Today, 12 May 2009

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    20 1 TODAY Tuesday May 12, 2oog www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Tuesday May 12, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    in the news
    250 1 3 China confirmed its first case of HINI on the mainland in a student who returned from the United States via a series of flights from St Louis to Chengdu. 4 The Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled that the Barisan Nasional takeover of Perak state was illegal,
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    Lock icon His hideout revealed
    807 1  -  LEONGWEEKEAT MASSELAMAT Villagers in sleepy Kampung Tawakal stunned to discover reclusive stranger was a fugitive weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg EVEN the next-door neighbours had diverging ideas about who he was, eight months after he moved into their rustic Johor kampung. Mr Jamian Simm, who often saw the man gardening or
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    Lock icon Who wants to be an NMP? They do ...
    530 1  - Who wants to be an NMP? They do DERRICK A PAULO ANDONG DAI LIN GENEVIEVE LOH derrick@mediacorp.com.sg SHE was unsuccessful two years ago, but Ms Jolyn Chua is reapplying to be a Nominated Member of Parliament. The honorary secretary of crime awareness group Crime Library walked in to Parliament House
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      Lock icon First case in China
      348 3 AGENCIES HINIFLU Authorities scramble to quarantine those who shared flights with victim BEIJING China yesterday confirmed its first case of the HINI flu on the mainland. A 30-year-old student who returned from the United States is the victim and the authorities are scrambling to quarantine hundreds
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      Lock icon Demand for N95 masks plunges by 80%
      396 3  -  NEOCHAICHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com. sg WHAT a difference a few days make: Demand for N95 masks has plunged by up to 80 per cent since last Thursday when the Ministry of Health (MOH) said it would lower Singapore's alert status to Yellow from Orange. Last
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      Lock icon Takeover was illegal
      527 4 AGENCIES PERAK STATE ASSEMBLY High Court judge orders Barisan Nasional officials to vacate offices KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's ruling coalition was dealt a major blow yesterday when a court ruled that its takeover of Perak state was illegal and that the opposition was still in charge. The Kuala
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      Lock icon Roxana Saberi walks free
      241 4 AGENCIES TEHRAN United States-born reporter Roxana Saberi walked free from a Tehran jail yesterday, after an Iranian court reduced her eight-year prison term for spying to a two-year suspended sentence. "I'm okay. I don't want to make any comments but I am okay," Ms Saberi, 32,
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      Infosys chief a 'rare individual': MM Lee
      344 6 HE CREATED and revolutionised India's IT industry with Infosys. But Mr Narayana Murthy, 62, leads a simple life he does not watch television or party, lives in a three-bedroom house and drives a 1.5 litre Opel Astra, according to Mr Lee Kuan Yew.
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      Lock icon With 1,200 jobs on offer ...
      383 6 With 1,200 jobs on offer 938 LIVE TACKLINGTHE DOWNTURN NTUC chief says now's best time for businesses to expand AS MORE than 1,200 jobs were made available to Singaporeans by the labour movement's social enterprises yesterday, its chief said it did not believe the recession would end soon despite some
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        A ROYAL WELCOME FOR THE PRESIDENT
        76 8 President S R Nathan (picture, left) met Japanese Emperor Akihito at a welcome ceremony at the Imperial Palace yesterday. Mr and Mrs Nathan met members of the royal family, including Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako. The President will receive an honorary degree
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        FREE UPGRADE FOR NTUC MEMBERS
        91 8 NTUC Income-which last week offered all children in Singapore a one-year free upgrade from MediShield to its Standard Incomeshield Plan B yesterday also announced a free upgrade to its Enhanced Incomeshield Basic plan for children of all NTUC members. This translates to a subsidy of
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      Jailed for rape, causing hurt
      390 8  -  ONGDAILIN INTHECOURTS Singaporean forced himself on Chinese national here on social visit pass dailin@mediacorp.com.sg HE MADE sexual advances on his flatmate and when he was ignored, he pulled her into his room and raped her. For rape and another charge of voluntarily causing hurt to
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      Nepali sailors claim torture on high seas
      748 10  -  NEOCHAICHIN LABOUR DISPUTE But S #pore labour contractor dismisses their claims chaichin@mediacorp.com. sg A SINGAPORE labour contractor has been named as the middleman in a saga of 36 Nepali workers who allege they were tortured on board a fishing vessel. Nepali news site
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      $25m research boost
      433 12  -  NEOCHAICHIN NRFGRANT Targeted at polys grant aims to speed up process from research to marketplace chaichin@mediacorp.com. sg DEHYDRATED carrots lack the taste, texture and nutritional content of fresh ones. But with the help of the food technology departments at Singapore's polytechnics, one day, infants or post-chemotherapy cancer
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Pope calls for a Palestinian homeland
      338 13 AP JERUSALEM Pope Benedict XVI called for the establishment of an independent Palestinian homeland immediately after he arrived in Israel yesterday, a stance that could put him at odds with his hosts on a trip aimed at improving ties between the Vatican and Jews.
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      Lock icon Hindraf chief to return
      430 13 AFP MALAYSIA POLITICS Protest leader to end self-imposed exile from Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR The leader of a banned ethnic Indian rights group said yesterday he will risk arrest and return to Malaysia from self-imposed exile, after five other members were released from detention. The five Hindu
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      Lock icon Opposition leader quits
      472 15 AGENCIES JAPAN POLITICS TOKYO Japan's top opposition leader resigned yesterday to keep a political funding scandal from pulling down his party in upcoming parliamentary elections. Mr Ichiro Ozawa, head of the Democratic Party of Japan, said he had decided to resign because he does not want the
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      Lock icon Masked attacker stabs girl at German school
      192 15 AFP COLOGNE German police commandos rushed to a secondary school near Bonn yesterday after a masked person armed with several knives injured at least one girl. A police spokesman said the perpetrator, said to be a 16-year-old female, was still on the loose.
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      Lock icon At least 360,000 Pakistanis flee
      192 16 AP ISLAMABAD More than 360,000 people have fled fighting between the Pakistan military and Taliban in just over a week and that number could double by the end of the year, United Nations officials warned yesterday. The UN said 360,600 refugees had fled Swat and
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      Lock icon The battle for billions begins
      512 16 AFP NINA WANG'S FORTUNE Feng shui master and charitable foundation vie for late tycoon's estate HONG KONG A court battle over the fortune of the late eccentric Hong Kong tycoon Nina Wang began yesterday, pitting a charitable foundation against a feng shui master for her
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      Lock icon Al Qaeda smells blood
      471 17 THENEWYORKTIMES TURMOIL IN PAKISTAN Militant group "sowing chaos in troubled Pakistan WASHINGTON As Taliban militants push deeper into Pakistan's settled areas, foreign operatives of Al Qaeda who had focused on plotting attacks against the West are seizing on the turmoil to sow chaos in Pakistan and
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      Lock icon UN denounces Sri Lankan civilian 'bloodbath'
      171 17 AP COLOMBO The United Nations yesterday condemned a civilian "bloodbath" in Sri Lanka at the weekend, saying more than 100 children had been killed in shelling that the government and rebels blamed on each other. Artillery strikes in the small stretch of coastline still
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        Lock icon MCDONALD'S WANTS TO OFFER PHDS
        83 18 AFP United States fast food giant McDonald's is hoping to offer PhDs, after receiving approval to award its own nationally-recognised qualifications in Britain, the company's "chief people officer" said yesterday. Mr David Fairhursttold the Financial Times that the company's new power made it "a university
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        Lock icon WILDFIRE SPARKED BY POWER TOOL
        96 18 AP Investigators say the Santa Barbara County wildfire in California that has scorched 33 square kilometres, destroyed 31 homes and damaged 47 others was apparently sparked by a power tool used to clear vegetation. Investigators said the fire may have started last Monday orTuesday and
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      Lock icon 'We're sorry'
      309 18 AFP BRITISH POLITICS Leaders apologise over MPs dog food, other lavish claims LONDON British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (picture) apologised yesterday after days of revelations about lawmakers' lavish expenses claims, including for dog food, as the spotlight turned onto opposition Conservatives. Details have emerged of expenses such as
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      Lock icon Obama to unveil $2.9-trillion healthcare savings plan
      197 18 AFP WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama was set yesterday to outline plans to cut American healthcare costs by US$2 trillion ($2.9 trillion) over the next 10 years, part of a bid to slash spending while making treatment more affordable. Mr Obama is
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      Lock icon WHAT THE FLU HAS TAUGHT US
      767 20 THE GUARDIAN NEWS COMMENT To prepare for a pandemic is to prepare for surprises AS THE Influenza A (H1N1) outbreak backstory seeps out, there are some vitally important lessons that can be learned. Huge investment in pandemic preparedness and contingency plans, improvements in surveillance
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      150 16 "Workplace representation is certain Wjjum^ i m portanMWHlWy Muhammad Asri Bin Arshad Lecturer Member since June 2000 The most important benefit is workplace representation. My union Ik helps ensure my colleagues and I get treated fairly at work. As a driver, I also get to enjoy exclusive U Drive privileges
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      261 19 a P» 7 4i4' FIT i _j_ ;^L i**\ 111 530,000 people are. Are you? The Labour Movement is all about U. In tough times like this, your union benefits are unique to members and they include workplace representation, career membership is your unique advantage to Upturn the Downturn. Be
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      Lock icon A CYCLIST WITH A CAUSE
      906 22  -  AGATHA KOH BRAZIL COFFEEWITH voices editor agatha@mediacorp.com.sg SOON after he arrived in Singapore in 2007, Benoit Valin got a bicycle to ride to his office at Buona Vista. Just as quickly too, on a rainy October day, he was rendered a bloody mess along Portsdown
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      231 24  -  DRJAMES DOBSON BY THE ADVERSITY PRINCIPLE There is, in the world of nature, a phenomenon known as the "Adversity Principle" which means that difficulties and hard times can actually be more beneficial to plants and animals than continual easy living. As strange as it seems, habitual
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      Ban cabbies smoking in taxis
      220 24  -  Roland Ang KokSiang HEALTH AND SAFETY Letter from SINGAPORE banned smoking in all public transport vehicles a long time ago. But, I am perturbed that taxi drivers are still allowed to smoke in their vehicles when not carrying a fare. These pose health, safety and
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      NEA officers should take greater care
      149 24  -  SohAhYuen Letter from IN THEIR fight against dengue and chikungunya, National Environment Agency (NEA) officers carry out regular inspections for the Aedes mosquito. Apart from homes, they also check refuse dumps, industrial areas, scrapyards, and so on. Although the officers remove their shoes before
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      Doctors, listen to Dr Tan's call
      196 24  -  Mohd Aminudin Letter from I REFER to the article, "Docs with their ears to the ground" (May 11). At a time when the world is searching for answers to the various ills affecting us, the call by Dr Tan Cheng Bock for the country
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      8 22 HAVE YOUR SAY. email voices@mediacorp.com.sg or visit www.todayonline.com/voices
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      Local delights
      1182 26  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE ARTS FEST Check out these exciting local works this year mayo@mediacorp.com.sg LIKE scores of cultured aunties every year, we would expectantly await for news as to what big international orchestra, ballet or dance group the Singapore Arts Fest is bringing in this time around. But
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      Altered beast
      507 28  -  MAYSEAH NEW ON TV Former underwear model on teaming up with Patrick Swayze in The Beast may@mediacorp.com.sg THERE'S just something about the term "male model" that evokes the narrow stereotype of a muscle-bound Abercrombie-esque farm boy who's quite happy having more abdominals than brain cells. Travis Fimmel is
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      Lock icon Suspended jail term for Japanese pop icon
      188 29 AFP Disgraced Japanese music producer Tetsuya Komuro has received a suspended three-year jail term for cheating an investor out of 500 million yen ($7.4 million) in a copyright scam. Komuro, 50, was once among Asia's richest men, having produced songs that sold millions
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      Lock icon Lawyer siblings win Amazing race
      313 29 AP REALITY TV But heartbreak for first deaf contestant SOME quick thinking at the end won US$l million ($1.4 million) for a broth-er-sister team of Har-vard-educated lawyers on the reality TV show The Amazing Race. But it was a heartbreaking finish for the competition's first
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  • health
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      Take another shot
      912 30  -  EVELINE GAN CHICKEN POX Disease is more severe if older adults get it; vaccination is advised eveline@mediacorp.com.sg OLDER adults are often advised to go for regular flu and pneumococcal shots. Now, doctors are urging them to add another shot against chicken pox to their vaccination schedule, if
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      668 33  -  EVELINE GAN For diabetes sufferers, counting and choosing the right carbohydrates can help FOR those who have been newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, sticking to a diabetesfriendly diet during the initial weeks, or months, can be a daunting and frustrating experience. This is
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      744 35 AGENCIES ■dgMUHSIfrm&U Gunners' boss needs to sign at least three experienced t players to avert a crisis ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Arsenal 1 Chelsea 4 LONDON It is almost possible to view Arsenal's heaviest home defeat since 1977 as a good thing, if only for revealing the
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      264 35 Jussi Jaaskelainen (Bolton) Position: Goalkeeper Age: 34 A monster in one-one-one situations and the Finnish international's shot-blocking skills are better than current Arsenal No 1 Manuel Almunia. Only drawback is his suspect kicking skills and age. Joleon Lescott (Everton) Position: Centre-back/left-back Age: 26 Strong in the air
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      161 36 AFP Tens of thousands of supporters lined the streets yesterday for the welcome home parade of Manny Pacquiao, the most popular sportsman in the Philippines, after he won his sixth world boxing title in the United States. Pacquiao defied a government request
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      285 36 LONDON Liverpool, Arsenal and Real Madrid are reportedly interested, and yesterday The Sun claimed Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp will also get involved in what promises to be a huge transfer tug-of-war, if Carlos Tevez actually leaves Manchester United at the end of the
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      558 36 AGENCIES SPANISH FOOTBALL Playmaker out for four games, and could miss showpiece finale with Red Devils BARCELONA They may be the favourites to lift club football's greatest prize, but Barcelona right now are facing an injury crisis ahead of their Champions League Final date on May
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      586 37  -  SHAMIR OSMAN BADMINTON AVIVA OPEN 2009 Lack of strong local presence in main draw a concern for Singapore badminton shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE will host the Aviva Open 2009, the fifth leg in the 12-stop Badminton World Federation (BWF) Super Series from June 9-14. The event will see
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      614 37  -  ASDWIGHT GREAT EASTERN YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Young Lions v Super Reds Jalan Besar Stadium, tonight, 7.45pm sports@newstoday.com.sg EUGENE Luo is living his dream at the moment. The 18-year-old Temasek Polytechnic student is doing what he loves playing football in the S-League, the
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      100 35 SPORTS ON TV TODAY gam NHL Playoffs: Vancouver v Chicago, Ch 117 6.30pm IPL Bangalore v Kolkata, Ch 111 7pm Tennis WTATour: Madrid, Ch 113 gpm Cycling Giro d'ltalia, Ch 113 9.25pm Cricket Glamorgan v Essex, Ch 110 10.30pm IPL Punjab v Mumbai, Ch 111 TOMORROW 1.55 am Bundesliga Bayern
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      91 36 S.League Young Lions Super Reds Tue, 12/05/09 7.45pm S.League Home United Tampines Wed, 13/05/09 7.45pm Italian Cup Lazio Sampdoria Thu, 14/05/09 2.45 am Spanish Cup Bilbao Barcelona Thu, 14/05/09 4.00 am E Premier, E League Champ and German League matches are also on sale. For more details, please check Singapore
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      670 38  -  SHERMAINEWONG AIRASIATAKES FLIGHT Airline's forward thinking marketing strategies have made it a success story shermainewong@mediacorp.com. sg IT SPONSORS reality game show The Amazing Race Asia and Fl team AT&T Williams, recruits pilots through a blogging contest and stays in touch with customers via Facebook, Twitter and
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      738 40  -  LIANG DINGZI BUSINESS COMMENT SWISSPORT is leaving Singapore poorer than it expected. The High Court had ruled in favour of low-cost carrier Tiger Airways in a suit against its former ground handler for the premature termination of a five-year contract. The compensation will take into consideration
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      242 41 AP HSBC Holdings, Europe's biggest bank, yesterday said it made a "resilient" start to the year and that revenues had recovered strongly from the last quarter of last year. In its first-quarter trading update, HSBC said its underlying pre-tax
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      408 41 THENEWYORKTIMES MONOPOLY LAW Justice Department to announce shift in antitrust policy UNITED States President Barack Obama's top antitrust official this week plans to restore an aggressive enforcement policy against firms that use their market dominance to elbow out competitors or to keep them from gaining
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        149 42 938 LIVE Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats) is hoping its upcoming centre forthe handling of perishable goods will be a new source of revenue, as the ground handler yesterday posted a 12-per-cent fall in net profit to $42.2 million for the fourth quarter
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        132 42 Retailer F J Benjamin swung into a net loss of about $1.9 million, compared to a net profit of $4.4 million a year ago. The firm not only saw revenue slip 21 per cent from a year ago to $69 million, but also
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        112 42 Synear Food Holdings, a Singapore-listed quick freeze food producer based in China, yesterday said its firstquarter net profit fell about 55 per cent to around 48.3 million yuan ($10.3 million), down from 107 million yuan a year ago. Revenue dropped 24 per cent to
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      417 42  -  ESTHER FUNG RETRENCHMENT esther@mediacorp.com.sg IN A U-turn from a stated philosophy of not resorting to layoffs in tough times, Microsoft has given out pink slips to some of its staff in Singapore. The retrenchments took place last week and affected an undisclosed number here. They were
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      290 43  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg MAINBOARD-listed Asia Dekor Holdings will commence voluntary winding-up proceedings after failing to find a new business, the company said yesterday. The Hong Kong-headquartered firm, which formerly produced and sold laminated flooring and related products, said it planned to distribute 42.3 million yuan
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      298 43 AGENCIES CITY DEVELOPMENTS LTD But group remains optimistic property sector is recovering CITY Developments Limited (CDL), the second-largest developer by assets in Singapore, yesterday posted a 50-per-cent drop in first-quarter net profit amid lower contributions from its hotel operations and a slowdown in sales. The company,
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        53 44 72 cents I Buy AmFraser Securities initiates coverage on the gaming operator with a 90-cents target. Brokerage expects Genting's Resorts World IR to yield a margin of 14 per cent in FYIO, translating to Ebitda of $588 million, followed by 18 per cent in FYII, and 20 per
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        69 44 90.5 cents Buy Citi maintains its rating for the healthcare company with a target price of $1.34. The brokerage says Parkway Life Reit has no refinancing needs until H2 '10 and has a gearing of only 23 per cent. It says the trust offers sustainable yield of
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        79 44 $14.58 I Underperform Credit Suisse keeps rating for dry bulk shipper; raises the target to $9.50 from $6.35, pegged at 0.6 times price-to-book. Says STX unlikely to trade down to its historical low of 0.5 times price-to-book given reduced financial risks, but warns Ql '09 earnings likely
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        19 44 Friday 2,238.21 Thursday 2,241.60 Wednesday 2,179.03 Tuesday 2,074.35 V 0.15% A 2.87% A 5-°5°/° A 2.25%
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        23 44 US$1 £1 i euro A$i RMi $1,459 ¥100 $1,492 $2,205 HK$ioo $18.84 $1,983 RMB100 $21.40 $1,114 RS100 $2,954 $0,415 RPio,ooo $1,395
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      90 44 DONWONG HDB engineers successfully lifted the heaviest skybridge in the world at The Pinnacle@Duxton yesterday, completing a significant milestone in the project and connecting Block lE to lF at the 50th floor. The steel bridge structure weighs more than 350 tonnes, which is close to the
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      500 44  -  TAN HUILENG SINGAPORE ECONOMY But seven other economists stick to their forecasts huileng@mediacorp.com.sg PROMPTED by more heartening economic data, Citigroup analysts have upgraded their forecast for Singapore's gross domestic product (GDP) to shrink by 5 per cent this year instead of an earlier projected minus 6.4
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      272 44  - No stress S'pore banks are OK: Fitch TANHUILENG FITCH Ratings yesterday said that the probability of capital impairment for Singapore's three homegrown banks appeared "fairly low", even under a simulated stress tests performed by the ratings agency. This is "notwithstanding extremely challenging macroeconomic conditions and rea-sonably-stressed assumptions simulated by the
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