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BEIJING - THE devastating snow storms that have hit China will not cause long-term economic damage, the World Bank said yesterday, citing strong fundamentals and growing consumption in the mainland. Beijing also has an array of policy options at its disposal should there be a need to pump up the economy, such as by relaxing fiscal policy or lifting credit curbs.

ABOUT 590 Housing Board blocks in 58 locations islandwide have been picked for the next batch of improvement works under the HDB's recently revised upgrading schemes. Areas set to benefit include Yishun, Tampines and Hougang.
THEY flew in from China, which is having one of its worst winters, at 6.30am yesterday morning.
WASHINGTON - THE United States' first-ever budget to hit US$3 trillion (S$4.2 trillion) has been proposed by President George W. Bush.
THE bone-chilling blizzards blanketing North Asia have sparked some red-hot trading opportunities in coal-related stocks.
BEIJING - CHINA'S unusually harsh winter this year is caused by a La Nina weather pattern and not linked directly to climate change, experts say.
SUPERSTAR Jay Chou really mumbles. The Taiwanese pop wunderkind is famous for muttering his way through his hits such as Quietly.
CHINA laid low by winter storms during the annual mass migration for the Chinese New Year should be chiefly a matter of logistics. But this year's holiday-season ice and snow storms, the most extreme in 50 years, have become a political test in a way that is uniquely China for the numbers involved and of the straining infrastructure that cannot cope.
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April 21, 2008
Mas Selamat: Here's how he escaped
Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng unveiled further details to the daring escape of JI fugitive Mas Selamat Kastari in Parliament on Monday when he released the Executive Summary of the Committee of Inquiry's report. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong gave his take on Government accountability over the issue. We bring you both speeches in full.
Gone in 49 secs
That's how long it may have taken Mas Selamat from the time he jumped out of an unsecured toilet window at the Whitley Road Detention Centre till the time he scaled a double perimeter fence, to his freedom. Mr Wong, who's also Deputy Prime Minister gives a detailed timeline of the JI leader's prison break
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The COI's recommendations
The Government has accepted a slew of recommendations put forth by the Committee of Inquiry (COI). Among them - centralising the command and control of the Whitley Road detention centre under the Internal Security Department and building a new detention facility in Changi Prison for political detainees.
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