Today, 6 August 2008

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    10 1 TODAY Wednesday August 6, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    COLUMN
    40 1 MARIA SIOW The islets dispute is threatening to hurt relations between South Korea and Japan. Wouldn't it be best for both countries to refer the matter to the ICJ for arbitration, asks our East Asia bureau chief. Page 16
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    SINGAPORE
    40 1 BIGGER POT The first Asian Poker Tour held here drew 313 participants who slugged it out over a US$l.5-million prize pool. The organisers, who are expecting a bigger turnout at this year's event, promise a larger pot. Page 10
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    WORLD
    38 1 47-YEAR WAIT An elderly German woman and her two sons travelled to North Korea to be reunited with her husband a North Korean she fell in love with at first sight after 47 years apart. Page 14
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    Fees freed, who gains?
    864 1  -  KELVIN CHOW NEOCHAICHIN PROPERTY AGENTS Consumers reluctant to pay more, but agents want higher fees for premium service and kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS the centre of controversy two years ago, as HDB homebuyers raged about paying a 1 -per-cent commission to housing agents who were, at the
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    Lock icon High tech at the heart of teaching
    519 1  -  LINYANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com. sg WITH today's students born into an age of PDAs and digital media, having to use technology in class is practically "inevitable" to teachers like Ms Nur Ilyana Mohamed Anwar, who grew up with chalkboards and exercise books. "They are so
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    SPORTS
    53 1 NICEWORDS The powerful Aussie and American swimming teams are headed for a hot contest for Olympic medals. But the Aussie stars had only nice things to say about their rivals, as our Sports Editor Leonard Thomas found out when he met them in Beijing. Page 32 PROPERTY AGENTS Homebuyer
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  • NEWS
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      A strong hint about the pro-family package
      275 2 WHEN baby comes, could parents be given more choice to decide which spouse or both can take leave to care for junior? Last night, the strongest hint yet on what Singaporeans can expect from the pro-family package surfaced when Senior Minister of State
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      Lock icon Guaranteed: A safe Games
      540 3 AGENCIES PRE-OLYMPIC TENSIONS Security tightened after blast as China says "Islamic militants are trying to wage holy war BEIJING China declared yesterday that it could guarantee a safe Olympics even as it announced that Islamic militants were trying to wage a "holy war" aimed at destroying
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      Lock icon 'Go outside less – give our foreign friends space'
      185 3 'Go outside less give our foreign friends space' THEDAILYTELEGRAPH BEIJING Tall yellow signs have been erected at the turnstiles of all Olympic venues, looming over spectators as they queue to take their seats, and giving an exhaustive nine-point list of "do's and don'ts". The 4.6-metre-high yellow signs cite rules that
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      Action equals instant reaction
      271 4  -  LINYANQIN IN THE CLASSROOM NgeeAnnSec School uses IM to teach physics yanqin@mediacorp.com. sg INSTANT messaging (IM) in class sounds like a teacher's nightmare: Students chatting away with each other and paying no attention to the lesson being taught. But at Ngee Ann Secondary School, teachers have
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      SCHOOL OPTS FOR EASYREADER
      136 4 The new East Zone Centre of Excellence for English Language atTanjong Katong Girls'School will provide students access to Today Digital Edition through MediaCorp's Easyßeader software, thanks to a partnership with MediaCorp Press. The centre, forteachers and students from go schools, facilitates the exchange of ideas and
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      Madam President? Yes, says 1 in 2
      527 6  -  ANSLEYNG WOMEN LEADERS Four in five Singaporeans would also accept woman Cabinet Minister ansley@mediacorp.com.sg ONE in two Singaporeans would vote a female President into the Istana, and four in five would accept a woman Cabinet Minister, if a recent survey is anything to
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      Ren Ci gets back its IPC status
      260 6 THE Ministry of Health has accorded Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre the status of an Institution of a Public Character (IPC), following steps taken to strengthen its corporate governance. The charity's IPC status which allows it to issue tax-deductible receipts to donors
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      Lock icon On The Verge of change
      399 8  -  ALICIA WONG TEKKA MALL UPGRADE But tenants, pleased with renovations, worry the new name is out of place alicia@mediacorp.com.sg THE NEXT time shop owner Mr Chua Seow Bin reprints his name-cards, they will read "The Verge (Tekka Mall)." It is good that the mall is
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      S'PORE ROUNDUP
      101 8 FIVE MORE FULL-DAY BUS LANES From Monday, five stretches of normal bus lanes along Victoria Street, Jalan Besar, North Bridge Road and Kallang Road will be converted to full-day bus lanes. The five affected bus lanes are from Victoria Bridge to Rochor Road; Kelantan Road to Rochor Canal
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      SINGAPOREANS HAPPYWITH SERS, GOVT SURVEY FINDS
      156 8 An HDB scheme to rehouse residents from old public housing estates to new and better flats nearby continued to receive the thumbs up from those affected. The latest survey involving 1,019 households showed that 85 per cent of them supported the Selective En bloc
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      More players, bigger prize pot for poker tournament
      251 10  -  TEOXUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg THE first time it was held here in 2006, the Asian Poker Tour (APT) drew 313 participants who slugged it out over a US$l.5-million ($2.06 million) prize pool. When it returns this year, organisers are expecting a bigger turnout and
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      Lock icon Accused yelled at outside court
      496 10  -  ZULOTHMAN JUDGMENT POSTPONED Man charged with stabbing spouse of seven years zul@mediacorp.com.sg AS A former crime reporter with The Straits Times, Mr Russell Tan Rui Leen (picture) was no stranger to the courtroom. But when the investment analyst appeared in Court 25 of the Subordinate
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      Chikungunya strikes again
      132 10 Another case of Chikungunya fever was reported yesterday in Singapore. Channel NewsAsia understands a man caught the virus while he was in Malaysia recently. This brings the total number of Chikungunya cases to five in less than a week. The first case reported on July 31 involved
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      High turnover and the talent crunch
      471 12  -  ONG DAI LIN MANPOWER STUDY HR challenges seen as bar to growth dailin@mediacorp.com. sg THE bulls may be out for Asia, but if the region is to continue leading global economic growth, it will have to overcome human resource challenges that have hit acute
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      HER DAD,THE MENTOR
      111 12 The keys to talent and leadership development can also be found at home, it seems. All five speakers at a panel discussion at the Global Leadership Mentoring Congress 2008 cited their fathers as their biggest corporate mentors. DrJannieTay, executive vicechairman ofThe HourGlass (picture), for example, said: "He
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      Lock icon Missing man's body found
      176 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE body of the man who went missing in the sea off East Coast Park two days ago was found yesterday morning near the shore, not far from the McDonald's outlet. This came shortly after authorities called off the search mission at about 6.10am.
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      133 4 The qualification for business leaders of the future is now available in Singapore Singapore is one of the world's fastest-growing financial centres and the demand for highly-skilled accountancy professionals is rapidly increasing. In response, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) is working in collaboration with the
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  • WORLD
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      PM, DPM face ACA report
      398 14 MALAYSIA POLITICS Corruption report lodged for alleged abuse of power KUALA LUMPUR An Umno veteran yesterday lodged a complaint against Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak with the Anti-Corrup-tion Agency (ACA) for alleged abuse of power, local media reported. Mr
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      Lock icon Reunited after 47 years
      221 14 AP SEOUL An elderly German woman has travelled to North Korea to be reunited with her husband after 47 years apart, a news report said yesterday. Mrs Renate Hong, 71, married Mr Hong Ok Gun in 1960, when the North Korean man was a student in
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        S'POREAN, DAUGHTER FOUND DEAD
        126 14 A Singaporean and his half-Thai daughter were found dead inside an apartment in Bangkok's Suthisarn area on Monday afternoon, reported The Nation daily. A maid of the building, Ms Bussadee Saengsongsing, 47, told police that she went to collect the rent from the man but he
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        Lock icon DRUG HAUL MISSING FROM POLICE CUSTODY
        126 14 AFP A drug haul worth RMi million ($420,000) has reportedly gone missing from police custody, jeopardising a probe into an international drug syndicate. The New Straits Times said the skg stash of amphetamines, or syabu, which had been stored at police headquarters in southern
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      Lock icon S Korea beefs up security for Bush visit
      247 16 AFP SEOUL South Korea mounted a massive security operation yesterday as United States President George W Bush arrived for a two-day visit, and opponents of American beef imports began taking to the streets. Mr Bush touched down at a military airport south
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      WHEN NEITHER WILL BUDGE
      764 16  -  MARIASIOW TODAY IN CHINA east asia bureau chief mariasiow@mediacorp.com.sg Best for Seoul, Tokyo to take islets row to ICJ WITH a territorial dispute threatening to hurt bilateral relations, you would think that South Korea and Japan would take the matter to the International Court of Justice
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      Was Constitution breached?
      203 18 SAMAK AS TV CHEF Court agrees to hear case against Premier BANGKOK Thailand's Constitution Court yesterday agreed to hear a case against Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej to see whether he had breached the Constitution by working as a television programme host, local media reported. The case was
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      Lock icon Thai troops to be withdrawn
      173 18 AFP BANGKOK Thailand's Cabinet yesterday agreed in principle to pull back some troops from near a disputed temple on the Cambodian border, but did not commit to specific numbers or dates for the withdrawal. Military officials will meet to hammer out details of the plan
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      Lock icon A ban on Grand Theft Auto
      173 18 AFP BANGKOK The Thai authorities yesterday banned the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) computer game after a disturbed teenager allegedly killed a taxi driver in a copycat crime. Following news earlier yesterday that GTA's distributor would no longer stock the game, Thai police said they
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      426 15 HOT NEWS SINGAPORE WORLD VOICES BUSINESS SPORTS PLUS 3, /*u;«%»'«* vi n )i AMM Pakistani helicopters save Blast in China s Xinjiang climbers o*^^ I lliree s acrowd andalso a I Deadly attack On police Station Rescuers airlifted two frost- I J2lesal Monday. som medt* r«port«6 Wg^M bif" P utch/'
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      474 17 **s Yeader i^w^jmusim^Ax'm^ —i HOT NEWS SINGAPORE WORLD VOICES BUSINESS SPORTS PLUS I SocGen trader's assistant on prices fall below 120 -^^^^|||j^^^^^B I I charged with complicity: dollars Aiq <-*"" I Crude oil prices plunged 9^^ *^I2^<C^ "<* V^S^V I Official briefly below 119 dollars a Bfcfe^^V^ I I The
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      486 19 Tbiw Digital Edition The first of its kind in Singapore. Save yesterday for tomorrow. 30-Day archive. Available anytime, anywhere. ■£MediaCorpEasyßeaderv2!i^TODA^igita^dition l"|LjJ.lillWl jjk I II H HOT NEWS SINGAPORE WORLD VOICES BUSINESS SPORTS PLUS AUG 05. 2008, 10:08 11 Today I home > hot news S£arch K-^^ I i^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^M beinq treated
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      Direct transfers the better way
      332 20  -  Chin Sau Ho CUTTHEGST? This way will benefit lowerand mid-income households, senior citizens and students Letter from Director Corporate Communications Services Ministry of Finance CONRAD Raj ("The right time to step in?", Aug 4) called for the Government to come up with measures to help
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      240 22  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY HOW TO STOP KIDS FROM BULLYING Why do boys harass and intimidate each other in school or on the playground? The Journal of Developmental Psychology recently conducted a study of 452 boys in upper primary, and it revealed that those who taunt
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      Some ideas to enhance cabbie safety
      327 22  -  Liew Kai Khiun THEY DESERVE BETTER Abusive passengers should know they face severe penalty Letter from I REFER to the article "More cabbies attacked" (Aug4). I told a taxi driver how vulnerable and exposed he was from my view as a passenger in the
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      Lock icon Signs that put taxi drivers in bad light
      206 22  -  CheongTiong Hua Letter from I REFER to the article "More cabbies attacked" (Aug 4). There is a standard sign at taxi stands stating that "touting and over-charging" are not allowed. To warn against touting is fair, but as over-charging is tantamount to
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      269 21 Born and Bred A r in Singapore h^^l OTO reaches 30 this National Day! I On Singapore's 43rd birthday, OTO reaches 30 years of age. For three decades, as I our Nation grew from strength to strength, OTO has worked hard to nurture the home healthcare products industry in Singapore.
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  • plus MOVIES
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      Dawn of a new empire
      996 24  -  GENEVIEVE LOH POP CULTURAL PHENOMENON The High School Musical franchise is taking the world by storm and it's come to Singapore on ice genevieve@mediacorp.com.sg HOW did a squeaky-clean television moviemusical about high school life that has none of the saucy ingredients found in Beverly Hills
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      PLUS PICKS GENERATION TEEN
      171 24 Rent these movie gems from yesteryear that similarly whipped teens into a frenzy. CLUELESS (1995) Starring Alicia Sliverstone, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd, Donald Faison and Breckin Meyer. Directed by Amy Heckerling. Like, as if you didn't know that this modern adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma and
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      Join in the dance revolution
      154 26 If you're a Fly Girl who can pop or a B-Boy who can lock, then Lime Funkmeister Dance Challenge could be the showcase platform for you. Whether it's crunking in the Solo or Duo category or krumping in a group, Lime magazine is looking for
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      Guru-some toilet humour
      309 28  -  MAYO MARTIN MOVIE REVIEWTHE LOVE GURU Mike Myers dishes up a transcendent moment for idiots mayo@mediacorp.com.sg ACCORDING to the universe, the guy who gave us Austin Powers has officially lost his mojo. But I'll stick my neck out to say that the universallypanned The Love Guru is
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      DOCUS 'R' US
      383 30  -  GENEVIEVE LOH MOVIE REVIEWS A MONTH OF HUNGRY GHOSTS, MAD ABOUT ENGLISH! Two local documentaries make their big screen debuts genevieveloh@mediacorp.com. sg A MONTH OF HUNGRY GHOSTS (GUOJIE) A SINGAPOREAN-MADE documentary in the cinema is a rare thing. Two Singaporean-made documentaries released in cinemas on the same
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      Chew on this
      176 30  -  GENEVIEVE LOH MOVIE REVIEW BAD HABITS (MALOS HABITOS) LOUD footsteps. A child dressed like a nun runs towards a door. A horror movie? Yes, if you can empathise with a woman with an eating disorder who finds coping with real life hard to digest. As evident in
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      613 32  -  LEONARD THOMAS BEIJING BUZZ They draw a huge crowd, but play down pool fight with the Americans sports editor in beijing leonard@mediacorp.com.sg THE Olympic flame will only be lit on Friday night, but nearly 300 pressmen and TV crew turned up for the first introductions at
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      261 32 AFP BEIJING Olympic officials tampered too much with tradition when they agreed to move the Beijing Games swimming finals to suit US broadcaster NBC, chief Australian swimming coach Alan Thompson said yesterday. "My
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      588 33  -  HAKIKATRAI OLYMPIC COMMENT Swim legend believes that Phelps has the pedigree to surpass him in Beijing hakikat@mediacorp.com.sg TWELVE years ago, as we rode together out of Atlanta airport into town, I turned to Mark Spitz and asked if he thought anyone would ever
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      287 33 .AFP BEIJING With the start of the Games just days away, Chinese swimmers are still debating a last-minute switch to the sensational new Speedo LZR Racer. The high-tech bodysuit has figured in more than 40 world records since its release in February, and the Nike-sponsored
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      228 33 AFP BEIJING Languishing in hospital just nine days ago with dengue fever, Olympic badminton champion Taufik Hidayat (picture) feared his chances of defending his Olympic singles title had ended. The illness was the latest blow for the Indonesian former No 1, who has
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      659 34  -  LEONARD THOMAS BEIJING BUZZ China and the rest of the world are at it, when it comes to questions about each other sports editor in beymg leonard@mediacorp.com.sg YOU wouldn't think they'd need to, but the Chinese table tennis team have banned all unnecessary eyes
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        114 34 Brad Pitt (picture) has landed in Beijing, ready to make a name for himself after spending two weeks'training in Thailand. That's Pitt the Australian heavyweight boxer, not the movie megastar whose partner Angelina Jolie gave birth to twins Knox Leon andVivienne Marcheline last
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        133 34 Foreign reporters covering the Olympics must register 24 hours in advance if they want to take photos or interview people in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, officials said yesterday. Reporters will be assigned an escort and must enter through an entrance on the east side of
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        177 34 Defending champions Argentina are looking to their quartet of NBA stars to help inspire a second successive Olympics basketball gold. Manu Ginobili, of the San Antonio Spurs, Luis Scola, a team-mate of China's Yao Ming at the Houston Rockets, and Chicago Bulls'Andres Nocioni all
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        115 34 AGENCIES A senior member of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's political party has triggered a row by urging Italy's Olympic officials to allow their athletes at the Games to protest China's human rights policies. Maurizio Gasparri, chief whip in
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      554 36 AFP BEIJING United States hopes for a 100m sprint double at the Olympics here, once expected to be carried by world champions Tyson Gay and Allyson Felix, will instead fall upon the unheralded Walter Dix and Muna Lee. While Gay suffered a pulled hamstring
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      281 36 AFP BEIJING International Olympic Committee (IOC) drugs chief Arne Ljungqvist yesterday accused Russia of systematic doping after seven athletes were hit with suspensions which could lead to fouryear bans. The 77-year-old Swede, who is also a vice-president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada),
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      211 36 AFP BEIJING Controversial Greek sprinter Ekaterina Thanou's (picture) hopes of competing in the Olympics here took what seemed a mortal blow yesterday as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) insisted that they can reject an athlete's accreditation. The 33-year-old rocked the 2004 Olympics when she and
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      428 37 AFP HUNT FOR GOLD Holland, Italy and US also eye gold as football kicks off in Shanghai and Tianjin BEIJING The men's football competition kicks off tomorrow with all 16 teams in action, as the Beautiful Game celebrates 100 years as an Olympic
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      59 37 Tomorrow (all local time) Group A (at Shanghai) Australia v Serbia (4pm) Ivory Coast v Argentina (6.45pm) Group B (atTianjin) Japan v US (4pm) Netherlands v Nigeria (6.45pm) Group C (at Shenyang) Brazil v Belgium (4pm) China v New Zealand (6.45pm) Group D (at Qinhuangdao) Honduras v
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      397 37 AP SAN FRANCISCO The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has asked a federal judge to shut down a website it alleges is fraudulently selling tickets to the Beijing Games. Lawyers for the USOC want the judge to permanently disable
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      501 38  -  LOW LIN FHOONG ROAD TO BEIJING Singapore's shuttlers confident ahead of a tough battle in Beijing linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg THEY'VE been labelled as underdogs in Beijing, and that suits Singapore's five-strong badminton contingent just fine. With three days to go to the start of the badminton competition this
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      41 38 Aug 9 Women's singles Round of 64 (Xing Aiying) Aug 10 Women's doubles Round of 16 (JiangYanmei and LiYujia) Aug 11 Men's singles Round of 32 (Ronald Susilo) Aug 12 Mixed doubles Round of 16 (Hendri Saputra and LiYujia)
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      258 38 AFP SEOUL North Korea is again refusing to let South Korea play its national anthem and fly its flag at a 2010 World Cup fourth round qualifier scheduled to be played in Pyongyang, officials said yesterday. "North Korea has informed us
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      447 39 AGENCIES MANCHESTER Cristiano Ronaldo has refused to return to Manchester for talks with manager Alex Ferguson over his desire to join Real Madrid, a Spanish newspaper reported yesterday. The 23-year-old winger was scheduled to meet the Manchester United boss at Old Trafford, but instead opted
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      142 39  -  MILTON TAN A FLASH of brilliance from Kengne Ludovick (below, right) handed Home United a 1-0 win over Balestier Khalsa at Toa Payoh Stadium, in last night's NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 clash. Home suffered an early scare in the 17th minute when Hironori Saruta sent strike partner
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      575 39  -  MILTON TAN NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 Dalian Shide v Young Lions Queenstown Stadium, 7.45pm sports@newstoday.com.sg THE S-League's two youngest teams meet in tonight's NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 match at the Queenstown Stadium, as Dalian Shide host the
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      321 38 OVERHEARD THE OLYMPICS The torch relay attracts the media, and the media attracts the protesters It would be wrong to think that by eliminating the international legs we will make all the problems disappear. lOC President Jacques Rogge on why the torch relay is set to be a feature of
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      415 40  -  ESTHER FUNG FINANCING Venture capitalists can also bring technical expertise with their investments esther@mediacorp.com.sg VENTURE capitalists are often seen as cash cows by start-ups and fledgling entrepreneurs. But this overlooks other help these investors can provide. "Nine out of 10 start-ups say that all they
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      422 41  -  CHEOWXINYI China Healthcare gets Government help for re-branding exercise cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com. sg IT MAY be just a matter of a simple logo to some, but for Mr Ong Poh Chu, branding is a "very complicated and technical" issue. "The brand is the basic fundamental of a company and
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      277 41  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg MS CONNIE Kwan (picture) has taken an holistic approach to intellectual property management for her growing chocolate manufacturing business. That includes a system for proper documentation for new creations and even intellectual property (IP) clauses in employment contracts. "Having a proper
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      175 41 BUILDING CAPABILITIES: i)Whatis lßrandPact'? A branding programme launched by both International Enterprise Singapore and SPRING Singapore, including financial incentives to help companies with the key strategic costs of a branding project. It also provides training in the form of seminars, workshops and an online self-assessment toolkit for checking brand
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      43 41 The brand is the basic fundamental of a company and has got a life of its own. It has to be worked on, fertilised, strengthened and packaged. .^^^^k Mr Ong Poh Chu, chairman of China Healthcare M West P#int 001 BOON KEONG VENTURINGABROAD
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    367 42 DOWJONES SENIOR energy officials from the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) member countries, together with China, Japan and South Korea, are considering setting up a committee to work on a regional oil stockpiling roadmap, a
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    299 42 MAS FLEXI-WORK SCHEME Jobs assurance given as airline strives to cope with rising fuel prices MALAYSIA Airlines (MAS) has launched a flexible employment scheme designed to cut costs while retaining skilled employees as part of its efforts to cope with high global oil prices.
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    297 43 COMPANY GROWTH Net profit rose 19.2 per cent to $113 million for the 6 months ended June 30 LI HENG Chemical Fibre Technologies, a leading China-based manufacturer of highend nylon fibres, said yesterday its net profit rose 19.2 per cent to 564.5 million yuan
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    311 43 AFP LONDON Oil prices fell another US$2 ($2.75) yesterday to beneath US$ll9 a barrel, as slowing US demand for energy offset tensions over crude-rich Iran, traders said. The market also slid as Tropical Storm Edouard was set to cause minimal damage to energy installations
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    355 44 AGENCIES LIFE INSURANCE EARNINGS GREAT Eastern Holdings, Singapore's biggest life insurer, has posted an 89 per cent drop in second-quarter profit after booking losses to reflect a decline in value of its stocks and bonds. Net income fell to $15.7 million, or 3 cents
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    448 45 BLOOMBERG Q2 PROFIT Net income climbed to $i2B.3m or 6.18 cents a share SEMBCORP Marine, the world's second-biggest oil-rig maker, said second-quarter profit rose 51 per cent to a record on demand for offshore rigs and ship repairs. Net income climbed to $128.3
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      71 46 $2.05 I Buy Deutsche Bank has a "buy" rating on Ml with a $2.20 price target, after the telco became the newest full-fledged broadband provider here. It says the move will give Ml access to fixed broadband revenues and allow it to offset product bundles offered by its rivals,
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      78 46 59 cents I Outperform Credit Suisse reiterates its rating and an 82-cents price target for the contract electronics manufacturer, which reported a doubling of its second-quar-ter 2008 net profit to $27.1 million. It says the result was 7 per cent ahead of forecast, adding it remains "positive on
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      52 46 18.5 cents I Buy OCBC Investment Research starts with a 26-cents fair value on the contract electronics manufacturer, based on 6 times FY2009 earnings versus the average market price-earnings ratio of 5.4 times. It says the premium is justified given the firm's strong fundamentals, well-established customer relationships and effective
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    474 46 BLOOMBERG Tight credit conditions, the ongoing housing contraction, and elevated energy prices are likely to weigh on economic growth over the next few quarters. Federal Reserve FEDERAL RESERVE Inflation accelerates, energy costs remain a concern WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate at
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    576 46  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg THE Central Provident Fund (CPF) requirement that $20,000 of a member's Ordinary and Special Account monies must be set aside before he or she can invest the savings has made a larger dent on the life insurance industry than expected. For the
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    302 46  -  LOHCHEEKONG cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg REAL estate agents claim a new five-story condominium in Little India has been "100 per cent sold within two hours of balloting". The brisk sales for Urban Lofts has caught property analysts offguard, especially coming during the Hungry Ghost month, when
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