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    20 1 TODAY Wednesday March 25, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Wednesday March 25, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    COLUMN
    35 1  -  Maria Siow The Chinese Defence Minister's recent comments on the need to develop the country's own aircraft carrier has renewed concerns about China's growing military ambitions, says our East Asia Bureau Chief. Page 15
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    COMMENT
    36 1 Stress testing Tim The US Treasury Secretary's new plan takes aim at both the American economy and his critics, but can he tackle both, asks Tim Fernholz in a comment for The Guardian. Page B5
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    SPORTS
    36 1 Ho steps down After five years in the hot seat and a string of soccer successes, FAS president Ho Peng Kee will hand over the baton to the current deputy president, Zainudin Nordin. Page 32
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    BUSINESS
    47 1 Bottoming out? Singapore's economy is stabilising, suggesting that the bottom may be near, say NTU economists. Page Bl $***** dive in bonus Capita Land chief executive officer Liew Mun Leong received just $3 million in bonus for 2008, down from $20 million in 2007. Page Bl
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    Lock icon Najib calls for radical overhaul
    676 1 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's next Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday warned the ruling party must embark on a radical overhaul to win back public support or face the end of its half-century grip on power. Mr Najib's addressed the United Malays National Organisation (Umno) at
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    Lock icon A tough moral choice
    1240 1  -  ALICIA WONG NEOCHAICHIN NEOCHAICHIN HOTA AMENDMENTS Slew of safeguards promised as MPs approve recompense for organ donors, though five remain unconvinced AND alicia@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS a moral dilemma Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan apologised for imposing on Members of Parliament, after two days of intense debate.
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    More help for foreign students?
    515 1  -  LINYANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg AWAY from home, facing a different culture and with integration issues to navigate, should foreigners be admitted into publicly-funded universities here based on grades alone? One Member of Parliament wonders if it is time to raise the bar for this group which forms
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      237 2 Come visit Singapore's largest Thai exhibition. With over 70 trade opportunities to explore! j^^^B I /^7\ Wfibk fl §'< Program Schedule £^J I V^V <** 3:oopm Cooking Demonstration THAN AND •^BB^ L 7:oopm-9:oopm Live Eand Performance exPli bition w |S.- Dreamfan, Louise WHson S 2|NGAP°ORE Gems& Healths Fashion Garments Gifts
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      'Bad times don't last'
      425 4  -  ALICIA WONG PARLIAMENT New campaign aims to improve emotional resilience alicia@mediacorp.com. sg LAST year, there were 17,000 new attendances at public psychiatric clinics 900 more compared to 2007 due to "greater awareness and reduced stigmatisation of mental illness", said Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan in a
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      Lock icon More subsidised hospital beds needed?
      290 4 ALICIA WONG WITH more people possibly opting for public hospitals in this downturn, are enough subsidised hospital beds being added? Madam Halimah Yacob, chair of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Health, asked this after Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said yesterday that his ministry had
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      Lock icon THEIR DIGITAL REVOLUTION
      758 5  -  Lynette Koh For these two professionals, heading backtothe classroom means a future with more ooen doors GUIDED bythe Infocomm Development Authority's Intelligent Nation 2015 Masterplan, which was launched in 2006, Singapore is primed to become a global infocomm hub by 2015. Inthe pipeline is an ambitious planto
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      Lock icon Second death in two months
      315 6 LEONGWEEKEAT MRT TRACK ACCIDENTS LTA is trying its Very best to speed up installation of platform screen doors A 71-YEAR-OLD woman died after a train hit her at the Clementi station yesterday morning the second death on MRT tracks in two months. Madam Quak Han
      LEONGWEEKEAT  -  315 words
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      'FIRST, DO NO HARM' APPROACH: GEORGE YEO
      162 6 Foreign Minister George Yeo said the terms of reference for the proposed Asean human rights body cannot, and are not intended to, exhaustively determine every detail of Asean's approach to human rights in advance. Rather, overtime, the body will have to build up
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      Singapore would deal with Rohingya refugees 'humanely'
      323 6  -  LINYANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com. sg THE news of how hundreds of Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar had drowned, after being allegedly pushed out to sea by a neighbour's military, provoked outrage in some quarters. How would Singapore treat such refugees should they find their way here?
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      When the pressure's 0n...
      425 8  -  ANSLEYNG STORE STUDENTS ABROAD Those on a scholarship fear it would be revoked if they don't do well ansley@mediacorp.com. sg SHE gets up earlier in the morning to work in the cafeteria of her school's housing department and stays up later at night to hit the
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      Lock icon A Smart alliance of six
      208 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Six broadcasters from the region home to half a billion people and a growing middle class have formed the Smart Alliance. The alliance, spearheaded by MediaCorp, aims to collaborate on content, sales and marketing as well as technology. The members are the Philippines'
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      Lock icon Monday verdict for rag-and-bone man?
      202 10 ZULOTHMAN THE case against Ng Kirn Ngweng, the rag-and-bone man accused of threatening to hurt Jalan Besar GRC MP Denise Phua, has been adjourned to next Monday, when a verdict is expected to be delivered. Yesterday, District Judge Liew Thiam Leng ended the hearing after
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      Lock icon Jobs Credit of $920m on March 31
      158 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A TOTAL of $920 million will be doled out to employers for some 1.3 million local workers, when the first disbursement under the Jobs Credit scheme is made in a week's time. The first of four cash grants will be credited
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      Lock icon Ringleader guilty
      358 10  -  ZULOTHMAN BIKE GANG ASSAULT zul@mediacorp.com.sg NUR Rizal Mohamed Zainul were on the run after a deadly attack on a rival gang member at Central Square on Sept 17,2006. His accomplices, who were subsequently caught, named the 29-year-old as the ringleader who instigated the assault. In the High Court
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      16 5 Brought to you by &MDIS founded 1956 Management Development Institute of Singapore Where lifelong learning begins
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      Lock icon 5 websites banned from Umno meet
      313 12 AFP, MALAYSIAN INSIDER MALAYSIAN POLITICS Reason cited: Unfriendly media coverage KUALA LUMPUR Five Malaysian news websites said yesterday they had been barred from covering the ruling party's annual conference. This came a day after the government suspended two opposition newspapers for "inciting hatred" against
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      Lock icon Prosecutors want 20 years for terror suspect
      262 12 AFP JAKARTA Indonesian prosecutors demanded 20 years' jail for a Singaporean terror suspect who has confessed to killing a teacher and plotting an attack against Western tourists. Mohammad Hassan Saynudin laughed and giggled as the prosecution announced it would not seek the maximum
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        Lock icon OUTBREAK OF HFMD
        104 14 AFP China Thousands of children in east and central China have fallen ill with hand, foot and mouth disease, a highly contagious illness that is sometimes fatal, the government and state press said yesterday. Two children died of the disease, also known as enterovirus, over the weekend
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        Lock icon 'SPIDER-MAN'TO THE RESCUE
        55 14 Thailand AThai fireman (picture) turned superhero when he dressed up as Spider-Man to coax an autistic eight-year-old from a balcony. The boy, scared to attend his first day at school, refused to budge until his mother mentioned her son's love of superheroes, prompting Mr Sonchai Yoosabai to
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      Lock icon 'They were spying'
      358 14 AGENCIES DETAINED JOURNALISTS N Korea intelligence officers question Americans: Report SEOUL North Korean military intelligence officers in Pyongyang are questioning two American journalists for alleged espionage after they illegally crossed into the country from China, a South Korean newspaper reported yesterday. Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee,
      AGENCIES  -  358 words
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      SOARING MILITARY AMBITIONS
      665 15  -  MARIA SIOW TODAY IN CHINA east asia bureau chief mariasiow@mediacorp.com.sg Beijing wants to counter US dominance in the region CHINA is the only big nation that does not possess an aircraft carrier, Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie said at a meeting last Friday with his Japanese counterpart
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      You Tube blackout in China
      179 16 BEIJING Popular video-sharing website You Tube appears to have been blocked by China since Monday after a video of Chinese soldiers beating monks and Tibetans was posted on it. According to a BBC report, You Tube has been carrying a video posted by a Tibetan
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      Lock icon No entry for the Dalai Lama
      315 16 AFP SAFRICACONFERENCE JOHANNESBURG A South African conference involving Nobel laureates was postponed yesterday over the country's refusal to grant a visa to the Dalai Lama, angering the grandson of former President Nelson Mandela. Mr Mandla Mandela, who helped plan the event, said the rejection
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      Lock icon Top judge urges end to judicial corruption
      204 17 AP ISLAMABAD The Pakistani chief justice whose ouster sparked political turmoil called for an end to judicial corruption yesterday, a day after the President who had long blocked the judge's reinstatement reached out to reconcile. Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry thanked Pakistanis for
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      Lock icon India, US set aside differences
      439 17 .AGENCIES NUCLEAR ROW But more feuds could be on the horizon as US toughens stance WASHINGTON The United States and India have "moved beyond" bitter differences on nuclear weapons, said Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, but more feuds could be on the horizon as
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      Lock icon White House hopes for change in Iran
      295 18 AFP WASHINGTON The White House said it hoped Iran would change the way it does business, in a cautious response to Mr Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's reaction to President Barack Obama's video address. Mr Obama's spokesman Robert Gibbs on Monday gave a first reaction
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      Lock icon Clinton to spearhead drive
      337 18 AFP CURBING MEXICO DRUG VIOLENCE Secretary of State to choke off flow of arms from stores in the US WASHINGTON United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is arriving in Mexico today to spearhead a high-level drive to curb growing drug violence that has raised alarm
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        Lock icon TEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER OF N IRELAND POLICEMAN
        117 19 AFP A 17-year-old boy was charged in court in Northern Ireland yesterday, with the murder of a policeman, an attack which triggered fears of a resurgence of sectarian violence. Police charged the unnamed teenager on Monday following the shooting of on-duty Constable
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        Lock icon NO BILL ON THE MENU HERE
        96 19 AP A Spanish restaurant grappling with hard economic times is wooing diners by letting them pay whatever they want for its daily special. Barcelona restaurateur Eledino Garcia said he introduced the honour system three weeks ago to bring back loyal customers, many of whom
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      Lock icon Budding rock stars beware ...
      547 19 Budding rock stars beware THE NEWYORKTIMES COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS You Tube nixes clips in a disagreement with Warner NEW YORK In early December, Californian high school sophomore and aspiring rock star Juliet Weybret recorded a video of herself playing the piano and singing Winter Wonderland and posted it on You Tube.
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      Don't spare the rod
      254 22  -  Dr Anthony Thian CANING IN SCHOOLS Yes caning can teach children the right values, but reasons must be explained Letter from CANING has its place in instilling certain values into children, but should only be used when the offence is serious and not as a form
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      Give parents a choice
      143 22  -  TanChong Seng Letter from DISCIPLINE begins at home, and if one has brought up children well, one does not have to worry about one's children being inflicted by corporal punishment. If what the author says is true, why do criminals still go to jail for crimes
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      It's called discipline and it's a deterrent
      117 23  -  Duncan Edwards Letter from HAVING witnessed the increased lack of discipline in British schools, lack of respect for authority and the increasing number of teenage knife attacks, then far from the use of the cane deterring foreign talent, I think Singapore's school discipline
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      The best prevention of violence
      94 23  -  Koh Wee Keng Letter from THERE are certain things that need to be protected, such as individual freedom and the freedom not to be bullied. There is no such thing as the freedom to bully. Caning is by far the most proven form of prevention
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      Without caning, society will suffer
      95 23  -  Caireann O'Neill Letter from I AM from one of those "liberal" countries where teachers can't even talk with a loud voice to students. The result of such liberalism is that pupils do what they want. Teachers can't even control the students because the latter know
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      I believe in caning, but only at home
      136 23  -  Peck Bee Choon Letter from I AM a Singaporean who has been living in Tokyo for about eight years. My five-year-old daughter was born in Tokyo. Her mischievous acts sometimes pose a danger to herself. I bought a cane from Singapore to
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      139 23  -  DR BILL MAIER BY PREGNANT? RELAX... Finding out that you're pregnant can be exciting, but it's the beginning of a rollercoaster ride that many women aren't prepared for. Some women experience a lot of fear and anxiety. They start to read books about all the things
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      119 22 WHAT'S YOUR VlEW?^^^^ M Should students be I disciplined by caning? 1 More views at M W We, '■■Wm k^ ULaM U A cough or sneeze isn't as harmless as you think. The flu bug spreads further and faster than you can imagine. It can infect anyone 1 metre away,
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      Lock icon Why we love the SIFF
      742 24  -  GENEVIEVE LOH SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL All we are saying, is give SIFF a chance genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS an awesome responsibility, programming a film festival the size and scope of the 22-year-old Singapore International film festival (SIFF) and should not be taken lightly. Especially when
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      Lock icon Blame it on Twitter
      384 26 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH MOVIE STARS ONLINE It broke up Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer and lands Demi Moore's rear online JENNIFER Aniston reportedly ended her relationship with musician boyfriend John Mayer because he is obsessed with Twitter. People claiming to be friends of the actress have told
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      Living la vida
      541 27  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH TODAY EXCLUSIVE Cold play on why it's hard being at the top SINGAPORE will always hold special meaning for Coldplay, said their drummer, Will Champion. They've performed here three times and Champion said the band have always had "good memories of Singapore". That's probably why they
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      Lock icon Williams recovering from heart surgery
      184 28 AP COMEDIAN Robin Williams (picture) was recovering at a medical facility after heart surgery that his doctors deemed successful, his publicists said on Monday. The 57-year-old actor had an operation to replace an aortic valve on March 13. He is expected to make a complete
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      Radio stream dries up
      321 28 INTERNET RADIO SPH Union Works pulls the plug on online streaming YESTERDAY was officially the day the music died. On the Internet, that is. Aftertalks over new licence fees with the Recording Industry Performance Singapore (Rips) fell through, SPH Union Works has joined other radio stations
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      794 30 TV LISTINGS ON.MEDIACORP CHANNEL THE SCHOOL NATIONALS Channel 5,7.30pm 6.00 AM Entertainment Tonight 2.30 I Propose 10.00 Wednesday Night Movie 6.30 Prime Time Morning 3.00 Secret World Of Magic Phantom Of The Opera I^"' *"NW^'-" 9.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 4.00 Psych: WhoYa Gonna Call? 12.45 AM Just For Laughs
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      534 31 AGENCIES FORMULAi Brazilian claims he has never seen Hamilton's car look so poor MELBOURNE Ferrari's Felipe Massa (picture) battled McLaren-Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton right until the final race of the season in his home country of Brazil last year, pipped to Formula l's world drivers' title right
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      299 31 AFP LOS ANGELES Two Asian teams took centrestage playing America's game and electrified the fans in the World Baseball Classic Final. Ichiro Suzuki's two-run single up the middle in the 10th inning Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) gave Japan a
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      Lock icon Football chief Ho Peng Kee to hand over reins
      271 32  -  LEONARD THOMAS sports editor leonard@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER five years in the hottest seat in sport in the country, Football Association of Singapore (FAS) president Assoc Prof Ho Peng Kee has decided to step down. The football chief, who is the Senior Minister
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      401 32  -  ASDWIGHT SCHOOL SPORTS C Division cross-country team out to continue a proud tradition sports@newstoday.com. sg THE Victoria School C Division cross-country team will go into today's national championship race eager to emulate past heroes. Victoria holds one of the proudest records in schools' sport, winning
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      207 33 ROOKIE outfit DPMM of Brunei continued their fairytale run in the Great East-ern-Yeo's S-League, moving to the top of the table after posting a 1-0 victory over Sengkang Punggol at the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium in Bandar Seri Bengawan last night. A Shahrazen Said
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      459 33  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Rule does not allow for a red card to be rescinded, unless the wrong player is sent off shamir@mediacorp.com. sg CHELSEA'S Frank Lampard had his red card rescinded for a tackle against Xabi Alonso in the 2-0 Barclays Premier League defeat at
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      556 33  -  SHAMIR OSMAN GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Young Lions v Home United Jalan Besar Stadium, 7.45pm shamir@mediacorp.com.sg HOME United find themselves in unfamiliar territory ahead of their Great Eastern-Yeo's SLeague encounter against the Young Lions at the Jalan Besar Stadium tonight. The
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      37 31 SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER S.League Young Lions Home United Wed, 25/03/09 7.45pm S.League SAFFC Albirex Thu, 26/03/09 7.45pm S.League Woodlands Gombak Thu, 26/03/09 7.45pm Qualifying Sat, 28/03/09 2.00pm Australia Race Final Sun, 29/03/09 2.00pm
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      44 31 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 8.30 am NHL Vancouver v Dallas, Ch 117 TOMORROW 7.30 am NHL Calgary v Pittsburgh, Ch 117 8.45 am Football Copa Lib 2009: Aurora vGremio, Ch 27 SPORTS ON RADIO 6.35am-ii.3spm Sports Zone Minutes Hourly Sports updates live on gjBLive
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      665 34  -  TAN HUI LENG SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Local firm Agro Genesis faced the same hurdles as any other new SMEs huileng@mediacorp.com.sg SCIENTIFIC research and development (R&D) is commonly associated with big multinational companies with large budgets. However, with the right passion and talent, smaller
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      589 36 .BLOOMBERG AIG BONUSES Nine of the top 10 recipients agree to return money; AG won't release their identities HALF of the US$l65 million ($248 million) in bonuses paid by American International Group (AIG) to its executives may be retrieved, and nine of the top
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      408 37 THE NEWYORKTIMES FINANCIALCRISIS SHANGHAI In another indication that China is growing increasingly concerned about holding its reserves in US dollars, the head of its central bank has called for the eventual creation of an international currency reserve to replace the greenback. In a paper released
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      176 37 AFP GENEVA The International Air Transport Association (lATA) yesterday sharply increased its loss forecast for carriers to US$4.7 billion ($7.1 billion) this year due to a "rapid deterioration of global economic conditions." The new forecast marked a steep rise from the US$2.5
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        142 38 Triumph's Bosom Buddy Cleavage Revolution was held at Tangs Orchard Level 2 on March 13. Six fashion-savvy pairs, mainly in their 20s, ranging from siblings to friends, competed in the race to give themselves a makeover wearing Triumph's new Zero to Sexy Maximiser,
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        72 38 Don't miss Audio House's Post-IT Show Clearance Sale this Saturday and Sunday. Grab the best bargains and enjoy great savings as all stocks will be sold at cost price or even lower. Save up to $2,100 on the latest models and brands of
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        85 38 Here's one more reason to enjoy your late night shopping at Metro Paragon this Saturday. Take your pick from Goldlion's chic ties, smart cufflinks, quality shirts and pants, and enjoy 20 per cent off all regular-priced products from 6pm to 11pm. Metro
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      772 38  -  TIMFERNHOLZ THE GUARDIAN BUSINESS COMMENT US Treasury Secretary's toxic assets plan takes aim at the economy and his critics. Can he tackle both? WALKING into Monday morning's briefing with reporters, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner did not look like a man whose career is on the line.
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      631 39 BLOOMBERG FINANCIALCRISIS Geithner, Bernanke seek new wind-down, takeover powers after AIG THE top two US financial leaders called for new powers to take over and wind down failing financial companies after the government's troubled rescue of American International Group Inc. "As we have seen with
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      313 40  -  CHEOWXINYI FINANCIALASSISTANCE FOR BUSINESSES Micron loan was made under existing EDB scheme, says MTI #s Lim Hng Kiang cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com. sg DOES the Government's recent loan of US$3OO million ($450 million) to United States memory chip producer Micron Technology imply that the authorities are now
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      185 40 938 LIVE THE Government is reviewing ways to strengthen the regulatory framework for housing agents, Senior Minister of State for Finance and Transport Lim Hwee Hua said in Parliament yesterday. "The Government notes that the current state of the industry is not satisfactory.
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      233 40 BLOOMBERG TEMASEK Holdings, the sovereign wealth fund that hired BHP Billiton's former chief, will consider further investments in resource companies as slumping prices force producers to seek partners. "We're opportunistic," Mr Nagi Hamiyeh, managing director of investments, said yesterday on the sidelines of the Asia
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      309 41 AFP THE Swedish government yesterday said it would ban bonuses at all state-held companies and would ask private-sector firms to do the same, amid a growing outcry over high executive compensation despite the financial crisis. "The government has... decided to tighten compensation guidelines within the
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      67 42 $1.68 Buy OCBC Investment Research starts coverage with a $2.03 target price, based on discounted cash flow valuation. It says that Hyflux's $1.5-billion order book is impressive, and notes management's guidance to expand this by 20 per cent this year. While project funding may be a cause
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      54 42 i 0.5 cents Sell Kirn Eng Securities downgrades from "Hold", and cuts the target price to 8 cents from 23 cents. Citing concerns over the earnings outlook and balance sheet in a "difficult operating environment", the brokerage notes that orders secured at trade fairs in February were down
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      97 42 47.5 cents I Equal Weight Morgan Stanley keeps its rating for the trust but cuts the price target to 42 cents from 81 cents on the expected fall in revenue per available room. It forecasts revenue per available room to fall 49 per cent this year and
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        19 42 Monday 1,664.08 Friday 1,596.92 Thursday 1,584.86 Wednesday 1,575.94 A 4.21% A 0.76% A 0.57% A 1.08%
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        27 42 I J-J>s J-u-J4 M. J-44''" Jikkei ihanghai ieoul rlumbai ;LComp 8,488.30 2,338.42 1,221.70 9,471.04 877.92 A 3-32°/° A 0.56% A 1.85% A 0.50% T 0.04%
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        22 42 JS$i :i euro k$i !Mi $1,507 ¥100 Si.537 $2,218 HK$ioo $19.45 $2,051 RMB100 $22.07 $1,062 RS100 $2,982 $0,415 RPio,ooo $1,315
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      410 42  -  TANHUI LENG huileng@mediacorp.com.sg 2007 was a very bountiful year for Capita Land's president and chief executive officer Liew Mun Leong (picture). He received a performance bonus of $20.52 million for the year ended December 2007, bringing his total pay package to $21.7 million.
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      447 42  -  KELVIN CHOW ECONOMIC FORECASTS Jobs Credit scheme will help save 40,000 jobs, say economists kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg ON A day when stock markets were cheering the United States' latest trillion-dollar plan to save the ailing financial industry, economists of the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) were dishing out more
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      615 42  -  CHEOWXINYI CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com. sg WITH a foreigner set to take the reins of Temasek Holdings in October, will Singapore's strategic assets be vulnerable to an opportunistic chief executive out to make a quick buck? How about the risk that he may divulge state secrets that
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