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    20 1 TODAY Friday May 15, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Friday May 15, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    in the news
    132 1 "~)C\ Aung San Suu Kyi was ZJ\J charged with breaching the terms of her house arrest after a man swam across a lake and hid inside her home. •"JO Detained US journalists ZiO Laura Ling and Euna Lee will be tried on June 4, North Korean state
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    Lock icon Let's keep it secular
    656 1  -  ALICIA WONG AWARE SAGA If not for "sober statements from religious leaders', S #pore could have had problems: DPM Wong alicia@mediacorp.com.sg FOR over a week, unhappiness had brewed over what was perceived to be a conservative Christian takeover of the Association of Women for Action and
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    No change in Govt's stance towards gays
    483 1 JUDGING by the flurry of letters and online posts after recent events, conservatives have been worrying about possible efforts to lobby the Government to relax the OB markers on homosexuality. Yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng made it clear this would not
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      23 1 I I. >_& LlKsj^ihu L^b^^v^«.^.^Hii«_.^^B#^^Br?^LB9^&MH J NMP Siew Kum Hong in trouble over role at Aware EGM? 6 DPM WONG'S REPLY IN FULL 2-3
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  • NEWS
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      Government not swayed by gay issues
      366 2 Today There is an impression, after the Aware EGM, that the gay lobby has scored a win and may now pressure the Government to move the OB markers on homosexuality. Is the Government swayed? DPM WONG KAN SENG The Government's position on this issue
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      Lock icon After the storm ...
      796 2 After the storm AWARE SAGA THE Aware saga has raised many questions about the gay lobby, whether the Government should have intervened more forcefully, the use of the pulpit, and ultimately, the impact that this episode will have on civil society here. Today Editor WALTER FERNANDEZ (waiter-@mediacorp.com.sg) put these and
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      Both sides must calm down and move on
      333 3 Today What do you think of the conduct and outcome of the Aware EGM? DPM WONG KAN SENG I think the Aware episode showed clearly how passions and emotions naturally run high when it concerns an issue or cause salient to people's
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      Journalists should not get caught up in their stories
      392 3 Today Do you think those who are against homosexuality will be afraid to speak up now? There has also been criticism of how selected mainstream media covered the Aware saga. What is your view of the media coverage? DPM WONG KAN
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      BISHOP: 'IT'S NOT ISSUE OF CHURCH VS OTHERS'
      350 4 When it comes to the issue of homosexuality, "it would not be helpful to single out Christians", the National Council of Churches of Singapore (NCCS) said in a statement. "In this particular issue, the majority of Singaporeans, regardless of race or religion,
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      Media coverage 'not sufficiently balanced' at times
      407 4  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg THE daily coverage by selected media of the month-long leadership tussle at Aware was, in the words of Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng, "extensive" and "breathless". However, he also found some of the coverage "excessive" and "not sufficiently balanced". In
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      Lock icon Questions over his role as Aware 'adviser'
      508 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG SIEWKUM HONG Email sent to legal bodies including AG's Chambers and Law Society cheekong@mediacorp.com. sg AFTER being accused on the Internet of pushing the gay agenda, Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) Siew Kum Hong now finds himself defending his professional conduct following
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      Beatrice Chia: Dangerous? I'm flattered
      485 6  -  NEOCHAICHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SHE says she is flattered to be considered "more dangerous than Siew Kum Hong", after submitting her application for the post of a Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP). And theatre practitioner Beatrice ChiaRichmond has "absolutely no issue with netizens voicing their opinions, approvals
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      'A tough two-and-a-half years as an MP'
      755 8  -  LOHCHEEKONG PARLIAMENT REPORT CARD Mdm Halimah Yacob and other lawmakers look back on recent Parliament session cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg WITH Singapore slipping into its worst recession, the escape of Mas Selamat Kastari, the death of a Member of Parliament and the controversies surfaced by an
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      Sand export ban will not adversely affect Singapore
      183 10 SINGAPORE does not expect Cambodia's fresh ban on the export of sand to have a major impact on existing projects in the Republic. The Ministry of National Development said: "Singapore imports both concreting sand for construction and sand for reclamation purposes. Our
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      Lock icon Keeping the Forces dynamic
      450 10  -  ZULOTHMAN NEW SAF CAREER SCHEMES Retirement age raised; scheme to retain specialised talent introduced zul@mediacorp.com.sg TO keep able and experienced officers in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) will be raising the retirement age of officers from 45 to 50, though one
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      Car thief sentenced to 12 months' jail, fined $800
      178 12  -  ONGDAILIN IT WOULD be more comfortable, he thought, to travel in a car than to take public transport so, he hatched a plan to steal one. Then 19, Chan Chee Wei (picture) got an accomplice to rent a Nissan Sunny car
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      He waited for prey in the 100
      367 12  -  ONG DAI LIN SEXUAL ASSAULT dailin@mediacorp.com.sg HE WAITED for the seven-year-old boy in a public toilet at the Yishun Community Library. Then, on the pretext of helping him urinate, Chan Kok Weng sexually assaulted the boy. Yesterday, the driver-cum-deliveryman pleaded guilty in the
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      Supervisor who hid scam jailed
      226 12 THE supervisor of a trader convicted of making false entries that eventually cost his firm US$Bl million ($llB.B million) was jailed 20 months yesterday for helping facilitate the scam. Takayoshi Wada, 46, had earlier pleaded guilty to helping Noriyuki Yamazaki, then his colleague at Singapore-based
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      Lock icon Public not letting sleeping dogs lie
      534 14  -  LEONGWEEKEAT ANIMAL WELFARE 30-per-cent spike in reports about abuse: SPCA weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg TYING a dog on a short leash for long hours, confining rabbits inappropriately outdoors or even cramming five large terrapins in a small container. While not as blatant as, say, hitting or killing
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      Lock icon During a row, but not during sex
      369 16 MOBILE PHONE HABITS SINGAPOREANS will take mobile phone calls almost anywhere, no matter how inappropriate or dicey the situation such as when driving. But at least, most stop short of agreeing it's okay to propose over the phone, unlike their counterparts in China
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      Lock icon Higher pay for career switch
      244 19 938 LIVE CHILDCARE JOBS More than 80% of NTUC First Campus' 660 vacancies targeted at PMETs CHILDCARE centre operator NTUC First Campus is offering a higher starting pay for diploma and degree holders who join them under the Place and Train Scheme. The starting pay
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      In the dock for worker abuse
      288 19  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com. sg THEY were made to work longer hours. Others were not even paid, while some had their salaries deducted without authorisation. Some employers even failed to provide statutory benefits such as annual leave, rest days and sick leave that their
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      NDP tickets available from Saturday
      139 19 SOME 27,000 tickets each for the preview (Aug 1) and the National Day Parade (Aug 9) will be available to the public from tomorrow to May 25. You can apply for the tickets through the telephone (1900 112 4418 for the preview and 1900 112
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Suu Kyi to be charged
      347 20 .AGENCIES US MAN'S INTRUSION YANGON Myanmar's military junta charged pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday with breaching the terms of her house arrest after an American man swam across a lake and hid inside her home, her lawyer said. The 63-year-old will go on
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      Lock icon Scramble for power begins as Congress has slight edge
      304 20 AGENCIES NEW DELHI India's legion of political parties yesterday looked to form new alliances as preliminary exit polls from the national election indicated that no party had won anything close to a majority in Parliament. Half-a-dozen polls by news channels gave
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      Lock icon Najib ready to hold talks with Pakatan over Perak
      270 23 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said yesterday that he was willing to talk to opposition alliance Pakatan Rakyat (PR) in order to resolve the political deadlock in Perak, adding that the ruling coalition was not afraid
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      Lock icon Govt rejects pleas for ceasefire
      233 23 .AFP SRI LANKA CONFLICT COLOMBO Sri Lanka rejected international calls to halt its final offensive against Tamil rebels yesterday, hours after the United Nations Security Council called for civilian lives to be spared. Human rights groups and foreign governments, including the United States, have become
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      Lock icon Is banned charity group helping fleeing refugees a front for terrorists?
      265 24 AP PESHAWAR (Pakistan) A banned charity with alleged links to last year's Mumbai attacks is helping refugees who are fleeing the fighting between the Pakistani military and the Taliban, a group member said yesterday, raising questions about the government's
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      Lock icon 200,000 trapped
      342 24 .AFP BATTLE FOR SWAT VALLEY ISLAMABAD A deadly battle is set to erupt over the capital of Swat, where armed Taliban have mined roads and dug trenches around 200,000 trapped civilians encircled by Pakistani troops. Ground forces have so far avoided close urban combat since launching a renewed
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon NEXT OPPOSITION PARTY CHIEF?
        87 28 .AFP Japan Democratic Party of Japan's secretary-general Yukio Hatoyama entered the race yesterday to lead the scan-dal-tainted main opposition party and run against conservative Prime MinisterTaro Aso in elections this year. The new party chief will take over from Mr Ichiro Ozawa, who stepped down on
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        Lock icon EX-PRESIDENT'S BROTHER GETS JAIL
        83 28 AP South Korea Former President Ron Moo Hyun's elder brother was sentenced yesterday to four years in prison for peddling influence in a corporate takeover deal. Roh Gun Pyeong and two accomplices were convicted of accepting US$2.4 million ($3.5 million) in bribes from a financial firm
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      Lock icon N Korea: Trial set for June 4
      323 28 'AGENCIES DETAINED US JOURNALISTS SEOUL Two American journalists arrested nearly two months ago near North Korea's border with China on accusations of illegal entry and "hostile acts" will be tried by Pyongyang on June 4, state media said yesterday. Ms Laura Ling and
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon GLOBAL WARMING IS BIGGEST HEALTH THREAT
        92 30 BLOOMBERG Global warming is the biggest public health threat of the 21st century, eclipsing infectious diseases, water shortages and poverty, according to a report from University College London that was published yesterday. The phenomenon will be felt first in the developing world. A warmer
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        Lock icon 160 HOSPITALISED OVER POLLUTION
        98 30 AFP More than 160 people have been hospitalised and hundreds of others fell ill in north-eastern China in a suspected case of pollution caused by a chemical plant. Staff at a fibre plant in Jilin city, as well as residents living nearby, started complaining of headaches,
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        Lock icon EX-ISRAELI PRESIDENT'S RAPETRIAL OPENS WITH INNOCENT PLEA
        102 30 AFP The trial of Israel's ex-President Moshe Katsav on several accounts of rape, sexual harassment and indecent acts opened yesterday only to be adjourned until September. Mr Katsav arrived at the Tel Aviv court at the start of the trial vowing to fight
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      Lock icon Power-hungry gadgets cause alarm
      456 30 AP ap ENERGY CONSUMPTION Soaring electricity needs of home electronics a threat to environment PARIS Charge your iPod, kill a polar bear? The choice might not be quite that stark, but an energy watchdog is alarmed about the threat to the environment from the soaring electricity
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      Lock icon Spanish rights campaign under fire
      399 32 'AFP MADRID Spain is facing growing calls to restrict the scope its judges have to probe alleged human rights crimes in other countries after recent cases caused diplomatic tensions with China and Israel. "Spain cannot substitute for the International Criminal Court," Mr Javier Zaragoza, the
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      Lock icon Obama's about-face
      302 32 AFP WAR ON TERROR In reversal, US President rejects release photos showing abuse of detainee^ WASHINGTON President Barack Obama has reversed a decision to release photos showing abuse of "war on terror" detainees, saying he feared it would cause a backlash against United States troops abroad. The about-face
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon S ASIANS TARGETED IN UKTERROR PROBE
        92 34 AP Britons of South Asian descent are far more likely to be detained in anti-terrorism raids than other ethnic groups and more than half of all suspects arrested in terrorism cases since 2001 were freed without charge, a government study revealed. Of those arrested
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        Lock icon CRAIGSLIST DROPS 'EROTIC SERVICES'ADS
        94 34 AGENCIES Craigslist, the Web's largest classified advertising site, dropped its "erotic services" ads on Wednesday following a campaign by law enforcement and a high-profile murder in which police say the killer used the website to find his victim. Craigslist said it was shutting down the section
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      Lock icon 2nd Pentagon official charged
      236 34 AP CHINA ESPIONAGECASE He allegedly gave classified documents to spy ALEXANDRIA (Virginia) A Defence Department official was charged on Wednesday with conspiring to give United States defence secrets to an agent for the Chinese government under the mistaken impression that the agent was working for Taiwan.
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      522 49  -  PHINWONG A LESSON IN STYLE FROM A MOBILE PHONE My phone rang a few days ago. Oh, I do like it when it rings and it's not someone from the credit card company. I mean, really,you miss three payments and suddenly it's "our lawyer this"
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      358 50  -  PHINWONG MOVIE REVIEW ANGELS DEMONS phin@mediacorp.com.sg THE Vatican had nothing to worry about. There is nothing in Angels Demons the follow-up to 2006's The Da Vinci Code that would ruffle the pious feathers of the most conservative of little church-going grandmas. In fact, the only people who
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      308 70 BLOOMBERG THE Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) boosted oil production last month for the first time since July last year, exceeding its quota by 967,000 barrels a day and backtracking its implementation of supply cuts intended to stem falling prices. The
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      424 70  -  FREDERICK LIM Is now the time to invest in Asian property stocks? frederickl@mediacorp.com.sg THE 20- to 30-per-cent rally in Asian property stocks in the past few months is not sustainable, say experts, who believe prices are likely to fall further for most markets in the
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      183 72 BLOOMBERG SONY Corp expects to post a second straight full-year loss, as the global slump in demand for consumer goods forces it to lower prices of its Cyber-shot cameras and Bravia flat-screen televisions. The world's second-largest maker of consumer electronics yesterday said
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      319 72 BLOOMBERG CHINESE IMPORTS Govt says US yuan legislation will boost trade protectionism CHINA'S government said legislation put forward by United States lawmakers to increase tariffs on Chinese imports would nurture protectionism and harm global trade. The measure introduced on Wednesday would allow US companies
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      214 72 AP BRITAIN-based telecommunications company BT Group yesterday said it expected to cut another 15,000 jobs next year, after its global services division dragged the firm to a net loss of £977 million ($2.2 billion) for the fiscal fourth quarter ended March. This was a
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        NET INCOME BOOST FOR COMFORTDELGRO
        69 74 ComfortDelGro Corp, the second-largest land transport operator in the world, said net income in the first quarter rose 4.6 per cent from a year ago to $52.5 million. Lower operating expenses due to cheaper diesel and lower staff costs helped offset the 4.4-per-centfall in revenue
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        'DIFFICULT' TIMES AHEAD FOR HPL
        90 74 Hotel Properties Limited's (HPL) first-quarter net profit slumped nearly 48 per cent to $10.7 million from $20.5 million a year ago. Revenue fell 18 per cent to $119.5 million. "The global economic crisis has taken its toll on the performance of the group's hotels and
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        PORTS SUFFER DIP IN CONTAINER VOLUME
        125 74  -  CHEOWXINYI Singapore's ports moved fewer containers last month, as volumes dropped 4.9 per cent from a month earlier to 2.09 million twenty-foot equivalent units (teus), according to preliminary estimates released on Wednesday by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore. This is unlike in
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      343 75 AGENCIES SIA'S OPERATING LOSS POOR demand for business class travel amid the global recession weighed on Singapore Airlines (SIA), as the flag carrier yesterday posted its first operating loss in six years. SIA, the world's second-biggest carrier by market value, suffered an operating loss of $28
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      119 75 938 LIVE SHELL will progressively phase out its Formula 92 petrol from stations in Singapore, the energy giant said yesterday. This will be completed by the end of next month. About 5 per cent of Shell's customers still use Formula 92. "Most consumers prefer
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        HO BEE'S NET PROFIT RISES 39 PER CENT
        98 75  -  KELVIN CHOW Mainboard-listed developer Ho Bee Investments reported a 39 percent increase in net profit to about $38.7 million for its first quarter ended March. Turnover rose 17 per cent to $110 million, due to higher recognition of revenue from property development.
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        ST WINS $12M WORTH OF CONTRACTS
        104 75  -  KELVIN CHOW ST Electronics, an arm of Mainboard-listed ST Engineering, has won $12 million worth of contracts from Bangladesh's Chittagong Port Authority. ST Electronics will supply, install, test and commission a Container Terminal Management System and a Management Information System. It will also provide
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        104 75 BLOOMBERG Olam International saw a 56-per-cent gain in third-quarter profit, partly due to a one-time gain of $24.6 million from a convertible bond swap in March. Net income rose to $87 million in the three months ended March, from $55.9 million a year earlier.
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        64 76 $2.741 Neutral Goldman Sachs raises target price to $2.77 from $2.43, but maintains "Neutral" rating. Notes Q4 '09 net underlying profit of $959 million topped forecast by 10.5 per cent due to positive surprise in Optus mobile margins, but final dividend of 6.9 cents per share was below forecast.
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        64 76 32.5 cents I Hold Westcomb downgrades from "Buy", but increases target price to 30 cents from 29 cents following Ql '09 results. Says 53.5--per-cent rise in Ql net profit was in line with expectations. But says shares look fairly valued. "The recent rally has lifted Chip Eng
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        MIDAS HOLDINGS
        92 76 65 cents I Buy Kirn Eng Securities raises target price to 82 cents from 68 cents. Reiterates "Buy" call. Says IQ. '09 results are within expectations and decline in revenue not a concern as it should be offset by better margins. New target price is based on P/E
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        MARKET INFO
        63 76 Wednesday 2,185.29 A 0.33% Tuesday 2,178.13 A 0.56% Monday 2,166.10 T 3.22% Friday 2,238.21 T 0.15% Hang Seng 16,541.69 T 3.04% Nikkei 9,093.73 T 2.64% Shanghai 2,639.89 T 0.90% Seoul 1,380.95 T 2.37% Mumbai 11,872.91 T 1.22% KLComp 1,011.99 i-o6% US$1 £1 1 euro A$i RMi $1,468 ¥100
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      TENDER ON HOLD UNTIL 2013
      116 76 No thanks to shaky economic conditions, JTC Corp has scrapped a tender seeking an operator for its underground rock cavern oil storage project and plans to reissue it around 2013. This is 'due to the shift in the timelines of downstream projects on Jurong Island',
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      SIA to give up Sats stake
      577 76  -  CHEOWXINYI SINGAPOREAIRLINES cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg SOME five years after Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew first publicly mooted the idea, Singapore Airlines is now ready to give up its 81-per-cent stake in Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats). But the divestment method, announced yesterday, took observers by surprise:
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      SingTel's profit drops 6.1% to $3.5b
      386 76 WHILE analysts said SingTel's full-year results posted yesterday were better than expected, they also did not see any exciting growth prospects for South-east Asia's biggest telecoms company. For the financial year ended March, SingTel's underlying net profit dropped 6.1 per cent to $3.46 billion,
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      Obama seeks control over derivatives
      276 76 IN ITS first detailed effort to overhaul financial regulation, the Obama administration on Wednesday sought new authority over the complex financial instruments, known as derivatives, which were a major cause of the financial crisis and have gone largely unregulated for decades. The administration asked Congress
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