The Straits Times, 24 December 2000

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  • 718 1  - Mahathir to curb political violence WAN HAMIDI HAMID IN kl U Ll'MPl'R Opposition parties' inclination to label other Muslims as infidels unhealthy for nation, he says r warning of steps next year to prevent such a situation Growing disharmony and racial tension O J IN JULY, the Al-Ma'unah cult seized
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  • 141 1 Wives order one more partner for him BEIRUT -A Lebanese man who cannot get enough sex is marrying a fourth wife on the orders of his exhausted partners. Mr Ghassan Abdel-Al, 47, already has 42 children, according to British online news sendee Ananova. He first married m his 20s and
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  • 614 1  -  BETSY PISIK By IN NEW YORK Peace effort THE UN peacekeeping budget which swings wildly when existing missions are expanded and new ones are added is expected to be about US$3 billion ($55,2 billion) next year. The UN is now running 16 missions, from
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    • 122 1 CHICKEN RICE WAR? Not quite, as mutton-soup and turtle-soup stall holders do battle page 3 BM*Th fI H H km* IHl[' 1 1 It-m-I 1 1* B if" "l&^Kr^ .^^BBH KAbC. tO Photos: STEVEN LEE and TERENC I ip'i^ Mf If All A 111 v jS~ Htfl a^^r HHI fll^k
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    • Article, Illustration
      200 2 Residents upset about biker danger AX OUTSIDER might wonder what the fuss is about. So what if a few motorcycles park m void decks and on public footpaths m public housing estates? Some of the customers of a coffeeshop at Block 374, Bukit Batok. are motorcyclists who ride up
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    • 103 2 SPOR T S Where is Latiff? IT'S WAY too early for an April Fool's Day prank. Persikabo Kabupaten Bogor, the club m West Java that Ahmad Latiff Khamarudin was supposed to have signed with, has no idea where he is. It certainly has not signed him, said head coach Heri
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    • 104 2 200% PETROL PROFITS PLATT'S. an energy-information service provider, says that oil companies here are enjoying a gross profit margin of almost 200 pei cent selling petrol to motorists Singapore pump prices have been frozen since August at slightly above US$l3O (***** per barrel, including taxes, although crude and petrol
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    • 175 2 $1.15 b 'RACIST' SUIT CHINESE Canadians have hit the Canadian government with a billion-dollar lawsuit. They are demanding that the}' be compensated for such racially-motivated measures against Chinese immigrants m the first half of the 20th century as the infamous "head tax". Three elderly Chinese filed the claim m
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    • 90 2 LOUIS LO MAY BE BRAiN-DEAD HONGKONG playboy-tycoon Louis Lo Siu Fai 36, may be brain-dead, neurologists fear. The property investor, who has been linked with several actresses and models, remained m a coma yesterday He was found unconscious m bed aboard his yacht, Miracle, m the Causeway Bay Typhoon
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  • PRIME NEWS
    • 504 3  -  WONG FEI WAN *L Two stallholder couples fined after dispute over pails of dirty soup dishes boils over and ends m fisticuffs I IOT on the heels of a local movie about two feuding chicken rice hawkers, a stor\ of two squabbling
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    • 358 3  - Up to AMP to decide on Mendaki CHUA CHIN HON FREE TO CHOOSE ROLE By IT IS up to the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP), which had been criticised by the Government over its controversial proposal of a "collective leadership", to define its role m the Malay-Muslim community. It is
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    • 228 3 PARIS A Paris magistrate has ordered American financier George Soros and three other men to stand trial for insider trading linked to a failed takeover bid for the French bank Societe Generate, judicial sources said yesterday. A 10-year investigation concluded that the four earned several
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    • 397 4  - Indonesia embarks on barter trade for weapons DERWIN PEREIRA Bi, STRAITS riMES INDOM SI VBliU U Among the deals it is pursuing is a swop of four domestic-made jets for a warship and trucks from S. Korea VRTA Indonesia is le market tor defence equipment m exchange for v-made products
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    • 52 4 L'R report, 'AMP still wants collective leadership, say Malay i. we said that the Malay MPs would facilitate the first Annual Malay-Muslim congress next year This m incorrect vhere m the joint statement is by the Malay MPs did it say that they would do
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    • 373 4  - Haw Par mural painter dies in accident K.C. YIJAYAN A MURAL painter who was about to finish painting a pair of dragons at the Haw Par Villa died m a road accident .vhile on his way to work on Friday morning. Mr Chan Chm Choon, 54, was described by his
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    • 148 4 Home Team nabs 1 16 in joint swoop HOME Team officers have arrested more than 100 people suspected of immigration, vice and drug-relat-ed offences. The five-hour operation, which began at 11 pm on Thursday, targeted enter- tainment outlets m town, and such places as lodging houses m Little India, Jurong
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    • 234 5 Travel chaos as Ansett grounds 6 planes ME! Ansetl Australia yesterdaj grounded six of its Boeing 76J-200 planes scheduled maintenance inspections were ssed as hundreds of Christmas holiday travellers were delayed by aircraft and airport problems. Ansett, one of Australia's two main carriers, said it had grounded the 7 f
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    • 393 5  - Petrol in S'pore yields 200% profits DENNIS CHAN By ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR MONEY DESK Wholesale prices have dropped 35-40 per cent, but this is not reflected m pump prices, says authoritative report DISGRUNTLED motorists who like to grumble about high pump prices whenever they fill up their cars may not
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    • 563 5  -  DEVO AS,ARAMO Bu STRAITS TIMI S INDONESIA 1U KKU 900 union members stage sit-in at Shangri-La JAKARTA Some 900 unionised staff of the Shangri-La Hotel m Central Jakarta, demanding better perks, have taken over the ground floor of the posh hotel and locked themselves
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  • WORLD
    • 555 6 |4ii T ilij|d|^V dfsa fdasdf asdf asdfa sdf sad sadf sadf asdf asdf sadf asdf asfd asdfas dfa sdf The World Health Organisation fears that European exports of meat, bone meal and livestock could have already led to global exposure to the disease The
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    • 132 6 PARIS A Paris court has opened an investigation to determine whether British, French and European Union officials should, face charges for failing to take steps to contain Bovine Spongifon.i Encephalopathy (BSE) or mad-cow disease, a justice official said. The preliminary inquiry the
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    • 472 8 Militants gun down three inside Delhi fort Security at vital installations is stepped up after the daring attack m Red Fort. It comes two days after the extension of ceasefire m Kashmir NEW DELHI The authorities tightened security at all vital installations here yesterday after suspected Muslim militants gunned down
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    • 302 8  -  SHEFALI REKHI Hu OVER 50 vintage, pre-war and contemporary aircraft, will descend on Singapore m March, during the Lon-don-Sydney Air Race 2001, its organisers have disclosed. The race is being organised by Australia, as part of its centenary celebrations. Singapore was an important
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    • 379 8  - Police nab suspect after London attack ALFRED LEE FOREIGN STUDENT KIDNAPPINGS By i\ LONDON- SCOTLAND Yard detectives have arrested and are questioning a man about the suspected serial kidnappings of teenage Chinese university student Elizabeth Chau and three other foreign girls m west London. The 55-year-old man was arrested for
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    • 126 8 Mail kills six in shooting spree SALZGITTER (Germany) A 24-year-old man went on a shooting S] at a family gathering to celebrate the end of Ramadan, killing six relatives and critically injuring his mother before turning himself m, police said. The suspect was confined to a psychiatric clinic yesterday, said
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    • 292 9 Museum loses prize pieces in daring robbery STOCKHOLM Keeping guards at bay with pistols and a submachine gun, robbers snatched a self-portrait by Rembrandt and two small Renoir paintings from the National Museum on Friday and made off m a motorboat moored nearby. The daring, early evening robbery, which lasted
      AP; REUTERS  -  292 words
    • 531 9  - Chinese Canadians' 1.15 b 'racist' suit R. SENTHIL NATHAN By RO\TO They are suing Ottawa for past racist acts, including the infamous 'head-tax', which was levied on migrants m 19th and 20th centuries THEY waged their battle for justice behind closed doors for decades, but now the Chinese Canadians feel
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    • 258 9 But liberal groups criticise senator's appointment Presi-dent-elect George W. Bush on Friday named a conservative Republican as US At-torney-General and a moderate woman governor as hi> environmental chief m hi> latest Cabinet appointmer Mr Bush picked defeated Missouri Senator John Ashcroft to lead the Justice Department m
      AFP; Reuters  -  258 words
    • 291 11 Ex-KGB man 'supplied arms to African rebels' MERCHANT OF DEATH PROFILE of Victor Anatoliyevich Bout: Born in Tashkent, now part of Uzbekistan, and trained with the Russian air force. Holds at least five passports and uses as many as seven aliases, including Boutov, Butt, But, Budd, Bouta, all with Victor
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    • 88 11 PARIS One oi the world's most renowned landmarks, Paris' Eiffel Tower, will mark the arrival of the third millennium by shedding its twinkling silver lights for a blue set. Around 40 climbers will clamber m coming days over the famous steel structure to
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    • DATELINE ASIA
      • 154 11 Police rebuke governor for helping vendors THAILAND SAMAK IN STREET QUARREL > K'S Governor Samak Sundaravej may have endeared himself to thousands of vendors who make a living on the streets of the Thai capital, but the same though cannot be said of the city's police officers. Last week, while
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      • 88 11 HONGKONG MIC actor Stephen Chow and his family are unhappy with the many trucks rambling past their Dion (S$ million) four-st. house at The Peak. The reason: nearby construction work on a luxurious Skyhigh residential site which Pearl Oriental chairman Wong Kwan is developing. Mr
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      • 139 11 CHINA NOTED writer Wang V.:.g, surprised even-one en he returned the prize money he had won when one of his books was voted the best by the famous Chinese literary magazine, Dangdai Mr Wang, who is m his late sixties and is a former Culture Minister,
        Mary Kwang  -  139 words
      • 111 11 JAPAN RETIRED sumo wrestler Wakanohana, who still ranks high m popularity. is fast making a name for himself as a sports commentator, and not just of sumo but of Formula One racing and baseball a> well. Lighter by 10 kg, from 130 kg, since he stopped
        Had Boon Lai  -  111 words
      • 164 11 JAPAN LOG IST Shinichi Fujimuras faked discoveries of ancient stoneware, which were uncovered m November, is still making waves, with the latest to fall victim a best-selling book called History ot Japan, pub HsbedbyNHK The book, published a month before he was posed as
        Hau Boon Lai  -  164 words
    • WORLD FILE
      • 32 12 CALCUTTA, the camtal of Indi Bengal state, will now be known by the Bengali version of its name, Kolkata, the federal government announced m a statement yesterday. AP
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      • 49 12 A TOTAL of 26 Turkish inmates died, 16 of them by setting fire to themselves, m a massive crackdown on hunger-striking prisoners, a military official told reporters m Ankara yesterday. Two members of the security forces also died m the fourday crackdown. AFP
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      • 55 12 HARRODS. London's bestknown store, is to take down the royal seals which adorn its facade following a fallout between owner Mohammed Al Fayed and the royal family, the Daily Telegraph reported yesterday. The royal seals or charters denote the store as a supplier of goods
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      • 39 12 VOTERS m Yugoslavia's main republic were choosing a new Parliament yesterday m an election expected to give pro-democracy forces that toppled Slobodan Milosevic broad powers to sweep away the last vestiges of his regime. AP
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      • 45 12 A COURT m Hull, northern England, on Friday sentenced five men to jail terms of between three and feeven years for selling hundreds of tons of poultry destined for pet food to butchers, restautakeaways and supermarkets across Britain. AFP
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    • 533 12 After a long wait, the word is out finally... DORXOCH (Scotland) Reversing a formula that made her an international star, Madonna commanded maximum attention with the most minimal exposure on her wedding day. With no confirmation of any marriage vows by midnight Friday, the brasher British tabloid
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    • 386 12 Women can now seek international redress for discrimination if their country does not do so r m a new rule added to a 1979 convention UNITED NATIONS In a milestone on the road towards gender equality, women can now submit sex discrimination, sexual harassment and
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    • 184 12 BERLIN German students who moonlight as Santa Clauses during the Christmas season said yesterday they are growing tired of parents who push them to scold their children for misbehaviour. "Parents are increasingly demanding that we bring the stick and scold their kids rather than
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  • EAST ASIA
    • 493 15 Louis Los Suicide Bid With the playboy tycoon still m a coma, Hongkong newspapers are not optimistic that he will be able to return to his normal self HONGKONG Playboy tycoon Louis Lo Siu Fai remained m coma yesterday and neurologists said he might be
      APPLE DAILY  -  493 words
    • 374 17  -  FRANCESCO SISCI Bi si km rs n\irs CHINA BUREAU With the mayor resigning under clouds of triad links, a central inspection team is expected to interrogate over 40 officials m the north-eastern city BEIJING A few heads may roll m the top hierarchy
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    • 46 17 AFP Employees of the Kookmin Bank and the Housing and Commercial Bank pi te h thru tents m the former's training centre grounds m northern Seoul as they protest against the planned merger of the two banks, as part of ongoing hanking reforms.
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    • 251 17  -  LARRY TEO *L FROM a city which shone during the central eco-nomic-planning era to its current notoriety of being the sleaziest and also one of the most crime-in-fested m China, Shenyang is one classic example of modernisation gone awry. Nightspots and sleazy joints
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    • 279 17 Thousands are relieved of duties and re-educated China Youth Daily. "The longer we try to cover up our problems, the more serious they become," Mr Jia Chunwang, Minister of Public Security, was quoted as saying. "It's better if we pick up the mirror and
      AFP  -  279 words
    • EAST ASIA FILE
      • 44 17 SEOUL RED CROSS CHIEF STEPS DOWN 1 Hh head ot the South Korean National Red Cross (KNRC) stepped down y< terday with an apology over comments he made suggesting North Korea was so poor its officials did not have a change of clothes. AFP
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      • 37 17 IN THE latest ol a string of violent crimes by Japanese teenagers, a 14-year-old boy has admitted to killing his neighbour after the man quarrelled with his father, police said yesterday. AP
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      • 53 17 CHINESE fugitive Lai Changxing and his wife, who are being investigated by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for alleged links to snakeheads or people-smug-gling gangs, have appeared before a Canadian adjudicator for a third time. The being kept m jail because they are a
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      • 54 17 FLIGHT attendants for Hongkong's flagship carrier, Cathay Pacific Airways to receive a lower-than-iv-quested pay rise of 4 per cent next year, according to a report yesterday. They had initially asked for a 12 per cent rise but settled after securing benefits including overtime payments
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      • 48 17 A SUSPECTED thief m Japan's Oita Prefecture escaped from police officers who were questioning him by stealing their car and driving away, a Mainichi Shimbun report said. The thief escapea while the officers were checking on a motorcycle allegedly stolen by him.
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    • 523 19  -  LAWRENCE CHUNG Lawsuit Against Magazine By STRAITS TIMES TAIWAN BUREAU If the V-P loses her suit against the magazine which says she was the one to leak word on the President's affair it may mean end of her political life TAIPEI Vice-President Annette Lu's suit
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    • Article, Illustration
      34 19 AFP STAR'STRUCKI :aptivated by the sheer brilliance of the decorative street lights, a couple stops and gazes at the 21 arches iDuminatiiig Marunouchi business district for the festive season m TToko\ o on Friday.
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    • 352 19 Ex-minister tangles with 'old flame' BRAWL IN TAIPEI Woman, upset over being linked to nim, confronts him angrily TAIPEI The alleged misof Taiwan's former Foreign Minister John Chang fractured her arm when she got into a brawl with the one-time political star. Ms Wang, a former starlet, was unhappy that
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    • 274 19 Taiwan V-P lends support to Falimgong rally TAIPHI Taiwan VicePresident Annette Lv, reviled by Beijing for her proindependenee stand, lent support yesterday to China s outlawed Falungong spiritual sect m a move certain to further anger the Chi i Ms Lv, denounced by Chinese state media as "the im of
      Reuters  -  274 words
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 317 20 Gus Dur slams conversions at gunpoint ihristmas visit to Irian Java JAKARTA Indonesia's President will visit troubled Irian Jaya province on Christmas to take part m celebrations with the predominantly Christian population and to offset growing separatism, his spokesman said yesterday. Mr Abdurrahman Wahid will meet local community leaders, religious
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    • 79 20 AN INDONESIAN rail passenger who collapsed among the huge crowds at Jakarta's Senen train station yesterday being taken away for treatment. Millions of Indonesians are expected to pack trains, buses, planes and inter-island ferries m a traditional annual exodus from the capital to
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    • 104 20 JAKARTA The Indonesian government has officially announced an average hike of 33.5 per cent m the monthly minimum wage m 24 provinces which is expected to become effective on Jan 1. The 24 provinces men- tioned include the eight provinces where minimum wage increases were already
      The Jakarta Post; Asia News Network  -  104 words
    • 317 20 Muslim youth leaders slam attacks on nightspots JAKARTA Muslim youth leaders have joined lawyers and rights advocates m a plea for Indonesian police to stop allowing violent vigilante raids on nightspots, carried out m the name of Islam, to go unpunished. "Violence, m any
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    • 490 21 'Even a person m the most desperate life- and- death situation should be entitled to a happy Christmas/ Agriculture Secretary Edgardo Angara, an Estrada ally He wants the people to move on, but avoids commenting during his radio show on a bank official's damaging
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    • 143 21 MANILA President Joseph Estrada's popularity waned m the first 10 days of his impeachment trial, according to a poll published yesterday. About 44 per cent of Filipinos were "satisfied" with him. while 35 per cent said they were "dissatisfied". The poll of 2,400
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    • REGIONAL FILE
      • 56 21 THAI police said yesterday that they had arrested a 19--year-cld Iranian man on ion of involvement m the murder of a British man whose dismembered body was found m a suitcase m a Bangkok suburb. The Iranian and an unnamed Thai man are believed to
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      • 48 21 THE Asian Development Bank -aid yesterday that it had approved a soft loan of USSSS million (5593.5 million) to Cambodia to restore infrastructure damaged m flooding from July to November. The money will help repair the :n and irrigation si tore. AFP
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      • 38 21 WORRIED about mad cow disease, the Thai government will soon ban livestock products and livestock-re-lated raw materials used for feedmeal production from the European Union, a senior official said on Friday. AP
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      • 45 21 CAMBODIA has temporarily- lifted an official suspension on foreign adoptions this month to allow 16 Vmorican families to adopt Cambodian children, officials said on Friday. Prime Minister Hun Sen had suspended foreign adoptions m June amid allegations of irregularities. AP
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      • 40 21 ALMOST 50,000 East Timorese refugees had returned home this year, bringing to 174,000 the number who had gone back since October last year, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees said on Fritlax AFP
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    • 69 21 AFP The jolly Santa Claus comes from the North Pole but m Hanoi, he comes riding on a bicycle and is hanging on a pole! But Ho, Ho, Ho captures the holiday spirit even though there is no snow but lots of dust. Braving the pollution,
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    • 137 21 Filipino trader freed by abductors ZAMBOANGA A businessman was released unharmed after his family paid about 1.7 million pesos (5560,700) m ransom to his kidnappers who held him for 45 days m the southern Philippines, the military said yesterday. Mr Arthur Lim Yap was turned over to a negotiator for
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 506 23  -  WAN HAMIDI HAMID Row Over Malay Rights By IN kl \L\ 1.1 VIPI R The plan is to have a sincere dialogue with Suqiu, explain the youth movement's stand and views on the Ma-lay-rights issue, and possibly persuade Suqiu to review its appeals. Umno
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    • 92 23 Please get my foot out of the toilet bowl INDONESIAN' maid Sukarting Anurkarting grimaces m pain as rire men try to free her right foot which is stuck m a toilet bowl. She apparently slipped and fell while cleaning the toilet m her employer's home m Muar, Johor. Firemen were
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    • 517 23 LRT task force A TASK force headed by Finance Ministry adviser Datuk Mustapa Mohamed has been set up for the revamp of the light rail transit (LRT) service. The LRT ervice is meant to ease the congested city traffic. The idea is to revamp
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    • 243 23 KULIM Three Parti Keadilan leaders have been charged with illegal assembly and rioting during the recent Lunas by-election crimes punishable by up to two years m prison. The three are vice-chair-man Tian Chua, information chief Roslan Kassim and deputy secretary-general Gopala Krishnan. The party
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  • WEATHER MALAYSIA
    • 399 24 Malaysia to produce diesel rom palm oil In what is a first for Malaysia, it plans a $230-m factory to produce diesel from palm oil commercially, hoping this will reverse the glut m the market BERUAS (Ipoh) Malaysia will for the first time commercially produce diesel from palm oil, which
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    • 266 24 1.2 m workers will not have to pay tax New rules will help those earning less than RM2,301 a month KUALA LUMPUR Some 1.23 million workers earning less than RM2,301 (551,054) a month will be exempted from paving income tax from next year, according to the Inland Revenue Board (IRB).
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    • MALAYSIA FILE
      • 42 24 AN eight-year-old schoolboy m Seremban lost a thumb and two fingers when a home-made firecrackers went off. Police said the boy tried to light a piece of pipe stuffed with firecrackers when it exploded. New Straits Times
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      • 36 24 MALAYSIA will gradually deport some 110,000 Indo- nesian workers working illegally m the country, m the coming months. The Jakarta Post said many of them are now m detention camps.
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      • 41 24 JOHOR-based Super J Technology is offering free coffee to motorists driving long-distance during tintwin festive holidays. Over 500.000 cups of coffee will be held out at designated booths along th<> North -South highway. New Straits Times
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      • 34 24 PERLIS Mentri Besar Shahidan Kassin has opened his official residence to the poor daily for the fasting month. Religion or ideology was of no consequence, he said. Bernama
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      • 36 24 MALAYSIAN polio to receive a fully computerised reporting system soon to facilitate instant im gat ions. The first stop will be the police headquarters m Kuala Lumpur. New Straits Times
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    • 608 25  -  THERESA TAN B^ WHAT'S IN A NAME: Shop-owners who pull no punches m telling it like it is A marriage bureau pairing highly-paid men and stunning women is one of Singapore's unusually-named shops A RICH Man Desires A Beautiful Woman, so before their
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    • 760 26  -  EUNICE LAU DAWN WONG By and OPEN COURSES TO PUBLIC 'A lot Off gcij courses such as those m Scotland have public footpaths going right across the middle of them. I fee! sometimes we are being a bit greedy just conserving all that land
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    • 251 26  - 'Snow' falls over Pasir Ris party WENDY TAN *L IT DID not just drizzle m Pasir Ris last night, it also "snowed". Mr Ong Kian Mm, an MP for Pasir Ris GRC, activated a snow machine, shooting "snow over hundreds of residents who showed up to celebrate Christmas heartlanderstyle. He
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    • 186 26 AFTER 22 years at the helm of the PubHc Utilities Board (PUB), Mr Lee Ek Tieng, 67, will retire as chairman on jani Appointed to the PUB board m 1576 the engineer and former civil servant became chairman two years later, succeeded at PUB by deputy
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    • 373 27  -  DAWN WONG Bi Treatment for the 10-year-old kidney-transplant recipient is expensive but The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund will help SINCI Muhammad Fa/le\. 10, had a kidney transplant m December last year, it has cost his famih about $600 a month to pay
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    • 690 28  -  SUZANNE ONG TAKEN UNAWARES Tfu v hikers usually ride past m the evening when there art' many people o about It is very dangerous h cause we pi destrians sometimes don i the approachingbikes Housewife Pauline leo UNAVOIDABLE There is simply no
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    • 274 28  -  WONG FEI WAN Ihil Fifty-year-old had regularly been m trouble with the law since he was 12 A 50-YEAR-OLD man who has been m trouble with the law since he was a boy threatened to kill his daughter and wife when they
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    • 452 29 mbine bytes and engines with brain power and you June a cauldron qfbubblingbusiness, In the mdandlastpart of a series on the l economy, three companies tell KRIST 800 how tankers work with machines todrweforth the hrwfogkxdrevohttion GADGETS, computers and technology-saw} workers have boosted
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    • 539 29  -  WONG FEI WAN SENTOSA SLIDE DEATH INQUIRY By Water pumps were turned on and girl was later caught m ride THE manager on duty at Sentosa's Fantasy Island the day a girl died m an accident on a water slide there, said he had
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    • 175 30 Lucky escape for housewife out to buy breakfast A r>l -YEAR-OLD housewife e>caped serious injury when the mini-van she was driving crashed into the rear of a taxi and flipped onto its side at about 8.30 am yesterd The woman was driving along Paterson Road towards Irwell Bank Road when
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    • 238 30 WWII bomb to be detonated UNDERWATER BLAST Public warned to keep clear of site on Tuesday NAVAL divers will detonate a World War II bomb underwater on Tuesday morning off the east coast. The bomb, which weighs about 45 kg, was found about 3.5 km from the Tanah Merah FernTerminal
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    • 448 30  -  BEN NADARAJAN Bu David Lim and two South American climbers will scale at least two summits to prepare themselves to tackle the world's highest peak THE leader of Singapore's second Mount Everest expedition heads to Chile next weekend for the final warmup climb.
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    • 383 32  - Wild beauties find a home in Bird Park NEO HUUI MIN By day, they fly around Singapore but, by night, the migratory egrets fly home to Jurong Bird Park though they were born m the wild and are free [*HESE beautiful white cattle egrets are born free. By day, they
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    • 364 33  -  SHARMILPAL KAUR Phasing out HCFCs SINGAPORE will phase out HCFCs completely by 2040, and has banned the import of these products since 1996. HCFCs are used commonly as a refrigerant m air- conditioners and refrigerators. Singapore will also cut down the consumption and production of
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    • 192 33 Giving their shops strange names has had no negative impact on business at the No Signboard Restaurant, the No-Body Massage shop or the James Bond private investigation company. WJiile the owner of the Talkative Karaoke Pub admitted that his customers did more sinking than yakking
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    • 545 34 On -night flings aw a bigno-no, hut Smgafk >/< an husbands are less likely to own up than their wives, accordingto an international survey. Three out of lo Singaporeans do not think love is necessary hi a marriage, ami four m 10 think husbands
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      130 34 TIES THAT CAN SURVIVE SNORING If you do not love enough, uou would not .7 7 put up with his idiosyncrasies like snoring. My parents have been nvmiedfor more than 40 years and they are still very much m love/ -k^t** LESS OBVIOUS, MORE STABLE 'Love m a marriage is
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    • 241 29 Meet Krist 800, our Tourism and mm Consumer Reporter. mm m She is waiting to f Jk| hear your story JBP^ ideas and issues wF that consumers I want to read. m Call News Line 737-8700. V Readers whose calls m result m stories will omr M^ which is sponsored
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  • MONEY
    • 279 35 STOCKS rallied on Friday on optimism that the Federal Reserve will soon cut interest rates, sparking t profit growth, Th s Composite Index surged to the fifthlargest gain m its 29-year history, led by Qualcomm and Sun Microsystems. Of 81 technology stocks m the
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    • 1071 35  - 3G-auction madness set to trigger banking crisis MATTHEW LYNN COMMENTARY 'The 3G-licence auctions are likely to go down as one of the greatest blunders of all time, when otherwise sane executives decamped to some other planet where everyone kept their mobile switched on all day. OUT of Switzerland two weeks
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    • 384 35  - Lum Chang joins forces to offer more CHEE JANN PERNG By COMPANIES REPORTER The brokerage will offer American Express credit cards and Star Hub WAP phones to 60,000 clients, m the latest round of the battle to win customers LUM Chang Securities is facing up to the stiff competition m
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    • 837 35  - Insurers offered success blueprints IGNATIUS LOW NON-LIFE INSURANCE SHAKE-UP By IN ANCE CORRESPONDENT A POTENT cocktail of industry convergence, liberalisation and changing consumer needs have left non-life insurers m a stupor. Those who remain sober are likely to choose one or a combination of three business models to ensure their
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  • FAMILY MONEY
    • 940 36  -  LORN A TAN licfnirts hi/ Since getting a new home is a major investment for most people, it makes perfect sense to seek expert advice IF YOU are thinking about investing m global stocks, bonds and unit trusts, chances are you might seek the
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    • 361 36 S I IOPPING for that dream home can be a seductive affair: it is far too easy to fall m love with a property that you cannot afford. To save you from a lon^-term heartache, you should avoid committing
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  • REVIEW
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    • 2070 1 New Stance Ox Asia THE TURN IN US POLICY ON ASIA GENERAL COLIN POWELL: China and Russia are to be treated 'not as potential enemies, not vet as strategicpartners, but as nations seeking their way. DR CONDOLEEZA RICE: Cooperation should be pursued, but we should never
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    • The Sunday Times
      • 281 2 MOTOR insurance fraud has been around for so long, and methods have become so sophisticated, it is a wonder motorists are not sufficiently roused to protect their inter- They bear the cost m the form of nsing premiums, those with good records not spared. Insurance companies protest
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    • 874 2  -  LYDIA LIM VIEWPOINT By AT A recent public forum on land use, a mid-dle-aged woman wearing an orange suit and with hair that looked like she had just stepped out of a beauty parlour stood up to defend the rights of
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    • 1064 2  -  GRACE SUNG Bu Europe Correspondent BRUSSELS I am lucky to.have had the opportunity to take up French as a third language m secondary school Over the years, it has come m handy m numerous situations. I have lived m France, where it
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      • 862 3 Who will take the rap for the 'r' word? Bush s controversial tax cut plan, mooted for botJ t political and economic reasons, nmj} it just backfire on him, diving the Democrats some cheer, LOUISE BRANSON reports from Washington WASHINGTON If the s dan was >uperstitious, could begin to think
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      • 742 3 Hillary's book deed mid Senate seat could pave path back to White House speculative buzz about Rodham Clinton's future has grown deafening m the past week as she has signed a US BB million (5513.6 million) book deal, a non-fiction record overshadowed only b\ the
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      • 493 3 Fight to reform funding for elections WASHINGTON If Presi-dent-elect George W. Bush thought he had vanquished Senator John McCain foi good m their bitter fight for the Republican presidential nomination, he may have to think again. Mr McCain wants Mr Bush to tackle campaign finance reform as the first Bill
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    • REVIEW FOCUS
      • 1256 4 Taiwan Issue 'Mr Chen Shui-bian), after all, earned the nickname Bai Bimi Ah Bum Ah Bian of a hundred guises). Whether Mr Chen changes his stance on the cross-strait Issue ivitt depend on the balancing forces within his party and the change m public opinion. 3
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      • 375 4 EARLIER this month, the international credit rating agency. Standard and Poors, its outlook of Taiwan and, for the first time, placed the island under a negative band, citing weak less m President Chen Sh..i-bian's I'rnment, sliding stocks, and rising bad loans The Economist. Business Week and other
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      • 381 4 Two sides fall out over 'consensus' A VISITING Chinese academic has said that the "1992 Consensus" reached m Hongkong between Beijing and Taiwan over their future relations is now m doubt. Professor Xv Shiquan, the president of Beijing's Institute of Taiwan Studies, a think-tank under the Chinese Academy of Social
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      • 1832 5 A tribe stripped of pride Clash Of The Civilisations IRIAN JAYA: The rocky road to independence REBELS m the region on the western half of New Guinea island, also known as West Papua, have struggled for independence since Indonesia took control of the former Dutch colony m 1963. Unlike much
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      • 961 5 Welcome to Lao PDR Laos, Please Don't Rush Lao PDR turns 25 this year, but the landlocked i nintni is still facing mJjiemslike a weak currency political instability. Sunday Times corresfh m /< nt JAMES USf probes beneath Vientiane's sleepy veneer COMMUNIST Laos is an old-style socialist state aning under
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        2127 6 Trade Secrets Of TDB Chief BIODATA: Mr Barn/ Desker j MR BARRY DESKER is married, with two children. Bom m 1947, he completed his secondary education at St Patrick's School. He was awarded the President's Scholarship and a University of Singapore Scholarship m 1966. He graduated with a
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      • 1152 6  -  ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM IN PVL.O -U.TO Clinton Jnis helped, and there arc signs of mca s> WHILE Muslim Singaporeans mark Han Raya on Wednesday with feasts of home-cooked rendang or bnyaiu, a fellow believer m America, Miss Raqiyyah Aziz, will be indulging m her
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    • OBITUARIES
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        108 7 Surely goodness and love will follow me ail the days of my life, and I will dwell m the house of the Lord forever.' Psalm 25:6 SUNNY CHUA CHENG PENG Age. 40 was called home to be with the Lord Jesus on 22 Dec. 2000 Sadly missed by Father: Chua
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        74 7 Tan Geok Lian AGE: 64 passed away peacefully on 22 Dec 2000 weaving behind loved ones Husband: Seah Kee Knoon Sons Daughter-in-law: Jeffrey Seah Leow Lay Hong Juiian Seah Daughter: Son-in-law: Joyce Seah Roy Goh Grandsons: Granddaughter Sven Seah Sophia Seah Darren Goh Body resting at Singapore Casket, 131 Lavender
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        86 7 KHNG PEK ENG Age: 91 called home to be with the Lord on 23/12/00. Deeply missed by all loved ones. Children: Alice Khng, Diamond Khng, Lai Hee Khng, Daisy Khng, Maisie Khng, Ouek Kee Chong, Hoe Boon Huat, Lesley Jones, Lim Chin Chai, Atchuthan Grandchildren: Mi!ton Jasmine Ouek, Geoffrey, Daryl
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        46 7 The Family Of r he L3te TONY SEE LAI HENG Departed on 15 December 2000 les to express their heartfelt thanks appreciation to Pastor Ricrard Williams Christian Life Centre (CLC), all relatives, friends colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences ons dunnc their recent jvement X
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        42 7 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of MAGDELENE CHAN SOO NGOH Departed 24/12/1998 Cone from our lives one so dear, But m our hearts forever nea Always remembered by Husband: Joseph Teo Peck Chuan Daughter: Chanene Teo Son: Cyprian Teo Daughter-in-law: Kemmy Pang
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        55 7 THE FAMILY OF THE LATE HENRY BARTHOLOMEUSZ wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends colleagues for their kind attendance, condolences, prayers, donations, wreaths valued assistance during their recent bereavement Special tnanßs also to Dr Yacob, Dr Enser Cole, nurses Staff of John Hopkins Medical Centre
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        35 7 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of ALEYAMMA THOMAS called to be with the Lord on 24th December 1999 Sadly missed and fondly remembered by: Husband, sons, daughter, son-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, relatives, friends and loved ones.
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        161 7 LIM MENGCHOO Age: 73 Passed away peacefully on 22nd December 2000 Sadly missed by all loved ones Husband: Toh Chee ieck. deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Jeffery Toh Sian Chew Doreen Lee Nveng Lee Tony Toh Siong Bee I Daniel Toh Song Kee Toh Siong Nam Ivy Pue Godsons: Freddy Low Lim
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        37 7 iThe Family of the Lateji ONGGEOKLENG Departed: 19 Dec 2COO wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to ali relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind attendance, assistance, condolences, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement.
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        122 7 "I have done my best m the race, I have run the full distance and I have kept the faith x imothy 4:7 JOHN CRUZCORERA AGE: 85 called home to be with the Lord on 7 December 2000 m Bangalore, India. Sadly missed by all loved ones. Wife: Cecilia Corera
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        35 7 A Precious Friend And Our Childrens' Dear Auntie PHYLLIS CHAN POH CHOO to understand, 3 Tie and spent time k and gave us so much Hope. fOL -'esus A Family you loved, T he Lims
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    • 197 4 154 FACTORY/ WAREHOUSE SALES THE BUDGET HOUSE We Buy, Sell Move r j"£r* Wide selection of all new/ used items/ assorted sofa sets/ dining sets/ cupboards, office tables chairs, bedroom furniture, etc. Tel.: 846-9830 Our address: No. 20 Sims Lane CHRISTMAS CLEARANCE SALE. Wardrobe, sofa, sofa bed. carpets and all
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    • 2766 5 •»»l wwm^wfvtwmji'je-: m* wfm.3. Vehicles 313 -"ORD FOR SALE 313 FORD FOR SALE 313 FORD FOR SALE 313 FORD FOR SALE 313 FORD FOR SALE 313 FORD FOR SALE 313 FORD FOR SALE 313 FORD FOR SALE 313 FORD FOR SALE 313 FORD FOR SALE HAVE YOUR VEHICLE BEFORE THE
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    • 607 5 316 HONDA FOR SALE SELLING CHEAP! '94 L .cord 2.0 LXi. Auto. OMV $25,686. Silver. Deposit $2.8 K. STA Cert. Loan 2.5%. $44,800 neg. Call *****13 6/93 CIVIC I.6ESi auto. OMV $*****. Low mileage. Deposit S2.BK. New 2K silver. Best offer! Loan 2.5%. 536.8K neg. *****00 10/'9O CIVIC I.SGL 4-dr.
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    • 793 6 Vehicles 316 HOIMM FOR SALE !.3K DRIVEAWAY '84 moOel Acalves. COE 7/2003. Fully ?built. Low mthly. 966V 3120 UNITS '91 Civic I.SGL, COE 1/'O6. ew s/rims. deposit S3.BK. Mthly. yrs. Call 77~ OWNER. 12/97 Civic I.SVTi. 4-dr. uto. Tax 6/'OI. OMV 518.4 K. New ert. Call *****00 EPOSIT 515.8 K.
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    • 993 6 319 JAGUAR FOR SALE 8/93 JAGUAR SJ6 3.2. Maroon. OMV $55K. Showroom. $72,800. 20 Übi Rd. 4. «03-03. *****88 5/95 JAGUAR XJR4.O. Super Charge Auto. 1 owner. Agt. maintained. Must view. Tel: *****00 6/97 JAGUAR X J6 3.2 LWB COE $74k Omv $71k Low mileage Easy financing *****88 320 KIA
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    • 511 6 11/'9l E23OT, AUTO, beautiful stationwagon, 7-seater, 10 yr. COE OV'2Oll, fuel injection, bidded no. 7733, deposit $5000, new 2K paint (silver), new full leather upholstery, alloy rims, expensive hifi. first class engine, no repair needed! Must view to appreciate! $77,800 neg. Visa/ Amex. Please visit: No. 6 Sin Ming Road,
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    • 894 7 325 MERCEDES FOR SALE BEAUTIFUL 9/97 E2OO \ew Keyiess/ memory seat model. Silver. 1 Bid no. plate. Wood- steering wheel. Recently ceded. $149,000 neg. Pg: *****053 IST OWNER. END 96 E2OO (W210). Metallic silver. sspeed/ leather seats. Low mileage. stained by C&C. 100% ac--ee. STA evaluated. Don't 9451-9481/ 9790-9916 88
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    • 909 7 325 MERCEDES FOR SALE '8198' 5/97 C2OO Tiaroon. 1 owner. 5-speed. 2 airbags. Roller blind. 15" AMG rims. Tel. *****90 1/'B9 190 E. COE 12/08. Silver. Leather seats. Good cond. Call owner at 9666-6607 DEPOSIT $IK. '73 Benz 200. COE 3/'O2. Tax 4/'Ol. Superb cond. Price neg. 9661-3120 Raymond. BRAND
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    • 2424 7 328 NISSAN FOR SALE CHRISTMAS HARI RAYA SALE! 1 FREE NOKIA 3310 OR FREE $200 SHOPPING VOUCHER NISSAN SALE! 01/96 CEFIRO 2.0 $68.8K 02/'9B SUNNY 1.5 (A) $66.8K 03/95 SUNNY 1.6 (M) 543.8K 09/96 MARCH 1.0 (M) $45.8K 12/96 MARCH 1.0 (A) $49.8K 09/96 CABSTAR L/D S27K ALL DEPOSIT $3K
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    • 1271 7 336 RENAULT FOR SALE DEPOSIT $1.8K! JULY 94 Clio, '.4RN. (Auto). OMV $11K (Gear box under warranty/ tax 6/'OD Leather interior. Call: *****10 now 7/'93 I OWNER. Renault 1.4 Manual. Green. OMV $12,100. Full accessories. S/rims cost $6K. Selling $25,800. *****111 BEAUTIFUL COND! 2 units 10/98 12A98 Scenic 1.6 Auto.
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    • 756 8 Vehicles 337 ROVER FOP SALE 4/'9B ROVER 400. Moon-roof. Keyiess entry. OMV $26K. 1 owner. 9853-8272 DEPOSIT 54.5 K. 12/94. 416SLi Auto. Leather seat. Tax 5/01. OMV $*****. A1 cond. S4OK. *****96 9/95 620 SLi 2.0 auto. 1 owner. Full accessories. Deposit $7.nq 559.8K o.n.c. Call *****88 AUG 99R75 2.5C3Aut0.1sOMV
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    • 66 8 BEAUTIFUL '84 CORONA 1.6 GL. COE (2004)/ '89 Corona CD 1.6 auto. COE 7/2009. New tax. Full accessories. Well maintained. Deposit $2.8 K. Loan 1 7 yrs. neg. Call 552-3003. Lot 16 Tagore Lane DEPOSIT $88. $19,688 Offer 1 '82 1.6 Hiace 12-seater. COE 10/2005. Can go M'sia. Rebuilt cond.
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    • 520 9 353 SPOR'S-- COjPES/ CABRIOLETS AIRING AUTOMOTIVE WISHES j. New Year. 2/00 RSK 2.0 Turbo Manual, negra Spec R. 2-door. 8/97 Prelude 2.2 Vtec Titronic. V 96 WRX V 5. Blue. Gold rim. 6/95 BMW Compact 316 i. M 3 kit. -i 2*2. 98 Spec. 12/93 Ford Escort I.BSi cabriolet. Low
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    • 596 9 383 VEHICLES WANTED All Enquires Welcome 98 CAR AUTO SERVICE Secondhand cars wanted With/ without COE Interested pis. contact 9616-1105 Tan (24 hours service) j L WANTED URGENTLY COE cars 79--94. 800- 2000 c.c. Highest offer, extra Any model, any cond. Toyota, Mitsubishi, Honda, Mercedes, Mazda. View at your doorstep.
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    • 867 9 387 LORRIES FOR SALE 4,"93 MITSUBISHI CANTER 14 ft. for sale. Wooden bed. Asking $10K neg. 9832-2408 '95 HINO 24 ton. Wooden lorry 12 ton crane. 1 owner. Aircon. New tax. Tip top cond. Tel. *****73 '99 ISUZU NHR 69E 3.1 10 ft diesel. 1 owner. Aircon. New tax. $34,800.
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    • 696 9 410 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST 410 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST PTEAPTS-RENT PTEAPTS-RENT PropNex Hlflltj AQUARIUS BY THE Park. Brano new cendo.! 2/ 3+l bedrooms. Full aircon. F/ facilities. Pool view. Quiet. Flamingo Valley/ 'Siglap'. 2 bdrms. $I.BK up. John 9858 2548 PN FORT GDNS. 3+l. Mid floor. S/pooi Fully aircon.
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    • 648 9 420 HOUSES FOR RENT joy D.19 BARTLEY VILLAS (opp. Maris Stella Pri. School). Inter, terrace. Area 1610 sq.ft. Built-in 2600 sq.ft. $2200 p.m. Available immediate. Pg: 9509-4629. D.13 NEW! BIG 3 storey semi-d. J Most beautiful modern interior design. F/aircon. Furn. 5 bdrms. Can park 5 cars. $3600. *****214 agt.
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    • 775 9 422HUDC/HDB APTS FOR RENT APPROVED EXEC. JURONG West 830A, high fir. Renovated. NTU/ Tuas. Co-lease. 9450-3199 Orion APPROVED. AMK AYE. 10. Blk. 465, 3 rm. Amenities. $1000. High fir. Windy. Avail. Ist Jan. 9224-2072 CCX EXEC. APT. Corner. Unfurn. Opp. MRT/ shpg. Convenient. Immed. neg. 9258-9604 agt. BEDOK NORTH. 3-RM.
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    • 234 10 Properties 446 DO9-1O ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-SALE CHOICE LOCATION The Mera Saga. 136S jnovated. Pc. Sommerville PK •959 i ess. Peck Hay Rd Julia 9678-4833 Patrick 9663-9213, C2l D.lO VALLEY M e». Highest I ■-*****3 Gillian 0.10 NASSIM MANSION. l-» r'hOld. SOMMERVILLE PK. 3+i. =48 sq.ft. :s dpp. '033 sq.ft.
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    • 402 10 455 Dl 2-14 BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG HOUSES -SALE Valuation^' D.13 DAISY AYE. F hold. 2 storey corner terr. 2500 sq.ft. 3+l rms. Renovated. Convenient. Near future MRT. Don't miss! *****620 D.13 JLN. MUHIBBAH D/storey terr. 1309 sq.ft. Quiet/ convenient. F'hold. $910K yet neg. Must view to appreciate! Call 3488-211 BHS D.13
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    • 486 10 461 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST PTEAPTS-SALE F'HOLD. JOO CHIAT terr. walk up. Nice renovation. 1200/ 2400 sq.ft. $690K/ $990K neg. 9226-8738 AMBER TWR. MAIS. Sea view. High fl r F'hold. 2000 sq.ft. 4 rms. move m. $1.12 M 0.n.0. *****868 Agt. THE TANAMERA CONDO. 1518 sq.ft. 3+l. High fir. Open
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    • 548 10 466 Dl 7-18 CHANGI/ PASIRRIS PIE ARTS -SALE LE LOYANG 999 YEARS 39 sr.ft. Spaciou? Resort li\ aircon. Roof terr. Tei S7IOK negr 2-storey mais. 2024 sq.ft Designer deco' With garden roof tc area. Price negotiable me cooling, f/aircon. Rool Next to park. Price nea: Roy 9791-1666 ERA BUYER'S RARE
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    • 1539 11 470 019-20 SERANGOON- 470 Dl 9-20 SERANGOON/ 470 Dl 9-20 SERANGOON/ IXOMSOM THOMSON THOMSON HOUSES-SALE HOUSES-SALE HOUSES-SALE Immediate Occupation Welcome to our Show House 1 Chuan Close Tel: *****18 128 jalan Kelichap Tel: *****77 Open daily including Sundays and Public Holidays Tenure of Land Leasehold (99 years from 4 December
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    • 745 11 476D22-28 WESTS NORTH PTE APTS -SALE SELETAR SPRINGS Just TOP. 980/ 1012/ 1302/ 1528/ 1582/ 2034 sq.ft. 2/ 3/ 4+l. Ground fir., mais. Pool view. Facilities. 99 yrs. $580K up. Joyce Lim 9231-9896 CASHEW HGTS. 1238/ 1647 sq.ft. Beautiful. Nicely renovated. Pool view. Split level. High/ mid fir. 999 yrs.
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    • 630 11 T. r 1 I Properties 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FCR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) The Straits Times Classified PROPERTY GUIDE (HPB ESTATES) I 505 Vciementi/
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    • 338 11 j %*^S So*) S r|f tv worldwide! NO. 1 €0 Low j Cash ANY OFFER CONSIDERED! 5 yrs. on ly! Exec. Apt. blk. 661 Jin. Damai. High fir. corner, unblocked, near amenities. Malay owner. *****396 VinceYSTan J±, 9565 5050 JBF iSBI BEST LOCATION! 5 T Chai Chee blk. 803. Corner
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    • 579 11 4 'NG' recess. High fir. 100 sq.m. Valued S22OK. Low cash. Move m. Face sch./ quiet/ privacy/ NTUC. Blk. 709 Bedok Res. 9852-9389 4 'NG' CHAI Chee. Blk 54. High fir. Lift level, upgraded. Unblock, val--1 ued $218 K. Also 4 'A' Bedok Res. Blk. 718. H/p *****277 Real Home
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    • 491 11 494 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BISHAN) FropNex M H WENDY LOW V A 9400 8206 Jr i\ Conmr. V 1 HOT AREA! HOT level! Hot price! Blk. 272 Bishan 4 'A' #10. $6K only! i Very hot deal! Strike while it is hot! Grab or regret! Hurry! Don't miss! Don't
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    • 1063 11 497 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BTMERAH/OUEENSTOWN/ TELOK BLANGAH URGENT SALE! BT. Merah Central. 5 T Blk 115. High fir. 100% move m. Recess area. Bus interchange. Can contra. Shirley 9301-7746 PN ProiMex f^^ 1 TONY HO 9838 8850 g| Jk 3 'I' CORNER/ 3 160/ 170. High fir. Unblocked. Newly
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    • 355 12 Properties 499 HDBA= T 5 FOR SAIE CEN'RA. CITY) nva hrn dorse t hospital. Quite est./ Blk. 10. Near SOK! 9293-2188 CB 3 -RM 3LK. 264 Waterloo St. High 3lk 636 Veerasamy c Near amenities. Can contra. Mark 9409-1355 ERA 5 T PT. BM 307 King George's. High fir. City
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    • 695 12 500 HDBAPTS FOR SALE (CHOACHUKANG/ BUKiT PANJANGBLK. 248 CCX. 5 T corner. 100% move m. High fir. Unblocked, near LRT/ amenities/ sch./ mkt./ MRT. Valued. Call 9280-2944 Cindy CORNER EXEC. APT. CCX. blk. 606. F/aircon. Great location. Faces park. Close to MRT, amenities, alued. 9417-5133 CR-PN DONT MISS: CORNER 5
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    • 656 12 500 HDBAPTS FOR SALE (CHOACHUKANG/ BUKITPANJANG) 4 'A' CORNER CCX Blk. 281. High fir. Renovated. Lift landing. Valued S24OK. Low cash! 9593-0284 agt. 4 'A' BLK. 427 CCX. MRT/ Lot 1/ sch. Renovated. Well kept. Don't miss! Pg. 9327-6513 UPL 4 'A' BLK 769 CCX. Windy. Reno- vated. MRT/ amenities.
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    • 797 12 nW 501 HDBAPTS FOR SALE (CLEMENT!/ WEST COAST) 5-RM. BLK. 21 Holland/ High fir./ no i blockage/ S.E. facing/ renovated/ pool view/ Buona Vista MRT/ mkt./ schs./ food ctr./ *****118 DTZ TL 9207-4039 MR YEO. New listing! 3 'NG' blk. 433 Aye. 3. Mid fir. View I to offer. Orig.
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    • 841 12 ;>*~- 502 HDB APTS FOR SALE (GEYLANG/EUNOS/ MACPHERSON) 2-RM. JLN. BATU Blk. 9. #01. Near all amenities. Valued. Bright windy. Upgraded with utility room. All races. Irene 9523-8193 KF 3 'I' BLK. 85 Circuit Rd. High fir. Lift level. Unblocked. F/renovated. Near NTUC/ mkt. Valued SI2OK. Low cash! Lili 9582-3745
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    • 862 12 504 HDB APTS FOR SALE (HOUGANG/SERANGOON/ YIOCHUKANG) #E AL ESTATE v^ 3 Room 3 'S' BLK. 151 S'goon N. Walk-up/ #03. Renovated. Build-in wardrobe/ cabinet. NTUC/ wet mkt./ shop. Valued $124 K. 9380-0677 4 'A' DR-TO-DR. Blk. 427 S'goon Central. High fir./ big baicony. Unblocked. Windy. Near future MRT/ St.
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    • 862 12 505 HDB APTS FOR SALE (JURONG) Christmas 4 'A' KANG Ching Rd. Blk. 347. 5 yrs. Nicely renovated. Well kept. 5 'I' Jurong East Blk. 227. Both unit near MRT. Pg 9411-4286 ERN. ALL JURONG 5 'I 1 Blk 246, Jurong E. Unblocked. High/ low fir. Sell below value s
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    • 1039 12 505 HDB APTS FOR SALE (JURONG) 4 'NG 1 BLK. 465 Jurong W. Unblocked. High fir. Near schs./ amenities. N.S. facing. Marble flooring. Aircon. Best location. 9387-9768 5 'A' MAIS. (SSK Grab!) Bik. 340 Jurong E. Ceramic/ parquet. Valued $320 K. MRT/ pool. Mais, layout for 5-rm. price. Jo 9577-8416
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    • 758 12 510 HDB APTS FOR SALE (MARINE PARADE) 5-RM. PT. BLK. Marine Dr. blk. 78. High fir. Bright. Renovated. F/aircon. Sea view. Library/ NTUC/ hawker. Pg. Nick 9596-6330 ERA 3 T CORNER Blk. 32 Upgraded 1 rm. extra. High fir. F/ renovated. 200% move-in. Quiet. 9322-9415 4 T. VERY cheap. Dr.
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    • 694 12 512 HDB APTS FOR SALE (PASIRRIS/CHANGI) EXEC. APT. BLK. 778 Pasir Ris. 142 sq.m. 3+l. Marble/ mid fir. Good j facing. Stephan 9567-8887 ERA EXEC. APT. Blk. 717. Sell below value $470K neg! Designer decor. Marble. Unblocked. *****681 ARN EXEC. APT. BLK. 717. Pasir Ris. High fir. Unblocked. Designer decor
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    • 357 13 Properties Travel Getaways •Education /Training l=s 514 HDB APTS FOR SALE 514 HDB APTS FOR SALE 514 HDB APTS FOR SALE (TAMPINES/ S 1 .TAMPINES/ SIMEI) (TAMPINES/ SIMEI) I* f n addition i' L^iZ*l I Fff£ £J X m^LZTS SZ O\er i.(HH> properties Roil updated daily to select from FIVJ-f
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    • 875 13 S CORNER ampines. Bright windy. Near central. Valued 5357 K. View to offer. Daryl *****788 ERA 5 MINS MRT/ Tampines Mall. Blk. 254. 5 T Dr to dr. 121 sq.m. Near Yu Mm/ Chong Zheng Pri. Schs. View Sat/ Sun. William 9592-2463 JOT. ALMOST SOLD! 4 A Blk. 395 Mid
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    • 818 13 516 HDB APTS FOR SALE (TOA PAYOH/ POTONGPASIR) 5 'A' BLK. 49 T. Payoh. 8 yrs. only. Spacious. 1464 sq.ft. 4 bdrms. High fir./ renovated/ amenities. SSIBK neg. Pg. 9519-2221 CB Exclusive SSK ONLY! URGENT sale! 5 'I 1 Blk. 82A Toa Payoh. #02. 5 yrs. Renovated. MRT/ amenities. *****200
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    • 898 13 517 HDB APTS FOR SALE (WOODLANDS/ SEMBAWANG) NO CASH! ONLY CPF! Yet neg. 5 T corner. Blk 322. Renovated. Near MRT, NTUC, Polyclinic, schs., mkt. Amenities. 9595-8181 PN Show House VIEW 1-3PM. BLK. 896 C 4 A'. Mid fir. Face N.S. Unblocked. Near 888 Plaza, central, mkt., NTUC. Simple renovation.
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    • 891 13 518 HDB APTS FOR SALE (YISHUN) ALL RACES. 3 'NG' blk. 142. mid fir. Next to corner. Simpie. Well kept. Good view. Windy. 5 mins. to MRT/ Northpoint. 9703-8431 Rama PN 3EAUTIFUL CORNER EXEC. Apt. blk. 359. 1600 sq.ft. High fir. Unblocked. Amenities/ NTUC. Well kept. Valued $390 K. Immed.
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    • 926 13 518 HDB APTS FOR SALE (YISHUN) 4 'S' YISHUN 773. Lift level. Unblocked. Mins. to MRT. 95% HDB loan. Low cash! 9403-6917 agt. 4 'S' BLK 726. High fir. MRT/ amenities. N.S. facing. Breezy. Move m. Valued $168 K. Contra. *****992 FT 4 'S r CORNER 2 units. Blk. 774.
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    • 602 13 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT CHINATOWN POINT. 3000 sq.ft. Can carry on Billiard pool biz. No fees. $18K per mth. Agt. *****863 538 SHOP SPACE FOR SALE KIM KEAT 5-STOREY shop cum apt. 5800 sq.ft. with pte. lift. Good frontage. Excellent yield. $2.8 M. Dont miss! HARVEST *****318 BLK. 204
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    • 751 13 712 COMPUTER COURSES ADVANCE WORDS Excel Package taught by qualified and experienced lecturers. Classes com- mencing soon! Pis. call BMC *****55 (Jurong East) or *****11 (Bt. Merah). WWW.ALTRON.COM.SG. We offer you the competitive edge through proven cutting edge courses: Macromedia, Webpage Design, Internet, Autocad, Accpac, Java Script, Microsoft etc. Cail
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