Today, 31 January 2008, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY /A=diaCofip MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Thursday January 31, 2008 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon TO EASE THE GRIDLOCK ...
      1144 1  - TO EASE THE GRIDLOCK LEONGWEEKEAT Cost of road usage to rise Improved highway system •Better public transport weekeat@media corp.com.sg FIRST the carrot, now the stick. After overhauls to make public bus and train services more appealing were announced, screws will now be tightened on drivers to curb road congestion here.
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      Lock icon 'The next parking lot is 400m away ...'
      356 2 'The next parking lot is 400m away —ANSLEYNG MOTORISTS who often have to twiddle their thumbs while waiting for a parking lot or waste time cruising for one may soon find it easier to get a parking space. From March, electronic signboards will be put up in the city areas,
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      Lock icon Will changes to ERP reap desired results?
      628 3  -  LEONG WEE KEAT NGJINGYNG System more in tune with road conditions should address existing bottlenecks weekeat@media corp.com.sg THE pain to their pockets may have some drivers griping about the biggest overhaul of the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system in a decade, but analysts
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      Lock icon US economy grinds to near halt
      468 4 AGENCIES GDP slows to 0.6 per cent in final three months of last year THE United States economy nearly stalled in the last three months of the year, growing just 0.6 per cent, capping its worst year since 2002 and coming in well below
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      Lock icon Wall Street rally fades after Fed rate cut
      444 4 AFP NEW YORK Stocks finished lower yesterday as the market rallied but then reversed course in volatile late-day action following a half-point cut in interest rates by the Federal Reserve. The market leapt higher on news of the rate cut, aimed at
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      Lock icon FBI probes sub-prime fraud
      293 4 -AGENCIES Heavy firepower has been levelled at the firms atthe heart of the US sub-prime crisis. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) yesterday revealed that it has opened criminal inquiries into 14 companies as part of a wide-ranging probe into accounting fraud, insider trading and loans
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon MIXED VIEWS OF ROAD AHEAD
      727 6  -  NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg CABBIES Worried about earnings THE cut in road tax is welcome news for the taxi operators, but several cab drivers worry whether the rise in various charges will further affect their earnings. The Taxi Operators' Associations (TOA) promised that the six
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      Falling slab kills father of 4
      253 8  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI HIS work as a construction foreman in recent years had been so busy that Mr Loh Boon Kee could only enjoy quality time with his family during the Chinese New Year festive season. But a much-anticipated reunion dinner tomorrow was not to be
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      Regent off the hook for now
      450 8  -  TAN HUI LENG STB stops Allgreen's purchase of condo for lack of'good faith' huileng@media corp.com.sg AN APPLICATION for the en bloc sale of Regent Garden has been dismissed by the Strata Titles Board (STB) much to the delight of the majority owners. A group
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    • SINGAPORE
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        MARCH 18 LAUNCH OF A380 FLIGHTS TO LONDON
        91 10 After Sydney, Singapore Airlines (SIA) will launch Airbus A3BO flights to London on March 18. This is also the first A3BO commercial service to Europe. SQ3OB will leave Changi Airport at 9am and arrive at Heathrow Airport at 3.05pm London time. The
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        TELECAST OF BUDGET SPEECH
        98 10 Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam's Budget Speech in Parliament on Feb 15 will be telecast live over Channel News Asia, with Chinese translation on dual sound mode, and over radio on 938 Live. The complete text will also be uploaded to www.singaporebudget.gov.sg. The pre-Budget 2008 Feedback Exercise,
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        TEO, ABDULLAH DISCUSS REGIONAL ISSUES
        65 10 Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean called on Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday in Kuala Lumpur. Both discussed their countries' bilateral relationship and regional issues. Mr Teo also visited the Malaysia Armed Forces Defence College to speak on Malaysia and Singapore's defence relations and
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        MORE CUSTOMS RAIDS RESULT IN 165% SPIKE IN ARRESTS
        90 10 More than 6,000 people were caught for buying illegal cigarettes last year as Singapore Customs clamped down on demand for such contraband at the street level. Thirty per cent were nabbed in "hotspot areas" such as Geylang and Yew Tee. Singapore
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      Lock icon 'One-eyed Dragon' loses his appeal
      433 10  -  ZULOTHMAN Condemned man seeks time with wife zul@media corp.com.sg FOR someone facing the death sentence, convicted gunman Mr Tan Chor Jin (picture) seemed not just unperturbed but in high spirits. At his appeal hearing held in the High Court yesterday, the former triad member nicknamed
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Coup leader 'still loves' Thaksin
      329 12 —AFP BANGKOK Thailand's top generals backed the new elected government yesterday, with the one-time coup leader saying he "still loves" ousted Premier Thaksin Shinawatra, whose allies are again in power. General Sonthi Boonyaratglin (picture) toppled Mr Thaksin's government in September 2006, accusing the billionaire of
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      Lock icon Ex-minister gets 27 years
      317 12 —AFP Macau court finds Ao guilty of graft, orders return of $44.5 million, assets MACAU A former Macau minister was yesterday found guilty of taking tens of millions of dollars in kickbacks and sentenced to 27 years in prison. In the biggest corruption trial in the
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      Lock icon South Korea unveils major plan to boost English
      229 12 —AFP SEOUL South Korea's next government yesterday unveiled a 4-trillion-won ($6 billion) programme to make all high school graduates fluent in English. Among other measures, a plan, drawn up by the transition team of the next President Lee Myung Bak, called for
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    • GLOBAL
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        GROUP PHOTO NEW SIGN OF POLLS
        122 12 All Cabinet ministers in Malaysia were scheduled for a group photograph in Putrajaya yesterday, another sign that the General Election is imminent, reported The Star. A minister said Cabinet ministers would gather for a group photo at the beginning of a new Cabinet, when
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        Lock icon SUU KYI 'NOT SATISFIED'WITH TALKS
        102 12 —AFP Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said yesterday that she was "not satisfied" with her talks with the junta. The junta appointed Labour Minister Aung Kyi as a "relations minister" to coordinate contacts with the Nobel peace prize winner in the wake of
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        Lock icon OVER 45 HURT IN NEPAL BOMB ATTACK
        75 12 —AFP At least 45 people were injured yesterday in a bomb attack at a political rally in eth-nically-tense southern Nepal. The mainstream political parties and former Maoist rebels organised the rally ahead of landmark elections planned for April 10. Officials blamed the series
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      63 14 V AFP HEALING ACT: The great-granddaughter of peace icon Ma hatma Gandhi, Ms Nilamben Parikh, immersing his ashes into the sea off Mumbai yesterday. The ceremony marked the 60th anniversary of Mr Gandhi's death and the healing of a generations-old rift among his descendants. Mr Gandhi, who led the nonviolent
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      Lock icon Stop exploiting Islam: Dr M
      333 14 —AGENCIES Govt creating tension by using Islam to get votes KUALA LUMPUR Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has fired another salvo at his successor, Mr Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Dr Mahathir has accused the government of using Islam to gain political mileage in the upcoming
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      Lock icon Vital McCain win in Florida
      511 16 —AGENCIES —AFP Clinton takes Democrat vote in hollow victory MIAMI Senator John McCain pushed to the front of the tight Republican White House race, beating rival Mittßomney in Tuesday's Florida primary and delivering a virtual knockout blow to Mr Rudolph Giuliani's campaign. With 99 per
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      Lock icon How not to run for the White House
      266 16 —AFP MIAMI Mr Rudolph Giuliani's fall from soaring Republican front-runner to humiliated White House also-ran ranks as one of the most spectacular flame-outs in American election history. The hero of the September 11,2001, attacks has hinted he would quit the presidential race.
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      Lock icon SocGen chairman, co-CEO to stay
      247 16 —AGENCIES PARIS Societe Generate (SocGen) chairman Daniel Bouton will stay at the helm of the scandal-marred bank, a bank official said yesterday. The board of directors "unanimously reaffirmed its confidence" in Mr Bouton during a meeting called to tackle the crisis over the loss of
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      Lock icon Storm-ravaged China deploys army to help
      348 18 —AFP Millions stranded amid travel gridlock, power cuts BEIJING China dispatched the army yesterday to help millions of people stranded by snowstorms that have caused transport gridlock, crippled power supplies and hindered relief efforts, state media reported. At least 460,000 troops from the People's
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      111 18 —AGENCIES ODD COUPLE: Cambodian Uorn Sambath, seven, sleeping in the massive coil of a female python. He takes rides on the reptile, kisses it and pate it down with baby powder. The two grew up together, since the python slithered into the family home when Uorn Sambath was three months
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      Lock icon East Timor shaken by 6.2-magnitude quake
      115 18 —AP DILI A strong earthquake struck off the coast of East Timor yesterday, prompting the authorities to issue a tsunami warning. The 6.2-magnitude tremor struck 262 km north-east of the capital, Dili, in Indonesia's Banda Sea at a depth of 10km, according to the
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      Please respect the proxy
      147 20  -  DENIS DISTANT Letter from THE Singapore Companies Act allows for company shareholders to appoint two proxies if they do not personally attend company meetings. This, however, can cause embarrassment and inconvenience when a proxy turns up at a meeting, only to be told by the registrar
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      Lock icon S'pore gets the job done
      435 20  -  LEE QUAN LONG, UNGEHSWARI EISVRAN, SHAYMA ALKAFF, SHERMAN TAN TAN HUI Yl Spore youth call for inaugural Youth Olympic Games to be held here Letter from AN and' WE REFER to the comments made by Mr Alexander Chernov of the Moscow 2010 Bid Committee in
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      199 22  -  DR BILL MAIER BY I BATHING BABIES SAFELY Who would have ever thought that bathing a baby could be so much fun? Giving your baby a bath can be a bright spot in the middle of an otherwise tiring day. But there are some dangers involved
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      Lock icon isay STILL SO MANY HILLS TO CLIMB
      684 22  -  ADRIAN ANG I REFER to "Obama's All-American Primary Colours" by Mr Kenneth S Chiang (Jan 28). With more than 50 per cent of African-American voters in the Democrat primary, South Carolina is not representative of the United States. This partly explains why there
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      Lock icon Sowing the seeds of durian hygiene
      197 24  -  S SATISH APPOO Pre-packed fruit stalls must be licensed: NEA Letter from Director, Environmental Health Department National Environment Agency WE REFER to the letter, "A thorny matter of health" (Jan 15). Durian vendors who sell the fruit whole and, after the sale, de-husk the
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      When the Internet slows you down
      214 24  -  TANG LI Letter from A BUSINESS partner recently transferred a small sum of money from his United Overseas Bank account to my DBS bank account He made the transfer via the Internet on a Thursday, and it was only credited into my account on
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      82 20 VOICES ON RADIO Chinese New Year is when the unhitched are entitled W "1 to hongbaos but are BJ Eyjfl reminded constantly of V___1_J their single status. Is it |T\/c a "sin" to be single? Do LI v t you face relatives bugging you about marriage and children? Is marriage
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      Property players hold back
      383 26  -  ESTHER FUNG Companies wary of acquisitions amid market uncertainty esther@mediacorp.com.sg EVEN as property prices come off their peaks, sector participants are keeping cautious, with Macquarie MEAG Prime Reit's manager becoming the latest to say it will hold off making acquisitions for now. The uncertain mood brought
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      Lock icon $508m profit a record for SPC
      228 26 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Petroleum Company (SPC) said profit rose to a record last year because of higher earnings from processing crude into fuels. Net income climbed 79 per cent to $508.4 million, or 98.73 cents a share, from $284.6 million, or 55.23 cents, a year
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      Lock icon Bharti boom from user surge
      157 26 —AFP BHARTI Airtel, 31-per-cent owned by Sing Tel, said net profit in the third quarter climbed by 42 per cent as the number of mobile phone users surged. India's mobile market is growing by some 8 million subscribers a month, making it the world's fastest-expanding
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      Citigroup cuts S'pore growth forecast amid US woes
      242 28  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@media corp.com.sg CITIGROUP has cut its 2008 forecast for Singapore's growth joining several major financial institutions to 5.6 per cent from 6.2 per cent, as it expects the United States to go into a "mild" recession. Standard Chartered Bank scaled down
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      Lock icon IMF: It is a global slowdown
      337 28 —REUTERS World growth expected to hit 5-year low over US fallout THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its 2008 forecast for world growth, warning that the global economy will deliver the weakest performance in five years as United States-originated financial strains intensify. The IMF
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