Today, 26 March 2009

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    10 1 TODAY Thursday March 26, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    COLUMN
    37 1  -  Leonard Thomas Incoming football chief Zainudin will inherit the reins with the sport in good health. His mandate must be to shoot for football to get to the next level, says our Sports Editor. Page 46
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    COMMENT
    45 1 Put a lid on it When it comes to management bonuses, Singapore should not go the way of the West, where top executives were paid obscene amounts even as they put their company and country at risk, says our Editor-at-Large Conrad Raj. Page Bl
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    NEWS
    82 1 Pitch control Five parks have become so popular for camping that come April 15, you'll need to apply for a permit at AXS machines before pitching a tent. Page 4 Inside the dorms A Today photographer joins a joint ministry inspection of foreign worker living conditions that saw 147
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    Lock icon Earth hour = Happy hour
    981 1  - Earth hour Happy hour NEOCHAICHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg THIS Saturday, check into a fivestar hotel and "sleep naked"... without air-conditioning. Dine by candlelight for discounts. Get free beer. Trek to Mount Faber for a view of the city lights going out. Or check on your Blackberry how the rest of the globe
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    Lock icon After tense recounts, it's Khairy
    608 1 AGENCIES UMNOYOUTH CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR The son-in-law of outgoing Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Mr Khairy Jamaluddin, won the battle yesterday for the top post in the youth wing of Malaysia's ruling party, after a close three-cornered fight. The former United Malays National Organisation's (Umno)
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon 'My win is her win'
      503 2 AGENCIES WANITA UMNO CHIEF Shahrizat Jalil extends olive branch to Rafidah, after 507-280 triumph KUALA LUMPUR For more than 20 years, with the exception of a setback from which she fought her way back, Ms Rafidah Aziz had helmed the women's wing of the United
      AGENCIES; AFP  -  503 words
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      Lock icon A new pitch control
      450 4  -  LEONGWEEKEAT QUOTA ON CAMPERS They must apply beforehand at AXS machines for permits, even for weekends weekeat@mediacorp.com. sg CAMPING has become so popular that permits now have to be applied for on weekends as well, with a quota imposed on the number being given out. From
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      Outstanding fine = No borrowing: NLB
      192 4 Outstanding fine No borrowing: NLB HAVE you paid your library fines? If not, do so before next Wednesday, when the new rules kick in and anyone with unpaid fines and fees will not be able to borrow books or items until the charges have been paid. However, the National Library
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      Crowded and dirty
      358 6  -  WEETECKHIAN FOREIGN WORKERS'DORMITORIES i^7 companies warned to move 2 600 to acceptable accommodation: MOM PHOTO ESSAY BY SOME were factories illegally turned into makeshift housing. Others were homes in the Serangoon area used for the same illicit purpose. In some cases, the foreign workers slept on hard
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      Over 40? Don't send us your resume'
      460 8  -  ESTHER NG EMPLOYMENT MARKET With weaker job prospects, older job hunters turn to entrepreneurship seminars estherng@mediacorp.com.sg EVEN in good times, discrimination against older job seekers exists. So what more now that it is an employers' market? Some recruitment firms told Today the trend
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      Lock icon Scholarship for S'poreans at Uni of Oregon
      233 10 ALICIAWONG FOR more than 20 years, the Swensons played hosts to Singapore students at the University of Oregon in the United States. Yesterday, a scholarship fund in their name The Charles A and Jackie Swensons Scholarship Fund was launched by the university with
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      Drawn by thrills and skills
      479 10  -  LINYANQIN 4,500 GAMING JOBS What moral quandary? Sands applicants enthused about working in the casino yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg THE idea of opening casinos in Singapore had provoked many moral objections when it was broached in 2004. But that controversy seems a distant memory for jobseekers today, with
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon GREEN LOTS FOR GREEN SCOOTERS
        103 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The first batch of electric scooters to hit the roads next month will have special "green lots" at some public buildings to recharge their batteries. Ikea Singapore's stores at Alexandra Road and Tampines have a dedicated motorcycle lot for electric vehicles, while Republic
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        HIGHER PETROL PRICES
        78 12 Pump prices went up yesterday at Shell and Esso service stations. Prices for the premium and 98 grades of fuel, as well asdiesel, rose by 4 cents a litre. The hike is a steeper 5 cents a litre for the 92 and 95 grades. At Shell, for
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        He allegedly hurt witness
        309 12  -  ZULOTHMAN CPIBOFFICER But victim agrees to drop charges if officer apologises zul@mediacorp.com.sg A CORRUPT Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) officer was in the Subordinate Courts yesterday for allegedly hurting a witness in the course of an investigation. But Mr Neo Siong Leng, 31, could be acquitted as
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      225 3 A Well-deserved Getaway Escape to a sanctuary of relaxation over the weekend at the iconic fullerton hotel singapore. Tempting Delights Gourmet Treasures Give in to temptation. Spend an idyllic A gastronomic surprise awaits. Unwind afternoon by the pool, indulge in delightfully and savour exquisite contemporary Chinese sinful premium chocolate and
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      150 13 In 2008, there were more than 20,000 cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD). Most cases of HFMD are mild, and affected children recover with proper care and attention. But, if they are infected with the EV 71 strain of the HFMD virus, they could suffer serious complications. If
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon The keris has been retired
      415 14 AFP, THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER DIVISIVE SYMBOL Outgoing youth wing chief to keep weapon KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's ruling party yesterday retiree a famous "keris", a traditiona Malay dagger that has previously been brandished at party events in a gesture seen as ethnically divisive. Mr Hishamuddin Hussein,
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      Wanita Umno calls for greater role for women
      185 16 KUALA LUMPUR The women's wing of Malaysia's ruling party United Malays National Organisation (Umno) approved a motion yesterday calling for the automatic appointment of their movement's chief as a Cabinet minister. The motion tabled by five divisions of Wanita Umno was approved
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      Lock icon Lift online ban: Khairy
      390 16 AGENCIES, THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER MALAYSIA POLITICS Ban a "strategic mistake', Web should be embraced KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's ruling party United Malays National Organisation's (Umno) Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin yesterday urged the party to consider lifting the ban against online publications from covering the Umno 59th annual
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      Lock icon Wong's leave extended
      350 17 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER PHOTO SCANDAL SHAH ALAM The Selangor state government said yesterday that executive councillor Elizabeth Wong's (picture) leave will be extended till April 15 because police have yet to conclude their investigations into the nude photos scandal which made headlines last month. Observers said the
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon THAI TROOPS CROSSED BORDER NEARTEMPLE: OFFICIALS
        105 17 AGENCIES Cambodia Cambodia accused Thai troops of crossing into its territory yesterday and said the two sides were "getting ready to fight", even as a Thai commander at the border, Colonel Pichit Nakarun, insisted all was calm and the border had not been breached.
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        Lock icon N KOREATREATING DETAINED JOURNALISTS WELL, SAYS US
        122 17 .AFP United States North Korea has assured the United States that the two detained American women journalists will be treated well, State Department spokesman Robert Wood said on Tuesday. But Mr Wood backtracked from earlier remarks that he was "aware" that the pair
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        Lock icon DEFIANT TV STATION MANAGER ARRESTED
        117 17 AP Afghanistan The manager of an Afghan television network who refused to censor images of women dancing in short skirts and plunging necklines has been arrested. The government has previously censured television stations and taken others to court, but the arrest of Emrose TV's Fahim
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      Lock icon Murder on the Thai seas
      325 19 AGENCIES ANDAMAN COAST British yachtsman bashed to death as wife hid in boat BANGKOK Thai police have arrested three Myanmar fishermen suspected of murdering a British yachtsman in a robbery attempt off southern Thailand's Andaman sea coast, officials said yesterday. Mr Malcolm Robertson, 64, was
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      Lock icon 'Best Job in the World' contest gains Taiwanese wildcard
      153 19 AP. SYDNEY A skydiving, moun-tain-climbing interpreter from Taiwan has scored for herself a shot at the "Best Job in the World" getting paid to serve as the caretaker of an Australian paradise island. Officials with the tourism department of Australia's Queensland
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      Lock icon Indon minister wants to stop some vaccinations
      166 19 AP JAKARTA Indonesia's controversial health minister wants to end vaccinating children against meningitis, mumps and some other diseases because she fears foreign drug companies are using the country as a testing ground. Health Minister Siti Fadillah Supari, who first drew widespread attention by
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      Lock icon Chapter I: Twitter. Chapter II: Blogs
      469 21 THE GUARDIAN,THE DAILYTELEGRAPH BRITISH CURRICULUM Proposal to shift primary education towards newer trends LONDON Children in Britain will no longer have to study the Victorians or the Second World War under proposals to overhaul the primary school curriculum. According to the draft plans, children
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon US SENATE APPROVES COMMERCE SECRETARY
        62 21 AP The Senate confirmed former Washington Governor Gary Locke as Commerce Secretary on Tuesday, handing President Barack Obama an easy victory after his first two nominees withdrew. Mr Locke, 59, was America's first Chinese-American Governor, serving two terms from 1997 to 2005. He has promised
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        Lock icon 11-YEAR-OLD FACES MURDER LIFE SENTENCE
        97 21 AFP An 11-year-old boy could be tried as an adult in a United States court and face a life sentence if found guilty of killing his father's pregnant fiancee. A judge in Lawrence County, western Pennsylvania, ruled that Jordan Brown would not be tried as
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        Lock icon NORTH DAKOTA BRACES FOR FLOODS
        78 21 AGENCIES Thousands of volunteers built temporary dykes out of sandbags and clay in the city of Fargo as the American state of North Dakota braced for record flooding due to more rainfall and melting snow. Officials said the Red River, which runs through the eastern
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      Time to get radical
      362 24  -  Chua Boon Hou CAR INSURANCE Why not use co-insurance to reward and punish drivers? Letter from I REFER to the various media reports on rising costs of motor claims, and agree with what the law fraternity has said, that no claim is possible unless there has
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      A little compassion will help pet owners
      178 24  -  Lilian Teo Letter from I REFER to "Rise in lost dogs, despite laws" (March 16). The Housing and Development Board only allows one dog per flat from a list of small-sized dog breeds. The abandoned dogs reported by the Society for the Prevention
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      166 26  -  DR BILL MAIER BY LEARN TO DELEGATE CHORES AND LIVE WITH LOWER STANDARDS Show me an overworked, worn out mum, and I'll show you a woman who's trying to do too much. The solution is often as simple as learning to delegate! Remember the first rule
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      I SAY THE CANE IS A BANE
      359 26  -  Sarah Sum-Campbell Foreign parents should be told of such punishment I AGREE whole-heartedly with Dr Rachel Kraut "To cane or not to cane" (March 24) that the Education Ministry should rethink and revise their policy of public caning in the Singapore school system.
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    • SHORT TAKES
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        OFFICERS MANNING NEA HOTLINE ARE HELPFUL
        64 26  -  David Kwok Ng Kan Letter from The hotline of the National Environment Agency is exceptional. It is manned round-the-clock by courteous, helpful and efficient customer service officers. There is no link to any answering machine and the calls are answered promptly. If the caller
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        CARS PARKED AT LOADING BAY SHOULD BE FINED
        90 26  -  Ong Kean Hin Letter from Illegal parking at Pasir Ris is rampant. Last year, I wrote to the Town Council and the HDB, highlighting a particular car which is parked at a loading/unloading bay almost every night. The driver of the same
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      275 26 VOICES ON RADIO (\f\f\ Caning in schools: Is it an effective II J\M deterrent to bad behaviour, or does 1 1 1 it cause emotional scars? Tune into \J\J\J Talkßack from 8.15 am to 8.45 am tomorrow. Give us a call at *****938 to share your views. Acd^^Pi Specialist Diploma
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      Just like Spider-man!
      839 30  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH SINGAPORE BOY Nice guy JJ Lin on the great responsibility that comes with his power... of pop EVERYBODY keeps saying what a nice guy JJ Lin is. And you know what? They're intolerably right. On my way to interview the local-boy-made-good, my taxi got into
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      I THINK WE'REGOING TO NEED A BIGGER BOAT
      242 32  -  THEBPA ICHRISTOPHERTOH The title, a borrowed phrase from the Steven Spielberg movie, Jaws, is attributed to the fact that the musicians who make up The BPA (Brighton Port Authority), used to say it whenever things weren't going as well as planned. Funnily
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      FEARLESS (SINGAPORE EDITION)
      103 32  -  TAYLOR SWIFT You've probably already heard of this teen sensation possibly the strongest one of the lot flooding our airwaves and she rightly deserves the accolades she gets. She may be labelled as a country singer but she has that crossover appeal that Shania Twain had, and
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      96 32  -  |KELLYCLARKSON The single My Life Would Suck Without You made chart history by making the biggest jump on the Billboard charts but, alas, Kelly Clarkson's album doesn't quite set the pulse jumping. Well, not after the first couple of tracks anyway. As much as we like
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      90 32  -  VARIOUS This is one of those soundtracks that can stand pretty much on its own as a compilation album simply because of its thematic content. Of course, the fluffy content will only attract people who like such things. For the rest of the human
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      134 32  -  ANNIE LENNOX Despite being in the music business for over 25 years —with 15 of them as a solo artiste this is the first time Annie Lennox has issued a retrospective of her solo work, and it's a fitting swansong (this is her last album for
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      174 33  -  SHANAZ SHAIFUL JENNIFER NASV RIDZ I'm really looking forward to the Nokia Comes With Music week because for the whole day from April 13 to 17, you'll be able to enjoy zero commercials and your favourite music. Expect an exciting new experience on 987FM.
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      587 33  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH CRAIG DAVID IN CONCERT Pressure and challenges spur singer Craig David on christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg IT CAN be difficult trying to up the ante when you're already at the top of your game, but for Craig David, it's a challenge that he takes head on. The British singer
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        95 34 MediaCorp's TV Content Distribution department is kicking off in a big way by offering 1,100 hours of television content at this year's MIPTV, an annual international content market in Cannes, France, March 30 to April 3. These titles include sitcom Bo's Rewind and the hit Chinese drama
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        123 34 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH Bollywood superstar Aishwarya Rai is set to win the ultimate beauty accolade a Barbie doll modelled on her celebrated face. Rai sprung to fame when she won the Miss World contest in 1994, which spawned a lucrative modelling and acting career. She formally
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      709 38  -  FAZILLAH ABDUL GAFFA SPAIN traveller@newstoday.coms.sg THE blasts were deafening, but the sequence of explosions made them sound like parts of a symphony. The 70,000-strong crowd in Valencia's city centre wolf whistled and applauded wildly. They had gathered to watch the Mascleta, a coordinated spectacle of fireworks and
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      770 40  -  GERALD ESKENAZI NYT EGYPT Golfing alongside an ancient wonder defies belief travdler@newstoday.com.sg I LOOKED around the green as I lined up my putt. There was nothing particularly interesting or unusual about the course itself. What got my attention was the looming figure a few hundred yards behind
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      76 40 LESSONS FORTHE HOLIDAY Enterthe award-winning Indigo Pearl resort in Phuket and emerge a disc-jock-ey. Or a yoga practitioner or cook of Thai cuisine. The resort has an extensive list of activities to help guests relax or learn something new. Find them in the 3D/2N Simply Exhale promotion that
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      224 42 JENNIFERCHEN THE Australian city that initiated Earth Hour in 2007 by turning off its lights has announced that it will host what it says will be the southern hemisphere's biggest international light and music festival. Although Vivid Sydney from May 26 to June 14 will feature
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      HOTELS IN NUMBERS
      207 42 35-PER-CENT DECREASE in the average price of accommodation in Queenstown, New Zealand, in the fourth quarter of last year compared to the same time in 2007. Around the world, the cost of hotel stays fell by 12 per cent. This, according to a hotel price index released
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      234 41 F1 PACKAGES F1 Grand Prix fever is back with the GP Call the following travel agents for F1 packages. SaleS ill COlljllliCtiOll With the F1 TOCe! 2DIN F1 Road TVip, from Ssl3B Convoy drive to Sepang (own car), 1 night accommodation at Radius &lt;Makan Time&gt; at Berjaya Times Square where
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      101 44 ON MEDIACORP SINGTEL GRID GIRLS ON TOUR Channel 5, 9pm Sing Tel Grid Girls on Tour is a unique reality grid girl search cum travel show that gives the audience a unique Fi experience. The show will debut with a 30-minute special hosted by Kui Jien, with the top 5
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      663 44 TV LISTINGS CHANNEL 6.00 AM Entertainment Tonight 2.45 Planet's Funniest Animals VII 10.30 American Idol VIII 5.30 Prime Time Morning 3.00 Secret World Of Magic 12.30 AM Coldplay Special 9.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 4.00 Psych 1.00 Entertainment Tonight 10.30 The Martha Stewart Show 111 5.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
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      109 44 ON MEDIACORP KING OFTHRIFT GOES OVERSEAS Last Episode Channel 8, Bpm In the last episode of King of Thrift Goes Overseas, the King and Queen of Thrift hunt for the best bargains in Hong Kong. COOKING INTHE DANGERZONE Cooking With El Presidente okto, gpm In Venezuela, Stefan discovers a precariously
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      602 45  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX 2009 Sing Tel will begin their Formula 1 campaign for September's race earlier linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg DESCRIBED as the "jewel in the Fl crown" by Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone, the Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix last year
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      318 45 AS DWIGHT ST NICHOLAS Girls' School has an important role to play in the build-up to the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, which Singapore will host from Aug 14-26 next year. As part of the "Friends® YOG" initiative, every Singapore school has been paired
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      765 46  -  LEONARD THOMAS SPORTS MATTERS sports editor leonard@mediacorp.com.sg New football chief Zainudin must capitalise on Ho #s good work WHEN I spoke to Ho Peng Kee on Tuesday, the outgoing president of the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) was a little hesitant to describe the
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      499 47  -  ASDWIGHT GREAT EASTERN YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Woodlands vGombak Woodlands Stadium, 7.45pm sports@newstoday.com. sg GOMBAK United coach Darren Stewart insisted yesterday he would be fully focused on his team's clash with Woodlands Wellington, and not worry about what is going on at the
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      SAFFC aim to bounce back
      435 47  -  SHAMIR OSMAN GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 SAFFC v Albirex Niigata Choa Chu Kang Stadium, j.ifSpm shamir@mediacorp.com. sg NOTHING but a win will do for SAFFC tonight in their Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League encounter against Albirex Niigata at Choa Chu Kang Stadium. The seven-time S-League champions were
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      630 48 INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL Gerrard's on fire for his club and wants to do the same for England LONDON Steven Gerrard has scored six goals in Liverpool's last three games. He admits he is in the form of his life, the likes of Zinedine Zidane have labelled
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      36 45 SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER S.League SAFFC Albirex Thu, 26/03/09 7.45pm S.League Woodlands Combak Thu, 26/03/09 7.45pm S.League Super Reds Tampines Fri, 27/03/09 7.30pm Qualifying Sat, 28/03/09 2.00pm Australia Race Final Sun, 29/03/09 2.00pm
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      246 46 EYE CARE EYE HEALTH IN CHILDREN SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2009 Level 7, HPB Auditorium, Health Promotion Board 3 Second Hospital Avenue, Singapore General Hospital CALLING ALL PARENTS AND TEACHERS: REGISTER NOW! REGISTRATION FEE: $5 PAYABLE ON-SITE 0800 Registration 0900 Opening session English Forum $p ig Bf W -k (Lecture Hall
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      324 48 Include return economy airfare on Silk Air -.5! 1,4^ 1^ i-k 3 nights accommodation (1 night in Damai, 2 nights in city hotel) |uB |Ml 4U l^UCninQ with daily breakfast Rffl 3P§ »»&gt;»IMI«JJ Return airport/hotel transfers /Ki/vn Aj O &lt;f Meals as per itinerary (include one seafood dinner at frS4OB
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      67 48 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 7.30 am NHL Pittsburgh v Calgary, Ch 117 8.45 am Football Copa Libertadores: Aurora v Gremio, Ch 27 3.30pm Golf Black Mountain Masters, Ch 23 10.30pm Golf Andalucia Open, Ch 26 TOMORROW 3am Golf Arnold Palmer Invitational, Ch 26 7am Basketball March Madness, Ch 23 7..30
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      420 49  -  TAN HUILENG HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY Despite downturn, hotel enjoyed occupancy rate of 76 per cent last month huileng@mediacorp.com.sg TOURISTS arrivals may be sliding, but Far East Organization sees opportunities even in a recession like this, with the opening of its first boutique hotel, called
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      80 49 jjy Available on Android-Powered Phone. I Hot News Prey I Next I China deploys extra troops along Tibet border China said Monday it had deployed ffSSWlllSMl^^^^^ extra soldiers along Tibet's HOyfl international border as part of ramped-up security measures ahead of the 50th anniversary of a Sing Tel Dream is
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      168 50 BLOOMBERG JAPAN exports plunged a record 49.4 per cent in February, as deepening recessions in the United States and Europe sapped demand for the country's cars and electronics, the Finance Ministry said yesterday. Dubbing the slump "most shocking", Japanese Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano said in
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      729 50  -  ANDREW ROSS SORKIN BUSINESS COMMENT ANY good news these days not that there is much seems to come with an asterisk. The market is popping, but, as some bears ask, is it just a setup for another bigger fall? Here's something else to ponder:
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      Lock icon US sticks up for the dollar
      381 51 AFP GLOBALCURRENCY Greenback unchallenged as premier reserve unit despite Chinese concerns THE United States on Tuesday defended the use of the dollar as a key global currency, shrugging off China's calls to ditch the greenback as the international reserve currency. President Barack Obama told
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      Buy-back guaranteed
      205 52  -  CHEOWXINYI THAI PROPERTY cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com. sg TWO Singapore-listed companies are promising to return 95 per cent of the money paid if the buyer of their upcoming Thai condominium feels the completed project does not meet his expectations. This buy-back guarantee is the first in Singapore, marketing agent Savills said
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      Raffles Education raises $30.5 million
      188 52 RAFFLES Education has raised $30.5 million from a private placement of up to 80 million shares at 38.1 cents each, the Mainboard-list-ed private education group said yesterday. The proceeds will be "fully utilised to repay the group's banking facilities and thereby strengthen the group's balance
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      250 52  -  KELVIN CHOW kdvinc@mediacorp.com.sg MAINBOARD-LISTED Chuan Soon Huat Industrial Group has suspended its shares after receiving claims that it has defaulted on loans. In a filing to the Singapore Exchange, the firm said it received letters of statutory demand from lawyers on March 24 representing
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        TMC FAILSTO SUBMIT RESULTS ON SGX
        190 53 Catalist-listed TMC Education will suspend trading in its shares from today after failing to meet yesterday's deadline to announce its results for the year ended Dec 31, 2008. For some weeks now, the company has been trying to sort out its accounts. Trouble began
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        80 53 CHANNEL NEWSASIA McConnell Dowell, an Australian construction company, has clinched the contract to build the Beauty World station at Stage 2 of the Downtown MRT Line. The $33g.88-million project, scheduled to commence in the second quarter of the year, is targeted for completion in
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    316 53 QUESTIONABLE SUMS UNABLE to verify tens of millions of dollars in its accounts, main-board-listed China Sun Biochem Technology Group has installed an independent director as nonexecutive vice-chairman and roped in external auditors. The financial uncertainties led the corn starch producer to suspend share trading yesterday, as
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      65 54 24.5 cents I Neutral Nomura cuts target price to 24 cents from 30 cents, but keeps call to reflect weaker outlook for industrial properties. Forecasts potential asset writedown of $396.6 million, resulting in FYO9 gearing of 0.68 times versus existing forecast of 0.40 times. Says the trust
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      51 54 $10.32 I Underweight Morgan Stanley cuts target price to $8.50 from $9.00. Maintains call, saying visibility poor with Singapore facing deep recession, banks likely to see reduction in capital-generating capacity. "The Singapore banks have enjoyed a swift bear market rally in line with global market action; but fundamentals appear
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      HONG LEONG FINANCE
      92 54 $1.77 I Buy ÜBS cuts target price to $2.60 from $3.00 to reflect lower assumed return on equity, due to higher provisioning as credit quality deteriorates. Cuts FYO9--10 earnings estimates to reflect forecast increase in loan provisioning with most arising from SME and auto loans. Maintains rating,
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      21 54 H H Tuesday Monday Friday Thursday 1,706.34 1,664.08 1,596.92 1,584.86 A 2-5V/o A 4.21% A 0.76% A 0.57%
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      22 54 Jikkei lhanghai ieoul /lumbai ;LComp 8,479-99 2,291-55 1,229.02 9,667.90 878.81 T 0.10% T 2.00% A 0.60% A 2.08% A 0.10%
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      22 54 JS$i :i euro k$i !Mi $1,510 ¥100 $1,546 $2,198 HK$ioo $19.48 $2,038 RMB100 $22.10 $1,051 RS100 $2,976 $0,413 RPio,ooo $1,296
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    PUT A LID ON BONUSES
    552 54  -  CONRAD RAJ BUSINESS COMMENT Singapore should not go the way of the West when it comes to excessive compensation editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg SO, MR Liew Mun Leong, chief executive of property giant Capita Land Group, was awarded a generous bonus of $20.52 million for 2007 and
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    Far East embraces the Village way
    354 54  -  TANHUILENG huileng@mediacorp.com.sg OF THE six hotels and 11 serviced apartments under the umbrella of Far East Organization, how many can you name? If you're having difficulty recalling, the Singapore developer known for its condominiums and office buildings wants to change that. To beef up
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