The Straits Times, 31 May 1998

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    25 1 The Sunday Times May 31, 1998 86 Pages m four parts, including Sunday Plus MITA (P) 1 13/12/97 A Singapore Press Holdings publication OO cents
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    Lock icon KL: Dip in GDP adds to fears
    375 1  - KL: Dip in GDP adds to fears BRENDAN PEREIRA Malaysia's economy contracts by 1.8% m first quarter. Review of 1998 projection likely m July By] IN KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA'S economy shrank faster than predicted m the first three months of the year, adding to concerns that a recession is imminent.
    RAYMOND LEE  -  375 words
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    COURAGE UNDER FIRE
    57 1 S AF officers Lieutenant-Colonel Lo Yong Poo (left) and Captain (NS) Kok Yin Khong disregarded their own safety to help colleagues m danger while serving m international peacekeeping missions. Yesterday, the two true action heroes each received the SAF Medal for Distinguished Act from Deputy Prime Minister
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    Lock icon IMF to ease reform deadlines
    364 1 IMF to ease reform deadlines INDONESIA'S ECONOMY JAKARTA The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has decided to ease the deadlines agreed by Indonesia m implementing its wide-rang-ing economic reform programme, IMF Asia Pacific director Hubert Neiss said yesterday. "When it does not make sense to stick with certain deadlines, we have
    AFP; Reuter  -  364 words
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      352 1 lIABIBIE^S INDONESIA: Wi/Z business as usual mean the same old business? pages 36-37 t I ri99 «l fc fc H_^_B_H___E^_^_l^_^_9 I w l^ ss^-^! PPI ___J 3 n > *r_BP7i^^i 5 ta_w.° h l^^l i7i !'SW v s u_3a I s j iHi I *4S Xp*_*- *"3 W S —•'•toy*
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  • PRIME NEWS
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      More ask MOM to help find work
      512 2  - More ask MOM to help find work WALTER FERNANDEZ Compared to last year, the figure has more than doubled. But the ministry has fewer jobs available and these do not match the job seekers' abilities Hu 'Tiie job bank used to have slightly more than 1,000 vacancies at any one
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      Hype not helping Godzilla
      273 2 Hype FEARSOME movie-mon-ster Godzilla, virtually unstoppable on screen, is being humbled by its real-life audiences, reports Bloombe 7" *v it a >v In the United States, the fum clawed m just U5555.5 million (5591.5 million) m its debut weekend after a record-setting showing m more than
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      An official 'sorry' for a fine mess
      477 2  -  JASBIR SINGH LJMSfcNtiJIN BROTHERS FALL OUT OVER MIX-UP By. ana THIS hne mess had all the makings of a successful television sitcom. It began with a mistake, was compounded by an understandable error and blew up into a full-scale misunderstanding that led to
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      Lock icon Pakistan detonates sixth nuclear device
      580 3 The country said that the latest blast completed its current series of tests. It revealed for the first time that nuclear weapons had been tried out ISLAMABAD Pakistan shrugged off international condemnation for its first five nuclear tests on Thursday and detonated one more device
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      Lock icon US$1m for a namelikethis?
      190 3 WASHINGTON When Coopers Lybrand and Price Waterhouse the world's fourth- and sixthlargest accounting firms decided to merge, someone had to figure out what to call the new combination. On Friday, the firms announced theywoulddoit- likethis. So, say hello to PriceWaterhouseCoopers. The companies paid an undisclosed amount
      The Washington Post  -  190 words
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      Lock icon FIGURE THIS OUT
      118 3 Horror, hesitation and boredom were just some of the expressions that flitted over the faces of the 11 -year-olds sitting for the annual Singapore Mathematical Olympiad for Primary Schools yesterday. For 2 3 A hours, more than 3,500 children, from places as far flung as Australia, China,
      NG CHEE BENG  -  118 words
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      Lock icon Blood bank's Cup draw
      67 3 Cup BORDEAUX (France) Accepting that it cannot compete with World Cup football, the Bordeaux blood bank has decided to instal TV sets m its 25 centres, to keep donors coming. With hundreds of thousands of fans m France for the monthlong championship beginning on June 10,
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      470 2 INSIDE World 4-14 People 14 East Asia... 15, 16, 17 Indonesia In Transition 18, 19, 20 S-EAsia 21 M.ilavsia 22,23 Weather 27 Home 24-33 Money 34,35 Review 36-41 Currency 34 Editorial 39 Sports 43-50 Racing 44 PLUS 1. 1 _B_ 1 More people are keeping pets now Pages 2, 4-6
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  • WORLD
    • PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR TESTS
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        Pakistan's N-scientist is wanted man
        392 4 Father of state's nuclear programme was sentenced m absentia to four Sears' jail for stealing secrets from utch uranium plant THE N-MAN: Controversial to sell nuclear-weap-on blueprints to Iraq. He supervises Pakistan's secret nucle-ar-research centre. He is said to own at least 1 1 homes
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        Lock icon Twice the power of Hiroshima
        351 4 Twice the power of Hiroshima NO HYDROGEN BOMB, BUT... ISLAMABAD Pakistan detonated five boosted fission bombs m last week's nuclear tests, including a "big bomb" more than twice the size of the charge dropped on Hiroshima m 1945, reports said yesterday. The country's top nuclear scientist, Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan,
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        Lock icon India rules out more nuclear tests
        311 6 NEW DELHI India vowed yesterday to maintain a moratorium on nuclear tests despite Pakistan's latest explosion, and called for peace m the region. Said official spokesman Krishan Chander Singh: "We do not perceive it as a new threat. "We have been monitoring Pakistan's clandestine
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        Lock icon US seeks to ease Pakistan's sanction pains
        451 6 The White House has ordered a search for loopholes m the sanctions law to help Pakistan. It is also looking for measures to ease the country's pain BLASTS: No let-up B Sanctions were certain to hit Pakistan harder because Pakistan's WASHINGTON The Clinton
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        Lock icon World's powers to use incentives to stop N-tests
        429 6 World's powers to use incentives to stop N-tests SHIFT FROM SANCTIONS PARIS The United States, France, Britain and other major powers have begun urgent discussions on staging an international conference to get India and Pakistan to renounce further nuclear testing, m return for security guarantees and help m developing civilian
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      Lock icon Did 2 British doctors kill 29 babies?
      813 8 CHARGED: Duo and man who should have stopped them Two British surgeons face malpractice charges and accusations of beino clinically incompetent after the babies died on their operating table LONDON Two British surgeons who ignored repeated warnings that they were clinically incompetent and
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      Parents had no clue
      273 8 LONDON The parents of children who died after operations by the two surgeons had no idea that anything was wrong, said the London Times yesterday. "We just thought we were the unlucky few and it was only later we discovered we were one of the unlucky
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    • THE WEEK AHEAD. ..AND THE WEEK THAT WAS
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        Lock icon Montenegro polls
        119 9 TO I) A 1 THE general election m Montenegro pits President Milo Djukanovic against Mr Momir Bulatovic, Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's protege. The polls take place amid mounting tension between Montenegro and Serbia over the reformist President's open criticism of Mr Milosevic's rule. Mr Djukanovic has said his
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        Lock icon Botha back in dock
        73 9 TO MOH HOW FORMER South African President P.W. Botha's trial on charges of ignoring a subpoena to appear before the country's truth commission resumes. The statutory Truth and Reconciliation Commission wants to question Botha, 82, over claims that his government tortured and killed an-ti-apartheid activists. But
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        Kim Dae visits US
        191 9 Kim Dae visits US SATURDAY LAST WEEK: Pakistan hits back NORTHERN Ireland awoke to a new political future after voters approved a landmark peace deal. Tuesday BRITISH war veterans turned their backs on Japanese Emperor Akihito as he rode by m a carriage with Queen Elizabeth. Wednesday ABOUT 125,000 South
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        Lock icon IMF cash for ailing Russian economy
        376 9 IMF cash for ailing Russian economy Moscow's plan for tackling nations economic crisis wins the backing of IMF and Western governments but credit-rating agencies are pessimistic MOSCOW The International Monetary Fund has said it would soon give Russia a much-needed cash injection to help tackle a financial crisis that is
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        Lock icon Bom-again stud faces suit
        265 9 VIAGRA HITS MARRIAGE NEW YORK A 63-year-old woman has filed a palimony suit against her 70--year-old common-law husband, claiming he left her for another woman after Viagra turned him into a horny stud, the New York Post reported. Ms Roberta Burke said that thanks to the
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      Lock icon Conservative icon Goldwater dies
      464 10 REPUBLICAN STALWART, 1909-1998 WASHINGTON Mr Barry Goldwater, 89, a five- term Arizona senator who rose from a failed 1964 presidential bid to become the father of a popular brand of rugged conservatism that spawned a new generation of Republicans, died on Friday. The crusty former senator
      Washington Post; Reuters; Bloomberg; AFP  -  464 words
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      Lock icon Ailing German hospitals seek foreign clients
      501 10 WARDS: fhsfgdgdd To attract rich patients, the hospitals are creating posh wings, hiring staff who can speak foreign languages and providing home-flavoured cuisine BERLIN Germany's cashstrapped hospitals are trying to woo wealthy foreign patients with a double dose of advertising and luxurious custom accommodation
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    • WORLD FILE
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        Lock icon DEAD WHALE BLOWN UP
        76 10 A DEAD whale floating m the English Channel was blown up with dynamite to avoid risks to small vessels like fishing boats, officials said. Divers blew up the 10-m--long carcass late on Thursday as it floated m international waters off the northern French resort town of
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        Lock icon MOCHICA WOMAN'S REMAINS FOUND
        59 10 PERUVIAN archaeologists on Friday said they nad found the remains of a woman, buried m an elaborate tomb, who might be royalty from the Mochica culture that existed m 500 BC m north Peru. The woman, about 35 years old, was surrounded by valuables like sculptured
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        Lock icon ALBANIAN KIDS TO HOLD COURT
        71 10 KEEN to clamp down on the squabbling of Albanian members of Parliament, President Rexhep Meidani will let children rule the roost m a one-hour session tomorrow. "Our future parliamentarians will show MPs that Parliament is a place to consider and pass laws and not a
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        Lock icon CUB FIRST ANIMAL TO GO FOR BRAIN OP
        69 10 A FEMALE badger cub operated on by a paediatric neurologist m London is believed to be the first animal to have an operation to remove fluid from its brain, The Times reported. The little mammal was found asleep m the woods by
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        Lock icon TUSSLE OVER GERMAN POETS'LEGACY
        68 10 TUSSLE OVER GERMAN POETS' LEGACY A GERMAN literary foun dation is fighting a legal bat tie to remain m charge o the priceless legacy of na tionally-revered poets Goe the and Schiller. A spokesman for the Weimar Classics Founda tion said on Friday that the authorities warned it las month
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        Lock icon CRUISELINER TOO LARGE FOR PORT
        55 10 THE 2,600 passengers on the maiden voyage of the world's largest cruiseliner, the Grand Princess, had to be ferried on Friday to the shore m small boats, because there was no room at Athens' Piraeus port. It was expected to set sail again to complete
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      Lock icon Diplomas for millions-via net
      472 12 Computer-industry leaders predict that universities will export classes, taught by a few professors, through the Internet to millions globally BOSTON Without ever taking a seat m a classroom, millions of students around the world will soon be able to earn a diploma by taking courses over
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      Lock icon Is Ginger Spice leaving the Girls?
      242 12 LONDON A member of British pop group the Spice Girls, Geri Halliwell, known as Ginger Spice, has decided to split from the band, several British tabloid newspapers reported yesterday. They said she has vowed never to sing with the group again, and may confirm
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      Lock icon S.Africa airlifts penguins
      179 13 S.Africa airlifts penguins CAPE TOWN South African conservationists have airlifted 500 penguins off Robben Island because of pollution from a fractured undersea oil pipeline m Cape Town Harbour. 'There are around 500 adults and that means there could be at least 200 to 300 nests that are going to be
      Reuters; REUTERS  -  179 words
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      Lock icon Finally, a vaccine against malaria
      354 13 Finally, a vaccine against malaria HOW: Using muscle cells fhdfghdfhd The US Navy's new vaccine against malaria, based on injecting genes into muscle tissue, seems to be more effective than others SEATTLE Scientists have finally developed a vaccine effective against malaria, a widespreaa and devastating disease. The vaccine, under study
      Los Angeles Times; New York Times; Washington Post  -  354 words
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      Lock icon Judge rejects Ortega case
      176 13 'RAPE' OF STEPDAUGHTER MANAGUA Sex-abuse charges against Sandinista leader and former Nicaraguan President Daniel Orte§a by his stepdaughter were ismissed on a technicality by a criminal-court judge but may be refiled. Judge Martha Quezada said on Friday that her decision was unrelated to the merits ofthe
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      Lock icon US cults spread their tentacles
      599 14 CULT FACTS Experts say: The number of cult organisations worldwide has ballooned to as many as 5,000, more than double the 2,000 over the pest two deem es. Current and Jbrmercult members now add up to around 20 million. With more children born to cult
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    • DATELINE ASIA
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        Presenting the Bond girl's father...
        103 14  - Presenting the Bond girl's father... Brendan Pereira MALAYSIA MICHELLE OVERSHADOWS DAD IT APPEARS that Ipoh lawyer Yeoh Kian Teik is more well known as the father of Bona girl Michelle Yeoh than for his involvement m Chinese grassroots politics. He was one ofthe veteran MCA leaders who were honoured by
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        THE MAN TAX COLLECTORS LOVE
        187 14  -  Kwan Weng Kin JAPAN SO GREAT was the desire of Mr Hitori Saito to become Japan's top taxpayer that he once even asked his local tax office how he could pay more taxes. His dream came true when the annual taxpayer rankings placed him right
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        AILING WRITER HAILS READERS
        72 14  -  Mary Kwang C II I N A WRITER Bine Kin, 97, most noted for ncr Letters To Young Readers which she began m the 20s, conveyed her greetings to children throughout China to mark Children's Day tomorrow, the Beijing Youth D lily reported. The ailing author,
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        MARCOS OFFSPRING TASTE POWER
        151 14  -  Luz Baguioro THF. PHILIPPINES NOTHING is sweeter than being m power, o^r so it would seem for Ms Maria Imelda "Irnee" Marcos, the eldest of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos' three children. She and younger brother Ferdinand Jr scored landslide victories m last month's local polls m
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        NO VIAGRA FOR ME, SAYS EX-PM PREM
        90 14  -  Edward Tang THAILAND THE anti-impotence drug, Viagra, which has men queuing up for it, will not interest at least one Thai. Former Premier Prem Tinsulanonda, 77, said he aims to live up to 100 years without using the drug. "I want to live
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      88 4 Cults Spread Tentacles HH^I Turtle That Was Tricked BUM Spore Cars Face Entry Ban BfeiSl With more children and the elderly yiV A Japanese aquarium succeeded m getting fv *9K5 Over 4,500 Singapore cars may be banned V- g\ jM becoming members, cults are exerting a BBHBj^^^BwBBB a threatened turtle
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Threatened turtle lays eggs on fake beach
      156 15 Threatened turtle lays eggs on fake beach TOKYO A Japanese aquarium said yesterday that it had achieved what it called a world first getting the endangered hawksbill turtle to spawn on a fake indoor beach. The turtle laid 62 eggs last week on a mock beach measuring 5 m by
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      Lock icon Mixed reaction to HK's economic cures
      484 15 Mixed reaction to HK's economic cures Some welcome the government's initiatives to prop up the economy, but others are less happy, saying that it is a case of "too little, too late" HONGKONG The Hongkong government's latest initiatives to rescue the economy after for the first time m 18 years
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      Lock icon JAPAN STAYS
      101 15 A SURVEY showed that most Japanese companies m Hongkong will stay on despite the economic downturn. The Japanese consulate survey found: 63 per cent of 496 members ofthe Japanese Chamber of Commerce planned to maintain their present size. j ♦25 per cent I intended to expand I m
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      Lock icon Piracy costs HK film industry $213m
      231 15 Piracy costs HK film industry $2 13 m ON THE HEELS OF COPYRIGHT PIRATES 'Since the profits ofthe pirates do not go back to the movie companies, the decrease m return and increase m risk is putting off investors. Mr Chau Tak Hay, Trade and Industry Secretary. HONGKONG Hongkong's film
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      Lock icon Mystery object in Strait
      134 16 Mystery object in Strait TAIPEI Taiwan's Defence Ministry said yesterday that it had spotted an unknown submerged object m the Taiwan Strait. "On May 28, our navy and air force spotted an unknown submerged object m the Penghu territorial waters, and currently the navy and air force are still continuing
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      Lock icon DUL-A-PHONE
      54 16 XINHUA rhese phone booths m Nanjing city go where the callers are. They belong on a mobile telephone bus that carries more than 12 sets of phones, including card phones and coin phones, and is most suitable for the more remote areas of China or for large-scale events where
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      Lock icon Clinton and Jiang in first hotline chat
      443 16 Clinton and Jiang in first hotline chat They discuss maintaining peace m South Asia, which is gripped by rising nuclear tension, and the US President's forthcoming trip to China BEIJING Chinese President Jiang Zemin and US President Bill Clinton spoke on a newly-installed hotline for the first time to discuss
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      Lock icon Cross-strait joint oil search
      227 16 Cross-strait joint oil search BIGGEST CHINA-TAIWAN DEAL BEIJING China and Taiwan have finally cleared the way for a joint oil-explora-tion deal which will be their biggest economic-coopera-tion programme, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. The deal, signed by the China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) and the Tai-wan-based China
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    • EAST ASIA FILE
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        Lock icon SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH FOR CHINA SATELUTE
        60 16 CHINA successfully launched the US-made China Star-1 satellite yesterday aboard a Long March rocket, state television reported. The launch comes as members of the US Congress attack President Bill Clinton for allowing USChinese commercial satellite cooperation, which they say has endangered national security by helping
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        Lock icon TAIWAN PASSES BIGGER BUDGET
        49 16 TAIWAN'S Parliament has passed a budget of NT$l.3 trillion (5565.6 billion) for the fiscal year starting m July an 8 per cent increase from the previous year. Military spending led other items m the budget, taking 21 per cent ofthe total or NT$2B6 billion. AFP
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        Lock icon POLICE CRACKDOWN ON LEFTIST STUDENTS
        54 16 SOUTH Korean police saie yesterday they had arrestee 109 leftist students and surrounded a university campus m a bid to stop student radicals from joining labour unionists m protests against layoffs. Most of the students were expected to be freed with a warning, while others
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        Lock icon WORLD BANK LOANS FOR CHINA
        44 16 THE World Bank has approved four loans to China totalling US$6OO million (***** million) for infrastructure projects. Among them are a US$2OO-million loan to help Guangzhou solve its traffic-congestion problem, including building a ring road, sidewalks and bus AFP
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        51 16 Reuters A SOUTH Korean man beat his wife and two daughters to death with a stone yesterday and then killed himself by running onto a busy highway, local media reported. Cho Dong Duk, 43, was reported to nave been depressed over his failed textile
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      419 17 Mystery vims kills 17 kids in Taiwan VIRAL INFECTION: The toll cently of complications caused by the virus. 500,000 to 600,000 infants and children may be infected by autumn. Of these, onethird or half of Taiwanese children aged under five may contract the virus along with its cousin, the Coxsackie
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      354 17 SDP quits Japan coalition ROW WITH HASHIMOTO PARTY Dispute over anti-graft measures and US -Japan joint defence TOKYO Japans Socialists took the formal step yesterday of quitting a four-year-old ruling coalition over a row with their scan-dal-tainted dominant partner, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The Social Democratic Party (SDP) blamed
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      56 17 REUTERS Displaying a fine sense of balance, a Taipei children's entertainment centre officer shows a girl how to play the egg-standing game yesterday. The traditional game is part ofthe Dragon Boat Festival activities. People believe that on tne fifth day m the fifth month ofthe Chinese lunar calendar,
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      287 17 GENEVA A senior North Korean official said that his disaster-hit country could produce enough grain to reed itself again by the year 2001, if the outside world backed a new plan to restore its agricultural infrastructure. Deputy Foreign Minister Choc Su Hon
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      388 18 PRESIDENTIAL DROP-IN INDONESIAN President Drß. J.Habibie (far left) paid a surprise visit to Mr Abdurrahman Wahid, leader of the largest Muslim group, Nahdlatul Ulama, at nis residence m South Jakarta on Friday. It was his first meeting with Mr Wahid, popularly known as Gus
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      414 18 Chinese will be safe, says minister Jakarta will protect the minority the main target of recent riots and treat them equally but financial assistance will not be given JAKARTA Indonesia vowed yesterday to provide security for the ethnic Chinese, the target of recent deadly riots, but ruled out financial assistance
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      630 19 'Suharto will be spared because manu people believe he did much good for the country. In his case, the good outweighs the bad. But his kids, if they stay m the country, they will suffer. Mr Roderick Brazier, who had just completed an
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      443 19 FINANCIAL EMPIRE BREAKS UP JAKARTA Members of former President Suharto's family appeared to be under increasing pressure to give up influential positions, with reports yesterday that a son and an associate would sell their shares m joint-ven-ture companies managing Jakarta's water supply. According to
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      Lock icon Riot scare shuts down Java town
      186 19 Riot scare shuts down Java town JAKARTA Shops and offices closed down hurriedly and drivers deserted the streets of the West Java town of Tanggerang on Friday following rumours that fresh riots had broken out, Indonesian police said yesterday. There was no unrest. It was unfounded rumours spread by irresponsible
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      344 20 Minister calls for $4.2 b food fund to be set up JAKARTA An Indonesian minister has called on the fpvernment to raise 23.8 trillon rupiah (554.2 billion) to ensure adequate food supplies amid predictions that domestic production of the country's staple food, rice, would fall by as much as 8
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      FUND: What it is for
      80 20 The government would seek contributions to the fund from within Indonesia and abroad. The funds will be used to build an alternative food distribution network involving cooperatives and small- and medium-scale companies and to increase credits m the food-production sector. A review will also be
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      Japanese firms give funds to joint ventures
      420 20  - Japanese firms give funds to joint ventures Japanese firms are providing credit, from a $3.6 billion emergency fund, to Indonesian ventures m anticipation of the country's return to normalcy Bt, KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO In the expectation that the reform polices of Indonesia's newly-in-stalled Habibie regime will gradually
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      Golkar won't stop groups from leaving
      355 20 Golkar won't stop groups from leaving HARMOKO'S COMMENTS JAKARTA The ruling Golkar would not try to stop its affiliate organisations from breaking away to form new political parties, The Indonesian Observer reported yesterday, citing the chairman of the grouping that has dominated Indonesian politics since the early 70s. The newspaper
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      545 21 THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOft HIH AND FOR ME VOTED FM A MOTHER AND A FATHER OF THE COUNTRY. THEY DON! WANT US TO OUARREL WITH EACH OTHER.' Vice-President-elect Gloria Arroyo. Senator Gloria Macapagal-Arrmjo is proclaimed the Vice-President-elect of the Philippines. LIE
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      Lock icon Senate okay for new Thai Constitution
      385 21 Senate okay for new Thai Constitution COUNTDOWN TOWARDS ELECTION BANGKOK Thailand's Senate gave final approval on Friday to legislation related to the country's new Constitution, starting a countdown towards a new election that many analysts expect to be called m the next 12 months. The new reformist Constitution, designed to
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      67 21 BANGKOK The Thai government has found more than 40 cases of company executives breaching financial laws, said Deputy Finance Minister Pichet Phanvichartkul. These executives were from some of the 56 finance companies closed down by the authorities late last year. The minister told reporters
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      192 21 Myanmar and Brunei to boost ties in wide range of areas YANGON Myanmar and Brunei have agreed to strengthen bilateral relations m various fields, the Myanmar Foreign Ministry said yesterday. It said the two countries pledged to boost ties during a meeting on Friday between Senior General Than Shwe, the
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      189 22 SHAH ALAM A Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN) manager and five others have pleaded not guilty to 100 counts of cheating their colleagues m connection with loans totalling about M 53.6 million (Ssl.6 million) for the purported pur- chase of 20 Proton cars. Manager
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      KL likely to stimulate economy
      533 22  -  DOUGLAS WONG Analysts predict a contraction m the economy for the year, with export recovery uncertain and construction and domestic demand slowing further IN KUALA LUMPUR GROWTH: _r__rl ______J__o 1 9_P__i WMto the official full year forecast is for KMMMC QfOWtn Of between 2 and
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      303 22 MALAYSIA'S banking system remains sound despite the strain of non-perform-ing loans which rose to 10.6 per cent last month, Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Ahmad Don said yesterday. Asked if the recent recapitalisation plan of Phileo Allied Bank meant that more institutions needed fresh
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      Pay up or stay out, S'porean drivers told
      323 22 UNPAID TRAFFIC FINES MALACCA More than 4,500 Singapore-registered vehicles may be banned from entering Malaysia m future unless their owners settle their summonses for traffic offences committed m Malacca. Chinese daily Sin Chew Jit Poh reported that more than 60 per cent
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      We love Mahathir: MCA
      525 24  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA The Prime Minister, touched by MCA's pledge of support for him, lauds the "strong spirit of Malaysians" m overcoming the financial crisis B* m KU ALA LUMPUR *We will not take away the wealth of any community to give to another. We will create
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      Lock icon Ex-MB 'should have declared his assets'
      573 24 Ex-MB 'should have declared his assets' MAHATHIR ON MUHAMMAD OVERSEAS: His worth In Australia Land worth A5460,000 (*****,000). A bungalow costing A5460,000. A A53.7 million farm. hi New Zealand A NZ$5OO,OOO (*****,000) house. Two pieces of land worth about NZ$4 million. KUALA LUMPUR Tan Sri Muhammad Haji Muhammad Taib should
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      121 24 KUALA LUMPUR The fjovernment has made pubic a video tape as proof that a local union leader has been spreading lies about the country while abroad. Disclosing this, Human Resources Minister Datuk Lim Ah Lek said the action by Malaysian Trades Union
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        'NO NEW FOREIGN WORKER' POLICY
        63 24 MALAYSIA would no longer conduct exercises to legalise illegal immigrants as it did m the past as this would only encourage more of them to enter the country illegally. The Star on Friday emoted Deputy Home Minister Datuk Tajol Rosli Ghazali as saying that the
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        COPS PROBE MISSING BABY CASE
        67 24 POLICE are looking into the possibility that the body of a baby boy which disappeared from the Kuala Lumpur hospital mortuary on May 23 could have been cremated mistakenly. Police sources told the Sun on Friday that there were several unclaimed bodies at the mortuary
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        WOMAN ESCAPES WIND'S FURY
        52 24 A 75-YEAR-OLD partiallydisabled woman was forceto crawl to safety when strong winds tore down her home during a violent storm, the Sun reported on Friday. Ms Na Mohamad, who lives alone m a wooden kampung house, managed to scramble out ofthe house just before winds tore
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        Lock icon NO MORE LEADED FUEL, PLEASE
        70 24 THE Cabinet has decided to stop the sale of leaded petrol at the request of the petroleum industry and taking into account the adverse ef- fects to the environment, Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Megat Junid Megat Ayob has said. He added
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        80 24 SEVEN illegal immigrants were feared drowned when the longboat they were travelling m with two others broke into two and sank m rough waters about 15 km off the Tanjung Tuan beach, near Port Dickson. DSP Chee Cheng Wan said on Friday the incident occurred when
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      More outdoor kiosks in Orchard Rd?
      576 25  -  TAN HSUEH YUN The authorities are relaxing the rules for outdoor kiosks and outdoor dining areas there, and the revised guidelines will apply to other areas too Reports by HUNGRY and thirsty shoppers m Orchard Road may soon be greeted by more laces to
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      Businessman stands to gain $2.2 m
      481 25  - Businessman stands to gain $2.2 m ELENA CHONG He may get this amount, part of the proceeds from the sale of a bungalow, the subject of a disposal inquiry Hu A BUSINESSMAN who sold a Tanjong Rhu Road property 3V_ years ago for $11 million stands to gain $2.2 million
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      S'pore 'needs internal strength'
      277 25 S'pore 'needs internal strength' YOUNG PAP INVESTITURE SINGAPORE will need "internal strength" to weather the worst ofthe political and economic storms sweeping the region, Minister for Information and the Arts Brigadier-General (NS) George Yeo said yesterday. BG Yeo, who is also the chairman ofthe Young People's Action Party, said the
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      Study trig to China
      73 25 TWENTY-FIVE members of the People's Action Party's Women's Wing and the National Trades Union Congress Women's Committee will go on a joint study trip to Beijing, Shanghai and Suzhou from tomorrow till June 9. They will learn how China's women's organisations enhance the welfare of women
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      79 25 JEROME MING Coining to a venue near you: a Singing Bus to bring songs and singing closer to people, m a drive to promote original songs written by Singaporeans. The very first Sing Singapore Bus will ferry performers to 10 public venues islandwide on weekends to
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      More places to test IUs
      229 26 More places to test IUs TEN more Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantries will be switched on for testing from today onwards, to prepare motorists for the extension of the scheme to the Central Expressway on Aug 3, and to the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) and Central Business District on Septl. They
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      Lock icon Making homes safe for children
      490 26  - Making homes safe for children LEA WEE A new centre at XX Women's and Children's Hospital aims to teach parents to prevent home accidents CHILD SAFETY LAST year, about 24,000 people, mostly children under 16, sought emergency treatment at hospitals after they were injured at home. About 24 I children
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      Another baby gets Aids virus
      196 26 ONE more baby has contracted the HIV virus, which causes Aids, through the mother, the Health Ministry said yesterday. This brings the total number of infants who were infected this way to six. One was diagnosed to be HIV positive m 1991 and four were
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      2 shops raided
      56 26 POLICE raided two shops at Sim Lim Square on Friday, and arrested five people who were selling pirated CD-ROMS and pornographic video compact discs (VCDs). The Criminal Investigation Department said m a statement that police seized more than 1,300 CD-ROMS and recovered more than 1,200 VCDs suspected
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      Lock icon Plenty of trial work, CJ tells new lawyers
      471 28  -  KAREN WONG Lawyers are quitting the profession due to the downturn, but litigation is still thriving and has bright prospects and ample opportunities for them B_J THE property slump and economic turmoil has already led many lawyers to ?uit the profession, Chief
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        ROBBED OF BRACELET
        93 28 ROBBED OF BRACELET A WOMAN was robbed of her $5,300 bracelet on Wednesday night at about 10.25 pm, police said on Thursday Madam Chng Noi Koon, a 51-year-old hawker's assistant, was walking along Lorong 22, Geylane, when a man approached her witha 15-cm bfe and demanded ncr bracelet. He took
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        PORRIDGE STALL SUSPENDED
        93 28 THE licence of a food stall at 265, New Bridge Road has been suspended by the Ministry of the Environment. Tiong Shian Porridge Stall accumulated 16 demerit points over the past 12 months and was suspended for two weeks starting from May 28. The licensee, Mr Lim
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        $25,000 SNATCHED
        61 28 A PILLION rider on a motorcycle snatched a black pouch containing M 564,000 (S$28,000) from a Malaysian accountant on Wednesday at 12.45 pm, police said on Thursday. Mr Chong Hook Bong, 26, was at a carpark near Kampong Arang Road when the snatch theft occured. s Malaysian passport
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        SAF EXERCISES ON NOW
        114 28 SAF EXERCISES ON NOW THE Singapore Armed Forces (SJ*tf wiU be con. ducti exercises m several parts of Singapore from 30 tJ^ to 12.30 am next Sunday. ?ank".„ a d a S~ fla f h.es. b*used Tfc; P, übhc J not to alarmed, The Republic of SingaP°re. Air 1 Force
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        HIRED ILLEGAL WORKER
        100 28 THE owner of an entertainment agency was fined $12 000 on 6 Frid_y for faiH t work fo a chmese national he „|>|„J„l M a karaoke jockcv i Ching Mun Kiat, 31, who owns the Kurin Entertainment Agency, which supplies karaoke jockeys to varlOUS entertainment outlets, admitted
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      200 29 Road closure today PART of Orchard Road will be closed today for three hours for the Festival Parade. This kicks off the monthlong Singapore Festival of Arts. The stretch from the Mariott Hotel to The Heeren building will be closed from 4.30 pm to 7.30 pm. Mount Elizabeth, Bideiord Road
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      Cab-share scheme to be extended
      481 29  -  KARAMJIT KAUR Five more taxi-stands will offer the service, as the number of people wanting to use it has trebled since the scheme started a year ago THE year-old share-a-cab scheme is to be extended to five more taxi stands Centrepoint, Bugis Junction, Parkway Parade,
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      817 30  -  KOH BOON PIN LTC Lo Yona Poo was given the SAF Medal for Distinguished Act for his bravery on a mission m Afghanistan WHEN told by a translator that the group of Afghan gunmen confronting them wanted to kill him, Lieuten-ant-Colonel Lo Yong Poo prayed
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      Lock icon NSman to the rescue
      486 30  -  G ERALDINE YEO OFFICER HELPED INJURED COLLEAGUE AT IRAQI BORDER an CAPTAIN (NS) Kok Yin Khong was at a patrol observation base on the Iraqi border with Kuwait last year, when, on Nov 20, the base came under fire. As 150 rounds rained on the camp,
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      Lock icon School that's on the up and up
      181 31 School that's on the up and up THIS spiral staircase m Outram Secondary's new building may induce vertigo, but students will always get their bearings right. At the bottom ofthe sixstorey stairwell, a compass needle points North. It is one of the unique features m the $27-milhon school, which was
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      Over 100 outlets won't sell cigarettes
      483 31  -  DOROTHY HO Major retailers like Cold Storage, Kimisawa and NTUC Fair Price are closing their tobacco counters today, m support of World No-Tobacco Day ftge__ Cigarettes? Not from these shops 4 About 20 members sf the Singapor e Retailers Association, including Cold Storage, Kimisawa
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        Avoiding a recession, but only just...
        754 32  -  V4RFNDRA AGGARWAL Singapore's economy would grow about 1.5 per cent this year, said analysts polled, adding that Singapore might just be able to avoid a recession By WHILE the Singapore economy is heading Tor a serious slowdown, the country might just be able to
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        THE GROWTH OUTLOOK
        118 32  -  FOO HWEI WEN change m Gross Domestic Product I over corresponding previous period I Second Economic fbrtcasttr qwrttrl99S 1998 1999 1. Credit Lyonnais Securities -0.3 3.2* 2. Santander Investment Research -0.3 3.5 3. I.D.E.A -0.5 0 4. G.K. Goh Research 2.0 1.0 2.5 5. Indosuez W.I. Carr
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        Act now to avert a bad situation, say analysts
        423 32 Act now to avert a bad situation, say analysts TIMELY MEASURES NEEDED TIMELY measures to boost the domestic economy before the situation gets worst could help the country avert a possible recession, said several analysts and economists polled by The Sunday Times. "Immediate measures are needed to boost the competitiveness
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        How Govt tackled recession
        422 32 Flashback to 1985 BACK m 1985, the Government spared no effort to revive the economy which had been plunged into its first recession since the *****. The measures employed included tax breaks, government fee cuts as well as reductions m Central Provident Fund contributions. The rescue
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        ...while tackling pain of retrenchment
        766 33  -  WALTER FERNANDEZ JASON LEOW ALISON DE SOUZA Retrenched workers are taking longer to find jobs because the jobs they want do not match those available Reports by and LAY-OFFS: What companies can do RETRENCHMENTS frighten not only workers who are asked to leave, but also
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        It was the worst thing that happened to me
        551 33 HIT BY LAY-OFFS IT WAS THE LONGEST SO KEEKS OF MY UFL I COULD NOT SLEEP, I COULD NOT EAT. 11l I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS 1 HAVE NO JOB.' Corporate finance analyst Lorraine Chen. Graduate working at an investment bank
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        Property agent now drives a taxi
        390 33 7 work longer hours now, and it is also more tiring. I was a property agent for about 10 years and I never worked this hard. Mr J. Ng, who is now a cabby after being laid -off. ANTICIPATING tough times ahead, property agent
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      113 27 TOOAY: Passing showers m the late morning HAZE WATCH t mainly over northern, southern and western mum m 9 Mmmi tf_______M Singapore. B _B__ ___B_B jt OUTLOOK: Expect some showers m the late WW morning and eariy afternoon over next few k,^_. m wl earn m^a^ JUMNG CEHTRAL CHAHGI jukwvw
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      76 29 CYCLE CARRIAGE FIRST CLASS SERVICE. TEST-DRIVE US AT www.cyclecarriage.com.sg Singapore's highest-ever standard of automotive service now extends to the Information Superhighway. Our interactive website allows you to access all the latest information on Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi and Proton; book a service appointment; shop from our boutique and accessory range; contact sales
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      580 32 REVVING UP THE ECONOMY: WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS? CUT EMPLOYERS' CPF CONTRIBUTION RATE O REDUCE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE SPENDING ON EDUCATION BY 5% POINTS FROM 20% TO 15% A,m: lower business costs KWLD"*" Aim: To cut business costs. Y_rT \T\ mW\WmW* Bttt Wil fUFther redU c government revenue Aim: Train
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      695 33 HELPING WORKERS TO COPE WITH THE ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN Some ofthe steps taken to hold back the rising tide of retrenchments: KEEPINC WAGE USES IN CHECK HEIPINC BOMEIS STAY EMrIOYUIE ♦CETTHKNEBJOK NYINC FM TMINNK ♦APUSHFM The National Wages Council has A $50-million government grant for the Skills A tripartite panel set
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  • FAMILY MONEY
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      Set aside some cash and put rest of savings in unit trust
      849 34 Just $10,000 m savings. Is it enough for a new baby, for living expenses while studying abroad or to last the rest of your life? In Part One of a three-part Financial Makeover series, DAVID TEO speaks to
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      501 34 0: AM renovating my house. Should I pay off the bill of $50,000 with my savings or borrow m this high-interest environment? I hear that any credit I can get from the oank at this time should be grabbed. Anna Cheong A* TO BE prudent, you should use your
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      426 34 BUSINESS LOANS Local Enterprise Finance Scheme (LEFS) and Local Enttrprltt Finance Overseas Scheme (LCFSO) loan* art avaHaMe from 30 banks and flnanct houses. Export Factoring o year) 3H* Oomastk Factoring o yvar) 6M* Eqoipm»nt/F»ctorv (upto* y.*«»i 6 Equlpnwnt/Factery (4-W yMrt) 6H* (<at*« calculated on monthly rut basil. Ratat
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      1152 35  -  NG WEI JOO CITIBANK MONEY SERIES Bj With the European Monetary Union set to take off at the start of next year and the euro aU ready to be launched there, is there anything m itforthesnum investor here? Family Money finds out BY JAN
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      137 34 B|_':':;:"- >f>f B_B I __P___M__________-__-___^ _£_J_i___l^_i_^_HP* I^.l WmmSz- 1 Opportunity to capitalise on gHWPßji^i^^PK Perth's rental shortage by investing m llll> ¥^^^^^^^j^^^^ secure landed property. Fully established &jffi^3WJM^^ residential estates close to shopping, ____MJli_-i_____Bfi_____^_-^---K^--^ mLw schools and public transport to the City r"P M m 7W mmm^mM H"~* S^^^^il^E centre.
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      184 35 THE ROAD TO EMU THE roots of EMU can be traced as far back to 1957, when the Treaty of Rome was signed by country members then to recognise exchange rate policies "as a matter of common concern". Here is a brief history of the EMU. 7 Staff 1- Jul
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      ALL ON HIM
      381 36 ALL ON HIM Indonesian President Dr B. J. Habibie is well-known for his efforts to push the country into the higlxer reaches of science and technology. Since being elevated to the vice-presidency m March and particularly, since taking charge as the national leader on May 21, much interest has also
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        Focus will be on ending corruption and nepotism
        1816 37 BUSINESS EMPIRE: Ofthe family George Aditjondro and circulated widely m Indonesia: HOLDING COMPANIES PT Timsco Multi ♦PT Timsco Indonesia ♦PT Waringin PT Alpha Tanjung Dutagraha Madialndah WmWWWkTm PT Repindo Panca Telekom unikasi TRADE PT Batamindo PT Citratama Dianmas Investment ♦FT Dwimas Intiwisesa
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        will China check triads' chut?
        1929 38  - will China check triads' chut? WANG HUI LING Crime In Macau Gangs m the Portuguese enclave are thriving before it reverts to Chinese rule next year. What are the prospects for a less crime-ridden Macau? Ih, HONGKONG CORRESPONDENT VIOLENCE UP: Key factors with triad-related crime. The Macau police force is
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        HK films accused of glamourising triads
        270 38 IT COULD only happen m freewheeling Hongkong. Simon Yam, a popular leading man starring m a movie about the life of alleged triad boss Wan Kuok Koi, posed for a picture with the alleged gangster's girlfriend Yeung OI Jing at tne film's premiere. Asked
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      • The Sunday Times
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          Tanglin clubbed
          286 39 THE Tanglin Club is like no other m Singaporean clubland: it has antecedents and character. It also has a prestige that more and more often gets tarnished each time troublesome foreigners who have forgotten their manners cause a ruckus. Last week, an Australian member tried to slip through
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        Lock icon Recognise and reward more teachers who stand out
        953 39  -  SANDRA DAVIE MY VIEW WANT to hear a heartwarming tale? The Education Ministry has collected a few hundreds of them over the last three weeks. They are attached to the nomination forms for the President's Award for Teachers which was launched earlier
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        Clever balancing uM help Estrada get by
        1023 39  -  NIRMAL GHOSH LETTER FROM MANILA By: ESTRADA MAY TALK SLOWLY AND AT TIMES SEEM A UTTLE DENSE, BUT HE HAS SON A LOT AND CERTAINLY LEARNED SOME LESSONS, SOME OF MUCH MAY SURPRISE THOSE TOMCATS. I WRITE this at two m the morning.
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        Where have all the clansmen gone?
        1781 40  - Where have all the clansmen gone? PANG CHENG LIAN FRANCES LOW Traditional Chinese Civic Groups Civil society is not the preserve of English-educated intellectuals, it has been m the Chinese community here for years. But can it adapt and survive? Ba and OVERTAKEN: Changing times The Government s commitment to
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        Take time to soak in the life in everyday spaces
        1298 41  -  ASAD LATIF Hidden Niches Is Singapore a concrete manifesto to nothing/ Look closely at void deckshawker centres, public parks, even flyovers, and think again. _wefeer__ Singapore has many such unsuspected spaces. Its obvious icons might be its shopping malls, but
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        Every building tells story
        545 41 Colonialists found it hard to control use of space EVERYDAY spaces have occasionally played a dramatic role m Singapore's history. In the colonial period, the authorities exercised political power over the Asian communities by controlling the use of space. This set them on a course of
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      221 36 C R I M X IN MACAU Enter the dragon Will China clip the wings of triads when it takes over next year? rAGE Luxury Condominiums Right m the Heart of Sea view units m KUALA LUMPUR! I PENANG ISLAND! __S -Pl___ >_hjjl W 7_J|. ._na Wm 4 fll '*a^
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      107 36 CHINKSKCIVILSO C I F. T V The clansmen Early Chinese settlers here had their own version of civil society. page 40 __________________________SP* _Xi k i— The critics have spoken. And the message Awards. Naturally, we're pleased. To see 7/ie ivori s smallest cordless BUSINESS WEEK 25May19X couldn't be clearer. The
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      117 37 ____^___^^^__B_R^riß_r _i_l_P __t_fli H _____r^__ i_r__. .ar at w^r a\ t% _H e* _r .__-Kt __i _T___^^^^_l _r 85^' ______t iw 1 '~__^p' I _j_7_n_-_-_____i _^»ii__»-t?^-^T N] I*l fl C^_* -I I _L^___a_T|^L^ZaTl I I■»1 fl t ____^_l X^l fl 1 1 fl L^l _r '7 flpi L«_i?_K _B^___H tl
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      69 39 How to reach us After office hours, please call operators at 737-0011 MTJrSOB* TEL *****97 FAI 732-0131 FOKKN DOR TEL: *****45 FAI 733-4120 HtTIMKSK TEL *****28 FAX: 733-8295 EAST ASIA UWT TEL 730-5622 FAI 733-4120 FOtUM KSK TEL *****54 FAI *****90 KOKY KSK TEL 730-5471 FAI 733-4517 SPOUTS KSK TEL
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      73 40 Pane Cheng Lian is secretary ofthe Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations' Working Committee as well as roving ambassador to Italy and Switzerland, and special assistant to the chairman of United Overseas Bank. Frances Low was a senior leader writer with Lianhe Zaobao until 1996. This article is a condensation
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      739 42 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS ONG SIEW LAN Age: 88 passed away peacefully on 30 May 1998, Dearly loved and sadly missed by: (Husband: Lin Chien An, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lim Chin Swee Lin Kai Swee Llm Ping Hong Lim Shuen Swee Llm Lay Ngoh Daughters: Sons-in-law:
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      456 42 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS TEO PENG GUAN Age: 78 passed away peacefully on 30/5/98. Sadly missed by beloved ones. Wife: Madam Chua Teng Choo Sons: Daughters-in-law: Teo Hoon Seng Anthony Teo Hoon Seong Valeric Choo Lay Hoon Terence Teo Hoon Beng Audrey Pang Eng Nee Daughters: Son-in-law: Lillian
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      239 42 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS ADRIANA FOO MIER JOON was called home to be with the Lord on 30 May 1998. Sadly missed by her family: Husband: Lawrence Lim Tow Seong Sons: Daughters: Edward Lim Paio Melissa Lim Swee Foong Andrew Llm Chih Sharen Lim Swee Fang Sons-in-law: Grandchildren:
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      183 42 "In Memoriam" Is 1 for the loved ones I whom you I remember. 'C^^T^^^^V^l I The following must be produced: I I 1) ORIGINAL DEATH CERTIFICATE I I 2) IDENTITY CARD OF PERSON PLACING THE NOTICE I I ALL OBITUARIES MUST BE PREPAID fl I OBITUARY SECTION I I News
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      148 43 856 IN MEMORIAM 856 IN MEMORIAM First Anniversary In Loving Memory Of TAN SIAM LEX Departed 31 Nay 1997 Take her m Thy arms, dear Lord. And ever let her be A messenger of love Between our hearts and Thee. Fondly; missed" anb re me woe red ojr): Husoanb: cl?an
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      856 IN MEMORIAM 856 IN MEMORIAM
      138 43 856 IN MEMORIAM 856 IN MEMORIAM ijjf 13TH ANNIVERSARY fLfP In Loving Memory Of <__2B jp| LOW YOK KAY ff^rl LOW YOK KAY Departed 31 .5.1985 LOWGEOKKHOON Departed 13.2.1990 LOW KIM TAH CHUA WAN NEO Departed 6.12.1997 Departed 31 .8.1971 Dear Dad Grandma, Vim toiled ail those years for us
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      856 REQUIEMS
      77 43 Tht Family of Tht Lett P. MUTHIAH Dtparttd: 17/5/98 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks to all relatives, friends colleagues for their assistance, condolences, donations wreaths during their recent bereavement. Karumathi prayers will be held on 3T/5/98 (Sun) night at Blk 152 UO2-07. Yung Ho Road. Athma Shanti
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      856 IN MEMORIAM
      105 43 I j I Oth Anniceraary fl In Loving Memory of JACOB ROBERT Departed: 31 May 1968 Ten tjears have passed Hut his memory is as dear today As m the hour he passed away. A memorial service will be held today at Church of Our Lady Star
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      856 REQUIEMS
      76 43 X x If ATHMA SHANTI POOJiPJ I The Family Of The Late I G. NARAYANI (NIRMALA) Departed 17/5/98 Sadly missed by Husband: S. Arumugam Sons: Govindaraju Kunasegaran Tel: *****04 wish to thank all relatives, friends, staff of Alexandra Hospital staff of ON 96.8FM for their condolences, donations wreaths
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  • SPORTS
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      58 43 Jurgen Klinsmann, captain of the German national soccer team, amusing himself with paper glasses which read "2006" during a news conference on Friday. The German soccer association began its a campaign for the right to host the 2006 soccer World Cup m Frankfurt, where the German team is preparing
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      SCORES & STATISTICS
      1380 43 SCORES STATISTICS AUSSIE RULES AFL, MKh Carlton 17 .9 (111) Brisbane 12.15 (87), Essendon 13.15 (93) Hawthorn 13.9 (87). Richmond 13.19 (97) Port Adelaide 9.13 (67). Sydney 8.5 (53) St Kilda 24.10 (154). BASEBALL American Leafite: Baltimore 6 Texas 3. Detroit 8 Chicago White Sox 7, Seattle 6 Tampa Bay
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      72 43 AFP Former Ozeld (sumo champion) Konishiki wiping away his tears while his stable master 1 axasago cuts his top knot during the hair-cutting ceremony for the official retirement of the Hawaiian-born professional sumo wrestler at the Kokugikan stadium m Tokyo yesterday. Over 300 people, including political and business leaders,
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    • WORLD CUP 1998: FROM A TO H
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        Lock icon Super Eagles ready to soar
        871 46 GROUP D REPORT: NIGERIA USUAL FORMATION: 14 3 2 LIKELY XI GOALKEEPER Abiodun Baruwa (Sion), agt 23, 3 caps: Unsteady. Member of Atlanta Olympics gold-medal squad. DEFENDERS Austin Eguavoen (Torpedo Moscow), 32, 52: Right-back whose national team career has been more illustrious than his club
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        THE COACH: Bora Milutinovic
        181 46 VELIBOR "BORA MILUTINOVIC goes to the World Cup funds for the fourth successive tournament with his fourth different team but for the first time he is not m charge of an unde rdog. Tne Serbian-born coach, 53, has made his name m central and north America
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        Lock icon Oliseh striving to atone for 1994 error
        419 46 LAGOS Perhaps unfairly, Sunday Oliseh carried much of the blame for Nigeria's elimination at the last World Cup finals, so he will be striving more than most to make amends this time round m France. It was the 23-year-old midfielder who four years
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      • WORLD CUP CAPSULES
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          YUGOSLAVIA WHIPS NIGERIA
          82 46 VETERAN playmaker Dragan Stoikovic led Yugoslavia to a well-deserved 3-0 victory over fellow-World Cup qualifier Nigeria m a warmup match on Friday m Belgrade. Stojkovic, constantly improving despite his 33 years, never wasted a pass and controlled the game m his former Red Star Belgrade home ground.
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          POOR SHOW FROM CROATIA
          46 46 HOST Croatia put m a poor showing m its World Cup warm-up match against Slovakia m the north-west coastal town of Pula last Friday, losing 1-2. Croatia dominated the match but was let down by its poor response against Slovakia's swift counter-attacks.
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          STRIKER BALBO GETS THE NOD
          48 46 STRIKER Abel Balbo was chosen by Argentina's coach Daniel Passarella as the 22nd player on the national World Cup team. Balbo, 32, plays for Italy's Roma. Last year, he became the top foreign striker m Italy's soccer history, surpassing Dutchman Marco van Basten.
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          KLINSMANN READY FOR 100TH CAP
          110 46 KLINSMANN READY FOR 100TH CAP GERMAN skipper Jurgen Klinsmann is expected to be fit enough to earn his 100 th cap when Germany takes on Colombia m Frankfurt today (Singapore time). The veteran striker had to sit out against Finland last Wednesday suffering from a badly bruised calf muscle. But
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          INJURY WORRIES FOR ROMARIO
          71 46 BRAZILIAN Romario missed training last Friday with a persistent calf injury, raising fears the striker might not be fit for Brazil's opening match of the World Cup finals against Scotland on June 10. While the world champion was practising on the pitch of its camp m
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        Lock icon Old men looking for past glory
        559 47 Bulgaria's heroes of USA 94 may spring to Hie again LIKE ITS Balkan neighbour Romania, Bulgaria travels to France with an ageing soccer team. Coach Hristo Bonev's filayers have even more to ive up to than the Romanians. They shocked the world by reaching
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        Lock icon Is Stoichkov too faded and jaded?
        750 47 GROUP D REPORT: Bulgaria USUAL FORMATION: 4-3-3 TIMESPORT'S LIKELY XI GOALKEEPER Zdravko Zdravkov (Istanbulspor), age 27, 15 caps: A reliable 'keeper wno played m six of the' eight qualifiers to establish himself as first choice. DEFENDERS Trifon Ivanov (CSKA Sofia) 32, 72 cans: Swarthy
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        THE COACH: Hristo Bonev
        139 47 (left) is a Bulgarian legend who collected 96 caps m 10 years from 1967. Four-time Player of the Year, he played mostly for Bulgarian club, Lokoinotiv Plovdiv. Has a tough target to meet as Bulgaria was a semi-finalist m World Cup 1994, scalping Germany m the
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        365 47 ygerte CASABLANCA (Morocco) Belgium beat England 4-3 on penalties after a goalless full-time result m the King Hassan II Cup tournament here on Friday. Rob Lee missed England's first penalty and Les Ferdinand saw his attempt pushed on to a post by goalkeeper Philippe van de
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        204 47 CASABLANCA Morocco beat France 6-5 on penalties after the two sides fought out an exciting 2-2 draw to bring the King Hassan II Cup tournament to a close on Friday. Although France won the impressive-looking trophy by an idiosyncratic points-scor-ing system, Morocco emerged as the victor on the
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        502 48 Russian upstart Safin reminds Paris fans of a familiar figure PARIS It was late m the fifth set on the centre court when Gustavo Kuerten stared across the net and saw his own reflection. Marat Safin might be a powerfully built Russian instead of a
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        Lock icon Venus' star on the rise
        309 48 PARIS Her first name is Venus, and she is not a goddess of love. She is a goddess of 15-love, 30-love, 40-love, love game. Her middle name is Starr, and she is one, undeniably, and the extra V is a perfect fit for someone as
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        736 48  -  TAY CHENG KHOON TERRACE TALK By LIKE me, Derek La wrenson is a golf reporter, the 37-year-old writing for The Sunday Telegraph of London. But, unlike me, he now drives around m a Lamborghini Diablo top speed 332kmh and 0-96 m 3.8 seconds.
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        348 49  -  S.MURALI THE players of Gombak FC finally showed last night why they deserve to be nicknamed "The Bulls". They were stout-hearted as the club earned its best result of the season with a 0-0 draw against defending champion Singapore Armed Forces FC.
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        253 6 TOP BIRDS: What's hot 1 ORIENTAL WHITE EYE ($2O) This small popular song bird, known here as Mata Puteh, is easy to keep but must be bathed daily. 2 RED WHISKERED BULBUL(S2S) Greyish-brown with a shiny black crest on its head, the
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