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January 20, 2009 Tuesday

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Straits Times Headlines

30,000 jobs to be created this year

EDB expects investments from abroad to be halved

Inside

Poly hopes to scale new heights

Two is not enough at Changi

View Points

Top-level govt salaries to drop further

Perm sec's article showed lack of sensitivity, says Teo

$100m scheme to keep and create jobs

Come join the military: Mindef on publicity drive

Iraq pullout, economic rescue first on agenda

Aussie writer jailed for insulting Thai royalty

What it should have been **

Local firms in Cologne fair

COLOGNE: Eighteen Singapore firms are in Germany to showcase what the furniture industry in the Republic has to offer European markets at imm cologne, the world's leading furniture exhibition.

Despite the slowdown in global trade, these firms remain optimistic about their business prospects and are hoping that the annual fair will help open doors to new markets in Europe.

Rule change worries SMA

THE MEDICAL profession has expressed concern over a proposal by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Singapore Medical Council (SMC) to allow patients with complaints to turn to the High Court, saying it could lead to an increase in health-care costs if doctors' insurance costs rose.

S'poreans will still spend

SINGAPOREANS are reducing their spending on everything but home renovations and property, says a new survey.

A recent study on 'consumer purchasing resilience' by MasterCard Worldwide in the Asia Pacific looked at the spending habits of 6,019 people across 14 markets.

3 more get chicken pox

CHICKEN pox is still spreading among workers living in dormitories at Tagore Industrial Estate, and migrant worker advocacy groups say little has been done by employers to improve living conditions even after a recent death.

No. of scrapped vehicles fell

Zoo steps up safety measures

Boy, 9, dies in road accident

Paris, Singapore

Household incomes up

Flyer was certified safe

No more GST profiteering

CashCard glitch fixed

Review on data protection

3 negligence cases in 5 yrs

Budget speech at 3.30 pm Thurs

UOB to pay $15m in suit

Charity helps another

New border facility opens

3 road fatalities

$10,000 stolen in break-in

Acquitted trafficker jailed

Fewer with no pre-schooling

Go for post-grad studies

Okay to Sats takeover of SFI

Jobless may hit 300,000

93 kids abused a year

Foreign workers still wanted

Anti-recession Budget expected

Death penalty effective

Home prices still falling

Horse trainer sued for $1.35m

Nobel laureates here

Cut in top govt pay

30,000 new jobs

Article 'ill-judged'

30% boost in SME loans

Help for debtors, entrepreneurs

Penal system critic rebutted

Rules likely to change

House brands a hit

Foreign investments fall

stories

Diplomat was the driver

Man molests student on train

Gang directory on blog

Brad Pitt buys bachelor pad

Hit-and-run inquest March

2 NTU students die in 2 weeks

Ming Yi allowed to leave

Casino crime squad ready

Bed bug cases on the rise

2 students die in fortnight

commented

1	Terror has no religion, race or colour
2	Rapped for insensitivity
3	Marginalised? Violence doesn't help
4	Stray cats a pest at former Big Splash
5	Ease up on import of ornamental birds
6	More likely fugitive has fled
7	PM donates $500k to fund
8	Spare the rod and not spoil the child with right parenting skills
9	Cut in top govt pay
10	Govt may dip into reserves

emailed

S'poreans heeding call of NZ

Skinny smokers, beware

ST News now on iPhone

More exec condos this year

The brand master

PR quota hit in some areas

Golfer struck by lightning

4G to hit S'pore next year

Property launches still hot

2 killed in work mishaps

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