Today, 8 June 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    20 1 TODAY Monday June 8, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Monday June 8, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • afternoon edition
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      in the news
      305 1 ■"1 Malaysia is deploying 1 helicopters, boats and aircraft along its coast to catch a rising number of suspected illegal mmigrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan who are trying to cave not enter the country illegally. M Hundreds of Pakistanis banded together to attack Taliban strongholds in the
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      Help where its most needed
      665 1  -  ESTHER NG LOW-WAGE WORKERS MOM assures continued help to boost low-wage workers' income estherng@mediacorp.com.sg THANKS to several initiatives aimed at helping Singapore's low-wage workers improve their employability, this group of workers have seen their wages go up in the last three years, from $1,200 a
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      First H1N1, now malaria
      343 1 IF THE battle against Influenza A (H1N1) was not bad enough, now there are suspected malaria clusters to contend with one on Jurong Island and the other in the Sungei Kadut-Mandai area. The Ministry of Health (MOH) and National Environment Agency (NEA) said in a joint
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      30 1 SHOPFRONT^9 /DAY FROM LESS THAN [gj> m^CCa CALL: 6333 9888 mocca.com Jr A/^M^^hnarac^NUdla EAAAIL: SALES@MOCCA.COM \fm\ A PUBLICATION OF J\A=diaCorp MICA (P) 233/10/2008 NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 ADVERTISE 6333 9888
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Save a little, win a lot
      312 2  -  ESTHER NG MEDISAVE CONTRIBUTION LUCKY DRAW Low-wage workers get cash prizes for contributing to their Medisave account estherng@mediacorp.com.sg MR TAN Ah Leong collects and sells cardboard for a living, earning just $400 every month. Despite his low wages, he has been contributing $136 every
      WEETECKHIAN  -  312 words
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      A PICTURE OF EXCITEMENT
      99 2 The Let's Paint event is part of Singapore 2010 CAN! (Create Action Now), an outreach effort which encourages youth to join in the Singapore Youth Olympic Games 2010 journey. Some 46 youth from the Chinese International School, St Andrew's Autism School, Yayasan Mendaki and Singapore Boys'
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      Lock icon 17 bodies found so far
      458 3 AGENCIES AIR FRANCE CRASH RECIFE (Brazil) Search ships methodically worked through a "sea of debris" from a doomed Air France jet yesterday, recovering 15 more bodies near the spot where the Airbus A 33-0-200 is believed to have gone down a week ago. Two bodies
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      BACK AFTER A FOUR-YEAR HIATUS
      114 4  -  WEETECKHIAN Billed as a fundraiser with a difference, the Truehearts charity show featured performances by 20 special needs individuals who are getting help from the Community Chest. They were supported by MediaCorp artistes such as Jeanette Aw, Dai Yangtian, Joshua Ang (picture, left) and Alan
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      Pay up promptly or court trouble
      387 4  -  NEOCHAICHIN ZULOTHMAN MINOR OFFENCES chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg HE RECEIVED a $50 traffic summons last November and kept forgetting to pay up. Now, the 47-year-old security supervisor has been summoned to the Subordinate Courts, and could end up paying up to $3,000, he said. Had he known
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon PRESIDENT NATHAN IN TURKEY
        204 6 President S R Nathan will be in Turkey from today until Sunday the first state visit by a Singapore President to the country. Mr Nathan will visit Ankara and Istanbul and meet the Turkish President Abdullah Gul, who is hosting a state banquet for him, as
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        Lock icon 2 MEN FOUND DEAD ATTELOKBLANGAH
        69 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Two men were pronounced dead after they fell from height at Block 33, Telok Blangah Way, late on Saturday night. The two, one in his 50s and the other in his 20s, are believed to be father and son, living in a unit
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      Lock icon Treat first, pay later?
      556 6  -  NEOCHAICHIN PRE-PAYMENTATTHEA&E chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg IT SEEMS to make sense: While waiting for your turn to be treated at emergency departments (EDs) in hospitals, you pay first so you can save time by not having to queue later for payment. But does this new practice of paying in
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      A disparity in job expectations?
      420 8  -  ALICIA WONG LOCALAND FOREIGN WORKERS alicia@mediacorp.com.sg ARE locals really unrealistic in their job hunt? For restaurateur Amelia Rang, hiring Singapore citizens and permanent residents has not been "that ideal". Out of 10 local workers, mainly in clerical work, it's typical for only two to last
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        MM LEEVISITS MALAYSIA
        102 10 Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and a team of Singapore ministers will be in Malaysia from today until June 15. They will meet government, business and political leaders including Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his deputy MuhyiddinYassin and visit the states of Perak, Penang, Kelantan and
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        SM GOH IN MYANMAR
        105 10 Senior Minister Goh ChokTong begins a four-day official visit to Myanmar today. This is at the invitation of its Prime Minister Them Sein, which he extended during his introductory visit to Singapore in March. Mr Goh, who last visited Myanmar in 1998, will use this visit
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      Lock icon Call to ride the dragon
      399 10  -  GLENDACHONG CHANNEL NEWSASIA PM LEE IN CHINA Spore companies should seek out opportunities for business in China: PM glendac@mediacorp.com.sg TRAVELLING on the Hangzhou Bay Bridge from Ningbo to Shanghai yesterday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had a first-hand look at how China is pushing ahead
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      317 3 THINK SUCCESS. THINK ]VT]DTS Vm ready to raise the bar in MBmk service quality ,r*jat II Topic Hospitality and You Exclusive Preview and Speaker: Mr. Abdul Raoof, Associate Lecturer, MDIS Mocktail Session Date: 25 Jun 2009 (wed) Preview Code: T0609 Time 7pm 830pm Venue Tropical Breeze, MDIS UniCampus University of
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      73 8 Popularised by Chinese netizens, the character" |g|" fliong) means: A To glitter brightly zi zai B To grieve without tears flj 3de hu C To be humourous nu yi nan g si wang S Ji p>| sh! shdng i—i 'T Yf shen bfco me hong W^^ de iiong C B
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      442 9 POSB Health For Life prepares you and your loved ones for any unexpected medical crisis, including Influenza A (HINI) 1 infections. Health is an important part of our lives. However, a medical crisis can hit any time and many Singaporeans do not have adequate healthcare coverage to protect themselves against
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      212 10 Local dish "ma lai feng guang" (Malay scenery) refers to: JS jfc A Stir-fried kang kong in sambal belacan znT ben B Stir-fried beef in satay sauce B*J *lB de dl C Malay fried noodles B g* shi cai ft ydo 5, ma 5R Hi Jxl feng V^i^H I guang
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Malaysia on watch for human smuggling
      264 12 AP PUTRAJAYA Malaysia is deploying helicopters, boats and an aircraft along its coast to catch a rising number of suspected illegal immigrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan. Their saga comes with a twist they are not trying to enter Malaysia illegally. Instead, they are leaving
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      Lock icon Members still won't budge
      442 12 AP,THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER FUTURE OF PAS Conservatives elected, but party faithful do not want Umno unity talks KUALA LUMPUR Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) president Abdul Hadi Awang retained his post unchallenged while his deputy Nasharudin Mat Isa was re-elected in a tough race in Saturday's internal
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      Lock icon Ban Sisters group: PAS
      265 12 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER SHAH ALAM In a sign that Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) continues to adopt a hardline approach, the Islamist party yesterday urged the government to ban women's rights group Sisters in Islam for allegedly putting the faith of Muslims in danger. In a motion
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        AMNESTY GRANTED TO MILITARY DESERTERS
        83 14 SRI LANKA Sri Lanka's President yesterday marked a key Buddhist celebration by granting a pardon to 585 jailed military deserters. The amnesty announcement coincided with Boson, the celebration of the arrival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka more than 2,500 years ago. Most of the desertions
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        Lock icon KAREN VILLAGERS FLEETO THAILAND
        95 14 DPA MYANMAR More than 3,000 ethnic Karen have fled fighting in Myanmar for refuge on the Thai border, the largest such exodus since 1997, said the Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) yesterday. The KHRG claimed it was the biggest exodus since 1997, when the Myanmar army
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      Lock icon Carradine kin takes action
      317 14 AP DAVID CARRADINE'S DEATH LOS ANGELES The family of Mr David Carradine, dissatisfied with Thai investigators and "profoundly disturbed" by the publication of a forensics photo in a Bangkok tabloid, is seeking help from the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to look into the
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      Lock icon Pakistanis attack Taliban to avenge mosque blast
      214 14 AGENCIES ISLAMABAD Hundreds of Pakistanis banded together and attacked Taliban strongholds in the troubled north-west to avenge a deadly suicide bombing at a local mosque, said a top government official. The incident on Saturday underscored a swing in the national mood toward a
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon MORE THAN 31 DIE IN PERU CLASHES
        90 16 AGENCIES President Alan Garcia laboured to contain Peru's worst political violence in years as 31 people were killed in a bloody daylong standoff with Amazon Indians fighting government efforts to exploit oil, gas, timber and other resources in their native rainforest. "We represent
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        Lock icon POLL: 77 PER CENT OF EGYPTIANS THINKOBAMA'S SPEECH WILL SUCCEED
        96 16 DPA Some 77 per cent of Egyptians believe United States President Barack Obama's speech to the Muslim world from Cairo last Thursday will improve US relations with the world's 1.5 billion Muslims, according to a poll released yesterday. An Egyptian
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      Lock icon Change in the air?
      296 16 AGENCIES LEBANON ELECTIONS Closely-watched election attracts voters far and wide BEIRUT Lebanese streamed to their hometowns yesterday to vote in a crucial election that could unseat a pro-Western government and install one dominated by the Ira-nian-backed militant group Hezbollah. The race for the 128-member Parliament will
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      Lock icon EU's election marathon enters final pull
      231 16 AGENCIES BRUSSELS Most nations of the European Union went to the polls yesterday on the final day of European Parliament elections, amid fears of record-low turnouts and gains for extremists as the recession blights Europe. Europe's "Super Sunday" sawvoters from 19 nations cast their
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      Lock icon Better things to spend on
      233 18  -  John Grater CAR PRICES You could send your kid through college for that amount of money Letter from IT IS a well known fact that Singapore has the distinction of having among the highest car prices in the world. Even as a car lover, I
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      Get to the root of the insurance hike
      168 18  -  Gary Tan Letter from I BELIEVE the main reason for rising car insurance premiums is the lack of control over personal injury claims, resulting in more motorists engaging lawyers and doctors to exploit this loophole. To address this, the General Insurance Association
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      213 20  -  DR JAMES DOBSON I BY THE MOST COMMON ERROR What is the most common error made by parents in disciplining their children? I believe it is the inappropriate use of anger in attempting to manage children. Unfortunately, most adults rely primarily on their own irritation to
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      Plane selfish
      122 20  -  IvanOng HINIVIRUS School authorities should cancel all trips Letter from I AM concerned that university students are headed for countries known to have HI Nl cases ("Why fly now?", June 6-7). The school authorities should cancel all trips to such countries to limit the chance of infection. My
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      Singapore needs to attract 'stayers'
      202 20  -  Gilbert Goh Letter from I HAVE just returned from a trip to China and discovered that many foreign multinational corporations (MNCs) have set up shop in Shandong and Suchow. Both provinces have now developed their infrastructure, which can rival Singapore's easily. China's population is slowly
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      293 18 HAVE YOUR SAY. email voices@mediacorp.com.sg or visit www.todayonline.com/voices IT Industry Certifications or u^on co, vC oiie g e Academic Qualifications? Why not BOTH? Staying Relevant InfoComm Security is a key concern in all organizations due to the rise in cyber crimes.We will r prepare you to meet this increasing demand
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  • SHORT TAKES
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      UNCLE, TURN OFFYOUR ENGINE
      82 20  -  Frederikke Storm Hansen Letter from Coming home from school every day, I take Bus No 42 from Kembangan MRT station. Too often, the bus driver, while sitting inside waiting for the appointed time for him to begin his journey, does not turn off the engine. If
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      NDP: HOW CAN I VOLUNTEER?
      95 20  -  Kenan KokXiao-Feng Letter from Our nation celebrates its 44th birthday on Aug 9.1 applaud the move by this year's National Day Parade committee to set up various portals such as Facebook and Twitter, where the public can get involved and air their views. However, there
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  • PlUS TELEVISION
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      All hail the mighty Geek gods
      830 22  -  MAY SEAH TECHYTV Geeks are cool and they're invading your telly may@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S no secret. Thanks to the advanced algorithms of societal evolution, wired-up is the new muscle-bound. Slogan T-shirts are the new tuxedos. Black-rimmed glasses are the new Ray-Bans. Technobabble is the new
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      A BRUSH WITH A GENIUS
      90 24 President S R Nathan tries his hand at being Leonardo Da Vinci at the gala opening of the exhibition Da Vinci —The Genius at the Singapore Science Centre last Tuesday. He officiated the launch by "revealing" the true colours of the Mona Lisa. Adding glitz
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      Lock icon 4,000 wannabes
      424 25  -  MAY SEAH SINGAPORE IDOL 2009 Auditions were extended due to overwhelming response may@mediacorp.com.sg AS THE day wore on, there was a sea of umbrellas at the Singapore Idol 2009 auditions, which began on Saturday morning at The Cathay not because it rained, but because of the scorching sun.
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      START 'ER UP
      92 25 The Starter Wife, the miniseriesthat earned 10 Emmy nominations, is coming to Channel 5. Debra Messing stars as Molly Kagen, whose life of luxury crumbles around her when her husband, a movie studio president, decides that he wants a divorce. She retreats in humiliation with her five-year-old
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      HOT ROD BARBIE
      98 25 It's Barbie's 50th anniversary and she's celebrating it in style at Barbie Pink World atTakashimaya Square, Ngee Ann City Basement 2 until June 14. Not only will there be limited-edition collectors' sets for sale and meet-and-greet sessions with Barbie herself, one lucky customer will drive away in
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      Lock icon Singapore special
      521 26  -  PHINWONG INVENICE VENICE BIENNALE 2009 Visual artist Ming Wong wins Singapore Pavilion a special mention plus editor phin@mediacorp.com.sg HE DIDN'T quite win the big prize. But don't cry for him, Singapura that's just fine with visual artist Ming Wong. At the official awards of the 53rd International Art
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      332 28 AFP PARIS Roger Federer gloriously completed a career Grand Slam yesterday by capturing a record-equalling 14th Major with a 6-1, 7-6 (7/1), 6-4 win over Robin Soderling in the French Open Final. The 27-year-old world No 2 finally won a Roland
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      414 30 ASDF AFTERNOON LATEST LONDON Real Madrid are expected to confirm a world record £56 million ($l3O million) deal to bring Kaka to the Bernabeu, a move that signals a return to the "Galactico" strategy under new president Florentino Perez. Kaka helped Brazil to a comfortable
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      87 30 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Rio Ferdinand will not join up with the England squad ahead of Wednesday's World Cup qualifier with Andorra. Ferdinand, the Manchester United defender, was ruled out of Saturday's victory over Kazakhstan as he was still experiencing discomfort in a calf injury that disrupted
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      294 31  -  LAN DECOTTA LEAGUE CUP, GROUP B Young Lions vTampines Rovers Jurong West Stadium, j.^spm BARCELONA have just achieved a unique treble and inspired by the stunning feats of the Catalan giants, Tampines Rovers are beginning to think of
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        85 34 Come Friday, the Singapore Business Federation will be signing an agreement with Turkey's Foreign Economic Relations Board to set up the Singapore-Turkey Business Council. The council aims to promote bilateral trade and contribute to industrial and technological collaborations between Singapore and Turkey. The signing will
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        95 34  -  KELVIN CHOW Catalist-listed offshore marine logistic company Ezion Holdings is planning to raise some $43 million via a 70-million share placement exercise. Ezion said in its filing to the Singapore Exchange that the shares will be at 67 cents a piece. Some 80 to 90 per
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      327 34 BLOOMBERG MEGA MERGER Deal would give US firms $4.1 trillion in global assets BLACKROCK, the world's biggest publicly traded asset manager, is the leading contender to buy the asset management unit of Barclays in a deal worth more than US$lO billion ($14.6 billion), three
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      264 37 BLOOMBERG HONGKONG Shanghai Airlines, that city's No 2 carrier, is set to combine with its larger hometown rival China Eastern Airlines, paring competition in China's financial capital as both companies struggle to be profitable. "We have just got approval from the government"
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      323 37  -  KELVIN CHOW CAPITALAND CHINA Capita Land launches its fifth Raffles City project in China kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg IN A bid to strengthen its presence in China, homegrown developer Capita Land has launched its Raffles City brand in the eastern port city of Ningbo. The company's fifth property under
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          96 38 $2.69 Outperform Macquarie keeps rating, but raises target price to $3.10 from $2.79 to reflect lower loan loss provision assumptions following QlO9 results. Says better lending spreads are benefitting the finance firm through better margins despite a contraction in loans in Ql. Maintains view that HL Finance likely
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