Today, 16 January 2009

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    19 1 TODAY Friday January 16, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Friday January 16,2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    COLUMN
    41 1 Phin Wong Our Plus Editor, who is 16 going on 70, says forget about ageing gracefully. He plans to age disgracefully like the monkey he has always been. What's more, he's going to have a blast doing it. Page 42
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    NEWS
    42 1 Kirn's successor North Korean leader Kirn Jong II springs a surprise as he reportedly chooses his 24-year-old son Jong Un as his successor. Page 2 Windy all over The strong winds in Singapore this week have ruffled some feathers. Page 3
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    BUSINESS
    42 1 See you in court The Monetary Authority of Singapore has begun civil penalty proceedings in two cases before the High Court the first time the financial regulator has turned to the courts to enforce the Securities and Futures Act. Page Bl
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    Lock icon Promoting mental calm during troubled times
    711 1  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg SINCE the downturn began, bank executive Ms Yeo has been working longer hours in the rush to meet now-daily targets. "I started work at 8.30 am and am working until 10 tonight There is a lot more work to do," said
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    More misses than hits
    783 1  -  NEOCHAICHIN EMPLOYMENT FAIRS Good turnouts at job fairs but poor job-match rate disappoints employers chaichin@mediacorp.com. sg WHEN it comes to job fairs, there are the impressive turnouts far surpassing the number of vacancies available and then there are the humbler rates of successful job matches. At
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Kim Jong II chooses third son as successor: Report
      244 2 AGENCIES SEOUL Unpredictable as ever, North Korean leader Kirn Jong II has sprung yet another surprise by reportedly nominating his third son as his successor. The nomination of 24-year-old Jong Un was unexpected even among the leaders of the ruling communist
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      PM's $500k hong bao
      575 2  -  LINYANQIN EDUCATION FUND New awards for bicultural students and all-round postsecondary achievers yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg A YEAR ago, he used a portion of his pay raise to set up an endowment fund that would recognise students who persevered and did well, and the schools that helped them in
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      Lock icon Thar she blows...
      510 3  -  SUFIANSUDERMAN MONSOON WINDS sufian@mediacorp.com.sg ONE person said it has become so difficult to play tennis, while another is putting off plans to go on a picnic. Singapore Polytechnic has even decided, for safety reasons, to take down two banners after pne was blown away. Some feathers have
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      'Can you forgive me?'
      539 6  -  ANSLEYNG FAMILYVS MINDEF NSF sent series of vweird SMSes to camp mate the day he fell unconscious ansley@mediacorp.com.sg THE former full-time National Serviceman (NSF) who was found unconscious on a grass patch in his camp had appeared "unstable" and had sent a series of incoherent SMSes
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      Lock icon Wall vandal had struck twice before
      252 6 ANSLEY NG IT WAS not the first time Koh Chan Meng had defaced a wall at Parliament House. Yesterday, the court heard how prior to being caught red-handed scribbling "Hi, Harry Lee I love you" on Wednesday, he had allegedly written on it twice
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        FORMER MOM INSPECTOR JAILED
        117 8  -  ANSLEYNG A former Ministry of Manpower (MOM) employment inspector was jailed 14 months and ordered to pay a $24,500 penalty for taking bribes. For a $1,500 pay-off each time, Mr Law Boon Seng, 32, would warn a subcontractor of impending raids by MOM. He pleaded guilty
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        VISITORSHIPTO MUSEUMS HITS 2.5M: NHB
        107 8  -  ALICIA WONG Visits to museums have hit a new high, but donations are already dipping due to the downturn. The National Heritage Board (NHB) reported a record 2.5 million visitors last year, a 45-per-cent increase from 2007. But financial contributions have dropped by about 30
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      Lock icon Hear the band
      539 8  -  ZULOTHMAN INTHECOURTS Court rules in favour of band for wrongful termination by The Arena zul@mediacorp.com. sg CAN members of a band contracted to a nightclub even pick up an instrument at another establishment, even if no money is involved? No, as The Toni James Band, a 12-piece
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      Lock icon Marsh ado about wildlife
      571 10  -  ESTHER NG WILD SINGAPORE Nature Society of S #pore adopts Kranji marshlands, to launch tours on Jan 31 estherng@mediacorp.com.sg FIRST it was Chek Jawa, then Pulau Semakau now soon, another strip of nature little known to Singaporeans, the Kranji Bund Marshes, will be made more accessible
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      Lock icon LINKED TO CITY
      78 12 WEETECKHIAN A new bridge linking Singapore to Resorts World at Sentosa is expected to be open later this year. Resorts World says it should receive traffic ahead of its official opening. The 710-metre bridge is expected to serve some 15 million visitors a year once the resort
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      Lock icon Men in blue at Bay
      282 12  -  VALARIETAN CHANNEL NEWSASIA MARINA BAY SECURITY Police to set up security centre valarie@mediacorp.com.sg TO KEEP potential troublemakers at bay in Marina Bay, the men in blue will be making their presence felt in a big way in the area. The Singapore Police Force is setting
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      223 5 ROLL AWAY BAGS AND DARK CIRCLES. 4B I ROLL IN YOUR BRIGHTEST LOOK. RN 2R jft Brighten! i < GARNIER LIGHT 1 BRIGHTENING EYE ROLL-ON V Roll in your brightest look! Quickly and easily reduce V eye bags and dark circles, while instantly refreshing f and illuminating eye contours. In
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      479 8 Hp* ■<■■ < s [Rj^l I r*4v «N0 I /gal A Spectacular Celebration S-^jS^Y*^ /^v=^3t-P Get ready to be amazed by a dazzling ?y W Ts«*«/^y hongbao lantern display at the North iffi» a_ AU,,«/J/,n^/«f A/.«iiX/m. «S» Atrium. Made entirely from hongbaos, All ADUnaanCG OT ACTIVITI6S SS\ this 20ft, nine-layer
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      218 10 A STAR ALLIANCE MEMBER >£> REDISCOVER THE PLEASURES OF BANGKOK WITH THAI $285 $785 s Economy Class Business Class Terms Conditions: Fares shown are based on per person, per round trip prices, inclusive of airport tax, insurance and fuel surcharge (correct as of 15 January 2009). Sales and Travel Period
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      110 12 1 I i WW If IK I IB J WfiSIAM E^ H if?, M HPilsTSliuall IK 9S Ml V| 1 Cnn P' M wSMsm P™^ Wild 1/1 frn^ 11 U I MUWi lit M Event Managed Sy Official Marketer Organized By Organizers Accredited by Supported by In celebration of RED
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Govt bought votes: Anwar
      275 14 AFP MALAYSIAN POLITICS KUALA TERENGGANU Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim yesterday accused the government of vote-buying and coercion as campaigning for a critical weekend by-election intensified. The vote in Terengganu, which pundits say is too close to call, is seen as a referendum on the coalition
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      Lock icon Kim's lil' Un is his 'favourite son'
      316 14 AGENCIES SEOUL North Korean leader Kirn Jong IPs youngest son, Jong Un, was born in 1984 to his third wife Ko Yong Hui. He has been described as his father's favourite son and an intelligent and thoughtful man. But his youth is said
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      Lock icon Singaporean jailed in HK over investment scam
      168 14 AFP HONG KONG A court in Hong Kong has jailed a Singaporean man for two years and eight months for helping fraudsters swindle more than US$4 million ($6 million) from investors across the world. Mr Christopher Yeo, 35, was jailed for helping a
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon POLICE DETAIN 13 SUSPECTED CHILD TRAFFICKERS
        112 16 AFP China The Chinese authorities have detained 13 members of a gang suspected of kidnapping and selling children, sometimes swooping by on motorcycles and snatching them in broad daylight. Police from Yueyang, a city in Hunan, led an investigation across seven provinces that resulted
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        Lock icon AUSSIES JAILED FOR ILLEGAL LANDING
        116 16 AFP Indonesia Five Australians were sentenced yesterday to two to three years'jail for illegally landing a light plane in Indonesia's sensitive Papua province, thinking they could get visas on arrival. Pilot William Scott-Bloxam was given three years while his passengers received two years and were
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      Lock icon Accused officers take the stand
      354 16 AP, THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER MONGOLIAN'S MURDER Details emerge about how the two policemen got involved SHAH ALAM More than two years after the gruesome discovery of what remained of Ms Altantuya Shaariibuu's body in a forest just outside Kuala Lumpur, the High Court finally began
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      Lock icon US investigates human trafficking link in Malaysia
      191 16 AFP WASHINGTON The United States Senate is investigating allegations that officials in Malaysia were extorting money from foreign migrants and were linked to human trafficking, US officials said. The migrants, mostly from military-ruled Myanmarbut also from other countries, were allegedly taken by the
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      Lock icon Suspected spies in custody
      315 18 AFP TAIWAN-CHINATIES Two senior Taiwanese officials arrested for spying for China TAIPEI A specialist in the Taiwanese president's office and a legislator's former aide were arrested yesterday on suspicion of leaking state secrets to China, officials and reports said. Mr Wang Ren-bing (picture), who has been
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      Lock icon China continues Internet crackdown
      349 18 AFP BEIJING China is casting an increasingly wary eye over the Internet and its 50 million bloggers, amid a year of sensitive anniversaries and job losses that could trigger unrest, analysts and rights groups said. Amnesty International said this week its website had been blocked in
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      Lock icon Putin calls Ukraine PM to discuss fuel problem
      258 20 DPA KIEV Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko spoke by telephone yesterday and agreed to meet face-to-face for talks on energy tomorrow in Moscow. The telephone discussion was "productive" and "gives hope for the development of a
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      Lock icon Destruction estimate: $2.1b
      353 20 AGENCIES WAR IN GAZA RAMALLAH (The West Bank) Israel's fierce assault on Gaza's Hamas rulers has destroyed at least US$l.4 billion ($2.1 billion) worth of buildings, roads, pipes, power lines and other infrastructure in the already impoverished territory, Palestinian surveyors estimated. Arab and Western countries will be
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      Lock icon Heathrow expansion green light
      123 20 AFP LONDON The British government approved plans for a third runway at London's Heathrow airport, the world's busiest air hub, despite angry opposition from green groups and locals. The news has already prompted a furious reaction from green campaigners. "An expanded Heathrow would become the single
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      Lock icon US lawyers brace for Gitmo pardons
      200 22 THE GUARDIAN WASHINGTON United States lawyers battling against torture and other abuses at Guantanamo Bay are braced for outgoing President George W Bush issuing last-minute pardons to protect those in his administration most closely implicated. The lawyers' warning came after military judge Susan Crawford
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      Lock icon Obama vows to catch Osama
      434 22 AFP WAR ON TERROR President-elect pledges to succeed where Bush failed WASHINGTON Incoming United States President Barack Obama has pledged to try to succeed where his predecessor George W Bush failed by catching or killing Al Qaeda terror network leader Osama bin Laden. But Mr
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      Lock icon 124 militants linked to Mumbai attacks arrested
      242 24 AP ISLAMABAD Pakistan has arrested more than 100 people in a crackdown on groups allegedly linked to the Mumbai attacks, but the information India has handed over still needs work before it can be used as evidence in court, a top official said
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      Lock icon Madoff remains free on bail
      421 24 BLOOMBERG FRAUD CASE Judge says existing bail terms severe, rejects government's arguments NEW YORK Mr Bernard Madoff, the accused mastermind of the largest Ponzi scheme in history, remained free on bail after prosecutors' request that he be jailed during the government's fraud probe was rejected
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      Lock icon Surgical checklist cuts deaths by 40 per cent
      404 26 AFP, THE GUARD- LAN HEALTHCARE STUDY A recent study by WHO produces 'startling' results GENEVA Potentially lifethreatening complications from surgery can be reduced by about one-third if hospitals introduce simple surgical checklists during each operation, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday.
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      Lock icon Kids of pregnant drinking mums will like booze
      216 26 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH NEW YORK Drinking while pregnant can produce children more attracted to alcohol, a study done on rats suggests. Researchers discovered that teenagers found the smell of alcohol more appealing if their mothers had drunk while they were in the womb.
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      School buses, the army way
      369 28  -  Chin KeeThou STUDENTTRANSPORT Single-session school needs creative transport solutions Letter from WITH the Ministry of Education moving towards the implementation of a single session in a few years' time, rather than having separate morning and afternoon sessions, schools should start later so as not to
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      When it's unhealthy to exercise at a stadium
      239 28  -  Teo Kian Lam Christopher Letter from AS A regular user of the Serangoon Stadium, I have observed some inconsiderate behaviour of other users. Between sam and 7am, groups of senior folk go through their exercise routine. Once this routine ends, some of
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      151 38  -  DR BILL MAIER BY.............. DRUG AND ALCOHOL-FREE KIDS A lot of parents can't imagine that their children would get involved with drugs and alcohol. And when it happens, they always wonder what they could have done to help steer their children in a different direction. Make
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      Lock icon A REUNION NOT TO BE MISSED
      783 38  -  TABITHAWANG BUDGETTAI-TAI Chinese New Year in China? Been there, done that Td rather be home news@newstoday.com. sg LAST Chinese New Year Eve saw me in Hong Kong at the computer, tears running down my face as I commiserated with my cousin in South Africa.
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      773 42  -  PHINWONG MALADJUSTED plus editor phin@mediacorp.com.sg Age isn't just a number it's a lie, I swear A FEW weeks ago, a highly resourceful friend of mine dug up an old picture of me completely unprovoked. There I was, innocently hanging out at his place, sucking
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        55 44 The Substation associate artist Raka Maitra presents In Mira, a stage performance mining the words of 13th-century poet-princess Mirabai of Rajasthan, whose poems are still sung today as part of the repertoire of classical Hindustani music. Jan 16 and 17, Bpm, DBS Arts Centre, 20 Merbau Road.
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        121 44 Sing Tel has launched Warner Brothers' shortform digital series Sorority Forever as a free value-added service for its iPhone and 3G mobile customers. From the director of Supernatural and The OC, Sorority Forever is a mystery drama that gives a peek into the secret society of the sorority.
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      238 44 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH CELEBRITYSKIN VICTORIA Beckham has followed husband David by stripping down to her underwear for designer Giorgio Armani. "Posh Spice" posed in a black bra, matching knickers and high heels for the sultry black-and-white shots. She is the new face of the Emporio Armani Women's Underwear range
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      456 48  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH RAZORLIGHT Guitarist Bjorn Agren claims psychic powers and smokecLsalmon bond the band 4) christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg THERE are many things in the universe we don't know: Did the Big Bang really happen? Does the Loch Ness monster really exist? Is there life on Mars? In the case of Anglo-Swed-ish
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      72 50 MAKING THE CITY COME ALIVE City Alive!, the post-Chingay street party, organised by the People's Association (PA) promises to be "Singapore's biggest street dance party". It will be held in front of the old City Hall and features DJs such as Sassy Pandez and KoFlow performing atop
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      308 50  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEWCHANGELING genevieveloh@media.corp. com. sg CLINT Eastwood's preachy, old-fashioned true story of one-woman's triumph set in the late '20s and early '30s is part serial-killer thriller, courtroom melodrama and bad cop expose. And that's the problem with Changeling the overstuffing of too many genres
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      197 50  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEW EDEN LAKE ALL middle-class couple Steve (Michael Fassbender) and Jenny (Kelly Reilly) wanted was a romantic weekend in a woodland idyll. But their eden is disturbed by a gang of rowdy teens on BMX bikes. A terrifying hunt ensues as the couple
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      181 50  -  MAYSEAH MOVIE REVIEWCHANDNI CHOWKTO CHINA TO START off, no, Chandni Chowk is not the name of an Indian buffoon who travels to China. It's the name of the busy market in Delhi from which the Indian buffoon who travels to China hails. Said buffoon is Sidhu
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      296 51 lUIUIII a of *9 OlilllK 1 if X STX OWCr Up your Life with the right colors According to the Chinese beliefs of Feng Shui, our fortune is based on one of the Five birth elements Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth. M Why Triumph Lingerie? V Lingerie is the
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      985 52 TV LISTINGS ON MEDJACORP CHANNEL 0 ON MEmACORP GHOST WHISPERER BANGED UP ABROAD Episod6 7 6.00 AM Entertainment Tonight 4.00 KyleXY 11.00 IsThat A Nail In Your Head? Scott And Lucy's Story 6.30 Prime Time Morning 5.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show Impalements Falls Channel 5,10pm g3O The ENen DeGeneres show
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      526 54  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE ATHLETICS SAA CEO resigns amid funding crisis linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg THE Singapore Athletic Association's (SAA) funding crisis has claimed its first casualty: Chief executive officer Christina Tay. Tay resigned from her position yesterday afternoon and will be serving two months of notice before leaving
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      277 54  -  LOW LIN FHOONG MARTIAL arts enthusiasts have more reason to pound their fists this new year with the official opening of the Evolve Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) gym at Selegie Road yesterday. Mixed martial arts combines martial disciplines from the East and West, including
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      607 56  -  TANYO-HINN TODAY EXCLUSIVE Keglers may have to pay more for their overseas trips as federation feel the pinch yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg OUR national bowlers may soon have to fork out more from their own pocket to compete overseas. The economic situation is expected to force a cut
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      251 56 THE GUARDIAN English Premiership Manchester United 1 Wigan o MANCHESTER Alex Ferguson has confirmed that Wayne Rooney (picture) suffered a hamstring injury during Manchester United's 1-0 victory over Wigan on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), an ailment the United manager expects will
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      1053 58  -  HENRYWINTER THEDAILYTELEGRAPH THE DAILYTELEGRAPH ENGLISH CLUB FOOTBALL City need a midfield enforcer, not another Brazilian superstar like Kaka < City have a soft centre that will lot be addressed by the recruitment of 26-year-old Kaka. He would shift shirts from Moss Side To
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      106 56 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 7am Golf Sony Open in Hawaii, Ch 26 10am Tennis Sydney International, Ch 22 11.30 am NBA Suns v Nuggets, Ch 24 6.35am-n.3spm Sports Zone Minutes Hourly Sports updates live on g3BLive SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER Italian League Torino Roma Sun, 18/01/09 10.00pm
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    475 60  -  TREVORTAN QUALITY GAMING The end of 2008 saw an explosion of quality role-playing games being released into the market. We review three top-notch RPGs and hope for more to come this year. trevor@mediacorp.com.sg Never a dull moment in this hack-n-slash PC GAME REVIEW SACRED 2:
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    372 60 XBOX 360/PS3/PC GAME REVIEW FALLOUT 3 BEING a long-time fan of the original two post-nuclear apocalyptic RPGs, I have waited a whole decade fora third instalment of Fallout. Finally, Fallout 3 is here! The opening sequences weave the story and your character creation so seamlessly you
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    412 60 XBOX 360 GAME REVIEW FABLE 2 XBOX 360's exclusive RPG, Fable 2, starts you off as a street-roaming kid in Albion, set 500 years after the original. Like the original Fable, when you keep doing good deeds, you become attractive. You even get
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      124 60 ITJTt ANNAMALAI S^P^ ISO 9001 j HMH INTERNATIONAL 'KjtXi UNIVERSITY aSjmftl CERTIFICATION *^f EDUCATION CONSULTANTS Annamalai University, India Quality And Student-friendly Distance Learning Programmes are on offer in SINGAPORE Contact seminars Examinations in SPORE Successful completion of 8 years in SPORE AMMAMAI Al Member of Association of Commonwealth Universities MNNMIVIMLMI
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    800 62  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN LOCAL WEBSITES TO WATCH 3 local Internet startups stake a claim to fame in cyberspace in rough times hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg DOWNTURN be damned. Sure, these might be tough times, but there's no stopping local tech startups from aiming big. Here are some promising
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      362 67 AGENCIES THE troubles at Satyam Computer Services have deepened after the Indian government said it had no plans to bail out the software company as investigators probe an alleged fraud. "The company has not asked for any package.
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      348 67 AGENCIES APPLE'S LEADING MAN Apple shares plunge after announcement by chief executive APPLE chief executive officer Steve Jobs, who said earlier this month that he was being treated for a nutritional ailment, will take a medical leave of absence until the end of June.
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      508 68  -  ROLAND LIM i\ Channel News Asia MONEY MIND HK businesses are the most pessimistic about 2009 hong kong bureau chief roland@channelnewsasia.com HONG Kong businesses are the world's most pessimistic about prospects and profitability, according to a recent survey by financial advisers Grant Thornton. They
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      259 68 AGENCIES TOKYO Sanyo Electric, the rechargeable battery maker being acquired by Panasonic Corp, is cutting 1,200 jobs worldwide as it tries to turn around its struggling semiconductor operations amid the global economic downturn. "In our semiconductor and related businesses we will cut 800
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      378 70 AGENCIES EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK FRANKFURT The European Central Bank (ECB) cut its main lending rate for the fourth time in a row as it tries to battle a deepening recession in the 16-nation eurozone. While many analysts had anticipated the ECB governing council's
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      224 70 BLOOMBERG HSBC Holdings and ÜBS may be liable for as much as US$3.2 billion ($4.8 billion) of losses linked to disgraced fund manager Bernard Madoff in a dispute over their duties as financial custodians of funds in Luxembourg and Ireland. At stake
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      211 70 AGENCIES HSBC Holdings shares fell to the lowest in 10 years in Hong Kong yesterday after Morgan Stanley analysts predicted declining earnings may force the bank to raise as much as US$3O billion ($45 billion) and cut its dividend in
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        68 73 Singapore retail sales fell for a second straight month in November as consumers reduced expenditure on vehicles, clothing and jewellery amid job losses in a deepening economic slump. The retail sales index dropped 3.4 per cent from a year earlier, after a 3.6 per cent decline in
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        125 73  -  CONRAD RAJ The economic downturn continues to take its toll on airlines, with Singapore Airlines reporting a 4.9 per cent drop in its overall load factor last month from Dec 2007. Worst hit was air cargo, with the load factor declining 6.8 percentage points to 55.2 per
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        97 73 938 LIVE The takeover of Singapore Food Industries (SFI) by Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats) will not come under further regulatory scrutiny. In a filing with the Singapore Exchange, Sats said the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) would not be referring
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        Lock icon ALLGREEN UNIT NIXES PLANS FOR THREE CHINESE SITES
        65 73 DOW JONES Singapore-listed developer Allgreen Properties said its subsidiary Jeston Investments had decided to cancel development plans forthree sites in China due to weak "current economic conditions". Jeston bought the three sites for RM81.7 billion ($372 million) in a joint bid with
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      258 73 AGENCIES SGX EARNINGS SINGAPORE Exchange's (SGX) second-quarter earnings fell by 52 per cent due largely to lower trading volumes and the bourse indicated that the global slowdown would crimp the flow of new listings. "In a market situation as unprecedented as today, nothing is unaffected," SGX chief
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        70 74 $2.70 I Neutral ÜBS downgrades the palm oil giant from "Buy" and cuts the target price to $3.00 from $3.26 to reflect a more conservative net gearing assumption due to uncertainties in credit markets. ÜBS expects crude palm oil prices to be on a downtrend in 2009 on the
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        80 74 $8.20 I Buy ABN Amro maintains its rating, but cuts the target price to $11.00 from $14.40 following its recently announced rights issue. The brokerage says: "DBS' underperformance relative to Singapore banks and to the broader market since the start of 2008 has brought its valuation to a multi-year
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        91 74 66.5 cents I Outperform CIMB cuts the price target to 96 cents from $1.05 after lowering the FYO9-10 earnings forecasts by 12 per cent to assume reduced margins from its marine and energy services business and higher taxes. But it retains its rating, citing an undemanding current valuation of
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        19 74 Wednesday 1,764.82 A 0.16% Tuesday 1,761.82 T 2.16% Monday 1,776.25 v 1.65% Friday 1,806.22 T 1.18%
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        25 74 iang Seng 13,242.96 T 3-37% Jikkei 8,023.31 T 4.92% lhanghai 1,920.21 T 0.45% ieoul 1,111.34 6.03% /lumbai 9,046.74 T 3-45% :LComp 897.45 i-8%
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        22 74 JS$i :i euro k$i !Mi $1,498 ¥100 Si.677 $2,186 HKSioo $19.29 $1,960 RMB100 $21.90 $0,990 RS100 $3,054 $0,417 RPio,ooo $1,333
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      194 74 ESTHER FUNG Touch-screen panels and cafe-type seats are some of the things you can enjoy at SingTel's new retail outlet in Jurong Point. This interactive multimedia concept will be rolled out to its other 10 hello! shops over the next two to three years, as Sing Tel
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      629 74  -  LEONGWEEKEAT TRADING OFFENCES MAS begins civil proceedings in two cases of securities violations weekeat@mediacorp.com. sg THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has begun civil penalty proceedings in two separate cases in the High Court. Today understands this is the first time the financial regulator is
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      312 74  -  KELVIN CHOW kdvinc@mediacorp.com.sg THE grey clouds hovering over the private property market here have gotten even darker. Islandwide launches of new private homes last month slumped to a record low since the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) started releasing the monthly data in June 2007.
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      354 80 c^L^vr^rnf **e* a **ure w'n Dp w'th every '*em \^^Jj ™™™JW Gain City wishes you a Happy Prosperous Chinese New Year. Our showrooms will be closed from 25 to 27 Jan 2009 for the Chinese New Year. We will resume operations on 28th Jan 2009. ,^►'4 X Model: FXIOO /S&tSvßtl
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