The Straits Times, 8 February 2002

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  • 530 1  - China under pressure to deal with 170 m jobless MARY KWANG The problem won't go away soon, as low-skilled workers cannot find work and rural folk keep flocking to cities By CHIN (JOKHKSPONDI VI BEIJING China faces a daunting task of finding jobs for 170 million unemployed people, and its
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  • 496 1  -  ALICIA YEO New section will find ways to sell flats m less popular estates WITH the demand for HDB flats sagging, the Housing Board is doing something it has never had to do before: market its flats. It has formed a marketing section to come
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    • 142 1 WEDDING BANQUET THIEF: Man grabs neidijwcds hongjbao during dinner at Pan Pacific page 3 H^| yk j Bk •iiir-i'^^i t M t t i?li^iiik^'i^iCiipT*r3iT*iHiM^K The Kohs of Punggol used to make TV cabinets, iwvwj w^ Now their family business, Koda Ltd, features in Sm| B^ international fairs, selling furniture worldwide.
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  • NEWS FLASH
    • 145 2 SINGING IN THE RAIN RESIDENTS .it Opera Estate no longer have to cast their eyes anxiously to the heavens when it looks like a storm is browing. Since December last year, they have not needed to scramble to deal with flood water getting into their homes either. Since the
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    • 101 2 CLOUD OVER SUNSHINE POLICY' AMERICA has dealt a blow to South Korea's "sunshine policy" towards its northern neighbour. In grouping North Korea together with Iraq and Iran and tailing them an "axis of evil" US President George VV. Bush showed that he had lost patience with Seoul's softly-softly approach,
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    • 84 2 THOSE SHOWY WEDDING DINNERS WEDDING dinners used to be a gracious gesture for a couple to share their happiness with family and friends. But while they have become bigger and showier, they have deteriorated m meaning, just liUe the Chinese New Year hongbao, writes ST reader Ho Chee Sin.
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    • 66 2 RED CAN BE COOL ITS that time of year when young Singaporean Chinese have to shade their eyes from the blaze of red m their homes. And they had better polish up their meagre stock of good wishes m various dialects too. Life! Weekend offers other tips to the
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    • Article, Illustration
      129 2 A whiff of animal farm m Singapore IS IT a zoo? Or is it a farm? A bit of both, really. The Farniart Centre, to be found on a Chua Chu Kang hillside, is where visitors turn up to look, pet some of its many animals and even take
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    • 89 2 Police presence for family-court feuds ANY high -conflict case being heard m a family court will see police officers standing by. And more policemen are also now deployed m the courts complex. These beefed-up security moves follow an incident last Friday, m which a woman lawyer was punched by
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    • 85 2 Medical students' fear WORRIED medical students went to see their dean right after learning that a high-level review panel had recommended tipping the number of medical graduates to 350. The group of anxious students from the National University ot Singapore medical faculty told Professor Lee Eng Hin that if
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    • 76 2 GLOBAL'S ACCOUNTS INVESTIGATED THE FBI is believed to be investigating shack accounting practices at Global Crossing. And this could complicate the firm otters put m by Singapore Technologies Telemedia and Hutchison VVhampoa for the debt-ridden cable operator. The case has echoes of Knron. but Global says the FBI presence
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    • 61 2 BRITAIN'S STAY-HOME KIDS A RECORD 140,000 British children arc kept out of school and being taught at home instead. Parents sa\ they were forced to pell their kids out of school because of falling standards, shortage of teachers and bullying m school playgrounds. Many are also worried that too
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    • 169 2 KICKING UP A ROYAL RUCKUS THE Hud government thought it was i good idea to present revered King Bhumibol Adulvadej with a health-care card that is meant tor the poor and sick. But the media was disgusted, slamming the move as a "cheap political gimmick". The public presentation of
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    • 63 2 mm IS HEINEKEN CHAMP MALAYSIA'S S. Murthy, putting weft while others struggled, went on to win the first Heinekcn Challenge by one stroke yesterday. He mastered the Orchid Country Club's undulating greens tor a tbur-under-par (>K and a two-round total of 140. Singapore's Dint) Kwek and Australians Peter Brown
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  • PRIME NEWS
    • 457 3  - Osama 'may have died' in missile strike LOUSE BRANSON CIA mum about attack on Al-Qaeda cave complex; officials say there's no way of knowing for sure if Osama was killed />'/ SThAITS TIMES I MTKDSTATKSBI RKM WASHINGTON An unmanned aircraft operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) fired at a
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    • 440 3  -  TOMMY WEE H» WEDDED bliss turned to blut's for a couple when a thief snatched their box of honnhao during the wedding banquet on Wednesday night. Bridegroom Sng Swee Keat, 29, and bride Joy Tan Sue San, 26, were making their grand entrance
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    • 259 3 Censors block comedy about assassin A FILM about wacky male model who is brainwashed to kill the prime minister of Malaysia has run into problems with the authorities here. The film, Zoolander, due to open next Wednesday, has had its permit withdrawn by the Board of Film Censors, which said
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    • 586 4  -  DPM Lee says all S'poreans, including those abroad, should get involved m major challenges facing the country By GRACE SUNG I I HOIK OKKI STONDI I LONDON Deputy Prime Minister Lee listen Loong has urged all Singaporeans to get involved m the challenges facing
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    • 431 4  - Taiwan sex-video scandal: 1 1 charged GOH SVI NOI By TAIWAN COHHr.SI'ONDKM TAIPEI Prosecutors yesterday pressed charges against 11 people, including a former mayor, m connection with the Chu Mei-feng sex-video scandal. The charges, made following a two-month investigation, included violation of privacy, defamation and violation of decency. Prosecutors accused
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    • 454 5  -  MARIANNE KEARNEY But critics say the intelligence-sharing accord is short on specifics and is unlikely to change existing operations By vikmis riMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Indonesia and Australia signed a joint antiterrorism agreement yesterday, but it came m for criticism for being an empty
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    • 233 5 PERFORMING a delicate balancing act as part ola dance is no mean feat. But Ren Hui. 16, and her partner Yuan Hua Sheng, 21, seem to be on top of the situation. The two are performers from *China's Hebei Province Acrobatic Troupe, who.
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    • 418 5 LONDON Nick Leeson, who brought down Britain's Barings Bank with losses of US$l.4 billion (552.57 billion) m rogue trading, had one message for suspected fellow financial renegade John Rusnak: "Give yourself up." "There's not a place on earth where he won't be
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  • WORLD
    • 672 7  -  GAVIN DU VENAGE HK-based gangs depleting; stocks and luring men with easy cash Hu I\J()IIA\\KSHIH(. ♦About 380,000 tonnes are confiscated from poachers a year ♦Triads pay with drugs, which are sold to locals ♦Traditional life is being destroyed by gangs CHI NKSK triads are locked m
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    • 439 8 The chap we knew was a good all-round, solid and very supportive pupil. It is veiy difficult for us to understand because it isn't the Omar We knew.' —Mr George Paynter, Sheik OmarSaeed's tutor KARACHI The leading suspect m the kidnapping
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    • 255 8 Israeli jets bomb Nablus amid talk of new terror wave JERUSALEM Israeli defence analysts warned of a "new wave of terror" following a Palestinian rampage m a West Bank settlement which left three dead, as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon arrived m Washington to ask President George W. Bush to shun
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    • 310 8 Saudis go high-tech to weed out terrorists during haj The kingdom is using fingerprinting devices and digital eye scanners on suspects among arriving pilgrims DUBAI Saudi Arabia is using digital eye scanners, fingerprinting machines and other nigh-tech security equipment to search for terrorist suspects as hundreds ot thousands of Muslims
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    • 690 9 Orbiting hotels check in at Earth and cruise to Mars Second man to walk on the Moon envisions spacecraft m perpetual orbit between Earth and Mars RELIABLE, RE-USABLE AND DEPENDABLE, CYCLER TRANSPORTATION CAN BE IK KEY TO CARRY HUMANITY INTO THE NEXT GREAT AGE OF EXPLORATION, EXPANSION, SETTLEMENT AND MULTI-PLANETARY
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    • 328 9 Thatcher statue can go on display now after all CHANGE OF RULES LONDON Making an exception for an exceptional woman, Parliament has changed its rules to permit the display of a 2.4-m statue of Margaret Thatcher while the Iron I^dy herself is still alive. "The significant factor is that whether
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    • 435 14 Signs of ocean warming signal the return of El Nino, whose full force will be felt m the coming months ATLANTA Expect drought m Australia, floods m South America and welcome rains to the southern United States next winter. The National
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    • 383 14 PROPOSALS LAn idea winning acceptance is to replace the notion of setting fixed targets tor power-plant emissions ot carbon dioxide with "emission intensity' targets measures that would expand or contract with economic growth. 2 Another proposal culls for an emissions trading
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    • 217 14 BUENOS AIRES A passenger tried to force his way into the locked cockpit of a United Airlines flight halfwax from Miami to Argentina on Thursday Dut was subdued by pilots who nit him with an axe. FBI spokesman Judith Orihuela said
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    • PEOPLE
      • 168 15 POLICIES VIA CELL PHONE PARIS Grey-haired French presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Chevenement is trying to win over young voters by condensing his policies into 160-character mobile-phone text messages. Mr Chevenement, who hopes to be a spoiler candidate m April's election, received thousands of text message questions
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      • 101 15 ATLANTA Former Olympic gymnast and gold-medallist Olga Korbut denies having anything to do with the US$3O,OOO (5555,000) m counterfeit money found at her old home m suburban Atlanta. Police found counterfeit US$lOO bills strewn about the house when they went there on Dec
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      • 82 15 LONDON Personal sadness mingled with royal history as Queen Elizabeth II reached a milestone on Wednesday, marking 50 years as monarch on the anniversary of her father's death. She broke her tradition of commemorating Accession Day privately to visit cancer patients at a hospital near
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      • 81 15 HAMBURG Nobel literature prize laureate Guenter Grass has called for Germany's ban on Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf to be lifted. In an interview with a weekly paper, he pleads for an authorised edition of Hitler's anti-Semitic and fascist manifesto with accompanying comments saying:
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      • 54 15 Quoteworthy 'To remove tiiem would he like Sydney without the Harbour Bridge, Egypt without the pyramids and putting a fig leaf on Michelangelo 9 s David/ Sunshiny (.'oast tourism chief Phillip Harding, criticising the r<-HMi\;«l of pictures of girls m hikinis from a I l<< »\1 promoting next month's oiiiuioimcaltli
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      • 60 15 Princess Anne touched down m Antarctica yesterday on her second attempt to mark the centenary of the arrival there of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott. The late Nobel laureate Camilo Jose Cela left his estranged son only a painting m his will. The Spanish novelist died on Jan 17 at
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    • 427 15  -  ALFRED LEE Shortage of teachers, bullying and falling standards prompt parents of 140,000 children to educate them at home instead /<'/ STRAITS TIMES EUROPE Bl HI \l LONDON A record 140,000 British children, representing a significant 1.5 per cent of trie country's
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    • 151 15 BUENOS AIRES A man, whose wife of 10 years had left him for another man, shot himself m the mouth before cameras m a television station here on Wednesday. He was promptly taken to a hospital where he was reported m a grave condition.
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    • 537 17 Peace broker Norway feels it can get peace talks going between the rebels and Colombo by middle of the year for civilians UNDER the proposed truce deal, both sides must stop hostile acts against civilians such as torture, intimidation, abduction, extortion and harassment.
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    • WORLD FILE
      • 62 17 REEF FIND RAISES HEALTH HOPES SCIENTISTS believe bacteria found on Australia's Great Barrier Reef could help protect against degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's. Exposure to ultra-vio-let rays were found to boost levels of a powerful antioxidant coenzyme m the bacteria. Australian Institute of Marine Science researcher Walt Dunlap said yesterday
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      • 53 17 A TABBY cat has managed to find its way home after a 560-km journey across two American states. With raw paws and protruding ribs, Skittles showed up at Charmin Sampson's Minnesota home more than four months after she was last seen during a family vacation
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      • 62 17 RUSSIA'S Orthodox Church has protested against the Vatican's plans to restructure the Roman Catholic Church m Russia. The plans violated canonical rules and principles of inter-church relations, the patriarchate's spokesman said on Wednesday. Sources quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency said the Vatican planned to
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      • 49 17 A TOTAL of 21 terminally ill people took their lives under Oregon's as-sisted-suicide law last year compared to 27 m each of the previous two years. Deputy state epidemiologist Dr Katrina Hedberg said were no major complications m any of the deaths. AP
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      • 70 17 MOST people m Britain believe big businesses bave too much sway over central government, according to a major poll. An NOP survey ot 1,000 voters found that f>4 per cent of respondents felt big business has too much influence m government, while 2b" per cent
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    • 56 17 AFP Even dogs undergo auditioning before they are selected for a role. British dog Toby, a one-year-old Irish terrier, is being put to the test by producers for a part m the first stage adaptation of Chittv Chitty Bang Bang. It is due to premiere at
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    • 469 18 Compromising their integrity, the scientists are endorsing articles on new drugs they have not written LONDON Scientists are accepting large sums of money from drug companies to put their names to articles endorsing new medicines that they have not
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    • 289 18 SAN DIEGO Police are investigating the case of a seven-year-old girl who vyas apparently snatched from ncr bedroom at night. Danielle was last seen by her father, Mr Damon van Dam, last Friday night m her bedroom on the second floor of the family home m
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    • 319 18 A WORLD 'FIRST' SYDNEY Australian home construction builders will be swopping their tool belts for textbooks when the world's first university degree m housing construction is launched today. In what is described as a first m tertian education, the University of Western Sydney is
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  • COMMENTARY ANALYSIS
    • The Straits Times
      • 609 20 PRESIDENT George W. Bush has to be clear m his mind what he and the United States want to do about North Korea. His malevolent portrayal of the country m his annual address to Congress did nothing to enlighten the world about his policy intentions. "Muddle" is
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    • 998 20  - Darkness falls on Seoul's 'sunshine policy' ANDREW WARD By MVWCIAI II VII s MR BUSH'S UNCOMPROMISING STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH SIGNALLED CLEARLY THAT HE HAD LOST PATIENCE WITH SEOUL'S SOFTLY-SOFTLY' APPROACH TOWARDS NORTH KOREA. PRESIDENT Gentle W. Bush'i State of the Union address last week was greeted ecstatically m
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    • 567 20  -  WILLIAM PFAFF By INTKRNATIONAI .II KRAI .DTRIHI \F PARIS The British press reports that the government has rewritten educational policy so as to require teachers to instill "pride m white culture". "Anti-racist education" m British schools seems to have so successfully indoctrinated students m
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    • 953 21  -  KALINGA SENEVIRATNE LAST YEAR, WHEN THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM WAS LAUNCHED. 20,000 PARTICIPATED IN ITS DELIBERATIONS. THIS YEAR, THERE WERE OVER 50,000 PARTICIPANTS FROM 119 COUNTRIES. IN THE city of Porto Alegre, Brazil, about 50,000 people representing non-governmen-tal and non-business voices, such as trade
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    • 753 21  - Dot. corns will be back better than ever Hu ADAM COHEN THE M A\ YORK TIMES PAYPAL has all the trappings of a classic dot.com buhhle story. The company, based m Palo Alto, California, was conceived m 199& by Mr Peter Thiel, a smooth-talking hedge-fund operator, and Mr Max Levchin,
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    • 40 20 ALTHOUGH POLLS INDICATE MOUNTING PUBLIC DISQUIET IN THE U.S. ABOUT THE NATURE AND RATE OF NON-EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION, INDUSTRY AND POLITICAL ELITES SEEM COMMITTED TO ITS CONTINUATION. ft l mm n I i 1 l r EDUCATION AND INVESTMENT or tuIAL
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  • FORUM
    • 436 22 Let 5 keep weddings simple and dignified I REFER to Clare Ang Met-Leng/i letter, "Hongbao: It's the thought, not the money" (ST, Feb 6). The same should be pondered upon regarding wedding dinners and wedding nonghoo The gift, which is meant to represent good wishes for the couple, used to
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    • 247 22 I REFER to Mr Joshua Chia Yeong Jia's letter, "Measure nearness by distance" (ST. Jan 26). Under the Married-Child Priority Scheme (MCPS) introduced m the balloting exercise for newflats m mature estates, married children are accorded twice the weightage if they apply for a flat
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    • 261 22 PIE: Linkup Bukit Timah Link Road, connecting Jalan Jurong Kechil direct!) to the PIE. opens to traffic at the end of this month. I REFER to Mr James Derek Meyer and Ms Josephine Seah'a letter. "Baa jams along Upper Bukit Timah Road"
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    • 447 22 Concession fare for senior citizens using ez-link card WE THANK Mr Denis Distant tor taking the time to share his views on the new ez-hnk card. 'Ez-link card will cost people more" (ST,Jan3l). The card deposit is set at S5 to ensure that commuters take care of their cards and
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    • 282 23 I REFER to Mr Kenneth Mak Keng Kok's letter, "Create an independent water supply for Singapore" (ST, Eeb /V I concur totally with the view that Singapore should strive to be completely free of outside assistance m securing adequate water resources. However, I
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    • 309 23 yr -w- "V EREFERto m I the letter, "Is the Cash Card \l V also legal T tender?" (ST, Feb 7). A Cash Card is not legal tender. Currency notes and coins issued by the Board of Commissioners of Currency are legal tender
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    • 246 23 I REFER to Mr Andy Ho's commentary, "Kashmir's people must decide their future" (The Sunday Times. Feh For a start, Mr Ho would help his credibility if he knew that the correct name of the princely state he refers to as "Jugandh" throughout the
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    • 232 23 Put defence before sport excellence I DO not subscribe to the suggestion, "Allow the best to concentrate on sports during NSF" (ST, Feb 7)In his letter, Mr Haridas Nair argued tor the exclusion of top-class athletes from full-time national service, allowing them instead to concentrate on sports. I disagree on
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    • 107 23 Lower taxi charges to draw passengers I REFER to the article, "Airport MRTstop next in line"(ST, Fob 6), and how cabbies are complaining about the longer wait for (ares. Ever since the downturn last year, I notice that passenger queues have become shorter. It is a matter ol supply and
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    • 8 1 Friday. Fthnuin S. 2002 The Straits Times home
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    • 509 1  - Let it pour. and drain away SHARMILPAL KAUR A new two-tier drainage system costing $31 million means residents of Opera Estate no longer fear monsoon season Bu ENGINEER Vicknesan Ulaganathan and his neighbours at Opera Estate no longer have to brace themselves for knee-high water m their homes and streets
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    • 837 2 An expert panel has suggested Singapore turn out more medical graduates to meet the shortfall cf doctors here. Professor lee Eng Hin y dean oj the National University of Singapore's faculty of medicine, tells LUNG HWEE TING why tins may not be a good
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    • 66 2 LAU FOOK KONG The hot spring at Sembawang has not only drawn mucn attention out also money trom its visitors. Some of the thousands who have flocked to the spring off Gambas Avenue to seek a cure for their illnesses, aches and pains have "returned the
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    • 186 2 A LEISURE-INDUSTRY veteran who helped start up Tokyo Disneyland has been roped m to head Sentosa as the island embarks on a revamp. American Darrell Metzger, ;>;>, was yesterday announced as the new chief executive officer of Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC). The father of two
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    • 300 3 99 CHARGES AGAINST MONEYCHANGER THE moneychanger accused of pocketing 87 million from about 1,000 foreign workers was yesterday slappedwith 99 charges. Liv Chen Kong was accused of siphoning off more than syyo.ooo belonging to 99 Chinese nationals. The money was meant to be remitted to the
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    • 514 3 Last year, Neo Ah Huat was jailed two weeks for threatening a member of his family. But he did it again and got another jail sentence A BOY, 14, had to fight off his father and pin him to the sofa
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    • 282 3 Lower charges to Malaysia from Star Hub THE Year of the Horse may start with yet another price war among mobile-phone operators. Star Hub yesterday announced that it is scrapping overseas charges for its customers who call relatives and friends m Malaysia on their mobile phones. The offer starts on
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    • 225 3 DROP the "no fu<lun<i" rule now and let the two Primary 1 girls suspended for wearing the Islamic headscarves go back to their national schools. The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) asked the Government to do this yesterday, saying the girls did not deserve the drastic
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    • 461 4  -  G. SIVAKKUMARAN Johore Battery at Changi, which is marked a historic site, will reopen next Friday as part of this year's Total Defence campaign *L ITS 15-inch guns, built m 1939 to defend Singapore, were the largest outside Britain at the time. But
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    • 443 4 'Chickens eat less m cold weather and grow more slowly. So we don't have as many birds over 1.8 kg.' Mr Chiew kian Huat, secretary of the Poultry Merchant's Association THE Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) has written to the Poultry Merchant's Association, asking
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    • 960 8  -  GINNIE TEO B> SEE SIXGAPORE Feeling bored? Nothing to do during weekends? The Straits Times' See Singapore guide will offer you some suggestions. This neic weekly series will highlight places to go, things to do. This weekend, visit a rustic farm mall at Chua
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    • 434 9  -  Havelock Square sees increased police patrols and stricter security checks after a lawyer was punched last Friday. More measures are planned Bu K.C. VIJAYAN POLICE officers will now be stationed m court chambers during high-conflict cases heard by the Family Court, and
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    • 233 9 Kids' wishes to light up parade COME Valentine's Day, 100 heart-shaped messages will be strung up on trees along Upper Serangoon Road. They will be penned by children for the Northeast Community Development Council's North East Stars on Parade 2002, and express their hopes for racial harmony, an important theme
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    • 302 9 WHEN Mr Yeo Yong Huat closed his Singapore Pools outlet for the day on Wednesday evening, he had no idea that, m a few short minutes, he would be 840,000 poorer. Shortly after 6.4/> pm, with the day's takings snug m
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    • 152 9 COMMUTERS celebrating downtown this Chinese New Year will get extended SBS bus services to ferry them to and from the festivities. Visitors to the River Hongbao carnival will be able to hop onto a special bus service that runs from today until Feb
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    • 1982 10 Movers And Shakers If you are racking your brain for the name of another successful Singapore entrepreneur, think Oiv Chio Kiat He started with several tongkang on the Singapore River. Today he Is the second-largest Singaporean investor m Australia after Sing Tel. Our senior correspondent catches
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    • TECH & SCIENCE
      • 456 11 Knowing a patient's genetic pattern will allow individual, better treatments for conditions like heart disease and cancer BOSTON Knowing a patient's genetic pattern will change fundamentally the way doctors work m future. Instead of relying largely on their "clinical judgment" a combination of habit,
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      • 161 11 New life-sciences unit to be set up THERE will soon be a new player on the local research block. Yesterday, Temasek Holdings, the Government's investment arm, announced that it would be setting up a new life-sciences R D unit m collaboration with the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the
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      • 154 11 LONDON Sex, and plenty of it, not only increases the odds of getting pregnant, but it can also help avoid problems that sometimes lead to miscarriages and stillbirths, scientists have found. Having sex early and often with the intended father can reduce the chances of
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      • 251 11  -  STEVE DAWSON By TECHNOLOCI OKHI ".SI'ONDI I A SURVEY by the World Economic Forum has rated Singapore as the best country m Asia with the potential to exploit the global IT network. The study, which was conducted jointly with the Centre tor International Development at
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      • 58 11 MORE POWER IN THE POCKET AFP Japan's Casio Computer is launching its new PDA, Cassiopeia E-2000, m the domestic market later this month. It is based on the latest Microsoft Pocket PC 2002 operating system and comes with Intel's 206 MHz Strong ARM processor and a 3.5-inch 65,000-colour LCD display.
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  • The Straits Times asia
    • 8 1 Friday, Frbniaiy S. 2002 The Straits Times asia
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    • 584 1  -  MARY KWANG OUT People with primary education as judges, and taxi arivers or bell hops with high school diplomas as lawyers IN Candidates with at least a bachelor's degree Stricter requirements for the test mean better-qualified candidates are vying
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 583 2 The insidious advertising has health officials across the continent increasingly alarmed Asian women are subject to similar tactics as their Western counterparts. Huge market Asia presents a vast market of 320 million teenage girls and women only 5 per cent
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      • 220 2 HONGKONG The tobacco companies" advertisements associate smoking with independence, allure and new lifestyles, according to Reader's Digest. Advertisements tor Capri brand show professional women, such as a dress designer who says: The dress I design represents my own way of life." A Virginia
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      • 198 2 TAIPEI A Taiwanese man who stashed XTSI./S million (5579.000) m a water dispenser found to his horror that his mother had paid a rag-and-bone man NT$lOO to take away the device during spring cleaning for the Chinese New War. The man, identified only
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      • 304 4 Confidence m the recession-hit territory has reached a record low, a survey reveals, m stark contrast to the upbeat sentiment m China HONGKONG Consumer confidence m Hongkong has hit rock bottom, according to a MasterCard International survey of 13 cities m the Asia- Pacific area. The
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      • 342 4 First new cases of bird flu were not told to HK public HONGKONG Hongkong's latest bird-flu virus was discovered during random checks as early as last month, according to the territory's Environment and Food Bureau. But the discovery was not made public because the virus strain was different from the
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      • 256 4 Six ancient cities found on top of each other in Henan KAIFENG (HENAN) Six ancient cities, the oldest and bottommost being more than two millennia old, have been confirmed to be lying underground on top of each other m Kaifeng city of Henan province. The unusual discovery was announced recently
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      • EAST ASIA FILE
        • 58 4 POLICE will be placed on all Chinese planes m a bid to prevent terrorist attacks, staterun media said yesterday. The General Administration of Civil Aviation of China will recruit about 2,000 police officers to provide security on major domestic and all international
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        • 47 4 JAPANESE Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi vowed yesterday to continue pushing Russia to return four disputed islands which Moscow calls the Southern Kuriles and Tokyo the Northern Territories m a decades-long dispute preventing a peace treaty formally ending World War 11. AP
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        • 39 4 THREE Japanese elementary schoolchildren had a close shave with crime, literally, when two of them had their eyebrows removed for refusing to give money to some junior high school bullies, police said yesterday. AFP
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        • 68 4 A SEOUL court yesterday sentenced two activists to two and a half years m prison each for engaging m pro-commu-nist activities during a visit to North Korea last year. Lim Dong Kyu and Moon Jae Ryong were among the 311 who went to the
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        • 35 4 SOUTH Korea will not ban the sale of dog meat during the World Cup despite protests from animal lovers, a senior South Korean football official said yesterday. AFP
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • TERRORISM: ASIA CONNECTION
        • 520 5 Evidence reveals the link between Hambali and terrorists planning to bomb US jetliners out of the skies KUALA LUMPUR The man said to be behind a plot to blow up the United States Embassy m Singapore was also the business partner of an
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        • 416 5 MANILA The United States military is prepared to take casualties m its joint anti-terrorism operations with the Philippines but they will not be able to anyway. US military advisers will remain at heavily guarded field camps m Basilan with little enance
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        • 66 5 GENERAL SANTOS CITY To help promote peace m strife-torn Mindanao, a Filipino radio station has launched an unusual singing contest featuring members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), soldiers, policemen, firemen and jail guards. Called "Singing for Peace m Mindanao", the contest kicked
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      • 386 6 The card presentation to the king, recovering from surgery, is called a gaffe and a gimmick, but Thaksin says the issue has gone out of hand BANGKOK The issuing of a health-care card to Thailand's highly revered King Bhumibol Adulvadej has sparked
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      • 100 6 SI EM REAP (Cambodia) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday ruled out becoming this country's next monarch, saying tongue m cheek that the job would get m the way of his golf game. Speaking for the first time since the historic local elections, he
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      • REGIONAL FILE
        • 44 6 PHILIPPINE President Gloria AlTOyo ordered the police to mount a new campaign against kidnappings after a South Korean trader and a Filipino hotel owner were kidnapped while on a reported hunt tor nickel bars m a southern province. AFP
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        • 58 6 FIVE people were killed m Indonesia's Aceh province despite peace talks between the government and separatist rebels over the weekend m Switzerland, sources said yesterday. The two sides "agreed to a period of confidence-building m which they will cease hostilities and then move
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        • 47 6 A TRAIN crashed into a pickup at an unauthorised crossing m southern Thailand just before midnight on Wednesday, killing six people m the truck, the state railway said yesterday. The train bound for Bangkok from Butterworth. crashed near Pattalung. AP
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        • 37 6 FLOOD-RELATED insurance claims m Jakarta arc forecast to exceed US$2OO million (SS36B million), higher than the pay-outs after the May 199H riots. Total claims had reached 1 ,000 on Wednesday. AFP
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        • 38 6 AS EAST Timor prepares for independence m May, voters lack information about the new Constitution, according to a survey released yesterday. It found that many feared an unaccountable, elite-driv-en political process. AP
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 288 7 PETALING JAVA Two Chinese nationals, who were locked up at a house for refusing to become prostitutes, were rescued by police when one of them accidentally dialled 112, the emergency number of a cell-phone service provider, to ask for help. The Malay Mail
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      • 504 7  -  LESLIE LAU The first such school m a scheme m which vernacular and national schools share the same grounds will open m April By l\ kt VI VI IMI'I X THE Malaysian government is pushing ahead with its scheme to place vernacular schools
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      • 126 7 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has banned a rerun of the controversial hit feminist play The Vagina Monologues after receiving complaints from the public, the producers said yesterday. "For now, we are still not sure about the details, because it was staged here before and well, we
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      • MALAYSIA FILE
        • 52 7 SEI.ANGOR wants all taxis plying the state to carry text m Jawi m a move to promote the use of the script. Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo said the move would also create a unique identity for Shah Alam City, reported
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        • 79 7 MALAYSIA'S top judge yesterday pledged to study all the evidence that the lawyers of jailed former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim claim will show that he is "entirely innocent" of corruption charges. Chief Justice Mohamad Dzaiddin Abdullah's assurance came as the Federal Court,
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        • 60 7 THE Cabinet has allowed the Health Ministry to employ Malaysians from unaccredited foreign medical universities to resolve the perennial shortage of doctors. Procedures for employment have also been relaxed, with applicants only having to undergo a year's housemanship and two years* supervision under
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        • 92 7 A MAI AY novelist has denied that his book Cinta 100 Ela is pornographic, claiming that there are many other books m the market with more explicit passages than those found m his, reported Utusan Malaysia. Raja Ami Raja Sulaiman was speaking to reporters
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        • 78 7 THE Malaysian government has hanished Ustaz Ashaari Muhammad, the leader of AlArqam Islamic cult, from his home m Selangor to Labuan island m Sabah after discovering that he and his followers tried to revive the movement, Berita Harian Malaysia reported yesterday. Ashaari has been
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      • 323 8 Bahasa, English a must for foreign workers Workers who are recruited under government agreements will be made more aware of sensitivities SEREMBAN Foreign workers recruited via the new "government-to-government" agreement will be compelled to learn the country'! national language Bahasa Malaysia and English. They will also have to learn about
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      • 274 8 RAIS YATIM'S SHOCKER Graft and lax law enforcement to blame for illegals KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's de facto law minister Rais Yatim, who surprised his Cabinet colleagues by saying publicly that corruption and a lack of enforcement were the main reasons for the influx of illegal immigrants, said he had proot
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    • 8 1 Friday, February 8, 2002 The Straits Times sports
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    • 651 1  -  GERARD WONG MKICER Convincing victory gives Singapore confidence for King's Cup Hu MATCH STATISTICS Singapore: Hezal Hassan, Tan Kim Leng. Razif Mahamud (Azhar Salleh, 64th), Aide Iskandar (Swd Fadhil,71st),S. Subramani. Nazri Nasir. Noh Alam Shah (A. Siva Kumar, 60th), Masrezwan Masturi (Ah Imran Lomri, 68th),
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      • 637 9 ALLIED IRISH'S $1.48 LOSS Little impact on Singapore THE impact on Singapore's banking industry of recent events at Allfirst are likely, if any, to be minimal. Aiifirst's owner, Allied Irish Banks (AIB), closed its office here after it sold its 0.9 per cent stake
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      • 93 9 Making good on a pledge to give up Europe's top economic job before his term ends, European Central Bank (ECB) president Wim Duisenberg said yesterday that he will step down m July 2003. Mr Duisenberg, 66, fulfilled a 1998 promise that "m view of his age he
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      • 421 9 The govt may be preparing a $138 b rescue of the financial sector just before Bush's visit, a report says 'The government should shift its policy to boost the economy and I believe it will move m that direction/ Co-faction LDP leader Mr
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      • 244 9 WASHINGTON United States Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill said on Wednesday that prospects for a rapid economic recovery were much brighter m light of strong growth m fourth-quarter productivity, or output per worker. Speaking on the PBS' News Hour With Jim Lehrer, Mr O'Neill said
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      • 253 10 Proposal for euros on US analysts WASHINGTON Brokerages would have to strengthen barriers between their analysts and investment bankers under securities industry standards, which were to have been announced yesterday, said Representative Richard Baker, chairman of the House capital markets subcommittee, on Wednesday. The National Association of Securities Dealers' (NASD)
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      • 182 10 Maybank's profit rises 6% to $184 m KUALA LUMPUR Malayan Banking (Maybank), Malaysia's largest lender, said profit m the second quarter rose 5.5 per cent from a year ago as it earned more from non-interest income such as transactions, foreign exchange gains and wTite-backs on investments. Profit rose to RM381.3
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      • 407 10 LOCAL AND OVERSEAS ADS fir/ LEONG CHAN TEIK ADVERTISEMENTS for the sale of Pinetree Town Country Club will appear "very soon" m several countries, the special accountant overseeing the sale process said last night. Mr Tarn Chee Cheong of Andersen added that he expected interested
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      • 184 10 Pertamina freezes plan to buy into S'pore refinery JAKARTA Pertamina, Indonesia's state oil and gas firm, said it suspended its plan to buy BP's one-third share of Singapore Refining Co. BP's equal partners m the 285,000 barrel-a-day refinery are Singapore Petroleum Co and ChevronTexaco Corp. BP has been talking to
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      • 307 10 PWD unit to double China presence The Singapore brand name gives PWD Consultants an edge m clinching design projects m China PWD Consultants. PWD Corps consulting arm, will double its presence m China m the next two years and aims to have 30 per cent of its annual revenue come
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      • 494 10  - Singapore pulls in $800 m for logistics and transport cluster REBECCA LEE lit, SINGAPORE clinched a total of $800 million m investments and business spending on services m the logistics and transport cluster last year, director of the cluster at the Economic Development Board (EDB) Goh Eng Ghee said yesterday.
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      • 268 11  -  LORN A TAN *U KEPPEL Corps venture fund unit, kl Ventures, and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Special Investments (GIC SI) have together taken an unspecified stake m the United States-based Prime Co Wireless (PrimeCo) for US$7.l million (Ssl3 million) apiece.
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      • 470 11  -  COLIN TAN Inchcape pic is offering $2.30 a share, or a 12.2% premium over the last done price, for local car dealer m $138 m deal §!L INCHCAPE Motors Ltd (IML) yesterday became the target of a takeover for the second time m
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      • 392 11  -  WILLIAM CHOONG FULL- YEAR LOSS DOWN A THIRD Bu NASDAQ-LISTED Pacific Internet (PacNet), which has narrowed net losses for the fifth straight quarter, said it would consider a listing m an Asian stock market once it returns to the black. Asked yesterday
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      • 349 11  - Vertex makes cash call after incurring 149m net loss HUGH CHOW Bt/ VENTURE capital firm Vertex Venture Holdings has launched a rights issue of 400 million new shares to raise up to $100 million after reporting a i \-H.r, million net loss for last year. The Singapore Tech-nologies-eon trolled firm
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      • 367 11  - Punters cash out ahead of next week's holidays AZHAR KHALID TAKISG STOCK By Ny m the Singapore marfcel to be thin next week due to the Chinese New Year holidays began to trim their positions for profits yesterday, causing the local bourse to tumble after Wednesday's short reprieve. The Straits
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      • 196 11 KLECTRONICS contract manufacturer Bcyonics Technology" said yesterday it had more than doubled its profits during the first half after a 146 per cent surge m turnover. The company, which also announced a new joint-ven-ture agreement, reported a 116 per cent jump m net profits to
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      • 250 4  - Lovers Hands anything but slow Samuel Lee tz LOVE SONGS FROM LOVERS HANDS Julia Peng BMC) ITS BETTER to be late than to let this excellent album by Julia Peng slip by unnoticed. Love Songs From Lovers Hands is the Taiwanese crooner's seventh Mandarin effort. Released on Dec 27. it
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          599 11 Nope, we're not talking about the flood of festive cards at Singapore Post. It's love letters of the munch-worthy kind that we've trained our tastebuds on this week By AMANDA CHUA While love letters may evoke visions of Valentine's Day, these sweet nothings are more likely to be
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        134 16 BROADCAST your love on TV Works this Valentine's season and you may win a dining voucher at The Fullerton Hotel. Just send a Valentine's Day dedication to your loved one to TV Works by Feb 10, and it may be picked to win the $200 voucher. What's
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      • 131 16 CHINESE actress Vicki Zhao Wei continues to face the music a month after being slammed for modelling a Japanese wartime flag as a dress. Chinese Internet surfers have objected to her being named "Flower of Wuhu" by a Chinese literary magazine. The publication gave her the title as one
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      • 966 7 EITI MERCEDES FOR SALE BRjl MERCEDES FOR SALE Bw3 MERCEDES FOR SALE ■y ml SM M wi VJ B m m^m a Wt dW MERCEDESim JJgjCEDKgoo^ MERCEDES t^ P'liftTyTrj^yS^^^ftyTTfffyjPHl^W^^P^jJljPJ DWWT. ygMUsT»tmn &G72OOIQM B MITSUBISHI Kfl NISSAN FOR SALE Rfl NISSAN FOR SALE FOR SALE kZ£J FMJ 91 LANCER I.3CLX. Manual
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      • 849 7 I SUMNY 15EX/1 6SS <««u««*o CEFIRO 2.0G V 6 94V 1AM0) Prairie 2.0 (Auto) MRV T No 1 Best Seller More Con Men' COE Bid PARF Scrap Car Welcome High Trad«-m/Higher Loan Low Deposit interest Rate TAN MOTOR CAR ENTERPRISES Blk ISI AMK Aye 5 #01 -1040/3042 AUTOMOBILE MEGAMART Bldg
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      • 896 7 LASTEST MODEL! 3/2001 Sunny 16 auto 1 owner OMV $16. 3K Full options neg. *****013 6/94 SUNNY I.6SS Manual. Very well kept. Urgent sale/ cheap 1 Loan/ trade m. *****102 DEPOSIT S2K. FEW units 92 Sun ny. 1.5/ 1.6. Manual. COE 10 yrs. Lot 20 Tagore Lane. 4535'~42 8/92 NISSAN
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      • 908 7 ■TTI PROTON FOR SALE 2/96 WIRA 1.5 auto, 2 owner Low mileage New s/ rim, rd tax. Nice engine. Must view. 9029 0899 09/00 PROTON WIRA 15 Manual. 5 dr Silver. Leather seats. S/nms. OMV $12 4K. *****713 1 OWNER 9/98 Wira V3GLi Low depreciation Spoiler. Low deposit Lot 3
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      • 982 7 I SUBARU FOR SALE 11/93 SUBARU JlO. l owner. Good working cond. New paint. S/rims $17,500. *****79 BfR SUZUKI FOR SALE GUARANTEED BEST PRICE OFFERED FOR BUYING SELLING ALL MAKES/ MODELS~!!! Contact Mr Umax 9 00 55 122 Lot 23 Kaki Bukit Carmart OR Mr Umax 9735 6631 Lot 823
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      • 1742 7 l^fl TOYOTA FOR SALE |^f] TOYOTA FOR SALE Toyota SwiWkWk. HonJa RAV4._^RflPI^ >££?***- CR-V Aiiii uui^^ rf^y^ Toyota ~m« /-^'c^^ I Other models also available NO s *****71 SELLING CHEAP!!! MUST it 9/91 CORONA CD. Auto. COI 1/99 Corolla I.3XLi Auto. S.lver 8' 2011. 01 transfer Good cond 8/98 Corolla
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      • 1356 7 |^j| TOYOTA FOR SALE Effl TOYOTA FOR SALE Bffl TDYOTA FOR SALE S^ ««ffliL^^ wl!B^_ eon J^* NM.CnnC.>n KIMM ESTIMA <5 'STRUM SB^.^am--* BTJI VOLVO FOR SALE NOV/00 VOLVO SBO 2.0T I owner under SM warranty. 5-speed. Loan SIISK. 9628 6619 7/00 V70 WAGON. Deposit $17K. 1 owner. Loan $120
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      • 712 8 ERI CAR FINANCING/ K^U INSURANCE LOANS HIRE PURCHASE on new/ used COE cars, vans, lorries motorcycles Non transferable arranqeable buying selling new/ used scrap cars CINC DIEN CREDIT 486 River Valley Road Singapore *****0 T»l 737-2333 IN MOTOR INSURANCE, we outdo others. Our ethics have proven Ring 848 7120 RAH
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      • 217 8 Bf!f| SCRAP VEHICLES BEST PRICE FOR buying PARF/ scrap papers/ COE rebates. Tel. 9787 2662' 9023 4677 Kffil VEHICLES FOR HIRE §What Utttt way lo j»! you and yoar family around Ihu holiday ttaton than with a vehicle Irom Ask one of our f nendfy staff about our Chinese New
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      • 612 8 JffH VEHICLES FOR HIRE mi < In n< m New \t-.n I'. iik. i^< Roy it 416-5 Days yr^~"^v from f Can fWSW 1 CEO Per day PICK-UP, VAN. MINI-BUS. Lorry 10ft/ 14ft Twin Cab Bedok Ind Park E. Blk 3012. »O2 2018. Tel: 443 5041 VRC RENT CAR S5O.
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      • 394 8 Rfl VEHICLES WANTED MPV's WANTED!! ANY MODEL VR r Mitsubishi, Honda. Toyota The MPV Specialist Buy Sell Call *****380 €iffi!n?!Si?vT?Ss Highest offer for all makes model, cash transaction Immediate transfer Insurance Financing I Any Mercedes. BMW. Volvo. I I Japanese Car. PB. Commercial. I Q-plate, Scrap car I W Without
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      • 360 8 BWI VEHICLES WANTED NO GIMMICKS! EXTRA for your used car. Ail make model immed hassel free transaction Cash payment *****678 Anq WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT WSSQE BEST HIGH PRICE for all used cars owners! Any models/ makes. With/ without COE. Cash on the spot! Call 9107-3228 NEW CAR BUYERS/ used
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      • 903 8 Bfflj LORRIES FOR SALE Brand New Toyota Oyna 10ft Diesel Nissan Cabstar 10ft Oeisel < Immed Registration > Deposit $1,488 Can loan 7 yrs $47,500 3 Yrs Aqt Warranty No 50 Upper Chanqi Rd East Nick 9681-1744 Danny 9639-3138 91 TOYOTA DYNA 10 ft diesel COE 2006 near. HOB $55
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      • 611 8 2 UNITS 92 Daihatsu Hiiet 1.0 5-dr Petrol. New pamt/ tax/ syr> COE, tip top. deposit $IK. 545-3300 5/2000 MERCEDES VITO 108 CDI Diesel COE $9,300. View to offer. *****79 (9.30 am spmi 8/2000 MERCEDES VITO 113. pet rol. Warranty by C&C. Only $*****. Call 9367 7588 4/2000 HYUNDAI GRACE
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      • 290 8 BHJ MOTORCYCLES/ Chinese New Year Sales** USED BIKES CLASS 2B Downpayment $300* Honda CA 125 Hyosung Cruise 125 cc itaiiet Dragster iBocc KYMCOZmg LML Star Deluxe Piaggio Hexagon lSOcc Piaggio Skipper !25cc Yamaha RXZ 135 cc Yamaha TZR 125 cc CLASS 2A Downpayment $500* Honda CB4OO VS Honda CB4OO VTEC
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      • 294 8 ETI MOTORCYCLES/ 91 OWEN ROAD. Visit us now' We provide a ONE-STOP Bike Service buy/sell new used bikes.repair servicing, provide loan/ insurance Call Bike Connection at 298-7177 New Bike with low downpayment ■'$800 selected models or use bike no downpayment. Trade m *$500 above market value. •Conditions apply Visit us
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      • 704 9 aDOI-OB CITY SOUTH-WESI PTE APTS RENT 3+l rms 1282 to 1284 Private and exclusive Grond Hotel style lobby Full recreational facilities FAR EAST O TEL: •RAT* PLACE SPECIAJJS7 Most Choice Units m Town 1/I*l (678 to 82Oif) J2SOOu ?+1 (*****f up) J?SOOu 2+l Maisonette, patic *****u 2t-lpenthse/rool ten. $5500u 3+l
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      • 800 9 Wflfl DOlOB r mvrm city south-west I PTEAPTSRENT Isqft Short term lease available (minimum of 1 mth) i Immediote occupation SCV coble TV ready •RGANIZATION K***** 1 J DOVER PARKVIEW HIGH Mr 3*l Shutt.etoMßT f, 'turn/ facilities. Bright Windy. 9105 6637 Aqt RIVER PL. M rm p/lurn. Pool/ river view.
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      • 1125 9 Pffl 1)0910 ORCHARD/ Pffl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ Jffl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ PTfl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ |dj|l TANGLIN/ HOLLAND |d^l TANGLIN/ HOLLAND Ku|| TANGLIN/ HOLLAND feIUJ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS RENT ■^■PTEAPTS RENT I PTE APTS RENT I PTEAPTS-RENT I REGENCY HOUSE I I PRESTIGE SERVICE APARTMENTS I H NEXT TO FORMER COCKPIT HOTEL
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      • 530 9 RENT: REGENCY PR. 3650 sq.ft. 4+l+l rms.. Beverly Hills. 3880 sq.ft. s+l rms. Spring Grove. 1389 sq.ft. 3+l rms. *****034 C2l THE LEGEND. 3*l. 2.100 sq.ft. Quality finishes. High fir. Unblocked view. Facilities. Vacant. $5K only. 9632 0025 PN LUCKY TWR. 2700 sq.ft. 3+l+ bal cony. All attached. New aircons.
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      • 975 9 Rffl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ ■tiU TANGLIN/ HOLLAND RENT REGENCY PARK 2260 sqft 3+l. Nice view, quiet. P/ furn. nice kitchen. $7500. C&H 9634-7332 HEART OF ORCHARD Road at Richmond Pk. View to offer this 3+l p/furn apt. Lewis 9857-6639 TIARA 1345 SO.FT. 3 bdrms. Mid fir. Immed. 54.5K Mimi 738 5033/
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      • 1722 9 aDII &21 NEWTON/ |f!f| Dl 5-16 EAST COAST BTTIMAM/CLEMENTI |dij PTE APTS RENT PTE APTS RENT D.21 SPRINGDALE. 3*l. 1119 sq.ft. THE BAYCOURT Mid. fir. Fully furnished $2200. Upper East Coast Road D.21 Southaven 1 3+ l. 1339 sq.ft. p«--- High fir Partially furn. $2300. Myie iivimu Call now! 9736-9312
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      • 1047 9 ■HI Dl 5-16 EAST COAST PTEAPTS-RENT EAST MEADOW. BRAND new 3+ 1 high fir. f/jircon Opp Tanah Mer ah MRT P/furn. 9001-6921 PN LAGOON VIEW 1800 sqft 3+l Nice. Rambai Ct. 3+l. Lor 104 3 rms MRT $IK up 9009-5398 BAYSHORE PK. »15. Direct Sea view. 2 rms. F/ turn.
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      • 737 10 a 019-20 SERANGOON/ THOMSON PTE APTS RENT CHERRYHILL 2 BDRM Apt F/furn ties. Near Paya I ebar Method.st Pg 9515-7140 WTfM 022-28 ■dij WEST NORTH PTEAPTSRENT $1.2K UP! 2/ 3/ 4 rms Mayspr iqhgate/ Guilin/ Parc Vista/ Southaven/ SpringUale/ Hill brooke/ Dairy Farm. 9207-5720 2+l MAYSPRING, F/FURN. $1200 2*l Parc
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      • 695 10 ■ffl MIXED DISTS V!fl MIXED DISTS EMM PTE APTS RENT APTS RENT Apartment FOR LEASE City/ Central Districts Bukit Timah Mansions 3*l 3079 Landmark Tower 2 1033 Nassim Regency 3+l 1938 to 1959 Paterson Tower 4+ l 2659 Sin Ming Plaza 3 1 938 Villa Margaux 3+l 1 1421 to
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      • 899 10 ■jWI HOUSES FOR RENT D.lO NAMLY VICINITY 2 storey corner semi-d. 6000/ 2800 sq ft 3+l. Renovated. Spacious gdn patio. $5300. MANNA *****145 D.21 BUNGLW 7000 sq ft West Coast d/storey semi-d. 3500 sq.ft. Newly renovated. Near 1 mkt/ school. 9304-6764 IDA D.15 DUNMAN RD. Corner tfc.' 3843/ 3400 sq.ft.
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      • 977 10 RJjl HOUSES FOR RENT 0.10 HOLLAND GROVE View 3-sto-rey semi a. 3600 sq.ft. 4*l*l. Nice, quiet vicinity. 338 6767 D.21 SUNSET SO. 2 storey bunqlw 6400/ 4000 sq.ft. 4*l Tip top cond. 59.5 K. 481 3797 JEFF D.lt VILLA CHANCERY. 3/ 4-rm. 2200/ 2700 sq.ft. Pool, squash. SSK/ $7 SK.
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      • 1070 10 VR] HUDC/HOB |m APTS FOR RENT MRT! LRT! BT Paniang 46 Brand new Sengkang 3188 (2*l). Clementi 110 (3+l). F/furn/ p/furn. Aircon. 9751 9058 Roof. I Good BEDOK RESERVOIR/ HAVELOCK. Mins. to CBD/ MRT 3+l 1/ I*l. $1,400/ $700. Avail Immed Tenants call *****543 iNo agts.) Outstanding Agcnu^ Outstanding Results.
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      • 918 10 WW\ SERVIC E Pffl SERVICE |^y .°.nT U r., Tf j^y APARTMENTS F.^-^ m~ I Advance or Lease 800i.,n,,B O oi.,n,, (from 1 week) No^ Prestisious Service Apartments In District 9 Next to Orchard MRT Station -^< ICIIII X f Leasing Enquiries Tel: *****11 Easy Accessibility To All Parts Of
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      • 725 10 VIM ROOMS FOR RENT IMMED FURN RM >n full condo. MRT Paya Lebar. SCV. TV, tel, WC opp. $700 Owner *****33 BESIDE FARRER MRT, Rangoon Rd. No owner. Renovated. $400--$6OO per common rm. 9591-5411 1 AIRCON. F/FURN. rm Single $350/ double $450. Whole hse facilities. Can cook. *****94 OPENHSE 2-SPM.
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      • 847 10 Wffi DCIOB ■UJll CITY SOUTHWEST m PTE APTS SALE DOS ISLAND VIEW Ccndo 4+l. Big terr./ 3600 sq.ft. F'hold Pool, e'c. Good buy 1 EW 9668 3936 CHEAP! EMERALD GDN. $BxxK. 1000 sq.ft. 2bdrm. MRT/ amenities Agt. 9300-3001 (Wl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ lujCj TANGLIN/ HOLLAND ■■HOUSES SALE Duchess Aye unit 2
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      • 893 10 &DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS SALE 18 ANDERSON. Opp Shangri La Hotel 2777 sq.ft 3*l. Big rms Good cond. F'hoid. Facilities. Greenery view. Windy *****993 D.lO OFF STEVENS Rd/ Ne«t to Shangri La. Fernhiii Grove Apt. 1884 sq.ft. F'hoid Walking distance to RGS. 9802-9002 ERA SAT 2-4 30PM AT
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      • 799 10 WRI Oil &21 NEWTON/ ■i£il BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI g^ PTE APTS SALE Oigjjj3jjjj D.ll EURO-ASIA VIEW, Watten Est 1926 sq.ft. 3*l. Spacious, pool, tip top cond. Quality finishing 999 yrs. S6lO p.s.f 1 *****993 Faber GREAT OFFER S62BK! Beauty World Plaza 3*l balcony. *»08 999 yrs Breezy Move-in. Top sch. Amenities 9268
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      • 4783 11 Wfifl HDB APTS FOR SALE PfJJ HDB APT< FOR SALE PfJJ HOB APTS FOR SALE Pf!J HDB APTS FOR SALE Pf!J HDB APTS FOR SALE M^H HDB APTS FOR SALE |ff!fj HDB APTS FOR SALE WfTi HDB APTS FOR SALE Vfffi HDB AF-fS FOR SALE Pflfl HDB APTS FOR SALE
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      • 766 11 Pffl HDB APTS FOR SALE •ERA'Proven Bt Batok Specialist* Samuel Wee *****122 ERA Exec Apt 2888 a SiOOK designer decor! Al view Exec Apt 289A «09 comer Al forest view. A1 decor Wmdy Exec Apt 2908 SIOOK new decor! view All races i 5T2918 SBOK decor! 5 T 290A corner,
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      • 860 11 Rfl HDB APTS FOR SALE EiJiJ (CHOACHUKANG/ BBSI BUKIT PANJANG) BEST CCX UNITS BY HELEN ANG 5 T 564. Mid fir. 2nd owner Pleasantly renovated. MRT Exec Apt corner 635. Mid fir. Designer decor. Valued. Exec Apt corner 640. High fir Hotel style renovation' Exec Mais Penthse corner 633 High
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      • 3314 12 a HOB APTS FOR SALE Hjffl HDB APTS FOR SALE Wflil HDB APTS FOR SALE Rfl HOB APTS FOR SALE (CHOA CHU KANG/ EiUJJ (CHOA CHU KANG/ El^J (CHOA CHU KANG/ EiJIJ (CHOA CHU KANG/ BUKIT PANJANG) I BUKIT PANJANG) Pffij BUKIT PANJANG) BUKIT PANJANG) Andy Chew Ann* Wong Brian
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      • 975 12 Rfl HOB APTS FOR SALE WU3 (PASHRIS/CHANGI) EXEC MAIS 418. imtf. High tlr Exec apt 236. Simple, well kept. Exec apt 219. Corner/ move-in. Exec apt 711. Corner. SSK neg!! 5 1 737. High fir Corner. Airy. 4A' 109. Corner High fir. Airy. Don t miss' 9568 0789 KVM EXCELLENT
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      • 1124 12 Wffi HDB APTS FOR SALE (TAMPINES/SIMEI) 4 'S' 2-UNITS Ground lloor. Blk. 404 Tampines. F/renovated Good location. Near amenities All races. Suzin 9001-6114 PN 4 'S7 4 A BLK 416/ 209 Tarn pines. Mid/ High fir. Lift level. Un blocked. Move m. Good location MRT/ mkt/ sch DW 5 T
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      • 1034 12 IHDB APTS FOR SALE (TOA PAYOH/ POTONG PASIR) EXEC APT CORNER, bik 107A/ 998 Lift landing Nicely renovated. Windy. Near MRT. 9107-1908 LOW BLK 195 3 I Kirn Keat Aye. High fir. Well maintained. Amenities. Value SIIBK. 9850 1136. LOW LOW LOW cash' 5 I BLK 46 T. Payoh. High/
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      • 1571 12 7~ Price turnaround m Woodlands And it's happening to barroom, jumbo and executive tlats m that area. According to Alvin Er. managing director of First Tree Properties Pte Ltd. the cash above valuation now ranges from S 10.000 to 520.000 for four-room flats and 520.000 and 540.000 for jumbo and
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      • 2294 13 RVI FACTORY SPACE RH FACTORY SPACE Rfl OFFICE SPACE ■^9 FOR SALE |Wj FOR SALE B^ GEYLANG LOR 19. ground tlr. Par aßj>Maßjßß|iaßßjHj«aßajpaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiyyyyHß^p^p^l^l^iajp^p^pj tit ion office room Good human il I W traffic. $400 Agent: 844-5244 la^yj vVW.aVwJIk.I U J V^M SUNTEC CITY Mid Level fitted ■■■■■■bHSHMBHHMHIfIHaVMajHIIM Office 3498 sq.ft.
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      • 836 13 Rfl SHOP SPACE Rfl SHOP SPACE |^U FOR RENT H^U FOR RENT SHOPS SPACE FOR LEASE Building Area (Sq. Ft.) Central Mall S(H) to timm) Chinatown Point 290 to 4,000 Delfi Orchard »J<) to 1.2(K) IBM Towers 2SO to (>.H(H) Katong Shopping Centre 1 10 to 5,900 Tanglin Shopping Centre
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      • 602 13 ijffl SHOP SPACE Debenham Tie Leung DONT Sty MISS %?l UPPER PAVA LEBAR 2 store shophse F'hold. 1460/ 2410 sq.fl Face main rd near mdustria devt *****310 Eileen Tang. DT; GOOD LOCATION! THOMSON »oa 1657 sq.ft. Main rd. Sell with ten ancv! $I.BM neg 9009-1209 agl VERY CHEAP!!! JOO Chiat
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      • 985 13 i|fH WAREHOUSES/ EfH WAREHOUSES/ KkCJ STORAGE EaCJ STORAGE SPACE FOR RENT [J SPACE FOR RENT (^^fe RUBY WAREHOUSE COMPLEX Warehouse I f i exib i e floof Qreo on j OfflCG Ground Floor from •-fB-a-a^ •_(>& 1000 sq. ft. onaiords PQIs I High quality building 2E^a^fc«« finishes ujith glazed A
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      • 781 13 BTI AIRTICKETS ERSI AIR TICKETS ERI AIRTICKETS 1 S'PORE-INDIASPORE AIR India Ticket for sale a $680. (Any des I VT^JT^aTTTni M I J v^FT^at tmation m India) Good to travel A^U ii I I■ 1 I W' ll■ l I I I before 25 Mar. Pis call *****52 /UkMa#HMpHMaVWP v
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      • 1337 15 KRI LANGUAGE COURSES RTI TUITION I ?<>}.SlH W JM BWnßffffSri Singapore tuition Jim ■.■ilarl.^ b: sPoretuition.cjb.net J||P|llirSE Stressed?? We can help!! Nmv Basic Ctassos l^°°' ist T T e u tor h s l 11 All Subis Levels All Area r i. t^il ACCA/ LCCI/ ABE/ C sT^ToT *i mo
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      • 461 15 EfuJ INSTRUCTION DANCE ARTS (S) PTE LTD 805-31/ 34 Specialists' Shpq. Ctr. NEW CLASSES Beginners Hip Hop Mon 7pm Beginner s Jazz Thur 6.30pm Power Yoga Fri 11.45 am Pis. call 235-4218 BHI DRIVING INSTRUCTION SOON TIEN DRIVING Ctr Only $25 for 90 mns. Hurry 1 Tel' *****09/ *****51 EXPERIENCED
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      • 772 15 I a^W| ANC MO KIO EAST COAST 4 TOWN COUNCIL TOWN COUNCIL I HOLLAND-BLKIT PANJANG TAMPINES J TOWN COUNCIL TOWN COUNCIL I SEMBAWANG WEST COAST-AVER RAJAH f TOWN COUNCIL TOWN COUNCIL IHM3CK33EfIHCESSIBE3H Tenders are invited from BCA/EPPU Registered Contractors for the following Projects: DOCUMENT COST (INCLUSIVE GST)/ PROJECTS CLOSING DATE
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      • 2447 16 I AfmjT GOVERNMENT OF SINGAPORE M.-UU'IIIitd.'I.IJ.IJI.UI.IJ.I ISBPEft PUBLIC SECTOR TENDER OPPORTUNITIES More details are available on ihe Government Electronic-Business (GeBIZ) Homepage at fc. 1 ■"HfmjQiiJf http ;/www gebiz gov sg For enquiry or information on GeBIZ. please call 235 3833 Nanyang Technological Unite rsiU EFFECTIVE FROM 2 JAN 2002, A
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      • 539 16 9 One unit of DNA arrayer Tender no NUSDEP ENGGT33/2002 Eligibility LTEIOS3LAB3O/S3 Closing date time 22 Feb 2002 10 00 hrs 10. One Unit of High Resolution Micro-CT Scanning System. Tender no NUSDEP ENGGT *****2 Eligibility MED3I/S5 Closing date/time 22 Feb 2002/10 00 hrs 11. Catering of meals for course
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      • 665 17 Sentosa Golf Club TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited for: Tender for the Supply. Delivery and Commissioning of Golt Course Equipment tor Tanjong and Serapong Golf Courses, Sentosa Golt Club, Seniosa for the following items: a) 2 units of Triplex Greens Mower b) 7 units of Walk-behind Green Mower c/w Walk-behind
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      • 840 17 BBPJIM™ Senoko Hh3hBHI|||IHHHH|S|9v m if erf Senoko Power Limited invites tenders from eligible BCA Registered Contractors for the following: 1 TT*****6 Supply and delivery of galvanised steel deck plates and corten steel plates to Senoko Power Station Registered Contractors m Mechanical Equipment, Plant H Machinery (SY08), Mechanical Materials Products ft
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      • 514 17 JgPWD TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited for the following (A)QSS/379/2000(10) Nominated SubContract for the Supply and Installation of Non-Security Doors and Ironmongery to the Construction of 5 Blocks Institutional Building and Ancillary Buildings (Superstructure) at Cluster 'A* for the Redevelopment of Changi Prison Complex (B) QSS/34/2002 The Provision of Security
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      • 914 17 DSTA D.l.nc. IdIWH Technology Agtncy Tender Documents are obtainable from Tender Office. 1 Depot Road, Level 1, DTTA. Singapore *****9 (Tel *****11 *****12) The operating hours are Mondays to Fridays 8 am to 5 pm Saturdays 8 am to 1 pm Closed on Sundays 4 Public Holidays Tender Document Fee»
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      • 1508 18 mm WBinßfl*l a lliWffli as IBiTT^BBI mmm 800 PowerSeraya Ltd invites tenders for Specially Registered Contractors POWER for the following SERAYA l^k TT*****3 Qualitative Testing Of Transformer Oil For All Oil Filled |R Transformers And Reactors Installed In Pulau Seraya Power Station H8 Companies who have suitable experiences and financial
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      • 1259 18 It VNKKII'KV ACT ((II MM I H 2Oi TAKE NOTICE 1 11 \l i.n MaaJmaac) (Men awn Mat BjaiMl ilk- MmHbj BMaaaj oa Ac ZMlaag Jjnujr> 2U02 BfvO NO NKK/ITNO N\MI \NI> \UI)»jtJJS Oi 'BANkKLFi MMM 7/2001 572WQ221 \HM M> HIN WIIN 2MECHUACHU K\M, \S I Ml :#n» 70 si\<;
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      • 4395 18 Thk Straits Times Friday, Fchni^nS, 2(H)2 KM H ISI I (li( I'K()IM)S\I (RKP) NOTICE KM-I Bl X Ol MM.mjßt (OVIRU I K/l HMi i DEVELOPMENT, MARkE I ING \MioriK\l lONS of mi i ii pi rposi h^^ f l& c OTr xv STORIDWM i: CARD S\ SUM (which was ad^vrtised
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      • 1133 19 "MTflil fit fcl hl^^^^H^^b^^^B^^^^^^^H I RECRUIT GUIDFI 603 Job Application 627 Marketing/ Communications 660 Apprentice Acknowledgements 630 Sales 663 Warehousing/ 606 Professional/ Executive 633 Counter/ Telephone Sales Inventory 609 Engineering 636 Customer Service 666 Security 61 2 IT 639 Agent/ Broker/ Trader 669 Cleaner 61 5 Lecturing/ Teaching 642 Hotel/
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      • 983 19 iflfl PROFESSIONAL/ Tfft\ PROFESSIONAL/ EXECUTIVE POSITIONS IVE POSITIONS We believe m WOWing our customers. Do you? We invite female or male applicants for: a) Fine Dining Asst. Restaurant Manager b) Bar Manager c) Fine Dining Service Hostess i Shatec graduate or equivalent or at least two year's managerial experience m
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      • 1182 19 a ENGINEERING Rfi ENGINEERING Wlfll ENGINEERING POSITIONS POSITIONS POSITIONS Applicants are invited for the post of RESIDENT ENGINEER for addition alteration work to existing Catholic High School m g^ beginning of March with a duration of approximate 33 months. m^ Qualifications m^ Degree m Civil Structural Engineering, recognised for registration
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