Today, 19 August 2008, Afternoon Edition

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  • 20 1 TODAY Tuesday August ig, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Tuesday August ig# 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    • 56 1 $256 M IN BENEFITS To further help low- and middle-income Singaporeans at a time of higher living costs, the Government will be distributing an additional support package amounting to $256 million. The enhancements are a 50-per-cent increase in the October instalment of Growth Dividends and a 50-per-cent increase
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    • 60 1 IFYOU LIVE IN A... i,2 OR3-ROOM FLAT (annual value of $5,000 or less) And you earn $24,000 or less, you get $300 (if you are 60 and above, you get $450) And you earn $24,001 to $100,000, you get $225 (if you are 60 and above, you get
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    • 42 1 (annual value of $5,000 to $10,000) And you earn up to $100,000, you get $225 (if you are 60 and above, you get $337) And you earn more than $100,000, you get $75
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    • 34 1 (annual value more than $10,000) And you earn up to $100,000, you get $112 (if you are 60 and above, you get $168) And you earn more than $100,000, you get $75
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    • 40 1 IFYOU LIVE IN A... IOR2-ROOMFLAT You get an extra $110 3-ROOM FLAT You get an extra $100 4-ROOM FLAT You get an extra $95 5-ROOM FLAT You get an extra $60 EXEC FLAT You get an extra $40
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    • 481 1  -  LINYANQIN PARENTHOOD PACKAGE yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg COME next year, mums and dads will get to spend more time with junior after he or she is born. For the first two years of baby's life, both parents will be able to take up to seven days of
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    • 1483 1  -  DERRICK A PAULO deputy news editor derrick@mediacorp.com.sg THE time has come for Singapore politics to change. And it is a change that should allow ordinary Singaporeans to play a more active role in shaping the political landscape, especially online. Videos and blogs, for example,
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  • NEWS
    • NATIONAL DAY RALLY
      • 45 2 HOT NEWS ERP BLUES Chinatown outlets are complaining that their business has dipped following the erection of five ERP gantries along the Singapore River on July 7. The LTA has decided to bring forward its review of those gantries by a month. Page 14
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        40 2 MUSHARRAFGOES He kept the suspense going until the very end. He was innocent, chaos-threat-ened. But finally, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf resigned yesterday. Will that move make a difference to military rule or the country's flagging economy? Page 16 i
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      • 39 2 Former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday came out in support of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, saying he was innocent of the sodomy charges and that he hoped he would one day lead the nation. Page 18
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        65 2 HERO'SWELCOME Swim star Tao Li arrived home yesterday to a rousing reception at Changi Airport, but a bigger surprise was in store for her later that afternoon. At the Caldecott Broadcast Centre for an interview, she was stunned when her idol, Stefanie Sun, dropped in unannounced with a congratulatory
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      • 247 2  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg THE men of Singapore need to change their mindsets and take a more active role in parenting. That was one issue highlighted by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who recounted once commenting on a father carrying his child, but was rebuked by a woman
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      • 570 3  -  LINYANQIN HELP FOR SINGLES SDUandSdS to merge, new trustmarkfor dating agencies yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg SOME leave it too late, while others find it hard to get started. Entering the dating game is the crucial first step to getting people to marry and hopefully, have babies but Singaporeans
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      • 273 3  -  ANSLEY NG POINTOFVIEW ansley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGLE Singaporean men are conservative and socially clueless, while the women are assertive and career-hungry this is the picture that comes across from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's anecdotes. Mr Lee reflected the survey findings of the National Population Secretariat when he
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      • 275 4  -  CHOO ZHENG XI POINTS OF VIEW Editor of local website The Online Citizen news@newstoday.com.sg PM LEE cited preserving the integrity and quality of political discourse as one of the guiding principles behind a gradual relaxation of the law on political films. This led him to draw
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      • 234 4  -  EPHRAIM LOY Vice-chairman, Young PAP, at Bedok Reservoir-Punggol ward news@newstoday.com.sg I REMEMBER asking Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo at a recent dinner: Should political films still be banned? Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has answered this, and it is good news for political parties. Though political parties are
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      • 331 6  -  DERRICK A PAULO SPEAKERS'CORNER SINGAPOREANS do need to let off steam, and the Government has found what it thinks will be a safe way for them to do so. Outdoor public demonstrations will be allowed at the Speakers' Corner, it was announced on Sunday,
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      • 401 6  -  ALICIA WONG alida@mediacorp.com.sg IT SEEMS apt that with the Prime Minister focusing on how the Internet would change the face of politics, a handful of bloggers have underlined that point. Hours after Mr Lee Hsien Loong delivered his National Day Rally English speech on Sunday, at
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      • 357 8 POINTOFVIEW A kind gesture can and does go a long way FLYING DUTCHMAN AKA MARK VAN CUYLENBURG fd@mediacorp.com.sg ARE we a gracious society? This is an issue that Glenn Ong and I have dealt with quite a few times on The Morning Express on Class9s. So
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      • 571 8  -  NEOCHAICHIN SOCIAL GRACES Upcoming Youth Olympic Games and Fi are chances for Singaporeans to show the world their warmth chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg A 47,000-STRONG troop of volunteers to greet visitors, drive buses, man checkpoints and cheer competitors on. That is what Sydney, the Australian city
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      • 680 10  -  LOHCHEEKONG ECONOMIC GROWTH lt #s not just about GDP numbers, but changing people's lives, says PM cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg IN THE early years, the Singapore Story told of how families swapped the attap-leaf and zinc roofs over their heads for the bricks and mortar of
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      • THEIR SINGAPORE STORIES...
        • 182 10 If you ask Mr Arumugam Jeyapal (picture), the 58-year-old will say he is living the dream. "I have lived the Singapore Story... lam grateful for what the Government has provided," he said, recalling the days when, as a 14-year-old, he had to do odd-jobs and bring home
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        • 127 10  -  LOHCHEE KONG Coming from a middle-income family, Mr David Aw had his sights set on working overseas. And he owes much to SMU's emphasis on "global citizenship". "With the school facilitating much of the preparation, all it needed was the final push to sign on for a
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      • 256 12  -  TEOXUANWEI THIS playful jibe (picture), at the reaction to Singapore being awarded its long-standing claim on Pedra Branca, has tickled many including the Prime Minister. On Sunday, Mr Lee Hsien Loong paid it the highest compliment at the National Day Rally
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      • 420 12  -  SHERALYNTAY AGEING GRACEFULLY Council for active ageing turns 1, with big plans on the way for elderly news@newstoday.com.sg SO FAR, grandpa has been told he can rockclimb if he wants to. And grandma has been encouraged to shake that booty bellydancing. A year on,
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      • 24 13 AFP Tracks cyclists Satomi Wadami of Japan and Trine Schmidt of Denmark fall during the women's points race yesterday.
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      • 253 13  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH MISS SINGAPORE WORLD christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg A BOOKWORM who had never walked in high heels before the contest, Ms Faraliza Tan (picture) will soon take giant strides across a global stage, now that she has been crowned Miss Singapore World 2008. Ms Tan, who won the title
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      • 106 13 938 LIVE ELIAS KINDERGARTEN REOPENS Elias Kindergarten in Woodlands reopened yesterday after a 10-day closure following the death of one of its pupils, a three-year-old boy, from Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD). Attendance was normal. The closure allowed a break in the chain of transmission for the
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      • 732 14  -  NEOCHAICHIN CHINATOWN BUSINESSES LTA to bring forward review of River Line gantries after complaints of dip in business chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg WITH Chinatown businesses singing the blues after five Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantries sprouted along the Singapore River on July 7, the Land Transport Authority (LTA)
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  • WORLD
    • 485 16  -  JASON BURKE THE GUARDIAN NEWS ANALYSIS Resignation unlikely to make difference to military rule or flagging economy HE KEPT the suspense going until the very end. He built schools, clinics, irrigation projects. He was innocent, chaos threatened. But finally, he decided to go. Mr Pervez
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    • 212 16 AFP World leaders urged Pakistan a key partner in western anti-terror efforts to place a premium on stability and unity following Pervez Musharraf's resignation as president yesterday. "President Bush looks forward to working with the Government of Pakistan on the economic, political and
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    • 459 18 AFP AP MALAYSIAN POLITICS Anwar gets backing of former Indon President KUALA LUMPUR Former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid, popularly known as Gus Dur, yesterday came out in support of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, saying he was innocent of the sodomy charges and that he hoped
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    • 262 18 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia said yesterday it has issued an official warning to Singapore over its territorial claims surrounding a disputed rocky outcrop in the sea. In May, the International Court of Justice confirmed Singapore's ownership of Pedra Branca, while handing the nearby
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
      • 127 19 AFP Cambodia's Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said he is optimistic a new round of talks with Thailand yesterday would result in a lasting solution to a long-running border dispute. Over the weekend, up to i,ooo Cambodian and Thai troops pulled back
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      • 122 19 AFP Georgia yesterday said it saw "no signs" of a promised Russian pullout of combat troops from deep inside its territory, amid growing Western pressure on Moscow to withdraw. "Unfortunately, we see no signs that the Russians are starting to pull out or even preparing
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      • 125 19 AFP Hong Kong looks set to become the second Asian city to have its restaurants put on the international culinary map by France's prestigious Michelin guide, hotels and a mcdi; report said yesterday. Reviewers for the famed red book that can make or
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    • 350 19 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH ROAD-PRICING PLAN Motorists may be charged for every mile on the road LONDON Motorists in Britain are being warned that they may face "pay as you drive" road taxes as ministers launch the first trials of a scheme that could see them
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    • 260 20 AFP WASHINGTON Playing video games improves manual dexterity among surgeons, making them faster and less likely to make mistakes, United States researchers said. The findings were contained in a raft of research on how video games effect the people who play them,
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      1110 20  -  JOSEPH LIOW NEWS COMMENT Public support by M'sian opposition allies for him belies private reservations THE STAGE has been set for Mr Anwar Ibrahim's return to national politics. Few would bet against him winning in the Permatang Pauh by-election scheduled for Aug 26. In fact, the more
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    • 223 21 AGENCIES MANILA At least 28 civilians and three soldiers were killed yesterday in a series of pre-dawn attacks by Muslim separatist rebels in the southern Philippines, witnesses and officials said. About 300 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Milf) rebels raided several towns in
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  • voices
    • 766 22  -  DAVE BARRY TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES DAVE BARRY ATTHE OLYMPICS IN BEIJING news@newstoday.com.sg I HAD to go back to Miami because my daughter is about to start school. I really didn't want to leave. Partly, this is because I haven't finished working out the leg cramps from
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    • 214 24  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY ENGAGED? GO FOR COUNSELLING The key to a healthy marriage is to keep your eyes wide open before you wed, and half-closed thereafter. Part of the problem nowadays is the tendency for young men and women to marry virtual strangers. A typical
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    • 614 24  -  AGATHA KOH COFFEEWITH BRAZIL voices editor agatha@mediacorp.com.sg Her field trips led the way to a green discovery DR TAN Lay Pheng gets to bring her work home and she is happy about it. The 37-year-old mother of two young daughters is an environmentalist who works at Republic
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  • plus ART
    • 1178 28  -  MAYO MARTIN AVANTGARDE ERA The Artists Village turns 20. Is it now time to call it a day? mayo@mediacorp.com.sg INSIDE the Singapore Art Museum is an axe with a tree branch "growing" out of its handle. Like a funny afterthought, Tang Da Wu's untitled
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    • 228 29 THE SUBSTATION This seminal arts space, where theTAV's Post- Ulu show was held, is the default home for contemporary and alternative artists. »45 Armenian Street, visit www.substation.orgfor details. POST MUSEUM Set up last year byTAV artist Woon Tien Wei and other members of p-io, a curatorial
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    • 381 30  -  MAY SEAH THEATRE REVIEW Clunky direction and lacking performances maim staging of To Kill a Mockingbird may@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS Singapore's first full-length staging of Harper Lee's Pulitzer prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird, a landmark work that argues for a just society, dealing with the prickly subjects of
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  • health
    • 862 31  -  EVELINE GAN IMPORTANT INJECTIONS Doctors advise against being lax when it comes to preventive vaccinations eveline@mediacorp.com.sg LUCY Ho goes for her annual flu shots regularly. And on her family doctor's advice, she added another shot against pneumococcal disease to her vaccination schedule last year. "They're for prevention.
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      264 32 MUM'S CHRONIC BACK PAIN QUESTION FROM CONCERNED My 75-year-old mother is suffering from osteoporosis and has been taking Fosamax Plus since March this year. However, she keeps complaining that her back and spine are painful and uncomfortable when she sits, stands or walks for too long. She
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 1224 33 TV LISTINGS CALEFARE LIFESTYLE I W T .c.H. t THAT'S IT IX Calefare No Enough Frequency of the City: Campus Edition The Mudsluqs/WalkThisWay channel News Asia, 8.31pm 11.31pm Channels,Bpm l^f -Team "Cleaning Woman' from Ngee Kids Central 430pm $%(Sk "^kl9 *»W^B^o iZLf'W^'-"' 4' M. fc^*"V\ Keenan who collect y,** 1
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  • sports
    • 1040 34  -  TANYO-HINN TANYO-HINN AN OLYMPIC WELCOME TAO LI MAY LOSE COACH PETER CHURCHILL ON SUNDAY morning, national swim starTao Li had breakfast with her coach Peter Churchill at the Olympic Games Village in Beijing, reminiscing about old times. Amazingly, they weren't even speaking to each other
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    • 646 35  -  LEONARD THOMAS BEIJING BUZZ Tao Li and paddlers must get more top-flight exposure, saysTeo Ser Luck sports editor in beijing leonard@mediacorp.com.sg SHE finished fifth in the women's 100 m butterfly final here in Beijing. She is Asia's fastest sprinter in the butterfly. At just 18,
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    • 334 35  -  LEONARDTHOMAS While the country's table tennis women and swimmers have been enjoying themselves performing on the grandest stage in sport, a group of Singapore officials have been busy learning the ropes from the Beijing Olympic Games Organising Committee (Bogoc) as the clock ticks
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    • 187 35 I have not seen them play with such a chip on their shoulders since the Dream Team of '92, especially with Kobe (Bryant) running the show. They are trying to kill teams and they are going to try to knock us out with the first punch, but
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    • 46 35 Kerron Stewart, silver medallist behind ShellyAnn Fraser in Jamaica's sweep of the loom, which the US protested after Torri Edwards hesitated thinking there had been a false start GETTY IMAGES
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      • 98 36 OF ALLTHE QUESTIONS Michael Phelps has had to face plenty of questions following his haul of eight gold medals in Beijing. But quite the most ridiculous one came after the American swimmer's record-breaking eighth gold medal in Beijing on Sunday. At a news conference, Albert Green of the Harvard Lampoon
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      • 85 36 The gold medals awarded at the Beijing Games aren't, of course, pure gold. But they don't contain toxic levels of lead, Beijing Olympic Committee spokesman Wang Wei insisted yesterday after the rumour surfaced on an Internet blog. "Gold medals are not pure gold. They're produced
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      • 79 36 Russian press celebrated the country's female tennis stars, who swept the medals in women's singles at the Beijing Olympics. "You're our beauties," claimed the front page of the country's most popular daily Sport Express. The newspaper praised Olympic champion Elena Dementieva, silver medallist Dinara Safina and
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      • 97 36 AGENCIES It's not quite a gold medal, but Belgian Jean-Michel Saive, Sweden's Jorgen Persson and Zoran Primorac of Croatia were happy to be honoured yesterday fortheir participation in all six Olympics in which table tennis has been included. "It is a great feeling and great honour
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    • 795 36  -  LEONARD THOMAS BEIJING BUZZ sports editor in beijing leonard@mediacorp. com.sg China despairs as their great track hope Liv Xiang bows out THERE were thousands massed at the massive security checkpoint, and despite numerous individual booths, long queues snaked at the National Stadium in Beijing. It was hot, humid
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    • 519 37 AGENCIES Isinbayeva re-writes own pole vault world record to light up Bird's Nest BEIJING Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia put in yet another masterful display of high-class pole vaulting here last night to better her own world record on the way to defending the Olympic gold. The reigning
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    • 324 37 ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS Women's uneven bars: 1 He Kexin (Chn) 16.725, 2 Nastia Liukin (US) 16.725, 3Yang Yilin (Chn) 16.650; Men's rings: 1 Chen Yibing (Chn) 16.600, 2 Yang Wei (Chn) 16.425, Oleksandr Vorobiov (Ukr) 16.325, vault: 1 Leszek Blanik (Pol) 16.537, 2Thomas Bouhail (Fra) 16.537, 3 Anton
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    • 128 37 NASTIALIUKIN (US) WOMEN'S BEAM FINAL Last Friday, Nastia Liukin had a fairy-tale win in the women's allaround event. The 18-year old gynmast is the reigning world champion in the beam and will be gunning for her second gold today. But she will need to beat off the
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    • 271 37 AFP KINGSTON Shelly-Ann Fraser (picture) can thank her mother's uneasy relationship with the Jamaican police for helping her become an Olympic Games sprint champion. Maxine Fraser, who brought her daughter up in one of the Caribbean's meanest ghettos, Maxine has had to think fast on
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    • 507 38 AGENCIES OLYMPIC FOOTBALL Brazil meet Argentina in the last four in the match of the Games BEIJING Never mind the final on Saturday, this is the match football fans have been waiting for. Argentina take on Brazil in the second semi-final of the Olympic men's football
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    • 289 38  -  LAN DE COTTA FORMULA 1 greats Jackie Stewart and Niki Lauda have a lunch date with President S R Nathan on the Istana lawn on Sept 26. They are both on the invited list for the official Formula 1 party on
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    • 304 38 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian shuttier Lee Chong Wei (picture) was hailed as a national hero yesterday, despite his bitterly disappointing finals loss to China's Lin Dan, which deprived the nation of its first Olympic gold. Malaysians followed Lee's progress
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    • 126 38  -  MILTON TAN SAFFC got their first win in four games last night when they beat Super Reds 3-0 at Choa Chu Rang Stadium, in the second leg of their RHB Singapore Cup 2008 quarterfinal tie. The Warriors advance to the semi-fi-nals 4-1 on aggregate. They will face
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    • 340 39 Gunners give in to Adebayor 's demands AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Togo striker's salary is doubled after a summer of flirtations LONDON Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor has signed a new, improved deal with the club, tying him to the Gunners until 2012. Togo international Adebayor scored 30 goals last season but
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    • 280 39 DPA LOS ANGELES Olympic medal record-holder Michael Phelps could earn US$lOO million ($l4l million) through endorsement and sponsorship deals, his agent told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published yesterday. Phelps, who won a historic eighth gold medal Sunday, currently
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    • 212 39 AFP LOS ANGELES Bruce Arena, the former coach for the United States national team, was named the new head coach and general manager of the Los Angeles Galaxy yesterday. Arena's hiring comes a week after a general manager Alexi Lalas was fired and coach Ruud
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    • 154 37 MEDIACORPTV gam Ch 5 HDS Athletics: Women's javelin throw long jump qualification, 200 m heats 10am Ch 5 Triathlon: Men's final 12.30pm Ch 5 Table tennis: singles prelims (M&W) 6pm Ch 5 Football semi-final: Nigeria v Belgium (M) 7pm HDS Athletics: Men's highjump discusthrow finals, 110 m hurdles heats, 200
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    • 370 40  -  JOSEPHYADAO TOP GUN DDB takes novel approach to promote air force joseph.yadao@mediacorp.com.sg IS IT an ad for an off-the-beaten-track destination or a new pillow stuffing? That might have been the initial reaction of those who caught the minute-long RSAF television commercial that started airing on National
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    • 207 40  -  JOSEPHYADAO ANDY Warhol-inspired posters featuring some of the most creative minds in the advertising industry here have sprung up in all 51 train stations run by SMRT islandwide. Now in its third year, Singapore's Most Influential Creative Directors poster campaign recognises outstanding individuals in
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    • 499 41  -  CONRAD RAJ SUB-PRIME FALLOUT US bank reorganises Asia-Pac operations editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg CITIGROUP, which employs over 8,500 people in Singapore, is not cutting jobs here following the banking giant's decision to reorganise its Asia-Pacific operations into four geographic areas supported by seven product groups, a
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    • 475 42 PROPERTY Maintaining target price of $3000 psf project may only launch in 2012 IF THE market for luxury homes fails to pick up, the launch of Marina Bay Suites may be held off until 2012 when the project is completed, Mr Wilson Kwong, the
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    • 363 43  -  KELVIN CHOW HOT PUFFS That's what the firm wants people to do kdvinc@mediacorp.com.sg FROM a stall in a coffeeshop to 69 outlets sprawling across Singapore, Old Chang Kee, the famous curry puff and snacks distributor that made its debut on Catalist in January, has
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    • 283 43 ELECTRONICS manufacturing services provider Tri-M Technologies (Tri-M) is acquiring Kingworld Resources for $203 million in a move to produce crude oil in China. Tri-M, which has been under the Singapore Exchange (SGX) watch-list since March 5, said the deal would be
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      • 129 44 US MARKETS Stocks tumble US stocks declined the most in more than a week, led by banking and real estate shares, as growing speculation that the government will bail out Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac rattled the mortgage market. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mac slumped to the lowest levels
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      • 77 44 Oil plunges Crude oil fell amid signs Tropical Storm Fay will miss rigs and platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, which accounts for about a fifth of US production. Royal Dutch Shell Pic and Transocean Inc evacuated some workers as Fay, with maximum winds of about 97kph, may
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      • 98 44 GLOOM AHEAD? July export data released yesterday fell short of economists' forecasts, fuelling concerns that there will be further downgrades to Singapore's full-year growth and export performance. Non-oil domestic exports fell 5.7 per cent last month from the same period a year ago, below the market
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      • 453 44 AGENCIES 1996 IT AGREEMENT US Taiwan, Japan seekWTO #s help on dispute over electronics JULY export data released yesterday fell short of economists' forecasts, fuelling concerns that there will be further downgrades to Singapore's full-year growth and export performance. Non-oil domestic exports fell 5.7 per cent last
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      • 306 44  -  BARRY PORTER AFTER an eight-month hiatus, investors who buy and sell Singapore stocks online can now access real-time Straits Times Index (STI) data through their brokers' Internet trading platforms free of charge. Since a dispute in January, they have had to source data
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