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Going the extra mile
PAYA Lebar Airport hit a space crunch not long after its opening in 1955. Mr Bernard Chan, now CAAS assistant director for estate management, remembers well the flights that took Muslim pilgrims to Mecca. Going on the haj was a red-letter... [Read more]

Body formed to help make doing business in KL easier
KUALA LUMPUR - A HIGH-profile task force set up to find ways to make Malaysia more business-friendly has been given six months to deliver.Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi said on Thursday that he wanted to see some form of achievement within six... [Read more]

Body Shop founder tells of liver damage
BODY Shop founder Anita Roddick is suffering from liver damage after contracting the hepatitis C virus more than 35 years ago, she said.Dame Anita, 64, one of Britain's best-known businesswomen, developed the potentially deadly disease from infected blood given to her... [Read more]

La Liga
TodayDeportivo La Coruna v MallorcaEspanyol v Real ZaragozaValencia v Atletico Madrid Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 4.55amTomorrowAthletic Bilbao v Real BetisCelta Vigo v GimnasticOsasuna v Barcelona Live, Ch22, Monday, 3.55amRacing Santander v GetafeReal Madrid v Levante Live, Ch22, Monday, 1.55amRecreativo Huelva v VillarrealSevilla... [Read more]

Companies in brief
NO INJUNCTION FOR KOON'S EX-CHAIRMANKoon Holdings' former chairman, Mr Oh Keng Lim, has failed to obtain a court injunction to prevent the company from issuing 12 million warrants to India's Valecha Engineering even if a reverse takeover deal between Valecha and... [Read more]

The four main plotters
Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed (Mohammed The Egyptian) The 35-year-old was arrested in June 2004 in Italy, where he was convicted on terrorism charges and sentenced to 10 years in jail. Transcripts following three months of recordings by the Italian police showed... [Read more]

A delisting of Nikko could lead to buyout by Citigroup
TOKYO - AS THE Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) deliberates whether to delist Nikko Cordial over an accounting scandal, bankers are keeping a sharp eye on the brokerage's most likely suitor - financial conglomerate Citigroup.Should the TSE decide next month to revoke... [Read more]

New system to help sniff out threats
LOOKING for that 'needle in the haystack' yet vital clue in foiling terrorist, cyberspace or even bird flu threats will get easier with some made-in-Singapore help.This locally developed computerised tool for intelligence analysts is called the Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning... [Read more]

What the fuck's happening in the world today
Jazz spoil Webber's homecoming gameAUBURN HILLS (MICHIGAN) - THE Detroit Pistons fans cheered for Chris Webber's debut and Chauncey Billups' return from injury. But they could not cheer for a victory over opponents the Pistons cannot seem to beat. Deron Williams... [Read more]

Hold courtesy drive instead of axing bus bays
THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) plan to do away with bus bays is a step backwards. I agree with readers it would lead to severe traffic congestion and much confusion.Rather than do away with bus bays, the LTA should call for... [Read more]

Experts tip corporate tax to be cut to 18% in one go
TAX experts are putting their money on a hefty two percentage point cut in corporate tax, from 20 per cent to 18 per cent, in Thursday's Budget. And they are tipping that it will be done in one clean cut -... [Read more]