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The Parisian site at Angullia Park sold for S$283m By Wong Siew Ying SINGAPORE: The freehold site at Angullia Park that The Parisian sits on has been sold for S$283 million. The buyer is China Sonangol Land, part of the China Sonangol international holding company headquartered in Hong Kong. According to real estate consultancy CB Richard Ellis, which brokered the deal, this is the biggest private residential land sale in two years.

OUE resells freehold plot for tidy profit The Parisian fetches $283m in the third-costliest private housing land sale in terms of psf pricing By Fiona Chan LESS than three years after The Parisian condominium at Angullia Park was sold en bloc, the site has changed hands again - this time at a much higher price. Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE), which bought the freehold site for $228.1 million in December 2006, has resold the parcel for $283 million, it said in a statement yesterday.

Leasing activity picks up in office projects SP Services leases 100,000 sq ft at Mapletree Business City By KALPANA RASHIWALA THE flight to quality continues in the Singapore office market as occupiers move from older buildings to newer ones. In demand: About 45 per cent of 20 Anson’s 204,000 sq ft net lettable area has been committed - up from zero just three months ago More than 90,000 sq ft has been leased to six tenants at 20 Anson, a swanky 20-storey office tower that received Temporary Occupation Permit (TOP) earlier this month.

I’ve not yet had time to read the Search Surveillance Bill, but have added it to my weekend reading, after viewing this story : Sweeping powers to spy, bug conversations and hack into private computers could be given to a web of state agencies as diverse as Inland Revenue and the Meat Board. The Human Rights Commission yesterday warned Parliament of the “chilling” implications of a proposed law that would see the intrusive powers usually only available to the police extended to all agencies with enforcement responsibilities.

  Friendly Computers would like to inform you about the eight extreme electronic disasters that seems to effect each and everyone of us.   Let’s face it: Technology seems made to stop working. Screens crack, circuits short, and power supplies abruptly conk out. It’s all part of the complex and confounding ecosystem of electronics. The worst, though, is when something really is built to break–and in the most extreme way.

Playing out on the floor of the Kentucky Supreme Court this morning were oral arguments in a case pitting the state’s Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, headed by J. Michael Brown, against the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA), among other parties. The hearing will determine the fate of 141 internet gambling domain names, including those belonging to industry giants like PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker.

WASHINGTON — The Chinese government is ratcheting up its cyberspying operations against the U.S., a congressional advisory panel found, citing an example of a carefully orchestrated campaign against one U.S. company that appears to have been sponsored by Beijing. The unnamed company was just one of several successfully penetrated by a campaign of cyberespionage, according to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission report to be released Thursday. Chinese espionage operations are “straining the U.S.

The freehold site at Angullia Park that The Parisian sits on has been sold for S$283 million.The buyer is China Sonangol Land, part of the China Sonangol international holding company headquartered in Hong Kong.According to real estate consultancy CB Richard Ellis which brokered the deal, this is the biggest private residential land sale in two years.The site, located near Orchard Road, can accommodate a 36-storey development comprising 52 three and four-bedroom units and two penthouses.The Parisian

The key benchmark indices extended losses for the third straight day on weak global markets and rise in headline inflation above the 1% mark. Intraday volatility was high. The BSE 30-share Sensex lost 219.43 points or 1.29%, off close to 245 points from the day’s high and up close to 70 points from the day’s low.The Sensex closed below the psychological 17,000 mark after regaining that level in mid-morning trade for a short while. The Sensex had last closed below the 17,000 mark on 9 October 2009.

In spite of its tremendous profit potential, many online retailers shy away from importing inventory. You may have ruled out this product sourcing method as overly complicated or problematic. But by writing it off all together, you miss out on some amazing deals and innovative products that you won’t find any other way. A Novel Strategy According to Peter Zapf, of http://SmartChinaSourcing.com and http://GlobalSources.com, it was for this very reason that his company created their sister web site, http://GlobalSourcesDirect.com, which essentially acts as an overseas wholesaler.

KARACHI: Pakistan’s current account deficit posted a decline of 89 percent in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, mainly due to higher home remittances and sharp decline in trade deficit. “Massive decrease in the current account deficit has occurred due to rising home remittances sent by overseas Pakistanis, decline in imports and trade deficit, besides aggressive performance of services sector,” analysts said.

Geely Holding Group Co’s 10-month effort to buy Volvo from Ford Motor Co may fall apart within days as the companies struggle to agree on intellectual property rights, two people familiar with the talks said. Geely and Ford officials are meeting in London this week to try to resolve the US automaker’s concerns about sharing technology and future product plans, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the negotiations are private.

The German language is one of the most widely spoken languages in Europe; as well as millions of other people who speak German globally. German is a second language taught in most educational institutions worldwide and is one of the twenty three official languages. English and French are the other two widely spoken languages. Now let’s look at how do most people learn German . Besides learning German as your second language at schools and other institutions, there are numerous very good courses available; on CD and DVD, as well as books.

ISLAMABAD: The membership drive launched by the Federal Government Housing Foundation (FGEHF) of the Ministry of Housing to provide housing units under government’s launched schemes continues successfully. Under the scheme,every registered employee would get an opportunity to have a house in the Federal Capital. Ministry of Housing and Works Secretary Ahmed Bux Lehri said under the scheme the registered employees would be able to get houses, apartments or flats of their own choices on ‘first come, first served basis’.

Global Times October 22, 2009 “The West is afraid of China’s pursuit of national treasures,” reads the headline along the right-hand side of the front page of today’s Global Times . The article is largely a round-up of western media responses to the news that a team made up of experts from the Old Summer Palace and Tsinghua University will visit museums around the globe to create a catalog of cultural relics taken out of the country.

Whilst property values in the USA, UK and many western European countries have fallen significantly during the global financial crisis – Australian property values have held up relatively well. In fact median house prices in some Australian markets have actually increased during 2009. It is interesting to note that Australian property prices experienced some ‘correction’ whilst prices in other western countries continued to climb precipitously in the lead-up to the Global Financial Crisis.

Employer: Tecnimont ICBIndustry: Construction and Property, Engineering, ManagementLocation: India, MumbaiJob Description:Candidates should be graduate in Engineering with 20 to 25 years experience in construction activities of process plants in petrochemicals, refineries, gas processing or fertilizers area. Should have demonstrated the capability to lead a team of Engineers of various disciplines, control costs, plan requirement of resources for various works, knowledge of work procedures, quality management and safe construction practices in large construction sites in the capacity of Construction Manager for at least 1 to 2 large EPC projects.

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ISLAMABAD: The Central Directorate of National Savings attracted Rs60 billion savings in July-September quarter, a significant amount that kept the country’s fiscal deficit from widening further. The contribution made by CDNS is quite significant in the wake of tough economic conditions as the International Monetary Fund restricted the government from borrowing from the central bank. However, despite CDNS contribution, the country could not achieve the fiscal deficit target, slightly missing it by 0.2 per cent of gross domestic product to 1.5 per cent.

Wouldn’t it be nice if 333 State Street, that miserable Downtown eyesore next to Housatonic Community College, could actually be renovated into a commercial/residential tax roll project? The firm that paid the city $500,000 to overhaul the building, First National Development, has taken on new partner Carlson Construction in an effort to expedite the $12 million project. Lack of payment for remediation and engineering work has forced a couple of mechanic’s liens on the property.