Today, 11 May 2007, Afternoon Edition

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    29 1 TODAY /ApdiaCofip MICA (P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Friday May 11, 2007 todayonline.com I TODAY Frew we set you thinking Friday May 11, 2007 todayonline.com MICA (P) 314/10/2006
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Law Soc on 'champs, chumps and chimps'
      689 1  -  DERRICK A PAULO derrick@media corp. com. sg THE recent debate over ministerial pay has left Law Society president Philip Jeyaretnam somewhat concerned whether private sector professionals, especially lawyers, will start viewing "national service" with disdain. He's not talking about the military kind, but
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      After the dogfight, an olive branch offered
      757 1  -  LEE U-WEN SIA management tries to smooth pilots' ruffled feathers u-wen@media corp. com. sg IT WAS suggested that flying different type of aircraft was "as easy as changing cars". The revelation of the pay scales for Singapore Airlines' pilots, said to be among
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  • hot news
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      40% rise in dengue cases over last year
      441 2  -  GRACIA CHIANG More homes found breeding Aedes mosquito gracia@mediacorp.com.sg IN WHAT is described as a "worrying trend" by the National Environment Agency (NEA), more people are suffering from dengue and the number of homes found breeding the deadly Aedes mosquito is rising.
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      Lock icon Christopher Lee jailed for drink-driving
      462 3  -  ANSLEY NG Actor also banned from driving for three years ansley@mediacorp.com.sg MEDIACORP artiste Christopher Lee was yesterday jailed a month and fined $4,500 by a district court for drink driving and failing to help two injured men after his car had hit their motorcycle. The
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      186 2 They say size in the At IKEA®, we agree creativity and No matter what the size 1 3 senses, and coordination I with vibrant quilt covers 1 lamp to electrify your yet affordable furnishings of the day> wejust want QBIBBI BLAD quilt cover set (tl ftStM^ 2 piUoweaserWBoxLsocm. > ____j^BHfflw^and
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      303 3 doesn't matter bedroom. that it's more about coordination. of your bedroom, we've got creative ideas to excite your techniques to turn the heat up. So get busy and experiment and match them with cushions and curtains. Or add a mood for any special night. So take your pick from our
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon Another month in Batam jail?
      737 4  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI EXCLUSIVE IN BATAM nazry@media corp.com.sg FOR the past three weeks or so, "home" for two Singaporean managers has been a dark, cramped, windowless cell shared with two others at the Batam Centre police station. The two, Mr Huang Hee and Mr Peter Fok top
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    • Article
      Women's pay edges a bit closer to men's
      259 4  -  TAN HUI L£NG THE gender wage gap in Singapore's manufacturing sector has improved marginally, according to a United Nations report, but the Republic still trails rivals like Hong Kong and Taiwan. According to a report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) released
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      Diminishing returns if political reform lags
      543 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG Not enough info to form balanced reviews, say speakers at conference cheekong@media corp.com.sg THE economic accolades continue to roll in, the latest one having Singapore edging out perennial rival Hong Kong to emerge as the world's second-most competitive economy after the United States.
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      Lock icon WILL WOLFOWITZ QUIT? TAKE A BET
      177 6 LOH CHEE KONG World Bank Institute director Daniel Kaufmann made several candid references to beleaguered World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz at yesterday's conference. Mr Wolfowitz, who will address the Bank's board next Tuesday on allegations that he personally engineered a massive pay rise for
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      178 8  - DAPHNE CHUAH FENDER BENDER: One of the vehicles involved in a 14-vehicle pile-up along along the Central Expressway (CTE), which brought traffic going towards the Aver Rajah Expressway (AYE) to a crawl yesterday afternoon. The accident which occurred nearthe Cavenagh Road exit obstructed two lanes on the right. The police,
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      Help to buy sand
      558 8  -  SHERALYN TAY Government to share extra sand import costs sheralyn@mediacorp.com.sg TO ENCOURAGE importers to seek alternative sources of sand and granite, the Government plans to share some of the extra costs involved in importing these materials. Announcing this yesterday at an industry event, Minister for National
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      J B Jeyaretnam pays up
      282 10  -  LOH CHEE KONG Former WP chief now eligible to contest next elections cheekong@media corp.com.sg AT THE age of 81, veteran Opposition figure J B Jeyaretnam's political career was given a new breath of life yesterday after he paid up the amount needed to be granted
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      115 10 DAPHNECHUAH A NEW TABLET FOR HOSPITALS: Doctors and nurses can soon monitor their patients' conditions, without physically being by their bedside. A portable tablet-PC device is allowing doctors and nurses at Changi General Hospital Accident and Emergency unit to track the vital signs of their patients remotely-and be alerted if
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      Singaporean anglers let off the hook
      262 10  -  THE 12 Singaporean men arrested for straying in Malaysian territorial waters during a weekend fishing trip have been set free. Mr Yen Heng Teng, a Malaysian lawyer representing the men, told Today that they were released on Wednesday evening and are now back in
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      TO BREED WORKING MUMS ...
      861 11  - TO BREED WORKING MUMS LEE U-WEN Compensate them properly for double duties taken on at home and in the office u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg THEY face a dilemma no one should be burdened with. On one hand, women in Singapore are being urged to have more children to improve our alarmingly low birth
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      103 8 SUNSET. Nature's Secrets SUNSWEET® Pitted Prunes Prune Juice Enjoy nature's goodness in all-natural, guilt-free Sunsweet pitted prunes. High in dietary fibre and low in sodium, they make great healthy treats. Sunsweet reserves only the best quality fruit for you, and our patented SPS pitting system seals in the moisture after
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      237 9 Screen images are simulated. ©2007 Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. V imagine flipping from your music to your life, and back again Imagine strolling down the street on your way to a meeting only you're not just strolling, you're rolling. Irreplaceable is playing in your ear and it's impossible not to
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      110 10 SUN-MAID, Nature's Secrets Sun-Maid Raisins The next time you feel the need for a snack, do your body a favour and have some Sun-Maid raisins. They are natural sources of dietary fiber, and are low in fat and sodium. You could get fiber and the other nutrients in raisins from
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Silver-tongue to give way to dark prince
      374 12 NYT NEWS SERVICE LONDON With Prime Minister Tony Blair stepping down as Labour party leader, Britons seem set to trade The Great Communicator for The Great Puzzle Mr Blair's likely successor, Mr James Gordon Brown. For all the years of fanfare heralding the
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      Lock icon did what I thought was right, says Blair
      429 12 AFP British PM to step down next month with Iraq marring legacy TRIMDON (England) Prime Minister Tony Blair announced his resignation yesterday, ending a tumultuous decade as one of Britain's most successful leaders who divided the nation over the Iraq war. Mr
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      Lock icon German police foil terror plot at G8 venue
      411 14 AGENCIES Raids in six cities, dozens arrested BERLIN Hundreds of German police combed offices and flats associated with leftwing activists across six northern cities yesterday, saying they had evidence that a terrorist organisation was planning to disrupt next month's G8 summit The
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      Lock icon Immigrants say they were sedated
      321 14 -AP LOS ANGELES Two immigrants fighting deportation claim they were forcibly sedated during aborted attempts to fly them out of the country. Indonesian Raymond Soeoth, 38, was injected with anti-psychotic drugs in December 2004 while at a Los Angeles detention facility and Senegalese Amadou Diouf,
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      Lock icon Fort Dix massacre plans scotched when 'on the vrge'
      566 14 -AGENCIES NEWARK (New Jersey, US) United States Federal authorities said the six Muslim men suspected of plotting to massacre soldiers at a United States Army post in Fort Dix, New Jersey, were on the verge of carrying out the attack when
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      Lock icon Wolfowitz given two more days
      331 15 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz won more time to respond to conflict-of-interest charges as the agency's directors sought to deflect criticism they are hounding him out of office. Mr Wolfowitz now has two more days, until this evening, to prepare his defence, the
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      Lock icon Log jam under probe
      245 16 -AFP Anti-graft agency looking into claims of kickbacks to Sarawak chief minister KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's anti-graft agency said yesterday it had launched a probe into claims that the Chief Minister of Sarawak state received millions of dollars in kickbacks from Japanese firms. An investigation into Mr
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      Lock icon Dead model's father flays M'sian leaders
      313 16 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR The father of a Mongolian model brutally killed in Malaysia hit out yesterday at the Deputy Prime Minister's denial that he had any links to her, and said questions remained over her death. Mr Setev Shaariibuu said the world would be
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      Lock icon Palm oil crisis looms due to price rise
      145 16 —AP KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian retail association has warned that stocks of palm oilbased cooking oil in the country will run out in one week unless manufacturers resume normal production, a report said yesterday. Several Malaysian states have reported shortages in recent
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon OSAMA'S EX-DRIVER TO BE TRIED BY MILITARY PANEL
        114 18 -AFP Osama bin Laden's former driver and bodyguard has been referred to trial by a special military commission at Guantanamo Bay on charges of conspiracy and supporting terrorism, the Pentagon said yesterday. A charge sheet alleged that Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Yemeni
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        Lock icon ENGINEER GUILTY OF TRYING TO STEAL SUB DATA FOR CHINA
        114 18 -AFP A Chinese-born US engineer was found guilty yesterday of conspiracy to smuggle sensitive technology about US Navy submarines to China following a six-weektrial in California. Chi Mak, 66, who worked for a US company with several Navy contracts, was
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        Lock icon SRI LANKAN PLEADS GUILTY INARMS PLOT FOR TAMIL TIGERS
        94 18 -AFP A Sri Lankan national pleaded guilty in a Maryland courtyesterdayto charges that he tried to smuggle US weapons to Tamil Tiger rebels, the US Justice Department announced. Thirunavukarasu Varatharasa, 37, pleaded guilty to attempted export of arms and munitions and
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        Lock icon OPRAH WINFREY TOPS LIST OF 'MOST GENEROUS' CELEBS
        133 18 -AFP Oprah Winfrey has come top of a new survey to find the most generous celebrity philanthropists, donating more than US$5O million of her fortune to charity last year. The Los Angeles-based The Giving Back Fund, a group set up to encourage
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      Lock icon Watch out, India – here comes The Sun
      140 20 Watch out, India here comes The Sun -THE GUARDIAN NEW DELHI Media baron Rupert Murdoch is apparently seeking to import .British tabloid 1 he bun s bawdy brand of journalism to India. The Business Standard, an India daily, said The Sun would begin printing in Tamil Nadu state. The editor-in-chief
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      Lock icon MADE IN CHINA
      359 20 -AP Disney lookalikes at theme park designed locally, say operators BEIJING That round-eared mouse dancing with kids? Not a copy of Disney's Mickey Mouse, the Shijingshan Amusement Park insists. And that raven-haired woman with seven men in elf suits? Not Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In
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      Lock icon Hamas' Mickey will fight on
      155 20 AFP RAMALLAH (West Bank) A Hamas-run television channel has defied a Palestinian government request to axe a controversial children's cartoon in which a Mickey Mouse lookalike urges resistance against Israel. A senior official working for Al Aqsa television in the Gaza Strip told AFP that
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      Lock icon You Tube expected to remove clips of Thai king, says information minister
      260 22 -AFP BANGKOK You Tube is likely to remove all video clips deemed insulting to Thailand's king, paving the way to the ban on the website being lifted. The popular video-sharing site, owned by Internet giant Google, has been
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      Lock icon Ramos-Horta set to win poll
      224 22 -AFP E Timor presidential candidate leads with 73% of the vote DILI Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta (picutre) pledged to unite East Timor yesterday after he was headed for a landslide victory in the country's presidential election. Holding an unassailable lead with 73 per
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      Lock icon Hotter, windier, wetter
      489 23 -AGENCIES AGENCIES Climate change will hit China hard, say experts BEIJING China is likely to be hit by more typhoons, floods and drought this year than at any time in the past decade because of global climate change, the state China Daily newspaper reported a top meteorological
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      Lock icon Shanghai vouches for food safety with 30-minute test
      343 23 -AP SHANGHAI The city of Shanghai will soon employ mobile testing units to verify the safety of most food within half an hour, as fears grow over contaminated Chinese products ranging from cough syrup to pet food. The city has been equipped
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      12 12 Look out for HSBC's Everyday Dining Offers food series in Weekend TODAY!
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      260 15 i/>< <r>'j\i Canon rower Shot 7X7 la I Underneath its unusual exterior hides an advanced video recording device. The Power Shot TXI is the first-ever full-featured digital camera to offer high definition 16:9 widescreen movie recording. Now home movies can come alive in breathtaking realism and detail. And if its
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      236 21 I/I FflßL^k^ IkW llth-27th MAY \J MA WArn H -Limited stocks only\k wl Kfl W//A/ Ml y\ jam B> m. -../Am Y/fJfA\ 43 vL Vs. .:V^Hwr/ Come to the OS I M/est'o7 and get a x^. complimentary massage chair when T Jy; you buy an OSIM massage chair. J m£j;
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      154 22 FITNESS dH Give murrr^ ftc^f the gift of health beauty this Mother's Day! To celebrate Mother's Day, California Fitness is holding a series of special Group x classes on 12 May (Sat), with Free mtm Service voucher giveaways. Bring mum along and share the gift of health and beauty! At
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      40 22 S -sWBSSSIBg« h^^H DATE: May 11,2007 M m. TZ n TIME: 12 to 2pm WMmGmM f A LOCATION: HHuuH w J Raffles Place Park Terms and conditions apply. (fPp) fffi??^ ,PSS Limited to one Frisbee per person. K_Jy prfj;,i oisi>ic.cs-.cci^
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    local flavours take flight
    496 24 If there's one thing that unites local foodies and their overseas counterparts, it's the unanimous praise for Singapore cuisine. From ethnic dishes served sizzling from *ne wo^ to intoxicating curries, local food represents the smorgasbord of cultures and traditions that is Singapore. There's even a uniquely
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      166 24 tasty I Taking Singapore Food Overseas An initiative by Tasty Singapore I TEXT NEOCHAI CHIN PHOTOS IE SINGAPORE If^ f^ I Mf\ I I iff^ 111 1^ I \t II I "fl I U^4" AMOY CANNING BACHUN FOOD CHYE CHOON FOODS COUNTRY FOODS FOOD EMPIRE FOUNTAINHEAD GAN HUP LEE (1999)
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    have food, will travel
    459 25 A well-kept secret no more That is perhaps the best -__r compliment you can pay to a local food manufacturer that is expanding overseas Singapore companies may not be as big as some overseas manufacturers, but with tasty products and sophisticated manufacturing techniques, what's to prevent
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      117 25 HAI'SPTELTD KIM HING FOOD KONG GUAN DUMPLING/ KWONG CHEONG LI CHUAN FOOD MY MUM'S CUISINE OWL INTERNATIONAL Ready to cook sauces, INDUSTRIES PTE LTD PAU MANUFACTURER THYE PTE LTD PRODUCTS PTE LTD PTE LTD PTE LTD seasonings and pastes Manufacturer of quality bird's PTE LTD Manufacturer of soy sauces, Manufacturer
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    putting a face to local tastes
    396 26 Tasty Singapore was launched in 2004 as a joint initiative by IE Singapore, the Singapore Food Manufacturers' Association (SFMA) and the Singapore Manufacturers' Federation (SMa). The industry-wide branding initiative aims to promote the distinctiveness of Singapore cuisine, despite the immense variety of food and
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      114 26 tasty I Taking Singapore Food Overseas An initiative by Tasty Singapore PRIMA FOOD PTE LTD SEAH'S SPICES FOOD SENGHUAHNG SIME DARBY EDIBLE SINHWADEE SIN MUIHENG FOOD SUPER COFFEEMIX Manufacturer of ready to INDUSTRIES PTE LTD FOODSTUFF PTE LTD PRODUCTS LIMITED FOODSTUFF INDUSTRIES PTE LTD MANUFACTURING cook local dishes, pastes, Manufacturer
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    familiar favourites, global delights
    410 27 So what's next for Tasty Singapore? With the launch Amr of Phase Three today, it will be extending its reach to Singaporebased companies with manufacturing facilities outside of Singapore Any F&B company that fits into either of the following categories may apply to be a brand
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      134 27 For more information on Tasty Singapore, f^l call the toll-free hotline at 1800-lESPORE I*J (1800-437 7673) _fl I Singapore TAIHUAFOOD TAT HUI FOODS TEE YIH JIA FOOD THONG SIEK FOOD TONG GARDEN FOOD UNICURD FOOD VIZ BRANZ LIMITED INDUSTRIES PTE LTD PTELTD MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY PTE LTD PRODUCTS COMPANY (PTE) LTD
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      Help post-grads to a degree
      496 28  -  PETER SONG Self-motivation is not enough give incentives for higher studies Letter from I REFER to the report, "High averages are not enough" (April 30), in which Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam spoke on the need for more Singaporeans to do post-graduate studies. I am also
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      Will we let our Fl chance get away?
      279 28  -  UMBOONHEE Letter from IT WOULD be a pity if we lose the chance, again, to host a Formula 1 race in Singapore. It is reported that the likelihood of holding the race is becoming increasingly remote because of financial and logistical hurdles,
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      Give mother the best gift ever
      230 30  -  CHEN LIFANG Letter from THERE are many ads in the newspapers reminding you that Mother's Day is round the corner. How are you going to celebrate it? Here's what a few of my friends are going to do: Kelly's going to buy jewellery for
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      Lock icon MUM'S THE WORD
      776 30  -  Tabitha Wang The paychequeislong overdue but flowers will do ALMOST a year ago, I wrote about how housewives should be treated with more respect and their time seen to be as valuable as any working person's. That column received lots of letters, the responses split according to
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      The sour side to a sweet story
      230 36  -  HASUNDASHAMSUDIN Letter from I REFER to the report, "To stay in the sweet spot... (May 9). Noting that some unionists received "unexpected windfalls come bonus time" some as much as seven months our Prime Minister was quoted as saying, "so, when people say
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      155 36  -  YAK CHIN HUA Letter from' YOUR report mentioned that unionists had recounted similar stories about six to seven months' bonus as unexpected windfall for workers this year, presumably due to the success of wage restructuring following the call by the National Trades
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      187 36  -  LYNETTETAN Letter from I READ with interest the report, "Toilet the safest place in the house" (May 7) about the Singaporean who told Today that, if a tornado should occur, the safest place in her home in Oklahoma is the toilet It set
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      239 36  -  BRIAN HO TZE YEW Letter from I APPLAUD the recent success of the Bring Your Own Bag (BYOB) campaign launched by the National Environment Agency (NEA). While there are a thousand and one things we can do for the environment, I would like to
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      398 36  -  ALICE LEONG Letter from I READ with interest the Serve Us Right comment by Liang Dingzi, "Respect can make them gems" (May 10). I agree much needs to be done to "to tackle the societal prejudice against jobs seen as lowly and undignified". And one
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      253 38  -  DR JAMES DOBSON ///BY CHILDREN'S SELF-ESTEEM May I invite the parents who are reading this today to transport themselves back, for a moment, into the world of the very young and to relive the pressures that often exist there —where unconcealed aggression often lies just below
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      387 38  -  TIMOTHY TANG NAM YEN but leave bad service at the door Letter from TOURISM is a major source of revenue for Singapore. In order to attract the tourist dollar, we can do more to create a vibrant night life. I have observed that many locals
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      283 40  -  KENNYER Fed up with every cab being busy? Exercise your rights Letter from I REFER to the letter, "Are those cabs really 'on call'?" (May 10). I have personally seen and experienced many taxi drivers abusing the "on call" sign. Once, when I was in
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      68 40 Drink-driving is akin to an unsound man wielding a knife. The safety of the public is at stake. Since the Traffic Police's effort to curb this anti-social behaviour has not shown positive results, maybe the relevant authorities can consider caning as one of the punishments to serve as a
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      219 40 Why you'll love a Mac. Know iPod? You know Mac Import, organize, play, or sync your iPod with the Mac+PC compatible iTunes. The intuitive application makes combining photos and videos with your music easier than ever. Not only can the new Intel-powered Macs use Microsoft Office,it can even run Windows
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      590 42  -  TORCHING LI chingli@media corp. com. sg THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is proposing more listing rules to protect minority shareholders, including greater safeguards to protect the cash and assets of listed shell firms. In a public consultation paper released yesterday, the bourse suggested that shares of a
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      317 42 -DOW JONES STARHUB said its first-quarter net profit rose 14 per cent from a year earlier, driven by its cable TV, Internet, cellphone and fixed network businesses. Net profit for the three months ended March 31 rose to $70 million, up from $61.4 million
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      237 42  -  JOSEPH YADAO CHANNEL NEWSASIA DOW JONES The opening of corporate accounts will no longer be a chore for SME entrepreneurs as OCBC has extended its "Instant Account Opening" service to all its 60 branches islandwide. The bank has been steadily rolling out this service since September. Now, anyone opening
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        438 44 -DOW JONES Spore firm faces June deadline to ink Indon gas deal A PIPED gas deal between Singapore power generator Island Power and United States-based ConocoPhillips hinges on the passing of an amendment by Singapore's Parliament in the next two weeks, which will also pave
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        202 44 HEDIRMAN SUPIAN THIS year's Infocomm Media Business Exchange (imbX) will see a focus on new technologies such as high-definition content, mobile television and trends in new media. Scheduled to start on June 18, the week-long event is being billed as Asia's largest collection
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        266 46 AGENCIES But airlines in talks about possible cooperation SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) said it has not reached a decision on whether to buy a stake in China Eastern Airlines, after 10 months of talks between the two firms. An SIA spokesman says the airlines
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          25 46 FHTK Digiland Jasper Anma Chartered 0.020 -125,330 0.035 -0.010 -22.2120,008 0.030 +0.005 +20.0 84,077 0.135 +0.010 +8.0 75,283 1.240 -0.050 -3.0 74,111
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          52 46 SG> Bloomberg Information provided by Nikkei 225 17,730.00 -11.16 -0.06 HK Hang Seng 20,746.27 -08.51 -0.47 Australia ASX200 6,355.50 +14.50 +0.23 Mumbai Sensex 13,771.23 -10.28 -0.07 Korea Camp 1,500.68 +6.26 +0.30 KLCI 1,355.62 +4.78 +0.35 Thailand SET 707.10 +0.00 +0.13 Jakarta Camp 2,047.03 +0.05 +0.44 Shenzhen B 728.02
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          124 46 AFP SHARE prices closed 0.48 per cent higher yesterday following another record finish on Wall Street, but late profit taking put a lid on gains, dealers said. The ST Index climbed 16.54 points to 3,469.26 on volume of 2.71 billion shares, worth $2.21 billion. Losers beat gainers 410 to
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          20 46 Gold US$/oz 682.50 Silver US$/oz 13.47 Platinum US$/oz 1,339.50 Rubber cents/kg 351.25 Palm oil RM/tonne 2/460.00 Brent US$/barrel 64.48
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          28 46 USS 0.6596 UK£ 0.3319 Yen ***** HKS 5.1582 RM 2.2435 Euro 0.4876 Rupiah 5,772.8 Baht 21.541 Peso 31.108 AS 0.7928 Indian Rs 27.081 Yuan 5.0746
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        143 46 COMMEMORATIVE AIG-MANCHESTER UNITED FIRST DAY COVER AIA Singapore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of American International Group (AIG), has introduced a limited edition AIGManchester United first day cover. A first day cover is an envelope with postage stamps that are cancelled on the first day of issue. AIA Singapore commissioned Singapore
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        282 47 ■938 LIVE Hotel group to move from Sydney, attracted by tourism, financial growth EUROPEAN hotel and tourism group, Accor, is shifting its Asia-Pacific headquarters to Singapore, from Sydney, to take advantage of the Republic's plans to develop the tourism and financial sectors. The company
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        191 47 MERRILL Lynch plans to set up a prime brokerage desk in Singapore to handle hedge fund clients to leverage on hedge fund assets estimated to quadruple to $100 billion in three years. "The alternative asset and hedge fund industry
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        398 48 -AFP US Congress hears currency complaints on China, Japan WASHINGTON United States industry and labour leaders took to the Congress on Wednesday, complaints of currency manipulation by China and Japan. The comments at a hearing chaired by Representative Sander Levin were focused on China, with
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        178 48 -AP NEWS Corp sold its 7.5-per-cent stake in Fairfax Media for about As3Bo million ($4BO million) as the rival Australian newspaper publisher no longer needed protection from potential predators, the media empire's chief executive Rupert Murdoch (picture) said yesterday. News Corp purchased the stake in Fairfax
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        200 48 -AFP BANGKOK Thailand's consumer confidence plunged to a new five-year low last month, hit by an unclear political and economic outlook, a strong exchange rate and rising oil prices, researchers said yesterday. The consumer confidence index dropped to 77.6 points in April, from 78.5
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        381 50 AGENCIES Bernanke vows to fight inflation THE United States Federal Reserve decided on Wednesday to keep its base interest rate steady at 5.25 per cent, while noting that inflation remains the "predominant policy concern," a central bank statement said. The central bank, headed by Ben S
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      660 52 NYT From the stylised hip-hop of OutKast and Jay-Z and the punk rock of Green Day to the psychedelic pop of Brian Wilson to the indie rock of the Arcade Fire-it's been a musically satisfying decade so far. More records will be released this year. There have
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      310 54  -  WINSONTEO winson@media corp.com.sg PRESENTING your case as an attorney can be very different from persuading your fellow castaways on Survivor: Fiji to vote for someone else, as the show's latest eliminated contestant Alex Angarita (picture) found out last week. Having his alliance slowly decimated by
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      655 54  -  Felix Cheong Sex is back with a bang. Currently showing are three provocative films rated R2l: Summer Palace, a story about love between two Chinese undergrads against the backdrop of the Tiananmen massacre; Eternal Summer, a tale of a love triangle involving two guys and a
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      224 54 A HEART TO HEART SPECIAL Jethro Yu, 30, Military Specialist mostly men. But I getto meet new people at parties, through friends and from chatting on the Internet. I've always believed that there are no strangers, only people whose names I don't knowyet. If my friends or
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        427 56  -  JEANINETAN Top Filipino painter's exhibition is an opening to the world jeanine@mediacorp.com.sg SOMETHING that Filipinos like to do whenever they visit the United Nations building in Vienna is to pose for pictures beside a 1.5 m by 3.6 m painting of the Filipino landscape entitled Thanksgiving that
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        451 58  -  Jeanine Tan Zombie flick is a lousy excuse for a sequel FILMREVIEW /////by 28 Weeks Later YOU know the brains behind the sequel to the hit film 28 Days Later is all out to make money from the franchise when the core elements of the
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        13 58  -  Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW THE NEXT HEPBURN: Audrey Tautou playing a drop-dress-gorgeous tramp,
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        392 58 AT LONG last a romantic comedy that's classy, adult and funny. One that finally allows Audrey Tautou to fulfil her early promise as the next Audrey Hepburn. And what better way to do this than in a French homage to the Hollywood classic,
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        251 59  -  Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW /////by Village People Radio Show THE main selling point of Village People Radio Show is the fact that it's banned across the Causeway. But anyone out for a taste of forbidden fruit will find that it's actually quite bland. Clocking in
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      1250 60 S-LEAGUE (LIVE) SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS PERFORMANCE: LUCERNE 2003 THE EXECUTIVE BODY Geylang United FC vs Pressure/The Smoking Peanut Concert De Gala Eye Problems inTheYoung Woodlands Wellington FC Kids Central, 6pm Arts Central, 11pm Channel News Asia, 8.32pm and 11.32 am Channel 5, 7.25pm Sandy and Spongeßob get into a fierce &sH^V3%^§PGfil£l
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      450 61 -AFP Spurs dash their hopes with second-half equaliser LONDON A second-half equaliser from Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe yesterday (early today, Singapore time) ended Blackburn's hopes of a direct route entry into next season's Uefa Cup. Mark Hughes and his men needed a win
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      168 61 —AFP MADRID Getafe crushed Spanish league leaders Barcelona 4-0 yesterday (early today, Singapore time) to advance to a Spanish Cup final showdown with Sevilla on June 23. Getafe lost 5-2 in the semi-final, first leg tie at the Nou Camp, but overcame their
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    582 62  -  DARREN LAI NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE2OO7 Geylang vWoodlands Jalan Besar Stadium, 7.30pm darren@media corp.com.sg WHENEVER fans talk about the S-League's big guns and leave out Geylang United, Eagles' skipper Aide Iskandar winces. Now 32, Aide, with more than 100 international caps to his name, is a
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    355 62  -  -DARREN LAI NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2007 Balestier Khalsa 1 Home United 3 THOUGH looking out-of-sorts, Home United managed to bag all three points at the Toa Payoh Stadium against a plucky Balestier Khalsa to go top of the NTUC IncomeYeo's S-League 2007 table with a
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    283 63  -  TANYO-HINN Club call off Asia tour due to injuries yohinn@media corp.com.sg DETHRONED English Premiership champions Chelsea will not be coming to Singapore. Late last night, Today learnt that a proposed post-season tour of Singapore and Malaysia by the London side has been called off.
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    230 63 -AGENCIES VALENCIA Formula 1 will hold a street race in Valencia, Spain, from next year. It will be the sport's second urban event after the Monaco Grand Prix. Addressing a press conference here yesterday, ahead of this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, Formula One
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      668 64  -  TANYO-HINN Hand burning, Kunalan carried the torch and lit a sporting cauldron yohinn@media corp.com.sg IN THE 1964 Tokyo Olympics, a young Canagasabai Kunalan tasted his first bigtime race. Then 22, Kunalan was part of the Singapore men's 4xloom relay team that were knocked out in the first round
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      823 65  -  JOSE RAYMOND After his initial shock at where he was playing, Dollah and Spore Malays took care of business jose@media corp.com.sg HE WAS a star used to performing in front of an audience of 10,000 fans. The Jalan Besar Stadium was his stage in
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      707 66 Chief executive Gill disappointed with Malaysia's stance, but tour promoters say date with Red Devils still on CUBBY LEONG cubby@media corp.com.sg THE Asian Football Confederation (AFC) are convinced the controversy has been put to bed, but the promoters of Manchester United's tour of Asia insist the
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      788 67 DPA Whelan on the attack as relegation looms for struggling Wigan LONDON With just one more round of matches to go in the 2006/07 English Premiership season, the third and last relegation spot has yet to be decided. Three clubs are battling to avoid the drop
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      306 67 -AGENCIES LONDON If one were looking for clues to next Saturday's FA Cup Final, there were few to be found in Manchester United's 0-0 draw at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). The Premiership clash was far from a marquee meeting between two titans
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      126 67 -DPA LONDON Newcastle United chairman Freddy Shepherd has called on striker Michael Owen (picture) to commit himself to the club. Owen joined Newcastle for £17 million ($51.2 million) from Real Madrid in 2005, but has started just 12 games for them because of injury. Yesterday, Shepherd
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