Today, 18 July 2007

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    13 1 TODAY /A=diaCofip MICA(P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Wednesday July 18, 2007 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon ONE IN 350 PATIENTS IS HIV-POSITTVE – AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW IT
    735 1  - ONE IN 350 PATIENTS IS HIV-POSITTVE AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW IT LOH CHEE KONG DAPHNE CHUAH STARK AND DARK: MINISTER'S MESSAGE cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg MORE Singaporeans could be infected with HIV than they realise. According to a recent Ministry of Health (MOH) study of more than 3,000 anonymous blood samples collected
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    Saving the child before Web predators strike
    357 1  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@mediacorp.com.sg IN THE not-so-distant future, those who prey on children may run afoul of the law even before a sexual offence is committed. Minors make up two-thirds of the sex-crime victims who know their offenders through the Internet, and the
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      Ignorance won't be an excuse any more
      399 2  -  DERRICK A PAULO Bankrupts will receive early notice of travel restrictions under tighter new measures derrick@media corp.com.sg HE SAID nobody told him he needed permission to travel and he never received any letter. Now, claims of ignorance by bankrupts and would-be bankrupts, like
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      Lock icon China slave-driver gets death
      189 3 AGENCIES BEIJING One man was sentenced to death yesterday and 28 others were handed jail terms in the first verdicts over a slavery scandal that shocked China. Zhao Yanbing (picture), a brickyard employee who confessed on television to killing a mentally-handicapped slave, was given the death
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      Lock icon More EDB audits
      476 3  -  DERRICK A PAULO CHRISTIE LOH Stat boards will be audited much more frequently, says PM derrick@media corp.com.sg AFTER weak links in the Economic Development Board were detected last year by the Auditor-Gener-al during its first audit of the agency in 46 years the next audit will come
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      Lock icon Govt dangles $15-million carrot in front of scouts
      370 3  -  -UNYANQIN EVEN as Singapore mulls over the possibility of bidding to host the Youth Olympics in 2010, the Singapore Scout Association (SSA) has already begun preparing for its bid to host the scouting world's equivalent of the Olympics in Singapore. For the
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  • parliament news
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      Lock icon Ngee Ann Poly, Ngee Ann City – there is a link
      277 4  - Ngee Ann Poly, Ngee Ann City there is a link -DERRICK A PAULO WHEN he was at Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) to take part in their National Day celebrations, some students asked MP Seng Han Thong why Ngee Ann City (picture) was allowed to use the polytechnic's name. Not many
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    • Article
      The foreign-local equation
      415 4  -  LEE U-WEN Almost half of locals who apply to enter varsities here successful, compared to just 4.3% of foreigners u-wen@media corp.com.sg THERE may be a perception of more foreigners crowding out locals in the universities here but the numbers show otherwise. In this year's admission exercise, a
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      Lock icon Dr Ng, the CPF gatekeeper
      373 6  -  LEE U-WEN To prepare for ageing population, use of CPF for study should not be expanded: Minister u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg FOR those who would like to see the CPF Education Scheme extended further, consider this: Some 13 per cent of students who had drawn on their parents'
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    • PARLIAMENTBRIEFS
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        PREGNANT MUMS' COMPLAINTS BEING PROBED
        86 6  -  LEE U-WEN Twenty-one pregnant workers have filed complaints of being wrongfully terminated from their jobs in the first five months of this year. Four cases were resolved by conciliation, five were withdrawn and 12 are pending investigations by the Ministry of Manpower. Of the 71
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        21 DROWNED IN RESERVOIRS OVER LAST DECADE
        56 6  -  -TANHUILENG About 21 people have drowned in reservoirs over the last 10 years, said Dr Amy Khor, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Environment and Water Resources. Of these, five took place at Lower Seletar Reservoir. Some were suicides, and one was during an activity
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        CHILD ABUSE CASES DROP OVER LAST 3 YEARS
        103 6 The Ministry of Community, Youth and Sports (MCYS) has seen 175 cases of alleged child abuse per year over the last five years. The number of cases has dropped over the last three years. Physical abuse account for some 51 per cent
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        KIDS MUST GET EYE TESTS FROM OPTOMETRISTS
        95 6  -  TANHUILENG Under the new Optometrists and Opticians Act, children below eight will get an eye test only from an optometrist. The Act, expected to kick in next January, will formally distinguish the roles of optometrists versus opticians, whose jobs now overlap. Someone who
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  • Singapore news
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      Relaxing rules on donations
      428 8  -  DAPHNECHUAH Govt paper seeks to clarify line between public, private donors daphne@mediacorp.com.sg THE distinction between private and public donations will soon be made explicit in Singapore's bid to be a philanthropy hub. In a consultation paper released yesterday, the Finance Ministry said there is a need
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      Lock icon Fly the S'pore flag
      120 8 -938 LIVE THE Government has eased the restrictions on the use of the State flag for National Day celebrations. The flag can now be flown from July 1 to Sept 30 every year. In the past, National Day celebrations were held only during the month of
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      322 9 A MAGNIFICENT METAMDRPHDSIS IN THE CITY Bjul till 18nov I chances to transform your X a H^Jshopping into travel Wi fe J& "'"SI While we're giving Raffles City a revamp that'll f^* unveil a new shopping sanctuary, why not enjoy ,»t v a cnic metamorphosis of your own? Witn every
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Safety concerns may push Saudi Arabia into imposing ban on Indonesian airlines
      233 10 -AGENCIES JAKARTA Saudi Arabia has said it is considering banning Indonesian airlines from flying to the country for safety reasons. The news comes less than a fortnight after the European Union (EU) announced a similar ban on all
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      Lock icon After Japan's quake, a second nuclear scare
      406 10 AFP Contaminated barrels tipped over at atomic plant KASHIWAZAKI (Japan) The authorities in Japan yesterday were investigating a second atomic scare following a deadly earthquake, which triggered dozens of operating faults. A total of 50 problems including fires, leakages of water and oil,
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        FACES OF ABUSED MALAYSIAN WOMEN TO GO ON SHOW TO SHAME HUSBANDS
        93 12 The faces of abused Malaysian women could be shown publicly to shame their husbands. The proposal came from the head of the Public Service and Complaints Department, a type of ombudsman with the Malaysian Chinese Association, a political
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        Lock icon MURDOCH TO FINALLY GET DOW JONES?
        110 12 -AFP Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has reached a tentative agreement to buy Dow Jones Co for US$5 billion ($7.6 billion). The deal was set to be presented to the full Dow Jones board for approval. The Wall Street Journal, owned by Dow Jones, reported
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      Lock icon Badawi's rallying call
      342 12 -AP Jump on the global economic bandwagon, saysM'sian PMAbullah KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's leader yesterday called for a massive economic overhaul of the Islamic world to boost its competitiveness, so Muslims can reap the benefits of globalisation. Islamic countries are still grappling with basic developmental issues and are
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      58 13 AFP TOO LATE: A Thai policeman rushing to rescue a burning colleague after a bomb exploded in Yala province in southern Thailand yesterday. Two insurgents were shot dead and 19 people, including several policemen, were wounded in twin attacks near a busy railway station. Police were the apparent target. The
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      Lock icon We've never been secular: Najib
      383 13 -AP But ethnic minority rights are safeguarded, says DPM KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is an Islamic state but protects the rights of ethnic minorities, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said yesterday, amid concerns over a spate of religious conflicts affecting the ethnic Indian and Chinese communities.
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      Lock icon Using Iraq to strike at US
      351 15 AP Al Qaeda's Iraqi branch poses terror threat WASHINGTON The terrorist network Al Qaeda will likely leverage its contacts and capabilities in Iraq to mount an attack on American soil, according to a new National Intelligence Estimate on threats to the American homeland. The
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      Lock icon Britain is trying to punish Russia, says minister
      172 15 AFP MOSCOW Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister said yesterday Moscow was preparing a "targeted" response "very soon" in a diplomatic dispute with Britain, putting off an expected announcement of counter-measures against London. Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko hinted that Russia would not respond
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      Lock icon Dr Love launches Indon's first SMS sex education campaign
      251 16 ■AFP JAKARTA Singapore's renowned "Dr Love" launched an SMS sex education campaign in Indonesia yesterday, the first of its kind in the world's most populous Muslim nation. Indonesians are invited to send a text message with any sex-related question to a
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      Lock icon Post of President is in the bag for Patil
      612 16  -  SRINIVAS PARSA AFP India could get its first woman President despite her controversial background news@newstoday.com.sg INDIA seems set to elect a woman president a first for the country. After much speculation, Ms Pratibha Patil, 72, a slightly obscure regional politician, emerged
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      Lock icon isay THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF CHARITY
      677 18  -  LIANG DINGZI SOME people I know are passing the hat around to help make up for the losses of the St John's Home for Elderly Persons (picture), after a staff member allegedly took off with $3.8 million last month. These people wanted to help
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    • Letter
      Employers should handle layoffs ethically
      228 20  -  JEAN TAN Letter from Director, Corporate Communications for Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Manpower WE REFER to the letter, "Any guidelines on VSS scheme?" (July 11) by Mr Liew Meng Fatt. Employers sometimes offer voluntary separation schemes due to restructuring or if positions become redundant. The
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      Lock icon When should you start planning?
      297 20  -  MARKO'DELL Education's the key to a worry-free retirement Letter from President, Life Insurance Association, Singapore I REFER to the letter from Mr Gilbert Goh Keow Wah, "Teach youth retirement plans" Guly 12). We share the writer's sentiment that young people should be taught about retirement
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      257 22  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY..... TAMING MEALTIME MADNESS If you've ever been around kids at the dinner table, you'll know what a hassle it can be to get them to eat. We've all seen parents who spend enormous amounts of time and energy trying to keep their
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      Lock icon No papers to park
      294 22  -  MAKWAI KEONG With tickets being phased out, how do we tell if our lots aren't occupied illegally? Letter from I TWO years ago, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) introduced Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags to replace paper season parking tickets at five car parks in
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      Us poor editors...
      238 22  -  PASHA SI RAJ Letter from I REFER to the article, "Publishing pays... well" (July 14-15). My experience as an editor with a book publisher in Singapore leads me to wonder if the findings reported may result in a misconception of the remuneration of employees, particularly the rank-and-file,
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  • Business
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      China hedge funds not riskier
      371 24  -  CHEOWXINYI China, Taiwan and HKfunds give decent returns, study finds cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg CONTRARY to popular belief, hedge funds investing in Greater China are not any more risky than United States hedge funds, as far as market risks are concerned, a study revealed yesterday. In fact, the
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      Lock icon June exports disappoint, Govt cuts trade target
      495 24  -  -DOW JONES -BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE'S mainstay exports grew at a slower-than-expected pace last month, and an uncertain outlook for the second half of the year prompted the Government to lower its full-year trade target Analysts said, however, that they see no threat to the
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        99-year Sentosa Cove parcel up for grabs
        310 28  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN But bigger developers may stay away from Cove's only such strata landed housing: Analysts hedirman@media corp.com.sg DEVELOPERS can now register their interest in the only land parcel set aside for 99-year strata landed housing at Sentosa Cove. Dubbed the Green Collection,
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        Lock icon CORPORATEBRIEFS
        398 28  -  -DOW JONES The Karachi Stock Exchange, Pakistan's biggest stock market, may sell a 10-per-cent stake to an overseas bourse before its initial share sale to help spur trading on a market that has risen 14-fold in six years. Singapore Telecommunications said yesterday it has signed a memorandum of understanding
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      • Article
        Amended Bill simplifies trade
        331 29  -  CHEOWXINYI MAS to be sole regulator of futures trading activities cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg TO FACILITATE Singapore's growth as a futures trading hub, regulation of futures and commodities trading will soon come under the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang told Parliament
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        Lock icon Below-par non-oil domestic figures hurt STI
        221 29 BLOOMBERG THE Straits Times Index (STI) fell for a second day after non-oil domestic exports rose less than expected in June, prompting a cut in the country's 2007 export growth forecast and raising speculation that economic expansion will slow down. The STI slid 2.18
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      54 32 YOU'RE spot-on if you'd noticed film distributors had cleared the deck last week for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It easily set a new box office record $2,970,429 for the highest-gross-ing opening weekend in Singapore. None of this week's mixed bag of releases
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      307 32  -  Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW Vacancy VACANCY is one of those Hollywood films that have a great premise knocking at your door but when you open it, there's not a soul there. David (Luke Wilson) and Amy (Kate Beckinsale, picture) are a bickering couple on the road.
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      284 36 -AFP ASIAN CUP, GROUP D Indonesia v S Korea JAKARTA South Korea's Dutch coach Pirn Verbeek (picture) hit back at Lee Dong Guk yesterday, after the Middlesbrough striker slammed his manager's tactics in the 2-1 defeat to Bahrain. Verbeek's Asian giants sit bottom of
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      128 37 —AFP MADRID European champions AC Milan are set to make a bid for Barcelona's Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o (picture), the Marca sports daily reported here yesterday. "A Milan emissary is due to go to Barca's Nou Camp offices in the next few days with a cheque
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