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ST ENGG WINS $68.5M TAIWAN TRAIN CONTRACTSINGAPORE Technologies Engineering (ST Engg) has won a $68.5 million contract from engineering firm Marubeni to supply communications and other electronic systems for a railway project in Taiwan. The company's electronics arm will design and... [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]

Expect congestion when cars avoid left-most lane
I READ with amusement about the proposed closing of bus bays by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) in a bid to cut travelling time ('Bus bays may be axed to help cut travel time'; ST, Feb 13).The LTA has taken aggressive... [Read more]

Bollywood cashes in on merchandising
MUMBAI - FOR decades, Bollywood was happy just to sell filmgoers a 20 rupee (S$0.70) cinema ticket. Now studios, tentatively evolving from dynastic family firms to Hollywood-style companies with a taste for merchandising, are increasingly trying to market everything from action-hero... [Read more]

High-tech labs at polys, with help of tech giants
TWO polytechnics now have training labs with state-of-the-art equipment, supplied by leading multinational corporations, that can support interactive and digital media (IDM).Students and professionals will benefit from the polytechnics' courses in IDM using the advanced equipment.Nanyang Polytechnic's NYP-IBM Cell Broadband Engine... [Read more]

S'pore firm in herbal pill deal
THE makers of a herbal pill which claims to fight bird flu signed a multi-million-dollar deal last Friday with a Chinese company to sell more than 80 per cent of its stock for the year.The Singapore-based R&D company Herbal-Science said that... [Read more]

SingTel closes at record high of $3.70
SINGTEL shares yesterday surged 22 cents, or 6.3 per cent, to a record high of $3.70 ahead of the release of its third-quarter results next week.This was fuelled by the buzz over the booming Singapore market, recent analyst upgrades on SingTel... [Read more]

Buyer beware
The world of motorcycles21 No of cases filed (January to December 2006)Top complaint1. Unsatisfactory service CASE STUDYA consumer signed a purchase agreement with a motorcycle dealer and paid a deposit of $800. As he waited for delivery of his bike, he... [Read more]

Lakers left hot and bothered
LOS ANGELES - AFTER Eddy Curry dunked an alley-oop pass to give the Knicks a one-point lead on Tuesday, Hollywood director Spike Lee scurried down the sideline to high-five with the actor Denzel Washington. Denzel did not bite, because he knew... [Read more]

Amputee fighting to be fireman
AN AMPUTEE who lost half of one leg as a child is fighting to realise his dream of becoming a firefighter. Mr Isaac Feliciano's fight hit a road bump when city officials in Paterson, New Jersey, declared him to be not... [Read more]

Global warming will bring more diseases to S. Asia
MILLIONS more South Asians will suffer from diseases such as malaria and cholera, or go hungry due to global warming, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. India's monsoon, the county's biggest source of water for irrigation, may also be disrupted by... [Read more]