Today, 2 September 2008

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    10 1 TODAY Tuesday September 2, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    COLUMN
    33 1 Agatha Koh Brazil She likes the climate, the greenery, and the people. And she gets upset with "Singaporebashing by Singaporeans themselves", Brazilian Embassy official Tatiana Rosito tells our Voices Editor. Page 22
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    WORLD
    37 1 One tough guy He is one tough son of a gun, says Australian MP Kelvin Thompson, who reveals he got that impression after looking at the TV into Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's eyes. Page 18
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    SPORTS
    81 1 Floating football If things work out, a couple of friendly matches could be staged at the 27,000-seater Marina Bay floating platform in the coming weeks. One big event on the cards: The Nov 21 RHB Singapore Cup final between Woodlands Wellington and SAFFC. Page 30 Man City sold Former
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    Lock icon Turmoil in the offing
    634 1 FUKUDA BOWS OUT Aso seen as potential successor; opposition demands snap polls TOKYO With last night's resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Mr Yasuo Fukuda after less than a year in office and months of dismal public approval ratings the country is set to return to its
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    Lock icon Softly spoken at the Corner
    810 1  -  TANHUILENG huileng@mediacorp.com.sg THUS was a milestone in free expression marked: A lone businessman putting up posters to draw attention to failed overseas investments, and a group staging an express demonstration on the plight of abused maids. But if such fledgling efforts at public demonstrations were
    ERNESTCHUA; KOH MUI FONG  -  810 words
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    $3,000 for 'fake' tickets
    441 1  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com. sg WHEN graphic designer Choo Poh Li and her boyfriend went to Changi Airport on Sunday morning with air tickets to New York in hand, the last words they expected to hear from the check-in staff were: These tickets are fake. Ms
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      Lock icon Blackout in Bangkok?
      427 2 AGENCIES BANGKOK Thailand's biggest union yesterday called for a strike in support of anti-gov-ernment protesters who are squatting in the main government complex to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej. The threat came after a small bomb exploded during the night near the Government House
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      Lock icon McDreamy on demand? That'll cost you $64
      490 4  -  NEOCHAICHIN SINGTEL MIOTV $16 to $70, to catch the latest season of American dramas chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg FROM Monday, television buffs can enjoy the latest seasons of hit American dramas such as Prison Break and Gossip Girl with Sing Tel mio TV's Season Pass. But
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      Lock icon ST Engineering to install MRT screen doors
      228 4 SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering has won the $112-million contract from the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to install half-height platform screen doors at all 36 above-ground stations along the North-South-East-West MRT line. The installation of the platform screen doors will start in the third quarter
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      Lock icon Goodbye to bypass ops?
      459 6  -  TAN HUI LENG NATIONAL HEART CENTRE Human trials in breakthrough stem cell transplant could begin in one to two years huileng@mediacorp.com.sg MANY heart disease patients go for surgeries such as cardiac bypass operations, but these sometimes are not permanent solutions, leaving the patient with no recourse
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon CHEESIOK CHIN'S TRAVEL APPEAL REJECTED
        137 6 938 LIVE. Singapore Democratic Party member CheeSiokChin has failed in her appeal to overturn a denied travel request. As an undischarged bankrupt, she must ask permission from the Official Assignee's Office before leaving the country, and she had applied to do so in orderto attend
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        MAN CHARGED WITH ARSON
        108 6 A 38-year-old man believed to be involved in several cases of arson was arrested yesterday. At about 2.05 am, the police were alerted to a sofa on fire at the void deck of Blk 181 Stirling Road. Officers spotted an Indian man nearby watching the fire
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      Traditional fishing can go on
      254 8 SINGAPORE and Malaysia have begun talks on maritime and airspace management, following a second meeting on Pedra Branca, Middle Rocks and South Ledge. They said that they had formed a Sub-Committee on Maritime and Airspace Management and Fisheries, which met in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on Aug
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      Pro-family firms lauded
      503 8  -  ALICIA WONG DISCRIMINATION FEARS Bosses can help educate staff, mums can be flexible with long leave alicia@mediacorp.com.sg SHE MAY have been eight months pregnant, but that didn't stop ÜBS Singapore from hiring her. Ms Rachel Lin started work as a corporate communications director two weeks before going
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      Eight months for forging MCs
      343 10  -  LEONGWEEKEAT NSMAN JAILED weekeat@mediacorp.com. sg AFTER his father died of a heart attack, Muhammad Feroz Ameerjan had to play "surrogate father". Then, just 20 years old and serving his National Service, he had to attend to his family's debts, a younger brother who became suicidal
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      Lock icon TEEN DIES IN CAR CRASH
      63 10 PHOTO COURTESY SCDF A teenager died after his car rammed into a tree along Bedok South Road yesterday at about 1.20pm. He was found trapped in the car and was pronounced dead at 1.35pm after civil defence officers freed him using two hydraulic spreader cutters.
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      M Ravi remanded at IMH for two more weeks
      295 10  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg A CASE up for a quick further mention in the Subordinate Courts typically lasts 10 minutes but yesterday, one stretched into a two-hour hearing. Lawyer M Ravi, dressed in orange prison overalls, faced two charges of harassment and of
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon It has arrived
      515 12 AFP HURRICANE GUSTAV Now a Category 2 storm, it may turn "extremely dangerous', say officials NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana) Hurricane Gustav slammed into the US Gulf Coast yesterday, whipping up fearsome rain and isolated tornadoes around a deserted New Orleans almost exactly three years after the terrifying disaster
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      Lock icon Republicans caught in Gustav storm
      334 12 AP ST PAUL (Minnesota) Hurricane Gustav yesterday forced Presidential candidate John McCain to rewrite carefully-laid plans for the Republican convention and order a sharply abbreviated opening session. President George W Bush and VicePresident Dick Cheney had already cancelled speeches planned for the Republicans' gala opening
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      Lock icon McCain running mate Palin misled Republican supporters
      346 12 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH MRS SARAH Palm's record in office is facing increasing scrutiny after it emerged that she misled Republican supporters when she was presented to the nation as Senator John McCain's running mate. The Governor of Alaska gave a misleading version of events over
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      Lock icon Police urged to investigate
      381 15 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER THAT MM MIGRANT' REMARK Opposition leaders call for Umno division head to be charged with sedition KUALA LUMPUR Opposition leaders yesterday lodged police reports against a Penang Umno division chief for calling the Chinese immigrants, while a component party of the ruling Barisan
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      Anwar hints at meeting today with BN ministers
      216 15 PARTI Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) leader Anwar Ibrahim has hinted that he will begin discussions today with government legislators from Sabah and Sarawak as well as peninsular Malaysia in the capital Kuala Lumpur, reported Malaysiakini. The news portal said the opposition leader had
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      Lock icon Britain predicts crime surge amid credit crunch
      222 15 'AFP LONDON The global credit crunch will likely fuel a surge in crime, racism, smuggling and even terrorism in Britain, according to a leaked government document aired yesterday. The draft letter from Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office warns
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      Lock icon China to build fastest bullet train
      317 15 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH BEIJING China is planning to build the world's fastest bullet train, to link Beijing with the financial capital Shanghai. The Ministry of Railways says it is raising the speed it intends the new line connecting the cities to reach when it opens in
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon Thailand SUPREME COURTTO HEAR FOURTH CASE AGAINSTTHAKSIN
        107 16 AFP Thailand's Supreme Court yesterday agreed to hear a fourth case against MrThaksin Shinawatra, accusing the ousted and exiled Thai Premier of amending tax policy to enrich his business empire. MrThaksin fled to Britain with his family last month, claiming he would not
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        Lock icon Indonesia MORE OFTOMMY SUHARTO'S ASSETS TO BE EXAMINED
        106 16 AFP More riches belonging to late Indonesian dictator Suharto's son may be seized by the state, after some US$l34 million ($190.5 million) was appropriated last week. State prosecutorYosef Suardi Sabda said yesterday the government had filed a new request for disclosure on
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      Lock icon Troops rushed to quake zones
      296 16 AGENCIES CHINA EARTHQUAKE BEIJING China deployed more than 8,000 soldiers and military reservists to help search and rescue efforts in the south-west yesterday after a 6.2-magni-tude earthquake left 38 people dead, state press said. The weekend quake, in a mountainous region spanning the Sichuan and
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      Lock icon Finally, a breath of clean air
      208 16 AP BEIJING A massive effort to clear up the skies over Beijing for the Olympics paid off with China's capital seeing its cleanest air in a decade. The Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau said yesterday the improvement in air pollution was mainly the result
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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      Lock icon 'He's one tough son of a gun
      477 18 AGENCIES EUROPEAN UNION SUMMIT Putin warns Europe: I will divest your oil supply to Asia MOSCOW Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned Europe that Russia's energy reserves will flow to the Far East if the continent's leaders seek to punish his country
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      Lock icon Americans are ditching tradition
      422 20 AP RETIREMENT Elderly keep on working to keep "heads above water' CHICAGO —Americans are changing the game plan for retirement, with millions labouring right past the traditional retirement age and working into their late 60s and beyond. While the average retirement age remains at 63, that
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      POINT OF VIEW
      102 22  -  Yong KuckChoon Ricky Lim I refer to "Raining, yet he washes on" (Sept 1). The workman was using a high-pressure water jet to remove the thick layer of stubborn dirt from the concrete surface. I would have commended him for not taking the chance to rest. If
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      Lock icon THE GIRL FROM RIO
      747 22  -  AGATHA KOH BRAZIL COFFEEWITH voices editor agatha@mediacorp.com.sg TATIANA Rosito (picture) plays a strategic part in helping to boost investments between Brazil and Singapore. Trade figures, she will tell you, has more than tripled over the past couple of years about the time she has spent in
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      353 23  -  Lee Chin Chye NEIGHBOURHOOD BUZZ It can hardly shake off its reputation of sleaze now Letter from I REFER to "Some music with your food?" (Aug 30-31). When and if the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) decides to tweak its current planning guidelines, I hope it
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      205 23  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY DIVORCE DOESN'T MEAN FREEDOM Divorce often looks like the easy solution to a very unpleasant situation. Many men and women struggle today to choose between the painful process of divorce versus the lure of escape. The entire process reminds me of a
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      Lock icon You can be an 'artist', too
      1087 24  -  MAYO MARTIN MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE BIENNALE 2008 Be part of the art event of the year without actually being an artist 2yo@mediacorp.com.sg After three weeks of plays courtesy of the Singapore Theatre Festival, the spotlight is now on visual arts, as the Singapore Biennale
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      PLUS PICKS PRIOR TO THE BIENNALE ...
      167 25 PLUS PICKS PRIOR TO THE BIENNALE Catch these shows which have nothing to do with visual arts. NANJING: 1937 PHASE II A work-in-progress by Nelson Chia based on the Nanjing massacre during the second Sino-JapaneseWar. It's part of the SeptFest series celebrating The Substation's 18th anniversary. Saturday and Sunday, Bpm,
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      No rest for the winners
      287 26  -  MAYO MARTIN CULTURAL MEDALLION GRANT From movies to art and music, a range of creative works is being created THINK Cultural Medallion (CM) recipients merely rest on their laurels? Think again. Not when seven of them recently received grants worth $80,000 each from the National
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  • health
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      Lock icon Junior could be suffering from OSA
      999 27  -  EVELINE GAN SNORING CHILDREN Left untreated, it can lead to delay in development, poor academic performance eveline@mediacorp.com. sg LIKE both his parents, seven-year-old Muhammad Dzulqarnain snores in his sleep. But unlike them, his snores are so loud they resonate throughout the house every night.
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      115 27 National SB University The Clinic for Human Reproduction |P^ Hospital presents... ENHANCING FERTILITY ITS AN ART! DATE: 7 Sept 2008 TIME: 2pmto 5 pm VENUE: Ngee Ann Auditorium, Asian Civilisations Museum (1 Empress Place) REGISTRATION: Free, but registration is required Please call 6772 4261 to register Light refreshments and free
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      952 28 TV LISTINGS ON MED.ACORP CHANNEL {J ON MED.ACORP CALEFARE W.I.T.C.H. CalefareWith A High C S.ooAM Entertainment Tonight 5.00 The Tyra Banks Show 111 10.30 CSIVII The Underwater Mines 10 Prime Time Morning Summer Spectacular Law of Gravity -pi q i rpu i_ Channel 5, Bpm g3O The Tyra Banks Show
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      Lock icon What, me worry?
      687 29 MCT USOPEN Despite the brave face, Federer #s rattled that he's no longer invincible NEW YORK It's a harsh thing to call a man an outright liar. So let's just say Roger Federer is in a forgivable state of denial. He hasn't exactly been lying over the
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      Lock icon PARALYMPIANS' MEDAL QUEST BEGINS
      96 29 PHOTO COURTESY OF SINGAPORE SPORTS COUNCIL Team Singapore's athletes bound for the Paralympic Games in Beijing, which starts on Saturday and ends on Sept 17, were given a rousing send-off at Changi Airport Terminal 3 early yesterday morning. Among those present at the send-off were Singapore
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      441 30  -  SHAMIR OSMAN FLOATING PLATFORM First kickabout could come next week, following inspection I I M ft I I I I X t^ I I M ft I V shamir@mediacorp.com.sg THE Marina Bay floating platform's first ever football game could happen as early as next week. The Football
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      Lock icon Hamstrung over Torres
      587 31 THEGUARDIAN LIVERPOOL BLUES Striker's injury gives Benitez headache ahead of United visit English Premiership Aston Villa o Liverpool o BIRMINGHAM Fernando Torres is to have a scan on his hamstring today after limping out of Liverpool's goalless draw with Aston Villa on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time)
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      Lock icon Going back to where it all began
      571 31  -  MILTON TAN NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 Albirex Niigata vSAFFC Jurong East Stadium, j.^spm sports@newstoday.com. sg SAFFC visit the Jurong East Stadium to take on Albirex Niigata in tonight's NTUC Income Yeo's S-League 2008 encounter, and it is a homecoming of sorts for Kenji
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      Lock icon Bullard's in, Owen's not
      391 32 THE GUARDIAN INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL Capello includes Fulham star in England squad LONDON Fabio Capello handed Jimmy Bullard an unexpected first call-up to his 23-man England squad on Sunday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time). But the national coach waived the opportunity to recall Michael Owen, 28, recovered
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      231 32 AGENCIES MANCHESTER English Premier League football club Manchester City have agreed a takeover deal with the Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment (Adug), the club have confirmed. "Manchester City can confirm that a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Abu Dhabi
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      431 32  -  LOW LIN FHOONG Fisher Paykel Nations Cup 2008 Singapore 48 Samoa 41 linfhoong@mediacorp.com. sg AFTER a shock 66-63 defeat to Sri Lanka, Singapore's netballers were looking for redemption against Samoa in their second round robin match yesterday at the Fisher Paykel Nations Cup 2008 at
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      31 29 SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER S.League Albirex SAF FC Tue, 02/09/08 7.45pm S.League Super Reds Woodlands Wed, 03/09/08 7.45pm Qualifying Sat, 06/09/08 B.oopm Belgium Race Final Sun, 07/09/08 B.oopm
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      56 29 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 7am Tennis US Open, Ch 22 11pm Tennis US Open, Ch 22 11.05pm Cricket Surrey v Kent, Ch 110 TOMORROW 2.10 am Cricket Surrey v Kent, Ch 110 7am Tennis US Open, Ch 22 7.55 am Cricket Australia v Bangladesh, Ch 110 6.35am-ii.3spm Sports Zone Minutes
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      493 34  -  JOSEPHYADAO FAIR GAME Part-time promoters help Epson's company sales, enhance brand name joseph.yadao@mediacorp.com.sg AS THE cash registers tote up the figures for the four-day Comex 2008 fair which ended last Sunday, Epson general manager Felicia Gan has a good reason to smile the company sold 3,000 units of
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        WIN PRIZES AT WHITE SANDS
        207 34 From now till Sunday, there will be fun and games for the entire family at White Sands. Take a swing at the Wii Bowling Challenge or try your hand at the game booths to win attractive prizes worth over $30,000! Activities, which take place between
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        A JOURNEY OF HOPE
        135 34 Since early last month, Channel News Asia (CNA) has been running a halfhour programme A Journey of Hope. It features cancer survivors suffering from different types of cancer, and oncologists who will also talk about the latest in cancer treatment. The key message of the programme?
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      432 35 BLOOMBERG CHINA ECONOMY Tax cuts and big spending to check post-Games slump CHINA'S leaders are planning tax cuts and a public-works spending spree to make sure that economic growth is not doused along with the Olympic flame. Out of 11 Summer Olympics host nations analysed by
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      206 35 BLOOMBERG THE Australian dollar dropped to its lowest level in four months against the yen yesterday, as a slide in United States' and Asian stocks prompted investors to pare holdings of higher-yielding investments funded in Japan. Australia's currency, a favourite of so-called carry trades, declined
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      232 35 BLOOMBERG SHARES in Thai Airways International, the nation's largest carrier, have fallen to their lowest since the stock was listed trading 16 years ago, after the country's second-busiest airport was forced to close because of anti-government protests. The airline slid
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        UNHEALTHY DEBUT FOR QUALITAS
        72 36 Qualitas Medical Group has joined the long list of Singapore stock market debutantes to see their shares slump on Day One. The Malaysia-based clinic chain saw its stock close the day at 19 cents, 22 per cent below its public offer price. The company will use
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        134 36 BLOOMBERG China Union Pay Data, China's only national electronic payment network, will roll out credit and debit card services in Singapore and Indonesia with DBS Group in its drive to expand in Southeast Asia. Debit and credit card holders
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        HLN'S SHARE PLACEMENT FULLY SUBSCRIBED
        69 36 HLN Technologies' $2.g-million share placement has been fully subscribed. Over a third of the new shares were bought byTai Sin Electric managing director Bobby Lim Chye Huat, who, with a 6.1-per-cent stake, will now join HLN's board as a non-executive director. The mainboard-listed firm manufactures
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      527 36  -  LOHCHEEKONG CITY SQUARE MALL Anchor tenant NTUC Fair Price rolls out eco-friendly practices cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg CITY Development Limited's (CDL) new eco-friendly City Square Mall in Little India has won accolades from government agencies, architects and ordinary Singaporeans alike. But it also means that its anchor tenants, which
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      530 37  -  KIRSTY GREEN DOWJONES MARKET ANALYSIS But bank stocks are at risk, warn analysts SINGAPORE'S outperforming banks have been a last line of defence for its tumbling equity market in recent months. But if the banks stocks become part of the sell-off, as many market watchers predict, things could
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      Consultant fined for insider trading
      259 37  -  CONRAD RAJ THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has fined a former consultant of a listed company here $50,000 for insider trading. Mr Yap Siew, a former consultant of See Hup Seng, admitted to a civil offence for breaching Section 218(2)(a) which involves the insider
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        HUPSTEEL
        67 38 31 cents I Buy DBS Vickers maintains its rating but cuts price target to 40 cents from 57 cents, based on five times FY2009 earnings forecast. It says despite strong order books of marine, oil and gas customers, as well as large construction projects here, Hupsteel is taking a
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        ARMSTRONG INDUSTRIAL
        56 38 20 cents I Buy Phillip Securities starts coverage on the foam, rubber products maker with a 32-cents price target, implying 9.4 times FYOB earnings. It says the firm is well-positioned to benefit from high demand in Asia as "both the automotive and consumer electronic sectors require highgrade noise
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        SILVER LAKE AXIS
        65 38 25.5 cents Hold DBS Vickers downgrades the banking software developer from "buy" and cuts the price target to 30 cents from 45 cents, pegged at 10 times FY2009 earnings. "Our ground checks indicate that banks in the region have trimmed their IT budgets in view of the
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        FROM BROKERAGE RESEARCH AND AGENCY REPORTS
        33 38 Disclaimer: Readers should seek independent financial advice before making any investment decision. Today cannot be held liable for any consequence arising from the use of this information.
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        46 38 Hang Seng 20,906.31 T 1.67% Nikkei 12,834.18 T 1.83% Shanghai 2,325.14 T 3.01% Seoul 1,414.43 T 4.06% Mumbai 14,498.51 T 0.45% KLComp Closed US$1 $1,424 ¥100 $1,320 £1 $2,568 HK$ioo $18,250 1 euro $2,082 RMB100 $20,870 A$i $1,215 RS100 $3,225 RMi $0,418 RP100 $0,016
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      475 38  -  ESTHER FUNG CATALIST FIRMS esther@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) is upping pressure on Catalist-listed companies to find sponsors, by forcing those dragging their feet into issuing quarterly progress reports. After Catalist replaced Sesdaq last December, all firms wanting to remain listed on Singapore's second board were told they
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      Lease renewals: Govt waives building charge
      310 38  -  KELVIN CHOW kdvinc@mediacorp.com.sg IN AN apparent move to make Singapore more competitive for investors and businesses, the Government is doing away with the building premium it charges when state leases are granted extensions. The waiver will take place with immediate effect, the Singapore Land
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