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  • 20 1 TODAY Thursday November 5, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Thursday November 5, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    252 1 2 Some 1,700 Singaporean volunteers will be putting on their biggest smiles for world leaders and delegates who will be in town for the Apec meet next week. 5 A newly-wed groom is believed to have fallen to his death hours after his wedding reception at the
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  • 542 1  -  ALICIA WONG GALLUP MIGRATION SURVEY alicia@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE Should all who want to live in Singapore be granted their wish, the island could be overwhelmed with a population of up to 13 million, even if some restless locals seek greener pastures elsewhere. This appeal the
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  • 709 1  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com SINGAPORE They put their curriculum vitae online complete with educational qualifications, current employment and annual income, among other items. But these hopefuls are not seeking new employers. Rather, they are trying to meet "the right one". Each month, thousands in Singapore log
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  • NEWS
    • 489 2  -  ESTHERNG APEC 2009 estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Some 1,700 of Singapore's biggest and warmest smiles will be on show for world leaders and delegates coming to town for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) powwow. These volunteers, comprising students, retirees and working professionals, both Singaporeans and permanent
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    • 228 2  -  CHERYL LIM LIP KWOKWAI SINGAPORE The Apec transport management team is gearing up to welcome summit delegates. Come next week, their fleet of 600 sleek black cars will be a common sight on the roads, as they whisk Apec delegates from one
      CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  228 words
    • APEC SNIPPETS
      • 118 2 The Apec CEO Summit next week will see a record 1,500 participants, underscoring the strategic importance of this year's meeting. Taking centrestage will be leaders such as United States President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao. Organisers have launched an online
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      • 130 2 CHANNEL NEWSASIA While confident about the security measures it has put in place, the host of the Apec meetings which kick off on Sunday is not taking anything for granted. Law and Second Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said yesterday "Our position has been that
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      • 100 2 MediaCorp is building the International Broadcast Centre for Apec Singapore. Besides pool feeds, the host broadcaster will also be providing ad-hoc production services such as video dubbing and conversion services as well as editing suites. In collaboration with GlobeCast and AP Global Media
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    • 525 3  -  NEO CHAI CHIN EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS New rehab service helps mentally-ill job seekers chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE She has had almost 30 different jobs in the past nine years, but Jane (who declined to reveal her full name) is no ordinary job-hopper. She has posttraumatic stress disorder,
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • 87 4 Consumers can soon use their concession and ez-link cards at more retail outlets up from the current 5,000 to 15,000 by the end of next year, said PaymentLink yesterday. The company is EZ-Link's exclusive partner for the provision of non-transit payment and loyalty services.
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      • 67 4 The new up-ramp to West Coast Highway viaduct at Telok Blangah Road between Wishart Road and Seah Im Road will be opened tomorrow from nam. The Land Transport Authority will close the existing up-ramp to facilitate its conversion to a down-ramp, expected to be
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      • 109 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A new work group has been formed to study the joint development of an iconic economic project in Iskandar Malaysia, after the Prime Ministers of Malaysia and Singapore in May mooted the idea of showcasing their countries' commitment to a strong and enduring
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    • 794 4  -  PHILIP STEPHENS FINANCIALTIMES POINTOFVIEW DOES Britain want a Parliament peopled by the rich, the retired, the young and the childless perhaps with a few party hacks thrown in? That is the way it is heading by stripping MPs of their allowances. The historian
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    • 315 5 AGENCIES EX-THAI PM PHNOM PENH In a move that is likely to further rattle already testy ties between the two neighbours, Cambodia announced yesterday that it had appointed former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as economic adviser to Premier Hun Sen and his administration. A government
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    • 142 5 SINGAPORE A newly-wed groom is believed to have fallen to his death just hours after his wedding reception at the Hilton Hotel. Acting on a call at about 3.25am yesterday, police found Mr Leong Jun Wei, 31, lying dead on the hotel driveway.
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    • 196 5 AGENCIES TEHRAN Iranian police used batons and tear gas to break up an opposition protest yesterday, while huge crowds staged a noisy anti-United States rally nearby, on the anniversary of the capture of the US embassy compound in 1979 by radical Islamist students shortly after
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      276 6  -  HOEYEENNIE SINGAPORE Nicholas Foo's Lego creations, usually commissioned by private and corporate clients, include replica models of motorcycles and whimsical toys based on the theme of love. The six Singapore icons he has created for "We Are One" a corporate social responsibility project by Lego, CapitaLand and
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    • 201 6  -  TEOXUANWEI SINGAPORE Ofthe 15 stab wounds found on Ms Jeevitha Panippan's body, three of them on her neck, left shoulder and left chest were fatal, consultant forensic pathologist George Paul testified yesterday. The wounds on the 18-year-old private student and kindergarten teacher's body suggested
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    • 551 6  -  TEOXUANWEI POISONING CASE 70-year-old was in and out of hospital for several years xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE At 67, she is now on trial accused of poisoning her husband of 32 years with arsenic. Fong Quay Sim is said to have fed Mr Chan Tin Sun,
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    • 398 8  -  OLLY BARRATT KASPERSKY COMMONWEALTH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION S #porean Sophia Pang sets out with team on all-women 930km trek LONDON Yesterday, Ms Sophia Pang took the first steps towards the mission of a lifetime. She had approached IT security firm Kaspersky Lab to sponsor her expedition to
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    • 183 8 BLOOMBERG AUSTRALIA Safety officials have begun an investigation after the autopilot on an Airbus SAS A330-202, flown by the Jetstar unit of Qantas Airways, disconnected in mid-flight with eerie parallels to the Air France flight that crashed in June. The "serious incident" also included
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    • 326 10 > CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE This year's MediaCorp Subaru Impreza WRX Challenge saw good response from seven South-east Asian countries. And so next year, organisers plan to bring in contestants from two more nations. Singaporean Mohd Anuar Mohd Yusoff, 40, won this
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    • 446 10  -  IMELDASAAD CHANNEL NEWSASIA POLYTECHNIC EDUCATION imelda@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Free flow of food and drinks, parties, concerts and overnight camps polytechnics are pulling out all the stops to reach out to potential students. Call it a new approach. Some polytechnics are organising mega events ahead of traditional open
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  • WORLD
    • 169 12 AFP SEOUL The Seoul city government will help fund a tree-plant-ing project in a Chinese desert to reduce the amount of harmful "yellow dust" blowing over South Korea, officials said yesterday. The city government signed an accord on Tuesday to invest
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    • 333 12 AGENCIES US-MYANMAR RELATIONS YANGON A United States State Department official met Ms Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday in a visit that marked the highest-ranking talks between an American and Myanmar's detained opposition leader in 14 years. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific
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    • 341 12 AGENCIES SEOUL The former head of South Korea's giant Doosan group hanged himself yesterday, the police said, amid reports that he had run into difficulties managing his present company in the face of the economic crisis. The body of Mr Park Yong Oh, 72,
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    • EYE ON ASIA
      • 79 14 AP IRAN An earthquake struck a key port city in southern Iran early yesterday, injuring at least 700 people, and cutting power and telephone lines. State news agency IRNA said 100 ofthe injured had been hospitalised, while the rest were minor cases. The 4.9-magnitude
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      • 87 14 AFP JAPAN Two female employees are suing Japanese bank Nomura in Britain for £3 million ($6.9 million) after claiming they suffered sexist and racist behaviour from male colleagues. Ms Maureen Murphy, 30, a senior analyst, and Ms Anna Francis, 37, a
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      • 75 14 AFP CHINA A Chinese panda expert is giving Taiwan advice after two pandas a gift from China spent nearly a year at Taipei Zoo showing no inclination to breed. Mr Zhang Hemin, director of the Wolong Giant Panda Protection Research Centre, will offer advice on
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    • 334 14 AGENCIES FIJI Top Fiji diplomats told by Australia, New Zealand to leave SYDNEY New Zealand and Australia yesterday ordered Fiji's top diplomats to leave in a tit-for-tat response to the expulsions of their envoys by the island nation's military strongman Voreqe Bainimarama. The senior diplomats of both nations
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    • 211 14 AP TOKYO Alarmed by a rise in people jumping to their deaths in front of trains, some Japanese railway operators are installing special blue lights above station platforms which they hope will have a soothing effect and reduce suicides. As of this
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    • 195 14 AFP BEIJING A photo showing a plain-clothes policeman pulling a naked woman by the hair during a prostitution bust in central China has caused outrage on the Internet, where it has been widely circulated. The photo was one of a series taken by
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    • 200 16 THENEWYORKTIMES PESHAWAR It has been a week since the bomb exploded at the women's market here but people are still talking about the images of its aftermath: Women's bodies, naked and broken. Even for Peshawar, long pummelled by violence, the bombing
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    • 349 16 AGENCIES AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL RACE Appointment of President was not mandated by the people: Abdullah KABUL Former presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah said Mr Hamid Karzai's re-elec-tion as Afghan leader was illegal, accusing his rival yesterday of lacking a mandate to deliver on pledges of unity and reform. Three
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    • 204 22 AFP PORT KLANG FREETRADE ZONE SCANDAL KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian lawmakers yesterday called for a probe into a former Transport Minister's role in a multi-billion-ringgit scandal over a free trade zone. The Port Klang Free Trade Zone was conceived as a RM1.82-billion ($753-mil-lion) venture that was constructed over
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    • EYE ON MALAYSIA
      • 99 22 AP Malaysia's three key opposition parties moved to formalise their coalition, Pakatan Rakyat (PR), despite ideological differences by officially registering their alliance, senior officials said yesterday. Pakatan Rakyat was first formed as a loose coalition among Parti Keadilan Rakyat, Democratic Action Party and Parti Islam SeMalaysia
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      • 116 22 AFP A Malaysian court yesterday ordered the exhumation ofthe body of an opposition aide who fell to his death from antigraft offices where he was being questioned. The coroner's court order will allow a second autopsy of MrTeoh Beng Hock's
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      • 97 22 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER The federal government announced yesterday that Kelantan will get "goodwill payment" from offshore oil operations starting next year an issue that the Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS), which rules the state, has been fighting for since 2001. But PAS lawmakers are up in
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      • 116 22 AP The Malaysian government has refused to release 10,000 Bibles confiscated for using the word "Allah" to refer to God, a banned translation in Christian texts in the Muslim-majority country, a Home Ministry official said yesterday. The official said the government rejected pleas by church
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    • 184 24 THENEWYORKTIMES BAGHDAD Iraq's security forces have been relying on a device to detect bombs and weapons that the United States military and technical experts say is useless. The small hand-held wand, with a telescopic antenna on a swivel, is being used in place
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    • 465 24  -  ADAM NAGOURNEY THE NEWYORKTIMES ANALYSIS Democrat defeats in gubernatorial elections show the political tide could be turning THE Republican victories in the races for New Jersey and Virginia governors put the party in a stronger position to turn back the political wave President Barack Obama unleashed last
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    • 491 25 AFP,THE NEWYORKTIMES FAMILY TIES US President's kin speaks of their abusive father GUANGZHOU United States President Barack Obama's half-brother Mark Ndesandjo yesterday broke his silence to speak of their abusive father at the launch of his first novel. Mr Ndesandjo, 43, has lived in Shenzhen
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    • 177 25 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH LOS ANGELES United States President Barack Obama has recruited actress Sarah Jessica Parker and Vogue editor Anna Wintour to advise him on the arts. They are among a group of Hollywood and fashion figures who will serve as members of Mr
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    • 255 26 AGENCIES ROME —There was uproar in Italy on Tuesday over a ruling by the European court of human rights that the crucifixes that hang in most Italian classrooms are a violation of religious and educational freedoms. In a decision that could
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    • 435 26 AGENCIES LISBON TREATY PRAGUE Czech President Vaclav Klaus has given a longawaited final seal of approval to the European Union's reforming Lisbon Treaty, paving the way for the 27-nation bloc to find a new President. The ardent eurosceptic on Tuesday became the last EU
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
      • 92 28 AFP A German man weighing 230kg has died after refusing to go to the zoo for an X-ray because he was too heavy for machines designed for humans, the daily Bild reported on Tuesday. Complaining he was feeling ill and frequently losing consciousness, 51-year-old
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      • 99 28 AFP Women who take folic acid supplements during the later months of pregnancy may be increasing their baby's risk of developing asthma, according to an Australian study released yesterday. Found in its natural form in leafy green vegetables, legumes and some nuts, folic acid
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      • 104 28 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard has become the latest political figure to have a shoe thrown at him by an angry protester. Mr Howard was giving a speech at Cambridge University when an Australian student called him a racist before taking off
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      206 28 AFP CLIMATE CHANGE Merkel urges climate action in historic US speech WASHINGTON German Chancellor Angela Merkel (picture) used an historic address to the United States Congress on Tuesday to issue a heartfelt plea on climate change, likening the problem to a second Berlin Wall. Mrs Merkel said next
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    • 191 28 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH PARIS Former French President Jacques Chirac, 76, has expressed his grudging admiration for Ms Margaret Thatcher despite their bitter clashes over Europe. In his memoirs, to be published today, Mr Chirac recounts what he describes as his country's "conflictual" relations
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  • voices
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    • 172 32  -  DR BILL MAIER BY RAISING A BOOKWORM Looking for ways to spark your kids' imagination? Then raise them to be bookworms! Nothing stimulates imagination more than a love of reading. Not only does it sharpen language skills, but it lengthens the attention span, and even increases
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    • 135 32  -  Kelvin Ong Letter from I REFER to the report "Lingering pessimism" (Nov 4). I am confused by the comments from Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) president Teo Siong Seng. On the one hand, he asks our Government not to withdraw its stimulus measures
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    • 130 32  -  Ryman Lim Letter from I HAVE a funny, sad experience to share. My block of flats recently completed its Lift Upgrading Programme exercise, but the way the lift landings have been designed, all residents have to climb up or down a half-flight of stairs to get
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    • 59 46 OF ALL THE CITIES IN THE WORLD AP Singapore is one of the top 10 to visit next year, according to Lonely Planet's Best of Travel 2010 guide. Rounding the list are Abu Dhabi, Charleston, Cork (Ireland), Cuenca (Ecuador), Istanbul, Kyoto, Lecce (Italy), Sarajevo and Vancouver. For the best value,
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    • 352 50  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE One ofthe Government's top priorities is to make sports one of the main activities for Singaporeans. Speaking to the media at the Chinese Swimming Club Centennial Charity Dinner last night, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home
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    • 479 50  -  INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL Shaiful sets up all three goals as Lions warm up for Thailand INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY Singapore 3 Indonesia 1 SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg demning a feeble Indonesia side to defeat. Duric had nothing but praise for Shaiful and he called for more ofthe same against Thailand.
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    • 331 51  -  TANYO-HINN Lam Chin Bing failed to light it up last week on home ground at the Barclays Singapore Open, finishing tied for 38th at Sentosa's Serapong Course. But he has consigned the performance to the history books. Today, Lam will tee-off at the
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    • 614 53 AGENCIES EUROPEAN FOOTBALL Drogba fires two warning shots ahead of tasty clash with Ferguson's men CHAMPIONS LEAGUE,GROUP D Atletico Madrid 2 Chelsea 2 MADRID Didier Drogba's scriptwriter should take a bow. The Ivory Coast striker set about restoring his reputation in European competition after the
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    • 211 53 AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GRP C AC Milan 1 Real Madrid 1 MILAN AC Milan and Real Madrid both took a small step towards qualification for the Champions League last 16 knockout round following a 1-1 draw at the San Siro on Tuesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time).
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    • 718 54  -  MIKEDORNING BLOOMBERG BLOOMBERG POLL THE "Oracle of Omaha" retains his pre-emi-nence as a market visionary, outshining a new wave of financial strategists and the best-known central bankers. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway, is regarded as the best
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    • 171 56 BLOOMBERG TOKYO Honda Motor, Japan's secondlargest car-maker, plans to add on average about 100 car dealerships a year in China over the next five years to meet demand. Chief financial officer Yoichi Hojo said Honda will add about 80 dealerships
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    • 181 58  -  IRENECHAN SINGAPORE Mainboardlisted water treatment firm, Hyflux, posted a 5-per-cent rise in its third-quarter net profit to $18.1 million from a year earlier. This was despite a 29-per-cent decline in group revenues for the three months ended September to $126.5 million. Hyflux attributed the improved
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    • 238 59  -  RACHEL KELLY SINGAPORE QUALITY AWARD rachelkelly@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Abumpercrop of five companies have clinched this year's Singapore Quality Award (SQA). Among the winners were the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, Tru Marine, Qian Hu Corp and the Land Transport Authority. This is the highest number of winners since
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      • 90 59 Mainboard-listed engineering services provider Rotary Engineering reported an n-per-centrisein its third quarter net profit to $10.7 million. The profit came despite an 8-per-cent drop in revenue to $108.8 million. Rotary said revenue was lower as several of its large projects were completed and new contracts
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      • 116 59 Mainboard-listed marine supply and logistics firm, Sinwa, said its third-quarter net profit more than doubled to $5.1 million from a year ago. This was despite a 7.4-per-cent drop in revenue for the three months ended September to $32 million. Sinwa attributed the improvement in profitability
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      • 51 60 Hold 46 cents Kim Eng Securities keeps call, cuts price target to 51 cents, pegged at 20X FYIO P/E, after reducing earnings forecasts for next two years to assume lower student enrolment and higher operating costs. Says 10-per-cent on-quarter decline in student numbers in Ql '10 ended September
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      • 81 60 Buy I $2.96 CLSA reiterates call, raises price target to $3.41 on earnings upgrades following Q3 '09 results, which were ahead of expectations with aerospace division main driver, order book near record levels thanks to robust defence contract wins. Believes outlook for next year looks promising. FROM BROKERAGE
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