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team at troubled charity Youth Challenge has discovered that $15,220 is missing from its bank account.The money was withdrawn though an unauthorised online transaction on Jan 15.It is believed to be for staff salaries, including that of its...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

Go for these in future Budgets...
IT IS truly a 'Wow Budget 2007' as it sets a new direction for the future. It shows the Government has listened and taken concrete steps to address concerns over the widening income gap and rising cost of living affecting the... [Read more]

China's brain drain is the world's most severe
BEIJING - CHINA suffers the most severe brain drain of any country, raising fears that there may not be enough talents around to manage the world's fourth-largest economy, state media said yesterday. Out of about one million Chinese who have studied... [Read more]

Taipei to drop 'China' from names of firms
TAIPEI - TAIWAN'S ruling party has passed a resolution calling for the elimination of the word 'China' from the names of state-run companies that were founded in the days when the island's government claimed sovereignty over its giant neighbour.It is a... [Read more]

Rice faces Israeli anxieties in her push for talks on Palestinian state
WASHINGTON - THE Bush administration's Middle East peace initiative takes place at the weekend amid uncertainty because of Israeli anxieties over the complexion of a proposed Palestinian unity government.Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will lead the push to bring together the... [Read more]

Couple get back baby held over unpaid bills
JAKARTA - THE impoverished parents of a baby held by an Indonesian clinic for three weeks because they could not pay the bill for her birth have been reunited with their daughter, a welfare official said yesterday. The clinic was forced... [Read more]

Beijing slams Chen's name-change move
BEIJING - BEIJING condemned Taiwan's President yesterday for dropping 'China' from the names of state-run firms and introducing 'distorted' history books, saying the moves were aimed at severing links with the mainland.But President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan told reporters yesterday that... [Read more]

NKF suit ends as Yong, Loo drop third-party claims
IT TOOK just under five weeks instead of the expected eight, but the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) suit came to a close yesterday. The development that brought the curtains down: Former NKF chairman Richard Yong and former treasurer Loo Say San's... [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]

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India to review policy on SEZ projectsNEW DELHI - INDIA is reviewing its policy on special economic zones as opposition to them grows.A panel of senior ministers will examine all new plans for the zones, which are intended to attract billions... [Read more]

Friendlier inter-Korea relations on the cards
SEOUL - INTER-Korea ties may turn sunny again after Pyongyang agreed to halt its nuclear programme in return for aid and diplomatic benefits. A day after securing the six-party nuclear deal, the two Koreas announced yesterday that they would resume stalled... [Read more]