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	Business has a quiet confidence Even for such thorough people as Singaporeans, economics remains something of a dismal science. When he planned his budget for the 1999-2000 fiscal year, Richard Hu, the finance minister, assumed growth would hover around zero...more TALENT Training takes a change of direction Mar 28 CORPORATE Shackles of the old script are loosened Mar 28