Today, 29 January 2008, Afternoon Edition

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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon Pak Harto laid to rest
      764 1  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI -AGENCIES MATESIH (Indonesia) -Thousands of Indonesians lined the road to the mausoleum at the foot of sacred Mount Lawu where former President Suharto was laid to rest amid military pomp and Javanese mysticism yesterday. The burial of the man who ruled the nation with
      -AGENCIES; AP; II  -  764 words
    • Article
      'No basis for rise in premiums'
      759 1  -  ALICIA WONG >DAYEXCLUSIVE Means testing will not affect medical insurance costs, says Health Minister Khaw alicia@mediacorp.com.sg BIT by bit, the questions about implementing means testing in public hospitals are being addressed but one has lingered unanswered, until now: Will medical insurance premiums inflate as
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      226 2 Advertising Feature 66,660 MILLIONAIRES IN SINGAPORE YOU CAN BeCESB MONEY MAKES MONEY is an age old saying. In a recent newspaper article, it was highlighted that the rich is getting richer whilst the lower income group is competing with workers form third world countries. To get wealth, you have to
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  • hot news
    • Article
      SIA union members' petition leads to libel accusation
      168 2  -  -ZULOTHMAN A petition circulated among members of the Singapore Airline Staff Union (Siasu) last month has now led to some of its signatories receiving a lawyer's letter alleging defamation. The petition, signed by over 400 union members, concerned the appointment of Mr
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      Lock icon Will Subang Airport go international again?
      756 3  -  LEONG WEE KEAT -AFP US pressure could force Malaysia to re-open the airport to all international flights weekeat@media corp.com.sg AN OPEN skies spat between Malaysia and the United States has raised expectations that a familiar old airport could re-open its runways for international flights.
      -AFP; BLOOMBERG  -  756 words
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  • Singapore news
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      HOPE FOR 'GENEROUS' BUDGET
      389 4  -  LOH CHEE KONG Following Singapore's buoyant economic performance last year, pundits are expecting a "generous" Budget and their wish lists include cuts in personal tax rates, the abolishment of estate duty, rebates to offset the higher costs of living, and more money from employers to support
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      Lock icon High traffic seen for new Xchange
      389 4  -  NEOCHAICHIN With 42 tenants, MRT commuters can expect more variety at CCX chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg AS SMRT launched its Chinese New Year celebrations at its third and latest Xchange retail space at Choa Chu Kang yesterday, the contrast with the troubled start of its mall at
      NEOCHAI CHIN  -  389 words
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      NTU cracks top 50
      409 6  -  LINYANQIN yanqin@media corp.com.sg BY GIVING its programme an international flavour, it has helped its graduates open their eyes to doing business in a global economy. This thumbs-up from its alumni has earned the Nanyang Technological University's Nanyang Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme a spot in
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      Lock icon Scholars, professors reap rewards at SMU
      237 6  -  -LOHCHEEKONG THERE were several firsts yesterday as the Singapore Management University (SMU) celebrated its Bth Patron's Day. Its patron, President S R Nathan, gave out inaugural scholarships set up by SMU alumni and current students, which were worth $260,000 with the Government's matching grant.
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        GAS TARIFFS TO RISE FROM FEB 1
        82 6 Consumers of town gas, including almost 90 per cent of HDB residents, will have to pay about 7.6 per cent more in tariffs come Feb 1. The revised tariff of 19.34 cents per kilowatt/hour will see an average increase of $1.22 in the
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        Lock icon ERP CHARGES UP AT SOME GANTRIES
        127 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates at some gantries will go up by 50 cents starting Feb 4, according to the Land Transport Authority. At the BKE gantry, motorists will be charged $1 from 7.30 am to Bam, and $1.50 from Bam to
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        NS SIGN-UP ON FROM JAN 30 TO FEB 20
        55 6 National Service registration for male Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents born on or between Sept 10, 1990, and Dec 5,1990, can be done from tomorrow to Feb 20. Registration can be done online at www.ns.sg or in person at the Central
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      Lock icon Falling gantry hits taxi
      341 8  -  JINNY KOH Shocked passenger sent to hospital, back windshield shattered jinny@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN taxi driver Lek Yong Meng, 59, saw the lorry with an attached crane approaching an overhead gantry from the opposite direction, he sounded his horn in alarm but it was too late. The crane,
      JINNY KOH  -  341 words
    • Article
      Rogue lawyer's case: Warrant of arrest for ex-pub owner
      375 8  -  —ANSLEYNG THE tone of the letter was apologetic. "I am sorry for this to happen here, there, everywhere asking me for money," wrote Freddy Lim Soon Kiang, the friend who had helped rogue lawyer David Rasif move almost $1 million to
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    • Article
      LABOUR SHORTAGE HITS 7-YEAR HIGH
      367 8 AS SINGAPORE'S economy powered ahead with 7.5-per-cent growth last year, the private sector experienced its worst labour shortage in seven years, according to the Ministry of Manpower, which released the results of its latest annual Job Vacancy Survey yesterday. Private-sector establishments, each with at least
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Suharto case to go on
      437 10 -AFP Legal expert: Children maybe liable as well JAKARTA A multi-billion-dollar corruption case against late former Indonesian President Suharto will continue after his death, lawyers said yesterday. The death of Mr Suharto could see his children's ability to evade justice threatened by a new vigour
      -AFP  -  437 words
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      Lock icon Megawati in S'pore for art exhibition opening
      433 10  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI nazry@mediacorp.com.sg THE death of Indonesia's second President on Sunday may have put incumbent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's plans on hold, but it is business as usual for another former President, Ms Megawati Sukarnoputri. While Mr Yudhoyono attended Mr Suharto's funeral in Solo yesterday,
      DON WONG  -  433 words
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      Lock icon Anwar whips out fresh Lingam video
      246 12 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's judiciary is facing fresh allegations of high-level corruption when opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim released a new video apparently showing a lawyer claiming to have bribed a top judge. Mr Anwar sparked an outcry in September when he made public a
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    • Article
      Lock icon Hostage drama kids freed
      218 12 —AFP PESHAWAR (Pakistan) Heavily-armed militants took about 250 children hostage at a school in a seven-hour drama yesterday, but freed them after tense negotiations with tribal elders. The Interior Ministry said the rebels were holed up in the school which is near Pakistan's north-western border with
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      Lock icon Will Thaksin return now?
      315 12 AFP His ally, Samak, elected Premier BANGKOK Thai lawmakers have elected Mr Samak Sundaravej (picture), an ally of deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra, as the nation's new Prime Minister restoring civilian leadership after 16 months of military rule. The election of the People Power Party (PPP) leader
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      Lock icon Kennedy charm a boost for Obama
      335 14 -AGENCIES BIRMINGHAM (Alabama) Senator Barack Obama's quest for the United States presidency was set to receive a major boost yesterday as leading Democrat Senator Ted Kennedy planned to formally endorse his White House bid. The unexpected support from the veteran politician will lend Kennedy
      -AGENCIES; AFP  -  335 words
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      Lock icon Bush losing war for American hearts
      575 14 AGENCIES Polls show they are now more concerned about economy woes than Iraq WASHINGTON As George W Bush delivers his last State of the Union address, will he be remembered as the United States President who lost the economy while trying to win a
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      Lock icon French rogue trader escapes fraud charges
      761 15 —AFP Accused under formal investigation but freed from custody PARIS French judges placed rogue trader Jerome Kerviel under formal investigation yesterday but stopped short of charging him with fraud and decided he could walk free from police custody. Shares in Societe Generale, where Kerviel
      —AFP; AFF  -  761 words
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  • Voices
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      Lock icon Ms Wong's MRT ordeal
      420 16  -  LEO CHEN lAN Letter from President, Disabled People's Association I WRITE regarding an incident that happened to one of our members at the Newton MRT station on Jan 14. Ms Rosie Wong, 59, works at the Novena area. Visually-impaired, she boards the train system she is
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    • Article
      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      177 18  -  DR BILL MAIER BY GIVE TEENS ROOM TO GROW If yourteenager starts to pull away from the rest of the family, what can you do about it? I hear from a lot of parents who struggle with teenage withdrawal. It's not that these kids are rebelling;
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    • Letter
      An adult ticket for my 7-year-old?
      184 18  -  DARREN LEE SIAKFEI Letter from LAST Sunday, at a train station, I realised that my son, who is in Primary 1, had left his child ez-link card at home. I thought that we could simply buy a child single-trip ticket for him. I was
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      Lock icon SOMEHOW, I ATTRACT THE WRONG WOMEN
      521 18  -  JAMES CHIH IT'S that time of the year again a time when people like me, in their 30s and single, start getting the jitters. As Chinese New Year approaches, nieces and nephews may be eagerly looking forward to getting hongbaos from me, but sorry
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  • Business
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      Tecity increases bid for Straits Trading in takeover battle with OCBC's Lee family
      246 20  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg UPPING the stakes in a takeover battle, the investment group run by the family of the late Dr Tan Chin Tuan yesterday raised its bid for property and tin-smelting player Straits Trading. Tecity Group
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    • Article
      Lock icon SMRT shares drop
      598 20  -  CHEOWXINYI -AGENCIES Weak Q3 profit sends Spore train operator's stocks down 2.9 per cent cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg A DROP in third-quarter earnings coupled with broad market weakness sent shares of Singapore's biggest train operator SMRT Corporation down 2.9 per cent to $1.65, its first fall in four days. SMRT
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    • BUSINESSBRIEFS
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        BP SEALS $14.28 DEAL WITH JURONG AROMATICS
        90 21 BP signed a US$lO-billion ($14.2-billion) contract to supply "feedstock" to Jurong Aromatics. BP will supply a "large" portion of the feedstock requirements of Jurong Aromatics' US$2-billion petrochemical plant in Singapore upon its completion in 2011, Jurong Aromatics said. Output from the facility will
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      • Article
        CREATIVE'S SECOND-QUARTER SALES DOWN
        107 21 Creative Technology said yesterday its second-quarter sales and profit declined after it failed to win customers with price cuts. Sales fell 19 per cent to U*****.5 million ($373 million) in the three months ended Dec 31, its fourth straight quarterly decline. Net income fell to U557.63
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      • Article
        Lock icon SATS' 03 $50.4M PROFIT SAME AS LAST YEAR'S
        55 21 BLOOMBERG Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats), the ground-han-dling unit of Singapore Airlines, said fiscal third-quarter profit remained unchanged from a year earlier. Net income was $50.4 million, or 4.6 cents a share, for the three months ended Dec 31. Sales rose 1.2
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon David Li close to $11.4m SEC settlement
      266 21 BLOOMBERG HK Legco member silent on allegations of insider trading FORMER Dow Jones director David Li (picture) reached a tentative agreement with United States securities regulators to pay more than US$B million ($11.4 million) to settle insider-trading allegations, the Financial Times (FT) reported,
      BLOOMBERG  -  266 words
    • marketbuzz
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        DELICIOUS REBATES WITH MAYBANK
        115 22 Usher in a prosperous Chinese New Year with Maybank. Be among the first 288 Maybank card customers to make a reservation at any restaurant until Jan 31, and charge a minimum of $688 in a single receipt between Feb 6 and Feb 21, to enjoy a
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        ACROBATS AT MILLENIA WALK
        131 22 Millenia Walk has invited the Pu Yang Hua Cheng acrobatic troupe from China to perform their award-winning performance, Gao Vi, for the first time in Singapore. Gao Vi refers to the stacking of chairs symbolising the ascent to greater heights. Marvel as the acrobats execute stunts
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        'RAT-SINO'AT TIONG BAHRU PLAZA
        172 22 Tiong Bahru Plaza "Rat-sino" presents its very own cabaret performance this Chinese New Year. From Shanghai tunes to Las Vegas-styled music, and dancing reminiscent of Shanghai Tan and Chicago, shoppers will be treated to a spectacular show. Play games and win prizes at the "Rou-Rat" table.
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        HOUGANG MALL'S BLOSSOMS OF SPRING
        182 22 Until Feb 6, touch, taste, listen and feel spring as you step into Hougang Mall. Make a wish for love, career, luck or happiness- at the Bridge of Wishes. Shoppers who spend $30* are entitled to redeem a Lucky Fortune Cookie, each with a hidden
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      Lock icon JAPAN'S SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND DEBATE
      599 22  -  WILLIAM PESEK AS CHINA, Singapore, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates gobble up Western assets, a big question is making the rounds: What about Japan? With US$94B billion ($1.3 trillion), it is the world's No 2 holder of reserves after China. Isn't it about
      BLOOMBERG  -  599 words
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  • Impact
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      'Robin Hood' AirAsia steals a march into KL
      438 23  -  JOSEPH YADAO IF AIRASIA chief executive officer Tony Fernandes (picture) had his way, this Friday would be dubbed "People's Day" to mark the inaugural low-cost carrier's flights between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. "Air Asia can be seen as Robin Hood, the man
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      What moooovts you ?
      457 23  - What moooovts you LYNETTE KOH Memorable new ad sees Cold Storage going back to thematic advertising lynettek@media corp.com.sg PRANCING produce, cheering crabs, and a chorus line of dairy cows these are just a few of the elements making up the animated Cold Storage television commercial themed "You've got the whole
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  • plus
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      Trimming the Fringe
      1034 24  -  Mayo Martin Has this year's M 1 Fringe Festival become too mainstream? mayo@mediacorp.com.sg LAST week, I I spent an hour in I a dark room I with two "vir- I gins". And it I was done proud- I ly in the name I of art at the
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    • in cinemas
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon How did Ledger die?
        277 26 -AGENCIES Could have been a heart attack: Sources HEATH Ledger (picture) may have died from natural causes, not a drug overdose. TMZ, the celebrity website that broke the news of the actor's death last Tuesday, quoted sources "intimately connected with the investigation" saying that the 28-year-old
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