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The Ministry of National Development will sharply revise the development charges (DC) for the next six months from Wednesday to end February.
Developers will have to fork out 13 per cent more for landed and non-landed homes. The biggest hike of 36 per cent will be imposed on landed homes in Sentosa (Group B1, Sector 117).
Phillip Securities lifts C&O Pharmaceutical (E92.SG) target price to $0.65 from $0.53, implying 13.7x FY11 P/E, after increasing FY11 earnings estimate by 8.6% to HK$175 million ($30.5 million) to assume stronger growth across all business segments, contributions from roll-out of new drugs, keeping Buy call, according to Dow Jones.
Phillip expects new drug Edaravone, used to aid neurological recovery, to be major earnings driver in coming years considering fewer than five manufacturers in China capable of producing it.
Broker notes market for this drug, which C&O expects to get regulatory approval for mass production by October, worth about RMB1 billion ($200 million) in 2009. Shares flat at $0.465.
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Your reservation will expire and be removed from the reservation queue if it remains unfulfilled after 180 days.180 days is too long isn't it? If some inconsiderate or irresponsible borrower reserved a book but never turn up to pick up a book, wouldn't this deprive the next one in queue? There is one particular book I am interested in but there is only ONE such book in the whole of Singapore libraries. That book so happen is now under Reserved status for the past 5 days, yet to be pick up. I am going to write in to National Library Board.
If they killed the guy (hijacker) sooner, they will say why not negotiate first? If they negotiate first, they ask why not kill the guy sooner? So sad. Hong Kong is a nation built by a lot of different people ... don't worry! We do not hate!
This patent is downright creepy and invasive — certainly far more than would be needed to respond to the possible loss of a phone. Spyware, and its new cousin traitorware, will hurt customers and companies alike — Apple should shelve this idea before it backfires on both it and its customers.
Police commandos could be seen breaking the windows of the bus minutes after a series of gunshots were heard and the driver of the bus was seen running to safety.
The commandos then struggled repeatedly to smash their way into the bus for over half an hour. As they did so, further gunshots could be heard, causing the officers to duck down and take cover. After around an hour the gunman was eventually killed and the hostages freed.
"It's a tragedy and a farce," said Kevin Chan, a Hong Kong resident. "Why did it take them so long to get into the bus? They're not well disciplined and trained. Are they crazy?" Another Hong Kong resident Sunny Ho said things could have been handled through calmer negotiations rather than brute force.
"It's really tragic, the Philippine police and government are totally incompetent. The government should have agreed to the request of the gunman and rescued the people first!" Ho said.
A batch of hostages including three children were earlier freed. "I hope the Philippines government can give me a full account of what happened," Tsang said.
if you had watched live show by the stupid filipino police, if you had watched them use ONE hammer to try to break the bus, from back, to side, to door, to window and cldn't achieve it for almost an hour, if you had watched the hostage-taker exposing himself at bus door early that day and was not taken down.... you would have a second thought...
This was an invitation to a food-tasting session. There is no hard and fast rule stating a plus one for a food tasting. However having attended previous food tastings before, I assumed that the meal would be, at the very least, on the house for myself and one dining partner. I was not expected to be billed for and then “waived” off from what was disguised as a “food tasting session”. When questioned, Melanie then cited this to be in-line with ‘industry standards’ of food tasting sessions: that the restaurant would only pay for my +1.
Beijing’s recent proposal to reform drug pricing policy, which would result in lower selling prices, will be closely watched by investors for impact on C&O’s profitability. Orderbook quotes suggest price not expected to clear $0.50.
Thanks for being one of the first 10,000 customers to Pay Other Bank credit card bills online! S$10 has been credited to your Standard Chartered account.
Eight-character passwords are inadequate now ... If eight characters is all you use, and if you restrict your characters to only alphabetic letters, it can be cracked in minutes
Tiger Airways Holdings canceled at least 10 flights in the four days to Aug. 18 because of a shortage of pilots, the Straits Times reported, without citing anyone. More than 20 Tiger Air pilots have resigned since June and the airline has tapped Indonesia’s Mandala Airlines for temporary help, the newspaper said.
Cancellations or rescheduling result from a number of factors including technical, weather, safety and security, and other operational matters, Charles Sng, a spokesman with the carrier, said by phone today. The company has already hired more pilots, he said when contacted by Bloomberg News.
If you're like me, when you find a place you really like, you want to tell your friends you're there. Maybe it's a new restaurant, a beautiful hiking trail or an amazing live show.
Starting today, you can immediately tell people about that favorite spot with Facebook Places. You can share where you are and the friends you're with in real time from your mobile device.
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Dr Rogge added he's confident Singaporeans and others will warm up as the Games progress"I'm sure that after the opening ceremony tonight and after the victory of Singapore in football yesterday against
Friday the 13th occurs when the thirteenth day of a month falls on a Friday, which superstition holds to be a day of bad luck. In the Gregorian calendar, this day occurs at least once, but at most three times a year. Any month's 13th day will fall on a Friday if the month starts on a Sunday.
The fear of Friday the 13th is called friggatriskaidekaphobia, frigga, meaning "Friday" and triskaidekaphobia, or paraskevidekatriaphobia, a word derived from the concatenation of the Greek words Paraskeví (Παρασκευή, meaning "Friday"), and dekatreís (δεκατρείς, meaning "thirteen"), attached to phobía (φοβία, from phóbos, φόβος, meaning "fear").
I REFER to the letter by Chan Wai Piew on the rigidity of schools' marking criteria, "Incomprehensible comprehension" (Aug 11), and wish to share my similar experience.
My son is appearing for the PSLE exams this year and last month, I attended his school's briefing for parents. During the Science session, the teacher highlighted that, in answering short questions, students can only give their explanation in relation to their selected answer.
So for example, in an experiment showing two kettles with same volume of water, where kettle A is placed on a bigger flame surface than kettle B, the question asked would be: Which kettle of water will boil first, and why?
The answer most students would give would be kettle A. But the explanation would be considered correct and marks awarded only if the students say that kettle A was subject to a bigger burning surface. Students who explain that kettle B was subject to a smaller burning surface area would not be given marks.
In the English session, the teacher in-charge told us that when the students transform a sentence which contains the word "yesterday", the term to use in its place must be "the previous day".
A phrase that's typical used, "the day before", would no longer be accepted, we were told.
Despite seeking clarification from the teacher, I am still not able to comprehend the rigid rationale of the marking system.
Why should we hinder the creativity of young minds when they are still answering to the point and giving the correct analysis?
Social networking sites such as Facebook have become an immensely popular way to connect with friends, coworkers, and relatives on the internet. Most are very user-friendly and provide methods to e-mail, chat, share pictures and videos, and even search for long-lost friends. While it is very fun to be able to share all of your interests, information, and pictures with your friends, it is important to note that your friends are not the only ones with access to this information.
Most sites include in the terms of use the fact that all information entered into the website is the property of the website, so whatever you put on your Facebook can be sent, by Facebook, to companies for advertising purposes. Facebook does have a security settings panel that allows you to control which users have access to what information, but many people are woefully ignorant of these settings and assume that they are safe.
It only takes a few minutes to go into the security settings and switch everything so that only your friends can view your information. Companies should not be given free reign over users’ information and perhaps social networking sites are doing something about this, but until then it is strongly recommended to be very conservative with how you share your data.
Also, certain information such as your address, your phone number, your birthday, etc., should not be put on the website. This is simply because even with the security measures in place, you can really never be certain about who is looking at this information, so assume the worst and play it safe. Also, just as on any other website, be wary of phishing attacks where someone you don’t know will try to friend you just to gain access to your page. Using a strong password to protect your account is also a good idea; using something that is easily guessed can cause your data to be leaked.
With the fad of Facebook sweeping the web, there is no need to avoid it completely, but we must be sensible about how we use this and other similar websites, to protect our identity and personal information from those who would exploit it.
We think market concerns on freight rates and a volume collapse into 4Q10-2011 will result in short-term stock price weakness. Freight rates are likely to resume an upward trajectory from early 2011, which we will think will result in renewed confidence in container shipping stocks.
The former Lions skipper admitted that National Service — the mandatory 24-month national call-up period that all Singaporean males must serve — is a major issue.
“NS is a problem, although I don’t want to say too much because it is a sensitive issue. When I was 16, Ajax offered to sign me but I had to tell them to wait two years (for me to complete my NS).”
Former Singapore star R. Sasikumar, the boys’ manager, elaborated: “You won’t be at the top of your game during that two years of your life in NS. At that age in football, you have to be in Europe.”
teaching is one of the most difficult, complex professions there is. You have to be able to make a subject clear, and interesting. You have to calm the disruptive kids, challenge the advanced kids, humor the bored kids, and reach the kids who learn at a different pace. All with 30 students in a classroom.
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Wave has not seen the user adoption we would have liked. We don’t plan to continue developing Wave as a standalone product, but we will maintain the site at least through the end of the year and extend the technology for use in other Google projects.
Simply click and hold, then drag your cursor to anywhere in your file system that you want to save the file. Release the mouse button, and voilà! Your attachment is saved (for large files, you may see a progress dialog).
two-thirds of the world is moving to the zero line of inflationBig Investors Fear Deflation [via]
