Today, 7 December 2009

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    10 1 TODAY Monday December 7, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    THESPD CHARITY SHOW RAISES MORETHAN $3 MILLION
    78 1  -  KOH MUI FONG Last night's SPD Charity Show raised nearly $3.1 million. The target was $2.8 million. Several major donations of over $100,000 poured in during the show. Lines are still open and you can continue to donate until Sunday. To make a
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    Lock icon Not the science but the vision
    1138 1  -  ANDREW GILLIGAN THEDAILYTELEGRAPH COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE Apocalyptic predictions and green righteousness can alienate the public IN COPENHAGEN COPENHAGEN On a normal day, Ms Majken Friss Jorgensen, managing director of the city's biggest limousine company, says her firm has 12 limos on the road.
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    Cap on PRs leads to waitlist at grassroots
    744 1  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It is a little-known cap. No more than 15 per cent of grassroots committee members can be permanent residents. And with more PRs taking on roles as grassroots leaders, the situation at Geylang Neighbourhood Committee could repeat itself in
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      Lock icon Philippine police rescue Indian businessman, kill six alleged kidnappers
      245 2 AP MANILA Philippine police commandos rescued a kidnapped Indian businessman yesterday and killed six of his suspected abductors in two gun battles near Manila. Heavily armed police, backed by military intelligence agents, raided the kidnappers' hide-out in Calumpit township in Bulacan
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      Lock icon 62 people arrested, weapons seized
      410 3 AGENCIES PHILIPPINE MARTIAL LAW SHARIFF AGUAK (Philippines) The Philippines said yesterday it had detained more than 60 people and seized a stunning array of weapons after imposing martial law in a southern province following the country's worst political massacre. Thousands of troops have poured into
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      Lock icon Carbon dioxide unleashes more warming than thought, says study
      388 3 AFP PARIS Carbon dioxide indirectly causes up to 50 per cent more global warming than originally thought, a finding that raises questions over targets for stabilising carbon emissions over the long term, according to a study released yesterday. In a paper
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      GRASSROOTS WORK HELPS PROCESS OF INTEGRATION
      244 4  -  LEONGWEE KEAT Volunteering as a grassroots leader at Woodlands Community Club seems to have become an extension of his professional training as an engineer. Together with other grassroots leaders, Mr Sreekanth APV, 39, organises science workshops, quizzes, carnivals and recycling projects to bring residents
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      Lock icon TAIWAN'S MA MAY SLOW CHINA POLICY
      712 6  -  AMBER WANG AFP ANALYSIS TAIWAN President Ma Ying-jeou may slow his aggressive push for improved ties with China after the island's voters showed disquiet with his policies in local elections, analysts said yesterday. Seventeen counties and cities were contested in Saturday's poll, and Mr
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      Go green: City Square
      114 8 SINGAPORE City Square, Singapore's first ecofriendly mall, is encouraging its tenants and shoppers to go green. Owned by property giant City Developments, it is the first mall to join a programme called Partnership to Activate the Community to Treasure the environment (Pact). Pact promotes eco-friendly habits,
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      S'porean killed in JB
      120 8 SINGAPORE A Singaporean was killed when he was hit by a car at a car-wash in Johor Bahru on Saturday. Witnesses say Mr Scow Wei Hua was sitting on a sofa at the centre, waiting for his car to be washed, when tragedy struck. A foreign
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      Lock icon A dream green wedding
      356 8 GREEN EFFORTS SINGAPORE Saving the environment can now go hand in hand with saving costs for your dream wedding. Couples can avail of a 20-per-cent discount at the National Park Board's (NParks) green wedding venues at the HortPark in Alexandra Road (picture), if they can prove
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      Lock icon ECO-FRIENDLY PRACTICES FORWEDDINGS
      154 8 SOURCE: NPARKS 1. Wedding invitation: Go paperless, use email invitations or use recycled paper/environmentally-friendly paper. 2. Wedding collaterals (e.g placecards, menu) Go paperless, email your guests or print limited copies using recycled paper/environmen-tally-friendly paper to be placed at the guests registration table. 3. Wedding attire: Rent gowns
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      Give FDWs details of fees charged: NGOs
      453 8  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Introduced three years ago, the Standard Contract was meant to better regulate the employment relationship between foreign domestic workers (FDW), employers and agents. However, groups here representing migrant workers say the cost of coming to Singapore is increasingly being
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      Lock icon DELIGHTING SHOPPERS AT ORCHARD CENTRAL
      102 10 PHOTOS COURTESY ORCHARD CENTRAL A Russian circus act featuring acrobatic stunts and aerial feats will entertain shoppers at Orchard Central until Dec 23. The world-class performances by Le Cirque de la Ville include crowd favourites like the trampoline, Russian barre and aerial silk. They are
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      Lock icon Business is booming...
      475 10  -  ALICIA WONG 3i3@SOMERSET But some shoppers say it's no different from other malls alida@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They came with family and friends, drawn by the novelty factor or bitten by the festive bug. And as throngs of shoppers filled 313@Somerset, some retailers at Orchard Road's newest shopping centre
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        BRINGING TWO COMMUNITIES CLOSER
        79 12 A public seminar to help bridge the gap between the deaf and hearing communities was held on Saturday at the Woodlands Regional Library Auditorium. Organised by the National Library Board's Public Libraries, it was held in conjunction with the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The
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        INDONESIAN MAN DIES AFTER FALL
        84 12  -  ISMAIL SAIFULBAHRI An Indonesian man died after falling down at the Woodlands bus interchange yesterday morning. The 21-year old was seen climbing over the parapet at the Woodlands MRT station before jumping to the bus interchange below. He was suspected to be an illegal immigrant
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      Lock icon ONE FORTHE RECORD BOOKS
      87 12 PHOTO COURTESY SAFRA A five-metre-tall Christmas tree was lit up at Safra Toa Payoh on Saturday, after being certified as the 'Tallest Christmas Tree Made of Folded Paper Stars' by the Singapore Book of Records. More than 5,300 participants, including NSmen and their families, as well
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      Lock icon Some Indonesians call for Shariah to stem corruption
      224 14 AFP JAKARTA Thousands of hardline Muslim protesters staged rallies in Indonesia yesterday, urging the government to apply Islamic law as the only way to tackle widespread corruption. Members of Hizbut Tahrir demonstrated in several cities including the capital Jakarta, venting anger at
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      Lock icon A promise to restore faith
      391 14 AGENCIES CORRUPTION IN MALAYSIA New anti-graft chief vows to regain public confidence KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's new graftbuster has promised to restore public confidence in the anti-corruption agency which has been hit by allegations of bias and abuse in less than a year of operation. The
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    • EYE ON MALAYSIA
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        UNION CALLS FOR AMNESTY FOR FOREIGN WORKERS
        104 14 The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) yesterday called on the government to declare an amnesty to allow the estimated 2.1 million illegal foreign workers to leave the country, Bernama news agency reported. MTUC vice-president A Balasubramaniam said this was the best way to
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        NAJIB DENIES CABINET RESHUFFLE ON THE CARDS
        111 14 Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has denied there will be another Cabinet reshuffle at the end of the year as has been rumoured within political circles, Bernama news agency reported. He said the current Cabinet was only formed only seven months ago when
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        IMPS SHOULD LEARN MANNERS'
        98 14 Elected representatives should be courteous and graceful, and adopt Eastern values while taking a firm position during debate in the Dewan Rakyat (Malaysia's House of Representatives), said Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia, Bernama reported. He said MPs yelling at one another during debates was not in keeping
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      Lock icon Malaysia recalls UN envoy over Iran nuclear vote
      160 16 AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has recalled its envoy to the United Nations in Vienna after the representative voted against a resolution censuring Iran over its nuclear programme. The government did not specify whether the vote was against its policy. The 35-nation board
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      Lock icon Touring the area for peace
      383 16 AFP THAILAND'S SOUTH Malaysian, Thai PMs to visit region KUALA LUMPUR The leaders of Malaysia and Thailand will make an unprecedented visit to the troubled Thai south this week, presenting a united front in the face of an insurgent crisis that has killed 4,000 people.
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      Lock icon British troops warned about 'Christmas spectacular'
      165 16 THE SUNDAYTELEGRAPH BELFAST Irish Republican terrorists are planning to launch a "Christmas spectacular" attack on British troops in Northern Ireland, The Sunday Telegraph has learned. Intelligence chiefs believe dissident republicans will "ramp-up" attempts to murder British troops and police officers in a series of
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      Lock icon China pays Web surfers to find pornographic sites
      169 18 AFP BEIJING The Chinese authorities have offered rewards of up to 10,000 yuan ($2,035) to Internet users who report websites that feature pornography, state media reported yesterday. However, the censors' latest campaign against content that harms public morality appears to have encouraged
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      Lock icon Voice from a 'black jail'
      295 18 AP HUMAN RIGHTS BEIJING A Chinese activist who had spoken out about the country's "black jails" said he is being held against his will in one of the unofficial detention centres used to discourage people from complaining to the central government. Mr Zheng Dajing (picture)
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      Lock icon Indian PM heads to Russia seeking closer defence ties
      249 18 AFP NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh flew to Russia yesterday on a visit to strengthen ties between the two long-time allies and finalise a deal to expand cooperation on nuclear energy. Mr Singh's two-day trip, his sixth to Russia
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      Lock icon US keeps tabs on fallout
      559 20 AFP AL QAEDA IN YEMEN, SOMALIA WASHINGTON The Obama administration is on guard against an Al Qaeda buildup in Yemen and Somalia as it expects the militants to seek refuge there as Washington turns the screws on Afghanistan and Pakistan. "The struggle against violent extremism
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        Lock icon HUNDREDS PROTEST NEWYORK 9/11 TRIAL
        113 20 AFP Hundreds rallied on Saturday in New York against plans to give the alleged 9/11 mastermind a civilian trial in the city, saying the court will be turned into an Al Qaeda propaganda platform. "They are war criminals," one of the speakers, firefighter and US
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        Lock icon NO INFO ON OSAMA FOR YEARS: GATES
        107 20 AFP The United States does not know where Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden is and has lacked reliable information on his whereabouts for years, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said. Asked if Pakistan was doing enough to apprehend bin Laden, Mr
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        Lock icon RAT COOKING LANDS TV SHOW IN HOT WATER
        131 20 AP Two stars of the I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here television show have been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly killing and cooking a rat to eat during filming. Chef Gino D'Acampo and actor Stuart Manning were charged after
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        FOURTH SOMALIAN MINISTER DIES FROM WOUNDS FOLLOWING SUICIDE BOMBING
        112 20 Somali Sports Minister Suleyman Olad Roble died on Saturday in Nairobi from wounds sustained during a suicide attack at a graduation in Mogadishu two days earlier, diplomatic sources said. The ministers of education, higher education and health were also killed when
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      Lock icon Woman charged in plot to kill rival's unborn child
      190 22 AP NEW YORK A New York City woman faces charges that she tricked her husband's pregnant mistress into taking a drug that would cause an abortion. Police say Kisha Jones of Brooklyn used a doctor's prescription pad to order the medication,
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      Lock icon 'I wanted you to be the same'
      276 22 AFP MAN INFECTS WIFEWITH HIV WELLINGTON An HIV-posi-tive man in New Zealand has admitted injecting his blood into his sleeping wife and infecting her with the virus which can cause Aids, a newspaper reported yesterday. It is believed the man wanted to give
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        Lock icon ZHUZHU PETS TOYS UNSAFE: CONSUMER GROUP
        116 22 AP A United States consumer group contends one of the holiday season's must-have toys is unsafe. San Francisco-based Good Guide named the robotic Zhu Zhu Pets hamsters on Saturday as one of the top-selling toys with low ratings. It says it found a higher-than-allowed
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        Lock icon OBAMA SEEKS TO RALLY SENATE DEMOCRATS ON FINAL HEALTHCARE PLAN
        93 22 BLOOMBERG President Barack Obama headed to the United States Capitol yesterday to press Senate Democrats to agree on health legislation as lawmakers struggle to resolve disputes over a proposed government-run insurance plan and other issues. Democrats met on Saturday to
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        Lock icon NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING DECLARED FORVICTIMSOF RUSSIAN NIGHTCLUB FIRE
        97 22 AP Shocked residents of the Urals city of Perm laid carnations yesterday at the scene of a nightclub where officials say at least 112 people died in a fire. The blaze was thought to be sparked on Saturday by fireworks that
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      Lock icon Fly to space for $278,000
      204 24 AFP LOS ANGELES British billionaire Sir Richard Branson will unveil a craft today that could soon carry tourists on an out-of-this-world trip into space for a mere US$2OO,OOO ($278,000). The Mojave desert between Los Angeles and Las Vegas will stage the roll-out of Virgin Galactic's
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      Tuna bred like chickens or cows
      385 24 THE FUTUREOFSUSHI KUMANO (Japan) Thousands of tuna swim frantically in netted areas of a small bay, stuffing themselves until they grow twice as heavy as in the wild. Is this sushi's future? Tuna raised like chickens or cows? As the world's love affair with
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      English test for all
      208 26  -  Rick Lim Say Kiong FOREIGN SERVICE WORKERS Letter from I REFER to the report, "Only if they speak English (Dec 3). The need for foreign service workers to have basic proficiency in English has never been greater. But based on interviews with industry players, there seems
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      Prevent further trailer truck accidents
      132 26  -  Raymund Koh Joo Guan Letter from I REFER to the report on the accident involving a trailer truck, which had its cargo of metal pipes crashing through the windscreen (Dec 4). I believe this was not the first such case in Singapore. The drivers of
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      Too soon to up property tax
      181 26  -  Leong Sze Hian Letter from I REFER to the recent increase in property tax for HDB flat-owners. I think that increasing property tax so soon after the last hike in January last year may be rather ill-timed because resident unemployment is still quite high.
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      168 28  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY....... LEARNING TO SLOW DOWN A prescription for renewed family life could begin with this simple phrase, "Slow it down". We all need to creatively waste some time now and then, to walk along, kicking rocks and thinking pleasant thoughts. But, the whole
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      Lets get our claws out of Tiger
      373 28  -  AnandVathiyar GOLFER'S WOES Letter from I REFER to Mr David Ngiau's article "Woods' weak apology is off the mark" (Dec 4). I am a huge Tiger Woods fan and I firmly believe he, more than President Obama who has a party apparatus behind
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      Vandals haunt Sembawang
      104 28  -  Ng Chen Kwee Letter from I HAVE been living in Sembawang for the last 10 years. In recent years, I have witnessed illegal notices and advertisements plastered at many places, especially near the MRT station and shopping centre. I consider these activities as vandalism on public properties
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      340 33 AP POP LIFE Billy Joel's daughter rushed to hospital after drug drama ALEXA Ray Joel, the daughter of pop star Billy Joel and supermodel Christie Brinkley, was hospitalised after taking eight pills at her Manhattan apartment, a law enforcement official said on Saturday. A friend frantically
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      295 36 SINGAPORE Following a disciplinary committee hearing, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced on last Thursday that the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) will be fined US$5,OOO ($6,945) for failing to ensure appropriate security arrangements during the Asian Cup qualifier between
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      631 36  -  SHAMIR OSMAN 25TH SEA GAMES Midfielder puts his hands up for Indonesia's equaliser, wants to set the record straight SINGAPORE V MYANMAR, GROUP B Chao Anouvong Stadium Live on Ch 5, 4pm shamir@mediacorp. cotn.sg VIENTIANE Hariss Harun cut a dejected figure as Singapore's under-23 squad made
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      246 36  -  SHAMIR OSMAN INVIENTIANE SINGAPORE moved another step closer to a staggering 23rd successive SEA Games gold medal in men's waterpolo yesterday with an 8-1 win over the Philippines. The men opened their campaign in the four-team competition with a 14-5 triumph
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      515 37  -  LEONARD THOMAS POINTOFVIEW sports editor leonard@ mediacorp.com. sg THE flame of the 25th SEA Games will be lit on Wednesday at the National Stadium in Vientiane, Laos, but 48 hours before the first-time hosts officially open what they hope will be a showpiece to dazzle
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      686 37  -  TANYO-HINN 2009 STANDARD CHARTERED SINGAPORE MARATHON Kibet makes it back-to-back wins as organisers look to admit more runners next year yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE If Luke Kibet returns next year to make it three wins on the trot at the Standard Chartered Marathon, the men's champion could
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      513 38 AGENCIES SPANISH FOOTBALL Ballon D #Or winner Messi scores twice, Ronaldo inspires Real but sees red MADRID Newly-crowned European Player of the Year Lionel Messi put a seal on his award with a brace as Barcelona won 3-1 at Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday (yesterday morning,
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      436 38  -  lANDECOTTA SINGAPORE It was a baptism of fire for Jill Mclntosh and the Singapore netball team yesterday, after they fell 45-30 to Canada in their opening match of the 2009 Nations Cup at Toa Payoh Sports Hall. World-ranked No 15, it was a match
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      710 39 AGENCIES ENGLISH FOOTBALL Hughes can breathe a little easier as his men display right attitude ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man City 2 Chelsea 1 MANCHESTER Like their losses at Wigan and Aston Villa, Chelsea's match away to Manchester City started well, with the Premiership leaders ahead early and looking
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        91 40 AFP India became the world's No iTest cricket team yesterday after routing Sri Lanka by an innings and 24 runs in the third and final Test in Mumbai to clinch the series 2-0. Pace spearhead Zaheer Khan took 5-72 as Sri Lanka, trailing by 333 runs in the first
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        72 40 AFP Australia claimed consecutive Champions Trophy titles and their 10th overall by beating Germany 5-3 in yesterday's final, thanks to four unanswered sec-ond-half goals. Australia trailed 3-1 at half-time before scoring three goals in 15 minutes to open the second half, with Luke Doerner finishing with a hat-trick.
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      475 40 AFP INTERNATIONAL GOLF Solace on the course next year will not come early WASHINGTON Tiger Woods, a global punch-line for jokes in the wake of a humiliating personal scandal, must cope with being a target of ridicule before he can hope to regain his mystique
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      665 42  -  JOHN BITTLESTON TAKING CHARGE succeedifpmediacorp.com. sg FOUR of the vital ingredients for creativity Alertness/Observation, Sensitivity, Reflection and Humour were covered in my last article How to think creatively: Part 1 (Nov 23). Now for the remaining three. Vision and foresight are ways of describing
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      320 43  -  LINYANQIN THE SELLOUT CHARLES GASPARINO FOR those with only a passing interest in the wheelings and dealings that led to the collapse of Wall Street and its impact on the American and global economy, this tome by CNBC on-air editor and columnist Charles Gasparino will make a daunting
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      189 44 JASON HO It was an evening of cheers and celebration at the Club Mcd Night 2009 event held last Friday at Powerhouse, St James Power Station, as Mr Kenny Lim (picture), general manager of Club Mcd Singapore, shared the results of
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      579 45  -  CONRAD RAJ POINTOFVIEW editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg AS A regulator and a listed company itself the Singapore Exchange (SGX), I feel, should live by standards higher than the ones it sets for its members. Therefore I was a little disappointed with its parting gifts
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        54 46 48 cents I Hold Phillip Securities downgrades call from "Buy" as stock breached its 47.5 cents target price. Says recent US$llO million ($l5O million) acquisition of Enterprise Capital Corp in line with company's plan to expand size of its plantation. Notes information given by firm is too little to
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        19 46 Thursday 2,808.18 Wednesday 2,796.34 A 0.42% A 0.92% Tuesday 2,770.95 A 1.42% Monday 2,732.12 T 1.09%
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        27 46 iang Seng 22,489.15 T 0.25% Jikkei 10,022.59 A 0.45% lhanghai 3,317.04 A 1.61% ieoul 1,624.76 A 0.60% /lumbai 17,101.54 T 0.49% Malaysia 1,270.20 T 0.17%
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      270 46 AP Italian tax police have seized a collection of 19 masterpieces by Van Gogh, Picasso, Cezanne and other art world giants with an estimated value of €100 million ($206 million) in a crackdown on assets hidden by the disgraced founder of the collapsed dairy
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