Today, 2 September 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    10 1 TODAY Wednesday September i, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      in the news
      188 1 8 Would a Singaporean soldier defend his country with a bamboo pole, if it came to that? The Chief of Army chats with the media and gives his take on the Armed Forces. 1 O T'9er Airways Australia 1 says people need to be realistic when considering
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      Two banks that sued APBS made themselves easy prey', says judge
      668 1  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg THE two foreign banks had set out to sue Asia Pacific Breweries Singapore (APBS) for US$59 million ($B5 million), in a long drawn-out legal battle over loans that they had been persuaded to give by its former
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      Its business as usual
      545 1  -  KELVIN CHOW DBS'NEWCEO Citibanker's Asian expertise will serve DBS well, say analysts kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg THOUGH some may have hoped for a Singaporean finally, it came as no surprise to analysts when a seasoned foreign veteran in the South-east Asian banking scene was picked as DBS Group Holdings'
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  • NEWS
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      HURDLES, PERCEPTIONS TO TACKLE
      502 2  -  CONRAD RAJ NEWS COMMENT editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com. sg ONCE again, the nation's largest listed financial institution has chosen a foreigner as its chief executive officer. That is not to say it wasn't the right choice. Veteran banker Piyush Gupta comes with excellent credentials and should provide DBS
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      Lock icon Say goodbye to Botox
      658 3  -  ONG DAI LIN ONGDAILIN HEALTH AND SCIENCES A*Star researcher discovers gene for premature ageing dailin@mediacorp.com.sg WHAT began as research on identical twins has led a team of scientists to a discovery that would thrill those in search of the proverbial Fountain of Youth: Identifying the human
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      Lock icon 'She is trying to buy my hubby'
      492 6  -  ANSLEYNG IN COURT Wife's tearful claim takes the court aback ansley@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS a tale of apparent spurned affections. In an unexpected tearful tirade on the stand yesterday, auditor manager Gan Hui Fern defended her reasons for keeping the money given by family
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      Wireless@SG gets speed boost
      228 6 THE speed for the free Wireless@SG service has been doubled to 1 Mbps across all hotspots on the island. The speed upgrade took place seamlessly as of yesterday across all three Wireless@SG operators' networks. Existing Wireless@SG users do not need to re-register or re-config-ure their devices
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      Lock icon Are they willing to defend S'pore?
      509 8  -  ZULOTHMAN CHIEFOFARMY INTERVIEW Not high-tech but soldiers' commitment to fight for their country that counts most: Mai-Gen Neo zul@mediacorp.com.sg HE HAS millions of dollars of lethal firepower and cutting-edge technology at his disposal. But if you put a bamboo spear in his hand, would
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      Lock icon Going beyond the classroom
      292 10 938 LIVE TO THE four recipients of this year's President's Award for Teachers, being a teacher is more than just imparting knowledge. At Anglo-Chinese Primary School, Mr Terry Tan, 51, writes his own games to pique his students' interest in Mathematics. "Students nowadays are IT savvy
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      Get real, says Tiger Australia
      402 10  -  LEONGWEEKEAT AIRLINE SATISFACTION SURVEY Least favoured airline says low fares have enabled many to fly for the first time weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg "YOU can't expect a champagne experience on a beer budget." This was the reaction of Tiger Airways Australia when asked for its response to a
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      Lock icon Mercy Relief senior manager dies while overseas
      241 12  -  ONGDAILIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg HE HAD been hard at work in Zambales, The Philippines, since last Thursday, providing aid to victims of last month's Typhoon Kiko. On Monday, after completing his work for the day, Mercy Reliefs senior manager for international programme, Mr Shalahudin Johari
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      A GEM in a jam
      358 12 TECHNOLOGY First navigation aid with real-time road situation updates DRIVING from, say, Pasir Ris to Boon Lay and want to know where traffic has slowed to a crawl? A real-time traffic information service, made available through a portable navigation device, aims to help you do
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      Hoping for a change
      335 14  -  NEOCHAICHIN CARING FORTHE ELDERLY chaichin@mediacorp.com. sg HE SEES elderly patients at the hospital on a functional decline, whose families' hospital "discharge planning" is to hire a domestic helper. Some of these patients go home in diapers that "never come off again", and those who lose their
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon APPLICATIONS FOR GRANT DOUBLE
        67 14 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Since the Government enhanced the Additional Housing Grant for flat buyers in February, the number of applications for this grant has doubled. Between February and July, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) received 6,338 applications for the grant, or an average of 1,000 applications
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        Lock icon 16TH H1N1 FATALITY
        70 14 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A 95-year-old woman is Singapore's latest HINI--related victim the 16th in the country. The Health Ministry said the patient had no known medical condition. Her death on Monday was certified as pneumonia, contributed by the HINI infection. The ministry's influenza biosurveillance programme shows the proportion
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      Tiwary lied because he was embarrassed
      262 16 HE HAD told "untruths" to his friends but not to the police, the defence said in its opening address in the trial of Ram Puneet Tiwary for the murder of his two fellow Singaporean flatmates in Sydney nearly six years ago, the Australian Associated
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      Boost for leadership
      406 16  -  ALICIA WONG NON-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS Course covers strategic leadership, engaging people and sustainability alicia@mediacorp.com. sg AMID calls for better leadership in nonprofit organisations, here comes one boost in that direction. The Lien Centre for Social Innovation at the Singapore Management University (SMU) yesterday announced a new programme to
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      Trust Teams contact more than 340 companies, plan to meet another 300
      242 16 IT HAS been only about four months since the Government set up six tripartite teams to help firms implement recession initiatives such as the Skills Programme for Upgrading and Resilience and Jobs Credit. And the Tripartite Upturn Strategy
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      Lock icon $100m budget to host year-long Apec meetings
      182 17 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE Government has set aside a budget of about $100 million to host the year-long series of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings, which culminate in the meeting on Nov 14 and 15 involving leaders from the 21 economies. Among those expected to
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      Smash-and-grab suspect arrested
      274 17 HE ALLEGEDLY would smash the rear windscreens of the vehicles he had targeted before making off with valuable left inside them, such as cash cards, cash and mobile phone chargers. Yesterday, Mohamed Idris Mohamed, 39, was charged with housebreaking and theft. Mohamed Idris was arrested on Monday
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        DOWNTOWN LINE CONTRACTS AWARDED
        138 17 The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded two contracts worth a total of some $787 million for the Downtown Line Stage 2 (DTL2) project. The first contract for the design and construction of Hillview and Cashew stations and tunnels has been won by GS Engineering Construction
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        41 OUT OF 77 GAME LAB STUDENTS FIND JOBS
        152 17 More than half of Singapore-MIT Gambit Game Lab students have found jobs in the games and media industries here. They have been hired as artists, programmers or game designers in companies such as Übisoft, Boomzap, Double Negative and NexGen Studio. Since
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Power change may ease distrust with Asia
      368 18 AGENCIES JAPAN ELECTIONS TOKYO Japan's incoming cen-tre-left leader Yukio Hatoyama has signalled he will reach out to Asian neighbours and seek to ease distrust stirred by memories of his country's war-time past, analysts say. Mr Hatoyama, who is expected to be elected as
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      Lock icon Japan election boosts clout of DPJ kingmaker Ichiro Ozawa
      209 18 AFP TOKYO The historic election victory of Japan's centre-left opposition was a personal triumph for Mr Ichiro Ozawa (picture), who was forced out as party leader but remains a power behind the throne. Mr Ozawa is credited with engineering the devastating
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      Lock icon Dalai Lama in Taiwan mass prayer as China cancels events
      220 20 AFP KAOHSIUNG China called off events planned with Taiwan in apparent retaliation for the Dalai Lama's visit to the island, officials said yesterday, as Tibet's spiritual leader led thousands in prayer. Ms Chen Shu-rong, spokeswoman of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang (KMT)
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      Lock icon Ban on Malaysian Muslims reversed
      301 20 AFP BLACK EYED PEAS SHOW KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Muslims are now permitted to attend a concert in Kuala Lumpur by American hip-hop band Black Eyed Peas, organisers said yesterday, reversing an earlier ban. The Malaysian website for the Sept 25 event, sponsored by the Guinness
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      Lock icon Malaysian Home Minister to meet Section 23 residents
      155 20 AGENCIES PUTRAJAYA Residents of Section 23 in Shah Alam will meet Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein today to voice their grievances over the proposed relocation of a Hindu temple to their neighbourhood, Mr Hishammuddin said he also wants to find out if there
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      Lock icon Police arrest militant with links to Al Qaeda
      237 21 AP PHILIPPINE EXTREMIST MANILA Police have captured a suspected Al Qaeda-linked militant accused in the high-profile kidnappings of at least four Americans and dozens of Filipinos in southern Philippines. Last week's arrest in Cotabato city of Hajer Sailani an alleged member of
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      Lock icon THIRD TIME'S A CHARM
      61 21 AFP French 'Spiderman'Alain Robert (inset) was arrested yesterday after successfully scaling Malaysia's z^m-high PetronasTwin Towers, in his third attempt to scale the nation's tallest structure. The 46-year-old began climbing one of the 88-storey towers with his bare hands before dawn and reached the top before being
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      Lock icon 'Prince of Jihad' a suspect in July's Jakarta bombings
      130 21 AGENCIES JAKARTA A radical Indonesian publisher said to be a former member of Al Qaeda has been declared a suspect in July's hotel bombings in Jakarta. The move allows police to keep Mohammed Jibril Abdurahman in custody pending possible charges. The
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      Lock icon More couples saying I do' Down Under
      291 22 AFP RECORD MARRIAGES MELBOURNE The number of Australians tying the knot has hit a 20-year high, reversing the trend for an institution that appeared to be going out of fashion only a few years ago, according to official data. The figures show that
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      Lock icon US civil rights to be enhanced
      207 22 AP WASHINGTON The United States Justice Department is moving forward with plans to expand its civil rights division, pursuing cases of discrimination in the workplace, housing and voting rights. From his first day on the job, Attorney-General Eric Holder (picture) has pledged to strengthen
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      Lock icon TIME TO REBALANCE AND HALT THAT SLIDE
      653 23  -  DAVID BROOKS THENEWYORKTIMES NEWS COMMENT Obama risks losing popular mandate of the American people on healthcare reform and economic policies TWO tides swept over American politics last winter. The first was the Obama tide. President Barack Obama came into office with a 70-per-cent
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      971 24 WHAT WERE YOUR FIRST IMPRESSIONS AND FAVOURITE FEATURES OF THE D9O? HOW DOES IT COMPARE WITH OTHER NIXON CAMERAS YOU USE? It's very light and feels considerably smaller than my D7OO and D3OO, fits my small hands comfortably and features intuitive ergonomics, which all makes a huge difference
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      Lock icon World leaders pay tribute
      420 27 AP WWII ANNIVERSARY -A. 4 GDANSK Officials from across Europe and the United States gathered in northern Poland yesterday to mark the outbreak of World War II 70 years ago, in a ceremony bringing former foes and friends together to pay tribute to the tens of
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      Lock icon Nothing's changed, say Beslan survivors
      188 27 AFP BESLAN Five years on, the Russian authorities have not learnt from the Beslan hostage siege, survivors of one of Russia's worst massacres in recent memory said yesterday. Dozens of survivors gathered at the crumbling ruins of School No 1 in this southern town to
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      Lock icon 'Tourists, go home
      337 28 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH OVERCROWDED VENICE SAYS Italian city plans ban to curtail daily influx of visitors ROME Venice is considering a radical scheme under which it would restrict the number of visitors to the city by banning day-trippers, helping it cope with the crush of mass tourism. The
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      Lock icon Cloaked in confusion
      510 29 THENEWYORKTIMES ISLAM IN FRANCE Burqa furore hints at internally-conflicted political discourse PARIS It is a measure of France's confusion about Islam and its Muslim citizens that in the political furore here over "banning the burqa", as the argument goes, the garment at issue is not really the
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      Lock icon Fiji suspended from Commonwealth
      171 29 AP FIJI has been suspended from the Commonwealth after it failed to respond to a demand to begin restoring democracy to the island nation. The 53-nation group had demanded that the South Pacific island nation meet conditions such as resuming a dialogue with opposition groups and
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      Lock icon Brazil's latest oil find will ctake care of poverty
      187 32 THEGUARDIAN RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday vowed to pump billions of petrodollars into the war on poverty in the wake of one of the world's biggest oil discoveries this decade. Mr Lula said on
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      Lock icon Taking a more liberal tack
      557 32 THE GUARDIAN WAR ON DRUGS Mexico, Argentina move toward decriminalisation CARACAS Argentina and Mexico have taken significant steps towards decriminalising drugs amid a growing Latin American backlash against the United States-sponsored "war on drugs". Argentina's Supreme Court has ruled it unconstitutional to punish people for
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      Lock icon Once foes, now on talking terms
      314 34 AGENCIES ARMENIA-TURKEYTIES But they won't discuss deepest source of enmity YEREVAN (Armenia) —Armenia and Turkey, bitter foes for a century, took a step towards reconciliation on Monday by announcing that they would establish diplomatic ties and re-open their border. But they would not discuss
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      Lock icon GPs to ask for donor consent
      419 35 THE GUARDIAN ORGAN DONATION Guidance aims to stem transplant supply shortage, doctors vuneasy at having to broach sensitive issue LONDON Doctors in the United Kingdom will be told to routinely ask dying patients and their relatives about organ donation in a controversial move that
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      Lock icon Relationship abuse haunts UK teens
      210 35 THE GUARDIAN LONDON One in three teenage girls in the United Kingdom has suffered sexual abuse from a boyfriend and one in four has experienced violence in a relationship, according to an in-depth study published yesterday. The survey by the NSPCC and Bristol University found
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      Lock icon Police to review death
      287 38 AP ROLLING STONES FOUNDING MEMBER LONDON Forty years after the body of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones (picture) was found floating in his swimming pool following a binge of drugs and drinking, police said on Monday they are reviewing the case in light of new evidence
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      Lock icon Dementia to quadruple in Australia by 2050: Report
      172 40 AFP SYDNEY Dementia rates in Australia will increase four-fold as the population ages, affecting more than 1 million people by 2050, a report warned yesterday. The forecast, prepared for the Alzheimer's Australia lobby group by consulting firm Access Economics, warned 2010 would
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      Lock icon Women, one drink is enough
      474 40 THE GUARDIAN BREAST CANCER PREVENTION LONDON More than four out of 10 cases of breast cancer in the United Kingdom could be prevented if women adopted healthier lifestyles, according to a leading medical charity. The estimate by the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) is based
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      584 54  -  RAJ KUMAR ASEAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE Slingers one of six teams that hope to be pioneers of a basketball revolution rajkumar@niediacorp.com.sg TWO years from now, Singapore's only professional basketball franchise could line up against top clubs from around the world. Basketball's world governing body, Fiba, hope to
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      173 54  -  SHAMIR OSMAN RHB SINGAPORE CUP Quarter-final, ist leg Tampines l Albirex o TAMPINES Rovers carry the slimmest of advantages into the second leg of the RHB Singapore Cup quarter-final against Albirex Niigata this Friday, after a hard-earned 1 -0 victory over the Japanese side last
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      172 54  -  lANDECOTTA WITH the second Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix just under a month away, less than 20 per cent of the 82,000 tickets on sale for each of the three days (Sept 25-27) are left, race organisers said yesterday. The highest take-up rates are
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      183 57 AFP 1 INYON Arsenal striker Eduardo [(picture) was suspended yester[day for two matches by European [football's governing body Uefa for [diving in a Champions League game [against Celtic last month. "The Uefa Control and Disci- plinary Body today examined the case of the Arsenal FC
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      517 58 DPA AFTERNOON LATEST NEW YORK Unfancied Australian outsider Olivia Rogowska came close to an upset yesterday (early morning, Singapore time) in the US Open before rattled top seed Dinara Safina pulled herself together to scratch out a 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 6-4 first round win. The Russian world
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        94 66 AFP More than 50 global airlines lost US$2 billion ($2.9 billion) during the second quarter, bringing industry losses forthe first half to over US$6 billion, the International Air Transport Association (lATA) said yesterday. European and Asian-Pacific carriers were worse off than a year ago, North
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        83 66 AFP United States online auction giant eßay is poised to sell its Internet communication service Skypeto an investment group, The NewYorkTimes reported. The group of private investors would likely include Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm, the newspaper said. London-based venture capital firm Index Ventures, an
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      249 66 DOWJONES AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY SYDNEY The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) yesterday left its cash rate target unchanged at a 49-year-low of 3 per cent and fell short of expectations that it would articulate a tightening bias. The central bank indicated that trends in the domestic economy
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        77 68 CHANNEL NEWSASIA MediaCorp has merged its International Production Unit and Caldecott Productions International. The new entity, called Caldecott Productions International, will be headed by Mr Kenneth Liang. Reporting to Mr Liang is Ms Ong Hee Yah, senior vicepresident, whose responsibility is to develop the current factual
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        93 68 938 LIVE Mainboard-listed 01am International has acquired a 14.4-per-cent stake in a Kiwi-style dairy farming operator in Uruguay for about US$9.9 million ($l4 million). Listed on the New Zealand stock exchange, New Zealand Dairy Farming Systems Uruguay currently owns 36,000 hectares of dairy
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        107 68 938 LIVE K-Reit Asia said that it plans to buy six levels of the 30-storey Prudential Tower for $106 million. The property trust already owns 10 floors of the building, which has a total strata area of 248,541 sq ft. When the transaction is
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      196 68 938 LIVE IMF'S ANNUAL REVIEW THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) described Singapore's policy response to its worst recession since independence as being "forceful" and predicted that growth in the country would be 2.5 per cent next year. In its annual review of Singapore's economy, the IMF's Executive
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      299 69 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE textile industry in Singapore is much more than just fabrics as the country is fast becoming the headquarters of choice for international textile players. The global textile chemical manufacturer, Huntsman, is one such firm looking to leverage on
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      340 69  -  ESTHER FUNG COURTESY ASIAN CHEMICALS INDUSTRY Reason? Market demand for products are growing faster esther@mediacorp.com.sg THE ongoing economic recovery in the region has provided the Asian chemicals industry with a lot of growth potential. The demand for chemicals used in consumer products are expected to
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        508 70  -  CHEOWXINYI MASVS PHEIM Ex-Pheim employee is said to have told broker to buy shares at centre of landmark case cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com. sg A WOMAN who was said to be unavailable and was not named as a witness walked into the courtroom during yesterday's
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        206 70  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@mediacorp.com.sg THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) withdrew a Tampines commercial site from the Government Land Sales (GLS) programme's Reserve List as it will be "affected by future infrastructure works". The 54,400 sq ft land parcel nearTampines bus interchange was originally proposed as a
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