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    13 1 TODAY /A=DIA,CORP MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Tuesday March 18, 2008 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Side solution to taxi woes
      899 1  -  LEONGWEEKEAT LTA tweaks new CBD rule a fortnight after it kicked in weekeat@media corp.com.sg TWO weeks after the roll-out, and following a chorus of complaints from commuters, cabbies and businesses, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has tweaked the unpopular Central Business District (CBD) taxi rule.
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      Lock icon US to increase radio broadcasts to crisis-hit Tibet
      320 1 ■AFP WASHINGTON The United States said yesterday it would increase radio broadcasts to Tibet as China clamped down on media coverage of the bloody protests in the Himalayan territory. "The violent crackdown by the Chinese authorities in Tibet compels us to increase
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      Lock icon It's wait-and-see for Asia
      591 2 -AGENCIES Central banks keep tabs after Fed's emergency rate cut AS ASIAN markets and the greenback tumbled yesterday following the planned buyout of Bear Steams Companies and the Federal Reserve's weekend decision to cut lending rates central banks across Asia held back from taking any immediate
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      Lock icon Wall St calm amid global market storm
      237 2 —AFP NEW YORK- US stocks ended mixed yesterday (early today, Singapore time) as Wall Street kept calm after plunges in global markets linked to the sliding US dollar and fears of fallout from the meltdown of investment giant Bear Steams. In highly volatile
      —AFP  -  237 words
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      Lock icon WHO WILL THE BEAR BITE NEXT?
      774 3  -  JAMES QUINN THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Location cannot contain the contagion of financial ruin CONTAGION is oblivious to setting. In the world of the high-end Manhattan property market, one big name in a swanky apartment building draws another. In the world of the financial markets,
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon Special lanes, faster clearance
      224 6  -  NGJINGYNG CHANNEL NEWSASIA, School buses plying between Singapore and Johor can now make use of special lanes at the Woodlands checkpoint to avoid traffic congestion. Under a new scheme implemented yesterday by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, school bus drivers just have to show their permits
      — CHANNEL NEWSASIA,; KOH MUI FONG  -  224 words
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      $15m in withdrawals
      500 6  -  SHERALYN TAY Encouraging results in Medisave scheme for treating chronic illnesses sheralyn@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS launched to ease the financial burden of chronic illness and shift the care of stable conditions to primary doctors such as general practitioners. Now one year on, initial results of the Medisave for
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      Lock icon Home at your fingertips, with new media
      367 8  -  MAYWONG CHANNEL NEWSASIA maywong@mediacorp.com.sg OVERSEAS Singaporeans now have more options to stay in touch and find out about opportunities in Singapore and the region, with the advent of new media. MediaCorp CEO Lucas Chow gave overseas Singaporeans in Melbourne, Australia an update of
      — CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  367 words
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      Lock icon Pump prices up again
      411 8  -  JINNY KOH jinny@media corp.com.sg PHOTO ARTYENYOK BARELY two weeks after an increase in pump prices, fuel woes hit town again after all four petrol companies raised prices yesterday. Petrol and diesel prices went up by four cents and five cents per litre respectively, with the exception
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        SECOND PERMANENT SECRETARY FOR MOE
        55 10 The Ministry of Education will have a Second Permanent Secretary with the appointment of Ms Yeoh Chee Van from April 1. The 47-year-old is now Deputy Secretary (Policy) in Mindef. She has held various positions in the Administrative Service, the former Ministry of Community Development
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        SDP PROTESTER YAP FIRST TO BE CHARGED
        71 10 Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) supporter Yap Keng Ho, one of 12 people arrested on Saturday for protesting rising consumer prices outside Parliament House, was the first to be charged yesterday. Yap, 46, claimed trial to two counts of taking part in an illegal
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        Lock icon THAI PM ON THREE-DAY VISIT HERE
        74 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej will be in Singapore from today to Thursday at the invitation of PM Lee Hsien Loong. The trip is part of Mr Samak's introductory visits to regional countries since being sworn into office on Feb 6. He
        — CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  74 words
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        PENANG ROAD DRINK-DRIVE SUSPECT CHARGED
        50 10 Wong Heng Chiang, 28, an accounts executive, was yesterday charged with drink driving and causing hurt to six people through a rash act. He had crashed into a Penang Road bus stop last May. Some 19 witnesses are slated to give testimony during his trial.
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      For a new look at public law
      538 10  -  LOH CHEE KONG Law Society chief suggests committee cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE lawyers are apathetic about issues of public law, says the man who is three months into his role leading the legal fraternity. So, in his first big move since becoming Law Society president,
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Defectors expected
      315 12 —AGENCIES And Anwar says there will be no buying of political support KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim yesterday claimed that many lawmakers in the ruling coalition want to defect to his camp after their election debacle. Mr Anwar told reporters he has been approached by many
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      Lock icon MALAYSIAN PM EXPECTED TO UNVEIL LEANER CABINET
      180 12 —AFP Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is expected to unveil a new, leaner Cabinet today. Mr Abdullah has defied calls to quit after the March 8 polls and is promising "new faces" in a Cabinet tipped to be trimmed in size after
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      Lock icon New rules may keep SBY from re-election
      273 13 JAKARTA Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (picture) may find it difficult to run for another term should the House of Representatives approve a tighter requirement for parties to name presidential candidates, a local report said. The Golkar Party, with the largest representation in
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      Lock icon A Chief Minister at last
      297 13 —AP PAS'Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddinto lead Perak's state government KUALA LUMPUR An Islamic opposition legislator was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Malaysia's Perak state yesterday, ending a power struggle that threatened to undercut spectacular electoral strides by the fragile opposition alliance. Mr Mohammad Nizar
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon 2.4 MILLION MAGNETIC TOYS RECALLED IN US
        104 13 —AP Toy distributor Mega Brands recalled about 2.4 million Chinese-made toys yesterday because small magnets could fall out and cause internal damage to children who might swallow or inhale them. Mega Brands is recalling 1.1 million Magtastik and Magnetix Jr toys for preschoolers.
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        Lock icon SERIAL KILLER ON THE LOOSE IN HK?
        90 13 —AFP Hong Kong police were investigating yesterday whether a serial killer was preying on sex workers after four women were found murdered since the weekend. Two sex workers were found murdered on Saturday and two more found killed in their flats hours apart
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        Lock icon MCCARTNEY REACHES DIVORCE DEAL WITH WIFE
        145 14 —AGENCIES Former Beatle Paul McCartney, 65, and his estranged wife Heather Mills, 40, have agreed a divorce deal worth nearly £25 million ($69.4 million), in a case that has dragged on for two years. A document released by the Family Court said the judge
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        Lock icon WOMEN CAN NOW WHISTLE FOR HELP IN PHUKET
        119 14 —AP Female tourists visiting Phuket will be given whistles to sound in case of an emergency, the tourism ministry said on Monday, two days after the murder of a Swedish woman in broad daylight. The whistles are part of a campaign to
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      Lock icon The rise of Hu's protege
      347 14 —AFP Li Keqiang promoted to Vice-Premier, most likelytobenextPM BEIJING China's rubberstamp Parliament approved Mr Li Keqiang (picture) as VicePremier yesterday, making the protege of President Hu Jintao the most likely candidate for Prime Minister in five years' time. Mr Li, 52, was among four Vice-Premiers
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      Lock icon TIME WILL JUDGE CHEN'S LEGACY
      588 15  -  JASON LEE What will Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian leave behind when he steps down on May 20? (jasonlee@media corp.com.sg) looks at the controversies and the facts. THE political legacy of Mr Chen Shui-bian, who will step down as President on May 20, has likely been
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      Lock icon Taiwan is not Tibet, says poll front-runner Ma
      215 15 —AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's presidential election front-runner vowed yesterday to press for closer ties with China despite the unrest in Tibet, brushing off concerns that the violence could swing the vote against him on Saturday. "Taiwan is not Tibet," Mr Ma Ying-jeou told
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      Lock icon 'Dear Madam PM ...'
      607 16  - 'Dear Madam PM TANKEELIN He believes Spore is ready for a female PM but women hold themselves back Letter from I REFER to the report, "A woman PM? Not likely, says panel" (March 14). The fact that Singapore has not had a woman prime minister is rightly due to a
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      224 18  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY GET THEM MOVING We were talking the last time about the importance of teaching specific skills to primary school children that can be beneficial during the storms of adolescence. But this raises a point of controversy. Some parents just do not feel
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      AVA's stand reduces dogs to 'mere property'
      154 18  -  SATVEER KAUR Letter from I WRITE in response to "Abandoning a pet is an offence" (March 11) from the Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA). While I applaud AVA's initiatives such as campaigns promoting responsible pet ownership and the new dog licensing rules, I
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      Lock icon Denser population but more room
      280 18  -  KUEKCHORUNG SMRT on train design and how Spore compares to the rest of the world Letter from Manager, Corporate Marketing and Communications SMRT Corporation I REFER to Mr Peter Wadeley's letter on space in train cars and Mr Richart Stegink's letter on train capacity. In
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  • Business
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      Lock icon Cautious mood prevails
      429 20  -  CHEOWXINYI URA Property transactions fewer as investors face global concerns cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S typically a quiet month for private property transactions, but last month's low transaction volumes were also exacerbated by repeatedly bad news on the global front, which made investors more cautious. The number of new private
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      Lock icon Exports fall 0.4% in Feb
      192 20 DOW JONES EXPORTS posted little growth in February as fewer shipments to the US weighed against steady demand in Asian economies, reflecting Singapore's growing dependence on Asian demand. Non-oil domestic exports fell 0.4 per cent last month from January in seasonally adjusted terms, trade promotion
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        SWFs likely to be active in oil futures, say energy analysts
        285 22 AS OIL prices charge past US$llO a barrel, government-run investment funds from oilrich nations may be adding speculative heat to an already red-hot market By placing bets in futures markets, sov-ereign-wealth funds (SWFs) are no different than hedge funds,
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          DUBAI FIRM RAISES ROBINSON OFFER TO $7 A SHARE
          101 22  -  ESTHER FUNG Dubai-based Al Futtaim Group yesterday raised its offer for Robinson and Company to $7 a share, valuing the retailer at $601 million. Through the buyer's subsidiary, ALF Global, the investment group now holds 26.7 per cent of Robinson, after
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          Lock icon DBS DENIES CUTTING OUT LEHMAN TRANSACTIONS
          91 22 BLOOMBERG DBS Group Holdings said it is reviewing all new transactions and is still trading with Lehman Brothers Holdings, denying a report that it has stopped working with the brokerage. The Wall Street Journal, citing an unidentified person, reported yesterday that DBS had asked
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          Lock icon NEW DBS PACKAGE FRIENDLY TO SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
          96 22  -  ESTHER FUNG —AP DBS bank launched a banking package that includes preferential loan rates for about 150 social enterprises here. The package offers a 10.5-per-cent rate for loans, compared to the 12.5-per-cent for commercial borrowers, and fee waivers for governmentassisted programmes, cash management
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        Lock icon Bear story has Asia on guard
        337 23 —AGENCIES BEAR Steams' near-collapse from a liquidity crunch, and its subsequent firesale takeover by JPMorgan Chase, has put Asia's financial institutions on guard for defaults from counterparties at banks, hedge funds and brokers worldwide. Bear's downfall before top Wall Street firms, including Goldman Sachs
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        FairPrice Xtra at AMK Hub is 1
        249 24  -  JOSEPH YADAO NTUC Fair Price celebrated the first anniversary of the Fair Price Xtra flagship hypermarket at AMK Hub last Saturday. Mr Seah Kian Peng, NTUC Fair Price's managing director, together with around 20 children from the Children's Cancer Foundation, launched a charity
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        It's your choice ...
        227 24  - It's your choice JOSEPH YADAO Ml, Mentos commercials win Viewers' Choice 2007 joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg THE people have spoken: TV commercials from Mobile One (Ml) and Mentos have come up tops at the Viewers' Choice 2007. Twenty local and international commercials were shortlisted and members of the public voted for the
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      503 31  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH After its 10th anniversary lastyear, organisers decide to 'refocus'festival aims and return in 2010 christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg ONE of Singapore's biggest festivals, Womad Singapore, has decided to suspend its festival activity for now. Womad Singapore celebrated its 10th anniversary last year, but will give
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      121 35 -AFP BOLTON (England) Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen (picture) will miss the rest of the season with a back problem, the struggling Premier League side's manager, Gary Megson, announced yesterday. The 32-year-old Finland international missed the club's 1-0 defeat away to Wigan on Sunday,
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      142 35 DPA KIEV The multi-billionaire owner of the Ukraine's Shakhtar football side, Rinat Akhmetov, apologised yesterday to a photographer for a beating the latter received from the stadium manager at a recent home game, the Korrespondent magazine reported. "He (Akhmetov) called me twice and apologised personally... and
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      279 38 —AFP BEIJING The International Olympic Committee said yesterday that they would set up a special panel to recommend the postponement of events at the Beijing Olympics in case of heavy pollution. lOC Medical Commission chairman Arne Ljungqvist, announcing their own analysis of air
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      406 38  -  LOWUNFHOONG Laser Radial sailors have big day ahead in final Olympic qualifier linfhoong@media corp. com. sg AFTER three days of competition at the Women's Laser Radial World Championship in Auckland, New Zealand, Singapore's sailors are on track for a spot in the gold fleet
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