Today, 10 March 2009

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    10 1 TODAY Tuesday March io, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    57 1 Agatha Koh Brazil Our Voices Editor has Coffee With Craig Law Smith who just wants Singaporeans to turn off their lights, if only for Earth Hour. The only way to get the message across, he says, is to say it "over and over again". Page 26 Analysts say the
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    COMMENT
    24 1 50 years on The shift in US-China relations means that the Obama administration has to take a different approach to Tibet. Page 13
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    NEWS
    52 1 Not love, after all At least eight Singaporean women this year have been lured into smuggling drugs with promises of love and friendship. Page 6 "Swiss gigolo' guilty Helg Sgarbi yesterday pleaded guilty to charges of cheating and blackmailing a string of super-rich lovers, including BMW heiress Susanne Klatten.
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    BUSINESS
    25 1 $*****1 rights offering As the recession deepens, Chartered becomes the fourth Temasek-linked company this year to raise funds through a rights offering. Page Bl
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    Lock icon N Korea troops on combat alert
    431 1 SEOUL North Korea put its military on combat alert yesterday as American and South Korean troops began a major joint exercise, and warned that any attempt to block its upcoming satellite launch would spark a war. The announcement came as North Korean leader Kirn
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    Back to July 2003 levels
    689 1  -  ESTHER FUNG STI PLUNGES 3.7% Next support level to be breached could be at i 2oo points, say analysts esther@mediacorp.com.sg ANYONE searching for clues on when the global economy will get back on its feet is receiving increasingly negative signals from the stock markets, viewed
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      Lock icon Income checks: Onus on
      970 2  -  NEOCHAICHIN CREDIT CARDS Issue arises as more lose jobs, fall below salary threshold chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg A "WEIRD" conversation public relations consultant Lim Wee Ling had with a bank telemarketer a month ago went like this: "Ma'am, do you need a credit line?" "No." "But you could always
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      'A very steep decline'
      517 4  -  ESTHER NG EMPLOYMENT RATE estherng@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE the public education sector is hiring by the thousands, its private counterpart, ironically, seems to offer a contrastingly bleak picture over the next three months, if results of a recent survey on hiring expectations are to be believed. According to
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      All in the name of love
      261 6  -  ONG DAI LIN DRUGCOURIERS dailin@mediacorp.com. sg THE criminals deceive them with promises of love and friendship, or induce them with free holidays and cash payments. The result? An increase in the number of women being recruited by West African syndicates to smuggle drugs. So
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      Lock icon Siti recovering, railing fixed
      254 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG THE seven-year-old girl who fell four storeys on to a concrete floor is recovering after undergoing a four-hour surgery. But she remained sedated yesterday evening, her family members said. On Sunday afternoon, Siti Nur Ami fell through a gap in the metal railing at the
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      Lock icon Media Corp appeals trademark decision
      240 8  -  HOEYEEN NIE CHANNEL NEWSASIA MEDIA MATTERS yeenie@mediacorp.com.sg MEDIACORP News is appealing a decision by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore to allow a Malaysian broadcaster to register one of its trademarks here. The Singapore broadcaster's contention is that the logo of Malaysian satellite pay TV
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      Japanese man found dead at Ritz-Carlton
      131 8  -  ONG DAI LIN A 64-YEAR-OLD Japanese man was found dead in his hotel room at the five-star RitzCarlton, Millenia Singapore by hotel staff yesterday morning. The man was found with a stab wound in his chest. Police received a call around 9.17 am about
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      Lock icon Wine exhibitors could save a sweet $1 million
      220 8  -  TEOXUANWEI THANKS to a sweetener announced in last month's Budget, exhibitors at this year's Wine for Asia 2009 show could possibly savour up to $1 million in savings. As part of measures aimed at spurring businesses in this recession and to directly
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon MERLION COULD RE-OPEN IN 2 WEEKS
        77 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The Merlion at Merlion Park, closed for repairs after being damaged in a lightning strike on Feb 28, is expected to re-open in two weeks' time. The Singapore Tourism Board, professional engineers and appointed contractors have since assessed the Merlion to be
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        Lock icon 14 MALLS KEEN ON SERVICE UPGRADE
        106 10 938 LIVE Fourteen Capita Land retail malls and 30 companies from the retail, F&B, healthcare and hospitality sectors have expressed interest in the Government's $ioo-million service initiative Customer-Centric Initiative (CCI). This means 34,000 workers will benefit from training programmes through the Skills Programme for
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        RENTA BIKE HERE, RETURN IT THERE
        116 10 Rent and ride a bicycle along Singapore's East Coast without having to go back to your starting point. Six rental kiosks have been set up by Lifestyle Recreation in four parks along the 42-km Eastern Coastal Park Connector Network. Visitors can rent a bike
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        20,000 APPLY FOR SENTOSAIR JOBS
        93 10 As of noon yesterday, Resorts World at Sentosa had received nearly 20,000 job applications from the fourday Career 2009 fair that ended on Sunday, at which the integrated resort had more than 800 positions on offer at its casino and theme park. Interviews for those
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      Lock icon Why he said 'no' to patent
      241 10 938 LIVE, CHANNEL NEWSASIA LKYWATER PRIZE AN ECO-FRIENDLY technology to treat used water has earned its developer this year's Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize. But Dutch environmental engineer Gatze Lettinga has made the unusual move of not patenting his work in anaerobic technology, which
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      149 4 jAjU-j j j j zJ l-Jt f'SJ<J 2J33, 77 11 LASIK Forum me Lasik Surgery Clinic Dates: 11 March 2009 (Wed) 7pm 13 March 2009 (Fri) 7pm 14 March 2009 (Sat) 4pm Venue: The Lasik Surgery Clinic 290 Orchard Road #13-01/06 Paragon Medical Singapore *****9 Refreshments will be served Speakers:
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      220 10 |n te f^ 7 Assessment Application Form available online at www.icpas.oig.sg/pe.asp I Application Deadline: 15 April 2009 Certified Public Accountants Tel: 6532 5312 I Email: profexam@icpas.org.sg I www.icpas.org.sg/pe.asp of Singapore 01 THIS PROGRAM GIVES ME A GOOD JOB. J^4^ ALTHOUGH I ONLY HAVE O'LEVELS, I ACHIEVED (ASIER^L Jr CAREER ADVANCEMENT
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      Lock icon Black justice
      338 12 THENEWYORKTIMES PETITION SYSTEM Chinese petitioners seeking redress land in secret jails BEIJING They are often tucked away in the rough-and-tumble sections of the city's south side, hidden beneath dingy hotels and guarded by men in dark coats. Known as "black houses," they are unofficial jails for the pesky
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      Lock icon No Western-style democracy: China
      210 12 AGENCIES BEIJING China will never become a Westernstyle democracy, the head of the country's parliament said yesterday, in an apparent response to renewed calls for political reform from both inside and outside the country. In an address to the annual nine-day meeting of the National People's
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      Lock icon 50 YEARS ON, TIBET STILL A US CONUNDRUM
      396 13 AFP NEWS ANALYSIS Shift in relations with China means new US government must take softer approach WASHINGTON Fifty years after the Dalai Lama fled Tibet, the United States is still searching for how to support the spiritual leader who commands enormous respect
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      Lock icon PROTEST ERUPTS IN TIBETAN AREA OF CHINA
      130 13 AGENCIES Two police cars were damaged by homemade bombs in western Qinghai province as the government widened its security lockdown and sealed off a restive Tibetan region to foreigners. The blasts took place yesterday after police clashed with several people while trying to
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      Lock icon Kirn's son not in Parliament: Report
      232 15 AGENCIES SEOUL Leader Kirn Jong II was unanimously re-elected to North Korea's rubberstamp Parliament, state media said yesterday, but his youngest son was not on the list of elected lawmakers, despite speculation that he was the favoured successor. The voter turnout on Sunday was
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      Lock icon Next: Talks with China's military
      397 15 AGENCIES CROSS-STRAITTIES Think-tank in the works, Taiwan to phase out army conscription TAIPEI Taiwan is working on setting up a think-tank to coordinate contacts with the Chinese military, a Defence Ministry official said yesterday, in what would be one of the most significant steps so
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      Lock icon Bid to turn moderate Taliban 'will fail'
      301 17 THEGUARDIAN OBAMA STRATEGY UNITED States President Barack Obama's call for "moderate" Taliban members to be brought in from the cold met with scepticism on Sunday from leading Afghan opposition figures, who warned that co-opting fighters would fail as long as Afghan President Hamid
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      Lock icon Mutiny aftermath: Bangladesh blocks You Tube
      195 17 AP DHAKA —Bangladesh blocked access to the video-sharing site You Tube after it hosted a recording of a tense meeting between the Prime Minister and army officials following a bloody mutiny by border guards. The insurrection last month claimed more than 70 lives, shook
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        MARITIME BOUNDARY PACT
        100 17  -  LOHCHEE KONG Indonesia Singapore and Indonesia will sign a maritime boundary agreement in Jakarta today 36 years after the last agreement to demarcate territorial waters between the two. The latest treaty, which comes after four years of discussion, would set boundaries in the western waters of Singapore,
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        Lock icon HMONG FOOD SUPPLY CUT
        112 17 DPA Thailand The Thai military blocked food supplies over the weekend to a Hmong refugee camp in an apparent effort to force the 5,400 "illegal immigrants" to return to Laos. On Friday, the military prevented MedicinsSans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) from delivering food supplies to Ban
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      Lock icon 'Swiss Gigolo' admits to blackmail
      115 18 AFP MUNICH A man dubbed the "Swiss Gigolo" pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of cheating and blackmailing a string of super-rich lovers, including Germany's richest woman, BMW heiress Susanne Klatten. "I would like to apologise publicly to my victims," the dark-haired, inconspicuous-looking Helg Sgarbi (picture)
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      Lock icon Leaders pray for peace
      355 18 AGENCIES N IRELAND ATTACK Members of power-sharing coalition vow to remain united ANTRIM (Northern Ireland) Catholic and Protestant congregations have prayed together for peace after Irish Republican Army (IRA) dissidents killed two British soldiers as they collected pizzas the first deadly attack on Northern Ireland security
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      Lock icon A date with space
      384 20 AP NASA'S NEXT LAUNCH Science teachers pair up for mission on Discovery CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida) Two science teachers who have spent the past five years being trained by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) are about to graduate with high-flying honours. The shuttle launch tomorrow
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      Lock icon No signs of torture, says journalist's dad
      209 20 AP FARGO (North Dakota) —An American journalist detained in Iran showed no signs of physical torture during a prison visit from a lawyer sent by her father, said Mr Reza Saberi on Sunday. The lawyer did not see any visible signs that Ms
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        KEEPING AN EYE ON HEALTH
        552 22 GREAT IT SAVINGS guideU The Savvy Consumer LAST month, novelty cosmetic contact lenses came under scrutiny as eye doctors and optometrists reported a spike in eye infection among wearers who bought coloured contact lenses from online sellers. Choosing the wrong types of contact lenses, buying
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        STRETCH YOUR DOLLAR
        238 22 AS STORIES of economic doom and gloom dominate the headlines. Singaporeans are becoming increasingly cautious about the way they spend their money. Price-sensitive shoppers such as homemaker Wendy Tan are constantly on the lookout for ways to stretch their dollar when they go grocery shopping. "My husband
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        PLAN FOR RAINY DAYS
        739 23 Make sure you are well-covered to enjoy your golden years without a worry WHILE most of us have grand visions of ourselves ageing gracefully and staying in the pink of health till a ripe old age, the truth is that the future may not always be
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        MONEY MATTERS
        447 23 PERSONAL finance is not something they teach in school. Most of us learn by trial and error and, inevitably, costly mistakes are made. Whether you're trying to save for a rainy day, plan your retirement or purchase your first apartment, it is never too late to start building
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      Deadly fallout
      538 24 WAR ON DRUGS Despite crackdowns, surge in cocaine production unleashes wave of violence in Latin America CARACAS Cocaine production has surged across Latin America and unleashed a wave of violence, population displacement and corruption, prompting urgent calls to rethink the drug war. More than 750 tonnes of cocaine
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      Lock icon As guns go south, drugs go north
      322 24 THE GUARDIAN LOS ANGELES For the Obama White House, pondering how to reshape the Bush administration's war on drugs, the concerns presented by the deepening crisis in Mexico are two-fold. The first was highlighted by Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, talking about USMexican
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      562 25 m AVIVA Live worry-free to a ripe old age. Start planning for long-term care now. As much as we all hope to remain healthy in our senior years, the unexpected can happen, and the associated costs of severe disability are real. The key to aging gracefully is to plan for
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      Lock icon COFFEE WITH MAN WITH A MESSAGE
      783 26  -  AGATHA KOH BRAZIL voices editor agatha@mediacorp.com.sg WILD fires, snow in unlikely regions and even Singapore's own spate of bush fires have helped to turn Singapore's corporate conscience a little bit greener. Around this time last year, Craig Law Smith (picture) was knocking on doors
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      196 28  -  DR BILL MAIER BY DIALOGUE TO KNOW YOUR KIDS BETTER There is a big difference between "talking" and "dialoguing". Most of us spend plenty of time talking to our kids, but do we spend enough time in active dialogue? The difference is, dialoguing gets us past
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      A constitutional right: MinLaw
      341 28  -  Chong WanYieng THE RIGHTTOVOTE Govt policy is to ensure maximum participation in the electoral process Letter from Press Secretary to Minister for Law MR MICHAEL McClung in his letter, "You can't trust the future" (Mar 5) states that making voting rights express in the Constitution is
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      Fundamental, systemic flaws in the HDB resale process
      759 28  -  Ed Tan Letter from I AM in a situation which is one I am sure, more than a handful of HDB flat buyers are in too, particularly in this economic downturn. This problem permeates almost every residential estate, with no effective solution
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      905 30  - Friends, Romans and Sponsors MAYO MARTIN LOCALTHEATRE We're seeing more and more product placements on stage. What gives? mayo@mediacorp.com.sg IN SLEEPLESS Town, there's a scene involving a French-accented pickpocket expert going through his pupils' daily pickings. Upon reaching the end of the line, he picks something up and gasps in
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      Lock icon Oprah to Rihanna: Dump Chris
      326 31 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH OPRAH Winfrey, queen of America's talk show circuit, has warned Rihanna against reconciling with her fiance Chris Brown. Winfrey, a tireless campaigner against domestic violence, urged the couple to seek counselling together. Speaking on her talk show, she said: "It makes me so
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    • PLUS IN ADDITION
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        OSAGE GOES THAI
        77 32 The first solo show by Thai artist Nipan Oranniwesna is currently on show at Osage Singapore. An emerging figure in international biennales, most recently in Busan last year, Oranniwesna explores the fragility of contemporary society in the age of globalisation. Checkout his City of Ghosts installation using
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      The preacher's wife
      362 32  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE LYRIC OPERA mayo@mediacorp.com.sg MEZZO soprano Anna Koor can't stop giggling. It's a giggle of the slightly bemused, "I can't believe I'm doing it" kind. And for good reason. Of all the different operas you could make your debut with, hers is Les Contes d'Hoffmann
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      823 34  -  EVELINE GAN HEALTH EDUCATION It helps parent and child form a closer bond and reduces chances of irresponsible sexual behaviour eveline@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN Mdm Angela Mathew's nine-year-old son started talking about sex last year, her first instinct was to "wash his mouth out with soap". Fortunately for
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        68 36 For diabetic patients, proper foot care is crucial in preventing foot conditions such as infection, gangrene and loss of toe nails. Pick up tips on how to take better care of your feet at this public forum. Date/Time: Sat, 10am to 11am (English talk); 11am to
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        87 36 Paediatric experts from XX Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) will talk about simple and positive strategies on play, safety and behaviour management. There will also be a workshop on basic first aid and CPR skills at this public forum (for 40 participants only). Date/Time:
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      527 36  -  EVELINE GAN ROUGH PATCHES eveline@mediacorp.com. sg MOST people complain of migraines or tummy upsets in times of stress. But for eczema sufferer Agnes Van, any stressful event in her life can cause her skin to break out in a red, angry rash, often accompanied
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      783 38  - A plea to Anfield j sums up this Liverpool LEONARD THOMAS EUROPEAN FOOTBALL Real wouldn't have stood a chance in times past, but Benitez side need all the help they can get sports editor leonard@mediacorp.com.sg Champions League, round of 16 Liverpool v Real Madrid WILD-HAIRED and built as if chiselled
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      410 39 AGENCIES EUROPEAN FOOTBALL Under Hiddink, Chelsea are purring again as the Mourinho comparisons return Champions League, round of 16 Juventus v Chelsea TURIN Chelsea touched down in Turin yesterday with many observers believing they have been transformed by Guvs Hiddink's restorative influence. The Blues face Juventus
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      198 39 AFP LIVERPOOL Captain Phil Neville insisted Everton are ready to win the FA Cup the hard way, after landing a Wembley semifinal with Manchester United following a 2-1 victory against Middlesbrough on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Not many will back David Moves' men to lift
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      120 40  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE table tennis star Li Jiawei will be taking a break from training and competitions to concentrate on her wedding preparations. The world No 7 paddler, who was part of the women's team that won a silver at last year's Beijing
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      171 40  -  SHAMIR OSMAN HOME United take on Vietnamese champions Binh Duong FC in their opening match of Group H in the AFC Cup tonight at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Home are coming off a 3-1 defeat at the hands of archrivals SAFFC in the S-League last
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      273 40  -  SHAMIR OSMAN TAMPINES Rovers' Noh Alam Shah was in the spotlight once again yesterday. The national striker walked off the pitch in the 77th minute last night, in their Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League 2009 clash with Sengkang Punggol at Tampines Stadium, which they eventually
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      385 40  -  LOWLINFHOONG HSBC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS Sponsor happy with the great golf party atTanah Merah as it mulls future linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg ONLY into its second year in Singapore, the US$2 million ($3.1 million) HSBC Women's Champions event has already earned itself the tag "Asia's Major". With the world's top 78
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      92 40 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 6.30 am Baseball World Baseball Classic, Ch 23 6.50 am Cricket India v England, Ch 111, cont'd (aiio.^sam 7am NHL Carolina v NY Rangers, Ch 117 10am Baseball World Baseball Classic, Ch 23 spm Football Gamba Osaka v Shandong Luneng, Ch 24 7pm Football AFC Cup:
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      793 44 ALLEGED PONZI SCHEME How church, personal ties caused many to fall for alleged Stanford scam WHEN Jason Green wanted his team of financial advisers to sell more of Stanford International Bank's certificates of deposit (CD), he knew where to turn: Proverbs 13:11. "Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly
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      250 45  -  CONRAD RAJ editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE others wallow in the gloom and doom of the financial and economic turmoil, SG Private Banking (Asia Pacific), the private wealth management arm of French banking giant Societe Generale, sees opportunities. Said its chief executive for Singapore and
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      119 45 AGENCIES MERCK and Co will buy rival American drugmaker Schering-Plough in a cash-and-stock deal worth US$4l.l billion ($63.6 billion) to get a larger experimental pipeline and products unhindered by imminent patent losses. Shareholders of Schering-Plough will get U5523.61 a share, a 34 per cent premium to the
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        103 45 938 LIVE Aspiring furniture designers can look to a new $i.4-million programme to nurture their talent and contribute to the local industry. The Singapore Furniture Industries Council, together with SPRING Singapore, have come up with Design DNA, a threeyear programme of workshops, overseas immersion
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        89 45 AGENCIES Singapore Airport Terminal Services yesterday said the closing date for its takeover offer for food manufacturer Singapore Food Industries (SFI) has been extended to March 23. As of the close of its offer yesterday, the airport ground handler held more than 98 percent
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        67 46 $1.02 Sell CLSA starts call, sets target price of 70 cents. Says commodities supply chain manager has a strong market position, but most of its divisions are under pressure as volumes and margins are hit by the slowing global economy. The brokerage adds that valuation is not attractive
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        67 46 $1.58 I Buy Phillip Securities upgrades from "Hold" on view that the group will enter a new growth phase when it starts running the Circle Line this year. Says bus division likely to benefit from "gradual redistribution of routes and competitive tendering for the right to operate a package
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        86 46 $1.20 Fully Valued DBS Vickers keeps call, but cuts target price to 96 cents from $1.12. Says UlC's low liquidity may weigh on stock, as office market outlook remains weak and company's free float is small at about 20 per cent. Cuts FYO9 earnings forecast to factor in weaker
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        19 46 Friday 1,513.12 Thursday 1,518.64 Wednesday 1,544.34 Tuesday 1,528.51 T 0.4% T 1.7% A 1.04% T 0.32%
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        28 46 iang Seng Jikkei lhanghai ieoul rlumbai :LComp I ",344-58 7,086.03 2,118.75 1,071.73 8,160.40 858.22 T 4.84% T 1.21% T 3-39°/° A 1.58% T 1.99% T 1.27%
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      150 46  -  CONRAD RAJ UNITED Overseas Bank has become the first in Singapore to tie up with Singapore Post to distribute HDB home loans, extending its mortgage services beyond its 57 branches. In recent years, more banks have started offering their services in non-traditional spaces such
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      153 46 938 LIVE HARRY'S Holding, the largest bar chain operator here, is looking to buy a small hotel in Singapore as its food and beverage business is saturated, the company told Reuters. Chief executive Mohan Mulani said the firm —listed on Phillip Securities' OTC Capital was
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