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  • 20 1 TODAY Tuesday September 16, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Tuesday September 16, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 148 1 AGENCIES Dow opens 3OOpts down WALL Street opened sharply lower yesterday, wiping off more than US$3OO billion ($430 billion) in market value, on news of Lehman's bankruptcy and as American International Group struggled to find fresh funds to avoid becoming the latest financial titan to succumb to
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  • 789 1 MALAYSIAN POLITICS Today will see "clear movement' towards new government: Anwar KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's de facto law minister offered to resign in an apparent act of protest yesterday, adding to the woes of a jittery ruling coalition on the eve of a threatened opposition takeover. Minister
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  • 170 1 PIN XIU suffers from muscular dystrophy, a degenerative disease that is making the swimmer weaker as she gets older. Incredibly, it has not stopped the 16-year-old from clocking world-beating times in the pool. Yesterday, at approximately 6.12pm, she shot off her block in Lane 4 at the
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  • NEWS
    • 340 2 FIVE more Singaporean members of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist network have been released by the Internal Security Department (ISD), after they were assessed as no longer posing a security threat that required detention. In its statement yesterday, the Ministry of Home Affairs
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    • 561 3  -  ANSLEYNG OOIBOONKEONG ART SCULPTURE LAWSUIT Businessman sues gallery for 'misrepresenting' the reproduction he bought ansley@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN businessman David Eng first saw Auguste Rodin's masterpiece The Thinker at the Rodin Museum in Paris 13 years ago, he was "awestruck" by the 2-metre-tall bronze
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    • IN PARLIAMENT
      • 640 4  -  TAN HUI LENG MENTAL CAPACITY ACT MPs approve law to let S #poreans appoint proxy decision-maker, in case of mental incapacitation huileng@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN MP Denise Phua spoke to ordinary Singaporeans about a landmark new set of laws that would let them appoint a proxy in case
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      • 469 4  -  TAN HUILENG MORE severe punishment awaits those who ill-treat patients with mental disorders but does this protective provision in the new Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act put their caregivers in an uncertain position? Several Members of Parliament raised this concern in the
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      • PARLIAMENT BRIEFS
        • 176 6 Sea levels around Singapore could rise between 25 and 53cm over the next century, preliminary findings in a two-year study have shown, said Minister for the Environment and Water ResourcesYaacob Ibrahim. These numbers were derived by adding 4cm to scm on top of
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        • 112 6 Of the 5,400 foreigners all females arrested for vice-related activities last year, 91 per cent, or 4,900, entered the country on social visit passes. They formed only 0.03 per cent of all social visit passes issued last year a "very small" number, said Senior
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        • 91 6 The number of hospital patients defaulting on bill payments has not increased this year, despite an increase in ward charges. Those in arrears two months after their discharge remain below 4 per cent, said Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan, attributing the constant figure to
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      • 424 6 THE trend of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among young people has nearly doubled over the last 10 years and among young women alone, that rate has more than doubled since 2002. Among youth aged 15 to 24, the incidence rate of STIs was 231 per 100,000 population
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      • 323 6  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg PROPOSED changes to the law will soon make it easier for a divorced Muslim woman to get payments from her ex-spouse. Currently, when she wishes to enforce a Syariah Court order on maintenance, she has to first register the court order at the
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    • 500 8  -  ANSLEYNG RAFFLES TOWN CLUB SUIT Former RTC directors ran $31x1 promotion blitz to secure members: Lawyer ansley@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS the first time that the Supreme Court auditorium has been turned into a giant courtroom but Day One of the suit drew little public attention. A total of
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    • 305 8  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com. sg CAUGHT red-handed earlier in the day, he now faces a $2,000 fine. But when this newspaper visited Holland Village yesterday, valet Mohammed Hamzeh was still talking business. He said: "I have to work and earn a living. The authorities
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    • 484 10  -  TEOXUANWEI RUN-UPTOTHEGRAND PRIX Hotels turn up the YIP treatment for wealthy guests here for the race xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg RAFFLES Hotel has lined up a fleet of luxurious limousines. Hilton Hotel and Goodwood Park Hotel will feature world-renowned guest chefs in their kitchens. Fairmont Singapore is offering couples
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    • 346 10 OUR UNDERSTANDING OF FOOD LABELS We lag behind much of the globe in comprehending them. PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO COUNTRY UNDERSTAND FOOD LABELS Singapore 37% India 59% Australia and NZ 58% each World average less than 50% ALMOST one in 10 Singaporeans (8 per cent)
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • 89 10 The deadline for nominations for Singapore's most passionate learners is fast approaching-this Sunday. The Lifelong Learning Awards recognise individuals who have upgraded to stay relevant, advance in their jobs or switch careers. Companies who have taken steps to upgrade their workforce are also eligible.
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      • 158 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A survey of 218 companies conducted last month by the Singapore Human Resource Institute and Remuneration Data Specialists found that wage increases this year will average 5.3 per cent, up from 4.5 per cent last year. Next year, the figure is expected to
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    • 138 11 DID YOU KNOW? 'Mark Webber is the first Australian to race in Formula 1 since David Brabham in 1994. Since 1968, Paul-Henri Cahier has been capturing the thrill and passion of the Grand Prix races through his lens. His distinct style of photography blends
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  • WORLD
    • 489 12  -  NAZRY BAHRAWI news@newstoday.com.sg ALMOST a month after defending Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim against allegations of sodomy, ex-Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has given his strongest endorsement yet of Mr Anwar's bid to topple the government. Speaking exclusively with Today
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    • 1096 12  -  001 KEEBENG JESSINTATAN news@newstoday.com.sg NEWS COMMENT MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has been having a hard time since the March 8 general elections, when the drastic fall in his popularity among voters was revealed for the world to see. Not only did the ruling coalition,
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    • 390 14 AP MELBOURNE Ajury yesterday convicted a Muslim cleric and five of his followers of forming a terrorist group in Australia that allegedly considered assassinating the Prime Minister and attacking major sporting events. Four other men were found innocent of being members of the
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    • 427 14 AGENCIES THAILAND IN TURMOIL Key faction walks out as the PPP want to select Thaksin's brother-in-law BANGKOK Thailand's ruling party struggled to agree on a new prime minister yesterday as one key faction walked out of talks, adding to the political uncertainty
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
      • 161 14 AFP An explosion near an airport belonging to US mining giant Freeport in Indonesia's eastern Papua province could be linked to an earlier mortar blast, police said yesterday. The Sunday night explosion at a power plant inTimika town was the second in three
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      • 144 14 AFP Myanmar's detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is malnourished after refusing most food supplies for four weeks, her lawyer said yesterday after meeting her doctor. The 63-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner was not staging a hunger strike but had stopped accepting her
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    • 117 16 CASHOUTTHAT BACKFIRED AFP At least 23 Indonesians were crushed to death yesterday while trying to collect 40,000 rupiah ($6) in cash handouts from a rich family at a charity event marking the Islamic holy month Ramadan, officials said. Eight others were critically injured in the stampede. Several thousand people started
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    • 604 16 AGENCIES TAINTED MILK POWDER BEIJING The company at the centre of China's latest food scare yesterday apologised for its contaminated milk powder which has killed two babies and made more than 1,200 others sick. Mr Zhang Zhenling, vice president of Sanlu Group, read a letter of
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    • 86 18 According to a recently published study in the American Journal of Public Health, there's a "significant association" between a husband's contributions to domestic chores and his wife's emotional health. A 2006 study by a pair of United States sociologists found wives view their husbands as
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    • 689 18  -  MISTY HARRIS CANWEST NEWS SERVICE GENDER-BASED ROLES Marriages work better when chores are shared: Survey news@newstoday.com. sg CANADIAN women are still working their socks off in the home, but experts say men are right behind them with the laundry basket. Family life researchers report
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  • voices
    • 198 20  -  Lim Soon Heng Letter from I REFER to "Unjustified fears?" (Sept 15). Instead of focusing on how to help foreign workers find a proper place to live, we are now comparing crime rates between foreigners and locals. Is this relevant to the issue?
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      249 20  -  Julyan Lee CHINESE GARDEN LANTERN FESTIVAL It should have been a cultural, educational event Letter from MY FAMILY and I were looking forward to a wonderful time at the Chinese Garden Lantern Festival. It turned out to be a immense disappointment. The price of admission was $15
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    • 222 22  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY I WHEN SPOUSES COLLIDE... Most human conflict results from differing assumptions by the two parties. When husbands and wives engage one another in angry combat they often feel hurt, rejected, insulted and assaulted by the other person. But when these battles are
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    • 899 22  -  AGATHA KOH BRAZIL voices editor agatha@mediacorp.com.sg COFFEEWITH Where are the confident men asks ex-Miss S #pore THERE are two types of women for Singapore men, says Teo Ser Lee. "The type that they date, and the type they bring home to their mothers," says the former beauty
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    • 212 20 HAVE YOUR SAY. news@ newstoday.com.sg aL University of f\ Sunderlcmd I -HnlMstN«iUiilv«itt>hianUKfarltanaKl|by The Times W I Z^ The degree courae eherpened my I L 1 II ,MW A critical thinking skills to end my firs--1 V k I »11l day. Business Administration (Incorporating BTEC Advanced Professional Diploma in Management Studies)
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    • 1126 24  -  MAYO MARTIN OFFSTAGE BUDDIES Actors Sebastian Tan and Chua Enlai share how they have more in common than just a new play mayo@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS an idea that makes perfect sense. Get two long-time friends and well-known faces with a penchant for vacations, hamming it up
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    • PLUS PICKS OF GHOSTS, HDB FLATS AND LOUD, BOOMING NOISES
      • 50 26 Here's another work that deals with ghosts. Musicians Zai Kuning, Dickson Dee and OtomoYoshihide bring to life their beliefs in the supernatural through electronic and acoustic music and video work. Warning: High sound levels. Sept 17 and 18, Bpm, Esplanade Theatre Studio. Tickets at $28 from Sistic
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      • 33 26 Superstar bassists Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten create "booming" music with this bass-centric, one-night-only concert. Sept 19, Bpm, Esplanade Theatre. Tickets at $58 to $118 from Sistic.
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      • 47 26 How about flats? Shannon Castleman teams up with residents of Jurong West Street 81 (picture) to present this work about neighbours discovering each other and making them video each other, too. >> Sept 19 to 29, The Substation Gallery, from nam to Bpm daily.
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    • 222 27 Double oh, ohh THE DAILYTELEGRAPH QUANTUM OF SOLACE New Bond girl talks about sex with the spy JAMES Bond girl Gemma Arterton has spoken of her steamy sex scene with Daniel Craig in the new film. The 22-year-old actress, who plays MI6 Agent Fields, revealed that she was nervous about
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    • PLUS ROUNDUP
      • 93 27 Fans of metal core outfit Avenged Sevenfold (aka AX7) will be delighted to know that their heroes are returning to our shores on Oct 24, after a successful stint at last year's SingFest. AX7's latest self-titled release, which spawned hits Dear God and Almost Easy, hit No 4
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      • 116 27 He sold out five shows in a record-breaking 40 minutes the last time he was here, and critically-acclaimed comedian Russell Peters looks set to do the same again when he makes his way down here on NOV3 and 4. Renowned for his quick wit and unprocessed,
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      • 78 27 Eye candy alert! Martial artist and well-known Hong Kong action star DonnieYen, along with co-star MediaCorp artiste Qi Yu Wu, will be meeting fans on Friday at 7pm at The Atrium@Orchard to promote their highly-anticipated movie, Painted Skin. Adapted from the famous ancient Chinese classic LiaoZhai, Painted Skin
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    • 445 28  -  MAYO MARTIN AN ARTADVENTURE Singapore artist will hail a London cab and paint it too mayo@mediacorp.com.sg LONDON cabs, prepare yourselves for Mr B. Or as his mum probably calls him, Ben Kwek. The 26-year-old illustrator(picture), who won this year's Tiger Translate Future tilt in
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  • health
    • 722 29  -  EVELINE GAN HIGH CHOLESTEROL Some causes include genes, family history and obesity eveline@mediacorp.com.sg GOH Jia Xun has high blood cholesterol. Nothing unusual about that, you may think. After all, Singaporeans are well known for their love of artery-clogging delicacies. And about one in five Singaporeans have
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    • 795 30  -  EVELINE GAN MENTAL PROWESS Protein, vitamins B and C, and iron can help junior learn better eveline@mediacorp.com. sg WITH a tinge of envy, you wonder why the kid next door always seems to get better grades in school than your child. One of the secrets to
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    • 1043 32 TV LISTINGS O N MEDIAC OR P ...._—.—™....g.... CALEFARE BLOGTV.SG 111 CdlsfdTS VS Dir6CtOT 6.00 AM Entertainment Tonight 4.00 Gilmore Girls VII 10.30 CSIVII Th 6 Bsbv Crisis -I 11 1,-. 1,-. 5.30 Prime Time Morning I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia Fallen Idol (Available inTrueHD On HDS) 930 TheTyra Banks
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  • sports
    • 610 34  -  TANYO-HINN 13TH PARALYMPIC GAMES She follows up her world record swim with Singapore's first gold in the final yohinn@mediacorp.com. sg SHE was nursing a sore throat, but the only thing Yip Pin Xiv wanted to do just before she launched herself into the water at
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    • 229 34 China established a huge lead at the top of the Paralympics medal standings yesterday, racing to 80 golds almost double the haul of their nearest rivals on the last night of swimming. The host nation now have 187 medals in total compared with Britain's 41 golds and
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    • 185 34  -  SHAMIR OSMAN THE 2006-07 Oman league champions Al-Nahda have set themselves a modest goal for tonight's first leg of their AFC Cup quarter-final tie with S-League champions SAFFC at Jalan Besar Stadium (9pm). "Our target is not to lose," said AlNahda coach Milosav Radenovic. "A draw will
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    • 714 35  -  LAN DE COTTA SINGAPORE FiGRAND PRIX BATTLE BEGINS British Formula iteam getting into high gear for historic night race in S #pore formula 1 correspondent ian@mediacorp.com. sg THE cars of the two Williams drivers would have arrived at home base in Oxfordshire,
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    • 504 35  -  TANYO-HINN yoninn(a>meaiacorp.com.sg THE world's first Formula 1 night race will throw up unique challenges for the teams and their drivers. Issues like racing under the glare of lights along the new 5.1 km street circuit of Marina Bay will be
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    • 552 36  -  SHAMIR OSMAN HOCKEY INTHE HEARTLANDS Two new hockey stadia being built to host quadrennial event shamir@mediacorp.com.sg DELTA Stadium has long been the centre for hockey here, but come June the sport will have another home base deep in the heartlands. The Sengkang Sports Complex
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    • 397 36 AGENCIES NEWCASTLE Mike Ashley (picture) on Sunday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time) planted a "For Sale" sign outside St James' Park with apparent reluctance but the club's owner is not about to offload Newcastle United at a knockdown price. In a
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    • Two managers, two different approaches
      • 533 37 AFP Champions League, Group D Marseille v Liverpool LIVERPOOL After enjoying what the manager called the perfect tonic in their preparations for midweek exertions in Europe, Liverpool are bristling with confidence ahead of their opening Champions League Group D clash away to Marseille tonight (tomorrow morning,
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      • 492 37 AFP Champions League, Group A Chelsea v Bordeaux LONDON Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari heads into his side's opening Champions League fixture against Bordeaux tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) insisting he doesn't feel under pressure to win Europe's top club prize. Just four months after Chelsea
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    • 131 36 SPORTS ON TV TOMORROW 2am Football Champions League: Chelsea v Bordeaux, Ch 23 2.30 am Football Champions League: Marseille v Liverpool, Ch 24 SPOKTS ON RADIO 6.35am-ii.3spm Sports Zone Minutes Hourly Sports updates live on gjBLive SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER Asian FC Cup SAFFC Al Nahda Tue,
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  • business
    • STOCK CALLS
      • 71 38 $1.97 I Buy Citigroup maintains its target price of $2.52, saying that the stock appears highly attractive, with a relatively stable yield exceeding 7 per cent. Downside risks include possibility of cancellation of longterm leases by tenants, a sharp rise in interest rates or a sharp slowdown in
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      • 63 38 $1.46 I Sell CLSA maintains its rating but trims target to $1.26 from $1.27 after factoring in fare adjustments, that were partially offset by rebates. The Public Transport Council estimates that overall fare revenue for the company's SBS Transit bus unit will increase by 0.9 per cent, compared to
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      • 95 38 $2.20 Trading buy CIMB upgrades its rating from Underperform and raises target price to $2.60 from $2.06, based on 40 per cent discount to RNAV compared to 50 per cent previously. While CIMB remains negative on the dry bulk shipping sector, it says short-term recovery is almost
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    • Article, Illustration
      40 38 Hang Seng Closed Nikkei Closed Shanghai Closed Seoul Closed Mumbai 14,000.81 T 2.26% KLComp 1,044.03 A 0.28% US$1 Si.434 Vioo $1,361 £1 $2,565 HK$ioo $18.40 1 euro $2,034 RMB100 $20.95 A$i $1-154 RS100 $3,116 RMi $0,415 RP100 $0,015
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    • 976 38  -  MARISSACHEW US FINANCIALCRISIS Lehman down and Merrill gone giant insurer seeks USs^ob lifeline WITH Lehman Brothers collapsed and Merrill Lynch hurriedly sold off, a further Wall Street crisis is now threatening the huge AIG insurance group. In one of the most dramatic days in Wall Street
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    • 510 38 ASIAN markets and the US dollar sank following upheavals in the United States banking industry over the weekend, with experts warning of more volatility to come. In Singapore, experts advised investors to stay out of the market. "Don't buy and don't
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    • 371 40  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg DESPITE slower growth and a prolonged credit crunch plaguing global financial markets, the sum of loan packages issued to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) actually grew 50 per cent in the first seven months of 2008. Speaking in Parliament yesterday, Trade and Industry Minister Lim
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    • 598 40  -  DERRICK A PAULO NEW FRAMEWORK FORSPENDING Govt tables Bill to amend Constitution deputy news editor derrick@mediacorp.com.sg TOP American university Yale does it. So does the Norwegian government. Now, the Singapore Government has decided to establish a new framework of spending based on the real,
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    • BUSINESS ROUNDUP
      • 108 40 Property developers in Singapore sold 320 units and launched for sale 194 units of private homes in August, according to a survey of developers by the Urban Redevelopment Authority. This was sharply slower than the 901 sold and the 1,323 units launched in July
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      • 97 40 BLOOMBERG More jobs were created in Singapore in the second quarter as rising demand for construction boosted vacancies, new figures show. There were 71,400 new jobs in the three months ended June, following the creation of an unprecedented 73,200 positions in the first quarter, the Ministry
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    • BUSINESS ROUNDUP
      • 79 42 PRATT WHITNEY GETS SIA CARGO MAINTENANCE DEAL Singapore Airlines Cargo said that it has awarded Pratt Whitney Global Service Partners a 10-year maintenance contract worth $500 million. The contract covers 13 Boeing cargo aircraft powered by Pratt Whitney's engines and six spare engines. MrTom Mayes, vice-president of Pratt Whitney, said
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      • 98 42 Auric Pacific Group has raised its stake in food court operator Food Junction Holdings (FJH) to 54.4 per cent from 29.9 per cent following a voluntary conditional cash partial offer. It paid 55 cents per share, a premium of about 31 per cent over
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      • 96 42 01am International has formed a U*****.4-million (siB4-million) joint venture with Modandola Group (MG), a diversified African company, to invest in sugar refining and wheat milling businesses in Nigeria. 01am will pay US$9l million to hold a 49-per-cent stake in a joint
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      • 105 42 jjjjjlljjjj^QisJ Rock Productions and Capita Land have awarded local builder, Hexacon Construction, a $633-million contract to build their mixed-use development at Vista Xchange at one-north (picture). The development has a civic and cultural zone spread over 38,000 square metres and a retail and
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      • 106 42 Two Bills were introduced in Parliament yesterday that aim to enable new investment products and the corresponding financial advice services to be offered in Singapore. The two Bills are to amend the Securities and Futures Act (SFA) and the Financial Advisors Act. The
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    • 352 42  -  KELVIN CHOW REBRANDING RBS rebrands ABN Amro with new banking plans aimed at vmass affluent' kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg OUT goes the familiar green and gold of the ABN Amro branches in Singapore, to be replaced by the blue and white of the Royal Bank of Scotland
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    • 347 42 BLOOMBERG CHINA cut interest rates for the first time in six years and allowed most banks to set aside smaller reserves as worsening credit-market turmoil and weakening export demand dim the outlook for economic growth. The People's Bank of China reduced the one-year lending
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  • IMPACT
    • 187 44  -  SHERMAINEWONG THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) has appointed creative agency BBH to help it launch a campaign to herald the opening of South-east Asia's longest underground expressway, the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (better known as the KPE). The KPE will officially be opened on
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    • 464 44 Fighting spirit lands PHD mmm* MD Pat Lim the Media Person of the Year award M news@newstoday.com.sg 'A M chance to occupy the desk left vacant by a media executive who had left," said Lim. She was promoted to group account and accolades." Passionate and driven, she worked her director,
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