Today, 11 February 2008

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    27 1 TODAY /AedjaCorp MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Monday February 11, 2008 todayonline.com TODAY /A=diaCorp MICA (P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Monday February 11, 2008 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon 'Reform Princess' may contest polls
    440 1  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI DAI EXCLUSIVE Anwar's 27-year-old daughter may take on Cabinet minister nazry@mediacorp.com.sg SHE may have just given birth to her first child in September but 27-year-old Nurul Izzah Anwar (picture), the eldest daughter of Malaysian opposition icon Anwar Ibrahim, has no intention of letting motherhood
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    Some buckles can get you arrested
    700 1  -  NGJINGYNG jingyng@media corp. com. sg THERE are belt buckles and there are those that can get you into trouble, even if they all are being sold in the local malls as fashion accessories. Already, two youths are believed to have fallen afoul of the
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      45 1 NEWS COMMENT A BUDGET FOR MANY TOMORROWS HOT NEWS PAGE 2 'BUDGET' CHARITY NKF NOW SPARTAN BUT SAFE, SAYS CEO SINGAPORE PAGE 6 GAG ON OLYMPIANS UK ATHLETES MUST KEEP MUM IN BEIJING WORLD PAGE 10 BUSINESS COMMENT MUCH ADO OVER 'MICROHOO' BUSINESS PAGE 24
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      Lock icon A BUDGET FOR MANY TOMORROWS
      847 2  -  EUGENE TAN WHEN Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam delivers his Budget speech this Friday, it should come as no surprise that despite the dark clouds of a looming recession in the United States, the Government's biggest challenge comes not so much from the economic realm but
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      Lock icon Will National Art Gallery get French flair?
      460 3  -  CHRISTIE LOH christie@mediacorp.com.sg THE British built them but it looks like the French may be giving them a multi-million-dollar makeover. Today understands that Parisbased Studio Milou Architecture one of three firms short-listed is edging ahead in the race for the $300-million contract to
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      Lock icon A fitting send-off for a truly great ape
      650 4  -  LINYANQIN Standing room only for visitors who came to pay tribute to Ah Meng yanqin@media corp.com.sg EVEN in death, Ah Meng, the zoo's beloved orang utan, remained a star attraction yesterday. The iconic ape, who died of old age on Friday morning,
      WEETECK HIAN  -  650 words
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      Lock icon New NKF: 'Spartan but safe
      882 6  -  SHERALYNTAY Has the turnaround begun fora leaner and more patient-oriented charity? sheralyn@media corp.com.sg NATIONAL Kidney Foundation CEO Eunice Tay likens the new NKF to a budget airline: "Spartan but safe". One look at her office and it does fit the bill: Instead of a 12th-floor
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      Lock icon Come fly with me
      379 8 -AFP S'pore Flyer tickets sold out for first three nights, some paying $8,888 for ride THE world's biggest observation wheel is ready to start spinning here tonight, with corporate clients paying thousands of dollars for the "inaugural flight". At 165 metres, or 42-storeys high, the Singapore
      -AFP  -  379 words
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      106 8 WHAT A MESS: It looked like water at first, but minutes after it started dripping over the entrance of a Long John Silver's outlet at Bukrt Panjang Plaza, the smell said it all. "It stank*, said 18-year-old Choong Kai Shuin. "K s hard to tell exactly what it was but
      WEETECKHIAN  -  106 words
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      CNA survey reveals discontent over ERP
      202 8 IMPROVE the bus and train systems first so that Singaporeans have viable alternatives before cutting the vehicle growth rate and adding more Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantries, a Channel NewsAsia survey has revealed. Two-in-three respondents said they wanted buses to arrive more often and
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      309 4 P^""~ MDIS: A Great Chapter in My Life W THINK SUCCESS. THINIOUIDIS MIIIC TDIICTCn DV MADE K^flfe BSC(HONS) IN BUSINESS AND MARKETING" IVIUIOi InUOICU DT IflUnE I 10th intake commencing in Apr 2008 (Evening) TUKU 4 A AAA CtilllFIITO fl Students will acquire skills in core business areas as well
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      109 8 What's the Scent-s in y Celebrating Valentine's? Jfl HL MediaCorp Artistefl FeliciaChin He says... She says... "Sharing precious "To relish in the moments with I n raniasia or my SweetHeart." H=, B LLi being '°Ved" mm »-p 0 express "Basking in the fi what Loving You Inspiration is all about."
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      Lock icon Don't use Beijing Games as 'soap box', British athletes warned
      249 10 —AFP LONDON British athletes competing at this year's Olympic Games in China will be forced to sign a contract promising not to speak out on political issues, The Mail on Sunday reported yesterday. The newspaper said the British Olympic Association
      —AFP  -  249 words
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      Lock icon Myanmar elections 'meaningless'
      503 10 —AGENCIES Junta's rules appear aimed at blocking Aung San Suu Kyi from running: Analysts BANGKOK Myanmar's surprise announcement of a timetable for elections in 2010 could prove meaningless with Aung San Suu Kyi (picture) and other top democracy leaders locked away, analysts said yesterday. The military announced
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      Lock icon M'sian businesses feel the festive pinch
      274 10 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR It is Chinese New Year and Malaysia's capital is deserted once again as citizens enjoy one of the many holidays observed by the multi-racial and multi-religious nation. But the non-stop stream of festivals, which began last October when Muslims celebrated the
      -AFP; AFP  -  274 words
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      Opposition hopes to break BN majority
      258 10  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI nazry@mediacorp.com.sg MALAYSIAN opposition parties must work together to break the two-thirds parliamentary majority long held by the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, an opposition leader said yesterday. If the opposition can defeat BN in at least 75 out of 222 parliamentary seats, it
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      Lock icon Lights, action as Hollywood strike ends?
      259 12 -AGENCIES LOS ANGELES The final chapter of the Hollywood writers' strike was in sight after union leaders said a deal had been reached to end the bitter three-month dispute. Leaders of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) recommended the deal on Saturday to thousands
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      Lock icon 'Doctor Kidney' faces 2-week investigation
      268 12 —AFP NEW DELHI A judge allowed Indian federal investigators to keep a doctor accused of masterminding a massive illegal kidney transplant racket in their custody for interrogation for two weeks, a report said yesterday. The Central Bureau of Investigation told the judge it needed time
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      Lock icon Obama wins big
      358 12 -AGENCIES Presidential hopeful outscores Clinton 2 to 1 SEATTLE Senator Barack Obama (picture) swept the board on Saturday, pummelling Ms Hillary Clinton in Democratic nominating contests, as Republican Mike Huckabee gave Mr John McCain a run for his money. Mr Obama, who is locked in a battle
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      Lock icon Tuff to stop the puff
      338 15 F&B owners in Bangkok are pessimistic over new smoking ban BANGKOK Yesterday was supposed to be the last time for smokers in Thailand to puff in public, but Bangkok restaurant and bar owners said the ban which many of them didn't know about would not
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      Lock icon Thai PM launches Samak Talks
      179 15 ■AFP BANGKOK Thailand's new Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej launched his new weekly television show yesterday. The programme, called Samak Talks, follows a tradition created by deposed Premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who backed Mr Samak's rise to the head of government in the December elections. "This programme
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        SUICIDE ATTACK AT PAKISTAN ELECTION RALLY KILLS 25
        83 15 The death toll has climbed to 25 from a suicide bombing at an election rally in north-west Pakistan. The attack on Saturday raised new fears for the security of the Feb 18 elections, overshadowed by the killing of ex-Premier Benazir Bhutto in
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        Lock icon INDON CONCERT CRUSH: 10 DEAD
        109 15 -AP A stampede at an Indonesian punk-rock concert killed 10 people and injured dozens of others, most of them teenagers, Indonesian police said yesterday. The crush happened Saturday night at a small cultural centre hall in Bandung after a show by a local band called
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      95 16 FIRE RAVAGES CAMDEN: A major blaze ripped through London's trendy Camden Market area on Saturday-destroying shops, bars and homes. It took 100 firefighters six hours to bring the blaze under control while police evacuated bars and clubs packed with young revellers and homes. There were no reports of any injuries.
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      Lock icon Legal pains
      393 16 —THE OBSERVER Is s/73A73-validated arranged marriage lawful in the UK? LONDON Three senior judges are to rule on the legality of an arranged marriage conducted in the United Kingdom under sharia or Islamic law, a judgment that could have profound consequences for British Muslims. Last week, as the
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      Lock icon 'Rat-flood' destroys crops in Bangladesh
      242 17 -AFP 150,000 people affected by rodent plague: Aid workers DHAKA Thousands of people in remote south-east Bangladesh are facing famine after a plague of rats destroyed their crops, forcing families to rely on dwindling food stocks, officials said. The flowering of bamboo forests for the
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      Lock icon Rudd to apologise to 'stolen generations'
      292 17 —AGENCIES SYDNEY The Australian Parliament's apology to the Aborigines, to be delivered this week, will remove a "blight on the nation's soul", Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said. Mr Rudd pledged to apologise to the "stolen generations," who had been taken from their families as
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        Lock icon BRIDE DIES IN HUSBAND'S ARMS
        107 17 -AP Ms Kim Sjostrom had wanted a real-life version of the film My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which played in the background as friends fixed her hair and makeup before her marriage. Less than an hour after she was married to Mr Teddy Efkarpides, the
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        Lock icon POISONED CAKE KILLS 2 CHILDREN
        101 17 —AFP Two children have died and five other people are seriously ill after eating cake poisoned with thallium, which was delivered to the Air Force football club in Baghdad. Football officials Mohammed Rasool and Sattar Ibrahim had taken portions of the cake home to share
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      Integrity mocked
      319 20  -  LIONEL DESOUZA Letter from I READ with fervour Mr Thomas Koshy's well-presented legal arguments in the report, "How can bid rigging not be a crime?" (Feb 5). I cannot fathom why the authorities had not thought fit in the first instance to prefer criminal charges such as "cheating"
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      Punish road-hogs
      221 20  -  GARYTAN Letter from MORE should be done to fix the "software" on the roads to help ease congestion. Like a computer running out of processing capability, the problem can be solved by upgrading the hardware the operating system. Otherwise, the software will still limit your processing capability. Here
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      167 22  -  DR BILL MAIER BY DEALING WITH SHY KIDS How do you help a shy kid come out of his shell? That is a question that many parents have to deal with and it can be really frustrating. Parents should remember that shyness is not a disease.
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      221 22  -  JOSEPH KHOO Use town council's sinking funds to help S'poreans stay afloat Letter from I REFER to the report "Hope for 'generous' Budget" (Jan 29). As we wait for the new Budget to be delivered on Feb 15, it is every Singaporeans' hope that
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      Lock icon MUCH ADO OVER 'MICROHOO'
      818 24  -  ARIELTAM —AGENCIES Could Microsoft and Yahoo integration be more efficient at the cost of innovation? ONLINE &TECHNOLOGY EDITOR ariel@mediacorp.com.sg MUCH has been written about the dollars and sense of Microsoft's U5544.6-billion ($63.2-billion) unsolicited bid to acquire Yahoo. Who wins, who loses? Should shareholders celebrate or lament?
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      Lock icon Rocky road ahead for Asian markets?
      327 24 -AGENCIES INVESTORS in Asia are bracing for volatility this week when markets reopen this morning after the Chinese New Year holiday. Nerves are jittery over concerns of a global economic downturn partly triggered by sub-prime woes in the United States. Such fears drained stock
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        Logistics whizzes in the pipeline
        514 26  -  LOH CHEE KONG Mastering the science of supply-chain management cheekong@media corp.com.sg THE thriving logistics industry might have raked in millions for Singapore's economy, spinning off thousands of jobs in various related sectors. But beneath the buzz is a key player that has been quietly chugging
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        254 26  -  Tom Snyder and Kevin Kearns LOH CHEE KONG Escaping the Price-Driven Sale Strictly a book for sales fessionalseven if you were not one, it offers an insight into the psyche of outstanding salespersons and what makes them so good-the authors delve into the art of selling in a post-Internetworld.
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        ceo 101
        132 27 Employer-Employee Relations How would you tell one ot your workers that he's not up to scratch? I MS WEE HEELING (PICTURE), MANAGING DIRECTOR OF COMMONWEALTH TRAVEL CORPORATION PTE LTD (CTC) REPLIES: Work environment, relationships between co-workers or personal reasons can contribute to work performance. The key is to
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      242 25 Margaret Did It. 0k IT-../ Transform Yourself Into A Stunning T^Ml New You In Just 7 Weeks l^Hpw Inspired by the dramatic results achieved by Olinda Cho, Margaret Lee decided that it was time to take action for herself. In just a matter of weeks she was able to see
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