The Straits Times, 8 March 2004

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    31 1 The Straits Times Established 1845 BEST IN NEWSPAPER DESIGN IN AS MonClciy March 8, 2004 •78 Pages m five parts mita (P) 033/03/2003 /MP A Singapore Press Holdings publication Ov7 Cents
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    Lock icon Health-care system in S'pore gets a clean bill
    514 1  - Health-care system in S'pore gets a clean bill LEE HUI CHIEH §!L Co-payment works, says ministry after study shows few here are admitted to hospital and their stays are short SINGAPOREANS keep their stay m hospital short and sweet, if they ever go into hospital at all. Just under 10
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    Lock icon Abdullah confronts PAS charges
    416 1  -  CHEONG SUK-WAI By IN AVER KKROH, MALACCA MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday that he would face squarely and "not push aside" the now-raging election issue of what it meant to be an Islamic leader m multiracial Malaysia. Responding to a question from The
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    Lock icon James Bond folk short of tall order
    160 1 LONDON Super spy James Bond may be the height of cool professionalism but m the real world of secret agents, he wouldn't cut it he's too tall. New guidelines for MIS Britain's domestic intelligence service stipulate that aspiring field agents should be less
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      505 1 FOREIGNERS CONNED: Overseas syndicate uses S'porean to cheat 18 m investment scam page 4 other JLj V tl Cji V 111 j^m ]j* KHOO SWEEICHIOW IS THE I PUBLISHERS PACKAGE IS 1 HSm MORE HIGH-PROFILE OF THE 1 R CHILDREN'S BOOKS ISlf*! IliLyjgl'JP^lPfPlF?? EVEREST DUO. SO WHAT HAS 11 FOR
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      72 2 DON'! CALL US WIMPS: UNION HEAD UNIONISTS here are not meek types, says labour chief Lim Boon Heng. They flex their muscles if management is too unreasonable. One union almost went on strike two years ago because the management had not honoured a wage agreement. The NTUC has more
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      94 2 PCs MAKE MUSIC MAKING EASIER HUNDREDS of youngsters here are learning how to create and play music using computer software. Schools say not having to depend on actual musical instruments to teacn them saves time and money. It is also easier. More importantly, it makes it possible for more
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      64 2 BJP WOOING INDIAN MUSLIMS IN A startling turnaround, India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is wooing Indian Muslims, who are among the country's poorest people. The party, writes Siddharth Srivastava, has realised that to stand a chance of heading a government on its own m the upcoming elections, it
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      76 2 OLDER BUT STILL TALENTED THERE is more than life m retirees, often dismissed as useless old people. Borax Asia general manager Yoshio Nagai writes that they are a pool of instant talent who cost relatively less to hire. His company found this out when it advertised for someone to
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      80 2 WOMEN DESERVE TO BE OGLED WHETHER women like it or not, when a hot female bod hoves into sight, men will look, sometimes lingeringly, because they need to, because that object of attention is pleasing to the eye, claims columnist Pradeep Paul. The problem about such appreciation is that
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      15 2 STEPHANIE YEOW Facials are more convenient than using face creams, says manager Mark Chim, 37
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      87 2 HO ME More men having facials LOOKING slim and well-groomed is becoming so important that a growing number of men are heading to the beauty salon. About four m 10 spa users are male, says the Spa Association of Singapore. Companies here are setting up outlets to cater to this
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      98 2 Clerics riled by US' Arab channel THE new United States-funded television channel for Arab viewers is getting clerics m Saudi Arabia very upset. They claim the three-week-old station was set up to "weaken Islam" and insist that Muslims not watch it, work for it or advertise on it. However,
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      90 2 Temasek's staff perks ALL 215 staff at Temasek Holdings, from junior executives to chairman S. Dhanabalan, are issued the same chair, a designer piece by Herman Miller, to underline the importance of its staff and the company's egalitarian outlook. The Singapore investment company also makes sure all its junior
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      95 2 DRAWBACK OF NEW STANDARD A CONTROVERSIAL new accounting standard could affect the bottom lines of companies here, throwing these off by millions of dollars. This requires that all stock options be treated as an expense m their profit and loss statement as early as next year. The condition was
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      73 2 BIG JETS FACE JAMS IN THE AIR NEW, smaller planes are muscling m on that level of the sky which was once the purview of big jets. These regional jets, as they are called, are replacing commuter aircraft that flew at lower levels, as well as large planes. To
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      155 2 CHINA MAY RECLAIM ART TREASURES SOME Chinese are talking about filling m the "many blanks" m the country's history recovering the art treasures it lost to looting foreign troops and collectors during the close of the Qjng Dynasty (AD 1644-1911). These include items from Beijing's Old Summer Palace and
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      64 2 FERRARI WINS RAISE QUESTIONS THE way Ferraris outpaced other models of cars m the Australian Grand Prix yesterday has raised the question of whether the Prancing Horses should be handicapped m Formula 1 races. Six-time world champion Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello, who came first and second m their
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      230 2 MAIN Prime 3-6 V/orld 7-13 Editorial 14 Commentary 14,15 Forum 16 HOME Home Hl-H6 Education H7-HlO ASIA/SPORTS/ MONEY Malaysia polls Al-A3 China A4-A6 Asia A7 S-E Asia A8 Sports A9,A10 Money... Al2-Al6 LIFE! The Buzz L 2 Arts L4,L5 Television L7,L9 Comics L 8 Straight Talk... L 8 What's On
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      273 3 Foreigners welcome to join unions THE cancellation of controversial Singapore Airlines (SIA) pilot Ryan Goh's permanent resident (PR) status does not have anything to do with his role m last year's ouster of the pilot union's executive committee. Responding to queries m the wake of Saturday's announcement by the Immigration
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      53 3 CHEW SENG KIM i Ngee Ann Polytechnic had plenty of reason to cheer yesterday it emerged as the winner m the open category of Cheerobics 2004, held at the Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza. Fourteen teams were shortlisted out of 23 for the finals of the
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      Lock icon Harder to get into British varsities with bigger EU
      478 3  -  ALFRED LEE By FOR THE STRAITS Tl NIKS More competition for places as at least 20,000 from 10 countries are expected to apply once states join grouping LONDON Overseas students, including those from Singapore and elsewhere m Asia, will face much
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      Lock icon Streats to keep you updated in afternoons, too
      379 3 STREATS, Singapore Press Holdings' morning freesheet, will launch an afternoon edition from today. It will contain fresh news from both Singapore and the world, as well as updates and reactions to stories featured m the morning edition. Some articles, however, will appear
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      589 4  -  K.C. VIJAYAN By CRIME CORRESPONDENT THIS IS THE FIRST SUCH REPORTED CASE IN SINGAPORE, BUT NOT THE FIRST TIME SOME OF THESE INVESTORS HAVE BEEN THE TARGET OF SUCH scams; —Mr Lawrence Eng, C AD's maritime and investment fraud branch chief Singaporean front man of overseas syndicate jailed for
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      Lock icon New community hospitals? Not yet
      521 4  -  ALEXIS HOOI Bu But MOH looking at having one more within SGH premises THE Health Ministry is m no hurry to build more community hospitals, though it is studying a proposal to build one within the Singapore General Hospital's premises. Instead, its priority for the
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      Lock icon World tourism took a record dive last year
      511 6 World tourism took a record dive last year Industry hit by triple whammy of Iraq war, Sars and weak economy; South-east Asia showed biggest drop m visitors GLOBAL troubles took its toll on international tourism last year with its biggest annual drop ever, and South-east Asia bore the brunt of
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      10 6 DUEL OF THE WIVES DADA Graphics: Photos: JALEHA HASHIM REUTERS
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      305 6 WASHINGTON The presidential campaign pitting incumbent George W. Bush against Democratic challenger John Kerry is also shaping up as a duel between their wives, women of different backgrounds and personalities who could prove decisive m the November vote. First Lady Laura Bush, figuring prominently
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      429 3 REMARKABLE NEW SURVEY FINDINGS 70% of respondents experienced signs of hair problem y^^ Most believed professional help from >. a hair care expert is the best solution. fU /O if U/O OUTu A recent online survey, conducted by MSN, revealed tfrK".i isf^s^ that 70% of the respondents have hair problems
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      297 6 -City,— University OF New York wi €Wl Earn a globally recognized qualification w right here m Singapore! W- Executive MSc m Finance (commencing June 2004) Executive MSc m Marketing (commencing June 2004) Established since 1847, the City University of New York (CUNY) is the largest urban university m USA with
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      199 6 DROP IN VISITORS Asia-Pacific regi0n 9% South-east Asia 16% North-east Asia 9% Western Europe 3% North America 5% RISE IN VISITORS South Asia 17% The Caribbean 8% South America 12% Middle Ea5t io% All Ivfl •^•••••••••.....0................ 5 iPO WW. Lt^aW. W A aa\\a\v*m Jlib Hk I jHHblb^. JB r/fa** iH^blKl^
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      6 7 ADADA
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      503 7 Small jets trigger jams in US sides WE'RE EXPECTING A CRUNCH IN LATE SPRING OR SUMMER.' Mr Keith Hagy, assistant director of the engineering and air safety department at die Air Line Pilots Association New high-altitude micro-jets crowd out big aircraft as air traffic level approaches its 2001 peak WASHINGTON
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      Lock icon Bush healing rifts with world leaders
      733 8 Election-Year Charm Offensive PRESENT FOR FOX He won a pledge exempting certain frequent Mexican visitors from new security checks at the US border. FLATTERY FOR SCHROEDER The Chancellor "has a good sense of humour, and therefore, he is able to make me laugh", said
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      Lock icon Water taxi capsizes in Baltimore, killing two
      231 8 BALTIMORE A water taxi carrying about 25 passengers capsized on Saturday m Baltimore's Inner Harbour during a fierce wind storm, killing two people and leaving three others missing. Rescuers saw up to a dozen passengers climbing on the bottom of the 11m pontoon
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      Lock icon Saudi clerics forbid Muslims to watch US Arabic channel
      486 9 It's un-lslamic to have anything to do with the Washington-sponsored station, one religious edict decrees DUBAI (United Arab Emirates) Clerics m Saudi Arabia are venting their anger at a new United States-funded television channel for Arab viewers, saying it was founded
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      Lock icon Tension over US plan for Mid-East reforms
      359 9 IN EUROPE BRUSSELS American plans for democratic reform m the Middle East are rekindling transatlantic tension, with Europe notably France warning against "interference" m the Arab world. The European Union is concerned that the "Greater Middle East" plans of the United States could
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      Lock icon Stranded Arctic scientists rescued
      299 9 MOSCOW A dozen Russian researchers stranded on an Arctic ice floe have been picked up by helicopter and brought to solid land, the Russian Minister of Emergency Situations has said. The rescue operation about 600 km from the North Pole was carried out on Saturday, three
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      635 10 Despite their reservations, top Shi'ite clerics see the importance of the new charter for the 'greater good' of Iraq, officials say NAJAF (Iraq) Iraq's interim Constitution will be signed today without changes to the text and despite the reservations of the country's foremost Shi'ite
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      Lock icon French PM offers funds to defuse scientists' revolt
      420 10 CRISIS IN RESEARCH PARIS French Prime Minister Jean- Pierre Raffarin offered mutinous French scientists an extra three billion euros (556.35 billion) m funding on Saturday, m a bid to stave off protest action that could paralyse public research. Internationally renowned scientists are
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        33 10 ARMOURED Israeli forces raided two Gaza refugee camps and killed 14 Palestinians during gunbattles yesterday after militants staged an audacious attack on Israeli soldiers at Gaza's border. Reuters
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        51 10 A CARGO ship left Libya carrying tne last of the equipment that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's government had used for its nuclear weapons programme, the US said. The ship steamed for the US on Saturday laden with 500 tonnes of material associated with Libya's nuclear programme.
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        41 10 VOTERS m Greece went to the polls yesterday with the opposition conservatives scenting victory over their rivals, the ruling Socialists. Late polls gave the New Democracy party a narrow lead over the socialist PASOK party. AFP
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        43 10 SAUDI Arabian officials signed agreements yesterday with executives from four foreign oil companies, including two from Russia and China, to jointly explore for natural gas m the country's vast southern desert known as the Rub al-Khali, or Empty Quarter. AP
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      1015 11 An old team to catch Osama With a captured son of Osama bin Laden s deputy giving new leads about Osamas whereabouts, the hunt for the Al-Qaeda leader is hotting up. The Straits Times contributor from Karachi, KAMRAN KHAN, gives an insight into the joint US-Pakistan effort. KARACHI The hunt
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      Lock icon Turner cast as goddess in film angers Hindus
      583 12  - Turner cast as goddess in film angers Hindus ALFRED LEE By FOR THK STRAITS TIM KS Sex icon not fit for role It is deeply offensive to Hindusfor Shakti to be played by a woman well-known around the world for her sexually accented singing and dance performances. Ms Turner is
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      Lock icon 'Viagra' for the mind
      71 12 LONDON A drug that enables middle-aged people to improve their memory, called "Viagra of the mind", is to be tested on humans and could be on sale within five years. Its target market could be healthy people m their 40s and 50s whose memory was deteriorating,
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        Lock icon 'Resurrected' girl's mother gets TV offers
        170 13 'Resurrected' girl's mother gets TV offers PRODUCERS WANT HER STORY PHILADELPHIA The mother of a girl who was found alive, years after she was thought to have died, is preparing for two futures one at home, the other on television. In the past few days, Ms Luzaida Cuevas has had
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        125 13 LOS ANGELES California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is taking a second job: editor of muscle magazines. He announced on Saturday that he had agreed to be the new executive editor of Muscle Fitness and Flex, owned by American Media Inc. Though Mr Schwarzenegger is not accepting
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        88 13 NEW YORK Mr Tom Ford wants to go from designing clothes to directing movies. Mr Ford, who simultaneously designed the Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent lines, showed his last collection at Paris fashion shows yesterday, but he is already making other plans. "I am very
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        Lock icon KENYAN'S FIRST BATH IN A DECADE
        105 13 NAIROBI A Kenyan villager who has not bathed m 10 years was stripped and scrubbed clean by neighbours sickened by the stench, local media reported. Four neighbours swooped on Mr John Kasokong, 52, m rural western Kenya, tying him up with a rope before
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        108 13 Pope John Paul has appointed seminary rector Alberto Ricardo da Silva, 60, as head of the Roman Catholic Church m Timor Leste. He replaces Bishop Carlos Belo, who has stepped down for health reasons. Spanish shoemaker Joan Mollin, officially the world's oldest man, has died at home at the age
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      431 13 THIS IS JUST ANEW WAY FOR PETER TO GET ATTENTION. HE IS JUST A FANTASIST AND THESE ABSURD STORIES SHOULDN'T BE GIVEN ANY CREDIBILITY/ Carole Caplin (left) on claims by former lover Peter Foster 1 5 at she loved Tony Blair British
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      30 7 Pakistan J Search Intensifies feffy Hunt for Osama bin Laden hots up after the JBfl|yH|fl| captured son of his deputy gives new leads on Al-Qaeda leaders whereabouts. paceu I P
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      341 7 MgH Outrage Over Film Role Hindus m Britain threaten worldwide <^g% Jf^ protests over the casting of singer Tina IBL j JBw Turner as a Hindu goddess m a film, pace 12 EQK^ Britain British PM\s office denies claims about his ftit!^ Euj liaison with ex-topless model Carole Caplin WmJ^
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      560 8 Information Open Day Saturday 13 March 2004 Hibiscus Room, Shangri-la Hotel, Singapore 2pm to 6pm (Presentation talk 3pm) Representatives from the medical schools of the National University off Ireland at Cork, Dublin, Galway and Trinity College, University off Dublin, will be pleased to meet suitably qualified applicants and their parents
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      572 14 Asean's peace INDONESIA has been pushing the idea of an Asean Security Community since the leaders' summit m Bali last November. It wants Asean to break new ground by playing an active role m resolving regional conflicts. To do this, Jakarta favours the creation of an Asean peacekeeping force that
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      1231 14  - BJP woos the Muslim vote in India SIDDHARTH SRI VAST AV A FOR THE STRATIS TIMES NEW DELHI The countdown to the elections m India scheduled for AprilMay is witnessing a startling turnaround. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), for so long embedded m the philosophy of majority Hindu rule,
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      Lock icon What causes autism? The mystery remains
      843 14  -  ANDY HO By Sh.SJOR WHITER THE Sunday Times ran a story last weekend about an autistic boy from Dunman High who scored As m nine Olevel papers. Impressed but perplexed readers asked how that was possible. Is autism even a problem, they mused. Over
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      Lock icon For EU to do Well, the big boys must play ball
      964 15  - For EU to do Well, the big boys must play ball CHRISTOPH BERTRAM *L THE RESENTMENT OF THE SMALLER COUNTRIES FLOWS... FROM THEIR FEAR OF LOSING OUT. WHAT USED TO SUCCEED AS A WIN-WIN ARRANGEMENT FOR BIG AND SMALL ALIKE, NOW APPEARS AS A ZERO-SUM GAME TO MANY OF THEM.
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      695 15  -  DAVID BROOKS 5s HERE IN THE LAND DF MIDDLE-CUSS SELF-LOATHING, WE WANT rO MAKE SURE THE GUY WE ELECT TO THE WHITE HOUSE HAS LIVED A LIFE NOTHING LIKE OUR OWN. WE'RE so full of it. We pretend to be a middle-class, democratic
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      139 H1 At Home Last Week BABY BLUES Will measures such as longer maternity leave and more familyfriendly practices m the office encourage couples to have kids? Total vote count: 2,382 143 1 Not at all 1,709 MMH Partly, more are needed 530 What other measures might help: Lower maid levy IH7
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      39 H1 ANOTHER MOUNTAIN TO CONQUER 'Public speaking is another Everest for me. Mr Edwin Siew, one of the two men who conquered Everest m 1998, The soft-spoken mountaineer is often invited by schools and companies to talk about his feat
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      336 H2 It's like m the early days when people thought Korean brands like Kia and Hyundai were no good. Mr Lim Tze Yon, on perception being the biggest obstacle to sales SINGAPORE has imported its first China-made buses, a move that could heat up competition m
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      1097 H6 Q: Done Everest. What's next, Edwin? A: Do it again TIME TO STUDY I've gone on so many expeditions, I figure I can use some of that practical experience m academic studies. It's time to upgrade myself Mr Siew, with a picture of bis wife, on pursuing a part-time degree
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      1464 H8 a road accident... this sentence being a prime example of the Former: proving conclusively that punctuation is "a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling". "It is no accident", as Ms Truss points out, "that the word punctilious' (attentive to formality or
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      442 H8  - Giving pause for thought JANADAS DEVAN ?yj FSFS HOW important is punctuation? Should we insist students master it? Or can we ignore it, since it is but a printing convention? After all, we don't use punctuation i n speech. Anyone inclined to adopt such a laissez-faire attitude might consider the
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      128 H8 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE Surgery YOU can go for surgery, but you cannot have one, and definitely not two or more. Unlike the word "operation", the word "surgery" is not a countable noun when it means the performing of a surgical operation, and the skill and practice of carrying out
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      46 H9 LLAoo WINNtKb! Painstaking efforts and pure dedication to their jobs and students earned (from left) Jurong West Primary's Madam Long Miaw Ying, 31, Lakeside Primary's Mrs Samuel Kheng, 37, and North View Secondary's Mrs Roger Teng Siok Fun, 45, the President's Award For Teachers last year.
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      281 H10 school NOTES FIVE students from the Singapore Chinese Girls' School (SCGS) have created a fragrance that won the top pnze m a business plan competition. The team, which won Ngee Ann Polytechnic's Life Science Product Business Plan Competition this year, wantea a scent that was
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      78 H10 TWO education fairs, including one by the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM), will be held this weekend. Hour-long talks on the courses SIM offers will be held from 10am to 6pm at its headquarters at 461, Clementi Road on Saturday. Free transport will be provided
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      511 H6 May 1998 Reached the summit of 8,850m-high Mount Everest m Nepal with Mr Khoo Swee Chiow, m the first Singapore-organised attempt to climb the world's highest mountain January 2000 Reached the summit of 4,897m-high Mount Vinson Massif m Antarctica with team leader Mok Ying Jang, fellow Outward Bound instructor Kuak
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          48 A2 The opposition alliance will launch a massive rally on Saturday to stump for Kuomintang presidential candidate Lien Chan. Referendum debate between popular talk show hostess and legislator Sisy Chen and Mainland Affairs Council chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen on Sunday on whether Taiwan should hold peace talks with Beijing.
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          98 A3 KUALA TERENGGANU Tis the season for election promises again. Four months ago, Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang ordered all karaoke lounges to close down to "stop immoral activities". Now, the state local government chairman, Datuk Wan Muttalib Embong, says it is okay for
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          242 A3 Surprise moves by two top DAP leaders TWO significant question marks for opposition watchers m the coming Malaysian election appear to have been resolved. Reliable sources told The Straits Times that contrary to speculation, Democratic Action Party (DAP) deputy chairman Karpal Singh will contest m Penang. But former parliamentary opposition
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        386 A5  -  Larry Teo THE first massive plunder of Chinese artefacts by foreigners took place m the autumn oflB6o after British and French troops stormed into Beijing m what was called the Second Opium War. The biggest ransacking was at the Old Summer Palace,
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        374 A6 FROM CRISIS TO PROFITS KINMEN Mr Wu Tsengdong was born just m time to endure 20 years of continuous Chinese shelling of the Taiwanese island he calls home. He is spending the rest of his life clearing up the mess. The 47-year-old is continuing
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          54 A6 THE South Korean government yesterday released 70 billion won (Ss9B million) m emergency state funds to help farmers and businesses repair property damaged after record snowfalls last week. Snowfall on Thursday and Friday caused 335 billion won of property losses, the Home Ministry said, with farmlands
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          51 A6 EX- JAPAN MP HELD FOR FRAUD JAPANESE police yesterday arrested former lawmaker Kanju Sato, 62, from the Democratic Party for allegedly misappropriating 17 million yen (*****,340) m taxpayers' money. Sato, who resigned his seat on Thursday, embezzled the public funds from parliament's lower house over nearly four years, police said.
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          39 A6 BEIJING has approved a proposal for women to join the country's astronaut programme, the Beijing Youth Daily said yesterday. The Central Military Commission had ordered that the proposal be implemented, the paper said. Reuters
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          46 A6 PRELIMINARY tests suggest an 11th cow, on the northern main island of Hokkaido, may have tested positive for mad-cow disease m Japan, the Farm Ministry said yesterday. An official said a ministry panel of experts would meet today to determine whether to confirm the Reuters
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          27 A6 CHINA will open its first border trading port the Kalasu Port with neighbouring Tajikistan on May 25, Xinhua news agency said yesterday. AFP
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        129 A6 TAIPEI Taiwan Premier Yu Shui-kun said he planned to resign after the March 20 pre r idential election to spend more time with his family, local newspapers said yesterday. "After President Chen Shui-bian's re-election, I will suggest that he find another candidate for Premier
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        637 A7  - China 's top leaders appeal for unity in HK MARY KWANG But row over a pro-democracy leader's visit to Washington continues to rage as one minister resorts to personal attack BO HONG KONG CORRESPONDENT CHINA at the weekend couf)led hot-headed remarks by ow-ranking officials on a Hong Kong politician's controversial
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        203 A7 Firemen cut free chubby boy stuck in baby swing HONG KONG Firefighters had to cut an overweight eight-year-old boy free after he wedged himself into a baby swing and couldn't get out, news reports said yesterday. A picture published m the mass-circulation Apple Daily showed several firemen trying to help
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        292 A7 COLOMBO A powerful renegade rebel commander yesterday accused the Tamil Tigers' top leadership of planning to attack him, saying it would lead to bloody factional fighting among the Sri Lankan guerillas. The warning came a day after Tiger leaders announced they had expelled Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan,
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        Lock icon Abu Sayyaf 'has links with foreign groups'
        537 A8 Foreigners have visited the group and offered training for its members, says captured rebel leader Commander Robot MANIIA The Abu Sayyaf rebels have splintered and are on the run, yet their links with foreign terror outfits are intact. Foreigners had visited the guerillas'
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        166 A8 West Java Gold mine fire toll rises to 13 JAKARTA Rescuers continued their search yesterday for illegal gold miners feared trapped m a shaft since a fire last Wednesday. But they found only the body of a 13th victim from the blaze, a mine official said. "One of the two
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        416 A8 Martial law in Aceh could end by May BANDA ACEH Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri said yesterday that martial law could be lifted m restive Aceh province by May. But she did not say if that would mean an end to major military operations against the rebels. Speaking during a fleeting
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          Lock icon CANDIDATE SHOT DEAD IN PHILIPPINES
          75 A9 ANOTHER city mayoralty candidate was shot dead by unidentified gunmen m the southern Philippines yesterday, bringing to 34 the number of people killed since Dec 15 last year as the May elections near, police said. Mr Isidro del Soccoro, who is seeking the mayoral post
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          77 A9 A HUMAN rights group said yesterday that most rape victims m Cambodia are under 19 with an "alarming" number who are 12 or younger. In a report to mark International Women's Day today, the Phnom Penh-based group Licadho said that m 78 per cent
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          50 A9 FIFTEEN Indonesian workers smuggled by boat to Australia last week are likely to be sent home, Australian Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone said yesterday. The workers were discovered on Thursday on Ashmore Reef, 610 km north of the western Australian coastal city of Broome. AP
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          Lock icon MALAYSIA DETAINS SIX JI SUSPECTS
          50 A9 MALAYSIA has detained six Indonesians on suspicion of being members of the Jemaah Islamiah terrorist group, an official said yesterday on condition of anonymity. They were captured m Sabah several weeks ago after returning from a training camp m the Philippines, the official said. AFP
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        44 A9 REUTERS Maricar Balagtas (left), 19, receiving the Miss Philippines crown from former holder Carla Gay Balingit on Saturday. Ms Balagtas, a professional model with a degree m communications, will represent the country m the Miss Universe pageant m Ecuador m May.
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        188 A9 MANILA The Philippine government defended itself yesterday against accusations that it had influenced a court to allow former president Joseph Estrada to leave jail to visit his holiday home. Presidential spokesman Ignacio Bunye told reporters there had been no government involvement m the decision by
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        536 A9  -  LUZ BAGUIORO He is keeping his mouth shut to avoid embarrassment, say critics, as pressure mounts for him to join the April 13 debate By PHILIPPINES COKKKSPONDKNT MANILA Rivals of actor and presidential frontrunner Fernando Poe Jr are hounding him to face
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        57 A9 'He must realise that this is what democracy is all about. It really means talking like a man. Independent candidate Raul Roco, urging Mr Poe to take part m the public debate WORK, NOT TALK 'It's not that Vm not prepared. I really dont talk much because Yd Mr Poe,
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        41 A10 OH N0...1TS HENRY 'When you see his name on the team sheet now as an opposition manager, you Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp, on Thierry Henry, who scored twice m Arsenal's 5- 1 FA Cup q-final win over his team on Saturday
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        99 A10 LONDON Kevin Muscat had a penalty saved as First Division Millwall were held 0-0 at home by Second Division Tranmere Rovers m their FA Cup quarter -final yesterday. Muscats 65th-minute spot kick was tipped over by Tranmere goalkeeper John Achterberg, following a foul by Rvan Taylor
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        488 A10 Portsmouth lose 1-5, but fans stand to applaud the Gunners' beautiful game PORTSMOUTH At the end of a week that saw three Premiership players incarcerated m a Spanish jail on serious sexual assault charges, English football was badly m need of a lift. Arsenal provided it
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        155 A10 p i i i r ill AC Milan 24 19 4 1 47 14 61 Jiwentus 24 17 4 3 50 27 55 AS Row 23 16 5 2 51 10 53 l«io 23 12 4 7 33 23 40 Pare* 24 11 6 35 32 40 Udinese
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        Lock icon Leicester trio get protection in prison
        407 A10 LONDON The three Leicester City players detained m Spain for their alleged part m a sexual assault on three women have been given special protection m prison to keep them away from angry fellow-inmates. Keith Gillespie, Paul Dickov and Frank Sinclair, held for allegedly
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        Lock icon Milan secure 10th win in 11 games
        359 A10 MILAN European champions AC Milan maintained their lead of Serie A with an impressive 3-1 win over Sampdoria yesterday. Milan lead on 61 points, with champions Juventus on 55 while third-placed AS Roma go into their game with Inter Milan later yesterday eight
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        90 A10 SINGAPORE will play at the National Stadium if the Lions qualify for the semi-finals of this year's Tiger Cup, South-east Asia's premier football tournament. For the first time, the US$lBO,OOO (S$308,000) competition will have a home-and-away format for the semi-finals and final. The top two nations
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        586 A10 LONDON Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is expected to formally end his feud with the club's biggest shareholder, John Magnier, today. But the boardroom ructions at the world's richest club may only just be about to begin. Ferguson's dispute with Irish racing tycoon
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        174 A10 r t i it Real Madrid 27 18 6 3 55 30 60 Valencia 27 16 6 5 50 20 54 Deportivo Corona 27 15 5 7 43 23 50 Barcelona 26 13 7 6 42 30 46 Atnletic Bilbao ?6 11 8 7 33 29 41 Atletico
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          Lock icon LEBEDEVA BREAKS TRIPLE-JUMP MARK
          62 A11 RUSSIAN Tatyana Lebedeva broke the women's world indoor triple-jump record with a leap of 15.25 metres m her second-round jump at the World Indoor Championships m Budapest on Saturday. The double world outdoor champion had equalled Briton Ashia Hansen's mark of 15.16 m, set m Valencia
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          Lock icon RONALDO TO MISS BAYERN CLASH
          61 A11 REAL Madrid striker Ronaldo will be sidelined for Wednesday's Champions League soccer clash against Bayern Munich after suffering a thigh-muscle tear m Saturday's 1-1 draw with Racing Santander. Fortunately, the injury is not as serious as the player first feared, and Real's doctor Alfonso del
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          Lock icon CHINA ARE WORLD CHAMPS AGAIN
          79 A11 CHINA ARE WORLD CHAMPS AGAIN CHINA'S men beat Germany 3-0 to win gold at the World Table Tennis Team Championships m Doha yesterday. Wang Hao beat Timo 801 l 11-7, 13-11, 11-2 while Ma Lin defeated Christian Suss 11-5, 8-11, 11-8, 11-7. Wang Liqin sealed the victory by edging out
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          57 A11 THE Los Angeles Lakers learnt the extent of star basketball player Kobe Bryant's latest injury to his right shoulder on Saturday, and the news was not good. He could be sidelined for as long as four weeks after spraining his shoulder during Friday's
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          Lock icon IRELAND'S SWEET' WIN OVER ENGLAND
          88 A11 IRELAND rugby captain Brian O'Driscoll hailed his side's victory over world champions England at Twickenham on Saturday as one of the "sweetest days" of his career. After Ireland's 19-13 win ended England's 22 Test-match unbeaten run at Twickenham, and demolished their hopes of back-to-back Six
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          69 A11 THE United States qualified to face cricket's elite nations m September's ICC Champions Trophy after beating Scotland yesterday to win the Six Nations Challenge m Dubai. The Americans' five-wicket victory took them past Scotland at the top of the standings. Although the US, Netherlands
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        Lock icon All too easy as Schumi, Ferrari overwhelm rivals
        725 A11 All too easy as Schumi, Ferrari overwhelm rivals MOTOR RACING World champion is stunned by how far bacK the others are from him and Rubens MELBOURNE Engine and transmission rule changes have not worked m reining m the Ferraris. Maybe Formula One organisers should consider more obvious ways of handicapping
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        Lock icon SCORES AND STATISTICS
        1334 A11 ATHLETICS World Indoor C'ships In Budapest, Men's 400 m: 1 Alleyne Francique (Gre) 45.885 ec 2 Davian Clarke (jam) 45.92 3 Gary Kikaya (Con) 46.30. 3.000 m: 1 Bernard Laqat (Ken) 7min 56.345 ec 2 Rui Silva (Por) 7:57.08 3 Markos Ger.eti (Etti) 7:57.87 60m hurdles: 1
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        155 A11 1 Michael Schumacher (Ger) Ferrari lhr 24min 15.7575 ec (average speed 219.010kmh); Fastest lap: lmin 24. 1255 ec on Lap 29. 2 Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Ferrari 1:24:29.362 3 Fernando Alonso (Esp) Renault 1:24:50.430 4 Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Williams 1:25:16.180 5 Juan Pablo Montoya(Col) Williams 1:25:24.293 6 Jenson
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        Lock icon Sharpe to star in Caltex Cup
        213 A12 GOLF FORMER England and Manchester United winger Lee Sharpe will spearhea I a posse of sports stars at the Caltex Cup Celebrity Challenge next weekend. Besides Sharpe, a former Leeds record signing, All-Blacks rugby champion Scan Fitzpatrick and National Basketball Association Hall of Hamer
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        Lock icon Palmer 'won by cheating'
        431 A12 New book accuses him of breaking rules to win 1958 Masters LONDON One of the biggest names m golf has been accused of cheating m a new book. Arnold Palmer had knowingly broken the rules m winning the 1958 Masters, the first of his seven Majors,
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        Lock icon After 6 long years, a title for O'Meara
        387 A12 DUBAI Mark O'Meara rolled back the years to win the US$2-million (553.44-million) Dubai Desert Classic yesterday and end his sixyear trophy drought. Joint- overnight leader by three, the 47-year-old American edged out Ireland's Paul McGinley and held off late charges from Tiger
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        748 A12 TAN HONG NEO Age: 79 passed away peacefully on 6 March 2004. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Kee Hoo Tee, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Kee Yew Hock Goh Hui Yok Kee Yew Gee Seah Mvi Leng Audrey Kee Yew Chai Daughters: Sons-in-law: Kee Poh Wah Chin Pan
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        193 A13 TFrt HA ri4 iAKS i \mm\j n%j wnuAN passed away peacefully on 7 March 2004. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. ratner: Mother: Teo Guan Seng, BBM Tian Ah Poon Wife: Chua Lay Pheng, Elena Teo Keng Wan, Lawson Teo Wei Wei, Alicia Teo Jun Sheng, Leslie Teo
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        Lock icon Nikkei set to push further ahead
        621 A14 ROUND-UP Overseas markets TOKYO share prices are likely to rise this week on the country's improving economic fundamentals and a fall m the yen, analysts said. "Investors are buying stocks due to improving economic fundamentals m Japan rather than chasing movements m New York,"
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        Lock icon SECURITIES TRDG TURNOVER
        108 A14 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE ('000) Main Sdq Total Main SOq Total Multilnd 31.004 31,004 32.538 32 538 Manufacturg 223,918 57,757 281,675 243,595 8,408 *****4 Commerce 59,979 3,619 63,598 41,532 1 001 42 533 Tpt/Stor/Com 73,259 464 73,723 132,002 468 132 470 Finance 19,284 2.745 22,029 170,266 1,794 172
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        137 A14 MAIN SDO TOTAL Up Dn Unch Up Dn Unch Up Dn Unch Multilnd 7 9 1 0 0 0 7 9 1 Manu'acturg 25 98 31 7 44 7 32 142 38 Commerce 15 46 4 6 14 1 21 60 5 Tpt/Stor/Com 10 20 2 0
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        40 A14 Chang* Straits Times Index 1891.54 -1.47 BT 08/ OS -536.00 -17.00 BTCADI -*****.00 -13.00 BT 10-d«y MA -*****.00 -54.00 UOB S*sdaq 113.35 -0.25 UOB Blue Chip 674.26 -0.40 STI Futures 1897 +9 SIMSCI 228.58 -0.66 SiMSCI Futures 228.90 +0.10
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        32 A14 Bio-Treat HK4Oc 266,684,000 UnitedTAC USISc 157,277,000 AEM-Evertech 5c 157,272,000 UniFibeHOc 139.938.000 NOL 112,407,000 Chart SemiCond 26c 111,262,000 Sing Tel 15c 95,085,000 Straco 5c 84,150,000 Midas 8c 80,949,000 Celestial US6c 78,696.000
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        Lock icon US$ rebound sends Asia-Pac units down
        432 A14 REVIEW Currencies A SIA-PACIFIC currenVm cies fell across the m board last week as m hopes of a United JL JLbV. States economic recovery sparked a resurgence of the dollar. The yen led the slide followed by the Australian dollar amid speculation that the
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        2982 A14 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN Amro Asset Mft (Spore) Star Europe Eqty!" 0.773/ Star Europe Bond 1.255/ Star Europe Bai 1.076/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 0.965/ Star Asia Bond 1.339/ Star Asia Balanced 0.961/ Star Global Technology Fund!" 0.248/ Star Bhv Finance Japan Fund!" 0.769/ Mutti Strategy Fd 1.005/ Star Asia
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        836 A14 AU AIA Growth Fd* 1.168/1.23 Regional Equity!" 2.458/2.588 Regional Fixed Income/" 1.311/1.38 Brunei Growth Fund 0.93/0.979 SGO Money Market 0.977/1.029 Global Equity 0.66/0.695 Global Bond 1.103/1.162 US Equity Fd 0.576/0.607 European Equity 0.758/0.798 Global TKhnology!" 0.55/0.579 Global Beujnced/i 0.912/0.96 International Healthcare!** 0.964/1.015 Brunei Conservative Fund 1.057/1.113 Brunei BaMnced
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        76 A14 HTA Asean Fd ltd /8.57 Asean Supreme Fd ltd /4.91 Thai Prime 11.60 /11.16 Yemaichi DAE 3.00 /10.55 Yemaich DAE (Redml* /10.43 Thai Equity Trust Fd Z3.58 LEGEND: All prices are Indicative except for 8 Ex Rlnqqlt Assets; broadly Diversified; Narrowly Focused Lower Risk; Low to Medium
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        407 A14 ABN AmroßankNV 5.25 ABSA Bank Limited 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 American Express Bank 5 Arab Bank PLC 5 Banca Di Roma 5.5 Bangkok Bank 6 Bank of America NA 5 Bank of China 5.5 Bank of Communications 5.5 Bank of East
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        Lock icon China may open capital account in 5 to 6 years
        387 A15 But Beijing must first complete the overhaul of state banks saddled with $418 b debts, says country's forex chief BEIJING China's capital account may be mostly open within five to six years, but reform of ailing banks will have to
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        Lock icon Fears of overheating economy dismissed
        169 A15 BEIJING The Chinese government cautioned yesterday against assuming that the country's rapidly growing economy is "overheated", a day after a new budget for this year committed money to leaders' top new priorities domestic stability and "putting people first". The official Xinhua News Agency, quoting a
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          Lock icon 'MARKET-FRIENDLY' HK BUDGET LIKELY
          76 A15 HONG Kong Financial Secretary Henry Tang is expected to leave taxes *m<* fees frozen when he presents a "markcttriendly" maiden budget speech on Wednesday, analysts say. He is expected to target a balanced budget within the next five years, helped by the tough policies of his
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          Lock icon PCCW SELLS PROPERTY ARM
          49 A15 PCCW, Hong Kong's largest telephone company, said it agreed to sell its real-estate unit to Dong Fang Gas Holdings for HK56.56 billion (551.46 billion). Dong Fang Gas will pay m new shares and bonds exchangeable into the company's shares to acquire PCCW Infrastructure. Bloomberg News
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          Lock icon MORE FIRMS ACCUSED OF FRAUD
          59 A15 THE US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused 199 companies of financial fraud last year, compared with 163 m 2002, Ms Susan Markel, chief accountant of the agency's enforcement division, told a gathering of lawyers m Washington. Of Fortune 500 companies, the SEC accused 34
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        Lock icon The Oracle of Omaha gives his take
        188 A15 On taxes "In 1985, Berkshire paid US$l32 million m federal income taxes, and all corporations paid US$6l billion. We will pay about US$3.3 billion for 2003, a year when all corporations paid US$l32 billion. We hope our taxes continue to rise m the
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        Lock icon Buffett hammers corporate greed
        500 A15 ANNUAL LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS NEW YORK Tycoon Warren Buffett blasted mutual fund companies, attacked greedy chief executives and revealed that he was loading up on foreign currency as his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, said profit nearly doubled last year. The world's second wealthiest person, m his
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        Lock icon Temasek's $100m plan for promising SMEs
        685 A16 Temasek's $100 m plan for promising SMEs Temasek Jias been m the news for making high-profile purchases m the region. But wliat is its plan vis-a-vis promising local companies, anahotv has the culture of the firm changed since executive director Ho Ching came on hoard m May 2002? Finance Correspondent
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        Lock icon Everyone sits on Herman Miller chairs and 'shares the sunshine'
        479 A16 AT TEMASEK Holdings, every staff member from chairman S. Dhanabalan to the most junior executive sits on a designer Herman Miller chair. Workstations of junior and mid-level staff line the windows at the company's open-concept Atrium@Orehard office, while managing directors
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          Lock icon SALES DIRECTOR FOR RAFFLES INT'L
          104 A16 ELSIE CEOLA-OZAKU: Appointed last Monday as global sales director for Singapore hotels by hotel management firm Raffles International. Tokyo-based Mrs Ozaku will focus on m llTlil'iilll'/iMill March 7 2004 FIRST 4048 SECOND 1303 THIRD 5113 STARTERS 3565 1073 4697 8766 8058 3586 1686 9500 9683
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          Lock icon ASCOTT DIRECTOR STEPS DOWN
          22 A16 DAVID SCHAEFER: Resigned as director of mainboard-listed service apartment operator The Ascott Group with effect from last Wednesday.
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          24 A16 ANDREW GOH: Resigned as executive director of mainboard-listed compact disc stamper and replicator Eastgate Technology with effect from last Friday.
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          Lock icon UOB KAY HIAN EXEC UPS STAKE
          86 A17 UOB KAY Hian deputy managing director Tang Wee Loke s wife, Ms Lav Mci Lea, bought 890,000 shares from the open market at $1.01 per share last Tuesday after having acquired 1.21 million shares at about the same price the day before. The latest
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          Lock icon MORE SHARES FOR SAM GOI
          89 A17 POPIAH king Sam Goi has through his privately controlled Tee Yih Jia Food Manufacturing bought 1.03 million shares m Thai Village from the open market last Wednesday. The purchase boosted his stake to 15.9 per cent from 15.29 per cent previously. On the same day,
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          Lock icon PETER LIM RAISES HOLDINGS
          68 A17 REMISIER king Peter Lim's deemed interest m United Pulp and Paper (UPP) rose to 2.58 per cent from 1.29 per cent after buying the shares through SSP Innovations. SSP had bought an additional 1.5 million shares at 40 cents each last Monday. Mr Lim's direct stake
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          Lock icon SBI CEO SNAPS UP SHARES
          69 A17 SBI E2-CAPITAL founder and chief executive Choo Chee Kong bought 150,000 shares at an average price of 69.6 cents each from the open market on Feb 27- The purchase increases his direct stake to 3.12 per cent from 3 per cent previously, while he has
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          Lock icon RMG CHAIRMAN PARES STAKE
          73 A17 RAFFLES Medical Group (RMG) executive chairman Loo Choon Yong sold three million shares to RMG senior management at 40 cents each last Thursday through a married deal. The transacted price was at a 6-per-cent discount to tne counter's closing price of 42.5 cents on the same
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        348 A17  -  Bryan Lee $2.5 b windfall for Sing Tel SINGTEL can look forward to a windfall of as much as 1.2 billion euros (552.5 billion) when it sells its stake m Belgacom m the longawaited initial public offer (IPO) of the European telco. Belgacom is launching its IPO today as
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        Lock icon PSC to raise $26m from placement
        257 A17 MAINBOARD-LISTED PSC Corp has proposed to place out up to 220 million new shares to four companies, including a unit of Gardenia bread maker QAF, m an exercise that will raise net proceeds of $26.06 million. The group intends to use the funds raised
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        Lock icon Weak US jobs data will put a dampener on mood
        536 A17  -  COLIN TAN TAKING STOCK Bu MARKETS CORRESPOS DEST STOCKS on the local bourse may start the week on a hesitant note as Wall Street's mixed close on the back of weaker-than-expected February jobs data is likely to dampen sentiment. Market
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        Lock icon Large Del Monte stake for sale after key shareholder goes bust
        392 A17  - Large Del Monte stake for sale after key shareholder goes bust BRYAN LEE *L Search for new owner to buy bankrupt Cirio Finanziaria's 39.99% stake m Spore-listed firm underway; sale may trigger general offer A MAJOR shareholder of Del Monte Pacific has been forced to sell its 39-99-per-cent stake m
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      432 L2 THE controversial new movie by Bernardo Bertolucci, The Dreamers, will have its Singapore premiere at the Italian Film Festival on March 27. The movie, about sexual awakening m France m 1968, was released m the US last month with an NC-17 rating. It debuted on
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        283 L3 NEW YORK Musician David Crosby was arrested on marijuana and gun possession charges early last Saturday at a Times Square hotel, police said. Crosby, 62, a two-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, was arrested at lam at the DoubleTree Suites Hotel
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        50 L4 What qualifies as kidult fiction? The Life Of Pi by Yann Mattel, which won the Man Booker prize m 2002 The Lord Of The Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien, which has been immortalised on screen The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, which has sold more than 4.5 million books
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