Today, 17 July 2007

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    27 1 TODAY /A=diaCofip MICA(P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Tuesday July 17, 2007 todayonline.com TODAY //\=DIj\COFIP MICA (P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Tuesday July 17, 2007 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon 'Conspiracy theory' revived and rebutted
    737 1  -  DERRICK A PAULO derrick@media corp.com.sg SOME 20 years ago, former Workers' Party (WP) chief J B Jeyaretnam was fined for abusing his privileges as a Member of Parliament, by alleging executive interference in the judiciary. Yesterday, Non-Constituen-cy MP Sylvia Lim once again raised the spectre
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    Not as hot as you think ...
    799 1  - Not as hot as you think TAN HUI LENG 30% of HDB resale flats sold at or below valuation, according to new data huileng@mediacorp.com.sg IN ANOTHER cautionary move to address the sizzling property sector, the Government yesterday released more data to give buyers and sellers a clearer picture on recent
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    Lock icon Govt breaks silence on UNSW money
    769 3  -  LEE U-WEN $32m in loans and grants came to nought after university's U-turns on enrolment, campus building u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg THE Government has revealed for the first time that it had dispensed over $32 million in public funds to the failed University of New South Wales
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      283 3 APMI KAPLAN) AtAPMI,wesayYES. Asia pacific management institute <f Sometimes, getting an education overseas is just not practical. So how can you get a world-class _^_^_^^^^^^M education without leaving Singapore? U MONASH University MASTER OF EDUCATION (EARLY CHILDHOOD) For professionals in the early childhood or related areas seeking to J deepen
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  • parliament news
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      Caning mistake: Judge punished
      538 4  -  LOHCHEEKONG cheekong@media corp.com.sg THE District Judge who signed off the paperwork which led to a prisoner wrongly receiving three extra strokes of the cane will be "formally cautioned" and suspended from judicial duties. The judge in question was not identified by Law Minister S Jayakumar when
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      Tough action for misuse of passports
      228 4  -  -SHERALYNTAY NOT only has the law been tightened to prevent the abuse and misuse of Singapore passports here, these rules now also apply to anyone who misappropriates a Singapore passport even overseas perpetuators. This will emphasise the Government's tough stance against passport abuse offences,
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      S'pore to stand firm on dispute
      615 6  -  LOH CHEE KONG Backing down could unravel entire agreement cheekong@media corp.com.sg DESPITE the mixed signals from Indonesia on the Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA), Singapore must not waver on its position, Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo told Parliament yesterday. The DCA and the Extradition Treaty
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    • PARLIAMENTBRIEFS
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        THREE-DOOR MAILBOX MARKET OPEN
        211 6  -  CHRISTIE LOH Two-door mailboxes that will remain under Sing Post's control make up just 32 per cent of the total, while the rest are open to new operators. Second Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Vivian Balakrishnan provided the data yesterday to quell concerns that
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        DEATHS AT PUBLIC SPORTS VENUES
        73 6  -  -TANHUILENG There have been 24 deaths in public sports facilities over the last five years, said Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Community Development Youth and Sports Teo Ser Luck, yesterday. To manage sports safety, a committee has been set up recently. It is headed
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      254 5 MUSSN Learn how your growing business can shine at our business seminar Topic/Speaker: Value Creation: How does IT help enterprises to stay ahead of the curve? Mr Robin Scow, General Manager, Personal Systems Group SMB, Hewlett-Packard Singapore IT Security for Small Businesses Mr Don Ng, Symantec Asia Pacific Growth-Stage Capital
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      Lock icon Debate through, the book's out
      349 8  -  LINYANQIN Newly-launched biography of Goh Keng Swee almost sold out yanqin@media corp.com.sg DESPITE her in-laws' disapproval, Ms Tan Siok Sun (picture) launched her book on former Deputy Prime Minister Goh Keng Swee to much fanfare yesterday. About 250 guests showed up to lend their support
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      Now Durai's down with dengue
      240 8  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@media corp. com. sg FORMER National Kidney Foundation head T T Durai has become the latest victim of dengue. Durai who is appealing against his threemonth jail-term for cheating was warded in the National University Hospital (NUH) on Sunday afternoon and is
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      Power failure sends Govt sites offline
      223 8  -  ANSLEYNG ansley@media corp.com.sg IF YOU could not visit some Government websites yesterday, you were not alone. A power failure meant many Government websites were offline for a few hours from late morning. Email systems for civil servants were also affected. Homepages of public offices
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Bangladesh moves on two ex-PMs
      520 10 AGENCIES Sheikh Hasina jailed and Khaleda Zia to appear in court on tax evasion charges DHAKA Bangladesh yesterday moved against the leaders of its two main political parties, both former prime ministers, as it intensified efforts to clean up the nation's famously corrupt politics. In
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      Budget KL-S'pore flights by 2009?
      193 10  -  DAPHNECHUAH MALAYSIA said it may open the Kuala Lumpur to Singapore air route to low-cost carriers before 2009. "We cannot decide this issue unilaterally," Malaysian Transport Minister Chan Kong Choy was quoted as saying by Bloomberg News yesterday. "We are in discussions with Singapore." Air
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      Lock icon Suicide bomber kills 75 in Iraqi
      106 10 ■AFP A SUICIDE bomber killed at least 75 people and wounded at least 180, mostly women and children when he slammed his booby-trapped truck into a Kurdish political office in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk yesterday. Two more car bombs exploded nearby, adding to
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      Lock icon Japan quake sparks blaze at nuclear reactor
      358 11 -AFP KASHIWAZAKI Gapan) A powerful earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, rocked Japan yesterday, killing seven people and injuring more than 750 more as it caused a radiation leak at one of the world's biggest nuclear plants. Rescue workers were hunting for
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      Lock icon 'N Korea still a risk'
      197 12 -AFP SEOUL International rating agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) says that even though North Korea's decision to close its Yongbyon reactor is positive, it is unlikely to give up all its nuclear weapons. The peninsula's geopolitical risk levels remain unchanged because the risk of the
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      Lock icon The grip on power tightens
      638 12 -AGENCIES -AFP Myanmar's latest talks slammed as attempt by regime to consolidate power YANGON Myanmar's military rulers are set to open tomorrow what they say will be the last round of talks on a new Constitution, which analysts criticise as a tool to tighten the
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      Lock icon Global warming cuts water levels in China rivers
      269 13 -AP BEIJING Less water flows down China's two biggest rivers now than 40 years ago because global warming is drying up the wetlands that feed them, a state news agency reported yesterday. Xinhua said Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers studied changes at
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      Lock icon Would you pay $1 for a plastic bag?
      384 13 -DPA HKlevystaxon bags given out at supermarkets HONG KONG Shoppers in Hong Kong will be made to pay a tax on every plastic bag they take home in an effort to cut down on environmental pollution, officials said on yesterday. The city
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      Lock icon Britain believes 30 Islamist militant cells plotting attacks
      147 14 -AFP LONDON Britain's security services believe up to 30 Islamist militant cells are plotting attacks and they are monitoring 2,000 suspects and another 2,000 sympathisers, the new Security and Counter-terrorism Minister Alan West said yesterday. He told BBC Radio that the scale
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      Lock icon Villages nearly deserted as Pakistanis flee Peshawar
      302 14 -AFP ISLAMABAD Thousands of Pakistanis fled a tribal area yesterday after pro-Taliban militants scrapped a peace deal with the government there, following three weekend suicide bombings that left more than 70 dead. The exodus came as officials held crisis talks with clerics and
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      Lock icon Aussie govt, judiciary in face off
      434 14 -AGENCIES SYDNEY The Australian government has gone up against the country's judicial system by overriding a judge's decision to release an Indian doctor linked to the failed British car bombs on bail. Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews who announced the decision hours after the court
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      Lock icon He's 14 and trained to kill
      465 15 -AGENCIES Afghanistan frees teenager who was coached as a suicide bomber in Pakistan KABUL Fourteen-year-old Rafiqullah said the men at the Pakistani madrasah showed him and two classmates videos of suicide attackers. They taught the boys to drive a car and let them ride
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        Lock icon BLAST NEAR UK EMBASSY
        65 15 AFP A device exploded outside the British embassy in Santiago, causing minor damage and no casualties. A special Chilean bomb squad was summoned to determine the nature of the blast. In London, a Foreign Office spokesman said it was "not clear what the target was". Britain
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        Lock icon MANAGING THE NET AND NEWS
        72 15 AP The Internet, mobile phones and other new technologies are making it harder for China's communist rulers to block negative news, said Mr Wang Guoqing, a vice-minister in the Cabinet's Information Office. He said that local governments needed to be more transparent and learn how
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        Lock icon THE WALTZ'S LOVE CONNECTION
        66 15 -AP Chinese educators are toning down plans to teach students to waltz after parents said they worried about puppy love and falling grades. The revised dance steps allow students to dance by themselves or in large groups, the Xinhua news agency said. Concerns have already pushed
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      Lock icon Concert truly a sight for sore eyes
      265 16  -  KUANG JINGKAI Laser beamed at patrons to stop camera use posed risk to eyes Letter from LAST weekend, I attended the Jacky Cheung concert (picture) at the Singapore Indoor Stadum. It was a great show, but my experience was marred by an overzealous
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      Lived overseas = Rejected for blood donation here?
      154 16  - Lived overseas Rejected for blood donation here? TAN CHENG KOK Letter from I APPRECIATE the explanation given by Dr Diana Teo of the Health Sciences Authority (HSA), "Requests for emergency blood supply are given top priority" ouly 16). But I would like to raise the issue of the eligibility of
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      234 18  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY/// TOUGH TIMES BUILD STRENGTH Contrary to what you might believe, the ideal environment for your child is not one devoid of problems and trials. Though it is hard to accept at the time, your child needs the minor setbacks and disappointments which
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      Nation's defence a priority
      308 18  -  COLONEL BENEDICT LIM Mindef prepared to consider sportsmen's NS deferment on merit Letter from Director, Public Affairs Ministry of Defence I REFER to the letter by Ms Catherine Chua, "Representing Spore in Sports: That's NS, too" (July 9). We agree with Ms Chua that sportsmen representing
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      Lock icon Keep Seletar green
      200 18  -  GEORGE PASQUAL Letter from IT WAS recently reported that 30 distinctive trees would be preserved when the construction of Seletar Aerospace Park commences. Thirty trees seems a paltry figure compared to the hundreds of trees in the Seletar Airport area. I wonder just how many trees will
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      Lock icon 'Red card' for tongue-in-cheek kelong column
      240 19  -  PETRUS HANAFI Letter from I REFER to Mr David Ngiau's Offside column, "I once was blind, but now I see..." (July 14-15). He said there was something amiss in the Indonesia versus Bahrain match, and that he was sure that the electrical failure was
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      Punishment was meted out fairly
      324 19  -  GOH KIAN HUAT Mindefs act ion shows all treated equally Letter from HAVING read Mr Huang Shoou Chyuan's letter, "Reprimand not right" (June 16), I would like to express a different view. 2nd Lieutenant (2LT) Li Hongyi had reported his supervisor's absence without official approval
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      Heavy vehicle damaged bollards
      80 19  -  LI M WEI LEE Public Relations Manager, Ang Mo Kio Yio Chu Kang Town Council WE REFER to the letter, "Fallen bollards show up defects" (July 10) by Mr Long Tien Ho, who wrote about some dam- aged bollards at Block 603 in Ang Mo Kio
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  • Business
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      Banking on foreign markets for growth
      542 20  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN DBS Group Holdings eyeing stake in Taiwan bank says newspaper hedirman@media corp.com.sg IN A bid to grow more quickly, banks have been seeking to extend their reach across Asia and DBS Group Holdings may be the latest to do so. It is
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      Beware private banker poachers
      238 20  -  -CHRISTIE LOH HERE'S a scary thought for Asia's wealth management companies. About 9 out of 10 of their private bankers have been approached by a rival outfit over the past one year, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) industry survey conducted in February and March. "Poaching remains the
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      Lock icon China set to become world's No 3 economy
      228 20 -AGENCIES CHINA'S economy has grown so rapidly in the first half of this year that it is likely to overtake Germany as the world's third largest by the end of this year, analysts say. The January-to-june figures for Asia's second biggest economy
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      Lock icon CORPORATEBRIEFS
      169 21 AGENCIES Singapore Airlines filled more of its combined passenger and freight space in June compared to that of a year earlier as faster economic growth stoked demand for travel. The airline filled 70.2 per cent of its combined passenger and cargo capacity last month, compared with 68.9 per cent
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      No bang for Genting's buck?
      410 21  -  CHRISTIE LOH ItsUKsupercasino deal may falter with PM Brown's review christie@mediacorp.com.sg DOUBTS are creeping in over Genting International's ability to carry out its big-bang British expansion. Until recently, some stock analysts had been counting on the Singapore-listed gaming company's core subsidiary- Stanley Leisure to win
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    • business news
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        STI pauses for breath
        330 22 SINGAPORE'S stocks fell, dragging the Straits Times Index from a record high, on speculation recent gains were excessive. "At current valuation levels, a lot of the positives have been built into the price," said Mr Leslie Phang, who oversees $1 billion at Commonwealth Private Bank in
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        85 22  - -CHEOWXINYI AKAN DATANG: The Orchard Road shopping bolt is set for a facelift as two developers yesterday unveiled plans for their new shopping malls set for opening by end 2008. lon Orchard (artist's impression, left) by Orchard Turn Developments Pte Ltd, occupies a 941,700 square-feet spot beside Orchard train station.
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        marketbuzz
        177 22 AIA RAISED OVER $668,000 FOR STORE CANCER SOCIETY For the first time in a charity golf event, a Mitsubishi Lancer 1.6 GLX Sports Variant was auctioned for $38,000. The brand new car was originally offered atAIA-SCS Charity Golf as a 1 m Nearest-the-Pin Challenge prize. As no one won
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        Sing dollar 'attractive' to fund carry trades: Citigroup
        311 22 SINGAPORE'S dollar may be an "attractive" currency to fund carry trades as interest rates fell below those of the Taiwan dollar, previously widely borrowed to pay for higher-yielding assets, Citigroup Inc said yesterday. Singapore's benchmark interest rate for lending fell to 2.5
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        SMEs go back to school at SMU
        310 23  -  JOSEPH YADAO Full-day bootcamp provides members an opportunity to network and learn joseph.yadao@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS back to school of a different kind for some 300 members of the small and medium enterprises (SME) community, sponsors and clients, as the United Overseas BankSingapore Management
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        Terminal 3 account goes to Y&R Singapore
        312 23  -  JOSEPH YADAO Y&R SINGAPORE seems to be on a roll these days, bagging two high-profile accounts within a week. On July 3, the marketing communication agency won the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore's (CAAS) Terminal 3 account Its creative campaign is expected to
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      A WORLD APART
      1436 24  -  ZULOTHMANINLANGKAWI Straying far from the popular hip-hop theme of bling, Wyclef Jean's upcoming album tackles world music zul@mediacorp.com.sg FORMER Fugees leader Wyclef Jean is convinced he's about to release the album of his career. The album, which will be his fifth, is a hip-hop themed world album.
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      Lock icon The 'Principal' has his say
      401 25  -  -JEANINETAN AFTER more than three decades in the business, veteran crooner Alan Tarn (picture) has learnt to see the funny side of things, such as the time he was yanked off the stage by over enthusiastic fans who pulled on his microphone cord. "At that
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      Israel's 'lost' moments
      484 26  -  MAYO MARTIN Rediscovered iconic photos of the Jewish state's earlyyearsgoonshow mayo@media corp.com.sg THERE'S a story behind every photograph. Here's a story behind 40,000. In 2000, Time magazine was doing a series on the 100 most influential people of the 20th century and the editors were looking for
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        Interpol
        119 27 Our Love To Admire ++++4 NEW York quintet Interpol exorcise their gloomy Joy Division fixations for a batch of songs filled with hope and redemption. Their tightly crafted third album Our Love To Admire is wildly diverse fare, bursting with energy but also interlaced with quietly cinematic moments to
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        Smashing Pumpkins
        172 27 Zeitgeist TALK about scraping the bottom of the barrel. Iron-fist-ed Smashing Pumpkins founder Billy Corgan broke the band up in 2000 at the height of their fame, claiming the years of in-band fighting had taken its toll on the foursome. But life post-Pumpkins has been tough for Corgan:
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      541 35 AGENCIES leportscta}rn:fei:s LONDON Despite Bernie Ecclestone's reassurances that McLaren-Mercedes drivers will not be penalised for any links the team may have to the Ferrari spy scandal, things are not looking good for championship leader Lewis Hamilton's title bid, as new developments emerge. The British team's
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      347 35 -AFP TOKYO Manchester United are hopeful of sealing the overly complicated transfer of Argentina striker Carlos Tevez from West Ham within the next week or so, according to club chief executive David Gill. United, who arrived in Tokyo on the first leg of
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      255 37 -AGENCIES LONDON Newcastle United were among three clubs raided yesterday as part of an investigation into alleged corruption in football. The City of London police said the raids were not connected to Lord Stevens' ongoing Quest inquiry into the Premier League and
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