The Straits Times, 16 December 2002

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1 23 The Straits Times
  • 23 1 The Straits Times PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR FMahtishnl 1845 Monday December 16, 2002 •78 Pages in five parts mita (P) 094/03/2002
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  • 446 1  -  YEN SUBRAMANIAN Move takes ST Telemedia closer to vision of establishing global presence, as well as making it a major competitor to SingTel By SINGAPORE Technologies Telemedia (ST Telemedia) yesterday said that it had won a bid for a 42
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  • 35 1 Ozone layer depletion and global warming \\arm human, plant and animal life. Clients of the rubbish collection company snapped up 2,000 of the calendars in less than a fortnight.
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  • 621 1 ARAFAT STANDS UP TO OSAMA LONDON Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has accused Osama bin Laden of exploiting the Palestinian struggle. He told Britain's Sunday Times the Al-Qaeda leader was using the cause for his own purposes. Mr Arafat said he was
    Reuters; New York Times  -  621 words
  • 243 1  - Beauty and The Beast, as told by a GLC SHARMILPAL KA UR Bu THE idea that a rubbish collection company could produce a glamorous calendar to rival the fabled one from Pirelli may seem far-fetched. But the 2003 calendar from government-linked company SembCorp Environmental Management features scantily-clad Asian models posing
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  • NEWS FLASH
    • 264 2 CONSUMERS' CASEBOOK STILL OPEN NEWSPAPER stories of elderly patients prescribed the wrong kind of medication or commuters left stranded by LRT breakdowns make depressing reading for lawyer Stephen Loke. He wants to help such people. But he is no longer in a position to do so at least not
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    • 85 2 KUDOS TO ALL MARATHON RUNNERS UNLIKE StanChart, which took out a full-page ad congratulating only the marathon "finishers" Ms Tan Chor Hoong writes that all who took part in the run should be lauded. She salutes them all, regardless of whether they completed their target distance or not. Congratulating
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    • 65 2 NEW MAGK OF BARRY TROTTER HARRY Potter of the Hogwarts school for wizards has a rival Barry Trotter from Hogwash school. American humorist Michael Gerber says that even though his Christmas bestseller sends up the Potter books, he is really a fan of J. K. Rowling. And readers' feedback
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    • 84 2 S'poreans Vent' Thai girl students THAI students in Hat Yai are being kept by foreigners, especially by Singaporeans and Malaysians. The men house them in apartment rooms and give tnem monthly allowances as an alternative to visiting prostitutes and getting infected by the Aids virus. One teenage student "rented"
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    • Article, Illustration
      134 2 Twists and turns of highway project MOTORISTS will have to contend with more bends and curves on three expressways and on busy trunk roads like Mountbatten and Paya Lebar in the years ahead. But this will happen only in stages and will be temporary just for as long as
      AZIZ HUSSIN  -  134 words
    • 61 2 Retire, as you like it BRITAIN will scrap compulsory retirement at 65 and allow people to leave the workforce when they wish, according to a government minister. Millions are not saving enough for their old age, he adds. Yet the "remorseless arithmetic" of ageing means they would either have
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    • 72 2 EQUITIES 'SETTING ATTRACTIVE' FUND managers say they are looking to the equity markets for next year. And they are advocating actively managed funds, while giving the guaranteed funds a miss. The investment strategy for Fundsupermart.com is "to overweight equities as it finds stocks generally "a lot more attractive than
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    • 101 2 WO RL D BRIBERY CASH TAKEN TO IRAQ DOZENS of American intelligence officers have infiltrated Iraq, with millions of dollars stashed in their luggage. The money is used to bribe key tribal leaders to start a revolt against the Iraqi regime, says a British newspaper. The officers' mission, says the
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    • 129 2 BFJJRK'S MANY GUEST WORKERS MIGRANT workers are the backbone of Beijing's service industry. More than two million who come from areas such as Hebei or Sichuan are serving Beijing's 13 million residents, according to latest census figures. They work as cleaners, waiters, hotel employees, construction workers, security guards and
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    • 65 2 JUST WATCH LIONS WIN! SINGAPORE is confident of winning against Malaysia in the opening Tiger Cup match, says Lions captain Nazri Nasir, who is urging fans to show their support by turning up at the National Stadium on Wednesday. He knows that fans are disappointed with their poor performance
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  • PRIME NEWS
    • 600 3  - Wanted: Fun way to boost social harmony GINME TEO Govt earmarks $500,000 for projects anything from a comic book to an inter-f aith guide that promote bonding We've been organising a festival for the past seven years to help people of different faiths understand the religion. So far, we've been
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    • 225 3 DUNKIRK (France) A Norwegian ship with a cargo of almost 3,000 new cars, including high-end BMWs, Volvos and Saabs, sank in shallow waters in the English Channel, after a collision in thick fog with a Bahamasregistered container vessel. There were no casualties, thanks to
      AFP; AP; REUTERS  -  225 words
    • 654 4  -  LI- ANN WEE The liquor salesman, who was given a glowing reference, was threatened with legal action after joining a rival company *1L MR CHUA HAS IHDMATE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR BUSINESS.. IT IS REASONABLE TO EXPECT NOT TO REVEAL SUCH
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    • 223 4 We eet these stories because you called NewsLine. Keep those calls coming. Dec 13 LOCKED IN: A Chua Chu Kang family which has been hounded by debt collectors for months woke up one morning last week to find their door splashed with black paint and
      WONG KWAI CHOW  -  223 words
    • 251 4 SOME companies, like Asia Pacific Breweries, include a "restraint of trade" clause in employee contracts that forbids workers from joining a rival within a year of leaving. Three litigation lawyers said it was more common for larger firms to have this clause, especially
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    • 640 5  -  ARLINA ARSHAD They come from as far afield as Kelantan, and some observers suspect they are only pretending to be pious and needy §!L 'I'VE SEEN SOHE CARRYING MOBILE PHONES AND WEARHIG GOLD JEWELLERY/ Sales executive Karim Salleh, 27 PHOTOS: MADAM Juli
      TAN SUAN ANN  -  640 words
    • 484 5  -  DERWIN PEREIRA Aim of visit to boost investor confidence after Bali blasts INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA Prime Minister Goh Chok Tone arrives in Indonesia today, to strengthen bilateral ties and regional cooperation. The two-day visit is aimed at restoring investor confidence in the region by
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  • WORLD
    • 498 6 Special teams target tribal leaders in a secret mission to buy their loyalty and encourage Saddam defectors to revolt r^^ fc^^^i^B^Bi WASHINGTON Using American greenbacks, US intelligence officers are planning to pull the carpet from under Saddam Hussein's feet. Dozens of
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    • 119 6 KUWAIT CITY More than a decade after the invasion, many Kuwaitis are still bent on having their revenge on Saddam Hussein. "We hope to see him in the streets of Baghdad dead, his body dragged around," said legislator Mussallam al-Barrak. He was one of the Kuwaiti legislators
      AP  -  119 words
    • 64 6 SURROUNDED by Iraqi women opposed to President Saddam Hussein, Ms Safia Suhail (centre), who says her tribal leader father Sheik Taleb al Soahaid was assassinated by Iraqi intelligence, meets the press outside No 10 Downing Street after talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Dec
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    • 545 7 Saddam's strategy: Win battle of public opinion He uses public opinion to delay US invasion, failing which he will ensure a brutal war with the US i^^J Paranoid but not mad 'Saddam has often been characterised as the madman of the Middle East. But mad he is not. 'He is
      The Washington Post; REUTERS  -  545 words
    • 120 7 US military spending gets a 14b boost WASHINGTON The Bush administration plans to increase military spending by about $14 billion next year, in line with President George W. Bush's pledge to build up the nation's armed forces to sustain the war on terrorism and pay for new weapons. The budget
      The Washington Post  -  120 words
    • 189 8 ♦Believed to be building two f Believed to be months away facilities that make plutonium from assembling a nuclear device and uranium for nuclear weapons Retains large pool of nuclear 5 mw and 30 kw research scientists reactors under lAEA safeguards BMonical started work
      AFP  -  189 words
    • 836 8  - Iran the biggest threat of axis of evil countries WILLIAM CHOONG It has an array of weapons of mass destruction and it exports terrorism against US and Israel By The US government is willing to wait out the ayatollahs, but it is not willing to wait out Saddam/ Dr Jon
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    • 51 9 THE frozen waters in Oranke lake, Berlin, clearly cuts no ice with these members of ice swimming club Berliner Seehunde (Berlin Seals), taking a dip during their weekly meeting. Its website advises new members to bring a sense of fun, warm clothing and strong nerves.
      AP  -  51 words
    • 437 9 Beijing is the key. China cutting off economic assistance to Pyongyang could prove a bitter blow to Kim It (China) is an immediate and very effective tool mat has not yet been fully delved into. Ms Balbina Hwang of
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    • WORLD FILE
      • 61 9 FOREIGN medical students who have trained in Australia will be allowed to work as hospital interns in a bid to ease pressure on the public hospital system, the government said yesterday. The students will be granted temporary visas for up to two years, allowing them
        AFP  -  61 words
      • 62 9 A NICARAGUAN judge has ordered three US companies to pay US$49O million (SsB6O million) to 583 people allegedly affected by the pesticide Nemagon. The victims sued Dow Chemical, Shell Oil Co and Standard Fruit Co in 1998 for using Nemagon on banana fields in western
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      • 78 9 A MAN who spoiled a major archaeological find when he looted ancient American Indian remains from a Nevada cave in the 1980s has been fined US$2.5 million (554.4 million) in civil penalties. Jack Lee Harelson de- stroyed what could have been one of the
        AP  -  78 words
      • 62 9 7 GUNNED DOWN IN SIBERIA UNIDENTIFIED gunmen killed a man earlier acquitted of organisedcrime charges, his wife and five other people in a spray of gunfire in the Siberian city of Irkutsk on Saturday, a news report said. Pavel Kiselyov earlier had been tried for murder, banditry and organising criminal
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      • 68 9 THE world's first cloned baby will be born in Belgrade next month, controversial Italian gynaecologist Severino Antinori has said. He said the woman's pregnancy was progressing normally and the male foetus was healthy and had "more than a 90-per-cent chance" of being born. The
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    • 801 10  -  DR JONATHAN EYAL NEWS ANALYSIS Hr, Ignoring the political and legal tangles it faces in its own collaboration, it advises Asia to cooperate better in fighting terror FOR over a year, there has been a constant refrain from Western governments: Asia must do more to
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    • 243 10 KARACHI The arrest of three Pakistani militants plotting an attack on US diplomats here has led to what police described yesterday as the largest ever seizure of explosives in the terrorismravaged nation. The unprecedented 10,000--kg cache of aluminium nitrate, the explosive chemical used
      AP; AFP  -  243 words
    • 220 10 ISTANBUL Two men arrested in Jordan in connection with the assassination of a US diplomat have identified their superior as Abu Musab Zarqawi, an Al-Qaeda lieutenant wanted for bis role in a plot to bomb hotels in Amman and Europe in December 1999 during
      Los Angeles Times; REUTERS  -  220 words
    • 247 11 Compulsory retirement to be scrapped as country faces growing crisis on providing pensions LONDON Britain is to scrap compulsory retirement at 65 and give people the choice of leaving the workforce when they wish, according to a government minister. Mr Andrew Smith, the
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    • PEOPLE
      • 176 11 SHE IS ONASSIS' DESCENDANT LONDON The world's richest girl will be 18 in a few weeks and stands to receive US$l4 billion (Ss2s billion) in inheritance from her mother, the daughter of fabled Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis. Athina Roussel's mother, Christina,
        INTERNET  -  176 words
      • 78 11 PLOT TO STEAL HAIR OF PRINCE HARRY LONDON Prince Harry, son of the late Princess Diana, has been warned of a plot to steal some of his hair in a bid to obtain a sample of his DNA, a Sunday newspaper reported. If such a plot exists, it may be
        Reuters  -  78 words
      • 107 11 VENTURA (California) Max Factor cosmetic empire heir Andrew Luster, 38, is expected to go on trial today for allegedly raping at least three women after drugging them at bars and parties. He was arrested in July 2000 after a woman told police she
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      • 79 11 MANILA aspirant Raul Roco declared this week that he is healthy and fit and that only his popularity, not his rumoured cancer, is growing. "Let me say that the only things metastasising about me is my popularity," said the former education secretary. He admitted having had
        Luz Baguioro  -  79 words
      • 67 11 Austrian playwright Elfriede Jelinek, 56, has been awarded a prestigious German literary prize. She has tackled the legacy of the Nazi era in her works and drawn headlines for polemics against extremism. Queen Elizabeth II will fork out almost £1 million (Ss2.B million) so that her cousin Prince Michael of
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      • 41 11 You have an obligation as a judge to be right but you have no obligation to be dull/ —Justice I. Michael Ealdn, a Pennsylvania Supreme Court judge who likes "poetic justice" by giving his decisions in the form of poems
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    • 31 6 P FOP 1.1 World's Richest Girl IjH The world's richest girl will celebrate her Lj 18th birthday with $25 billion from her mother, the late Christina Onassis. pace i i !£j(l
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  • COMMENTARY ANALYSIS
    • 821 12  -  NEIL MONTEFIORE By 36 IS HOT THE ANSWER TO THE INDUSTRY'S PROBLEMS, NOR IS IT CAUSING THEM, BUT IT IS A CONVENIENT SCAPEGOAT. THERE is an industry that, during the last 15 years or so, arguably experienced the greatest growth of any market ever, created
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    • 626 12 The Straits Times Chen hit by some quake MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2002 THE outcome of the mayoral elections in Taiwan gives a glimpse into how the island's growing if reluctant integration with China will evolve in the next couple of years. This is not as strange as it sounds. Though
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    • 988 12  -  LIM SAY BOON By BRACE yourselves for another tough year in 2003. The world might just avoid that much-feared double-dip recession. But another 12 months of sluggish growth with little sustained upside for either asset prices or job growth is
      LOH JAHAN  -  988 words
    • 958 13  -  M AFOOT SIMON By IF NOT for the gravity of the situation, Gus Dur's recent remarks about Islamic radicals in Indonesia would have been amusing. While trying to downplay Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew's comments about the extent of Islamic radicalism in Indonesia,
      The Straits Times; AFP  -  958 words
    • ASIAN CURRENTS
      • 111 13 SOME NAY TO 60 IN BALI BOMB INVESTIGATIONS WHILE the Indonesian police must be commended for making significant progress in their investigation of the recent bomb attacks in Bali, they still have some way to go yet. The police seem to have a very weak case against the three
        The Jakarta Post  -  111 words
      • 94 13 CRACK DOWN ON INTERNET LIBEL IRRESPONSIBLE attacks by Netizens in South Korea on people with different views nave become a serious social problem threatening national harmony. Such behaviour endangers the democratic process of the nation and the culture of open discussion, and also stands in the way of
        The Korea Times  -  94 words
      • 99 13 BAN RECKLESS DRIVERS WHO CAUSE DEATH MOST Malaysian drivers are incorrigible. Repeated appeals to be more careful and considerate go unheeded and admonitions are ignored. Thus, the proposal by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi to revoke permanently the driving licences of motorists who cause deaths in road accidents is
        New Straits Times  -  99 words
      • 111 13 MUG WOES STEM FROM POOR MANAGEMENT IT IS no coincidence that two medical institutions in Taiwan got into trouble recently over the prescription of wrong drugs. This is due to a long-standing negligence of professional pharmaceutical management on an island where pharmacies have very little say in the run-
        The China Times  -  111 words
      • 94 13 POVERTY A PRESSING CONCERN THAILAND is fortunate to have the chance to host the Commission on Human Security. Discussions on this area from a global perspective are long overdue in this country. Problems in human security include economic turbulence, ethnic conflicts, abject poverty, drought and famine. Therefore, any government
        The Nation  -  94 words
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    • 487 14 HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS TO CARLTON HOTEL SINGAPORE on winning Hospitality Asia Platinum Awards s I I __,?^S B^B^B_H^___H__B__BJ^__B_—B__B_^^^^flßJJK|^"Q^^vsf'€^^^^^^!}^w*^ i ______P^K 1 I ___B__l_______B___^^___l___^^___^__-ll_«t'^W'*^ w^^-^ '_t& >'-''' _^-~L B___Pvß___P__r I \B_ HKV b^_______B____Bj)b_^Sbk9_b__^_^P@Blh_^' -_^____J_P_____i^P__i___i_k. I 1 ___w B^^B|BK|a^ng^Brsw'?^^^feg t -^k _______f_______T______H^ i ___ll_P^^ _B^^^H__^Bs^^: js^^^^^s^_s& ,«s^T-«' «^lk^~ *w _^___J^^^_! __^__l___. I I'fl1
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  • FORUM
    • 569 15 SINGAPORE DECIDED TO HAVE THUS TO REVISE THE PMCE WHEN MALAYSIA A9O FOR IT. HOWEVER. TWS DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE INI ACCEPT ANY PRICE THAT MALAYSIA STATES. I HAVE been following the reports on the water talks between Malaysia
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    • 267 15 I REFER to the letter, "Credit card queries answered" (ST, Dec 5), by Mr John Chang, general manager of credit cards and personal loan at Standard Chartered. He wrote: "If the card member has an arrangement with a merchant or company to
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    • 201 15 MR DHARMENDRA Yadav questioned the Media Development Authority's composition in "How representative is media board?" (ST, Dec 12). He acknowledged that "almost every member has a constructive role to play in the achievement of the stated mission" and that "merit has
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    • 166 15 TINTED VISORS... Ban is outdated and unhelpful I WONDER WHAT FEATURES CM BE IDOmFDrACRHMNALWEARSA FULL-FACED HELMET WITH SUNGLASSES. I REFER to Mr Ong Yong Keat's letter, "Let m-cyclists use helmets with tinted visors" (ST, Dec 9). I would also like to urge the Traffic Police to allow the use of
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    • 264 15 ...AND CAR WINDOWS THE Land Transport Authority's (LTA) strict guidelines about the tint limit for car windscreens are Questionable. I understand that the rule is that at least 70 per cent of light must enter through the windows in the front half of
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    • 649 16 Why laud only the ones who finished? Singapore Marathon 2002 CONGMTUUTMG ONLY lift SUGCESMIKS MID WINNERS, LEAVMG THE FAILURES OUT M THE COLD, IS NOT GONK TO HELP MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO TRY. ■W- -w- -^rHILEIam J not a runner, on Dec 8, my spirit was out T T there with
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    • How to make it better
      • 268 16 TO HAVE greater public involvement in the Singapore Marathon, I suggest the following: Consider changing the month of the run as it is more likely to rain in December. The advantage of holding the event in December is that school examinations are over, so
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      • 114 16 I WOULD like to commend Standard Chartered on doing a great job in organising the Singapore Marathon on Dec 8. It was thoughtful to provide trucks to take the runners' belongings to the finish points. However, it is a waste to provide runners with
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      • 89 16 ON DEC 8, 1 was caught for at least 20 minutes in a massive traffic jam because the entire stretch of Collyer Quay from the Battery Road entrance until the junction with Esplanade Drive (west-bound carriageway) was sealed off. This was because the participants
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    • 154 16 Secret checks for GST profiteering MR HENRY Lim Li Shun raised the possibility in his letter, Avill retailers really absorb GST hike?" (ST, Dec 12), that retailers will mark ud their prices on some items to offset the loss from absorbing the GST increase for other items. Case shares his
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    • 141 16 Sistic seeks to prevent repeat of mistake WE REFER to Mr Chee Kim Tian's letter, "Sistic mishandled musical" (ST, Dec 9). We would like to thank Mr Chee for his feedback and apologise for the inconvenience and disappointment caused by the information given by our hotline staff on Dec 2.
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    • 34 1 A CASE OF BEING HELPLESS Ifeel quite helpless. I want to help these people, but I can't. Former Case chairman Stephen Loke, on reading about consumer woes in the newspapers Monday, December 16, 2002
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    • 457 1  -  KARAMJIT KAUR Land Acquired For Rail Line And Expressway About 50% of them say the amount of money offered by the Singapore Land Authority as compensation is not enough By TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT ABOUT half of the 126 owners of homes, shops and offices in
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    • 969 2  - Not quite Case closed for former chairman GINNEE TEO In the continuing series in which we catch up with people who have been affected by news events of the year, we find out how the once-vocal former Case head is dealing with the quiet life. By CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT READING the
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    • 175 2 What Happened Then MARCH: Mr Yeo Cuat Kwang (above), 4 1 a director of the NTUC, becomes Case president. May: Mr Seah Seng Choon, another NTUC man seconded to Case for two years, is appointed executive director. May/Jlllie: The rift in Case becomes public, when Mr Seah and Mr Loke
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    • 29 4 Geylang River and run through busy areas like Mountbatt^n Road, Geylang Road, Fava Lebar Road and Airport Road, before linking up with me Tampines Expressway.
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    • 528 4  -  KARAMJIT KAUR Longest road tunnel coming your way Sfffe diversion unavoidable along xdgcgn 'Where possible, we will provide lane-for-lane replacement when we move the roads and there will also be ample signs to warn motorists of the diversions. Mr Chnah Han Lrong, LTA'i tenior manager for the road
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    • 354 4  - She never believed it Now she is confident! Why? ANNA COH Advertising Feature I "Now I'm convinced, anyone can enjoy the same achievement like me. Written by In a recent slimming contest, five lucky girls were selected to participate in "The Slimming Challenge 2003", organized by Cenosis and jointly supported
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    • 442 5 Build-to-order flats scheme starts in Punggol 21, Sengkang Home buyers can now indicate which area they want to buy flat in and HDB will build when there is sufficient demand THE sale of 1,466 four-room units in Punggol 21 and Sengkang will launch the new Build-To-Order (BTO) programme in which
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    • IN SHORT
      • 69 5 A CARGO plane which overshot the runway at Changi Airport on Friday was lifted off the grass verge and towed to a Sarking bay early yesteray morning. The plane, which had arrived from Yokota, Japan, had four people on board at the time of the incident.
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      • 64 5 A PRIME mover travelling along Penjuru Road crashed into the gate of a building at 6.05 pm on Saturday, causing it to collapse. The vehicle landed partially in a small drain and the 44-year-old driver suffered serious head injuries. He was unconscious when sent to
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      • 107 5 AN AUSTRALIAN national charged on Saturday with possession of 762 g of heroin for trafficking purposes could face the death penalty if convicted. Salesman Nguyen Tuong Van, 22, who is of Vietnamese origin, was caught four days ago while in transit at Changi Airport on his
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      • 90 5 THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry welcomed the Manpower Ministry's decision to extend the moratorium on the levy for both skilled and unskilled workers until June 30 next year, but feared that the levy would go up once the economy showed signs of
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      • 145 5 THE Singapore Broadcast Authority (SBA) is seeking feedback from the industry and public on a 96-page draft code to regulate the media industry. Called the Code of Practice for Market Conduct in the Provision of Mass Media Services, the guidelines are to be finalised
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    • 435 5 Bike-accident deaths are up and this is one of the causes FOR a glimpse of needless deaths, turn to motorcycle statistics. In the first 10 months of this year, 72 riders and nine in the pillion seat died, many from weaving
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    • 588 6  -  LEE HUI CHIEH Estrangement? Let polls speak for the people. That's still PAP's stand, same as in 1994 when the Great Affective Divide issue was first raised Bu THE Government's response to an observation that it is increasingly alienating Singaporeans remains much the same
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    • 92 6 SCDF's first recall a success THE Singapore Civil Defence Force's (SCDF) first open mobilisation exercise held yesterday was a "huge success" with 99 per cent of its national servicemen reporting to their mobilisation base at the Sengkang Fire Station. The exercise between 2 pm and 8 pm recalled two units,
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    • 39 6 WONG MAVE-E Wet weather could not dampen the 100 km "ultra-marathon" at Aljunied yesterday, held to raise funds for the care of the frail and needy in the Geylang and Toa Payoh senior citizens' health-care centres.
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    • 506 6  - Business as usual for United despite bankruptcy filing SHARMELPAL KAUR By UNITED Airlines is putting on a brave face and reassuring fliers that they will see no decline in service as it embarks on a restructuring programme which is estimated to last 18 months. United Airlines Singapore's acting general manager,
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    • EDUCATION
      • 673 7  -  JANE LEE One student wants to do a job which is vital to his country. The other wonders where to head with poor exam results. This is a weekly advice column answers their questions. *L MOST students look for courses which will land them
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      • 573 8  -  GENETTE KOH Eroonomic backpacks are catching on, even with $200 price tags; but learning how to carry a bag correctly may be just as effective By ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD Nicolette Soh, a pupil at CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School, complained of getting backache from
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      • 218 8 Logo-crazy editor wins design contest IT WAS his passion for company logos that helped Mr Raymond Lee's design get picked as Republic Polytechnic's school emblem from more than 600 entries last week. Mr Lee, 41, a deputy art editor at The Straits Times, is familiar with corporate logos, having collected
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    • TECH & SCIENCE
      • 528 9  - Let kids go to gaining centres for lessons CHONG CHEE KIN Owners of these arcades will let private schools conduct courses, like designing Web pages, in the premises in a bid to keep business afloat By OWNERS of computer gaming centres have teamed up .with a group of private-school teachers
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      • 281 9  - FILL HER UP WITH HYDROGEN STEVE DAWSON GEEK NOTES By CAR manufacturer BMW presented what it calls its CleanEnergy system here last week, by showcasing a car which runs on hydrogen. It is designed for the transitional phase when cars switch from their current finite oil resource to a new
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      • 109 9 NEW YORK Microsoft revealed "critical" flaws in its nearubiquitous Windows operating system which could allow hackers to do alarming things like alter data stored in computers, load and run criminal programs and reformat hard disks. In a security bulletin published last Wednesday, it urged
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      • 126 9 GLOBAL mobile-phone subscriptions have reached 941 million and are catching up with the number of fixed-line subscriptions, which number 1.05 billion. The details are the latest available from mobile-phone manufacturer Nokia. Mr Paul-Henri Ferrand, vicepresident of Nokia Networks Asia Pacific said that another
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      • 247 9 BEIJING Archaeologists will use mine-surveying technology to find the sprawling underground tomb of China's first emperor, a project leader said. They will place sensors on the ground and in aircraft to detect chambers and tunnels that could betray the location of the
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  • The Straits Times asia
    • 8 1 The Straits Times asia Monday, December 16, 2002
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    • 33 1 IAM NO DICTATOR' 'Only lazy people who have no ideas of helping the Indian community will say I am a dictator. Malaysian Indian Congress president S. Samy Vellu lashing out at his critics.
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    • 509 1  -  XIE HONG Without them, the city's service industry will grind to a halt as nine in 10 workers are migrants from other parts of China By THE STRAITS TIMES CHINA DESK BEIJING cannot do without its migrant workforce. The capital's service industry, in particular,
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    • 121 1 BEIJING Rising unemployment has prompted Beijing residents to ditch their pride and become domestic helpers a job once regarded as and taken up only by migrant workers. More than 5,000 people flocked to an employment fair on Saturday aimed at helping employers look
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    • CHINA
      • 618 2  -  JASON LEOW Many non-union companies and factories look set to be shut down as labour bureau gets serious about enforcing laws By CHINA CORRKSPONDF.NT BEIJING Employers based in Beijing who mistreat their staff will be made to feel the pain by the city's
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      • 246 2  -  XIE HONG IMMIGRATION IMPROVEMENTS fgj THE STRAITS TIMES CHINA DESK SOME visitors to China may not be aware that the Chinese authorities have been easing visa restrictions for quite some time. "Several measures have been adopted in recent years to facilitate visa applications," said
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      • 66 2 AN INTERESTED Chinese farmer and his not-so-interested buffalo watch officials at an outdoor court in a village on the outskirts of Guangzhou. A trial between villagers over a financial dispute was held openly to provide a rare chance for villagers to catch
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      • 304 2 BEIJING Chinese actress Liu Xiaoqing was busy editing a television serial just before she was arrested for tax evasion in June as she had hoped the show would help raise funds to settle her taxes. According to her lawyer, the 51-year-old
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      • 132 2 BEIJING Yuanmingyuan, an ancient imperial garden in north-west Beijing built in the 1700s and burned down twice in 1860 and 1900 by invading foreign troops, is being restored. The work will begin with Zhengjue Temple outside the Qjchun Garden of Yuanmingyuan, also known as "Garden
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    • 540 3  -  KWAN WENG KIN The elite bureaucracy which has some of Japan's finest brains is often not tapped because of a latent distrust for them By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT .TOKYO Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's economic reforms are going awry because he is unable
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    • 112 3 TAIPEI Taiwan's future and the conduct of its politicians are what youths in the island are most concerned^ about. In a survey by the ToSun Foundation, they gave the issues scores of 3.66 and 3.61, respectively, out of a maximum of 5. Their worries
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      47 3 REUTERS Pinkie the miniature dachshund gets the royal treatment at an exclusive pet salon in Tokyo where owners spare no expense to keep their beloved companions looking their best. Dead Sea mud packs, starting at 10,000 yen (Ssl4s) for small dogs, are all the rage.
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    • 221 3 Taiwan's ruling party unfazed by joint bid TAIPEI Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has said it was not worried about the proposed joint presidential bid by the two main opposition parties in the 2004 election, saying the two parties made similar gestures but ended up going their own way
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    • 157 3 TAIPEI Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has been forced to drop his planned visit to Indonesia after a media leak prompted protest from China, it was reported. Taiwan's Central News Agency said the decision to kill the trip to Yogyakarta was made at a
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    • 313 4 Ex-commander prays for sub accident victims Former officer weeps at Japanese memorial TOKYO A tearful former US submarine commander visited a monument at a fisheries high school in rural Japan yesterday to pray for nine people killed in an accident caused by his vessel. In a gesture of reconciliation hoping
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    • 471 4 Soldiers in brawl fuel S.Korean anti-US feelings Three held after street fight as huge protest highlights sliding support for military presence SEOUL Three US soldiers were held yesterday for brawling with South Koreans in a street fight, hours after at least 50,000 took to the streets in a candle-lit protest
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    • 140 4 HONGKONG Hongkong mothers who do not take maternity leave tend to have smaller babies that weigh less, increasing the infants' risk of diseases such as diabetes and heart problems later in life, a study has showed. The study by the Chinese University
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    • 547 5 it may mean a further swing to the Hindu right in the state where 1,000 died in sectarian violence Final tally Total seats: 182 B JP: 127 Congress: 50 Others: 4 Uncontested: 1 AHMEDABAD India's ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) yesterday
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    • ASIA FILE
      • 76 5 SCIENTIST GUILTY OF SMUGGLING A CHINESE scientist has been convicted in a US court of attempting to smuggle stolen genetic research material to China and is now facing up to 15 years in jail, a Cornell University spokesman has said. Yin Qjngqiang was heading back to China on July 28
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      • 48 5 FIVE people died and 400 were evacuated during a major gas leak in a residential building in north-east China's Liaoning province yesterday, state media said. Twenty-four people are being treated in hospital for gas poisoning following the accident in Dalian city. AFP
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      • 62 5 FORMER New Party legislator Elmer Fung staged a sit-down protest at Taipei's Chung Cheng Memorial Hall during the weekend over his four-month jail sentence for slandering former first lady Tseng Wen-fui. He demanded a retrial after producing a tape of a conversation with renowned scholar Chiu
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      • 32 5 SRI Lanka's warring parties now engaged in Norwegian-brokered peace talks have begun moves to dismantle military camps as a confi-dence-building measure, diplomats in Colombo said yesterday. AFP
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      • 51 5 AT LEAST 12,000 demonstrators marched in Hongkong yesterday to protest against a proposed anti-subversion law which they fear will undermine the territory's freedoms of speech, press and assembly. Traffic was snarled in the city centre as the demonstrators formed a line that stretched 6 fan.
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    • 119 5 SRINAGAR Indian soldiers discovered a Pakistani surface-to-air missile in a suspected militant hide-out in Indian-controlled Kashmir the first such find in 13 years, the military said. The heat-seeking missile was found on Friday in the border district of Kupwara, the Indian Army said in
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 164 6 BANGKOK Hordes of Thai shoppers snapped up 20,000 polo shirts emblazoned with the favourite dog of their adored King Bhumibol Adulyadej in a matter of hours, reports said yesterday. Chaotic scenes gripped nine Thai > Chamber of Commerce sales booths across the capital as
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      • 506 6  -  DERWIN PFREIRA The rebels insist the issue of independence has not been resolved and want the province's 2004 election to be turned into a 'referendum' By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA The peace deal between the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) could
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      • 360 7 On rent: Thai college girls as foreigners' wives Singaporean and Malaysian men, scared off by Aids, J keep v these students with monthly payments HAT YAI (Thailand) High school and college students in Hat Yai are becoming "rented wives" for foreign men, especially from Singapore and Malaysia, who are seeking
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      • 153 7 CHIANG MAI Thailand and Myanmar have drawn up a joint plan to fight drugs as they wrapped up a two-day meeting on anti-narcotics efforts here. "We reviewed our joint operations and cooperation during the year. We also exchanged views and advice on
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      • REGIONAL FILE
        • 24 7 POLICE in the Indonesian province of Papua have arrested three separatists during a protest parade, local media reported yesterday. AFP
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        • 38 7 ONE of two remaining tooth relics believed to be from the Buddha arrived in Thailand from China yesterday to be enshrined for 76 days in honour of the Thai monarch's 75th birthday. AP
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        • 61 7 PHILIPPINE Labour Secretary Patricia Santo Tomas said on Saturday she will travel to Hongkong next week to urge officials not to tax Filipino domestic workers there. Many pro-business and pro-Beijing political parties in Hongkong have called tor a levy of up to HKS7SO (Ssl7O)
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        • 39 7 A WOMAN in Vietnam's northern coastal province of Thanh Hoa was arrested for trafficking 50 kg of TNT explosives, 1,000 detonators and 50 m of electric cable. But police ruled out terrorist motives. AFP
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        • 31 7 CAMBODIAN Foreign Minister Hor Namhong is in North Korea and will hold bilateral talks with his counterpart there during his four-day visit, a Cambodian official said yesterday. AFP
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 531 8  -  REME AHMAD As MCA meets to decide fate of dissident duo, a party official is accused of agitating against the highway plan By IN KUALA LUMPI R 'I'M NOT AGMNST THE MCA AS MOST OF THEM ARE GENERALLY COOPERATIVE. BUT IF
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      • 129 8 IPOH A nine-year-old boy started the engine of imparked car which was left in first gear and rammed* into his two sisters, killing one of them. Their parents had left them in the car outside a show-house at a new housing estate in
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      • 301 8 SPEEDIER TRIALS KUALA LUMPUR The government is considering setting up special courts to hear cases against income tax defaulters who owe more than RMI billion (Ss46o million). The proposal came from Inland Revenue Board (IRB) chief executive officer Datuk Zainol Abidin Rashid, who
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      • MALAYSIA FILE
        • 57 9 LEADERS of the Umno Women's wing at all levels have been instructed to explain to parents the importance of enrolling tneir children in national schools, its chief Rafidah Aziz said. She said the group had succeeded in explaining to them the use of English to
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        • 52 9 POLICE FIND STOLEN GAS REGULATORS POLICE in Kajang, Selangor, have recovered 8,600 gas regulators worth RM860,000 (S$400,000) from a scrapyard in Cheras. Police arrested the owner who is believed to have been told by a gang to dispose off 17,000 gas regulators worth RMI.7 million that it had stolen in
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        • 51 9 THE Bar Council supports the government's proposal to allow child witnesses to testify via video, saying it will be less traumatic for them. "We must also ensure that the child does not suffer from post-trial trauma," the council chairman said. Asia News Network The
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        • 36 9 A FIRE broke out on a Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) ship, KD Sri Inderapura, 'early yesterday at a jetty at the RMN base in Perak. No casualties were reported. Xinhua
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        • 38 9 AT LEAST four of the 18 tigers kept in small cages at the Malacca Zoo may be sent to a zoo in Germany and a botanical garden-cum-animal sanctuary in Sarawak. New Straits Times
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      • 520 9 It is gathering evidence of politically motivated Friday sermons and plans to publicise the matter on television KUALA LUMPUR The government is gathering evidence of politically-motivated sermons by some religious leaders at mosques nationwide. Deputy Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin said
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      • 292 9 MUAR A five-year-old girl, believed to be a victim of abuse, was found naked with bruises after being abandoned by her mother, the child's grandmother alleged. The young girl was found on Friday near Kampung Serom Lapan by a villager. Her
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      • 196 9 Govt wants private sector to hire more handicapped Ministry prepared to train workers and firms GENTING HIGHLANDS The private sector has been urged to provide more job opportunities for the handicapped to ensure that they are not segregated from other members of society. Human Resources Minister Fong Chan Onn said
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    • The Straits Times sports
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        47 10 SWEDE SVEN M OOIT IHHAT 7 accept it, but the day I don't accept it I will leave, change country. England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson revealing, on a BBC breakfast show yesterday, that he will quit if the speculation over his private life becomes too much to handle
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      • 454 10  -  G. SIVAKKUMARAN SOCCER B}L SINGAPORE is confident of winning against Malaysia on Wednesday, said skipper Nazri Nasir, who is urging fans to turn up at the National Stadium to support the Lions in their opening Tiger Cup match. Speaking to reporters at the Amara
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      • 80 10 Wednesday, National Stadium. Thailand v Laos {kick-off at 5.35pm), Singapore v Malaysia (8.05pm). Grandstand Season ticket $30, grandstand (ordinary) $12, gallery (season) $15, gallery (ordinary) $6, children (season) $5, children (ordinary) $2. Tickets are available at Sistk outlets, www.sistic.coni.sf, and 6348-5555. Also at the National Stadium's East and
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      • 305 10 JAKARTA The Tiger Cup started yesterday with nothing less than a major upset, which was followed by a big goal-scoring feast. Minnow Myanmar held favourite Indonesia to a goal-less draw, leaving the 20,000 home supporters, including Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, at the Gelora Bung
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      • 498 10 Hosts Spurs give defending champion a torrid time in London derby LONDON Arsenal survived a blistering firsthalf display by Tottenham to claim a draw in the North London derby at White Hart Lane yesterday. Spurs led through Christian Ziege's magnificent free kick after just
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      • 436 10 LEEDS Terry Venables may not have to endure his managerial hell at Leeds United for much longer. According to the Sunday Mirror, the ex-England boss has agreed to take a £l-mil-lion (552.79-million) golden handshake to leave the club if his side loses, in
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      • 268 10 COMO (Italy) AC Milan maintained its lead at the top of the Serie A yesterday with a 2-1 win at bottom-placed Como, thanks to goals by Massimo Ambrosini and Andriy Shevchenko. Elsewhere, the absence of Serie A top scorer Christian Vieri made life
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      • 162 10 Takto <©•• not Inc lud J u van t us v Laz to match. r i t r ft AC Milan MM 2 2 30 10 32 MVbbbl M 9 3 2 29 15 30 Ittio 13 8 4 I 28 13 28 Cfeievo 14 I 2 4
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      • 556 11  -  PEH SHING HUEI GOLF Third- round 58 gives Japan the lead, US fourth after a 57 at World Cup By BIRDIES and eagles were easy catches at the World Cup, as Japan took the third-round lead after collecting 12 birdies and an eagle for a
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      • 467 11  -  JEFFREY LOW SQUASH By ALL IT took was 32 minutes for Mohamed Rizal to establish himself as the best squash player in Singapore today and perhaps propel him into the ranks of professionalism. The 24-year-old police sergeant «von the men s Open final hands down yesterday
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      • 285 11 ANTWERP (Belgium) Former world No 1 David Palmer has captured the only major squash title missing from his collection after beating John White of Scotland in the World Open final. His 13-15, 12-15, 15-6, 15-14, 15-11 win is one of the best finals in
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      • 528 11 BASKETBALL IF rTWERE ME, I'D TRADE THEM BOTH.' Robert Horry, who says there are times when superstars O'Neal and Bryant also fail to contribute LOS ANGELES As the struggling Los Angeles Lakers embark on a seven-game stretch against teams that made the
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      • 217 11 HORSE RACING BRILLIANT three-year-old Pacific City is to haVe a well-earned break with his reputation well and truly in tact following a breathtaking win at the Singapore Racecourse yesterday. The Bernard Ang-trained gelding looked destined for stardom after winning his first three starts but he then
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        • 49 12 ARMSTRONG SETS RETIREMENT DATE FOUR-TIME winner of the Tour de France Lance Armstrong is considering retiring from cycling m 2004. The 31-year-old says that is the likelv timeframe, but whatever happens, he will be giving ud when he is 35. He is bidding for his fifth Tour next year.
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        • 64 12 JAPAN'S gymnastics chiefs are to lodge a formal protest with their Romanian counterparts after double Olympic gold medallist Lavinia Milosovici filmed a nude performance near Tokyo. Five-time world champion Milosovici, 26, and two other female Romanian gymnasts performed naked on competitionstandard apparatus such as the
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        • 56 12 FORMER rugby giant Fiji has shocked New Zealand 24-14 to win the South African Sevens. Three tries in the first half by the Fijians eave them a 19-0 lead at halftime, and although New Zealand came back strongly in the second half, the deficit
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        • 60 12 AUSTRALIAN champion leg-spinner Shane Warne is in doubt for next February's cricket World Cup after dislocating his bowling shoulder in Melbourne yesterday. He dived to stop a single off his own bowling and landed with his full weight on his right elbow during a
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        • 58 12 BRAZILIAN World Cup-winning coach Luiz Feßpe Scolari has taken charge of Portugal's un-der-achieving national soccer team and says his goal is to win the 2004 European Championship. "We came here to reach the goal of the entire Portuguese people. ..to reach the European Championship
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        • 43 12 A FOOTBALL fan was charged with indecent or racist chanting at an English Premiership match at Charlton Athletic on Saturday. Security consultant Barrie Edward Lawrence, 30, was arrested for alleged abuse against black players following a police undercover operation.
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        • 48 12 MANCHESTER United captain Roy Keane is expected to return from injury to soccer's English Premier League at Blackburn next Sunday. "Roy is back in full training and there is a chance he will play in the reserves on Thursday," said manager Alex Ferguson.
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        • 42 12 AMERICAN Chris Byrd captured the vacant International Boxing Federation heavyweight title in Atlantic City on Saturday, taking a unanimous 12-round decision from compatriot Evander Holyfield, aged 40. "I beat him to the punch," said the 32--year-old Byrd.
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      • 1102 11 BASKETBALL NBA: Phoenu 10? Atlanta 88. Boston 113 New York 90. Cleveland 111 Denver 104. Detroit 91 Se attle 78. Miami 101 Golden State 92. Portland 98 Minnesota 92 (0T). Chicago 97 Milwaukee 95 Dallas 104 Memphis 87. LA Clippers 94 Houston 83 Sacramento 98 Utah 96
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        1299 12 LOH AH TIN Age: 79 passed away peacefully on 15 Dec 2002, leaving behind loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lau Pak Hong Tan Sai Hong Lau Pak Chin Cheong Phui Leng Lau Yew Kong Tham Slew Fong Lau Fook Kong Lau Yew Khuan Lau Yew Leong Choy Yoke Ping Daughters: Sons-in-law:
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        • 135 13 HONGKONG Hopes are fading for a yearend rally in Hongkong shares, with the market expected to post its third straight week of losses as the threat of a United States-led war against Iraq gnaws away at investor confidence. Brokers said the market would
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        • 62 13 WITH three consecutive weekly declines having plunged British stock prices back towards last September's low, the market looks set for a bumpy ride this week as dealers begin to wind down ahead of the year-end holiday period. The FTSE 100 index of leading shares shed 135.4 points, or 3.4
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        • 47 13 THE Australian share market is expected to tread water this week as cautious investors stay on the sidelines, analysts said. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index closed the week down 56 points, or 1.9 per cent, at 2,9713, while the AllOrdinaries Index fell 49.5 points to 2,941.2.
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        • 77 13 THE Thai market is expected to remain steady this week although several negative factors could potentially drag it slightly lower, analysts said. "We expect shares to move sideways and down," said ABN Amro Asia analyst Rapeeporn Wongwigrai, who expects the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite In- dex to
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        • 44 13 THE Indonesian stock market is seen to be sluggish this week as this year's trading nearly ends, analysts said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index ended the holiday-shortened trading week at 391.22, 5.86 points or 1.5 per cent lower than the previous week.
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        • 105 13 WALL Street finds itself on a slippery slope ahead of the year-end holidays, as some market-watchers wait with trepidation for the traditional "Santa Claus rally". In the week ended last Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.45 per cent to 8,433.71 points and the Nasdaq Composite Index
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        • 83 13 bourse is likely to remain thin this week as hopes for a yearend window-dressing are fast diminishing, analysts said. "The market weakness has left the bourse at the crossroads again and without any clear direction," said Mr Victor Wan, senior analyst with Mercury Securities. He said the bourse
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        • 116 13 JAPANESE stocks are expected to be weighed down this week by concerns about the struggling economy, rising global tensions and an impending tax code change that has prompted individuals to sell snares. The US dollar's sharp fall also looks set to curb buying, especially on shares of exporters. The
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      • 102 13 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) Main Sdq Total Main sao Total Multilnd 22.418 22.418 29.769 29 769 Manutacturg 83.188 23.329 106.517 77,255 3123 80 379 Commerce 16.672 3.592 20.264 10,839 735 ***** Tpt/Stor/Com 27.397 27.397 33,597 ***** Finance 28,527 28,527 75.513 75 513 Construction 10.859 954 11.813 4
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      • 123 13 MAIN SOO TOTAL Up On Uncn Up On Unch Up On Unch Multilnd 748 000 748 Manufacturing 27 67 21 12 15 10 39 82 31 Commerce 14 25 16 16 5 15 31 21 T pt/Stor/Comms 7 17 4 000 7 17 4 Finance 998 000
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      • 39 13 Chang* Straits Times lnd*» 1367.48 -14.25 BT 08/OS -467.00 -156.00 BTCADI -*****.00 -60.00 BT 10-d«y MA -*****.00 -47.00 UOBSesdaq 53.56 -0.33 UOB Blue Chip 467.43 -3.24 STI Futures....- 1358 -15.0 MSCI Singapore 168.26 -1.83 SiMSCI Futures 167.10 -2.40
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      • 33 13 Chart SemiCond 26c 178.523.000 SemitechSc 63.797,000 Oatacraft 10c 56.835.000 SingTel 15c 48.550.000 PacificCenturylOc 40.999.000 Mobileone 20c 37,849 000 Econ MC 6c 36.*****0 Citiraya 2.5e 35.096,000 SembCorp Ind 25c 34.881,000 TPVUSIC 34,663.000
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      • 3724 13 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AM Amro Asset Mgt (S'porc) Star Europe Eqty!" 0.606/ Star Europe Bd 1.114/ Star Europe Bal 0.842/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty .0 683/ Star Asia Bond 1.299/ Star Asia Balanced 0 805/ Star Global Technology Fund!" 0171/ Star Bhv Finance Japan Fund!" 0 573/ Multi Strategy Fd
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      • 447 13 fvgm ABN Amro Bank NV 5.25 ABSA Bank Limited 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Bankinq Group 6 American Express Bank 5 Arab Banking Corp 6 Arab Bank PLC 5 Banca Di Roma 5.5 Banca Intesa Banca Commerciale Italiana SPA 7.25 Banca Nazionale Del Lavoro SPA
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      • 424 13 Most Asian units firmer against US$ REVIEW Currencies HONGKONG Most regional currencies rose against the greenback on speculation that the new United States economic team would re-adiust monetary policy and amid a global wave of US dollar selling. JAPANESE YEN: The yen rallied against the dollar last week, with the
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      • 186 14 TAKENAKA ON FOREX MOVES TOKYO Japanese Economics Minister Heizo Takenaka said yesterday that the government need not intervene in the foreign exchange markets to weaken the yen. Speaking on a local television programme, he said the current policy of monetary easing being followed
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      • 397 14 Mega-bucks payouts are history but productive investment bankers can look forward to decent rewards LONDON/NEW YORK Investment bankers lucky enough to have a job will have to take solace in their employment at the holidays, because companies such as Merrill Lynch have
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      • 666 15  - Infineon aims to lift Asian sales to $8.8b DENESH DIVYANATHAN The German company is bullish about the region and plans to gain a bigger foothold in China and Japan Reports bu TECHNOLOGY REPORTER IN' LONDON INFINEON Technologies, Europe's No. 2 semiconductor player, has its eyes set firmly on the booming
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      • 385 15 THE QUESTION IS WHEN? DESPITE the fact that the semiconductor market has seen its worst downturn in the last two years, Infineon Technologies expects the once nigh-flying industry to return to its glory days of high growth. However, just when
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      • 666 16  -  LORN A TAN JALEHA HASIIIM They are passing up on guaranteed funds and seeking shelter in actively managed ones; South Korea is their top pick in Asia By COMPANIES CORRESPONDENT THE WINNERS Top 10 Funds in Singapore 0 I Rtturas OCBC Savers
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      • 499 16  - GV spends $2.5m to bring Imax to town SOH WEN LIN BREAK-EVEN IN 5 YEARS Bu SINGAPORE'S largest cinema operator, Golden Village (GV), is looking at the big picture. Literally. After having pioneered the 10-screen monstermultiplex and "love seats" here, GV is bringing the Imax experience right to the heart
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      • 749 17 Roberto Building Material borrowed $31 million from Four Seas Bank in 1995, using as security a property at 7 Tai Seng Drive (tight). By the time Four Seas merged with OCBC in 1998, Roberto was having problems staying within its $31 million credit limit. In
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      • 526 17  -  COLIN TAN li u u.xnKifscoßHh.sroxDr.xr SINGAPORE, along with other bourses in Asia, will face strong downward pressure when trading starts this week, following Wall Street's harrowing close last Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined by more than 100 points, falling 1.2 per cent
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      • 73 17 Cents a OBSGrp 1160 70.0 6.4 JMHUS2Sc4OO 620 61.3 6.0 DeiGro Corp 500 221 21.0 10.5 BSembawang 1080 20.0 19 HK Land USWc 140 19.3 8.5 JSHUSSCSOO 258 14.0 12 Sembcorp Log 25c 160 13.0 8.8 SATSvcslOc 163 12.0 7.9 SPH 1980 10.0 0.5 STEnggtOc 165 8.0
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      • 76 17 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cants TSMResSc 16 313 4.0 Cotex HWqs Kk 10 25.0 2.0 Shanghai Allied 1 25.0 0.0 GetiMaq2oc- 9 20.0 15 Xpresssc 3 20.0 0.5 KianHottc 13 18 2 2 0 Circurts Plus WO6 3.5 16.7 0.5 ReedGrpsc 15 16.7 0.5 TPAWc 21 16.7 10 Penguin tOc 14.5
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      • 68 17 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cats ChOOBeCWOT 9080 1262 7.3 CrwtiveT2sc 1310 60.0 4.4 Dt358k6%NCP5.....***** 50.0 0.5 GfeatEastsoc 845 50.0 5.6 VentureCorp2sc 1410 50.0 14 SIA2OO 1050 30.0 2.8 SIASOC 1050 30.0 2J UOB H7O 30.0 2.5 OUE 570 25.0 42 Chart SemiCood 26c 83 14.5 14.9 DatacrattlOc 69 111 9 J
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      • 81 17 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents H Strike W*****0 0.5 50.0 0.5 Jacks Int 20c. Tt.s 39.5 7.5 BBRHKJOjSSc 1 33J 0.5 Links Island Kk 9.5 29.6 4.0 Asia Dekor HKl5c 3 25.0 1.8 El-Nets 1c 15 25.0 0.5 GoWtron HCCPS 5c 3 25.0 10 Lee Metal 5c 6 25.0 2.0 Meibanß
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      • 519 18  - Oei Hong Leong counters with bridging loan VEN SUBRAMANIAN NatSteel Tussle He offers as credit to NatSteel the $171 million that would accrue to him if the company pays out $1.55 a share Bu ENIGMATIC tycoon Oei Hong Leong yesterday rejected a plan by NatSteel to pay out 97 cents
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    • 13 1 Life! THE STRAITS TIMES Monday, December 16, 2002 CELEBRATES THE WONDER OF LIFE
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    • 241 2 HONGKONG There may be a real reason why Chinese movie queen Gong Li has been taking on more roles recently. Her Singaporean business executive husband Ooi Hoe Seong, 50, is unemployed and she has become her family's sole bread-winner, supporting two households, Hongkong magazine Sudden Weekly claimed.
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    • 100 2 BAGHDAD American actor and director Sean Penn (right) visited Baghdad over the weekend because he wanted more insight into "this frightening conflict". The former Hollywood bad boy and Oscar nominee, who has accused President George Bush of stifling debate over Iraq, visited a Baghdad hospital. "As a
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    • 210 2 LOS ANGELES Jack Nicholson's role in About Schmidt has won him a Best Actor award from movie critics in Los Angeles on Saturday. He shared the honours with Daniel Day-Lewis for Gangs Of New York. About Schmidt was also named Best Movie by Los Angeles Film
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      • 674 6 I MAZDA FOR SALE SPORTY '$2 MAZDA GT 1.5 (3-dr) COE 11/'2OH. 2 units. New paint, tax. leather, CD. Deposit $1300 $421 x 66. $21.900. *****141 Jani S/'1991 ASTINA 1.6 Manual. COE 8/2011. New paint, S/rims. CD changer. Tax 3/03. *****848 12/2000 1 OWNER Mazia 323 1 3 4-dr. Tax
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      • 594 6 WBfl MITSUBISHI FOR SALE NEW CAR AIRTREK 2.0. Deposit S2.BK. S/rims. CD. Immed regn with COE. Call 9857-8081 MID 98 MIT LANCER I.6MR auto. 2 owner. OMV $*****. COE $*****. *****222 BEST 8/99 GALANT 2.OSS auto silver, leather, $73. 8k neg. Lot 28 Kaki Bukit Carmart *****757 9/00 LANCER I.SGDI
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      • 652 6 E NISSAN FOR SALE 6/2000 SUNNY I.6SS auto. 1 owner. Leather. Silver. Scrap now $62,789. Asking $64K. If loan $60K, mthly $850. 9753-3040 FEW UNITS '92 Sunny 1.4/ 1.5/ 1.6 Auto/ manual. 10 yrs COE. New paint, s/rims, leather seats Superb cond. Trade-in. 6453-5535 2 UNITS '93 Presea 1.6CT11 manual.
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      • 635 6 I SRI PROTON FOR SALE 3 UNITS. WIRA '99-01 model. Auto/ manual. Full accessories. Well kept. Accident free. S3K-S6K driveaway. neg. Call: 6743 2229 7/'9S WIRA 1.6 XLi 4-dr Manual. OMV $14.8K. COE 538.1K. Orig cond. S/rims. Smooth engine. 526.8K only. Hurry. *****535 MID '99 WIRA 1.3GL1, 1 owner, s/rims.
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      • 432 6 Effl SKODA FOR SALE $868 DRIVEAWAY ON the spot! 15 mths old 3 units immaculaU cond 1 owner Octavia Classic/ Ambiente 1.6, manual, full specs mthly $700+ x 7 yrs. Bukit Timar Plaza «01-01M. *****303 M Car; l^fl TOYOTA FOR SALE Toyota IST 1.3 Auto $***** Toyota RAV 4. 5
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      • 590 7 a LORRIES FOR SALE 2/2001 TOYOTA DVNA 10ft. Die sel. Orig cond. 1 owner. Selling $*****. Loan avail. *****799 7/'OO TOYOTA DYNA. 10 ft. Diesel 1 owner. Low mileage. Loan avail. Selling $29,500. Tel: *****799 6/2001 KIA 10FT. Lorry. Selling 525.8K. Deposit $500. Mthly 5490. Very orig. Call *****901 '91
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      • 2018 8 Rffl 009-10 ORCHARD/ |fll| DO9-10 ORCHARO/ §^11 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ ■till TAUGLIN/ HOLLAND ■lIUl] TANGLIN/ HOLLAND MijhM TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -RENT PTE APTS -RENT Kmm f '■Pll X**"' WM I f** Prestigious Address at Leonie Hill Road ■■LmP AFcwMinutesWalktoOrchardMßT PpV .^os >fl| i Hp Shopping Belt I ri. Large Luxurious
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      • 733 8 ■HI HOUSES FOR RENT D.21 SUNSET BUNGLW. 4+l. With deck pool/ patio/ big garden. Rental $6.8K. Agt 9628-3986 aHUOC/HDB APTS FOR RENT i 6 MINS WALK TO MRT WELCOME SHORT LEASE From $900 Include services charge, water, electricity 3 rms last few units 24 hours security services 570,000 sq.ft. greenery
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      • 156 8 ■Rl DOl-08 Kfell CITY SOUTH-WEST PTEAPTS-SALE D.03 TERESA VILLE mais 3852 sq.ft. s+l bdrms. #23. Sell below valuation. $376 p.s.f. F/ facilities. Fhold. DTZ 9738-4034 Sole agt. WATERLOO APT 1376 sq.ft. 3+l. F'hold. Breezy. Convenient. Cheap price! View to offer! Sole Agt KF *****886/ *****879 ttOI-xx EDEN VALE condo (372
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      • 281 8 BDO9-K) ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-SALE Ardmort Pk 2885 sq.ft. Few units. Good facing/ 8740 sq.ft. Vacant Four Seasons Pk 2874 sqft. Open hse. Vacant. Pool view. Cuscaden Residence 2 rms. Tenanted 55.5K. Urgent/ 6309 sqft 18 Anderson 2778 sq.ft. Open hse Scotts 28 1658. 1098 sq.ft. Richmond Pk 1259 sq.ft.
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      • 398 8 B DTI S 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI HOUSES-SALE 53.9M. BUNGALOW. 9,000 sq.ft. 2 storey. Ouiet. Tenanted. F'hold. Must view! HB 9222-2999 H DTI fi 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTEAPTS-SALE PropNwipppyHH D.21 THE STERLING. Quality project choice Sens institutions within mins. Open daily from 10am-6pm. Hotline *****455 CLEMENTI PARK. HUGE Apt. 3+l. 2200
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      • 365 8 ■Ml Dl5-16 EAST COAST PTEAPTS-SALE BAYSHORE PK. 1292 sq.ft. 3 bdrms. Renovated. Good layout. 99 yrs wef '82. SSOOK. Knight Frank 6228-6891/ 9403-6587 0.16 BAYSHORE PK. Full sea view High fir. 2/ 3/ 4/ s+l. S4SOK up. 6355-9933/ 6250-9952 Andrew PEBBLE BAY 1894 sq.ft. 3+l rms. Vacant possession. $i.35M. CB
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      • 1494 9 1019-20 SERANGOON/ WCf% Dl9-20 SERANGOON/ THOMSON KZIJ THOMSON HOUSES SALE HOUSES -SALE [l^VL^^p Thanking everyone is W W* never enougn in this small ad! I With your tmst ard cxintoence in me, 1H *ml I I promise to deliver more for you in ■ffiujMiatP year 2003! And I Assure! %l^g2^
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      • 130 9 Rf| PRIVATE APTS mfl WANTED (RENT/ BUY) DOCTORS, PROGRAMMERS. LAWYERS need to rent/ buy Apt in any dist. Owner call *****086 RENT/ SELL YOUR Apt. All areas. Fast results. Tenants/ buyers avail. Owners pis call 9009-1220 BJI HUDC/HDBAPTS WANTED (RENT/ BUY) PROPERTIES WANTED URGENTLY $5K immed. deposit for sellers Buyers
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      • 390 9 I FACTORY SPACE |^FORWENT FTY/ WAREHOUSE/ OPEN YARD Rental from $0.35 up Jurong. Senoko, Sg Kadut. Defu. Changl. UM, Bt Koran. Woodlands 1000 to 150.000 sq.ft. Land ***** buttt In ***** sq.ft. Und ***** buNt In ***** sqft Land ***** built In ***** sq ft Land ***** built In 4500
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      • 363 10 ■HI FACTORY SPACE Rfl FACTORY SPACE Rfl FACTORY SPACE |^_FORRENT^ I^JORRENT^ I^JORRE^ Custom-Built Factory For Rent only 1 5 Kallang Junction Land area approx. 1 1 ,380.60 sqm Floor area approx. 8,51 1 .38 sqm For General temp, usage only The custom-built factory is open for viewing on 17 Dec
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      • 254 10 Ril OFFICE SPACE |ffijFORRENJ Start your business at CltyHub Fulry Furnished Offices Flexi-leose terms at attractive rotes Virtual office packages ore olso available ©EjB)BH38B •Near Raffles Place MRT •Area: 677- 5,722 sqft •Whole fir 9,591/ 10,481 sqft (consecutive floors) Column free with Sea-view City-view •Rental Negotiable Enquiries: 6220 9911 PRIME
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      • 373 10 fif| OFFICE SPACE ■ffiJFOR'RENT OilM SERVICES I A Joint Venture of HOB Ktppd Uad) Pasir Panjing Building near Haw Par Villa Many sizes air-con offices sminstoWTC HARBOUR LINK (OFFICE) 61 Alexandra Terrace Available sizes from 450 to 1,100 sq.ft. Easily accessible via public transport Convenient ample parking facilities 24-hour security
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      • 247 10 TG PAGAR/ NORTH Bridge Rd (MRT) nicely renovated, aircon. 1200-1600 sqft up. Computer/ IT/ graphic design etc. *****660 D.ll OFFICES/ SHOP at Hotel Roy a- Bldg, outside CBD. near MRT. 200-320 sq.ft. Immed. Attractive rental. Pg Lee: 9213-8249 FOOK HAI BLDG, Chinatown Pt. High fir. Good view/ location. 1600 sqft.
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      • 814 10 m OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT CHEAPI CHINATOWN CONSERVED shophse. Approx 1200 sq.ft. Neat nice. Open view. Easy access/ MRT $1.5K only! *****000 HSR ft a l tm t a Tjpr Money. Savers U.P. $4 P.S.F. Now $2 p.s.f. Raffles Place, beside China Sq. 2218 sq.ft. Fittings, move in cond. work
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      • 573 19 UyJI engineering PFifl engineering |flj^ POSITIONS »a«-,t,/^ p requires the following position Tooling Program Engineer Min 5 yrs in manufacturing Knowledgeable in Plastic injection Moulding Diploma in Engineering (preferably Mechanical or Polymer) Versed in 2D/3D CADCAM software Responsible for project mgmt start and completion Involved in sourcing quotation, costing and
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      • 499 19 Wn LECTURING/ POSITIONS CHILDCARE AT BEDOK. Urgently requires Inter/ CPT trained English teacher. Call 6242-5695 ■Jfll TUTORING 1) ADMIN EXECUTIVE 2) TUTORS Both Part-time or Full-time Min A 1 level/ Diploma School teachers/ NIE trained Able to commit at least 1 year service Experienced in class teaching Pis call *****300
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      • 616 19 ■Wl ART/CREATIVE Wtft ART/CREATIVE SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER O Experience in Publication Industry is a MUST O Hands on knowledge in Graphics Software e.g. Quark Xpress, Freehand Photoshop O Self-motivated, Responsible, Hardworking and Good team player Interested Candidates please email full resume to prls.wongesistarpic.com or fax to 6278 0373 VRSI SALES
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      • 465 19 I SALES POSITIONS **mch*?Joblm?\ WorryNot MARKETING i DISTRIBUTING I DIVISION of USA is currently I toottngfor 1 'Dynamic Sales I Executives* Corporate training provided Baste Comm, $2000** I Abie to start HUffD can 6475 8028 I TODAY ONLY to tomorrow s I intorviewappt. I Electronic Company Requires OUTDOOR SALES Provide
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      • 605 20 a SALES POSITIONS MRjl SALES POSITIONS fIEfH SALES POSITIONS Hi Competitive £d«e Pte Ltd, an established teminan II I"*' and marketing company is currently looking for: IB Soles Executive (Direct Setting Dep<) II Possess self-discipline Able to work under pressure Able to achieve sales target Experience not a must H
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      • 493 20 JEWELLERY SALES EXECUTIVES Must have Experience Speaks Eng Mandarin Female Working Environment Orchard Area Basic $1,400 Bonus Commission Call: 9660 3336 HAIR CARE CENTRE rtqulrts CONSULTANTS Training providtd Sales Mptritnct raquirtd Uam-Spm 5' 2 days wttk S'portans/ M'slan wtfconM Trt: 6337-4151 MING t LINE 2 yrs experience in fashion retailing
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      • 652 20 a SALES POSITIONS RIJI SALES POSITIONS Delias Responsible to promote the tools to clients A develop new business clients Responsible to respond clients' enquiries, prepare quotations follow-up provide technical solutions to clients Requirement! NTC II in Metal Machining or Mechanical Engineering Min. 2 years sales experience in related field t/
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      • 275 20 D CUSTOMER SERVICE POSITIONS UCmMOUSEBSTTOPTELTDi A new Bistro in Lavender St. opening soon is looking for Experience staff to commence Work immediate)* Good Command of English Mandarin I Preferably with experience I Pleasant, Outgoing and Customer Orientated 1 I Able to work weekends Flexible work hours Attractive salary Training provided
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      • 213 20 a HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE POSITIONS UPMARKET TRENDY BAR I seeks young, vibrant. enthusiastic presentable individuals for PART-TIME BARTENDERS SERVICE STAFF POSITION Only candidates with experience need apply Walk-In Interview at: Eastwtst Cafe Bar 77 Ntll Rd. (after 6pm dally) Tel: *****537 Ij I 1 360 Requires 1. TRAINEE COOK 2. COMMISCHEF
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      • 762 21 B administrative; fffl administrative/ CLERICAL POSITIONS CLERICAL POSITIONS SINGAPORE PTE LTd!\ I has vacancies for I I Degree in Business Admin with 1- 2 years' I I experience I 1-2 years of experience in order processing/ data entry and able to speak Mandarin Applications with full resume should be forwarded
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      • 161 22 A Company located in Tuas urgently requires: GENERAL WORKERS Physically fit Stuffing unstuffing containers Able to drive forklift an added advantage CONTAINER STACKER DRIVER Previous experience in container depot/PSA preferred pi. en ***** 736 for Interview Calling all students to help in fund raising for poor and needy students. From
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      • 380 22 HW OTHER POSITIONS CLEANING SUPERVISOR For Hotel in Shenton Way From 12 midnight to 8 am Experience not necessary Able to read simple Mandarin Must possess strong leadership quality $55 per day. Weekly pay Walk-In Interview from 10am-4pm KO2-O9 Peninsula Plata Door manufacturer requires: LOW-LEVY GENERAL WORKERS Interested please walk-in
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      • 314 22 WjPI OTHER POSITIONS PEST CONTROL TRAINEE cum Driver (Serangoon area). Sec education. After NS. Attractive salary Call 6291-5516 for appt SSS PART-TIME MODERN Dancers wanted. Training provided. Hgt above 1.60m. Students can apply. Call Lily *****944 CAMPAIGN FOR MALAY Society require 50 Card Consultants. Speak Malay. All ages *****388 SHELL
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    • Page 23 Advertisements
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      • 370 23 We are a hospital providing rehabilitative and longterm care for the chronically sick patients. We j have openings for: M sm wm -J2x&c:9Mti*te I You will be involved in handling the full set of accounts including sections in general ledger, accounts payable, fixed assets and subvention claims. You are also
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