Today, 9 November 2009, Afternoon Edition

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  • 10 1 TODAY Monday November g, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    • 207 1 2 Past experience may be keeping shoppers away from the Suntec/Marina area, despite the best efforts of Apec organisers to minimise inconvenience. 4 A wave of rain-fuel led flooding wreaked havoc throughout El Salvador, leaving dozens missing and thousands of people homeless. 6 Singaporeans are becoming financially
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    • 582 1  -  S RAMESH AND ESTHER NG ECONOMIC GROWTH J But Singaporeans must prepare for slower growth ahead, he says rameshs@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When Singapore went through its worst patch in the first three months of this year, the dismal projection was for a contraction as painful as 9
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    • 601 1  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Some were in financial hardship, and an increasing number were Singaporeans working overseas or who simply saw their flats as investments. They made up the growing number of households that are sub-letting their entire flats a figure that jumped 21
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    • 567 2  - A 60% drop in sales ALICIA WONG TEOXUANWEI APEC SINGAPORE 2009 despite minimal hassle for shoppers AND alida@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Could past experience be keeping shoppers away from the Suntec/Marina area despite the best efforts of the Asia-Pa-cific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Summit organisers to minimise the inconvenience to shoppers? Retailers at
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    • 327 2  -  SRAMESH rameshs@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The global financial crisis, it would seem, has given Apec participants a new sense of purpose. Senior officials from the member economies yesterday kicked off their discussion ahead of the Apec Leaders Meeting this weekend and a key topic of
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    • 41 3 WEETECKHIAN Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong receiving a token of appreciation from Venus and Jia Pao (with hat) during the Assisi Hospice's 40th Anniversary Charity Dinner yesterday while Ms Ho Ching, Patron of Assisi Hospice, looks on
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    • 178 3  -  S RAMESH Four blocks of flats at Bukit Me rah View, namely blocks no, 111,113 and 114, will undergo the Selective Enßloc Redevelopment Programme (Sers). MP forTanjong Pagar GRC and Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Ms Indranee Rajah, announced this
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      444 4 AP FLOODING IN EL SALVADOR Dozens missing, thousands left homeless as floods wreak havoc in El Salvador EL SALVADOR Torrents of mud and boulders choked the streets of Verapaz yesterday, part of a massive wave of rainfuelled flooding that authorities said killed 91 people throughout El Salvador and
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    • 657 6  -  CONRAD RAJ POINTOFVIEW Let owners mortgage their HDB flats for private loans editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) has received numerous awards and kudos over the nearly 50 years of its existence, including the 2008 United Nations Public Service Award for providing
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    • 423 6  -  ESTHERNG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Five-year-old Savier Ng and his sister Cheryl, three, were by neighbours' accounts both "lovely" and "cute". But late on Saturday night, their screams were the first warning that something was very wrong. "My mother, who was
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    • 167 8 SINGAPORE An ambulance crew responding to a call was assaulted by the man they tried to help. Arriving at a flat in Jurong West Central, after getting a call at 2.25 am yesterday about a man who was unwell, the crew found him to be "aggressive
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    • 297 8 HINI VACCINATIONS But enough supply for all who need it Khaw assures SINGAPORE He expects some foreigners to come to Singapore for HINI vaccinations, but Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan added the reassurance that there is sufficient supply for those who need the jabs. "I
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    • 287 10  -  SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL SINGAPORE A new watch group that will serve as additional "eyes and ears" against loan-shark activities in Serangoon was launched yesterday. There have been seven cases of loanshark harassment around the Serangoon North area in
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    • 353 10 PM LEE ON PRESIDENT HU'S VISIT SINGAPORE A number of bilateral agreements are expected to be signed during Chinese President Hu Jintao's state visit to Singapore from Wednesday to Friday, which will coincide with the Apec Summit. In an interview here with Xinhua news agency,
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    • 134 10 SINGAPORE Applications for the Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship, the postgraduate equivalent of the President's Scholarship, are now open till Dec 9. Applicants must be Singapore citizens, have outstanding academic records, demonstrate leadership qualities and be active in social or community service or sports. Studies can be
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    • 123 12 AGENCIES GINOWAN (Japan) Some 21,000 Okinawan residents rallied yesterday against a United States military base on the island, raising tensions days before US President Barack Obama is due in Japan. The controversial Futenma base is strategically located within easy reach of China,
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    • 381 12 AGENCIES BERLINWALL BERLIN Twenty years ago today, they danced atop the Berlin Wall, arms raised in victory, hands clasped in friendship and giddy hope. On that cold night, years of separation and anxiety melted into the unbelievable reality of freedom and a future without border guards,
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    • 129 12 AFP JAKARTA Hundreds of Indonesians gathered in Jakarta yesterday to protest against perceived moves to cripple the country's once-powerful corruption watchdog. They demanded President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono move to protect the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) after the release of wiretap recordings of police and
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    • 253 12 I"HE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR It used to be easy to differentiate between Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) and the ruling United Malays National Organisation (Umno) but the Islamist party seminar on Saturday showed its members are now concerned over a blurring of lines and
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    • 163 14 AFP TAWANG (India) The Dalai Lama visited a remote Tibetan monastery in Arunachal Pradesh, India yesterday in a trip that has infuriated China. He arrived at the Tawang monastery, perched at 3,500 metres in Arunachal Pradesh. Sandwiched between Myanmar, Bhutan and Tibet, the
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    • 259 14 AFP CHINA-AFRICA FORUM PM also reassures the world's Muslims CAIRO Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has pledged US$lO billion ($l4 billion) in loans to African nations over the next three years and said Beijing would cancel the government debts of some of the poorest of
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    • 142 14 AP SEOUL North Korea's Kirn Jong II recently fired his top TV official for airing a series of advertisements, concerned that the commercials represented too much influence of capitalism. Since July, the North's state TV had aired rare advertisements on beer, hairpins, ginseng and
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    • 59 16 AP A suicide bomber, apparently targeting an anti-Taliban mayor, struck a crowded market yesterday in the town of Adazai in northwest Pakistan, killing the mayor and 11 people, and injuring dozens The mayor, Mr Abdul Malik, had once been a Taliban supporter, but switched sides
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    • 145 16 AFP KARACHI Pakistan's traditionally lavish weddings have lost their sparkle, thanks to rising prices of gold and festive essentials in a limping economy overshadowed by Taliban attacks. The colourful celebrations normally span three to five days and attract 500 to 1,000 guests, pushing
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    • 287 16 AP PAKISTAN EDUCATION OJUTBAL —The schoolhouse is so tiny that dozens of pupils have to sit outdoors. They are lucky if their teachers have more than a basic education. Yet, the pupils love the Islamia Model School, one of thousands of private schools popping up
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    • 710 17  -  I Zombies, little devils and the grim reaper were just a few of the many frightful creatures which stalked the Night Safari on 31 October 2009. Not that the singles who turned up for Fun Connection Halloween Night at the Night Safari were bothered, as they mingled
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    • 279 18 BLOOMBERG US HEALTHCARE WASHINGTON -The House of Representatives has approved the most far-reaching changes to the nation's health-care system in four decades, voting to require all Americans to get coverage and to subject insurers to new restrictions and new competition from a government programme. The
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    • 187 18 AFP MADRID Campaigners are stepping up efforts to curb online tracking of Internet use by firms that deliver adverts tailored to the specific interests of consumers, as polls reveal widespread unease with the practice. Corporations have always collected personal data on the people who buy
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    • 123 18 AP RIYADH The Saudi Health Minister said on Saturday that the kingdom will not bar anyone considered high-risk for the HINI virus from performing the haj pilgrimage this year, though he urged countries where pilgrims set out from to take precautions. The haj, which
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    • 338 20  -  Wee Gek Lee COMMUNITY PROBLEMS Letter from I REFER to "About time we had a voice" (Nov 4). Two weeks ago, I was a victim of a money-lender's despicable act. One morning, when I opened my front door, I was shocked to see red paint
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    • 183 22  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY DAI I BALLOONS Several years ago I attended a wedding ceremony and came away with some thoughts on child-rearing. My thoughts drifted on that day after the minister had instructed the groom to kiss the bride and approximately 150 helium-filled balloons were
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    • 165 22  -  JohnTeo Letter from I NOTICED that the train fare from Queenstown to Sembawang is $1.72 and from Queenstown to Yishun, it is $1.57, so I wrote to SMRT to enquire how the fare is derived. After more than a month, the reply I got was
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    • 288 22  -  Chia Boon Chong LOST MOBILE PHONE Letter from Deputy Director Corporate Communications Sing Tel I REFER to "Owner gets bill for more than $1,000" by Mr Chiang Ming Yu (Nov 2) and "He gets phone bill for more than $2,000 on his credit card" from Mr Mohammad
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      • 1085 24  -  MAY SEAH JOEMANTEGNA| TODAY EXCLUSIVE Dealing with serial killers takes its toll on the cast of Criminal Minds in los angeles may@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN I travel, there is one respect in which I am totally Singaporean: I am convinced that every other person on a
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      • 498 26  -  MAYSEAH DEXTER Michael C Hall talks about serial killing and squeamishness may@mediacorp.com.sg PROFESSIONALLY, Michael C Hall is an actor who fearlessly plays a dude who works as a blood spatter analyst for Miami Metro Homicide by day, and is a vigilante serial killer by night. Privately, he'd
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      • 450 28  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH SINGAPORE HIT AWARDS Taiwanese trio score with fans and pick up 4 awards christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg SO, AS it turned out, the 15th Singapore Hit Awards, or SHA, could have been renamed the S.H.E. awards, seeing as the babelicious Taiwanese trio picked up four trophies on Friday night.
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  • sports
    • 883 30  -  TANYO-HINN Mickelson wins by a single stroke on final hole to cap trying season on a high yohinn@ mediacorp. com.sg SHANGHAI For once, Tiger Woods was just a mere side show at the US$7 million ($9.7 million) WGC-HSBC Champions yesterday. Instead, it was
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      561 31  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Geylang trump favourites Bangkok for first trophy in 8 years, and an AFC Cup spot RHB SINGAPORE CUP 2009 FINAL Geylang United 1 Bangkok Glass o shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Before yesterday, there were precious few in the Singapore football fraternity who gave Geylang United
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    • 260 31  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE It was a repeat of the 2008 Singapore Cricket Club Rugby Sevens cup final, pitting the South African Vipers against the flamboyant Fijian side Davetalevu, who've won the Ablitt Cup four times in the 62 editions of the competition. And the Vipers
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    • 539 32  -  LOW LIN FHOONG Shocked national squad rally behind Beehag after former coach is released linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Tears flowed freely at Changi Airport on Saturday as some 30 netballers, coaches and officials bade LOCAL SPORTS farewell to former national coach and technical manager Lisa Beehag, who departed
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      372 33 AFP ENGLISH FOOTBALL" I United manager slams ref after defeat to Chelsea I a ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Chelsea 1 Manchester United o LONDON Alex Ferguson (picture, left) criticised referee Martin Atkinson after his decision to award a controversial free-kick sent Manchester United crashing to a 1-0 defeat to Chelsea
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    • 330 33 AFP VALENCIA Honda's Dani Pedrosa (picture, bottom) won the Valencia MotoGP yester-^ day, the final race of the 2009 season. In front of 95,000 home fans, Pedrosa achieved his second win of the season while world champion Valentino Rossi of Italy was second on a
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    • 651 38  -  John Bittleston TAKING CHARGE succeed@mediacorp. com.sg CREATIVITY is King, and those who want to be successful in the next decade will embrace it vigorously. In my last article "Why success needs failure" (Oct 26), I pointed out that removing fear of failure is an essential first step. More
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    • 542 40 THE NEWYORKTIMES IF YOU are looking for an economic recovery you can believe in, the October employment report is not for you. After contracting for a year and a half, the United States economy grew in the quarter that ended in September, driven largely by
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    • 173 40 AFP TAIPEI In yet another sign of better relations between the two former bitter rivals, Taiwan is expected to forge an agreement on financial cooperation with China. Mr Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of the quasi-official Straits Exchange Foundation, said negotiations on the
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    • 68 42 SHE WANTED A BAG, AND SHE GOT ONE Star Hub employees Joanna Chan and Wendy Lim fulfilled Nurul Nyda Dini Abdul Rahman's wish for a colourful sling bag on Saturday. The teen from Grace Orchard School is one of the beneficiaries of Star Hub's $200,000 donation to the school, in
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    • 279 42 AP ECONOMIC CRISIS LONDON Finance officials from the Group of 20 rich and developing countries have pledged to maintain emergency support for their economies until recovery is assured. In a statement after their meeting in Scotland, the group said that economic recovery is "uneven and
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    • 119 42 BLOOMBERG NEW DELHI India is to wind down fiscal stimulus measures from next year. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the India Economic summit in New Delhi, organised by the World Economic Forum, that "there are clear signs of an upturn in the
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    • 262 43  -  CHEOWXINYI HEALTHWAY MEDICAL cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Catalist-listed Healthway Medical Corporation has reported a 45-per-cent increase in third quarter net profit to $3.98 million from $2.75 million a year earlier on the back of improved market conditions and new clinic additions. Group revenue for the three-month period
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      • 83 43 DOWJONES The CME Group Inc is relocating its Asian headquarters to Singapore from Hong Kong. Singapore is seen by the Chicagobased derivatives exchange operator as a nexus of trading activity in the region. CME maintains a longstanding relationship with the Singapore Exchange, alongside a
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      • 97 43 Third quarter net profit for Mainboard-listed precision stamped metal parts maker Allied Technologies plunged 87 per cent from a year earlier to $465,000 from $3.5 million on the back of continued weak demand from its subsidiaries. Revenue dropped 41 per cent to about $26 million
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      • 70 43 Mainboard-listed cigarette-packaging provider Shanghai Asia Holdings reported a net profit of $17,329 for the third quarter ended Sept 30, a 25.2-per-cent drop from $23,166 from a year earlier. Revenue grew 3.3 per cent to $239,217 in the same quarter. The company, which specialises in
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    • 175 43 CHEOWXINYI SINGAPORE Container shipping and terminal group Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has decided to relocate its support services functions from Shanghai to Chongqing in China. NOL said cost increases in Shanghai had prompted its move to the western China city. NOL will establish a
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        • 62 44 60 cents Buy UOB KayHian starts coverage with $0.76 target price. Says maker of waste gas treatment systems is major beneficiary of China's focus on environmental protection, with Beijing investing 23 billion yuan ($4.7 billion) during Q4'oB to Ql'o9; Adds group's experienced management team, innovative range of products
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        • 51 44 27.5 cents Buy DMG upgrades from "Neutral" following Q2'lo results, maintains $0.33 target price. Says results in line with expectations; tips revenue, profits to gain momentum on back of resilient orders. Says strong order book provides earnings visibility, recent Watten Residences project win gives reassurance order pipeline remains
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        • 91 44 29.5 cents I Hold Deutsche Bank upgrades from "Sell", increases target price to $0.28 from $0.14 following better-than-expected results. Says results show signs of a recovery in margins led by lower raw material prices and cost reductions. Raises FYIO--11 net profit forecasts by 28.3 and 31.6 per cent
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      • 605 44  - Singapore companies list and don't tell ESTHER FUNG CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILI 1"V Report finds local firms rarely disclose enough information about their CSR efforts esther@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Companies still have a long way to go in showcasing their corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives compared to other firms in the region. Locally-listed
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      • 113 44 AFP SHARM EL SHEIK, (Egypt) Chinese premier Wen Jiabao said yesterday he was encouraged by signs of an economic recovery in the United States, but hoped it would keep its budget deficit to an "appropriate size" to stabilise the US dollar exchange rate.
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      • 143 44 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON The trade deficit in the United States probably widened in September, reflecting increasing demand for foreign oil and cars as the country's economy grew, economists said. The gap between imports and exports increased to US$3l.B billion ($44 billion) from US$3O.7 billion the
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