var severity = new Array("#33cc33", "#ff9933", "#ff0000")
		var newsInfo = new Array()
		
		newsInfo[newsInfo.length] = new Array("The 1st Bosch Common Rail Clean Room Facility in Singapore", "#", "_self");
		newsInfo[newsInfo.length] = new Array("Partner of the Singapore Bio Diesel Project", "#", "_self");
		newsInfo[newsInfo.length] = new Array("2009 Spare Parts Sale - Click on Parts Special Offer now", "#", "_self");
		newsInfo[newsInfo.length] = new Array("The Euro IV Diesel Specialist", "#", "_self");
		newsInfo[newsInfo.length] = new Array("The 1st and only Bosch Diesel Centre in Singapore", "#", "_self");
		newsInfo[newsInfo.length] = new Array("The Turbochargers Specialist", "#", "_self");
		newsInfo[newsInfo.length] = new Array("UKAS ISO certified since 1998", "#", "_self");
		newsInfo[newsInfo.length] = new Array("MAHA 4WD 1000hp Dynamometer services available now", "#", "_self");
		
			
		var tickerCursor = 0
		var tickerIndex = 0
		var ani
		var tickerCur = 0
		var tickerCurText = new Array("|", " ", " ")
		var lastSeverity
		var displayChars = 90
		
		function startTicker() {
			if (newsInfo.length > 0) ticker()
		}
		
		function clickTicker() {
			window._blank.location.href = newsInfo[tickerIndex][1]
		}
		
		function ticker() {
			var wait = 5
			var tickerText = document.getElementById("tickerText")
			var newsText = newsInfo[tickerIndex][0]
			var newsLink = newsInfo[tickerIndex][1]
			var newsTarget = newsInfo[tickerIndex][2]
			var startPos = 0
			if (tickerCursor > displayChars) startPos = tickerCursor - displayChars
			
			tickerText.innerHTML = "<a href=\"" + newsLink + "\" target=\"" + newsTarget + "\" class=tickerlink>" + newsText.substring(startPos, tickerCursor) + tickerCurText[tickerCur++] + "</a>&nbsp;"
			
			if (tickerCur == tickerCurText.length) {
				tickerCursor++
				tickerCur = 0
				//if (newsInfo.length > 1) wait = 1000 else wait = 10000
			}	
			
			if (tickerCursor > newsText.length) {
				tickerCursor = 0
				tickerIndex ++
				wait = 3000
			}
			
			if (tickerIndex >= newsInfo.length) tickerIndex = 0	
			
			ani = setTimeout("ticker()", wait)
		}