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  • 10 1 TODAY Wednesday September 23, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    121 1 4 North West CDC aims to turn the tide for PMET jobseekers with its latest initiative a club to organise training seminars and networking sessions with potential employers. "~)'~7^ joke about 'holy cow' £v I lands Indian ministerShashi Tharoor in a spot of trouble. O/"YThe blue-eyed libertine
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  • 566 1 AGENCIES NEW YORK In a speech billed by China as a major statement on slow-moving climate negotiations, I President Hu Jintao yesterday pledged ambitious plans to plant enough forest to cover an area the size of Norway and use 15 per cent of its
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  • 648 1  -  LOHCHEEKONG ESTHER FUNG SALE OF CITIGROUP SHARES AND cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg EYEBROWS were raised in January last year when the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) ploughed US$6.BB billion ($9.7 billion) into the embattled Citigroup a move that even its chairman, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, had
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  • NEWS
    • 715 2  -  ALICIA WONG ALICIA WONG CASINO EXCLUSION ORDERS alida@mediacorp.com.sg SOON after they held their customary wedding ceremony four years ago, the hongbao (red packet) money that they had been given went missing. That's when she had her first suspicions about her husband's gambling addiction. Since
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    • 349 3 AGENCIES US BASES IN JAPAN NEW YORK The Obama administration has promised to discuss a controversial deal on US military bases with Japan's new left-leaning government but stopped short of saying it would renegotiate it. The administration also sought to get off to "a good start"
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    • 321 4  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg THEY could be sweating it out under the sun or shivering in a cold room. During peak festive periods, they could be working from 9am to 3am the next day. But the scenario Ms Sarah Yong, FarEastFlora.com's senior manager, painted did not deter
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    • 530 4  -  > LINYANQIN LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT North West CDCsPMET Club the latest initiative to boost morale, employment yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg BY THE time they go to their Community Development Council (CDC) for help, they are usually months into their attempt to find a job, and may be feeling
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    • 276 6 ALICIA WONG It has been banned in Singapore since 2006, but many here will remember the Far Eastern Economic Review's legal battles with the Government. Institute of Policy Studies research fellow AzharGhani said that the lawsuits against the magazine helped "set out the markers
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    • 464 6 AGENCIES FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW HONG KONG Set up in 1946, it chronicled Asia's miraculous post-war recovery and, at the peak of its circulation in the 1980s, was known for the depth of its reporting as well as for taking on governments and big
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    • 714 8 AP THE GUARDIAN BENEFITS OF BANS Heart attacks reduced considerably in countries where lighting up is banned LONDON The ban on smoking in public places could reduce heart attacks by more than a third in some parts of the world, say researchers. Two independent health reviews
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    • 391 10 AGENCIES BEIJING-TAIPEITIES BEIJING China has said that it wants to proceed with plans for closer economic cooperation with Taiwan, signalling it is willing to move past recent disputes with the island and resume a historic thaw in relations. "We are willing to continue to
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    • 159 10 AFP Taiwanese prosecutors yesterday indicted former President Chen Shui-bian on a further charge relating to his time in power, less than two weeks after he was jailed for life for corruption. Mr Chen "was suspected of embezzling money from the Foreign Ministry which
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    • 442 12  -  TEOXUANWEI ATTEMPTED MURDER Spurned man strangled, hacked at and tried to throw lover to her death xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg BECAUSE of disagreements over their relationship and money matters, DiongTiong Ngo's lover wanted to leave him. The spat instead led to a chain of violent events that saw
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    • 296 12 ANSLEYNG WHEN they were introduced six years ago, the guidelines pointed to legal fees of up to roughly 30 per cent less for conveyancing done in property deals. Some lawyers then undercut each other in search of business. Soon, lawyers will no longer be
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    • 62 14 001 BOON KEONG Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Balaji Sadasivan (left) led a tour around Little India for the People's Republic of China Ambassador to Singapore Zhang Xiaokang (centre) yesterday. Besides viewing the Deepavali light-up and festivities, Dr Balaji and Ms
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    • 393 14 JOBS CREDIT SCHEME Govt to announce if scheme will be extended; $Bgom payment next wee! SOME businesses, in the midst of shaping their budgets for the year ahead, have been asking for an indication if the Jobs Credit Scheme will continue. They will find out by
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    • 291 14  -  RYAN HUANG CHANNEL NEWSASIA ryan@channelnewsasia.com AS MORE patients seek cheaper healthcare alternatives abroad, they will also look for ways to cover their risks and the booming medical tourism sector is presenting new opportunities for insurance firms. There are now more products that cater
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    • 305 15  -  ANSLEYNG ansley@mediacorp.com. sg THIS weekend, at the Formula 1 Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix, 12 disadvantaged young people will be watching from the very heart of the glitz and glamour. At one of many exclusive corporate suites the hangouts for company bigwigs and their clients —12
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    • 65 15 EPA Artefacts recovered from the Tang shipwreck treasure were displayed in a store room at the Hua Song Museum in Singapore. For about 1,200 years, the treasure has been lying hidden between rocks and coral reefs in the shallow waters of the Gelasa Strait before fishermen
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
      • 203 16 From November, about 30,000 teachers and staff in the more than 350 public schools here, will be the first in Asia to be equipped across the board with Web 2.0 communication and collaboration tools. The Ministry of Education (MOE), NCS and Google
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      • 86 16 TheCommander-in-Chief of the Indonesian National Defence Forces, General Djoko Santoso, was conferred Singapore's highest military award, the Distinguished Service Order (Military), by President S R Nathan at the Istana yesterday. This was in recognition of his major contributions in strengthening defence ties between
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      • 153 16 The annual Kusu pilgrimage season is between Oct 18 and Nov 16, when thousands of devotees pay homage at the Tua Pek Kong Temple and Kramat shrines on the island. Ferries to Kusu Island will depart from the Marina South Pier from 7am (weekdays) and 6.30
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      • 115 16 More than 130 youth have responded to the Central Narcotics Bureau's (CNB) Facebook campaign to take the pledge against drug abuse. In its "Life Does Not Rewind" campaign, which it developed with ihub Media, the three fans who came up with the best pledges
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  • WORLD
    • EYE ON ASIA
      • 79 18 18 SOUTH KOREA South Korea will demand fingerprints from all adult foreign visitors by 2012 to tighten immigration controls and prevent criminals entering the country. The justice ministry said a Bill will be submitted to Parliament next month requiring foreigners over the age of 17 to
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      • 73 18 AFP CHINA Chinese archaeologists have discovered a new section of the Great Wall, showing that it stretched at least 11km further east than previously thought. The section, built during the Qin and Han dynasties, was found in Jilin province. The team found a 172-m--long section of
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    • 526 18 AGENCIES NUCLEARTALKS S Korean President offers security, international help NEW YORK South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak on Monday offered North Korea a "grand bargain" to give up its nuclear program in return for aid and security guarantees, warning Pyongyang the proposal may be its last chance.
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    • 204 20 BEIJING China has barred foreigners from travelling to Tibet until after sensitive Oct 1 celebrations marking the 60th birthday of communist China, a government tourism office and travel agents said yesterday. An employee at the official Lhasa Tourism Bureau in the regional capital said
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    • 554 20 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER NEWS COMMENT Perhaps the Chinese M'sians no longer care KUALA LUMPUR Chinese Malaysians appear to have grown increasingly dismissive of the potentially party-shattering power struggle happening in the country's largest Chinese party, Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a distressing sign for an organisation which is
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    • 295 21 AP MANILA China sees no solution in sight to territorial disputes over potentially oil-rich South China Sea regions so it has begun to discuss possible joint projects with other claimant countries to avoid confrontations, a Chinese official said yesterday. A joint scientific
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    • 274 21 AP BANGKOK A teacher in Thailand was captured on film beating a 14---year-old student and bashing his head against a blackboard, sparking national outrage and pledges yesterday from education officials to crack down on corporal punishment in classrooms. The 50-second clip, filmed
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    • 254 21 AFP TAIPEI A Taiwanese politician from a party favouring independence from China has been convicted of pushing a mainland envoy to the ground in an incident that infuriated Beijing, a court said yesterday. Wang Ting-yu (picture), a city councillor in the southern city
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    • 714 22 THENEWYORKTIMES GREEN EFFORTS NEW HAVEN (West Virginia) Poking out of the ground near the smokestacks of the Mountaineer power plant here are two wells that look much like those that draw natural gas to the surface. But these are about to do something
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    • 59 23 AP The death toll has reached eight after rescuers found the body of a 15-year-old boy in north-west Georgia following days of heavy rain in the south-east region of the United States. Other victims have included a two-year-old boy who was swept away when a creek
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    • 182 23 AGENCIES BANGKOK Myanmar's Buddhist monks face continuing intimidation, repression and severe jail sentences two years afterthe junta's crackdown on anti-government protests, said a Human Rights Watch report released yesterday. The report was released on the anniversary of the Sept 22,2007, demonstration, in which
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    • EYE ON ASIA
      • 99 23 AFP INDIA India's Home Minister warned yesterday against spreading "alarmist" fears of terror attacks, amid a flurry of foreign advisories discouraging travel in the country. "Don't present an alarmist picture. We are increasing our level of preparedness to meet any terror threat or terror attack," Mr P Chidambaram
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      • 101 23 AP MYANMAR A moderate 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook parts of north-west Myanmar early yesterday, causing no casualties but damaging some Buddhist temples believed to date back to the 11th century. The epicentre of the quake was about 418 km north-west ofYangon, said official Them Htay from
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    • 743 24  -  EDMILIBAND "HE GUARDIAN NEWS COMMENT The world's fate hangs on Copenhagen. From today, all of us must join in a new, open dialogue FOR the 2 million people who live on sandbanks in Bangladesh, climate change is a matter of life and death. During my
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    • 194 26 AFP SYDNEY Severe weather warnings were issued across Australia Tuesday, as gale force winds and hailstones hammered the southeast and fires raged in the north. All states and territories were placed on high alert by the weather bureau, which warned people to stay indoors and
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    • 369 26 AFP, THE GUARDIAN UK POLITICS Top legal officer's job not at risk, assures PM Brown LONDON Britain's AttorneyGeneral apologised yesterday as she was fined £5,000 ($11,566) for employing an illegal immigrant as a maid. But Prime Minister Gordon Brown rebuffed calls for Attor-ney-General Patricia
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    • 314 27 'AFP MINISTER'S GAFFE NEW DELHI A row about Twitter went to the top of India's ruling party yesterday, when an Internet-savvy junior minister who made a joke about "holy cow" politicians was called to explain himself. The Minister of State for External Affairs, Mr Shashi
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    • EYE ON ASIA
      • 88 28 'AP INDONESIA High waves sank a wooden boat in eastern Indonesia, killing 15 passengers and leaving 15 more missing, the navy said yesterday. Rescue operations have saved 29 of the 59 passengers after the boat went down late on Monday off Halmahera island in
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      • 91 28 AFP THAILAND Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Bi, was in a Bangkok hospital for a fourth day yesterday. He has been in hospital since Saturday, after being diagnosed with fever, fatigue and loss of appetite. The ex-wife of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra went to the
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    • 420 28 AFP IN MALAYSIA KUALA LUMPUR Against a backdrop of razor wire and machine guns, beauty therapists at Malaysia's first "jail spa" quietly tend to their customers under the watchful eye of uniformed wardens. The innovative Balinese-decorated spa is doing a brisk trade while giving inmates
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    • 707 29  -  TAIEB MAHJOUB AFP NEWS ANALYSIS PRESIDENT Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flexes Iran's muscles at the United Nations General Assembly this week, putting on a brave international face after domestic unrest has put the brake on its ambitions to become a Shia powerhouse in a predominantly Sunni region, Gulf
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    • 438 30 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH ALEXANDERTHE GREAT'S DESCENDANTS PESHAWAR For centuries, the blondhaired, blue-eyed people of the Kalash tribes of north-west Pakistan have lived a libertine lifestyle. The group, believed to be descendants of Alexander the Great's invading army, were shielded from conservative Islam by the steep slopes of
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    • 713 31 AP NEWYORK SUMMIT Mideast leaders' meeting with Obama unlikely to relaunch stalled talks NEW YORK There isn't enough common ground between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders to relaunch Middle East peace talks, and their first meeting scheduled yesterday, at a New York City hotel, is
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    • 194 32 THE GUARDIAN LONDON A public school teacher in Britain has been jailed for 15 months over an affair with a 15-year-old schoolgirl. Helen Goddard, 26, was also banned from working with children for life, and will be registered as a sex offender
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    • 319 32 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH PREGNANCY PROBLEMS Pregnant woman to return newborn to biological parents SYLVANIA (Ohio) A pregnant American woman, Ms Carolyn Savage, has decided to give up her baby after an IVF blunder meant she was mistakenly implanted with another couple's embryo. The 40-year-old, who is
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    • 242 34 AFP BARACKOBAMA US President pokes fun at racism claims during talk show NEW YORK United States President Barack Obama yesterday poked fun at claims that racism was behind fierce opposition to his ambitious political agenda, joking that "I was actually black before the
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    • 484 38 AP WAR ON TERROR Methods used may have caused suspects to forget details, believe false memories WASHINGTON Prolonged stress from the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) harsh interrogations could have impaired the memories of terrorist suspects, diminishing their ability to recall and provide the detailed information the spy
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    • 715 41  -  SIMON TISDALL THE GUARDIAN NEWS COMMENT US commander's advice to Obama: Boost the effort in Afghanistan or pull out of it IN HIS blunt advice to United States President Barack Obama, General Stanley McChrystal (picture) has undertaken probably the most dangerous mission of his daredevil career:
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    • 187 42 AFP BERLIN With days to go until elections, prosecutors said yesterday they had launched a probe after a neo-Nazi party, the National Democratic Party (NDP) sent letters to election candidates with immigrant backgrounds telling them to leave Germany. The letter, signed "officer for the deportation
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    • 480 42 GERMAN ELECTIONS BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel is virtually assured a second term in office after Germany goes to the polls on Sunday but she faces a nail-biting wait to see if she can form her preferred coalition. Some 62 million Germans are eligible to vote
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    • 387 44 AGENCIES ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CALAIS French police yesterday began clearing out a sprawling forest camp known as the "jungle", which hundreds of illegal migrants use as a base to get across the English Channel to Britain. About 150 Afghan men and youth were evacuated from the site in
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      • 443 50  -  GENEVIEVE LOH FASHION VICTIMS ...and gird your loins it's the Top 5 list of film fashion nasties genevieveloh@ mediacorp. com.sg IN THE movies, the world of haute couture is a frothy and frivolous one with the ability to hypnotise mere mortals with thoughts of fashion transcendence. Its
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        99 51 IN 202 DALMATIONS Played by Glenn Close "Oh, yes," she whispers, "I love the smell of nearextinction!" Arch Disney supervillain Cruella De Vil is arrogant, selfish and downright evil. Not to mention Peta's worst nightmare. But even though she might wear way too much make-up and somehow
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      • 90 51 Voiced by Brad Bird She isn't as mean-spirited or fll nasty as the other characters I on this list but pint-sized fashion maven Edna Mode is I one self-absorbed fashionista I you just can't ignore. The superhero fashion^B designer who has been^B creating custom-made origi^M
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        73 51 IN PRET-A-PORTER Robert Altman's send-up of Paris Fashion Week and of the fashion industry at large puts his typically massive all-star cast well and truly through their paces. From a pi i»y i v a< ili iui lv egomaniacal fashion designers to the three scary fashion editors, shrivelled in
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      • 216 52 3ENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEW PHOBIA 2 THIS portmanteau horror film is the more cohesive, even-toned and slick sequel to last year's Thai scarefest 4bia. Paween Purijitpany gets off on the right note with Novice, a moralistic tale of a young boy sent into hiding in a creepy forest temple
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        37 54 Kiat's better than ing serenaded by a man in Armani? Being serenaded by four men kin Armani. II Divo filled the Singapore Indoor Stadium Monday night with powerful vocals and flirtatious banter. H/lAYSEAH JiSlßl
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        312 54  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEW I FAME This 2009 remake is instant gratification genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg DON'T you just hate it when Hollywood takes one of your beloved childhood movies and "reinvents" it for a new generation of snotty teens? I was almost too afraid to watch director Kevin Tancharoen's reimagining of
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    • 612 56  -  LAN DE COTTA FORMULA i SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX 2009 World champ Hamilton's gonna be busy, as he eyes a win at Marina Bay fl senior correspondent ian@mediacorp.com. sg AMONG all the Formula 1 drivers here for the Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix
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    • 383 56  -  LOWLINFHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg HOTELS along the 2009 Formula 1 Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix circuit are reporting close to full occupancy for this race weekend, with the hospitality industry pulling out the stops to welcome teams, guests and visitors to the Republic. Activities lined up in the
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    • 483 57  -  TANYO-HINN FORMULA i SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX 2009 Rosberg can't help but feel he was robbed of his maiden win here yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg NICO Rosberg cut an agitated figure yesterday. The Williams' driver was supposed to carry good memories back to Singapore, after he finished second
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    • 407 58  -  SHAMIROSMAN FORMULA i SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX 2009 Renault crew calm, relaxed, but no interviews, please shamir@mediacorp.com.sg ANYONE approaching the Renault garage at the Paddock sometime during mid-af-ternoon yesterday would have been struck by the irony, with the unmistakable sound of Dolores O'Riordan's distinctive husky wail
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      203 58 FlA's sentence is too light, as the ban will only take effect if they commit the same offence again. They should make an example of Renault and impose a harsher punishment on them. EzekielToh, 18, LaSalle College of the Arts student I think Renault got off too
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    • 582 59 AGENCIES FORMULA i SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX 2009 Ecclestone says team's pledge on road-safety projects better than a fine PARIS They may have escaped with just a suspended two-year ban from the FlA's World Motor Sport Council (WMSC), but Renault are still unwilling to commit their future
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    • 228 59 AGENCIES SEOUL South Korean organisers yesterday promised a full-scale promotion campaign after the International Automobile Federation set the date for the country's first Formula 1 event. The Korean Grand Prix on Oct 17, next year, will be the 17th event of the 19-race season, which
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    • 543 60  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Duric reveals extra gym hours the key as Warriors close in on 4th straight title GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 SAFFC vAlbirex Niigata Choa Chu Kang Stadium, 7.45pm shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SEVEN points are all that stand between SAFFC and the Great
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    • 137 60 KUALA LUMPUR The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) said yesterday that falling attendances and quality could lead to the privatisation of the Malaysian League in 2011, Bernama reported. "The Malaysian League's next season will be the FAM's last battle to find our way out of
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    • 352 60 AGENCIES BRUSSELS The stunning success of Kirn Clijsters, who shocked the tennis world by winning the US Open barely a month after rejoining the women's tour, is likely to inspire another Belgian, Justine Henin (picture), to also hit the comeback trail. Henin, who was
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    • 587 61 AGENCIES ENGLISH FOOTBALL Sky Blues prepare dossier of complaints, but Fergie #s focused on League Cup test LONDON The dust has yet to settle in the wake of Sunday's Manchester derby, which home side United won 4-3 through Michael Owen's dramatic winner in
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    • 297 61 AFP LONDON Chelsea are set to be tested over the next 15 months if Fifa do not lift their transfer ban, and the League Cup visit to Queens Park Rangers tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) should give the rest of the football world
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    • 517 62  -  KELVIN CHOW SINGAPOREAN COMPANIES Even in these tough times Sushi Tei looks at expansion and R&D kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg SUSHI Tei, a homegrown company that provides Japanese cuisine, believes that research and development (R&D) is the way to go for it to stand out from the competition. The company
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    • 779 63 BLOOMBERG, AFP ADBREPORT HONG KONG The Asian Development Bank yesterday raised its regional growth outlook for this year but warned that recovery signs were not yet strong enough for Asian governments to remove the stimulus prop. The Manila-based bank said that a huge dose of
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    • 387 64 AP MERRILL LYNCH BONUSES Judge rejects $46.6 million proposed settlement WASHINGTON Bank of America (BofA) now faces a trial with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over billions of dollars in bonuses paid at Merrill Lynch, which the bank acquired in a hastily arranged deal a
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    • 259 65 BLOOMBERG DBS Group's China chief executive officer Teresa Lin is to be replaced by Mr Melvin Teo, the Singapore-based bank's head of private equity. Ms Lin will remain at DBS in a senior advisory role with effect from Jan 1, Southeast Asia's biggest bank
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    • 467 65 AFP COLLEGE ENDOWMENTS NEW YORK Major universities in the United States that jumped into financial markets during the boom years are now paying the price for taking on too much risk with their endowments ahead of the global financial crisis. Some of the most prestigious
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      • 114 66 Eu Van Sang has introduced its new Floral Tea Bird's Nest with Chamomile extract and Rose extract two innovative products that deliver the relaxing effect of floral teas. It is said that the best time to consume bird's nest is before bedtime, between 11 pm
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      • 77 66 Lactacyd, a leading feminine hygiene brand, has launched a new feminine hygiene wash Lactacyd Intimate Daily Wash. Equipped with a long-lasting floral scent and natural milk extract, it helps women stay fresh and free of irritation. The new formula comes with a silky smooth texture with
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      • 119 66 Himalaya Singapore has launched the Under Eye Cream for youthful and vibrant eyes. It contains a safe blend of United States patentpending herb actives, specially created to care for the delicate area around the eyes and prevent the formation of under-eye dark circles. Active ingredients include
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      • 84 66 Korea's KYK Corporation has designed a range of alkaline water ionisers that helps improve overall health. The device uses electrolysis when processing water, as it produces smaller clusters of molecules in the process. This enables nutrients and oxygen to permeate the body cells faster, helping to
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      • 135 66 The new Kodomo Baby Lotion Powder delivers the soothing comfort of baby powder in lotion-form and more. This unique liquid powder formula leaves a satin-like after-feel, keeping your baby's skin soft, comfortable and dry. It is also clinically proven to be safe on sensitive skin. The
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      • 117 66 Toshiba has announced new electronics recycling initiatives for notebooks and multi-functior products to minimise the environmental impact of its products. Under the recycling programme, users can drop off ewastes, such as toner cartridges, used notebooks and Lithium-ion batteries, at strategic drop-off locations in Singapore. It also has
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    • 525 67 BLOOMBERG WTO RULING Trade body found that Beijing violated commitments CHINA has appealed against a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling that found its curbs on the sale of books, films and music from the United States are unfair. WTO judges concluded on Aug 12 that China
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    • 174 67 BLOOMBERG SUNTORY Holdings, Japan's thirdlargest brewer, is making a binding offer to buy soft-drink maker Orangina Schweppes Group, to gain a business which is growing faster than its main beer business in Japan. A source familiar with the deal said the Osaka-based maker of Super Magnum
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      • 105 68 938 LIVE Mainboard-listed ST Engineering said its US shipyard VT Halter Marine has been awarded a second contract from US-listed OSG Ship Management. ST Engineering did not disclose the financial terms of the contract but VT Halter Marine will undertake the outfitting and commissioning of
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      • 89 68 938 LIVE Asia's leading telecom group Sing Tel said that it expects revenue from its Singapore operations to grow at a single-digit level in the 2010 financial year. Meanwhile, revenue for its Australian unit, Optus, is expected to grow at a low single-digit level over the
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    • 281 68 ,938 LIVE SINGAPORE PROPERTY THE Government's anti-speculative measures to cool off the property market have not dampened demand for private homes. Property giant Capita Land said it has sold 233 units of its Interlace condominium project during its recent preview sales. This accounts for about 65
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    • 224 68 538 LIVE SINGAPORE-listed supplier of aluminium alloy products, Midas Holdings, is planning a secondary listing of its shares on the mainboard of the Hong Kong stock exchange. Midas' chief executive, Mr Patrick Chew, said the company "has been progressing steadily since its Singapore listing in 2004 and
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    • 448 69  -  RACHEL KELLY CHANNEL NEWSASIA NEXTGEN BROADBAND NETWORK Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei to manage Singapore NBN rachel@mediacorp.com.sg TWO big telco names have been roped in for Singapore's next generation broadband network. The contracts were signed yesterday, taking the development of the new network one key step further. The
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      • 54 70 38.5 cents I Buy DMG initiates coverage and sets target price at 52 cents. Broker says it is on track to be world's first vertically-integrated abalone group, having tied up with Hl< restaurant chain Ah Vat. Jointventure plans to have 170 outlets by FYII, targeting 100 million yuan
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      • 72 70 $3.751 Buy Citibank maintains its rating and target price of $4.20. Says "SPH Q4'o9 print advertising revenues may surprise positively". Cites Nielsen ad spending data showing sequential improvement. "We expect ad expenditure growth to remain strong into FYIO." FROM BROKERAGE RESEARCH AND AGENCY REPORTS Disclaimer: Readers should seek independent
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      • 18 70 H Monday Closed Friday 2,647.91 T 0.92% Thursday 2,672.60 T 0.07% Wednesday 2,674.42 A 1.37%
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      • 26 70 iang Seng 21,701.14 A 1.06% Jikkei 10,370.54 v 0.70% lhanghai 2,897.55 2-34% leoul 1,718.88 A 1.38% flumbai 16,886.43 A 0.87% Malaysia 1,221.20 A 0.20%
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      • 21 70 an.4.14 fllAI 3>±.5^^ :i euro k$i !Mi $2,291 HKSioo $18.34 $2,069 RMB100 $20.65 $1,219 RS100 $2,944 $0,406 RPio,ooo $1,465
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    • 487 70  -  KELVIN CHOW MOST EXPENSIVE OFFICE LOCATIONS kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg THE global recession and the supply glut in office space has pushed Singapore out of the top 20 most expensive locations globally in terms of office rents. Singapore is now ranked 26th as of June, down 20 notches
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    • 427 70 BLOOMBERG CHINA Investment Corp (CIC), the nation's sovereign wealth fund, bought a 15-per-cent stake in Singapore-listed Noble Group as the commodity supplier benefits from China's demand for coal, iron ore and soybeans. Hong Kong-based Noble will sell US$B5O million ($1.2 billion) worth of
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