The Straits Times, 18 March 2002

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  • 529 1 American diplomat's wife and daughter among the dead m grenade attack during service at church m expatriate enclave ISLAMABAD Two unidentified attackers hurled grenades into a crowded Protestant church yesterday, killing five people including two Americans and wounding about 46, police and United States
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  • 516 1 New features aim to soften the impact m a car crash LONDON Scientists have developed a "pop-up" car bonnet which they say will reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries when pedestrians are hit. Many pedestrians involved m collisions are thrown into
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  • NEWS FLASH
    • 159 2 SIF CASTING ITS NETS WIDER 11 YOU are a home-economics teacher, social worker, business consultant or accountant, the Singapore Volunteers hrerseas need you. They want to send you to Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Fast Timor and other countries, to help the people there. The first volunteers m this 10-year-old scheme
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    • 95 2 U.S. BREAKS PROMISES TO CHINA ALL indications point to the United States reviving the mutual defence pact it had with Taiwan the one it was supposed to give up when it established diplomatic relations with China m 1,979. writes Fast Asia correspondent Ching Cheong. One revealing development is the
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    • 64 2 MORE NURSING-HOME BEDS THE Ministry of Health has stressed that no needy Singaporean will be deprived of appropriate medical care because of its ruling to charge hospital overstayers the full rate. To ensure this, it is building up its home-nursing and medical-care facilities. MOH said that there are 6,800
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    • 74 2 S-LEAGUER TO BECOME S'POREAN HOME United striker Fgmar Goncalves is due to become a Singaporean next week. He will be the first foreign player under the Football Association ot Singapore's foreign-talent scheme to do so. His application has been approved and he has renounced his Brazilian citizenship. Now, he
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    • Article, Illustration
      100 2 Trek to prepare climbers for Tibet THREE intrepid mountaineers are on their way to scale Tibet's highest peak. Mount Xixabangma. Expedition leader Robert CJoh, 36, an aeronautical engineer, general practitioner Mok Ying Jang. 34, and Outward Bound Singapore trainer Edwin Stew, 32, are attempting the 8,027 m climb without
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    • 101 2 SIA ending deal with Air NZ RELATIONS between Singapore Airlines and unprofitable Air New Zealand appear to be strained. The former is not extending a deal the two have, which ends on March 31. Under this, both share revenue they earn on adailv flight between Christchurch and Singapore, by
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    • 86 2 Attack classes to fight rape I HOUSANDS ot South African schoolgirls are being taught self-defence so they can protect themselves from being raped. A team of martial arts experts has been hired by the government to teach them basic attack skills. An independent think tank's survey estimated that close
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    • 97 2 JOB MARKET STILL POOR THE fact that things appear to be looking up here docs not mean work w ill be easier to come by, warns Economics Correspondent Narendra Aggarwal. adding that experts and the Government expect the job market to lag six to 12 months behind die economy.
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    • 74 2 ASIAN SUPERMART GROWS IN PARIS TANG Freres, Europe's biggest supplier of food products from China. Thailand, and Singapore, is about to open a massive eighth outlet m the Paris area. The chain is owned by two Laotian immigrant brothers, whose father is from Canton. The brothers started their "empire"
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    • 236 2 BRUNEI-BOUND FOR JOBS INDONESIANS deported from Malaysia are now looking to Brunei for jobs. About 76,000 are heading there, to search for work M nurses, maids, construction workers and more. It is not clear though if the sultanate will allow them into the country. About a third of its
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  • PRIME NEWS
    • 582 3  -  DOMINIC NATHAN Ministry acts after Forum Page writer revealed that several items with banned sugar substitute have been on sale here />'/ The products could have been m the market for a while. Tliey were harder to detect because they were sold only m
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    • 296 3 Pocket Money shouldn't be just a handout' GIVING students pocket money is a good idea, as long as the money goes into the right pockets." Even as he raised money for The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund yesterday. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong suggested giving money only to the
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    • 49 3 TERENCE TAN Patrols by resident -volunteers such as (from right) Mr Steve fanner, 42, Mr Thomas Tang, 42, and Mr Ronald Ng, 50, have helped Yew Tee RC Zone 4 wipe out Cash Card thefts from vehicles m multi-storey carparks m the neighbourhood. [See Home, Page HI
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    • 521 4 Cash moves a sign Al-Qaeda is regrouping Flow of money, communications are up, suggesting that surviving members of terror group are connecting with leaders WASHINGTON Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network has stepped up its financial activity markedly m recent weeks. This suggests some leaders are reasserting control and may be
      AP  -  521 words
    • 49 4 TERENCE TAN ACS (Independent) student Jason Goh, 12, agonises over his next move on the last day of the National Schools Individual Chess Championships yesterday. The three-day event at Fengshan Primary m Bedok North Road saw more than 800 players aged six to 20 battling it out.
      TERENCE TAN  -  49 words
    • 483 4  -  REME AHMAD Protests over reclamation repeat claims of encroachment By l\ Xl \1 \l I Ml'l H VESSELS approaching the Johor port m Pasir Gudang have had near misses with barges carrying sand to the reclamation works at Pulau Tekong, the Johor Port Authority
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    • 449 6  -  TAN TARN HOW Attending religious ceremonies of a religion different from your own can foster harmony, say religious leaders Bu RELIGIOUS leaders here yesterday joined hands m urging Singaporeans to focus on the similarities between their many faiths, and to maintain peace
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    • 236 6 Lottery-win couple go back to work. to escape TAIPEI The lucky Thai couple who scooped two top lottery prizes totalling NT$37 million (551.93 million) here last month want to return to work at a textile factory m northern Taiwan, a newspaper reported yesterday. The couple have re-ap-plied to work at
      AFP  -  236 words
    • 76 6 MUSLIM PRAYERS IN A CHURCH When I was studying m the United States, in\ fellow Muslim students and I would have our Friday prayers al the basement of a church. All student religious organisations have their offices within the church's premises. We conducted our meetings and sessions m rooms and
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    • 77 6 'The Hindu community planned their Thaipusam walk m the early hours of the morning so it would cause less public disruption. Mosques turn down the volume of their speakers to avoid disturbing their neighbours. The Chinese burn their incense papers and joss sticks m special bins,
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    • 42 6 'Volunteers from the Buddhist Lodge have been helping us during the Thaipusam festival for the past Few years. Hindus also offer prayers at Buddhist temples during Vesak day celebrations.' Mr E. Sanmugam, secretary of the Hindu Advisory Board
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  • WORLD
    • Article, Illustration
      577 8  - Fight back GAVIN Dl YEN AGE A martial arts team is teaching South African girls how to squeeze where it hurts and turn the tables on an attacker By l\ IOMWM "-HI H(. THE GIRLS ARE TAUGHT TO USE THEIR TEETH, ARMS, KNEES AND FEET...TO ATTACK THE OBVIOUS WEAK SPOTS
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    • 219 8 AHMEDABAD (India) A Hindu mob attacked a group of Muslims returning from a shelter under police escort m a western Indian city yesterday, killing two Muslims and wounding another 15. Nearly 200 Hindus armed with iron rods and tridents a traditional Hindu
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    • 616 9  -  CRISELDA YABES Tang Freres is Europe's biggest supplier of food products from China. Thailand and Singapore lh, IN I'VKIS ON MOST days. Avenue d'lvry m Chinatown is packed, its shops and restaurants brimming with customers. It is on this street
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    • 321 9 Al-Qaeda man on FBl's most wanted list held in Sudan LONDON A terrorist named by US President George W. Bush as one of the 22 most dangerous men m the world has been captured m Africa, according to US intelligence sources. The man, a senior militant m Osama bin Aden's
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    • 173 9 Become 'a nose' at school for perfumers GRASSE France's capital of perfumes. Grasse, has opened a special school where students must learn how to recognise 500 smells. Without such skill, they can never be perfumers. The students spend nine months m the school m this city, iust inland from the
      AFP  -  173 words
    • MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT
      • 577 10  -  CHRISTOPHER SLANFY Firmer Palestinian guarantees of an end to terror attacks ♦Complete Israeli withdrawal from areas under self-rule Israeli-Palestinian violence continues as the envoy tries to broker a ceasefire amid doubts about the sincerity of the US By INTKI. i\ THE mission of US
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      • 352 10 Palestinians sceptical about any US plan RAMALLAH For many Palestinians, the talk of any American peace plan is now a bad joke. "We do not trust the Americans or Israelis because we got nothing from Oslo, Camp David or any of these so-called peace" talks," Mr Samir Habob, 55, told
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      • 78 11 Hopes for peace PEACE activists light candles during a meeting m Jerusalem on Saturday, calling for an immediate withdrawal ofTsraeli forces from the territories and a return to the negotiating table. Meanwhile, Israeli tanks guard the entrance of the Dheisheh refugee camp m Bethlehem as a Palestinian woman and her
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    • 531 11 JERUSALEM The enigma that is Ariel Sharon has led many to wonder what is the Israeli Prime Minister's endgame for the Middle East conflict. His recent about-face remarks and actions made some people believe he would bring in a far-reaching peace while others insist
      New York Times  -  531 words
    • 341 11 HizboUah smuggling missiles to Palestinians BKIRUT The Hi/bollah Islamic fundamentalist group in Lebanon said it was trying to smuggle Russian-made missiles to the Palestinians in a development that could alter the balance of power in their struggle with the Israelis. Ina rare interview last week, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Hizbollah'i 40-year-old
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    • 530 12 Sex-abuse scandals swamp Catholic Church m US New accusations are reported every day as bishops turn over records of accused priests to prosecutors NEW YORK The sex abuse scandal engulfing the Roman Catholic Church m the United States, tar from being nearly over, has only just begun. Across the IS.
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    • 101 12 BOGOTA The Roman Catholic Archhishop oi'Cali. Colombia's third largest city, was assassinated late on Saturday, church sources said. Archhishop Isaias Duarte Cancino, 63, was shot while he was travelling with a priest and his driver after celehrating Mass. The gunmen approached the vehicle and shot
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    • 280 12 ISIAMABAD Preying on Pakistan's pervasive poverty, a kidnapping gang, including three nurses, has been buying children from desperately poor parents and then smuggling them to Malta where they are resold at a substantial profit, police said. On Friday, police m the port city
      New York Times; AP  -  280 words
    • PEOPLE
      • 135 13  -  Jason Leow MINISTER FCRCED TO SHOUT BEIJING Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan had just about enough of being chased by journalists last week. Walking out of the Great Hall of the People, where the two-week meeting of the national legislature was held, he
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      • 98 13 OTTAWA Air Canada has banned author Salman Rushdie from its flights because stringent security requirements could mean delays of up to three hours. Muslim extremists have called for Mr Rushdie to be killed for having written his controversial novel The Satanic Verses. According to Air
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      • 103 13 LOS ANGELES The daughters of former US president Richard Nixon nave gone to court over the fate of a US$l2 million (Ss22 million) becmest to their father's library, the Los Angeles Times reported. They differ over whether the Nixon Library and Birthplace should be operated
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      • 69 13 WASHINGTON Tipper Gore, wife of failed presidential candidate Al Gore, may reportedly seek a US Senate seat. Reports suggest Democratic leaders m Tennessee which her husband failed to carry during his defeat m 2000 to President George W. Bush have urged her to seek
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      • 50 13 US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld underwent surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Friday to remove a benign growth on the back of his neck, the Pentagon announced. Sylvester "Pat" Weaver creator of NBC \s Today and Tonight shows and former president of NBC, has died. He was 93.
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      • 62 13 Quoteworthy 'Home autliorities may have unwittingly created a precedent for all sorts of commercial events. How can they now resist die Brit Awards, Miss World or die launch of a new deodorant?' British opposition legislator Paul Tyler on a performance h\ I S miiil diva Alicia Key s in a
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    • 513 13 'Michael Jackson' of Rwanda accused of inciting genocide Singer Simon Bikindi. arrested last year, will face a war tribunal over his powerful songs that urged the 'cleansing' of Tutsis i hate these hutus, these de-hutuized hutus, who have renounced their identity, dear comrades: A line from a song by Simon
      New York Times  -  513 words
    • 476 14 $183,000 buys 3 minutes of zero gravity A Russian firm is to offer space tourists a sub-orbital flight including a zero-gravity experience and views of Earth ZHUKOVSKV (Russia) A top Russian aerospace company is building a spaceship to take tourists on a sub-orbital flight that would give them three minutes
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    • 151 14 Ecologists see curse of Dracula theme park BUCHAREST Construction of a Dracula theme park has begun m central Romania despite protests from ecologists ana historians that the blood-curdling attraction will be a curse to the region's prized heritage. The Disney-style park is being built just outside the mediaeval city of
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    • 36 15 \p Schoolchildren hold huge balloons to mark World Book Day at the Tate Museum in London on Thursday. Thousands of students took part in special events in the classroom and across the city.
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    • 402 15 EU moves swiftly on eastward expansion The group moves a step closer to its ambitious goal of admitting former communist bloc countries BARCELONA The European Union has taken a quantitative leap towards its planned eastern enlargement, wrapping candidates from the former communist bloc into its ambitious plan to create the
      AFP  -  402 words
    • 103 15 HONIARA (Solomon Islands) New Zealand's Deputy High Commissioner to the Solomon Islands, Bridget Nichols, died after being fatally stabbed m her home, officials said yesterday. She was rushed to a hospital with a knife wound after neighbours saw her struggling with an unknown man
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    • WORLD FILE
      • 59 15 MURK than 1,400 crimes, including rapes and kidnappings, have been committed during the past three wars by British prisoners released early under a government electronic tagging scheme, a Sunday paper said. The crimes included four rapes, 38 serious woundings and 82 serious assaults, according
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      • 42 15 WINDS of up to 300 kmh may have sheared a wing off the air taxi that crashed m Cuba late last week and killed 16 people aboard, the country's Civil Aeronautics Board said on Saturday. AFP
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      • 73 15 A BELGRADE military court released on Saturday Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister Momcilo Perisic, detained along with a US diplomat on suspicion of spying. Mr Perisic was arrested on Thursday along with diplomat John David Neighbor and two other people on suspicion of "spying and and
        AFP  -  73 words
      • 71 15 IRAQI and Iranian officials will meet at a border post between the two countries to discuss a new exchange of the remains of soldiers killed during their 1980-1988 war, an Iraqi official said on Saturday. The talks at Iraq's Al-Mun dhariya post would deal
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      • 63 15 SEVEN m 10 Britons are prepared to pay higher taxes m return for better health care, according to a poll released on Saturday. Revitalising Britain's overstretched National Health Service is one of the toughest challenges facing Prime Minister Tony Blair's government. Patients complain
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    • 428 17 First Lady Bernadette Chirac, discreet and dedicated, and Jospin's wife Sylviane Agacinski. are studies m contrast First Lady Bernadette Chirac A traditional companion dedicated to husbands career Conservative Involved m charity work Premier's wife Sylviane Agacinski Independent-minded not one to promote husband's
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    • Article, Illustration
      375 17 the way to save the Argentinian economy, says ex-president Menem BUENOS AIRES Former Argentine leader Carlos Menem believes he has a solution to the country's economic woes: seduction. A self-described "seducer" and Argentina's president from 1989 to 1999, he launched his third presidential bid on Friday m his native
      AFP; REUTERS  -  375 words
    • 214 17 British TV's latest reality show Wife Swap LONDON British television producers are searching for women who are willing to exchange their domestic chores and families for someone else's. They will be taking part m a programme called Wife Swap, where a woman would move m and live with a new
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  • COMMENTARY • ANALYSIS
    • The Straits Times
      • 535 18 Birth rates tumbling MEETINGS of demographers are usually depressing affairs. Last week's gathering of population experts at the United Nations was an exception. There is growing evidence to suggest that the global population explosion may be subsiding, demographers now say. They had previously assumed that the world's population would reach
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    • 921 18  - Keeping faith in a world barren of humanity WITH ASAD LATIF HEART TO HEART I AM sad. l read a New York limes article the other day on Afghans bartering their sons for wheat l-Or example, Mr Akhtar Mohammed, who lives m remote hamlet m the mountains of northern Afghanistan,
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    • 743 18  -  CHING CHEONG tSI VW\ ORRI SPOXDI HONGKONG Taiwanese Defence Minister Tang Yao-ming's recent meeting with United States officials marked an abrogation of Washington's commitments to Beijing and an attempt by the IS to reintegrate Taiwan into it's regional defence framework against China. His discussions with
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    • 960 19  -  FAWAZ GERGES '>'/ Helping to resolve this prolonged conflict a ill remove one of Muslims' major grievances against the US and, overtime, ease the security obsessions of many Arab nations and Israel as we11... 8y taking risks on Middle-Eastern peace, the US administration s
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    • ASIAN CURRENTS
      • 109 19 FOCUS ON JIHAD PERSONAL IDEALS IT IS regrettable enough that the lofty idea of jihad is being reduced to the weapons-and -armour defence of the faith, with bloodshed all around. Even worse, some Muslims use this battle cry indiscriminately to suit their own selfish, causes and to justify destruction
        New Straits Times  -  109 words
      • 109 19 TYCOON'S TALE A WARNING FOR KIDS THE roller-coaster life of fallen property magnate Louis Lo, 38, is the perfect educational material lor youngsters. I!e was a billionaire before he hit 30 but the decline of the economy ended his run of luck. Failing to come to terms with his
        Sing Tao Daily  -  109 words
      • 102 19 RESTORE DEFENCE FORCES' INTEGRITY INDIA Air Marshal M.S. Sekhon wrote recently to the- then-chief minister of Punjab to seek favours for an appointment, an act that not only makes him guilty of an impropriety, but also lowered the dignity of the defence forces m the most reprehensible manner. The
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      • 120 19 IMPROVE FOREIGN INVESTOR CLIMATE SINCE South Korea was forced to the brink of bankruptcy by the unprecedented financial crisis m 1997, foreign direct investment has been a principal requirement for early recovery from the economic debacle. However, as time went by. official and corporate efforts lost strength, with
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      • 115 19 PROBE REPORTS OF KIDNAPPINGS NORTH Korea must do a thorough search tor Japanese who have reportedI) been abducted by North Korean intelligence agencies. In the latest kidnapping allegation, Ms Megumi Yao, the former wife of a Japanese Red Army Faction member, said a Japanese woman, Ms Keiko Aximoto, was
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    • 155 20 RECENT remarks made by the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) chairman on the pump price increases, appears to place Case on a collision course with the business community This is not a healthy trend as consumerism is still m its infancy here.
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    • 135 20 I REFER to the letter. "Non-smokers still choking on cigarette fumes at work" (ST, March 13), by Mr Tan Liang Hock. We would like to assure Mr Tan that our officers earn out checks routinely and take enforcement action against smoking m places where it is
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    • 63 1 The Straits Times home BRIDGING TWO RACES 'They scorned me at first. Tlict/ wondered why I chose to go to a Chinese school. But now, tlietj respect me/ Tuhii Haiiji Jaafar Rassim, 57, a manager with the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore Muis >. who went to Nanyang I niversit*
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    • 517 1  -  K.C. VIJ AY AN EVEN SHOPS ARE SAFE HAVENS We believe m help and self-help. I have school kids coming into my shop from the neigJibourhooa schools and tliey use my phone to call home, and even wait m the shop until their parents
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    • 200 2 ADVERTISERS wanting to reach their customers first thing m the morning now have yet another avenue to do so from the Singapore Press Holdings' stable of newspapers. The media company has launched "stick-on" advertisement m its morning dailies, such as The Straits Times, The
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    • 410 2  -  ALICIA YEO Minister Mah Bow Tan is disappointed at group's racial make-up and challenges it to rope m more from minority races lit/ WE PLAN TO TEAM UP WITH ORGANISATIONS LIKE MENDAKI, SO THAT THROUGH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND MEETINGS, WE CAN LET THE
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    • 276 2 AN OVERNIGHT trek from Hougang to Bukit Gombak ended at 7 am yesterday, with many non-Muslims admitting that it was a walk that has brought them a step closer to Islam and Muslim culture. About 800 of them walked alongside 2,70() Muslims m groups
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    • 307 2 A BRIDGK between two communities is what Tuan Haji Jaat'ar Kassim, 57, dreams of being. He is already so comfortable with both communities and both languages thai he describes himself as half Malay, half Chinese. For the past few years, he has been
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    • 400 3 Send-off at Changi for 3 off to scale Tibet's highest peak Team to attempt to climb Mount Xixabangma with no conventional aids, though only $400,000 of $685,000 needed is raised so far I'RIKNDS, family and well-wishers gathered at Changi Airport early yesterday morning to wish three intrepid mountaineers good luck
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    • 359 3 Of notable interest m the auction catalogue are the most expensive item, a single sheet of the Singapore Portrait series with 28 $10,000 notes; and the next-most expensive item, an uncut sheet with 15 nieces of $10,000 oills m the Ship series. Collectors interviewed blame
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    • 143 3 FOUR hours of late night work at his clinic cost a doctor Si O.OOO, which wits stolen from his home last Friday. Burglars forced open a sliding door of Dr Teng Chin Sin's Bukit Timah house and took the cash from his sale. They also took
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    • 225 4 LONG queues have been forming outside Singapore Petroleum Company's eight stations here. And business at its Bukit Timah outlet has shot up by between five and 1() per cent after the other oil companies upped their pump prices. SPC is the only one which has
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    • 491 4  -  KATIE CHEN Recruitment ads are up but despite rosier outlook, the number of job seekers does not seem to have dropped significantly Bu IF THE number of job advertisements m The Straits Times is anything to go by, companies are hiring again. On Saturday, there
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    • 259 4 'I started out being very picky, wanting to do something I liked. But as days went by, I started to distribute my resumes more freely. J J —Mr Chionh (right) RETRENCHED by his company m November last year, Mr lan Chionh. 27. was
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    • 110 4 PRINCESS Hajah Masna of Brunei arrives here tor a four-day visit today under the Lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellowship programme. During her stay, she will call on Prime Minister Goh Chok long. Foreign Affairs Minister S. Jayakumar and meet senior officials. She will also receive briefings
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    • 343 7 Providing food for thought, Mr Sim (above) conducts taste tests and suggests ways to improve the taste of Foods farmers produce, such as banana chips, which, m Sanakham village (left) m Vientiane province m central Laos, are deep-fried over a dug-out stove m the
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    • 390 7  - Wanted: Skilled volunteers to help overseas SIMCrfIYIN Accountants, social workers and others are needed for Spore Volunteers Overseas programme Bu WHEN Singapore started sending volunteers to poor countries 11 years ago, doctors and English teachers were m demand. Today, a whole range of other skilled volunteers have joined their ranks.
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      • 643 8  - Do well in studies and get a NeoPet treat NATALI SOH Micromax boss turns Net craze with students into money-making idea that gets them to study 5 V Daughters' tears lead to brainwave 7 wanted to put their pets up for adoption at the virtual pound but they cried and
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      • 211 8 REMEMBER the electronic toy pel called Tamagotchi? It had children frantically feeding and cleaning up after the pixelated figure evenlime it beeped. Well. NeoPets would be the virtual reincarnation, revived on the home PC through the Internet. They can look like real animals or they can resemble something
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      • 585 9  -  TRACY QUEK The box office hit, I Not Stupid, has struck a chord m audiences because of its sharf) comments on the education system. Tlie Institute of Technical Education is jokingly referred to as It's Tlie End and EM3 students are stigmatised as slow. In this
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        487 10 Their O-level results were not good enough for junior college or polytechnic, so they went to the ITE. But they have been celebrated fo r recei v i ngfi rst-class honours degrees from universities. SHAHIDA ARlFF speaks to four who detou red from the usual education route
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      • 435 10 Name: Mr Tan Teck Chuan (above Age: 32 Then: Four O levels; graduated from ITE m 1989 Now: Doing a master's degree at Cranfield University m England, on a company scholarship THE stigma of leaving school with just four O levels was
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      • 352 10 Name: Eric Chen Boon Kliai (right) Age: 27 Thon: Expelled from secondary school, graduated from ITE m 1994 Now: Doing a master's degree m communications and signal processing at London's Imperial College YOU could say that Eric Chen Boon Khai was the stereotypical "had hoy"
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      • 94 11 SOME GO ON TO GET DEGREES IN the last five years, three per cent ofITE graduates have gone on to get degrees. The ITE knows of five graduates who have received first-class honours degrees. The first was Mr Sam Chiong Lok Hon, who graduated from his course
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      • 296 11 Name: Lee Boon Gene (above) Age: 30 Then: Went to monolingual stream m primary school, graduated from ITE m 1993 Now: First class honours m electrical and electronic engineering: electrical engineer with Kennel FMO COMING from the slowest stream m primary school, Mr I>ee
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      • 50 11 Fandi Ahmad: Singapore's most famous footballer studied at the then Singapore Vocational Institute and has a National Trades Certificate (NTC-3) m plumbing. Esther Tay: Voted Best Singapore Woman Designer by The Straits Times m 1987, Ms Tav has a NfC-3in dress-making from the then Bahaniddin Vocational Institute.
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      • 412 11  -  KATIE CHEN Wu Mao Fen made the leap from the Normal (Technical) stream to the Express stream m two years LIKE most children m the EKC3 stream, for the slowest pupils. Wu Mao Ken was placed m the Normal (Technical) stream m secondary school
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    • 40 1 The Straits Times asia HAY FEVER BLUES 'Nowadaysjust seeing a sugi tree is enough to fill my eyes with tears/ Mr Yoku Adnchi, 45, on the hay fever season caused In |MilliMi-|»ru«liifin^ "sui»i" or Japanese cedar tree* Monday, March 18,3002
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    • 616 1  - Goodbye Malaysia, hello Brunei IGNATIUS STEPHEN Indonesians eye sultanate for jobs by BANDAR SKH! BR. W\V\ TRAINING TAILORED FOR NEW HOST COUNTRY NEARLY 31,000 Indonesians are employed m Brunei, 85 per A special training centre m East Java provides skills and cent of them m the informal sector. orientation for
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      • 727 2  - Chinese scholars back villagers' right to travel for work JASON LEOW They want the relevant clause reinstated m the Constitution which was removed m 1957 to boost urban development By S'l'lt VI IS I l\ll s< II l\ lUKKM Freedom of movement a basic right 'Being able to move freely
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      • 352 2 TOKYO In another blow to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), one of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's closest political allies is expected to leave the ruling party today over bribery charges. He will be the second senior party member to exit of
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      • 442 3  -  DAVID HSIEH Young Turks now climb the ranks based on their abilities rather than connections which will result m a better Chinese army By sIUMIs I IMI s < II IN m Xl \l BKIJING Younger and higher-calibre officers are rising up fast m the
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      • 323 3 He is the first from President Chens DPP to visit the mainland BEIJING The first member of Taiwan's pro-indepen-dence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to visit the mainland, Mr Chen Jin-de, has arrived here to discuss issues relating to the fishing industry, state press
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      • 248 3 TAIPEI President Chen Shui-bian yesterday urged his supporters to drop Cir hostility towards China and back a ernment plan to relax restrictions on investments on the mainland by Taiwanese companies. "We must not be afraid of opening, nor reject reforms/ he said m a speech at
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        • 78 3 STARTING today, Taiwanese visitors will be able to travel to Hongkong with less hassle with the launch of a new permit scheme which uses the Internet to transmit applicants' data to the territory? immigration authorities. Taiwan residents can apply tor "i-Permits" through an authorised
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        • 59 3 TWENTY-FIVE North Korean defectors, including children, were at a Philippine army base yesterday ahead of being flown to South Korea today where they would be granted asylum. The defectors entered the Spanish embassy m Beijing on Thursday seeking asylum and threatening to commit
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        • 46 3 HONGKONG'S unemployment rate last month nearly reached a record 7 per cent, up slightly by between 0.1 to 0.2 per cent from January's 6.7 per cent. This translates to nearly 238,000 jobless people, reported the Ming Pao Daily News yesterday.
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        • 60 3 POLICE m China's Nantong city, Jiangsu province, have arrested a suspected extortionist who made up to 30 bomb threats by a mobile phone, Nanjing Modern Express reported yesterday. Failed businessman Tang 80, 3.3, had allegedly threatened to blow up four local shopping centres
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      • 468 5  -  DEVI ASMARANI $4 million owed to satellite operator $37 million owed to news agencies A satellite operator's demand for repayment of debts comes m the wake of huge deficits at the station STRAITS IT Ml S INDONESI V HI HI .1 JAKARTA
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      • 457 5 Two stories behind ban MR LINDSAY Murdoch, the correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, has worked m Indonesia for three years and won two awards m Australia. He claimed that Foreign Ministry information official Wahid Supriyadi had told him his
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      • 174 6 Corrupt tag on nation hurts, says Megawati JAKARTA It hurts to see Indonesia being tagged as the most corrupt nation m Asia. said President Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday while calling on Indonesians to work hard to shed the image. She was referring to a poll, based on a survey of 1,
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      • 315 6 It is asking Manila if it can send at least a battalion more to build bridges and roads m the Abu Sayyaf stronghold ZAMBOANGA The United States wants to expand its troops' strength m the Philippines to nearly 1,500 to win "hearts and minds"
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      • 194 6 MANIIA Two of the three Indonesians arrested m the Philippines last week have claimed links with leading political parties, police sources said yesterday. One of them has also admitted to being a key lieutenant of Muslim cleric and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leader Abu
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      • 209 6 S' pore-Thai joint effort to beat crime BANGKOK Thai and Singaporean police will strengthen cooperation against transnational criminals and terrorists, Police Commissioner Sant Sarutanond said on Saturday. Speaking after meeting his Singaporean counterpart, Mr Khoo Boon Hui. he said: 'The meeting focused on cooperation between the two countries aimed at
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      • 200 6 International court to decide on ownership of Sipadan in June THE HAGUE Public hearings m the Netherlands will decide whether the world-famous divers' paradise of Sipadan belongs to Indonesia or Malaysia. The International Court of Justice will hold public hearings m June to help settle a territorial dispute between the
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      • REGIONAL FILE
        • 53 6 THREE men suspected of being behind a bombing and the killing of six police officers m southern Thailand were shot dead m a clash with police yesterday. The three, all suspected members of a criminal gang, were killed by police m Narathiwat province, a police
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        • 69 6 IN AN effort to put their city into the Guinness Book of World Records, 25 candy makers m Davao City, southern Philippines, made what they cal'ed "the world's longest" durian candy bar on Saturday. The candy was 8.5 m long and weighed 200 kg.
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        • 51 6 A BRAZILIAN man and his son escaped unharmed after gunmen ambushed his vehicle m the southern Philippines is- land of Mindanao, police said yesterday. Mr Gilbert Kohn, 37, an agricultural technologist of Mindanao Burley Corp, was attacked on a highway near General Santos City on Friday.
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        • 59 6 NINE people from the Hmong minority have died m three separate incidents m Vietnam s northern mountains after eating maize meal cakes, the state-run daily Quan Doi Nhan Dan (People's Army) said yesterday. Seven of the deaths have been definitely linked with the cakes
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        • 62 6 BANDS and singers will take turns on stage at seven public parks around Bangkok even weekend until May 18 as part of the city's 220 th anniversary celebrations. "Every kind of music will be played to entertain family members of all ages," said Bangkok Metropolitan
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 516 7  -  REME AHMAD Retailers say the thrice-yearly events are discouraging consumers from spending at other times H,j I\ kl \l.\ II MIHK TOURISM Minister Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir wants to turn the country into a shoppers paradise for local ana international tourists by
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      • 118 7 Warning: Sale items often faulty IN INDONESIA JAKARTA The Jakarta Great Sale is likely to be hampered by unethical businesses. They often give huge discounts but only because the products are faulty. Indonesian Consumers' Foundation executive secretary Retno Widiastuti warned the public not to be tempted by big discounts. There
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      • 378 9 Students sneak back to school to surf porn They use 'late classes' as an excuse to do late-night surfing, costing the school more than $12,000 a month for Internet access KUAIJK LUMPUR They sneak back into school using "late classes" as a reason. But students at a Klang Valley school
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      • 287 9 Firefighters battle round the clock to douse peat fires SEPANG A smoky haze that hung for days over the Malaysian Grand Prix lifted considerably yesterday just before the race, with firefighters saying they had doused <so per cent of the nearby peat
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        • 74 9 SEVEN Singaporeans and two Malaysians were arrested during a raid at a .Johor Baru hotel where about <>() punters and bookies were engrossed m horse betting yesterday. Most of the other suspects who escaped were also Singaporeans. Police said the betting syndicate was
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        • 63 9 THE Malaysian Medical Association MMA yesterday urged state fatwa councils to enforce the national edict that smoking is unlawful m Islam. Dr Aziz Al-Safl. who was representing the MMA at a course on helping smokers quit the habit, said the association would meet ulamas and
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        • 56 9 LOSSES arising from credit card fraud dropped to RMl.ol million (*****.000) last year, compared to RM9.I/5 million m '2000. thanks to combined efforts by police and financial institutions. Police also recorded a higher number of arrests 212 people last year compared to 14(>
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        • 47 9 A FEDERATION of publicsector unions has proposed to the government again that it implement a five-day week for al! employees m the sector. Cuepacs president N. Siva Suhramaniam said such a move would strengthen the family institution and promote domestic tourism. Bernama
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        • 55 9 TWO university students have drowned while fishing m a lake m Cheras. Fire and Rescue personnel found the bodies ot" the two men, whose names have not been released, early yesterday morning. Others fishing m the area had contacted police upon seeing the bodies
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    • 633 10 WEATHER TODAY: Slightly hazy. Showers m the afternoon mainly over HA7F WATCH Pi northern, western and central Singapore. "zereadim taken yesterday. Chnstchurch 11/19 C Showers kuchmg 24/31 C Showers Prague 6/15 C Cloudy OUTLOOK: Afternoon showers can be expected for the next m* W ,aide 13/29 C Cloudy Co,ombo C,OU(J
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    • 50 1 The Straits Times sports CLOSED-DOOR DRESSING ROOM 'What happens m a dressing room should never come out not even to the chairman of the FA.' England s«Ktrr coach Svcii-Coran Kriks>oii, who said lit* will not emulate his predecessor hv writing a memoir of the World Clin Monday, March IS, 2<H>2
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      476 1  -  MARC LIM SOCCER Brazilian to be a Singaporean by next week, with Grabovac likely to follow li,, Factfile Name: Egniar Goncalves Age: 32 Club: Home United Place of birth: Gitorie, Brazil Height: 1 .83 cm Weight: 77kg Family: W'iff Celeste. 31, daughters Brenda. 8, and Kalissa. 2 Honours:
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    • 170 2 SHEFFIELD Neil Warnock, the manager of Sheffield United, whose game against West Bromwich Albion was cailed off m the 82th minute because it did not have enough players left on the field, yesterday denied that he tried to get the game stopped
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    • 745 2 s(k:cer Win over Aston Villa helps it keep sight of Premier League title LONDON A wonderful individual goal by Frenchman Robert Pi res gave Arsenal a 2-1 victory at Aston Villa yesterday. The win that kept the Gunners only one point behind English Premier League leader
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    • 262 2 LONDON Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson led the tributes to David Beckham after the England captain inspired his side back to the top of the Premiership table witn a 5-3 win at West Ham. Beckham was predictably jeered by West Ham fans as be returned to
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    • 559 2  -  JEFFREY LOW li) s()( IK OIUU Sl'()\l)l I TAKE heart. Singapore lootball tans. Amid the gloom of the Cubs finishing last m the Asian Under-20 Championship qualifiers after they lost 0-2 to China last night, be happy that at least one talent has been
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    • 318 2 ROME Inter Milan and Juventus kept up the pressure on Serie A leader Roma with victoria yesterday. Inter heat struggler Lecce 2-1, thanks to two goals from Uruguayan forward Alvaro Recooa. Goalkeeper Franceseo Toldo Raved a Davor Vugrinec penalty although the Croat scored a late
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    • 711 2 MADRID On many occasions m the past two decades. Real Madrid would have been happy to have escaped from the Nou Camp stadium of its bitter rival Barcelona with just a point. Real, the reigning Spanish champion, has not won a league
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    • 314 3  - Button sees podium dream go up in smoke Yeoh En- Lai ANOTHER day. another heartbreak for the former boy wonder of Formula One. Jenson Button (right) was on his wa\ to his first-ever podium finish with just two laps of the 56-lap Malaysian Grand Prix to go. The Renault driver
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    • 207 3 RESULTS 1 Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Williams Ihr 34min 12.912 sec 2 Juan Pablo Montoya (Col) Williams 1:34.52.611 3 Michael Schumacher (Ger) Ferrari 1-35.14.706 4 lenson Button (Gbr) Renault 1:35.22.678 5 Nick Heidfeld (Cerj Sauber, one lap down 6 Felipe Massa(Bra) Sauber. 1 lap 7 Allan MeXisli (Gbr) Tovota.
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    • 663 3  - Schumacher wins but it's not Michael YEOII FN-LAI MOTOR KA< INC. Williams one-two after accident forces world champion to fight for third spot By l\ s| |'\\i. RAFF SCHUMACHER took advantage of yet another accident involving Ferrari and Williams at the first turn to grab the fourth win of his
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
      • 99 3 II FA vice-president Chung Mona Joon has thrown his weight behind a campaign to unseat world football boss Sepp Blatter, accusing the Fifa leader of misusing funds and creating "internal strife". He said he would back Confederation of African Football leader Issa Havatou against
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      • 53 3 HANTUCHOV A UPSETS HINGIS IN FINAI DANIELA HANTUCHOVA shocked second seed Martina Hingis 6-3, 6-4 m the final of the l'Ss2.l-million (SS3.B--million) Indian Wells Masters m California to claim her first career singles title. The Slovakian, 18, who has been tipped for stardom, took just jr> minutes to tame Swiss
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      • 53 3 LUIS Jairo Calanche, a former professional soccer player m Colombia, was assassinated by unknown gunmen m the Caribbean coastal town of Santa Marta. He was 32. Calanche last played for Santa Marta's Magdalena Union m 1999. and was also with First Division teams m
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    • 614 4 Mark and Jesmine likeliest winners sroins \\> \itns Singapore will have a new Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year today. A Singapore National Olympic Council committee, chaired Im SNOC president Teo Cliee Heaic will meet this afternoon at the National Stadium to decide who the winners for Singapore's top sports
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    • 14 4 Mark Chay James Wong MohrJ Nazarudin Seladin Goh Qiu Bin
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    • 442 4 GOLF ORIANDO (Florida) If Tiger Woods does not finish the Bay Hill Invitational as the winner today, it would be one of the very rare times he had gone into the final round and not picked up the winner's cheque. It is after
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    • 370 4 BOWLING THREE years of hard work paid off finally for Sandra Segaran at the First Tournament of Champions at Classic Bowl yesterday. The 41-year-old, who took up competitive bowling only m 1999 but has finished m the ton 1() every year since, upset favourite Remv
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    • 1294 4 BASKETBALL NBA: Charlotte 87 Phoenu 7b Miami 101 Denver 76 New York 105 Cleveland 95 San Antonio 111 Boston 104 De IfOit 10? Milwaukee 94 Chicago 114 Houston II? (?0t) Dallas ii 7 Golden state 100 Seattle 95 i* Clippers 87 Portland 95 Washington 80 BIATHLON mmammmamam,
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    • 446 4 MARDAN MAMA f'S bid to maintain his third position m the US$3OO,OOO *****,000) Indian Open failed yesterday when he shot a two-over par 7 'l at the Delhi Golf Club. The Singaporean, whose only top-three finish m the Asian KG A- run Davidotf
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    • 353 4 B tSKETBAM MILWAUKEE Jerry Staekhouse looked over at the Detroit Pistons' bench m the final minutes of the game and pumped his fist m victory. He had 2.~> points and seven assists as the Pistons took over first place m the Central Division with
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    • OBITUARIES
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        149 5 THONG CHAUN Age: 73 was called home to be with the Lord on 16 March 2002. Sadly missed by all loved ones. (Husband: Wong Peng Vim, deceased) Son: Daughter-in-law: Andrew Wong Kah Sun Josephine Ngai Soh Funn Daughters: Sons-in-law: Jenny Wong Yoke Kwai Francis Tan Kok Cheng Carol Wong Yoke
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        65 5 KRISHNAVANI VEERAYAH passed away peacefully on 17.03.2002, leaving behind beloved Husband: Jayapandian Servai Loving son: Rajavikraman Loving daughter: Senthamarai All relatives and friends here and abroad to mourn for her. She will always be remembered for the unconditional love she gave to family and friends. Cortege leaves No 20 Jalan
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        48 5 2nd Anniversary 18.03.2002 In Loving Memory Of KAREN LIM INNG MAE Thank you for loving me For being m my life Till our paths meet again Let the teardrops stop Leave the pain behind Will sadness, Fade. Tnank you for sharing this life. Fondly remembered by the family.
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        37 5 The Family of The Late TAY CHOR KENG Departed 12-3-2002 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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        168 5 I am the Resurrection, and the life: he that believeth m me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. John 11:2! SIM CHAY QUEE AGE: 77 was called home to be with the Lord on 16 March 2002, leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Phoe Cheng Boon, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law:
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        125 5 LEE TSAI KIANG Age: 85 passed away peacefully on 16 March 2002 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Heng Sok Ngoh Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lee Kiang Hwa 9 Ouek Lee Kiang Kok Andre Fung Siet Fah Anna Daughters: Sons-in-law: Lee Ec Choo Daisy Teng Terng Chai Peter Lee Yang Cheng Stella Chan
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        109 5 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell In the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23:6 ARTHUR LEONG MENG SUN Age: 63 was ushered Into the Lord's presence on 17 March 2002. Sadly missed by: Wife: Chow Sun Kue, Janet
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        99 5 GOH AH YEO Age: 65 Want homa to the Lord on 16 March 2002. We will sadly miss you, and your love remains with us always. Let Jesus take you home. Lova, Sons: Richard and Jimmy Daughtars: Susan, Jeanne, Lily and Betty Sons-in-law. Ronnie, Yoon Kay and Alastair Daughters-in-law: Hung
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        65 5 VYTHILINGAM JANAGEE Age: 77 passed away peacefully on 17.3.2002 leaving behind her beloved Husband: T V Krishnan Sons: Daughters-in-law: Sankar Lalitha Sridher Mailika Daughter: Shanta Oranddaughter: Ceetha Grandsons: Manoj, Pramoj, Sanjay, Vijay to mourn her. Wake resting at Blk 65, New Upper Changi Rd, 804-1146. Singapore *****5. Tel: *****593 Cortege
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        99 5 "I am the resurrection and the life, he who believes m me, though he were dead, yet shall he lives" John 11:25 IVAN WAN KAI TENG (AH KEONG) Age: 45 was called home to ba with tha Lord on 16 Mar 2002, leaving behind loved onas. Wife: Connie Nge Soi
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        76 5 LOUIS TAN BAK NAM AGE: 73 passed away peacefully on 17 March 02. Sadly missed by loved ones. Wife: Monica Yeo Choon Hiok Son Daughter-in-law: David Tdn Chao Hsiung Sally Lim Meow Joon Daughter: Therese Tan Ko Jean Body lying at Blk 37 Sin Ming Drive «01-567 Parlour 1 until
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        76 5 m I o\ int; Meaaan <>f PETER YIP SHEE LUM uont baSW to Tho Lord on 18 March 1999. The Lord is m\ Sru-pherd. I shi.ll not want" Ps: 2.1. 1 Within a blink ofmn fM the >'■</ utmr /j<;s passed But Cod Km sc< ii lis through mill bun
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        69 5 SUM SOW LIN Age: 81 passed away peacefully on 16 Mar 02. Sadly missed by loved ones. Husband: Choo Yew Cheonq Sons: Choo Theam Took Choo Thomas Daughters-in-law: (Dorothy Tonq, deceased) Christine Tan Daughter: Choo Sao Chen, Pat Son-in-law: Chew Chung Huang Granddaughters, qrandsons-in-law great granddaughter Body resting at Blk
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        86 5 In Loving Memory Of JAMES HEATHCLIFF ZEHNDER Safe In the arms of Jtsus on 18 March 1996 Nrf see you Whan we dost our ayes He see you m our dreams The love i art Will not forget Though 6 years It has been You've been our guide Our sourct
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        15 5 In U»in R Mcmon of C.B. JOHNS Departed 18.3.68 Vjrf Remembered by uife andlowtjones jTj^*
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    • MONEY
      • 645 6 ROUND-UP >i rseas nun kits UNITED States stocks are like.) to eke out gains this week, but do not expect the luck of thc Irish to keep rubbing off on Wall Street since the market discounts a robust economic and earnings recover). 'The
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      • 99 6 TURNOVER (000) VALUE ('000) M«in Sdq Total Mim Sdq Total Multilna 28,507 28.507 35.707 ***** Minufacturq 150.319 29.513 179,832 126 057 6.632 1 32 669 Commerce 34.660 1.009 35.669 12.424 254 12.678 Tpt/Stor/Com 30.638 30,638 47.294 47,294 Fmanc* 16.192 ***** 63 739 63.739 Construction 29,916 2,666 32.582
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      • 118 6 MAIN SOO TOTAL Up Dn unch Up On Unch Up On Unch Muit. ma 10 6 i 0 0 0 10 6 1 Manufacturing 44 60 23 IS 26 S 59 86 31 Commerce 22 22 12 6 5 1 28 27 13 Tot/Stor/Comms 5 17 7
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      • 44 6 Chjnq. Str«,:s Tim*s lnd«« 1778.08 *0.31 BT 08/ OS 271.00 158 00 BTCADI -*****.00 -11.00 BT lOOay MA -*****.00 *27 00 UOBSesdiQ 65.88 *0.04 UOB Blue Chip 649.30 *l 95 STI Futures 1787 *1 MSCI Smqapor* 224 84 -0.41 S.MSCI Futures 225.80 »0.60
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      • 31 6 IPCO 20C 14^.716. 000 iPCCtpnSc -}1. 370.000 UniFoodHK2sc 86,064^000 BlLlntlUS2oc 67 300.000 Ooiatron 5c 65.196.000 Toofl Empire 5c 61.934.000 C-m«AvOMSc 58 661.000 tCSIOc 53.448.000 Surtac* MTMK2OC 51.696.000 ASTiiOc 48.394.000
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      • 443 6 ABN Amro Bank NY 5.25 ABSA Bank Limited 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 American Express Bank 5 Arab Banking Corp 6 Arab Bank PLC 5 Banca Di Roma 6.5 Banca Intesa Banca Commerciale Italiana SPA 7.25 Banca Nazionale DelLavoroSPA 5 Bangkok Bank
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      • 412 6 Mixed showing from Asian units REVIEW 'urrencies HONGKONG Asian currencies put m a mixed per--10 rmance last week, with the yen. the Australian dollar and the Xew Zealand currency showing gains but the peso, the rupiah and the Singapore dollar falling against the greenback. The baht was relatively stable as
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      • 2697 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ■WPJTTP^fIff^JSB ABN Amro Asset Mgt (S pore) Star Europe Eqty'' 0 794/ star Europe Bd 09V Star Europe Bal 0 868/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 0827/ S'arAMdBCXXI 1237/ Star As,a Balanced 0 884/ Star Global Technology Fund 0287/ Star Bhv Finance Japan Fund- 0778/ AlßGowtt (Asia) Ltd
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      • 547 7 Higher oil E rices may hurt Asia, but not US and Europe Energy- guzzling industries make up a higher proportion of Asian economies than m the US. Europe NEW YORK The 24 per cent rally m crude-oil prices this year will not impede growth m the United States and Europe,
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      • MONEY WORLD
        • 76 7 THE Bank of Japan (BOJ) is leaning towards slightly upgrading its assessment of Japan's economy m its March report on economic and financial conditions due out next week, the Nihon Kei/.ai Shimbun reported on Saturday. But even if the BOJ were to decide the worst
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        • 133 7 WORLD demand for tourism and travel will increase by 6 per cent next year, after slumping 7-4 per cent m the previous two years because of slowing United Slates growth and the Sept 11 terrorist attacks, according to the World Travel Tourism Council
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        • 82 7 MS SUSAN Keating, chief executive of Allied Irish Banks' (AlBs) United States unit Allfirst, was set to bow to investor pressure and resign after surviving a management cull at the scandal-rocked bank, British Sunday newspapers reported. The Sunday Times reported that Ms Keating would be
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      • 192 7 More dealers expect shift in Fed stance TOMORROW'S POLICY MEETING NEW YORK A growing number of Wall Street primary dealers expect the Federal Reserve to recalibrate its policy stance at tomorrow's meeting to one stating that the risks to the economy have shifted away from further weakness. A Reuters poll
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      • 264 8 MAD-COW FEARS AS SALES HAVE BEEN SUCK, WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE MANAGEMENT RESOURCES ON HIGHLY PROFITABLE STORES.' A McDonald's Japan official, quoted by the Nihon kc/ai Shimbun TOKYO Fears of mad-cow disease will force McDonald's (Japan) to close a record 130 outlets this year,
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      • 461 8 Japan and S. Korea looking at FTA, says paper Their leaders, meeting m Seoul this week, are expected to agree on a bilateral panel to study proposals Two-way action A high-level bilateral panel, comprising officials, business leaders and academics from each nation, would meet for the first time m June.
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      • 765 10  -  NARKNDRA AGGRAWAL NEWS ANALYSIS Bii <)\o\ll( s( OHM sro\l>l Shorter boom-bust cycle and impending First World status may mean permanent 3% to 4% unemployment rate for Spore SPORE JOBS: RECOVERY? WHAT RECOVERY? RECENT proclamations that the Singapore economy has rebounded must come as good
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      • 372 10  -  SIMON WILCOX FINANCIAL ADVISERS INDUSTRY lit, MR CHONG IS CONCERNED THAT THE NEW ACT 'SAYS NOTHING ABOUT RESTRICTIONS ON OWNERSHIP' THE Government should consider delaying the entry of foreign players into Singapore's fledgling financial advisers industry for perhaps two years m order
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      • 260 10 URA to launch tender for Novena white site THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) will launch a public tender m two weeks for the reserve land parcel at Sinaran Drive near the N'ovena MRT station. This follows a commitment received from a developer which has agreed to bid for the site
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      • 557 10  -  EDNA KOH By l m we i (ui(nisro\i)i'\i A WHOLESALE adoption of the Hongkong or Chilean pensionfund models m Singapore would be a mistake because the mandatory private-sector schemes administered m these countries have been shown to run up huge administrative costs,
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      • 728 11  -  PAUJANSFN It has launched a 939-apartment project close to Shanghai's main business area; plans more inroads m the country By \lo\n 1 m ion 'Sales hare been very encouraging. It's about 80 per cent sold/ apital and China I O Lien Beng
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      • 271 11 Cumulative profits: $4.85 billion* (Down from $5.22 billion a year ago) NOTE: These are the combined earnings after deducting losses of listed companies which have announced full-year results for the period ended Dec 31. 2001 m Singapore dollars No. of companies which have reported so far:
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      • 435 11  -  SOU WEN LIN Bu A NEW breed of expatriate executives project managers are staying too long for a hotel, but too short to secure a housing lease. So presto: Centrepoint Properties' unit, fraser Serviced Residences, believes it has found a lucrative
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      • 322 11  -  COLIN TAN TAKING STOCK Hu NhW economic data from thc L nitccl States released last Friday could help perk up the directionless local stock market m need ot some cues. In tact, the latest slew of positive economic data coming out
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      • 27 11 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents ChODBeCWO9IO26 ...***** 1001.3 5.5 Sea View 690 90.0 15.0 ASF USIC 100 555 54.6 5.7 UOI 300 31.0 11.5 OCBC 1330 30.0 2.3
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      • 26 11 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents Food Empire 5c 23.5 46.9 7.5 BonvestsWto2 2 33.3 0.5 SCotteemixsc 30.5 27' 6.5 AsianMicroSc 20 25.0 4.0 IPCOWO2 2.5 Z5.0 0.5
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      • 27 11 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents Creative T 25c 2240 100.0 4.3 SPH 2270 80.0 3.4 SPH 100 2270 80.0 3.4 DBSGrp 1430 50.0 3.4 SIASOC 1410 50.0 3.4
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      • 546 11  - Sing Tel sees 2.6 m new mobile clients each quarter DENESH DIVYANATHAN FOREIGN HARVEST By I 1 lINOI <)(.^ lii I'Oli 1 I li THERE is a "Singapore" SingTel but look elsewhere if you wonder what the future holds tor the country's biggest company by market capitalisation. One clear sign
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      • 558 12  - Law firm Rajah Tann drops 'Andersen' link REBECCA LEE Three years after highly publicised tie-up, law firm has swopped Andersen brand for Weil, Gotshal and Manges /<-/ SINGAPORE law firm Rajah Tann has dropped the "Andersen Legal" name. Three years after a highly publicised tie-up, the legal eagle has decided
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      • 390 12 SIA cancels air-share pact with Air NZ STRAINED TIES The switch FROM Air-share partnership: One partner owns a number of seats on the other airline and failure to sell the seats would mean a loss m revenue for the airline. TO Code-share arrangement The two airlines share reservation systems and
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