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Two members of the rebel group of Abu Sayyaf and a Philippine government soldier mulberry handbags were killed, while three others got injured in a fierce fighting in Southern Philippine province of Basilan on Monday morning, military disclosed later that day. According to Captain Jefferson Somera, spokesman for the Philippine Army's 1st Infantry Division, troops of the Army's 1st Scout Ranger Battalion and 64th Infantry Battalion were on security operation around 8 a.m. local time when they caught up with undetermined number of Abu Sayyaf men at barangay Mebak, Sumisip, a town in Basilan province. As of press time, Somera said the fighting were still ongoing between the two sides. So far, the skirmishes has resulted in the death of a soldier and wounding of another; besides that, the troops have recovered two Abu Sayyaf bodies and captured two others who are wounded, he said. The wounded soldier and enemies were evacuated to a discount michael kors hospital for treatment, he added. The Abu Sayyaf was founded in the 1990s and had since perpetrated a number of high-profile attacks, including kidnapping and bombing. The rebel group also has linkages with the Al-Qaeda network and the Southeast Asian regional terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah. The absence of U.S. President Barack Obama from the APEC summit will be a loss for APEC economies, and China will not take advantage of his absence, a Chinese senior official said here on Monday. Speaking at a media briefing held here in Indonesia's resort island Bali, Yu Ping, Vice Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) said APEC is a great family consists of 21 economies holding meeting every year. "All Chinese business communities hope the meeting can be a unity and solidarity," Yu said. Singapore is aiming to raise the proportion of public transport in the total number of trips made at peak hours to 70 mulberry bags outlet percent by the end of this decade, Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said on Monday. Announcing the launch of an updated land transport master plan, Lui said that the peak-hour public transport mode share has steadily rebounded from 59 percent in 2008 to 63 percent in 2012. "Interestingly, more higher-income commuters appear to be choosing public transport, based on our travel survey," he said. Singapore is also aiming to further increase the share of public transport in the trips made during peak hours to 75 percent by 2030, according to the master plan, which maps out the strategy for the next 10 to 15 years. The number was once 67 percent in 1997, but it dropped to 59 percent in 2008, when the government launched the earlier version of the master plan to make public transport an easier choice. Lui said that private motoring cannot be the solution for cities in michael kors canada the 21st century. The number of cars in the world hit 1 billion in 2010, double the number in 2000, and experts predict that the number could double again by 2030. The 21st informal economic leaders' meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) kicked off here on Monday, with sustainable growth and regional cooperation high on the agenda. Chinese President Xi Jinping, among other leaders from the region, attended the meeting. It was Xi's first participation in the APEC meeting since he assumed presidency in March. This year's APEC gathering, themed "Resilient Asia-Pacific, Engine of Global Growth," highlights such topics as achieving sustainable growth with equity, promoting inter-connectivity in the region, and attaining the Bogor Goals, a timeline for achieving free and open trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific. The two-day meeting comes mulberry lily against the backdrop of unevenness of global economic growth, potential uprise of trade and investment protectionism, the stalled Doha Round of global trade negotiations and strong efforts to boost economic integration in the Asia-Pacific region. According to Chinese diplomats, Xi was expected to expound on China's positions on such issues as current global economic landscape, APEC's role in boosting multi-lateral trade system, inter-connectivity in the Asia-Pacific region and sustainable growth with equity. Earlier on Monday, Xi attended a dialogue meeting with representatives of the APEC Business Advisory Council and exchanged views with them on the issues of common concern, including the economic situation in the Asia-Pacific. APEC leaders will michael kors tote bag issue a joint declaration by the end of their meeting. APEC, a premier economic forum in the Asia-Pacific region established in 1989, has been committed to dismantling barriers and bottlenecks that interfere with business while nurturing closer economic ties. The organization has grown to encompass 21 members across the Asia-Pacific region, accounting for approximately 55 percent of global output and 44 percent of world trade, according to data provided on its official website. As the highest-level meeting of the APEC, the informal economic leaders' meeting has been held annually since its first convention in Seattle, the United States in November 1993. He said, "can our world live with such a trajectory, and the resultant reduction in productivity, rising urban pollution, environmental degradation and the impact on health and quality of life?" Singapore's michael kors sale car population growth has been slowing in recent years as the city state tried to curb the growth. Despite such efforts, the car population grew by 11 percent over the past five years, while its resident population only grew 5 percent. In 2012, 46 percent of households owned cars, compared to 40 percent in 2008. Car ownership for households near train stations is lower. For households that are within 400 meters of a station, only 39 percent own cars, as compared to 55 percent for households that are more than 1.8 km from a train station. For those living close to a train station, the rate of public transport usage increased from 65 percent in 2008 to 71 percent in 2012. The latest survey covering 10,000 households showed that the daily number of journeys made by people in Singapore increased by 13 percent over the last five years to 12.5 million in 2012. The daily number of trips made on public transport as a whole increased by 14 percent, with train trips growing 35 percent to 2. 3 million trips daily in 2012, and bus trips growing 3 percent to 3.2 million trips michael kors handbags on sale daily.