The Straits Times, 18 August 2003

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    31 1 The Straits Times Established 1545 BEST IN NEWSPAPER DESIGN IN ASIA WjKJiLQtiy August 18, 2003 •78 Pages m five parts mita (P) 033/03/2003 MP A Singapore Press Holdings publication OvJ Cents
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    Lock icon SUCCESSION: DPM Lee a clear choice
    693 1  -  CHUA MUI HOONG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is the Cabinet's choice to take over as Prime Minister from Mr Goh Chok Tong. Revealing this last night, PM Goh said he had taken "quiet soundings" from ministers and MPs on their
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    Lock icon CPF: Flexible rates with safety nets
    735 1  - CPF: Flexible rates with safety nets LYDIA LIM Addressing the nation, PM Goh says for Singapore to stay competitive and save jobs, the rates will have to come down By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT IT WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE OF ME TO DUCK IT AND LEAVE THE PROBLEM TO MY SUCCESSOR. IT IS
    LEE CHEE CHEW; DESMOND WEE  -  735 words
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      141 2 SINGAPORE 2ND IN DERATE FEST FIVE Singapore junior college students have emerged second m the World Schools Debating Championships m Peru. This is the best Singapore has done m the competition and the first time it has reached the grand finals of the championships. The Singapore team made was
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      76 2 U.S. SAYS 'NO' TO GAY UNIONS MOST Americans say they know someone who is gay, and the vast majority support equal rights for gays m the workplace. Then why do polls show the majority also oppose gay civil unions? Pollsters, sociologists and gay-rights leaders say the answer lies m
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      82 2 WHY NOP WEBCAST PROBLEMS AS PART of its National Day web special, www.channelnewsasia.com provided a hyperlink to the live webcast of the National Day Parade 2003 on the official NDP website at www.ndp.org.sg. MediaCorp did this for several reasons, one of which was to allow Singaporeans abroad to stay
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      77 2 WHO'S SINGAPORE BRAINIEST KID? IN THE debut episode of Singapore's Brainiest last week, 12 boys aged 11 and 12 vied for the chance to be crowned Singapore's Brainiest Kid. The final pair from each of the six Ereliminary rounds three rounds each of oys and girls will move on
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      13 2 BRYAN VAN DER BEEK The Spartan driverless vehicle developed by Singapore Technologies Engineering.
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      96 2 HO M E Combat robots made m Singapore SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering plans to develop a range of combat robots and unmanned sensors, hoping this will give it a larger slice of the global defence pie. First up are projects that involve a "comprehensive suite of capabilities" m unmanned vehicles that
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      76 2 Portable but not so convenient MOBILE phone customers who switched operators m recent weeks are finding they cannot keep their old number as they expected. When they call out, it is the new and therefore unfamiliar number that shows up as the caller number on their friends' phones. This
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      105 2 MON EY Company profits fall THE Sars outbreak and the Iraq war caused profits of about a third of Singapore-listed companies to fall by 21.2 per cent at half time. Of the 90 companies whose half-year ended on June 30 that have reported their interim earnings, 73 logged profits while
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      84 2 MOTOROLA CORPORATE PRACTICES MOBILE phone maker Motorola says its corporate practices stand up to scrutiny. Of its 12 directors, 10 are independent. The company ruled recently that non-executive directors will no longer get stock options. And they have to hold half their fee m the form of Motorola shares.
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      70 2 RUSH IN PHONE DIPLOMACY UNITED States President George W. Bush has been on a working vacation at his ranch m Crawford, Texas. He took the opportunity to call some of his global counterparts, thanking and praising them for their help m the war on terror. Those he called included
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      139 2 INDIA CAN OVERTAKE CHINA' ACCORDING to a recent study by academics m the United States, India has the potential to overtake China as an economic power. The authors argue that India's homegrown entrepreneurship could give it a long-term advantage m contrast to the foreign direct investment that is driving
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      75 2 DANE IS TOP WOMAN SHUTTLER FORMER world badminton champion Camilla Martin of Denmark is the only player m the world with a chance of beating the non-stop Chinese assembly line of world-class women shuttlers. It began at the 1997 Swiss Open final, when she beat then world No. 1
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      482 2 MAIN Prime 3-6 World 7-1.3 Editorial 14 Commentary 14, 15 Forum 16 HOME Home Hl-H5 Education HT-H9 Tech Science HlO ASIA/SPORTS/ MONEY Asia ALA2,A4,AS China A3 S-EAsia A6 Malaysia AT Sports AB-AlO Money... Al2-Al6 LIFE! The Buzz L 2 Cover L4,L5 Straight Talk.... L 6 Comics L 6 What's On
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      370 2 ■ABM! fIJIC ai*of&sslOflQlS Itl for Mate EducaujnOrgan^ns Executive Education Rjl SOUTH AUSTRALIA X A "Oneof Australia's Best Universities" I 9 B AmM J^ V m M Wl The University iM I A (CkSmk) Top UK MBA in General Managemem I■■ I i^i^^^ MTwWWa 7.00 p.m. J/ Singapore 35th Intake Starting
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      Lock icon Money row led to capture of Hambali, says news report
      551 3  -  NIRMAL GHOSH British newspaper says Singaporean JI members spilled the beans, unhappy over how money was wasted m Thailand Bj THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK Information from Singaporean Jemaah Islamiah (JI) members may have led to the arrest m Thailand of Islamic
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      45 3 AP With the image of President Megawati Sukarnoputri m the background, police officers marched yesterday during the 58th anniversary celebration of Indonesia's freedom from Dutch rule m Banda Aceh, Aceh province. Security is tight m the province where troops are fighting separatist rebels.
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      Lock icon Saudi clerics condemn terrorism in new fatwa
      399 3 gtfr RIYADH As Saudi Arabia mounts a new crackdown on Muslim militants, the kingdom's leading clerics issued a fatwa on Saturday condemning terrorism. In a religious ruling that confronts head-on the doctrine of jihad, or holy struggle, adopted by the likes of Saudiborn
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      Lock icon Signs point to failed Ohio lines as cause of blackout
      661 4 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE UNITED STATES TAKE BLAME FOR ANYTHING?' Toronto mayor Mcl Lastman, criticising US officials for immediately blaming Canada for the power fiasco But investigators still clueless as to why the effects were not isolated but instead
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      Lock icon US troops' new 'weapon': Zsa Zsa Saddam
      394 4 Spoof photos are meant to enrage and draw out his followers TIKRIT (Iraq) Saddam Hussein has his head tossed back, his blonde locks flowing and a filter-tipped cigarette dangling coquettishly between his delicate fingers. Meet "Zsa Zsa Saddam", the US Army's latest ploy
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      Lock icon Runaway car hits couple; wife dies, husband injured
      532 6  - Runaway car hits couple; wife dies, husband injured BEN NADARAJAN Bi A COUPLE m their 50s were knocked down by a runaway car on Saturday afternoon. Madam Lim Seok Heong, 51, died m the accident, while her husband is now m intensive care. The couple were holding hands and standing
      LIANHE WANBAO  -  532 words
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      Lock icon Iraq's oil pipeline to Turkey sabotaged again
      733 6 With God's help, we will arrest those people and bring them to justice. The damage inflicted on the pipeline is damage done to all Iraqi people. Police Brigadier-General Ahmed Ibrahim Second fire breaks out just days after oil exports to Turkey resume. Blaze
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      Lock icon US electrical grid 'vulnerable to terrorism'
      648 7 UNDER THREAT Terrorist organisations could shut down the entire grid with a few computer keystrokes. No spare transformers if they are blown up, and it will take two years for a fresh supply If turbines which feed gas to power plants are destroyed, several
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      Lock icon Al-Qaeda plans for attacks foiled, says Iran
      234 7 Al-Qaeda plans for attacks foiled, says Iran TEHRAN Iranian security forces have foiled plans by members of Osama Din Laden's Al-Qaeda network to carry out attacks on Iranian territory, the government daily Iran quoted a senior official as saying yesterday. They carried out a whole range of preparations for terrorist
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      Lock icon Power system faces the 'big test today in Ontario
      592 8 'EVERYTHING IS CERTAINLY NOT BACK TO NORMAL...PEOPLE CANT BE FRIVOLOUS WITH THEIR USE OF ENERGY/ Ontario Premier Ernie Eves Call to conserve electricity to avoid rolling blackouts comes even as power is restored to cities m eastern United States and Ontario
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      Lock icon NY BOURSE: Staff had to bed down in office
      244 8 NEW YORK The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) became an impromptu hotel on Thursday night as about 300 traders and Big Board employees bedded down m the exchange's Lower Manhattan headquarters after they were stranded by the city's power breakdown. "We
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      Lock icon 37 injured in bull run
      173 8 MADRID A traditional running of the bulls festival m Spain degenerated into a stampede last weekend with 37 people injured, 10 seriously. Some 2,000 fans of bull-running turned up for the Virgin of Butarque fiesta at Leganes, just beyond Madrid's southern limits, but a stampede
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      Lock icon Rumsfeld holds sway in corridors of power
      575 9 Rumsfeld holds sway in corridors of power He is set to be one of the most influential US defence chiefs but Iraq's 'peace' could be his undoing WASHINGTON US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has won two wars and he has won them his way, overruling military traditionalists as he goes.
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      Lock icon Austrians hail favourite son 'King Arnold'
      286 9 Austrians hail favourite son 'King Arnold' VIENNA Austria has united behind Arnold Schwarzenegger's ambitions to become the next governor of California. The local press has welcomed his decision to stand under headlines like "King Arnold", "Arnie, the future emperor of California" and, more modestly, "Schwarzenegger follows m Reagan's footsteps". Their
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      85 9 THIS photograph showing the rudder of a shipwreck believed to be the SS Republic was released on Saturday by Odyssey Marine Exploration, which believes the sunken remains of the American Civil War-era steamer could yield the richest cargo ever recovered from a shipwreck. The Republic, captured
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      Lock icon Time out for Bush spent in phone diplomacy
      542 10 A vacation at his Texas ranch has not stopped the US leader from making high-level calls and planning re-election CRAWFORD (Texas) President George W. Bush may have returned to vacationing at his ranch here but there has been little respite from the
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      Lock icon REACHING OUT TO WORLD'S KEY FIGURES
      132 10 THAKSIN SHINAWATRA Mr Bush thanked Thailand's Prime Minister for his country's help m capturing the terrorist leader Hambali and he praised Thai law enforcement. MEGAWATI SUKARNOPUTRI The US President and the Indonesian leader agreed on the "importance of snaring information" that stemmed from Hambali's
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      362 10 President and a killer DEATH OF IDI AMIN JEDDAH (Saudi Arabia) Idi Amin called himself "a pure son of Africa", but his bizarre and murderous eight years as Uganda's president typified the worst of the continent's military dictatorships. Human rights groups say between 100,000 and 500,000 people were killed during
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      Lock icon 22 die in attack by rebels on Afghan police headquarters
      516 11 About 400 guerillas drove across the border from Pakistan to launch the massive attack, says provincial governor KABUL Hundreds of insurgents m a convoy of trucks attacked a police headquarters m south-eastern Afghanistan, triggering a gunbattle yesterday that killed 22
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      Lock icon Arafat wary of offer to visit sister's grave
      192 11 RAMALLAH (West Bank) Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will not leave his West Bank compound for a brief trip to the Gaza Strip, as offered by Israel, unless international mediators guarantee his return. "We need American guarantees, European guarantees and Arab guarantees for
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        62 11 RUSSIAN police have discovered a stash of some 110 air- to- surface missile parts, including warheads, outside Moscow, police told Interfax news agency yesterday. The discovery follows last week's arrest of a British national who allegedly bought a surface-to-air missile m Russia with the
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        Lock icon TEENAGE GIRL TO GET 90 LASHES
        34 11 AN APPEALS court m the United Arab Emirates has upheld a sentence of 90 lashes and deportation handed down on a 15-year-old expatriate girl tor committing adultery. AFP
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        Lock icon GRANDFATHER KILLS GIRL, THEN HIMSELF
        77 11 A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD autistic girl was shot dead by her grandfather who then committed suicide as he could not bear to see the girl's parents struggle to bring up their daughter, Israeli press reports said yesterday. Mr Pedro Lichinsky, 72, a member of a kibbutz m
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        55 11 SIX people were killed and dozens injured on Saturday during unrest m central Iran, the Kayhan newspaper reported. Protesters m the town of Samirom were angry that a proposed new administrative zone would mean leaving a community with which they had strong cultural and commercial
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        57 11 AN AMUSEMENT park operator was killed after his hair got caught on a roller-coaster car, pulling him up 12m before he fell, back-First, onto a fence. Mr Doug McKay, 40, was spraying lubricant on the tracks of the Super Ix)op 2 at a fair
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      503 12 PM Raffarin wards off criticism that his officials were ill-prepared for the crisis, which caused up to 3,000 deaths PARIS The scorching temperatures of the past fortnight m France may have eased, but the political heat is still on Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin.
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      Lock icon Earth warming at 'faster rate than expected'
      324 12 Earth warming at 'faster rate than expected' EXPERTS' WARNING SYDNEY Climate experts say the heatwave is one of the clearest signs that the planet is not only warming but is probably heating up at a faster rate than previously thought. Europe's heat which has eased after setting record highs m
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        Lock icon And Mr Right picks...the TV show host
        161 13 And Mr Right picks.. .the TV show host ROMANCE BLOOMS ON SHOW LONDON Swedish television presenter Ulrika Jonsson who hosted Mr Right, a programme m which 15 women competed with one another for the eligible bachelor Lance Gerrard- Wright, tied the knot at a ceremony m Sweden with Mr Right
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        Lock icon HANSON TRIAL: VERDICT THIS WEEK
        114 13 CANBERRA Former fish-and-chip shop owner Pauline Hanson, who made headlines when she declared Australia was m danger of being "swamped T>y Asians", faces a crucial vote this week when a jury will decide whether she is guilty of electoral fraud. The charges relate to the
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        99 13 KATHMANDU A Japanese mountaineer left Nepal's capital of Kathmandu on Saturday on an expedition to prove the existence of the legendary yeti, or the Abominable Snowman. Mr Yoshiteru Takahashi, 60, and his sixmember team left for the base camp at the foot of the Dhaulagiri
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        Lock icon STUDENT WINS $1.9M IN TV QUIZ
        76 13 LONDON The largest cash prize ever awarded on live television m Britain has gone to an 18--year-old A-level student. Mary Swain, of Crosby, Merseyside, defeated eight contestants to answer the final 10 general knowledge questions on ITVl's The Vault and pocket £704,900 (551.96 million).
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        64 13 King Leruo Molotlegi, the 36th ruler of South Africa's richest tribe, was crowned on Saturday m a colourful ceremony watched by thousands of cheering onlookers m the country's mineral-rich Northwest Province. Novelist Larry McMurtry, author of Terms Of Endearment and Lonesome Dove, has turned his hometown of Archer City, Texas,
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      Lock icon Defence minister will take rap for Kelly's death
      477 13 Defence minister will take rap for Kelly's death Geoff Hoon believes that his career is doomed, after disclosure that he refused to spare the arms expert a public grilling LONDON Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon has told colleagues he accepts having to take responsibility for the death of a government scientist
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      128 13 LONDON In a major trial conceived by a millionaire philanthropist, thousands ot Alevel students will be asked to take American-style aptitude tests next year. This is designed to help universities pick the brightest, The Independent said. The suggestion comes from Sir Peter
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  • COMMENTARY • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon For cheaper medical care, shop around
      752 14  -  SALMA KHALIK By HEALTH CORRESPONDEN I IT PAYS to shop around for cheaper medical care, even when using the public sector's services. This is because the cost of treatment can vary greatly from hospital to hospital, even for those within the same cluster. Even
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      Lock icon The Straits Times MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2003 Blackout jitters
      617 14 The Straits Times MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2003 Blackout jitters IT MUST have felt like the apocalypse m North America. Suddenly the lights went out across the north-eastern United States and a huge chunk of Canada. A power grid failure deprived New York and New Jersey, Detroit and Boston, Toronto and
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      1579 14 Community cJwmpions are challenged to take up recommendations oftlie Remaking Singapore Committee. But how far can any group champion causes m consensus-driven Singapore? And is there a 'model' of engagement that ivill yield results? CHUA MUI HOONG a u 7 NEO HUI
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      1131 15  -  ELISABETH B UMILLER ft, TIIK NEW YORK TIMES THE cultural change has been swift, radical and seemingly irreversible. Gay characters star m prime-time television shows such as Will And Grace, and real gays appear m reality programmes like Queer Eye For The Straight Guy.
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        113 15 6000 TIME TO END MILITARY PROSTITUTION THE planned redeployment of United States forces south of Seoul offers a good opportunity to end an unsavoury war legacy military prostitution m South Korea. Prostitution, used by the Japanese imperial army to boost its soldiers' morale, is the worst inhumanity. While
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        97 15 GOVT'S ACTION OVER TERROR DECREE APPALLING THE way the Thai government rammed through the two anti-ter-rorism executive decrees recently was appalling. The government's action, de- spite its good intention, continues to reinforce the perception that m everything it undertakes, the end justifies the means. Nobody would argue against balanced
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        101 15 POST-MUTINY RATINGS JUMP NOT ALL IT SEEMS IT IS hoped that the post-mutiny jump m Philippine President Gloria Arroyo's ratings, which pollsters already anticipate, will not push her to run m next year's elections. Without a doubt, the public will rally around Mrs Arroyo as it rallied around former
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        75 15 FIGHT CORRUPTION FROM MORAL STANDPOINT IT IS disturbing that despite remarkable economic progress, bribery cases involving civil servants are on the rise here. To eliminate corruption, both the receiver and the giver should be punished as they are equally guilty. The campaign against corruption should be waged on a
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        61 15 HIGH-LEVEL COP SACKINGS ROOST PUBLIC CONFIDENCE CHINA recently fired 11 highranking Beijing police heads m its latest crusade against law enforcement irregularities. Lack of respect for civil rights and abuse of mandatory measures create a negative image of police officers. A clean, just and law-abiding Kolice force will provide
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      650 16 From A Singaporean Coming Home BOUQUETS Well done. thank you A S PORE WHICH CARES! We were travelling on the MRT when our son had a severe epileptic fit. We wish to thank the three passengers and the MRT official who
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      211 16 I REFER to the letter by Mr Oh Jing Zhong on the NDP 2003 webcast being slow and the images, choppy. (ST, Aug 12). As part of its National Day Web special, www.channelnewsasia.com provided a hyperlink to the live webcast of
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      365 16 NO GO IN PHILADELPHIA... JUST as Singaporeans were waking up to celebrate National Day on Aug 9, a group of 20 Singaporean students from the NUS College m Bio Valley programme, together with non-Singaporean students, professors from
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      365 16 SOUTH AUSTRALIA AND ENGLAND WE SINGAPOREAN students studying at the Flinders University m South Australia would like to wish our fellow Singaporeans a belated 38th national birthday. Some 40 of us celebrated with a Eot-luck dinner on the campus, and we ad a wonderful time
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      148 16 WHEN I told a friend m Singapore that we, m Las Vegas, sang the National Anthem and took the Pledge on Aug 9, his only reaction was: "Serious?" His response made me realise how patriotic I have become, how much I love my country. And
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      8 H1 The Straits Times home •Monday, August 18, 2003
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      647 H1 Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong who named Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as his successor, also gave Singaporeans his assessment of the man last night AS FOR a new team leader, I've taken quiet soundings from ministers and MPs on whom they would choose. The clear consensus
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        614 H2 'My plan for political succession is on track. The new team is taking shape. We found several MPs with the potential to be ministers. We threw seven of them into the deep end. None of them drowned. Next PM should take hot seat by 2005 PRIME Minister Goh
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        317 H2 A few good men Saying that he could not have kept Singapore going on his own, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong paid special tribute to an older core team of Cabinet colleagues. "Tony returned to the Cabinet m 1995 when both my DPMs, Ong Teng Cheong and Hsien Loong, were
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        324 H2 Mr Goh identified them as men of the future and for the future. Whether senior members m Cabinet or recently-promoted junior ministers, their performance and presence m his Government has given him comfort that his plan for political succession is on track. "As Minister of
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        92 H2 "The last several years have been trying times for Singapore. Without the good team that PM Goh mentioned, we may not have been able to pull it off as we have done because the threats were not just economic, but security ones as well. The ruling
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        100 H2 "I didn't expect him to name his successor this time, but I think PM Goh wants to rally people behind DPM Lee... He talked quite a bit about DPM Lee to perhaps tell people that 'hey, this is our DPM, accept him for what
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        1052 H3 S'PORE DREAM Staying competitive 7 am convinced that it is better to take the bitter medicine now, than to let our sickness get worse. We will draw up special measures to ease your pain, and help you adjust to the changes.' GIVE OLDER WORKERS A FAIR CHANCE OLDER workers hate
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        59 H3 Tm worried. Many of us have come to rely on CPF as part of our financial planning. Many don't have retirement benefits... CPF has been everything to us. If cut, then how?' Mr R. Gobi Nathan, Health Corporation of Singapore Staff Union leader, 47, on
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        86 H3 'Cutting the contribution rates will go down more easily, especially if people see a clear and imminent danger to the economy. But extending the withdrawal age is a more emotive issue that nay not sit as well, because people will ask: How does that help
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        362 H3 NTUC accepts proposed CPF cuts THE National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) Central Committee yesterday accepted the Government's proposal to cut Central Provident Fund (CPF) rates because the top priority now is to reduce unemployment. It also urged the Government to tackle all business costs, not iust wage costs, and to
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        350 H3 HOW SPORE DID IT IN THE PAST... TO GET a young Singapore out of serious economic problems m the 1960s and *****, then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew not only amended labour laws but also snipped off "bizarre worker benefits" such as haircut and necktie
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        580 H4 S'PORE DREAM Keeping it alive The Singapore Dream is not shattered. True, the sky is grey now, but grey clouds do not stay forever. After the rain, they give way to clear, blue skies. If we use this grey period to remake Singapore... we will be ready to grow again
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        63 H4 'Sure, the skies will clear at some point, but they wont do so m the next few years. In the meantime, I don't know whether I should have my first kid, because I'm afraid there might a wage freeze or cut just around the comer.'
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        70 H4 'Maybe m the past, the system took care of people very well, so they saw no need to show their creativity or resourcefulness. There's an English saving that necessity is the mother of all invention. So I think when our society changes and transforms, these qualities
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        379 H4 I' ILSC 'Jm 3 3 I !Lv^ SINGAPORE has a track record of adapting to and thriving m difficult circumstances. Its people are a resourceful lot, said PM Goh, and here's the evidence: In former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher's book, Statecraft Strategies For A Changing
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        552 H4 Fi'^^l SINGAPOREANS can now fly the state flag and sing the National Anthem at football matches and other non-official occasions. The move is no earth-shaking development, said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong of this latest indication of the Government's mindset shift. But he
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        538 H4  -  Laurel Teo By IN MAY, my colleagues and I spoke to 50 young Singaporeans to get a handle on their feelings and aspirations. Many lamented that the Singapore Dream had ended: no car, no condo, because no big or steady pay cheques. I understood their
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        674 H5 S'PORE DREAM Rising to the challenge 'During this crisis, I saw a national spirit Inave never seen before. Our country bonded with. tenacity and determination. Sars did not break Singapore. It made us stronger. 9 Sars fighters, take a bow APPLAUSE loud and long reverberated around the University Cultural Centre
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        362 H5 COMPLIMENTS from international analysts and companies on the way Singapore won its battle against Sars are worth "millions m paid advertisements", said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday. That international confidence m the Republic has soared, shows that Singapore has "an indomitable
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        725 H5  -  TAN TARN HOW FROM THE GALLERY By TALK about wrenching adjustments. No words can better describe the Central Provident Fund (CPF) changes that Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong announced last night at the National Day Rally. The looming cuts m contribution rates, the salary
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      579 H6  -  KELVIN WONG Users who switched operators recently and paid to keep their old numbers are finding out that 'number forwarding' is not true portability Bu JUST NUMBER FORWARDING THE IDA does not dictate what method the operators use. It just defines mobile
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      541 H6  -  LEE HUI CHIEH MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR LADAN AND LALEH By MORE than a month after the deaths of Iranian twins Ladan and Laleh Bijani, their best friend here still cannot talk about them without crying. At a memorial service yesterday, her face pale and tired,
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        945 H7 SEND US YOUR QUESTION IF YOU have a problem with your child's education, tell us and we will ask the experts. Mail your question, marked "Ask the expert', to the ST Education Desk, 1000, Toa Pavoh North Podium, 2nd storey,
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        422 H8 Five JC students, from Anglo-Chinese, Raffles and Victoria, secure second place, the Republic's highest ranking so far FIVE junior college students have given Singapore a 38th birthday present by placing second m the World Schools Debating Championships m Peru. This is
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        281 H8 SCHOOL NOTES A MUSEUM dedicated to the life and work of the late Brother Joseph McNally, founder of La-salle-SIA College of the Arts, will be set up m 2006. The 500sq m showcase, which will be on the first floor of the college's new
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        271 H8 SINGAPOREAN Michelle Yip Huay Yee is bound for South Korea to study under a full scholarship provided by Samsung Electronics. The 2 2 -year-old who graduated this year with a bachelor's degree m business administration from the National University of Singapore (NUS), was chosen from
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        551 H9  - Under the guiding influence Of. youths YVONNE KOH More student mentors are touching the lives of children from low income or single-parent families Bu GREAT EFFORTS "I tried talking to her face to face, calling her at home and, when everything else failed, writing letters. Undergrad Jean Chan, 24, on
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        593 H10  - ST Engg to boost military robotics projects DAVID B OEY Local defence technology company hopes this will help it grab a larger slice of the global defence market WEAPONS engineers at Singapore Technologies Engineering one of Asia- Pacific's most advanced defence companies are gunning for a larger slice of global
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        281 H10 IT LOOKS like an oversized golf buggy, but the Spartan, an unmanned ground vehicle, can pack a wallop. Anti-tank or anti-aircraft missiles and anti-personnel weaponry are some of the objects that can be mounted on it, said weapons engineers at Singapore Technologies Kinetics, the
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        116 H10  -  HO KA WEI GEEKNOTES By NOT much bigger than the AA battery that powers it, the iFP-395T MP3 by ißiver packs m a recorder ana radio, and a 512M8 memory bank. It comes with Sennheiser earphones, a sports armband and neck strap, and can hold
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        155 H10 WORRIED about that cellphone frying your brain? Mr Daniel Goh, 33, used to run up $600-a--month bills. "I felt nausea and headaches from such heavy use," he says. So, he set up Intelligent Solutions, to distribute the RF3 hands-free headsets made by Cali-fornia-based Northwestern Bell
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      408 H1 GIVE OLDER WORKERS A CHANCE 'Do not pass over workers simply because they are above 45. If older workers are prepared to adjust, give or J 1 o them a fair chance to prove themselves. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's message to employers not to shun older workers grgr ■■■■■■BHHHHI
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      32 H1 No way, says PM No...but he might go see what the fuss is all about Bring costs down... or else jobs will take flight ►PageH3 auaWaaaiaapaaaWaal Of course. The Sars experience shows
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      892 A1  -  V.K. RAGHUNATHAN An American study says that India, whose economic growth is second only to China m Asia, has the potential to surpass its neighbour as an economic power. What do the Indians and Chinese have to say about the comparison? By INDIA CORRESPONDENT
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      469 A1  -  GOH SUI NO I THESTRAITSTIMES CHINA BUREAU Where the money comes from does not matter, what is important is who is running the business, and m many instances, the Chinese are. Mr Jesse Lv, director of strategic investment at
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      515 A2 BY RELYING PRIMARILY ON ORGANIC GROWTH, INDIA IS MAKING FULLER USE OF ITS RESOURCES AND HAS CHOSEN A PATH THAT MAY WELL DELIVER MORE SUSTAINABLE PROGRESS THAN CHINA'S FDI-DRIVEN APPROACH.' Authors of US study [From Page Al] als, but homegrown enterprises have been stifled by
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      325 A2 Study's key findings: China and India have pursued radically different development strategies. India is not outperfonmng China overall, but it is doing better m certain key areas. That success may enable it to catch up with or even overtake China. China's export-led manufacturing boom is largely
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        642 A3  - Nod for bridge kills two birds with one stone CHING CHEONG HK-Macau-Zhuhai bridge will help revive economy and even out growth m Pearl River Delta region Bii EAST ASIA CORRESPONDENT Bridge facts Construction off 29km bridge to start early next year and be completed at end-2006 Project estimated to cost
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        160 A3 Shenzhen-HK link ready within two years HONG KONG An economically important bridge to link Hong Kong and Shenzhen will be completed m about two years, it was reported yesterday, m a move which suggests the project has been brought forward. The US$37O million (Ss64B million) project known as the Shenzhen
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        53 A3 XINHUA This magnificent specimen being measured m a judge's caliper ruler is a grape weighing more than 30g. It took first prize m a Beijing grape competition at the weekend m the single-grain category. Specialist growers from 10 Chinese provinces gathered to take part m the
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      342 A4 Attack me, not the Hakka people: Chen HSINCHU (Taiwan) Thousands of people packed the Yimin Temple here during yesterday's start of an annual festival during which huge pigs are sacrificed to the gods of the ethnic Hakkas. The temple's square was so crowded that when President Chen Shui-bian arrived, it
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      397 A4 Many young men are avoiding the draft to go into business now that the military no longer guarantees food, clothing and social success SEOUL The ranks of North Korea's 1.1-million-strong army are increasingly being filled by women as military service becomes
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      328 A4 BEIJING China's top leaders have put a grim face on the country's unemployment situation and are urging all levels of government to give job creation greater priority, state press said yesterday. "Solving the unemployment and re-employment problem is an arduous
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      136 A4 BEIJING Three people were killed and up to 1,000 injured m an earthquake m northern China that caused thousands of homes to collapse, officials said yesterday. The 5.9-magnitude quake struck at 6.58pm on Saturday m eastern Inner Mongolia. Up to 100 aftershocks
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      58 A5 Big and fiery send-off RESIDENTS watching as bonfires are lit on a mountainside m Kyoto, Japan, to form the shape of the Chinese character for "bigAccording to local traditions, residents light fires on five mountains to send spirits back to the other world during the bonfire festival, which takes place
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      522 A5 Massive racket m counterfeit medicine leads to call for death penalty for 'merchants of death' NEW DELHI Walk into a chemist anywhere m India and chances are that one out of every five medicines on sale is a fake and even a
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        63 A5 JAPANESE Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi left Tokyo yesterday for a three-nation European tour that will have on its agenda the NorthKorean nuclear crisis, the reconstruction of Iraq and the expansion of the European Union. His visit will take him to Germany and two nations
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        83 A5 FORMER legislator Liv Rong has been given a two-year reprieve from a death sentence while his right-hand man has been executed for his part m a mafia case that toppled the government of China's fifth-largest city of Liaoning, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. Liv was convicted
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        64 A5 ISRAELI Consul-Gen-eral Eli Avidar has slammed a Hong Kong karaoke bar for hanging photographs of Adolf Hitler ana a Nazi execution on its walls. It is the second time this month that he has criticised the display of Holocaust symbols m the territory.
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        36 A5 SEVEN passenger aircraft were forced to stack above Makung airport on Taiwan's Pengnu island for nearly an hour yesterday during maintenance work on one of the airport s radar scanners. AFP
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      128 A5 Radioactive material stolen from Indian steel plant NEW DELHI Three metal cylinders containing radioactive material have been stolen from a steel plant m the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, a company official said yesterday. Thieves stole three containers of the radioactive substance, cobalt--60, on Friday from the privately owned Tata
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      183 A5 India to shelve costly missile project NEW DELHI India is set to shelve the development of a second anti-air-craft missile because delays have led to escalating costs and technical problems, a report said yesterday. According to the Hindustan Times, the homegrown medium-range surface-to-air Akash (Sky) missile was supposed to provide
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          39 A6 ONE of Myanmar's military rulers has described the US sanctions on his country as unjust. The sanctions "violate the UN charter and the international code of conduct", military intelligence chief General Khin Nvunt said. AP
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          45 A6 PHILIPPINE army special forces on sea patrol Killed four suspected members of the extremist Abu Sayyaf group whose presence was reported by fishermen, the military said yesterday. The rebels were killed m a short clash off southern Zamboanga city.
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          68 A6 NO THREAT TO PRESS FREEDOM: ARROYO PHILIPPINE President Gloria Arroyo's government said yesterday that press freedom would not be curtailed amid a manhunt for conspirators of a failed military coup against her last month. The assurance followed news reports that Mrs Arroyo had confronted a journalist over an interview with
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          63 A6 VILLAGERS m a district of Thailand famed for their dog meat industry have said they want to continue their trade m a survey that has reportedly forced their governor to abandon plans to close them down. Tha Rae district m Sakhon Nakorn province, north-east
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        649 A6  -  DEVI ASM ARAN I Indonesian police say arrests took place m raids last week, and five are suspects m other blasts, including Bali THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU FEARS of another terrorist attack m the wake of the recent JW Marriott hotel bombing hardly spoiled
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        257 A6  - S' pore 'will not let down guard' LEONG PIK YIN ANTI-TERROR FIGHT By SECURITY agencies m Singapore will not let down their guard despite the recent capture of Jemaah Islamiah (JI) leader Hambali, Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan said yesterday. Dr Tan, who is Coordinating Minister for Security and Defence,
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        198 A6 SYDNEY The threat of a terrorist attack at an upcoming summit of Asian leaders to be attended by United States President George W. Bush has not ended with the arrest of alleged terror mastermind Hambali, US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage has
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        Lock icon Thailand hands over Hambali's wife to KL for questioning
        358 A6 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian wife of top terror suspect Hambali has been handed over to police here by the Thai authorities for questioning, a top Malaysian security official said yesterday. Noralwizah Lee Abdullah, 33, was arrested with Hambali m Thailand last
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        719 A7  -  LESLIE LAU His name can move the stock market but Syed Mokhtar is not letting success go to his head is KUALA LUMPUR COMING FROM A POOR FAMILY AND WITH LITTLE EDUCATION, SOMETIMES YOU HAD TO SHOUT A LITTLE LOUDER TO BE HEARD, FOR PEOPLE TO
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        359 A7 KUALA LUMPUR Three policemen assigned to rescue five missing hikers m Cameron Highlands found themselves lost m the jungles of the Pahang mountain resort. They were among six policemen sent into the jungle near Gunung Brinchang last Sunday to search for the
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          64 A7 THE opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) has said the ruling Barisan Nasional government may call an election either m March or April. Speaking at a party convention, DAP secretary-gen-eral Kerk Kirn Hock said the government would try to exploit the promise held out
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          36 A7 A RM4S MILLION (Ss2l million) investment by the Armed Forces cooperative has gone missing. The Securities Commission discovered this while probing an asset management company m another case. New Straits Times
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          54 A7 KEDAH Menteri Besar Syed Razak Syed Zain has denied that he is under probe by the Anti-Corruption Agency over RMI2O million (Sss6 million) allegedly paid by a company for a logging contract m the Ulu Muda forest reserve. He made the denial at the Kedah
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          46 A7 PENANG state Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) chief Wong Kam Hoong yesterday issued a gag order banning members from making public comments on the misunderstandings between the party and Gerakan, a constituent party of the ruling Barisan Nasional. New Straits Times
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          47 A7 THE Human Resources Ministry is set to conduct a study on the need for semi-skilled foreign labour. Its minister, Datuk Dr Fong Chan Onn, said the study was prompted by cases of employers abusing permits issued for hiring foreign maids. Bernama
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        756 A8  -  WILFRED YEO SOCCER He looks like the new Harry Kewell as Leeds hold Newcastle to a 2-2 draw By' ASSISTANT EDITOR (SPORTS) ON SATURDAY, it was Cristiano Ronaldo. Yesterday, it was Lamine Sakho. Just as Ronaldo had shown himself to be more than an able replacement
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        199 A8 SATURDAY Arsenal 2 Everton 1 B'mingham 1 Tottenham 0 Blackburn 5 Wolves 1 Fulham 3 M'brough 2 Leicester 2 S'hampton 2 ManUtd 4 Bolton 0 Portsmouth 2 Aston Villa 1 YESTERDAY Leeds 2 Newcastle 2 Charlton 0 Man City 3 Liverpool 1 Chelsea 2 AFP Spot on from
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        146 A8 LONDON England coach Sven Goran- Eriksson has left Everton's Wayne Rooney out of his squad for Wednesday's friendly against Croatia. Rooney is still not matchfit after suffering ankle ligament damage, although he came on as a second-half substitute m Everton's 1-2 loss to Arsenal on Saturday.
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        466 A8 LONDON Now that they have signed an 18-year-old starlet m Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United have their eye on another. According to The Observer, the English champions have opened talks to sign American teenage sensation Freddy Adv. Freddy is only 14 but
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        383 A8 MANCHESTER Manchester United's new signing Cristiano Ronaldo opened his Premiership career with a 30--minute cameo which won rave notices m yesterday's British newspapers. The 18-year-old Portuguese striker showed no nerves but plenty of flair m filling David Beckham's old No 7 m a 4-0 demolition of
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        516 A9  -  PEH SHING HUEI SOCCER Bt. THE Singapore national Un-der-23 team will board tomorrow's plane to Vietnam for the LG Cup with sore backsides, after being spanked 10-2 by Geylang United at last night's NTUC Income S-League match. The tired Young Lions, playing their third
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        715 A9  -  PEH SUING HUEI BADMINTON Ex-world No.l tells of her battles against stream of top Chinese players Bl; YONEX-SUNRISE SINGAPORE OPEN Men'S Seeds: 1 Chen Hong (Chn) 2 Kenneth Jonassen Den I 3 Xia Xuanze Chn 4 Wong Choong Harm M al 5 Anders Boesen (Den) 6 Ronald
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        1369 A9 BASEBALL neurit *i Leapac Minnesota 14 Kansas City 5 Oakland 6 Toronto 4. Boston 5 Seattle I NY Yankees 5 Baltimore 4 (12 innings). Tampa Bay 5 Cleveland 3. Teias 12 Chicago White So< I Anaheim 11 Detroit I katJaaai laeaae Milwaukee 6 Pittsbuign 4 Los Angeles
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          91 A9 HOSTS Singapore beat Malaysia 3-2 m the First Malaysia-Singapore Youth Bodybuilding Championships at East Coast Park yesterday. Singapore won three gold, one silver and two bronze medals against Malaysia's two golds, four silvers and three bronzes m the five categories contested by youths aged 21
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          67 A9 ARGENTINIAN international striker Gabriel Batistuta arrived m Doha on Saturday to start his new career with Qatari league club Al-Arabi. The 34-year-old arrived from Italy, where he had been on Inter Milan's books last season, accompanied by his family, manager and medical personnel. His two-year contract is
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        Lock icon Premiership race about to hot up
        324 A9  -  JOHN BELL HORSE RACING Written By CHAMPION trainer Malcolm Thwaites put himself back m contention to win his seventh premiership title when preparing a treble at Kranji last Friday night. Thwaites prepared winners Calorado, December Rain and Excalibur, all ridden by Mark dv Plessis,
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        690 A10 GOLF He must show maturity and not yield to pressure ROCHESTER (New York) It's time for Tiger Woods (right) to quit playing with stuffed animals and grow up. For the better part of three days, he has behaved like he's m the state juniors instead
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        Lock icon Return to pre-Tiger days?
        400 A10 ROCHESTER So this is what golf was like before Tiger Woods. Remember how tournaments looked and felt then, circa 1995? Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer were too old. Greg Norman was too shaky. John Daly was too wasted. The game mostly revolved around players who came
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        252 A10 OBITUARY PENANG Former soccer international Ali Bakar, 56, who died after collapsing at a charity match m Singapore on Saturday, was buried at the Jalan Perak Muslim cemetery here yesterday. His body was flown m a Singapore Airlines aircraft to the Bayan Lepas
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        183 A10 QUEK GEOK CHOO Age: 78 passed away peacefully on 17 August 2003. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Lee Guan Swee, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lee Beng Kiow, Bernard Lim Siew Geok, Ivy Lee Beng Teck, Lawrence Koh Hong Tian, Sylvia Lee Beng Hong, Robert Sim Bee Huay
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        118 A10 r But God will redeem my life from the grave; He will surely take me to Himself. Psalm 49: 15 JOANNE HO ZHI-PING Age: 2 2 years After a short struggle with illness, Joanne went home to be with the LORD on 16 August 2003. Dearly missed by loved ones:
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        39 A10 4th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of Our Beloved GOYINDA MURUGAIYAN Departed on 18 August 1999 Time changes many things, But not the memory this day brings. Sadly missed and always remembered b\ Wife, children, grandchildren and all loved ones.
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        55 A10 33rd Anniversary In Cherished Memory MRS. ELETCHUMYPILLAY CHELLIAH/ KARTHIGESU Bone 10.10.1905 Departed: 18.08.1970 My dearest mother, I still love you and pray that you are happy wherever you are. God Bless You. Deeply misted fondly remembered by CHELLIAH JEEVARATNAM Tampines Central A simple ceremony will be held at Sithi Vinayagar
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        137 A10 If I should go before the rest of you Break not a flower nor inscribe a stone Nor when I'm gone speak m a Sunday voice But be the usual selves that I have known, Weep if you must, Parting is hell. But Life goes on, So sing as well.
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        123 A10 TAN AH MENG JOSEPH PETER Age: 84 was called home to be with the Lord on 17/8/2003 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Chia Chew Neo June Sons: Daughter-in-law. Tan Yong Yue Alan Ang Siew Hoon Tan Yong Hee Joseph Daughters: Son-in-law: Tan Seok Tiang Angela Teh Thye Beng Bobby Tan
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        101 A11 DR CHOW YEOW MING passed away peacefully on 17 August 2003, at 2.29 am leaving behind: Wife: Lim Swee Eng Sons: Daughter: Chow Kerr Form Chow Lynn Whui Chow Kerr Chuen Brother: Sister-in-law: Chew Yeow Teng Leow Nyok Jin Sisters: Brothers-in-law: Hwee Hwee Lee Hiang Ming Yew Fun Wong Ming
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        299 A11 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be In want Psalm 23:1 MDM POON SOO BUAY Age: 86 passed away peacefully on 17 August 2003 leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Tan Yoon Khim, deceased) (Sister: Cai Yuan Qin. deceased, China) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tan Siang Oen Loh Hoon Tiang Tan
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        148 A11 GOH GECK KANG Age: 80 passed away peacefully on 16/8/03. Deeply missed by all loved ones. Husband: Ang Chong Kuan Sons: Daughters-in-law: (Ang Tock Khim, deceased) Ang Tok Seng Ng Wan Eng Ang Jock Chuan Yuen Poh Chee Godson: God daughter-in-law: Goh Tiau Khai Tan Guat Eng Daughters: Sons-in-law: Ang
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        165 A11 LAI AH MUI (wife of the late Chak Kwai Kui) Age: 80 passed away peacefully on 17 August 2003. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: Chak Kwok Weng Melvin Ho Tiong Hong Patricia Chak Kwok Fat John Soh Siew Mci Lilian Chak Kwok Leong David Toh
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        54 A11 LIM CHWEE SOON Aga: 56 passed away peacefully on 16/8/03 leaving behind: Wife: Foo Suan Yin Son: Lim Jian Tsong Daughter Lim Pur-Jiun Brothers, sisters, relatives friends. Body resting at Blk 149 Pasir Ris St 13 804-40. Tel: *****403 Cortege will leave on 20/8/03 (Tues) at 10.15 am for Mt.
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        33 A11 In Loving Memory Of MINNIE FONG Christian missionary from New Zealand who was called Home on 18.8.92 to be with the Lord Loved remembered by all those who were blessed through her ministry
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        48 A11 6th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of DAISY CHAN CHYE NEO Departed on 18.8.97 Walled m our hearts there's a garden Where memories bloom every day, In the rainbow colours of happiness. Before the Lord took her away. Always remembered deeply loved by husband Rodney Mark children loved ones.
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        24 A11 Our Dearest Friend Always With Us LEE HOOI KIAN Menon Olivia. Patrick Marina, Yee Leong Teresa, Boon Leong Mci Sum, Derek Deborah, Deanna Richard
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        153 A11 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of our dear friend and colleague DR. CHOW YEOW MING Departed on 17/08/2003 From: Medical Class of 1973 Dr. Mrs Alan Ho Dr. Mrs Tan Wah San Dr. Mrs Cheng Heng Lee Dr. Mrs Tan Chin Lock, Arthur Dr. Mrs Chew Kian
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        115 A11 SIM KWANG KHER Age: 81 passed away peacefully on 17 August 2003. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Wife: Mary Goh Kee Im, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Sim Teow Hong Mabel Sim Sim Teow Pin Suzanna Aw Daughter: Son-in-law: Sim Gek Kwee, Alice Tan Tan Leng Grandsons: Granddaughters: Lucius
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        80 A11 MDM BACHAN KAUR (Village: Gujjarwal) w/o lata Sardar Mohindcr Singh Grtwal Agt: 81 passed away peacefully on 17 August 2003 leaving behind: Son: Mehar Singh 1 daughter-in-law, 2 daughters, 2 sons-in-law, 5 grandchildren, 3 grandsons-in-law 7 great grandchildren Cortege will leave Changl General Hospital on Monday 18 Aug 03 at
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        150 A11 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late DR. CHOW YEOW MING Departed on 17/08/03 From: MEDICO CLINIC SURGERY (JURONG EAST) DR. TERENCE CHUA PONG KUAN TERESA YEO HUAY CHENG Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell
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        160 A11 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of eath, I will fear no evil, for you are with me, your rod and our staff, they comfort me." Psalms 23:4 ESMOND CHIN HIE TIAN Age: 54 was called home to be with the i-ord on 17 August 2003,
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        110 A11 'Send your light and your truth; may they lead me and bring me back to Zion, your sacred hill, and to your Temple, where you live.' Psalms 43:3 GUI YONG SING Aga: 65 vas called home to be with the Lord on 16/8/2003 leaving behind loved ones. Mother: Tan Lwee
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        127 A11 TEO HWEE LANG Agt: 87 passed away peacefully on 17 August 2003, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Tan Song Chye Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tan Scow Meng Ng Siow Chun Tan Siew Pong Tay Suat Ping, Lilly Daughters: Sons-in-law: Tan Peck Joo Juay Teck Pong Tan Peck San Tan Peck Leng Tan
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        681 A12 ROUND-UP Overseas markets SHARE prices m Hong Kong are expected to move higher this week with investor sentiment boosted by expectations of a global economic recovery, dealers said last Friday. The key Hang Seng Index gained 479-34 points or 4.82 per cent to close
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        107 A12 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) Main Sdq Total Main Sdq Total Multi Ind 30,111 30,111 31,853 31 853 Manutacturg 488.233 76,662 564,895 321,680 22.485 344 166 Commerce 135,663 21.285 156.948 47,511 3.461 50.972 Tpt/Stor/Com 92.520 7,665 100.185 88.196 3.439 91.634 finance 26,742 26,742 107.122 107,122 Construction 36,910 16.473
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        126 A12 MAIN SDO TOTAL Up Dn Unch Up Dn Unch Up Pn Uncn Multilnd 13 1 4 0 0 0 13 1 4 Manufacturg 113 11 14 36 5 11 149 16 25 Commerce 52 4 6 12 2 4 64 6 10 Tpt/Stor/Com 24 34 200 26
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        44 A12 Change Straits Times Index 1594.32 -4.65 BT 08/ OS 360.00 -42.00 BT CADI -*****.00 *59.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +36.00 UOB Sesflaq 98.12 -H. 82 UOB Blue Chip 597.21 -H. 71 STI Futures 1592 -9 MSCI Singapore 196.99 -0.53 SiMSCI Futures 196.50 -0.80
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        35 A12 Sinqpu 25c 513,883.000 SunningdalelSc 459,469,000 IPCO 20c 303,866,000 MultiVisHK7c 278.063,000 Chart SemiCond 26c 268,747.000 DMX Tech US5c 250,288,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 218,438,000 Ezra 20c 211,296.000 Asia Food&Prop 188.808.000 Full Ape« HK2Oc 182.289.000
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        429 A12 grrr ABNAmroßankNV 5.25 ABSA Bank Limited 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 American Express Bank 5 Arab Banking Corp 6 Arab Bank PLC 5 Banca Di Roma 5.5 Banca Intesa Banca Banca Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena S.P.A 5.6 Commerciale Italiana SPA 7.25
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        433 A12 Most Asia-Pacific currencies up a little REVIEW Currencies THIN trading m Japan due to a three-day holiday as well as the blackouts along the eastern seaboard of the United States and Canada affected Asian currencies but most traded slightly up by the weekend. JAPANESE YEN: The yen rose marginally against
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        3729 A12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABM. Ajnro Asset Mgt (Spore) Star Europe Eqtyt— 0.652/ Star Europe Bd 1.259/ Star Europe U 0.953/ Star Asian Tiger Egty 0.761/ Star Asia Bom) 1 .353/ Star Asa Balanced 0.849/ Star Global TKhnotogy FunoT- 0.198/ Star Bhv Finance Japan Fund!" 0.594/ Mult! Strategy Fd 0.998/ Star
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        Lock icon World Com shareholders to sue Citigroup over collapse
        414 A13 World Com shareholders to sue Citigroup over collapse 'Absolutely. Someone should get the electric chair for this.' Forme r World Com employee Robert Pitschke, on whether he felt defrauded US lawyers seek full compensation for their clients' stock losses, saying Smith Barney defrauded the telco's investors FLORIDA Florida law firms
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        379 A13 RELOCATION OF CALL CENTRES LONDON HSBC Holdings, BT Group, Aviva and other companies which have cut costs by moving some jobs out of Britain will face an inquiry by British lawmakers, a labour union said yesterday. Unifi, a labour group representing
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        Lock icon HK hotel, retail stocks top choice for investors
        428 A13 HONG KONG Investors are checking into Hong Kong hotel and retail stocks, shunned at the height of the Sars outbreak just three months ago, as they bet that a flood of mainland Chinese tourists will revive the sector's fortunes. Visitors from the
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          Lock icon ASEAN-CHINA TRADE VOLUME UP 45%
          60 A13 ASEAN-CHINA TRADE VOLUME UP 45% STATISTICS from Chinas Ministry of Commerce showed that trade volume between China and Asean m the first half rose 45.3 per cent year-on-vear to U5534.24 billion (Ss6o billion). Exports from Asean grew 55.5 per cent to U5520.47 billion during the period and exports from China
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          49 A13 BRITISH Airways (BA) is offering to take a major stake m Swiss International Air Lines, while Lufthansa is reportedly eyeing a full takeover. The Sonntags Zeitung said BA's participation would be accompanied by an offer for Swiss to join the oneworld alliance. Reuters
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          Lock icon PHILIP MORRIS GETS 60 DAYS TO FIGHT RULING
          81 A13 PHILIP Morris USA, the largest US tobacco company, has 60 days to challenge a judge's ruling to post a US$l2-billion (5521.1-billion) bond to appeal against a judgment won Dy Illinois smokers of "light" cigarettes. While directing Philip Morris to post the bond,
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          38 A13 QANTAS CUTS SOME FARES BY TWO-THIRDS QANTAS Airways slashed prices on some flights to less than a third of the full rate. It offered a price as low as A51,696 (551,959) for a return Sydney-London flight. Bloomberg News
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        255 A14 SINGAPORE'S best new entrepreneur will be named tonight at an awards dinner to be held at the Swissotel The Stamford. A total of 12 small businessmen and women representing a wide spectrum of industries will be battling for the title of Best
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        Lock icon Doomsday for global economy in 5-10 years'
        590 A14  -  BRYAN LEE Analyst cites worst-case scenario of US collapsing under its debt burden and dragging down rest of the world By THE world economy is doomed to crash m five to 10 years and traditional economic policies are helpless to avert this, says
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          98 A14 PEK YEW CHAI: Promoted as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Singapore Computer Systems (SCS), a Singapore Technologies subsidiary. Mr Pek (above), 43, replaces Mr Lim Joo Hong, who stepped down for "health reasons", according to a company statement. Mr Pek returned to
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          Lock icon KLW APPOINTS NEW FINANCE CHIEF
          64 A14 KLW APPOINTS NEW FINANCE CHIEF LIM TECK MENG: Appointed by KLW Holdings, which owns local furniture and furnishings retailer Barang Barang, as its new group financial controller. Mr Lim, 32, joins KLW from SsangYong Cement where he was group accountant from December last year until last month. He will be
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          84 A14 SEAH CHE* YEW: He is the new executive chairman of financially stretched construction group Hua Kok International. Mr Seah, 31, takes over from Mr Tan Teck See, who will concentrate on his role as chief executive officer (CEO). Mr Seah is the president and CEO
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          Lock icon LOW KENG HUAT HIRES NEW CFO
          72 A14 NG BENG TIONG: Appointed by construction, property and hotel group Low Keng Huat as its chief financial officer (CFO). Mr Ng will be responsible for financial management, accounting as well as corporate and investor relations at the company. He was a director of Stone
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      166 L12 Co4+44*tufot^4*4 tc C.B. Chan Chairman, Goodrich Wallcoverings Carpets Pte Ltd on being awarded Top 1 1 Entrepreneur of the Year 2003! A ROTARY-ASME AWARD I --^/^IiNGAPORE /QUALITY CLASS WmW WsWSS 19 9 8 _fi Celebrating Singapore's l_^_^Br <«_£(M_B_Kr -^-tt-H^i 1 Enterprising Spirit _^mmiMm*9Mw 0 W A mm\_ iW 2001 _____W\W_W
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      23 L15 Editor: Geraldine Yeo All stories m this supplement written by freelancers. Art Design: Ricky Yeo, Jamie Koh, Noel Rosales, And rev: Tan andSamirShridhar
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      77 L15 Congra tv la tions, Mr Goh Kai Kui, Managing Director on being awarded Top 11 Enterpreneurs of the Year 2003 A ROTARY-ASME AWARD 9^ 3fi-l-^_^_^_^_^_^_^_H-80«B'BHi>B^.H|^^^^^^^^^^^^H S^^^^^^^HBtfEw^^^^. W^ _-a_*_tt^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_i_^_H J^^^Sm^H^^ jm PPP _i^mmWm M__^_H We are proud to associate with: ODBS 0 0CBCBank BEAPISii«-J pm ,b« A.ChioLim Stone Forest strength to
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      491 L17 Channel i Channel U PM AM 2.00 Men Are From Mars, 10.00 Showßiz Women Are From Venus 11.00 Variety Girls 3.00 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's: 11.50 Propose (Drama) Xiubin The Lost World (Drama) (Last decides to rut aside his work for episode) Based on Sir Arthur the time being to
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      226 L17 CHOICE 9 VIEWS i PRECIOUS HOMES (Debut) Hosts Michelle Chia and Bryan Wong take you m search of treasure. Three prizes are hidden m three households, and participants have to find them before time runs out. Channel U, Bpm CNA AM 6.02 Money Mind/6.30 Prime Time Morning/8.30 Through Asian Eyes/9.00
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      553 L18 Budak Pantai's CD, Budakumentary, is available at www.bluemoo.com.sg Catch them at Lianhe Tjaobao's ZPop Concert at the Padang on Saturday at 7pm. The show is presented by Hang Ten, and shoppers who spend $38 or more at its shops will receive a free ticket each to the concert. _^_^_^_H_^_K_^_^_^H_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_|_^_H_^_^_^_H__^_^_^_^H_^H_h_R9 _^__Jk
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        603 C4 BSI BUSINESS J OPPORTUNITIES Urgently needed PRUDENTIAL ADVISER. Age above 21 years old S'poreans or PR Mm 4 '0' levels/ Dip/ Degree Training allowance provided up to $4000 Call Thomas for anappointment, 9387-4141 (Representing Prudential Assurance Co. (S) Pte Ltd) SEMINARS (A) HOW to start small import/ export biz. Choose
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        391 C6 grrrrr WfVl SUZUKI FOR SALE 92 SWIFT/ S/WAGON 4 5 dr. 8 seater. 1.0. COE 2006-2009. 6 units. Warranty. Leather, s/rims. CD. Sell tr 513.5 K. Deposit $IK. mthlv S3OO-S4OO. *****433 Ah piSle $0 DOWNPAYMENT DRIVEAWAY! '93 Vitara I.6JLX auto. $33,300 All COE 8/2011. New paint/ tan. $420 < 7
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        610 C6 BSI OTHER MAKES I FOR SALE Closing Dote Time: 21 August 2003 (Thursday) at 3pm Offers to be submitted ot 100 Reach Rood, #35-00 Shaw lower, Singapore *****2 Viewing of Vehicles: 18/19/20 August 2003 9.30 am to 4.30pm at 35 West Coast Highway (Opp Haw Por Villa) 14*8 Toyou Hoc
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        571 C6 Effl LORRIES FOR SALE 2/2001 KIA FRONTIER. 10 ft. Die sel. 1 owner. Aircon. Selltr. j $18,800. Caii 9673-5858 MANY UNITS '98/ 00 Isuzu 10ft Lorry for sale. Deposit fr $500. No repairs needed. 9674-1842 2000/ 2001 NISSAN Cabstar 10ft Diesel. No repairs needed. Selling cheap! Low deposit! 9674-1842 2001
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        617 C7 Bit] OTHER COMMERCIAL j_ VEHICLES FOR SALE LOW DOWN PAYMENT 3 years. 100 000 km manufacturer 5 warranty free 1 year insurance 3 times veritcie servicing sessions at no coSt E MOTORCYCLES/ SCOOTERS DE KING MOTOR PTE LTD Bukit Batok Street 23 Midvlew Bldg I*o2-26/27 Tel: *****611 3006 Übi Road
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        564 C7 grrr H HUDC/ HDB APTS FOR RENT 6 MINS WALK TO MRT Access To PIE CTE BKE KJE SLE Rent fr $850 include SERVICES charges, WATER, ELECTRICITY 3 rms 200 units 24 hours security services 13 acres own greenery 1 week to 1 year lease MARSILING APARTMENTS 9 52 WOODLANDS
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        507 C7 Wffl ROOMS FOR rfENT COMMON RM AT Yew Tee 7 mms to MRT/ mkt/ food ctr/ NTUC/ CC Shpg Ctr. $350. 9188-4418 E SHORT-TERM ACCOMMODATION D.lO/ 11. BT TIMAH. Studios 2/3/4 bdrms apt. Pte entrance master rms, fr $700-$2OOO. Immed. 9752-3667/ 9387-7114 ORCHARD STUDIO APTS. New ren ovation. MRT, pool,
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        505 C8 grrgrgr Bl DI2-14 BALESTIER/ J MACPHERSON/GEYLANG I PTEAPTS-SALE REGENT CT 1120 jqtt F'hold. Pool.' squash. MRT Rent $t.m. Sale 5425K neg. *****309 agt S4SOK UP! TRELLIS Twr Studio/ 3->l 549/ 1485 sqft. F'hold. MRT/ good sch. Urgent! 9858-3561 agt B 015-16 EAST COAST HOUSES -SALE EVERGREEN AYE. D/STOREY Semi-d. 3700/
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        542 C8 AUCTION. SIMEI GREEN Exec Condo. 969 sq.ft. 3 rms. 99 yrs. Jones Lang LaSalle 6539-9831. B_ HDB APTS FOR SALE I (ANG MO KIO) 3 'NG' 1 utility upgraded (Fee paid). 81k.301 803 lift level. Central/ MRT/ s/pool. Renovated. All races. Didee *****862 PN. 3 'NG' 541 AMK. Low fir.
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        223 C8 Rfjl HOB APTS FOR SALE |^J (CHOA CHU KANG) SALLY KOH i l 9723 1380 m ~2 4 'A' CCX Blk 656. Near MRT/ school/ mkt. Unblocked. Breezy. Vacant Early move-in. Price neg. 4 'A' blk 102 Teck Whye. EXEC APT CCX Blk 662. Just 5 yrs. Beautifully renovated. (2
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        559 C8 HHDB APTS FOR SALE (GEYLANG/EUNOS/ MACPHERSON) 4 'NG' BLK 11 Haig Rd. Mid floor. Dr. to dr. Orig. Windy. Unblocked. No noon sun. Near Geylang Serai/ mkt/ MRT/ sch. 9061-0888 4 'S* ÜBI Blk 348/ 338. Low/ high fir. Well renovated. Near shops/ mkt/ sch. neg. 9178-6295 PN Bl HDB
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        594 C8 E HDB APTS FOR SALE (PASIR RIS/ CHANGI) 4 'S' BLK 427 Mid fir. Unblocked. Near amenities MRT. Urgent.... 4 'A' Corner 739 815. 9363-6292 5 T BLK 566. Beautiful. Urgent!!! 5 T corner 552. Mid fir. Urgent!!! 5 T corner 405. 9363-6292 MCR EHDB APTS FOR SALE (SEMBAWANG) 4
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        637 C8 EHOB APTS FOR SALE (WOODLANDS) 4 'A' 155/ 551 corner 811. Move m. 5 T 682 C corner. 809. Mkt/ MRT. 5 'I* 543/ 551 corner. High fir. Mkt Exec Mais 635/ 636. 9237-0802 ■Hp 29 4 'NG' MARSILING 205. Designer. 4 'A' 541. 100% designer decor. Exec Mais/ Jumbo
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        432 C8 Bl ROOMS WANTED J (RENT) PROFESSIONAL/ STUDENT NEEDS common/ master rms m all areas. Owner pis call: *****829 E HOUSES WANTED (RENT/ BUY) GENUINE BUYERS WANTS D.19/20 terrs/ semi-ds/ old bunglws. $600K-S3M. Sellers, call Mr Yong 9022-1933 for viewing appt now READY BUYER WANT to buy D.13. 15, 19 Terr/
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        679 C8 EJI CONSERVATION J PROPERTIES UNIOUE ARCHITECTURE CONSERVATION shophse/ apt $3.8* up. Okoku 6440-9788/ 9304-6239 CONSERVATION SHOPHSE FOR rent. 3' i -storey with attic. 6300 sqft. South Bridge Rd. *****301 Rfl FACTORY SPACE E£M FORRENT HARBOURSIDE 2 2 Boon Leat Terrace 12.100 sq.ft. Air-con provision 12.5 KN/m2 Easily accessible via public
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        793 C9 Rfl OFFICE SPACE I FOR RENT THE OCTAGON/ TPI Bldq/ Manhattan Hse 878 to 3928 sqft. x 2 9 $2 psf. Immed 9487-4432 CITILINK WAREHSE COMPLEX 2000 sqft. Fitted office cum warehse. Lawrence 9004-5124 DW NEAR BUGIS/ LAVENDER MRT 300 sqft up- $400 up. Ind PUB. Carpeted. Immed. *****920 ICR
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        667 C18 grr Article contributed by Paul FitzPatrick, a consultant and corporate trainer xvith the Singapore Human Resources Institute. E-mail ziggy. Stardust @consultant.com »~<^iUc^?4" i fHK'*rtßfTM i i BK'i'ai'i'fr'Vt'Ht'l _r_l_m SSBb^-k r~ \p yj~ s r~ is!* '\r .r r* mm __\\i' -J _WFt rFr aiV W ___t i_m i il I
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        161 C18 EVENTS /m DL4RY|||k Wednesday WHO BROKE MY RICE BOWL? Michael Lum, author of the book, Who Broke My Rice Bowl, will share with retrenched workers how to refine their resumes and sharpen their interviewing skills, so that they can stand a better chance m their next job interview. Venue: 4th
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