Today, 21 January 2008, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY /AediaCorp MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Monday January 21, 2008 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Train service disrupted
      105 1 EASTBOUND and westbound train services between the Pasir Ris and Tanah Merah MRT stations were disrupted this morning. The disruption was caused by the breakdown of a maintenance work train carrying out work between Tampines and Simei MRT stations. The SMRT says the first eastbound train departing
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      Lock icon A Malaysia for Malaysians?
      599 1 -AGENCIES Country to send 500,000 foreign workers home next year KUALA LUMPUR Go local. This is the message to employers as the Malaysian government plans to send up to half a million foreign workers packing next year. Worst hit will be the service industry hotels, restaurants,
      -AGENCIES  -  599 words
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      Soon, more bite to dengue fight
      564 1  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@media corp. com. sg AS THE authorities grapple with the latest mosquito-borne disease, chikungunya fever, they have not forgotten about the other, perennial virus: Dengue. Environment and Water Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim said his ministry would announce in Parliament in March new measures
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      Lock icon Abdullah's olive branch
      479 2 -AFP Thaipusam declared a public holiday to soothe ethnic Indian community KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi declared a popular Hindu festival a public holiday on Sunday, in an olive branch to the ethnic Indian community following months of dissent The Thaipusam festival, during which
      -AFP  -  479 words
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      Lock icon 'I didn't know how far I could go': Kumar meets FM Yeo
      440 2  -  MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg WATCHING a Government minister interviewed on Singapore television may not be a big deal. But what about a minister having a conversation with a gender-bending comedian on a local arts show? Tomorrow night Foreign Minister
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      Lock icon Politician to launch film denouncing Quran; Dutch govt fears violent protests
      331 3 —AGENCIES AMSTERDAM The Dutch government is bracing itself for violent protests following the scheduled broadcast, later this week, of a provocative anti-Muslim film by a radical right-wing politician, who has threatened to denounce the Quran and broadcast images of
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      Lock icon Life sentence for terrorist who targeted S'pore
      454 3 —AGENCIES NEW YORK He was handpicked by Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and trained personally by the mastermind of the Sept 11 terror attacks, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. His mission: To blow up the United States embassies in Singapore and the Philippine capital,
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      THE 3Cs OF TRANSPORT
      721 4  -  P N BALJI Convenience, competition, carthe plan to make buses king of the road boils down to these key factors EDITORIAL DIRECTOR balji@media corp.com.sg WHACKED down to its basics, the bus-as-king-of-the-road strategy announced on Friday can be boiled down to three Cs: Convenience, competition and the
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      Lock icon For a greener living space
      453 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT CDC rolls out checklist to educate residents on saving the environment weekeat@media corp.com.sg SET your air-conditioner two degrees warmer at 25° C save $30 a year. Switch off mains, lights, fans and other electrical appliances when not in use save $66 a
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      Two dead in separate road collisions
      159 6 Two fatal traffic accidents at the weekend left one pedestrian and a teenager dead. At about 7.30pm on Saturday, a car driven by a Turkish man in his late 20s along Boon Lay Way collided with a pedestrian, a Singaporean in his late 30s.
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      More in Spore send maids to learn skills
      328 6 MORE local employers are sending their home help to cooking and family-care classes, according to the Foreign Domestic Worker Association for Skills Training (Fast). The association trained about 3,000 workers last year and 1,500 in 2006. Among its most popular classes are
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      101 8  - TANHUILENG MOUNTBATTENTOWN DAY: Children at the spanking new PAP Community Foundation Centre kindergarten located at Old Airport Road Hawker Centre displaying their creativity. The kindergarten was opened yesterday by Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong as part of Mountbatten Town Day. A highlight of the day was the launch of a
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      Lock icon Till death do them part
      329 8  -  TAN HUI LENG Cancer centre to set up hospice care unit for those who need end-of-life support huileng@mediacorp.com.sg NOT willing to "abandon" their patients after treating them for cancer, Parkway Cancer Centre is setting up a hospice care unit for those who require end-of-life support
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      Lock icon Slow start to election forum
      183 8 —TANHUILENG IT WAS touted as a forum to discuss reform of Singapore's election system. The organisers, the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) had invited members from four other Opposition parties and Institute of Policy Studies senior research fellow Tan Tarn How. But the other four parties
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Thaksin's future remains in doubt
      476 10 _»J.J- V^V_/J.l -AFP Former PM's influence could wane after Parliament convenes today: Analyst BANGKOK Thailand's Parliament convenes today with allies of ousted Premier Thaksin Shinawatra back in charge, but their victory by no means guarantees his smooth return, analysts say. The People's Power Party (PPP),
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      Lock icon SCANDAL DOGS PROPOSED SPEAKER
      175 10 -AP While Thailand's lower house of Parliament convenes today for its first session in almost two years, official work will only begin tomorrow when lawmakers nominate a House Speaker. The six-party coalition led by the proThaksin People's Power Party plans to nominate longtime Thaksin confidant Yongyuth
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon PM ABDULLAH TOURS MALAYSIA
        102 10 AFP Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has started a new round of nationwide tours, according to reports yesterday, in the clearest indication yet that national elections were imminent. Mr Abdullah has been tight-lipped on the polling date. However, the New Straits Times in a front
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        MP'S WIFE IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER BOTCHED COSMETIC SURGERY
        97 10 The wife of a Malaysian MP is in critical condition following botched cosmetic surgery, the New Straits Times reported. The 44-year-old woman, who has the title of Datin, has been on a life-support machine since Friday. The Datin had gone to
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        Lock icon CHINA HUSHES UP STADIUM DEATHS
        129 10 China has systematically covered up the accidental deaths of at least 10 workers, and perhaps many more, in a rush to construct the futuristic "bird's nest" stadium (picture) in Beijing for this year's Olympic Games, The Sunday Times reported. The British newspaper cited as evidence
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        Lock icon BHUTTO KILLING: TEEN ARRESTED
        136 10 -AFP Pakistani officials said yesterday a second suspect had been arrested in connection with a plot to kill former premier Benazir Bhutto who was assassinated last month. Security officials said the man had been detained along with a teenager- 15-year-old Aitezaz Shah whose arrest was announced
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      Lock icon Climate change, trade on Brown's New Delhi agenda
      354 12 —AFP NEW DELHI British Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived yesterday in India from China, looking for movement from New Delhi on tackling climate change, while also building on strong trade and investment links. The Prime Minister's first visit to New Delhi since
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      Lock icon 'Anti-loafing' plan
      388 12 -■mEDAILYTELEGRAPH A disappointed Sarkozysets uptaskforcetocomeup with more radical reforms WHEN Ms Fadela Amara, the popular 43-year-old Junior Urban Affairs Minister, announces France's much-awaited "Hope for the Suburbs" plan tomorrow, she will be flanked by several members of the Cabinet But not by President Nicolas Sarkozy, as was initially
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      Lock icon British MPs back 'opt out' organ donation
      284 12 -THE OBSERVER LONDON An overwhelming majority of British MPs support adopting a new system of organ donation, because the shortage of donor kidneys, hearts and lungs is so severe, a survey carried out by The Observer has found. Of the 120 who responded
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      Lock icon A WELCOME DISTRACTION
      351 14  -  JESSINTATAN A royal celebration offers respite for some residents of Solo IN SOLO, INDONESIA jessinta@media corp.com.sg LIFE in Solo, Central Java, has apparently returned to normal following news of former President Suharto's reportedly remarkable recovery from the brink of death. The crowds at Mr Suharto's family home
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      Lock icon Race could last beyond 'Super Tuesday', say pundits
      256 17 —AFP COLUMBIA (South Carolina) Republican White House hopeful John McCain won in South Carolina (picture) late on Saturday as Democrat Hillary Clinton took Nevada, handing the two frontrunners big wins. With nearly all ballots counted, Senator McCain was ahead with 33 per
      —AFP; EPA  -  256 words
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      Lock icon AN UGLY WIN
      509 17  -  MICHAEL TOMASKY -THE GUARDIAN Clinton may have scored Nevada, but to win election, she needs to show more WELL, it wasn't big and it sure wasn't pretty. In fact, it was downright ugly but Ms Hillary Clinton's win in Nevada now gives her an advantage over Mr
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      isay STILL MUCH TO CONSIDER
      543 18  -  ALEX HARYUH LING BUS commuters in Singapore must be pinching themselves in disbelief that the authorities have admitted that current transport operators are doing a poor job and putting profits above commuters. It was good to hear Transport Minister Raymond Lim announce that there will
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      Give commuters a bigger say
      210 18  -  LAI YEW CHAN Letter from I REFER to your article, "Transport's big bang rolls in with bus shake-up" oan 19-20). Undoubtedly, central planning of bus routes will reap the advantages of structure and control. However, these advantages should be tempered with flexibility and responsiveness to
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      237 20  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY QUESTIONS PARENTS ASK We receive about 10,000 letters and phone calls every day here at Focus on the Family USA, and I want to devote the next two or three commentaries to some questions submitted by parents and grandparents. Let's start with
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      Lock icon Valentine heartbreak
      327 20  -  BETTY TAN Doesn't this rabbit deserve our love and care, too? Letter from IT'S always refreshing to read Tabitha Wang's Friday column and last week's "When Carmen lost her hair" (Jan 18) was both heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. As an animal lover, it's always sad
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      Increase CPF cap for enhanced plans
      243 20  -  LAUWAILEONG Letter from I REFER to the report, "Why cut off at age 85? queries Halimah" Qan 18). For me, Medishield coverage is basic and essential. But given today's escalating healthcare costs, Medishield alone may not be enough if one were struck with a
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  • Business
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      Lock icon China Railway Construction plans IPOs
      179 22 —AFP CHINA Railway Construction Corporation is planning initial public offerings (IPOs) of shares on the Shanghai and Hong Kong exchanges. One of the country's largest road and rail contractors, the company aims to issue 2.8 billion shares in Shanghai in an application expected to be
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      Lock icon Funds feel the heat from credit squeeze
      310 22  -  ESTHER FUNG THE GUARDIAN. THE contagion from the credit crunch spread to the fund management sector last Friday when British fund manager New Star Asset Management issued a profits warning and slashed its dividends to repay its debts. Its shares plunged 30 per
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      Lock icon Air China parent bids for China Eastern stake
      298 22 —AGENCIES AIR China's parent has submitted a bid for a stake in rival China Eastern Airlines after Singapore Airlines' (SIA) offer was rejected. China National Aviation Holding Co (CNAHC) proposed to become "alliance partners" with China Eastern, CNAHC said in the Shanghai
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        Lock icon NORTHERN ROCK MUST BE NATIONALISED
        626 25 -THE OBSERVER AS SOMEONE who has taken great pride in freeing Britain's financial sector shackles and allowing the spectacular profits of the past decade, it is not surprising that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is desperate to find a "private-sector solution" to the Northern Rock
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        Lock icon US market unmoved by Bush's stimulus plan
        237 25  -  ESTHER FUNG DOW JONES, ON A weak showing on Friday, United States stocks and the greenback largely brushed off the economic stimulus package that US President George W Bush had asked Congress to pass as soon as possible. Mr Bush had called for
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      • Succeed
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          CEO101
          125 26 When hiring new employees What do you look out for most during an interview? MS POH MUI HOON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF NETS: "Today, Nets is Singapore's leading cashless payment services provider. Due to the passion and commitment of our team, we now have a wide range of products
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          brainfood
          190 26  -  LOH CHEE KONG Fish! by Stephen C Lunrlin. Harry Paul and John Christensen Work sucks. But you need the money to feed the mouths at home and you cannot see yourself in any other job. What's worse, everyone around you at the office feels exactly the same way. In
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        Lock icon Shhh, who says it's all books and bore?
        651 26  -  UNYANQIN How an engineer made her foray into the librarian's world yanqin@media corp.com.sg THE image of a librarian as stuffy and boring is so powerful that even Ms Khoo Ai Ling (picture), while pursuing library science as part of her Masters in
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      • the business of learning
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          noticeboard
          99 27 A BRIDGE TO HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM Exciting changes are in store for the hospitality and tourism industry in Singapore. The EASB Institute of Management will be holding a course preview to give fresh graduates, executives and managers and anyone who hopes to achieve a competitive advantage over others in
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