Today, 16 January 2006

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    Lock icon A risk Singapore must not take
    1018 1  -  The country cannot afford to be complacent on matters of race relations: PM Lee LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@newstoday.com.sg GIVEN Singapore’s multi-ethnic make-up and long-standing social cohesion, one might assume that it is well placed to withstand any threats to racial relations in the aftermath
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    Lock icon Could Worker’s Party throw hat into PM’s ring?
    754 1  -  TEO HWEE NAK DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR hweenak@newstoday.com.sg IT HASN’T happened since 1991. After all, it isn’t exactly the wisest thing to do. When it comes to fielding candidates in the General Elections, Singapore’s Opposition parties have always steered clear of wards held
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    18 1 (2nd edition) AFTERNOONEDITION 8 *****6 *****9 Today 12/07/2005 1 (P) MICA newspaper free your share todayonline.com 2006 16, January Monday
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    Lock icon Sharon’s tracheotomy ‘a success’, says hospital
    133 1 (2nd edition) AFP JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon underwent a successful tracheotomy late yesterday at the Jerusalem hospital where he has spent the past 11 days in a coma, the hospital said. Hadassah Hospital spokesman Ron Krumer said: “The operation was carried out with success
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    A risk Singapore must not take
    983 1 (2nd edition)  -  The country cannot afford to be complacent on matters of race relations: PM Lee LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@newstoday.com.sg GIVEN Singapore’s multi-ethnic make-up and long-standing social cohesion, one might assume that it is well placed to withstand any threats to racial relations in the aftermath
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    Could Workers’ Party throw hat into PM’s ring?
    750 1 (2nd edition)  -  TEO HWEE NAK DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR hweenak@newstoday.com.sg IT HASN’T happened since 1991. After all, it isn’t exactly the wisest thing to do. When it comes to fielding candidates in a General Election, Singapore’s Opposition parties have always steered clear of wards held
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      Northstar useful: PM
      251 2  -  Though unrealistic, it was no waste of time, he says LOHCHEE KONG cheekong@newstoday.com.sg THE country’s first large-scale civil emergency exercise was a success on two counts, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Firstly, the mock attacks, which took place two Sundays ago, allowed the various agencies to
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      Lock icon WHEN AIR-CONDITIONING’S NOT COOL
      808 3  -  Don’t swallow that chill pill and suffer in silence it’s healthier to speak up if you’re freezing newscomment we set you thinking Lee U-Wen u-wen@newstoday.com.sg u-wen@newstoday.com.sg AT A daylong conference at a five-star hotel recently, a guest speaker from England casu- ally remarked: “I can’t believe
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      More aid for P1 pupils
      444 4  -  Learning Support Programme broadened to help those weak in Maths, English TAN HUI LENG huileng@newstoday.com.sg RECOGNISING that not every new Primary 1 student is ready to cope with Maths, the Ministry of Education (MOE) is extending its Learning Support Programme (LSP) to students weak in
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      Lock icon Mock bomb blasts rock heartlands
      359 4  -  TORCHING LI chingli@newstoday.com.sg SERANGOON Garden residents got a taste of a mock terror attack yesterday morning, just a week after the nationwide civil defence exercise Northstar V. About 300 people gathered at Chomp Chomp Hawker Centre to witness an unmanned maroon Renault Megane parked in
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      Lock icon NOT A WHITE ELEPHANT
      308 6  -  MPs remind residents to make full use of Buangkok MRT station CHRISTIE LOH christie@newstoday.com.sg AS BUANGKOK MRT station opened yesterday to the delight of many, residents were reminded to “make full use” of the facility. Otherwise, station operator SBS Transit could be the next one protesting
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      WHITE ELEPHANT T-SHIRTS SOLD OUT FOR A GOOD CAUSE
      171 6  -  HEATHER CHI Even though they had to cut through some red tape, a group of ex-Raffles Girls’ School students sold off all 60 of their ‘Save the White Elephants’ T-shirts at the opening of the Buangkok MRT station yesterday. Coupled with
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      Learn, India-S’pore way
      268 6  -  LEE CHING WERN IN AHMEDABAD chingwern@newstoday.com.sg DESPITE the fact that plans for a top Indian institute to set up campus in Singapore were recently stalled, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong urged institutes in Singapore and India to collaborate more closely in the education sector. Yesterday, Mr Goh
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      Lock icon Quit smoking the Idol way with Taufik
      286 6  -  flesh.—NATASHASABNANI YOUNG smokers who want to quit the habit can now get encouragement from the Singapore Idol himself. The Health Promotion Board’s (HPB) latest antismoking campaign puts them in touch via SMS with singer Taufik Batisah, who picked up the habit when he
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      Workers’ Party updates its manifesto
      300 6  -  TEO HWEE NAK WITH whispers of elections around the corner, the Workers’ Party (WP) launched its updated manifesto on Saturday. The 52-page booklet outlines the party’s stand on issues and policies, covering areas from economic and judicial policies to media and sports and recreation. On
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      Business as usual?
      343 8  -  Companies here need to prepare for bird flu outbreak VINITARAMANI vinita@newstoday.com.sg BUSINESSES might know about hygiene and how to isolate their staff if avian influenza were to break out here. But do they have a coherent plan to keep operating? While the Ministry of Health has issued
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      UNIQUELY SINGAPORE SAILS INTO KEPPEL BAY
      65 8 The Singapore team in the Clipper World Yacht Race arrived in home port yesterday to the sight of traditional lion dances and ice-cold Tiger beers. They left Fremantle, Australia, on Jan 1 and were in sixth place in the fourth leg of the 10
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      Dial X Gamble to deal with addiction
      282 8  -  SAMPOORNADASGUPTA news@newstoday.com.sg GAMBLING addicts now have another number to dial for help. The Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society today launched its gambling hotline the second in Singapore after that of the Institute of Mental Health (IMH). The society also plans to beef up
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      75 8 Fly for free with Jet Asia. 88 free tickets daily from 18-20 January 2006. All You Need To Know About Insurance www.KnowYourInsurance.com.sg is an educational and interactive insurance website to help you make the right choices. You can learn the basic facts of insurance on your own, in an easy
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      10 8 80 PER CENT BIG BRITISH COMPANIES PREPARED FOR PANDEMIC 19
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      32 8 Q: What is the volume of tears on the surface of your eyes when resting? Life Sciences at University of Western Australia *Foundation programme is now available for ‘O’ Level students. www.psbacademy.edu.sg
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      Lock icon Israel approves Palestinian vote
      166 10 AGENCIES JERUSALEM Israel yesterday gave its approval to Arab residents of annexed East Jerusalem to vote in this month’s Palestinian election but made clear it would not tolerate campaigning by Islamic militant group Hamas. Hamas said it would find other ways of campaigning and joining the
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      Lock icon Emir of Kuwait, 79, dies
      340 10 —AGENCIES KUWAIT CITY —The emir of oil-rich Kuwait, Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Al Sabah (picture), died yesterday aged 79, officials said. A statement announced a 40-day period of mourning in Kuwait. Government offices will be closed for three days. “With sorrow and grief, we mourn
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      Lock icon Saddam trial judge quits after criticism
      224 10 AFP BAGHDAD The judge presiding over the Iraqi tribunal trying deposed dictator Saddam Hussein has submitted his resignation after being criticised for the way he is running the court, officials said yesterday. “Judge Rizkar Mohammed Amin submitted his resignation shortly before the Eid Al
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      Lock icon Pakistani anger after alleged US attack
      235 10 AGENCIES DAMADOLA (Pakistan) Police patrolled restive tribal villages yesterday after Pakistan formally protested to the United States over a deadly air strike targeting Al Qaeda’s deputy leader Ayman Al Zawahiri that killed 18 people. Pakistani officials said earlier indications from US intelligence sources that
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      Lock icon Abe wary of China’s military spending
      476 12 Koizumi’s heir apparent wants closer ties with India AFP TOKYO Mr Shinzo Abe, seen as the strongest candidate to be Japan’s next premier, said yesterday the nation should boost ties with India and called on China to improve transparency on its military spending. The
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      Lock icon Sikh student doesn’t need to shave
      269 12 AP KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Education Ministry has ruled that it was wrong for a school to order a Sikh student to shave off his facial hair, kept for religious reasons, the Sunday Star reported yesterday. “I am so happy that they decided that
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      Lock icon Yearn not yen, say the Japanese
      235 12 —AP TOKYO An overwhelming majority of Japanese find their life affluent, and place more importance on richness in heart rather than material wealth. The findings were from a survey by Yomiuri Shimbun published yesterday. Seventy-three per cent of the respondents said they feel affluent,
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      Lock icon Impeachment possible but...
      287 15 No such action yet against Bush: Senator AFP WASHINGTON A top US Republican senator yesterday for the first time mentioned impeachment in connection with President George W Bush’s authorisation of electronic surveillance inside the United States without a court warrant. Mr Arlen Specter, chairman of the Senate
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      Lock icon Top Canadian diplomat killed
      93 15 AFP OTTAWA Canada’s most senior diplomat in Afghanistan died in a suicide bomb attack on a military convoy yesterday that killed two others and wounded at least 12, including three soldiers, according to Canadian officials. Foreign Affairs Political Director Glyn Berry “was killed in a terrorist
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        Lock icon PROTESTERS FREED
        58 15 AFP Forty people who were arrested in Bangkok after illegally holding a demonstration on government premises have been released, police said yesterday. A few thousand supporters of media mogul Sondhi Limthongkul rallied in downtown Lumpini park on Friday. Hundreds then broke into the grounds of Government House, calling
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        Lock icon DUST FROM THE STARS
        64 15 AFP The US space probe Stardust returned to Earth yesterday carrying precious samples of dust from stars and comets. Scientists believe they could offer clues about the origins of our solar system. The capsule, weighing 46kg and carrying a teaspoonful of space dust that dates back
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        Lock icon PASSPORT’S TIBET’S PROOF
        97 15 AFP A passport issued to then Tibetan Finance Secretary Tsepong Wangchuk Dedhen Shakabpa before Chinese forces occupied the region in 1950 has been found in Nepal and provides proof of Tibet’s former independence, Tibetan exile group Friends of Tibet said. The passport, issued by the Tibetan government
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      Lock icon Protest in China turns violent
      323 15 (2nd edition) Several villages in Guangdong up in arms AFP BEIJING Scores of demonstrators were injured and at least one person was feared dead following clashes with police after some 20,000 people from several villages in China’s southern Guangdong province took to the streets to protest a
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      Japan’s winter takes its toll
      105 15 (2nd edition) TOKYO Japan faces the threat of avalanches as the winter weather eases. The country has experienced one of the heaviest snowfalls on record. Warnings of landslides, avalanches and floods are in place across the country as snow drifts, almost 4m deep in places, start to
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        Lock icon PROTESTERS FREED
        58 15 (2nd edition) AFP Forty people who were arrested in Bangkok after illegally holding a demonstration on government premises have been released, police said yesterday. A few thousand supporters of media mogul Sondhi Limthongkul rallied in downtown Lumpini park on Friday. Hundreds then broke into the grounds of Government House, calling
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        Lock icon DUST FROM THE STARS
        64 15 (2nd edition) AFP The US space probe Stardust returned to Earth yesterday carrying precious samples of dust from stars and comets. Scientists believe they could offer clues about the origins of our solar system. The capsule, weighing 46kg and carrying a teaspoonful of space dust that dates back
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        Lock icon PASSPORT’S TIBET’S PROOF
        97 15 (2nd edition) AFP A passport issued to then Tibetan Finance Secretary Tsepong Wangchuk Dedhen Shakabpa before Chinese forces occupied the region in 1950 has been found in Nepal and provides proof of Tibet’s former independence, Tibetan exile group Friends of Tibet said. The passport, issued by the Tibetan government
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      80% bird-proof
      305 16 Number of big British companies prepared for flu pandemic LONDON Britain’s biggest companies are making contingency plans for a bird flu pandemic that could deal a big blow to the economy, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported. Having staff work from home, transferring operations offshore and distributing “disease packs”
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      Lock icon GLOBAL FUND
      149 16 AFP OFFICIALS from half the nations on the planet will meet in Beijing tomorrow and on Wednesday to raise US$1.5 billion ($2.4 billion) needed to tackle the potential global catastrophe of a bird flu pandemic. “There is a real possibility that further mutation of the virus strain might
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      Lock icon It’s all about the money – and Mozart
      657 19  - It’s all about the money and Mozart Roll over, Beethoven Mozart’s back to have a ball VENESSA LEE venessa@newstoday.com.sg AS AUSTRIA gears up for the 250th anniversary of the birth of one of the world’s greatest composers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, his hometown of Salzburg is celebrating with a mixture of
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      348 15 N V&Bt S J£K <*? Professor Barry J. Marshall UWA Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences Nobel Prizewinner in Medicine 2005 World Top 100 University The Times Higher Education Supplement 2005 5-star Ranking for Research, Toughness To Get In and Student Demand The Good Universities Guide 2006 Top Comprehensive University
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      348 15 (2nd edition) &E Professor Barry J. Marshall UWA Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences Nobel Prizewinner in Medicine 2005 World Top 100 University The Times Higher Education Supplement 2005 5-star Ranking for Research, Toughness To Get In and Student Demand The Good Universities Guide 2006 Top Comprehensive University in Australia The Australian
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      Lock icon isay AVOID SOWING THE SEEDS OF HATE
      981 20  -  BENJAMIN JAMES SARAM I REMEMBER watching the excellent television miniseries, Hitler: The Rise of Evil, which screened last year. It examines that dark period when millions were killed in the name of racial purification and nationalistic ambition. One particularly powerful scene showed a
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        APATHY IS MUCH WORSE
        97 20  -  JOSHUA LEE: Iread the article “Teens’ white elephant T-shirt venture gets police attention” (Jan 14) with interest and a little incredulity. On one hand, we’re encouraging our youth to speak up and be heard, to step up from their apathy and be involved in issues of
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        ENCOURAGE RISK-TAKING
        62 20  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG: The former Raffles Girls School students must be commended for their innovative and entrepreneurial spirit with which they planned to sell the “Save the White Elephants” T-shirts for charity. Our young must be allowed to open up, otherwise they will turn into a generation
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      The scholarship straitjacket
      574 22 Don’t kill entrepreneurship by tying talents down with bond and job security Letter from YEEJENN JONG I FOLLOWED with interest the exchange of letters on whether Singapore scholars can be world-beaters. I agree with Dr Huang Shoou Chyuan (Jan 4) that it takes more than academic grades.
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      257 22  -  BY DR JAMES DOBSON MYELINIZATION Have you ever wondered why an infant is unable to reach out and take hold of an object or control the movement of his hands or feet? It's because the human nervous system is inadequately insulated at birth, and the electrical
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      Lock icon Shop and win, the TODAY way
      432 24  -  SERENE CHUA serene@newstoday.com.sg THE best, as always, is saved for last. After giving away $12,000 in cash to 24 winners over the last two months, the final draw of the Shop To Win Today campaign saw two winners driving away with a spanking new
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      EXPECT MORE EXCITING CAMPAIGNS FROM TODAY
      317 24 The third season of the Shop To Win Today Draw drew to a close with a bonus. Unlike the first two seasons when there was one car to give away, there were two this time around. TODAY’s general manager for sales and marketing Mr
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      Lock icon Dedicated teacher gets a failing grade
      483 25 We’ll lose good, experienced childcare centre educators with the shortsighted O levels requirement Letter from NG SU-MING I REFER to your report, “A little windfall for low wage workers” (Jan 13), and I applaud NTUC deputy secretary Lim Swee Say’s comments that the Workforce
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      The NTUC job training Catch 22 ...
      251 25 The NTUC job training Catch 22 Letter from ANNE XAVIER I WAS retrenched in December and while searching for a new job, I wanted to take up some short courses on IT skills. As an NTUC union member, I was looking forward to taking advantage of the courses conducted by
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      Is it an offence to drive with one hand?
      154 26 Letter from LIONEL DE SOUZA WHILE driving along Beach Road, I observed that the driver in front had a lit cigarette between his fingers, dangling out of his car’s window. He was steering with only his left hand. As he turned
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      Made to go for training at expense of studies
      205 26 Letter from JAMES CHI I DO not doubt it is necessary to strike a balance between co-curricular activities (CCA) in school and the academic, but certain schools are stretching this too far for the sake of vainglory, at the expense of
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      No blank cheque for negligence
      414 26 Firms that try to waive liability for injury must prove to court this is reasonable Letter from HENG CHO CHOON MS CLARA Ng’s letter, “Why should those organisers go scotfree?” (Jan 13), has raised the pertinent issue of whether firms and organisers are to be
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      706 28 THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) halted trading in Daka Designs shares as the bourse said that the company had breached the Listing Manual by “refusing” to co-operate with KPMG, the special auditor appointed to determine its “state of affairs”. “Without this information, the market will
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      129 28 AFP TOKYO Japan plans to step up measures to woo foreign firms to purchase companies or make other direct investment here in a bid to invigorate its economy, a report said. The government wants to boost foreign direct investment in Japan to 26.4 trillion yen
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      206 28 AFP Singapore SHARES here are likely to pick up this week after ending on a slightly lower note on Friday, dealers said. They said that after the recent run up to five-year highs, the market needs to consolidate before it can make further gains, which are quite possible
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        555 30 Las Vegas giants, Malaysian firm duel for Singapore casino AFP ALTHOUGH several companies have abandoned their bids, industry analysts said competition remains intense in the highstakes battle to build Singapore’s first casino because the surviving contenders are among the world’s biggest gaming firms. Apart
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        74 30 Progen Holdings said that due to unforeseen circumstances and competitive market conditions in the manufacturing and marketing of environmentally friendly cooling towers in China, it would not pursue its planned establishment of a fully-owned subsidiary, Progen Zhangzhou ACMV Technology Co, in Zhangzhou. The full provision of $3.76 million
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        205 32 AFP BEIJING China’s foreign exchange reserves reached US$818.9 billion ($1.3 trillion) at the end of last year, up 34.3 per cent year-on-year, state press announced yesterday, citing central bank figures. China’s foreign exchange reserves, the second largest in the world after Japan,
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        438 32 It will rise in line with growing interest rates AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s ringgit has rallied to its highest levels since the currency’s peg to the US dollar was removed six months ago, after a lacklustre start that disappointed investors. The ringgit hit a high
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      601 34  -  Time is money, don’t squander it MANAGEMENT, MOTIVATION AND YOU: TAKE CONTROL SUCCEEDwith JOHNBITTLESTON bittleston@btinternet.com John Bittleston runs a business and career email mentoring service at www.TerrificMentor.com IT’S easier to find fault with others than with ourselves. For many of the events that go wrong other
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      532 35  -  Grenoble Graduate School of Business to offer its graduate programmes LEE U-WEN u-wen@newstoday.com.sg AFTER 18 months of negotiations, a top French business school is making its first foray into South-east Asia, with Singapore confirmed as the country where it will offer its graduate programmes. The
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      204 35 AEC Edu Group Master of Learning Innovation QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Fully delivered in Singapore (part-time) by professors from the Queensland University of Technology, Australia Preview dates 16 24 January 2006 Venue Samuels Room, Level 12 Time 7.15pm Contact Eugene at 6222 3500 or email eugene@aec.edu.sg University of Birmingham Master
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      1041 36  -  With the popularity of US chat shows at an all-time high, the time is ripe for a revival here Elisa Chia elisa@newstoday.com.sg NAJIP Ali had one. So did Gurmit Singh. Even Anita Sarawak returned from her Las Vegas pad to do one. Whether for the right
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      250 37 LARRY KING LIVE King, in his trademark bow tie and suspenders, has been the host of this call-in interview programme, one of CNN’s longest-running shows, since 1985. During that time, the veteran broadcaster and writer has sat opposite everyone from George W Bush and Michael Jackson to Martha
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      397 38 LOS ANGELES Two-time Oscar-winner Shelley Winters, the famously outspoken actress who started out playing brassy blondes and went on to become one of Hollywood’s most respected stars, has died. She was 85. Winters, who suffered a heart attack three months ago, died on
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      452 38  -  Apprentice pair given the boot for 'emotional' moves, flippant remarks JULIANA JUNE RASUL julianar@newstoday.com.sg ONE deserved it, the other didn’t. The first two contestants fired from the fourth season of The Apprentice could not be more unlike each other. Chris Valletta, a former football player,
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      165 38 AFP LOS ANGELES The gay cowboy movie, Brokeback Mountain, looks set to gallop to victory at tomorrow’s Golden Globe Awards, which is dominated this year by a pack of independent films. Taiwanese director Ang Lee’s daring tale of forbidden love goes into
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      455 40  -  Stefanie overcomes jitters, technical glitches to deliver glowing performance CONCERTREVIEW by Mervin Tay StefanieSunLiveinSingapore Singapore Indoor Stadium STEFANIE Sun wasn’t in a good mood in the days leading up to her concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Saturday night. The singer was stressed about performing on home
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      172 40 —AGENCIES FIRST comes love, then comes baby, then comes marriage. At least that’s the order of events for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who announced last week that they were expecting a child and are now rumoured to be planning a Valentine’s Day wedding. News
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      280 39 MANDARIN ORANGE WITH CRABMEAT SALAD APPLE EMULSION o celebrate the Chinese New Year, Today has teamed up with celebrity chef Moses Lim to bring you the cookbook, New Age Cuisine for an Age-Old Tradition. The book contains lovingly-crafted recipes by five award-winning local chefs. In this first of a fourpart
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      133 42 AP ROCHESTER (Michigan) Eminem remarried his high school sweetheart yesterday, a month after the superstar rapper announced they were getting back together, his publicist said. “I can confirm that they were married this evening,” said Dennis Dennehy, a spokesman for Eminem’s label, Interscope Records. News helicopters hovered
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      418 42  -  How art can make the everyday extraordinary DAVID CHEW david.chew@newstoday.com.sg THE sensible thing to do at the sight of naked lightbulbs and live wires submerged in water would be to steer clear. But at The New Alchemists, the latest exhibition presented by LasalleSIA’s Earl Lu Gallery, visitors
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      479 43  -  For hearty German fare, head to a family-run eatery that goes beyond sausages LOW SHI PING food@newstoday.com.sg WERNER’S Oven accords a nice, warm, homely feeling, with the Werner family often seen bustling around the restaurant. The cosy German outfit, headed by the Werners, has been a
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      108 43  -  Tse Chi Meng I NDULGEIN‘APOTOF LUCK’ATWAHLOK Carlton Hotel’s famed Cantonese restaurant offers a lavish spread for Chinese New Year with a la carte delicacies such as braised sliced abalone, fish lips with shrimp roe, coral clams and kampung chicken. Indulge in Poon Choy Pleasures, symbolising “a pot of luck”.
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      370 47 —AP NBA Phoenix 115 Cavaliers 106 PHOENIX —LeBron James at his best wasn’t enough to beat the Phoenix Suns on Saturday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time). The band of sharpshooters led by Steve Nash overcame James’ 46-point night to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-106,
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      229 48 AFP ST LOUIS Johnny Weir and Sasha Cohen booked their tickets to the Turin Olympics here on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) with respective wins at the US Figure Skating Championships, while Michelle Kwan received hers without stepping on the ice. Weir, 21, finished
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      395 48  -  DARREN LAI darren@newstoday.com.sg THEY may have formed an alliance with another club, but Dilwant Singh insists everything about the outfit is Sengkang Marine FC, the team that pulled out of the S-League at the end of the 2003 season due to financial difficulties. Returning
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      280 49 AFP WELLINGTON Richie McCaw (picture) is almost certain to replace Tana Umaga as All Blacks captain, after coach Graham Henry broke a week of silence to tell newspapers here yesterday the openside flanker was his No 1 choice. Henry refused to be drawn on
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      267 49 AP TEST CRICKET Pakistan v India LAHORE Indian opening batsman Virender Sehwag hit a blistering unbeaten half century yesterday, but bad light allowed only 15 overs of play on the third day of the first cricket Test against Pakistan. Sehwag was
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      546 52 United’s boss and teen star could face sanctions after bust-up with referee AGENCIES ENGLISHPREMIERSHIP Man City 3 Man United 1 MANCHESTER Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and striker Wayne Rooney could face a Football Association (FA) investigation after both allegedly hurled abuse at a referee. Newspaper reports
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      242 52 AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Liverpool 1 Tottenham 0 LIVERPOOL Harry Kewell was singled out for praise by Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez after his stunning strike secured a 1-0 home win over Tottenham on Saturday. It meant the European champions closed to within a point of
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      345 53 ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Wigan 0 West Brom 1 WIGAN West Brom, playing with 10 men in the second-half, stunned Wigan 10 to move further away from the relegation zone yesterday, reported the BBC. Playing without Darren Moore who was sent-off late in the second-half after receiving his
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      Lock icon Henry’s simply priceless
      521 53 (2nd edition) Wenger hails his ‘special one’, as hat-trick hero talks of staying with Gunners AGENCIES ENGLISHPREMIERSHIP Arsenal 7 Middlesbrough 0 LONDON Arsene Wenger insisted Thierry Henry’s incredible achievements will never be beaten, after the Arsenal striker hit a hat-trick in a 7-0 rout of Middlesbrough at Highbury on
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      351 53 (2nd edition) ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Wigan 0 West Brom 1 WIGAN West Brom, playing with 10 men in the second-half, stunned Wigan 10 to move further away from the relegation zone yesterday, reported the BBC. Playing without Darren Moore who was sent-off late in the second-half after receiving his
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