Today, 20 May 2009

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    20 1 TODAY Wednesday May 20, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Wednesday May 20, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    in the news
    203 1 2 In a bid to silence the Tamil Tigers, the Sri Lankan Defence Ministry has released images showing the corpse and identity card of rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran. 3 A fishing trip at Jurong Lake ended in tragedy as the body of Jaafar Khamis was found after
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    Lock icon A better way to move up
    691 1  -  ALICIA WONG FROM POLYTECHNICTO UNIVERSITY alicia@mediacorp.com. sg IT BEGAN with a trickle two years ago and has multiplied to six streams for diploma holders to pursue a degree. But in the long run, these individual tie-ups between local polytechnics and foreign universities will not
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    Lock icon Fourth university in Singapore to partner with MIT
    584 1  -  ALICIA WONG ALICIAWONG alicia@mediacorp.com. sg A PARTNERSHIP with a top American university comes with the expectation of highcalibre student intake. So, admissions will be scaled down for Singapore's fourth state-funded university, which has chosen the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to help
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      Lock icon Here's the proof he's dead
      464 2 .AGENCIES SRI LANKA SAYS COLOMBO Sri Lanka's President declared his country "liberated from separatist terror" yesterday, as the island's military chief said the body of rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran has been recovered and positively identified from the battlefield on which he was slain. General Sarath
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      Lock icon 'Junta rushing Suu Kyi's trial'
      211 2 AFP YANGON Myanmar's ruling junta is apparently rushing the trial of Ms Aung San Suu Kyi, a party spokesman said yesterday, as police told the court how they arrested an American man who swam to the democracy icon's home. The claim came as Asean joined
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      Lock icon Fishing trip that ended in tragedy
      299 3  -  ESTHER NG JURONG LAKE INCIDENT estherng@mediacorp.com.sg MR RAZALI Simen got a call from his brother, Yusof, after lunch, asking him to take some soft drinks to the Science Centre. The 37-year-old thought his younger brother's voice sounded strange, but did not think much of
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      Lock icon Flu trouble for 4 S'poreans overseas
      311 3 AGENCIES FOUR Singaporean holidaymakers have been quarantined at the Nepal-Tibetan border after an Italian woman in their tour group was found to have a high fever. News of their quarantine came as Japan yesterday braced for the possibility of the HINI flu pandemic reaching
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      Turning our varsities into entrepreneurial hotbeds
      185 4  -  ONG DAI LIN TO ENCOURAGE more start-ups, there is a need for local universities to develop an entrepreneurial culture. To help them achieve the goal, a $50-million University Innovation Fund has been set up, the National Research Foundation announced yesterday. An initial amount of
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      Lock icon Keep culture of training alive
      334 6  -  LINYANQIN WORKFORCE yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg RATHER than forgetting it when the downturn is over, Singaporeans should think of training as a key tool to building their careers in the long term, and to create a "culture" of continuous education. As President S R Nathan spoke of preparing
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      Half of workers not satisfied with training
      332 6  -  LINYANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com. sg EVEN as Singaporeans are being encouraged to continuously upgrade their skills, nearly five in 10 working here feel that the training available to them from employers do not meet their career needs. A survey conducted on 3,000 respondents between December
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      Find your future in Singapore with online portal
      160 8  -  LOHCHEE KONG MORE efforts are underway to "help those who are interested to sink roots and set up a home in Singapore", said Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng. These include the launch of a new online portal www.home-in-singaporesg, which describes itself
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      Keeping families together: MCYS
      301 8  -  LOHCHEEKONG MCYS INITIATIVES cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg THE family would be at the heart of the plans rolled out by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) as it reiterated its commitment to "supporting Singaporeans through these trying times". In his addendum to President S R Nathan's
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      More daycare centres for seniors
      238 8  -  LOHCHEEKONG HOLISTIC and affordable healthcare is one of the Government's priorities as it enhances the support structure for a rapidly greying population. Over the next five years, more daycare centres and seniors activity centres would be up-and-running, according to the Ministry of Community Development, Youth
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      297 10 Price list Transparency BEVERAGE PRICE SURVEY MORE than half of drink stall owners here do not display their price lists. And among those that do exhibit the list, at least two have been found to be charging between 10 and 20 cents more than the amount stated on the price
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      3 key challenges
      228 12 SCDF CHANGE OF COMMAND Outgoing chief lists core services, manpower and terrorism as focus SINGAPOREANS have high expectations of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) when it comes to fire-fighting and emergency ambulance services. As such, one of the SCDF's three key challenges is to ensure that
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      In more trouble after taking the rap
      160 12  -  TEOXUANWEI THE $1,200 seemed like easy money: He only had to take the rap for a minor traffic offence. But sales promoter Tan Poh Heng, 29, was charged in a district court yesterday for committing this corrupt act. The court heard that on
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        MM LEE IN TOKYO AND CHINA
        102 12 Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew is on a visit to Tokyo and three Chinese cities. He will be away until May 27. The Prime Minister's Office said that in Tokyo, Mr Lee will call on Prime MinisterTaro Aso and meet other Japanese political and
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        A $7M WATER RESEARCH DEAL
        70 12 Two ot the world s leading water agencies, Singapore's PUB and the United States'Wateßeuse Foundation, inked an agreement yesterday to work together to provide sustainable water supply worldwide under a co-funded research programme worth US$5 million ($7 million). Each will set aside up to US$5OO,OOO
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        Lock icon LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR
        68 12 938 LIVE Celebrating the neighbourly spirit is the main focus of this year's Heritage Fest. It will feature six satellite hubs including Centrepoint, Jurong Point and Vivo City. Each will showcase its own exhibitions and programming. Topics include wedding and birth rites of the different cultures here.
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      426 13 Dell recommends Windows Vista® Business Security by REFRESHED OUTSIDE. Norton REVAMPED INSIDE. Introducing the all-new Dell™ Vostro™ laptops. Now with Dell™ Video Chat 1 Re-engineered in a slimmer and lighter package, our new Dell™ Vostro™ laptops are also updated with effortless videoconferencing solutions and sophisticated security. So you can collaborate
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      Lock icon BEHIND CRUSHING OF TIGERS, A HIDDEN DRAGON
      465 14 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH NEWS COMMENT THE pitiless success of Sri Lanka's military offensive delivers one salutary lesson: If you have China as an ally, you can afford to ignore pressure from anywhere else. President Mahinda Rajapaksa's government has won China's financial, military and diplomatic
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      Lock icon Ethnic Indians form new party
      198 14 AP KUALA LUMPUR A group of ethnic Indian activists announced yesterday the creation of a new political party to fight for racial equality for the minority in Malaysia. The Malaysia Makkal Sakti Party, or Malaysia People's Power Party, appears to have the blessing of the
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      Lock icon 'We're not adding to nuclear arsenal'
      378 15 AGENCIES PAKISTAN DENIES US CLAIM ISLAMABAD Pakistan denied on Monday it was expanding its nuclear arsenal, a week after the top United States military officer said there was evidence it was doing so. At a congressional panel last week, Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman
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      Lock icon 'US cannot succeed by killing Afghan civilians'
      178 16 'AP WASHINGTON The top United States military officer warned on Monday that the deaths of Afghan civilians caught up in American combat operations could cripple President Barack Obama's revamped strategy for the seven-year-old war. "We cannot succeed in Afghanistan by killing Afghan civilians,"
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      Lock icon 1.5m flee fighting
      300 16 AP SWAT VALLEY Military operation spurs displacement of many Pakistanis ISLAMABAD Pakistan said yesterday it was racing to help refugees fleeing a military offensive against the Taliban in its north-west an exodus of some 1.5 million of a speed and size the United Nations said could rival
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      SOUTHERN FIRMS, NORTHERN EXPOSURE
      669 18  -  MARIA SIOW TODAY IN CHINA east asifl bureau chief mariasiow@mediacorp.com.sg WITH the decline in global demand for Chinese exports, Chinese firms have been encouraged to explore and tap on local markets to spur domestic consumption. But as those in the country's southern Guangdong province have found
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      Lock icon China appeals for calm after attacks
      320 21 AFP PAPUA NEW GUINEA PORT MORESBY China's embassy in Papua New Guinea has pleaded for calm and asked the government to restore order after a string of attacks on Chinese-owned shops in the impoverished country. At least two people died in the wave of
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      Lock icon China stresses cooperation
      102 22 AP BEIJING China emphasised cooperation yesterday, ahead of a summit with the European Union that was earlier derailed by a dispute over the exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama. Premier Wen Jiabao's attendance at the meeting in the Czech capital Prague starting today illustrated China's sincerity in
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      Lock icon Ex-top official executed last year
      165 22 AGENCIES NORTH KOREA SEOUL North Korea executed a former top official in charge of inter-Korean relations last year for miscalculating the intentions of the Seoul government, a South Korean news agency said, citing unnamed sources. South Korea's Unification Ministry said yesterday that it cannot confirm
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      Lock icon Netanyahu to start peace talks
      503 23 .THE GUARDIAN ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT But he stands firm against demands to embrace the vtwo-state solution' WASHINGTON Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said he wants to immediately begin peace talks with the Palestinians with the aim of self-government, but, following his first meeting with
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      Lock icon FEARS IN ISRAEL OF COOLING US TIES
      182 23 AFP The deep differences exposed during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's first meeting with United States President Barack Obama on Monday have stoked fears in Israel of cooling ties with its main ally. "Agreed to disagree," said the headline in the mass-selling Yediot
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      Lock icon Rumsfeld quoted Bible to impress Bush: Report
      189 24 AFP WASHINGTON Former United States Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld routinely used militaristic passages from the Bible on the cover pages of White House intelligence documents, according to startling new revelations by GQ magazine. The magazine said he displayed the passages over photographs of
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      Lock icon Parliament Speaker quits
      390 24 AGENCIES BRITAIN'S EXPENSES SCANDAL LONDON The Speaker of Britain's House of Commons announced his resignation yesterday, after a backlash over excessive expense claims by Members of Parliament (MPs), the first time in three centuries a Speaker has been forced from office. "In order that unity can be
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      Lock icon Dubai's lost charm
      341 25 'DPA IRANIAN BUSINESS DUBAI The hundreds of dhows sea vessels in the traditional Arab style lined up along the port in Dubai Creek are a testament to a very old, but still vital, trade route: Dubai to Iran. Bilateral trade between Iran and the United Arab Emirates
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      Lock icon Members of Mexican gang, allegedly run by police, arrested
      180 25 AP TUXTLA GUTIERREZ (Mexico) Police in southern Mexico have arrested a gang of at least six drug cartel assassins, including two alleged hit women, who were allegedly commanded by top police officers. The police chief, two commanders and a former public
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      It's time for change
      279 26  -  Isabel Vadivu Govind WORKERTRANSPORT Letter from I REFER to "Tragedy at Gul Road" (May 19) in which four foreign workers died. Concerns about transporting workers in the backs of lorries have been raised. I understand that the Land Transport Authorities said in March last year that
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      On the Govt's responsiveness
      196 26  -  Owi Beng Xi Letter from Deputy Principal and Senior State Counsel Attorney-General's Chambers I REFER to "Electoral integrity a hot topic" (May 18). My comment that "the system may not be sufficiently robust" to deal with contingencies like the HINI flu or maybe a bomb or
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      195 28  -  DR BILL MAIER BY WHEN STRESS GETS OUT OF HAND It is the middle of the night and you wake up in a cold sweat. Your heart is racing and your mind frantically works to figure out what is wrong. No, this is not a bad
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      I SAY STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE
      359 28  -  Craig D'Souza I REFER to "Do more to curb 'red light jumping'" (May 18). It is of utmost importance to highlight that Mr Martin C Conisbee's account of red light jumping three times last week is not indicative of the true frequency
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      Wheelchair-bound patients at food courts
      139 28  -  Michael LohToon Seng Letter from DURING recent visits to the Singapore General Hospital and Tan Tock Seng Hospital, I observed that not only were patients in wheelchairs eating at the food courts, some tables have been set aside for them, with special stickers affixed. Why
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      1147 30  -  MAYO MARTIN TODAY EXCLUSIVE It's glamour, glitz and backpacks as Singapore films go on sale in Cannes in Cannes mayo@mediacorp.com.sg GUESS who we spotted last week at the Cannes Film Festival? A grinning Glen Goei. But he wasn't walking down the red carpet at the Grand
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      250 32  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEW|THE BAADER-MEINHOF COMPLEX A thought-provoking and riveting socio-political film genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS a two-and-a-half hour history lesson that is frustratingly polarising, intentionally uncomfortable to watch and determined to rattle your moral-chains long enough for you to want to rush home straight after to
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      174 32  -  GENEVIEVE LOH MOVIE REVIEW |YOUNG VICTORIA OF ALL the love stories that have defined the British monarchy, none tugs the heartstrings quite like that of Queen Victoria (Emily Blunt) and her beloved Prince Albert (Rupert Friend). There is something inherently contemporary and connecting about a woman coming into
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      124 33  -  GENEVIEVE LOH MOVIE REVIEW SUNSHINE BARRY AND THE DISCO WORMS WHO would have thought that a surprisingly funny movie about disco-dancing worms yes, worms would come out of Denmark's thriving animation scene? Sunshine Barry and the Disco Worms (tee hee) is the story of a spirited earthworm who
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      203 33  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEW| NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2 THE surprise 2006 mega-hit Night at the Museum raked in more than US$574 million ($B3B million) worldwide. So, as they say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Night at the Museum 2 cleverly serves up an almost
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      351 35 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON Sir Alex Ferguson has risked the fury of Newcastle and Middlesbrough by giving the clearest hint yet that he will send a weakened Manchester United side to Hull for the last fixture of the Premier League season as he
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      507 35 ENGLISH FOOTBALL He eyes Real return, wants to lure Wenger with names like Ribery, Zidane and Ronaldo LONDON Arsenal are understood to be confident that Arsene Wenger will reject the overtures of Real Madrid for a third time and see out his contract at the club. However,
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      399 36  -  LOWLINFHOONG SINGAPORE SPORTS Angry with STTA coach meets lawyer before flying to China linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg COACH Liv Guodong (picture) is now back in China, but his disagreement with the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) is far from resolved. The former coach of the Singapore national team could
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      426 36  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE expects to win at least five medals, including a gold, at the inaugural Asian Youth Games here next month. Sailing, one of the Republic's tradition- ally strong sports, is heavily tipped to lead the medal hunt, where it is competing
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      500 37  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Bulls in the hunt and club chairman Yap believes they can push SAFFC GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE2OO9 Super Reds v Gombak United Yishun Stadium, 7.45pm shaniir@niediacorp.com. sg A THIRD of the Great EasternYeo's S-League 2009 season has passed, and Gombak United
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      201 37  -  SHAMIR OSMAN HOME United's Prime League midfielder Firdaus Idros was the hero last night at Jalan Besar Stadium, scoring two second-half goals in their3-l win over Thai side Provincial Electricity Authority in the AFC Cup. Home needed a win to make it out of
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      110 35 Asian Champ Camba Osaka Seoul Wed, 20/05/09 6.00pm Asian Champ Ulsan Newcastle jets Wed, 20/05/09 6.30pm S.League Super Reds Combak Wed, 20/05/09 7.45pm Italian League Lazio Reggina Thu, 21/05/09 1.30 am UECup Shakhtar W Bremen Thu, 21/05/09 2.45 am Football Singapore Singapore U23 Malaysia U23 Thu, 21/05/09 7.30pm S.League Woodlands
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      89 35 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 7am NHL piayoffs, Ch 117 gam NBA Lakers v Nuggets, Ch 23 6.25pm Football AFC Champions League: Ulsan v Jets, Ch 24 6.30pm IPL Kolkata v Rajasthan, Ch 111 7pm Tennis WTATour: Warsaw, Ch 113 9.15pm Cycling Giro d'ltalia, Ch 113 10.30pm IPL Chennai v Punjab,
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      305 40 BLOOMBERG OBAMATELLS AUTO-MAKERS US President speeds up fuel-economy standards, sets first carbon limit PRESIDENT Barack Obama was scheduled yesterday to announce that car-makers must meet average United States fuel-economy standards of 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016, four years sooner than previously planned. A senior administration
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        163 40 Think you have what it takes to snag the top spot in categories such as Healthy Skin, Luscious Lips and Sunny Smiles? Personal care store Watsons invites you to participate in its upcoming YOU Awards. Ms Cathy Yeap, managing director of Watsons Singapore, said: "YOU Awards
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        107 40 Enjoy a $20++ recession set dinner where your main course will be a choice of either wagyu beef or black miso codfish. Start off your set dinner with Cream of Mushroom soup and end off with Hard Rock Cafe's popular Outrageous Brownie. Inclusive of either
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        128 40 Marina Square is the place to be if you want to stretch your dollar as well as relax, shop, eat and play all under one roof. Starting this month, Marina Square will be rewarding shoppers by extending its Complimentary Parking Promotion from Monday to Friday,
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        100 40 Resorts World offers an unprecedented range of unique experiences, all in one destination. This translates into an array of interesting and exciting job opportunities. You can be part of the non-stop action at Universal Studios Singapore or showcase your hospitality skills at the casino or
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      270 41 AFP BRAZIL'S President met Chinese leaders in Beijing yesterday, during which analysts said he could broach a plan to ditch the United States dollar while doing trade with China. Mr Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was due to meet his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao
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      398 41 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH FED BAILOUT Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley said to have begun the process THE United States promised to stop short of placing restrictions on executive pay for senior bankers, as three of the country's largest banks took the first steps on the
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      257 42  -  CHEOWXINYI INSIDERTRADING cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has slapped a $77,000 fine on the former company secretary of Mainboardlisted Biosensors International Group for insider trading. Ms Chua Yang Joo had avoided a loss of $38,500 by selling 100,000 Biosensors shares in 2006 while
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      233 42  -  KELVIN CHOW THE Singapore operations of American Express may be affected by the company's plans to cut another 4,000 jobs. Yesterday, American Express the largest United States credit-card company by purchases said the layoffs could save about US$l75 million ($256 million) in expenses. This is
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      159 42 MAINBOARD-LISTED AusGroup is buying Modern Access Services, which provides scaffolding services in construction and maintenance projects, forAsls million ($16.9 million). The energy and resources services provider yesterday said the purchase would improve the group's geographical diversity, enable it to provide a wider array of services and
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      552 43  -  CONRAD RAJ BUSINESS COMMENT Facing a lawsuit by Petroßig i will it be deja vu for SembMarine? editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com. sg WILL the lawsuit by Petroßig l's owners against Sembcorp Marine's subsidiary, Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd (JSPL), turn out to be an albatross on the Singapore company's neck,
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        68 44 15.5 cents I Outperform CIMB keeps rating but raises target to 18 cents from 13 cents. Says outlook for local construction industry remains positive, supported by slew of infrastructure projects launched by Asian governments as well as lower raw material prices. Notes Government's plan to spend $18 billion
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        54 44 $1.44 I Buy Citigroup upgrades from "Sell", raises target to $1.85 from $1.27. Hikes FYO9-FYII earnings estimates to reflect better-than-expected Ql'o9 results and higher hopes for international expansion. Says private healthcare firm is proxy for long-term healthcare demand here, rest of region driven by aging populations, promotion of
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        47 44 U552.711 Overweight JPMorgan reiterates rating, raises target to US$3.2O from U552.35. Increases FYO9 net asset value forecast to reflect expectation that Hong Kong investment properties' rental contraction will bottom sooner and that office capital values are to be supported by a low interest rate environment.
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        18 44 Monday 2,172.92 A1-55% Friday 2,139.78 A 0.83% Thursday 2,122.11 T 2.89% Wednesday 2,185.29 A 0.33%
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        27 44 iang Seng 17,544.03 A 3.06% Jikkei 9,290.29 A 2.78% ihanghai 2,676.68 A 0.90% ieoul 1,428.21 A 2.99% /lumbai 14,302.03 A 0.12% ;LComp 1,023.49 A 1.13%
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        23 44 US$1 £1 i euro A$i RMi $1,462 ¥100 $1,520 $2,264 HK$ioo $18.86 $1,993 RMB100 $21.42 $1,134 RS100 $3,060 $0,414 RPio,ooo $1,422
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      88 44 Sing Tel is providing free communication services to Singapore's first women's Everest Team, which is preparing for its final ascent to the summit. Besides satellite phones and portable broadband access, Sing Tel provided each team member with a personal tracking device that allows them to send distress signals
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      494 44  -  ESTHER FUNG BANKING INVESTMENTS DESPITE taking some hard knocks on its Western banking investments, the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) is not about to cut its losses by following in the footsteps of cousin sovereign wealth fund (SWF) Temasek Holdings. When queried, a GIC
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      382 44 AP THE United States may emerge from recession as early as this summer, though further job losses mean a "depressed economy" could last as long as five years, Nobel Prize-win-ning economist Paul Krugman said yesterday. "I think it is quite possible that industrial
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