Today, 16 February 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    11 1 TODAY Monday February i 6, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      BIZ LATEST
      31 1 State control? Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who sits on the Senate Budget Committee, has said that he would not reject the idea of nationalising United States banks. Page Bl
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      NEWS LATEST
      37 1 Plane fell out of sky A passenger flight that crashed and killed 50 people near Buffalo in New York dropped 270 m in five seconds shortly before impact, according to an aviation official. Page 16
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      SPORTS LATEST
      37 1 United in next stage Manchester United's bid for a remarkable haul of five trophies in one season remains on course after a 4-1 win over Derby in the FA Cup fifth round yesterday. Page 39
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      SP AAus Net sued
      773 1 AUSTRALIAN WILDFIRES Class action suit alleges fallen power line started the blaze MELBOURNE Angry Australian victims of the wildfires have filed a class action lawsuit in the Victoria Supreme Court against a Singapore-owned electricity firm, SP AusNet. According to a report in The Age yesterday, the
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      Lock icon Japan's GDP shrinks 12.7 per cent
      145 1 BLOOMBERG TOKYO Japan's economy shrank at an annual 12.7 per cent pace last quarter, the most since the 1974 oil shock, amid an unprecedented collapse in exports and production. Gross domestic product fell for a third straight quarter in the three months ended Dec
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      Lock icon ALL-WEATHER TRAVEL FAIR
      144 2 WEETECKHIAN Despite the recession, more than 20,000 people made their way to the Chan Brothers'travel fair at Suntec City yesterday to suss out the best bargains. And there were certainly unprecedented discounts on tour packages of up to '30 to 40 per cent', Chan Brothers managing director
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      Lock icon Who to benefit, how to regulate?
      564 2  -  NEOCHAICHIN ALICIAWONG USING MEDISAVE OVERSEAS MOH review should include overseas Singaporeans, safeguards: MPs chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg IT WOULD help the lower-income to stretch their health dollar. But is there another group expatriate Singaporeans who would benefit if Medisave is allowed to be used overseas? While many
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      Lock icon North Korea is ready to 'develop' ties
      365 3 AGENCIES SEOUL —North Korea is ready to "develop relations with countries that are friendly toward us", said the communist country's ceremonial head of state yesterday, several hours ahead of a landmark visit to Asia by new United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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      Lock icon AND THEY BLAST OFF
      43 4 WEETECKHIAN West Coast GRC Member of Parliament Cedric Foo flags off the evacuation exercise as part of the Jurong Island Healthy Lifestyle, Safety and Security Awareness Day, involving 1,400 foreign workers from the ExxonMobil and Shell Jurong Island dormitories.
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      Lock icon Ready to fight for what's ours
      449 4  -  LOHCHEEKONG TOTAL DEFENCE DAY cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg FROM inanimate objects, including family albums and favourite toys, to heritage encapsulated in the dialects spoken by their grandparents, there are many things that young Singaporeans do not want others to ever take away from them apart from their
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      Lock icon Surprise help for couples on the brink
      562 6  -  NEOCHAICHIN SAVING MARRIAGES Legal couple reject divorce cases, offer counselling for free chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg AT A time when the divorce rate in Singapore is rising, one law-trained couple is steadfastly saying no to the steady stream of business from failed marriages. Boaz and Claire
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      Lock icon With bare hands, and for good causes
      479 8  -  SUFIANSUDERMAN THE HUMANSPIDER sufian@mediacorp.com.sg HE IS well-known for having climbed buildings all over the world and has been arrested countless times including in Singapore for his exploits. So, it is hard to believe doctors once told "Human Spider" Alain Robert that he would
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      Lock icon Pope to visit Jerusalem in May
      210 8 AFP JERUSALEM Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced yesterday that Pope Benedict XVI will visit the Holy Land in May in the first official confirmation of the trip. "In May there will be an important visit, that of Pope Benedict XVI," the Premier
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        STAFF SNUFF FIRE AT GRAND HYATT
        98 10 A small fire broke out in the Grand Hyatt's staff canteen yesterday, causing about 100 staff and guests to be evacuated for half-an-hour. The fire on the hotel's second floor occurred at about 2.30pm, and was put out by hotel staff before the Singapore
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        Lock icon SWAPPING THEIR LOOSE CHANGE
        84 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA More people are emptying their piggy banks, and changing their coins into notes. The Singapore Mint said it collected a record $5 million worth of coins in its latest coin exchange exercise double the amount in previous years. Most were 50-cent and dollar pieces.
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      Lock icon They can see through the smokescreen
      401 10 CIGARETTE SMUGGLING S #pore Customs not fooled by creative concealment tricks THEY have hidden them in bamboo poles, sub-woofer systems, decorative Roman pillars and excavator machines. But despite increasingly creative concealment methods by cigarette smugglers, the Singapore Customs have been stubbing out their attempts.
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      144 2 B T*1 i^ J _>l'(^(- rj LASIK Forum The Lasik Surgery Clinic Dates: 19 February 2009 (Thurs) 7pm 20 February 2009 (Fri) 7 pm 21 February 2009 (Sat) 4pm Venue: The Lasik Surgery Clinic 290 Orchard Road #13-01/06 Paragon Medical Singapore *****9 Refreshments will be served Speakers: Dr Marc Tay
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      176 4 A member of rw| psb Academy Discover the benefits of small group learning at PSB Academy At PSB Academy, we believe that students thrive best in smaller study groups where they have ample opportunities to engage in in-depth discussions. Smaller class sizes also mean more personal attention from our experienced
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      138 5 NANYANG SCHOLARSHIP <^[^^^^Bk TRACK THE FAS 1 •JVeC zj TOSyCCt^a V^Jf i F F IA T E RES UNPARALLELED ""I 1" J UINUtK\jK U U A It tArt X 11 IN l \J I ON-CAMPUS RESIDENCE L With a Nanyang Scholarship and a university of true substance supporting you, the
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      49 6 "-t^b- Ni 133E W& Preview details:- Jz^rxv^. Event: PMP® Certification Course Preview Date: 18 th February 2009, Wednesday ■n^B /C-S1 Time: 7.00pm 8.30pm Venue: ERC Institute (City Campus) 61, Robinson Road, Robinson Centre, g^JJPfojea #17-01, Singapore *****3 ■JST" ERC Institute, a Registered Education Provider with PMI USA(R.E.P ID: 2743)
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      Lock icon Chinese fireman a 'revolutionary martyr'
      217 12 AFP BEIJING A fireman killed in a spectacular inferno that engulfed China's new state-run central television station has been laid to rest as a "revolutionary martyr", reported state press yesterday. Mr Zhang Jianyong's funeral at Beijing's Babaoshan revolutionary cemetery on Saturday was attended by some
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      Lock icon Khmer Rouge trial set to open
      383 12 AFP THE KILLING FIELDS Former prison chief first on list to be tried PHNOM PENH Cambodia's United Nations-backed genocide tribunal opens tomorrow with the long-await-ed trial of the Khmer Rouge's former prison chief, the first person to face justice for the "Killing Fields" horrors
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      Lock icon 'Asia may face social unrest'
      296 12 AFP BEIJING The global economic crisis heightens the potential for social unrest in Asia where millions of people, suddenly out of work, will demand governments take swift and decisive action, said analysts. And while the prospect of regimes being overthrown is remote at the moment,
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      Lock icon Sorry, no Menteri Besar showdown here
      344 13 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER BUKIT GANTANG BY-ELECTION PETALING JAVA Barisan Nasional's (BN) move to put a local candidate to contest the Bukit Gantang parliamentary seat has put paid Pakatan Rakyat's choice of ousted Perak Menteri Besar, Mohd Nizarjamaluddin, as candidate for a sensational showdown on
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      Lock icon Woman minister cracks Saudi glass ceiling
      421 13 AFP RIYADH Ms Norah Al Fayez, the first woman ever named to a ministerial post in Saudi Arabia, has put a crack in the thick glass ceiling that the country's strict version of Islam sets against her gender. The veteran education administrator was named
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      Lock icon The tussles of Ma Jun – China's environmental champion
      208 14 The tussles of Ma Jun China's environmental champion AFP HONG KONG In China, where dissent is often brutally suppressed, publicly shaming powerful corporations for destroying the environment is fraught with risk. Ma Jun treads carefully. The author of China's Water Crisis a savage catalogue of the country's environmental collapse Mr
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      Lock icon Victory for Rajapaksa
      283 14 AP SRI LANKA POLLS COLOMBO Sri Lanka's ruling coalition won control of two provincial assemblies yesterday in elections seen as a public endorsement of the government's efforts to defeat the separatist Tamil Tigers. Recent military victories against ethnic Tamil rebels have boosted the popularity of President Mahinda
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      Lock icon India pre-poll budget 'to have populist streak'
      124 14 AFP NEW DELHI India's ruling Congress party will present today a pre-election minibudget that will seek to shield the economy from the global slump and provide relief for the poor, said analysts. The interim budget, which will form the economic bedrock of the
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      Lock icon Mexico, US seize 7 tonnes of cocaine
      178 16 AFP MEXICO CITY Mexico and the United States intercepted a ship in international waters in the Pacific Ocean carrying nearly seven tonnes of cocaine and arrested five crew members, Mexican President Felipe Calderon said yesterday. Secretary of the Navy Mariano Francisco Saynez, giving
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      Lock icon Plane 'dropped 270m in 5 secs'
      342 16 AP AFTERNOON LATEST Rules on flying in icy weather may have been broken: Official BUFFALO A passenger flight that crashed and killed 50 people near here dropped 270 m in five seconds shortly before impact, according to a federal aviation official. Mr Steve Chealander,
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      144 15 5H3 NANYANG SfliSl TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Nanyang Business School i, A9l /.If Nanyang Business School Graduate Programmes Information Sessions 1.30pm, Saturday, 21 February 2009, Ballroom, The Fullerton Hotel, Singapore 1.30pm Registration Ballroom Foyer 2.00pm Introduction to NBS/NTU (for all registrants) by Associate Professor Nilanjan Sen 2.30pm Concurrent Briefing Sessions Q&A: Programmes
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      If men and women are equal, then why not a Men's charter?
      157 18  -  Kathine Lav Letter from AFTER reading various articles regarding the plight of single mums, I wonder why hardly any attention is given to single fathers or ex-husbands. As a woman, I understand the difficulties faced by single mums,
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      We should learn to take more risks
      197 18  -  Gilbert Goh KeowWah DEALING WITH ADVERSITY Letter from I WONDER if we should depend solely on the Government to bail us out every time the economy heads south or when we lose our jobs especially the professionals. For sure, the Government has stepped
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      232 20  -  DRJAMES DOBSON c T BY A MOTHER'S PR AGENT Where do children learn to think highly of their mothers? Who sets the pattern in their young minds, positioning Mum as a much loved and respected member of the family instead of a maid? I have an
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      Relook hiring policy, MOE
      372 20  -  Ang KokSiang EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES Letter from ACTING Manpower Minister Gan Kirn Yong and NTUC chief Lim Swee Say have mentioned time and again in their speeches to employers about fair employment practices and employing people based on merit. However, the Ministry of Education (MOE), for some
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      Taxi stands abused
      135 20  -  Chen ShiXin Letter from WHEN the Government installed designated taxi stands within the Central Business District, it was hailed as a solution to the road safety issues caused by indiscriminate stopping and lane changing of taxis within our busy city centre. However, now it seems that few
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      376 20 a g r^\ Specialist Diploma f~\esXmea in Counselling {^OUnsellors Addiction-Gambling lii'LUMiiillil-l'i'illii-lil'i'il'illHJ [Free Talk: 18Feb09,Wed7pm] www.certifledcounsellors.org Hotline t6339 5411 All courses are conducted by ACC School of Counselling and Psychology (MOE Reg. No 2233), the training division of Academy of Certified Counsellors. WORLD-RENOWNED HOSPITALITY VALUE AT ITS BEST FROM EAST TO
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      AHOTLISTOF COOLCAREERS
      292 21 Ask any patient who he best remembers from his hospital stay and you may be surprised to learn that it's not only his doctor. He may remember with fondness the cheerful nurse who cared for him during his brief stay. Orthe patientphysiotherapistwho helped him get back on his
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      Calling the shots behind the scenes
      703 22 Planning patient care and services, managing conflicts, helping patients... it's all in a day's work for nurse managers Every day, Paulin Koh "walks the ground" to oversee her workplace's operations and ensure that everything is running smoothly. Attending meetings, checking emails and managing staff
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      Excuse me nurse, are you a doctor?
      675 23 On top of bodsido care, nurso clinicians also carry out somo tasks usually porformod by doctors In his teens, Mohd Haizad Imran befriended a group of drug addicts, and saw the pain and suffering they went through. A decade on, the 29-year-old is
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      A high-five to being hands-on
      670 24 On top of training and supervising student nurses, nurse educators also plan curriculums and coordinate healthcare activities After completing her A levels, Fong Meng Kum was in a dilemma. "I had a passion forteaching,but my father had also convinced me that nursing is a noble
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      At the speed of ultrasound
      700 25 Through specialised technology, radiographers have a fascinating, in-depth look into the human body... literally An encounter with a diagnostic radiographer as a teenager not only leftan indelible impression on Rayn Sit, it also sethercareerpath in the Allied Health profession. In herteens,she suffered from frequent migraines
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      Hungry for a challenge?
      797 26 Some medical conditions can leave patients malnourished; dietitians create individualised nutrition plans to prevent that Up to 80 per cent of newborn babies become mildly jaundiced in the first few days of their lives. This usually resolves within two weeks from birth. However, in a small
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      A picture of calm in an ocean of stress
      753 27 When patients and their families need a counsellor, a mediator, a facilitator and a listening ear, there's one person they can turn to After graduating from the university, 22-year-old Long Chey May became a social worker. "I picked up both interest
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      Making problems easy to swallow
      801 28 Speech therapists not only alleviate communication problems, they also help to fix swallowing and feeding disorders Born with a craniofacial condition, the baby boy had to go through multiple surgical operations. And unlike other normal babies, he was fed through a tube for the first
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      Helping others to help themselves
      701 29 When patients have been discharged and struggle to get back on track, occupational therapists are there to lend a hand Much as Yogeswary Maniam loves helping people, she doesn't believe in giving "free fish" to those who are in need. Instead, she believes that teaching
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      Moving people one step at a time
      703 30 Restricted movement because of illness or old age can be very frustrating that's when physiotherapists step in to set things right Like most people, Wesley Chee used to think that physiotherapy was only about massages and sports injuries. In fact, an interest in
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      A leg up to those with problem feet
      655 31 Whether it's patients with sports injuries or those at risk of losing their lower limbs due to diabetes, podiatrists are there to help From her office, podiatrist Chelsea Law could smell the rotting flesh from the middle-aged diabetic patient's leg. He was
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      The power to help
      480 32 Do you have a passion for improving the quality of someone else's life and getting people back on their feetP Do you want a job that fires your imagination with fresh challenges and where no two days are the same? If so, you'll relish a career
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      28 21 inside o Nurses 22 Radiographer. 25 Dietitian 26 MedicalSocialWorker. 27 SpeeciiTherapist 28 Occupational Therapist 29 Physiotherapist 30 Podiatrist 31 Scholarships 32 Text Eveline Gan I Photography Jason Ho
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      Lock icon Who's afraid of the big, bad gal?
      1047 33  -  MAY SEAH TUBE TALK Must our Asian girls be vgood all the time? may@mediacorp.com.sg BLONDES don't have more fun. Bad girls do. Pamela Andersen, Shannen Doherty, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan they've all thrived, at some point, on having a "bad girl" image. Laverne,
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      Lock icon Quick, hide from the red carpet!
      364 35 THE GUARDIAN A desperate measure to boost slumping TV ratings SOME of this year's Academy Awards presenters are being asked to flaunt their evening wear on stage rather than on the red carpet in a bid to boost ratings for the telecast. The red
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      Lock icon Beng, the movie
      455 36  -  GENEVIEVELOH STAGE AND SCREEN Broadway Beng looks to film, Royston Tan to direct next stage version genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg IN AN interview last year, Singapore's favourite "bad-boy" film-maker Royston Tan told Today that 2009 was going to be a year of rest for him. Apparently, "rest" in this self-confessed
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