Today, 22 October 2009

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    20 1 TODAY Thursday October 22, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Thursday October ii, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    in the news
    166 1 A Malay self-help groups say young professionals seem to prefer donating cash, ratherthan giving in time when it comes to volunteer work. 6Geylang Serai Market reopens, but what of the hawker behind the killer rojak? Q Internships for private 0 school students, including foreign students, are up
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    When the solution lies in the family
    499 1  -  ALICIA WONG ABUSEOFTHE ELDERLY MCYS outlines support system for caregivers, safety net for victims alida@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It is "unfortunate", but abuse of the elderly will increase as the population ages, and statistics show the abusers are often their children, revealed Minister for Community
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    Lock icon Murder, she believes
    639 1 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR In a dramatic twist of events, Thailand's top criminal forensics expert told a coroner's inquest yesterday that a Malaysian opposition activist may have been strangled and assaulted before he plunged to his death outside the office of the country's anti-corruption agency. Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand
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      Lock icon Karzai challenger to set conditions to avoid fraud
      564 2 AGENCIES AFGHAN ELECTION RUNOFF KABUL The main challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai yesterday said he hoped a second round of voting in Afghanistan's presidential election could go ahead, but warned that his team would soon announce conditions to prevent a repeat
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      A SOCIAL WORKER RECALLS
      274 3  -  ALICIA WONG After leaving Hong Kong, he lived in Singapore for 20 years, but the 69-year-old never did apply for Singapore citizenship. So, after his son and daughter-in-law abandoned him, Mr Ng was unable to seek help from non-profit organisations, which typically extend aid to locals,
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      Lock icon A cable car, right on your own patio
      300 3 SINGAPORE Having a piece of Singapore's world famous tourism icon the Sentosa cable car in your home is not an impossible dream if, like Associate Professor Jeremy Goh, you are prepared to pay at least $2,888 for it. The 49-year-old professor with
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      In search of more volunteers ...
      669 4  - In search of more volunteers ZULOTHMAN THE MALAY COMMUNITY zul@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Every fasting month, Mr Azhan Othman volunteers at a mosque near his home in Sengkang. "I try to make it a point to help during Ramadan, but I can't do more because the reality is that we're all pre-occupied
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      Lock icon Six workers injured in sewage chamber fire
      328 4  -  LEONGWEEKEAT SINGAPORE It was a quiet afternoon yesterday when residents in Sennett Estate heard a loud bang, which sounded like "thunder". One resident then saw workers scrambling out of a manhole, their clothes ablaze as fellow workers quickly doused them with water. In
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      Geylang Serai Market is 'OK' now, but...
      448 6  -  ANSLEYNG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It made the news in April after two women died after eating bacteriatainted Indian rojak from one of its stalls in a temporary location. Yesterday, Geylang Serai Market Singapore's third largest which reopened in a new location in July was
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      Time for a different approach?
      526 6  -  NEOCHAICHIN HEALTHCARE COSTS Employers should consider preventive programmes for better returns chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It may be no surprise that bosses in Singapore keep a watchful eye on the health-care costs of their workers. But why are they then not tabulating how much they reap from
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      Robbery suspect caught
      175 6  -  TEOXUANWEI SINGAPORE Another man was charged in a subordinate court yesterday morning for attempting to rob a taxi driver. Chinese national Zhou Sunfu, 27, is accused of attempting to get cabby Robert Lee Khee Choon to hand over money by threatening to harm him while they were
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      Lock icon A musical treat for Apec leaders in Nov
      217 8  -  S RAMESH CHANNEL NEWSASIA rameshs@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Music, dance and a range of different cuisines and art forms that reflect the confluence of cultures in Singapore will be on show at the "Singapore Evening" during the Apec Leaders Summit next month. To be
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      More internships now available
      702 8  -  LINYANQIN PRIVATE SCHOOLS They have increased 10 times over last five years yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They are now part of the private education sector that was practically a barren landscape a few years ago. And while comprehensive internship frameworks are not yet as commonplace in private schools
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      Lock icon Sale of wet markets: HDB clarifies role
      319 10 938 LIVE SINGAPORE The recent sale of five wet markets are property transactions between two private parties Heeton and Sheng Shiong Property and the Housing and Development Board (HDB) has said it cannot interfere in them. The HDB issued a statement yesterday to
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      Hip fractures becoming a major problem
      286 10 HEALTH MATTERS Incidence in Asia has risen two to three fold in the past 30 years SINGAPORE The incidence of hip fracture, often due to osteoporosis, in Asia has risen two to three fold during the past 30 years indicating that it will be
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      Lock icon 240 men, 78 craft, Five Powers
      163 12 SINGAPORE Exercise Bersama Lima 2009, a major Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) joint exercise, is now underway. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean and Minister for Education and Second Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen observed the exercise yesterday.
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      Lock icon The stage is set
      266 12 LION KING Broadway musical's SEA premier in Marina Bay Sands next year SINGAPORE The Lion King will roar into Singapore next year when the award-winning Broadway musical opens at Marina Bay Sands in September 2010. The South-east Asian premiere will be a duplicate of the other
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon SIKH GROUPS RAISE $21,000 FOR DISASTER VICTIMS
        114 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The Sikh community in Singapore has come together to raise funds for the victims of typhoon Ketsana in the Philippines as well as the Padang earthquake in Indonesia. Seven Sikh temples and six other local Sikh organisations including a youth group
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        FAIRPRICE'S WINNING TOUCH
        97 12 NTUC Fair Price bagged the highest number of awards at the National Excellent Service Awards (Exsa) yesterday, with 245 of its staff receiving awards in various categories. Of the 1,988 Exsa recipients from the retail sector this year, 20 Star Awards went to Fair Price staff, with
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        Lock icon SPOT THE JAGUAR CUB
        85 12 The Singapore Zoo, which welcomed its first jaguar cub in six years in July, was happy to report yesterday that the cub, which has yet to be named, is "well and healthy". Its mother, Angel, and its father, Kahn, can be spotted at the zoo's Cat
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      242 10 l>Q|T|Pandsee what's cooking! 'Eat Well For Less, Choose Frozen Meat' —Cnallenge Finals The Agri-Food Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) and Radio 100.3FM have jointly organised an islandwide cooking competition to showcase the many delicious and creative recipes that can be whipped up using frozen meat. Come and witness Singapore's best
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      249 12 WHAT GOES DOtfVMIGHT NOT ALWAYS COMfeW NOT ALL STOCKS WILL RECOVER FULLm. FROM A RECESSION The saying "What goes down will always come up" may tjjk not be true for certain stocks. Not all stocks will recover Wj H fully after a recession; in fact some stocks will fall and
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        Lock icon HISTORIC JAIL IS HISTORY
        100 14 AP The Malaysian authorities have started tearing down parts of a 114-year-old historic jail in Kuala Lumpurto make way for a five-lane tunnel to ease congestion. The east wall of the Pudu Jail, decorated with murals painted by prisoners, will come down to make way for
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        CAREER OR CIGGIES?
        94 14 In a move to discourage smoking, the Kelantan state government will consider a proposal to bar government servants who smoke from getting a promotion, The Star newspaper reported yesterday. The Parti Islam SeMalaysia-run government will also studythe possibility of giving incentives to traders and shop owners who
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      Lock icon PM Najib may ditch old criteria
      454 14 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER CABINETSELECTION He will focus on track record, competence of candidates KUALA LUMPUR When Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak reviews the performance of his Cabinet next month, one of the trademark features of the Barisan Nasional (BN) government could be tested: The
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      Lock icon BN must curb overspending: Opposition
      282 14 FHE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Opposition alliance Pakatan Rakyat lawmakers are asking the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) government to take action against excess spending and funds abuse by ministries as revealed in the 2008 Auditor-General's report released on Monday. Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua
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      Lock icon Suicide attack leads to school closures in Pakistan
      188 16 AFP ISLAMABAD Pakistan kept millions of pupils at home yesterday as it shut all schools and colleges after a suicide attack at a university. The attack appeared to be aimed at denting the country's resolve to press on with an anti-Taliban offensive
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      Lock icon Australia looks for a quick exit
      315 16 AFP WAR IN AFGHANISTAN Instead of a surge, Australia seeks to bring home troops SYDNEY Australia wants to bring its military involvement in Afghanistan to a quick end, despite calls from the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) for more troops
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      Lock icon An undiplomatic dispatch
      228 16 AFP BANGKOK Britain's Ambassador to Thailand has defended the South-East Asian nation after revelations that a 1960s predecessor believed that Thais have no culture. "Ever since I was first posted to Thailand 30 years ago, I have been impressed by the richness of Thai culture, be it
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      Lock icon China tycoon under scrutiny over charity fund
      191 18 AFP BEIJING One of China's richest men has come under scrutiny after setting up a massive charity fund, with state media suggesting yesterday that he could be trying to win public favour to avoid tax fraud charges. Mr Chen Fushu, 48, a one-time
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      Lock icon Sordid tales of sex, corruption
      368 18 AFP CHONGQINGTRIAL Ring leader, five other defendants sentenced to death BEIJING A court in southwest China sentenced six people to death yesterday in trials that have lifted the lid on the murky underworld in Chongqing, with sordid tales of sex, gambling and corruption. The Chongqing
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      Lock icon Global pirate attacks more frequent, more violent: IMB
      189 18 .AFP KUALA LUMPUR Global pirate attacks to date have already exceeded the number recorded last year, a maritime watchdog said yesterday. "The increase in attacks is directly attributed to heightened piracy activity off the Somali coast... and in the Gulf of Aden,"
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      Lock icon US 'will not accept nuclear N Korea'
      141 21 AGENCIES SEOUL United States Defence Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday that the US will never accept a North Korea with atomic bombs. Mr Gates arrived in Seoul yesterday for a two-day visit for the annual talks between the defence ministers of both sides.
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      Lock icon Seoul plans extra help for refugees
      154 21 AFP SEOUL South Korea plans to spend an extra 9.3 billion won ($ll million) next year to help a growing number of North Korean refugees adjust to a new life, an official report said yesterday. The Unification Ministry plans to spend 5.1 billion won
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      Lock icon Burying the hatchet... deeper
      312 21 AFP VIETNAM-S KOREATIES HANOI Vietnam and South Korea agreed yesterday to strengthen political and security ties, further boosting a relationship that has quickly expanded since they normalised relations 17 years ago. The agreement to form a "strategic cooperative" partnership came in a meeting between President Lee
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      Lock icon Train collision near Taj town
      194 24 AGENCIES INDIA NEW DELHI An Indian passenger train ploughed into the back of another near the Taj Mahal town of Agra early yesterday, killing 21 people and injuring more than 20 others. Rescuers battled to free people trapped in the badly-man-gled carriage that bore the
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      Lock icon Law to restrict size of protests
      82 24 AFP PHNOM PENH Cambodia's Parliament yesterday passed a controversial law restricting the size of demonstrations, a measure the opposition said would be used by the authorities to stifle free speech. A copy of the draft law said it would restrict the size of protests
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      Lock icon Six hostages safe after Paris supermarket siege
      154 26 AFP PARIS Six supermarket employees were taken hostage by armed robbers in a store near Paris yesterday before being released unharmed and their two captors detained, said the police. Some 200 police deployed around the LIDL discount store in an industrial zone in
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      Lock icon Iran to consider uranium shipments
      243 26 AGENCIES NUCLEAR PROGRAMME VIENNA Iran said that it is ready to consider accepting enriched uranium from the United States or Russia for a research reactor, improving the outlook for talks with Western nations on the country's broader nuclear programme. The United Nations atomic agency circulated
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      Lock icon Kuwaiti wives give spousal nod a pass
      111 26 AP KUWAIT CITY Kuwait's highest court has granted women the right to obtain a passport without their husband's approval. Lawyer Adel Qurban, whose case the court was ruling on, said the landmark decision "freed" Kuwaiti women from the 1962 law. Mr Qurban's client,
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      Lock icon THE CASE FOR AN AFGHAN COALITION
      689 28  -  SIMON JENKINS 111ULULV U 111LU LIIV THE GUARDIAN POINTOFVIEW WHY can't Afghanistan be more like Sweden? It is insufferable that this miserable state can reject liberal democracy despite the efforts of 70,000 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and non-government organisation staff kicking their heels in
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      Lock icon Aids vaccine hopes dashed by inconclusive US-Thai test results
      286 30 THE GUARDIAN PARIS The first Aids vaccine to show an encouraging result in clinical trials is only modestly effective. United States and Thai researchers revealed the full results at the Aids vaccine conference in Paris on Tuesday. The findings reveal that
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      Lock icon Vaccination of over 11m begins
      130 30 AFP HINIIN BRITAIN LONDON Britain yesterday launched a mass vaccination programme to prevent the further spread of Influenza A (H1N1). The jab will be available to more than 11 million people deemed to be at high risk of catching HINI. These people will be contacted
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      Lock icon MERKEL IN ROW OVER EXCLUSIVE JABS
      108 30 AFP Revelations in the German press that top officials and other essential workers will get an exclusive Influenza A (H1N1) vaccine has caused an outcry, prompting Chancellor Angela Merkel to say she will get the jab meant for the public. Criticism over the "government-only"
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      366 32  -  Chia Hui Keng SINGAPORE CUSTOMS Letter from Head, Public and Internal Communications Branch, Corporate Communications Division, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) WE REFER to "Chagrin at the Second Link" (Oct 15) by Ms Rachelle Tea. The ICA has looked into the matter. There are several inaccuracies
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      194 34  -  DR BILL MAIER BY WHEN BABIES ARE LONERS Ever try to get your one year old to play with another baby? It's not as easy as you think. Parents will often schedule "play dates" for their toddlers only to find both kids playing by themselves. It's
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      493 34  -  Tang Zhao How a work holiday stint became a life-changing experience for this expat I CONSIDER myself so lucky to have been chosen as one of the successful applicants of the pilot Work Holiday Programme (WHP) initiated by the Singapore Government at the end of
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      1060 36  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH Boy:swh6;:ROCK \Veta]k;tothree:bahds;who might beworthy successors: price the older igeneratioriiof rockers fcftfade away. I I Raiyguri and Daughtfy; I christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg »boys like girls The guys of Boys Like Girls are now totally focused on getting the word out on their second album Love Drunk. Which means
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      507 40  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH BACKTO LIFE Australian singer Imbruglia on coming to terms with life and her sexuality christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg IF YOU do a search for "Natalie Imbruglia video" on the Internet, you might come across this gem of a video for her single Want, off her latest album Come
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      903 42  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH CD REVIEWS BY SHEWOLF|SHAKIRA I DON'T really care whethI er Shakira sold her musical I soul when she became a I crossover hit and changed I her hair colour. Aren't pop I stars known more for how uieyTooKuiannow they sound anyway? That said, my
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      762 39 Advertising Feature Singapore school wins top international education excellence award Homegrown Global Indian International GIIS Mission: School becomes Singapore's first education GIIS Schools Nurturing global students into men and women institution to win the prestigious Asia Pacific Award. *™mC w k ho wiN be f 'eadf, rs of distinction committed
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    315 44  -  ANNETTE TAN Fair Price's new range of chilled juices is healthy and del icious way to quench your thirst food@newstoday.com.sg We all know that fruit are a great source of vitamins. Citrus fruit like oranges and limes in particular, are loaded with Vitamin C, which helps to boost
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      629 46  -  CHEOWXINYI HOKKAIDO A journey through drift ice in Okhotsk is a trip to remember, as are the sea #s frozen-in-time denizens _^_^r-™ cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg IMAGINE being surrounded by a sea of ice, its glaring whiteness a striking contrast to the blood-red deck of the ship you are on. As
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      112 46 Housed in the Museum of Worldwide Wooden Toys in EngaruTown, the 30 exhibits of 84-year-old artist Seiji Fujishiro are elaborate paper cutouts lit from behind and displayed in a darkened gallery. The artworks depict fantasy worlds of circus animals juxtaposed with elves resembling the Ainu people, or Hokkaido
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      Industry players weigh in on best in Asia-Pacific
      201 48 SINGAPORE Airlines and Changi Airport are obvious choices. Both have won the TTG Travel Awards more than 10 times and now reside in Travel Trade Gazette's Hall of Fame, along with cruise line Star Cruises and Hertz car rental. The question is:
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        136 48 Mark this Sunday on your calendar. Chan Brothers Travel will turn 44 but more importantly, while the agency celebrates, you can pick up a slew of holidays for super prices. Go to the Gold Coast for six days for less than $1,000, shop in the United States for
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        68 48 If it's a Disneyland holiday the kids are hankering for, drop by UOB Travel's roadshow this weekend. Besides saving up to $500 on your booking, there is the chance to win a vacation to Hong Kong Disneyland, no purchase necessary. Simply bring along your best
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      973 49 TV LISTINGS ON MEDIACORP CHANNEL ON MEDIACORP POLO BOYS 6.00AM Entertainment Tonight 4.00 Forbes Top 15 Supermodels 11.00 America's Next Top Model XII OKTORIGINAL Channel 5, 8pm 6.30 Prime Time Morning 5.00 The Rachael Ray Show III MN The Simple Life V COSITIO GsOTQe 9.30 The Rachael Ray Show III
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      652 50 AGENCIES EUROPEAN FOOTBALL Loss to Lyon means Reds are on their worst run since "87, and United loom next CHAMPIONS LEAGUE,GROUP E Liverpool i Lyon 2 LIVERPOOL With Lyon winning in stoppage time and Manchester United up next, Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez will surely feel
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      344 50  -  DAVID NGIAU POINTOFVIEW deputy sports editor david@mediacorp. com.sg MENTION the Kop to a football fan and most likely you will at least get a respectful nod. Arguably the most famous stadium stand in the world, it has a life of its own. Legend has it
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      626 51 AGENCIES EUROPEAN FOOTBALL Russian upstarts produce one of the great shocks of European football CHAMPIONS LEAGUE,GROUP F Barcelona i Rubin Kazan 2 MADRID Rubin Kazan chose the ideal stage to announce themselves to the world. On Tuesday night (yesterday morning, Singapore), in one of the
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      303 51  -  LOWLINFHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE On Dec 6, Richard Cheong (picture) will be at the start line for the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon for the second successive year. Once again he will run the half-marathon distance of 21.1 km, carrying with him the memory of his
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        92 52 AP Olympic champion Liv Zige wiped a stunning 1.6 seconds off the world record in the women's 200-metre butterfly at China's National Games yesterday. Liv was timed in 2 minutes, 1.81 seconds, eclipsing the previous world mark of 2:03.41 set by Australian Jessicah Schipper at the
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        94 52 AP Uefa have reportedly informed Russian officials they suspect several domestic league games have been affected by match-fix-ing this season. Russian newspaper Vremya Novostei yesterday cited a letter it said Uefa sent to the Russian Football Union in September alleging suspect betting patterns on six matches. The clubs
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        85 52 AFP Asia's status as the world's fastest growing economic region will boost Australia's chances of winning the right to host the football World Cup, Football Federation Australia chairman Frank Lowy said yesterday. Lowy, who wants the global sporting event held Down Under in 2018 or
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      316 52  -  SHAMIR OSMAN Confidence is high in footballmad Vietnam. The country won their first Asean title in the AFF Suzuki Cup victory last year, dumping Singapore out in the semifinals (1-0) before scoring a 3-2 win over Thailand. They became the first nation besides Thailand and
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      573 52  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Avramovic set to ring the changes and veteran players applaud Serb's move HOCHI MINHCITY INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT Singapore vTurkmenistan, Thong Nhat Stadium, spm (Spore time) shamir@mediacorp.com.sg HO CHI MINH Moments after Singapore had beaten the Korean University Selection side 1-0 on Tuesday
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      541 53  -  TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE SPORT 2006 Asian Games sailing silver medallist wants a shot in 2010 yohinn@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE One of Singapore's most experienced sailors is back. Koh Seng Leong, a silver medallist at both the 2006 Asian Games and 2007 SEA Games, has returned to sailing after
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      148 51 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 7am NHL Predators v Bruins, Chii7 7.45 am Football Cerro Porteno v Botafogo, Ch 27 gam MLB Playoffs: Phillies v Dodgers, Ch 23 spm Tennis WTATour: Moscow, Chii3 9.15pm Golf Castello Masters, Ch26 TOMORROW iam Europa L Benfica v Everton, mioTVCh 61 iam Europa L Lazio
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      98 52 International Football Singapore Turkmenistan Thu, 22/10/09 5.00pm A League Newcastle jets Central Coast Fri, 23/10/09 5.00pm S.League Super Reds Albirex Fri, 23/10/09 7.30pm UE Europe, E League Champ and German League matches are also on sale. For more details, please check Singapore Pools website. This match is played on neutral
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      916 54  -  DANIEL TUBBS ANALYSIS news@mediacorp. com.sg HAVING been battle-tested during the worst economic recession of our life-times, a robust growth upturn has become clearly evident in most emerging markets. Stronger trends are clearest in China, where industrial production, property prices, monetary growth and business confidence are
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      379 56 NEW YORK Fallen financier Bernard Madoff has plunged from his Manhattan penthouse to the lower bunk of a cell he shares with a drug offender at a federal prison, where he eats pizza cooked by a child molester and hangs around
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        95 56 BLOOMBERG Centra Properties' former chief executive officer was sued by Australia's securities regulator after the mall owner's failure to refinance debt led to shareholder losses of more than AsB billion ($10.3 billion). Former CEO Andrew Scott and former Centra chairman Brian Healey are among defendants
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        124 56 BLOOMBERG India and China are likely to lead salary increases in Asia next year, tracking growth in two of the region's three biggest economies, Hewitt Associates said in an e-mail statement. Salaries in India may grow an average 9.2 per cent in
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        131 56 BLOOMBERG Qantas Airways, Australia's largest airline, said there are "encouraging signs" for passenger demand and no indications of a further deterioration in the global economy. "The group will be ready to emerge strongly and seize the opportunities when conditions improve," chairman Leigh Clifford, 62,
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      241 58 938 LIVE, CHANNEL NEWSASIA BUSINESS EVENTS INCENTIVE SCHEME SINGAPORE The enhanced Business Events in Singapore incentive scheme has seen a surge in applications since it was launched this year. Speaking at a tourism industry event yesterday, Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang said the
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      172 59 938 LIVE SINGAPORE Capita Commercial Trust (CCT) said that it is distributing 1.85 cents a unit (DPU) for the third quarter ended Sept 30. This is a 20.1-per-cent rise from the same period a year ago, with last year's DPU restated to 1.54 cents
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      207 59  -  TAN HUI LENG SINGAPORE The upbeat showing in the property sector has boosted Keppel Land's third quarter net profit to $78.5 million, up almost 70 per cent from the previous year. This lifted the groups net profit for the first nine months of
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      278 59  -  ESTHER FUNG United Overseas Bank (UOB) has no plans to clawback the commissions earned by its relationship managers who sold the two structured unit trusts which the bank has offered to redeem. Analysts welcomed the move saying said that it would reassure staff at UOB. In stark contrast,
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        58 60 Buy $1.15 DMG starts call with $1.44 target price, based on discounted cashflow valuation. Says firm is likely to remain one of top choices of companies for shipping rubber, liquid, given superiority of such boxes in terms of cost and environmental friendliness. Expects global shipment volume of these products
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        59 60 Hold $2.81 Kirn Eng Securities downgrades call from "Buy" on limited upside to its $2.98 target price. While optimistic of commodity trader's long-term outlook, broker says it prefers to wait for more details of its growth strategy. For now, says Olam's acquisition of almond plantation in Australia fits well
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        80 60 Buy $3.54 Nomura maintains rating, raises target price to $4.08 from $3.22 on earnings upgrades. Broker "reinstates" earnings from projects that were previously seen as high risk, says outlook brightening as risky contracts resolved. Raises FY2009 and FY2OIO earnings by 8.9 and 5.2 per cent respectively. FROM BROKERAGE RESEARCH
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        19 60 E Tuesday 2,711.09 0.02% Monday 2,711.70 A 0.13% Friday 2,708.12 T 0.15% Thursday 2,712.15 A 0.14%
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        26 60 Hang Seng 22,318.11 T 0.30% Nikkei 10,333.39 0.03% Shanghai 3,070.59 T 0.45% Seoul 1,653.86 T 0.32% Mumbai 17,009.17 T 1.24% Malaysia 1,260.06 T 0.45%
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        23 60 US$1 £1 i euro A$i RMi $1,395 ¥100 $1,535 $2,308 HK$loo $18.00 $2,084 RMB100 $20.43 $1,285 RS100 $3,004 $0,413 RPio,ooo $1,481
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      38 60 001 BOON KEONG People queuing up to buy Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system at a lower price at Funan DigitaLife Mall yesterday. The much-anticipated software was released in Singapore at 12.07 am last night. H
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      548 60  -  CHEOWXINYI LEHMAN BROTHERS SINGAPORE xinyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE One of the three defendants in the second class action suit related to botched structured notes has filed its defence against allegations of negligent and fraudulent misrepresentation. The structured notes in question are one of the Minibond Series linked to
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