Today, 22 April 2008

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    24 1 TODAY /A=DJj-\Corp MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Tuesday April 22, 2008 todayonline.com TODAY /A=DJACORP we set you thinking Tuesday April 22, 2008 todayonline.com
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    HIS WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
    1023 1  -  ROSNAH AHMAD Out of sight for about 10 minutes, it could have taken Mas Selamat 49 seconds to clear the fence rosnah@media corp.com.sg IT WAS time for his family's weekly visit At about 3.35pm on Feb 27, two Gurkha guards escorted Mas Selamat Kastari from his
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    TWO KEY QUESTIONS
    144 1 Was it an inside job? The COI found no evidence of anyone colluding to help Mas Selamatto escape.The independent CID probe, which conducted polygraph tests, also found no evidence of an inside job. An ISD investigation into previous family visits and his contact with staff also did
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      37 1 HOW MAS SELAMAT ESCAPED »N0 COLLUSION, JUST COMPLACENCY 2 »FROM WHITLEY ROAD TOCHANGIPRISON4 »SHOULD HEADS ROLL, ASK OPPOSITION MPs 5 WORST RECESSION IN 30 YEARS, SAYS GIC DR TONY TAN CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION BUSINESS PAGE 22
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  • MAS SELAMAT'S ESCAPE THE ANSWERS
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      Lock icon Three failures that helped him to escape ...
      342 2  - Three failures that helped him to escape NAZRYBAHRAWI NO GRILLES ON WINDOW This toilet window through which Mas Selamat crawled was "the single most crucial factor" in his escape, said Mr Wong Kan Seng. The original renovation plans for the Family Visitation Block had called for grilles to be installed
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      NO COLLUSION, JUST COMPLACENCY
      690 2  -  LOH CHEE KONG Director ISD has accepted responsibility but DPM Wong has full confidence in him cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg THE human and physical lapses that led to Mas Selamat Kastari's escape were "so simple as to appear silly and incredible". And Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng attributed
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      THE CONSEQUENCES
      179 3 DISCIPLINARY ACTION •All officers at the detention centre who are identified in the Committee of Inquiry (COI) report as responsible for the escape have been replaced. •The police commissioner and Internal Security Department (ISD) director are to investigate lapses, and those held accountable both junior officers and those
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      No one will face criminal charges: Attorney-General's Chambers
      248 4  -  -LEONGWEEKEAT ITS independent probe saw "several dozen persons" interviewed, with some witnesses subjected to polygraph tests. A full forensic examination of the scene was conducted. Even the processes for family visitation at the detention centre were "examined thoroughly" by the Criminal Investigation
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      Lock icon From Whitley to Changi
      849 4  -  LEONG WEE KEAT ISD detention centre will move to prison complex to ensure security standards are tied to best practices weekeat@media corp.com.sg IT WAS purpose-built as a holding centre to gather information and rehabilitate communist elements more than four decades ago. But in recent years, the
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      Mistakes made, but don't generalise
      577 5  -  LOHCHEEKONG DPM Wong rebuts claims that the Home Affairs Ministry is complacent cheekong@media corp. com. sg THE public had been waiting for this day, when details of Mas Selamat Kastari's unthinkable escape would be revealed. Yet, the public gallery at Parliament House was hardly packed
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      'Common sense was lacking': DPM Wong
      266 5  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI nazry@media corp.com.sg WHY would a man take off his pants when using the urinal? Why didn't the female Security Duty Operative officer check on Mas Selamat when the guards raised their concerns? To Tanjong Pagar MP Baey Yam Keng, it seemed "common sense"
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      Was the manhunt properly handled?
      344 5  -  NAZRY BAHRAWI nazry@mediacorp.com.sg It was a question on several MPs' lips: Could the information made public about Mas Selamat's escape have been better managed? For instance, Non-Constituency MP Sylvia Lim pointed out: Why did it take the authorities 19 days to reveal that he had
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      COI MEMBERS OF'HIGH INTEGRITY'
      134 5 Responding to questions about the independence of the Committee of Inquiry (COI), Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng reiterated that the "integrity" of two of its members former Commissioner of Police Tee Tua Ba and Home Affairs Ministry Deputy Secretary Choong May Ling should override the
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      Lock icon INVESTORS NOT SPOOKED: LIM
      145 5 COMPILED BY LOHCHEE KONG Despite the knock to Singapore's reputation, Mas Selamat Kastari's escape has not surfaced as a concern among existing and potential investors, according to Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang. To Workers' Party chief Low Thia Khiang's query on this, Mr Lim
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  • news
    • PARLIAMENTSNIPPETS
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        FASTER JOURNEYS FOR BUS COMMUTERS: PTC
        202 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Feeder buses will soon be king of the roads. By August, at least 85 per cent of these services during weekday peak hours must run at not more than 10 minutes apart. By August next year, the bar will be raised
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        RICE HOARDING: NO EVIDENCE
        185 6  -  NEO CHAI CHIN The spike in demand for rice has "petered out" without a need to draw on Singapore's stockpile. Senior Minister of State (Trade and Industry) S Iswaran said. To ensure Singapore has a "bigger buffer of rice than at present", the Government is being
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      Rogue agents warned
      424 6  -  TEOXUANWEI Agencies who offer rebates can have licences revoked xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg IN HIS first outing in Parliament as Acting Manpower Minister, Mr Gan Kim Yong fielded questions about rogue employment agents. Recent media reports had highlighted an emerging trend of job agents paying employers between $2,000 and $3,000
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    • SINGAPORE SNIPPETS
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        UN-TAXING TAX FILING
        107 8 A total of 87 per cent, or about nine out of 10 taxpayers filed their returns electronically this year, up from 80 per cent last year, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) said yesterday. Some 247,000 out of 332,000 taxpayers whose employers are in the auto-inclusion
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        VIRTUAL MAP FAILS TO LAUNCH APPEAL
        107 8  -  ANSLEYNG The firm behind the www.streetdirectory.com website has failed in its bid to launch an appeal in Singapore's highest court-the Court of Appeal after it lost an earlier fight against copyright infringement. Yesterday, High Court judge Justice Tan Lee Meng threw out Virtual Map's
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        Lock icon KILLER LITTER: 94,000 WARNINGS ISSUED
        80 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The Housing and Development Board and town councils issued 94,000 warning letters on "killer litter" to residents last year, down 27 per cent from the 129,000 such letters issued in 2006. Even so, the Holland-Bukit Panjang Town Council has launched a new three-month
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        FAMILY BACKGROUND DOES MATTER
        127 8 One of eight local undergraduates comes from poorer families living in 1- to 3-room flats. Education Minister Ng Eng Hen said in Parliament to a question on social mobility. Students from this group would have comprised 23 per cent of their cohort. Students whose parents are
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      Off-peak car scam foiled
      370 8  -  TEOXUANWEI Counterfeiter made fake supplementary licences in Vietnam xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg IT SHOULD have been obvious it was a ruse when a man offered for sale "old" off-peak car supplementary licences at steep discounts on the social networking websites Friendster and Facebook. But some motorists looking for a
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    • TECHNOLOGY
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        GOES GREEN
        458 10  -  Joseph Yadao At HP, being eco-friendly not only means being responsible, it also makes great business sense BEING green seems all the rage these days, with corporations jumping onto the environmentally-friendly bandwagon. And many of them start their green drive with information technology, or Green IT. A report
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        SUPPORT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY
        191 10 WANT to do your bit to contribute to the environment? Start by choosing green products. More than 1,000 HP products sold carry eco-friendly labels, certifying that they meet stringent global energy-effi-ciency requirements. For instance, the HP Compaq dc7Boo Business Desktop PC comes with ener-gy-efficient
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        GREEN IT ©WORK Hewlett-Packard
        268 10 I D'o l°n9 history in corporate soO cial responsibility stems from its founders Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard's shared belief thatthe company is a global citizen which, besides making a profit, should look at how it can contribute to the environment and community. This year, HP's
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  • world news
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      Singaporeans need visas for China
      229 12 SINGAPOREANS travelling to China for 15 days or less will have to apply for a visa from July 1. The move is a departure from existing practice, where Singapore passport holders are not required to get a China visa for trips less than 15 days.
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      Lock icon Clear run for Olympic torch in Malaysia
      232 12 —AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR The Beijing Olympic torch ended its run through the Malaysian capital yesterday, but not before police detained a Japanese family and a British woman who waved Tibetan flags at the start of the relay. "A Japanese family (comprising two adults
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      Lock icon JI a terror group, says Indon court
      358 12 —AGENCIES Two of its leaders get 15-year prison terms JAKARTA An Indonesian court yesterday officially declared the South-east Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) a terrorist organisation and sentenced its two leaders to 15 years behind bars each. A panel of judges at
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      Lock icon Anti-corruption fight gets Abdullah boost
      292 13 ■AP PM acts to fight perception that 'big fish' are protected KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Prime Minister yesterday said he would make the state anti-graft agency independent and more than triple its officers as part of sweeping reforms to battle corruption. Critics said Malaysia's judiciary and
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    • GLORALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon THAKSIN ON 'MERIT-MAKING'TOUR
        89 13 -DPA Thailand's former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday kicked off a "meritmaking" tour of 99 Buddhist sites in northeast and northern Thailand, a week before he was scheduled to appear in court to face corruption charges. Some 2,000 supporters met Mr Thaksin at the airport in Khon Kaen,
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        Lock icon M'SIAN TEENAGER FALLS TO DEATH
        100 13 AFP Ateenaged Malaysian girl sneaking out of her apartment fell 11 storeys to her death after losing her grip on the blanket she had tied to her window as she tried to swing into her friend's home one floor below. The Star newspaper reported yesterday.
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      Lock icon Japan, S Korea look to new era
      285 14 —AGENCIES Both to strengthen efforts on N Korea, economic issues TOKYO -Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak yesterday agreed to open "a new era" in relations between their countries as the two resumed regular summit talks after
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      Lock icon Taiwan's Cabinet of 'old hands'
      215 14 —AGENCIES TAIPEI Taiwan's Premierdesignate yesterday announced a partial Cabinet lineup filled with old hands who helped steer the island's once-vibrant economy in the *****. Most of the ministers chosen by incoming Premier Liu Chao-shiuan served in key economic roles in the previous decade, before the
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      Lock icon Clinton gains unlikely backer
      492 15 -AGENCIES Publisher who exposed husband's sex scandal now supports her WASHINGTON Former first lady Hillary Clinton (picture) has gained the endorsement of a Pittsburgh newspaper whose owner funded probes that led to her husband's impeachment a decade ago. This came while she and rival Barack Obama
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      Lock icon ONE'S JUNK IS ANOTHER'S TREASURE
      167 15 -AFP Yahoo has unveiled an initiative for today's celebration of Earth Day to divert mountains of landfill trash, using the Internet to match people unloading "junk" with those who want the stuff. Yahoo is hoping to convince its 500 million users worldwide to join Freecycle.org,
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  • Voices
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      Mickey Mouse has lost his charm
      160 16  -  Letter from 1 WONG WENG FAI I REFER to "Mickey offers competition and benefits" (April 21). A friend of mine recently brought his young son to Disney World. He told me that his son did not really enjoy it because he could not relate
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    • Letter
      Teaching of dialects a waste of taxes
      126 16  -  JOHNCHUA Letter from I REFER to "Dialects spark new bonding" (April 21). Dialect as a subject in school? Is Singapore moving backwards? Though I agree that dialect should be preserved, I firmly believe it should not be taught as a subject in schools.
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    • Journalism's vital role
      • Letter
        Investigative reportage should be developed
        188 16  -  WILSON WANG Letter from I REFER to "State of Singapore journalism" (April 19-20) and would like to commend Loh Chee Kong on a very insightful article. Truly, an important role of journalism is to ignite a reader's interest and guide him as to where and
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        Always aim to improve journalism standards
        235 16  -  GOH KIAN HUAT Letter from I REFER to "State of Singapore journalism" (April 19-20) and would like to congratulate Loh Chee Kong for being the young journalist of the year. Indeed, a newspaper can position itself as a nation-building partner. It could add value
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    • Article
      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      170 20  -  BILL MAIER BYDR HOW TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE OF AFFECTION IN THE HOME We all want our kids to care for one another, but that doesn't happen by accident. If you wantyour kids to love each other, be a good role model. Parents do this by
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      isay GOOD RESULTS: IS SLEEP THE KEY?
      800 20  -  DAMARIS CARLISLE I HAVE followed "The modern parent trap" (April 11-12) and "Learning should be child's play" (April 18) with interest I came to Singapore from a European education system where there is an ongoing debate as to whether reading should be introduced
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      Worst recession in 30 years: GIC
      667 22  -  CHRISTIE LOH Dr Tony Tan calls for urgent action by policymakers christie@m edia corp.com.sg JUST weeks before global financial markets were first sucked into a vortex last August, Dr Tony Tan (picture) was sounding alarm bells about "dark clouds", which had already prompted the
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      SWISSCO REFUTES FORMER DIRECTORS'CLAIMS
      222 22 The boardroom controversy at Swissco International has deepened with the marine services provider challenging two exdirectors' claims about their reappointment. Swissco's board said in a statement filed with the stock exchange: "It was the decision of the board, and not the chairman, to offer a one-year
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  • business news
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      Tiger Airways eyes acquisitions across the region
      328 24  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER possibly flying into profit for the first time, budget carrier Tiger Airways is eyeing acquisitions across Asia. Thanks to the recent global financial turmoil and escalating fuel prices, valuations of airlines have come down. As a result, the Singapore
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      Finland Gardens en bloc sale called off
      342 24  -  ZULOTHMAN Developer, majority owners backdown zul@media corp.com.sg AFTER a string of legal tussles, the Finland Gardens en bloc sale has been called off. Lawyers for residents opposing its sale said a High Court appeal ended yesterday when the majority owners in the 48-unit
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    • BUSINESSBRIEFS
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        S'PORE BANKS BETTER OFF THAN OTHER ASIAN BANKS
        77 24 Singapore banks have accounted for their likely sub-prime losses far better than their Asian counterparts, according to a survey by the Fitch credit rating agency. It found that Singapore banks have written down close to 90 per cent of their exposure to
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      • Article
        M1 TO HAVE MORE TIE-UPS WITH STARHUB
        48 24 MobileOne could partner rival StarHub in more ventures, chief executive Neil Montefiore said in a Bloomberg interview. M1 is already tying up with StarHub and City Telecom (HK) to submit a bid to build Singapore's next generation national high-speed Internet network.
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    • Impact
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        Different creative partner, but same youthful image
        199 26  -  JOSEPH YADAO MOBILE telecommunications provider Ml is celebrating its 11th anniversary with a campaign designed to reinforce its reputation of providing value-added and innovative services. This campaign is advertising agency Y&R Singapore's first for the telco since it became its creative strategic partner
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        THE PULL OF PORSCHE
        470 26  -  JOSEPH YADAO joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg "I STILL remember the first time I took a Porsche out on a racetrack. It was exhilarating!" said Ms Alison Ong, the general manager of Porsche Centre Singapore. "It's a feeling you want to experience over and over again." That's what dream
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