Today, 28 May 2008

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    23 1 TODAY yV\=ryJj-\CORP MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Wednesday May 28, 2008 todayonline.com TODAY we set you thinking Wednesday May 28, 2008 todayonline.com
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    Cut and thrust, Chee quizzes MM
    951 1  -  DERRICK A PAULO Issue of what liberal Western groups think of Spore gets this response: We know better, says MM ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR derrick@media corp.com.sg THE setting was a courtroom, not the campaign trail. But it turned into pure political theatre with legal issues
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    Lock icon FINALLY, SOME CLARITY ON THE ISSUE OF MORAL RESPONSIBILITY
    538 1  -  P N BALJI EDITORIAL DIRECTOR balji@mediacorp.com.sg AT LAST, three months after the Mas Selamat affair blew up in our faces, we have got some kind of clarity on one important point The issue of moral responsibility. It came when the Deputy
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      52 1 INTO OUTER SPACE STUDENTS ASK: STORE A LAUNCHPAD FOR OUR DREAMS? NEWS PAGE 3 AFTER PEDRA BRANCA PULAU PISANG IS OURS: MALAYSIA WORLD PAGE 12 THE DIRT ON NARNIA TODAY TALKS TO PRINCE CASPIAN CAST PLUS PAGE 26 SKIPPER INDRA OUT AS MANY AS 6 LIONS OUT WITH INJURIES SPORTS
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      'I know you pretty well': PM to Chee
      421 2  -  -DERRICKA PAULO HE TRIED all means to corner Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on the stand. But practically all of Dr Chee Soon Juan's questions were deemed irrelevant by Senior Counsel Davinder Singh and disallowed by Justice Belinda Ang. Dr Chee tried
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      Lock icon Launchpad for dreams, or just a workplace?
      628 3  -  LOH CHEE KONG Students engage Minister on identity, political space and dual citizenship cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg FROM the word "go", the flurry of SMSes flooded onto the giant screen spelling out aspirations ranging from "world class rock drummer" and astronaut, to United Nations official and
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      CITIZENSHIP NOT A 'FREE GIFT'
      175 3 Asked by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan if they felt Singapore should allow dual citizenship, almost two-thirds of the 590 students at the seminar raised their hands. One Tampines Junior College student, who plans to settle down in India but is reluctant to sacrifice her Singaporean roots,
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      LESS ELECTRICITY, MORE RELIABILITY
      139 3 RJC STUDENT: "In countries like the US where politicians engage the people they are able to refer to common concepts like the American Dream. We also complain about the lack of electrifying speeches by politicians to touch the hearts of the people. (Is it) because ours
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      Lock icon Work can't be risk-free but ...
      552 4  - Work can't be risk-free but ZULOTHMAN Strict standards apply in tunnelling for train system zul@media corp.com.sg THE road cave-in at Cornwall Gardens last week is proof that underground tunnelling is not without its inherent risks. But even as tunnelling work is the price one pays for an efficient transportation system
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      CORNWALL GARDENS ROAD LANE MAY RE-OPEN ON FRIDAY: LTA
      236 4 Depending on weather conditions and the progress of the inspection of power cables and gas pipes at the site, one of the lanes of Cornwall Gardens Road could re-open as early as Friday, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said yesterday. For
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      Lock icon Caution, as they push off
      424 6  -  NEO CHAI CHIN Findings on dragon boat tragedy due Friday, as regional races begin chaichin@media corp. com. sg EVEN as the inquiry panel's long-awaited report on last November's Cambodia dragon boating accident is due out on Friday, many local teams are already steaming ahead with
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      Scam victims have 'no valid reason' to overstay
      254 6  -  ANSLEYNG Foreign workers who are victims of agent scams may deserve support but even so, this is no excuse for them to break the law, for which they risk a mandatory lashing if they are caught. Responding to a question from Nominated
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      Lock icon She dropped out of JC to study nursing
      487 8  -  TAN HUI LENG Ngee Ann graduate is one of 147 in the pioneer batch; 80 per cent have found jobs huileng@media corp.com.sg EVEN before they graduated yesterday, some 80 per cent of the 147 nursing students from Ngee Ann Polytechnic's pioneer batch
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      Lock icon FULL REPORT ON VARSITY SECTOR IN JULY
      142 8 938 LIVE The Committee on the Expansion of the University Sector will submit its full report to the Government in July, a month earlier than targetted. Senior Minister of State for Education Lvi Tuck Yew said the committee's work was complete and the
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      103 8 THIS GIVES NEW MEANING TO FINANCIAL AID: Yesterday, the Singapore Red Cross held a one-day bloodmobile' drive at One Raffles Quay, in an attempt to tap the financial sector for greater support for the bloodbank during a period of traditionally low levels of blood collection, due to the June school
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        ENTRANCE TO MARINA BAY MRT RELOCATED
        95 8 The Land Transport Authority has relocated the entrance to the Marina Bay Station on the North-South Line to facilitate the construction of the new Circle Line Marina Bay Station and its associated tunnels. The old entrance is closed with immediate effect and commuters using
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        10-YEAR-OLD HOSPITALISED WITH ENCEPHALITIS
        110 8 A 10-year-old boy has been hospitalised for encephalitis (swelling of the brain) the second such case in the past two weeks even as the number of hand, foot and mouth disease (HMFD) continued to decline here. But, his condition has improved, said the Ministry of Health
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        2 MORE PRISON LINK CENTRES
        94 8 The Singapore Prison Service will add two new Prison Link or televisiting centres in Jurong East and Toa Payoh -to help inmates maintain ties with their families. These centres allow family members to call in on inmates remotely via video conferencing facilities, a practice introduced
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Pulau Pisang is ours: M'sia
      567 12 Malaysia takes steps to claim 100 isles and reefs after Pedra Branca ruling KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian reports have declared that another island on which Singapore operates a lighthouse will not end up like Pedra Branca, even as the Kuala Lumpur takes steps to claim 100
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      Lock icon Japan urges limits to mobile phone use among children
      259 12 -AP TOKYO -Japanese youngsters are getting so addicted to Inter-net-linked mobile phones that the government is starting a programme warning parents and schools to limit their use among children. The government is worried about how elementary and junior high school students
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      Lock icon M'sian minister slammed for 'licence to kill' remark
      189 12 AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's biggest medical association criticised the deputy health minister yesterday after he said in Parliament that doctors have a "licence to kill". Deputy Health Minister Abdul Latiff Ahmad caused an uproar when he refused to apologise for his remark
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      CALL TO BOYCOTT MALAY NEWSPAPERS
      153 12 Opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat has called for an immediate boycott of Malay newspapers Utusan Malaysia and Mingguan Malaysia for what it said was unfair reporting and for allegedly fanning racial sentiments, reported 77?eSfarnewspaper. Opposition leader DrWan Azizah Wan Ismail, Mr Anwar Ibrahim's wife, said the
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      Lock icon Suu Kyi's house arrest extended, supporters detained
      225 14 AFP YANGON Myanmar's ruling junta has extended the house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi by another year, an official said yesterday, as 16 of the democracy leader's supporters were arrested. Seven Myanmar officials went to the Yangon home that has been Ms
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      Lock icon Nargis victims beg for food
      375 14 AGENCIES DEDAYE (Myanmar) Myanmar police are trying to clear the roads of thousands of cyclone survivors whose desperation has reduced them to begging for food from passing cars. With little official aid reaching the hardest-hit parts of the Irrawaddy Delta, volunteers from Yangon and other
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      Lock icon ASEAN'S ROLE IN GAINING JUNTA'S TRUST IS CRUCIAL
      159 14 CNA Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo has said that gaining the trust of Myanmar's military government is crucial in expediting the flow of aid to the country's cyclone victims. Asked about the immediate challenges for Asean, Myanmar and UN representatives, Mr Yeo
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      Lock icon Blackberry spurns Indian spy call
      200 16 AGENCIES The Canadian manufacturer of Blackberry mobile phones (picture) has rejected demands by the Indian government that it help decrypt suspicious text messages. India's Department of Telecom (DoT) had earlier asked the Canadian firm to give decryption codes to Indian security agencies to enable them
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      LONG AFTER THE DUST AND DEBRIS ...
      801 16  - LONG AFTER THE DUST AND DEBRIS MARIA SIOW MARIA SIOW Quake assistance may spark growth of a more vibrant civil society in China EAST ASIA BUREAU CHIEF mariasiow@mediacorp.com.sg THREE things are likely to linger on long after the dust and debris from the recent earthquake in Sichuan settles. First, the
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      Lock icon 'Dharma Army' protest again
      228 17 -AFP BANGKOK A radical sect of Buddhist monks yesterday joined an anti-government protest, camping out in Bangkok's historic district in a scene reminiscent of demonstrations that led to a coup two years ago. Hundreds of members of the "Dharma Army" set up camps alongside protesters who
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      Lock icon Aftershocks raze 420,000 houses in China
      283 17 -AGENCIES BEIJING Two aftershocks have caused more than 420,000 houses to collapse in China's quake zone. The Xinhua news agency said the houses collapsed in Qingchuan county after two aftershocks hit the region yesterday. The United States Geological Survey said one of the aftershocks
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      36 17 HEAVY CONGESTION: Lorries parked along the A4O in West London as British drivers protested rising road tax and fuel prices. Prime Minister Gordon Brown is underpressure as diesel prices soar past £1.20 ($3.23) per litre. AFP
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      Lock icon Chen sues new defence minister for libel
      186 18 -AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's former President Chen Shui-bian yesterday filed a libel suit against the island's new defence minister, who recently suggested Mr Chen had staged his shooting on the eve of 2004 elections. Mr Chen, who left office last week after eight years
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      Lock icon Taiwan 'tied by blood' to China
      196 18 AGENCIES Taiwan's ruling party chief yesterday echoed China's line that both sides are part of a single nation, Reuters news agency reported. "Both sides are tied by blood to the Chinese nation and this cannot be obliterated by anyone," Taiwan's Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang
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      Lock icon A ROCKY ROAD AHEAD FOR TAIWAN
      629 18  -  JASON LEE New President will face challenges within and without news@newstoday.com.sg TAIWANESE President Ma Ying-jeou (picture) has a tough road ahead in the next four years, in spite of the seemingly overwhelming mandate he was given in the last election. His challenges will not
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      Lock icon In a bind over belts
      279 20  -  JASON CHIAM CHIAH SERN What about safety of workers transported in pick-ups and lorries? Letter from I REFER to Senior Minister of State for Transport Lim Hwee Hua's reply in Parliament on the issue of introducing seat belts in mini-buses. She mentioned that the issue
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      Could pain at the pumps be avoided?
      220 20  -  VICTOR HO SOOYIT Letter from I READ with great dismay the report, "Pump prices up again" (Weekend Today, May 24-25). It was the second hike in petrol prices in the space of about a week and the third time this month. With analysts
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      Thanks, Singapore
      153 20  -  FARAHAD DASTOOR Letter from MY RECENT trip to Singapore from the United States has restored my faith in the honesty of the people. Last week, I left my wallet in a Comfort Cab driven by a Mr Puan Kian Beng. After I realised that I had misplaced my
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      Caught in the glare
      297 21  -  SUHANAKHARUDIN LTA sheds light on headlights, fog lamps Letter from Manager, Media Relations Land Transport Authority I REFER to Ms Amy Tan-Morel's letter, "Much ado about headlights" (May 16). The Land Transport Authority (LTA) requires all designs of vehicle lamps, including vehicle fog lamps and headlamps,
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      Home care is at hand
      230 21  -  ANG BEE LIAN Letter from Chief Executive Officer National Council of Social Service I REFER to the letter, "Home service for elderly creates jobs" (May 26) by Ms Jessica Chan Rho Szu. The National Council of Social Service (NCSS) would like to thank Ms Chan
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      232 21  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY COMPARING YOURSELF WITH OTHERS Someone once said: "Comparison is the root of all inferiority". How true that is. When you look at another person's strengths and compare them to your own weaknesses, there is just no way to come out feeling good
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  • Business
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      NTUC Income web protest off
      512 22  -  CHEOWXINYI Former CEO changes his mind after meeting with management cheowxinyi@media corp.com.sg INDUSTRY veteran Tan Kin Lian has called off his high-profile Web protest against his former employer NTUC Income over its move to restructure bonus payouts on its life insurance policies. NTUC Income's former
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        TEMASEK EYES LATIN AMERICA
        106 22 Temasek Holdings is increasing its focus on Latin America. It is bumping up its manpower with the appointment of Mr Lorenzo Gonzalez Bosco from Barclays Capital as its managing director for investment in Mexico. He will complement Mr Alan Thompson, managing director for investment in Latin
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        NOVENA HOLDINGS, OEI FOUNDATION INVEST IN UNITED ENVIROTECH
        74 22 Beauty producers firm Novena Holdings and its key shareholder Oei Hong Leong Foundation are investing in Singapore Exchange-listed water treatment firm United Envirotech. Novena is paying $10.4 million for a 10.4-per-cent stake by buying 49.6 million new shares at 21 cents. Mr
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        SINCERE WATCH NET PROFITS DIP 21%
        103 22 Singapore-listed luxury timepiece retailer Sincere Watch posted a 21-per-cent dip in net profit to HK534.4 million ($6 million) for the year ended March 31, blaming currency exchange losses. Its bottomline was affected when the HK dollar weakened against the Swiss franc since January this
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      Bye, bad breath
      600 23  -  CONRAD RAJ Goldtron enlists US dentist to bring fresh breath to Singapore EDITOR-AT-LARGE conrad@media corp.com.sg BAD breath afflicts a third of mankind, and according to American dentist Dr Harold Katz (picture), the other twothirds live in fear of it Seeking to make capital of it is struggling
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      Parkway Life Reit puts in $35m to tap the silver dollar
      159 23 SINGAPORE-LISTED Parkway Life Reit is investing in the silver dollar. It is pumping $35 million to jointly buy two nursing homes in Japan. By 2050, it is estimated one in three Japanese people will be over 65 years of
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    • business news
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        CEO to step down in July, deputy Colao will replace him
        95 24 VODAFONE Group's chief executive officer Arun Sarin has announced his resignation after steering the world's largest wireless phone carrier by revenue to a record profit Mr Sarin, 53, will step down in July and be replaced by his deputy
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        Lock icon Vodafone's Sarin resigns
        215 24 AGENCIES Ebitda, or earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, rose to £13.2 billion from £12 billion a year earlier, topping analysts' expectations. Mr Sarin restored Vodafone to profit by expanding in developing markets including India and Turkey to make up for slower growth in Europe. His
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        Lock icon Rice prices drop after Cambodia ends export ban
        226 24 BLOOMBERG RICE futures tumbled by their daily limit for a second session as producers eased export bans, alleviating concerns that global supplies will fail to meet demand. This follows Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's announcement that his country's export ban had been
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        Lock icon The Hong Kong tycoon and his female friend
        303 25 AGENCIES Family feud ends as real estate boss is replaced by his mum HONG Kong real estate giant Sun Hung Kai Properties has ousted Mr Walter Kwok (picture) as its chairman, replacing him with his 79-year-old mother after a high-profile feud at
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        Lock icon China to relax rules on foreign-owned rural banks
        240 25 -BLOOMBERG CHINA plans to make it easier for foreign banks to set up rural operations as it seeks to boost funding for farmers, said two sources. Overseas banks will be allowed to manage operations in different counties through a single unit or
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