Today, 22 January 2009

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    10 1 TODAY Thursday January 22, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Lock icon Zero or negative inflation: MTI
    522 1  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S news consumers have been waiting for: Expect zero or even I negative inflation this year. As commodity prices plumu met amid a global slowdown, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) is easing its inflation forecast for 2009, after earlier
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    'Sharpest, longest' recession ever
    774 1  -  LINYANQIN MTI'S GDP FORECAST: -2TO -5% yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg IN THE best case scenario, the Singapore economy would shrink by 2 per cent —just shy of the record 2.4-per-cent contraction eight years ago and rebound in the later half of this year on the back of good global
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      119 1 i BUDGET OPTIONS Is it time to unlock the national reserves? NEWS 4 BUDGET 2009 ONTV J\ 3.30PM Finance Minister's Budget Statement BPM Finance Minister's Budget Forum with businessmen, economists, unionists and grassroots leaders 10PM One-hour Singapore Business Tonight special ON RADIO 938 3.30PM Finance Minister's Budget Statement 7PM Panel
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Last Israeli troops leave
      382 2 AGENCIES CONFLICT IN GAZA JERUSALEM The last of the Israeli soldiers in Gaza Strip left the territory yesterday morning, some 13 hours after Mr Barack Obama was sworn in as the new American President. The timing of the pullout is seen as a move on Israel's
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      Employers more reluctant to wield axe?
      323 2  -  LINYANQIN THOUGH officials yesterday reiterated that unemployment could reach the levels seen in previous recessions, they would not get more specific saying the exact numbers would depend on how employers respond to the slowdown in business activity. "Firms have greater flexibility now to manage
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      TTSH clears up cardio issue
      762 3  -  ONG DAI LIN MEDICAL MATTERS Hospital responds to claims by Dr Lee Wei Ling dailin@mediacorp.com.sg HE WENT through the pain last year of losing a friend who died of a heart attack. He had been rushed to Tan Tock Seng Hospital. So, when he read
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      Lock icon Will Govt dip deep into reserves?
      863 4  -  LOHCHEEKONG ECONOMICCRISIS Economists suggest stimulus package could add up to $20-25 billion cheekong@mediacorp.com. sg WITH Singapore staring at what might be its worst recession ever, the Budget to be unveiled today has taken on an added significance even more so after senior Government leaders
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      Great Wheel Corp faces lawsuit over alleged rent default
      518 4  -  TEOXUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg GREAT Wheel Corporation, which built the Singapore Flyer, is facing a lawsuit for allegedly defaulting on two months' rent. Today has learnt that landlord Hub Synergy filed a statement of claim this month over $71,302 in rental arrears allegedly
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      Lock icon Bargain hunters trawl the stores
      786 6  -  ONG DAI LIN CHINESE NEWYEAR dailin@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE a queue snaked outside a bak kwa stall along North Bridge Road despite a 10-per-cent price hike for the popular barbecued meat, the owner of a herbs and dried goods shop in Chinatown was prepared to sell at
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    • Article
      Big car COEs plunge to $200
      263 6 THE last time the Certificate of Entitlement (COE) premiums for big cars plunged to a historic low of $50 was at the start of the Asian financial crisis in 1997. On the cusp of a worse recession, COEs for big cars have again plummeted
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    • Article
      CHANGES IN ERP RATES
      99 6 ERP rates at several gantries will go down from Feb 2. Gantries that will see a $1 reduction are at Eunos Link (weekdays, 7am to 7.30 am) and the Bugis-Marina Centre Cordon (Saturdays, 3pm to spm). Roads that will see a 50-cent drop on weekdays are
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      Staying connected when you fly
      765 8  -  NEO CHAI CHIN IN TOULOUSE SIA'S FLEET RENEWAL iPhone/iPod connectivity in all classes on A 330 planes chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg EVEN as it forges ahead with fleet renewal and received the first of 19 Airbus A330-300s yesterday in Toulouse, Singapore Airlines (SIA) is keeping an eye on
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      Court bailiff seizes $50,000 worth of The Arena's equipment
      285 10  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS action of a different kind than what The Arena usually plays host to when a court bailiff appeared at the nightclub yesterday morning. The bailiff was there to enforce a High Court judgment ordering the club's owners
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      Bickering bugs the big boss
      483 10  -  CONRAD RAJ SICC SQUABBLE editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg THE constant bickering at the swanky Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) has once again become a cause of concern for its chairman, former top civil servant Koh Yong Guan. Writing in the December issue of the club's news magazine,
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        NLB LAUNCHES 'PROJECT DELIVER ME'
        88 12 For library members who are physically challenged and unable to visit the libraries, the National Library Board (NLB) has launched a free home delivery service. Project Deliver Me will involve volunteers who will select and deliver library materials from books to DVDs—to the doorsteps of
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        Lock icon PRIMARY EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT
        131 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Recommendations to improve Singapore's primary education system will be out next week. Education Minister Ng Eng Hen said the report compiled opinions collected from focus group meetings with teachers and parents. Many called for changes to boost the confidence of children, expand existing schools, build
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      Lock icon A toast to the senior set
      498 12  -  ESTHER NG MATURE WORKERS Keeping fit is a way of ensuring that you can keep that job beyond retirement estherng@mediacorp.com.sg MR LIM Loi Jee is every bit a lean and sprightly 66-year-old. He used to run a lot when he was younger. But when
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      117 11 My life is all about second chances. It began when my mother was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis. I was later diagnosed with liver cancer. Me, the fit, active PE teacher Imagine my shock. Determined to be well, I began chemotherapy. Not long after that, my life really fell apart. In
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      Lock icon Obama seeks to halt trials
      444 14 THE GUARDIAN, AGENCIES GUANTANAMO TRIBUNALS Newly-inaugurated President's motion will be considered today by militaryjudges WASHINGTON In his first major act as United States President, Mr Barack Obama has requested a suspension of the controversial Guantanamo Bay military tribunals. Within hours of taking office, the Obama
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      Lock icon Communism, dissent cut from Obama speech
      205 14 AGENCIES SHANGHAI The official Chinese translation of United States President Barack Obama's inauguration speech was missing his references to communism and dissent, while a live broadcast on China's state television quickly cut away to the anchor when the topic was mentioned. But the efforts
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      Lock icon A CHIDING CALL FOR CHANGE
      712 16  -  DAVID E SANGER THE NEWYORKTIMES NEWS ANALYSIS Obama rejects the Bush era and vows to reclaim America's values WASHINGTON Barack Obama's Inaugural Address on Tuesday was a stark repudiation of the era of Mr George W Bush and the ideological certainties that surrounded it, wrapped
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon BIRD FLU EPIDEMIC UNLIKELY: CHINA HEALTH MINISTRY
        123 18 AGENCIES China's Health Ministry said yesterday there was no evidence of a large-scale outbreak of bird flu even though the country has reported four cases-three of which were fatal -this month. The ministry said the illnesses, which have been scattered across different provinces,
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        MALAYSIA REJECTS PROPOSAL FOR RACE RELATIONS LAW
        124 18 The Malaysian cabinet has rejected a proposal for a Race Relations law aimed at uniting the various races in the country, Bernama news agency reported. Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister Mohd Shafie Apdal said in the report that the cabinet decided that
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        SANTIKA BLAZE SURVIVOR FILES FIRST CONSUMER SUIT FOR DAMAGES
        121 18 A survivor of the Santika club fire that killed 66 people in the early hours of New Year's Day in Bangkok filed the first consumer suit against the club owners Tuesday, seeking six million baht ($258,170) in damages, the Bangkok Post
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      Lock icon Chens relatives plead guilty
      233 18 AFP MONEY-LAUNDERING TAIPEI Three relatives of Taiwan's former President Chen Shui-bian pleaded guilty to charges of money laundering yesterday, as part of a massive corruption case in which the exleader has been implicated. Mr Chen's son, Chen Chihchung, his daughter-in-law, Huang Jui-chin, (both in picture) and
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      Lock icon Malaysia ruling party member faces bribery charge
      153 18 AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's newly revamped anti-graft watchdog will charge a senior ruling party leader with bribery, an official said yesterday, amid mounting pressure on the government to combat corruption. The Malaysian Anti-Cor-ruption Commission said in a statement that a United Malays National
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      Lock icon LASTING PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST...
      665 20  -  ILAN BEN-DOV NEWS COMMENT Accepting the existence of a Jewish state there, and abandoning the dream of destroying it is the answer Israeli Ambassador to Singapore THREE weeks of fighting in Gaza have once again put the Middle East at the focal point of
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      Doesn't experience count any more?
      159 22  -  Paul Antony Fernandez Letter from I AM an O-level holder with a couple of professional certificates. I have been looking for a job since August, but the search has thus far proven fruitless. Every day, when I browse through the employment advertisements, I find that
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      We need relief, too
      243 22  -  Uma ASINGLE MUM'S PLEA I am unmarried but have legally adopted a child; shouldn't I be accorded same benefits as other mums? Letter from I AM a single mum with a legally adopted five-year-old child who is a Singapore citizen. According to Inland Revenue Authority of
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      SHORT TAKE
      111 22  -  VERALIEW FREE MILK FOR SCHOOLKIDS? LETTER FROM With the economy taking a nasty dive in these coming months, new parents who are facing possible job instability will be among the worst-hit. In view of this, the government can help such couples tide over this difficult period with milk
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      277 26  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY IUICM MEN AND WOMEN, WOMEN AND MEN Here's a provocative question for you: Who needs the opposite sex more? Males or females? For centuries, it's been believed that the single women were the ones who were most lost. They were often called
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      Think like private firms
      261 26  -  Felix Ng Hong Peow TOWN COUNCIL FUNDS Make access to financial statements easier—after all, an estate's residents are contributing stakeholders Letter from I HAVE attempted to look for financial statements of the individual Town Councils (TCs) on their websites to get a better understanding of how
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      Left frustrated by ez-link transition
      163 26  -  M Lukshumayeh Letter from THE new ez-link card was launched with much publicity, but I wonder if the relevant authorities were prepared for the exercise. When a relative of mine went to Toa Payoh MRT station on Tuesday, she was informed by the SMRT staff
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      The shops' role in BYOB movement
      141 26  -  Loh Wei Letter from THE Bring Your Own Bag (BYOB) campaign doesn't seem to have had the desired effect, both on patrons in stores and on the cashiers at the counter. Many cashiers still give away plastic bags to carry small items, not bothering
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    • Letter
      Why your personal data is safe
      294 26  -  Darren Thomson Letter from President Life Insurance Association (LIA), Singapore WE REFER to the letter from Mr Chin Kee Thou, "Policyholders need to know data is safe" (Jan 19). The Life Insurance Association would like to assure Mr Chin and all policyholders that life
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      310 22 I LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR I Send your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg I Letters and extracts may appear I online, on air and in print. I t^* v/&u«_t! We Are Open ihroughout j* \Mf\m\r New Ye«_xr o> (ii \§J3/ Wishing you a fabulous year ahead... Apr_m filled with good luck, laughter, joy and
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      156 22 HAVE YOUR SAY. voices@mediacorp.com.sg Study UOL with the National l^ B"*^ Accountancy Body INFO TALK 22 Jan (Thu),7pm FREE foundation courses Registerat 10% discount for enrolment uol@saa.org.sg J May 2009. University of London s^^^^^ Lead College: London School of Economics Political Science (LSE) W. SAA Bridging Course for relevant Polytechnic
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      243 24 fl I A HAIRCARE ft m.' WWfM I 1 I 1 I .ll^ 1 II n li__od__l _____k .Ik >*_. __v^ 4 H\ »B_k. X Dandruff I Olesya Glukhova 31 y rs old Manager j I With Singapore's warm weather and work stress, I started having dandruff and it got
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      203 25 A +v\ _^W _____a___\ m t-*^ i I I Overall Weight Gain K_L^^M_^9r ll I I Catherina Kok 23 y rs old Web Producer p^^^ Pi I --l^ Sedt _o^^ and with the lack of exercises, I mV Wei9ht Start6d t0 eSCalate bey°nd contr°l- My confidence plunged because I couldnl
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      265 26 A-__.iT* Specialist Diploma in ✓Certified Counsellors CMdrenwithSpecialNeeds www.certifiedcounsellors.org HotllllC ?6339 5411 All courses are conducted by ACC School of Counselling and Psychology (MOE Reg. N0.2233), the training division of Academy of Certified Counsellors. VOICES ON RADIO 938Livewill be hosting a post-Budget discussion this LI k%k Friday, and two MPs llij
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      65 27 ar What it takes to treat liver cancer What it takes to lower the risk of liver cancer: Hepatitis B vaccination Hepatitis B infection increases the risk of liver cancer by 100 times. Get vaccinated against Hepatitis B to significantly lower your risk. Call 1800 223 1313 or visit www.hpb.gov.sg
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      Lock icon Turn on. Tune in. ROCK ON
      824 30  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH LIVE *N'LOADED Channel s#s5 #s latest music programme hopes to showcase some of S #pore #s brightest sparks christophertoh@mediacorp.com. sg WHILE music competitions such as Project Superstar, Singapore Idol, Anugerah Band and Live the Dream have, to varying degrees, boosted the profiles of
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      Lock icon Michelle premieres The Gown
      351 32 AP PRESIDENTIAL FASHIO Mrs Obama shelves the bling and flaunts her arms AMERICAN First Lady Michelle Obama celebrated her husband's inauguration on Tuesday night wearing a white chiffon, one-shoulder gown covered in fluffy applique and beading that will now become part of fashion history. Designed by
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      MediaCorp scores big at New York fest
      237 32  -  MAYO MARTIN CHALK one up for local television. MediaCorp scored big at the recent 2009 New York Festivals International TV Programming and Promotion Awards, and Film and Video Awards. The media company hauled in two gold medals, four silvers, a bronze and 10
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    • Monday I'm in love
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        HOLD ON TIGHT HEY MONDAY
        200 34 It's been a long time since alt-pop/emo rock sounded this exciting—the last instance probably being Avril Lavigne's debut album. People will compare lead singer Cassadee Pope to Lavigne or even Paramore's Hayley Williams simply because, well, she does sound a little like them. But take
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        A DIFFERENT ME KEYSHIA COLE
        115 34 With time signature shifts and clever arrangements, this album by Keyshia Cole has all the ingredients of a fun R&B album, even if Cole was quoted as saying the lyrics are "a little mature". However, it's the kind of album that takes repeated listening before
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        LIVE IN GDANSK DAVID GILMOUR
        120 34 This two-CD set is notable for two things: It's one of the last recorded moments David Gilmour had with fellow Pink Floyd member Richard Wright before he died last year, and this show, recorded at Poland's Gdansk shipyards, was the only show on his 2006
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        AFRICAN REGGAE VARIOUS
        93 34 There's something about reggae music that, no matter the language it's sung in, still manages to convey images of lying back on a hammock in the lazy sun, sipping an ice-cold drink from a tall glass. This album features contributions from African artistes who've taken the form
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        95 34 SAMMY HAGAR This man doesn't seem to tire. You'd think he'd be kicking back with a tequila by now, but no, Sammy Hagar just won't quit. This album, which is full of the riffs and rawk of Hagar's typical Americana rock, isn't his best effort, and his
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        95 34 Formed in 2007 by female lead singer Senda Aisa, male vocalist Harry, as well as MC 40 and DJ Chung Hua, Taiwanese hip-hop quartet Da Mouth made a name for themselves when they beat favourites Nan Quan Mama and Soler for the Best Singing Group Award
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      395 36  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH NEW SENSATION Thai piano man ToR tickles the ivories christophertoh@mediacorp.com. sg PRACTICE, as many musicians will tell you, is a necessary part of their life. But they don't all have to like it. Take Thai singer/pianist Saksit "ToR" Vejsupaporn, for example. He's the hot young talent who
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      491 38  -  ANNETTE TAN Braising abalone with black mushrooms and fresh greens renders a classic mix of flavours that never goes out of style food@newstoday.com.sg This is a classic Chinese dish in which abalone plays the starring role. The flavours are well rounded yet clean and the
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      779 40  -  AMYVAN NOT JUST FOR NEWYEAR Feast on exquisite Chinese dishes all year round in this affordable food capital traveller@newstoday.com. sg "TO BE born in Suzhou, to live in Hangzhou, to eat in Guangzhou and to die in Liuzhou." Beautiful people, lovely scenery, delicious food and solid
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      132 40 There are several notable attractions in Guangzhou. One is the 2,000-year-old tomb of the King of Nanyue on Xianggang Hill. Discovered by chance in 1983, the chamber 20m underground revealed Han-period chariots, cooking utensils and musical instruments, as well as the body of the king wrapped in
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      249 42  -  JENNIFERCHEN THERE is plenty of fine food and wine in Australia, but occasions where some of the world's most inspiring chefs congregate to share ideas and give cooking classes? Not so common. Which is why the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival held from March 7 to
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      97 42 LIKE WATER FOR LUCK Greet the new year on water for extra luck. Star Cruises is offering a one-night, pre-reunion dinner sail on its mega ship, the SuperStarVirgo, for $190 per person, all inclusive. To book the Jan 23 or 24 departure, call Star Cruises at 6223 0002.
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      931 44 TV LISTINGS ON MEDJACOR CHANNEL °N MEDiA(CORP DRAMASUTRA DIV MY HOME SsdiQ &Co 6.00 AM Entertainment Tonight 4.00 Heroes Presentation) Channel 8 8 r -j nnm 6.30 Prime Time Morning Don't Look Back (Available in 9.30 NewssTonight 'J'- g_^o The Ellen DeGeneres Show VI True HD on HDS) 10.00 American
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      Lock icon School sports get prime-time spot on TV
      361 45  -  LOW LIN FHOONG THEY'RE a generation of youngsters schooled in Facebook, You Tube and blogs, but for youth athletes Meldee Ching and Venetia Lai, nothing quite beats a starring role on the good old television. The two The Convent of the Holy Infant
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      547 45  -  LEONARD THOMAS SPORTS MATTERS sports editor leonard@mediacorp.com.sg Recent events call into questionLLosh #s position as athletics chief SIX days ago, a little more than a year after she joined the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) armed with big dreams for track and field, Christina Tay,
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      Lock icon Out to woo Wu
      597 46  -  PHILIPGOH SINGAPORE SPORTS Taiwan's "Little Genius'joins Cuesports Singapore and sets the fraternity abuzz philipgoh@mediacorp.com.sg THE local cuesports fraternity is buzzing with news that 2005 Double World Pool champion Wu Chia Ching is being wooed to represent Singapore under the Foreign Sports Talent (FST) scheme. And it
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      Lock icon Lv, Sugiyama lead Asian charge down under
      320 46 AFP MELBOURNE Taiwan's Lv YenHsun shocked 10th seed David Nalbandian, while Japanese veteran Ai Sugiyama set up a glamour tie with Jelena Jankovic on a sparkling day for Asia at the Australian Open yesterday. But Indian icon Sania Mirza crashed out, losing 6-3,6-2
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      436 47 AGENCIES ENGLISH CLUB FOOTBALL Man United count the bruising costs after scraping into League Cup final English League Cup, semi-final 2nd leg Man United 4 Derby 2 (United win 4-3 on aggregate) MANCHESTER What should have been a regal procession for Manchester United along the
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      Lock icon AIG TO END UNITED SHIRT DEAL NEXT YEAR
      111 47 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH Insurance company AIG have confirmed they will not be renewing their shirt sponsorship deal with Manchester United. AIG have pledged to honour their four-year agreement, unlike when Vodafone gave six months' notice of their intention to terminate in 2006. United
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      Lock icon Robinho faces hefty fine for walk-out
      239 47 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH MANCHESTER Robinho will face the maximum fine available to Manchester City unless he can explain why he disappeared from the club's training camp in Tenerife and returned to Brazil to sort out "a family matter". The Brazilian left City's base on the
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      364 47 MELBOURNE Switzerland's Roger Federer said he was expecting a tough test from Russian dangerman Marat Safin after setting up an "intriguing" third-round clash at the Australian Open yesterday. The two former world No 1 s, who have never played so early at
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      93 46 SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER Spanish Cup Bilbao Sporting Cijon Fri, 23/01/09 3.00 am Italian Cup Lazio Torino Fri, 23/01/09 4.00 am Spanish Cup Mallorca Real Betis Fri, 23/01/09 4.00 am E Cup Derby Nottingham Sat, 24/01/09 3.45 am ||TTrTJT-Y73 Hong Bao Night at |*»J* 'JtiKl'l*-L__________l| Paradiz and
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      81 47 SPORTS ON TV TODAY Bam Tennis Australian Open, C.124 10am Basketball Clemson v North Carolina, Ch 23 4.30pm Tennis Australian Open, Ch24 5.30pm Racing Rally IRC Monte Carlo, Ch 113 8.45pm Cycling Tour Down Under Australia, Ch 113 10.45pm Racing Rally IRC Monte Carlo, Ch 113 TOMORROW 3.55 am Football
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      416 48  -  CONRAD RAJ INVESTING IN REAL ESTATE editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE many are predicting nothing but gloom and doom for the property sector, not only in Singapore but worldwide, SG Private Banking thinks the outlook will improve later in the year and that this will
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      Lock icon In dreary times, IBM is sunny about 2009
      477 50 AP TECH COMPANIES Company believes it can outmanoeuvre financial crisis by focusing on services and software deals IN WHAT promises to be a dismal year for tech spending, IBM Corp packed a wallop of a surprise with its 2009 profit guidance: The
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      260 50 BLOOMBERG BHP BILLITON, the world's largest mining company, may take US$l.7 billion ($2.5 billion) in one-time charges, after closing the Ravensthorpe mine (picture) in Australia and slashing 6,000 jobs as the global recession curbs demand for minerals. The Melbourne-based company
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      280 51 BLOOMBERG INTEL Corp. the world's largest chipmaker, faces a loss this quarter, ending its more than 21-year run of profitability. "We are not going to wake up in six months with everything rosy again," chief executive Paul Otellini told employees last week
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      Lock icon Construction bids start in Q2 for terminal
      157 52 DOW JONES NEWSWIRES SINGAPORE is expected to start seeking bids in the second quarter for constructing its first liquefied natural gas terminal, said the Energy Market Authority (EMA). Seeking tenders for engineering, procurement and construction signals that the plant is on track to
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      137 52 DBS DBS yesterday said its $4-billion rights issue was fully subscribed at the close on Jan 20. "Based on initial tallies, the rights issue is over subscribed," said DBS. "Acceptances and excess applications have been received for more than the total number of rights
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      222 53 A SINGAPOREAN has, for the first time, taken on the regional post of vice-chair-man of ÜBS Investment Bank in Asia. The Swiss banking giant yesterday revealed the appointment of Mr Timothy Chia Chee Ming (picture), who will also continue his duties as group chief
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      Lock icon KepLand Q4 profit slumps 88 per cent
      406 53  -  CHEOWXINYI DOWJONES NEWSWIRES EARNING RESULTS Net profit for the three months was $68.51x1, down from $572.31x1 a year ago MAINBOARD-LISTED Keppel Land said yesterday that its fourth-quarter net profit fell 88 per cent on lower sales and lack of one-time gains, and it
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        61 54 69.5 cents I Hold Citigroup maintains its rating for the Reit but cuts the target price to 64 cents from 81 cents to reflect a more bearish view on the office sector. "Aside from oversupply in the office market, we are now concerned about falling demand and potential
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        64 54 15 cents I Hold Standard and Poor's Equity Research keeps its call on the sporting goods distributor, but cuts the target price to 17 cents from 24 cents after lowering the FYO9 earnings forecast as well as valuation parameters to reflect increased uncertainties. Despite the weak retail environment, "the
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        113 54 $1.54 I Underperform Daiwa keeps its and cuts the target price to $1.40 from $1.52 on lowered earnings forecasts following the release of FYOB results.The brokerage cuts Mi's FYO9 and FYIO net profit forecasts by 8.9 and 9.9 per cent, respectively, to reflect a decline in the roaming business
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        5-DAY STI CLOSING
        19 54 Tuesday 1,723-37 T 1-35°/° Monday 1,746-99 A 0.96% Friday Thursday 1,730-45 1,704.06 A 1-55°/° T 3-W/°
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        27 54 iang Seng 12,583.63 T 2.90% Jikkei 7,901.64 T 2.04% lhanghai 1,985.02 T 0.46% ieoul 1,103.61 T 2.06% /lumbai 8,779.17 T 3-53% ;LComp 873.41 T 0.79%
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        22 54 JS$i :i $1,505 ¥100 Si.673 $2,068 HK$ioo $19-39 euro k$i !Mi $1,942 RMB100 $22.00 $0,976 RS100 $3,057 $0,416 RPio,ooo $1,341
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      98 54 OCBC OCBC Bank held a Chinese New Year dinner on Tuesday for over 600 small and medium enterprise customers. At the dinner, OCBC's chairman, Dr Cheong Choong Kong (third from left), offered a toast to the SME customers, wishing them a year of abundance. Mr Linus
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      No relief from gloom
      531 54  -  CHEOWXINYI SINGAPORETRADE IE Singapore slashes economic projections, expects trade to decline 17 to 19 per cent cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg THE assessment was telling in what was missing scarcely a bright spot could be found in the Government's trade outlook for this year. Yesterday, trade promotion agency IE Singapore
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      329 54  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg DESPITE the turbulent economic climate, about four in 10 aerospace companies here expect the local industry to grew between 1 and 10 per cent this year, according to a survey commissioned by the Association of Aerospace Industries Singapore (AAIS). The
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      519 54  -  KELVIN CHOW kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE lower oil prices may have offered some relief for fuel-reliant companies, the drop may mean millions in hedging losses for local carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA), say analysts. According to the calculations of Dr Chua Hak Bin, head of Citi Singapore
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      232 51 Celebrate th|Magic at Changi Airport The perfect start to a prosperous New Year! Ring in the festive cheer amidst dazzling lights and decorations at Changi Airport this Chinese New Year. With a host of festive shopping deals, it's the perfect way to invite good fortune in this season of renewal
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