Today, 13 July 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    10 1 TODAY Monday July 13, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      afternoon latest
      194 1 3S'pore's struggling economy probably expanded for the first time in five quarters, economists predicted ahead of the MTl's release of GDP figures tomorrow. M Former US VP Dick Cheney could have acted 'outside the law' by ordering the CIA to conceal a covert spy programme from Congress, say
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      Lock icon HIGH SPIRITS DESPITE THE RAIN
      71 1 OOI BOON KEONG Guest of honour Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean braves the pouring rain to applaud parade performers as he takes his leave from the full-dress National Day parade on Saturday. The downpour, which started during the grand finale, couldn't dampen the spirits
      OOI BOON KEONG  -  71 words
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      Lock icon SERVICE JOBS: READY FOR A QUOTA CUT?
      786 1  -  LEONGWEEKEAT NEWS ANALYSIS weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SIX years ago, companies in the service sector could hire up to three foreigners for every seven local employees. Effective last month, the ratio now stands at five-for-five. With services primed as the long-term driver of the Singapore economy,
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      Looking for leaders to lend a hand
      691 1  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg HE IS kept busy running Main-board-listed developers Ho Bee Investments Limited, a company whose first-quarter turnover was $110 million. For three to four hours a week, however, chairman and chief executive ChuaThian Poh lends his time and expertise to the residents
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon An expansion, finally?
      456 3 BLOOMBERG AFTERNOON LATEST Tomorrow's MTI figures may see Singapore breaking GDP slump, say economists SINGAPORE'S economy probably expanded for the first time in five quarters as a rebound in manufacturing helped the South-east Asian nation emerge from its worst recession since independence in 1965. Gross domestic product
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      Lock icon A slight haze settles over Singapore
      247 3 THE rain on Saturday night and yesterday morning might have washed some haze particles away, but the haze seems to be making a steady progress towards Singapore especially as El Nino is likely to return. With it comes drier conditions than normal, so there
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        SWINGING FOR CHARITY
        87 4 Citi Singapore held its annual charity golf event last weekattheTanah Merah Country Club's Tampines Course, raising $320,000 forTsao Foundation. The funds will benefit about 6,000 women underthe Citi-Tsao Foundation Financial Education Programme for Mature Women. The programme helps low-income women above the age of 40 to understand
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        THREE WOMEN NABBED FOR PICK-POCKETING
        132 4 Three Vietnamese women, aged 22 to 39, were arrested after being caught red-handed picking a pocket. On Saturday at about spm, officers from Central Police Division were doing a routine patrol at a shopping mall along Victoria Street, when they noticed the three suspects tailing
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      Lock icon Be prepared — for anything
      557 4  - Be prepared for anything ALICIA WONG MEDICAL RELIEF MISSIONS NewSingHealth handbook also has tips for the layman alida@mediacorp.com.sg BARELY three days into their 12-day trip, the medical relief mission team had to tend to one of their own. A member of the 10-person team from Singapore was found unconscious in
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    • Article
      In a downturn, what's a degree worth?
      402 6 UNIVERSITY EDUCATION Life skills needed to weather the crisis, says Lim Hwee Hua DURING the recession in the late 1980s, more than one in five of America's college graduates ended up in non-college-level jobs. In such a bleak scenario, what is the value
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      Lock icon One path, many avenues
      318 6  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg HE CAPTAINED its windsurfing team. He played violin and viola with its string ensemble. You wouldn't be wrong in labelling Singapore Management University (SMU) graduate Tong Junjie an over-achiever because he was also active in community work, and had been to China in 2006
      TONG JUNJIE  -  318 words
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      Lock icon 2 forces, 1 crack unit
      448 8  -  ONGDAI LIN TACKLING TERRORISM dailin@media.corp. com. sg THE army will be the first troops to move in, if bombs were to go off on Orchard Road with the Naval Diving Unit (NDU) to be called in should reinforcements be needed. And the response time of
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      Lock icon Fewer from MacPherson seeking aid
      252 8  -  LEONGWEEKEAT MACPHERSON constituency has seen a 15 per cent drop in the number of residents seeking assistance in recent months, says the ward's Member of Parliament (MP) Matthias Yao. Speaking to reporters at MacPhersonTown Day, Mr Yao said the surge in the number of cases
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Public gatherings banned
      381 10 AFP URUMQI UNREST URUMQI (China) Residents of Urumqi city were banned yesterday from gathering in public places for a traditional day of mourning, one week after ethnic clashes left more than 180 people dead. Riot police have also stepped up security in sensitive parts of the city,
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      Lock icon Released by Abu Sayyaf at last
      333 10 AGENCIES MANILA Al Qaeda-linked militants freed an Italian Red Cross worker yesterday from six months of jungle captivity in southern Philippines, after a government negotiator agreed to release two arrested wives of the kidnappers' leader, officials said. Mr Eugenio Vagni said he was treated
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      Golkar party at a crossroads
      301 13 JAKARTA Golkar, the party of defeated presidential candidate Vice-President Jusuf Kalla, has been invited to team up with the party of former President Megawati Sukarnoputri. However, a Golkar insider indicated that the party is likely to rejoin the ruling coalition led by the victor of
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      Lock icon Aso's LDP suffers blow
      323 13 AFP TOKYO ELECTIONS TOKYO -Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso's ruling party appeared to be heading for defeat yesterday in a Tokyo election seen as a crucial test of his popularity ahead of a nationwide vote, media reports said. A drubbing by the opposition, which is seeking
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      Lock icon 4TH TIME UNLUCKY FOR ENDEAVOUR
      174 14 AP Thunderstorms forced Nasa to call off yesterday evening's launch of shuttle Endeavour, the fourth delay for the space station construction mission. The launch team came within minutes of sending Endeavour and seven astronauts to the international space station. But storms quickly moved in from
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      Lock icon Cheney acted 'outside the law'
      325 14 AGENCIES AFTERNOON LATEST Senate democrats accuse former VP of hiding covert spy programme WASHINGTON Senator Dianne Feinstein, the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said yesterday that the Bush administration may have broken the law if the Central Intelligence Agency concealed a covert spy programme
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      Lock icon Honduras curfew lifted
      103 14 AP TEGUCIGALPA The Honduran authorities yesterday lifted a curfew imposed since the ousting of President Manuel Zelaya two weeks ago a sign the interim government is trying to restore normality to life in the crisis-gripped country. In a nationally-broadcast announcement, the interim government said the curfew had
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      Lock icon PR runs foul of rules
      365 16 MALAYSIA BY-ELECTION Election Commission says opposition alliance is unregistered PUTRAJAYA The Malaysian Election Commission has ordered the removal of opposition posters and banners for the upcoming by-election, according to New Sunday Times (NST). The commission is not allowing campaign materials featuring leaders of the Pakatan
      AFP  -  365 words
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      PAS leader still open to talks
      169 16 KUALA KRAI The president of an opposition Islamic party has repeated his assertion that his party is open to discussions with Malaysia's ruling party, United Malays National Organisation (Umno), on issues of grave interest to the country and Malays. Despite criticism over similar remarks
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      Lock icon Najib trying to be 'Santa': Rival
      188 16 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR After Malaysia's leader announced economic sweeteners for the public to mark his first 100 days in office, opposition critics accused him yesterday of relying on populist measures to strengthen his support. In a nationally-televised speech on Saturday, Prime Minister Najib Razak
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      Lock icon Malaysia seeks birthrate boost
      244 16 AFP KUALA LUMPUR An increasing number of Malaysian couples are seeking fertility treatment as the country's birthrate declines, a newspaper reported yesterday. A recent United Nations report showed that the country's fertility rate dropped from 3.6 babies per couple in 1990 to 2.6 babies currently, said
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      Lock icon Brown slammed for 'dereliction of duty' in Afghan war
      193 17 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON British Premier Gordon Brown has been accused of "the ultimate dereliction of duty" in his handling of the war in Afghanistan. Amid a bitter political row about the future of Britain's role in the conflict, shadow Defence Secretary
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      Lock icon 2 more US Marines killed
      112 17 NYT KABUL Two United States Marines were killed in a roadside explosion in the southern province of Helmand, a US forces spokeswoman said yesterday. A third American service member wounded in Afghanistan died on Friday back home. The explosion, which occurred on Saturday, was caused
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon FREED IRANIANS GET HERO'S WELCOME
        112 17 AFP Five Iranian diplomats, who were freed in Iraq by the United States military last week after 30 months in detention, flew home to a hero's welcome in Tehran yesterday. The US military had accused the men whom Iran insists are diplomats of arming militias
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        Lock icon 'UK HELP ON AFGHAN WAR EFFORT IS VITAL'
        132 17 AP President BarackObama waded into Britain's debate over the war in Afghanistan, calling Britain's contribution critically important in the struggle to prevent terrorists from establishing a stronghold in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In an interview with Sky News, Mr Obama acknowledged the rising
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        Lock icon NEW DELHI METRO RAIL BRIDGE COLLAPSES
        63 17 AFP Five people were killed and another 15 injured when a section of a partially-constructed New Delhi metro bridge gave way suddenly early yesterday. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation chief E Sreedharan told reporters he had submitted his resignation, taking responsibility for the accident. Launched
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        Lock icon MUMBAI ATTACKERS TO BE TRIED SOON
        128 17 AP The trial of five men accused in the Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people is likely to start next week, Pakistan's Interior Minister says, calling it proof of Islamabad's commitment to punishing those responsible for the assault. Mr Rehman Malik said that the
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      'I AM CURIOUS ALL THE TIME'
      495 18  -  Calvin Cheng NMP DESIGNATE Letter from I REFER to "My, My... Mr Cheng" written by Mr PNBalji (July 11-12). Firstly, I would like to clarify that I did not resign as a reaction to Today's reporting, as Mr Balji seemed to imply. As Today
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      Town council working with contractor on new water dispensers
      163 19  -  Lydia Ho Letter from Public Relations Manager Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council WE REFER to Mr Tan Hau Teck's letter "Nowhere to wash" (July 8). The original water dispensers, which had been installed more than six years ago, have been breaking down
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      Local hirers write off those they consider 'mature workers'
      276 19  -  Sujata Dwivedi Letter from I REFER to the ongoing debate on whether there is a bias against hiring mature workers in Singapore. So much of our school years is spent learning about the achievements of great people, national leaders, historical figures,
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    • Article
      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      165 19  -  DR BILL MAIER BY RAISING MONEY-SAVVY KIDS There's no easy road to financial success but there is a proven one! And that's what every kid should learn. Have you ever heard of the "10--10-10-70" rule of budgeting? It's a concept that's guaranteed to raise money-wise kids
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        Extra ordinary
        1184 20  -  MAY SEAH LOCAL TV A Plus reporter's big break in showbiz as an extra on the set of Sayang Sayang may@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS my big television break. My ticket to fame and fortune. The second season of Peranakan-themed family dramedy Sayang Sayang was in production and I was
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        441 21  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH CONCERT REVIEW STEFANIE SUN: THE ANSWER IS Don't ever say Stefanie Sun can't put on a show christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN we interviewed Stefanie Sun (picture) a few weeks ago, she said she was just "an ordinary person" in extraordinary circumstances. But only an extraordinary person could have
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        Mission accomplished
        433 22  -  MAYO MARTIN I THEATRE REVIEW OWN TIME OWN TARGET Re-staged twin-bill comedy will leave you army dazed mayo@mediacorp.com.sg LAST year, Own Time Own Target was one of the few shows I missed at the Singapore Theatre Festival, so I was curious why it was touted as one of
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      967 23 TV LISTINGS ON MEDIACORP CHANNEL S 9 N. .MEpiACORp MEGA MONDAY MOVIE 6ooAM Entertainment Tonight 1100 T he starter wife SPEED RACER The Day After Tomorrow 5.30 Prime Time Morning 5.00 The Rachaei Ray show 111 mn Lost iv The Next Generation r 1 9.30 The Rachaei Ray Show 111
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  • sports
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      Lock icon At long last, Webber's first
      754 24 AGENCIES GERMAN GRAND PRIX Aussie driver overcomes drive-through penalty for maiden Formula 1 win NURBURGRING (Germany) Finally, after eight years, Mark Webber won his first Formula 1 race when he took the chequered flag at the German Grand Prix yesterday, leading team-mate Sebastian Vettel to
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      Lock icon Singapore pair lead girls' 420 class
      177 24  -  TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE'S Griselda Khng and Cecilia Low have taken an early lead at the Volvo Youth World Sailing ISAF Championships (July 9-18) in Armacao de Buzios, Brazil. After Saturday's (Sunday Singapore time) opening two races, the pair top the 24-strong fleet in the girls'
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      Lock icon No Man U deal for Eto'o
      209 25 AGENCIES AFTERNOON LATEST SAMUEL Eto'o's hopes of a bigmoney move to the Premier League appear to be dwindling. After Manchester City publicly ended their attempts to sign the Barcelona forward on a massive contract last Friday, neighbours United have now distanced themselves from offering
      AGENCIES  -  209 words
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      Lock icon Fergie wants Brazil's new Ronaldinho'
      134 25 THEGUARDIAN MANCHESTER United have re-estab-lished formal contact with the Bra- zilian club Gremio about trying to reach a compromise over a fee for Douglas Costa, the talented 18-year-old who has been hailed as "the new Ronaldinho" in his country. Sir Alex Ferguson rates Costa as
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      Lock icon STEVE BRUCE ON A BUYING SPREE
      71 25 THE GUARDIAN Sunderland manager Steve Bruce has made his old club, Wigan Athletic, an improved offer of £6 million ($l4 million) for Lee Cattermole. Bruce paid Middlesbrough £3.5 million to take the England Under-21 midfielder to the JJB Stadium last summer. Bruce is also
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      Lock icon More 'fuel' needed for next lap
      421 26  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE SPORTS Juniors need public, private backing for Youth Olympics, says sprint legend Kunalan linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg TEAM Singapore received a glowing report card from officials for their harvest of nine gold, six silver and 15 bronze medals at the Asian Youth Games.
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      Nike's four-year wait is finally over
      338 26  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER a long wait, the Nike Fit team finally shed their bridesmaid tag at the Energizer National League 2009, storming to a 45-33 win in the final over the National 21 U team to lift the trophy. Nike Fit, who
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      Lock icon I won't read the book: Becks
      522 27 THEGUARDIAN AFTERNOON LATEST Beckham will confront Galaxy teammate over 'unprofessional' comments LOS ANGELES David Beckham has called his Los Angeles Galaxy team-mate Landon Donovan "unprofessional" after the latter made derogatory comments about his captain without confronting him first. Beckham, who was making his first
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      Lock icon Jolie's Shinju bags Singapore Derby
      212 27 PHILIPGOH KACE favourite J one's Shinju ran away with the $1 million Emirates Singapore Derby at the Singapore Turf Club yesterday. Despite being the only mare in the 16-strong field, the four-year-old Japanesebred horse took command from the word go, making light of the 2,000
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      Lock icon Young Lions still trying to find their feet
      503 27  -  LAN DE COTTA GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Young Lions vTampines Rovers Jalan Besar Stadium, 7.45pm ian@mediacorp.com.sg THE last time the Young Lions won a match in the Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League 2009 was three months ago. Since the second week of May, Terry
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      717 28  -  JOHN BITTLESTON TAKING CHARGE You should be aware of the risks of information without wisdom succeed@mediacorp.com.sg THERE is much talk about balance in life, especially work-life balance. There are four other important areas of our lives where we have been steadily creating less, rather than more,
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      308 29 THE POWER OF LESS LEOBABAUTA An ideal day at the office would be to have a workday where stress levels are minimal, where you are able to focus on your work and what few tasks you complete are chosen so they have the most impact. Such a day
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        77 29 SIM University (UniSIM) is launching a PhD in Chinese Language and Literature in collaboration with Nanjing University. It is UniSlM's first PhD programme and the first Chinese doctorate programme offered in Singapore in partnership with a China university. Applications for the first intake in January
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        S P JAIN STUDENTS CAN HEAD DOWN UNDER
        81 29 Students who enrol in the S P Jain Center of Management in Singapore now can spend part of the programme in Sydney, as part of an agreement with the Australian Graduate School of Management, whose MBA programmes are offered under the Australian
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        94 29 This is an initiative a private design school has rolled out to help students during the recession. Eligible students at First Media Design School pay only the $535 registration fee at the beginning. They pay the balance of their school fees after graduation, in monthly instalments
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      326 30 AGENCIES MIAMI ÜBS, the largest Swiss bank by assets, is in talks with the United States government to settle a lawsuit seeking the names of 52,000 American account holders suspected of using Swiss secrecy laws to evade taxes. The
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      715 30  -  MICHAEL CASEY DOWJONES BUSINESS ANALYSIS Disinflation in US and stimulus in China help cut trade gap NEW YORK Whether or not trade imbalances are the underlying cause of the global crisis, the economic downturn is finally helping to reduce them. Evidence of this came last
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        46 31 Analysts are buzzing that Goldman Sachs, which only recently paid back its government bailout money, will report blowout profits tomorrow. The bank is predicted to have earned more than US$2 billion in the March-June period, thanks to its trading prowess across world markets. NYT
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        53 31 China Eastern Airlines, releasing details of its agreed takeover of Shanghai Airlines, offered about 9 billion yuan ($1.9 billion) as it seeks to dominate air travel in the nation's financial capital. The carrier will exchange 1.3 new Shanghai-listed shares for each share of the smaller airline, it
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          67 32 $1.56 I Neutral CIMB downgrades the developer from "Outperform", saying the shares are trading at 0.9 times price/book, close to the average in the last recovery phase. It notes its solid balance sheet and good track record in timing property market, but says there are few catalysts in
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          63 32 23 US cents Hold OCBC Investment Research keeps call but raises target to 24 US cents from 16 US cents to reflect waning risks on renegotiation of rates with charterer CSAV, which recently raised new equity. Says "current price levels present deep value, but with little evidence
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          78 32 78.5 cents I Buy DMG keeps rating and raises target to $1.04 from 85.5 cents on higher earnings forecasts, noting that the firm, which supplies aluminum alloy extrusion products to China's train industry, recently announced contract wins that more than doubled its order-book. FROM BROKERAGE RESEARCH AND AGENCY
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          20 32 E Thursday 2,307.61 Wednesday 2,259.77 Tuesday 2,272.26 Monday 2,266.09 A 2.12% T 0.55% A 0.27% T 1.46%
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          25 32 J 1/,/uo.^ T U4070 Jikkei ihanghai ieoul /lumbai ;LComp 9,287.28 T 0.04% 3/"3-93 0.29% 1,428.62 T 0.16% 13,504.22 T 1.84% 1,067.76 A 0.20%
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          22 32 JS$i :i euro k$i !Mi $1,462 ¥100 Si.576 $2,368 HKSioo $18.87 $2,032 RMB100 $21.40 $1,135 RS100 $2,986 $0,408 RPio,ooo $1,434
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        116 32 Adding a dash of fun to raising funds for underprivileged children, POSB yesterday held its inaugural Run For Kids event, which attracted more than 3,500 participants and raised $250,000. Half the money will go to the Singapore Children's Society (SCS) and the other half will
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        597 32  -  CONRAD RAJ MONDAY BLUES editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg Where huge sums are involved, Iras shouldn't leave us guessing THE recent alarm over a proposed change to the Income Tax Act, to supposedly clarify the law on taxing property sales, once again underlines the importance of proper communication and explanation by
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        290 32 EVERGRO Properties, 85.4 per cent owned by Keppel Land, is seeking a voluntary delisting from the Singapore Exchange, the two companies said in a regulatory filing last night. Under the delisting proposal, Evergro shareholders can choose either to receive 1,000 new ordinary shares
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      962 33 TV LISTINGS ON MEDIACORP CHANNEL ON MEDIACORP MEGA MONDAY MOVIE 6ooAM EntertainmentTonight 1100 T he starter wife SPEED RACER The Day After Tomorrow s.30 Prime Time Morning 5.00 The Rachaei Ray show 111 mn Lost iv The Next Generation Channel 5,7pm 9-3° ™e j^*'^5^ 111 S c EntertainmentTonight 1.00AM EntertainmentTonight
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