Today, 1 July 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    20 1 TODAY Wednesday July i, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Wednesday July i, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • afternoon edition
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      afternoon latest
      116 1 ■"1 Q Iran President Ahmadinejad lO has hinted at revenge against states accused of fanning protests. O Neverland funeral could ZJ\J be held, even as Michael Jackson's fans mourned in Harlem. "~)'~7 Al Franken's Senate win £1 I means Mr Obama has got his filibuster-busting majority. *^y~l Interim
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      Lock icon Najib relaxes rules on foreign investment
      686 1 AGENCIES MALAYSIA'S ECONOMIC POLICY MALAYSIA'S ECONOMIC POLICY Move may boost economy but dilute bumiputra policy KUALA LUMPUR -Just days after he raised a few eyebrows by announcing a government plan to issue merit-based scholarships, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday took another step towards
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Most H1N1 cases in S'pore are mild
      305 2 CNA NEW CASES: 72 TOTAL CASES: 701 EVEN as the community spread of Influenza A (H1N1) continues in Singapore with 72 new cases confirmed yesterday, bringing the total to 701 confirmed cases there was some good news. The Health Ministry said most cases
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      Lock icon We'll stay, say 40 Grangeford tenants
      330 2  -  HOEYEEN NIE CONDOMINIUM SAGA yeennie@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER a near month-long saga, some tenants at The Grangeford may stay on at the condominium after all. About 40 of them have expressed interest to do so under the new landlord, Savills although the actual number could be
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      Lock icon SPRINGING TO GLORY
      109 2 DONWONG China's Wu Dongliang, 16, diving his way to the first gold of the 2009 Asian Youth Games, after winning the 3-metre Springboard event. The Games got off to a great start on Day One, as tickets to all diving and bowling events were sold out. There
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      Saturation point reached: MOM
      909 3  -  LINYANQIN WAGE RESTRUCTURING yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS touted as a tool that would hold off retrenchments in a downturn by allowing companies to adjust wages quickly according to economic changes. But five years after the concerted drive began to get companies to adopt the monthly variable component
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      Police arrest driver
      190 4 THE 30-year-old driver allegedly used his company's private ambulance in more than 200 cases of loanshark harassment. Yesterday, the police announced his arrest, along with that of 11 others arising from three separate investigations in total. The police were first alerted to the driver on Thursday when
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      Lock icon 'Key building blocks in place'
      704 6  -  LEONGWEEKEAT THREE MAIN MISSIONS Special operations, counter-terror-ism and contingency operations. These will be the new Special Operations Task Force's (SOTF) three main missions. Drawn mainly from men in the elite crack units of the SAF Commandos and the Naval Diving Unit, the Force has been
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      Man to hang for murder
      344 8  -  TEOXUANWEI IN COURT xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg HE CLAIMED that he was acting in self-de-fence when he strangled her. But seafood stall boss Eu Lim Hoklai was sentenced to death yesterday after Justice Kan Ting Chiu, pointing at the evidence of experts who testified during his murder trial,
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      Acts were consensual, say trio
      205 10  -  TEOXUANWEI THREE Changi Prison inmates facing physical and sexual assault charges committed against a fellow inmate yesterday insisted the victim was a willing party in the sexual acts. Iryan Abdul Karim, 21; Muhd Hamdan Abdul Rahman, 20; and Mohd Zameen Abdul Manoff, 21, allegedly bashed
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      Firms service at taxpayer expense
      423 10 RECORDTVTRIAL BEFORE he bought over the business, Mr Carlos Fernandes knew RecordTV USA had been sued by major content producers such as MGM for alleged copyright infringements in America. Mr Fernandes, managing director of Singapore-based RecordTV, testified in a High Court trial yesterday that the
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon RP BOARD GETS NEW HEAD
        80 12 938 LIVE Republic Polytechnic's Board of Governors will have a new man at the helm from today. Mr Richard Scow, chairman of hospital operator Parkway Holdings, takes over from Mr Lee HsienYang, who has chaired the polytechnic's board since 2002. RP Principal andCEOYeo Li Pheowsaid
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        TEMASEKCHAIR AND SGX CHIEF TOGUIDE NUS BUSINESS SCHOOL
        79 12 Temasek Holdings chairman S Dhanabalan and SGX chief executive Hsieh Fu Hua will be at the forefront of advising and guiding the National University of Singapore Business School, it was announced. The two have taken up two-year appointments from today as chairman
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      Lock icon First poly grad accepted into dentistry
      437 12  -  NEOCHAICHIN PHOTO COURTESY EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUAL chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg BACK in 2004, Alex Chua Koon Ting (picture) put his dream of becoming a dentist on hold to opt fora polytechnic education. The reason: If anything unfortunate should happen to his family, he could use his diploma to
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon LOCAL CURRENCY MUSEUM OPENS
        81 14 938 LIVE The Singapore Coins and Notes Museum opens its doors to the public from today, featuring rare objects and coins from pre-independence days to the more familiar maritime, birds and orchid notes series. Supported by the National Heritage Board's Heritage Industry Incentive Programe, the museum
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        Lock icon NEW MEDICAL GRADUATE DIPLOMA
        77 14 938 live To plug the gap in Singapore's medical care system, a Graduate Diploma in Healthcare Management and Leadership has been launched, targeted at medical doctors here and in the Asia-Pacific. The nine-month-long graduate diploma programme, costing $20,000, is jointly rolled out by the Singapore Health
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      First to offer protection
      395 14  -  ALICIA WONG NEOCHAICHIN ORGAN TRANSPLANT Great Eastern, NKF to provide schemes for donors AND alida@mediacorp.com.sg WITH one insurer now offering reimbursements to policyholders who donate an organ and another insurance scheme being set up for donors, the pieces are falling into place for the implementation of
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      The big show
      437 15  -  CHRISTOH chingay2oio Organisers gearing to ramp up next year's festival christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg BIGGER and better that's what the Chingay Parade organisers have promised next year's parade will be. To be held on Feb 19 and 20, the parade will start at its new venue, the Formula 1 pit
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      A tick in the right direction
      199 15 FROM today, consumers will get some help in choosing water efficient products for their homes. All taps, mixers, flushing cisterns and urinals must now carry a water efficiency label ranging from three ticks (uses the least water), to zero. The impact on water consumption
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Child rescued from Indian Ocean
      504 16 AFP AP YEMEN PLANE CRASH Bad weather cited as possible factor in airliner plunging into the sea DZAEUDZI (Comoros) A passenger jet carrying 153 people from Yemen crashed into the Indian Ocean early yesterday, while trying to land at the island nation of Comoros. Search
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      Lock icon Ahmadinejad hints at revenge
      391 18 AGENCIES IRAN POLITICS AFTERNOON LATEST Warning note sounded against states accused of fanning protests TEHRAN Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has warned the regime would seek revenge against states it has accused of fanning pro-democracy demonstrations in the wake of its disputed election. Mr Ahmadinejad used
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      Lock icon Railway inferno ravages Italian town
      191 19 AGENCIES VIAREGGIO (Italy) A train derailed and set off an explosion and fire (picture) in a small Italian town, killing at least 12 people many as they slept in their homes and injuring at least 50, officials said yesterday. The 14-car train was travelling from
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      Lock icon Before the new dawn, violence
      424 19 AGENCIES IRAQ PULLOUT US military says four soldiers killed in Baghdad BAGHDAD Four United States soldiers were killed in combat shortly before the American military completed a withdrawal from Iraq's cities, and the Prime Minister assured Iraqis that government forces taking control of urban areas
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      Lock icon MJ BEGGED FOR SEDATIVES DAYS BEFORE DEATH
      168 20 AP Michael Jackson was so distraught over persistent insomnia in recent months that he pleaded for powerful sedative Diprivan despite warnings it could be harmful, says Ms Cheryl Lee, a nutritionist who was working with the singer. But a frantic phone call she
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      Lock icon Time to say goodbye
      440 20 AGENCIES AFTERNOON LATEST Tribute concert draws thousands; funeral could be held at Neverland NEW YORK Thousands of Michael Jackson fans converged on Hanem s ramea Apollo Theatre last night for a public tribute to the performer, clutching photographs, cheering and dancing to his music at the
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      Lock icon Welcome to Taiwan
      363 21 AGENCIES CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS Ban on Chinese investment lifted TAIPEI Taiwan yesterday partially lifted its decades-old ban on investment in the island by Chinese companies or individuals in a further sign of closer economic ties between the former bitter rivals. The move was welcomed by ruling-party legislators and
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      Lock icon China to delay Internet filter rule
      178 21 AFP BEIJING Following worldwide criticism, China will delay a plan that requires all new computers to come with a Chinese-made Internet-filtering software programme. China had planned to implement the rule from today, Xinhua news agency said. "(But) the pre-in-stallation was delayed as some computer
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      Lock icon Corruption hotline overloaded
      151 21 AFP BEIJING China's new government corruption hotline was overwhelmed in its first week with more than 17,000 tips and an unknown number unable to get through on overloaded lines, the China Daily reported yesterday. The government invited public and government insiders to help ferret out widespread corruption
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      AFTER THE COLLAPSE ...
      625 22  - AFTER THE COLLAPSE MARIASIOW east asia bureau chief mariasiow@mediacorp.com.sg Shanghai apartment collapse has undermined confidence in construction safety AN UNFINISHED 13th-storey apartment block in Shanghai collapsed over the weekend. But what has turned topsy-turvy is not just the Lotus Riverside complex, TODAY IN CHINA but also public confidence in building
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      Lock icon Taliban scrap peace deal
      415 24 AP UNREST IN PAKISTAN Militants blame US for decision as ambush in North Waziristan kills 16 MIR ALI (Pakistan) Taliban militants in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan said they have pulled out of a peace deal with the government, raising the prospect of wider unrest as
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      Lock icon Violence in Kashmir over police shootings
      196 24 AFP SRINAGAR (India) Indian security forces fired live rounds and tear gas yesterday to disperse hundreds of Kashmiris who defied a curfew to protest against the recent police shooting of two demonstrators. Police officers said they fired shots after baton charges and teargas failed
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      Lock icon Megawati holds final campaign
      308 25 AFP INDONESIAN ELECTIONS JAKARTA Indonesia's main opposition leader, Megawati Sukarnoputri, called for free and fair presidential elections on July 8 as she held her last campaign rally in Jakarta yesterday. Ms Megawati and her running mate Mr Prabowo Subianto (picture), a notorious former special forces commander,
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      Lock icon M'sia maid-training scheme fails
      223 25 AFP KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian scheme to train local people as domestic helpers to reduce dependence on foreign workers has failed due to poor pay, it was reported yesterday. The government last year launched a course to create "home managers" who were told they could earn
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon RELEASE AUNG SAN SUU KYI: UN CHIEF
        94 25 AFP Myanmar United Nations chief Ban Xi Moon urged Myanmar yesterday to free all political prisoners, including detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Mr Ban was speaking in Japan, en route to Myanmar, where he is due to arrive on Friday for
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        Lock icon PACT TO EASE BORDERTENSIONS
        82 25 AFP Indonesia Indonesia and Malaysia agreed yesterday to ease military tensions over disputed oil-rich waters off northeastern Borneo, during talks in Jakarta. Indonesian Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono met his Malaysian counterpart, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, in a bid to defuse concerns that military manoeuvres in the sensitive
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      Lock icon From financial analyst to CIA spy?
      238 26 AFP WASHINGTON Laid-off bankers and anxious students have pushed applications for jobs at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to record highs, even though the few jobs available pay less than the private sector. "So far this year we received 90,000 resumes and if we
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      Lock icon Exiled to Siberia
      534 26 THENEWYORKTIMES RUSSIAN CASINOS MOSCOW One of the largest mass layoffs in recent Russian history is to occur today, and the Kremlin itself is decreeing it, economic crisis or not. The government is shutting down every last legal casino and slot-machine parlour across the land, under an anti-vice
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      Lock icon After 8 months, Obama gets his filibuster-buster
      185 27 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama was handed a major boost to his efforts to push an ambitious array of legislation through Congress when Democrat Al Franken was declared the winner of an eight-month battle over a Minnesota Senate seat. After several
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      Lock icon QUIET SEND-OFF FOR FARRAH FAWCETT
      106 27 AP The life of Charlie's Angels star Farrah Fawcett was celebrated Tuesday at a private funeral in a Los Angeles church. Her longtime companion, Ryan O'Neal, was among pallbearers who accompanied the casket, covered in yellow and orange flowers, into the cathedral. Fawcett's friend Alana
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      Lock icon Ousted leader vows to return
      349 27 AGENCIES HONDURAS POLITICS But interim leader says he won't resign TEGUCIGALPA Mobilising international support, ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya (picture) yesterday vowed to return to Honduras this week even as angry supporters clashed with riot police near the presidential palace and his replacement vowed not
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    • The only Games that matter
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        Why split audience between AYG and local leagues?
        186 28  -  M Lukshumayeh Letter from WITH Singapore hosting the inaugural Asian Youth Games (AYG), one would have thought that the Games would be the centre of focus for local sports fans and the public at large. Instead, we find various local domestic sporting
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        Spirit of competition will triumph over spirit of fear
        178 28  -  Jeffrey Law Lee Beng Letter from I CANNOT agree more with Sports Editor Leonard Thomas' news comment "Show that we're fun and rugged" (June 29). It is heartening to note that despite Malaysia's last-minute withdrawal of most of its athletes from
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      139 30  -  DR BILL MAIER THE J BY HOW NOT TO DISCIPLINE The most common error parents make when disciplining their kids is disciplining out of anger. Imagine a police officerwho tried to keep people from speeding by simply getting angry at them. He could stand on the
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      236 30  -  Dennis Butler COLLECTIVE SALES A five-year minimum proof of ownership should be enforced to weed out predators Letter from "NOT collectively speaking" (June 26) by Narayana Narayana was an excellent, thoughtprovoking letter. I have been an extremely contented owner/occupant of my apartment for almost 23 years
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        61 30  -  Raymund Koh Letter from I see motorcyclists, mostly despatch riders, riding their twowheelers on pavements in the Beach Road and Raffles Place areas. A double charge of riding and parking on pavements would surely send a strong signal that the authorities do not condone
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        76 30  -  iJoseph Ang Letter from. I would like to thank one Mr Vernon, a bank associate with OCBC Bank's Jurong branch. My parked car was damaged in a "hit-and-run", with the errant driver driving off without taking responsibility. Thankfully, Mr Vernon noted the number plate and
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      134 30 SIM Membership Services proudly presents the World's Best Management Thinkers to Singapore 12 August 2009 Fairmont Singapore Jf 28 th SIN Annual Management Lectun Senior Management Seminar Jack Welch, former Chief Executive of General Electric, is a big admirer of Dr Charan. Welch wrote in his book Jack: Straight from
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        912 32  - Don't quit the day job GENEVIEVE LOH NOT AN OSCAR IN SIGHT Poorol MJ never fulfilled his movie star ambitions t> and he #s not alone genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg WITH the rest of the world, I grieved over the loss of once-brilliant musical legend Michael Jackson the only way I knew how:
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        323 38  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEW ICE AGE: DAWN OFTHE DINOSAURS Warm-hearted family outing with the right mix of humour genevieveloh@mediacorp.com. sg THEY say third time's the charm. For someone who enjoyed the first two instalments of the hugely popular animated franchise but didn't think it warranted yet another outing,
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        336 38  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEW DUPLICITY RIGHT from its hilarious opener of perfectlycast actors Paul Giamatti and Tom Wilkinson fighting in slo-mo, you know you're in for something different from the mindless blockbuster fare crowding the cineplexes. With corporate espionage, blackmail, triple-crosses and sexual exploitation all at play in a
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        138 39 DIVA IN DISGUISE WHO'S that scruffy man in a grey hoodie? Why, it's Mariah Carey with a goatee. Pictures of the usually sexy singer dressed as a man have surfaced online. The pictures were snapped in New York City on Monday. Carey was on the set of
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        352 39 The bad writing wins go to AP A SHAMBLING sentence about screaming seafarers on the sturdy whaler Ellie May stood shoulders above the rest in an annual bad writing contest. David McKenzie, 55, of Federal Way, Washington, won the grand prize in San Jose State University's annual Bulwer-Lyt-ton Fiction Contest
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        173 39 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH BUBBLES MAKES A COMEBACK Michael Jackson's chimpanzee Bubbles is poised for a comeback, with a Hollywood film and lucrative book deal in the offing, according to his new owner. The 26-year-old ape has been living in the animal sanctuary since 2003, after becoming too aggressive
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        88 40 AP Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are sharing the first photo of their twin daughters. The baby girls Marion Loretta Elwell Broderick andTabitha Hodge Broderick were born last Monday at an Ohio hospital to a surrogate mother. Taken on Monday in New York, the photograph
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        268 40 THE Singapore Heritage Fest returns on July 15 and it's your cue to love thy neighbour. Organised by the National Heritage Board (NHB), the two-week-long festival celebrates Singapore's diverse and multicultural heritage. This year's theme "Who's your neighbour?" is a bid to encourage everyone
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          61 41 Designer Jonathan Scow of fashion label Woods Woods presents this unique arts-meets-fashion exhibit as part of the 72-13 Creatives-in-Residence programme. It comprises The Shop, a collaborative installation and the art exhibit, which features works of six new fashion designers by way of photography and video works. The event runs
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          56 41 Renowned Bharatha Natyam dancer and World-in-theatre founding member Priyalatha Arun teams up with theatre directorYeo Hon Beng in this re-staging of Thillana Mohana, a tumultuous love story of two famous artists. Catch Thillana Mohana on July 9, Bpm, Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel. Tickets at $25 and $30 from
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          76 41 Playwrights, gear up for a challenge, when the annual 24-Hour Playwriting Competition byTheatreWorks' Writers Lab heads to Marina Barrage. Be inspired by the surroundings and weave your literary magic to create the next classic play to win up to $700. Registration fee for the two categories —Youth
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      36 32 JANEWTHRILLER Phyllis Quekjoins Christopher Lee in KelvinTong's new $i.5-million thriller. Read all about it exclusively in our online Plus section, www.todayonline.com y Mm I t|j(ppp|pipj(PPPß I yf|j(p|||p|ffiipippi Riff a 14 s 51 9MB RIRI BißlPl Ki9*£
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      635 43  -  SHAMIR OSMAN iSTASIANYOUTH GAMES 2009 Chinese teen Dongliang bags first gold of the Games shamir@mediacorp.com.sg WU DONGLIANG probably does not realise it yet, but his name will forever be linked with the Asian Youth Games. The Chinese diver became the first gold medallist of the Games when
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      188 43 ATHLETICS Boys'4oom heat 2: 1 Fu Pei-Yu (Tai) 49.30* 2 Akbar Abdullah (Ksa) 49.63* 3 Jared Lim 50.39* 4 Chan Van Lam (Hkg) 50.46* Pole vault final: 1 Sho Hibasa (Jpn) 4.81 m 2 Chi Chien-Hao (Tai) 4.30 m 3 Scan Lim 4.30 m; 100 m rd 1 heat
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      110 43 BASKETBALL Grp D boys' prelims: Singapore v China (g.4sam); Grp C girls' prelims: Singapore v China (12.45pm) Anglican High School BEACH VOLLEYBALL: Prelims Boys grp B: Singapore v Sri Lanka (gam), Singapore v Japan (3pm): Girls'grp C: Singapore v Mongolia (11am), Sentosa Siloso Beach BOWLING Singles (sixgames):
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      702 44  -  LOW LIN FHOONG ISTASIANYOUTH GAMES 2009 Local teen eyes personal best as he battles Japan's speed merchant in the loon linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg HE SET a blistering pace at last year's International Children's Games in San Francisco, winning the 100 m in 10.88 sec and clocking a personal best. The
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      430 45  -  lANDECOTTA iSTASIANYOUTH GAMES 2009 Syrian athlete Nour is simply in love with her sport ian@mediacorp.com.sg I FIRST spotted her on Monday and was immediately dazzled by her olive-green eyes. Intrigued, I just had to find out where she was from. "Syria," she replied. The
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      451 46  -  TANYO-HINN ISTASIANYOUTH GAMES 2009 Darren looks good for gold after a slick performance on Day 1 off the East Coast yohinn@mediacorp.com. sg FOR the past five days, Darren Choy has doggedly ensured that other sailors competing in the Asian Youth Games did not park their boats
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      300 47  -  SHAMIR OSMAN iSTASIANYOUTH GAMES They blitz their neighbours, as Hui Chan steals spotlight shamir@mediacorp.com.sg THE centre line at Jalan Besar Stadium was the equivalent of the 38th parallel last night dividing North and South Korea, as the two countries fought for supremacy on the pitch in the
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      533 48  -  ASDWIGHT SINGAPORE FOOTBALL But Balestier have no fear heading to high-flying DPMM's Brunei fortress GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 DPMM v Balestier Khalsa Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium, 8.15pm sports@newstoday.com. sg BALESTIER Khalsa are aiming to do what no other S-League club has done this season: Take a point
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      96 49 AFP AFTERNOON LATEST Kaka was officially presented as a Real Madrid player in a Hollywoodstyle show to around 50,000 fans at the Bernabeu on Tuesday. The doors of the stadium had been thrown open to the public who packed the stands around a stage
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      192 49 THEGUARDIAN THE gloom at Southampton deepened yesterday when the Pinnacle group, the consortium fronted by Saints legend Matthew Le Tissier, formally withdrew from the race to take over the stricken League One club, leaving the administrator, Mark Fry, left to scrutinise two
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      183 49 AFP MANCHESTER United said yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) they have signed Wigan winger Antonio Valencia on a four-year contract for a fee believed to be in the region of £16 million ($38.1 million). "Joining Manchester United is a dream come true for me," the
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      109 49 AFP FORMER Italy midfielder Roberto Di Matteo was named manager of relegated Premier League side West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday. The 39-year-old signed a one-year rolling contract after a successful spell as coach of League One side MX Dons. Di Matteo, who took the MX
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      115 43 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 7am WNBA Lynx v Dream, Ch 23 gam AYG Air Rifle, Ch 121 9.15 am AYG 3m springboard, platform prelims, Ch 118/01 1.30pm AYG Table Tennis mixed teams, Ch 118/01 1.30pm AYG Air Rifle finals, Ch 121 3.45pm AYG 3m springboard platform finals, Ch 118/01 4pm
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      81 49 S.League Brunei DPMM Bal Khalsa Wed, 01/07/09 8.15pm S.League Tampines Super Reds Thu, 02/07/09 7.45pm J League matches are also on sale. For more details, please check Singapore Pools website Ip LAYri Always play with care. S*gWC;RE resporißibiyf Do not bet illegally. W^^M Towards Community ■^■^H No person under the
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        55 52 Always feeling sluggish in the day? Try Avalon American Ginseng Slice with Honey for an energy boost. Made with premium grade American ginseng and linden honey, Avalon American Ginseng Slice with Honey replenishes energy and helps you stay alert. Priced from $68, it is available at OG,
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        102 52 Gardenia recently launched the Gardenia Bread Vending Machines the first of its kind in Singapore. Gardenia worked with vending machine manufacturers to customise a machine to suit the range of breads and buns dispensed. A successful pilot project was conducted at various locations. Demand has been good
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        191 52 Soo Kee Jewellery recently introduced the sensual and sizzling ArcoAprica collection. Inspired by the fruit, apricot, the collection features rose gold, with its signature six-in-one diamond setting." What sets this collection apart is the unique craftsmanship and design that enables the solitaire to be held in
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        189 52 Marigold has introduced a new wholesome and nutritious flavour to its Low Fat yoghurt range. The Marigold Low Fat Prune Yoghurt is full of the goodness of live Probiotic cultures that aids digestion. It also contains calcium to help in the development of healthy bones and teeth.
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        188 52 Your wish for a free* wedding banquet may just come true when you book your wedding package at Holiday Inn Atrium. Simply bookyour wedding package at Holiday Inn Atrium's wedding showcase at Level 4, Atrium Ballroom on July 11 between 11am and 7pm. And if
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      741 53 THE GUARDIAN FHE GUARDIAN BUSINESS COMMENT EVERYTHING about Bernie Madoff (picture) was too good to be true, from the returns he offered to the size of his Ponzi scheme at US$65 billion ($94 billion), the biggest in history to the Dickensian aptness of his surname (Made-off,
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      300 54 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH AFTERNOON LATEST 8 oil fields on offer in public auction, but only 1 successful bid NEW YORK A BP-led consortium yesterday won a deal to develop Iraq's largest oilfield the only successful foreign bid in a historic televised auction which at times
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      206 54 BLOOMBERG AIG, the insurer bailed out by the United States government, has an "excellent chance" of repaying the government, outgoing CEO Edward Liddy said yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) at the company's annual meeting. AIG plans to reduce its debt under a Federal Reserve
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      235 55 AFP JAPAN'S unemployment rate has risen to its highest level in more than five years, as firms slashed jobs to cope with the country's worst recession since World War 11. It climbed to 5.2 per cent in May a level last
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      413 55 AP HONG KONG-DISNEY DEAL HONG KONG Walt Disney Co and Hong Kong have reached a deal to expand the territory's Disneyland at a cost of about HK$3.5 billion ($654 million) in the hopes of boosting the theme park's fortunes. Announced yesterday, the deal will see
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      201 56  -  KELVIN CHOW kelvinc@mediacorp.com. sg INVESTORS should explore investment opportunities in emerging Asian markets because valuations are looking attractive, said ÜBS Wealth Management Research. "Asian stock markets have outperformed their global peers significantly. While risky assets made significant gains, Asia has enjoyed bigger gains
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      456 56 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE STOCKS But analysts warn upcoming earnings season may soon dampen sentiment THE Singapore stock market has exceeded expectations in the first half of this year, especially for investors who have seized the opportunities, said market watchers. "In January, because expectations were so low, coming from
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      359 58 ESTHER FUNG FRASERS Commercial Trust (FCT) said it wants to raise $213.9 million through a rights issue and is planning to acquire Alexandra Technopark from its sponsor Frasers Centrepoint to shore up its balance sheet. The real estate investment trust (Reit) will fund
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      349 58  -  CHEOWXINYI ORIENTAL CENTURY AGM cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg ORIENTAL Century got a muchneeded reprieve yesterday when shareholders finally decided to pass all resolutions tabled for the annual general meeting, but not before a heated grilling of the company's board. The China-based education provider also revealed that it is running
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        71 59 938 LIVE Capita Commercial Trust (CCT) said its recent rights issue was 1.35 times oversubscribed. The trust had launched a l-for-i renounceable rights issue of 1.4 billion rights units at 59 cents each, but investors applied for over 1.9 billion rights units. CCT had planned to raise
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        120 59 CHANNEL NEWSASIA MediaCorp is leveraging fully on its multiplatforms to penetrate the expanding regional and international live entertainment and Meetings/Incentives/ Conventions/Exhibitions (Mice) arena. It announced the move into "on ground" events management yesterday with the formation of MediaCorp Viz Pro International, led by MrTan Peck Joo,
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        77 59  -  Mainboard-listed potato-starch supplier China Essence Group said it has been granted an extension to repay a US$6O--million ($B7-million) loan due yesterday. In a filing to the SGX, it said it now had until Aug 31 to pay 16.7 per cent, or US$lO million, of its outstanding
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          71 60 Confidence dented Wall Street shares ended the second quarter in a slump overnight after a surprise fall in consumer confidence dented hopes that spending will lead the country out of recession. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 82.38 points (0.97 per cent) to close at 8,447.00. Tech-heavy Nasdaq
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          47 60 Back below US$7O Oil prices fell in volatile trading Tuesday not long after hitting an eight-month high. Benchmark crude for August delivery dipped US$l.6O to settle at U5569.89 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange after swinging between U5568.90 and U5573.38 in early trading.
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          98 60 Down on US fears Early gains on European stock exchanges evaporated yesterday after news that US consumer confidence shrank in June on worries about the recession and vanishing jobs. London's FTSE 100 index shed 1.04 per cent to close at 4,249.21 points while in Paris the CAC 40
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        345 60 DOW JONES LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS THE Singapore Government will take over the development of its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal from a Singapore Power consortium to avoid any more delays, and has pushed back its completion date by a year to 2013. Power Gas, a
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        586 60  -  CONRAD RAJ BUSINESS COMMENT COMMENT editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg THE players may have changed for the construction of Singapore's liquid natural gas (LNG) import terminal, but all that the man in the street is ultimately concerned with is the price of the electricity he consumes. It doesn't matter
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