Today, 26 September 2006

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    13 1 TODAY Frew share your free newspaper Tuesday September 26, 2006 todayonline.com MICA(P) 192/07/2006
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    Lock icon As easy as crossing a road ...
    757 1  - As easy as crossing a road JASMINE YIN Even for the less mobile, homes, streets will open up jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg ORCHARD Road may be your shopping haunt, butfor 27-year-old Salimah Ishak, the retail street is an obstacle course. The tetraplegic Web designer, who was paralysed after a spinal cord infection, has
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    Lock icon IT'S HADY
    251 1  -  JEANINETAN jeanine@newstoday.com.sg SOUL triumphed again yesterday as Singapore Idol wrapped up its second season in high style. Hady Mirza (picture), a soul singer much like last season's winner Taufik Batisah, garnered more votes from the public than rocker Jonathan Leong to claim the crown as the second Singapore
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      New Thai PM soon, but there's a hitch
      578 2 Junta wants democracy icons but icons don't want to be associated with junta BANGKOK Thailand's military rulers said yesterday they would appoint a new prime minister next week, after officials had earlier indicated the premier could be named within days. However, Thai
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      RICHER COMPANIES, POORER WORKERS?
      757 3  -  LIANG DINGZI Some employers misuse outsourcing to re-employ core workers at lower rates and without the benefits THE wave of cost-cutting measures by some companies in the last five years to reduce employment costs may yet crest again. But the immediate benefit of an improved bottomline
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      254 2 FAST TIMES today: tomorrow: break of fast start of fast 7.00PM 5.27 AM w 9 Private banks and premier financial institutions are rushing to hire wealth managers. Graduates from this pinnacle programme would be sought after by choice employers. Get your passport to a golden career in the wealth management
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      199 3 X University of South Australia APMI KAPLAN) Bachelor of Media Arts <S> The University of South Australia Bachelor of Media Arts program is designed to enable students in Singapore to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to design and communicate j Jflßta^^A across a range of communications industries. Fully taught
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      Lock icon Divorce, inter-racial marriages on the rise
      413 4  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@newstoday.com.sg INTER-ETHNIC marriages are on the rise, with more Chinese men in Singapore tying the knot with brides from outside their own ethnic group. The number of divorces and marriage annulments is also inching up, with more than 6,900 couples calling it
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      Lawyer Ravi fails to keep another date
      589 4  -  LOH CHEE KONG Court told that he has been admitted to hospital cheekong@newstoday.com.sg AFTER several widely publicised no-shows, controversial lawyer M Ravi again missed his date yesterday at the Court of Appeal. His clients told the court Mr Ravi was warded at a
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      Lock icon S'pore strengthens ties with Vietnam
      201 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong is in Vietnam to attend the lOth-anniversary celebrations of the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park and witness the launch of a second such park. It was a warm renewal of ties based on economic cooperation, as the Prime Ministers of
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      She lied, he understood why
      583 6  -  LEONGWEEKEAT NTU don says his "exploited" mistress, wanted more money weekeat@newstoday.com.sg HE WANTED to put an end to all her prostituting, gambling and drug activities. After all, Nanyang Technological University don Bryan Ngoi Kok Ann had developed a "soft spot" for the former nightclub singer
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      Ex-engineer acquitted of rape charges
      480 6  -  LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@newstoday.com. sg THE employer who was accused of raping his maid on 10 occasions within a week including five times in a single night walked out of court a free man yesterday. Justice Choo Han Teck acquitted former engineer Sudarsanan Margasagayam who
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      Giving the past a facelift for the future
      375 8  -  -DAVID CHEW IT USED to be the home of a Singapore Air Marshall. Today, the classic colonial bungalow which has been restored to its former glory is part of an upscale District 9 condominium project The Draycott 8 Clubhouse was among seven
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      Childcare services for OCBC staff
      237 8  -  CHRISTIE LOH EMPLOYEES of OCBC Bank can soon choose to take their kids to work with them. Starting Jan 3, about 2,000 staff in the Central Business District will be able to leave their children in the care of professional nannies on the second floor
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      Answer for amputees
      331 8  -  CHANNEL NEWSASIA NUS team can produce light prosthetic limbs in just 2 hours A TEAM from the National University of Singapore (NUS) is now able to make an artificial leg in two hours and is looking into licensing its technology. Instead of using a conventional cast method,
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      Lock icon Thai junta threatens to seize Thaksin's assets
      385 10 -AFP Authorities launch widespread corruption probe BANGKOK- The head of Thailand's juntaappointed anti-corruption panel threatened yesterday to confiscate the assets of overthrown premier Thaksin Shinawatra if he tried to move them overseas. The warning came as Mr Thaksin's wife left Thailand in the
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      M'sian coast being swallowed by the sea
      258 10 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is facing huge financial and property losses with more than 1,400 km of its coastline under attack from erosion, The New Straits Times (NST) reported. According to statistics from the country's Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID), every state, except the
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        Lock icon ABE'S MENTOR GETS TOP PARTY JOB
        89 10 -AGENCIES The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has selected a mentor of Japan's soon-to-be premier Shinzo Abe for a top party slot. Mr Hidenao Nakagawa, 62, who resigned from another top post in 2000 in a sex scandal, was appointed LDP secre-tary-general, the highest
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        Lock icon PERMANENT UN OBSERVER STATUS FOR ASEAN?
        67 10 -DPA The 10-member Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) has applied for permanent observer status in the United Nations, the Philippines' top envoy to the UN said yesterday. Philippine Ambassador to the UN Lauro Baja said Asean foreign ministers endorsed the application. Once approved,
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        Lock icon HUNGARY'S SOCIALISTS CLOSE RANKS BEHIND SCANDAL-PLAGUED PM
        62 10 AFP Hungary's socialists closed ranks yesterday behind Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany ahead of local elections, as the right vowed to press on with protests demanding the premier's resignation. Protests continued on Sunday in Budapest, with 8,000 people calling for Mr Gyurcsany to quit
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        Lock icon MALAYSIA TO SET UP DOMESTIC INTERNET EXCHANGE
        52 10 AFP Malaysia will be setting up its own exchange to improve connectivity and reduce foreign exchange leakages. Malaysians surfing Malaysia-based websites are currently routed via Singapore or even the United States, but energy and communications minister Lim Keng Yaik said this was inefficient
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      Lock icon Pakistan President rejects coup rumours
      559 12 AFP —AFP Speculation rife after nationwide power failure interrupts TV broadcasts ISLAMABAD Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf yesterday rejected rumours of a coup which were sparked by a nationwide blackout and further fuelled by a medical check-up that he underwent in the United States. Speculation about
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      Lock icon Australia won't sell uranium to India: PM
      203 12 -AFP SYDNEY Australia will not sell uranium to nuclear-armed India, Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday. Mr Howard said nothing had happened to make his country abandon its stand against selling uranium to nations that refuse to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. "Certainly
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      Lock icon Brown stakes claim to become next PM
      276 14 —AFP MANCHESTER British finance minister Gordon Brown yesterday showered Mr Tony Blair with praise in a bid to dispel doubts of a rift between the two as he staked his claim to succeed the premier. In a make-or-break speech to the Labour Party
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      Lock icon Sri Lanka sinks rebel boats, killing 70
      182 14 DPA COLOMBO The Sri Lankan Navy sunk 11 Tiger Tamil ships during a five-hour sea battle overnight yesterday, killing more than 70 rebels and injuring 30 others, said the military. The fighting broke out off Mullaitivu, 360 km north-east of the capital, after
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      Lock icon Iraq wants US to stay for the long run
      409 14 —AGENCIES President Talabani says American bases needed to deter'foreign interference' WASHINGTON Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, in an interview published yesterday, asked for a long-term United States military presence in Iraq, saying his country will need two permanent American air bases to
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      Lock icon Dialogue vital, says Pope
      304 15 —AFP Christians and Muslims must learn to work together, says pontiff CASTEL GANDOLFO (Italy) Pope Benedict XVI yesterday told Muslim envoys that a dialogue between Christians and Muslims was "vital" to preserving peace and stability in a world threatened by religious tensions. "I should like to
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      Lock icon Shanghai chief busted for graft
      197 15 —AFP SHANGHAI Shanghai's top Communist party leader, Mr Chen Liangyu, has been sacked for graft involving the city's pension fund and a wide range of other corrupt practices, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. It said the case was linked to "violating regulations" in using social
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      isay SECRETS, LIES AND SCHOOLS
      540 16  -  FELIX KUMAR* IS IT the parents' fault or is it the school's fault when something such as this happens? As parents, we would like to give our children the best and guide them in life without being overbearing. For 16 years, we have been doing
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      Install speed humps at Tanjong Rhu Road to curb speeding
      183 16  -  CHIANG PAKCHIEN Letter from I READ with dismay messages posted on numerous online forums about a cyclist killed in broad daylight along Tanjong Rhu Road by a speeding BMW car. According to eyewitness accounts, the driver of the car sped
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      257 18  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY.... MORE ABOUT HOMEWORK We were talking yesterday about the assignment of homework to children in the primary school years. Though many educators and parents will disagree with me, I thinktime spent studying after school should be very limited for the reasons I
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    • Letter
      Free public forum on debt-free living
      184 18  -  LEONG SZE HIAN Letter from President Society of Financial Service Professionals WE REFER to the article "Access your credit record and payment history online" (Sept 8) and to media reports that a growing number of young Singaporeans are deep in debt- borrowing from banks
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      Loudhailers for the voiceless underdog
      600 18  -  HOWARD LEE Don't use Singapore as a benchmark-in other countries, civil society groups play a key role Letter from I READ Mr Ho Kong Loon's article, "When actions speak louder than words" (Sept 19) with some disappointment Unfortunately, I believe that Mr Ho's take on
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      Cedar's torch for neighbourhood schools
      198 18  -  HARRY CHIA Letter from LAST September, Xinmin Secondary School and Raffles Junior College (RJC) won the Ministry of Education's top award for excellence in education and Today mentioned RJC in its headline for the article. I commented then in a letter, that the media should
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      Sell goodwill, and say sorry for bad service
      339 19  -  MURALI SHARMA Letter from I AGREE with Liang Dingzi (Serve Us Right," Sept 21) that service is disappointing, though one sees flashes of the desire to serve. For example, I had a pleasant experience with Nike. I complained about the quality of
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      Fair business?
      354 19  -  JUNWANG More transparency needed in Gebiz procurement process Letter from HOW fair and transparent is government procurement through its eProcurement portal, Gebiz? Specification can be written to favour a particular vendor or a posting could have such tight deadlines that it is difficult for new vendors to meet
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      MAS proposes public register of FAs
      250 22 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is proposing to set up a public register of financial advisers (FAs) and people permitted to carry out regulated activities under the Securities and Futures Act and the Financial Advisers Act as part of its review of the
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      Integra imbroglio
      340 22  -  CHRISTIE LOH Sesdaq-listed shell company's incumbents rejectfour new directors 'elected' yesterday christi e@newstoday.com.sg SHAREHOLDERS of Integra2ooo, a Ses-daq-listed shell company, have just gotten themselves two "boards" of directors. And it could stay that way for a while if this morning's extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to pick the leaders
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      Lock icon Citiraya gets strong support for rescue plan
      163 22 938 LIVE AFTER securing two white knights, fighting off a winding-up petition and gaining approval from creditors for its restructuring plan, Citiraya has received the final seal of approval needed to revive its business. The restructuring plan put forth by Heshe Holdings and
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      Keppel unit in $1.7b Qatar deal
      88 22 KEPPEL Integrated Engineering (KIE) has won a $1.7-billion project from the Qatar government to design and build a solid waste management facility in the country. KIE will operate the facility for 20 years. The environmental technology and engineering arm of Keppel Corp is finalising
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      Lock icon Capita Land gets Vietnam nod to develop homes
      178 23 BLOOMBERG CAPITALAND, South-east Asia's biggest developer, has set up a joint venture that has received an investment licence from the Vietnamese government to build homes in Ho Chi Minh City. The project will include 1,100 homes, with about 300 to be marketed
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      Lock icon Inflation falls to 11-month low
      451 23 -BLOOMBERG Imports less expensive due to strength of Singapore dollar and retreat in oil prices SINGAPORE'S inflation rate fell to an 11-month low last month as a stronger currency made fuel and other imports less expensive. The consumer price index for August rose 0.7 per
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        Lock icon China Enersave to sell $50m of carbon credits
        211 24 -DOW JONES CHINA EnerSave said yesterday it had signed an agreement to sell Certified Emission Reductions (CERs), or carbon credits, to Dublinbased EcoSecurities Group from 2008 to 2012. Under the terms of the Kyoto Protocol, CERs are units of greenhouse gas emission
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        Lock icon Pan Sino sets up $397m plant
        124 24 -AGENCIES INDONESIA'S third-largest cocoa bean trader, Pan Sino International Holding, is investing US$25O million ($397 million) in a cocoa processing plant in Singapore. The facility, located in Jurong Industrial Estate, will be the largest cocoa processing plant in Singapore once construction is finished after
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          World markets
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          SGX most active
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        193 28 —AFP BEIJING China has built its own version of an I ultra-fast, next-generation Internet network that promises to reduce the nation's dependency on foreign firms, state media said yesterday. The China Education and Research Network 2 has linked up 167 institutes and departments
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