Today, 25 August 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    10 1 TODAY Tuesday August 25, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      in the news
      191 1 2Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, due to be caned for consuming beer, got a reprieve when her caning was delayed. 3Dr Doom says the chance of a double-dip recession in the world economy is increasing because of risks related to endng global monetary and fiscal stimulus. 6 Rumours
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      Proud to be S'porean
      705 1  -  NEOCHAICHIN ASIABAROMETER SURVEY High level of national identity, but experts urge caution chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPOREAN, and proud to be one. About nine in 10 Singaporeans would identify with such a statement, according to the findings of a survey tracking the values and lifestyles of Asians. But how
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      Reprieve for those in the middle
      367 1 THE middle 60 per cent of income earners, otherwise known as the sandwich class, got a reprieve in price increases in the first six months of this year. The 0.7-per-cent rise in the consumer price index (CPI) for this group was the lowest among
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      Lock icon Ramadan delays sentence
      316 2 AGENCIES CANING OF MODEL KARAI (Malaysia) Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno was on her way to a women's prison in Selangor where she was to be caned for consuming beer when the Islamic officials who took her into custody drove her back home and released her, sparking confusion
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      Lock icon Dr Doom warns of double-dip recession
      694 3 AGENCIES WORLD ECONOMY THE chance of a double-dip recession in the world economy is increasing because of risks related to ending global monetary and fiscal stimulus, according to Mr Nouriel Roubini (picture), the New York University professor who has been dubbed Dr Doom after
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      When good English goes further
      466 4  -  LINYANQIN SPEAKINGWELL yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg ITS MEMBERS found out last year that four in 10 Singaporeans especially the younger ones did not see the need to speak proper English, so this year, the Speak Good English Movement is out to set that right. It is focusing on
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        Lock icon AWARDED FOR THEIR HELP
        119 4 938 LIVE Two men each received a Public Spiritedness Award yesterday from the Singapore Civil Defence Force. One had saved a woman from drowning; the other helped rescue three people from a burning flat. Precision engineer Loh KokChee, 41, was walking along Clifford Pier earlier this
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        Lock icon COVE TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION
        88 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Cove Developments, owner of The Grangeford condominium, says it will take legal action against former master tenant Ideal Accommodations, which converted some 140 apartments into 600 units by using illegal partitions. Cove added that, after nearly three months and in time for the
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      StarHub sees surge in home phone line subscribers
      179 6  -  LINYANQIN SINCE Star Hub began offering its home phone line service, called Digital Voice, nearly a year ago after rival Sing Tel announced a hike in its land line fee and call charges it has doubled its customer base to 200,000 households.
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      Lock icon S'pore still a hard target
      369 6 938LIVE,AFP APEC SECURITY RUMOURS of a security threat or not, Singapore will not let its guard down during the Apec Summit. Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng said security will always be an important consideration for the Apec meeting just as it is for any
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      Wife siphoned $420k to help husband
      359 8  -  ONGDAILIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg DESPERATE for money to pay her husband's medical bills and the debts they both had accumulated, Tengjune Eng siphoned more than $420,000 from her employer over five years. Teng, 50, a sales manager in KWE Kintetsu World Express, stole the money over
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      'Unintended' injuries?
      374 8  -  ONGDAILIN PEPPER SPRAY ATTACK DPP calls for deterrent sentence to be meted out dailin@mediacorp.com.sg HOW common are pepper spray attacks? Not enough to warrant a deterrent sentence to be given to their clients, defence lawyers argued yesterday against the call by the prosecution. Scow Mm Fu, 41 and
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      WHY DIVERGENT VIEWS ARE NECESSARY
      820 10  -  NAZRY BAHRAWI NEWS COMMENT ONE thing is likely to stick in the minds of many for some time to come about the Prime Minister's National Day Rally speech: His reference to Singapore being in a "Garden of Eden state". But the biblical imagery came with
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      The Substation's first change at helm in nine years
      208 10  -  MAYO MARTIN THE arts landscape is set for another leadership change, this time at The Substation, which announced yesterday its search for a new artistic director to replace veteran co-incumbents Audrey Wong and Lee Weng Choy. The pair have together been
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      151 2 The Braces Forum Date 29 Aug 2009 (Sat) Time 12:30pm Venue The Dental Studio Paragon Medical #13-01/06 Refreshments will be served Speaker Dr Woo Mci Yee Orthodontist (Specialist) BDS (Spore) MDS (Orthodontics) (Spore) MORTH RCS (Edinburgh) FAMS (Orthodontics) Agenda 1. Who needs braces? 2. When can my child start braces?
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Najib offers Anwar an olive branch
      385 12 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER MALAYSIAN POLITICS KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak met opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim at Mr Najib's home in Putrajaya last month and asked that the opposition work closely with the government, sources said. Government sources told the Malaysian Insider that
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      Lock icon Sanctions on N Korea to stay
      202 12 AP SEOUL Despite a series of gestures by Pyongyang to reduce tensions, South Korea and the United States will continue to enforce United Nations sanctions on North Korea. South Korean newspapers reported yesterday that North Korean leader Kirn Jong II sent word via an
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      Lock icon China releases three activists
      177 14 THE NEWYORKTIMES BEIJING The Chinese authorities unexpectedly released three political activists from detention on Sunday, including one whose case had drawn global attention. Officials offered no reason for the release, but they occurred one day after the new American ambassador to China, former Governor Jon M
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      Lock icon Meet Miyuki Hatoyama
      314 14 AFP JAPAN POLITICS Japan's First Lady hopeful an outgoing TV lifestyle guru TOKYO The woman who may soon be Japan's First Lady, Miyuki Hatoyama (picture), is a former actress turned lifestyle guru with an interest in spirituality who could liven up the staid role of a premier's
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      Lock icon Typhoon-proof homes for Morakot victims in two years
      181 14 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's Red Cross Society said yesterday it would build up to 1,600 houses within two years for some of the thousands of people left homeless by this month's devastating Typhoon Morakot. The drive to rebuild has prompted criticism by indigenous
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        Lock icon RAIDS BY PAKISTAN POLICE FOIL ATTACKS
        93 15 AP The Pakistani authorities said yesterday they have arrested a major recruiter of suicide bombers and seized explosives and heroin in raids that prevented several terrorist attacks. In the eastern city of Sargodha, six suspected Taliban militants were arrested in two raids, foiling plots
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        Lock icon PROSECUTORS WANT CLONE EXPERT JAILED
        85 15 AFP South Korean prosecutors yesterday demanded a four-year jail term for disgraced cloning scientist Hwang Woo-Suk, who is on trial for fraud, embezzlement and ethical breaches. Hwang was indicted in 2006 after his claims to have created the world's first cloned human embryo were found
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        Lock icon BLOGGER ANGRY WITH GOOGLE
        90 15 AP A blogger who called a Vogue magazine cover model offensive names on Google's Blogger.com said the company failed to protect her privacy. Blogger Rosemary Port told the New York Daily News that she is mad at Google after a Manhattan judge forced Google to reveal
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      Lock icon Getting past checkpoints has its price
      472 15 AGENCIES IRAQ BOMBINGS BAGHDAD Attackers paid US$lO,OOO ($*****) to get a bomb-laden truck past checkpoints and next to the Iraqi Finance Ministry in last week's attacks in Baghdad, one of the suspected masterminds said in a confession broadcast by the Iraqi authorities. Seeking to
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      Lock icon US mulls circumcision to combat Aids
      198 16 THE NEWYORKTIMES NEW YORK United States public health officials are considering promoting routine circumcision for all baby boys born in the US to reduce the spread of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that causes Aids. The topic is a delicate one that has already
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      Lock icon What hero's welcome?
      423 16 AFP,THE DAILYTELEGRAPH LOCKERBIE BOMBER TRIPOLI Libya has appealed for international understanding claiming Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi did not receive a "hero's reception" when he arrived in Tripoli. An aide to the son of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi said the country was "sensitive to the feelings
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      A beer a day raises cancer risk
      165 16 NEW YORK Men who drink beer or spirits regularly may be exposing themselves to multiple types of cancer. These cancers include those of the oesophagus, stomach, colon, lungs, pancreas, liver and prostate. However, wine drinkers do not face these elevated cancer risks like
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      Lock icon Man suspected of killing swimsuit model ex-wife found dead in hotel
      257 17 AGENCIES VANCOUVER A reality television show contestant suspected of killing his swim-suit-model ex-wife in the United States was found dead on Sunday in a Canadian hotel room. Police suspect the man committed suicide. Ryan Alexander Jenkins, 32, was charged
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      Lock icon 'Reopen torture cases'
      342 17 AGENCIES PRISONERABUSE Justice Department wants those responsible for mistreatment prosecuted WASHINGTON The United States Justice Department's ethics office has recommended that the Attorney-General reopen and pursue nearly a dozen Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) prisoner-abuse cases, The New York Times reported on Monday. The move would reverse the
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      Lock icon Team Obama lacks top players
      341 18 THENEWYORKTIMES us policy WASHINGTON As United States President Barack Obama tries to turn around a summer of setbacks, he finds himself still without most of his own team. Seven months into his presidency, fewer than half of his top appointees are in place advancing his
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      Lock icon Drill, baby, drill, say Brazilians
      270 18 AP RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil, long proud of its push to develop renewable energy and wean itself off oil, has a bad case of fossil-fuel fever. An enormous offshore field in territorial waters the biggest Western Hemisphere oil discovery in 30 years has Brazilians saying,
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      306 14 RIGHT W ONE Q^n^ Come hear our speakers share the latest groundbreaking research on the inner thoughts of men and women, and discover the secrets to finding and keeping the right one. Topics include: Common misunderstandings about the opposite gender Surprising truths that will help you find and keep the
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      I SAY SEMI-RETIREMENT BLUES
      440 20  -  Ong Boon Lay THE THIRD Age recognises that life today can be divided into three stages. The first stage is the early years, where we are given the most help education and training. The second age is the working years, our most productive time in terms
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      FOCUS® OF THE FAMILY
      156 22  -  DR BILL MAIER BY DON'T KID WITH YOUR CHILD'S BEHAVIOUR A lot of defiant behaviour is caused by parents who simply don't know how to discipline. But there are times when parents do all the right things yet still can't seem to keep their kids in
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      Let foreign workers take public transport
      99 22  -  Woon Kok Keoong From SINGAPOREANS are a tough bunch of people to please. I have no qualms about foreign paying workers being transported in buses and paying higher prices for my renovations, but would the majority of the population agree to it? The next
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      Matching up to First World safety standards
      107 22  -  F Bushfield From I WAS in a foreign country last month. I noticed that their construction workers were transported by vans and other passenger vehicles. I said to a local colleague: "Why not follow Singapore's model of transporting these workers in the back
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      Mandatory safety harnesses
      69 22  -  Mark Wong From WE COULD make it mandatory for passengers in the back of lorries to wear a safety harness that is clipped into a secure anchor. Would that help? The difference between workers here and overseas is that often workers overseas have their own transport to
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      Motivate the employers
      39 22  -  X Rajakumar From SAFETY committees of each organisation can suggest that contractors/companies provide at least a mini bus to fetch employees to and from their company or residences. Incentive/loan schemes can be considered as motivating factors.
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      The days of yore
      928 26 r MjiEUl^HCf^l Ni The past is catching up with us at least at these three exhibition venues THE OLD From the ftip/ey 's Believe It Or Not-like flyers to certain sections designed to look like you've stepped into a jungle, the ACM's Hunters Collectors: The Origins
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      73 27 AFP A MISSVENEZUELA AGAIN Stefania Fernandez won the 2009 Miss Universe pageant in the Bahamas on Sunday night. Dressed in a flowing red gown, Fernandez embraced runner-up Miss Dominican Republic, and received the crown from last year's winner, Dayana Mendoza, of Venezuela. The other top-five finalists were
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      Lock icon Aunty goes to the movies
      371 30  -  MAY SEAH SOON ON DVD Dennis Chew spills the beans on "women's troubles' may@mediacorp.com.sg THE current "It" heartlander is Aunty Lucy, from the MediaCorp TV Channel 8 variety programme Paris And Milan and she's getting her own straight-to-DVD. But it's not about discount store shopping
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      839 31  -  EVELINE GAN WEIGHT ISSUES Older adults, too suffer from anorexia and bulimia eveline@mediacorp.com.sg FIFTEEN minutes before this interview, Cecilia (not her real name) had been throwing up in the bathroom. The twice-daily purges, during which Cecilia would force herself to vomit what she has
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      487 32  -  EVELINE GAN SIMPLE ACTS Sneaking in exercise into your everyday life is as easy as ABC eveline@mediacorp.com. sg MENTION exercise and dreadful images of sweaty bodies and painfully vigorous activities come to mind. But believe it or not, living a healthy lifestyle doesn't have to be that painful
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      219 34 DPA VALENCIA Twenty-four hours after Rubens Barrichello emerged as the biggest threat to team-mate Jenson Button in an all-Brawn duel following his victory in the European Grand Prix in Valencia on Sunday, Ferrari ended all talk of a Michael Schumacher comeback in the wake of Luca Badoer's
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      619 34  -  TANYO-HINN TODAY EXCLUSIVE Singaporeßowling align themselves with professional sport by marketing their athletes yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg IN A landmark move that could well make the top bowlers in the country even bigger names than they already are, SingaporeBowling have implemented strategies to formally promote and
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      536 35  -  LAN DE COTTA SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Tampines are not conceding the title just yet GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Geylang United vTampines Rovers Bedok Stadium, 7.45pm ian@mediacorp.com.sg WITH eight games left to play in the 2009 Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League, defending champions and leaders SAFFC are
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      137 35 GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Home United 1 Gombak United 1 GOMBAK United climbed to third place in the Great Eastern Yeo's S-League 2009 table after a 1-1 draw at Home United's Clementi Stadium last night. The Protectors took the lead in the 82nd
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      208 35 AP MASON (Ohio) Roger Federer has regained his No 1 form after taking time off for the birth of his twin daughters. Federer's 6-1, 7-5 victory over Novak Djokovic on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) brought him the Cincinnati Masters title,
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      624 36 AFP AFTERNOON LATEST But Rafael Benitez defends players, system despite loss ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Liverpool 1 Aston Villa 3 LIVERPOOL Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has jumped to the defence of his players and his system despite losing two of his opening three matches of the season. The Reds
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      321 36 AGENCIES LONDON The first heavyweight match-up of the English Premier League season will be on Saturday when Arsenal visit Old Trafford. Arsene Wenger is eager to prove his young side have what it takes to compete with the best, and they don't come any
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      235 37 AGENCIES BURNLEY English Premier League new boys Burnley, back in the top flight for the first time in 33 years, proved their 1-0 home win over defending champions Manchester United last Wednesday was no fluke when they beat Everton by the same scoreline on Sunday.
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      589 37 THE NEWYORKTIMES WORLD ATHLETICS C'SHIPS Americans continue to reign overall, but lose to Jamaica in the short sprints BERLIN Kenenisa Bekele's win in the 5,000 metres on the final day of the World Athletics Championships was one of the gutsiest performances of his career.
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      491 38 AGENCIES THEASHES England's Strauss hailed as a winner, Ponting faces an uncertain future LONDON As England feted captain Andrew Strauss, following their massive win over Australia in the fifth and final Test to claim the Ashes on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), his counterpart Ricky Ponting
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      391 39  -  SHERMAINEWONG CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENT With the help of Joanne Pch Jetstar sees jump in website traffic and sales shermainewong@niediacorp.com.sg JUST how much is a star jump by MediaCorp artiste Joanne Peh (picture) worth? According to Jetstar Asia the company behind the series of eye-catching advertisements featuring the award-winning actress
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      188 39  -  SHERMAINEWONG WATCH connoisseurs love displaying their collection of timepieces. This insight was gleaned from an intensive global online survey carried out late last year by Japanese watchmaker Seiko. The survey sought to find out what watch collectors were interested in talking about and where they were talking
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      234 39 m Changi r '^ftr' General Hospital Sing Health i Often commonly misconceived as a disease. Tinnitus is in -f Hr^r^^B 'act a symPtom associated with the loss of hearing. The -i JK J precise cause of Tinnitus remains unclear but some possible Hr^ causes are from ear infections, trauma to
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      592 40  -  ROSEYU DOWJONES BUSINESS COMMENT As short-term collateralised bills mature, funds will be taken out of the market TIME flies and people forget. Or do they? Pundits inside and outside China have largely attributed the recent drop in the country's stock market to broader but poorly-found-ed concerns
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      154 40 BLOOMBERG LENOVO Group, China's biggest maker of personal computers, plans to spend US$3.3 billion ($4.7 billion) in Taiwan in the next 12 months buying laptops and peripheral equipment. The orders to be placed with nine Taiwanese companies including the likes of Hon Hai Precision
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      260 41 AP BEIJING The Chinese economy faces new problems and Beijing will continue its stimulus policies because a recovery still lacks a solid foundation, according to Premier Wenjiabao. Mr Wen warned against being "blindly optimistic" despite improvements in economic growth,
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      415 41 AGENCIES AUSSIE PUBLISHING Fairfax loses $*****1 as downturn hits ad spending and Internet hurt earnings SYDNEY Australia's secondlargest press group Fairfax Media yesterday reported an annual net loss of As3Bo million ($460 million) as the global downturn and the Internet hit earnings. Fairfax, which publishes
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      375 42 BLOOMBERG CHINESEACQUISITION Sinopec eyes overseas expansion as profits surge CHINA Petroleum and Chemical Corp, Asia's biggest oil refiner, plans rapid overseas expansion to secure oil supplies after profit reached a record and as the nation's economic recovery spurs fuel demand. The Beijing-based company, also known as
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      176 42 DPA BERLIN The pressure is mounting on United States carmaker General Motors (GM) to decide quickly on the fate of its troubled European offshoot, Opel, amid signs of increasing tensions between the company and the German government. Berlin called for a new round of talks
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      424 43 AGENCIES THAI ECONOMY BANGKOK Thailand emerged from recession in the second quarter, boosted by a recovery in its manufacturing sector and government stimulus. The state planning agency said yesterday that gross domestic product expanded 2.3 per cent from the first quarter in seasonally adjusted terms. The
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      173 43 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is not likely to implement a goods and services tax (GST) in its 2010 budget, but may see the scope of its 5 per cent service tax widened to include certain offerings provided by financial institutions, The Edge reported yesterday, citing unidentified
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      431 44  -  NG BAOYING CHANNEL NEWSASIA PROPERTY MARKET Price difference between old and new homes as much as 20 per cent baoying@mediacorp.com.sg THE difference in prices between new and old homes in Singapore has widened due to the current market upswing, say property consultants. "We are looking at a
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      211 44 SINGAPORE and China yesterday reaffirmed commitment to the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) which has grown by an average of 20 per cent to 100.2 billion yuan ($21.1 billion) over the last five years. At the 11th SIP Joint Steering Council Meeting co-chaired by Singapore's Deputy Prime
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        84 45 Singapore and the United Kingdom yesterday signed a protocol amending the agreement for the avoidance of double taxation (DTA), five months after the Republic endorsed the new international standard for the exchange of information for tax purposes. In May, Singapore and several European private-bank-ing hubs such
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        101 45 938 LIVE a developer win Did at least $03.7 million Tor a residential site at Serangoon Avenue 3. The 99-year leasehold land parcel has an area of about 1.39 hectares and a maximum permissible gross floor area of close to 39,000 square metres. The
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        106 45 938 LIVE Singapore-listed Raffles Education said its full year net earnings dropped 48.3 per cent from a year ago to $51.1 million. The private education provider said this was mainly due to a $33.i-million impairment of its investment in an associate and rising expenses. Excluding
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      297 45 CHANNEL NEWSASIA LIQUIDITY DIFFICULTIES DESMONDWONG desmondwong@mediacorp.com.sg A THIRD of all firms in Asia could face ratings downgrades and liquidity difficulties in the next 12 months amid the current economic crisis, said international ratings agency Moody's. Most at risk are smaller firms which lack the borrowing
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          110 46 Bonds rise, stocks fall Treasuries rose as stocks declined and investors speculated the US Fed will keep interest rates low longer than anticipated. The two-year note gained the month in a month, briefly sending yields below 1 per cent. Most stocks in the Standard Poor's 500 Index fell
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          52 46 Down from high Crude oil dropped from a 10-month high after equities slipped and the dollar strengthened, reducing the appeal of commodities to investors. Crude oil for October delivery dropped 66 cents, or 0.9 percent, to $72.01 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange at 8.44 am
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        405 46  -  ESTHER FUNG ASSET ACQUISITION estherf@mediacorp.com.sg HONG Kong-based Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) said that it is planning to buy three malls in Hong Kong for HK$2 billion ($371.9 million), which will be partially financed by a HK$l.9 billion rights issue. The trust said the
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        259 46 SINGAPORE Exchange main-board-listed Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group has received a voluntary conditional cash offer at 97.5 cents a share from investment holding company China Pharma. The deal values Sihuan Pharmaceutical at $458 million compared with its current market capitalisation of about $360 million. China Pharma
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