Today, 25 February 2008, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY /A=ryjj.\COßP we set you thinking MICA(P) 132/10/2007 Monday February 25, 2008 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
    • Article
      FLYING START FOR BN
      897 1 7 seats in bag, as tension flares in Penang, Johor KUALA LUMPUR Nomination Day in Malaysia yesterday lived up to its usual lively traditions, and not without drama in places as far afield as Penang and Johor. The opposition failed to live up to its vow
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      Lock icon Let's score a gold for graciousness, urges Dr Balakrishnan
      484 1  -  SHERALYN TAY sheralyn@media corp. com. sg SINGAPORE may be keeping its fingers crossed over the number of medals it will win in the sporting arena when it stages the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2010. After all, our athletes will
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  • hot news
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      SM INTERVIEWED ON KOREAN TV
      279 2 Excerpts from Mr Goh ChokTong's interview with Arirang 7Vin Seoul ON NORTH KOREA Who knows, maybe next year, I will go to North Korea. As a former PM and a serving Minister in the Cabinet as a Senior Minister, I can have easier access than
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      THE RETURN OF BARISAN ALTERNATIF?
      698 2  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI IN KUALA LUMPUR nazry@media corp.com.sg SIGNS in this Malaysian general election point to a worrying trend for ruling coalition Barisan Nasional (BN) a stronger, more united opposition. After much wrangling, the nation's three largest opposition parties Democratic Action Party (DAP), Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS)
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      MORE INDIANS ROOTING FOR OPPOSITION PARTIES
      561 2  -  ANSLEYNG INJOHOR ansley@mediacorp.com.sg SIPPING a kopi tank at a coffeeshop along Jalan Air Molek yesterday morning, Johor butcher Roslan Adan made an interesting observation about thelOO-strong crowd of Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) supporters chanting slogans across the road. "There are now more Indians supporting
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      Lock icon Wan Azizah declares she is Anwar proxy
      560 3  -  JESSINTATAN Keadilan plans by-election once ex-Deputy PM is eligible to run for politics INPENANG jessinta@media corp.com.sg IF THE show of support yesterday was anything to go by, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (picture) is going to breeze through her defence of her Permatang Pauh
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      Lock icon ALL IN THE FAMILY:
      76 4  -  JESSINTATAN Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi driving past a protest in Penang on Saturday conducted by his own party. The crowd at the Penang International Sports Arena had gathered to support an Umno assemblyman dropped from the March 8 polls. Mr Mansor Musa won the
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    • Article
      No silver platter for Khairy
      495 4  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI PM's son-in-law is a bad boy, but only to his foes in the opposition nazry@media corp.com.sg THE PRIME minister's son-in-law may be making his political debut running for a safe Barisan Nasional (BN) seat, but he insisted it did not come on a silver
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      Lock icon Local boy aiming for Kelantan
      463 4  -  ZULOTHMAN IN BACH OK, KELANTAN zul@media corp.com.sg HE IS known as the Barisan Nasional man who broke Parti Agama Islam SeMalaysia's (PAS) 14-year dominance in the Kelantan constituency of Bachok when he won the parliamentary seat there in 2004. Four years on, Dr Awang Adek
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      'Get used to the keris'
      462 5  - 'Get used to the keris ANSLEY NG It is a unity symbol, Umno Youth chief tells non-Malays ansley@mediacorp.com.sg HIS fens-waving created a media uproar, but Umno Youth chief Hishamuddin Hussein argues that the gesture should not be misinterpreted. It was the third time in three years that he had brandished
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  • singapore news
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      Helping where the medicines cannot ...
      708 6  - Helping where the medicines cannot ALICIA WONG Growing use of art, music to help cope with illness, even cancer alicia@mediacorp.com.sg A CHILD sits on the floor with his mother as the teacher strums the guitar. She waits for him to sing sometimes he complies, at other times he does not.
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      61 8 TREVOR TAN HEARTLANDS LIGHT-UP: Some 70,000 residents in the north were treated to a piece of Chingay as the annual parade took to the heartlands yesterday. Accompanying the floats were Health Minister andMPforSembawang GRC Khaw Boon Wan and his entourage. The ChingayONorth began its tour from the open field next
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      Lock icon HAZE CLOUD WEEKEND SKIES
      253 8  -  SHERALYNTAY PSI reading rising, hitting a high of 56 yesterday sheralyn@media corp.com.sg DON'T rub your eyes, it's not your vision blurring. It's just the haze which returned this weekend. Yesterday, Singapore experienced its haziest day this year, with the 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) reading hitting
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      Lock icon Singapore Airshow attracted 120,000 public and trade visitors
      311 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE inaugural Singapore Airshow 2008 has come to a close but not before attracting some 90,000 visitors over the weekend to its sold-out show. More than 30,000 trade visitors also made it to the event Among the visitors yesterday was
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      Lock icon Upgrading for HDB flats unaffected
      193 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA NATIONAL Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said the postponement of up to $3 billion worth of public construction projects would not affect upgrading programmes for Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats. Ata community event yesterday, Mr Mah gave the assurance that his ministry
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Musharraf 'will exit in days not months'
      757 10 THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH —AGENCIES President believes he has run out of options after poll ISLAMABAD President Pervez Musharraf is considering stepping down as president of Pakistan rather than waiting to be forced out by his victorious opponents, aides have told a British newspaper.
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      Lock icon KEEPING THE HOME FIRES BURNING:
      80 10 -AP Miss Tibet 2006, Tsering Chungtak (right), leading a run at Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall in Taipei yesterday as part of the torch relay for the Tibetan Olympics to be held May 15. The sports event; taking place in Dharamsala, India, the seat of
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      Lock icon Nader runs for US President ... again
      239 10 Nader runs for US President again ■AFP WASHINGTON Consumer rights activist Ralph Nader, accused by many Democrats of handing the 2000 election to Republican George W Bush, said yesterday he was running again in this year's White House race. "I'm running for president," he said on the NBC programme Meet
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      Lock icon Opponents seek investigation of President Arroyo over corruption scandal
      374 13 -AGENCIES MANILA Opponents of President Gloria Arroyo called for an inquiry yesterday into her role in a growing corruption scandal after she publicly acknowledged she allowed the signing of a major telecommunications contract despite being warned of irregularities in the deal.
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      Lock icon A common goal of peace
      344 13 -AGENCIES As Taiwan presidential candidates differ on approach to China ties TAIPEI Taiwan's two presidential candidates vowed to seek peace with China in a television debate yesterday, but differed on their timetable for opening links with China. MrMaYing-jeou, candidate from the opposition party Kuomintang (KMT),
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    • GLORALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL ABORTIONS PERFORMED IN INDONESIA: REPORT
        107 14 -DPA At least 2.5 million abortions are performed annually in Indonesia, although the practice is illegal in the predominantly Muslim country, state-run media reported yesterday. "The figure does not yet include abortions effected with non-medical assistance or with the help of shaman,"
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        THAKSIN ON THE BRINK OF RETURN
        97 14 Thailand's Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has said he would return to the country soon and will announce the exact date tomorrow, local media reported yesterday. During a phone-in at a gathering of his supporters in northern Thailand on Saturday, Mr Thaksin also said
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        Lock icon KOREAN RESERVIST LOSES HAIR... AND GETS GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES
        126 14 -AFP A 26-year-old South Korean man has been granted a national merit entitling him to government subsidies after he went bald during his "stressful" army service, a news report said yesterday. A court recently ruled in favour of a petition by the
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      Lock icon Raul is new President
      391 14 -AFP Butyounger brother to consult Castro on important matters HAVANA Cuba marked a historic milestone in its revolution yesterday as Mr Raul Castro took over as President from his brother Fidel, defying the United States with pledges not to abandon the communist path. "Fidel is irreplaceable;
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      Lock icon North Korea loves the US, really
      213 14 -AP BEIJING North Korea was tearing down anti-American propaganda as part of unprecedented accommodations for the New York Philharmonic's visit, the ensemble's president said yesterday on the eve of its departure for the communist nation. The philharmonic's president and executive director, Mr Zarin Mehta,
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    • Article
      Lock icon 'Shame on you, Barack Obama'
      295 16 -AGENCIES washijMGTUjM —'I'iie United States presidential race turned more aggressive yesterday after Ms Hillary Clinton launched a scathing attack on Democratic rival Barack Obama in a bid to restore her front-runner status. After a day of denying that a series of 11 straight I losses
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      Lock icon Can Clinton recover?
      382 16 -THE GUARDIAN Superdelegates switching allegiance to Obama AUSTIN Presidential aspirant Hillary Clinton is starting to lose her overwhelming lead in superdelegates, the Democratic party officials whose votes she is counting on to help her close the gap with Illinois senator Barack Obama. Mr Obama has received a
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      83 11 LAfirx© c~^* 1 v^Tvntess Pill Want to succeed in China? Use the team you can trust. As she aims for glory in China, Singapore national Swimmer Tao Li has the perfect partner backing her up. ~^i FedEx has been delivering there for over 20 years and now has 76 flights
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      Lock icon GOING GREEN A PR STUNT?
      365 18  -  PHILLIP KENG HONG Still lots of paper, disposable cutlery wasted Letter from SINGAPOREANS' support on climate change issues may just be academic. From my experience, the number of changes many companies have implemented is negligible. No business can claim it is environmentally-friendly when it has
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      'Magic' figures that only frustrate commuters
      150 18  -  UMBOONHEE Letter from WHILE commuters continue to be frustrated over being unable to board overcrowded trains during peak hours, both rail operators are still insisting that their trains are experiencing excess capacity. SMRT insists its trains can carry a maximum of 1,800 passengers while
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      185 20  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY DEPRESSION DURING PREGNANCY How many children do you think there would be if men were the ones who gave birth? Not many, I'd bet. When a couple has their first child, the father may show a lot of compassion, but he really
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      Lock icon The corporate survivor
      893 20  -  imivail an coffee with ■AK|IJII|t|M|UII|y|M YOU'D think that if Mum and Dad were corporate high-flyers, their offspring would turn to them for career advice. So did airline consultant Sim Kay Wee until he attended too many dinners at which successful baby boomers "sighed with great sadness" as
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  • Business
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      Lock icon Selling like hotcakes in Mid-East
      338 22  -  ESTHER FUNG Spores F&B products getting popular there; exports to UAE more than doubled since 2005 esther@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE'S food and beverages are gaining acceptance in the Middle East, with exports to the United Arab Emirates rising 67 per cent to $171 million last year. The
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      Increased gamining duty rates in UK eats into Genting's profits
      243 22  -  -ESTHER FUNG GAMING giant Genting International reported a $381.5-million loss for the year ended Dec 31 despite turnover rising by over two-and-a-half times to $749 million, as revenue gains arising from its United Kingdom operations were offset by impairment losses
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      Lock icon US woes to hit S'pore sentiment, say analysts
      232 22 -AFP CONCERNS over the struggling United States economy and persistently high oil prices are expected to weigh on trading sentiment in Singapore this week, analysts said. Regional bourses closed lower last week after weak US data reinforced concerns that the world's biggest
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    • Article
      Unifiber in $1.2b deal for pulp mill
      178 22 PT MARGA Buana Muli Mulia the Indonesian subsidiary of Singapore-listed forestry and pulp production firm United Fiber System (Unifiber) has signed a deal worth US$B63 million ($1.2 billion) with a unit of China Metallurgical Group for the construction of a bleached hardwood pulp
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      Lock icon Inflation busting No 1 priority for China
      274 23 BLOOMBERG CHINA will stick to a tight monetary policy this year as controlling inflation remains the top policy priority, the vice-governor of the People's Bank of China said yesterday. The central bank will boost open-market operations and increase the required reserve ratios for
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      Lock icon Microsoft eases staff layoff fears
      321 23 AGENCIES Software giant to find jobs for redundant workers if Yahoo takeover succeeds SOFTWARE giant Microsoft, addressing employee concerns that its proposed U5544.6-bil-lion ($62.7-billion) purchase of Internet search engine Yahoo would result in job cuts at both companies, said it will try to find new
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    • the business of learning
      • Succeed
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          Lock icon Key skills for leaders
          781 24  -  CRAIG CHAPPELOW JEAN BRITTAIN LESLIE Strategies that successful leaders use to produce results and adapt to change SUCCEED WITH anfl succeed@newstoday.com.sg LAST month, we explored strategies for building strong relationships and leading successful teams two of four key skills typically shared by highly successful leaders. Today,
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          A biomedical science diploma with a practical twist
          242 25  -  UNYANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg FUNDAMENTAL scientific knowledge and technical skills are par for the course in a biomedical science programme, but what about skills to help graduates become more business savvy when seeking a job in the industry? The Hartford Institute is now offering
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          brainfood
          307 25  -  -LOHCHEEKONG Dealing with Difficult People by Dr Rick Brinkman and Dr Rick Kirschner The workplace is a war zone and this book confirms it by identifying character types such as "Tank", "Sniper" and "Grenade". The authors describe the "10 most unwanted behaviours" in the office and tells you how
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          ceo101
          125 25 Communicating expectations How do you tell a worker that he is not up to scratch? MR JOHN NG, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SERAYA ENERGY AND SENIOR VP (RETAIL AND REGULATIONS) OF POWERSERAYA, REPLIES: "The ideal way of telling a worker that he's not up to scratch is to not have
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      Drama QUEEN
      951 26 Popular TV personality Jade Seah is about to star in her first Channel 8 drama She will, however, make the transition easier for you by doing it in a bikini top. ten in one JADE Seah is getting her just desserts for not paying more attention in Chinese
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    • in cinemas
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        Lock icon Murphy, Lohan sweep the Razzie awards
        211 28 -AP A YEAR after his Academy Awards dream went up in smoke, actor Eddie Murphy has received not just one consolation prize this time, but three: Razzie Awards for worst actor, worst supporting actor and worst supporting actress for the comedy Norbit. The fourth
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      • Article
        TIME TO HAUL OUT YOUR HANKY?
        391 28  -  FELIX CHEONG plus@newstoday.com.sg GO ON, have a good cry; the healing has begun. That's the message of the current spate of Hollywood films, since they all have to do with mourning the loss of a dear one. First, there's PS I Love You, about
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