Today, 12 May 2008

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    Masthead
    13 1 TODAY /AZDIAiCORP MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Monday May 12, 2008 todayonline.com
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    Survivors in agony
    785 1 1.5 million in Myanmarface death unless massive aid effort gets underway YANGON Myanmar faced a second disaster, potentially worse than the first, international aid groups warned yesterday. And this man-made tragedy could claim the lives of some 1.5 million people unless a tsunami-style relief effort is mobilised
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    Malaysia steps up subsidies to tackle food and fuel costs
    464 1 KUALA LUMPUR In what he says is a move to ease the burden on the people, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said more money will be spent subsidising oil and gas this year than on developing the country. Speaking
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      40 1 CHINA'S JUMBO PLANS COUNTRY SEEKS TO REDUCE RELIANCE ON AIRBUS, BOEING BUSINESS PAGE 22 COME HOME TO 5 NEW AND IMPROVED, BUT STILL FAMILIAR PLUS PAGE 26 TURKISH GRAND PRIX THIRD VICTORY IN A ROW FOR MASSA SPORTS PAGE 33
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      27 1 M Wk I WIGAN 0 I CHELSEA 1 I iT AT*! i^ MAN UTD 2 BOLTON 1 IliM i W Brß i--^BBBBi»fc—BBJ flflfll full reports: 34 &35
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  • hot news
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      More gantries, fewer taxis?
      648 2  -  JINNY KOH LTA in discussion with taxi companies to provide rebates for their drivers jinny@mediacorp.com.sg AS CONSTRUCTION of the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantries on the Singapore River Line begins today, businesses have told the Land Transport Authority (LTA) their worry about a shortage of taxis
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      Lock icon PEOPLE AT DEATH'S DOOR
      832 2  -  CHAN LENG SUN newscomment MYANMAR'S junta is compounding an already horrifying crisis, its behaviour symptomatic of a paranoid government that has lost sense of its priorities. We see reports of United Nations aid being held up, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations betraying its impotence before
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      Lock icon KAESONG BECKONS
      425 3  -  TAN HUI LENG PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA IN huileng@media corp. com. sg THERE are opportunities for Singapore in North Korea, as Pyongyang is interested in Singapore investors and the country has many needs. Foreign Minister George Yeo said that Kaesong Industrial Park, just north of the inter-Ko-rean border, in
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      Job hunting's a breeze for these graduates
      449 4  -  LINYANQIN SMU's 2007 cohort get better salaries and most find work within 6 months of graduation yanqin@media corp. com. sg THEY are finding better paying jobs and finding them sooner, even though their graduating cohort of 711 graduands is 84-per-cent bigger than that
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      I am a podiatrist, not a paediatrician!
      416 6  -  ALICIA WONG Spores allied health professionals face misconceptions and manpower shortage alicia@mediacorp.com.sg THEY shared anecdotes in good humour, but underneath the banter there was a serious message: Allied health professionals such as speech therapists, dieticians and pharmacists are facing tough challenges even as
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      Lock icon Something for everyone at e!Hub
      185 6  -  —ANSLEYNG NEARLY 25,000 union members and their families flocked to Downtown East at Pasirßis yesterday for the May Day Family Carnival, organised by the National Trades Union Congress. Guest of honour, Minister for Finance Tharman Shanmugaratnam, accompanied by labour chief Lim Swee Say and several
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      395 5 Renovating your home. f^_^_\\__ X W _n_ M r _m I I J it Buying new furniture. I f^K-SilH^ll i -Z____\ 1 liiP Taking a holiday with 30% cash back. Vhatever your needs, a flexible loan with 30% cash back is the answer. Life has many different needs, and fulfilling
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      207 6 MDIS: A Great Chapter in My Life WW THINK SUCCESS. THINK MDIS. lOIMY Mr I EMU IN It W*S_\\__i a student at MDIs/^^^ M PIIPH All AHAIIII^ m__\ Ar 0M can er\J°y onCine access to CVCn-UnANuINU rJl* I, video-recorcfecfkctures 1 \dxscusswn jorums ana other learning Rfl I VllA IAfORI \W
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      342 7 With 88 flights a week, any time's a good time to visit Australia. Experience Australia now from $688* with Singapore Airlines. There's always something new to do in Australia. Go on a coastal getaway along our miles of perfect beaches. Enjoy nature at her finest with our unspoilt landscape and
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  • world news
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      Lock icon NS death: Family up in arms
      355 8 —AP Malaysian teen dies during training, family plans to sue KUALA LUMPUR The family of a Malaysian teenager who died during National Service training said yesterday it plans to sue the government for negligence. Ms Too Hui Mm (picture), 18, complained of an upset
      —AP  -  355 words
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      Lock icon More perks to boost civil servants' morale
      423 8 —AFP RALLYING FOR RELEASE OF ISA DETAINEES: Malaysia's ethnic Indian activists yesterday warned the government to provide medical aid to one of its leaders and free those detained underthe tough Internal Security Act (ISA) or face more street rallies. More than 50 protesters
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      Lock icon STILL SUPER DESPITE THE TRAVAILS
      995 10  -  WILLHUTTON —THE OBSERVER The US is set to prevail over China for the next 50 years "gwscomment BROWSING through an American bookstore does not lift the spirits. Books that chart the end of American supremacy, or which predict wars over finite natural resources, or study
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      Lock icon Poke in eye saves man from shark attack
      281 12 —AP SYDNEY An Australian swimmer who was mauled by a five-metre shark and survived said yesterday he initially thought it was a dolphin. The shark, believed to be a great white, seized Mr Jason Cull by the left leg as he was
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      Lock icon Tick 'right mark', voters told
      344 12 —AGENCIES YANGON Myanmar's ruling generals said yesterday there was a "massive turnout" in their national referendum, which was held despite pleas to devote their resources to saving the victims of a devastating cyclone. The proposed Constitution in Myanmar appears to have won between 80 and
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      Lock icon Police detain Internet user
      440 14 —AP Chinese man planned to organise group to grab Olympic torch BEIJING A Chinese man has been arrested for saying on the Internet that he planned to grab the Olympic torch during its relay through eastern China, the police said yesterday. The 28-year-old man, identified only
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon FANS PAY US$100 BUT STARS FAIL TO SHOW UP
        77 16 —AP More than 200 fans waited for hours and paid US$lOO ($136) each to attend a private party that was to include the cast of the Philippines'number one television game show, l/l/oi/i/oi/i/ee-which is touring the United Statesbut the stars never showed
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        Lock icon TAKERS OF POISONED MEDICINE SOUGHT
        160 16 —AP Panamanian investigators asked health authorities on Saturday to track down patients whose names appeared on 6,000 bottles of medication contaminated by diethylene glycol, a chemical found in antifreeze and brake fluid. The bottles were handed over to the government two years ago when at
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      Lock icon Incest kids starved of oxygen
      281 16 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BERLIN A chronic shortage of oxygen in the cellar Josef Fritzl built for his daughter and their children made them so listless that for most of the time, they could only sit or lie down, police have revealed. They had established that
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      Lock icon Jenna weds in private nuptials
      478 17 AP —AGENCIES First Daughter's wedding at Texas ranch is rare upbeat moment of Bush presidency CRAWFORD (Texas) Ms Jenna Bush, 26, could not see herself getting married at the White House surrounded by antique furniture and oil portraits of Presidents. She and Mr Henry Hager
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      Lock icon Obama leading in race to win superdelegates
      215 17 —AFP WASHINGTON Democrat Barack Obama has overtaken rival Hillary Clinton in the fight for superdelegates whose votes will be decisive in choosing the Democratic Party's presidential nominee. At least three Democrat superdelegates pledged to back Mr Obama on Saturday one of them formerly
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      222 10 aaaHi][Bogm~ B>naire Internet Marketing Coach Reveals ladeMy First Million Online "I set up my Internet company from zero in 2000, and now with annual sales of high 7 figures, ma^\\ selling products, services, and coaching K~ -<Jh with offices in Hong Kong, Singapore and Vk jjm Malaysia." Fione Tan, CEO,
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  • Voices
    • Teen sex truths
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        Abstinence education is also about dignity and respect
        280 20  -  JOANNA KOH-HOE Letter from TAN Hui Leng remarked in her commentary that "the importance of condom usage is overshadowed by the message of abstinence". I only wish this was truly the case, so that we might see a different reality today. Have
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      • Letter
        Abstinence not a magic bullet
        323 20  -  ALPHONSUSTAN Letter from IT IS sad that the number of people in Singapore diagnosed with HIV has risen to a record high of 422. Tan Hui Leng questions the relevance of the abstinence-based approach, and takes a step further by saying that it is disturbing
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    • Article
      isay SAYING NO MIGHT JUST BE THE SOLUTION
      490 21  -  BRYAN GOH WEI MING I REFER to Tan Hui Leng's article "Teens, sex and Aids: Time to face up to today's realities" (May 8). It is alarming that Singapore registered a record-high of 422 new HIV cases last year, a number which
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      204 21  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY ACT EARLY FOR LEARNING DISABILITY Some experiments have been done where the walleye pike is placed in a big tank of water, followed by minnows which the walleye very quickly consumes. A large piece of glass is then slid down the centre
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  • Business
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      Lock icon China's jumbo ambitions
      371 22 —AGENCIES Country seeks to depend lesson Airbus, Boeing SHANGHAI—After announcing plans to build its own mid-sized planes last year, China is now set to fly a notch higher by making its own jumbo jets, state media reported yesterday. The country has established a homegrown company a step
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    • Article
      Lock icon Cautious trading this week
      279 22 —AFP SINGAPORE shares are expected to trade cautiously this week amid runaway oil prices and concerns over the ailing United States economy, analysts said. Investors would be closely watching last month's inflation and retail sales figures from the US, which will be released mid-week. Recent data
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      Retaining talent 'No 1 priority' for Asian firms
      624 23  -  CHEOWXINYI BRIAN Sullivan is not your typical headhunter. Ranked by Business Week as one of the top 50 headhunters in the world, the chief executive officer of CTPartners a recruiting firm based in the United States advocates training and retaining talent within
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    • Succeed
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          NAIL THAT DEAL
          94 24 Tired of getting sales rejections and wondering how to overcome them? Through games, discussion groups and role-playing, this workshop will equip you with the skills to develop the right service mindset and recognise signals from a prospective customer. WHAT: A workshop that helps sales personnel address customer
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          HANDLING COMPLAINTS
          84 24 Learn how to manage your customers' grouses and feedback properly in this workshop. Participants will be taught how to maintain a professional image while handling negative feedback by responding in writing in a way that addresses customers' concerns and also engages them. WHAT: A workshop that allows customer
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    • the business of learning
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        Lock icon Business at a global pace
        639 24  -  LOH CHEE KONG That's what this dean hopes to teach students at SMU business school cheekong@media corp.com.sg THE story of how the Singapore Management University (SMU) has grown from scratch to now holding its own against not just the more established universities here, but also
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        brainfood
        262 25  -  LOH CHEE KONG Leadership experiences in Asia edited by Steven J DeKrey and David M Messick Much has been written about the rise of Asia and the burgeoning business opportunities there. While few businessmen see doing business in Asia as a walk in the park, many don't realise that
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      406 25 KOHOORS BBmSti DECREE of BACHELOR OF HURSING .P os: egist aior Designed to enable registered nurses I3JI SJL pursue more advance job opportunities <3Z_w_wSm_*^^ in United Kingdom and Singapore. jg/k Wffff^ university of Accredi:ed by lUi£ti(lUl!lUd 'Best New University in England' OI DC] 3DO T6 HTlAyuLif^lJ^llAJftJJllM by Guardian University Guide
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      Coming home to Channel 5: Delightful or deja vu?
      964 26  -  GENEVIEVE LOH genevieveloh@media corp. com. sg HERE'S a quick pop quiz: What do Gurmit Singh, Adrian Pang, Fiona Xie, Michelles Chia and Chong, Andrea Fonseka, Utt, Aaron Aziz and Jas Arora have in common? If you don't know, you're obviously not
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      Lock icon The famous fedora is back
      674 29 —AFP Indiana Jones returns in an attempt to track down an ancient skull with mystical powers IT HAS been a movie-making quest every bit as difficult as locating the lost Ark or the mythical Holy Grail. But after a tortuous 19-year journey full of false
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      SURIA GETS ROCKIN'
      345 30  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH Anugerah Band 2008 competition kicks off christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg FOR those about to rock: We salute you! This famous refrain from Australian rockers AC/DC can apply to MediaCorp's new offering on the Suria channel: Anugerah Band 2008. This is the search for the ultimate band or non-instrument
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      INADDITION
      83 30 WIN ATRIP TO ANTARCTICA The National Geographic Channel is celebrating 10 years in Asia and this may be your chance to visit... Antarctica. Simply vote for your favourite Nat Geo documentaries at www.ngasia.com/top3o. The 30 programmes, which will air next month, will be fronted by regional celebrities including our
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      620 32  -  PAUL GREEN RHB SINGAPORE CUP 2008 Super Reds v Geylang United Yishun Stadium, 7.45pm paulgreen@mediacorp.com.sg SIGNS are Geylang United are beginning to get their act together. After a slow start to the season the Bedok-based club have won three
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