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    28 1 TODAY //\=DIA.CORP MICA (P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Friday March 9, 2007 todayonline.com TODAY fA=DIACORP MICA (P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Friday March 9, 2007 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Acceptable risks, higher CPF returns
      611 1  -  LEE U-WEN Wider range of investment options mooted; Board looks to hike Medisave, Special returns u-wen@media corp.com.sg MORE than three million Singaporeans could soon reap higher returns on their Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings. The CPF Board is exploring ways to increase the current four
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      Lock icon Gates stays the richest man in the world
      291 1 BLOOMBERG MICROSOFT chairman Bill Gates maintained his rank as both the world's richest person and the richest American for the 13th consecutive year, according to Forbes magazine's annual billionaire's list. Mr Gate's worth increased 12 per cent to US$56 billion ($85.5 billion)
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Sharing the nest egg
      543 2  -  LEE U-WEN YENYOK Easier to top up CPF accounts of family members u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg FAMILY members will soon find it easier to help one another build up their Central Provident Fund (CPF) balances, particularly for those who are not working. The Government has also announced measures to
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      Lock icon Tycoon's $100m gift
      494 3  -  It will help fund 40 scholarships yearly to LKY policy school DERRICK A PAULO derrick@media corp.com.sg IT STARTED with a courtesy call in January to thank tycoon Li Ka-shing for his previous donation to the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. That meeting in Hong Kong
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    • Article
      Law may let you pick guardian beforehand
      360 3  -  JASMINE YIN YOUR mind is still sharp and you have friends and relatives that you can trust. But what if dementia strikes, the thinking gets muddled and you are left helpless in the care of someone who doesn't particularly care for you? The
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      130 2 TeU the kid Lost in a world created by their wild imaginations, that is. With play, move and relax with safe and fun furnishings and toys that are is your home. So discover Children's IKEA® today and let the kids without actually leaving it! So visit your nearest IKEA® store
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      84 3 s to get lost! Children's IKEA®, wonder and excitement are unlimited as kids explore, practical and affordable. After all, the most important playground get lost in their very own world. It's like running away from home Children's Weeks from 9 to 25 March. IM FT*l BAGIS children's coat hanger Plastic.
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  • parliament news
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      Current provisions for maternity, paternity leave adequate – let's focus on singles
      264 4  - Current provisions for maternity, paternity leave adequate let's focus on singles LEE U-WEN SUGGESTIONS to enhance maternity leave benefits and make paternity leave mandatory are unlikely to be given the green light anytime soon. Responding to questions on the issue by Member of Parliament Seah Kian Peng (Marine Parade GRC),
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      'Enough jobs for Singaporeans'
      564 4  -  LEONG WEE KEAT AND LEE U-WEN Employing foreigners not a threatto locals: Minister weekeat@media corp.com.sg AS he touched, once again, on the jobs being created here, Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen did his best to steer the debate beyond the "Singaporean versus Foreign Worker" mindset His
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    • PARLIAMENTBRIEFS
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        WOW! FUND TO RECEIVE $10M TOP-UP
        83 4  -  LEEU-WEN The three-year-old Work-life Works! (WoW!) Fund will be topped up with another $10 million when its current funding runs out by June. The new stream is expected to benefit more than 1,000 firms over the next three to four years. Senior Parliamentary Secretary
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        NEW SECTORS UNDER SAFETY ACT
        88 4  -  -LEEU-WEN The Ministry of Manpower is ready to roll out its next phase of workplaces to come under the new Workplace Safety and Health Act. To be included next March are six sectors known to have higher accident rates than others including logistics and freight
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        Lock icon CENTRE FOR FAIR EMPLOYMENT
        44 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The proposed Tripartite Centre for Fair Employment, to promote awareness of fair employment practices, will get public feedback and advise employers and workers on reasonable work practices. It will also assist employers keen to adopt good employment practices.
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      103 4 9r ,^fl fl^^^^^^Aj "We played masak-masak using the leaves of plants in the garden. We also j^"^» climbed trees, especially the low jambu tree. There was a rambutan tree that *s^ produced excellent fruit. Years later, when we moved from the house, my mother made a graft of the tree
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      493 5 fc?SMU k SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY Beyond an open house A trailblazer to your future SMU Open House 10&11 March 2007 I i a (Sat sun) 10am 6pm ■J&fc^ SMU Administration Building, 81 Victoria Street A fc»? H KF^ 4 SMU is an icon of change, of shifting paradigms; a break
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon Help where it's needed most
      409 6  -  LOH CHEE KONG LOH CHEE KONG JASMINE YIN Govt initiatives worth $140 m for low-income group AND cheekong@media corp.com.sg ALL it took was several emails and persistence from former journalist Tan Sai Siong, and two unfortunate Singaporeans whose plight would otherwise have gone unnoticed were
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    • PARLIAMENTSNIPPETS
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        THREE-MAN PANEL TO OVERSEE DATING INDUSTRY
        64 6 Athree-member accreditation council for the Republic's dating industry will be set up to professionalise and oversee industry players. Associate Professor Paulin Straughan, faculty vice-dean of Arts and Social Sciences at the NUS, will chair the council. This move follows an announcement in November that
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        $45M TO BOOST GOVERNANCE OF CHARITIES, VWOs
        60 6 Some $45 million will be set aside to boost the governance, manpower and service-delivery capabilities in charities and voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs) over the next five years. From next month, Singapore's nearly 1,900 charities and VWOs can tap on this VWOsCharities Capability Fund,
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        DRAWING UP RULES FOR SOCIAL SECTOR
        64 6 A 15-man committee, headed by incoming Spring Singapore chairman Philip Yeo, will draw up a framework to train and network social enterprises individuals and groups who concentrate on helping the less fortunate. The committee will also develop a business support and case management system
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        REVIEW OF CO-OP ACT
        67 6 The Co-operative Societies Act will undergo its first review since the law was enacted in 1979. Such a move will boost the level of accountability among co-opera-tives, in light of higher expectations of their stakeholders Noting that some of these organisations have "grown very large". Minister
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      Lock icon Cashing in on the silver age
      513 8  -  LOHCHEEKONG Philip Yeo heads committee to tap a multi-billion dollar industry catering to seniors cheekong@media corp.com.sg THE man widely known as Singapore's economic czar has a new task at hand: To turn the challenge of an ageing population into a billion-dollar opportunity. Mr Philip
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      Crash survivor being treated at SGH in good humour
      387 8  -  FAWZIAH SELAMAT fawziah@mediacorp.com.sg AUSTRALIAN banker Roger Tallboys (picture) was on his way to a banking conference in Jakarta but found himself lying in a wet paddy field in Yogyakarta instead. One of the 100 survivors of the ill-fated Garuda flight on
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon DOCTOR CENSURED IN DRUGS CASE
        108 8 -938UVE The Singapore Medical Council (SMC) has censured a former house officer convicted of possessing the controlled drug Ice. Dr Adrian Yeo had 0.16 grammes on him when he was caught last April. He was suspended from practice and two months later, sentenced to 8
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        Lock icon GROUP TO GROOM ELECTION TALENT?
        112 8 -938UVE A former senior member of the Workers' Party has announced plans to groom future political activists. Mr Goh Meng Seng, who quit the party over an Internet posting he made last November, is forming a group which he describes as "non-partisan". aimed at cultivating
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        Lock icon WARNING ON SNATCH THEFTS
        79 8 -938UVE Police have issued an advisory warning the public about snatch theft incidents. Since the start of the year, 124 cases have been reported up from about 80 cases in the first two months last year. Most of this year's cases happened in open areas such
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      Lock icon Woman barks up the right channel to find lost pooch
      217 10  -  -NAZRYBAHRAWI THANKS to television, Ms Ann Goh is now reunited with her lost pooch. Her TV advertisements Singapore's first-ever for a missing dog which ran last weekend on MediaCorp Channel 8, yielded results on Monday, when the Society for the
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      How much extra? 10 times
      431 10  -  ANSLEYNG NKF ex-directors face criminal charges for okaying'bloated'fee ansley@mediacorp.com.sg AS DIRECTORS of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), they allegedly failed to exercise "reasonable diligence" and caused the charity to pay excessive fees to an IT company. Faced with this criminal charge under the Companies Act,
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      Lock icon Hassle-free RFID
      109 10  -  LEE U-WEN THE hassle of replacing your paper season parking ticket will suum ub a thing of the past. The Housing and Development Board (HDB) is introducing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags to replace them, and these will be issued to all of Singapore's 400,000 HDB season parking
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      Lock icon Super maids and super ma'ams
      647 12  -  CLEMENT MESENAS Going beyond the call of duty has put these workers, employers up for awards EDITOR-AT-LARGE clement@mediacorp.com.sg SHE'S barely 1.5 m tall and weighs a diminutive 40kg, but Ms Sobriyah is a pillar of strength in the Lim household, as she has been since
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      Lock icon BUSINESS WINDFALL BEYOND THE F1 BUZZ
      646 14  -  LAN DE COTTA "ewscomment Potential benefits to Spore far outweigh hosting costs lan@mediacorp.com.sg THERE is an air of anticipation among motor-racing enthusiasts in the country. Sports fans are equally revved up and I dare say that many Singaporeans who have no interest in "wet"
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      228 13 jfi'HlwlOOJ SONY. 188 "■P* Suntec City HIGH SENSITIVITY priw"l'- Exhibition I I Centre 8 Mar -11 Mar 12pm -9pm Admission is Free Vertical Is Distinct Visit Sony at ik^ i Booth no. 8210 Hall no. 404 Experience (Sony .^^^^^^■^^^^^MBBHMh' Exhibition Centre Cyber-shot THE NEW like.no.other™ The New Cyber-shot TlOO. Vertical
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Babies among quake victims with 'nothing, nothing, nothing'
      287 16 -AFP SOLOK (Indonesia) Aid trickled into the Indonesian island of Sumatra yesterday after a deadly earthquake but survivors said they still lacked food, water and shelter echoing criticism following past disasters. The 6.3-magnitude quake, which killed at least 73 people on Tuesday
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      Lock icon Crash caused by 'gust of wind'
      422 16 -AFP Pilots reportedly insist plane was blown off track YOGYAKARTA- As investigators combed through the burnt-out skeleton of an Indonesian airliner yesterday, a senior police official cited human error as a possible cause to the inferno that had broken out onboard the jet. However,
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      Lock icon New Thai TV boss quits after a day
      242 16 -AFP BANGKOK—The man tasked with running a television station taken over by Thailand's government quit his job yesterday after less than 24 hours, saying he had become the target of political attacks. Thailand took over the iTV station on Wednesday, after it
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      Thai minister denies spying by S'pore air force
      216 16 BANGKOK Thailand's Defence Minister Boonrawd Somtas yesterday dismissed rumours that Singapore's air force was being allowed to exploit the use of a military airport in Udon Thani to spy on Thailand's neighbours, The Nation reported. He said all exercises were carried out
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      Lock icon Bomb hoax at US embassy
      153 16 BLOOMBERG JAKARTA Indonesian security personnel have found no explosives after a bomb threat was made against three buildings in Jakarta including the United States embassy and the city's police headquarters. A threat against all three premises was sent to the police's textmessaging emergency response system
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      Lock icon Top Anwar aide arrested for attempted murder
      249 18 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR A senior aide to Malaysia's former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has been arrested for attempted murder after he drove his car through a barrier during a demonstration, his lawyer said yesterday. Mr Tian Chua, information chief of the opposition
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      Lock icon Anwar sets sights on next elections
      216 18 M'sian opposition will cooperate to challenge ruling coalition, he says KOTA BARU Mr Anwar Ibrahim (picture), the former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister who now advises a leading opposition party, expects to challenge the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional (BN) at the next general election by
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        Lock icon INCREASE IN VIOLENCE AGAINST M'SIAN WOMEN
        67 18 -AFP Violence against Malaysian women is rising at an alarming rate. Minister of Women, Family and Community Development Shahrizat Jalil warned yesterday and said that victims should not conceal acts of abuse. The number of rape cases had doubled in the last six years,
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        Lock icon NASA FIRES ASTRONAUT WHO STALKED LOVE RIVAL
        57 18 -AFP Nasa has fired United States astronaut Lisa Novak, who made national headlines when she was arrested for driving halfway across the country in a diaper to confront a love rival. Nowak was charged with attempted kidnapping, attempted burglary and battery for confrontinn
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        Lock icon UN ATOMIC WATCHDOG SLASHES AID TO IRAN
        46 18 -AFP The International Atomic Energy Agency has approved a cut of almost half its aid to Iran as part of United Nations sanctions over Tehran's nuclear programme. It will now provide only food, agriculture, medical and other humanitarian aide.
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      Lock icon Talks off as N Korea, Japan accuse each other of insincerity
      307 20 AGENCIES HANOI North Korea and Japan traded accusations of blame yesterday after talks held under the terms of a landmark nuclear deal ended early amid acrimony and fin-ger-pointing. Both sides accused the other of not taking the negotiations seriously.
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      Lock icon Japan to revisit sex slavery issue
      367 20 -AFP New investigation may lead to revision of official apology TOKYO Japan will look again at the facts behind its wartime use of sex slaves, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said yesterday, the first step towards a potential revision of a landmark apology. Conservative lawmakers
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      Lock icon Scientists to study bird flu in cats
      443 22 BLOOMBERG Felines that prey on birds may play key role in spreading virus JAKARTA Researchers will next month begin in Indonesia the world's largest examination of bird flu in stray cats. For the cat study, scientists led by the United Nation's Food and
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    • BIRDFLUROUNDUP
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        Lock icon LAOS' FIRST BIRD-FLU RELATED DEATH
        94 22 -AFP Laos yesterday announced its first confirmed human death from bird flu, a 15--year-old girl, days after reporting that the virus was believed to have killed an adult woman. The girl from suburban Vientiane died on Wednesday in a hospital in neighbouring Thailand, where she
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        Lock icon NEW OUTBREAK IN SOUTH KOREA
        93 22 —AFP A new bird flu outbreak has been confirmed in central South Korea, the first one since last month, despite efforts to contain the deadly virus, government officials said yesterday. The agriculture ministry said that a breeding farm near Cheonan City, 90km south of Seoul,
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        Lock icon DUBAI TO CHECK'HOT' PASSENGERS
        97 22 -AFP Air passengers suspected of carrying the lethal HSNI strain of bird flu might have to undergo blood tests before being allowed entry into the Gulf emirate of Dubai, the 7Days newspaper said yesterday. Blood samples could be taken as part of a medical exam carried
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      Lock icon Son of ex-Bangladesh PM arrested in corruption crackdown
      212 26 -AFP DHAKA The influential son of Bangladesh's outgoing Prime Minister was detained early yesterday as the military-backed interim government intensified its anti-graft crackdown, officials said. Security forces swooped on the residence of Mr Tareque Rahman, son of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader
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      Lock icon Allowing parents to sue their kids
      683 26  -  TOM SULLIVAN Why law in India won't benefit elderly who need support IN NEW DELHI news@newstoday.com.sg IN AN effort to combat the rising abuse and neglect of senior citizens, the Indian government has proposed radical plans to force children to support their parents or
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      Lock icon China takes swipe at US rights a abuses around the globe
      227 26 BEIJING China yesterday assailed the human cost of the United States' overseas wars in its annual riposte to Washington's criticism of Beijing's own record on human rights. "The United States has lorded it over other countries by condemning their
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        BUSINESS CARD WITH THE MIDAS TOUCH
        106 27 A Japanese firm has come up with something that would impress at a first meeting a name card made of gold. Mitsubishi Materials is selling gold business cards of 99.99 per cent purity, Reuters reported. Each card costs 10,000 yen ($131). "There is very
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        Lock icon US ARRESTS FORMER NAVY MAN FOR SPYING FOR ALQAEDA
        89 27 -AFP A former United States Navy sailor has been arrested for supplying a pro-AI Qaeda website with information on US ship movements and vulnerabilities. Hassan Abujihaad, formerly known as Paul R Hall, was arrested in Arizona on charges that he had
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        DAUGHTER OF RAJIV GANDHI'S KILLERS TO BE ALLOWED INTO INDIA
        122 27 A court in India has ruled that the daughter of a couple jailed over the killing of former Premier Rajiv Gandhi should be allowed into the country to visit them, the BBC said. The Tamil Nadu state government has four
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        PANDA SEEKS LIMB, LOVE LIFE
        100 27 An animal research centre in China has appealed to world experts for help to fashion an artificial leg for a panda that has lost a limb along with its sex life, Reuters reported. In December, a female panda was injured in a fight among pandas
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      Lock icon South-east Asia's falling fish stocks
      652 28  -  NG HUN WEI Experts call for coordinated response to stop the problem hunwei@media corp.com.sg WITH fish stocks declining in South-east Asia, regional governments are increasingly rolling out marine conservation measures while searching for a coordinated response to the problem. Aquaculture centres, marine reserves and regional
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      Lock icon US approves more troops for crackdown in Baghdad
      231 34 -AGENCIES WASHINGTON United States Defence Secretary Robert Gates has approved a request for an extra 2,200 military police to support the security drive in Iraq's capital, Baghdad. Speaking to Congress, Mr Gates said the deployment would be in addition to the nearly
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      Lock icon Obama's financial deals questioned
      258 34 —AGENCIES NEW YORK United States presidential hopeful Barack Obama (picture) was forced on to the defensive yesterday over past financial dealings. Disclosure of his share dealings in two companies one dealing in Pharmaceuticals and the other in communications was a knock to Mr Obama, who is
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      Lock icon It's not just about the glass ceiling ...
      392 35 It's not just about the glass ceiling THE GUARDIAN Women in top UK firms exiting corporate life early LONDON Women are jumping off the career ladder long before they hit the glass ceiling, raising serious questions about attempts to increase the number of female executives in company boardrooms, a PricewaterhouseCoopers
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      Lock icon German leaders shake up family policies
      319 35 -AGENCIES BERLIN A falling birth rate and an ageing population have prompted Germany's female leaders to shake up the nation's old-fash-ioned family policies. Labelled "birthing machines" and "raven mothers", for leaving their children too soon, working mothers have often been compared unfavourably with stay-at-home
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      823 19 Singapore's largest IT, digital Consumer Electronics Exhibition IMpPPH m* I IT SHOW 200 7 BJWJO I Bth 11th March 2007 (12 noon to 9pm Daily) Suntec City Exhibition Centre Level 4 j223EEE^23!3ffiEZ3 FREE admission hello! Stores hellolßugls JuncKon #01-50/50 A helk>lCauseway Point #81-16/18 helldCllyUnkMall #81-36 helldComcentre 31 Exeterßd hellolCompass Point
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      133 20 The battle was on between the delicate dim sum and the hefty burger armed with fries At a wooden deck at Brunch, HaiTien Lo with the city at our feet or ensconced in a rooftop Japanese garden at Keyaki; the late morning brunch options we had were equally tempting. Steaming
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      199 22 -0m Get unlimited access to the Theme Parks from $55! Enjoy 30% savings if you apply before 19 March 2007 Types of Annual Membership (Prices are after discount) Gold Adult For 13 years and above I NTUC Ipnhlir Member ruDIIC Wild Wild Wet 2DIN (peak*) Resort Stay Voucher $69 $82
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      262 36  -  DRRANJIVSIVANANDAN I WOULD like to thank Madam Halimah Yacob and Mr Sam Tan for their comments and candid appraisal of our heath care system in Parliament on Tuesday. As a health care provider in a tertiary hospital, I would like to add my perspective
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      501 36  -  COL BENEDICT LIM Letter from Director Public Affairs, Ministry of Defence I REFER to the letter by Lim Yao Ho, "NS served in the sporting arena" (Mar 2). National Service (NS) serves the critical need of ensuring the national security and defence
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      591 41  -  DRANNECHONGSUYAN Burdening doctors with too much administrative workload is unproductive Letter from WHILE the move to allow the Baby Bonus scheme to be used for medical purposes is good, the process of implementing it should be simplified so that doctors are not burdened with excessive administrative
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      469 47  -  CHRISTIE LOH christie@media corp.com.sg IT'S marketed as a home for foreign scientists and the best brains in the research community. But going by recent preview sales, those outside the clique also want a piece of living space in one-north, the science
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      159 47 BLOOMBERG OVERSEA-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) has scrapped a plan to buy a 29.5-per-cent stake in Indonesia's Trimegah Securities. OCBC's unit Excel Holdings has not received approval from Indonesian authorities, and an agreement to buy the stake "has lapsed", it said in a statement yesterday.
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        629 48 —AGENCIES New Thai finance chief to ease harsh capital controls, say officials BANGKOK- New Thai Finance Minister Chalongphob Sussangkarn, who is expected to make his first policy remarks today, wants to quickly ease the country's harsh capital controls, said government officials. The comments from the unnamed officials further
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        151 48 -DOW JONES BANGKOK Temasek Holdings is likely to announce a plan to divest part of its stake in Thai telecom giant Shin Corp by the end of this month, according to the Thai-language Matichon newspaper. The plan will make Thailand "happier", said an unnamed source
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        176 48  -  -TORCHING LI TAKING heed of the business opportunities flagged in Russia, Singapore-listed Super Coffeemix Manufacturing has agreed to form a joint venture company to invest in the European country with an initial paid-up capital of US$lOO,OOO ($152,700). The instant beverage and convenience-food manufacturer notified the
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        264 49 -AFP VIETNAM'S oil and gas exploration efforts are expected to get a boost after the country took delivery of its first whollyowned offshore drilling rig from Keppel Corp. Keppel, the world's biggest maker of oil drilling rigs, said it delivered
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        197 49 -AGENCIES HONG KONG billionaire Li Kashing's Cheung Kong (Holdings) and two partners have signed an agreement to develop the second phase of Singapore's biggest downtown property development in a decade. Cheung Kong, Keppel Land and Hongkong Land Holdings, which won a
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        183 51 -938UVE MAINBOARD-listed Autron Corporation is acquiring an 80-per-cent stake in Hong Kong-based Da Ya Bay Development for US$34 million ($51.9 million). Da Ya Bay is an electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider. The company has about 4,500 employees and operates plants and facilities
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        190 51 BLOOMBERG STX Pan Ocean, South Korea's largest carrier of bulk cargo such as grain and iron ore, may sell new shares and seek a listing on South Korea's stock exchange as the company aims to raise funds to expand its fleet
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        363 51 BLOOMBERG Tata Steel unit to pay NATSTEEL Asia, a unit of India's Tata Steel, agreed to buy two steel-bar rolling plants in Vietnam to tap an economy growing at more than 7 per cent a year. Natsteel Asia will pay US$4l million ($62.6 million)
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        706 52 Paulson appeals for changes quickly as 'time is of the essence' SHANGHAI China must open its financial markets faster, said United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. The country risks wasting trillions of dollars in resources and lost economic potential unless it rapidly opens its capital
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        152 52 -AFP Protests erupted on Wednesday in Latin America even before Unitea States President George W Bush set out for a five-country tour aimed at promoting democracy, free trade and cooperation with the US. Thousands of militant Brazilian farmers occupied offices to protest against
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        226 53 BLOOMBERG GLOBAL commercial property investments this year will probably exceed last year's US$6B2 billion ($1.04 trillion), driven by demand for real estate in Asia, according to a report by Jones Lang LaSalle. Commercial property investments rose 41 per cent to US$94 billion
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        225 53 -AFP BEIJING Foreign firms operating in China will not be "greatly affected" by a new law that will add US$5 billion ($7.6 billion) to their collective tax bill, the Chinese Finance Minister said yesterday. Mr Jin Renqing made the remark
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        324 55 -AFP Music companies allege it is helping in illegal downloads BEIJING Music industry giants including Warner Music are jointly suing Yahoo! China for allegedly playing and providing links to unlicensed music, state press reported yesterday. Led by industry group International Federation of Phonographic Industry (IFPI), some 11
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        223 55 -APF TOKYO Sony has unveiled plans for its own virtual universe for the Play Station 3 where users will be able to socialise, shop and even go to the movies all without setting foot outside in the real world. The free service, called "Home",
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        208 55 BLOOMBERG MINNEAPOLIS Matsushita Electric Industrial, Sony Corp and Lenovo Group are among seven computer and electronics makers sued by 3M on claims they infringed patents used for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. 3M, which makes thousands of products from Post-it Notes to road signs, filed
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        851 56  -  ANDYMUKHERJEE BLOOMBERG India's youngsters are spoilt for choice in the outsourcing sector jobs with huge salaries THE joke in Bangalore is that if you are 18 and hanging out in a discotheque, you will be grabbed and given a job; if you linger, another recruiter
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      455 59 -AP Gilchrist not putting too much emphasis on warm-ups, as world champs take on England CRICKET World Cup KINGSTOWN, St Vincent-Adam Gilchrist won't be overly concerned if Australia lose a fourth straight match against England as long as there isn't a fifth during the World
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      273 59 -AFP MONTEGO BAY West Indies coach Bennett King dismissed fears over captain Brian Lara's (picture) lack of action and backed the recordbreaking batsman to star in the World Cup. The 37-year-old Lara hasn't played since his team's 160-run defeat to India in Vadodara on
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      599 60  -  DARREN LAI Shuttlers flop in first round, but SBA insist tune-up not a disaster BADMINTON Yonex All England Badminton Championships darren@mediacorp.com.sg LAST week, the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) found out they would receive between $2 million and $3 million from the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) for the new
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      331 60  -  CHERYLNG cheryl. ng@mediacorp. com. sg THESE girls are not to be messed with. After all, Nicole Syczewski (13), Marie Mouroum (14), Vanessa Pabst (15) and Tabea Fabian (16) bested the boys back home in Germany to make it to the Pencak Silat Championships here. The
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      398 61  -  JOSE RAYMOND Geylang silence the home crowd as Bulls' new signing Agu has a quiet evening NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2007 Gombak United 0 Geylang United 1 jose@media corp.com.sg THEY had a brand new stadium, a good turnout of 2,669 on the terraces and striker Agu Casmir
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      310 61  -  DARREN LAI darren@mediacorp.com.sg IN AN uncharacteristic outburst, Tampines Rovers' Mirko Grabovac pushed over a table after taking the S-League's mandatory Beep Test last Friday at Toa Payoh Sports Hall. The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) demanded an explanation for the "unruly behaviour" from Grabovac
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      706 62  -  TANYO-HINN Players thrive on the easier course at Laguna, local hero shows his stuff GOLF Clariden Leu Singapore Masters 2007 yohinn@media corp.com.sg THEY revelled on the Classic course, firing at the pins and picking up birdies. China's Liang Wen-chong and Marcus Fraser of Australia were the
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      208 62  -  -TANYO-HINN THERE were 72 players that shot even-par or better on the 7,099-yard Classic course, while 42 did the same on the 7,112-yard Masters course at Laguna National Golf and Country Club yesterday in the opening round of the Clariden Leu Singapore Masters 2007 yesterday. Heading the
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      590 63 -AFP Newcastle face battle in second leg as Dutch side AZ Alkmaar have never lost a home European tie UEFA CUP Round of 16, First leg Newcastle 4 AZAlkmaar 2 NEWCASTLE (England) Nigerian striker Obafemi Martins struck twice as Newcastle took control of their Uefa
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      319 63 -AGENCIES WHILE Newcastle, without a major trophy in 38 years, beat AZ Alkmaar 4-2 in the round of 16 in the Uefa Cup yesterday (early today, Singapore time), defendingchampion Sevilla were held to a 2-2 draw by Shakhtar Donetsk.
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      149 64 -DPA LONDON— Arsenal captain Thierry Henry faces another spell on the sidelines after injuring his stomach and groin in the Champions League exit to PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). The France striker, whose season has been interrupted by a catalogue of injuries,
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      281 64 -DPA MADRID The big question in the Spanish capital yesterday, the day after Real Madrid's Champions League last 16 exit in Munich, was not whether Fabio Capello (picture) will finally be sacked as coach. Rather, the debate is over when the Italian
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      524 65 —AGENCIES Carragher serves notice to Premiership rivals with solid defensive work LIVERPOOL Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez is more accustomed to praising the effort of the team, rather than singling out any individual player. But Jamie Carragher's contribution in Liverpool's stunning last 16 result over Barcelona in the
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      485 65 -AGENCIES LONDON Frank Lampard's future at Stamford Bridge remains uncertain as the star midfielder's new Chelsea contract has yet to be finalised. While he says he is still focused on football and fully committed to the Blues' quest for a historic
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      855 72  -  Felix Cheong Locally produced sex videos look to be setting bedrooms afire NO, WE'RE not talking about the notorious Tammy sex video that found its way onto the Web and became one of the most searched-for items last year. We're referring to Kama
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      274 73  -  ZULOTHMAN Jaga Jazzist somehow finds chemistry in diversity zul@media corp.com.sg THERE is buzz surrounding Norwegian post rock collective Jaga Jazzist but to founder Lars Horntveth, making music with the troupe can be an uphill fight His biggest problem: There are just too many people in the band.
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      307 73  -  WINSONTEO IN AN industry where singers often seem interchangeable, Chinese Malaysian Karen Kong is setting herself apart with a debut album that's entirely in Malay. But Prodigee Media executive producer Fred Chong who signed Kong after she performed
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      640 74  -  DAVID CHEW Biography on Japanese princess invites death threats, gov't pressure david.chew@mediacorp.com.sg AUSTRALIAN journalist Ben Hills is proof of the maxim that one man's meat is another man's poison. The author of the popular unauthorised biography of Japan's Crown Princess Masako sparked a vicious
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      553 76  -  DAVID CHEW Celebrities' strip-tease book shows charities the way to go david.chew@mediacorp.com IT WAS the first time MTV VJ Greg Uttsada and Thai actress Ploy had posed nude, and with each other no less. But before anyone gets any impure thoughts, there was
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      319 80  - in cinemas soon JEANINETAN .1 with jeanine@newstoday.com.sg Sure, Rain is cute, and Bae Yong Jun's spectacles have sold a million DVD sets, but before the Koreans started exporting their hunks, it was Japanese male movie stars with their macho/sensitive dynamic who ruled the hearts of teenagers across Asia. And two
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