The Straits Times, 6 October 1997

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1997 60 CENTS MITA (P) 027/12/96
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  • Article
    Abri told to step up action to clear haze
    636 1  -  Susan Sim Suharto makes fresh apology By Indonesia Correspondent JAKARTA President Suharto yesterday made a fresh apology for the noxious haze that has enveloped the region for months now as he ordered the armed forces (Abri) to step up efforts to
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    Lock icon Teams coming prepared, face masks included
    313 1 SEA GAMES MUST-HAVES BANGKOK Athletes who are competing m next week's South-east Asian Games m Jakarta are being told to add some unusual new equipment face masks. Team officials and the athletes are preparing for the worst as they head to Jakarta, which has
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    Lock icon Suharto: Use persuasion to maintain stability
    466 1  -  Susan Sim By Indonesia Correspondent JAKARTA President Suharto, warning that more violent social unrest was imminent, yesterday urged the armed forces (Abri) to exercise persuasion rather than repression m maintaining stability. Addressing troops at an Abri Day parade, he told them they should examine
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    Lock icon Causeway in a jam...
    342 1 Causeway in a jam NEW regulations imposed by the Malaysian authorities on lorries at the Causeway and the Tanjung Puteri Customs complex have caused massive jams since last Friday. At the weekend, queues at the Singapore end were five to six kilometres long along Bukit Timah Expressway enroute to Johor.
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      Disaster survivors now have their own support group
      553 2  -  Chang Ai-Lien By PEOPLE who survive a major disaster will now get help to overcome their trauma. A support group of more than 200 emergency behaviour officers has been set up to give them swift assistance. The Ministry of Health and eight
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      Lock icon Japan wants 3-way defence talks
      245 2 TOKYO Japan will propose a joint security dialogue with the United States and China m an effort to stabilise the AsiaPacific region, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported yesterday. The dialogue would be launched by private scholars before being upgraded to government security talks, it said.
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      Lock icon Malaysian yes to oil pipeline project
      420 2 TOKYO Malaysia has ap proved a consortium to be formed by Japanese and other Asian companies to build an oil pipeline across the Malaysian peninsula at a cost of US$2 billion (Ss3 billion), it was reported here yesterday. The Nihon Keizai Shimbun said the
      AFP  -  420 words
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      Lock icon Hit series Price of Peace sweeps six awards
      356 2 TCS STAR AWARDS A GLITTER of celebrities were crowned at the Television Corporation of Singapore's Star Awards last night, but the event clearly belonged to the immensely successful series, The Price of Peace. The 32-part historical drama garnered awards m an impressive
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      Mum commissions device to improve their reading habit
      676 3  -  Tan Shzr Ee Worried about sons' worsening myopia By MRS JEAN Ho is unstoppable when it comes to protecting her children's health. Anxious about her two sons' deteriorating eyesight, the 42 -year-old company director spent two years finding ways to stop the
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      Cop dies in m-cycle crash while on way to work
      316 3  -  Sharon Vasoo By A YOUNG police constable died on his way to work when his motorcycle crashed into a stationary lorry at the Bukit Timah Expressway on Saturday afternoon. The impact sent Mr Muhammad Rizal Yusof, 23 (left), flying off
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      Straits Times Interactive picked for book on world's top news sites
      563 3  -  Paul Jansen By If you are interested m the Asian region but don't have a lot of time to surf, this is the place to come.' Author David Haskins. THE writer of a book on the top news sites
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      254 3 Never Too Late With Your Hair hpffi M r THE GLOWER'S TEAM OF TRULY M pn^l I QUALIFIED TRICHOLOGISTS Penny Tan jM Principal Tnchologist fA International Association of Trichologists (1.A.T.) W Associate Member of The Royal Institute of Wp Public Health Hygiene (UK) nsgU^ Michael Landon JU I Affiliated Tnchologist
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Howard revamps his ministerial team
      501 4 Employment Minister is top casualty of reshuffle CANBERRA Australian Prime Minister John Howard yesterday announced major changes to his ministerial team after a damaging parliamentary travel-allowance scandal which forced three ministers from office and pushed an opposition senator to attempt suicide. The biggest casualty of
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      Lock icon 'The tooth is, I hear radio'
      154 4 BUDAPEST A 69-year-old Hungarian who received new dentures dashed back to his dentist m panic because they broadcast a radio programme day and night, state radio said on Saturday. For a few sleepless nights, the man was treated to hearing the broadcasts of Hungary's
      AFP; FABIAN CHAN MIN-FAY  -  154 words
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      Lock icon ONO! A HUNDRED COFFINS
      56 4 picture. artist Yoko Onq posing in Mexico City with her work, Ex-It, which consists of 100 coffins with trees planted in them to express the cycle of life and death. Ono, widow of former Beatle John Lennon, is in Mexico for the opening of her works
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      Lock icon ON EMPLOYMENT
      265 4 New face at the helm sees rise m full-time jobs MELBOURNE Australia's new Employment Minister David Kemp said yesterday that he was confident of a rise m full-time employment levels, but warned there was no quick fix to the country's stubbornly high unemployment rate. "As we see confidence
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      Lock icon Fourteen protesters held at Brisbane rally for Hanson
      290 4 BRISBANE Police arrested 14 demonstrators at a rowdy weekend rally for right-wing MP Pauline Hanson, where she called for "nationalistic policies" to solve Australia's economic problems. In her first public address here, Ms Hanson, whose electorate lies south-west of the Queensland state
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      Lock icon Colombian rebels kill 17 cops in 'horrendous' ambush
      254 7 Colombian rebels kill 17 cops in 'horrendous' ambush BOGOTA Seventeen policemen have died m a leftist rebel attack m Colombia's south-eastern Meta province, bringing to 28 the number of police, soldiers and judicial officials killed m just 24 hours. On Friday, 11 police, soldiers and judicial officials were gunned down
      Reuter  -  254 words
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      It's 'no win, no fee' litigation for British civil claims soon
      650 7 Change m legal system will remove fear of exorbitant fees Who are covered People with incomes of between £25,000 (5562,500) and £50,000. What is covered Accident claims, consumer disputes, rows with neighbours and attempts to recover money lost m
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      Lock icon Plugging leaks, Peruvian style — no women spies
      194 7 Plugging leaks, Peruvian style no women spies LIMA A branch of Peru's secret service has concluded that the best way to plug leaks to the news media is by demoting its women employees, according to a source m the intelligence community. The 60 women who work m the army's intelligence
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      Lock icon British schools to help rein in teenage sex
      175 9 LONDON The British government plans a campaign to control teenage sex, recruiting schools to act as moral watchdogs m a bid to cut a record number of pregnancies, the Express on Sunday reported. Teachers who learn, for instance, that youngsters are planning
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      Lock icon AIR-FLOWN LOBSTER
      33 9 picture. A "Flying Lobster" takes to the sky in the first family kite festival in the Hunsrueck Moimtainsin CeTnTin^^fleafnaffiWonxuTions were suitably nippy for Rolf and Claudia Zimmermann's 7-m-long sail-nylon creationH AFP
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      British couples throw in car and mobile phone to woo nannies
      290 9 British couples throw in car and mobile phone to woo nannies LONDON Professional couples are facing an outbreak of "nanny gazumping" as a surge m demand allows experienced nannies to play families off against one another to win pay and perks never dreamt of by Mary Poppins. The average pay
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      Lock icon Norway casts net across Europe for doctors
      461 9 Norway casts net across Europe for doctors Biggest shortage is m geriatric care OSLO Norway has launched a campaign m Scandinavia and the rest of Europe to recruit 1,000 doctors to deal with a serious shortage of specialists, notably for its growing population of elderly citizens. The authorities say they
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      Lock icon Going... going... gone: $12.9m for T-Rex remains
      347 10 Going going gone: $12.9 m for T-Rex remains NEW YORK For all her 65 million years, "Sue" lasted only eight minutes on the auction block at Sotheby's on Saturday as a Chicago museum paid a whopping US$B.4 million (5512.9 million) for the world's most complete remains of a Tyrannosaurus rex.
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      Lock icon Dream of gene therapy comes a step closer
      343 10 Inex's system uses artificial "packages" to carry the new genes to the disease site. The packages, called transmembrane carrier systems, are made up essentially of fat droplets and injected into the bloodstream. They contain a package of genes: m Inex's trials, these
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      No US decision yet on sanctions against French energy firm
      132 10 WASHINGTON The United States would like to avoid imposing sanctions on a French firm for signing a pact with Iran which clashes with a US trade ban but no decision has been made, a State Department spokesman has said. "No
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      Lock icon Arms makers help raise 'blood money'
      908 12 Move by British firms to avert fallout over possible execution of murder-case nurses by Saudis MURDER TWO: NURSE TELLS OF ANOTHER KILLING AT SAUDI HOSPITAL LONDON Details are emerging of the murder of a second nurse at the hospital where Australian nurse Yvonne Gilford
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      Lock icon 700,000 Christians hold rally in Washington
      314 12 Day-long event by all-male group WASHINGTON Hundreds of thousands of Christian men held hands, knelt m prayer and wept m silence m a show of male bonding and spiritual strength at a massive day-long evangelical rally here. The meeting was organised by the all-male
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    • WORLDFILE
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        Lock icon GRAFT TIP-OFFS
        65 12 An Indian state government has offered rewards to people who will help m fighting corruption, The Tribune reported yesterday. The summer-resort state of Hima chal Pradesh recently decided to offer 100,000 rupees (554,460) as reward for information on government officials possessing assets more than their legal income. The
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        Lock icon SATELLITE LOST
        70 12 India yes- terdayabandoned its most advanced communications satellite launched four months ago after an on board power failure, officials said. Mr K. Narayanan, director of the Indian National Satellite Programme, said the Insat-2D satellite had lost its "earth lock" which directs it towards Earth stopping the normal functioning
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        Lock icon NUCLEAR PROTEST
        86 12 Twen- ty-seven anti-nuclear activists were arrested on Saturday at the Cape Canaveral Air Station m Florida during a protest against Nasas plan to launch a spacecraft to Saturn carrying radioactive fuel. Police said up to 1,200 protesters took part m the peaceful demonstration outside the gates of the
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        Lock icon STREET CLASHES
        62 12 Nearly 100 people were injured m sporadic street clashes between rival political activists during an opposition-led transport blockade m Bangladesh yesterday, witnesses said. Police used batons and teargas to disperse the militants while millions of Bangladeshis were stranded across the country. Pickets blockaded trains and halted road traffic
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        Lock icon MISSING PARTS
        68 12 Thousands of spare parts for Trident nuclear missiles equipping Britain's submarine fleet have gone missing over recent years, the Sunday Telegraph reported yesterday. None of the 111 different part; contains nuclear material, but some are essential for the operation of the missiles. The disappearances were noted at the
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      Lock icon US murder rate is lowest since late 60s
      423 13 US murder rate is lowest since late 60s Other serious crimes are also falling m number WASHINGTON America's murder rate is lower now than at any point since the late 60s, and other serious crimes are also continuing to decline, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reported. For the
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    • PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Reagan can't recall being President
        133 13 NEW YORK Former President Ronald Reagan's memory-destroying disease Alzheimer's has become so bad that he apparently does not even remember having been the US President for eight years. Mr Reagan (above), now 86, still plays golf, works out a little and goes into his Century
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        Lock icon Cameo role for Blair in Russian radio 'soap'
        112 13 LONDON Britain's Premier Tony Blair will take on a brief role playing himself m a Russian radio "soap" when he visits Moscow today, newspapers reported. He will step out of his limousine while driving through Moscow to help pick up shopping dropped
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        Lock icon Clinton impresses aides with driving flair
        78 13 BELTSVILLE (Maryland) For a person who seldom drives, President Bill Clinton can handle a Camaro quite well, according to the White House. The President got behind the wheel of the sports car m the secure surroundings of a US Secret Service training facility recently.
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        Lock icon Benazir's hubby believes she will stand by htm
        148 13 KARACHI The jailed husband of former Pakistani Premier Benazir Bhutto is confident his wife will not leave him despite speculation that their marriage is m trouble. "She is a loving wife and she is as close to me as she was before
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      • Article
        Meanwhile...
        80 13 EXTT SWEDISH ACTOR: Swedish actor Jari Kulle, 70, one of Sweden's greatest contemporary theatre and film actors, died on Friday m Stockholm after a long illness. EX-MAYOR COLLAPSES: MrAnatoKrSobchak,the former mayor of St Petersburg, was m hospital on Saturday with heart trouble after collapsing during questioning about suspected corruption
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      457 10 FEEL SUNNY ALL YEAR ROUND Feel as if you got out of the wrong side of bed this morning? Most recognise their symptoms and are able to live with them but to some, there seems to be no solution. They're not worrying enough but they persist, nevertheless. An extract from
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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      458 10 SINGAPORE H Slight to moderate haze. Rfl High: Sunset today Showers m late morning and QO 6.55 pm esdy afternoon, mainly over fJJ. Sunr(se tomorrow vost, north and central areas. oe 649 am For an update on the local weather, call 542-7788 For detailed current weather, call 542-3983 AIR QUALITY
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  • EAST ASIA
    • N-projects suspended
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        Lock icon Work halted over torn picture of Kim
        376 15 In North Korea SEOUL North Korea has suspended the construction of new nuclear reactors, alleging that South Korean engineers ripped up a picture of its leader Kirn Jong 11, reports said yesterday. South Korea yesterday postponed the departure of a nuclear-reactor survey team
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        Lock icon Reactor programme to be put on hold
        432 15 In Japan TOKYO Japan is to put its ambitious nuclear fast-breed-er reactor programme on hold, following serious mishaps and heeding the lessons of other industrialised nations which have already abandoned the complex gyA report prepared under the auspices of the national Atomic Energy
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      Lock icon THE BRIDE WORE PLATINUM
      61 15 picture. Ms Hisano Hibiki and Mr Shinichi Taniyarr wei I aij israues aner meir weacimg ceremony at a Tokyo department store on Saturday. 1 he bnde was weanng a wedding dress made of platinum costing 80 million yen (S$910,000) and a 7.37-carat diamond tiara priced at
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      Lock icon N. Korea denies report of 1 million deaths
      231 15 TOKYO The North Korean official media has denied a report m a Hongkong daily that more than a million people had died of hunger m the Stalinist state. "No one doubts that the press speculation is a product of the South Korean
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      Lock icon Jong II to be officially made party boss 'on Friday'
      252 15 BEIJING North Korea's de facto ruler Kirn Jong II will be elevated formally to general secretary of the ruling Korean Workers' Party on Friday, according to a Pyongyang diplomat m Beijing. The long-awaited inauguration will fill the post left vacant
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      Lock icon China tells US to stop blocking its bid to join the WTO
      543 16 Call to end annual review of MFN status BEIJING Trade minister Wu Vi, staking out the ground ahead of a Sino-US summit this month, urged Washington yesterday to halt the annual review of China's Most Favoured Nation (MFN)
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      Lock icon TWO HANDS MAKE LIGHT WALK
      60 16 picture. pensioner Fan Xingfen, 63, walking on his hands as part of his early morning exercise routine yesieniay, wnne oiners iook on less strenuous pursuits such as dancing and stretching. Many Chinese believe that early moraine is the ideal time to engage in physical exercise
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      Lock icon Beijing raps local officials for forcing 'unhealthy' mergers
      95 16 BEIJING China yesterday blasted local officials who force healthy state-owned enterprises (SOEs) into irrational mergers with debt-strapped cousins, warn- ing that the practice was growing. A commentary m the Communist Party newspaper, People's Daily, warned that officials were pressuring profitable SOEs to
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    • EAST ASIA FILE
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        Lock icon GRAFT CHARGE
        87 16 Mr Taku Yamasaki, the chairman of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP's) Policy Research Council, said yesterday that he would come forward if summoned to Parliament over allegations that he had received a large amount of money from a scandal-tainted oil wholesaler. He was named early last month
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        Lock icon FAMILY SUICIDE
        61 16 A 54-year-old Japanese, his wife, 51, and their two sons, 28 and 24, were found dead on a woodland path m the village of Nyukawa m Gifu prefecture, central Japan, on Saturday afternoon. Police said they found a note stating that the 24--year-old son was having problems at
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        Lock icon REFUGEE HELD
        63 16 Police arrested a Chinese national m Tokyo on Saturday on suspicion of violating a law regulat- ing immigration and refugees, and also found m his possession some 100 altered South Korean 500-won (85 Singapore cents) coins. The 28-year-old was arrested m Tokyo's Toshima Ward after police received a
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        Lock icon GREEN'BUSES
        63 16 GREEN' BUSES The first group of 10 buses running on liquefied petroleum gas have been put to use m Haikou the capital of south China's island province of Hainan. The city plans to build 18 filling stations and refit 5,400 buses into envi-ronmentally-friendly ones. Haikou is the third city m
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        Lock icon FIRE KILLS 3
        57 16 ■a fire destroyed a house in Tokoname, Aichi prefecture, early yesterday, killing a family of three, Japanese police said. One of the victims of the 5.30 am blaze was identified as Mrs Mie Gonda, 72. Police said the two other victims appeared to be her husband Tokuichi,
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      Why you shouldn't judge a Taiwan official by his car
      495 18  -  Wee Kek Koon Price ceilings for central govt but not local By Audit shows: Of the 307 local officials who have cars costing more than NTS 1 million <5554,800) each, 22 actually paid more than NT$3 million each for theirs.
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      Lock icon Three Gorges power grid to cost China $11b
      298 18 BEIJING China will spend 60 billion yuan (5511.2 billion) over 10 years to build the power transmission grid to fan out from the Three Gorges dam project, a senior official was quoted yesterday as saying. Mr Zhou Xiaoqian, president of China Power
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      Lock icon Quiet property market hits HK real-estate agents in the pocket
      411 18 HONGKONG Property m the Special Administrative Region may be among the world's most expensive but re-al-estate agents are looking increasingly depressed as sales drop. "I have hardly made two deals m a month," said Mr Tommy Kwok, one of many
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      Lock icon Beijing renovates Tibetan monastery
      189 18 BEIJING Chinese authorities have completed a 26-mil-lion-yuan (Ss4.B-million) renovation of the third-largest monastery m Tibet, the official Xinhua news agency said yesterday. Over the last four years, experts and workers have reconstructed more than 11,000 sq m of buildings at the Ganden complex and used 41
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      Lock icon Taiwan media say Lien Chan will visit Europe this week
      423 19 TAIPEI Taiwan yesterday confirmed Vice-President Lien Chan would this week visit those foreign countries with which Taipei has no diplomatic ties, a move that could anger China. State television and local evening newspapers said Mr Lien was scheduled to leave
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      205 20 MANILA A Filipino travel agent has been arrested for allegedly taking 510,000 pesos (5522,500) from a couple with the promise of jobs m Britain and seats at Princess Diana's funeral, a report said yesterday. Police arrested Corazon Endozo,
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      Lock icon Four more arrested in Viet graft scandal
      107 20 HANOI Four more people, including a former bank chief, had been arrested for involvement m Vietnam's biggest corruption scandal, a report said over the weekend. Phan Thanh Chau, former director of the state-owned Industrial and Commercial Bank of Vietnam (Incombank) m Ho Chi
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      474 21  -  Luz Baguioro Cardinal and Coiy come m for criticism By m Manila PHILIPPINE First Lady Amelita Ramos has bitterly criticised former President Corazon Aquino and the head of the Roman Catholic Church here, Cardinal Jaime Sin, for mounting a "hate campaign" against her
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        57 21 Thailand will later this year inaugurate a special court to settle its intellectual property rights disputes, a report said yesterday. The court will open m Bangkok on Dec 1 to handle cases involving copyright and intellectual property violations, and to ensure businesses get full protection under the country's
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        76 21 A Japanese man working as a United Nations volunteer m Myanmar has started collecting donations to set up a boxing gym for drug addicts recovering from addiction m the capital of Yangon. Mr Shiro Mizuki, 28, is hoping to collect 5 million yen (556i!,500) to begin building
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        112 21 The number of people who have tested positive for the HIV virus m Indonesia rose 2 per cent from a month earlier to 590 last month, but the real number could be 59,000, the Antara news agency said yesterday. Twelve new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases were
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        BOAT PEOPLE BACK
        59 21 Some 42 per cent of the Vietnamese boat people who arrived m Hongkong this year have been deported from the territory before, some of them several times, the Sunday Hongkong Standard reported. It quoted government statistics showing that some 650 of the 1,554 have returned three or
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        Lock icon MILLIONS MISS SCHOOL
        48 21 About 3.6 million Filipino children do not attend school, despite free elementary and high-school education, a senator said yesterday. Criticising the government, Senator Ernesto Hen-era said the figure included 712,000 children eligible for elementary schooling and 2.6 million who should be m high school. AFP
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      Lock icon Singapore is a staunch ally, says Myanmar
      322 21 YANGON Myanmar's official press yesterday hailed Singapore as a "staunch ally" of Yangon which was leading the way m engaging the military state and investing m the country's developing economy. Bilateral ties had "deepened" m the past decade and Myanmar's entry into Asean
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      29 21 picture. Blndonesian Marines marching past the nation's military top brass med forces' 52nd anniversary celebrations at Halim airport yesterday. President Suharto presided over the event. AFP
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      Lock icon More Thais think of suicide as economic crunch worsens
      538 22 BANGKOK A growing number of depressed Thais are thinking of killing themselves as the country^ worst economic slump since World War II hits the pockets of businessmen and workers here, according to a survey published here yesterday. "Experts at the Mental
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      Lock icon Chavalit pressed to reshuffle Cabinet
      609 23 Key coalition partner wants major shake-up to win back public confidence BANGKOK A key party m the nil ing coalition m Thailand has increased pressure on Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh to undertake a major Cabinet reshuffle to improve management of the flagging economy, reports said
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      199 23 PERTH (Australia) Australia will crack down on Indonesian fishermen operating illegally m Australian waters, a Western Australian Fisheries Department chief warned yesterday. Mr Greg Finlay, departmental manager for the Kimberley region, m the far north of the state, said surveillance patrols along the vast north-west
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      61 23 picture. officials letting through a non-striking member of the staff of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT) at the head office of the country's main telecommunication firm last week. It was the second week of a strike bv 12,000 PLDT members, who were protesting
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      283 23 HONGKONG Hongkong infrastructure giant Hopewell Holdings yesterday denied its mammoth contract to build and operate a new Bangkok transport scheme had been terminated. The company said the US$3.3 billion (Sss billion) project was still on track. Hopewell chairman Sir Gordon Wu said the company
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Institute wants varsity theses to be in English
      284 24 Move to raise language standards m Malaysia It will also raise enrolment of foreign students PENANG The National Higher Education Research Institute wants the Education Ministry to give public university students the option of writing honours, masters and doctoral theses m English.
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      59 25 picture. THE turtle-shaped bun is a popular offering by Ipoh devotees for luck during the Nine Emperor Gods festival, and these bun suppliers are driving home the point. Apart from three-dimensional advertising on a car top, they are taking 50 sen (27 Singapore cents) off the regular
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      Air pollution found to impair kids' IQ
      360 25 Lower scores by children m schools near roads Lead danger Prolonged exposure to lead results m lower intelligence because it accumulates m the body and affects the nervous system. The physical, intellectual and motor skills of Malaysia's workforce 15 years from now would
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      78 25 DUNGUN A toddler was seriously injured when he fell into a pot of boiling curry at his aunt's house here. A spokesman for the Dungun Hospital said the accident occurred at 11.30 am on Saturday when the aunt, Madam Zubaidah Salleh, 44, was
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      Teacher 'got 21 girls to slap boy'
      174 25 MALACCA A Malacca teacher allegedly ordered 21 girls m his class to slap a Primary Five boy for failing to complete his mathematics homework. According to a report m the Sunday Star, the boy's father, Mr K. Ramiah, filed a police report after
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      11 bodies found in sunken cargo ship
      222 25 PORT KLANG Divers have found 11 bodies trapped inside an Indian cargo snip which sank following a collision with a tanker late last month. Maritime Rescue and Coordination Centre spokesman Nordin Mohamadin said on Saturday that divers from the Royal Malaysian Navy found
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      MCA chief backs Mahathir and hits out at foreign media
      625 27  -  Ho Wah Foon By m Kuala Lumpur *We Malaysians do not easily forget all the good things Dr Mahathir has done. As Malaysians, we do not run away when friends are in trouble. In the face of a national crisis,
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      Malaysia may turn to barter trading to stem currency outflow
      360 27 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia may suggest barter trading when importing food m an effort to reduce currency outflow. Agriculture Minister Datuk Amar Dr Sulaiman Daud said he was considering the idea of barter trading for food and had spoken to Primary
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      Shirts off a Very Important Back sold
      214 27 Mahathir's shirts net funds for Aids DATUK Suleiman Manan put down M 52,000 (Ss9Bo) on Saturday for a shirt a used one at that but considered it money well spent This is because the batik shirt was donated by Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk
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        71 27 The Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) would need 7,000 highly-skilled workers with qualifications m mathematics, science and technology m its first year of operation, said Education Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tunßazak. He said on Saturday that, based on the plans submitted by 131 companies seeking to be based m
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        Lock icon DRUG FIGHT
        81 27 lPemadam, the national association for the prevention of drugs, has called on employers in both the public and private sectors to step up action against drug abuse in the workplace. Its vice-president, Datuk Lee Lam Thye, yesterday said that a committee comprising representatives of employers and workers could
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        52 27 The government wants more medical students to specialise m psychiatry. Health Ministry Parliamentary Secretary Datuk M. Mahalingam said at the weekend that while mental-health facilities m the country were good, there was a shortage of trained per- sonnel to meet the government's target ofstationing a psychiatrist m vevery
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        53 27 rine police yesterday searched for a fisherman who fell off his boat after being struck by lightning on Saturday. A spokesman for the Langkawi Marine Police said Mr Aziman Hashim, 45, was catching shrimp with a friend off one of the islands nearby when the incident occurred just
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        63 27 VI P'S VISIT Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister Victor Chjen arrived m Kuala Lumpur yesterday for a three-day official visit. He is scheduled to meet his counterpart, Datuk Sen Anwar Ibrahim, and call on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad tomorrow. He is also scheduled to attend an international business
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        15 REWARDED
        53 27 Fifteen policemen who were involved m the arrest of a suspected serial rapist were given cash rewards at the weekend, the Sunday Star reported. The rewards, totalling M 53,000 (S$ 1,380), were given out during a ceremony at the police headquarters m Kuala Lumpur by the Chineselanguage newspaper
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      Lock icon Few Malays willing to donate their organs
      115 27 KUALA LUMPUR Only about 50 of 7,500 registered organ donors with Malaysia's National Kidney Foundation are Malays, although Islam allows organ donation and transplant. National Heart Institute chairman Tan Sri Dr Abdul Hamid Pawanteh, launching an organ-donation drive yesterday, expressed disappointment over the
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  • THE BIG HAZE
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      Lock icon Monsoon will clear haze but may cause floods
      570 29 Loss of forest cover m Indonesia will worsen flooding JAKARTA South-east Asia desperately needs rains to ease a drought and clear the haze which has been hanging over the region for weeks, but the onset of the long-delayed monsoon may bring on
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      45 29 picture. AN INDONESIAN boy making his way through the haze in Jambi on the Indonesian island of Sumatra yesterday. The country's forest fires continued to cloud the atmosphere and cast a smokey pall across most of South east Asia. Reuter
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      Lock icon Amazon ablaze with runaway fires
      408 29 And if s also happening elsewhere 'Asia is a warning to us. If we don't manage to reorientate policies towards sustainability, the same will happen to us/ Mr Eduardo Martins, president of Brazilian environmental agency Ibama. BRASILIA While the haze from burning forests continues to
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      A farmer's life ruined by forest fires
      680 31 He lost unborn child, teen sister and what was to have been a bumper rice harvest SEPrEMBER was supposed to be a happy month for Dayak farmer Eroni. His wife, Dila, was exnecting their third child and his teenage sister was to be
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      More S'poreans falling sick from the haze
      382 31  -  Elaine Lo By THE haze is taking its toll on the health of Singaporeans. The Health Ministry said the number of haze-related cases, such as sore throats and asthma, seen at the polyclinics increased during the last week of last month. Acute respiratory-tract
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      Lock icon Sarawak chief to take action on poison letters
      145 31 BAU Action would be taken against those who distribute poison-pen letters that could cause panic and chaos among the people, Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud said yesterday. He was referring to allegations contained m such letters which questioned his
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        Lock icon Boring, but little choice
        156 32 Triathlete: JONATHAN FONG (left), 17, a promising iriathlete who is hoping to make the Sydney Olympics m 2000, has been staying home, training more on the indoor bicycle and treadmill. Since he has cut down on his training outdoors, he has hit the books more, but
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        Wacky ways to beat the haze
        213 32 Deejays: JOE AUGUSTIN and Mark van Cuylenburg, irreverent radio deejays on Class 95, started a contest this week on their morning show for suggestions on wacky ways to beat the haze. Said Mr Augustin: "One man suggested that Singaporeans should tear off little cotton
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        No more regular outings for children
        248 32 Family: WORRIED for the health of their two small boys, insurance agency leader Jimmy Tan, 32, and his wife Carolyn, 31, are spending more time indoors with them instead. "We will eat m more," said Mr Tan. "My dad doesn't like eating out anyway,
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        Lock icon They swim and hang out indoors
        183 32 Friends: STUDENT Edmund Chan and his teenage friends (above) may be home-bound during the haze, but they are trying their best to keep cool and to cope. "We witl be swimming a lot more to avoid the haze because it makes us feel refreshed
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        Pubbing on weekdays
        142 32 Couple: MR GREGORY TAN, 24, a video producer, and Miss Lim Sze Huey, 20, an accounts executive, are still having fun despite the haze. "We'll continue going out watching movies and pubbing, though we'll do it during the week to avoid the weekend crowd," said Mr Tan.
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        Can't resist a game
        139 32 Golfer: BUSINESSMAN and golfing enthusiast John Lim, 51, believes m carrying on as usual as long as the PSI is below 200. He said: "I'll still be playing golf and jogging, though it's getting harder to find jogging kakis. "The other day, the Botanic Gardens was
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        Weekend respite, then work continues
        107 32 Gardeners: FOR caretakers and gardeners Mohammed Yusoff Hamzah, 62, and his wife Mislah Judik, 58, life goes on as usual, despite the haze. "Although we are not affected by the haze, we will probably stay at home this weekend," he said. "I have two shift
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      185 32 L I r I*^ i- V m l^ Our Singapore -Thailand Joint Issue on marine shells To commemorate the occasion, an exhibition will be is expected to make quite a splash at all Singapore Post held from 9to 12 October '97 at Marina Square (Level 2). branches on 9 October
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    843 33  -  Edmund Tee Sales are illegal and dangerous, authorities warn By We have censorship of pornography, or of dangerous sites like bomb making, but not for sale of medicine on the Internet. We need a way to try to control this, to alert people.'
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    224 33 THE haze enveloped the green at the Orchid Country Club, but nearly 140 enthusiasts turned up yesterday for the Mendaki charity golf tournament. They had paid between $250 and $3,000 to enter as individual players, while corporate players paid between $5,000 and $30,000. They teed off
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    Lock icon YMCA at Palmer Road to close following fee hike
    450 35  -  Pearl Lee By AFTER 42 years, the Metropolitan YMCA International Centre at Palmer Road will close at the end of this year. This follows an increase of its monthly temporary occupation licence (TOL) fee from $10,000 to $81,000. According to the
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      CHEATS FOILED
      197 35 couple tried to buy $4,000 worth of jewellery with a stolen credit card, but they were foiled when quick- thinking staff from the shop called up the bank to check. At about 8.45 pm on Sept 25, the couple walked into Lee Hua Goldsmith at Bishan Junction 8.
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      NEW DIRECTORY
      99 35 new electronic road directory of Singapore has hit the market. Called the RoadPilot-PT.itis designed for use in a palmtop computer, unlike other electronic road directories here, which are CD-ROMs meant for personal or notebook computers. The$78RoadPilot-PT is found on a computer diskette, which users insert into a palmtop.
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      MORE HAJ VISAS?
      93 35 Increase the number of Muslims m Singapore who are allowed to go on the haj from 3,000 to 5,000. Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Abdullah Tarmugi said this at the Community Chest Awards presentation ceremony last Thursday, where he gave out 286 awards to those who had made
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      $16,000 STOLEN
      87 35 corrtractorlefthTsvanto buy food and returned about five minutes later to find the $16,000 he had kept under the driver's seat stolen. MrAndyFoo, 44, parked his van at the carpark of Whampoa Food Centre, at Whampoa Drive, during lunchtime last Thursday. When he returned, he found the window nearer
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    S'pore-designed logo to be WTO's official emblem
    242 35 WTO OMC A LOCAL designer's brushwork has been chosen to be the World Trade Organisation's official emblem. The clean lines of six stylised arcs, created by designer Su Yeang to symbolise the role and values of the WTO, will be launched as the
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    457 36  -  Wong Chee Meng By STUDENTS who want to help zookeepers with the animals will have to get their hands dirty, a zoc spokesman said. But it will be a rewarding experience, like other forms of community work, said Singapore Zoological Gardens' assistant manager for
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      Systems analysis grad does wife proud
      261 36 ACCOUNTANT Yap Boon Hong, 27, often felt awful about making his wife pay for all their movie and dinner outings during the past 10 months. He took no-pay leave to do his postgraduate studies at the Institute cf Systems Science (ISS), and did her
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      Afflicted friend gave a human face to her study
      295 36 SHE recalled her two weeks posting at Woodbridge Hospital as traumatic. Medical student Hoe Wan Sin, 23, had a schizophrenic friend warded there. She said: "It was distressing to see someone m the prime of his life, just as I am,
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      Lock icon Winners again in management game
      184 36 IT WAS the second time m two years that Mr Eugene Quek's team had come up tops, but all he wanted to do after his victory was to rest. He led the team of four workers from Asahi Glass Company Ltd to clinch the top
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    Doctors use fine needles to check cancerous lumps
    482 37  -  Lea Wee By MORE doctors here are turning to the use of a fine needle to find out if a lump on a patient is cancerous or not. Called Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) biopsy, the technique uses a very fine needle to
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    121 37 IT CREATED a bit of a flutter at the Swiss School a 12--metre-high wind sculpture (left) designed by well-known Swiss artist Van Pestalozzi. It was given to the school by Mr Pestalozzi to celebrate its 30th year and to mark its
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    Lock icon Families go treasure-hunting on Nature Day
    341 38 BRANDON Seah, 10, and his sister Brenda, four, spent yesterday morning at Fort Canning Park scouring trees, shrubs and dirt tracks for natural "treasures". They had to look for plants such as the African tulip and the fishtail palm as part of a hunt
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    Call to make roads safer for elderly pedestrians
    541 38  -  Braema Mathi By *My doctor said I have a heart problem and cannot climb up any stairs. Yet there are so many overhead bridges. Which old person is going to use them? Madam Tay Chee Hoon, 67, a day-care resident at the
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    SAF exercise in Australia
    115 38 SAF exercise in Australia ABOUT 2,400 Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) personnel are m Australia to take part m a 45-day armour exercise, codenamed Ex Wallaroo. This is being held from Oct 1 to Nov 14 at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area m the state of Queensland. SAF troops will practise
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    529 39 A NEW liver can mean a new life for 42-year-old Koh Teck Boon. The drawback is he has to wait. The father of three, who suffers from Hepatitis B cirrhosis, has been waiting since May and has little idea how much longer he
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  • COMMENT / ANALYSIS
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        Lessons of currency crisis
        654 40 IF THE borderless economy is the trademark of regionalisation and globalisation, economic woes can be similarly borderless. The crisis that began with the problems of the Thai bant has enveloped several other South-east Asian economies, notably Malaysia's. The state of its stock and currency markets has
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      Hashimoto in hot soup
      1148 40  -  Kwan Weng Kin Credibility bruised badly by bad decisions; public backing plunges By Japan Correspondent WRONG CHOICE: His mistake was m choosing Mr Koko Sato, who was convicted of receiving a two million yen (5525,000) bribe m the Lockheed payoff scandal, to a Cabinet position m
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      Will film-star charm win Estrada the presidency?
      1082 40  -  Seth Mydans By New York Times MR SEX APPEAL ON: -government 'Why do we pass all these laws when nobody follows them?' Mr Estrada, asking the Senate chamber once. Overweight, mustachioed, with a slick Elvis Presley hairdo and a cigarette m his hand,
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        HK must help China
        135 41 From an editorial m Hongkong's Ming Pao Daily News, an independent paper: Thick haze from forest fires m Indonesia has choked neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore. This shows that pollution recognises no border and we can no longer turn a blind eye to the global ecological crisis.
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        Take 'green' issues seriously
        146 41 From an editorial m Berita Harian Malaysia, a Ma-lay-language daily published from Kuala Lumpur: We regard the recent call to speed up court proceedings for offences committed under the 1974 Environment Quality Act as a positive development. The move serves to demonstrate tne urgent need for
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        Watch tree-felling
        229 41 From an editorial m the Bangkok Post: Offer a monkey a banana and a precious stone and our primate cousin will take the fruit without hesitation and gobble it down m great delight. It cannot and never will understand the value we humans place on the stone. Likewise,
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        Say 'no' to bribery
        125 41 From a commentary m People' Daily, the Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper: "No slap falls on a smiling face", says an old Chinese saving. Thus, a person who intends to bribe often puts on a smiling face, making it hard for the other party to say
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        When longevity is a problem
        124 41 From a commentary m the Hongkong Economic Journal, a leading business dairy: The current threat facing Japan is not a war m the region, but a greying population. The number of centenarians m the country has grown to 8,500. The average lifespan of the Japanese
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        Living up to pledge
        108 41 From a letter m United Daily News, a mass-circula-tion and pro-unification daily m Taiwan: Taiwanese who find no avenues to express their problems and complaints usually end up writing to the press. Unfortunately, they hardly ever get a response from the authorities. I would like to
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        Cut down air disasters
        251 41 From an editorial m Suara Karya, an Indonesian language daily published from Jakarta: We were jolted by reports of the crash of the Garuda Indonesia Airbus A-300 B 4 on its flight from Jakarta to Medan. All 234 passengers and crew perished. This was the 14th
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      Were Mahathir's words so outrageous?
      1032 41  -  Tan Sai Siong BY THE WAY By IS WHAT Dr Datuk Sen Mahathir Mohamad said m recent weeks about the need to curb speculative trading m currencies such outrageous heresy? One would think so by the way the Malaysian ringgit has been whacked m currency
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      Tax relief: Women can't have it both ways
      368 42 Generally, if the husband is expected to be the main provider, he will need, on the whole, more tax relief than his wife. This is not negative discrimination against women but positive discrimination to help men discharge the role their wives expect
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      Parking fines ruling sets dangerous precedent
      115 42 Parking fines ruling sets dangerous precedent IF A correlation between parking fines and the withholding of one's home ownership is allowed, a dangerous precedent is being set and the correlation of a punishment unconnected with the offence can be used as a threat in the future. Even the Housing Board
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      It took 48 days to get reply from HDB
      90 42 ONE may have to wait for more than the usual time after contacting HDB. I am not talking about getting a flat allotted after applylg This is just about getting a 2&iftX2 DB t0 a SimF>le Haying become a Singapore citizen
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      Ban use of cars if haze index gets too high
      226 42 IN RECENT issues of The Straits Times, we have been reading about the smog m Mexico and Paris (ST, Oct 2), and the resulting ban on the non-essential use of private cars. In "Masks for workers when haze index hits
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      Five banned netballers contributed much towards the sport in S'pore
      131 42 THE episode relating to the resignation of the five national netball players and their eventual ban by Netball Singapore is somewhat troubling. More than one sports association is haying serious problems of discipline with its players and athletes. Has this
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      190 42 SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF COMMERCE The Academy of International Management This course provides the background needed to undertake studies m International Management. WHO IS ELIGIBLE It is meant for those who have not previously studied management or business administration. You must be at least 18 years of age with 3 GCE
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      Lock icon Thais victorious but Whitbread unimpressed
      645 43 Santokh Singh reports on the opening day of the SEA Games soccer competition m Jakarta Indonesia wins opener HOST Indonesia opened its 19th South-east Asia Games campaign on a winning note when its soccer team thrashed Laos 5-2 in their Group B clash at Senayan
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      Lock icon Haze and bribes could wreck football tourney, says Velappan
      180 43 JAKARTA Asian football supremo Peter Velappan has warned that haze and bribes could wreck the South-east Asia Games football tournament here. "The organising committee should monitor the air pollution index and warn the participating teams immediately if the haze reaches an
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      Zarinah out of Jakarta Games team?
      452 43  -  Thomas Koh BADMINTON By It's very disappointing to find out from others that Fve been dropped. Everyone is saying that I am out, but Fve yet to receive an official letter/ Zarinah THE Singapore badminton team leaves for the Jakarta South-east Asia Games m
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      Lock icon Pressure's on Singapore coach
      611 43 HIS hair has turned grey over the past two years and it will probably get worse over the next week Dut national soccer coach Barry Whitbread is now used to it. As the Lions go into their opening South-east Asia Games match against Myanmar tomorrow, the
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      GAMES SNIPPETS
      135 43 Five-star hotel for participants FIVE-STAR accommodation is what Singapore's athletes will get when they arrive m Jakarta for the SEA Games. The 40-storey, 1,008-room Hotel Mulia Senayan, which will house all the athletes from Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, the Philippines and Singapore, is similar to the likes of Shangri-La
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      481 43 m ATWI PTirc MinLtiiLb Kosice Marathon Men: 1 Thar Chaldi (Mor) 2hr 16 mm 22sec 2 Andrzej Krzyscin (Pol) 2:16:28 3 Bruno Santachiara (Ita) 2:17.09. Women: 1 Violetta Uryga (Pol) 2:38:56 2 Viktoria Silonina (Rus) 2:41:21 3 Dana Hajna (Czech) 2:45:50. BAoc-n*! BASEBALLB Major League playoffs American
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      Lock icon Lewis stuns challenger Golota in 95 seconds
      201 44 BOXING ATLANTIC CITY (New Jersey) Britain's Lennox Lewis stopped Poland's Andrew Golota m 95 seconds, the sixth-quickest stoppage m heavyweight history, to keep the World Boxing Council title on Saturday. Lewis rose to 32-1 by winning here while Golota suffered his third consecutive
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      Lock icon Criville wins after Doohan crashes
      194 44 MOTORCYCLING PHILLIP ISLAND (Australia) World champion Michael Doohan ended a recordbreaking season with his worst performance of the year after crashing his Honda at high speed m the 500 cc Australian Grand Prix yesterday. The Australian's rare mistake, which came while he was comfortably leading
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      Hot Rios no longer a walking time-bomb
      573 44 1 used to get really pissed when things are not going right. But as you get older, you learn that sometimes even when you don't play well, you still have to try to win/ Marcelo Rios (above). LOOKING relaxed and eveiy inch the
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      Lock icon The King and I rule the day on court
      506 44  -  Shirlynn Ho-Pereira Chan Tse Chueen previews the Heineken Open tennis championships By WHEN my partner hit a bad shot, I was going to turn round and give him a piece of my mind or so I had planned. But Michael Chang
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      Lock icon France clings on to lead in Federation Cup
      267 44 DEN BOSCH (Holland) Hard-hit ting Brenda Schultz-McCarthy revived Dutch Federation Cup final hopes by coming back from behind to beat France's leading player Mary Pierce 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 m the first reverse singles yesterday. The French, who were enjoying a comfortable 2-0
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      Courier brings Beijing victory to Singapore
      288 44 HEINEKEN Open-bound Jim Courier begins his bid for the Singapore title on a high note with yesterday's 7-6 (12-10), 3-6, 6-3 win over Swede Magnus Gustafsson m the Beijing Open final. His Beijing crown brings his tally of Asian titles to four. Among active
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      Lock icon Langer to the fore with a 60
      335 45 GERMAN MASTERS BERLIN Bernhard Langer fired one of the finest rounds m European Tour golf history, a 12-under-par 60, as he built a seven-shot lead m the third round of the German Masters at Motzener See on Saturday. The German left his opponents
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      Lock icon Bayern keeps up pressure
      373 45 SOCCER European Round-up BONN Bayern Munich kept the pressure on leader Kaiserslautern by winning 3-2 at VfL Bochum while European champion Borussia Dortmund slumped to a worrying 1-3 defeat at Arminia Bielefeld m the German First Division on Saturday. Bayern was indebted to German midfielder Mario
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      Lock icon Spartak president accuses Uefa of bias
      249 45 MOSCOW Spartak Moscow president Oleg Romantsev has accused some officials m Uefa, European soccer's governing body, of bias against Russian clubs. Romantsev, who is also chief coach, lashed out at last Friday's decision by Uefa's control and disciplinary committee to replay Spartak's first-round second-leg
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      Lock icon Draw, so Japanese coach gets the boot
      176 45 TOKYO Japan yesterday sacked its national soccer team coach Shu Kamo after Saturday's disappointing 1-1 World Cup qualifier draw with Kazakhstan, officials said. Football Association of Japan officials made the decision after the match m Almaty, with Japan's hopes for its first World
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      Lock icon From near-disaster to ecstasy
      810 45 S. Murali reports on the Yokohama Singapore PGA Championshi Prayad avoids water at last hole to bag $50,000 top prize GOLF HOW THEY FARED 277 Prayad Marksaeng (Thai) 71 71 65 70 278 Kasiadi (Indon) 69 69 71 69 279 Eric Meeks (US) 72 69 67
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      Thais proving to be big hits
      235 45 THE victory of Prayad Marksaengat the Yokohama Singapore PGA Championship yesterday proved yet again that players from Thailand seem more adept at winning on the Omega Tour than others from the South-east Asia region. With victory, Prayad became the second Thai to win on
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      S'pore duo miss out
      53 45 SINGAPORE missed the chance to qualify for the World Cup of Golf by one stroke m Jamaica yesterday. Mardan Mamat carded a one-over-par 73 while Samson Gimson shot a 74, but their eight-over, three-round total of 440 left them m 13th position. They missed the play-off
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      89 44 COURT 1 12 noon: Richey Reneberg (US) v Grant Stafford (SA) followed by Marcus Ondruska (SA) vs Renzo Furlan (Ita), Michael Tebbutt/Peter Trammachi (Aust) v Nicolas Kiefer/Alex Radulescu (Ger), Jiri Novak (Svk) v Niklas Kulti (Swe). COURT 2 12 noon: Kiefer (Ger) v Scott Draper (Aust) followed by Gianluca Pozzi
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      152 45 Course Objectives: The progamme is designed for the junior and supervisory staff of printing companies and school leavers who aim to pursue a career m the printing industry. The Certificate m Print Management course will equip participants with the basic skills m print technology coupled with an introduction to basic
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      105 45 CAN'T YOU FEEL SOMETHING SPECUL COMING A Sometimes you can feel a good thing coming up. You'll recognise it when you see it. For these times we've I^^! created a special beer. Carlsberg Special Brew. This brew was created m 1951 to commemorate li Sir Winston Churchill's visit to Denmark.
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      Lock icon Hoddle smiling as players shine
      719 46 English stars on song before Saturday's vital World Cup qualifier m Rome ENGLISH SOCCER LONDON England coach Glenn Hoddle nut only breathed a sigh of relief but was all smiles as his players shone m Britain's top soccer leagues. Manchester United's seven England stars emerged
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      TABLE
      156 46 P W D L F A Pts. Arsenal 10 6 4 027 10 22 Man United 10 6 3 1 14 4 21 Blackburn 10 5 4 120 9 19 Leicester 9 5 3 1 13 6 18 Chelsea 8 5 1 222 10 16 Newcastle 7 5 0
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      MATCH STATS
      84 46 Arsenal 5 (Bergkamp 25th mm, 32nd, Parlour 45th, Platt 63rd, Wright 76th) Barnsley 0. Crowd: 38,049. Bolton 0 Aston Villa 1 (Milosevic 12th). 24,186. Coventry 0 Leeds 0. 17,770. Manchester United 2 (Sheringham 17th, Hreidars son 29th 0.g.) Crystal Palace 0. 55,143. Newcastle 1 (Barton 89th) Tottenham 0.
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      TOP SCORERS
      46 46 Leading Premiership scorers: 10 Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal) 9 Chris Sutton (Blackburn), lan Wright (Arsenal) 7 Benito Carbone (Sheffield Wednesday) 6 Kevin Gallaeher (Blackburn) 5 John Hartson (West Ham), Rod Wallace (Leeds) 4 Francesco Baiano (Derby), Dion Dublin (Coventry), Gianluca Vialli (Chelsea), Kevin Davies (Southampton).
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      Lock icon Bergkamp keeps banging goals in for Gunners
      412 46 LONDON Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is a down-to-earth straight talker, not prone to rash judgments or the type of hyperbole football managers usually indulge m. If you spent five minutes m the Frenchman's company and did not know what his job was, you
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      Lock icon Toilet trip made Ferdinand, Fox late
      131 46 NEWCASTLE Tottenham Hotspur started the second half of its English Premiership soccer match at Newcastle United on Saturday with only nine players after strikers Les Ferdinand and Ruel Fox were stuck m the toilet when the referee restarted the game. The pair ran out
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      It's one-two for Eres Tu in 2nd leg of series
      439 46  -  Malcolm Bastians XL ROUND-UP By IT WAS a stable queue-up m the Msloo,ooo ($44,500) WUayah Silver Bowl at Kuala Lumpur yesterday as Eres Tuowned El Caballero, with Azhar Ismail astride and Ouzo, partnered by Grant Davison, finished one-two respectively. The
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      Lock icon Doubtful starter Pasternak turns winner
      137 46 ENGLISH RACING LONDON Pasternak landed a tub-thumping gamble and gave his trainer Sir Mark Prescott a remarkable bigrace one-two when beating his stablemate Rudimental m the Cambridgeshire Handicap at Newmarket on Saturday. The lightly-raced four-year-old, thought to be a doubtful runner throughout the week due
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      Lock icon Dettori warms up with a hat-trick
      258 46 FRENCH RACING PARIS Frankie Dettori warmed up for the Prix de I'Arc de Triomphe scoring a hat-trick at Longchamp on Saturday and learnt that there was some doubt about his mount m Sunday's Arc classic. Swain, fifth favourite at around 10-1, has a small
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      YESTERDAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RACE RESULTS
      916 46 RACEI CLASS 4 DIV 6 1,200 3 PRIVATE BUSINESSS6.S(II-7) Loh (2) 8 7 1 -2 BRIGHT PROSPECT 1156 5(38-17) SHOh (3) 4 4 2 5 DR TORNADO 55.5 (82-19) Au (1) 3 2 3 Others m finishing order: Euclid (201-41) Cropp. Triumphant Ac* (161-36) M
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      EXCERPTS FROM SELANGOR TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS' REPORT
      1081 46 RACE 1: Triumphant Ace jumped awkwardly striking the outside gate. American Rocket jumped awkwardly, shifted ground and carried Pal Tini m onto Power Of War, who shifted ground contacting Return To Glory. Approaching and rounding the home turn, Bright Prospect II was
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      33 46 FOUR-DIGIT DRAW Oct 5 1997 FIRST 0202 SECOND* 1848 THIRD 2257 STARTERS 4882 7867 9922 3389 9776 9081 5603 4173 9923 5465 CONSOLATIONS 1991 0026 6145 5639 3751 7660 2409 2369 9261 9258
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      320 47 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths SIM MUI SIANG Age: 39 passed away peacefully on Oct 4 '97, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Sim Swee Leong Son: Joshua Sim Renhe Brothers: Peter Sim Jui Heang Sim Jui Pheng Sim Jui Kwang Sister: Sim Mvi Hoon Brothers-in-law: Sim Swee Khoon, Simon
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      116 47 852 Acknowledgements 852 Acknowledgements The Family off The Late TEO THIAN SAW Departed 2/10/97 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, colleagues and friends for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to East Shore Hospital Medical Centre and
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      67 47 858 Requiems 858 Requiems ATHMA SHANTI POOJA I 1st Year ANBH ALAKAN s/o RAMASAMY Departed 18.9.96 \thma Shanti prayer will be held at Sri Sivan Temple, 24, Geylang East Aye. 2, it 7pm on 7th October 97. rhe family wishes to invite all relatives md friends to attend the prayers.
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      92 47 852 Acknowledgements 852 Acknowledgements i The family of the late CHUA SIEW NOY Departed on 29th September 1997 wishes to express their heartfelt appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their prayers, attandance, condolences, wreaths and kind donations during their recent I bereavement. BHHIB_S_SB_SMS_HBVBWHHBB_SBB__SBSB_H_fI fTh^aroii^Tth^at^l JOSEPH LONG KWEE WAH
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      37 47 TAY CHAI HOCK Departed: 3rd Oct 97 Sadly missed and always remembered by: Sister: Tay Beng Choo Brother-in-law: Dr. Wellington Tan ■mn Amabel, Benita, Verena from Now Zealand Rest in peace forever my dear brother
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      48 47 In Loving Memory Of SHUM KHAI YIP Departed 6 October 1996 Words are few, Thoughts are deep, Memories of you. Dearest we'll always keep. Fondly missed dearly cherished By Wife Mary, Sons Gerald Gabriel Parents. Brothers, Brothers-in law Sisters, Sirters-in law, _Neghew, Nieces Loved ones
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      647 48  -  JEAN CHIA UNCERTAINTY m the regional currency markets is fikely to continue to plague the Singapore bourse this week, brokers said. As the Malaysian ringgil and Indonesian rupiah plumbed new lows last week, concern that the weaker currencies could put a
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      1314 48 OVERSEAS MARKETS WEEKLY ROUNDUP THE Hongkong stock exchange is expected to remain quiet early this week ahead of chief executive Tung Cheehwa's maiden policy address, analysts said last Friday. "The market will continue to be traded m quiet sessions as investors
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      418 48 FOCUS ON NEW YORK STOCKS posted solid gains last week, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average back above 8,000 as traders delighted m a strong bond market and a new multi-bil-lion dollar buyout offer for MCI. The Dow industrials rose 116.4 points (1.47
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        45 48 THE greenback finally moved up against the Sing dollar last week amid more uncertainties m the regional currencies. The rise ofthe greenback has only just begun. The greenback could test the 1.6000 level this week after closing last Friday at 1.5423.
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        50 48 THE ringgit plunged against the Sing unit last week after Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's comments unnerved the markets. At one point last Wednesday, the ringgit fell as low as 43.55. But it managed to claw back some ground to close last Friday at 46.00.
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        36 48 Yen may firm slightly EVEN though the yen fell against the major currencies, it was steady against the weakened Sing dollar last week. It closed unchanged at 1.2637 last Friday and could firm slightly this week.
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        28 48 STERLING rose last week after the government denied reports that Britain would enter the EMU soon. It closed up at 2.4756 last Friday.
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        35 48 THE Aussie dollar rose against the Sine dollar last week as hopes oflower Aussie interest rates began to wane. The Aussie rose to 1.1246 last Friday and further gains are expected.
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      358 49 ROME The Italian government, shrugging off political tensions, said on Saturday it would put its remaining Telecom Italia stake on the market later this month m the biggest such operation m Europe. Treasury director-general Mario Draghi told reporters that 32.8 per cent
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      76 49 SHOPPERS making calls from a newly installed public phone booth at a shopping mall m downtown Beijing yesterday. China's telecoms sector registered a 33 per cent jump m traffic turnover to 111 billion yuan (Ss2l billion) m the first eight months of the year, while business revenues
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      301 49 HANOI Toyota will begin full production at its joint-ven-ture vehicle assembly plant m Vietnam today, a Toyota executive said. Toyota Motors Vietnam (TMV) is a US$49 million (Ss7s million) joint venture between Japan's Toyota Motor Corp, Kuo (Asia) Pte Ltd of Singapore
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      326 49 JACKSON (Mississippi) World Com Inc has taken its U5533.9 billion (5551.9 billion) offer to buy MCI Communications Corp to some MCI shareholders to convince them its bid is superior to an offer from British Telecom (BT). World Com chief executive Bernard Ebbers and other
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      534 49 Authorities' co-operation Svill ensure smooth float' It will also enhance the Hongkong market, making it a more popular destination for international listings.' Mr Percy Au-y oung of DBS Securities. HONGKONG China Telecom (Hongkong) is set to shake the share market this week
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        91 49 Mr Eisuke Sakakibara. Vice-Finance Minister for International Affairs, said long-term yields on Japanese government bonds are "crazy" and warned buyers would "get hurt". The yield on the Japanese benchmark No. 182 government bond, maturing m September 2005, fell to a record low 1.745 per cent on Friday,
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        113 49 Mr Bill Harrison, who has resigned as chief executive of Barclays' investment banking arm BZW, is to receive a payoff of more than £5 million (5512.4 million), The Guardian newspaper reported m London on Saturday. Mr Harrison, known as "Attilla the Brum", announced his resignation on Friday
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        69 49 Approved investment projects m the Philippines for the first nine months of this year amounted to 499.6 billion pesos (5523.7 billion), a surge of 415 percent from the same period last year, official statistics showed yesterday. Domestic investors accounted for 70 per cent of the total 165.1
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      251 50  - Manila moots reimposing volatility band for peso Luz Baguioro By m Manila CENTRAL bank governor Gabriel Singson said he supported moves to reimpose a volatility band m peso trading to avert steep drops against the US dollar. Bankers' Association of the Philippines president Deogracias Vistan last week said bankers favoured
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      868 50  -  William Choong South-east Asian stock and currency markets are now into their fourth month of unprecedented turbulence. This is the first m a weekly series explaining significant issues connected to the crisis. By CURRENCY speculators from banks and dealers
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      440 50  -  Anthony Rowley By m Tokyo JAPANESE manufacturers with operations m Malaysia and other Asean countries are "suffering" from having to service US-dollar or yen-denomi-nated debts m heavily depreciated local currencies, a senior Japanese trade official said on Thursday. Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro)
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      863 50 Singapore group In Tvr*injifl hospital venture A Singapore healthcare company, founded by former Mount Elizabeth Hospital executives, has teamed up with a Philippine consortium to build a hospital and medical centre m Manila. Pgl Gal* SallSS get Motor distributors, A YYHttVi c Cycle Carriage, ••IWISII are giving sweeteners J to
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      1007 51  -  Ravi Velloor By ORACLE Singapore managing director Loke Soon Choo can talk endlessly about software and the world of computing. Alternatively, he can keep you engaged for hours on the subject ofbeer. That is not surprising given that he took charge
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      Westmont Bank seeks partner to survive
      310 51  -  Luz Baguioro By m Manila WESTMONT Bank hopes to forge a strategic partnership with either an Asian or US bank to help it survive increasingly tough competition, bank president Edgardo Espiritu said over the weekend. The proposed alliance would help Westmont realise its ambition
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      Electronics sector recommendation downgraded to underweight
      889 51  -  Jean Chia Compiled by SHARE prices of electronics stocks already reflect fully the expected recovery m the electronics sector, says ING-Bar-ings Securities. "We are downgrading our sector recommendation from neutral to underweight as we believe that recovery prospects m the fourth quarter of 199?
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      Rafiq's appeal in Jumabhoy case may be heard next year
      381 51  -  Narendra Aggarwal By FORMER Scotts Holdings chief Rafiq Jumabhoy's appeal against the High Court ruling declaring his 100 million share option invalid, is now likely to be heard only next year. This is because his grandfather, Mr Rajabali, the patriarch
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      128 51 THE Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said total container throughput m August was 1.236 million TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Units), down marginally from 1.251 million m July. Total cargo tonnage moved through Singapore fell to 26.746 million tonnes from 28.4 million, the MPA said. The
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      53 52 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents Transmarco 1000 110 9 9 OUE 535 95 15.1 Alcom 100 94 48.5 PerhsPiant 322 92 22 2 Venture MWt99 500 85 14 5 GELife 1500 70 4 5 C&C 865 65 7.0 Venture Mfg2sc 645 65 9 2 Sembawang Corp 645 55 7 9 SlAForeign
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      634 52  -  Tammy Tan By THE introduction of cheaper phone-to-phone Internet calls is likely to eat into the revenues of Singapore Telecom's international direct dialling (IDD) service and those of callback operators. Phone-to-phone Internet calls which can now be offered to Singaporeans as iong
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      AEA plans to list in two to three years
      388 52  -  Yeow Pei Lin By WITH operations m more than 22 countries, and plans to double this m two to three years, medical emergency assistance group AEA International is considering a listing here to fund its expansion. "We are gearing up for
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      569 52  -  William Choong By WITH regional currencies falling like nine pins, several economists have decided to stop making exchange rate forecasts altogether. And among those who still did, their forecasts were so diverse that one wonders if they were talking about the same currency.
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        2447 2 Saving for rainy day never my motto TOE PICTURE ACCORDING TO JOHN CAPTAIN FANTASTIC JUST SOMEONE HIS MOTHER MIGHT KNOW FANTASTIC, HIS TOP 40 RECORD THIS was compiled by Billboard magazine from the book Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits 1. Can You Feel The Love Tonight (1994) 2. That's What
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      451 4  -  SELINA LUM Cold Storage offers a telephone and Internet-based shopping so that, for a $5 delivery fee, you can order groceries from home. But other shops are holding their own with personalised service. BY THE time Mrs Lilian Seah returns home from work, the provision
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      41 4 picture Devout Hindus with shaven heads standing waist-deep in holy water in Bombay last week to pray for the dead. Many Hindus across India observed religious rituals in order that the dead might rest in peace. Reuter
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      492 4 THE personal touch is what keeps customers coming back. Provision shops may not offer the huge variety of items that supermarkets hav^e but, to customers, they are like old mends. For instance, Madam S. H. Tan, a piano teacher m her 50s,
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      317 4 WHEN Mr Eric Dunkelberg, 27, finished his MBA at Emory University early this year, he chose among nine iob offers. Almost all included a signing bonus. Mr Mike Kanarios, 27, received three job offers with signing bonuses while finishing his MBA at Duke University.
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      Her image may not make waves but she always tests new waters
      965 5  -  WONG AH YOKE In her 21-year career, despite being derided by some as a balladeer, Tracy Huang has outlasted just about everyone else m the Chinese pop scene 'In the past, producers wouldn't let me try anything too
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      299 5 AUTHOR Andrew Morton on Friday defended his decision to publish Princess Diana's account of her marriage breakup and said it would help her sons to understand their mother. He said that he thought Princess Diana would have been perfectly happy with his decision
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      385 6  -  TEO PAU LIN ROBERTSON QUAY was transformed into Singapore's very first arts market on Saturday. But while it was not Melbourne's Sunday Market or Paris's Montmartre, the event, called Artsperience, was a spirited step m taking art directly to the public. Two
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        657 7  - Regular upgrading makes him a class act MAFOOT SIMON Before retraining became a buzzword, Malay teachers had long been through all the training processes. TEACHER Ahmad Burok shoots from the hip. "I am the only one from TUOS to get to be a VP," he said with a twinkle m
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        421 7 Malay Sayings AS IN all societies, class distinction exists m the Malay community. This is not something new but has existed since the days of the Malay Sultanate. Hence, the many films with the theme on two star-crossed lovers from different backgrounds.
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        237 7 MALAY teachers had done quite well over the years through various training and retraining programmes, said the Minister incharge of Muslim Affairs, Mr Abdullah Tar mugi. Speaking fit the Singapore Malay Teachers' Union 50th anniversary dinner on Sept 26, Mr Abdullah, who
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        301 7 China welcomes foreign teachers PROMPTED by growing curiosity and interest, more and more foreigners are going to China, seizing opportunities to work and learn. In the next three years, 2,000 people from English-speaking countries are expected to teach there through the English Language Institute China. The State Bureau of Foreign
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