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January 21, 2009 Wednesday
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WHEN a married couple sold their downtown apartment for $688,000 in 2007, they thought it was the best deal they were going find.

 
Workers move out of dorm

ABOUT three weeks after a foreign worker suffering from chicken pox was found dead, more than 120 foreign workers were moved out of a dormitory in Tagore Industrial Estate on Wednesday.

Budget won't be ordinary

THE Singapore Budget to be announced on Thursday will not be an ordinary one, either in its contents or overall fiscal position, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, giving a quick glimpse of its focus.

Its target will be to keep companies afloat, save jobs and help low-income Singaporeans, he said on Wednesday at the 10th anniversary dinner of the Singapore-MIT Alliance, comprising the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University.

Proposals don't excite telcos

MOBILE operators have panned parts of a government proposal that would limit the length of mobile phone and broadband contracts and potentially lower the fees for terminating a plan early.

   
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