Today, 4 June 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    20 1 TODAY Thursday June 4, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Thursday June 4, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • afternoon edition
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      Press on to save jobs
      818 1  -  ZULOTHMAN NWCGUIDELINES zul@mediacorp.com.sg THE mantra has become a familiar one to employers do all you can to save jobs but as the National Wages Council (NWC) yesterday urged them to press on with its recommendations of six months ago, another concern loomed large for businesses:
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      Land sales: Confirmed List still suspended
      431 1  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@mediacorp.com.sg DESPITE recent "green shoots" and buoyant property sales, the Confirmed List in the Government Land Sales (GLS) Programme will continue to be suspended, said the Ministry of National Development (MND), attributing the move to "prevailing market certainties". This means that
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      221 1 in the news 4 Singapore's 9th H1N1 patient showed symptoms five days after leaving the US. But MOH is confident it is an imported case and that there is no communityacquired infection here. 6 Tenants at the Grangeford get a reprieve when the LIRA extended the deadline for owner Cove
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon First ships arrive in crash zone
      465 2 AFP AIR FRANCE FLIGHT 447 FERNANDO DE NORONHA (Brazil) A first Brazilian navy ship arrived yesterday in a remote part of the Atlantic to recover debris found from a downed Air France airliner, though hopes were low of finding the black boxes that could
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      Lock icon HOLDING ON TO HOPE
      157 2 gasgra Relatives and friends of those on board the flight are still hoping for miracles. The wife of British passenger Arthur Coakley, Patricia (right), had tried calling her husband's mobile phone on Tuesday, and said she heard it ringing before it cut off. Mr Coakley (inset)
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      WORRIED? NOT US, SAY SINGAPOREANS
      269 2  -  ONG DAI LIN In the wake of the disappearance of the Air France Airbus A330-200, Singaporeans said they are not worried about travelling on the airline or the type of aircraft. Travel agents told Today that no one had called to cancel trips on Air
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      2.49HA BEDOK SITE ON GOVT RESERVE LIST
      143 3  -  TAN HUI LENG Laid-back Bedok will soon be given a new lease of life with a 2.4gha commercial and residential site coming up beside the MRT station. The proposed development will incorporate a new bus interchange. Market watchers Today spoke to noted the
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      PRODUCTIVITY vs WAGES
      13 3 SOURCE: MOM SURVEYON ANNUAL WAGE CHANGES AND DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
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      Three new cases with a slight twist
      608 4 HINI FLU IN SINGAPORE THE first eight cases were relatively straightforward the patients were on separate flights and developed symptoms within a day of arriving in Singapore. Some were unwell before that. But Singapore's 9th, 10th and 11th Influenza A (HI Nl) cases,
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      'WE ARE GETTING CLOSERTO PHASE 6'
      311 4 The world is "getting closer" to an Influenza A HINI pandemic as the virus shows early signs of spreading locally in countries outside the Americas, an official said on Tuesday. "Globally we believe that we are at Phase 5 but are getting closer to
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      New HIV statistics released
      297 6  -  NEOCHAICHIN THE number of new Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) cases reported last year reached a record high, according to latest statistics from the Ministry of Health (MOH). Last year, there were 456 new cases, up from 423 in 2007. Almost all were from men who formed
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      Lock icon Tenants' reprieve
      475 6  -  .ALICIAWONG THEGRANGEFORD SOME 200 sub-tenants in a condominium off Orchard Road have till June 14 to move out or sign a new and costlier lease all because their former landlord did not seek approval to turn the original apartments into rooms for sub-letting. Yesterday, the building's owner, Cove
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS IN DEMAND
        104 8 Even before they picked up their university scrolls yesterday, 42 of the 59 graduates in the pioneer batch of early childhood education degree students underthe Ministry of Education's Polytechnic-Foreign Specialised Institution initiative were snapped up by employers. Twenty-four have been hired by NTUC First Campus,
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        Lock icon SHARP RISE FOR COE PRICES
        104 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Certificate of Entitlement (COE) prices for all vehicles except motorcycles went up sharply higher in the latest bidding exercise which ended yesterday For big cars with an engine capacity of more than i,6oocc, the COEs went up $2,709 to $11,889, while those in
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      New biennale artistic director appointed
      426 8  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPOREARTS Artist curator Matthew Ngui to lead next year's edition mayo@mediacorp.com. sg THE artistic director of Singapore's third biennale has been named even as organisers have yet to decide on the exact date and venues. Singapore artist and curator Matthew Ngui will be
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      New manual for counselling detainees
      280 10  -  LEONGWEEKEAT COUNTERING EXTREMISM weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg WITH extremist material easily available and accessible online, a group of volunteer Islamic teachers and scholars has launched its own counter-measure. The Religious Rehabilitation Group (RRG) which has been counselling Jemaah Islamiyah detainees launched its second counselling manual yesterday, aimed at
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      Lock icon S'pore, S Korea to fight economic crisis
      306 12  -  LIMYUNSUK NEWSASIA Mmyunsuk@mediacorp.com.sg PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong and South Korea President Lee Myung Bak have agreed to help each other fight the global economic crisis and expand ties. The two leaders earlier this week attended the Asean-Korea summit at Jeju Island, which
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      Lock icon 'Prepared to deploy radar team'
      378 12  -  LEONGWEEKEAT SAFIN AFGHANISTAN weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg GIVEN the increased rocket attacks in Afghanistan, the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is prepared to deploy a Weapon Locating Radar (WLR) team to the Oruzgan province to provide early warning of rocket attacks and enhance force protection measures. Deputy Prime Minister
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      Green light for the environment
      300 14  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg IN A bid to get Singaporeans to go beyond recycling and reducing the use of plastic bags, NTUC Fair Price wants consumers to think, choose and shop green. For a start, customers can look forward to its Choose Green Roadshows which will
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      Insuring their future
      445 14 HEALTH AND WEALTH PLANNING S #poreans are Asian leaders: More than six in 10 have policies with savings THE CPF is not their only nest egg. Singaporeans are also clutching on to their insurance policies in these tough times, showing that the Government's message on alternative savings
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon A govt in crisis
      431 16 AFP UK POLITICS British PM suffers another blow ahead of European, local elections LONDON British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government was in crisis yesterday on the eve of crunch European and local elections after four ministers in 24 hours indicated they would step down. Amid talk
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      Lock icon No end to 'curry bashings' in Australia
      340 16 AFP MELBOURNE Another attack on an Indian student was reported in Australia yesterday as the authorities step up efforts to stop the assaults, which have turned a police matter into a diplomatic embarrassment. Police said a 21 -year-old Indian student was confronted on
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      Lock icon Seven terror cells crushed in China
      198 18 AFP BEIJING —Chinese police have smashed seven terror cells so far this year in the country's predominantly Muslim far-western region of Xinjiang, state media reported yesterday. The China Daily said the cells were uncovered in Kashgar, China's westernmost city and a key centre of
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      Lock icon China closes 4,000 milk stations
      146 18 AGENCIES BEIJING China has shut down nearly 4,000 milk collection stations for failing to meet safety standards, nine months after tainted milk products were blamed for making 300,000 babies sick and killing six children, the official Xinhua news agency said yesterday. The authorities had inspected
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      Lock icon A US warning for North Korea
      493 18 AGENCIES NUCLEARTESTS SEOUL United States Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg warned North Korea yesterday that its nuclear test, barrage of short-range missiles and preparations for a long-range missile launch have put it on the wrong path. He urged the communist regime to return
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      Lock icon Chen's daughter named in graft case
      199 18 AFP TAIPEI The daughter of former Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has been named a defendant in a corruption case that has embroiled the ex-leader and his closest kin, prosecutors said yesterday. Ms Chen Hsing-yu was suspected of perjury for giving conflicting testimony during a
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      Lock icon China clamps down ahead of Tiananmen anniversary
      163 21 AGENCIES BEIJING China imposed massive security on Tiananmen Square yesterday on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy protests. Several hundred police, paramilitary and other security personnel swarmed over the square in the heart of Beijing, where the army
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      Lock icon Ready for take-off
      257 21 AP TAIWAN-CHINA RELATIONS Taiwan prepares for Chinese tourists' arrival on historic regular flights TAIPEI Taiwan's tourist attractions have a fresh coat of paint and restaurants are laying on special buffet lunches in anticipation of a surge in visitors from China when regular commercial flights between the old
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      Lock icon S Korean President Lee rejects prosecutor's resignation offer
      199 21 AFP SEOUL South Korean President Lee Myung Bak yesterday rejected the resignation of the country's top prosecutor, who offered to quit amid a growing political row over the suicide of former President Roh Moo Hyun. Prosecutor-General Lim Chae Jin offered his resignation
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon SUU KYI COURT DATE POSTPONED
        86 22 AFP Myanmar Judges agreed yesterday to hear an appeal over the number of witnesses pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi can call at her trial. Her legal team had challenged a ruling at the trial, which prevented her from calling three out of four defence
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        Lock icon LIFE SENTENCE FOR EXPECTANT WOMAN
        77 22 AGENCIES Laos Samantha Orobator, 20, has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Laos for drug trafficking. Judges found her guilty of trafficking 68og of heroin last August. Normally, anyone found with more than soog of heroin faces the death penalty, but she was spared because
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      Model urged to lodge report
      182 22 JAKARTA Lawyers of Indonesian model Manohara Adelia Pinot, wife of Kelantan Prince Muhammad Fakhry, plan to report her case of alleged physical and sexual abuse to an international court. Ms Manohara arrived in Jakarta on Sunday after she reportedly escaped from her husband while they
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      Lock icon 'To shut down is to give up
      373 22 AGENCIES MALAYSIAN POLITICS Closing Port Klang Free Zone is unwise and defeatist, says Transport Minister MALAYSIAN Transport Minister Ong Tee Keat said yesterday that the government will not bow to the opposition's calls for the closure of the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ).
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      Lock icon Looking for a new era of ties
      354 23 AGENCIES SRI LANKA COLOMBO Sri Lanka's President called for a "new era" in foreign relations as the island yesterday staged a military parade to mark its victory over separatist Tamil Tiger rebels. President Mahinda Rajapakse, whose government has been threatened with a possible
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      Lock icon Pakistan: Troops may have to stay for a year in Swat
      213 23 AP MlNGORA(Pakistan)-The military offensive to expel the Taliban from Pakistan's Swat Valley could take another two months to complete, and troops may have to stay for a year to prevent militants from retaking control, commanders said yesterday. Chief army
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      Lock icon Meira Kumar elected India's first woman Speaker
      181 23 DPA NEW DELHI India's Parliament yesterday elected its first woman Speaker ever. Ms Meira Kumar, who is a member of the "untouchable" Dalit community, was elected to the post following the victory of the Congress party in national elections. Ms Kumar, 64, was
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      Lock icon CONFIDENTIAL GOVT REPORT LEAKED
      84 24 DPA The US government has mistakenly published a "highly confidential" report with information about civilian nuclear sites and programmes. The 266-page document, which reportedly also contained maps showing the location of fuel stockpiles for nuclear weapons, was published on the Government Printing Office website after the
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      Lock icon AHMADINEJAD, CHALLENGER IN DEBATE
      91 24 DPA President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was scheduled to face his main challenger, Mir-Hossein Moussavi, in a televised debate last night that was expected to be watched by millions of Iranians before they vote in the June 12 presidential election. Mr Moussavi has emerged as the main threat
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      Lock icon Costly errors
      389 24 THENEWYORKTIMES AFGHAN AIR STRIKES Report highlights US violation of military rules in May 4 attacks WASHINGTON A military investigation has concluded that American personnel made significant errors in carrying out some of the air strikes in western Afghanistan on May 4 that killed dozens of Afghan civilians, according
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      Lock icon British hostage killed by AI Qaeda
      267 26 THE GUARDIAN TERRORISM LONDON Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday condemned the killing of a British hostage held by an Al Qaeda group in North Africa as "barbaric". The group Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) said it killed British citizen Edwin Dyer (picture)
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      Lock icon IN THE MIDDLE EAST: OBAMA ON OBAMA
      639 27  -  THOMAS L FRIEDMAN NEWS COMMENT DURING a telephone interview on Tuesday with President Barack Obama about his speech to Arabs and Muslims in Cairo today, I got to tell the President my favourite Middle East joke. It goes like this: Goldberg was a
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      Lock icon New Zealand top
      351 30 BLOOMBERG, THE GUARDIAN GLOBAL PEACE INDEX Pacific island nation ranked safest country, Singapore up six spots to 23rd AUCKLAND New Zealand, the Pacific island nation of 4.2 million people and 40 million sheep, is the planet's most peaceful country this year, according to a global index. Increasing
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      257 32  -  fvonne Kong HINI FLU OUTBREAK Letter from > IN LIGHT of Influenza A (H1N1) infections globally and in Singapore, I decided to cancel a family trip to the United States and Canada during the current school holidays. The trip was planned a few months ago
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      152 32  -  Jasmine Hong Letter from I REFER to "The perils of dual citizenship" (June 3). While I do agree with Mr M Lukshumayeh on being stringent with the dual citizenship law, I reckon Member of Parliament Cedric Foo's suggestion on this matter is not about luring top
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      167 36  -  DR BILL MAIER BY KEEP SENSIBLE PARAMETERS Children need limits to learn right from wrong. But it's important that our limits make sense. Boundaries do more than keep our kids safe —they guide them in the fundamentals of life. When we set clear limits, we're teaching
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        95 36  -  M Lukshumayeh Letter from THE relevant authorities have implemented many measures to reduce congestion on Singapore's roads. We even have dedicated bus lanes to ensure smooth traffic flow. So imagine my shock when I was at the bus stop at People's Park Centre on Tuesday
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        127 36  -  Raymund Koh Joo Guan Letter from EVERY DAY, I observe the menace of illegal waiting and parking along congested D'Almeida Street, Market Street, Battery Road and Chulia Street especially between noon and Bpm. Private cars and delivery vehicles park illegally on the zigzag lines while taxis
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        217 36  -  Lim LiYong Letter from FOR two weeks, I have noticed that SBS Transit's Service 196 arriving at Far Eastern Building (opposite AIA Tower) around 6.10pm are single-decker buses. By the time these buses get to the building, they are packed. So, they would skip
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      192 36  -  Ho Kong Loon Letter from I EXTEND my heartiest congratulations to Jane, Esther, Li Hui, Peh Gee and Joanne for your stupendous feat in scaling the highest peak on Mother Earth. Yihui can take great comfort and satisfaction in the knowledge that she
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      338 32 HAVE YOUR SAY. email voices@mediacorp.com.sg or visit www.todayonline.com/voices n| My friend's neighbour freI quently calls up the town I council to file complaints about the birds in the trees just outside their flat. Recently, the trees were all trimmed "botak". Posted online by Garpy at www.todayonline.com/voices 1 June 2009 26
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        82 38  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH TALENTTIME christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg THERE'S nothing Singaporeans like better than a buffet except a free buffet. Since those are rare if not near impossible to come by most of us tend to look for the best value-for-money deals. The same goes for music. Unfortunately, Baybeats
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        411 38 What do Cultural Medallion winner Professor Edwin Thumboo, magician J C Sum, an awardwinning school choir and actor Brandon Fernandez have in common? Well, they'll all be appearing at the Esplanade Concert Hall on June 6 for Nil Sine Lahore, a gala variety programme organised by the Old
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        187 40 Local retro music makes a comeback with Milestones on Empress Place, a nightly concert series from June 23 to 27 as part of Singapore River Festival 2009. Performers include notable musicians from the '70s and '80s like Peter Diaz, October Cherries, Robert Fernando and
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        549 40 NEWVOICE Or how a software designer became a soulful singer SARAH McLachlan may have started the whole female singersongwriter trend back in the late '80s, but she's more or less semiretired and few have emerged who seem worthy enough to take over that mantle. Well, Vienna Teng might
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      300 42 ABNORMALLY ATTRACTED TO SIN |TORI AMOS ■We love Tori Amos' Bmusic because I she's always manBaged to intrigue Hand beguile, allowing sophistication, but delivering it so well that it sounds so simple. On this album though, Amos has decidedly gone for a mishmash of musical mayhem. It starts
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      108 42 CLAIRE GUOJING This third album from the Taiwanese singer completes the "pure love trilogy" that was started with her first two albums, Claire and The Next Dawn. That said, what's included in this album is a swathe of songs about love though they're not all necessarily love songs.
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      108 42  -  |AMBERKUO First off, I have to say that this album isn't any soul-bearing, heart-on-sleeve offering. It's a pop album in its purest form, which in itself isn't a bad listen. The songs here are so pleasant you'll be reminded of a pleasant time that you previously pleasantly enjoyed.
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      110 42  -  EMINEM As far as Eminem albums go, this one is no different from say, The Marshall Mathers IP. Not in terms of content, but in terms of delivery. See, Relapse tends to bury itself in the murky undertones that Eminem has created, whether he's talking about serial killers, overdosing
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      247 44  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH MUSIC MATTERS 2009 Singapore leads the pack in music downloads IN HONG KONG christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN it comes to music, Singaporeans have the edge over listeners in the United Kingdom and Australia, mobile phone company Nokia said yesterday. According to Elizabeth Schimel, Nokia's global head of music
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      485 46  -  ANNETTE TAN Fair Price Cream Crackers are a wonderfully nostalgic snack and make a great crust for pork chops, too food@newstoday.com.sg Cream crackers are one of those old school foods that take us right back to our childhoods. I remember my grandparents happily dipping those crispy biscuits
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      956 48  -  LINYANQIN DUBAI Who knew the fabled lost city could be so much fun? yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg DUBAI doesn't do small. That the city is studded with superlatives is well known: Here, you'll find a man-made island built in the shape of a palm tree, with even bigger ones to
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      107 50 AFP Before Jar Jar Binks flummoxed us with his unintelligible patois, Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker et al fired up the imagination of a generation of movie-goers with their light saber duels and ground-skimming landspeeders. Find out how much of the movie's technology was
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      392 50  -  JENNIFER CHEN KOREA Coastal city gains recognition as it gets ready for world expo THE southern coastal city of Yeosu may not be on the tip of most people's tongues when they talk about travelling to Korea. But as the city prepares to host the Yeosu Korea
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      393 51  -  KAYLENEHONG kaylenehong@mediacorp.com. sg FOR the price of two ice cream cones, you can now buy a plane ticket to a host of regional destinations on Tiger Airways. That's $1 taxes and fees included but you have to be quick to grab the
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      766 52  -  CHUCK BARNEY TONY HICKS MCT ADULT ENTERTAINMENT and fierce urge to plunge through the crowd and make a mad dash toward Space Mountain. At least, that's the way it goes when we have children in tow. A parent's gut says pick up the pace and
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      87 53 AP Cambodia is considering opening the famed Angkor Wat temples at night to draw more tourists to the country. Visitors are now ushered out of Angkor at sunset, but the authorities may extend visiting hours to as late as 8.30pm. An official at the archaeological site said
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        165 53 A scorching summer, plus cranky kids. While it's hard to escape the heat in the tropics, you can distract yourself and the out-of-school tots with atrip abroad. Check out the packages at the UOB Travel Summer Sale Roadshow, where a 4D3N deal to Hong Kong
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        150 53 Unwind in style in Vietnam at The Nam Hai and tourthe nearby Unesco World Heritage Site of Hoi An at the same time. The five-star beach resort that has won a range of awards, including "The World's Best Designed Resort" in Travel Leisure USA 2008,
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        71 53 Win a holiday by submitting a dolphin name to Queensland's Tangalooma Island Resort, one of whose dolphins has just given birth to a calf. The prize is a 5N holiday for two adults and two children at the resort worth more than A 55,000 ($5,600). Visit www.tangalooma.com by
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        53 53  -  KAYLENEHONG The rate says it all. Get two nights for the price of one when you stay at any of Hilton's 46 hotels in the Asia-Pacific. Book a minimum of two nights by July 31 for a stay from now until Aug 31. Visit
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      454 55 AFP 2009 FRENCH OPEN World No 2 closes in on first title in Paris PARIS Roger Federer reached his 20th consecutive Grand Slam semi-final yesterday with a 7-6 (8/6), 6-2, 6-4 win over France's Gael Monfils to close in on a first French Open title and a
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      714 56  -  LEONARD THOMAS SPORTS MATTERS sports editor leonard@mediacorp.com.sg Lack of excitement here over one of world's biggest tourneys is alarming I ASKED the taxi driver to go past Hotel Royal en route to office yesterday, curious to see if there was any welcome banner
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      242 56  -  LOW LIN FHOONG HOSTS Singapore have a huge task in their opening match of the 2009 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup on Sunday when they take on giants the Netherlands, but the mood in the camp yesterday seemed upbeat. "We're really excited as this
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      616 57  -  LOW LIN FHOONG 2009 MEN'S JUNIOR HOCKEY WORLD CUP One-time hockey powerhouse could be set for a revival linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg THE story of India's reign as the pre-eminent nation in hockey and subsequent fall from grace is well-documented. The number of false dawns has also been many. The latest
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      552 58 AGENCIES I EUROPEAN FOOTBALL Chelsea hopeful, but signs are Spaniards have got their man for a record fee MADRID Confusion reigned over the destiny of Brazilian superstar Kaka, as AC Milan, Real Madrid and Chelsea fight over the signature of one of the game's most
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      549 59  -  ASDWIGHT SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Skipper's recovery from injury has coincided with Super Reds' run of form League Cup 2009, Group C Super Reds v Gombak United Jalan Besar Stadium, j.^spm sports@newstoday.com. sg THE Super Reds came up just short last season in their quest to
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      302 59  -  AS DWIGHT LEAGUE CUP 2009, GROUP D Home United v Sengkang Punggol Jurong East Stadium, 7.45pm AFTER Sengkang Punggol drew 2-2 with Woodlands Wellington in their opening Group D League Cup fixture on Monday, many wrote off the hopes of the Dolphins to
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      68 63 938LIVE The Ministry of Finance is conducting public consultations on the draft Goods and Services Tax (GST) Amendment Bill. Proposals include changes announced in this year's Budget, such as the extension of zero-rating treatment to all aircraft used wholly for international travel. Another change from the
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      78 63 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Singapore and Tianjin will step up efforts to secure investments in targeted sectors, such as businesses related to energy conservation and environmental protection, according to a statement by the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city Joint Working Committee, which met yesterday in Tianjin. The committee also
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    175 64  -  CHEOWXINYI A NEAR-10 per cent surge in Raffles Education stock has prompted the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to query the company on its price increase yesterday. In its reply, the private education provider the largest in the Asia-Pacific region denied being aware of any information to explain
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      240 68 AGENCIES Temasek Holdings has reportedly sold its entire stake in Barclays, according to reports filed yesterday by Reuters and Dow Jones, which cited unnamed sources. The loss realised is between £500 million ($1.2 billion) and £600 million, people familiar with
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