Today, 20 January 2009

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    10 1 TODAY Tuesday January 20, 2oog www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Agatha Koh Brazil
    29 1 Our Voices Editor has Coffee With a compassionate doctor Tan Chek Wee who champions the elderly poor, the environment and stray cats and dogs. Page 18
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    NEWS
    43 1 Toxic notes The resolution of complaints by structured notes investors may be in its final phase, but parliamentarians have questions about the resolution process For instance: What part did the three independent persons appointed by the 10 financial institutions play? Page 4
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    WORLD
    40 1 Gaza pullout Israel may withdraw all of its troops from the Gaza Strip by the time Barack Obama is inaugurated as US President today. "We didn't set out to conquer Gaza," says Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Page 14
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    Ill-timed article cooks up a storm
    566 1  -  ANSLEYNG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg HIS five-week family trip to Paris to learn cooking at the famed Le Cordon Bleu culinary school appeared as a self-penned travelogue in The Straits Times on Jan 6. Soon, Mr Tan Yong Soon's article was re-appearing in blogs and Internet forums
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    30,000 new jobs this year
    611 1  -  ESTHER FUNG FRESH GRADS' PROSPECTS Some growth sectors, but will losses outstrip creation? esther@mediacorp.com. sg GIVEN the worsening news each day in the papers, it's no wonder some final-year undergraduates are having sleepless nights over their job prospects. Mr Wong Tsz Ming, 25, is one
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  • NEWS
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      $1.54m for top public servants, after 20% cut
      303 2 TWO months after it announced hefty reductions in the 2009 pay for Ministers and top civil servants, the Government said the cuts will be a little deeper than expected, as the speed of the downward economic spiral took policymakers by surprise. And
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      Assertions are 'untenable'
      415 2  -  ANSLEYNG Law Minister responds to comments by Law Society president ansley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE lacks detailed statistics on crime and punishment? How about the recidivism, or crime relapse, rate of 24.2 percent "one of the lowest in the world" Law Minister X Shanmugam offered yesterday in Parliament. It is
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      Lock icon Keeping an eye beyond the 'now'
      643 3  -  ESTHER FUNG BUDGET 2009 Farsighted steps to save jobs, investments in R&D and education remain key say analysts esther@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE Thursday's Budget is likely to include a slew of measures to help businesses cope with the current tough times, industry experts also expect the
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      Result a fair one: Lim
      376 4  -  LEONGWEEKEAT TODAY IN PARLIAMENT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg WITH the resolution of investors' complaints now moving into its final phase, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) which is reviewing the way structured investment products are marketed and sold to retail investors will issue a public consultation on the
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    • IN PARLIAMENT
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        DISCONNECTION CASES STABLE
        97 4 Despite rising tariffs, the number of electricity accounts disconnected remained stable between December 2007 and last November. Overall, 29,225 households had their power disconnected and 29,133 accounts were reconnected, according to SP Services data. For October and November, after fourth quarter tariffs rose about 21 per cent,
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        241 PUBLIC CLAIMS IN 3 YEARS
        118 4 The Attorney-General's Chambers handled 241 "serious" public liability claims over the last three years. Of these, 125 cases were settled out of court with payment and 81 with no payment, said Law Minister X Shanmugam. "Of the 35 cases that went to court, payments
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      Up to 1,000 debtors may benefit
      307 4  -  LINYANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com. sg A NEW scheme to help debtors avoid bankruptcy while assuring creditors of repayment got Parliament's vote of approval yesterday. But why open this scheme only to those employed with a regular income stream, omitting debtors who are sole proprietors or partners
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      THEY CAN ENTER BUSINESS CONTRACTS BUT NOT VOTE
      111 4  -  LINYANQIN Eighteen-year-olds can now serve as directors of companies and start legal proceedings or defend against lawsuits in their own names but they will still not be able to vote in elections, as such personal choices require "necessary maturity", said Senior Minister
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      High-income earners going no frills
      161 6 IT SHOULDN'T come as a surprise that more and more people are switching to house brands, but what is telling about these times is that an increasing number of middle- and high-income households are also doing so. They are now buying, in particular, no-frills rice,
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon BOY DIES IN ROAD ACCIDENT
        96 6 ONG DAI LIN A nine-year-old boy crossing the road at Clementi Avenue 4 died yesterday following an accident involving a lorry. The Singapore Civil Defence Force was alerted at 4.48pm. The boy, a Singaporean Chinese, was sent to the National University Hospital where he was
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        INDIA OUTSOURCES PASSPORT COLLECTION
        72 6 The Indian High Commission in Singapore is outsourcing its passport collection service from Thursday, appointing two centres forthis: Quoprro Global Services Pte Ltd (www.ihc-sing-quoprro.sg) and Mustafa Air Travel (www.mustafa.com.sg). It has also added three more centres for visa collection, a service outsourced since 2007. These are
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      Lock icon Inspiring the young
      416 6  -  SUFIANSUDERMAN FACE-TO-FACE WITH NOBEL LAUREATES Curiosity is key to success, says this Nobel Laureate sufian@mediacorp.com. sg SIR Anthony Leggett had no background in science during his school days. And it did not surprise anyone that he chose to do Latin and Greek for his undergraduate studies because
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        NIE STUDENTS ONTHE RISE
        109 8 With the Ministry of Education stepping up its recruitment efforts over the past year, there has been almost a three-fold increase in the number of students enrolled for the Bachelor of Art/Bachelor of Science in Education at the National Institute of Education: 470 students for the
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        Lock icon FOOD FROM THE HEART
        99 8 Oil, rice, canned food, and a red packet too. These were what 1,000 needy families found in their goodie bags yesterday when they received $40,000 worth of Chinese New Year goodies as part of a food distribution programme by voluntary welfare organisation Food From The Heart.
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      Lock icon The cost of all-out growth
      431 8  -  TEOXUANWEI SINGAPORE PERSPECTIVES SEMINAR Forum speakers urge Govt to lead charge in reducing costs xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE the Government's "grow-at-all-cost" policy has brought Singapore from third-world to first in one generation, it could be time to change tack, said speakers at an Institute of Policy Studies
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      Getting S'poreans to remain rooted
      448 8  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com. sg EVEN as Singapore inches closer to its goal of being a world-class city, and its citizens are exhorted to think globally, what efforts have been made to get cosmopolitan Singaporeans aware of opportunities elsewhere to remain rooted to their homeland? Besides, won't
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  • WORLD
    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon CHEN SHUI-BIAN PUBLISHES PRISON DIARYTO PROCLAIM INNOCENCE
        101 10 AFP Former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian, who has been in jail for more than two months awaiting trial on corruption charges, published a prison diary yesterday that proclaims his innocence. Publication of the 246-page Taiwan's Cross coincided with Mr Chen's first court appearance
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        Lock icon AUSTRALIAN JAILED FORTHREE YEARS FOR INSULTING THAI ROYALS
        98 10 AFP An Australian writer was sentenced to three years in jail by a Thai court yesterday after he pleaded guilty to insulting Thailand's revered royal family in his novel, Verisimilitude. Mr Harry Nicolaides, 41, appeared in court looking gaunt, with his limbs
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        Lock icon INDON PRESIDENT ALLAYS TERROR FEARS OVER BLAZE
        106 10 AFP A massive fire at a fuel depot on Sunday was not the result of a terrorist attack, said Indonesian President Susilo BambangYudhoyono. A senior official for Pertamina, the state oil and gas company which owns the depot, said the fire began as
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      Lock icon China warns of bird flu risk
      333 10 AGENCIES AVIAN FLU Second fatality in a month rings alarms as Lunar New Year looms BEIJING China warned yesterday of a rising bird flu risk after a second person died of the virus in less than a month, and said it could be especially
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      Lock icon Cheaters go high-tech on civil service exam
      264 10 AGENCIES SHANGHAI More than 1,000 applicants were caught cheating on China's civil servant exams, with some using spy technology such as micro-earpieces and wireless transmitters. More than 300 were caught in the act during the Nov 30 exam, while about 700 others were
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      Lock icon Two ministers axed in Seoul shake-up
      160 10 AGENCIES SEOUL —South Korean President Lee Myung Bak replaced two key Cabinet ministers for finance and North Korean affairs in a shakeup yesterday as Seoul copes with its gravest economic crisis in a decade and the heightened tensions with North Korea. With Asia's fourth-largest
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      Lock icon Israel to pull out troops
      344 14 AGENCIES TURMOIL IN GAZA It may happen before Obama inauguration today JERUSALEM Israel hopes to pull all its troops out of the Gaza Strip by the time Mr Barack Obama is inaugurated as President of the United States today. Israel made this plan known at
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        BUSH SHOE-THROWER SEEKS ASYLUM
        112 14 An Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President George Bush in Baghdad last month is seeking political asylum in Switzerland, said a Geneva lawyer yesterday. Muntazer Al Zaidi gained international fame when he threw his shoes at Mr Bush during the President's farewell visit to
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        Lock icon JAIL FOR IRANIANS IN US-BACKED PLOT
        102 14 AGENCIES Two internationally-renowned Iranian physicians were among four men sentenced to undisclosed jail terms for allegedly participating in a United States-backed plot to overthrow Iran's Islamic regime, it was reported yesterday. The state news agency IRNA said scientists Arash and Kamyar Alaei, and the
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      Bring back the 'wow' factor in Umno: Muhyiddin
      223 14 MANAMA (Bahrain) Malaysia's ruling party United Malays National Organisation (Umno) needs to regain the "wow" factor that makes people sit up and take notice of the party, in the wake of the national coalition's loss in the Kuala Terengganu byelection, said the
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      Lock icon Obama to echo Kennedy
      398 15 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH US PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION Call to Americans to replace "anything goes' culture with vera of responsibility' WASHINGTON Mr Barack Obama's aides said the President-Elect's first words as President would hark back to late President John F Kennedy's plea to "ask not what your country can
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      Lock icon Pinnacle of a long struggle
      232 15 AP New York —When Barack Obama was born in 1961, the marriage of his black father and white mother would have been illegal in half the United States, and blacks across the South were virtually barred from voting. As Mr Obama becomes the first black
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      How much, and to whom?
      217 16  -  Leong Sze Hian TOXIC NOTES COMPENSATION Letter from I REFER to the report "Toxic notes: 58% to be compensated" (Jan 17). The high percentage of complainants being offered full or partial compensation puts Singapore well ahead of Hong Kong, and also in terms of the
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      Leave scheme aimed at citizens
      273 16  -  Ng Mie Ling Letter from Coordinating Director Family Development Group Ministry Of Community Development, Youth And Sports WE REFER to the letter, "Non-citi-zens need childcare leave, too", by Mr Edwin Regio (Jan 15). The 2008 Marriage and Parenthood (M&P) package, including the recently-implemented enhanced childcare
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      236 18  -  DRJAMES DOBSON BY NO TWO CHILDREN ARE ALIKE If every grain of sand at the seashore is unique, and every snowflake that falls is different, how simplistic to think that human beings are identical at the moment of birth that they come into the world as
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      Lock icon THE OUTSPOKEN DOC
      897 18  -  AGATHA KOH BRAZIL COFFEEWITH voices editor agatha@mediacorp.com.sg From strays to the elderly, this healthcare physician isn't afraid to air his views KEEPING yoga free of religious bias, subsidised healthcare for foreign workers, showing gratitude to nursing home staff these are some subjects Dr Tan Chek Wee has
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      Family matters
      833 20  -  MAYO MARTIN FRINGE FESTO9 Family theme makes this edition of the Fest a hit "ART and Family" was the theme for the recently concluded Ml Singapore Fringe Festival '09. So it was quite apt that a family of five trooped down to The Substation on Saturday to watch
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      Lock icon The star-studded banner
      389 22 AP US PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION CONCERT An A-list party for Obama, led by Beyonce, Bono UNDER the gaze of Abraham Lincoln's statue, Bruce Springsteen and a red-robed gospel choir kicked off a spirited inaugural concert on Sunday before tens of thousands on the National Mall in Washington. The
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      Who wants to be a tourist?
      352 23  -  MAYSEAH NEW GAME SHOW Fiona Xie and Zhang Yao Dong share travel tips on Channel B#s8 #s Want a Holiday may@mediacorp.com. sg WANT a Holiday is a new travelogue game show on Channel 8 that's all about getting around. At the first taping session
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    • PLUS ROUNDUP
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        DAPHNE KHOOIN CONCERT
        49 23 The first of the Esplanade's popular Late Nite concert series kicks off with Daphne Khoo. The singer-songwriter's 2007 debut album, Desperate, won her the Best Breakout Solo Artist award at the 2008 Singapore Music Awards. Friday, 9.30pm at the Esplanade Studio. Tickets at $25 from Sistic.
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        LITTLE NYONYA, BIG REUNION
        63 23 The cast of The Little Nyonya are having their Chinese New Year reunion dinner at a Peranakan restaurant, and you're invited. In a one-hour special, they'll share their most memorable moments and bloopers from the filming process and explaining the fates of their characters. Catch The
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        CLONE WARS GIVEAWAY
        61 23 If you've always wanted a helmet that makes your voice sound like a Clone Trooper's, then the universe loves you. This month, Channel 5 is giving away $4,500 worth of Clone Wars merchandise, including said headgear. Catch Clone Wars on Saturdays at gpm on MediaCorp TV Channel
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      Say no to these pairings
      739 24  -  EVELINE GAN FOOD-DRUG HAZARD Mixing certain foods, drugs can be harmful to the body eveline@mediacorp.com. sg BELINDA (not her real name) used to love drinking star fruit juice. Now, she avoids it like the plague. The 29-year-old, who has leukaemia, is currently on an anti-cancer
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      Lock icon Keep your mind on track
      315 24 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH ROUTINE makes life easier, but it also makes it less challenging. Keep your brain on its toes by getting it to do something new today. On your journey home, why not read a book or magazine from a genre you don't usually choose, to
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      341 27  -  RAJ KUMAR IN KUALA LUMPUR rajkumar@mediacorp.com.sg THE Asean Basketball League (ABL) will kick off in September with at least eight teams from around the region, including the Singapore Slingers. In a huge boost for the game here, the Slingers have committed to
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      534 27  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Lions coach angry after team's capitulation against Iran shamir@mediacorp.com. sg RADOJKO Avramovic is not a happy man. After Singapore's 6-0 drubbing at the hands of Iran last Wednesday in their opening Group E 2011 Asian Cup qualifier, it is no surprise that
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      387 28 AFP ENGLISH CLUB FOOTBALL United boss to keep faith with reserves and give them a huge incentive League Cup semi-final, 2nd leg Manchester United v Derby (Derby leads 1-0) MANCHESTER Alex Ferguson expects to learn a great deal about his current youngsters when Manchester United
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      230 28 AGENCIES MILAN Kaka's (picture) father and chief adviser, Bosco Leite, was expected to arrive in Italy yesterday to discuss his son's possible record transfer from AC Milan to Manchester City. Bosco's first order of business will be a private meeting with
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      380 29  -  Vijay Amritraj AUSTRALIAN OPEN Amritraj says Federer could benefit from lack of expectation FOR THE first time in a long while, a tennis year will start with Roger Federer not the favourite in the men's draw for the opening Grand Slam of the season. The Australian
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      256 29 The 55-year-old believes poor form and the pressure of defending the title could hinder Djokovic. Fitness will be the worry for Nadal, especially with his knee injuries, and that could open the door for Murray to continue his phenomenal season last year. Amritraj has been impressed with
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      55 28 SPORTS ON TV TODAY Bam Tennis Australian Open 2009, Mens/Womens Ist Round, Ch 24 4.30pm Tennis Australian Open 2009, Mens/Womens Ist Round, Ch 24 TOMORROW 4am League Cup Man United v Derby County, Ch 27 Bam Tennis Australian Open 2009, Mens/Womens 2nd Round, Ch 24 6.35am-n.3spm Sports Zone Minutes Hourly
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      661 30  -  PEARLYNTHAM NEW MEDIA peartyn@mediacorp.com.sg AS A veteran marketing strategist, Mr Rishad Tobaccowala's job scope involves advising firms on how to call out to potential customers. But ask him what he would invent if he could create a device and the answer is, ironically: "Something that can
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      90 30 A WEALTH OF AUSPICIOUS CUISINE Hai Tien Lo Celebrate Chinese New Year in traditional culinary splendour at Pan Pacific Singapore. From imperial Lunch dinner menus, takeaway Cantonese feasts at Hai Tien Lo, Champagne-paired all-you-can-eat at Global Kitchen to exquisite ary y; Japanese ju sheng at Keyaki and sumptuous barbecue platters
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      506 31 AGENCIES UK LENDING STIMULUS Latest measures to save UK banks will cost at least another $220 billion PRIME Minister Gordon Brown's government tightened its grip on Britain's financial system, guaranteeing toxic assets and giving the Bank of England unprecedented power to buy securities. The plan will
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      182 31 BLOOMBERG TECHNOLOGY, shipping and property companies are among Asia-Pacific borrowers facing increasing refinancing risk and cash shortages due to worsening conditions in the capital markets, according to Moody's Investors Service. Of some 220 non-financial companies in the region outside Japan that are rated
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        133 33  -  KELVIN CHOW Companies will now be liable if any of their employees are found guilty of market misconduct, under an amendment passed yesterday to the Securities and Futures Act. Previously, a company will be held responsible if its employees
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        113 33 In an extension of its emergency powers, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) can now appoint "statutory advisors" to "provide advice to an approved exchange or designated clearing house on the proper management of its business". Emergency situations include the likely insolvency of the exchange or
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        135 33  -  ESTHER FUNG Approved Government-backed loans rose 30 per cent last month to $80 million, compared to $62 million in the same period a year ago, said Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang. The month saw almost 500 applications, he added. But Mr
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        111 33 The overall value of investments by Temasek Holdings and the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) has fallen by less than the decline in global equity markets for two reasons, Finance MinisterTharman Shanmugaratnam said yesterday in response to a question from Non-Constituency Member
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        66 34 MARITIME (22 cents) I Outperform Macquarie cuts price target for the company to $0.81 from $1.45, saying "the sharp drop in oil prices will indirectly affect charter rates, which will adversely affect Mermaid's profitability." But it maintains its rating, saying the stock is trading below replacement value. It estimates
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        52 34 ($1.61) I Underperform Credit Suisse downgrades the rig-builder from "Neutral" and slashes target price to $0.95 from $2.15 on worries over its major customer Petromena. The brokerage estimates Petromena and its related company LOG Rig jointly owe more than US$l.2 billion to SembMarine 20 per cent of its net
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        115 34 ($11.90) I Buy ABN Amro cuts target price for the bank to $14 from $17 after lowering FY2OOB-2010 earnings forecasts by an average 15.5 per cent to assume slower loan growth and higher bad debt charges due to weak economic outlook. It keeps its rating for UOB, saying current
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        20 34 M2EEm\mBBiEMW^EEiiiM Friday 1,730.45 A 1.55% Thursday 1,704.06 T 3-44% Wednesday 1,764.82 A 0.16% Tuesday 1,761.82 T 2.16%
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        27 34 Lang Seng 13,339.99 A 0.64% Jikkei 8,265.85 A 0.32% lhanghai 1,986.67 A 1.65% leoul 1,150.65 A 1.36% /lumbai 9,329.57 A 0.06% ;LComp 890.28 T 0.69%
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        22 34 JS$i :i euro k$i !Mi $1,493 ¥100 Si.653 $2,178 HKsioo $19.25 $1,969 RMB100 $21.85 $1,002 RS100 $3,071 $0,417 RPio,ooo $1,347
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      665 34  -  TAN HUI LENG NEW INVESTMENTS EDB will focus on preserving and creating jobs by helping existing investors here huileng@mediacorp.com.sg CIVIL servants tasked with attracting big investors to set up shop here will have to work extra hard in the months ahead and some may feel like they're
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      353 34  -  KELVIN CHOW kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg COMPANIES may have to apply for a slew of permits before they can bring in "essential" building materials such as sand, under proposed new laws. The aim is to ensure a "secure and reliable supply in Singapore of such materials of
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      181 34 JADE Technologies' foray into coal mining has been anything but smooth. The company said yesterday it was in talks with its joint venture partner to discontinue and unwind its investments in the Mount Galugau mine in Indonesia after it was deemed not commercially viable. It
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