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  • 13 1 TODAY /A=dij\Corp MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Tuesday March 4, 2008 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
    • 892 1  -  TAN HUI LENG MOH gets 19% budget boost to meet subsidy and manpower needs huileng@mediacorp.com.sg AS SINGAPOREANS grapple with medical costs that shot up by 7.4 per cent last year on the back of imported inflation, the Ministry of Health (MOH) is getting a rare 19-per-cent
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    • 31 1 CHINA BUILD-UP PENTAGON VOICES CONCERN AGAIN WORLD PAGE 14 SPORE-BOUND B'DESH OPPOSITION LEADER FOR TREATMENT HERE WORLD PAGE 14 FEDERER OUT WORLD NO 1 LOSES TO ANDY MURRAY SPORTS PAGE 38
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  • hot news
    • 730 2  -  HOOTIANGBOON KUMAR RAMAKRISHNA AND NEWS of Mas Selamat Kastari's audacious breakout from the Whitley Road Detention Centre has been a startling and depressing turn of events in Singapore's efforts against terrorism. This unfortunate episode is likely to have wide repercussions, strategically and operationally. In
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    • 454 2  -  ALICIA WONG a licia@mediacorp. com.sg WITH obesity among Singaporeans on the rise, boding ill (literally) for the future of the nation, the Ministry of Health (MOH) is making this weighty issue its target for the next two years. This year, it is mounting a
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    • 587 3  -  JINNY KOH NGJINGYNG Commuters complain about inconvenience, cabbies cite concerns of less-able folk AND jinny@mediaco.p. com.sg ON THE first day of the work week since the change kicked in, cabbies and commuters alike did not seem to have bought into the new rule that
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    • 138 2 I OWN YOUR OWN 1 EDUCATION BUSINESSJL MAKE THE ULTIMATE lAfffV»V l PASSIVE INCOME WITHOUT jJA YOUR JOB! fl* ,M J COME FORA9(_ MINUTE PRESENTATION AND FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN BE AN EDUCATION MILLIONAIRE! ERG'S ILLUSTRIOUS BOARD OF ADVISORS I* Douglas Foo Julian L. Sandt Yoon Byung-Chul Ftena Udomkunnatum
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    • 345 3 WOMANOMICS J r" MDIS: A Great Chapter in My Life VM THINK SUCCESS, think __iq MDIS. TRUSTED BY MORE THAN 12,000 K W^ I _L I STUDENTS FROM 55 COUNTRIES. I M A'* BSc (HONS) IN BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES I U **^_W BSc (HONS) IN ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE I
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  • singapore news
    • HEALTHSNIPPERS
      • 90 4 More will be invested to develop manpower in mental health, with specialist training areas and scholarships increased to yield more psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses and allied health professionals, such as psychologists and occupational therapists. More research into mental health will be facilitated and a network of
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      • 49 4 The Ministry of Health has obtained an additional $10 million for HIV education over the next two years. Areas that need addressing include the stigma against those living with HIV and Aids, and changing behaviour so HIV can be prevented or diagnosed early.
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      • 35 4 The Ministry of Health will review and simplify administration to make it simpler to make an Advance Medical Directive. Since its introduction in 1997, only 9,000 people have made one.
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      • 85 4  -  'ALICIA WONG While not included in the Human Organ Transplant Act, skin donations are no less important than kidneys in saving lives, said Minister of State for Health Heng Chee How. From 1998 to 2007, the National Skin Bank received more than 100,000 sq cm
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    • 600 4  -  TAN HUI LENG Hospitals aren't best pills for their health woes huileng@media corp. com.sg THE skew towards hightech healthcare today is costing elderly patients too much not just financially, but also in terms of their quality of life. Posing this concern in Parliament yesterday as he spoke
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    • 587 6  -  CHEOWXINYI Fund will cushion cost of integrating solar panels into new Green Mark buildings cheowxinyi@mediaco.p. com.sg DEVELOPERS of new and green buildings can now tap into a $20 million fund set up by the Government a decision that is certain to sit well all-round as
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    • 266 6  -  -CHEOWXINYI IT WAS launched barely three years ago, but the Aeronautical Engineering Programme at Nanyang Technological University is so popular that it is now almost as tough a course to get in as Medicine. Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang said in Parliament yesterday, enthusiasm for
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    • 342 6  -  -ALICIA WONG BE IT a new car, an insurance or timeshare purchase you can soon expect greater protection under the law. Minister of State for Trade and Industry (MTI) Lee Yi Shyan updated Parliament yesterday on upcoming changes to the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading)
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    • TRADESNIPPETS
      • 100 6 Singapore will continue to have an equal mix of local and foreign scholars in the research and development sector as it sets a goal of producing 1,000 R&D PhDs by 2015, said Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang. Responding to Opposition MP Low Thia
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      • 85 6 The F1 race will not only boost tourism receipts by about $100 million a year. but also bring other intangible benefits, said Minister of State for Trade and Industry S Iswaran. For example, the creation of new entertainment and networking events built around F1 for
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    • 346 8  -  -LOH CHEE KONG SINGAPORE law firm Tan Peng Chin LLC has become the first Asian law firm to join the leading European network of companies providing legal services. Tan Peng Chin LLC announced yesterday its membership with effect from last month as
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    • 494 8  -  CHRISTIE LOH MPs ask about MOF's stewardship and disclosure by Temasek and GIC christie@media corp. com.sg WHILE the outside world continues to pressure sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) to disclose more, some at home are making similar calls and wondering if the Government ought
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    • FINANCESNIPPETS
      • 99 8 About a third of Government contracts outsourced last year did not go to the lowest bidders. Minister of State for Finance Lim Hwee Hua said, adding: "The Government is mindful not to turn best sourcing into cheap sourcing." In addition, outsourcing accounted for some one-third of the
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      • 80 8 The Accountant-General's Department and the Finance Ministry are "discussing" the People's Association's (PA) practice not to consolidate the accounts of grassroots organisations. Minister of State for Finance Lim Hwee Hua, replying to a question from Worker's Party chief Low Thia Khiang, said the non-consolidation is due to
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      • 80 8 The Finance Ministry is working with the taxman to issue guidelines to clarify how the new research and development incentives work. This is in the light of complaints by several companies and Members of Parliament that the R&D definition is narrow and favours high-technology product firms. Minister
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    • 441 10  -  NGJINGYNG In a hospitality industry first, hotel offers medical coverage, maternity leave for permanent part-time workers jingyng@media corp. com.sg AS A part-time domestic helper, mother of two Koh Geok Eng, 45, is not always certain where her next pay cheque will be coming from, and does
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    • 180 10  -  LEONG WEE KEAT A PRIVATE security firm, Metropolis Security Systems, has offered its staff a $1,000--reward for information that could lead to the capture of escaped Jemaah Islamiyah leader Mas Selamat Kastari. Its 200 officers are mostly deployed at schools and condominiums in
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
      • 138 10 The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) suspended the licence of a tobacco retailer. Green's Provisions Store at 435 Bukit Panjang Ring Road, for six months from March 1, after it was caught selling cigarettes to underaged youths for a second time. The employee of the store
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      • 97 10 Singapore police have returned to their Malaysian counterpart 45 vehicles that were stolen in Malaysia last year but recovered here. The vehicles, estimated to be worth more than RMS million ($2.2 million), were found in places such as HDB car parks and port
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      • 86 10 Murdoch University, which last month announced the opening of its Murdoch International Study Centre here, has launched a new double degree in Management and Environmental Management. The non-traditional curriculum is believed to be the first of its kind in Singapore. Murdoch University's deputy vice-chancel-lor
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      • 64 10 The results ot last years Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level Examinations will be released this Friday. School candidates may obtain their result slips from their respective schools from 2.30pm. Private candidates will be able to check their results on the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board's
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  • world news
    • 533 12  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI No longer content to sit by the sidelines, activists, academics and even a blogger have joined the fray IN KUALA LUMPUR nazry@media corp. com.sg ATTENTION has been focused on the many new faces being fielded as candidates in this Malaysian general election. But what is
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    • 260 12 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Profits from stateowned oil firm Petronas cannot be used to keep fuel prices low as Malaysia's oil and gas reserves will run out by 2011, a report said yesterday. Opposition parties are campaigning to prevent the ruling Barisan Nasional
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    • 211 13 MEMBERS of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) were missing from the unveiling of the Penang-level Barisan Nasional (BN) manifesto yesterday, signalling that the rift between the MCA and Gerakan, which heads the Penang state government, has deepened ahead of polling this Saturday.
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    • 533 13  -  JESSINTATAN Not all voters in Penang think PM deserves the good report card he got IN PENANG jessinta@media corp.com.sg PPJME Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi gave himself a good report card yesterday, saying he has not failed the people during his tenure as the country's leader. He also gave
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    • 435 14  -  VENESSA LEE Clinton may lose the ethnic advantage as more Hispanics move over to Obama IN AUSTIN,TEXAS venessa@media corp.com.sg IN TEXAS, even high-profile Republicans have to beware the Obama campaigning machine. Ms Karen Hughes, President George W Bush's former longtime adviser, told reporters that an "older
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 102 14 Thai dogs are now eligible for life insurance, under a new policy that offers payouts to owners if their pets die, a veterinarian said yesterday. About 2,000 dogs have already been granted such policies since the programme began last year, veterinarian Sombat Pipattanamatha said. Locally-bred
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      • 100 14 -AFP US troops found the bodies of 14 men with their hands tied behind their backs and shot in the head in a mass grave in the restive central Iraqi town of Samarra, the military said yesterday. "Coalition forces believe Al Qaeda Iraq is responsible
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    • 265 14 -AFP WASHINGTON An annual Pentagon report on China yesterday said Beijing's lack of transparency posed risks to stability, voicing concern over how it would use its expanding military power. China was developing cruise and ballistic missiles capable of striking aircraft carriers and other
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    • 156 14 -DPA DHAKA- Critically-ill opposition leader Abdul Jalil left for Singapore for urgent medical treatment yesterday after the military-backed interim government in Bangladesh set him free on parole, officials and close relatives said. The politician has been under treatment for kidney and heart
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    • 309 15 -AFP Western media 'did not report this' HONG KONG The niece of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto yesterday accused Western media of irresponsibility in their reporting on Pakistan, saying they disregarded heavy rigging in last month's polls including that by Ms Bhutto's party.
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    • 195 15 -AFP BEIJING The Beijing Olympics, Taiwan, rising inflation and a plan to streamline the central government were highlighted yesterday as government goals at the opening of China's legislative season. More than 2,200 members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the legislature's top noncommunist advisory
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    • 258 15 Four Singaporeans have made it to Forbes magazine's first list of "Heroes of Philanthropy". Mr Sim Wong Hoo, Dr Loo Choon Yong, Ms Mavis Khoo and Ms Wee Lin join 48 others from 12 countries to make up the list, which Forbes said aimed
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  • Voices
    • What ban? The puffing goes on
      • 202 16  -  CHRISTOPHER TEO KIAN LAM Letter from I REFER to the article "Stub it out at car parks, covered walkways" (March 1) which is certainly good news for non-smokers, who are often the victims of second-hand smoke. However, I question the effectiveness of such
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      • 77 16  -  CHRIS THAM WAI MUN Letter from INSTEAD of extending no-smoking areas, the Government should ban smoking islandwide and provide designated smoking "chambers" for smokers. This will greatly encourage smokers to kick the habit and provide better protection for non-smokers. Hardcore smokers will challenge any
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      • 56 16  -  CHEE HUILEE Letter from I APPLAUD the authorities for their efforts in promoting more smoke-free places. I would also like to take this opportunity to ask about smoking regulations at the various golf driving ranges, and if smoking would be
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    • 403 17  -  TAN AILING Letter from I REFER to the report "More abandon pedigree dogs" (Feb 28). If there are stricter laws on licensing, the problem will only escalate. May I suggest the following two-pronged approach? First, pet shops should microchip the dogs
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    • 171 17  -  JAMES TEO TECK NAM Letter from I REFER to the report "More abandon pedigree dogs" (Feb 28). The number of dogs being abandoned tells us just how "gracious" our society is. My suggestion is to issue Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) for dog ownership. This
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    • 169 17  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY CHILDREN LOVE MUSIC One of the most popular guests on our Focus on the Family radio broadcasts was Mr John Waltrip, a music specialist with 30 years of experience in teaching music to children. Parents, he said, even more so than teachers,
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    • 183 19  -  GARY GOH Letter from I REFER to the letter, "We face motorcycle parking woes in heartlands, too" (Feb 29), and agree that when bikes are parked on the pavement, they are unsightly and a hindrance to pedestrians. However, I urge readers to give a
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    • 156 19  -  KELLY LONG Letter from Vice-president, head. Corporate Communications, Singapore Exchange WE REFER to the letter, "Going green a PR stunt?" (Feb 25); Mr Philip Ang Keng Hong wrote that the "rules of the Singapore Exchange still require shareholders of listed companies to receive mailed copies
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    • 193 19  -  MARIANNE MAES Letter from STOPPING waste at its source is something that Singaporeans should really be taking into their own hands to face the environmental challenge, as reflected by Ms Sheralyn Tay in her report, "It is time to stop waste at its source"
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    • 55 19 LET'S CLEAN UP JUST BIN IT A clean city is a beautiful city. It's also healthier and provides a better quality of life for all. Singapore is our home. Let's do our bit and keep Singapore clean, green and healthy. A v A '**W m National i_T° n> Cleaner streets,
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  • Business
    • 339 20 -BLOOMBERG Second half profit rose 17% as emerging market lending overcame US losses HSBC Holdings, Europe's biggest bank by market value, said profit in the second-half of last year rose 17 per cent as emergingmarkets lending overcame sub-prime losses on customers in the United States. Net income
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    • 350 20 -DOW JONES GERMAN pharmaceutical company Bayer Schering Pharma AG plans to aggressively expand its presence in Asia Pacific, with China being the core area for growth. "China is the most important market because of its size. We are poised to become the number one
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    • 288 20  -  -ESTHER FUNG SINGAPORE-LISTED spirits and beermaker Thai Beverage (Thaißev) is planning to make a bigger splash in the nonalcoholic beverage business this year. The family-run company, whose products include Chang Beer, will be looking at any beverage that could leverage on the company's well-established
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    • BUSINESSBRIEFS
      • 69 21  -  -ESTHER FUNG The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has begun its bidding process for its Next Generation National Broadband Network (NBN) project by asking companies to seek pre-qualification. Successful firms may then be asked to submit proposals. Forms are available online at www.gebiz.gov.sg.
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      • 75 21  -  ESTHER FUNG Buyers of participating life insurance policies (par policies) will receive more disclosures at the point of sale and updated information about the policy's performance afterwards, said Life Insurance Association (LIA). Par policies are premiums pooled to form a participating fund. As part
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      • 82 21 Great Eastern Holdings Ltd will accept a $6.70-a-share offer for its 19.92-per-cent stake in Straits Trading Co. The announcement follows the withdrawal of a $6.55-a--share offered by the Lee family, the main shareholder of OCBC and a key Great Eastern shareholder. With Great Eastern's stake
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    • 292 21 —AGENCIES ASIAN stocks tumbled on heightened worries about a United States recession at the start of a week laden with key economic data and central bank meetings. The declines follow a sharp retreat in US markets that served as a timely reminder for some traders,
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    • business news
      • 144 23  -  ESTHER FUNG Another bank now has a mobile document collection service for customers in industrial zones. To make banking more convenient for small and medium-sized enterprises, OCBC's new BizExpress van allows customers to drop off cheques, trade and remittance documents, apply for e-banking services and open
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      • 229 23 —AFP THE European Union and United States plan to launch formal proceedings at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over an attempt by China to put the financial information businesses of international news providers under the control of state-run Xinhua news agency, the
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  • impact
    • 313 24  -  JOSEPH YADAO Ogilvy Mather, Saatchi Saatchi lead the pack at inaugural Asia Pacific Effie Awards josepl..yadao@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE played host to around 1,300 advertising and marketing professionals at the inaugural twoday World Effie Festival 2008 held at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre last
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    • 236 24  -  JOSEPH YADAO STARTING October, "smart" shopping carts are set to ply the aisles of the new Cold Storage outlet at Fusionpolis. Besides holding your groceries, your cart will be able to tell you about the latest promotions and even show you a map of the supermarket,
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    • 185 24  -  -JOSEPH YADAO SCHUMACHER-wannabes can fulfil their car racing fantasies once more with the RBS Grand Prix Challenge. Now in its second year, the challenge lets speed demons get behind the wheel of the Fl racing simulator, brought in by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS),
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    • 527 26 \wlr2l m _i W HAIRCARE lim I* _^HP more sensitive _W _atLm —W __a m mr-*A aw I I I I IV_> I I Im^*' l _____k. Vr Ann Ho A^ l«| 26 years old Merchandiser f_^__L 1 _»__JU______» -Jf PUT ON WEIGHT fell) EASILY? WHAT'S \g^ I J _^j
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    • 347 27 London® f\ bfe^/0^ r01? Ng Mei Ling "No worries ld tog owing of getting _m^^kk ->- s^'n'» fat again! n^m. W W i IV Jn^/62kg f% 82kg MmmwM Total kg lost 4^ &;_2r I B Assistant Engineer -*_%3 20kg What causes weight gain proneness? What causes sensitive skin? Bk_*Wt Obesity
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    • 966 28  -  Mayo Martin mayo@mediaco.p.com.sg WEETECKHIAN I bandwiched between the East and the West these artists say labels do not make the art' f MAGES of Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl, Barbie and even Snow White's dwarves abound in some of the artworks now on display by two
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    • 38 29 WHAT: A New Collaboration on Paper WHO: Ghada Amer and Reza Farkondeh WHERE: Singapore Tyler Print Institute, 41 Robertson Quay, www.stpi.com.sg WHEN: Tuesday to Saturday, 10 am-6 pm, until March 20. Admission is free.
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    • 233 29 THE Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) announced yesterday that Mr Man Shu Sum, director of the Singapore Film Commission (SFC) and concurrently the director of Strategic Relations, has resigned. He will join Mark Burnett Productions Asia as chief executive officer. He
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      • 193 30 -AFP CANADIAN blind rocker Jeff Healy, who played his guitar flat on his lap, died of cancer on Sunday on the eve of his latest album release, his publicist said in a statement Healy, 41, died in a Toronto hospital of a rare
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      • 253 30 —AP ROLLING Stones singer Mick Jagger (picture) escaped an assassination plot hatched in 1969 by the Hells Angels, a new BBC radio documentary has claimed. The programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 yesterday said the rock star was the target of the plot following a
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      • 643 32  -  EVELINE GAN They are used to treat bacterial infections, not viruses like colds and flu eveline®media corp. com.sg YOU'RE nursing a full-blown flu you've got a fever, chills, aching muscles and a nose that drips like a leaky faucet You've got a report to rush out
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      • 275 32 BREAST CANCER ROADSHOW In conjunction with International Woman's Day this weekend, Telok Kurau Primary School is organising a roadshow to raise awareness of breast cancer. The event will feature talks by breast surgeons from KK Women's and Children's Hospital, exhibits and paintings by breast cancer survivors. Date: Saturday Time:
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      • 286 32 CAN women still be sexually active after menopause? If menopausal symptoms include pain during sexual intercourse, is there any way to ease the pain? Is there any medication to soothe the dryness and irritation? Concerned Yes, women can be sexually active after menopause. If pain occurs during
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    • 32 31 Smalaysia mm How is the mood on the ground? What are the key concerns of the voters? What's shaping the Malaysia General Elections this year? /AsdIACORP A H T_My CHANNEL NEWSASIA LIVE
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    • 1172 34 ImITkI RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! LIFESTYLE PUCCA ZON SI KECIL Channel 5, 8.30pm Janell Yeo: Living The Dream TisThe Season For Revenge Cili Padi 2 Arts Central, 9pm Arts Central, 4.30pm Suria, 730pm Dive into a world he brings you the _i_^_ Lantern. The stranger, named Black Powder, tells
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    • 227 35  - Today's S-League Team of The Month February SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@media corp. com.sg TWO weeks into the NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 season and the action has already produced some great goals, fine defending and some very surprising performances. Each month, over the course of the season, Today will highlight the performers
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    • 418 35  -  PAUL GREEN But Balestier are confident after a tough draw with Tampines on Saturday NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2008 Balestier Khalsa v Woodlands Wellington Toa Payoh Stadium, 7.45pm sports@newstoday.com.sg AFTER opening their 2008 NTUC IncomeYeo's S-League season with a 2-1 loss to the Super Reds, Woodlands Wellington
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    • 638 36  -  HAKIKATRAI hakikat@media corp. com.sg THE US$5 million ($7 million) HSBC Champions golf tournament in Shanghai last year offered the biggest purse in Asia and attracted some of the best men's players, including world No 2 Phil Mickelson. The
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    • 840 36  -  TANYO-HINN Little success on the course because of the lack of a strong local Tour, say experts yol.inn@media corp. com.sg A LITTLE more than two years ago Mardan Mamat was the toast of the country, after becoming the first local golfer to win a European Tour
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    • 451 37 Ponting's men determined to bounce back in style after embarrassing defeat by India BRISBANE Australia will be desperate to rescue a faltering summer when they take on India in the second game of the one-day international cricket tri-series final at the Gabba here today. India beat Australia
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    • 263 37  -  SHAMIR OSMAN HOME United were made to work hard at home by visitors Gombak United in last night's NTUC In-come-Yeo's S-League 2008 match, which ended 3-3. Goals from Gabriel Obatola in the 19th minute and Emmanuel Emuejeraye on the half-hour mark gave Gombak a half-time lead.
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    • 153 37 ...y.. y«...-_--DPA LOS ANGELES -Kobe Bryant (picture, in white) was at his best when his team needed him the most, pouring in 30 of his NBA season-high 52 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, carrying the Los Angeles Lakers to a
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    • 114 38 -AFP DUBAI Andy Murray of Britain beat World No 1 Roger Federer (picture) 6-7 (6/8), 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the ATP Dubai Open yesterday. It was a second straight loss for the Swiss star following his Australian
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    • 99 38 -AFP LONDON Chelsea will take part in a televised talent search aimed at uncovering a Chinese Frank Lampard. The club announced yesterday that they were joining forces with broadcaster Guangdong TV Sports Channel to launch the search. The TV series Soccer Super Star, co-produced by
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    • 642 38 -AFP United boss promises Scholes will start in the final in Moscow but first, Lyon have to be dispatched CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, LAST 16, SECOND-LEG Manchester United v Lyon (first-leg 1-1) MANCHESTER Alex Ferguson's "hairdryer treatments" are the stuff of legend, his strict disciplinarian style has become that
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    • 506 39  -  _E GUARDIAN Wenger optimistic that his young team can cause another upset at San Siro CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, LAST 16, SECOND-LEG AC Milan v Arsenal (first-leg 0-0) MILAN Arsene Wenger celebrated one of his most memorable evenings at the San Siro when his Arsenal side
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    • 323 39 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan held crisis talks with owner Mike Ashley at the weekend and dramatically told him he cannot guarantee Premier League football at St James' Park next season. Ashley is worried about the growing spectre of relegation and
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    • 78 39 10am Basketball Texas Tech v Kansas, Ch23 11.15am Cricket Australia v India, CM 10 Noon Cricket Bangladesh v South Afric^CMo9 2.30am Hockey Olympic qualifying: Mexico v India, Ch22 3am Football Champions League: Man Utd v Lyon, Ch24 3.30am Football Champions League: Milan v Arsenal, Ch23 4.30am Hockey Olympic qualifying: Austria
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