Today, 7 January 2009

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    10 1 TODAY Wednesday January 7, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    COLUMN
    37 1  -  Maria Siow Professional healthcare ethics are increasingly being called into question in China, which has yet to put in place a system that ensures patients' safety while creating a credible medical disputes resolution process. Page 17
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    COMMENT
    37 1 Hedging or rigging? SGX continues to investigate the spike in the price of Capita Mall Trust shares, but more still needs to be done to shed light on market manipulators, says Editor-At-Large Conrad Raj. Page Bl
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    WORLD
    34 1 Popularity gauge The battle for the Kuala Terengganu seat starts to heat up as campaigning in the byelection, seen as a major test for Malaysian Deputy Premier Najib Razak, began yesterday. Page 14
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    BUSINESS
    34 1 The Market St lot Capita Commercial Trust has scrapped plans to redevelop the car park into a Grade A office building in light of the uncertain market outlook, among other factors. Page B3
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    Pump prices up
    70 1 Pump prices have gone up forthefirsttimein nearly six months. Shell led the 4-cent hike on all grades of petrol and diesel yesterday afternoon, followed by ExxonMobil and later Caltex at upm. As of press time, SPC had not tweaked prices. A litre of Regular 95 petrol is
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    Lock icon Here's sunny hope for the short-sighted
    467 1  -  ALICIAWONG DON'T stare at the sun or you'll go blind, mothers rightly warn their children. But a few hours of safe playing in the sunlight could, on the other hand, do wonders for their eyesight. If scientists are right, the antidote to short-sight-edness a
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    Lock icon Locked out of war zone
    647 1 AGENCIES MEDIA IN GAZA Israel draws flak for ban on foreign reporters, correspondents EREZ CROSSING (Israel) In recent days, more than 300 reporters and senior correspondents, from CNN's Christiane Amanpour to BBCs Middle-East editor Jeremy Bowen, have been streaming into Israel, their gateway to the
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    5 times more courses, including diplomas
    452 1  -  TEOXUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg FROM this month, workers looking to bump up their qualifications with a diploma will get a financial helping hand. Polytechnic courses just became part of an expanded list of courses available under the government-sponsored Skills Programme for Upgrading and Resilience (Spur). The
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  • NEWS
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      The big question mark
      508 2  -  ALICIAWONG RETRENCHMENTS Workers most at risk not as easily identifiable as before alicia@mediacorp.com.sg WE KNOW lay-offs will rise this year, and certain industries such as the export-oriented manufacturing and eletronics sectors are likely to be hardest hit. But which groups of workers are most at risk
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      Lock icon Pray for me, pleads blogger
      619 3  -  ANSLEYNG WAR IN GAZA Civilians have taken it upon themselves to record ongoing battle for Netizens worldwide ansley@mediacorp.com.sg ONE blogger, Mr Sameh Habeeb, told of how a Palestinian mother died with her four children in an Israeli F-16 air strike. Another who calls her blog
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      Lock icon Hamas in Egypt for truce talks
      321 3 AGENCIES CAIRO A Hamas delegation arrived in the Egyptian capital yesterday to discuss an Egyptproposed ceasefire with Israel, even as Israeli President Shimon Peres blasted European efforts and said the Jewish state wasn't concerned about its international image. Egypt has a peace deal with
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      Lock icon 'Red-shirts' threaten to foil Asean meet
      380 4 AFP THAI POLITICS Pro-Thaksin loyalists call Foreign Minister Kasit a 'terrorist' BANGKOK In what appears to be a tit-for-tat, supporters of Thailand's exiled former PremierThaksin Shinawatra are threatening to foil the Asean Summit next month, after their yel-low-shirted rivals did so last year. Red-clad
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      Lock icon Ex-committee chairman charged
      466 6  -  ZULOTHMAN LAGUNAPARK CASE Businessman accused of vandalising property at East Coast estate zul@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN the possibility of a collective sale for Laguna Park was announced in December 2007, some residents held back, hoping this would drive up the estate's value. But things turned ugly later at the
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      Lock icon Cop charged with graft
      190 6  -  ZULOTHMAN A POLICE officer was charged in a district court yesterday for receiving bribes from a pub operator in 2003. Mr Ganesan Maniam (picture) a staff sergeant attached to the Secret Societies Branch allegedly received two loans of $4,000 and $2,000 from pub operator Andrew Rajendran
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      Lock icon Its not arbitrary
      440 8  -  LEONG WEE KEAT APPEAL DISMISSED Court said temple's acquisition based on planning factors weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg AN APPEAL by three devotees to get back the site of their 66-year-old temple off Bartley Road has been dismissed. In an 18-page judgment released on Monday, the Court of Appeal rejected the
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        BODIES DUE BACK YESTERDAY
        64 8 The bodies of two more Singaporean men who died in the Santika Club blaze in Bangkok on Jan l were to be brought home yesterday evening. Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its embassy in Bangkok were assisting the families of Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore
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        54 NABBED IN 3-HOUR RAID
        64 8 In a three-hour operation on Monday night, more than 100 officers from Jurong Police Division, the Criminal Investigation Department and the Gurkha Contingent nabbed 54 vice and immigration offenders in the forested area near Woodlands Aye 4 and 9. The 38 men and 16 women
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      Kids the priority, especially now
      505 10  -  LOHCHEEKONG UNICEFCONFERENCE cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg THE impact may be felt especially in Asia's developing countries, but even in affluent societies such as Hong Kong and Singapore, children are hardly immune from the impact of the economic downturn. As far as social protection is concerned, the "most important
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      Lock icon OPTIONAL UN PROTOCOL COMES INTO EFFECT
      116 10 938 LIVE An Optional United Nations Protocol, that calls for the protection of children from being involved in armed conflict and from being recruited into armies, will come into effect this Sunday in Singapore, which ratified the protocol on Dec 11. The Republic has
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      Economic crisis stalls education, fuels child labour
      344 10  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com. sg SOME children here may like the idea of not having ever to go to school, but for children in developing countries, the prospect of missing school is real and daunting. The global economic crisis and the resulting loss of
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      Lock icon Making therapy portable
      514 12  -  SUFIAN SUDERMAN POLYTECHNIC INNOVATIONS Students invent mobile devices to make treatment convenient sufian@mediacorp.com.sg YOU are an office worker. Maybe your back aches. Maybe you are one or will be one of the 160 new patients with lower-back pain whom the physiotherapy depart- ment at Singapore General Hospital
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Heading into a critical by-election
      583 14 AGENCIES MALAYSIAN POLITICS KUALA TERENGGANU Campaigning kicked off yesterday in a critical by-election seen as a test of the Malaysian government's popularity since disastrous losses in national polls last year. "We must ensure we win this election. We must regain our political strength and influence,"
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      Lock icon Malaysia mulls cyber court
      147 14 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is considering establishing a "cyber court" to deal with the increasing number of crimes related to the Internet and blogging. Communications Minister Shaziman Abu Mansor said more than 30 Internet-linked cases had been submitted to the country's Attorney-General in the past three
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        ABHISIT DECLINES BULLET-PROOF CAR
        159 15 Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has refused to use a bulletproof car despite receiving many death threats. Mr Abhisit declined to stop using his official car and ride the bullet-proof model instead, said a report by The Nation. His uncomfortable security team had told him they did
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        Lock icon BIRD FLU RE-EMERGES IN CHINA AND VIETNAM, ONE DEAD
        152 15 AFP Bird flu re-emerged as a threat in Asia yesterday after China reported the disease killed a woman in Beijing and Vietnam said a girl had contracted the virus. The cases are the first involving humans in the two countries in
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        Lock icon BRITISH SUICIDES DROPPED 40% AFTER JULY 2005 BOMBINGS
        139 15 AFP The number of suicides in England and Wales fell by about 40 per cent after the July 2005 bombings in London, scientists revealed yesterday, echoing a trend also seen after the Sept ii, 2001, attacks. Two British researchers found a "small
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      Lock icon Pakistan had a hand, says India
      392 15 AP MUMBAI ATTACKS Indian PM stopped just short of directly accusing Islamabad of aiding gunmen NEW DELHI The authorities in Pakistan "must have had" a hand in the deadly Mumbai siege, India's Prime Minister said yesterday, stopping just short of directly accusing Islamabad of
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        Lock icon SOUTH KOREA'S OPPOSITION ENDS OCCUPATION OF PARLIAMENT
        120 16 AP Opposition lawmakers ended their violent, 12-day siege of South Korea's Parliament yesterday after blocking a United States free trade deal and other legislation. Democratic Party legislators had occupied the National Assembly on Dec 26, fending off security guards last week in scuffles
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        Lock icon CHINA TO BOOST LOW-PRICE HOUSING
        124 16 AFP China said yesterday that real-estate prices remained too high for many Chinese, vowing to provide cheap housing for millions of low-income families. "We will get the job done on fund raising and land supply to make sure that the target of boosting low-price housing
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        Lock icon MAN HUNT FOR AXE MURDER SUSPECT LAUNCHED
        127 16 AFP Police in central China have launched a manhunt for a love-lorn junk collector suspected in the axe murders of eight people, including a two-year-old boy, state media reported yesterday. The eight victims were found on Monday in Suizhou. Hubei province with head
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      Lock icon Be patient: Aso
      279 16 AP JAPANESE POLITICS Japanese PM rejects calls for resignation despite growing public frustration TOKYO Increasingly unpopular Japanese Prime MinisterTaro Aso rejected calls yesterday for his resignation, insisting he needs to steer the world's second-largest economy out of recession. Mr Aso's support now stands at just 20 per
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      PASSING THE BUCK TO PATIENTS
      772 17  -  MARIA SIOW TODAY IN CHINA east asia bureau chief mariasiow@mediacorp.com.sg MR ZHANG'S seven-month-old son died just three days after he fell ill. The infant had been taken to three different hospitals in Xiamen, and three different diagnoses and medications were dispensed, according to a local
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      Lock icon Madoff's special mail while under house arrest
      239 18 AP,THE DAILYTELEGRAPH WASHINGTON Mr Bernard Madoff, the Wall Street fund manager accused of a US$5O billion ($73.9 billion) fraud, should be jailed immediately for mailing "very valuable" jewellery to his relatives while under house arrest, US prosecutors have argued. Mr Madoff will remain
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      Lock icon Paycheques could get bigger
      313 18 AGENCIES OBAMA PLAN WASHINGTON President-elect Barack Obama has demanded bold action on his near US$BOO billion ($l.lB trillion) stimulus plan, warning Congress would send the economy into a deeper hole if it failed to act swiftly. Mr Obama touted a sweetener of US$3OO billion in tax
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      Lock icon Stakes rise in gas standoff
      380 19 AGENCIES FUEL FIGHT Russia cuts supply to Europe by two-thirds KIEV (Ukraine) Russia's Gazprom has cut natural gas supplies to Europe by about two-thirds, raising the stakes in a spiralling dispute between the two neighbours that bodes ill for European consumers. A spokesman for Ukraine's
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      Lock icon Seizure killed Jett Travolta: Autopsy
      198 19 AFP FREEPORT (Bahamas) -Jett Travolta's (picture) ashes were to be returned to the United States yesterday four days after the 16-year-old collapsed in his celebrity parents' holiday home in the Bahamas. Doctors performed an autopsy on the body of actor John Travolta's son on Monday
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      Lock icon MySpace: Sex, drugs and violence for teens
      189 19 BLOOMBERG NEWYORK Sex, drugs and violence mark the majority of MySpace.com postings by 18-year-olds, a study found, potentially hurtingjob prospects and drawing sexual predators. In a search of 500 publicly accessible MySpace profiles, 54 per cent had items on risky behaviour such as
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      Watch your balance
      267 20  -  Leong Sze Hian CREDIT CARDS A little-known pitfall on how interest is charged on balance-transfer credit cards Letter from I REFER to the report "New credit card rules aimed at protecting consumers" (Dec 19). The biggest potential pitfall of balance transfer credit cards is invariably absent in
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      Our saving grace
      194 20  -  Jeffrey Law Lee Beng Letter from I AM heartened by the report, "Goodness gracious him" (Jan 2), especially the setting up of a company, Gracious Singapore Limited. It is a timely move. We must ask ourselves why our sense of graciousness leaves much to be desired. We
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      FOCUS" ON THE FAMILY
      224 22  -  DRJAMES DOBSON BY............ HANG IN THERE, PARENTS Someone once said that life is like giving a violin concert in public, and learning to play it as you go. Actually, that sounds a lot like raising children. It seems that being a good parent is becoming more
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      The tears of my mother
      290 22  -  Desmond Koh BOUQUETS The Little Nyonya is reminiscent of my Peranakan mum's travails, heritage Letter from I HAVE not been a fan of any drama series for a long time. However, the trailer release of the MediaCorp TV Channel 8 drama The Little Nyonya caught
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        196 24  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH MOVIE REVIEW RED CLIFF II THE war has reached a stalemate: Even as Prime Minister Cao Cao (Zhang Fenyi) plans to cross the Yangtze and take Red Cliff, his troops are struck down by disease. Meanwhile, the alliance between Liv Bei (You Yong) and Sun
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        396 24  -  GENEVIEVE LOH AWARDS SEASON The Golden Globes point the way to Oscar gold and Today wants to be a part of it genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg THE smell of January brings about new resolutions, fresh beginnings and, most important, red carpets. The highly anticipated slew of awards shows descends
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        105 24 surprise kßig love for the nuanced and overlooked performance of Vicky Cristina Barcelona's Rebecca Hall, as well as Tropic Thundefs (picture) scurrilously hilarious Tom Cruise and Robert Downey Jr all in supporting roles in the Motion Picture Musical or Comedy categories. Critics have scoffed at Cruise's nomination for
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        WHEREFORE ART THOU, DARK KNIGHT?
        53 24 How is it remotely possible that The Dark Knight not get a nomination for Best Motion Picture Drama or a Best Director nod for the brilliant Christopher Nolan? Yes, Heath Ledger got a deserving posthumous nod, but it's still daylight robbery for The Dark Knight,
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        97 24 Musical or Comedy. rsurpnse [After being scarred by his atrociously bad acting in a slew of even worse movies, Colin Farrell, in our books, was pretty much written off as a pretty boy without talent. But In Bruges (picture) was surprisingly funny and surprisingly dark
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        THE MISSING POPULAR CLIQUE
        68 25 Of course Angie and Brad are both there for Changeling and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, respectively (although questionably so), but where in the world are Cate Blanchett, Will Smith (picture) and Clint Eastwood? We're all for I the underdogs but with I their stellar
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        NO MILK
        116 25 surprise *5 It s the omission or one or the most important films of the I "^ar: Milk. (Read review on age 26) So much for Hollywood being opposed to Proposition 8. The egregious error of ignoring a film of Milk's importance, especially in today's context, is astonishing.
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          123 25 Over 1.67 million viewers tuned in to watch the finale of the MediaCorp TV Channel 8 drama The Little Nyonya on Monday night, trumping the 1.49 million who tuned in to watch Singapore's inaugural Formula 1 night race, making it the most-watched television programme in 15
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        Milk hits the spot
        399 26  -  PHIN WONG MOVIE REVIEW MILK Scan Perm's performance is something to behold phin@ mediacorp.com.sg IN 1977, Harvey Milk became the first openly gay man in American history to be voted into public office as City Supervisor in San Francisco. He was assassinated the next year. The
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        284 27  -  RACHEL GETTING MARRIED GENEVIEVE LOH MOVIE REVIEW DRUG addiction, sibling rivalries, family dysfunction, car crashes and a whole lot of bad attitude. Rachel Getting Married might sound like rip-roaring, wallowing melodrama. But what is so refreshing is how Jonathan Demme (in his best work since Silence of
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      1116 28 TV LISTINGS ON MEDJACORP CHANNEL 0 ON MEDIACORP DRAMASUTRA FACE TO FACE Cucuku Sayann II S.ooAM Entertainment Tonight 5.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show Dog (Finale, Available in True Channel NewsAsia, 7.31pm 12.31am 6.30 Prime Time Morning David Cook (American Idol HD on HD5) buna, g.3opn^^^^^^^ 9.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
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      658 29 AGENCIES ENGLISH CLUB FOOTBALL Angered over United contract delays, Argentinean eyes Real Madrid League Cup, semi-final Derby County v Manchester United LONDON Manchester United are prepared to throw Carlos Tevez back into action in the first leg of their League Cup semi-final at Derby County tonight
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      327 29 THEGUARDIAN LONDON Alex Ferguson has said a win over Chelsea on Sunday will put Manchester United in a strong position as the season heads towards its conclusion, or "squeaky bum time" as he once described it. United can move within one point of
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      239 30 THEGUARDIAN LONDON Jermain Defoe is on the verge of completing a return to Tottenham after a fee was agreed with Portsmouth for the England striker. Spurs chairman Daniel Levy and Pompey chief executive Peter Storrie have been in talks over the weekend to
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      Lock icon City under siege
      461 30 THEGUARDIAN TRANSFER TRAIL MANCHESTER Mark Hughes (above) has identified a small but influential group of Manchester City players he fears are trying to lead a dressing-room mutiny against him. There has already been one meeting at which the ringleaders shared their grievances, and a fringe player has
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      551 31  -  TANYO-HINN MIDDLE EAST MISSION Indra and Precious put aside hunt for new S-League homes ahead of Iran clash yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg WITH just over five weeks to go until the NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2009 season kicks off, Indra Sahdan and Precious Emuejeraye are still without clubs after their
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      Lock icon Bolt is set to go even faster, says coach Mills
      262 31 KINGSTON Glen Mills, coach of triple Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt, has identified three major things to fix in the sprinter's starting for the forthcoming season. Bolt erupted on the world stage in 2008, winning an unprecedented Olympic sprint treble
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      65 31 SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER E League Cup Derby Manchester Utd Thu, 08/01/09 3.45 am Spanish Cup Sporting Gijon Valladolid Thu, 08/01/09 4.00 am Spanish Cup Racing Valencia Thu, 08/01/09 4.00 am Spanish Cup Sevilla Deportivo Thu, 08/01/09 4.00 am I Spanish Cup Osasuna Bilbao Fri, 09/01/09 4.00
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      71 31 SPORTS ON TV TODAY gam A Football Gmac Bowl: Tulsa v Ball State, Ch 23 9.30 am Tennis Hopman Cup: USA v Germany, Ch 24 6pm Tennis JB Group Classic, Ch 22 gpm Tennis Qatar Open, Ch 24 TOMORROW 12.15 am Biathlon World Cup: Oberhof, Ch 113 3.40 am Football
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      676 32 938 LIVE SURVIVETHE RECESSION BUSINESS consultants have warned that smaller companies may find it harder to ride out the current economic slowdown. But Mr Ivan Lee, chief executive officer of Thai Express, professes to be unfazed by the turmoil. This is in large part because he had
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      478 34 BLOOMBERG SLUMP IN AUTO SALES US December sales dive 36% in face of buyer pessimism AMERICAN auto sales plunged 36 per cent last month, dragging the industry's volume last year to a 16-year low as the recession ravaged demand. General Motors' (GM) annual total was the
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      348 34 THE efforts of Apple Inc chief executive officer Steve Jobs to reassure followers about his health have left some investors with more questions than answers. "I don't know that the message they've given us gives me comfort that Steve will return to
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      Foreign banks may sell stakes in China banks: Analysts
      359 35 INTERNATIONAL investment banks may be gearing up to sell their stakes in Chinese mainland banks, as soon as the Chinese gov-ernment-mandated lock-up periods expire, so as to shore up depleting capital resources. This is according to analysts quoted in a report
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      430 35  -  CONRAD RAJ SHIPPING Company seeking credit protection editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg ARMADA (Singapore), one of the world's leading dry bulk shipping companies, has fallen victim to the current global economic turmoil and is seeking protection from its creditors to safeguard its assets as it restructures its business.
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      338 36  -  SFI ACQUISITION Merger to result in savings of up to $15 million a year KELVIN CHOW kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg AMID opposition from some small shareholders, Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats) yesterday trotted out statistics to show the merits of a proposed marriage with Singapore Food Industries (SFI). Inviting
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      Market Street car park to stay
      280 37 CAPITACOMMERCIAL TRUST CAPITACOMMERCIAL Trust (CCT) has scrapped plans to redevelop the Market Street car park into a grade A office building, which could have cost up to $1.5 billion. "The manager, after taking into consideration the uncertain market outlook, tight credit conditions, high redevelopment
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      141 37 TAN HUI LENG CHANGI Airports International (CAI) has reportedly bought a 26-per-cent stake in Bengal Aerotropolis Projects. The Economic Times in India quoted the managing director of West Bengal Industrial Development Corp Subrata Gupta as saying that CAI bought the stake through its
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        Lock icon DERIVATIVES AND ETFTRADING HIT RECORDS ON SGX
        71 37 BLOOMBERG The Singapore Exchange said the number of derivatives and the value of exchange-traded funds transacted on the bourse climbed to records last year. Investors traded almost 62 million derivatives contracts, about 38 per cent higher than in 2007, the exchange said yesterday.
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        NEW COO FOR STARHUB
        97 37 Star Hub has appointed MrTanTong Hai (picture) as its chief operating officer (COO), the telco said yesterday. He joins on Jan 15 and will report directly to chief executive officer Terry Clontz. The COO position had been vacant since MrYong Lum Seng left in 2006. MrTan
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        SEMBENVIRO CHIEF QUITS
        59 37 Mr Heng Chiang Gnee, 54, quit as chief executive officer (CEO) of Sembcorp Environment with effect from Jan i, to "pursue personal interests", parent company Sembcorp Industries said yesterday in a stock exchange filing. He became SembEnviro's CEO in Nov 2005, after Ms Loh Wai Kiew left
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        Lock icon BNP PARIBAS GETS NEW CHIEF
        67 37 DOWJONES BNP Paribas has appointed Mr Johnson Tan the chief executive of its Singapore brokerage, BNP Paribas Capital (Singapore), as well as regional head of corporate finance for South-east Asia. MrTan was previously a managing director of corporate finance for Macquarie Group. He will be
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        67 38 28.5 cents Buy DBS Vickers reiterates call with a 34 cents target price, saying China's "recent stimulus package includes plans for environmental protection that could be beneficial to waste and water treatment companies". The brokerage also notes Epure has strong net cash holdings of 14 cents per share
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        64 38 $5.25 Neutral Merrill Lynch maintains call, but cuts target price to $5.00 from $5.25, based on a sum-of-parts approach to reflect in part a reduced valuation for its associate Singapore Petroleum Co. "While well-positioned in offshore and marine, Keppel's exposure to property, refining and telecoms presents both earnings uncertainty
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        ST ENGINEERING
        95 38 $2.54 I Buy DBS Vickers upgrades call from "Hold" but keeps target price at $2.80. Brokerage notes ST Engineering's ability to secure newcontracts despite economic downturn, after it landed about $2 bil worth of new orders over the last two quarters. Broker says that ST Engineering's cash hoard
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        17 38 Monday 1,924.87 A 5.20% Friday 1,829.71 A 3.87% Thursday Closed Wednesday 1,761.56 T 0.51%
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        27 38 Hang Seng 15,509.51 T 0.35% Nikkei 9,080.84 A 0.42% Shanghai 1,937.15 A 3.00% Seoul 1,194.28 A 1.76% Mumbai 10,335.93 A 0.59% KLComp 922.23 A 0.17%
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      WAS IT HEDGING, OR RIGGING?
      682 38  -  CONRAD RAJ BUSINESS COMMENT Was spike in Capita Mall Trust share price a case of market manipulation? editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS good that the Singapore Exchange (SGX) is not letting the spike in the price of CapitaMall Trust shares on Dec 29 pass. The stock
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      645 38  -  ESTHER FUNG Venture capitalists and angel investors become more selective; affected firms start layoffs esther@mediacorp.com.sg AMID the financing woes plaguing businesses now, biotechnology firms here say that they have it tougher than most. These firms, which tend to burn large amounts of cash before finally
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