Today, 3 June 2008

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    13 1 TODAY yV\=ryJj-\CORP MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Tuesday June 3, 2008 todayonline.com
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    Their loss, the community's gain
    657 1  -  LEONG WEE KEAT CDAC and Sinda expect deficit as they expand schemes, help more needy weekeat@media corp.com.sg AT LEAST two self-help groups are projecting an operating financial deficit this year, as they aim to help more people and, at the same time, expand their roles
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    Former S'porean Gopalan charged
    548 1  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei®mediacorp.com.sg HE LEFT for the United States shortly after he had been fined $8,000 on contempt of court charges, for comments made in a speech at a 1991 election rally. But Gopalan Nair maintained a keen interest in the political scene in Singapore, returning
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    Some manipulate, others genuinely care
    440 2  -  ANSLEY NG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg THE allegation was again raised, this time by a Myanmar-born Oxford don, and it drew a stiff rebuttal from a former top Singapore diplomat. Dr Maung Zarni, a visiting research fellow from Oxford University's department of international development, at a seminar yesterday
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    Lock icon 12 days' jail for Chee
    525 2  -  DERRICK A PAULO 10-day jail term for Chee's sister Siok Chin ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR derrick@media corp.com.sg YESTERDAY, Dr Chee Soon Juan (picture) had the man he wanted by his side in the High Court but could not get from the court the extra time Mr
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    Shutting out the middlemen
    573 3  -  ESTHER FUNG MAS updates guidelines on cyber-banking security esther@mediacorp.com.sg IT USED to be an issue of hackers guessing or digitally "eavesdropping" on your Internet banking password these days, their methods are more sinister. Even after logging in securely with your password and one-time Pin, you could
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      Lock icon Grisly find near the Merlion
      146 4  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@media corp.com.sg IT IS perhaps the island's most photographed tourist attraction, but yesterday, attention was drawn away from the Merlion albeit briefly by a grisly find. The body of a man, dressed in a brown shirt and trousers, was discovered floating in the Singapore
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      Bag-pooling, anyone?
      522 4  -  NEO CHAI CHIN Bring Your Own Bag Day now a weekly affair chaichin@media corp. com. sg GET ready to give your reusable shopping bag a more rigorous workout: From tomorrow, every Wednesday will be Bring Your Own Bag (BYOB) Day. But even as the push to cut wastage
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    • S'PORESNIPPETS
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        MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER OF TWO-MONTH-OLD GIRL
        79 6 A man in his early 40s has been arrested for allegedly killing a two-month-old baby girl, police said yesterday. The baby, who was suffering from breathing difficulties, was rushed to XX Women's and Children's Hospital from the void deck of Block 250 Yishun
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        S'PORE, DENMARK SIGN MOU
        75 6 Singapore and Denmark have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on design across strategic industries in both the public and private sectors. The MoU will create business opportunities for Singapore and Danish designers, help to improve market competitiveness through interdisciplinary design partnerships, and allow for
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      Watching out for diabetes
      485 6  -  SHERALYN TAY New campaign aims to improve screening for the chronic illness sheralyn@media corp.com.sg BLINDNESS, amputation, kidney failure, heart attack and stroke: These are the many consequences of diabetes, a disease that is the seventh leading cause of death here. To address the condition at just
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      MM, SM to visit Moscow
      184 6  -  NAZRY BAHRAWI WITH Singapore and Russia to commemorate four decades of diplomatic ties later this year, two senior Singapore leaders Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong are visiting the Russian capital of Moscow for four days beginning today. Mr Goh
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      Lock icon Danish embassy bombed
      177 8 -AFP Eight dead as Islamabad outpost targetted by suicide bomber NO DANES were injured in a suicide attack on the Danish embassy in Pakistan that killed at least eight people yesterday. However, one Pakistani employee of the mission in Islamabad died, Denmark's Foreign Minister said. "The four
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      Lock icon A fiery clash of beliefs
      282 8 -AFP JAKARTA An Indonesian Islamic extremist group called on supporters yesterday to prepare for war against a minority sect, but President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono warned that the local authorities would not tolerate violence. The call to arms by Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) chief Habib Rizieq
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      Lock icon Tug-of-war for Malaysian lawmakers
      219 8 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian government lawmakers who were planning to defect to the opposition might change their minds now that the Prime Minister has announced policy changes to win over their allegiance. Officials in the opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) nevertheless voiced confidence that enough members
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      Lock icon Petrol sale ban at Thai border kicks in
      239 8 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia started enforcing a ban on petrol sales to foreignregistered vehicles near the Thai border yesterday, causing some stations' business to trickle to a virtual halt Government officers were deployed at stations in northern states to monitor the ban,
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      Lock icon As they bicker, Thailand suffers
      231 11 -AP Coup rumours and protests hurting stocks, economy: FM BANGKOK Anti-government street protests and rumours of a military coup are hurting Thailand's economy and investors' confidence, Finance Minister Suraphong Suebwonglee said yesterday as the stock market fell for the fifth consecutive trading day. Protesters were
      -AP; mw^A AFP  -  231 words
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      Smuggler alert at Pulau Pisang
      211 11 KUANTAN The Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has stationed an intelligence unit at Pulau Pisang in Johor to curb smuggling activities including foreigners and goods from neighbouring countries, reported The Star newspaper. Its director-general Admiral Amdan Kurish was quoted as saying by The Star. "To
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    • GLORALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon SIX DEAD AFTER HOSPITAL DRUG INJECTION
        113 11 AFP Six people died in eastern China after being injected with antibody drugs, a local official said yesterday, confirming the latest fatalities in the nation's weaklysupervised pharmaceutical industry. The unidentified victims died in Jiangxi province between May 22 and 28 after being given human
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        Lock icon AID GROUPS CALL FOR BIOFUELS REVIEW
        126 11 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A new report by the United Nations World Food Programme suggested that demand for biofuels is contributing significantly to recent food price rises and is putting hundreds of millions of people around the world at increased risk of malnutrition and starvation. Fuels
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      Lock icon Against the odds, Hillary's still plugging away
      444 12 AFP WASHINGTON Hillary Clinton said in comments published on Monday that she may challenge a decision by Democratic Party leaders on convention delegates, threatening to prolong her nomination fight against Barack Obama. The comments to The Washington Post indicated that Ms Clinton is
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      Lock icon Bye bye, Baghdad
      174 14 -AFP Australian troops out of Iraq SYDNEY United States President George W Bush lost a close ally in the Iraq war as Australian combat troops pulled out on Monday to honour an election pledge by the country's new government The conservative former Premier John Howard, ousted by
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      Lock icon A new dawn in China-Taiwan ties
      192 14 -AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's new Foreign Minister said yesterday the island would work to strengthen ties with its allies rather than try to lure countries away from China, signalling a major shift in diplomatic strategy. Mr Francisco Ou, who took office last month along with
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      Lock icon Universal Studios sets go up in smoke
      212 15 -AFP UNIVERSAL CITY (California) For 12 hours, firefighters on Sunday battled a gigantic blaze (picture) at Hollywood's famed Universal Studios. The blaze at Universal City's backlot destroyed various soundstages, an archive and a New York City streetscape, causing tens of millions of dollars
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      Lock icon Labour in crisis
      318 15 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH PM Brown accused of diverting rural aid to bribe voters LONDON British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been accused of attempting to bribe voters as new research shows that billions of pounds of public money is being diverted from rural areas to traditional Labour
      — THE DAILY TELEGRAPH  -  318 words
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      Lock icon Banks and the gambling problem
      379 16  -  KUOHOWNAM On average, those affected owe $65,000 to financial institutions Letter from President, Credit Counselling Singapore I REFER to the latest survey by the National Council on Problem Gambling, which was highlighted by your newspaper in the report, "Less red tape for gambling operators" (May
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      157 18  -  DR BILL MAIER BY REDUCING STRESS So, how you do you deal with the stress of everyday life? Most people might say that men struggle more with anxiety, but recent studies show it is actually women who feel more day-to-day stress. They tend to be programmed
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      Lock icon Thinking about the long-term
      444 18  -  TAN KIN LIAN Policyholders' bonus should be 'fair and consistent' Letter from I REFER to your news comment, "Which hat was Tan Kin Lian wearing?" (June 2). I have two policies affected by the bonus restructure. My initial reaction was to terminate these two policies at
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  • Business
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      Heavy demand for OCBC preference share issue
      223 20  -  BARRY PORTER OCBC'S $l-billion preference share is already oversubscribed in just one day. But it is not too late for small-time investors to sign up. At the end of the first day, orders from institutional investors alone exceeded the total offer size. As
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      Lock icon Tentative flight plan
      586 20 -AGENCIES Airlines worldwide mull grounding planes as soaring fuel prices could mean combined losses of $8b in '08 EVERY time oil prices rise by US$l, airline costs around the world take off by another US$l.6 billion ($2.2 billion) a year. As a result, airlines may report combined
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        Despite assurances, some Income policyholders still unhappy
        288 22  -  CHEOWXINYI SOME NTUC Income policyholders still are not happy, despite assurances at the insurer's annual general meeting last Friday. Income's former chief executive Tan Kin Lian says 76 per cent of the visitors to his blog, or 90 people, disagree with his decision
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        IPO rush is on
        445 22  -  CONRAD RAJ 4 companies to list, including 2 on Catalist EDITOR-AT-LARGE conrad@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER a quiet few months, a rush of four companies are now listing, including the first two on Catalist. Together, the firms hope to raise more than $600 million. Indiabulls Properties Investment Trust (IPIT),
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        STARHUB PRESIDENT MIKE REYNOLDS TO STEP DOWN
        88 22 Star Hub president Mike Reynolds will be leaving in July to become the chief executive officer of an unnamed company outside of Singapore. He was promoted to the top job at the start of this year. "Mike has been a key member of
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        Lock icon TERMINAL DECLINE?
        535 23  -  ANDY MUKHERJEE 111-conceived Bangalore airport could prove a PR nightmare WHAT should have been a moment of fulfilment for India, after 17 years of false starts, delays and disappointments, is rapidly turning into a farce. It has been less than a week since a brand-new airport opened in
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        From the arrival hall to your room in minutes
        178 24  -  JOSEPH YADAO JET-LAGGED travellers can now find themselves in the comfort of their hotel rooms within an hour after stepping out of the plane following last week's opening of the Crowne Plaza Changi Airport (picture). Mr Mark Winterton, general manager of
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        REV IT UP
        404 24  -  JOSEPH YADAO joseph.yadao@mediacorp.com.sg THEY are young, live their lives to the fullest and the world is their oyster. They are Singapore's young professionals and executives (YPEs). According to an HSBC-com-missioned study by Nielsen last year, their numbers are growing. In fact, there has been a 46-per-cent increase
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      Ong Keng Sen, DECODED
      168 26  -  I.'J.U'I.'.MHIK'B Today uncovers some truths about the enigmatic Theatre Works' artistic director E^imiujj IN THE lofty realm of Singapore theatre, few would contest the fact that the presence of Ong Keng Sen looms large literally. The dude's really tall. Standing at 1.83 m, the intrepid Theatre
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      TRUE OR FALSE?
      662 27 Ong Keng Sen tells Today that he is unabashedly intellectual, but he is not one of those people who spouts quotations from a book HE WILL NOT APOLOGISE FOR BEING CHEEM When we admitted to having the impression that he's fiercely unapologetic about his oftendifficult works, Ong
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      singapore DJs to spin in Moscow
      200 28  -  MAYO MARTIN MUSCOVITES will get a taste of the Singapore clubbing scene this week, courtesy of two prominent local DJs. Zouk regulars DJs Hong and Aldrin (picture) will play some gigs as part of the Spotlight Singapore in Moscow event from tomorrow to Saturday.
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      Lock icon Au revoir, Yves
      718 28  -  ELAINE GANLEY -AP By dressing a woman in a tuxedo, the late French icon changed fashion forever plus@newstoday.com.sg LEGENDARY designer Yves Saint Laurent, who reworked the rules of fashion by putting women into elegant pantsuits that came to define how modern women dressed, has died, a longtime
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      Lock icon Untitled
      111 29 CHRISTOPHER TOH HIGH-FLYING FIVE: American pop-rock band The Click Five played to a nearly-full house at the Indoor Stadium on Sunday night. Although the band is made up of five members, lead singer Kyle Patrick (right) was the one many came to see. All he had to do was breathe
      – CHRISTOPHER TOH; ERNEST CHUA  -  111 words
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