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    13 1 TODAY /A=d>jpCorp MICA(P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Monday October 15, 2007 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon WHAT PRICE, THIS SUCCESS?
    884 1  -  LOH CHEE KONG MM asked whether Singapore sacrificed democracy cheekong@media corp.com.sg THE room of some 3,500 international legal minds came armed with tough questions for Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, who had just delivered the keynote address at the opening ceremony of the International Bar Association
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      Lock icon TIME FOR A NEW FACE?
      585 2 —AGENCIES Tough race ahead as Australia calls polls expect the six-week campaign to be bitterly fought after Parliament is dissolved on Wednesday. Mr Howard and Mr Rudd both claimed leadership as their campaign mantra yesterday, with the challenger offering a "new" version, while the Prime
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      WHY 'MINISTER MENTOR'?
      219 2 FROM A GREECE-BASED, BRITISH-BORN LAWYER: When I read the IBA newsletter informing me of this meeting, I noticed you are called Minister Mentor. So, I did some research and found out this is unique, a world's first. No other county has such an office. So inevitably, I
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      Stars lend name to plea for change
      475 3 Online rap video seeks support for change of current gay laws LOCAL celebrities have rallied together in a rap video to garner support for petitions to urge the government to change its mind about the current gay laws. The rap video which runs
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      Lock icon Myanmar nationals pray for Asean help
      209 3 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Nearly 2,000 Myanmar nationals in Singapore yesterday called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and the international community to help end the violence in their homeland. Dressed in red as a sign of unity, they gathered at the Burmese Buddhist
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      321 3 W^ MDIS: A GreaTchapter in My Life ~jt THINK SUCCESsIiTHINKMDIS. mime TDiiCTcn rv 11 Rnn ctiiiicutc F\ J^fi^ If L master of science in management* MDIS. TRUSTED BY 11,500 STUDENTS |>^^fe (banking finance /marketing) FROM 55 COUNTRIES. J» M* k c»—-Feb 2008 <■>"> I H ]W Specialist Master's programme designed
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      Lock icon Budget 2008: What does it mean to you?
      182 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE next Budget sitting is still about four months away, but the Finance Ministry has already started preparing for it Today, it launches the Budget 2008 Feedback Exercise and Essay Video Competition. In a news release, Second Finance Minister Tharman
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      Lock icon Mums happy with his green ideas
      466 4  -  LEE U-WEN Youths merge design and nature for a $10,000 prize u-wen@media corp.com.sg ARMED with a budget of just $10, 19-year-old Chua Tin Giap was tasked to come up with a creative, environmental-ly-friendly product that could be used in a mall. Putting his creative
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      Lock icon Clearer pictures, better sound awe viewers at HDS roadshow
      191 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA ON NOV 11, MediaCorp will officially roll out its high definition free-to-air television signal. Called "HDS", it will be the first high-definition channel in South-east Asia. MediaCorp plans to broadcast in high definition across its entire television platform by
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      Why Singapore is ICC body's choice pick
      493 6  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@media corp.com.sg THE International Chamber of Commerce's (ICC) arbitration body the world's top institution for settling commercial disputes is keen to expand out of its Paris headquarters, and Singapore is emerging as one of the ICC's choice destinations to set up
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      131 4 WARNING Many Startups. 50% Failed Within 2 Years. So, how much do you know about business management. what makes a successful entrepreneur? How to identify market trends and opportunities to maximize your investment What mistakes are commonly made by leading entrepreneurs and how to avoid them. How to think, act
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      Lock icon Thai king likely to stay hospitalised
      273 8 AGENCIES BANGKOK Thailand's deeply-revered monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, is expected to remain hospitalised for "a certain period" of time, although he was recovering well after treatment for poor blood flow to the brain, the palace announced yesterday. "His condition is improving blood pressure is
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      Curfew eased, but more activists are rounded up
      271 8 YANGON Myanmar's military rulers are still rounding up activists, rights groups said yesterday, even as United Nations envoy Ibrahim Gambari was due in Bangkok for an Asian tour aimed at piling pressure on the generals. As security forces in Yangon detain more
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      Lock icon DIPLOMATS GATHER IN MYANMAR FOR LATE PM'S FUNERAL
      146 8 -AFP Singapore Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Balaji Sadasivan was among the foreign diplomats and top dignitaries who attended the state funeral for the late Myanmar Prime Minister Soe Win (picture) yesterday. General Soe Win, a hardliner, died on
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      Lock icon CHINA LOOKS TO THE FUTURE
      1390 10  -  President has issues to face as he tightens grip on power JASON LEE jasonlee@media corp.com.sg ALL eyes will be on Beijing today, as the Communist Party of China (CPC) kicks off its 17th National Congress held once every five years behind closed doors at the
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      Lock icon Extra training for China's toy makers
      200 11 —AP BEIJING China has sponsored quality-con-trol training for more than 1,000 people in the country's toy industry in an effort to ensure the safety of exports, state media reported yesterday. The sessions centred around lectures by government officials and executives from transnational companies on
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      Lock icon Pyongyang fences up N-test site with barbed wire
      229 12 AP SEOUL North Korea has started building a fence around the site of its first-ever nuclear test, as United States and South Korean authorities speculate the move may be to monitor its effects and restore the area, a news report said yesterday.
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      WHEN SOLUTIONS SPAWN PROBLEMS
      577 12  -  001 KEE BENG A PATTERN appears in Malaysian governance, which is appropriately called "Crisis Conservationism". Simply defined, this means that any solution adopted by the state to enhance its power will remain long after the crisis is over. When overdone, these solutions create their own crises.
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      Lock icon Terrified parents hurled their kids into the sea
      461 13 -AFP Inquiry ordered into fire that killed four on board Tioman-Mersing ferry KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia yesterday ordered a full inquiry into a ferry fire that killed four people and forced terrified survivors to hurl their children into the sea as the cabin
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        Lock icon INDON, 12, DIES OF BIRD FLU
        77 13 -AP A boy died from bird flu in Jakarta, bringing Indonesia's death toll from the virus to 88, the Health Ministry said. The 12-year-old junior high school student died on Saturday after being treated for five days at Persahabatan Hospital, a designated birdflu hospital
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        Lock icon EIGHT KILLED BY FLOODS
        104 13 -AP Six Western tourists and two Thai guides were killed after being swept away by flash floods while exploring a cave near a waterfall in a national park in southern Thailand, the police said yesterday. The victims -three women, two men and a child -were trekking
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      Lock icon Black women in a quandary
      502 14 AGENCIES Who should they vote for A black man or a white woman for President? LORIS (South Carolina) In the beauty parlours that are among the social hubs for black women in the Carolinas, loyalties are being tested as voters here contemplate the first Democratic
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      36 14 EAGER TO GET STARTED: This young Nepali boy in Kathmandu can't wait to get started with the celebrations while his elders bow in prayers to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan yesterday. AFP
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      Lock icon French get ready for a bachelor President
      311 14 THE GUARDIAN PARIS The exclusive La Reserve Hotel is under the spotlight of French reporters after at least two visits by Mrs Cecilia Sarkozy, whose increasingly separate existence from President Nicolas Sarkozy has become the centre of intense speculation. This reached fever pitch
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      Lock icon A growing problem for the United Kingdom
      235 15 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Obesity will cost the United Kingdom £45 billion ($134 billion) a year by 2050 if the epidemic is not brought under control through dramatic changes across British society, a landmark government inquiry into the problem will warn this week. Soaring
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      481 15 -THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Taliban says money was used to buy arms to wage offensive PAKISTAN The Taliban claims that millions of dollars handed over to secure the release of South Korean hostages in Afghanistan in August has been used to buy weapons to fight against soldiers
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      Lock icon Better gains, but with more investment risks
      470 16  -  JACQUELINE POH While GIC, Temasek earnings exceeded CPF interest rates, these returns are volatile Letter from Director (Special Duties), Ministry of Finance IN "FREE CPF Board to take risks" (Oct 10), Tan Keng Tat asked that CPF be allowed to invest directly in
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      Rejuvenate your skin, reshape your body!
      389 17 Jin Yin Ji had been plagued by her weight problem for years, but slimming treatments were tedious and exercise required a great amount of discipline. Today, it is a different story with her maintaining this clean bill of health from a total weight loss
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      261 18  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY TEACHING OUR CHILDREN TO WRITE Very few children today learn to write properly, whether in school or at home. But it's a skill that they can learn if we take the time to teach them. The early development of my own writing
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      Ease their journey
      287 18  -  LIM BOON HEE Basic needs of the elderly have to be met before active ageing can be realised Letter from I READ about the aims of the Council for Third Age (C3A), which wants to change the mindset of people towards ageing. Are the basic infrastructure and
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      sayagain
      79 18 I am glad that more recognition is being given to our senior citizens as they are the 'pioneers' who have helped make Singapore what it is today. In view of this, could the authorities could give further recognition by removing the restriction for concessionary travel on trains and buses,
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      A balance between money and passion
      215 18  -  RICK LIM SAY KIONG Letter from THE replies by Arthur Lim and Tan Hau Teck in "Passion alone isn't enough" (Oct 10) may have missed the nub of my letter. The crux of the problem we currently face is the recruitment and retention of
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      304 19  -  WP PHYU One of its citizens appeals to the media Letter from I REFER to your report, "In Singapore, a growing response" (Oct 2), and thank you for highlighting the situation in Myanmar. Personally, I am not sure what more Singaporeans can do for the
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      Lock icon China ups bank reserve rate to 13% to cool economy
      157 20 -BLOOMBERG CHINA— China has ordered banks to set aside more money as reserves for the eighth time this year to cool speculation in stocks and real estate as well as curb inflation, which is at its highest in 10 years.
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      539 20 ■AFP But IMF warns of slowing growth WASHINGTON Global finance chiefs gather in Washington this week with the impact of housing and credit woes in the United States spreading worldwide, exchange rate tensions rising and new agendas being carved out at the International Monetary Fund
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      New UOB fund to tap on regional network
      226 21  -  JOSEPH YADAO joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg UNITED Overseas Bank is set to leverage on its regional network and expertise in Asian markets with the introduction of the United Asia Active Allocation Fund (Triple A Fund) today. The Triple A Fund adapts to changes in
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      347 21 -AFP Airbus still plagued by delivery woes BERLIN Singapore Airlines (SIA) is set to take delivery of the first completed Airbus A3BO in the southern French town of Toulouse later today, but Airbus head Thomas Enders acknowledged in a published interview that the
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        Lock icon Managing people: It's more than just science
        618 22  -  IfIIMIISM Surely, the workers who produce the most are best Is this true? Read 0n... ■aiiHHaanwii EKflMgHffill One of the earliest measurements for the human race was a foot. But the trouble was that it was only a very rough guide of length
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          THE RIGHT CHOICES FOR THE LONG TERM
          78 23 To improve business performance, you need a healthy sequence of good decisions. This interactive programme at the Singapore Institute of Management enables you to learn ideas, approaches and tools to improve performance and help others with their decision-making. WHAT: Decision-making for long-term peak
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          PEN YOUR MEMOIRS, MEMORABLY
          94 23 A good memoir is not a long document of our lives; it captures and frames fascinating moments and experiences. Getting started on such a project may sound daunting, but this hands-on workshop aims will guide you from the initial planning to the actual writing and offers
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      214 21 TOURISM MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE (The official training arm of National Association of Travel Agents Singapore, NATAS) Training and Career/^ t/V v Opportunities/ in the Booming JB WDUST/id f The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) projects an increase in international tourism arrivals from 9.6 million in 2006 to 17 million in
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      1178 24  -  Mayo Martin Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Child Catcher and other evil characters on scaring kids, and flying and floating cars with long names in Southampton, England mayo@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S Act 2 and the I audience is hiss-1 ing? To be morel precise, it's the! children in
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      A mix of new and old
      242 26 Hong Hui Fang in, Vincent Ng out in Star SearchlWl nominations HONG Hui Fang was a surprise inclusion among the 20 female nominees for this year's Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award for Star Search 2007. The veteran actress, who was prolific in
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      392 28  -  Karman Tse CONCERTREVIEW by Sammi 2007 Show Mi World Tour IF YOU want to catch Sammi Cheng's attention, make sure you're chubby, sexy, or both. Towards the end of the Hong Kong pop diva's sell-out concert on Saturday night, she gave her eager fans a
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        THE ARENA UP FOR AN EMMY
        58 28 MediaCorp TV Channel s's The Arena, in which students pitted their debating skills against each other, has been nominated for an International Emmy award in the Children and Young People category. The winners will be announced at the 35th International Emmy Awards Gala to
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        ANDY WARHOL COMES TO TOWN
        66 28 A selection of 119 of pop art icon Andy Warhol's artworks will be exhibited in Singapore at Theatre Works at 72-13 Mohamed Sultan Road from Nov 13 to 18. Th eA is for Andy —20 years after Warhol: An Andy Warhol Exhibition commemorates the artist's
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      395 30  -  PAUL GREEN Stags look to take first leg lead over Thai champions RHB BANK SINGAPORE CUP 2007, IST LEG SEMI-FINAL Tampines Rovers v Bangkok University Tampines Stadium, 7.45pm sports@newstoday.com.sg THEY have been jostling with rivals SAFFC and Home United all season long for top spot in
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      229 30 —AP BOSTON Trot Nixon (picture) was back at Fenway Park in the playoffs. This time, though, he came through for the Cleveland Indians. The former Boston Red Sox stalwart snapped an llth-inning tie with a pinch-hit single, and the Indians broke loose for
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      153 30 AFP NAGPUR Andrew Symonds (picture) hit a blistering unbeaten century to set up Australia's thrilling 18-run win over India in the sixth one-day international here yesterday. The victory helped Australia clinch the seven-match series 4-1, with one more game to go in Mumbai on Wednesday.
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