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    20 1 TODAY Thursday October 29, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Thursday October 29, 2oog www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    in the news
    149 1 2 Taliban suicide gunmen storm a United Nations guesthouse in the Afghan capita of Kabul, killing nine. 3 Reporter Leong Wee Keat has a couple of suggestions on how Singaporeans can have their cake and eat it when it comes to car ownership. ■"I /^Afghan President's L\J
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    Lock icon Market carnage in Pakistan
    550 1 AGENCIES CAR BOMB Attack occurs mere hours after Clinton's arrival PESHAWAR A car bomb tore through a crowded market in north-western Pakistan yesterday, killing more than 90 people just hours after United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in the country to show American
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    Lock icon H1N1 vaccine to cost $29 at all polyclinics
    320 1  -  NEOCHAICHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE At $29, the vaccines will be a "cost-effective shield" against HINI, said healthcare provider SingHealth as it became the first to declare prices yesterday. Writing on the Ministry of Health's blog, SingHealth Polyclinics chief ex- ecutive Tan Chee Beng
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Taliban strikes UN guesthouse
      630 2 AGENCIES TERROR IN AFGHANISTAN KABUL Taliban suicide gunmen stormed a United Nations guesthouse in the Afghan capital yesterday, killing nine people in an attack that the Islamist militia said signalled a bloody countdown to new Afghan elections next week. President Hamid Karzai ordered an urgent security
      AGENCIES; AFP  -  630 words
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      DRIVERS' COMPROMISE
      624 3  -  LEONGWEEKEAT POINTOFVIEW How about enhanced ERP system, separate COEs for off-peak cars? weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg A MOTORIST was stumped momentarily when I asked on Monday what would make him give up his car. "Only when I can't afford it," was his eventual reply. Later that night, I caught a lift
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      Lock icon US risks losing global clout
      433 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA, kAFP MM LEEON ENGAGING ASIA WASHINGTON The United States risks losing global leadership if it does not remain engaged in Asia to "balance" China's military and economic might, said Mr Lee Kuan Yew. The Minister Mentor was speaking at the presentation of a
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        GASTARIFF UP 13.9 PERCENT
        92 4 From next month, the City Gas tariff for households will go up by 13.8 per cent, or 2.24 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) to 18.52 cents per kWh. Gas tariffs are reviewed quarterly and adjusted in line with changes in the cost of feedstock for gas
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        ESPLANADE DRIVE CLOSED TOMORROW
        88 4 The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) will conduct an exercise at the Esplanade tomorrow, from lam to 3am, to test its operational readiness. The public is advised not to be alarmed. Agencies such as the Singapore Police Force will be involved, and SCDF vehicles taking part
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      Lock icon A creepy cool idea
      337 6  -  ESTHERNG INDUSTRIAL PARKS estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Forest canopies keep temperatures in our nature reserves cooler, so could a similar concept have the same effect in our business parks? Singapore's leading industrial landlord intends to find out, and if it works, industrial clusters here are set to turn
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      A NEWCOUNCIL FOR 'GREEN' BUILDINGS
      218 6  -  ASHA POPATLAL There is a new council to help accelerate the "greening" of four in five buildings in Singapore by 2030. Buildings are the second largest guzzlers of electricity after the industrial sector. The new Singapore Green Building Council will lead and coordinate efforts hand-in-hand
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      Lock icon A tougher turf breed?
      123 6 938LIVE SINGAPORE The grass will get greener, and sturdier. Twelve different varieties of turfgrass (picture) are being studied at the HortPark in the first such research programme here by the Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology to see if they are suitable for our climate. Almost
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      Gender gap index: More equality in Singapore but...
      324 8  -  LEONG WEE KEAT SINGAPORE It has improved on its overall score on equality between the sexes, but Singapore has slipped again in the world gender gap index by the World Economic Forum. The Lion City ranks 85th out of 134 countries, down
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon APEC LEADERS' ATTIRE REVEALED
        104 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Leaders from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum will be wearing Peranakan-inspired outfits at their traditional group photo-taking session on NOVI4. Created by award-winning Singaporean designer Wykidd Song, the linen Apec shirts for men (picture) will come in a choice of blue, red or
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        KPE COMMENDED IN EUROPE REPORT
        96 8 The Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) has been ranked among the best-managed tunnels, both in design and safety, by the European Tunnel Assessment Programme. An independent benchmarking exercise was conducted in July, focusing on the tunnel design, operational procedures and accident data records since the KPE
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        CONVENIENCE FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS
        90 8 From Monday, international students registered with government, government-aided and independent schools will be able to apply for their student's pass online with Solar+, with no changes to the fee. The registration system by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority means students need only login to the portal
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        Lock icon STORE STRAIT HAS ENOUGH CAPACITY
        115 8 The Singapore Strait has enough capacity to accommodate a "significant increase" in maritime trade. Preliminary findings of a study of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore commissioned by the Maritime and Port authority of Singapore shows there is still "substantial room for vessel traffic growth
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        UPDATE ON TACKLING DROP-OUT RATE
        97 8 The Education Ministry will review and get feedback on initiatives aimed at getting all students to stay in school. If need be, more will be done to keep the drop-out rate low, said Senior Parliamentary Secretary Masagos Zulkifli. The ministry has this year managed to
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      Lock icon A Swiss, S'pore tie-up
      242 11 938LIVE SUSTAINABLE URBAN SYSTEMS Global research centre set up; another project with MIT SINGAPORE The National Research Foundation (NRF) has partnered a top university from Switzerland to set up a global environmental sustainability centre in Singapore. The collaboration with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology is
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      Toddler's father takes the stand
      265 11  -  ZULOTHMAN SINGAPORE Taking the stand for the first time since his murder trial began last week, Sallehan Allaudin admitted that he had slapped and punched his two-year-old daughter, but he denied that he had stamped on or kicked her. Speaking through an interpreter at the
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      Lock icon S'pore-linked firms raided
      77 11 938LIVE JOHOR —The Johor premises of two Sin-gapore-linked companies were raided by the Malaysian authorities for suspected use of illegal software last week. The two manufacturing companies are Precision Plastic Industries and Sinometal Punching Technology. The two were among five companies raided by officers from the Malaysian
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      Lock icon New pact in rough waters
      317 12 AFP SRI LANKAN ASYLUM SEEKERS Australia insists Indonesia must deal with migrants "I have confidence that our men and women will discharge their professional responsibilities with the greatest degree of skill and tact, and humanity," he said. Indonesia agreed to accept the migrants on humanitarian
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      Lock icon INDONESIAN HUMAN SMUGGLERS JAILED
      94 12 AGENCIES Two Indonesian fishermen were jailed for five years yesterday for people-smuggling a boat full of Afghan refugees which exploded, killing five, after it was stopped by Australian border officials. Mohamad Tahir and Beny, both 19, told the court in Darwin that they came from poor
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      Lock icon Former premier Thaksin to visit Cambodia 'soon'
      263 12 AGENCIES BANGKOK Thailand's fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra plans to visit Cambodia soon after being offered refuge and a job as an economic adviser by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, a media report said yesterday. Mr Thaksin said he would be paying a
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      Lock icon S Koreans' votes a gauge of support
      185 14 AP SEOUL—South Koreans voted in parliamentary by-elections yesterday seen as a gauge of support for President Lee Myung-bak and his administration's attempt to scale back a contentious project to move several government ministries out of Seoul. The elections involve five parliamentary seats. Results
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      Lock icon Tee Keat declares war over peace plan
      411 14 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER MCA'S INTERNAL CONFLICT KUALA LUMPUR Mr Ong Tee Keat declared war on the central committee of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) yesterday, arguing that he did not need their permission to execute the party's peace plan. In a blog posting
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      Lock icon Two sittings, scuffles and a lot of shouting at the Perak assembly
      257 14 AGENCIES IPOH The Perak state assembly descended into chaos yesterday as Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Rakyat (PR) legislators escalated a tussle for control, holding separate proceedings in the same hall amid shouts and screams. The simultaneous sittings
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      Lock icon Afghan review to end soon
      180 16 AFP WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama is near the end of his Afghanistan war review, the White House announced on Tuesday, as a news report said the administration may pick a plan to secure 10 major population centres. The New York Times said that
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      Lock icon Afghan Presidents brother 'on CIA payroll'
      351 16 THE NEWYORKTIMES US-AFGHANTIES He admits to helping Americans, but denies taking payment KABUL Mr Ahmed Wali Karzai (picture), the brother of the Afghan president and a suspected player in the country's booming illegal opium trade, has been on the CIA payroll for most of
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        MALAYSIA TOUGHENS UPON MAID ABUSERS
        81 18 MALAYSIA Human Resources Minister Dr S Subramaniam said Malaysia will come down hard on maid abusers. "We will do everything we can to support the authorities as they take legal action," he said on Tuesday, according to Bernama. "The workplace rights and protection provided to
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        Lock icon MILITARY UNDER FIRE OVER BORDER CROSSING
        110 18 AFP SOUTH KOREA South Korea's military came under fire yesterday after a civilian, apparently fleeing arrest for assault, cut his way through a barbed-wire fence on the closely-guarded border and defected to North Korea. Major newspapers criticised what they called a security loophole in
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        Lock icon JAPAN INTERCEPTS BALLISTIC MISSILE INTEST
        81 18 AGENCIES JAPAN A Japanese navy ship has intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile in a test off Hawaii, the United States and Japanese militaries said on Tuesday. The drill was Japan's third test. Japan began investing in a US missile defence system after North Korea fired
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        Lock icon MCDONALD'S EMPLOYEE DIES FROM 'OVERWORK'
        93 18 AFP JAPAN A store manager with fast-food chain McDonald's in Japan who died of a brain haemorrhage was a victim of "karoshi" or death by overwork, a regional labour office said yesterday. The woman, employed at an outlet inYokohama nearTokyo and reportedly aged 41, had
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      Lock icon Taiwan eases restrictions on mainland media
      185 20 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan has loosened restrictions on Chinese journalists stationed on the island in the latest move to boost bilateral ties. Each Chinese media outlet can now deploy up to five reporters here, and they are no longer required to notify the Taiwanese authorities
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      Lock icon Very young, and very rich
      338 20 AFP CHINA'S POWER SPENDERS BEIJING While the rest of the world struggles to bounce back from the global financial crisis, China's billionaires are living large, snapping up luxury products at a breathtaking pace. Beijing's Jinbao Street is the must-visit address for billionaires. The 800m-stretch of
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      Lock icon Indian PM makes peace offer to Pakistan
      333 22 AGENCIES SRINAGAR Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made a peace overture to neighbouring Pakistan yesterday, saying New Delhi will respond with friendship if Islamabad contained terrorist groups targeting India. He also invited Kashmiri separatists for talks on the condition that they renounce violence.
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      Lock icon Lost and found: 2,000 children
      276 22 AP HUMAN TRAFFICKING INCHINA But 60 rescued kidnap victims have yet to be reunited with their families BEIJING Police in China have created a website with photos of 60 rescued kidnap victims, mostly boys and many of them infants, in a bid to track down
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      Lock icon 'Time to end on-again, off-again US-China ties'
      175 24 AFP WASHINGTON United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates has called for deeper military ties with Beijing, telling a top Chinese general it was time to end a pattern of "on-again, off-again" relations. In a meeting on Tuesday with General Xu Caihou, China's secondranking
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      Lock icon Iraq seeks to rebuild reactor
      381 24 THE GUARDIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMME BAGHDAD Iraq has started lobbying for approval to again become a nuclear player, almost 19 years after British and American war planes destroyed Saddam Hussein's last two reactors. The Iraqi government has approached the French nuclear industry about rebuilding at least
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      Lock icon Crackdown on MPs' expenses
      156 24 AFP LONDON British lawmakers will be banned from claiming mortgage interest payments as part of a sweeping overhaul of their expenses system in the wake of a damaging scandal, said reports on Tuesday. Lawmakers will also be barred from employing relatives under the planned reforms. Prime
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      Lock icon Music and the brain
      357 26 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH COGNITIVE SKILLS Playing a musical instrument makes you smarter: Study LONDON New research suggests that regularly playing an instrument changes the shape and power of the brain and may be used in therapy to improve cognitive skills. It can even increase IQ. by seven
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon STOP SPITTING, FOOTBALLERS
        101 26 THE GUARDIAN British health officials have warned footballers to stop spitting, saying that the habit will accelerate the spread of Influenza A (H1N1). The message comes days after outbreaks of the virus at two Premier League clubs Bolton Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers and Rovers manager Sam Allardyce's
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        Lock icon FACEBOOK TO LAUNCH MEMORIAL PROFILES
        97 26 THE GUARDIAN Facebook is to give people the option to "memorialise" the profile pages of friends and relatives who have died. The site has invited family members to report when one of its users had died, to enable it to remove sensitive information such as
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      I SAY MUM, I WISH I WERE THERE
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
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        224 36  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH CD REVIEWS BY HUMANOID| I TOKIO HOTEL I Back in the days when I pro to-metal-punk I bands like Oblivion Dust were coming into their own, there lived an outfit called Tokio Hotel. They didn't come from Japan unless Japan happened to be a province in Germany
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        97 36 BACK SPACER PEARL JAM Fun. Certainly a word that would never have been used to describe this Seattle band during their peak. But this album really is... fun. Channelling The Who on Gonna See My Friend, Pearl Jam then moves on to now-familiar punk-esque tones on Got Some, even dipping
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        86 36 AIR Call me a snob, but the French duo who call themselves Air haven't quite made an impression since their album Moon Safari. But this album, with its clever combination of pristine and grimy, made me sit up. Do The Joy opens the album with its space oddities,
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        89 36 OWL CITY Do you remember a contestant on American Idol named Adam Young? No? It's okay. He's got a new moniker: Owl City. But why? Who cares? What's interesting is that songs such as Cave In, Umbrella Beach and On The Wing sound remarkably like an American take
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        100 36 ALICE IN CHAINS Three years after the death of former lead singer Layne Stanley, Alice In Chains reunited in 2005 with William DuVall on vocals. Now, the band has released this, their first studio album in 14 years. Because Will can't do the vocal acrobatics
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        446 38 AFP THIS IS IT MICHAEL Jackson fans were left blown away on Tuesday as powerful winds provided a fittingly turbulent backdrop to the tortured King of Pop's concert movie send-off, Pockets of Los Angeles were plunged into darkness shortly before Jackson's This Is It
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      839 42  -  ALICIA WONG INDIA Take advantage of cool weather to pack in some of the world's most amazing sights alicia@mediacorp.com.sg FOR some, it is the elegant blend of pristine spires and onion-shaped domes. For others, it is the romantic story of an emperor's love for his wife. Whatever
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      144 46 LAST-MINUTE TRAVEL Late birds get the worm this time. Book and travel before Nov 15 to take advantage of Etihad Airways' special all-inclusive fares to major cities in the Middle East and Europe. Tickets to Abu Dhabi start from $837; Muscat, $827; and Bahrain, $820. A flight to
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      206 46 MCT CORNWALL is England's most exotic county, a place where palm trees and orchids flourish and legends of druids and smugglers abound. Indeed, Tintagel Castle on Cornwall's rocky north coast is reputed to be the birthplace of England's legendary King Arthur. Legends vary. This was
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      841 48  -  TANYO-HINN BARCLAYS SINGAPORE OPEN 2009 Serapong will yield only to the player who's patient, says Harrington yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Already late for his press conference, Padraig Harrington tried to make up for it with a hurried, enthusiastic entrance, almost tripping as he climbed onto the stage while
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      520 49  -  LOW LIN FHOONG OPEN 2009 linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE If Ernie Els is feeling the heat from a poor season, he's certainly not showing it. The three-time Major champion (1994 and 1997 US Open and 2002 British Open) has hit a drought stretching 27 tournaments this year,
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      371 49  -  SHAMIR OSMAN RHB SINGAPORE CUP 2009 SEMI-FINAL SECOND LEG Bangkok Glass v TTM Samut Sakhon (Bangkok lead 6-0 from the first leg) shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He did not expect his team's emphatic six-goal rout of TTM Samut Sakhon in the first leg of the
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      309 50 AGENCIES TENNIS Former Grand Slam champion admits he conned officials to escape drugs ban Mw«TT[»[«v^jsTffJnjiiT«i«RiiiTniiTiTfM jJMHMiMi|iii||i|ffiM ■^iVliirSVmlßf^llßllPßßinfl astrous if the positive test had been made public at the time. The player recounted sitting at home with his assistant, referred to only as Slim, and being introduced
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      89 50 AP The president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) wants tennis authorities to "shed light" on Andre Agassi's admission that he used a banned drug and escaped a suspension by blaming his positive test on a spiked drink. Wada president John Fahey said he
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      418 51 AGENCIES FOOTBALL United skipper Neville's sacked, as fans pelt police with bottles and raid kiosk LONDON Police were hit with bottles and eight catering staff were forced to hide in a store room as fans broke into their kiosk and stole food and money during Manchester
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      57 48 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 7am NHL Rangers v Islanders, Chii7 9.15pm Golf Volvo Match Play C'ship, Ch 26 10.05pm Tennis WTATour: Doha, Chii3 TOMORROW 2.45am Golf Viking Classic, Ch 26 3.45am SerieA Inter v Palermo, mioTV, Ch 61 7am NHL Senators v Lightning, Ch 117 5?2?Z§ .9.5 M™?. 6.35am-n.3spm SportsZone
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      183 56  -  TAN HUI LENG SINGAPORE A freehold site is up for public tender at Thomson Village (picture) in what its marketing agent CBRE described as an "extremely rare commercial redevelopment opportunity". The site comprises eight commercial units and a piece of vacant land, with an
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      395 57  -  IRENE CHAN 938LIVE OCBC OUTPERFORMS Strong results due to revenue growth, cost discipline and risk management irenec@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singapore's sec-ond-largest bank OCBC Bank posted a 12-per-cent rise in net earnings to $450 million for the third quarter on the back of gains in insurance, trading and
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      Lock icon Wing Tai Q1 profits up 42%
      156 57 938LIVE SINGAPORE Mainboard-list-ed property and retail group Wing Tai Holdings posted a 42-per-cent rise in its firstquarter net profit to $46.3 million from a year earlier. Its revenue for the three months ending Sept 30 more than doubled to $277.2 million, attributed to higher
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      Lock icon Strong product sales drive Osim Q3 profits to $7m
      181 57 938LIVE SINGAPORE Mainboard-listed massage-chair maker, Osim International has posted a net profit of $7 million for the third quarter, on the back of stronger sales receipts. This is a turnaround from the $6.98-million loss the company recorded in the same three-month
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        59 58 $13.11 Outperform Credit Suisse upgrades call from "Underperform", raises target price to $15.41 from $12.84, citing better-than-expected year-to-date results. Says earnings of $368.3 million for nine months of 2009 is 20.6 per cent above house's initial FY2009 estimate. Notes 3Q.09 core net profit is 118 per cent higher
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        HUAN HSIN
        62 58 26 cents Outperform CIMB upgrades call from "Neutral", raises target price to 40 cents from 24 cents based on 0.5X price-to-book ratio versus 0.3X previously. Says 3Q2009 likely marks beginning of more sustainable recovery in earnings. Expects contract electronics manufacturer to report 11 per cent on-quarter growth in
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        84 58 75 cents Buy Citigroup initiates call, sets 86 cents target price. Broker says Reit's valuation attractive, trust offers attractive, sustainable yields. Says Reit is able to generate a sustainable DPU of 5.8 to 6 cents over the next three years. Adds trust has diversified and is a resilient
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        21 58 E E Tuesday Monday Friday Thursday 2,694.50 2,716.62 2,715-34 2,681.97 T 0.81% A 0.05% A 1.24% T 0.39%
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        27 58 Jang Seng Jikkei ihanghai ieoul /lumbai Malaysia I 21,761.58 T 1.84% 10,075.05 T 1.35% 3,031-33 A 0.33% 1,609.71 T 2.41% 16,283.49 0.43% 1,249.05 T 0.89%
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        22 58 JS$i :i euro k$i !Mi $1,402 ¥100 Si.541 $2,290 HK$ioo $18.08 $2,075 RMB100 $20.53 $1,268 RS100 $2,967 $0,410 RPio,ooo $1,451
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      535 58  -  ESTHER FUNG ANALYSTS ON OLAM esther@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The recent string of deals by 01am International has raised scepticism among investors and analysts wondering if the flurry of corporate activity could be a sign of a good harvest or otherwise. Some investors have raised concerns about Olam's decision
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      285 58 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) is reportedly mulling the listing of a partial stake in its Australian unit Optus a positive move that analysts said could unlock value for new investment opportunities. The public offering could potentially raise between US$4 billion ($5.5 billion)
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