Today, 6 May 2008, Afternoon Edition

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  • 13 1 TODAY /A=DIA,CORP MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Tuesday May 6, 2008 todayonline.com
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    • 675 1 -AGENCIES LONDON The international community has rallied to help the victims of the devastating cyclone in Myanmar, answering a rare appeal from the military junta there for aid as the death toll passed 10,000. As the Myanmar authorities announced the revised toll from Tropical
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    • 651 1  -  TAN HUI LENG MORE Singaporeans are ready to say "I do". But the package should include a nest of their own; otherwise, wedding bells can wait for a good number of them. According to a Ministry of Community
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    • 48 1 DENGUE CASES RISE WHO, NEA SET UP ANNUAL WORKSHOP HOT NEWS PAGE 3 BATTLE OF THE LOOS KATONG PROPERTY DISPUTE TURNS SOUR LOCAL PAGE 6 WHY THEY WON'T GO THE SECRET LIVES OF MYANMAR REFUGEES WORLD PAGE 17 #I NAUGURAL ENCORE! EUROPEAN CULTURAL REASON KICKS OFF PLUS•PAGE 36
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    • 30 1 yVL. rf& Aw BkS "v AW, -w^—W —W W—% I HP 'Ir^^^^ AmWW Am mm Wt AFP CHELSEA STEEL Ballack, Malouda ensure title race goes to the wire PAGE 46
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    • 442 2  -  LOH CHEE KONG School vehicle carrying eight students collides with two cars cheekong@media corp.com.sg EVEN as the Government considers introducing new laws making seat belts mandatory on school buses, another accident involving student casualties occurred yesterday morning. A mini-bus carrying eight students collided with two cars, injuring
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    • 543 3  -  TAN HUI LENG WHO and NEA to setup workshop on monitoring disease atyear's end huileng@media corp.com.sg WITH the global incidence of dengue increasing 30-fold in the last 50 years and Asia bearing 70 per cent of the global disease burden, the need for
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    • 383 2 YOU CAN RAISE 18 YEARS' -SAVINGS IN 1 MONTH! tUy kVi Joul Ooi returned from UK last year and was offered an engineering m-^^m%mt.^§ job at $1,800 per month as a fresh graduate. He reckoned that if he saved $500 per month consistently, putting aside pay increases and flft the
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    • 315 4 MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said China could have better handled criticism of its actions in Tibet Reporters were ejected from Tibet following the outbreak of rioting in March. "Had they engaged the west, all this would have turned out differently," said
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      513 4  -  NGJINGYNG Muscular dystrophy patient graduates from Ngee Ann Polytechnic despite condition jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg MOHAMMAD Zaki Bin Jurani (picture), 21, to those who know him, is one tough fighter. It may not have seemed so a year ago, when he was laid low in the intensive care unit of
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    • 170 4  -  NGJINGYNG Polytechnic student Saravanan s/o A Rajah (picture) was once a long-distance runner but a serious road accident three years ago put an end to that pursuit. While recovering at Ang Mo Kio Community Hospital, his lecturers at Ngee Ann Polytechnic visited him
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    • 232 6 FOR illegally peddling six packets of cigarettes on which duty has not been paid, a 43-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 months in jail. The sentence, meted out on April 28, is the highest so far, given the quantity of the cigarettes
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    • 239 6 ISOLATED for decades, Libya has recently become an increasingly accepted member of the international community. The United Nations lifted sanctions in 2003, after Libya agreed to dismantle its nuclear weapons programme. But not many countries, including Singapore, understand Libya very
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    • 723 6  -  ANSLEYNG High Court to determine whether two properties should be returned to mother and son ansley@mediacorp.com.sg ALMOST 30 years ago, when Mr Loo Chay Sit (right) was going through a divorce after just a few years of marriage, he transferred a piece of newly-bought property at
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    • 365 8  -  -TEOXUANWEI WHEN trouble strikes, what do you do? You dial "999". But for the deaf or hearing-im-paired, alerting the police about emergencies is not as simple as a phone call. Thanks to a new emergency helpline, it is now possible for them
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    • 500 8  -  JINNY KOH Risk of some vision loss more than wearing contacts: Experts jinny@media corp.com.sg IN A country with one of the world's highest rates of myopia, would Singaporeans opt for laser eye surgery if they knew that the risk of some vision loss is about 100 times
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      346 10  -  TEOXUANWEI Tests show 3 out of 10 shark meat samples contain high levels of harmful substance xuanwei@media corp.com.sg SHARK'S fin lovers beware. Some shark meat contain high levels of mercury that may be harmful to you. The Singapore Environment Council (SEC) and international conservation group Wild Aid yesterday
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
      • 137 10 About 86,000 Singaporeans have yet to sign up for their GST Credits, which, together with the Senior Citizens Bonus, will be paid out on July 1. Those who had done so some 2.3 million Singaporeans received the first instalment of their Growth
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      • 88 10 The Singapore Armed Forces is sending two construction engineering teams to central Afghanistan for about three months each between May 3 and Oct 31. The six-man teams will supervise the construction of a regional health training centre and will operate as part of the
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      • 112 10 A kitten has been found dead with wire around its neck and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty (SPCA) is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension and prosecution of the culprits. There are currently no witnesses to the case at
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  • world news
    • 383 12 -AFP Over 9,000 infected but no health riskfor Olympics: Officials BEIJING A deadly viral outbreak that preys on children has appeared in Olympic host city Beijing and the number of infections in China has grown to more than 9,000, state media reported yesterday. The outbreak
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    • 162 12 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Home Minister yesterday shot down a proposal that would require women travelling abroad on their own to produce consent letters from parents or employers to prevent them from being used as drug "mules". Foreign Minister Rais Yatim floated the idea over the
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    • 158 12 -AFP TOKYO Japan's ruling party is considering plans to encourage foreign workers to stay in the country long-term, a report said yesterday after the birth rate fell for the 27th successive year. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has proposed setting up an "immigration agency" to help
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    • 288 14 -AGENCIES 12 injured as blaze melts overhead power cables SHANGHAI At least three people were killed and 12 injured when flammable materials carried by a passenger caused an explosion on a crowded bus in Shanghai yesterday, police and witnesses said. "From the initial investigation, the fire
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    • 251 14 -AFP BEIJING China's state press accused the Dalai Lama yesterday of "monstrous crimes", a day after Chinese officials reportedly agreed with envoys of the exiled Tibetan Buddhist to keep the door open on dialogue. The Chinese officials and the envoys met in southern China's
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    • 283 14 -AGENCIES TAIPEI Taiwan's Vice-Pre-mier quit the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday, taking responsibility for an embarrassing diplomatic scandal involving the alleged embezzlement of US$3O million ($40.8 million). The cash had been earmarked for Papua New Guinea in a bid to gain support for
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    • 484 17  -  VENESSALEE They won't leave M'sia even though life is hard venessa@media corp.com.sg THE first thing you notice about Moses is the shape of his head. Part of it is missing. It looks as if 20 per cent of his cranium has been sliced off. Moses,
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    • 1000 18 IN THE age of the globalised economy, mobile technology has become an asset in connecting businesses and streamlining processes. Technology research firm IDC predicts that there will be approximately 878 million mobile workers worldwide in 2009 a sizeable number considering thatthis amounts to more than
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    • 233 20 -AFP SYDNEY An Australian kidney specialist sparked a bitter medical ethics row yesterday by calling for organ sales to be legalised in order to cut the bloated transplant waiting list Fit, young and healthy people should be allowed to peddle their
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      65 20 FIERY RIOTS: At least five demonstrators were killed yesterday when Somali security forces fired at crowds protesting rising food prices in Mogadishu. About 7,000 Somalis took to the streets to protest against rising food prices made worse by the devaluation of the local currency. Demonstrators accused traders of pushing inflation
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    • 331 20 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Otherwise-impossible missions aided by battery-powered bugs LONDON A swarm of robotic insects is being developed for the military to hunt down enemy fighters in buildings and caves, carry mini bombs and identify chemical, nuclear or biological weapons. The bugs are based on
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    • 860 23  -  THOMAS L FRIEDMAN —THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE They know they are living on borrowed time and borrowed dimes TRAVELLING around America for the past five months, I've had my opportunity to take the pulse, far from the campaign crowds. My totally unscientific polling
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    • 342 13 With 88 flights a week, anytime's a good time to visit Australia. Experience Australia now from $688* with Singapore Airlines. There's always something new to do in Australia. Go on a coastal getaway along our miles of perfect beaches. Enjoy nature at her finest with our unspoilt landscape and unique
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    • 484 24  -  WONGSIONGYAN Hasty judgments should not be made just to prevent speculative property buying Letter from I AM extremely taken aback by a recent media report highlighting the negative impact the deferred payment scheme (DPS) will have on the property market. The headline "Deferred payment scheme: Up
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    • 170 25  -  SHARON CHAN YEEWOON Letter from MY BOYFRIEND and I caught the 4.10pm showing of Iron Man at Golden Village cinema at Tampines Mall on Labour Day. To our dismay, a short scene featuring a cameo by Samuel L Jackson, which should have been screened at the
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    • 183 25  -  MICHAELNGKHENGHOCK Letter from I REFER to "Tan Kin Lian, an upset Income customer" (May 3-4) and the comments made by Mr Tan, the former chief executive officer of NTUC Income, on the recent arbitrary change in the bonus payout structure that the company has initiated. I
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    • 183 26  -  DR BILL MAIER BY.............. RAISING YOUNG PEACEMAKERS "Sally, stop hitting your brother! Billy, quit pulling Susie's hair!" Sounds familiar? Maybe it's time for a crash course in conflict management. There's a lot we can do as parents to help kids resolve arguments before they get out
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    • 984 26 Landscaping involves so much more than just planting flowers BRITISH-BORN Henry Steed has been a landscape architect for 35 years. Some of his works such as the Esplanade waterfront and all the open areas at the Safti Military Institute will be familiar to Singaporeans. After
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      • 110 28  -  DOW JONES Chip-maker IM Flash Technologies will delay initial production at its Singapore plant until mid next year due to weak market conditions. The new target date comes after the joint venture between Intel and Micron Technology caused the plant's opening
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      • 61 28  -  DOW JONES Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry said yesterday that Mr Sunny Verghese, chief executive of 01am International, has been appointed chairman of IE Singapore. He succeeds Ms Euleen Goh, who will step down April 22. Mr Verghese was appointed deputy chairman of the
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    • 509 28  -  ESTHER FUNG Telco partners SPH, Axia Net Media and SP Telecom in bid to develop high-speed broadband network esther@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE Telecommunications is part of a four-way consortium bidding to design, build and operate Singapore's new ultra high-speed broadband network. It is taking a 30
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    • 251 29  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg RICE prices could remain sky high for months, according to the head of one of Singapore's leading commodities companies. Mr Sunny Verghese, chief executive of agricultural products supply chain manager 01am International, said rice prices are likely to remain at current
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    • 305 29  -  CONRAD RAJ EDITOR-AT-LARGE conrad@media corp.com.sg YET another director has quit a listed company over corporate governance issues. Former Neptune Orient Lines chief operating officer Lim How Teck has resigned from mainboard-listed UMS Holdings as lead independent director with effect from last Friday, the company announced
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      • 156 30 BLOOMBERG MAYBANK has agreed to buy 15 per cent of Pakistan's MCB Bank for about 44.3 billion rupees ($1.5 billion). This is the Malaysian bank's third acquisition this year as it expands overseas to counter slowing growth at home. Maybank also has an agreement to
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      • 219 30 BLOOMBERG ÜBS may cut as many as 8,000 jobs as it grapples with the biggest credit writedowns of any European bank and a 12-billion-franc ($15.5-bil-lion) first-quarter loss. Switzerland's biggest bank is set to spell out its plans
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      • 788 30  -  ARIEL TAM Microsoft, Yahoo and Google battle it out in this clash of the titans ONLINE AND TECHNOLOGY EDITOR ariel@mediacorp.com.sg MICROSOFT'S decision to withdraw its bid to buy Internet services pioneer Yahoo has taken many by surprise. After three months of protracted negotiations,
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        372 32  -  JOSEPH YADAO Home furnishing store now promotes homegrown works joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg SWEDISH home furnishing store Ikea wants to dispel the myth that art appreciation is the preserve of the elite. "Art is perceived to be expensive, exclusive and for the knowledgeable," said Mr Lars Svensson, country marketing manager, Ikea
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      • 246 32  -  JOSEPH YADAO DESPITE the negative publicity generated by protests along the Olympic torch routes, a group of dedicated men and women are quietly going about their business as they prepare Beijing for the start of the 2008 Olympic Games. UPS is the official
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