Today, 28 May 2009

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    20 1 TODAY Thursday May 28, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Thursday May 28, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Lock icon Barcelona are kings of Europe
    178 1 AP SAM LATEST Champions League Final Barcelona 2 Manchester United o ROME Barcelona beat Manchester United 2-0 to win the Champions League title with goals by Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi. Eto'o put the Spanish champions ahead in the lOth-minute at the Stadio Olimpico and
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    Changed dynamics
    846 1  -  LEONGWEEKEAT SINGAPORE ELECTIONS weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg ENSURING that a diversity of views will be heard, at least a fifth of the voices in the next Parliament will not belong to the ruling party. Come the next General Election, the Opposition will have nine guaranteed places in the House even if
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    SMU student down with HINI
    734 1  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg BY ALL accounts, Singapore's first HINI patient could not have behaved more responsibly, The 22-year-old student from the Singapore Management University (SMU) was believed to have had minimal close contact with the community since she touched down at Changi Airport on
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    Malaysia to detain Mas Selamat for 2 years under ISA
    333 1  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com. sg MALAYSIA will detain Mas Selamat Kastari for two years under its Internal Security Act (ISA), confirmed Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday. Mr Najib said the Malaysian authorities need to extract "more information" from Singapore's most wanted
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      Lock icon To build up an enterprise ecosystem
      554 2  -  PEARLFORSS CHANNEL NEWSASIA pearlmaria@mediacorp.com.sg ECONOMIC STRATEGIES COMMITTEE SINGAPORE will set up an Economic Strategies Committee to study the long-term economic transformation of the country. To be headed by Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the committee will include members from the public and private sectors, announced
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      284 2  - A SIGNIFICANT FIRST STEP They are significant first steps towards a more liberal political space. It's not a matter of lif such changes would come, but lwhen', given the on-going maturing of the Singapore polity over four decades of economic growth. One cannot have generations of economic prosperity and still
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      Lock icon N Korea: We'll attack if provoked
      581 3 AGENCIES NUCLEARTHREAT Pyongyang warns against any searching of their ships as it dumps 1953 truce SEOUL North Korea has virtually torn up the Korean War armistice, threatening yesterday to unleash its million-strong military on the South a day after Seoul joined a United States-led
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      Lock icon OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS N KOREA IN SINGAPORE
      109 3 AFP United States Defence Secretary Robert Gates will meet his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Singapore on Saturday to discuss North Korea's recent nuclear and missile tests, the Pentagon said The meeting was already planned as part of the annual Shangri-La Dialogue
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      Sports events will go ahead, with caution
      162 4  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg MAJOR sporting events that have been scheduled here for the next few weeks will proceed despite the first HINI case, said the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) and organisers. From June 29 to July 7, over 1,100 teenage athletes from 45 countries
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      Lock icon AN ARCHITECTURAL MASTERPIECE
      100 6 001 BOON KEONG Three generations of the McNally clan flew in from all over the world for the opening of the Lasalle city campus in McNally Street in the Selegie area. The architectural masterpiece is the realisation of its late founder Brother Joseph McNally's vision for arts
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      USE INVESTMENT STAKES IN FOREIGN FIRMSTO HELP SMES
      172 6  -  ALICIA WONG As a sovereign wealth fund investor, Singapore should use its shareholder status in companies to provide training and exposure opportunities for Singaporeans and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), said MP Sin Boon Ann (Tampines). Since local entrepreneurs do not have
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      'Be decisive, proactive'
      402 6  -  ALICIA WONG FAIR TREATMENT OF WORKERS alicia@mediacorp.com.sg INCIDENCES of foreign workers lobbying over pay issues at the Ministry of Manpower offices have made the news in recent months. Such cases are indicative not just of the recession's impact, warned Mr Heng Chee How, but also a "deeper
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon VISITOR ARRIVALS DOWN 6.1% IN APRIL
        135 8 AGENCIES Visitor arrivals fell 6.1 per cent last month from a year ago but at a much slower pace than the steep declines in the first three months of the year, when the fall in numbers ranged from 13 per cent to 15.2 per
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        GREEN MARK AWARDEDTO MARINA BAY OFFICES
        165 8 Two prominent office developments in the business district One Raffles Quay and the upcoming Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC) have been recognised for their green initiatives by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA). Commercial Tower 3, the largest single office tower within the MBFC
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      Human oversight, not system flaw
      437 8  -  LINYANQIN CORRODED RAILINGS Checks on old railings, Town Council inspections could be more thorough: Panel yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg AS PART of his inspection duties, the property officer checked the Housing Board flats for building defects, cleanliness and potential hazards like killer litter. But he did not spot
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      Lock icon Public gives $10,000 for Siti's education
      227 8  -  LINYANQIN IN THE wake of her much-publi-cised fall, well-wishers responded with an outpouring of support for Siti Nur Ami Mohamed (picture) and her family, setting up a $10,000 fund for her to pursue her education. Siti is being cared for by her grandfather, retiree
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        TEEN MOTORCYCLETHIEVES NABBED
        130 10 The motorcycle stealing spree of three teens came to an end when they were arrested on Tuesday. Aged between 14 and 17 years old, they are believed to be involved in more than 10 motorcycle thefts in the Teban Gardens and Jurong East areas, police said yesterday.
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        CHARITIES GET A HELPING HAND
        108 10 A helping hand has been offered to charities and professional associations. At a networking seminar held yesterday, they were able to meet and collaborate with professionals who can offer their advice or services. Charities also received practical advice from experts on how to navigate the
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      Lock icon Five stations open today
      327 10  -  NEOCHAICHIN CIRCLE LINE MRT They are Marymount, Bishan, Lorong Chuan, Serangoon and Bartley chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg FIVE Circle Line (CCL) MRT stations throw open their turnstiles today to fare-paying commuters, and operator SMRT is quietly confident that operations will go smoothly, thanks to trial runs that started in
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      They want your story
      289 12  -  ONGDAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg FILM it. Shoot it. Or blog it. Whatever your fancy, the National Day Parade (NDP) organisers want you involved in Singapore's 44th birthday bash even if you are not among the "lucky" 54,000 people to have balloted successfully for the coveted tickets to
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      Lock icon Reform for 'social worker'
      405 12  -  ZULOTHMAN INTHECOURTS Despite plea, judge not convinced 20-year-old has mended his ways zul@mediacorp.com.sg HE GANGED up with three older friends to rob a convenience store of about $3,300 in cash and pre-paid telephone cards last September. For that, Joel Lim, 20 (picture), was sentenced to three
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      Lock icon Anwar sues minister for $41m
      303 14 AGENCIES MALAYSIAN POLITICS KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim filed a RM$lOO-mil-lion ($4l-million) libel suit against the foreign minister Anifah Aman (picture) yesterday for saying Mr Anwar offered him a top job to switch sides. Mr Anifah said at a joint press conference with
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      Suu Kyi blames junta for break-in
      242 14 YANGON Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has blamed security failures by the ruling junta for an incident in which an American man swam to her house. The Nobel laureate said in the statement released by her party yesterday that she could not
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      Lock icon A WEAKNESS IN PYONGYANG'S ARMOUR
      579 16  -  JIM MANN lON AFP NEWS ANALYSIS WASHINGTON In the long diplomatic struggle over North Korea's nuclear programme, sanctions have rarely gotten a rise out of the regime in Pyongyang, which time and again has proved impervious to outside pressure. Except once. That was in September
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon US OFFERS REWARD FORTHREE SUSPECTED PHILIPPINE MILITANTS
        123 16 AFP The Philippines The United States on Tuesday offered up to US$2.5 million ($3.6 million) in rewards fortips leading to the capture of three Philippine nationals known to have links with Muslim extremist groups. The US State Department announced a reward of up
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        Lock icon CYCLONE AILA TOLL UP TO 168
        121 16 AP India/Bangladesh The death toll from Cyclone Aila in eastern India and Bangladesh rose to at least 168 yesterday, while heavy rains after the storm caused deadly mudslides and slowed rescue efforts. The toll is expected to rise in both countries as rescue workers
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      Lock icon Roh was alone when he jumped off cliff
      230 19 AP SEOUL Former South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun is believed to have sent his bodyguard on an errand to a nearby temple just before jumping to his death, according to a Yonhap news report yesterday. Mr Roh died on Saturday after
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      Lock icon China to go solar
      316 19 THE GUARDIAN ENERGY POLICY BEIJING China is to throw its economic might behind a national solar power plan that could result in it becoming one of the world's biggest harvesters of the sun's energy. The government body responsible for overseeing energy policy has finalised a proposal
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      Lock icon Tiananmen anniversary prompts curbs
      271 19 AGENCIES BEIJING China is tightening curbs on key dissidents before next week's 20th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, even moving some of them out of town, activists and their relatives said yesterday. The authorities from the public security ministry took dissident Bao Tong a former
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      Lock icon NZ zookeeper mauled to death by rare white tiger
      194 20 AP WELLINGTON An animal keeper, Mr Dalu Mncube was mauled to death yesterday by a rare white tiger at a wildlife park in New Zealand while visitors watched in horror. The tiger was killed because it would not release Mr Mncube's
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      Lock icon Diabetes strikes the young
      292 20 AP MEDICAL MATTERS JAKARTA Diabetes is spiralling in Asia but unlike the West those affected are relatively young and less likely to be struggling with obesity, a new study shows. Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association yesterday said the disease has turned
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      Lock icon Reformists take the fight online
      613 21 IRANIAN PRESIDENTIAL POLL TEHRAN Reformists in Iran have taken to the Internet in a bid to mobilise their supporters and circumvent their lack of access to state-controlled media ahead of next month's presidential election. "If you don't want to take part in the election, just
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon BRITAIN'S MIS FACES FRESH TORTURE ALLEGATIONS
        112 22 THE GUARDIAN British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith faces legal action over allegations that MIS agents colluded in the torture of a British former civil servant by Bangladeshi intelligence officers. Lawyers for Briton Jamil Rahman are to file a damages claim alleging that Ms Smith
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        Lock icon MEXICO DETAINS 10 MAYORS FORALLEGED DRUG TIES
        101 22 AP Federal forces detained 10 mayors and 17 officials for alleged drug ties on Tuesday in an unprecedented anti-corruption sweep in the western state of Michoacan, home to one of Mexico's most violent cartels. Soldiers and federal agents fanned out across the state
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        Lock icon EXPENSE ROW MP MAY FACE JOURNALIST IN POLL
        94 22 AFP The scandal over British lawmakers' expenses took a new twist on Tuesday when the associate editor of the newspaper that broke the story said he might challenge one of the exposed MPs at the next election. Simon Heffer of The Daily
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        Lock icon CONFIRMED: 5% OF FORMERGUANTANAMO INMATES RETURN TO FIGHT
        96 22 AFP Five percentofformerGuantanamo detainees are "confirmed" and another 9 per cent are "suspected" of having rejoined the fight against the United States and its allies, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. Of the more than 530 detainees, 27 were confirmed and 47 suspected
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      Lock icon Historic landmark for US Hispanics
      398 22 AFP SUPREME COURT JUSTICE Sotomayor #s remarkable rise mirrors that of Obama WASHINGTON Ms Sonia Sotomayor, nominated by United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday as the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice, worked her way from low-income New York City housing to the polished federal
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      Lock icon First off, a face-off
      422 24 AFP JAPANESE POLITICS PM, opposition rival in first Parliament debate TOKYO Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso and opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama squared off yesterday in their first face-to-face parliamentary debate ahead of elections later this year. The fiery exchange gave a foretaste of the election campaign
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      Lock icon California gay marriage ban stays
      157 24 AFP SAN FRANCISCO California's Supreme Court upheld a ban on gay marriage on Tuesday but said that some 18,000 samesex weddings carried out before the ban took effect will remain valid. Gay and lesbian activists had sought to overturn the result of a November referendum
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      Lock icon That fatal shot
      561 28 THENEWYORKTIMES POST-WAR GERMANY BERLIN It was called "the shot that changed the republic". The killing in 1967 of an unarmed demonstrator by a police officer in West Berlin set off a left-wing protest movement and put conservative West Germany on course to evolve into the progressive country
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      Lock icon Gunmen strike again
      483 30 AGENCIES LAHORE ATTACK LAHORE Gunmen detonated a car bomb near police and intelligence agency offices in Lahore yesterday, killing at least 30 people and wounding at least 250. Officials described it as one of Pakistan's deadliest attacks this year. At least four men with rifles stepped out
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      US troops could be in Iraq after 2012
      319 30 WASHINGTON The United States could have troops in Iraq and Afghanistan for a decade, the US Army's top officer said, even though a signed agreement requires all US forces to leave Iraq by 2012. General George Casey, the US Army's chief of
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      A nation divided by war
      590 31 SRI LANKA Tamils trapped in internment camps tell of desperate hunt for their loved ones COLOMBO The three children standing in the dirt outside the tent in Sri Lanka's newest internment camp have not seen their mother for weeks, ever since a shell exploded next
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      47 32 WE ARE FAMILY... "A happy family is but an earlier heaven" George Bernard Shaw. What does "family" mean to you? What challenges do families face these days? May 30 is Family Day. Write in to voices@mediacorp.com.sg and tell us all about family in 250 words or less.
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      670 32  - Move? I cant afford to Ng Bock Kirn A WORKSHOP OWNER'S WOES Pressured to shift, but given very little incentive to Letter from WE MOTOR vehicle repairers at Eunos Industrial Estate have been affected by the move to clean up Singapore's waters. The authorities say the estate is polluting the
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      310 33  - Not militant just civic-minded Felicia Tan NATIONAL HARMONY The argument for logic and reason in public discourse Letter from I REFER to the report "A recipe for disharmony" (May 27). I wholeheartedly disagree with NMP Thio Li-Ann's assertion that "militant secularism" would lead to greater disharmony. I believe that on
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        65 33  -  Goh Lee Ann Letter from i Motorists will enjoy lower ERP rates during the June school holidays as less traffic is expected on the roads. Perhaps the Land Transport Authority could also consider allowing Off-Peak Cars free use on Saturdays (instead of after 3pm, as is the
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        91 33  -  Shelby Doshi Letter from I wish to extend my compliments to Mr Shankar, officer on duty, for acting immediately on a call that I made to Ms Rita of SPCA on Tuesday night. A kitten was stuck in a drain near my house for hours. Ms
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      184 33  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY GROWING RESPONSIBLE KIDS Marguerite and Willard Beecher, writing many years ago, offered two insightful recommendations to parents. They said first, that a parent needs to gain his or her freedom from the child, so thatthe child can obtain his or her freedom
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      1072 34  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH ALT.MUSIC christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg There's more to local music than pop princesses and rock-god wannabes IT HAS been said that when they coined the term "underground music", it referred to a variety of music sub-genres that usually developed a similar sub-cultural cult following, mainly defined by the
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      157 38 UKULELE MEETS CELLO (PICTURE) With James Hill, one of the brightest ukulele players in the world, and Anne Davison on cello. May 29, Bpm, DBS Auditorium. $25 to $45, Sistic LATE NITE ESPLANADE: FIRSTS WITH KEY ELEMENTS Each song by the sextet represents a milestone in
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      254 38 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH MICHAEL Jackson spent nearly £4 million ($9.2 million) on statues of Peter Pan and children playing games together despite being heavily in debt, court papers have shown. He bought the artworks, including a life-size bronze statue of children playing on a slide, for his Neverland
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        232 39 808 DYLAN Many know Bob Dylan as that protest singer of the '60s. Others think he can't sing to save his life. But if you listen to this album, you'll realise that Dylan is just this guy, you know, who can string a tune or two really
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        100 GREATEST SINGAPORE '60S
        134 39 VARIOUS Some will say that this being the largest collection of local music from the '60s is enough reason to whip out that Nets card even for a Father's Day gift. It's impressive enough with over 30 artistes featured. Songs like The Cyclones' I'll or the
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        87 39 BY2 Singaporean girl group By 2 made up of 17--year-old twins Miko and Yumi seem like readymade pop princesses, complete with coquettish dance moves and pleasant pop songs. This album, with songs like Know (the end theme for the idol drama Play Ball), dance numberDNA, and English ballad Don't
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        101 39 NICHOLAS TSE It Nicholas Ise wants to wow us, he's got to do better than dress up as a fighter pilot. See, Tse's vocals sound weak maybe because of his three-year absence from the music scene? and it seems like he's struggling on a few songs. The mix, which
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        90 39 JAZMINE SULLIVAN Before this year's Grammy Awards, precious few here knew about Jazmine Sullivan. But then the R&B singer got a Best New Artist nomination and the next thing you know, she's all over the radio. If you need a good reason to know why she got that Grammy
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        105 39 BAT FOR LASHES This second album by Bat for Lashes, aka singer Natasha Khan, is something you'll either love or hate almost immediately. Which is fine, seeing as Two Suns is about the duality of things. At times, Khan soars higher than Kate Bush or Minnie Ripperton, while
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      425 40  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL Singer and radio jockey Claressa Monteiro on winning the Compass award for excellence christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg IT HAD to happen. Claressa Monteiro, often regularly mentioned with the suffix "sister of jazz legend Jeremy Monteiro", can stand tall after winning the Compass (Composers and Authors Society of
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      312 41 THE NEWYORKTIMES AT&T, one of the biggest corporate sponsors of American Idol, might have influenced the outcome of this year's competition by providing phones for free text-messaging services and lessons in casting blocks of votes at parties organised by fans of Kris Allen, the winner of the show
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      296 42  -  ANNETTE TAN Fair Price Chicken Fingers are a healthy trans fat-free snackthat everyone can enjoy food@newstoday.com.sg These Fair Price Chicken Fingers are a great snackforthe whole family. And it can be part of a quick meal after a long day. I put them in an oven (preheated
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      776 43  -  MARK MALBY TOP END FUN Turn the June holidays into an Outback adventure, discover the wild side of Australia's Northern Territory traveller@newstoday.com.sg WITH school holidays fast approaching, many parents may be scratching their heads right now, wondering where to go. Depending on the size and age of
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      94 46 AP The church of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome is highlighted as the location of the first cardinal's murder in Dan Brown's Angels and Demons, now a film starring Tom Hanks. The novel's major sites can be traced via the Angels and Demons Tour, which
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      314 46 AP CONDE Nast Traveler magazine sent three reporters to Moscow, one armed with an iPhone, one with a Blackßerry Bold and one with an old-fashioned guidebook, to see whether the gadgets or the book were more helpful in completing a series of typical tourist challenges finding
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      71 46  -  KAYLENE HONG SHOPSILKAIRATGSS As part of the Great Singapore Sale, Silk Air is offering 3D/2N hotel and flight packages starting from $336 per person all inclusive for travel before Sept 30 to Phuket, Kota Kinabalu and Siem Reap. The promotions and more can be found at the Silk
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      136 45 j^^ The first ever Singapore-Malaysia street dance Jj competition is coming your way! Grand final will Aw be held on sth December 2009 at Genting V^ Highlands, where the Champion Team will walkaway v^ J with attractive cash prizes, a challenge trophy, and Champion Group L J f crowned with
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      1062 48 TV LISTINGS ON MEDIACORP CHANNEL 9 N. MEpiACORP RED THREAD 6.00 AM Entertainment Tonight 3.00 The Kids Are In Charge 10.00 Movie Special: Flood DRAM ASUTRA Channel 5, Bpm 6.30 Prime Time Morning 4.00 Psych II MN Boston Legal IV Janji Diana Justin shows 9.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show VI
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      614 49 THE GUARDIAN NEWCASTLE Mike Ashley apologised to Newcastle United fans on Tuesday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time) before signalling his determination to secure Alan Shearer as the newly relegated club's manager. After spending almost six hours locked in talks on Tyneside on Tuesday, Shearer and Ashley
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      317 49 THE GUARDIAN ROME Manchester United's chief executive David Gill has indicated the club may back down in their dispute with Carlos Tevez' advisers and pay the figure required to keep him at Old Trafford despite publicly admitting they think the player
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      217 49 LONDON Everton manager David Moyes (picture) received the perfect boost ahead of Saturday's FA Cup Final with Chelsea when he was awarded the League Managers' Association's (LMA) Manager of the Year award on Tuesday for a record third time. The 46-year-old Scot has worked wonders on a
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      287 50 AP RALEIGH, North Carolina Sidney Crosby (picture) saved his most daring move for after the game: He spurned hockey superstition and hoisted the Prince of Wales Trophy. If he keeps playing like this, it might not be the only prize the Pittsburgh Penguins' young
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      669 50 AFP FRENCH OPEN Murray digs deep in battling win, while China's Li Na storms into third round PARIS British third seed Andy Murray booked a place in the French Open last 32 yesterday after a tough four-set match with Italy's Potito Starace that ended 6-3,2-6, 7-5,
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      575 51 THE NEWYORKTIMES NBA PLAYOFFS Orlando's late heroics leave favourites Cleveland on the brink of elimination EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS Orlando 116 Cleveland 114 (OT) ORLANDO (Florida) The Orlando Magic had been on the wrong end of game-ending heroics too many times this post-season twice against the Philadelphia 76ers, once
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      615 52 LAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg BOXING virtually disappeared from the face of Singapore sport in the mid *****. In 1999, the sport was dealt a huge knock-out blow when the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association (Saba) lost its national sports association (NSA) status. But the sport
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      450 52 AP PHOENIX The death of Mike Tyson's four-year-old daughter in a bizarre accident adds an awful chapter to the former heavyweight champion boxer's troubled life. Exodus Tyson died at a hospital on Tuesday, a day after her neck apparently got caught in
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      636 53  -  ASDWIGHT SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Aussie defensive midfielder Subara has been invaluable in Gombak #s title chase GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Albirex Niigata v Gombak United Jurong East Stadium, 7.45pm sports@newstoday.com.sg NO ONE in the local football fraternity save Gombak United coach Darren Stewart knew who Goran Subara
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      276 53  -  ASDWIGHT GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Geylang United v Sengkang Punggol Bedok Stadium, j.^spm THOSE post-mortems appear to have had an impact over at Sengkang Punggol, who meet Geylang United in an S-League clash tonight at Bedok Stadium. On April 11, the Dolphins
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      102 50 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 7.30 am NHL Playoffs: Chicago v Detroit, Ch 117 8.45 am Football Caracas vGremio, Ch 27 8.45 am Football Cruzeiro v Sao Paulo, Ch 22 gam NBA Nuggets v Lakers, Ch 23 2pm Pool Philippine Open 10-Ball C'ship, Ch 24 spm Tennis French Open, Ch 22
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      582 54  -  CHEOWXINYI DISTRESSED ASSETS Emerging markets look to have better fundamentals, says GIC Real Estate head cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg THE real estate market may see more distressed assets available for sale in coming months, but these are more likely to appear in the matured markets rather
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      Lock icon Las Vegas Sands hopes to restart Macau projects by end-2009
      247 56 AFP NEVADA Las Vegas Sands (LVS) chief Sheldon Adelson has said that he may restart stalled construction projects in Macau and the United States by year's end. The company, facing a credit crunch, stopped the building of two resorts in
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      403 56 AFP SIGNS OF RECOVERY TOKYO —Japan's export slump moderated in April, helping the country post an unexpected trade surplus and adding to hopes that the world's No 2 economy is through the worst of its deepest post-war recession. The trade surplus of ¥68.95 billion ($1.05 billion)
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      253 58 AFP HONG KONG Exporters in China's manufacturing heartland have seen increased orders in recent weeks a tentative sign of recovery for the beleaguered sector. Nearly half of respondents to a survey of Hong Kong-owned enterprises in the Pearl River Delta
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      418 58 BLOOMBERG CHINA'S ECONOMY Bank-weakened rate to help maintain share of exports THE Chinese currency dropped to a six-week low as the government signalled a currency policy that favours exports before United States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner visits Beijing. The central bank weakened the daily reference rate for yuan
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        71 59 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The aerospace manufacturing sector in the Asia-Pacific is set to outgrow its western counterparts as competition increases, said Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang yesterday at Aerospace Supplier Exchange 2009. Aerospace is now a $435 billion business, with Singapore aiming to grow its
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        84 59 BLOOMBERG Shares of Genting Singapore fell the most in seven years yesterday after stockholders placed out shares, with the counter losing 18 per cent to 71 cents. According to a pricing document, Golden Hope and Lakewood sold 854 million shares at 72 cents each, a 16
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        78 59 DOWJONES Golden Agri-Resources yesterday said it expects to raise up to $692.1 million in a rights issue with warrants. It said it will issue 17 rights shares for every 100 existing shares and two free detachable warrants for every five rights shares subscribed. The rights
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        71 59 DOWJONES Neptune Orient Lines said its container unit will raise freight rates in the AsiaEurope trade. NOL said APL will raise rates for the eastbound Europe-to-Asia leg by US$lOO ($145) per container for scrap commodities like paper from June 1 Rates per 20-foot equivalent
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      224 59  -  KELVIN CHOW JELCORP KPMG report also reveals undisclosed relationships with trading partners MAIN-BOARD listed JEL Corporation said four of its former senior management were charged in court yesterday with manipulating earnings reports. The four executives are former chief executive officer and executive chairman Tan Boon
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      208 59 AFP MALAYSIA'S export-depend-ent economy shrank 6.2 per cent in the first three months of this year and was headed for a technical recession, the central bank said yesterday. Bank Negara governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz said that Q2 results "will be very similar" to Q.l's outcome which
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        53 60 Hold $2.26 DBS Vickers downgrades rating from Buy; maintains $2.20 target. Says counter has achieved price objective, notes competitor Ml more aggressive after losing market share in Ql. Expects Star Hub to pay $450 million for the upcoming bid for English Premier League, far above the $250 million paid
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        61 60 Neutral 115.5 cents DMG maintains rating with 15 cents target. Expects rising demand for services from the distributor of heavy machinery, engine parts. Adjusts earnings forecast up by 22 per cent to $12.7 million in FY '09 and 31.8 per cent to $11.7 million in FY '10. DMG
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        90 60 Neutral $2.03 CIMB maintains rating; raises target price to $1.87 from $1.32. Says China property market improving with home sales rebounding on back of government stimulus. Says firm's year-to-date sales are encouraging, pick up in Shanghai market bodes well for developer's Shanghai Riverside project. But high inventory continues to
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        18 60 Tuesday 2,238.79 v 1.26% Monday 2,267.46 A 0.99% Friday 2,245.27 A 1.55% Thursday 2,210.97 2-57%
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        27 60 iang Seng 17,885.27 A 5.26% Jikkei 9,438.77 A 1.37% ihanghai 2,632.93 A 1.71% ieoul 1,362.02 T 0.73% /lumbai 14,109.64 A 3.83% :LComp 1,047.68 T 0.38%
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        23 60 US$1 £1 i euro A$i RMi $1,452 ¥100 $1-524 $2,322 HK$ioo $18.73 $2,021 RMB100 $21.27 $1,138 RS100 $3,044 $0,414 RPio,ooo $1,402
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      146 60 TODAY FILE PHOTO FINANCE Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam (picture) said it is premature to say if the global economy is recovering. Speaking at the International Financial Reporting Standards conference yesterday, he said: "While many now point to green shoots in some
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      432 60  -  KELVIN CHOW FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS This would Veinforce Singapore's role as a global financial centre 7 kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE is moving to align its financial reporting standards with the global standard, said Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. The Singapore Accounting Standards Council (ASC) plans to fully converge the
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      'Disrupting' the market can be good
      271 60  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg EARLY-STAGE start-ups are usually shunned by regular investors, but there is now a new fund that specialises in investing in such start-ups. The $10 million Incubator for Disruptive Enterprise and Start-ups (Ideas) Fund, launched jointly by venture capital firm Innosight Ventures
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