http://business-times.asiaone.com/singapore/0,4987,,00.html? The Business Times Online Edition - Singapore en-us Copyright 2010 Business Times Online. 9 Feb 2010 SGT 9 Feb 2010 SGT 60 http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/static/image/images/topmastheadsmall.gif http://business-times.asiaone.com http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,371747,00.html? THE effective tax rate for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry is likely to increase, given factors such as the global financial crisis, government pressure, changing market dynamics and healthcare reforms, says a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). 09 Feb 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,371746,00.html? IN ITS quest to be a comprehensive cancer centre, the National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS), will treat both adult and child patients, carry out research on cancers that afflict Singaporeans as well as train doctors and healthcare professionals. 09 Feb 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,371756,00.html? A STEP closer to its vision of establishing zero waste and zero landfills, the National Environment Agency (NEA) yesterday announced the awardees of the first Environment Technology Research Programme (ETRP) fund. 09 Feb 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,371751,00.html? A HOMEGROWN company may soon help advance new service models and logistics policies for Airbus aircraft. 09 Feb 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,371750,00.html? THE Housing & Development Board said yesterday it has awarded a 99-year- leasehold private condominium plot at Sengkang West Avenue/Fernvale Link to top bidder Sunmaster Holdings. 09 Feb 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,371742,00.html? YANG Kee Logistics Pte Ltd announced yesterday its plans to invest $45 million in a new one-stop chemical logistics hub at Jurong Pier Road. 09 Feb 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,371752,00.html? CONSUMER prices fell for all income groups in the second half of last year compared with a year earlier. The fall was largest for the poorest 20 per cent of households here - but economists say that this group is also likely to see the sharpest inflation this year. 09 Feb 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,371754,00.html? DESPITE the economic crisis putting many people out of work last year, Singapore's overall crime rate eased 0.4 per cent to 32,968 cases, from 33,113 in 2008. 09 Feb 2010 04:00 SGT