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    14 1 TODAY /A=DJj-\CoRP MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Tuesday February 5, 2008 todayonline.com I
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    Lock icon RED PACKETS WITH A DIFFERENCE
    44 1 Orangutans opening their hongbao marked with the character for 'prosperity'- as part of the Chinese New Year celebrations at the Singapore Zoo yesterday. Instead of money, these hongbao contained melon seeds a tasty treat for the orangutans. TREVOR TAN
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    Lock icon Human trafficking: The numbers don't add up
    830 1  -  LEONGWEEKEAT Philippine Embassy says it's on the rise here, but police reports show otherwise weekeat@media corp.com.sg THEY are two different sets of statistics, painting two very different pictures. According to the Philippine Embassy, in an annual report recently submitted to the Philippine government,
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    Where is S'pore's fourth generation?
    504 1 DUBAI Should the need arise, there are leaders in the current Cabinet- about "three to four years" younger who can take over from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. But this expression of confidence from Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong comes with a greater concern: A
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      40 1 GIC READY TO 'ADJUST TERMS' FIRM SAYS IT'S FLEXIBLE AS IT FACES SHAREHOLDER VOTE BUSINESS PAGE 21 THE RAT PACK AN ARTY START TO THE NEW YEAR PLUS PAGE 24 OLYMPIC GLORY? PROJECT 0812 CHIEF HAILS PROGRAMME SPORTS PAGE 30
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      Lock icon HOW CAN BID RIGGING NOT BE A CRIME?
      574 3  -  THOMAS KOSHY Such anti-competitive acts should be considered a criminal offence and not treated lightly TWO years after the relevant provisions of the Competition Act came into effect, the first case of anti-competitive bid rigging has resulted in a total of over
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon A growing no-frills revolution
      533 4  -  NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg IN MS Julie Kee's household, buying no-frills bread, detergent and even fish balls is a start when it comes to trimming the grocery bill for her family of four. The 51-year-old design drafter estimates that her family saves "a few dollars" on
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      Lock icon On the way: A smoother journey to Sentosa
      394 4  -  HASNITAMAJID CHANNEL NEWSASIA hasnita@media corp.com.sg ROADS leading to Sentosa and the area around Harbour Front will be upgraded this year. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said this is to prepare for an expected increase in traffic when the integrated resort at Sentosa
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      Lock icon Forgetful crane driver puts the lights out
      250 6  -  JINNY KOH jinny@mediacorp.com.sg BARELY a week after a lorry driver took a gantry down with his crane, another knocked down a set of traffic lights before crashing into the MRT tracks along Woodlands Avenue 10 yesterday. The lorry driver told traffic policemen at
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      Boy jailed 6 years for raping low-IQ sister
      509 6  -  LEONGWEEKEAT Both were victims of sexual abuse by older brother weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg A 16-YEAR-OLD boy, believed to be the youngest to be charged with rape here, was sentenced to six years' jail yesterday for violating his mildly-retarded elder sister. The teenager committed the
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        64 SITES FOR NEW UPGRADING PLANS
        96 6 Six sites comprising some 30 blocks selected under the Housing and Development Board's (HDB's) Main Upgrading Programme have requested to switch to new upgrading plans offered by the board. Residents can choose one or more of the following: Home Improvement (Hip), Neighbourhood Renewal (NRP)
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        SHARITY GIFT BOX COLLECTS $4.5 M
        80 6 Singaporeans donated about $4.5 million in gifts to more than 28,000 needy people under the Boys' Brigade Sharity Gift Box programme last year. They contributed more than 436,000 food and household items, exceeding the 430,000 target set during the campaign from Nov 30 to
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        Lock icon NAC HEAD IS INTERIM LASALLE CHIEF
        110 6 Arts champion Lee Suan Hiang (picture) has been appointed interim president and chief executive officer of Lasalle College of the Arts. Mr Lee, who is concurrently the CEO of the National Arts Council (NAC), is also a Fellow at the Ministry of Information, Communications
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      Lock icon Time and tide wait for no man – and same goes for the job market
      199 8 Time and tide wait for no man and same goes for the job market In the new ultra-competitive job landscape, timing can be crucial. But the laws in some countries have not yet caught up with the times. Employees in Switzerland, for example, have to serve for two months before
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      Lock icon Mother almost fooled by scam
      437 8  -  NGJINGYNG She agreed to pay $2,000 ransom after hearing plea by'son' jingyng@media corp.com.sg IN THE same tone that her son uses to call her "Ma", a 45-year-old mother was led to believe that it was the voice of her only child pleading for help. And
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      Lock icon Bush's budget boost for US military
      291 10 -BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON President George W Bush sent Congress a US$3.l trillion ($4.3 trillion) federal budget for next year that trims health care programmes, boosts military spending and projects a near-record US$4lO-billion deficit, reflecting the weakened US economy. The budget, the biggest of the Bush
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      Lock icon Does this man have the Midas touch?
      237 10 BLOOMBERG BEIJING Former Beijing Mayor Wang Qishan (picture), is likely to emerge from next month's National People's Congress with a role overseeing China's economic pol-icy-making perhaps as a Vice-Premier, said senior party members. If he does, the 59-year-old will have his work cut
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      Lock icon Lingam's lavish gifts
      407 10 -AGENCIES Lawyer offered to buy house for former judge, says brother KUALA LUMPUR A high-profile lawyer accused of manipulating judicial appointments gave expensive gifts to Malaysia's former top judge and offered to buy him a house, the lawyer's brother told a public inquiry yesterday. The government-ordered inquiry
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        Lock icon DEATH FOR ANT CONMAN UPHELD
        100 10 —AP A court in north-eastern China upheld a death sentence yesterday against a businessman accused of cheating investors in a would-be ant-breeding scheme. The Liaoning Provincial Higher People's Court turned down an appeal from Wang Zhendong, who was convicted of fraud and sentenced to death
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        Lock icon IRAN LAUNCHES FIRST SPACE CENTRE
        87 10 ■AFP Iran yesterday inaugurated a space centre aimed at launching its first home-built research satellites. A rocket was fired into space at the remote desert centre in northern Iran to mark the event. Iran has been pursuing a space programme for the past few years.
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        Lock icon TREAT RATS WITH RESPECT: PETA
        75 10 -AP Animal rights group. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta), yesterday urged China to treat rats with kindness and respect, as millions across the country begin to celebrate the Year of the Rat. Peta said it has asked the Chinese government to consider
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      Lock icon Last pitch for Super Tuesday
      338 12 -AFP MINNEAPOLIS (Minnesota) Exhausted White House hopefuls launched one last frenzied day of campaigning before "Super Tuesday" today, the biggest one-day White House nominating contest in history. Ms Hillary Clinton was battling to hold off her Democratic rival Barack Obama in the unprecedented nationwide showdown,
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      Lock icon MARIA SHRIVER PICKS OBAMA
      157 12 ■AFP Ms Maria Shriver (picture), the wife of California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and a member of the powerful Kennedy political clan, has endorsed Mr Barack Obama for United States President, just days after her husband backed Republican John McCain. "The more I thought about it, I
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      Lock icon Paid for 'standing still'
      265 12 -THE GUARDIAN LONDON Britain's biggest firms are being urged to radically alter the way they pay their directors by linking their bonuses to non-financial measures such as environmental protection and employee safety. The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum, which represents public sector pension funds with £85
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      Lock icon Click here to buy a North Korean bicycle ...
      251 14 Click here to buy a North Korean bicycle AP SEOUL North Korea, known more for nuclear sabre-rattling than its consumer products, is offering overseas shoppers the chance to buy hundreds of its goods such as made-in-North Korea sport utility vehicle via the Internet. The electronic shopping mall www. dprk-economy. com/en/Shop/index.php
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      Lock icon An online monopoly ?
      390 14 An online monopoly -AGENCIES Microsoft's Yahoo bid threatens 'innovation and openness' on the Internet, says Google SAN FRANCISCO Search engine giant Google has blasted Microsoft's bid for Yahoo, claiming that the U5544.6-bil-lion ($63-billion) move may threaten Internet users' access to rival instant messaging and email accounts. In the popular Internet
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      218 14 MIGRATE TO AUSTRALIA Is your PR visa expiring? If so, you should understand how decision makers have the discretion and flexibility to renew visas of people who are genuinely committed to Australia but who have not met the residential requirements. To learn about your options, visit www.ntrust.com.sg or call 6535
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      Lock icon 'Old? So don't work'
      441 16  -  MARIANA AH MAD Rankled by doctor's callous bedside manner toward elderly dad Letter from MY 61-YEAR-OLD father fell down a staircase while he was working the night shift as a security officer. The doctor at the Accident and Emergency Department at Tan Tock Seng Hospital ascertained
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      All she is asking for is a seat on the train
      382 16  -  LEEKAMWOON Letter from I AM 62 years old. I work part-time and travel by public transport. My journey to and from my place of work by MRT takes me at least two hours each day. At my age, I
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      201 18  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY THE LITTLE GIRL AT THE AIRPORT You can learn a lot by watching people (which happens to be a favourite pastime of mine). I was doing just that while waiting to catch a plane some 20 years ago at the Los Angeles
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      Lock icon The battle of the classes
      399 18  -  MICHAEL ANG YORK POON Today's Lions have to match the showing of Choo's 1977 team to truly make history Letter from I WOULD like to raise a few issues related to the Lions' third-round Asian World Cup qualifying campaign which begins in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
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  • Business
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      Slower growth for electronics
      244 20  -  CHEOWXINYI Weaker demand a sign of trouble for export sector? cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg THE electronics segment of the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell 1.5 points last month from a month earlier to 50.8 points as new orders grew more slowly, adding to signs that electronic exporters may be
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      Lock icon SMEs to maintain staff levels
      98 20  -  ESTHER FUNG SOURCE HSBC I esther@media corp.com.sg SMALL businesses in Singapore may be cautious about economic prospects, but they still prefer to maintain staff levels over the next six months, according to the results of a half-yearly survey of 300 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
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      Lock icon Sing Tel adds 8.6m more mobile users
      260 20 -AGENCIES SINGTEL added some 13.6 million mobilephone subscribers in the last quarter of last year, paced by user gains in India. Sing Tel had a total of 171.54 million mobile users in eight markets at the end of last year, versus 157.97 million
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      Catalist announces inaugural sponsors
      233 20  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi® mediacorp.com.sg CATALIST is now officially open for business, after the Singapore Exchange (SGX) announced sponsors for companies seeking to list on the former junior board, Sesdaq. The inaugural list consists of 10 full sponsors authorised to list companies and six continuing sponsors involved in
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      Lock icon CATAUST SPONSORS
      49 20 SGX FULL SPONSORS •CIMB-GK Securities •Collins Stewart •DBS Bank •HLBank Merrill Lynch (Singapore) Morgan Stanley Asia (Singapore) •Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Phillip Securities Prime Partners Corporate Finance •UOB Asia CONTINUING SPONSORS •Asian Corporate Advisors Boulton Capital Asia •CNP Compliance •KW Capital R&T Corporate Services Stamford Corporate Services SOURCE
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      Lock icon Indon coal producer on fire as bad weather puts squeeze on international deliveries
      395 21 BLOOMBERG STRAITS Asia Resources, an Indonesian coal producer, climbed to a record in Singapore trading, tracking prices of the fuel after output fell in China, Australia and South Africa. Straits Asia climbed as much as 56 cents,
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      GIC ready to 'adjust terms'
      478 21 Firm not out to get 'maximum terms' on ÜBS deal: Deputy chairman Tony Tan THE Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) is "not out to actually get the maximum terms" and is "prepared to adjust the terms" of its deal to buy up to 9
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      51 21 LETS CLEAN UP JUST BIN IT A clean city is a beautiful city. It's also healthier and provides a better quality of life for all. Singapore is our home. Let's do our bit and keep Singapore clean, green and healthy. *^B^^ National 1 Cleaner streets, Healthier environment, X^ Better living
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      Silky smooth creativity
      476 22  -  JOSEPH YADAO Advertising agencies face the challenge of engaging consumers even more joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg THE existence of You Tube and Facebook has made life difficult for advertising agencies. "The consumer is kickstarting a new era of social engagement and marketers need to follow suit. They can no
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      An airport hotel that guests will love
      356 22  -  —JOSEPH YADAO YOU might have stayed at, or heard about, small, dingy rooms at airport hotels that encourage you to check out as fast as you can. Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) is poised to change the way travellers look at airport hotels when
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      Lock icon THE RAT PACK
      139 24  -  Mayo Martin From feuding Shanghainese divas to calligraphy for kids, kick off the Year of the Rat with genuine art-felt enthusiasm HEADS up, people. We've got a long holiday break coming up faster than you can say "gong xi fa cai". But because you took your sweet
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      CONCERTS
      244 24 MAGGIETHENG 30 YEARS MUSIC JOURNEY CONCERT 2008 Why you should go: When Kit and Stef were but wee lassies, there was Maggie, our first Taiwan pop export As you may have subtly deduced from the concert's title, this is three full decades' worth of hits from Theng's catalogue of
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      EXHIBITS
      167 24 FANTASY OF LUCK: LAU SHEOWTONG Why you should go: It will bring good luck and prosperity to the artist if you buy a painting. In his new show, artist Lav Sheow Tong spoofs symbolic characters like the Japanese Lucky Cat (picture) and Fortune Frog, turning them into cartoon characters.
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      AND FOR THE KIDS...
      184 25 THE MIGHTY BRUSH Why you should go: He might be doodling on your walls now, but junior might just be a master calligraph-er-slash-poet in the making. Life Art Society is holding calligraphy lessons for kids. Hongbao damage: Admission is free. Friday, 2pm to 4pm at Singapore
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      PERFORMANCES
      198 25 SHANGHAI BLUES Why you should go: It's glam, it's glitzy, it's a musical with some familiar faces. Cabaret's Emma Yong, 881's Mindee Ong and Hong Kong pop star William So star in this Toy Factory period extravaganza set in Shanghai during the *****. Originally a 1984 Hong Kong film
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    • in cinemas
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        Lock icon Meet their 'family' of 17
        315 26  -  MAYO MARTIN Tan Kheng Hua, Lim Yu-Beng's theatre company is growing mayo@mediacorp.com.sg IN JUST two weeks, theatre couple Tan Kheng Hua and Lim Yu-Beng's quiet family of three has grown exponentially they've taken 17 teenagers into their fold. Last Thursday marked the official launch of
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