Today, 16 March 2009, Afternoon Edition

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  • 22 1 afternoon edition TODAY Monday March 16, 20og www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Monday March 16, 2oog www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    30 1 Pakistan's problems As a tens of thousands of protesters clash with police and start their march toward the capital, a former top judge has been reinstated. Page 4
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    73 1 Villa vanquished With this morning's loss to unlikely victors Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa's Martin O'Neill has a lot of explaining to do now that they find themselves outside the top four in the Premiership. Page 33 He hit it to win it Phil Mickelson is now no longer
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  • 30 1 Opec holds steady The world's top oil producers have agreed to keep production quotas unchanged for fear of unsettling the economies of the world any further. Page Bl
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  • 579 1  -  LEONGWEEKEAT CONSUMER PROTECTION IT mall approaches Case to adopt fair-trading accreditation scheme According to the management, the majority are doing it right and have been very fairto consumers But they find it difficult to handle some of the black sheep among them. Case president Yeo
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  • 123 1 001 BOON KEONG HEAVY rains lashed the trees at the Chinese and Japanese Gardens on Sunday afternoon, felling some of them in the process. Eyewitnesses who called the MediaCorp News Hotline said that more than 10 trees fell. Two cars parked in the vicinity were
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  • 429 1  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg IT USUALLY takes no more than 10 minutes to walk the 20-metre stretch of City Link Mall. But yesterday afternoon, it took restaurant manager Chea Hong Seng half an hour before he and his wife could squeeze their way from a Thai restaurant
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  • NEWS
    • 493 2  -  LOHCHEEKONG WELLNESS PROGRAMME Pilot scheme to help seniors meet emotional, social needs to be rolled out islandwide cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE life may begin at 50 for some as the popular slogan for active ageing goes Mr Tang Kin Chai will have you know that even at 60, his
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    • 136 3 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Despite the economic slump consumer confidence triumphed at this year's IT Show, generating a record-breaking $58.5 million in sales. This was $4.5 million more than last year. The four-day event also drew its highest visitorship ever. Mr Melvin Koh, general manager of
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    • 347 3 KUALA LUMPUR A Singaporean man was charged in a Malaysian court last Friday for securities fraud involving RM 17.56 million ($7.3 million). Gordon Toh Chun Toh, 58, is alleged to have been connected with the purchase of 11.1 million Multi-Code Electronics Industries shares by
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    • 426 3  -  LEONGWEEKEAT MOTOR INSURANCE CLAIMS Case wants Govt to look into fraudulent, inflated claims to battle rising premiums weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg RISING motor insurance claims have made the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) "very concerned" and it now plans to lobby the Government to look into fraudulent and
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    • 64 4 PHOTOS COURTESY ROGERTAN Thirty scouts from Primary 3 to Primary 6fromYangzheng Primary School at Serangoon Avenue 3 took part in an innovative programme for the annual Scout Job Week. They cleaned 15 vintage and classic cars owned by members of Heritage Car Club Singapore
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    • AFTERNOON LATEST
      • 409 4 AGENCIES Move a bid to ease rising tensions as clashes erupt on Lahore's streets ISLAMABAD Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was expected to announce the reinstatement of the country's top judge today, ahead of intense protests that threatened instability in the nucleararmed nation,
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    • 203 6 RESIDENTS in Kirn Keat will now have help close at hand should they suffer a cardiac arrest. For the first time, an automated external defibrillator (AED) has been installed at a home for the aged and made accessible to those in the same neighbourhood.
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    • 370 6  -  AZLAN ASRI SINGAPORE EDUCATION azlan@mediacorp.com. sg FIRST, it was a draw for students from South-east Asia, and then students from China in search of an overseas education without having to leave Asia. Now, Singapore is also proving attractive to tertiary students from Saudi Arabia. At least
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    • 225 6 THE presence of Singaporean companies in the Middle East is growing with two homegrown companies the latest to go into joint-ventures with businesses located in Oman. In a signing ceremony yesterday witnessed by President S R Nathan, who is now in Oman on a
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    • 800 8  -  LINYANQIN SOCIAL ENTERPRISES yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg IF YOURS is a commercial business, its bottomline will tell potential investors how well the company is doing. But what if yours is a social enterprise a business that generates financial returns but also has social impact? How do you find
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    • 353 10  -  PET DUMPING LOHCHEEKONG cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg DESPITE recent laws making it compulsory for dogs to be licensed and implanted with microchips, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) received more lost dogs last year, even as the population of stray cats appears to
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • 124 10 It is safe to consume all Brand's essence of chicken products sold in Singapore. The assurance from the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) follows reports overseas that US authorities had recalled chicken essence products sold in the United States. A statement yesterday
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      • 86 10 St Patrick's Day is tomorrow but celebrations started yesterday when the Irish Business Association held its fourth parade along the Singapore River. It kicked off with the Gaelic Dragons dragon boaters paddling up the river with "St Patrick", who was received by the Irish ambassador to
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    • 276 11 SINGAPORE MALAYSIA SHANGHAI Does your skin need expert help? m Pi Ill' Zhang Yu I M *?an Li Hua 24 years old i A —**f 57 years old Dark Circles k Aeing Skin r W\ \M »simm "l My dark circles made me look exhausted I really enjoyed the plant-based
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  • WORLD
    • 124 12 AFP BEIJING Beijing was shrouded in a thick haze yesterday as it suffered its first "yellow dust" storm of the year after wind blew in sand from drought-hit northern China. The sand came from Inner Mongolia, Gansu and Qinghai provinces, where sandstorms raged earlier this week
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    • 383 12 AGENCIES FINANCIALCRISIS President also reassures China that its investments in the US are safe WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama downplayed divisions between the US and Europe over how to tackle the world's financial crisis and said China should have "absolute confidence" that its sizable investments
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    • 176 12 AGENCIES BEIJING China has dispatched its most modern patrol ship to the South China Sea after an incident with a United States naval vessel and a fresh claim by the Philippines to disputed territory. The Beijing News said the vessel would conduct patrols
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    • 328 13 AFP TAIWAN GAMING TAIPEI Taiwan has taken another step forward in a move to lift a decades-old ban on casinos after government agencies decided no more than two gambling resorts would be licensed for a start, according to a report yesterday. The ruling Kuomintang (KMT), who
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    • 198 13 AGENCIES MACAU Five pro-democracy lawmakers and activists from Hong Kong were turned away yesterday from Macau when they went to test an apparent travel ban on socalled anti-China elements. The five were part of a 30-strong delegation who were aiming to challenge government moves
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    • 166 13 AFP TAIPEI —Taiwan said yesterday it is preparing to host the biggest group of Chinese tourists to visit the island since the opening of direct transport links from the mainland last year. The 1,600-strong group left Shanghai by boat on Saturday and is due
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    • 451 14 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER MALAYSIA POLITICS KUALA LUMPUR More than a month after Barisan Nasional (BN) ousted the opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat from Perak, former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday said the takeover was not done according to the law. He said mistakes, bad
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    • 169 14 TAIPING Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said yesterday that the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) will scrap the practice of announcing "instant noodle" projects during elections. Instead, he said, development programmes and projects would be planned in a holistic manner and implemented based on
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    • 260 14 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has slashed its work permit approvals for foreign workers by almost 70 per cent so far this year, faced with the twin threat of layoffs and recession. In January and February, an average of 250 permits were
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    • 136 14 BANGKOK Anti-government protesters threw a small, homemade bomb at Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban's motorcade on Saturday, injuring a television cameraman at the College of Local Administration in Pathum Thani. About 500 protesters gathered at the college in the morning burning effigies of Mr Suthep
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    • 226 16 AFP MELBOURNE Far-right Australian politician Pauline Hanson's bid for a state Parliament seat was thrown into disarray yesterday when newspapers published raunchy photos of her that were sold by a former boyfriend. Ms Hanson, who sparked international outrage with a campaign against Asian
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    • 415 16 THENEWYORKTIMES JAPAN POLITICS Political dynasties draw public disgust but prove resilient YOKOSUKA (Japan) By almost any measure, Mr Katsuhito Yokokume should have at least a fighting chance in the coming parliamentary elections, which could decide Japan's future. A truck driver's son who graduated from the nation's
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    • 430 18 AFP INDIA POLITICS Analysts highlight rise of regional parties and loose coalitions NEW DELHI National polls in India used to be a two-horse race with the country's oldest political party, the Congress, vying with the Hindu nationalists for the right to govern the world's largest
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    • 191 18 AGENCIES COLOMBO All surgeries have stopped at a makeshift hospital in Sri Lanka's war zone because of a lack of basic supplies such as anaesthetic and blood bags, the top government Health Official there said yesterday. Dr Thurairaja Varatharajah said the situation was so
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    • 642 19  -  THOMSHANKER THE NEWYORKTIMES NEWS ANALYSIS Wars in Afghanistan, Iraq have tied up US troops for period longer than WWII WASHINGTON The protracted wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are forcing the Obama administration to rethink what for more than two decades has been a central
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    • 414 20 AGENCIES NASA SPACE MISSION WASHINGTON The United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will break with protocol and try to launch the space shuttle Discovery on Sunday (Monday morning, Singapore time), even though it has yet to uncover the cause of a hydrogen leak
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    • 324 20 AFP PARIS A predicted slowdown in Atlantic Ocean currents will cause sea levels along the United States' north-eastern coast to rise twice as fast as the global average, exposing New York and other big cities to violent and frequent storm surges,
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    • 237 20 AFP LONDON The Maldives will become the world's first carbon-neutral country by fully switching to the use of renewable energy within a decade, President Mohamed Nasheed said in an article published yesterday. Writing in Britain's Observer newspaper, Mr Nasheed said the country would rely on
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    • 440 21 AFP N IRELAND KILLINGS Youths riot with petrol bombs after the arrest of former IRA member BELFAST Nine people were questioned yesterday about the murder of two soldiers and a policeman in Northern Ireland, as the police chief compared dissident groups behind the attacks to a
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    • 181 21 AFP JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minis-ter-designate Benjamin Netanyahu is holding secret talks with centrist Tzipi Livni in a last-ditch effort to form a broad government instead of a narrow right-wing coalition, reports said yesterday. Ms Livni, the outgoing Foreign Minister and leader of
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  • voices
    • 402 24  -  Rick Lim Say Kiong SOCIAL GRACIOUSNESS Letter from South Australia I REFER to "Gracious, really? 90 per cent of Singaporeans think so", (March 12). Somehow, I feel that conducting surveys on how we perceive ourselves on graciousness is nothing but a self-serving exercise. We should be
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    • 192 24  -  Letter from Bill Chua I AGREE with what Subana Hall and Lewis Ho wrote in "Goodness gracious, no" (March 14-15). Until we break the cycle of discourtesy and rudeness, generations after us will perpetuate our lack of graciousness. Our children will pattern
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    • 366 25  -  Professor Lim Pin CPF LIFE Committee aims to give CPF members range of choices Letter from Chairman, National Longevity Insurance Committee I REFER to Mr P N Balji's commentary "Lost in the confusion" (March 9). It made several assumptions about the work of the National Longevity
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    • 162 25  -  DRJAMES DOBSON BY THE RETURN OF COURTESY Ayoung Englishman named Sir Walter Raleigh came to Queen Elizabeth's attention because of his manners. As she departed from the palace one day and approached her carriage, she paused. A puddle lay between the queen and the carriage step.
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    • 997 26  -  DAVID NGIAU What does Top Gear's Vock star presenter think of Hong Kong? We 11... in Hong Kong david@mediacorp.com.sg HOW big is the British TV programme Top Gear? Among car lovers, it's a big deal. The programme about cars usually the sort guys dream about and are
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      • 105 27 THE GUARDIAN Harry Potter fans are threatening revolt after a test screening of the sixth film in the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, was denounced as being too soppy. With an ending that differs from the novel, and the disappearance of several key
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    • 749 28  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH MOSAIC MUSIC FESTIVAL Indigo Girl Emily Saliers on their new album and making rap music not! chnstophertoh@mediacorp.com. sg LISTENING to the Indigo Girls' latest album, Poseidon and the Bitter Bug, you're immediately struck by how similar it feels to their debut album Strange Fire (1987).
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    • 151 28 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH WHEN Gordon Ramsay opened his first and only restaurant in France last year, he declared in typically foul-mouthed fashion that he would deliver the best of British cooking in the heart of haute cuisine. The French culinary snobs that he
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    • Article, Illustration
      523 29  -  MAYO MARTIN THE WINTER'S TALE Hollywood veteran Josh Hamilton is a Shakespeare virgin mayo@mediacorp.com. sg THE all-star powerhouse cast of the much-awaited Singapore staging of The Winter's Tale includes one certified Shakespeare "virgin" —Josh Hamilton. The 39-year-old stage and Hollywood actor sheepishly admitted it's his first time
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    • 142 29 AP THREE people were arrested and six others hurt Saturday after bedlam broke out while they waited to audition for America's Next Top Model, police said. It is not known what prompted the chaos involving hundreds of people outside the Park Central New York hotel in
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    • 69 30 Singapore's No l Chinese magazine i-Weekly, published my MediaCorp, celebrated its 28th birthday in style with roadshows at Bugis Junction over the weekend. MediaCorp artistes Joanne Peh (third from left), Nat Ho (fourth from left) and Michelle Chia (fifth from left) join in the champagne
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    • 309 30 Wanted again AFP CELEBRITY LAW Fallout from 2007 arrest results in arrest warrant for actress Lindsay Lohan AN ARREST warrant has been issued against actress Lindsay Lohan, Beverly Hills police said Saturday, but her lawyer said the warrant stems from a "misunderstanding". According to officials, the warrant against the 22-year-old
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  • sports
    • 876 32 AGENCIES ENGLISH FOOTBALL Liverpool boss calls on players to win remaining nine league ties after 4-1 win at Man United MANCHESTER The analysis of Liverpool's fans, who witnessed their side's 4-1 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday, was a succinct one. "Rafa's
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    • 428 33 THEGUARDIAN ENGLISH FOOTBALL Strike from returning midfielder secures victory over Manchester City and second place in the league ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Chelsea 1 Manchester City o LONDON The contest for the Premier League title may have acquired a little more life, but there was
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    • 505 33 THEGUARDIAN ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Aston Villa 1 Tottenham Hotspur 2 BIRMINGHAM Aston Villa's season is unravelling, and Martin O'Neill now finds himself answering questions about Villa's ability to finish fourth. Last night's loss was another chastening result for a team that appears to be running
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    • 267 34  -  TREVOR TAN LAN DECOTTA NATIONAL swimmer Quah Ting Wen (picture) is gunning for Joscelin Yeo's 10-year-old 100 m freestyle national record when she takes to the pool at the National Age Group Swimming Championship at the Singapore Sports School today. The 16-year-old has been in
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    • 233 35 'AFP PARIS The International Swimming Federation (Fina) on Saturday approved a series of changes to the revolutionary swimsuits, including Speedo's LZR suit, which led to 105 world records being set in 2008 over long-and short-course meets. The measures had already been agreed at a meeting in
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    • 163 38 AGENCIES THE authorities in China have ordered a private Chinese airline to suspend its operations yesterday because of money owed to General Electric Co's aviation subsidiary. East Star Airlines, based in Wuhan, was told to halt its flights yesterday. In a statement, the
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        • 60 42 13 cents Sell OCBC Investment Research maintains rating on further downside risks. Notes that research firm Gartner predicts global semiconductor sales to return to growth only in 2010. Expects rights issue to go through, so raises valuation to 0.4 times forecast of FYO9 net tangible assets from 0.3
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      • 367 42 BLOOMBERG THE United States Treasury has ordered embattled insurer, American International Group (AIG), to scale back on its US$l billion ($1.66 billion) plan to give retention pay and bonuses. The company has since agreed to reduce some retention payments in 2009
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