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    26 1 TODAY /A=diaCofip MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Thursday November 29, 2007 todayonline.com TODAY /A=DIA,COKP MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Thursday November 29, 2007 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      668 1  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg THE well-oiled Singapore machinery trying to land the hosting rights for the first Youth Olympic Games has hit a kink over a flower. Six weeks ago, Singapore had launched, with much fanfare, a special logo conceptualised as part of
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      DOORS TO BE OPENED WIDER
      930 1  -  TEOXUANWEI Higher foreign worker quotas will give businesses more breathing space from Jan xuanwei®media corp. com. sg THE economy is booming and unemployment has sunk to a 10-year record low but for businesses here, it has been a tough struggle to stave off the effects
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      124 1 Champions League: Liverpool beat Porto, Chelsea stroll past Rosenborg/Pg 66 '^3Ssk Results W< -J^f '"C^ GroupA V»> j/HLW f^mwm\ Ik LiverP°ol4 FC Porto 1 Jifir I *hm£\i Rosenborg 0 Chelsea 4, f^ *TA :,^i' I'l Valencia 0 Schalke 0 4) /V *^m^Mm m awfulm AB I LhJB I •*i A
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      Flats to be had, just don't be picky
      745 2  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@media corp.com.sg TO CATER to the burgeoning demand for new flats, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) has announced it will offer another 6,000 flats under the Build-To-Order (BTO) system bringing the total number of new flats to be
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      CAD called in
      146 2 SEMBCORP Marine yesterday said it had "summarily dismissed" former group finance director Wee Sing Guan, who was relieved of his duties last month, even as subsidiary Jurong Shipyard lodged a complaint with the Commercial Affairs Department. Last month, SembCorp Marine revealed that Mr Wee had entered into
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      Lock icon Abdullah's ISA threat smacks of desperation, arrogance'
      607 2  -  NAZRY BAHRAWI NAZRYBAHRAWI AGENCIES nazry@media corp.com.sg AN OLD trick. Even mischievous. These were among the strong reactions from lawyers, academicians and human rights activists to the Malaysian Prime Minister's warning that his government might use the Internal Security Act (ISA) against street protesters.
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      Petrol, diesel up by 5 cents a litre
      250 4 The cost of driving went up again yesterday as oil giants here raised their pump prices by 5 cents a litre -the second such price increase in as many months. Caltex, ExxonMobil, Shell and Singapore Petroleum Co (SPC) upped the price of
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      Lock icon Is there enough oil for Asia?
      557 4  -  SHERALYNTAY Yes, says Saudi petroleum minister, as the country is 'within five-year average' sheralyn@media corp.com.sg AS OIL industry bigwigs gathered here on the first day of the Middle East and Asia Energy Summit yesterday, one question on everyone's mind was whether the Middle East
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      Dubai Mercantile Exchange takes off
      231 4 SIX months after its inception, the Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) is starting to take off, with Singapore and Tokyo participating in the first international Middle East energy futures exchange. A j oint venture between the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) and Tatweer (a member of
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      Air Force NSF collapses, dies after run
      275 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@media corp.com.sg HE WAS just 20m away from completing his 2.4 km run when there were signs of trouble. Falling to his knees, full-time National Serviceman Ricky Liv Junhong reportedly crawled to the finish line, collapsing before reaching it as
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      Lock icon Youth Challenge cleared after making changes
      354 6 YOUTH Challenge can finally open a new chapter in its history. Ten months after the release of a "damning report" relating to issues of poor corporate governance and weak internal controls, Youth Challenge has been given a clean bill of health by the Ministry
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      'A' FOR READING
      468 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG A NEW curriculum and betterquality teachers have helped Singapore clinch second spot among 12 education systems that use English, according to a global survey on reading literacy. When education systems that use other languages, such as Chinese and Russian, were included, the Republic fell two notches
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      Lock icon WET, WET, WET
      592 8  -  LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@media corp. com. sg THE festive mood and goods at one of Orchard Road's busiest shopping malls were literally dampened by yesterday's persistent downpour. With the Christmas shopping fever in full swing, doors to Lucky Plaza's basement were shut for some three hours after
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      Lock icon Rich responsible, must help poor
      501 10  -  LINYANQIN Or inequality, global warming will only worsen, says report yanqin@media corp.com.sg THE contrast in how different countries face the impact of climate change can be stark. In the low-lying Netherlands, citizens receive help to build their homes with foundations that can float in water,
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      Going to the US? Check if you might still need a visa
      239 10 IN THE latest clarification of its policy that has caught some travellers unawares, the United States said it requires passports issued or renewed from Oct 26 last year to be biometric if the holder is to enjoy entry
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      Lock icon Cheaper treatment, shorter wait at new cancer clinic
      407 10  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@media corp.com.sg ELIGIBLE cancer patients will soon be able to benefit from lower treatment costs and a shorter waiting time when the first specialist cancer treatment clinic in a community hospital opens next week. The National Cancer Centre Singapore and
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      Odex back in court, copyright owners may join in
      234 12  -  -ZULOTHMAN THIS time, Pacific Internet subscribers who downloaded pirated anime may not be let off so easily, even if Odex loses its case. The anime distributor was back in the High Court yesterday, in a closed-door hearing during which lawyers for
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      Favourite son wins dispute
      468 12  -  ZULOTHMAN Defendant not obligated to distribute late father's assets zul@media corp.com.sg THE eight month-long legal battle over the assets of late shipping tycoon Ng Teow Yhee has ended with Justice Woo Bih Li ruling in favour of the defendant and third son Sebastian Ng, 50. Justice
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      Orchard Towers murder: Two more suspects arrested
      97 12 TWO more suspects have been arrested in connection with the death of Mr Suhaimi Sulong, 37, who was attacked on the second floor of Orchard Towers on Nov 23. One of the suspects, a 27-year-old man, surrendered at Police Cantonment Complex on Tuesday.
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      Lock icon THE PRICE OF YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT
      839 14  -  001 GIOK LING SUDDENLY, world leaders and regional associations from the European Union to Apec and Asean are sitting up and taking seriously the issues of global warming and climate change. It may have been the impact of Al Gore's Oscar-winning film, An Inconvenient
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      376 9 ifl BE 1 *As published in Forbes Global 2000. Credit-linked to 6 industry-leading global corporations: AIG Boeing Electricite de France HSBC Procter Gamble Wal-Mart Stores Other important information The Base Prospectus dated 30 March 2006 (as amended and supplemented by the Supplementary Base Prospectus dated 27 April 2007 and the
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      Lock icon At least 80 charged for role in KL protest
      565 16 AGENCIES Accused face up to 5 years in jail for illegal assembly, attacking police officers KUALA LUMPUR At least 80 ethnic Indians were charged in court yesterday for taking part in a massive, illegal rally to demand equal rights for the
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      Lock icon Hong Kong patients receive transplants from cancer patient
      253 16 -AP HONG KONG Hospitals here transplanted liver grafts and kidneys to four patients from a man who was later found to have lung cancer, a hospital said yesterday. The hospital learned of the situation a month after the organ transplants were performed
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      M'sia to export durians to China
      113 16 PASIR PUTEH Malaysia's Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry is seeking permission from China to export durians to the country from next year, Bernama reported. Agriculture Department Direc-tor-General Sofian Mohd Salleh said yesterday that he had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) seeking permission recently
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      Lock icon Malaysia considers caning girls to discipline them too
      201 16 —AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is considering allowing schools to cane unruly girls to curb a surge in discipline problems including gang fights and bullying, reports said yesterday. Currently only boys are caned in Malaysian schools, but only rarely and for serious offences.
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      Lock icon US designates suspects in Pakistan-led drug ring
      241 18 —AP WASHINGTON The United States has named suspected members of a Pakistani-led narcotics trafficking gang who will be blocked from financial dealings with US companies. The designation marks the first in South-west Asia, the US Treasury Department said. The nine alleged "criminal associates"
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      Lock icon GOODBYE, MY ARMY
      373 18 —AGENCIES Kiyani takes over as army chief as Musharraf mulls lifting emergency RAWALPINDI (Pakistan) President Pervez Musharraf stepped down as army chief amid pomp and ceremony yesterday, finally bowing to international demands not to hold both jobs. On a day many Pakistanis thought they would never see,
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      Lock icon NEW ARMY CHIEF IS AN AFFABLE, CHAIN-SMOKING GOLF FANATIC
      368 18 ■AFP In his old job as Pakistan's top spy, he lived in the shadows. This changed for General Ashfaq Kiyani when he took over as army chief yesterday in bright sunshine and with the world watching. President Pervez Musharraf handed the
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      Lock icon How many languish in Myanmar jails?
      647 20 —AP -AP A CRACKDOWN JUST LIKE OURS, SAYS TIBET'S DALAI LAMA The Dalai Lama (picture) said he supported the recent prodemocracy demonstrations in Myanmar and condemned the crackdown on the Buddhist monks who led them, saying it reminded him of China's oppression of Tibetans.
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      Lock icon Bra bomber targets minister
      369 21 -AFP SALVAGE: Residents saving what they could from devastated houses in Zamboanga city on the Philippines west coast. Huge waves set off by a storm sent more than 5,000 people fleeing, many of whom thought a tsunami had struck. The waves battered villages from the country's
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      Lock icon After the loss, time for U-turns
      360 22 -AFP Howard's former ministers reverse stance on policies SYDNEY Former ministers of outgoing Australian Prime Minister John Howard yesterday reversed their stance on the policies that helped bring down his government of nearly 12 years in Saturday's polls. Former Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who
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      Lock icon Global warmer turns global gardener with tree-planting drive
      274 22 —AGENCIES JONGGOL Indonesia's President launched a campaign yesterday to plant 79 million trees ahead of a climate change conference in Bali, but said the country could not protect its rapidly dwindling rain forests alone. Industrialised countries should help with technology and financial
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      Lock icon A final plea for the life of Filipino maid
      261 22 -AP MANILA The Vice-President of the Philippines will visit Kuwait in a last-ditch effort to save the life of a Filipino maid sentenced to death for murdering her employer an emotional issue in a country where 10 per cent of the
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        Lock icon FOUR JAILED FOR SOCCER GRAF
        62 24 ■AP Four men were arrested yesterday in a continuing investigation of alleged corruption in English soccer, police said. City of London police, the agency which investigates financial crime, did not identify those arrested except to say that they were aged 30,48, 55 and 69. The
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        Lock icon SARKOZY VOWS TO PUNISH RIOTERS
        162 24 AFP French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed yesterday that rioters who shot at police during a flare-up of Paris suburban unrest would be severely punished, as the authorities struggled to contain the violence. "Opening fire at officials is completely unacceptable," Mr Sarkozy warned, accusing the rioters
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      Lock icon EU, China face off on the yuan
      424 24 -AFP BEIJING China and Europe confronted each other over their long-running trade dispute in Beijing yesterday, with the European Union calling for a level playing field and China's Premier Wen Jiabao insisting on gradual reform. "The EU exports less to China than to
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      Lock icon TERROR'S SECOND FRONT
      637 26  -  JESSINTATAN South-east Asia is second front for terrorism: Expert jessinta@media corp.com.sg THE threat of maritime terrorism in the Malacca Straits and Singapore Straits is "highly credible" as there have been a lot of attacks in South-east Asia and terrorists are increasingly viewing the shipping sector as a
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      Lock icon Syria blocks public access to Facebook
      353 26 BLOOMBERG BEIRUT Facebook, the second most-popu-lar social-networking site after News Corp's MySpace, has been blocked in Syria after a series of moves to tighten government control over the Internet, a human rights group said. "Facebook is the latest victim of the website restrictions," Mr
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      Lock icon Japan's former vice-defence chief arrested for taking bribes
      269 29 ■AFP TOKYO Japanese prosecutors yesterday arrested the defence ministry's former top bureaucrat on allegations of accepting bribes in a scandal that has touched the finance minister. Former Vice-Defence Minister Takemasa Moriya (picture) was arrested along with his wife Sachiko and a former
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      Lock icon Japan house votes to end Iraq mission
      446 29 -AP Upper-chamber Bill not likely to pass through lower house TOKYO Japan's upper house of Parliament voted yesterday to halt the country's air force mission in Iraq, intensifying the opposition bloc's standoff with the government over Tokyo's role in peacekeeping missions abroad. The
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      Lock icon Putin is always right: Election chief
      237 30 ■AFP IMOSCOW The man tasked with oversee[ing impartial parliamentary elections in Russia this Sunday lives by a golden rule: Vladimir Putin is always right. A former physicist appointed just eight months ago, Mr Vladimir Churov (picture) used to work with the Russian President in
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      Lock icon Striking Hollywood screenwriters get support in Australia
      225 30 -AFP SYDNEY Australian screenwriters rallied across the continent yesterday in support of their Hollywood colleagues' strike (picture) to demand a greater share of entertainment industry profits. Australian Writers Guild (AWG) members staged protests in four cities to demand that movie and television scriptwriters
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      Lock icon THE TIDE TURNS
      139 32 AFP A Chinese warship (picture) in Japan yesterday for the first time since World War 11, in an effort to mend ties between the Asian giants. As the Chinese destroyer, Shenzhen, docked in Tokyo, the ship was welcomed by Japanese troops and hundreds of Chinese residents waving
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      Lock icon Pentagon protests against HK port call snub
      369 32 -AFP China says it is a misunderstanding WASHINGTON The Pentagon lodged a protest with China yesterday for stopping US warships from making port calls at Hong Kong last week in the worst diplomatic row between the two countries since 2001. President George W
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      Lock icon Vanity aside, no little gesture goes unnoticed
      336 34 -AFP ANNAPOLIS —United States President George W Bush rarely, if ever, faces the media with his reading glasses on. But in Annapolis, Maryland, having just intervened personally at the 11th hour to wrest a joint statement from Israeli and Palestinians, he had to
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      Lock icon Bush's last-ditch Mideast gamble
      441 34 -AGENCIES Israel, Palestine to start high-level talks next month to meet 2008 peace target ANNAPOLIS The United States, Israel and key Arab players see the new Palestinian-Is-raeli peace process launched yesterday as a bulwark against rising Islamist extremism. Though wary of dealing with the US and
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      Lock icon A SURPRISING OASIS IN A DESERT OF DESPAIR
      832 36  -  THOMAS L FRIEDMAN NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE THE Middle East is experiencing something we have not seen in a long time: Moderates getting their act together a little, taking tentative stands and pushing back against the bad guys. If this sounds
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      352 35 Beautyi Essentials Voucher is valid for redemption with minimum purchase of $65 and above in a single receipt from 29 30 Nov 2007. Voucher is not valid for purchases of v?_ Hi,, Carrefour Gift vouchers, mobile phones and tobacco. Only original cut-out voucher from TODAY newspaper dated 29 Nov 2007
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      307 38  -  THERESA NG LI LI AN LAWRENCE ONG LEE CHONG How was figure of '2-to-3 times higher'derived? Letter from and I REFER to the reports, "Use of solar energy still limited due to higher cost: Lim Hng Kiang" (Nov 12) and "Subsidies to fuel
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      91 38 ICE-SKATING OUTDOORS IN SUNNY SINGAPORE? Until the end of the year. Pantry at Loewen Gardens near Dempsey Hill offers this unusual skating experience, using Super Ice, a plastic compound that does not melt. While the falls may still hurt at least you won't be wet and cold. Today photographer
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      176 38  -  LIM SOON HUAT Letter from MANY times we have read in the newspapers about national athletes (of any sport) misbehaving and bringing shame to both the association and to themselves. Noh Alam Shah has been in the limelight too many times for the wrong
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      140 38  -  DAVID SOH POH HUAT Letter from AT A time of economic growth, the Government has announced additional bonuses for civil servants. This is leadership by example: In bad times, freeze the pay; in good times, share the profits. This makes me wonder whether
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      136 40  -  HUANG HANCHENG Letter from I APPLAUD the effort of the organisers of the Befriending Walk to ensure that our senior citizens socialise and stay mentally and physically active. Some 500 senior citizens took part in the Nov 4 walk at Bishan
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      323 40  -  TAYAI CHENG Letter from Senior Director Public Library Services National Library Board (NLB) WE THANK Mr Hu Fangda ("Unjust penalty?", Nov 26) for his feedback. We have since spoken to Mr Hu and explained that the audio-visual (AY) item that he had returned earlier had
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      152 40  -  NG PEI LING Letter from Assistant Director, Corporate Communications and Information Kopitiam Group of Companies to promote higher hygiene standards and increase productivity as tenants are able to better focus on customer service. The discount privilege was introduced to encourage customers to go cashless when dining
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      227 42  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY.... MAKE TIME FOR TEENS There are times in every family when rules and restrictions must be imposed, especially on your teenagers. But let me emphasise this point: Imposing rules without the foundation of a good relationship leads to rebellion. Family psychologist and
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      serveusright WHAT DRIVES THE BAD CABBIES?
      669 44  -  LIANG DINGZI THE good news is that the harsher measures introduced by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) have been largely successful in steering errant taxi drivers back in line at least for now. However, some doubt if the impetus can be sustained, as they
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      118 44  -  jjgjjjW Letter from From next March, taxis will not be allowed to pick up passengers on the street in the Central Business District except at designated taxi stands. While I applaud the LTA's move, I would like to know if it has taken into consideration the smaller
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      Lock icon It's a risky game some firms play
      612 46  -  ESTHER FUNG Many know importance of risk management, but don't implement policies accordingly: Survey esther@mediacorp.com.sg AMID heightened financial risks, a survey showed that more Singapore companies feel their directors and officers (D&O) could be subjected to claims. According to the annual Corporate Governance,
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      Heavier caseload for dispute resolution board in year two
      347 46  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg COMPLAINTS and inquiries within Singapore's financial industry have increased almost 63 per cent since an independent dispute resolution institution was set up two years ago. The Financial Industry Disputes Resolution Centre (FIDReC) received 531 complaints and 1,146 inquiries from
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      Asia Mobile weighs its legal options
      152 46 ASIA Mobile Holdings (AMH) yesterday said it strongly opposed Indonesian anti-mo-nopoly watchdog KPPU's ruling on its Indosat investment. The telecommunications investment company jointly owned by ST Telemedia and Qatar Telecom (Qtel), which is in turn, 55-per-cent owned by the State of Qatar owns about
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        Lock icon Another big Temasek sell-off
        226 48 -AGENCIES Investment firm raises $1.2b after trimming stakes in two Chinese banks TEMASEK Holdings has sold about US$255 billion ($369 million) worth of shares in China Construction Bank in the second big share sell-down in a Chinese bank this week by the Singapore's investment firm. "This
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        Lock icon Discounted StarHub shares up for grabs
        154 48 -BLOOMBERG A SHAREHOLDER of Star Hub, Singapore's second-largest phone company, is seeking as much as $81 million from selling a stake, according to an e-mail sent to investors. The shareholder, an unidentified institutional investor, is selling 27.6 million existing shares priced between $2.90 and
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        Lock icon Malaysian economy grows 6.7% in Q3
        152 48 -AFP MALAYSIA'S economy grew 6.7 per cent in the third quarter, fuelled by strong private consumption and investment, putting it on track to meet a 2007 forecast of 6 per cent, the central bank said. The robust quarterly growth, which was above expectations, was
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        Lock icon Qantas apologises for price-fixing
        414 48 AFP AUSTRALIAN airline Qantas apologised for its involvement in a United States pricefixing scam and said it had agreed to pay a US$6l-million ($BB-million) fine. Chief executive Geoff Dixon said the illegal conduct related to fuel surcharges in the international air cargo market between 2000 and
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        Rabobank unveils China-linked series of structured notes
        360 50  -  CHEOWXINYI xinyi@mediacorp.com.sg RABOBANK International unveiled its latest Series 6 structured notes linked to three Hong Kong-listed Chinese firms yesterday. The notes are aimed at investors looking for relative stability in the share prices of the three firms Bank of China, China Life Insurance
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        Lock icon STI flat despite Wall Street rally
        372 50 -AGENCIES SINGAPORE shares ended flat yesterday despite a strong rally on Wall Street overnight which followed news of a Citigroup deal with the investment arm of the Abu Dhabi government The Straits Times Index (STI) closed down 2.92 points, or 0.087 per cent, at
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        Lock icon Google unveils its green dreams
        315 52 -AGENCIES SAN FRANCISCO Google, whose corporate motto is "don't be evil", has set perhaps its most ambitious goal yet by vowing to help end the world's reliance on coal as an energy source. Motivated by the cost of running its massive, electricity-sucking data centres, the
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        FED RHETORIC CUTS NO ICE
        459 52  -  MICHAELS DERBY A FRESH round of Federal Reserve speeches has once again clashed with the market's expectation the central bank will cut rates when it meets next month. The two Fed officials speaking Tuesday Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser and Chicago Fed President Charles Evans
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          EZRA UNIT TO SERVICE OIL FIELD IN GULF OF THAILAND
          59 54 Offshore and marine-services provider Ezra Holdings said its 48.9-per-cent-owned EOC has received a US$l4B-million ($214-million) contract to provide transport and installation services in an oilfield in the Gulf of Thailand. Ezra said the contract was awarded by Carigali-PTTEPI Operating, a
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          KEPPEL SUBSIDIARY TO BUILD RESIDENTIAL SITE IN VIETNAM
          87 54 Keppel Land said one of its units has entered into a joint venture to develop a residential site in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City. The developer said total investment capital for the project is estimated at U5555.2 million ($79.7 million). A unit
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          KSH AWARDED CONTRACTS FOR HIGH-END RESIDENTIAL SITES
          58 54 KSH Holdings has received two contracts worth $118 million to build high-end residential developments in Singapore. The first is for the construction of a condominium project on Sentosa for a contract value of about $64.8 million, while the second project is to build
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          Lock icon STX PAN OCEAN TO BUY THREE BULK CARRIERS
          116 54 —AGENCIES STX Pan Ocean, South Korea's largest commodities shipping line, said it will buy three bulk carriers for US$257 million ($371 million) to meet demand for moving iron ore, coal and other commodities. The three capesize vessels, the largest of their type,
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        Rickmers reflags vessel to signal commitment to S'pore
        105 54  -  -ESTHER FUNG SHIPPING trust Rickmers Trust Management (RTM) has reflagged one of its 3450-TEU container vessels with the Singapore flag. The trustee-manager of Rickmers Maritime, which leases container vessels, registered ITAL Festosa with the Singapore Registry of Ships on Tuesday. "Reflagging our
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        Lock icon Wells Fargo takes $2-billion hit on home loans
        250 56 -AP WELLS Fargo and Co has become bogged down in the mortgage muck that's muddying many major banks. Wells Fargo, the fifth-largest bank in the United States, waded into the mess saying it will recognise US$l.4 billion ($2.02 billion) in losses in
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        NO RUSH TO UNHITCH GULF CURRENCIES
        725 56  -  ROSALIND MATHIESON TALK about currency regime change in the Middle East will continue to bubble away before next week's regional summit, but any move to spurn US dollar pegs is unlikely as long as oil remains denominated in the greenback. Topping the agenda when
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        Lock icon WILL THE 'SKYSCRAPER CURSE' HAUNT DUBAI?
        809 58  -  WILLIAM PESEK Not if the emirates'oil wealth can be used to develop a rounded economy AMID a skyline jammed with massive construction projects, the Burj Dubai (picture) stands out In September, the building beat the 31-year-old record held by the CN Tower in Toronto
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      80 48 DAILY GOLD UPDATE Iff ~„> l Last Business Day: Nov 28, 2007 SPOT GOLD OPEN (9AM) U*****.70/OZ SPOT GOLD CLOSE (SPM) US$BOl.5O/OZ CHANGE-174% A true gold bull market occurs when gold is moving up against all currencies, market watchers say. Gold is currently trading at multi-year highs, not only against
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      536 60 —AP Set to become a defensive superstar, Washington's safety is gunned down at home ASHBURN, Virginia Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder's eyes were red. His voice cracked and was barely audible. Next to him sat coach Joe Gibbs, barely more composed. Safety Scan Taylor's (picture, below)
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      Lock icon Another high for basketball fans
      556 61  -  LOW LIN FHOONG Chinese squad will use Singapore as base for upcoming ABA season linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE'S basketball calendar is set to get a huge boost The Beijing Aoshen Olympians, the only Asian team playing in the American Basketball Association (ABA), will be using Singapore as
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      Lock icon Russians don't need Safin
      364 61 -DPA PORTLAND Russia will play the Davis Cup Final against the United States starting tomorrow without the services of Marat Safin. The former world No 1 is still trying to recover from another horror season and the defending champions are sticking to the side of Nikolay
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      Lock icon Houllier could pull Korean strings
      156 61 -AFP also been mentioned for the England job. The Frenchman became the technical director of the France Football Federation after leaving club side Lyon. Sports Chosun quoted an unnamed source close to the Korean association who dismissed Houllier's much-publicised health problems. "His heart has been
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      Lock icon MEN SET FOR NEWSTANDARD
      782 62  -  TANYO-HINN While women will make the big splash in Korat, coach Ang says the future's looking upforTayand Co yohinn@media corp.com.sg EVEN their biggest fans will not expect a golden haul, when the Singapore men take the plunge at the Aquatic Centre in Korat, Thailand, from Dec
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      214 64 —AFP SYDNEY Australian fast bowler Brett Lee (picture) said yesterday the upcoming fourTest series against India will be as great a challenge as playing in the Ashes. Lee said he was keen to return to the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) for the
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      603 65  -  HENRY WINTER THE DAILY TELEGRAPH KIL LONDON Faced with the assorted customs channels at Heathrow at 6am on Tuesday, Alex McLeish must have been tempted by the "anything to declare" route, particularly as the Scotland manager was travelling with Gordon Smith, the chief
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      437 66 -AFP TRONDHEIM (Norway) Chelsea produced a dominant performance to outclass Norwegian champions Rosenborg 4-0 yesterday (early today, Singapore time) and guarantee they will top Group B and reach the knockout phase of the Champions League for the sixth straight time. It
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      506 68 —THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Ferguson says the Portuguese is a master motivator, Robson also backs his former pupil for England manager's post LONDON All the morning papers in England yesterday carried the news that Jose Mourinho had for the first time expressed his interest in the national
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      320 68 —AFP SYDNEY Saudi Arabian goalmachine Yasser Al Qahtani (picture) was crowned Asian Player of the Year and he is now eyeing a move to Europe. At a glittering awards ceremony, Iraq was voted the continent's team of the year while former Uefa president
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        47 78 Sawdust An album of Bsides and other rarities doesn't mean there are no gems to be found here. Just check out Tranquilize, featuring the vocals of Lou Reed. If that doesn't get you to listen to the rest of the album, then you're obviously antimusic.
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        48 78 Piece By Piece This "special bonus edition" features three additional tracks recorded by the young chanteuse but not released (including her cover of Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds), and a DVD that features an 80-minute documentary filmed during her 2006 tour and three music videos.
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