Today, 13 November 2007

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    14 1 TODAY /A=ryJj-\CORP MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Tuesday November 13, 2007 todayonline.com I
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    Taxman raises HDB property value, most unaffected for now
    819 1 THE annual values of most properties including HDB flats are going up, but while owners of most private homes will be paying more taxes on their properties next year, HDB flat owners will largely be insulated from the taxman's move. The
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    MPs tackle worries over food price rise
    709 1  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI Govt doing its best to keep inflation low, assures minister nazry@mediacorp.com.sg WITH groceries costing more by the day and consumers still getting used to the four-month-old 2-per- cent hike in GST, it was inevitable that inflation and the Government's handling of it
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      Lock icon Will new penalties make 'disappearing' taxis reappear?
      836 2  -  LEONGWEEKEAT LTA hopes they will but some have doubts if the stick will work weekeat@media corp.com.sg FROM Monday, taxi drivers who solicit for, overcharge or refuse to pick up passengers will face higher fines, more demerit points and immediate suspensions of their vocational
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  • parliament news
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      MPs fret over patient information disclosure
      433 4  -  SHERALYN TAY Minister reassures members that all data will be treated with strictest confidence sheralyn@media corp. com. sg EVEN as they agreed on the importance of having a national registry to gather key information to help formulate public health policies, Members of Parliament (MPs)
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      MP tells of young nephew's video game addiction
      344 4  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@media corp.com.sg A 12-YEAR-OLD nephew's addiction to cyber and gaming cafes led Member of Parliament Ellen Lee (Sembawang GRC), to table similar questions to three different ministries in Parliament yesterday. According to Ms Lee, her nephew's addiction had led
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    • PARLIAMENTBRIEFS
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        NEW CPF CHANGES GIVE MORE CLOUT TO WORKFARE SCHEME
        117 4  -  SHERALYNTAY Amendments to the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Act, passed yesterday, will give the Workfare Income Supplement (WIS) scheme legislative teeth to prevent any abuse. Anyone guilty of making false declarations can be fined up to $2,500 for first offences and
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        SIN MING WILL NOT BE A 'FUNERAL HUB': MINISTER
        121 4  -  LEONGWEEKEAT Despite the Government's plans to pilot a purpose-built funeral parlour there, the Sin Ming area will not become a "funeral hub". Minister of State (National Development) Grace Fu said yesterday. To mitigate residents' concerns about noise and property values, the
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      UWC plans new Tampines campus
      432 6  -  TEOXUANWEI Demand at international school spikes with steady influx of foreigners xuanwei@media corp.com.sg FACED with the happy problem of overwhelming demand from parents, the United World College of South East Asia has decided to open a new campus in Tampines, which will be ready in
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      Key is getting climate message through: Don
      325 6  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg HE MAY have made winning a Nobel Peace Prize seem easy: One docu-movie and former United States vice-president Al Gore shared the honours this year with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). But when it comes to environmental work,
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      Lock icon 6 key steps to meet Spore's energy needs
      600 8  -  LIN YANQIN AND ESTHER FUNG Singapore targets $34 billion in value-add and 15,300 jobs by 2015 yanqin@media corp.com.sg SPIRALLING oil prices, growing global demand for energy, limited and uncertain supplies from oil-producing countries, climate change from greenhouse gas emissions these are the
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      255 5 Singapore Goby (Cryptocentrus leptocephalus) and Blind Shrimp (Alpheus sp.) Coral reefs are home to diverse species living and working f together in harmony. Symbiosis helps them survive and thrive, unij)V£6r SH^P^Si^^^^S—^ but their interdependence also makes them vulnerable. If one is lost, the other follows suit. Pollution, shipping traffic, fishing,
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  • world news
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      93 10 LONDON SCARE: A large plume of smoke rising over Tower Bridge in central London yesterday after a fire broke out at an east London warehouse close to where the main stadium for the 2012 London Olympics will be built. The one-storey warehouse was to be demolished to make room for
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      Lock icon Pakistan facing new censure
      363 10 —AGENCIES Commonwealth may suspend the country if emergency rule continues LONDON As Commonwealth foreign ministers debated whether to suspend Pakistan from the grouping if it does not lift its state of emergency, opposition leader Benazir Bhutto ruled out any more power-sharing talks with President Pervez Musharraf
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      Lock icon 'No way militants can grab our N-arms'
      353 10 —AGENCIES ISLAMABAD Pakistan said yesterday it had sufficient "retaliatory capacity" to defend its nuclear weapons and that there was no risk they would be seized by the Taliban or Al Qaeda-linked militants, who have expanded their control beyond the country's north-western border regions.
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      Lock icon Time's up for 'Brother No 3'
      460 12 —AGENCIES Former Khmer Rouge leader, wife to face genocide charges PHNOM PENH Former Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister leng Sary and his wife leng Thirith were arrested yesterday, bringing to four the number of regime leaders now facing Cambodia's United Na-tions-backed genocide court A French-educated
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      Lock icon UN envoy spends hour in 'hell-hole'
      217 12 —AFP YANGON United Nations human rights expert Paulo Sergio Pinheiro visited Myanmar's Insein prison yesterday to probe abuses and uncover how many died during the junta's suppression of September's pro-democracy protests. Mr Pinheiro, who was allowed back into Myanmar by the regime for the
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      Lock icon Empty monasteries, blood-stained floors
      631 13 —AP Reprisals send Myanmar's monks running for their lives BANGKOK —Myanmar's monasteries used to teem with saffron-robed Buddhist monks, revered as spiritual guides and moral authorities in a country in the grip of a repressive military regime. In September, the junta turned its troops on the
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon M'SIANS' KINDNESS BACKFIRING: PM
        97 14 DPA Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has said that the problem of rising numbers of illegal immigrants in the eastern state of Sabah was due to the kindness of locals offering them shelter and jobs, a news report said yesterday. Located on Borneo island, Sabah
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        Lock icon COPYCAT YOUTUBE MASSACRE THREAT
        105 14 —AFP hnmsh police have detained a teenage boy who allegedly posted a video on You Tube threatening a massacre similarto the one that occurred last week at a high school in Finland. The 16-year-old posted a 30-second-long video showing his "school and a person with a
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      Lock icon Battle looming over 'US wars'
      262 14 —AGENCIES Opposition threatens censure against Fukuda government TOKYO A Japanese parliamentary committee yesterday approved the renewal of a limited anti-terror naval mission in the Indian Ocean, setting the stage for a fresh showdown with the opposition. Japanese warships had been refuelling vessels in the region
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      Lock icon First votes cast as polls predict defeat for Howard
      248 16 —AGENCIES SYDNEY Aboriginal voters cast the first ballots in Australia's elections yesterday as the latest polls forecast a landslide defeat for Prime Minister John Howard. The votes cast by Aborigines at Kybrook Farm south of Darwin marked the start of early
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      Lock icon Gunfire mars Arafat rally
      250 16 —AGENCIES GAZA CITY At least seven people were killed and 150 were injured after Hamas security forces opened fire yesterday as hundreds of thousands gathered (picture) to mark the third death anniversary of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat The shots brought an abrupt end to the largest
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  • Voices
    • Media, FAS must rouse support
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        Today does well by devoting pages to Singapore soccer
        303 18  -  NGWEEFOONG Letter from I REFER to "Brave Lions, Kudos to 6,606 fans, Shame on you Singapore" (Nov 10-11) and wish to raise two issues about the lack of fan interest in the Singapore-Tajikistan match. First, the lack of media coverage. How
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        Greater publicity, cheaper tickets would have helped
        203 18  -  JIM SIM Letter from DID it not occur to the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) and the media that they could be part of the problem for the meagre fan turnout' There wasn't enough publicity and coverage of the Lions' preparations in the
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      Lock icon A SHOT ON THE WILD SIDE
      661 20  -  LYNETTE KOH JULIAN W With the a7oo's high-speed continuous shooting capability and ADI flash technology, it's easy to get up-close to nature from behind the viewfinder TEXT PHOTOGRAPHS Over the last 13 years, professional wildlife photographer Julian W, 33, has regularly headed to regions
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      209 22  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY SATISFYING MOTHERHOOD When I hear someone comment that being a mother and homemaker is boring, I have a simple response: You're right! The truth is, almost any occupation -telephone operator, pathologist, lawyer or dentist requires long hours of tedious activity. Few of
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      Lock icon PERFECT JOB FOR THE QUEEN OF CLUBS
      890 22  -  JUSTIN CHEONG, CAROLINE PUECHOULTRES 38, president and CEO of Club Mcd Asia Pacific What comes to mind when you are told that the president and CEO of Club Mcd Asia Pacific is a woman? Words like "glamorous", "40s", "upswept hairdo", "elegantpearls" and "power
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      161 18 MediaCorp Press Ltd MTV A A 7" 24 Raffles Place #28-01/06 I II l/\ Clifford Centre *****21 XV/l/TU 1800 236 4888 Fax 6534 4217 MEDIACORP Editorial Director P N Balji TODAY Managing Editor Walter Fernandez Night Editor Yvonne Lim Editor-At-Large Clement Mesenas Chief Sub-Editor Richard J Valladares Section editors Foreign
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  • Business
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      Lock icon Sub-prime still gets shares down
      303 24  -  CHEOWXINYI But fall cushioned asGovtsays no new property measures cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE shares suffered their biggest fall in three weeks yesterday as bourses worldwide slumped on continued concerns over the extent of the sub-prime mortgage crisis that began in the United States. But the Straits Times
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      Changes to listing rules to improve market efficiency
      215 24  -  CHEOWXINYI SHORTER trading halts and prompt disclosures of information relating to employee share options are some of the key changes in listing rules announced by Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday, in its bid to improve market efficiency and transparency. The revisions, following a
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    • Article
      Record investments this year: PM Lee
      194 25  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN Manufacturing still key focus for Singapore hedirman@media corp. com. sg MANUFACTURING will remain a key focus for the Government as it expects investment commitments for the sector to reach a record high this year. Speaking at the opening of Global Entrepolis Singapore
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      Agri-firms make comeback at international trade exhibition
      142 25  -  ESTHER FUNG AFTER an absence of three years, agribusinesses will make a comeback, with at least two participating in the Enterprise Exchange exhibition this week. "With prices of goods and commodities getting higher because of high oil prices, land-own-ers and agricultural entrepreneurs would
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      Lock icon F&N DENIES BUSINESS TIMES REPORT, SAYS GROUP IS STILL SEARCHING FOR A CEO
      199 25 BLOOMBERG Fraser and Neave (F&N) said it is searching for a new chief executive officer, denying a report in The Business Times that it had stopped the process. "We've just commenced our search for our CEO," spokesman
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    • business news
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        THE TIGER COULD LOSE ITS ROAR
        791 26  -  WILLIAM PESEK M'sia needs to work harder and faster if it does not want to be left behind: Analyst THOSE wondering where Malaysia is headed should keep an eye on Mr Tony Fernandes. Perhaps no one personifies the promise of Asia's lOth-biggest economy better
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        DAILY GOLD UPDATE
        81 26 Last Business Day: Nov 12, 2007 SPOT GOLD OPEN (9AM) U*****.90/oz SPOT GOLD CLOSE (SPM) US$BlB.4O/oz CHANGE -1.4% Experienced investors understand that hard assets like gold not only hold its value during times of inflation but is often regarded as the truest form of honest money. As
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      • BUSINESSBRIEFS
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          HYFLUX DOUBLES Q3 PROFIT
          54 26 Water-treatment firm Hyflux's thirdquarter net profit climbed to $4.2 million from $1.9 million a year earlier, while revenue rose to $51.9 million from $29.4 million. Hyflux's China operations contributed about 68 per cent to its revenue while sales in the Middle East and North Africa accounted
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          Lock icon NOBLE GROUP TRIPLES 03 PROFIT
          83 26 —AGENCIES Noble Group's net profit nearly tripled to $60.6 million in the third quarter from $23.5 million a year earlier because of rising demand for commodities. A recent expansion in its operations to take advantage of low production costs in source markets and its shipping
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        Viva Pinata Fiesta at Swensen's
        111 27  -  —JOSEPH YADAO SWENSEN'S has teamed up with Microsoft to offer its Viva Pinata Fiesta meals till Jan 2. Diners can order special Viva Pinata dishes and sundaes, which are inspired by the main characters of the hit Xbox 360 game. They also have a chance
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        Red Bee Media opens in S'pore
        136 27  -  —JOSEPH YADAO RED Bee Media, an award-win-ning multimedia and channel management firm, opened its Singapore office last Tuesday as part of its global expansion. It joins its network of global offices in London, Paris, Beijing and Sydney. Red Bee Media, with its 40 years
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        Sleek, friendly and ... seductive
        329 27  - Sleek, friendly and seductive JOSEPH YADAO joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg BIGGER and clearer that seems to be the sales pitch for most television sets these days. But Philips is bringing another element into its marketing drive. The Dutch consumer products manufacturer enthralls its target audience with the Seduction by Light campaign for
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