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    10 1 TODAY Wednesday July 8, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    in the news
    178 1 What if 15 terrorists 1 Z^ hijacked a marine vessel, landed at various spots around Singapore and launched simultaneous attacks in public places? ""1 A Indonesia's incumbent 1 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is expected to win another five-year term in the country's presidential election. ""1 *y The
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    Banned till they shape up
    820 1  -  CHRISTIE LOH MINIBONDSSAGA Basic lapses provoke concern as MAS stops 10 firms from selling structured notes deputy business editor christie@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE'S financial institutions yesterday got a sharp wake-up call to tighten their internal processes, when the regulator banned 10 of them from selling structured
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    THEIR SHORTFALLS ...
    242 1 THEIR SHORTFALLS HONG LEONG FINANCE 2-year ban* Classified Minibond and Pinnacle Notes as "low to medium risk", when prospectuses stated they "can involve a high degree of risk". No objective measure (such as numerical score) in computing clients' risk profile. Failed to sufficiently differentiate structured notes from bonds and equity
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    Flaws make legal ammo?
    448 1  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg COULD the flaws in financial institutions' procedures that the regulators' report has exposed prove to be ammunition against them in a legal action? While the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has stressed that the failings it identified in the sale of structured products does
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      TRUST SHAKEN, HOW NOW?
      310 3  -  CHRISTIE LOH POINTOFVIEW deputy business editor news@newstoday.com.sg THE next time I visit my neighbourhood bank, it's going to be tough to listen to an investment sales pitch without a feeling of distrust. How am I to believe everything that a bank staff says about a product,
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      Banks, securities firms take steps
      328 3  -  ESTHER FUNG SOON after the regulator released its report yesterday, the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) and Securities Association of Singapore (SAS) both announced measures to tighten processes. To educate sales and frontline staff on complex products, the SAS has committed to coming up
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      Lock icon An eye for an eye
      742 4 AGENCIES RIOTS IN Curfew imposed as Han Chinese retaliate URUMQI (China) Thousands of angry Han Chinese armed with poles, meat cleavers and other makeshift weapons stormed through Urumqi yesterday as the flashpoint city riven by ethnic tensions descended into chaos. Earlier in the day, about
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      Lock icon 'WE CUT THE INTERNET'
      196 4 AGENCIES China confirmed yesterday that it had cut off Internet access in parts of Urumqi to stop the flow of information it saw as dangerous. "We cut the Internet connection in some areas of Urumqi in order to quench the riot quickly and prevent violence from
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      A question of party
      409 6  -  ESTHER NG NMPSCHEME One of the nine new names is a Young PAP member estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SHOULD it matter if a member of a political party, albeit an inactive one and a youth wing member, is selected to be a Nominated Member of Parliament? The scheme was
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      Shielded from politics
      382 8  -  LINYANQIN EDUCATION SYSTEM yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg A WHOLE raft of reforms was introduced in the late 1990s to enable teachers and schools to teach better, but the Government stood firm on one thing despite calls for its implementation: Smaller class sizes. Though there was pressure from parents and parliamentarians,
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      Lock icon Shirin Fozdar's vision lives on
      259 10 CLOSE to two decades after her death, Mrs Shirin Fozdar's dream of promoting women's rights continues to live through a fund set up in her honour. And to ensure that the dream will never die, the custodianship of the Shirin Fozdar Trust Fund, first launched
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      Victim offered sex: Attackers
      490 10  -  ZULOTHMAN INTHECOURTS zul@mediacorp.com.sg YES, they physically assaulted him. But in the three prisoners' minds, the sexual abuse charges against them such as sodomising their former cell mate and having him perform oral sex on them are baseless because he made the offers. And though they accepted
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      In the face of terror ...
      320 12  - In the face of terror NEOCHAICHIN EXERCISE NORTHSTAR VII What if 15 terrorists, in an eerie echo of the Mumbai attacks last year, hijacked a marine vessel, land at various spots around Singapore and launch simultaneous attacks in public places? This is the premise of the nation-wide emergency drill Northstar
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      Lock icon Siege at Raffles Place MRT Station
      271 13  -  TEOXUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg ARMED with concealed M-16 rifles, the duo took the train from Marina Bay to Raffles Place with a sinister plan: Inflict maximum casualties on the evening crowd thronging the busy stretch of restaurants along Boat Quay. The carnage, however, happened before the
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon SIX PROJECTS GET NRF FUNDING
        106 13 938 LIVE Researchers from Nanyang Technological University were awarded $30 million under the National Research Foundation's (NRF) Competitive Research Programme Funding Scheme. The amount was half the total amount disbursed in the scheme's fourth call for proposals. Altogether six projects received funding, bringing the total
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        DRUG OFFENDER BARRED FROM SINGAPORE
        127 13 Australian television journalist Peter Gerard Lloyd, who spent seven months in a Singapore jail for drug offences, has been barred from entering the Republic permanently. The prohibition of entry order was announced by the Ministry of Home Affairs in the electronic edition of the Government
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      277 6 T^Uf ufa a Today photo contest THENffNOW HOW HAS LIFE IN SINGAPORE IMPROVED IN THE LAST 50 YEARS? Send us photographs of your life then and now. Each photograph or pair of pictures should come with a caption of up to 50 words, to tell your story, in your words.
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    • EYE ON INDONESIA
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        'NEW VOTER RULING WILL BE UPHELD'
        96 14 Provincial governors yesterday pledged to uphold the new Constitutional Court ruling for unregistered voters. Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo said the local branch of the General Elections Commission had prepared reserve ballots equal to 10 per cent of the number of registered voters, after the
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        ANTI-SBY BOOKS DISTRIBUTED IN SEMARANG
        97 14 More than 200 books aimed at discrediting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono were found in the Central Java city of Semarang yesterday. "We cannot hold anyone accountable as the book has no publisher. There are four names mentioned as writers or researchers, but we suspect they
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        VOTE AND GET A 50% DISCOUNT
        100 14 Indonesians living in Jakarta will get a 50 per cent discount on entry to Ancol Dreamland Park if they vote in today's election, wrote The Jakarta Post. All visitors need to do is to show their ink-stained fingers proof that they have voted —to
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      Lock icon SBY hopes to do it in one round
      288 14 AGENCIES INDONESIA ELECTIONS JAKARTA Indonesia votes today in its second direct presidential election since the fall of the Suharto dictatorship, with incumbent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expected to win another five-year term. The liberal ex-general is hoping to avoid a run-off in September
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      Lock icon Six dead, 40 wounded in Philippines bomb attacks
      188 15 AGENCIES JOLO At least six people were killed and more than 40 wounded by twin bomb blasts in the Philippines yesterday, in what officials described as coordinated attacks by Al Qaeda-linked militants. The first bomb, hidden beneath a motorcycle, exploded in a
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      Lock icon Approval rating = 65%
      328 15 Approval rating 65% THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER PM NAJIBRAZAK KUALA LUMPUR When he entered office in early April, he had one of the lowest approval ratings of any incoming Malaysian Prime Minister. One hundred days later and after a slew of measures to reform the economy, Malaysians appear to be warming
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      Lock icon Rally planned at Anwar trial
      133 15 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's opposition said it will mount a rally of thousands of black-clad supporters today outside the court where leader Anwar Ibrahim is to go on trial for sodomy. Youth chief of Anwar's Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Shamsul Iskandar Mohammad Akin said he
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      Lock icon TIME FOR A CHANGE
      531 16 THE GUARDIAN NEWS COMMENT JONATHAN WATTS XINJIANG'S bloody explosion of violence in Urumqi has underscored the struggle of ethnic minorities to find a place in a modernising China and a homogenising world. As in Lhasa last year, a peaceful protest suddenly became a murderous race riot.
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      WHEN WILL ENOUGH BE ENOUGH?
      603 17  -  MARIA SIOW TODAY IN CHINA east asia bureau chief mariasiow@mediacorp.com. sg THE firing of seven North Korean ballistic missiles over the weekend has caused some Chinese observers to throw up their hands in the air in somewhat collective despair and say: "Enough is enough!" Indeed,
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      Lock icon US, S Korea eye missile boost
      366 18 AGENCIES NUCLEAR POWER Allies could discuss revision of 2001 accord as North Korea ups nuclear threat SEOUL The United States is open to talks on the possibility of South Korea developing ballistic missiles capable of striking all of North Korea. According to a South
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      Lock icon Reality bites
      455 20 THE NEWYORKTIMES S KOREA UNEMPLOYMENT With wounded pride, jobless Koreans turn to manual labour KUNGHANG (South Korea) With his clean white university sweatshirt and shiny mobile phone, Mr Lee Chang Shik looks the part of a manager at a condominium development company, the job that he held until
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      Lock icon A man of today with his eyes firmly on future
      415 22 THE NEWYORKTIMES,AP OBAMA ON PUTIN MOSCOW United States President Barack Obama said yesterday that America and Russia "share common interests" in building a secure, free and flourishing world but rejected complaints about US support for missile defence and expansion of
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      A TREATY TO SUIT THEIR NEEDS
      581 23  -  ROBERT BURNS NEWS ANALYSIS THE new United States-Rus-sian plan to negotiate deeper cuts in nuclear weapons fits well with each country's shifting focus: The US towards reliance on precision conventional weapons, and Russia towards modern short-range nuclear weapons to offset US conventional superiority. The
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      Lock icon Italy in a 'gigantic fudge'
      367 24 THEGUARDIAN GBSUMMIT Calls grow within G8 to expel 'awful' Italians as summit preparations turn chaotic ROME —Preparations for today's Group of Eight (G8) summit in the Italian mountain town of L'Aquila have been so chaotic there is growing pressure from other member states to have
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      Lock icon Farewell to the King
      366 25 3AM LATEST MICHAEL JACKSON'S FUNERAL LOS ANGELES Berry Gordy called Michael Jackson the "greatest entertainer that ever lived". Gordy should know. He is the founder of Motown Records, the company that signed the Jackson Five Michael, Jermaine, Jackie, Marlon and Tito back in 1968. Last night,
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      Lock icon US not giving Israel 'green light' to attack Iran
      180 25 AFP WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama yesterday strongly denied that the US had given Israel the green light to strike Iran's nuclear facilities, in an interview with CNN. He was speaking after VicePresident Joe Biden said on Sunday that the
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      Lock icon End of the road for serial murderer
      141 26 AP GAFFNEY (South Carolina) Police on Monday shot dead a serial killer who terrorised a South Carolina community with a killing spree. Patrick Burris, 41, was shot by officers investigating a burglary complaint at a home 50km from where the killing spree started.
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      Lock icon Power tussle moves to US
      301 26 AFP HONDURAS CRISIS TEGUCIGALPA Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was set to meet with United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday. The meeting would be the highest level contact between Mr Zelaya and US President Barack Obama's administration since the June 28 coup, when
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      241 30  -  ChooWaiYing PRIMARY 1 REGISTRATION Letter from Adrian AS THE annual Primary 1 registration window comes round again, I am heartened to hear the Ministry of Education's assurance that better-off families are unable to create an unfair playing field by directly "purchasing" a spot in
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      214 32  -  DRJAMES DOBSON BY SENSITIVITY IS THE KEY If there's one lesson parents need to learn most urgently, it's to guard what they say in the presence of their children. Many times following speaking engagements, I've been approached by a mother about a problem her child was
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        531 34  -  GENEVIEVE LOH PICTURES: BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS SNEAK PEEK in shanghai genev ieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg TALK about being Shanghai-ed. In a legal and enjoyable way, of course. Soon after I arrived in modern-day China, I was bundled up and shipped off (actually, we took the bus) to central Hong Kong
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      125 36  -  GENEVIEVE LOH MOVIE REVIEW 20TH CENTURY BOYS: CHAPTER 2—THE LAST HOPE HARDWORKING director Yukihiko Tsutsumi is back to deliver the second of the three-part film adaptation of 20th Century Boys, Naoki Urasawa's revered 24-volume manga. Almost too faithful to the books, this science fiction/coming-of-age/
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      216 36  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEW|SUNSHINECLEANING Great acting, quirky concept make this an indie gem genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg THE inevitable comparisons with Little Miss Sunshine will come—what with the two films sharing similar titles, producers, and the indisputable Alan Arkin as the sardonic grandpa to a precocious youngling but thanks to wonderfully
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      132 38  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEW THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT WHAT do you get when mix in some Poltergeist, The Exorcist, The Sixth Sense and Amityville Horror in a "based on true story" pot? A sporadically scary genre film with a strong opening and weak ending that
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      167 38  -  GENEVIEVELOH MOVIE REVIEW 50 DEAD MEN WALKING IF YOU'RE thinking this is a sequel starring 50 Scan Perms all seeking solace from Susan Sarandon, I'm sorry to be the one to have to break this to you: It's not. 50 Dead Men Walking is the latest film
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      209 39  -  GENEVIEVE LOH MOVIE REVIEW OBSESSED IT'S one thing if your movie is mindless, trashy junk food. But it's quite another when it's boring mindless, trashy junk food. Obsessed tries very hard to be part Fatal Attraction, part The Hand That Rocks The Cradle for the noughties, but
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      575 41  -  TANYO-HINN ISTASIANYOUTH GAMES Plans afoot to give young athletes all the help they need, as swimmers named Games' leading lights yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg WITH the nine-day Asian Youth Games done and dusted, Singapore's final medal haul from its 90-strong athlete contingent is nine gold, six silver and 15
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      540 42  -  LOW LIN FHOONG ISTASIANYOUTH GAMES 2009 Likes of Ting Wen in line for monetary reward: SNOC linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg TEAM Singapore's medallists at the Asian Youth Games will receive a monetary bonus for their successful performances at the event. Just before the closing ceremony at the Games
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      479 43  -  LAN DE COTTA PHOTOS: ISTASIANYOUTH GAMES 2009 Youngsters need greater funding and exposure, says shooting association chief ian@mediacorp.com.sg AS ONE of the national sports associations in the top bracket for government funding, shooting could be deemed to have come up short at the Asian Youth
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      456 44  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Young Lions' poor form no cause for concern yet says national coach Avramovic GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Young Lions vAlbirex Niigata Jalan Besar Stadium, 7.45pm shamir@mediacorp.com.sg THE Young Lions are second from bottom in the Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League 2009 table. It's a
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      313 44  -  SHAMIROSMAN IN WHAT was a scrappy affair at the Choa Chu Rang Stadium, SAFFC proved the more clinical in front of goal, hitting four past Gombak United in their Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League clash last night. The 4-1 win over closest rivals Gombak could prove crucial
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      147 44 A FOOTBALLER in Singapore's under-18 squad has contracted theHlNl virus. The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) have declined to name the player, but gave the assurance that all precautions have been taken to ensure the well-being of the rest of the squad. Said FAS spokesperson Eric Ong:
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      246 45 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH Real lay out a welcome fit for a king for Ronaldo MADRID Part coronation, part Papal Mass, with a dash of rock concert thrown in. Eighty-five thousand Real Madrid fans on Monday night attended the church of Cristiano Ronaldo at the Bernabeu. After three years
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      42 43 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 5.55pm Cricket England v Australia, Ch 110 TOMORROW 3am Golf John Deere Classic, Ch 304 8.45 am Football Copa Libertadores final: Cruzeiro v Estudiantes, Ch 27 9.5 MM? 6.35am-ii.3spm Sports Zone Minutes Hourly Sports updates live on g3BLive
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      463 46  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH YOUNG BUSINESS LEADERS INACTION Attitudes just as important when beating a recession, say entrepreneurs christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg QUESTION: What do actress Irene Ang, model Rebecca Tan, Member of Parliament Teo Ser Luck and a group of entrepreneurs have in common? Answer: They are all involved in
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      380 47  -  HE PEIWEN The Canon PIXMA MXB6B all-in-one printer produces top-quality prints At Jeffrey Chung Models, a colour printer is a highly-valued business tool. Ms Helen Chung, a director at Jeffrey Chung Models, explained that the modelling agency sends high-resolu-tion pictures of models to potential clients in Singapore, Hong
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      396 48 AP WORLD ECONOMIES Pontiff proposes a new world financial order VATICAN CITY Pope Benedict XVI yesterday called for a new world financial order guided by ethics, dignity and the search for the common good. He denounced the profit-at-all-cost mentality of the globalised economy and lamented that
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        226 49 Liverpool and football fans turned up in droves at 20 car-parks island-wide on June 27 to grab their free "Welcome to Singapore, LFC" car decal. Close to 8,000 decals were given away during the six-hour event. Many Liverpool fans were spotted wearing their club jerseys to
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        99 49 London Weight Management celebrated the opening of its eighth outlet at Marina Square last month with a showcase titled the London Project Runway. The showcase featured four women who shared how they achieved their svelte figures with help from London Weight Management.
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        107 49 To celebrate Singapore's 44th birthday, NTUC is offering a 44-per-cent discount off their resorts stay. In the month of August, NTUC members can book a three-day, two-night stay for just $100 at Costa Sands Resorts, Downtown East, $88 at Costa Sands Resorts, Pasir Ris,
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        57 49 This summer, Bossini invites you on a tour of the Blue Planet where it is cool to be blue. Bossini's advertising campaign features everyday people dressed in blue sleeveless tops with embroidery, plaid shirts, checked patchwork shorts, hot pants and more. Look out for this refreshing
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        62 49 This Great Singapore Sale, enjoy 10 weeks of great buys at Giordano instead of the usual eight. Giordano shorts are going for $10 for every second piece. Ladies shorts and capris, as well as men's bermudas, are priced from just $39. Don't miss these and other
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        132 49 In celebration of the Ist Asian Youth Games Singapore 2009, Milo launched a contest that promotes a sporting culture in schools. Named AYG Live! in Campus 2009, the contest is supported by Team Singapore. Participants have uploaded various photo entries that capture their school sports
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        THE GREAT HERBS FEST
        55 49 Eu Van Sang is offering attractive discounts on its range of fine herbs, such as selected quality grades of raw Cordyceps and Ginseng. Enjoy as much as 25 per cent off the Cordyceps and 30 per cent off the Ginseng. Terms and Conditions apply. This promotion
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        108 49 Fashion cosmetic contact lens maker FreshKon has launched a "Thank You" campaign to reward its loyal customers. The first phase of the campaign offered freebies and discounts on both FreshKon Alluring Eyes and FreshKon Colors Fusion customers. The second phase offers free Maybelline "Unstoppable" mascara products to
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        169 49 The 1 Day Acuvue TruEye contact lenses, the world's first Silicone Hydrogel daily disposable contact lens, is now available in Singapore. These lenses help reduce redness, tiredness and dryness of the eyes with the revolutionary combination of advanced materials and proprietary technology. Made with Silicone Hydrogel, the
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        176 49 Seiko has recently launched the 11th generation of Criteria men's watches. Inspired by the celebrated masculinity and style of men, the new Criteria collection outlines their professionalism with details accentuated in the dial. Delicate Japanese craftsmanship is manifested to perfection in the new Criteria Chronograph series.
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      199 50 AFP THE United States may need a second stimulus package focusing on infrastructure projects to put the world's biggest economy firmly on the path to recovery, a top White House adviser said in Singapore yesterday. Ms Laura Tyson, a member of
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      341 50  -  LAN DE COTTA SINGAPOREGRAND PRIX ian@mediacorp.com.sg THE high price of hotel rooms, some almost triple their normal rates, was the cause of many complaints from Formula 1 (Fl) fans during last September's inaugural Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix. It left many hotels in the
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      209 50 SINGAPORE is now the 10th most-expensive city in the world for expatriates, according to a survey conducted by human resource and financial consultant Mercer. The Republic climbed three places from last year, knocking Italy's Milan out of 10th place in this year's Worldwide Cost of
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      179 52 THE Singapore Tourism Board (STB) yesterday launched a tender for a food and beverage (F&B) outlet at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. The invitation is extended to Singapore-based or registered companies with operations in Shanghai to tender for services of
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      520 52  -  KELVIN CHOW SINO-FOREST CORPORATION Mandra Forestry Finance terminates bilateral agreement kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg SINO-FOREST Corporation, a Temasek-linked company listed in Canada, had a rude shock recently when it was suddenly informed by its business partner Mandra Forestry Finance that two of its agreements that has been ongoing for
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      250 53 938 LIVE A NEW study by DP Information Group has found that consumers who are slow in repaying their debts to a business will likely fall behind in their bank loan repayments as well and this will happen in just
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      276 53  -  YASMINEYAHYA 938 LIVE HIRING PRACTICES Company accused of hiring unqualified workers in the US yasmine@mediacorp.com. sg ST AEROSPACE, a unit of main-board-listed ST Engineering, has refuted allegations that unqualified employees work at two of its firms in the United States. In response to queries from 938
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      174 53  -  TAN HUI LENG A TOTAL of eight bids were received for an Urban Redevelopment Authority (LIRA) tender for a 25,012.4 sq m industry site at Woodlands Industrial Park E5. The 60-year lease site at Woodlands Avenue 4 was launched for public tender on June
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        40 54 $1.07 I Outperform Daiwa upgrades call from "Underperform" on view Reit will resume DPU-accretive acquisitions. Expects Reit to acquire assets from sponsor Capita Land. Raises target price to $1.32 from $1.00 to assume higher DPU from acquisitions.
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        73 54 16 cents I Buy CIMB starts call with 23 cents target price, based on 5.6 X FY '10 P/E ratio. Expects maker of automotive precision moulds to benefit from China's efforts to build up its domestic automotive sector. FROM BROKERAGE RESEARCH AND AGENCY REPORTS Disclaimer: Readers should seek
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        19 54 Monday 2,266.09 V 1.46% Friday 2,299.75 Thursday 2,320.82 Wednesday 2,352.55 T 0.91% T 1.35% A 0.83%
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        27 54 iang Seng 17,862.27 T 0.65% Jikkei 9,647.79 v 0.34% lhanghai 3,089.45 T 1.13% ieoul 1,434.20 A 0.37% /lumbai 14,170.45 A 0.90% Malaysia 1,066.36 A 0.05%
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        21 54 »l.^O fllAI 3>±.5^O :i euro k$i !Mi $2,362 HKSioo $18.79 $2,040 RMB100 $21.31 $1,166 RS100 $3,004 $0,411 RPio,ooo $1,454
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      194 54  -  HEDIRMANSUPIAN IF YOU are using Microsoft Internet Explorer as your browser, beware a security bug could allow hackers to take control of your computer. Microsoft issued an urgent security advisory yesterday on the vulnerability, which affects Internet Explorer browsers running on the Windows XP or
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      476 54  -  CHEOWXINYI THE GLOBAL ECONOMY Finance Minister says worst is over, but cautions against excessive stimulus cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg AHEAD of the release of Singapore's second quarter economic estimates next Tuesday, Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam tempered expectations by sounding off a high-ly-cautious note, saying the global economy including
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