Today, 25 August 2008

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    10 1 TODAY Monday August 25, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    BABY ON BOARD
    13 1 Why are female crew not ent't'ec^to benefits? f VOICES 18
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    COLUMN
    46 1 Conrad Raj Trading halts have been shortened to make it more convenient for firms to make pricesensitive disclosures throughout the day. Yet, most only do so after 5.05pm. The excuse that this puts the investing public on a level-playing field is all bull. Page B3
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    COMMENT
    31 1 By-election law Parliament will debate a call by two Nominated MPs to fine-tune the laws governing by-elections. Should we say bye to a by-election? Two points of view. Page 8
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    WORLD
    37 1 Putin chose Biden It was Russian tanks rolling into Georgia earlier this month that underlined the importance of foreign policy and national security knowledge in a presidential running mate and sealed Barack Obama's decision. Page 17
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    PLUS
    24 1 KILLER SMILE What would you expect to find in the apartment of Dexter, TV's most beloved serial killer? Today finds out. Page 22
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    Lock icon Anti-Semitic barbs
    765 1  -  ZULOTHMAN ZULOTHMAN PERMATANG PAUH BY-ELECTION Offensive banners, fake leaflets set stage for hotly-contested poll IN PERMATANG PAUH, PENANG zul@mediacorp.com.sg ANTI-SEMITIC banners have surfaced around the Permatang Pauh area angering many in the predominantly-Malay heartland, the scene of a landmark by-election tomorrow. Printed in big letters over images of
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    Lock icon Scholarships, an uneven playing field
    1204 1  -  NAZRY BAHRAWI nazry@mediacorp.com.sg WITH a laudable eight in 10 of students who made it to university last year coming from public housing roots, why are heartlanders under-rep-resented in the top ranks of scholar elites at least, going by the statistical profiles of A*Star and Public
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      136 1 f FRIDAY I will be reviewing the future of the coaches and the team manager... If they are heading in a different direction, then maybe it's better for us to look A for someone who can head in the same direction. feitw H SATURDAY I have a new team and
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      Lock icon ARIF: I'LL WIN BY 500 TO 5,000 VOTES
      380 2 Parti Keadilan Rakyat's (PKR) Anwar Ibrahim may be the hot favourite to win the Permatang Pauh by-election tomorrow, but Barisan Nasional's (BN) candidate Arif Shah Omar Shah (picture) claims he could win by a margin of between 500 and 5,000 votes in
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      Lock icon IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG?
      332 4  -  LEONARD THOMAS TABLE TENNIS TURMOIL POINTOFVIEW IN BEIJING sports editor leonard@mediacorp.com.sg THE winds of change howling through the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) signal that something could be seriously wrong at its Toa Payoh headquarters. The timing of STTA president Lee Bee Wah's revelations that high-performance
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      Lock icon 'I didn't say they would be sacked'
      652 4  -  LOWLINFHOONG STTA boss says issue blown out of proportion linfhoong@mediacorp.com. sg IS THE table tennis manager being pushed out of the association, or being pulled from it? Whichever way you look at it, Mr Antony Lee's tenure as the Singapore Table Tennis Association's
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      'They should have a private talk, not make it so publicly ugly'
      360 6  -  TAN HUI LENG TABLETENNISTURMOIL huileng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPOREANS yesterday were baffled at the reported dismissal of the national table tennis team's manager, Mr Antony Lee. Some also questioned the timing of the decision by Ms Lee Bee Wah (picture), the
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      250 6  -  Dr Huang Shoou Chyuan eWe are puzzled' Letter from MANY in Singapore are shocked by the news of a reported decision taken by the new Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) president, Ms Lee Bee Wah (picture). Ms Lee was, according to some media reports, appointed just last
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      'Sports body, not a business'
      156 6  -  M Lukshumayeh Letter from IT IS shocking and very sad indeed that the president of the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) in a glorious moment for the association has made shocking, unwarranted and what seems to be very premature press statements and decisions. She has
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      'Move is too harsh'
      159 6  -  Ace Kindred Cheong Letter from THE reported move is too harsh. I believe it was sparked when there was no coach guiding Gao Ning when he was playing his match. I was sad and disappointed when I read that news, but I believed it was an
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    • SHOULD WE SAY BYE TO A BY-ELECTION?
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        782 8  -  P N BALJI balji@mediacorp.com.sg LEGALLY, the verdict seems to be quite clear unless something comes out of today's debate that was initiated by two NMPs. There is no need to hold a byelection injurong GRC although one of the five seats there has become vacant with the death of
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        YES
        668 8  -  NAZRY BAHRAWI nazry@mediacorp.com.sg IF I were a Bukit Batok resident, would I want a by-election? Listening to the arguments, this is my answer: There is no need for one. This is definitely not the time for one. There are bigger issues to worry about. The slowing world economy is
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        From one campus to three
        564 10  -  ONGDAILIN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS Global Indian school ready to meet heavy expatriate demand dailin@mediacorp.com. sg ITS enrolment had gone from fewer than 50 pupils in 2002, to 4,000 students within six years, catapulting it to become the largest international school in Singapore now. Rapid expansion at
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        Lock icon Our next Olympian may come from this sports park ...
        246 10 Our next Olympian may come from this sports park >TEOXUAN WEI RESIDENTS in Bishan North yesterday welcomed the opening of one of the largest outdoor sports facilities in Singapore right at their doorsteps. The opening of the 23,000--square-metre park along Bishan Street 23 is another step towards the Government's push
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        Lock icon D-Day holiday
        444 12  -  ANSLEYNG PERMATANG PAUH BY-ELECTION DPM Najib says declaration of public holiday not needed IN PERMATANG PAUH, PENANG ansley@mediacorp.com. sg WHEN the Elections Commission announced that the polling day for the "mother of all by-elections" in Permatang Pauh would be held on a weekday, members of Mr Anwar Ibrahim's
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        Najib casts doubt on Pakatan's ability
        221 12 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's opposition coalition would not be able to govern the country smoothly and create political stability because of its component parties' conflicting ideologies, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said yesterday. According to Bernama new agency, Mr Najib said that, in addition to
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        Lock icon Split feared in Pakistan coalition
        470 14 AFP POLITICAL INFIGHTING Sharif wants judges back and less powers for the President, or else ISLAMABAD Pakistan's fragile coalition government is facing a deadline today on reinstating judges sacked by former President Pervez Musharraf that could determine whether its major parties split. Political infighting has
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        Lock icon GLOBAL ROUNDUP
        90 14 AP Two players competing at the first international Rock, Paper, Scissors (RPS) Championships in Beijing on Saturday. Ireland's Mark Cleland won the gold medal, Canada's Sebastian Gatica the silver and United States' Scan Sears the bronze. 'It's not a sport for sissies,' said Sears, 23, who learnt how
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        Lock icon US CALLS FOR RELEASE OF OLYMPIC PROTESTERS
        132 14 AP The United States Embassy yesterday pressed China to immediately free foreign activists jailed for protesting at the Olympics and criticised Beijing for failing to use the games to show "greater tolerance and openness." Chinese police have sentenced at least 10 foreigners to
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        Lock icon CHEN SHUI-BIAN'S SON HEADS HOMEOVER PROBE
        122 14 AFP Taiwan's ex-President Chen Shui-bian's son and daughter-in-law were due to return to Taiwan over a probe into alleged money laundering implicating the former first family, a report said yesterday. Mr Chen Chih-chung and his wife Huang Jui-ching suspected of laundering millions of US
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        Lock icon You wasted your time
        345 15 AP GAMBARI'S MYANMAR VISIT UN envoy failed to end nation's political stalemate, says Suu Kyi #s NLD party YANGON (Myanmar) The United Nations' special envoy Ibrahim Gambari (picture) wasted his time during a visit to Myanmar talking about controversial elections with military rulers while failing to
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        Lock icon BLAST RIPS THROUGHT RAINAS US WARSHIP DOCKS IN BLACK SEA PORT WITH GEORGIA AID
        128 16 AFP iiißßgH the Black Sea port of Batumi, the first of three ships sent by Washington to bring blankets, food and childcare supplies to help its ally Georgia deal with an estimated 100,000 displaced people. A
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        Lock icon Just four days to do the job...
        283 16 AGENCIES DEMOCRAT CONVENTION DENVER Democrats open their four-day convention in Denver today with an all-important question before them. Will Americans, no matter how disenchanted with the current President and his party, elect a black man with a foreignsounding name and a brief tenure
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        Lock icon PUTIN CHOSE OBAMA'S VP
        672 17  -  DANSCHNUR THE NEWYORKTIMES BARACK Obama may have announced his running mate over the weekend, but it was Russian Prime Minister Vladmir Putin who made the selection for him a few weeks ago. The Russian tanks rumbling into Georgia earlier this month served as a stark reminder
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        Lock icon BRUISER BIDEN RIPS INTO MCCAIN
        185 17 'AGENCIES Mr Joseph Biden (picture) took to the stage on Saturday, ridiculing Mr John McCain as an out-of-touch acolyte of unpopular President George W. Bush. Mr Biden, a combative counterweight to presidential hopeful Mr BarackObama's more measured campaign style, wasted no time in subjecting Mr
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      217 18  -  Vernis Ho BABY ON BOARD Why are female crew not entitled to benefits? Letter from I REFER to the Enhanced Baby Bonus Scheme, and on behalf of some of my colleagues, would like to ask why the female crew of Singapore Airlines (SIA) are
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      Lock icon Pregnant crew can apply for ground jobs, but...
      357 18  -  William Koh Letter from Divisional Vice-President Cabin Crew Operations Singapore Airlines Limited I REFER to Ms Vernis Ho's letter regarding the conditions for cabin crew who become pregnant while serving their contracts of employment. I do need to clarify some points. Firstly,
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      182 20  -  DR BILL MAIER BY CHUBBY KIDS: HERE'S HOW TO HELP THEM LOSE WEIGHT It's one thing to see your husband develop a spare tyre around the middle, but what do you do when your kindergartener is getting flabby? An increasing number of children are considered overweight,
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      Lock icon Why local kids fall short
      395 20  -  Jimmy Ho Kwok Hoong FOREIGNTALENT Imported players train for hours, but can our children afford it? Letter from I REFER to "They are catalysts" (Aug 21). Mr Ryan Huang is spot on with his letter on the issue of Singapore's foreign sports talent. For certain
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      245 18 POINT OF VIEW In my time, maternity benefits were just basic. But I still managed to bond with my children after long hours at work. My grown-up children now have incentives but I would prefer that they make their own sacrifices to bring up their children. KWSeto ■■'■11.1 Xiamen Fuzhou
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      1278 22  -  GENEVIEVE LOH What does Dexter, TV #s most beloved serial killer, do at home? in los angeles genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg MY HEART was beating like an over-caffein-ated drummer as I snooped and scoured the tidy one bedroom apartment done up in blue and grey. Yours would too if the apartment
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      Feed me, I can take it
      371 24  -  GENEVIEVELOH GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT The host of the TV show will pig out for your viewing pleasure genevievdoh@mediacorp.com.sg TO YOU and me, a glutton for punishment is one who readily accepts particular unappealing jobs and tasks that most people would try and get out
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      1178 26 HEROES II LOVE IS ALL AROUND DRAMASUTRA BRIDGING GIANTS The Kindness of Strangers channel B, 7 pm 1988 SegarisSinar China India 111 Channel 5,10pm *> §M^ Suria, 9.30pm Channel News Asia, 7.30pm Monica starts to exhibit new abilities while 4M ln this ePisode. we meet Kishore Badlani, an Indian working
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      463 27 AGENCIES OLYMPIC FARE WELL* Beijing Games hailed as "truly exceptional' by Rogge BEIJING The 2008 Olympic Games drew to a triumphant close last night in front of 91,000 spectators packed inside the Bird's Nest Stadium with illuminated dancers and gymnasts and drummers preceding the parade of athletes. The handover
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        TEAM SINGAPOREON BUS PARADE THROUGH CITY
        88 28 Team Singapore's Beijing Olympic Games contingent including silver medal-winning women's table tennis team of Li Jiawei, Wang Yuegu and Feng Tianwei return home today at 2.30pm. The Olympians will board an opentop bus at Changi Airport and will be driven through Chai Chee Estate,
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        REDEEM TEAM GRAB GOLD
        79 28 Kobe Bryant provided a crucial late spark and the United States won the Olympic men's basketball gold medal for the 13th time, defeating world champions Spain 118-107 in the final in Beijing yesterday. DwyaneWade scored 27 points to lead the Americans while Bryant added 20, Leßron
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        CUBA KO'ED INTHE FINALS
        69 28 Cuban boxers failed to win a gold medal at an Olympics for the first time in 20 years yesterday, when Carlos Banteaux Suarez lost 18-9 in his welterweight final bout against Kazakhstan's BakhytSarsekbayev. After boycotting the 1988 and 1984 Games, Cuba's boxers won five gold medals
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        US STUN CHAMPS BRAZIL
        77 28 The United States beat defending champions Brazil to win the final of the men's Olympic volleyball tournament in Beijing yesterday. After dropping the first set 25-20, the US came back strongly to take the second set 25-22 and also edged the next two 25-21 and 25-23
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        GAMES SETS TV RECORD
        64 28 The 2008 Olympics drew an estimated television audience of 4.4 billion in the first 10 days, setting a new viewing record for an Olympic Games, market research firm Nielsen said yesterday. The estimated audience from Aug 8-17 surpassed the 3.9 billion viewers for the whole of
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        Lock icon THREE-PEAT RUSSIANS
        45 28 AGENCIES Russia wrapped up their third straight Olympic rhythmic gymnastics group all-around title yesterday, with China finishing second for their first medal ever in the crowd-pleasing discipline. Belarus, the top qualifiers, produced the most difficult routine of the finals but settled for bronze.
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      Lock icon Simply spectacular
      460 28 AFP The Beijing Games ended yesterday as it began at B.oBpm on Aug 8, with an eye-pop-ping spectacle at the Bird's Nest Stadium. In the 16 days in between, the action in the sporting arena was as spectacular. These were some of the biggest stories of the 2008
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      Lock icon Kenyan Wanjiru wins first marathon gold for country
      319 28 AP BEIJING Samuel Wanjiru already had made a name for himself in the heady world of Kenyan distance running. Now he stands alone, after he became the first Kenyan to win an Olympic marathon yesterday. Wanjiru, 21, negotiated the 42.195 km course
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      Lock icon Man on a mission
      1138 29 BLOOMBERG TENNIS Federer looks to rescue his season, beginning with the US Open NEW YORK Roger Federer celebrated his 27th birthday by carrying the Swiss flag at the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony on Aug 8. Age may be against him in defending the US Open title
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      Lock icon Ramos could wield axe on Berbatov's Tottenham career
      335 30 AFP LONDON Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov (picture) could be on his way out of White Hart Lane next week after Juande Ramos axed the unsettled Bulgarian from his side in their 2-1 defeat to Sunderland. Berbatov was left out of Saturday's match
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      556 30 AFP FOOTBALL Deco #s goal ensures three points for Blues as they go top ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Wigan o Chelsea 1 WIGAN A goal of pure quality from Deco sent Chelsea to the top of the Premier League, although Luiz Felipe Scolari's side made heavy weather of
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      240 30 AFP LONDON Arsene Wenger demanded a "big improvement" from Arsenal after watching their title challenge suffer an early knock in a 1-0 defeat at Fulham on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). The Gunners were out-mus-cled and out-manoeuvred by their London rivals, who
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      680 31  -  LAN DE COTTA FORMULAi But he is worried his team's errors could cost them dear formula 1 correspondent in Valencia ian@mediacorp.com.sg THE result of yesterday's European Grand Prix here on the streets of Valencia, Spain, was a crucial one for Felipe Massa, coming at a
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      463 31  -  MILTON TAN RHB Singapore Cup 2008, semi-final 2nd leg Tampines Rovers v SAFFC (SAFFC lead 2-0) Tampines Stadium, 7.30pm sports@newstoday.com.sg SAFFC are in the driving seat of their RHB Singapore Cup 2008 semi-final tie, thanks to a 2-0 win over Tampines Rovers at
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      104 30 SPORTS ON TV TODAY lipm Tennis US Open: Day 1, Ch 22 11.38pm Cricket Sussex v Lancashire, Ch 110 TOMORROW 3am EPL Portsmouth v Man United, Ch 27 Ch 304 7am Tennis US Open 2008: Day 1, Ch 22 SPOKTS ON RADIO 6.35am-n.3spm Sports Zone Minutes Hourly Sports updates live
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      345 32  -  TAYLOR CLARK LINYANQIN STARBUCKED:ADOUBLETALLTALEOF CAFFEINE, COMMERCE AND CULTURE The crisp-white cup with its greenrimmed mermaid logo is now a common sight on city streets around the world, but how Mr Howard Schultz managed to turn a modest Seattle coffeehouse into a global phenomenon "serving cappuccinos in Guantanamo Bay,
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      740 32  -  WAYNE HART GOOD LEADERSHIP Inter-communication is key in developing those you mentor succeed® newstoday. com.sg RELATIONSHIPS of the mentoring kind allow wisdom to get passed down in an organisation, and it creates a platform for more experienced people to help younger employees
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      236 32 SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE MANAGEMENT FOR ALL We all know that managing people is not just about managing their work. You also need to engage their hearts and spirits and get them to work as a team. The question is, how to motivate people and lead them. For example, what
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      654 35 DOW JONES US ECONOMIC PLANNING Bernanke accused of distorted view of financial sector JACKSON HOLE The US Federal Reserve's annual conference in serene Jackson Hole, Wyoming, ended on Saturday amid intellectual fireworks when a conference speaker unloaded a devastating critique of the Fed's response to
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      624 36  -  CONRAD RAJ MONDAY BLUES editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg Announcements by companies should be made through the day FOR us newsmen, its a chore and often aggravating going through the Singapore Exchange's (SGX) announcements every evening, because of the sheer volume we have to go through. Almost all the
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      328 36 AFP TOKYO —Japan is set to unveil a stimulus package worth¥B trillion ($lO3 billion) ma bid to shore up the economy, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun report on Saturday. Economic Fiscal Policy Minister Kaoru Yosano has delivered a draft of the planned measures to Prime Minister
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        82 38 60.5 cents I Buy DMG keeps its rating with a 76--cent price target on expected benefits from Singapore's enhanced $1.6-billion parenthood package. "We believe Thomson Medical stands to benefit the most as the increased benefits will free up more cash for parents. Hence, they may be more willing
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        72 38 46 cents I Hold NRA Capital starts coverage on the marine and offshore services firm with a 41-cent price target, based on 4.5 times FY2OOB forecast earnings. "The marine and offshore sector has some signs of slowdown, but shipyards have sufficient orders to keep themselves busy until 2011," NRA
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        49 38 26 cents I Hold Kirn Eng Securities downgrades the fashion retailer from "buy", citing expected slowdown in its earnings growth over the next 12 months due to weaker consumer spending. It slashes the price target to 31 cents from7ocents,basedon 11 times FY2009 earnings versus 13 times previously.
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        96 38 23 cents I Hold S&P's Equity Research downgrades Ossia from "buy" and cuts the price target to 24 cents from 30 cents, saying the near-term outlook is challenging for the distributor of golf equipment because of store start-up costs, the gestation period for new stores and a weak
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      48 38 PHOTO COURTESY ASCENDAS Bhangra musicians entertaining about 300 Science Park tenants at the event Bollywood@Science Park. Ascendas organised the event to promote its work-live-play philosophy in its business parks andalsohopestohelptenants get to know one another and add to the friendliness of the working environment.!
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