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    10 1 weekendTODAY July 18 -19, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Lock icon A BLACK FRIDAY IN JAKARTA
    1104 1  -  ROSNAHAHMAD AGENCIES NEWS ANALYSIS JI prime suspect but theories of political conspiracies abound I rosnah@mediacorp.com.sg Suicide bombers. Simultaneous blasts. High-profile targets frequented by foreigners and the well-heeled. These have been some of the trademarks of past terror strikes by the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) in Indonesia
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      AWAKENED FROM A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY
      526 2  -  SHOEBKAGDA POINTOFVIEW No major hotel, govt office or public place is safe in Jakarta news@mediacorp.com.sg INDONESIA was rudely awakened from its false sense of security on Friday when a coordinated bomb attack ripped through two of the capital's five-star hotels. The bombs went
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      Lock icon Outrage, sympathy from world leaders
      234 2 "AGENCIES PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has sent his condolences to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and joined other world leaders in condemning the twin bomb attacks. "I was shocked and saddened to learn of the bomb explosions at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels
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      INDONESIANS LOVE A CONSPIRACY THEORY
      474 2  -  ANSLEYNG POINTOFVIEW in Jakarta ansley@mediacorp.com.sg SOME terror experts may be pointing the finger at Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), but try speaking to residents in the Indonesian capital and you get a sense that these experts could only be half right. At the airport taxi queue, engineer
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      Lock icon S'porean fatality?
      115 3 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Media reports quoting the Indonesian Department of Health have said that one of the fatalities in the Jakarta bomb blasts on Friday is a Singaporean. Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that, as of 10pm Singapore time on Friday, the Singapore Embassy in
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      Change in breakfast venue saved their lives
      223 4  -  NEOCHAICHIN MR DANIEL Tumiwa had intended to meet his business associate at the ground-floor restaurant of the Ritz Carlton but the breakfast meeting was moved to the 26th floor. The decision by the business associate, Ms Nini Yusof, probably saved their lives. Just
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      'I'LL CHOOSE LOW-PROFILE HOTEL NEXT TIME'
      138 4 Singaporean Sabrina Chiu, a 35-year-old director in the IT industry who had breakfast at Ritz-Carlton's Air Langga restaurant and checked out minutes before the bombing. "We were in a taxi on the way to the airport when I realised I'd left my laptop in
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      First on Twitter
      330 4  -  HEDIRMANSUPIAN> NEOCHAICHIN JAKARTA BOMBINGS AND hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg MR DANIEL Tumiwa beat most major news outlets, twittering about the bombings. "Bom marriot and ritz Carlton kuningan Jakarta," the 38-year-old digital media head posted from his Blackberry, shortly after the second bomb went off at the hotel he was staying
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      Lock icon Singapore hotels ramp up security, no information of any new threat
      269 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA HOTELS in Singapore are stepping up vigilance following the Jakarta blasts on Friday morning, Channel News Asia reported. It said major hotels had raised security levels and were working closely with authorities here. Hotel staff are expected
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      Blow for Man United fans
      364 6  -  SHAMIR OSMAN JAKARTA BOMBINGS KUALA LUMPUR English football champion Manchester United has cancelled its planned visit to Jakarta following Friday's bomb attack on the hotel where the team was due to stay. Today understands that the club may arrange other games outside Indonesia, and Singapore
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      ANUGERAH TO HAVE ADDED SECURITY
      120 6 MediaCorp'sAnugerah Planet Muzik awards show will go ahead as planned at the Jakarta Convention Centre on Saturday but with extra precautions in place. "Our co-organiser Global TV is coordinating with the venue owners to reinforce manpower and patrols on the night itself," said MsZakiah Halim,
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      WORK DAYS LOST SIMILARTO FIGURES IN 2001 RECESSION
      197 8  -  LEONGWEE KEAT The number of work days and hours lost this year, as a result of shorter work-weeks and temporary lay-offs imposed by companies, is as high as during the 2001 recession and four times higher than in 1998, revealed NTUC. Some
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      Thousands to face the axe
      523 8  -  LEONGWEEKEAT JOBS OUTLOOK Many firms making retrenchment plans, looking at shorter work weeks weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg THE economy grew 20 per cent in the second quarter and the number of lay-offs fell by twothirds from the first quarter, yet the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) has sounded
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      Lock icon His houses in Australia, US, S'pore
      627 10  -  ONGDAILIN MINGYITRIAL dailin@mediacorp.com. sg HE BOUGHT and sold properties in Australia, the United States and Singapore. On Friday, such details of Shi Ming Yi's investments which came up to more than $5.5 million in all emerged in court as the prosecution continued its cross
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      A HISTORY OF EXCESS FUNDS
      169 10  -  ONG DAI LIN On the first day that he took the stand in back in April, MingYi had choked back tears as he recounted the difficulties he went through to set up Ren Ci in 1994, including digging into his own pockets to give the
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      MAS' role in minibond debacle under scrutiny
      250 12 THE role of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in the botched structured products controversy will come under scrutiny when Parliament convenes on Monday afternoon. Kicking off the session will be nine Nominated Members of Parliament taking their oaths of allegiance. Once that
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      Cove resorts to court order
      298 12 GRANGEFORDSAGA IN THE face of resistance from some tenants who have refused to move out, Cove Development, the owner of The Grangeford, has had to resort to a court order to recover all 171 apartment units. Cove said on Friday that it had obtained the
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      Town Council cleaning contracts: The cheapest bid may not win it
      274 13  -  ESTHER NG CHEAP is not always the best, as some Town Councils may have found after awarding conservancy contracts to the lowest-cost bidder, only to have service compromised and residents complaining of the results. Now a pilot project at
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      It's open house ...for exams
      394 13  -  TANHUILENG HOUSINGAGENTS Industry body in bid to raise standards huileng@mediacorp.com.sg IN the wake of recent bad press and Government flak for an unsatisfactory accreditation system for housing agents, an industry body on Friday announced measures to raise the bar, including getting all agents to take
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        GUILTY OF TAX EVASION
        182 14  -  ONG DAI LIN They cheated the taxman by overstating expenses through the hiring of phantom workers, but the ruse was uncovered during a random investigation. On Friday, Hong Yuen Construction and its director Quek Ching Bun pleaded guilty to two charges of tax evasion. Phantom workers
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        Lock icon DISHING OUT MORE HELP
        82 14 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The newly-launched Community Kitchen co-operative at Bukit Panjang Community Club aims to help jobseekers by training them in baking, marketing and entrepreneurship. First mooted in 2006 as a social enterprise project by MrTeo Ho Pin, mayor of North West District, it now rakes in
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        Lock icon EIGHTTEAMS GET $15M GRANT
        64 14 :hannelnewsasia The Government has awarded $15 million to eight research teams under the Clean Energy Research Programme. The proposals, picked out from 31 submissions, span a vast range of innovations focused on roofmounted solar energy-harvesting systems. The programme was launched in 2007 to speed up research
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        Lock icon STORE SENDS AID TO PAKISTAN
        40 14 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Singapore is contributing US$2O,OOO ($29,000) to the United Nations World Food Programme for the disbursement of food aid to Pakistan. This comes after appeals by Pakistan and the UN for humanitarian relief assistance.
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      'Prone to lying'
      341 14  -  TEOXUANWEI IN COURT DPP says accused ganged up with cellmates to bully weakest in the cell xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg HE SAID one thing to the police investigators, then changed his story when he testified in court. And these discrepancies in Mohammed Zameen Abdul Manoff s evidence, said Deputy Public
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      AN NMP, NOT QUITE A POLITICIAN
      515 16  -  LOH CHEE KONG POINTOFVIEW cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg SHOVED into the limelight, a freshlyminted Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) must sometimes feel like the proverbial deer caught in the headlights. This must be how Mr Calvin Cheng has been feeling over the past two weeks when suddenly,
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      Lock icon I'M STAYING INTHE KITCHEN
      997 17 POLITICS^ Under-fire NMP Calvin Cheng says he can take the heat NOMINATED Members of Parliament (NMPs) have never shied away from controversy. But Mr Calvin Cheng must be the first to create waves even before he has stepped into Parliament. Just a day after he was
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Opposition demands probe
      401 18 AGENCIES DEATH OF DAP AIDE Umno Youth chief advises the same for anti-graft agency to clear name SHAH ALAM Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, United Malays National Organisation (Umno) Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin and other leaders on Friday called for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the death
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      Lock icon Hindraf founder to launch new party
      272 18 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) founder and lawyer P Uthayakumar is launching a new political party called Human Rights Party Malaysia (HRP) in Klang on Sunday. Mr Uthayakumar, who was recently released from detention under the Internal Security Act
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      UN sanctions get the nod
      314 19 NORTH KOREA UN adds N Korean officials, entities to sanctions list NEW YORK The United Nations Security Council on Thursday slapped sanctions on five individuals and five entities from North Korea known to be involved in Pyongyang's banned nuclear and ballistic missile activities. After weeks
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      Lock icon Kim visits convenience store
      210 19 AP SEOUL North Korea's Kirn Jong II stocked up on five bottles of traditional Korean liquor and other alcoholic beverages during a visit to a 24-hour convenience store in the impoverished country, a newspaper reported on Friday. The country's "Dear Leader" bought five bottles of "makgeolli",
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      Lock icon Seoul plans to spend $145 million on water
      177 19 BLOOMBERG SEOUL South Korea, Asia's fourthlarge st economy, plans to invest about US$lOO million ($145 million) by 2012 to help Asian developing countries cope with water shortages and floods. The funds will come from the US$2OO million that President Lee Myung Bak
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      Lock icon Court clears former PM
      311 20 AP PAKISTAN POLITICS ISLAMABAD Pakistan's top court on Friday overturned opposition leader Nawaz Sharif s conviction on hijacking charges stemming from the 1999 coup against his government, clearing the last obstacle to his running for office. Mr Sharif was banned from office after being found guilty
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      Lock icon Clinton in India to boost ties
      153 20 AFP MUMBAI US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in India late on Friday hoping to deepen strategic ties with an emerging player on the world stage in security, trade, arms control and climate change. Her first stop, in Mumbai, includes meetings with key
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      Troops unearth LTTE cache
      173 20 COLOMBO Sri Lankan troops have uncovered one of their biggest hauls of weapons and explosives since the defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels two months ago, military officials said on Friday. Troops found 332 roadside bombs in the north-eastern district of Mullaittivu, where Tamil Tiger supremo Velupillai
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      Lock icon China tries to calm Russia
      95 22 AFP BEIJING China on Friday urged Russia not to overreact, citing Moscow's clampdown on a bazaar, home to 80,000 Chinese traders and well-known for its contraband trade. The unexpected shutdown of Cherkizovsky Market in Moscow on June 30 has caused "enormous economic losses" to Chinese
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      Lock icon China to issue arrest warrants
      286 22 AGENCIES XINJIANG RIOTS URUMCy The authorities have completed an initial investigation into ethnic riots that left 192 people dead and more than a thousand injured in China's restive Xinjiang province. The region's chief prosecutor Hamsi Mamuti said the first group of suspects have been identified
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      Lock icon A NEW TENSION BETWEEN CHINA, RUSSIA
      678 23  -  DAVID BLAIR THEDAILYTELEGRAPH NEWS COMMENT Why the Chinese are warming to Russia's frozen east THE endless silver birch forests of the Russian Far East might appear so desolate and windswept that no one could possibly be interested in them. Yet the vast swath of
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      Lock icon NZ aftershocks continue
      107 24 AFP WELLINGTON New Zealand residents were warned on Friday to be prepared for a civil emergency as strong aftershocks continued to rock the region two days after a 7.8 earthquake. At least 11 tremors with a magnitude of more than 5, including one of 6.1, have hit
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      Lock icon President Arroyo declares a holiday
      209 24 AFP PHILIPPINE STORM MANILA Tropical storm Molave has caused widespread flooding that effectively shut down the Philippine capital of Manila on Friday, despite the centre of the disturbance being hundreds of kilometres away. President Gloria Arroyo declared a government holiday in Manila and a large
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      EATING WITH HIPPIES
      887 26  -  ...^■...MHinizrr... SIMON TAY r GLOBAL CITIZEN 1969's Woodstock still resonates today xtra@mediacorp.com.sg THE town of Woodstock sits in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains, in upstate New York. Only about two hours' drive from the skyscrapers of Manhattan, it seems a world away. There are just two
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      Lock icon Turkey readies for drastic smoking ban
      190 27 AFP ISTANBUL From Sunday, Turkey will introduce a tight ban on smoking in cafes, restaurants and bars, wielding fines for offenders in a bid to break a national habit blamed for thousands of deaths each year. The ban is an extension of existing legislation
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      Lock icon I WAS A TEENAGE RESEARCHER
      1102 28 YOUTHTRENDS A British teen demystifies the arcane world of the 2ist-Century-youth__ BRITISH teenager Matthew Robson, 15, has set the financial world abuzz with a research note penned for Morgan Stanley, in which he reveals the media habits of teenagers. Below is the research note, which
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      Lock icon British university admissions to increase by 10,000
      167 30 THE GUARDIAN LONDON British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to increase the number of university places by up to 10,000 this summer in response to signs that the recession will lead to a big surge in demand. Mr Brown said the University Minister
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      Lock icon An air of danger for UK troops
      344 30 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH AFGHANISTAN LONDON A shortage of helicopters is undermining the "protection" of British troops in Afghanistan, a group of MPs has warned. The Commons Defence Select Committee also said that key battlefield operations were being inhibited due to a lack of air
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      Lock icon FOREIGN TROOPS DIE AT RECORD RATE
      138 30 AFP July 2009 has become the deadliest month for foreign troops fighting an eight-year war in Afghanistan, asTaliban guerrillas hone bombing techniques and Westerners struggle in the harsh climate. A month before Afghanistan goes to the polls for the second time to elect a
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      Lock icon Harsh words for hard-liners
      419 31 AGENCIES IRANIAN POLITICS Ex-President urges sympathy for detained protesters TEHRAN One of Iran's top clerics criticised hard-liners at the main Islamic prayers on Friday, saying the clerical leadership must clear up doubts over the disputed presidential election and release opposition supporters arrested in the postelection crackdown.
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      Lock icon Ahmadinejad appoints new nuclear chief
      165 31 AP TEHRAN Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has appointed a new chief for the country's nuclear programme, following the abrupt resignation of its veteran head. Mr Ali Akbar Salehi, a United States-educated physicist who was Iran's former envoy to the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency, is
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      Lock icon WHO'S IN CHARGE OF US FOREIGN POLICY?
      789 32  -  MARKWEISBROT THE GUARDIAN NEWS COMMENT THE coup in Honduras has exposed divisions between United States President Barack Obama and his Secretary of State, Mrs Hillary Clinton. The current stand-off in Honduras, in which the coup government headed by Mr Roberto Micheletti is refusing
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      Lock icon A call to raise the bar
      459 33 AFP NAACP CENTENNIAL Passionate Obama hails black history, urges vnew mindset' NEW YORK United States President Barack Obama paid passionate tribute to black civilrights trailblazers on the centennial of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), but said a "new mindset"
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      Lock icon Mexico sends in the troops after gang attacks
      175 33 AP MEXICO CITY Mexico on Thursday ordered 5,500 federal police, soldiers and navy personnel to move into a gang-plagued western state following a cartel's slaying of 20 officers and troops in one of the boldest revenge attacks ever mounted against the government.
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        Lock icon 2ND DEATH IN MADONNA SHOW MISHAP
        94 34 AP The Marseille hospital authority says a second person has died after the roof of a stage being built for a Madonna concert collapsed. The British worker died on Friday from injuries suffered in the accident. On Thursday, a French worker was killed when
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        Lock icon 3 NABBED IN BMW BLACKMAIL ATTEMPT
        83 34 AP Three men have been arrested in Germany over a failed attempt to blackmail the country's richest woman, BMW heiress Susanne Klatten. They sent her a letter demanding €800,000 ($1.64 million) and a BMWXS. They threatened to sell to Italian media secretly-record-ed video of
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      Lock icon Jerusalem police fear more riots
      314 34 AP TURMOIL IN ISRAEL JERUSALEM Smouldering trash cans and broken glass littered Jerusalem streets on Friday as police prepared for a fourth day of rioting by ultraOrthodox Jews enraged at the arrest of a mentally-ill Hasidic woman who the authorities say was starving her child.
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      Lock icon Jumbo squid off San Diego
      312 35 AP DEEP-SEAGIANTS SAN DIEGO Jumbo flying squid, aggressive 1.5m-long sea monsters with razor-sharp beaks and toothy tentacles, have invaded the shallow waters off San Diego, spooking scuba divers and washing up dead on tourist-packed beaches. The carnivorous calamari, which can grow up to 45kg, came
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      Lock icon Periodic table gets new element
      140 35 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON Copernicium has been chosen as the name of a new element added to the periodic table, in honour of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. Discovered 13 years ago, the substance previously known as element 112 was only officially added to the table a few
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      Lock icon Britons cut use of plastic bags by 48 per cent
      180 35 .THE GUARDIAN LONDON It began in 2007 with a few traders in the small town of Modbury in Devon refusing to give out plastic bags. Their small green revolution reached a national milestone yesterday: British shoppers have nearly halved the
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      POSTCARD FROM WEST TIMOR
      73 36 The children of the Roslin Orphanage in West Timor dropping a line to voices editor Agatha Koh Brazil, who drew attention to their plight on the pages of this newspaper ('Coffee with the man with 42 kids', June g). Said orphanage founder Budi Soehardi, an Indonesian
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        GO WITH THE FLOW
        74 36  -  Tan Kin Lian Letter from' I understand why SMRT might hesitate to allow the drinking of water on their trains, as it may be difficult to distinguish the type of liquid in the bottle. Perhaps SMRT should provide water coolers in all the stations, and paper
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        SMRT'S MIXED SIGNALS
        45 36  -  Ramah Raja Letter from Isn't it contradictory for SMRT to ask the public not to eat or drink in stations, yet have food outlets right outside the stations? What message is SMRT sending to its commuters: To eat or not to eat?
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      Help not at hand
      256 36  -  Paul Antony Fernandez AJOBSEEKER'SWOES Fewer applicants for aid? Maybe they've given up hope Letter from I REFER to "Drop in number of aid seekers" (July 15), in which it was reported that North East CDC has seen a drop in the number of residents seeking aid
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      29 36 HAVE YOUR SAY. email voices@mediacorp.com.sg or visit www.todayonline.com/voices Eand Rejuvenate xtd^MSj^^^Kmrn^SmmßSm W GALLERY HOTEL F^T I L iTgßfTygfTß 111 W* W^^aH ■jjl M V B^i^l>l WifM3*»irsllUA*f.Ki!FvW;VkllXDCHilll)RUl.'ffCitKilß'.lll Vi4 !K!iti*l*l BjjSjßßißpiMiHpißßpjfiii^^
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      158 38 AGENCIES The slump in Singapore's non-oil exports eased only slightly last month, suggesting the economy still faces a tough battle after emerging from recession in the second quarter. Exports fell 11 per cent compared with a year ago to $11.4 billion, better than the 12-per-cent
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      429 38 AGENCIES Q2 RESULTS But bank is under pressure to improve its performance NEW YORK Citigroup trumped pundits' expectations on Friday, reporting a US$4.3-billion ($6.2-billion) profit for the second quarter, after the bank shed assets to compensate for loan losses, including selling control of its Smith Barney
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        LIFEBRANDZ SUFFERS IMPAIRMENT LOSS
        67 39  -  CHEOWXINYI Mainboard-listed Lifebrandz suffered a $4.3-million impairment loss, which will deepen its loss for the 2009 financial year, the company said on Friday. The impairments are due to fixed asset writedowns of several entertainment outlets, including the now-defunct Ministry of Sound nightspot here. Lifebrandz said the
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        A-REIT DISTRIBUTES LESS IN Q2
        71 39  -  .ESTHER FUNG Ascendas real estate investment trust (A-Reit) said its second-quarter distribution per unit fell 6.9 per cent to 3.62 cents, from 3.89 cents a year ago, due to new units issued in January and February. Net distributable income rose 17.9 per cent to $61
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      456 39  -  KELVIN CHOW CKTANG INVESTORS MEETING Privatisation bid on hold as small investors buy time kdvinc@mediacorp.com.sg AN AT-TIMES-ROWDY shareholders' meeting to vote on a proposed delisting of retailer CX Tang ended on Friday with a victory for small investors, who succeeded in getting a two-week delay. But
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      A STICKY SITUATION
      698 40  -  RICHARD HARTUNG MORTGAGE RATES Why are loan rates hardly budging when deposit rates keep falling? xtra@mediacorp.com.sg INTEREST rates for depositors have spiralled downwards over the past couple of years, yet rates that borrowers pay for their mortgages remain stubbornly at high levels. Near the peak of the
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      148 38 i I. i J I I t -i "Whatever puts a big smile or Introducing the new range of Watsons baby products! J[ Dermatologically-tested and hypoallergenic, Watsons Baby W| [UP $4.50-$5.95) is ultra mild and suitable for everyday use. J^v m Available at selected stores only. Is Another reason for
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      35 40 I 7^V you HAve THe i HBP»wiWfBN^ i m "x J POW£t? TO sieeTCH 1 ol JJ liH IB m%\m^BT~~M^ how?" J U W I Captain Save-A-Lot stands before I |l the desperate entrepreneur. *^M
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      HERE COMES THE GROOM
      941 41  -  LYNETTE KOH STITCHED HITCHED With more sartorial options for grooms, men can now match up to their brides lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg GUYS sure don't have it easy when it comes to getting married. Not only does the occasion call for them to be "tekan-ed" by their friends and
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          MICHELLE'S NEW CROWN
          70 42 MediaCorp artiste Michelle Chong was recently unveiled as the new female spokesperson for hair consultants Beijing 1 01. According to the company, Michelle was chosen because "she embodies the drive, capability, and ambition of women in the 21 st century". Listen out for Beijing 101's upcoming series
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          BARGAIN APPAREL
          88 42 Till Aug 23, head down to the G2OOO Spring/Summer End Season Sale to enjoy discounts of up to 50 per cent. It's a good chance to stock up on basics for work, with prices for women's blazers slashed by half, and blouses selling for $29 onwards. Men can
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        Lock icon PSST! HERE'S SOME JUICY NEWS
        485 43  -  LYNETTE KOH IN THE beauty industry, it is common for products containing natural ingredients to be described with the phrase "good enough to eat". I never thought this claim could be taken literally, until a recent meeting with Melissa Jochim (picture), the head formulator and
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        399 44  -  DON MENDOZA FOOD FESTIVAL This year's Singapore Food Festival promises to please, especially if you love Peranakan cuisine donm@mediacorp.com.sg YOU would think the last thing a country of food lovers needs is a reason to feast some more. But good food and a diverse culinary culture are our
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        10 LOCAL-ICIOUS REASONS TO DIG INTO THIS YEAR'S SFF
        782 44 1. LONGEST PERANAKAN BUFFET When: July 26, spm till late Where: Read Bridge, Clarke Quay Admission: $35 nett for adults and $22 nett for children (aged 4 to 1 1). For enquiries and tickets, call 6239 1848. Tickets can also be
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        Fringe benefits
        584 45  -  DON MENDOZA Favourite culinary pleasures away from the maddening crowd There was a time when digging into some of our island's most popular fare meant a ride into the city. But that also meant having to jostle with a mob of hungry diners for a table. Thankfully, though,
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          WINNING WAYS
          135 46  -  DON MENDOZA Enjoy some of the best from F&N Magnolia and get lucky. From now until Aug 1 6, spend a minimum of $5 in a single receipt on any of its participating products and stand to win a 4D3N trip to Adelaide, Australia, plus $5,000 cash. Committed
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          TERRIFIC THAI
          183 46  -  SHERMAINE WONG This July, Thai food lovers will be spoilt for choice, with three hotels offering Thai buffet promotions. Sous chef Sumet Sumpachanyanont of the Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok, will be at Mandarin Oriental's MELT The World Cafe (6885 3082) to cook up signature items such as gaeng kua
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        IN BLOOM
        509 47  -  ANDY HUM PROTON EXORA 1.6 Proton MPV flourishes, thanks to Lotus tuning IN JAKARTA news@newstoday.com.sg IN THE jungle, plants have to compete for sunlight and nutrients to thrive. Their strategies include growing quickly to beat other plants to the sun and squeezing out their rivals to gain prime
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        HIGH ROLLER
        320 47 VOLVO SBO 2.5T Wondering about the facelifted S80? Today contributor Julian Low has all the answers. How exactly is this car a 'high roller'? Well, "Volvo" is Latin for "I roll" and the SBO is the Swedish marque's flagship. In any case, the term is apt because the
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        MOTHER EARTH WILL THANK YOU
        151 48 Can't wait to go green? Here are three environmentallyfriendly options that you can get your hands on: HYBRIDS Consider: Honda Civic Hybrid, Toyota Prius Why? Hybrids use a gasoline engine combined with an electric system to give you the best of both worlds: Extended range
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        PLUG AND PLAY
        409 48  -  DERRYN WONG ELECTRIC CITY Mitsubishi previews plug-in electric vehicle (PHEV) here news@newstoday.com .sg IF DRIVING a hybrid vehicle is considered an awakening, then driving a fully-electric vehicle must be the motoring equivalent of achieving enlightenment. That's what a Mitsubishi i-MiEV (Mitsubishi Intelligent Electric Vehicle) is like. It's
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          DAREDEVIL JUMPS TOWER BRIDGE
          92 49 Australian stunt rider Robbie Maddison performed a death-defying backflip over the Tower Bridge in London, England, last Monday in the early hours of the morning. He performed a "nohand backflip" over the half-opened bridge using the two sections as take-off and landing ramps. Maddison already holds
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          AUDI, KIA REPORT POSITIVE SALES
          84 49 Two brands at different ends of the market have reported sales increases in the first half of this year. In that period, Kia sold 2,382 cars here, a 141 per cent year-on-year increase. The Cerato Forte sedan was the best-selling model, moving an average of
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          TWO-WHEELERS SAVE MONEY
          80 49  -  DERRYN WONG A survey conducted in England by the United Kingdom's Motorcycle Industry Association (MCI) revealed that 60 per cent of motorcycle commuters spend £1 0 ($24) or less a week on their commute while 61 per cent of car commuters spend over £10 weekly. It also
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      353 43 PHr-MTA! Full-timebloggerWinnie BUNG BOUN^ Winnie HengJ 9, was «ed when \^^S^ DIvJITAL CAKAFPA^ Heng (left) receiving the she won a sleek Canon IXUS 100 IS camera. She was a dodkst W^SJf |.m>l,.. >....|..,-.- lml« n«iv..r, 1.... PVT ,/'<^KV* GM Andrew Koh was on'ynatljra'- c camera s enctusfe(l ™11 -> 1
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      469 50  -  MAYO MARTIN LOCAL EXHIBITS Meet some artists who explore dark places very literally mayo@mediacorp.com. sg THIS weekend, two separate exhibitions will feature artists who aren't afraid of the dark. Art curating group Salon Projects will take over the fourth floor of a warehouse by furniture showroom
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      276 51 AP LOS ANGELES When cult cable series Flight of the Conchords snags a Best Series Emmy nomination and the most-watched comedy in America, Two And A Half Men, loses out, television academy voters are wilfully thumbing their noses at mass appeal. It seems the Emmys
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      1718 50 I y Sj^'lll [©1900 912 1234 ©www.gv. t om.sg [Jm.gv.tom.sg ■SIJWr^BI HARRY POTTER AND THE HARRY POTTER AND THE HARRY POTTER AND THE HARRY POTTER AND THE HARRY POTTER AND THE HARRY POTTER AND THE HARRY POTTER AND THE HAIF BIO OD PRINCE" HALF-BLOOD PRINCE*' HALF-BLOOD PRINCE*' HALF-BLOOD PRINCE" HALF-BLOOD
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      97 50 Our tough weekend treat for Sudoku die-hards ■RIIIHIIRTfVfI^cWnWI howtoplay HBUIHI9HiiIIIIIBIHBBBB^I The rules are easy. Fill Q 4 9 in the grid so that every row, every column, and DO U every 3x3 box contains C 7 *X fi the digits ithrough 9. COPYRIGHTUCLICK _J FRIDAY'S SOLUTION 7 15 13 4
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      68 51 111 Japanese w/th Cn/n Subtitles R2l ray; 1.00,5.00,9.00,11.00pm Tay; 1.00,5.00,9.00pm KILLING IN THE NUDE mM Chinese with Eng Subtitles R2l Toys Tom: 11.30 am, 5.30pm DEVIL IN THE FLESH ftftWSS Spanish with Eng/Chin Subtitles R2l Toy: 1.30, 7.30,11.30pm rom: 1.30,7.30pm GIRL ii>* Gemwn with Eng/Chin Subtitles R2l Tdy& Tom: 3.30,
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      1046 52 TV LISTINGS SATURDAY ON MEDIACORP Away From Her Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Married for almost 50 years, Grant's and Fiona's commitment to each V p A 1 Channel 5,7.45pm 10pm j^^\^^^^:other appears unwavering. Their daily life is filled with tenderness and tfc /Ml l^'-i^fc It's Harry's third year
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      988 53 TV LISTINGS SUNDAY ON MEDIACORP ACQUIRED DRAMA ,^B^ INDIAN PANAROMA j^ Love jfl itfßlt^ Raja Narasimha Channel B,7pm v?^jjß Vasantham, 4pm rS* Zhenchang asks Anping to tell him Shuhua's whereabouts Raja Narasimha (Vishnuvardhan), is a wealthy landlord. but to no avail. Meanwhile, Duoli falls into a trap and is He
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      203 54 IBRAHIMOVIC ETO'O HLEB? THE DAILYTELEGRAPH Inter Milan have confirmed that they are in talks with Barcelona over the future of Zlatan Ibrahimovic (picture). In all likelihood, were a deal to be agreed, it would also involve Barcelona duo Samuel Eto'o and Alexander Hleb moving in the opposite direction as makeweights.
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      237 54 THE GUARDIAN ENGLISH FOOTBALL Spending spree far from over as Sky Blues tempt Everton with official bid for Lescott LONDON Manchester City have responded to David Moves' public insistence that he will not sell Joleon Lescott (picture) by trying to call the Everton manager's bluff with
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      680 55 .AFP 2009 BRITISH OPEN Marino makes hay on wind-swept course while the rest play catch-up TURNBERRY (Scotland) Steve Marino made the most of a lastminute call-up to the British Open by moving into the lead during Friday's early round, as Tiger Woods embarked on a catch-up
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      686 56 AGENCIES KOBE ASIATOUR 2009 Bryant's star is rising fast in Asia, despite America's ambivalence towards him KOBE Bryant is big in Asia. Helped in large part by his winning a gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games last August, his popularity on the continent has skyrocketed
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      Sports law 101
      190 57  -  LOW LIN FHOONG YOU'RE never too young to learn about the law, some 50 Queenstown Secondary School students found out on Friday. The students attended a symposium on weighty issues such as sponsorship contracts and the problem of doping in sports. The talk was conducted by partners
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      494 59  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Regular rounds of golf the secret to Tampines striker's recent red-hot form Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League 2009 Tampines Rovers vGombak United Tampines Stadium, Sunday 7.45pm shamir@mediacorp.com. sg HE SCORED seven goals in the Lions' 11-0 thumping of Laos en route
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      Albirex plot escape from Bandar Seri Begawan
      416 59  -  SHAMIR OSMAN Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League 2009 DPMM v Albirex Niigata Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium, 8.15pm STEMMING from his days in the dominant Hajduk Split side of the *****, Vjeran Simunic fervently believes in the importance of football clubs making their home ground a fortress.
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      After 7-month wait, sprinter told he qualifies for SEA Games
      286 60  -  LOW LIN FHOONG Mnfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg IT HAS been seven months since Muhd Amirudin bettered the 100 m qualifying mark for December's SEA Games in Laos, and his 10.525 ec time was submitted to the sport's governing body here. But it was
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      Lock icon Fencer Rania strikes gold
      217 60  -  LOW LIN FHOONG RANIA Rahardja won Singapore's first gold medal in the cadet individual women's epee at the ongoing 2009 Asian Junior Cadet Fencing Championships at the Republic Polytechnic on Friday. Competing in her first international meet, the 16--year-old displayed nerves of steel to trounce South
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      576 61  -  TANYO-HINN 39TH VOLVO YOUTH WORLD ISAF SAILING CHAMPIONSHIPS Focus is the key as youngster stays clear of rivals to clinch girls' Laser Radial world title yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg LAST year's world Laser 4.7 women's champion Elizabeth Yin has just added another major accolade to her trophy cabinet. The Singaporean won
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      Lock icon United's main man
      568 62  -  TANYO-HINN MANCHESTER UNITED IN ASIA With Ronaldo andTevez gone, the stage is set for Rooney to shine in kuala lumpur, malaysia yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg FOR a brief while on Friday, the lobby of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Kuala Lumpur was a cool, calm oasis to enjoy an afternoon
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      Lock icon 'Owen will outscore Tevez'
      535 63  -  TANYO-HINN MANCHESTER UNITED IN ASIA k United legend Crerand confident that striker will deliver for Red Devils in kuala lumpur yohinn@mediacorp.com. sg THE shock signing of Michael Owen earlier this month got many a Manchester United fan hot under the collar. Owen, 29, arrived on a
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