Today, 15 October 2008

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    20 1 TODAY Wednesday October 15, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Wednesday October 15, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    BUSINESS
    163 1 Back in the news Dr Anthony Soh, the man at the centre of the botched takeover of Catalist-listed Jade Technologies, has been sanctioned by the SIC for "multiple and serious breaches" of the Code on Takeovers and Mergers. Page Bl Forex booster Hong Kong will use its foreignexchange reserves
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    Kangaroo T-shirt trio face contempt of court charges
    597 1  -  ANSLEYNG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg THE picture on their white T-shirts showed a grey kangaroo dressed in a judge's robes and holding a gavel. The three men were in rmrit to show their support for Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan. Now, they
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    Lock icon Care for the dying
    625 1  -  ALICIA WONG HEALTHCARE Khaw lays out plans to improve palliative care alicia@mediacorp.com.sg IF HEALTHCARE had a report card, acute care in Singapore would score an A-, while chronic disease care would get a C. But when it comes to care of the dying, Health Minister Khaw
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    THE 'E' WORD ...
    164 1  - THE 'E' WORD ALICIA WONG It is a topic that has caught the Health Minister's attention: Euthanasia. And Mr Khaw Boon Wan has been reading every letter published in the Lianhe Zaobao recently to "have a feel" of what Singaporeans think. "I don't know if Singaporeans are ready for euthanasia.
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      Lock icon It's a 'Vile' business: Ex-Fed chief
      777 3  -  LOHCHEEKONG LOHCHEE KONG BANKTAKEOVERS cheekong@mediacorp.com. sg LEGENDARY former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker, lecturing in Singapore, did not hide his distaste for banks having to be bailed out by state takeover. "These kind of measures government guarantees and intervention are extremely distasteful. They are
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      Victim of spousal abuse or a liar?
      563 4  -  LEONGWEEKEAT STIRLING ROAD MURDERTRIAL Deceased had apparently sent a series of SMSes to vprovoke accused weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg WEEKS before she was found dead at the foot of an HDB block, Madam Smaemeeral Abdul Aziz fired off a series of SMSes to her abusive husband,
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      Be the one to act against poverty
      208 4 EVERY year, thousands of Singaporeans take part in a New Year's Eve countdown. This week, non-profit organisation One Singapore wants people to be part of another countdown. World leaders are targeting to reduce extreme poverty by 2015 as part of the United Nations'
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      Lock icon I-Tec charged for selling tainted milk
      291 4  -  LEONGWEE KEAT A LOCAL supermarket chain has become the first company to be charged here with selling contaminated China-made dairy products after it defied an Agri-Food and Veterinary Services (AVA) ban. I-Tec Supermarket was charged in the Subordinate Court yesterday on two counts of
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      Lock icon Two new chiefs, one common aim
      540 6  -  ZULOTHMAN NEW PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENTS Newly-appointed principals want to help students pursue their dreams zul@mediacorp.com.sg THOUGH he will be on familiar turf a school offering a second chance to those less academically inclined helming it will be a new experience for Mr Wee Tat Chuen.
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      Meet the lighthouse keepers ...
      542 8  - Meet the lighthouse keepers 001 BOON KEONG SINGAPORE MARITIME WEEK boonkeong@mediacorp.com.sg HE KNEW little at the time about what a lighthouse keeper did, but Mr Gaharudin A Gani followed a friend's recommendation and applied for the job. Thirty years on, the 54-year-old is one of the veterans among the eight
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      A Safra club for NSmen gamers
      243 10  -  JESSICA YEO j essica@mediacorp.com.sg CYBERGAMING NSmen will soon have a hangout to call their own. As part of its efforts to attract more members in the 18 to 35 age group, Safra will open an e-gaming hub in December. The $1 million Games Haven
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      Lock icon Top prize for a melting museum
      336 10 ARTWORKS MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg AN ART installation work depicting a "melting" National Museum (picture) has bagged the grand prize at the inaugural Asia Pacific Breweries Foundation Signature Art Prize. Singaporean sculptor Yeo Chee Kiong's A Day Without a Tree bested 10 entries from nine
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      Lock icon Nothing beats family support
      280 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA, 938 LIVE MORE than three in 10 people say they are now putting in more effort to make their families the top priority in their lives, according to a survey conducted after the annual National Family Week celebrations that ended in June. About 1,200
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      Lock icon More funds to break barriers
      396 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA BUILDING INCENTIVES IF IT was built before 1990 and there is a large stock of these buildings in Singapore chances are accessibility is lacking for those with limited mobility. To encourage owners to make their premises more user-friendly for the likes of the
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      251 13 I It takes a cool head I^^^^H an&a warm heart H These days everything has an expiry date, even I H qualifications and job experience. With keener I H competition and the fast pace of restructuring, I H employees lose their competitive edge if they don't I H keep up.
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      Lock icon Spat over border troop positions
      475 14 AFP BORDER DISPUTE Thailand says it will exercise right of self-defence if Cambodia uses force PHNOM PENH Thailand and Cambodia showed no signs yesterday of resolving their long-simmering spat over a disputed border area near an ancient temple, with Bangkok insisting its troops would remain
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      Lock icon Thai court accepts case to dissolve ruling party
      239 14 AFP BANGKOK A Thai court yesterday agreed to hear a case which could see three political parties, including the ruling People Power Party, disbanded. The People Power Party (PPP) and two of its coalition partners are facing dissolution because some of their
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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      Vietnam: Khong Guan biscuits from Indonesia tainted
      380 14  -  NEOCHAICHIN JAKARTA Vietnam has complained to Indonesia of possible melamine contamination in Indonesian-made Khong Guan biscuits. Vietnamese authorities informed the Indonesian Embassy in Hanoi that Indone-sian-made Khong Guan biscuits could be tainted with the chemical, Trade Ministry director Subagyo was quoted as saying
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      Lock icon Najib denies abuse of power
      408 17 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER MALAYSIAN POLITICS KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak (picture) has denied any abuse of power on his part in relation to the murder case of a Mongolian woman. "Why do I need to comment? There is no abuse of power,"
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      Lock icon M'sia cuts fuel prices again
      176 17 AP I L KUALA LUMPUR Following the recent fall in global crude oil prices, Malaysia announced a fresh cut in retail fuel prices yesterday to ease inflation. The pump price of petrol will be slashed by 6 per cent to RM2.30 a litre (96 cents)
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      Malaysians need to retrain to keep S'pore jobs
      204 17 THE 300,000 Malaysians working in Singapore have been advised to be prepared for retrenchment as the Republic is technically in a recession. Human Resources Minister S Subramaniam said that although the recession in Singapore has not yet resulted injob losses, it is
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      Lock icon FIRES RUN WILD
      65 18 AFP One person was killed and thousands were evacuated on Monday as a series of wind-driven wildfires swept across California from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The fires ripped through about 4,000 hectares of tinder-dry brush, prompting mandatory evacuation orders for several neighbourhoods and the closure of
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      Lock icon Officer forced to fight 15 men
      298 18 MILITARY INCIDENT Japan to probe trainee's death in naval training school TOKYO Japan is probing the death of a naval officer who died after being forced to fight 15 other men during training for an elite counter-intelligence unit, said Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada yesterday.
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      Lock icon S Korean PM warns of foreign hacking
      140 19 AFP SEOUL South Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-Soo warned his cabinet yesterday over attempts by Chinese and North Korean computer hackers to obtain state secrets, officials said. The National Intelligence Service (NIS), Seoul's main spy agency, told Mr Han that about 130,000 items
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      Lock icon Ratcheting up support for soldiers pet dog
      293 19 PUPPY PLEA Thousands petition US Army to review case WASHINGTON More than 10,000 people have signed an online petition urging the United States Army to let an Iraqi puppy, Ratchet, go home with a soldier who fears that it could be killed if
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon EIGHT BUDDHIST MONKS JAILED
        89 20 AP Eight Buddhist monks convicted of bombing a government building in Tibet during an anti-government uprising in March have been sentenced to prison, two of them for life. The monks were sentenced at the People's Court in Chamdo, a Tibetan prefecture, after being convicted of setting
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        Lock icon CANCEL ARMS SALE TO TAIWAN, CHINA DEFENCE MINISTER TELLS US
        84 20 AP China's Defence Minister has demanded that the United States cancel a US$6.5 billion ($9.5 billion) arms sale to Taiwan, saying it created "obstacles" in relations between Beijing and Washington. Mr Liang Guanglie's remarks are the latest show of pique
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      Lock icon Tainted milk suit
      553 20 AP MELAMINE SCANDAL Six-month-old boy dies, parents suing for more than $220,000 in damages KINKING (China) Heartbroken at the sudden death of their baby boy, the Vi family struggled to forget what they thought was a tragic twist of fate. They burnt his clothes, toys everything but
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      CHINA'S ACADEMIC CHEATS
      696 21  -  MARIA SIOW TODAY IN CHINA east asia bureau chief mariasiow@mediacorp.com.sg Current measures to combat plagiarism in universities inadequate LAST Friday, a graduate student was expelled from China's Huazhong Normal University for plagiarising two academic articles. Even though Mr Jia Xuezheng apologised and acknowledged that he had "not
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      Lock icon It just got easier to work in France
      402 24  -  LINYANQIN WORKING ABROAD Process to get work permits no longer a lengthy vordeal yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg APPLYING for a visa to work in France will no longer be an "ordeal", as the country simplifies its immigration process to woo more talent and professionals its
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      Lock icon 'China is the future', says Pakistani President
      258 24 AFP BEIJING Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari arrived in China yesterday for a trip that was expected to see him seek help for his country's embattled economy and the expansion of its nuclear energy industry. Mr Zardari, on his first state trip since
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      Lock icon THE REINCARNATION OF GORDON BROWN
      753 25  -  ANDREW RAWNSLEY THEOBSERVER NEWS COMMENT Why the crisis puts a spring in BritishPPsM #s step SOMEONE who sees a lot of the British Prime Minister remarked to me the other day that he had not seen Gordon Brown so happy in years. The world is
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      Yes, your number should be private
      141 28  -  Tammy Tan Letter from Group Corporate Communications Officer ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited WE REFER to "Security flaw in booking system" by Ms S L Gan (Oct 13). We were surprised to learn about the incident in which a passenger in one of our taxis sent
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      You say greedy, I say ambitious
      344 28  -  Tay Kian Ping FINANCIAL CRISIS FALLOUT Budget Tai-Tai #s rant against wealth just smacks of envy Letter from I REFER to "Beware the Bargain Queen" (Oct 10). Ms Tabitha Wang's piece smacks of bitterness and reflects her ignorance. Let me give you an analogy
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      216 30  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY THE FAMILY MEETING The process of caring for ageing parents can be a time that draws families closer together. Unfortunately, it usually becomes a time that tears them apart. Typically, the sister who lives nearby feels she is sacrificing her life to
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      I SAY HAVE WE BEEN TOO GREEDY?
      609 30  -  DRKANWALJITSOIN THE effects of hyper-capitalism and a rampant free market appear to have brought the United States to its financial knees in recent days. Yet, this is the same economic model that has for many years been touted for the rest of the
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      589 33 A couple's dream comes true, thanks to Carltan Hate PLANNING a wedding takes a lot of hard work. Because of this, newly-wedded pair Jonathan Ong, 33, and Phoebe Ting, 30, are thankful for the wedding planner service provided by Carlton Hotel, the venuewhich they chose
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        102 33 If both of you are bold, passionate and bursting to share your love story with your friends and relatives, then this is the theme to choose. The magic happens the moment you and your other half make your grand entrance into the ballroom white, crystal-beaded, rose-adorned chandeliers line
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        80 33 Traditional courtship and innocent love are best exemplified in this wedding theme of "White Purity". The centrepiece on the table consists of white tealights glowing radiantly in a crown of white roses and baby's breath. Your walk up the stage will be flanked by flower tower stands, resembling
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        97 33 This is perfect for the couple who loves a touch of glitz and glamour. Every table will have a centrepiece of pink and white roses, white lilies and baby's breath, adorned with branches decorated with crystal beads for a touch of rustic glamour. Make your grand entrance with
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        57 34 At 13, Mark was addicted to cocaine. At 15, he threw rocks and shouted racial slurs at African-American school kids. At 16, he robbed a pharmacy, hit a middle-aged Vietnamese man, permanently blinded another Vietnamese man and attacked a security guard. He was sentenced to two years
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        67 34 Mark was one of the original New Kids on the Block with his brother Donnie, but dropped out because of the group's bubblegum, squeaky-clean image. Reinvented himself as Marky Mark, formed the Funky Bunch, ran around in histighty-whitiesand had a No 1 hit with Good Vibrations
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        35 34 He released his book, Marky Mark, in 1992, and filled it with pictures of himself. He also dedicated the book to his penis. No word if his penis sent flowers in appreciation.
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        29 34 In 1993, Mark released a workout video. It was called The Marky Mark Workout: Form Focus Fitness. He didn't win an Oscar for it. Really.
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        73 36 The inaugural Singapore International Photography Festival is one of the biggest photography events in the region, featuring works from 66 photographers from 26 countries spread across six venues. From now until Oct 31, visit www.sipf.sg or call 6339 2355 for details. Meanwhile, the first Season of Photography at
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        73 36 Gear up for some filmic offerings from the land of tequila. The Mexican Film Festival, which runs from tomorrow until Monday at Golden Village Vivo City, includes Nonna's Trip (NCI6) about a grandmother in search of her memories-and Sex, Shame, and Tears (R2i)-a comedy about two rich married
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      308 36  -  MAYO MARTIN MOVIE REVIEWTOKYO! Strange, delightful trilogy about Japan's strange, delightful capital mayo@mediacorp.com.sg TOKYO! is the end result of either a brilliant, inspired move on the part of its producers or one too many shots of sake. Or maybe both. At turns surreal, brash and hauntingly beautiful, this
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      350 38  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEW MAX PAYNE This action flick isn't as good as it could have been genevieveloh@mediacorp.com. sg THE hugely-popular 2001 videogame Max Payne was an innovative, brooding, almost cinematic/iJm noir revenge tragedy, sensitively played out against a dark, uncaring and unforgiving city backdrop. Less so the film
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      208 38  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEW2OTH CENTURY BOYS 20TH Century Boys has to be this year's film of "mosts" at least in terms of Japanese film. It is considered one of the most anticipated Japanese films of the year. It is also one of the country's most expensive films.
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      323 41  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE'S players rued the fact they came away from the My Dinh Stadium last night with a 0-0 draw against hosts Vietnam. The friendly in Hanoi is part of national coach Radojko Avramovic's preparations ahead of the Lions' defence of the
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      631 41  -  TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE SPORT Coach Liu #s off, but STTA say silver medallists Li Feng and Wang will still fly the flag yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg LATE last week, national women's table tennis coach Liv Guodong rejected a new two-year deal offered by the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA),
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      198 41 938 LIVE The ongoing economic crisis will not hamper Singapore's preparations for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in August 2010, says Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Community Development, Youth and Sports), Teo Ser Luck. The proposed budget for the Youth Olympics is US$75 million (siog.2million), and
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      189 42 AFP SHOCKi MOSCOW A New York Rangers draft pick, Alexei Cherepanov (picture), died on Monday following a heart attack during a match here. He was 19. The Avangard Omsk player collapsed while returning to the replacements bench towards the end of the third period of
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      229 42 THE GUARDIAN SHOCK NO 2 LONDON Rugby League was left stunned on Monday when Adam Watene (picture), a former Cook Islands prop and captain who had become a popular and respected figure at Castleford and more recently Wakefield Trinity, died during a weights session. He was
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      675 42  -  TANYO-HINN A CITY RACE City's 2016 bid chief Ryan says they have money and the organisation in place yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg THE current global financial crisis, described by many analysts as the worst since the Great Depression, has hit the United States hard. But Chicago's bid to
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      668 43 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH ROAD TO SOUTH AFRICA 2010 He #s the main man at Liverpool, but Gerrard knows he #s not the same for his country World Cup qualifier, Group 6 Belarus v England LONDON If anyone was drawing a caricature of Steven Gerrard today, it
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      271 43 MONTEVIDEO The return of World Player of the Year Kaka (picture) has given Brazil a boost before they host Colombia in Rio de Janeiro in their South American World Cup qualifier today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time). Brazilian journalists, of late so used
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      967 44 More SMEs are using broadband to sharpen their competitive edge There has been an upward swing in broadband adoption among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups over the past years. Besides the übiquity of broadband services and the necessity to stay in touch, companies have
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      121 43 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 7.30 am ALCS Rays v Red Sox, Ch 23 5.25pm Football Asian World Cup qualifier: Australia v Qatar, Ch24 Bpm Tennis WTATour: Zurich, Ch 113 9.25pm Football Asian World Cup qualifier: Iran v DPR Korea, Ch24 11.30pm Tennis Madrid Masters, Ch 24 TOMORROW 12.15 am Tennis
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      284 46  -  ESTHER FUNG MAKEOVER MAGIC esther@mediacorp.com.sg A FOOD manufacturer that uses vending machines to sell to the public obviously needs a classy logo, and even a new corporate look. So that is exactly what Just Right (JR) Foodstuff Industries went for when it decided to diversify
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      269 46  -  KELVIN CHOW kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS a good business idea if a planned product works for the company, as well as for the end-user. And so it was with a small Singapore company, Advanced Network Technology Laboratories (ANTlabs). ANTlabs spotted security flaws that were not
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      826 47  -  LYNETTE KOH With recommendations and valuable information from IE Singapore's online portal, Goh Joo Hin Pte Ltd's drive into China was smooth sailing lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg EVEN with almost three decades of experience in trading with companies in China, the Goh Joo Hin group which owns 23
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        64 48  -  ESTHER FUNG Infrastructure work at Seletar Aerospace Park and the runway extension are to go ahead despite the weak immediate outlook for the aerospace industry, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry S Iswaransaid. "This will position us well for the upturn, when it comes,"
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        54 48 The Land Transport Authority yesterday awarded the first two of six contracts for the construction of the Marina Coastal Expressway. Penta-Ocean Construction won a $66g.7-million deal to design, construct and complete a vehiculartunnel, while a Sato Kogyo (S) and Daelim Industrial venture won a $732.6-million contract
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        87 48  -  CONRAD RAJ The Singapore Exchange plans to take a minority stake in the Bahrain Stock Exchange within six months of a memorandum of understanding signed between the two exchanges yesterday, said the chief executive of the Bahrain Economic Development Board, Shaikh Mohammed bin Essa
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      376 50 AP SKY-ROCKETING PRICES AS OIL prices zoomed toward an unheard of US$l47 ($214) a barrel this summer, it seemed every analyst prediction that oil would approach US$2OO was a self-ful-filling prophecy, until suddenly it was not. Instead of US$2OO, oil is now US$BO.
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      276 50  -  ESTHER FUNG Taxi companies say they are still monitoring the situation as fuel prices ease. None of the Singapore operators has yet decided to cut its 30 cent fuel surcharge although airlines' fuel surcharges are edging downward. MsTammyTan, group corporate communications officer at ComfortDelGro, said: "We
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      340 50  -  KELVIN CHOW kelvinc@mediacorp.com. sg JUST after speaking to about 1,000 people at Hong Lim Green on Saturday, MrTan Kin Lian has registered to speak at the same location on the next four Saturdays. When asked what he intends to address,
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      381 51  -  CHEOWXINYI Still confused over why electricity bills are rising by 22 per cent, at least for the next three months? Today explains the workings behind Singapore's electricity pricing system and how fluctuations in commodity prices get passed on. It is well known that electricity tariffs in Singapore
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      445 51  -  CHEOWXINYI ELECTRICITYTARIFFS Tariff formula means consumers pay more when oil prices are dipping cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg THE system of pegging electricity tariffs to forward fuel oil prices has provided price stability to consumers in the four years since its introduction, but it seems to have hit a glitch
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        55 52 92.5 cents Hold DBS Vickers downgrades from "Buy", saying prospects for the Singapore office market have been made worse by global financial market troubles, weakening economic outlook, "slowing demand and increasing supply are likely to drag on occupancies, putting downward pressure on topline growth". It has set a
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        58 52 61.5 cents I Buy DBS cuts target price to $1.00 from $1.67 and keeps its "Buy" call. Any impact from slowing order wins is likely to be felt from FY2OIO onwards as the firm's current order book is scheduled to be delivered progressively up to 2011-12. Ship-repair capacity
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        64 52 15.5 cents I Buy OCBC cuts target price to 28 cents from 35 cents due to reduced risk appetite, but maintains rating on new business model. Despite the deteriorating macro outlook, management is optimistic as the company has built most of its required capabilities and diversified into highgrowth
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        33 52 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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        47 52 Hang Seng 16,832.88 A 3.19% Nikkei 9,447-57 A 14.15% Shanghai 2,017.32 v 2.71% Seoul 1,367.69 A 6.14% Mumbai 11,483.40 A 1-54% KLComp 966.06 A 1.61% US$1 £1 leuro A$i $1,459 ¥100 $1,422 $2,563 HK$ioo $18.80 $1,998 RMB100 $21.35 $1,041 RS100 $3,034 RMi $0,417 RPio,ooo $1,494
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      416 52 THEGUARDIAN MARKETS across Asia rebounded dramatically yesterday after global efforts to shore up ailing banks. Japan's Nikkei 225 soared 14.2 per cent, its biggest one-day gain in its 58-year history. It surged 1,171 points to close at 9,447. The gains, however, covered only
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      578 52 ABORTED TAKEOVER OCBC found to have breached takeover code, but says it is not liable for investors' losses DR ANTHONY Soh, the man at the centre of the botched takeover of Catalist-listed Jade Technologies, has been banned from trading shares on the Singapore Exchange for three years
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      625 52 AGENCIES HONG Kong yesterday announced a guarantee on bank deposits, shoring up confidence in its lenders after the first run on a bank in the city in more than a decade. United States President George W Bush called the US government's plan to invest up
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