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Title Section26 2008-02-13 1 TODAY /A=diaCofip MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Wednesday February 13, 2008 todayonline.com TODAY /A=diaCorp MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Wednesday February 13, 2008 todayonline.com26 words
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Article, Illustration671 2008-02-13 1 TAN HUI LENG - TAN HUI LENG TODAY huileng@mediacorp.com.sg FIRST, it was Orchard Road and Mandai. Now, a major makeover for the Singapore River. Today has learnt that the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) unveiled plans to transform the historic river into a lively 24-hour waterfront precinct at a closed-doorKOH MUI FONG - 671 words
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Article, Illustration998 2008-02-13 1 LOH CHEE KONG - LOH CHEE KONG CPF members will get similar amount as underthe Minimum Sum scheme cheekong@media corp.com.sg COME 2013, Singaporeans will have to make several irreversible decisions about their retirement planning once they hit 55. Should they, under the national annuity scheme, optFAIZAL^ - 998 words
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Miscellaneous33 2008-02-13 1 TODAY EXCLUSIVE WAN AZIZAH: FEISTY AND RELUCTANT WORLD PAGE 10 RUDD REVOLUTION PROMISE OF NEW ERA FOR AUSTRALIANS WORLD PAGE 12 NO IPHONE FOR US SAMSUNG, NOKIA BUCK THE TREND BUSINESS PAGE 2633 words
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Article, Illustration512 2008-02-13 3 LAN DE COTTA - LAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER a delay of more than a month, 70,000 tickets will finally be released for sale to the public from tomorrow for the inaugural Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix. Only three-day passes will be sold in the first phase, and512 words
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Article, Illustration183 2008-02-13 4 – LIN VAN QIN - LIN VAN QIN It's an award recognising Asean youths' contributions towards regional development and cooperation and Singaporean recipient Eunice Olsen (picture) intends to plough hers right back into more of such worthy work. As one of 10 winners of the Asean YouthTODAY FILE PHOTO - 183 words
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Article414 2008-02-13 4 NAZRYBAHRAWI - NAZRYBAHRAWI Spore consortium aims to cut off $4m circulating region each month nazry@mediacorp.com.sg THERE could be as much as US$3 million ($4.3 million) a month in terrorists' funds circulating in Southeast Asia. And Singapore, the region's vaunted financial hub, is taking the lead to curb militants'414 words
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331 2008-02-13 4 PRICES of common household items wentup by 4.3 per cent- more than twice the 2-per-cent increase in the goods and services tax last July an industry-wide survey has revealed. This, coupled with the spike in taxi and bus fares last year and higher331 words
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Article564 2008-02-13 6 LEONG WEE KEAT - LEONG WEE KEAT Appeals court calls for 'coherent'explanation weekeat@media corp.com.sg FIFTEEN years ago, he committed a crime one he was made to pay for only last year, after he had succeeded in staying out of further trouble with the law and was building a life with564 words
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Article241 2008-02-13 6 ZULOTHMAN - ZULOTHMAN zul@media corp.com.sg HE had admitted to stabbing 48-year-old Chinese national Ms Zhao Yu Zhen following an argument over money last October. Still, retiree Tan Kian Huat hoped his health and financial woes would get him a lighter sentence. As it turned out, he241 words
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Article, Illustration250 2008-02-13 6 TEOXUANWEI - TEOXUANWEI xuanwei@media corp.com.sg THE day at the worksite in Bukit Batok Central began like any other for Mr Ilaiyaraja Arumugam. At about 9.30 am, he and five fellow Indian nationals climbed up to a platform erected on a 20m-high slope and waitedTEOXUANWEI - 250 words
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784 2008-02-13 8 DROWCHEE CHUNG - DROWCHEE CHUNG Community health promotion, rehabilitation is key to help stem rising healthcare costs WE HAVE an efficient and effective healthcare system, especially in our acute hospitals. Improvements are also being made in primary healthcare. But healthcare provision will become more challenging and784 words
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Article, Illustration519 2008-02-13 10 NAZRYBAHRAWI - THE RELUCTANT BUT FEISTY POLITICIAN DR WAN AZIZAH NAZRYBAHRAWI TODAYEXCLUSIVE nazry@media corp.com.sg HER victory at Permatang Pauh in the island state of Penang two elections back may have been due to sympathy votes, however Parti Keadilan Rakyat president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has "better than a fighting chance" of519 words
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Article323 2008-02-13 10 —AFP Lingam dictated judgment in historic defamation case KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian corruption commission heard sensational testimony yesterday that a lawyer at the centre of the inquiry wrote the judgment in a historic defamation suit, on behalf of the judge. Ms Jayanti Govinda Rajulu Naidu, the former—AFP - 323 words
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135 2008-02-13 10 AFP Thailand's new government will consider granting some degree of self-rule to Muslim-majority provinces hit by bloody separatist unrest. Interior Minister Chalerm Yoobambrung said yesterday. More than 2,900 people have died in the southern provinces along the Malaysian border since separatist violence eruptedAFP - 135 words
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130 2008-02-13 10 A Singapore Airlines pilot has been arrested for bringing child pornography into Australia. Ng Kok Yauwwas one of three aircrew members nabbed in a crackdown by the Australian authorities in the past week. Ng, a Malaysian, pleaded guilty and was130 words
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Article, Illustration666 2008-02-13 12 MAURICE PERERA - MAURICE PERERA A new era in Australian politics KEVIN Michael Rudd is settled comfortably in The Lodge, the official residence for Australian Prime Ministers, and ready to run the country with ruthless efficiency in the new-style leadership he has offered the people. So far, big business appears toBLOOMBERG - 666 words
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Article, Illustration242 2008-02-13 12 AFP CANBERRA Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will say sorry today for the "indignity and degradation" inflicted on Aborigines in an apology that goes far beyond expectations. A text of the landmark apology, released yesterday by his office, refers to the "pastAFP - 242 words
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Article, Illustration275 2008-02-13 14 -AFP SEOUL An elderly man has confessed to torching South Korea's most treasured historical landmark because he had a grievance over a decade-old land dispute, police said yesterday. Riot police were deployed to guard other historical sites in Seoul amid widespread anger and-AFP; AFP - 275 words
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Article249 2008-02-13 14 ■AFP DILI East Timor's military chief demanded an explanation yesterday on how renegade soldiers were able to reach the homes of the two top leaders to launch assassination attempts. Brigadier General Taur Matan Ruak said the military was responsible for security only within the perimeters■AFP - 249 words
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Article, Illustration217 2008-02-13 17 -AGENCIES Danish authorities yesterday arrested two Tunisians and a Dane of Moroccan origin in an alleged plot to murder a cartoonist who drew a caricature of the Prophet Mohammed. The three suspects were arrested in a pre-dawn operation in Aarhus, western Denmark, said-AGENCIES; AFP - 217 words
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Article323 2008-02-13 17 -AFP Four charged with passing classified information to China WASHINGTON A US defence official, an ex-Boeing engineer and two others were charged on Monday with spying for China involving sensitive military and aerospace secrets. The four were linked to two espionage conspiracies, which the US Justice-AFP - 323 words
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216 2008-02-13 17 AGENCIES TOKYO Japanese leaders voiced outrage yesterday over a United States Marine's alleged rape of a 14--year-old girl in the southern island of Okinawa, warning the case will heighten opposition to US troops. "This can never be forgiven," Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda saidAGENCIES - 216 words
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223 2008-02-13 20 -AFP WASHINGTON Ms Hillary Clinton's White House campaign faced the prospect of getting hammered yesterday, with rival Barack Obama tipped to sweep a trio of Washing-ton-area contests. Ms Clinton insisted her historic quest was in good shape, despite a campaign staff shakeup and-AFP - 223 words
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Article, Illustration391 2008-02-13 20 Six alleged plotters face the music, finally PUERTO RICO Nearly six-and-a-half years after the terrorist attacks on Sept 11, the United States is preparing to prosecute six of the men it says are responsible. But given the slow pace of military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, verdictsAFP - 391 words
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Letter, Illustration357 2008-02-13 22 LIONEL DESOUZA - LIONEL DESOUZA Why was doctor's case heard by an SMC tribunal instead of a court of law? Letter from I REFER to the report, "Fertility doctor suspended" (Feb 12). I have no quarrel with Yeong Cheng Toh's "gross improper professional conduct" since the sexual intercourse with his357 words
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Letter282 2008-02-13 22 ANGELA ANG - ANGELA ANG Letter from I HAVE always associated Singapore Airlines (SIA) with exceptional customer service, but recently I was disappointed before I even boarded my flight. I will be going to Seoul on a six-month study attachment and will not be able to meet SlA's 20-kg economy-class282 words
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Article146 2008-02-13 24 DR BILL MAIER - DR BILL MAIER I BY WHY BOTHER WITH MARRIAGE? Why bother getting married when living together is so much easier? That's what a lot of couples are asking today. It may seem like a good alternative, but the reality is that most couples who cohabit don't146 words
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Article36 2008-02-13 24 I am concerned about the potential health hazard to our water supply. Patrick Wong, on Ah Meng being buried in Garden with a View, a site that is close to the edge of Seletar Reservoir36 words
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Article, Illustration812 2008-02-13 24 coffee with JONIONG 47, president of I Love Children The plan was to have six children. So, you can imagine Joni Ong's disappointment when she couldn't conceive. Later, in-vitro fertilisation treatment gave her twin daughters —now 18 and the first identical twins bom under the001 BOON KEON™ - 812 words
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Letter655 2008-02-13 25 RACHAEL STEPHAN - RACHAEL STEPHAN Slapped-petite Thai woman who was mistaken for a maid Letter from I AM writing with regard to the I Say commentary, "A graceless society?" (Feb 12), about the lack of courtesy in Singapore. I moved to Singapore in 2005 from the United States with655 words
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Letter, Illustration156 2008-02-13 25 ZOEBARRACANO - ZOEBARRACANO Letter from I REFER to "A graceless society?"(Feb 12) and wish to thank Annette Tan Siew Lian for what she has written. I am a New Yorker living in Singapore, and my preconceived notion of a polite society is being dashed to■ / FAIZAL - 156 words
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Article, Illustration475 2008-02-13 26 ARIELTAM IN BARCELONA - ARIELTAM IN BARCELONA Samsung and Nokia buckthetrend ONLINE AND TECHNOLOGY EDITOR ariel@mediacorp.com.sg APPLE'S iPhone growth may be showing signs of plateauing, with AT&T ending last year with only 2 million sets sold in the United States, but the waves the smartphone has made continue to reverberate inAFP - 475 words
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Article49 2008-02-13 26 CHEOWXINYI - CHEOWXINYI The Singapore Business Federation (SBF) has promoted its vicechairman of the Middle East Business Group, Mr Teng Theng Dar, to chief executive officer, effective next Monday. He replaces Mr Koh Juan Teck, who step downs as SBF's executive director on March 1.49 words
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41 2008-02-13 26 -ESTHER FUNG - -ESTHER FUNG Malaysia Smelting Corp, a unit of Straits Trading, is buying 70 million new shares, or 19 per cent, of Australian mining firm Beaconsfield Gold for A 519.6 million ($25 million).41 words
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60 2008-02-13 26 Temasek Holdings managing director of investment Ong Beng Teck said Temasek and Singapore Airlines are "firmly committed" to buying a stake in China Eastern Airlines, the South China Morning Post said. Last month, China Eastern's minority shareholders rejected their offer after China National60 words
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Article, Illustration203 2008-02-13 26 CHEOWXINYI - CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg UNDERSCORING their confidence in the region's prospects, Standard Chartered Bank yesterday announced a $206-million build-to-suit office building at the Changi Business Park, bringing its total investments for business expansion to more than $1 billion. "We are very bullish on Singapore. And (it) is203 words
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328 2008-02-13 28 -AGENCIES But warns that a slowing US economy will affect growth NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL), South-east Asia's largest container-shipping company, said net income grew for a third consecutive quarter after it raised rates and carried more Asian-made goods to Europe and the United-AGENCIES - 328 words
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298 2008-02-13 28 BLOOMBERG Yahoo, the Internet company that rejected a U5544.6 billion ($63.2 billion) bid from Microsoft, may find that a so-called poison pill in its bylaws is not enough to defend against a hostile takeover. Yahoo's poison-pill provision, adopted in 2001, lets investors buyBLOOMBERG - 298 words
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Article, Illustration359 2008-02-13 29 ESTHER FUNG - ESTHER FUNG Segmented editions aimed at boosting revenue growth esther@mediacorp.com.sg MINI-VERSIONS of the yellow phone directories may find their way into hotel rooms, grandparents' homes, and even the glove compartments of cars as early as the end of this year. Making small, portable, segmented edition ofTODAY FILE PHOTO ■ .1 . - 359 words
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Article340 2008-02-13 29 AP BANK of America and Chevron will replace tobacco company Altria Group and manufacturer Honeywell International in the Dow Jones industrial average, giving the stock market's best-known indicator bigger slices of the banking and energy sectors. The changes to the index, which has comprisedAP - 340 words
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241 2008-02-13 37 -AFP ASIAN Football Confederation (AFC) president Mohamed bin Hammam said yesterday the plan to take Premiership matches overseas was "not a good idea" and called for the proposals to be rejected. The world's top football league are working towards adding one more round of-AFP - 241 words
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