The Straits Times, 16 May 2003

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    29 1 Whe StraitsTimes PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR Established 1845 rTrOSy May 16, 2003 •78 Pages in five parts MITA (P) 033/03/2003 «S*A Singapore Press Holdings publication 60 Outs
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    Lock icon IMH outbreak may be flu, not Sars
    553 1  - IMH outbreak may be flu, not Sars SALMA KHALIK By Initial tests indicate those with fever have flu if confirmed, the Republic could still get World Health Organisation all-clear on Sunday HEALTH CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE may yet be declared Sars-free by Sunday. Early test results for some of the patients and
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    Lock icon Singapore's rapid response to virus boosts credit rating
    280 1 SINGAPORE'S swift handling of the Sars outbreak has helped win it a triple- A rating the highest level from global financial ratings agency Fitch. London-based Fitch said the Republic's strong public finances and a proven ability to cope with recent economic shocks
    AFP; Reuters  -  280 words
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    Lock icon 39 burn to death as blaze rips through Indian train
    400 1 ik heat was so cheat that the roof above our heads was melting and the smoke was choking: Infantry Sergeant A.D. Singh who, along with six other troopers on board the train, rescued as many passengers as he could LADHOWAL
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      137 1 CHINA GETS TOL'Cill: Death penalty, stiff jail sentences for those who spread Sars wilfullur age 4 Jgtfcto hjjtf $mmLs jWfey^p^sg^ food out taiwan announces biggest jump in sars cases 4 •v^^r" f^L l^ervts£v-*M INTHE coping with sars scare at imh hi f^f^l /if jf^^ OPENFOR CHINA BEEFS UP RURAL FACILITIES
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  • NEWS FLASH
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      163 2 OLD GAME DRAWS NEW BLOOD THINGS might be slow in the real estate industry, but that's not deterring newcomers from trying their hand at selling property. In fact, many of those who are being drawn to the game are full-time professionals who either want a back-up plan, or want
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      95 2 PRODUCE WEAPONS OR LOSE FACE THE United States' credibility rests upon its ability to come up with the weapons of mass destruction that it told the world Iraq possesses. If the 1,500-strong survey team going into Iraq fails to strike pay dirt, it will mean a massive intelligence failure
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      53 2 SCRAP CERTS SHOULD GO THE system of handing out scrap certificates for de-registered cars should be scrapped, and car owners should instead be handed cash, writes Leong Sze Hian. By having a certificate, it artificially creates a secondary market for a commodity that need not exist, the Forum writer
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      90 2 816 TROUBLE FOR BAD BOY KHAN BOLLYWOOD'S Salman Khan is as famous for his bad boy antics as he is for his beefy good looks. But with a Bombay court turning down his appeal to drop a charge of culpable homicide, he faces the possibility of doing time in
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      103 2 Dlegal pork haul goes up in smoxe IMMIGRATION officers yesterday uncovered a huge, illegal stash of pork and pigs' innards in a lorry coming in from Malaysia. They described it as the largest such haul uncovered at the Tuas checkpoint since imports of fresh pork from across the Causeway
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      105 2 Saudis did not heed warnings SAUDI Arabia has come under fire for failing to heed a warning to beef up security at Western housing complexes shortly before Monday's terrorist attacks at three foreign compounds in Riyadh. The criticism by United States officials was tied to other comments noting the
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      66 2 Last-ditch Aceh talks INDONESIAN government negotiators and representatives of the Free Aceh Movement will meet in Tokyo tomorrow in a bid to prevent an all-out war in the troubled province. But even as the two sides set out to salvage the crumbling ceasefire, the military build-up continue* Some say
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      80 2 CIRCUIT RATES HERE CHEAP' SINGAPORE'S charges for its leased circuits are as much as 250 per cent lower than those in the United States, said the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore. It cited the figures from a survey by research house IDC Corporation that it commissioned after five global
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      84 2 CHANGES IN SAUDI ARABIA LIFE for ordinary people in Saudi Arabia remains rooted in the past, despite the mega-malls and superhighways. There are no theatres, nightclubs or alcohol. Women are not even allowed to drive. In a groundbreaking step, Saudi women were last year granted voluntary identity cards. Things
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      125 2 JAPANESE CULT'S FACILITIES RADED JAPAN'S police raided the headquarters of a cult that predicted the world would end yesterday. They confiscated about 400 items, including accounts and two vehicles. A media report on the Pana Wave Laboratory group said that its leader, Ms Yuko Chino, 69, is plagued by
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      77 2 IT'LL BE AN ALL ITALIAN FINAL IT WAS only a matter of defence or, rather, the inadequacies of it, that cost defending champion Real Madrid a place in the Champions League final, says columnist Rob Hughes. All the money that bought the world's best attacking players came to nought
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      646 2 MAIN War on Sais 4H1.H2 Al-A4 Prime >, 4 World 6-12 Editorial 14 Commentary 14. 15 Forum 16, 17 HOME Home Hl-H6 Tech Science H7 ASIA/SPORTS/ MONEY Asia AS SEA/Malaysia A6 Sports A7-A9 Money... All-Al4 LIFE! The Buzz L2 Cover L4 Mailbag L5 Comics L6 This Weekend L7-L9 Cinema guide
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  • PRIME NEWS
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      Lock icon US warns of terrorist strikes in Malaysia, Philippines
      356 3 US warns of terrorist strikes in Malaysia, Philippines Agencies detect increase in activity among terrorist groups 'not unlike' that picked up before Riyadh bombing WASHINGTON The United States has warned of possible terrorist strikes in Malaysia, the southern Philippines and parts of Africa, following this week's triple suicide car bombings
      AFP; Reuters; AP; Washington Post  -  356 words
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      Lock icon Woman's wedding photo acts as passport back to Singapore
      424 3 14-year-old shot convinced officials she was who she claimed to be WHEN her car was stolen in Johor Baru, along with her passport and identity card, Mrs Irene Lee, 42, knew she would have problems getting back into Singapore. Her husband,
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      Lock icon Suicide attack on Taipei govt building sparks alarm
      160 3 AFP TAIPEI A truck loaded with several barrels of petroleum crashed into Taiwan's Transport Ministry building yesterday, causing an explosion and leaving the driver dead. The blast caused a huge fire at the ministry's entrance, just hundreds of metres from the Presidential
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    • WARON SARS
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        259 4 A helping handfrom visually impaired FREELANCE masseuse Sherriza Hareani, 34, has not been getting any work since Sars broke out here about two months ago. Yet she did not hesitate to volunteer her services for a charity massage drive, to raise money for the Courage Fund. Ms Sherriza, who is
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        Lock icon China to execute wilful Sars spreaders
        613 4  - China to execute wilful Sars spreaders DAVID HSIEH By Chinese Supreme Court announces severe penalties from jail to death penalty for those who obstruct efforts to fight virus THE STRAITS TIMES CHINA BUREAU BEIJING China will execute or jail anyone from 10 years to life for spreading the Sars virus
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        Lock icon Taiwan records biggest daily leap in infections
        454 4 TAIPEI Taiwan yesterday announced its biggest one-day jump in new Sars cases, amid a disturbing rise in cases of transmission within hospitals. The Mackay Memorial Hospital in Taipei yesterday became the third major hospital to report an outbreak in two days, adding pressure
        AP; Reuters; New York Times  -  454 words
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      Lock icon France accuses America of dirty tricks campaign
      474 5 US denies spreading lies because ol rift over Iraq war WASHINGTON The French government has accused members of the Bush administration of conducting an "organised campaign of disinformation" against it, in a new twist to its quarrel with the United st;»U's owt Iraq.
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      641 5 American and South Korean leaders take a united stand on the issue, although underlying differences remain WASHINGTON American President George W. Bush and his Korean counterpart Roh Moo Hyun on Wednesday warned that they "would not tolerate" any moves by North Korea to
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      206 5  -  ALFRED LEE By THE STRAITS TIMES F.I ROPK Bl RF. AI LONDON The British government is to spend £14 million (5539.3 million; on a controversial scheme to teach adults how to compose and read text messages. Department of Education surveys have revealed that abbreviating
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Saudis partly to blame: US
      534 6 They paid no heed to requests to beef up security at housing compounds shortly before Monday's bombings, says US ambassador WASHINGTON US officials have voiced rare public criticism of Saudi Arabian cooperation in the war on terror, saying the Saudis were asked to beef up
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      Lock icon Lebanese army says it averted embassy attack
      151 6 BEIRUT The Lebanese army yesterday said it smashed a "terrorist network" which was preparing to attack "the embassy of a major Western power" and other targets. "Lebanese intelligence services and those of the Syrian army present in Lebanon have arrested the members of
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      72 6 LEBANESE friends of blast victims surveying the devastation in one of the Western housing compounds that were bombed on Monday night while a grief-stricken woman at the site of another destroyed building in the Al-Hamra compound is being comforted by her companion. Norwegian pilot Hans Grikjen, 36, tells
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      Lock icon Multiple Al-Qaeda cells could oe behind attacks
      364 6 US intelligence points finger at senior member of terror network WASHINGTON US intelligence believes that more than one AlQaeda cell may have been involved in Monday night's car bombings in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and have identified a key suspect in the planning of
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      91 6 Chief Editor Says Sorry K«* Safe At Last ffijjj lraq Res stance Remains BS The executhe editor of the New York Times mF-^-J^^jß Seventeen European tourists are reunited aM Remnants of Saddam regime are thwarting i apologises to staff for failing to prevent Bfe^. *j/w with their families after being
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  • SPECIAL REPORT: SAUDI ARABIA AFTER THE BOMBINGS
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      Lock icon Wake-up call for Saudi rulers
      880 7  - Wake-up call for Saudi rulers SHEFALIREKHI By The car bomb attacks on exclusive expatriate enclaves in Riyadh this week have focused the world's attention on Saudi Arabia. The Straits Times Foreign Desk analyses the dilemma faced by its royal family and looks at two sides of life in their Gulf
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      Lock icon BOOK ON WAHHABISM Cleric's beliefs 'root cause of terrorism'
      216 7 BOOK ON WAHHABISM Cleric's beliefs 'root cause of terrorism' A BOOK written by former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Dore Gold, titled Hatred's Kingdom, cites the Wahhabi extremism of Saudi Arabian clerics as the root cause of terrorism. He argues, according to a review of the book by the
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      3 8 Conservative Lifestyle dstr
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      610 8  -  SHEFALI REKHI «SL ♦For locals, traditions dictate way of life DESPITE the 21st century veneer the modern buildings, space-age airports, air-conditioned malls and super highways paid for with oil dollars life for ordinary Saudi Arabians remains rooted in the past. This is particularly true for women. Islamic rules and
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      673 9 ♦For expats, life's an endless round of parties AMMAN For Westerners seeking the good life, Saudi Arabia offered easy money, sunshine and an alcohol-driven party scene where casual sex was taken for granted. In fact, on the night of the car-bomb attacks in the Saudi capital Riyadh early this
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  • WORLD
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      519 10 New York Times I'm at fault, says editor NEW YORK The executive editor of The New York Times told a town-hall style meeting of newsroom staff that he accepted blame for the breakdown of communication and oversight that allowed former reporter Jayson Blair to commit frequent acts of
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      Lock icon How rogue reporter covered his tracks
      465 10 NEW YORK Failure of communication among senior editors, few complaints from subjects and Mr Jayson Blair's own ability to cover his tracks allowed him to deceive his editors at The New York Times repeatedly for the best part of four years. He pretended to
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      Lock icon SAHARA KIDNAPPINGS 17 tourists freed in raid on Islamic abductors' hideout
      453 12 SAHARA KIDNAPPINGS 17 tourists freed in raid on Islamic abductors' hideout COLOGNE Seventeen European tourists were reunited with their families in emotional scenes on Wednesday after being freed from their Islamic extremist abductors deep in Algeria's Sahara desert, but there were fears for another 15 still held captive. Six Germans,
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      Lock icon No plans to wage war on Iran: Powell
      491 12 No plans to wage war on Iran: Powell Report: Iran has Nuclear facilities to build atomic weapons Programme under way to build an arsenal of biological weapons -WE WILL WORK mm he INTERNATIONAL VUlW'lUlil II IV PERSUADE lAN THAT THEY SHOULD NOT MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION. BUT IT'S NOT A
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    • PEOPLE
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        168 13 'Unknown' takes top job in Argentina BUENOS AIRES Peronist Nestor Kirchner, dubbed "the man nobody knows", clinched Argentina's presidency on Wednesday after his flamboyant rival, ex-president Carlos Menem, who was rock-bottom in polls, quit four days before a run-off election. Mr Menem's withdrawal, which could mark the end of his
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        Lock icon I'M NOT A DOUBLE AGENT: EX-IRA MAN
        117 13 BELFAST A former Irish Republican Army (IRA) activist named as Britain's top informer within the guerilla group emerged from hiding on Wednesday to deny he was a British Army double agent suspected of up to 40 murders. Alfredo "Freddy" Scappaticci admitted he once
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        Lock icon EX-MINISTER GETS LIFE FOR GENOCIDE
        67 13 ARUSHA The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda yesterday sentenced former information minister Eliezer Niyitegeka to life imprisonment for genocide. Niyitegeka, 50, faced eight charges of genocide and crimes against humanity related to the massacre of Tutsi civilians in western Rwanda's Bisesero hills between April and
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        92 13 SEOUL Doctors treated South Korea's former president Kim Dae Jung for a kidney disorder shortly after carrying out a procedure to treat the narrowing of his coronary arteries, his doctor said yesterday. "He is in good condition and will be discharged from the hospital
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        59 13 A High Court judge has recommended that former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori be tried on charges of authorising two massacres over a decade ago. A court ruled on Wednesday that it was too late for 82-year-old French Jew Kurt Schaechter to collect a symbolic reparation one euro (Ss2) from the
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        40 13 Quoteworthy The British film industry will continue to jump and flap and climb up again and flop again. Oscar-winning director Lord Richard Attenborough on the consequences of the government ending its tax relief for film production as planned in 2005
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      Lock icon Saddam's men sabotaging efforts to rebuild Iraq: US
      453 13 They have also looted critical parts from power plants and relay stations; stolen more than 40 cars from the national Electricity Commission; carjacked one of its commissioners at gunpoint; and staged night looting raids on construction sites for 26 new transmission towers
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      Lock icon Umm Qasr handea over to civilians
      133 13 BASRA British forces yesterday formally turned over control of the port city of Umm Qasr to a civilian government, the first such handover since the war ended. A small ceremony, presided over by the former military governor, Lt-Col Peter Jones, was held to mark
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  • COMMENTARY • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon The Straits Times FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2003 Inflation benefits
      633 14 The Straits Times FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2003 Inflation benefits IT WAS a most unusual move. The United States Federal Reserve last week split its usual assessment of the overall balance of risks into separate judgments on growth and inflation. On growth, the Fed said the risks were balanced. On inflation,
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      Lock icon Weapons of mass destruction: US can cry wolf only so many times
      939 14  -  JANADAS OFVAN By FOREIGN MATTERS WOULD it matter if no weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) are found in Iraq? Would it be credible to argue, as some in Washington have, that the presence or absence of WMDs is
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      Lock icon What if bio-terrorists strike in S'pore?
      1030 14  -  ANDY HO By SENIOR U'R/77.7i WHETHER Singapore is declared Sars-free this weekend or not, various lessons can be learned at this point in terms of preparing for not just another outbreak out also a bio-terrorist attack. As Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew noted recently,
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      956 15  -  DAVID BOEY By DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT EVEN if you're a defence butt", it's a fair bet that a productivity show hosted by the defence community would not excite you as much as, say, a full-blown firepower display at one of the Singapore Armed Forces' (SAF) bases.
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      Lock icon Surplus embryos can be put to good use
      391 15 Surplus embryos can be put to good use THE NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL COUPLES SHOULD BE PRESSED TO DECK AFTER A REASONABLE PERIOD, SAY FIVE TO 10 YEARS. HOW TO DISPOSE OF THEIR UNUSED EMBRYOS. WITHOUT anyone paying much attention, some 400,000 frozen embryos have accumulated in freezers at the
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  • FORUM
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      448 16 IF THERE IS A CHANCE OF POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO SARS, DONORS WILL BE ASKED TO DEFER THEIR BLOOD DONATION FOR THREE WEEKS. THIS IS TO SAFEGUARD SINGAPORE'S BLOOD SUPPLY. WE REFER to the letter, "Blood donor turned away" (ST, May 14), by
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      321 16 I AM writing to thank the Prime Minister and his team for fighting the good fight in the battle against severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars). Yes, we have not defeated the bug. Far from it. But I am thoroughly impressed by the
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    • Sars Scare At Institute Of Mental Health
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        Lock icon Moving IMH staff to hotels will hurt the industry
        150 16 Moving IMH staff to hotels will hurt the industry I AM amazed at the contradictory actions of IMH staff who volunteered to quarantine themselves. Quarantine is isolation from the outside world. Moving into hotels from designated quarantine quarters contradicts that very objective. How can we be sure that they will
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        Lock icon Was there a need to name HDB quarantine block?
        163 16 Was there a need to name HDB quarantine block? I UNDERSTAND that 60 staff members of the Institute of Mental Health were quarantined in selected Housing Board blocks at Woodlands. On Wednesday, while most of the press were mum on their exact location, one newspaper chose to identify one of
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      173 16 I REFER to the letter by Mr Chua Yow Khir ("$5 for temperature check"; ST, May 15). Mr Chua said his wife was charged $5 by Thomson Medical Centre (TMC) after her temperature was taken and a questionnaire administered. In the effort to keep TMC safe
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      83 16 Waive tax on lottery I APPLAUD the move to raise funds to fight Sars ("Special lottery to help raise $2m to battle virus"; ST, May 13). Given that it is a government-backed initiative, the Government should "donate" the tax element $2 million to the fund. The money comes from Singaporeans
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      341 17 Why not give cash refunds Reregistered Vehicles I REFER to the commentary, "Drop the Parf system, and the scams may go too" (ST, May 8), and the article, "Dealers offer 5% discount on scrap papers", in which it was stated that 60,000 cars were taken off the road last year
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      447 17 95% of Income policyholders happy with repairs I REFER to the article, "NTUC offers quick end to 3rd-party claims" (ST, May 14). The article quoted Mr Joey Lim, chairman of the Singapore Motor Workshop Association, as saying: *The $2,300 is from a tender system. Such a system could lead to
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      174 17 Errant bus driver counselled WE THANK Mr Justin Lee Jiansheng for his feedback (This That column; ST, May 8). We would like to assure Mr Lee and ST readers that our service captains are trained to operate the fare equipment and to provide assistance to commuters. We have since counselled
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      181 17 I REFER to the letter, "Get more with eßay" (ST, May 9), by Mr Tan Keng Leek. I would like to thank Mr Tan for his interest in the Streets of Singapore e- Auction and for his suggestion to use a different online
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      158 17 I FULLY support NTUC Income's efforts to root out spurious and inflated car repair claims as such practices have contributed to increased insurance premiums. This year, I have had to pay about 40 per cent more! To this end, I believe
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      278 17 THIS THAT Why this... and why tJwt? THE General Insurance Association (GIA) accident report form will be phased out in August. In its place will be a system of e-filing. A telephone enquiry recently reveals that e-filing will be available only at the offices of members of the GIA, the
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      59 1 BUZZ OVER STORE- JB BUS *\Ve are not in competition with SBS... We are complementing its service. Every day, I see lines of people waiting for the bus or walking across the Causeway. Mr Lim Han Weng, managing director of Handal Indah, which started a new Singapore- Johor Baru bus
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      704 1  -  ARTI MULCHAND 'ALTHOUGH SOME OF THEM ARE STAYING IN HOTELS, THERE'S NO RISK TO THE COMMUNITY... I THINK WE CAN SAFELY SAY THAT THE RISK OF THEM STAYING IN HOTELS AND TRANSMITTING SARS IS SO SMALL AND IS CERTAINLY NO HIGHER THAN IF
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      72 1 STARTING today, Institute of Mental Health outpatients can get their treatment and medication at the Alexandra Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic in Viking Road, close to the Redhill MRT station. Those who may miss their follow-up appointments at the institute are being contacted progressively by IMH staff
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      831 2  -  ANDY HO HIJACKERS BECAUSE viruses have no cells themselves, they cannot grow and divide. Instead, they enter human cells, hijack their internal machinery and redirect that to make new components they then assemble into new virus particles. Sars invades human cells
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        169 2 THE Government has yet to decide whether to name those under home quarantine, but it will do so only with the individual's consent, Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng said. Speaking in a Mandarin current affairs programme on Channel U on Wednesday night, he
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        151 2 SIX out of seven Bowen Secondary School students who were warded for observation after a classmate developed atypical pneumonia have been discharged from hospital. But the 14-year-old girl remains warded in Tan Tock Seng Hospital, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. The Secondary 2 girl was
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        292 2 THE Singapore health authorities have looked into five suspected Sars cases after receiving information from Malaysia that the infections may have been contracted here. Investigations have found no links to Singapore cases, said Dr Balaji Sadasivan, Minister of State for Health and Transport. One such
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        176 4 HOME FLAT SALES? NO WAY! Interest in property launches seems to be picking up after languishing for months. And there is no dearth of people hoping to make it as property agents. Nowadays, many attending property seminars actually have full-time employment, but see the job as a good backup in
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        701 4  -  LEONG PIK YIN *l The profession, which has been in a slump, is drawing more than the jobless 20-somethinqs who are keen to be their own bosses want in, too THE real estate profession is attracting more than the jobless and
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        246 4 ABOUT one in 10 property transactions today is being done without property agents, according to industry estimates. Marketing manager David Ang, 44, is one of those who advocate DIY selling and buying of homes. An unpleasant encounter with a housing agent last year upset him
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        571 4  -  WENDY TAN 7 think about what my clients need and how I can wow them. For instance, when people are moving house, they have no time to cook; that's when I first thought of > k surprising them with lunch/
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        80 5 Drawing on Buddha's teachings SENIOR Minister of State Khaw Boon Wan, a devout Buddhist, celebrated Vesak Day yesterday at the Leong Hwa Monastery, off Moulmein Road, with more than 400 devotees. At the candlelight transference ceremony, he stood in line as the flame was passed from one candle to the
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        396 5  -  SHER WIN LOH B^ BUS commuters going to and from Johor Baru hopped onto a new service yesterday. But amid the cheer, came a lament: Fare tickets have to be bought with coins. Malaysian company Handal Indah, which is running the
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        601 5  -  SHARMILPAL KAUR *L Govt refutes US allegations that Republic isn't living up to its agreement to control CFC use 'As Singapore does not produce CFCs, concerns over the production ana export of newly-produced CFCs should notarise.' Environment Ministry, refuting the allegation that Singapore
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        388 6  -  BEN NADARAJAN By Pigs' innards found in lorry; haul is the largest at Tuas Checkpoint since fresh pork from across Causeway was banned ON HIS immigration form, the Malaysian lorry driver had ticked "Nothing to declare". But when immigration officers
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        303 6 TAIWAN;S Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) will be challenging moves by Singapore Airlines (SIA) to include it in the lawsuits filed by families of the dead in the SQOO6 crash. Confirming this yesterday, Mr Loo Cnoon Chiaw of Loo and Partners said: "We will be
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        292 6 MRT pickpocket caught in tne act A PICKPOCKET from Batam, who made more than 20 trips here over the past three months targeting MRT commuters, was caught in the act at Orchard MRT station on Wednesday. He usually arrives on the morning ferry from Batam and heads to crowded MRT
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        792 7 Analysts say that their love of intricate storylines and habit of doing things in groups attract them to multi-player games SEOUL Mr Seo Young-suk hunches over a keyboard, his eyes fixed on a glowing computer screen in the dimly lit Internet cafe. He does
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        403 7 LOS ANGELES Is it a Websurfing portable toilet or a public relations nightmare or both? Microsoft Corp reversed its position for the second time in 24 hours on Tuesday over whether or not it had ever planned to launch a portable toilet with
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      54 1 DOCTORS BECOME BORDER GUARDS Earlier it was guards. ..Now because our neighbours have this disease, it is we doctors who are the first to see travellers. Kazakh doctor Murat Mukhamcdzhanov, on doctors instead of guards being stationed at the border to check on visitors from China Friday, May 16, 2003
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      157 1 BEIJING —The World Health Organisation (WHO) has added five more Chinese provinces to its list of Sars-affected areas, even as Chinese officials insisted that they found no problems with many regions not reporting a single case for days. Mr Liu Jian, head of the task force of rural
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      611 1  -  GOH SUI NOI »V ESEI THE STRAITS TIMES CHINA HI KFAI BEIJING China will either expand existing rural hospitals or build new ones and send doctors from the military and the cities to help staff the new facilities. The
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        572 2  -  MARY KWANG B'J HONCkONC.CORRF.SI'ONDKM ITS BUSINESS as usual for most Hongkong manufacturers and traders on the mainland, but the financial and other services are feeling the impact of the Sars outbreak. Accountant Law Kwong Chau, president of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Hongkong,
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        219 2 Hongkong people shun crowds by going online SYDNEY Online traffic to shopping, education, news, medical and banking sites soared in Hongkong as people sought safety at home from the Sars virus and steered clear of public places, according to a survey. The number of active Internet users in Hongkong showed
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        Lock icon HIT HARD TOO: Airlines' passenger numbers plummet
        409 2 CLARK (Philippines) The Sars virus that has killed more than 600 people worldwide is inflicting the worst crisis the global aviation industry has known, the world's airline association said yesterday. Fallout from Sars is now expected to dwarf those of the Sept 11
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        192 2 TAIPEI Taiwan lashed out at China yesterday for seeking to keep the island out of the World Health Organisation and asked WHO to send more ex- perts to help fight Sars. Under a banner reading "End the Quarantine of Taiwan", the government announced
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          93 4 HONGKONG The health authorities are trying to find 24 residents who attended a wedding banquet in neighbouring Shenzhen after the groom's father fell ill with Sars. The Hongkong authorities were alerted by their counterparts in Shenzhen after the father of the groom, a village
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          95 4 TORONTO The World Health Organisation (WHO) has removed Toronto from a list of Sars- affected areas, a designation that had pummelled the Canadian economy. WHO said it considered the chain of transmission of the virus broken in the Toronto area, with no new
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          112 4 Confusion over travel bans on Filipinos MANILA A Philippine lawmaker has warned that the government's announcement of an "on-again, off-again travel ban", supposedly being issued by other countries against travellers from the Philippines, has created confusion abroad, hurting overseas work opportunities for Filipinos. Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr said many people
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          99 4 BEIJING China will host a symposium on June 3 and 4 on controlling ana preventing Sars that will include representatives from Japan, South Korea and the 10 Asean members. "The theme of the symposium will be to exchange information and experiences on prevention
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          78 4 KUALA LUMPUR All major entry points in Malaysia will be equipped with static thermal scanners by Monday to screen travellers for Sars. Health Deputy Director-General Ismail Merican said one machine will be placed at the Johor Causeway, two machines at the Malaysia-Singapore second link
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          115 4 SYDNEY The Australian authorities have warned people not to respond to a faxed survey asking how the Sars virus has affected their travel plans because the questionnaire is just a costly scam. Consumer protection officials in Western Australia state said yesterday the survey claimed to
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        485 4 A new coronavirus is to blame, say the virologists who are the first to complete all tests needed to confirm their findings LONDON Dutch researchers say they have proved that a new coronavirus is the source of Sars. The team of virologists at Amsterdam's
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        139 4 6ENEYA The World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday it was recommending precautions with blood transfusions for the first time since the outbreak of Sars. In guidelines posted on its website, the world health body said the risk of infection through a blood transfusion was only theoretical
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        464 4 HANOI Vietnam, the first country to eradicate Sars, is trying to help others unlock its secrets, particularly by examining those who escaped unscathed. The Vietnamese authorities and World Health Organisation (WHO) have since May 2 been undertaking an epidemiological study of those who came into
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        213 4 ATLANTA Colleges and companies should welcome and watch not ban or quarantine visitors from areas affected by Sars, US health officials have said. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said quarantining people from Sars-nit areas without symptoms was not recommended,
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        457 5 US- South Korea summit deals blow to North Allies put up united front despite differences, dashing Pyongyang's hopes of driving a wedge between them NEWS ANALYSIS SEOUL The show of unity projected by United States President George W. Bush and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun at the White House
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        293 5 KARACHI Two men on a motorcycle sel off a series of explosions early yesterday at 18 Shell petrol stations in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi. Police and company officials said five people were injured a customer, three employees and a security guard.
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          45 5 CHINA has approved the construction of 13 new power stations at a cost of US$6.2 billion (Ssll billion) to steady unreliable power supplies, the China Daily reported yesterday. Their total capacity will be 11.88 million kw. it said. AFP
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          36 5 RESCUERS hauled 18 more bodies from a coal mine in eastern China yesterday, taking the death toll from Tuesday's gas explosion to 82. Four workers are still missing. AFP
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          46 5 JAPAN'S ruling Liberal Democratic Party and two opposition parties united in the Lower I louse of parliament yesterday to vote through three war contingency Bills. These give the nation its first legal framework for responding to military attack since WWII. AFP
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          41 5 A GANG of 23 thieves sailed in a small boat from Vietnam to Hongkong, where they allegedly carried out six robberies and one burglary yesterday morning. They were caught before they could escape. AP
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          37 5 WITH the completion of the reservoir behind the gargantuan US$25 billion (Ss43 billion) Three Gorges Dam, Chinese engineers have set a June 1 date for closing the sluice gates, Xinhua said. AFP
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          35 5 THE bones of Buddha will go on public display in Patna, India, from today. Visitors will pay 100 rupees (Ss4) to view the pnceless relic at the Patna Museum. AFP
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        49 5 It is my honour to welcome our goodfriend, the President of South Korea, to Washington. I have found the President to be an easy man to talk to. He expresses his opinions very clearly and it's easy to understand. US President George W. Bush AP
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        390 5  - End of the world? Cult gets date wrong KWAN WENG KIN By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO If you are reading this story, then clearly the world did not end as predicted by a bizarre Japanese cult which claimed that the Earth was to have been devastated by a major catastrophe yesterday.
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        482 6  - Last-ditch bid to salvage Aceh ceasefire deal ROBERT GO By STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU Indonesian negotiators and rebel leaders will meet in Tokyo tomorrow but Jakarta goes ahead with war measures JAKARTA Government negotiators and representatives of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) will meet in Tokyo tomorrow for talks aimed
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        420 6  -  LUZ BAGUIORO By PHH.IPPINFS CORRESPONDENT Seeking the truth 'The only way for the military to regain its credibility is by coming out with the truth. We are committed to ferreting out the truth.' Rear- Admiral Edgar d o Israel, the
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        318 6  -  RE ME AHMAD By IN KUALA LI MPI R Berita Harian, a daily from the governmentfriendly New Straits Times stable, said Singapore's policy of "over-depen-dence" on the US in tackling terrorism has raised suspicions and questions. The Malay-language daily joined the top-selling
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          54 6 MORE than two million Indonesian civil servants are unproductive and unprofessional and will face the sack unless they shape up. Mr Feisal Tamin, state minister for administrative reform, said the performance of 53 per cent of the country's four million civil servants was not
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          55 6 THAI parliamentarians have proposed giving themselves a 37-5 per cent raise but the plan has drawn fire from a salary committee. If approved, the country's 500 members of Parliament and 200 senators would see their monthly salaries and allowances increase to 104,500 baht (554,300).
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          73 6 AMERICAN cartoon characters Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck will soon help educate Cambodian children and adults about the dangers of land mines and unexploded ordnance, a US Embassy spokesman said. "It appeals to both adults and children.. .and we hope people take the message
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          53 6 THE largest annual war games for American troops in Asia kick off today with 13,000 military personnel gathering at a naval base in Sattahip, 200km south-east of Bangkok. Some 7,600 Americans, 5,600 Thais and 95 Singaporeans are taking part in the annual Cobra Gold
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          53 6 CANDIDATES taking part in Malaysia's general election in future will have to pledge that they will not resort to aggressive campaigning, if new election rules are passed. Those who resort to "unhealthy practices" will be disqualified, said the Election Commission secretary, Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar.
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      54 7 The Straits Times sports THOSE WHO LAUGH LAST... 'Now ice see them leave on their knees, stunned by a harsh lesson after labelling us the "cavemen of football Thursday's edition of newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, celebrating Juventus' win over Real Madrid after the Spanish press described Italian football as "prehistoric"
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      1193 7  -  ROB HUGHES SOCCER r., fly Tiivonfnc curonYAc J UVentUS SWeepS ri'A«t nnmi I c jJa3 I jJUI LI U5 \A arlrirl 1 fnr IVI dUriU O-1 lUr Q nlar*** in fVip a pidcc 111 me TMirrvni^n final iLuropedii nnai 'I won't play in the
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      388 7 TURIN (Italy) He has been the heart and soul of Juventus' march to the Champions League final. But when Marcello Lippi's side strides out at Old Trafford to face Italian rival AC Milan on May 28, Pavel Nedved will be watching from the stands. The
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      438 7  -  PEH SHING HUEI By ALL of Sinchi's woes in recent weeks were forgotten as striker Chang Hui jumped to the top of the S-League goal-scorers' chart yesterday. The 31-year-old hitman grabbed two goals at Jurong Stadium last night when Sinchi thrashed Balestier
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      478 7 Strachan torn between two goalies SOUTHAMPTON Southampton manager Gordon Strachan says he faces "a horrible decision" over which of his two goalkeepers to pick for tomorrow's FA Cup final against Arsenal. Both Welshman Paul Jones and Finland's Antti Niemi have been outstanding when fit this season, and the Scot is
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        339 8  -  PEH SHING HUEI GOLF Bu IT WAS not the prettiest of finishes but wno cares? Certainly not Lam Chih Bine, who became the first local professional golfer to win two events in one year. His earlier success was at January's Accenture Champion of
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        544 8 No 1 female pro can't depend on male stars for help, so looking to tne heavens PARKVILLE (Missouri) Annika Sorenstam thinks she knows who might win next week's Colonial tournament: Herself. "I believe so, if all the stars are lined up right," she said on
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        270 8 GUT KADEN (Germany) Padraig Harrington gave Tiger Woods a putting lesson as he set the pace in the Tour Players' Championship of Europe first round yesterday. He took a four-shot clubhouse lead over the world No 1, holing a series of outrageous putts in a blemish-free
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        70 8 WIE TO GO BOISE (Idaho) Teenager Michelle Wie will play in the Boise Open on the Nationwide Tour, becoming the first female to compete on the PGA Tour's satellite circuit. She will also play the Canadian Tour's Bay Mills Open. The 13-year-old drives 285 yards, longer than some PGA Tour
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        550 9 BASKETBALL Lakers will drown if Shaq does not bite Only he can deliver the power and presence to beat Spurs LOS ANGELES He sat out the season's first dozen games because of intentionally-de-layed toe surgery, causing irritated team-mates to begin their journey with a limp. Fear not, Shaquille O'Neal said.
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        334 9 AUBURN HILLS (Michigan) Chucky Atkins won a game the Detroit Pistons could not afford to lose. Atkins' lay-up with less than a second left was goaltended by Derrick Coleman and gave Detroit a 78-77 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night (yesterday,
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        565 9  - HORSE RACING Crabbia Back For Glory JOHN BELL Written By SINGAPORE'S leading owner for last season, Fred Crabbia, returns to Kranji tomorrow night to witness two of his favourite horses, Blizz Bless and Que Expresion, in feature races. The South African has an uncanny knack of having success when visiting
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          93 9 MANCHESTER UNITED striker Ruud van Nistelrooy was named Barclaycard player of the year by the English Premiership sponsor on Wednesday after losing out to Arsenal forward Thierry Henry for the English players and football writers' awards. Dutch forward van Nistelrooy, who scored 44 goals in
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          78 9 FULHAM rewarded Chris Coleman for saving the English Premiership club from relegation by appointing the 32-year-old as manager on a one-year rolling contract. He became the League's youngest boss and was preferred to more established rivals like ex-Bayer Leverkusen coach Klaus Toppmoeller and ex-Barcelona boss Louis
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          82 9 GLENN ROEDER has been confirmed as West Ham's manager next season, provided he makes a full recovery from brain surgery later this week. There has been speculation over Roeder's future in the wake of relegation and the successful tenure of Trevor Brooking, who took
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          91 9 UNDER-ACHIEVING Tottenham Hotspur has expressed interest in cash-strapped Leeds' striker, Mark Viduka. The 27-year-old Australian's agent, Andrea D'Amico, told the BBC he had met Spurs chairman Daniel Levy to discuss a possible move. Viduka, who cost Leeds £6 million (5516.8 million) from Scottish club Celtic
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        1375 10 "Jesus said, I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies." John 11:25 RUBY LIM LAY CHOO Age: 45 passed away peacefully on 15 May 2003 Father: Mother: Lim Chee Seng Ong Bee Lay Son: Victor Chan Daughter: Son-in-law; Anne Chan
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        545 11 US wholesale price fall steepest in 56 years Latest figures Output at factories, mines and utilities fell 0.5 per cent the sixth decrease in nine months Proportion of industrial capacity in use fell to 74.4 per cent the lowest since June 1983 Wholesale prices dropped 1.9 per cent New government
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        283 11 HONGKONG —The chief executive of Hongkong, Mr Tung Chee Hwa, has said the government must balance its Budget by 2007 to prevent the Hongkong dollar from coming under attack. There are signs speculators have entered the Hongkong dollar market recently, he told lawmakers.
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        407 11 EFFECTS OF SURGING EURO Euro blamed for hurting European exports PAPJS The rise in the value of the euro is hurting the compeLitiveness of European exports, with a number of leading companies warning that demand for their goods is eroding. Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the worlds largest luxury goods maker,
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        341 12 ST Telemedia's bid is in US public interest and will bolster US-Singapore ties in line with the newly signed trade pact, it says WASHINGTON Global Crossing, a fibre-optic network operator in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, said its proposed sale to Singapore Technologies Telemedia
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        328 12 TOKYO Japan's corporate bankruptcies fell for an eighth month in April, credit-re-searcher Tokyo Shoko Research said, as Japan's exportled recovery kept more companies afloat. Corporate failures fell 7-2 per cent from a year earlier to 1,495 cases. Publicly traded real estate developer Hokkaido Shinko and
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        361 12 $96,000 A MONTH Lucent to pay for cost-cutting advice Lucent's decision to hire former chief Henry Schacht to advise on litigation and e^st-cutting draws flak from shareholder rights advocates, who have been more vocal in opposing payments to Former executives since perks given to Former GE head Jack Welch were
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          67 12 THE United States "continues to support a strong dollar", White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said, responding to a question about whether comments this week by Treasury Secretary John Snow signalled a shift in policy. The Treasury Secretary reiterated his support for a strong dollar policy," he
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          80 12 AMR Corp's American Airlines, the world's largest carrier, will lay off 3,123 flight attendants as it cuts labour expenses by US$l.B billion (Ss3.l billion) a year to avoid bankruptcy. It notified about 5,000 flight attendants last month that they were subject to furlough beginning July 1.
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          88 12 SIR Richard Branson said annual profit more than tripled at Virgin Blue Airlines, the British billionaire's Australian carrier, and he wants a 30 per cent stake to be offered to the public by November. Virgin Blue, which had a Asllo million profit (Ssl24 million) in
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          101 12 ISETAN said its annual profit fell 39 per cent from a year ago because of a drop in the value of its securities holdings. Japan's No. 4 department store operator said it expects a 3.9 per cent rise in earnings this year. Group net income fell
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        647 13  -  LEE SI SHY AN (■OMPAMFSCORRKSPONDKM Watchdog body gets funding from many corporate big boys but there is no conflict of interests, says David Gerald AS A watchdog battling on behalf of small investors, the Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias), has a high profile
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        306 13  -  COLIN TAN By MARKKTS COKRKSFONDKM THE Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias) has tied up with Sharelnvestor.com to put the content of its courses online at its revamped website. Sias president and chief executive David Gerald told The Straits Times on Wednesday that the e-learning
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        539 13  -  LORNA TAN PROTECTION AGAINST SARS *l We are still willing to provide this extension/or large accounts on a case-by-case basis, subject to payment of an appropriate premium.' Income chief TanKinlian COMPANIES affected by the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) cannot
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        348 13 Del Monte squeezes out 2% rise in gains to $8.5m FOOD and beverage group Del Monte Pacific said first-quarter net profit rose only 2 per cent largely because of a oneoff tax credit boosting the bottom line in the same period last year. The company, which mainly sells processed foods
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        292 13 RICE cracker maker Want Want Holdings said net profit for the quarter ended March 31 rose 7.3 per cent to US$2B.2 million (Ss49-l million). However, this was a result of stronger sales of other snacks such as sweets. Sales of rice crackers were
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        286 13 KEPPEL Corps Brazilian unit has won a contract to build two support ships for shipping giant Maersk, in a deal believed to be worth at least SIOO million. The two vessels, known as platform supply vessels (PSVs), will be
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      15 14 The Straits Times money —US fibre-optic network operator Global Crossing •Friday, May 1 6, 2(X)3
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      760 14  -  BRYAN LEE REPLY TO GLOBAL TELCOS' COMPLAINT Bu 'There is nothing to stop a telecom operator from apply ing for a licence from the IDA to provide their own infrastructure, including LLCs. SingTel spokesman Foo Kim Leng Survey shows charges
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      461 14  -  AZHAR KHALID USE OF CONTROVERSIAL ORIMULSION ?1L SOPHISTICATED pollution-bust-ing technology will be used by Singapore's No. 2 power generation firm to ensure that a new, controversial form of fuel to be used at its power plants will not harm the environment.
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      484 14  -  NICHOLAS FANG By TRANSPORT KI.I'OKTI.K RECENT changes that swept through Singapore's PSA Corp have won the full endorsement of leading port customer Cosco Investment, which said the management restructuring, for example, meant PSA was now more focused in its operations. On another positive note, the
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      218 14 A. JL C i a Invest m k I Doing No Favours Yes, we get funding from big hoys. But no, we do not compromise, says Sias chief pack a i 3 I\ s I BANCB Offering Sars Coverage? Insurers now seem less eager to provide firms with infectious diseases
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      13 1 Life! The Straits Times Friday, May 16, 2003 CELEBRATES THE WONDER OF LIFE
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          Lock icon Sibling revelry on Channel 5
          379 2  -  SAMUEL LEE *!L HONGKONG director Clifton Ko Chi Sum will be helming Channel s's next drama. The man behind such films as the nostalgic I Have A Date With Spring (1994) and comedies like All's Well Ends Well (1992) and It's A Mad Mad World
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        402 2 CANNES Opening night at the 56th Cannes Film Festival was back in French hands, after two straight years of premieres of Hollywood movies. The festival got off on Wednesday with Fanfan la Tulipe, a fun French costume drama starring Penelope Cruz and Vincent Perez.
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        99 3 AFP HONEYMOON CAN WAIT (above): steven Soderbergh (right), who married former model Jules Asner last week, takes time off his honeymoon for Cannes jury duty. He is seen here with fellow jury members Indian actress Aishwarya Rai (centre) and Italian writer Eric de Luca. See Page 4. FANFAN CLUB: The
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        482 3  -  TAN SHZR EE BU ARTNCORKF.SPONDKVI" PASSIN6 THE BATON: Um Yau conducts the Singapore Chinese Orchestra tonight SINGAPORE conductors are playing a jolly game of musical chairs. Barely a month after Chan Tze Law of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) hopped over to become conductor of
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        1475 4  - SUPRE BRAT Teo Pau Lin 1965: Born in Mumbai on Dec 27 to a showbiz family. 1989: Shot to stardom with Sooraj Barjatya's Maine Pyar Kiya (I Fell In Love), which ran for 100 weeks in India and broke all box-office records. 1990-1991: Hailed as a superstar with massive hits
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        207 4 THE REST OF BOLLYWOOD'S FAB FOUR SHAH RUKH KHAN With his debonair good looks, he is Bollywood's über romantic leading man. At 37, he is married to housewife Gauri Chibber and they have two young children. He plays dashing heroes onscreen, like the role in last year's Devdas, which was
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        449 5 Names are a matter of pride fIHGZQZ9H| Readers write in about Sumiko Tan s Sunday Life! column on the pros and cons of married women keeping their maiden name and the Life! story on whether Madonna has lost her touch MS SUMIKO TAN'S rhetorical question, Why Don't Women Keep Their
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        217 5 THE column about maiden names reminds me of my own experience. In the 1960s when I got married, it was the norm for women to adopt their husband's name completely, so I became Mrs Ho Peng Yoong. I didn't encounter any problems until I attended
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        265 5 Sikh surnames reflect equality WOMEN expect men to respect them for what they are and give them equal opportunities in all areas. But when it comes to an issue as fundamental as one's name, which is given by one's parents, women can come up with different reasons why they should
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        239 5 Having husband's name THE column on maiden names struck a chord with me as I got married two months ago and had made the decision to adopt my husband's family name. One reason is that my husband and I feel that it helps to deepen our emotional bond towards each
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        250 5 I DISAGREE with the Life! article questioning if Madonna has lost her touch, in which you reported that her first album in three years plunged to No. 8 in its second week of release in the American charts (American Life Is Down, May 10). The
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        675 6  -  Yeow Kai Chai m FEVER TO TELL Yeah Yeah Yeahs Pohfdor) MAKE UP THE BREAKDOWN Hot Hot Heat (Sub pop/Warner) IT SEEMS like supreme irony for a music reviewer to say, but for once, words are meaningless. Let's just say that no epithets can fully articulate the
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        233 6 MACHI Jeff Huang ir The Machi Gang Warner) iHHHtCI THE latest name on the Asian hiphop scene is Taiwan's Machi gang. It joins a pack of posses already creating a buzz such as Hongkong's LMF, Japan's Rip Slyme, Singapore's Chou Pi Jiang, Malaysia's Too Phat and
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        279 6 MY FRIEND BETTY SU Shunza (EMI) itkirtrCi IF HONESTY is the best test for friendship, Taiwan-based sing-er-composer Shunza would not get too thrilling a report about her new album. A true pal would point out that My Friend Betty Su is fundamentally flawed. Each track comes with
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        538 9 leqs with kick Slender, long, shapely, toned great gams can certainly take you far THEY SAY WOMEN WITH good legs get around. Apparently, they snare better jobs and better husbands. 11 i Whether that is true is a matter for feisty debate. But judging from last Saturday's Ms Beautiful Legs
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        686 9 starsnqripes If you got it, flaunt it and win. Just ask Ms Beautiful Legs and Survivor winner I WAS SO SOCIABLE LAST WEEK THAT I WAS AT three gatherings. The first one I went to was called just that The Gathering. It's a horror movie about ghosts
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        307 9 Which part of a woman's body best tickles a man's fancy? Six guys 'fess up By Melissa Lwee the everything man Utt,2B,MTVVJ I wan t the wh o1 e package. I'm a legs. B^^lJ tits and ass person. Hh\^^V I'm a legs person Jp» fM because
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        229 16 HONG KONG Seventies Shaw gongfu star Wong Yu was arrested in connection with several scams on Wednesday. Wong, who starred in The Adventures Of Emperor Chien Lung, is not to be confused with Wang Yu, who starred in Onearmed Swordsman. Wong, who
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        196 16 LOWESTOFT, England A forklift truck driver at a printing works admitted to stealing manuscripts of J. K. Rowling's new Harry Potter book, British court officials said. Driver Donald Parfitt, 44, was arrested last week after attempts to sell copies of Harry Potter And The Order Of The
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        50 22 by Scott Adams LONG TERN, I HOPE TO CONVINCE OUR BOSS THAT I HAVE THE POWER TO BECOME INVISIBLE. I THEN I CAN JUST I SIT HOttE AND I GET PAID. OH, IT 1 WILL BE SWEET. ~s WALLY? IS THAT YOU? RI6HT f IN FRONT I I OF YOU.
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