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Ticket details
SINGAPORE fans travelling to Bangkok for the second leg can buy grandstand tickets for $14 at the FAS office in Jalan Besar Stadium today from 1-7pm.... [Read more]

ST Engg finance chief to join SingTel
THE chief financial officer (CFO) of Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engg), Mr Francis Heng, is resigning and moving to SingTel to become its group CFO.Mr Heng, 47, will serve notice at ST Engg until March 8. He will start work at... [Read more]

Winner of top culinary contest accused of cheating
LONDON - THE culinary world is in an uproar, with allegations of cheating levelled against the winner of an annual contest among top chefs. Mr Fabrice Desvignes, 33, one of France's most promising young chefs, won this year's Bocuse d'Or, receiving... [Read more]

Flip side of foreign students topping exams
IT IS no surprise that almost half the 25 students who scored nine A1s are foreign students, in particular those from China ('Foreign students post strong O-level showing'; ST, Feb 10). Extrapolating from this trend, we can expect a similar figure... [Read more]

DPP chairman sets sights on presidency
TAIPEI - THE chairman of Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday said he would seek the party's nomination for next year's presidential race.Mr Yu Shyi-kun, 58, told supporters in the north-eastern city of Ilan that he will register to participate... [Read more]

SMEs with profits around $300,000 benefit most from tax cuts
WHEN all the business tax permutations are totted up, one specific group scores best - smaller firms with profits around $300,000 - although all firms benefit to various degrees. Cuts and exemptions listed in the Budget will deliver small and medium-sized... [Read more]

Sports World
SLINGERS TO TAKE ON CROCODILESSYDNEY: The Singapore Slingers will face the Townsville Crocodiles in the quarter-finals of the Australian National Basketball League play-offs.Singapore lost 76-102 to the Kings in their final regular-season game in Sydney yesterday.They finished eighth, with a 13-20... [Read more]

Clinic charged $42 for consultation over CNY
DURING the long weekend to celebrate Chinese New Year, an incident occurred which I feel I have to clear my doubts about.It happened that my grandmother had gastric flu and had to consult a doctor. As it was a public holiday,... [Read more]

Were you among the late-night shoppers?
THE year's first late-night shopping session took off yesterday, with four times more retailers joining in to get consumers spending until midnight.A dry run last year by 58 retailers was a success, with retailers reporting sales going up by as much... [Read more]

When chickens and rabbits fail to produce results, it may be left to the Year of the Pig
THEY resisted counting unhatched chickens. Then they tried to pull a rabbit from a hat before the Year of the Pig trots in. But so far, to no avail.But as negotiators of the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions entered... [Read more]

Najib slams bullying of air force recruit
PUTRAJAYA - MALAYSIAN Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak yesterday condemned as 'unforgivable' the actions of senior air force trainees who allegedly tortured a recruit, including forcing him to swallow his own vomit. Datuk Seri Najib, who is also the Defence... [Read more]