Today, 27 November 2007, Afternoon Edition

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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon Another blow to Brown as party chief resigns
      199 1 -AFP LONDON The general secretary of Britain's ruling Labour Party announced his resignation yesterday (early today, Singapore time) over a secret party funding revelation, in the latest blow to Prime Minister Gordon Brown (picture). Mr Peter Watt admitted that he had failed
      -AFP; AP  -  199 words
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      Softened rules for charity
      908 1  -  LIN YANQIN Tighter code of governance but there won't be 'hurdles' in the path of good work yanqin@media corp.com.sg IT IS well and good to say that charities' governing boards should be made up entirely of unpaid, altruistic members. But when you are a small organisation,
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      41 1 THE JACKSON FIVE GROUP TO REUNITE FOR NEW TOUR, SAYS JERMAINE WORLD PAGE 17 I ALEX FERGUSON UNITED MANAGER CHARGED WITH ABUSING REFEREE SPORTS PAGE 35 I VAN GAAL ALKMAAR COACH KEEN TO TAKE ON ENGLAND JOB SPORTS PAGE 35 I
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      Lock icon Cambodia survivors come home
      718 2  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Time to mourn the dead first, post-mortem of accident will come later weekeat@media corp.com.sg THE rain pelted down as 17 surviving members of the national dragon boat team touched down at Changi Airport on flight MI6OI yesterday afternoon. Quietly, after expedited clearance through
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      Ren Ci case would have infringed code
      238 2 The "possible irregularities" in management at Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre currently under investigation by the Ministry of Health (MOH)-would have contravened the new code of governance, said members of the Charity Council yesterday. Council chairman Fang Ai Lian said: "Obviously there
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      Dinner time could be ear-shattering
      591 3  -  ALICIA WONG Bus, MRT and a Chinese restaurant among Spores noisiest locations: Survey alicia@mediacorp.com.sg TAKING a bus, getting on the MRT or having dinner in a Chinese restaurant everyday activities that we hardly think twice about. Yet they may cause damage to your hearing, according
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      Lock icon $38.5m centre to power alternative energy research
      318 4 ■AFP A $38.5-MILLION centre is being built in Singapore to develop energy systems using alternative sources such as solar, wind and fuel cell technology a first for the region. The centre will also research how alternative energy can supply a power grid. Fusionopolis,
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      CONTEST: NAME THE FUSIONOPOLIS TOWERS
      119 4 Previously, people thought of names like Nanos and Helios for Biopolis. Now, the public has a chance to nominate a new list of names for Fusionopolis, the bio-med-ical hub's upcoming neighbour at One-North. JTC Corporation and A*Star are organising an eight-week online competition ending on
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      S'pore less attractive to expats: Survey
      506 4 Island slowly edging its way up the list of costliest cities SINGAPORE may be gradually losing its competitive edge to regional rivals like Hong Kong as the rising cost of living deters expatriates from coming here. This is according to a survey by human
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  • singapore news
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        Lock icon SCHOOL'ADOPTS' ELDERLY TECK WHYE RESIDENTS
        85 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The South West Community Development Council kicked off its Adopt-A-Block programme at Block 9, Teck Whye Lane. The pilot scheme aims to provide holistic care to elderly and needy people, from giving advice on food and nutrition to providing household appliances. Bukit Panjang
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        Lock icon JOIN CELEBS AT CAR BOOT FLEA MART
        149 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA BDays, the popular MediaCorp Publishing entertainment magazine, is holding its first car boot flea market on Sunday. Readers are invited to join the garage sale, which will feature more than 300 items donated by celebrities. Items on offer will include tailored
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      THE TIGER OR THE STAR?
      818 6  -  LIANG DINGZI The bets may favour Tiger Airways' winning KL-S'pore route but Jetstar may have a political advantage AFTER another round of talks on air links between Singapore and Malaysia last Friday, the question that remains to be answered is which Singapore carrier will win
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      Lock icon Motorist hurt as scaffolding collapses
      388 8  -  ZUL OTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg SCAFFOLDING at a construction site along Selegie Road collapsed yesterday afternoon, injuring a passing motorist The driver, believed to be a man in his 40s, escaped with minor cuts on his finger, said a Singapore Civil Defence Force spokesperson. He was sent
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      The public-private way for ITE West campus
      512 8  -  LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@media corp.com.sg THE Institute of Technical Education's (ITE) big ambitions to be one of the world's top post-sec-ondary education providers is eventually getting the physical infrastructure to match. Yesterday, Britain's largest construction conglomerate Balfour Beatty announced that its Southeast Asia
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Quake in Indonesia
      203 12 -AGENCIES JAKARTA A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumbawa island yesterday, killing three, injuring 55 and damaging hundreds of homes, officials said as repeated aftershocks rattled nerves. Buildings collapsed in Dompu and Bima districts and officials rushed to reach remote areas as frightened residents gathered outdoors, with
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      Political stalwart launches new Indian party
      266 12 KUALA LUMPUR A former stalwart of the opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) launched Malaysia's newest political party the Malaysian Indian United Party (MIUP) on Sunday. Mr Nalla Karuppan, who is also president of the party, said MIUP is independent, but supports the ruling Barisan
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      Indon military chief to come from army
      218 12 JAKARTA Political experts placing capability ahead of a rotation mechanism and political issues say the army chief of staff is likely to become the next head of the Indonesian military (TNI) when the position becomes vacant next month. "Army chief Djoko Santoso is
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      Lock icon M'sia frees Indian activists
      389 12 KUALA LUMPUR Ethnic Indian activists claimed victory in Malaysia yesterday after sedition charges against them were dropped a day after police used tear gas and water cannons to break up a rare protest in the capital. But there was another tense standoff with security forces as
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      125 14 AID AT HAND: Residents of flooded Tumauini town in the Philippines receiving relief goods from a provincial rescue team yesterday as floodwaters submerged areas in Isabela Typhoon Mitag. Rescuers went on full alert yesterday after the typhoon slammed into the country, killing at least eight people. Nearly 300,000 people were
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      Lock icon Sharif, Bhutto file poll papers
      360 14 -AFP Musharraf to be sworn in as civilian leader on Thursday LAHORE Former Pakistani prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif both filed their election papers yesterday. The pair, now both opposition leaders, explained that they had to do so ahead of a midnight deadline
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      Lock icon US media, political parties tie up with Facebook
      220 16 NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE NEW YORK Facebook, the popular social networking site, has become a full-fledged platform for communicating, sharing and advertising. ABC News is betting that it will become a platform for political coverage, as well. ABC News and Facebook
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      55 16 -AFP A FUEL GOOD MEN: Demonstrators, dressed up as superheroes, took to the streets yesterday during protests against oil price hikes in Manila. Oil prices rose to a near record high toward the US$lOO-a-barrel mark due to colder weather in the United States and Europe and the continued weakness of
      -AFP; i } AFP  -  55 words
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      Lock icon An unprecedented day of trade ...
      341 16 An unprecedented day of trade -AGENCIES France, China ink deals worth $43b BEIJING French President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday oversaw the signing of about US$3O billion ($43 billion) in aviation, nuclear and other deals in what he described as an unprecedented day of trade with China. The two major agreements announced
      -AGENCIES; AFP  -  341 words
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      'Rudd differs only in style'
      372 17  -  JESSINTATAN Ex-diplomat gives his take on new Aussie Labor govt jessinta@media corp.com.sg A FORMER Australian diplomat, who described his country as a middle power, said any differences in the new Labor government is in terms of Prime Min-ister-elect Kevin Rudd's "style". "Mr Rudd's style is
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      Lock icon The Jackson Five to reunite for new tour, says Jermaine
      179 17 AFP LONDON The Jackson Five, the group that launched the career of pop superstar Michael Jackson, are planning to reunite for a tour as early as next year, one of its members said yesterday. Speaking to BBC Radio, Jermaine Jackson
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      Lock icon Former journalist set to topple Howard from seat
      163 17 -BLOOMBERG SYDNEY A former journalist is set to topple Mr John Howard from his Sydney seat making him the first Australian Prime Minister to be voted out of Parliament since 1929, reported Bloomberg. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, Ms Maxine McKew
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      Players need to practise decorum
      168 18  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from FIRST I read with concern the report, "Sportsmanship goes out the window" (Nov 26), about the fracas between a coach and players at the Singapore Basketball Centre on Saturday. Then, in another incident at the Jalan Besar Stadium on
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    • Not quite green, yet
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        NEA itself needs to practise being eco-friendly
        195 18  -  TAN QIAN HUI Letter from I APPLAUD the efforts of the National Environmental Agency (NEA) in urging the public to play their part in saving the environment, including the current initiative to reduce the use of plastic bags. Participating stores can consider extending
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        Lock icon Supermarkets can have a deposit counter for bags
        150 18  -  JENNY SWEE Letter from I REFER to the comment "Have we become greener" (Nov 26) and agree with the writer that once the campaign ends, no one really bothers about using their own shopping bags. May I suggest that all supermarkets set
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      GOLDEN MOMENTS IN A SNAP
      683 20 With its high-speed and full-continuous shooting modes, the Sony a7OO is a great companion on the sidelines TEXT PHOTOGRAPHS TREVORTAN IN SPORTS photography, there's always the tendency for photographers to shoot as many pictures as possible in a short frame of time. That way, you
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      244 22  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY BLUE FINGERS I was walking toward my car outside a shopping centre a few weeks ago when I heard a loud and impassioned howl. I spotted a man about 15m away who was in great distress. His fingers were caught in the
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      For the sake of a fair exchange
      195 22  -  TERRICHUATECHHEE Letter from I AM an inbound tourist guide. On Nov 20, my guests checked into the Mandarin Oriental, Singapore. As a usual practice, they have to deposit US$2OO when they check in. However, this US$2OO was foreign currency changed into Singapore dollars
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      Lock icon 'Big Mac' way to cut piracy
      368 22  -  SEAH LEONG KHAI Letter from I REFER to the report, "Bootlegger gets six months' jail" (Nov 22). Although, the six months' jail sentence for peddling pirated software may have a deterring effect on many resellers of illegal software, I believe the problem of pirated
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  • Business
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      Sponsors to oversee fast, easy Catalist bourse
      640 24  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday unveiled details of its sponsor-supervised Catalist, which replaces second board Sesdaq on Dec 17. Touted as a platform for fastgrowing local and international companies, Catalist does not require companies to report minimum earnings or operational track
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    • BUSINESSBRIEFS
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        TEMASEK UNIT TO SELL SHARES TO BANK OF CHINA
        62 24 Asia Financial Holdings, a unit of Temasek Holdings, is seeking as much as HK54.46 billion ($827 million) selling shares in Bank of China, according to an email to investors. Asia Financial is offering international institutions 1.08 billion existing shares in China's
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        FITCH RETRACTS RED ORCHID'S RATING
        45 24 Fitch Ratings has withdrawn the F1 rating of Red Orchid Secured Assets' asset-backed commercial paper. As of Nov 23, the programme will no longer issue additional notes Fitch will also cease to provide ratings or analytical coverage of the programme.
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        CHINA FUND EYES JAPANESE STOCKS
        38 24 China Investment, a government-backed fund, may invest part of the country's foreign- exchange holdings in Japanese stocks, the Nikkei newspaper's English-language news service reported. The agency will start investing in Japanese shares "soon".
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        DUBAI INTERNATIONAL BUYS INTO SONY
        47 24 Dubai International Capital, the US$l3-billion ($l9-billion) fund manager, bought shares in Sony in its first investment in a Japanese company. The stake purchased was "substantial", said Dubai International, which last week disclosed it planned to invest US$5OO million in a Japanese company
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        KEPPEL TO BUILD OFFSHORE FACILITY
        55 24 Keppel Corp said its subsidiary has secured a $100-million contract to convert a tanker into an offshore drilling facility. Keppel Shipyard will convert a very large crude carrier into a drilling, production, storage and offloading facility, Keppel said. Work on the vessel is expected to
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      Lock icon Positive outlook on economy though Singapore manufacturing dipped last month
      214 25 -AGENCIES THE volatile Pharmaceuticals sector pulled Singapore manufacturing output unexpectedly lower last month, and while that may suggest a soft start for the economy in the fourth quarter, economists say other sectors, including electronics, retained strength. But the stock market
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      74 25 SEASON'S SPIRIT: An 11-metre-tall Christmas tree was officially unveiled by UOB Group deputy chairman and CEO Wee Ec Cheong at UOB Plaza yesterday evening, bringing cheer to the Central Business District. The tree is lit by 30,000 LEDs, adorned with 100 red ribbons and topped with a one-metre-high star. In
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    • business news
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        URA to sell two transitional office space sites in the east
        194 26  -  JOSEPH YADAO THE URA yesterday announced the sale of two transitional office sites at Mountbatten Road and Aljunied Road/Geylang East Avenue 1 to ease the office space supply crunch in the short to medium term. With a site area
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        Israel's largest bank opens S'pore branch
        282 26  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@media corp.com.sg FOR the first time in Singapore, an Israeli bank has opened a branch here as part of its global expansion strategy. Bank Hapoalim, Israel's largest bank, opened the full service offshore bank at Republic Plaza and is looking to attract
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        Lock icon Korean Air budget carrier to fly from May
        169 26 -AGENCIES KOREAN Air Lines Co said its new low-cost airline was set to begin operations next May with routes to regional destinations including China and Malaysia. On Friday, its board approved plans to invest 20 billion won ($3l million) to setup a
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        Charge your way to the Beijing Olympics
        340 27  -  ■JOSEPH YADAO WITH ticket sales for next year's Beijing Olympic Games hitting a snag last month after the online ticketing system crashed, Visa is making it easier for its Singaporebased cardholders to "Win a Trip a Day" to Beijing as part of a
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        Carrefour gives hypermarket shopping a classy twist
        304 27  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S MORE spacious, better laid out and boasts a wider range of products and brands. In fact shoppers at this hypermart might easily mistake it for a fancy department store. Yet even after a $2-million revamp, which took about three
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      445 30  -  ASIFANSAR White-collar boxing goes from the gym to Zoukin a charity fight tournament in Jan asif@mediacorp.com.sg FIGHTS break out at clubs sometimes, but this particular fight is different- it's being encouraged. Fight Club is being hailed as the first boxing match inside a club
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        491 32  -  JOANNE YAP The Standard Chartered Marathon, one of the most anticipated races on the running calendar, flags off on Sunday. How can marathoners prepare themselves? (joanne@mediacorp.com.sg) finds out. LAST month, a 35-year-old police officer participating in the Chicago Marathon collapsed and died. Closer to home, a
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      200 35 -BLOOMBERG United manager'used abusive words at referee' during match with Bolton MANCHESTER United man- ager Alex Ferguson was j charged late yesterday (early** today, Singapom time) by Engjjr lish soccer's governing bodjgf after confronting referJl Mark Clattenburg during*a 1-0 Premier League defeat at Bolton over the weekend. Ferguson
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      197 35 —AFP LONDON AZ Alkmaar coach Louis van Gaal said yesterday (early today, Singapore time) he would consider an offer to take over as England manager. Van Gaal (picture) has been in charge at AZ Alkmaar since 2005 and has also had spells
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      578 36  -  CUBBY LEONG SAFFC lodge complaint after forward strikes Bennett in final cubby@mediacorp.com.sg SAFFC yesterday lodged a formal complaint with the S-League after the ugly scenes at the end of Sunday's RHB Singapore Cup Final at Jalan Besar Stadium. With the match already in injury time
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      192 36 ■AFP DERBY Billy Davies lost his job as manager of Premiership basement club Derby County, the club chairman Adam Pearson said yesterday. Davies arrived at Pride Park 18 months ago and took the club back into the Premiership via the post-season play-offs. But the Rams have
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      485 36 GOMBAK United striker Emmanuel Emuejeraye (picture) may have only scored four goals in this season's NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League. But the 19-year-olds combination with Agu Casmir upfront has proven to be a big thorn to opposing defences and been a big reason for
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      558 37  -  LOWUNFHOONG Silat federation drop Imran from SEA Games squad after he misses training sessions linfhoong@media corp.com.sg HE IS a reigning world champion and is touted as a gold medal prospect for Singapore in silat at next week's SEA Games. But yesterday, silat star Muhammad Imran
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      230 37  -  LOWUNFHOONG DESPITE a minor hitch at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport last Friday, which saw a delay in obtaining clearance for their weapons, Singapore's 27-strong shooting contingent are primed to start the first day of competition today at the 24th SEA Games. Speaking to Today
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      317 37  -  LOWUNFHOONG ONES TO WATCH (#4) Singapore is sending its youngest ever contingent of athletes to the 24th SEA Games (Dec 6-15) to blood them for bigger competitions. Each day until Dec 6, Today will feature one youngster that will use the Games as a springboard
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      203 38 -AGENCIES CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUP E Stuttgart v Glasgow Rangers LONDON LONDON Glasgow Rangers head to Stuttgart looking to book their place in the next round. If they can get all three points tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) and if Group E
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      733 39 —AGENCIES LONDON Rafael Benitez will not survive the power struggle at Liverpool and is in danger of being dismissed as manager sooner rather than later, having alienated the club's American owners during a week of intense political turmoil. In a joint statement issued on Sunday night their
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      528 39  -  I HENRY WINTER -THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Threatening to bite the hand that feeds them, the curse of the Englishbased foreigner again stalks the England national team. Preparing ambushes on the road to South Africa are Andrei Shevchenko, Andrei Voronin,
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