Today, 19 January 2006

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    Lock icon S’pore bourse hit by triple whammy
    543 1  -  But analysts expect quick recovery from Livedoor scandal in Japan, oil price surge and tech slowdown CHRISTIE LOH christie@newstoday.com. sg A SEA of red blanketed the Singapore stock market yesterday as barrels of bad news knocked off some of 2006’s gains from Asian bourses.
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    Lock icon Top footballer Agu Casmir goes missing
    529 1  -  JOSE RAYMOND jose@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE’S top striker from the Tiger Cup, Nigerian-born Agu Casmir, has gone missing. Dropped from the national team, the 21-year-old stunned the football fraternity last week by signing for top Indonesian side Persija Jakarta. But on Monday, Casmir, who was scheduled
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    Lock icon Tokyo stocks higher after 3-day slide
    222 1 (2nd edition) Trading will be cut short by 30 minutes from today AGENCIES JAPANESE stocks rallied today, rebounding from a three-day slide that cut almost US$400 billion ($652 billion) in value from the world’s second-largest equity market and forced the exchange to halt trading early yesterday.
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    Lock icon Wall St stocks, oil close lower
    110 1 (2nd edition) BLOOMBERG US stocks suffered their first two-day drop of the year yesterday as disappointing earnings from Intel Corp and Yahoo! triggered a slide in technology shares. The Nasdaq Composite Index, which gets 44 per cent of its value from technology companies, dropped 23.05 points
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    Lock icon Do not over-rely on Tamiflu: Study
    173 1 (2nd edition) AFP PARIS Medical reviewers yesterday warned against over-relying on the drug Tamiflu in preparations to prevent an influenza pandemic triggered by bird flu. In a paper published online by the British journal The Lancet, the experts say they see no evidence that the top-selling
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      Lock icon SDA defines election targets
      451 2  -  Opposition party gunning for 5 single-member seats, 3 GRCs LOHCHEE KONG cheekong@newstoday.com.sg IF SINGAPORE’S Opposition parties have their way, the upcoming elections could turn out to be one of the most keenly contested since Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs) redefined the electoral landscape in 1988. Following last
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      Lock icon SDA defines election targets
      451 2 (2nd edition)  -  Opposition party gunning for 5 single-member seats, 3 GRCs LOHCHEE KONG cheekong@newstoday.com.sg IF SINGAPORE’S Opposition parties have their way, the upcoming elections could turn out to be one of the most keenly contested since Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs) redefined the electoral landscape in 1988. Following last
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      Lock icon Santa factor in plot to kidnap Blair’s son
      257 2 (2nd edition) AFP LONDON Extremist fathers’ rights campaigners met in a pub to discuss kidnapping the youngest son of British Prime Minister Tony Blair while dressed as Santa Claus, The Sun newspaper reports in today’s edition. In a second successive front-page report about the
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      Lock icon IF YOU CHOOSE TO LEAVE, PAY THE PRICE
      786 3  -  SIEWKUM HONG The writer is a lawyer commenting in his personal capacity. WHAT makes a Singaporean? That was the question in my mind, as MPs debated the move to stiffen penalties for National Service (NS) evaders. NS is undoubtedly an integral part
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      Lock icon N Korea to revive nuke talks in China
      293 4 AFP SEOUL Stalinist North Korea said yesterday that its reclusive leader Kim Jong-Il had paid an unannounced visit to China, confirming days of media reports that Mr Kim was in the country. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) also said
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      President’s annual salary adjusted to $2.5 million
      238 4  -  DERRICK A PAULO derrick@newstoday.com.sg PARLIAMENT has approved an increase in the President’s salary, which is also known as the Privy Purse, for the fiscal year 2005. The salary will be revised to $2,507,200, an increase of $114,900 from the last adjustment in February
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      Lock icon N Korea to revive nuke talks in China
      293 4 (2nd edition) AFP SEOUL Stalinist North Korea said yesterday that its reclusive leader Kim Jong-Il had paid an unannounced visit to China, confirming days of media reports that Mr Kim was in the country. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) also said
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      President’s annual salary adjusted to $2.5 million
      238 4 (2nd edition)  -  DERRICK A PAULO derrick@newstoday.com.sg PARLIAMENT has approved an increase in the President’s salary, which is also known as the Privy Purse, for the fiscal year 2005. The salary will be revised to $2,507,200, an increase of $114,900 from the last adjustment in February
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      Lock icon Al Qaeda bomb maker ‘killed in CIA missile attack’
      105 4 (2nd edition) —AFP WASHINGTON A top Al Qaeda bomb maker with a US$5-million ($8.14-million) reward on his head was killed in last week’s CIA missile strike in Pakistan, ABC News reported yesterday. Pakistani officials identified him as Midhat Mursi, 52, also known as
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      Lock icon Millions eye $245m jackpot
      127 4 (2nd edition) AFP PARIS Clutching their tickets tight, people in nine European countries will be holding out for a chance to win a record jackpot of 125 million euros ($245 million) in today’s Euro Millions lottery. Seven winning numbers are needed to scoop the eye-pop-ping prize, which will
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      8 3 What’syourview?Emailusat news@newstoday.com.sg MORE ON NS EVASION PAGE 30
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      210 3 Usher In A New Year Of Luck And Prosperity With Us. Yu Sheng Feast From 28 January to 12 February, complete your Lunar New Year celebrations with our gourmet a la carte Yu Sheng, comprising five inspiring flavours. Feast on Town Restaurant’s celebratory lunch and dinner buffets with friends or
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      Lock icon SM GOH MEETS INDIAN PM DR MANMOHAN SINGH
      73 6 Senior Minister Goh ChokTong calling on Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh at his resi-denceinNewDelhiyesterday.ThisisMrGoh’ssecondstopinaweek-longvisittoIndia.Sofar, he has met up with Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi and other key ministers in New Delhi as well as ministers and business leaders in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
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      Lock icon Blood needed urgently as supply runs dry
      129 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE’S blood banks are fast drying up, sparking an urgent appeal for donations. Blood stocks have fallen so low that elective surgeries are being postponed. The prolonged rain and festive celebrations have resulted in fewer blood donors coming forward in the
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      Record 8.9m came a-visiting last year
      265 6  -  India makes it into S’pore’s top five tourism markets, displacing Malaysia JASMINE YIN jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg INDIA made it into Singapore’s list of its top five tourism markets for the first time last year, coming in at fifth place with 583,000 visitors. It displaced Malaysia, which
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      Mini-fridge falls, rolls injures woman
      167 6  -  ANSLEYNG IN WHAT appeared to be a freak mishap, a mini-fridge being carried by a karung guni man fell three storeys, landed on an awning and then rolled off and hit a woman on a scooter. The mishap took place at about 5.30pm yesterday at
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      Lock icon Warwick to teach course in Singapore after all
      423 8  -  But still no campus, as British varsity joins hands with SIMTech, SIM in 3-way tie-up LEE U-WEN u-wen@newstoday.com. sg THE University of Warwick is continuing to make its presence felt in Singapore, despite backing out of setting up a campus here just
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      Man drowns in S’pore River
      232 8  -  ANSLEYNG A NIGHT out among three friends ended in horror yesterday when one of them drowned while taking a dip in the Singapore River near Boat Quay. The deceased, a 27-year-old Indian man, was swimming wearing only a pair of boxer shorts early yesterday morning
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      This chip is a lab
      495 10  -  Microchip test kit can identify flu in seconds VINITA RAMAN I vinita@newstoday.com. sg BY THE time flu season rolls around this time next year, travellers may be able to request an influenza test at any airport or immigration check-point and get a diagnosis in an
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      Singapore prepares for bird flu conference, drills
      338 10 THE Ministry of Health (MOH) is stockpiling anti-viral drug Relenza as an additional precaution against a possible flu pandemic. Some 50,000 doses of the drug which is meant to be inhaled have been ordered. Relenza is an alternative to Tamiflu, the stock of
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      $421.1m bid does the trick
      412 11  -  Far East Organization awarded prime land parcel tender at Somerset VALERIE LAW valerie@newstoday.com.sg LOCAL developer Far East Organization yesterday came up tops in a bid for the Somerset land parcel at Orchard Road and Killiney Road, beating five others with a $421.1 million bid. This
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      Lock icon Dip in COE prices
      86 11 938 LIVE CERTIFICATES of entitlement (COEs) for cars below 1,600cc have hit a new low. It now stands at $8,009 down from the record low of about $10,600 earlier this month. For cars above 1,600cc, COEs now cost about $9,600, down by $2,000. But this is
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      Award-winning architect ‘conspired to defraud’
      193 11  -  CHRISTIE LOH christie@newstoday.com.sg AWARD-WINNING architect Timothy Seow has been ruled to have conspired to defraud a creditor of some $900,000 in unpaid fees. In a written judgment issued yesterday, Justice Choo Han Teck said Mr Seow’s then-company had more than enough resources to pay Mr
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      Lock icon An ungodly theft
      342 12  -  Prayer urns stolen from outside homes in Jurong East AUDREYLIM news@newstoday.com.sg TO THE Buddhists and Taoists, they are sacred objects. Yet someone was stealing the religious urns that residents at an HDB precinct in Jurong East placed outside their flats in homage to the Sky God. Residents
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      RP students breed lobsters in captivity
      235 12  -  SERENECHUA NINE students from Republic Polytechnic have succeeded in rearing lobsters in captivity from juvenile to harvest size. Lobsters are traditionally “wild crop” and attempts at breeding them in these conditions have, until recently in Australia and India, been unsuccessful. In captivity, the crustaceans
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        AN A-STAR PARTNERSHIP
        69 12  -  Vinita Ramani The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Scotland’s University of Dundee to start a joint PhD programme in biomedical sciences. Students who receive the A*Star-Dundee Partnership Scholarship will spend two years at research institutes here and another
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        Lock icon DIABETICS MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER FROM COLORECTAL CANCER
        67 12 938 Live A local study has found diabetics are almost twice as likely to develop colorectal cancer as compared to non-diabetics. Researchers from the National University of Singapore studied more than 63,000 local Chinese aged 45 to 74, as part of the
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Malaysia’s ‘snoop’ squad under fire
      374 16 Team set up to curb ‘social ills’; minister wants it disbanded AFP KUALA LUMPUR —A squad of Islamic volunteers set up to catch amorous Muslim couples in Malaysia’s administrative capital, Putrajaya, has come under fire, with a minister reportedly saying yesterday that it should be
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      Lock icon American commits suicide online
      126 16 AFP SOFIA A 21-year-old American online gaming fan broadcast his suicide on a Bulgarian Internet forum, Bulgaria’s BGNES news agency reported yesterday. Named as Mitchell S, the gamer switched on his webcam and swallowed a large amount of motor antifreeze and pills after complaining about family
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      Lock icon Mum wants daughter’s killers spared
      265 16 AFP SURAT THANI (Thailand) They raped and murdered her daughter, but Mrs Elizabeth Horton still pleaded for their lives to be spared. In spite of her heartfelt letter to the Thai judges presiding over the case, the court sentenced the two fishermen, Bualoy Kothisit, 23,
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      Lock icon Where people are the only treasure
      349 18 Minister says Japan can do more to stop population shrinking, achieve work-life balance AFP TOKYO Women may have made inroads in corporate Japan since the days they were expected to serve tea and look for husbands, but much more must be done to reverse
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      Lock icon Top Malaysian govt officials must explain Thai blunder, says opposition
      268 18 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s opposition yesterday demanded that two top government officials explain their faulty claims that 130 Thai Muslim sheltering there had been sent home, saying the comments had made the country a “laughing stock in Bangkok”. Law Minister
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        Lock icon SCOTTISH PUPILS GET CLASSES IN FAKE TANNING
        124 18 THE GUARDIAN Scottish schoolchildren are so keen on getting a tan that schools are calling in beauty experts to offer advice on how to apply fake tan to stop pupils nipping out for a sunbed session during their break. The fake tanning training
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        Lock icon AFTER 600 BOTCHED JOBS, DENTIST DISBARRED FOR LETTING FIANCE DRILL
        103 18 AFP A dentist in Britain has been barred from the profession after letting her fiance, who had no training, treat more than 600 patients who suffered at his hands. Mogjan Azari, 39, a dentist in south London, was sentenced to
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        CONVICT ESCAPED FROM PRISON BY GOING ON CRASH DIET
        105 18 Maximum security prisoner Robert Cole escaped from an Australian jail yesterday after he lost enough weight to squeeze his way to freedom through a gap in a wall, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. The Corrective Services said Cole, 36, had apparently
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        Lock icon REBEL OFFICERS ESCAPE FROM PHILIPPINE PRISON
        76 20 –AFP Four junior officers who took part in a failed coup against Philippine President Gloria Arroyo in 2003 escaped from a military prison on Tuesday despite tight security and advance knowledge that they were planning to break out, the army said yesterday. “We had
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        Lock icon HEALTH RISKS IN LUNAR NEW YEAR DISH
        118 20 –AFP Hong Kong health authorities yesterday warned of health risks associated with a popular Lunar New Year dish made up of seafood, meat and vegetables and all served in one big bowl. Poon choi, a local delicacy, consists of several layers of ingredients
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        Lock icon IRAQI GIRL SHOWING BIRD FLU SYMPTOMS DIES
        81 20 –AFP A 14-year-old girl died in Iraqi Kurdistan after showing avian influenza symptoms. The girl fell sick two weeks ago, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, said on its website. While initial tests returned negative for bird flu, more tests would be conducted in
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        Lock icon OLMERT RESHUFFLES CABINET
        89 22 –AFP Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reshuffled and expanded his cabinet yesterday, exerting his increasing authority as premier Ariel Sharon remained in a coma two weeks after a brain haemorrhage. In the most eye-catching appointment, Tzipi Livni became only the second woman in the Israel’s history
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        Lock icon EMPTY GRAVES FOUND AT US AIRSTRIKE SITE IN PAKISTAN
        98 22 –AFP Pakistani investigators said yesterday they had found two empty graves at the site of a controversial US airstrike, a day after officials said up to five foreign militants had died in the attack. But there was no information about the
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        Lock icon ARNIE IS PERSONA NON GRATA
        81 22 –AFP The assembly for the Mexican state of Baja California declared movie star California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger persona non grata on Tuesday over his stance towards Mexican immigrants working in the United States. “The Terminator has forgotten that he too arrived in the United States
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      Lock icon LESSONS FROM MALAYSIA’S CONVERSION DILEMMA
      882 20  -  KL could take a leaf out of Singapore’s book on documenting religious conversions Nazry Bahrawi news@newstoday.com.sg news@newstoday.com.sg The writer is a community leader in Singapore, commenting in his personal capacity. STILL reeling from the furore over a case of mistaken identity with the nude squat
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      Lock icon It is -30°C in Moscow
      377 22 More freeze to death; businesses told to conserve power; gas supplies may be hit AGENCIES MOSCOW Russia’s capital city switched to a strict energy conservation programme yesterday as two more people froze to death with overnight temperatures diving below minus-30 degree Celsius and to substantially
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      Lock icon Mini-brothels planned to keep call girls off the streets
      220 24 THEGUARDIAN LONDON Two or three prostitutes will be allowed to work together in “mini-brothels” for their own safety in Britain, The Independent reported. The proposed law is an attempt by the government to force the vice trade off the streets. Tough
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      Lock icon Plot to kidnap Blair’s youngest son thwarted
      319 24 Finger pointed at fathers’ rights group THEGUARD I AN LONDON Detectives are investigating a plot to kidnap British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s son, Leo, after it emerged that extremists linked to the fathers’ rights group Fathers4Justice allegedly intended to snatch the Blairs’ youngest
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      Raping white girls was part of Muslim plot in UK, court told
      196 24 LONDON The leader of the British National Party (BNP) claimed that Asian men of Indian and Pakistani origin were seducing and raping white girls as part of a Muslim plot to conquer the country, a court heard on
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      292 26  -  However, auditors must be alert to misstatements due to fraud Letter from JANETTAN Executive Director, Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore WE REFER to the letter “What’s the point of audits, then?” by Lim Boon Hee (Jan 5). The Companies Act, inter alia,
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      171 26  -  Letter from AUDREY ANG Assistant Director (Media Relations), Singapore Police Force I REFER to Mr Lionel de Souza’s letter “Is it an offence to drive with one hand?” (Jan 16). There is currently no specific ban against smoking while driving. Nonetheless, like all other activities that
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      135 26 Letter from HARRY CHIA I REFER to Liang Dingzi’s News Comment, “Open Budget Terminal to all airlines” (Jan 18). I agree that the $45 million budget terminal be open to any airline that wants to use it to lower their costs as the industry
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      281 28 Letter from ANTHONY OEI MS FRANCES Ong Hock Lin makes some interesting suggestions in her letter “Take the half step towards openness” (Jan 14-15) about the “open society” debate. She quoted author Catherine Lim and political scientist Ho Khai Leong as having said, at a
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      153 28 Letter from HARRY CHIA THE Workers’ Party’s (WP) intention to possibly contest Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the coming General Election is as Deputy News Editor Teo Hwee Nak (“Could Workers’ Party throw hat into PM’s ring?”, Jan
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      246 30  -  BY DR JAMES DOBSON THE CAUSES OF PROMISCUITY Many studies are showing now that instability in the marital relationship has a profound effect on children. For example, a team of researchers at the Oregon Social Learning Center tracked the behavior of 201 junior high and high
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      125 30 Letter from CLARA NG I THANK Mr Heng Cho Hoon for his enlightening letter, “No blank cheque for negligence” (Jan 16). It comforts a layperson like me to learn of the existence of the Unfair Contract Terms Act of 1977. The indemnity parents are made
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      809 30 Parliament voted on Tuesday to hit National Service (NS) defaulters with stiffer penalties. Readers give their take on whether Singapore is now taking too heavy or still too light a hand with evaders such as concert pianist Melvyn Tan. Sorry for the inconvenience
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      319 32  -  Letter from ELAINE EE Manager (Finance and Administration) Chinese Development Assistance Council WE REFER to the letter “Opt-in culture belies need for more transparency” (Jan 12) by Mr Jeffrey Ho Loon Poh and thank him for his view and his interest in the deployment of
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      260 32 Call the cops or try a softer approach, but don’t give up on account of a few Letter from JESSICA CHAN RHO SZU I REFER to Mr Rizal Ismail’s letter, “The other side of the fence” (Jan 17). He wondered about the wisdom of
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      48 32 In the report, “Quit smoking the Idol way with Taufik” (Jan 16), it was stated that smokers who wish to join the Taufik Smoke-free Journey can send an SMS with the text <TAUFIK> to *****6. The correct number should be *****. We are sorry for the error.
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      640 33  -  “I am a disabled person through no fault of mine. Therefore, I deserve all the help I can get from society. If I don’t get it, it means I have been treated unfairly. “It is my right to demand for assistance and it is the
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      156 34 Letter from COLIN ONGTAU SHIEN CREDIT Counselling Singapore has identified the denizens of “Generation Debt” as young professionals who are earning more than the bottom 20 per cent of the population but who, after deducting their loan repayments, are left with little
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      81 34 THE GAMES MUST GO ON: Today artist Eng Kong snapped this shot of schoolkids defying the week-long rainy spell lastweektoenjoya game of soccer at an Ang Mo Kio basketball court.Whosayschi l drentodaydon’tknow howto have fun? CALLING ALL SHUTTERBUGS: Email us an interesting picture you have taken in Singapore
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      287 34  -  Letter from JASNA DHANSUKLAL Manager, Corporate Communications National Library Board WE REFER to the letters by Cheong Ling (“Is cash so bad, NLB?”, Jan 9) and Seah Cheng Hwee (“Cashcardonly policy a pain”, Jan 11). The introduction of cashless payments at the libraries
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      326 34  -  Pandemic guidebook, increased public education efforts are on the way Letter from K BHAVANI Director of Corporate Communications Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts WE REFER to Mr Kuo How Nam’s letter, “Teach the people to cope with flu pandemic” (Jan 11)
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      20 32 TIGER ON THE PROWL Budget airline has gone from flying to 3 cities a year ago to 13 today 38
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      583 38  -  Budget airline has gone from flying to only 3 cities a year ago to 13 today CHRISTIE LOH christie@newstoday.com.sg IN A cluttered grey-walled room about the size of a basketball court, tapping sounds emanating from the keyboards of 20-odd employees hunched over computer screens. No one
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      294 38  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA TIGER Airways, which is 49 per cent owned by Singapore Airlines, has chosen Swissport International to replace Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats) as its dedicated ground-handling agent. The move comes into effect at the end of March when the
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        352 40 Deal for Thaksin family interest valued at$2.9b AGENCIES BANGKOK Thailand’s Shin Corp will likely file a statement with the Stock Exchange of Thailand tomorrow to inform the bourse about the sale of a key stake in the telecommunications company to Singapore’s
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        184 40 —AGENCIES BANGKOK The president of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), Mr Kittiratt Na Ranong, who offered to resign after the country’s largest brewer said it would list in Singapore, should stay in his job, Thai Commerce Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said yesterday. “The exchange
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        103 40 AGENCIES INDONESIA will ask the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) not to cut its production ceiling during the group’s meeting at the end of the month, Mines and Energy Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said yesterday. Oil prices are too high to cut production quotas,
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        389 41  -  Accused in plea bargain, hearing on Feb 13 CHOW PENN NEE pennnee@newstoday.com.sg ONE of the top executives of embattled Accord Customer Care Solutions (ACCS) named as a conspirator in a fraud involving the mobile phone servicing firm is seeking to reduce his charges. Former
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        229 41 AGENCIES IN AN unexpected turn of events, Indonesia’s Sampoerna family has withdrawn its bid to buy Kiani Kertas because it could not agree with the largest creditor of the pulp mill on purchase terms. The Sampoerna family rejected a request by Bank
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        324 41  -  Hearing set for Feb 13, accused seeks plea bargain CHOW PENN NEE pennnee@newstoday.com.sg ONE of the top executives of embattled Accord Customer Care Solutions (ACCS) named as a conspirator in a fraud involving the mobile phone servicing firm plans to plead guilty,
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        108 41 AIROCEAN Group yesterday gave further details in respect of its profit warning issued on Tuesday. Responding to a query from the Singapore Exchange, Airocean said that the increased costs incurred by its ground cargo handling and transportation services in Singapore were due to higher fuel prices, liquidated
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        229 41 AGENCIES IN AN unexpected turn of events, Indonesia’s Sampoerna family has withdrawn its bid to buy Kiani Kertas because it could not agree with the largest creditor of the pulp mill on purchase terms. The Sampoerna family rejected a request by Bank
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        493 42 Telco plans include $120-million upgrade to its network and coverage BLOOMBERG MOBILEONE (M1), the smallest of Singapore’s three mobile-phone operators, said fourth-quarter net profit rose 21 per cent from the corresponding period a year earlier as more subscribers signed up. Net income
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        1202 42 Dow Jones Singapore SHARES fell yesterday in line with weakness in regional bourses after Wall Street fell overnight on high oil prices. Sentiment was also hurt by the early close of trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange after frantic selling following allegations of fraud at Internet firm Livedoor
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        504 44  -  The Republic makes significant gain in consumer confidence, MasterCard survey shows JANE CHIAPOCO janec@newstoday.com.sg CONSUMER optimism in Singapore over employment, the stock market and the economy has risen, according to the results of MasterCard’s MasterIndex of Consumer Confidence survey released yesterday. The survey which was conducted
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        208 45 BLOOMBERG THE outlook on Singapore’s banking industry was cut to stable from positive by Standard Poor’s (S&P). The outlook is underpinned by the banks’ stable earnings and a recent pick-up in loan growth, together with improving asset quality and a supportive regulatory environment, S&P
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        478 45 DOW JONES THE Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) is hoping for trading volume on its joint venture commodities derivatives market with the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to reach a profitable critical mass after two years, executive vice-president Christopher Malo said yesterday. CBOT, the second-biggest
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      83 45 I A r i Vfi l Many things are not what they seem. For instance, cute little guys like this could spark a pandemic that kills millions. That’s why Reader’s Digest takes a fresh look at life from every angle, every month. Why not do the same? Pick up a
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      1167 46  -  Recent literary controversies suggest fact and fiction are becoming increasingly interchangeable David Chew david.chew@newstoday.com.sg IS ARTHUR Golden’s Memoirs of a Geisha the basis for the big-budget film now in cinemas here fact or fiction? Technically, it is not a memoir. Golden informs readers in a
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      247 47 A Million Little Pieces by James Frey At the opening of this best-selling memoir a shocking and raw account of first-time author Frey’s drug rehabilitation the writer finds himself almost drowning in his own blood and vomit upon awakening from a drug-induced coma. His family checks him
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      834 49  -  Hollywood’s tendency to hop on bandwagons means we may see more gay-themed films FELIX CHEONG plus@newstoday.com.sg IT’S all right to be of a different sexual orientation. That, in a nutshell, seems to be the message the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) is sending out through its
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      591 50  -  Queen tribute show returns to the Esplanade ZULOTHMAN zul@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Freddy Mercury’s best mate Peter Freestone gives your Queen tribute band the thumbs up, you know you’re onto a good thing. “Peter likes us so much he actually joined on as part of our show,” chuckled
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        326 48 LONGAN TEA, FATT GAO (NIAN GAO) TOAST WITH KAYA VANILLA SAUCE n this last of our four-part series, we feature another recipe from the cookbook, New Age Cuisine for an Age-Old Tradition. The book features recipes by five award-winning chefs and will come in handy for discerning cooks who wish
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        409 52  -  Malaysian author plays fast and loose with history in award-winning novel JULIANA JUNE RASUL julianar@newstoday.com.ag TASH Aw may now be Malaysia’s most famous literary export, but that hasn’t stopped the critics from picking on his first book The Harmony Silk Factory. The novel, which won
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        98 53 Michelle Chong, who hosts the variety game show, Made in Singapore. It debuts tonight at 8.30pm on MediaCorp TV Channel 8. I’m re-reading Arthur Golden’s Memoirs of a Geisha. I interviewed the movie’s director, Rob Marshall, recently and it’s interesting that he has a different take on
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          164 53  -  ROSS WALLACE Walter Mosley Best known for his Easy Rawlins detective novel series, Mosley spins a different sort of mystery here. Anniston Bennet, a rich white man with a shady past, offers $50,000 for the privilege of being locked away for the summer in jobless
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        264 54 In the name of charity, online casino GoldenPalace.com buys a little of Star Trek actor AP LOS ANGELES An online casino has a piece of Captain Kirk. Actor William Shatner (picture) has sold his kidney stone for US$25,000 ($40,850) to GoldenPalace.com,
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          95 54 The five brothers in Malcolm in the Middle will call it quits on May 14, after marking seven seasons and the show’s 150th episode. The series made Frankie Muniz, who plays Malcolm in the series, a household name. He went on to
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        407 55  -  Korean range of make-up, skincare is made with edible ingredients PEARLYN THAM pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg FROM a career in banking, Judy Yuen is now dabbling in herb salad, red ginseng, white chocolate, red wine and black bean. But the well-groomed woman is not in the
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        247 55 IF YOUR sweetheart loves both bears and diamonds, the perfect gift for her this Valentine’s Day is the “Say It With Your Heart” mini bear from Poh Heng Jewellery. For $188, you get a mini bear wearing a bear-shaped pendant (below) that holds a
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        230 55  -  PEARLYN THAM AN OPPORTUNITY like this comes once in a lifetime. We’re talking about the search for the first L’Oréal Paris Singapore Star. The chosen one will stand to win dazzling prizes including a trip to the Cannes Film Festival 2006,
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        744 57  -  When shopping in London and France, the thrill is in the hunt PEARLYN THAM pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg AN ELEMENT of surprise and serendipity always appeals to the shopping soul when scouting for unusual buys overseas. I discovered this during a visit to the United Kingdom and France, when I
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        554 60  -  Discover yesteryear’s charms and great shopping at Labuan NAZIR KESHVANI traveller@newstoday.com.sg FROM the sixth-floor of the luxurious Sheraton Hotel Labuan, my room overlooked the harbour where ferries, freighters, naval ships and fishing fleets were in constant motion all day. Malaysia’s only deep-water anchorage, Labuan is a free
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    507 56  -  Take your pick from these five recommended wines from France, Australia and Chile for that annual get-together CH’NGPOHTIONG food@newstoday.com.sg THE Chinese New Year is a major celebration to kick start a brand new year. And a big celebration calls for a big feast which
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      296 63 AP HANOI A senior Vietnamese official spent US$1.8 million ($2.9 million) gambling on European soccer matches, and police are investigating whether the money came from government funds, state-con-trolled media reported yesterday. Bui Tien Dung, general director of an infrastructure division under the Ministry of
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      373 64 AGENCIES FA CUP, 3RD RD REPLAY Reading 3 West Brom 2 LONDON West Bromwich Albion threw away a two-goal lead at the Madejski Stadium on Tuesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), as Leroy Lita’s hat-trick inspired Championship leaders Reading to knock the Premiership side out
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      598 64 American gives Moodie the blues as he leads men’s seeds through AFP TENNIS Australian Open, second round MELBOURNE Second seed Andy Roddick won’t hear any talk that he has a soft path to the quar-ter-finals at the Australian Open. The American world No 2 polished
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      184 64 AFP MELBOURNE Asia’s No 2 player Wang Yeu-tzuoo says the region needs to improve facilities available to its promising youngsters if it wants men to find success on the tennis circuit. Currently, Asia has only two men in the top 100, Wang at 98
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      384 64 (2nd edition) AFTERNOON EDITION AFP SERIEA Chievo 1 Juventus 1 ROME Serie A leaders Juventus gave their title rivals a glimmer of hope yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) after they only managed a 1-1 draw at Chievo. Daniele Franceschini’s superb volley gave the home side a surprise
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      1027 65  -  At Melbourne Park, nothing stands still but hey, that’s the world of tennis THURSDAY WITH Rohit Brijnath news@newstoday.com.sg EVEN before the tram wheezes to a halt at Melbourne Park, full of fans covered with zinc cream like Indian braves preparing for battle, you can hear it.
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      193 66 AGENCIES MANCHESTER Manchester United legend Eric Cantona (picture) has accused his former club of losing their soul and likened the current crop of players to “sheep”. “With Glazer and the departure of Roy Keane I am worried,” the former Old Trafford forward told
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      303 66 AGENCIES LIVERPOOL Midfielder Luis Garcia has been ruled out of Liverpool’s Premiership showdown with Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday. The Spaniard is struggling with a knee injury which has sidelined him for the last two games. Garcia has scored seven goals in 31
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      590 66 (2nd edition) Striker’s 2 goals help Devils’ resurgence and pave way for passage to Round 4 AFTERNOON EDITION AGENCIES FA CUP THIRD ROUND Man United 5 Burton Albion 0 MANCHESTER, England Giuseppe Rossi scored twice as Manchester United avoided FA Cup embarrassment with a
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      502 66 (2nd edition)  -  JOSE RAYMOND jose@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE’S top striker from the Tiger Cup, Nigerian-born Agu Casmir, has gone missing. Dropped from the national team, the 21-year-old stunned the football fraternity last week by signing for top Indonesian side Persija Jakarta. But on Monday, Casmir, who was scheduled
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      179 66 (2nd edition) AFP ALL-ENGLAND BADMINTON Men’s singles BIRMINGHAM, England Chen Jin, the 20-year-old Chinese player who caused a surprise by winning his first big title, the German Open on Sunday, caused another stir by reaching the last 16 on the first day of the All-England Open yesterday (this morning,
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      513 67  -  Former Indonesia coach Suharno tasked to develop top-class male shuttlers LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@newstoday.com.sg AS INDONESIA national coach from *****005, Asep Suharno admitted Singapore’s shuttlers never came into the equation when it came to identifying key threats to the country’s badminton stars. It was always players
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      473 67  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@newstoday.com.sg THE Ministry of Education is keen to open more Centres of Excellence (COE) for sports, but the onus from now on will be on the schools to take the lead. Speaking at the opening of the East Zone
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      175 67 Natural talent, Motivation, Passion, Willingness to train hard ON HIS FORMER CHARGES: Candra Wijaya, doubles specialist, world No 1 Achievements: 1997 2003 world doubles champions, 2000 Olympics doubles gold, 2005 World Championships runners up “I knew Candra during my first coaching stint at Pusdiklat Pelita
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      393 68  -  JOSE RAYMOND jose@newstoday.com.sg PERHAPS his only claim to fame is that he is the elder brother of former Singapore international R Sasikumar. But R Balasubramaniam (picture) will have to quickly get used to handling the spotlight. Yesterday, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) approved
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      205 68 AFP BEIJING China’s top football official has vowed to shut down the domestic Super League if rampant match fixing, gambling and bribery continue, state press said yesterday. “If order cannot be maintained, then we will stop play,” head of the China Football Association,
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