Today, 15 March 2008

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  • hot news
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      Lock icon MAKE IT A MUST, AND FOR ALL
      1109 2  -  STANLEY JEREMIAH XTRA EMPLOYEE MEDICAL COVERAGE But more than tax breaks needed to make portable insurance For workers a reality I AM happy that the Government has decided to provide for an additional 1 per cent of total wage cost as a tax
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      Lock icon Rising wage costs: Will it scare away business?
      488 3  -  LINYANQIN But Singapore has other advantages, say analysts yanqin@media corp.com.sg THERE were higher earnings and more jobs for Singapore workers last year, but with productivity failing to keep pace with the record increase in manpower, the labour cost of producing each unit
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  • singapore news
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      Hospital, businesses lend a helping hand
      464 4  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI South-east CDC diversifies its efforts in rendering social assistance nazry@media corp.com.sg FREE eye screenings and subsidised spectacles, and even the occasional ice-cream treat. These are available to children from low-income families in the South-east district, after its Community Development Council (CDC) recruited a
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      OTHER PROJECTS THAT HELP NEEDY
      211 4 The South-west CDC is also helping the poor in its own way. It is providing 100 needy families with refurbished PCs for $80 each. Partnering Funan DigitaLife Mall, ExxonMobil, the Lee Foundation and others in a programme supported by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore,
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      Lock icon 'A loud bang ... and all I saw were shards'
      355 4  - 'A loud bang and all I saw were shards' JINNY KOH jinny@mediacorp.com.sg THREE weeks after a falling tower crane at the National University of Singapore (NUS) claimed three lives, another crane toppled at a West Coast Drive construction site on Friday, damaging a covered walkway. The 70-tonne crawler crane, with
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    • Article
      Lock icon Phase-in approach better when it comes to taxi rules
      332 4  -  ASHAPOPATLAL CHANNEL NEWSASIA asha@media corp.com.sg A PHASED-IN approach rather than a Big Bang approach might have been a better option, when it came to implementing the rule requiring taxis to stop for passengers only at designated driveways and taxi stands in
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      International school with a Chinese core
      359 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG cheekong@media corp. com. sg AS THE newest kid on the block helping to ease the shortage of international school places for expatriate children, Avondale Grammar School an Australian international school which officially opened on Friday wants to be unabashedly different The school, which
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      Lock icon THE POLITICS OF SIDEWALKS
      840 6  -  RAVI VELOO XTRA RIGHT OF WAY The Tarn pines study will likely show that cyclists and pedestrians can coexist, but can they really? IN ABOUT 10 weeks, a major year-long study in Tampines to decide whether cyclists should be allowed legally to cycle on footpaths will
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      Lock icon THE COMPLEXITY OF MORALITY
      937 8  -  PETER H L LIM XTRA RIGHT OR WRONG? Mistresses and male lovers of married women show no sign of being an endangered species MANY people believe in karma. I keep an open mind about whether our actions good or bad in this and previous lives will
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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      Live within your means
      437 12  -  LOHCHEEKONG PM Lee urged Malay families to control and plan their finances cheekong@media corp.com.sg IT is good to aspire for the better things in life but one should always cut the coat according to the cloth. On Friday, at a charity dinner to commemorate the 60th
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      Lock icon Man found dead in workers' dormitory
      302 12  -  -TEOXUANWEI A MALAYSIAN cleaner was found dead in a foreign workers' dormitory at Tech Park Crescent in Tuas on Friday morning. Police said the 23-year-old man from Sarawak, Mr Sangga Anak Runggah, was murdered. Police received a call at about 10.15 am. They found
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      Lock icon Actor goes from 'Old Hero' to a Masters at age 62
      448 12  -  NGJINGYNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg AS THE hen-pecked husband with the old-fashioned black-rimmed spectacles, veteran actor Mak How Wai (picture) is affectionately known as "Old Hero" to local TV viewers. But lately, those who have met him on the streets have been
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      IT'S MY CHOICE AND I CHOOSE HEALTH
      998 13  -  THERESA TAN XTRA WOMEN'S HEALTH Real freedom is having control over your life especially your wellbeing A WOMAN'S strength lies in how much freedom she exercises over her life and how much better her life becomes because she exercises that right wisely. Growing
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  • world news
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      Lock icon I GOT YOU, BILL
      2384 14  -  PATRICIA SELLERS Our WOMANOMICS SPECIAL last weekend took a close look at the little-known, personal side ofMelinda Gates. In this second part of the first profile piece ever on the wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Fortune magazine writer Patricia Sellers reports on Bill's courtship of
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      Lock icon Tibet unrest spreads
      412 16 —AFP Anti-China protests turn violent, gunshots heard BEIJING Fires and violent protests broke out in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa on Friday as a week of demonstrations against Chinese rule escalated, China's official media, tourists and other sources said. Agency sources reported the crisis centre in Lhasa
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      PAX LAH ON LAST LEG?
      498 16  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI nazry@media corp.com.sg ITS TOP leadership may be projecting a united front following its embarrassing performance at the recent general election, but cracks are already beginning to appear within the United Malays National Organisation (Umno) over one crucial issue the continued leadership of Prime Minister
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      Lock icon Samak carrying US message to junta
      510 17 -AGENCIES Officially, Thai leader's in Myanmarto introduce himself BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej visited Myanmar on Friday but not to talk politics with the military junta, Thai officials said. "The purpose of the visit is purely to introduce himself," government spokesman Wichianchot Sukchotrat
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        71 17 LIQUID ASSET: An Arowana dragon fish bought by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at a price of 200 million rupiah ($30,000) swimming at an exhibition in Jakarta. While this 'super red' arowana is disappearing in nature, demand by Asia's rich could just save it from extinction. The Chinese believe it
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      • Article
        Lock icon LACK OF FUNDS FOR GENOCIDE COURT
        136 17 -AFP The top administrator to Cambodia's Khmer Rouge tribunal, Mr Scan Visoth, this week gathered together his more than 200 staff to break the news that after April they would not be paid. This is the most tangible sign yet that the United Nations-backed
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        Lock icon CHINA OUTSURFS US: RESEARCH FIRM
        89 17 -AFP China's Internet population has overtaken the United States to become the world's biggest with about 220 million web surfers, a research firm said on Friday. The Chinese figure dates from late February, when the US online population was estimated at about 217 million, according
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      Lock icon I'll quit if Ma can prove he has no PR status in US, says Hsieh
      303 17 -AGENCIES TAIPEI Taiwan presidential candidate Frank Hsieh on Friday said he will withdraw from the March 22 elections if his rival Ma Ying-jeou can produce proof he has no permanent resident status in the United
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    • Article
      Lock icon HK flu threat for 6 more weeks
      224 17 —AFP HONG KONG A flu outbreak linked to the deaths of three children and that forced the closure of all Hong Kong's primary schools will remain a threat for six more weeks, authorities said on Friday. Health Secretary York Chow said the peak
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      Lock icon HOPES OF A FLEDGLING ACCORD
      1602 18  -  LESLIE LAU XTRA MALAYSIA AFTER THE ELECTIONS NEP poster boy, but now... MR KHALID Ibrahim (picture) took office this week as the Chief Minister of Malaysia's richest state, Selangor, bringing with him a wealth of corporate experience that is at odds with nearly everything he
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    • Article
      The audacity
      684 18  -  SUMANA RAJARETHNAM "I LIKE it when the flags flap around in the wind. Everywhere I go now, I can see green flags on one side and blue flags on the other. It just makes it more exciting. I will be sad when they take them down on Sunday."
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      Lock icon Darwin faces lengthy jail term'
      439 20 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Canoeist who faked his death pleads guilty to fraud LONDON -John Darwin (picture), the Briton who faked his death in a canoe accident, was told to expect a lengthy jail term Thursday after he pleaded guilty to fraud charges totalling almost £250,000
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    • Article
      Lock icon Congress endorses tax increases
      346 20 —AP WASHINGTON Both houses of Congress endorsed the idea of tax increases for millions of Americans on Thursday as Democrats pressed ahead with budget plans that would allow some or all of President Bush's reductions to die after he leaves office. All three major presidential candidates
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    • THIS quirky WORLD
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        Lock icon BEAR CONVICTED OF STEALING HONEY
        129 20 -THEDAILYTELEGRAPH A BEAR has been convicted of theft and criminal damage by a court in Macedonia. The case was brought by frustrated beekeeper Zoran Kiseloski, who, after a protracted battle with the bear, turned to the law to stop the bear from attacking his hives.
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      • Article
        GRAN'S HANDBAG FULL OF GRENADES
        164 20 Police officers, secretaries and criminals were evacuated from a Russian police station after a granny walked in with a handbag filled with hand grenades, Ananova.com reported. Mrs Irene Fedorova, 67, walked into the station in the Orenburg Region in the Urals and said she wanted
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      Lock icon REFORMS MUST BE GEARED TO THE PEOPLE
      932 21  -  ARBI SANIT POLITICAL OBSERVER, UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA INDONESIA is approaching its third election during an era of reform even as contradictions between the obligations and rights of the political parties are growing. The parties are eager to fortify and fight for their rights
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      17 14 /^-diaCorp Please log on to http://careers.mediacorp.com.sg Closing Date: 26 March 2008 Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
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  • Voices
    • IT'S ALL ABOUT RESPECT
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        Lock icon Aware's stand on women who choose to become mistresses
        531 22  -  SCHUTZ LEE Letter from I REFER to "Mistress? Me? No, I'm Ms," by Peter H L Lim (March 8-9). The high-profile resignation of New York governor Elliot Spitzer this week shows us that there is no moral high ground that a
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        No intention to claim any endorsement
        105 22  -  PETER HLUM Letter from I ASKED the editors to identify me as an associate member of Aware because I am honoured to be accepted as an Aware associate. I identify myself with feminist objectives. There was no intention by either Today or me to
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    • It's still the man's call
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        Political working environment is not women-friendly
        211 23  -  STEVE HAYNES Letter from I REFER to "You want to insult a woman?" (March 14). Chitra Rajaram hits the nail right on the head about equal opportunities for women. Indeed, it makes a great deal of sense to be gender-blind when it comes to
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      • Letter
        Social awareness to determine merit
        60 23  -  HASSAMINIAN Letter from I AGREE that women need to win a place in society through merit it is what constitutes "merit" that we need to nail down. In the last century, it was birthright, money, and social standing. Let's hope that in this century, merit
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        Indra Sahdan: Let's not stop trying
        116 23  -  PATRICK NG Letter from I WAS disappointed when Indra Sahdan was not offered a contract by Real Salt Lake after his trial. This is the third time after the recent unfruitful overseas trials of Noh Alam Shah and Lionel Lewis that this has happened.
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      Lock icon WHY I MARRIED THIS WOMAN
      624 23  -  BERT BJARLAND XTRA MY STRONG, INDEPENDENT WIFE ASKED whether I could write a few reflections on how it is to be married to a strong and independent woman, I thoughtlessly agreed. However, when I sat down to start writing I realised I have nothing to
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  • Business
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      Lock icon Temasek's biggest divestment
      441 24  -  ESTHER FUNG Sovereign fund sells Tuas Power for $4.2b to Chinese firm esther@mediacorp.com.sg IN ITS largest divestment to date, Temasek Holdings is selling electricity generation company Tuas Power to China Huaneng for $4.2 billion, the sovereign wealth fund said on Friday. The announcement confirmed a Wall Street
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    • Article
      Lock icon Retail sales fall 2.2% as car purchases drop
      184 24 DOW JONES RETAIL sales declined in January as lower car purchases offset healthy spending in most other sectors, government data showed on Friday. Seasonally adjusted sales fell 2.2 per cent from December, the Department of Statistics said in a statement. The decline
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    • business news
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        Lock icon The NY Fed bails out Bear
        558 25 —AGENCIES Emergency funding for the troubled bank provided through JPMorgan Chase THE New York Federal Reserve is bailing out Bear Steams after the investment bank said on Friday its cash position had "significantly deteriorated". Bear Steams, one of the world's largest investment banks and
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      • Article
        Lock icon First Resources gets auction reprieve
        261 25 DOW JONES FIRST Resources said the Corruption Eradication Commission of Indonesia (KPK) won't proceed with a plan to auction 19 properties belonging to one of the company's founders. In a filing to the Singapore Exchange, the palm oil producer said that a fine of US$3B.3
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      • Article
        Lock icon Asian markets end mixed
        375 25 -AGENCIES ASIAN markets searched for direction on Friday, as optimism following a report the worst of the credit crisis might be over crumbled amid persistent concerns over the health of the United States economy. Shares across the region fell from early highs as the US dollar
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        Lock icon Chartered Semi warns of faltering electronics demand
        174 25 BLOOMBERG CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing, the maker of chips that power Microsoft's Xbox 360 game console, reiterated it might post its first loss in three quarters as demand for electronics falters. The Feb 1 forecast that first-quarter results may range from a net loss
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  • weekend
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      HERE'S YOUR MAIN CAUSE
      756 26  -  EVELINE GAN SOCIAL ENTERPRISES These cafes and restaurants offer different menus but all of them have a common goal helping society MOST profit-driven entrepreneurs would think Harvest Thai Restaurant's co-owner Anthony Goh is out of his mind. While business has been brisk at his 120-seat ACS
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      CHARITY CHOMPS
      264 27 FOOD FOR THOUGHT Where: 420 North Bridge Road, North Bridge Centre #01-06 (tel: 6338 8724) Mains: Yummy sandwiches and unusual sweets such as red velvet cake. Sides: At least 10 per cent of its profits go towards a financial aid scheme for underprivileged students attending School of Thought,
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    • weekendmakan
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        FOODNOTES
        289 28 THAT'S AMORE "When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore," sang Dean Martin in 1953. Now, amore (which means "love" in Italian) may have been a messy affair for the Italian-American singer, but at Pizza Hut it's a lot more palatable. This month, the
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        Lock icon MAKING RIPPLES BY THE RIVER
        599 28  -  AUDREY PHOON Riverone's fusion Australian menu includes the best chips to be had in Spore audrey@mediacorp.com.sg IRONICALLY, what really impressed me among the slew of delicious intricacies I've had recently were some pieces of potato. To be exact, they were chips. Thick, hand-cut steak chips
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    • weekendstyle
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        Lock icon FIRST IMPRESSIONS
        1078 30  -  IMOGEN FOX THE GUARDIAN POLITICAL PIZZAZZ Who looks more the first lady Michelle Obama or Cindy McCain? Here's a look at their fashion statements style@newstoday.com .sg TOGETHER with their other halves, they may be competing for the patriotic crown, but who has the better head of hair for
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        Lock icon A DEFINITE TRIUMPH
        611 32  -  PEARLYN THAM BRA-VO! Raffles Design Institute student wins the Spore finals of the Triumph Inspiration Award 2008 pearlyn@mediacorp.com.sg DON'T dismiss fashion design students as greenhorns with impractical inspirations. Well, at least not the 10 finalists at the local finals of the inaugural Triumph Inspiration Award 2008, which
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        CHLOE BREEZES INTO SINGAPORE
        272 32  -  PEARLYN THAM CAN a man do pretty rich-hippie chic the way a woman can? Make that two women named Stella McCartney and Phoebe Philo. Chloe fans will know these two names by now. But they should get acquainted with Paulo Melim Andersson, the label's latest 34-year-old
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        FEEL A BURST OF YOUTHFUL ENERGY? HEAD TO BOSSINI
        331 32  -  PEARLYN THAM YOU will be forgiven if you walk into a Bossini store this season and think that you had stepped into one of those funky and fashionable High Street retail havens. Sometimes better known for its sensible plain tops and
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    • weekendspeed
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        LEAPING FORWARD
        719 34  -  COLIN YONG GETTING WITH THE TIMES IN MONACO colin@mediacorp.com.sg THE average age of the designers and engineers behind the Jaguar XF is 34. It's a significant statistic when you consider that the S-Type Jaguar's previous effort in this segment tended to attract buyers twice that age. While the
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        HIGH-TECH MEETS TRADITION
        216 34  -  COLIN YONG Not only is the latest generation Bluetooth hands-free system built into all XFs, the car's striking centre console was itself inspired by a mobile phone the laseretched keypad of the Motorola Razr V 3. A phosphorus blue glow bathes the major controls and surrounds the
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        NO SURPRISE PACKAGE
        586 35 STEADY AS IT GOES Measured improvements are the order of the day for the new Toyota Corolla Altis JUSTIN LEE news@newstoday.com .sg THE übiquity of Toyota's Corolla Altis on Singapore roads is a testament to its enduring popularity. The new model is however being launched at a
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      • NEWSTRACKS
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          SCIROCCO MAKES A COMEBACK
          97 35 Volkswagen has revived the Scirocco name for a new compact coupe it will start producing by the middle of this year. The original Scirocco was sold in the 1 970s and '80s and its spiritual successor retains the formula of a three-door body, space for four
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          ELECTRIC NISSANS IN TWO YEARS
          95 35 Nissan will start producing fully electric cars in 2010, the company's CEO Carlos Ghosn has confirmed. Sales of these cars will start in America and the technology behind them will be shared with Nissan's alliance partner Renault, which plans to offer electric cars in Europe
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          BMW, FIAT WIN DESIGN AWARDS
          88 35  -  COLIN YONG BMW's Concept CS has won the Car Design of the Year 2007 title for concept cars, awarded by the influential website, cardesignnews.com. Over half of the voters, many of them car designers themselves, gave the Concept CS a top three ranking. The car
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    • weekendplus
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        Lock icon DORAEMON THE AMBASSADOR
        250 36 -AFP JAPAN'S newest ambassador might be among the most listened to in the diplomatic corps, even if he has no ears himself. The foreign mmistry announced on Fri- day that it was appoint- V^. ing cartoon cat Doraemon as the nation's first "anime ambassador", in Japan's latest
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        Lock icon MAROON-ED IN S'PORE
        832 36  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH ROCK N ROLL PEOPLE Rock band Maroon s's Jesse Carmichael talks about dealing with drunk fans, touring, fever and getting stranded on our island christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg SOME strange things can happen on tour when you are in a band such as Maroon 5 many of which,
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      • INADDITION
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          SHOWCASE OF 'GOLDEN AGE' SINGAPORE FILMS
          126 37 Take a walk down memory lane at the annual Perspectives Film Festival, which will focus on the Golden Age (1 940s to 1 9705) of Singaporean film. A selection of classics such as Tun Fatimah (1962) by Salleh Ghani and Sumpah Pontianak by Hussein
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        678 38  -  JOE QUEENAN THE GUARDIAN plus@newstoday.com.sg THE prehistoric film is in a state of crisis and Roland Emmerich's goliath 10,000 BC (showing in cinemas now) doesn't help things one bit. A generation ago, inspired by trailblazers such as One Million Years BC (released in 1966),
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        353 39 Two homegrown animators give the film a locaf touch CHRISTOPHER TOH christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg WATCHING the big screen adaptation of Dr Seuss' Horton Hears A Who! should fill you with national pride. Even though Horton the elephant might be a Hollywood baby, there's a little bit of Singapore in him.
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        451 42  -  SHAMIR OSMAN FORWARD MARCH SRU team up with Standard Chartered to set up academy shamir@mediacorp.com.sg NEARLY two-and-a-half years ago, the Singapore Rugby Union (SRU) were brought to their knees when then-finance executive Scan Lee disappeared with over $1 million in funds. It was the biggest
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        393 42  -  SHAMIR OSMAN CHINESE Super League outfit Henan Siwu Laojiao are in town for a pre-season training tour, with a view to having their developmental side play in the S-League in the near future. The side that finished the 2007 Chinese Super League season in
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        446 43  -  PAUL GREEN STILL FLAWLESS Warriors gun down old rivals Tampines in an action-packed second-half NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2008 Tampines 1 SAFFC 2 paulgreen@mediacorp.com.sg DEFENDING champions SAFFC beat Tampines Rovers 2-1 on Friday night at the Jalan Besar Stadium to maintain their perfect start to the
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        325 43 NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2008 Home United v Geylang United Bishan Stadium, Saturday 7.45pm FRESH from their AFC Cup triumph in Hong Kong on Tuesday night against South China, Home United are looking to carry that momentum into their NTUC Income Yeo's S-League 2008
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        441 44  -  TAN YO-HINN OLYMPIC WORK BEGINS lOC chief will be in town for Youth Olympic Games contract signing yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg HIS last visit to Singapore was nearly three years ago, when the Republic hosted the 117 th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session. On that occasion, Dr Jacques Rogge, president
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        449 44  -  TAN YO-HINN INDRA Sahdan's great American dream has ended on a bum note. Major League Soccer (MLS) side Real Salt Lake have decided against offering the Singapore striker a contract, after he completed a month-long trial with the team. It is understood
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        321 45 -AFP NYON, Switzerland Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has warned Liverpool that the Gunners are strong enough to end their formidable Champions League record. Wenger's young team were paired with their Premiership rivals in the draw for the last eight on Friday.
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        670 45 THE HEAT IS ON It's advantage United, says Scholes, as pressure mounts on Arsenal to overcome slump LONDON Title jousts between Arsene Wenger and Alex Ferguson have never been lacking in psychological warfare, but the Arsenal manager should be more concerned at the mental state of his own
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      198 47 SM \WMi\\ Braßi F~T\he street race in downtown Singapore threatens to I be one of the most spectacular in the history of the J- sport Singapore's Grand Prix on Sept 28 will be the first race to be held at night It will run along Marina Bay and
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        588 48 The British think Lewis Hamilton can do no wrong and is on his way to a first world title this season. To be sure, the 23-year-old Briton had a stunning rookie Formula 1 season with McLaren-Mercedes last year, registering three wins and coming within a point of
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        FEELING THE FORCE
        675 50 ADRIAN SUTIL GERMANY ODDS ON WINNING DRIVERS'TITLE 300.00 A trained concert pianist Sutil decided against a career in music and put his hands to the good use of piloting 800bhp cars. He made his Formula 1 debut last year. A genuine talent, he will earn his spurs
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        ON A SHOESTRING
        685 51 A week ago, lakuma hato wasn t too sure what he would be doing this year. His airline ticket to Melbourne for this weekend's Australian Grand Prix hadn't even been booked. His team, Super Aguri, were still trying to pull a financial deal together that would see
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        REDEMPTION SONG
        674 52 JENSON BUTTON Britain ODDS ON WINNING DRIVERS'TITLE 100.00 Before the Hamilton frenzy hit England, there was the Button-mania of 2000 when the young Englishman caused a sensation by finishing fourth at the Hungarian Grand Prix in his rookie year. It was a big deal back then and women
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        FEELING BULLISH
        638 53 SEBASTIENBOURDAIS France^ ODDS ON WINNING DRIVERS'TITLE 200.00 He may be a four-time champion in the American Champ Car series, but Bourdais always makes it a point to remind journalists that he's still a rookie with much to learn in Formula 1. What a humble chap. Yeah right. What
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        HEY BIG SPENDERS
        607 54 After handing their Formula 1 team US$3 billion ($4.15 billion) to spend over the past six seasons the biggest in the championship the Toyota bosses have had enough. All the Japanese team had to show for their efforts was one miserable pole position. In early January, the
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        716 55 When Dietrich Mateschitz, the Red Bull energy drinks magnate, bought the beleaguered Jaguar Formula 1 team in 2004, he caused a stir. The Austrian's company was not new to motor-racing, having long been sponsors and supporters of America's Champ Car series and the MotoGP. But the
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        PRIDE ON THE LINE
        673 56 ?c-' *Tiß Of all the teams on the grid, Williams are the only one to have resisted the temptation of allowing the big automakers, with their mind-boggling budgets, to buy into the team. Frank Williams and co-founder Patrick Head didn't like their decisions to be affected
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        660 57 Some partnerships are so unique and successful that it is impossible for either of the duo to replicate that winning formula with anyone else. The dynamic five-year alliance of Renault team principal Flavio Briatore and driver Fernando Alonso turned a struggling outfit into world-beaters, as they won both
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        BAVARIAN BLUSTER
        739 58 There was Porsche in the early *****, and Zakspeed in the late '80s, two standout German marques on the Formula 1 grid. The Germans then went missing, with their biggest claim to fame being BMW's engine partnership with Williams from 2000-2005. Then, in 2006, BMW bought the Swiss
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        HORSE POWER
        654 59 The critics never stopped complaining about his late night partying, so you could say Kimi Raikkonen did it his way last season. The Finn answered all his detractors with an emphatic late-season charge to clinch his first world drivers' title right at the death, in the last race
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        459 60 ROLLOVER BAR The rollover bar is immensely strong and protects the driver in case the car flips over in an accident. /STEERING WHEEL The control centre for the driver, which allows him to do a host of things including change pears, communicate with his team
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        688 61 He's passed all the tests and Ferrari's other whiz is set to make Brazil proud again All three protagonists battled long and hard for much of last season, they held fans all over the world spellbound, in the end Kimi Raikkonen prevailed, but only just
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        1090 62 Anew dawn rising I Formula and^^f large the when the /fl go *l over the to signal I the start of the Mcl- I bourne Grand Prix and the 2008 season, Indian billionaire Vijay Mallya will be watching from the pit wall. Late last year, the
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