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The Business Times Online Edition - Singapore

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THE National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) will lead a 700-patient clinical trial for head and neck cancer therapy, possibly the biggest drug trial ever coordinated by a public healthcare institution. - [Read more]

RECESSION may have cast a shadow over the coming Chinese New Year, but people still need their luck. - [Read more]

TWO Singaporeans in the vicinity of the Santika Pub in Bangkok when fire broke out on New Years Day remain unaccounted for, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said yesterday, without giving further details. - [Read more]

SINGAPORES MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions) industry must strive to stay ahead of the curve if it wants to steal a march on competitors such as Hong Kong, Dubai and Shanghai, especially since the uncertain economic outlook is giving rise to more cautious industry players with smaller budgets. - [Read more]

PRIME Orchard Road rents fell 1.9 per cent quarter-on-quarter to an average of $36.10 per sq ft per month (psf pm) in Q4 2008, property firm CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) said yesterday. - [Read more]

THIS year will be challenging for Singapores tourism industry, as falling visitor numbers and weaker discretionary spending continue to take a toll. - [Read more]

EVERYONE is saying 2009 will be another difficult year but, without hope, you cannot go through the year, said Seong Koon Wah Sun, a director of Love the World Bistro and bar, the week-old tenant at the Singapore Flyer. Together with the Flyer, they staged a free New Year concert last night and named it Love the World. - [Read more]

MORE help for companies in the form of tax relief tops the wish-list of tax experts for Budget 2009, due to be announced in January. - [Read more]

(BEIJING) More than 1,500 boxes of Chinese biscuits exported to Hong Kong and Singapore have tested positive for melamine as suspects in the protracted tainted-food scandal go on trial in China, local media reported on Tuesday. - [Read more]

YACHT race shore support staff reckon the Singapore stopover is the best among the various ports in the Volvo Ocean Race. - [Read more]

THE Housing & Development Board (HDB) yesterday launched two new housing projects - one in Choa Chu Kang and the other in Punggol - under the build-to-order (BTO) system. - [Read more]

THE chairman of the Singapore Flyer has apologised to the 173 passengers trapped for six hours inside the worlds biggest observation wheel last Tuesday. - [Read more]

(BEIJING) Yunnan Tin Co, the worlds biggest producer of the metal, said assets belonging to its Singapore unit will be auctioned to repay debts. - [Read more]

PERMANENT residents with SingPass accounts will soon be able to renew and transfer their re-entry permits (REPs) online. - [Read more]

THE Minister for Trade and Industry has reappointed Cedric Foo and Simon Israel chairmen of JTC Corporation (JTC) and Singapore Tourism Board (STB) respectively. - [Read more]

THE government will introduce seed funding schemes to help develop local arts businesses and integrate them into the Arts Housing Scheme as part of the third phase of the Renaissance City Plan (RCP III). - [Read more]

PROJECT Love, a month- long charity drive by about 1,000 NTUC Income managers and staff, has raised $330,000 for NTUCs Care and Share programme. - [Read more]

MORE than 780,000 eligible HDB households will receive $125 million worth of Utilities-Save (U-Save) rebates in 2009, the Ministry of Finance said yesterday. - [Read more]

WHEN a CEO is appointed to a company, his term should be no longer than seven years, and his final compensation upon leaving should only be paid out a few years after he has officially stepped down. - [Read more]

ITS a common misconception that sports sponsorship is just signing a cheque and sitting back to wait for results. - [Read more]