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Title Section11 2008-07-16 1 TODAY Wednesday July i 6, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking11 words
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Article, Illustration142 2008-07-16 1 MONKCHARGED On television, the daredevil monk captivated viewers with his passion for charity. Yesterday, in the dock, Shi Ming Vi looked a far cry from that self-confident image tired and forlorn. The 46-year-old former head of Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre was hit with 10 charges142 words
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Article, Illustration380 2008-07-16 1 AFP FOOTBALL TRANSFERS Brazilian snubs Man City, agrees three-year deal with Serie A giants ROME Brazilian superstar Ronaldinho (picture) has agreed to sign for AC Milan in a deal reported to be worth US$3O million ($40.5 million). "AC Milan and FC Barcelona have reached an agreement forAFP - 380 words
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Article143 2008-07-16 1 AFP LONDON Chelsea defender Wayne Bridge has signed a new four-year contract with the Premier League club. Luiz Felipe Scolari was delighted with the deal, which will keep the England left-back at Stamford Bridge until 2012. "I am very pleased for Wayne that he hasAFP - 143 words
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Miscellaneous11 2008-07-16 1 O WATER SAFETY *Zero incidents, zero fatalities' target for water sports11 words
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Miscellaneous20 2008-07-16 1 DEL BOSQUE IS NEW SPANISH BOSS. 2 NO PRESSURE ON WENGER TO DELIVER. 3 GIGGS GETS HIS MASTERS. 3 a20 words
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NEWS
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Article, Illustration546 2008-07-16 2 AFP INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL Former Real Madrid coach takes over the reins of Euro champions MADRID Former Real Madrid boss Vicente del Bosque (picture) was yesterday named as the new coach of the Spanish national team to replace Luis Aragones, who masterminded the successful Euro 2008AFP; EPA - 546 words
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Article, Illustration365 2008-07-16 3 AFP MANCHESTER Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs (picture) was awarded an honorary degree for his contribution to sport and charitable causes yesterday. Giggs, 33, was made a master of arts by the University of Salford in a ceremonyAFP - 365 words
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Article, Illustration293 2008-07-16 3 AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Arsenal chief says there's no pressure on Wenger to deliver LONDON Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood insists Arsene Wenger is under no pressure to end the club's three-year trophy drought. Wenger's last major honour was the 2005 FA Cup and his side once againAFP; GETTY IMAGES - 293 words
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Article, Illustration935 2008-07-16 4 LINYANQIN - MARRIAGE AND PARENTHOOD Work a major obstacle to marrying, having kids, say S'poreans LINYANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN it comes to discussing marriage and babies in Singapore, one issue keeps cropping up over and over again: The workplace. Are more radical measures needed to redefine attitudes, both personal and935 words
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Article, Illustration353 2008-07-16 4 LINYANQIN - EXAMPLES of family-friendly policies from other countries are plentiful, but costs aside, the key challenge is how to localise these solutions to entice Singaporeans into having more babies, said Senior Minister of State for Finance and Transport Lim Hwee Hwa. Taking into account353 words
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Article, Illustration228 2008-07-16 6 001 BOON KEONG - 001 BOON KEONG SOCIAL graces at Suntec City yesterday began at its Suntec Fountain Food Terrace, and the hope is that patrons will continue to see them on display in the months ahead. The Suntec management has initiated a "Tray Return Movement" so that001 BOON KEONG - 228 words
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Article, Illustration599 2008-07-16 6 ANSLEYNG - ANSLEYNG DR ONG CHIT CHUNG'S WAKE Jurong GRC MP was a mar who did not pull punches ansley@mediacorp.com. sg TWO weeks ago, at a meeting at Naspac Marketing a food importing firm, where he was the chairman Jurong GRC Member of Parliament Ong ChitKOH MUI FONG - 599 words
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175 2008-07-16 8 ANSLEYNG - ANSLEYNG An editor who beat a red light on Dec 24 two years ago and killed an Indonesian maid will be sentenced on July 31. Lim Hong Eng, an executive editor at Shin Mm Daily News, was to have been sentenced by District Judge Hamidah175 words
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Article, Illustration216 2008-07-16 8 IN COURT Former MediaCorp staff accepted $35,900 to rig lucky draw A FORMER senior accounts manager with MediaCorp Enterprises has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes totalling $35,900 in cash or petrol vouchers from 16 members of the public to rig a lucky draw. In return,PHOTO COURTESY CPIB - 216 words
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SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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Article122 2008-07-16 10 Have that umbrella handy, for the Meteorological Services Division says Singapore is likely to experience brief showers with thunder in the late mornings and afternoons on five to six days over the next two weeks. It added that widespread showers with occasional gusty winds were122 words
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108 2008-07-16 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Singapore will host the world's first festival dedicated to 3D movies and technologies from Nov 19 to 23. The live action adventure Journey to the Centre of the Earth, starring Brendan Fraser, and the family animation movie Fly Me toCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 108 words
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Article, Illustration113 2008-07-16 10 Winner of the Gold Award in the Open division of this year's British Council Digital Art Competition, Ms Lam Oi Keat, holding up her winning entry Drowning Polar. Dark colours are used to bring out the'sad'mood of the world coming to an end, she said. The competition,001 BOON KEONG - 113 words
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Article325 2008-07-16 10 SHERALYNTAY - SHERALYNTAY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM Issue at hand: How to improve outcomes while containing costs sheralyn@mediacorp.com. sg EVEN as medical science progresses contributing to longer life spans the ways health outcomes are measured have yet to catch up. Life expectancy has been used as a measure for years, but325 words
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WORLD
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Article, Illustration605 2008-07-16 12 NAZRY BAHRAWI - NAZRY BAHRAWI AFP LIVE TV SHOWDOWN Anwar, Shabery in unprecedented debate over fuel price increase nazry@mediacorp.com. sg FACTS and figures were scattered throughout last night's historic hourlong political debate on live television between opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and Information Minister Shabery Cheek, but it was theAFP; I AP - 605 words
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376 2008-07-16 12 AGENCIES BANGKOK Tensions flared as a Thai army ranger was injured by a landmine, and about 100 others were held, after they crossed the Cambodian border yesterday in a dispute over a 900-year-old Hindu temple. Officials from both sides said the trespass was causedAGENCIES - 376 words
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EYE ON ASIA
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88 2008-07-16 14 AP CHINA Children born after the closure of a coal-burning plant in China had 60 per cent fewer developmental problems, a new study says, giving ammunition to those who argue the country should embrace cleaner sources of energy. Environmental Health Perspectives journal found that afterAP - 88 words
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Article91 2008-07-16 14 AFP PHILIPPINES Philippine President Gloria Arroyo will spend 4 billion pesos ($118.5 million) from higher-than-expected tax collections to help low-income families cope with higher prices. The government will distribute 1 billion pesos to poor families and is already distributing a separate 2 billion pesos to theAFP - 91 words
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Article, Illustration123 2008-07-16 14 AFP SOUTH KOREA South Korea stepped up protests yesterday against Japan's reaffirmed claim to disputed islands asTokyo called for calm over the long-running territorial row. Ambassador Kwon Chul Hyun met Japanese Vice Foreign Minister MitojiYabunaka, hours before he was to fly home after beingAFP; , EPA - 123 words
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Article431 2008-07-16 14 Indonesia's deep regret' AFP RIGHTS ABUSE Jakarta accepts East Timor report about atrocities committed in 1999 NUSA DUA (Bali) Indonesia yesterday accepted a truth commission report blaming it for gross human rights abuses in East Timor in 1999, amid fresh calls for the perpetrators to face international justice. President SusiloAFP - 431 words
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585 2008-07-16 16 PAULINE D LOH - PAULINE D LOH ASIAN DEMOCRACIES Politics of hatred has become mainstay of democratic process THE price for democracy is high, and Taiwan, especially, is suffering the bad with the good in its search for a workable democratic model. This, according to Taiwanese political commentator Nan585 words
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Article, Illustration740 2008-07-16 19 MARIA SIOW - MARIA SIOW TODAY IN CHINA east asia bureau chief mariasiow@mediacorp.com.sg A novel move to issue hongbao in Dongguan sparks controversy THE city of Dongguan in China's Guangdong province recently went where no local Chinese government had gone: It distributed hongbao, or red packets, to low-income citizens.740 words
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Article, Illustration448 2008-07-16 21 AFP US POLITICS New Yorker cover shows Obama as Muslim, wife as armed terrorist NEW YORK Mr Barack Obama's campaign expressed outrage over a satirical cartoon on the cover of The New Yorker magazine (picture) depicting the Democratic White House hopeful in Islamic dress beside aAFP - 448 words
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239 2008-07-16 21 AFP BRUSSELS Belgium woke up to a new political crisis yesterday after Prime Minister Yves Leterme handed in his resignation overnight after failing to broker a power-sharing agreement that has split the country in two. King Albert II was "weighing" whetherAFP - 239 words
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Letter, Illustration365 2008-07-16 24 iYan Dawei - iYan Dawei ELECTRICITY BILLS Explanation for spike in bills is unconvincing, reader says Letter from I REFER to the reply, "Why you're feeling the pinch" (July 11). I am puzzled by the explanations provided in SP Services' reply and feel that the issues and concerns365 words
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Article168 2008-07-16 26 DR JAMES DOBSON - DR JAMES DOBSON r T BY WHAT THAT VOW MEANS Remember when you promised to stay together no matter what during your wedding vows? Couples don't promise to stay together because they think things will never change. They promise because they know things will change. And168 words
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319 2008-07-16 26 ILLEGAL PARKING WE REFER to "They continue to flout the rules" (July 4). On June 19 this year, Sembawang Town Council (SBTC) received Chua Chek Khoon's feedback regarding illegal parking at Woodlands Avenue 1. As illegal parking along main roads falls under the purview of319 words
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Letter, Illustration137 2008-07-16 26 Ananda Perera - Ananda Perera PPPVfTlP"' ml rrr Letter from LAST week, just as I was leaving for Changi Airport, I was taken seriously ill and rushed by the Singapore Civil Defence Force emergency ambulance service to Changi General Hospital. At the accident and emergency unit, it was discovered thatTODAY FILE PHOTO - 137 words
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Article, Illustration1209 2008-07-16 28 GENEVIEVE LOH - GENEVIEVE LOH RAINTREE PICTURES genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg THE rain tree is one of the most common trees in Singapore, easily recognised by its umbrel-la-shaped canopy. Unfortunately, no amount of coverage could shield MediaCorp Raintree Pictures from its early string of bombs. The year was 2000 and the greenGRAPHICS BYYENYOK - 1,209 words
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Article, Illustration510 2008-07-16 30 BATMAN, LAH; GENEVIEVELOH - BATMAN, LAH GENEVIEVELOH Holy cockroach, Batman-that guy was from Masters of the Sea! in LOS ANGELES genevieveloh@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPOREAN Ng Chin Han's ears must have been burning. After all, it's not everyday when your big-name director, who also happens to be one of your heroes,510 words
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Article, Illustration460 2008-07-16 32 GENEVIEVE LOH - GENEVIEVE LOH MOVIE REVIEWTHE DARK KNIGHT Ledger, excellent as The Joker, deserves posthumous Oscar genevieveloh@mediacorp.com. sg THE Dark Knight is an extraordinary blockbuster that will be remembered as the one that redefined the superhero movie. Writer-director Christopher Nolan's masterpiece of a sequel to his 2005460 words
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Miscellaneous6 2008-07-16 32 WHO SAID GOLFERS WERE BORING? 376 words
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Miscellaneous1434 2008-07-16 33 SAYANGSAYANG CUTTING EDGE ROBBIE ANDTHE BOOK OFTALES SINGAPURA SYOK Channel 5, Bpm Channel News Asia, 9.32pm Last Episodes Debut Old Chang Kee is Kids Central, 4.30pm Suria, gpm J/A am now a household /'i'fig Robbie and Liane have Mje MP^ Jfc. f^ JB^9^W <ak| name associated |j jp»*« a major1,434 words
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Article, Illustration623 2008-07-16 34 LOW LIN FHOONG - LOW LIN FHOONG SPORTS SAFETY Sports associations air concerns with council's water safety recommendations linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg IN THE wake of sailor Levin Angsana's drowning earlier this month, Singapore's governing sports body, the Singapore Sports Council (SSC), have set a target for water sports: Zero fatalities, zero623 words
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Article, Illustration388 2008-07-16 34 TANYO- HINN - TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg AT LAST year's British Open, a nervous Lam Chih Bing failed in his attempt to become the first Singaporean to make the cut. But 12 months on, the top Singaporean pro is ready to take onTODAY FILE PHOTO - 388 words
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Article205 2008-07-16 34 SHAMIR OSMAN - SHAMIR OSMAN THE Young Lions and Geylang United played out a tepid 0-0 draw in last night's NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 clash at the Jalan Besar Stadium. The standout in the match was Young Lions defensive midfielder Isa Halim, who took over the captain's armband after Khairul205 words
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Article112 2008-07-16 35 AFP South Africa's Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee who is hoping to run alongside able-bodied competitors at the Beijing Olympics, was branded a potential danger to other athletes on Monday. The Court of Arbitration in Sport has allowed the 21-year-old, who runs on carbon fibre blades,AFP - 112 words
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146 2008-07-16 35 AFP Motor racing boss Max Mosley, 68, is attempting to present a Nazi-themed orgy as a bit of harmless sado-masochistic slap and tickle, a lawyer told a court Monday. British tabloid The News of the World is defending its story about what itAFP - 146 words
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Article, Illustration450 2008-07-16 35 AFP OLYMPIC RUMBLINGS WASHINGTON Forty years after Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in a civil rights gesture on the Olympic medal stand in Mexico City, protests on the podium could make a comeback in Beijing. China's support of Sudan'sAFP - 450 words
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Article, Illustration373 2008-07-16 35 SHAMIR OSMAN - SHAMIR OSMAN NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 Super Reds v Home United Yishun Stadium, 7.45pm shamir@mediacorp.com. sg WITH the NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 season having passed the halfway mark, the four clubs at the top of the table are gearing373 words
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Article, Illustration96 2008-07-16 35 SAFFC captain and Singapore striker Aleksandar Duric will be visiting three RHB Bank branches this week to meet with fans and sign autographs of special RHB Singapore Cup posters, which will be given away free while stocks last. Duric, whose tally of 239 goals in96 words
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Article, Illustration316 2008-07-16 36 AGENCIES BIRMINGHAM Aston Villa have told unsettled captain Gareth Barry (picture) to return to training today. The England midfielder had been in exile since the start of this month when Martin O'Neill fined him for criticising the Villa manager's refusal to let him join Liverpool.AGENCIES; GETTY IMAGES - 316 words
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Article, Illustration512 2008-07-16 36 THE GUARDIAN TRANSFERTALK Unhappy with club's pursuit of Ronaldo, Brazilian eyes vdream' hook-up with Scolari LONDON Real Madrid were considering on Monday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time) a bid which sources at the Bernabeu claim is worth 60 million euros ($129 million) for BrazilianTHE GUARDIAN; GETTY IMAGES - 512 words
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Article, Illustration175 2008-07-16 36 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard are set to travel with Chelsea on their five-game tour to China, Malaysia and Russia. The Blues have yet to receive any offers for Drogba, and while speculation linking Lampard with a move toTHEDAILYTELEGRAPH; GETTY IMAGES - 175 words
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Article, Illustration617 2008-07-16 37 THE GUARDIAN GOLF SOUTHPORT (England) Colin Montgomerie, 800 Weekley and Mike Weir add up to one of the most intriguing trios for tomorrow and Friday on the picturesque Royal Birkdale links north of Liverpool. "I'm different and Boo's different and Mike Weir's going to feelTHE GUARDIAN - 617 words
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249 2008-07-16 37 THE NEWYORKTIMES With Tiger Woods absent from one of golf's four majors for the first time since the 1996 PGA Championship, just about everyone on the grounds of the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in the legal betting shops around Britain has an opinionTHE NEWYORKTIMES - 249 words
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Article, Illustration96 2008-07-16 37 EPA Justin Morneau beat Josh Hamilton 5-3 in the final round to win the Major League Baseball's home run derby on Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), as part of the festivities in the All-Star Game in New York's Yankee Stadium. Canadian Morneau wasEPA - 96 words
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Article, Illustration243 2008-07-16 37 AFP NEW YORK A record seven Major League Baseball (MLB) Most Valuable Player awards, 14 All-Star appearance s and the all-time MLB record for home runs (762). Still, nobody wants a piece of drugs-tainted Barry Bonds (picture). MLB clubs are showing little interest inAFP; GETTY IMAGES - 243 words
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Miscellaneous52 2008-07-16 36 SPORTS ON TV TODAY Bam MLB All Star Game, Ch 23 3pm Basketball Egypt v Kazakhstan, Ch 23 spm Basketball Jordan v Qatar, Ch 23 7pm Basketball USA v Chinese Taipei, Ch 24 11.55pm Cricket Essex vYorkshire, Ch 110 SPORTS ON RADIO 6.35am-n.3spm Sports Zone Minutes Hourly Sports updates live52 words
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Article484 2008-07-16 38 BLOOMBERG SLOW SALES Reducing tax on shoppers could also ease inflation, says retailers association chief SINGAPORE should consider a cut in its Goods and Services Tax (GST) to improve consumer spending and ease inflation, according to Ms Jannie Tay, president of the SingaporeBLOOMBERG - 484 words
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Article, Illustration405 2008-07-16 39 CHEOWXINYI - CHEOWXINYI AS THE global economic environment deteriorates, Mr Ricardo Wong (picture) has found it increasingly difficult to have peace of mind with his firm's shoe export sales. "In the past, I did a lot of open accounts meaning I take aPHOTO COURTESY RICARDOWONG - 405 words
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Article, Illustration501 2008-07-16 39 CHEOWXINYI - CHEOWXINYI VENTURINGABROAD Wood flooring specialist taps alternative financing scheme for foreign expansion cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg INTERNATIONALISATION was Wood Doctor's goal from day one, but plans truly began to take off for the timber-flooring specialist when it started tapping into an alternative financing fund 15 months ago. TheWEETECKHIAN - 501 words
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Article178 2008-07-16 39 1. ENTERPRISE FUND What is it? A customised funding scheme designed for companies with insufficient collateral to help obtain financing for overseas ventures. Launched by IE Singapore in 2006 and managed by Crest Capital Partners. Who is eligible? Privately-owned companies based in Singapore with minimum178 words
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Article120 2008-07-16 40 From today until July 28, retail investors will have one last chance to sign up for OCBC Bank's popular $1 billion preference share issue. Due to overwhelming response, its initial offer of $950 million worth of shares last month was three times subscribed and120 words
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Article115 2008-07-16 40 DOWJONES The wholesale banking arm of Japan's Mizuho Financial Group has been given a full bank licence by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. "We intend to leverage on this new status to continue steadily expanding our presence in this part of the world," said Mr KeizoDOWJONES - 115 words
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Article157 2008-07-16 42 BLOOMBERG CLEVELAND Procter Gamble Co, the world's largest advertiser, said marketing chief James R Stengel will retire after promoting Pampers diapers and Tide laundry detergent around the globe for the past seven years. Marc Pritchard, 48, who has been president of strategy, productivity and growth, willBLOOMBERG - 157 words
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Article, Illustration452 2008-07-16 42 ESTHER FUNG - ESTHER FUNG INVESTOR SENTIMENTS 13-per-cent drop in last three months: ING survey esther@mediacorp.com.sg A NEW survey shows the erosion in investor sentiments accelerating across Asia, as local market conditions coupled with global economic pressures weigh on confidence. Last month's survey results of the ING Dashboard SentimentBLOOMBERG - 452 words
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Article253 2008-07-16 42 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority launched a residential site at New Upper Changi Road and Tanah Merah Kechil Avenue for sale by public tender yesterday. This is one of the four confirmed residential sites to be sold under the Government Land Sales Programme in the second253 words
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Article69 2008-07-16 42 Star Hub has hired Miss Kathleen Syron, a trilingual American, to head its contents division with effect from September. She will responsible for leading the telco's content strategy across its television, mobile and online platforms. Ms Syron was previously the director of programming at Malaysia's Astro69 words
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Article95 2008-07-16 42 Metax Engineering Corporation has become the third SGX-listed company in two days to issue a earnings warning in light of tough economic conditions. The firm said it expects to suffer losses in the 2008 financial year due to "increase in cost of materials, energy and labour95 words
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Article155 2008-07-16 44 Stocks plunge US stocks dropped, sending the Standard Poor's 500 Index to the lowest since 2005, as a plunge in oil dragged down energy shares and investors lost confidence in the government's plan to rescue Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac. Exxon Mobil Corp slid the most since March155 words
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Article63 2008-07-16 44 Oil tumbles Crude oil tumbled more than US$6 a barrel in New York yesterday amid concern that a slower US economy will curtail demand. Crude oil for August delivery fell U556.44, or 4.4 per cent, to settle at U*****.74 a barrel. Futures reached a record U*****.27 a barrel63 words
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Article, Illustration77 2008-07-16 44 ASIAN MARKETS Asian stock markets have hit fresh lows, with news of bailouts for United States mortgage finance giants Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac undermining confidence that the worst of the financial crisis is over. But Singapore banks DBS, UOB and OCBC came out last night to77 words
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Article, Illustration564 2008-07-16 44 BLOOMBERG EMERGING MARKETS Emerging market stocks decline most in four months NEW YORK Emerging-market stocks fell, sending the benchmark index to its biggest decline in four months, as waning investor confidence in the US rescue plan for Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac and widening credit lossesBLOOMBERG; FAIZAL - 564 words
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Article, Illustration459 2008-07-16 44 CHRISTIE LOH - CHRISTIE LOH PROPERTY PRICES christie@mediacorp.com.sg FOR nine months over an unfolding global credit crunch, developers here held back from pushing out condominiums and houses into the market. Homebuyers found little variety in the showrooms. But when the supply gate was unlatched in June, interest poured459 words
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198 2008-07-16 44 AGENCIES WASHINGTON President George W Bush last night urged Congress to act quickly on legislation to bolster Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac and stabilise the mortgage markets. The two companies play a "central role" in the nation's housing system, Mr Bush said at aAGENCIES - 198 words
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