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  • 26 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Thursday March 13, 2008 todayonline.com TODAY /A=DJj-\CORP MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Thursday March 13, 2008 todayonline.com
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  • 394 1  -  SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg ITS COLOURFUL past revisited in a book; its exciting present to be captured on reel, in print and on air. As the nation gears up for the I inaugural Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix in L September, MediaCorp will be
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  • 663 1  -  ESTHER FUNG Proliferation of business accolades dilutes impact esther@media corp.com.sg WHEN it comes to recognition, small firms may have too much of a good thing going. Just ask Mr Yee Jenn Jong, chief executive officer of e-learning business ASKnLearn, who recently trashed as spam an
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    • 650 2  -  P N BALJI EDITORIAL DIRECTOR balji@media corp.com.sg THIS is the other half of the Abdullah Ahmad Badawi story, a part that is being wiped off our consciousness by onedimensional analyses of and single-minded anger against a Prime Minister once touted as the poster boy of Malaysian
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    • 314 3  -  SHAMIR OSMAN sha mir@media corp.com.sg IF YOU can't get a ticket for September's Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix, you won't have to shell out extra to witness the historic event, for it will be shown live on MediaCorp TV Channel 5. The station has
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    • 385 3  -  CHEOWXINYI Govt urged to relax private pension regulations cheowxinyi@media corp.com.sg WITH retirement issues in the spotlight, the Life Insurance Association is embarking on its first concerted effort to make it easier for employers to setup pension plans. It is approaching regulatory bodies such as the Inland Revenue
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  • Singapore news
    • 110 4  -  —ANSLEYNG A Thai worker in his early 30s was killed in a flash fire at a sealant factory in Gul Road yesterday afternoon. The man was working near a storage tank in the compound of USL Asia Pacific when the incident happened. Workers in nearby
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    • 284 4  -  LOH CHEE KONG Contractor went bust, new tender to be called cheekong@media corp.com.sg THE wait for shower facilities and more carpark spaces at Macßitchie Reservoir —the first phase of which was scheduled for completion by the end of this month has just gotten longer. According to the
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
      • 101 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chief TT Durai will appear in the High Court on May 16, to appeal against his three-month jail sentence. The sentence, meted out in June last year, has not yet been served. Durai was
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      • 64 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Singapore Airlines will start commercial service of the A3Boto Tokyo from May 20, following the launch of routes to Sydney and, on March 18, its inaugural A3BO flight to London. SlAwill start with a specially scheduled first flight to coincide with Narita
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      • 211 4 In a boost to Singapore's ambitions to be Asia's leading hub for such services, the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has decided to locate key offices in Singapore. The director of the ICC Arbitration and
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      995 5 Lynette Koh talks to two students about honing their research capabilities at NTU Edbert Jarvis Sie: The chance to grow Edbert Jarvis Sic was surprised to receive a message from his Swedish professor not long after he returned from a student exchange programme at the Royal Institute of
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
      • 202 6  -  UNYANQIN A robust economy, combined with a high demand for qualified professionals has driven up salaries across industries, according to a survey by recruitment firm Robert Walters. Company director Mark Ellwood said that a 15 to 40 per cent increase in salaries was
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      • 179 6  -  NGJINGYNG You may think there are just 24 hours in a day, but young Singaporeans have managed to cram more than 39 hours of activities into each day. According to Synovate's survey of more than 11,000 youths, aged 8 to 24, across the Asia Pacific,
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    • 408 6  -  SHERALYN TAY Diabetes responsible for 60% of end stage cases sheralyn@mediacorp.com.sg IT MAY seem like an insignificant jump from 2.5 per cent in 1975 to about 8 per cent recently. But that small rise in the diabetes incidence rate has had serious implications on the health scene
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    • 408 8  -  JINNY KOH WEworkz provides training, support for low-income women working from home jinny@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN Ms Nur Hidayah, 30, took up a free course on candle-making two years ago, she never thought the skill would one day earn her $600 a month. With the help of the
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    • 239 8  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg WAIT before you toast the new alcohol tax especially wine drinkers, whose numbers here are rising. Liquor is now taxed according to its alcohol content, but don't expect more lowalcohol wine in the market. The alcohol content in wine is increasing due to
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    • 570 10  - He would be bemused CLEMENT MESENAS David Marshall's lOOth birthday marked by symposium to honour him EDITOR-AT-LARGE clement@media corp.com.sg YESTERDAY would have been the late David Marshall's 100 th birthday and an elite gathering at a symposium shared memories of the man often described as Singa- pore's greatest criminal lawyer.
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    • 451 9 I SMU Business t^ SMU SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT Above all, it s about °I™"m A Journey More Daring Professor PangEngFong 7 ,^3^ p edag()gy Lee Kong Chian School of Business At SMU Lee Kong Chian School of Business (LKCSB), you learn business in unconventional jf™*^j^rWfo> ways. Our interactive pedagogy hones not
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  • world news
    • 408 13 —AFP Opposition figures now appearing on front pages KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's governmentfriendly media has changed its tone after shock election gains by the opposition, aiming to win back readers alienated by biased coverage, industry sources said yesterday. But after unprecedented losses, which saw the government
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    • 318 13 —AFP WASHINGTON The United States on Tuesday ranked North Korea and Myanmar among the world's worst violators of human rights and took other Asian countries to task for alleged abuses. But the State Department's 2007 Human Rights Report dropped China from the
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    • 413 14  -  JASON LEE Presidential frontrunner Ma may stumble over KMT's 'common market' policy jasonlee@media corp.com.sg LESS than 10 days to Taiwan's presidential election, signs are that the "China factor" may once again play a significant role in the results next Saturday. Over the past few
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    • 155 14 —AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's opposition Kuomintang (KMT) yesterday said it would boycott a controversial referendum pushed by President Chen Shui-bian on seeking to join the United Nations under the name "Taiwan". The vote is to be held alongside presidential polls on March 22 to elect Mr
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 94 16 —AP Indonesia's Human Rights Commission has opened inquiries into mass killings and widespread rights abuses during the 32--year Suharto dictatorship. Teams have begun collecting evidence in the purge of communists during President Suharto's rise to power in 1965, alleged atrocities by Indonesian soldiers in Aceh and
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      • 104 16 BLOOMBERG The resignation of US commander in the Middle East, Admiral William Fallon, has led to criticism that President George W Bush will not tolerate dissent and fed speculation his Iran policy may become more confrontational. Congress should decide whether this was "another example of
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      • 104 16 —AFP At least 27 workers were missing after accidents at two coal mines in northeastern China that were covered up by the collieries' management, Xinhua news reported yesterday. In one case, 14 miners went missing after an illegal mine in Heilongjiang province collapsed on Feb 28; the
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    • 261 16 —AFP China Parliament ready for elections BEIJING The nominees for China's President and Prime Minister were unveiled to the national Parliament yesterday, state media said, kicking off the nation's communist-style election process. The nomination lists were handed over to the nearly 3,000 delegates at the
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    • 350 18 —AGENCIES NY Governor visited call-girls many times and spent tens of thousands NEW YORK New York Governor Eliot Spitzer announced his resignation Wednesday, succumbing to threats of impeachment and media pressure over his involvement in a prostitution scandal. Investigators had said earlier he was clearly a repeat customer
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    • 267 18 —AFP BILOXI (Mississippi) Barack Obama trounced Hillary Clinton in Mississippi's Democratic primary on Tuesday, riding huge support from African-Americans, as a nasty new race row rocked their White House battle. The Illinois senator punched back with his second win in a row since the former
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  • Voices
    • 182 20  -  STEVE KNGO Letter from I REFER to the report "Driver killed in five-vehicle pile-up" (March 12). My condolences go to the family of the deceased. It is a tragedy if an accident is due to the blatant recklessness of another person. I
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    • 251 20  -  SIAYONG MENG Letter from I REFER to "Driver killed in five-vehicle pile-up" (March 12). From the published picture, I can see that the two cars were sandwiched between a bus and a lorry. I am assuming that these heavy vehicles were in the
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    • 144 22  -  DR BILL MAIER BY WHEN CHILDREN ARE FEARFUL You haven't lived until you've had to chase monsters out from under your kids' bed. A lot of young children go through periods of fear and anxiety. They may see ghosts hiding in the wardrobe or think giants
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    • Now that the M'sian elections are over...
      • 196 22  -  KIM QUEK, Letter from JOHOR BARU THE main scourge of Malaysia is corruption, which is the root cause of high crime rate and inefficient government. This in turn is a contributing cause of economic hardships as manifested by a stagnant economy and runaway inflation. Anti-corruption
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      • 188 22  -  HAJIMOKHTAR STORK, Letter from SELANGOR THE recent results of the Malaysian elections indicate that Malaysian society has matured a lot. The voters were not inclined towards the traditional trends of the past where carrots were dangled, or promises made, and to some extent,
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      • 150 25  -  CORRYSUTANDI SBS Transit should ensure buses are properly maintained Letter from ON TUESDAY evening, I boarded Service No 97 (*****75 X). On the upper deck, some seats were unoccupied since they were wet To my surprise, the roof was leaking. The drips affected at least
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      • 122 25  -  CASSIE FONG Letter from Corporate Communications Manager, Star Hub WE REFER to Ansley Ng's article "Copyright law a 'minefield'" (March 12). We wish to clarify that to date, Star Hub has not released any customer information to Odex. In view
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      • 129 25  -  SUHANAKHARUDIN Letter from Manager, Media Relations Land Transport Authority WE REFER to the recent letters on parking facilities for motorcyclists (Feb 27 and March 4). There are currently 4,500 motorcycle parking lots within the Central Business District (CBD). As many motorcyclists in the
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    • 61 20 VOICES ON RADIO What can be done to impress upon drivers of f S commercial vehicles the 11 |LJ 11 H dangers of speeding? BlrlTll Should their employers v J be taken to task too? Tell 11 li/C us what you think. Tune IV EZ intoTalkßackon93BLive -_-_-_-----l from 8.15am to
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  • Business
    • 329 29  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@media corp.com.sg FITCH Ratings expects property trusts to see more mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the near-to-medium term, with those trading below their book values likely to become targets of acquisitions. Under certain conditions, the ratings firm said: "Such M&As
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    • 274 29 —AGENCIES ASIAN stocks rose for a second day, extending a global rally, after the United States Federal Reserve said it will pour as much as US$2OO billion ($277 billion) into the financial system to revive lending among banks. Markets gained sharply at the open, but
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    • business news
      • 495 31 AGENCIES $2.1 MILLION, CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED: Book-seller Jonathan Hill with a rare first edition of Nicolaus Copernicus' revolutionary book on the planet system at an antique bookfair in Tokyo yesterday. The book is selling at US$l.5 million ($2.1 million) and Mr Hill says he accepts credit cards.
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      • BUSINESSRIEFS
        • 76 31 China's Foreign Minister indicated that Beijing is willing to work on an international code of conduct for sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), showing a more flexible stance than was projected last week by a senior executive at China's US$2OO-billion ($277-billion) fund. "Appropriately using
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        • 51 31 Singapore Exchange (SGX)will launch a futures contract linked to the MSCI Asia Apex 50 Index to begin trading in June following regulatory approval, it said. The MSCI Asia Apex 50 Index contains the 50 largest and most liquid stocks in Asia, excluding
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        • 51 31 The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has raised its stake in Hong Kong-listed Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical to 6.09 per cent from 5.98 per cent. GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, bought 2.54 million shares on Tuesday at an average price of HK53.242 each (58
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        • 62 31 —AGENCIES Taiwan's Cabinet approved a plan allowing banks to invest in their Chinese peers through third-country subsidiaries, in a bid to make them more competitive. Premier Chang Chun-hsiung approved the proposal at a weekly Cabinet meeting for Taiwanese banks to buy as
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      • 423 32  -  DAMIAN REECE PHOTOS —THE DAILY TELEGRAPH US and UK have pulled no stops at keeping markets afloat, but will it last? EQUITY traders, being ever the optimists, decided to look on the bright side of Tuesday's central bank intervention. London and New York did
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      • BUSINESSBRIEFS
        • 78 32 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Mainboard-listed Fischer Tech has issued a profit warning. It now expects to report a loss for the current financial year ending March 31. Previously, the group was optimistic about being profitable in its fiscal second half. Fischer said its earnings have been
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        • 130 32 -CHANNEL NEWSASIA Singapore's international cruise infrastructure will double in capacity by 2010 when the new International Cruise Terminal at Marina South becomes operational. The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said the two berths at the new facility will be able to
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      • 164 34 BLOOMBERG Qantas Airways' frequent-flier programme may be worth As 2 billion ($2.6 billion), representing more than a quarter of Australia's biggest airline's market value, an analyst at JPMorgan Chase and Co said. With an affluent customer base and rising earnings, the loyalty plan may attract a
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      • 367 34 BLOOMBERG His role is only to advise politicians, says ex-Premier MR THAKSIN Shinawatra (picture), Thailand's former premier, insists that he is done with politics but he is not done advising politicians on what to do. Mr Thaksin, who returned from exile last month after having
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      1301 36  - Queen I Christopher Toh Legendary Queen drummer Roger Taylor reveals why American Idol contestants should stop murdering Queen songs and why Britney has been dropped from hit musical We Will Rock You BSM^^mmm christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS an interesting state of affairs when Roger Taylor, drummer of feted rock band Queen,
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    • 624 38  -  MAYO MARTIN The Norwegian is 'slightly neurotic but mostly happy'chasing different types of music mayo@media corp.com.sg SONDRE Lerche (that's "son-dray ler-key") must have had one heck of a cool childhood. While the rest of us were into lullabies, this Norwegian singer-songwriter's earliest memory of music was
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    • 99 41 STEREOPHONICS TO PLAY HERE Brit-rock band Stereophonies will play live here for the first time on April 28 at Fort Canning Park, said organisers LAMC Productions. The trio is best known for their guitar-driven songs such as Have a Nice Day and Maybe Tomorrow. Their last five albums debuted
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    • 164 41  -  —THE GUARDIAN IT SEEMS that illegal file-shar-ing sites will not be the only place to hear REM's new album ahead of its release next month. The band have announced that Accelerate, their 14th studio album, will stream online at Facebook and other sites from March 24,
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      • 944 42  -  MARIANNE YO Cast your eyes beyond the skyscrapers of China to the charm of village life in rural Guizhou traveller@newstoday.com.sg I LOVE the adventure of travelling in China, especially where the country's natural beauty stands on its own, untarnished and unpaved. While tourists often default to
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      • 229 43 One of the highlights for visitors to Guizhou is the cuisine, and a diverse selection can be sampled in Guiyang, the provincial capital. The city has many eateries serving dog meat, but if you can't stomach that, try snacks such as siwawa (silk doll). This is usually eaten at
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        • 208 44  -  Joseph Yadao If you're looking to escape claustrophobic, skyscraper-lined city streets, then Tasmania may just be the place for you. Located 240 km south of continental Australia, the island is blessed with rugged mountains, pristine coastlines and a diverse array of flora and fauna. Approximately
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        • 92 44 dpa Visitors to Denmark will be able to rent bicycles free of charge in Copenhagen and Arhus starting this spring. The bicycles will be available around the clock at 100 stations for use in the inner cities. Copenhagen will have about 2,000 bicycles available from late
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        208 44  -  —JENNIFER CHEN Done with school? Go on a memory-making grad trip WONDERING where to go after your final exams are over? Sign up for a party-hearty holiday this weekend at Singapore's first travel festival for youth. GradTrip '08 is the last hurrah before youths start on their
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      • 484 46  -  ANNETTE TAN CURRY TUNA SAMOSAS MAKES 20 1/2 packet large spring-roll skins 1 can Fair Price Tuna Flakes (any of the three flavours are suitable) 1 large potato, peeled and diced 4 tbsp cooking oil Oil for frying A pinch of salt 1 tbsp flour mixed with
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    • 535 49  -  TANYO-HINN Lions could host more World Cup matches at National Stadium in June yohinn@media corp.com.sg WITH the National Stadium slated to make way for the Sports Hub project by this May, the final football match there was thought to be Singapore's
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    • 278 49  -  SHAMIR OSMAN FOOTBALL 22nd Lion City Cup Championship AFTER an 8-0 thrashing at the hands of the UAE on Monday, the Singapore "B" team the National Football Academy's (NFA) under-16 side bounced back with a 5-1 victory over Group A opponents Chinese Taipei at the
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    • 327 50 BLOOMBERG BEIJING Most athletes taking part in this year's Olympic Games in Beijing will be "satisfied" with the city's air quality, China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said yesterday. Yang also pledged that conditions in China's capital will improve before the Games in August
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    • 168 50  -  PAUL GREEN NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2008 Super Reds 3 Gombak United 2 THE pitch at Yishun Stadium was virtually a quagmire, thanks to heavy rain earlier in the day. But that didn't stop Super Reds FC from extending their dream run to five wins from
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