Today, 26 September 2007, Afternoon Edition

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  • 14 1 TODAY /A=dij\Corp MICA (P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Wednesday September 26, 2007 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
    • 633 1 -AFP YANGON Myanmar's junta slapped dusk-till-dawn curfews on the country's two largest cities late yesterday after Buddhist monks defied warnings of a crackdown and led 100,000 people in another day of mass protests (picture). The edict, effective today in Yangon and Mandalay, came
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    • 634 1  -  TAN HUI LENG MOH's 10-year plan to beef up health infrastructure huileng@mediacorp.com.sg THE strains are already beginning to show the seasonal shortage of hospital beds, a heart centre "bursting at its seam". The obvious solution is to build more facilities, but how do you decide how many
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    • 39 1 ALEX MAN RESIGNS FROM STAR SEARCH HONG KONG STAR APOLOGISES TO QUAN HOT NEWS PAGE 2 NEWS COMMENT THE MISSING PIECE IN THE CPF DEBATE LOCAL PAGE 10 YOUNG GUNNERS PROVE THEMSELVES ARSENAL DOWN NEWCASTLE 2-0 SPORTS PAGE 45
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    • 227 2  -  JEANINETAN NGIAM YING LAN jeanine@media corp.com.sg STAR Search judge Alex Man has resigned, days after coming under fire from the media for his performance on the show. In a move that caught viewers and host Quan Yifeng by surprise last night, the
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    • 404 2  -  ZULOTHMAN Substation event gets police nod after civil society groups excluded zul@media corp.com.sg THE police have turned down a request by The Substation to organise an outdoor flea market that would have included booths run by 19 civil society groups. The flea market was supposed to
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    • 138 3 -AFP UNITED NATIONS Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, on Tuesday (early today, Singapore time) urged rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah to hold a dialogue to end their differences, saying a divided community cannot secure peace and justice in the Middle
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    • 519 3  -  JASMINE YIN NLB seeks to recover more than $5m in total jasmine@media corp.com.sg IF YOU have yet to pay up your library fines, you could be one of nearly 800,000 residents getting a reminder in the mail. Two months after a report highlighted its accounting
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  • Singapore news
    • 186 4 INDONESIA'S competition regulator will decide by early November whether Temasek Holdings used its indirect stakes in the nation's two biggest mobile-phone operators to fix prices, the agency's chairman Mohammad Iqbal said. Temasek owns indirect stakes in Indonesia's biggest mobile-phone operator, PT Telekomunikasi Selular,
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    • 531 4  -  LEE U-WEN 001 BOON KEONG Big companies may have to reveal workers' age profiles u-wen@media corp.com.sg COMPANIES trying to weasel out of the upcoming re-employment legislation have been warned to think again. The labour movement is aware of a number of firms
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    • 255 4 ■AFP Industrialised nations must convince older workers to stay on the job beyond retirement age or face a skills shortage and higher labour costs, a study released yesterday warned. Conducted for the American Association of Retired People, the Towers Perrin study projects
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    • 449 6  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI nazry@media corp.com.sg HE WILL be sad if the polar bears vanish from the North Pole, but sadder still should the ice cap melt at the South Pole. These dire consequences of global warming featured prominently in Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's inaugural Singapore Maritime
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    • 262 6 THE Government has excluded flights between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur operated by Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Malaysian Airlines (MAS) from the law governing anti-competitive agreements. Yesterday, the Trade and Industry Minister issued the Exclusion Order for the Air Shuttle Service Operation Agreement between the
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    • 256 6 FLYING comfortably on a cushion of profit and with a batch of 12 new aircraft to be delivered in coming years, Silk Air is spreading its wings to two prime destinations on the sub-continent Coimbatore in south India and Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. Appropriately, Silk Air's
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    • 435 8  -  SHERALYN TAY MOH, polyclinics to step up publicity for queue management Web service sheralyn@media corp.com.sg THE cameras have been rolling for a week now, but is anyone watching? Launched by the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Sept 17, Queue Watch, a consolidated online information system (picture) on
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    • 299 8 YOUNG people are being urged to use contraception to protect against unplanned pregnancies and sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs), in a global campaign launched today. World Contraception Day is aimed at raising the standard of family planning, by improving awareness of contraception and sexual well-being.
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    • 191 8 —ANSLEYNG THE Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) has lifted a ban on the movement of horses at the Singapore Polo Club after five of the animals that were isolated there were found to be free of horse flu. Samples sent to the AVA's
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    • 311 10 A SENIOR executive of AEM-Evertech Holdings has been fined $100,000 for insider trading involving the firm's shares last year. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said yesterday that it had taken civil penalty action against Mr Wong Chin Ming for breaking insider trading laws
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
      • 96 10 Fans (picture) at Suntec City stand in eager anticipation as the launch of Halo 3 got underway at noon yesterday. More than 1,200 of 3,000 pre-ordered copies were given out to gamers, both young and old, by spm. This is the final installment
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      • 84 10 Households here will have to pay an average of 4.29 per cent more for their electricity bills during the final quarter of the year, starting next month. The increase in tariffs is due to higher fuel oil prices, said SP Services in a media statement yesterday.
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      • 105 10 A land parcel with 17 conservation buildings up for restoration, smack in the middle of the Kampong Glam Historic District, has been put up for tender. The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) yesterday released sales conditions for the 0.14-hectare reserve
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    • 886 11  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg TAKE away the financial jargon and all the numbers being bandied about, and what last week's lengthy debate on the Central Provident Fund reforms indicated was a growing dichotomy between what the people of Singapore want from the Government, and what
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    • 265 8 IV Go for a swim II In the 60s it was discovered that newly born babies have I m the ability to independently swim underwater. As they t m grow older, their confidence decreases so it's best to start m f©■ baby swimming by at least 3 months old. I
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    • 218 10 Treat yourself to 20 days of culinary excellence during the Michelin-Star Guest Chefs Festival 2007 at Gordon Grill, Goodwood Park Hotel. Together with award-winning Executive Sous Chef Gan Swee Lai and his team, four acclaimed Guest Chefs will each choreograph a five-day feast showcasing their much-lauded signature creations. If you're
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  • world news
    • 333 12 —AGENCIES Thai Premier to offer general Deputy PM position: Report BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has said he would offer a Cabinet position to General Sonthi Boonyaratkalin (picture), chairman of the Council for National Security, after the General retires as Army Chief at the end
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    • 301 12 -AFP BANGKOK Thailand's Supreme Court said yesterday that it would postpone corruption hearings against ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra because of his prolonged absence from the kingdom. Mr Thaksin and his wife Pojaman, who have been living in London since a coup overthrew his government
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    • Article, Illustration
      33 12 AFP NOW THATS A FULL MOON: Shoppers in the northern Chinese province of Shaanxi gathering for a last-minute slice out of a massive mooncake yesterday, the day of the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations.
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    • 165 12 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Former Malaysian Premier Mahathir Mohamad is stable and able to breathe unaided after surgery to remove infected tissue from his chest, his family and doctors said yesterday. Dr Mahathir, 82, suffered a chest infection following his second heart bypass procedure on Sept 4
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    • GLORALROUNDUP
      • 76 14 -AP The Indonesian Supreme Court rejected appeals by all three Islamic militants on death row for the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people. Supreme Court spokesman Nurhadi said two separate panels of judges had ruled against Ali Ghufron and Imam Samudra because their lawyers provided no
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      • 65 14 -AFP Indonesia has rented two helicopters to help douse fires that annually induce a choking haze that drifts across the region. Forestry Minister Malem Sambet Kaban said the choppers, rented from South Korea for 26 billion rupiah ($4.5 million), will be deployed in West and Central
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      • 72 14 Malaysia's Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) has arrested a senior police officer for allegedly amassing RM9 million ($4 million) in cash and property while still in service. The Star reported. Among the assets he is said to have amassed are several houses, shop lots and shares in firms.
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      • 67 14 -AP The United States State Department's first-ever blog "Dipnote" went live on the Internet yesterday in a launch timed to coincide with the buzz surrounding the United Nation's General Assembly. Dipnote aims to give an insider's view of diplomacy and diplomats with informal, chatty posts
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    • Article, Illustration
      47 14 AFP HOLY FLOAT: A procession of Hindu devotees follow an idol of the elephantheaded Hindu god Ganesha through the streets of Mumbai, India, yesterday, the last day of the 10-day-long festivaj of Ganesh Chaturthi. The festival culminates with the immersion of the idols into the Arabian sea.
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    • 408 14 -AFP Putin banks of family ties to tighten control: Experts MOSCOW Husbands and wives, parents and children, in-laws and cousins: The new Russian government is strikingly populated by family relatives. Experts said the family ties enhance President Vladimir Putin's control but also raise fundamental questions over
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    • 296 14 AGENCIES TOKYO Japan's Parliament yesterday installed moderate Yasuo Fukuda as Prime Minister, replacing conservative Shinzo Abe after his resignation. Mr Fukuda (picture), a 71-year-old political veteran, siooa up, smnea ana bowed to law-makers around him after the lower house of Parliament declared
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    • 264 16 KUALA LUMPUR Following the brutal murder-rape of an eight-year-old girl, Malaysia is mulling over having single-ses-sion schools throughout the country. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the scheme would keep children safe and under the watchful eyes of teachers a relief for working
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    • 442 16 -AP KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government appointed an independent panel yesterday to investigate the authenticity of a controversial video clip released last week by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim (picture). Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said the panel would be headed by former Chief Judge
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    • 379 18 President navigates hostile ground on US visit NEW YORK Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited the United States ostensibly to lessen hostility towards himself and to defend Iran, not to rabble-rouse or provoke hatred. Whether he has succeeded remains an open question. In an interview with AP, Dr
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    • 164 18 —AGENCIES Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suffered the rare humiliation of a public dressing down at Columbia University on Monday (picture), where he was labelled a "petty and cruel dictator" by the university's president, Dr Lee Bollinger. Booed, cheered and challenged on his views on the
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    • 499 20  -  JASON LEE FMYeo: US, China, India must act to cut carbon emissions jasonlee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE'S Foreign Minister George Yeo has stressed the importance of collective action in reducing carbon emissions, with a call for the United States, China and India to take the lead. The
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    • 261 12 1 1| I Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura Jg^yA^X i> J (Islamic Religious Council of Singapore) £f £f What isThe Meaning Of ZAKAT? "Ar>d establish As-Salat (prayers) and pat) ZAKAT ZAKAT means cleanse, pure, growth, full of and bow (to the Lord, submitting to His Will) with baraqah (blessing) and multiplicity.
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  • Voices
    • 469 24  -  LIEWKAIKHIUN As election rallies show, we are not riotous so is it time to allow public protests? Letter from IS IT perhaps timely to re-think the logic behind disallowing public demonstrations that are non-violent? The image of public protests is associated automatically to explosive
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    • 265 26  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY..... MORE DISHONEST EMOTIONS The last time we talking about anxiety and how it distorts perceptions of reality. Here's another example. In the fall of 1969, a wild man named Charles Manson and his young followers went on a killing spree in the
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    • 522 26  -  JP NATHAN Corporate support for the arts nascent; organisers still have to foot hefty fees Letter from Director of Programming, The Esplanade WE THANK Ms Li Bihui for her letter "Tickets beyond students' reach" (Sept 19). The Esplanade shares Ms Li's view that one
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    • 368 27  -  CHUACHERCHOON Students need to excel, but not only in examinations Letter from Chairman, Fund Raising Committee St Gabriel's Foundation I REFER to Christopher Teo Kian Lam's letter, "Students bogged down with examinations and Flag Day events" (Sept 19). He expressed disappointment over the St Gabriel's Foundation's decision
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  • Business
    • 499 28  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI Maritime sector needs to nurture more talent: MM nazry@media corp.com.sg THE maritime sector here is not a "sunset industry" despite Singapore's venturing into other areas, such as the biomedical sciences. And the Republic's greatest contribution to this sector is the intellectual input and know-how, said
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      57 28 TREVORTAN HONOUR: Mr Choo Chiau Beng (left), chairman and CEO of Keppel Offshore Marine, and Mr Erik Borgen, president of DnBNORBankASA (Singapore), with the Offshore and Marine Engineering Award and Maritime Service Provider Award respectively. They received the awards from Minister of Transport Raymond Lim during the International Maritime
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    • BUSINESSBRIEFS
      • 98 28 JOHNSON CHOO Star Cruises shareholders have approved private equity firm Apollo Management's US$l -billion ($1.5-billion) investment in its wholly-owned subsidiary NCL Corporation (NCL) for a 50-per-cent stake through newly-issued shares. Star Cruises said proceeds from the Apollo investment will be used to refinance existing
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      • 100 28 JOHNSON CHOO The Green Collection Sentosa Cove s only plot of land for strata landed housing has been awarded to boutique developer Elevation Developments for a record price of $78.68 million, or $1,099 per square foot per plot ratio (psf ppr). This is 42.5 per
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      • 134 28 ESTHER FUNG The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) yesterday announced a reserved site at Jalan Sultan for commercial development is now opened for application. The site, located within the gazetted Kampong Glam Conservation Area, has an area of 15,069 square feet and consists of 17
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    • business news
      • 269 30  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN hedirman@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE will be the development hub for Sennheiser's new consumer headphones, revealed the German-based company at the launch yesterday of the Singapore branch of Sennheiser Consumer Electronics, its new subsidiary. This is the first time the premium-quality headphone maker
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      • 435 30  -  CHEOWXINYI Merger talk moves some local counters cheowxinyi@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE shares traded flat yesterday, sliding slightly downwards by 0.4 per cent on the back of profit-taking and general lack of direction, said market watchers. "I don't think there's a great deal of conviction. People are just playing
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      • 442 32  -  ESTHER FUNG JOSEPH YADAO esther@media corp.com.sg CAPITALAND Retail, the retail arm of Capita Land, has found a winning formula to discover fresh marketing ideas. For the past two years, the mall operator has handed out the Capita Land Retail Marketing Award for the best
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      • marketbuzz
        • 149 32 This is the third year 7-Eleven is organising the 7-Eleven Leading Brand Awards. The Leading Brand in each category is determined through its scanned sales figure in all 7-Eleven stores for four-weeks until Oct 16. Also, more than 60 customers who vote correctly for the
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        • 129 32 Organised by the Singapore Media Academy and xin.sg, this seminar on Saturday is especially designed for participants who want to learn handy tips on how to captivate their audience during a presentation and master the skills of leaving lasting impressions during job interviews.
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      516 35  -  ASIFANSAR Anthony Chen is the French Film Festival's Singaporean guest of honour asif@media corp.com.sg TRUE to its objective of making things a "little bit different" this year, the long-standing Singapore French Film Festival has invited a young Singaporean film-maker to be its guest of honour. Anthony Chen,
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        273 36  -  Jeanine Tan The Nanny Diaries makes little impression FILMREVIEW by, The Nanny Diaries DESPITE having such a strong cast, The Nanny Diaries is a surprisingly weak film. It's the big-screen adaptation of the best-selling novel, in which a college graduate Anna (Scarlett Johansson) writes an account of her
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      • 243 36  -  Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW by.... w:nimtrrrm IF INSPIRED lunacy makes for great comedy, then Balls of Fury has certainly run with the ball. The oddball premise is crazy enough. One-time ping-pong child prodigy Randy Daytona (Dan Fogler) is down on his luck, and plugging the Vegas
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      • 235 37  -  Asif Ansar FILMREVIEW by, Death At A Funeral The scene is set when a casket is delivered with the wrong body inside it Hilarious chaos and unimaginable mayhem ensue soon after as a straight-laced Daniel (Matthew MacFadyen) tries to keep a stiff upper-lip and give his
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        • 122 37  -  FELIX CHEONG Memoirs of a Geisha meets Robin Hood meets Dangerous Liaisons is the best way to describe this messy Korean period drama. The aristocratic titular character (Song Hye-gyo) chooses to train as a geisha after discovering that she's the ***** child of the family maid who
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        295 38  -  Jeanine Tan A riotous action film that is more copycatthan homage FILMREVIEW A b^ Shoot Em Up HERE'S a movie that tries so very hard that it becomes a caricature of itself. Shoot Em Up, which stars the inimitable Clive Owen and the sexy Monica Belluci, is proud
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    • 317 44 DPA RUGBY WORLD CUP POOLC Romania 14 Portugal 10 POOLB Japan 12 Canada 12 TOULOUSE Romania came from behind to register their first Rugby World Cup victory on Tuesday (early today, Singapore time), while Japan ended a 13-game World Cup defeat
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