Today, 5 May 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    10 1 TODAY Tuesday May 5, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      in the news
      138 1 4 The Aware saga shows in a society as diverse as ours, restraint, tolerance should be the order of the day, says Simon Tay 1 THe allowed his employer 1 £i to make copies of his identity card; next thing he knows, his home was targeted by
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      Lock icon Mexico returns to 'normalcy'
      539 1 AGENCIES HINI FLU OUTBREAK Experts warn, however, that virus is still active in the country MEXICO CITY Mexico announced a return to "normalcy" yesterday, preparing to reopen government offices, businesses and schools even as the HINI virus sickened more than 1,200 people in 20 countries. While
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      Three under quarantine in Singapore
      362 1  -  ALICIAWONG TWO Singaporeans and one foreign resident are now under home quarantine after the precautionary measure against the Influenza A (H1N1) virus came into effect yesterday, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in an update last night. The three had either arrived in Singapore within
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Got the flu? Shoo!
      360 2  -  ALICIAWONG LOHCHEEKONG HINI FLU OUTBREAK alicia@mediacorp.com.sg IF YOU have the cough or the sniffles, see a doctor and stay away from the office. That's the message employers and colleagues are sending to those who show flu-like symptoms, exhorting them to take the precautionary measure against the
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon EGYPT
        78 2 Egyptian veterinary authorities pressed on with a nationwide programme to slaughter the country's entire population of 250,000 pigs, a day after clashes erupted in Cairo between protesting pig farmers and police. Egypt began the cull in earnest at the weekend, despite the WHO saying there is no evidence that
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        MALAYSIA
        66 2 In an exercise which will cost up to RMio million ($4.2 million), the Veterinary Services Department will vaccinate all 1.7 million pigs in the country to prevent the risk of flu viruses from mutating into a different strain, The Star newspaper reported. The vaccines may protect pigs from the
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        CHINA
        58 2 China has banned hog and pork product imports from the Canadian province of Alberta after pigs from a herd there tested positive for the HINI flu virus. The decision was made in order to "protect the security of China's animal husbandry and the health of its people", China's General
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        BRITAIN
        49 2 Health officials say there are nine new confirmed cases of HINI, bringing the nation's total to 27. Seven of the new patients had caught the virus within Britain, while two had travelled to Mexico. Eight of the new cases are in London and one is in central England.
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        SWITZERLAND
        36 2 Some 250 personnel at an army camp in the western Swiss canton of Fribourg have been placed under quarantine after two recruits were suspected to have caught HINI flu, according to the Swiss Defence Ministry.
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        FRANCE
        49 2 To prevent the spread of HINI flu among babies, travellers returning from Mexico who work with young children will be asked to take a week off work. Parents of children under one who return from Mexico will have to isolate them from other young children for a week.
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        Lock icon JAPAN
        42 2 AGENCIES Japan will triple the number of quarantine officers to 260 at Tokyo's Narita airport the nation's largest to try to prevent a HINI flu outbreak, as millions of travellers crowd into planes and trains in the holiday week ending Sunday.
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      Lock icon Visa? No, senor
      425 3  -  ALICIA WONG HINI FLU OUTBREAK Mexico takes issue with Singapore's travel restrictions alida@mediacorp.com.sg MEXICO has objected to Singapore's imposition of temporary visa requirements on its nationals coming here, as well as the move to quarantine those who have been to the Central American country in the last
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      Lock icon China: Mexicans not singled out
      194 3 AGENCIES BEIJING A diplomatic row is brewing as Mexico accuses Beijing of discrimination after 70 of its nationals were placed under quarantine in China, a charge the Chinese strongly deny. Mexico has sent an aircraft to pick up its citizens from China. "Mexican citizens showing
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      A TALE OF TWO COMMUNITIES
      1191 4  -  SIMON TAY DON WONG NEWS COMMENT In a society as diverse as ours restraint, tolerance should be order of the day THE clash of different interest groups in Aware has made headlines in recent weeks, perhaps too many. With the outcome of the weekend's extraordinary
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      Lock icon A COMING OF AGE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY
      595 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG NEWS COMMENT Could Aware saga be watershed for public discourse on taboo topics? cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg AWARE'S extraordinary general meeting (EGM) last Saturday, which was attended by a 3,000-strong crowd of mainly women, was more than just a show of "girl power". It was
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      Debate still raging in cyberspace
      491 8  -  ESTHERNG AWARE'S CSE PROGRAMME Reach will send feed back to Velevant ministries' estherng@mediacorp.com.sg OVER the past month, the Aware saga has spawned a fringe festival of views and petitions on various blogs and Internet discussion boards, including the Government's feedback portal. The Reach portal has
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      Lock icon S'PORE ROUNDUP
      127 10 SM DOWN WITH CHIX POX Senior Minister Goh ChokTong was admitted to Singapore General Hospital yesterday for chicken pox, and is being kept in an isolation ward, said a statement from the Prime Minister's Office. It added that his condition is satisfatory. Mr Goh, who turns 68 on
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      Lock icon Don charged in fraud case
      206 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA HKCITYUNIVERSITY AN ACADEMIC who used to teach at the National University of Singapore (NUS) is among four people allegedly charged with conspiracy to defraud Hong Kong's City University. Dr Vivienne Wee (picture), 57, an associate professor at City University, used to lecture at
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      SCDF chief ends fruitful term
      243 10 THE man who introduced a culture of innovation into the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) during his 17-year tenure at the force will be stepping down soon. Commissioner James Tan Chan Seng will retire on May 20 after 42 years of distinguished service with both
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      Jobseekers find personal details abused
      711 12  -  LEONGWEEKEAT SCAM TARGETS UNEMPLOYED Many fall prey to loan sharks, unsolicited sales pitches weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg LIKE many jobseekers, he thought nothing of it when his employer made copies of his identity card. After all, the 21-year-old, who only wanted to be known as Jack, had his
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    • Article
      Tax offender to pay $1.31m
      170 13 THE owner of a corporate secretarial firm has been ordered to pay some $980,000 in tax penalties after she under-reported $2.44 million in income from her business for 11 years. Madam Poh Chai Ha, the sole proprietor of OT Corporate Services Consultancy, was first charged
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      Lock icon Whang, Wang were buddies
      429 13  -  ONG DAI LIN TANG'S KIDNEYTRADING CASE dailin@mediacorp.com.sg A CHANCE meeting through a mutual friend six years ago led to their becoming close friends who would meet for coffee at least once a week. Taking the stand yesterday, businessman Whang Sung Lin told the court about his
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      Four girls nabbed for loan shark activities
      205 13  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg FOUR teenage girls between 15 and 16 years old were arrested over the weekend for suspected involvement in loan-shark activities. At 8.30pm last Friday, a man was leaving his flat when he saw two girls behaving suspiciously at the
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Militants could seize nukes
      513 14 AFP, THE GUARDIAN PAKISTAN TERRORISTTHREAT Facilities near conflict zone are vulnerable, say US experts ISLAMABAD Pakistan is continuing to expand its nuclear bomb-making facilities despite growing international concern that advancing Islamist extremists could overrun its atomic weapons plants or seize sufficient radioactive material to make a
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      Lock icon Nepal in crisis
      397 16 AFP MAOIST STANDOFF Prachanda quits in army chief row KATHMANDU Nepal's Prime Minister Prachanda announced his resignation yesterday, after an attempt by his Maoist government to sack the head of the army was blocked by the President. "I have resigned from the post of Prime Minister from
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      Lock icon Tamil Tigers 'putting 11-year-old girls on front line'
      208 16 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH, AFP COLOMBO Child soldiers including girls as young as 11 have been forced to fight on the front line by retreating Tamil Tiger rebels, senior Sri Lankan army officers have claimed. At Puthumatalan Lagoon, the edge of the no-fire zone,
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon WARSHIP RESCUES N KOREAN VESSEL
        95 18 AP South Korea A South Korean navy warship has rescued a North Korean freighter by driving away a pirate ship chasing it off Somalia. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday the 4,500-ton-class South Korean warship sent a Lynx helicopter to assist the North
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        Lock icon 'SABOTAGE' PROBE: 2 ARRESTED
        83 18 AFP India Indian police said yesterday two people had been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to sabotage a helicopter belonging to one of the country's richest men. The pair were working with a technician at Mumbai airport on April 23 when stones and sand
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      Lock icon Anti-graft chief held for murder
      319 18 <VFP INDONESIA CORRUPTION JAKARTA Indonesia's powerful anti-graft chief was arrested yesterday for masterminding the execution-style slaying of a businessman, in a case that has rattled efforts to tackle deeply entrenched corruption. Mr Antasari Azhar, the head of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) was declared a
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      Leave Penanti to PKR: Nik Aziz
      210 18 KOTA BARU The spiritual leader of Malaysia's opposition Islamist party Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) told party members not to create problems by demanding to field a candidate for the upcoming Penanti state seat by-election, Bernama news agency reported yesterday. Mr Nik Aziz Nik Mat
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      Lock icon Is China really going green?
      635 19  -  PETER FOSTER THE DAILYTELEGRAPH CLIMATE CHANGE With more public support for saving the Earth, China looks set to lead the way URUMCy The speed with which China is now ramping up its commitment to alternative energies has caught even the most optimistic analysts by surprise,
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      Lock icon Iran dismisses protests seeking US reporter's release
      148 20 AFP TEHRAN Iran dismissed yesterday protests launched by members of a press freedom group seeking the release of United States-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi, who is being detained in a Tehran prison on espionage charges. Four US members of Reporters Without Borders began a
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      Lock icon Focus shifts from China to India
      541 20 THENEWYORKTIMES MEDIA MATTERS US firms frustrated over Beijing's strict restrictions NEW YORK After many years of fervent lobbying and dealmaking in China, United States media companies have little to show for their efforts there and are increasingly shifting their attention instead to India. Media
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      Lock icon Internet's energy appetite a threat
      611 21  -  BOBBIE JOHNSON THEGUARDIAN WORLD WIDEWEB SAN FRANCISCO The Internet's increasing appetite for electricity poses a major threat to companies such as Google, according to scientists and industry executives. Leading figures have told The Guardian that many Internet companies are struggling to manage the costs of
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      Lock icon Mother ordered to pay blood money in UAE
      161 21 AFP DUBAI A mother who lost her unborn baby in a Dubai road crash has been convicted of manslaughter and ordered to pay blood money, in the first such ruling in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The court found the 27-year-old Lebanese
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      Lock icon A CANCER SURVIVOR
      876 22  -  AGATHA KOH-BRAZIL COFFEEWITH voices editor agatha@mediacorp.com.sg GUY Hoh has no job-related pregnancy worries. But at 35, the history and politics graduate worries just as much as the woman-in-the-street does about prejudice. He knows that not many employers now would want to hire a cancer survivor. "Once an
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      162 23  -  DR BILL MAIER BY ESTABLISHING HOMEWORK HABITS Kids today have more homework than ever. They definitely need some guidelines to help them get through it all. Here are some ideas you might want to try. First, set aside a specific location for homework. A kitchen table
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      Did Civil Society really win?
      204 23  -  Cheong Hui Hui AWARE EGM Letter from I ATTENDED the Aware EGM on Saturday. I am not anti-gay but as a parent, I am concerned about what is being taught to our children in school. I had hoped to hear both sides to obtain a
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      There is a place for religion and a place for secularism
      314 23  -  Sabina-Leah Fernandez Letter From I REFER to 'What Women Really Want' (May 2). While it is true that we have the recession and Influenza A (HI Nl) outbreak to worry about, I hope the 2,000 people who showed up
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      Much ado about Adrian
      962 24  -  MAYO MARTIN LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTOR mayo@mediacorp.com.sg THESE days, Adrian Pang is wearing a lot of hats. First, he's the blind sneaky lawyer Alex Sung in the current MediaCorp TV Channel 5 drama Red Thread. Then in July, he's back on the telly as coach of the
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      PLUS IN ADDITION
      67 26 PUSSYCATS'WORLD DOMINATION After their stunning performance at last year's Singfest, the Pussycat Dolls will return to Singapore with a new live show in support of their current album, Doll Domination. Presented by LAMC Productions, the Doll Domination World Tour hits the stage at the Singapore Indoor Stadium
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      Lock icon Director accuses Vatican
      257 27 AP ANGELS DEMONS ROME Director Ron Howard claimed on Sunday that the Vatican interfered with efforts to get permits to shoot certain scenes of his Angels Demons religious thriller in Rome a charge the Vatican said was purely a publicity stunt. Angels &Demons combines an ancient secret
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        KRIS DAYANTI IN CONCERT
        94 27 Since she won the first Asia Bagus competition in 1992, Indonesia superstar Kris Dayanti has gone on to release 11 albums, star in several movies and TV shows, and garnered numerous awards along the way, including twice winning MediaCorp's Planet Music Award for Best Female Singer.
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        A MADWOMAN'S DIARY
        94 27 This year's first edition of The Esplanade's The Studios season closes with this re-imagining of Chinese classic writer Lu Xun's famous short story written and directed by Peter Sau. Inspired by two real-life stories, it's a two-woman play (Li Xie and Goh Guan Kian) about one who
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      400 28 Sound Vision NEW ALBUM LAUNCH Corinne Gibbons' album is a fusion of music and film MENTION laksa to singer Corinne Gibbons and she'll start gushing about it. When the Australian released her first two albums, she celebrated by taking everybody out to eat laksa. "And now I'm living in the
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      918 30  -  EVELINE GAN HINIFLU Consult a doctor as soon as symptoms appear, rather than self-medicate eveline@mediacorp.com. sg WHEN it comes to minor ailments such as colds and sore throats, most Singaporeans generally adopt the "wait and see" approach. And even if the symptoms persist, over two-thirds (67
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      120 31 POSITIVE PARENTING CONGRESS Experts will touch on common childhood concerns at this public forum. Parents can learn more about childhood illnesses, how to manage a disobedient child or a fussy eater, and pick up nutrition tips. Date/time: Sunday, 10am to Ipm Venue.-Canning Room, Level 4, Raffles City Convention
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      199 32  -  MRS SALLY LIM THE GIRL WHOTIPTOES QUESTION BY My granddaughter is almost 10 and she tiptoes when she walks. We've told her to stop doing it but it seems to be an ingrained habit. Is there a cause for concern? How can we make her walk normally
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      660 32  -  EVELINE GAN ORAL HYGIENE Just brushing is not enough to maintain oral health eveline@mediacorp.com.sg SIMON Seah has rather good oral care habits. Or at least, he thinks he does. On a typical day, the 56-year-old's oral care regimen includes brushing twice daily, and rinsing his mouth with water
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      567 33 ml travel frequently on overseas business trips. With the recent Influenza A (H1N1) outbreak, which can spread from one person to another, I am worried about catching it and spreading it to my children and parents. What precautions can I take? A The precautions you can
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      174 31 Instead of looking at those who put on masks with contempt, we should follow the Japanese and use a mask in public whenever we have a cold. I find that very considerate. Dr Baskaran Surendran of Silver Cross Clinic (MarsilingJ BALANCED FORMULA Centrum MultiVitamins Complete from A to Zinc Supports
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      194 33 QClfthonaOfliatPiPian a Public education project supported by ffc Singapore pae^t™ society Kirei Kirei CIOIIUI v|Jd vlllClll lUICIII the Singapore Paediatric Society (www.sps.org.sg) and Lion Corporation lion KirPl KirPl Good hygiene practice with Kirei Kirei k promotes cleaner, healthier life Importance of Hygiene Harmful bacteria is everywhere and it can spread
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      386 36 t AFTERNOON LATEST Martin O'Neill's men book place in Europa League ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Aston Villa i Hull o BIRMINGHAM (England) John Carew fired Aston Villa to a 1-0 victory over Hull yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) to end a run of 12
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      507 36 AFP LONDON COLNEY (England) Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas believes Manchester United's big-money superstars will be no match for his club's cut-price talents in the Champions League semi-final (second leg) tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time). While Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has fashioned a team capable
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      645 37  -  LOW LIN FHOONG ASIAN FOOTBALL Maldives club fires players for allegedly throwing match against Home United linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg THE spectre of match-fixing has reared its ugly head yet again in the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) second-tier club competition, the AFC Cup. Maldivian newspaper Haveeru Daily
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      249 37  -  ASDWIGHT RHB SINGAPORE CUP 2009 Phnom Penh Crown 2 Young Lions o PHNOM Penh Crown FC defeated Young Lions 2-0 at the Jurong West Stadium last night to set up a quarter-final showdown with Bangkok Glass FC. This was the current Cambodian League
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      366 38  -  TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE wrestler Melvynna Tambunan has finished fourth at the Asian Wrestling Championship (May 2-7) at the Ambassador City Jomtein Hotel in Pattaya. Yesterday, the 27-year-old the first wrestler to represent Singapore in an international competition lost 13-0 to China's Zeng QJngping
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      535 38  -  TANYO-HINN ASIAN YOUTH GAMES Youth squad unveiled, traditionally-strong sports tipped to excel yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg A CONTINGENT of 90 athletes will represent Singapore at the Asian Youth Games. The list of nominated athletes selected by the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) for the Games was revealed yesterday, with
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      512 39  -  lAN DE COTTA Inspiring student-athletes is a welcome challenge for sports school teacher Ong ian@mediacorp.com. sg IT TAKES a special breed of teacher to understand the dual needs of student athletes. It takes a champion to inspire a classroom full of sportsboys and girls atthe Singapore Sports
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      455 39 NATIONAL table tennis player and Singapore Sports School student Isabelle Li has been away from school for five weeks now, in China and Japan. The Secondary 3 student has been training for the Asian Youth Games, to be
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      80 36 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 1.45pm T-tennis World Championships Finals, Ch 22 1.55pm C-Lge Kashima v Suwon, Ch 24 6.00pm J-Lge Shimuzu S-pulse v JefUtdChiba, Ch 27 6.30pm IPL Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals, Ch 111 10.30pm IPL Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Ch 111 TOMORROW 2.30 am C-Lge
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      183 38 UE CHAMPIONS SEMIFINALS LIVE AT SPORTSBUZZ@PARADIZ CsrkQ 6 May 2.45am Arsenal vs Manchester Utd &gt;^-y&lt;2^ 7 May 2.45am Chelsea vs Barcelona -0,,. y k Doors open Sam. Asian Champ Kashima Antlers Suwon Tue, 05/05/09 2.00pm Asian FC Cup Binh Duong Home United Tue, 05/05/09 7.00pm Asian Champ SAF FC Shenhua
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      195 40  -  SHERMAINEWONG Lien Foundation and NEA #s ads score with strong visuals shermainewong@mediacorp.com.sg THE two sets of advertisements were about totally different subject matters, but they had this in common: They were eyecatching because of their clever use of language and arresting visuals. For this, both Lien
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      545 41 Duraerefl with m o c h Just oain n, n uarn. ay fe][ in g Den CFGHVHJBJBJK ■TjSYDUR LIFE. IrS YOUR FIGHT CANDID DIE-LOGUES Lien Foundation's ads are part of its Life Before Death campaign, which seeks to break the silence surrounding death,
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      384 42 AGENCIES US BANKSTRESSTEST Bernanke may mention results to Congress today WASHINGTON Most United States banks expect loan delinquencies and losses to increase this year, a Federal Reserve report showed yesterday before the expected release on Thursday of stress tests of the nation's 19 largest lenders. More than
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      704 43  -  PAULKRUGMAN THENEWYORKTIMES BUSINESS COMMENT Less pay equals more debt, leading to lower spending and a depressed economy FALLING wages are a symptom of a sick economy. And they're a symptom that can make the economy even more sick. It's true that many workers are still
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      103 44 SINGTEL, the largest phone company in South-east Asia, yesterday said it had received an order worth Assoo million ($542 million) to provide telecom and managed-network services to Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ). The five-year contract will see Optus, the Australian unit of SingTel, providing
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      299 44  -  TAN HUI LENG ISLAMIC BANKING DBS-backed bank offers options that are transparent, easy to understand huileng@mediacorp.com.sg THE Islamic Bank of Asia, backed by DBS and Middle Eastern investors, has launched its first US dollar Islamic Placement, an investment product akin to a conventional fixed deposit, except that
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      446 46 AGENCIES AUTO INDUSTRY It seeks merger with Chrysler and GM Europe ITALIAN car-maker Fiat is seeking to merge its car division with General Motors' Europe division and ailing United States car firm Chrysler to create an automotive giant second only to Japan's Toyota in
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      205 46 STANDARD Chartered Bank boosted its Singapore headcount by 200 during the first quarter and plans to offer one-year structured job attachments to over 100 university graduates this year. Mr D M Arulraj, the bank's regional head of human resources (Singapore and South-east Asia), revealed this
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      265 47  -  TANHUI LENG COLLAPSEOFABC LEARNING Shareholder Temasek "monitors situation' huileng@mediacorp.com.sg SEVERAL outlets of collapsed education provider ABC Learning Centres have been sold for as little as Asl ($1.10) to charity Mission Australia, according to a report in The Australian daily. The sale is part of efforts by
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      261 47  -  TAN HUI LENG A-REITTO BE DEVELOPER FOR SINGTEL SITE Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) yesterday said it has entered into an agreement with SingTel to buy and develop a nine-storey industrial building for the telecom company. The estimated investment for the base building and land is about
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          80 48 Rally erases losses Another big rally on Wall Street has erased the losses suffered by the Standard Poor's 500 index this year. The S&P 500 index rose 29.72 points to 907.24, its first close above 900 since Jan 8. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 214.33 points to
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          70 48 5-month high Crude oil rose to a fivemonth high as the number of Americans signing contracts to buy previously-owned homes jumped along with spending on US construction projects, signalling energy demand may improve with the economy. Crude for delivery next month rose US$l.27 to U5554.47 a barrel on
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          66 48 Strong gains European stock markets made strong gains after the Fiat automaker unveiled plans to create a new global auto giant. The national benchmark indexes advanced in all 16 western European markets that were open, except Iceland. The British and Irish stock markets were closed for a holiday.
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        112 48 AGENCIES Shrugging off fears of the HINI flu pandemic, bullish investors pushed Singapore stock prices to the highest level in nearly seven months: The Straits Times Index (STI) closed yesterday at 2,028.71 points, up 5.65 per cent. It was the first time the STI finished above
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        457 48  -  CHRISTIE LOH CHINASUN BIOCHEM Independent directors fire back after CEO #s alleged threat deputy business editor christie@mediacorp.com.sg THE three independent directors (ID) of Main-board-listed China Sun Biochem Technology Group have expressed "grave concerns" about the authenticity of corn transactions worth 592 million yuan ($l2B million), after hitting
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        286 48 AGENCIES WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama proposed yesterday to close tax loopholes for companies and individuals with operations or bank accounts overseas. "We are beginning to crack down on Americans who are breaking or bending the rules," Mr Obama said alongside Treasury Secretary
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