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The Business Times Online Edition - Singapore

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THE job market today may be tough if youre looking for full-time work, but a contract position could well be your next best option amid the current economic downturn. - [Read more]

THE Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) yesterday said that it would be suspending the Confirmed List for its industrial government land sales (GLS) programme for the first half of 2009. - [Read more]

THE results of two Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) studies commissioned by two major logistics providers point to a trend of decreased manufacturing in Asia of the kind that it has relied on so far. - [Read more]

NANYANG Technological Universitys (NTU) Nanyang Business School (NBS) has forged an unprecendented alliance with the Jakarta city government. - [Read more]

BUCKING the regional trend, household liability as a percentage of household income fell between 2000 and 2007 in Singapore. - [Read more]

SINGAPORE Buddhist Lodge president Lee Bock Guan (second from right) presenting a cheque for $1 million yesterday to Professor Wang Gungwu, chairman of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (Iseas), as President SR Nathan (left) and Iseas director K Kesavapany look on. - [Read more]

CENTRAL Provident Fund (CPF) members will continue to receive an interest rate of 4 per cent on their savings in the Special, Medisave and Retirement Accounts (SMRA) until the end of 2009, the CPF Board said yesterday. - [Read more]

SINGAPORE is the most open economy in Asia, says Citigroup, but this could now see it suffer more from the effects of the global recession than its Asian neighbours. - [Read more]

THE economic crunch will not be crimping online advertising in South-east Asia. - [Read more]

EMPLOYERS here have relocated 1,370 foreign workers following an inspection by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) of 661 premises that were used to house foreign workers. - [Read more]

TURBULENT markets are leading to cutbacks in retirement savings and product innovation could be hit, but the situation will turn around when stability returns, said Swiss Re economist David Laster. - [Read more]

DESPITE an uncertain outlook for businesses here, a new survey shows that employers in Singapore are cautiously optimistic, with 57 per cent of hiring managers forecasting headcount growth over the next 12 months. - [Read more]

FROM being one of the hottest markets for job seekers on earth, Singapore has turned into the least likely place you can find employment, according to the latest poll by United States-based Manpower. - [Read more]

DURIANS and investments tickled my mind this past week. I thought of buying some durians to lift my spirits amid all the negative news. But alas they are not in season. Still, the king of fruit and the losses on my portfolio did throw up some nice analogies. - [Read more]

THIS Christmas season, festive cheer will have to be built on more than expensive gifts, as Singaporeans keep shopping budgets tight. - [Read more]

THE secret handshakes, the age-old rituals and the code of secrecy will remain, but the 2000-year-old Freemasons Society is determined to dispel urban legends and myths about its practices. - [Read more]

SINGAPORES Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) has suspended the import and sale of all pork and pork products from Ireland with immediate effect, pending further investigation by the Irish authority. - [Read more]

AS the economic crisis bites, one would expect the public to spend less on eating out. However, restaurants here seem to be holding out well, with some hardly affected at all. - [Read more]

SEMBAWANG Engineers & Constructors, a subsidiary of India-listed Punj Lloyd Group, will build a $250 million plant in Brunei to make thin-film solar modules that are used to convert the suns energy into electricity. - [Read more]

TOKYO, Singapore and Hong Kong have emerged tops in the Asia-Pacific in a recent ranking of cities with the best property investment prospects for 2009. - [Read more]