3 November 2011

Thursday 3 November, 2011

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Shopkeeper strikes back A shopkeeper retaliates with a stick after he and his family are confronted by two teenage robbers, one armed with a parang. The recording was posted on YouTube

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Cleaner but could be better KUALA LUMPUR

Malaysia’s ranking on Bribe Players Index improves although not in top 10

MALAYSIA’S ranking on Transparency International’s Bribe Players Index (BPI) may have improved but its ranking of 15th out of 28 countries is still a cause for concern.

This is the opinion of Transparency International Malaysia president Datuk Paul Low, who lamented that the country has yet to break into the top 10 “cleaner” nations list.

Announcing the rankings yesterday, he said Malaysia scored 7.6 out of 10 points along with Hong Kong, South Africa and Italy.

The top countries are the Netherlands and Switzerland, which scored 8.8. The lowest are China with 6.5 and Russia with 6.1.

The least corrupted nation would be one whose score is closest to 10.

The BPI is a ranking system which rates which major trading countries have companies with a tendency to pay bribes when doing business abroad as opposed to the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) which ranks countries with the most corruptible officials.

“Malaysia seems to always hover just

By AZRIL ANNUAR azril@mmail.com.my above or slightly below average, never excelling in the top 10,” Low said.

He said it was imperative that the government implement a legal system to make companies accountable for bribe-paying instead of merely prosecuting individuals.

Low said the UK Anti-Bribery Act was such that if an employee paid a bribe, even the board of directors were held responsible unless they were able to prove they had reasonably put anti-corruption measures in their companies.

“In Malaysia, we mostly prosecute the individual. But the individual may have actually done it with the blessings of the people at the top. And, of course, when this happen, the top level will just let him fall and pretend ignorance and apologise and the company itself isn’t prosecuted,” he said.

“There is a need to ensure that if employees engaged in bribery, the company and the board of directors should also be liable.”

Low also pointed out that the sectors most prone to bribery and corruption were the construction, public works and the defence sector.

It is the fourth time that Malaysia had been listed in Transparency International’s BPI. Its previous BPI scores were 3.9 in 1999, 4.3 in 2002 and 5.6 in 2006. Malaysia did not qualify in 2008 as it was not considered an important trading nation.

Meanwhile, Federation of Public Listed Companies Malaysia president Tan Sri Megat Najmuddin Megat Khas described Malaysia’s new ranking as a “tremendous improvement”.

He said even though many local public listed companies had “relatively good governance”, it was still a struggle to curb greed and avarice.

“However, the Astro/Maxis’ bosses alleged breaches of the corruption law in India do not help our image internationally. There are also so many Malaysians in jail overseas for a variety of crimes like drug trafficking, credit card cloning, bribery, people smuggling and the like. And what do we do about it?” he said.

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There is a need to ensure that if employees engaged in bribery, the company and the board of directors should also be liable.

— Transparency International Malaysia president Datuk Paul Low

WORLD

Audit report: 19 charged

Cops say MTUC protest illegal

More Malaysian drug mules

French paper firebombed

Only three officers have been charged based on investigation papers opened on the 2009 AG’s report, and 16 based on the 2008 report

Police say the MTUC protest planned for today is illegal.

The movement is unhappy with the changes being made to the Employment Act

At least 40 Malaysians have been arrested since last year for trying to smuggle drugs to neighbouring countries like Australia, Singapore and Indonesia

Satirical weekly ‘Charlie Hebdo’ under attack after publishing ‘Arab Spring’ edition featuring controversial guest editor

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Malaysia on Oct 31 was officially the first country from Asean and the 49th country to join the Antarctic Treaty — Foreign Ministry

The Malay Mail Thursday 3 NOVEMBER, 2011

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19 taken to court MACC acts on AG's 2008 and 2009 reports

THE Malaysian AntiCorruption Commission (MACC) charged three officers from the 13 investigation papers opened on the 2009 Auditor-General’s (AG) report.

The trio charged were from a subsidiary company of the Malaysian Tourism Promotions Board involving the use of RM888,000 in allocations. " S i x t e e n p e op l e w e re charged on investigation into the Auditor General's Report 2008 and three more were charged on the 2009 report, " MACC Deputy Commissioner Datuk Mohd Shukri Abdull told a Press conference yesterday.

Transparency International Malaysia (TIM) president Datuk Paul Low questioned why MACC have not been

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forthcoming over investigation papers opened on the AG's report.

Low previously told The Malay Mail it was “responsible” for MACC to inform the public on results of their investigation as a “reasonable time” had passed since investigations were opened.

The 2010 AG's report was released in Parliament last week declaring the national debt rose by 12.3 per cent to over RM407 billion last year and the government owed 53.1 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) at the end of last year.

Every year, the audit report reveals leakages and overexpenditure by government agencies, which include the

Home Ministry, the Prime Mi n i ste r’s D e p ar t m e nt , Federal Ter r itor ies and Urban Well-being Ministry and the Rural and Regional Development Ministry.

One jaw-dropping example is the Marine Department w h i ch sp e nt R M 5 6 , 3 5 0 on a pair of night vision marine binoculars although its market value was only RM1,940.

Mohd Shukri, however, yesterday denied involvement of any corruption explaining the price of the binoculars was manipulated by the company tasked with constructing the RM7.51 million “all-weather” aluminium boat required by the department.

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THE Dewan Rakyat yesterday rejected an opposition motion to deduct the salary of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak by a month.

The motion, raised by Tian Chua (pic) (PKR-Batu), raised a ruckus in the House.

Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia announced it was rejected after majority of MPs voted against it.

The debate on the motion, which went for more than an hour, saw Datuk Idris Harun (BN-Tangga Batu) and Datuk Ibrahim Ali (Ind-Pasir Mas) voicing their opposition to it.

"Tangga Batu totally rejects Batu!" Idris shouted during the debate.

Pandikar Amin had difficulty trying to control the MPs and shouted orders several times for them to sit.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk

SEPUTEH MP Teresa Kok (pic) urged the Tourism Ministry yesterday not to make excuses in their choice to engage in direct bookings as opposed to open tenders for paid advertisement contracts.

She was referring to Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen's justifications on the ministry's shortcomings highlighted in the 2010 AuditorGeneral's (AG) Report.

The report stated that 72 per cent of advertisement contracts by the ministry were via direct negotiations with providers rather than through open tenders.

It also said these contracts were completed without the approval of the Finance Ministry.

Kok refuted Dr Ng's claims that direct contracts were secured to avoid intermediaries who charged a 15 per cent commission.

"This seems like a very weak argument. It's common knowledge that through a competitive open tender process, media agencies would offer high competitive prices and cater to proposals to match the market rate," she said at

“The contract was awarded to Kapal Masai Engineering Company, which presented the lowest price to construct and build the “all-weather” boat.

“This package included the price of ‘Bushnell Binoculars (Night Vision). Despite having an overall package at the lowest price, there were items in the package priced unrealistically,” he said.

Mohd Shukri said six companies bid for the tender and the contract was eventually awarded to Kapal Masai Engineering with a quotation of RM7.5 million.

He said MACC would recommend the Marine Parks Department take action against officers involved in the procurement and the government to blacklist the company.

MOHD SHUKRI: Contract awarded to firm which presented lowest price

MPs reject motion to Stop making excuses, Kok tells Yen Yen deduct PM's salary

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Seri Nazri Abdul Aziz said some matters raised were defamatory in nature.

Nazri was representing Najib, who is in Mecca performing the haj.

On Monday, Tian Chua, who is also a PKR vice-president, said he filed the motion because of Najib's failure to overcome issues and his unsatisfactory performance since he took office in April 2009.

Tian Chua said t h e u n re s o l v e d issues under Najib's administration included the country's escalating debt and uncontrolled inflation rates.

He said it was akin to a motion of no-confidence against the Prime Minister's leadership and said Najib's one-month salary amounting to RM22,826.65 should be deducted.

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"Ng's justification is tremendously weak and irresponsible and cannot be allowed to go unaddressed as there are precedents that must be set in order to protect taxpayers' money as opposed to protecting business relationships with handpicked media outfits and suppliers.

"My experience in discussions with media experts reveal there are media agencies that even return rebates of up to 17 per cent in their proposals.

"Beyond this, in trying to secure these government contracts, especially ones as significant as the ministry's, media experts who handle

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and strategise bookings would know how to meet the needs of such a client, given the benefit it brings to the nation."

Kok said open tenders would avoid dependency on some service providers.

She said the AG's report and recommendations for prompt investigation into the ministry's actions must be taken up by the government without fear or favour and done speedily and transparently.

It was reported Dr Ng said the advertisement spending for 2009 and 2010 was above board, within budget and followed the Finance Ministry procedures, which allowed for direct negotiations.

The AG's report recommended an internal probe be conducted and disciplinary action taken if it was found that abuse of power occurred in the Tourism Ministry's procurements.

The report said for 2009 and 2010, the Malaysian Tourism Promotion Board purchased advertising space for RM194.31 million, but if it had gone through a tender process, the same jobs would have only cost RM75.38 million.

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Deal will not violate anti-trust laws, says Rafidah THE share swap between Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS) and AirAsia Bhd will not result in monopolistic practices between the two carriers.

AirAsia X Bhd chairman Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz said the deal would not result in any behaviour that violates antitrust laws.

"We (AirAsia and MAS) are guided by strict anti-trust laws overseas and in Malaysia when competition laws come into force next year. We'll not be able to do anything that violates any anti-trust laws," she told a media briefing on the MalaysiaEurope Forum's Roundtable yesterday.

The Malaysian Competition Commission is reviewing the possible impact of the MASAirAsia collaboration on the local market, and advise both airlines on possible areas.

Rafidah said the collaboration may result in cost-cutting for both airlines and benefit passengers and customers as they could offer better services.

She said the MAS management must continuously hold dialogues with all levels of its workforce through its unions.

"This is to explain what’s happening and what’s going to happen, particularly to employees, and the areas of cost-saving which translates into benefits," she said.

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Myanmar should play a more active role in Asean to enable it to tackle problems arising from globalisation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad

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MTUC protest illegal, say police

POLICE have declared the protest by the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC), scheduled for today, as illegal.

The movement had said it planned to hold a protest against the amendments to the Employment Act at 17 locations nationwide this evening.

Both the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor police, contacted by

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The Malay Mail yesterday, confirmed no application had been received, or a permit granted to MTUC, to hold the protest.

Police also warned that action would be taken if the action affected the movement of the public or escalated into violence.

KL deputy police chief Datuk Amar Singh said police

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would not hesitate to take action against the protesters if they were found to disturb the peace and disrupt traffic flow.

"The timing for the protest was set for the rush-hour of between 5pm and 6.30pm and this may cause chaos,"

he said.

Selangor police chief Datuk Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah said his officers would monitor the situation.

"They have informed us about the protest but did not apply for a permit. Thus, it is illegal," he said.

The protest in KL and Selangor is scheduled to be held in Jalan Raja Laut (Kuala

Lumpur), Jalan Barat (Petaling Jaya), Rawang, Shah Alam (near the Proton factory), Section 15 (Shah Alam), Bukit Raja, and Teluk Panglima Garang (Banting).

Earlier, Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order director Datuk Salleh Mat Rasid told reporters police would be considerate and allow the protest to go on if

MB to stay out I won't be involved in reshuffling of Kampung Baru redevelopment leadership, says Khalid

SELANGOR Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim has promised not to get involved in the reshuffling of the Kampung Baru Malay Agricultural Settlement's (MAS) top leadership.

He was commenting on a statement by Kampung Baru Development Secretariat chairman Ahmad Zamri Asaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ad Khuzimi that the expected changes in the MAS' top leadership "would be conducted by the vested power of the Menteri Besar".

An online news portal report on Sunday quoted Ahmad Zamri as saying that according to the Malay Agriculture

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Settlement Land Act 1950, MAS fell under the jurisdiction of the Selangor government.

He said the Mentri Besar had the power to appoint four members while the remaining seven members would be selected based on the residents' opinions.

Ahmad Zamri also said the top MAS leadership was expected to be changed as it was no longer seen as "functioning efficiently in defending the exclusive land of the Kampung Baru Malay".

However, MAS honorary

secretary Shamsuri Suradi responded and said Abdul Khalid had no veto power to make the changes and tha it was the administration body's decision to conduct a reshuffle.

Abdul Khalid, who was asked after the weekly State executive council meeting if would use the power under the Act to select members for the administration body, replied: "No, I won't."

On the lack of veto power, he said: "If that is so, then the Menteri Besar should not get involved."

However, he said the Selangor government had a "moral responsibility" to lend its sup-

port to residents to take part in the decision-making process concerning the redevelopment of the Malay enclave in Kuala Lumpur as it previously fell under the jurisdiction of Selangor.

"The residents want to have a say in the redevelopment without solely relying on the Federal government to call the shots," he said.

A majority of the land owners had protested against the proposed Kampung Baru Corporation Bill since it was tabled for the first reading in Parliament last December.

The Bill would have given the Federal government immunity

from legal proceedings with regards to developing the area.

Following protests from the residents, the Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Ministry held briefings in June on amendments to the proposed law.

The Bill was amended to include more participation from the landowners.

The amendments a ls o removed the power of the corporation to acquire land and retained MAS as the administration body of the 111-yearold settlement.

The amended Bill was tabled, debated and passed in Parliament last month.

State to explain private land ownership scheme MANY Selangor residents are confused over the State government's Private Land Ownership scheme, Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said yesterday.

"Although the Selangor government introduced the scheme for the welfare of its people, many have failed to understand the policy's goals, principles and target group," he said at a Press conference after a state executive council meeting.

He said briefing sessions would be held to explain the details of the policy to the public.

The Selangor government had implemented the policy on June 1 to encourage property owners to pay their dues to the State.

Under the scheme, property owners can apply to renew their land leases for up to 99 years for a nominal premium of RM1,000.

The condition is that the owner or beneficiary can

only sell the property after paying the full premium based on the market value at the point of sale.

To encourage people to pay the premium in full, property owners will be given a 30 per cent discount on the land premium.

MCA Selangor had criticised the scheme as a political ploy, saying property owners were charged exorbitant land premiums under the new scheme.

Said Abdul Khalid: "We

would be honoured if parties who do not understand the scheme, including MCA Selangor, could attend the briefing to hear and understand the policy."

He also said the Selangor government was willing to hold a debate on the policy and leave it to the people to make judgments.

"It is unfair to debate without providing explanations to groups that do not understand the scheme," he said.

Abdul Khalid said the State

government was flexible with the policy and property owners who were comfortable with the previous payment method could stick to it.

"We are not forcing property owners to choose the new scheme. The choice is in their hands according to their financial ability," he said.

However, he said people were responding positively, with "a few thousand" having chosen to renew their leases according to the policy.

it did not pose any threat to the public and if a permit was applied for, as required under Section 27 of the Police Act 1967.

MTUC secretary-general Abdul Halim Mansor had said yesterday it would carry out the nationwide protest to ensure its discontent with the amendments made to the Employment Act was heard.

KUALA LUMPUR

Traders offered new location TRADERS who had been operating at the Klang Bus Terminal, also known as Klang Bus Stand, will be moved to new premises in front of the Central Market LRT station nearby.

Deputy Federal Territories and Urban Well-being Minister Datuk M. Saravanan, who visited the site yesterday, said the traders could operate rent-free at the new site for the first six months.

The bus terminal, opened more than 40 years ago, is being demolished to make way for the proposed MRT project.

"The ministry will hold discussions with Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (Prasarana) on the next course of action as the MRT project is only expected to be completed in 2016," Saravanan said.

He said the government would ensure the welfare of the 13 traders, who had been operating at the terminal for more than 10 years, would be taken care off.

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Show goes on at GSC IT was business as usual at Golden Screen Cinemas Mid Valley yesterday when the cinema halls resumed screenings after closing because of a fire.

Golden Screen Cinema Sdn Bhd (GSC) said the staff had minimise inconvenience to movie-goers and disruption to business..

It said those affected by the cancellation of the movies on Tuesday may get their refunds at the ticket counters or call the GSC Customer Service at 03-7806 8888 or email custserv@gsc.com.my.

The e-payment facility was also reinstated yesterday.

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Pahang police cripple Nippon Gang PAHANG police believe they have crippled the "Nippon" Gang involved in robberies and car-theft cases in Bera, Maran, Kuantan, Rompin and Temerloh with the arrest of four of its members.

Temerloh police chief ACP Mohd Nor Mansor said the four men, aged between 28 and 40, who were also drug addicts, were believed to be involved in at least 16 robberies, house break-ins and car-theft cases reported over the past few months.

The four were arrested in two raids in Kampung Machang Gelap Chenor, Maran, and in Felda Purun, Bera on Oct 15. Police retrieved three cars, a sports utility vehicle (SUV) and a motorcycle, all believed to be stolen, from the suspects.

Website to warn of floods THE Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) has put up a website to alert the public of impending floods. The PublicInfoBanjir website provide information and issues early warning of floods in high-risk areas, said Deputy Natural Resources and Environment Minister Tan Sri Joseph Kurup in Malacca yesterday. It is to enable people to make preparations early before the floods strike, he told a news conference. DID directorgeneral Datuk Ahmad Husaini Sulaiman said the information on the website was live and would be updated regularly. "Cameras have been installed in highrisk areas to capture the situation on the ground," he said. The service is also available on Facebook and Twitter.

Ensuring quality childcare PARENTS should send their children to childcare centres registered with the Social Welfare Department to ensure quality care. Social Welfare Department directorgeneral Hadzir Md Zain said about 600 childcare centres nationwide had registered with the department while more than 1,100 others were awaiting certification.

"Early childhood education and care is a new initiative in Malaysia, whereby we're not looking at the welfare perspective alone but also its holistic approach," Hadzir, who was representing Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, said after opening an early childhood care and education conference in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

Felda is negotiating with the Cambodian authorities following an offer to open up 160,000 ha of land there — Felda chairman Tan Sri Mohamed Isa Abdul Samad

The Malay Mail Thursday 3 NOVEMBER, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR

Drug mules on the rise Concern over increasing number of Malaysians held

INSTEAD of dealing with mules smuggling drugs into the country, police now have to contend with Malaysians attempting to smuggle drugs overseas.

The prospect of making easy money lured no less than 40 Malaysians into becoming drug mules since last year.

Bu k it Aman Narcot ics Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Noor Rashid Ibrahim (pic) said the rising number of Malaysians being detained for smuggling drugs overseas were alarming as they were willing to take the risk

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for a quick buck.

He said drugs smuggled to neighbouring countries were worth double the value as the market price was higher than here.

Citing an example, Noor Rashid said: "You can be a millionaire if you just smuggle one kilogramme of syabu to Australia, as drugs are worth more there compared to only RM200,000 here."

He said the department viewed

seriously the sudden rise in the number of Malaysians caught for trying to smuggle drugs

into neighbouring countries like Australia, Singapore and Indonesia.

“Although Malaysia is not a country that produces drugs, it has always been a viable transit point."

Noor Rashid said the change in pattern was obvious as presently Malaysians were the ones being lured to becoming drug mules.

He said police would deploy special task force teams to man airports throughout the country.

“Most of our operations at

airports and borders are targeted at drugs being smuggled into the country. We will now also focus on drugs going out."

Noor Rashid said daily operations by the department at airports and border points would continue.

“Our operations were successful. Statistics show an average of five to eight drug busts daily throughout the country."

He said most arrests were made at the KL International Airport, a popular point for Nigerian and Middle Eastern mules.

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Teen robbers believed involved in five other cases

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WELL DONE: One of the police personnel promoted to lancecorporal yesterday

Promotional motivation for cops

IT was a day to remember for 60 police officers at the Bukit Aman Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department when they were promoted yesterday morning.

The ceremony was witnessed by the department's director, Datuk Noor Rashid Ibrahim, who praised his men for their hard work and sacrificed to achieve more.

Of the 60 promoted, 50 went

from lance-corporals to corporals.

The rest were sergeant-majors promoted to sub-inspectors.

"Those promoted got salary increments and other benefits according to their rankings and job scopes," said Noor Rashid.

"Hopefully, this will motivate the officers to achieve higher positions by contributing effectively to the force."

THE two teenage robbers featured in a YouTube video slashing a shopkeeper and his family in Bandar Mahkota Cheras on Oct 25 have at least five such criminal activities under their belt.

They were arrested on Monday after a man reported he was also robbed by them.

Police believe they have an accomplice still at large.

Initial investigations suggest the trio not only targeted small businesses like sundry shops but was also involved in street crimes such as wayside robberies around Kajang.

District police chief ACP Ab Rashid Ab Wahab described the teenagers in the video, aged 15 and 17, as "opportunists" who struck whenever the chance arose.

“Both were arrested at Bandar Damai Perdana on Monday after police received a report from a

PARANG THREAT: Video recording of the shopkeeper and his family being confronted by the teen robbers

Nepalese man robbed by them at the area,” said Ab Rashid.

He said police were checking whether the suspects were involved in other crime sprees by joining up with other groups.

Ab Rashid said the duo were remanded until tomorrow.

The 46-seconds clip showed the duo, wearing helmets and armed with a parang, entering the sundry shop and demanding cash.

However, the shopkeeper and his family retaliated and attacked them with a stick kept under the counter.

After an exchange of blows, the youths fled empty-handed. The incident happened on Deepavali Day. The clip took thousands of hits on YouTube and Facebook, with the public expressing outrage over the nature of the attack.

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Daring double heist by leaping robber

A ROBBER has caught the police's eyes as he is believed to be involved in two bank heists on Tuesday with a motorcycleriding partner.

The suspect, in full-faced helmet and armed with a handgun, jumped over the counters of both Affin Bank in Pudu and CIMB Bank in Taman Connaught, Cheras.

The only difference is that he walked in alone in the second robbery.

Cheras district police chief ACP Mohan Singh Tara Singh said that in the first incident at Affin Bank in Fraser Business Park, Jalan Metro Pudu, the robber entered the premises about 11am and leapt over the counter.

“An accomplice, armed with a parang, held the bank’s guard at bay while the gunman scooped up RM44,000 before both made their escape on a motorcycle," he said.

He said the gunman later used the same method at CIMB Bank in Jalan Sarjana, except that his accomplice waited outside on a motorcycle

behind the bank.

The robber walked calmly into the bank branch at about 3.45pm, jumped over the counter and forced the clerk to fill up a bag with RM25,000 while pointing the gun to her head in the presence of customers and the bank staff.

A guard was in the bank's ATM annex at the time.

The robber then walked out to escape with his accomplice from the back alley.

The incident was over in five minutes.

No shot was fired and no one was hurt in both heists.

Police are viewing CCTV footages from both banks to glean more details on the robbers.

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The government plans to dispose some government-owned land to the private sector to raise more funds for economic development â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah

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Reading together 12-year-olds share their love for books FOR 2,011 seconds, students across the country read simultaneously starting at 9am yesterday, kicking off the week-long 1Malaysia Reading Camp, READ2011.

Several 12-year-olds shared their love for reading with The Malay Mail.

"I read novels, mostly fiction, fantasy and adventure," said Khong Ru Xiang whose favourite books are Stephanie Meyer's 'Twilight' saga.

"Sometimes I read non-fiction because I get to learn facts about the environment, people and nature," she said.

"Sometimes when you're reading, you wish you were in the book," said her schoolmate Thea Irena (pic), who reads comics, fiction, fairytales and love stories, vampire books and magazines.

Her favourite character is Sarah Hart from the Power of Six. Thea said she doesn't like reading outside and usually reads in

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her room.

Anis Kaz Ahmad Kamal said she mostly reads in the library and in her garden.

"I read Enid Blyton's books, the Mr. Midnight horror stories, magazines and comics but my favourite series are the 'Geronimo Stilton' books," she said, adding that she reads books when she's bored but comics when she's angry and wants to cheer up.

She was echoed by Muhd Alif Irwan Mohd Nadzli, who said Geronimo Stilton, the title character of a series about a mouse who is a bestselling author and journalist adventurer, is his favourite character as well.

"I read to gain knowledge and learn new words. If I don't buy my books, I'd borrow them from either the school library or the National Library," he said.

THEA: Reading makes you feel like you want to be in the book

A literature lover and parent whose child goes to SK Bukit Damansara, Datin Dr Norazlin Mokhtar said the campaign was a great way to teach children to read.

"Children do not read enough since they are bogged down with homework and exams during the week, and busy with their hobbies

during the weekend," she said.

The launch of the reading camp took place at SK Bukit Damansara and was attended by Education Ministry education technology division director Rosnani Mohamed Ali and Scholastic Asia education and trade vice president Linda Warfel.

Warfel, whose favourite author is David Shannon, said the event was part of Scholastic's annual global responsibility to promote literacy.

"We find that people love reading and we are happy to provide that little push to get them started at a young age," she said.

Linda said the Geronimo Stilton books published by Scholastic outsold the Harry Potter books in Italy, their country of origin.

Local celebrities, including Aaron Aziz, Wong Chui Ling and Azura Zainal, were also present to read to the students and liven up the event.

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Carnival to raise funds for free tuition centres

IN an effort to deter delinquent behaviour among youths, a carnival will be held to foster positive attitudes among residents of low-cost flats in Section 8, Kota Damansara.

Organised by Tropicana Medical Centre, Friends of Kota Damansara (FOKD), Rotary Club of Gombak and Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ), the Community Care Carnival aims to raise RM100,000 to be channeled towards funding and maintaining tuition centres at the flats.

The event will be held on Nov 13 from 10am to 4pm at the Tropicana Medical Centre carpark.

Section 8 People's Housing Proj e c t ( PPR ) R e s i d e nt s ' Association's Johari Nander said before free tuition classes were held at the flats, youths were engaging in unhealthy activities like sniffing glue, petty crimes and truancy.

"We rely on volunteer teachers.

We only have eight teachers for over 100 students aged between 7 and 15," he said at a Press conference yesterday.

Growing professionally with SSM THE Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) is well filled with a team of energetic go-getters, however, it is always on the look-out for new, young talents to be part of their team.

As a statutor y body that regulates companies and businesses, SSM provides beneficial training for all staff, regardless of their experience in the company. " We a l w ay s b e g i n each in-house training session with a medical checkup that includes measuring your blood pressure, weight and body temperature.

If you are

found to be on the unhealthy side, you may be monitored or sent to a medical centre if there's a need for it," said its deputy chief executive officer (services), Zahrah Abdul Wahab Fenner (pic).

"This is done to ensure that staff are in good health and able to go through the training with full concentration and commitment."

Zahrah said many of SSM's in-house training sessions are conducted by their own facilitators, trainers and lecturers who are experts in their fields.

W h e n starting a career with SSM, every

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new employee has to attend a compulsory induction training session.

"Here, you will be taught and tested on several subjects including public speaking, leadership, soft skills, stress management, time management, team building and motivation," she said.

"This is to determine the physical and mental strength of new staff and prepare them for challenging work environments," Zahrah added.

For current staff, in-house training includes programmes focusing on pre-retirement, succession planning and performance enhancement.

"For example, the pre-retirement programme is held annually to prepare older staff to face their retirement years.

Subjects taught include money management, health care and

By MEENA LAKSHANA meena@mmail.com.my

Johari said families living in the low-cost flats earn between RM750 and RM1,500 and cannot afford to pay for tuition classes, three times weekly.

"We need funds to get more teachers, computers to enhance the children's education and a better place for them to study," he said.

FOKD chairman Jeffrey Phang said the carnival would foster provide youth a platform for healthier activities.

"The youths will be helping to sell food items at the carnival, among other things," he said.

Tropicana Medical Centre chief executive officer Erica Lam said the initiative, held in the spirit of Local Agenda 21 (LA21), is a pilot project.

"We definitely hope to make it an annual event. Our objective is to support social development of disadvantaged local communities," Lam said.

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"This is aimed to increase their potential in various areas after they retire," said Zahrah.

She said SSM staff are promoted from time to time, depending on performance and experience.

Besides in-house training, SSM also provides other kinds of training in foreign countries and internships.

SSM, which came into operation on April 16, 2002, is a statutory body formed as a result of a merger between the Registrar of Companies (ROC) and the Registrar of Businesses (ROB) in Malaysia.

SSM's main activity is to serve as an agency to incorporate companies and register businesses and provide company and business information to the public.

As the leading authority for the improvement of corporate governance, SSM strives to ensure compliance with business registration and corporate legislation through comprehensive enforcement and monitoring activities.

This is to ensure the nation's corporate and business sectors develop in a positive way.

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Logging activities in a 150 ha area in Bukit Perak, Kedah, will not pollute eight water retention ponds which supply water to Pendang and Padang Terap districts — State Forestry Department director Ku Azmi Ku Aman

PETALING JAYA

Touching reunion Old boys get together after 41 years

SEVENTY of them last met 41 years ago.

The Bukit Bintang Boys Secondary School's Class of '70 recently had a reunion dinner to recall the good times spent there. Some came from overseas to attend the function.

Past and present headmistresses and teachers were invited to grace the dinner in recognition of their sacrifices and contributions.

In his welcome address, organising committee chairman William Chan announced the intention of the Class of '70 to give back to its alma mater by assisting poor students in their educational needs.

The Class of '70 Trust Fund was formed with RM100,000 collected via contributions from classmates, well-wishers and in collections for the night. Fourteen tables were

BIG HEARTS: The amount donated to the school for its annual food programme

sponsored by 14 classmates.

The dinner also saw a cheque presentation of RM20,900 to

SUBANG JAYA

Council's rat baiting exercise

A MAJOR rat eradication exercise will be launched

by Universiti Sains Malaysia a n d t h e S u b a n g Ja y a Municipal Council (MPSJ) at the SS15 business district in December.

It is the first salvo in a long-term attempt to curb the alarming increase of rats in the municipality.

The pilot project will be spearheaded by USM’s school of biological sciences dean, Prof Abu Hassan Ahmad and MPSJ’s health department director Dr Roslan Mohamed Hussin.

Subang Jaya assemblyman Hannah Yeoh funded the first phase of this research, which involves rat baiting, with a RM5,000 pledge.

Abu Hassan said killing many rats in the first wave was one way of tackling rat infestation in any area.

"Our aim is to reduce and wipe out the population with continuous baiting in the affected areas," he said.

“We will start by placing high quantities of bait and continue this with more bait until we can see a reduction in the consumption of the bait by the rats."

The programme will take three months.

A quick assessment will be made to identify the “hot spots” based on public complaints and this is where the major concentration of baiting will be done.

Abu Hassan said rats which consumed the bait would be dead within one to two days depending on the toxicity of the product used.

“Once we start baiting, we need the cooperation of everyone, be it MPSJ or the business community, to quickly remove the dead rats," he said.

“We also need to focus on the sanitation of the area. People need to clean up their own premises of food waste and ensure their garbage disposal is done properly."

Abu Hassan said the rat population normally boomed when there was easy access to food sources.

He said it was important for the council to strictly enforce sanitation practices in restaurants and food outlets if it wanted to seriously tackle rat infestation.

senior assistant Mah Pin Sin and retired headmistress Quah Mooi Eng for the school's

annual food programme to ensure poor students have adequate nutrition to con-

centrate on their studies. The donations came from the Class of '70.

Prior to the dinner, a golf game was held while the old boys were invited back for a school tour the following dayas most of them had not been back since the 70s.

During dinner, the old boys tried hard to recollect names of faces they had not seen for decades.

Entertainment for the night was provided by the Broken Pieces Band, led by Ayi, an old boy, with songs from the 70s and 80s.

The big surprise of the night was a scintillating belly dance performance by a professional dancer, reminiscent of the Rose Chan era.

As the night wore on, the late 58ers and their spouses boogied the night away.

SUBANG JAYA

Your rubbish, your bin!

IRRESPONSIBLE: Hannah, Loi and Rajiv inspecting an illegal dumpsite in SS14

PACK it. Wrap it. Dump it in your bin.

That's what you do with your rubbish. Stop the habit of dumping rubbish by the road shoulders or anywhere else except in your own rubbish bins, so said Subang Jaya assemblyman, Hannah Yeoh.

Yeoh said indiscriminate rubbish dumping had come to the point where no neighbourhood in Subang Jaya was spared the ugly sight of rubbish piles by road shoulders.

"Illegal dumping by residents is one of the main contributing factors we face these days and it's not just about inefficient garbage collection by MPSJ contractors,"

she said "During a spot check with MPSJ councillors Dr K.M. Loi and R. Rajiv in SS14 and SS18, we went through a pile of rubbish and found the details and address of the culprit.

"We took a drive to the house and confronted him.

This exercise actually puts a face to the act of dumping rubbish illegally. These acts are done by our own residents, our own neighbours.

"My plea to Subang Jaya residents, don't just take care of your own backyard. Please think of the community as a whole."

Yeoh said there was no rea-

son why rubbish disposed off in bins right in front of homes would not be collected.

"There is no reason for you to dump your rubbish one or two rows away from your street. That's a nuisance to the people around you," she said.

Yeoh hoped everyone would play their part. "MPSJ must also go down to the ground to conduct spot-checks."

She said excuses by the council that it was unable to trace and compound the culprits were not true. If the council searched hard enough, it would be able to identify the culprits and nip the cause in the bud.

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SUBANG JAYA

Low-cost flat owners want newer units

By T.H. TEOH mmnews@mmail.com.my

THE Selangor government can be approached to consider a request by SS19 low-cost flat owners to redevelop the area to replace the present tworoom units.

Subang Jaya assemblyman Hannah Yeoh said although the flats had not been identified for redevelopment, the idea could be explored if the unit owners wanted it.

She was responding to a point brought up by a resident during a Town Hall meeting with flat dwellers last month.

A suggestion was made to redevelop the blocks of two-room units into three rooms, at par with the current low-cost schemes.

Among ot he r issu e s raised were the rat problem, poor workmanship of newly-resurfaced courts at the playground, a request to set up stalls near the flats, and overcrowding of foreigners renting units there.

Subang Jaya Municipal councillor Dr K.M. Loi, said the council's health department would be called in to assess the rat infestation and act on it.

On stalls for traders, he said: "Depending on the suitability of the site, the council can consider requests to set up small stalls for flat-dwellers to trade.

"Identify the spot and consult us. We will help you.

"If you know of any units being overcrowded, for example if a unit has 24 occupants, report them to MPSJ. These are mainly being rented to foreigners working on shifts and they take turns to sleep."

On the pedestrian bridge along Persiaran Tujuan being unsuitable for the disabled and senior citizens because it is too steep and not disabled-friendly, Yeoh said residents should use the traffic light crossing at the SS19/6-Persiaran Tujuan intersection.

"Please use the pedestrian crossing. We will look into the timing of the traffic lights at the intersection," she said.

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hotline@mmail.com.my

tel:03-7495 1000/1001/1002 tel:019-261 4948 (after 9pm)

your right to be heard ● Complainants have to submit their personal particulars and provide a detailed account of their complaint. ● Complainants have to first file their complaints with the respective parties before contacting Hotline. ● Complaints referred by Hotline to the relevant parties would be published if there is no response in seven days. ● After a complaint has been resolved, the complainant cannot demand non-publication of the matter.

By FAIZAL NOR IZHAM

Back to square one Taman Bunga Raya folks upset over 'rebirth' of razed roadside food stalls

A MONTH after being demolished in July, food hawkers have returned to haunt'Taman Bunga Raya in Setapak.

Residents are now saddled with a repeat of problems that earlier plagued them for over a decade — boisterous night-time patrons and traffic snarls.

City Hall tore down the 22 stalls along Jalan Melinja 2 on July 5 in a joint operation with the Immigration Department, Tenaga Nasional Berhad and People’s Volunteer Corps or Rela, involving 140 personnel.

The local authority came down on the stall operators for operating illegally and setting up structures without permission.

This came about following a complaint from the Taman Bunga Raya Rukun Tetangga committee, which was highlighted by The Malay Mail.

A resident, who declined to be named, tells Hotline

BOTTLENECK: Parked customers' cars creating traffic jam

REPEAT ACT: Return of the roadside food stall nuisance — Pix: Ashraf Shamsul Azlan

the same 22 stalls are back in business in early August and the neighbourhood now has to again endure noisy customers, made up mainly of university students, thronging the spot in droves in the evenings till the wee hours.

"It is difficult to drive

through Jalan Melinja 2 because customers park on both sides of the road and create a bottleneck."

He says haphazard placement of chairs and tables by the stall operators have also aggravated the traffic condition when the two-lane road

is reduced to one.

Residents, he says, also want them out once again as the business activity is attracting pests, posing a health hazard.

"We are also worried about street crimes, such as car break-ins, and snatch petty thefts, returning to Taman Bunga Raya." The area used to record an average of four cases a month last year.

When the Hotline Roving Team visited the site recently to check the latest develop-

'ROAD HOGS': The tables and chairs occupying part of the street

ment, the stalls were seen at the same site, in front of a row of shops.

The team approached a stall worker, who said: "We have been operating here for the past 16 years. After the complaints made in July, we lost about half of our customers, who are mostly students."

He says the stalls are shared with other hawkers who operate in the mornings. "We pay the owners RM500 a month, as well as other expenses like water and electricity."

● WHEN alerted about the resurgence of the food stalls, Kuala Lumpur City Hall media relations officer Zurida Hashim says they will take the necessary action.

"We will send an enforcement team to the area, comprising the branch officer, and the Petty Traders and Hawker Management Department."

Zurida says City Hall has, however, yet to confirm when the team will be sent out.

is due to a technical glitch on our side, which disrupted the customer's application process."

She says their technical team has since installed SHANKER's fixed phone line and Streamyx service. "We have spoken to the customer and he has confirmed his telephone connections are working fine at his new premises."

When contacted, SHANKER confirms his line has been set up on Oct 15. "While I am satisfied the issue is resolved, I feel they need to improve on their customer service.

"Before complaining to Hotline, no action was taken at all. It was only after I complained that things were sorted out."

Lifeline 'denied' SHANKER KRISHNAN feels his new home is exposed to burglars and blames Telekom Malaysia (TM) for dragging its feet in heeding his security needs.

"On Sept 2, I applied for a new telephone and Internet line from their Tuanku Abdul Rahman branch for my new house in Selayang," says the 32-year-old manager.

"This housing area was established five years ago and TM recently upgraded all telephone cables here for customers' convenience."

He says TM has, however, yet to install his line nor has it updated him. "The main excuse they gave to me was they were unable to find the cable to connect to my house.

"I find this unacceptable

TAKE NOTE 1. Motorists who illegally park along Jalan SS16/1, Subang Jaya, may find their vehicles towed away by the municipal council. Over 4,000 summonses have been issued in SS16 alone between May and September this year.

2. Litterbugs can face a maximum fine of RM1,000 from the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council. Anyone with information on the offence can call 03-42968000.

3. Those involved in water theft will be fined up to RM100,000 or jailed two months, or both, under the Water Service Industry Act 2006.

as almost all my neighbours have had their phone lines installed.

SHANKER says the phone line is important as his alarm system depends on it. "Now, my house is exposed to the risk of theft. If any unfortunate event occurs, who is to blame? I have every right to protect my home."

He says the excuses and

procrastination from TM's Hotline and its branch have frustrated him. ● TELEKOM MALAYSIA BERHAD group corporate communications spokesperson Asma Aziz apologises for the inconvenience caused.

"After an investigation, we wish to clarify the situation

Online comments www.mmail.com.my Next-door foreigners fuss (Nov 1) TYPICAL answers like 'It is not under their jurisdiction' will leave the problem unsolved. We, the taxpayers, are paying you guys to solve the problem. Dealing with the authorities is annoying and time-wasting. Sigh...

— Khairi

Downside of highrise living (Oct 28) EDUCATE residents to be responsible first before blaming the Petaling Jaya City Council. — normz Down at high-end street (Oct 21) FOR many years, Mont'Kiara has been a place to go for

many multinational expatriates, and I hope the business communities and tenants there should find a solution and work together to overcome their problems not try to kill the area's reputation.

— mont kiara resi DO we need shopping malls in every residential area?

Just too many offices and shop-lots. — Anonymous THEIR so-called auxiliary police are more of a hindrance than help when directing traffic, especially in the mornings. They seem to think they can stop traffic whenever they like. — Anonymous

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The awareness that we'll be forced to make an emergency landing only dawned on me three or four minutes before we touched down — Polish pilot Tadeusz Wrona who safely crash-landed a Boeing 767 yesterday

Flood gate in Thai capital focus of fear, rivalry

A BLOODIED body caused a fright in an Austrian motorway rest area recently, before police raised it again from the dead. Passers-by alerted the authorities at dawn that a body covered in blood lay in a rest area off the Tauern motorway near Salzburg. As it turned out, the "zombie" was just a drunken young man in a Halloween costume and his face covered in fake blood, sleeping it off in his car, police said in a statement.

The 23-year-old driver in the living dead costume had stopped at the rest area after he damaged a tyre and could not continue on his way. — AFP

Google Maps to start charging RETRIBUTION: Charb looks at documents removed by firemen in Paris yesterday in front of the offices of French satirical magazine 'Charlie Hebdo' after they were destroyed by a petrol bomb attack — AFPpic

PARIS

Firebombed for unfunny 'joke' French satirical paper's office attacked after controversial cartoon

THE offices of a French satirical newspaper that published a special Arab Spring edition with the Prophet Muhammad on the cover as "guest editor" were destroyed in a suspected firebomb attack yesterday.

The attack came after Charlie Hebdo renamed the weekly newspaper Charia (Sharia) Hebdo for the occasion and featured a front-page cartoon of the prophet saying: "100 lashes if you don't die of laughter!"

The newspaper's website also appeared to have been hacked,

with its regular home page replaced with a photo of the Grand Mosque in Mecca and a message reading: "No God but Allah". The web site was later unavailable.

French officials were quick to denounce the attack and offer support to the newspaper.

"Freedom of expression is an inalienable right in our democracy and all attacks on the freedom of the Press must be condemned with the greatest firmness. No cause can justify such an act of violence," Prime Minister Francois Fillon said in

a statement.

Fillon said he had asked Interior Minister Claude Gueant to ensure "all light is shed on the origin of this fire and that its perpetrators be prosecuted".

At the scene, Gueant told journalists: "Of course, everything will be done to find the perpetrators of this attack and this must certainly be called an attack."

Police said the fire at the newspaper's offices in eastern Paris started around 1am local time. No one was injured

in the blaze, which a police source said was suspected to have been caused by a petrol bomb.

The magazine's publisher, known only as Charb, said he was convinced the fire was linked to the special edition.

"On Twitter, on Facebook, we received several letters of protest, threats, insults," which had been forwarded to the police, he said.

"This is the first time we have been physically attacked but we won't let it get to us."

— AFP

JERUSALEM

JAKARTA

Indonesia 124th in UN Development Index T H E Un it e d Nat i on s Development Program (UNDP) launched the 2011 Human Development Index (HDI) yesterday. The index again places Indonesia at 124th out of 187 countries surveyed.

Indonesia again ranks lower than five of its Asean counterparts, with Singapore leading in 26th place, followed by

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BANGKOK

Authorities in the Thai capital repaired a damaged flood gate yesterday that has become the focus of anger, fear and rivalry between arms of government battling the country's worst floods in decades.

The central government led

by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is at odds with the city government dominated by the main opposition and former ruling Democrat party.

Inner Bangkok, protected by a network of dikes and sandbag walls, survived peak tides at the weekend and is mostly dry.

But huge amounts of water are bottled up to the north, west and east of the city, and new areas are being flooded daily as the water tries to find its way out to sea to the south.

Anger is seething in flooded communities on the wrong side of inner Bangkok's flood barricades.

Yingluck ordered the gate opened in the face of the residents' demands. The Bangkok government objected on the grounds that the flow could endanger the city centre.

But the city had to comply with Yingluck's order to open the gate by a metre, leading to fear among inner city residents that the disaster they thought they had dodged was looming again. — AFP

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Brunei (33rd), Malaysia (61st), Thailand (103rd) and the Philippines (112nd), reports the Jakarta Post.

Indonesia's 2011 HDI placing, which scores 0.617, is still higher than that of Vietnam (128th), Laos (138th), Cambodia (139th) and Myanmar (149th).

The 2011 list again puts Norway top of the index, with

TOP FIVE COUNTRIES 1. Norway 2. Australia 3. Netherlands 4. United States 5. New Zealand an HDI of 0.943, followed by Australia, the Netherlands, the United States and New Zealand, respectively.

The 2011 HDI rankings placed Burundi (185th), Niger (186th) and Congo (187th) at the bottom.

Aid ships in new bid to run Gaza blockade

TWO ships carrying medical aid and activists have set sail from Turkey in a new bid to to break Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, pro-Palestinian activists said yesterday.

A statement issued by the Freedom Waves group said the mini-flotilla made up of one Irish ship and one Canadian ship had left Fethiye on Turkey's south coast yesterday afternoon and planned to arrive in Gaza tomorrow.

The group said two boats, the Canadian Tahrir and the Irish Saoirse, were carrying 27 people, including journalists and crew members, along with US$30,000 (RM93,975) worth of medicines.

"The Canadian Tahrir and the Irish Saoirse are in international waters making their way to the beleaguered Gaza Strip to challenge Israel's ongoing criminal blockade of the territory," the statement said. — AFP

GOOGLE has put price on Google Maps. The BBC reports from Jan 1, heavy users of the Google Maps API service will be slugged. Charges will kick in when websites exceed a limit of more than 25,000 map "hits" a day, reports news.com.au.

The change is aimed at travel firms and real estate agents, which use Google Maps to show customers a view of locations they are interested in. Google says the limit "will only affect 0.35 per cent of users". The BBC said Google is expected to charge US$4 (RM12) every 1,000 views over the limit.

Ban makes surprise visit UN leader Ban Ki-moon arrived yesterday in Libya for a surprise visit, an airport official said, his first since the uprising that ousted Muammar Gaddafi.

Earlier UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said Ban would spend one day in Tripoli to meet officials in the National Transitional Council who ousted Gaddafi and representatives of civic group. The visit had not been previously announced for security reasons. Ban is on his way to the Group of 20 economic powers summit in Cannes, France, where Libya will be on the agenda. — AFP

Attacks kill six in Thailand Suspected Muslim insurgents killed six people in a bomb and gun attack in Thailand's deep south yesterday, police said, the latest in a string of blasts to rock the region in recent weeks. A roadside device struck a pick-up truck carrying a group of seven villagers in Narathiwat province's Ra Ngae district and then unknown gunmen opened fire. "A team of soldiers went to the area to rescue them but militants triggered a second explosion," injuring two troops, a police officer in Ra Ngae said. — AFP

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Rachel Wood didn't fail at love ACTRESS Evan Rachel Wood (pic) insists her relationship with Marilyn Manson didn't "fail", reports the Times of India.

The 24-year-old actress began dating the goth rocker when she was 19. Their engagement ended last year. "Just because a relationship ends, it doesn't mean it failed. I don't think I would be the person I am today without him. He is inspiring. The timing was right and I felt a door was open to me to really explore, express myself and take risks."

DSK scandal to be porn film FRENCH producers are planning to make a porn film about the scandal surrounding former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his alleged sexual assault of a New York hotel maid. The Local reported the production company, My Porn Productions, is asking members of the public to help fund the project, which has the working title DXK. The firm calls on people to donate a minimum of €50 (RM216) toward the movie's €200,000 production costs.

Bieber's 'not the daddy' JUSTIN BIEBER'S legal team has dismissed allegations he fathered a baby with a fan, after a 20-year-old California woman filed a lawsuit requesting the teen pop star take a paternity test.

The woman, Mariah Yeater, claims she and Bieber, 17, had sex backstage at one of his concerts in Los Angeles when she was 19, according to a report in Star magazine.

Syria yesterday fully accepted an Arab League plan to end nearly eight months of bloodshed, during a ministerial meeting at the organisation's Cairo headquarters, a League official said — AFP

Assange loses appeal LONDON

Wikileaks founder faces real threat of extradition to Sweden WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange yesterday lost a bitter legal battle to block his extradition from Britain to Sweden to face questioning over allegations of rape and sexual assault.

Two judges at the High Court in London rejected arguments by the 40-yearold Australian, whose antisecrecy website has enraged governments around the world, that his extradition would be unlawful.

"The court dismissed the

appeal," said a summary of the judgement, before detailing the four counts on which Assange had appealed against a decision by a lower court in February that he should be sent to Sweden.

Assange said he would consult his lawyers about whether to make a further appeal to England's Supreme Court, but doing so would be difficult as judges must first decide that the case is of special public interest.

"We will be considering our

THE NEXT STEP: Assange (right) after speaking to reporters at the High Court in London yesterday — AFPpic

next steps in the days ahead," the former computer hacker told a scrum of reporters and cameramen gathered from around the world, in a brief statement from the steps of the court.

Assange has strongly denied the allegations, claiming they are politically motivated and linked to the activities of WikiLeaks. He has been under virtual house arrest since he was first detained in December.

He wore a blue suit with a

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Why you should invest all your money in zombies

WITH every other economist and market pundit predicting economic armageddon, where should you invest your money? Gold? Guns?

Drugs?

No. The place where cash is alive and kicking is the veins

of the undead, reports news. com.au.

According to 24/7 Wall Street, zombies are worth billions of dollars.

The website based its US$5.74 billion (RM17.9b) estimate on the net worth of

zombie-related movies, video games, TV shows, comics, books, music, costumes and some more tenuous links to the undead, including zombie-themed pub crawls and university lectures on zombies.

Deschanel splits from husband ACTRESS Zooey Deschanel (pic) has split from her husband Ben Gibbard. The 31-year-old actress, who married the Death Cab for Cutie frontman two years ago, has decided to call time on her marriage, according to US Weekly magazine.

A source said: "It was mutual and amicable.

There was no third party involved."

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poppy in his lapel — a symbol in Britain to mark Armistice Day on Nov 11, the anniversary of the end of World War I — and sat quietly next to his lawyers as the judgement was announced.

Assange now has 14 days to decide whether he will try to take the case to the Supreme Court of England and Wales, the highest legal authority in the land.

In an autobiography published in September, Assange repeated his denial of the rape

allegations.

"I did not rape those women and cannot imagine anything that happened between us that would make them think so, except malice after the fact, a joint plan to entrap me, or a terrifying misunderstanding that was stoked up between them," he wrote.

"I may be a chauvinistic pig of some sort but I am no rapist, and only a distorted version of sexual politics could attempt to turn me into one." — AFP

PHNOM PENH

Cambodian floods spark shortage of rat meat

SO many rats have drowned in Cambodia's worst flooding in over a decade that the cross-border trade in the rodent's meat has plummeted, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday.

"Each year, 17 tonnes of rats are exported to Vietnam.

This year, there is a shortage of rats for export because the rats have died in the

floods," he said, citing reports from officials at the southern Chrey Thom border checkpoint.

While there are no clear figures on the scale of the industry, rat meat is considered a cheap and tasty treat in Vietnam and the country is a keen importer of live rats from Cambodian villages along the border. — AFP

LOS ANGELES

Johansson defends nude photos

Profits from the living dead Video games: US$2.5 billion (Resident Evil, Doom, House of the Dead, Call of Duty, Plants vs Zombies) Comic books, magazines and TV: US$50 million (The Walking Dead, Marvel Zombies, Rue Morgue, Fangoria) Halloween costumes: US$500 million Books and novels: US$100 million (World War

Z, The Zombie Survival Guide, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) Conventions, events and walks: US$10 million Merchandise: US$50 million The digital world: US$10 million Music: US$10 million Art: US$10 million

ACTRESS Scarlett Johansson insists there was "nothing wrong" with her taking nude photographs of herself.

The 26-year-old beauty, who split from husband Ryan Reynolds last December, was horrified earlier this year when hackers accessed the images from her mobile phone and posted them online and while she was unhappy the pictures were made public, she thinks she looks good in them, reports the Times

of India.

"I know my best angles. They were sent to my husband. There's nothing wrong with that. It's not like I was shooting a porno. Although there's nothing wrong with that either."

She told the new issue of Vanity Fair (pic): "I didn't really know what to do with myself. It was such a strange time. There was nothing that was interesting to me. I had a very public separation. It was difficult. I felt very uncomfortable."

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Cameron unveils ‘Titanic’ in 3D

Rotten to the bone

Animal Planet's 'BAD DOG!' showcases owners and the hilarious misbehaviour of their pets

By KARINA FOO karina@mmail.com.my HOW far would you let your beloved pet push you till you reach breaking point? Probably only for a second, because once he gives you those innocent doleful eyes, you’re in love all over again. You’ll see that in Animal Planet’s BAD DOG! where pets can get away with almost anything and everything because their owners can only give them unconditional love.

While we can’t have Cesar Millan with us, this programme will show what pet owners do wrong, how you can avoid making the same mistakes and of course, introduce you to owners who love their pets regardless, even when they tear down the entire house.

Witness the hilarious actions of some pets as they annoy and infuriate their owners who love them so much they don’t discipline them.

A smart canine will remind you never to leave your dog in the car as he teaches himself how to honk the horn of his owner’s delivery truck when he gets tired of waiting.

If you’re a fan of Criminal Minds, you haven’t seen the real four-legged offenders yet, as you’ll meet a dog that relentlessly trudges through hail and snow to steal his favourite chew

bone out of a department store!

You’ll see the expressions of anger, embarrassment and even pain on the owner’s faces caught candidly on tape. Here’s what you can look forward to and decide which dog deserves to win the title of the “baddest”of the bad...

appreciate his talent, he’ll give you a fierce love bite.

You’ll know why it is not wise to keep a buffalo as a pet as one family has one and it loves to attack their trampoline. They finds it nearly impossible to keep it in control. Well, it is a buffalo.

Howling Houdinis Meet a dog that raids the kitchen cabinets every time his masters leave him home alone. The naughty pup even pulls plates out of the dishwasher and licks them clean!

Meanwhile, don’t think that only truck drivers swear, you’ll meet a foul-mouthed parrot that can teach them a larger vocabulary of extreme expletives and X-Rated words! His embarrassed owner now has to hide his raunchy bird in the backroom when he has company over.

And then, there’s Kirby, the greatest Houdini Hound that can climb walls of any height. Hmm, you’d wonder if this could be Spider Man gone canine? If you’re having a bad day, you’ll feel much better after seeing an adorable blind Pug that constantly pulls his master’s pants down or the cute puppy that accidentally pees in his owner’s face.

Who’s the pack leader?

If you think your partner wears the pants in your relationship, meet Maria, a possessive and dominating goose that won’t let anyone get close to her guy, Dominic (that happens to be another goose).

Frogs are usually seen as slimy little croaking amphibians either jumping around in the pond or stuck in an aquarium waiting to be eaten at a Chinese restaurant. But, don’t expect to see Freddy the frog confined anywhere, because when he gets angry, he’ll let out a scream that’ll blow your mind.

You might also learn how to get what you want ny being persistent.

Get acquainted with a greedy or perpetually hungry dog that will stop at nothing to get food.

Bad to the bone When you train your dog to fetch your mail, don’t forget to train him to bring it back in one piece, as you’ll see a clever dog who shreds it all to pieces, leaving only scraps for his owner. Having a dog that plays your piano is amusing and can be music to your ears, but when he howls along with it, it’s enough to drive his owners crazy.

But that’s not as bad as a bird that loves to sing all day but if you don’t

'TAILS' FROM THE DARK SIDE: Some of the grabs from the series

Greedy gobblers Your dog ate what? Oh just a rug, the table legs and anything else that he could get his teeth into. Meet a dog that has a steel stomach and how its owners try to resolve the situation.

Dogs see the world differently from us and for the first time, Lucky the dog will show you what the canine world is like. His owners strap a camera around his neck and you’ll get a dog’s eye-view of his amazing journey.

• BAD DOG! premieres at 9pm, Thursday, Nov 24, with encores on Sunday and Monday.

FILMMAKER James Cameron on Friday unveiled the first scenes from his new 3D version of the mega-blockbuster hit Titanic, the second biggest earner in film history, ahead of its release in April next year.

Cameron and producer Jon Landau showed 18 minutes of film in the huge screening room at Paramount Studios — the only major motion picture studio left in old Hollywood.

“This is a film that many people have seen, obviously, sometimes multiple times, but there is a whole generation of people who haven’t seen it in theatres,” Cameron said.

“I love the 3D, I think it’s spectacular. If I had had 3D cameras at the time, if there had been 3D theatres at the time, I would certainly have shot the film in 3D.” Titanic, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as starcrossed lovers aboard the ill-fated passenger steamship that struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sank in 1912 — was first released in 1997.

The film earned more than US$1.8 billion (RM5.6 billion) worldwide and 11 Oscars including Best Picture and a Best Director statuette for Cameron.

It remained the highest-grossing

film of all time until Cameron’s Avatar shattered the record with more than US$2.8 billion (RM8.7 billion) in worldwide receipts.

“I do believe there is an array of 10 or 20 movies — think of the best movies of all times — that should be converted in 3D, but it has to be done right,” Cameron said.

“I firmly believe that 3D is an enhancement even for just normal, narrative scenes, not necessarily the action scenes,” he said.

“That feeling that you’re right there, actually with characters, enhances the emotional interaction between the audience and the film.”

He, however, admitted that Titanic for him would only become a film in 2.99D as opposed to the one originally-filmed in 3D. The 3D version of Titanic will hit theatres in North America on April 6, next year four days before the 100th anniversary of the ship’s doomed maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. — AFP

Kardashian's marriage not a stunt REALITY television superstar Kim Kardashian (pic) yesterday hit back at speculation her lavish wedding was a stunt, saying her short-lived marriage to Kris Humphries was for love, not television.

In Sydney to promote her new handbag range, the celebrity revealed her pain after filing for divorce on Monday from basketball player Humphries, who she married less than three months ago.

“It’s a hard time right now,” said Kardashian, known for the reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, who was mobbed by photographers and fans as she arrived at Sydney airport.

“I don’t really think I’m ready to get into the details of it,” she told Australia’s Network Ten. The 31-year-old, who has been married and divorced once before, said it was painful to hear talk that her Aug 20 wedding to towering New Jersey Nets power forward Humphries, 26, was not genuine.

“I think that’s probably the hardest part, just from the start there have been so many different reports that just aren’t true. Like my wedding cost US$10 million (RM31.3 million),” she said.

“I married for love, anyone that would get married for a TV show, it’s just, you know, ridiculous and it’s just sad that I even have to defend that.

“I guess that’s the kind of scrutiny you get when you live your life on a reality show but everything I do is just for love. I’m a hopeless romantic.”

Kardashian said she had made

a donation to a charity to cover what people would have spent on wedding gifts, feeling that this would be a better contribution than returning the presents.

Asked why she decided to continue with her plans to come to Australia so soon after the breakup she said he wanted to honour her prior commitment.

“I guess I wanted to escape and come out here,” she said.

Kardashian became a household name in 2007 thanks to a sex tape with her then-boyfriend, and the ongoing Keeping Up series which tracks the dramas of her affluent Los Angeles family.

She announced her impending divorce on Monday, with court documents citing “irreconcilable differences” as the basis of the application.

“I got caught up with the hoopla and the filming of the TV show that when I should have ended my relationship, I didn’t know how to and didn’t want to disappoint a lot of people.” — AFP

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Mind games with twists and t Pang’s psychological-thriller takes audiences on a journey into their subconscious OXIDE PANG’S latest horrorthriller Sleepwalker 3D, starring Malaysian-born Lee Sinjie, is a sharp movie that sets the tempo right through the injection of psychological twists and turns.

In this film, Pang moves away from the supernatural elements of his previous movies such as The Eye and the more recent The Child’s Eye where jump-outof-your-seat thrills are mostly derived from sound effects or sudden loud music.

Sleepwalker 3D might strike a chord with Stephen King fans, since it has the same title as one of King’s best-selling novels, Sleepwalkers although the Chinese version has nothing to do with shape-shifting vampires.

Instead the movie delves deep

By LOONG WAI TING waiting@mmail.com.my into the subconscious mind and thus, develops its own charm.

Pang seems to be having a lot of fun as he tricks the audience with his mind-inception plot and scare tactics. Mostly, he manages

to put you in the frontline and into the characters’ shoes.

This isn’t much of a horror movie with spirits from the netherworld lurking behind corners but more of a psychologicalthriller where Pang “scares” his audiences with their own fear.

When it comes to style, Pang has his own way to please horror fans. The movie steers away from the traditional opening, begins with a rather odd set up, where Lee’s character is relating a bedtime story through a seemingly torn piece of paper. As the story unravels from that single unfinished narration, the movie then takes its time to unveil some of the mysteries and odd cases related to each other.

While the plot is refreshing and exciting, the script is its downside. It isn’t one of the better-written, in fact, it’s quite laughable, especially when the characters say out loud the obvious.

OUTSTANDING: Lee unravelling the mysteries in the film

But Pang spends too much time developing his story but has left out developing his characters. As a result, audiences

would need to draw their own link between the plot and those involved.

Sleepwalker 3D gets slightly

draggy in the middle but works its magic through Lee’s topnotch acting. Though the entire plot is quite predictable, there is

Mixed reviews for Bollywood sci-fi blockbuster BOLLYWOOD star Shah Rukh Khan's big budget Deepavali offering Ra.One received mixed reviews last week, with praise for its special effects but criticism of its script.

Early industry estimates also suggested that the film, which at US$20 million (RM62.6 million) is one of the most expensive Indian films ever made, failed to break first-day records after it was released on Deepavali.

Boxofficeindia.com, which tracks cinema takings, said the Hindi version of the science fiction superhero movie took US$2.8 million to US$3.0 million in its first 24 hours.

"It may turn out to be the second or third highest first day ever but around 30 per cent less than the record of Bodyguard which was released two months back," it added.

STELLAR CAST: (From left) Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal Khan has been aggressively marketing the film for months, and in a punishing final prerelease push this week the

Bollywood star attended international premieres in Dubai, London and Toronto.

Indian critics hailed the movie,

in which the 45-year-old actor plays G.One, who fights the evil Ra.One to save humanity, for its slick production values.

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh described the film on bollywoodhungama.com as "the new yardstick for measuring success" in Bollywood, awarding it 4.5 out of five stars.

Other critics agreed that the special effects and action sequences were stunning.

But a number said the script was dull, with an over-emphasis on computer jargon. The Times of India's reviewer took issue with its vulgar dialogue and jokes.

Critic Komal Nahta on the koimoi.com film site gave the movie 3.5 out of five stars.

"On the whole, Ra.One has the novelty factor and visual effects as its greatest plus points," he said.

"It may be lagging in the other departments but these two —novelty and visual effects — will definitely see the

high-budgeted film make profits for all concerned."

Filmfare said the film was a mustsee and demonstrated that Bollywood can now match Hollywood when it comes to

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Tapping to more happy tunes in 3D HAPPY Feet Two returns audiences to the magnificent landscape of Antarctica and is also now available in 3D. In the sequel to Happy Feet, Mumble who is The Master of Tap, has a problem because his tiny son Erik, is choreo-phobic.

DELIGHTFUL: The sequel is going to show off more nifty footwork

Reluctant to dance, Erik runs away and encounters The Mighty Sven — a

penguin who can fly! Mumble has no hope of competing with this charismatic new role model. But things get worse when the world is shaken by

powerful forces. Erik learns of his father’s “guts and grit” as Mumble brings together the penguin nations and all manner of fabulous creatures — from

tiny Krill to giant Elephant Seals — to put things right.

Happy Feet Two is directed by George Miller who won an Oscar as the creator of the original Happy Feet. The film features the voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Hank Azaria, Alecia Moore (Pink), Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Sofia Vergara, Common, Hugo Weaving, Magda Szubanski, Anthony LaPaglia, Richard Carter and Benjamin “Lil P-Nut” Flores, Jr. George Miller co-wrote the screenplay with Gary Eck, Warren Coleman and Paul Livingston. Miller also produced the film along with Doug Mitchell and Bill Miller.

Chris deFaria, Graham Burke and Bruce Berman serve as executive producers. Tap phenomenon Savion Glover rejoins the production to create the dances that will be performed onscreen by the penguin characters.

The director of photography is David Peers and the animation director is Rob Coleman. The film features vocals by Pink, with music by John Powell.

• Dancing into GSC cinemas on Nov 17

More than a doggy escapade

enough excitement to keep you at the edge of your seats.

• Note: The movie is only available in 3D.

r action and sci-fi.

"It's not very polished but it's more than acceptable," the influential magazine's review read. "In fact, had the storytelling been stronger, Ra.One could've been a classic."

RIPROARIOUS TIME: The star-studded voice cast helps take audiences on an adventurous journey

FOR all the far-flung places that this intrepid reporter has travelled to with his trusty companion Snowy the dog, crossing over from Peru to Tibet, perhaps the only place he hasn’t travelled to is the silver screen. And you know you can’t go wrong when you have Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg and

Oscar-winning producer Peter Jackson working together on this visionary 3D motion picture epic.

The Adventures of TinTin features a globe-hopping quest that spans over hidden mysteries, menacing criminals and ancient secrets. What happens when all of the above combine? A dazzling classic escapade that has enthralled generations after

generations with their one-of-akind action, mix of humour and scintillating tale spinning.

Based on the internationally beloved and irrepressible characters created by Herge, the story follows the unquenchably curious young reporter called Tintin (Jamie Bell) and his fiercely loyal dog Snowy as they discover a model ship carrying an explosive secret. Drawn into

the century-old mystery, Tintin finds himself in the sightlines of Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine (Daniel Craig), a diabolical villain who believes Tintin has stolen priceless treasure tied to a dastardly pirate named Red Rackham. But with the help of his trusty little mutt Snowy, the salty, cantankerous Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis), and the bumbling detectives Thompson and

Thomson (Simon Pegg and Nick Frost), Tintin will travel half the world, outwitting and outrunning his enemies in a breathless chase to find the resting place of the Unicorn, a shipwreck that may hold the key to a vast fortune and an ancient curse.

• Scampering into GSC Cinemas on Nov 10

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Pick of the crop on TV What’s hot this month on Astro

THURSDAY (NOV 3) • Prime Suspect (New Series) DIVA UNIVERSAL (Astro CH 702), 11pm Who says a woman’s place is in the home? Homicide investigator Jane Timoney (Maria Bello, A Histroy of Violence) is out to prove that a woman’s place is anywhere she pleases — even if it’s where the brave fear to tread.

Newly transferred to a maledominated New York precinct, Jane’s mission isn’t just to piece together obscure clues or wrangle confessions out of tough suspects. She’s all out to establish and prove that she’s every bit as good as her macho colleagues, if not better. Her complex personal life doesn’t make it easy. Jane is confident and focused, sometimes coming across as being rude, abrupt and occasionally reckless. As with all things human, Timoney naturally has her vices and rumours of a questionable past follow her

Cannibals

Terra Nova everywhere — only proving at the end of the day that she’s an instinctively brilliant cop who can’t be distracted from the only important thing, the prime suspect.

sudoku

how to play

yesterday'S solution

Sudoku X is a simple variation of Sudoku with the only difference being the squares in white (which make up the numeral X) need to tally from 1 to 9 along with the remaining coloured squares.

SATURDAY (NOV 5) • Terra Nova FOX (Astro CH 710), 8:55pm From executive producers Steven Spielberg, Peter Chernin, Brannon Braga, René Echevarria and Aaron Kaplan comes an epic family adventure 85 million years in the making. Claiming to be the world’s biggest and most expensive drama series in TV history, Terra Nova follows an ordinary family on an incredible journey back in time to prehistoric Earth as a small part of a daring experiment to save the human race.

In the year 2149, the world is dying. The planet is overdeveloped and overcrowded, with the majority of plant and animal life extinct. The future of mankind is in doubt, and its only hope for survival is in the distant past. This 13-episode series centres on the Shannon family as they join the 10th pilgrimage of settlers to Terra Nova, the first colony established in this beautiful yet forbidding land.

When scientists at the FERMI Particle Accelerator unexpectedly discovered a

Prime Suspect

fracture in time that made it possible to construct a portal into primeval history, the bold notion was born to resettle humanity in the past — a second chance to rebuild civilisation and get it right this time.

Jim Shannon (Jason O’Mara from Band of Brothers fame), a devoted father with a checkered past, guides his family through this new world of limitless beauty, mystery and terror. Upon the Shannons’ arrival, they are introduced to Commander Nathaniel Taylor (Stephen Lang from Avatar), the charismatic and heroic first pioneer and leader of the settlement. Taylor warns the Shannons that while Terra Nova is a place of new opportunities and fresh beginnings, all is not idyllic as it initially appears.

Jim’s wife, Elisabeth Shannon (Shelley Conn), is a trauma surgeon and the newest addition to Terra Nova’s medical team. Josh Shannon (Landon Liboiron) is their 17-year-old son who is angry to leave life as he knows it behind; upon arriving at the settlement, he finds himself instantly drawn to the

Johnny Bravo Goes To Bollywood beautiful and rulebreaking Skye (Allison Miller). Maddy Shannon (Naomi Scott), Josh’s endearingly awkward 15-year-old sister, hopes Terra Nova will give her a new chance to reinvent herself.

Although Elisabeth’s medical training secured the family a spot on the pilgrimage, a secret involving their fiveyear-old daughter, Zoe (Alana Mansour), soon endangers their place in this utopia.

Terra Nova is being broadcasted in dual audio languages — English and Bahasa Malaysia, with Bahasa Malaysia voice characters starring Malaysian celebrities such as Rosyam Nor, Vanidah Imran, Aaron Aziz, Sharifah Amani and Zahiril Adzim as the main characters.

SUNDAY (NOV 13) • Cannibals History (Astro CH 555), 8pm Set to premier on Nov 13, the controversial human

cannibalism manages time again to both fascinate and repulse in equal measure. Many anthropologists claim that cannibalism is an instinctive part of human nature, from being customary in ancient cultures to being resorted to in survival situations. Some claim that cannibalism is even imprinted in our very bones, while other experts vehemently disagree. Watch on as the History channel brings you into the heart of this most controversial of subjects this November.

SUNDAY (NOV 27) • Johnny Bravo Goes To Bollywood Cartoon Network (Astro CH 616), 2pm After spending some time out of the spotlight, cartoon’s most vain hero Johnny Bravo decides to pretty himself up and make his comeback in the internationally trendy Bollywood film industry. After a lengthy trip to Mumbai, Johnny meets two schoolgirls, Pinky and Shinky, who teach him that the easiest path to international superstardom is through a secret hair gel that makes a person unbelievably irresistible. Using the magical new hair gel, Johnny dethrones the ultra-popular Jiggy as the reigning “King of Bollywood” and takes the industry by storm. Tune in to find out how Johnny manages to become the paw of unscrupulous producers and is even singledout as a target by dangerous thug assassins.

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The Ministry of Youth and Sports announced the appointment of new board members to the National Athletes Welfare Foundation — Bernama

The Malay Mail Thursday 3 NOVEMBER, 2011

PETALING JAYA: SPORTCHECK

Broken tradition

The Malay Mail Wednesday 2 NOVEMBER, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR: BOWLING

By HARESH DEOL haresh@mmail.com.my

effort," said Tunku Imran diplomatically.

"Everyone knows OCM is the body invited to participate (in major multi-sports events).

We are responsible for the selection of athletes and we do it with the assistance of other stakeholders including NSC and the National Sports Institute."

Tunku Imran added OCM was "quite happy to step aside and give the honour to the minister".

"According to tradition, it is the OCM president that hands the flag to the CDM. Perhaps, with a minister around there's more publicity and the government are the biggest sponsors of Malaysian sports, after all.

"It's not a big deal."

Tunku Imran, however, was adamant of bringing changes to the number of sports and organisational aspects of the Sea Games.

"OCM have decided to put

School frustrated as fac

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WET DREAMS: SRJK (C) Chan Wa's pool has been deemed closed to schoolchildren

ility underused

FromThe Sidelines

FLASHBACK: A cutting of yesterday's article

'Cut the red tape'

STOP the bureaucracy and allow children to enjoy sports.

This was the call made by the Olympic Council of Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR: HOCKEY president ku Imran "I don't think we canDh guararma expects toughTun for powers Ja'afartim to ethe team antee we can be the top three, Tuanku four or even five but it doesn't that be after he learnt SRJK really matter. It would matter (C) Chan Wa in Seremban to the media, the government has halted its swimming proand certain sections of the gramme — no thanks to a public but the NSAs need to directive from the State eduput some thought into the cation department.

Tunku Imran, who is a performances of their athletes and where do their athletes go member of the Negri Sembilan royal family, said: "This is the beyond the Sea Games." first time I am hearing about it. I'm very concerned. A good school, doing a lot of development, is being hampered by bureaucracy. This shouldn't be the case."

He s aid t he Amateur Swimming Union of Malaysia (Asum) should look into the issue and help the school continue its programme.

"Asum should be told about this. They will have our assistance," added Tunku Imran.

Mailsport's column From the Sidelines, had yesterday, revealed Chan Wa no longer conducts swimming lessons during Physical Education classes and has scrapped their annual swimming championship after the school received a directive from the State education department stating basic swimming is only part of the ministry's Standard 1 syllabus.

This has irked many parties as this was never an issue since the pool was built two decades ago. The school has been winning the State level overall championship (primary school category) for the past 16 years. Olympian Siow Yi Ting is a product of Silverbacks, Massey Rugby the school.

Club from New Zealand, Tunku Imran promised to Kenya's Impala Rugby Club bring the matter up to the and Tradition Rugby Club Education Ministry's sports of Japan. division director Ee Hong.

Cobra will also organ"Swimming is a core sport. ise coaching clinics for If you are taking away a very rugby enthusiasts. For more good grassroots programme, information, log on to www. then it will not benefit the cobrarugby.com/10s/. sport at all."

RARING TO GO: (From left) OCM secretary Datuk Sieh Kok Chi, Maya Heng of Mesuma Sdn Bhd, Tunku Imran, Nestle-Milo sports and marketing executive Kerwin Lim and Bata Marketing senior manager Datuk James Selvaraj pose for photographers

forward to the Sea Games Council and discuss issues regarding the Games in future.

Some people feel there are a lot of mismatches going on.

Some countries field their best athletes while others use the Games as a learning experience.

"We could look at restricting it to an age group."

OCM too believe there should not be a fixation over the number of gold medals to be won by the athletes. The National Sports Associations (NSAs) have targeted 60 gold medals but OCM believes there are many contributing factors including the draw and rescheduling of events that could dampen the target.

PETALING JAYA: RUGBY

HELPING HANDS: Krishnan (fourth from right) and Hoon Chee (third from rightt) pose with the sponsors at the Cobra House yesterday

Astro boost for Cobra 10s

THE organisers of the 42nd HSBC-Cobra 10s received a major boost after broadcast giants Astro were named the main sponsor of the event.

The list of sp ons ors include Carlsberg Malaysia, IJM C or p orat ion Bhd, AirAsia, Premier Green

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IMAGINE having a swimm ing pool complete with a licensed instructor in your backya rd.

After swimming for more than a decade, you are sudde nly told that you cannot use the pool by the powers that be. with Haresh Deol That is the predi came haresh@mmail.com faced by SRJK (C) Chan nt .my of Seremban, who will Wa to ditch their almos have cation syllabus. As such, the lesson t two- school will s for all classes, from have to halt their decade tradition of mould Standard 1 to 6." swimmers for the State, ing swimming activities.

Perha ps the educa no The letter by the State thanks to a directive tion educa- depart by Negri Sembilan Educa the tion department, stated: "The the ment has the safety of studen tion use of the swim Department. ming pool haven't ts in mind. However, we heard of students is only allowed durin A swimming pool in g the dying on the a field? Should that mary school is a rare commpri- Physical Education lesson for be a reason od- Stand ard 1 stude ity in this country. The nts which other field to stop football or pool related activities? built in 1988 through donatiwas involves movement skills in The from well-wishers. With ons basic aquatics. However, the role school has played a big in developing swimming the teacher teachi guidance of a license in d swim- basic swimm ng has to have a Negri Sembilan — why spoil a ming instructor, Chan ing license." working formula?

Wa has Swim ming been Negri Sembilan's It is also quite common overall stopp ed since classe s have primary school champ to see and this has Swimming ion Clubs or Societies the past 16 years and for irked many parties. This has in schools, so why can't even also resulted produced Olympic swimm in the the er tion of the annua cancella- students swim during schoo Siow Yi Ting. l l swimming hours? championship.

The school introduced And just because swimm swimFormer headmaster Ong ming to all of its studen ing Eng is not from Standard 1 to Standats — Hang, who served the school labus, part of the ministry's sylrd 6 from 1980 to 1992, we should just do away — as part of its compr and oversaw with the ehensi activity altogether? physical and health educat ve the construction of the pool, is Don't (PHE). Children are taught ion disappointed by the decision having penalise Chan Wa for the of the State educat a pool. Let's cut the red basics — backstroke, ion depart- tape and breast- ment. start using some comstroke, butterfly and freesty mon sense instead.

"Our Education Minis Chan Wa informed the le. ter State (Tan Sri Muhy education department verbally launched the iddin Yassin) HARESH DEOL is a Senior of its activity since the 1Student 1Sport Journ pool completed and it has never was programme early this year. I feel Mail. alist with The Malay been the school is not He an issue. responding to Wa continhopes to see Chan ue producing State this programme as the Recently, the new headm swim- and nation aster al ming swimm pool ers. is decided to obtain a written utilised," said not being fully blogs at www.hareshdeol.bloHe approval from the depart Eng Hang. gspot.com, banters on ment "I hope the State educa only to be told that - @HareshDeol and Twitter such an tion depart receiv ment will allow the activity is not part of brickbats at haresh@mm es the edu- school to conduct swimming ail. com.my

Get bowled over with Maximum Bob and Missy TWO of the world’s best professional bowlers, Robert ''Maximum Bob'' Smith and Melissa ''Missy'' Parkin, will be in the country for the Pro Am carnival from Nov 7-11.

The duo will be at the Tropicana Golf and Country Resort on Tuesday and fans will have the opportunity to meet and bowl with them.

The festival, organised by ABS Bowling and 900 Global USA, includes a seminar, clinic and a Pro-Am tournament.

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KUALA LUMPUR: SWIMMING

Shrinking talent pool

... but OCM 'quite happy to step aside and give flag-handing honour to minister' THE Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) yesterday named Nestle-Milo, Bata and Mesuma as the official sponsors for the national team to the Sea Games in Indonesia next week.

However, a flag-handing ceremony organised by the National Sports Council (NSC) has hogged the limelight. Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek is expected to hand the flag over to chef-de-mission (CDM) Datuk Naim Mohammad in a hotel in Putrajaya today.

Traditionally, it is the OCM president that hands the flag to the CDM prior to leaving for a championship.

Many seem to forget that OCM are fully responsible over the contingent's preparation for international multisports events.

OCM president Tunku Imran Tuanku Ja'afar smiled when the question was posed to him.

"The government wants to show they are part of the

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Sdn Bhd and Gatorade.

The sponsors were revealed at the Cobra House in Petaling Jaya yesterday.

Present were organising chairman Tan Sri Krishnan Tan, Cobra Rugby Club president Boon Hoon Chee and Astro Arena general manager Darren Althofer.

About 2,000 schoolchildren are expected to join rugby fans as they watch some of the best foreign teams in action at the PJ Stadium on Nov 12 and 13.

This edition will see the likes of Austalian clubs Casuarina Cougars, NS

PROJECT 2013 co K. Dharmaraj admitted a c h things will not be easy for his at the upcom ing Sultanboys of Johor Cup. "We have a good blend players but we will surely of miss the services of Faisal Saari and Firhan Ashaari as they are the key players who can make the difference for the outcome of a match," conce ded Dharmaraj.

The duo, the most dynam ic players of the squad, will not see action in Johor as they have been denied a release by national coach Tai Beng Hai who has opted to them in the training keep camp for the Champions Challe nge Tournament that will be in South Afric a later held this month.

Dharma admits that it is a tall order to reach the top two

target set by the Malay Hockey Federation (MHFsian ) as his best team will not be ing in the tournament. play"We have to understand the opponents are no that pushovers and have done well junior level. So it is impor at tant to take it one match at a time," said Dharma.

The tourn amen t begin s at the Taman Daya Hockey Stadium this Saturday.

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US Open champion Rory McIlroy says he remains 'very close' to Andrew Chandler, the manager he surprisingly dropped last month after a four year association — AFP

ROTTERDAM: SQUASH

Nicol begins record attempt in convincing style

NICOL DAVID (pi c) bre e z e d into the second round of the World Open yesterday as she set out in her attempt to win a record sixth title here.

The highest profile woman player of all time has such great expectations weighing on her that it was a relief to be tucked away on an outside court during her 11-3, 11-5, 11-6 first round win over compatriot Delia Arnold.

The tension was also reduced by an encounter not so very different

from a training game with a Malaysian compatriot at a Commonwealth or Asian Games.

Nicol slipped to a 3-6 deficit in the third game which was a reminder of a bigger problem which was not to become relaxed into underperforming.

"You just need to know that it's a first round of the World Open," said Nicol.

"You have to want to do your best. You just have to do the same stuff to prepare for this match, whatever court you're on, and put your game plan into action.

"She's had a few good wins recently, and if you let her she will get confident. So it was just

nice to start the World Open and get in there and play well.

I was pleased with the performance."

Samantha Teran, the first Mexican to reach the world's top 20, suggested she may go higher still by ending former world champion Rachael Grinham's chances of winning the title back.

And the 15th seeded underdog did just that with a 4-11, 11-2, 11-3, 12-10 win over the deftly skilled, highly experienced Australian who won the title four years ago in Madrid and was seeded No 3 at the World Open championships.

Teran achieved this, her first victory over Grinham and the

best win of her career, despite a fraught finish to the contest.

During its climax, she was refused a let after deliberately not hitting the ball, then warned for not playing the ball, and eventually given a conduct warning for taking out her frustration on the racquet.

But Teran also showed a lot of discipline, maintaining a high pace, keeping the ball tight and deep enough to elicit short balls from Grinham, and doing plenty of damage with fast boasts, projected fiercely off the sidewalls to just above the tin.

"I played very good today — I kept thinking I can do this," said Teran. — AFP

SHANGHAI: GOLF

Lee's vendetta Westwood out for sweet revenge at HSBC Champions

ENGLAND'S Lee Westwood will be looking for a return to the form that took him to the top of the world golf rankings almost exactly a year ago when he tees off at the WGC-HSBC Champions this week.

The world No 2 leads a stellar field joining battle at Shanghai's Sheshan International Golf Club from tomorrow, including Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy, who comes fresh from the biggest payday of his golfing career.

Westwood wrested the No 1 crown from Tiger Woods on Oct 31, 2010, ending the American legend's 281-week run at the head of the rankings.

A week later, he lost the HSBC Champions by one shot to Italy's Francesco Molinari in a thrilling finish and said yesterday he was out to complete unfinished business.

"I became the world No 1 at this time last year and I played like the world No 1 in the tournament. Unfortunately, Francesco played a little bit better," Westwood said yesterday.

"It was a good battle last year and hopefully, we can get stuck in there this year and sort of go through the similar thing, but go one better."

Westwood has burnished his Asian credentials already this season, winning the Indonesia Masters and the Ballantine's Championship in South Korea.

HIDDEN DRAGON: (From left) Adam Scott of Australia, Westwood, Francesco Molinari of Italy and McIlroy pose with a Chinese dragon in Shanghai — AFP photo

The current world No 2 also finished strongly in last week's Lake Malaren Shanghai Masters, sinking a hole in one on his final round to finish fifth.

The players who finished ahead of him there — Hunter Mahan, Noh Seung-yul, Anthony Kim and McIlroy — had an average age of just 24, but the evergreen 38-yearold insisted older players still had plenty to offer.

"I think that it's a game where I guess age is not such

a big issue," he said. "You can obviously play well into your 40s."

McIlroy is looking to end the season on a high after a rollercoaster year which saw him throw away a four-shot lead on the last round of the US Masters before winning his first Major with an imperious display at the US Open in June.

"It has been an interesting year with a lot that has taken place. There've been incredible highs and a few very

disappointing lows," said the 22-year-old world No 3.

"But I think those disappointing lows were needed to experience the incredible high of Congressional (winning the US Open)."

The past few weeks have been eventful for McIlroy.

He unceremoniously dumped the agent he shared with Westwood and then bagged a US$2 million (RM6.3m) winner's cheque — billed as the biggest in golf — at the Shanghai Masters.

But there will be no threecard-trick from the top of the rankings in Shanghai, with world No 1 Luke Donald missing the US$7 million tournament to be at his wife's side for the birth of their second child.

The Englishman, bidding to become the first player in history to top the money lists on both sides of the Atlantic, had been hoping that the daughter they are expecting would arrive this week. — AFP

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BASEL: TENNIS

Djokovic the Joker battles through WORLD No 1 Nova k Djokovic won a hard fought three setter against veteran Xavier Malisse at the Swiss Indoors yesterday. He revealed he has recovered from what he termed the "worst injury of his career".

Djokovic, playing for the first time in six weeks after a back injury in the Davis Cup semifinals left him lying in agony on court in Serbia, finally overcame the in-form Belgian 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 to progress to the second round.

The world No 1 who took the Basel title in 2009 but lost the final a year ago to Roger Federer, walked onto the court wearing the Batman's Joker Halloween mask, but got a fright of his own as he faced Malisse, ranked 47 in the world.

The Serb ended with a break of the 30-year-old Belgian in the final game after losing his way as he served for victory leading 5-3 in the third set. Djokovic dropped serve on a fifth break point, his seventh double fault but found a way to win three games later.

"I'm only just back from the biggest injury of my career," said the winner of 10 titles this year. "It was big for me to have played really well.

"I could do nothing for four-and-a-half weeks. I've only been hitting for a week-and-a-half. That's not enough to play at my best.

I've lost rhythm.

"I had too many errors and too many double faults. But I'm happy just to be playing tennis again. I hope to build on this performance."

The loser of just two ATP matches this season — plus one in the Davis Cup semifinal against Argentina — improved to 65-3 for the season.

Djokovic is the only man other than Federer to win the Basel title in the past five years.

Meanwhile, Andy Murray withdrew shortly before his match with Dutchman Robin Haase with a right gluteal muscle strain.

The world No 3 was replaced in the draw by Swiss Marco Chiudinelli.

The pullout came after Murray, winner of three titles last month in Asia, had requested a wildcard into the event. — AFP

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Blackburn fans calling for the removal of manager Steve Kean have been banned from displaying protest banners before and during Saturday's home tie with Chelsea — AFP

Bruce's headache

LONDON: FOOTBALL/ PREMIER LEAGUE

Sunderland boss ponders best spot for Sessegnon

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Redknapp undergoes minor heart surgery

TOT T EN HAM manager Harry Redknapp successfully underwent a minor heart operation yesterday, a day after being admitted to hospital for tests.

Redknapp had two stents inserted to unblock coronary arteries and is set to leave hospital in the next 48 hours, according to a statement on www.tottenhamhotspur.com.

"He is in excellent spirits and due to be discharged from hospital in the next 48 hours."

Earlier, the north London club confirmed their 64-yearold coach was set to undergo a "medical procedure" that would rule him out of the Europa League trip to Rubin Kazan.

Assistant manager Kevin

Bond and first team coach Joe Jordan will take charge for tomorrow's match in Russia with the Spurs boss

app e ar ing conf ident he would be back in the dug out for Sunday's Premier League game at Fulham.

Redknapp told yesterday's Sun tabloid: "I'm hoping I can be back at work again in a couple of days. After a game I cannot sleep, there is too much going on in my head as I go over moves, think about game plans, think about which player has had a good or bad game — and it's worse if you lose."

The former Portsmouth manager, who has been in charge of Tottenham for three years, admitted in March last year that he had started talking heart pills upon the advice of his doctors, but stressed it was not a major problem. — AFP

MATCHDAY 4 - NOV 3 Pts GD Tottenham PAOK Shamrock Tottenham 7 3 PAOK 5 1 Rubin Kazan 4 2 Shamrock Rovers 0 -6

Pts GD Standard Hannover Copenhagen Standard Liege 5 3 Hannover 5 1 Copenhagen 4 -2 Vorskla Poltava 1 -2

Hapoel Tel-Aviv PSV PSV Eindhoven 9 4 Legia Warsaw 6 1 Rapid Bucharest 3 -2 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 0 -3

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Sporting Zurich 9 5 2 -2 2 -2 2 -1

Stoke E Maccabi Dynamo Kyiv Besiktas Stoke City 7 4 Dynamo Kyiv 5 1 Besiktas 3 2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 1 -7

F Salzburg Athletic Bilbao Bratislava PSG Athletic Bilbao 7 3 PSG 4 0 Salzburg 4 1 Slovan Bratislava 1 -4

Malmo Alkmaar 7 4 5 3 4 0 0 -7

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Maribor Birmingham Club Brugge Birmingham City 6 0 Club Brugge 6 2 Sporting Braga 4 1 Maribor 1 -3

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L AEK Athens Lokomotiv Sturm Graz Anderlecht Anderlecht 9 7 Lokomotiv Moscow 6 1 Sturm Graz 3 -2 AEK Athens 0 -6

A Rubin

Lazio Sporting Vaslui Zurich Lazio

G Metalist Austria Vienna Metalist Kharkiv AZ Alkmaar Austria Vienna Malmo JACK OF ALL TRADES: Sessegnon (left) started in all 11 of the club's games — AFP photo

SUNDERLAND boss Steve Br u c e a d m it s Ste ph an e Sessegnon's versatility presents him with a welcome headache.

The 27-year-old Benin international arrived at St a d iu m of L i g ht f rom French club Paris St Germain in January, with a reputation for being able to play through the middle or on either flank, and his ability to switch roles has already been put to good use by Sunderland.

Sessegnon has lined up in a wide midfield role, in the hole behind a lone striker and up front himself, and has started all 11 of the club's games to date this season.

He did not score until the 2-0 Premier League win at Bolton on Oct 22, but his second came just a week

later as he clinched a 2-2 draw with Aston Villa last Saturday.

"He gives you that good headache where he can play effectively in several positions," said Bruce.

"That's what we looked at at the back end of last season when he played up top and got three goals in the last five games and played in preseason and got something like three or four goals in five games.

"But you worry and think, 'Can he score enough if we are going to play him up the top end of the pitch?' and that's what I have got in my mind at the moment.

"But he's certainly a very good player wherever he plays."

Sessegnon will do well to extend his scoring run this

weekend as Sunderland head to Manchester United.

They are likely to do so without goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, who underwent surgery to repair his broken nose last Sunday after a collision with Villa's Emile Heskey, and 18-year-old Ben Wilson is in line to provide backup to Keiren Westwood with Craig Gordon and Trevor Carson both injured.

Defender John O'Shea is also a major doubt after suffering a recurrence of the hamstring problem which severely truncated his preseason.

Should O'Shea miss out against his former club, the chances of him joining up with the Republic of Ireland ahead of their Euro 2012 playoff against Estonia would be remote.

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Odense Fulham Wisla Krakow Twente 7 6 Fulham 4 1 Odense 3 -3 Wisla Krakow 3 -4

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He was tired. He was fatigued. That's why I did that — Arsene Wenger on his decision to rest Robin van Persie

The Malay Mail Thursday 3 NOVEMBER, 2011

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GENK: football/ champions league

No racism, please

Chelsea hit out at their fans for chanting Ferdinand in draw against Genk CHELSEA condemned the chanting of their own fans about Anton Ferdinand which marred their 1-1 draw against Genk in a Group E match at Cristal Arena yesterday.

T he Blu e s supp or te rs repeatedly chanted about Queens Park Rangers defender Ferdinand in response to the John Terry racism inquiry.

The chants came shortly after the Metropolitan Police launched a formal investigation into allegations Terry racially abused Ferdinand during the west London derby recently, something denied by the Chelsea captain.

"The chanting was wholly inappropriate and we don't condone it," said a club spokesman.

Manager Andre Villas-Boas insisted he had not heard the chanting, which was at its loudest shortly before and after half-time. "I was concentrating on the game," he said.

Terry did not feature in the

game as Villas-Boas opted to rest his skipper and recall David Luiz in the heart of defence. After Ramires opened the scoring, Luiz surprisingly took on penalty duties and duly saw his spot-kick saved

by Laszlo Koteles.

Villas-Boas insisted Luiz had not broken ranks. "They decide out on the pitch and today it went with David, but the goalkeeper made the save," said the Portuguese.

The manager also defended rightback Jose Bosingwa who had another nightmare after his error-strewn display in last Saturday's 5-3 Premier League home defeat to Arsenal.

"I would never discuss any particular player in public but I have faith in all of my squad.

That's the squad that we have for the season, and hopefully, it's the squad that will take us to titles.

"The team suffer when we make a mistake, not individuals," said Villas-Boas.

G e n k manage r Mar i o Been was delighted with his

side's fightback, especially after their 5-0 thrashing at Stamford Bridge two weeks ago.

"I'm very pleased with the result," said Been, after watching Jelle Vossen score the Belgian club's first goal of the competition.

"We saw the game in London — this was completely different. We started very well. Then, when we lost the ball, it was right away 1-0. At that moment, the goalkeeper kept us in the game by stopping the penalty.

"But, in the second-half, we kept on believing and created some chances. We played better than Chelsea in the second-half.

"The goal was really good, so we can be very pleased to take a point against a big club like Chelsea. You can imagine how happy we are.

"I know how they talked about us in England. Maybe we'll buy the papers tomorrow and see if they talk about us a little bit better," Been added.

Missing the points: Chelsea squandered the chance to seize control of Group E — AFP photo

yesterday GROUP E

Racing Genk 1 Chelsea 1 Valencia 3 Leverkusen 1 GROUP F

Arsenal 0 Marseille 0 B. Dortmund 1 Olympiakos 0 GROUP G

Zenit 1 Shakhtar Apoel Nicosia 2 Porto GROUP H

0 1

BATE Borisov 1 AC Milan 1 Viktoria Plzen 0 Barcelona 4

TABLES GROUP E

P W Chelse 4 2 B. Leverkusen 4 2 Valencia 4 1 Genk 4 0

D 2 0 2 2

L 0 2 1 2

F 9 5 5 1

A Pts 2 8 6 6 4 5 8 2

GROUP F

Arsenal Marseille B. Dortmund Olympiakos

P W 4 2 4 2 4 1 4 1

D 2 1 1 0

L 0 1 2 3

F 4 4 3 4

A Pts 2 8 1 7 7 4 5 3

GROUP G

Apoel Nicosia Zenit Porto S. Donetsk

P 4 4 4 4

W 2 2 1 0

D 2 1 1 2

L 0 1 2 2

F 6 7 5 4

A Pts 4 8 5 7 7 4 6 2

GROUP H

Barcelona AC Milan BATE V. Plzen

P 4 4 4 4

W 3 2 0 0

D 1 2 2 1

L F 0 13 0 7 2 2 3 1

A Pts 2 10 3 8 9 2 9 1

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LONDON: football/ champions league

to focus on just winning Frustrated Walcott, Vermaelen Dortmund from now, says Kagawa still happy with clean sheet ARSENAL'S Theo Walcott and Thomas Vermaelen (pic) were disappointed to have to delay progress to the knockout stages when the were held 0-0

by Marseille in a Group F match at Emirates Stadium yesterday but were pleased with a clean sheet.

A win would have guaranteed the Gunners a place in the last 16 with two games to spare.

Manager Arsene Wenger was clearly frustrated at the final whistle and Arsenal will be wary of the importance of not just qualifying but also finishing top of the group, as they still carry the scars of making a mess of things and drawing Barcelona in the first knockout round last season.

But Walcott and Vermaelen, who captained the side due to in-form striker Robin van Persie being rested and only used as a second-half substitute, were keen to point to the positives of a sixth

shutout of the season in the wake of last Saturday's 5-3 Premier League win at Chelsea.

"We were able to keep a clean sheet, but our strikers didn't manage to get it in the net this time. But it is a point and looking forward to the weekend now is all we can do," said Walcott.

"Saturday (against Chelsea) did take a lot out of us, but we know what to expect in the Champions League. We play every week now. Marseille are a very strong team. We found it quite tough out there as well. But, again, like I said before, we were very strong at the back," he said.

Vermaelen played his first full 90 minutes after returning from injury and proved why he is so highly rated with a composed performance alongside Per Mertesacker at the heart of the Gunners' defence.

"It was hard work today. I think they are a good side.

They have some good players and we had to work

hard to get this point," said Vermaelen.

"I think, second-half, we had moments when we dominated the game but we couldn't score."

What about his partnership with Mertesacker?

"I think it was OK. The most important thing was we didn't concede a goal.

That is what we have to do, that is our job. It is good for the team that we had a clean sheet today."

BO R USSIA D O R TMU N D playmaker Shinji Kagawa (pic) insists his side must only focus on winning their remaining Group F games if they are to progress after defeating Olympiakos 1-0 at Signal Iduna Park yesterday.

The win moves the Bundesliga champions into third spot in the group — four points adrift of leaders Arsenal, who the Germans face in London next, and three points behind Marseille who travel to Dortmund on Matchday Six. Kagawa admitted that Arsenal's goalless draw with Marseille in another match made it harder for Dortmund to qualify, but was only focused on winning their final two games.

"I wanted Arsenal to win, but obviously that didn't happen. Nothing changes if we spend all our time worrying about the teams above us, so all we can do is win our next match," said Kagawa.

The Japan international came off the bench in the 66th minute in the win which came as Dortmund boss

Jurgen Klopp employed a more defensive approach.

"Usually we play 4-3-3, but our front three ended up being pushed to the sides and it just became incredibly defensive," said Kagawa.

"The top line can't just stay up, they have to be able to fall back to around where the fullbacks play. So I think that's why my usual position

wasn't there in this match.

As a team the goal was to be defensive, I think.

"It was my first time (playing in a 4-3-3 formation), and I was a bit uncertain of how I should have played coming into the middle of that. But I thought I had to match the team's rhythm and cooperate with the defence and just work hard."

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Antonio Cassano suffers a cerebral problem related to an ischaemic stroke. He is due to undergo an operation to close a small hole in his heart and is expected to be out for several months — AFP

PRAGUE: football/ champions league

Fantastico Messi Cool Argentine strikes hattrick to bring goal tally to 202 for Barca

BARCELONA ace Lionel Messi struck a hattrick in their 4-0 win at Viktoria Plzen in a Group H match yesterday to break 200 goals for the Catalans. However, the Argentina international is not thinking about the all-time record held by Cesar Rodriguez.

Messi came into the match on 199 goals and reached his double century as he converted a penalty midway through the first-half before scoring a fine second just before the break.

Cesc Fabregas added another and Messi rounded off the scoring right at the end with his second successive hattrick to make it 202 goals in Barca colours, and 22 already this season.

"I am happy with the game, the result and to have got the 200 goals, but more than anything because of the result," Messi told TVE. "It was difficult because of the state of the pitch, because they pressed hard and committed fouls, but we did well."

Messi is now only 33 goals behind Barca's all-time top

goalscorer Cesar, who struck 235 between 1939 and 1955.

"It's not my objective to pass Cesar's record. I will just try and carry on helping the team to win and to score goals," said Messi.

His first goal for Barca came from a delicate lob after he was set up by Ronaldinho in a 2-0 win over Albacete in May 2005, when he was just 17 years, 10 months and seven days old.

With the win, champions Barca have qualified to the round of 16.

Barca goalkeeper Victor Valdes also put his name into the club’s history books after setting a new record for consecutive minutes without conceding a goal.

The record had been previously held by Miguel Reina, father of current Liverpool No 1 Pepe Reina, but after Barca’s most recent win against Plzen, Valdes overtook the former Spain international.

Barca registered a comfortable 5-0 win over Mallorca in the Primera Liga last Saturday, a result which meant Valdes had managed to go 787 min-

utes without conceding and needed to remain unbeaten for 38 minutes against Plzen.

Reina, who clinched the record in the 1972-1973 season, managed to keep 824 minutes worth of clean sheets, but after yet another 90 minutes without conceding a goal, Valdes can now push the record even further.

Barca manager Josep ''Pep'' Guardiola expressed his delight at their knockout phase qualification.

"The most important thing is that we're through to the next phase. In our next game against AC Milan, we'll be fighting for top spot in the group," he told Uefa's website.

"We're satisfied to be in the next round with a couple of games to spare. European competition isn't easy, especially at this stage of the season.

"It's normal that you can underestimate opponents but at this level it takes a lot of effort to win. Just look at Milan tonight playing away at BATE which ended in a 1-1 draw.

VALENCIA

'Los Che' brighten hope for last 16 VALENCIA manager Unai Emery believes his side's 3-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen in a Group E clash at the Mestalla yesterday has enhanced their chances of progressing to the round of 16.

Los Che got the better of the German club and are third in the group, just one point behind second-placed Leverkusen.

Valencia have gathered five points from four matches and Emery believes their win yesterday has made them more "optimistic" of reaching the knockout stage.

"We've won three points that also gives us an advantage in terms of goal difference," Emery told Uefa's website.

"It was a difficult game that we started strongly. The injury to midfielder Ever Banega (substituted after 24 minutes with a knee injury) hurt us a lot and it took us some time to get back into the rhythm of the match."

"Once we rediscovered our touch, however, we managed to score a second goal. The team showed great strength in what was a hard game where we were forced to find solutions to various problems.

"The result will make us more optimistic but we know we still have two finals left in this group," he said.

In the other game in Group E, Chelsea drew 1-1 with Genk in Belgium to remain in pole position with eight points.

Valencia striker Roberto Soldado expressed his pleasure with his side's vital 3-1 win over Leverkusen, citing the first and third goals as crucial to the team's future in the competition.

Soldado scored Valencia's second goal in the 65th minute before Adil Rami's header from a corner 10 minutes later cemented the result.

Soldado said the opening goal by Brazilian Jonas after

Valencia’s Jonas hit the second fastest goal in Champions League history – just 0.3 seconds behind the fastest ever scored – during a 3-1 victory over Bayer Leverkusen

FASTEST CL GOALS Secs 2007 Makaay Bayern 10 2011 Jonas Valencia 10 2002 Gilberto Silva Arsenal 20 1997 Del Piero Juventus 20 2005 Seedorf AC Milan 21 2011 Pato AC Milan 24 2011 Stankovic Inter 25 2005 Kincl Rapid Vienna 25 1999 Bombarda Willem II 28 1995 Alexoudis Panathinaikos 28 Picture: Associated Press

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10.5 secs, the second-fastest effort in the competition's history, was a key moment.

The fastest goal was 10.02 secs set by Roy Makaay while playing for Bayern Munich against Real Madrid in 2007.

"We knew to win we would have to suffer. We were fortunate to score the early goal and the third goal was fundamental. We had three finals and we won the first one," said Soldado.

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Kopites want Huddlestone LIVERPOOL are weighing up a move for Tottenham midfielder Tom Huddlestone, who has been out of action since August after an operation on his ankle.

The 24-year-old, who is expected back at the end of the year, joined Spurs for around £2.5 million in 2005. Manager Harry Redknapp has handed Huddlestone the captain's armband, most notably against Inter Milan in the Champions League last season, but when fit he will be vying with Luka Modric, Scott Parker and Sandro for a place. After making his England debut in the friendly defeat against Brazil in 2009, Huddlestone's most recent international outing was a World Cup warm-up against Japan.

Lavezzi in sub gaffe Leo for once again scoring goals. He has scored his 202nd goal at just 24 years of age, which says it all," he said.

"I am convinced he will beat Cesar's club record of 235 but I don't know if he'll do it this season; it depends on how we do in the rest of the campaign but you can't rule it out."

MINSK

Milan want to finish on top of group after draw with BATE

AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani hopes the Rossoneri will progress to the Champions League last 16 as Group H winners.

The Italian champions qualified for the round of 16 of Europe's premier club competition yesterday following a 1-1 draw with BATE Borisov in Minsk.

H o w e v e r, m a n a g e r Massimiliano Allegri’s side are currently second in the group with eight points from four matches — two behind leaders and champions Barcelona who also booked their berth in the knockout stage with a 4-0 away win against Viktoria Plzen in another match yesterday.

Galliani rued that Milan failed to take their chances and garner maximum points but is hopeful that they will register a victory over Barca at home on

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three aces: Messi celebrates with his teammates after scoring his hattrick — AFP photo

"It's always hard and I have to admit that in the past, Kazan and Kyiv were great learning curves for me."

Guardiola, who marked his 200th game as manager, showered praise on Messi after the Argentine broke the 200-goal milestone for Barca and took his tally to 202 goals.

"We have to congratulate

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matchday five.

"We didn't finish off the chances that we created," the 67-year-old told Milan’s website.

"When you're ahead by a single goal, anything can happen. The team did well.

We could have put the game beyond reach, but that’s fine.

"We'll look for the win against Barca. There’s still hope that we can top the group. Eight points are fine. On Nov 23, we'll try to beat Barca."

Galliani also praised striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who scored for Milan at the Dinamo Stadion.

"Well done to Ibra. Once upon a time, they said he couldn’t score in the Champions League but now that fable has been put to bed," he said.

BATE's goal was scored

by Renan Bressan who converted a penalty.

IF you ever wondered why substitutes had to wear different colour tops while warming up, Manchester City target Ezequiel Lavezzi showed everyone exactly why during Napoli's 2-1 defeat at Catania. The mercurial Argentinean, whose side were playing in their changed yellow strip, made the schoolboy error of playing with his head down and embarrassingly passed to a sub that was jogging along the sideline. Lavezzi, 26, decided to laugh off his gaffe, but boss Walter Mazzarri certainly won't have been splitting his sides after seeing his title chasers crash to a surprise defeat. The result sees Catania go level on points with Napoli in Serie A, and the two clubs sit 5th and 6th respectively — five points behind leaders Juventus.

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Jose warns Devils off di Maria MANCHESTER UNITED are fighting a losing battle in their bid to bring Angel di Maria to Old Trafford, according to Spanish reports. The Red Devils are said to be keen on Real Madrid's highly rated winger, and with di Maria understood to be unhappy at the speed of new contract negotiations, Sir Alex Ferguson was thought to be readying a cheeky offer. But Real boss Jose Mourinho has absolutely no intention of letting the 23year-old leave the Bernabeu, and will rebuff any advance United make for the former Benfica man. Di Maria was one of the Special One’s first signings for Madrid, and has been a hit in the Spanish capital ever since arriving for £22 million in 2010.

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Thursday 3 November, 2011

NICOSIA: FOOTBALL/ CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Final fantasy APOEL dreaming of unlikely place in knockout stage

APOEL NICOSIA’S fairytale Champions League run looks set to continue with players and officials dreaming of the knockout stage after yesterday’s win over Porto put them within touching distance of the last 16.

Surprise package APOEL produced another shock with a 2-1 win over the former European champions that left them unbeaten at the top of Group G with eight points, one ahead of closest rivals Zenit St Petersburg who they play next on Nov 23.

APOEL were given no chance of progressing from the group when the draw was made but they have repeatedly punched above their weight by winning their two home matches versus Zenit and Porto, while drawing at Shakhtar Donetsk and in Portugal.

For the first time, officials and players are starting to believe they really can reach the knockout phase though they are delighted to have secured at least a Europa League spot.

A draw at Zenit would make them the first Cypriot team to reach the Champi-

shocking upset: Ailton (No 8) is congratulated after scoring a goal against Porto — AFP photo

ons League last 16 although that won’t be easy in zero temperatures against a side fighting hard for the win that would put them on the brink of the knockout rounds.

APOEL’s Serbian coach Ivan Jovanovic said yesterday’s victory, thanks to a

90th minute strike by Gustavo Manduca, was the most important in the history of a club with 21 league titles and 19 domestic Cup wins, including four doubles, plus 12 Super Cups.

“What I want is that my players keep playing with the

same passion and determination in the two remaining group matches,” he said.

“If they do, I am sure we can expect much greater things and achievements.”

“It’s unbelievable what we are living now. I can’t express my feelings,” said Brazilian

match winner Manduca, whose goal put the hosts back in front after Porto striker Hulk’s 89th minute penalty had cancelled out Ailton’s spot-kick in the 42nd.

APOEL’s Portuguese midfielder, Nuno Morais, added: “We are living in a dream.

It’s a miracle. We deserved to win and to be here on top of the group. We proved we have quality as a team.”

APOEL’s resilience after conceding the late equaliser was particularly impressive as they showed they had the stamina and passion to fight back for a deserved winner.

Jovanovic was proud of his team’s fortitude and their success has got the whole country joining in the celebrations and supporting APOEL on their European journey.

With Cyprus in the midst of the financial crisis engulfing Europe, APOEL’s run has put a smile on people’s faces.

For now, the team should concentrate on domestic issues as they are third in the standings ahead of a trip to Salamina this weekend. But a crucial night in St Petersburg is looming. — Reuters

LONDON: FOOTBALL/ WORLD CUP

British MPs call for World Cup bids investigation BRITISH lawmakers called for an independent investigation into the bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups despite a “whistleblower” retracting allegations that Qatar paid bribes to Fifa members.

The culture, media and sport (CMS) committee said Fifa’s reforms announced last month were “encouraging” but football’s world body still needed a full inquiry into allegations of past misconduct.

Committee member Damian Collins also believes there should be a separate investigation into

Fifa member Mohamed Bin Hammam’s activities in football after he was banned for life for bribery while running for Fifa president in May. Bin Hammam played a key role in Qatar’s success in winning the 2022 World Cup bid in December, but the bid denies any suggestion of wrongdoing.

The CMS report states: “The committee notes that Fifa have received an apparent retraction of the original allegations related to Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid.

“While it welcomes the withdrawal of the allega-

tions made by the whistleblower, the committee is still concerned that no apparent effort was made by Fifa to investigate these allegations when they were put to it, and that other allegations, specifically those made by ex-England 2018 chairman Lord Triesman in evidence to the committee, remain.”

In relation to the Bin Hammam ban, it adds: “Our concern is that the governance failings revealed by this incident are symptomatic of a wider governance failure within Fifa, and we stand by our recommendation that Fifa

commission a full, independent investigation of the bidding processes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, and for the outcome to be made public.”

Collins went further, calling for a separate inquiry into Bin Hammam.

He told Britain’s Press Association: “I think there should be an independent investigation into Mohamed Bin Hammam’s activities in football. It also seems strange that if you try to run against Sepp Blatter they throw the book at you but nothing has happened in relation to the World Cup

bid allegations.

“The reforms all seem to be moving at a very pedestrian pace and that’s why we have called for urgent progress.”

Collins believes Fifa should announce that all members should declare all financial interests to demonstrate any possible conflicts of interest.

The committee had also called on the FA to conduct their own review of England’s disastrous bid for the 2018 tournament when they only secured two votes, and one from their own Fifa member, Geoff Thompson. — AFP

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