Today, 24 December 2010

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    44 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Friday December 24, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday December 24, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking DECEMBER 24, 2010 A PUBLICATION
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      109 1 OG CARDMEMBER SPECIAL while stocks last F CHRISTMAS ART til 5* *Most brands regular priced items 20% off. Exclusions Apply. Participating price-controlled items given rebate voucher in lieu of discount. Discount not applicable to purchase of OG gift vouchers, pre-discounted and grey/purple/red tag items. Storewide Purchase with Purchase Every $50
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      77 2 BEST WISHES TO ALL FOR A JOYOUS CHRISTMAS ALBERT Extra 10% off* for OG Cardmembers 'Regular-priced items only. Exclusions apply, check in-store for more details. till 02 Jan 2011 I is f i m m Interest Free Instalment Payment with DBS/POSB UOB Credit Cards wo. KINGfKOIL KING IN SLEEP TECHNOLOGY
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    Lock icon Parcel bombs hit 2 embassies in Rome
    159 3 AGENCIES ROME A pair of package bombs exploded at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome last night, injuring two people. Another suspect package was found at the Ukrainian mission, but the police later said it was a false alarm. The coordinated attacks
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    Almost a done deal
    440 3  -  Bilahari says railway land talks with Malaysia are nearly finalised, declines comment on WikiLeaks MELISSA GOH melissagohct@mediacorp.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR With the Dec 31 deadline less than a week away, Singapore’s Permanent Secretary (Foreign Affairs) Bilahari Kausikan is confident that the Republic and Malaysia can finalise terms
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      134 3 TODAY WISHES ALL ITS READERS A MERRY CHRISTMAS. THERE WILL BE NO AFTERNOON EDITION TODAY. WE WILL BE BACK ON MONDAY. M AH BOWTAN 'While the challenges in the next phase will be different, the HDB's g Bl mm**] core mission of building homes and bringing hope of a better
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      44 4 V N. CHRISTMAS COLLECTION 2010 i J* 4 '-4.. U ir. m •> f ■f A\>oire V -Mesnierisitig Christmas v Day■ 5'&pecially selected favourites. Magnificence of a Solitaire, at a Fraction of the Price 6.5mm' Star Light of Christmas Last Day 4r 0.50ct face 5388
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      44 5 Av>oire' o I I 0 c t i o n Magnificence of a Solitaire, at a Fraction of the Price i X 0.1 Oct face $108 0.45ct face f 0.25ct face si 48 Christmas Gifts Extravaganza f'l- k ITlilanne Collection $178 $58 $138 $98
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Inflation in Singapore at its highest since last January
      361 6 MILLET ENRIQUEZ SINGAPORE Inflation here has hit its highest level since January last year as costs of transport, housing and food continue to rise. The latest data from the Department of Statistics yesterday showed that last month’s consumer price index (CPI)
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      Lock icon ORCHARD ROAD PACKED; ROAD CLOSURES, MORE MRT TRIPS SCHEDULED
      170 6 VIMITA MOHANDAS Thousands thronged Orchard Road yesterday for last-minute Christmas buys, causing massive human and traffic jams. Many shopping malls said their Christmas sales rose 20 per cent year-on-year in the first half of this month. The Singapore Retailers Association said
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      Lock icon Rises in COE premiums: Were speculative elements the cause?
      484 6  -  WAYNE CHAN waynechan@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY LYNDA HONG AND SEET SOK HWEE SINGAPORE Were speculative elements behind the recent sharp rises in Certificate of Entitlement (COE) premiums? That is what the Government parliamentary committee chairman for transport, Dr Lim Wee Kiak,
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      25 arrested for drink-driving in pre-festivities clampdown
      232 7 SINGAPORE Twenty-five drink-drivers were arrested in a five-hour ring-fence operation early yesterday. Traffic Police officers set up simultaneous road blocks along Church Street, South Bridge Road, New Bridge Road and North Canal Road around the vicinity’s cluster of entertainment outlets and drinking haunts
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      Lock icon THE TIRELESS WORKER
      70 7 Motorists along the East Coast Parkway recently may have noticed a worker standing near the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway exit, diligently working away rain or shine. But the ‘worker’ is, in fact, a robotic mannequin programmed to wave its hands up and down to alert motorists nearing the
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      Lim engages lawyer to get response from SDA
      315 7  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The rift between Potong Pasir Member of Parliament Chiam See Tong and his former right-hand man Desmond Lim (picture) looks set to deepen, after the latter engaged a lawyer to defend him in disciplinary proceedings initiated against him.
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      Lock icon Ex-jockey fined $9.5k for corruption
      246 8 ONG DAI LIN SINGAPORE A former apprentice jockey who received a total of $1,470 from a regular horse punter in return for giving him insider information was slapped with a $9,500 fine yesterday in court. If he fails to pay the fine, Mohamad Azrull Mohamad
      ONG DAI LIN  -  246 words
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      INCREASED FREQUENCY AND CAPACITY OF NINE BUS SERVICES
      112 8 Nine public bus services will run more frequently or have their capacity increased during peak periods. This follows a quarterly review involving the LandTransport Authority (LTA) and the public transport operators, SBSTransit and SMRT. SBSTransit has added more trips to Services 58,98
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      Pregnant woman falls severely ill, plane makes emergency landing in Romania
      433 8  -  CLAUDIA CRAIU ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY NG JINGYNG BUCHAREST A Singaporean couple flying to Holland had their travel plans dramatically changed when the woman fell severely ill on the aircraft, forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing in Romania.
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  • VOICES
    • Article
      How car dealers drive up COEs
      151 10  -  Letter from Chan Cheng Lock I BELIEVE car dealers only have themselves to blame for their loss of sales given the spike in Certificate of Entitlement prices. Let’s say a dealer offers an all-inclu-sive price of $130,000 for a car. Factored into this price
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      CORRECTION
      63 10 In the report “CPF Minimum Medisave Sum to be raised” (Dec 23), it was reported that “from next month, the CPF Medisave Minimum Amount will be raised from the current $22,500 to $27,500”. This is incorrect. It is the Medisave Required Amount which will be raised from Jan 1,
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      I wish I were home for Christmas
      723 10  -  BUDGET TAI-TAI Tabitha Wang Christmas has taken me by surprise this year. We’ve only just put up the lights. The tree is still in a box somewhere, along with the dusty decorations, and we just can’t be bothered to fish them out. A
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      Future-proofing Singapore
      391 10  -  Letter from NgYa Ken I AM encouraged to learn that the Government is spending $500,000 on a comprehensive study on ageing issues (“Making life easier for the elderly”, Dec 14). I hope that similarly comprehensive studies will also be conducted on other social issues, such as our low
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      336 11 380,000 Captive Residents and 338 SOHO Apartments. tm Railway timber sleepers, runners and rivets give a nod to its nostalgic past. Trendy decor, style and a village-like ambience reflect its vibrant present as a transportation point for the Ten Mile Junction LRT, expressways and the upcoming Bukit Panjang MRT. Ideally
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    Lock icon India, the new top stop for world leaders
    916 12  -  COMMENT ANALYSIS The $65 billion in deals struck so far could double, as country seeks its place at the global high table KRITTIVAS MUKHERJEE Raised in India, the writer has worked in several South Asian countries, reporting on politics, diplomacy and security.
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon N Korea threatens ‘holy’ nuclear war
      460 14 North, South Korea raise the rhetoric REUTERS SEOUL North Korea warned yesterday of a “holy” nuclear war against the South, as South Korean President Lee Myung Bak vowed a “merciless counter-attack” if its territory is attacked again. Both sides were raising the rhetoric on
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      Lock icon Man arrested for mocking ex-king on Facebook
      205 14 AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police said yesterday they arrested a man and may charge him with sedition for allegedly creating a Facebook page that mocked the country’s former king. The suspect is believed to have set up the page to criticise Sultan Iskandar
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      Lock icon SNOW HITS PARIS FLIGHTS, EUROSTAR AS HEATHROW RECOVERS
      101 14 BLOOMBERG Snowstorms returned to northern France, cancelling 20 per cent of flights at Paris’ main Charles De Gaulle airport and disrupting travel through the ChannelTunnel on Eurostartrains. London’s Heathrow airport was largely ice-free, although some 100 flights were cancelled yesterday because planes
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      BUS IN CAMERON HIGHLANDS TRAGEDY WAS ILLEGALLY MODIFIED
      130 14 The high-decker bus that overturned along the Cameron Highlands-Simpang Pulai road on Monday, killing 25 Thai tourists and two Malaysians, was modified to more than double its seating capacity, reported The Star. The bus permit issued by the Road Transport Department (JPJ)
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      Lock icon Nuclear scientists wanted in Iran
      326 16 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Iran is operating a worldwide recruitment network for nuclear scientists to lure them to the country to work on its nuclear weapons programme, officials have revealed. They claim that the country is particularly reliant on North Korean scientists but also recruits
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      Lock icon Medicine for Afghan soldiers disappears
      200 16 AP KABUL United States-donated medicine and pharmaceutical supplies meant to keep the new Afghan army and police healthy have been disappearing before reaching Afghan military hospitals and clinics. The government said it is removing the army’s top medical officer from his post as part of
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      Lock icon STATE OF EMERGENCY ...
      66 16 STATE OF EMERGENCY Workers shovel mud out onto the highway from the entrance of a cinema in Laguna Beach, California on Wednesday. The downtown area was closed by more than a metre of storm runoff, which receded but left streets awash in mud. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a
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      Lock icon 3 CONVICTED IN TERROR PLOT ON AUSSIE ARMY BASE
      132 16 AGENCIES Three men who believed Islam was under threat from Western nations were convicted in an Australian court on Thursday of plotting a suicide attack against a Sydney army base. The men Australian citizens of Somali or Lebanese origin were convicted
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      Lock icon FINALLY, CHRISTMAS CHEER FOR 911 FIRST RESPONDERS
      105 16 THE NEW YORK TIMES After years of fierce lobbying and debate, Congress approved a US$4.3billion ($5.6-billion) Bill on Wednesday to cover the cost of medical care for thousands of rescue workers who became sick from toxic fumes, dust and smoke after the 2001
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      Lock icon ANTI-DRINK-DRIVING AD SLAMMED FOR TRIVIALISING PRISON RAPE
      145 18 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH A South African anti-drink-drive advertising campaign has been criticised for warning men they could be raped in prison if caught intoxicated behind the wheel. One of the locally-produced television ads promises “these hands will never let you go”, before the
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      Lock icon PREHUMAN DENISOVANS INTERBRED WITH US: RESEARCHERS
      109 18 AGENCIES Researchers have discovered an ancient human species, dubbed Denisovans, which they believe interbred with early modern humans. DNA from an ancient prehuman girl found in Siberia revealed that the Denisovans likely interbred with early humans about 50,000 years ago, and are the ancestors
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      Lock icon Spy Anna Chapman joins Putin's youth group
      306 18 AP MOSCOW Former spy Anna Chapman (picture) publicly reaffirmed her allegiance to Russia and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday by joining the youth wing of his United Russia party as an issue of Playboy magazine with nude pictures of her hit the
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      Lock icon WTF? Yes, that’s the name of CIA’s WikiLeaks task force
      216 18 THE GUARDIAN LONDON The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has launched a task force to assess the impact of250,000 leaked United States diplomatic cables but its shortened name is already causing titters in the media. Its name? WikiLeaks Task Force, or
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      Lock icon DEAD THREE-YEAR-OLD FED OLIVE OIL AND VINEGAR
      114 18 AP An American woman told the police she fed her three-year-old son olive oil and vinegar until he stopped breathing and died, then wrapped his body in a blanket and hid it for more than a year. Fort Wayne police arrested Latisha Ann
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      Lock icon ALCOHOLICS MAY STOP AT ONE DRINK WITH LUNDBECK PILL
      107 18 BLOOMBERG The first pill designed to curb a person’s urge to have more than a few drinks at a sitting is undergoing tests in Europe, promising doctors a new approach to fighting alcoholism. The drug, nalmefene from H Lundbeck A/S in
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      Lock icon SKYPE SLOWLY RECOVERING FROM MASSIVE OUTAGE
      110 18 REUTERS Internet phone and video service Skype went down in a global service outage on Wednesday, underscoring a weakness of the free online communication tool. Skype, partly owned by Web retailer eBay, said some users had problems signing on. Users in the United States,
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Young Lions at centre of S-League shake-up
      551 24  -  They will play an afternoon match, as a carnival atmosphere awaits fans SHAMIR OSMAN SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE They came in and pledged to shake-up the sport, and now Vanda Sports have done their part of the bargain. The sports agency
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      Lock icon Fancy going toe-to-toe with Tiger Woods?
      316 24 AP DUBAI One lucky amateur golfer will get the chance to play alongside Tiger Woods (picture) at the pro am tournament that takes place ahead of the Dubai Desert Classic in February. Woods, who is making a return to European Tour event after a
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      Lock icon Schoolboy smashes record with 498 innings
      176 24 REUTERS MUMBAI A 13-year-old has smashed the record for the highest individual score by an Indian schoolboy with a marathon innings of 498. Armaan Jaffer, nephew of former Indian test opener Wasim Jaffer, racked up the runs playing for Rizvi Springfield High School against
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      Lock icon Premiership a two-horse race
      468 26 Only Chelsea can stop United, says Nani THE DAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON --Manchester United winger Nani has dismissed Arsenal and Manchester City as genuine title contenders and believes the only real threat will come from Chelsea. United currently top the Premier League standings by two points ahead of
      THE DAILYTELEGRAPH; AP  -  468 words
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      Lock icon Rooney-Carroll partnership for England?
      182 26 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Newcastle striker Andy Carroll can form a “dynamic” axis with Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney for England, says former international Andy Cole. England’s travails during the World Cup frustrated Cole but some help is at hand. Cole has been impressed with Carroll, although
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      Lock icon Capello’s future in Bernstein’s hands
      178 26 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON David Bernstein, the Football Association’s new chairman-elect, will take a leading role in the appointment of Fabio Capello’s successor and has already indicated his preference for an Englishman to manage the na- tional team. Bernstein, the former Manchester City chairman, emerged
      THE DAILY TELEGRAPH  -  178 words
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      Lock icon McClaren set to be sacked
      340 28 AGENCIES BERLIN Steve McClaren’s position as Wolfsburg manager came under further scrutiny after his side were knocked out of the DFBPokal 3-1 by Bundesliga 2 side Energie Cottbus on Wednesday. Some reports had suggested that the former England manager would face the sack if Wolfsburg
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      Lock icon Benitez sacked, Reds fans call for return
      598 28 AGENCIES MILAN It is official: Rafael Benitez has been sacked as Inter Milan coach. After days of wrangling over his severance package, the European and Italian champions announced yesterday that they have reached a “mutually satisfactory agreement” with former Liverpool manager Benitez, without
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      Lock icon Van der Sar to retire at end of season
      226 28 AGENCIES MANCHESTER Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar will retire at the end of the season, Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed. The 40-year-old Dutchman has featured 19 times this season, helping United reach the Premier League summit and the Champions
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  • PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Housing a nation—today and tomorrow
      1292 32  -  COMMENTARY MAH BOWTAN The writer is the Minister for National Development. This is the last of nine commentaries that he has written exclusively for Today. When Kit Chan performed Home at this year’s National Day Parade, she struck a chord with many in the crowd,
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      Lock icon Before the gains, the pains
      1198 30  -  COMMENTARY KU SWEE YONG property@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is the founder of real estate agency International Property Advisor, which provides services to high-net-worth individuals. “Five minutes walk to the future MRT station” This is an often-seen claim in the advertisements placed for Bukit Timah Road properties
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      NEX COURTS IN THE NORTH-EAST
      121 34 Singapore’s largest electrical, IT and furniture retailer is now at Nex. The new Courts store on the second level of the Serangoon Central mall boasts 16,000 square feet of retail space, and takes the Courts store network to a total of 11 stores islandwide. “With
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      BURGER KING, STILL STEADY
      99 34 Listen up, brudders, listen good. Can you hear it? It’s Sheikh Haikel’s latest jam, and it’s totally jam. It’s called BK Still Steady, a remix of Still Steady, off Sheikh’s album 10.10.10 and it’s available only at Burger King outlets. Why? Because Burger King, according to
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      POP IN FOR A PARTY
      149 34 Ring in the New Year at POPLICIOUS, Clarke Quay’s New Year’s eve countdown party. Coming to you live from the partyzone, Clarke Quay, the party features live performances by local rock band, Energy; Singapore’s beat-boxing pioneer, Dharni; and revellers get to groove to a Disco-House
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      'IT'S NOT JUST SLEEP, IT'S BEAUTYREST
      117 34 This year, Simmons celebrated the 85th anniversary of its Beautyrest series of mattresses. To commemorate this, Simmons has given its flagship brand a totally new look. The new Beautyrest 2010 mattress offers individually encased Beautyrest Super Pocketed Coil springs, with the choice of new
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      ’TIS THE SEASON TO GET
      117 34 Nutrition centre Body Inc is celebrating its 4th anniversary. To commemorate this, the medispa is offering a 40-per-cent discount off services and treatment this season, to all new customers only. What’s more, get a Live Blood Microscopy screen done for only $40 (usual price $120).
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      TIME TO GO GREEN
      111 34 It’s not just the guys who get it. The popular Citizen EcoDrive range is now available fashionably styled, of course for the ladies. The Citizen Eco-Drive Ladies collection is a marriage of technology and fashion. The elegant time-pieces start from $513.60, and is shielded in a
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      A BALM THAT'S ALL NATURAL
      69 34 Japan’s No 1 lip balm is as natural and pure as lipbalm can be. Made with 100-per-cent natural ingredients, without any preservatives or colourants, Lip Pure Lipbalm soothes and softens chapped lips. Lip Pure comes in three flavours Orange, Fragrance-Free, and Bergamot. It retails at
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      GLP buys 19.9% stake in China firm for $91M
      387 38  -  RYAN HUANG, WITH AGENCY REPORTS SINGAPORE Global Logistic Properties (GLP) will acquire a 19.9-per-cent stake in Shenzhen Chiwan Petroleum Supply Base, for $91 million, in a move that will strengthen its market position in China. GLP, a unit of the Government
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      88 38 THURSDAY CLOSE 3,137.78 (-0.21%) Wednesday Tuesday Monday Friday 3,144.31 3,139.85 3,132.96 3,153.01 p p q p 0.14% 0.22% 0.64% 0.17% TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Tuan Sing FinaOne Liang Huat Genting SP Silverlake 45,180 43,398 32,004 29,099 23,440 0.315 0.505 0.015 2.120 0.345 p 8.62% 20.24%
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      29 38 HANG SENG È 22,902.97 (-0.62%) È Ç È NIKKEI Closed unch SHANGHAI 2,855.22 (-0.79%) AUSTRALIA 4,799.02 È (+0.43%) MUMBAI 19,982.88 (-0.16%) È MALAYSIA 1,514.48 (-0.04%) SEOUL 2,037.53 (-0.03%)
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      13 38 OIL Ç US$90.54 È È (+0.07%) GOLD US$1,384.30 (-0.22%) SILVER US$29.265 (-0.41%)
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      29 38 US$1 £1 €1 ¥100 A$1 RM1 Rp10,000 HK$100 RMB100 RS100 1.313 2.032 1.723 1.568 1.309 0.419 1.452 16.89 19.72 2.902 All figures correct as at 9pm last night
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        68 38 Hold $1.57 Daiwa raises slightly the target price to $1.92 from $1.91 after the developer announces its divestment of Platinum 28 property for $48.5 million. The house notes Ho Bee’s management expects the sale to yield a gain of about $15 million but it keeps its call on
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        FIRST RESOURCES
        66 38 Buy $1.48 DMG keeps call but raises the target price to $2.05 from $1.87. The house raises its FY11 earnings estimate by 25.6 per cent following an increase in its crude palm oil price assumption to RM2,700/ton from RM2,250. Compared to peers’ average of 17.1X, First Resources’ 11.6X
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        66 38 Buy $2.08 IIFL Securities keeps call but lifts target price to $2.78 from $2.52 after increasing FY10,11 and 12 earnings estimates by 4,17 and 12 per cent, respectively. The changes reflect the strong growth of the commodity supply chain manager’s oil trading volume and about US$50 million boost
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      No shake-up expected
      406 38 Competitive code revision will have minimal impact on telcos: Analysts SINGAPORE The recent revision of the Telecom Competition Code by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) is not likely to shake up the telecom market, analysts say. From Jan 21, telcos will need to get an
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      Lock icon SIME DARBY SUES FORMER CEO, OTHERS FOR $141,8M
      133 38 DOW JONES Sime Darby yesterday filed a civil suit against its previous president and chief executive, Mr Ahmad Zubir Murshid, and four other former company officials, in an attempt to recoup some of the losses incurred in its troubled energy and utilities
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      Lock icon A CHOCOLATE SURPRISE FROM MAYBANK
      107 37 Maybank Singapore yesterday shared the festive spirit, with staff giving out chocolate bars at the bank’s 22 branches. Up to 10,000 people received the goodies, which the bank said was its way of ‘surprising and delighting our customers’. Maybank achieved record group pre-tax profit of
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      Lock icon Everitt Building sold for $35.5m
      148 37 JO-ANN HUANG SINGAPORE Everitt Building, located at 116 Changi Road, has been sold to Roxy-Pacific Holdings’ subsidiary Roxy-Pacific Developments for $35.5 million, or $877 per sq ft. The sale of the property, which has a net lettable area of 40,468 sq ft, was conducted via
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      Lock icon NOL GETS $1.2B FUNDING OFFERS
      74 37 DOW JONES Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has received firm offers of financing totalling US$926 million ($1.21 billion) for a planned purchase of 12 new container ships costing US$1.2 billion, the shipper said yesterday. The rest of the cost will be funded by the company’s earlier
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      ROBERTSON QUAY HOTEL SITE FOR SALE
      147 37 The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) will sell a hotel site at Robertson Quay through a public tender in the next few weeks. The land parcel was made available for sale through the Reserve List System after an unnamed developer triggered its release by committing
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      Lock icon Rio Tinto makes $5.1b offer for Riversdale
      151 37 BLOOMBERG SYDNEY Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto Group, the world’s third-big-gest mining company, yesterday offered A$3.9 billion ($5.1 billion) for Australia-based coking coal developer Riversdale Mining to gain reserves in Mozambique as demand rises from Asia’s steel mills. Rio offered A$16 a share, the London-based
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      726 36  -  IRs to drive retail and F&B, while financial firms will ride on wealth management, investment banking: Analysts JULIE QUEK juliequek@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The growth baton is expected to pass from manufacturing to services next year, as the two integrated resorts add new features to
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    972 42  -  MOVIES Robert De Niro talks about being the biggest Focker around GENEVIEVE LOH genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg TODAY EXCLUSIVE TRANSCRIPT COURTESY UIP HE’S the legendary Bobby De Niro. Academy Award winner and universally regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time. It’s a formidable and well-earned reputation, one
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      578 44  -  Brit singer Shayne Ward says he appreciates their loyalty Christopher Toh christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg THE press bio for Shayne Ward’s new album reads “one look at Shayne Ward and there’s the familiar buckling of the knees his blue-grey eyes and achingly perfect face only this time he’s not
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      377 46 REUTERS BRITISH actress Julie Andrews, country icon Dolly Parton, jazz drummer Roy Haynes, and punk pioneers The Ramones will receive Grammy Awards for lifetime achievement next year, organisers said on Wednesday. Recipients also include the Juilliard String Quartet, folk revivalists The Kingston Trio, and 101
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      859 48  -  TODAY EXCLUSIVE Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake spill the beans on playing Yogi and Boo Boo Genevieve Loh genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg Photos: AP TRANSCRIPT COURTESY WARNER BROS HE IS the Hanna-Barbera creation that generations of children have enjoyed over the years on television, but is big screen, 3D Yogi still
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      788 49 1900 912 1234 www.gv.com.sg m.gv.com.sg VIVOCITY TIONG BAHRU PLAZA MARINA SQUARE JURONG POINT TAMPINES MALL GRAND, GREAT WORLD PLAZA SINGAPURA GVmax YISHUN GULLIVER’S TRAVELS*▲ 10.00am 2.55 5.15pm GULLIVER’S TRAVELS 3D* 12.20 7.35pm TRON LEGACY 3D* 10.10pm 1.20am GULLIVER’S TRAVELS*▲ 10.40am 12.50 3.00 5.10 6.45 7.20 8.40 9.30 11.40pm 1.50am GULLIVER’S
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      1142 50 ON MEDIACORP ON MEDIACORP HOLIDAY EVE MOVIE:THE TRANSPORTER 3 (TV Premiere) Channel 5, 7.30pm CHANNEL 6.00AM Video Zonkers 6.30 Prime Time Morning 9.30 Planet’s Funniest Animals VIII 10.00 Style By Jury 10.30 Art Of Health 11.00 Food Chain II 11.30 Rachael’s Vacations NOON Completely Hammered 12.30PM It’s Easy Being Green
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    288 51 THINGS TO DO 1 Presidential Presents State Gifts from 1962 to 2009 Find out what sort of gifts the president of Singapore gets with this display of 50 selected official gifts presented to the President’s Office at the Istana. Date: Until Jan 9, 2011 Time: 10am to
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      326 55 HEDIRMAN SUPIAN GOT an aglio olio craving? You can now get your fix with the help of PastaMania’s free application for iPhone and Android. The food chain first unveiled its foodordering app for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch in October, which has since
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