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    17 1 TODAY uesdayJune 16,2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Tuesday June 16,2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    in the news
    217 1 O Iran's Supreme Leader -J ordered an investigation into allegations of election fraud, offering hope to the opposition, as unrest continues to rock Tehran. Q Don't go to school, says O MOE, as it reminds students who have travelled to HINI affected areas, such as Australia, the
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    For 3 jobs, 10 seekers
    787 1  -  LINYANQIN Qi LABOUR MARKET REPORT 6,200 jobs shed a six-fold increase over April estimates; real earnings shrink 5.8 per cent yanqin@mediacorp.com. sg THE final figure well exceeded April's preliminary estimates, indicating that unemployment in the first quarter was far worse than originally thought not a
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    Time to 'rebrand' the civil service?
    513 1  -  ALICIA WONG alida@mediacorp.com.sg WHAT if working in the civil service meant you had at least half-a-day off a week to work on innovative ideas? Or you could give suggestions via an employee online forum and have others vote for your idea? To attract the
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Taking a leaf from Apple
      504 2  -  ALICIA WONG E-GOVERNMENT Govt should provide platform for ecosystem of firms, people to create services for the public: SM alicia@mediacorp.com.sg JUST as Apple created the basic iPhone, then spawned an entire business of developers building applications for it, Singapore will be taking its accolade-winning e-Govern-ment
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      Lock icon Khamenei orders probe
      492 3 AGENCIES IRAN ELECTIONS Thousands take to the streets as opposition supporters defy rally ban TEHRAN Iran's Supreme Leader yesterday ordered an investigation into allegations of election fraud, marking a stunning turnaround by the country's most powerful figure and offering hope to opposition forces, as unrest continued to
      AGENCIES; AFP  -  492 words
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      When age is the limit
      458 4  -  LEONGWEEKEAT MATURE WORKERS Older jobseekers cite qualifications and skills as other obstacles weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg THE 48-year-old made the journey from her home in Boon Lay to an office in Middle Road for a job interview only to be told she was "too old". The job Ms
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      Lock icon Connectivity is the key
      410 6  -  SRAMESH kCHANNELNEWSASIA SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA TIES Minister Mentor Lee says long-term cooperation essential to closer ties IN PAHANG, MALAYSIA rameshs@mediacorp.com.sg MALAYSIAN states want greater connectivity with the world, and Singapore can play its part in enhancing this connectivity as long as there's long-term cooperation between both countries, said
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      Applicants flock to Fernvale
      113 6 FERNVALE CREST, the Housing and Development Board's latest Build-To-Order (BTO) project in Sengkang, has attracted almost thrice the number of applicants compared to units available. The development has a total of 1,992 applications versus 700 units available. It also has, by far, the most number of
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      Lock icon LTTE UNDERWATER VESSEL FOUND AT SEA
      76 6 EPA A Sri Lankan Army handout image shows the first fully operational underwater vessel built by the now defeated Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and recovered by the Army Task Force 8 during their search operations in Mullaitivu, 396 km north-east of Colombo. Measuring
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      Lock icon MOE issues stay home reminder
      488 8  -  LYNDA HONG kCHANNEL NEWSASIA HINIVIRUS lynda@mediacorp.com. sg WITH school reopening on June 29 after the month-long holidays, the Ministry of Education (MOE) has reminded students to stay away from school for seven days if they have travelled to affected areas such as Australia, the United
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      Lock icon A call for calm
      237 8 AGENCIES LONDON The authorities have appealed for public calm after Britain confirmed the first Influenza A (HI Nl) death outside the Americas and the virus spread to isolated island communities in Asia. The government in Scotland announced late on Sunday that a patient infected with HINI
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      Lock icon Reaching out across the void... decks
      535 10  -  LEONGWEEKEAT NEW RESIDENTS MP Charles Chong on integrating new migrants weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg FIVE years ago, they were a rare sight in Punggol Central. These days, foreigners make up roughly 10 per cent of the estate's residents, or so Mr Charles Chong reckons going by the
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      Your wish is my command
      429 11  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN COMMUNICASIA2OO9 Brain-computer interface could help disabled and even be used in games and interactive applications hedirman@mediacorp.com. sg LOCAL researchers have developed a braincomputer interface that might be able to help rehabilitate stroke patients. By strapping electrical sensors onto a person's head (picture), the
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        SAF SERVICEMAN DIES IN TAIWAN
        97 11 A Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) regular serviceman, First Sergeant Ang Joo Pin, was found motionless in his bunk in a Taiwanese military facility yesterday at 7.15 am. He was given immediate medical attention by an SAF senior medic and evacuated to hospital. En route, resuscitation
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        POLICE BUST LOANSHARKING OPERATION
        65 11 Making the most number of loan-sharking-related arrests from a single operation so far this year, police yesterday morning nabbed 18 men and one woman, aged 19 to 40. Following intelligence gathering and surveillance work against a major loansharking syndicate, officers raided various locations and seized more
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      Customers have faith in security at banks, believe con job was a one-off
      459 11  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg HOW closely do banks scrutinise your thumbprints when you withdraw money? A court case on June 1 threw up this poser when a couple, both 29, managed to withdraw $7,595 with a stolen Maybank passbook
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      Lock icon Pay up or power down
      539 12  -  ZULOTHMAN GRANGEFORDSAGA zul@mediacorp.com.sg A NEW twist has emerged in the ongoing saga at The Grangeford. Today has learnt that more than 200 sub-tenants at the condominium in Leonie Hill were in danger of having their power cut off because former master tenant Ideal Accommodation did
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Top brass to take pay cut
      431 13 AGENCIES HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HONG KONG Hong Kong's Chief Executive Donald Tsang (picture) and other top government ministers will take a pay cut of more than 5 per cent as part of the city's belt-tightening during the economic downturn, reports said yesterday. Citing an
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      Lock icon Chinese sub, US sonar apparatus collision 'accidental'
      347 13 AP BEIJING A state-run newspaper said yesterday that a Chinese submarine's reported collision with an underwater sonar apparatus towed by a United States destroyer last week in the South China Sea was likely an accident. China Daily cited Chinese military experts as saying
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        HAILSTORM KILLS 14, THOUSANDS HOMELESS
        120 13 China At least 14 people were killed and more than 180 others injured in a severe hail storm that destroyed thousands of homes across eastern China's Anhui province. More than 10,000 people had to be evacuated and nearly 9,700 houses collapsed in the storm on
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        KHMER ROUGE JAIL CHIEF'S DETENTION 'UNLAWFUL'
        124 13 Cambodia Cambodia's war crimes court ruled yesterday that the Khmer Rouge prison chief's rights were violated when he was detained for a decade before trial a decision that could reduce any eventual sentence. Duch, arrested by the Cambodian military in 1999, had to wait
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      Lock icon NEITHER REAL NOR FREE
      570 14 THENEWYORKTIMES THE NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL THERE is no transparency or accountability in Iran, so we may never know for sure what happened in the Presidential election last week. But given the government's even more than usually thuggish reaction, it certainly looks like fraud. Although a
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      Lock icon STAY THE COURSE
      642 17  -  PAULKRUGMAN THE NEWYORKTIMES EDITORIAL Critics should not give up on US policies that have helped economic recovery THE debate over economic policy has taken a predictable yet ominous turn: The crisis seems to be easing, and a chorus of critics is already demanding that the Federal Reserve
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      Lock icon Taiwan ex-minister criticised for taking China job
      205 18 AP TAIPEI A former Taiwanese agriculture minister has taken a consultingjob in China, and the opposition charged yesterday that he might be helping the mainland obtain valuable seed strains and techniques at the expense of local farmers. The opposition party expressed concerns after
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      Lock icon Treading water
      294 18 AFP JAPAN MAYORAL ELECTIONS LDP struggles to stay afloat as opposition wins mayoral vote TOKYO Japan's main opposition party won a closelywatched mayoral poll during the weekend, dealing a fresh blow to Prime Minister Taro Aso as he fights to win over voters ahead of a general election.
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      Lock icon Protest in Parliament
      343 19 AP,THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER MALAYSIA POLITICS Five opposition members suspended KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Parliament suspended five opposition lawmakers who caused a commotion yesterday by wearing black headbands to protest the ruling coalition's takeover of the Perak state. The struggle for control of Perak has heightened hostility between opposition
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      Lock icon India, Pakistan set for Ist talks since Mumbai attacks
      177 19 AFP NEW DELHI India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari are set to hold their first face-to-face talks since last year's devastating attacks on Mumbai, officials said yesterday. An Indian Foreign Ministry official said the two leaders
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      Lock icon VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE
      63 20 AP A Pakistani official collects applications from people who have been displaced by fierce fighting between Taliban militants and government security forces in the country's troubled Swat Valley, for cash relief provided by the government in Islamabad yesterday. Over 2 million people who fled their homes are
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      Lock icon Kidnap, bomb plots foiled
      460 20 AP SECURITY IN ISLAMABAD ISLAMABAD Police in Islamabad recently foiled plots to kidnap diplomats and carry out bombings in the Pakistani capital, the Interior Minister said yesterday. Mr Rehman Malik made clear that security in Islamabad, already tightened, must be improved even more, saying efforts were
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      Lock icon US Gen McChrystal takes command in Afghanistan
      189 21 AP KABUL Mr Stanley McChrystal, a four-star American general with a long history in special operations, took charge of United States and NATO troops in Afghanistan yesterday, a change of command the Pentagon hopes will turn the tide in an increasingly violent eightyear
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      Lock icon Born in USA
      425 21 AP TERRORISM Shootings highlight the threat from homegrown terrorists WASHINGTON The case of an American-born Islamic extremist charged in a bloody rampage outside a military recruiting station may signal an ominous new wave of violent homegrown jihadists. National security officials have long feared the emergence of a
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      Lock icon Castro's son duped by online prankster
      187 22 THEGUARDIAN LONDON Claudia Valencia was a 26-year-old Colombian who was attractive, chatty and interested in sports and technology. Just the type that the son of Cuban leader Fidel Castro tended to fall for. And Antonio Castro did. The pair never met, but conducted an
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      Lock icon Two sides of the same coin
      277 22 AFP MIDDLE EAST PEACE EU US see Netanyahu's speech as a step towards peace; Palestinians beg to differ PARIS Europe and the United States said yesterday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had taken a step forward to ending the Middle East conflict by
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      Lock icon 11 nuke sites identified
      430 23 AGENCIES US-SOUTH KOREA SUMMIT SEOUL The United States and South Korea have pinpointed 11 underground sites in North Korea where it could conduct a third nuclear test, a newspaper reported yesterday ahead of a summit between the two allies. South Korean President Lee Myung Bak departed
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      Lock icon Stiff upper lip could do men in
      170 23 THEGUARDIAN LONDON British men are 40 per cent more likely to die from cancer than women because their "stiff upper lip" attitude prevents them from seeing the doctor in time, according to researchers. They are also around 70 per cent more likely to
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      I SAY A PITIFUL PASSERBY
      341 24  -  EDRIC SNG edric@mediacorp.com.sg ON THE walk home from the MRT station on Saturday, I saw a man lying face down in the grass by the roadside, barely moving, legs and arms awkwardly splayed, a bicycle in a heap beside him. Bending over him was another
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      Man City legend looking for a cabbie
      207 24  -  JohnTasker Letter from ABOUT a week ago, I hopped on a taxi, and as usual the driver seeing I am an "ang moh" asked where I was from. "England," I replied. "Whereabouts in England?" "Manchester," I further replied. "You like Manchester United?" "No,"
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      165 26  -  DR BILL MAIER BY GIVING YOUR KIDS YOUR BEST Ever have days when you spoke more kindly to the clerk at the grocery store than you did to your kids? It doesn't take a lot to make our kids feel valued, but it does take some
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      POINT OF VIEW
      58 26  -  Paul Antony Fernandez If people can be punished in court for feeding monkeys, the same should apply to HDB flat owners who keep unlicensed and unsterilised cats as pets but allow them to roam and breed wantonly, or who feed neighbourhood cats in public areas, messing up
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      THE HIV WARD NURSE
      851 26  -  AGATHA KOH BRAZIL DONWONG COFFEEWITH voices editor agatha@mediacorp.com.sg So often the last face patients will see on their deathbed HINI has put the Communicable Disease Centre (CDC) in the spotlight again. Yet its patients face fear and anxiety every day, and not just when there is
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    • THE ARTS
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        Lock icon The man behind the girl
        1093 30  -  MAYO MARTIN MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2009 You've seen Nat Geo's vAfghan girl'; now meet the photographer, Steve McCurry mayo@mediacorp.com.sg IF YOU had taken one of the 20th century's most famous photographs, wouldn't you want it hanging in your own house? Not Steve McCurry, the award-winning
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      PLUS IN ADDITION
      162 34 HENNESSY ARTISTRY Since Hennessy announced the launch of its innovative musical platform, the Hennessy Artistry, in 2006, it has always promoted the rich textured fabric of music. This year, Hennessy Artistry Singapore will feature a line-up of local talented artistes in a mix that's hard to beat.
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      Lock icon Staging the set
      509 34  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE ARTS FEST The final volley of shows took us to different places mayo@mediacorp.com.sg WITH the display of firecrackers at the Crackers? visual show over the weekend at Yishun, this year's edition of the festival ended with a big bang. And we expect a beaming
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      464 37  -  EVELINE GAN PROPER HYGIENE An experiment reveals the amount of bacteria that flourishes on hands that are not cleaned thoroughly eveline@mediacorp.com. sg I WASH my hands frequently. While I don't think there's anything wrong with this, my husband sees it as a sign of obsessive
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      108 37 SEX AND CANCER The risk of getting cervical cancer transcends all ages. Find out how you can protect yourself. Onsite vaccination will be available. Date: Saturday Time: lpm to 4pm Venue: Velvet Underground at Zouk, i7_liak Kirn Street Registration/Fee: Free. Registration required. Call 6772 4261. Open to women
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      204 37 The aim: To find out if washing my hands with soap and water regularly can reduce the amount of germs on them significantly. The method: As I went about my day, I pressed my fingers on specially designed agar plates provided by DrTan Ai Ling, SGH's senior consultant
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      116 37 If you're at a hawker centre and can't find a sink to wash your hands in, alco-hol-based hand sanitisers or wet wipes are the next best defence against germs. According to DrTan, alcohol kills bacteria. But this method only works if your hands
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      46 37 Veins &You Forum All you should know about Varicose Spider Veins Specially organised by SINGAPORE VEIN CENTRE Date :19 June 2009 (Friday) Time 7 pm-9 pm Venue Camden Medical Centre, Function Room #09-08 (Behind Tanglin Mall Traders Hotel) Speaker: Dr. Imran Nawaz Consultant Vascular Surgeon Enrasvc
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      217 40 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Carlos Tevez (picture) has informed Sir Alex Ferguson that he has no plans to return to Manchester United despite the club's renewed efforts to persuade him to reject Manchester City's overtures. Ferguson interrupted his holiday in
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      603 40  -  LOW LIN FHOONG 2009 MEN'S JUNIOR HOCKEYWORLDCUP More competitions, sports science key for Asia's former greats to catch up linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER a devastating 6-1 loss to Australia on Saturday in the medal round of the Standard Chartered Bank FIH Men's Junior World Cup, Pakistan were looking
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      Koreans want their money
      475 41  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Super Reds eager to resolve matter with 2 players over unpaid wages and bonuses shamir@mediacorp.com.sg KOREAN side Super Reds came so close to becoming the first foreign club to win the SLeague title, when they finished two points behind champions SAFFC last
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      157 41 THE Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) have sought the Singapore Sports Council's (SSC) approval to appoint Steven Yeo as their chief executive officer. The position became vacant when Christina Tay resigned on Jan 15 after controversy over the late submission of budget, training and development plans
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      352 41  -  LAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg JENSON Button could be crowned world champion before the Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix from Sept 25-27, but race organisers are confident it won't lessen interest in the Formula 1 night race here. Brawn GP's
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      572 42  -  ASDWIGHT SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Captain Duric admits SAFFC have been lucky to get so far in the competition LEAGUE CUP 2009, SEMI-FINALS Home United v SAFFC Jalan Besar Stadium, 7.45pm sports@newstoday.com.sg ANYONE who watched SAFFC squeak past Tampines Rovers in their League Cup quar-ter-final tie
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      293 42  -  AS DWIGHT IN-FORM Home United are out to capitalise on SAFFC's recent poor run, when the two traditional rivals meet in the second League Cup semi-final tonight at Jalan Besar Stadium. There has been a long rivalry between defending S-League champions SAFFC and Home, and
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      640 43 AGENCIES NBA FINALS Kobe finally steps out of Shag's shadow to win NBA Finals and MVP award NBA FINALS, GAME 5 Orlando 86 Los Angeles gg (Lakers win series 4-1) ORLANDO Again, Kobe Bryant had his hands full. When he finally shed himself of
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      11 40 MANCHESTER UNITED L^^^^ ASIA TOUR IN KUALA LUMPUR 18 JULY 2009.
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      68 40 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 7.45pm Football League Cup: Home Utd v SAFFC, Ch 27 8.20pm ICC T2O: New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Ch 110 TOMORROW 12.10 am Football Euro U-21: Sweden v Belarus, Ch 27 12.20 am ICC T2O: South Africa v India, Ch 110 2.40 am Football Euro U-21:
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      406 44  -  KAYLENEHONG DESPITE the fact that money is tight in many households, Singaporeans still gave generously to Community Chest's "True Hearts" project this year. A record $3.4 million was raised during the donation drive from May 13 to June 14. The collaboration between MediaCorp TV and Community Chest after
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      425 44  -  SHERMAINEWONG BEATING THE RECESSION Courts Price Promise 2009 aims to give consumers a helping hand in the recession shermainewong@mediacorp.com.sg GETTING the lowest guaranteed prices; receiving free gifts that are relevant and add value to what you've bought; and having the credit instalments on your purchases taken care of
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      THE COURTS PRICE PROMISE 2009, IN A NUTSHELL
      135 44 1. Lowest prices guaranteed prices are checked daily to give consumers the lowest prices. 2. Courts will pay for credit instalments for up to 12 months on new credit purchases, in the unfortunate event of any loss of job. 3. Free gifts
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      364 46 AFP FINANCIAL REGULATION US system to be bolstered, say Geithner and Summers WASHINGTON Faced with continued market weakness, United States President Barack Obama's administration is to unveil a plan to bolster the country's financial regulatory system, two top presidential economic aides said yesterday. Treasury Secretary Timothy
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      287 47 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH THE world's richest man has begun to build a stake in BBA Aviation, the aircraft servicing company that has a major presence in the United States private-jet market. Mr Bill Gates, founder of computer giant Microsoft, has acquired a 3.16-per-cent holding in BBA
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      318 47 AGENCIES CHINA ECONOMY Foreign direct investment in May falls for Bth month CHINESE Premier Wen Jiabao said the Asian giant's economic recovery has yet to find a solid footing and the government will adjust its stimulus package if necessary, state media reported yesterday. His comments came
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      179 48 AGENCIES SINGAPOREAIRLINES AMID the global economic downturn and the spread of Influenza A (H1N1), Singapore Airlines (SIA) yesterday said the number of passengers it carried last month slipped 23.7 per cent from a year ago to 1.21 million passengers. Passenger load factor fell to 66.9 per
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      221 48 DOWJONES NEWSWIRES AFTER initially deferring its plans for an initial public offering due to tepid markets, telecommunications service provider Pacnet is now preparing for an IPO next year and plans to use funds raised for mergers and acquisitions. "We think that the capital market is
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      243 48  -  TAN HUI LENG SINGTEL declined to confirm or deny a report that its unit Optus may sell its assets into the Australia government's new highspeed Internet network for a stake in the project. In response, Sing Tel said Optus has a "range of options available to
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        135 49  -  TAN HUI LENG Singapore-listed developer Hongkong Land yesterday announced it had established a US$3-billion ($4.4-billion) Guaranteed Medium-Term Note The programme, arranged by HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong), allows for the issue of notes in multiple currencies with a tenure of up to
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        111 49 Singapore-listed Celestial NutriFoods yesterday requested for a trading suspension starting at gam today. This is to "allow Merrill Lynch Far East Limited and its affiliates, the appointed sole dealer manager to assist the company for negotiation with the bondholders", said the China-based maker of soybean proteinbased food
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      416 49  -  KELVIN CHOW SINGAPORE EXCHANGE New proposal seeks proportionate collateralisation kelvinc@mediacorp.com. sg IN A move to enhance the robustness of its clearing system, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) is proposing to require clearing members with large securities settlement exposure to deposit collaterals that are proportionate to their level of
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        60 50 $2.241 Neutral CIMB maintains its rating for the developer but raises target price to $2.06 from $1.91 on a more positive view of the Chinese property sector. "With 72.9 per cent of its land bank located in affluent cities such as Shanghai, Tianjin, Nanjing and Suzhou, Yanlord is
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        68 50 88.5 cents Neutral DMG upgrades rating from "Sell" and lifts target price to 85 cents from 50 cents to reflect an improved outlook for the offshore oil and gas sector, company's better cost containment, as well as stronger balance sheet following recent $73.9-million share placement. But DMG says Swiber's
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        90 50 17.5 cents I Hold Kirn Eng Securities downgrades from "Buy", and cuts the target price to 20 cents from 25 cents, after lowering 2009 earnings forecast by 19 per cent to reflect weaker sales in China for customer Peugeot. Still, it expects Armstrong's China auto business to be
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        22 50 JS$i :i euro ,$i !Mi $1,457 ¥100 $1,485 $2,381 HK$ioo $18.81 $2,022 RMB100 $21.33 $1,167 RS100 $3,042 $0,413 RPio,ooo $1,431
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      418 50  -  CHRISTIE LOH deputy business editor] christie@mediacorp.com.sg AS THE global economy bids farewell to the gogo growth years fuelled by borrowed money, Singapore will have to work much harder—including restructuring its economy—to survive in the new, more sober environment. Presenting this reality check in a
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