Today, 12 January 2009

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    10 1 TODAY Monday January 12, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    COLUMN
    26 1 Conrad Raj Why-despitetheGovernment's calls to reduce business costs during the downturn is the HDB upping the rental rates of its commercial properties instead? Page B3
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    COMMENT
    33 1 No need to obsess Bloggers should focus on winning over Singaporeans to their point of view, instead of trying to convince the Government to take them on their own terms. Page 2
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    Lock icon MP set on fire
    1137 1  -  ALICIA WONG ANSLEYNG ALICIA WUINb VIOLENT ATTACK Seng Han Thong suffers 10% burns; suspect in custody AND alida@mediacorp.com.sg THE attacker walked into the community club hall where Mr Seng Han Thong had sat down for a drink with his grassroots leaders after a hong bao presentation
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon WHY OBSESS ABOUT GOVT RESPONSE?
      526 2  -  P N BALJI NEWS COMMENT Bloggers should focus more on convincing the community, instead HERE'S a reality check for those bloggers who want the Government to respond to their views. The Government will do it on its own terms and in its own turf. But
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      We do not need bodyguards, say MPs
      348 3  -  ANSLEYNG ATTACK ON SENG HAN THONG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg BESIDES the attacks on Mr Seng Han Thong yesterday and three years ago by a disgruntled taxi driver whose licence was revoked, Member of Parliament Michael Palmer was threatened by a 36-year-old man who wanted to
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      Lock icon At least one firm to be charged...
      606 4 FOREIGN WORKERS'WOES Five companies under investigation barred from hiring foreign help AS FOREIGN workers Mehedi Hassan and his countrymen contemplate their future employment in Singapore, they can be assured that at least one company will be prosecuted for failing to pay the salaries
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      Lock icon NO PAIN, NO GAIN
      74 4 ERNEST CHUA Whatever the reason art, religion, fashion or the sheer rush of adrenaline that comes with pain some 15,000 people turned up for the three-day Singapore Tattoo Show at the Singapore Expo. This man opted to have the more painful traditional Borneo tattoo -where rods
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      Lock icon 'One-eyed Dragon' a selfless man: Family
      203 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE body of former triad leader Tan Chor Jin, who shot a night club owner in 2006, was cremated yesterday. He was hanged on Friday and his family confirmed that his organs were donated. MrTan was a fearless triad leader with a
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      Lock icon We're in this together, says PM Lee
      411 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA IT WILL be the Government's most crucial response to the recession when the Budget is unveiled on Jan 22. But as the country waits, another important response should not be forgotten. How the community reaches out to give extra help and
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      Lock icon Better a truce than condemnation
      678 6  -  ANSLEYNG 93 8LIVE,AP, WAR ON GAZA DrYaacob lauds Singapore Muslims' rational response to Mid-East conflict AS THE Israeli offensive continues unabated into a third week in the Gaza Strip, shouldn't Singapore condemn Israel's disproportionate use of force against the Hamas militants? That was the question
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      Would a women's ministry help?
      593 8  -  LINYANQIN WOMEN IN POLITICS It's a good starting point, says Kiwi minister but her S'porean colleagues disagree yanqin@mediacorp.com. sg WITH a ministry for women's affairs, issues such as pay equity would benefit from having more resources to champion them, said New Zealand's Minister for Women's
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      TOKEN MP'NOWA WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE
      230 8  -  LINYANQIN As a student, Mrs Pansy Wong (picture) was told by a teacher that girls "muck around" in school because all they had to do was wait for their meal ticket. "That's the reason why I wanted to be financially independent," said Mrs Wong, 54,
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      197 2 TMC Progression Pathway Liverpool John Moores University, UK The University of Newcastle, Australia ITE TMC Dual Awards BSc (Hons) Internet Computing Systems Bachelor of Construction Management (Building) JV/fec in Food and Beverage Operations BA (Hons) Mass Communications Master of Property Dual Awards l x BA (Hons) Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality
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      144 8 TOSS UP YOUR PROSPERITY 12 Jan 9 Feb '09 12 Jan 8 Feb '09 'Loi Hei' for good luck the whole year round. Celebrate the joys of spring with family All set menus include a dish of and friends. Feast on a spread of 'Yu Sheng' and other auspicious creations.
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Abhisit s key test
      391 10 AGENCIES THAILAND BY-ELECTIONS BANGKOK Thais voted under tight security yesterday in by-elections that are the first test at the polls for new Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, whose party is hoping to shore up its shaky coalition. Voting in 22 provinces closed at 3pm {4pm Singapore time)
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      Lock icon Indonesian ferry sinks, 100 lost at sea
      212 10 AFP MAKASSAR (Indonesia) Scores of people are feared dead after a ferry carrying more than 260 passengers and crew sank in stormy seas off Indonesia's Sulawesi island early yesterday, officials said. The ferry was about 50 km off Majene, western Sulawesi, when authorities
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      Lock icon Japan PM seeks new ties with S Korea
      184 10 AFP SEOUL —Japanese Prime MinisterTaro Aso sought yesterday to build closer economic ties with South Korea to help both countries weather the global financial crisis. Making his first visit to Seoul as Premier, Mr Aso told Japanese and Korean business leaders that
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon CLAMP DOWN ON 91 SITES
        139 10 AFP China China shut down 50 additional websites over the weekend as authorities crack down on online porn, ordering Internet giants such as Google to cut links with such material, state-run media said yesterday. Atotal of 91 sites have been shut down or blocked since
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        Lock icon SMOKING BANNED INDOORS
        119 10 AFP Taiwan Taiwanese authorities yesterday banned smoking in all indoor public places in what anti-smoking activists say is a "milestone" in turning Taiwan into a smoke-free island. Smoking had previously been banned in public areas including hospitals, schools, theatres, libraries, office buildings and elevators. Under the new
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        Lock icon 25 HURT IN PLANE ACCIDENT
        148 10 AFP Philippines A small passenger plane serving the Philippines resort island of Boracay missed the runway while landing yesterday, injuring 25 crew members and passengers, including foreign tourists. The accident led to a five-hour closure of the Caticlan airport in Aklan province and forced the
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        Lock icon GIRL KILLED IN SKY-DIVING ACCIDENT
        106 10 ftFP Thailand A 10-year-old girl was killed when a military sky-diving display went awry on Children's Day in Thailand. The girl was killed in northeastern Roi Et province on Saturday when an army sky diver taking part in a demonstration for Thailand's national Children's Day,
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      Lock icon Worldwide protests
      383 12 AFP GAZA TURMOIL Rallies in Asia and Europe's major cities to condemn attacks LONDON Cities around the world yesterday braced for fresh rallies both in support of and opposed to Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip as the bombing campaign entered its third week. More than 1,000 students
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      Lock icon Israeli troops, militants battle in Gaza suburb
      296 12 AGENCIES GAZA CITY Israeli troops battled Palestinian gunmen in a suburb of Gaza City yesterday, waging one of their fiercest ground battles so far as Israel's military inched closer to Gaza's main population centres and residents braced for an expansion of the offensive.
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon PRINCE HARRY APOLOGISES OVER OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE
        175 12 AGENCIES Britain's Prince Harry issued a public apology on Saturday after a British newspaper published video footage of him using offensive and racist language. The News of The World reported that Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, used offensive terms to
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        Lock icon SOLDIERS SEIZE REBELTRAINING CAMP
        123 12 AP Sri Lanka soldiers captured a Tamil Tiger training camp as government troops pressed ahead with their offensive against the guerrillas in the country's embattled north, the military said yesterday. The military has achieved a string of major victories against the rebels in recent months including
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        Lock icon TWO AUSTRALIANS SURVIVE SEPARATE SHARK ATTACKS
        163 12 AFP A surfer and a teenage girl survived separate shark attacks in Australia yesterday, just two weeks after a swimmer was believed to have been taken by a large shark in the country's west. Officials said a 31-year-old surfer shook off a shark and
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        Lock icon 'HELLISHLY HOT' SAUCE DEDICATED TO DISGRACED BERNARD MADOFF
        143 12 AP An American artist is selling US$lO ($l5) bottles of habanera hot sauce dedicated to disgraced Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff. Mr AlexGardega calls it "Bernie in hell". But he says he doesn't really want people to put the condiment on food,
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      Lock icon Russia to resume supplies after deal
      379 14 AFP EU GAS CRISIS MOSCOW Russia and the Ukraine prepared yesterday to restart gas supplies to the European Union after a deal was signed to deploy international monitors to help adjudicate in Moscow and Kiev's gas conflict. The stage was set for a resumption
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      Lock icon Australia cool on Afghan withdrawal
      172 14 AFP SYDNEY The Australian military yesterday said there was no deadline for its troops to leave southern Afghanistan, after it was reported that the force had planned to withdraw its soldiers by 2012. National news agency AAP reported that under Operations Plan 2012, Afghan forces
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      Lock icon Sticking to his guns
      456 15 THEGUARDIAN OBAMAS PAY MR LINCOLN A VISIT US PRESIDENT'S MEN Obama's choices back up stated aims to hold direct talks with hostile states LONDON United States Presi-dent-elect Barack Obama will mark a radical break in American foreign policy this week by unveiling a team of diplomats
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      Lock icon US rejected Israel's plea for strike against Iran: Report
      234 15 AFP WASHINGTON United States President George W Bush last year rejected a secret Israeli request for an air strike against the main Iranian nuclear complex using US bunker-busting bombs, The New York Times reported on its website on Saturday. But citing
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  • voices
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      Safeguard your info
      290 16  -  Peter Douglas IDENTITYTHEFT There is very little you can do once your identity has been stolen and misused Letter from CHIN Kee Thou's concerns ("How secure are copies of my IC?", Jan 9) about the security of personal data stored on insurance agents' laptops are part of
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    • SHORT TAKES
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        TEACHERS'ROLE
        51 16  -  ANG LAI-KUIN LETTER FROM WB Yeats said that teaching "is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire". The teacher interests the child in the mysteries of the bigger world and invites him to use his own innate talent and potential to make sense of
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        PARENTS, LIGHTEN UP!
        55 16  -  JO-ANNE LEE LETTER FROM The responsibility for inculcating good values and habits should not lie solely with teachers. Parents are the key. It is hard to teach a child passion for life and lifelong learning. But loading them with extra lessons of tuition after school is a
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        THE BAGGAGE THEY BEAR
        52 16  -  ALVINCHOW KEAT LETTER FROM, I've learnt that a passionate teacher is often compelled by the syllabus to execute lessons in a particular manner. The inertia lies in our rigid systems and policies. Unfortunately, the impetus for change might come in the form of a crisis or
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      168 18  -  DR BILL MAIER ....B..Y BEWARE OF INTERNET PREDATORS Teens and the Internet. You want to trust them, butyou know how dangerous it can be. So how do you find a balanced approach? It's naive to think that Internet predators can't get to our children. These people
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      I SAY LAOS GAMES, ALL AT SEA
      495 18  -  Murali Sharma South-east Asian nations should pull together for sake of SEA Games 7 credibility IT IS with much surprise that I read "And the gold for capteh goes to (Jan 8). The next SEA Games will be held in December. Laos could
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      269 16 t LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR I Send your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg I Letters and extracts may appear I online, on air and in print. EducationCorp Be the next Human Mind EXPERT! y^Z-A ~jCl::--V^on»«*' v"" Psychology is the science of mental processes: the systematic study fi f\ <5 f I of behaviour. At
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      4 16 HAVE YOUR SAY. voices@mediacorp.com.sg
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      319 19 You make the resolution. We'll help you keep it. Tell us what you promised yourself for 2009 and we'll design a weight loss programme that's right for you. S|k '?'W&' Phototakenon w When it comes to weight loss, no matter how strong your will, Ng Hui's Slimming Progress 21 January
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  • plus TELEVISION
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      The men behind the curtain
      912 20  -  MAY SEAH BEHIND-1 may@mediacorp. com.sg HERE is the recipe for a successful TV show: Mix a smattering of actors, a generous handful of writers, producers, directors and add a pinch of salt. Preheat the oven to "create" and bake for nine months. Remove. Now for
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      PLUS PICKS FROM FRONT TO BACK
      161 21 These television shows are about what goes on behind the scenes in the media industry. Talk about going all meta in the postmodern age. 30 ROCK Poor Tina Fey (centre). As Liz Lemon, a writer for a fictional comedy sketch show, she has to
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    • PLUS IN ADDITION
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        Lock icon ONE MARRIED BLACK EYED PEA
        112 21 AGENCIES Fergie and actor Josh Duhamel tied the knot on Saturday, People magazine reported on its website, in a white wedding filled with magnolias and thousands of white roses. The Black Eyed Peas singer, 33, married her 36-year-old long-time boyfriend in Malibu. According to People,
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      Lock icon Champagne wishes and red-carpet dreams
      691 22 THENEWYORKTIMES RECESSION-PROOF HOLLYWOOD It's recession time but celebrities continue to glam it up during awards season for our sake AS HOLLYWOOD heads into the heart of its awards season, America's annual orgy of pop-culture glamour, movie stars and their handlers have a decision to make:
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      Lock icon Obama 'kidnaps' Jack Bauer
      530 24 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH POP CULTURE POLITICS American conservatives are not happy that 2L is turning anti-war CONSERVATIVES in the United States claim that the 24 character Jack Bauer (picture) has been "kidnapped" by the new liberal agenda of President-elect Barack Obama. As the hero of the television
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
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      1058 25 ONMEDI AC OR P CHANNEL 0 9 E 9 THE 2009 66TH ANNUAL GOLDEN THE A-GO-GO PRINCESS GLOBE AWARDS S.ooAM Entertainment Tonight 3.00 Trading Spouses Ml Hello, Little Girl (Available In Debut rhannol c r\am R. 11 nm Prime Time Morning: 4.00 KyleXY TrueHDOnHDs) Lnanneis, 9ams>npm goo The 200g Go
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  • sports
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      Lock icon United crush Chelsea 3-0
      485 26 ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP English Premiership Man United 3 Chelsea o MANCHESTER Manchester United exploited some slack Chelsea defending and went on to a 3-0 win with goals from Nemanja Vidic, Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). The win put United within a point
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      Benitez keeps up verbal attack on Ferguson
      624 26 English Premiership Stoke City o Liverpool o STOKE Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez fanned the flames of his simmering row with his Manchester United counterpart, Alex Ferguson, after the Reds played out a goalless draw at Stoke on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). The
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      Lock icon Lions ready to roar
      547 27  -  TANYO-HINN MIDDLE EAST MISSION Noh Rahman the only doubt ahead of Wednesday's Asian Cup qualifier in Tehran yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE is set to field a nearly full strength side for this Wednesday's crucial opening 2011 Asian Cup qualifier against Iran. Speaking yesterday, a day after the 20-man
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      Lock icon Asia trumps Europe in Royal Trophy
      167 27 AFP BANGKOK Japan's Torn Taniguchi holed the winning putt as Asia posted a convincing 10--6 win over two-time champions Europe in the Royal Trophy team competition yesterday. Asia required just two points from the eight singles matches after dominating the first two days and
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      Lock icon RUN, BIKE, KAYAK ... AND SOLVE RUBIK'S CUBE
      148 27 RUN, BIKE, KAYAK AND SOLVE RUBIK'S CUBE PHOTO COURTESY SAFRA A record 372 participants took part in the third Safra AVventura Rough-Ramble yesterday, one of the toughest adventure races in Singapore. Organised by Safra Yishun, this year's event saw the adventurers, representing 186 teams, run, bike, kayak, scale a 25m
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      676 28  -  TANYO-HINN VOLVO OCEAN RACE Breaking the waves aboard a Volvo Open 70 monohull is exhilarating yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SLEEPING in was the saner thing to do, but the opportunity to break the waves aboard a Volvo Open 70 monohull yacht doesn't come along every Sunday. Never mind
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      585 34 Founded in 1956, the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) is the oldest non-profit professional education institute in Singapore. It offers an extensive range of education programmes in collaboration with established universities in Australia, France, the United Kingdom and the United States. Students looking to
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      228 36 SIM Global Education (SIM GE) has more than 40years of experience in providing academic programmes from its overseas university partners. For 0-level holders, programmes such as SIM University's Diploma in Management Studies and the University of London's Diploma in Information Systems are stepping stones to future degree
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      263 36 Those seeking a unique hands-on learning experience will find their niche atthe Institute of Technical Education (ITE). Through the institute's Hands-on, Minds-On, Hearts-on Education approach, students will undergo a holistic technical education experience that prepares them for the global marketplace. The ITE offers more than 60
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      147 38 Raffles Campus is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emaar Education. The institution, which has attained the Singapore Quality Class for Private Education Organisations accreditation, has campuses in various countries, including China, India, Vietnam and Dubai. Diploma of Hospitality Management/ Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management These programmes are stepping stones
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      275 40 The Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), which has more than 70 years of experience in the field of arts education, is a full-fledged tertiary arts institution. Students who are keen to develop their talents and pursue careers in the arts will be able to
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      314 40 O-level graduates enrolling into Republic Polytechnic (RP) can look forward to a unique learning environment asthe school adopts the problem-based learning pedagogy for all its courses. To encourage interaction among students and promote peer-learning, classes are kept small-with approximately 25 students in each class. To cater to students
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      233 40 think this is the time when things are down, when you have increased unemployment; use that time to build up skills and knowledge. Invest in it. We do that each time so when the recovery takes place, we have a better qualified workforce to go up to the next level.
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      341 45 AFP STATE-OWNED Qatar Airways expects to add new destinations and fly more passengers this year despite the global financial crisis that has hit the aviation industry, said a company executive yesterday. "We're resilient to what's happening in the markets," vicepresident Ali al-Rais told reporters in
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