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January 23, 2009 Friday

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Budget 2009 In Brief

Cash to employers lessens wage burdens, saves jobs

Cash grant to subsidise wage bills

A Budget first: Govt to draw $4.9b from past reserves

Slew of measures to keep companies competitive

$5.8b more to encourage lending to cash-strapped firms

GST credits will double

Bigger grant for first-time HDB home buyers

Dole up by $30 for those who qualify; pensions up **

Quake hits Philippines

BASCO (Philippines) - A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck north of the Philippines on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no reports of casualties or damage.

The shallow undersea quake struck at 8.28pm (Singapore time) around 108 kilometres northwest of Basco, the capital of the Batan Islands, which lie in the Luzon Strait between the Philippines and Taiwan, the USGS said.

2 dead in Indon train collision

SURABAYA (Indonesia) - TWO people were killed and four seriously injured after a passenger train and a cargo train collided in Indonesia's East Java province, a police official at the scene said on Friday.

Indian murdered in M'sia jail

KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA'S Attorney General on Friday classified the death of an ethnic Indian while in police custody as murder, after his family demanded an independent autopsy to investigate allegations of police brutality.

A. Kugen, 23, died on Tuesday, five days after he was detained for suspected car theft.

Intel to close Philippines plant

MANILA (Philippines) - INTEL Corp said on Friday 1,800 workers at its plant in the Philippines will lose their jobs when it closes this year as a part of global cost-cutting efforts amid waning personal computer demand.

Intel announced on Wednesday it would cut 6,000 jobs and close several factories in Asia and the US.

M'sian woman hid drugs in bra

21 M'sians charged over rally

Farm worker has Ebola strain

Islam body to ban smoking?

Jailed monk on hunger strike

UN envoy to visit Myanmar

3 Umno men charged

KL probes Famous Amos chain

Megawati may form alliance

Strong quake hits Indonesia

stories

Top PSLE girl from China

Woman dead, maid nabbed

Modest year-end bonus

Gang parades teen 'like a dog'

No pay hike for ministers

Lo Hwei Yen scholarship

commented

1	Rapped for insensitivity
2	Cut in top govt pay
3	200,000 may leave
4	Govt may dip into reserves
5	Spare the rod and not spoil the child with right parenting skills
6	Perm sec's French holiday: He should be lauded for creativity, resolve and effort
7	Perm sec's French holiday: Unfair to restrict how he spends his salary
8	Bad timing, but let's not go overboard
9	Private tuition: Why Singapore education can't do without it
10	The Obama mystique: Recalling kennedy

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Just too much rain

Warning on asset bubbles

Dollar's fall could ravage US

Flu jab side effects reported

Floods hit Bukit Timah

Top PSLE girl from China

ST News now on iPhone

Lecturer collapses, dies

Stifling anger can kill

Kidnap scam bid foiled

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