Today, 17 April 2008, Afternoon Edition

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    30 1 TODAY /A=diaCofip MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you tninmng Thursday April 17, 2008 todayonline.com TODAY /A=diaCorp 5 o o c\i CO < o we set you thinking Thursday April 17, 2008 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon Oil price crosses US$ll5 for first time
      102 1 -AFP NEW YORK Oil prices streaked into new record territory for the second straight day yesterday, boosted by a decline in US energy reserves and as the weakening dollar drew investments in commodities. New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for
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      Lock icon Olympic torch arrives in India
      98 1 AFP NEW DELHI The Olympic torch touched down at a military base here early today, police and witnesses said, amid high security and concerns of increased protests by pro-Tibetan activists. A plane carrying the flame landed from neighbouring Pakistan ahead of a short and heavily
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    • Article
      Who wins in numbers game?
      987 1  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN NEWS ANALYSIS ON PHONE NUMBER PORTING hedirman@media corp. com. sg "A SEA change" is what Mr Leong Keng Thai believes full mobile number portability will bring to the local telco industry. And the Infocomm Development Authority's (IDA) deputy chief executive is not alone
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      Bankrupt and company barred from fundraising
      656 1  -  NEOCHAI CHIN chaichin@media corp. com. sg HE HAS organised community events attended by Cabinet Ministers and Members of Parliament Just last month, he reportedly raised $45,000 for three charities atan auction dinner. But yesterday, Mr Jasons Lim HuaTong and the non-profit company he founded,
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      Lock icon This eco-city to show the way
      439 2  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@media corp.com.sg COULD Singapore spark the green revolution in China, a country recently named in a University of California report as the world's "biggest polluter"? This possibility is being raised as the Sino-Singa-pore Tianjin Eco-City the first collaboration of its kind between Singapore
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      Regent Garden en bloc will go ahead
      220 2  -  LOH CHEE KONG At first, only 25 of the 31 owners signed on the dotted line. But when developer Allgreen later managed to get the remaining Regent Garden owners on board, it meant the en bloc sale of the condominium had unanimous consent.
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      IR rivals, north and south
      696 3  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@media corp.com.sg A YEAR before Singapore's first Integrated Resort (IR) at Marina Bay is due to open, potential competition is already brewing to the immediate north and south. In Malaysia, the government yesterday confirmed it is in talks with not just Walt
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      Lock icon More worrying than Al Qaeda
      731 4  -  SHERALYN TAY Pandemic could spark doomsday scenario: Expert sheralyn@media corp.com.sg FORGET bombs and bullets widespread death and panic is more likely to come from nontraditional sources. Already, small-scale examples surround us just look at the ongoing hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak, dengue and the
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      JBJ TO FILE PAPERS FOR NEW PARTY
      214 4  -  ANSLEYNG Opposition veteran J B Jeyaretnam is ready to take another step towards a return to politics. He is planning to submit today the papers to form a new political party. The Reform Party has been almost a year in the works since
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      Lock icon Three growth areas for S'pore digital media
      591 6  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg HE AUTHORED the international Lone Wolf gamebook series that sold over 9 million copies worldwide. Now, Mr Joe Dever is the lead game designer with local video game developer Ksatria Gameworks. He is one of the 25 global talents the
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      NC16 rating for film on Speakers' Corner protest
      514 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG See's documentary passed uncut by MDA cheekong@media corp. com. sg BOTH documentaries feature Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan. But while one was earlier banned and saw film-maker Martyn See questioned by police, the other film has just been
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon STORE TANKER AIRCRAFT OFF TO GULF
        89 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A Republic of Singapore Air Force KC-135 tanker aircraft was deployed to the Gulf yesterday. The 36-man KC-135 detachment is Singapore's latest contribution in support of the multinational reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. During its threemonth deployment, the KC-135 tanker aircraft
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        31 HA OF LAND FOR TREE NURSERIES
        179 8 About 31 hectares of state land will serve as nursery or tree banks to meet Singapore's future landscaping needs under a joint project undertaken by the National Parks Board (NParks) and the Singapore Land Authority. Comprising four sites three in Sungei Tengah and
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      Lock icon Making the future safer for women
      499 8  -  UNYANQIN New course by Citi, Tsao Foundation to teach older women financial planning yanqin@media corp.com.sg WHEN it comes to stretching limited household incomes to support the whole family, these women are experts. Living on household incomes that rarely reach $2,000 a month, some still
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      Trains 'kept running, though slower'
      238 8  -  SHERALYNTAY JUST a few weeks after SMRT received an international award for best passenger experience, commuters rushing to work yesterday morning found themselves running late because of train delays. South-bound train services from Yishun to Marina Bay were affected by a track fault between Ang
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      377 4 j^/sc^\ii DISCOVER SECRETS HOW ORDINARY PEOPLE Professor Walter Woon wants to enhance the work of Vr^^r^S^\\lj IIIITU lIA EVnElllEllflE EH nil A4A AAA MAMTUIIF I international law within the Attorney-General's Chambers W^StMW WITH NO EAT EHIeNCE EARN pi OjUOO IVUJNTnLY (AGC), he told Channel News Asia in an interview yesterday.
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      168 5 E2SSSI *To enjoy the discount(s), OCBC Credit Cardmembers have to purchase the movie ticket(s) from any Golden Village Box Office using their OCBC Credit Card.The discounted weekend movie ticket price applies for movie screenings on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Eve of public holidays and public holidays. $7.00 movie ticket price applies
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      85 6 fJHHk BOOk nOW at qantaS.COm.Sg Available for travel between 17 April- 30 June 2008. B^^^ m W GM*ms Offer ends 30 April 2008. Bookings are subject to availability. One flight and date change permitted after departure subject to an administrative charge of $75. Flights are return economy ex-Singapore on Qantas.
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      86 7 LOR E A L PAR i S Singapore World n°l in Haircolor. I X 3.6 Dark Red Brown g g p: The only triple protection creme colorant that I protects before, during and after coloring. laSiSiK 'Celebrity DIY Kit only available banded with selected shades. Available at Watsons, Guardian Health
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      167 9 "It's easy to keep 1 within budget with t j*^ 1 frozen meat." <sT m Mil tiim Stretch your grocery dollar by choosing frozen meat and save at least 15 to /f/ lilt I Mil f/ 20%. Some frozen meat cuts can even be 50% cheaper than chilled meat. AT
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  • world news
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      Lock icon No more foreign workers for Malaysia: Home Minister
      270 10 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia wants to stop using foreign workers, whose numbers have reached nearly 3 million. Many of them are in the country illegally. The Star yesterday quoted Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar as saying he will seek the cooperation of
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      Lock icon Stop moaning, Umno
      546 10 AGENCIES An unprecedented editorial urges Umno to'get on with the job' KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's main pro-government newspaper lashed out yesterday at the ruling party for its recent election losses, describing its members as boors and louts in an unprecedented front-page editorial. United Malays National Organisation (Umno), should
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      Lock icon Bird flu: Japan to start mass jabs
      353 12 AFP Up to 10 million people in key industries could be vaccinated eventually TOKYO Japan is to vaccinate thousands of medical workers and officials against bird flu to prepare for a possible pandemic, a Health Ministry official said yesterday. The ministry will vaccinate
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      Lock icon S KOREA PUTS TROOPS ON STANDBY IN BIRD FLU CRISIS
      139 12 AFP South Korea yesterday issued a nationwide bird flu alert, deployed troops and put firefighters on standby to try to contain the spread of the disease. The Agriculture Ministry said the "orange" vigilance level was extended to the whole country
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      Lock icon 'Only Chinese leaders are goons, thugs'
      273 12 AP BEIJING CNN said yesterday that commentator Jack Cafferty (picture), speaking during an April 9 appearance on The Situation Room, was referring to China's leaders not the Chinese people when he described them as a "bunch of goons and thugs", and apologised to anyone
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      Lock icon Suddenly, a greener Bush
      367 14 —AGENCIES He is set to announce marked change in environmental tack WASHINGTON US President George W Bush was set to announce his vision for fighting global climate change yesterday, in a marked turnaround for a President who has long steered clear of the topic. The speech
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      Lock icon 911 'a suspect event', says Ahmadinejad
      265 14 AFP TEHRAN Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday reaffirmed his doubts about the accepted version of the Sept 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, describing the strikes as a "suspect event". "Four or five years ago, a suspect event took place in New York,"
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      Lock icon Thorny issues to be raised
      297 14 AFP WASHINGTON- Pope BenedictXVl was expected yesterday to raise thorny topics such as the Iraq war and Hispanic immigration in talks with United States President George W Bush on the second day of his US visit On the flight from Rome to Washington DC on
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      Lock icon Bardot backlash
      294 15 AGENCIES French star in court again for racist remarks PARIS A prosecutor on Tuesday called for French film legend Brigitte Bardot to be fined 15,000 euros ($32,000) and be given a suspended two-month prison sentence for inciting hatred against Muslims. In December 2006, the actress-turned-animal activist wrote to
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      Lock icon Vitamin pills may up risk of early death
      204 15 —THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Popular vitamin supplements taken by millions of people in the hope of improving their health may do no good and could increase the risk of a premature death, researchers reported on Tuesday. They warn that healthy people who
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      Lock icon Did TV show shun boy named Islam?
      203 15 AFP PARIS The parents of a nine-year-old boy called Islam are to press charges for discrimination after a French television production company allegedly excluded their son from its programmes because of his name, a report said yesterday. His mother, Ms Farah Alaouchiche, told
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon WERE ABORIGINES USED IN MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS?
        77 16 AFP The Australian government yesterday said it would investigate a claim that some Aboriginal children taken from their parents were used in medical experiments. A member of the Stolen Generations Alliance of Aborigines told a Senate inquiry on Tuesday that the children were used
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        Lock icon ARCHITECT DIES SAVING FRIEND
        87 16 AFP Atop Hong Kong architect fell 19 floors to his death with a childhood friend as he tried to stop the man from committing suicide. Mr Leung Kam-kong, 28, had been honoured at a design awards ceremony just hours before the tragedy on Tuesday morning, the
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        Lock icon 40 DEAD IN CONGO CRASH
        80 16 AFP A plane that crashed on Tuesday into a market in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 40 people, had developed engine trouble after going through water on the runway, aviation sources said yesterday. As rescuers recovered 21 bodies and attended to more
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      Lock icon Flash flood kills students
      350 16 —AGENCIES Did trip organiser ignore severe weather warning? WELLINGTON In a tragedy that shocked the nation, six students and a teacher from a New Zealand high school have died after being swept away on Tuesday in a flash flood during an adventure course. Following the tragedy,
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      Good call by independent directors
      441 20  -  TAN LYE HUAT Swissco case: Their action affirms disclosure regime Letter from I REFER to the report, "Boardroom controversy at Swissco" (April 15). I applaud the two independent directors of Swissco, Dr Chiang Hai Ding and Mr Rohan Kamis, for living up to their role
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      227 22  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY LEARNING FROM MISTAKES Have you noticed that kids sometimes try to be helpful but in doing so only make your life more complicated? I heard a story about a mother who was sick in bed with the flu. Her darling daughter wanted
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    • Letter
      New rule helps check IC abuse
      414 22  -  LIMJINGJING Providing proof of address can help safeguard your interests, says the ICA Letter from Deputy Head, Public and Internal Communications Immigration and Checkpoints Authority I REFER to the letter "Address change: Aren't these rules contradictory?" (March 31). Goh Kian Huat has noted that
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      Plans afoot to ease Jalan Kayu congestion
      260 22  -  YAM MENG KENG Letter from Chairman, Jalan Kayu CCC, Co-Chairman, Jalan Kayu/Jalan Tari EUP Working Committee WE REFER to the letters by George Pasqual, "Jalan Kayu needs a makeover" (Feb 18) and Jayandran Sandra Alison, "Chinatown cleaner, but it's lost its charm" (Feb
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  • Business
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      Lock icon FREE TREATS FOR TREASURED DBS
      133 24 CUSTOMERS Limousine pick-ups, gourmet food, even massages all free for DBS' premium customers who fly out of Changi's new Terminal 3. Plus, of course, a full spectrum of banking services. DBS has opened a special transit lounge for its high-net-worth clients in its Asia Treasures
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      NOL shares jump on merger report
      132 24 NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL), Southeast Asia's largest sea cargo carrier, is reportedly considering a merger with Hamburgbased Hapag-Lloyd. Reuters cited NOL's chief executive Thomas Held as saying the two container shipping giants were considering a merger. The spokesmen for both firms have declined to
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      Templeton stirs the AsiaPharm pot
      360 24  -  ESTHER FUNG Chinese pharmaceutical firm worth more than current takeover bid, argues fund manager esther@media corp.com.sg UNITED States fund management giant Templeton Asset Management is stirring up minority shareholders in Singapore-listed AsiaPharm Group as the clock ticks down on a planned takeover. Playing shareholder activist,
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    • business news
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        SIAS' TAKE ON SWISSCO SAGA
        383 28 The Securities Investors Association of Singapore (SIAS) sent Today this letter in response to recent reports on why two former MPs resigned as independent directors of listed marine services provider Swissco International. SIAS has been closely following the resignation saga of the two independent directors
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      • BUSINESSBRIEFS
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          Lock icon BANYAN MULLS JAPAN PROJECT
          94 28 BLOOMBERG Banyan Tree Holdings, an operator of luxury resorts and hotels, may set up a private-equity fund to finance its first project in Japan. Mr Paul Chong, its vice-president of business development, said the company is considering a project in the Japanese island of Okinawa. The
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          SGX TO DEUST TASTYFOOD
          147 28  -  ESTHER FUNG The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has decided to delist Tastyfood Holdings, a maker and distributor of cereal and instant-coffee mix, after the company failed to acquire a suitable business. The company announced on Feb 6 that it would be delisted if it were unable to
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        Lock icon Jetstar flies into the black ahead of schedule
        211 30 AFP THREE-YEAR-OLD budget carrier Jetstar has turned profitable ahead of schedule. However, it has not released detailed figures. The airline's chief executive Chong Phit Lian, who took over as head of Jetstar two years ago, said then that the airline would turn
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        Lock icon Thaksin to launch $7b equity fund
        371 30 DOW JONES MR THAKSIN Shinawatra, former Prime Minister of Thailand and current owner of Manchester City Football Club in England, said he plans to launch a US$5-billion ($6.8-bil-lion) private equity fund to invest in Asian stocks. He told Zawya Dow Jones in Dubai: "There's
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        Lock icon M'sian economy to decline in second half
        330 33 -AFP Rising food prices partly to blame MALAYSIA'S economy is expected to decline in the secondhalf of the year due to a downturn in the United States economy with growth in 2008 expected to reach 5.4 per cent, according to one of the
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        Lock icon Solution to credit crunch? Easy, just curb your sex drive
        390 33 BLOOMBERG EVERYBODY relax. It looks like the credit crunch can be solved. Just curb your sex drive. Mr Brian Knutson, a professor of neuroscience at Stanford University in Stanford, California, and Ms Camelia Kuhnen, a finance professor at Northwestern University
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      227 47  -  PAUL GREEN WHEN Dalian Shide host Albirex Niigata tonight at Queenstown Stadium, there will be more than three points at stake. Any meeting between a Chinese club and a Japanese outfit will be billed as a derby, based on the traditional rivalry
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      709 48 -AFP 3-1 victory over Getafe means he may yet have a future at the club SPANISH CUP Valencia 3 Getafe 1 MADRID Two goals inside the first 11 minutes helped give Valencia coach Ronald Koeman a night to savour, after a miserable
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      323 48 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Tom Hicks is considering raising the stakes in the Liverpool power struggle by asking co-owner George Gillett to place on record whether Rafael Benitez features in his long-term plans for Anfield. The Liverpool manager has been in frequent email contact with
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      160 50  -  LOWUNFHOONG SINGAPORE'S Ronald Susilo will take on world No 1 Lin Dan of China today after cruising though to the third round of the Yonex-Sun-rise Badminton Asia Championships 2008 in Johor Bahru, Malaysia yesterday. In the morning, Susilo, ranked world No 17, made
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