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    10 1 TODAY Friday January 23, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    It's all about saving jobs
    825 1  -  CHRISTIE LOH FINANCE MINISTERTHARMAN SHANMUGARATNAM The Resilience Package will not get us out of the recession, as long as the global economy continues to contract. But it will help avert an even sharper downturn, and more lasting damage to the economy. $20.5 BILLION RESILIENCE PACKAGE
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    Jobs Credit Scheme the ace in the pack?
    660 1  -  LOHCHEEKONG cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg FOR a Budget in which cash handouts for families are dwarfed by the billions injected to help businesses stay afloat, households expecting a windfall of goodies could be forgiven for feeling a tinge of disappointment. But with Singapore's middle class
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      218 1 JOBS $5.1 BILLION CREDIT $5.8 BILLION Up to $300 of workers'monthly 'Bridging wage paid by Government loans of up CREDIT •90% subsidy on retraining to $5 million, PAGE 4 courses for PMETs under Spur Government 50% more WIS Special takes on 80% of risk Payment for Government to share risk
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  • NEWS
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      IT'S ALL ABOUT JOBS
      191 2 Under Jobs Credit Scheme, employers get cash grant worth 12 per cent of the first $2,500 of monthly wages for each worker on CPF payroll. First payment in March. PMETs get 90 per cent course subsidy under Spur, available also for selected courses at UniSIM and
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      Lock icon Sharing the wage burden
      545 2  -  LINYANQIN TEOXUANWEI SAVING JOBS Tharman says move an incentive for firms to retain low middle-income staff yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS a move that will lighten the wage-cost burden on employers and hopefully save jobs but this time, employees can breathe a sigh of relief that it will
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      BIG HELP FOR BOSSES
      207 2  -  BENJAMIN TANG TEOXUANWEI POINTOFVIEW General Secretary, Port Officers' Union How far will Jobs Credit go to save jobs, compared to cutting CPF contributions? My first reaction was, 'How come it's not for employees themselves?'. But I realised this will help companies save a big amount on
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      2 YEARS,18,ooo NEW JOBS
      116 2  -  LINYANQIN Over the next two years, 18,000 new jobs will be available in the public sector, but the expansion is not "simply to pad up our ranks", stressed Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, assuring that the Government would remain "lean and efficient". "We are doing this so
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      Better than a GST cut
      515 3  -  ESTHER NG SUPPORTING FAMILIES Keeping GST unchanged funds benefits for low- and middle-income households, saysTharman estherng@mediacorp.com.sg BUDGET 2009 may be highly pro-business but individuals like taxi driver Eric Ng are not complaining. "I suppose the priority is to save business and jobs," he said. "Every
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      Lock icon GOOD START, POSITIVE SIGNAL
      225 3  -  LIMSIEW NICHOLAS ALICIAWONG POINTOFVIEW CEO/director of Ang Mo Kio Family Service Centre How far do you think the measures would go towards benefiting middle-class households? Were they expecting more? I think it would provide temporary relief to help the households wait out the difficult period without
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      A HELPING HAND
      249 3 Households to get double the GST Credits in 2009; payouts in March and July. S&CC rebates of 3 to 4.5 months for those in one-to three-room flats; bigger flats get 1 to 2 months 20% personal income tax rebate forYA2oog, capped at $2,000. Those who lose their
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      Much-needed boost for charities
      359 3  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE welfare groups applauded the slew of measures to help Singapore's "most vulnerable groups", at least one social worker felt that the increase in the public assistance rate (PA) could be much higher. Under Budget 2009, the PA rate for single-person households will
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      Lock icon Easing the credit crunch
      405 4  -  ESTHER FUNG STIMULATING LENDING esther@mediacorp.com.sg COMPANIES have welcomed the Government's move to bear a higher risk of default in Government loan schemes, but several are sceptical that banks will bite. For Wong Brothers shoe factory director Ricardo Wong, getting a bank loan recently was a huge
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      A MATTER OF SURVIVAL
      244 4  -  KELVIN CHOW RENNYYEO POINTOFVIEW President, Singapore Manufacturers' Federation Are the higher risks taken by the Government enough to persuade banks to lend more readily? We think some of the problems are not due to the fact that banks are not willing to lend, but the lack
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      Helping to ease business cashflow
      621 4  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg FOR Kimage Hair Studio director Monica Tan, a generous tax rebate on her six owneroccupied salons in public housing estates is a big relief. Said Ms Tan, who pays a "six-figure" sum on property tax yearly: "We have many salons in HDB
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      IT'S GOOD NEWS FOR STARTUPS
      237 6  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN POINTOFVIEW HOMEGROWN startup Gothere was cited by Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam as an example of "smaller players who are making their mark by bringing innovative ideas to the market". Founded in April last year, the three-man team developed gothere.sg to help drivers and
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      An attractive Singapore
      600 6  -  CHEOWXINYI ANCHORING BUSINESSES cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg BUSINESSES have hailed the 1 percentage point cut in the corporate tax rate, the second time the Government has done so in three years, in a move that Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said will "sharpen our competitiveness". The lowering of the tax rate
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      Lock icon GOOD NEWS FOR CABBIES, TRANSPORT OPERATORS
      276 6  -  LEONGWEE KEAT Premium bus operator VAnilan estimates that he will save at least $2,800 on his fleet of seven buses following the Government's grant of 30 per cent tax rebate for buses, goods vehicles, goods-cum-passen-ger vehicles and taxis for a year, starting July 1.
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      Fund to make Singapore a 'living lab'
      320 6  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg THE $900 million earmarked by the Government over the next few years to develop new capabilities and spur innovation among Singapore enterprises, builds on the foundation laid last year, analysts said. "Even though there are no new tax breaks, the incentives
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      Lock icon To build the best home
      672 8  -  LEONGWEEKEAT sgfjss $4.z>b boost for infrastructure, homes, schools and healthcare weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg THE Government is embarking on a massive building spree, which will improve homes, schools, healthcare and transport facilities across the island. Public sector construction spending will increase "significantly" this year, announced the Finance Minister,
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      Salary arrears double
      412 10  -  ANSLEYNG FOREIGNWORKERS ansley@mediacorp.com. sg THE percentage of foreign workers who complained about salary arrears to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) doubled last year. Of the 757,000 work permit holders in Singapore, 0.4 per cent or about 3,030 workers were embroiled in salary spats, compared to 0.2 per
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    • SINGAPORE PARLIAMENT
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        700 SPOT CHECKS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY
        124 10  -  ANSLEYNG Eight fires, caused by faulty electrical equipment or stoves left unattended, broke out in entertainment spots such as bars and clubs between 2006 and last year. There were no injuries or fatalities. Last year, there was only one incident, Senior Minister of State (Home
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        MHI NO LONGER FLYER'S SOLE CONTRACTOR
        156 10  -  TEOXUANWEI As work began to install the back-up systems for the Singapore Flyer, such as a separate generator (picture), chairman Florian Bollen revealed that the company is no longer relying on Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as its sole contractor. The Flyer decided last weekend to
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        Lock icon NO. OF HOUSEHOLDS BEHIND IN UTILITIES PAYMENT FOR MORE THAN 3 MONTHS DROPS
        127 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA In November, the number of households behind in their utilities payments for more than three months dropped, compared to previous months. This was despite higher water and energy tariffs and the poor economy, Senior Minister
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      305 11 ■IMPS mBHWR^SBx^ a^SSm Sripuram, the golden temple of Mahalakshmi located at j^t -t^— Thirumalaikodi near Vellore stands majestically on a sprawling 55,000 sqft in the midst of lush greenery spread over 100 acres on B*J§S^e" S mother nature's lap. Carved out of 1500 kilos of pure gold by over -f>_
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        Lock icon CHINA BIRD FLU MEASURES
        91 12 AGENCIES China has started a daily bird flu reporting system for poultry and human cases, said the Health Ministry yesterday. All provinces must report every day whether they have had infections. The eastern province of Shandong has also banned the raising of chickens in cities, after
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        Lock icon PAKISTAN ARRESTS MAN LINKED TO LONDON BOMBINGS
        93 12 AP Pakistani police arrested an Al Qaeda suspect believed to be linked to the 2005 London transit bombings, said two Pakistani officials yesterday. Mr Zabi ul Taifi, a Saudi national, was among seven Al Qaeda suspects caught in a raid near Peshawar, sparked
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        M'SIA PROBES COOKIE CHAIN
        101 12 Malaysia's health ministry said yesterday it was investigating the Famous Amos cookie chain after it withdrew dough from several of its outlets amid fears that it was contaminated by the salmonella bacterium. This followed an outbreak of salmonella poisoning in the United States which made at
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        Lock icon S KOREAN BLOGGER CHARGED
        81 12 AP Prosecutors charged a popular South Korean blogger yesterday with spreading false information that they alleged damaged the country's foreign exchange market. Mr Park Dae Sung, known by his pen name "Minerva", said in comments posted on the Internet in December that the government had banned
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      Lock icon Two sentenced to death in China
      352 12 TAINTED-MILK SCANDAL io other defendants get stiff jail terms, Sanlu Group to pay $n-millionfine BEIJING A Chinese court yesterday sentenced two men to death and gave stiff jail terms to 10 others over a milk scandal that led to widespread poisoning of babies in
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      Lock icon Malaysian police on alert for Tamil Tiger leader
      143 14 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is on the alert for Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, saying he may have fled here after troops surrounded his last remaining stronghold. Police chief Musa Hassan told the New Straits Times he had ordered a
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      Lock icon Smugglers back at work
      327 14 THE GUARDIAN GAZA AFTERMATH Pressure on Egypt to prevent weapons smuggling into Gaza GAZA CITY Dozens of Gazan smugglers were back on the border with Egypt yesterday, openly repairing and restarting tunnels between the two territories after three weeks of intense Israeli air strikes. One of
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      Lock icon Israel probes phosphorus use
      249 14 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH TEL AVIV Israel has opened an investigation into allegations that it used white phosphorus munitions to shell civilian districts of Gaza. Human rights activists had accused Israel of violating international law by bombarding built-up areas with the incendiary material. Palestinian hospitals treated dozens of
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      Lock icon Agencies refuse White House photos
      182 16 AP AP. NEW YORK Three news agencies refused to distribute White House-provided photos of President Barack Obama in the Oval Office on Wednesday, arguing that access should have been provided to news photographers. The Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France Presse said the White House
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      Lock icon Guantanamo: the next step
      413 16 THE GUARDIAN NEWS COMMENT CLIVE STAFFORD SMITH AFTER less than a day in business, United States President Barack Obama's office circulated a draft order that would close the Guantanamo Bay prison (picture) within a year. Such an immediate move was a strong statement of purpose, and
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      Lock icon He takes presidential oath – again
      206 18 He takes presidential oath again AP WASHINGTON After the flub heard around the world, President Barack Obama has taken the oath of office. Again. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the oath to Obama on Wednesday night (Thursday morning local time) at the White House a rare do-over. This
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      Lock icon Obama 'not a protectionist'
      399 18  -  RACHEL LIM PRESIDENTIAL OUTLOOK rachdl@mediacorp.com.sg UNITED States President Barack Obama would not fall back on protectionist trade policies, but would likely face pressure from within the Democratic Party to lean in that direction, said former US Ambassador to Singapore Frank Lavin. Mr Obama raised concerns during
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      Lock icon Building on bad times
      340 20  -  Gilbert Goh KeowWah BLOOMBERG RETRAINING Letter from I APPLAUD the move by the Government to incorporate more retraining for those keen on joining the construction industry, so that our unemployed can take on such jobs. This is the right step forward as the industry is lacking
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      ICA queueing system being fine-tuned
      273 20  -  Chia Hui Keng Letter from Head, Public Internal Communications Immigration Checkpoints Authority WE REFER to the letter "Too early for your own good" by Mr Ben Yuen (Jan 6). The e-appointment system is designed to process appointment-holders in slots of 15 minutes for passport collection.
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      218 22  -  DRJAMES DOBSON BY TEACHING INDEPENDENCE How does a child learn to handle freedom and independence? Ittakes a calculated effort by his parents. Teaching your child to deal responsibly with independence is like luring him out of a five-storey window with a rope. You do it little
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      PARDON MY ACCENT
      634 22  -  Ken Hoh I SAY With the influx of foreigners here, we need to be more tolerant and re.s.P.?.*-tfy.!..9.f.P.e.9.P.!.e. I AM Asian by birth and spent a few years in schools in Singapore. I left Singapore when I was young and spent 15 years in North America. As
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      15 20 HAVE YOUR SAY. voices@mediacorp.com.sg Letters and extracts may appear online, on air and in print.
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  • plus NIGHT LIFE
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      PLUS IN ADDITION
      99 26 KAISER CHIEFS IN SINGAPORE English indie rockers Kaiser Chiefs will be performing a one-night concert on April 7, Bpm, at Fort Canning Park, concert promoters LAMC has announced. This quintet from Leeds, known for their energetic rock sets (while wearing porkpie hats!), will be com- ing fresh
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      Lo hei-ho, hey ho!
      455 26 CNY NIGHTS OUT It's going to be a long weekend ...for partying! THE FORBIDDEN CITY Let loose for three straight nights of Oriental Decadence at The Forbidden City in Clarke Quay. Three DJs have been lined up, with R&B tunes tonight, house on Saturday and Top
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      Lock icon CHINESE DEMOCRACY
      810 28  -  PHINWONG MALADJUSTED plus editor phin@mediacorp.com.sg What makes a Chinese person not Chinese enough? I AM a Chinese man. Not breaking news, I understand, but I have learned over the years that it is not something I should take for granted that others can see. Electronic salesmen have tried
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      Lock icon The Love Guru is top of the flops at the Razzies
      392 28 AFP MIKE Myers' flop The Love Guru emerged as the front-runner for Hollywood's least coveted awards show the Razzies on Wednesday, the annual Oscars parody that salutes the worst-of-the-worst. Myers' comedy, about an ice hockey player who enlists the
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      Lock icon HAMMING IT UP
      92 30 GENEVIEVELOH The cast of The Wedding Game (from left): Christopher Lee, Hong Kong actress Alice Lav, Farm Wong, and director Ekachai Uekrongtham (back, standing) at their press conference held at the Raffles City Convention Centre yesterday morning. Ahead of the film's impending Lunar New Year Eve's nationwide
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      Crocodile rock
      342 30  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH INDUSTRY BUZZ christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg WE KNOW it as the popular apparel brand, but Crocodile International has not only sunk its teeth into showbiz, but also the music business. The company, already one of the sponsors of The Wedding Game, is also producing the accompanying motion picture soundtrack. "We
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      Summer of'58
      354 32  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEWTHE READER Tough questions about complicity and guilt genevievdoh@mediacorp.com.sg I HAVE not read Bernhard Schlink's 1997 novel, but Oprah and her book club have which alone should seal the whole from-print-to-screen deal. This R2l film starts with heavy breathing as 15-year-old Michael (David Kross) befriends the
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      Chris Lee and his mighty abs
      217 32  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEW THE WEDDING GAME FOLLOWING a surefire, if not a tad boring, standard rom-com formula, our nation's most marketable celebrity couple Farm Wong and Christopher Lee's (picture) first film together is pleasingly sweet but uninspiring, funny but not hilarious. Celebrated artistes Jack
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      Love no enough
      162 32  -  MAY SEAH MOVIE REVIEW LOVE MATTERS IFYOU'REexpectinga sensitive exploration of Asian romantic relationships that plumbs the depths of human emotion, then you haven't watched a Jack Neo film. If, however, you're expecting Comedy Night humour and trademark heartland dialogue, then you won't be disappointed. Love Matters addresses
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      Taking silliness to an all-new high
      158 33  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH; MOVIE REVIEW ALL'S WELL ENDS WELL 2009 SANDRA Ng returns for more gags and gaffs in this fourth instalment of the popular comedy series. She plays Yu, a successful author and businesswoman who has no time for love. Unfortunately, her younger brother Kei
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      118 33 Tdy: 11.00 am, 1.00, 3.00, 5.00, 7.00, 9.00,11.00pm R isait& Japanese with Chin Subtitles R2l Tdy: 11.00 am, 3.00,5.00, 9.00,11.00pm CAPTIVE FILE 111 14g«Mft Japanese with Chin Subtitles R2l Tdy: 1.00,7.00pm BACKWATERS ffift. English with Chin Subtitles R2l Tdy: 11.30 am, 1.30, 3.30, 5.30, 7.30, 9.30,11.30pm TAMPISAW BMdS# 7aga/og with
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      1148 34 TV LISTINGS ONMEDI AC OR P CHANNEL 0 9 N 9 1^.9.^. BANGED UP ABROAD REUNION DINNER The Sandra Gregory Story S.ooAM Entertainment Tonight Highlights) 9.30 News s Tonight Channel 8 qpm 6.30 Prime Time Morning 2.30 Debbie Travis: Painted House 10.00 Ghost Whisperer IV m okto,iopm g3O The Ellen
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      861 35 M& MUSEUMS ALIVE!f£# %#>/ CELEBRATE THE YEAR OF THE OX WITH US!^tepgHjlff'** National Museum Btf.ffi |M singaporeartmuseum fc| <y, fej J KffM «i a n MTff^fc °fSin9aPOre singaporeartmuseum E civilisations H§Q NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SINGAPORE 71 Bras Basah Road, Singapore *****5 SINGAPORE PHILATELIC MUSEUM fio museum 93 Stamford Road, Singapore
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      Lock icon Goals on their minds, as injured Lions return to squad
      394 36  -  SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg RADOJKO Avramovic's Lions have not scored a goal in more than 310 minutes of football. Their last goal came via Shi Jiayi's 50th-minute free-kick in the 2-0 win over Indonesia at the Senayan Stadium in the group
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      469 37 AGENCIES ENGLISH CLUB FOOTBALL After a scare, Tottenham's main men nurse injuries and tired limbs Carling Cup semi-final, 2nd leg Burnley 3 Tottenham 2 (Spurs win 6-4 on aggregate) LONDON Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has told Sir Alex Ferguson that Manchester United will face a
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      308 37 THEGUARDIAN MANCHESTER Sir Alex Ferguson faces the awkward possibility of going into tomorrow's FA Cup fourth-round tie against Tottenham Hotspur with eight of his defenders unavailable and midfielder Darren Fletcher having to help out in the absence of a senior right-back. While the 4-2
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      608 38 AFP GAME, SET AND MATCH Unheralded 20-year-old dumps Venus in upset of the tournament so far Tennis Australian Open MELBOURNE Sixth seed Venus Williams crashed out of the Australian Open yesterday, losing in the second round to Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro 2-6,6-3,7-5 in the upset of the tournament
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      77 37 BEWARE FESTIVE CYBER CRIME B7 SPORTS ON TV TODAY Bam Tennis Australian Open, Ch 24 gam NBA Celtics v Magic, Ch 23 4.30pm Tennis Australian Open, Ch 24 5m Skiing Alpine Skiing World Cup, Ch 113 8.45pm Cycling Tour Down Under Australia, Ch 113 10.45pm Skiing Alpine Skiing World Cup,
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      472 40  -  TREVORTAN DIGITAL CAMERA REVIEW CANON EOS 5D MARK II YOU'VE probably watched the magnificent full high-definition (HD) video samples shot with this digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera on the Internet. You might even have set aside portions of your limited fortune in spite
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      820 40  -  ERICCHONG HOLIDAY SEASON This is the best time for cyber crooks to strike SINGAPOREANS celebrating the Chinese New Year may typically let down their guard amidst all that shopping and feasting. Cyber criminals can take advantage of the holiday season to lure victims into performing activities
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      496 42  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN SPRING-CLEANING hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg EVEN if you're not a gadget hound, you'll find that your stash of electronics tends to accumulate faster than a dustball. With new gifts from the festive holiday season rendering old ones obsolete and the coming of the Lunar Near Year precipitating a
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      163 42 L j^il^^ BH^ f JH^^V^. 11l I IN CINEMAS 25 JANUARY 2009 A glorious, delightful and touching romantic comedy that unveils the truths behind the year's most anticipated celebrity wedding. THE WEDDING GAME begins when Jack (Christopher Lee) publicly proposes to Vikki (Farm Wong) during the live telecast of a
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      129 42 After a minor rally in the first half of the year, global A| w stock markets continued to slide for the rest of 2008. S& I In response, policy makers from the major economies f^'iT"^^ stepped in with measures to arrest falling stock prices and address the global credit crunch.
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      371 44 AGENCIES i^F 53" SHANGHAI An abrupt slowdown in China's economy, confirmed by government data yesterday, has dealt a sharp blow to any hopes the Asian giant might spark a global recovery soon, analysts said. The world's third-largest economy has taken such a beating in recent months that
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      171 44 AP TOKYO Japan's central bank kept its already-low interest rate unchanged at 0.1 per cent yesterday, but sharply downgraded its outlook for the world's secondlargest economy amid an ever-deepening recession. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) predicts the country's gross domestic product will shrink 1.8 per
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      161 44 AGENCIES THE British pound fell to its lowest level against the US dollar since Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister and a record low against the yen on fears over a banking sector collapse and speculation the government will have to nationalise banks. "The UK's imploding,"
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      455 45  -  TAN HUILENG AGENCIES Q4 RESULTS Capita Mall Trust and Maple Tree Logistics Trust to focus on optimising yields, preserving cash flow huileng@mediacorp.com.sg THE rapidly deteriorating economic climate may be hitting the property sector hard, but Capita Mall Trust (CMT) and MapleTree Logistics Trust (MLT) are
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      276 45 AGENCIES MICROSOFT Corp is to cut 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months. At the same time, the company reported an 11-per-cent drop in fiscal second-quarter net income. The cuts, which make up about 5.5 per cent of the company's approximately 91,000--strong work force,
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        61 46 24 cents I Underperform Macquarie keeps its call and cuts the target price to 15 cents from 20 cents, based on 0.2 times price-to-book value to assume low capacity utilisation this year. The brokerage says that if Chartered's overall utilisation stays around 30 per cent for the rest
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        98 46 Disclaimer: Readers should seek independent financial advice before making any investment decision. Today cannot be held liable for any consequence arising from the use of this information. MARKET INFO *****1 Wednesday 1,704.52 T 1.09% Tuesday 1,723.37 T 1.35% Monday 1,746.99 A 0.96% Friday i,73°-45
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      55 46 In what is the first initial share offering on the Singapore Exchange this year, travel agency Westminster Travel's 43 million shares were fully subscribed via placement at 23.5 cents each at the close of the exercise yesterday. Shares of the 35-year-old Hong Kong-based firm will start
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      94 46 BLOOMBERG KEPPEL Corp, the world's biggest maker of shallow-water oil rigs, reported yesterday its first quarterly profit drop in more than five years because of weakening crude prices and a lower contribution from its property unit. Net income fell 2 per cent to $263 million
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      181 46 AGENCIES THE immediate market response to the "extraordinary" Budget was anything but extraordinary. Trading was muted on the Singapore Exchange yesterday, with only 863 million shares worth $972 million changing hands. The benchmark Straits Times Index rose 4.25 points, or 0.25 per cent, to 1,708.77,
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