The Straits Times, 19 November 2008

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    18 1 THE STRAITS TIMES MICA (P) 115/12/2007 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19 2008 «jp* AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon Layoffs as last resort
      49 1 RETRENCHMENT should be the last resort of employers, says the Manpower Ministry, which is releasing a list of cost-cutting options for companies with excess staff today. The guidelines include having flexible work arrangements, a shorter work week, and sending employees for upgrading. HOME PAGE Bl
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      Lock icon Supertanker hijacked
      48 1 DESPITE international naval forces descending on the Gulf of Aden in a bid to stem the rising tide of piracy, Somali pirates have just pulled off their biggest coup to date. They are now holding a massive supertanker laden with crude oil. PRIME PAGES A 4-5
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      Lock icon Cutting worksite injuries
      51 1 THE heads of 33 of Singapore's top construction firms, property developers and construction-related associations have pledged to cut worksite injuries to zero. They will establish safety management plans, disclose the number of workplace accidents and injuries, and spread the safety message to management and workers. HOME PAGES
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      Lock icon KL to reveal toll deals
      45 1 MALAYSIA yesterday announced it would make public once-confidential concession agreements for toll highways with private companies. The unprecedented move is expected to give a rare peek into the inner workings of the government's controversial privatisation policy. WORLD PAGE A 7
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      Lock icon Gap buying centre to go
      54 1 UNITED States clothing retailer Gap Inc will close its regional apparel buying centre in Singapore early next year. More than 100 jobs are expected to go. Its business here will be moved to its two other sourcing centres in the region in Hong Kong and
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    Lock icon Five statutory boards bought credit-linked notes
    603 1  -  Francis Chan I By THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Singapore's central bank and financial regulator was among five statutory boards that invested in complicated credit-linked notes. But none of the statutory boards including the MAS invested in notes that have now become worthless,
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    Lock icon Coming up: More smaller HDB flats
    505 1  -  Aaron Low Two- and three-room units in demand from low-income families, downgraders I By SINGAPORE will have more two- and three-room HDB flats next year to meet rising demand. The Government is building these smaller flats to help more low-income families own homes and
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    Lock icon White tiger exhibit reopens
    83 1 ALPHONSUS CHERN The white tigers are back on show at the Singapore Zoo, five days after they mauled to death a man who had entered their enclosure. It was closed to the public after the incident, as two of the three tigers exhibited signs of stress.
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        Lock icon Tanker capture a lethal new security dimension
        44 2 WE SAY The hijack of a laden supertanker off the African coast by Somali pirates happened despite the area being patrolled. This could well develop into a new form of financial terrorism. EDITORIAL PAGE A 22 COLUMNS
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        Lock icon Time to clear the air
        30 2 COLUMNS There is much confusion surrounding the Advance Medical Directive, the Human Organ Transplant Act and euthanasia, says Lee Wei Ling. REVIEW PAGE A 22
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        23 2 There was no set response available to deal with the unprecedented financial turmoil, says Henry Paulson. REVIEW PAGE A 23
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        24 2 OUR READER SAYS Reader Gilbert Goh says despite inherent difficulties, a two-party system is better for Singapore. FORUM PAGE A 24
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      979 2  -  Chua Mvi Hoong Town councils need to account more fully to residents on spending By SENIOR WRITER IT MAY seem ironic but, not too long ago, town councils were urged not to play too safe and encouraged to invest for better returns. This was in
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      65 2 PI ONLINE BLOGS www.straitstimes.com jdHfek 1 cow ens the P n| mega layoff by Citigroup to watching the movie, What it should have been IN A Life! story on Monday headlined "Lea's 'happily ever after' life", we said that the musical Cinderella cost US$1 million to stage. This is incorrect.
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      Lock icon Over 560 vie for 100 jobs in health care
      285 3  -  Amresh Gunasingham I By THE health-care industry is in a healthy state, at least where jobs are concerned. The Singapore General Hospital (SGH) was looking to hire 100 workers at a recruitment fair held at the Tampines North Community Club yesterday,
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      Lock icon Taiwan hands out shopping vouchers to its people
      329 3 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS TAIPEI: Everyone in Taiwan will be given more than NT53,600 (Ssl6s) in shopping vouchers in a government bid to boost the economy amid the global credit crisis, Premier Liv Chao-shiun said yesterday. The scheme, which would cost NT$B2.9 billion,
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      Lock icon 'The world has never seen anything like this'
      1025 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS HIJACKING OF SUPERTANKER Somali pirates stage their most brazen attack off East Africa any armed security on board but, even if it did, the pirates are heavily armed themselves and are likely to have more experience in using their
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      Lock icon Victim: Gifts stolen, wedding put on hold
      274 4 MALAYSIAN Mohd Salwadi Mamat was looking forward to his wedding, but Somali pirates ruined his plans by hijacking the tanker he was working on as it sailed through the Gulf of Aden in August. He was due to be married early last month,
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      Lock icon Near victim: I saw 5 attacks
      310 4 HIS trawler may not actually have been seized by the pirates, but Captain Antony Cruze Lawrence saw enough to convince him never to return to the Gulf of Aden. The 52-year-old Indian has told The Times of India that on a single day last
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      2019 5  -  Wong Kirn Hoh ST INTERVIEW Women have the short end of the stick, says Constance Singam. She's out to rejuvenate 23-year-old group I By SENIOR WRITER MRS CONSTANCE Singam, president of the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware), is blunt when asked
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      58 6 ASIA NEWS NETWORK The move could embarrass ex-premier Mahathir Mohamad, who started the controversial privatisation programme, where contracts were awarded without public tender. It may also be part of a public relation; gambit by the government to force concessionaires to consider reducing their toll rates in favour
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      Lock icon Drive late, pay less
      67 6 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK FROM Jan 1 next year, users of the North-South Expressway and the Elite highway in Kuala Lumpur will enjoy a 10 per cent discount on toll rates between midnight and 7am. Users will get a further 10 per cent discount on the
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      Lock icon Toll 'secrets': KL to go public
      528 6  -  Leslie Lopez Move to reveal contract details may fuel calls for openness in other projects I By SOUTH-EAST ASIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will make public once-confidential concession agreements for toll highways with private companies, providing a rare peek into the inner workings of
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        671 7 NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS Report cites rising importance of China as one factor COLUMBUS (Ohio): The United States and China are experiencing an exceptionally strong growth in educational exchanges. The number of American students studying in China saw a big jump last
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        413 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Beijing authorities have issued an order to demolish the home of one of China's leading rights activists, who has been in police custody for more than 200 days, her husband and her lawyer said yesterday. Beijing's Xicheng court ordered
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        Lock icon Ex-top pension official murdered
        479 8  -  Kwan Weng Kin Japan police boost security for top health bureaucrats By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO: The murders of a former top pension official and his wife and the stabbing of another former official's wife put police on alert yesterday for possibly more attacks on senior health
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        Lock icon Artists stage protest over filming halt
        531 11  -  Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Indonesian protesters say police should act against militants, not film producers I By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: Indonesian artists staged a protest in Surakarta, Central Java, after police, under pressure from Islamic hardliners, stopped production of a film
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        Lock icon Myanmar 'disperses jailed dissidents'
        433 12 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Families fear for their welfare in far-flung jails YANGON: Myanmar's junta has sent dozens of political prisoners, recently sentenced to up to 65 years in jail, to far-flung corners of its country. The move makes it hard for their families to
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        590 13 He says PR alliance has signed agreement to protect Malay interests SHAH ALAM: The three-party Pakatan Rakyat (PR) alliance has assured Malays that their racial and religious rights would be protected in the five Malaysian states it controlled. Opposition chief Anwar Ibrahim said
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        Lock icon Tainted biscuits laid to rest
        88 13 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK An excavator burying some 12,000 kg of locally-made biscuits and 8,400 kg of ammonium bicarbonate at the Seberang Prai Municipal Council landfill in Butterworth. They were the first batch of food products tainted with melamine to be destroyed by the North
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        Lock icon Thaksin launches foundation for future leaders
        305 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG, XINHUA BANGKOK: Thailand's fugitive ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has launched a foundation that aims to nurture Asia's future leaders. The Building A Better Future Foundation opened offices on Monday in Hong Kong and Dubai, said Bangkok-based spokesman Pongthep Thepkanjana. Thaksin is
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        Lock icon Rape victims find redress an elusive goal
        937 10  -  P. Jayaram Those seeking justice face police indifference and prosecution delays By INDIA CORRESPONDENT FIVE policemen accused of simply standing by and watching while a crowd savagely gang-raped a young Catholic nun have been suspended, more than two months after the alleged crime
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        685 14  -  Susan Sachs ANNULMENT FURORE IN FRANCE Appeals court rejects Muslim's demand to annul marriage to 'unchaste' wife By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES PARIS: A French appeals court has rejected a Muslim man's demand to "erase" his marriage with an annulment because his wife was not
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        298 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS VIENNA: A large skull-shaped structure housing a sauna is turning heads in the Austrian capital. The white walk-in structure situated near a busy Vienna intersection is known as the "Wellness Skull" and also boasts a bathtub and shower. On either side of
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        Lock icon Bahrain prince sues Jacko
        580 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE He wants advances for recording contract repaid but singer claims they were gifts LONDON: A Bahraini prince took the King of Pop Michael Jackson to court in a US$7 million (5510.7 million) breach of contract lawsuit, demanding the repayment of several advances
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        Lock icon Man with grenades nabbed ahead of Apec summit
        331 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS LIMA: Peruvian police have arrested a man with 36 grenades in his backpack, just days before 21 heads of state meet in Lima for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit. Police said Edwin Javier Valladolid Chunga, 31, was detained
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        Lock icon Hospitals under threat from deadly super-bug
        354 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: Health providers must arm themselves against a deadly drug-resistant germ that is becoming increasingly common in hospitals and other settings, a study released yesterday has warned. Headlines about hospital su-per-bugs have focused overwhelmingly on bacteria called MRSA, for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus.
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        Lock icon Pollution still high in industrial world
        432 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, NEW YORK TIMES U.N. CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT Carbon emissions dip just 0.1% after six years of growth ported emissions from the past two years, and the report did not include large emerging economies such as India and China. The climate panel denounced
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        Lock icon Obama reaches out to defeated rival
        242 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO: No longer foes but not yet allies, United States Presi-dent-elect Barack Obama and John McCain buried their bitter campaign in public smiles and searched for common ground in private, discussing possible collaboration on climate change, immigration, Guantanamo Bay and
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        Lock icon Quake displaces 10,000
        66 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: Nearly 10,000 people have been displaced after Monday's earthquake that rocked Sulawesi Island in eastern Indonesia. Six people were killed in the quake, which measured 7.5 on the Richter scale. "The number of refugees has climbed to 9,964," said the head of the Health
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        Lock icon Towed Qantas jets collide
        111 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS MELBOURNE: A Qantas jetliner that was damaged in a mid-air explosion in July collided yesterday with another of the airline's planes on an Australian airport tarmac, airline officials said. Both Boeing 747s were damaged when they ran into each other while being towed at
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        113 19 REUTERS SEOUL: South Korea's Daewoo Logistics will plant corn in Madagascar, a company official said yesterday, with the aim of replacing more than half the corn it imports mainly from the US. The move to develop an area of Madagascar larger than Qatar follows a deal
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        138 19 REUTERS BEIJING: A farmer found guilty of doctoring photos of an endangered tiger has been handed a reprieve on appeal, Chinese media said yesterday. Zhou Zhenglong, 54, from northern Shaanxi province, was awarded a 20,000 yuan (554,500) bonus last year after he produced pictures which the wildlife
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        Lock icon Jakarta's anti-graft pact
        110 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: Indonesia's corruption watchdog signed an agreement yesterday with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation to collaborate in the fight against graft. Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Antasari Azhar and FBI deputy director John Pistole signed the agreement in Jakarta on training and the exchange
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        Lock icon No need for Acting PM
        147 19 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR: There is no need to have an Acting Prime Minister in the absence of Malaysian Premier Abdullah Badawi and his deputy Najib Razak, who will both be overseas for a few days. Datuk Seri Najib said it was a
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        71 19 XINHUA A woman walking past a wall decorated with children's portraits in a downtown street of Reykjavik, capital of Iceland, on Sunday. The Children's Wall consists of some 500 portrait photos of three- to six-year-olds living in the remote area of the country. Several local
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        Lock icon Need a phone card? Just hail a cab
        173 19 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR: Taxi passengers will soon be able to buy packet drinks and even phone cards from their cabby as they travel in comfort. Taxi drivers will be allowed to do such side businesses to help them supplement
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      475 21 THE world surely is asked to suspend belief over this act of high-seas daring off the East African coast. A supertanker 330 m long and 15m clear of the water line about the size of an American aircraft carrier was captured on Monday
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      1131 21  -  Lee Wei Ling THINK-TANK By RECENT discussions about Advance Medical Directives (AMDs), euthanasia and the Human Organ Transplant Act (Hota) have caused considerable confusion and there is a pressing public interest to clarify matters. An AMD is a legal document that a person
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      698 21  -  Kwan Weng Kin JAPAN'S REVISIONIST GENERAL By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT THE word "coup" seems totally out of place in today's Japan. Yet that particular word was bandied about recently, after the publication of a controversial essay by a four-star air force general who insisted that Japan
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        1007 22  -  Henry Paulson FINANCIAL CRISIS I By WE ARE going through a financial crisis more severe and unpredictable than any in our lifetimes. We have seen the failures, or the equivalent of failures, of Bear Steams, IndyMac, Lehman Brothers, Washington Mutual, Wachovia, Fannie Mac, Freddie
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        880 22  -  Bruce Gale AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY By SENIOR WRITER IS AUSTRALIA living in a world of make-believe? Listening to the country's economic planners these days, you could be forgiven for concluding that key officials have convinced themselves that the country is somehow immune from the
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        642 22  -  Michael Richardson I By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES FINANCE ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies have been meeting regularly for nearly a decade. But the decision to convene a summit of G-20 heads
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        198 23  -  Liew Yeng Chee I READ with disbelief yesterday's front-page report, "Town councils' exposure: $16m". How can the Members of Parliament of these constituencies seem unconcerned, insisting instead, by the tone of their replies, that what happened was something natural and not a big deal?
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        337 23  -  Apoorva Gogna (Dr) I REFER to Mr David Lam's letter last Friday, "Sorry would have been nice". His medical analogy on the current financial crisis carries some weight. Bankers, by the wealth of their training and experience, have or should have far greater knowledge
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        348 23 "Why can't town council leaders be gracious and apologise?" MR ADRIAN CHOO: "Referring to yesterday's report, ('Town councils' exposure: $16m'), I fail to see why the People's Action Party town council leadership will not, amidst their loud protestations that the percentage of losses is small or that investing in
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        342 23  -  Gilbert Goh GOVERNING SINGAPORE I REFER to Monday's report, ("'Change must come' to PAP") in which Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong advocated that a single party should dominate governance in Singapore. PM Lee also raised the issue of countries like Taiwan, which practised the Western definition of
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        293 23  -  Biswajit Guha I REFER to Ms Agnes Sing's letter on Monday, "Are zoo workers safe?". Sun City Maintenance had asked Mr Nor din's family if they wished to fly to Singapore to accompany his body back but they had declined the invitation.
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        106 23 Distracting tigers MR ANG CHIN GUAN: "Zoo animal enclosures should never be easily accessible and should be 100 per cent safe from unwarranted entry because there are many people with varying behaviour and state of mind. One additional safety
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        260 23  -  Glen Lee I REFER to reports regarding the fatal mauling of cleaner Nordin Montong by white tigers on Nov 13. What I find most appalling is the slow response from the licensed shooters and management when bystanders raised the alarm upon seeing
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      123 23 JS] WHAT'S ONLINE MORE LETTERS www.straitstimes.com ONLINE FORUM TOWN COUNCIL LOSSES: Who's accountable? TOWN COUNCIL LOSSES: Don't let it happen again. LEAN SEASON FOR TOURISM: Couple's experience. THIEVING IN RETAILING: Eight ways to prevent it. RAGGING: Down with it. WRITEUS LETTERS should be sent only to The Straits Times. They
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      514 24  -  Jermyn Chow MOM list will include flexible work plans and shorter work week I By EMPLOYERS in Singapore must be socially responsible as the economic downturn bites harder, and resort to retrenchment only after all other options have been exhausted. There are
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      416 24  -  Jermyn Chow WORKPLACE SAFETY By THIRTY-THREE heads of Singapore's top construction firms, property developers and con-struction-related associations have pledged t( cut the injuries in their worksites to zero. To do this, they must establish safety management plans, disclose the number of workplace accidents and injuries on their websites
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      462 24  -  Teh Joo Lin By A SHIPYARD worker drowned yesterday after falling off the scaffold of a vessel docked near the mouth of Sungei Pandan in the West Coast. The body of Mr Suresh Ramakrishnan was recovered around 4.15pm, almost seven hours after he plummeted from a recently-christened barge.
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      318 26  -  Christopher Tan Latest cut is 14th since July; prices at their lowest in nearly 20 months I By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT PRICE cuts at the pump have become a weekly affair. Petrol stations, led by Caltex and Shell, yesterday slashed petrol and diesel rates by
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      487 26  -  Yeo Ghim Lay I By THE economic slowdown is driving a growing number of Singaporeans away from their cars and towards public transport, according to official figures released yesterday. Public transport ridership for the first eight months of this year was 8 per cent higher
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      422 29  -  Sue-Ann Chia Growing interest in boosting ties between Spain and Singapore I By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT THE Singapore story is heading to Spain, with a Spanish edition of Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's memoirs. Foreign Minister George Yeo, who launched the new edition in
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      386 29  -  Maria Almenoar By THE days of being wedged in MRT gates could end soon for commuters with prams or luggage. SMRT said yesterday it will unveil new, hightech gates in the third quarter of next year that will ensure passengers do not get
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      426 30  -  Karamjit Kaur It beats 9 contenders for contract to boost revenue and passenger numbers By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT CHANGI Airport has landed its biggest overseas contract since the award-winning facility launched a drive more than three years ago to sell its expertise overseas. An
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      690 32  -  John Lvi The Singapore Film Awards will honour local talent, raise profile of vibrant industry I By SINGAPORE'S buzzing film industry is getting its own awards to honour talented film-makers, screen writers and actors. Called the Singapore Film Awards, it is organised by the
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      473 34  -  Khushwant Singh The Health Sciences Authority will help NUS run the new programme I By UNIVERSITY students enamoured with bloodstain patterns and DNA detective work will soon get an up-close look at some of the latest investigative techniques. The National University of
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      300 34  -  SUJIN THOMAS THE wife of an opposition politician charged with murdering her brother-in-law will no longer face a potential trip to the gallows. China national Wu Yun Yun's lawyer, Mr Subhas Anandan, told a district court yesterday that the capital murder charge had been reduced
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      519 35  -  Lim Pow Hong Winning team gets $3k and internship at The Straits Times' newsroom I By FIFTY students at the Singapore Press Holdings News Centre got a taste of the "news buzz" yesterday. As finalists at the fourth annual National Schools Newspaper Competition,
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      220 35  -  LIM POW HONG WANTED: Youth journalists to cover the Youth Olympic Games (YOG). At a mock press conference during the schools' newspaper competition, senior parliamentary secretary Teo Ser Luck announced plans to enlist young people to cover the games through The Straits Times' Media
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      310 36  -  Lee Hui Chieh But watchdog did not fine him because of 'strong mitigating factors' I By A DOCTOR has been suspended for three months and censured by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) for prescribing sleeping pills inappropriately. The medical profession's watchdog said
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      252 37  -  Lim Wei Chean I By CASINO operator Las Vegas Sands announced yesterday that it had raised the additional US$2.l billion (553.2 billion) required to complete its development commitments, including Singapore's integrated resort in Marina Bay. Its ability to do so also prompted its auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers
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      370 37  -  Tan Weizhen Instead of using credit cards, consumers can transfer funds from their local bank accounts I By PAYPAL, the giant United States-based Internet payment service, has launched a new feature which allows Singapore users to tap their local bank accounts. In the past, Pay
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          172 27 THE Limited Partnerships Bill passed in Parliament yesterday will cater to investors who prefer a more passive role in a business, leaving its management to other partners, in return for limited liability. The LP Act is not to be confused with the Limited Liability Partnership
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          87 27 THE Property Tax Act was amended to require owners of structural networks, such as pipelines, cables and railway lines, to pay the tax. This includes pipelines and cables which pass through lands which the network owner does not own. A High Court decision in
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          172 27 OWNERS of shares and property who transfer them to another person will no longer need to get the taxman to value the assets. They just have to declare the value to the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras). The change was given the nod
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        381 27  -  Goh Chin Lian Higher infrastructure costs, lower revenues among causes: Tharman I By THIS year's Budget deficit is set to balloon to over $2.4 billion, triple the $800 million estimated by the Government in February. Higher infrastructure costs, additional spending on measures to encourage
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        412 27  -  ROBIN CHAN FEARS that the growth in consumer loans was fuelling a credit bubble were dismissed by Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday, but he said the situation will be monitored. Mr Tharman told Parliament that consumer loans rose 10 per
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        371 27  -  Lim Wei Chean By EVEN as Parliament approved a new Moneylenders Act yesterday, MP Ellen Lee wondered if the timing was right, given the current credit crunch as it could prompt more people to seek loans. But Senior Minister of State (Law and Home Affairs)
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        321 27  -  Serene Luo I By TWO HUNDRED more childcare centres will be ready in about five years' time, 100 more than what was announced earlier in March. By 2013, Singapore will have 940 centres with 83,000 places, an increase of about 30 per cent from
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        590 27  -  Robin Chan I By THE Government will soon enhance schemes to help cash-strapped businesses secure bank loans, Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said in Parliament yesterday. This is to avoid a scenario where good businesses are forced to close down owing to a lack
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        880 28  -  Sue-Ann Chia Ist update in 13 years sees 200,000 more workers covered I By FROM January, more than 200,000 workers will join the list of people covered by the Employment Act, which has been updated for the first time in 13 years. The changes,
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        434 28  -  Aaron Low I By WHEN pricing a new HDB flat, costs are not taken into account. Its price is based on what the unit is worth at the point of purchase. Calling it a market-based approach, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan
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          178 28 THE lower subsidies for public hospital patients who can afford better wards but opt for B2- and C-class wards instead will also apply to the generic drugs they are prescribed. This move will take effect from next year, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan
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          152 28 HEALTH Minister Khaw Boon Wan has rejected as "not practical" an MP's suggestion that the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) screen and test all medicinal and herbal imports from China. On the HSA's register are more than 8,000 Chinese medicinal products and over 5,000
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          98 28 CONTROLS are in place to ensure that ownership of Singapore's airports, seaports and telecommunications network does not end up in foreign hands. Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang said that to protect critical infrastructure in times of necessity, ownership restrictions have been put in
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        814 28  -  Clarissa Oon FROM THE GALLERY By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT WHEN it comes to bread-and-butter issues affecting wallets and balance sheets, Members of Parliament showed in the last two days that they are not out of touch with the man-in-the-street. Burning
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      95 24 Jk WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, BLOGGED ABOUT AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COIT1 tiger enclosure. What conclusion is one MOST-READ ONLINE to draw from that? Cleaner killed by zoo tigers. Credit card crunch more seeking credit counselling. WWW.raZOr.tV POINT BLANK BLOGGED ABOUT What are metrosexuals? Find Sorry, no tiger show yet. Says April:
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      603 25 Global Indian Foundation (GIF) Singapore is offering Merit scholarships for intake into the GUIS Junior College which is offering International Baccalaureate and CBSE programmes. The GIF scholarships would be awarded to select meritorious students who have achieved outstanding scores in their Grade 10 or "O" levels examinations held recently in
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      169 36 The Race with a Heart of Gold. I Race to Kranji on Sunday, 30 November for exhilarating action on Gold Cup Day, where charity will share centre stage. Jk on to your seats as local thoroughbreds race to capture :<f Jk the $1.35 million race and coveted Gold Cup. P/ll
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      749 38  -  Terrence Voon Former Olympic medallists and stage winners of tours on invitation list By SINGAPORE'S long wait for another professional cycling event is over. Some of the world's top road cyclists will be in town on Feb 22 for the inaugural OCBC Cycle Singapore, which
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      404 39 THE TIMES, LONDON, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Capello tells players who miss friendlies their Word Cup places at risk LONDON: England coach Fabio Capello has warned players who miss friendlies that their World Cup places are at stake. He is determined to act, after Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard on
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      207 39 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERLIN: Germany coach Joachim Loew has revealed he will issue a "frank address" to his players, following his public spat with captain Michael Ballack. Loew endured a testing October, after Ballack, who has a foot injury, questioned the manner
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      493 39  -  Martin Samuel I By THE TIMES, LONDON THERE is only one person responsible for ensuring that Steven Gerrard reports to the England camp when selected: That person is Steven Gerrard, and it is to be hoped that Fabio Capello, the national team's
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      583 40 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE New coach Maradona hopes his aura will rub off on this generation GLASGOW: Diego Maradona's extraordinary career will come full circle when Argentina face Scotland in a friendly at Hampden Park tonight. There have been plentiful highs and lows, including a brush with
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      315 40 LONDON: Alan Shearer is ready to accept the job as Newcastle football manager, according to his close friend and former teammate Rob Lee. In an interview with the English Premier League club's main fanzine, The Mag, Lee said Shearer was
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        96 40 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Chelsea striker Didier Drogba was banned for three games by the English Football Association yesterday. The Ivory Coast international's suspension came after he admitted a charge of violent conduct for throwing a coin back into the crowd at Stamford Bridge during
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        61 40 MUMBAI: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) faces a potential players' revolt after failing to strike a deal for them in the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL), a Twenty2o tournament. The deadlock might result in Kevin Pietersen (above) and Co refusing to sign
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        47 40 SINGAPORESAILING president Low Teo Ping was re-elected for another four-year term as vice-president of the International Sailing Federation (ISF), at its general assembly in Madrid over the weekend. Low will continue to be the only Asian on the eight-member ISF Executive Committee.
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      477 40  -  LIN XINYI I By FOR the past few weeks, they have donned club colours. But Olympic silver medallists Li Jiawei, Feng Tianwei and Wang Yuegu will be back on national duty tomorrow, when they do battle at the ERKE German
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      85 41 DESMOND LIM SINGAPORE'S world bowling champion, Jasmine Yeong-Nathan, being hugged by her mother Veronica at the Changi Airport last night. About 150 people including her teammates, Singapore Polytechnic schoolmates and family were present at the rousing homecoming. The kegler was later chauffered home in a Bentley convertible,
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      584 41  -  Leonard Lim He wins Young Player award after losing out two years in succession I By AS THE cameras flashed, congratulations flowed and journalists lobbed questions, all Khairul Amri could do was give his trademark toothy grin. The Tampines Rovers forward had just been named
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      616 41  -  Lin Xinyi I By GOOD news for golf fans, especially male ones. LPGA glamour girl Natalie Gulbis will feature in next week's US$l million (551.52 million) Lexus Cup. The line-ups for the Ryder Cup-style matchplay tournament at the Singapore Island Country Club from
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      142 41 REUTERS LONDON: Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton will race triple Olympic cycling gold medallist Chris Hoy (above) at Wembley Stadium next month as a warm-up to the Race of Champions event, organisers said yesterday. Hamilton, 23, will be at the wheel of a Mercedes car
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      125 38 r —rn 1 1 Alan Shearer is reportedly ready to take on the Newcastle job. Natalie Gulbis is on Team International for next week's Lexus Cup. 0 WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Becks owes $400k lesson. Ronaldo scores 100th goal. Li Jiawei insists
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      16 38 HOPING TO INSPIRE Diego Maradona hopes his aura will rub off on this Argentinian generation. 817
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      332 41 Today Badminton Cheers Age Group C'ships: Singles (Yio Chu Kang Sports Hall, 9am). Bowling Singapore National C'ships: Primary schools Masters finals (Orchid Bowl, 9am). Football World Cup qualifiers j^ Asian: Bahrain v Australia (Live, Ch23, 10.55pm), Saudi Arabia v South <.* Korea (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 12.30 am), l^fe^ Qatar v
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      143 42 CHNG HENG TIU CHUANG HENG TIU Age: 76 passed away peacefully on 17 November 2008 Beloved Wife: Tan Kirn Jian Son: Daughter-in-law: Chuang Nai Pin Midori Nakamura Daughters: Sons-in-law: Chuang Nai Hwei Wang Ding Chuang Nai Teng Chris Mackrell Godson: Goddaughter-in-law: Chng Nai Wee Lim Ing Ruen Godgrandsons: Chng Kay
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      42 42 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of the Late CHNG HENG TIU Former Chairman of NAFA Board of Directors and NAFA Management Committee (1993 2002) Departed on 17 November 2008 From: The Council Staff of Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
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      160 42 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 WILLIE FERNANDEZ Age: 83 was called home to be with the Lord on 17 November 2008 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Freda Fernandez (deceased)
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      83 42 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to MR. LEE YONG HOW MYKELL Managing Director, Singapore Chief Executive Officer,, South East Asia Area Agility Logistics on the demise of his beloved father LEE HOON LIAT on 16 November 2008 From: The Directors, Management Staff of Agility A New Logistics Leader Agility
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      140 42 MR. HASHUMAL RAMCHAND NANDWANI Age 78 of M/SEhkay Corner has left this world in peace making his way to Gods in heaven on 18th November 2008, leaving behind beloved family members. Wife: Mrs. Neenah H.Nandwani Children: Umesh, Deepak Dinesh Daughters-in-law: Pooja, Harsha Hina Grandchildren: Dimple, Mansha, Neelam, Nisha, Sonal, Simran,
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      113 43 "Those who live in the shelter of the most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty" Psalm 91:1 PROFESSOR TEOH BOON SEONG Age: 61 was called home to be with the Lord on 18 November 2008. Leaving behind loved ones. Beloved Wife: Carrie Low Yee Chiang Sons:
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      60 43 |p£ With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt *^X W Condolences to our Executive Director I Director *Tk| Mr Wong Wei Teck and his family on the demise of his beloved father 7 MR JOSEPH WONG KONG WEE Called home to be with the Lord on 16 NOVEMBER 2008 From: Management Staff of
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      38 43 12th Anniversary sth Anniversary CohMeowKheng Chua Swee Kirn Departed: 19 Nov 96 Departed: 31 Jan 04 DEAREST DAD AND MUM Gone from our lives one so dear, But in our hearts forever near Dearly missed by loved ones.
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      45 43 We are saddened on the demise of POO TJOE, beloved wife of Mr Henry Lim From: Beng Soon, Soon Chua and Staff of TVS Consultancy Pte Ltd Hoon Tai Meng Co As a mark of respect, our offices will be closed on 21 November 2008.
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      123 43 Kheng, Molly, Lynn, Bert, Gee Yinn Directors of Bodynits International Pte Ltd and Grandchildren of the late TAN PHEK HIANG Departed on 12 November 2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during
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      170 43 §yjs^~ "1 have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, "^gll 1 have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 THIA KOK SENG, PETER Age: 57 Called home to be with the Lord on 17 November 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Beloved wife: Kan Pek
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      53 43 DON VICTOR BAJAPAKSHA Age: 48 passed away peacefully on 17 Nov 2008 Leaving behind: Mother: Lily Rajapaksha Brothers, sisters and loved ones Wake is held at Blk 32 Jalan Bahagia, #09-278 Tel: 6254 3770 Cortege will leave on Thursday 20 Nov 2008 at 4pm for Mandai Crematorium Hall 1 for
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      26 43 sth Anniversary In loving Memory AGNES ONG KEE HEO] Departed: 19 Nov 200= Death is a phase Towards life everlasting Always remembered b) family loved ones
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      16 43 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of BIN TAI LONG Departed 19/11/2007 Forever Loved Missed By Family
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      80 43 "Many women do noble things but you surpass them all" Proverbs 31:29 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of MRS POLY TENG 02/11/1931 19/11/2007 Dearly missed and always remembered as a lovingwife, caring mother, and doting grandmother. Husband: Dr Philip Teng Ping Kun Children: Spouses: Grace Teng Soh Seng Siong Dr
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      88 43 M. JAGANATHAN (Ex-Sewerage Dept PWD) Age: 73 passed away peacefully on 18 Nov 2008 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: S. Govindamma Father: Mother: (R. Mumgayan (M. Koonjamal, deceased) Jeyankondapriyar, deceased) T. Janaki Daughter: Son-in-law: J. Shoba S. Sivalingam Grandson: S. Shanjay Brothers: Sisters-in-law: M. Rengasamy P. Rajeswari M. Rajoo P.
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      68 43 have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 We, the Family of the Late PATRICK CHUA CHAN HIN Departed on 13 November 2008 Wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all priests, relatives, friends, colleagues, medical professionals, church
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      877 44  -  Goh Eng Yeow BULLS AND BEARS Asian bourses take beating as the financial giant cuts 52,000 jobs By REGIONAL stock markets took a beating yesterday as the axe is prepared to fall on employees of the beleaguered Citigroup, which operates sizeable businesses in Asia. No sector was spared,
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        24 44 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1 billion shares worth $862.68 million UP DOWN Gainers: 119 Losers: 330 Unchanged: 876 Nov 18,2008 1,692.55 -57.12
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        91 44 Mid Cap 338.54 T -13.11 Basic materials 202.45 T -10.71 Utilities 273.67 T -10.46 Small Cap 283.80 T -8.06 Industrials 351.72 T -13.92 Financials 411.21 T -9.14 All Share 404.98 T -13.84 Consumer goods 317.25 -20.17 Technology 363.49 T -11.16 Fledgling 384.06 -9.31 Health care 371.76 T
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          25 44 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 8,328.41 (-194.17) Japanese shares closed 2.28 per cent lower after another raft of gloomy economic and corporate news.
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          30 44 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 12,915.89 (-613.64) Hong Kong shares closed 4.54 per cent lower with sentiment hit by Wall Street's fall and fears of job cuts.
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          22 44 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 1,902.43 (-128.06) Chinese shares plummeted 6.31 per cent over concerns about the country's slowing economy.
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          30 44 Sydney S&P ASX 200 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 3,523.2 (-129.80) Australian shares fell 3.6 per cent to a four-year low after Wall Street plunged on concerns about a global recession.
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          27 44 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 883.09 (-0.97) Malaysian shares closed 0.1 per cent lower in lacklustre trade and weak sentiment after Wall Street's overnight fall.
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          28 44 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 1,036.16 (-42.16) South Korean shares closed 3.9 per cent lower on worries about the US economy and the prospects for local firms.
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          27 44 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 8,937.2 (-353.81) Indian shares fell 3.81 per cent on weak economic news after Citigroup said it would slash 50,000 jobs worldwide.
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          23 44 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 419.97 (-14.24) Thai shares closed 3.28 per cent lower over concerns of a global economic recession.
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          93 44 (0) DBS Bk 6% NCPS 10 9440 20.0 OCBC Bk 4.5%NCPS 100 ...8300 20.0 OCBCCap 5.1%NCPS 100 .8520 20.0 APOil 12 4.5 NewToyo 22 4.0 SBSTransit 160 4.0 Hwa Hong 40 3.5 Albedo 7.5 3.0 EDHI 16 3.0 MacCooklREIT 35 3.0 BeautyChina 39.5 2.0 BousteadSp 68 2.0 Fuji
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          108 44 (0) Nov 18 CENTS Lyxor China H 1OUS$ 843 -100.7 -7. lardine CSC 960 -80.0 -7. GLD 10US$ 7349 -62.6 -0. CityDev 575 -50.0 -8. ISH 1010 -36.6 -2. Lyxor India Nifty 10 821 -34.0 -4. Venture Corp 430 -34.0 -7. Lyxor Korea 10US$ 197 -29.0 -8. SI
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          93 44 Nov 18 Sapphire Albedo AP Oil Lexicon Grp ChinaESave A-Sonic EDMI NewToyo Ban Joo Europtron lukenTech LottVis BBR Hldgs C8G Ind Serial Sys SwingMedia UniFood ChinaVuanb PineAgritech Hwa Hong CENTS 1 100 0 7.5 66.7 12 60.0 1.5 50.0 2 33.3 5 25.0 16 23.1 22 22.2 3.5
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          94 44 Nov 18 CENTS Goldtron Pharmesis Centillion Compact E3 Hlds Mirach Energy SH Summit Karin Autron Fischer LantroVis MemoryD Koda CMProp Fye Soon Sing Hldgs Abterra ChungHong Eagle Brand Mpritpr? 0 5 -50 0 -0 5 5.5 -35.3 -3.0 1 -33.3 -0.5 1 -33.3 -0.5 1 -33.3 -0.5 2
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          170 44 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume cents Vol Golden Agri 18 -0.5 -2.7 Noble Grp 87 -9.5 -9.8 China Hongxing 20 -1.0 -4.8 Yangzijiang 45 -1.0 -2.2 StraitsAsia 75 -6.0 -7.4 SingTel 238 -12.0 -4.8 Memstar 3 0.0 0.0 01am 106 -16.0 -13.1 IndoAgri 43.5
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      104 44 runi.mii uunnLiiLii iiuil nniLo: vcmm;: S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Nov 18 2008 Buying Selling Aust dollar 0.9770 1.0190 Can dollar 1.2300 1.2450 Euro 1.9150 1.9400 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4235 0.4247 NZ dollar 0.8340 0.8520 Sterling pound 2.2710 2.2980 US dollar 1.5140 1.5330 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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      364 44 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 720 375 715 2180 590 72.5 123 525 3580 2236 800 476 270 319 1880 470 482 384 .1, 473 414 316 2170 572 228 5606 CapitaLand 146 5417 CapitaMall 530 5611 CityDev 60.5
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      617 44 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 272 210 256 257 438 112 116 238 239 MM 191 365 364 195 I. 595 398 765 422 372 317 190 580 87 222 256 I"-. 130 117.4 36.5 380.1 134 161
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      564 45  -  Michelle Tay Lawyer accuses investor of juggling club's finances to hide assets from ex-wife I By THE long-running Raffles Town Club (RTC) legal saga it was day 39 for those counting took a dramatic turn yesterday when billionaire Peter Lim's acrimonious divorce proceedings came under
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      439 45  -  Yang Huiwen By FORMER Pinetree Club owner and proprietor Chng Heng Tiu, a prominent businessman, died on Monday morning. He was 77. For the past six months, Mr Chng had been physically weak and had relied on a respirator. He had difficulty moving his
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      398 45  -  LEE SU SHYAN SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) is taking out $150 million worth of loan facilities with local banks DBS and OCBC. The media giant said yesterday it had inked separate agreements with the two tanks. The tenure is for three
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      204 45 REUTERS MARINE fuel trader Chemoil Energy said its Singapore operations head, Mr Karan Chabria, had resigned with immediate effect, but this would not hit its regional expansion and trading activities. The managing director of Chemoil Logistics, Mr Sanjay Anand, will replace Mr Chabria, and
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      1045 47  -  Elizabeth Wilmot How heavy stock market losses kindled one man's entrepreneurial spirit I By company selling weight-loss products, among other items. The firm, which was started last year, is backed by a research team based in Tampa, Florida, and led by one of its founders,
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      395 48  -  Elizabeth Wilmot I By ELECTRONICS giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) decided to go straight for the heart, to stand out in an industry constantly looking to outdo rivals with whiz-bang gadgetry and high-tech specifications. The company has marketed the personal computer as an extension of
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      513 48  -  Francis Chan I By SMALL firms can now beef up their financial management expertise under a $3 million initiative to help them tackle the effects of the financial crisis. Vector Scorecard Asia-Pacific (Vsapac) is a private financial management firm which is offering
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      499 49  -  April Chong Spring Spore scheme aims to unearth future top dotcoms at home I By SPRING Singapore unveiled a $12.5 million fund yesterday that will give young entrepreneurs up to $50,000 in seed money to start their own business. The Young Entrepreneurs Scheme
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      433 49  -  Leslie Lopez I By SOUTH-EAST ASIA CORRESPONDENT THE asset-sale plan to rescue Bakrie Brothers, one of Indonesia's most politically powerful conglomerates, is unravelling, presenting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's administration with a serious policy challenge. At stake is the survival of one of the
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      472 50  -  Francis Chan Bank's business here profitable, with robust year-on-year growth I By CITI Singapore, one of the largest employers in the local finance sector, said job cuts here will not be high despite plans to slash 52,000 jobs across Citigroup's global operations. "In
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      231 50 BLOOMBERG, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson yesterday rejected using the government's financial rescue programme as a "panacea" for economic difficulties, clashing with lawmakers who want the funds to help beleaguered homeowners and carmakers. "The rescue package was not intended to
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        108 50 ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang is stepping down as chief executive, ending a rocky reign marked by his refusal to sell the Internet company to Microsoft Corp for U5547.5 billion (5572.3 billion) more than treble Yahoo's current market value. The change in command
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        123 50 REUTERS TOKYO: Ford Motor, scrambling for cash as the US Big Three carmakers struggle to stay alive, will end 12 years of control of Mazda Motor Corp through the sale of a 20 per cent stake in the Japanese carmaker. Mazda, in which Ford first
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        64 50 BLOOMBERG LONDON: Barclays, the British bank asking investors for £7 billion (5515.8 billion) to shore up capital, will not pay top executives annual bonuses this year following similar moves by Goldman Sachs Group and ÜBS. Barclays chief executive John Varley, investment banking chief Robert Diamond, consumer
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      783 51  -  Joyce Teo Moving business to HK, India next year may see more than 100 jobs lost By UNITED States clothing retailer Gap Inc will close its regional apparel buying centre in Singapore early next year, shedding possibly more than 100 jobs. Gap's Singapore business
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      685 58  -  deepika shetty The Arts House sets up arts academy that aims to reach out to talented children from underprivileged homes Talented young children from underprivileged homes can hone their skills in music, theatre, the performing arts and art in a new school. The Little Arts Academy
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      437 59  -  tara tan What does pounding spices have to do with finding a husband? Quite a bit if you are Peranakan, as the play Siapa Baba? shows arts reporter Hopeful brides, beware: The way you pound spices could very well determine your future husband. In Peranakan tradition, matchmakers
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        1363 53  -  John lvi Cinemas will see if moviegoers are willing to pay more for 3-D movies before investing in the equipment film correspondent In these tough times, are Singaporeans willing to pay $15 to watch a 3-D film? Cinema chains will find out over
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        1362 54  -  tan shzr cc His movie has A-list stars, so why is Ridley Scott talking about Osama? in london Ridley Scott does not really want to talk about his film. Yes, that one starring a goateed Leonardo DiCaprio in yet another gritty tortured secret agent act, opposite a
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        1109 55  -  boon chan Does the box-office success of Cape No. 7 signal a new dawn for Taiwan's film industry? media correspondent Cape No. 7 is the little movie that could. It was made by an unknown director, Wei Te-sheng, who had one previously unreleased feature to his
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        492 55 Goodbye arthouse obscurity, hello commercial viability. The box-office success of Wei Te-sheng's Cape No. 7 has been heralded as a new dawn in the Taiwan film-mak-ing industry by some people. Film critic turned producer Peggy Chiao tells Life!: "I see this as a turning
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        129 57 I've never done any advertising because I feel I am in a position of trust, anc that has been very liberating' TV cook Delia Smith on the likes of Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay It's always just the two of them. Now it': just the two
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        468 57 There's no pulling the Rabbit out of the hat in this slick but formulaic date movie RABBIT WITHOUT EARS (M 18) 115 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: Gutter press reporter Ludo (Til Schweiger) intrudes on a star's privacy once too often and is sentenced to perform community service at
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        513 57  -  Deepika Shetty John Lvi ffWßWcomedv BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA (PG) 93 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** There must be a lot of truth in the saying that in bad times, the need for escapism is urgent. If this film is anything to go by, the times must be dire indeed, as it
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        367 61  -  loh keng fatt A DATE WITH FRIENDS Herman's Hermits Starring Peter Noone Esplanade Concert Hall/Monday Some 1,600 Noonatics went crazy on Monday night. And whipping them into one happy froth was Peter Noone. He is the good-looking 61--year-old Herman in the band's name who has
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          51 61 Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne will perform at Suntec City on Jan 21 as part of his Asian tour. He will perform songs from his new CD with U2's Brian Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today. Tickets from $98 to $188 are available from
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          64 61 Pop star Prince has been sued in New York for US$lOO,OOO (*****,000) for not promoting a fragrance, 3121, that is named after his 2006 album. American perfume company Revelations said it licensed his name and 3121 to market its fragrance. But since July last year, the
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          39 61 California prosecutors have charged actress Heather Locklear with driving while under the influence of prescription drugs. She reportedly showed "obvious impairment" when police found her car parked and blocking a lane on a highway in September.
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        415 61 AFP, Reuters Sydney Will Australia be Nicole Kidman's last movie? The actress said yesterday she was unsure of her next move as an actor and may simply choose to have more children. The Australian actress, 41, is in Sydney for the world premiere
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