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Restructuring deadline for Shin Corp poses dilemmas
A LOOMING deadline for Shin Corp to restructure its shareholding organisation is set to pose separate dilemmas for Thailand's military-installed government and a Temasek Holdings-led consortium that controls the conglomerate.Here's why.Shin Corp, the publicly listed telecommunications group previously controlled by the... [Read more]

S'pore, Manila 'can build on longstanding ties'
MANILA - VISITING President SR Nathan spoke last night of longstanding ties between Singapore and the Philippines, and opportunities to take it forward in areas such as tourism. He also cited the two countries' role as founding Asean members who helped... [Read more]

Johor floods: Tekong works not to blame
MALAYSIANS who believe the floods in Kota Tinggi are a result of reclamation works on Pulau Tekong need to revisit their local geography.Kota Tinggi town lies way up the Johor River, some 45km from Pulau Tekong. The very name (High Fort)... [Read more]

Hosts Inter's poor defence allows Valencia to draw 2-2
MILAN - INTER Milan may be 14 points clear at the top of the Italian Serie A after 16 consecutive wins, but their Champions League hopes hang in the balance after a 2-2 home draw against Valencia. Inter's domestic domination counted... [Read more]

Celtic go to Milan all square
GLASGOW - GORDON Strachan has urged his players to believe in themselves and achieve one of the greatest results in Celtic history: To knock AC Milan out of the Champions League in a fortnight's time. The Scottish champions hung on for... [Read more]

Young army on the march
WITH their Kids Army sweeping to the League Cup final - they slammed Tottenham 3-1 - Arsenal can claim to be the pace-setters among the Big Four in bringing through young talent.Of their starting XI at Tottenham on Wednesday, only Justin... [Read more]

Couple get back baby held over unpaid bills
JAKARTA - THE impoverished parents of a baby held by an Indonesian clinic for three weeks because they could not pay the bill for her birth have been reunited with their daughter, a welfare official said yesterday. The clinic was forced... [Read more]

Investors go the whole hog, pushing STI to new record
INVESTORS could barely wait to get back to business on the first trading day of the Year of the Pig yesterday, immediately propelling the local bourse to yet another all-time high. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) ended yesterday at its... [Read more]

Soldiers 'behind deaths of Filipino leftists'
MANILA - A UNITED Nations investigation into a wave of killings of leftist activists in the Philippines has found that a 'significant' number of murders were carried out by members of the armed forces.Professor Philip Alston, the UN's special rapporteur on... [Read more]

Bak kwa store shows off Wireless@SG's potential
TECHNOLOGY is helping bak kwa sales in the heart of Chinatown zip right along, despite massive queues as Chinese New Year nears. The Bee Cheng Hiang store in Pagoda Street, which gets some 2,000 customers in a week as the festive... [Read more]

Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3...
THREE months before Changi Airport's Terminal 1 opened in July 1981, the airport declared an open house for the public. It was not for fun. The idea was to test the airport's systems and give its staff the experience of dealing... [Read more]