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    20 1 TODAY TODAY Wednesday October 22, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking Wednesday October 22, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Prudence is still key
    736 1  -  CHEOWXINYI NATIONAL RESERVES PM stresses the need for the Govt to be financially careful cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE has not turned spendthrift. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday stressed the need for the Government to be financially careful even as the amendment Bill allowing the authorities greater discretion
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    Looking for a cheaper way to power up
    651 1  -  NEOCHAICHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg HAS the time come for an independent body to oversee electricity tariffs, to ensure that retailers do not short-change Singaporeans? Is there a better way of pricing electricity to benefit low-income users? Seven MPs posed such hard questions to Senior
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      155 1 '7^ SEEINGTHE LIGHT Today chats with the stars of Blindness. Jj| PLUS 32 COLUMN Maria Siow In the aftermath of the taintedmilk saga, the Chinese authorities are tightening their consumer protection laws. Today in China looks at the impact this will have on fraudulent advertisers. Page 17 COMMENT Do the
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        Offshore housing for foreign workers?
        425 2  -  LINYANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg COULD foreign workers be housed in floating dormitories on nearby offshore islands, or even across the border in Johor? These alternatives were suggested in Parliament yesterday, as the issue of foreign workers in Singapore continued to draw questions from Members of Parliament. Madam
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        When things go wrong for them...
        520 2  -  LINYANQIN FOREIGNWORKERS Special passes may be issued to those with work troubles yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg THE task of housing them may have made headlines as of late, but another set of problems surrounding foreign workers came to the fore yesterday in Parliament. Some workers come to
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        Lock icon Free meal scheme to continue for now
        303 2 ESTHERNG THEY will continue to feed homeless foreign workers as long as their resources allow, say organisers of the Cuff Road Project. Between March and August, project organisers provided free meals to between 70 and 80 men a week, but the number rose
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        BACKTHE ELECTED PRESIDENCY, TOO
        260 3 Now you have supported a fundamental change in Singapore's reserves framework, it'll be good if you can support the presidential safeguards that comes with it too. That was the message Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had for the Workers' Party yesterday even as Parliament wrapped up
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        The methods and the mechanics
        542 3  -  ESTHER FUNG NATIONAL RESERVES Shanmugaratnam gives details on how long-term rate of return is set estherf@mediacorp.com.sg HOW are the long-term expected rates of return on Singapore's investments to be worked out, and how will the process be organised? The questions are important in determining how
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      Lock icon The verdict s out
      488 4 AGENCIES THAKSINTRIAL Ex-PM sentenced to 2 years' Jail, says conviction is politically motivated THAILAND'S fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was sentenced yesterday to two years in prison after being found guilty of corruption, adding a new twist to the country's political crisis. The sentence was
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      Lock icon Acute infection, heat stroke killed NSmen
      506 6  -  TEOXUANWEI SUDDEN DEATHS No foul play or safety breaches discovered, says Defence Minister xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg AN ACUTE lung infection and a heat stroke respectively caused the deaths of two SAF personnel who died on consecutive days in June, Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean told Parliament
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      No wrongdoing by local milk importers
      225 8  -  NEOCHAICHIN THE Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) is taking action against some food retailers for flouting the sale and import ban of Chinamade milk products, but it has not uncovered any unscrupulous practices by local importers so far, said Dr Mohamed Maliki Osman, Parliamentary
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      Lock icon Holistic approach is way to g0...
      515 8  -  ALICIA WONG MARRIAGE AND PARENTHOOD PACKAGE alicia@mediacorp.com.sg TWO months after incentives were announced to boost Singapore's birth rates, the Marriage and Parenthood (M&P) Package was passed into law yesterday with the usual support from Members of Parliament, but also, a rare dose of pessimism.
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      Contractors, be more 'neighbour-friendly'
      288 8  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg CLIMATE change is not the only reason why Singapore is taking a serious interest in sustainable development. The current economic crisis presents a number of challenges or provides the impetus, some would say for Singapore's building industry to not only cut cost but
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      Lock icon Microsoft settles with 3 shops which sold pirated wares
      236 10 938 LIVE MICROSOFT has reached settlements with three computer dealers in Sim Lim Square after raids in April netted more than 300 copies of high-end counterfeit software at the outlets. Retailers Powersys and Best Bytes, where most of the counterfeits were
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      Lock icon TEA AND SYMPATHY, JAPANESE STYLE
      51 10 Contestants in the Miss International Beauty Pageant 2008 including Ms EeTokWee of Singapore (right)- pose in traditional garb as they take part in a tea ceremony at the Nijojo castle in Kyoto in western Japan yesterday. The pageant will be held in Macau in November.
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      Participation is the Key...
      399 10  -  ONGDAILIN GREEN LEGACY to sustainable cities dailin@mediacorp.com.sg EVERYONE knows that to create a sustainable city with a living environment that future generations can also enjoy, there is a need to curb climate change and reduce our ecological footprint. But there is another vital cog in the
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      Betting the wrong way?
      320 12  -  TEOXUANWEI FUTURESTRADING Trader accused of falsifying data 109 times to conceal $120 million losses xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg THE Mitsui Oil Asia (MOA) trader who allegedly made bad bets on a petroleum product and then tried to hide the multi-million losses for months was charged with whitecollar offences in
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      Lock icon AND THE AWARD GOES T0... MEDIACORP
      130 12 Ms Lim Suat Jien, managing director of MediaCorpTVi2, receiving the Distinguished Patron of the Arts Award from Information, Communications and the Arts Minister Lee Boon Yang (right). As the economy hit its peak last year, a record number of 291 sponsors contributed $374 million
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      Lock icon Singapore, China to sign free trade pact
      257 12 AFP SINGAPORE and China will sign a free trade agreement (FTA) in Beijing during a visit there this week by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the city-state's foreign ministry said yesterday. Mr Lee will make an official visit to China from Oct 22
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      416 4 Millionaires are created in the down markets and making money is not difficult if you know how to make your money work for you. The rich have a different money mentality and invest in financial instruments that you have not even heard of. The best thing is that they are
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      349 8 HOW IS THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IMPACTING YOUR LIFE? Get first-hand knowledge of the current Jf& U.S market downturn and how it affects Asia! If It may sound crazy, but most people do not realize that economic slowdowns and financial crises are H. where fortunes are really made. W^^. Coming from
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Indonesia inks charter at last
      505 14 'AFP ASEANTIES It is last of the io South-east Asian countries to ratify the Asean agreement JAKARTA Indonesia's parliament yesterday ratified the South-east Asian charter committing Asean member nations to promote democracy and human rights, clearing the way for its formal adoption before year's end.
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      Lock icon Two JI terror suspects arrested in Indonesia
      185 14 AFP JAKARTA Two Islamist extremists from the Jemaah Islamiyah regional terror network have been arrested in Indonesia with weapons and explosives, police said yesterday. "We have arrested two people and seized firearms, explosives and a guide book on how to make a bomb.
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      Lock icon POLITICIAN IN SOUTHERN CHINA 'ASSASSINATED': STATE PRESS
      98 16 AFP A politician in southern China was stabbed to death in an apparent assassination, state press reported yesterday. The Guangzhou Daily reported three men attacked Mr Huang Zhaoluan, 43, outside his home with knives. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital later
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      Lock icon China on international hunt for 8 'terrorists'
      172 16 BEIJING China yesterday published a list of eight alleged Muslim terrorists it said had threatened the Beijing Olympics, and appealed to other countries to help capture them. Chinese police released photos of the men, all ethnic Uighurs, said to belong to the outlawed
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      Lock icon 1,500 dogs die
      267 16 AP TAINTED FEED BEIJING About 1,500 dogs, bred for their raccoon-like fur, have died after eating feed tainted with melamine, raising questions about how widespread the industrial chemical is in China's food chain. The revelation comes amid a scandal over milk tainted with melamine that has seen
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      Lock icon BYE, FRAUDULENT ADVERTISING
      608 17  -  MARIA SIOW TODAY IN CHINA east asia bureau chief mariasiow@mediacorp.com.sg In the aftermath of the tainted-milk saga China is tightening its consumer protection laws FRAUDULENT advertising can be found everywhere, but in China it comes with a twist. Businesses that are guilty of doing so often claim
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      Lock icon Ma: No war with China – for the next 4 years
      257 18 Ma: No war with China for the next 4 years AP TAIPEI Taiwan's president Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday that there will be no war with China during his first four-year term as president. His comments before a group of high-ranking military officers came amid his five-month-long effort to dampen deep-seated
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      Lock icon Protest takes a violent turn
      253 18 AFP TAIWAN-CHINA RELATIONS Pro-independence activists in Tainan shove Chinese official to the ground TAIPEI A top Chinese official was shoved to the ground by Taiwanese pro-independence activists yesterday during a visit to Tainan. Hours after the attack, China demanded that Taiwan severely punish the activists.
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      Lock icon Hillary goes all out
      381 19 AFP AMERICA VOTES DEMOCRATS UNITE New York senator fervently campaigns for former rival ORLANDO Hillary Clinton campaigned fervently for her former rival on Monday as she ordered a 50,000-strong crowd to send Mr Obama to the White House. "I am asking you to work as hard
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      Lock icon Obama rushes to see sick grandma
      270 19 THE GUARDIAN WEST PALM BEACH (Florida) A family emergency interrupted Barack Obama's bid for the presidency on Monday when the Democratic candidate announced he was leaving the campaign trail to visit his ailing grandmother in Hawaii. Mr Obama's 86-year old grandmother, Mrs Madelyn Dunham,
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      Lock icon At tipping point
      236 20 AP MARITIME SECURITY M #sia may limit ships using crowded Malacca Strait amid safety fears KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia yesterday proposed limiting the number of vessels that can enter one of the world's busiest shipping lanes amid worries that rising congestion could spark accidents. More than 70,000 vessels
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      Lock icon Police report lodged against Najib
      226 20 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR A group of five people lodged a police report yesterday against Malaysian Deputy Premier Najib Razak for alleged corruption. The group, which calls itself the Sekretariat Anak Muda Malaysia (Samm), claimed they provided the police with evidence in connection with
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        Lock icon SAUDI PUTS ALMOST 1,000 ALQAEDA SUSPECTS IN DOCK
        131 20 AFP Saudi Arabia said it plans to put in the dock almost i,ooo defendants in the first trials of Al Qaeda suspects after more than five years of deadly Islamist violence. "We have started to bring before the judiciary 991 people implicated
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        Lock icon IMFCHIEF APOLOGISES TO STAFF FOR AFFAIR
        98 20 I ILdU AP The head of the International Monetary Fund apologised on Monday for an extra-marital relationship with a former employee of the lending institution. "While this incident constituted an error in judgment on my part, for which I take full responsibility, I firmly
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        Lock icon ARCHIVES REVEALALLEGED ATTEMPT TO FIRE ON UFO
        135 20 AP A United States fighter pilot flying from an English air base in 1957 was ordered to fire on a massive UFO that lit up his radar, according to an account published by Britain's National Archives on Monday. The unnamed fighter pilot said
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      Lock icon After 60 years, a trade route reopens
      310 24 .AP INDIA-PAKISTAN TIES ISLAMABAD Trucks laden with fruit, honey and spices from the verdant Kashmir Valley rumbled towards the heavily-armed frontier yesterday as India and Pakistan opened a trade route between the two sides of the divided Himalayan region for the first time
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      Lock icon FIREBRAND POLITICIAN ARRESTED FOR ATTACKS
      70 24 AP Police arrested Mr Raj Thackeray, founder of the Maharashtra Reconstruction Party, for inciting violence against migrant workers and sparking a violent rampage through Mumbai by his followers. He has repeatedly advocated violence against migrant workers and accused them of taking jobs from locals. After
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      Lock icon INDIA SHOOTS FORTHE MOON IN ASIAN SPACE RACE
      104 24 AFP India's space programme takes a giant leap today with the launch of its first lunar mission that marks its promotion to the same league as regional powerhouses Japan and China. The unmanned lunar orbiting spacecraft Chandrayaan-i is scheduled to blastoff aboard
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      Engage only accredited agents
      236 28  -  Wilson Lim PROPERTY SCAMS Letter from Executive Director Singapore Accredited Estate Agencies Limited (SAEA) WE REFER to the report, "Rental scams on the rise here" (Oct 13). It is important for the public who may be potential tenants, buyers, landlords and/or sellers to be aware of
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      Think twice before firing 'easy targets'
      198 28  -  Cheryl Liew Letter from Working Mothers Forum, Vice-Chair, Panel of Experts Director, LifeWorkz Pte Ltd I REFER to the article, "Mums-to-be fear getting laid off (Oct 20). At our recent Working Mothers Forum: Mothers Balance-It-All on Oct 11, a similar concern was raised by
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      SAY SAFETY COMES AT A PRICE
      703 30  -  LeeChiu San Singaporeans must be prepared to pay for added protection PEOPLE demand safety and then grumble when told they have to pay for it. The recent announcement that small school buses will be fitted with three-point seat belts over the next few years
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      'Strict nutrition criteria is applied'
      354 31  -  Lam PinWoon HCS LABELLING Key nutrients selected based on health impact Letter from Chief Executive Officer Health Promotion Board WE REFER to the I Say commentary, "Green Light to Health" (Oct 8) by Mr Zhuang Vi Zhong and thank the writer for his feedback. We
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      Disciplinary action has been taken
      116 31  -  Tammy Tan Letter from Vice-President, Corporate Communications SBS Transit WE REFER to the letter, "Still waiting to be served" (Oct 17) by Mr Johnson Wah. We are very sorry that we have lapsed in our service recovery. Certainly this should not be the case and
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      178 31  -  DR BILL MAIER BY DON'T COMPETE WITH BIOLOGICAL PARENTS When it comes to living in a blended family, the key is acceptance and plenty of patience. Children don't always accept a step-parent, and they often reject their love and discipline. Step-parents tend to take this rejection
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      854 32  -  MAYO MARTIN BLINDNESS Julianne Moore and Gael Garcia Bernal on their glimpse of seeing nothing in Cannes mayo@mediacorp. com.sg PLAYING the part of a crazed blind man unexpectedly resurrected a childhood phobia in Gael Garcia Bernal. The Mexican actor known for his roles in Babel and The
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      156 33 Playing blind pays off big time in Hollywood. SCENTOFAWOMAN Al Pacino's role as a blind, retired army officer who makes life hell fora student, played by Chris O'Donnell, earned him an Oscar. It was a remake of a 1974 Italian film, Profumo di Donna. DANCER
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      130 34 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON Gwyneth Paltrow is supporting her friend Madonna through the pop star's divorce. At the premiere of her new film Two lovers in London, Oscar-winner Paltrow said: "She's a very good friend. I'm supporting her in all the ways that I can.
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      539 34  -  GENEVIEVELOH Max Payne's Mila Kunis eats the likes of Mark Wahlberg for breakfast IN LOS ANGELES genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg MILA Kunis loves guns and she loves beating up Mark Wahlberg. But before you start getting visions of a maniacal Jackie from That 70s Show chasing a half-naked
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      196 34 Jury still deadlocked no thanks to papa Spears AGENCIES A second day of deliberations ended without a verdict on Monday in Britney Spears' driving-without-a-licence case. Jurors left for the day after saying earlier that they were hopelessly deadlocked. A foreman said they had voted three times since Friday, and each
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      Do we really need to repeat High School?
      309 36  -  GENEVIEVE LOH MOVIE REVIEW HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR This 'tween behemoth has earned a gazillion dollars for Disney, made superstars out of its baby-faced unknowns, and is widely regarded as "Grease-lite" for the millennium generation. No surprise that the third
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      412 36  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEWTROPICTHUNDER Ben Stiller's new flick is satire most funny genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg A STAR-STUDDED cast gleefully skewering Hollywood's explosions-over-exposition approach and its action films? Sounds like a proposition you'd want to love but expect to fall disappointingly short. Surprisingly, Tropic Thunder manages to eschew that dreaded Hollywood
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      Desperately seeking Osama
      250 37  -  MAYSEAH MOVIE REVIEW WHERE INTHEWORLD IS OSAMA BIN LADEN? IF YOU'VE ever wanted to see Osama bin Laden as a hip-hopping homeboy, this documentary-slash-comedy by the man who brought us Supersize Me will satisfy that odd and somewhat suspicious desire. Director, producer and co-writ-er Morgan Spurlock travels
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      341 37  -  GENEVIEVE LOH MOVIE REVIEW BLINDNESS A WELL-MADE allegory is necessary every now and then to open the world's eyes and illustrate the dystopic notions of power corrupting basic moral principles. However, no one ever wants to be clobbered
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      578 40 GETTY IMAGES EUROPEAN CLUB FOOTBALL The Blues are cruising, but the stylish manager's keeping his feet firmly on the ground Champions League, Group A Chelsea v Roma LONDON Chelsea are unbeaten in the English Premiership and at the midway point of the Champions League group stage,
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      373 40 AFP Champions League, Group D Atletico Madrid v Liverpool MADRID It was to be Fernando Torres' emotional return to his beloved Atletico Madrid but injury means the Liverpool striker misses out tonight's (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) Champions League Group D
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      601 41 AFP CLASH OFTHE GIANTS For the first time in a long time, world No 1 Aussies are made to look hapless Cricket Test India v Australia MOHALI (India) A sizzling performance by Zaheer Khan in the second Test here yesterday helped India to a crushing 320-run win against
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      150 41 Australian skipper Ricky Ponting played down reports yesterday of a row with star fast bowler Brett Lee during the second Test against India. The Sydney Morning Herald carried a front-page story headlined, "How very disaPonting Aussies crack under pressure", referring to an outburst from Lee
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      516 42  -  TANYO-HINN SUZUKI CUP 2008 For now Singapore will play in Bishan if they make Suzuki Cup semis, but... yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg BOTH the semi-finals and final of the Asean Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup in December are played over two legs, home and away. If defending champions Singapore
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      397 42  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER three days of intense competition at the Singapore Sports School's table tennis hall, 20 young paddlers out of 33 hopefuls were identified yesterday for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games to be held here from Aug 14-26. The
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      452 43 MILTON TAN NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 Balestier Khalsa 1 SAFFC 5 SINGAPORE FOOTBALL AT THIS stage it is all about collecting wins, and title contenders SAFFC went about it in style last night, thumping Balestier Khalsa 5--1 at Toa Payoh Stadium to go top of the NTUC
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      184 43 TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE National Olympic Council (SNOC) secretary-general Chris Chan (picture) has been elected a vice-president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). His nomination was approved by the OCA executive board on Monday and formalised at the OCA General Assembly yesterday on the sidelines of the first
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      442 43  -  NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 Dalian Shide v Sengkang Punggol Queenstown Stadium, j.^spm MILTON TAN sports@newstoday.com.sg IN MOST other league competitions, a match between the bottom sides this late into the football season would be dubbed as a relegation six-pointer. While clubs
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      77 42 SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER Asian Champ Urawaßeds Gamba Osaka Wed, 22/10/08 6.30pm S.League Dalian Sengkang Wed, 22/10/08 7.45pm Asian Champ Bunyodkor Adelaide Wed, 22/10/08 8.30pm German League E Frankfurt Karlsruhe Thu, 23/10/08 12.30 am S.League Gombak Geylang Thu, 23/10/08 7.45pm UE Champions and UE Cup matches are
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      421 44 ESTHER FUNG SMALL businesses could be accused of not doing enough to rev up their designs and branding, often leaving such matters to their suppliers or their engineering units. Many companies here market products that are sourced from around Asia but tend to
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      410 46 DOWJONES CREDITCRISIS UK insurer holding its own in spite of global fallout from AIG #s woes LONDON Insurer Prudential PLC yesterday posted a 15 per cent rise in new business sales for the third quarter and said it was monitoring closely what "opportunities" may arise from
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      402 46 AGENCIES ICELAND'S government is "very close" to a rescue deal with the International Monetary Fund that may also include financial help from Nordic neighbours and Japan, Industry Minister Oessur Skarphedinsson said. The fund is preparing a plan to present to the government, which is
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      403 48 CORPORATE CRIME NEW YORK —Investigators are sifting through the remains of the stock-market collapse and housing bust for fresh signs of white-collar crime, targeting the same types of misdeeds that precipitated past market downturns. United States Attorney Benton Campbell of the Eastern District of New
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      548 49  -  LYNETTE KOH Expert delivery services and advice help this company to get its products out swiftly lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg FOR companies with a global outlook, it is not only what they deliver that is important, but, also, when and how they deliver it. Therefore, even though
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      285 49 The iadvisory programme, a key initiative by International Enterprise (IE) Singapore, takes a holistic approach to provide Singapore-based companies with a comprehensive range of knowhow, important for overseas expansion via online and offline channels. iadvisory portal is an online platform that companies can use to
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      242 50 SIAS, the Singapore investors' association, has urged small investors burnt by their holdings in Lehman Brothers-linked bonds to think twice before turning to the courts to seek restitution. Noting that there is already a process set up by the Monetary Authority of Singapore
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        136 50 The Monetary Authority of Singapore said yesterday that it will temporarily permit the three local banks-DBS, OCBC (picture), and UOB-to reappoint their current audit firms beyond five years. The banks may not keep the same auditor for more than five straight years, except with
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        111 50 DOWJONES Singapore-listed First Ship Lease (FSL) Trust has got approval from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to start an American Depository Receipts (ADRs) programme allowing its shares to be traded in the US. FSL said it would announce later when trading of
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        88 50 MediaCorp yesterday has named Great Eastern Holdings chairman Mrs Fang Ai Lian (picture) as joining its board of directors. Mrs Fang is concurrently chairman of Great Eastern Life Assurance, Overseas Assurance Corporation, Great Eastern Life Assurance (Malaysia) and Overseas Assurance Corporation (Malaysia). A chartered accountant by
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        762 51  -  QUAKHIANGWHAI IN THE last few years, we have had enough warnings about malpractice in some quarters, with financial products being pushed at unsuspecting investors. Should it really surprise anyone that there has been mis-selling? Thanks to rapid financial liberalisation, we have seen a proliferation
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      58 52 62 cents I Neutral CIMB downgrades from "Outperform", citing potential hit to earnings as global economic slowdown hurts tourism. Cuts target price to 74 cents from $2.60 after lowering FYOB-10 earnings forecasts and says "re-rating catalysts could include a stabilisation of Thai politics and better-than-expected property sales". The
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      71 52 $1.88 Hold Deutsche Bank downgrades from "Buy" and slashes target price to $1.99 from $6.40. Broker warns that developer's high capital need is a worry and says "a heavy commercial development pipeline and rising risks offshore, especially in key markets China and Vietnam, should continue to weigh on the
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      89 52 19 cents I Neutral CIMB cuts target to 24 cents from 42 cents after lowering FYOB-10 earnings forecasts to reflect lower crude palm oil prices, reducing P/E ratio target to 7.5 from 9. Says stock's undemanding valuations offset by bearish outlook. "Its earnings are highly leveraged to CPO prices
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      104 52 It's Sentosa as you've never seen it. Transformed, in fact. The attractions promised for the new integrated resort there are beginning to take shape, complete with a line-up of dramatic rides at the planned Universal Studios theme park. One of those rides, 'Transformers', will be coming to Singapore
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      460 52  -  KELVIN CHOW FINANCIALCRISIS High costs spur Capita Mall Trust to shelve expansion plans kelvinc@mediacorp.com. sg THE manager of mainboard-listed Capita Mall Trust (CMT) said it will shelve expansion plans for three of its malls due to high construction costs and the competitive environment for resources currently. Capita
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      260 52  -  CONRAD RAJ editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg RESPONDING to the current downturn ravaging global trade, Neptune Orient Lines' container shipping subsidiary APL yesterday announced that it was cutting capacity and making significant changes to its global service network. APL president Eng Aik Meng said: "The traditional
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