Today, 24 December 2008

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    10 1 TODAY Wednesday December 24, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    COLUMN
    38 1 Maria Siow The problems of rural education in China are varied and acute, and though steps have been taken to attract and retain teachers, the central and provincial governments need to get more directly involved. Page 10
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    WORLD
    58 1 Hudud controversy A Malaysian politician's comments on implementing the hudud, or Islamic criminal laws, threatens to split Mr Anwar Ibrahim's opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat. Page 2 Slimming risk The US warns of 28 weight loss products that could land unsuspecting users in the emergency room. According to Singapore authorities,
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    SPORTS
    45 1 Weightlifting woes Once a storied sport for Singapore, weightlifting was supposed to make its climb back up at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games. But due to a lack of training facilities, the Republic may not get to field athletes for the event. Page 24
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    BUSINESS
    41 1 At what cost? The collapse in international trade might mean port workers have more time for lunch, but it also means lesser pay for them. And the effects are keenly felt in Singapore, the world's busiest container port. Page Bl
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    Lock icon Stuck for 6 hours
    755 1  -  ONG DAILINANDTEOXUANWEI FLYER'S WORST GLITCH Some of the 173 passengers were winched down; wheel started turning again at 11.10pm dailin@mediacorp.com.sg IN WHAT was the worst glitch in its 10-month run, 173 guests were trapped in the Singapore Flyer for more than six hours yesterday as an
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    CPI down, more leeway for Budget
    711 1  -  NEOCHAICHIN IMPROVING figures for inflation offer more scope to the Finance Minister when he delivers the annual Budget on Jan 22. The latest consumer price index (CPI) shows prices rising by 5.5 per cent from this time last year, largely because of higher housing
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    Lock icon Local fans' unsporting rampage
    724 1  -  SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@niediacorp.com. sg ON SUNDAY, the Lions were knocked out of the AFF Suzuki Cup, losing to Vietnam at the National Stadium but it was on terraces, and not the pitch, that Singapore lost the plot. Violence broke after the end of the semi-final second
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      Lock icon Controversy may hurt opposition
      599 2 HUDUD ISSUE DAP and PAS squabble over Husam's hudud statement KUALA LUMPUR For months, the hudud issue, long a political hot potato in Malaysia, has been swept under the opposition coalition's carpet in the name of political expediency. Now, a statement on Islamic criminal laws, made
      BLOOMBERG  -  599 words
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      Manufacturers' record R&D bill a hard act to follow
      441 2  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg MANUFACTURERS may have spent close to $3 billion on research last year that's 70.5 per cent of the private sector's research expenditure but the economic crisis may make this record research bill a hard act to follow.
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      Softcopy sells in hard times
      570 4  -  ONGDAILIN FESTIVE GREETING CARDS Non-profits that adapt see surge in e-card sales, while sales of physical versions plunge dailin@mediacorp.com.sg CALL it foresight. Four years ago, the Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD) started a multimedia centre to provide IT training for physically disabled people who
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      Lock icon LIGHTS, CHRISTMAS, ACTION
      66 4 TREVORTAN HSR Property Group (HSR) brings Christmas to the heartlands in the spirit of the festive season with seven beautifullydecorated Christmas floats parading in Toa Payoh town. The floats, which was finally situated at the HSR commercial building, lit up the night sky to welcome the Christmas
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      Private-run market, food centre at Sengkang
      261 4 A PILOT project could see more privatelybuilt and run markets and food centres in the heartlands, with Sengkang residents being the first to benefit. The latter can look forward to a new market and food centre come 2010. The Housing and Development Board (HDB)
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      Viaduct along Cross St opens Sunday
      352 4 THE first temporary viaduct in the Central Business District (CBD) along Cross Street, will soon be open to traffic in phases, starting at 1 pm this Sunday. Motorists can access the two-lane temporary viaduct via the up-ramp at Central Boulevard to China Street. The
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      Lock icon Specialist cadets get new rank
      414 6  -  ANSLEYNG MILITARYTRAINING Greater recognition is to motivate young leaders ansley@mediacorp.com. sg THEY used to wear uniforms no different from other soldiers holding the rank of Private or Corporal. But these young men are not soldiers going through ordinary training. Groomed to be leaders, these "specialists",
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon ARRESTED FOR BABY TRAFFICKING BUT SET FREE FOR THE HOLIDAYS
        131 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The Singaporean woman held in the Philippines for allegedly violating child welfare laws has been released from jail, pending further investigations. Madam Irene Low can now spend the year-end holidays out of prison but cannot leave the country.
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        Lock icon TRAFFIC DIVERSION AT WOODLANDS CENTRE ROAD EXTENDED TO JANUARY
        126 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The three-month traffic diversion trial which started on Sept 15 to improve traffic flow at Woodlands Centre Road will be further extended to Jan 31, in view of the school holidays and the upcoming festive season. Just as before,
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  • WORLD
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        Lock icon POLICE FOIL ATTACK IN INDIAN KASHMIR
        135 8 AFP India has arrested three suspected Islamic militants including a Pakistani soldier accused of planning a suicide attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said yesterday. The arrests come amid rising tensions and increasing pressure from India on Pakistan to crack down on militant groups operating
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        Lock icon AUSTRALIA'S ANTI-TERROR LAWS TO BE REVIEWED
        105 8 AGENCIES The Australian government admitted yesterday that mistakes were made at the highest level when it wrongfully charged an Indian doctor over a botched British terror plot. AttorneyGeneral Robert McClelland (picture) said changes would be made to Australia's anti-terrorism laws after a report found
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        Lock icon INDONESIAN GOLFER HIT BY STRAY BULLET
        132 8 AFP An Indonesian golfer was hospitalised after being hit by a stray bullet from a nearby army shooting range. Mr Albert Saputra, 17, was taking part in a golf competition in the city of Tangerang when he was shot, newspaper Koran Tempo reported yesterday.
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      Lock icon Slim pills, massive risk
      455 8 AP WEIGHT LOSS PRODUCTS Some contain dangerous ingredients: US regulator WASHINGTON The United States government warned prospective dieters to avoid 28 weight loss products that contain unlisted and possibly dangerous ingredients. The pills are advertised as "natural" fat busters and some are promoted as new versions
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      Lock icon Thai PM outlines policy for troubled south
      236 8 AFP BANGKOK Thailand's new Prime Minister yesterday outlined an "urgent" policy to tackle five years of unrest in the south, including the creation of an administrative body for the region. Mr Abhisit Vejjajiva also assigned one of his Deputy Prime Ministers to oversee
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      Lock icon THAI GOVT MAY INCREASE STIMULUS SPENDING BY 80%
      95 8 BLOOMBERG Thailand's new government may increase spending by 80 per cent to spur an economy hurt by the global recession and domestic political strife, Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij said. The additional spending already approved last month could be raised from 100 billion
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      Lock icon VP of electronics chain 'stole $94m' to pay debts
      221 8 AP SAN FRANCISCO A Ferrari-driving vice-presi-dent of an American electronics chain has been arrested on charges he embezzled more than US$65 million ($94 million) from the retailer to fuel his lavish lifestyle and pay off debts. Mr Ausaf Umar Siddiqui was
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      EDUCATION'S RURAL BURDEN
      740 10  -  MARIA SIOW TODAY IN CHINA east asia bureau chief mariasiow@mediacorp.com.sg Steps have been taken to better teachers' lot but there is some way to go WHEN Ms Zeng Xiaolan graduated from college in 1998, she chose to teach in a poor village despite getting offers of higher
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      Lock icon Parents' Sichuan earthquake lawsuit rejected
      152 10 AP A COURT in south-western China has rejected a lawsuit filed by a group of parents seeking compensation for the deaths of their children when their classrooms crumbled during the Sichuan earthquake that killed nearly 70,000 people in May. Earlier this month, about 60 parents
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      Lock icon CHINA'S TUANYUAN' GIFT TO TAIWAN
      68 10 AP A pair of giant pandas has arrived in Taiwan as a gift from China in the latest move symbolising warming ties between the two sides. The pandas, called 'Tuan Tuan' and 'Yuan Yuan', both four years old, arrived yesterday after a two-and-a-half hour flight
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      Lock icon Chinese warships to fight Somali pirates
      212 10 AP BEIJING Chinese warships on a mission to protect their country's vessels and crews from pirate attacks off Somalia will depart Friday, armed with special forces, helicopters and plans to share information with other navies working in the area. The operation, China's first major
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      Callous 'choper'
      168 12  -  ShweYee Aye Letter from I WAS boarding a just-emptied train at Jurong East Interchange sometime last week when, as I was about to sit down on one of the empty seats, a woman rushed in, threw her cardigan onto the seat and her bag onto another to "chope"
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      Christmas in Singapore
      293 12 TISTHE SEASON 'a poem'byWeston Fitzgerald, a Singapore Permanent Resident and American Citizen A Christmas poem I thought I'd write About my Singapore home for this magic night It may be hot and wet, and not cold and white But Christmas here is just as nice This place
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      Power tariff formula reviewed every 2 years
      350 12  -  Jenny Teo Letter from Director (Corporate Communications) Energy Market Authority IN "IMPROVING efficiency should be first step" (Dec 17), Mr Glen Yang asked how the formula for the electricity tariff took into account the efficiency and productivity of the power generation companies (gencos).
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      203 14  -  DR lAMES DOBSON I BY LOOK FOR THE STAR IN YOUR CHILD Some parents refer to their children as the "apple" of their eye, but one mum I know affectionately thinks of her kids as the "star" in the apple. This mother discovered one day that
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      Lock icon I SAY TIME TO GET TOUGH
      422 14  -  Ho Kong Loon Kids grow up disrespectful and spoilt when parents fail to discipline them BULLYING in schools is one of the manifestations of the lack of firm discipline, which starts with liberal parents who insist on handling their kids gingerly with a huge
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        Offenders are unaware of mess they're causing
        160 14  -  Jeffrey Law Lee Beng Letter from AFTER reading the letter, "Pasting flyers is vandalism" (Dec 22), I found myself wondering if more can be done about the enormous amount of print materials pasted on many public places. One Sunday not long ago, I
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        Cracking down on culprits should be easy
        202 14  -  Mariann Macs Letter from I CANNOT agree more with Ms Corina Liv pasting flyers is vandalism. With the Internet making it so easy for everyone in Singapore to post advertisements, there should be no excuse for anyone not being able to find a
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      Circumstances behind bankruptcy make a difference
      217 14  -  Phang KimWah Letter from I REFER to the I Say piece, "Fine-tuning the system (Dec 19) by Mr Jimmy Ho. It has brought into focus this issue of transparency by the Insolvency and Public Trustee's Office (IPTO). In this aspect, I would like to
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      459 15 IF On the day when you see us old, weak and weary Have patience and try to understand us If we get dirty when eating if we cannot dress on our own Please bear with us and remember the times we spent feeding you and dressing you up. If, when
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      Lessons from Ho-Ho-Hollywood
      783 16  -  GENEVIEVE LOH MOVIES HOLIDAYWISDOM The reel meaning of Christmas as learnt from these Yuletide classics 'TIS the season of feel-good moral-centric Christmas movies where someone ultimately discovers the "true meaning" of this yuletide season. You know the drill. Stress of Christmas shopping in a crowd-infested mall: Bad.
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      Soaring Spirit
      389 18  -  MAYO MARTIN MOVIE REVIEWTHE SPIRIT A A worthy, modern remake of a comic book classic mayo@mediacorp.com.sg HAVING watched other directors masterfully adapt Frank Miller's graphic novels 300 and Sin City into jaw-dropping, groundbreaking cinematic spectacles, our initial knee-jerk reaction to the comic book artist's much-awaited directorial debut is
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      What were you thinking, mate?
      345 20  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEW AUSTRALIA Baz Luhrmann's ode to his country, though impassioned, is too over-worked genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS the long-awaited epic romance from Moulin Rouge director Baz Luhrmann his impassioned love letter to his homeland Australia. But as evident as Luhrmann's blood, sweat and love
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      This ain't no fairytale
      125 21  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEW BEDTIME STORIES FATHERHOOD must really be something for Adam Sandier to do a complete 180 from his usual Waterboy/Happy Gilmore/ Big Daddy schtick. In Bedtime Stories, the twotime dad plays an under-appreci-ated handyman who babysits his sister's two kids by telling them bedtime
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      Have a Puerto Rican Christmas
      114 21  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEW NOTHING LIKETHE HOLIDAYS THIS rambunctious comedydrama is really a showcase of the Latino who's-who. The kids are home for Christmas at the Rodriguez household. Eldest son Mauricio (John Leguizamo) is a lawyer, Roxanna (Vanessa Ferlito) is an aspiring actress, and Jesse (Freddy
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      Lock icon Training woes for weightlifters
      537 24  -  LOW LIN FHOONG 2010 YOUTH OLYMPICS Hosts Singapore may not field athletes for one of its storied sports in 2010 Games linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg AT THE 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, weightlifter Tan Howe Liang ensured his name would forever be in the history books when he won
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      Lock icon Battered and bruised, these boats need looking after
      494 24  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com. sg THEY raced without a break for more than a week with hardly any sleep and all the hard work paid off for Telefonica Blue, who won the Cochin to Singapore leg of the 37,000--nautical mile round the world Volvo
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      Lock icon Blue Christmas at the Bridge
      593 26 AFP ENGLISH CLUB FOOTBALL Scolari's men fail to dislodge Liverpool from top spot as captain Terry sees red English Premiership Everton o Chelsea o LIVERPOOL It seems as if every time they have a chance to take over the Premier League's top spot from Liverpool,
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      Lock icon Wenger bullish despite Fab blow
      317 26 AGENCIES LONDON Arsene Wenger yesterday predicted that Liverpool would drop "many points" between now and the end of the season and believes that the Premier League title will be won by a team with around 78 points. And while he insists that his team are
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      42 26 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 10.30pm Basketball Texas vWisconsin, Ch 23 7.55pm Football Suzuki Cup Final: Thailand vVietnam, Ist leg, Ch 24 FRIDAY 6am NBA Celtics v Lakers, Ch 24 SPO«TS ON RADIO 6.35am-n.3spm Sports Zone Minutes Hourly Sports updates live on g3BLive
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      Lock icon When the going gets tough, never give up
      506 28  -  ESTHER FUNG FRANCHISING Despite these tough times, the owners of Brazil Churrasco are not giving up esther@mediacorp.com.sg IN TOUGH times, conventional wisdom says it is safer to buy into a franchise rather than start your own business. But even so, it is
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      776 30  -  THOMAS L FRIEDMAN NEWYORKTIMES BUSINESS COMMENT I HAD no idea that many of those oil paintings that hang in hotel rooms and starter homes across America are actually produced by just one Chinese village, Dafen, north of Hong Kong. And I had no idea
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      294 30 AGENCIES HONG Kong Disneyland plans to expand the theme park by one-third. The move is to help attract visitors to the park, which has struggled to meet visitor targets since its opening three years ago. Walt Disney and the city's government, the owners of the
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      119 30 AP CHINA has asked the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to investigate whetherthe United States is illegally taxing Chinese goods such as steel pipes and off-road tyres. It's the first time Beijing has ever sought a WTO panel in a trade dispute. Washington delayed
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        252 32 Retailer of healthcare products Owell Bodycare recently launched the BioGermanium Titanium Watch (pictures), which is embedded with germanium. Germanium is a natural element which, according to Owell, have health benefits such as improving blood circulation, relieving muscle aches and joint pains as well as enhancing the quality
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        CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS WITH COURTS AT MEGATEX 2008
        165 32 Looking to change electronic items in your home? It's not too late to head down to Megatex 2008 at the Singapore Expo Hall 48, which ends tomorrow. While most of the other big trade shows of the year have IT and electronics products,
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      519 32 BLOOMBERG THE MADOFF SCAM Clients who had taken money out earlier may be sued by other victims LIKE some of Mr Bernard Madoff s clients, a Florida restaurant owner was lucky enough to withdraw part of his investment before Mr Madoff allegedly confessed
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      Role of the internal auditor expanding
      266 32 THE job of internal auditors is far more than just making sure a company's figures add up. These days the auditors' focus is shifting from making sure companies comply with regulators to actively hunting down risks facing their corporations. Currently, there continues to be
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      353 33 THENEWYORKTIMES FINANCIALCRISIS INDONESIA is planning an aggressive economic stimulus package, the governor of its central bank said. "One of the key actions has to be fiscal stimulus for getting us through this crisis," Mr Boediono said. Indonesia will also supervise its banks closely as it tries
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        PETER SEAH IS CAPITALAND DEPUTY CHAIRMAN
        67 33 Property developer Capita Land yesterday named former Overseas Union Bank chief executive Peter Seah as its new deputy chairman. Mr Seah replaces Mr Hsuan Owyang, who retires from the position from Jan 1 after eight years. Mr Seah, who has been a non-executive director
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        144 33 AFP Macau's giant Venetian casino owned by Las Vegas Sands has sacked 500 staff, the company said in a statement. The Venetian, a massive hotel and casino complex, has cut the working week for its casino workers, and laid off 500 staff, the firm
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        DBS
        83 34 $9.04 Sell Citigroup cuts its target price to $8.00 from $9.50, to reflect the theoretical ex-rights price in the wake of DBS' $4-bil-lion equity-raising exercise, reduced ROE forecast. An analyst says that "it would take time for the group to deploy the new capital into growth opportunities". Maintains its
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        SINGTEL
        51 34 $2.55 I Neutral Goldman Sachs raises its target price to $2.72 from $2.53, after adjusting target prices for associates Bharti and Advanced Info Service to reflect higher valuations. But keeps call; "there is a risk that the impact of the Singapore economy's slowdown on telecom revenues is greater than
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        77 34 $2.29 I Buy Nomura upgrades from "Neutral", citing an attractive 7-per-cent yield, and stable earnings growth. Calls last week's announcement of a £150-million contract to supply all-terrain tracked carriers to the United Kingdom's defence ministry "a breakthrough". Keeps target price at $2.83. FROM BROKERAGE RESEARCH AND AGENCY REPORTS
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        5-DAY STI CLOSING
        20 34 E Monday 1,745.63 T 2.78% Friday 1,724-54 Thursday 1,798.95 Wednesday 1,779.29 T 1.21% A 1.10% T 0.16%
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        26 34 iang Seng I 14,220.79 T 2.75% Jikkei lhanghai ieoul /lumbai :LComp closed 1,897.22 T 4-55°/» 1,144.31 T 2.99% 9,686.75 T 2.43% 871.16 T 0.26%
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        22 34 JS$i :i :i k$i !Mi $1,446 ¥100 $1,605 $2,129 HK$ioo $18.67 $2,023 RMB100 $21.14 $0,988 RS100 $2,966 $0,417 RPio,ooo $1,289
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      681 34  -  CHEOWXINYI TRADE SLUMP Port workers have more time but less pay as fewer vessels call here cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg AN HOUR for lunch is a rarity for port employee Daniel Tan. But it's not a luxury he is enjoying as it reflects the effects of the biggest decline in
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      316 34 SINGAPORE'S Government Investment Corporation (GIC) property arm is spending US$l.3 billion ($1.9 billion) to buy assets in China and Japan from an American industrial real estate investment trust. The trust, ProLogis, of Denver, Colorado, is selling all its Chinese operations and the remaining stake in
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      52 34 WHERE'RETHE CROWDS, MICKEY? Trail Ws !B- =sg -f IJrSPJ^ Fr'^MMßr^^H "Z. jkT-, i^ M.^'B&j? -.'r' I I After struggling to meet visitor targets since it opened three years ago, Hong Kong Disneyland has I I announced plans to expand the theme park by one-third to help attract more visitors. Page
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