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Hyflux makes big push into consumer business
HYFLUX, best known for treating water for industrial use, is splashing out big on its smaller consumer business with plans to market top-notch drinking water to Asian households.Hyflux is teaming up with United States giant Marmon Water to set up a... [Read more]

Withdrawal of US troops from Iraq would be the proper and moral policy
THE commentary, 'A Letter to the US Democrats', by Pavin Limanont (ST, Jan 16), is incomplete, over-simplified and offers up predictions of disaster that will likely be as untrue as all of US President George W. Bush's pre-war claims (weapons of... [Read more]

Examine the old sacred cow of defence spending
I REFER to Associate Professor Tan Khee Giap's column on the Budget, 'Do the right thing, not what's popular' (ST, Jan 16). As he put it aptly, we should expect a responsible Singapore Government to, among other things, '(exercise) budgetary prudence...,... [Read more]

Proton loses No. 1 seller position to Perodua
KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA'S beleaguered national car company Proton has lost its position as the country's biggest-selling carmaker to rival Perodua, also a national car company.Proton had held the No. 1 position since former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad started the company... [Read more]

STI slips again on weak electronics data
SINGAPORE shares took another hit yesterday, after Thursday's pummelling, as economic data revealed continued softness in the electronics sector. The nation's December manufacturing output numbers released yesterday fell slightly more than expected, weighed down by the electronics sector, which dipped 8... [Read more]

Scrap higher flag-down rate for 'green' taxis
IT HAS been reported that commuters can expect to pay more for their cab rides as taxi company ComfortDelgro begins replacing its fleets with new vehicles that meet tougher new emission standards.In addition, Singapore's first fleet of compressed natural gas taxis... [Read more]

Buyer beware
The world of cellphones49 No of cases filed (January to December 2005) Top complaints 1. Defective goods 2. Unsatisfactory service CASE STUDY A consumer bought a new mobile phone. After a month or two, he started having problems with it. Despite... [Read more]

Inter go for 14th straight win
ROME - INTER Milan face Sampdoria tomorrow, aiming for a 14th successive league win. The bookmakers are so convinced of their invincibility, that they have stopped taking bets on the Serie A title race.Inter have an 11-point lead over second-placed Roma.... [Read more]

Failed bombings a farce with sinister overtones
LONDON - OF THE five suicide bombs planned for July 21 in 2005, four failed to detonate properly and the fifth was dumped in woodland after its alleged courier, Manfo Asiedu, lost his nerve at the last moment. Some of the... [Read more]

Thai media speak out on relations
BANGKOK - IT IS time for Singapore and Thailand to move on to improve their relationship, the Bangkok Post said yesterday.The English daily was one of a few conciliatory voices beginning to surface about a week after the diplomatic spat that... [Read more]

Ex-Russian spy may have survived earlier poison attempt
LONDON - FORMER Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko may have survived a first attempt to poison him with radioactive polonium 210 two weeks before receiving the dose that killed him, the BBC reported yesterday.How To Poison A Spy, a documentary by the... [Read more]