Today, 24 November 2009

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    20 1 TODAY Tuesday November 24, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Tuesday November 24, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    in the news
    228 1 Flash floods in Aceh have £u forced more than 4g,000 people out of their homes, as some parts of Malaysia and Thailand remain submerged. ""1 C\ MediaCorp artiste Fann I\_/Wong has been diagnosed with Influenza A (H1N1), throwing the production of Happy Go Lucky into 'tremendous chaos'.
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    Lock icon From sharks to small fry, law to reel them in
    809 1  -  ANSLEYNG MONEYLENDERS (AMENDMENT) BILL ansley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE From the kingpins in their overseas lairs, to their lieutenants who lure vulnerable youth into their dirty business, to the opportunists selling the syndicates prepaid phone cards fora quick buck even down to the
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    'Buffer flats' for urgent needs: Mah
    655 1  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE To meet the demand for public housing, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) projects it needs to build some 10,000 to 12,000 flats annually over the next five years. That should provide sufficient flats for all first-time homebuyers, usually young
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand battle floods
      393 2 AGENCIES WETWEATHER JAKARTA Flash floods in the eastern part of Aceh province of Indonesia have forced more than 49,000 people to flee their homes since Sunday, as some parts of Malaysia and Thailand remained submerged in floodwaters yesterday. Indonesia's Health Ministry said two consecutive days
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      Lock icon Indonesia President: Drop graft-officials' charges
      400 2 AGENCIES JAKARTA Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono recommended yesterday that charges against two anti-graft officials be dropped after senior police and prosecutors apparently attempted to frame them. Mr Yudhoyono said he asked the police and attorney-general's office to withdraw bribery and blackmail charges against Mr
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    • IN PARLIAMENT
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        Too early to give a rollback date
        277 3  -  YASMINEYAHYAAND ESTHER FUNG SINGAPORE Measures taken to cool the property market seem to have had the desired effect, said National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan, who signalled that the Government may remove certain anti-speculative measures in future if the property market stabilises or
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        BILL TO ALLOW MAS LENDING
        200 4 With Singaporeans' Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings set to grow, Parliament has authorised the Minister for Finance to raise a further $70 billion through issuing Government securities in Singapore. AsatOct3i, about $234 billion worth of securities was outstanding (below the ceiling Parliament last set in
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        Lock icon Pre-empt the 'newcomer ghettos'
        536 6  -  ZULOTHMAN ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Permanent residents (PRs) form 14.3 per cent of the resident population, but they own less than 5 per cent of Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats or 42,800 households as at the end of June. National Development Minister (MND) Mah Bow Tan
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        Trips no barometer of satisfaction: Lim
        228 6  -  LINYANQIN SINGAPORE Does the drop in public transport's share of trips as found by the Household Interview Travel Survey 2008 released last month reflect public dissatisfaction with the system? The answer is no, Second Minister for Transport Lim Hwee Hua said in Parliament yesterday,
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        More respect, investment, jobs ... thanks to Apec
        519 8  - More respect, investment, jobs thanks to Apec ALICIA WONG alida@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) meetings got into full swing two weeks ago, Foreign Minister George Yeo received an email from a local entrepreneur. The message: Business was bad at Suntec Singapore. While acknowledging that businesses and Singaporeans
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        MPs question new SAF scheme
        243 8  -  ANSLEYNG SINGAPORE It could be a first in any armed forces, when Singapore's Military Domain Experts Scheme kicks off in April to groom and retain specialised talent. But how will the new uniformed and eight-rank scheme of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) impact teamwork and
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      Tears on the stand
      321 10  -  TEOXUANWEI STANSFIELD COLLEGE Schools' owner breaks down in court xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Students at Stansfield College and the Singapore Institute of Commerce had remained uninsured "for months" even though staff members knew of this. So, the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) had not wrongfully suspended the two
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      Reform for two men involved in fatal attack
      264 10  -  SHAFFIQALKHATIB SINGAPORE They were involved in an attack that led to the death of Institute of Technical Education student Siah Wui Xiang. But yesterday, Joshua Leong Wei Jun, 20, and Kan Zhan Peng, 19, were spared from caning and a prison sentence
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        PSLE RESULTS ON THURSDAY
        104 10 The Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) results will be out on Thursday. Pupils can get their result slips from their schools from noon. Eligible pupils will also receive option forms to select their secondary schools. Parents can submit their child's secondary school options using the Pin
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        CYBER WELLNESS TRAINING LAUNCHED
        91 10 A two-day workshop to train students to become Cyber Wellness Student Ambassadors was launched yesterday. Besides promoting positive Internet use, the programme will also equip them with skills to cope with potential online dangers. The students also learn to plan and implement cyber wellness activities in
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        Lock icon FANN WONG HAS H1N1
        125 10 The local full-feature comedy Happy Go Lucky held its first day shoot ceremony yesterday without leading actress Fann Wong, who has been diagnosed as having HINI. Fann, who had returned on Thursday from a work trip to Hainan Island, developed flu symptoms the next day and
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        CHILDREN OF DIVORCED PARENTS AVERAGE 11 YEARS OF AGE
        144 10 Last year, 57 per cent of the 6,328 civil divorce writs filed and 66 per cent of 1,696 Muslim divorces involved children under the age of 21, revealed the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports. For Muslims, in some six
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        SALARY DELINQUENCY UP 10 PER CENT
        159 10 The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) received about 8,400 reports on non-, late and under-payment of salaries in the first nine months of this year. That's 10 per cent more than in the same period last year, due mainly to the economic downturn, said Minister
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      172 4 MONEY MAKES MONEY is an age old saying. In a recent newspaper article, it was highlighted that the rich is getting richer whilst the lower income group is competing workers from third world countries. To get wealth, you have to acquire the strategies and mindset of people who have made
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  • WORLD
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      Muhyiddin announces 7-day plan to settle crisis
      166 12 CYBERJAYA Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced yesterday that he is giving himself one week to resolve the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) leadership crisis. According to Bernama news agency, Mr Muhyiddin said a formula would be drawn up over seven days to
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      Lock icon Indonesian ferry captain blames storm as search resumes
      285 12 AFP TANJUNG BALAI (Indonesia) The captain of an Indonesian ferry which sank, killing 29 people, rejected claims of overcrowding and blamed a freak storm for the disaster, as officials launched an investigation. The search for survivors from the Dumai Express yesterday resumed
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      Lock icon 21 dead, 20 missing in southern Philippines
      385 12 AGENCIES POLITICAL VIOLENCE MANILA Twenty-one people, including journalists and human rights lawyers, were killed yesterday in the southern Philippines in what appeared to be political killings, the military said. At least 20 more were unaccounted for and feared dead in what presidential aide
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      Lock icon Migrants change names to be 'more Hong Kong'
      197 14 AFP HONG KONG An increasing number of mainland Chinese migrants to Hong Kong are changing the spelling of their surnames to avoid discrimination in the former British colony, a report said yesterday. Lawyer Raymond Tang told the South China Morning Post his
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      Lock icon Anger builds as toll hits 104
      325 14 AFP CHINA MINE BLAST HEGANG (China) Relatives of victims angrily demanded answers yesterday as the death toll from China's worst mining disaster in two years climbed to 104 and hopes of finding more survivors faded. Rescuers recovered 12 more bodies, a spokesman forthe mine
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      Lock icon China, N Korea to strengthen ties
      304 15 AFP MILITARY ALLIANCE SEOUL Chinese and North Korean defence chiefs have pledged to strengthen their military alliance dating back to the Korean War during talks in Pyongyang, state media said yesterday. The move came after Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie arrived in North Korea
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      Lock icon After pesticide scare, three nations make food safety pact
      201 15 AFP TOKYO Health ministers from Japan, China and South Korea agreed yesterday to step up efforts to ensure food safety following concerns over pes-ticide-tainted Chinese-made dumplings. Japanese Health Minister Akira Nagatsuma, his Chinese counterpart Chen Zhu and South Korean health chief
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon PROTESTS THREATEN ABHISIT VISIT
        93 15 DPA Thai Prime Minister AbhisitVejjajiva said he might skip Sunday's scheduled visit to the northern city of Chiang Mai due to the threat of violent demonstrations. Activists loyal to former Prime MinisterThaksin Shinawatra have threatened to physically prevent Mr Abhisit from meeting local businessmen and allegedly
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        Lock icon FINAL WEEK OF HEARINGS FOR DUCH
        96 15 .AGENCIES Cambodia's war crimes tribunal heard closing arguments yesterday from civil party lawyers in the trial of the former commander of the Khmer Rouge's most notorious prison. Lawyers for four groups of civil parties repeatedly questioned the sincerity of the numerous apologies made by
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      Lock icon Pro-democracy lawmakers consider quitting en masse
      158 16 DPA HONG KONG Pro-democracy legislators were yesterday considering mass resignations to force what they claim would be a de facto referendum on universal suffrage. One legislator from each of the city's five electoral districts may resign to protest against the administration's controversial proposals for
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      Lock icon Lowest birth rate — in the world
      488 16 Lowest birth rate in the world AFP TAIWAN POPULATION Dwindling number of kids spurs concern TAIPEI As a schoolteacher, Ms Ariel Shen has been observing Taiwan's declining birth rate from up close. Five years ago, each classroom at her middle school in downtown Taipei had 28 students. Now it is
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon 911 ACCUSED WANT OUTLET FOR VIEWS
        94 18 AP The five men facing trial in the 911 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of American foreign policy, said the lawyer of one defendant. The men would not deny their role in the 2001 attacks, but "would
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        Lock icon ALLEGED FORT HOOD SHOOTER PARALYSED FROM CHEST DOWN
        83 18 .AFP United States Army Major Nidal Hasan, charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood this month, is paralysed from the chest down and doctors believe this will be permanent, The Washington Post reported. Hasan's civilian attorney John Galligan said: "When I
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      Lock icon Politically motivated?
      313 18 THE NEWYORKTIMES IRAN EXECUTIONS Death penalty seen as a political tactic CAIRO A flurry of executions and death sentences in Iran has raised concern that the government is usingjudiciallysanctioned killing to intimidate the political opposition and quell pockets of ethnic unrest around the nation, human rights groups and
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      Lock icon Man in 23-year 'coma' was conscious the whole time
      216 18 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH BERLIN A Belgian man diagnosed as being in a coma for 23 years was actually conscious the whole time, it was revealed on Sunday. Mr Rom Houbens was simply paralysed and had no way to let doctors know what he
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      Lock icon Plans made in 2002
      353 19 AGENCIES IRAQ WAR LONDON Leaked British government documents call into question ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair's public statements on the build-up to the Iraq war and show plans for the United States-led 2003 invasion were being made a year earlier. Britain's Sunday Telegraph published details of private
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      Lock icon Astronaut celebrates birth ... in orbit
      166 19 Astronaut celebrates birth in orbit AP CAPE CANAVERAL, (Florida) American astronaut Randolph Bresnik jubilantly welcomed his new daughter into the world yesterday as he floated 350km above it. Ms Abigail Mae was born as her father circled Earth on his first space shuttle mission, just hours after his first spacewalk.
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      Lock icon Failed N Ireland bombing raises tension
      204 19 AFP BELFAST A massive car bomb that failed to explode properly was designed to cause widespread destruction in Belfast, police said, underscoring the threat to Northern Ireland's fragile peace. The car, containing a 180kg device, crashed through barriers outside a police headquarters in Belfast
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      Lock icon Two dead as supplies arrive
      312 20 AGENCIES FLOODING IN BRITAIN LONDON Torrential downpours claimed a second victim yesterday in south-west England, as emergency medical supplies and food parcels were sent to communities marooned by floods in northern England, and rescue teams searched a swollen river in Wales for a missing woman.
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      Lock icon Leaked emails the work of climate-change sceptics?
      195 20 AP LONDON A leading climate-change scientist whose private emails are included in thousands of documents that were stolen by hackers and posted online said the leaks may have been aimed at undermining next month's global climate summit in Denmark. Mr Kevin Trenberth of
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      Lock icon Melting Antarctic ice may cause floods
      146 20 AFP PARIS The east Antarctic ice sheet, once seen as largely unaffected by global warming, has lost billions of tonnes of ice since 2006 and could boost sea levels in the future, according to a new study published yesterday in Nature Geoscience. The study
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      Lock icon Creatures from the deep
      389 22 AGENCIES CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE 17,650 species found living beyond the reach of light NEW ORLEANS The creatures living in the ocean depths are as weird and outlandish as the creations only found in works of fiction: Tentacled, transparent sea cucumbers, primitive "dumbos" that flap ear-like
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      Lock icon Murdoch, Microsoft hatch possible plan to lock out Google?
      194 22 AFP LONDON Microsoft has held talks with media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over a possible plan for the software giant to pay the company to remove its news websites from Google, a report said yesterday. The plan sets a scene
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      333 24  -  Alvina Khoo Lam MS BOUQUETS Letter from, I WENT to Changi General Hospital's Accident and Emergency department for a badly sprained ankle on Nov 5. Upon arrival, I was assisted by a friendly elderly staff who helped push me in on a wheelchair when he saw me
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      No taxing puzzle
      178 24  -  Deanna Choo Letter from I Director (Corporate Communications Branch Corporate Development Division), Iras FOLLOWING the report on the increase in Annual Value (AV)/Property Tax ("Higher property tax in 2010", Nov 19), Ms Priscilla Kumari A sent a query to Voices asking why executive flat owners are paying
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      191 26  -  DRJAMES DOBSON I BY HELPING A SINGLE MUM Many years ago, my wife, Shirley, opened the front door to a young woman in her late teens, Sally, who was trying to sell brushes. Sally turned out to be an unmarried mother who was just struggling mightily
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      Lock icon I SAY HOW TO SAVE FOOTBALL
      541 26  -  Loon Seng Chee IT WAS not that long ago that Singapore had the aim of reaching the World Cup in 2010. We even recruited many foreign talents to achieve this goal. However, we have since failed to get anywhere close to this, and the
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      Sorry, foreign talent is still the way to go
      301 26  -  TonyOng Letter from' I REFER to sports editor Leonard Thomas' comments in "Much better home-made" (Nov 21-22). More than 30 years ago, I was the officer trainer for a select, supernumerary group of 10 table tennis players in the Singapore Armed
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      SHORT TAKE
      98 26  -  Robert Day, SO, WHAT MAKES SOMEONE'SUSPICIOUS-LOOKING'? Letter from Bexleyheath, England I visit Singapore from England two or three times a year, and I am always amused by the security announcement broadcast over the MRT sound system. The female announcer asks passengers to "report any suspicious-looking person to the
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        995 28  -  MAYO MARTIN VISUAL ART Home is where the art is or. in this case, shophouses mayo@mediacorp.com.sg A MONTH ago, someone came knocking at No 24 Niven Road. He wasn't selling Yakult for charity. Instead, he asked if the owners, writer Anbalagan and his wife Thilakavathi, would be willing to
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      400 30 AP AMERICAN MUSICAWARDS Expected wins, mishaps and whoa nelly S&M from Adam Lambert MICHAEL Jackson made history by posthumously winning four American Music Awards (AMAs) on Sunday night, but he couldn't beat Taylor Swift as the year's Favourite Artist and the evening's top winner. The
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      167 32 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH TWO women were hurt on Sunday when they were struck by bulls that escaped the set of a new film starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. The seven bulls roamed loose on the narrow streets of Cadiz in southern Spain
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      476 32  -  MAYO MARTIN LOCAL ART Tang Mun Kit and the tools of his trade mayo@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS his 16th solo show and Tang Mun Kit will let you know that he is fully armed and ready. It's all quite evident in the 21 paintings and drawings that comprise Life>Art>Liberation,
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      220 33 AP MICHAEL Jackson's former personal physician is returning to work at his Houston clinic for the first time since the pop singer's death, his lawyer said on Sunday. Dr Conrad Murray is set to resume office hours on Monday at his Armstrong
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      778 34  -  GENEVIEVELOH TODAY EXCLUSIVE After 30 years, Peter Bogdanovich #s Saint Jack will finally be shown here genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS 1978; Peter Bogdanovich, the acclaimed director of The Last Picture Show and Paper Moon was resorting to stealth and deception to film his latest movie about a
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      471 35  -  EVELINE GAN BACKACHE eveline@mediacorp.com.sg A DOCTOR I once spoke to quipped that there were three uncertainties in life death, taxes and backache. While that may not be an absolute certainty, studies have found that close to 80 per cent of people experience a backache at some
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      269 35 Bright Ribbon Campaign Aims to Raise Awareness and Standard of Eye Health YOU KNOW how to take care of your general health by eating right, exercising and getting regular check-ups but what about your eyes? Are we placing a
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      493 36 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH FISH FORTHE HEART The way to a healthier heart is through the way you cook your fish HOW fish is cooked helps to determine how healthy it is for the heart. Baked or boiled fish is a better source of omega-3 fatty
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      163 38 LASIK-THE MYTHS ANDTHE FACTS Find out more about Lasik, and whether you're suitable for the treatment at this forum. The talk also covers the potential side effects of Lasik, and alternative treatments. Date: Thursday Time: 7pm to Bpm Venue: Singapore National Eye Centre, Auditorium, Level 4,11 Third Hospital
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      386 38 FLOATERS QUERY FROM CONCERNED I spend a lot of time in front of the computer and believe the strain of squinting at the words is damaging my eyes. I've noticed that there are more eyelash-looking filaments swimming in the liquid of my eyeballs. An ophthalmologist told me
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      824 39 TV LISTINGS ON MEDIACORP CHANNEL "S ON MEDIACORP PHUACHU KANGSDN BHD NIJANGAL 6.00 AM Entertainment Tonight 3.00 Growing UpV 10.00 The Mentalist Channel 5, 8.30pm 630 p r j me Time Morning 4.00 American Idol VIII 11.00 CSI MiamiVl Vasantham, 10.30pm fft^Bß^^ V"* WW- Ammmv J^WWW^M 9" 3° The Rachael
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      573 40  -  lAN DE COTTA 2010YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES Hosts get automatic slots in 20 sports, youngsters will have to qualify for the rest ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Singapore contingent have an allocation of a maximum of 130 athletes for the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) next year, with 70
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      Money in the bank for sports associations, but not for one
      315 40  -  lAN DECOTTA SINGAPORE More than $6 million has been set aside to help the 26 national sports associations (NSAs) prepare their athletes for next August's Youth Olympic Games. All except one, believed to be the Singapore Athletic Association, have
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      602 41 FOREIGN TALENT IN SINGAPORE SPORT High standards will help local athletes; those with potential will have chance to excel, says Balakrishnan SINGAPORE The Republic will continue to embrace talented foreign athletes who want to represent the country, as long as they raise
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        123 41 AFP Ryan Lochte beat superstar Michael Phelps and veteran Aaron Peirsol for male swimmer of the year at USA Swimming's Golden Goggles awards on Sunday. Rebecca Soni was the female swimmer of the year. Phelps got the nod for delivering the men's race of the year
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        115 41 AFP Nine people have been arrested, accused of illegal betting in Italian football, police said yesterday. Amongst those arrested was the president of third division team Potenza, Giuseppe Postiglione, and ProVastese sports director Luca Evangelista. They are accused of being involved in organised crime and
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      Lock icon Hobbling Reds hoping for miracle as exit beckons
      314 41 AGENCIES BUDAPEST Liverpool captain Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will have had a pain-killing injection in his groin tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) when the Reds take on Debrecen in a do-or-die Champions League Group E game. Only a Liverpool win and a
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      558 42 AGENCIES Messi's limping, but Barca coach Guardiola wears a public face of defiance CHAMPIONS LEAGUE,GROUP F BARCELONAV INTER MILAN LONDON What may have seemed unthinkable when the champion Guardiola's League draw was made in August is now a reality for mighty Barcelona. When Carlos Puyol lifted
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      417 42 LOS ANGELES More than two decades ago, after Larry Bird made a shot from behind the backboard that didn't count in a pre-season game, the National Basketball Association changed the rule on plays like that. Kobe Bryant was glad they did. Bryant duplicated
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      229 42 AFP NEW DELHI Field hockey teams unhappy with an umpire's ruling can now demand a video referral of the decision, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced yesterday. Teams will be allowed one referral per match on the decision of umpires
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      433 43 FORMULAi But silent Schumacher leaves everyone guessing HAMBURG Even as Nico Rosberg (picture) confirmed yesterday that he will drive for the new Mercedes Formula 1 team next year, seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher continued to keep mum about returning to the sport. Mercedes did not name
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      351 43 'AFP LONDON World No 1 Roger Federer is looking forward to the chance for revenge over home favourite Andy Murray in the ATP World Tour Finals here today. Federer suffered a costly defeat to Murray in the group stage of the end-of-season event when it
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      64 40 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 9.30am NFL Tennessee v Houston, Ch 117) 6pm Weights WC'ship Korea: 77Kg Men, Ch 113 10.15pm Tennis ATP 1000 Barclays World Tour, Ch 22 TOMORROW 12am B'ball Eurocup Regular Season, Ch 113 3am B'ball Eurocup Regular Season, Ch 113 4.45am Tennis ATP 1000 Barclays World Tour,
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      501 44  -  HEPEIWEN HEALTH CAMPAIGN HPB #s new campaign hits where it hurts many women most hepeiwen@mediacorp.com.sg ASH, the latest cosmetics range in town, takes the term "killer looks" to a whole new level. At a glance, the five-piece collection, tagged "the new black", will not look out of
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      424 44 Healthy Male and Female Participants Needed! Schering-Plough Translational Medicine Unit (SP TMU) needs healthy participants for a screening study which does not involve any test drugs. This screening study will help us to identify potential subjects who are eligible for studies to be performed at our unit in the future
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      783 45  - NO YEN CRASH IN SIGHT, BUT WILLIAM PESEK BLOOMBERG POINTOFVIEW I Hedge funds bet I on my $76,000 I with growing greed DURING a recent chat about global markets, a hedge-fund manager was obsessing about my U5576,000 ($105,000). That's roughly what Japan owes for each of its 126 million inhabitants.
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      692 46 Where talk is cheap, but .BLOOMBERG TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN INDIA Expensive for telcos as one-cent calls hit mobile-phone operators' bottom lines NEW DELHI -Mr Anil Gupta stepped out of an Aircel shop with a better deal for calling his daughter in Chicago. Gupta's mobile contract with Bharti Airtel charged him 6.4
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      297 47 BLOOMBERG HONG KONG China is risking a Japanstyle bubble unless the country's regulators start to rein in a record lending boom, BNP Paribas said. "We're entering a phase where China could experience similar asset bubble that we saw in Japan in the
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      519 47 BLOOMBERG THAILAND'S ECONOMY BANGKOK Thailand's economy contracted less than estimated last quarter as a nascent global recovery and government spending began to pull the nation out of its first recession in a decade. Gross domestic product fell 2.8 per cent from a year earlier in the third quarter,
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      407 48  -  JONATHAN PEERIS EXECUTIVE CONDOMINIUMS EC prices rising in tandem with bullish property market jonathanpeeris@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Fortunes of executive condominium (EC) owners have not been overlooked amid the recent property bull run as these developments have enjoyed higher resale prices as well in tandem with the upbeat
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      362 48  -  MOK FEI FEI SINGAPORE Conglomerate Sembcorp Industries (SCI) has said that its joint venture company has signed a contract to invest US$l billion ($1.38 billion) for a water and power project in Oman. SCI said in a statement yesterday that its wholly-owned subsidiary Sembcorp
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        140 48 938 LIVE iuiui 11 ci ole i\c|j|jc:i i^ui yj li icil il has won a US$3O4 million ($421 million) contract in Brazil through its whollyowned subsidiary, Keppel FELS Brasil. Keppel secured contracts from Noble Corp to upgrade and repair two of its Brazil-based drill ships. The
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        100 48 938 LIVE Mainboard-listed AusGroup said its subsidiary, AGC Industries, has been awarded a Asioo million ($l2B million) contract by mining giant BHP Billiton. The contract is for the structural, mechanical, piping and heavy haulage ot the Rapid Growth Project 5 at the company's Yandi
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        101 48 938 LIVE Mainboard-listed DMXGroup said its subsidiary, Packet Systems Malaysia (PS Malaysia), has won a US$2.5 million ($3.5 million) contract from a major Malaysian bank. The contract, which did not name the bank, is to design, build and deploy a high-performance network infrastructure for
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      252 49 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SINGAPORE The consumer price index (CPI) fell for a seventh straight month in Singapore in October. Data from the Statistics department showed that consumer prices fell 0.8 per cent from a year ago, mainly due to lower costs of housing, recreation and others. The
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      Hyflux set to desalinate Oman
      243 49  -  MOKFEI FEI SINGAPORE Mainboard-listed water treatment firm Hyflux announced yesterday that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hydrochem, has won a $95 million contract for the design and supply of a desalination facility for the Salalah Independent Water and Power Project in Oman. The contract is Hyflux's first
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        70 50 Fully valued $8.34 DBS Vickers keeps rating and $7.09 price target; notes that the latest contracts for two drillships bring the rig builder's total orders for this year to $859 million. "Keppel remains on target to reach our assumption of $2 billion new orders before end--2009." Says potential
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        56 50 Neutral $8.61 Macquarie downgrades rating from Outperform on concerns over earnings momentum in FYIO. Says: "we anticipate a period of adjustment over HI '10 as Venture reconfigures production to reduce exposure towards eletronic manufacturing services." Cuts price target to $9.50 after lowering FYO9-10 earnings forecasts by 13 per
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        55 50 Outperform $3.05 CIMB upgrades rating from Neutral; raises price target to $3.57. Says firm is "a defensive proxy for the air traffic recovery since it would be less susceptible to oil-price fluctuations." Broker raised FYIO-12 earnings forecasts by 2 to 11 per cent to assume aviation recovery and
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        33 50 Disclaimer: Readers should seek independent financial advice before making any investment decision. Today cannot be held liable for any consequence arising from the use of this information.
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        24 50 I -"///1-jjy M. 1.41-/0 Jikkei ihanghai ieoul /lumbai Malaysia closed 3,338.66 A 0.92% 1,619.05 T 0.10% 17,180.18 A 0.93% 1,270.88 T 0.27%
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      565 50  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Perhaps the third time will be a charm, was the sentiment of some residents at Pine Grove estate, which has been put up for collective sale for the third time since 2005. A banner outside Pine Grove estate along
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      574 50  -  CHEOWXINYI Ml REIT EGM Approval came after gruelling face-off between unitholders and company managers cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE After a gruelling three-and-a-half-hour long meeting, unitholders of MacarthurCook Industrial (MI) Reit eventually approved the controversial plan to raise $217.1 million needed to recapitalise the Reit yesterday. However, this came
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