Assignment 6

News cast: Thursday, 28 October, 2010 (The Sun)

Montage: 30 second

LOCAL

Teaser: Health clinic exposed to injury (30sec)

1. Death trap clinics (1m 30s)

• Patients in government health clinic in several states are exposed to injury and even death due to the reason of shoddy repairing and upgrading work carried out by inexperienced contractors.
• SOT IN the ministry : "It reserved the right to cancel or reclaim improper payments and severe action had been taken against parties responsible." SOT OUT

2. PM, Manmohan launch ‘Little India’ (1m 30s)

• The Little India project in Brickfields is to catalyze and communicate to people and industries in both Malaysia and India that the two countries’ relationship is still robust and on strong footing, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak says.
• SOT IN Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak : “It will be a Brickfields that we can showcase to the world-Little India in Malaysia. The government has spent RM 35 million to implement the first stage of the project." SOT OUT

3. Chong Eu seriously ill (1min)

• Penang’s longest chief minister, Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu (pix), was taken ill yesterday and warded at the Penang Hospital.

4. Anwar’s lawyer denied access to medical notes (1m 30s)

• The High Court hearing Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy trial has allowed his defense team access to a Kuala Lumpur Hospital (KLH) report made on July 10, 2008.
• SOT IN Kapal : “We are saying that the notes are in existence and available and we ask that Yang Arif direct that they be made available. They are relevant as they were taken at the examination. The notes would “reflect the truth.” SOT OUT

5. ‘Rewrite history textbooks’ (1m)

• Historian Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dr Khoo Kay Khim says local textbooks do not present a complete picture of the country’s history s they were not written by history experts but people with insufficient knowledge in the field.
• SOT IN Historian Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dr Khoo Kay Khim :“Students must understand the subject in order to get a pass. This will enhance the students’ knowledge of history.” SOT OUT

Teaser: Double disasters eruption in Indonesia killed people (30sec)

COMMERCIAL BREAK (5m 30s)

INTERNATIONAL

6. 310 dead in double disasters, 411 missing (1m30s)

• A tsunami and a volcanic eruption in Indonesia have killed more than 300 people with over 400 missing and tens of thousands displaced, authorities said yesterday.
• SOT IN West Sumatra provincial disaster official Ade Edward : "The death toll in the tsunami was at least 282. The tsunami, triggered by a 7.5 magnitude quake that struck 78km west of South Pagai, one of the Mentawai islands, flattened several villages and a surf resort. At least 411 people are still missing." SOT OUT

7. Huge storm whips through US (1m)

• Dangerous winds grounded hundreds of flights and interrupted shipping traffic on the Great Lakes on Tuesday as a massive storm system whipped the central United States and left tens of thousands without power.

8. Republicans set to win House (1m30s)

• Republicans enter the final week of a bitter US election campaign as heavy favourites to win control of the House of Representatives and score big Senate gains, dealing a severe blow to President Barack Obama two years after he entered the White House.
• SOT IN White House spokesman Robert Gibbs : "Obama cast an absentee ballot on Tuesday for the US Senate and governor races in the president’s home state of Illinois." SOT OUT

9. Cities under pressure to balance trees, skyscrapers (45sec)

• The fight against the destruction can start in cities, even as urban centres around the world face the challenge of accommodating more people, skyscrapers and transport system.
• SOT IN Cadman : "Mosquitoes that carry West Nile virus, Dengue fever and malaria are coming into places where they have never come before. If you think preserving climate change, biodiversity is expensive, look at the coming costs of health care." SOT OUT

10. Orchard Road to be raised after floods (45sec)

• Parts of the island republic’s famous shopping thoroughfare Orchard Road will be raised to prevent a repeat of the flash floods that hit the area in June, a city services officer said yesterday.
• SOT IN public Utilities Board spokeswoman : "The road will be raised by up to 50cm at low-lying spot." SOT OUT

Teaser: Crisis of filmmaking caused directors unemployed (30sec)

COMMERCIAL BREAK (5m 30s)

LEISURE, ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS

11. Filmmaking caught in the Net (1min)

• Filmmaking is currently in a state of crisis that has left directors struggling to find their footing, with many struggling just to survive.
• SOT IN Oscar-winning Jordan :“There’s a real crisis in filmmaking right now, and that’s evidenced to me by the fact that every director I know is unemployed. Or almost everyone. I think the crisis in cinema-going is caused by the Internet. Like every industry-music, publishing, film-the Internet is absolutely changing people’s habits and so everything is in a state of flux.” SOT OUT

12. The truth is in your brain waves (1m30s)

• Researchers at Northwestern University have found they can predict and uncover details of “mock terrorists plans” by reading brain waves using the P300-based concealed information test.
• SOT IN Northwestern’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences psychology professor J. Peter Rosenfeld :“Without any prior knowledge of the planned crime in our mock terrorism scenarios, we were able to identify 10 out of 12 terrorists and, among them, 20 out of 30 crime-related details." SOT OUT

13. ‘Hobbits’ movies to be made in NZ: Premier (1min)

• Peter Jackson’s Hobbit movies will be made in New Zealand after the government struck a deal with Hollywood studio Warner Bros to end months of unions tensions, Prime Minister John Key said.
• SOT IN Prime Minister John Key :“I am delighted we have achieved this result. The retaining of the US$500 million (RM1.5 billion) production, reportedly the most expensive film project ever, would save thousands of jobs in New Zealand." SOT OUT

14. Another exhilarating Goodyear Formula Drift at Dataran Merdeka (1m 30s)

• Counter steers, over steers, ‘donuts’ and screeching tires returns to Kuala Lumpur as the adrenaline-pumping action of the Goodyear Formula DRIFT Malaysia 2010 returns to Malaysia on Dec 18-29.

• SOT IN Managing Director, Goodyear Malaysia Nasution Abdul Rahman :“Drift in the ASEAN region is one of the fastest growing motorsports in the region today and we’re delighted to be renewing our affiliation with Formula Drift. This year, Team Goodyear Malaysia will be drifting using Goodyear’s Ultra High Performance (UHP) tires- the Eagle F1 Asymmetric tire – designed to enhance driving performance by providing maximum traction especially when taking corners.” SOT OUT

15. Santa, Tevez want to quit City (1min)

• Roque Santa Cruz has revealed he wants to move to Spain in the New Year and also claims Carlos Tevez is unhappy at Manchester City.
• SOT IN Roque Santa Cruz :“I’m not getting the playing time to convince anybody and my priority is to leave in the January transfer market. The coach has opted for certain players and on top of that his system plays with just the one striker, so I have even fewer options." SOT OUT

Ending credits (Bye-Name)