Today, 18 September 2008

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    20 1 TODAY Thursday September 18, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Thursday September 18, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    COLUMN
    24 1 Leonard Thomas Our Sports Editor hopes the fans will be out in force to give our Paralympian stars a heroes' welcome. Page 49
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    COMMENT
    29 1 Time for Reits With the property downturn, Reits gives small investors the opportunity to invest in "bite-size portions" of large, income-yielding real estate assets. Page B9 03PM 8AM
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    ANOTHER DAY, NOT JUST ANOTHER BAILOUT
    168 1 Fearing a global financial crisis, the 1 Federal Reserve yesterday stepped [into rescue troubled insurance giant American International I Group (AIG) with a US$B5 billion ($122 billion) bailout, in a deal now being described as "a stunning government takeover". The decision, two weeks after
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    A dangerous divide
    944 1  -  LINYANQIN HOUSING FOREIGNWORKERS Mah: Stop demonising workers, residents and start accepting them yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg LOCALS versus foreigners. Heartlanders versus private home owners. The foreign-worker furore sparked off in Serangoon Gardens which has escalated to a national debate on social tolerance and class is leading to a polarisation of
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    Lock icon LEAKED EMAIL LED TO CONFUSION
    346 1 It was just a one-line email, which somehow got leaked. That "one-liner", as National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan called it, caused a revolt among Serangoon Gardens residents over not having been consulted about what they assumed to be confirmed plans for a workers' dormitory
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  • NEWS
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      WHAT ARETHE OPTIONS? MR MAH ON ...
      145 2 WHAT ARETHE OPTIONS? MR MAH ON Residential premises Foreign workers stay in HDB flats and private residences rented by employers, but these cannot be converted to dorms as this could pose fire and public health risks. On-site housing Feasible to house construction workers only on large worksites, such as the
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      Lock icon All hands to the deck at spas
      512 3  -  TAN HUI LENG Fi BUSINESS BOOM Foreign bookings flood in masseuses gear up for overtime work huileng@mediacorp.com.sg MASSAGE beds and aromatherapy may not have anything to do with the nuts and bolts of racing, but the high-end spa industry here is going into
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      Lock icon 21,000 HDB flats sublet
      567 4  -  ESTHER NG PUBLIC HOUSING LANDLORDS estherng@mediacorp.com. sg CALL it a combination of financial need or greed, and exploding demand: As of last month, 21,000 flats had been rented out by Singaporeans, a near 60-per-cent spike from the 13,200 units just 17 months ago. Coming as it
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      HDB's tender costs up 22%, but flat prices not linked
      529 4  -  ESTHER NG WITH the Housing and Development Board's (HDB) development costs up over the last year, young couples looking to buy a new flat may ask: Would I have to pay more? For Financial Year 2007-8, tender prices for its
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      Lock icon HDB – THE NEW OLD FOLKS' HOME?
      754 6 HDB THE NEW OLD FOLKS' HOME? NEWS COMMENT Young adults are placing their parents on the waiting list because they don't want to live with them LIANG DINGZI TWO current issues should raise some concern among Singaporeans. First, the tripling in the number of applications for HDB rental flats, as
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      Lock icon 'Prostituting too strong a word
      465 8  -  ANSLEYNG GOPALAN NAIR CASE Former Singaporean gets three months' jail for insulting judge ansley@mediacorp.com.sg UNFLATTERING words used on someone can be considered insulting, whether they are true or not. This was asserted by a High Court judge yesterday, who found former Singaporean lawyer Gopalan Nair
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      'Undesirable' persons should leave, House told
      278 8 THE decision by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) to withhold the visas of some Myanmar nationals working and studying here was not due to political pressure or requests from the Myanmar Government. Rather, the ICA considers this small group to be "undesirable" persons
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        TWO NEWCHIKUNGUNYA CLUSTERS IDENTIFIED
        93 10 The Ministry of Health has identified another 18 chikungunya cases as of yesterday. Of these, nine were recorded in two new clusters Bah Soon Pah Road (7 cases) and Bangkit Road (2) bringing the total number of clusters to 24. Seven construction workers-six of whom stayed
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        VISA-FREETRAVELTO CHINA RESUMED
        44 10 From tomorrow, China will reinstate the visafree facility for holders of Singapore ordinary passports travelling to China for a period of 15 days or less. The waiver programme was suspended from July 1 as Beijing tightened security prior last month's Olympics.
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        EXPERTS DECLARE KPE SAFE TO BE OPENED
        76 10 A five-man team of independent experts has declared it safe to open the full 12-km of the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE). It opens to traffic at 10am on Saturday, after a two-year study by the team from the Autoroutes Paris Rhine Rhone. The
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        DON'T EATTHIS ICE BAR
        72 10 The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) has told consumers not to eat the "Natural Choice Yogurt Flavoured Ice Bar with Real Fruit" from the brand Yili. Importers and retailers are to remove the product from the market and stop selling it immediately. This after the Hong
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        FASTER PEAK-HOUR BUS RIDES IN THE EAST
        80 10 From Monday, bus lanes will be in operation during morning and evening peak hours at five locations in the eastern parts of Singapore: Aljunied Road, NewChangi Road, Upper Changi Road East, Simei Avenue and Tampines Avenue 5. The Land Transport Authority said yesterday
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      COE quotas cut
      231 10  -  LEONGWEEKEAT LTA MID-YEAR REVIEW weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg Singapore's vehicle population will be tightened over the next six months, with the Land Transport Authority announcing cuts in the number of Certificate of Entitlement (COE) across almost all categories, in its mid-year review yesterday. While there will be 932 fewer COEs
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      Lock icon AVA: Worms in sauce likely an 'isolated' case
      178 10 ALICIAWONG THERE is no evidence to show that McDonald's Curry McNugget Sauce was contaminated during the manufacturing or storage stage, said the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA). Last weekend, Weekend Today reported that the AVA was investigating the supply source of McDonald's
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      Lock icon Abdullah may quit earlier than planned
      402 12 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who faces an opposition bid to seize power, said yesterday he might step down before a planned handover to his deputy in mid-2010. In a move seen as an attempt to quell any rebellion in
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      Lock icon Khairy to join fray for top youth post
      157 12 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR The son-in-law of Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday announced that he would contest the Youth chiefs position in ruling United Malays National Organisation (Umno). This ended months of speculation and setting the stage for one
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      Lock icon New PM runs into opposition flak
      324 12 AGENCIES THAILAND POLITICS BANGKOK The brother-in-law of ousted Premier Thaksin Shinawatra was elected Thai Prime Minister by Parliament yesterday but faced instant opposition from protesters who vowed to force him from office. Mr Somchai Wongsawat, 61, appealed for national unity with the protesters who
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      Lock icon Somchai and his 'troublesome' ties
      308 12 AGENCIES BANGKOK Known as a conciliator, Thailand's new Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat (picture) contrasts sharply with his combative predecessor, Mr Samak Sundaravej. But whether he can resolve a standoff with the anti-government demonstrators who helped topple Mr Samak last week remains unclear. Mr Somchai, 61,
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Indonesian business regulator arrested
      255 14 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia's anti-cor-ruption watchdog has arrested a member of the business competition regulator carrying almost U5553,000 ($76,080) in bribe money, an official said yesterday. Mohammad Iqbal was arrested late Tuesday as he exited a lift in a five-star Jakarta hotel, where he had allegedly accepted
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      Lock icon A fresh blow for the govt
      288 14 AFP MALAYSIAN POLITICS Small party SAPP quits ruling Barisan Nasional coalition KOTA KINABALU (Sabah) A small party in Malaysia's ruling coalition announced yesterday it was quitting and would become independent, in a fresh blow for the beleaguered government. The decision by the Sabah Progressive
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      Lock icon Police detain sacked head of milk firm
      371 16 AGENCIES CONTAMINATED MILK POWDER BEIJING Police in China have detained the sacked chairwoman of Sanlu Group, the company at the centre of a mounting national scandal over deadly baby formula. This came as the government criticised "flaws" in the supervision of the country's
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon MCCAIN INVENTED THE BLACKBERRY? NO, IT'S A JOKE
        91 16 AP United States Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who doesn't know how to use a computer or email, helped create the Blackßerry, according to a top McCain policy adviser. Waving his Blackßerry personal digital assistant and citing Mr McCain's work as a
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        Lock icon LONDON'S GATWICKAIRPORT UP FOR SALE
        100 16 AP London's Gatwick was put up for sale yesterday following pressure from government regulators who believe the owner controls too many airports. BAA Ltd, which also owns Heathrow and Stansted airports, said it decided to sell following the United Kingdom Competition Commission's provisional report on
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      Lock icon First, the miracle, now to clear the mess
      335 16 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH SHANGHAI China is on the verge of becoming the world's largest investor in green energy as it struggles to reverse the catastrophic effect its industry has wreaked on the environment. The country's solution is a combination of stringent environmental laws,
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      Lock icon WHAT KIND OF PRESIDENT WOULD PALIN BE?
      1046 18 THE NEWYORKTIMES NEWS COMMENT The unmentionable truth: The 2008 edition of McCain is too weak to serve as America's chief executive FRANK RICH WITH all due deference to lipstick, let's advance the story. Two weeks ago, the question was: Is Mrs Sarah Palm
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      Lock icon 'Do not carelessly predict anything'
      365 19 AGENCIES KIM JONG IL S Korean PM orders officials not to disclose intelligence SEOUL South Korea's prime minister yesterday ordered top officials to stop disclosing intelligence on North Korea unnecessarily amid rampant speculation over leader Kirn Jong Il's health, an official said. Mr Kirn's health
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      Lock icon Cambodia concerned over Thailand's ability to host meet
      185 19 DPA,AFP PHNOM PENH Cambodia said yesterday that it was concerned about Thailand's ability to host the upcoming summit of the Association of SouthEast Asian Nations (Asean) in December. Cambodia sympathised deeply with Thailand during its period of political turmoil and was suggesting
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      Lock icon White House condemns attack on US Embassy in Yemen
      239 19 AFP WASHINGTON The White House yesterday denounced an Islamist militant attack on the United States Embassy in Yemen's capital Sanaa and offered condolences to the relatives of Yemenis killed in the strike. "This attack is a reminder of the continuing threat
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      Lock icon US army chief meets Pakistani officials amid rift
      267 20 AP ISLAMABAD The United States military chief met with Pakistani officials yesterday, a day after Pakistan's army said its forces have orders to fire on US troops if they were to cross the Afghan border again to launch attacks on militants inside
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      Lock icon Lose your home, lose your vote?
      424 20 AGENCIES AMERICA VOTES Democrats file suit: Republicans vexploit mortgage crisis to disqualify opponents 7 WASHINGTON The Obama campaign went to court on Tuesday to block what it alleged was an attempt by Republicans in Michigan to stop people who lost their homes in the
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      POINT OF VIEW
      71 22  -  John Tan Teck Yong The ongoing debate suggests that foreign workers are good enough to look after our kids and old folks, build our homes, clean after us, but are not our equals. Is this a reflection of what we've become? Our Constitution guarantees no one will
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      Lock icon Why should she deserve less?
      206 22  -  Jeslin Supardi PARALYMPIC ACHIEVEMENTS Letter from. I REFER to the article, "Paralympic hopefuls in line for more support" (Sept 17). I do wonder, what does the Athlete Achievement Awards (AAA) scheme teach us about equality? Our fellow Singaporeans, Li Jiawei, Wang Yuegu, Feng Tianwei, Yip
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    • Letter
      Was valet system really 'favoured'?
      209 22  -  Daniel Chan Wai Piew Letter from I REFER to Mr Murali Sharma's letter, "Let's leave well enough alone" (Sept 17). First of all, I applaud the Housing and Development Board (HDB) for putting its foot down on trespassers, whoever they may be. Residents and visitors
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      O-Level examination dates to remain unchanged
      215 22  -  Raymond Lim Letter from Director, Corporate Services Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board WE REFER to the letter, "Unfair to some students" (Sept 12), from Mr S Tharmaraj. When planning the GCE O-level examinations, the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board is mindful not to schedule
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      250 24  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY I TAKE CARE OF OUR SENIORS Did you hear about the 91-year-old man who went to the doctor because his hip was aching? The doctor examined him and said, "Well, what do you expect? You're 94!" The man replied: "Well, how come
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      Lock icon Do we know what they mean?
      360 24  -  PaulinChan FOOD LABELS Public education on food label information will be helpful, says reader Letter from I AM writing in response to the reports, "We don't read food labels" and "Kids have it, too" (Sept 16). While reading food labels does help in making
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      Lock icon Drumming up support for their art
      1200 26  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH MAKINGTHE BAND Nobody cares about the poor little drummer boy christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg THE MSN Encarta dictionary defines the noun "drum" as "Percussion instrument: A musical instrument usually consisting of a membrane stretched across a hollow frame and played by striking the stretched membrane.
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    • PLUS PICKS BY THE POUND
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        LILA DRUMS
        72 26 Started by Kelvin Kew, Lila Drums conducts lessons not only for hand drums, traditional drums and percussion instruments of various musical styles and cultures, but also for recreation, teambuilding and community enhancement. "Lila is based on the Sanskrit word meaning 'to play', like the inner child's play, and
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        UPBEATS PERCUSSION
        67 26 Formed in early 2008, and made up of five percussion enthusiasts in whom rhythm runs deep, UP is pretty new but, as they say on their MySpace site, "If you're interested, with or without talent and knowledge, let this be the opportunity for you to start your passion
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        BLOCO SINGAPURA
        62 26 Helmed by Mestre Syed Ahmad Shafiq Bin Syed Mohsen who also drums for art rock band Tiramisu Bloco Singapura is a percussive group whose numbers keep going up with around 75 members so far. What do they do? They gather percussionists all over Singapore together to play rhythms
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      Lock icon Return of the Jones
      430 32 AP SOLIDGOLD Bring out the granny bras -Tom Jones is back with a new album AFTER 15 years without a new album in America, Tom Jones (picture) will release a disc of almost entirely original material this fall. The 68-year-old singer will release 24 Hours on
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    • CD REVIEWS CHRISTOPHER TOH
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        Old blokes on the block
        268 34  -  GENEVIEVELOH CHRISTOPHERTOH NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK GREATEST HITS They sparked a teenage frenzy across the world and set the outline for other boyband wannabes. But few inspire "sellout" chants as quickly as the New Kids on the Block (NKTOB) and their four albums. Chastise
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        FISH LEONG TODAY IS OURVALENTINE'S DAY
        101 34 Ten years down the road, Fish Leong still hasn't slowed down. For those who missed out on her concert last year, this audio/visual memento is a must. Recorded on her recent tour, this compilation is a recording of her show from Taiwan. But the
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        KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES SMART CASUAL
        93 34 Musically, they're not far removed from the nu-punk rock sound of the usual slew, from My Chemical Romance to Simple Plan. But Kids in Glass Houses have managed to add enough colour to their album to make it possibly the most populist poprock debut
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      Lock icon LOVE THESE LOAVES
      387 36  -  ANNETTE TAN Fair Price's new frozen garlic bread rolls are convenient and delicious f ood@newstoday.com.sg FOR most of my generation, our first memory of garlic bread is when a certain pizza restaurant made its debut in Singapore in the early 1980s and brought with it its sesame
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      587 38  -  CHEOWXINYI KOREA The inaugural 2008 Summer Hi Seoul Festival injects new life into an old river cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com. sg AWASH in face paint and decked in flashy green and blue, the performers were sprawled across the rolling green parks beside Hangang (Seoul's Han River). Disguised as
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      379 39  -  CheowXinYi See it on TV? Experience it for yourself in Korea's capital A taste of tradition For fans of Korean period dramas, a trip to the traditional house of theYoo family nestled in the northern part of Seoul may be the closest thing to reliving the era. A
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      608 42 AP A few tricks can help you stretch your euro in the Catalan capital BUDGETTRIP SPAIN'S north-eastern city of Barcelona, set between verdant mountains and the Mediterranean sea, basks in a well-earned reputation as one of Europe's most popular tourist destinations. With a dramatic rocky coastline
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      211 44 AP VISITORS to Versailles may come across a sculpture of Michael Jackson with his pet monkey Bubbles and it won't be a dream. The French royal palace has gone pop art. With contemporary American artist Jeff Koons let loose to decorate the venerable French palace, eye-popping
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        65 44 Visit cultural sights, play a round of golf at a championship course the Grand Park Hotel in Kunming is offering a 3D/2N golf package at $1,013 f°r two people. The package is valid until Dec 31. It includes two nights accommodation, airport transfers, a round of
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      694 48  -  LAN DE COTTA Coverage of the Fi Singapore Grand Prix brought to you by THE FINAL LAP As Pit Building facilities take shape, organisers are confident S #pore will deliver formula 1 correspondent ian@mediacorp.com.sg IN SEVEN days, next Thursday, the more than 1,000
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      716 49  -  LEONARD THOMAS SPORTS MATTERS sports editor leonard@mediacorp.com.sg Paralympians deserve a hero's welcome, and later perhaps a fresh battleplan JUST when we thought it was safe to store the digital cameras, I Love Singapore scarves, autograph books and song sheets after the return of our Olympians
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      658 49  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com. sg LAST night, the trio of Li Jiawei, Wang Yuegu and Feng Tianwei, who brought home Singapore's first Olympic medal in 48 years when they won silver in the women's table tennis team event in Beijing, received $750,000 under the
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      663 50 media Captain marks return with a brace to get Reds offtoagood start Champions League, Group D Marseille l Liverpool 2 MARSEILLE Eric Gerets had compared Liverpool to Duracell bunnies on their arrival in Marseille. On Tuesday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time), the Marseille coach discovered who
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      270 50 AFP Champions League, Group A Chelsea 4 Bordeaux o LONDON Chelsea showed no signs of a Champions League hangover as Luiz Felipe Scolari's side thrashed Bordeaux 4-0 in their Group A opener on Tuesday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Goals from Frank Lampard (picture),
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      684 51  -  MILTON TAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 Gombak United v Young Lions Jurong West Stadium, j.^spm sports@newstoday.com.sg TWO months after returning to Gombak United, Agu Casmir will finally don a Bulls jersey for tonight's NTUC Income-Yeo's SLeague 2008 clash with the Young Lions
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      287 51  -  MILTON TAN NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 Tampines Rovers vAlbirex Niigata Tampines Stadium, 7.45pm ALBIREX Niigata are currenlty on a ninegame unbeaten run, and it's been due in no small part to coach Hiroaki Hiraoka's use of a three-pronged attack in strikers Akira Takase, Ryota
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      869 52 OCBC INVESTMENT RESEARCH BUSINESS COMMENT The property downturn has given rise to small-time investment opportunities REITS have been traded on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) since 2002, but they are an asset class that is still not well appreciated, and the recent downturn in
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      702 54  -  CONRAD RAJ SECONDCHANCES Switching from clothes to property, the Singapore brand remains very viable editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com. sg FOR those who want to foray into real-estate investment trusts or Reits but are finding them a tad too expensive, a cheaper alternative would be former shirt maker
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      383 54 BLOOMBERG THE collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings may contribute to an easing of demand for prime office space in Singapore, where commercial rents are already peaking amid slowing economic growth, property consultants said. The market turmoil that this week also forced the
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      479 56  -  DOW JONES HAPAG-LLOYDSALE Singaporeans optimistic that they will arrange the deal by next month NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL) of Singapore is the favourite to buy Hapag-Lloyd following conclusion of due diligence on the German container shipper, two people familiar with the matter said yesterday.
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      219 56 BLOOMBERG SAMSUNG offered US$26 ($37) in cash for each San Disk share, or 73 per cent more than the mem-ory-card maker's latest closing price, the South Korean company said yesterday. San Disk said its board rejected the offer. A purchase would give Samsung semiconductor patents
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      358 56 BLOOMBERG BARCLAYS, the United Kingdom's third-biggest bank, may buy additional parts of Lehman Brothers Holdings, after agreeing to acquire the bankrupt securities firm's North American business for US$l.75 billion ($2.51 billion). Barclays plans to purchase Lehman's investment banking, fixedincome and equities sales, trading
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      319 56 BLOOMBERG LLOYDS TBS Group, the United Kingdom's biggest provider of checking accounts, is in talks to buy HBOS Pic after the home lender lost three-quarters of its market value this year, according to two people familiar with the situation. London-based Lloyds
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      178 58  -  BARRY PORTER LEGAL counsel is being sought on behalf of thousands of Singaporeans who face losses after pumping money into structured investment products issued by Lehman Brothers, which filed for bankruptcy protection in the US on Monday. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has received
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      443 58  -  KELVIN CHOW LONGAIAQUEUE kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg DESPITE assurances from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and AIA, hundreds of clients concerned about their policies swarmed AlAs customer service centre near Raffles Place yesterday. The long queue snaked around AIA Tower while two security guards handed out the
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      306 59 BLOOMBERG SLOWING DEMAND SINGAPORE'S overseas shipments fell the most in 20 months last month as slowing growth in the world's biggest economies eroded demand for electronics and drugs. Non-oil domestic exports slid 13.8 per cent from a year earlier, after declining a revised 5.8 per cent in
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        46 60 Hang Seng 1,763.19 v 3.63% Nikkei 11,749.70 A 1.21% Shanghai 1,929.05 v 2.90% Seoul 1,425.26 A 2.70% Mumbai 13,262.90 v 1.89% KLComp 1,002.99 0.93% US$1 £1 leuro A$i $1,434 ¥100 $1-357 $2,568 HK$ioo $18.44 $2,041 RMB100 $20.98 $1,139 Rsioo $3,094 RMi $0,415 Rpioo $0,015
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      675 60 NEWYORKTIMES BUSINESS COMMENT DAVID LEONHARDT AS LEHMAN Brothers was collapsing, an all-star group of economists was meeting in Washington to ponder the lessons of the financial crisis. The discussion boiled down to this: How do we get out of this mess? At one point,
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      150 60 AGENCIES THE Singapore market closed 1.71 per cent down, after initial relief that the American Insurance Group was extended an US$B5-billion ($122-billion) loan gave way to concerns about the local economy and the health of global financial institutions. Economists and fund managers welcomed the opening rally
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      361 60  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg MR WARREN Buffett's phone is probably ringing non-stop. If you're cash-rich and a longterm value investor such as the billionaire "Oracle of Omaha", financial advisers say distressing times like this could be great for snapping up bargains. "The pre-requisite is you
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      154 57 t>> EVERLASTING AIA Assures Policyholders That It Has More Than Sufficient Capital and Reserves to Meet All Obligations AIA, as with all other life insurers in Singapore, maintains separate insurance funds for all policies issued by AIA in Singapore, including investment-linked policies. AIA Singapore has more than sufficient capital and
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