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Utd have to fight complacency
THERE is a sense that much of Manchester United's Champions League campaign has been about righting the wrongs of last season. That is certainly the case in their swift reunion with Lille. The unheralded French team defeated the Red Devils for... [Read more]

Companies in brief
PACIFIC HEALTHCARE IN $32M TIE-UPMAINBOARD-LISTED health-care provider Pacific Healthcare Holdings has inked a $32 million joint venture deal with Kuwait Finance House to build new medical centres in Asia.Pacific Healthcare will take a 40 per cent stake in the venture. Kuwait... [Read more]

Chiam: Difficult to fulfil lift promise
OPPOSITION MP Chiam See Tong is finding it a struggle to fulfil an election promise to provide his HDB residents with lifts on every floor.Lift upgrading was a carrot the People's Action Party (PAP) dangled in the last general election.The opposition... [Read more]

Invest time and energy to guide and nurture the young
Making learning IT-based and engaging seems positive and enthralling. However, I view online-gaming way to learning with a certain degree of unease and scepticism. I concur with NUS sociologist Pauline Straughan's assertion that face-to-face interaction with the teachers and fellow students... [Read more]

Carmaker mulls over executive bonuses
FORD Motor is considering paying bonuses to managers for last year, despite record losses and massive job cuts, a step expected to be opposed by its unionised factory workers. Ford chief executive Alan Mulally said in a conference call with analysts... [Read more]

$15, 220 missing from charity's bank account
THE new management team at troubled charity Youth Challenge has discovered that $15,220 is missing from its bank account.The money was withdrawn though an unauthorised online transaction on Jan 15.It is believed to be for staff salaries, including that of its... [Read more]

PM: Budget to offset GST impact on lower-income
AHEAD of the Budget to be unveiled on Thursday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday assured lower-income Singaporeans it would contain measures that would more than offset the impact on them of a planned increase in the goods and services tax... [Read more]

Alwyn Lim likely focus of claims against third parties
FORMER National Kidney Foundation (NKF) vice-chairman Alwyn Lim is expected to take centre stage as the next chapter of the NKF saga unfolds. Mr Lim, an accountant, is one of the third parties former NKF chairman Richard Yong and former treasurer... [Read more]

Save the earth for current generation
I REFER to the letter, 'Air-con, covered walkways make life less of a drudgery', by Mr Ow Yeong Wai Kit (ST, Feb 7). While it is true that most of us would not want to compromise on our current standard of... [Read more]

China minister on trade trail
WHAT IT IS CHINESE Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing has a busy week visiting India and then Japan. Mr Li's four-day visit to India, which began yesterday, will boost trade and tourism cooperation as well as see the launch of a hotline... [Read more]

TV times
CRICKET: Commonwealth Bank Series, 9th ODI: New Zealand v England (Live, 1.30pm). Castle Test Series: South Africa v Pakistan; 3rd Test, Day 5 - 2nd and 3rd Session (Live, 9.30pm) - Ch95.HANDBALL: Men's World C'ship: Q-finals (Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 12.30am &... [Read more]