The Straits Times, 28 February 2003

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  • 55 1 The Straits Times PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR Established /S-^o rTTCrcrV February 28 2003 1 14 Pages m five parts mita \y) 094/0:3/2002 him— w>» 11 hi iiin m ,»'i'<— —l——— mum amm n n t i i "i> ii i Him 'I IWMBMMMIWMMWM—Ii i I <-s*jwss;« A Singapore
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  • 67 1 STEVEN LEE The S-League season got off to a flying start yesterday at Jurong East Stadium, with soccer fans reaching for a football kicked by one of Jurong FC's sponsors. Jurong beat Tanjong Pagar United 1-0. At Woodlands Stadium, children under 12 were let m free.
    STEVEN LEE  -  67 words
  • 646 1  -  DENESH DIVYANATHAN Industrial output surged to give economy a strong year-end finish and annual growth of 2.2%, final MTI figures show H,j Jobless rate may rise above 5.5% THE job situation will remain weak with the unemployment rate possibly surging beyond 5.5 per cent this year in
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  • 535 1  - 1m owed to casinos by missing lawyer BENNADARAJAN THE mysterious disappearance of lawyer Tan Cneng Yew could be connected with more than $1 million m gambling debts. Mr Tan, 35, has chalked up debts at Australian casinos totalling more than Asl million (551.06 million), sources m Australia say. They say
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    • 139 1 I V(I,M l^HJ»t i^ii Sports school to admit only students from Express stream page 3 OLD HERO, Jft^^L $12 million HHPI Bf NEW HERO mV%||ADE Tfl'JAtH J M Former England captain Alan Shearer W Iwl^^flßLßßl Hk -<&^B mfi^^^*^%^M Dt-sign: MIKi; M DIZON Photos All' \P and THF M W PAPKH
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  • NEWS FLASH
    • 160 2 NPARKS STAFF IN THE DARK SOME of the National Parks Boards .900 employees who look after parks, open spaces, anci nature reserves were surprised to learn from news reports that the axe would fall on them next. Their bosses had not told them anything. "As far as I know,
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    • 98 2 ANTI-SEMITISM IN DISGUISE? WHEN it comes to liberation for the Middle Kast, Europeans are interested only m Palestinian Arabs living under Israeli occupation, writes Thomas Friedman. Those living under the tyranny oflraqi President Saddam Hussein or other Arab dictators are of no concern to leaders like President Jacques Chirac
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    • 62 2 WHY NOT STAGGER BIG LAY-OFFS? WHILE he supports the push for economic survival through restructuring, Mr Henry Ijm Li Shun wonders if it is wise to have massive government retrenchment exercises coming one after the other m such a short space of time. Apart from upsetting Singaporeans, it could
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    • 76 2 WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING IRISH communities all over the world will be raising mugs of Irish ale or stout to celebrate St Patrick's Day on March 17- But m Singapore, you don't need to be Irish to be part of the fun. Just wear something green, yell, "Erin
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    • 81 2 China's literary legacy at risk FIVE Chinese PhD candidates, asked if they could recite a Tang poem, each mentioned Li Bai's Before my bed, the moonlight shines" the only one they knew. This threw the director of the Chinese Cultural Research Institute into despair. "Don't our students read anymore?"
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    • Article, Illustration
      213 2 Missing boy's body turns up m lake THE body of three-year-old Nicholas PhuaJiaWei was found m Jurong I,ake at the Chinese Garden yesterday morning about 3 km from the drain where he was swept away on Tuesday evening. Some workers had spotted his body during their boat patrols of
      AZIZ HUSSIN  -  213 words
    • 78 2 SPORE AS BACK-UP HAVEN SINGAPORE raised its safe-haven status to international IT companies by creating a new type of employment pass that expedites the setting up of back-up operations here m an emergency. And under a new "pre-approved" visa scheme, up to 300 skilled workers from Indian software giant
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    • 101 2 SIA UPS FUEL CARGO SURCHARGE THE threat of war m Iraq is affecting Singapore companies. Property developers are Ten uncertain about whether or not to launch new projects, while transport operators are forced to raise cargo prices. Singapore Airlines will raise the fuel surcharge for cargo on its flights
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    • 154 2 BODY COUNT' STRATEGY TO CHANGE THAILAND will make changes to its anti-drugs strategy, which has raised loud protests from human rights groups for having resulted m nearly 1,000 drug suspects gettkuf" killed. The Thai Prime Minister would call a meeting to review the "body count" system of assessing the
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    • 39 2 GEYUUK'S UPSET OVER NOODUMS GEYLANG United FC, written off as a no-hoper, has created the first upset of the new S-League season. Nahar Daud's 88th-minute header gave his club a 1-0 win against favourite Woodlands Wellington. SPORTS: Al2
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    • 122 2 j Ist 2nd March 2003 Singapore International Convention Exhibition Centre Concourse Level 3 Si I P ro P er ty s always a wise investment, and with |;|m interest rates at their lowest m 30 years, it is the i |I§ perfect time to buy! Visit "The Residence Worldwide I
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  • PRIME NEWS
    • 566 3  -  EDNA KOH Economists predict a $1 billion deficit when the Budget is unveiled today, saying it's sensible now to spend money Hu UN VM V OKKI •■SJ'ONDI I WHEN the Government unveils its Budget this afternoon, economists expect to see the third straight year
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    • 534 3  -  SANDRA DAVIE Kin CATION CORRKSPONDKN'T THE new sports school that opens next year wouldn't have admitted the likes of soccer icon Fandi Ahmad and national bowler Remy Ong. School officials making the rounds of primary schools have said that its
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    • 452 4  -  NARENDRA AGGARWAL Skilled workers m international firms can fly m and give back-up services for data recovery operations all within hours By kconomicscokkk.ni'ondkn i SCHEME: Cuts the hassle INDIAN software company Satyam Computer Services will be able to fly m up to 300 workers m
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    • 202 4  -  TAN SHZR EE «a. JAPAN'S Norio Ohga, the just retired Sony Corporation chief, sprang a surprise on his Singapore guests last night when he conducted the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) at a special concert at the Esplanade. He was on the podium for eight
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    • 433 4  - Beijing eases entry tor top expats GOH SUI N OI THE STRAITS TIMES CHINA BUREAU BEIJING Two Singaporeans are among the first 46 foreigners m the capital to receive long-term residential permits, allowing them a three- to five-year continuous stay. They also received multi-ple-entry visas valid for the same period
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    • 60 4 IN YESTERDAYS report, "Big increase m breast cancer", we said the Health Promotion Board started subsidising mammograms at polyclinics last year. This is incorrect. Polyclinics have offered subsidised mammograms to women aged 50 and older since April 2000. It was extended to women aged 40
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    • 567 6  - Bush sells war on Saddam as push for democracy LEON HADAR Outlining ambitious nation-building agenda, he says Saddam-free Iraq could be a model for future Palestinian state fir/ TOE STRAITS lIMKS US BI'RK.U' EVEN before the fighting m the Gulf has begun, US President George W. Bush has started spelling
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    • 203 6 PARIS A new telephone device not only identifies the number of the person calling you, but also shouts out the name of the caller, the British weekly New Scientist reports m next Saturday's issue. The gadget, patented by United States phone company
      AFP  -  203 words
    • 358 6 KUALA LUMPUR A 17-year-old girl has become the first student m Malaysia to score 16 As m the SPM the country's equivalent of the O-level examinations. Her feat beat the record of last year's top SPM student, Ong Jin Hock, who scored 13 Als. Yap
      The Star; Asia News Network; UTUSAN MALAYSIA  -  358 words
    • 470 6 NORTH KOREA STANDOFF WASHINGTON North Korea has taken another step m its stand-off with the United States by restarting a reactor that could lead to the production of new nuclear weapons. The Yongbyon reactor, about 90km north of Pyongyang, can produce enough plutonium for one nuclear
      AFP; AP  -  470 words
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    • 384 4 1 Understanding O How Genes Work ISCGT l^ore Concorde Hotel, Singapore 26* 27* April 2003 In the post-genomic era, scientists are struggling to assign biological functions for the vast amount of gene sequences made available by the human genome project. The best method to study gene function is to put
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    • 133 6 IN SINGAPORE: Uncertainty over timing and length of war m Iraq is starting to hurt businesses See PageS |p? jj^ > (Kg ifli j| Retro i ■Bhß|h^^BBHKSßßßßßl^^^^^^^ I^j^^ fc. ■^kt-v^^'*" 1 >v Sill w*\s^LY^ v^sß R Usua| Price s2s-s4s^ ■sgj|^^||gi|||a BB^^^«^^"^Mi^^Tß^^^^™lj^| All Sizes L 4k I Usual Price $25.00-40.00 y
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  • WORLD
    • IRAQ: THE LOOMING WAR
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        662 8  -  SOH WEN LIN In Singapore, transport operators feel the crunch iIL AS THE uncertainty' over the looming war grinds on, some Singapore companies are feeling the crunch. Transport operators such as Singapore Airlines are set to raise cargo prices while jittery property developers are on tenterhooks about whether
        AFP  -  662 words
      • 533 9 US woos five countries ahead of UN vote Washington desperately needs support of Angola, Guinea, Cameroon, Chile and Mexico WASHINGTON Never before has Angola felt 90 wanted. The oil-rich African nation more known for its civil war has been besieged by American and French suitors seeking its support on Iraq.
        REUTERS; LOH JAHAN  -  533 words
      • 623 11 Blair stung by party revolt over Iraq. While lawmakers support the Prime Minister's handling of the crisis, opposition from his own Labour Party is stronger than expected LONDON British lawmakers have backed Mr Tony Blair's handling of the Iraq crisis m a vote m the House of Commons but backbench
        AP; AFP; REUTER  -  623 words
      • 424 11 .will Chirac get hit too? French lawmakers do not want veto to be used m UN Security Council PARIS Significant elements perhaps more than half of Mr Jacques Chirac's presidential majority m the National Assembly are making it clear that they oppose France s eventual use of its veto m
        International Herald Tribune  -  424 words
    • 597 8  -  ASAD LATIF By ASSISTANT FOREIGN HDITOR With reports by Ninnal Ghosh m Bangkok, David Hsieh m Beijing, Mar\ r Kwang m Hongkong, Robert Go m Jakarta. Leslie Lav m Kuala Lumpur, Luz Baguioro m Manila, V.K. Raghunathan m New Delhi. Lawrence
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    • 282 8 DUBAI Opec officials sought to ease fears of looming oil shortages, signalling that they may raise output to lower crude oil prices which shot up to 12-year highs yesterday. The group, which supplies a third of the world's oil, will
      AFP; Bloomberg News; Reuters  -  282 words
    • IRAQ BRIEFING
      • 45 11 A group calling itself "September 11" has sent terror threats to the American, Australian and British embassies m New Zealand, warning that it has 25kg of cyanide to use against US interests if Iraq is attacked, police said yesterday.
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      • 30 11 Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has called on his people to dig trenches m their gardens to protect themselves if the US attacks the country.
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      • 47 11 The United States has rejected a Canadian plan to set an end-of-March deadline for Iraq to disarm, saying a decision on military force cannot be delayed. President George W. Bush said Iraqi President Saddam Hussein must comply "one wav or the other".
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      • 29 11 Saudi Arabia has voiced reservations about French-German proposals to expand United Nations weapons inspections m Iraq, saving they would only add to the region's woes.
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      • 38 11 Turkey yesterday called on its nationals m Iraq to leave the country as the Parliament braced itself for a vote on whether to allow American forces to use Turkish soil for attacks on Iraq.
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    • 605 13 Angela Merkel meets top officials of the Bush administration treatment that is usually reserved for heads of state Unite to avert war 'Prevention of military action is only possible if the democratic countries of this world work together, and are not split. The best success
      New York Times; AP  -  605 words
    • 326 13 Dubai to get tallest skyscraper in the world FORGET XL AND SHANGHAI MELBOURNE A fam-ily-run Australian building company has signed a deal to help build the worlds tallest skyscraper m the Arab emirate of Dubai and will start construction m two months, a spokesman for the company said yesterday. Grocon
      AP; BBC  -  326 words
    • PEOPLE
      • 137 16 SURPRISE WIN FOR PAKSAS VILNIUS (Lithuania) Mr Rolandas Paksas, a 46-year-old former stunt pilot, has been inaugurated as Lithuania's President as military planes and helicopters roar over the capital. He became the tiny Baltic state's third president since the country gained independence from the
        AP; AFP  -  137 words
      • 143 16 NEW YORK Now you can smell like Andre Agassi hopefully before a match, not afterwards. The tennis star is the spokesman for a new fragrance that Estee Lauder is releasing through its Aramis unit m a multi-million-dollar deal. Details about the name of the scent
        AP  -  143 words
      • 55 16 WASHINGTON US Democratic presidential hopeful Senator John Kerry nas returned to the campaign trail with a pair of fundraisers m California, his first ap- pearanees since undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous prostate gland two weeks ago. Several hundred people were expected to attend the
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      • 69 16 MOSCOW A prisoner who escaped by digging the longest tunnel m Russian jailbreak history was returned to his Siberian penal colony yesterday to serve a longer sentence, RIA news agency reported. In a feat redolent of Hollywood's Great Escape, Yevgeny Pechenkin and two cellmates dug
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      • 56 16 Quoteworthy I wanted to dress like Kennit because he's a Muppetjust like the people running this election/ Richard Turney, 21, a student at Cambridge University who was barred from contesting the election for the presidency of Cambridge's Union Society because he had filed his candidacy using the name Kennit and
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      • 59 16 Serb ultra-nationalist Vojislav Seselj has refused to enter an immediate plea to war crimes charges lodged at the UN tribunal m The Hague over his involvement m the bloody Balkan wars m the *****. Mr Glenn Hllbbard, the chief architect of the Bush administration's tax cut package, resigned on Wednesday
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    • 651 17 Supporters of Bush's tax cut proposal hit out at the Fed chairman's view that it is too early to take pump-priming measures Voice of dissent *You have been m this position fora longtime. Some would say too long. Republican Senator Jim Bunning speaking
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    • 389 20 New York building projects hit by 'mob tax' Extortion charges are filed against 42 mobsters and associates who collect wages for 'no-show' jobs NEW YORK The authorities have launched a crackdown on a "mob tax" on high-profile construction projects here. Prosecutors on Wednesday unveiled extortion charges against 42 alleged mafia
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    • 182 20 ROME Italian mobsters are now exploiting dogs and horses. Organised crime gangs are increasingly making money by running clandestine dog fights and horse races as well as by infiltrating the legal horse-racing world, law-enforcement experts said. The mobsters are also getting bolder.
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    • 533 21  -  ALFRED LEE British Airways may ground its fleet because of a plunge m the number of people willing to pay $22,400 for a London-New York return trip fin THE STRAITS TIMES El ROlF BUREAU LONDON The Concorde may soar into the history books soon, a victim of the
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    • 132 21 BRUSSELS The European Union (EU) has moved to strip its members of the power to negotiate their own bilateral aviation agreements with outside nations, and to replace those agreements with EUwide deals negotiated m Brussels. The deals, known as "open skies"
      New York Times  -  132 words
    • 404 22 Berlin-based architect Libeskind's project centres on an excavated pit ringed by swirling glass towers Angular towers The sloping angular towers with a 533m spire jutting into New York's skyline nas been chosen as the city aims to redevelop the site where the
      New York Times; AP  -  404 words
    • 359 23 Wider waist means higher health risks, say scientists Graphics adapted from NEW YORK Doctors should measure more than your weight at appointments. They should measure your waist. For years, scientists have observed that an apple-shaped figure or a big beer belly is a health risk. But now they have gained
      USA Today; USA TODAY  -  359 words
    • 365 23 Listen to the heart after, not during, stress test Presence of irregular heartbeats just after a treadmill test is an indicator of the death risk TRENTON (New Jersey) Doctors who use treadmill tests to diagnose heart disease could better predict the risk of death if they paid more attention to
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    • 149 23 LONDON Kstimates of rampant world population growth have been revised m the latest United Nations (UN) forecast because of the impact of Aids. Three years ago, the UN predicted the global population would grow from its current b'..'i billion to 9-3 billion by 206a But
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  • The Straits Times
    • 595 24 FALLOUT from the conflict over Iraq and, to a lesser extent, the consequential row between the United States and the French-German alliance, could affect the global oil trade m a fundamental way. This is not about a sharp price increase to US$5O (SsB7) to US$6O a
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    2 24 CHIT CHAT
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  • COMMENTARY • ANALYSIS
    • 966 24  - Does America have the grit to win peace? JANADAS DEVAN FOREIGN MATTERS By WILL THE U.S. HAVE THE STAYING POWER, THE STOMACH TO SEE THROUGH A PEACE THAT MAY BE LONGER, HARDER AND MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE WAR ITSELF? WHEN is a war morally justified? One possible pragmatic answer to
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    • 914 24  - The morality of a morality in foreign policy ROBERT COOPER Bil WHEN it comes to morality, diplomats are usually seen as cold and calculating. Machiavelli and Metternich are synonymous with the ruthless pursuit of interest verging on dishonesty. Sir Henry Wootton, Queen Elizabeth's Ambassador to Venice and Bohemia, described his
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    • 811 25  - Democracy in Iraq? It calk for revolution in thinking THOMAS FRIEDMAN By iiiK \i w u)i(kii\n:s WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ, THE EUROPEANS ARE UNINTERESTED, HIE AMERICANS ARE HYPOCRITICAL AND THE ARABS ARE AMBIVALENT. MR WILLIAM Rees-Mogg, the former editor of The Times of London, raised a
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    • 777 25  -  LEE KIM CHEW CHIEF REGIOXAL CORRESPOS'DES I GOING BY IHE CURRENT TREND, THE FATE OF MILITARY REFORMS SEEMS CLEAR: THIS FAR AND NO FURTHER. THINKING of reforms m the Indonesian military? Banish the thought for now at least. To the chagrin of many
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    • 333 26 Let youths learn to air views in school IX TH X report, "Youth averse to disagree with Govt"(ST, Feb L'tilima Singapore Polytechnic survey of young Singaporeans, business school director V. Maheantharan points out that apathy and fear are the main reasons for youths not speaking up on national issues and
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    • 220 26 Exams and CCAs leave no time for current affairs I REFER to Mr K. Jayabalan's letter, "No interest m current affairs" (ST, Feb 24). He says youngsters today have "a lack of interest m current affairs, especially national issues". And he feels this is because they are not taught enough
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    • 297 26 Stagger layoffs negative impact IRST, Singaporeans 4 heard the bad B news of Mi retrenchments at PSA Corporation. Then came the announcement from the Housing Board, which at least seems to have averted the need for layoffs with staff volunteering to retire early. And now, the National Parks Board appears
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    • 190 26 HAVING served PSA Corporation for 42 years, it made me very sad to read m the newspapers that many of its employees have been laid off as a result of restructuring. Many of those affected, and some whose faces appeared m the
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    • 778 27 PERFORMANCE SKILL IS MEASURED BY RELATIVE PERFORMANCE, THAT IS, HOW WELL ONE FUND HAS PERFORMED AGAINST SIMILAR FUNDS. IT CANNOT BE 6AUGED SIMPLY BY LOOKING AT ABSOLUTE RETURNS ALONE. IRKFF.KtoMrI.eonSte Hun's letter, "Money-losing winners" (ST. Feb 7)One of the questions he raised is
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    • 114 27 Financial planner certification confusing I REFER to the article, "Financial planners clash over certification" (ST, Feh 25). In any profession or trade, the protection of trademarks is important and the writ served against the Insurance and Financial Practitioners Association of Singapore for allegedly infringing on the Certified Financial Planner mark
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    • 317 27 Well done. thank you I WOULD like to single out Mr Lee Thiam Siew of the Nokia service centre at Toa Payoh Central for his excellent service. He was patient and helpful to the extent of missing his lunch break just to ensure that my phone was fixed promptly.
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    • 307 27 I REFER to Mr Ernest Ng Kah Hoe's letter, "Push for better skilled workers? Sounds familiar..." (ST, Feb 26). He commented that there were skill mismatches m the construction industry and that some workers were not deployed m the trades they had been trained for.
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    • 8 1 Friday, February 28, 2003 The Straits Times home
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    • 40 1 RIGHT TO KNOW FIRST 1 don't understand why, when there's going to be a retrenchment, we have to read it m the newspapers first Why don 7 o// r bosses tell us first. A foreman with the National Parks Board
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    • 562 1  -  DAWN WONG LIM HSIN HIN Residents nearby suggest drain covers, signs and railings to prevent another tragedy. The PUB is looking into it Hu ami Boy Swept Away In Drain HE WANTED ID FOLLOW MUM 'He was crying very badly, tliafs why I took him
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    • 395 2  - Record sum raised for ST pocket money fund WONG SHER MAINE People give $3.4 million to help 7,200 schoolchildren m need; aim now is to get more schools involved m fund-raising Bj IN THE worst of economic times, generosity has scaled new heights and a record sum of money has
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    • 353 2 THK person who calls The Straits Times with the most exciting news tip-off of the year is going to get a new kind of recognition. And writers whose letters have appeared m the paper's Forum Page can expect an invitation to
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    • 262 2 Brunei Sultan speaks on close ties with S'pore PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong and Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew called on the Brunei Sultan yesterday at the start of the Sultan's three-day state visit. In the evening, President S R Nathan hosted a state banquet m honour of Sultan Haji
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    • 285 4 SURPRISE! Ministers do have a joke or two up their sleeves. Two of them gave a rare glimpse of their lighter side when they were asked to reveal their favourite jokes by BBC World Service presenter Christopher Gunness m a programme aired yesterday: Black and
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    • 345 4 I ltd ill I n ItIMLM T OIM SINGAPORE wants to move on with its relationship with Malaysia, said Foreign Affairs Minister S. Javakumar m an interview aired yesterday. And issues such as the water deals and Pedra Branca should be resolved according to international
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    • 613 4  -  LEONG PIK YIN HDB's 800 clerks-of-work will be shopping for jobs in a saturated market as they will be on contract terms soon about $2,000 to <fe9...inn liv SINGAPORE is too small for the hundreds of clerks-of-work here, who these days have to
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    • 334 4  - NParks staff will know their fate today HELMI YUSOF Bu NATIONAL Parks Board staff who found out from news reports yesterday that restructuring and job cuts may be m the offing will know by this morning what ij m store for them. After National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan hinted
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    • 558 5  - Resale HDB tlat buyers can buy time to think over deal WENDY TAN Move to introduce an option fee from April 15, which will be no more than $1,000, will give buyers two weeks to mull over their decision Bu BUYERS who cannot decide if they want to get a
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    • 121 5 THE President of the Union of Comoros, Colonel Azali Assoumani, visited the Republic yesterday at the invitation of Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, after attending the Non-Aligned Movement Summit m Kuala Lumpur that ended on Tuesday. Besides calling on PM Goh at the Istana,
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    • 513 6  -  Karamjit Kaur OLD VS NEW ientrepoint shoppers still prefer the convenience ol the tari stand outside the shopping centre (left However, from tomorrow, they will have to catch a cab during peak hours from the stand next to Specialist Shopping Centre (abme)
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    • 400 6  - $40m project to indicate bus times cancelled KARAMJTT KAUR LTA cites software and integration problems for ending contract; SBS and Tibs are studying implications By TRANSPORT COR RKSPONDKNT JUST months before the project was to have been completed, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) is dropping a $40.3 million plan to
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    • 615 8  - 17m too little, so ex-wife is awarded 12m more ELENA CHONG Sum isn't extra $67m she asked for, but construction tycoon's former wife wins appeal. He says he can't afford payout Hi, HE SAYS: Tm happy with whatever the court, awards as long as J can afford it But where
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    • 329 8 A WOMAN shoplifter sentenced to two weeks' jail for stealing about $260 worth of items, got away with a $2,000 fine yesterday after she appealed. Chuah Gin Synn, 29, an Australian administrative officer, pleaded guilty last November to stealing a Triumph bra and
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    • 569 10  - Officer who knocked down boy had seizure SELINA LUM CNB officer was acquitted by the court as it found that he was having an epileptic fit when he hit the child, who died Hu A NARCOTICS officer who ran a red light and knocked down a four-year-old boy last year
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    • 334 10 ACCUSED OF MANHANDLING COP The alleged scuffle with a police officer at a pub on Sept 20 last year took place just three weeks after Chong (left was Biied $5,000 for obtaining personal details of an M 1 customer. He now face two charges relating to
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    • 204 10 Man used fake credit cards to buy golf gear, rings A FORMER sales executive with a passion for golf used counterfeit credit cards to acquire more than $27,000 worth of golf gear and jeweller)'. Lee Kok Pheng, 36, now unemployed, obtained the four fake credit cards from a man he
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    • 1508 11  - Who says business is all about profits? SUSAN LONG Venturing Out In a rare interview, multi-millionaire Lim Hua Mm, chairman of Phillip Capital, tells our senior writer why good enough is never good enough and why lie can V help but keep building his business. *>j DOH'T CHANGE STAFF.. The
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    • TECH & SCIENCE
      • 612 12 DNA TURNS 50... Great promise, but problems too NEW YORK Fifty years ago today, two young scientists walked into a pub m England and announced that they had discovered the secret of life. By divining the chemical structure of DNA, professors James Watson and Francis Crick showed how a molecule
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      • 411 12 NEW YORK Since the discovers of the double helix 50 years ago unlocked the molecular secret of life, the popular imagination has been sequencing its own meaning from the ultimate scientific symbol. As scientists rush to decipher the way genes express their biological functions, the
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      • 553 13  - Wireless Net providers to open up hotspots NATALIE SOH Three of six players will let users surf wirelessly at all their 180 access areas, no matter which one they subscribe to »1L SEAMLESS ACCESS AND JUST ONE BILL Blue ngine CEO Derrick Lee (from left), 5C vice-president Kee Boon Hian
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      • 416 13 S'pore to ensure safety of GM food AVA prepares to handle a possible increase m such items SINGAPORE is gearing up to handle a possible onslaught of genetically modified food m the next five years. A laboratory has been set up by the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) to test
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      • 673 14 Gulf War II: Attack of the invisible laser weapons Known as directed-energy weapons, they are designed to take out digital devices that control information flow FORGET STAR WARS, THIS IS FOR REAL DIRECTED-ENERGY systems are designed to kill electronics, and disrupt or destroy the digital devices that control essential information
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      • 270 14 Earth bids farewell to remote space probe SAN FRANCISCO Earth has bid its final farewell to the Pioneer 10 spacecraft, 31 years after the probe set off for the outer regions of the solar system. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) said on Tuesday that it had received Pioneer's
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    • 32 12 Sing Tel CEO Lee Hsien Yang gets thrown some hard questions m this week's Raffles Conversation. Among them: Will sister-in-law Ho Ching, the Temasek boss, have him on the menu for unch?
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    • 8 1 Friday, Fi-bmarv 28, 2003 The Straits Times asia
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    • 447 1  -  LUZ BACUIORO 18m people on the island m southern Philippines are left m the dark after Muslim guerillas bomb a power station By PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT MANILA In what can be considered their boldest attack so far, Muslim separatists bombed a vital power station and toppled at least five
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    • 33 1 PALACE WORKOUT That house is really big and I've got an extra pound of muscle on my calves. South Korea's new President Roll Moo Hyun on his first night at the presidential palace
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    • 437 1  -  LEON HADAR ASIA DEBRIEF By nil. STRAITS lIMI S Mill) SI iTES B( HI \l WASHINGTON During his four-day trip to East Asia, United States Secretary of State Colin Powell seemed to have achieved one of his goals: that of
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    • CHINA
      • 652 2  -  JASON LEOW Chinese are reading more books but are abandoning classic literature which holds key to cultural legacy and values By lIIN A( :ORKKSPO\I)K\ I As a country, we can't draw lessons on tvlio we want to be from cartoons and video games. National People's
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      • 209 2 Communist Party lists candidates for top govt posts BEIJING China's Communist Party has nominated candidates for top government posts and these nominations will be adopted at next week's annual meeting of the national legislature, the official Xinhua News Agency said. A meeting of the party's Central Committee that ended on
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      • 49 2 REUTERS A woman glances at sculptures of three generations of leaders (from left) Deng Xiaoping, Mao Zedong and Jiang Zemin m Beijing. Mr Jiang is expected to hand the reins of leadership to Mr Hu Jintao at the National People's Congress starting on March 5.
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      • 255 2 TAIPEI The Taiwanese authorities briefly detained a man who was earning a mobile transmitter similar to the kind China accuses Taiwanese saboteurs of using to break into TV broadcasts on the mainland, an official said yesterday. The man was caught last November when the
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      • 361 3 Surveys show that the public has little confidence m the government's ability to slash its huge fiscal deficit HONGKONG The majority of Hongkong people feel that proposals m the government's upcoming .2003-2004 Budget will not achieve the aims of boosting the Hongkong
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      • 260 3 Leung 's baby revives right of abode' debate Critics ask why his wife was allowed to give birth m Hongkong HONGKONG It was a bundle of joy for Hongkong's Financial Secretary Antony Leung and his wife Fu Mingxia, a four-time Olympics gold medallist dubbed China's "diving queen". But the birth
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    • ASIA
      • 221 4 NEW DELHI India's Supreme Court yesterday allowed the three billionaire Hinduja brothers who face amis kickback charges to leave the country at the same time, reversing an earlier order. It riled last year that only two of the three Indi-an-horn brothers could go
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      • 596 4 President Roh appoints more women and young ministers who he hopes will bring about 'new winds of change' FRESH FACES: South Korea's new Foreign Minister Yoon Young Kwan, 52, a professor (left), and new 7 Justice Minister KangGumSil,46, a lawyer. Some surprises Prime
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      • 209 4 SEOUL China and Russia yesterday pressed the United States to hold a one-on-one dialogue with North Korea m order to defuse the festering nuclear crisis on the Korean peninsula. In a joint communique re- leased m Beijing following talks between
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      • 274 5 Pakistani town brings dancers to heel PESHAWAR Musicians and dancers are feeling increasingly unwelcome m this north-western Pakistani frontier town since a Talehan-like government took over late last year. Police have broken up weddings and other celebrations for which musicians and dancers, that the authorities deem "indecent", have been hired.
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      • 655 5  -  V.K. RAGHUNATHAN High accident rate about 300 mishaps daily, according to media estimates forces the govt to boost safety measures By INDIA COKKKSI'ONDI-INT 100-YEAR-OLD BRIDGES Nearly half of the 1 19,984 railway bridges big and small m India are more
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      • 210 5 Blink, blink elephant alert for car drivers at night NEW DELHI A blinker at night on Indian roads may no longer indicate an approaching vehicle. It could mean an elephant is on its way. About 30 domesticated elephants m New Delhi are to wear reflectors to avoid accidents at night.
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        • 42 5 GUESTS EVACUATED FROM HOTEL FIRE SOME 360 guests at a hotel m southern China's Hainan province were evacuated after a fire broke out on Tuesday. No injuries were reported. The fire was put out within two hours, reported the China News Service.
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        • 28 5 TAIWAN announced yesterday that charter flight services with South Korea scheduled to expire this month would be extended until the end of May. AFP
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        • 67 5 A DRIVER fell asleep at the helm of one of Japan's bullet trains while it was speeding at 27Okmh with 800 passengers on board, the railway operator said yesterday. No cne was injured. Officials discovered the incident on Wednesday when the train pulled
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        • 48 5 JAPANESE police dragged 11 people out of a ship container at a Tokyo port and arrested them yesterday for allegedly trying to enter Japan illegally. Police are trying to confirm the nationality of the stowaways, who are believed to be Chinese nationals. AP
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        • 57 5 THE wreckage of a plane that was carrying an Afghan minister when it crashed earlier this week is lying on the bed of the Arabian Sea, Pakistan's navy said yesterday. It is thought that the body of Afghanistan's Mines and Industry Minister Juma Mohammad
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      • 430 6 Thailand to review drug blitz that leaves 1,000 dead Reduction m drug use will replace body count as a measure of success and the focus will be on nabbing major traffickers BANGKOK Thailand will review its controversial drugs blitz which has led to the killing of about 1,000 people across
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      • 238 6 ZAMBOANGA Security forces have arrested an alleged Abu Sayyaf rebel linked to the kidnapping of three Americans m 2001, the military said yesterday. Unding Sali was detained on Tuesday near the southern city of Zamboanga, but the incident was not immediately made
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      • 253 6 Vietnam restoring massacre site to draw tourists HANOI Facilities at the site of the 1968 My Lai massacre are to be renovated to attract more tourists to the area, the authorities m Vietnam's Quang Ngai province said. Mr 1^ Van Doi, a spokesman for the government of the central coastal
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        38 7 AFP Grief-stricken family members take a look at the decomposing bodies of their relatives who drowned after an overcrowded fern caught fire and sank off North Sumatra. Twenty-eight are confirmed dead and another 42 still missing.
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      • 427 7  - Megawati pledges better climate for investors ROBERT GO But analysts and investors say Indonesia is still 'high-risk' and has yet to institute a number of major changes THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA President Megawati Sukarnoputri on Thursday kicked off the Indonesia Investment Year 2003 programme, promising to establish a
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        • 40 7 POLICE KILL ACEH REBEL LEADER INDONESIAN police have killed Misran Gajah, 32, who led a unit of the Aceh separatist rebel group m North Sumatra province. They also arrested his three accomplices after exchanging gunfire at a bus station. AFP
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        • 35 7 PHILIPPINE authorities yesterday detained Maria Teresa Santos m northern Manila for allegedly swindling US$92 million (Ssl6o million) from more than 12,000 soldiers and police officers through an investment scam. AFP
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        • 54 7 AT LEAST four people, including two children aged seven and nine, were killed and 40 others wounded after a grenade exploded m eastern Cambodia on Tuesday. Dozens of people had been dancing at a crowded wedding hall m Kampong Trabek district when the
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        • 36 7 PHILIPPINE President Gloria Arroyo's office rejected reports yesterday that US troops to be deployed for an anti-terror mission m the southern island of Jolo would take part m combat. AFP
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        • 49 7 2 GIRLS DIE FROM SOUP POISONING TWO girls died and a couple became sick after eating a soup mistakenly made with poisonous toad eggs m Cambodia. The girls, aged two and six, vomited and then died on Feb 22 m Battambang province, 250 km northwest of Phnom Penh. AP
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      • 259 7  -  DEVI ASM ARANI THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAI JAKARTA Indonesia's military chief denied yesterday that a Bill which would allow him to deploy troops m an emergency without presidential approval could be used to stage a coup. Commander Endriartono Sutarto argued
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      • 142 7 Lawyers demand release of Bashir JAKARTA Lawyers of detained cleric Abu Bakar Bashir have demanded his release as police say they still have no evidence to link him to the Oct 12 Bali blasts. lawyer Wahyuddin said there was no reason to keep the 64--year-old religious teacher m custody as
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      • 162 8 TAIPING An 18-year-old schoolboy was so upset after receiving his examination results that he crashed his car into six parked vehicles while returning home from school. "I was disappointed with my results and that clouded my thoughts while I was driving," said the student
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      • 523 8 After 30 years of rapid growth, many businesses on the silicon island now find themselves battling for survival PENANG Globalisation has been good for Penang these past 30 years, but there's an uneasy feeling on Malaysia's silicon island that the boom times are
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      • 308 8 Police ask Chinese dailies to reveal their sources on goldsmith heist KUALA LUMPUR Police have questioned journalists from three Johor Baru-based Chinese dailies which published reports of a major robbery that occurred while Malaysia was hosting the Non-Aligned Summit. Monday's robbery had not been
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      • 194 9 SHAH ALAM A celebrity couple caught m a khalvvat case will be prosecuted after all, despite their claims that they were married when they were detained m a swoop by the religious authorities. The Selangor Religious Department (Jais) is questioning the couple's marital
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      • 367 9 KL moots regional anti-drug swoops It wants to rope m Brunei, Spore, Thailand and Australia after report shows Malaysia is a transit point IPOH Malaysia's narcotics department is hoping to rope m Brunei, Singapore, Thailand and Australia for joint antidrug operations m the wake of reports that the country is
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        • 30 9 POLICE have crippled two gangs responsible for wayside robberies and snatch thefts, with the arrest of 12 suspects m two operations m Petaling Java. Bernama
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        • 65 9 WOMEN m high -paving jobs are ottering cash as a bait to lure schoolboys to have sex with them, according to the chief of an Aids help group m Penang. Community Aids Service Penang chairman Ismail Baba said: "Several students aged between 13 and 17
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        • 32 9 A CARGO ship collided with semi-container vessel near Pulau Kukup off the Johor coast on Wednesday night, a Malaysia Rescue and Coordination Centre spokesman said yesterday. Bernama
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        • 50 9 THE Malaysian Institute of Business Ethics has asked the Education Ministry to review guidelines involving the promotion of "health products" to primary school pupils. Several companies allegedly have the ministry's permission to use school facilities to promote their products. The Star Asia News Network
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        • 34 9 WILD tires are raj;in^ on m some (>()() hectares of swamps and forests m northern Sarawak, especially m the Miri division, as the dry spell worsens. The Star Asia News Network
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      • 36 10 HGME a MADE GENIUS t Ouga is a genius, he's never left the country to train, he's kept the same coach for his whole career. Brazil's Flavio Saretta on Gustavo Kuerten, the country's national tennis hero
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      • 813 10 SOCCER His hat-trick m 3-1 win gives Newcastle a chance to make it to q-finals Remaining fixtures: Tuesday: Barcelona v Bayer leverkusen. Inter Milan v Newcastle March 19: Bayer Ix'verkusen v Inter Milan, Newcastle v Barcelona Remaining fixtures: Tuesday: Arsenal Roma Ajax v Valencia March
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      • 295 10 AMSTERDAM Boring! That was the response from a frustrated Arsene Wenger as Arsenal was held to a 0-0 draw at Ajax, leaving its Champions League fate m the balance. "We didn't get what we wanted tonight but they certainly did," fumed the Frenchman, who
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      • 761 11 CRICKET England is smoked by Nehra, who takes six wickets for 23 runs 'Wasim always told me to bowl a good line and length under floodlights and the ball would do the rest. I have spoken to him many times and follow
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      • 107 11 McGrath hits Namibia for seven JOHANNESBURG Australia's Glenn McGrath smashed his way into history yesterday as he recorded the best ever World Cup bowling figures to decimate little Namibia. The 33-year-old took 7-15 as the African minnow was bowled out for just 45 m 14 overs as the world champion
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      • 540 11 "I think the wav we celebrated with Ryan alter he scored said it all. It shows how popular he is m this team. We are all the best of friends and for people to suggest we have fallen out is a
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      • 715 12  -  G. SIVAKKUMARAN MARC LIM S(K(IK Geylang and Jurong win with one goal apiece as season starts on shaky note Bu and PERHAPS it was opening-day jitters. But more than 4,000 fans at two stadiums were treated to only two goals m the first
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      • 87 12 GEYLANG inkeda one-year $300,000 sponsorship deal with homegrown consumer electronics company Akira at the Football Association o\ Singapore yesterday morning. This is Akira s first venture into football. Said Akira International executive director Julia Tong-Sng: Gevlang has been a well-known brand m the football community. "We hope
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      • 411 12 Taking m the action at lurong East Stadium yesterday are Mr Mali (centre), K. Kamemoto (left) of Jurong sponsor Maxwell and TanjongPagar chairman Victor Yu. THERE was no flurry of goals or excitement when the new S-League season kicked off last night. Nor
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      • 1258 12 BASKETBALL MA: Boston 71 Indiana 6? Pfiiiadelpl.a Memph'S K~ Ne<v Jersey 105 Me* Vor>. 76 Phoem. lie OTimiltTT Net O'leans 9! Miam. 82 Minnesota 92 Utah e5 Chicago 103 Toronto 95 Portland 94 Denver 84 Seattle 93 MM ta 76 Golden State 108 14 Clippers 94 BILLIARDS
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      • 269 13 SOCCER AUCKIAND Fears for the safety of spectators m rough seas forced the postponement of race four of the America's Cup for the sixth time yesterday, leaving Swiss challenger Alinghi still two races from sealing victory. Biotechnology billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli's team leads Cup holder Team New Zealand 3-0
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      • 793 13 GOLF Five top- 10 seeds out, Els stopped by second reserve Tataurangi CARLSBAD (California) So much for that Tiger-Ernie battle of" the heavyweights at the Accenture World Matchplay Championship. Tiger Woods did not have much trouble winning his first round match 2-1 against Carl
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      • 321 13 BASKETBALL EAST RUTHKRFORD (New Jersey) Latrell Sprewell was not the only one with extra incentive. Jason Kidd scored 21 points and received some help finally from his team-mates as the New Jersey Nets ended a three-game losing streak with a lO;">-7(> rout of the
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        447 13 KOH HOOD THONG passed away peacefully en 27 Tebruary 2003, leaving behind Owed ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: Johnny Koh Poh Huat Ong Khan Lee Jimmy Koh Poh Leng Dorothy Ng Chin Choo Robert Koh Poh Soon Linda Tan Siew Kiang William Koh Poh Lai Joanne Teo Sock Hwee Daughters: Sons-in-law: Al*
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        290 13 m? "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith" i 2 Timothy 4 7 UM TANG NAM VINCENT Age: 65 was called Home to be with the Lord on 26 February 2003, leaving behind lowed ones. Wife: Yeo Kee Lvi Jessie Sons:
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        223 14 Mum and (Dad, %gmemberinfl you both, Teo Teck Siang Liaw Bee Geok departed 6 Feb 2003 departed 29 Feb 2000 Perfect submission, perfect delight, visions of rapture now burst on my sight; angels descending bring from above echoes of mercy, whispers of 'ove. Perfect submission, all is at rest; I
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        267 14 HOY YEO WAH Age: 84 passed away peacefully on 27-2-2003, leaving behind loved ones. (Wife: Chia Soon Yee. deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Hui Fook Seng, David Tay Bee Hoon, Valeric Hui Fook Cheong Han Peck Jong Daughters: Sons-in-law: Loh Pen Lin Lim Wei Siah Hui Choi Kheng Loke Weng Sun Grandsons:
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        271 14 WW Psalm 62 1 2 B, /rn/i nit soul silently waits for God; II I' From Him comes m\ salvation. 1 c only is nn rack and tin salvation; I shall not be greatly moved." I PAUL YAP Aged 15 years Safe m the arms of Jesus. the Author and
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        331 14 "I have fought the good tight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4: 7 I rrot. (Dr) Chua Koon Meng RE., ASCE Fellow Age: 47 was called home to the Lord m Albuquerque, USA on 14 Feb 2003, leaving behind: Father Mother Chua Kirn
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      • 500 16 Decline in confidence significant: Greenspan Fed chief blames surf c m oil prices for fall m consumer confidence index to a 9-year low, which is not unexpected 'Consumer confidence indexes tend to be affected by events consumers are acutely aware of, such as the dramatic rise m petrol prices. Mr
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      • 335 16 WASHINGTON In a possible sign of an economic pickup, United States durable goods orders rebounded more than expected last month, sparked by a surge m bookings for business equipment and cars. But there was glum news on the jobs front with the
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      • 439 16 WASHINGTON Mr Glenn Hubbard, a leading architect of US President George W. Bush's ambitious tax-cutting agenda, abruptly resigned on Wednesday as chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, rounding out a shake-up of Mr Bush's economic team. Mr Hubbard, who is
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      • 64 16 Yesterdays close: 207.11 (Down 0.5 point) China's shares closed slightly weaker in the absence of fresh market leads, but oil stocks rose slightly on the back of soaring global crude prices. The stock market has moved narrowly over the past two weeks after a powerful technical rebound
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      • 441 17  -  REBECCA LEE Australia's largest telco says it is still 'very early days' and a final decision would be reached only some time next month Hu AUSTRALIAN telco Telstra confirmed yesterday that it was m talks to buy Sing Tel Yellow Pages, adding
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      • 167 17 SINGAPORE and Peru have agreed to guarantee investments m each other's countries and compensate businesses whose assets are seized or nationalised. Singapore's first investment guarantee agreement with a Latin American country was signed yesterday by Foreign Affairs Minister S. Jayakumar and his
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      • 328 17 HONGKONG Dell Computer, the world's second-largest personalcomputer (PC) maker, said it may double the value of components it buys from Chinese suppliers as it seeks to trim costs and boost market share m Asia. Dell, which sources 60 per cent of its computer
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        • 64 17 MALAYSIAN Airline System (MAS), which returned to the black recently after a state-led revamp, expects revenue to rise 11 per cent for the fiscal year 2003/2004 despite uncertainty m the travel industry. Managing director Mohamad Nor Yusof said yesterday that the carrier would continue to recover
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        • 92 17 ORDERS for Japan-made chipmaking equipment more than doubled last month from a year ago, rising for the 11th consecutive month and signalling that earnings at Tokyo Electron and rivals may rise, the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan said. Global orders climbed to 64.8 billion
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        • 83 17 HONGKONG'S exports surged for the eighth straight month m January, boosted by China's growing trade with the rest of the world. Total exports climbed 26.7 per cent m January year-on-year m value terms, far exceeding market torecasts for 18 per cent growth. More than 90
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        • 65 17 MICROSOFT will cut software prices m Taiwan by a quarter to settle an investigation into unfair trade practices, the island's competition watchdog said yesterday. It will also sell the components of its Office XP suite of software separately and share its closely guarded source
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        • 89 17 BAYERISCHE Motoren Werke (BMW), the world's No. 2 luxury car maker, said Asian sales rose 28 per cent to a record last year, helped by gains m Japan and China. It expects to double regional sales m five years. Sales rose to ?K,f>27 cars
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      • 338 17 Pritzker heir takes family to court over inheritance CHICAGO The bitter feud among members of Chicago's Pritzker family who own one-third of global hotel chain Hyatt rages on. Ms Liesel Pritzker, an 18-year-old actress, is suing her father, Mr Robert Pritzker; cousin Thomas Pritzker; and other members of one of
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    • 497 18  -  KELVIN WONG ECO N O M IC SURVEY 2002 This could happen for first 6 months if a recovery m electronics sector is delayed as a result of a war, say ministry officials Rfp<nl\ In/ WITH UNEMPLOYMENT LAGGING BEHIND
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    • 414 18 A SURGE m chemicals output for drug companies proved just the tonic for Singapore's key manufacturing sector. It helped make the sector the economy's star performer last year, reversing an 11.5 per cent slump to post a 8.3 per cent growth. The chemicals sub-sector played its
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    • 335 18  - Push into R&D raying off for economy DENESH DIVYANATHAN Bu THE Government's push to increase the quantum of research and development (R&D) work done here will not only help the economy to move up the valuechain, but also boost Singapore's allimportant gross domestic product (GDP). In fact, every $1 increase
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    • 357 18  -  LEE SU SHYAN *L Industry Recognition LOGISTICS firm Accord Express' status as a "promising local enterprise" has allowed it to compete with the big boys, says chairman and chief executive Henry Tan. AS MANY as 91 "promising local enterprises (PLEs)" reached the
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    • 443 19  - Two Craft Print directors to give own bonuses to staff AZHAR KHULID Their move comes ahead of a crucial AGM today, when shareholders will vote on a resolution to cap pay of company directors H<, The distribution of the bonus, worth $80,000, by Madam Ong and her husband, Mr Chan,
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    • 281 19 Sofa maker HTL's profit leaps 83% to $22m LEATHER sofa maker HTL International reported an 53. 3 per cent jump m net profits to $21.7 million for the 12 months ended Dec 31 In comparison, the main-board-listed company had recorded net earnings of $11.8 million m 2001. Contributing to the
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    • 412 19  - Futures traders batter ST Index by 15.9 points CO LIN TAN TAKIXC STOCK w \i;ki hu sn >\i >i i RAIDERS from the futures market struck the stock market like clockwork yesterday ahead of the expiry of the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Singapore Index futures contracts for February. Dealers
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    • 387 19  -  VLADIMIR GIEVARRA IN OUT Bt, I'KOI'KKn KII'OHI I n CAPITALAND announced a major management shake-up yesterday, with key appointments m its service residence arm, The Ascott Group, as well as its office, retail and financial business units. Ascott said yesterday that Mr Eugene Lai a
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    • 370 19  -  SIMON WILCOX iiu ALL may not be well m the Middle East, but that very factor means that oil is fine m the Asia-Pacific. And that should spell good news for CH Offshore, an offshore support services provider to the oil and
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      • 99 19 NET losses at Ellipsiz widened to $11 million for the six-month period ended Dec 31 from a loss of $5.5 million m the same peritni a year ago. Turnover rose 24 per cent to $26.7 million from $21.5 million previously. The mainboard listed company
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      • 75 19 INTEGRA2000 PROFITS ZOOM 68% TO $2.9 M SESDAQ-LISTED Integra2ooo posted a 68.1 per cent jump m net profits to $2.9 million for the year ended Dee 31 from $1.7 million the previous year. The human resource software solutions company also recorded improved revenue, up 16.6 per cent to $25.2 million
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      • 98 19 FULL-year net profits at Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) slid 99 per cent to $3.3 million for the period ended Dec 31 from $590.6 million m the previous year. The higher net profits m 2001 were due to the onetime sale of shares m Overseas
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      • 385 20  -  SOH WEN LIN Ih, UNDER Government review: A law which permits car loan financiers to effectively penalise some car owners who pay off their loans early. The Hire Purchase Act, which governs loans for cars of up to $55,000, contains a clause hetter
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        • 252 12  -  Loh Hsiao Ying Did you know... St Patrick wasn't Irish, but British. Count Dracula is Irish by creation, as he was dreamt up by Brain Stoker, who was born m Dublin. The harp, and not the shamrock, is the official symbol of Ireland. The Titanic was
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          563 13 Oscar was just one of many writers and poets who put the green isle on the literary map It must be something m the water. The tiny country of Ireland has produced four Nobel literature laureates m the 20th century: poet William Butler Yeats m 1923, playwright George
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    • 481 18  -  Critics say they lack sex appeal, but Taiwanese hoyhand Comic Boijz are proving them wrong. With 60,000 albums sold m three months, the sextet is set to become the next F4 Oil CAMILLA CHIAM THEY came, they sang and the Singapore crowd went to the toilet.
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      • 215 11 Bfn VEHICLES FOR HIRE ,V New Can For Rent A Next to SowCTsd/Orchard MIT g vfcciuy ma /Overnight special I Check us 0ut.... 1 I We also have 3 days 1 I package from $108. I jLPromotioiy FREE DELIVERY "CondWons Apply from forVhon \^y^^perday f Mercedes CLX 23^ f Mercedes
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      • 661 12 PROPERTIES ifjH ***** ■Ujo CITY SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS RENT CHOICE HOMES •Banyan Condo 3-1 J-'-PES 1 475-i373sq t GoW Coast Condo '453 iS3osqtt Landmark Tower J 3rms >03ai399sqt! •Royal Palm Mansion !■■> 1227 i23Bsqft short term leases available Tani *****887/ Scan *****830/ Maureen *****060 H Tel: *****411 FAR EAST ORGANIZATION
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      • 929 12 ifjH 001-08 mns city south-west I PTE APTS -RENT THE ANCHORAGE. SPACIOUS 150 layout. Shops. MRT. Ouiet. $3,000 only. OA: 9760-7830 SUNSHINE PLAZA. 2-RMS. High fir. Beautiful view! Condo facilities. Min b to Ra'fles/ Orchard/ MRT. Hurry! Veron *****898 DW Debenham Tie Leung EXPATS A CHOICEjOII BURLINGTON SO. 2+ store
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      • 834 12 mjjilA CITY SOUTH-WEST I PTE APTS -RENT OUEENS. BRAND NEW! 3+ 1. 1184 sq.ft. F/furn. Full condc facilities. Call SLC *****168 ANCHORAGE 52.3 K. 2+l bdrms. F/furn. Best pool view. Balcony. F/facilities. Call 9066-2388 CR I+l CLEMENTI PK. «06. F/ furn. Full condo facilities. Immed avail. neq. Pis call: 9008
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      • 585 12 ORCHARD/ WfJH 009-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND hUfcl TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS RENT I PTE APTS RENT Covenagh Lodge For lon«; and short term lease A short walk to Orchard Road AStfifaMr^^^^^fl^fifflr^^ gj t J Generously sized 2/3 bedroom apartments, partial or fully furnished Housekeeping services available upon request Minutes walk
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      • 921 12 tDO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS RENT TOKIO PROPERTY Richmond Park. 3+l S7.OK Merasaga.3+l 54.3K Sovereign. 4+l S6.BK Cavenaqh Garden. $I.BK Dunearn Garden. 4+l S3.OK Aspen Heights. 3+l S4.OK St. Martin's Residence 1 rm S3.OK Hilton Tower. 3+) 52.5K Blossomvale. 3+l S4.OK Sunshine Plaza. 2 1 52.5K Call Darren ■<
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      • 692 12 WfU\ DO9-10 ORCHARD/ ■yikj TANGLIN/ HOLLAND ■■PTE APTS RENT Debenham J Tie Leung g EXPATS A CHOICE ffi I D.lO SOMERSET/ ROBIN Rd Love ly apts. 2000/ 2600 sqft. 3+l. Pool/ big balconies. NNcra r MRT/ Orchard/ amenities. 9380-6474 THE REGALIA 3+l. Mid fir. F/furn. F/facilities. Bright. Near amenities/ Somerset
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      • 846 12 tDO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -RENT EXPAT'S tM CHOICE M NASSIM MANSION. Tranquil living 3000 sqft 4+l spacious iivmg/ dm.ng. Balconies. Convenient! immed. Philip Ng 9450 2126. TULIP GDN/ RIDGEWOOD/ Dynasty Gdn/ Aspen Hgt/ Far East/ SommerviHe Pk/ Himiko Ct/ Holland. SIK-J6K. Call *****100. No agt I'frapebenham.* I Tie
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      • 1036 12 HDO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS RENT D.lO NASSIM PK 4+l 200 P/furn. F/facilities. Amenities. Ouiet. Immed. MANNA *****191 D.09 SPRING GROVE. 2+ 1 1 sq.ft. F/fac. Cities. P/furn. Central Avail immed .IANNA 9469 8191 CAVENAGH TOWNHSE 4-RMS. 2200 sq f t. Rent $3K 9488-3161 SLC EXPAT'S SPECIALS. CASA Rosita/
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      • 910 12 Hffl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ ■yJll TANGLIN/ HOLLAND I PTE APTS RENT UE SOUARE 2 Cdrm; facilities. Amenities. Only $1900. No co-broke. 9575-7838 SLR 0.09 RIVERIA LODGE. Well furn. 29 CTV, VCR. washe 1 dryer. $2100. AICO 6280-3456 NEAR AMERICAN CLUB Pmtjoe Ct 4+l odrms. Rencvatea. windy. 3 balconies. 9709-5499 ARN ASTON
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      • 914 13 aDli 21 NEWTON/ BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI PTE APTS RENT NEWTON 18 •1 2 rxirms $2 Ok up •014 1249 sqtt -Brjnd New Full C ondo Fjcilities -NtWlOn Circus MRT Mate at the Art Finishings Adrian Lee 9385 8939 Joyce Tan 9009 2080 ROBERTSON INTERNATIONAL Winston *****438 Hillsid* 1530 sgft. 3+l
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      • 1050 13 Vf!VI D11& 21 NEWTON/ HiJiJ BT TIMAH/ CLEMENT! I PTE APTS RENT AOAM PLACE/ PARC Palais 21 3+l. tutifu Condo facilities. $1600. Ridgewoods 9855 2458 GOOD UNIT! MAPLEWOODS 2 rms Stei Tessanna/ Hiliview R* lence 3+i neg *****510 D.ll APT NEAR Novena MRT. 3+l. A I'M. ned. Furn. Immed. 2300
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      • 887 13 Pffl 012-14 BALESTIER/ K__J MACPHERSON/GEYLANG M nTr Tr nr T SI.3K-UP 2-RMS SIMS Ville. Eu roasia Pk. K^maman Pt. 3+i Boon Teck Lodge. Ritz Mansion. 1700 sg ft. F/furn/ facilities. 9851 1599 REGAL CT. KIM Keat Rd. 2rn New/ pool/ security. Furn. Avail. 1/3. $1.5 K. Tom 9455-6699 EUNOS GREEN.
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      • 1032 13 P!f| Dl 5-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS -RENT BRAND NEW. PARADISE Palms. 2/ 3+l/ f/faclities! Furn/ unfurn. Sea/ city view. Grab now! Limited units. Rent neg. 9002-800e RS COSTA RHU 3+l. 1647 sgft. High Fir. Pool/ sea view. Mint cond. Pte lift. Good rental 1 Immed. 9693-7075/ 9027 7031 KF
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      • 848 14 PROPERTIES BWJI HOUSES FOR RENT LIVING D.ll UNIVERSITY RD. bun n s*l S/pool. Bidg patios. 9400 sqft. New park. Easy access. $9K Owner *****597 8 D.19 near Australian/ French Sch. Grand 2 j storey semid. 3200 sq.ft. s+l Roof gdn. P/furn. ImmeO. 6383-9638/ 9796-7677 TENDERIFFE 3 STOREY Cluster RM 4-'
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      • 998 14 Vffll HOUSES FOR RENT WORKERS/ FAMILIES. GEYLANG. MacPherson. East Co.ist, Jurong. mdS. $1100. 9455-9951 D.19 PARK VILLAS Green. 3-storey m ;ei- Quiet new. All attached. P/turn. 9388-8401 D.lO JLN KEBAYA S/storey semi D. 8100/ 2800 sqft. 4+l, co--51 Renovated. RRS 9 7076ii9. TENERIFFE $5000 NEG. Brand new townhouse. 2771 sq.ft.
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      • 1016 14 VR] HUDC/HDB ■tflj APTS FOR RENT $600 UP. TAMPINES, Clementi. Bedok. AMK, T Payoh. Juronq E/ W. Bt Batok. Yishun, Houqanq, Woodlands. Übi. Marine Parade, Eunos. etc. 6779-2446 Sultan *****418 FT. $600 Marsiling 2+l. $700 AMK I+l, Yishun 2+l Sishan. $800 CCX 2+l. design/ Pasir Ris. $950 Woodlands 3+l/ Bishan
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      • 1028 14 WfCi HUDC/HDB FOR RENT BLK 882. WOODLANDS 5 I 3 bdrm Well renovated. P/furn. MRT/ amenities/ shop. Immed. Call Andrew 9008 6483 RS NEAR MRT BLK 149 Simei. 5 rms Blk 192 Bishan/ Blk 125 S'goon N Aye Mais. F/furn. $I,IK SI.3K neq. 9109-6746 RE/MAX YISHUN 2+l BLK 112. F/furn.
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      • 923 14 Wtfi HUOC/HOB WIIAPTS FOR RENT $600 UP! I+l/ 2+ 1 AMK Blk 340/ 170, Woodlands Blk 2A. Jurong E/ CCX. Furn/ unfurn. *****412 HOLLAND VILLAGE BLK 12. 3 rm flat. Aircon/ furn. Near amenities. Rental neg. 9677-8261 3 '17 5 T Whampoa Dr/ AMK blk 82/ 402. Near mkt/ bus
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      • 2011 14 WfR service Wtfi service Wtfi service APARTMENTS I|yju>ARTMENTS HjJaPARTMENTS FAR EAST PLAZA Service Apartments m the Heart of City At the doorstep of the hustle and bustle of exciting Orchard Road. Near Orchard MRT Station. Luxurious penthouses and one bedroom units available. Swimming pool, tennis court, billiards room, gymnasium, tropical
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      • 1002 14 Ml DOl-08 ■ydl CITY SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS -SALE LANDMARK TWR/ SPOTTISWOODE Pk. 3 odrms Higfi fir Supert view. Renovated. Indi 9706-5364 TERESA VILLE BLK 1005. Mid fir, 2000 sqft. 4+l, f'hoid. face pooi. Also rent. Lucy *****31 PN D.05 DOVER PARKVIEW. 938 sqft. 2+l. Unblocked. High f;r. Good facing: Must
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      • 905 14 BJf| DO9-10 ORCHARD/ ■uyj TANGLIN/ HOLLAr.D HOUSES -SALE TENERIFF JUST TOP. i 43 sq.ft 4+2 jster nse S > Aye. Qu; et S'.32M on 2\22 BK DALVEY. RARE! F'HOLD. Elevated. 2-storey bunglw. Pool. 4+l. *****sq'-. S7 c v Rt c-- SWISS CLUB. F'HOLD. 2 storey bunglw. Pool. 4+l. 9500 sqft.
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      • 881 15 aDO 9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS SALE BEVERLY HILL. RENOVATED. hllQt 1 3.2 M B Richard I FUTURA PENTHOUSE 8400 H -.-.v Private lobby Renovated. Designer decor with big patio and oooi. 9547 7388. Debenham* Tie Leung i BEST A izxmiqnCJ D.lO 1 KM Nanyanq Prt. "arrer Ct ig.
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      • 874 15 •ffl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ ■yUJ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND I PTEAPTS-SALE FIFTH AYE. 2271 sqft tmaist. U B cfctd new. F.ice E. Ouiet. 4+l. M Mi Cheap! HB *****944 MIRAGE TWR. 6 vrv 1496 sq.ft. 3+ ■i Sood 'acmg/ cond. Conicnient 5 ->eg 9686-2122 BK URGENT SALE! 18 Anderson. 2788 sqft. 3*l. F'hoid.
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      • 967 15 Pffl Dll &21 NEWTON/ |UJ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI I HOUSES -SALE D.ll, F'HOLD 2-STOREY bunglw. Near Newton Circle. Land: 4412/ 3400 sq.ft. Hp. 9862 6728 WJL SUNSET HGTS CHARMING bunqiw Cosy interior. o3oo' 5600 sq.f! 6897-09 Q 0 www.icehomos.com HILLTOP KING ALBERT P.irk bun gaiow. Quiet 2-storey. F'hoid. Pi cc neg HB
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      • 940 15 I PROPERTIES Vffl 015-16 EAST COAST SALE PARKEAST. FHOLD. 3*l+l. 7 5S ie" Wmdv View to r f fe- S6'Xk 936 b 4978 Agt EASTVIEW. FHOLD 1100 sq.ft i rms hig 1 'i^ar Park A3, amenities, i neg. 9109 229 1 D.15 PTE APT r "hold m T. Xu r
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      • 787 16 PROPERTIES 1017-18 CHANGI/ PASIR RIS PTE APTS SALE ELIAS GREEN CONOO I '<?nt '5Sv V\ 't:qh fir. Un Nest sun. Near Pasir Ris MRT. neg. *****548 DW AVILA GDN. F'HOLD. '323 sqft High fir. Unblocked. 3 rm. F/air con. neq. 9703 1486 Agent 946 YRS CONDO Casa Pasir Ris n
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      • 995 16 ■HR Dl 9-20 SERANGOON/ KIAJ THOMSON I HOUSES SALE OPEN HSE! QUICK Sale 4 6 pm D 19 Lange Rd. Corner terr. 2492 999 m. Can *****-168 WESTLAKE AYE hill-top 2 storey bunqiw. 12.037/ 4500 sqft. 5+ 1. 3.5 M. Colossians 9002 3388 WtH 019-20 SERANGOON/ ■dll THOMSON PTE APTS
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      • 764 16 ins 28 ■ucj west north ■■houses-sale^ VILLA VERDE 3-STOREY M sq H s*l Like new Stadium, pool, amenities. 9144 2329 RH BURGUNDY DR. 3-STOREY semi d 2152/ 2299 sq.ft. 5+ 1 rrn. Quiet. Good amenities. 90^***** JALAN LENGKOK SEMBAWANG. S/storey corner semi-d. 3209/ 1750 sq ft. F'hoid. *****789 VILLA VERDE
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      • 513 16 RBI 22 2 8 ■OIJ WEST NORTH I PTE APTS SALE ALMOST BRAND NEW! Woodqrove Condo. F/facilides. 1516 sq.ft. 3+l. Europe lifestyle, with classical decor. No noon sun. S6SOK up' MAYFAIR 3*l, PARC Vista 2+ 1. Pare Vista Balcony. Quiet. S42OK Mayfair 816. Pool/ lake view. Face S.E. SS2OK. *****083
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      • 791 16 HD22-28 WEST NORTH PTE APTS -SALE JURONG NEW CONDO! 21 3/ 4/ penthse Near MRT. Deferred payment till TOP. Early bird discount 1 Hurry! 9222-3213 ERA BRAND NEW. 2/ 3/ 4-rms/ Penthse. Pay 10% only' Deferred payment. Corp Rd. MRT. For preview appt, call Alice 9021-8808 SERENITY PK. TWR I,
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      • 1034 16 Ely WESTS NORTH U PTE APTS -SALE HILLINGTON GREEN. MID fir 1356 sqft. 3+ 1. Renovated. Pool view. Keen seller! Sole agt ***** 885 D.22 LAKESIDE TWR. Huge 3+l. 1925 sq.ft. Good racing. 5388,000. HARVEST *****888 MRT! 5449K NEG. Pare Vista 2+l. F/facilities. Renovated. Ouiet. Several units!! 9383-9948 D.22 PARC
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      • 1182 16 WQH HDB APTS FOR SALE |^J (ANGMOKIO) 4NG. BLK 134. Ang Mo Kio. Low fir. Chinese not eligible. Upgraded. No contra. *****170 5 'I' PT Blk 545. Unblocked. Windy. Good cond. Contra. Near MRT/ sch. Amenities. *****254 5 T PT 8LK.458 High fir. 821. City view. Renovated. No noon sun.
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      • 1061 16 ({fl HDB APTS FOR SALE ■yiJ (BISHAN) Debenham^ Tie Leung m\ NEW &f LISTING^! 5 T PT Bik 288. Very high fir. Unblock. Bright, breezy. Move m cond. Serious seller: Don't miss' Grab now! Cheong 9068-9012. 5 T CORNER. Urgent. SO cash. Blk 164. 807. Renovated. Must sell. MRT/ Mkt/
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      • 1028 16 ifff| HDB APTS FOR SALL (BUKIT BATOK) I 3 'S' BT Batok Bik 347. Mastebdrm w:th touet. Low fir. Unblocked. Wmdy. Near sch/ mkt/ MRT shops. Move m cond. 4 'A' BLK 176. Lift level. Marbiv. fir. Move m. N.S facing. Windy. Near mkt/ sch. Valued S2IBK Must sell! Alvm
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      • 1210 16 |fWI HDBAPTS FOR SALE ■tyl (BTMERAH/O'STOWN/ TELOK BLANGAH) LOW CASH! 3 ms Teiok Siangan Mk 26 33 Serene ambience. Can contra *****584 ASP LOW CASH! tl 3 4/ 5 Blangah 45' 68/ 72/ 37. Bt Purme. 107/ 114. 9850-3622 NEW LIST! 4 'A come' 104 Bt Purmei. Low fir/ valued
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      • 3472 17 a HDB APTS FOR SALE WSI HDB APTS FOR SALE ifßl HDB APTS FOR SALE RfJI HDB APTS FOR SALE Hffl HDB APTS FOR SALE (Wl HDB APTS FOR SALE (BEOOK/ CHAI CHEE) (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) (BEDOK/LHAICHEE) |^y (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) Buy It. Sell It. Find It. /I Woodlands J
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      • 1023 17 IHDBAPTS FOR SALE (HOUGANG/S'GOON/ YIO CHU KANG) 1 IlilUJfy Taftfl NEW LIST! EXEC. Mais. Hougang Blk. 639. 148 sq.m. Excellent cond. Near sch./ amenities. Valued. Asking S4IOK. 9362-2118 ILR URGENT! $0 CASH! 5 T Corner Blk 553. High fir. Spacious. 4 bdrms. MRT/ Hougang Green. neg. Dont Miss! Call: 9495
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      • 1111 17 tHDB APTS FOR SALE (HOUGANG/S'GOON/ YIO CHU KANG) 4 'A' CORNER S'qoon 231. Lift, move m. Ail races. 4 'NG' 220. 3T corner 107. 5 T 143. *****123 4 'A' CORNER 405 S'qoon/ Exec apt corner 959 Hougang. High fir. Unblocked. Breezy. *****193 4 'NG' CORNER Blk 341 Hougang. F/aircon/
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      • 925 17 PROPERTIES ■fjfjl HDB APTS FOR SALE |^J (JURONG) NEW LIST! 5 Pt Blk 238. Mid f'r Nice renovation: 100% move m. Unblocked. Bright w noy. Amenties/ sch/ mosque. *****676 PN RARE! JURONG W. Bik 702. Top fir. Weil renovated. 100% movein. Beautiful layout. Chinese owner. 9060-2736/ 9060-8039 HSR TOH GUAN
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      • 972 17 B HDB APTS FOR SALE (JURONG) 5 T Blk 404/ 552 Unt vaiued 5253K '34 sg.m. Dr tod' Amenities 9545-4961 5 T CORNER E k 305. High fir. l D .-cued Re' .itec b l 'MM/ "m; S neg Pg 9704-3193 5 T Toh Guan Blk 268. Ml of-" •e
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      • 3795 18 PROPERTIES /HK^^KKLm^MkJtmmSUUmmJm Every last Friday of the month, we run a thematic column putting together articles that were published 1 C.A.T.s. 1 if Written by Pear I y n Koh g in earlier issues of Property Bulletin. Here we compile some information on home loans for buyers. Buy it. sen
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      • 1112 19 RC] HDB APTS FOR SALE W^M (WOODLANDS) 4-RM DESIGN S. Build Bik 527. Corner. Unblock. MR! Nicely renovated. Spit a '-*****8 C&H 5T BLK 504. New listing' IK movem cond. 3+l rms. F/aircon. Near 5. Mf I i-nenities. S neq. Don't miss: *****556 DW 5 T BLK 723. Corner. 100%
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      • 880 19 Rtl HDB APTS FOR SALE 5 T CORNER Bk 715. New list' Mid fir Well renovated. Windy. 1 mm to MRT/ schs. Call *****296 PN 5 T CORNER 3lk 876/ 607. High fir. Unblocked. MRT. 100% move m. Granite fir. *****680 C&H 5 T BLK 702. High fir. Condo layout.
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      • 904 19 Rfl HDB APTS FOR SALE |^J (YISHUN) LOW CASH. 4 n Bik Jo 2. Yishun St 22 Lift level. Mkt/ Shop/ sch. Indian eligible. *****865 ALP LOW CASH! 4 NG P corner Bik 127. Access area. Renovated. MRT. Park Early move m. 6453 9881 OPEN HSE. SAT 24prn. 4 S/
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      • 3363 19 RJII HOB APTS FOR SALE HJH HDB APTS FOR SALE RTI HDB APTS FOR SALE RJS HDB APTS FOR SALE RfJI HDB APTS FOR SALE RCI FACTORYSPACE RC] FACTORY SPACE (MIXED/OTHER ESTATES) f^ (MIXED/OTHER ESTATES) '"'vrn/nTumrrT.Trr, (MIXED/OTHER ESTATES) (MIXED/OTHER ESTATES) W&H FOR SALE I^9 FOR SALE -j 1 J^^^Hi 1
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      • 925 20 I J W Jj,| I y|i m&i&im i ivi m a OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT FORTUNE CTR. NEAR MRT. Hiqn vVith partitions. R NR 0338-6833 ANG MO KIO. 3ik 330. Half shop Feb. 350 sqft. S2K. 0 no. 6337 2516/ *****240 NR GOLDEN MILE TOWER sqft SI2H Si 8X M
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      • 1620 20 Rfi SHOP SPACE RH SHOP SPACE |^U FOR RENT |^U FOR RENT •CHOICE SHOP SPACES* Lucky Chinatown 211 Nezv Bridge Road Young, Fun Trendy retail shops under one Arena Next to Chinatown MRT station Attractive rental Area 97 to 4166 sq ft S Tel: *****411 FAR EAST ORGANIZATION CHOICE SHOP
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      • 875 20 RCI SHOP SPACE |^U FOR RENT HARBOURFRONT/ WTC. PRIME retail shops. 183 1297 sqft. Suits stationery/ others *****877 NR ORCHARD RD, FAR East Shpg Ctr. 247 355 sq.ft. Outside CBD. Good unit. Ms Lim 9008-0090 TOA PAYOH CTRL/ Half/ whole unit. Bedok Ctrl Half/ whole unit. Heavy crowd. 9638 5088
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      • 788 20 a SHOP SPACE FOR SALE PropNex HWwil AMK BLK 608 Aye 5. 2-storey corner shophse. 1755 sqft. Wide frontage. 85 yrs wef 1/10/94. Rent also. Susan *****905 PN IR^Debenhami I Tie Leung BEST «CL pmcEjap? JOO CHIAT CONSERVATION shophse. Rer.ovateo. 2798/ 9130 sq ft. 4-storey with attic. Shop/ office use.
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      • 1500 20 IWJI RESTAURANT/ Wfjl RESTAURANT/ [ff|l RFSTAURANT/ fjffjl RESTAURANT/ KJUJ LOUNGE U|iJ LOUNGE KJUJ LOUNGE EmJJ LOUNGE JJ SPACE FOR RENT SPACE FOR RENT I SPACE FOR RENT THE WATERBOAT HOUSE FOR LEASE An exciting business opportunity awaits! Strategically located at the mouth of the Singapore River between the new Merlion
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      • 666 20 R1 AIRT.CKETS CHEAP AIRFARES 6538-0316 Delivery Available USA $930 Jakarta $140 London $610 Hong Kong $360 Africa $895 KuchirK) $335 Auckland $715 Lanqkawi $150 Bali $310 Manila S4SC Bangkok $185 Melbourne $550 Brisbane $550 Osaka $560 Brunei $415 Penanq $240 Canada $975 Perth $430 Chianqmai $380 Pnnom Penns43s China $439
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      • 1687 23 a TOURS R!f| TOURS Hlfl TOURS (fjl TOURS BTI TOURS BUI TOURS BTI TOURS BTI TOURS BTI TOURS BTI TOURS HJiJlfl HHJU HJIJU VjliU kIJU K*i*U HJIjU Bu*]l Vancouver Toronto 3D2N SD4N 6DSN Vancouver MiUiMiiUlUTlVll'lTiaili'lMltii^flCTl'lllTliilU Fly-Drive Fly-Drive Vancouver/Toronto Vancouver Sea to Sky 10 Days Canadian lIP Eastern Alaska Fly/Cmise Return
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      • 2278 24 TRAVEL |i^| TOURS TOURS IJHI TOURS |j^| TOURS Rf| TOURS |j^| TOURS gjRI TOURS HJI TOURS Celebrate Spring "Elaumu mitfi tie Trowel Cimiypiati^§^ 7D JAPAN DELIGHT 7D ENCHANTING rrfXortlflS^ Osaka Kyoto Toyohashi Hakone Tokyo (JS^^^VTflffS Iffll£l£ AT TIfI "PffllfVfi S^^^ffl&lfiS t..^-"-?^- BEST OF 3 THEME PARKS: Universal Studios, ffoQlfi^ 11^^
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      • 800 25 RJCI ACADEMIC COURSES E7TI ACADEMIC COURSES Job hunting? Turn to the CLASSIFIED JOBS section (Classifications 603-695), which comes after NOTICES. i r Rfwifffsiu Rd COMPUTER ■IrJ courses |_r^_r^__ri fc» SCCT IT COURSE t o'fee $42 for 21hrs. LCCI 90% SDF, HTML*FP2K, Dreamweaver. PC ON A EVELS Assembly. VBASIC 6.0. Photosh-
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      • 2323 25 ■fjfi COMMERCIAL BTiTji COMMERCIAL Iffl COMMERCIAL RH COMMERCIAL BJlfl COMMERCIAL TRU COMMERCIAL [^jy COURSES .^^^fc. IT^^T" TfA_~?l BPH_^^"™Ti Start with Networking Essentials rf^Hi^^^^K" >!r^ 'crlfS HH^H^HHi ■E_H I and go on to be a Systen ~^m n X— z/SKi WeMi _^__^H__ H 111 f r Administrator m the true sonse
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      • 753 25 EDUCATION GCE 'A' LEVEL Physics tuition by NUS Post Graduate. (Near RjCj Contact: 6468-5029 P BISHAN. EXPERIENCED M sdl teacher for smai: group/ Sec 1-3 Eng. Irene (3-Bpm) 6255-6173 LOW RATES. TUITION Dy experienced reliable tutors/ teachers for ail levels/ dists. *****266 WE PROVIDE CAREFULLY screened tutors tor all areas
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      • 643 25 E COOKERY INSTRUCTION •3/3 2pm $50 cial Minced pork i whole set 4/3 2pm SSC Crispy duck, Blacn soya sauce chicken, Sauce. Call *****H0 JC SAT. 1/3. 3PM. kenffl ryPuff. Sausage Ron el 6565 0407 Mr a* ■fIjINSTRUCTION DANCE ARTS (S) PTE LTD 805-31/ 34 Specialists Shpq. Ctr NEW CLASS*
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      • 821 26 EDUCATION T NOTICES! ETTI MUSIC COURSFS WST\ MUSIC COURSES RTI PHOTOGRAPHY/ |Mi^ VIDEO COURSES ™^^s?H^^^^^^^ Quick Tip designed for toddlers !9 B* to steady your elbows I v* from 12 months onwards {Vj Tble or^rMs^oSr" Parkway Paradm. #03-07/08 ->///|\\V^ Saturday 1:45 pm: 2 to 37: years old DacK or arm
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      • 717 26 mji U [Al Mwa SATS% I SATS CATERING PTE LTD invites tenders S for the following: H TENDER REF: 5T0203F004 DESCRIPTION: 1 TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY, DELIVERY, I INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING OF I CCTV AND CARD ACCESS SYSTEM IN SATS INFLIGHT CATERING CENTRE 2 9 CLOSING DATE: I 1 200
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      • 560 26 ■I PLANNING ACT (CHAPTER 232) PLANNING (MASTER PLAN) RULES (R1) I Notice under Rule 4 I Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the review of the Master Plan under section 8(1) of the Planning Act, the competent authority has submitted to the Minister of National Development for approval proposals
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      • 3034 27 m i hi iik, ii i m ki hi i hi i^^^ ■■■■■■■■■■^■■■■■■■■■••^•■■■■■HMHBBI MI^ BiBHB m n hi n ii mm mi 'Xi USB HHHBHHIHHBHHHi HRR ihvhwviimok AVER RAJAH vtDOV l vintKHMNUM Or Pt 1 11 lON i__V_y TENDER NOTICE P I Plhd.i\ I ehm.iu 'Xi I'Ksenieil hv I II
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      • 1699 28 r NOTICES 1 II \NKKI PTC> \< I i< II VIM I X 20) TAKE NOTICE THAT: K. v JKytiMn it I i:n>tltk- l.ill.'vuns.! ivis.iiw.n 'ttul.n ,>l li-hui.m -'U'; BkUM'NKKITMi \WU \\l> \!>l»KrN> < vv \\i ri i|l M\< t II llKKi'\l > =i t M\t \l'( 'Xl A ni
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      • 1052 28 Institute of Materials Research and Engineering A STAR TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited fo1. Plasma Enhanced Polymerization/Chemical Vapor Deposition System Tender No.: IMRE/T/ 186/2003 Eligibility: EPU/LTE/10/S2 and above 2. Film Blowing Machine. Tender No.: IMRE/T/187/2003 Eligibility: EPU/LTE/10/S2 and above Tender No.: IMRE/T/1 88/2003 Eligibility: EPU/LTE/10/S2 and above 4. Elemental Analyzer
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      • 1014 28 Grant Thornton GRANT THORNTON INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATION IN INDONESIA Grant Thornton International and PT Grant Thornton Indonesia Eddy Pianto, Registered Public Accountants, have announced a mutual separation effective at the close of business on 31 March 2003. Grant Thornton International will, effective upon the close of business on 31 March 2003,
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      • 1494 28 We wish to announce the resignation of Mr Tan Siow Fang, Raymond, (*****953-B) from our organization with effect from 28 February 2003. After which, Mr Tan Siow Fang is not authorized to represent our organization and transact on our behalf. Huang Procurement Pte Ltd The Bankruptcy Act 1995 [Act 15
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      • 3694 29 jj \*m\ iu*^^^h^l^lhlilhlll^l^l^l^l^lll^l^l^l^b B PROFESSIONAL/ EXECUTIVE POSITIONS We immediate vacancy for: BUSINESS OPERATION/ FINANCIAL CONTROLLER Degree m Accountancy or Business Administration Responsible for finance and operation risks control Based m China reports to Singapore Self-motivated, strong leadership, independent and able to work under pressure Mm 5 yrs experience Good command
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      • 572 29 WBf\ ART/CREATIVE Impositions Due IB expansion ar estatiished G-aphic >-3ose reqji-es Preferred writ Reip.an: experience Rfa ■dwrMng in austry inaeper-.w; se" ml MM i result anentec Piann n^ aDiiit, t.. e«ei^!e i^ies aci vities Walk m a team bmmdMMl Selected candidate m 'ook torv/a r a tc an attractive remunera'.ior
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      • 2034 30 Kj>A.Vlldj.<»lW:M a ART/CREATIVE PTTI ARI/CREATIVE Wtf\ ArtF/CREATIVE ITT] MARKETING/ IT?1 SALES POSITIONS Rfl SALES POSITIONS RfJI SALES POSITIONS POSITIONS my POSITIONS POSITIONS COMMUNICATIONS fLEM W*M II POSITIONS VEGAS INTERIOR DESIGN PTE LTD I m=Z? GM^^ I 'ntenordes.Qn.,.^,^..^ piMM^^M™*!™"" 1 11 An well-estabhshedHDßAYspieteited panel ut design build co. y«ipiSS»WPPi«iiWKiji^M I) SALES
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      • 534 30 Ijffji SALES POSITIONS Wff\ SALES POSITIONS I GoodAme ROYALE WINGS A company dealing with environmental health products requires: (Medical Clinics) (Hospitality Service Industries) (F&B Corporate) (Hospital) Basic salary with commission Aggressive, results oriented Good contacts m the relevant industry Highly motivated able to work independently as well as m a
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      • 551 30 PIJJI SALES POSITIONS Jewelry water, reta I requires FULLTIME SALES EXEC Speaks Enq i. Ma) Female a environment Have knowiedpr- Basic salai Mon to Sat 11 804-114 Far East Plaza. Tel: 9828-4414 sheen* pacific. net. sg a S "acore/ Malaysia Dase Shipping ana Logistics Company needs EXPERIENCED SALES/ CUSTOMERS SERVICE
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      • 966 31 VRjl SALES POSITIONS BCTJI SALES POSITIONS Retail Promotions EXECUTIVE /MANAGER Expene've m generating re'.i: l I TOQI 1!' Good interpersonal skills Resoi/cefji Preferably with knowledge of brand management ■nd f\ advertising background .j; c :•.>'■■■ r t'sume with photo to LIANBEE Jt I rt 315 Outram Rd. #09-09 Tan Boon
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      • 1267 31 Vffl CUSTOMER SERVICE Vffl CUSTOMER SERVICE VEfl CUSTOMER SERVICE V^J POSITIONS WXM POSITIONS POSITIONS CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICERS (PART-TIME) You will be working at our call center to handle enquiries on Speedpost services and collection bookings. Interested candidates are requested to complete the portion below and send it to us by
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      • 396 31 a HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ iffl HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE POSITIONS K^i inline pncmnuc BURGER KING CHANGI AIRPORT TERMINAL ONE urgently requires: (Up to $6 per hour) GCE O 1 level Malaysians with minimum 3 SPM credits i Pleasant personality with a good m disposition f Working experience m the hospitality industries Able to work
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      • 1185 31 CLASSIFIED JOBS ■ffi ADMINISTRATIVE/ lifl ADMINISTRATIVE/ |ff| ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS CLERICAL POSITIONS W&M CLERICAL POSITIONS Requirements: CCE 'N' or 'O' level, preferably with some HR acperiem E PC knowledge Interested candidates, please write/fax/e-mail m with full resume to: f^B ST Aerospace Engineering Pte Ltd The Human Resource Department m^ 540
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      • 3185 32 CLASSIFIED JOBS W9f\ ADMINISTRATIVE/ iffl ADMINISTRATIVE/ Wfl ADMINISTRATIVE/ KRI SECRETARY/ VRI SECRETARY/ Kfl TECHNICAL 1)91 TECHNICAL WJI TECHNICAL fTfi TECHNICAL iffl TECHNiCA. Ijjuj CLERICAL POSITIONS |jLiJ CLERICAL POSITIONS Kj|iJ CLERICAL POSITIONS l£il PERSONAL ASSISTANT K|£l| PERSONAL ASSISTANT |T|| POSITIONS KjTiJ POSITIONS ||£i| POSITIONS |Xk| POSITIONS IXkl POSITIONS II POSITIONS I
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      • 933 33 WSI PRODUCTION HR] PRODUCTION Mai iramniK KMPOSmONS Production Technician Secondary school and above Good eyesight Willing to work 12-hour rotating shift Singaporean/ PR only WALK-IN INTERVIEW Monday Friday (9am-11am) and (2pm 4pm) Matsushita Electronic Components (S) Pte Ltd 3 Bedok South Road, Singapore *****9 I An established label printing company
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      • 524 33 H PRODUCTION POSITIONS OUALITY CONTROLLER. YISHUN. a jminium a< contractor, $1* SI.2K. *****230. iC*****1Z) B WAREHOUSING/ INVENTORY POSITIONS An Established I Pharmaceutical Company I has vacancy for j GCE 'N' level Spore/ Permanent Residence only PC Literate 5 1 -day week Interested applicants, pis call or walk-in for interview 10.30am-3pm:
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      • 1914 33 _fE| WAREHOUSING/ iffl WAREHOUSING/ _f9SI WAREHOUSING/ INVENTORY INVENTORY INVENTORY ■■POSITIONS Material Handlers _s_^ wRKS^ Pi cK p oc^ anc re ce ye p arfs and -^I^^Hl loaa/unload containers i?C4i^Lw^tt\ >^'' Requirements: />^>____k3K^^i_*' Minimum Secondary education I^TJ___Bf^_J_K'» _S Must be able to reaa and write simple V' •__^^C_jßPß^^ mp Singaporeans/Singapore Permanent
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      • 616 33 r CLASSIFIED JOBS 1 EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS^ JPJI OTHER POSITIONS lV MISTER MIMT-j Secondary education Completed national service Training provided Basic t commission overtime 3^ r igua! n oof E'g'is" i Qiese Ptease bring along a passport size photograph interested candidates, c/ease call 6336 11 38 for interview appointment: Mister Minit(S)
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      • 516 33 Executive Appointments 3 EVOX RIFA EVOX Rita, a global supplier of film, paper and electrolytics capacitors and with factories worldwide have immediate vacancies m their Batam plant for the following positions: 1. PRODUCTION SUPERVISORS Qualifications: Preferably some technical education at NTC or diploma level and working experience m a production
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    • 665 34 The role of the traditional accountant has become allencompassing its not just about balancing the books. Most accountants this year will not just be slaving away at desks producing financial statements, balancing the books and supporting the business case with favourable graphs. In fact, they
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