Today, 13 March 2009, Afternoon Edition

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  • 20 1 TODAY Friday March 13, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Friday March 13, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    • 29 1 GM okay this month General Motors will not need US$2 billion to survive this month, while Chrysler says it still needs aid to do so. Page Bl
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    • 22 1 A narrow escape The crew of the International Space Station had a close call with space junk yesterday. Page 25
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    • 20 1 City beat Aalborg Manchester City beat Aalborg 2-0 in the Uefa Cup's round of 16 yesterday. Page 56
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    • 578 1  -  ESTHER FUNG KELVIN CHOW INVESTOR SAFEGUARDS MAS puts proposals up for public consultation esther@mediacorp.com.sg SHE and her husband had gone to the bank for a simple transaction, when the teller asked if they were keen on higher returns and referred them to a relationship manager who
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    • 530 1  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg AT 17, when his peers were worrying about their grades, Mr Lawrence Kirn sold his piano for $2,000 and made his first business foray peddling business cards printed on his home PC. Ten years on, the Singapore Management University (SMU) undergraduate has since sold the
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  • NEWS
    • 410 2  -  ALICIA WONG TOH CHRISTOPHER ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY' MEDIA SECTOR alicia@mediacorp.com. sg THE music industry is "in the doldrums" and while some local films have met with critical acclaim overseas, they are not exactly moneyspinners. All this, the Media Development Authority hopes to change over
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    • 93 2  -  ALICIA WONG Come next month, media professionals can try out attachments with local and overseas media outlets, with the Media Development Authority (MDA) co-funding up to one year of the attachment. The Media Training and Attachment programme will match 150 media professionals to projects and companies.
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    • 213 2  -  ALICIAWONG A TECHNICAL "routing glitch" caused an email that originated from the Star Hub office to be sent to some of its customers. But the telco said yesterday that it had "immediately disabled the auto-routing process". The email a copy of which was obtained by Today
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    • 483 3 MALAYSIAN POLITICS But opposition claims investigation is a result of power struggle in Umno KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's ruling party was rocked yesterday by a high-level investigation involving bribery allegations and a prominent minister preparing to run in a party election that will shape the next
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    • 222 4  -  ESTHER FUNG Currently, the last resort for investors who feel they have been misled into buying structured products is a costly, timeconsuming lawsuit. But if proposed changes come about, they could, in future, pursue their claims more easily under a "coat-tail" provision. "Affected investors can ride
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    • 477 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG PET SHOP GIVEAWAY Public outcry over hamster promotion leads to its halt cheekong@mediacorp.com. sg SPEND $35 at a pet shop and you can take a hamster home for free. If you hold a PAssion Card a membership card for grassroots leaders you only
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    • S'PORE ROUNDUP
      • 92 6 Madam Habebah Binte Mohammed (picture), 38, who has dwarfism, has to rely on taxis to go out on weekends. To show her appreciation to the cabbies, she along with other clients of the Society for the Physically Disabled —will dedicate the next four weeks to helping taxi
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      • 97 6 President S R Nathan, acting on the advice of his council of advisers, has approved the Government's request to draw on past reserves for Financial Year 2009. The amount to be drawn will be up to $3,375 billion to fund the Jobs Credit scheme
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    • 399 8  -  ONG DAI LIN MARSILING MURDER He could still work before murder, so he did not have mental problems: Prosecution dailin@mediacorp.com.sg A BUS driver who killed his teenage step-daughter was convicted of murder yesterday by the High Court and sentenced to hang. Ong Pang Siew (picture), 46, killed
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • 134 8  -  ZULOTHMAN A 45-year-old man was charged in the Subordinate Court yesterday with murder. According to a police statement, Madialagan Munusami was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the death of Cong Cheng Li, 44, who had died two days earlier. The victim was believed to
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      • 147 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A former Navy staff sergeant has been accused of allowing safe sea passage for cigarette smugglers and was charged yesterday in court with six counts of bribery. Gavin Bertram Lazaroo (picture), 29, was working forthe Republic of Singapore Navy and attached to the
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    • 401 10  -  ZULOTHMAN TRIALOF BUDDHIST MONK zul@mediacorp.com.sg THERE may be the "occasional weak judge who might fall", but there is a limit to any "apprehension of unfairness" in court that accused persons might feel in cases of conflict of interest, according to Justice Choo Han Teck.
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    • 365 10  -  ZULOTHMAN MR TAN Chia Yong got an earful when rag-and-bone man Ng Kirn Ngweng called the government's feedback hotline on Jan 12. Yesterday, it was the court's turn to hear the latter's hour-long tirade against Member of Parliament Denise Phua. On trial for criminal intimidation,
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    • 229 12  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg TWELVE-year-old Laura Ong has several ambitions: Writer, doctor, engineer. The Greenridge Primary School student told Today: "I'm attracted to engineering because my father is an engineer." Yesterday, she got a little help to decide on her future path. She was among some
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    • 493 12  -  LEONGWEEKEAT SEXUAL HARASSMENT Poll finds that four in 10 female undergrads are victims weekeat@mediacorp.com. sg THE man beside her repeatedly brushed against her leg. Ms Nicole Oh at first thought nothing of his actions as the bus was crowded. But when he smiled at her just as
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    • 155 14 TWO Singaporean members of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist network have been released from detention. Mr Mohamed Ellias s/o Mohamed Khan and Mr Ja'afar Mistooki were freed on Jan 5, the Ministry of Home Affairs said yesterday. The two men were arrested in December 2001
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    • 523 14  -  ALICIA WONG CRITICAL ILLNESS Some plans allow patients to claim only once a month alicia@mediacorp.com.sg HE NEVER bothered to examine the details of his insurance policy because he never thought that he would get cancer. So when Mr Ang, a 34-year-old surveyor, heard
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    • 267 16 938 LIVE THE Institute of Technical Education has received $400,000 from the National Youth Council to allow more students to participate in overseas community work. Already, ITE has taken part in more than 40 youth expedition projects since 2006 and has sent about 1,000
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    • 319 16 AFP WHALE SHARKS LOCAL animal welfare groups are teaming up with their international counterparts for a public awareness campaign online opposing plans by Resorts World at Sentosa to import whale sharks for its oceanarium. The seven groups on Wednesday launched a website which calls on the
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    • 194 16 OUT-of-work executives are hunkering down for a prolonged job search. Most of those polled in the Korn/Ferry International Executive Quiz have never experienced a lengthy job search, but expectations are changing. Of the 1,000 unemployed executives surveyed worldwide, 83 per cent predict they will
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    • 110 16 When it comes to bonuses, Singapore organisations are conservative, compared to their Asia Pacific counterparts. In a study by Hewitt Associates, a global human resources consulting company, 72 per cent of companies here expect to pay smaller bonuses to top executives this year. About
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  • WORLD
    • 494 18 AGENCIES INDONESIAN POLITICS JAKARTA The leaders of Indonesia's two biggest political parties signed an agreement on shared goals yesterday amid speculation they could join forces against President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Vice-Presidentjusuf Kalla, who heads the Golkar party which is currently in a coalition
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    • 343 18 AGENCIES WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama welcomed Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi to the White House yesterday as both powers tried to defuse military tensions and focus on stabilising the global economy. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said he expected
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    • 217 18 AP China criticised the United States yesterday for damaging bilateral ties and meddling in its internal affairs by passing a resolution recognising the plight of Tibet's people and their exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. It was the second time in as many days
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    • 432 20 AGENCIES NORTH KOREA Satellite launch will take place April 4-8 SEOUL In an apparent attempt to mollify international concerns about a rocket launch that many suspect is a disguised long-range missile test, North Korea has notified international agencies that it plans to fire a satellite into space
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    • 149 20 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Six people will be charged today for defacing the Perak Sultan's website, in a move which appears to be aimed at quelling criticisms against the royalty. The six will be the first people to be charged under
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    • 274 20 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Most Malaysians surveyed want their views considered in choosing Umno leaders and they also say that corruption is the most serious problem afflicting the party that has provided every prime minister since independence in 1957. In
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    • 168 21 PETALING JAVA Malaysian policemen will ride on public buses and other forms of public transport in Kuala Lumpur in an effort to deter crime, a newspaper said yesterday. The Star quoted Petaling Jayang police chief ACP Arjunaidi Mohamed as saying
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    • 184 21 AFP BANGKOK Thailand has again switched the venue of a long-delayed meeting of South-east Asian leaders and key regional counterparts, saying yesterday it would now be held in the beach resort of Pattaya. The change comes just a week after the southern tourist isle
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    • 553 21 AFP THAI POLITICS He has just enough for travelling but is considering investment in telecoms HONG KONG Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra made a rare, if virtual, appearance in Hong Kong yesterday, and the telecoms billionaire said his exile had left him strapped for cash.
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    • 245 23 AFP CROSS-STRAITSTIES BEIJING China is looking to build a train line linking the mainland with Taiwan to boost trade ties between the two sides, the Chinese Railways Minister said in comments published yesterday. Mr Liv Zhijun said the government was "actively planning" the rail
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    • 229 23 AFP BEIJING China announced plans to assist millions of unemployed migrant workers with increases in grain subsidies and rural infrastructure projects, a top Agriculture Ministry official said yesterday. The collapse in global demand for Chinese toys, shoes and other goods has forced 20 million migrants out
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    • 174 23 AFP SYDNEY Australian researchers said yesterday they had found no proof that high-tech running shoes improve athletic performance. Newcastle University physiologist Craig Richards said the myth of the modern running shoe had exploded into a vast industry since the 1970s but a study
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    • 443 25 AP AFTERNOON LATEST Crew takes refuge in Soyuz capsule until danger from space junk passes WASHINGTON The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) had a close call with space junk yesterday (early today, Singapore time). The three astronauts briefly took refuge inside a
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    • 178 25 AP ST JOHN'S (Newfoundland) Rescuers searched freezing waters for 16 people yesterday after a helicopter reported mechanical problems and ditched into the Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland, officials said. Of the 18 on board, one person was rescued and one body was
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    • 320 26 AGENCIES ALABAMA SHOOTING SAMSON (Alabama) The man who killed 10 people and committed suicide in a rampage across Alabama on Tuesday had struggled to keep a job and left behind lists of employers and co-workers he believed had wronged him, said the authorities. The lists
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    • 249 26 AFP BERLIN A German teenager who shot 15 people dead announced in an Internet chatroom before his rampage that he had weapons which he planned to use, an official said yesterday. Mr Heribert Rech, Interior Minister of the the southern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, where the
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    • 350 29 AFP ISRAELI POLITICS Far-right parties demand housing, education ministries JERUSALEM Israeli settler parties yesterday told Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu they will not join his Cabinet unless he bows to their demands on ministerial posts, piling on the pressure as he scrambles to form a government by
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    • 191 29 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Security forces on both sides of the Irish border are hunting for a bomb, after receiving intelligence reports that the Real Irish Republican Army (IRA) has smuggled a large device into Northern Ireland from the south, The Guardian has learned. The alert
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    • 158 29 AFP BAGHDAD An Iraqi court yesterday sent the journalist who threw his shoes at former US President George W Bush to three years in prison. Muntazer Al Zaidi, a 30-year-old television journalist, had pleaded not guilty at the hearing in the Iraq Central Criminal
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    • 186 30 AP TEHRAN The lawyer for Roxana Saberi, 31, the detained Ira-nian-American journalist said on Wednesday she was in good spirits and appeared healthy when he met with her for the second time this week. Mr Reza Saberi also said he spoke briefly on the phone
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    • 299 30 AGENCIES PAKISTAN UNREST But scores of political party workers set off for Islamabad ISLAMABAD The authorities arrested at least 60 more people yesterday, as they extended a nationwide crackdown aimed at thwarting opposition activists' plans to march on Pakistan's capital and surround the country's Parliament. The authorities
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    • 249 30 AFP MANILA More than half the police officers in the Philippines, which is battling to control serious crime, do not have handguns, a senior official said yesterday. The Philippines National Police (PNP) did not have enough money to properly arm its 125,000
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    • 654 32  -  JAMES DENSELOW THEGUARDIAN NEWS COMMENT What role will the rearmed military play once US troops leave? WILL Iraq's new beefed-up army become the guardian of a fragile democracy, or the death of it? Two of the Brookings Institute's senior foreign policy experts returned from a
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    • 967 40  - You've come a long way, i- Weekly CHRISTOPHER TOH 28YEARS IN PRINT Staying relevant and some great covers have been key to the magazine's success christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg FOR some people, 28 years is a long time. Heck, some of my colleagues weren't even a twinkle in their parents' eyes 28 years
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    • 198 48 AP A NICE guy and a nice girl finished last on American Idol. Jorge Nunez, the 20-year-old college student from Puerto Rico, and Jasmine Murray, the 16-year-old high school student from Mississippi, were the first two finalists eliminated from the competition yesterday. Murray sang
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    • 215 50  -  MAYSEAH MOVIE REVIEW ITHETALE OF DESPEREAUX may@mediacorp.com. sg ONCE upon a time, there was an animated movie with one big selling point. It starred a really, really cute mouse. In the kingdom of Dor, rats, mice, and humans have lived segregated from one
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    • 478 52  -  GENEVIEVELOH NIGHTLIFE Where to party it up this weekend j genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg IF YOU'RE at a loss for what to do with yourself this weekend and your head feels like it's stuck in a watermelon, look no further than our very own backyard for a plethora of
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    • 495 56 AFP AFTERNOON LATEST Hughes and his men have chance to take club into last eight UEFACUP Round of 16, First Leg Manchester City 2 Aalborg o MANCHESTER(EngIand) Manchester City put one foot in the Uefa Cup quarter-finals with a 2-0 win over Danish side Aalborg
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    • 64 56 AP MANCHESTER Police are investigating an allegation of common assault against Inter Milan managerjose Mourinho, it was reported yesterday. The former Chelsea boss allegedly clashed with a supporter near the Inter team bus as he left Manchester United's Old Trafford ground on Wednesday night, the Press
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    • 423 58 AGENCIES ENGLISH FOOTBALL Mascherano says Fergie #s men will find it hard if Reds show Real form LIVERPOOL The hopes of becoming English champions for the first time in 19 years will either fizzle out or be unexpectedly resurrected at Old Trafford tomorrow for Liverpool. The
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    • 599 60  -  TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE SPORT Soon swimmers may only need to go through one trial for major Games yohinn@mediacorp.com. sg FOR major meets like the Olympic Games and World Championships, swimming powerhouses like the United States and Australia hold one-off trials to select their teams. Singapore have
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    • 182 62 AUSTRALIAN Abbas Saad, who was convicted for his part in a conspiracy to fix matches in 1995, had his life ban lifted by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) Council yesterday. Abbas, who starred for the Lions in the Malaysia Cup in
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    • 454 62  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Tampines and Lions star out for up to five months after another metatarsal break shamir@mediacorp.com. sg IT HAS been just over four months since Tampines Rovers and Singapore striker Khairul Amri last played a competitive match, and the man considered to
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    • 558 63  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL The Bulls are flying high, but they are not even thinking of the title now Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League 2009 Home United v Gombak United Jalan Besar Stadium, 7.30pm shamir@mediacorp.com.sg WITH three wins out of three and no goals conceded, some
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    • 265 63  -  SHAMIR OSMAN COMING off a morale boosting 2-1 victory over Vietnam champions Binh Duong in their opening AFC Cup Group H encounter on Tuesday, Home United are hoping to carry that momentum into their S-League campaign. Home have had a spluttering
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    • 244 68 AGENCIES ROCHE has agreed to buy the remaining shares of United States-based drug-maker Genentech for US$46.B billion ($72 billion), in a takeover described as the largest in Swiss corporate history. The deal announced yesterday for US$95 a share of outstanding Genentech stock ends a nearly
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    • 486 68 AP UNEMPLOYMENT in Australia rose to its highest level in nearly four years in February, showing the global downturn continues to bite despite big interest rate cuts and the government pumping billions of dollars into the economy. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said yesterday
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    • 329 70 AFP NEW YORK Bernard Madoff yesterday pleaded guilty to 11 charges of running one of the largest financial frauds in history, embezzling billions from scores of clients. "How do you plead?" Judge Denny Chin asked, as the hearing opened in a packed
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    • 364 70 i\ Channel News Asia MONEY MIND EXCHANGE Traded Funds (ETFs) have become more popular among investors in the past year. Despite the difficult market conditions in the later part of last year, the total value of ETFs traded on the Singapore Exchange more than doubled last
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    • 303 72 AS PLUNGING stock markets and banking collapses scar the business world, three Singapore names are among the hundreds that have dropped out of the world's club of the ultra-rich. Forbes magazine's annual ranking of billionaires worldwide, released yesterday, left out Mr Zhong Sheng
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    • 450 72  -  CHRISTIE LOH FINANCIALCRISIS Norway's SWF fell 23 per cent, Qatar's under 20 per cent christie@mediacorp.com.sg SOVEREIGN wealth funds (SWF) from Norway and Qatar are both hurting from the turmoil in the financial markets, but each is responding to the losses in a different way. Norway's SWF,
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    • 294 74  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@mediacorp.com.sg ASIA now needs to rebalance global demand as external demand is not expected to resume rapid growth after the current economic downturn, said a task force report from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. "Asian economies need to focus on
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    • 323 74  -  KELVIN CHOW STRAITS TIMES INDEX SGX review of index to accurately reflect market TWO transport companies will replace two property developers in the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) with effect from March 23, the Singapore Exchange said yesterday. Joining the 30-constituent index are ComfortDelGro and
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    • 364 75 CHANNEL NEWSASIA TRAVELANDTOURISM First for policy environment and human resources: Report SINGAPORE has been ranked top in Asia and 10th out of 133 countries for the attractiveness of its environment in developing the travel and tourism industry, according to the World Economic Forum's latest Travel and
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        • 68 76 Crude up US$4.7O Crude rose more than US$4 a barrel, only days before an important Opec meeting. Crude for delivery next month rose US$4.7O to settle at U5547.03 a barrel in New York, the biggest gain since Feb 19. Opec ministers, who have reduced daily output targets by
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        • 65 76 Another good close European stocks rose as the Swiss central bank cut its interest rate to close to zero and Carrefour led a rally in retailers. Britain's FTSE 100 was up 18.25 points to 3,712.06, Germany's DAK gained 42.12 points to 3,956.22 and France's CAC 40 added 20.05 points
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