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  • 47 1 TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PublICATIon of nEWS HoTlInE 6822 Tuesday April 27, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking ATERNOON EDITION TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PublICAtIon of nEWS HotlInE 6822 2268 Tuesday April 27, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking APRIL 27, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF
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  • 751 3  -  Amendments call for more ‘community-based’ penalties, new pre-trial discovery of documents S RAMESH rameshs@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A new Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), which is aimed at keeping up with a more mature society, will be adopted here. The proposed amendments to the CPC Bill, tabled
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  • 950 3  -  Changes to nCMP scheme to allow for more opposition voices, says DPM Wong LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A packed House gathered yesterday to decide on the number of alternative voices to be admitted over and above those elected into Parliament after the next General
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  • NEWS
    • 333 5  -  Think twice: parking is costly, new erp gantry just outside the resort HOEYEEN NIE AND TING KHENG SIONG yeennie@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE After much speculation, the casino at Marina Bay Sands (MBS) integrated resort opens today but visitors might be better off leaving their cars at home. Parking at
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    • 428 5  -  deputy prime minister Wong says selection process rigorous ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Even after some 20 years, the Nominated Member of Parliament scheme still has its stiff detractors in both the ruling and Opposition parties. In yesterday’s debate about the scheme, questions were asked of its
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    • 197 5 WEE KE.BEN Members of Parliament yesterday expressed concerns over an amendment in the Constitution which would allow arrested persons to be produced before a magistrate via a video-conferencing link for the first mention, without having to be physically present. Previously, a suspect
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    • 141 5 ALICIA WONG It might seem to be a “minor issue”, but there needs to be greater clarity on the decision to abolish the 50-year-old committee that advises the Ministerfor Home Affairs before he refuses any citizenship application, said Nominated Member of Paliament Audrey Wong yesterday.
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    • 33 6 renowned Canadian bubble artist Fan yang covering students in a giant bubble during a preview show for children at MediaCorp’s adopted charity, rainbow Centre-yishun park. dON WONG dON WONG
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    • 95 9 Cosmetics giant Clinique Laboratories is suing Dr Wong Yoke Meng, 62, owner of Clinique Suisse at Paragon Medical Centre, for trademark infringement. The High Court heard yesterday that Clinique Suisse intended to take advantage of the reputation and prestige of Clinique and that its trademark
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    • 95 9 The National Environment Agency (NEA) is taking court action against the licensee of the Geylang Serai Rojak stall, Sheik Allaudin Mohideen, whose contaminated rojak claimed the lives of two people last April. NEA says the hawker faces three charges: One of selling food unfit
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    • 107 9 AFP Film director Eric Khoo will be president of the jury at the Locarno international film festival in Switzerland later this year, organisers said yesterday. Singapore’s award-winning independent filmmaker will be joined by four other actors and directors —including Iranian actress Golshifteh
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    • 425 9  -  Begin clearing goods from illegal store NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The fifth-sto-rey car park of People’s Park Complex was a flurry of activity yesterday, with employees packing and clearing goods five days after a storeroom that was apparently used to store sex toys was gutted.
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    • 297 11  -  LEONG WÈ KEAT leong Wee KeaT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The illegal deployment of foreign workers here is under control, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) assured Parliament yesterday. This, despite foreign worker advocacy groups reporting a rise in the number of workers being employed illegally.
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    • 412 11 number of workers made redundant drops again: MoM SINGAPORE More than half of those who were laid off in the third quarter of last year found jobs by the end of the year, according to a Ministry of Manpower (MOM) report. The number of
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  • PARLIAMENT
    • 425 7 New tobacco act gives Health Minister new powers SINGAPORE—The Health Minister will soon have the final say on what tobacco products and substitutes will be allowed here. Proposed changes to the law, which were introduced yesterday in Parliament, would give him flexibility to prohibit new or
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    • 407 7  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Interpol has suspended its Red Notice of arrest for former Romanian Charges D’Affaires Silviu Ionescu because of disagreements between Singapore and Romania over his diplomatic immunity. Foreign Minister George Yeo told Parliament yesterday this is “part of Interpol’s procedure that
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    • 277 7 Focus now on ascertaining facts, not apportioning blame S RAMESR SINGAPORE The role of the Coroner in Singapore is set to morph from one that was fault-finding to one that is fact-finding, in a new Coroners Bill introduced by the Law Minister in Parliament yesterday. The
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    • 249 10 Open Now Casino Hotel* Meeting and Exhibition Facilities Select Restaurants and Shops MARINA BAY SANDS OPENS AT 3:18PM TODAY Come get a glimpse of just how spectacular Marina Bay Sands® is before our grand opening in June. HOW TO GET HERE Public transport is recommended as parking may be limited
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    • 226 11 -m- 'W^ Mystery Hunt NELP NEEDED TO FIND THE MISSING GREAT y It was said that the Jurong Bird Park had a 'Great Jewel' which filled the park with love, harmony and fun. One fateful morning, the 'Great Jewel' was found missing. If you have a knack for solving mysteries
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  • VOICES
    • 271 13  -  Letter from Lionel De Souza Letter from Rashid Osman Bosses just as culpable THE report, “A rare revision to fix court clerk’s error” (April 22), did not surprise me. Flash back: A similar grievous mistake by a court’s clerk resulted in Mr
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    • 158 13  -  Letter from Tong Jee Cheng I REFER to “Bring your own bag every day” (April 24-25). The National Environment Agency’s (NEA) proposal to get supermarkets to offer a token sum as a rebate to those who take their own bags to the supermarket may
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    • 214 15  -  BY DR JAMES DOBSON Pressures on mums of Preschoolers When there are children in the house, a wife needs her husband’s understanding more than ever. No one works harder than a mother who has multiple preschool children. Not only does she have many responsibilities, she experiences
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    • 459 15  -  letter from Zhang lianguo I REFER to “Count your blessings” (April 23) and would like to share my story as a househusband. Similar to Budget Tai Tai’s friend, Househusband (myself) was told by his boss that his services were no longer required by the company on
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    • 128 15  -  letter from lim ah Kheng I RECEIVED an invitation from the Health Promotion Board to get myself screened for colorectal cancer using Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT). I enquired at four participating clinics and was informed that to collect the test kit
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    • 68 13 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices J Problem gambling hurts the whole family ■MP;, n <♦1 Problem Gambling know the line.sg N@G NATIONAL COUNCIL ON PROBLEM GAMBLING Know the line and take control Before gambling becomes a problem to you and your family, know
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  • Article, Illustration
    137 14 the sun. It also hosts activities year-round like surfing competitions, kite-flying, festivals and a Sunday market for hand-made jewellery, crafts, homeware and original designer clothing, "As a family, we love to swim and play cricket on the beach. Surf lessons at Bondi Beach are always a lot of
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
    • 890 17 Just days before the end of her three-year term as the highest ranking diplomatic representative of the People’s Republic of China to Singapore, Ambassador Zhang Xiaokang (picture), spoke to teo Xuan Wei (xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg) and other members of the media. During the interview, she described bilateral relations as
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    • 746 19  -  ANG 5WEE HOON The writer is the associate professor in marketing at the NUS Business School. She specialises in consumer behaviour, advertising and branding. Now that the paralysis has ended and European flights are resuming, we can assess how the travel-related industries, the
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    • 997 19  -  Closure of europe’s airspace casts disturbing light on the way the continent is governed CHRISTOPHER BOOKER THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Last week, for the second time in a decade, a major crisis erupted out of the blue that cast a highly
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  • WORLD
    • 414 21 protesters try to prevent police reinforcements from entering the city AGENCIES AGENCIES BANGKOK Thai anti-government “Red Shirts” protesters said yesterday they would launch nationwide action to prevent security forces from travelling to the capital to join a looming crackdown, as rival Yellow Shirts called for the imposition of
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    • 230 21 AGENCIES,THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER PUTRAJAYA Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak acknowledged yesterday that his administration had approved millions of ringgit for projects in rural Hulu Selangor, but denied opposition allegations they were meant to buy the votes which secured Barisan Nasional (BN) a victory in Sunday’s hard-fought
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    • 314 24 private cram schools blamed for household debt, stressing out kids AFP SEOUL After six hours at her South Korean state elementary school, eight-year-old Ho You Jin heads home, picks up a new set of textbooks and sets off for a private cram school,
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    • 233 24 AFP SEOUL Seoul is investigating whether a demoted North Korean general has won back his former rank as a reward for the sinking of a South Korean warship, an official said yesterday. North Korean television footage and a still photo released over the weekend
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    • 461 24 accused faces money-laundering charges AP afternoon latest WASHINGTON The United states extradited former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to France yesterday, clearing the way for him to stand trial there on money-laundering charges. The former strongman, who was being held in a federal prison in
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    • 272 26 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON Defence experts are warning of a new danger of ballistic weapons proliferation after a Russian company started marketing a cruise missile that can be launched from a shipping container. The Club-K missile attack system could prove “game-changing” in fighting wars with small
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    • 107 26 AFP Polish opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski announced yesterday that he would run in June’s contest to become President after his identical twin was killed in an air crash in russia. “Poland is our common, great responsibility. It demands that we overcome personal suffering to take
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    • 95 26 AFP Britain’s envoy to Yemen yesterday narrowly escaped a bomb triggered by a suspected Al Qaeda suicide attacker who hurled himself at the ambassador’s convoy. AYemen security official said MrTimothy Torlot “was not hurt” in the attack, which was launched as his two-car convoy
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    • 97 26 AGENCIES Sudanese President omar Al Beshir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, was yesterday declared winner of the country’s first multi-party presidential election in over two decades. He won 68 per cent of over 10 million valid ballots. His victory was
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    • 71 26 AP Swiss police have arrested two men and a woman suspected of planning to bomb an IBM research facility near Zurich, Swiss media reported yesterday. Prosecutors said two Italians and a Swiss national suspected of planning a bomb attack against an international company
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    • 95 27 firemen battling to control a fire that raged through a shanty town in Quezon city, in suburban Manila, on sunday. one person died and hundreds of homes were destroyed in the blaze, which burned for more than se~en hours. Mr obet Madarang, an aide to the mayor
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    • 100 27 AP The publisher of former President George W Bush’s book Decision Points on Sunday set a November release date and unveiled its cover design. Mr Bush has said he is not writing a traditional memoir. According to Crown Publishers, the book will offer “gripping,
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    • 89 27 AP A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan yesterday, the United States Geological Survey said. The earthquake shook buildings in Taipei for up to 20 seconds, but there were no reports of casualties or damage and no tsunami alert was issued. The
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    • 88 27 AP British astrophysicist Stephen hawking, 68, said in a new documentary that aliens are out there, but it could be “too risky” for humans to interact with extraterrestrial life. he said a visit by extraterrestrials to earth would be like Christopher Columbus arriving in the
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    • 111 27 AFP JAKARTA President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono pledged yesterday to make Indonesia the world’s biggest user of clean, renewable geothermal energy. He urged private investors to back him. The archipelago of more than 200 volcanoes is estimated to possess around 40 per cent of
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    • 209 21 si? (f) SINGAPORE A CANCER V SOCIETY Fight GTVlcala&a n ce r 5th Cervical Cancer Awareness]MonthT20IO PUBLIC FORUM Date: 8 May 2010, Saturday Venue: Bishan Community Club, 51 Bishan Street 13 REGISTRATION: Call *****804 *****827 Email: education@singaporecancersociety.org.sg FREE Cosmetic Hamper worth $30 will be given away to first 100 ladies
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  • SPORTS
    • 651 28  -  Sta’s offer to sponsor two full-time players has them queuing EWAN MAH ewanmah@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Ten youngsters have answered the Singapore Tennis Association’s (STA) call to play the game full-time, four weeks after the association dangled a $500,000 carrot to sponsor the training of two local players
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    • 344 28 AGENCIES MUMBAI Indian cricket authorities suspended the driving force behind the money-spinning Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament yesterday in a bid to stem an escalating crisis over corruption and match-fixing allegations. Following a week of intense speculation that IPL boss Lalit Modi, 46,
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    • 563 29  -  Warriors need to pull together to turn their season around SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They had no desire and discipline when they surrendered 3-0 to Etoile FC in last Friday’s Great Eastern-Yeo’s S-League encounter. Anyone watching SAFFC for the first time would have been left wondering
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    • 402 29 SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE While the Singapore National Olympic Committee have yet to confirm the teams that will fly the Republic’s flag at November’s Asian Games in Guangzhou, both the national men’s and women’s hockey teams have set their sights on qualifying for the Asiad
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    • 364 30 AGENCIES LONDON Pep Guardiola’s bid to underline Barcelona’s status as the best club team in the world is in danger of being derailed in the Champions League by a man appointed by Inter Milan to end decades of failure in European football’s
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    • 614 30 French have backs against wall, but coach remains confident AFP ChampioNs leaGue semi-FiNal, 2Nd leG lyon vs Bayern (Bayern lead 1-0) LYON The underdog tag sits well with Lyon coach Claude Puel. Trailing 1-0 ahead of the conclusion of their Champions League semi-final with
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    • 580 31 Wounded liverpool could scupper ancelotti’s premiership dream AGENCIES english premiership Chelsea 7 stoke 0 LONDON On Sunday, Carlo Ancelotti’s Chelsea showed how imperious they can be when the stakes are high in their 7-0 rout of Stoke City. But they played a side who have nothing
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    • 507 31 injured striker wins pFa player of the year, tells Capello not to worry agenCies LONDON Wayne Rooney has assured England boss Fabio Capello he will be fit for the World Cup and could even be back before the end of the Premiership season.
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    • 163 31 M 9 DATE: May 8, 2010 (Sat) l-WEEKLY MOTHER'S DAY COOKING WORKSHOP WITH MOSES LIM Delight mum this Mother's Day by whipping up a sumptuous meal for her! Pick up tips and recipes from Executive Chef David Toh at our cooking workshop held at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel Singapore.
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  • 533 37  -  IMPACT panasonic’s 3d newspaper advertisement breaks boundaries PETERYEO peteryeo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Steve Jobs, CEO and cofounder of Apple, once said: “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” Panasonic’s groundbreaking 3D advertising campaign with Today is as innovative as they come. You would have seen it
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  • BUSINESS
    • 420 33 AFP WASHINGTON Sweeping legislation to rein in Wall Street suffered a temporary setback in the US Senate yesterday, as United States President Barack Obama’s Republican foes defeated a push to formally take up the Bill. Lawmakers voted 57-41 to open debate, falling short of
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    • 58 33 monday Close 11,205.03 (+0.01%) friday 11,204.28 p 0.63% thursday 11,134.29 p 0.08% Wednesday 11,124.92 p 0.07% tuesday 11,117.06 p 0.23% nyse top 5 By volume name vol priCe Change Citigroup 1.23b 4.61 q5.14% Bank of america 152m 18.05 q 2.06% ford motor 121m 14.46 p 1.76% flagstar Bancorp 83m
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    • 13 33 oil $84.20 (-1.08%) È gold $1,153.50 (+0.03%) Ç Ç Copper $3.53 (+0.44%)
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    • 23 33 us$1 $1.366 us$1 £0.64 us$1 €0.746 us$1 ¥93.959 us$1 a$1.077 us$1 hK$7.76 us$1 C$1.000 all figures correct as at 8am this morning
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    • OVERNIGHT
      • 60 33 stocks mixed US stocks were mixed on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.75 point (0.01 per cent) to finish at 11,205.03. The Nasdaq composite was down 7.20 points (0.28 per cent) at 2,533.70 and the Standard Poor’s 500 index slipped 5.23 points (0.43 per cent) to
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      • 66 33 stocks higher Europe’s main stock markets closed higher on Monday amid talks over a bailout of Greece. London’s FTSE 100 index rose 0.53 per cent to 5,753.85 points, the Paris CAC 40 jumped 1.17 per cent to 3,997.39 points and the Frankfurt DAX advanced by 1.16 per cent
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      • 61 33 Crude lower Oil prices dipped on Monday in New York with reserves in the US on the high side and the US dollar slightly firmer. A barrel of light sweet crude for June delivery slid 92 US cents to hit US$84.20. London’s Brent North Sea crude for June dipped
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      • 68 33 us$ up against euro The US dollar rose against the euro on Monday as investors remain concerned about Greece despite its decision last week to activate an emergency aid package from the EU and the IMF. The euro was under pressure as investors struggled with how and when the
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    • 650 33  -  parliament considers strata act changes JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Long-drawn conflicts arising from en bloc property transactions may likely be put to rest when the proposed amendments to the Land Titles (Strata) Act, which was tabled in Parliament yesterday, comes into effect likely in
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    • 346 34  -  RYAN HUANG ryanhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Sembcorp Industries is offering to buy the United States-listed water and wastewater services firm Cascal for as much as US$206 million ($282 million). Its utilities unit will first take a 58.4-per-cent stake in Cascal, now owned by Biwater Investments.
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    • 296 34 MILLET ENRIQUEZ Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang said the move to let the Singapore dollar appreciate is “appropriate” given Singapore’s strong recovery from the recession. Earlier this month, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said it was re-centering its Singapore dollar policy band
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