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    20 1 TODAY Friday July 24, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Friday July 24, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    in the news
    184 1 6 The three prisoners on trial have been found guilty, and though they apologised to the court, they did not apologise to the victim. They will be sentenced at a later date. 8 Doctors have been advised to give flu patients longer MCs, but companies here are
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    Lock icon Former NMP calls off professorship at NYU
    814 1  -  ALICIA WONG ahaa@mediacorp.com. sg WHEN the New York University (NYU) law school faculty voted to appoint Dr Thio LiAnn as a visiting professor, they were not aware of her strong speech against homosexuality in the Singapore Parliament in Oct 2007. But even after
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    Mind the clock, Counsel
    685 1  -  LEONGWEEKEAT SUBORDINATE COURTS Courts aim to ensure lawyers take punctuality seriously weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg IF YOUR lawyer does not turn up on time for civil and family court proceedings, a Judicial Officer (JO) may strike out your claim or enter judgment against you. This rule has been around
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      Lock icon Of gatherings, chats and close ties
      514 2  -  ONG DAI LIN MINGYITRIAL Yeung offers insights into dealings with co-accused dailin@mediacorp.com. sg THEY first met at a temple in Hong Kong's Happy Valley district nine years ago. At that time, Raymond Yeung (picture), then an airline steward, was taking part in the temple
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      HOWA PHONE CALL FROM HK LED TO $50,000 LOAN
      358 2  -  ONG DAI LIN The story of how he ended up borrowing $50,000 from the Mandala Buddhist Cultural Centre began with a telephone call from Hong Kong on the night of May 16, 2004, Raymond Yeung told the court yesterday. The caller
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      Lock icon Pyongyang gets personal
      465 3 AGENCIES US-NORTH KOREATIES Clinton calls North "unruly teenagers'; they call her a 'schoolgirl' SEOUL North Korea launched a scathing personal attack yesterday on United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, describing her as a "primary schoolgirl" who was "by no means intelligent", after she referred to its
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      Lock icon NTUC Club scraps plans for resort on Sentosa
      358 3  -  IMELDASAAD CHANNEL NEWSASIA imelda@mediacorp.com. sg DESCRIBED as a quality high-end resort for the working class, Palawan Resort was to have opened its doors by the end of last year. But it will not be opening at all now. Its developer, NTUC Club,
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      Inmates found guilty
      501 6  -  ZULOTHMAN IN COURT zul@mediacorp.com.sg THEIR guilt established, they apologised to the court for the severe assaults on their former cell mate. But not once did Iryan Abdul Karim, Muhammad Hamdan Abdul Rahman or Mohammed Zameen Abdul Manoff say sorry to the victim throughout the 12-day trial and
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      Lock icon NTU about to embark on a new direction
      421 6  -  KIERSTENOW 938 LIVE! AS IT graduates its largest ever cohort of students, Nanyang Technological University is about to make "some hard choices" about the direction ahead. NTU president Su Guaning said it has reached a broad consensus that sustainable cities would be
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      Employers not unduly worried
      507 8  -  NEOCHAICHIN LONG MCS chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg DOCTORS have been advised to give adult suspected HINI patients seven days' medical leave while the prevalence of cases is expected to peak within two weeks. How prepared then are companies for the possibility of more staff being out of action for
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      Lock icon A mother's sorrow...
      200 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA IT HAS been a trying time for the family of 13-year-old lan Fong who died on Wednesday due to complications from the HINI flu virus. What started out as a mild cough and fever escalated into fits, and lan went into a coma he never
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      Car crash driver enters guilty plea
      330 10  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER contesting the case last year, the man accused of crashing his car at the bus stop on Penang road in May 2007 entered a guilty plea at the Subordinate Courts yesterday. Wong Heng Chiang, a former senior accounts executive, admitted to
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      Vouchers to make dining fine
      430 10  -  ESTHER NG CONSUMER SPENDING estherng@mediacorp.com.sg INSTEAD of wagyu beef orgaroupa, customers are ordering normal beef or soon hock. "They are booking smaller banquets, opting for fewer tables and cheaper menus," said Tung Lok's vice-president Andrew Tjioe. So while there has not been much change in
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      Case concludes Brookes investigation
      222 10 THE Consumers Association of Singapore sent the findings of an internal investigation into Brookes Business School to the police. The investigation confirmed a Channel News Asia report, which Today carried on Monday, that Brookes was withholding insurance certificates from foreign students and did not offer local
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      Two new schools offer AEP, MEP
      159 11 TWO more schools are offering the Art Elective Programme (AEP) and the Music Elective Programme (MEP). They are Zhonghua Secondary School for the AEP and Crescent Girls' School for the MEP. The Ministry of Education (MOE) announced yesterday that they will start their programmes
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      Lock icon Three cheers for Molly
      172 11 938 live THANKS to Molly, more than 58,000 have had access to various library services since April last year. Also 75,000 loans were registered and close to 1,400 people signed up as library users through Molly, the National Library Board's prototype new generation mobile library service.
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      Censors yet to say yes
      233 11  -  LEONGWEEKEAT YPVIDEO weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS to be the first in a series of online content designed to woo potential Young PAP (YP) members, but the launch of its recruitment video had to be shelved mere hours before the scheduled event yesterday. The reason? The censors
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      Lock icon Film-maker in ICU
      220 12 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian directorYasmin Ahmad (picture), best known for her TV commercials "Family" and "Funeral", was warded in intensive care yesterday after she collapsed during a meeting at the headquarters of TV3 in Selangor. She is believed to have suffered a stroke and was rushed to
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      Lock icon 'We won't expel Myanmar'
      344 12 AFP US-ASEANTIES BANGKOK The Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) will not consider expelling Myanmar over the detention of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, rejecting United States calls, Thailand's Prime Minister said yesterday. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Thai television on Wednesday that
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      Lock icon CHECKS RAMPED UP AT ASEAN FORUM
      113 12 AFP Security forces yesterday destroyed a motorcycle they suspected was loaded with explosives after it was sniffed by dogs. It was later determined that the bike was not armed. Not taking any chances, the police destroyed it in a controlled explosion that could be
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      Lock icon 'There's no way he would kill himself'
      225 12 AGENCIES SHAH ALAM Eight more people were called by the police yesterday to assist in investigations into the suspicious death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock, reported Bernama. The witnesses were believed to be among the last persons to have called or sent
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      Lock icon GLAXOSMITHKLINE PREDICTS H1N1 GOLD RUSH
      117 14 THE GUARDIAN Britain's biggest pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), is preparing to sell £3 billion ($7 billion) worth of Influenza A (H1N1) drugs this year. The company revealed that its vaccine, one of the world's first, could be available by September, and the United Kingdom government
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      Lock icon First drug-resistant H1N1 case in North America
      172 14 AFP MONTREAL Canadian health officials have identified a case of Influenza A (H1N1) that has proved resistant to the anti-viral drug Tamiflu, media reports said on Wednesday. The case was detected in a Quebec man in his 60s, who had been taking a
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      Lock icon Elderly, young face Haj ban
      339 14 AGENCIES ANTI-HINI MEASURES CAIRO Arab health ministers meeting in the Egyptian capital have decided to ban children, elderly and those with chronic medical conditions from pilgrimage to Mecca this year, in an effort to contain the spread of Influenza A (HI Nl). The ministers, however,
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      Lock icon China media black out news on graft case linked to President's son
      278 17 AFP BEIJING China's Internet censors yesterday blocked news about a graft probe in Namibia involving a firm linked to the son of President Hu Jintao, as state-run media ignored the sensitive issue. Two Namibians and a Chinese national
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      Lock icon Military marches into cyberspace
      271 17 AP TRANSPARENCY IN CHINA BEIJING China's Defence Ministry will launch its first official website next month, in what state media yesterday said is an effort by the military to be more transparent. China has long been tight-lipped about its military strength and capacity, drawing criticism from
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      Lock icon 4 dead, 53 missing in landslide
      160 17 AFP BEIJING Four people were killed and 53 remained missing after heavy rains triggered a landslide in a remote and mountainous area of South-west China yesterday, the government said. The Civil Affairs Ministry's website said the victims were construction labourers who had been working
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      Lock icon Indonesia police arrest JI bomber recruit: Reports
      186 18 AGENCIES JAKARTA Indonesian police have arrested a suspected would-be suicide bomber linked to Noordin Mohammed Top, the Malaysian terror mastermind believed to be behind last week's bomb attacks in Jakarta, reports said yesterday. The man had confessed to being groomed as a suicide
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      Lock icon JI may be active again
      300 18 AFP TERROR ATTACKS Blasts in the Philippines, Indonesia seem associated: Manila MANILA Recent deadly bombings in Indonesia and the Philippines appear to be linked, and suggest regional militant group Jemaah Islamiyah may be active again, said Manila's national security chief yesterday. The "character and intent"
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      Lock icon Guantanamo to close by Jan
      163 18 AFP LONDON The Guantanamo Bay detention camp will close by January, Vice-President Joe Biden said yesterday, adding that decisions on all inmates were likely "well before January". In an interview with the BBC, he insisted Washington was on course to fulfil the pledge by US
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      Lock icon Japan's opposition under pressure to bridge credibility gap
      229 20 AFP TOKYO —Japan's opposition is promising a kinder, gentler nation if it wrests power in a general election next month. It is, however, under pressure to flesh out its intentions in both economic and foreign policy. Opinion polls give the Democratic Party
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      Lock icon Pig cells used in humans
      343 20 AP DIABETES RESEARCH Kiwi professor goes ahead with trial despite warnings about dangers of procedure WELLINGTON A New Zealand biotechnology company began a trial yesterday that will implant cells from newborn pigs into eight human volunteers as an experimental treatment for their diabetes. The cells
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      Lock icon Arrest of black professor was 'stupid'
      223 22 AFP WASHINGTON Untied States President Barack Obama joked yesterday that even he would get shot if he lost his keys and tried to break into the White House. He was answering a question about the arrest of his friend, prominent AfricanAmerican Harvard scholar Henry
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      Lock icon Too big for the role?
      300 22 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH EIGHTY ISSUE US surgeon-general nominee criticised for her weight WASHINGTON President Barack Obama's nomination of Ms Regina Benjamin as America's surgeon-general has faced a barrage of criticism from medics who claim she is setting a bad example because of her weight. Critics have highlighted
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      Lock icon HEALTHCARE OVERHAUL IS VITAL, SAYS OBAMA
      121 22 AFP President BarackObama fiercely defended his embattled campaign to overhaul US healthcare on Wednesday, calling it vital to nursing the economy to long-term vigour. Facing a defining moment six months into his presidency, MrObama warned that a political stalemate must not be allowed to
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      Lock icon OSAMA'S SON KILLED BY US MISSILE?
      95 26 BLOOMBERG One of Osama bin Laden's sons may have been killed in a United States missile strike in Pakistan earlier this year. Saad bin Laden (picture), believed to be in his late 20s, was killed by Hellfire missiles fired from a Predator drone. Osama
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      Lock icon Mistake to still pay for Saddam's sins
      321 26 AFP,THE NEWYORKTIMES OBAMATELLS IRAQ... WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki have pledged to improve cooperation between their nations, saying that a new friendship would emerge. Mr Obama also said he was committed to working with Iraq
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      Lock icon President opens hospital, performs op
      139 26 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH TURKMENISTAN'S maverick President has opened a cancer hospital by performing the first operation himself. President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov removed a benign tumour from behind the ear of a patient with assistance from local doctors. Mr Berdymukhamedov, a dentist by training, was Health Minister under former
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      We should set a higher standard
      174 28  -  James Chi Han-Hsuan PROPERTY AGENTS Letter from I APPLAUD the recent moves to regulate entry into the property agency business, but shouldn't there be a minimum academic qualification requirement for a would-be agent to take the regulatory examinations? I do not think that an
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      Wiser from the experience
      295 28  -  Dr Leong Choon Kit Letter from I REFER to "I should have gone to hospital from the start" (July 22). As a family physician, I would like to highlight a few lessons for all of us to learn from Mr Ho Chin Lai's unfortunate experience with
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      165 30  -  DR JAMES DOBSON ,,,,BY LEARNING TO FIGHT FAIR Since there's conflict in every romantic relationship, learning to fight fair just might be the most important lesson any couple can master. There's a real difference between healthy and unhealthy combat in marriage. And everything depends on the
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      SHORT TAKE
      35 30  -  Ong SinYee BLOCK PHONE SIGNALS IN CINEMAS Letter from Cinemas should cut off telephone signals in their screening halls to ensure that all movie-goers enjoy the maximum experience for which they have paid.
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      Continue search for as long as it takes
      321 30  -  Sonny Yuen TEMASEK SUCCESSION Letter from I REFER to the News Comment "Temasek should relook process" by Conrad Raj Ouly 22). I am a professional recruiter. In any search process, the journey is always fraught with many difficulties. It is impossible to
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      OPCs: Allow full use on Saturdays
      207 30  -  Joshua Loh Letter from IN Parliament on Feb 12, Minister Raymond Lim identified three areas that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) will look into to improve the Off-Peak Car (OPC) scheme. These are making it more convenient for motorists to purchase the OPC day
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      Thanks for the words of support: New NMP
      162 30  -  Calvin Cheng Letter from Nominated Member of Parliament I REFER to the letter "Do not write us off (July 21). I would like to thank Ms Elaina Olivia Chong for her letter. Since then, she has clarified in the Shin Mm Daily
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      185 34 SPECIAL REPORT The curtain goes up with or without HINI FOR a measly bug, it sure has stirred up a whole hornet's nest of trouble. The HINI flu outbreak has now moved on to its "mitigation" phase and folk have adjusted to normal life for
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      493 44  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIES genevievdoh@mediacorp.com.sg AT WHAT one would imagine to be an obvious hotspot for a contagious bug, Singapore cinemas have surprisingly not experienced a "significant drop" in business. Golden Village Multiplex (GV) managing director David Glass told Today that the current slate of blockbusters
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      28 34 LOCAL BOY MADE GOOD He has worked with Jackie Cheung, Rain and Christina Aguilera. Now it's time for local songwriter/producerTan Hanjin to take the stage. Exclusively at www.todayonline.com
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      269 48  -  SHAMIR OSMAN As part of Liverpool's tour of Asia, the club are looking to build a legacy here in Asia that will last longer than the couple of days the squad spends in each country. The Reds have put in place a knowledge
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      651 52 AGENCIES ENGLISH FOOTBALL Liverpool captain takes the stand and says he threw first punch in self-defence LIVERPOOL It was the moment many had been waiting for, with Liverpool fans hoping the club captain's own version of an incident in a bar last December would
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      718 54  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Fresh from rare win Tigers look to get off foot of table GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Balestier Khalsa vAlbirex Niigata Jalan Besar Stadium, 7.30pm Live on Channel 5 shamir@niediacorp.com. sg ROCK-BOTTOM Balestier Khalsa recorded only their second win of the Great
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        67 64 The quarter's DPU slumped to 1.48 cents, down by over 27 per cent from 2.04 cents in the same period last year. This was "due to additional units arising from the rights issue in Aug 2008", said the trust. Distributable income rose about 27 per cent from
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        55 64 938 LIVE The serviced apartment Reit's secondquarter DPU slid 18 per cent from a year ago to 1.79 cents. It said weaker demand in Singapore and China, as well as increased competition from new supply in Beijing and Shanghai, caused total distributable income to fall 17 per
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        59 66 62 cents I Buy BNP Paribas initiates coverage with a 78 cents target price, tipping the education firm as a unique way to invest in China's changing societal norms. "Raffles Education offers exposure to China's social liberalisation; specifically, the desire by young China to express itself in artistic
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        60 66 37.5 cents I Buy CIMB starts coverage with a 51 cents target price, pegged at 8 times FY '10 earnings. It forecasts FY '10, FY '11 earnings to rise 86 and 25 per cent to $18.5 million and $23.1 million, respectively, as company adds 25 new vessels
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        94 66 $6.23 I Reduce BNP Paribas advises shareholders to accept PetroChina's offer priced at $6.25 per share, saying the stock looks rich at a price-to-book multiple of 1.8 times, marking a 29-per-cent premium to peers. BNP maintains its call with unchanged target price of $4.45, saying it expects the refining
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        17 66 Wednesday 2,450.83 0.14% Tuesday 2,454-33 0.07% Monday 2,456.15 A 1.04% Friday 2,430.96 A 1.25%
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        27 66 iang Seng 19,817.70 A 2.96% Jikkei 9,792.94 A 0.72% ihanghai 3,328.49 A 0.97% ieoul 1,496.49 A 0.16% /lumbai 15,231.04 A 2.61% Malaysia 1,152.15 A 0.30%
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        23 66 US$1 £1 i euro A$i RMi $1,441 ¥100 $1,526 $2,377 HK$ioo $18.60 $2,048 RMB100 $21.10 $1,177 RS100 $2,973 $0,407 RPio,ooo $1,436
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      461 66  -  KELVIN CHOW kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg FOR agreeing to join the Singapore Exchange (SGX), Mr Magnus Bockerwill receive a sign-on bonus of about $4.8 million after he becomes chief executive officer (CEO) later this year. While there was no such bonus for the
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