Today, 11 August 2009

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    10 1 TODAY Tuesday August n, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    151 1 4 Social media tools like Twitter blogging and Facebook will be central to this year's coverage of the National Day Rally. f~\ He used to run from the Z^ \J law, but now he runs marathons instead. Former drug offender Hanniel Chong shares his story with our
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    Lock icon Is he dead or alive?
    419 1 AGENCIES NOORDINTOP JAKARTA Terrorist mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top is probably still at large in Indonesia despite reports of his death. A police source said fingerprint analysis confirmed that the man killed in a raid over the weekend was not Noordin. "It's not him. We know
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    Lock icon Toddler survives 9-storey fall
    549 1  -  NEOCHAICHIN CHANNEL NEWSASIA chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SHE blames herself for not protecting her little boy, but counts her blessings that he fell nine floors, and miraculously survived. Three-year-old Park Sihu landed in the bushes on the ground floor of their apartment block yesterday morning. He escaped with just
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      Jobseekers not eager to take the plunge
      738 2  -  ESTHER NG SERVICE INDUSTRY Course designed to help them switch industries sees mostly those with experience in the sector estherng@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S been tough getting Singaporeans to work in the services sector. Last year, foreigners filled 73,400 service positions, compared to the 63,100 that
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      Lock icon 'Dubious' Australian colleges 'destroying' futures
      305 3 AFP MELBOURNE "Dubious" Australian colleges are ruining the future prospects of young Indian students and trashing the country's reputation abroad, said India's foreign minister in comments published yesterday. Mr S M Krishna, visiting Australia to express concern over a wave of street assaults on Indian
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      Blanket coverage on the Internet
      413 4  -  HEDIRMANSUPIAN NATIONAL DAY RALLY 2009 Speech by PM Lee to be streamed online; users can engage in discussions via Facebook and Twitter hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg SOCIAL media tools like blogging, Facebook and Twitter will be central to this year's coverage of the National Day Rally on Sunday.
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      Lock icon BLOGGERS ON WHAT THEY HOPE WILL BE ADDRESSED AT THE RALLY
      304 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA "Coming from the Baby Boomer generation, the typical Singaporean in me will be looking out for what more they can offer, maybe in terms of concessions. They've also been getting companies to hire people past their retirement
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      Lock icon HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SINGAPORE
      43 6 DONWONG. Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, Mdm Ho Ching, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, President Nathan and Mrs Nathan, and Senior Minister Goh ChokTong blowing out candles on a birthday cake during a National Day reception at the Istana yesterday.
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      Four nabbed for helping overstayer leave
      163 6  -  ALICIA WONG A LOCAL fish farm owner, 45, and his three accomplices were arrested while trying to smuggle a 36-year-old Chinese national overstayer out of Singapore via the sea off Lim Chu Rang yesterday. Acting on a tip-off, the police detected two female Chinese
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      Visitors in neutral gear
      409 6  -  VALARIETAN Fi HOTEL BOOKINGS They adopt wait-and-see attitude despite hotels' promotions giving cheaper rates valarie@mediacorp.com.sg VISITORS are still taking a wait-and-see attitude when it comes to booking hotel rooms for the upcoming Formula 1 SingTel Grand Prix in Singapore. The 28 hotels, which started a Best
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      Lock icon Visitors can't get enough
      542 8  -  ALICIA WONG TODAY'S MYLIFE:THEN& NOW PHOTO EXHIBITION Some even suggested Today compile the photos into a book alicia@mediacorp.com. sg COMING from a poor family, he could hardly afford to buy tickets to watch the Bee Gees perform. So years ago, Mr Ong, now 59, climbed up
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      5,000 runners to raise funds
      285 8  -  REKHAMANOHARAN rekham@mediacorp.com.sg SHE's had four relapses but the cancer survivor is not letting that stop her from joining 5,000 other runners in a race to raise half a million dollars to help needy cancer patients. Come Aug 23, 37-year-old Aziza Mohammed will be taking part
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        ROAD CLOSURES
        80 10 There is to be a One Year Countdown to the 2010 Youth Olympic Games, which will begin with a special event on Aug 14, at the Padang. On that day, the following roads will be closed to traffic between spm and 10pm: Fullerton Road, St Andrew Road, Coleman
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        Lock icon CAMPAIGN TO DRAW MORE FARM VISITORS
        90 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Fourteen farms in Kranji and Choa Chu Kang have launched a farm-pass which will be stamped after every visit. Every seventh and 14th stamp give a visitor a chance at a lucky dip, and prizes include free stays at farm resorts. There
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      Lock icon Batam gets a helping hand
      482 10  -  NEOCHAICHIN WORKPLACE HEALTH Two-year project to train Riau Islands officials and doctors chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg WEARING their helmets, safety boots and other protective gear, the workers at Global Process Systems in Batam which supplies equipment to the oil and gas industry look well equipped to perform their
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      Lock icon Charity run raises $359k
      451 12  -  LYNETTEKOH NEA-MEDIACORP SEMAKAU RUN 2009 It's third time round for MediaCorp but first with NEA lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg LAST Saturday, more than 200 corporate executives and their families descended on Semakau Landfill for the National Environment Agency (NEA)-MediaCorp Semakau Run 2009. Now into its third year, this is
      PHOTOS: JASON HO, NEA  -  451 words
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      158 6 Millionaires are created in down markets and making money is not difficult if you know how to make your money work for you. The rich have a different money mentality and invest in financial instruments that you have not even heard of. The best thing is that they are able
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      Lock icon Typhoons leave at least 42 dead in East Asia
      131 14 AFP TAIWAN At least 42 people were confirmed dead and scores more were reported missing yesterday after typhoons battered East Asia the worst weather to hit the area in half a century. More than half of those killed were in Taiwan
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      Lock icon Police criticised for injustice
      359 14 AFP RIGHTS ABUSES IN INDIA NEW DELHI A series of photos purportedly showing the extra-judicial execution of a young man by Indian police has thrown the spotlight on alleged human rights abuses by the country's security forces. The sequence of photographs, published by news magazine Tehelka
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      Lock icon $1m reward for 'upright official'
      322 17 AFP CORRUPTION INCHINA China villagers desperate for honest civil servant to recover funds, property BEIJING Residents of a village have offered a U*****,000 ($1.05 million) reward in their search for an "upright official" to recover money they say was illegally appropriated by local authorities. In
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon HYUNDAI BOSS SEEKS WORKER'S RELEASE
        115 17 AFP North Korea l\/l I L I P^ A n The head of South Korea's Hyundai group crossed into North Korea yesterday to discuss the release of an employee detained since March by the communist state. There is growing media speculation the North may free
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        Lock icon POLLING ON AUG 25 FOR PERMATANG PASIR
        116 17 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER Malaysia Polling for the Permatang Pasir state seat in Penang, Malaysia, has been set for Aug 25, the Election Commission chairman announced yesterday. Pakatan Rakyat (PR) is expected to announce its candidate on Thursday who will face the United Malays
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        Lock icon PKFZ IN $2M CLAIMS DISPUTE
        108 17 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER Malaysia's Special Task Force, set up to look into the legal and financial aspects of the scandal-hit Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project, has found disputed claims amounting to at least 500 million ringgit ($206 million). It is also considering legal action
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      Lock icon Taliban gaining upper hand, says US commander
      292 18 AGENCIES WASHINGTON The top United States military commander in Afghanistan says the Taliban have gained the upper hand in the country, forcing the US to change its strategy by boosting troops in heavilypopulated areas, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. General Stanley McChrystal
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      Lock icon Outcry over mistreatment
      342 18 AGENCIES RAPE INTEHRAN PRISONS TEHRAN An Iranian opposition leader has claimed that women and boys detained over the wave of unrest that swept the nation after the disputed presidential election have been brutally raped in custody. The allegations by defeated presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi surfaced as Iran
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      Lock icon Saudi holding thousands without charge
      240 18 AGENCIES RIYADH Saudi Arabia's domestic security police ignore the country's own laws to hold suspects for years without charges and turn a blind eye to court orders to release detainees, said a human rights group yesterday. The Saudi general-directorate for investigations, or mabahith, is believed
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      Lock icon Flu, drugs, economy on the table
      308 19 AFP NORTH AMERICAN SUMMIT GUADALAJARA (Mexico) United States President Barack Obama joined leaders of Mexico and Canada yesterday to plot counter-attacks against Influenza A (H1N1) flu, vicious drugs cartels and economic blight at his debut North American summit. The summit represents a diverse region
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      Lock icon 'Big Brother' is watching Brits
      213 19 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON Councils, police and other public bodies in Britain are seeking access to people's private telephone and email records almost 1,400 times a day, according to new data disclosed yesterday. The authorities made more than 500,000 requests for confidential communications data last year,
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      500 children a year abducted from Britain
      164 19 LONDON Almost 500 children were abducted from Britain and taken abroad last year, The Guardian said yesterday, highlighting Pakistan as a hotspot. An estimated 470 youngsters were abducted in 336 cases reported to the authorities last year, a 20--per-cent increase on 2005 figures.
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      THE MAN WHO MOVED ON
      844 20  -  AGATHA KOH BRAZIL COFFEEWITH voices editor agatha@mediacorp.com.sg THE marathons that Hanniel Choong (picture) runs with thousands of other people have finishing points. But there is none in the marathon that he runs by himself. "It is a lifelong thing. You don't presume that you are
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      A burden the bank should bear
      297 21  -  Cheah Pin Thong Letter from I REFER to Conrad Raj's column, "Burden of Proof (Aug 10). I agree wholeheartedly with Mr Raj: Banks should recover losses incurred from the retailers whose "negligence" results in credit-card thieves being allowed to escape, instead of taking the
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      174 21  -  DR BILL MAIER BY HEALTHY BODY IMAGE How does your primary school daughter feel about the way she looks? More importantly, how should she feel? One writer tells of a conversation he had with an eight-year-old girl. She told him her hips were too big, and
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      69 20 SEND US YOUR NDP PHOTOS! Were you at the Parade? Email your photos (max 1MB) from the National Day Parade with your name and contact details to today@mediacorp.com.sg. Be sure to check out our galleries at todayonline.com to see your pictures! MM m El *Mtt| v BSSSiSB BB w Jim
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        A dying art
        932 22  -  MAYO MARTIN LOCALTHEATRE Three plays this week will have ghosts, spirits and the dying taking to the stage mayo@mediacorp.com.sg -I Death 1 becomes her THESE days, director and playwright Noor Effendy Ibrahim is getting nostalgic about the *****. "In terms of Malay theatre, I'm kind of revisiting
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      124 23 AGENCIES CLOTHING OPTIONAL Gl JOE L/s magazine has reported that GUoe leading man Channing Tatum used to work in a Chippendales-style exotic dance revue called Male Encounter. The group's owner, London Steele, said an 18-year-old Tatum approached him about the job. "He was shy at first, but
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      Lock icon Goddess of gastroporn
      465 26  -  MAY SEAH FOODIETV Nigella Lawson still makes us hot under the souffle collar may@mediacorp.com.sg SHE IS famous for licking batter off a spoon while looking coyly into the camera on her various cooking shows such as her very first series, Nigella Bites. But 49-year-old Nigella Lawson is
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      115 22 SIM Membership Services proudly presents the World's Best Management Thinkers to Singapore dc Organised by J 12 August 2009 Fairmont Singapore h 28 th SIM Annual Management Lecture VYjt Q I ll yi 1 Leadership in the Raging Economic Cyclone Ull j |V| LQSt DOV TO RSQJStBr J) ~A/ew Rules
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      32 23 FOR ARTS'SAKE! Visit our brand new arts blog curated by Today's Resident Art-Throb. He checks out two visual arts shows and plucks some taugeh this week. Exclusively at www.todayonline.com/blogs El I 1
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      670 28  - When nature calls a little too often EVELINE GAN WARNING SIGN Frequent urination could indicate an enlarged prostate eveline@mediacorp.com.sg FIVE years ago, Felix (not his real name) began to urinate more frequently. He initially brushed it off as work stress or another sign of ageing. He was then 56 years
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      188 29 BREASTCANCER MANAGEMENT This public talk is for breast cancer patients and their caregivers. A senior consultant oncologist from National University Cancer Institute will talk about the side effects of hormonal therapy and how to manage them. Date: Friday Time: lpm to 2pm Venue: Dental Auditorium, National University Hospital,
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      485 31  -  lAN DE COTTA NATIONAL DAY CHALLENGE Impress me or take a hike, S #pore coach warns lumbering Lions ian@mediacorp.com.sg COACH Radojko Avramovic has given his Lions just two matches to pull up their bootstraps, including tomorrow's National Day Challenge with China, before the Serb wields the axe. Avramovic
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      197 31  -  lAN DECOTTA BRYAN Tay (picture) is now the owner of five national records, after clocking 54.465ec in the 100m butterfly at the 6th Asian Age Group Swim Championships in Tokyo yesterday. The 21-year-old claimed the record after finishing fifth in the finals for swimmers above 18,
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      335 32 AFP LONDON Alex Ferguson had plenty to occupy his mind on the journey back to Manchester on Sunday as he contemplated an injury to Portugal winger Nani that could wreck his plans for life in the English Premier League after Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez. Nani had made
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      268 33  -  LOWLINFHOONG LOW LINFHOONG in nakhon si thammarat linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE'S Shanti Pereira was crowned queen of track and field at the 12th Thailand Sports School Games, after she won her third gold in as many days yesterday. The 12-year-old, running the last leg in the
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      66 31 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 7am Tennis 1000 Rogers Masters, Ch 22 5.55pm Cricket England vAustralia, Ch 110 10pm B Soccer Portugal v Norway, Ch 113 11pm Tennis 1000 Rogers Masters, Ch 22 11.15pm B Soccer Spain v Italy, Ch 113 TOMORROW 7am Tennis 1000 Rogers Masters, Ch 22 gam WNBA
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      188 32 International Football Korea Republic Paraguay Wed, 12/08/09 7.00pm Football Singapore Singapore China PR Wed, 12/08/09 7.30pm International Football Russia Argentina Wed, 12/08/09 11.00pm International Football Czech Republic Belgium Wed, 12/08/09 11.20pm World Cup Azerbaijan Germany Thu, 13/08/09 12.00am World Cup Faroe Islands France Thu, 13/08/09 12.00am World Cup Norway Scotland
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      689 34  - In your face almost HEPEIWEN DEEP IMPACT Traffic Police adopt softer approach for harder-hitting road safety message hepeiwen@mediacorp.com.sg PREVIOUS road safety advertisements might have presented scenarios that are similar to publicity materials for slasher flicks think screeching brakes, loud crashes and scarred limbs and faces. The advertisements for the Road
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      280 37  -  DESMONDWONG ASIAN BUILDING PROJECTS desmondwong@mediacorp.com.sg RESIDENTIAL and commercial construction projects in Asia have taken quite a hit amid this economic slowdown. With banks and developers still hesitant in committing to such projects, experts say these sectors will continue to drag down the Asian construction
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      376 38  -  CONRAD RAJ editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com. sg THE former chairman of air freight logistics provider Airocean Group, Mr Ong Chow Hong, 69, faces possible disqualification from sitting on the boards of all companies for between three and five years. This is after he pleaded guilty last Thursday
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        27 38 iang Seng 20,929.52 A 2.72% Jikkei 10,524.26 A 1.08% ihanghai 3,249.76 T 0.34% ieoul 1,576.11 A 0.01% /lumbai 15,009.77 T 0.99% Malaysia 1,188.00 A 0.26%
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