Today, 8 May 2007

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    13 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp MICA(P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Tuesday May 8, 2007 todayonline.com
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    Your body could be an open book
    729 1  -  TAN HUI LENG No consent may be needed for researchers to access anonymous medical records huileng@mediacorp.com.sg YOU are warded with a serious medical condition and, as is standard practice, your case is entered into the hospital's computer system. What you might not expect
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    Lock icon Will M'sian oil pipeline hurt Spore?
    430 1 KUALA LUMPUR In a move that would not just allow oil tankers to bypass the heavy traffic and pirates of the Malacca Strait, but which could also impact Singapore's oil refining and shipping industries, the Malaysian Cabinet has given its blessing to a $7-billion
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      36 1 Did you know that only 1 out of 5 Asian women are consuming enough Folate? Reft Green et al, Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2007; 16(2). (Studies were conducted on women of child bearing age.)
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  • hot news
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      Yet another MRT station mishap
      276 2  -  LOH CHEE KONG Man's head hit; third train accident in four months cheekong@media corp.com.sg IN WHAT was apparently another freak accident, a train hit a man's head yesterday while he was standing on the platform at Tampines MRT Station. His left foot got stuck between
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      Lock icon M'sian civil servants to get raise: PM Abdullah
      274 3 -AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's 1.2 million civil servants will be getting a pay rise because they deserve it, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced yesterday. Just how much they will get and when has not been decided but the disparity in the
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    • Article
      NTUC AIMS HIGH
      577 3  -  GRACIA CHIANG Cooperative to compete 'aggressively' on all fronts gracia@media corp. com. sg FROM supermarkets to childcare centres, you will see more of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) in the coming years, as its cooperatives extend the labour movement's footprint in a plan to "compete aggressively
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      249 3 FREE Jk WF Di('you know *at only 1 out °*5 M gp^g > As'B" women are consuming m^VC^V enough Folate? Folate is clinically proven to help support N am baby's growth overall development. I An mum is the only milk powder clinically proven I A J d c ress I
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  • singapore news
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      With earlier O levels, single JC intake will soon be reality
      346 4  -  DERRICK A PAULO derrick@media corp.com.sg THE final step needed to make a single intake to junior colleges possible will be tested out this year. Pupils will take the O-level examination a week earlier this year than in the past
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      110 4  - DAPHNECHUAH GREEN AND REV IT: Powered only by renewable fuels and environmental-ly-friendly technologies, the Earth-race-a powerboat which is attempt ing to set a new world record by circumnavigating the globe in 65 days-arrived here on Sunday for a two-day pit-stop at the ONE°IS Marina Club. It has not been all
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    • Article
      WHY CLOSE ONE EYE?
      864 4  -  THOMAS KOSHY Such an attitude towards homosexuality is a lose-lose approach WHAT is clear from the rejuvenated debate on whether homosexual acts under Section 377 A of the Penal Code should be decriminalised is that passions run high over this issue. And where passions run high,
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      Embracing Passion, Shaping Tomorrow
      454 5 FLYING HIGH SPENDING seven days I a week with jars of flies I would probably not qualify as most people's I idea of a good time but Nalini Puniamoorthy, I 24, cannot get enough I of it. The life sciences major, who is currently I doing
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      FROM BOY SCOUT TO BUDDING ENTREPRENEUR
      461 5 KNOTTING techniques he learnt as a former boy scout may have inspired Peh Ruey Feng's first patent, but his training in mechanical engineering enabled him to bring it to fruition. While interning at Silicon HH Valley-1 based I startup lUSGI Medical as part of
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      NUS: SINGAPORE'S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY
      176 5 *TOP 20 IN THE WORLD, TOP 3 IN ASIA Highly comprehensive with 14 faculties and schools offering more than 60 majors. Faculties/Schools: Arts and Social Sciences Business Computing Dentistry Design and Environment Engineering Law Medicine (including nursing) Music Science University Scholars Programme Lee Kuan Yew School
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      Lock icon Family tussle over Hock Kee payout
      335 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg TWO years ago, residents of Hock Kee House in Paya Lebar Road came under the spotlight when they engaged the authorities over compensation for the demolition of their building to make way for the Circle Line. Yesterday, a family continued
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      Chronic-disease healthcare plan launched for Jurong Shipyard retirees
      320 6  -  —SHERALYNTAY WHEN Mr Lim Fang Pao retires, he is reassured that if a chronic illness strikes, his company will foot 80 per cent of his medical bills for five years after he stops working. Not that the 53-yearold plans to retire any
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      Lock icon New burial system neater, space-saving
      494 6  -  —ANSLEYNG A NEW way to bury the dead one that saves space and presents a neater look will be implemented in all sections of the Choa Chu Kang cemetery by the year's end. The new burial system involves concrete beams and walls installed in graves,
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      Lock icon Chevron may expand in Singapore, minister says investment yet to be confirmed
      367 8  -  CHRISTIE LOH IN SAN FRANCISCO christie@media corp.com.sg AMERICAN oil giant Chevron may pump more money into its Singapore operations, disclosed the company on Sunday at a luncheon hosted by vice-chairman Peter Robertson for Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
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      No go for CPF reversal bid
      529 8  -  LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@media corp. com. sg THE country's highest court has rejected a class action suit by 100 veteran civil servants who want to return to the pension scheme, 34 years after they had opted for the Central Provident Fund (CPF). In doing
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon MOTORISTS CAN CHECK LTA PAYMENTS ONLINE
        72 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Motorists can now check online if they have any outstanding payments to the Land Transport Authority (LTA). The enhanced LTA e-Payment Services system also allows motorists to enquire about the nature of the offence and the payment due date, and to make
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        Lock icon DISASTER MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP HERE
        95 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Disaster management agencies from 10 countries will meet here for an inaugural workshop this week. Singapore will share its experience with Exercise Northstar conducted last January, which involved 22 agencies and some 3,400 members of the public. The meeting will also plan the Asean
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        Lock icon WARSHIPS TO VISIT FOR MARITIME SHOW
        70 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A record 22 warships from 14 countries will be in Singapore from May 15 to 18 for Imdex Asia 2007, the International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference. To be held at the Singapore Expo, it will feature the latest technologies in maritime
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      160 4 I "ERC hon effective organization to groom I the entrepreneurs of tomorrow. It is set up T•» n^V Ay entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs and they I! J j I Ll^ ll JII I ■L^-jJ ««w business" Douglas Foo, CEO, I I L rKp *!I 1 Q' I Apex-Pal International Fte Ltd
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      292 6 Higher CPF returns with no lock in. Why wait? Current CPF-OA interest rate BIG c interest rate 2 IT" D IT" M 1 BIG c, a single premium endowment plan from Aviva, gives you 40% 3 more returns on your CPF-OA savings. There's no lock-in period, so you can withdraw
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      285 7 AUpt^ Glower Mi g Hair loss Dandruff Oily hair and scalp I Dry hair* Frizzy hair* Fine hair A Early detection is the best prevention The secret of combating hair and scalp problems is to diagnose and treat the problem early. Once follicles are dead and baldness is established, Ifc
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      287 8 FINANCIAL GENIUSES TO SHARE THEIR V A nr|-[ Special Article MONEY makes money is an age old saying. In a recent newspaper article, it was highlighted that wealth is created by a small group of people whilst the lower income group is barely struggling along. This is because the latter
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      202 9 ■i^P Best Kept I I >3r Secret I Jk NTUC Income goes transparent and unveils high actual yields A We are able to deliver high yields year after year because of our: I m Consistent investment performance Cost effectiveness Generous bonus policy jfl&^ Actual Yield: Endowment (BESS)) For male female,
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Has SBY done enough?
      686 10 -AGENCIES Indon President sacks five ministers, but critics denounce reshuffle as self-serving JAKARTA Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono fired five Cabinet members yesterday and reassigned two others in an expected reshuffle aimed at reviving his reform programme in the face of declining poll numbers. In a
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      Lock icon Maybank under fire for setting ethnic ownership rules
      218 10 —AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's largest bank faced criticism from lawyers, corporate leaders and opposition politicians after revealing plans to require law firms that conduct business with it to have at least one ethnic Malay partner. Maybank, which is controlled by government fund
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      Lock icon Don't be alarmed, it's just internal politics
      433 12 —AGENCIES Thai official says Bangkok bombing not linked to terrorism KUALA LUMPUR The weekend bombing near the Thai King's palace in Bangkok, which a man was injured, was unlikely to have been the work of Muslim terrorists. Officials suspect that the attack was
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      Lock icon THAKSIN CUTS PR LINKS
      77 12 THE NATION Deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has severed links with United States-based public relations firm Edelman to quash accusations that he has been using the PR company to generate negative publicity against Thailand. His lawyer, Mr Noppadon Pattama, who made the announcement yesterday, said Mr
      — THE NATION  -  77 words
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      Lock icon Rich Chinese may spark population boom
      300 13 —AFP BEIJING China's top family planning official has warned that the country, the world's most populous, could face a population rebound as the newly rich pay to have more children. Mr Zhang Weiqing, director of the National Population and Family Planning Commission, also said
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      Lock icon ... BUT MORE BABIES IS GOOD NEWS FOR SOUTH KOREA
      140 13 BUT MORE BABIES IS GOOD NEWS FOR SOUTH KOREA AFP South Korea's birth rate has risen for the first time since 2000, a report said yesterday, offering a glimmer of hope that efforts to counter the nation's ageing society are working. Some 452,000 children were born lastyear, up 3.3 per
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      Lock icon Beijing Olympics warm-up: You spit, you pay
      193 13 -AFP BEIJING More than 50 people were fined over the past week for spitting in the streets of Beijing and refusing to correct the bad habit, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. Beijing has outlawed spitting, queuejumping, littering and other conduct likely to tarnish
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      Lock icon Forced to drink, she gets $49,000 compensation
      258 13 ■AFP SEOUL A South Korean boss has been ordered to pay a former female employee 30 million won ($49,000) for forcing her to go drinking with the rest of the staff after work. They said the Seoul High Court ruled last week in
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      Lock icon Bangladesh's former Prime Minister returns home
      196 14 -AFP DHAKA Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed (picture) returned home on Monday after almost two months abroad, during which she faced a bid by the mili-tary-backed government to force her into exile. Mdm Hasina arrived in the capital Dhaka at 4.20pm, local
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      124 15 ■AFP NIGHT OF VIOLENCE: Police officers clash with protesters in France's western city of Nantes, during a demonstration after the victory of rightwinger Nicolas Sarkozy in the presidential election. Violence also erupted in Lyon, Paris, Toulouse and Renne and was blamed on extreme-left groups, anarchists and apolitical gangs. To them,
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      Lock icon Bonne chance, France under Sarkozy
      858 14  -  ASHLEY SEAGER —THE GUARDIAN New President of France must implement economic reforms after years of rigidity news@newstoday.com.sg WHEN the dust settles on the Sego vs Sarko presidential election campaign, the harsh reality of the economic challenges that face the victor will still be there like
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      Lock icon Reid's shock resignation gives Brown lead
      241 15 -AGENCIES LONDON British Home Secretary John Reid ended months of speculation when he declared his support for Chancellor Gordon Brown to be the next prime minister and said he would leave his job at the end of June. Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon CONTESTING FOR THE WOMEN'S VOTES
        85 16 BLOOMBERG New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is counting on donations from politically active women to stay competitive for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, the Washington Post reported. Mrs Clinton's campaign is sponsoring a series of events tailored to women that started last month with
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        Lock icon WRECKAGE OF KENYAN PLANE FOUND
        76 16 AFP Kenya Airways confirmed that the wreckage of a plane carrying 114 people was found in a swampland in southwest Cameroon more than 36 hours after it went missing. Search and rescue operations are being carried out. The aircraft was not detected earlier because of
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        Lock icon SACKED FOR 'INSULTING VEILED WOMAN'
        65 16 -AFP A prominent Iranian professor, Mr Nureddin Zarrinkelk, has been sacked for offending a fully-veiled woman during class amid mounting protests at a prestigious Iranian university over insults to Islam. Reports said that he "insulted" the female student at Tehran University by questioning why she
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      Lock icon Storms signal deadly year
      466 16 —AGENCIES Biggertornadoes predicted to hit US through the week WASHINGTON The weekend blitz of tornadoes in the United States, which wiped out a small town in Kansas and swept through seven states from northern Texas to Dakota, puts 2007 on track to be one of the
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      18 13 Latedeliveriesmakepeopleangry. Chinahasl.3billionpeople. Make sure it arrives on time. Trust the FedEx team in China. www.fedex.com/sg Welivetodeliver. FwlfcX, Express
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      86 14 Even if you don't smoke, you can suffer from the harmful effects of smoking by being around those who do. Your risk of developing lung cancer can be up to 50% higher than those who enjoy fresher, cleaner air. To learn about the benefits of a smoke-free environment, call Health
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      Lock icon Improve – before it's too late
      453 20  - Improve before it's too late SHANTANU BASU Singapore's transport system must overtake that of Hong Kong Letter from I REFER to the letter, "Flagging confidence in local bus and taxis" by Mr Jason Chiam (May 7). Singapore is always pitting itself against Hong Kong in the economic sphere. For it
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      Service pledge lets statutory board 'wiggle' out of complaints
      187 20  -  RICHARD GOMEZ Letter from AS A human resource practitioner with more than 40 years' experience, I was more than a little amused recently to read the service pledge of a statutory board proudly displayed at its counters. I am amazed that
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      242 22  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY THAT LOSER MAY SURPRISE YOU We talked yesterday, about the flighty, disorganised children who absolutely refuse to do assigned schoolwork. Let me share some thoughts today about that underachieving child. First, these kids are not intrinsically inferior to their hardworking siblings. Yes,
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      Be fair to en bloc minorities
      628 22  -  PAUL ARMSTRONG Developers should offer units, pay rental to owners who do not agree to en bloc sales Letter from IT IS evident from the articles and letters in Today regarding en bloc sales that this phenomenon has already become a serious bone of
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      Let's wake up to alternative work regime
      692 23  -  FOO CHIN PENG Flexible arrangements are not hard to implement, if employers are willing Letter from I REFER to the I Say by Frances Ong ("Let's not take our laptops to bed", May 3). I count myself lucky for the kind of work
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      Just a lot of bull?
      290 24  -  STEVE NGO Property frenzy may be caused by baseless sentiment Letter from I REFER to the letter, "A lesson worth remembering" (May 7) by Mr Lim Boon Hee, and I absolutely agree with his views. In particular, I fully support his belief that "with the
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      Supermarkets should donate savings, too
      120 24  -  GEVINYEO Letter from THE supermarkets participating in the Bring Your Own Bag Day (BYOBD) initiative are saving substantial costs by not giving free plastic bags to shoppers. While it is optional for shoppers to donate a small amount for each bag taken, most of them
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      CD-ROMs not exactly eco-friendly
      224 24  -  MARYANNE MAES Letter from I APPLAUD Mr Charles Tan's suggestion to do away with the hefty waste of paper resources by reproducing Singapore Exchange's annual reports on CD-ROMs ("Soft-copy annual reports boost green efforts, raise IT literacy", May 7). However, CD-ROMs are not without their environmental
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      273 22 enriching families 6:«6 udd FocusontheFamily 33 «ttt Singapore Limited www.family.org.sg Founder: Dr James Dot™ "^f^fff!^ With affordable flights available pppppypj\ every other day, be the first to make I 111' 1111 Kaohsiung your next holiday destination! B£ *^^^*"i^^y^ From 25 May 2007, Silk Air flies four times weekly to Kaohsiung,
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      334 23 Ajß This Mother's Day (13 May), WmpWlf J& let y°ur l°ve f°r Mum shine through. JHkH Shout it out and let Mum know your love! W Choose from our specially created selection of gifts *dP^ catered just to please the different n J it t y4k*&"&£&A*ot Mums of today. A
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
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  • Businesstoday
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      DBS joins race for Islamic dollar
      526 26  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI Bank invests $378 million for 60% stake in IB Asia nazry@media corp.com.sg THE chase for the Islamic dollar intensified yesterday, as DBS unveiled Singapore's first standalone bank to offer Shariah-compliant products. It has put in US$25O million ($378 million) for a 60-per-cent stake
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      Lock icon UOB set to expand privilege banking business
      262 26 CHANNEL NEWSASIA UNITED Overseas Bank is embarking on an aggressive strategy to expand its privilege banking business in Asia. This involves tripling the number of its relationship managers and investment specialists to 1,000 over the next five years. By 2012, the lender expects
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      Lock icon CORPORATE BRIEFS
      271 26 DOW JONES DOW JONES DOW JONES -938 LIVE The Singapore Exchange has appointed Chew Sutat as its new head of development from June 1. Mr Chew will lead the group in the development of new business areas and new products. He will also assume the post of executive
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      CAAS mulls fast-track immigration lanes
      287 27  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@media corp.com.sg CLEARING immigration at Changi Airport could soon be a breeze for more passengers. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) is exploring the possibility of introducing dedicated "fast track lanes" at Changi to allow faster clearance at immigration checkpoints. Speaking
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    • marketwatch
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        SGX top rises
        23 27 I^B^ffi CepCorp BNP*****0 0.010+100.0 JOB RB *****0 0.750 +94.8 JBSSGA *****8 0.145 +70.6 likke225SGA*****7 0.115 +64.3 )BSDB *****8 0.220 +63.0
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        Commodities
        20 27 Gold US$/oz 689.70 Silver US$/oz 13.53 Platinum US$/oz 1,328.80 Rubber cents/kg 358.50 Palm oil RM/tonne 2390.00 Brent US$/barrel 63.91
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        SGX most active
        20 27 Digiland ChinaEntSp Rowsley Abterra Jasper 0.045 -0.005 -10.0 400.051 0.015 -140.800 0.205+0.035 +13.5120.505 0.070+0.010 +10.7120.003 0.025 -100.202
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        SGX top falls
        25 27 BY PERCENT CLOSE CHANGE UOB DBS07D709 0.005 DBSDB*****9 0.175 HSM9000SGA*****0 0.030 -66.7 -58.3 -53.8 UOB BNP *****1 0.005 HSM7600BNP*****8 0.035 -50.0 -46.2
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