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    10 1 TODAY Monday September i, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    COLUMN
    26 1 Conrad Raj Two prosecutions that hit the headlines recently have stressed the importance of providing timely and accurate information to the investing public. Page B3
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    COMMENT
    30 1 On Merdeka Day... Malaysians have been forced to consume such divisive sociopolitical rhetoric for far too long. Malaysia and its politicians must act with a common goal. Page 4
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    SINGAPORE
    30 1 Good gesture PM Lee "I'm glad they did that, it's a good gesture" praised NTUC Fair Price forgiving $10,000 to our first Olympic medallist Tan Howe Liang. Page 6
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    WORLD
    32 1 SICHUAN SHAKEN The 6.1 -magnitude quake that struck Sichuan province on Saturday along the same fault line as the deadly May 12 earthquake turned thousands of homes into rubble. Page 14
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    Tourists out, finally
    670 1 THAILAND INTURMOIL Those stranded for the last two days leave Phuket and Krabi as blockade of airports ends BANGKOK Even as Thailand's Parliament sought to find a peaceful way to end the anti-government protests crippling the capital in an emergency session that went on until late last
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    SGX 'bullish' on funding Chinese charity
    743 1  -  NEOCHAICHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg FOR the first time, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) is adopting an overseas charity among its beneficiaries for this year's Bull Charge, an annual run the bourse holds to raise funds for the underprivileged. Funds raised for the China Youth Development Foundation from
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon 'This will be worse than Katrina'
      638 2 AGENCIES HURRICANE GUSTAV Over a million being evacuated from New Orleans as "mother of all storms' nears NEW ORLEANS Desperate to avoid a repeat of the 2005 Katrina catastrophe, more than a million residents evacuated New Orleans yesterday as a new hurricane hailed as
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      Lock icon LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION
      57 3 TREVORTAN Children performing during the official opening of Mid-Autumn Festival Street Light-up along Chinatown New Bridge Road by President S R Nathan yesterday. There will be a host of exciting, colourful and vibrant Mid-Autumn activities until the end of the month that will enthral the young and
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      Lock icon PARTY ON – HOLIDAYERS NOT DETERRED
      245 3  - PARTY ON HOLIDAYERS NOT DETERRED ESTHER NG Nothing is going to stop them from holidaying at Phuket not antigovernment protests, not even the rain. This was the sentiment from passengers who were at Terminal 2 last night when Silk Air resumed flights to the holiday island. Said Mr Nicholas Yeo,
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      51 and at a crossroads
      525 4 MERDEKADAY PM Abdullah issues defiant message on M #sia #s national day KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's embattled Prime Minister appealed for the nation's support as the country celebrated 51 years of independence yesterday in the face of economic woes and opposition plans to topple the government
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      DIVERSITY DOESN'T MEAN DISUNITY
      855 4  -  KHOO KAY PENG JEWS COMMENT But Malaysia and its politicians must act with a common goal AFTER nearly 51 years of independence, Malaysians are still talking about national unity. It is an often repeated mantra of the only government Malaysians have known, but action speaks louder
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      Students, needy families get $764,000 in help
      356 6  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg NINETEEN-year-old Chan Hongxiang's mother works as a cleaner and is the sole breadwinner in his family. Mr Chan's family survives on his mother's salary of $800 a month. His sister is still in school and the last time his father
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      Focus on staying world-class: PM
      421 6  -  ESTHER NG TABLETENNISSAGA Time to move on to new chapter in this "unfortunate story estherng@mediacorp.com.sg PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday he was glad that the "unfortunate story" of the table-tennis furore involving the national team had been resolved and he looked forward to
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      Lock icon Learning to love, piece by piece
      306 8  -  ONG DAI LIN VOLUNTEERISM Students get lesson in caring through mosaic mural project dailin@mediacorp.com.sg THE glass tiles were small, but the participants' determination was huge. And the result a 3.5 m by 8m mosaic mural finally took its place at HortPark at Hyderabad Road
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      With heart and wallet in mind
      222 8  -  ONGDAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE addressing a manpower shortage for his travel agency, one man has also worked out a way to benefit the community. Mr Samson Tan, 41, has set up Heart Travel at Teck Ghee Community Club to train and senior citizens, ex-offenders
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        DADS, READ THIS
        110 10 This year's "io,ooo Fathers Reading!" programme drew to a close on Saturday. Organisers said the programme has seen some 18,000 participants since its launch last year. The initiative aims to increase the involvement of fathers in their child's literary development. Fathers who started spending more time reading
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        Lock icon WINNERS ALL ROUND WITH NEW DIPLOMA
        124 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Profit from a business while helping the disadvantaged? That's what 45 students from Ngee Ann Polytechnic are learning to do at the Business and Social Enterprise course. They are getting tips from the Schwab Social Entrepreneur 2007 winner Kenny Low. His social
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      Lock icon Mother of all tasks
      493 10  -  NEOCHAICHIN PARENTHOOD AND WORK Multi-tasking and all-round support are key says this mother of two chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SHE took care of two young daughters while her husband was on a two-month overseas posting, continued to hold down a full-time job and attended night classes thrice a week.
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      185 6 ~77*\ National Cancer CfJJ Centre Singapore Sing Health 888 Liver Cancer You Prevention Treatment In conjunction with Singapore's 1 st Liver Cancer Awareness Month gjHH Speakers: BS SBB DrChooSuPin Consultant, Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore HpHB Dr Tan Chee Kiat BB|| Senior Consultant, WjjM Efittj I Gastroenterology Hepatology Director,
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      180 8 v, "^V Tourism Management Institute of Singapore Jot hkjlK. Established Pop Che Industry by Che j mh s\f irj^^jl "1 II f |fl Industry, TMIS has trained over k s At j*; 35,000 quality scudencs Pop Che I iVdr 1/ RECOGNITION J*^^^S^^^S*ifeii7 AWARD FOR ATTRACTIONS WSQ Diploma in Tourism (NewO^^S^
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      126 10 NgeeAnn City National Lion Dance Championships 2008 J-g- Feel the Rush! Hear the Roar! -^p Savour the Rhythm! **f\ Behold the Rise of the Lions as 25 exuberant teams thrill j and impress judges with their finest acrobatic skills. The stakes are higher this /ear as the reigning champion Ay
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      Lock icon 'Come back Dr M, Umno needs you'
      272 12 MALAYSIAN POLITICS Party's Langkawi branch wants former PM to return as advisor, foreign envoy LANGKAWI An Umno branch in Langkawi has asked former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his wife to rejoin the ruling party. The Kampung Raja dan Atas Umno branch in
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon MORE THAN 100,000 PROTEST KILLINGS ACROSS MEXICO
        123 12 AP More than 100,000 frustrated Mexicans, many carrying pictures of kidnapped loved ones, have marched across the country to demand government action against a relentless tide of killings, abductions and shootouts. The mass candlelight protests, held in cities nationwide, were a challenge to
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        Lock icon EUROPETO NAZIS, REST OFTHE WORLDTO BRITAIN?
        139 12 AFP A British amateur diplomat tried to stop World War II by proposing that the world be divided into two parts he offered Nazi Germany rule over Europe if the British Empire could rule the rest of the world, according to secret files declassified
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      PAS should lead opposition, says MP
      423 12 PASIR MAS (Kelantan) The opposition Pakatan Rakyat alliance should be led by the opposition's Islamic party instead of Mr Anwar Ibrahim's Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) because the former has a greater Malay membership, a Malaysian lawmaker has said. Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) also has
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      Lock icon Thousands of Indian Christians in hiding
      400 14 AGENCIES NEW DELHI Thousands of terrified Indian Christians are hiding in the forests of the volatile Indian state of Orissa after a wave of unrest forced them from their burnt-out homes with no immediate prospect of return. Mobs of Hindu fundamentalists rampaged through villages
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      Lock icon Still rocked by shocks, quakes
      301 14  -  SICHUAN SHAKEN AP BEIJING Chinese rescue teams carrying tents, quilts and sacks of rice rushed yesterday to reach survivors of an earthquake that left at least 30 people dead or missing, turned tens of thousands of homes into rubble and cracked reservoirs. The 6.1-magnitude quake
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      Lock icon Protest over garbage plant turns violent
      224 14 AP BEIJING Scores of people protested in Beijing against a garbage disposal plant they say has been releasing noxious fumes into the air, with two demonstrators hurt in a scuffle with security officials, a rights group said in a statement yesterday. The Hong Kong-based
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      Lock icon There's something about Cheryl
      743 16 AP GUNS AND ROSES Four husbands, two suicides, one heart RALEIGH (North Carolina) One morning in south-east Georgia, 69-year-old Mr Sonny Graham picked up the shotgun he had taken on so many quail and dove-hunt-ing trips and pulled the trigger on himself. Almost exactly 13 years
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      Lock icon Gustav threatens McCain's party
      528 17 AFP POLITICAL STORM McCain and running mate Palm visit people bracing for hurricane ST LOUIS (Missouri) Mr John McCain will be officially appointed the Republican presidential nominee at the party's national convention this week, but his priceless chance to make his White House case to voters
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      Lock icon Canberra warns of terror, weather fears on US flights
      214 17 AFP SYDNEY Australia yesterday warned of a "high risk" of terror attacks on domestic and international flights in and to the United States, urging citizens to be vigilant while in the country. "We advise you to exercise caution and monitor developments
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      POINT OF VIEW
      92 18  -  Jeffrey Law Lee Beng ?.9™l 9F. Y^HL I was heartened by the sincerity of STTA president Lee Bee Wah, who apologised on television. Her act is the epitome of a courageous leader. Most, if not all of us, were tense when our paddlers were playing crucial matches.
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      Lock icon I SAY BALANCING JOB AND JUNIOR
      612 18  -  Subana Hall Staying home to look after your child doesn't necessarily equal quality parenting I REFER to "Equality in marriage? It's yin and yang" and "Hail the mothers who stay home" (Aug 29). Although I am able to relate closely to Ms Chitra Rajaram's
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      A baby or a life?
      289 19  -  Michelle Jean Yeang Letter from I REFER to the letter, "Babies: How singles can help" (Aug 29). I, too, fear that having children means having to give up my freedom and having a lifelong liability. What I fear most is that my husband and I
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      Lock icon Raining, yet he washes on
      150 19  -  Mohd Zaki Letter from ON AUG 23, my kids asked me: "Why is this man washing the pavement when it's raining? Papa, you always say water is precious and it's money. Why is that man wasting so much water?" It had been raining heavily the
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      253 19  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY TEACHING KIDS THAT FAILURE IS OKAY One of the best ways to showyour children howto succeed may be to teach them how to fail. It's not news that youngsters mimic the behaviour of their parents. And since parents are being watched, they
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      10 things you never knew about Edmund Chen
      1233 20  -  MAY SEAH EDTV This MediaCorp actor has more surprises up his sleeve than a sieve has holes EDMUND Chen, it appears, is inextricably linked to pink. He showed up for our interview in a pink shirt and described himself as "this pinkish
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      PLUS PICKS ED ON THE NET
      219 21 Just what happens when you Google "Edmund Chen"? Well, you get websites, of course, but just like the man, they come with a whole bunch of surprises EDMUND'S WEBSITE A highly interactive site with the works and yes, there are enough photos to gawk
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      He's game for anything
      560 22  -  MAYO MARTIN CONTEMPORARYART Top Indonesian artist Masriadi pixels with paint- literally mayo@mediacorp.com. sg A SIMPLE computer game at BQ. SAM has gotten the thumbs up from one of South-east Asia's most soughtafter artists. But that's no surprise because the game, Senjata Hitam, which means "black weapon"
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      Lock icon So rich, so adept, so heartfelt
      420 24  -  MAY SEAH OPERA REVIEW TURANDOT Turandot probes the extremes of emotion, thanks to a stellar performance by the cast may@mediacorp.com.sg IF YOU didn't already know, Turandot is a fairytale set in ancient China about the icy titular princess who refuses to yield to any
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  • sports
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      Lock icon Japan's rising son
      678 28 AGENCIES USOPEN World No 126 Nishikori stuns fourth seed Ferrer to reach last 16 NEW YORK As Kei Nishikori contemplated becoming the first Japanese man to reach the US Open's fourth round in the 40-year Open era, he kept repeating two phrases: "I was tired", and "I'm
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      Lock icon Nadal gores underdog Troicki, Blake grilled by Fish
      406 28 AGENCIES NEW YORK World No 1 Rafael Nadal rolled into the fourth round of the US Open on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), with a comprehensive 6-4, 6-3, 6-0 win over Viktor Troicki for his 41 st triumph in 42 matches. The
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      Lock icon On top of the world
      458 29  -  TANYO-HINN SAILING Elizabeth wins World Laser 4.7 Youth Championships and eyes 2012 Olympics yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg NATIONAL sailor Elizabeth Yin clinched Singapore an Olympic berth in the women's Laser Radial class in March, when she took one of six remaining berths at the women's Laser Radial World
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      Lock icon First-round jitters for Singapore netballers
      466 29  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg WITH a new-look team comprising five rookies, Singapore's netballers were gunning for victory in their first international test at the Fisher Paykel Nations Cup 2008 at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall yesterday. But the defending champions were defeated 66-63 by Sri
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      Lock icon Road warriors
      414 30  -  LEONGWEEKEATI MOTORS PORTS Singapore racing team reign supreme in Merdeka challenge INSEPANG weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE'S motorsports enthusiasts created history while revving up a storm at the annual Merdeka Millennium Endurance race over the weekend. Not only were there more Singaporean outfits and drivers qualifying for the start, a team
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      Antony Lee set to join Project 0812
      225 30  -  LOW LIN FHOONG NATIONAL table tennis team manager Antony Lee may be leaving the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) in November, but he will still maintain close ties with the association after his term. Last Friday, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports
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      Lock icon Indra looking forward to Dalian delight
      586 30  -  MILTON TAN NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 Home United v Dalian Shide Bishan Stadium, 7.45pm sports@newstoday.com.sg YOU can't blame Home United star striker Indra Sahdan for looking forward to this evening. That's because the Protectors host Dalian Shide at Bishan Stadium in tonight's NTUC Income-Yeo's
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      Lock icon Bent dents Chelsea's record
      548 31 J THE GUARDIAN FOOTBALL Battling Tottenham deny Scolari's men third straight win English Premiership Chelsea 1 Tottenham 1 LONDON Juliano Belletti and Darren Bent were on the scoresheet as opposing sides of the Premier League table played out a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge yesterday. Bent's
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      Lock icon Villa, Liverpool share the spoils in drab draw
      288 31 AGENCIES English Premiership Aston Villa o Liverpool o LONDON Liverpool failed to capitalise on Chelsea's failure to beat Tottenham Hotspur, playing out a dull stalemate away to Aston Villa. Chelsea and Liverpool were the only two sides to have won their opening
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      88 31 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 7am Tennis US Open, Ch 22 11pm Tennis US Open, Ch 22 11.35pm Cricket Hampshire v Durham, Ch 110 TOMORROW 2am Golf Deutsche Bank C'ship, Ch 26 2.50 am Cricket Hampshire v Durham, Ch 110 7am Tennis US Open, Ch 22 5.P.981?. .9.5 MPI9 6.35am-ii.3spm Sports
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      439 34 BLOOMBERG THE United States economy is "beginning to improve", President George W Bush said on Saturday as he credited the US$l6B-billion ($237-billion) stimulus this year with helping to ward off a recession. Mr Bush, in his weekly radio address, cited several economic
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      236 34 AFP WASHINGTON The United States is free to insist that the World Trade Organization (WTO) hear a dispute over high-technology import duties after the European Union blocked its request for arbitration by the trade body. After the EU move, "the United
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      318 38 WHILE some investors who have fallen victim to an alleged United States pyramid scheme are up in arms against its agent here, Oil Pods Singapore, others are sympathetic to its claims that it, too, was a victim of its American principal. Over
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