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November 22, 2008 Saturday

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$600m for retraining workers

$2.3b loan and credit facilities

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Good start but quick recovery is uncertain

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Employers' group delighted

'Do we cut jobs to save costs, or cut costs to save jobs?'

Training comes to the fore as business slows down

Now the dough will rise for this aspiring baker

Tour guide gets help to return to work

No GST cut, but expect cash handouts

Growth may turn negative next year

An expansionary Budget in 2009

No plans to tweak Sing$ stance for now

Now it's up to the banks to act

Averse to lending? Not always, they say

Those disbursing aid should have discretionary powers

Package is merely appetiser to real Budget

Temasek to start firm-wide pay cuts

Statement soon on civil service pay

How good firms treat workers in a downturn

What it should have been **

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Nov 22, 2008

It's a terrible time to be a seaman

By Shuli Sudderuddin and Debbie Yong

WHEN Greek shipping chief engineer Apostolos Tsitsopoulos sailed through the Gulf of Aden last month, he was worried out of his mind.

He barely slept a wink in the three days it took the coal-laden bulk carrier he was working on to pass through the gulf, a crucial route for oil tankers and ships coming to Singapore from Europe.

He was filled with fear that the ship would be attacked by the notorious Somali pirates who operate there.

Read Shuli Sudderuddin and Debbie Yong's full story in tomorrow's edition of The Sunday Times.

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