Today, 29 September 2009

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    10 1 TODAY Tuesday September 29, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Lock icon Shoplifting gangs on the prowl in supermarkets
    610 1  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com. sg AS A security officer with a department store 10 years ago, he chanced upon a group of shoplifters trying to steal bottles of perfume. The women were using penknives to cut out the barcodes while the men kept
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    Over 20% dip, then recovery
    647 1  -  ESTHER FUNG GIC'S PORTFOLIO Fund anticipated crisis, took action to mitigate losses esther@mediacorp.com.sg AS THE world bond and equity markets plummeted, the portfolio of the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) suffered a loss of more than 20 per cent in Singapore dollar terms as
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      Lock icon Aid pours into flood-hit Philippines
      414 2 AFP TYPHOON KETSANA Singapore will send relief supplies worth $42,606 MANILA International aid began pouring in for the storm-devastated Philippines, even as the overwhelmed authorities yesterday admitted they were unable to deal with the disaster on its own and appealed for urgent help. The death
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      Lock icon Foreign population growth slows down
      331 3  -  ESTHER NG IN A sign of things to come, the pace of growth of the foreign population in Singapore has hit the brakes. After two years of double-digit increase and five years of an acceleration in the influx of non-residents since the last time the
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      A demerit points system?
      412 3  -  LINYANQIN REGULATING PROPERTY AGENTS Industry suggestions include licensing, mandatory training yanqin@mediacorp.com. sg JUST like drivers, some suggest, property agents should be licensed by a government body and subject to a demerit point system too. That would mean being allowed to a set number of points, before
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      Lock icon GULF SWFS SHED $497B
      234 4 AFP Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) of four oil-exporting Gulf states lost around US$35O billion ($497 billion) last year due to the global financial crisis, according to a United Nations report. However, the funds those of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Abu Dhabi almost maintained their total
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      Lock icon New way of thinking
      379 4  -  NEOCHAICHIN DUKE-NUS GRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL Second medical school aims to groom clinician-scientists chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg IN 2011, when the first batch of students from the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School (GMS) graduates, patients will likely see more doctors equally skilled in bedside manners and laboratory work doctors with the
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      Lock icon Harsher sanctions against Iran
      330 6 AGENCIES US REACTS TO NUCLEAR PROGRAMME Tehran censured for testfiring long-range missiles NEW YORK United States is assembling a package of tougher sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme including cutoff of investments to its oil and gas industry as Tehran was reported yesterday to have
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      Lock icon MADE-IN-SINGAPORE WARTHOG UNVEILED
      94 6 DON WONG Agile over tough terrain, ability to climb vertical obstacles and cling to steep slopes, this is the made-in-Singapore Warthog. It will soon be serving British troops in Afghanistan with more than 100 of its kind, worth over £150 million ($337.4 million), bought by the UK
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      Lock icon Local tourism picking up: STB
      148 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE latest tourism arrival numbers paint a positive picture for the Singapore tourism sector, with signs of a slowing decline. According to new data from the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), some 844,000 visitors came to Singapore last month, a drop of 0.7 per
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      More lose licences
      327 8 EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES Manpower Ministry closes down 11 following stepped-up investigations THE Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has revoked the licences of 11 employment agencies this year the highest number of licences revoked in the last three years. Apart from losing their licences, the agencies were also fined varying
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        MORE GREEN-MAN TIME FOR SENIORS
        135 8 Senior citizens will have up to five seconds more to cross the road when the green man flashes at five locations near health facilities and transport nodes. From Thursday, the Green Man Plus initiative kicks in at pedestrian crossings at: The junction of Toa Payoh
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        Lock icon PUMP PRICES DOWN 7 CENTS
        71 8 938 LIVE Pump prices islandwide have come down again, in a cut sharper than the six-cent drop three weeks ago. Shell led the move at lpm yesterday, with prices dropping by seven cents across the board. SPC, Caltex and ExxonMobil followed suit about two hours
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        ASEAN-US MEET HERE?
        61 8 Singapore has offered to host a meeting on Nov 15 between members of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) and the United States. The date is pending confirmation from the US, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to media queries. It added: "Singapore welcomes
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        Lock icon SIA A380 TURNS BACK
        92 8 AFP A Singapore Airlines plane carrying 444 passengers from Paris to Singapore was forced to return to the French capital on Sunday because of an engine problem. The problem on the Airbus A3BO was detected some two-and-a-half hours into flight 5Q333. "While the aircraft is able
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      Lock icon A new manager for Arts Fest
      181 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A NEW head for the Singapore Arts Festival has been named, two weeks after the news that longtime festival director Goh Ching Lee was leaving the National Arts Council (NAC). Mr Low Kee Hong, who helmed the Singapore Biennale in 2006 and
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      Lock icon Researchers honoured
      529 10 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AWARDS THERE is greater recognition now for outstanding researchers. The National and Science Technology Awards the highest honour given to research scientists and engineers for contributions to science and technology have been elevated to the President's Science and Technology Awards. Eight awards were given out
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      271 2 L J V _L_l J The economic downturn yields financial opportunities, especially for those who know how to make money work for them. Millionaires around the world adopts unique financial strategies and invests in financial instruments, some of which are unheard of. These strategies involves rigid understanding and management of
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      215 4 A Community Health Education Symposium Organised By "Z East Shore" *^^r A PARKWAYHEALTH HOSPITAL Shape Up Your Life 03 October 2009, Saturday JE^Sr^ It I.oopm to 4.45pm jB^VTp 111 Raffles Hotel Singapore (Entrance via Seah Street) 1 Beach Road, WMif^i '^T Level 3, Casuarina Suite B, jjlgg Singapore *****3 Programme
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      Lock icon Philippine flood victim hailed a hero
      452 12 AFP SELFLESS SACRIFICE MANILA Muelmar Magallanes braved rampaging floods to save more than 30 people, but ended up sacrificing his life in a last trip to rescue a baby girl who was being swept away on a styrofoam box. Family members and people who
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      Lock icon LDP appoints new president
      315 13 AFP JAPANESE POLITICS Former Finance Minister takes helm of opposition party TOKYO —Japan's conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) yesterday chose former Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki as its new leader as it struggles to rebuild itself after last month's crushing election defeat. MrTanigaki, 64 a known consensus
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      Lock icon EU turns down the volume
      113 13 AP BRUSSELS The European Union is to draft new technical standards to limit the playback volume of mobile music players. EU Consumer Affairs Commissioner Meglena Kuneva says maximum sound levels on the popular gadgets are damaging and will lead to more hearing loss among young
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      Lock icon China approves construction of nuclear plant
      181 13 AFP BEIJING China has approved the construction of a new nuclear plant in its eastern coastal region. It is the latest step in Beijing's plan to include more clean energy in the country's consumption mix. The State Council last week approved the building of
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      Lock icon North Korea under pressure
      361 15 AGENCIES NUCLEAR PROGRAMME China, Japan and South Korea meet to pledge co-operation SHANGHAI Foreign ministers from China, Japan and South Korea pledged yesterday to deepen cooperation on nonproliferation and disarmament, as pressure grew on Pyongyang over its nuclear programme. The three ministers, who met in Shanghai
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      Lock icon Muslim model will be caned
      98 15 .AFP KUANTAN A Malaysian religious court has reportedly ordered that a caning sentence handed to Muslim model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno for drinking beer will go ahead, after a review triggered by a furore over the case. Bernama news agency reported that, after a review
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      Lock icon Taiwan military delegation in US, seeking F-16s
      176 15 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan wants to buy more F-16 fighter jets. It will press the issue at an annual defence meeting with United States officials, a military officer said yesterday. The plea for new jets comes amid growing concern in Taiwan that the balance
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      Lock icon Polygamy club woos Malaysia
      519 16 AP HERECOMETHE BRIDES RAWANG When she was practising law, Ms Kartini Maarof once went beyond the call of duty for her divorce client. She arranged for Ms Rohaya Mohamad, a mother of seven, to be married again to Ms Kartini's own husband. The spouse they have
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      Lock icon Bitter US commander in Afghanistan complains about bureaucracy
      267 18 AGENCIES WASHINGTON The commander of United States and Nato forces in Afghanistan has bitterly complained about the Pentagon bureaucracy which he said was hampering his efforts to fight insurgents. General Stanley McChrystal said on CBS television's 60 Minutes he faced pressure to
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      Lock icon A 'tough' deadline to meet
      249 18 AFP GUANTANAMO BAY US unlikely to shut prison by Jan 22 as planned WASHINGTON United States Defence Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged on Sunday that it will be "tough" to close the US prison at Guantanamo Bay by a January deadline set by President Barack Obama.
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      Lock icon More than 500,000 kids get bad drug reactions
      192 20 AP CHICAGO More than half a million children in the United States have bad reactions or side effects from widely-used medicines each year, requiring medical treatment and sometimes hospitalisation, new research shows. Children younger than five are most commonly affected. Penicillin and
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      Lock icon Volunteers are key to success
      453 20 AP THAI AIDS VACCINETRIALS NONGTAPAN Nearly 16,000 Thais ignored the false rumours that they were being infected by the Aids virus, and overcame their fears of becoming social outcasts to participate in the first human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine trials to show positive results. Many
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      Lock icon France, Poland want Roman Polanski released on bail
      253 21 ZURICH The international tug-of-war over director Roman Polanski (picture) escalated yesterday as France and Poland urged Switzerland to free the 76-year-old on bail. Mr Polanski was in his third day of detention after Swiss police arrested him on Saturday on an international
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      Lock icon THE NEED FOR REFORMS
      488 21  -  DAMIEN MCELROY THE DAILYTELEGRAPH NEWS COMMENT MRS Angela Merkel ran a lowkey campaign that was perfectly in tune with the apathy of German voters but now that she has a mandate, she will have to summon the energy to impose divisive reforms. Voters set Mrs Merkel
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      An unsporting lack of concern
      239 22  -  M Lukshumayeh NATIONAL SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS Why were 36 per cent of NSAs missing from crucial annual meeting on funding? Letter from I REFER to the "New plan to obtain funds" (Sept 24), which reported that the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) "in a bid to continue
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      Find more uses for ez-link cards
      175 22  -  OngLH Letter from TEN years ago, I left Singapore to work in Shanghai. There, I discovered I could use their local version of what we know as the ez-link card not just on buses, trains and taxis, but also when paying for items at
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      214 24  -  DR JAMES DOBSON I BY THE PAIN OF RELEASE The average teenager chomps at the bit to get out from under parental rule and during those tumultuous teenage years, many parents are only too eagerto showtheir child the door. But when the time comes, releasing a
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      Artily disappointed
      303 24  -  Laurence Meyer SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM Wu Guanzhong programme did not deliver as promised Letter from WEEKEND Today's Living section (Sept 26--27) featured a listing for "Black and White: Wu Guanzhong for kids (Clay Fun)" on Sunday, which the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) promised would be "a creative way
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        SPIKED BY SPECULATION
        91 24  -  Michael Tan Letter from I refer to the letter "Why we peg to market rates: HDB" (Sept 25). The key problem is in benchmarking HDB flat prices to market rates. Market rates are subject to speculation and if no effective counter-meas-ure are taken, first-time HDB flat-buy-ers could
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        OPENNESS IS THE KEY
        113 24  -  Kwan JinYao Letter from I refer to the report, "Welcoming newcomers with vouchers for language courses" (Sept 28). I believe it is critical that integration and interaction programmes are not presented to be forcibly contrived. The most important factor should be the willingness of residents and
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      76 22 HAVE YOUR SAY. email voices@mediacorp.com.sg or visit www.todayonline.com/voices n| Senior citizens I should not be J restricted from their activities by time-limited concessionary rates. Read Tan Keong Boon's views and more letters at www.todayonline.com/voices Hfl MlSff!; BligßiHMfcltlv^gfMi HkV IV HI liV I ill BfS^i^Pßml* BBkVv^H U m\M 111 ■WrHitliU I
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      116 24 W I Standard Chartered SINGAPORE oCUO M MARATHON 6 December 2009 of the elderly, providing care for the home-bound or ill seniors, as well as shelter and support for those without families or homes. Inspired by their stories to Run for a Cause? Find out how you can contribute by
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      561 28  -  f jf gffiffi CHICK LIT **^3ffliß^B christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE many can probably easily name male authors who write travel literature anyone from Michael Palm to Nicholas Sparks few can name as many female writers who do the same thing. One possible reason is the common and often
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      497 30 Better known as the vivacious host of Discovery Travel Living's Fun Taiwan, Janet Hsieh has been to more countries than the entire Plus team put together. Born and raised in Texas, the Taiwanese lass has visited over 30 countries, including Peru, Ecuador, Argentina,
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      515 31  -  MAYSEAH ONE NIGHT IN SINGAPORE Star chef Daniel Boulud on cooking on the bed... among other things may@mediacorp.com.sg DANIEL Boulud is busy. "It's 11.45pm and my dining room is full and I have to go and say hello to my customers," said the Michelinstarred chef from his restaurant,
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      296 32 WOMEN AND STRESSOF MODERN LIFE Having to juggle multiple roles can cause increasing stress for the modern women. And chronic stress is a factor that increases the risk of developing various diseases and conditions. Learn to manage your stress with simple, practical methods. Date: Friday Time: lpm to
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      742 32  -  EVELINE GAN RESPIRATORY DISEASE Early detection and treatment can help COPD sufferers breathe better eveline@mediacorp.com. sg FOR more than three decades, Mr Mohamed Zaid Bin Sahari, a heavy smoker, lived with a chronic cough that he thought was a common smoker's ailment. Then in 2000, he started
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      361 34 BUNION BLIGHT QUESTION BY MS KOH I'm a 28-year-old runner, and I've got hereditary bunions. They've never given me much problems until recently: The bunion on my left foot is getting bigger, and while it doesn't hurt, it sometimes causes me to feel slightly imbalanced when I'm
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      187 35 HBO PRESENTS CHICK FEICKS This October, gather the girls and cozy up with CHICK FLICKS on HBO every Friday to Sunday at 9pm. H'V! HID MAMMA MIA! Premieres Sunday 4 October, 9pm I FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL MADE OF HONOR SEX AND THE CITY (THE MOVIE) Premieres Sunday II October, 9pm
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      732 37  -  LAN DE COTTA MOTORSPORTS Todt and Vatanen lobbied hard in Singapore for votes, but ex-Ferrari chief is the favourite fl senior correspondent ian@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE drivers eyeballed each other in the build-up to the Formula 1 Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday, a similarly
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      202 37  -  LOW LIN FHOONG There could be a month-long party here when the inaugural Youth Olympic Games and the third edition of the Singapore's Formula 1 race roll into town one after the other. The Youth Olympics will be held from Aug 14-26 next year,
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      482 38  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Club chairman assures fans the Stags won't be laid low after exodus of star players GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 DPMM vTampines Rovers Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, 8.15pm shamir@mediacorp.com.sg DESPITE losing four key players in the past month, Tampines Rovers chairman Teo
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      458 38  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg TONY Fernandes was a busy man over the last few days in Singapore. He met the media at the Paddock Club on Friday before the first practice session of the 2009 Formula 1 Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix, expanding on his plans
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      566 39 AGENCIES EUROPEAN FOOTBALL mm ■MH|j|fl Torres in fearsome form as Reds head into crucial week, Benitez warns CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUP E Fiorentina v Liverpool FLORENCE Fernando Torres couldn't have chosen a better time to peak. The Liverpool striker scored a hat-trick in their 6-1 win over Hull
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      1646 40 SINGAPORE FOOTBALL As 14th season wraps vp some give their assessment of S #pore #s professional football competition THE 14th season of the S-League will end on Nov 6 and it has been another eventful year. Rookie outfit DPMM sent Brunei
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      490 42  -  DAWN LIM MODEL MASCOT The panda has become an icon MTM counts on to promote its eye products news@newstoday.com. sg MENTION MTM Skincare and the first thing that comes to mind is its adorable panda mascot, which Mr Simon Keak, executive director of MTM Skincare Singapore, calls
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      231 44 BLOOMBERG DEPARTMENT STORE UP FOR GRABS TPG Incorporated and Blum Capital plan to sell their stake in the Myer Group in Australia's biggest initial public offering in two years as buyout firms seek to profit from the stock market's 50-per-cent rally since
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        122 44 AFP South Korea's government plans to increase budget spending by 2.5 per cent next year to bolster the economic recovery and improve the lives of ordinary folk. In a statement, the Ministry of Strategy and Finance said the budget will focus on "stabilising
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        147 44 AFP The global economic crisis will keep more than 60 million Asians in poverty this year. That's the assessment of Mr Haruhiko Kuroda, president of the Asian Development Bank. He estimates that these people are stuck below the USsi.2s-a--day ($1.77) poverty line because
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      294 45  -  RYAN HUANG CHANNEL NEWSASIA ryanhuang@mediacorp.com.sg GROWING the shipping trust sector may further solidify Singapore's global reputation as a shipping hub, said analysts speaking at the eighth annual Marine Money Asia Week conference yesterday. They said one key factor to achieving
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      381 45  -  DESMONDWONG CHANNEL NEWSASIA JOINTVENTURE Real estate firm on board luxury yacht business with China's Reignwood desmondwong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE real estate firm KOP Group is looking to diversify its business by breaking into the market for luxury yachts. It teamed up with Chinabased conglomerate, the Reignwood Group, to
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        36 46 Buy $1.10 BNP Paribas initiates call, sets $1.35 target. Broker upbeat on prospects for gaming firm's Resorts World Sentosa; expects family-oriented offering will be bigger pull on tourists than rival Marina Bay Sands resort.
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        79 46 Buy 77 cents OCBC Investment Research upgrades from "Hold"; raises price target to 78 cents from 52 cents. Says higher target reflects lowered discount, cap rate assumptions. Though upside to target price fairly limited, total return attractive with 7.4 per cent estimated FY2009 yield. FROM BROKERAGE RESEARCH AND
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        19 46 Friday 2,662.82 Thursday 2,667.43 Wednesday 2,685.94 Tuesday 2,685.63 V 0.17% T 0.69% A 0.01% A 1.42%
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        25 46 Hang Seng 20,588.41 T 2.07% Nikkei 10,009.52 v 2.50% Shanghai 2,763.52 T 2.65% Seoul 1/675.55 T 0.94% Mumbai closed Malaysia 1,205.95 T 0.94%
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      521 46  -  TAN HUI LENG AP THEGROUPOF2O George Yeo says it is important for group to develop legitimacy though not vblessea" by the UN huileng@mediacorp.com.sg AS A new world power structure emerges from the aftermath of the world economic crisis, it is important for the G2O process to develop
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      203 46 RUSSIA would welcome Singapore investments, especially in its oil and gas, infrastructure and real estate sectors, as well as its seaports and airports, said the country's First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov. But he acknowledged some Singapore companies may be put off by the
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