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MANILA Rolex replica watches, Philippines – San Miguel Corp. said on Tuesday it was evaluating the viability of constructing an integrated logistics complex in the Manila North Harbor area.

The company told the stock exchange it had an initial budget of about P20 billion ($460 million) for the project, confirming details reported by the Philippine Star paper.

San Miguel said the proposed complex would include a grains terminal, ship-handling and warehousing facilities Tag heuer replica watches, and a fuel depot for the group’s storage, handling and distribution needs.

Group companies include San Miguel Brewery Inc., San Miguel Pure Foods Co. Inc., San Miguel Properties Inc. and Petron Corp.

San Miguel, which is aggressively diversifying in power and infrastructure after dominating the local food and beverage business, said the group was in talks with North Harbour Centre Port Terminal Inc. on the preparation of a master plan for Manila North Harbor, one of the country’s busiest ports.

Petron, the larger of the two oil refiners in the country, said on Monday it would buy 35% of the company that in 2009 won a 25-year contract to operate and develop the port.

Shares in San Miguel fell 4.9% on Tuesday in a market that rose 0.1%.

LOS ANGELES – Fans disappointed that "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi will not be placed in a large ball and dropped from a building during MTV’s New Year’s Eve bash from Times Square can rest easy.

MTV confirmed on Thursday the Snooki ball drop will indeed take place, but at a new location: Seaside Heights, New Jersey, the original setting for the hit reality show.

"We love our Times Square home and while we’re disappointed there won’t be a Snooki ball drop there, she cannot be denied!" MTV said in a statement. "So we’re taking a road trip to the place where it all began, Seaside Heights, and droppin’ it all there."

"Jersey Shore" creator Sally Ann Salsano, who has spent two seasons chronicling the reality star’s antics on the show, told Reuters "there is no better way to ring in the New Year" than with Snooki.

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MTV originally wanted to drop their ball with the "Jersey Shore" star from their own building in Times Square, but when those plans conflicted with the venerable celebration in the heart of Manhattan, producers took Snooki back to Jersey.

The move was made after backers of the traditional celebration in Times Square objected saying in a statement that the request "came too late and was too impractical to fit in to our outdoor events."

For decades, the Times Square celebration has included a lighted ball is dropping from a building to signify the new year’s beginning. Snooki was to have been a new part of the tradition, courtesy of MTV.

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Comedian Whitney Cummings will host the event, which will feature special appearances by members of the cast of "Jersey Shore" and "Saturday Night Live’s" Bobby Moynihan and a musical performance by hip-hop star Flo Rida among others.

MANILA, Philippines – Research organization Ibon Foundation has urged the government to approximate any planned wage hike for Metro Manila workers to the estimated family living wage.

Workers in the capital are expected to receive a pay increase this week Rolex replica watches, but the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) has hinted this may be lower than what labor groups had petitioned.

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines has petitioned for a P75 increase, while Kilusang Mayo Uno has called for a P125 hike.

Based on 2000 prices, Ibon said the value of the current P382 minimum wage has eroded to P235 due to inflation Omega replica watches, and this is less than the daily NCR minimum wage of P250 in November 2000.

Ibon said the family living wage is already twice the daily minimum wage, and a P125 increase will not make up for the inflation-induced reduction in basic salary.

"Latest family living wage estimate from NWPC was already P917 in NCR (National Capital Region) in September 2008, or a shortfall of P535," Ibon noted.

The minimum wage in NCR has been unchanged since September 2008.

"Record unemployment and dismally poor wages are among the most important reasons behind increasing poverty in recent years, and these are solid reasons for a wage hike of a decent level," Ibon said.

"It also highlights the importance of shifting from a foreign investment and export-led growth model to a more equitable wage-consumption-and domestically driven development path."

Employers in the metro, however, cautioned against any increase in basic wage, saying this may have an impact on the economy and the country’s unemployment problem.

"Ngayon ang pinagtutuunan ng pansin ng mga employer ay ang 10 milyon na Filipino na walang trabaho at underemployed. Mas gusto sana namin na ma-cover ang walang trabaho at underemployed kaysa sa magdagdag ng sahod ngayon (The employers are more focused on the 10 million Filipinos that do not have jobs and are underemployed. We would like to solve this problem rather than increase salaries)," Ed Lacson, president of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines, earlier told ABS-CBN.

Lacson added that a pay increase would be expensive for employers who will have to spend more for overtime pay and miscellaneous payments, including contributions to Pag-IBIG Fund and Social Security System.

TAIPEI (Reuters) – A city in south Taiwan began training potty users this week to flush toilet paper instead of throwing it in the trash, to reduce 340 tons of stinky waste generated daily, local media and officials said on Tuesday.

“An old habit is to throw toilet paper in the trash can beside the toilet, which causes a major stink that’s bad for public sanitation,” city Environmental Protection Bureau Director Chang Hwang-jen told Reuters.

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Taiwan’s plumbing can now handle toilet paper without clogging the pipes, a break from the past, the city of Tainan told its 764,000 citizens at a news conference on Monday.

Leaders in other Taiwan cities haven’t gotten off the pot on the issue, Chang said.

Toilet sitters in Taiwan and China customarily target trash bins instead of the porcelain because of pipe backup worries. Clogged pipes in Tainan are caused by the flushing of other objects, such as toothbrushes, Chang said.

Sticking non-recyclable toilet paper in the trash also costs the city T$4,600 ($151) per tonne, or T$600 million per year Rolex replica watches, to treat, local media said.

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NEW YORK – Miami’s LeBron James and the man who ended his two-year reign as Most Valuable Player, Derrick Rose, headline the 2011 All-NBA first team announced on Thursday.

James, who won two straight MVP awards with Cleveland and has this season helped Miami reach the Eastern Conference finals, was the only unanimous choice, receiving 119 first-place votes from a sports media panel.

James earned first-team honors for the fourth straight season and fifth time overall while Rose Rolex replica watches, who became the NBA’s youngest MVP after leading the Bulls to the league’s best record of 62-20, earned his first All-NBA selection.

Joining James and Rose on the first team are Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic.

Howard, an All-NBA first team selection for the fourth straight season, has already claimed the Defensive Player of the Year award, becoming the first player to win the award three straight seasons.

Bryant, an All-NBA first team selection for the sixth straight season and ninth time in his career, finished fifth in the league in scoring (25.3 ppg), while averaging 5.1 rebounds and 4.7 assists.

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