Today, 31 December 2009

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    20 1 TODAY Thursday December 31, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Thursday December 31, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Reaching the South Pole, the best birthday gift
    396 1  -  NEOCHAICHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg ANTARCTICA The target was New Year's Day. History was made slightly sooner, on Dec 29, 11.09pm Antarctic time (yesterday morning Singapore time). That was when a Singaporean mother arrived at a frost-bit-ten landmark surrounded by the flags of all the
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    in the news
    153 1 3 Six Romanians who hit Singapore on an ATM-spree with cloned UK cards plead guilty. 4 Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong reflects on what we learned from this year of ups and downs, and says we should take advantage of next year's modest but positive growth
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    Lock icon The missing red flags
    785 1 AGENCIES BOTCHED TERROR ATTACK Despite warning signals, suspect was not put on no-fly list as intelligence was not shared THE HAGUE There was no reason for anyone to raise the red flag at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport when Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab went through its security checks on
    AGENCIES  -  785 words
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    Language barrier at the top to fall?
    641 1  -  LINYANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE There could come a day when pupils who excel in all subjects but Chinese language would stand a greater chance getting into a top school than they would currently. But for now, primary school pupils who take the subject
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon CHANGI AIRPORT'S NEW BALANCING ACT
      71 2 IMELDASAAD COURTESY CHANGI AIRPORT GROUP There's now a much more fun way to zip around Changi Airport, from now until February. Segway personal transporters have made their way among the check-in rows of Terminal 3. The only indoor Segway circuit on the island was introduced
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      Lock icon US MAY STRIKE AL QAEDA TARGETS IN YEMEN: CNN
      226 2 AFP The United States and Yemen are reviewing targets in Yemen for a potential reprisal strike after the failed Christmas Day attack on a US jet claimed byAI Qaeda in Yemen, CNN reported yesterday. CNN television cited two senior US officials
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    • Article
      'Free' trip lands Romanians in court
      374 3  -  LEONGWEEKEAT COUNTERFEIT ATM CARDS Sixwerepaidto withdraw cash with cloned cards here weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The "job" offer seemed too good to refuse: Fly to Singapore and test some cards on Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) here. The reward was the promise of between €500 ($1,000) and
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      Lock icon This phone's a life-saver in a heart attack
      282 3  -  LYNDA HONG lyndahong@mediacorp.com SINGAPORE The mobile phone has, over the years, integrated many functions now it can contain one more feature that could help save your life. The ePhone Life Mobile (EPI Life) acts as a personal electrocardiogram (ECG) monitor. According to
      CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  282 words
    • Article
      Lock icon TRADE BATTLES THREATEN GROWTH REBOUND IN 2010
      868 4  -  LEEHSIEN LOONG BLOOMBERG POINTOFVIEW THE year 2009 has turned out better than feared. Decisive responses by governments, and the coordinated efforts of the Group of 20, succeeded in averting financial disaster and restoring confidence. While the worst is behind us, global prospects will
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      Six markets, hawker centres to reopen
      272 4 SINGAPORE Two years ago, it was destroyed by a major fire. This Friday, Ang Mo Kio residents will welcome back in their midst the new and improved Ang Mo Kio 628 Market. The 30-year-old centre, which houses 218 food and market stalls, is finally
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Former Indonesian President Wahid dies at 69
      189 6 AFP JAKARTA Former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid (picture) died in hospital yesterday aged 69, after a long battle with illness, a party official said. Mr Wahid was Indonesia's fourth President, coming to power in 1999 after the country's first general elections following the
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      Lock icon Residents flee wildfires
      337 6 AFP AUSTRALIAN BLAZE SYDNEY Residents in Western Australia fled a raging wildfire yesterday that incinerated nearly 40 homes in the country's worst blaze since "Black Saturday" fires killed 173 in February. Hundreds of firefighters battled the inferno outside the wheatfarming town of Toodyay, 80 kilometres from the
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      Lock icon Britain hails release of hostage held in Iraq
      194 6 AFP LONDON A British computer expert kidnapped in Iraq with four bodyguards in 2007 has been released, Britain said yesterday, adding that he was in "remarkable" spirits. Mr Peter Moore, 36, had experienced an "unspeakable two and a half years of misery,
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      Lock icon Iran seeking to smuggle tonnes of raw uranium
      363 8 AGENCIES INTELLIGENCE REPORT VIENNA Iran is close to clinching a deal to clandestinely import 1,350 tonnes of purified uranium ore from Kazakhstan, according to an intelligence report. Such a deal would be significant because, according to an independent research group, Tehran appears
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      Lock icon Ahmadinejad's supporters swarm streets
      196 8 AFP TEHRAN Hundreds of thousands supporters of Iran's regime took to the streets of major cities yesterday in a show of force against the opposition which it accuses of being "pawns of the enemies". State television showed footage of people swarming downtown areas, including Tehran's Enghelab
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      Lock icon 30 killed, Anbar governor wounded in twin Iraq attacks
      212 8 AFP RAMADI Blasts in Central and Western Iraq killed 30 people and wounded the Anbar provincial governor yesterday, the latest in a series of attacks against government targets. The worst violence struck the western city of Ramadi, where 23 people were
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon SILVIO BERLUSCONI TO USE BLOODIED FACE IN CAMPAIGN
        74 8 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (picture) is to launch a campaign for his People of Freedom Party using posters showing his battered face. Mr Berlusconi, 73, suffered injuries including a fractured nose when he was hit in the face following
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        Lock icon AUSTRALIA FORECASTS PLUNGE IN INDIAN STUDENTS AFTER ATTACKS
        99 8 AFP The number of Indian students in Australia is set to plunge by a fifth in 2010 after a spate of violent attacks and visa scams, an official report said yesterday. Australia's Tourism Forecasting Committee (TFC) said that judging from visa applications
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        Lock icon LAOS SAYS NO NEED TO FEAR FOR HMONG DEPORTEES
        95 8 AGENCIES Laos insisted yesterday that the international community need not fear for thousands of ethnic Hmong expelled from Thailand, after the United Nations and United States lawmakers sought access to the deportees. Bangkok sparked outrage on Monday when it defied global
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        Lock icon TAIWAN TO PROTECT MOTHERS'RIGHT TO BREASTFEED IN PUBLIC
        106 8 AFP Taiwan is to protect the right of nursing mothers to breastfeed in public with hefty fines for those who try to stop them, as part of a campaign to promote the practice, officials said yesterday. The government's Bureau of Health Promotion
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      Lock icon TERRORISM IS NOT ONLY SKIN DEEP
      565 12  -  SHAUNTANDON AFP ANALYSIS Recent airline terror bid has re-opened the debate on racial profiling in the US BY A FOILED bid by a Nigerian to blow up an American airliner is reframing the delicate debate about racial profiling in the United States, where men
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      Lock icon Obama moves to release federal secrets
      201 12 AGENCIES WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama declared on Tuesday that "no information may remain classified indefinitely" as part of a sweeping overhaul of the executive branch's system for protecting classified national security information. The move was expected to declassify more than 400 million
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      Lock icon POLICE RECOVER PICASSO'S VLITTLE GUITAR'
      81 12 AP A small wooden guitar painted by Pablo Picasso for his daughter Paloma has been found in a shoe box in the apartment of an Italian businessman in Pomezia, near Rome. Police say Picasso had given the toy to his friend, Italian artist Giuseppe Vittorio
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      Lock icon British files reveal more insights into the Iron Lady
      427 12 AGENCIES LONDON High standards, a short temper and a taste for whisky Mrs Margaret Thatcher's personality is laid bare in secret files released in Britain yesterday which cover the first few months of her premiership. They reveal that Mrs Thatcher refused
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  • voices
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      A precious resource
      285 14  -  Leong Sze Hian HDB RENTAL FLATS Letter from I REFER to "Asset that keeps growing" (Dec 30) and reports that two Housing and Development Board (HDB) blocks in Toa Payoh will be rented out to foreign workers from the Integrated Resorts (IR). The report states that, "Looking
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      Charging for use of music is good
      182 14  -  Danesh Daryanani Letter from I REFER to "They've only just begun to charge" (Dec 28). Created music is intellectual property. It is the prerogative of composers or owners of the intellectual property to charge or not charge as they deem fit. Charging for
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      159 16  -  DR BILL MAIER BY DISRESPECTFUL TEENS There's a fine line between letting teens express themselves and allowing them to be disrespectful. Teens need to be able to talk to their parents and to explain their feelings especially as they get older. Some parents have a tendency
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      RCs should be roped in
      169 16  -  M Lukshumayeh KILLER LITTER Letter from I REFER to "Time for a tougher approach" (Dec 30). There is clearly a need to address the issue of killer litter to ensure that no further incidents occur, especially one that results in a fatality. To this end,
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        Shocked to also get letter
        41 16  -  Lai I WAS shocked to receive the "warning" letter too. It was printed on high quality, glossy paper. On the day I received the letter, there were already many on the floor near the lift lobbies.
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        Cane, jail will solve problem
        54 16  -  Jan THE Housing Board or the town councils have to catch only a few offenders and the courts should cane and jail them. That will be the end of killer litter. We'll save thousands of man-hours on so-called public education. Forget about education and focus
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      • Article
        Excessive paperwork?
        122 16  -  Wilson Lim THE majority of civil servants in Singapore are seldom pro-active. They are always waiting for something serious to happen and only then they will conduct an investigation in order to come up with better preventive measures. This is so even when the tell-tale signs are already
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        Display their photos
        40 16  -  Milady 76 WE SHOULD also capitalise on the Asian mentality of saving face. Offenders (or repeat offenders) should have their photographs pasted on the block's bulletin board. This way, the neighbours will know who the culprits are.
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    • Letter
      Sistic engaged on basis of objective factors
      163 16  -  Fiona Soh Letter from Deputy Director Corporate Communications and Public Affairs The Esplanade Co Ltd WE REFER to the article "Not all the blame on Sistic" (Dec 24). The comment made by arts impresario Robert Liew that the Singapore Indoor Stadium and Es-
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      62 14 HAVE YOUR SAY. email voices@mediacorp.com.sg or visit www.todayonline.com/voices Know More tf "SSfflzKnowing Islam Session (with open Q A) Do invite your Muslim non-Muslim friends for the session. Every Sunday (except public holidays) 10am 12.30pm Room A All levels of Islamic Classes in English are also available. No payment or registration
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      Lock icon Ears to the new year!
      1264 20  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH A PEEK AT 2010 PHOTOS rT Tune in as Today dishes out its music wish list christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg EVEN before we can say goodbye to 2009, it looks like things have already started heating up in the world of music. With over 80 concerts confirmed
      CHRISTOPHERTOH, COURTESY OCEAN BUTTERFLY, WARNER MUSIC, UNIVERSAL MUSIC, SONY MUSIC, GIBSON GUITARS, WAKE ME UP MUSIC, THE ESPLANADE  -  1,264 words
    • CD REVIEWS
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        A great swansong
        827 24  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH COUCH DICTATORS |THE OCEAN BAND The first thing you'll do when you see the cover is go: "Hey, that guy in the picture looks familiar. Isn't he that uncle who hangs out at the S-ll coffee shop?" And then you flip it over and see they
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        CONCERT UPDATE
        116 26 Popular Chinese singerYoga Lin (picture) will be in town in February to promote his latest album, Senses Around. The hour-long showcase will be held at Dragonfly on Feb 4 at 9.30pm. Tickets at $38 (inclusive of two drinks) go on sale Jan 2, from Ipm to 7pm at
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      Lock icon SWEET AND SUCCULENT
      350 27  -  ANNETTE TAN There's no sense waiting for Chinese New Year to arrive before indulging in healthy Pacific clams food@media corp.com.sg I realise Christmas has yet to pass, but in the spirit of preparedness, I say it's not too early to start thinking about Chinese NewYear. Besides, as
      PHOTOS: JASON HO  -  350 words
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      Lock icon The region is your oyster
      605 28  -  JENNIFER CHEN 2010 Mark your weekends, 2010 is the year for short breaks jennifer@mediacorp.com.sg IF YOU haven't stocked up on travel gear and accessories during the post-Christmas sales, put it on your to-do list this weekend. That new bikini, SLR camera or snazzy carry-on bag
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      Lock icon Targets set were not met: SSC
      793 30  -  lAN DE COTTA SINGAPORE SPORTS But athletics chief Loh claims latest KPIs set by sports council are confusing ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) yesterday revealed that despite repeated meetings with the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) since 2005, the track and field body
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      309 30  -  lANDECOTTA INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL FRIENDLY Singapore v Oman Bishan Stadium, 6.30pm SINGAPORE The Lions face Iran in a crucial Asian Cup qualifier next Wednesday at the National Stadium, and anything less than a win will all but end their bid to reach the
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      434 31 .AGENCIES LONDON Incensed by reports of her husband's womanising and set off by the discovery of an "incriminating" text message, Elin Nordegren smashed Tiger Woods in the face with a 9-iron on Thanksgiving Day and then chased the bleeding and
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      466 31 AGENCIES ENGLISH FOOTBALL Torres becomes fastest Liverpool player to hit 50 top-flight goals ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Aston Villa o Liverpool l BIRMINGHAM Steven Gerrard hailed Fernando Torres as "the best striker in the world" after the Spaniard became the fastest player in Liverpool's history to score
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        78 31 AFP Bolton Wanderers manager Gary Megson has been relieved of his duties with immediate effect, the struggling Premier League club confirmed yesterday. Megson, 50, was axed after his side squandered a two-goal lead in their 2-2 draw with Hull at their Reebok Stadium on Tuesday (yesterday
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        94 31 AFP The Houston Rockets confirmed on Tuesday they are seeking to trade Tracy McGrady, after a request for a move from the two-time NBA scoring champion's representatives. McGrady has been unhappy with his playing time in six games since returning from knee surgery in the
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        96 31 AGENCIES Not long after Michael Schumacher announced his return to Formula 1, his younger brother Ralf has decided that he wants back in as well after two years of retirement. Ralf Schumacher, 34, insisted it was not his brother's return that inspired the decision
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      636 32 AGENCIES ENGLISH FOOTBALL Fergie responds to comments by Capello and Mourinho about United's 'decline' LONDON Sir Alex Ferguson has hit back at Fabio Capello and Jose Mourinho over their comments on Tuesday that Manchester United are a side in decline. England manager Capello had told
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      344 32 AGENCIES LONDON Real Madrid are preparing a £20 million ($44.7 million) summer bid for Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic (picture). Real have identified the Serbia international as their top defensive target and sporting director Jorge Valdano believes the club can take advantage
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      52 30 SPORTS ON TV TODAY Bam NHL Flyers v Rangers, Chii7 liam NHL Capitals v Sharks, Chii7 spm Rugby Toulouse v Perpignan, Ch 113 7pm Tennis Capitala World Tennis C'ship, Ch 22 7pm Ice Hockey Spengler Cup Davos Final, Ch 113 SPORTS ON RADIO 6.35am-n.3spm SportsZone Minutes Hourly Sports updates live
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      453 33 THE LASTIOYEARS It has been a decade that many investors would rather forget. On Dec 31,1999 the FTSEIOO closed at 6,930 and 10 years on it still has some distance to go before it regains this peak, sitting at around just 5,300 last week. The
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      184 34 BLOOMBERG TOKYO Japan's government set an economic growth target of more than 2 per cent for the coming decade, a pace that is about four times the central bank's estimate of the nation's current speed limit. The target was released
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      361 34 BLOOMBERG WORLD INVESTMENT MOSCOW Russia is the top investment pick for the biggest emerging-market stock funds in 2010, even after the RTS Index's worldbeating 129 per cent rally prompted Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin to say shares are too expensive. Russia is the leading
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      157 34 AP NEW YORK Nokia is broadening a legal dispute it already has with Apple over the iPhone, saying almost all of the company's other products also violate the Finnish phone maker's patents. Nokia said on Tuesday that it has filed a complaint
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      Greenlodge for sale
      426 35  -  CHEOWXINYI EN BLOC cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE Greenlodge Condominium in Toh Tuck Road has been put up for collective sale. The owners are asking for $135 million for the site, which translates to $683 per square foot per plot ratio (psfppr) and is inclusive of the development charge.
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      297 35  -  DESMONDWONG desmondwong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The dry bulk sector could see calmer seas next year, thanks to strong demand for commodities in China. With China's appetite for resources like iron ore expected to remain healthy in 2010, observers say another round of stock piling could boost
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      Japan Land appoints new MD, resolves conflict of interest issues
      177 35  -  JONATHAN PEERIS SINGAPORE A Mainboard-listed property investment firm, Japan Land, says it has appointed Mr Leow Tet Sin as the managing director and member of the nominating committee of the company with effect from Dec 23 this year. The appointment
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        64 36 $1.92 I Buy BNP Paribas upgrades to Buy from Hold and raises target price to $2.22 from $1.84 on view of stock's defensive nature. With reduced risk appetite, "we expect SMRT's underperforming position and defensive nature to bring the stock back in a favourable position again". Raises FYII-13 EPS
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        54 36 61 cents I Buy Kim Eng Securities has Buy call with $1.00 target. Orderbook quotes suggest stock may head up to 62 cents. Earnings for first nine months of 2009 of $18.7 million already more than whole of FYoB's $12.8 million net profit, with company expecting growth
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        78 36 $4.20 Underperform Daiwa raises target price to $3.65 from $3.56 to capture contributions from newlylisted unit CapitaMalls Asia. But keeps Underperform call on view share price looks rich. Expects CapitaLand to announce special dividend of 21 cents per share using proceeds from CMA listing. FROM BROKERAGE RESEARCH AND AGENCY
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        19 36 [Sill Tuesday 2,869.76 A 0.49% Monday 2,855.68 A 0.63% Friday Closed Closed Thursday 2,837.70 T 0.14%
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        27 36 iang Seng 21,496.62 T 0.01% Jikkei 10,546.44 T 0.86% lhanghai 3,262.60 A 1.58% ieoul 1,682.77 A 0.62% /lumbai 17,343.82 T 0.33% Malaysia 1,271.12 T 0.32%
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        23 36 US$1 £1 i euro A$i RMi $1,405 ¥100 $1,522 $2,229 HK$ioo $18.11 $2,015 RMB100 $20.58 $1,256 RS100 $3,004 $0,409 RPio,ooo $1,488
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      516 36  -  CHEOWXINYI TECHNOLOGY INCUBATION SCHEME cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE Local technology start-ups have long prayed for more angelic assistance at the most critical stage of their incubation. Now, a national scheme to address this lack has drawn the keen participation of veteran incubators and angel investors from the
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      365 36  -  JONATHAN PEERIS jonathanpeeris@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Government has announced that its industrial land sales programme for the first half of 2010 will have 10 sites, including two on the confirmed list. Sites on the confirmed list will be put up for tender regardless of developers'
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