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  • 13 1 /AedjaCorp share your free newspaper Sunday May 7, 2006 todayonline.com TODAY MICA(P) 113/07/2005
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  • SPECIALEDITION
    • 739 1  -  RAHULPATHAK PM Lee gets his mandate, WP puts up creditable showing NIGHT EDITOR ra hul@newstoday.com.sg IN A mirror image of the two previous General Elections, the People's Action Party (PAP) romped home with 82 of the 84 Parliamentary seats, giving Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong the
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    • 33 1 RESUUSroundup 4 NEWScomment 8 PHOTOgallery 18 WORLDIieWS 24 SPORTStoday 26 TALEOFTHETAPE 4~1 All the numbers I from GE2006 m •j2^,,7nT3^Trl SIGNOFTHETIMES GE results a mandate, and a signal of what Singaporeans value 8
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  • GE2006
    • WINNINGWORDS
      • 31 2 It showed that our programmes and our teams struck a chord with younger voters... I think the young blood that we introduced in our slate had an impact.
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        42 2 I think one key issue was the James Gomez affair. I am very proud that the voters took a very clear stand on this. We never became the hotspot that people thought we'd become. We've been a warm spot instead.
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      • 33 2 The Workers' Party will move on to serve Singaporeans and make PAP account to you, and serve as your voice in Parliament. We will come back at the next elections.
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        30 2 It shows people in Singapore still want an Opposition. They've given me a greater winning margin. They even said I may 105e... but it's the exact opposite.
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        25 2 This strong win endorses PM Lee's vision and programme for Singapore over the next 15 years. That margin is a strong mandate.
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        42 2 Tampines residents know we've done a lot in the past but they also know there's a lot more we can do for them. The people heeded the Prime Minister's message to give a very strong mandate for the future.
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      • 87 2 JOURNAUSfS: Ansley Ng, Audrey Lim, Cheow Xinyi, Chow Perm Nee, Christie Loh, Cubby Leong, Derrick A Paulo, Francis Kan, Jasmine Yin, Jeanine Tan, Jose Raymond, Lee Ching Wern, Lee U-Wen, Leonard Thomas, Leong Wee Keat, Lin Yanqin, Loh Chee Kong, Ross Wallace, Sharon Vasoo, Tan Hui Leng,
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    • 848 2  -  TEO HWEE NAK WP with its better candidates did well; SDP rejected for lack of credibility DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR hweena k@newstoday.com.sg IN HIS post-mortem of his first General Election as Singapore's Prime Minister, done barely two hours after the last result came in, Prime
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    • 690 6  -  LowThia Khiangsays younger faces are joining his bandwagon VALCHUAAND LEECHINGWERN va l@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS expected to be the Opposition party to watch this election, and in many ways, the Workers' Party (WP) did not disappoint After nine days of intense campaigning, though, the
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    • 833 6  - In Aljunied GRC, PAP cries tears of joy while WP laughs in the face of defeat -JASMINE YIN LEECHINGWERN DESPITE the anticipation of a close contest Foreign Minister George Yeo had predicted the outcome the night before. When Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong called him on Friday to see how
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    • 969 8  -  TERENCECHONG But the results of the elections also show that Singaporeans want more than satisfaction of material needs AFTER more than a year of waiting, Singaporeans hit the ballot boxes yesterday. The significance of the 2006 elections lay in the fact that it was
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    • 652 8  -  DERRICK A PAULO derrick@newstoday.com.sg EFFORTS to woo back voters in Potong Pasir and Hougang to the People's Action Party (PAP) will not include moving them up from the back of the upgrading queue. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan,
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    • 517 10  -  CHRISTIE LOH The Workers' Party in Ang Mo Kio GRC has lost but they are not disheartened christie@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS the closely watched David versus Goliath battle of GE2006 a young Workers' Party team taking on the Prime Minister in his own constituency. But
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    • 436 10  -  TANHUILENG SINGAPORE'S largest constituency gave the People's Action Party (PAP) its biggest win among the Group Representation Constituencies (GRC) yesterday, and helped to push the ruling party's overall share of the popular vote above 65 per cent. Led by Health Minister
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    • CANDIDATESSAY
    • 506 12  -  LOH CHEE KONG LEONGWEEKEAT Potong Pasir's Chiam See Tong wins sixth term AND cheekong@newstoday.com. sg HAVING been written off after he won Potong Pasir by the skin of his teeth in the last election, Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) chairman Chiam See Tong
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    • 495 12  -  VALCHUA,LINYANQIN, TAN YO-HINN DAVID CHEW AND va l@newstoday.com.sg THE battle of the two Lows in Hougang ended with a clear victory for incumbent MP Low Thia Khiang last night The Workers' Party (WP) chief strengthened his grip on the single seat with 13,987,
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    • 416 12  - Steve Chia quits politics for now TORCHING LI chingli@newstoday.com.sg TODAY, former Non-Constituency MP Steve Chia will start looking for a job and begin life as an ordinary Singaporean citizen. After losing in his second attempt to win the hearts of voters in Chua Chu Kang, a visibly tired and subdued
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    • 915 14  -  YVONNE LIM But ruling party sees drop in popular support yvonne@newstoday.com.sg WITH the main excitement expected in the three hot wards of Potong Pasir, Chua Chu Kang and Hougang in the run-up to the polls, there were no real surprises in
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    • 624 14  -  JOSE RAYMOND AND VINITA RAMANI jose@newstoday.com.sg IN 1991, the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) accounted for three of the four Opposition candidates in Parliament. Last night, for the second consecutive election, the SDP received the lowest tally among all the
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    • 453 16  -  VALERIE LAW CHEOWXINYI valeri e@newstoday.com.sg ITS six-member team at Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC lost, as did its five-member teams in Jalan Besar and Tampines GRCs. Mr Steve Chia posted a stronger showing second time out in Chua Chu Kang, but
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    • 532 16  -  ANSLEYNG While PAP gains mandate for ward upgrade, WP says the people are the winners a nsley@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS challenging a People's Action Party (PAP) team made up of two ministers and in a GRC slated for a $500-million facelift. Thus not many expected the five-man Workers'
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    • 132 16 ERIC TAN, 36, YISHUN RESIDENT It's good that Low Thia Khiang won back Hougang... (The PAP) shouldn't have tied in upgrading with the elections. Hopefully in the next elections, they won't do such things. Loyalty to a party shouldn't be tied to things like this. JEFFREY ANG, 29, ANG
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    • 164 18 AT THE POLLS AFTER Today photographers capture some of the quirkiest moments on Polling Day and at the celebrations STANDING BEHIND THEIR MEN: Wives of the Pasir Ris Punggol GRC PAP MP's lending their support at Woodlands Stadium REACHING OUT: James Gomez greeting supporters atYio Chu Kang Stadium. WATCHING AND
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    • 204 20 Today's photographers capture the moods and moments in the run-up to General Election 2006 A WATCHFUL EYE: A policeman at a Workers' Party rally at Serangoon Stadium OF MANY HUES: PAP members posing for photos against a colourful backdrop in Macpnerson. I BY THE BOOK: A supporter
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    • 87 22 MORE RALLY SPECIAL MOMENTS THE GREAT DIVIDE: People lined the streets and stood on a road divider to watch a Workers' Party rally at Yishun. BALCONY SEATS: Housing estate residents watching a rally in Hougang. SPEAK UP: A loudspeaker helps the party faithful get their message across at an Ang
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    • 428 4 GROUP REPRESENTATION CONSTITUENCY RESULTS HiiiT^iH iniiifrriii i f s nwfrilNlff'fflmiPiTfl HfflrilillniFTfflPVfflriPl K»rilNiJ9''iFfflm!fl!!TH M^ f| PAP WP PAP SDA PAP W W W \E ffl B ffl El lii I l^^^^^H (96,591 votes) (49,468v0te5) (113,271 votes) (51,610 votes) (130,143 votes) (39,534v0te5) W 66.13% 33.87% 6jUO% 31.30% 7jUO% 23.30% |fl LEEHSIEN LOONG,
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    • 504 5 I SINGLE MEMBER CONSTITUENCY RESULTS PAP SDP PAP SPA PAP WP _—1 W O W [il H (21,647 votes) (6,4oovotes) (14,151 votes) (9,290v0te5) (B,3o6votes) (13,987v0te5) 77.18% 22J2% 60.37% 39.63% 37.26% 62.74% \IOH ISI H Llj Rj M TEOHOPIN.46, LING HOW DOONG, 70, GAN KIM YONG.47, STEVE CHIA, 35, ERICLOW.S7, LOWTHIA
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    • 494 23 Business and Management Information Technology Commencing 2006 Commencing 2006 Doctor of Business Administration May Bachelor of Information Technology Aug Bradford MBA Oct (Computer Security, Network Administration Design) Master of Business Administration May Bachelor of Information Technology Aug Master of Business Administration (International) jun (Information Technology, Software Engineering) Master in International
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  • world news
    • 323 24 -AGENCIES Porter Goss ousted after losing Bush's confidence: Report WASHINGTON Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director Porter Goss has resigned abruptly, plunging the United States spy agency into new uncertainty as it seeks to recover from a series of intelligence failures in the war on terror and Iraq.
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 81 24 -AGENCIES Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou is in Singapore for a study trip from today to May 9. He is here on the invitation of Mayor Matthias Yao of the South East Community Development Council. While in Singapore, he will visit Hewlett-Packard, the Corrupt Practices Investigation
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      • 64 24 -AFP A baby declared stillborn by Indian doctors started to move his limbs and cry just before his father was to bury him. Doctors at a city hospital had told rickshaw driver Rakesh Babbar that his wife had given birth to a stillborn baby on Friday.
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      • 62 24 -AFP A Malaysian man was arrested and charged in Bangkok yesterday for allegedly shooting dead two Japanese nationals. George Fernandez, 64, was charged with killing MrYoshino Kojima, 53, and Mr Tatsuya Hisagane, 52, whose bodies were found dumped on the side
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    • 178 24 -AFP MOSCOW Differences between the United States and its key United Nations allies over Iran were exposed again yesterday when Russia said "major changes" were needed in a draft resolution requiring Tehran to halt uranium enrichment. Russian news agencies quoted the country's Deputy Foreign
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  • sports
    • 488 26 -AFP Spaniard roars to pole position with a late burst, Schumacher in second FORMULA 1 QUALIFYING European Grand Prix NURBURGRING Spain's world champion Fernando Alonso showed here yesterday that he intends to dominate the European Grand Prix by taking his first pole position of the season with a
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    • 258 26 -AFP BERLIN Bayern Munich clinched their 20th German title yesterday after a 1-1 draw with Kaiserslautern as they became the first team to win the league and cup double in consecutive seasons. Victory would have guaranteed Bayern the title but their result proved irrelevant as
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    • CUP SNIPPETS
      • 101 28 Dutch international goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar believes his injured Manchester United team-mate Wayne Rooney should play down his ambitions of playing at the World Cup and concentrate on getting fit instead. Rooney has been using an oxygen chamber in a bid to speed up his recovery
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      • 106 28 Having qualified for the last 16 at the 2002 and 1998 tournaments, Paraguay are hoping to reach the quarter-finals for the first time in Germany. The South Americans will arrive in Germany brimming with confidence and a squad boasting several emerging talents. Although their highest-profile player, Bayern
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      • 73 28 World Cup fans caught at the stadium with black market tickets should not be named a security risk because they are only showing their football enthusiasm, a German fan official said. Thomas Schneider from the fan-coordination body of the German sports youth organisation warned that a
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      • 78 28 Organisers of the men's tennis Queen's tournament next month in London are upbeat that their line-up can steal at least some attention away from the football World Cup. The Queen's event from June 12-18 coincides with the first days of the football extravaganza in Germany, which starts on
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      • 80 28 The British embassy in Berlin is to hold a conference later this week on racism in football as part of efforts to achieve a peaceful World Cup. Among those attending the conference will be Ghana-born former Bundesliga player Anthony Baffoe and Garth Crooks, a former English
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    • 540 28  -  Alex Ferguson United boss can't bear to lose second spot to arch-enemies Liverpool 'We have to finish second for that Champions League place. This is typical Manchester United we always have to do things the hard way. ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man United v Charlton MANCHESTER Alex Ferguson
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    • 371 28 '—AFP LONDON Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has played down speculation that the club will sign Corinthians striker Carlos Tevez, the BBC reported yesterday. Mourinho was in Brazil on Thursday watching as the Argentine played against River Plate in a Copa Libertadores match abandoned
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  • Sportstoday
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      554 30 —AFP But a win is notyet a guarantee of Champions League spot ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Tottenham vWest Ham LONDON Tottenham Hotspur manager Martin Jol has called it "the biggest game of my managerial career." But Tottenham know that even if they beat fellow Londoners West Ham today on
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
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