Today, 6 February 2009

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    Masthead
    10 1 TODAY Friday February 6, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    COLUMN
    20 1 Phin Wong Our Plus Editor unveils his plan to help us win an Oscar. HDB KTVKing, anyone? Page 38
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    COMMENT
    33 1 Obama's bank error The US President's move to cap salaries in companies receiving substantial assistance will not work argues The Daily Telegraph. Pay should be set by boards, not governments. Page Bl
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    WORLD
    24 1 Weapon of choice Israel's ambassador to Sweden was hit when a shoe and books were thrown at him at Stockholm University. Page 22
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    The right Budget for the times
    64 1 Some of the suggestions by the MPs do have merit. But we cannot implement every meritorious proposal without considering carefully what we are able to afford... With a basic deficit of 6-per-cent of GDP in FY2009, we believe that this is the right Budget
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    Freed to be bold
    477 1  -  LOHCHEEKONG WHYTAP RESERVES cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg THE efficiency with which the President's in-principle approval was given to unlock the national reserves for the first time, has seen Government backbenchers and Opposition leaders querying the robustness of the two-key system safeguarding Singapore's nest egg. Yesterday, Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam
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    How some bloggers set the tone
    585 1  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com. sg WHEN blogger Rachel Chung read some unkind comments by netizens over the fiery attack on Yio Chu Rang MP Seng Han Thong last month, she felt compelled to respond. "I blogged that some people condoned the attacker and felt
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  • NEWS
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      Police beefing up resources
      611 2  -  LEONGWEEKEAT HOME AFFAIRS But public expectations have to be set right, saysShanmugam weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS "one of the more stressful days" in Nominated MP Siew Kum Hong's life. He and a companion were in Jurong conducting surveys on whether there should be a by-election when they
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      Is Mas Selamat still on the radar?
      235 2  -  LEONGWEE KEAT WITH the economy on most Singaporeans' minds, one Member of Parliament questioned if terrorism was still on their radar. "I noticed that many Singaporeans have forgotten about Mas Selamat (Kastari), and our Community Engagement Programme with regards to terrorism has slackened,"
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      More bang for the buck
      498 3  -  LOHCHEEKONG Budget was designed for immediate impact and long-term survival, says Finance Minister cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg BY HIS own admission, Budget 2009 was not comprehensive enough. And this is despite the fact that the $20.5 billion package dwarfs previous Budgets, and the fiscal deficit that Singapore would
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      WHY NO UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS OR INSURANCE?
      190 3  -  LINYANQIN A system of unemployment benefits would not help Singapore, as it reduces the incentive for the unemployed to find jobs, said Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, in response to some MPs' suggestions. "The weight of evidence clearly shows that such schemes ultimately lead to
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      WHY NO GST CUT?
      251 3  -  ESTHER FUNG The Government did consider a temporary cut in the 7 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate, but decided against it as "it would not have had a desired impact on demand and on the economy", said Finance MinisterTharman Shanmugaratnam. Similar cuts elsewhere
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      WHY NO BIGGER CUT IN INCOMETAX?
      190 3 Raising the income cap of $2,000 for the personal income tax rebate, which some have argued for, would benefit only a small proportion of the population, "at a high cost to revenue", said the Finance Minister. "Only the top 5 percent of our resident
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      Lock icon BN man to head Perak
      370 4 MALAYSIAN POLITICS Opposition refuses royal command to give up state control IPOH The Sultan of Perak has consented to the selection of Pangkor assemblyman Zambry Abdul Kadir as the new Mentri Besar, as the political turmoil deepened yesterday after the opposition Pakatan Rakyat refused a
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      New citizens get help to fit in
      425 6  -  LINYANQIN NATIONAL INTEGRATION COUNCIL There's scope for more concerted effort: DPM Wong yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg SHE has chosen to become a Singaporean after living here for nine years, not just because she feels it would be the best place to raise her children. Having spent
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      MPs file fewer 'cuts'
      275 6  -  LEONGWEE KEAT WITH the Budget debate ended, Members of Parliament are now scrutinising each ministry's expenditure and plans and the number of "cuts" they have filed in order to speak has fallen from 401 last year to 373. In the process known as the Committee of
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      Lock icon The 3Es to eldercare
      647 8  -  NEOCHAICHIN NEOCHAICHIN AGEING ISSUES MCYS to spend $18 million on support facilities to keep seniors "socially engaged' chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg THE Government is taking a hard look at financing the long-term care of older Singaporeans, and yesterday Minister-in-Charge of Ageing Issues Lim Boon Heng broached the idea of
      NTUCELDERCARE  -  647 words
    • Article
      Go after the prostitutes' clients: MP
      292 8  -  LEONG WEE KEAT IF YOU pay for sex with a prostitute working for a pimp, you should be prosecuted. This is the "policy shift" being considered in the United Kingdom and Wales that MP Christopher de Souza (HollandBukit Timah GRC) believes Singapore needs as
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      S'pore prisons among safest, despite attack on inmate
      254 10  -  LEONGWEEKEAT A RECENT incident of a prisoner who was allegedly sodomised and assaulted by his fellow inmates was an episode "straight out of prison movies", said Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Sylvia Lim. The three inmates involved have been charged in court. And
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      Keeping out the regional cowboys'
      673 10  -  ANSLEYNG TIMESHARE TRADE Case wants Act to keep errant companies in check ansley@mediacorp.com. sg THE rules have been in place to shield customers from errant traders a three-day cooling off period in case the consumer changes his mind and no undue pressure to close a
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      Lock icon Forensic clues set tone for case
      390 15  -  LEONGWEEKEAT CONDO SITE MURDER weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS an on-off relationship that finally seemed to be heading somewhere. After her wedding plans were shelved once when she found out that her fiance was a married man Indonesian maid Yulia Afiyanti told friends that she was
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    • Article
      SMRT passes on tax rebate
      142 15 SMRT will be giving the full savings of about $900,000 from the Government's road tax rebate to its taxi drivers on Feb 28. The one-off payment of $306 per hirer will be credited directly into bank accounts. The move from SMRT, which operates a fleet
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    • Article
      Six charged for unnatural offences against minor
      218 15  -  LEONGWEEKEAT SIX men were charged last Thursday with committing unnatural offences with a 15-year-old male student some time between 2006 and 2007. Two of the six men Ng Geng Whye and Balasundram Suppiah each faces a charge of carnal intercourse against the order
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Chen Shui-bian's relative pleads guilty
      124 16 AFP TAIPEI The sister-in-law of former Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian pleaded guilty yesterday to money laundering charges. "I am guilty," Mr Chen's sister-in-law, Ms Chen Chun-ying told a Taipei court while her lawyer claimed that she did not profit from the alleged crime as she
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      Supreme Court 'most corrupt'
      347 16 INDONESIA'S LEGAL SYSTEM Survey by govt commission also implicates other courts JAKARTA Indonesia's Supreme Court has been named as the most corrupt public institution this year by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). The KPK had commissioned a survey questioning 9,390 people last year on their perceptions
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      Lock icon Taiwan mulls bridge to China
      276 16 AGENCIES TAIPEI Taiwan is considering building a bridge from one of its islands to mainland China, in what is seen as another sign of warming ties. President Ma Ying-jeou asked his top economic planners to conduct a feasibility study last year when he visited Kinmen,
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      Lock icon Drought hits China farm areas
      194 16 AFP BEIJING Parts of China are experiencing their worst drought in half a century, threatening the water supply of millions of people and putting the winter harvest at risk, said The China Daily. The dry spell has spread rapidly across seven key agricultural provinces, triggering
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      Lock icon ANWAR'S ACHILLES HEEL
      437 18 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER HE DID something that no one in 50 years could ever do. He united the disparate opposition, and in one fell swoop, captured four states from Barisan Nasional (BN) and made it lose its customary two-thirds parliamentary majority. Mr Anwar Ibrahim, however, has an
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        MAN DIES AFTER REJECTION BY 14 HOSPITALS
        123 18 Japan A Japanese man injured in a traffic accident died after paramedics spent more than an hour negotiating with 14 hospitals before one admitted him, said a fire department official on Wednesday. The man,69, waited in an ambulance because the hospitals called cited
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        GIRLATTEMPTSSUICIDETOSAVE DAD
        114 18 China A 13-year-old girl in China is in a critical condition after trying to commit suicide so that her liver could be given to her cancer-stricken father. Chen Jin tried to kill herself last month after discovering a medical report in her mother's purse saying her father was
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        MPS PLAN TO MEETTHAKSIN
        124 19 Thailand A group of 30 MPs allied to Thailand's former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra may meet MrThaksin in Cambodia or Laos in the coming weeks. "Thaksin's brother, Payap, is in charge of organising the meeting," said Mr Sakda Kongphet, a Pheu Thai MP, in a report by
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        Lock icon NATION SQUANDERED RICH RESOURCES
        118 19 DPA Cambodia Cambodia's political elite has put the country's economic future at risk by squandering its rich natural resources, said Global Witness, an international environmental and anti-corruption group. The report accused Prime Minister Hun Sen and the ruling Cambodian People's Party of allocating contracts "behind closed
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT MAY LIFT BAN ON FILIPINOSWORKING IN IRAQ
        124 19 AFP Philippines The Philippine government is to send a delegation to Iraq next week to evaluate whether to lift a ban on Filipinos working there. The mission will include members of the labour and foreign affairs departments. President Gloria Arroyo banned the
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      Lock icon Govt rejects Tiger talks
      387 19 AFP SRI LANKA CONFLICT It vows instead to crush the cornered rebels by force COLOMBO The Sri Lankan government yesterday rejected a United States-led call to negotiate with the Tamil Tigers, vowing instead to crush the cornered rebels by force despite mounting evidence of civilian casualties.
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      Lock icon THE UNTHINKABLE OPTION
      741 20  -  ROGER COHEN AFP THENEWYORKTIMES NEWS COMMENT BarackObama has a tough task ahead of him dealing with Iran WASHINGTON When it comes to Iran, the choice of metaphor is limited. "I would never take a military option off the table," Mr Barack Obama declared during the campaign, a
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      Lock icon Clinton sees smaller role for security contractors
      184 20 .AFP WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (picture) pledged to reduce the government's use of private security contractors abroad. Mrs Clinton said a review of the firms' role was being carried out following a series of scandals over the conduct of contractors
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      Lock icon US searches for new base
      408 21 THENEWYORKTIMES WAR IN AFGHANISTAN WASHINGTON The Obama administration scrambled on Wednesday to come up with an alternative to a crucial United States air base in Central Asia, used to supply the growing military operation in Afghanistan, after the president of Kyrgyzstan ordered the American base
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      Lock icon Obama signs children's health Bill
      234 21 AFP WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a Bill extending medical care to an extra 4 million children, which he said was a "down payment" on his vow to guarantee health benefits to all Americans. The legislation represents an early victory for
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      Lock icon British govt accused of suppressing evidence
      416 22 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH, THE GUARDIAN TORTURE ROW Judges say US had threatened to stop sharing intelligence LONDON The British government was accused on Wednesday of hiding behind claims of a threat to national security to suppress evidence of torture by the CIA on a British
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      Lock icon Shoe, books hurled at Israeli envoy
      178 22 DPA STOCKHOLM Israel's ambassador to Sweden was hit when a shoe and books were thrown at him as he was giving a lecture at Stockholm University. Mr Benny Dagan was talking about upcoming elections in his country on Wednesday night when the objects were
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    • Article
      Lock icon Arms ship freed from Somali pirates
      154 22 AFP KIEV An arms-laden Ukrainian cargo ship captured by Somali pirates has been freed after the intervention of secret services, according to Ukraine. "On February 4 the ship was freed after a very difficult operation carried out by the Ukrainian special services in cooperation
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      Errant bus driving won't be tolerated
      151 24  -  Tammy Tan Letter from Vice-President, Corporate Communications SBS Transit Ltd WE REFER to the letter, "Bad drivers pose a danger to both cyclists, passengers" by Mr Lai Yongquan (Jan 28). We are truly sorry for the distress and inconvenience caused to Mr Lai and
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      Dont scrap exams
      319 24  -  Tan Ben Mathias A student moots the benefits of tests, if conducted right Letter from I REFER to "Do away with exams" (Feb 4). While I note the many benefits of placing greater emphasis on holistic development as opposed to an exam-based approach, we should not do
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    • SHORT TAKES
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        WE LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES
        60 24  -  PRI 4 STUDENT AMIRAH AMIR (TEMASEK PRIMARY) School should not only be a learning ground for academia but also a place to make us better people in life. We should also be allowed to make mistakes in school and to learn from them, and educators
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        LET STUDENTS PURSUETHEIR INTERESTS
        93 24  -  KENNETH CHENG JING WEN I was not allowed to take Literature in Sec 3 because only a handful of students had chosen the subject and a class could not be formed. But the MOE should start a class regardless of demand. It is definitely not fair
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      244 26  -  DR JAMES DOBSON J o TI BY TO FIGHT OR NOT TO FIGHT When a married couple disagrees about something, should they have a showdown or should they just say, "ah, well, let it go"? I heard about one couple celebrating their silver wedding anniversary. The
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      Lock icon CRISIS? YOU CAN BET ON IT
      679 26  -  Tabitha Wang Bad omens abound, but that's not keeping the masses away from HK #s 4D voices@mediacorp.com.sg IN A place like Hong Kong, where the difference of one digit in your flat number can mean a gap in value of HK$l million ($195,000) or
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    • Letter
      Relief drivers need recession relief, too
      263 26  -  Daniel Tan Letter from I AM a relief driver of a Comfort taxi, covering the hirer for the night shift from Monday to Saturday, spm to sam. I read your report, "Comfort Relief (Jan 30). The relief that the company is giving to taxi
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      716 30  - That's Sabretooth, Tintin and Bond GENEVIEVE LOH TODAY EXCLUSIVE Defiance's Schreiber and Bell on their upcoming roles and vbig bro James Bond in los angeles genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg THEY couldn't be any more different: One is an intense, impossibly tall, imposing American father of two from New York who graduated from Yale
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        78 32 It's a global visual arts fest of sorts this weekend at Wessex Village Square along Portsdown Road, when resident artists from Singapore, Brazil, Serbia, Australia, the United States, France, Italy, Sweden, Holland, Germany and Jordan open up their studios to exhibit works around the theme "Falling in
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        68 32 Are you above 50 and itching to act? The Necessary Stage, with support from the Council for Third Age, is holding theatre workshops for senior members of the community under bilingual theatre director and playwright Lee Chee Keng. The courses include those on acting, playwrighting, directing, as
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        60 32 Short+Sweet is now calling for entries and registration from interested parties for this year's edition, which will take place in June. Submit your 10-minute play or apply for directing or acting chores at www.shortandsweet.org/shortsweet/singapore.Jhe annual event will take place from June 24 to July 18 and is expected
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      397 34  -  GENEVIEVELOH LOCAL FILM Singapore Film Commission sets aside another $2m for 3D film fund genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg IN THIS doom and gloom economic climate, it's heartening to know at least one industry still believes in surging forward and creating new opportunities. Following the establishment of the $10--million 3D development
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      655 40  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SBA SHORTFALL Association tighten belt while stepping up youth development linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg BREAKING the piggybank is usually the last option for any organisation. But with the very real possibility of ending FY2OOB/09 on March 31 in the red, the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA)
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      341 40  -  SHAMIR OSMAN FINISHING fourth in 2007 and fifth place last year, Gombak United have been a thorn in the side of the "Big Three". While club chairman John Yap has set his eight-year-old club a modest target for the 14th
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      431 41  -  LOWLINFHOONG SINGAPORE NETBALL linfhoong@mediacorp.com. sg THE sun, sand and sea are not typically associated with netball, but the sport is getting a fun, sexy makeover next month. In what is a first for Singapore, the Contiki Beach Netball Festival at Sentosa's Palawan Beach
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      478 41  -  SHAMIR OSMAN THREE turns on the Singapore Grand Prix' 5.067 km Marina Bay Circuit will be named next month, and the three racers Today spoke to yesterday are hoping to see history honoured. Singapore GP and Today launched It's Your Turn at the
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      536 42 AGENCIES EUROPEAN CLUB FOOTBALL Beckham makes clear his preference for AC Milan over his Los Angeles club GLASGOW David Beckham has pleaded with LA Galaxy chiefs to release him from his contract with the US Major League Soccer side and let him turn
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      550 43 ENGLISH CLUB FOOTBALL Gerrard ruled out for three weeks after Everton hand Reds first loss in 17 games FA Cup, 4th round Everton i Liverpool o (act) LIVERPOOL Steven Gerrard will miss three weeks of Liverpool's Premiership title campaign after picking up a hamstring injury in
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      446 44  -  HEDIRMANSUPIAN XBOX 360 GAME REVIEW GEARS OF WAR 2 EPIC. That's Gears of War 2, in a nutshell. End of review. But no, I'm afraid my boss wouldn't have any of that, even though I'm still reeling from a 20--hour Gears of War 2 marathon session.
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      584 44  -  HEDIRMANSUPIAN DESKTOP REVIEW ASUS EEETOP PC hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg ASUS' Eec Top is an all-in-one desktop with a difference a built-in touchscreen with a supposedly attractive price tag ($999). Asus has had plenty of success with its Eec netbooks and some of the guts from the portable line
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      190 44  -  ARIELTAM BLUEANTVi VOICE CONTROL BLUETOOTH HEADSET Bluetooth headsets are a blessing to chatterinclined drivers. But fumbling with flashing controls on a tiny device attached precariously to your equally tiny ear can be distracting and sometimes downright hazardous. Now, Melbourne-based Blue Ant Wireless has created a voice-controlled
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        159 46 Sing Tel users in Singapore and Optus users in Australia will be the first in Asia to get their hands on the first smartphone loaded with Android (picture), Google's mobile operating system. Seen as a formidable challenger to the iPhone, the HTC Dream smartphone integrates well
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        136 46 AFP Facebook celebrated its fifth birthday on Wednesday with 150 million guests but no clear path to profitability. Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, who co-founded the social networking site with two Harvard University roommates on Feb 4, 2004, marked the occasion with a blog post urging members to send a
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      790 46  -  HEDIRMANSUPIAN MADE-IN-SINGAPORE GADGETS Confession I used to scoff at products that were designed and made here. But not anymore. (hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg) showcases three companies and their innovative products. COMPANY Eubiq (www.eubiq.com) PRODUCT Eubiq Grounded Sentry Shutter System WHAT IT IS Modular system for power outlets When Eubiq
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      356 50 AGENCIES DEUTSCHE BANK Fourth quarter net loss amounted to $6.2^11, full year loss was $sbn DEUTSCHE Bank yesterday reported a hefty net loss for the fourth quarter and the whole of last year, citing "unprecedented" operating conditions and "weaknesses in our business model". The Frankfurt-based bank,
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      224 50 BLOOMBERG SWISS Reinsurance Co, the world's second-biggest reinsurer, is raising 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.84 billion) from Mr Warren Buffett's (picture) Berkshire Hathaway to shore up capital depleted by writedowns. Zurich-based Swiss Re may seek to raise another 2 billion francs depending on
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      482 51  -  JOANNA WHITEFORD MONEY MIND A long-term view could help you weather the crisis joanna@channelnewsasia.com INVESTORS who placed their bets on emerging markets took a hefty hit last year, with most of the major indices losing more than half of their value. Those who put their faith in
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      238 51 BLOOMBERG PCCWchairmanßichardLi'sHKsls.93 billion ($3.1 billion) buyout plan for Hong Kong's biggest phone company may be derailed if the local market regulator finds evidence of vote manipulation at a shareholder meeting held yesterday, say analysts. "The SFC's powers are quite far-ranging, and if it finds any
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      452 52 AGENCIES FINANCIAL SCAM Bedding supplier arrested for $2.ib fraud TOKYO Japanese police yesterday arrested a businessman who allegedly swindled billions of dollars from thousands of investors in what local media said could be the biggest financial scam in Japanese history. Mr Kazutsugi Nami (picture), 75, the
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      303 52 AGENCIES THE Chinese founders of Lenovo Group have regained control of the struggling personal computer maker, replacing the American chief executive officer (CEO) Bill Amelio. In an announcement yesterday posting its first quarterly loss in almost three years, the company said Mr Yang Yuanqing, currently chairman,
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      286 53 AGENCIES PROTECTIONIST FEARS Lawmakers faced with obstacles FACED with angry allies and accusations of trade protectionism, United States lawmakers have agreed to dilute a "Buy American" clause from a US$9OO-million ($1.36-billion) stimulus plan, but stopped short of stripping it from the Bill. On Wednesday, the
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      257 53 AGENCIES THE Bank of England (BoE) has cut its benchmark interest rate to the lowest since the bank was founded in 1694 to help lift the British economy out of the deepening recession. The nine-member Monetary Policy Committee yesterday reduced the bank rate by
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        66 54 (17 cents) I Outperform Daiwa keeps its rating for the food processing firm but cuts target price to 25 cents from 39.5 cents after lowering FY2009--2010 earnings forecasts by 10.9 and 7.6 per cent respectively. "We suspect demand for frozen rabbit will decline in 2009 due to current
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        68 54 (6g cents) Neutral DMG downgrades the rating for the integrated healthcare provider from "buy" and cuts target price to 74 cents from 85 cents based on 12 times FY2009 earnings. It said "the number of medical visitors seeking elective treatments is likely to dip" but notes "continued
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        97 54 ($11.06) Sell UOB KayHian keeps its call on carrier and slashes target price to $9.70 from $12.25, based on 10-per-cent discount to book value to reflect the declines in passenger and cargo traffic. The brokerage lowers SlA's FY2009 earnings forecast to $915.3 million from $1.42 billion previously. It forecasts
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      90 54 Banking veteran Frank Wong, 61, who retired as DBS Group Holdings' chief operating officer in August last year, has joined New York-based hedge fund Galleon Group as its Asia chairman. The Hong Kong native will be based in Singapore, the company's Asian headquarters, and oversee business strategy
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      450 54  -  ADRIAN MICHAELS THE DAILYTELEGRAPH BUSINESS COMMENT Pay should be determined by boards, not government BARACK Obama's move to cap executive salaries at US$5OO,OOO ($753,000) in companies receiving substantial government assistance will not work. It is a populist announcement that is terrible policymaking. It is boards of directors
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      132 54 CHANNEL NEWSASIA BRITISH engine-maker RollsRoyce is moving its marine business headquarters from London to Singapore. "The move, beginning in April, recognises the increasing importance to Rolls-Royce of Asia-Pacific markets, where a significant proportion of global commercial shipping activity takes place," the company said yesterday. Currently,
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