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    20 1 TODAY Thursday May 14., 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Thursday May 14., 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    146 1 A Mas Selamat was in Spore four days after his escape from the Whitley Road Detention Centre, said a report in Bernama. ■"I China and Hong Kong L\J confirmed their second cases of HINI yesterday, as they stepped up the search for those who had contact with
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    Lock icon ADVOCACY GROUPS VS PARTY POLITICS
    836 1  -  ALICIA WONG NEWS ANALYSIS NEWS ANALYSIS alicia@mediacorp.com.sg THE LINE between religion and civil society has been clearly drawn, if the saga of the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) is anything to go by. Should the same be done between advocacy groups and
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    Lock icon 3 NMP hopefuls come under fire
    610 1  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg BARELY had they thrown their names into the hat for the post of Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) when the criticisms began on the Government feedback website Reach. NMP hopefuls Loretta Chen (picture) and Beatrice Chia-Richmond along with incumbent Siew Kum Hong,
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  • NEWS
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      CHEAPER EPL ON TV?
      213 2  -  LAN DECOTTA Singapore may consider introducing legislation to stop any local television operator from acquiring exclusive rights to English Premier League soccer matches here, according to a report out of London. Alternatively, a cap could be placed on the amount of rights fee paid by a
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      TIME TO TWEAK NMP NOMINATION PROCESS
      650 3  -  LOHCHEEKONG cheekong@mediacorp.com. sg WHEN it was first mooted, the Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) scheme was the subject of intense debate. But 19 years on, it is still going strong. And as Parliament prepares to accept a new slate of NMPs, it may be
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon TRUEHEARTS BACK ON TV
        106 4 938 LIVE The charity television show True Hearts, organised by the Community Chest, is back this year. The show, which will be set at the HDB Hub, aims to raise $3 million for 155 critical social service programmes serving more than 340,000 people in need under
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        TOTO ANNIVERSARY DRAW TO BE HELD NEXT FRIDAY
        87 4 Singapore Pools is holding itsToto Anniversary Draw with a jackpot prize of $5 million next Friday. Ticket sales start this evening and will close at gpm on May 22, half an hour before the draw. Singapore Pools was set up on May
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        SM GOH DISCHARGED
        68 4 Senior Minister Goh ChokTong, who was admitted to the Singapore General Hospital on May 4 for chicken pox, was discharged yesterday morning. A statement from the Prime Minister's Office said he has fully recovered and was no longer infectious. But MrGoh's doctors have advised him to avoid
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        74 SCHOOLS PARTICIPATE IN DSA
        93 4 Eight more schools making a total of 74 will participate in the Direct School Admission Exercise (Secondary) for admission to Secondary One next year. The exercise will be extended to the new School of Science and Technology which opens its doors in January. In addition,
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      Lock icon He hid in S'pore for four days
      350 4 MAS SELAMAT'S ESCAPE JOHOR BARU Despite a massive manhunt that was launched immediately following his escape, Mas Selamat Kastari managed to remain in Singapore undetected for four days, according to a Bernama report. It was only on the night of the fourth day
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      Door to Bar opens wider
      569 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG OVERSEAS-TRAINED LAWYERS Move aims to add vibrancy to local law scene; address supply crunch cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg IN A move to further loosen the valve on the supply of overseas-trained lawyers, the Ministry of Law yesterday refined its admission criteria to the Singapore Bar: Lawyers with
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      Lock icon SIM's $1.8m boost for training
      231 6 938 LIVE IN A boost to the Government's call for skills upgrading, education provider Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) has initiated a $1.8-million scheme to encourage Singaporeans to take up training. The institute is offering a 20-per-cent discount on its short public programmes, such as
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      Lock icon Adding colour to their lives
      379 8  -  ESTHER NG ART FOR INMATES estherng@mediacorp.com. sg AH FEI'S favourite colour is blue the 42-year-old inmate suffers from depression and paints to forget. But these days, he has lightened up somewhat not only is Ah Fei using brighter colours, he has been accepted into a
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        Lock icon ASEAN SUMMIT POSTPONED FORASECONDTIME
        123 10 AGENCIES THAILAND The Thai government yesterday postponed for a second time a regional summit planned next month in Phuket to late October, citing scheduling problems for some Asian leaders. "Some countries are holding elections; others have already scheduled official visits," said Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya.
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        Lock icon LEGAL BATTLE LOOMS OVER MARCOS' MILLIONS
        124 10 AFP PHILIPPINES A legal battle is looming in Singapore over US$25 million ($36.6 million) which allegedly belonged to the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, lawyers said yesterday. The lawyers representing rival claimants to the money met with a High Court judge for the second
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        Lock icon CLIMATE CHANGETHREATENS MILLIONSWHO LIVEOFFSEA
        91 10 AP INDONESIA Around 100 million people risk losing their homes and livelihoods unless drastic steps are taken to protect South-east Asia's biologically diverse coral reefs, which could be wiped out in coming decades because of climate change, a WWF report said yesterday. The Coral Triangle is
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      Lock icon China and HK report second cases
      393 10 AGENCIES HINI FLU OUTBREAK Authorities step up hunt for those who were in close contact with travellers BEIJING As China and Hong Kong confirmed their second cases of the new HI Nl flu virus yesterday, the authorities stepped up their hunt for hundreds of
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      Lock icon Court to hear Nizar's application on May 18
      273 10 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER PUTRAJAYA The Court of Appeal will hear ousted Perak Chief Minister Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin's application next Monday to set aside its order made on Tuesday to suspend the High Court decision that he is the lawful Chief Minister of
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      Lock icon Congress leads
      244 11 AFP INDIAN ELECTIONS Early exit polls show ruling party and allies ahead NEW DELHI Voting in India's marathon general elections ended yesterday, with analysts predicting the emergence of a patchwork coalition that will struggle to survive a full term. Polling was held across seven states for the fifth
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      Lock icon Sri Lankan hospital shelled for third time
      212 11 AP COLOMBO Shells hit the only hospital in Sri Lanka's northern war zone yesterday, killing 50 people in the second such attack in two days, a doctor said, as a human rights group accused the government of breaking its pledge not to fire
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        THAKSIN EYES MONTENEGRO ISLE
        97 11 Mr Noppadon Pattama, an advisor of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, confirmed yesterday that MrThaksin holds a Montenegro passport, The Nation reported. Mr Noppadon also confirmed that MrThaksin wants to buy Sveti Nikola Island near Budva to develop the isle into a tourist hotspot, the paper
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        Lock icon POLICE PROPOSE SHAMING THIEVES PUBLICLY
        103 11 AP If they are not scared of getting whipped by a cane, maybe snatch thieves in Malaysia will fearthe shame of public humiliation. A top police official says the thieves should be made to wear T-shirts that read "I am a snatch thief" and sweep
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      Lock icon Iran plans to air US-style TV election debate
      173 12 THEGUARDIAN TEHRAN The televised debate, an established hallmark of United States presidential elections, could be given an airing in an unlikely setting: Iran, which for 30 years has denounced America as the "great satan" and spurned its cultural innovations. The Iranian Interior
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      Lock icon Minimise civilian casualties: Army chief
      212 12 AGENCIES TURMOIL IN PAKISTAN ISLAMABAD Pakistan's Army Chief, General Ashfaq Kayani, yesterday ordered his troops to minimise civilian casualties even if they had to take risks when battling Taliban militants in the north-west. He also directed "precision strikes" in the offensive that has displaced hundreds
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        SEVEN AFGHANS KILLED IN ATTACK
        95 14 A suicide car bomb exploded outside a US military base in Afghanistan yesterday, killing seven labourers in the second deadly attack in the town of Khost in as many days. The insurgent Taliban movement claimed responsibility for the blast, saying the bomber was one of
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        Lock icon APPARENT GAS ATTACK SENDS 98 TO HOSPITAL
        93 14 AP Officials accused extremist militants of launching a poison gas attack on Tuesday that caused dozens of girls to collapse with headaches and nausea as theywaitedforaQuran reading at their school in north-eastern Afghanistan. TheTaliban and other Islamic fundamentalists have regularly attacked schools for
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      Lock icon Web piracy? 'C'est fini'
      348 14 AFP MEDIA LAW French lawmakers vote for tough punishment for illegal downloaders PARIS French lawmakers on Tuesday adopted a tough Bill to combat Internet piracy by cutting off the Web to illegal downloaders, after one of the sharpest debates of Nicolas Sarkozy's presidency. The National Assembly,
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      Lock icon US babies switched at birth meet 56 years later
      193 25 AP HEPPNER (Oregon) On a spring day in 1953, two baby girls were born at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in eastern Oregon in the United States. They grew up happily, got married, had kids of their own and became grandparents. Then last
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      Lock icon UK lawmakers run for cover
      340 25 AP EXPENSE CLAIMS SCANDAL LONDON Britain's Prime Minister called for drastic steps to restore trust in the country's scandal-tainted political class, as lawmakers across the political spectrum sought to take cover from public anger over their lavish expense claims. Political leaders have been writing cheques,
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      Lock icon RUSSIAN MAYOR SPENT $579 ON TOILET BRUSH
      107 25 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH The Mayor of St Petersburg, MrsValentina Matvienko, claimed more than £650,000 ($1.44 million) to decorate four rooms at her official home. She escaped censure despite an opposition newspaper disclosing her taste for extravagant interior decor by proposing to spend £4,000 on
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        Lock icon US ELECTEDTO UN RIGHTS COUNCIL AS OBAMA REVERSES BUSH POLICY
        84 26 AGENCIES The United States yesterday was elected, along with China, Cuba and Saudi Arabia, to the United Nations Human Rights Council, a body shunned by the previous US administration for harbouring notorious rights violators. Ms Susan Rice, the US Ambassador
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        Lock icon CEREALCHEERIOS IS A DRUG: FDA
        107 26 AP Popular United States breakfast cereal Cheerios is a drug, at least if the claims made on the label by its manufacturer General Mills are anything to go by, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said. Cheerios labels claim that eating the cereal
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      Lock icon 5 convicted in Sears attack plot
      236 26 AFP, THEDAILYTELEGRAPH WAR ON TERRORISM FIVE men have been convicted of plotting to join forces with Al Qaeda to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) offices in hopes of igniting an anti-government insurrection. The men, most of whom are
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      292 28  -  Chen Khin Wee JAYWALKING DEATHS More analysis needed to the root cause of pedestrian deaths on roads Letter from I REFER to "7 in 10 killed on roads were jaywalkers" (May 13). I find this baffling. In less developed countries with relatively few pedestrian crossings and
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      Jerks on the buses should be dealt with
      281 28  -  Thomas Lim Kok Kirn Letter from AS PART of its continuous efforts to improve its bus services, SBS Transit has upgraded its bus fleet to include new Scania Euro 4 buses. While I do not take issue with the benefits of these
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      254 30  -  DRJAMES DOBSON 11 BY THE DAY MY DAD APOLOGISED Have you ever found the courage to say "I'm sorry" to a child? It's a tough thing to do and, frankly, my father never was very good at it. I remember working with him one day in
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      239 30  -  Esther Fang ERRANT CYCLISTS Letter from I REFER to "From Bt Timah to Raffles Place" (May 13) and would like to provide a motorist's perspective on cyclists' complaints against inconsiderate motorists. While some riders are experienced on the roads not just as cyclists, but also as
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      251 30  -  Jonathan Kwok DaoYang Letter from I READ "Ban cabbies smoking in taxis" (May 12 with mild disbelief. While it is arguable (with a stretch of the imagination) that the smell of cigarettes in a taxi could affect "passengers with breathing problems
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        1100 32  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH HOTTUNES Music brings its surprises for these three girls when they are least expecting it christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg MUSIC isn't just a universal language it's also a great leveller. How else can you explain why three girls with three totally different IDD country codes have the same attitudes
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      230 33  -  MAYO MARTIN IN CANNES mayo@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S definitely not monkey business, but you could say it's a rather gory one. Infinite Frameworks managing director Mike Wiluan revealed to Today a bit of news about its new joint venture with director Eric Khoo's (picture)
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      187 34 AFP A HONG Kong computer technician was jailed yesterday for eight-and-a-half months for stealing 1,300 sexually explicit photos of singer Edison Chen with a string of starlets. Sze Ho-chun, an employee of computer shop Elite Multimedia, was sentenced by magistrate Tong Man at Kowloon City
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      438 34 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH CELEBRITYSPLITSVILLE KATIE Price, the British glamour model known as Jordan, has spoken of her devastation that husband Peter Andre has decided to divorce her, and says that she will always love him. Price, 30, whose separation from the Australian singer was announced on Monday,
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      227 36 RIBBED MUSIC FORTHE NUMB GENERATION SOHODOLLS REMEMBER that episode of Gossip Girl where Blair, after having been dumped by Nate, goes to the club Victrola where Chuck is and starts to perform a strip dance onstage? Well, the song playing in the background is called,
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      120 36 |SARAWATKINS IF THE name sounds familiar, it's because it's the same Sara Watkins who was in the bluegrass outfit, Nickel Creek. But while the band is on hiatus, she obviously isn't. This album shows Watkins' music in a different light well, it's still bluegrass, but there's a certain
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      116 36 LENEMARLIN THE album opens with Everything's Good, which is performed in the now-familiar wistful, almost-sombre breathy vocal style that has been emulated by many a female singer-song-writer since, oh, I don't know, Sarah McLachlan or Sinead O'Connor? Ms Lene Marlin's new album has more of such acoustic-based,
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      99 36 MATINEECLUB JUST who are Matinee Club? Well, remember those heady club music days of the '80s, well into synthpop but not quite yet Euro? Songs that everybody could dance to without feeling, "Eec! So cheena!"? Well, Matinee Club Emma Cooke on vocals, Nathan Cooper (keyboards/vocals) and Chi
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      386 37  - Pairing wine with song CHRISTOPHERTOH MIX'N'MATCH Sony Music revamps the musical experience christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg IF MUSIC be the food of love, what wine would it be paired with? That was the question at Sony Music's music-cum-wine appreciation session held on Monday evening, held to launch singer Paul Potts' latest album, Passione.
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      162 37 AFP BRITISH band Depeche Mode cancelled a long-awaited gig in Athens on Tuesday after frontman David Gahan was rushed to hospital, Greek media reported. Quoting organisers of the concert, City 99.5 Radio said Gahan was taken to a private clinic with suspected gastroenteritis. Other
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      361 38  -  ANNETTE TAN Who doesn't love rice? So, why not put the best quality you can afford on your table? food@newstoday.com.sg Few Asians go a day without eating rice. It is our staple, our comfort food and, in many ways, our lifeblood. It makes sense, then, to want to
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      780 40  -  ELIZABETH POEY JAPAN Chasing cherry blossoms, Picasso and IM Pei in Japan with a breath of fresh air traveller@newstoday.com. sg In the cherry blossom's shade there's no such thing as a stranger. SO WROTE the 18th century haiku poet Issa. True enough, when I visited the famous
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      797 42 HOLY LAND Town fuses biblical sites with vibrant, at times deafening, modernity WHEN Pope Benedict XVI visits Nazareth today, the town where Jesus grew up, he will bring brief attention to a Holy Land destination that is at once world famous and unjustly overlooked. Like the tour groups
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      82 43 AFP Fringed by ragged lava rock and misted over by hot steam, Iceland's Blue Lagoon is a picture of wild, prehistoric splendour. But turn around and you'll see modern spa facilities and the jutting torsos of fellow tourists. The Blue Lagoon, 45 minutes from Reykjavik, derives its name
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      247 44  -  ELLEN CREAGER, MCT IF YOU'RE shopping for a million-dollar Bulgari necklace, Rome is the place. But my favourite souvenir spot in southern Italy is Sorrento, especially during the uncrowded spring or fall. Sorrento, 48km south of Naples on the Amalfi Coast, is perched precariously on a cliff, the
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      333 46 AP A ROAD trip is one of the best ways to discover a country and now, with travel budgets tightened, one of the most economical. But as any designated driver or parent knows, the challenge is to keep alert on the road and the children
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        185 46 Go on a family holiday without the hassle of venturing too far. Club Med's Family Festival 2009 with the theme of "Nature and Animals" features activities such as boat making and racing, a cow painting and drawing auction, jungle treasure hunts and family Balinese
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        65 46 Students looking to go overseas for the summer can now take advantage of cheaper airfares and tours. Contiki Holidays, which organises trips for 18 to 35 year olds, is offering a 20 per cent discount on its land tours to Asia, Australia, New Zealand
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        82 46 Facebook users who love to travel look out for online guide shop Guide Gecko's "Crazy Tuesday Travel Guide Deals". Sign up as a fan on Guide Gecko's Facebook page and vote for your favourite guidebook from Guide Gecko's 2,100 titles. The guide with the most votes by
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        79 46  -  KAYLENE HONG Going to Hong Kong for the summer sale? Hotel Jen, which opened last year, is offering affordable accommodation for a quick getaway. The Summer Sun package is priced at HKS7SO ($141) per night inclusive of a HKs2oo credit voucher for food and beverage at the
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      791 50  -  LEONARDTHOMAS SPORTS MATTERS sports editor leonard@mediacorp.com.sg Table tennis Olympic silver should be catalyst for a golden era AT A time when Singapore table tennis should be basking in the afterglow of Olympic glory, the sport is instead being dragged through the mud, once
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      345 50  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg FORMER table tennis head coach Liv Guodong returned to Singapore this morning to seek an explanation from Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) president Lee Bee Wah over comments he feels have impugned his character. This comes after the STTA failed
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      357 51  -  SHAMIR OS MAN HOME United stayed strong at "Fortress Clementi", but referee P Pandian shared some of the limelight in the Great EasternYeo's S-League 2009 clash last night. Tampines Rovers became the first team to find the back of the Home net at
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      510 51  -  SHAMIROSMAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Two former S #pore greats could team up for first time since 1994 in a friendly shamir@mediacorp.com.sg THE last time Australian striker Abbas Saad and Fandi Ahmad lined up together was 15 years ago. Many fans in Singapore still remember Abbas
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      518 52 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH ENGLISH FOOTBALL Liverpool skipper named player of the year by English football writers LONDON Liverpool's hopes of stealing the English Premier League crown off Manchester United to end their 19-year title drought could be over by the weekend, but there was a spot
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      497 52  -  ASDWIGHT Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League 2009 SAFFC v Balestier Khalsa Choa Chu Kang Stadium, 7.45pm sports@newstoday.com.sg WITH nine goals in 11 games in the Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League 2009, SAFFC captain Aleksandar Duric is showing no signs of slowing down as he
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      533 53 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH ENGLISH FOOTBALL Abramovich seems to have got his man and maybe Kaka and Pirlo as well LONDON Virtually out of the Premiership race and Champions League, and with just the FA Cup to play for, Chelsea have started planning for the next season. The Blues
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      222 53 AFP THE Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) made cricket an official sport for the Asian Games yesterday, with India and Pakistan pledging to send their best available teams. That raises the prospects of India's legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar starring at the
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      68 53 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 7am Hockey NHL, Ch 117, 305 8.55 am Football Gremio v Univ San Martin, Ch 27 6pm Tennis ATP Madrid Open, Ch22 10.15pm Golf EPGA, Ch 26 TOMORROW 3.15 am Golf USPGA, Ch 26, 304 6.25 am Football Boca Juniors v Defensor, Ch 27 7am Basketball
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      397 54  -  KELVIN CHOW CONDOMINIUM PRICES Luxury segment could suffer oversupply, but there's value in mass-market and mid-tier developments: Analyst kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg UPCOMING supply and concerns about payment defaults by customers on the deferred payment scheme (DPS) are some reasons the luxury residential segment is not
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      226 54 AGENCIES FORECLOSURES on homeowners in the United States ramped up to a record pace last month for the second consecutive month, underscoring the deepening crisis in the housing market, private data showed yesterday. Separately, mortgage giant Freddie Mac is looking for US$6.l
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      Lock icon Seagate to axe 1,100 jobs worldwide
      223 55 AGENCIES ECONOMIC DOWNTURN NEW YORK Hard drive-maker Seagate Technology yesterday said it would cut about 1,100 jobs, or 2.5 percent of its global work force, as part of a restructuring plan. Asked if the cuts would impact Singapore, a Seagate spokesman said he did
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        WILMARTO LISTCHINAOPS
        126 55 Singapore-listed Wilmar International, the world's biggest palm oil trader, yesterday posted its smallest profit growth in at least two years and voiced a plan to list its China operations. Net income rose 11 per cent to US$3BO million ($555 million), while sales declined 31 per cent to U554.96
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        153 55 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SBS Transit reported a 22.8-per-cent increase in net profit to $18.8 million for the first quarter ended March. This excludes a fair-value loss on investments amounting to $663,000 for the period. Revenue rose 1.5 per cent to $179.6 million, partly due to higher turnover from its rail
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        CHINAANIMAL HEALTHCARE PLANS PRIVATE PLACEMENT
        146 55 Singapore-listed China Animal Healthcare plans to raise net proceeds of $13.5 million via a private placement of 130 million new shares at 11 cents each, the animal drugmaker said yesterday. The plan includes an agreement to borrow shares from controlling shareholder Li Chunhua. The placement
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      4,000 more jobs to go
      294 56 LAS VEGAS SANDS Reduction in Macau workforce may impact Singapore as workers are transferred here IN A move that may impact the jobs at its integrated resort (IR) in Singapore, casino operator Las Vegas Sands plans to cut as many as 4,000 more jobs in
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      Lock icon Bosch's $21m plan for Singapore
      172 56 CHANNEL NEWSASIA DESPITE the downturn, German technology giant Bosch plans to pump $21 million into Singapore over the next five years. It has been expanding its operations here, including setting up an AsiaPacific research and development and sales headquarters in April to help develop expertise
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      Lock icon SingTel launches lifestyle portal inSing.com
      114 56 938 LIVE SINGTEL yesterday launched an online portal, inSing.com (picture), which serves as a lifestyle guide and search engine for Singapore residents. It features entertainment news, restaurant reviews, daily promotions from retailers in Singapore, shopping tips and highlights of free activities happening around the island.
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      Non-executive chairman Lira retakes the helm
      376 57  -  ESTHER FUNG SEE HUPSENG But is this move a step backward for corporate governance here? esther@mediacorp.com.sg IN A move seen by some analysts as a step backwards in corporate governance, Main-board-listed See Hup Seng has re-appointed Mr Thomas Lim as executive chairman to help
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      Lock icon Genting swings to a loss
      134 57 DOWJONES NEWSWIRES GENTING Singapore yesterday said it swung to a net loss in the first quarter, on lower revenue and a fair value loss on derivative financial instruments. The gaming firm posted a net loss of $31.9 million forthe three months ended March, compared to
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        PINEAGRITECH
        69 58 15.5 cents I Sell UOB KayHian cuts target to 6 cents from 7 cents, but keeps call on back of QTO9 results. Has a cautious outlook on the China-based maker of soy-based products, saying "in the coming 12 months the impact of a slowdown in the Chinese consumer market
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        UOLGROUP
        46 58 $2.80 I Buy DBS Vickers upgrades from "Fully Valued" and raises target to $3.01 from $2.10 on optimism over property development business and improved stock market sentiment. Expects stable core earnings growth over next two years, given progressive recognition of sales from seven residential projects.
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        NOL
        88 58 $1.40 I Sell Deutsche Bank downgrades from "Hold", but raises target to $1.14 from $0.86. Views shipping stock as overvalued after more than 60 per cent rally since March despite fundamentals remaining weak. Expects "continued industry oversupply in 2010" and says pace of freight rate decline unlikely to be
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        5-DAY STI CLOSING
        20 58 B__fl__i__ Tuesday 2,178.13 A 0.56% Monday 2,166.10 T 3.22% Friday 2,238.21 T 0.15% Thursday 2,241.60 A 2.87%
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        MARKETS CLOSE
        27 58 iang Seng 17,059.62 T 0.55% Jikkei 9,340.49 A 0.45% lhanghai 2,663.77 A 1.74% ieoul 1,414.52 A 0.78% /lumbai 12,019.65 T 1.14% ;LComp 1,023.84 T 0.02%
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        FOREIGN EXCHANGE
        23 58 US$1 £1 i euro A$i RMi $1,462 ¥100 $1,521 $2,219 HK$ioo $18.86 $1,997 RMB100 $21.43 $1,117 RS100 $2,944 $0,414 RPio,ooo $1,409
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      Lock icon A STEELY ATTACK
      65 58 AP Steel workers attacked ArcelorMittal s head ottice on Tuesday, during the annual shareholders meeting of the world's biggest steelmaker. The 1,000 workers from Belgium and France were protesting the company's temporary layoffs. They hurled stones, flares and steel fencing at the building in Luxembourg, andevense^ff smoke
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      Window of opportunity
      610 58  -  ESTHER FUNG PROPERTY MARKET Luxury segment sees some positive indicators esther@mediacorp.com.sg IT LOOKS like the resale high-end residential market is beginning to thaw, as more potential buyers have been tip-toeing back in while some sellers of choice units are even raising their prices. Several owners of units
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      Lock icon Union accuses Cathay of harassing crew
      296 58 DPA A FLIGHT attendants' union has accused Cathay Pacific Airways of harassing cabin crew into taking unpaid leave. According to a report in the South China Morning Post yesterday, the company would phone employees up to three times a day to remind them to
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