The Straits Times, 23 March 2001

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    27 1 The Straits Times Friday March 23, 2001 Established 1845 128 Pages in seven parts MITA (P) 024/12/2000 tv A Singapore Press Holdings publication 60 Cents 8 !!J!!I(IIII!
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    Lock icon Sad to retrench, Sim gives $500,000 to staff
    412 1  -  TAMMYTAN MONEYDESK NEWS EDITOR CREATIVE Technology' founder Sim Wong Hoo is forking out $500,000 of his own money for his retrenched workers and hopes other wealthy chief executives here will do the same. The 45-year-old, known for his philanthropy, has set up
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    Lock icon US human rights flap over China
    494 1  -  New cloud over Bush-Qian talks as China hawks say they will oppose Beijing's bid to host Olympic Games By LOUISE BRANSON STRAITS TIMES US BUREAU WASHINGTON China’s foreign-policy chief Qian Qichen has found himself in a storm of human rights criticism that could cast
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    Lock icon Powell orders Russians out
    353 1 AS SPYING CHARGES FLY... By Louise Branson WASHINGTON The shadow of the Cold War loomed large as the United States ordered 50 Russians to leave the country for alleged spying. Secretary of State Colin Powell summoned Russian ambassador Yuri Ushakov to the State Department on Wednesday
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      Lock icon ART OF STRATEGY FOR PUPILS
      91 2 HOME CLEMENTI Primary went all out to get its pupils hooked on chess and succeeded. Three times a week, the school children can be found peering at chessboards, brows scrunched, planning their next move. Said one Primary 5 pupil: “It’s very challenging and makes you
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      Lock icon $1,000 FINE FOR SLAP
      71 2 A TEENAGE girl pushed a woman’s son and got a slap on the face for it. Yesterday, the mother, Siah Mong Seok, 40, was fined 81,000 for hurting the 14-year-old girl at a Bukit Batok void deck in 1998. A district court heard that Siah’s son
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      Lock icon POWER-WATER PLANT IN PIPELINE?
      71 2 A NEW power plant could be built alongside Singapore’s first desalination plant for drinking water. The Public Utilities Board has called for early tenders for a desalination plant that will make 30 million gallons a day And Aqua Gen, which has a small desalination plant here,
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      Lock icon BALANCING HEALTH-CARE FINANCE
      116 2 FORUM TO ENSURE that health care continues to be affordable to Singaporeans, the Health Ministry says it has been reviewing the relative share of Medisave and Medishield in paying for health-care costs of citizens. It adds, in response to a Forum writer who wanted the rules relaxed
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      Lock icon Old jets in new ‘tribute’ setting
      109 2 HOME THE new Air Force Museum in Paya Lebar offers a lively environment for a place meant to be a retirement home for old war planes. It has nine indoor galleries, a small theatre and a cafeteria. It was opened yesterday by SAF chief
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      Lock icon OSCAR WAR AT LIFE!
      64 2 LIFE! THE Oscar season is here again, which means that the Life! office is divided into warring camps. And it is not a pretty sight when journalists fight, says writer Kelvin Tong. At least the women stand undivided in their devotion to Benicio del Toro’s bedroom
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      Lock icon Woman slashed to death, man held
      111 2 PRIME THE body of a woman, with her neck nearly severed, was found in a Yishun flat early yesterday following a phone call to the police. Police officers found the caller, a 51-year-old man, waiting for them at the three-room flat in Block 362,
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      Lock icon Night when unity failed
      89 2 COMMENTARY AT SOME point during the incendiary night of March 9, when groups of Malays and Indians clashed, it occurred to the National Unity Department chief that she had failed in her job, writes ST Malaysia Correspondent Brendan Pereira. Madam Ainon Kuntom said the episode proved
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      Lock icon SCRAP THAT 'ARCHAIC' RULE
      90 2 MONEY THE Singapore Airlines chief executive has urged the US to scrap the rule limiting foreign ownership of US airlines to 25 per cent. Dr Cheong Choong Kong told aviation-industry specialists in Washington that the rule is “archaic” and goes against the grain of free trade.
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      Lock icon ANIMAL BURNING 'FUELLING FMD'
      63 2 WORLD THE burning of dead animals in Britain is a “terrible m istake” that should be stopped immediately because it is spreading foot-and-mouth disease across the land instead of halting it, says a leading expert on incineration. The early stages of burning on open fires send
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      Lock icon JAPAN'S QUANDARY OVER ISLANDS
      98 2 ASIA JAPAN is in a dilemma over the latest move on its battle with Russia over four disputed islands, writes Hau Boon Lai of the ST Japan Bureau. The two countries could soon agree that a 1956 pact setting out the return to Japan of two
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      Lock icon PAS CAN KEEP ISLAM NAME
      80 2 ENDING months of speculation, it has been decreed that Malaysia's main opposition party, Parti Islam (PAS), can keep its name. The Malay Rulers Council’s decision means that the government’s proposal to drop the word “Islam” from the names of political parties and organisations is unlikely
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      Lock icon IT'S NOW ‘SVEN THE SAVIOUR’
      80 2 SPORTS THOSE who proclaimed the appointment of England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson to be a sadday for English football are changing their tune. No country had ever won the World Cup with a foreigner in charge, they had said. But, smitten by the Swede’s debut victory
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      239 2 MAIN Prime 3,4,5 World 6-19 Editorial 20 Commentary 20,21 Forum 22,24 HOME Singapore News.... H1-H12 Tech Science H14-H15 ASIA Asia Al East Asia.... A2-A6 S-EAsia... A7-A11 Malaysia. A12-A14 Weather A14 SPORTS/ MONEY Sports S1-S5 Money S7-S14 LIFE! What’s On L2 Life! Beat L7-L12 Comics L14 Cinema.... L16-17 Cable guide... L18
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  • PRIME NEWS
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      Lock icon Jail even if not owner, tenant or landlord
      439 3  -  CJ dismisses woman's appeal against jail term for harbouring illegals in a shophouse which did not belong to her HARBOURING ILLEGALS BY ALETHEA LIM COURT CORRESPONDENT A PERSON can be charged in court for harbouring an illegal immigrant even if he is
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      Lock icon Banned: Dutch meat, dairy
      194 3 SINGAPORE has banned the import of meat and dairy products from the Netherlands, as the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) continues to spread in Europe. This follows earlier bans on these products from Argentina, France and Britain. A joint statement from the Agri-food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore
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      Lock icon Frostbitten but Khoo’s better now
      417 3  -  BIL JULYN KANG HIS frostbitten fingers are healing but they are not dropping off. And a good night’s rest in a soft warm bed nas worked wonders for adventurer Khoo Swee Chiow. “I’m feeling much better today,” he said from his hotel in Resolute Bay,
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      Lock icon Defence Minister warns Gus Dur backers
      441 4  -  Behave or face military's wrath, he says, warning of tough action if president is forced to step down and unruly supporters turn violent DEVI ASMARANI STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA The Indonesian military will crack down on unruly supporters of President Abdurrahman Wahid who
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      Lock icon It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it's... a flying car
      404 4 AP SYDNEY A US inventor has rolled out a flying car that he says can cruise at twice the speed of a light helicopter. It nas found its first major buyer: the US military. Dr Paul Moller, 63, has made
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      Lock icon Woman killed in Yishun flat
      263 4  -  MAN, 51, ARRESTED Bv SELINA LUM POLICE found the body of a badly-slashed woman in a Yishun flat early yesterday, after a man called to Sa woman had been ed. They found the caller, a 51-year-old man, waiting for them. On the floor of the
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      Lock icon I don’t have a degree from Stanford, Richard Li admits
      298 5 He attended top US university, but did not graduate. Newspaper reveals false claim by Hongkong tycoon's company AP HONGKONG After watching his shares plunge for months, Hongkong Internet tycoon Richard Li suffered another blow yesterday, when it emerged that his
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      Lock icon Foreign firms are the real powerhouses
      419 5  -  By NARENDRA AGGARWAL ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT IF YOU think that govern-ment-linked companies (GLCs) such as Singapore Telecom and Singapore Airlines are the powerhouses of Singapore’s economy, think again. In fact, foreign companies make up nearly half of the Republic’s gross domestic product (GDP), a new
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      106 4 A SEMINAR ON LIFE SCIENCES essential legal issues FEATURING A Singapore Educationalist in Bio-Medical Science AND SPEAKERS FROM Drew Napier Marks Clerk, European Patent Attorneys biotech life sciences developments patent issues in Europe for the pharmaceutical biotech industries patenting life sciences in Singapore enforcing your patent rights corporate issues tax
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      242 5 21 PAGES OF JOB ADS IX) EyeOnJobs, a weekly section of job ads, starts today with more than 160 ads from employers such as the Singapore Exchange, Singapore Petroleum Co Ltd and Carrier Singapore. You’ll find jobs for the wired generation, from entry to professional level, including “Our target is
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Taleban now smashes nation’s relics into rubble
      611 6 The Kabul Museum is opened for the first time since the supreme leader ordered all pre-lslamic statues to be destroyed. Only dust and debris is left First, Afghanistan’s rulers blow up two ancient Buddhist statues despite uproar... AP, AFP KABUL Afghanistan’s Taleban rulers
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      Lock icon MIR BREAKUP Flights to be delayed, but fishermen will stay put
      493 7 A Canberra nerve centre is monitoring the team of emergency officials, which will have at most 90 minutes to respond if things go awry AP CANBERRA Some commercial flights are being delayed to avoid any chance that they could
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      Lock icon Fishing fleet refuses to leave because tuna are biting
      268 7 AP WELLINGTON A fleet of fishing boats in the area of the South Pacific where the Russian space station Mir is supposed to plummet have refused to leave the area despite the dangers, because the tuna are biting. Most of the
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      Lock icon PM Goh urges Hungary to use S’pore as gateway to Asia
      533 8  -  A new range of Hungarian goods can be expected in NTUC FairPrice amid efforts to get the country's firms to use Singapore as a trading base IRENE NG IN BUDAPEST YOU’VE seen bottles of wine, slabs of cured and
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        Lock icon ANOTHER BUST IN IRAQ INJURES SIX
        49 8 AFP SIX Iraqi civilians were wounded on Wednesday in an explosion in Baghdad which Iraqi authorities attributed to Iranian agents. It was the second explosion here in less than a week, with two dead and 27 hurt in an explosion last Friday. AFP
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        Lock icon JETS POUND TAMIL TIGER BASES
        45 8 AFP AIR-FORCE jets bombed suspected Tamil rebel bases in Sri Lanka yesterday a day after a heavy sea battle. At least five planes were used in the attack on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ee- lam bases in Batticaloa district. AFP
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        Lock icon FBI TO SET UP OFFICE IN TBILISI
        41 8 AFP THE US Federal Bureau of Investigation will open a permanent office in Tbilisi to help protect important facilities such as oil pipelines, FBI head Louis Freeh said in the Georgian town yesterday. AFP
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        Lock icon LAHORE POLICE ON PROTEST ALERT
        29 8 AFP SECURITY in Pakistan’s Lahore has been beefed up before today’s slated prodemocracy rally by the opposition after a crackdown on political groups. AFP
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      Lock icon Bleating before Parliament
      66 9 A PROTESTER dons a sheep mask outside the British Houses of Parliament on Wednesday as part of a protest by animal welfare activists. The group was protesting against animal exports, which they claim encourage the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in Europe. So far there has been one
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      Lock icon Clouds of death
      460 9  -  Burning dead animals sends the foot-and-mouth virus into the atmosphere, which explains the rapid spread of the disease, an expert says ALFRED LEE STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU LONDON Funeral pyres of burning animals are spreading foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) across Britain, according to a leading expert on incineration.
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    • OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
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        Lock icon U.S. FLOCK SEIZED:
        100 9 Los Angeles Times t Federal officials have seized a Ver- mont farmer’s flock of sheep over suspicions that some of the animals may be infected with the mad-cow disease and could pose a threat to livestock nationwide. It was the first time that the US government has
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        Lock icon THIRD SITE IN NETHERLANDS:
        80 9 -AFP THIRD SITE IN NETHERLANDS: A Dutch Agriculture Ministry official announced early yesterday the discovery of a third site where foot-and-mouth disease had been found. “We have confirmation of a third case of foot-and-mouth at a farm in Welsum,” said spokesman Martine de Haan. “The farm
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        Lock icon COSTLY CHECKS IN AUSTRALIA
        73 9 AP COSTLY CHECKS IN AUSTRALIA: Australian Prime Minister John Howard yesterday downplayed a possible increase in airport taxes to fund new measures against foot-and-mouth disease after the tourism authorities slammed the proposal. Australia last week slapped a blanket ban on all imports of livestock, meat and
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      Lock icon Found: Skull of a whole new human species
      494 10 Researchers in Kenya have found the 3.5-million-year-old fossil of an unknown species of human, which casts doubt on the origins of mankind Los Angeles Times PARIS Researchers in Kenya have unearthed a battered but almost complete skull of a previously unknown species
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      Lock icon Sexual abuse of nuns by priests true: Vatican
      315 10 Church ‘aware of problem ana seeking solutions’ -AFP VATICAN CITY The Vatican has admitted that some of its nuns have suffered sexual abuse by priests., but senior Catholic figures said the church was working to combat the problem. Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls
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      Lock icon Raspberry juice a natural cure for gastric illnesses
      169 10 AFP SYDNEY Raspberry fruit juice can kill the virulent bacteria that causes gastroenteritis, Australian scientists said yesterday. Experiments with pure raspberry juice and commercial cordials at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, southern New South Wales, showed the farmers’ remedy had scientific
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      Lock icon Demand down for US high-tech visas
      429 11 Only 16,000 H-1B visas meant for high teen workers were requested by employers last month, half the number sought in February last year SIGN OF ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN AFP WASHINGTON The slowing US economy has put a damper on the need for special visas for
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      Lock icon Good riddance to Florida’s cursed chads
      323 11 NEW YORK They caused election officials headaches, held up the outcome of the US presidential election, ana gave the world a new political word to play with: Chad. But now chads are set to be consigned to the dustbin, if not the dustbin of
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        Lock icon Sensational haircut from a wacky barber
        134 14 HE'LL DO ANY DESIGNS YOU WANT Reuters BOMBAY India’s bribery scandal was the inspiration for Mr Shivaram Bhandary’s latest wacky hairdo. The former village barber sent one client out of his swanky Bombay parlour this week with the word tehelka which means “sensation” in
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        Lock icon EX-GERMAN LEADER LOSES APPEAL
        137 14 jaueu AP STRASBOURG The European Court of Human Rights yesterday confirmed the manslaughter conviction of Egon Krenz, East Germany’s last communist leader. He had argued that his 1997 conviction and 6 V* year jail sentence violated his human rights because he broke no East German law
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        Lock icon NONE THE VERSE FOR A READING
        182 14 111 iVCW AFP LONDON Sir Paul McCartney overcame a bout of nerves to recite his poetry in public for the first time in Liverpool. In front of a select audience of 400 at an event in his hometown, the former Beatle read excerpts from
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        Lock icon THE REAL-LIFE 'WEST WING'
        70 14 ns in AP WALTHAM (Massachusetts) Ann Lewis, who was director of communications and counsellor to former American president Bill Clinton, will give students at Brandeis University a taste of behind-the-scenes action at the White House when she teaches “The real West Wing: At work at the
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        Lock icon Yitzhak Mordechai,
        59 14 i, a former defence minister who was once a rising star in Israeli politics, has been convicted of sexually assaulting two female subordinates and now faces a maximum prison term of seven years. Norman Rodway, for many years a leading actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company, has died
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        54 14 7 looked like a complete idiot every day. I found a million ways to say “No comnient”. Mike McCurrv, former White House spokesman, conceding that he will probably go down in history as the press secretary who deliberately kept himself out of the loop during the impeachment saga over
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      Lock icon Albanians pull back without a fight
      541 16 Police say the Albanian guerillas have retreated, although their fortifications remain in place as they were before the offensive by the Macedonians tion of the conflict. AP, Washington Post TETOVO (Macedonia) Ethnic Albanian rebels retreated without a fight yesterday as heavily-armed Macedonian police launched
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      Lock icon Neighbours can help stop border wars, says Annan
      551 17 Neighbours should not hesitate to exert required pressure and advice to prevent conflict across their borders, advises the UN Secretary-General AFP UNITED NATIONS Neighbours should not be reluctant to help prevent conflicts across their borders, according to UN Sec- retary-General Kofi Annan.
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      Lock icon Arafat’s officer killed as Israelis bomb base
      234 17 AFP GAZA CITY The Israeli army has bombarded a base for Palestinian leader Y'asser Arafat’s bodyguard service Force 17, killing an officer and seriously wounding three others, Palestinian sources said. Israeli tanks fired four shells late on Wednesday at a training base of
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      Lock icon A web beauty quiz. The emir’s wife. Two years’jail
      358 18 Friends of Luay Abdulla say the American is innocent, and that he was charged with a crime in a country where he is almost powerless American held for harming symbols of Qatar AFP RAVENNA (Ohio) Friends of an American sentenced to
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      Lock icon STORMY WRECK:
      32 18 Brazilian police examining the damage after the roof collapsed at a supermarket in a Sao Paulo suburb, on Wednesday after a hail storm. Twenty-one people escaped with slight injuries. AFP
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      Lock icon Electricity firms rip off Californians
      345 19 The credit off the state's two largest utilities is almost worthless after five power suppliers overcharged them for 10 months, say power-grid managers AP SACRAMENTO (California) Electricity wholesalers overcharged California US$5.5 billion (559.6 billion) over the past 10 months, according to a report by managers
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      Lock icon Ecstasy on rise as kids unaware of the danger
      393 19 -AFP WASHINGTON A Sroup of former teenage rug addicts told a United States Senate hearing that ignorance about the addictive nature of Ecstasy contributed to them being hooked. “We all just wanted to have a good time, until it was over
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      Lock icon STUDENTS RESCUE BOOKS:
      41 19 Students at the University of Western Sydney dig up books that were buried on university premises during the 1990s. The university has admitted to burying more than 10,000 books because it could not afford to store them. REUTERS
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      341 6 World Head-Scratching Mystery This 3.5-million-year-old skull, found in Kenya, has cast new doubt on how modem man evolved. page 10 Opportunities For Hungary Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has urged Hungary to use Singapore as a distribution base for its products into Asia. pace s r*. m ff U.P $2299
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      575 6 World McCartney's Hard Day's Night Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney finally plucked up the courage to recite his poetry in front of people in his hometown. pace 14 L m <a» ALLGREEN PROPERTIES LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) The Board of Directors wishes to announce the following unaudited
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  • COMMENTARY ANALYSIS
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      619 20 The Straits Times FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2001 ANY impact on Asia of the production cut announced on Saturday by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) its second this year may not be as drastic as thought. The talk is that this would affect global
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      1269 20  -  By yBRENDAN PEREIRA MALAYSIACORRESPONDENT MADAM Ainon Kuntom remembers the night of March 9 like it was yesterday. That was the day she watched two Malay men alight from a car and bash an Indian man for being in the wrong place at
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      1056 21  -  By FARISH A. NOOR NEW STRAITS TIMES THE Muslim world today is a mass of contradictions and ironies. Nowhere is this more painfully apparent than in strife-ridden Afghanistan which has been re-invented as the “Emirate of Afghanistan” by the Taleban, led by their
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      708 22  -  By THOMAS FRIEDMAN THE NEW YORK TIMES TWO months into the Bush administration’s term, its foreign policy has still barely taken shape. In part, this is because many of the administration’s key sub-Cabinet officials are still not in place to grind out its
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      865 22  -  CATHERINE ONG BUSINESS TIMES A 50-BASIS-POINT cut in interest rates, coming on top of two reductions of similar amounts two months ago, is by any historical standards an aggressive monetary stance tor a central bank. Indeed, not since the 1990-91 recession
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      378 24  -  JULIA WONG Public Affairs Manager for Permanent Secretary (Health) WE REFER to Mr Joseph Chong’s letter, “Relax rules on use of Medisave” (ST, March 15). It is the Health Ministry’s responsibility to iinprove the efficiency and affordability of Singapore’s health-care financing system. Health-care systems around the
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      102 24  -  VIVIAN BALAKRISHNAN Chief Executive Officer SGH I REFER to the letter, “$lO booking fee endorses inefficiency” (ST, March 22), which says “The planned implementation of a $lO booking charge for appointments at the National Skin Centre and Singapore General Hospital...” I wish to clarify
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      350 24  -  A good dispensing service is what the Singapore pharmaceutical industry should aim for CHUIWAIKEUNG President Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore MR JUKKA Majanen wrote in the letter, “Dispense drugs in original paclung” (ST, March 16), that in Singapore, patients typically do not receive information leaflets
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      240 24  - Cut waiting time but keep quality care JESSICA HO HWEE BING I APPLAUD efforts to cut waiting times at hospitals, but I am apprehensive about the effect of such moves on the quality of patient care. Recently, I brought my mother to the National Heart Centre, after waiting two months
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      71 24  -  TAN SWEE KENG I REFER to the letter, “Setting the record straight on broadband charges” (ST, March 21), which was in reply to the letter, “Singapore’s broadband is more expensive” (ST, March 15). Why is Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, a statutory board, defending local
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      529 1  -  More primary schoolchildren are acquiring the skills of strategic thinking through the classic game Bil TRACYQUEK PLANNING their next moves, plotting new strategies and reading their opponents’ games all this mental effort just for the chance to say: “Checkmate!” To get the young to think strategy,
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      508 2  -  By the time Khoo Swee Chiow recovers from his injuries, conditions will not allow another attempt this year, but sponsor Hitachi remains supportive ĔIL JULYNKANG ADVENTURER Khoo Swee Chiow will not have another chance this year to reach the North Pole. But the Arctic
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      285 2  -  *L K.C. VIJAYAN FORTY-FOUR people who had food from an unlicensed seafood stall in Sembawang Drive suffered from food poisoning on Tuesday. The victims, mostly young adults, complained of diarrhoea and abdominal pains. A family doctor who treated many of them alerted the Environment Ministry
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      529 2 AT 9.30 pm on Tuesday, in the safety and warmth of his hotel room finally, Mr Khoo Swee Chiow wrote this e-mail: Just want to let you all know that I am safe and sound in the hotel in Resolute now.
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      294 2 THE Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers’ Union (SMMWU) has complained to the Manpower Ministry that Fuji Xerox (S) Pte Ltd carried out a bogus retrenchment exercise last year to get rid of eight older workers. The eight men laid off from the company’s
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      137 2 FRIDAY WEEKLY WHEN the parents of Mingjie (not his real name) received their telephone bill, they could not believe their eyes. The bill for using the Internet totalled $2000! It was then that they found out that the Internet had become such an integral
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      259 4 ONE minute, the children were all shrieking with excitement; the next, the object of their flutter was gone. It happened when the children of Canossaville Children’s Home saw a giant model aircraft delivered to their doorstep shortly before Christmas last year. But the delivery was
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      739 4  -  Overcharging, inept guides and tardy refunds are among the horror stories. A forum aims to forearm the public By KOH BOON PIN CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT ONE traveller signed up for an airline credit card, lured by the promise of a free air ticket with the
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      109 4 THREE Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) ships are in India practising attacks against an underwater threat. The naval vessels are there as part of an antisubmarine warfare (ASW) exercise with the Indian navy. The 10-day exercise which started on Monday was held off the seaport
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      Lock icon Clerk confessed to stealing $53,000 in forged cheques
      308 5  -  She had been replacing the payees' names in the company's cheques with her own and pocketing the money for a year ĔIL WONG FEI WAN A GENERAL clerk pocketed about $53,000 from her company in a year, then owned up because she
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      541 7  -  Underwater World's plan to breed the dolphins has been thwarted by a miscarriage, a newborn's death, and now, yet another dolphin's death §!L KRIST 800 SENTOSA’S Underwater World’s dolphin-breeding programme has been struck a third blow in the space of six months a miscarriage,
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      304 7 He was left to face angry members when father absconded A 49-YEAR-OLD man helped at his father’s provision shop and also helped him to run a tontine, an illegal savings and loan cooperative. And Sze Eng Hua might never have been found
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      359 8  -  Posing as an HDB employee, he promised to fix it so the victims would be allotted flats in the same area *L WONG FEI WAN AN UNEMPLOYED man who claimed to be an HDB employee cheated three men of about $85,500 after promising
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      Lock icon Woman fined for slapping girl, 14
      228 8 THE teenage girl might have pushed her son, but the 40-year-old woman stepped over the line by slapping the girl on the face. Yesterday, Siah Mong Seok paid the price. She was fined $l,OOO for voluntarily causing hurt to Rosilah Raman, then 14 years
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      Lock icon Falungong protesters plead guilty
      305 8 FIFTEEN Falungong members who took part in an illegal rally here last year face possible jail or fines. Seven of them pleaded guilty yesterday to preventing a policeman from seizing two placards from them. The eight others admitted taking part in the assembly without a valid
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      281 8 RAFFLES TOWN CLUB LAWSUIT THE half dozen or so curious onlookers in Court 16 stuck it out in court yesterday though for nearly five hours little was happening in the Raffles Town Club hearing. The case is being heard before Justice M.P.H. Rubin. For
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      253 9  -  By ALETHEALIM COURT CORRESPONDENT SUBORDINATE Courts judge Thyagarajan Shanmugam died of a heart attack on Wednesday night while on holiday in Australia. He was 55. District Judge Thyagarajan was in Melbourne to attend his son’s convocation when he collapsed lySurvived by his wife
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      351 9 New museum in Paya Lebar not only houses retired planes, but also acts as a centre for research and history WITH nine indoor galleries, a theatrette and a cafeteria, the new Air Force Museum seems far removed from a retirement home. Yet, part of
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      243 9 MALAYS in Singapore have the commitment to improve their economic status despite the absence of special policies like those in Malaysia to assist bumiputras. Associate Professor Moktar Ismail from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) said this yesterday at a dialogue on Malay progress here held by Taman
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        225 10 Desalination is set to become more widespread with rising water scarcity. Here is a look at three main desalination techniques. A fourth method that is gaining popularity worldwide is hybrid technology, which combines distillation techniques with membrane technology. MIKE M DIZON MULTI-STAGE FLASH DISTILLATION (MSF)
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        511 10  -  Waste heat and excess power from a power plant can cut desalination costs, says an industry player, but it is unclear if bids will include hybrid idea §<L SHARMILPAT KAUR SINGAPORE may get a new power plant along with its first desalination plant
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        454 11 Filling soft drink bottles with water and leaving them in the sun kills micro organisms. WHO is promoting the process in developing nations AP GENEVA A do-it-your-self technique of disinfecting water with sunlight and soft-drink bottles could save hundreds of thousands of lives a
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        Lock icon 1 BILLION DRINK UNSAFE WATER DAILY
        237 11 -AFP UNITED NATIONS More than one billion people worldwide drink unsafe water every day and 2.4 billion are without adequate sanitation, the United Nations said in messages marking World Day for Water. The president of the UN General Assembly, Mr Harri Holkeri of Finland,
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        270 11  -  S!L NEAL COOKE A FOREIGNER gave a new meaning to the term “hot pants” when he stuck drugs to the insides of denim jeans and tried to enter Singapore. But the 34-year-old Thai national was caught on Tuesday afternoon after appearing overly anxious to
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      Lock icon Japanese expert on all thmgs Chinese
      767 12  -  If you need to know more about Chinese clans in Singapore, just ask Japanese scholar Goda Miho. The widely-sought speaker on the Chinese community tells LEONG WENG KAM why she has an affinity for things Chinese. THE FRIDAY INTERVIEW LEONG WENG KAM DR GODA
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      778 12 Q: DO Chinese Singaporeans have a strong common identity? A: There is no strong common identity among Chinese Singaporeans as the Chinese community here is not a uniform one. For example, the older Chinese-educated Singaporeans are more conscious of their Chinese cultural heritage than those educated
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      Lock icon BRINGING IN FRESH BLOOD
      172 12 How can Chinese clan associations attract the young? A: They should form more youth groups or clubs among them. Out of the 185 clan associations which are members of the Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations, only about 40 have youth groups. But clan associations should
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      217 1 T ravel Trade Travellers' Horror Tales Inept guides and overcharging are among a host of complaints. pace h 4 Courts Hit By Guilt, She Confesses Sherrine Lim, who owned up after stealing $53,000, gets two years’ jail. page hs Clans Buff From Japan Dr Goda Miho is a sought-after speaker
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      46 4 Forum THE Case forum on how to avoid the pitfalls of travel will be held at Merchant Court hotel tomorrow from 2 pm to 5 pm. An admission fee of $5 for Case members and $lO for the public applies. For details, call 463-6678 or 469-3383.
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  • TECH & SCIENCE
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      920 14 Singapore is looking to increase its pool of researchers to help biomedical sciences industry to flourish here WHEN the biomedicalsciences industry is ripe, Singapore will be home to hundreds of key researchers at PhD-level, as well as many more staff in supporting roles and industries. Biomedical
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      717 15  -  EZ-lmport.com claims its customers can order cars and accessories not available otherwise, and for less Bir CHAN ZIQIAN YOU can now have just the car you want, with all the extras you like. So says a new website that
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      243 14 11th of 13 sciences enomes, proteins, vectors, cells: If these words appeal to you, then perhaps you might want to consider a career in the life sciences. The sector is slated to become the fourth pillar of Singapore's economy, which means that there will be ample career opportunities in this
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      536 1  -  The state police chief blames the new outbreak of violence in other areas near the capital on 'outside elements' bent on creating instability ♦Two more people assaulted ♦Four questioned over e-mail inciting racial violence By BRENDAN PEREIRA MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT TENSION is still running high as
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        386 2 American lawmakers, accusing the administration of trying to deploy the national missile-defence system, urge Bush to reconsider his tough stance -AFP WASHINGTON Democratic lawmakers have accused conservative elements in President George W. Bush’s administration of using the North Korean missile threat to
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        299 2 AP, AFP WASHINGTON Secretary of State Colin Powell and other moderates “are all being thrown out the window by the Bush administration, a liberal House Democrat asserted. “There is a systematic reversal in all the areas so far where the moderates have
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        456 2  -  Aircraft carrier is first to call at Changi Naval Base By l CHAN KAY MIN THE presence of the United States Navy contributes to security in the South-east Asian region and protects US business interests as well, the US Navy’s top man,
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        Lock icon Powell, Qian acknowledge differences but look ahead
        198 2 AP WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Colin Powell and Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Qian Qicnen acknowledged differences, but stressed positive aspects of US-Cninese relations. Both officials, meeting reporters before their talks on Wednesday night, said they hoped to expand ties ana noted that
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        531 3 It should not host the Games until it frees all political detainees and observes international human-rights standards, they say in a resolution AFP WASHINGTON US legislators have urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to deny China, with its “abominable” hu-man-rights record, the chance to
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        304 3 New York Times WASHINGTON The US sale erf the Aegis radar system to Taiwan is not justified at this point and would be needlessly provocative, the New York Times said. In fact, ’‘selling the Aegis would diminish, not increase, security across the Taiwan Strait”, it
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        239 3 -AFP BEIJING China said yesterday that a US-based scholar has confessed to crimes of harming state security and denied that her five-year-old son was detained by Chinese police for 26 days. “Gao Zhan is suspected of activities harming state security,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi
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        230 4 HONGKONG A computer game that allows people to vent their hatred towards corrupt officials by killing them online has increased hits on a Chinese website dramatically. The online game, launched by FM36s.com, lets users snoot dead four corrupt officials. The officials are former Beijing vice-mayor Wang
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        700 4  -  While the move renews hopes of advancing deadlocked talks, it sparks fears that Russia may keep two islands HAU BOON LAI STRAITS TIMES JAPAN BUREAU TOKYO After decades of verbal callisthenics, Japan and Russia are said to be planning to go on record
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        236 4 HONGKONG Gongfu actor Jackie Chan has staged a battle off the big screen to revive the Hongkong film industry, saying having a confederation would support such efforts and also keep illegal organisations out of the in-* dustry. He proposed setting up a “Film
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        336 6 The top economic planner creates a stir by saving women with low-paying jobs should care for elderly in-laws instead of hiring a foreign maid AP TAIPEI Taiwan’s top economic planner triggered a furore yesterday when he said women with low-pay-ing jobs should stay
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        362 6 AFP INCHON President Kim Dae-jung vowed yesterday that Seoul’s troubled new international airport would become the most competitive in the region, amid reports that the Construction Minister would be sacked because of problems at the USSS.4 billion (Ss9-6 billion) project. Inchon International Airport, which
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        284 6 AFP BEIJING China said yesterday that it had launched its biggest manhunt in nearly 20 years for the suspect behind last week’s deadly bomb blasts, with the frantic search focusing on the border with Russia. Police in the border city of
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          61 6 Reuters CHINA plans to protect undersea cables from fishing vessels after two costly breaks severed Internet traffic tQ the United States, a Shanghai government official said yesterday. Mr Fan Xipin, director of Shanghai’s Information Technology Office, said Shanghai planned to work with neighbouring provinces
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          33 6 AP JAPAN’S largest newspaper, Yomiuri, said yesterday that it had signed an agreement with Chicago Tribune to broaden its news coverage in the United States. AP
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          74 6 -AFP A JAPANESE court yesterday ordered the Bank of Japan and a former branch manager to pay U 5554,000 (5596,500) to a former employee for sexual harassment, a spokesman said. The court said the former branch manager assaulted the woman in 1997 when
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          77 6 -AFP A CHINESE banker has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for lending privately 26.27 million yuan (555.57 million) of bank funds and pocketing the interest. But many of the loans Cao Zhenmin, a former computer operator at the China Merchant Bank’s Shanghai
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          66 6 The Nation/Asia News Network CHINA is unlikely to agree to a request by Thailand for a gift of a pair of pandas as a symbol of Thai-Sino relations, a Chinese embassy official said. Senior officials at the Chinese embassy in Bangkok said it would
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        602 7  -  The recall of Live Show reveals the strong influence that Catholic bishops have on the President, who came to power with their help CONTROVERSY OVER SEX FILM Bjs ARTURO BARIUAD STRAITS TIMES PHILIPPINES BUREAU MANILA The recall of the controversial film Live Show from
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        56 7 PHILIPPINE top movie censor Nicanor Tiongson shows his “irrevocable” resignation letter to reporters after reading it out at a hastily-called press conference in Quezon City on Wednesday. He resigned after President Gloria Arroyo said she was ready to fire him for allowing exhibition of the
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        328 7 It cannot possibly be described as pornographic, he says AFP MANILA The director of a Philippine sex movie said President Gloria Arroyo should see it before revoking its exhibition permit. The President, a devout Roman Catholic, suspended showings of Live Show on Wednesday
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        354 9 Thai and US investigators still cannot confirm if a bomb caused the explosion of Thai Airways plane AP BANGKOK Thai and US investigators are unsure if the blast that destroyed the Thai Prime Minister’s plane earlier this month was
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        129 9 AP JAKARTA Prosecutors yesterday barred an Energy Minister under former President Suharto from leaving the country as part of a corruption investigation at Indonesia’s stateowned oil-and-gas company. Mr Ginandjar Kartasasmita was supposed to be questioned yesterday but aid not show up, said Mr
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        390 9 Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia’s biggest Muslim organisation, is supporting its former leader, President Abdurrahman Wahid, because members believe he has the ability to lead the country out of its ethnic woes, the group’s co-chairman Professor Cecep Syarifudin said in an interview with
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        130 10 Life in Indonesia can be both real and surreal. Covering 24 hours, these pictures show how the normal and abnormal co-exist. One moment, there are protesters spoutingflames in the streets to demonstrate against bickering politicians. The next, there is an opening of a Ferrari dealership. READY FOR
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        527 10  -  Government plans to launch limited military action against the Free Aceh Movement raises concern about the President's safety if he goes there By DEVI ASMARANI STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA The government is gearing up for another military operation to combat separatists in
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        578 11  -  Members of the Beraur ethnic group from a remote part of Irian Java demand that a percentage of civil service jobs be reserved for them Ssl By MARIANNE KEARNEY STRAITS times INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Hundreds of angry indigenous Papuans from the isolated Klamono
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        173 11 AP BANDUNG The trials of 11 people charged with involvement in a spate of deadly bomb attacks on churches across Indonesia on Christmas Eve opened yesterday. Three of the defendants were charged with possessing explosives illegally and face up to 20 years in prison. Eight
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        Lock icon Ex-MP glad he missed Tamil school
        578 12  -  Children who go to such schools, which face an acute shortage of teachers and funding problems, end up as labourers, says the lawyer FOCUS ON RACE AND EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA LESLIE LAU IN KUALA LUMPUR FORMER Member of Parliament M. Kulasegaran considers himself lucky.
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        273 12 The Star/Asia News Network PENANG Grilled-fish hawker Ahmad Kamal Abdullah has five sons three are enrolled in a Chinese school while the younger two will also go to a Chinese school in due course. Although the 37-year-old former insurance agent barely understands the
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        Lock icon Rebel students 'no longer belong to Damansara’
        242 12 The Star/Asia News Network KUALA LUMPUR Some 71 children who refused to move to a new school in the controversial Damansara Chinese school issue are no longer considered pupils of the school, Education Minister Musa Mohamad said. But the pupils had not been
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        Lock icon Bid to halt swearing-in of next Sabah CM
        325 12 Court urged to declare appointment of previous CMs illegal The Star/Asia News Network KOTA KINABALU Three Sabah businessmen filed a suit in the High Court yesterday to stop tne swearing-in of the state’s next chief minister under the controversial rotation system introduced
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        Lock icon Malay rulers give nod to ‘lslam’ in PAS name
        663 13  -  Decision ends months of speculation over the proposed ban on use of the word Islam in party names, diffusing threats by the opposition Parti Islam WAN HAMIDI HAMID IN KUALA LUMPUR MALAYS -A’S main opposition party, Parti Islam (PAS) can keep
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        Lock icon Monkey attacks girl on school bus
        168 13 The Star/Asia News Network MAI. Arc A A six-year-old girl who was attacked by a monkey, which jumped aboard the school bus she was in, received eight stitches to seal a cut on her head. Norhikmah Samsuri was also scratched on her cheeks and
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        252 13 STIR-FRIED BABIES STORY TAIPEI A Malaysian tabloid, which published an article claiming that some Taiwan hospitals had been selling infant corpses to restaurants serving cannibal customers, has apologised for its false report. Taiwan’s Government Information Office (GIO) said Warta Perdana, a Ma-lay-language weekly, had
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        216 13 Bf.rnama KUALA LUMPUR The differences of opinion between Malaysia and Singapore on several issues have not affected the normal activity of the people of the two countries, especially in immigration matters, Parliament was told yesterday. Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Dr Leo Michael Toyad said
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        Lock icon Hippy-like camp for drug addicts in jungle busted
        400 14 Police recover knives and several types of drugs from the camp near a waterfall after monitoring it for a month The Star/Asia News Network. TAIPING Police have busted a multi-racial and hippy-like encampment operating near a secluded waterfall here and recovered drugs
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          64 14 POLICE and immigration officers detained more than 1,000 foreigners in a raid on two squatter townships in Sabah, The Sun reported. Police chief Kuik Harris said dozens of illegal items were seized in the raids on Wednesday, including stamps used to fake identity cards
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          68 14 Bernama A MAN was killed, and his wife and son were injured during a quarrel with a family member in Kampung Takis, Papar. Mr Kasim Tusin, 52, died at the Papar Hospital while wife Mairah Azana, in her 40s, suffered head injuries. Their
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          53 14 Bernama UP TO 6,000 workers in Malaysia’s electronics sector are expected to be retrenched this year following a slowdown in the US economy, Human Resources Minister Fong Chan Onn said. But the situation is under control and not likely to affect the country
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          60 14 Bernama A TOTAL of 640 weapons of various t)pes, including a sub-machinegun smuggled into the country between 1999 and February this year, have been seized., Home Ministry parliamentary secretary Datuk Seri Abu Zahar Isnin said. A total of 665 people were also arrested during the period
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          58 14 Bernama A FARMER was sentenced to a total of 48 years in jail by the sessions court on four counts of raping his underage daughter. The 59-year-old man from Jeli, Kelantan, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 12 years in jail on each of the
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      661 1  -  Eriksson must and should, seeing that he is free from ties to players SOCCER Bu 3 NEIL HUMPHREYS A FTER achieving /R hit; first victory against Spain, A England man.JL jBL ager Sven-Gor-an Eriksson was labelled everything from an “astute coach” to “the saviour of English football”.
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        581 2  -  S-LEAGUE SOCCER SEMBAWANG 2 TAMPINES 1 By. -JEFFREY LOW SOCCER CORRESPONDENT ON A tranquil, and thankfully drumless night in Yishun Stadium where Sembawang Rangers beat Tampines Rovers 2-1, another record crowd turned up, another night of fast football was
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        415 2  -  CLEMENTI 1 MARINE CASTLE 1 BtL PEH SUING HUEI DID the ball cross the line? That was the talking point among the 2,431 fans at Clementi Stadium last night after the home team scored a controversial last-gasp equaliser against
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      178 2 GEYLANG UNITED v BALESTIER CENTRAL (Bedok Stadium, 7.30 pm) Geylang's probable line-up: 3 Kadir Yahaya 6 Winston Yap 8 Nebojsa Vukosavljevic 9 Aleksandar Duric 10 Brian Bothwell 11 Azhar Baksin 13 Sharifuddin Mahmood 26 14 Basil Halis 15 William Bone 19 Noor Ali 26 20 Lewis Lionel
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      310 2  -  ft L LEE WAIKHIM IT TOOK Balestier Central 11 matches to win its first SLeague game last season. In its first match this season, two defensive mistakes led to a 1-2 defeat by Gombak United last week. But tonight, the Tigers can be optimistic
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      88 2 WATER POLO THE national water polo team leaves for New Zealand tomorrow for a weeklong stint as preparation for the SEA Games. It will play a threematch series with the national side there and two matches with the national juniors. The Singaporeans also have
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      909 2 BASKETBALL NBA: San Antonio 97 Boston 77, Indiana 96 Orlando 95. Charlotte 111 Toronto 95, Miami 109 Chicago 81, Milwaukee 107 LA Lakers 100, Minnesota 109 Dallas 97, Washington 99 Golden State 94. BOWLING Cathay Bowl Super Classic, Day 1 1 Ku Ching-her (Tpe) 2,256 pintails 2
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      199 2 BOWLING Cathay Bowl Super Classic (Cathay Bowl Safra Tampines, 9am). CRICKET Shaw Foundation Schoolboys League U-14: Greenridge v Unity (Kallang). U-17: Rl v Chinese High (IA) both at 2pm. HOCKEY Schools National Championships, preliminary rds: Girls' B and C Div (NTU, 3pm). Boys’ C and B Divisions (Temasek
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      903 3  -  Bangkok daily stations a reporter here to track national stars SPORTSPEOPLE fly GERARD WONG SOME local football fans may not give a hoot about the S-League, preferring instead to cast their lot with the English Premiership. But as far as Thailand, South-east Asia’s top football
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      393 3 WOMEN’S GOLF me lop ui -AFP RANCHO MIRAGE (California) International players have won the first seven events of the Ladies PGA season, brushing aside the United States’ majority on the Tour with ease. But, the Americans are denying that they are
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        511 4 Leeds’ record signing has recovered his form and looks set to start Reuters Liverpool Rio Ferdinand, who believes he is a better player since his re-cord-breaking move from West Ham to Leeds United, is ready to press his claims to replace Tony Ad- ams in the England
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        342 4 LONDON Finland has warned coach Sven-Goran Eriksson that it intends to sabotage his plan to steer England into the World Cup Finals. As Antti Muurinen’s squad boarded a coach for its hotel in Chester after flying into Manchester on Wednesday, defender Ville Nylund declared that
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        349 4 AP, Reuters FRANKFURT Accusations, accusations and more accusations. That appears to be the order of the day in the run-up to Germany’s match against Albania tomorrow. While Germany has had to deal with caustic comments by its legendary excaptain Lothar Matthaeus, the Albanian national team
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        169 4 German legend Lothar Matthaeus slammed Germany in a recent interview with Sport Bild magazine on Wednesday. Here are some of his remarks. ON GERMANY: Germany does not belong to the Top Five any more. France, Brazil, Argentina, Italy who says they want to play against us?
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        314 4 LONDON Scotland’s manager Craig Brown indulged in some slick salesmanship bv touting its crucial World. Cup qualifying tie with Belgium tomorrow as potentially Europe’s match of the day. The sides are tied on seven points at the top of their group, with the Belgians
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        77 4 ON THE TEAM: Maybe we don’t have a group of personalities like we did 10 years ago but what is important is the hierarchy and the quality of the squad and I have a feeling that’s fine. ON NOWOTNY: Everyone has his own opinion,
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        573 4 Lakers' star re-injures his ankle as they go down to tne Bucks BASKETBALL AP Milwaukee The Los Angeles Lakers lost 100-107 at Milwaukee. And just before the bus was about to leave, coach Phil Jackson stood in the tiny visitors’ locker room here, one foot on
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          47 4 GOLFERS David Duval, Steve Elkington and Chris Perry have withdrawn from The Players Championship, which started yesterday in Florida. Duval has tendinitis in his right wrist, Elkington has a strained back and Perry is bothered by a stomach virus, PGA Tour officials said.
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          57 4 FORMER Scotland and Rangers star Andy Goram will join Manchester United from Motherwell in a £lOO,OOO (*****,000) deal to solve the English champion’s goalkeeping crisis. United has both French international Fabien Barthez and Dutchman Raimond van der Gouw out injured with a Champions League
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          74 4 AMERICAN Tim Mack missed out on the $lOO,OOO prize for a perfect game when he failed to knock pin No. 4 after 11 straight strikes yesterday in the Cathay Bowl Super Classic. It was not the first time he missed out on a perfect game by
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          31 4 LAZIO midfielder Pavel Nedved has been banned for three matches by Uefa for his tackle on Leeds’ Alan Maybury during last week’s Champions League clash.
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    • CUP QUALIFIERS
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        40 5 T was disappointed Tony decided to retire in January. He was a massive influence on the England squad including me. Mina you —his boots win take some filling. Rio Ferdinand (right), on Tony Adams (inset) ENGLAND v FINLAND
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        311 5 FLORENCE It will be a Juventus strike force against Romania tomorrow as Juve duo Filippo Inzaghi and Alessandro del Piero are expected to start in the top of the table clash. Inzaghi was expected to be partnered up front originally by Marco Delveechio
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        478 5 Reuters FLORENCE Talk of the decline of the Italian domestic game may have the Romanians rubbing their hands in glee before their World Cup soccer qualifier clash this weekend, but Italy players are unperturbed. The pressure of trying to win the Serie
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        455 5 Luxembourg v Faroe Islands, I LuiXLHLLjJHi Yugoslavia v p a 1 f a pts Switzerland S’ s (Delayed at 7.30am, Switzerland. *****44 Sunday, FCCh22), ST; j j f 1 5 1 Russia v Slovenia liuentdourj .3 0 0 3 1 7 0 (Delayed on Sunday, 5am: SuperSports Ch
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      232 1 Voi r Saturday EXCLUSIVES TOMORROW Rob Hughes previews England's masPwwr ssion agamst Piniand. IT m B MTKTO DO i r vi i v\ job Serie A s-Paddy Agoew tells why Italy'sgame agdinst. Romania >s so crucial toy Alessandro del Piero. LI t y *V4 9 x _S-T l U.l l
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      424 1 MORE INSIDE ON EUROPE'S WORLD CUP TOMORROW Rio Ferdinand eyes Tony Adams' place S 4 Matthaeus slams Germany S 4 Italy still on top of the game, say Azzurri S 5. Juve strike force for Italians S 5 Our game could be day's biggest game, says Scotland's Brown S 4
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      102 2 i/7/V Draw N0.1581/2001 Thu, 22 Mar 2001 Group 1 Prize $538/544 Group 2 Prize $212,153 Information on winning shares for Draw No. 1581/2001 Group 1 Prize: $538,544 each 1 Winning Share(s) Group 3 Prize: $30,308 each 7 Winning Sharefs) Group 3 Prize: $1,658 each 128 Winning Sharers) Group 4 Prize:
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      18 2 ‘“Full-Time” includes injury time but not extra time or penalty shoot-outs. D p:'t -'J 5 Website: www.singgporepools com.sg
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      64 2 LIVE ON TV BASKETBALL NBA: Utah Jazz v Portland Trailblazers (Star Sports Ch24,10am). DELAYED TELECAST BASKETBALL NCAA Men's Championships, East Regional s-final 1: Kentucky v USC (1pm). S-flna! 2: Duke v UCLA (3pm). West Regional, s-final 1: Maryland v Georgetown (5pm). S-final 2: Stanford v Cincinnati (March 24, 5.30am) Star
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    1535 5 [obituaries] h OBITUARIES j 'ln my father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if go and prepare a place for you, will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am,
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      68 7 THE PROFESSIONAL Phillip Capital Management Free Investment Seminar Sign up now to find out more about Hl6 ProffSSlOlldl Speaker Mr Jeffrey Lee. Managing Director and Chief Inveitment Officer, Phillip Capital Management. Date :24 March 2001, Saturday. Time 2.30 pm to 3.30 pm Venue Pidemco Centre, 11th Floor Managed by DttMbuMd
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      2350 7 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Mar 23, 2001 Managers' prices UNIT TRUSTS Savers China Gr Fdi** Savers Philippines Fd 1.150 0.276 1.196 0.290 Aberdeen Asset Mft Asia ltd Savers Korea Fd 0.929 0.976 Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Savers India Fd 0.549 0.577 Global MNCFd 0.716 0.753 Savers Thailand Fund 0.501 0.527 Global Technology
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      20 7 March 22: (•375) 800 no -vs 650 V 600 1 1 1 Dec '00 J« '01 Feb March
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      154 7 Foreign Currency Note Rates (9am, Mar 22) Buying OD Selling Singapore dollars to on* unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 0.8730 0.8940 Canadian dollar 1.1200 1.1440 NZ dollar 0.7310 0.7470 Sterling pound 2.5340 2.5610 US dollar 1.7770 1.7880 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian scnilling 11.47
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      90 7 SINGAPORE Physical (5$) W*d Thu Kilobar *****- **********.63 *****.61 100 gm 1492- *****581.05 1588.26 50 gm 746- *****0.31 804.43 20 gm 298 *****0.63 332.69 5gm 75-98.88 75-98.88 Bullion coins (S$/oz) Wad Thu S'pore bullion coin 480-492 483-495 Canadian mapl« leaf.... 480-492 483-495 Australian nuggat *****5.73 507.79 UBS gold Kinabar™
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      18 7 March 22: 363.» (-590) 350 300 250 1 1 1 Dec '00 Jan '01 Feb March
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      19 7 March 22: 12.i21.l5 (-532.59) isooo Aj V L 1 ***** i Dec'00 Jan'01 Feb l March
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      20 7 ***** iUdIKJ T WO March 21: 9,4I7.M I (-233.76) 9000 1 Dec '00 Jan '0 1 Feb March
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      17 7 450 March 22: 219.42 (-1.80) 350 250 200 1 1 1 Dec'00 Jan’01 Feb March
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      27 7 ***** March 22 1- i 17 1 ijwwjrji 12,853.! (-249.97: moo nnnn I?000 ***** nooo 1 1 Dec '00 Jan '01 Feb i March
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      21 7 6500 6100 5900 5700 5500 fl i [i March 21: j 5,540.70 (•106.10) i i i Ok'00 Jan'01 Feb March
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      17 7 Crude palm oil (M$/tonn«) Refined palm oil (US$/tonno) RBD Palm Oil RBD Olein RBO Stearin
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      1791 7 T Friday, March 23, 2001: THE STRAITS TIMES MONEY UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Mar 23,2001 KL COMPOSITE > 1 JAKARTA COMPOSITE SET INDEX 1 600 4 Managers' prices (S$) ayit TDIICTC Savers China GrFdl** 1.150 1.196 umi inuaid Savers Philippines Fd 0.276 0.290 MarchJ2: u March EL March 22: 669.49
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      1823 7 T Friday, March 23, 2001: THE STRAITS TIMES MONEY UN,T trusts s FUNDS Mar 23. ***** KL COMPOSITE J I JAKARTA COMPOSITE SET INDEX 1 Managers' prices 950 too March 22: March sT March 22: UNIT TRUSTS Savers China Gr Fd!** Savers Philippines Fd 1.150 0.276 1.196 0.290 219.42
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      106 7 Mar 22, 2001 Rubber Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (Tonnes. S cents/kg) Month High Low Sett Vol Open Int Apr 01 100.50 99.755 300 400 750 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) 59.00 75 6075 TSR 20 (FOB) (US cents/kg) 50.00 380 RSS 3 Index (US cents/kg) Month High Low
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      411 7 Mar 22, 2001 Eurodollar 3-Month deposit 000 implied interest rate) Open High Low Sett Eft Vol Apr 01 95.2700 95.3100 95.2700 95.3300 635 May 01 95.470 95.520 95.470 95.510 185 Jun 01 95.595 95.640 95.575 95.630 ***** Act Vol (Wed ***** Open Ir.t (Wed) :***** Sine
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      152 7 Transaction date: Mar 22,2001 52-Wk High Low Company Curr Last Vol Tratfad Sala ♦orDay 000 High Low Gross dlv Nat P/E M Cap $mil HONGKONG STOCKS Cathay Pac 20c.... MK720 265 6 *****.4 Chaung KongSOc HK1780 240 3 *****.5 342.5 0.5 City* Solutions Lt HK5OC0 2 49.5 3831.3
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      1719 7 Transaction date: Mar 22,2001 2001 High Low Company Last Sale Vo! rooo) Net 1 P/E 2001 High Low Company Last Sale Vol (000) Net P/E INDUSTRIALS 33 21 PM Ind 50C 21.5 -0.5 665 386 268 PantaiHIg .269 •4 59 28.3 9.1 94 64 72.5 unch 324 312
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      98 7 Contract date: Mar 22, 2001 Unit On* mth 3 mth* 6 mth* 9 mth* 12 mth* Call Valua data US$~ 4V. 47. 4/. 4A 4 26/03 A$ 47. 47. 47, 4 4 47. 26/03 N2$ 57. 5V. 57» 57» 57» 5 26/03 STC 5 4% 47. 47»
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      59 7 CRUDE PRODUCT PRICES Crudt/Product Month* Changa Prtea (US$) BBL BRENT BLEND May ♦0.53 25.08-25.13 WEST TEXAS Intarm May ♦0.73 26.80-26.84 DUBAI FATEH May ♦0.28 23.38-23.43 TAPIS BLEND Mar ♦0.50 26.30-26.40 MINAS Mar ♦0.50 25.80-25.90 NAPHTHA (CIF Jap) ♦3.00/+2.00 261.50-263.50 NAPHTHA ♦0.25 26.00-26.25 CST-180 HSFO ♦0.50 132.00-134.00 Timing of cargoas. j
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      14 8 800 /Si/Sw March 22: M2.73 (-21.62) W Dec '00 Jan '01 Feb March
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      34 8 Change Straits Timas index —1683.52 -44.48 BT OB/OS -792.00 •188.00 BT 10-day M A -*****.00 -80.00 DBS 50 Index 567.00 -13.78 UOB Sesdaq 67.48 -1.43 MSCI Singapore ....213.22 -5.41 SiMSCI Futures 213.00 -6.40
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      142 8 up MAIN Dn Unch up SDO Dn Unch Up TOTAL Dn Unch Multi Inp 3 8 7 0 0 0 3 Manufacturing 12 71 19 2 15 5 14 86 24 Commerce 6 23 14 1 2 2 Tpt/Stor/Comms 6 13 9 0 0 0 6 13
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      8 8 Frontlln# 5c 31.660.000 K#pTLFm W*****3 6.840.000
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      84 8 TURNOVER COOO) Main Sdq Total VALUE COOO) Main Sdq Total Multi md 19,167 19,167 27,326 27.326 Manufacturg 76.054 12,581 88.635 123,923 2.418 Commarca 8.014 91 8,105 Tpt/Stor/Com 17,338 17,338 47,015 Financa 59.664 59.664 267,134 Construction 10,041 22.290 32.331 3,679 6,655 Propartias 14,375 14,375 39.827 Hotals/Rsts 718 6,414
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      2593 8 Transaction date: Mar 22, 2001 MULTI INDUSTRY 52-Wk Curr Last Vol Day Gr** Nat M Cap Wt Avg High Low Company TrePeC Sal* ♦or--000 High Low D!v P/E Smll Prica 153 ♦1.5 106 47.5 45 5.9 10.7 15 61.5 128 5.9 42 5 Brlerlay US20c
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      816 8 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS 52-Wk Last Vol Day LOW Company salt ♦or'000 High Low Buyor Sailor Prlct 40 23 0.5 2.5 s Acma W*****4 0.5 unch 43 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1 31 13.5 21 30 7 8 2.5 38.5 1.5 ♦0.5 12 2 111 101 S Bar 6%SA*****110k 109 2
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      1191 8 32-Wfc Mflfc Low Curr Lott Company Traded Solo ♦orVoi 000 Day High Low Gr't Dlv Net P/C M Cap $mll Wt Avq Plica MANUFACTURING 191 55 c AS Auto 10c ..„..55 -2.5 173 57 55 10 N 22 72.2 57 82 30 c ASJ Hlags 20c 48 3.8
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        513 9 l'm totally blind-sided,' says Seattle Mayor Paul Schell, who pleads with the aviation giant to think it over NYT News Service, Los Angeles Times SEATTLE After eight decades as a mainstay of the economy and a virtual emblem of Seattle, Boeing stunned its
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        324 9 Reuters SAN FRANCISCO The battle for Boeing is on. The aerospace giant’s shock announcement on Wednesday that it plans to move its world headquarters out of Seattle after 85 years to either Denver, Chicago or Dallas/Fort Worth set off a frenzy in the three
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        463 9 Reuters SEATTLE Boeing is the world’s top aerospace company, with annual sales topping US$5O billion (5589.1 billion), but it traces its origins to a college dropout-turned-timber titan who was convinced he could build a better plane. It was
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        306 9 Bloomberg News, Reuters WASHINGTON The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday made it easier for companies to offer more attractive stock options in a bid to retain employees at a time when the value of stocks have dropped significantly. The SEC issued
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      400 9 RISE IN JOBLESS CLAIMS Bloomberg News WASHINGTON The US index of leading economic indicators fell last month for the eighth time in the last 10 months, suggesting the economy is stillteetering on the "brink of recession, an industry survey shows. The
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      Lock icon Bank Negara expected to cut rates soon
      306 10 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s pledge to continue with easy monetary policies to pump-prime the economy has spurred hopes of an interest-rate cut by the central bank. Some banks, anticipating a move by Bank Negara, have reduced short-term deposit rates to protect their margins.
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      438 10 Figure is 60% higher than earlier forecasts; several of the top 16 banks may end up in the red AP TOKYO Japan’s top 16 banks will book four trillion yen (Sss6 billion) in bad loans for the fiscal year ending this month, up
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      288 10 Reuters TOKYO Just days after the central bank took the drastic step of scrapping its traditional interest rate target, Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Masaru Hayami said yesterday he wants to switch back as soon as sagging prices stabilise. However, data released later
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      87 10 A holding firm for extensive Asian pulp and paper operations Saddled with debts exceeding US$ll billion (5519.7 billion) Discussions on debt restructuring will be held soon with its financial advisers, Credit Suisse First Boston. Restructuring proposal to be submitted in one month Sinar Mas will
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      425 10 ONE-MONTH DEADUNE FOR PLAN Reuters, Bloomberg News JAKARTA Indonesia’s Sinar Mas said yesterday it expected to draw up a debt restructuring proposal in one month for troubled unit Asia Pulp Paper (APP) in what could become the largest emerging market corporate debt workout. But
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      521 10 Bloomberg News HONGKONG Cheung Konjr (Holdings), Hongkong’s biggest property developer by market value, said profit fell 67 per cent last year, reflecting a drop in earnings at Hutchison Whampoa. Cheung Kong, controlled by billionaire Li Ka-shing, said it earned HK519.44 billion (554.5 billion), or HKSB.42
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      220 10 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian tycoon Halim Saad will step down as managing director of newly listed telecom firm Time dot Com, the company said yesterday. “Halim Saad’s intention to resign as managing director is to make way for the appointment of a chief executive officer,
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      414 11  -  TRADE WITH SINGAPORE §!L WILLIAM CHOOXG MEXICO should be able to wrap up a free trade agreement (FTA) with Singapore by the end of the year in a deal giving a springboard into each other’s neighbourhood. “In my opinion there is no time to lose,
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      351 11  -  Daiwa researchers expect demand to pick up in the second half of the year after excess inventories are cleared §IL I LEE SU SHTA\ DESPITE the uncertainty swirling around and clouding the outlook for the global semiconductor business, research house Daiwa Institute of Research
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      286 11  -  SJZ_ LORNA TAN ASIATRAVEL.COM Holdings, an Internetbased hotel reservations and travel services provider, has received in-princi-Sle approval to list on Sesaq. The company, which runs 15 customer service and business development centres spanning 10 countries in the Asia-Pacific with 260 staff, started in
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      250 11 JURONG Island is adding to its fast-growing chemicals complex another new world-class player Japan’s chemicals giant Asahi Kasci. A joint venture between its local unit Asahi Kasei Plastics Singapore and Polyxylenol Singapore held a ground-breaking ceremony yesterday to mark the start of construction of their
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      246 11  -  By IGNATIUS LOW FINANCE CORRESPONDENT CASH-HUNGRY high-risk start-ups are often thought of as turning to “angel” investors sudi as venture capitalists for funds. But in Singapore, they owe a debt to banks in more ways than one, it turns out. Banks account for
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      270 11  -  §!L FELISA BATACAN MCL Land’s Cuxhaven has put in the top bid of $158.7 million for an HDB land parcel in Choa Chu Kang that was put on the market in January. Four other developers also submitted bids for the 29,093
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      500 12  -  Things will get worse as slowdown hits all industries and sectors all over the world, says Sim Wong Hoo By TAMMY TAN NEWS EDITOR IN ALL his 20 years in the often turbulent electronics industry, Creative Technology founder Sim Wong Hoo has never encountered
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      126 12 Jane Pek GEORGE GASCON It proved one opportunity that was too good to miss. On a dav in which Singapore shares fell 2.6 per cent, more than 2,000 people turned up yesterday to attend an investment seminar at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel ballroom titled enticingly Turning Uncertainties Into
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      307 12  -  EXPANSION DRIVE *L LEE Sl SHYAN SINGAPORE Telecom (Sing Tel) and its key associate, Belgacom, a Belgian telecom operator, have joined forces formally in a bid to expand in the Asian and European markets. They will use each other’s networks to offer end-to-end services
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      398 12 Reuters SINGAPORE Telecom (Sing Tel) said yesterday it was confident of meeting the future capital needs of Australia’s Cable Wireless Optus, which it is in a dead neat contest with Vodafone Group to acquire. Vodafone, the world’s largest mobile phone company, had said
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        80 12 THE building materials group's full-year net loss has widened to $10.3 million from $2.4 million. Turnover fell 14.2 per cent to $258.5 million for the year to Dec 31. Extraordinary losses of $4.8 million dragged its bottom-line loss to $15.1 million from $2.1 million. Loss per share
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        60 12 THE shipyard operators net profit fell 5.3 per cent to $22.5 million despite turnover expanding 18 per cent to $207.1 million. Earnings per share dropped to 2.74 cents from 2.89 cents for the year ended Dec 31. Net tangible assets per share grew to 15.59 cents from 12.79
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        63 12 THE property firm has in-» currea a net loss of $3.3j, million, reversing from a profit of $2.1 million. Turnover shrank 25 per cent to $36.5 million for the year ended Dec 31. Loss per share was two cents, compared to an earnings per snare of 1.3 cents
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        73 12 THE company, which* makes and exports leather' hides and sofas, has record-, ed a marginal 2 per cent rise* in net profit to $8.2 million.; Turnover expanded 18 per cent to $153.2 million for the year ended Dec 31. Earnings per share rose to 5.54 cents from 5.44
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        68 12 THE electronics and property company’s net profit has shrunk by nearly naif to $6.6 million from $13.1 million, despite turnover rising 33 per cent to $73.5 million* for the year ended Dec 31. Earnings per share slipped to 2.7 cents from 5.3 cents, while net tangible assets per share
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        61 12 THE engineering solutions provider has chalked up a 213 per cent jump in net earnings to $7-9 million. Group sales leapt 110 per cent to $138.3 million for the year ended Dec 31. Earnings per share was 4.2 cents. Net tangible assets per share was 13.81 cents.
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        69 12 THE construction and property firm has recorded an 8.4 per cent fall in net profit to $5.7 million. This was despite turnover expanding 19.1 per cent to $96.8 million for the year ended Dec 31. Earnings per share fell to 1.35 cents from 1.54 cents while net
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      220 12 SIME Singapore yesterday said it has sold its 30 per cent stake in car-financing firm Sime Diamond Leasing (SDL) for 529-5 million in cash. The transaction, completed yesterday, was based on SDL’s net asset value on Jan 31. The buyer is ÜBS
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      498 13  -  By HIGHCHOW AFTER looking to Tokyo for inspiration to offset the disappointment of a lower-tnan-hoped-for Federal Reserve rate cut on Wednesday, the Singapore market yesterday reverted to taking its cue from Wall Street. The Straits Times Index lost 2.6 per cent,
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      547 13  -  The fast bastion of protectionism is archaic, says Cheong Choong Kong; SIA says it is not eyeing any US carrier NICHOLAS FANG TRANSPORT REPORTER SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) chief executive Cheong Choong Kong has strongly urged the US to prove its free
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      353 13  -  FULL-YEAR RESULTS BY FELISABATACAN LISTED property developer Allgreen Properties has recorded a 5 per cent rise in net profit to $lO2 million for tne year ended Dec 31 well above expectations despite lower revenues. The profit result exceeds the consensus forecast of $92.7 million from Multex
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      315 13  -  in COLIN TAN GUL Technologies said yesterday that its group net profit increased 9 per cent to $20.2 million in the year ended Dec 31, but that prospects appear less rosy for this year. The printed circuit board (PCB) maker expects
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      289 13  -  By LORNATAN TRANSPORT and engineering group DelGro Corporation saw net profits surge 12.9 per cent to $75.1 million for the year ended Dec 31 as turnover crossed the $1 billion mark for the first time. Revenue soared 33.3 per cent to $1.03 billion, owing almost
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      424 14  -  Bank is believed to have changed its mind about leasing Unity Tower office space because of the cost factor By IGNATIUS LOW FINANCE CORRESPONDENT DBS BANK has pulled out of an agreement with Singa[>ore Land (Sing Land) to ease office space in Unity
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      281 10 Arnarta Indonesia Amarta Indonesia Amarta Indonesia Amarta Indonesia Amarta Indonesia Amarta Indonesia Amarta Indonesia Amarta Indonesia Amarta Indonesia Amarta Indonesia IT'S THE LIFESTYLE EVENT OF THE YEAR 2001 Last Indonesia Expo at World Trade Center everything below COST we are back with various products from 100 well known shops ♦Andanika
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      168 13 Send your comments to hchow@sph.com.sg incorporating Streaming Media International 21 23 March 2001 si mm Singapore Expo m m I Audio Video Imaging Projection Presentation Multimedia Interactive Conferencing Streaming Media <£■ Asia's Premier Presentation Technology Multimedia Show Special Feature Area showcases the Intelligent Classroom, Office and Boardroom Showcase for breaking
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      196 14 '7S United States Boeing Shocker Boeing stuns Seattle by announcing plans to move HQ out of city after 85 years. page se L*. APAN Banks In Bad Shape Japan’s top 16 banks are staring at ss6b in bad loans, 60% above forecasts. pagesio Airlines Ease Up On Ownership SIA chief
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      491 1 MUSIC Madonna What’s in the banned video PAGE 13 Friday, March 23, 2001 The St it a its Times LIFE! GOES TO THE ACADEMY AWARDS i i Movie reviewers cast their rotes Tlie 73rd Annual Academy Awards take place on Monday morning, Singapore time. Reviewers HELMIYUSOF, KELVIN TONG and TAY
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        337 2 LASALLE-SIA OPEN HOUSE Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts, 90 Goodman Road Last day: 9 am 5.30 pm Free Tel: 340-9140/1/2/3/4/5 FOR those who are interested in pursuing an education in the creative worlds of design, fine art, multimedia art, dance, drama and music, Lasalle-SIA invites you to open your
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        269 2 BUDDY THE MUSICAL Kallang Theatre Till April 1:8 pm (Tuesdays to Sundays) and 2.30 pm (Saturdays and Sundays) Tickets: $l2O, $B5, $65, $5O (Tuesdays to Sundays) and $lOO, $BO, $6O, $4O (Saturdays and Sundays) No show on Mondays Tel: 348-5555 AFTER 12 years on London’s West End, Buddy The
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        336 2 CONTEMPORARY SOUTH EAST ASIAN COLLECTION Shenn’s Fine Art, 102 F Pasir Panjang Road, #O4-11, Citilink Warehouse Complex Till April 7: 10 am -6 pm Free Tel: 278-2292 ON DISPLAY at the gallery area is a fine selection of contemporary works from prominent artists from South-east Asia from an early
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        108 2 WANNA DANCE? The Courtyard, National Library Building, 91 Stamford Road Today: 7-8 pm Free Tel: 332-3255 HAVE a swinging good time with the members of Jitterbugs Swingapore as they bring you an hour of Swing dancing and lindy nop moves. With a wide range of authentic dance styles, they
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        204 2 WILLIAM FARQUHAR: HIS COLLECTION FROM COLONY TO NATION Singapore History Museum, Stamford Road Ongoing: 9 am 6pm (Tuesdays to Sundays) (Opening hours extended till 9 pm on Wednedays); (Closed on Mondays) Tickets: $1.50 (students Lr senior citizens), $3 Tel: 837-9940 YOUNG Singaporeans and visitors who are keen to find
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        166 2 KE 07 Mahalo Beach Bar at Siloso Beach, Sentosa Today. 9 pm till 4 am Tickets: Tickets at the door $24, excluding $6 entry into Sentosa. Tel: 274-2378 HELMED by former Zouk DJ Jonathan Yeo, Ke returns this year for the first time outside the club and out in
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        194 2 THE SUNDOWNERS BUSH BAND (AUSTRALIA) Level 1, Creative Auditorium, Creative Technology Today: 12.30- 1.15 pm Free Tel: 895-4340 THE Sundowners Bush Band recaptures the colonial spirit of yesteryear, and its songs convey a vision of the Australian character and attitudes with vivid pictures as relevant today as when tunes
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        299 3  -  It's easier than ever to help the National Kidney Foundation Bij < CHERYL HO YOU can now SMS a donation to the National Kidney Foundation. That is just one of the many things in store at the upcoming eighth NKF Charity Show 2001, sponsored by Mastercard. It
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        299 3  -  How far will people go to make a dream come true for those less fortunate? A game show on the new Channel U will hold the answer TV Challenge Bt/ SAMUEL LEE A GAME show with a heart that’s how Dream Challengers on SPH MediaWorks’
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        507 4  -  Are you for Russell or Tom? Julia or Laura? Ridley or Lee? The argument over who'll win the Oscars heats up between Lifel's three movie critics ®IZ_ KELVIN TONG EVERY year around this time, Life! goes to war. No opinion is sacrosanct and no choice is unassailable as the
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        181 5  -  ONG SOR FERN gives out other missing hut oh-so-iMPORTANT awards ON6SORFQKX Best Performance By Hair Nominees Meg Rvan in Proof Of Life (left): Her husband’s been kidnapped, she’s in the middle of the Central American jungle. Yet Ryan’s Goldilock’ed curls remain perfectly-coiffed, perfectly-shiny. Samuel
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        99 5 Nominees: Jennifer Lopez as social worker in The Cell (above left): More socialite than social worker. Jennifer Lopez as lonely single career gal in The Wedding Planner (above right): Puh-leeze. With that bod? Norika Fujiwara as karate-kicking Interpol agent in China Strike Force: Then again, this is
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        37 5 Martha Stewart award for most creative culinary efforts: Hannibal (right) and his lightly-sauteed, extremely- fresh creation with brains Seeing double award: That 70s Show's Topher Grace, who looked startlingly like Tobey Maguire in A Traffic
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        155 5 Johnny Depp in Chocolat: He’s supposed to be playing a gypsy Irishman. But he sounds like an American actor with marbles in his mouth. Oh wait, he is an American actor Brad Pitt in Snatch (above): Okay, we can handle weird mumblings from American actors. And
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        159 5 Nominees Michael Caine (below) in Quills and Miss Congeniality: Showing British actorly muscle in one and Brit wit in the other. Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator, Quills and The Yards: Evil brooding, serious brooding and plain broody. Benicio del Toro in Snatch, Traffic, The Pledge
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        77 5 Nominees Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich (above): For bringing va-va-voom cleavage back in serious style. Drew’ Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu in Charlie’s Angels (above, right): Redefining bimbo boobs as grrrl power accessories. Catherine Zeta-Jones in Traffic (right): Her six-months pregnant mammaries gave her added gravitas
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      497 6  - Do the ad men say 'amen' A group of advertisers viewed the trailers at MediaWorks' recent launch. Was it a thumbs-up or a let-down? Read on for their views Media Works Launch b>l_ HO ZHENG TEMPERATURES are rising in Singapore’s media industry. The mercury jumped on Tuesday at News Centre,
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        757 7  -  Eminem may be foul-mouthed and misogynistic, but without him, British singer Dido would not have been able to achieve the fame she is riding on now Digital Diva §IL SAMUEL LEE SPUNKY British singer Dido is full of praise ior the white rapper who
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        152 7 DID YOU KNOW THAT... Dido was named “after an African queen who killed herself over a guy” Aeneas, to be exact. Her brother is Rollo from dance group Faithless, whose albums Dido continues to contribute to. Dido like Faithless’ Sister Bliss is classically-trained, and can play the
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          377 8  -  SOUND BITES Yeotv Kai Chat THE OPTIMIST LP Turin Brakes (Source) “I BELIEVE I can hear through these walls,” moans former choirboy Oily Knights in Underdog (Save Me), which sets the tenor of this gorgeously atmospheric debut. No surprise Turin Brakes comprising Knights and his 24-year-old mate, singer/guitarist
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          244 8 DISCOVERY Daft Punk (Virgin) WHAT a liberation. Discovery reminds the listener of how uplifting and anarchic disco could be hence the title (disco-very, geddit?). Daft Punk takes this much-maligned genre and unearths its pot of gold. It is an excavation of epic significance.
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          192 8 MOODS Various Artistes (Sony Music) A NATURAL born chiller for new age junkies who swear by Enya and Jim Brickman. Nothing too hair-raising or in-your-face in this 18-track cornucopia, thank you very much. Moods, despite its title, is not really that keen to incite
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        150 9  -  CHINESE POP Yeovc Ka tat NINE TIMES WALKING ALONG CHUNG-HSIAO EAST ROAD Power Station (Grand Music) POWER STATION is Taiwan’s working-class answer to the now-defunct American mat-rock strummers Extreme. Both bands belong to the anachronistic denimclad, soft-rock camp with a manly weakness for ballads and wino tunes that
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        141 9 BE HAPPY Bowie Lam (CinePoly) IN HONGKONG entertainment, you ain’t a star unless you are a triple-hy-Shenate: Actor, singer, ancer. In this light, TV veteran Bowie Lam has achieved two-thirds of his mission. But don’t be misled by the title of his album (right), Be Happy. This
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        212 9  -  ASIAN POP By Tommy Wee WARP Judy And Mary (Sony) itkittrCr AFTER almost 10 years in the business, this last album makes an inspiring swansong for Judy And Mary. The guitar riffs are scorching. The drums are big-time rock ’n’ roll. The bass rumbles like a
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        174 9 PURANA Aikawa Nanase (Musicstreet) AIKAWA NANASE, JRock’s first lady, inhabits a world somewhere between Joan Jett, Juliana Hatfield and L Steeped in controversy after appearing on the cover of her last album, Foxtrot, in glorious bondage, Nanase re-claims the crown from pretenders with Purana.
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        590 10  -  The stilettos and micro-minis come out to party long into the night as the US Navy turns up in force with 6,000 men due for some shore leave ACTION AHOY Art» Mtilchancl I HAVE about 6,000 darned good reasons to stay home this weekend.
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        580 10  -  JAZZ ON CD THE QUINCY JONESSAM NESTICO ORCHESTRA Basie Beyond (QuestAVanier Bros 9 *****-2) LAMBERT j HENDRICKS ROSS Sing A Song Of Basie Bil S. Y. WHANG UNLIKE Duke Ellington, the other blue blood of big band swing has had veiy few new
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        880 11  -  Club E's Leonard Tan rediscovers his true self in his new album which he surprisingly records under his own name ALBUM AWAKENINGS Chris Ho LEONARD TAN, so far the only homegrown dancemusic artiste to have 10 albums released, has recorded under
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        702 12  -  A comprehensive project to remaster The Band's work is nearly complete, and that's good news for fans of one of the world's greatest rock ensembles Rock History S.Y. WHANG LONG before its induction into the Rock ’n’ Roll Hail of Fame in 1994, The
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        325 12 BY THE time Hawkins parted way with his backup musicians in 1964, The Band (as it came to be called) had established word-of-mouth reputation as a tightly knit, hardrocking outfit of some ability. In Helm, Danko and, above all, Manuel, the group boasted three soulful
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        249 12 MOONDOG MATINEE (1973), named after a famous radio programme, consists of rock ’n’ roll covers and other oddities (e.g. The Third Man theme!). It is delightful but unambitious. Robertson came up with a moving narrative of dislocation, Acadian Driftwood, in Northern Lights Southern Cross (1975).
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      600 13  -  The Material Girl races afoul of MTV with the video for her latest single which depicts her engaging in violent behaviour VIDEO VIOLENCE *IL TOMMY WEE Despite being the mother of two kids, Madonna still provokes like a bat out of hell. In the
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      1135 14  -  If a woman is more than the sum total of her breasts, then why are we still so darn fixated on them? BOOB TALK On^ Soli (liin WHEN I was a teenager, growing up was a rollercoaster of emotions and hormones. Especially the sudden awareness
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      86 14 Frogramme Big Diet, seen holding up Dutch TV host Robert ten Brink at the Chateau Hermitage in the southern Dutch town of Houtem last week. Six men and six women will be locked up in the castle for 13 weeks and followed by
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      154 14 ‘Are you single or married or what?’ Billionaire mogul Ronald Perelman to Hollywood actress Ellen Barkin when they met in 1999.< They wed in June last year tl ‘lt doesn’t do me any good for people to know about me or know what Fm doing, because if
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      443 15  -  Jonathan Yeo has opted to spin for independent events promoters in gigs such as Hardcore at Nox r En Route at Mount Faber and DU 2 at Clarke Quay ALTERNATIVE SPIN By MICHELLE HO HIS name was synonymous with Zouk for the nine years and 10 months
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      457 20  -  Tickets have been reserved for the Hongkong rocker's famous parents but do tell Nicholas Tse if you see his girlfriend Faye Wong TSE'S SINGAPORE GIG By! SUZANNE SNG PREPARE for some stargazing at Nicholas Tse’s rock concert tomorrow. Nope, it is highly unlikely that
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        149 20 Reuters LONDON Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell has hired a burly ex-soldier as a minder after burglars ransacked her London home and stole £BO,OOO (*****,720) worth of possessions, British newspapers reported on Thursday. Halliwell was pictured with her new bodyguard the day after it was disclosed that
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        122 20 Reuters LONDON Pop diva Whitney Houston is being lined up to star in the next James Bond film, according to the Sun. Houston has agreed in principle to appear with Pierce Brosnan, the latest incarnation of secret agent 007, and is waiting for confirmation from movie bosses.
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        138 20 MOULIN ROUGE IN CANNES: The Cannes Film Festival will open on May 9 with a US$5O million (Ss7B million) musical by Aussie director Baz Luhrmann (Romeo Juliet). Moulin Rouge, a 19th-century film about Parisian artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, will be Cannes’ second
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      290 2 Se s crt I &lt;0 c CD &lt;0 CD M) End your search for that dream kitchen at Wellmann, Singapore’s largest kitchen display centre. German Quality Affordable Prices Wide Range Put your faith in our 48 years' experience; we’re sure you’ll look at kitchens with more discerning eyes after your
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      340 2 RADIO PASSION 99.5 FM 7.00 am The Breakfast Show with Robin Goh Justine Moss 8.45 Album Of The Week: Wow Flash by Elvis Crespo 8.50 World Music Top 10 9.00 The Jazz Singer: Bing Crosby 9.15 In The House: Imaginarts’ Sparkleshark 9.30 Folktales: A Father’s Children 9.45 Club Chat 10.00
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      1420 8 325 MERCEDES FOR SALE 325 MERCEDES FOR SALE AIM MOTORS PTE LTD orrta s showroom ms macphfrson ROAD *Ol-18, CITIMAC INDUSTRIAL COMPIiX, SiNGAPORI *****9 LIMITED UNITS FOR IMMEDIATE REGISTRATION WITH COE YOUR DR EAfVI ni o O WITH PRICES '-'«/V» n LIKE THESE, WHY WAIT? t "KEY LESS-GO"l CL 500
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      1728 9 320 NISSAN FOR SALE 328 NISSAN FOR SALE FLEET MANAGEMENT 30 Bukit Batok East Ave 6 Tel 461 9271 Downpayment $17,000 Downpayment $25,000 7 yrs at •$771 p.m. 7 yrs at *51,125 p.m. Terms Conditions apply A BETTER OFFER Meet Your Price!!! Used Cars 94 2000 Direct Deal Reliable Senrlce
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      1939 9 328 NISSAN FOR SALE 336 RENAULT FOR SALE '9l SUNNY 1.4 auto. P/steering. S/rims. COE 3/2011. Good cond. Low downpayment. Tel: *****33 330 OPEL FOR SALE 2/’99 OPEL ASTRA 1.6 auto. Blue. Nice interior. Like brand new. CO changer. Airbag. Low mileage. Under warranty. Agt. svc. New tax. OMV SIBK.
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      3164 9 341 SUBARU FOR SALE 344 TOYOTA FOR SALE 341 SUBARU FOR SALE 341 SUBARU FOR SALE 341 SUBARU FOR SALE 341 SUBARU FOR SALE JT “...unless you grab it by the throat and tell it where to go, it will drive you.' Possum Bourne Asia Pacific Rally Champion. MOTOR IMAGE
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      1647 10 344 TOYOTA FOR SALE 11/'93 COROLLA 1.66 U. Manual. A 1 engine/ body. Full accessories. OMV SIBK. Low deposit. *****56 !2/’93 STARLET t.OXL. 5-dr. 5 speed. S/rims. CD changer. 3 owners. Part 510.6 K. Orig. 9632-3933 9/'9l CRESSIDA 2.OGLXI. 3 owners. Tax 8/'Ol. Low mileage. CD. COE 3/'2Oll. Deposit $3BOO.
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      835 10 381 SCRAP VEHICLES 382 VEHICLES FOR HIRE ABILITY TO OFFER high price for PARF/ scrap/ paper/ COE. Wanted: Japanese/ other continental cars for export. 346-3383/ 9735-6193 BEST PRICE FOR commercial vehicles/ trucks/ cars/ COE/ PARF. Road tax/ LTA de-reg. svc. provided- *****12, Kiat Lee Scrap EXPORT/ COE SPECIALIST willing to
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      3628 11 382 VEHICLES FOR HIRE 383 VEHICLES WANTED 383 VEHICLES WANTED 38T LORRIES FOR SALE 387 LORRIES FOR SALE LIAN AIK: TWIN Cabin/ pickups/ vans/ 10ft., 14ft. lorries/ canopy. Tel: 345-8080. 363 Joo Chiat Rd. 10FT, MFT 21FT trucks with canopy for hire. For transporting workers goods. *****40/ *****959 JURONG AREA.
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      1955 11 391 VANS FOR SALE 391 VANS FOR SALE 393 MOTORCYCLES/ SCOOTERS 391 VANS FOR SALE 391 VANS FOR SALE MERCEDES VITO 108 CDI Diesel A.B.S/A.S.R $61,900 TOYOTA LITEACE Diesel 2.2 I Petrol 1.8 $49,*****48,900 MITSUBISHI LIGHT TRUCK Diesel 2.2 $48,900 TOYOTA HIACE PA Plate Diesel 3.0 $61,900 Te1: *****18 *****33
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      1631 12 Properties 402 DOl-08 402 DOl-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST CITY SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS-RENT PTE APTS-RENT GINZA PLAZA APTS IN WEST COAST •3 1 rms. 1282 1c 1284 sq ft Full recreational facilities Private and exclusive Immediate occupation Grand Hotel style lobby SCV cable TV ready Short term lease avail FAR EAST ORGANIZATION
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      1272 12 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGL.IN/ HOLLAND TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS-RENT PTE APTS-RENT AMPTONS INTERNATIONAL Future Penthse. 3 firs. 80Q0sq.ft $20,000 Scotts 28.3+1+1.*****q.ft. Above #lB $11,500 St. Martins. 3+1.1658 sq.ft. Pool view. Plum $8,500 HortzonTwr. West 4+l+Pie. lobby2soosq.ft Renovated. 56,000 Spring Grove, 2 bdrms. 1012 sq.ft, High Fir Fftum
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      2883 12 404 009-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS-RENT 404 009-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS-RENT 404 D 09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS-RENT D.lO HAMPTON CT. 4+l, 3400 sq.ft./ 3+l. 2400 2700 sq.ft. Next to Tanglin American Club. S/pool/ gym/ sauna. *****45 David (agt) GRANGE HEIGHTS. 3+l+l. Renovated. Fully furnished. Facilities. 5 mins,
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      2944 12 404 009-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS-RENT FERNHILL PL. 1600 sq.ft. 2 storey. 2 barms. Near Orchard. Asking S3K. p/furn. 9523-4284 APPC SOMMERVILLE PK. 1300 sq.ft. 3+l rms. F/furn. Unblocked. Renovated. Immed. $4OOO. BTA *****034 D. 09 ASPEN HGTS. 1350/ 1580 sq.ft. Low/ high fir. 3/ 4+l. F/faciiities. MRT/ City.
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      2283 13 408 Dl2-14 BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG PTE APTS RENT 408 Dl2-14 BALESTIER/ MACPHERSGN/GEYLANC PTE APTS-RENT 408 Dl2-14 BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG PTE APTS RENT ::1 jSpPI CONVENIENT LUXURIOUS LIVING at AFFORDABLE RENT Brand new 2/3 bedroom apartments s penthouses with breathtaking view Swimming pool, jacuzzi, sauna, gym, children's playground etc Near CBD, Aljunied MRT,
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      2030 13 412 Dl7-18 CHANGI/ PASIRRIS PTE APTS RENT MELVILLE PARK. 3+l. 1475 sq.ft. Furn. Pool view. 2 units available. The Tropica. 2-bdrm. 990 sq.ft. Furn. Pool view. Jo *****600 ERA SI.SK MELVILLE PARK in Simei. 2 bedrooms. Fully furnished. Full condo, facilities. Near MRT/ shopping mall. Call now! 9566-6889. RENT A
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      3259 13 420 HOUSES FOR RENT 420 HOUSES FOR RENT 420 HOUSES FOR RENT 420 HOUSES FOR RENT CHANCERY GROVE 3-storey Townhouse with basement 9Showflat open for viewing AAon-Fri 9am-6pm Sat 9am-spr Tel 3 52 T 003 •Located near Novena MRT station, minutes away from Orchard Road and Central Business District •3+l
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      969 13 Properties 422 HUDC/HDB APTS FOR RENT Pro Near MRT Network for Excellence 2+l AMK. 710 Furn./ Aircon. Nice. 2+l Jurong E. 231 approve, aircon 3+l Jurong E. 277 aircon, approve 3+l Sengkang 142 aircon. approve 3+l Admiralty 667 turn./ aircon. SI.IK. Call 9450-8531/ 9619-1963 1 TO 5-RM. Whampoa, Aljunled, Yishun,
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      2954 14 Properties 422 HUDC/ HDB APTS FOR RENT APPROVED 3-RM. NEW Upp Changi Rd. Blk. 57. High fir. P/furn. Convenient. Near MRT. 9386-9138 WHAMPOA 77, SEMBAWANG, CCK, AMK, Hougang 607/ 968. Pandan, Clementi. Tiong Bahru. 9329-0491 NEAR BT. BATON 5-rm. F/furn. Master rm. aircon. Near MRT/ amenities. All races. *****948 agt.
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      2622 14 440 001-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST HOUSES-SALE 441 001-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS-SALE 445 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND HOUSES-SALE 0.05 BUNGLW. 52.3 M -inly vet neg. 6131/ 2875 sq.ft. 4+l. 6 yrs. Park. Semi-d brand new 2800 sq.ft. s*l. SVB2M. F'hold. *****30 Teakhwa LOR SARI. BRAND New! F'hold. 3 storey Semi-D. 2500/
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      3349 14 446 D 09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS SALE 446 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS-SALE 446 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS SALE 446 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS-SALE Aspiring to own, hesitant to act? Be a player, not a spectator. View a wide selection of local properties rangin® from small
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      3035 15 451 011 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS-SALE 451 011 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS-SALE 451 Dll 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS-SALE 451 011 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS-SALE 451 Dll 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS SALE 451 011 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS-SALE The Straits Times Classified PROPERTY GUIDE PRIVATE
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      3497 15 Properties 460 Dl5-16 EAST COAST HOUSES-SALE 460 Dl5-16 EAST COAST HOUSES-SALE 461 Dl5-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS-SALE 461 Dl5-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS-SALE NEAR MRT CORNER terr. 2/storey Bedok area. Land approx. 2800 sq.ft. 3+l. Gdn. Porch. Renovated. Facing East. No agt. 9266-1113 2XX EAST COAST Rd. D. 16 s/storey
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      3120 16 Properties 461 Dl5-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS SALE COSTA RHU. 1776 sq.ft. 3+l. #O9. Quality tiome. Clean bayview. Good value must view! 9622-8797 OPEN HOUSE 24/3 4-6 pm. The Atria. 3-Bdrm. 1,615 sq.ft. Pool view. Freehold. CKS 9510-2252 AMBER PT. F'HOLD. 3+1.1669/ 1690 sq.ft. High fir Excellent sea/ pool view.
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      2405 16 471 Dl9-20 SERANGOON/ THOMSON PTE APTS SALE 475 022-28 WEST NORTH HOUSES-SALE 476 022-28 WEST NORTH PTE APTS-SALE SPRINGBLOOM. 1302 SQ.FT. High fir. Full facilities. 3+l. F/aircon. Near Nanyang JC. *****140 EST FLAMETREE PK. S9SOK. F'hold. 1766 sq.ft. Mid fir. Breezy. F/facilities. Nice green view. 9219-1725 D. 19 EVERGREEN PK.
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      3037 16 476 D 22-28 WEST NORTH PTE APTS-SALE REGENT GROVE 16th fir., 2+l. Just TOP. 3-rm also avail. Vacant. Make me an offer. Herman 9757-8118 0.23 MER* LODGE. High fir. 1916 sq.ft. 4+l rooms. Facilities. Tenanted. F'hold. Citiprop 297-7177 MAVSPRINGS 3+1.1302 sq.ft. Beautiful cond. High fir. Partial pool view. Face N.S.
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      4357 17 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BEDOK/ CHAICHEE) 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BEDOK/CHAI CHEE) 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BEDOK/CHAI CHEE) 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BEDOK/CHAI CHEE) 493 HDB APTS FOR SALI (BEDOK/CHAI CHEE) The Straits Times Classified PROPERTY GUIDE (HDB
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      4095 17 497 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BT MERAH/OUEENSTOWN/ TELOK BLANGAH 500 HDB APTS FOR SALE (CHOACHU KANG/ BUKITPANJANG) 500 HDB APTS FOR SALE (CHOACHU KANG/ BUKIT PANJANG) 500 HDB APTS FOR SALE (CHOACHU KANG/ BUKITPANJANG) 5 T CORNER Redhill Blk. 81. Renovated. High tlr. MRT/ mkt. Can contra. *****727 ST/ 4
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      2029 18 Properties 300 HDB APTS TOR SALE (CHOACHUKANG/ BUKIT PAN JANG) 501 HDB APTS FOR SALE (CLEMENTI/ WEST COAST) 5 T 550, #l3. below F/aircon. 5 T 429. #O9 (low cash). Unblock. 5 'A' 429, #O6 (low *****209 ST CORNER Bt. Panjang Blk. 238. High fir. Fantastic view/ windy. LRT. SO
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      4648 18 502 HDB APTS FOR SALE (GEYLANG/EUNOS/ MACPHERSON) 504 HDB APTS FOR SALE (HOUGANC/ SERANGOON/ YIOCHUKANG) 504 HDB APTS FOR SALE (HOUGANG/SERANGOON/ YIOCHUKANG) 504 HDB APTS FOR SALE (HOUGANC/SERANGOON/ YIOCHUKANG) 504 HDB APTS FOR SALE (HOUGANG/SERANGOON/ YIOCHUKANG) ATTN. BUYERS! 4 'NG7 5 T Ge ylang E./ Ba!am/ Pipit Rfl. 5 yrs.
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      3167 18 505 HDB APTS FOR SALE (JURONG) 3 'NG' 115 #ll. renovated, vacant 4 'A' 431,322,475 High, move-in 4 ’A’ 904, 922,926,932, 942 SOK 5 'A' 426,443, 529 value 5 T 864, 845 128 sq.m. Renovated 5 T 855, 850/ 934 below SIOK 5 'A' 444,452,551,847 Renovated 5 'A' Mals 547
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      2827 19 S 0« HDBAPTS FOR SALE (KALLANG/ WHAMPOA) 512 HDB APTS FOR SALE (PASIRRiS/ CHANGI) 512 HDB APTS FOR SALE (PASIRRIS/CHANGI) RAREI XXL 3 A' corner Towner Rd. 200% move in. F/aircon. Shops/ mkt. 1 min. to MRT. 9706-1559 FER RARE 5 'A' 81k.107. Jin. Rajah. Beautifully renovated. Valued S4OBK. Lift
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      2644 19 514 HDB APTS FOR SALE {TAMPINES/ SIMEI) 514 HDB APTS FOR SALE (TAMPINES/ SIMEI) 514 HDB APTS FOR SALE (TAMPINES/SIMEI) «&lt; ALL TAMPINES »&gt; 5-rm. Blk. 704/ 711/ 728. High fir., Beautifully renovated. Near Poi Ching. Must view! All races 81k.868. High fir. $0 up 8tk.380 3 'NC' ground fir.
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      3863 19 514 HDB APTS FOR SALE (TAMPINES/ SIMEI) 4 'A' CORNER Tampines Blk. 933. Renovated. Unblocked. Can contra. Valued. *****-321 Trivest 4 ’A’ BLK. 487 C #O3 dr to dr. Unblocked. Windy. Good cond. Well kept. Valued 5255 K. 9407-6715 4 ’A’ CORNER 104/ 260/ 486C/ 364. 5 T 486 A.
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      3319 20 Properties 517 HOB APTS FOR SALE (WOODLANDS/ SEMBAWANO) BEAUTIFUL 5 T Corner Blk. 713 Woodlands Drive 74. Very well maintained. 9218-6401 THP BELOW VALUE! 5 T Corner Blk. 602. Just 5 yrs. High fir. Park view. S4OK grant. 9494-8889 ERA BEST LOCATION! EXEC. Mais. Apt. 798/ 359/ 361/ 797/ 866.
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      1708 20 518 HDB APTS FOR SALE (YISHUN) 526 PRIVATE APTS WANTED (RENT/ BUY) 4 'A' 839 corner, square hall. 2 mins, to MRT. Can contra. Immed. reg. Valued 5224 K. 758 7580 4 'NG' BIK. 137 Corner. Must sell! At value! Urgent! 4 'S' 610. High fir. Lift level. MRT. 9555-6991
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      1091 20 531 FACTORY SPACE FOR RENT 331 FACTORY SPACE FOR RENT FACTORY WAREHOUSE FOR LEASE CITY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED TEL: 1800 225 0066 ******27/52/53/57 FACTORY SPACE FOR LEASE Richfield Industrial Centre Area 1518 -1636 sq.ft Loading capacity 7.5kn/sq.m Ceiling height 3.8 m Near amenities expressway Immediate occupation Reasonable rental Suitable for clean
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      1191 20 532 FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE 532 FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE 532 FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE Have It All At 30 Shaw Road Quality Light Industrial Building 'A m I!"-.,, Mi jf 4 Visit our Sales Office Now I Date: 14-23 March 2001 (except Sat Sun) Time: 10 am-6 pm Venue:
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      1189 21 SS4 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT 934 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT CAMDEN MEDICAL CENTRE One Orchard Boulevard Strategically located at the junction of Orchard Boulevard Grange Road Close to Gleneagles Hospital and Mount Elizabeth Hospital and nearby Hotels Medical suites are ideal for Specialists' Clinic Laboratories Medical-Related Research or Healthcare Related
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      713 21 334 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT 334 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT 0.08 J'.N. BESAR HOB shop/ office Outside CBD. Near Sim Lim Twr. Area 700 sq.ft, at $2300 p/mth. Tel: 299-7503/ 294-9792. 0 PRIME OFFICE/ SHOWRM. space Outside CBD. Fr. 420/ 700/ 900 sq ft. up. For fashion/ lifestyle trade. Call:
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      1443 21 334 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT TONG ENG BUILDING 603 sq.ft. 5 mins, walk to Raffles MRT. Call Owner at Tel.: 223 7712. PHASE 3 NEW shops offices at Syed Alwi Rd. for rent from $5OO. tel: 299-8927/ pg. 9305-6472 KEYPOINT, BEACH RD. 400 to 1500 sq.ft. Outside CBD. Reasonable rent.
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      1111 21 Properties 535 OFFICE SPACE FOR SALE 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT A Always Thar ERA For Priced Right $6lB P.S.F. THE Plaza. 506 sq.ft. #l6. Panoramic sea/ city view. Outside CBD. Good returns. Hurry! Sandy *****189 ERA EMINENT PLAZA N«xt to famous Lavender Food Sq
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      748 27 SINGAPORE POWER Singapore Power Ltd invites tenders for the following: 1. DDOIOQI6 Sale of 6.6kV and 22k V transformers at Pasir Panjang PL&TS Store All BCA(CIDB)/EPPU Registered Contractors 2. DDOIOOI7 Sale of 14 items of unserviceable scrap cables at Pasir Panjang Cable Store All BCA(CIDB)/EPPU Registered Contractors licensed by the
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      404 27 TENDER NOTICE Singapore Airlines Ltd invites tenders for the following: Item No Description TR No 1 Packing/Corrugated Boxes 4334 2 Hand Tools 4351 3 Paper Hand Towels 4353 4 Modification of 2 Units Automated 4355 Goods Lift at 1 st and 4th Floor Airline House 5 Inflight Board Games for
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      3251 28 REVENUE TENDER NOTICES Collection point (unless otherwise stated): Customer Service Centre, JTC Corporation, The JTC Summit, 8 Jurong Town Hall Road, Singapore *****4. Tenderers are advised to call before collection during normal office hours (Toll Free: 1800-*****07; DiD:*****23/*****24) 1. TENDER FOR CANTEEN AT 9 CHANGI BUSINESS PARK CENTRAL 1, SINGAPORE
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      681 29 SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE Udil.HJiWB» Tenders are invited from registered firms for:1) Supply of treatment, surgery and services for police dogs for a period of two years from 1 Sep 2001 to 31 Aug 2003. Tender No: PHQ 33/2001 Eligibility: EPU/LTE/10 or EPU/SER/31 Financial Limit: $50,000.00 2) Maintenance contract for 20mm
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      783 29 M Singapore Turf Club is an ISO 9002 certified organisation that provides high quality, competitive and entertaining horse racing and gaming services to the public. In the new millennium, the Club will play a major role in international racing with the opening of the new racecourse at Kranji. Tenders are
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      1189 30 BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 20) TAKE NOTICE THAT: (a)Bankruptc) Orders were made against the following persons on the 9th day of March 2001 BKPY NO NRIC/PP NO *****7/2001 *****718 G *****8/2001 *****4311 NAME AND ADDRESS OF BANKRUPT ABU BAKAR BIN MD SAID 657 W(X)DI.ANDS RING ROAD #lO-322 SINGAPORE *****7 ARJOENA BIN
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      738 31 RECRUIT CLASSIFIED JOBS ;F 1800-737-1166 603 JOB APPLICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS WE HAVE INDIAN Professionals in IT. interested companies, pis. call Tanuja 457-5639: Parshiv Impex 606 PROFESSIONAL/ EXECUTIVE POSITIONS A Healthcare Joint Venture Company requires MEMBER SERVICES EXECUTIVE Preferably with experience in customer/ patient services in healthcare or service industry Pleasant, customer
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      642 31 PROFESSIONAL/ 606 PROFESSIONAL/ 606 PROFESSIONAL/ 606 PROFESSIONAL/ 606 PROFESSIONAL/ EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIO 4p&gt;= Wrjf* ■r* CENTERS Di Hi '-i A fast growing chain of Fitness Centers in Asia with over 430 clubs worldwide. We are looking for passionate and self-driven people who would
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      443 31 The Planet Traveller Tb+€L SHOP Seager Inc. Pte Ltd We are a major player and a fast growing local group of companies in the retail and distribution of luggage, bags and wallets in the Asia Pacific region. We seek highly motivated and result oriented professionals for the post of: FINANCE
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      567 31 606 PROFESSIONAL/ 606 PROFESSIONAL/ 606 PROFESSIONAL/ EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS [WYNDHAM CONSTRUCTION PTE LTD] QUANTITY SURVEYOR BSc (Building) or ARICS or equivalent Minimum 5 years’ working experience with contractors/consultants PROJECT EXECUTIVE Dip Bldg or Dip (Arch) or equivalent Minimum 3 years’ working experience in woodwork and construction If
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      424 31 Established Events Consultation Company Requires EVENT CO-ORDINATORS Conversant in English and Mandarin With or without experience Willing to work long hours Sales oriented Call Ms Dorothy at *****41 for an interview appointment A) SNR. PROPERTY EXEC./ PROPERTY EXEC Relevant experience/ Diploma Property Mgmt. Maintenance experience Able to attend night meeting
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      1210 32 606 PROFESSIONAL/ 606 PROFESSIONAL/ EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS 606 PROFESSIONAL/ EXECUTIVE POSITIONS V* ire looking for irritable candidates to join us as $5OOO FiXED INCOME Sales Bonds Japanese equity sales for offshore bank. Relevant experience needed. Select *****33 x 18 Account Executive Responsible (or business development end account servicing Self
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      695 32 SO9 ENGINEERING POSITIONS 609 ENGINEERING POSITIONS Established Japanese Company has vacancies for: h) SALES ENGINEER Diploma in Engineering or those with at least 2 years of Technical Sales experience Experience in factory automation industry or semi-conductors backend equipment Aggressive, full of drive Job coordination/ Ability to perform multiple tasks Driving
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      466 32 618 Tt TORING POSITIONS TEACHER/ TUTORS NEEDED immed assignment in all districts/ levels/ subjects. Call BCH tel: *****96 JURONG. TAMPINES. PARKWAY, Pasir Ris, Yishun, S'goon, Outram, CCK, Pri./ Sec. level. *****25 621 HEALTHCARE POSITIONS Established Medical Group Practice requires 1. ASST. MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS 2. RECEPTIONISTS/ DISPENSERS 3. STAFF NURSE/ ASST.
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      814 33 624 ART/ CREATIVE POSITIONS 624 ART/ CREATIVE POSITIONS VM+inn fn fKo Caninr DrrtHnrf l\Mialnnmanf Reporting to the Senior Product Development Manager, we need your ability to conceptualize the development of new OSIM products. Your primary functions include designing the layout of product operation manuals, brochures and packaging. Our Requirements: Diploma
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      583 33 624 ART/ CREATIVE POSITIONS A Graphic House located at Paya Übl urgently needs EXPERIENCED GRAPHIC DESIGNER Bilingual 1-2 yrs. working experience Photography knowledge an added advantage Interested please call: 7411-688 or fax resume to: 747-2696 DESIGN EXECUTIVES (RESIDENTIAL SALES) Min. 2 yrs. ot sales experience. Good communication skills. Design knowledge/
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      1292 33 630 SALES POSITIONS 630 SALES POSITIONS 630 SALES POSITIONS 630 SALES POSITIONS Perlini's Silver is now looking for: Sales Assistants Interested candidates, please call Tel: 333 6901 or walk-in for an interview on 23rd March 2001 from 10am to spm at Suntec City, Suntec Tower Three #l6-03. TRAVEL FAR IN
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      994 33 630 SALES POSITIONS 630 SALES POSITIONS 630 SALES POSITIONS Asian Travel Club A New Travel Club has immediate vacancies for the positions of Sales Executives. Sales Programmers and Sales Managers Requirements: Mature and hardworking Education level is in accordance to the job applied for Remuneration: Basic Salary CPF Contributions High
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      1209 34 630 SALES POSITIONS 630 SALES POSITIONS SALES ENGINEER/EXECUTIVE I Come for a rewarding profession in a well establish MNC. Attractive remuneration awaits the right candidates. Basic Car allowance HP allowance Commission Qualifications 0 Engineering Diploma with lass .3 driving license and ow n a car. I 0 Affinity for sales,
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      664 34 630 SALES POSITIONS PERSONAL FINANCIAL CONSUL- TANTS 52.5 K commission. Deg. 1-2 yrs. sales experience. Speak I fluent English. All areas. 337-3183. FULL-TIME RETAIL Asst, required. Work in Orchard. Tel: 746-2038. Interview: 180 Paya Lebar Rd. #lO-02 Yi Guang Fty. Bldg. MARINE SALESPERSON REQUIRED. Possess own vehicle. Fax resume to:
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      950 34 CUSTOMER SERVICE POSITIONS 636 CUSTOMER SERVICE POSITIONS 636 CUSTOMER SERVICE POSITIONS 636 CUSTOMER SERVICE POSITIONS Giordano Walfe-in Interview 24 25 atur 9.00 am 5.00 p Hotel Serai Roo M rr your a recent interview. day) Level 2; returnable expen me hop Manager per month qQjrements Diploma holders wish at least
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      1451 34 642 HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE POSITIONS 642 HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE POSITIONS 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS A leading Resort requires the following positions urgently: 1. Room Reservation Executive Drivers with class 4 F&B Captains Front Office Assistant Sports Recreation Assistants Chambermaids Part-Time KJ Waiters/ Waitresses Requirements: Minimum qualification experience in similar capacity Bilingual in
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      393 35 Freight Forwarding Co. at Changl Cargo Complex requires: SHIPPING COORDINATOR GCE 'o' level above PC literate Familiar with Tradenet Interested call *****39 Small established engrg. office in Balestier area (5-day week) needs JUNIOR SECRETARY/SECRETARY Min. GCE 'o' level with credit in Mathematics Good spoken English Mandarin Typing skills in MS
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      706 35 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS German International Freight Forwarder has immediate vacancy for CREDIT CONTROLLER Debt collection/ accounts receivable 07 'A' levels Co. in Jurong. transport provided Fax resume to: 861-8556 or email to: info9blrkart.com. sg ESTABLISHED TRADING CO. In Eunos area requires GENERAL CLERKS Min. GCE'o'level Fluent in English Mandarin
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      1491 36 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS 651 SECRETARY/ PERSONAL ASSISTANT POSITIONS ADMIN EXEC./ ASST, required Dip./ j A level. No experience required. Good remunerations. Tel: *****55 OFFICE CLERK FOR trading co. Part/ Full-time. 'o' level. PC literate. Email: barossa@pacific.net.sg I ACCOUNTS CLERK REQUIRED in Jurong. Accpac Knowledge. 5-days week GCE A'/ 'O7
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      759 36 654 TECHNICAL POSITIONS 654 TECHNICAL POSITIONS Coordinator (New Model Dept) Job scope: Project planning and scheduling Coordination of various activities for new model with local and overseas plants Costing Requirements: Must have technical qualifications (Degree or Polytechnic Diploma or an ITE holder) Some working experience in plastic industry Experience in
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      832 36 654 TECHNICAL POSITIONS 654 TECHNICAL POSITIONS Able to service repair electrical mechanical equipment Hardworking willing to learn Min. 3 years working experience in Simitar position Please call 292 7982 »tor interview. Construction Co requires PROJECT COORDINATOR Class 3 driving licence Diploma in Building/ Civil (Singapore/ Ngee Ann Poly) 2 3
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      581 36 654 TECHNICAL POSITIONS 654 TECHNICAL POSITIONS Company in Jurong dealing wiS indusirial equipments and tools requires: Repair Technician ITC NTC in Electricial Experience in trouble shooting repairing electrical equipments Preferably with Class 3 licence Call 293 1929 fax resume to 861 5560 Construction Company requires: SITE OUANTITY SURVEYOR Degree/ Dip.
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      884 37 6*7 PRODUCTION POSITIONS 657 PRODUCTION POSITIONS SIMi DARBY EDIBLE PRODUCTS LTD has vacancy for Production Supervisor Diploma in Mechanical/Electrical/Mechantronics 2 3 years experience in production and maintenance in a manufacturing environment Responsibilities: Production scheduling Meeting targets and maintaining its quality standard Preventive maintenance Excellent opportunity for career development Interested applicants
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      1067 37 663 WAREHOUSING/ 663 WAREHOUSING/ INVENTORY POSITIONS INVENTORY POSITIONS STOREKEEPER Responsible for storekeeping operations Provide logistics support to production and various departments Secondary education 2-3 years’ working experience PC literate SAP knowledge preferred STORE ASSISTANT Responsible for inventory control, storekeeping and kitting Secondary education 2-3 years' working experience in a store
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      537 38 68® OTHER POSITIONS 689 OTHER POSITIONS Established Furniture Company requires:MANAGER/ SENIOR EXECUTIVE Minimum 5 years experience in operations, warehousing and/ or purchasing Good organisational skills Computer literate Experience in furniture or related building industry preferred SITE SUPERVISOR Minimum 3 years experience Good planning and co-ordination skills Preferably with own transport
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      666 39 Another source of career opportunities EyeOnJobs, a new feature in Project Eyeball every Friday, starting today. SURVEY DEPARTMENT MINISTRY OF LAW has vacancies for: Position I: Land Surveyor You will lead and motivate a team of technical personnel to support an accurate cadastral survey system. Your work entails managing the
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