weekend, as Singapore filmgoers made Underworld: Evolution, the sequel to the 2003 vampire thriller starring Kate Becksinsale, the
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      548 65 -AFP Illness forces Australian star to miss Commonwealth meet r .,y SYDNEY Australian swimming superstar lan Thorpe pulled out of this month's Commonwealth Games due to illness yesterday, leaving the Melbourne event without one of its prime drawcards. The five-time Olympic gold medallist said he
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      241 65 —AFP NBA Miami 106 Charlotte 105 CHARLOTTE, North Carolina Shaquille O'Neal (right) celebrated his 34th birthday with a National Basketball Association victory on Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), but he had to work overtime to do it. O'Neal scored all eight of Miami's points
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      427 65 —AP MIAMI When the call is close, the pro tennis tours want to take another look. The ATP and WTA Tours have decided to use instant replay starting with the Nasdaq-100 Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, in two weeks, officials said yesterday. This year's US Open
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      353 66  -  CUBBYLEONG TODAY XCLUSIVE cubby@newstoday.com.sg THEY are one of the biggest promoters of golf events in Asia, but Parallel Media Asia (PMA) are making the news for all the wrong reasons again. Following their recent spat with the Asian Tour over sanctioning rights, PMA are
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      759 66  -  TANYO-HINN Englishman believes he can successfully defend Spore Masters crown yohinn@newstoday.com.sg THIRTEEN months ago, Nick Dougherty, then a virtual unknown, enjoyed himself so much that he ended up pipping the Singapore Masters defending champion, Colin Montgomerie. Now back to defend his title at this week's US$l million ($1.63
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      591 68  -  JOSE RAYMOND Former 'bad boy' could be Raddy's trump card for China double bill jose@newstoday.com.sg WHILE his talent on the field has never been in doubt, it seemed that Ahmad Latiff Khamarudin always hit the headlines for the wrong reasons in the past He earned his
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      154 68  -  DARREN LAI HOME United's chances of progressing to the second round of the Asian Football Confederation Cup took a knock when they lost to Malaysian Super League side Perlis 2-3 at the Bishan Stadium last night Despite two goals from stand-in skipper Egmar Goncalves, Home could struggle
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      468 68  -  CUBBY LEONG DAY THREE 7th Asia Swimming Championships cubby@newstoday.com.sg DESPITE another all-conquering night with five gold and five silvers, China let another gold medal slip through their grasp after the third day of the 7th Milo Asia Swimming Championships. Breaking the Chinese gold flow yesterday was
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      938 69  -  DARREN LAI Balestier's coach hopes to turn the tables on his Woodlands counterpart da rren@newstoday.com.sg BALESTIER Khalsa have yet to kick off their season but, already, Abdul Karim Razzak has revenge on his mind. Two weekends ago in the S-League AllStars Challenge, Abdul Karim was in
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      590 70 —AGENCIES Gunners bid to keep season alive and bring Madrid's to an end CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ROUND OF 16,2 ND LEG Arsenal v Real Madrid (1-0) LONDON The job's only half complete, and Arsene Wenger knows it Stuck in fifth place in the English Premiership, Arsenal can keep
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      348 70 —AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, ROUND OF 16,2 ND LEG AC Milan v Bayern Munich ((1-1) MILAN AC Milan midfielder Clarence Seedorf believes Bayern Munich have no chance of ousting the Italian giants from the Champions League because their style of play is one-dimensional. Milan have the upper
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      216 70 —AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ROUND OF 16,2 ND LEG Lyon v PSV Eindhoven (1-0) PARIS Lyon coach Gerard Houllier (picture) is hoping not to rely on just refereeing decisions when they welcome PSV Eindhoven for what should be a mouth-watering return leg of their last 16
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      608 71 —AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ROUND OF 16,2 ND LEG Benfica v Liverpool (1-0) LIVERPOOL -Six matches and an entire month have slipped past since Liverpool last scored twice in a match. But Reds manager Rafael Benitez is convinced his side's fortunes in front of goal will
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      355 71 -AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Wigan 1 Manchester United 2 WIGAN Alex Ferguson admitted Manchester United were lucky to snatch a 2-1 victory at Wigan on Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), after Pascal Chimbonda's freak injury-time own goal gifted Ferguson's team three points they barely deserved.
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      446 71 THE players of all 32 competing nations at this summer's World Cup in Germany will undergo medical checks for potential heart defects prior to the finals. The measure comes three years after the tragic death of Cameroon international Marc Vivien Foe at the 2003 Confederations Cup, who collapsed
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