Today, 15 September 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    10 1 TODAY Tuesday September 15, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      Lock icon Patrick Swayze dies
      215 1 BLOOMBERG Patrick Swayze, the actor and classically-trained dancer who shot to fame in two hit romantic films, Dirty Dancing and Ghost, has died. He was 57. Mr Swayze was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer early last year and went on to film a final television series, the police
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      Lock icon IT'S A QUESTION OF TIMING
      513 1  -  CONRAD RAJ NEWS COMMENT New curbs welcome, but why change rules only now? editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE the news of steps to curb excessive speculation in the property market should be welcomed by most, some will question its timing. After all there are many, including developers,
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      Lock icon Loopholes now closed
      777 1  -  ESTHER FUNG PRIVATE PROPERTY MARKET Ban on interest schemes, return of confirmed land sale list to avert danger of bubble esther@mediacorp.com.sg IN THE past year especially, developers have been dangling these as carrots for property hunters two schemes that got around the Government prohibition on deferred payment,
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      'Knee-jerk' reaction spurs sharp sell-off
      388 1  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@mediacorp.com.sg PROPERTY stocks took a beating yesterday after the Government announced measures to cool speculation in the sizzling property market. The sell-off in property heavyweight counters caused the FTSE Straits Times Real Estate Index to shed 3.41 per cent to 587.14 points.
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      NEW FRAMEWORK GOVERNING PRIVATE SCHOOLS
      123 2 For all private schools Register with the Education Ministry and renew registration at one-to six-year intervals Seek permission to offer courses and external degree programmes Refund fees paid if school fails to deliver courses the students enrolled in Accountable for misconduct (Managers with responsibilities prescribed
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      Lock icon Private students get more protection...
      657 2  -  LINYANQIN But as Private Education Bill is passed, MPs ask if new rules are adequate yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg AS THE framework to regulate private schools falls into place, more will have to be done to not only prepare institutions to meet the framework's requirements, but also to
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      A loan for COVs?
      438 4  -  ESTHER FUNG IN PARLIAMENT Not right for Govt to intervene, says Mah esther@mediacorp.com. sg IT HAS been the bane of cash-strapped househunters in the HDB resale market. One backbencher asked yesterday, is there no alternative to the cash-over-valuation (COY) system? "Many people are CPF-rich but cash-poor
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      Slip in medical tourism 'not as bad as projected'
      271 4  -  MEOCHAICHIN A DROP in medical tourism numbers due to the double whammy of the economic slowdown and HINI outbreak is expected this year, although numbers from the Singapore Tourism Board are not yet available, said Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan. But
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      An eye on hourly-rate hotels
      320 6  -  NEOCHAICHIN IN PARLIAMENT Rules being tightened to curb illegal activities chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg ONE in two hotels with hourly or intra-day rates lies outside of Geylang, and to curb potential illegal activities taking place at such hotels, licensing rules are being tightened. Hotels will be required to
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      Now, a cooling-off period for transplants ...
      167 6  - Now, a cooling-off period for transplants LEONGWEEKEAT THE Health Ministry has refined the approval process by a hospital transplant ethics committee (TEC) under the amended Human Organ Transplant Act. The committee's approval, once given, will be valid for only 60 days as circumstances can change and the justification on which
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      PARLIAMENT ROUNDUP
      361 6 DEAL FOR HINI VACCINES BEING FINALISED Singapore will get its hands on HINI vaccines soon, revealed Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan. A deal is being finalised, and announcements will be made laterthis week. The arrival of vaccines could prompt a further stepping-down of HINI precautionary measures. "Once a
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        Lock icon CHANGE TO ARBITRATION LAW TABLED
        111 8 LEONGWEE KEAT In a move to align the law here with that of other countries such as the United Kingdom and New Zealand, the International Arbitration (Amendment) Bill has been tabled in Parliament. Among the proposed amendments would be to allow courts to grant interim
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        6,600 SUMMONSES FOR BEATING LIGHTS
        117 8 Should countdown timers be installed at traffic light junctions for motorists? To this query by MPTeo Ho Pin, Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng said in a written reply that the Land Transport Authority had previously studied the idea and conducted
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        Lock icon COMCARE HELPS 27,000 CASES
        114 8 LEONGWEEKEAT The Government's Com Care nationwide schemes were helping some 27,000 cases as at end-June, 15 per cent more than as at end-December. The Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports gave this update in a written reply to MP Seah Kian Peng, who had asked
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      Shorter waits for buses, no fare hike
      380 8  -  LEONGWEEKEAT IN PARLIAMENT weekeat@mediacorp.com. sg Lim Hwee Hua assures MPs that bus operators cannot pass on cost to commuters THERE has been an improvement in bus frequencies and capacity since stricter service standards kicked in last month. With more buses required to leave
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      RACING ACTION POWERED BY CANON
      100 9  -  Display of speed Singapore Grand Prix 2008 by Paul-Henri Cahier with his Canon EOS camera Relive the excitement of last year's inaugural night race through the amazing pictures by internationally- renowed Fi photographer Paul-Henri Cahier. Forty photographs by the master photographer will be showcased in
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      Man of the moment: Paul-Henri Cahier
      54 9 Fi photographer Paul-Henri Cahier started his motor racing photography journey at the age of 14. His dedicated coverage of the Fi Championship throughout the years, with his trusted Canon EOS camera, has produced a famous collection of powerful and highly-artistic pictures which has made
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      Photography seminar
      36 9 Join Paul-Henri Cahier as he shares his experience of photographing last year's Singapore Grand Prix. Date: Sept 24 (Thu) Time: 2.30 pm to spm Venue: Raffles Hotel, Jubilee Hall Visit www.canon.com.sg/phc to register now!
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      CPIB officer acquitted
      317 10  -  ZULOTHMAN WITNESS ASSAULT TRIAL District Judge not convinced officer hurt witness intentionally zul@mediacorp.com.sg A SENIOR Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) officer was yesterday acquitted by a district court of charges of hitting a witness during an investigation. In handing down his verdict, District Judge Ch'ng Lye Beng
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      Baby-killer jailed 18 years
      137 10 THE man had claimed to feel betrayed by his unfaithful girlfriend, but in the judge's view, nothing justified taking it out on her helpless baby. Sarle Steepan Kolundu was sen- tenced by High Court judge Tay Yong Kwang yesterday to 18 years in jail and 16
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      FORGET ABOUT THOSE MONDAY BLUES
      105 10 Start the week by tuning into 17 channels on your mobile phone for free. Launched by Star Hub, the Every Monday Free TV Streaming enables its susbcribers to watch programmes ranging from news and sports to entertainment. To publicise this, promoters handed out popcorn and
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      Lock icon Jailed for using illegal spray
      409 12  -  ZULOTHMAN PEPPER SPRAY ATTACK Thuggish behaviour' affected 19 others zul@mediacorp.com.sg IN THE words of District Judge May Mesenas, it was "thuggish behaviour" perpetrated "in broad daylight". And it all started because Scow Mm Fu's employee had gotten into an argument with a passer-by at Sungei
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        SAFTEAM HEADSTO AFGHANISTAN
        122 12 The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) will deploy two 17-man Weapon Locating Radar (WLR) teams to a base in Tarin Kowt, the provincial capital of Oruzgan, in Afghanistan. The deployment is for nine months the first team will be there from this month until January next year, and
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        WASEDA INSTITUTE OPENS IN BIOPOLIS
        123 12 Waseda University, one of Japan's top private universities, opened its first overseas research institute yesterday in Singapore. The Waseda Bioscience Research Institute in Singapore (Wabios) will focus on the areas of bio-imaging, bioengineering, biophysics and nanobiotechnology. It is located at Biopolis, Singapore's biomedical research and
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        Lock icon SOWING THE SEEDS FOR TEACHERS
        141 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Some 2,000 more early childhood educators are needed with the Government planning to set up 200 new centres by 2011 and ahead of this, the labour movement yesterday launched its SEED Institute, an expansion of its early childhood education training academy. The institute
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        HPB REVAMPS HEALTH PORTAL
        108 12 You can personalise your own health page, work out to vodcasts by fitness experts on toning and stretching, catch podcastsof Hong Kong actress Nancy Sit's radio programme on health and even schedule your child's appointment at School Health Services clinics. These are features of the revamped
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      By-election on Oct 11
      368 14 BAGAN PINANG PUTRAJAYA Malaysia's Election Commission (EC) has fixed Oct 11 as polling day for the crucial Bagan Pinang state by-election in Negeri Sembilan, where the ruling United Malays National Organisation (Umno) hopes to snap a long losing streak since the general election in March last
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      Lock icon Altantuya's father drops bid to review acquittal
      133 14 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER SHAH ALAM The father of murdered Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu yesterday withdrew his bid to force the Attorney-General to appeal against political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda's acquittal. Last year, the High Court freed Mr Razak, who was charged with abetting
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      Lock icon Ready to wed — a 23rd time
      238 14 Ready to wed a 23rd time AFP I KUALA LUMPUR A 107-year-old Malaysian woman says she is ready to marry for the 23rd time because she fears her current drug addict husband might leave her for a younger woman, a report said yesterday. Ms Wook Kundor (picture) made headlines four
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      Lock icon Adulterers face stoning in Aceh
      194 14 AFP BANDA ACEH Muslims who commit adultery in Indonesia's staunchly Islamic province of Aceh can be stoned to death under a new Sharia approved yesterday by lawmakers. The law which also criminalises offences including rape, the consumption of alcohol and gambling was passed unanimously by
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      Lock icon Hatoyama told: 'Good luck'
      336 15 .AFP JAPAN POLITICS New PM to take office tomorrow TOKYO Outgoing Prime Minister Taro Aso, who was ousted in the recent general election, offered some brief advice to his successor during a meeting yesterday on this week's change of government: "Good luck." Officials were quoted as
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      Lock icon Nothing toxic in needles
      147 15 AFP BEIJING The authorities in western China's restive Xinjiang region have found nothing toxic in blood samples taken from victims of a wave of needle attacks, state press said yesterday. No radioactive, poisonous or viral substances were detected in tests on 250 people who were allegedly
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      Lock icon Taiwan, Japan standoff over arrest of boat captain
      181 15 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan sent coast guard vessels to disputed waters in the East China Sea after Japan arrested the captain of a Taiwanese sports fishing boat for fishing illegally in the area. Five patrol boats were dispatched to the area, in which
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        Lock icon WORK STARTS ON NEW LAUNCH CENTRE
        92 16 AFP CHINA China began the construction of its fourth space launch centre yesterday, gearing up for future manned space flights six years after sending its first man into orbit. Work started on the Wenchang Space Satellite Launch Centre on Hainan island, which will become
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        Lock icon FOREIGN-FUNDED UNIVERSITYTO OPEN
        94 16 AFP NORTH KOREA North Korea will inaugurate its first foreign-funded university this week. The North-east Asia Foundation for Education and Culture said the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology would officially open tomorrow. The foundation, which injected more than 40 billion won ($46.5 million) to build the
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        Lock icon 3 MILLION TABLETS SEIZED NEAR BORDER
        95 16 AP MYANMAR The authorities in Myanmar have seized nearly 3 million methamphetamine tablets in two separate drug busts near the border with Thailand. An anti-drug squad on Friday seized 220,000 tablets hidden in a car's spare wheel during a checkpoint search in the north-eastern
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      Lock icon Obama is powerless
      497 16 AFP OSAMA'S NEW MESSAGE WASHINGTON Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden warned United States President Barack Obama that he is "powerless" to halt the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and must rethink his policy on Israel, in his first message for three months. The message, which accused
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      Lock icon Terrorist recruits groomed for new attacks
      158 18 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH BAHAWALPUR (Pakistan) Pakistani officials have warned that Rashid Rauf, the terrorist linked to the Transatlantic airliner bomb plot, has been involved in grooming two dozen British recruits to carry out new attacks. Pakistan intelligence said that Rauf, who mysteriously escaped from police custody
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      Lock icon A monster in the making?
      346 18 AP WARAGAINSTTERROR Pakistan employs pro-government militias in campaign against the Taliban DERA ISMAIL KHAN They wear their hair and beards long, Taliban-style, and support attacks on the United States and Nato troops in Afghanistan. Yet, the fighters are tolerated and, many believe, backed by Pakistan
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      Lock icon Transatlantic jet bomb plotters get life sentence
      194 18 AFP LONDON Three British men were sentenced yesterday to life in jail for plotting to blow up transatlantic airliners with liquid bombs in suicide attacks of 911 scale, their judge said. Judge Richard Henriques said the planned "terrorist outrage" was "the most grave
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      Lock icon Low-caste icon agrees to stop building statues
      188 19 AFP NEW DELHI India's Supreme Court has forced low-caste political icon Mayawati to stop her statue-construction spree aimed at celebrating the heroes on the lowest rung of the country's social ladder. Ms Mayawati, who leads the poverty-ridden northern state of Uttar Pradesh, has
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      Lock icon Underdog wins TV showdown
      509 19 GERMAN ELECTIONS BERLIN The Social Democratic underdog in Germany's lacklustre election campaign appeared to score a surprising points victory against Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday night in the sole television showdown of the campaign. In what was painted as a potential turning point a fortnight before
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      Lock icon Al Qaeda leader killed: Report
      164 21 AGENCIES NAIROBI US forces may have killed a senior Al Oaeda figure in a helicopter strike against militants in Somalia, according to media reports yesterday. The attack is believed to have killed Saleh Ali Nabhan, US broadcasters FOX News and ABC News reported, citing unnamed
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      Lock icon Clues point to inside job
      430 21 AP MURDEREDYALE STUDENT NEW HAVEN Clues increasingly point to an inside job in the slaying of a Yale graduate student whose body was found stuffed inside a wall five days after she vanished from a heavily-secured lab building accessible only to university employees. Police yesterday
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      Lock icon US, Iran to hold first direct talks in 3 decades
      185 21 AGENCIES THE United States will hold its first face-to-face discussions with Iran in 3 decades when it participates in a multi-national meeting next month It will use the Oct 1 meeting to outline the consequences of proceeding with a nuclear
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      409 20 V r*tuiUihs for tl\a victims of Tm>Koof> Mor«.Kot v, A -^^r QS* weekend, MediaCorp wrapped up its highly successful Making A Difference A Shelter for the People charity initiative on a high note. More than 100 staff and DJs from various MediaCorp radio stations ,^^»i^ went on the Radio 88-hour
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      Pace clears the air
      653 22  -  Professor Leo Tan PROGRAMME ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT Letter from Chairman of Programme Advisory Committee for English Programmes (Pace) WE REFER to "A tendency to be myopic?" (Sept 4) referring to the Report released by the Programme Advisory Committee for English Programmes (Pace) recently. Mr Kwan Yin
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      SHORT TAKE TAKE CULPRITS TO TASK
      61 22  -  Andrew Scow Letter from Crime prevention measures serve no purpose if junk mail is allowed to be stuffed through HDB door and window grilles tell tale signs that the residents are not home. Flyers and stickers at letterboxes, walls, lifts and other public areas
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      154 24  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY TRY MAKING A GAME OUT OF IT When you try to teach your young child to be responsible and you just don't get anywhere, what can you do? Well, many times turning a teaching situation into a game is the best way
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      Make insurance policies clearer
      225 24  -  Peter Loon Seng Chee Letter from GETTING the right insurance policy is an important means of safeguarding our future, be it for health, investment or even just for travel. However, we have yet to make the process of purchasing and redeeming policies clear and simple. Our
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      Benchmark FAS to J-League instead
      211 24  -  LohTiong Hian SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Letter from I REFER to "A fairy-tale finish" (Sept 12-13). Shamir Osman reported that the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) president Zainudin Nordin mentioned that it is not a small feat to start something from scratch by comparing the S-League to
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      Tomato mascot is popular in AMK Hub
      144 24  -  Andy Kau Letter from Centre Manager, AMKHub I REFER to "Spare us the confusion" (Sept 9). Since the introduction of the tomato as the official mascot for AMK Hub, it has become very popular with our shoppers. A survey conducted during our first
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        185 26  -  MAYO MARTIN ■^^CALART These two art collectives thrive on a group mentality mayo@mediacorp.com.sg ONE group is pally with hip British graffiti artist Banksy. The other took their name from a friend's experience with French philosopher Jacques Derrida. You can't get a more contrasting portrait of :phunk Studio
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        538 26 A cross between "Stephen Chow, Walt Disney and Kiss". That's how artist designer Jackson Tan readily described the :phunk Studio aesthetic. And this post-modern mash-up world of Singapore's hippest collective is evident in their ongoing second solo show at Art Season. New World, a collection of paintings,
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        479 26 Vertical Submarine. From left: Fiona Koh, Joshua Yang, Justin Loke "The day of the artist as rock star is over. You gotta get back to the book!" That's a quip by artist Joshua Yang, one-third of that "very bookish" collective Vertical Submarine. Indeed, the two ongoing
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      711 28 AP I MTVVIDEO MUSIC AWARDS Kanye strikes again, Madonna and Janet pay tribute to MJ THE MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) kicked off Sunday with a poignant, tender tribute to fallen icon Michael Jackson, but soon got back into raucous character thanks to Kanye West, who
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      158 29 THE Top 13 Singapore Idol hopefuls were ust announced last week, but there's been a surprising upset. Over the weekend, finalist MJ Kuok made the decision to drop out of the competition due to "personal reasons". MJ declined to give further details or comments.
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      406 30 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH DASEQUEL New Dan Brown novel expected to break records THE Da Vinci Code sequel, The Lost Symbol, by author Dan Brown is expected to break all book records when it goes on sale next week amid some of the tightest security ever for a novel's launch.
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      572 32  -  EVELINE GAN TEENAGE DEPRESSION Unhappy relationships in the family can cause children stress eveline@mediacorp.com.sg HER father had recently lost his job. To lessen his financial worries, Wendy (not her real name) thought of killing herself. She felt that she was a burden to her parents and they would
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      556 33  -  EVELINEGAN SOME time back, my spouse, who hates drinking water, decided that he would stop downing soda to quench his thirst. It was too unhealthy, he felt. Resolved to lead a healthier lifestyle, he switched to drinking fruit juices. Within days, he had gulped
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      449 32 IN COLLABORATION WITH: \fo Health \S Promotion Board Advertising Feature Optometrists' top choice jgd ses in Singapore ACUVUE® is the leading brand of choice An independent survey conducted and presented at the 099f^Jff^^&^f9ff^f&W/^k "Singaporean patients have been found to place high levels 6th Asia Cornea Contact Lens Conference (ACCLC) ■■kMMjPijW
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      604 36 AFP EUROPEAN FOOTBALL Chelsea bossAncelotti unafraid to set the team a target of reaching the Final COBHAM (England) Carlo Ancelotti has told his Chelsea stars that reaching the Champions League Final is the least they should achieve in Europe's elite club competition this season. Ancelotti was
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      375 36 AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE,GROUP B Besiktas v Manchester United ISTANBUL Sir Alex Ferguson is already dreaming of another Champions League final showdown with Barcelona, as Manchester United prepare to return to the European stage at Besiktas tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time). It's been four months
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      624 37  -  TANYO-HINN SPORTS SPONSORSHIP Regional CEO Ferguson says they will work with the club on a return date here yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg TWO months ago, Liverpool made their first visit to Singapore since 2001. But local Reds fans may not have to wait another eight years for the 18-time
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      604 38  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE SPORT Local scientists developing a programme for those fasting during Youth Olympics linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg MUSLIM athletes headed here for the Youth Olympic Games next year will face an extra challenge when the curtain comes up on the event. The inaugural Games will run
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      569 38  -  SHAMIROSMAN GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Young Lions v DPMM Jalan Besar Stadium, j.^spm shamir@niediacorp.com. sg NINE months ago, Brunei club DPMM had never beaten a team from Singapore. Since 2004, they have played in the Singapore Cup, and been knocked
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      531 40 AP USOPEN NEW YORK Winning a doubles title brought some closure Monday to what has been an awkward, tumultuous US Open for Serena Williams. Time to celebrate. Time to move on. Maybe even time to make amends with the line judge she verbally abused during
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      413 41 'AFP USOPEN Williams fined, but her ugly outburst could mean more hurt NEW YORK- Serena Williams' profanity-laced, finger-pointing tirade at a US Open linesperson drew a US$lO,OOO ($14,267) fine on Sunday, and more punishment could follow. The fine is the maximum on-site penalty that can be
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      145 41 AFP CHICAGO Tiger Woods cruised to victory in the BMW Championship on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), his sixth triumph of 2009 putting him back atop the US PGA Tour's FedEx Cup rankings going into the Tour Championship. Woods, who took control of the US$7.5
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      599 42 To what extent are our purchasing decisions based on the way products are packaged? IF A person is good-looking, does that mean he or she is also honest, kind and intelligent? Any rational individual will tell you the answer is "no". Good looks have absolutely no
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      283 42  -  SHERMAINEWONG SPIKES Asia, the first Asian advertising festival, will take place in Singapore from tomorrow to Friday. Spikes Asia aims to celebrate and inspire Asian creativity in advertising, as well as provide the region's growing creative and advertising industry with a platform
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      193 42 HsjjjJ^n Highlights: Fort San Pedro, Magellan's Cross, RJjQ^^^imUQi^U^itU^H R^^2Zi^U£^u£Z2^^££^l ™™™™SsS^T™^^™7J|>lO Basillica Minore del sto Nin0> Gorordo Museum, Highlights Seafood Dinner with cultural show, Hlahllahts Seafood Dinner with cultural show Manila frs33B Davao frs44B Taoist Temple, Seafood dinner at Lighthouse Bamboo Organ, Jeepney Factory, Tagaytay, Highlights^ Seafood Dinner wilh cultural show,
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      309 44 fHE GUARDIAN FRANKFURT Magna, which is buying Opel, the parent company of the United Kingdom's Vauxhall, will make 10,500 job cuts across Europe, its chief executive has admitted on the eve of the Frankfurt motor show. The world's largest
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      449 44 Judge tells bank no deal 5 AP BANKOF AMERICA NEW YORK A judge yesterday rejected a US$33-million ($47-million) settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America, saying the SEC's accusations of inadequate disclosure by the bank over bonuses paid at Merrill Lynch must now go to trial.
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      286 45  -  TANHUILENG huileng@mediacorp.com.sg RENTALS in the prime Orchard area continued to slide lower from last quarter, in contrast to prime suburban areas which have seen rentals starting to edge higher. A study by property consultancy firm CB Richard Ellis released yesterday said prime Orchard Road
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      390 45  -  KELVIN CHOW TAKEOVER BID kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg THE takeover bid for Main-board-listed chipmaker Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing by Abu Dhabi's Advanced Technology Investment Company (Atic) has been given the thumbs-up by the company's independent directors. Chartered's independent directors said the terms of the acquisition are "fair and reasonable" and
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          58 46 Dow falls 22 points US stocks edged lower on Friday after five straight days of gains.The Dowjones Industrial Average fell 22.07 points, or 0.23 per cent, to 9,605.41. The broader Standard and Poor's 500 dropped 1.41 points, or 0.14 per cent, to 1,042.73. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell
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          63 46 Crude down 43 cents Crude oil fell for a second day as refineries idle units for maintenance and on speculation that US fuel stockpiles will climb as consumption declines. Crude oil for delivery next month fell 43 cents, or 0.6 per cent, to U5568.86 a barrel at 2:45
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          99 46 Mixed results European stock markets closed narrowly mixed yesterday as investors consolidated recent gains and waited for their next lead on the economic outlook. In London, the FTSE 100 index was up 0.15 per cent to 5,018.85 points. In Paris, the CAC 40 slipped 0.11 per cent to
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          18 46 Friday 2,681.03 Thursday 2,682.02 Wednesday 2,650.48 Tuesday 2,660.91 0.04% A 1.19% T 0.39% A 0.64%
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          23 46 J T X.UO70 Jikkei ihanghai ieoul /lumbai Malaysia 10,202.06 T 2.32% 3,026.74 A 1.24% 1-02% 16,214.19 T 0.31% 1,203.36 T 0.41%
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          22 46 JS$i :i euro k$i !Mi $1,426 ¥100 Si.571 $2,359 HK$ioo $18.40 $2,073 RMB100 $20.89 $1,222 RS100 $2,925 $0,407 RPio,ooo $1,432
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        794 46 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH, AGENCIES 1.30 AM LATEST Obama calls for sweeping regulatory changes governing banks to prevent similar collapse ON THE eve of the first anniversary of Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy filing, United States President Barack Obama yesterday warned Wall Street it must not return to the "reckless behaviour"
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