Today, 14 April 2008

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    13 1 TODAY /A=ry]j-\CORP we set you thinking MICA(P) 132/10/2007 Monday April 14, 2008 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon Singapore may lift ban on supplies of Malaysian pork
    563 1  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI AVA nazry@mediacorp.com.sg ALMOST a decade after Singapore banned the import of Malaysian pork; there is a possibility that the authorities may now consider relaxing the restriction and bring in live pigs, with a resultant lowering of retail prices now at
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    Lock icon COSTLY SLIP-UP
    732 1  -  WASHINGTON TIM SHIPMAN AGENCIES THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Rivals slam Obama's elitist remarks on small-town folks IN MR BARACK Obama's presidential campaign has been knocked off balance after the Democrat White House front-runner was caught on tape apparently belittling the fears of small-town Americans who have lost their jobs.
    AGENCIES; — THE DAILY TELEGRAPH; BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO  -  732 words
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      36 1 300^ coini?> NEWS COMMENT PUBLIC TRANSPORT: THE VITAL LINK NEWS PAGE 6 ANWAR'S BACK EX-DPM'S 10-YEAR BAN ENDS TODAY WORLD PAGE 12 TALKING KOK WHO'S AFRAID OF BIG, BAD RUMOURS? NOT ANN KOK PLUS PAGE 24
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      Lock icon PM Lee on Internet lessons
      676 2  -  LOHCHEEKONG Regulations on new media will be ready before next elections cheekong@media corp.com.sg THE recent elections in Malaysia have been described as a "political tsunami" brought on chiefly by the Malaysian government's underestimation of the impact of the Internet. But for Singapore's Prime Minister Lee
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      Lock icon Huge blast wrecks Iran mosque
      492 3 —AGENCIES 12 killed, 200 hurt during evening prayers TEHRAN A powerful blast ripped through an Iranian mosque, killing 12 people and wounding close to 200 others in the southern city of Shiraz during evening prayers led by a prominent cleric, officials said yesterday. The death
      —AGENCIES; AFP  -  492 words
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      Lock icon TERROR SUSPECTS BOMB PHILIPPINE CHURCH
      169 3 —AGENCIES Suspected AI-Qaeda-linked militants bombed a church and a commercial building early yesterday morning in the southern Philippines, police said. The dawn blasts caused panic and damage but no injuries. Police have been placed on the highest level of security following the explosions in Zamboanga
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      182 3 MDIS: A Great Chapter in My Life M THINK SUCCESS. THINK MDIS. HTAKE THE NEXT STEP MM /<--^>N 9mmmt .^.i^.—— A.88.A..A.H.A..A m Date: 26 &27 Apr (Sat Sun) 1 TO GREATER SUCCESS. wfUM EBrBACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Q— (Specialising in International Business/Marketing) Commences May 2008 (Day Evening) ,jm Amm Flexible
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      Lock icon More handouts for contract workers
      548 4  -  NAZRY BAHRAWI NTUC gives out insurance cover, vouchers, discounts nazry@mediacorp.com.sg WITH membership standing at only about 3 per cent of Singapore's 183,000 contract and casual workers, the NTUC's Unit for Contract and Casual Workers (UCCW) is revving up its efforts to attract more into its
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      Lock icon Tharman urges long-term view
      370 6  -  DOMINIQUE LOH CHANNEL NEWSASIA dominique@media corp. com. sg FINANCE Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam says Singapore has to be on its guard against inflation, as a lack of attention paid to the issue could undermine the country's growth. But the recent monetary adjustments made by the Republic's central
      — CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  370 words
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      Lock icon PUBLIC TRANSPORT: THE VITAL CONNECTION
      785 6  -  DR 001 GIOK LING THE debate on how to persuade car owners to forsake their vehicles and opt for public transport is intriguing. Behavioural change is an area of policy impact that continues to challenge all governments. In Singapore, the long-standing Courtesy campaign has been
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        Lock icon TWO WOMEN ROBBED ON WAY HOME
        258 8 938LIVE Two women were robbed in two separate incidents while returning home on Friday night. In the first incident, a woman in her 50s was robbed in a lift at Block 8, Kim Tian Place. The woman was returning home at around 10.30pm on
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        HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN?
        57 8 A man has gone missing. The police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of Mr Ho Kwek Poh (picture), 59, who was last seen at the void deck of Block 317, Woodlands Street 31 in late November lastyear. He is thin and about 1.55m
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      Lock icon New hangout for the old
      377 8  -  ANSLEYNG 'My Buona Vista Place' makes a difference with young volunteers ansley@mediacorp.com.sg ACTIVE ageing at Buona Vista has a new hangout and it is at Chap Lak Lao, a cluster of old HDB flats in Commonwealth Drive, where many residents are senior citizens. The project
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      Lock icon Recycling gets a colourful boost
      341 8 MORE Singaporeans are recycling, partly because recycling bins have been made more accessible, but the übiquitous green bins have also become a depository for some not-so-green items. Between 10 and 20 per cent of what goes into the recycling bins actually belongs in rubbish bins
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      Lock icon Arroyo urged to pardon nine officers
      294 10 —AP MANILA The Philippine defence and military chiefs yesterday urged President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in a joint statement to pardon nine young military officers who publicly apologised after being convicted of staging a failed 2003 coup plot Pardoning the officers would bolster Mrs Arroyo's
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      Lock icon UK to work with Pakistan
      501 10 —AFP New deal will allow in moderate clerics to help fight extremism LONDON The British home minister told a newspaper that the security services were investigating 30 active terror plots as she made the case for giving them extended powers to combat extremists. Home Secretary
      —AFP; AFP  -  501 words
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      Lock icon Maritime, air patrols kept Malacca Straits pirate-free last year: Report
      200 10 —AFP The strategic Malacca Straits was piratefree last year due to joint maritime and air patrols with neighbours Indonesia and Singapore, Malaysia's deputy air force chief said yesterday. The maritime corridor, which handles 30 per cent of all sea transport
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      Lock icon A new chapter begins for Anwar
      461 12 —AFP Former DPM's 10-year ban ends today, experts say he could be future PM KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim (picture) today celebrates his official return to the political stage, as a ban from public office expires a decade after he was sacked
      —AFP; AFP  -  461 words
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        Lock icon MALAYSIAN POLICE TO RECRUIT EX-ARMY PERSONNEL
        106 12 —AFP Malaysia's police plan to recruit retired army personnel to help boost the force by 60,000 men over the next five years, amid high levels of crime across the country, reports said yesterday. "The ex-servicemen are suitable as some of them left the army
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        Lock icon SOUTH KOREAN TWIN SISTERS FOUND DEAD ON THAI BEACH: POLICE
        121 12 —AFP Twin sisters from South Korea have been found dead on a beach near Thailand's Pattaya resort town, local police and the South Korean foreign ministry said yesterday. The women, aged 27, had apparently drowned, and the police are investigating
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      Lock icon FROM PRISON TO PUBLIC OFFICE
      687 13  -  JESSINTATAN Penangites look set to give new chief minister a chance jessinta@media corp.com.sg LIFE took on a new meaning for Penang voters that fateful night on March 8. Many voters had wanted to "teach the ruling coalition a lesson" at the polls and ended up,
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      Lock icon Asean frets over nuclear crisis forum
      480 14 —AFP Officials worry US-led move will undermine the Asean Regional Forum WASHINGTON United States-led moves to turn a forum grappling with the North Korean nuclear crisis into a permanent security mechanism are frustrating Southeast Asia's bid to become a key player in regional security,
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      Lock icon M'sian officials fear agitators may disrupt torch relay
      226 14 —AFP KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian Olympic official yesterday said he feared agitators might try and disrupt the Malaysian leg of the Beijing Olympic's torch relay after scuffles marred similar events in other countries. Disruption in London, Paris and San Francisco was linked
      —AFP  -  226 words
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      Lock icon 'Friendly, candid and harmonious'
      505 15 —AFP Taiwan VP-elect upbeat after China meeting BOAO (China) Taiwan's Vice President-elect left for home yesterday, buoyed by a landmark meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao aimed at opening a new era in relations between the often fractious neighbours. "I hope the Boao forum can help
      —AFP; AFP  -  505 words
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      Lock icon Seoul says it won't loose sleep over N Korea threats
      227 15 —AFP SEOUL South Korea will deal calmly with North Korea despite recent actions including Pyongyang's testfiring of missiles which have raised cross-border tensions, President Lee Myung Bak vowed yesterday. "With various changes happening at home and abroad, interKorean relations are
      —AFP  -  227 words
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      Lock icon STOP SHOUTING, START LISTENING
      1177 16  -  FUYING —THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH China's ambassadorto London appeals for more patience from protesters and China herself IN THE morning of April 6, looking at the snowflakes falling outside the window, I could not help but wonder what the torch relay would be like. About eight hours
      —THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH; AP  -  1,177 words
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      Lock icon Nine monks arrested over Lhasa's first reported bombing in over a month
      245 16 —AP BEIJING China has arrested nine Tibetan Buddhist monks accused of involvement in a bomb attack on a government building in Tibet, an official said yesterday as Beijing continued to attack overseas critics of its crackdown in the
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      Lock icon Sticking to their guns
      437 17 —AFP Ayear after Virginia Tech killings, lobbyists making sure guns remain easy to get WASHINGTON One year after the deadliest school shooting in United States history, guns are as easy to find here as ever and Americans seem to like it that way. Gun control advocates
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        Lock icon CHINESE COAL MINE GAS EXPLOSION LEAVES 14 DEAD
        99 17 DPA A gas explosion killed at least 14 people and left two missing and two injured at a coal mine in the north-eastern Chinese city of Huludao, state media said yesterday. Rescuers were still searching for the missing miners yesterday after the
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        Lock icon AUSTRALIA TO GET FIRST WOMAN GOVERNOR-GENERAL
        137 17 —AFP Prime Minister Kevin Rudd yesterday named Queensland governor Quentin Bryce as Australia's next GovernorGeneral, the first woman to act as the British Queen's representative in the country. "I am pleased to announce that The Queen, on my recommendation as Prime Minister of Australia,
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      National players get good medical coverage
      219 18  -  ERIC ONG Letter from Manager, Corporate Communications Football Association of Singapore WE REFER to the letter "Why should clubs suffer for the Lions?" (April 10). We are indeed grateful for the strong support shown by our S-League clubs when it comes to national call-ups.
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      isay FOREIGN STUDENTS ARE NOT INTRUDERS
      650 19  -  CHEYCHORKHOON THE report "Kinks in Singapore's ambitions to be an academic melting pot" (April 10) on the plight of international students in Singapore identifies the problems they face and suggests a number of ways to help them. I would like to share my experiences
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      207 19  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY EMERGENCY ROOM LESSONS Most of us parents know the trauma of rushing our young ones off to the local hospital emergency room. We usually encounter crowded waiting rooms and frustrating forms to fill out, and all the while we're wondering, "What's wrong
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      Lock icon WHAT DOES DUBAI SEE IN STORE RETAILERS?
      652 20  -  CHRISTIE LOH Robinson and RSH snapped up; analysts see more takeovers in the pipeline christie@media corp.com.sg USUALLY bereft of attention from equity analysts and investors, Singapore retail stocks have been attracting big-time oil money over the past year. Earlier this month, Dubai's Al-Futtaim
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      3 months – that's all it took to seal S'pore-Dubai deal
      164 20  - 3 months that's all it took to seal S'pore-Dubai deal ESTHER FUNG SIMILAR social values were what cinched a tie-up between Singapore's True Group and a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund in just three months. "The fundamental principle that both firms' cultures operate on is respect for each other's opinions,"
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      A cloudy week for STI ahead, say dealers
      289 21 SINGAPORE share prices are expected to ease this week, as uncertainty over the health of the United States economy weighs down on investor sentiment, dealers said. Mr Gabriel Yap, dealing director at DMG and Partners Securities, said the market is expected to
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      Lock icon Worrying rumbling
      405 21 —AFP IMF warns of more conflict if food prices continue rising, leading to mass starvation WASHINGTON Rising food prices could have terrible consequences for the world, including the risk of war, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said, calling for action to keep inflation in check. IMF managing director
      —AFP; AFP  -  405 words
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        Jacked Up by Bill Lane
        254 22  -  LOH CHEE KONG brain ood Written by his longtime speechwriter, this book on former General Electric chief executive Jack Welch contains insightful anecdotes into his life, including how the man loved to surround himself with "fanatics, nuts and true believers". In fact, he loved people
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        Studying business with French emphasis on arts
        754 22  -  LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@media corp. com. sg LESS than two years have passed and the director of the Asian Centre of Essec Business School one of Europe's premier business schools has seen enough to know it wants to expand its presence here. Said
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        182 22 Dealing with complaints about an employee What do you do when an employee comes to you with a complaint about his superior or colleagues? MR HO SUN YEE, CEO OF S'PORE HEART FOUNDATION, REPLIES: When a staff member comes to me to make a complaint about a colleague, I
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      A firm's social responsibility
      634 23  -  JOHN BITTLESTON It starts with fundamentals such as sticking to the truth A BUSINESS is not a mission. So, why do so many businesses have "mission statements"? Because they think that to print pious sentiments proves that they are socially-responsible corporations and this will convince people
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        MANAGING FOR THE FIRST TIME?
        58 23 The managing of people can be daunting for first-time managers. This course aims to flatten the learning curve by offering practical tips on dealing with subordinates and office politics. WHAT: A seminar for new managers WHERE: Suntec City WHEN: April 29 COST: $320 TO REGISTER:
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        COMMUNICATE LIKE A PRO
        66 23 This skill-based workshop, targeted at administrative and human resource professionals, equips participants with listening, questioning and empathy skills to communicate with different groups of customers. WHAT: A workshop that will help deal with internal and external customers WHEN: May 28, 9am to spm WHERE: 90 Stamford
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      Lock icon Talking kok
      1199 24  -  Christopher Toh THERE have been many things said about actress Ann Kok. She's been called everything from sexy to slutty; from being a pain to work with to the sweet girl-next-door. But Ann doesn't really care what people say about her any more. "There's nothing I can do
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        Lock icon The sweet smell of hip-hop
        113 26 THE GUARDIAN PROCTER and Gam ble's TAG brand and Island Def Jam Music Group and have jointly launched TAG Records, an initiative that links high-pro-file hip-hop artistes to spray-on deodorant. TAG Records, a joint-venture hip-hop label, will be led by Island Urban president, rapper and
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        Bull's eye!
        422 26  -  MAYO MARTIN Filipino film Slingshot bags top prizes at Silver Screen Awards mayo@media corp.com.sg A MOVIE with the title Slingshot hit the bull's eye three times at the 21st Singapore International Film Festival's (Siff) Silver Screen Awards, held last night at the National Museum Theatre Gallery. Brillante Mendoza's
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