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Title Section47 2010-05-17 1 TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PublICAtIon of nEWS HotlInE 6822 Monday May 17, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PublICAtIon of nEWS HotlInE 6822 2268 Monday May 17, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking MAY 17, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF47 words
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Article388 2010-05-17 3 BLOOMBERG TEL AVIV United States envoy George Mitchell returns to mediate a second round of Middle East talks this week after Israel said it is through making gestures and a Palestinian negotiator said he’s ready for the “endgame”. Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon saidBLOOMBERG - 388 words
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Article360 2010-05-17 3 europe’s busiest airport to close today, a victim of iceland volcano AP LONDON Europe’s busiest airport was set to close early this morning as a dense crowd of volcanic ash drifts across England from Iceland, aviation authorities said. The airspace over London’s Heathrow Airport was toAP - 360 words
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Article114 2010-05-17 3 NYT BAGHDAD A dispute over the counting of ballots in Iraq’s parliamentary elections in March came to a tentative end yesterday, with the country’s election commission saying that a partial recount had preserved the narrow victory of the leading rival to Prime Minister Nuri Kamal AlNYT - 114 words
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NEWS
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Article, Illustration851 2010-05-17 5 LOH CHEE KONG - a voracious reader, even in retireMent LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Few civil servants ever had the temerity to stand up to former Deputy Prime Minister Goh Keng Swee. One who did, never left his side. Like Dr Goh, former civilPHOTOS COURTESY DR PHUA - 851 words
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904 2010-05-17 5 ZUL OTHMAN - Law Ministry maintains there are sufficient safeguards to protect accused persons ZUL OTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Among the many changes proposed to the criminal procedure code, which Parliament will debate tomorrow, one in particular has been troubling several criminal lawyers, even904 words
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Article, Illustration497 2010-05-17 7 AGENCIES VANCOUVER A Cathay Pacific flight that took off from Kuala Lumpur and made a stop in Hong Kong was escorted by two Canadian fighter jets into Vancouver airport on Saturday following a bomb threat. Police said the threat turned out to beAGENCIES; AP - 497 words
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190 2010-05-17 7 LOW MEI MEI Romania’s foreign minister has given the assurance that the authorities in his country have a strong commitment to fully observe the legal procedures in the hit-and-run case involving former Romanian Charge d’ Affaires to Singapore Silviu Ionescu. Mr Teodor Baconschi alsoLOW MEI MEI - 190 words
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220 2010-05-17 7 S RAMESH SINGAPORE The National Wages Council (NWC), which is made up of representatives from the public sector, unions and employer groups, is scheduled to announce its wage guidelines for 2010-2011 on May 25. According to the Singapore National EmployersS RAMESH - 220 words
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74 2010-05-17 7 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The police have arrested a 19-year-old Malaysian man in connection with the death of a 75-year-old Chinese man. Police said the elderly man had head injuries and was sent from a building along Chin Swee Road to Singapore General HospitalCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 74 words
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417 2010-05-17 9 ONG DAI LIN - operators say royalties are ‘unconscionable’ ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Once rivals, they used to sing to different tunes. Now allies, they’re all sharing the same microphone. Four karaoke operators have banded together to lodge an application against417 words
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Article, Illustration509 2010-05-17 9 JEREMY KOH - From ‘tadpoles’ to daring divers JEREMY KOH jeremykoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Drown-proofing training, disposal of underwater mines and taking over ships are all just part and parcel of life as a crack diver in the Naval Diving Unit (NDU), which is known as one of the toughest in the Singapore Armed Forces.KOH MUI FONG - 509 words
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VOICES
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Tributes to DrGoh Keng Swee
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Article183 2010-05-17 11 Lionel De Souza - Letter from Lionel De Souza DURING the tumultuous mid-60s, I served in the Singapore Police Force. It was a time of racial tension and mistrust, industrial unrest, and “Konfrontasi”. On the occasions when I was assigned to be Dr Goh’s temporary bodyguard, I saw how183 words
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Article139 2010-05-17 11 Ho Kong Loon - Letter from Ho Kong Loon I AM a retired teacher, and would like to pay tribute to Dr Goh’s accomplishments during his tenure as the Minister of Education. He acted swiftly and with firm conviction to redirect a profession in malaise, and transformed it into one139 words
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Article142 2010-05-17 11 Tan KokTim - Letter from Tan KokTim DR GOH was from a middle-income family. There was no real need for him to enter politics to struggle against the British for independence, and later the communists, or the Malaysians, over merger and separation. Yet, he did all that with142 words
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Article, Illustration156 2010-05-17 13 DR BILL MAIER - BY DR BILL MAIER OUR MOST CRITICAL TASK For all the tasks that life puts on our plate, there is one area where none of us can afford to fail. Between being busy with work and many of life’s other activities, it is amazing anything gets156 words
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Article172 2010-05-17 13 david Tan Kok Kheng - S’pore could be role model for bilingualism Letter from david Tan Kok Kheng I AM pleased with the Government’s decision to retain the weightage of the mother tongue in the Primary School Leaving Examination. The fact remains that no matter how cosmopolitan we become, geographically, we are172 words
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Article180 2010-05-17 13 david Tan Kok Kheng - Letter from david Tan Kok Kheng I REFER to the report “Local football coaches upset” (May 13). It is disheartening to see how our local coaches, despite having the necessary qualification, were given the cold shoulder for national age-group coaching jobs. We seem to be180 words
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Article203 2010-05-17 13 Chong Wan yieng the Minister - Letter from Chong Wan yieng the Minister Press Secretary to the Minister for Law I REFER to the report, “Death penalty, a trade-off” (May 10). The article quoted Minister for Law, Mr K Shanmugam, as saying that there had been significant progress due to the combined action203 words
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Advertisement221 2010-05-17 14 A symbol of our commitment to Singapore. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) is pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group pic (RBS) retail commercial businesses in Singapore. ANZ has also completed acquisitions of selected RBS businesses in Taiwan, Hong221 words
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COMMENT & ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration1200 2010-05-17 15 King Bhumibol Adulyadej has been notably silent as the protests rage on in Bangkok THE NEW YORK TIMES Seth MydAnS And thoMAS Fuller A battle over Thailand’s future is raging, but the one man who has been able to resolve such intractable conflicts in theTHE NEW YORK TIMES; AFP - 1,200 words
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Article, Illustration708 2010-05-17 16 CONRAD RAJ - as deterrents to serious crimes, they have few equals. But is the ultimate penalty warranted for every such crime? CONRAD RAJ conrad@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is editor-at-large at Today. So the highest court in the land has ruled that the mandatory death penalty is not708 words
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WORLD
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90 2010-05-17 17 AGENCIES Civil aviation officials closed airports in northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland yesterday in response to a drifting, dense cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland that is encroaching on British airspace. The National Air Traffic Service said all airports in Northern Ireland closed fromAGENCIES - 90 words
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103 2010-05-17 17 AFP Kelantan Chief Minister Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat said yesterday it planned to build a RM10-million ($4.3 million) racing circuit in a bid to lure illegal racers away from its roads. Known as “Mat Rempits”, illegal racers terrify road users with theirAFP - 103 words
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Article375 2010-05-17 17 m’sian opposition party pulls off surprise win in Bn stronghold AGENCIES SIBU Malaysia’s opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) pulled off a surprise win in the Sibu byelection yesterday, defeating ruling Barisan Nasional’s (BN) SUPP by 398 votes in a hard-fought race, according to official results. DAPAGENCIES - 375 words
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Article, Illustration210 2010-05-17 17 AFP HONG KONG By-elections triggered by pro-democracy lawmakers who resigned, hoping to pressure Beijing into speeding up the pace of electoral reform in Hong Kong were held yesterday. The election, which has angered Beijing and divided the city’s democracy movement, comes after fiveAFP - 210 words
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Article281 2010-05-17 18 AFP SEOUL Japan has urged China to cut its nuclear arsenal or at least to stop stockpiling more atomic weapons, prompting a strong reaction from Beijing at their foreign ministers’ talks, officials said yesterday. The rare demand came when Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada metAFP - 281 words
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Article, Illustration84 2010-05-17 18 almost everyone stood when the bride walked down the aisle in her white gown yesterday, but not the wedding conductor, because she was bolted to her chair. the nuptials at this ceremony were led by ‘I-Fairy’, a 1.5-metre tall seated robot with flashing eyes and plastic pigtails.AP - 84 words
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212 2010-05-17 18 AGENCIES SEOUL South Korea’s navy has fired warning shots to drive away two North Korean patrol boats that crossed the disputed inter-Korean sea border, in the first violation since a South Korean warship sank in the area following aAGENCIES - 212 words
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Article, Illustration505 2010-05-17 19 It’s an ecosystem, not a test lab BP accused of using Gulf of Mexico as ‘toxic testing-ground’ NEW YORK TIMES AGENCIES NEW ORLEANS Louisiana officials have accused BP of turning the Gulf of Mexico into a toxic testingground after winning permission for experimental chemical methods of fighting the oil slick.NEW YORK TIMES; AGENCIES - 505 words
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309 2010-05-17 19 AGENCIES PARIS French teacher Clotilde Reiss left Iran yesterday, 10 months after she was arrested and accused of spying and inciting anti-govern-ment protests. The 24-year-old researcher was convicted of provoking unrest and spying in the aftermath of Iran’s disputed presidential elections in lastAGENCIES - 309 words
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90 2010-05-17 20 AP Swedish police say they have arrested a 21-year-old Swedish man of Kosovar origin for an attempted arson attack against the home of a cartoonist who angered Muslims with a 2007 controversial drawing of the Prophet Mohammed. Police on Saturday discovered bottlesAP - 90 words
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Article106 2010-05-17 20 AGENCIES A Pakistani man detained with suspicious chemical residues at the United States Embassy in Chile was charged with possessing explosives on Saturday, and then set free pending further investigation. Mohammad Saif Ur rehman Khan, 28, had been detained since last Monday under terms of Chile’sAGENCIES - 106 words
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Article, Illustration485 2010-05-17 20 AFP NEW YORK An ambitious plan to build a mosque next to New York’s Ground Zero is prompting hope and anger in a city scarred by terrorism. There’s little to see now at the site, an abandoned clothing store two blocks from the formerAFP - 485 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration660 2010-05-17 21 World No 2 Lin Dan leads China’s stunning charge against Indonesia Thomas Cup fINaL China 3 Indonesia 0 AFP KUALA LUMPUR A rampant China underlined their dominance of men’s badminton yesterday by pounding Indonesia 3-0 to emphatically win a fourth consecutive Thomas Cup title. TheAFP - 660 words
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Article, Illustration376 2010-05-17 21 PHILIP GOH SINGAPORE Seven weeks ago, jockey Kevin Shea was jubilant as he crossed the line in the US$10 million ($13.9 million) Dubai World Cup. However, elation turned to dismay when the South African found out shortly after that his horse Lizard’s Desire had beenPHILIP GOH; PHOTO COURTESY OF SINGAPORE TURF CLUB - 376 words
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Article, Illustration675 2010-05-17 22 it’s back-to-back victories for webber, as aussie leads red bull to 1-2 finish AGENCIES MONTE CARLO Mark Webber leapt into serious contention for this year’s drivers’ world championship yesterday when he drove to an imperious victory ahead of his precocious young team-mate Sebastian Vettel inAGENCIES; AFP - 675 words
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Article, Illustration274 2010-05-17 22 AP TULSA (Oklahoma) Marion Jones’ path to stardom in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) won’t be a sprint. The disgraced former Olympic track star had little impact in limited playing time in her debut for Tulsa Shock on Saturday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time),AP - 274 words
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Article, Illustration571 2010-05-17 24 not champions of Europe, but a 20th La Liga title isn’t bad AFP BARCELONA Barcelona made it four league titles in six seasons as they retained the La Liga crown on the final day of the season with a 4-0 win over Valladolid yesterday to finishAFP - 571 words
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Article382 2010-05-17 24 AFP MILAN Inter Milan beat Siena 1-0 yesterday thanks to a Diego Milito goal the Argentinian’s 22nd of the season to seal its fifth consecutive Serie A title and move two-thirds of the way to a possible treble. Inter finished with 82 points, two more thanAFP - 382 words
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Article, Illustration202 2010-05-17 24 AFP MADRID Rafael Nadal clinched a record-breaking 18th career Masters title yesterday when he defeated old rival Roger Federer 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) in the Madrid final, landing a powerful psychological French Open blow in the process. The Spaniard, who will reclaim the world No 2AFP - 202 words
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254 2010-05-17 24 THE GUARDIAN LONDON England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup is in chaos after the head of their bid team was forced to resign after reports that he had accused Spain and Russia of plotting to bribe referees. Lord Triesman has also resignedTHE GUARDIAN - 254 words
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Article, Illustration674 2010-05-17 25 TAN YO-HINN - FaS chief says more Singaporeans could catch World Cup action ‘live’ TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Ten days ago, SingTel and StarHub secured a deal with football’s governing body Fifa to broadcast “live” matches of the World Cup finals in South Africa. While the newsWEE TECK HIAN - 674 words
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Article, Illustration385 2010-05-17 25 TAN YO-HINN SINGAPORE After a 12-year absence, Singapore are set to return to the main table of Asian hockey. The Republic qualified for the 2010 Asian Games men’s competition after they finished second behind Oman by a point in the seven-nation qualifyingTAN YO-HINN; TODAY FILE PHOTO - 385 words
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Miscellaneous34 2010-05-17 22 your SPorting fix football toMorrow 2.40am Champ’ship Playoff: Charlton v Swindon (Ch219) tenniS 5pm wta Warsaw Open (Ch205) CyCling 8.45pm Giro d’Italia (Ch205) SPortSzone MinuteS on 938live Sports updates live hourly (6.35am to 11.35pm)34 words
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Miscellaneous47 2010-05-17 25 [p yX Always play with care. [responsibly) Do not bet illegally. l\lo person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to purchase a ticket or to claim any prize Visit our website at www.singaporepools.com.sg Towards Community Purpose and Benefit SINGAPORE POOLS RCB Reg No: *****0202G47 words
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Article, Illustration1605 2010-05-17 26 Brought to you by With support from teachers and mentors at singapore sports school, athletes excel academically CHAN SEET FUN What do swimmer Tao Li, bowler Jazreel Tan and paddler Pang Xue Jie have in common? Besides being among the pool of youngCHAN SEET FUN; PHOTOS JASON HO; Ms Shaun Ng; Mr Chan Yew Fook; Ivan Tan; Deborah Wong; Mr Brian Ng - 1,605 words
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Advertisement62 2010-05-17 27 Find out more about the Singapore Sports School learning experience from student-athletes, the academic faculty and sports coaches. The Open House also provides a glimpse of Sports School’s worldclass sports facilities and Olympus Lodge. Date: May 22, 2010 Time: 12.30pm to 6.30pm Venue: Singapore Sports School, 1 Champions Way, Singapore62 words
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Article, Illustration652 2010-05-17 34 JOHN BITTLESTON - taking charge JOHN BITTLESTON succeed@mediacorp.com.sg Hung Parliaments are, happily, not a problem from which Singapore suffers, but the negotiations I have been watching in the United Kingdom between opposing political factions occur everywhere that competitive business is conducted. In fact, all life is a mixture of652 words
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Article, Illustration124 2010-05-17 34 ZUL OTHMAN - ZUL OTHMAN Mr Patrick teow, chief diStriBution officer, PrudentiaL SingaPore: The thrust of our job as financial consultants is all about having people’s interests at heart, and this is something that we inculcate in all our consultants124 words
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BUSINESS
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349 2010-05-17 29 MILLET ENRIQUEZ SINGAPORE Regional stock markets are expected to be volatile this week in the light of ongoing events in the euro zone and Thailand. But analysts are confident that the bearish sentiment among investors will just be a temporary blip and any volatility inMILLET ENRIQUEZ - 349 words
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WEEKLY ROUNDUP (MAY 10 TO 14)
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Article68 2010-05-17 29 friday close 10,620.16 change on Week 2.31% thursday 10,782.95 q 1.05% Wednesday 10,896.91 p 1.31% tuesday 10,748.26 q 0.34% Monday 10,785.14 p 3.90% the Week that Was US stocks managed to deliver weekly gains despite rising fears over eurozone debt. The springboard for the positive finish, snapping two straight68 words
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Article13 2010-05-17 29 ftse100 5,262.85 (+2.73%) Ç Ç Ç dax 6,056.71 (+5.98%) cac40 3,560.36 (+4.94%)13 words
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Article17 2010-05-17 29 us$1 $1.386 us$1 £0.689 us$1 €0.809 us$1 ¥92.271 all figures correct as at 8am this morning17 words
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Article47 2010-05-17 29 hold $0.82 DBS Vickers downgrades from Buy as prolonged political uncertainty in Thailand could slow country’s tourism sector which in turn could hurt company’s hotel business. Lowers target price to $0.96 from $1.04, after stripping out expected gains from potential property sales in broker’s valuation.47 words
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Article65 2010-05-17 29 neutral 2.05 Goldman Sachs upgrades from Sell, raises target price to $1.90 from $1.60 after increasing FY2010 to 2012 earnings forecasts by 16 to 37 per cent to reflect higher coal prices. Says earnings growth may still be affected as production at Indonesiabased coal miner’s re-zoned Sebuku65 words
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Article661 2010-05-17 29 us, european leaders struggling to keep jittery investors upbeat THE NEW YORK TIMES FRANKFURT Political leaders and central bankers on both sides of the Atlantic struggled over the weekend to persuade jittery investors that Europe would pull through its sovereign debt crisis, saying that itTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 661 words
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216 2010-05-17 30 SINGAPORE Multi-media surveillance and intelligence specialist KAI Square, aviation logistics provider MAJ Aviation and ice cream chain Udders were among the top winners in the Emerging Enterprises (EE) 2010 award jointly co-organised by OCBC. The award, which is given to emerging216 words
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Article, Illustration112 2010-05-17 30 twenty volunteers from the United overseas Bank (UoB) gave a helping hand to children and youth from Very Special arts Singapore (VSa) as part of the bank’s corporate social responsibility and staff volunteerism effort. a stop-animation workshop was conducted by Ms Joo Choon Lin, a well-known animationPICTURE COURTESY UOB - 112 words
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Article326 2010-05-17 30 JO-ANN HUANG - JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Flamboyant businessman Fong Kah Kuen, more affectionately known as K K Fong, has returned to Main-board-listed Xpress Holdings as its chief executive officer. Mr Fong, who is the founder of the company, is currently its chief operating officer and has been326 words
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Article, Illustration269 2010-05-17 31 SINGAPORE The Institute of Public Relations of Singapore (IPRS) celebrated its 40th Anniversary with the 11th Prism Awards Gala Dinner at the Marina Bay Sands on Friday. The event recognised the best in PR achievements and paid tribute to the pioneers who shaped thePHOTO COURTESY OF IPRS - 269 words
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Article426 2010-05-17 31 Spain and Portugal set tone as measures kick in AFP MILAN Austerity measures in Spain and Portugal have spurred belt-tightening in Italy, France and Britain, countries that so far have been largely spared from the effects of Greece’s crisis, analysts say. “There really is no choice: DeficitsAFP - 426 words
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306 2010-05-17 33 BLOOMBERG aftERnoon LatESt LONDON New British Prime Minister David Cameron refused to rule out an increase in value-added tax (VAT) in his coalition government’s emergency budget. In an interview with BBC, his first since becoming leader of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition,BLOOMBERG - 306 words
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Article195 2010-05-17 33 BLOOMBERG LONDON The euro fell to its lowest level since the Lehman Brothers collapse, amid concern European measures to reduce its fiscal deficits will undermine the region’s recovery. The 16-nation currency extended its three-week slide versus the yen, the longest losing streak since February after EuropeanBLOOMBERG - 195 words
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Article, Illustration438 2010-05-17 33 Uncertainty remains despite bailout While the immediate threat to Greece was abated by a timely bailout, concerns over the European Union situation kept investors jittery as equity markets around the world struggled to find their footing again. The MSCI World Equity Index recovered 4.8 per cent438 words
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