Today, 9 September 2008, Afternoon Edition

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    10 1 TODAY Tuesday September g, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • COLUMN
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      BIG IS BEAUTIFUL
      17 1 But is contemporary Chinese art serving up an overdose of big-faced paintings? PLUS 24
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      NEWS LATEST
      49 1 Computer KO On a day European equities posted their biggest gain in months, London Stock Exchange was floored by a system crash. Page Bl OJ Simpson Judge in kidnapping and robbery trial of former football star warns jurors to forget about his acquittal in 1995. Page 2
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      COLUMN
      25 1 Agatha Brazil The secret to successful ageing? An occasional Chinese herb cocktail may help, Eu Yang San's boss tells our Voices Editor. Page 22
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      Old threats and new
      1054 1  -  ANSLEYNG INTERNAL SECURITY DEPARTMENT PM: Why ISD must stay alert keep public's confidence ansley@mediacorp.com.sg JIHADIST terrorists threaten mayhem. Custody issues arise when parents of different religions split up, stressing racial fault-lines within the country. An outwardly peaceful state plans a "black operation" to destabilise another's society
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      SPORTS LATEST
      50 1 Federer's 13th Roger Federer overcomes Andy Murray to lift fifth US Open title in a row and his 13th Slam title. Page 32 Look who's back Cycling legend Lance Armstrong is set to hit the comeback trail and bid for an eighth Tour de France title. Page 32
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      9 1 RAMADAN Break fast tonight 7.06PM Start fast tomorrow 5.30AM
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      75 1 > IJ? I THE SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX ,\,A 'THE PIN-UP' Hpl /fil Meet Anne Wong, the only woman ever to win a mixed-gender motor car race in Asia Pff^f^M. Mi Fans at the Upper Thomson Road circuit must have mfih J found her a novelty. But this female racer was
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      Lock icon Russia commits to Georgia withdrawal
      200 2 AFP BARVIKHA (Russia) Russia pledged yesterday to withdraw all its troops from Georgia except those in the two rebel regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said he had made the commitment after receiving assurances from a visiting European Union (EU) delegation
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      Lock icon Bush: 8,000 US troops to leave Iraq
      218 2 AFP WASHINGTON United States president George W Bush will bring home 8,000 of the 144,000 US troops now in Iraq over the coming months, with about half that number out by the time his term ends in January. "Here is the bottom line:
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      Lock icon Jurors warned
      415 2 AFP OJ SIMPSON'ST| Forget about Simpson's acquittal in i995 saysjudge LAS VEGAS Jury selection began yesterday in the kidnapping and robbery trial of OJ Simpson, with the judge warning prospective jurors to disregard the former football star's famous acquittal in a 1995 double-homicide trial. Simpson, 61, faces 12
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      For workers – a warmer security blanket
      789 4  - For workers a warmer security blanket LINYANQIN EMPLOYMENTACT Proposed changes mean they will not be at mercy of bosses' discretion yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg AS AN assistant operations manager earning just over $2,000 each month, Mr Jayasingam isn't covered under the Employment Act that entitles one to basic employment benefits. And, should a
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      Singaporean men – lonely and shy
      440 6  - Singaporean men lonely and shy ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg "HE'S so shy," chirped the Pointer Sisters in their 1980 hit of the same name. That about sums up the Singaporean dude. His lack of confidence, according to a recent survey, is one of the top reasons for his being unsuccessful in
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      Lock icon FUSION OFTRADITION AND FASHION
      69 6 RED BOX EVENTS The National Parks Board and Red Box Events organised the inaugural Colourful Heritage Fort Canning Park, which featured over ethnic and cultural groups in Singapore. Pictured here is Ms Lee SooYoun (left) from the Korean community, 5-year-old Arunima and dance members from the
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      Lock icon Back in action
      539 6  -  ALICIA WONG NEW SURGICAL TECHNIQUE New spinal fusion technique helps patients recover mobility faster alicia@mediacorp.com. sg HE THOUGHT the dull ache in his lower back was merely a symptom of old age. But the "wake-up call" as 55-year-old John Poon (picture) called it, was the sharp pain
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        400 NEW BUSES FOR SBS
        117 8 SBSTransit is rolling out 400 new buses at a cost of $147 million, bringing the number of buses imported over the last four years to 1,100. The latest purchase, which is part of an exercise to replace its 2,800 buses, will reduce the average age
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        CURBS ON FREE PARKING AT HOLLAND AYE CAR PARK
        128 8 Free parking on Sundays and public holidays at Holland Avenue car park will be discontinued as part of HDB's efforts, which will come into effect on Sept 22, to improve the parking situation. An electronic parking system will be implemented. Adjustments
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        TAKEYOURFOLDABLE BIKE FOR A (BUS) RIDE
        128 8 From next week, foldable bicycles will be allowed onto buses during weekday offpeak hours in addition to weekends and public holidays currently, bringing the time window for buses in line with trains. The move is part of the Land Transport Authority's decision to extend
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        STORE, NETHERLANDS BEEF UP PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE
        55 8 The Ministry of Home Affairs and its counterpart, the Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations, from the Netherlands, have signed a letter of intent to further enhance professional exchanges. The two ministries will share experience, knowledge and best practices in the areas of safety
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      Lock icon Nair claims trial; back in court tomorrow
      260 8 TEOXUANWEI FORMER Singaporean lawyer Gopalan Nair, 58, has claimed trial to a charge of insulting Supreme Court Judge Belinda Ang. Mr Nair allegedly insulted the judge on his blog in late May by accusing her of being biased in favour of Prime Minister
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      Helping them stay on the right path
      471 8  -  LEONGWEEKEAT YELLOW RIBBON CONFERENCE Prison service, community partners help ex-offenders re-integrate into society weekeat@mediacorp.com. sg TWO months before inmates are released from prison, counsellors are welcomed into the facility to talk to them. The aim: Provide advice on areas such as employment, education,
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      Lock icon LET US HONOUR OUR SAF HEROES
      675 10  -  DAVID BOEY NEWS COMMENT Stories of bravery by our men in green must be passed on SECOND Lieutenant Tay Siow Kai would have been 60 years old this year had fate not intervened on 26 Aug, 1970. On that unfortunate day, the then 22-year-old
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      Lock icon 'Dirty' bomb threats in Pakistan
      268 12 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON Islamist terrorists are exploiting the political chaos in Pakistan in a bid to acquire nuclear material, senior Western security sources said. Al Qaeda, whose terrorist infrastructure is based in the province of Waziristan in north-west Pakistan, is known to be trying to acquire
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      Lock icon Thailand names new foreign minister
      216 12 AFP BANGKOK A career diplomat, Mr Saroj Chavanavirat, was yesterday confirmed as Thailand's new Foreign Minister, the third person to hold the job in the last two months. Mr Saroj, 66, was endorsed as Foreign Minister by Thai King BhumibolAdulyadej, according to a royal statement.
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      Lock icon Samak cooks up a storm
      313 12 AP THAI TURMOIL Thai PM in court for allegedly violating Constitution BANGKOK Thailand's beleaguered Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej defended himself yesterday against accusations that he broke the law by hosting a television cooking show while in office, an offence that could force him to resign.
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      Lock icon Another by-election?
      527 14 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER MALAYSIAN POLITICS Sabah #s Pensiangan seat declared vacant after dispute by candidate KOTA KINABALU A Malaysian Election Court yesterday declared null and void the victory of a Barisan Nasional (BN) lawmaker in a parliamentary seat in the March polls, setting the scene for a possible
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon S'POREAN SHIP THWARTS PIRATE ATTACK OFF SOMALIA
        118 14 AP A Singaporean ship, along with a Chinese cargo ship and a Thai bulk carrier, was attacked by pirates off Somalia's coast but managed to evade the hijackers because of quick action by crew members. The attack occurred on Saturday, when the Singaporean
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        Lock icon CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGYTO BETRIED IN FRANCE FOR FRAUD
        83 14 AFP The controversial Church of Scientologywhich counts movie stars like Tom Cruise and JohnTravolta as members-will be tried in a French court for "organised fraud" and seven of its members will be tried for illegally prescribing drugs, legal sources said yesterday. The
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        Lock icon 7 IN TAIWAN HURT AFTER LIFT PLUNGES 25 FLOORS
        63 14 AP Taiwanese radio said seven people were injured yesterday after a hospital elevator plunged 25 floors. The report said eight other riders escaped injury at the China Medical University Hospital building. Television stations say the elevator plunged from the 21st floor
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      Lock icon Democrats keep veto power
      399 15 AGENCIES HONG KONG ELECTIONS Success shows the city has moved from ideological to practical concerns HONG KONG Hong Kong's pro-democrats breathed a sigh of relief yesterday after retaining enough seats to veto constitutional reforms following the city's hard-fought legislative elections. Despite predictions that post-Olympic patriotism, factional
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      Lock icon 'Robinson Crusoe' turns out to be an ex-convict
      238 15 AP TAIPEI A Taiwanese fisherman who claimed to have been stranded on an Indian Ocean island for 27 years turned out to be a convicted killer and alleged sex offender, instead of a skillful survivor, a Taiwanese newspaper reported yesterday. When Mr
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      Lock icon China vacillates in its support of India's nuclear power ambitions
      333 16 AFP NEW DELHI Asian giants India and China held high-level talks yesterday amid tension over Beijing's perceived reluctance to support New Delhi's civilian nuclear ambitions. India has criticised Beijing for being unwilling to support its entry into the Nuclear Suppliers'
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      Lock icon All alone in a male bastion
      442 16 AGENCIES JAPAN'S TOP JOB Ex-defence minister formally announces bid to be Japan's first woman PM TOKYO —A former defence minister yesterday announced she would bid to become Japan's first woman prime minister, while the country's limping economy emerged as the focus of the upcoming
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      What's next? Same sex marriages?
      337 20  -  Anton Chan REPEALING SECTION 377 A Letter from MR HO Kwon Ping is wrong to propose the acceptance of gays into Singapore society because accepting a gay lifestyle would have a tremendous impact on society as a whole in terms of religious beliefs, social well-being
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      Don't send mixed signals
      289 20  -  Felicia Tan YingYi Letter from I REFER to the commentary "Stop making a mockery of rule of law: Let's accept gays" (Sept 8). I fully agree with Mr Ho Kwon Ping. The Government's stand on homosexuality in Singapore seems to pander to religious fundamentalists who are
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      POINT OF VIEW
      92 20  -  James Wong As a gay man, I want to emphasise that there is more to this than simply equality under the rule of law. I have to live with the fact that every time I have any sexual activity, I'm committing an illegal act. This is a
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      172 22  -  DR BILL MAIER BY I COPING IN A BROKEN HOME We all know that there would be no divorce in a perfect world. But we don't live in a perfect world I'm afraid. Today, a lot of children are living in broken homes. There's no easy
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      Lock icon THE MODERN TCM MAN
      776 22  -  AGATHA KOH BRAZIL COFFEEWITH voices editor agatha@mediacorp.com.sg The secret to successful ageing? Stay connected, with a little help from a Chinese herb cocktail LAST Thursday, Richard Eu (picture) was busy shaking up cocktails at hip bar Klee all part of his job as head honcho of
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      5 20 HAVE YOUR SAY. news@ newstoday.com.sg
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    • Article, Illustration
      The fat face of China
      1297 24  -  MAYO MARTIN ARTTRENDS Are we overdosing on Chinese contemporary art? Today investigates mayo@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S not as cuddly as Kung Fu Panda or as momentous as Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium. But to a casual arts enthusiast, it's an image that comes to mind when you think
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      Lock icon Britney finally did it... thrice
      145 26 AFP BRITNEY Spears enjoyed a triumphant return to the scene of one of her most humiliating public appearances on Sunday, scooping three top honours at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMA). It was the first time Spears had won a statuette at the VMA despite
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      The best damn show
      314 26  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH CONCERT REVIEW AVRIL LAVIGNE Canadian rock princess simply rules the day christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg IT MUST be said: We weren't too impressed the last time Avril Lavigne was in town for her Under My Skin tour in 2005. Don't get us wrong, she delivered the goods, but
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        Does this wedding ring make me fat?
        819 27  -  EVELINE GAN MARITAL MISS Couples tend to put on weight after they get married eveline@mediacorp.com.sg ON YOUR wedding day, you promised to love your spouse "for richer for poorer" and "in sickness and in health". Now, you may want to add "extra kilos"
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        Lock icon Thank you for the music
        741 28  -  EVELINE GAN PALLIATIVE CARE Some hospices turn to music therapy to soothe patients who are terminally ill eveline@mediacorp.com.sg PROPPED up against a pillow in bed, Kamaludin Ed is dying of lung cancer. End-stage cancer has ravaged the 34-year-old physically. His face is thin and taut.
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      95 28 THE SINGAPORE GRAND PRIH commemorative book launch! Grab your copy of The Singapore Grand PriH commemorative book and have it autographed by author, lan De Cotta on 13 Sept, 2pm-3pm! Join us this weekend at Audio House Liang Court as MediaCorp revs up the excitement of the upcoming 2008 grand
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      996 29 TV LISTINGS ON MEDIACORP CHANNEL ON MEmACORP THE NOOSE II LIFESTYLE (Available in True HD on HDS, Season So°AM Entertainment Tonight 4.00 Giimore Girls vii t Supernanny: The Docherty Family P 6.30 Prime Time Morning 5.00 The Tyra Banks Show 111 10.30 CSIVII: Monster in the Box r 11 Premiere)
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      366 30 AFP BEIJING Equipment used by Paralympians has seen remarkable improvements in recent years, enabling them to close the gap on their able-bodied counterparts and even look forward to a "bionic" future. Paralympic sports have been transformed by the evolution of the wheelchair, with different models specially
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      415 30  -  TANYO-HINN SEMI-FINAL WOES Feng grabs consolation bronze as players get used to new glue for bats yohinn@mediacorp.com. sg AFTER the high of shocking China's world No 2 Guo Yue in the last eight on Sunday, Singapore table tennis star Feng Tianwei was brought back down to
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      294 30  -  TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE sailors Jovin Tan and Desiree Lim made a steady start in the sailing competition at the 13th Paralympic Games. The pair finished sixth in the 11-strong fleet of the SKUDIB keelboat race, after Races 1 and 2 in Qingdao yesterday. Tan, 22,
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      Record entries for S'pore marathon
      111 30 THE organisers of the 7th Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2008, to be held on Dec 7, have opened up 2,000 more slots after they reached their target of 48,000 runners in just seven weeks. The figure already surpasses last year's total of 40,500 runners. Those
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      Lock icon Hamilton's boys boo demotion
      557 31 DPA RACE HEATS UP McLaren lodge appeal after their man is penalised for his late move in the wet at Spa LONDON McLaren-Mercedes intend to fight the punishment that stripped Briton Lewis Hamilton of his Belgian Grand Prix win on Sunday. The decision to demote Hamilton
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      623 31  -  MILTON TAN NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 Albirex Niigata v Home United Jurong East Stadium, 7. 45pm sports@newstoday.com.sg THERE was good news all around at the Bishan Stadium yesterday prior to league leaders Home United's training session. After a closed
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      254 32 AFP LOS ANGELES American cyclist Lance Armstrong will come out of retirement and bid for an eighth Tour de France title, VeloNews reported on its website yesterday. Armstrong, who will turn 37 on Sept 18, is poised to join the Astana team and compete in
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      602 32 AFP AFTERNOON UPDATE Swiss maestro wins fifth US Open in a row for 13th Slam title NEW YORK Roger Federer won his 13th Grand Slam crown and fifth consecutive US Open title yesterday (this morning, Singapore time), defeating British sixth seed Andy Murray 6-2,7-5,6-2 to
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      750 33  -  HENRYWINTER THE DAILYTELEGRAPH WORLD CUP FOOTBALL Capello needs to get the best out of his best attacker against the preening Croats sports@newstoday.com.sg BARCELONA Taking on Croatia after tackling Andorra is akin to performing Hamlet after playing in pantomime. The stage is the same shape but the assignment
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      403 33 THE GUARDIAN LIVERPOOL It is the biggest game of the 2008-09 Barclays Premier League season so far, and the missing stars could well make the clash an even more intriguing encounter, although the respective sets of fans will probably disagree. Manchester United will be without
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      183 32 I SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER S.League Albirex Home United Tue, 09/09/08 7.45pm World Cup Paraguay Venezuela Wed, 10/09/08 8.00am S.League Woodlands Combak Wed, 10/09/08 7.45pm S.League Dalian SAFFC Wed, 10/09/08 7.45pm World Cup Korea DPR+ Korea Republic Wed, 10/09/08 8.00pm World Cup Russia Wales Wed, 10/09/08 11.00pm
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      40 33 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 11.35 am Cricket Yorkshire v Warwickshire, Ch 110 TOMORROW 2.40 am Cricket Yorkshire v Warwickshire, Ch 110 7am WNBA Mercury v Shock, Ch23 SPORTS ON RADIO 6.35am-n.3spm Sports Zone Minutes Hourly Sports updates live on gjBLive
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      249 34  -  JOSEPHYADAO ZENITHOPTIMEDIA'S "Explore Singapore 2007" campaign has won the Grand Prix award at the annual Singapore Media Awards held last Friday and will be showcased at next year's Cannes International Advertising Festival. ZenithOptimedia's campaign for National Heritage Board, National Library Board and Media Development Authority sought
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      533 34  -  JOSEPHYADAO SUCCESSFUL SPONSORSHIPS A company's brand recognition can increase tenfold based on good Olympic brand marketing Joseph. yadao@mediacorp. com. sg MICHAEL Phelps was not the only one shattering records at the Beijing Olympic Games. The Games itself broke new ground, attracting over 4.7 billion television viewers, according
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      176 34 11l Read Today MS Fly Tomorrow! Guess the right destination and stand to win a pair of return tickets on v l_f w Jetstar Asia to Kb-fiNl i_-B Taipei, Siem Reap, I Ho Chi MinhCity, ¥$ff _*■*■> 9| Medan or Kuala _k l__P S Lumpur! Pptill I |j _f _^--***^TK
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      218 35  -  CONRAD RAJ OIL INDUSTRY Company to build two jack-up rigs worth $6oom editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg SEMBCORP Marine subsidiary, PPL Shipyard, has clinched a US$425-million ($606-million) contract for the building of a pair of jack-up rigs from the Egyptian Offshore Drilling Company (EODC). Based on PPL's proprietary
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        67 35 BLOOMBERG Saipem, Europe's biggest oil-field services contractor by market value, and Punj Lloyd, an Indian engineering company, will jointly bid on a project to construct Singapore's first naturalgas import terminal. The companies are competing against KBR Inc and Technip to construct the liquefied natural
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        FIRST REITTO BUY LOGISTICS CENTRE
        111 35 The First Real Estate Investment Trust plans to purchase a healthcare logistics and distribution centre in Singapore for $42 million. It has entered into a sale and leaseback agreement with Tech-Link Storage to buy a two-storey warehouse under construction in Tuas View Lane, nearTuas Biomedical
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      159 35 SC Global Developments has received a strong response to its private views for its latest high-end residential project, Martin No 38 (picture). All 30 units released in the first phase of marketing have been sold at an average price of $2,130 per square foot (psf),
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      444 36  -  CHEOWXINYI FORBES GLOBAL CEO CONFERENCE New Sentosa Leisure Group chief is upbeat about tourism growth cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com. sg ECONOMIC growth forecasts may be trimmed, and hiring may falter, but a slowing economy may actually turn out to be a blessing in disguise for Singapore's integrated resorts
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      126 36  -  CHEOWXINYI CHINA can probably sustain its growth, but we should forget about banking on it to take up the slack of ailing European and United States economies, said Nobel laureate Michael Spence. The 2001 Nobel Prize winner for economics said: "China can keep growing, but it can't
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      296 36  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg PUBLISHER Steve Forbes (picture) has strong views on the US dollar, and the country's mortgage market, among other topics and he intends to share them with his fellow chief executives at a conference in Singapore. He says that now the
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      56 37 An airport security official checking for traces of explosives. Registered air cargo agents will have to submit their security programmes to the Airport Police Division by Oct 1 or risk having their licences revoked. Agents are required to do so to enjoy speedier loading processes under
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      417 37  -  ESTHER FUNG HIRING SLOWDOWN But jobs in service, construction still aplenty: Survey esther@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE employers are still hiring, though not as strongly as in the past. And they expect to slow down over the next three months. The sectors that will be least affected by the slowdown
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          113 38 Stocks rise Wall Street shares surged yesterday as investors hoped the government's takeover of struggling mortgage finance giants Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac would avert a financial system meltdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average leapt 293.03 points (2.61 per cent) to 11,513.99 at the closing bell and the
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          73 38 Oil mixed Crude oil prices closed mixed yesterday as the market focused on a looming Opec meeting expected to discuss an output cut and as Hurricane Ike headed toward energy installations in the Gulf of Mexico. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in October, rose
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          40 38 Yesterday's huge rally across Asia's stock and currency markets could well be short-lived, analysts warned. In Singapore, the Straits Times Index bounced back 4.8 per cent to close at 2,697.03 points its biggest jump in over a year.
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          39 38 Singapore Airlines will cut fuel surcharges on many shortand medium-haul flights following a 30-per-cent drop in jet fuel prices. The cut will be effective for tickets issued from today. todayonline.com Log on to read the full reports
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        734 38 BLOOMBERG Orchard Point, works out to about $1,530 per sq ft. OG bought Orchard Point's four-storey retail podium from Ascott in 2001. The company runs its OG department store in the podium and had the first right of refusal for the serviced apartments based on a previous agreement.
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        7 38  -  KELVIN CHOW
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        167 38 AFP VIENNA The Opec oil producer group is expected to leave its official output policy unchanged at a meeting today, but pressure is growing for action to reduce supplies in the months ahead. Oil prices have plummeted from record highs above US$l47 ($210) in
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