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  • 23 1 TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Tuesday September 21, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
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  • 724 1  -  Singapore, Malaysia complete land swap deal LEONGWEE KEAT AND S RAMESH weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The removal of a thorn in bilateral relations was rounded off yesterday with a dish of durian mooncakes. And with a revised land swap deal, Singapore and Malaysia settled a two-decade long
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  • 155 1 LEONG WEE KEAT The two Prime Ministers highlighted their countries’ good working relationship in forging better ties and a brighter future when asked yesterday about recent reactions to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew’s remarks to The New York Times on the two
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  • 125 1 Singapore to vest six land parcels (four in Marina South, two in OphirRochor) in M-S Pte Ltd, a 60-40 joint venture between Khazanah Nasional Berhad andTemasek Holdings, in exchange for three parcels of Malayan Railway land inTanjong Pagar, Kranji and Woodlands and three in
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  • NEWS
    • 249 3 TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE The disciplinary committee investigating the free-for-all that erupted during the S-League match between the Young Lions and Beijing Guoan on Sept 7 had yet to reach a decision at press time last night. Players from both sides were interviewed by the five-man committee chaired
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    • 445 3  -  Singapore River gets a new travel buzz NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A new taxi service on the water may not only make traffic jams a thing of the past for Formula One revellers this weekend but may herald a sign of things to come. River
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    • 717 4  -  Six parties lay claim to $6.5m recovered by TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg TEO XUANWEI SINGAPORE The day they have been waiting for has arrived. Today, six parties laying claim to the $6.5 million the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) has recovered
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    • 418 5 ESTHER NG SINGAPORE The Government has extended the 4-per cent minimum interest rate for Central Provident Fund savings in the Special, Medisave and Retirement Accounts (SMRA) for another year the second time it has been extended. In a statement yesterday, Manpower
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    • 365 5  -  RACHEL KELLY rachel@mediacorp.com.sg NGNBN. SINGAPORE The Government is calling for proposals to develop a programme to support video services on Singapore’s new high-speed broadband network. The contract winner will provide seamless connectivity to various content via the Next Generation Interactive Multimedia,
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    • 141 5 The Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats) and Marina Bay Sands have jointly introduced a new city check-in and baggage acceptance service. The Baggage Express Service will allow passengers to check in at least three hours before their flight and also collect their
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    • 254 7  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Despite an economic downturn, donations were on the rise for the Community Chest last year. The concern that “those who are already suffering would suffer even more” drove organisations to come up with “very special, very creative events” to raise funds, said
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    • 377 7 MILLET ENRIQUEZ SINGAPORE The rapid growth in emerging economies is expected to attract more investments from global investors and this may, in turn, pose some stiff competition to financial markets like London. This view was highlighted by Dr Tony Tan, deputy
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    • 223 9  -  LYNDA HONG lyndahong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Following a fatal accident outside a pub in Geylang Road last week, several businesses in the area were hit after they had to close while safety checks were being conducted. A disco and a cooperative had to
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    • 171 9 CLAIRE HUANG SINGAPORE A new research building has opened at the National University of Singapore (NUS). The T-Lab Building, a joint development project between the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) and NUS, aims to create an innovative and high-tech-nology environment conducive for research and development. The launch
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    • 119 9 TEO XUANWEI A senior MediaCorp executive was acquitted yesterday of four maid abuse charges after a district judge found the maid’s testimony during the trial to be unreliable. Ms Annie Tan, 40, was accused of causing hurt to Filipina Vilma Lambino Manuel, 38, on four
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    • 102 5 Lasik Public Forum Date: 30 September 2010, Thursday Time: 6.30pm 8.15pm Venue: Singapore National Eye Centre SNEC Auditorium, Level 4 11 Third Hospital Avenue S*****1 Speaker: Dr Lim Li, Senior Consultant MYTHS FACTS FREE ADMISSION Programme 6.30pm Registration 7.00pm 'Understanding Refractive Errors •How LASIK is done •Are you suitable for
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    • 330 6 Advertorial A pawnshop that gives back more than just money, 4 >.* "7 I r (SAic he»e Chia XX, MediaCorp Artiste X Maxi-Cash has pledged an initial $10,000 to the Singapore Children's Society and will also donate any amount raised above this. The fundraising began on August 15 and will
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  • VOICES
    • 710 11  -  I SAY Let’s come together to form a special World Inter-faith Day SHAIK KADIR The recent religious storms stirred up by certain exploitations like that of cartoonist Molly Norris’ “Everybody draw Muhammad day” and Pastor Terry Jones’ intention of burning copies of the Quran
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    • 122 11  -  Letter from Evelyn Foo THERE seems to have been an increase in the number dogs being kept as pets in the Housing Board estates. Is a household allowed to keep more than two dogs? While there is no doubt that pets can be good companions, things are
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    • 209 13  -  Letter from Karen Chan I REFER to Ms Yvonne Tan’s letter, “Kings of the road?” (Sept 20). She brought up the ungracious behaviour of pedestrians taking their time at zebra crossings and traffic light junctions when the “green man” is blinking. I myself experienced such
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    • 126 13  -  Letter from Loong ChikTong THE HDB no longer provides new heavy vehicle parking lots in its estates because these vehicles generate noise and pollution and pose a danger to other users of the car park. I have appealed to the HDB to seriously look into
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    • 598 13  -  Try UK’s Pedestrian User-Friendly Intelligent crossings ~~~~~~~~~~~~emailourletterstovoicesmediacor.com.s~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg Letter from JeffYang TODAY todayonline.com today@mediacorp.com.sg I AM glad Ms Yvonne Tan has finally PublisherPatrick brought to light the problem in her letter DeputyEditorQuakHiang “Kings of the road?” (Sept 20).NightEditorEditor-At-Larg In the United
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
    • 905 15  -  CAROLINE The writer is a Bloomberg News columnist. She is also the author of Just What I Said. The opinions expressed are her own. BLOOMBERG Asked whether United States President Barack Obama has a clear plan for creating jobs, 53 per cent
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    • 685 16  -  Are there different policies for different addresses? Instead of having a divide between the haves and the have nots, here we have a separation depending on your dwelling. CONRAD RAJ conrad@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is editor-at-large at Today. While there is little by way of
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    • 888 17  -  Among the undeniably rich, a belligerent sense of entitlement has taken hold: It’s their money, and they have the right to keep PAUL KRUGMAN The writer is a professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University. He received the Nobel Prize in
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    • 111 18 RACING ACTION POWERED BY CANON Lewis Hamilton at the 2010 Belgian Grand Prix. Giancarlo Fisichella at the 2009 Singapore Grand Prix. Recognised as two of the finest motorsport photographers of their generation, the work of brothers Keith (left) and Mark Sutton can be found in publications all over the world.
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  • WORLD
    • 293 19 Weakened storm slams China after wreaking havoc in Taiwan AGENCIES TAIPEI China has warned of flash floods and landslides as Typhoon Fanapi made landfall yesterday, after dousing Taiwan with heavy rains. The storm weakened as it ploughed into Fujian and Guangdong but was still packing
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    • 170 19 AGENCIES TOKYO Japan said yesterday it regretted China’s decision to suspend high-level exchanges over Tokyo’s arrest of a Chinese boat captain in disputed waters, urging Beijing not to let the spat ruin their relationship. Beijing had threatened Japan on Sunday with “strong counter-measures” after Japan extended
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    • 95 19 AP Philippine President Benigno Aquino says the Manila mayor, a former national police chief and journalists are among more than a dozen people who could be charged for last month’s disastrous hostage rescue in which eight Hong Kong tourists died. Mr Aquino
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    • 392 20 Residents are set to jet off in droves while tourists appear to be staying away as Games organisers seek to calm fears of a terrorist AGENCIES NEW DELHI With the Commonwealth Games only two weeks away, many in New Delhi are in
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    • 166 20 AGENCIES JAKARTA Indonesia’s Detachment 88 anti-terror police shot dead three people and arrested five others on Sunday, in raids conducted as part of an investigation into a bloody bank heist in Medan last month. Police spokesman Iskandar Hasan could not confirm that the suspects
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    • 115 20 AFP About 30 rocket-propelled grenades have gone missing from a military base inThailand, raising fears of fresh violence, officials said yesterday. Army chief Anupong Paojinda said a forensic investigation was underway to try to find those responsible for the disappearance of the weapons at
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    • 249 21 AP AMSTERDAM Dutch police on Sunday arrested a British man of Somali ancestry at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport for possible links to a terrorist group. The man was arrested after flying in from Liverpool and before he flew out to Uganda, said the public prosecutor’s spokesman,
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    • 160 21 AGENCIES DUSHANBE Tajikistan was on high alert yesterday after the government blamed militants for the deaths of at least 25 soldiers in the latest in a string of attacks to hit the volatile Central Asian state. About 20 soldiers were also seriously wounded and were evacuated
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    • 94 21 AFP British forces have transferred responsibility for security in the violence-wrecked district of Sangin in southern Afghanistan to United States forces. Britain has suffered its heaviest losses in Sangin, which is in Helmand province, with more than 100 deaths almost a third
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    • 93 23 AFP Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim yesterday lost another bid to have sodomy charges against him thrown out on the grounds that his accuser allegedly had an affair with a prosecutor. The High Court last month refused to strike out the charges, saying
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    • 100 23 THE GUARDIAN A high-tech weapon has been unveiled in the battle against sexual harassment in Egypt, where almost half the female population face unwanted attention from men every day. HarassMap, to be launched later this year, allows women to report incidents of sexual harassment
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    • 91 23 AGENCIES Thirteen members of a “cult-like” religious sect were found praying at a Los Angeles county park on Sunday, after the authorities launched a major search amid fears that they were planning a mass suicide. The five adults and eight children, described as
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    • 74 23 IN IGOR’S WAKE Hurricane Igor swept past Bermuda yesterday, lashing the island with high winds and huge waves. Power failed in many places and flooding was reported in low-lying areas. The streets of Hamilton were covered in several centimetres of water and littered with debris. The storm was predicted to
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    • 312 23 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s first school for pregnant teenagers welcomed its inaugural batch of students yesterday, defying criticism of the facility which is aimed at curbing a spate of “baby dumping” incidents. Conservative commentators in Malaysia have complained that Sekolah Harapan or
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    • 543 21 'mm 'k'4 "TlO 7 «U 41 mil (■iriiTii irim PROGRAMME Plenary Sessions 9am-10am Human Resource Interest Group Productivity, Entrepreneurship HR Key Drivers for Singapore's Next Economic Success by Lee Yi Shyan, Minister of State for Trade Industry and Manpower, and Minister in-charge of Entrepreneurship 10am-10.45am Information Technology Group Sustaining Growth
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    • 34 21 MENiSIS HI jjKTS] upto]7 O %*s t ■From.$8[onwarcls hi# m 22nd 24th September 2010 10am 7pm Styleworks*Clasvin*Louis Clerk'Pelee Clover Etc. BLK 1003 BUKIT MERAH CENTRAL #03-01 REDHILL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE SINGAPORE *****6 Bus SERVICES 123,139,153,198
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    • 157 23 M WORLD'S BEST SKYTRAXI&X LOW-COST AIRLINE WMW 2009 2010 EXPLORE MALAYSIA "Best Value Destinations 2010" "World's Top 10 Countries in 2010" Lonely Planet's 'Best in Travel 2010' Lonely Planet's 'Best in Travel 2010' M Langkawi Alor Star CKota Bharu .Kuala Terengganu 84x Weekly within East Malaysia Johor B a Ih
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  • SPORTS
    • 544 24  -  Mastering the twists and turns the key to success for title hopefuls IAN DECOTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As the clock ticks down to Sunday’s SingTel Singapore Grand Prix, the pressure is increasing on the five drivers’ still in contention for the 2010 world drivers’
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    • 111 24 Missy Elliott: Multiple Grammy Awardwinner and top female hip-hop singer with six platinum selling albums under her belt. Friday, Zone 4 Padang stage, 8.30pm Daughtry: Self-titled debut album produced a trio of No 1 songs (It’s Not Over, Home, and Feels LikeTonight), sold over
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    • 588 25  -  After 2006 success, S’pore table tennis team target more of the same LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Commonwealth Games has been a rich hunting ground for Singapore’s table tennis players. Eight years ago in Manchester, the women won the team and doubles
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    • 310 25 AP LONDON Despite their fierce local rivalry, Tottenham and Arsenal will field fringe players when they meet tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) in the Carling Cup. For the first time, the north London rivals are playing in both the lucrative Champions League and the Premier
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    • 212 25 AP LONDON Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks’ plan to keep hold of the club with the help of an American private equity company has fallen through after the firm pulled out of a deal. Hicks had hoped to secure a £280-mil-lion ($585-million) financing package from
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    • 517 26 Liverpool manager refuses to take Ferguson’s bait after Scot accuses Torres AGENCIES LONDON The club may be hovering near the relegation zone, with the once all-conquering team posting just one win in five matches so far in the new Barclays Premier League season. But Roy Hodgson’s demeanour after
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    • 344 26 Nations Cup foundation Title Sponsor Republic’s netball women keen to show SINGAPORE The fifth edition of the NTUC FairPrice Foundation Nations Cup from Dec 6 to 12 will feature world No 17 Wales, Namibia (24) and India, who will join Tanzania (21), Scotland (16) and
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    • 539 28 Now for the real test After beating a string of unfancied teams, Ancelotti braces for Man City crunch AFP LONDON After watching Chelsea blitz Blackpool 4-0 at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, Carlo Ancelotti (picture) warned that the test of the season will come at Manchester City this Saturday. Two goals
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 61 24 YOUR SPORTING FIX CRICKET 7.20pm Twenty20 South Australian Redbacks vs Guyana (mioTV Ch123) 11.20pm Twenty20 Highveld Lions vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (mioTV Ch123) BASKETBALL 9am WNBA Atlanta Dream vs Seattle Storm (mioTV Ch117) BASKETBALL TOMORROW 1.55am Bundesliga Hoffenheim vs B. Munich (StarHub Ch222, 255) 2am Bundesliga Hannover vs W. Bremen
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  • IMPACT
    • 512 29 PETERYEO JEFFREY Seah (picture), CEO of Starcom Mediavest Group (SMG) South-east Asia and chairperson of SMG’s Asia Digital Leadership Team, paints a digital future for marketers. Is the current digital invasion just another dotcom bubble? Jeffrey Seah: More likely, digital will underwrite all language of communication. The
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    • 263 29 FOR a group of second-year Ngee Ann Polytechnic mass communication, and advertising and public relations students, the process of learning has gone beyond the confines of the campus and into the newsroom. Last Wednesday, the students toured the Today newsroom, attended a crash course
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    • 488 29  -  If retailers want shoppers to come to them, they first have to know where the browsers are PETER YEO peteryeo@mediacorp.com.sg YOU step into a shop, check in and retail offers pop up from shops in the vicinity. Welcome to location-based marketing. Although not a passive marketing platform
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    • 192 29 THE CPA SINGAPORE DESIGNATION The credential that is testament to your proficiency, integrity and commitment Gives you the competitive edge in your career Enhances your employability in the challenging corporate world Provides the desired recognition from employers, clients and business partners The CPA Singapore is accorded by the largest professional
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    • 193 34 BEIJING 101 Hair Consultants Fight Hair Loss Proven results by International Awards Winner Beijing 101 has been leading the fight against hair loss hair-related problems for over 3 decades. We are claded with numerous international awards to prove our standing in the professional hair care industry. Bpi/MB m m 1988
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  • BUSINESS
    • 153 31 SINGAPORE Naung Court, a 20-unit development at Jalan Naung in Hougang, has been sold for $28 million to developer Orion-Two Residential. The price works out to about $662 per square foot per plot ratio if a development charge is payable. The 32,689 sq ft site,
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    • 129 31 AGENCIES NEW YORK —The longest US recession since the Great Depression ended in June last year, lasting 18 months, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) said yesterday. “The basis for this decision was the length and strength of the recovery to date,” the
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    • 58 31 MONDAY CLOSE 3,080.98 (+0.15%) Friday 3,076.37 p 0.30% Thursday 3,067.11 q 0.13% Wednesday 3,071.03 p 0.73% Tuesday 3,048.65 q 0.59% TOP 5 BYVOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Genting HK US$ 254,585 $0.535 p 2.89% Genting SP 200,053 $2.140 p 2.39% DMX Tech 170,864 $0.535 p 25.88% MemstarT 82,067 $0.090
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    • 28 31 HANG SENG Ç 21,977.34 (+0.03%) È NIKKEI (closed) È SHANGHAI 2,588.71 (-0.38%) AUSTRALIA 4,631.35 (-0.16%) Ç Ç MUMBAI 19,906.10 (+1.59%) MALAYSIA 1,469.69 (+0.19%) Ç SEOUL 1,832.63 (+0.29%)
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    • 17 31 US$1 $1.336 £$1 $2.088 €$1 $1.743 ¥$1 $1.556 RM$1 $0.430 RP1,000 $29.15 HK$100 $17.96 RMB100 $19.87
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    • STOCK CALLS
      • 56 31 $1.75 Hold OCBC Investment Research downgrades from Buy on valuation grounds after the recent run-up. Still, it lifts the target price to $1.90 from $1.76, based on 13X blended FY10-11 earnings versus 12X previously, to account for the China-based shipbuilder’s better outlook, backed by the recent US$915 million worth
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      • 60 31 $3.29 Buy OCBC Investment Research upgrades from Hold and lifts the target price to $3.66 from $3.28, based on 21X FY11 EPS versus 20X blended FY10FY11 EPS previously. The house expects the company to benefit from the earlier-than-expected recovery in the global aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul industry,
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    • 389 31  -  JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Directors of homegrown retailer CK Tang will have their fees for next year reduced by $100,000 each, following the company’s delisting from the Singapore Exchange (SGX) in August last year. This was approved by shareholders at its annual general meeting and the
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    • 131 32 AGENCIES Singapore-listed commodities trader Noble Group has agreed to buy a retail energy unit from a joint venture between Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and United States’ Sempra Energy for US$317 million ($420 million). Noble Group is paying cash and will also assume
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    • 92 32 SINGAPORE MediaCorp has hired an industry veteran to lead its charge in the new and emerging technologies front. Mr Wee Way Kiat (picture) joins on Sept 30 as executive vice-president, technology. He will be responsible for the Technologies and 1Net divisions, the exchange offering broadband
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    • 182 33 SINGAPORE The Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday announced the expansion of its AsiaClear business with the launch of a new clearing service for over-the-counter (OTC) traded financial derivatives. SGX said this would make it the first in Asia to clear OTC traded financial derivatives
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    • 469 44  -  Sir Hossan Leong makes no apologies for being commercialised Jaclyn Ying jaclynying@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER being inducted into French knighthood, the Singapore Boy is back in the spotlight with the second instalment of The Hossan Leong Show. Written by long-time friend Benjamin Lee (also known as Mr Miyagi) and
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