Today, 10 July 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    20 1 TODAY Friday July io, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Friday July io, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      in the news
      146 1 ■"1 /"^Former NMP Thio Li-Ann IV_/ heads for New York University amid a new controversy. MA moderate earthquake has hitsouth-westChina, destroyng more than 10,000 homes. O A Forget cakes and candles, -J^T someone get ageing plus editor Phin Wong a walker. A Q After 2 weeks of
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      Lock icon Upturn in finance sector hiring: Good sign for the economy?
      777 1  -  ESTHER NG JOB SURVEY estherng@mediacorp.com.sg FOR the first time since early 2007, hiring expectations are up and nowhere is this turnaround more telling than in the banking and finance sector, which was seeing a slew of layoffs just nine months
      SOURCE: THE HUDSON REPORT  -  777 words
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      ALL EYES ON YUDHOYONO
      716 1  -  YULI ISMARTONO NEWS ANALYSIS Easier for SBY to push through reforms in 2nd term now it's up to him IT IS all over except for the shouting. Although the General Elections Commission has yet to officially declare incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and running mate Mr
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  • NEWS
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      PM LEE CONGRATULATES YUDHOYONO ON HIS IMPRESSIVE VICTORY
      62 2 In a telephone call to President Susilo BambangYudhoyono yesterday afternoon, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong congratulated the Indonesian leader on his "impressive performance" at the presidential election. Both leaders acknowledged that bilateral relations are currently very good. Mr Lee said he looked
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      Lock icon Economists welcome win
      218 2 AGENCIES SBY'S SECOND TERM JAKARTA The apparent re-election of reformist Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was welcomed by economists yesterday as good news for South-east Asia's biggest economy. Investors reacted warmly to a likely Yudhoyono victory but selling of commodity-related stocks on lower oil prices left the
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      Boediono favours foreigners? Hear him out...
      199 2 Indonesia's likely next Vice-President, Mr Boediono, 66, has been accused of being a "neo-liberal" by his political opponents, a charge he denies. In Indonesia's political lexicon, that means embracing economic policies that favour foreigners at the expense of the poor. In an interview with
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      Land Rover death: Full-time National Serviceman held
      154 3 A 19-YEAR-OLD Full-time National Serviceman has been arrested in connection with the death of an army officer who was pinned under the wheels of a Land Rover after it rolled backwards and hit him. Second Lieutenant Nicholas Chan Wei Kit had been conducting
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      51-year-old man in ICU after contracting H1N1
      172 4 A 51-year-old man was in critical condition in Changi General Hospital (CGH) last night, after he tested positive forHlNl. The man, who has diabetes and hypertension, had flu-like symptoms for four days. His family sent him to CGH's emergency department on Wednesday but
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      Peak-hour MRT slowdown
      100 4  -  ONGDAILIN A SLOWDOWN in train service on the East West MRT line yesterday saw evening peakhour commuters spending an average of three to 30 minutes longer on their journey home. According to an SMRT spokesman, a sidetrack fault occurred at Bugis MRT station at around spm. It
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      Lock icon Cisco man gets 7 years in jail
      401 4  -  ZULOTHMAN $2M HEIST PHOTO COURTESY zul@mediacorp.com. sg THE Certis Cisco police constable who walked away with $2 million from the company's premises in April was jailed for seven years yesterday. Stanley Ong Beng Hock (picture), 28, had pleaded guilty to stealing from the
      SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE  -  401 words
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      Lock icon 'Let parties work it out'
      382 6  -  LINYANQIN MARINA BAY SANDS' DELAY Contractual issues being addressed in talks with agencies: Iswaran yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg WHETHER Marina Bay Sands broke any contractual agreements by delaying its opening from December to early next year, is now being discussed between the Government and the resort. "The idea
      WEETECKHIAN  -  382 words
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      Just the facts, not who's to blame
      536 8  -  ONG DAILIN CORONERS INQUIRY Proposed law will also back whistle-blowers in suspected medical negligence cases A PROPOSAL for a Coroners Bill is aiming to make the coroners inquiry more fact-finding, and less burdened with the need to identify if whether any person is
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      Stir over Thio Li-Ann at NYU
      297 8 SINGAPORE academicThio Li-Ann's appointment as a visiting professor to teach human rights law at New York University (NYU) has caused a stir among some students. NYU OUTLaw, a group of gay and lesbian students at the law school, sent an email to all students
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      Relief package for taxi drivers
      530 9  -  NEOCHAICHIN HINI IN SINGAPORE $650,000 will go to rental waivers, medical subsidies, income compensation chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg FOR most workers, coming down with flu now means a seven-day period of medical leave. But for taxi drivers, it is a double whammy besides footing their own medical fees,
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      Lock icon A pledge of unity on National Day
      214 9 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE will have its first National Day countdown party in 44 years at Clarke Quay on Aug 8. But that is not the only first in this year's celebrations. For those who are unable to attend the National Day Parade or
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      Lock icon AN EXTREME VENUE
      89 11 WEETECKHIAN Xtreme SkatePark@ East Coast to be officially opened to the public on Aug 29 is the first skate park in Singapore that has been built to international competition standards to cater to extreme sports enthusiasts. It is a joint development by the National Parks Board (NParks)
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      Lock icon 40,000 in next three, four years
      309 11  -  JOANNE CHAN 938LIVE PRIVATE HOMES More information like transaction prices will be published, to keep market efficient: Minister Mah joannechan@mediacorp.com.sg SOME 40,000 new private homes will enter the property market in the next three to four years, said National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan
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      Talking about talking to kids
      159 12 HOW do you develop happy achievers? How do you talk to your kids about sex? These are some of the issues that will be tackled at the Singapore Parenting Congress 2009 on Saturday and Sunday. During the congress, parents will have the chance to get
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      Lock icon THIS IS HOW WE DO IT
      58 12 ERNESTCHUA Students from various countries attending a media camp at the Singapore Media Academy, learning the ropes of television reporting. Five of them will be invited to report on the Youth Olympic Games next year for their own country. The camp was sponsored by
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    • Article
      'You tortured others as well'
      385 12  -  ZULOTHMAN INTHECOURTS zul@mediacorp.com.sg A PROSECUTION witness caused a stir in court yesterday by accusing the alleged victim in the Changi Prison sexual abuse trial of being a sexual tormentor himself. Inmate Lutfi Subagio told a packed courtroom that he had been sexually abused on two
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      Lock icon More ITE students to enter polytechnics
      337 13  -  PEARLFORSS CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE EDUCATION pearlmaria@mediacorp.com.sg MORE students from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) will soon have a chance to progress to the polytechnics. The Education Ministry is looking to increase the numbers of such students entering polytechnics, to cater to rising aspirations
      CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  337 words
    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon NEW PROGRAMME FOR WORKPLACE INSPECTIONS
        124 13 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The Manpower Ministry has embarked on a new programme for workplace inspections. It will inform the workplaces of an upcoming inspection weeks in advance. The Ministry said this is to achieve greater deterrence by getting workplaces to proactively improve their safety and health
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      • Article
        ROAD CLOSURE FOR POSB CHARITY RUN 2009
        122 13 This Sunday, Punggol Central Constituency and POSB are organising the POSB Charity Run 2009, which is expected to draw about 3,500 participants. To facilitate the event, the following roads will be closed from sam to noon: Sengkang East Drive (from Upper Serangoon Road
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        LOANSHARK RING BUSTED
        142 13 Police have cracked a second loanshark ring in the space of a week. Ten people aged 26 to 45, including one woman, were arrested during an islandwide operation early yesterday morning. The syndicate is believed to be linked to about 500 debtors and to be responsible for
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      247 3 PRACTISE GOOD PERSONAL HYGIENE Washing your hands with soap and water for 15 to 30 seconds reduces germ counts by up to 99%. Follow these steps: Wet hands with water •Apply soap Rub hands thoroughly: Palm to palm, between fingers, back of hands, base of thumbs, back of fingers, fingernails
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      298 6 T^ytf ufa a Today photo contest THENffNOW HOW HAS LIFE IN SINGAPORE IMPROVED IN THE LAST 50 YEARS? Send us photographs of your life then and now. Each photograph or pair of pictures should come with a caption of up to 50 words, to tell your story, in your words.
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon 'Organisers had terror links'
      432 14 AGENCIES URUMQIVIOLENCE Hu Politburo vow to keep stability after China riots URUMQJ Chinese President Hu Jintao called yesterday for stability in Xinjiang and said organisers of recent rioting had links to "separatism" and international terrorism. In a statement following an emergency meeting of the nine-member Politburo,
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      Lock icon Earthquake rocks south-west China
      205 14 AFP BEIJING A moderate earthquake hit south-western China, destroying more than 10,000 homes and leaving hundreds of people injured, state media and seismologists said early this morning. The epicentre of the quake was in Guantun, about 200 km from Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, the
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      Lock icon North Korea a suspect
      369 16 AFP CYBER ATTACKS S Korea, America hit by malicious viruses dubbed the equivalent of an online g/11 SEOUL A third wave of cyber attacks hit South Korea last evening amid suspicions that North Korea or its supporters are to blame. AhnLab, a South Korean developer of
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      Lock icon Najib defends scrapping English
      246 16 AGENCIES PUTRAJAYA Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday said that although the government has decided to abandon the policy of teaching mathematics and science in English, it remains committed to improving English proficiency. "Increasing the time allocated to teaching English, introducing English literature and language laboratories
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      Maria Hertogh dies aged 72
      119 16 KUALA LUMPUR The woman whose name is in every Singapore student's history textbook has died. Maria Bertha Hertogh succumbed to leukaemia at her home in Huijbergen, the Netherlands, on Wednesday. She was 72. The report by Bernama news agency quoted a statement from Malaysia's ambassador
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      Lock icon A FIERY STATEMENT
      58 19 Almost 200 Thai antigovernment protesters gathered in front of the Foreign Ministry in Bangkok yesterday to burn an effigy of Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya. They called for his resignation over charges relating to last year's crippling airport blockade. Mr Kasit denies any wrongdoing, saying earlier this
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      Lock icon Standard contracts by December
      362 19 AP MAIDS IN MALAYSIA PUTRAJAYA The Malaysian government is planning to implement a standardised contract for all maids by December, revealed a senior official yesterday. The comprehensive contract is to ensure adequate protection to both maids and their employers, reported Bernama. At present, only maids from
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      Lock icon Malaysian opposition resolves dispute over pigs
      183 19 AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's ethnic Chinese opposition leaders said yesterday they have settled a spat with their Muslim colleagues over the demolition of a pig slaughterhouse, quelling fears of a split in their fragile alliance. The conflict has been one of the most open
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      Lock icon Climate change progress at G8
      195 20 AFP L'AQUILA The world's biggest economies agreed to try to limit global warming to a 2-degree temperature hike yesterday as the major developing economies confronted the world's richest at the G8 summit. Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa joined an expanded G8 summit on
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      Lock icon A vow to reject protectionism
      275 20 AP GBIN ITALY Leaders seek new start for trade talks L'AQUILA Heads of rich and developing nations meeting in quake-ravaged L'Aquila want to resume stalled trade talks by 2010 and head off protectionist policies, according to a draft of a joint declaration obtained by the
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      Lock icon Has 'rich man's G8' had its day?
      201 20 AFP L'AQUILA As G8 leaders met with their G5 counterparts from the world's major emerging economies, the question was being asked again: Has the rich man's club had its day? Many think the rich world cannot now rise to global challenges such as
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      Lock icon Surge in UK university applicants sparks emergency plan
      268 22 THEGUARDIAN LONDON Emergency plans are being drawn up in Britain to expand the number of university places this autumn by 10,000 to ease a looming crisis and avoid forcing thousands of well-qualified applicants on to the dole. Mr Peter Mandelson, Secretary of
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      Lock icon Did journalists tap phones?
      404 22 AP VOICEMAIL HACKING Employees of Murdoch-owned News of the World under UK probe LONDON Britain's most senior policeman ordered an inquiry yesterday into claims that journalists from a paper owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch illegally hacked into the phones of hundreds of celebrities and politicians.
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon AFGHANISTAN TRUCK BOMB KILLS 25
        87 24 AFP An overturned truck rigged with explosives blew up near Kabul yesterday, killing 25 people including many children in one of the deadliest blasts this year in wartorn Afghanistan, the police said. Loaded with firewood, the truck had overturned about 30km south of the capital
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        Lock icon DRUG HELPS MICE LIVE BEYOND 100 YEARS
        129 24 AFP A compound found in the soil of Easter Island stunningly boosts the lifespan of mice, enabling some to live more than 100 years old in human terms, researchers reported on Wednesday. The researchers added the drug rapamycin named after the island's Polynesian
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        Lock icon DEADLY CHOCOLATE
        84 24 AP The authorities said a man died after falling into a vat of melted chocolate in a New Jersey processing plant. The victim, 29-year-old Vincent Smith 11, was a temporary worker at the Cocoa Services plant. The accident happened on Wednesday morning as Mr Smith was loading chocolate
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      Lock icon The big ruse
      291 24 THE GUARDIAN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY Big firms said to be delaying cheaper drugs BRUSSELS European patients, taxpayers and national treasuries are being fleeced of billions of euros because of big pharmaceutical companies' elaborate campaigns to delay the marketing of generic drugs, the European commission said. Generics can
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      Lock icon 'Humans can give H1N1 to pigs': Scientists
      183 24 AFP PARIS Pigs, named as the source of the once-called swine flu, can also be infected by humans, German scientists said yesterday. The findings add a new risk factor to the global HINI virus pandemic, they said. Virologists from the Friedrich Loeffler Institute
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      Lock icon Saudi security court convicts A1 Qaeda militants
      171 26 AGENCIES RIYADH A Saudi criminal court has sentenced an Al Qaeda militant to death and given more than 300 others jail terms, fines and travel bans in the country's first known terrorism trials for suspected members of the terror network. A Justice Ministry
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      Lock icon 'New protests will be smashed'
      488 26 AGENCIES IRANIAN POLITICS Tehran governor sends stern warning TEHRAN The governor of Tehran province warned yesterday that security forces will "smash" any attempt at protests amid calls for the first significant opposition marches since a major crackdown more than a week ago. Supporters of opposition
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      Why is kid No 4 more expensive?
      257 28  -  Cai Lianchun SINGAPORE'S FALLING BIRTH RATE Letter from IN RECENT years, the birth rate in Singapore has dropped considerably and much newsprint has been dedicated to the debate on what can be done to boast the falling birth rate. I am a mother
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      Underpasses costly: LTA
      227 28  -  Helen Lim Letter from Deputy Director, Media Relations, Land Transport Authority WE THANK Mr Chin Kee Thou for his positive feedback on the upgrading work at the pedestrian overhead bridge between Blocks 236 and 211 in Toa Payoh ("Underpasses, please", July 8) In his letter, Mr Chin
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      167 32  -  DR JAMES DOBSON I BY YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING STYLE Do you know your child's learning style? It's easy to determine, and knowing that can help you communicate better. Cheri Fuller defines three learning styles. Many children are visual learners. That is they learn mostly by looking
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      Of shared cabs and friendlier buses
      322 32  -  Liang Dingzi PUBLICTRANSPORT Bring back pirate taxis —legally Letter from SOME people may remember the pirate taxis of the early *****. The operator using a private vehicle would pick up passengers along a certain route for a flat fare, therefore plying an illegal trade.
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      797 34  -  PHINWONG MALADJUSTED plus editor phin@mediacorp.com.sg Forget cake and candles someone get me a Zimmer frame IT WAS tough almost tortuous but I pushed through the pain. I'll admit that there were moments when I almost caved in and gave up, but I kept my eye on the summit
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      86 36 Hundreds of fans turned out to pay homage to Michael Jackson at the Black Or White Tribute Party at Zirca Wednesday night. The bash, which was hosted by MediaCorp Gold 90.5FM DJs (picture), was by all accounts a smash, with fans of all ages queuing up
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      461 36  -  MAYSEAH CELEBREPRENEUR Adam Chen is bringing us vthe perfect burger' may@mediacorp.com.sg TWO years ago, the stars aligned to bring what he calls the "perfect" burger to Adam Chen's lips. Now, like a benevolent fairy godfather, he's paying it forward by bringing R Burger to
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      72 38 RACHELLEANN This Filipino-Chinese singer has one of the smoothest voices we've heard in a while. Here's the thing she's barely entered her 20s, but some songs on this album date from a decade before she was born, such as If You Don't Know Me by Now and And
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        116 38 |THE LION STORY IT'S not just bad news good news can come in threes, too. This mini-album by new trio The Lion Story is as refreshing as a mint julep on a hot day. Their brand of melodic power-pop, accented with just the right amount of harmonies
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        97 38 LIZZ This debut DIY EP by Singaporean Mandarin pop singer Lizz is a pleasant surprise. Starting with the upbeat neo-swing ditty Chang Yong Yu (OverusedPhrases), she shifts gears with the English ballad, Perfect Dream, a quiet evocative number, before taking it up a notch with soulesque Lao BuXiu [Dirty
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        103 38 ZEE AVI This Malaysian singer is making waves in America and it's not hard to hear why. She's got the same acoustic pathos as her boss, Jack Johnson she's signed to his label, Brushfire Records and she delivers well. Poppy, for example, conjures images of jazzy parlours while
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      279 40  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH LOCAL MUSIC Electrico get busy this month christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg IT HAS been an eventful past three months for local rock outfit Electrico (picture). First, hottie keyboardist Amanda Ling left. Second, they wrote the theme song for this year's National Day Parade celebrations, What Do You See?. Then, they were
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      942 42 TV LISTING ON MEDIACORP CHANNEL ON MEDIACORP SPORTS@SG 6.00AM EntertainmentTonight 111 11.00 Surgery Saved My Life I SHOULDN'T BE ALIVE Channel 5,10pm 6.30 Prime Time Morning 5.00 The Rachael Ray Show 111 MN Distraction II Terror On The ZBmb6zi 9.30 The Rachael Ray Show 111 6.00 EntertainmentTonight 12.30AM Hot Guys
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      Lock icon Organisers eyeing the big league
      557 44  -  TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE SPORT Boosted by a $iom deal, Standard Chartered Marathon says focus is on quality runners yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg AS THE legion of runners continues to steadily grow each year, organisers of the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon have not ruled out the possibility of limiting the
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      308 44  -  TANYO-HINN IT HAS been won by some of the world's leading runners, including 2007 world marathon champion Luke Kibet of Kenya and 2008 Olympic Games women's champion Constantina Dita of Romania. And attracting the world's elite runners will continue to be one of
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      614 46  -  ASDWIGHT SINGAPORE FOOTBALL But Tigers deny mistreating striker Soane, who walked out on club three weeks ago sports@newstoday.com. sg FORWARD Bryan Soane's (picture) walkout on Balestier Khalsa late last month has triggered an angry response from his agent, Chris Tanner, who blasted the S-League club as
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      249 46  - Not your run-of-the-mill women lAN DECOTTA THE Breast Cancer Foundation (BCF) received a financial boost from organisers of November's Great Eastern Women 10K 2009 at the event's launch at Raffles Place yesterday. The BCF is the annual event's adopted charity this year. To promote the 10km run, breast cancer survivors
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      Lock icon Tampines out to prove a point
      658 48  -  lAN DE COTTA SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Stags confident flowing football will prevail over tough-tackling DPMM GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Tampines Rovers v DPMM Jalan Besar Stadium, 7.30pm ian@mediacorp.com.sg TAMPINES Rovers have been waiting for a return match with DPMM, ever since the two sides drew
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      293 48  -  lAN DECOTTA WITH two key defenders unavailable, and the threat of Noh Alam Shah looming, DPMM head coach Vjeran Simunic is more than a little concerned. The Brunei club face Tampines Rovers in a Great EasternYeo's S-League 2009 clash at
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      Lock icon Alonso trades Renault in for Ferrari, say press reports
      205 49 AFP MADRID Two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso (picture) is planning to switch from Renault to Ferrari next season, Spanish sports newspapers Marca and AS reported yesterday. Negotiations about the Spanish driver's transfer are close to completion and could become
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      562 49 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH FORMULAi Threat of breakaway series returns just days after detente NUERBURG (Germany) After two weeks of relative peace in Formula 1, hostilities were resumed in no uncertain terms on Wednesday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time) when representatives of the Formula One Teams' Association (Fota) stormed
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      390 50 AGENCIES INDIANAPOLIS (Indiana) Katie Hoff s (picture) post-Olympic struggles continued in the women's 200 m freestyle at the United States national championships on Wednesday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time). The American-record holder (lmin 55.785 ec) in the event finished last in 1:59.59, showing
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      455 50 AGENCIES SPANISH FOOTBALL MADRID France striker Karim Benzema signed with Real Madrid for the next six years, then met cheering fans at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Thursday. "Eight years ago today, Zinadine Zidane arrived at our club," president Florentino Perez said to a huge cheer from
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      224 52  -  TREVORTAN REVIEW PENTAX K-7 DESPITE having great photographic equipment like the Spotmatic all the way from the days of film cameras, Pentax always seems to slip under the consumer's radar. But out-door-sy shutterbugs might want to take a look at Pentax's latest DSLR (digital single lens
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      277 52  -  PETER LI X80X360 REVIEW GUITAR HERO METALLICA technology@mediacorp.com.sg LEAVE the emo and the poppy behind. This one is for the metal heads. These aren't the toe-tapping tunes your grandparents listen to. This is Metallica, and these are the in-your-face, rebel-with-out-a-cause monster metal numbers
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      1059 54  -  HEDIRMANSUPIAN SMARTPHONE REVIEW IPHONE 3GS hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg HERE'S a fact: Apple handed us the review set of the iPhone 3GS just two days before its launch here. With deadlines looming, time was of the essence when it came to getting this review ready
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      224 57 AGENCIES CANBERRA Australia's unemployment rate has risen to a near six-year high as companies continue to shed workers despite the government's massive stimulus spending. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said the jobless rate climbed to 5.8 per cent last month, up 0.1 percentage point
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      438 58 AFP FORTUNE 500 Wal-Mart knocked off pole position, while Sinopec makes it to top 10 WASHINGTON The number of American companies featured in the annual Fortune 500 list of top global firms has fallen to the lowest ever, while more Chinese firms have appeared than
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      207 59 AGENCIES NEW FUND? Money to be used for infrastructure projects in China, say reports SINGAPORE sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings and a unit of Bank of China are allegedly in talks to create a fund to focus on infrastructure projects in China, according to unnamed sources
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        MITSUI OIL SCAM: ANOTHER FORMER EMPLOYEE JAILED
        98 59 The courts here yesterday handed a jail term to a third former employee of Singapore-based Mitsui Oil (Asia), the firm that shut down after an internal naphtha trading scam. Takahashi Masatsugu, formerly executive vicepresident, was jailed for 36 months. He had earlier pleaded
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        75 59 938LIVE Hong Leong Holdings will hold a preview of its latest residential project, The Gale, from today, and take bookings for up to 80 units. The freehold condominium in Changi has 329 units in all. At the preview, units will be priced from $600 to
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      Lock icon For a business-friendly Apec
      166 59 KELVIN CHOW A ONE-STOP Web portal for business permit applications and an agency to protect investors those are some ways business owners say will make trade easier for them in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) region. The suggestions were revealed yesterday during a presentation on a
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          66 60 Edging up US stocks edged up yesterday, led by financial shares, which were buoyed by a positive report on banking giant Goldman Sachs. The Dowjones Industrial Average inched up 4.76 points, or 0.06 per cent, to 8,183.17. The S&P 500 Index rose 3.12 points, or 0.35 per cent,
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          OIL PRICES
          74 60 Breaks US$6O Oil prices eked out small gains yesterday after falling below US$6O a barrel in New York for the first time since late May as the market pondered sluggish energy demand in major economies. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for August delivery, rose 27 cents
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          87 60 3-day losing streak ends European stock markets halted a three-day losing streak yesterday and finished in positive territory on better-than-expected US employment data. Sentiment was also boosted by news that US aluminium giant Alcoa had limited its secondquarter loss to US$454 million ($662 million), a better showing than
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        A favourable relaxation
        706 60  -  TAN HUI LENG INCOMETAX POLICY Relieved shareholders rush for stocks after MOF clarification huileng@mediacorp.com. sg THE proposed change in income tax policy for property transactions is not an anti-speculation move, said the Ministry of Finance a day after property stocks slumped on concerns that the Income Tax
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        Uncertainty over another S-chip
        218 60  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg UNCERTAINTY is hovering over now-suspended Mainboardlisted China Merchants Property Development Company. The firm, in explaining its reason for requesting a trading suspension yesterday, said: "The company is just making preparations for a significant event which brings significant uncertainty." It did not elaborate, but said
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        NEL boss quits suddenly
        122 60 AFTER just five months in the hot seat, NEL Group's non-ex-ecutive chairman Stephen Quah yesterday quit the troubled Mainboard-listed technology firm that is under suspicion of accounting fraud. The firm cited "Personal" as the reason for cessation of his directorship, in a regulatory filing to SGX.
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