The Straits Times, 26 March 2001

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    37 1 The Straits Times Established 1845 Monday March 26, 2001 88 Pages in six parts MITA (P) 024/12/2000 fli hi, tV A Singapore Press Holdings publication 60 Cents The Straits Times interactive: bttp;//straitstiraes.asial.com.s<) is available from 6 am.
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    Lock icon Voting may go electronic at next GE
    583 1  -  Limited trials in some wards will see voters marking their choice at machines, not on paper ballots *!L LAUREL TEO VOTING at the next General Election may go electronic in some wards, with voters keying in their choice at electronic machines instead of
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    Lock icon SingTel pips rivals to Optus takeover
    508 1  -  Its offer said to be between A$l6.5b and A$20b By TAMMY TAN MONEY DESK NEWS EDITOR SINGAPORE Telecom pipped two world-class telephone companies in its takeover bid for Australia’s Cable Wireless Optus with an offer said to be worth between A 516.5 billion (5514.4
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  • NEWS FLASH
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      Lock icon INTERNET BANKING TAKES OFF
      102 2 TECH SCIENCE SIX out of 10 Internet users reported being more comfortable with online banking than they were a year ago. Nearly one-fifth of those responding to a survey said they had already accessed their bank account via the Net. And 49 Kr cent said they
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      Lock icon IT'S A SEE-SAW AFFAIR
      84 2 COMMENTARY JUST as the newspapers and analysts were screaming that the Dow had confirmed a recession, the US Conference Board came out to suggest that no, that is not so. And after the Nikkei index stormed up nearly 1,000 points in one go, some were asking
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      Lock icon ‘BE OPEN WITH PHARMACISTS’
      93 2 FORUM A LETTER from 12 pharmacists states that when they advise patients about self-medication, they do ask the patients to tell them about their medical condition and other medications they are already taking. It adds that if doctors want “better education for patients and less liberal
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      Lock icon ARTS AND FAMILY LIFE
      69 2 LIFE! THE Necessary' Stage has teamed up with the Marine Parade CDC to “achieve a social-work objective” by presenting a community arts festival on family issues. Featuring plays, short films, talkshows and a National Library Board series of talks, the festival hopes to attract two types
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      Lock icon STANDING OVATION FOR BUDDY
      61 2 IT GOT Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan and the rest of the Kallang Theatre audience rising to their feet towards the end of the evening. It was the Friday opening night of Buddy, The Musical, which celebrates the life of rock ‘n’ roll legend Buddy Holly,
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      Lock icon MICHELLE SKATES THROUGH
      81 2 SPORTS MICHELLE Kwan of the US pumped her fists and cried at the end of her free skating programme in Vancouver, knowing she had done her best. But she refused to look at the TV monitor later, afraid that the marks of Russia’s Irina Slutskaya would top
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      Lock icon MORI 'A DISCREDIT’ TO ALMA MATER
      87 2 ASIA WASEDA University staff and students are complaining that the university’s alumnus, Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, is giving the university a bad name with his poor performance in office. Only a year ago, Waseda was filled with Eride. But the dream became nightmare as
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      Lock icon KIDNAPPER'S PARENTS RESCUE BOY
      76 2 A MANILA kidnap gang held the five-year-old son of a businessman over four days. But an unlikely source the parents of the gang leader have rescued the boy unharmed. The kindergarten pupil and his nanny were found by the gang chiefs parents in a hut and
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      Lock icon RUSSIA'S HEW ARMS-SAIES PUSH
      77 2 WORLD RUSSIA has revamped its marketing strategy for selling arms to South Korea, Vietnam ana other Asian countries. Details of this were discussed at a Kremlin session on Wednesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin also said that arms exports this year should be 15 per cent higher
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      Lock icon WHITE HOUSE UPBEAT ON GROWTH
      98 2 MONEY THE US economy has not slipped into recession, and prospects for growth this year are improving, Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill said on CNBC. His statement, suggesting a retreat by the Bush administration over its recent gloomy forecast, puts the US economy as growing as
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      Lock icon Hidden ill of ‘lost kids’
      105 2 WORLD A BIG social problem has crept up on Australians over the years an alarming number of children are getting separated from their parents. At least 16,000 children from infants to teenagers are now scattered across the country in foster homes, refuges, motel rooms or
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      Lock icon Big stores braced for hard times
      77 2 PRIME BIG Singapore retailers expect tough times ahead. Several are aiming for only flat or single-digit sales growth, as fears of a worldwide economic slowdown rise. Courts, retailer of furniture and household goods, is targeting single-digit sales growth this year, while it expects the
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      330 2 MAIN Prime 3,4,6 World 8-13 Editorial 14 Commentary 14,15 Forum 16 HOME Singapore News.... HI-H7 Tech Science HB-HlO ASIA Asia A 1 East Asia... A 2, A 3 S-E Asia A4,A5 Malaysia A7,A7 Weather A 8 SPORTS/ MONEY Sports Sl-S5 Money S7-Sl2 LIFE! What’s On L 2 Theatre L 6
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  • PRIME NEWS
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      Lock icon China won’t be US’ major adversary
      596 3  -  Chinese expert not worried by US defence review which sees Beijing as main threat to global peace By DAVID HSIEH STRAITS TIMES CHINA BUREAU BEIJING A major review of future US defence strategy that outlines a shift in focus to dealing with China’s growing
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      Lock icon Singaporean killed in Frankfurt
      431 3 A SINGAPOREAN businessman living in Germany died in his Frankfurt home last weekend after he was bound, gagged and robbed by three burglars. Mr Syed Hussin Aljunied, 54, who ran a travel agency and restaurant there, is believed to have suffocated during the break-in last Sunday,
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      Lock icon Cleo was no Liz
      184 4 LONDON Cleopatra, the queen of ancient Egypt who seduced Julius Caesar and Mark Antony with her supposedly irresistible beauty, has been revealed as short, frumpish and in need of a good dentist in a new exhibition at the British Museum. The legendary femme fatale, who ruled
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      Lock icon NUS wants grads to ride ‘tsunami of change’
      790 4  -  Major curriculum review aimed at shaking up single-discipline focus, helping students to gain from learning across different faculties in M. MRMAJLA NATIONAL Uni 2rsity of Singapore vice-chancellor Shin Choon Fong has this weather forecast for the Republic: Fine weather now. But a
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      Lock icon Quake destroys homes, stops trains
      364 6 Bullet-train passengers stuck on board for 17 hours in Hiroshima quake which left two dead, at least 170 injured Reuters, AFP TOKYO About 3,500 people were stranded on Japan’s bullet trains and other trains for 17 hours because of Saturday’s earthquake, which left two people
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      Lock icon Grisly search for remains of woman doctor
      405 6  -  HUSBAND ACCUSED By EDWARD TANG THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK The weekend serenity at the prestigious Chulalongkom University was shattered by the noise of suction pumps as police searched for more remains of a woman believed to have been killed, carved up and dumped in
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      280 3 EXECUTIVE STRESS A 29-year-old recounts what she had to go through when her company stopped operating, and left her high and dry. The big problem: She’s an executive, one of thousands not covered by the Employment Act. What protection is there for executives caught in a downturn? Find out in
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Homeless kids an Aussie crisis
      460 8 Up to 16,000 children live away from their parents MELBOURNE Australia has an unrecognised social crisis: an alarming jump in the number of children removed from their parents. At least 16,000 children from babies to teenagers are now scattered across the country in foster families,
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      Lock icon ‘Shock ads’ to counter rising drug abuse among youngsters
      444 8 AFP SYDNEY Alarmed by growing drag abuse among children, the government yesterday launched a shock advertisement campaign over television showing teenage addicts dying from drug overdoses and working as prostitutes. Prime Minister John Howard said the campaign was vital to alert
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      Lock icon Tiger leader’s children excel in exams but is it for real?
      302 8 AFP COLOMBO The children of Sri Lanka’s rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran have excelled at a national school exam, a state-run weekly reported yesterday. But the Education Department has raised questions about whether they took the test in a jungle
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      Lock icon Russia targets Asia to boost arms sales
      678 9  -  Last year was the best for Russian arms exporters since the Soviet era ended, but targets were still not met, so Moscow is eyeing new markets By. JOHN HELMER IN MOSCOW A NEW marketing push to sell arms to South Korea, Vietnam and
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      Lock icon SINGLE EXPORT AGENCY: Merger to raise efficiency
      114 9  -  MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the reorganisation of arms exports in December, when he issued a decree setting up the Committee for Military-Technical Cooperation. A single arms-export agency, Rosoboronexport, was created in January. This replaced several competing state arms exporters. “Merger and
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      Lock icon Choice of envoy reaffirms close US-India ties
      249 9  -  By NIRMAL GHOSH INDIA CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI The appointment of Mr Robert Blackwill as ths new US ambassador here has been seen as a signal of the Bush Administration’s intention to maintain US—lndia dialogue at a high level. Mr Blackwill, who was appointed
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      Lock icon OPERATION COBRA
      569 10  -  It's war as Blair assembles generals in a bunker to fight foot-and-mouth disease ALFRED LEE STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU LONDON One million more animals face certain death in Britain after the government ordered the automatic slaughter of all cattle, sheep and pigs on farms which border properties infected
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      Lock icon Texas to kill cows from Germany
      178 10 AFP AUSTIN (Texas) Twen-ty-two German-imported cows will be slaughtered in the US state of Texas amid concerns that the animals may have consumed feed contaminated with the virus causing “mad cow” disease, state authorities said. “Funding from the industry has been secured, and the
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      Lock icon WHAT CELEBRITIES READ:
      81 11 AP WHAT CELEBRITIES READ: Ms Glemia Nowell, librarian at the public library in Gardiner, Maine, displaying some of the books selected by world celebrities as the year’s best. She produces an annual list, called Who Reads What, which features contributions from personalities ranging from United Nations Secretary-General
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      Lock icon Macedonia launches all-out assault on rebels
      478 11 Bombarding the Albanian guerillas with tank shells and using attack helicopters, the Macedonians hope to force them from the country state. AFP, AP, Los Angeles Times TETOVO Fighting in Macedonia escalated sharply yesterday as government forces launched their fiercest assault yet against ethnic Albanian
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      Lock icon Bush pokes fun at view that he is stupid
      245 11 WASHINGTON President George W. Bush poked fun at perceptions that he is a little short of intelligence and that his Vice-President is in control as he made his first appearance in an annual spoof which US leaders customarily attend. “These stories
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      Lock icon PM Goh to explore trade deals in Prague
      368 12  -  Mr Goh is on the final leg of his tour and will hold a high-level discussion with officials to explore opportunities By IRENE NG IN PRAGUE PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong arrived yesterday in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, for
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    • PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Thaksin’s niece now a pop star HER FIRST ALBUM IS A HIT
        162 12 The Nation/Asia News Network BANGKOK Chayapha “Cherry” Wongsawasdi, 17, a niece of Thai prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, has become a pop sensation following the release of her first album, Secret-C. Ms Chayapha, who is still a student, said
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        Lock icon NO-FLUFF ANCHOR JOINS 60 MINUTES
        108 12 NEW YORK Carol Marin, the former Chicago news anchor whose experiment with a no-nonsense newscast was highly publicised but barely watched, was due to report for CBS’ 60 Minutes for the first time last night. Ms Marin, who has con-J tributed to the spin-off 601
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        Lock icon DUCHESS GRIPES ABOUT ROYAL RULES
        137 12 LONDON The Duchess of York, the former wife of Prince Andrew, has told of the perils of taking her daughters to tea with their grandmother, Queen Elizabeth 11. In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph newspaper, the Duchess revealed the tough table manners demanded of
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        22 12 Robert Selleck from Los Angeles, who was also the father of actor Tom Selleck, has died. He was 79.
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        38 12 Maureen Reagan, daughter of former president Ronald Reagan, was released from a hospital after three-and-a-half months of treatment for skin cancer. But she will need to continue with drug therapy at home for the next 12 months.
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        Lock icon POPE'S FACE WELL-PRESERVED
        103 12 ROME An exhumation of the body of Pope John XXIII is reported to have revealed that his face is remarkably well-preserved 37 years after nis death. Bishops, medical staff and workmen present at the January exhumation are said to have been astonished, BBC News online reported. Pope
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        41 12 ‘They are from a different planet. Definitely not of this world. Kenny Baker, known for his role in the Star Wars movies on fans’ extremism some have started to adopt die “Jedi way” as a legitimate religion in New Zealand
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      Lock icon Asian maths scores: It’s all in the head
      493 13  -  Asians do better as they memorise basic maths while they are at school, says a Canadian researcher, adding that genes have nothing to do with it By R SENTHILNATHAN INTORONTO JUST why Asian students excel in maths may well be h. all
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      Lock icon Cat’s out of the bag
      52 13 A MAN-EATER? Not quite. Tara, a Bengal tiger and her trainer, Mr Randy Miller, were demonstrating some of the techniques used in the making of the movie Gladiator at a special show organised in Beverly Hills, California, on Thursday to recognise the work of animal
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    • WORLD FILE
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        Lock icon MINISTER'S SON AN ALLEGED SMUGGLER
        62 13 AP THE son of a Sri Lankan government minister has een arrested and charged with smuggling gold. After a police chase through central Colombo on Friday night, Prabath Ediriweera and a bodyguard of his father Ediriweera Premaratne, the Deputy Minister of Buddhist Affairs, were arrested
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        Lock icon 14 KILLED IN FATAL TOUR-BUS CRASH
        51 13 AP A PACKED tour bus careered off a highway in northern Portugal and rolled down a steep ravine, killing 14 passengers and injuring 24 more, six of them seriously. The accident happened on Saturday evening about 200 km north of Lisbon, media reports said.
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        Lock icon GERMAN GOVT FEELS HEAT AT THE POLLS
        54 13 AP VOTERS in two west German states went to the polls yesterday to chose new legislatures after an emotional conservative campaign to paint Germany’s left as unpatriotic. The conservatives hoped to weaken the parties in Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s federal government ahead of national
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        Lock icon MORE CASUALTIES IN RUSSIAN BOMBINGS
        59 13 AFP THE death toll in one of the most brutal series of bombing attacks recorded in the Chechen conflict rose to 24 dead and 143 injured yesterday. Russian security sources said that they had defused three more car bombs in the rebel province overnight. They
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        Lock icon CONVICTS ESCAPE PRISON BY COPTER
        54 13 Reuters THREE prisoners escaped by helicopter from a jail in the south of France, prison authorities said. An accomplice hijacked the helicopter and forced its pilot to fly to the prison in Draguignan. They landed in an area unprotected by overhead netting where the trio
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      375 8 mm World Thaksin's Niece A Star A niece of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin has become a pop star after the launch of her first album, page is World All-Out War On FMD British Prime Minister Tony Blair has assembled a “war Cabinet” to halt the foot-and-mouth disease. page io '«C-.
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  • COMMENTARY • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Some Bush eye view
      594 14 The Straits Times MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2001 UNITED States President George W. Bush is a well-scheduled man. January was spent flirting with the Democrats and giving them all nicknames; February was spent promoting his tax-cut plan; and March has been Asia month, as he met the
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      Lock icon Sino-US ties could see clear skies at years end
      1393 14  -  JIN CANRONG IX BEIJING [The writer is a research professor at the Institute of American Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing. He is a regular contributor to The Straits Times] SINCE Mr George W. Bush became American
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      Lock icon Market will revisit lows again
      1228 15  -  By LIM SAT BOON [The writer is director of OCBC Investment Research Pte Limited. The views expressed in this article are his own. He contributed this article to The Straits Times.] AFTER the Dow’s performance on Thursday, both Wall Street and our market on Friday
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    • ASIAN CURRENTS
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        Lock icon ECONOMIC RACE WIIH SHANGHAI?
        78 15 HONGKONG Hongkong iMail A HONGKONG government report predicted that Shanghai could overtake the territory economically in 15 to 20 years’ time. But Trade Development Council’s chief economist Edward Leung said Hongkong still has advantages for it to remain an important gateway to China. The two cities
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        Lock icon MORE CHINESE POLICEMEN WANTED
        62 15  -  MALAYSIA Extracts from Chinese-language newspapers translated by Koh Chern Phing New Straits Times THE Malaysian police is encouraging more Chinese to join the force, to reflect the multi-racial composition of the country. But Chinese Malaysian parents would rather have their children choose “safer” jobs. School-leavers and
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        Lock icon JUSTICE SYSTEM MAY BE OVERHAULED
        124 15 JAPAN Mainichi Daily News JAPAN’S Judicial Reform Council, which advises the Ministry of Justice, has recommended the adoption of a new system for administering justice. It would allow the public to share in the duty ot adjudicating serious criminal cases with judges, and the new
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        Lock icon ROADS BECOMING DEATH TRAPS
        89 15 THE PHILIPPINES Philippine Star RECENTLY, 26 people were killed in two accidents within hours of each other. They would have been described as massacres, except the deaths were due to road accidents. Brakes of buses ar.d jeeps keep failing, killing scores of passengers every year. Ana
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        Lock icon MEDICAL STANDARDS DETERIORATING
        101 15 TAIWAN United Daily News ANYONE who has been sick will obviously wish to be given the best medical treatment. But the question that most Taiwanese are asking is; Where have all the good doctors gone? Differing levels of doctors’ experience and discrepancies in medical ethics contribute to
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  • FORUM
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      439 16  -  CHI A YIN TING (This letter carried the signatures of 12 pharmacists) WE REFER to the article, “Too many popping anti-ageing pills” (ST, March 7)Professor Peter Lim of Changi General Hospital was quoted as saying that pharmacists compounded the problem of selfmeaication when they give medical
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      Lock icon TV shows were 10 mins late
      113 16  -  TOH SEOWWAH Manager Corporate Communications and Relations Media Corp TV I REFER to Mr Ken Seah’s letter, “TV shows were late” (ST, March 21). On March 19, the movie Firestorm and comedy serial PCK Pte Ltd were aired 10 minutes later than what was
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      Lock icon Yan Kit pool too costly to maintain
      243 16  -  MAUREEN GOH Director Market Development and Communications for Executive Director Singapore Sports Council WE REFER to the letter, “Upgrade and preserve Yan Kit pool” (ST, March 20), by Mr David Kwok Ng Kan. The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) had been monitoring closely the
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      398 9  -  Most surveyed are now more at home with Internet banking, and one-fifth have accessed their accounts online By I STEVE DAWSON INTERNET banking seems to have taken off in Singapore, with six out of 10 Internet users saying they are more comfortable
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      625 1  -  Enterprising retailers in Bandung buy surplus goods from brand-name factories and then entice well-heeled shoppers with cut-price bargains ROBERT GO STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU BANDUNG Someone had to provide wealthy Indonesians with stylish clothes, even during an economic crisis. Mr Perry Tristianto
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        171 2 HONGKONG Embattled tycoon Richard Li has suffered fresh embarrassment after it emerged that one version of his curriculum vitae includes a nonexisting degree in electrical engineering. Singapore-listed Media Ring, com, of which he is a director, erroneously said in its prospectus that he was
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        675 2  -  Staff and students say their university has become an object of ridicule, its reputation at stake because of Mori HAL BOON LAI STRAITS TIMES JAPAN BUREAU TOKYO Far from bringing prestige to his alma mater, Waseda University’s stalf and students are com- plaining that
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        251 2 WASHINGTON Despite all the ambivalent words of President George W. Bush, Chinese Vice-Premier Qian Qichen described his weeklong visit here as a success, citing the US’ reiteration of support for the “one China” principle and the three historic Sino-US communiques. During a meeting
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        494 3 The demilitarised zone contains a unique ecosystem and South Korea wants help from the UN to protect it for future generations of Koreans Korea Herald/Asia News Network SEOUL Seoul is pushing for measures to preserve some of the world’s rarest species of
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          43 3 AP RUSSIAN and Japanese leaders Vladimir Putin and Yoshiro Mori made process yesterday towards resolving a dispute over the Kurile islands and concluding a peace treaty formally ending World War 11, the Interfax news agency said. AP
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          42 3 n police. Daily Yomiuri/Asia News Network MORE than 200 cases of seats being slashed or burned on Tokyo subway line and JR line trains have been reported so far this year, according to the metropolitan police. Daily
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          46 3 FORMER Kuomintang (KMT) head and Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui said he did not have the time to vote for his protege Lien Chan in the KMT’s leadership poll on Saturday, reported the China Post. Mr Lien won the vote.
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          52 4 AFP THE Vietnamese authorities yesterday accused the leadership of an outlawed Buddhist sect of having planned a mass selfimmolation in a Ho Chi Minh City park last weekend. They have also slapped travel restrictions on the sect’s leader, who reported being detained and beaten during
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          68 4 AFP THE Cambodian authorities have arrested a mainland Chinese man believed to have forged visas and passports for more than 1,000 compatriots seeking new lives mainly in the West. He was arrested in a sting operation on a souvenir shop in Phnom Penh which police
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          43 4 AFP VIETNAMESE Defence Minister Pham Van Tra and chief of staff Le Van Dung were among five top leaders reprimanded by ine ruling Communist Party for mismanagement at a key meeting last week, a spokesman said. AFP
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        359 4 "he Nation/Asia News Network, AP BANGKOK A mistress of the late Thai General Sunthorn Kongsompong, who is now fighting a court battle over his 4-billion baht (Ssl6o-million) estate, is to marry his former aide-de-camp. Colonel Kittisan Thanadejtsunthorn, also deputy commander of
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        553 5  -  President Arroyo says exterminating kidnappers and smugglers will be the primary focus of internal security, and military units will help police By ARTURO BARIUAD STRAITS TIMES PHILIPPINES BUREAU MANILA President Gloria Arroyo yesterday declared war on kidnap-for-ransom-syndicates and economic saboteurs whom she
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        487 6  -  If the schools took account of Chinese and Indian festivals, parents may be more willing to send their kids there, says a former education chief By WAN HAMIDI HAMID IN KUALA LUMPUR NATIONAL schools here can be made more appealing to Chinese and Indian
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        362 6 Wan Hamidi Hamid KUALA LUMPUR Full-time Chinese and Tamil language teachers will now be appointed in national schools where Malay is the medium of instruction in an effort by the government to show that it is serious about vernacular languages. In 1997, Malaysia’s Education
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          53 6 The Star/Asia News Network NO MORE new shopping malls and office towers in Selangor that is the directive by Mentri Besar Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo. He said there was already a glut in the commercial property sector and many malls were unable to rent
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          64 6 New Straits Times A MAN was ordered imprisoned pending trial on charges that he was driving under the influence of drugs when his truck crashed into a van, killing all seven passengers. Mohamad Rozi Mohamad Airah, 29, of Bentong, Pahang, pleaded not guilty to the
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          62 6 The Star/Asia News Network AN EX-CONVICT’S extortion bid ended abruptly when his would-be victim turned out to be a policeman. Chief Inspector Fon Tiam Seong, of the Sentul police station in Kuala Lumpur, was in his unmarked police car when he was approached by the
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          24 6 -New Straits Times THE Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry is launching a nationwide drive to quell get-rich-quick pyramid schemes.
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        221 7 The Star/Asia News Network KUALA LUMPUR Transparency International (TI) has commended Malaysia for its “genuine interest” in fighting corruption, saying the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) has been working hard. “I have a feeling that there is a real, genuine interest to fight corruption,” said TI
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        639 7  -  Considering the sporadic nature of attacks, which claimed six lives, Malaysian police chief says they could have been planned by criminal groups By' WAN HAMIDI HAMID IN KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN police believe recent clashes in a slum near the capital that left six people
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        165 7 here. —New Straits Times, The Star/Asia News Network PENANG Foreigners will have to be the first to go in case of retrenchments, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi told multinational companies in Malaysia. He said factories must also give priority to locals in
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      204 8 WEATHER SINGAPORE TODAY: Showers with thunder and gusty winds 22 in the morning affecting many areas. ■jwj| OUTLOOK: Morning showers with thunder can be expected tomorrow and afternoon showers 23) with thunder on Wednesday. WOODLANDS 3DLAN CENTRAL „CHANGf <i> BUSINESS DISTRICT HIGH TIDES TODAY 12.03 am: 2.7 m 12.05 pm:
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      1099 9  -  England still has to stay alive in the smouldering city of Tirana WORLD CUP SOCCER ROB HUGHES AT AN FIELD SPECIAL TO TIMESPOBT DAVID Beckham stood exhausted outside the dressing room at Anfield, a mixture of pride, relief and deep satisfaction. His goal, marvellous to
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      430 3 Fine victory over Romania make Azzurri near-certain for World Cup WORLD CUP SOCCER AFP Milan The doubts that have assailed Italian football since all of its club sides failed to reach the quarterfinals of either European competition were swept aside by Italy’s 2-0 victoiy
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      570 3 ICE SKATING Los Angeles Times VANCOUVER Michelle Kwan could not bear to look at the television monitor, could not bear to see if Irina Slutskaya’s marks would surpass hers. She had pumped her fists and cried at the end of her four-minute free skating programme,
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      242 3 TENNIS AP KEY BISCAYNE (Florida) Hardcourts are not easy for Gustavo Kuerten. The lanky Brazilian, seeded and ranked No. 1, struggled on Saturday to heat Morocco’s Hicham Arazi 6-1, 6-7 (3-7), 6-4 in his opening match in the Ericsson Open. Clay is Kuerten’s best surface.
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      285 3 OLYMPICS Reuters BRUSSELS Former Olympic yachtsman Jacques Rogge is joining the race for the most powerful job in world sport. The Belgian surgeon will end months of speculation today when he puts his name forward for the July vote for the presidency
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      410 3 BASKETBALL AP SALT LAKE CITY When Karl Malone was a rookie, he failed to make half of his free throws. Now in his 16th season, he has made more free throws than anyone else in National Basketball Association history. “It’s one of those things I never imagined
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      824 2 AFP, Reuters ANDORRA 0 HOLLAND 5 BARCELONA Holland had its World Cup campaign back on track when it beat tiny Andorra 5-0 to earn three much-needed points in the European Group Two qualifying match. The Dutch have seven points from four games and are seeking at least
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      108 2 THEY cry, pump their hands in the air, hug and even kiss. Win, lose or draw, nothing beats a goal for making grown men act silly, even with the whole world watching. And with 62 goals scored on Saturday alone in the European World Cup qualifiers,
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        464 2 And Voeller calls on Albania to do as well against England AFP the top of its World Cup qualifying group. The Albanians looked to be heading for an unlikely point here when Bleda Kola volleyed a 65th-minute shot after Sebastian Deisler had put the Germans 1-0
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        266 2 LONDON Japan international Hidetosni Nakata wants to leave his Italian Serie A club unless he is given regular first-team football. According to onefootball.com, AS Roma’s out-of-favour midfielder is prepared to take his skills elsewhere. The Japanese star has failed to land a regular starting place at
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        254 2 AFP PARIS Japan has been given a stern lesson in a 5-0 whipping at the hands of France during a friendly. A 10th-minute penalty from Zinedine Zidane and a rasping Thierry Henry shot aided over the line by Japanese goalkeeper Seigo Narazaki divided the teams at
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        79 4 ENGLISH Premier League soccer club Leeds United could be handed a bye into the semi-finals of the European Champions League if its quar-ter-final opponent, Deportivo La Coruna, is punished for passport irregularities, a British Sress report said yesteray. David O’Leary’s side is set to face the
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        81 4 AN ITALIAN woman football referee had to make an emergency call to police to escape fans who had been angered by her decisions, Ansa news agency reported yesterday. Mima Figliomeni, 20, barricaded herself in the dressing room on Saturday after officiating in an amateur match
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        76 4 SOCCER legend George Best is drinking again, a year after he nearly died from liver failure and was warned another drink could kill him, his agent, Phil Hughes, told Tne Observer newspaper. “He’s been poorly,” said Hughes. “He’s had a couple of drinks in the
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        56 4 CAPTAIN STEVE, trained by Bob Baffert in the United States, battled to success in the US$6-million (5510.74million) Dubai World Cup on Saturday to hand joclcey Jerry Bailey his third triumph in norse racing’s richest prize. He had won the inaugural running in 1996 on Cigar
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      664 4 World No. 1 cuts surprise leader Kelly's advantage to two strokes GOLF AFP PONTE VEDRA BEACH (Florida) Even if Tiger Woods did not win The Players Championship this morning (Singapore time), he did give notice he is in top form for the first Major of the season
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      383 4 Los Angeles Times, AFP RANCHO MIRAGE (California) The desert sun played different tricks on different people during the sweltering third round of the Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills Country Club. South Korea’s Pak Se Ri developed full-on back-nine meltdown, Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam thought she saw an
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      475 4  -  ATHLETICS i!L ELGEN KLA MUHAMMAD Salman anchored St Joseph’s Institution to a sweep of the C Boys’ titles and three meet records in the Singapore Press Holdings Relay Championships yesterday. He led his 4x200 and 4xloo metres team to two meet records at the
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      169 4 CRICKET Reuters ADELAIDE The cricket world bid a formal but personal farewell to Donald Bradman yesterday, hailing his achievements as a cricketer and a man at a memorial service broadcast live to fans across the world. Former West Indies captain Viv Richards and members of the
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      1215 4 ATHLETICS SPH Schools Relay C'ships: 4x100m C Boys: 1 SJI 47.29 (rec) 2 Chinese High 46.75 3 ACS(I) 48.90 Girls: 1 Nanyang Girls' 53.62 (rec) 2 St Nicholas 54.16 3 CHIJ Toa Payoh 55.12. B Boys: 1 SJI 45.05 2 ACS(I) 45.81 3 Chinese High 45.89. Giris:
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      76 4 NETBALL Schools' National C’ships, prelim rd: B Div (Kallang, 3pm). SNOOKER National C'ships (SBSC. 4pm). SOCCER Schools' National C'ships, prelim rd 8 Div, Gp A: Fuchun v Greenview (3pm), Chestnut Drive v Cueensway (4.45pm) Queensway. Gp B: MacPherson v Jin Tai (3pm), Yio Chu Kang v Bartley (4.45pm)
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      170 4 NBA STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Midwest Division w L Pet GB w L Pet GB x-Philadelphia 48 21 .696 San Antonio 49 20 .710 41 27 603 Utah 47 21 .691 IVi 41 27 .603 6 Vi Dallas 44 25 .638 5 .....37 32 .536 11
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        791 5  -  Standing room only at Choa Chu Kang has some fans hopping mad By, JEFFREY LOW SOCCER CORRESPONDENT WHAT is the use? Coming all the way to Choa Chu Kang, in the boondocks so to speak, paying $5 for a seat, with
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        369 5  -  Jeffrey Low WHEN Tohari Paijan pens his signature to a new fiveyear contract with Tanjong Pagar United FC this morning, it will mark a personal triumph he once thought was too remote to even think about, let alone attempt. For a man who has earned
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        271 5  -  Jeffrey Low PREMATURE was the celebration but, then again, who could blame them for behaving like champion fans? Two hours before Saturday’s big kick-off, they were already chorusing the victorious “Ole, Ole” when the Warriors appeared on stage, danced and then juggled the ball. As
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      95 9 Basketball Malone Tops Free-Throw list When it comes to free throws, there is no one like Karl Malone, who tops the NBA list. Golf An Unusual Pairing Unfancied Jerry Kelly and world No. 1 Tiger Woods make for an unlikely flight. S4 S-League Crowds Still Flowing In Fans continue to
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      24 9 INSIDE Klose call for Germany S 2 French lesson for Japan S 2 Italy dispels doubt with superb win S 3 Standings S 3
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      44 2 DREAM GAME Bryan Robson lines up beside Eric Cantona to feed George Best as an all-time Manchester United best XI takes on a similar Tottenham outfit. Who will win? Check out Contributing Editor Godfrey Robert's pick of a Red Devils' dream team at straitstimes.asial.com.sg
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      52 4 LIVE ON TV BASKETBALL NCAA Men's Championships Midwest Regional final (Star Sports Ch 24, 6am). TENNIS Master Series: Ericsson Open. Day 3 (ESPN Ch 23, tomoTOw, 2am). DELAYED TELECAST GOLF PGA Tour: The Players Championship, final rd (Star Sports Ch24,lopm). TENNIS Master Series: Ericsson Open, Day 2» (ESPN Ch 23,
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      47 5 DRAW TODAY! Monday, 26 March 2001 DRAW VENUE: Singapore Pods (Private) Limited 1 Selegie Road, #Ol-01, Parodiz Centre, Singapore *****6 Tim* 5.30 pm Draw No. 1582/2001 Group 1 Prize $550,000. Group 2 Prize $217,000«. Visit our websi»e ot www singeporepook com sg Towards Community Purpose and Benef'l
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    1830 6 OBITUARIES A. LOH MEE YONG CATHERINE (MRS. FOO VOON KAI) Age: 97 passed away peacefully on 24 March 2001 to be forever with the Lord. Leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Dr Foo Voon Kal Joseph, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Michael Foo Men Fong Olivia Chan Vincent Foo Chung Fong Margaret Chong
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      240 6 Do your safety shoes have the right legal approval? The Factories Act requires that industrial safety footwear provided for and used by factory employees shall be tested and approved under Singapore Standard SSIOS by the approved testing authority. Productivity Standards Board (PSB). How do I know my safety shoes comply?
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      31 6 The Straits Times bears no responsibility for the recommendations given. The contributors, their directors and officers of the stockbroking firm may have an interest ir. the securities from time to time.
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      155 6 up MAIN Dn Unch up SDO Dn Unch up TOTAL Dn Unch Muiti ind 4 13 2 0 0 0 4 13 2 Manufacturing 28 66 22 9 27 3 37 93 25 Commarca 8 32 10 3 3 2 H 35 12 Tpt/Stor/Comms 11 16 3 0
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      99 6 TURNOVER ('000) Mein Sdq Total VALUE C'OOO) Main Sdq Total Muiti ind 27,248 27,248 38,141 38,141 Manufacturg *01,942 53,285 155,227 232,113 4.422 236,535 Commerce 7,186 81 7,267 8,563 11 8,575 Tpt/Stor/Com 21,689 21,689 57.157 57,157 Finance 63,796 63,796 237 195 237,195 Construction 11,439 5,331 16,770 3,945 1,139
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      578 6 BROKERS’ CHOICE Excerpted by Hugh Chow BUS and taxi operator DelGro may be facing increasing margin pressure from higher overhead costs, but Fraser-AMMB Research still reckons it is a good long-term bet with healthy growth potential. Therefore Fraser-AMMB recommends the stock as a
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      107 6 AFP MANILA The Philippine stock market, which fell to its lowest level this year on Friday, may enjoy a “technical bounce” this week as investors scoop up bargains, analysts said. “It seems the market is ripe for a technical bounce,” said Mr Astro del Castillo
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      470 6 FOCUS ON NEW YORK Bloomberg News New york The bear market’s pain spread far enough this week that some investors are willing to bet again that US stocks have bottomed. Investors this week fled many of the stocks they had snapped up previously as
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      778 6 ROUND-UP Overseas markets Agencies TOKYO stocks are seen maintaining their upward momentum this week, led by technology issues amid improving sentiment and signs that foreign investors are reevaluating Japan. The benchmark Nikkei Stock Average jumped 8.02 per cent last week, closing at 13,214.54 on Friday.
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      410 6  -  CURRENCY REVIEW I OB Ircasurif THE market continues to reassess the latest US interest rate cuts, and the risk premiums of Asian assets have again increased demonstrated by the renewed foreign exchange weakness. With the yen and the euro remaining depressed, regional currencies continue
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      329 8 RESULTS ON WEDNESDAY Reuters HONGKONG Pacific Century CyberWorks (PCCW), the embattled telecom and Internet firm headed by tycoon Richard Li, will post this week its first combined results since acquiring Hongkong’s dominant telco, with many forecasting a big loss. Because its US$2B.5 billion
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      251 8 Bloomberg News SHANGHAI Regulators said they may file fraud charges against a fundmanagement firm, marking the boldest step yet in the nation’s attempt to clean up its scandal-wracked securities market. Beijing-based Boshi Fund Management, which manages seven billion yuan (Ssl.s billion), manipulated the
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      343 8 Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill says first-quarter growth may reach 0.75% expects stocks to firm again Bloomberg News WASHINGTON The US economy has not slipped into recession and prospects for growth this year are improving, Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill said, suggesting the Bush administration may
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      278 8 -AFX WASHINGTON US economic indicators to be released this week will show consumer confidence declining for a sixth straight month in March, and that while new and existing homes sales remain robust, personal consumption is moderating, economists said over the
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      881 9  -  Compulsory membership is the strength of the chamber movement in Germany, says 'super chamber' chief By By NARENDRA AGGARWAL ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT AS SINGAPORE gears up for the long-awaited super chamber of commerce and industry, a German delegation has been in town showcasing the
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      230 9 CANBERRA-Although negotiations will be tough, Australia wants to push ahead with working out free-trade deals with the US and Singapore, a senior minister said yesterday. Trade Minister Mark Vaile said a free-trade agreement (FTA) must be worked out with Singapore because
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      428 11  -  After years of losses it makes a bottom-line profit of $7.7m, but it still incurs an operational loss DENNIS CHAN ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR BELEAGUERED IPC Corporation, which has had its massive debts restructured, is turning around finally after chalking up huge losses in
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      554 11  -  TELECOM EXPANSION By By DENESH DIVYANATHAN TECHNOLOGY REPORTER VIRGIN Mobile (Asia), which will be the region’s first mobile operator with no network investment after its launch in Singapore later this year, aims to hit 10 Asian countries in the next three to
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      640 11  -  By HL'GH CHOW AFTER enduring a dizzying ride last week which saw the key Straits Times Index (STI) falling to a 23-month low, Singapore’s weary investors are unlikely to face a similar stomach-churning experience this week. Analysts say the markets could
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      76 11 Cents OUT 384 54.0 16.4 OUT Foreign 388 54.0 *2 OUTWtOI 250 38.0 17.S SeneMedix tp 250 28.0 12.6 Omni IndtOc 282 27.0 10.6 CMSRmbl 765 20.6 13.3 KepTlifei W01 20.5 19.0 1266.7 KepTUTn2Sc 96.5 18.5 23.7 Datacrafl tOc 510 17.8 2.0 DdGro Corp 500 605
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      78 11 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents KepTLFin W01 20.5 1266.7 19.0 Penguin W05 7 40.0 2.0 Asia Food Wt02 2.5 25.0 0.5 PM Data 10c 18 24.1 3.5 KepTlFln25c 96.5 23.7 18.5 Coiex HkJgsWc 13.5 22.7 2.5 Eng Wah 25c 27.5 19.6 4.5 RotolWc 13 18.2 2.0 OUTWtOI 250 17.9 38.0 Goklen
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      80 11 Cents Creative T 25c 1650 140.0 7 A HKLand RF CW01 55 90.9 48.1 DBS Grp 1600 90.0 5.3 JMH US25c 400 615 80.2 6.8 OCBC mo 60.0 5.1 OUB 655 55.0 7.7 UOB 1200 50.0 4.0 VentureMfg25c 1310 40.0 3.0 SIAG$eW*****1_ 114 36.0 24.0 City
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      401 10  -  Industry veteran Ed Navarro, who took over from Edmund Koh, wants to groom leaders from within the firm iIL LORNATAN APPOINTED chief executive officer (CEO) at Prudential Assurance barely three months ago, Mr Ed Navarro is already looking for a successor. No, he is not
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      262 10  -  St Bu DEIVESH DIVYANATHAN TECHNOLOGY REPORTER DESPITE technology-sector woes, venture-capital company Jafco Investment (AsiaPacific) (Jafco Asia) is pushing ahead with a new US$l7B million (*****.1 million) fund to tap the growth of the region’s technology sector. Now is the best time
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      390 10  -  FORAY INTO UNIT TRUSTS By IGNATIUS LOW FINANCE CORRESPONDENT LOCAL financial services portal dollarDEX.com has stolen a march on the more established unit-trust distributors by becoming the first third-party seller of the OUB Optimix series of funds in Singapore. In a month’s
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      315 10  -  By CORNELIA TAN PROPERTY REPORTER THE weakening property market in Singapore may mean “gloom time” for developers and property agents, but for property service firm Century 21, it may be a kind of “boom time”. The argument: As the market gets quieter, the
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      40 12 2500 2350 52-WEEK HIGH: 2,234.64 (March 28,2000) LM: 1,683.52 (Ma rch 22,2001)1,715.31 (*31.79 J mo* vaaaa v 'f i/ L nn IDUU March 00 April Mav June Juty Acg Sept Oct Hw Dec Jan 01 Feb March
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      617 12  -  To deal with the tough times ahead, merchants are looking for fresh and innovative ways to ring up business *L LORNATAN MAJOR Singapore retailers are bracing themselves for a rough ride ahead, with several predicting only flat or single-digit sales growth amid growing fears
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      215 8 STI SiMSCL futures Investment Seminar Learn how you can After just one morning session with our industry experts you could be trading in futures that very same afternoon. Our Futures Investment Seminar will explain how you can make a profit when the market goes up, and how you can also
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      152 9 no need a fall STI and SiMSCI futures can be used as valuable hedging tools to protect your share portfolio from any negative price movements in the stock market. With futures trading you can take a position in a falling market and strategically minimise or even make back your losses.
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      103 10 This announcement appears as a matter of record only March 2001 UNITED FOOD HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda on 14 August 2000) INVITATION IN RESPECT OF 130,550,000 NEW SHARES OF HKSO.2S EACH COMPRISING: (A) 9,550,000 OFFER SHARES AT 550.315 FOR EACH OFFER SHARE BYWAY OF PUBLIC OFFER; AND (B) 121,000,000
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      33 10 FOUR-DIGIT DRAW March 25 2001 FIRST 9298 SECOND 1038 THIRD 1329 STARTERS 1545 9902 7437 0223 3384 5655 7305 6341 2043 8303 CONSOLATIONS 9609 4673 0410 3570 7248 7008 6422 5508 4681 1705
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          164 14 AFP LONDON British actress Elizabeth Hurley has split from her American boyfriend, the millionaire property heir Steve Bing, a British tabloid reported last Saturday. The newspaper quoted friends as saying that the romance failed because Hurley was not fully over her relationship with actor
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