Today, 30 August 2010, Afternoon Edition

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    47 1 TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Monday August 30, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday August 30, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AUGUST 30, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF
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    New property market measures
    1200 4 STATEMENT BY MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND MONETARY AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE The Government will continue to monitor the property market closely and will introduce additional measures if required later, to promote a stable and sustainable property 1 THE Government announced today the following
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  • NATIONAL DAY RALLY
    • STAYING OPEN WILL BENEFIT SINGAPORE
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        SLOWER PACE OF IMMIGRATION
        99 6 With the economy booming this year, more foreign workers are needed to create more jobs here. But instead of 100,000 more, as indicated before, it could be fewer 80,000. Government will slow the pace of immigration to give Singaporeans time to adjust, but we must not
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        REASONS TO STAY OPEN
        59 6 There are three important reasons to stay open. We need more talent. We need reinforcements to grow the economy and cre- ate jobs for Singaporeans. And we need to make up for the population shortfall, with efforts to produce more Singaporean babies not yet yielding results:
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        IMMIGRANTS MUST INTEGRATE
        61 6 But it’s important to make a distinction. We can temporarily accept higher numbers of foreign workers, transients who work in factories, banks, hospitals and shipyards, who will leave when the job is done. The numbers of immigrants PRs and new citizens are far smaller and they must
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        NEW DEPARTMENT TO BE SET UP
        73 6 A new Population and Talent Division, overseen by Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng, will be set up in the Prime Minister’s Office. The division will manage immigration, talent and population policies holistically, and ensure Singaporeans benefit as more foreigners arrive. Mr Lee said
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      ‘Doing everything we can’ on MRT congestion
      339 6  -  LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Government has heard Singaporeans’ “many” grouses about public transport congestion, especially on the MRT trains, and it is “doing everything possible to improve matters”, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. From an upgraded signalling system which would
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      Sandwiched class will soon be allowed to buy DBSS flats
      549 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Some 22,000 Build-To-Or-der (BTO) flats over a third more than this year’s supply will be pushed out next year. And this was not the only piece of pleasant news for flat seekers
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    • MANAGING THE PROBLEMS
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        NATIONAL SERVICE RECOGNITION AWARD
        78 8 For citizens only, this will recognise the contributions and sacrifices of NSmen. In all, $9,000 (more for commanders) will be paid in tranches at major milestones of an NSman’s service, into his CPF and Post-Secondary Education accounts. PRs who have done NS will get the award
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        HOUSING
        89 8 The HDB will build up to 22,000 flats next year, on top of 16,000 this year, and expedite the completion of BTO flats. Rules on private property owners buying HDB resale flats will be tightened. The “sandwiched group” couples earning $8,000 to $10,000 who can buy executive condominiums with
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        POPULATION AND TALENT DIVISION
        50 8 New unit within the Prime Minister’s Office will manage immigration, talent and population policies holistically; and ensure Singaporeans benefit and that the impact of immigration is well managed. It will be at Ministry level with a Permanent Secretary, and overseen by Deputy Prime MinisterWong Kan Seng.
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        TRAIN CONGESTION
        65 8 One extra train will be added on the Northeast Line during peak hour, by next year, while new trains bought in four to five years’ time will up capacity by 50 per cent. Signalling system is being upgraded on the North-South line so trains can run at shorter
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      Keeping the doors open but citizens first
      1077 8 SINGAPORE As Singapore becomes ever more cosmopolitan to stand out on the global stage, and a blistering economy this year calls for further foreign reinforcement of the workforce, anxious citizens have been trying to adjust. While explaining the need to keep the Republic’s
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      Lock icon Newcomers to Singapore will not upset current mix of races
      306 9 SINGAPORE While underscoring the need to maintain the current mix of races among Singapore’s population, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke of the difficulty in attracting Malay or pribumi talent from South-east Asia. However, he stressed: “We are getting some
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      Lock icon HELPING THEMSELVES BY HELPING OTHERS
      133 9 The volunteerism bug has bitten some of those who have made Singapore their new home, if the experience of the Singapore Indian Development Association (Sinda) is anything to go by. And it is helping these new immigrants to integrate faster, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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      Parents, have faith in your kids
      335 9  -  ONG DAI LIN SINGAPORE Have faith in your children’s abilities to do well in school and competitions, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong urged parents in his Mandarin speech last night as he addressed concerns that Singaporean students may lose out to competition from foreigners.
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      Lock icon A difficult message but...
      716 10  -  COMMENTARY PM Lee tackled it with a flair that combined argument and anecdotes AMITJAIN The writer, a permanent resident, has lived and worked in Singapore since 2000. He is the assistant director of International Relations at Nanyang Technological University. This article has been contributed in his
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      Bigger body set up to handle population issues
      291 10 SINGAPORE In a sign of how population issues are growing even more important, the Government will set up a bigger body to oversee these policies: The Population and Talent Division. It is the latest evolution in the Government’s approach to dealing with
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    • MORE EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
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        INTEGRATED PROGRAMME
        82 11 Will be expanded to seven more schools to a total of 18. The seven new schools will have both IP and non-IP tracks, which students can switch between. Those who don’t get into the IP after PSLE can do so later. It’s a system which must work not
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        NORMAL (TECHNICAL) PROGRAMME
        57 11 Lessons from an enhanced programme being tried out in three secondary schools with a more practice-oriented curriculum and industrial attachments will be applied to other N(T) classes. There will be two more specialised schools for N(T) students, after the success of Northlight and Assumption Pathway schools in
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        POLYTECHNICS
        45 11 A new “through train” for Normal (Academic) students will allow those who do well at N-levels to do a one-year foundation programme at the polytechnic, instead of sitting for the O-levels. The five existing polys will be expanded/upgraded at a cost of $700 million.
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        NAFA AND LASALLE
        53 11 Both will be aided to team up with good overseas institutions to offer degree programmes. To cater to young Singaporeans with talent in arts, design and media skills which are in strong demand the Government will aid both institutions to team up with good overseas institutions to
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        IMPERIAL COLLE6E-NTU MEDICAL SCHOOL
        23 11 A new collaboration with one of Britain's leading medical schools, to train more doctors for a bigger, ageing population.
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        TERTIARY ALUMNI
        61 11 The Government will commit nearly $4 billion over 20 years to build up endowments. The Singapore Universities Trust will be created, and $2 billion set aside to ensure support through economic downturns. The Government will match, 3-to-1, donations to endowments for new projects and 1.5-to-1 for existing universities.
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      809 11  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The hallmark of any good education system is to not just “stretch the brilliant ones but also help those less academically inclined, and all those in between”, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. So several new initiatives are being introduced, covering primary
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      Productivity, the key to a better life
      753 13  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Most of the songs belted out at this month’s Hungry Ghost Festival are the same as those from last year but the fees charged by getai performers have spiked. While some may dismiss this as insignificant information, Prime
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      Lock icon A TALE OF TWO SINGAPORE FIRMS AND THE OIL SPILL IN THE UNITED STATES
      208 13 SATISH CHENEY The Singapore economy may have shaken off the recession and is rebounding with a double-digit growth forecast but the country cannot expect such stellar growth in the long term. Last night, Prime Minister Lee
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      Lock icon Leave the gambling to the tourists, says PM Lee
      213 15  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He has visited both integrated resorts (IRs) and saw huge crowds at both venues. Many of the gamblers in the casinos were Singaporeans, he observed. Yesterday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong reiterated in his Mandarin speech
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      Lock icon A sensitive issue but it had to be raised
      200 15 ONG DAI LIN SINGAPORE It is a sensitive issue but his concern with “a small minority of vulnerable people” prompted Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to raise the issue of extremism in his rally speech in Malay. With globalisation and the
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      What is this Singapore Spirit?
      828 17  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Posing this question in his National Day Rally speech yesterday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said it is an especially relevant issue in an increasingly globalised world, as Singapore grows more cosmopolitan and hosts more visitors each year. He defined the
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      Lock icon S’POREAN WHO VOLUNTEERS AT DEAF SCHOOL IN TIMOR LESTE ‘ A ROLE MODEL AND INSPIRATION’
      206 17 S’POREAN WHO VOLUNTEERS AT DEAF SCHOOL IN TIMOR LESTE A ROLE MODEL AND INSPIRATION’ ALICIA WONG For 23 hearing-impaired Timorese students, having Mr Alvan Yap (picture) volunteer at their school means they can attend class five days a week, instead of only three days a week before he began teaching
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      Lock icon Military college and education centre to be named after Goh Keng Swee
      441 18  -  ALICIA WONG ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When former Deputy Prime Minister Goh Keng Swee passed away in May, many suggested naming something after him so that his contributions would not be forgotten. Now, there will be two complexes
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      The S’pore Spirit is what will keep us thriving
      769 18 COMMENTARY EUGENE K BTAN The writer is assistant professor of law at the School of Law, Singapore Management University. The backdrop to yesterday’s National Day Rally was vastly different from last year’s. The economy is expected to grow between 13 and
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  • VOICES
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      270 19 A me 5 5 from Singapore STRIVING FOR A GOAL Some years ago, sports enthusiasts around the world had their eyes on a young pole-vaulter from Texas named Billy Olsen. At the age of 19, he had already set the world indoor record and it was
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      It’s a two-way street
      307 19  -  We must all do our part to ensure road Letter from Tan Jia Ler, Lynn ACCORDING to a report in Today (“Motorcyclist convicted of road rage wins appeal”, Aug 27), a French motorcyclist was recently spared a one-week jail sentence for a road rage incident against
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      Delay opening of Sports Hub
      184 19  -  Letter from Johnnie Chia IN YOUR report “Sports Hub set for hot start” (Aug 27), it was mentioned that the target date for a huge event to commemorate the opening of the hub is April 2014. After so many false starts to the groundbreaking of
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      593 19 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices AGING GRACEFULLY AND MEANINGFULLY PART 2 OF 2 By Mr. Kirby Chua (Singapore Registered Psychologist) Old age is the longest stage of the life span and we need to live it fully rather than just go through it
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    Lock icon How the Internet is making us stupid
    1235 21  -  COMMENT ANALYSIS NICHOLAS CARR The writer is the author of The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains. This is an excerpt of a longer article. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Although the World Wide Web has been around for only 20 years,
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon First time in 400 years
      320 23 Thousands flee as Sinabung erupts AFP JAKARTA The Sinabung volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra erupted for the first time in 400 years yesterday, spewing a vast cloud of smoke and ash into the air and sending thousands of people fleeing from their homes.
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      Lock icon Mutant mozzies to fight dengue in M'sia
      175 23 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is considering releasing genetically-modified mosquitoes designed to combat dengue fever, in a landmark trial that has been criticised by environmentalists. In the first experiment of its kind in Asia, 2,000 to 3,000 male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes would be released
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      Lock icon HK protests botched hostage rescue
      303 24 AGENCIES HONG KONG Tens of thousands of people marched in Hong Kong yesterday to demand justice for victims of the Manila hostage bloodbath, denouncing the Philippine government for botching the rescue operation. About 20 legislators led the crowd gathered at an urban park in a
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      Lock icon South Korea’s PM-designate quits amid scandal
      157 24 AFP SEOUL The man nominated to be South Korea’s next Prime Minister, Mr Kim Tae Ho, announced his withdrawal yesterday amid a mounting scandal over alleged misconduct while he was a provincial governor. Two others nominated for ministerial posts also offered their resignations, in
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      Lock icon Two different marches in US capital
      250 24 AGENCIES capital WASHINGTON Tens of thousands of predominantly white conservative activists rallied on Saturday to help restore traditional American values at the site where slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Civil rights leaders who
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      Lock icon 45,000 MAIDS FOR SINGAPORE
      104 24 AFP Singapore will recruit 45,000 Bangladeshi domestic workers in a boost for the impoverished country’s labour export sector, an official said yesterday. Singaporean recruiting firms agreed on the number following talks in Dhaka last week, director of the government’s Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training Nurul
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      Lock icon NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM
      119 24 AFP BACK HOME FROM CHINA? North Korean leader Kim Jong Il appeared to have headed home after a secretive trip to China believed linked to the succession process of his son Jong Un. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported yesterday that Mr Kim was believed to
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      Lock icon MINISTER AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
      106 24 AFP Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, MrNazriAziz, reportedly urged the Malaysian government to abolish the death penalty yesterday amid outrage from rights groups. “If it is wrong to take someone’s life, then the government should not do it either,” Mr Nazri told the Sunday Star.
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      Lock icon INDON CREWMEN STAGE PROTEST
      106 24 AFP A group of Indonesian crewmen who were likely to face charges for bringing asylum-seekers to Australia by boat have protested against their detention. The incident began at the Darwin Immigration Detention Centre on Saturday morning when two men climbed a tree and refused to come
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Moneybags City stumble
      626 25 Bent’s last-gasp strike fires up the crowd at the Stadium of Light AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Sunderland 1 Manchester City 0 LONDON There was a rueful shake of the head from Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini just before the end of the team’s clash with Sunderland yesterday in
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      Lock icon Meireles in, as Reds made hard work of the Baggies
      354 25 AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Liverpool 1 West Brom 0 LIVERPOOL Just hours before kick-off, Liverpool fans heard news which would have put them in good spirits for the visit of West Bromwich Albion in yesterday’s Barclays Premier League clash at Anfield.
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      FIGURE-SKATERS SHINE IN BANGKOK
      151 25  -  LOW LIN FHOONG Up against stiff competition from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and India, the Republic’s novice figure skaters Ng Yi Ching and Phoebe Wang finished second and third, respectively, at the Asian Figure Skating Trophy in Bangkok yesterday. Yi Ching, 14, scored 72.75 points,
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      Lock icon Hamilton revels in Spa
      584 26 McLaren’s 2008 world champion storms to the top in dramatic race AFP FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS Lewis Hamilton pressed home his challenge for this year’s drivers’ title in emphatic style yesterday when the 2008 Formula 1 world champion won a dramatic and incident-filled Belgian
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      Lock icon Rooney ends cold snap
      257 26 AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man Utd 3 West Ham 0 MANCHESTER Few would have been surprised when Sir Alex Ferguson immediately talked up Wayne Rooney, after the Manchester United ace ended the worst goal drought of his professional career in the 3-0 victory over West Ham here
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      Lock icon More trouble for Pakistan cricket
      440 27 UK tabloid says some players involved in match-fixing in Test AGENCIES LONDON Pakistan cricket has been hit by a multitude of woes, from doping and infighting to ball-tampering and bad governance. Now, though, it faces its most severe test after new charges of match-fixing. Police
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      Lock icon Fandi gives little away about his future
      358 27  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Standing on the sidelines of Bedok North Secondary School field yesterday, Fandi Ahmad looked tired, but the boyish good looks were still evident, and the 48-year-old was still turning heads. The former national striker and captain, one of
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      Lock icon A chance to pursue their dream
      291 27 LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Like many football fans, Peter Keith Rajendran enjoys a kickabout on Sunday afternoons. Every week, the national serviceman turns out for his club, Orange County. Yesterday, Orange County faced Team Beyond Imagination in the D2D amateur league, and Rajendran and
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
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      35 33 Disclaimer: Readers should seek independent financial advice before making any investment decision. Today and all presenting parties cannot be held liable for any consequence arising from the use of this information. Brought to you by
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      118 32 m 2010 B" FURNITURE FAIR p 28 AUG 5 SEP ,2,I a i SINGAPORE EXPO, HALL 6 10,000 m 2 of exhibition space 250 Interior Designers m 10,000 sets of valuable door gifts 20 Branded Mattresses 3 Designers' Showflats 7 Singapore's Top Bridal Boutiques 90 Exhibitors with a vast array
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  • BUSINESS
    • WEEKLY ROUNDUP (AUG 23 TO 27)
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        DOW
        55 29 Thursday 9,985.81 q 0.74% Wednesday 10,060.06 p 0.20% Tuesday 10,040.45 q 1.32% Monday 10,174.41 q 0.38% Friday 10,213.62 q 0.56% FRIDAY CLOSE +10,150.65 (+1.65%) THE WEEKTHATWAS Stocks climbed back to post their best gains in nearly four weeks on Friday, overcoming a warning from Intel and dour comments from
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        US
        9 29 NA5DAO 2,153.63 Hi (+1.65%) S&P500 'Hr W (♦1.66%)
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        EURO
        21 29 FTSE100 IHp 5,201.56 U (+0.89%) DAX 5,***** ill (+0.65%) CAC40 tBt- 3,507-AA BU (10.93%) A IBEX 3S tffi'*' 10,148.20 (+1.44%)
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        FOREX
        21 29 USSi ti.351 £a, 12.100 £1 $1,724 VlOO si.580 A$i si.219 RMi so.430 Rpio.ooo $1,499 HKsioo 117.38 RMBi'.o $19.87 RS100 12.889
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    • STOCK CALLS
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        STARHUB
        50 29 Buy 2.38 BNP Paribas lifts target price to $2.85 from $2.65, based on discounted cash-ilow valuation, after accounting for lower pay-TV churn rate assumption, rolling over valuation base to 2011 vs 2010. Lowers 2010 pay-TV churn rate estimate to 10 per cent vs 15 per cent. Keeps Buy call.
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        MAPLETREE LOGISTICS TRUST
        53 29 Outperform $0.84 CI MB upgrades from Neutral, ups target price to $1.01 vs $0.89; says "we see improved demand for logistics space in MLT's key markets and are more assured of positive rental renewals". Notes growth plans ready to take full flight given $1 billion acquisition pipeline
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      Lock icon India’s economy ‘grew at fastest pace since 2007’
      364 29 BLOOMBERG NEW DELHI India’s economy probably grew at the fastest pace in two-and-half years, adding pressure on the central bank to raise interest rates even as the global recovery falters. Gross domestic product rose 8.8 percent in the three months ended June
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      Lock icon BOJ holds emergency meeting
      473 29 BLOOMBERG TOKYO The Bank of Japan will hold an emergency board meeting today as the yen’s surge to a 15-year high forces policy makers to find ways to support the nation’s slowing expansion. Governor Masaaki Shirakawa and his board was scheduled to gather this earlier today
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      154 31 SINGAPORE Mainboard-list-ed Micro-Mechanics posted an almost nine-fold increase in its full-year net profit to $4.8 million, compared to $540,161 a year ago. This came on the back of a 23.6-per-cent increase in group revenue to $41 million for the 12-month period ended June 30. The company,
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      427 32  -  Companies may show higher debt levels with any rule change: Experts EPHRAIM SEOW ephraimseow@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The proposed revamp on the accounting for leases will help boost transparency among companies here as they would soon be required to highlight how much they spend
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      70 33 BLOOMBERG Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan said yesterday that, while “uncertainties and fragilities” remain in the global economy, Australia is in a strong position. There are signs that construction is recovering in the country and the outlook for business investment is “very strong”, Mr Swan said
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      122 33 AFP Japan’s Premier has ordered his Economy, Trade and Industry Minister to draw up a plan to boost domestic investment and keep jobs at home as a strong yen pressures firms to move factories abroad, reports said yesterday. Mr Naoto Kan has
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      109 33 AP Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told a visiting Japanese delegation yesterday that Japanese companies in China should address the unhappiness of workers over low wages that he says led to labour disputes this year. Mr Wen’s comment comes after Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya
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      298 33 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON Hiring and manufacturing probably cooled this month, showing that companies are scaling back as the economic recovery in the United States shows signs of stumbling, economists said before reports this week. Private payrolls that exclude government agencies rose by 47,000 this month after
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      159 33 BLOOMBERG JACKSON HOLE (Wyoming) Bank of England Deputy Governor Charles Bean has said that more monetary stimulus may be required to sustain the recovery as the aftermath of the recession continues to hamper the economy. “The deleveraging process is incomplete, the recovery remains fragile and
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      460 33 Charting the recovery in India Contributed by Edmund Seow from SI AS Research. Uncertainty in the American market and the fear of a global slowdown in recovery spurred many equity markets around the world to decline over the past week. The MSCI World Equity Index ended Thursday
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      814 51  -  A luxury hotel designer takes an eclectic approach to her own home REDZMAN RAHMAT Who she is: Isabelle Miaja graduated in Paris, studied design in California and set up an international interior design consultancy before settling down in Singapore.Together with her business partner, Isabelle is the director
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      259 52 HOME PAINTING LAST week, experts gave tips on how to prime your walls for the painting process.This week, Today asks them about maintaining its colour and condition. What can you do to maintain the vividness of the paint on your walls? Paint generally fades over time, but
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