Today, 23 May 2009

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  • 10 1 weekendTODAY May 23 24, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    109 1 6 The last person who spoke to David Widjaja, graduate student Lobana Kamyab, shed some light on the circumstances of his death at NTU in March. 8 The stalemate in Perak continues as the Malaysian Appeal Court struck down an earlier ruling that declared BN's takeover in
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  • 801 1  -  LOH CHEE KONG Najib Razak M PM NAJIB IN SINGAPORE 'Legacy issues' should not impede bilateral relations, say leaders cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg FOR 18 years, it has been one ofthe major sticking points in the relations between the two neighbours. Now, both Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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  • 705 1  -  LOHCHEEKONG LOHCHEE KONG cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg SOME of Singapore's brightest civil servants and leaders will put their heads together "over the next months" to identify new growth areas, as the global recession presents "a moment for a deep review of our economic strategy", in Prime Minister
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    • 932 4  -  SIMON TAY f r GLOBAL CITIZEN I Aung San Suu Kyi may be behind bars but the junta's in the hot seat xtra@mediacorp.com.sg WITH globalisation, we can see across borders, even within a state faraway and reclusive. Through the media, we see what is happening, especially
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    • 502 6  -  TEOXUANWEI DAVID WIDJAJA Last person to speak to David says he pushed himself off roof of link bridge at NTU xuanwei@mediacorp.com. sg FOR 10 minutes, she stood just 3 metres away from where David Widjaja was sitting on the roof of a link bridge at
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    • 233 6 ESTHERNG IN A boost for the war against the HINI virus, scientists from A*Star's Bioinformatics Institute (BII) have become the first in the world to decipher its structural code with the help of computational modelling and biology. "This information helps to develop a
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    • 137 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A FREELANCE canoeing instructor is believed to have drowned while coaching some secondary school students at the Macßitchie Reservoir. An eyewitness called the MediaCorp Hotline and said he saw a canoe sinking and some school girls crying near the shore shortly before 7pm.
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    • 338 8 AGENCIES PERAKCRISIS KUALA LUMPUR A political and constitutional crisis that has crippled the northern Malaysian state of Perak for almost four months showed no sign of ending after a court on Friday approved the takeover of the state by the ruling coalition. The Appeal Court
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    • 228 8 FOUR Malaysian workers left stranded and penniless here after their work permits were cancelled and their passports retained by their agent, found rescue in the form of a Ministry of Manpower (MOM) officer. Mr Roszaimi Abas, 30, helped the workers buy food, had their
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    • 111 10 MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has donated the $30,000 honorarium that he received from the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Foundation for delivering its inaugural memorial lecture in Brunei in February to fund a new Book Prize at the Institute of Technical Education
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    • 387 10  -  ONG DAI LIN DEFAMATION RULING dailin@mediacorp.com.sg THE Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER) has appealed a High Court ruling last September that it had defamed Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew with allegations of corruption in a 2006 article. In the Court of
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    • 183 12  -  ONG DAI LIN MONDAY is D-day for odd-job worker Tharema Vejayan Govindasamy, who is accused of throwing his wife from the 13th floor of a flat in Stirling Road two years ago. That is when the High Court will deliver its judgment. On Friday,
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    • 136 12 TWO years after the deal was inked, the en-bloc sale of Gillman Heights has now been finalised. In a statement, property giant Capita Land said the proposed purchase ofthe condominium by its indirect subsidiary, Ankerite, was completed on Friday. Ankerite will redevelop the 99-year-old leasehold estate
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    • 425 12  -  ONG DAI LIN ABDUCTION CASE dailin@mediacorp.com.sg A TAXI driver, who had a smaller but important role in an abduction case, was sentenced to 10 years'jail on Friday. Au Gan Chye, along with a fellow taxi driver, had abducted a 60-year-old woman, her granddaughter, two,
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  • WORLD
    • 181 14 SEOUL North Korea appears to be preparing to test-fire short-range missiles after banning ships from waters off its north-east coast. A vehicle mounted with a missile launcher has been seen roving around for the past two or three days in an eastern
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      521 14  -  001 KEEBENG M'SIAN POLITICS Allowing him to return would xtra@mediacorp.com.sg THE final attempt by the 85-year-old former leader of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP), Chin Peng, to gain the right to return to Malaysia was quashed on April 30 by the Federal Court. His failure to produce
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      335 15 amount to an admission whom independence was finally given by the British then the whole understanding of Malaysian history would have to be revised. That will not doubt make Malaysia's history more interesting, but that would also challenge the narrower narratives that we have grown contented with. Admitting
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    • 178 15 AFP SYDNEY A second Australian state was declared a disaster zone on Friday, with almost 15,000 homes evacuated as wild winds tore roofs from houses and flood waters cut off entire towns. Severe storms lashed the coast of New South Wales during the
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    • 187 16 AFP YANGON Myanmar's Foreign Minister Nyan Win, has claimed anti-junta forces orchestrated the bizarre visit by an American to the prison home of Ms Aung San Suu Kyi, state media reported on the fifth day of her trial. Mr Nyan
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    • 346 16  -  ANSLEYNG AFTERTHETURMOIL You might even enjoy a room upgrade: Envoy ansley@mediacorp.com. sg IT IS wise for Thailand to move the stalled Asean Summit to the southern resort town of Phuket in order to dim the chances of another violent fiasco that led to
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    • 178 18 PENANG The by-election in the Penanti state constituency is likely to see a four-cornered contest, with a candidate from opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and three independents, reported Bernama. The nomination is taking place this Saturday and polling will be held on May
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    • 157 18 PETALING JAVA Malaysian political blogger Raja Petra Raja Kamaruddin failed to show up again for his sedition trial at the Sessions Court on Friday. The editor of the Malaysia Today website had failed to appear in court on April 23, which caused the prosecution to
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    • 364 18 AGENCIES MALAYSIAN POLITICS PAS assemblyman dies, leaving an uphill battle for BN KUALA LUMPUR A veteran Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) politician who was serving as the assemblyman of ManekUrai in the state of Kelantan died on Friday, paving the way for the seventh by-election in Malaysia since
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    • 370 20 AGENCIES SRI LANKA COLOMBO Sri Lanka said on Thursday it planned to return most ofthe nearly 300,000 dvilians displaced by civil war to their homes this year as the President called on the country to be magnanimous in victory. The fate of the
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    • 679 21  -  MICHAEL TOMASKY THE GUARDIAN NEWS COMMENT Former VP #s riposte to Obama security speech was dishonest, divisive THERE are two issues at play in the intense, fascinating and potentially very dangerous debate taking place between United States President Barack Obama and former Vice-President Dick Cheney. The first
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    • 114 22 AGENCIES ISLAMABAD The United Nations appealed on Friday for US$543 million ($785 million) to ease the "incredible suffering" of 2 million refugees from Pakistan's war against Taliban militants. The UN said the money was urgently needed to fund some 165 projects drawn up by
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    • 307 22 AGENCIES WAR IN AFGHANISTAN WASHINGTON The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) has failed to stem the vast opium trade in Afghanistan that helps finance Taliban insurgents despite an eight-year effort, said the top United States military officer on Thursday. Countering narcotics networks is crucial to weakening
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    • 642 23  -  KAYLENE HONG COLOURYOUR SENSES MediaCorp trade show highlights avenues for advertisers to reach Malay, Indian communities kaylenehong@mediacorp.com.sg WITH its lively line-up of song and dance, MediaCorp's Colour Your Senses trade show was a feast for the senses for the 200 trade partners and
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    • 428 27  -  KELVIN CHOW RIGHTS ISSUE New decision surprises analysts, but trust says financial flexibility is key kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg MAINBOARD-LISTED office landlord Capita Commercial Trust (CCT) is planning a rights issue to raise $828 million to help repay debt. Unitholders can subscribe to one rights unit for every existing
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    • 285 27  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE'S central bank is taking steps to boost the risk management systems in financial institutions here by conducting stress tests and thematic reviews. "Although not directly affected, financial institutions in Singapore can be susceptible to risks of contagion from developments elsewhere
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    • 199 27 AFP TOKYO —Japan's worst post-war recession appears to be easing, the central bank said on Friday, upgrading its assessment of the world's second-largest economy for the first time in almost three years. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) also left its key interest rate unchanged
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    • 826 28  -  DAVID BROOKS THE NEWYORKTIMES f I LEADERSHIP I It's the dogged but diffident leader who will succeed xtra@mediacorp.com.sg SHOULD CEOs read novels? The question seems to answer itself. After all, CEOs work with people all day. Novel-reading should give them greater psychological insight, a
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      • 140 30 Upping the ante at this family-friendly dining destination, Picotin bistro, bar and epicerie has introduced stunning novel additions to its menu. Retaining hot favourites in all sections of the menu, the new items lend a culinary edge to an already wide range of hara-to-resist fare. A starter that
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    • 284 34 ACCORDING to Yamano Beauty Mates, one of Japan's biggest beauty retailers with over 3,000 aesthetic salons, the "five fundamentals of beauty" are one's "hair, face, dress, mind and health". While the company may not be able to help to improve your wardrobe or make
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      • 89 36 Hot on the heels of the Volkswagen Scirocco's local debut this weekend comes news of a forthcoming, even more powerful version of the car. The Scirocco R is the first of a new wave of lighter, more economical high-performance cars from VW. Power comes from a
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      • 82 36 Toyota has given the Yaris a minor facelift to help it stave off the years. The five-door hatchback gets more streamlined bumpers, shapelier headlamps and turn signals built into the side mirrors. Inside, there are higher-quality fabrics and improved switchgear. New to the line-up is a
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      • 92 36  -  COLIN YONG Kia's first-ever coupe is slated for launch in Singapore by August this year. The Forte Koup, which goes on sale in Korea next month, is based on the popular Cerato Forte saloon and sports similarly sharp styling. Although it has only two doors,
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    • 317 38  -  GENEVIEVE LOH FILM NEWS Filming of Raintree Pictures' second Chinese collaboration begins genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg MEDIACORP Raintree Pictures' second coproduction in China, 14 Blades, is off to a high-kicking start. The shoot began in Hengdian (in the Ningxia province) on May 16 and is expected to continue till mid-August.
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    • 123 38 AP SEANPenn,4B, has withdrawn his petition to separate from his wife of 13 years. The Academy Award-winning actor was granted a dismissal on Tuesday of his request for a legal separation from actress Robin Wright Perm. Perm filed for separation in Marin County last
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    • 298 39  -  MAY SEAH KIDTV may@mediacorp.com.sg MOVE over, Tinky Winky. There's a new star on the block, and his name is even better than yours: Igglepiggle. He's blue, has an omnipresent security blanket and a habit of falling over. He's one of the stars of In the Night Garden, one
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    • 150 39 AFP UP-AND-COMING British actor Lucy Gordon (picture), who had a role in Spider-Man 3 and will soon appear as Jane Birkin in a Serge Gainsbourg biopic, has killed herself, her agent said. The 29-year-old died in Paris on Wednesday, Gordon's representative said. According to press reports
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    • 210 43  -  TANYO-HINN THE fourth and fifth members of the Natas Singapore Women's Everest Team made the summit of the world's highest peak on Friday morning. Joanne Soo and Lee Peh Gee got to the top of the world, 8,850 m above
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    • 711 43  -  TANYO-HINN ASIAN YOUTH GAMES 2009 Coaches eye spot in semi-final despite being drawn with football powerhouses yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg IF THE formbook is anything to go by, Singapore will meet some of Asia's powerhouses in the boys' under-14 football competition at the inaugural Asian Youth Games
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    • 115 43 SOME 1,000 shuttlers including local badminton stars such as Wong Shoon Keat, Hamid Khan, Zarinah Abdullah and Ronald Susilo will take part in the Aviva World's Largest Badminton Rally at Raffles City this Saturday from 10am to 4pm. The attempt to set a Guinness World
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    • 105 43 Catch g^SLIVE's Sports Zone this Saturday at nam as Ewan Mah and Today's Shamir Osman look ahead to an exciting week for fans of English football: The final day ofthe Premiership on Sunday, Manchester United's Champions League Final with Barcelona on Wednesday, and the
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    • 698 44  -  LAN DE COTTA MONACO GRAND PRIX Ferrari's quit threat may backfire, as team and FIA chiefs square off fl correspondent Jan@mediacorp. com.sg STAND at any intersection in Monaco and you won't have to wait long before a Ferrari passes by. And then another, and another
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    • 882 46  -  DAVID NGIAU OFFSIDE Newcastle are going down, but they are still beautifully imperfect to their fans deputy sports editor david@mediacorp.com. sg SAZALI (not his real name) is a fervent Newcastle United fan. But he won't be too broken up this
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    • 617 47  -  STEVE MCMAHON STRAIGHTTALK United were the better team this season, there's no two ways about it sports(S>mediacorp. com.sg SOME players might cheat, and some managers may like a bit of deceit, but the league table doesn't lie. Teams that finish in the bottom three deserve to
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    • 233 47 AGENCIES LOS ANGELES-Carmelo Anthony (picture) had 34 points and Chauncey Billups scored 13 of his 27 points from the free-throw line as the Denver Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 106-103 on Thursday night (Friday morning, Singapore time) in their NBA Western Conference final
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