The Straits Times, 12 August 2004

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1 26 The Straits Times
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    33 1 The Straits Times Established 1845 BEST IN NEWSPAPER DESIGN IN ASIA I s HXPJfSjJ«Y August 12, 2004 106 Pages m five parts mita (p) 048/03/2004 mW A Singapore Press Holdings publication Ov/ Cents
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    Lock icon PM Goh chairs last Cabinet meeting
    428 1  -  LAUREL TEO '&L IT WAS business as usual yesterday afternoon, as ministers and junior ministers gathered at the Istana for what was the last weekly Cabinet meeting chaired by Mr Goh Chok Tong as Prime Minister. Mr Goh, who hands over power officially to
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    Lock icon 1,400 to witness Istana swearing-in ceremony
    661 1  -  LYDIALIM Guest list includes students, food sellers, cabbies and community representatives as well as members of the Establishment By THE "Who's Who of Singapore" gets a new meaning at tonight's swearing-in ceremony of the new Prime Minister, with 1,400 guests from the plainest of
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    Lock icon MR LEE KUAN YEW'S TRIBUTE TO PM GOH
    369 1 When Mr Lee Kuan Yew stepped down m 1990, Mr Goh Chok Tong was not his first choice as successor. Now, on Mr Goh's last day as Prime Minister, Mr Lee pays tribute to his achievements. To questions from the media, Mr
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      104 1 EARNINGS SURGE* Second-half looks good for banks; DBS, OCBC declare higher dividends page A2O 8"*****r*****7 The Straits Times interactive: http://straitstimes.asial.com.sg k available frnm k am ■hl^Bf BIBI^BBBBBBBiiiiiiiiiiBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBI BBEBSbBd9^B^^^9hJh^^B HI^KfIH^^B^BBHIHjB^HB^B^BfIBJEIBB^RBKBHBfIH^^^^Bj^^K^B^IBS^B^B^BfIHPJIIBfISI^BB HHfMßHfif Bp^^flß B\ »s BbsH BV^^^^^^k Bffl |^^^Hh^HHbH^Hl^Wß]|jj|[|^j[|J[J]^^^^| HHHBHBB|||B[PgfJBH^9K llßi ■HBjHflfiKBflKfll9B^Bflßffl[ Bfl^Hl BB^m mBB 88/Jwi^Tr^j^ilP^^^ BflPv^JHfl BB^^Bl^^n HjßfißmßHlß HSB&mBb BB C~l
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  • NEWS FLASH
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      139 2 JOY FOR SOME, GLOOM FOR OTHERS THERE were smiles ofjoy and expressions of despair as the results of Phase 2C of this year's Primary 1 registration for those with no connection to the school or who were unsuccessful m earlier phases were announced at 55 schools yesterday. Those who
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      97 2 A DECADE'S H6 MFFERENCE jtWHEN AlvinPang looks at the life his 1 23-year-old sister less than 10 years his junior leads, he realises what a etifference a decade has made. Her ever-present mobile phone, laptop and packed case attest to the 24/7 global work-lrfe she takes for granted. Once,
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      106 2 TIGHTEN LAW ON ABORTIONS LAST week, a letter from Mr Teo Chun Sang was published urging a review of the ban on terminating a pregnancy after 24 weeks, if a foetus is found to nave a major disability. This prompted a flood of responses. One refers to theologian John
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      64 2 MORE SUBTLETHAN SHOCKING A DECADE ago, he sparked controversy by drinking his own urine as a piece of performance art, but anyone attending his latest exhibition hoping to be shocked should know that Vincent Leow challenges the status quo differently these days. Mock Ducks And Manicured Poodles uses oil
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      119 2 Forget Vieira, all eyes on Owen SPANISH newspapers may be claiming that Real Madrid have secured the services of Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira, with a raised offer of £22 million (Ss69 million), but the English papers are more preoccupied with another possible transfer. And Liverpool's readiness to sell was
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      186 2 Dengue casesnit anew high THERE has been a worldwide resurgence of dengue fever, and Singapore has not escaped. Last week, the number of new cases hit a new weekly peak of 312, 54 more than the last spike, m June lastyear^ y Overall, there have been 1 14 cases
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      93 2 ROSY PROSPECTS FOR LOCAL BANKS LOCAL banks' prospects for the second half look very good, say analysts. All three local banks have released their first-half results with DBS Group'Hpldings and OCBC Bank declaring higher interim dividends. Earnings of all three banks surged, but DBS dwarfed the competition m earnings
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      78 2 ASIAN AIR POIiimON HITS U.S. AN EARLY surprise finding m a major study of air quality and climate change is that pollutants from rapidly industrialising Asian countries are showing up m American air. The dark, sooty clouds, containing ozone and finepartides, were spotted during research fights this summer.. The
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      131 2 CONCERN OVER RHtEKN WORKERS MALAYSIANS are'becoming increasingly worried by the growing number of foreigners m the country. At present, there are more than 1.3 million official foreign workers and an estimated 700,000 illegals. It is not the fear of losing their jobs to the foreigners that is a cause
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      70 2 NOT SO EASY FOR ELS THIS YEAR ITS not about the money, or even individual wins any more what golf stars are swinging for these days is posterity. Unfortunately for Enu'e Els this year though, the "Big Easy" has been teetering towards "uneasy". All Els really wants these days
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      627 2 MAIN Prime 3-5-World 8-17 Editorial 18 Commentary 18,19 Forum 20 HOME NewPM.HI-Hl5 Home H16,H17 Tech Science.... H18,H19 ASIA/SPORTS/ MONEY Asia AI.A6 China A2,A3 S-EAsia A7,AB J Malaysia A9 Sports AlO-Al3 f Money... Al5-A2a| LIFE! *The 8u*z 14 C0mic5 L 4 Cool Speak L 4 Cover story L 6 Fashion. Ll3-Ll5
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  • PRIME NEWS
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      Lock icon Malaysian PM sends wishes
      76 3 KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has congratulated Singapore's Prime Minister-designate Lee Hsien Loong on his appointment. The Malaysian leader said on Tuesday he believed Malaysia would continue to enjoy cordial bilateral ties with Singapore with the appointment of the new Cabinet. He added that
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      Lock icon UVE BROADCAST OF HANDOVER
      69 3 TONIGHT'S Istana ceremony will be broadcast live over all television channels here. MediaCorp's Channels 5 and 8, Channel News Asia, TVl2's Suria and Vasantham Central, and TVMobile, and SPH Media Works' Channels i and U will broadcast the ceremony from 7.50pm to 9pm with subtitles. Radio
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      Lock icon Blair pays tribute to PM Goh
      124 3 BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair has paid tribute to outgoing Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. "Singapore is one of the most modern, dynamic, peaceful and prosperous nations of our time, and this is a tribute to the measured and careful way m which he
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    • 3 WHO'LL BE AT THE ISTANA TOWGHT
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        269 3 HAWKER H0 KIAN TAT HAWKER Ho Kian Tat usually wears a collared T-shirt, shorts and a thin layer of grime. But this evening, this look will have to go. "For this kind of big event, I must try to be neat," said
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        Lock icon 'I told all my friends about it'
        267 3 TAXI DRIVER IBRAHIM YUSOFF TAXI driver Ibrahim Yusoff, 46, was too shy about the gap between his front teeth to smile for the camera. But once The Straits Times photographer stopped snapping, he could hardly contain his excitement about being invited to the
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        Lock icon She wrote and said: 'I'd like to be there'
        232 3 STUDENT CLARA LOCK WHEN Clara Lock heard last month that Prime Ministerdesignate Lee Hsien Loong was inviting the public to the handover ceremony, she had a "crazy" idea. "I wanted to go too," said the 14-year-old Cedar Girls' Secondary 2 student
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      Lock icon Pakistani held for filming US landmarks
      590 4 Pakistani held for filming US landmarks TOURIEST OR TERROIST KAMRAN Akhtar was stopped and questioned by Charlotte police on July 20 while videotaping near a busy street intersection. He appeared m federal court on Tuesday, charged with being m the US illegally and making false statements to the authorities about
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      Lock icon Political killing may start Al-Qaeda attack
      263 4 Political killing may start Al-Qaeda attack WASHINGTON A highprofile political assassination, triggered by a new message from Osama bin Laden, will lead off the next major AlQaeda attack, according to a Washington Times report. Citing United States intelligence officials, the newspaper said the assassination plan was among new details of
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      Lock icon Serial rapist wins lottery jackpot of $22 million
      455 4  -  ALFRED LEE Bu FOR THE STRAITS TIMES LONDON A serial rapist serving a life sentence m jail has won the British lottery jackpot of £7,039,479 (5522,174,000). lorworth Hoare's winnings could earn him interest of over £6,000 a week if he makes sound
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      Lock icon 2nd US aircraft carrier for Asia-Pacific?
      608 5 A CHECK ON CHINA There is a feeling that Chinese growing naval presence, if not responded to, would basically signal to East Asia that China is the up and coming power and the United States is the receding power. John Tkacik, research fellow at
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      Lock icon S'pore lawyer wins seat on UN women's rights body
      447 5  - S'pore lawyer wins seat on UN women's rights body THERESA TAN DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN Anamah Tan will join 22 other experts next January Bu VETERAN women's activist and family lawyer Anamah Tan has been elected to the United Nations expert body on women's rights issues. The 63-year-old is the first
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Air pollution blowing across continents
      725 8 Air pollution blowing across continents Study shows pollutants from Asia hanging over the US east coast PORTSMOUTH (New Hampshire) Scientists engaged m a major study of air quality and climate change have discovered Eollutants from Asia anqing high over New England and the Atlantic this summer. It is one of
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      Lock icon 'Pocket bikes' drive US cops crazy
      328 8 PHILADELPHIA Tiny, noisy motorcycles imported from China are the latest rage m several American cities this summer. The little machines, called "pocket hikes", give off a high-pitched screech and carry their riders perilously close to the pavement. The pocket hikes whose tiny, twostroke gasoline
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      Lock icon Train militias to fight terrorists
      447 12 Pentagon's Plan Call to equip friendly security forces m 'ungoverned areas' to counter insurgents, thus sparing deployment of US forces WASHINGTON The Pentagon has urged Congress to authorise US$5OO million (SsBs6 million) to build a network of friendly militias around the world to purge terrorists
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      Lock icon Fears that flow of | info may be hindered
      241 12 Fears that flow of info may be hindered NEW INTELLIGENCE POST WASHINGTON House lawmakers and senior Pentagon officials expressed misgivings on Tuesday about the Sept H commission's proposal to, eiisttteA national intelligence director^ saying they fearetf that such centralpipm could hinder troops' quick acc^ss'-jfo battlefield intelligence. <^, v Amid a
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      Lock icon Bush's choice of spymaster under fire
      244 12 Bush's choice of spymaster under fire NEW CIA CHIEF WASHINGTON US President Geprge W Bush's choice of Republican Congressman Porter Goss to nead the Central Intellteence Agency has come too partisan. On Tuesday, Mr Bush told a ceremony m, tfc£> White House Rose Garden that tb,p 6^-yeat-old former army intelligence
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      Lock icon US gives border officials power to deport illegals
      393 13 Turned away In fiscal year 2003, about 43,000 immigrants were swiftly deported from the United States without scrutiny by immigration judges. The new rules, if implemented across the nation's land borders, would nearly double that figure. During the same period, about 37,000
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      Lock icon US gives 27 nations one-year extension
      180 13 BIOMETRIC PASSPORTS WASHINGTON Countries that have visa-waiver agreements with the United States have been given an extra year to start issuing passports with biometric measures such as fingerprints. The 27 nations, which include Singapore, Britain, Japan and Australia, now have until Oct 26 next
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      Lock icon Al-Jazeera's influence will survive Iraq ban
      666 14  -  JOHN R. BRADLEY NEWS ANALYSIS By Baghdad's move serves to highlight vast impact of satellite station on Arab world and further undermine US credibility THE caretaker Iraqi government's decision to close the Baghdad offices of Al-Jazeera for a month has again brought into sharp
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      Lock icon MAKING HEADLINES
      218 14 AL-JAZEERA is no stranger to controversy. Here's a list of recent events which resulted m the news station making world headlines: MAY 2003: The director-general of Al-Tazeera, Mohammed Jassern Al-Ali, is sacked amid allegations mat he had worked with Saddam Hussepi's intelligence services. SEPTEMBER 2003: Its best-known Arab
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      Lock icon Iraqi deputy leader calls on US troops to leave Najaf
      460 14 DUBAI Iraq's interim deputy president has called on US-led multinational troops to leave the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf to end almost a week of fighting there. "I call for multinational forces to leave Najaf and for only Iraqi forces
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      Lock icon HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, BROTHER
      60 14 Clarence Aguirre looking at his sleeping brother Carl on Tuesday, the first day that the previously conjoined twins could see each other. Six days after they were separated at the Montefiore Medical Centre m New York, the two-year-olds were taken off sedation, had their breathing
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      Lock icon Trumped by debts and high interest payments
      221 14 ATLANTIC CITY He made millions m real estate, built a casino empire and conquered television with a reality show that turned 'You're fired" into a catchphrase. But Mr Donald Trump's glitzy, neon-trimmed casinos are headed for bankruptcy court, a US$4OO-million (Ss6Bs-mil-lion) bailout and
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      Lock icon Porn a measure or freedom, says Rushdie
      489 14 Porn a measure or freedom, says Rushdie ESSAY IN BOOK ON PORN STARS TOMKUVHY EXISTS EYERYNHEK, Of COURSE, BUT MEN IT COMES WTO SOCETIES MUNCH ITS MFHCULT FOR YOUNS MEN AMD WOMEN TO GET TOGETIEtJUD DO WHAT YOUNG MEN WOMEN OFTEN UK GENERAL NEED. WWUE DOHI6 SO, OFSTAMMRDHiEARERFm FREEDOM, EVEN
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      34 16 REUTERS This satellite image shows Tropical Storm Charly churning m the Caribbean Sea just north of Venezuela on Tuesday. Charly is expected to hit the Gulf of Mexico by early Sunday morning.
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      Lock icon Cappuccino ad causes a stir
      151 16 AMSTERDAM The Netherlands is famed for its tolerant attitude towards drugs, but some Dutch say an advertisement for a new cappuccino drink glorifies cocaine use and has gone too far. The advertisement features three bikini-clad women gathered around a silver tray, with straws m their
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      Lock icon Time reporter jailed for refusing to reveal sources
      571 16 He is found guilty of contempt of court for not naming the government officials who blew the cover of a female CIA agent l IHHK WE'RE 60MG TO HAVE A HEMHM CONFRONTATION HERE.' MsLucyDalglish, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom
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    • QUICKY WORLD
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        Lock icon BRITAIN ISSUES LICENCE TO CLONE EMBRYOS
        121 16 LONDON Britain granted its first licence allowing scientists to clone human embryos yesterday, more than three years after becoming the first nation to authorise the technique to produce stem cells for medical research. A team at Newcastle University had applied to the Human Fertilisation
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        Lock icon CHIMNEY GREASE BLAMED FOR MALL BLAZE
        145 16 ASUNCION (Paraguay) A build-up of meat grease m a chimney was the probable source of the Aug 1 shopping centre blaze m Paraguay that killed 380 people, a preliminary report said. Grease and charcoal remains that had accumulated m a chimney over the shopping
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        Lock icon RUMSFELD IN KABUL TO REVIEW STRATEGY
        101 16 KABUL US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld held talks with American commanders and Afghan leaders m Kabul yesterday to review strategy, as insurgents stepped up attacks to disrupt historic October presidential elections. Mr Rumsfeld travelled from Oman to the Afghan capital for an unannounced visit.
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        Lock icon CHURCH ON WHEELS' FOR RUSSIANS
        91 16 MOSCOW The Moscow diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church has commissioned a church on a truck that could travel across isolated regions to reach those who have no place of worship of their own, Itar-Tass reported. The church will be built on a 15m Kamaz
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        Lock icon TWIN BUNDLES OF JOY
        37 16 Twelve-year-old gorilla Nyabitondore is the proud mother of twins. Her babies, born m May m the Volcanoes National Park m Rwanda, are only the third set of mountain gorilla twins ever recorded. AP
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        Lock icon MOROCCAN 'DID NOT KNOW OF 9/11 PLOT'
        142 16 HAMBURG A key Al-Qaeda captive m US custody told interrogators that a Moroccan on trial for helping the Hamburg-based Sept 11 suicide pilots had no knowledge of the plot, according to a summary read out m court yesterday. Mounir El Motassadeq, accused of
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        63 16 WASHINGTON Nasa chief Scan O'Keefe said he has ordered experts to plan a robotic mission to repair the ageing Hubble Space Telescope. He said the planning would take nine months to a year and would cost US$l billion (551.72 billion) to US$l.6 billion. An amendment
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        110 16 BRUSSELS A cat running loose on a Belgian commercial flight attacked a pilot and forced the crew to turn back to the airport. The grey cat, named Gin, broke out of its cage about 20 minutes after take-off and scurried to the cockpit where it
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    • PEOPLE
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        138 17 60 Minutes journalist gets bad press ROW OVER PARKING INCIDENT NEW YORK Veteran 60 Minutes television correspondent Mike Wallace was handcuffed and driven to a police station after arguing with city inspectors over where his driver had parked. WCBS-TV said he was leaving a restaurant on Tuesday night when he
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        Lock icon OLD RIVAL PLEADS FOR BOBBY FISCHER
        125 17 TOKYO Mr Boris Spassky, an old rival of Bobby Fischer, has called on US President George W. Bush to be lenient towards the former world chess champion, whom he described as a "tragic personality". In a letter he purportedly wrote, he said: "I would
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        Lock icon KOBE'S ACCUSER FILES CIVIL SUIT
        93 17 DENVER The woman who accused Kobe Bryant of rape has filed a federal civil lawsuit against the NBA star, a move that legal experts said could cripple the criminal case less than three weeks before the trial begins. Lawyers for the 20--year-old woman on Tuesday
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        Lock icon MOORE TICKS OFF BEIJING HOTELS
        100 17 BEIJING Former James Bond actor Roger Moore yesterday criticised hotels and schools m Beijing for turning away a group of Aids orphans m town for a three-day summer camp. Now a Unicef goodwill envoy visiting China to draw attention to the problems of children orphaned
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      Lock icon Britain denies visas to thousands of Chinese students
      509 17  - Britain denies visas to thousands of Chinese students ALFRED LEE Drive to weed out fraudulent applications results m huge loss m revenue for many universities and the economy Bu FOR THE STRAITS TIMES LONDON British universities have claimed that at least 8,000 Chinese students wanting to study m Britain this
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      123 8 Militias Versus Terrorists 'f^m Swift Deportation g^| Ban Turns Into Boost 2R| The Pentagon wants funds to build a j^Wi US a^ ents P atrollin g borders with Canada HflHw^ Ban on Al-Jazeera for aiding militants by K^iJß^ network of friendly militias around the 1 ;^^\^U and Mexico can soon
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      114 17 Details of British Prime Minister Tony Blair's forthcoming holiday in Italy were inadvertently sent to media outlets, all because of a malfunctioning fax, officials in the Tuscan city of Siena saiu. James Stillman Rockefeller, the oldest-known American Olympic medal winner and the former head of the bank that became Citigroup,
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        603 18 In veterans they trust EARLY opinion on Prime Ministerdesignate Lee Hsien Loong's first Cabinet is strong on the proposition that this looks like a provisional team, a "bridging" one. There are also those with an uncomplicated view of succession planning who would be thrown by the choice for deputy premier
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      869 18  - America in two minds about China? TOM PLATE By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES LOS ANGELES The China question has not yet surfaced m the United States presidential election. Perhaps this is just as well. US campaigns are blunt instruments at best for the mastication of complex issues. For unless you
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      757 19  - Woman power drives India' s transformation PRANAY GUPTE By SENIOR WRITER NEW DELHI My journey back home to the land of my birth has taken me 37 years. This is an utterly new India that I've come back to, one that is poised to become an economic superpower and not
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      422 20 WHERE shall we draw the line as to what is good enough to live and what is not? Legal jurists have always been concerned about "slippery slopes" when debating amendments. If we do away with the albeit-somewhat-arbitrary 24-week rule, where
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      630 20 A TALE OF THREE DOWN'S CHILDREN I REFER to the call to review the abortion law ("When baby has major handicap, let parents have a choice w ;ST,Aug7).Asa health-care professional, I agree with Mr Teo Chun Sang that we should "advise parents based on
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      8 1 The Straits Times home Thursday, August 12, 2004
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    • A NEW PM A NEW CHAPTER
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        1988 1 Being Lee Hsien Loong JL A_Lo -LdLllt/X o ovJlJ.### .but his own man WHO IS LEE HSIEN LOONG? WHAT KIND OF PM WILL HE BE? SENIOR CORRESPONDENT CHUA MUI HOONG FATHOMS THE MAN N school, schoolmates from afar saw a tall, gangly boy with his trademark water bottle slung around
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          1517 3 HUW A r rxIIVIL mimolLrv O Ov/ii mnut mo v/ a say remains to be seen. Second, it can be expected that hell continue that habit of probing fundamentals, of challenging a priori assumptions. It's a welcome trait m a leader of a country that succeeded for 40 years on
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          111 4 dhrehr WORKING UP THE LADDER! (Top left) Mr Lee in 1984, giving his first speech at a political rally; (above) in 1990, being sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister in Mr Goh's Cabinet; and in 2001 with Mr Abdullah Badawi, Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister at the
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          33 5 Mr Lee walks through a sea of supporters during the 2001 election. Some analysts are wondering how he will navigate the contrasting legacies and styles of his father and Mr GohChokTong.
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          39 5 Mr Goh and Mr Lee deep in conversation as they wait for the arrival of the Brunei Sultan for an Asean meeting in 1992. Their close working relationship has helped effect a seamless political transition.
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          664 6 LIM HOCK LEE, ARMY BUDDY THOSE who served m the 23rd Battalion Singapore Artillery unit m 1981 may remember seeing two tall men stride together side by side. One was the lanky Lee Hsien Loong, then a major a returned Singapore Armed Forces scholar with
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          408 6 "WE HAD happy, active schooldays. There were quite a few sons of tycoons and YIPs m Catholic High at that time, so he would not have stood out if not for his height. We were m the same Science experimental group. There were three of us. Hsien
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          474 6 SOME time before the annual examinations were to take place, the chairman of examiners informed Dr Denis Marrian that his student Lee Hsien Loong would have to sit m a separate room on his own. Apparently, during the last examination, the young Lee had muttered to
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          2078 8 hhkgh mm 'EACH STUDENT HAD A CUPBOARD and I remember Mr Lee just threw his things haphazardly m L| to his. So before it was Visitors' Day on the second last day, I told him: You'd better arrange your HHh things properly.' He said:
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          991 10 THE IMAGE Taking one for the team The PAP leadership has always maintained it believes m acting m the country's long-term interest, regardless of the effect on its short-term popularity. IT OFTEN FELL TO MR LEE TO EXPLAIN TOUGH POLICIES. LYDIA LIM EXPLORES HOW IT AFFECTED HIS PUBLIC IMAGE DR
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          623 11 hkghk THE STRAITS TIMES ASKED READERS TO PEN THEIR HOPES FOR THE NEW PM. THIS IS A SAMPLE OF THEIR RESPONSES r'l'M 15 AND EXPERIENCING the transition of leadership from one prime mm lister to another for the first time. I'm excited, but at the
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          1667 12 IGNATIUS LOW SOH WEN LIN FIND OUT HOW MR LEE SEEKS GROUND ACCEPTANCE FOR TOUGH ECONOMIC POLICIES FOR a politician who never sugar-coats his messages, Prime Minister-designate Lee Hsien Loong rarely receives a sour reaction. Indeed, hard-nosed businessmen and economists wax almost lyrical about the former brigadier-general
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        554 16  -  RADHA BASU Khaw Boon Wan to announce details of f wo-pronged scheme, with wider scope for other health insurance plans, m Sept By ONE day after his promotion m the Cabinet was announced, Health Minister Shaw Boon Wan outlined his immediate priority revamping the MediShield
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        404 16  - Foreign media reports focus on 'same faces' TEE HUNCHING New Cabinet doesn't draw on much new blood, say some By OLD faces m a new government. That was how many foreign media reports summed up the new Cabinet line-up unveiled on Tuesday. In a story headlined "Same faces m Singapore
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        388 16  -  AZRIN ASMANI Bu WATER resources and youth are two priorities of the Lee Hsien Loong administration, and their importance is reflected by the expanded roles of two ministries. The Environment Ministry (ENV) is being renamed the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR). The Community
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        450 16 Swee Say to tackle structural unemployment OUTGOING Environment Minister Lim Swee Say returns to the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) as deputy secretary-general the day the new Cabinet is formed. His focus will be to tackle structural unemployment, said NTUC secretary-general Lim Boon Heng. He spoke to reporters m Jurong
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        391 16  - Veteran bows out after helming several ministries REBECCA LEE By THE only minister to leave the Cabinet m the line-up announced by incoming Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday is Mr Lee Yock Suan. The former President's Scholar had risen swiftly through the political ranks and helmed several ministries
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          201 16 THE question of what happens to the unofficial entrepreneurship portfolio after Mr Raymond Lim becomes Acting Second Minister for Finance has not yet been expressedly addressed m the new Cabinet line-up, businessmen noted yesterday. Some said they hoped it would remain with Mr Lim for continuity's sake,
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          165 16 MR GOH Chok Tong and Mr Lee Kuan Yew will both be addressed loosely as senior ministers m Chinese, but their specific titles do spell a difference m that language. Unlike m English, where Mr Lee will trade his Senior Minister label for a new
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          101 16 MORE 'MULTIPLE DUTY' MINISTRIES NOW AND then there were four. The Ministry of Environment and Water Resources (MEWR) becomes the latest ministry to add an and to its name. Its more frequent use reflects the growing complexity of government as ministries take on added responsibilities. Other ministries doing "multiple duty"
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          49 16 DOUCHING IT FOR A SPECIAL EVENT TO MARK the political handover today, Bread Talk will launch a tomato-based bun called Handoughver, m line with the chain's style of quirky product names. Shaped like a baton, it is stuffed with cheese, bacon and red chilli, and sells for $1.60 each.
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          95 16 SPECIAL prayers coinciding with the sw£ifcring-in of the new Prime Minister and his Cabinet will be held at four temples at Bpm tonight. The Hindu Endowments Board said the prayers are "for the continued good health of our new Prime Minister and prosperity of the
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        406 16  -  SUE-ANNCHIA FLEXIBLE SALARIES By THE national drive to make pay packets more flexible is on track to meet targets set by the Government m January when companies were encouraged to move towards variable wages. Wage restructuring task force chairman Yong Ying-I said
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      322 17 FROM Sept 1, The Business Times (BT), Singapore's leading business daily, will feature stronger content and a fresh new look. Among the additions is an Economy Watch page, with news on the local economy and Singapore's key economic partners like China and India.
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      301 17 ECONOMIC RECOVERY But Spore must be prepared for uncertainties, ministers warn WORKERS and management were given a pat on the back yesterday by two ministers for their part m helping the Singapore economy restructure amid global change. Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean and
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      507 17  - Weekly dengue cases hit record peak of 312 TANYA FONG Last week's figure tops last year's peak of 258, with cases mostly m north eastern, north and eastern parts &L DENGUE has hit a new weekly high here, with 312 new cases confirmed last week. This tops by 54 cases
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      166 17 JUDGING by the turnout, Southeast Community Development Council's (CDC) job fair for mature employees was a hit 1,500 people flocked to the Singapore Expo yesterday with hopes of getting hired. By the end of the day, some got what they came for: 156
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      521 18  -  LYNN LEE One mum whose daughter got m at West Grove is three times happy places are now assured for her two younger kids too By WILL HE? WON'T HE? OH, NO 1 started to get really nervous when they were down
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      132 18 MCOLI HIGHWAY The inquiry: More than 150 witnesses are expected to testify at the inquiry. Held at the Subordinate Courts, the proceedings are expected to last two months, longer if more time is neededto cross-examine the witnesses. The inquiry team: Senior District Judge Richard Magnus, Associate Professor Teh Ccc Ing,
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      832 18  -  WOON WUITEK GOH CHIN LIAN Bu and Judge: Isn't that a shame? Senior District Judge Richard Magnus to Kori Construction project manager Hooi Yu Koh. Mr Magnus: "You were not on top of your job and you did not know what's happening- oil the ground?'
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      283 18 A rwruviritt insurance agem who embezzled premiums amounting to almost $380,000 from nine foreign clients was yesterdayjailedior4 1 /2 years. Sung Fown, alias Sung Man Fong, 56, the manager of an AIA agency known as Raymond Sung and Associates, used the money to pay off his
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      162 18 THE National Library Board (NLB) will get a new chief executive come Sept 15. He is Dr N. Varaprasad, 55, who will give up his current post as deputy president of the National University of Singapore to assume his NLB job. He succeeds Dr
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      177 18 S'pore ships in Australia for joint war games SINGAPORE warships joined frigates, a submarine and aircraft from Australia yesterday for 10 days of war games. Exercise Singaroo, the eighth m the series, is taking place off the city of Darwin m northern Australia. The Republic of Singapore Navy is represented
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        162 19 MICROSOFT'S long-awaited update is due to be completed "in the coming days", said senior product manager Matt Pilla. Service Pack 2 (SP2) has been delayed as programmers have worked to make sure the new security safeguards would not stop people's favourite applications such as
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        65 19 World's biggest jumbo AN A3BO, the world's biggest super-jumbo plane, being moved during the final assembly process m Toulouse, m south-western France, last month. The rollout of the double-deck 555-seater by Airbus is scheduled for 2006. Singapore Airlines will be the first carrier m the world to take delivery of
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        756 19 First Look At Biggest-ever Upgrade Latest update gives anti-virus warnings, plugs vulnerabilities m some messaging programs and boasts a new firewall SAN JOSE (California) With the latest update to Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, personal computers will soon join parents, bosses, teachers and spouses
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      348 1 The man The image The reformer He has his father s As DPM, he had to be the His economic reforms, pedigree, but a style that bearer of bad news often. though tough, have been evolved to be all his own Will this change now? well-received PAGEH2 PAGE HlO PAGEHI2
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      89 8 Looking forward to a new era of growth. f jSmn f m k^HL. a 4'l^M V JgS^B Iff w*^^-'|Ht Xb^Jhk Then Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong being shown around the NTUC Fair Price East Point supermarket by Chairman S Chandra Das on 27 December 1996. Proudly owned by over
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      568 15 A NEW PRIME MINISTER, A NEW CHAPTER 1 may well have the discomfort of later on being compared unfavourably to the offspring/ MR lee kuan yew, in 1985 WATCH CONCERNS GOVERNMENT f* J^ K' aWKElj MAY DAY RALLY (1990) 1990 1990 j0k Wf^ST^^^lSSfk Headline: Labour movement reaffirms Iraq's invasion of
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      81 18 LEE KUAN YEW vislior PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES Public Lecture by PROFESSOR SIR RICHARD FRIEND Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitor Public Lecture 2 Topic: PLASTIC SEMICONDUCTORS FLEXIBLE AND ÜBIQUITOUS ELECTRONICS Part 2: InkJet Printing and the Plastic Electronics Minifab Date Friday, 13 August 2004 Time 6.00 pm Venue: LT 2 A,
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      16 1 The Straits Times asia Thursday, August 12, 2004 The Straits Times money Thursday, August 12, 2004
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      227 1 JAKARTA'S APPEAL JAKARTA The government has appealed to Malaysia not to crack down on Indonesians working there illegally and not to treat them like criminals. Otherwise, Jakarta may stop supplying workers. Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Jacob Nuwa Wea referred to the weekend snooting of
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      Lock icon KL cracking down on illegals — again
      537 1  - KL cracking down on illegals again LESLIE LAV Soaring crime rate leads to tougher measures, which include jail for foreign workers and their employers By] MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR Walk into a bar here and chances are the waitress is a Filipina and the hostess a China national. At the
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        Lock icon China to launch lunar orbital probe by 2007
        562 2  -  CHUA CHIN HON Beijing will also send a second man into space by the end of next year as part of the country's ambitious programme By CHINA CORRESPONDENT SPACE MILESTONES ♦1992: China declares its intention to send a man into space. November
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        294 2 Businessman sues city govt for $35m RECORD COMPENSATION CASE BEIJING In the biggest compensation case ever filed against a state organisation, a Chinese businessman is suing the government for 170 million yuan (about Ss3s million) after his business and assets were confiscated. Guangzhou-based businessman Chen Jinhong filed the lawsuit against
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        52 2 A CHEF from China placing dough on his head to make noodles during a press conference for a Chinese food-making contest m Taipei on Tuesday. More than 50 chefs from China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and South Korea are taking part m the two-day
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        Lock icon China is fifth-busiest air hub in the world
        485 2 SHANGHAI China's air traffic, including flights to and from the United States, is booming and, according to the state media, is No. 2 m the world if Hong Kone, Macau and Taiwan are included. The mainland alone has the world's fifth-biggest air
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        85 2 AlMHBfWaipwf WlnilliVf|MMf marslato ifttr tht Sept 11, 2001 attacks or CMm Eisttft Airlines' branch In Nin^bo, tasttm H^Mf •rovince, has already set up a peiee ttati awl a 15-stronf team of security osarfls, it saML One police officer and one eoaN will be deployed on every flight. lew
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        301 2 Hospitals swamped after strong quake BEIJING Villagers were living outdoors and hospitals were jammed after a strong earthquake shook Chinas south-west, killing up to three people and injuring as many as 600, officials and state media said yesterday. Some 92 aftershocks have been felt since the 5.6-magnitude quake struck Ludian
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        Lock icon Sales staff kneel in public to develop 'thick skin'
        202 2 CHANGCHUN A company m northeast Jilin province trains its sales staff to be thick-skinned by getting them to kneel publicly m a busy business district, a newspaper reported yesterday. Six men and four women who said they were employees of a
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        67 3 Hands up for Buddy Bears THESE brightly painted bear sculptures basking m the Shanghai sun are exhibits m the Buddy Bear Show, which is part of the Shanghai Spring Art Salon. The Buddy Bear is a mascot of the German city of Berlin. The bears are painted by prominent artists
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        221 3 HONG KONG A local unit of US fast-food giant McDonald's has been fined for selling ice cream with a bacterial count nearly five times the permitted level reportedly the company's third such breach of food safety rules here recently. During a routine
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        475 3 Defence Ministry will scrap some projects to trim $31 billion package, deemed too costly by lawmakers TAIPEI Taiwan aims to slash about 16 per cent off a planned NTS6IO billion (Ss3l billion) arms purchase from the United States after lawmakers said
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        250 3 Simulated drifts show Taiwan overrun in 6 days •v m TAIPEI Taiwan's armed JbrcesSfctaged a driJJ simulating an invasion by China yesterday as a military computer exercise showed that Taiwanese troops could withstand a similar onslaught for just six days. The scenario of the manoeuvre, the first of two rehearsals
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        236 3 \~7 BELTING China has warned Pacific nations against caving m to Taiwan's "dollar diplomacy", cautioning it would be against their interests to establish ties with Taipei over Beijing, state media reported yesterday. Vice-Foreign Minister Zhou Wenzhong said it was important that Pacific nations that wanted to develop relations
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      464 6 Those who refuse to sing 'Kimigayo' anthem or stand before Rising Sun flag have been sent to re-education seminars TOKYO Ms Hiroko Arai, 59, is a mild-mannered, conservatively dressed English teacher at the Komatsugawa high school m eastern Tokyo. She presides over
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      55 6 AFP A Kashmiri woman walking past a barbed-wire fence during a stop-and-search operation m Srinagar's commercial hub of Lai Chowk. Security m the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir has been tightened ahead of celebrations to mark India's Independence Day on Aug 15, amid calls from Kashmiri separatists
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      271 6 SEOUL South Korea confirmed yesterday a controversial plan to move the seat of government from Seoul to a rural site, brushing aside opposition from politicians and Seoul citizens to the US$45 billion (Ss77 billion) plan. President Roh Moo Hyun made relocating the
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      266 6 N. Korea provides report on abducted Japanese BEIJING North Korea yesterday gave Japan a report on missing Japanese citizens abducted decades' ago by North Korean agents, the main stumbling block to forging diplomatic ties, but officials did not say if any were alive. Two days of working-level talks will be
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        321 7 'Please, all the men in the country, do not attempt to Kiss me' MANILA Annoyed by a stream of unwanted kisses, Philippine President Gloria Arroyo warned overzealous male fans and supporters yesterday that to avoid embarrassment, they should not pucker up m her direction. "First, show some respect. Second, I
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        626 7  -  ROBERT GO Tough punishments and anti-narcotics campaign fail to deter drug dealers and users, who now number four million By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT Popular drugs Putaw, or heroin, and cocaine: Among the middle class and the rich, those who can afford the relatively high prices of
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        257 7 Mega and Bambang resume political jockeying JAKARTA Presidential candidates Megawati Sukarnoputri and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono have resumed courting political leaders, one day after the courts rejected a petition filed by eliminated candidate Wiranto. Ms Megawati on Tuesday held a meeting with another eliminated candidate, Dr Amien Rais, at his official
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        548 8  -  NIRMAL GHOSH And those with jobs work long hours, on short-term contracts with low pay and little social protection, says an ILO study By THAII AND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK Across Asia, jobs have failed to keep pace with the growing youth population, according to an
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        444 8 KL detains three Thai militant suspects MALAYSIA-THAILAND BORDER COOPERATION BANGKOK Malaysia has detained three people it suspects of involvement m the violence m Thailand's largely Muslim south that has claimed more than 300 lives since January. Thai officials said yesterday that an intelligence police general has left for Malaysia to
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        152 8 German beaten up over sex tape PATTAYA A beer bar hostess and two friends stormed into a German man's house and assaulted him after he refused to hand over a videotape of her having sex with him. Ratchanok Sanehchan, Sompong Damriram and Samart Sanram, attacked Fischer Friedrich Johanet Michael, 53,
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          109 8 HONG KONG Hong Kong's anti-graft agency yesterday said it would appeal against a court ruling that said it improperly raided a newspaper that published the name of a protected witness and seized material from its newsroom. Government prosecutor Kevin Zervos, who represents the Independent
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          97 8 TOKYO US military planes yesterday searched for four missing Navy aviators whose surveillance plane crashed on an uninhabited island near Iwo Jima, military officials said. The S-3 Viking plane from the USS Stennis crashed into Kita Iwo Jima island m the Pacific Ocean on
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          96 8 TAIPEI Taiwan yesterday issued a warning for the capital and other cities as typhoon Rananim whirled closer to the island, threatening to bring high winds and heavy rains that could cause dangerous flash flooding and mudslides. The storm's fringe was expected to begin lashing northern Taiwan
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          111 8 COLOMBO The US Embassy m Sri Lanka has closed indefinitely after it received an envelope containing an unidentified white powder that is being tested for anthrax and other deadly agents, a US official said. The US government has feared anthrax attacks after five people died
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          90 8 HANOI The health authorities m Vietnam are investigating whether four people who died of acute respiratory infection were victims of bird flu, officials said yesterday. If confirmed, the deaths would be the first reported from avian influenza since an outbreak of the HSNI flu strain
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        168 8 Old grudge drives blind man to kill friend MANILA Enraged by an old grudge, a blind man fatally stabbed his blind friend whom he found by feeling his way through a home for the disabled and identifying the victim by voice. Police said yesterday that they would charge Edmundo Geraldiso,
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        350 8 HANOI Experts from Asia and Europe say that one of Vietnam's most important historical sites the ruins of ancient citadels dating back 1,400 years is at risk from exposure to the elements. A pit covering more than one city block holds layers of
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        55 9 These Vikings m running shoes from Swedish furniture store Ikea are doing their bit m the Kuala Lumpur Charity Rat Race. On Tuesday, 75 corporate teams with five runners each raced over a 4.5 km route m the heart of the city and raised RM657,000 (*****,000)
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        312 9 Prime Minister pledges to tackle corruption at all levels, saying an immediate measure will be thorough investigation of complaints KUALA LUMPUR Steps will be taken to tackle corruption m the police force, but the cleanup will not happen overnight, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi
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        212 9 NILAI Investigations into the murder of a lorry driver who was having sex with a married woman in a car have taken a new twist. Police now believe that the killing was the result of a botched robbery and not a crime
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        132 9 Third expert to examine flyover cracks KUALA LUMPUR An independent consultant will be appointed to investigate the cracks on the beams supporting the Middle Ring Road Two flyover, which has been closed since Sunday. Works Minister S. Samy Vellu said the consultant, to be appointed within a few days, would
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        159 9 IPOH A policeman has been arrested m connection with a snatch theft that resulted m a woman being slashed. The lance corporal, 33, was nabbed last Friday and police are looking for another man m connection with the incident last month. State police chief
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        217 9 Mel Gibson's Passion shown to pastors KUALA LUMPUR Mcl Gibson's box-office smash film The Passion of The Christ had its Malaysian premiere yesterday before a Christian audience even as pirated DVD copies flooded the market. About 150 pastors and church officials watched the film m a cinema ahead of general
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        251 9 Petrol stations may ban credit cards KUALA LUMPUR Petrol station operators nationwide may stop accepting credit cards if banks impose charges on them for fraudulent credit card transactions, Petroleum Dealers Association Malaysia (PDAM) president Abu Samah Bachik said yesterday. "If there is a charge imposed, we will not pay and
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      • THE XXVIII OLYMPICS: ATHENS 2004
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          38 10 Special correspondent ROB HUGHES will join deputy sports editor TAY CHENG KHOON and executive photographer ALBERT SIM to provide exclusive dispatches and pictures of the Olympics for The Straits Times and The Sunday Times.
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          684 10 FLAG UP FOR SINGAPORE With the national flag raised yesterday at the Games village m Athens, Singapore athletes begin the most crucial days of their Olympic journey. Here are the fixtures for the j 16 athletes. 2.30pm/7pm: Badrntaton^Women's singles, rd of 32 2pm: Shooting Men's trap qualifications 3pm: Swimming Women's
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          Lock icon Ode to the Grecian Games
          688 10  -  TAY CHENG KHOON Teething problems, but it will be the greatest show on Earth BYTAI CURRIES and Chinese food are provided at the Games Village, but they are bland. New sports complexes have been built, but the swimming pool has no roof. Hundreds of telephones
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          263 10 CLASSY gelding Muscle Man showed he was right at his best for Sunday's clash with former South African star Surveyor with a brilliant gallop at Kranji yesterday morning. Muscle Man will line up m a $100,000 Class 1 event over 1800 m on Sunday and tackle a class field including
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        640 11  -  MARC LIM SOCCER LIONS' discard. Home United's saviour. Egmar Goncalves may no longer be wanted by the Singapore national team, but the Brazil-born striker is showing that life without the Lions is not hurting him one bit. The 33-year-old striker scored a
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          511 11  -  ALVIN FOO BADMINTON Bu DO NOT write Ronald Susilo off just yet. This was what former Indian badminton star Prakash Padukone had to say about Singapore's top shuttler's chances at the upcoming Olympic Games m Athens. The 1980 All-England champion was m town on a
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          Lock icon Ugly American Greene vows to wow again
          599 11 ATHLETICS Olympic champ is confident of winning m Athens and doing it m style ATHENS American athletes have been cautioned against extravagant flag-waving at these Olympics, and it has been suggested that they nix any ideas of using the flag as a headband,
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        414 11 SCORES AND STATISTICS BASEBALL American League: Cleveland 2 Toronto 0. Boston 8 Tampa Bay 4, Chicago White Sox 9 Kansas City 3, Texas 7 New York Yankees 1, Seattle 4 Minnesota 3, Oakland 5 Detroit 4, Baltimore 11 Anaheim 3. National League: Montreal 4 Arizona 0, Los Angeles 5 Cincinnati
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          75 11 IN THE first of what anti-doping authorities expect to be a record number of Olympic doping offences, a Kenyan boxer was disqualified from the Athens Games. David Munyasia, 24, tested positive last Friday for cathine. The 2004 Games are the first at which the International
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          73 11 SERENA Williams will not defend her women's doubles gold after pulling out of the Athens Olympics for fear she could risk long-term injury to her left knee. "She was ready to fly to Athens, but stopped to see surgeon David Altcheck before heading to the
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          Lock icon DEVERS WILL DEHY JONES 100 M SPOT
          74 11 MARION Jones will not get to defend her 100 metres gold even if United States teammate Torri Edwards is suspended for drug use. Instead, Gail Devers has said she will step m even if it means running six races m five days. Devers,
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          60 11 THE United States basketball team struggled to beat Turkey 80-68 m their last warm-up game before the Olympics, but the bigger worry was the bomb blasts tnat rocked Istanbul on Tuesday, 10km from where they were staying. "It wasn't anywhere near here," forward Lamar Odom
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          76 11 AFTER a week spent waiting, Argentina's Olympic rowing team finally got to train on Tuesday after they got their boats out of customs. "The problem was that there was a mistake, surely unintentional, by rowing officials," said team spokesman Eduardo Moyano said. The only member of
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        539 12 GOLF World No. 2 hopes to win PGA crown to make up for set-backs KO H L E R (Wisconsin) They call Ernie Els "Big Easy" because nothing seems to faze him. This year, however, the South African's moniker is teetering towards
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          62 12 ENGLISH Premier League club Newcastle have completed the signing of Stephen Carr from Tottenham m a deal thought to be worth £2 million (556.3 million). The 27-year-old right-back, capped 30 times by the Republic of Ireland, has agreed to a four-year contract, reported the BBC. He
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          76 12 MORE people m China watched the Asian Cup final between China and Japan on television than the 2002 World Cup final, smashing viewing records as about 300 million people tuned m. A staggering 43.1 per cent of people watching television m China at
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          52 12 ALEX Ferguson is asking the Manchester United board to release £5 million (Ssl6 million) after learning that Ruud van Nistelrooy and Louis Saha's injuries are worse than predicted, several English newspapers reported yesterday. He wants to sign a stop-gap striker before the transfer window closes on
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        419 13  -  MARCLIM Bu TOP three? A given. But if Manchester United are to wrest the Premiership title back from Arsenal, they will have to play their best football at the start of the season something the Red Devils are not used to, according
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        597 13 SOCCER Owen wants to join Real even as Reds show they're willing to sell LONDON Real Madrid are on the verge of signing Michael Owen and Patrick Vieira. While the saga involving the Arsenal captain took a new twist yesterday with Spanish newspapers claiming that a
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        375 13 'Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I will dwell m the house of the Lord forever. Psalms 23:6 MARIA SIM GEK KEOW (MRS WEE CHIN SOON) AGE: 94 was called home to be with the Lord on 11 August 2004. Dearly missed
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        319 14 'The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want/ Psalm 23:1 NG CHUNG Age: 80 was called home to be with the Lord on 11 August 2004 leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Lim Thiam Chwee Sons: Daughters-in-law: Kirn Leong, James Tan Siew Huay Hock Kee, Tony Tay Meow Hway Hock
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        594 14 »IJp v "The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with "^Ki I ■jjr the faith love that are m Christ Jesus." 1 Timothy 1: 14 I SHEK LING POH I I Was called home to be with the Lord on 10 August 2004. I I
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        286 14 'You will show me the path of life; In Your presence Is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.' Psalm 16:11 YAP POH KHIM AGE: 88 was called home to be with the Lord on 11 August 2004 leaving behind loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tan Seng Lee
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        62 15 Altqii CHANCE HONGKONG: Hang Seng *****.13 -64.91 MALAYSIA: KLSE Comp 821.45 +0.67 CHINA: Shenzhen B 242.12 -2.10 AUSTRALIA: Sydney All Ord 3520.10 +10.90 JAPAN: Nikkei *****.46 +95.91 THAILAND: SET Index 595.60 -11.34 INDONESIA: Jakarta Comp 763.95 +11.51 PHILIPPINES: Manila Comp 1592.40 +13.14 SOUTH KOREA: Seoul Comp 753.06 +4.44
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        37 15 STATS ChIpPAC 25c 33,564,000 BIL Intl US2Oc 25,046,000 Sing Tel 15c 19,659,000 MoblleOne 20c 14,310,000 NewWave 5c 14,195,000 BTelecom US2c 14,159,000 Bio-Treat HK4OC 13,057,000 Noble Grp HK25c 12,468,000 Chart SemiCond 26c 11,893,000 KiVentures 10c 11,558,000
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        155 15 MAIN SDO TOTAL Up Pn Unch Up Pn Unch Up Pn Unch Multllnd 287 OOO 287 Manufacturg 19 78 43 8 16 14 27 94 57 Commerce 12 25 21 3 6 3 15 31 24 Tpt/Stor/Com 5 18 7 000 5 18 7 Finance 5 6
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        34 15 Change Straits Times Index 1896.19 -5.22 BT 08/ OS -230.00 -236.00 BTCADI -*****.00 -146.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -23.00 UOBSesdaq 92.54 -1.02 STI Futures 1883 -8 SIMSCI 227.51 -1.03 SIMSCI Futures 226.50 -0.80
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        120 15 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE ('000) Main Sdq Total Main Sdq Total Multllnd 36,290 36,290 46,464 46,464 Manufacturg 177,002 18,362 195,364 156,959 2,061 159,021 Commerce 34,261 752 35,013 34,302 221 34,522 Tpt/Stor/Com 86,694 86,694 180,826 180,826 Finance 31,962 967 32,929 170,670 408 171,079 Construction 7,282 2,809 10,091 1,443 228
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        4723 15 ghkghkg 52-Wk Ttl Currtncv last 'Vol Day 6ft Ntt MCap HH> I- C— C—aaaf Tf»iX Sale *ar- 100 H» I* H»» HE 13.5 5.5 1000 Aetna 5c 6 unch 190 6 6 46.9 -1001 Alliance Tech 11.5 susp 0-2 9.5 39.5 22.5 1002 Asia Food&Prop
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        1485 15 SGX SESDAQ 52-Wk T«l Currtncy last 'Vol Day Cr'» N«t MCip HH> Lw Cm Ciwiwy TrKK $ate +f- 'OOP W» U« PHrH P/t 42 22.5 2101 APOII5C .....30 SN 11.6 31-6 72.5 19.5 1502 ASTMOc 45 -1 507 46.5 45 18-9 I?. 5 8 46.5 16.5 1501 AdvSysiOc 17.5 unch
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        539 16 Fed's upbeat tone sends US stock markets surging Some analysts question central bank's call on interest rates, citing soaring oil prices and weaker-than-expected economic data WASHINGTON- A day after a report that top economists have cut their forecasts for economic growth m the United States, Federal Reserve policymakers said on
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        50 16 HONG KON G Hang Seng Index Yesterday's close: 12,343.13 (Down 64.91 points) Stocks finished 0.52 per cent lower, with Investors selling stocks including Cathay Pacific and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges and Clearing, after the companies posted weaker-than-expetted earnings. Volume was slightly below recent averages with HKSII.2 billion (SSL49 billion) Reuters
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        140 16 Company Close Bank Of China HK 12.85 -0.20 Bank Of East Asia 20.70 0.15 Cathay Pacific 13.35 -0.65 Cheung Kong 60.25 -0.50 Ch Kong Infra 18.75 0.05 China Mobile 22.25 -0.10 China Res Entp 9.70 0.05 China Unicorn 5.60 unch CITIC Pacific 18.45 -0.30 CLP 44.30 0.10 CNOOC
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        127 16 ■WTTm Company Close AMP Limited 6.45 -0.06 ANZ Bank Crp 17.94 0.08 Brambles Ind 5.82 unch Broken Hill Prop 13.03 0.11 Coles Myer 9.00 -0.03 CSL 25.40 0.02 CSR Ltd 2.34 0.01 C'wealth Bank 31.04 0.10 Foster's Grp 4.61 0.02 General Prop Trt 3.57 0.04 Macquarie Bank 31.98 0.32
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        115 16 ghkghk Rubber Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Sett Vol Open Int Sep 04 220.50 Oct 04 218.50 Novo4 218.50 Dec 04 218.50 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Sett Vol Open Int Sep 04 125.25 125.25 126.25 600 850 Oct 04 125.00
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        198 16 THE Federal Open Market Committee decided today to raise its target for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to IV2 percent. The committee believes that, even after this action, the stance on monetary policy remains accommodative and, coupled with robust underlying growth m
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        57 16 Yesterday's close: 821.45 (Up 0.67 point) The key store index ended just 1 0.08 per cent higher, after an early run-up following the United States Federal Reserve's upbeat comments fizzled out while specialist eh ipmaker Mem Technology jumped mi its market debut. Volume was 404 million
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        129 16 bcthjj Company Close AMMB Holdings 3.46 unch B Amer Tobacco 50.25 -1.00 Berjaya Sports 3.52 -0.02 Commerce Asset 4.58 -0.08 Digi.com 4.80 0.10 Gamuda 5.10 unch Gentlng 15.00 -0.30 Golden Hope 3.36 unch Hong Leong Bank 5.00 unch 101 Corp 7.90 unch XL Keponq 6.35 -0.25 Lafarge MCement
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        66 16 CRUDE PRODUCT AND PRICES Crude/Product Month* Change Price (US$) BBL Brent Blend Oct +0.26 40.71-40.76 W Texas Interm Oct +0.25 44.13-44.17 Dubai Fateh Sep +1.49 37.83-37.88 Tapis Blend... Sep +L 45 45.60-45.65 Timing of cargoes. Prices as at 17:30 11/8/2004 Crude/Product Month* Change Price (US$) BBL Minas Sep +1.45 40.50-40.55
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        587 16 hkhk OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES SepO4 98.120 98.130 98.120 98.125 2675 ***** oeco4 97.785 97.795 97.780 97.790 6749 ***** MarOs 97.455 97.465 97.445 97.450 6277 ***** JunOs 97.H0 97.130 97.110 97.115 3525 ***** SepOs 96.795 96.810 96.780 96.790 2836 8410 l Decos 96.495
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        44 16 I Yesterday's dose: Share prices closed lower over liquidity concerns, ahead of an expected fund-raising plan to be released by China's top steel- maker Baosteel, dealers said. The Shenzhen B-share index was down 0.86 per cent on turnover of HK564.4 million. AFP
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        161 16 hff Company Cleae Annul Gujing D B 3.79 -0.03 Beijing Or Elec B 4.23 -0.03 Bengang Steel B 2.94 -0.02 Ch Int Marine 11.94 0.11 China M Shekou B 5.95 unch Ch South Glass B 5.09 -0.11 China Vanke 6 4.02 -0.02 Chqlng C Auto B 5.05 -0.13 Dalian
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        128 16 Fofeiqn Currency Note Rates (9am, Aug 11, 2004) Buying Selling Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 1.2140 1.2290 Canadian dollar 1.2910 1.3060 Euro 2.0870 2.1100 NZ dollar 1.1080 1.1320 Sterling pound 3.1190 3.1530 US dollar 1.7060 1.7240 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency
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        42 16 Yesterday's close: (Up 10.9 points) Share prices closed up 0.33 per cent, on increased confidence m the banking sector and optimism about News Corp's upcoming annual results, dealers Turnover was 749.3 million shares worth A52.63 billion (553.23 billion). AFP
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        354 16 Cisco shares slide despite 41% jump m net profit CHICAGO Cisco Systems' quarterly profit surged 41 per cent, but its shares fell sharply m after-hours trade on Tuesday on a rise m inventories and comments about cautious customers. Cisco also forecast that sales for the current quarter its first of
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        58 16 Yesterday's close: 11,049.46 (Up 95.91 points) The Nikkei Stock Average ended 0.88 per cent higher, after i banking snares got a lift from a court ruling that allowed UFJ Holdings to proceed with fu 1 1 takeover talks. Trading was moderately active, with 1.04 billion shares
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        638 17 Not yet a major threat RECORD oil prices are cutting into the profits of Asian airlines, forcing them to consider raising ticket prices, but analysts say the spike is not yet a major threat to the Asian travel sector's fragile
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        362 17 PARIS The oil market is showing "irrational exuberance", the International Energy Agency (lEA) said yesterday, signalling that record prices of about US$45 per barrel are unjustified. The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) increased daily production by nearly half a million barrels to
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        408 17 UFJ wins right to include trust unit in merger talks TOKYO UFJ Holdings has won a court appeal to include the bank's trust unit m merger talks, intensifying a takeover battle by two of Japan's three-biggest lenders. The Tokyo High Court said it overturned a lower court decision barring the
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        213 17 BEIJING China's credit tightening seems to be capping inflation but has left the export sector m strong shape, according to July data that shows an economy slowing but not crashing. Producer prices rose 6.4 per cent m the year through July, the
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        81 17 IMF upgrades outlook for Japan WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday upgraded its economic outlook for Japan and said it expects price deflation to end next year. "There are clear indications that Japan's long-standing economic problems have eased," the IMF said m an annual review of the Japanese economy.
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          67 18 WHEELOCK Properties has posted a net profit of $44 million for the three months ended June 30, an increase of nearly nine times from the $4.5 million it posted m the same period last year. Revenue grew a stunning 16 times to $127.1 million for
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          81 18 GP BATTERIES' GAINS UP GP BATTERIES International yesterday said that its net profit for the first quarter rose 11.1 per cent to $12.6 million from $11.4 million m the corresponding period the previous year. Sales picked up 15.8 per cent to $219.6 million, on the back of strong export sales
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          87 18 MAINBOARD-LISTED CSE Global yesterday reported that its net profit for the second quarter rose 9 per cent from the corresponding period last year to $3.6 million. CSE Global's revenue for the same period improved 5 per cent to $40 million. First-half net profit
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          86 18 STOCKBROKING firm Kirn Eng Holdings yesterday chalked a 69.1 per cent jump m net profit for the second quarter to $42.6 million. Turnover for the three months ended June 30 fell by 28.5 per cent to $63.7 million. However, first-half turnover surged by 28.8
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        465 18  -  LORN A TAN Amount stays for now, although rule has been removed; but some companies may reduce coverage to provide more options By DESPITE regulatory changes freeing them to need only provide token death cover on in-vestment-linked insurance policies (ILPs), most insurers are keeping
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        722 18  -  NICHOLAS FANG By CONSIDER this: Swiss food and beverage giant Nestle had grown so big and unwieldy that until recently, its American factories negotiated deals to buy raw materials separately. Incredibly, that meant that Nestle sometimes paid 20 different prices to
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        250 18 LOCAL stockbroking company UOBKay Hian Holdings yesterday announced that first-half net profit surged 642 per cent to $55.1 million from a year ago, buoyed by higher income from interest and overseas subsidiaries. A foreign exchange gain from the strengthening US dollar and ringgit also helped profits.
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        240 18  -  LEE SU SHYAN Bu IN AN embarrassing blunder, Vikay Industrial on Tuesday night released an incomplete set of half-time financials, prompting an inquiry by the Singapore Exchange (SGX)- The results snowed that Vikay widened its net loss from $523,000 to $2.7 million for
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        251 18  -  SURYANIOMAR Bu SOFA maker and leather tanning specialist HTL International Holdings yesterday posted a sterling 57.4 per cent jump m net profits to $18.7 million for the first half of the year. Revenue for the six months ended June 30 grew 11.9 per cent to $226.6
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        334 19 POWER UP THE project cost could be $200 million to $250 million, say sources. The plant will generate 300MW to 330MWof electricity, and is part of plans to meet rising power demand in the state. A SUBSIDIARY of Singapore conglomerate SembCorp Industries has
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        443 19  -  AZHAR KHALID Turnover shoots up 39% m the first half on higher overseas income, with its utilities arm contributing the lion's share By DIVERSIFIED engineering group SembCorp Industries (SCI) posted a 34.5 per cent drop m first-half net profit to $102 million.
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        431 19  -  LEESU SHYAN By COMPANIES CORRESPONDENT So it's all systems go to address this side of things: PacNet said yesterday that it will be launching voice services to corporate customers this quarter as part of its growth strategy. Its main business is offering Internet
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        394 19  -  SURYANI OMAR China's booming economy and the growth of the GSM cellphone market there have helped boost the company's revenues, says Mr Phuay, who is holding a Bluetooth device Bu ROBUST growth m the cellphone and electronics market m China has helped home-grown Excelpoint Technology,
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        651 19  -  HUGH CHOW TAKING STOCK By SINGAPORE shares slipped back below the psychologically important 1,900 point-level after policymakers m the United States raised interest rates foi the second time since June. The benchmark Straits Times Index lost 5.22 points, or 0.28 per cent, to
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        688 1  - Second-half prospects looking upbeat for local banks EDNA KOH Industry Review First-half earnings of all three Spore banks are up; Analysts cite expected rise m interest rates and continued recovery as reasons for good second half By FINANCE CORRESPONDENT WITH all three local banks now having released their first-half results,
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        555 1  -  ARTHUR POON SECOND-QUARTER NET PROFITS Bu A competitive edge m wealth management is powering the continued strong growth m the bank's fee income base, says CEO David Conner. OCBC Bank has clocked a better-than-expected 35 per cent surge m secondquarter net profits to
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      399 8 A p ar^"'' me programme, I :^F3 |jy(l»7^lffß ■<=?*■ l\ accredited by AMBA, fully |^^^SllffuE?fiff9^^kJ?^^l taught m Singapore by the lAHN9ffWiJPiAi9PEfI University of Birmingham. IMB||lyujll Modules are taught via face to O face, with case studies and group •4 presentation. The duration of the "^mmtHtmrn Wr\Wrm P ro 9 ramme
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      534 10 Class sprinter Vinaka makes Singapore debut TOP class New Zealand gelding Vinaka new environment and is obviously a and he had a feel of the Volskraad makes his awaited debut at Kranji on very good sprinter," Meagher said. gelding on Tuesday morning when Saturday m a $100,000 Class 1 event
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      39 11 SEPAKTAKRAW Telok Ayer HongLim Green CC Championship: Tanjong Pagar v Yio Chu Kang (Telok Ayer Hong Lim Green CC, 7.30pm). SOCCER S-Leaque: Balestier Khalsa v Sinchi (Toa Payoh, SGSFL, Div 2 s-final: Immigration CA v SingTel RC (PUBRC, 5.15pm).
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      136 13 JUVE HELD AT HOME JUVENTUS had to fight back from two goals down to save themselves an embarrassing home defeat by Sweden's Djurgarden, but a 2-2 draw m Turin means they face a tough away game m two weeks' time. It appeared as though new coach Fabio Capello's Juventus career
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      300 18 QoCßCßank OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED NOTICE OF BOOKS CLOSURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Transfer Books and the Register of Stockholders of the Bank will be closed from 27 August 2004 to 30 August 2004 (both dates inclusive) for the purpose of determining the entitlement of Stockholders to the
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      203 1 Company Results Robust Turnover SembCorp earnings are down 35%, but the profit picture is actually rosier. pageai9 Insurance Good Coverage Insurers are sticking to minimum 125% death benefit, despite rule change. pageais 111 '^^m ''B^^^K United States Upbeat Outlook Fed expects faster economic growth despite high energy COStS. PAGEAI6 How
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      13 1 Life CELEBRATES THE WONDER OF LIFE The Straits Times Thursday, August 12, 2004
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      640 2  -  JBLLALPHONSO Nope, you'll never find out why they call themselves that. But band member Markuu Lappalainen will tell you why the hand has stayed together so long MUSIC REPORTER DON'T ask melodic postgrunge rockers Hoobastank what the name means. It has brought on answers like "Hoobastank is
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      174 2 NEW YORK Does Naomi Campbell (left) need more anger management classes? The model has been accused of slapping her maid, Millicent Burton, and throwing her purse out the door of her apartment m Manhattan, New York Daily News reports. Campbell, 34, pleaded guilty four years ago to
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      147 2 LOS ANGELES Actress Mary-Kate Olsen's battle with anorexia has inspired a controversial new line of Save MaryKate T-shirts, says IMDb.com The tops have been launched by design company Randy And Moss, whose owners say they will give 20 per cent of profits to America's National Eating
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      146 2 LOS ANGELES A photographer sued Christina Aguilera (right) on Tuesday, alleging he was spat upon and beaten up by her bodyguard after he snapped an unflattering picture of her leaving a Hollywood nightclub. Celebrity photographer David Keeler claimed m the suit filed m Los Angeles that he
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      232 2 STATESBORO (Georgia) Fans of Alicia Keys (left) keep calling her number, but only J.D. Turner of Statesboro picks up the phone. He had the luck of having the same phone number that she mentions m her love song, Diary, which is currently at No. 3
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      464 3  -  TAN SHZREE The Lindy Hop Ensemble is taking the AfroAmerican genre to the heartland with a Hokkien routine spliced with hard-boppingjazz By ARTS CORRESPONDENT SWING DANCE is going Hokkien this Sunday at the YMCA to be exact. The Bengs and Lians have muscled m finally on
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      515 3  -  TAN SU YIN By AS A boy, local composer and music consultant Simon Ng was frequently up to something whenever his parents were not home. He would tinkle on the ivories secretly, something his two elder sisters were free to do but which was forbidden
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      312 4 Virginia Wootf's (left) Portrait Of A Londoner is a bitmg sketch of a cockney lady who gossips with friends Missing essay from the 1930s will be published along with others originally written for Good Housekeeping magazine LONDON An essay on London life by acclaimed
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      1060 6 A WALK ON SIDE The world's most bankable star, Tom Cruise, has cast aside his good guy image to play an utterly ruthless ana amoral assassin for the first time. How will audiences take to a cold-blooded Cruise? IT HAD to happen. Tom Cruise has fallen out of Hollywood's good
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      709 8  - My big fab Greek wedding CLARA CHOW The male Australian had m Mama Mia! is likely to get married soon m real life, just like his character m the musical, to be staged at The Esplanade next month Bu ARTS REPORTER easy camaraderie between them. Both attended the Western Australian
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      280 8 SI A named best international airline and Bali best island JOHANNESBURG South Africa is now among the hottest destinations of travellers as it took several top titles m a worldwide vote by readers of the leading travel magazine Travel Leisure. The 2004 World's
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      378 8 LONDON He took the world by storm m the *****, and now 34 years after his death, guitar king Jimi Hendrix is to come blazing back m a new exhibition including unreleased music and unseen footage of his performances. The show, which opens at London's Marquee
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      796 10 "When we produce good Russian movies, Russia's streets and Russia's reality will become fashionable' Director Ti mm Bekmambetov, who hopes that Russian films can boost the people's morale A Russian vampire movie has taken its countn/s box office by storm. Boasting stars, scares ana special effects,
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      750 12  -  CLARA CHOW I The thin line between reality TV and images is the focus of Vincent mLeow 's latest exhibition of on paintings !bu Narts reporter HIS reputation precedes him: One wonders if Singapore will ■let artist Vincent Leow (inset) forget that he once sparked i controversy
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      44 12 A selection of Leow's 13 oil works for his coming exhibition, Mock Ducks And Manicured Poodles, which have shapes and body parts floating m and out like graffiti, including Speakers' Corner (top), Electric Chair (above), Nude Model (below) and Icarus Flight (bottom).
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      908 12 Pop culture and politics do mix and poli-tainment may even sway votes EERIE: The remake of The Manchurian Candidate, starring Meryl Streep andDenzel Washington, is politically loaded. WEST PALM BEACH When a group of big-name pop, rock and country musicians said last week they were launching
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        686 13  -  LEONGSU-LIN Wearing scanty leather outfits or from head to toe is more tacky than sexy. Even for HaHe Berry m Catwoman Bu fhf ASK Halle Berry what she likes most about her Catwoman costume and she waxes lyrical about her whip. "Vlt's so sexy and empowering. The
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        748 5 a PRINTING/ COPYING SERVICES Colour Nomecards lOOpcs $9 (con include photo,calendar, map etc, more than 1330 colours 63 materials for choice) Colour Stickers 5000 pcs= $93 Brochure /Leaflets K-7C Head Office: 5 Jalan Besar #02-01 (Opposite Sim lim Tow«, 30 metres only) TT 6396 7333 I 'ONE STOP INSTANT copying/
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        1382 5 Wffi STALLS FOR WBf\ STALLS FOR |S^ RENT/SALE Jg^ RENT/SALE Nearly all the stalls have been taken up by Famous Stall Holders! 'Only experienced stall holders are Invited to apply' Calf: 9834-9515 Bffl FORD FOR SALE All Brands Model J IKA-HUP VraiCLESTRADIIiGi $0 DRIVEAWAYI MTHLY $990 9/'OI Galaxy 2.3 Ghia
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        1197 5 E!ff| HONDA FOR SALE Bfflj HONDA FOR SALE IP **^^wr^^i* BM^. U H^3 RKkil if j^^Honda Fit 1.3 DS^^^^^^^^Sffl^^^fll OdysseyZ^Aj^g '92 MODEL CONCERTO EXi Auto. COE 12/'2OOB. Nice. no. Leather. S/rims. CD. $*****. *****778 10/'O2 STREAM 2.0 auto. 1 owner, leather. OMV $28K. Ask $79,700. $0 driveaway. Call *****119 10/'O3
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        1434 5 Wfli HYUNDAI FOR SALE BIRj HYUNDAI FOR SALE RH HYUNDAI FOR SALE BTEj HYUNDAI FOR SALE raYAT4 Results of August 2004 fM I^tJ 1 Ist Open Bidding Exercise For COE lcaxU BBBH Buy It. Sell It Find It. COE price Quota Bids Cars (1600 CC and below) Taxi $26,298 2,145
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        655 5 BITI MAZDA FOR SALE MID '02 323 1.6 Auto. 80% Parf. $12K. Leather. S/rims, under warranty. 110% loan avail. 6748-2227 View Turf City 833. '01, $sk+ p.a. 626, 2.0 auto nice colour leather interior. Excellent cond. OMV $24k+. Selling only $56k yet neg. 6227 0880 9/'O2 323 BLUE. Ist owner.
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        554 6 E M EB nefine Your StlJ ll! Drive Your Dream Car/ CLK 2oo Coupe Wm^ Sunroof, Parktronic, gjtOMk A/I/I Parktronic Folding Mirror, 2X Memory, Leather Seats n^UVfOUU 2X Memory, gjtf)M Qf)f) Jjj^ 1 t Leather Seats ffyZUIjOUU wTm AOllMUlll Various options available G'teed COE also available J^mM *m Toyota ESTIMA
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        270 6 12/-01 E2OOML AUTO. C&C total maintenance package. OMV $48,405. Ask $125.8 K. *****375 NEAR '03 LATEST E240 V 6 W211. 1 owner. Dark blue. OMV $54K. New tax. $167 K. 9816 4411 Aces DONE 14.000 KM. 11/'O2 W2ll E240. Silver. 1 owner. OMV $58,885. From C&C. *****061 1 OWNER 10/2000
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        489 6 Rfl MITSUBISHI KUFOffSALE BLACK BEAUTY! MITSUBISHI Airtrek 2.0 Auto. OMV $24K. Deposit $I.BK only. 2K paint/ leather/ 17' rims. Agt maintained. Low mileage. STA evaluated. $79.8K loan/ trade-in. Call 6396-7878 110% LOAN AVAIL 4 units 1/03 Lancer I.6GLX Auto. $55.8K.81ue Silver/ Black. Leather, s/rims. Fog lamp. Spoiler. OMV $17K. Maintained
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        365 6 Rfl MITSUBISHI Ely FOR SALE 1 OWNER. 03/'O2 Lancer I.SGDi Auto. OMV $14,521. Tip top cond. Call: 6265-6577/ 9666-6655 6/'OI LANCER 1.6 GLX auto. Leather seats. 1 owner. OMV $17K. Full loan avail. *****942 •03 LANCER 1.5 GDi Auto. New paint/ tax. S/rims/ leather. Asking $58.8 K. Full loan. 9336-9054
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        889 6 Km NISSAN FOR SALE WgSMICI $0 DRIVEAWAY! 2 Hours approval Free 4 mth instalment transfer Free 12 mth insurance road tax. '93 Presea 1.6CT11 manual blue ■93 Presea CTII bodykit, black. '93 Sunny I.4EX manual beige. '93 Sunny I.SEX auto, silver. Mthly $218 x 7 yrs. COE 08/2011. 224 Tlk
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        655 6 Wwi NISSAN FOR SALE 2 YRS 10 mths to go! '87 March 1.0. Selling $B.BK only! Loan avail. Well kept, h/p *****045 7/02 SUNNY I.6SS. Auto. 1 owner. Blue, new tax, leather, s/rim. OMV $*****, well kept *****000 2/'O4 CERFIRO 2.3JM. 1 owner. Done 7300 km. Accident free. OMV $*****.
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        512 6 KRI PERODUA FOR SALE KRI PERODUA FOR SALE RII PEKUUUA rUKiALt ■M|f Wjl V^^J i* M^BipP" Most .^a HI 9 KOllSa l^economicii^lj, <mM B1 r^ T, .*#'"l-litre car w i b^^^^i *Ttrms Conditions Apply j Perocom Auto Pte Ltd Tol (%7A2 0677 I 18 Übi Road 4 Übl CarmaH #01-01
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        476 6 m TOYOTAFORSALE MM TOYOTAFORSALE $121,800 fc MODEL -^^T lo 23K>v Toyota Estima 2.4 •^Smm^M W^, V $113,800 I 78 i BOO mk Camry a»^^~*__jgw»« t t Singapore Fireworks 111R 3t«t Jul 15 Aug, Marina Bay Other models: Harrier, RAV4, Wish, Stenta, Estima, Fit, Odyssey j2k •$0 Driveaway MW* 'GteedCOE <H
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        769 6 $300 ALL IN to driveaway 10 unit '1993 Corolla I.6GLi manual/auto '1992 Corolla I.3XLi manual/ auto '92 Corona I.6CD manual/ auto '1992 Starlet I.OKI manual. COE 8/'2OII. New paint/ tax. CD. S/rim. Leather seat. Mthly $300+ A.G. Teck Trading, The Plaza Beach Rd KOl-308. Tel *****121^ ONLY $400+ MTHLY with
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        3214 7 Bffl TOYOTA FOR SALE Bffl TOYOTA FOR SALE Bffl TOYOTA FOR SALE ■■MKg£SHßK^n3aCrown2s!ffi I Celica SSI/SSII, Altezza 2.0 (RS 200), RAV4, Wish, Markll 2.0, Caldina 1.8 Wagon), Altex (Corolla H/Back), Sienta 1 .5, Premio 1 .8 (Corona) v WfjPi VEHICLES WANTED fTH VEHICLES WANTED VEHICLES WANTED Double Check Your Price
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        282 7 Effl SCRAP VEHICLES EXOTIC MOTOR Sell Your Car Today I IMPORT EXPORT BUY SELL PARF PAPER C.O.E Rolls Royce, Mercedes Benz, BMW, Jaguar, Audi, Lexus, Volvo, VW, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porsche, Lotus All Modal of Japanese Car FREE VALUATION Call now 6734 2002 (B u™, Call S.T. 6737 2002 CONCORDE HOTEL
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        282 7 WPII LORRIES FOR SALE •THINK ONE MOTOR TRADING* O 10FT LORRY DIESEL <> '04 Isuzu NHR69E(New) Tow Truck '01 Isuzu NHR69 Crane 529.8K '99 Isuzu NHR69E 516.5K '03 Kia Frontier King Cab Hood '00-'O3 Kla Frontier King Cab '01 Toyota Dyna Hood 525.5K '99 Toyota Dyna 150 $18.2K '94 Toyota
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        2896 9 •BpwL. -'A- ij 'whb^S! IM rx^mPWHHH9SSMj /I A y\ yj A m^ CREATEUR D'AUTOMOBILES RENAULT I ""SCj jrk ■Common-rair 1.5 direct- T^i^^'f I rt+^L™ The new Kangoo I.sdu. injection tu^ diesei uonr t^^m^KfiJr onoo.oooKM y X^ Emission: Euro 3 l^^^vl^T f jsg^JLji Torque: 160Nm/2000rpm 1 Ly^ kIICC AM I ID^i^J^lkl
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        900 10 t CITY SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS -RENT PLACE 9385 8939 9009 2080 PRIME UNITS FOR SALE WESTPOINT CONDOMINIUM Spacious Tropical Low-Rise Full Facilities/ near reputable Institutions Partial furnished/ Brand New Appliances/ Equipment Basic SCV channels provided 3/4 Bdrms w/attached baths Area: 2088 -2786 sq.ft. Rental: $3.5K-$5.5K neg For viewing pis call
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        607 10 EiSA CITY SOUTH-WEST I PTE APTS -RENT HONG LEONG. 3-RM. #08/ #04. F/ furn. Facilities. Near MRT, mkt, NUS. $1.2K up. Immed *****964 DOVER PARKVIEW. 3+l. Good view. Unblocked. Well renovated. Near Biopolis. $2500. *****012 DOVER PARKVIEW BEST unit. 2 bdrms. High fir. Balcony facing pk. Don't miss! 6296-0121 agt
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        1481 10 tDO9-10 ORCHARD/ WM 009-10 ORCHARD/ fffll 009-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND [iuj TANGLIN/ HOLLAND EM TANGLIN/ HOLLAND pte apts rent BH_^^i^!H_ HL!!i^lis!lL---HjWpfrflirr- n i" 'hnf nninr'itriTVP Hl^^HH^^^^^S I Prestigious address m district 1 0 i^H 5-min walk to Orchard Road MRT Station I |f I I 'Each apartment has a private
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        1116 10 tDO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGUN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -RENT DebenhamJ Tie Leung i NEW I LISTING *>T WESTWOOD BRAND NEW renovation. High fir. 4+l. Large balcony. 2850 sqft. Pool. Quiet, greenery. Tanglin Mall. $7K neg *****747 D.09 THE MORNINGSIDE Spacious 1722 sqft. 3+l Apt. Fully/ p/ furn. High fir. Good cond. MRT.
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        858 10 1009-10 ORCHARD/ TANGUN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS RENT D.lO SOMMERVILLE PK. Lower Mais (pte gdn). 2340 sqft. 3+l. P/furn. RS *****854/ *****811 LUCKY TWRS. 2700 sqft. 4+l. High fir. Balcony. P/furn. Near Orchard/ MRT. EM 9180-3321 SPANISH VILLAGE/ Sommervllle. 1700 sqft. 3bdrm balcony. F/furn/ facilities. 9002-8660 7 NASSIM EXCLUSIVE Penthse spacious
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        1287 10 BDII &21 NEWTON/ RfJPI Oil S2l NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI Mlj BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS RENT PTEAPTS-RENT 1^ Leasing Enquiries: r^ 6469 3313/9/ S 6339 4031 or 9388 2527 I AMARYLLIS VILLE Prime units at Newton Road for Lease by Developer Full condo facilities 936 sq ft 2637 sq ft Near MRT Partially
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        911 10 ■flf! Dl 2-14 BALESTIER/ E}M MACPHERSON/GEYLANG I PT£APTS RENT EUROASIA PK/ CHERRYHILL Condo. 3 bdrms. 1200/ 1700 sqft. Pool. MRT. $1.4 K. Agt 6844-5244 SUNNY SPRING 3-RMS. 1100 sq.ft. High fir. Pool view. F/ furn. Near MRT. $1.4 K. 9147-6745 WOODLEIGH GR 3-RMS. $13K! Far Horizon condo. 2+l rms. F/
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        1076 11 Rlfi Dl 5-16 EAST COAST W^jM PTE APTS -RENT PEBBLE BAY SPECIALIST!! Bay view. 1/ 2/ 3/ 4 rooms. Can view. Vincent *****288 Co-broke ok D.15 TEMBELING RD. 3 bdrm walk-up apt. Unfurn. Convenient. Rent at $1000. Tel: 6337-2165 D.15 EASTERN MANSION Jalan Kechil, 3 bdrm apt, unfurnished. Rent $1300
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        964 11 Pffl Dl 9-20 SERANGOON/ Ely THOMSON )^J PTE APTS -RENT $1K STUDIO WITH 2 bdrms. 710 sqft. Chuan Pk. F/facilities/ furn. $1.7K 3+1 1600 sqft. Vi Mci Gdn Kovan MRT. Call Alice *****446 NEWI AMARADA. RESORT living. 4+1, 1464 sq.ft. Pool view. $2.3K! 2 units 3+1, 1163 sq.ft. Airy. $1.8K!
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        898 11 ■Wjl HOUSES FOR RENT ■■■A XP jluiMfj|ll BUNGLW ALLURING INTERIORS *****/ 5000 sqft. s+l. Resort charm <3> Eng Kong. Jacuzzi, Pool. neg! Sheila 9001-8354 Dream Home NEWI 4000 SOFT. Resort House. Build to entertain with pride. 7+l. 3 mins walk Pasir Ris beach. $6.5k neg!! Sheila 9001-8354 BEAUTIFUL HOMES D.lO/
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        1076 11 ■Rl HOUSES FOR RENT CLEMENTI/ SUNSET HGT 2 storey bunglw. 4+l. 8500/ 3500 sq.ft. Pool/patio. $8K CER *****612 CAIRNHILL CONSERVATION PERANAKAN hse. 4+l+l. Indoor courtyard/ patio. Cosy. *****009 TBP HUA GUAN 2-STOREY semi-d. 6000 sq.ft. 4 rms. Facing park. P/furn. Tel: Owner *****043 KINGS CLOSE. 2-STOREY semi-d. 4200/ 3500 sq.ft.
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        942 11 Wffl HUDC/HDB m APTS FOR RENT I+l Bt Batok 343 MRT $650 I+l S'goon Ctr 230. MRT. $650 I+l Yishun 101/ 107 $600 2+l Teck Why* 114/156 $650 2+l Bt Panjang 613 $750 2*l CCX 670/ 473 $750 2+l Taman Jurong 360 $750 2+l Bedok Res 121. Nice $800 2+l
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        1088 11 ■EQ HUDC/HDB m| APTS FOR RENT POTONG PASIR MRT Blk 102. 2+l F/aircon. High fir. P/ fully furn. Kirn Tian 2+l. Near Tiong Bahru MRT. Convenient. Call 9009-1010 RARE CHEAP! 4 A' 446 Sin Ming Aye. 3+ huge balcony. High fir. Mins walk Thomson Plaza/ Ai Tong. $800. Lina *****009
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        716 11 1 LfTfl SERVICE ■KEfl SERVICE I REGENCY HOUSE I PRESTIGE SERVICE APARTMENTS Near Somerset/ Ohoby Ghaut MRT stations and Orchard Road's shopping belt. Fully famished 2/ 3 bedroom apartments. Rooftop swimming pool with Jacuzzi, water-tiered fountain, barbeque pits, a business centre and a poolside breakfast lounge. Housekeeping, laundry services and
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        783 11 BROOMS FOR RENT(HDB) NO COMMISSION!! MRT. Bedok, Tampines, AMK, Bishan, Pasir Ris, Aljunied. All areas *****107 AIRCON MASTER ROOM at AMK Aye 4. Furn. Quiet. Amenities. Call *****037 S2OO-S5OO. RMS IN all areas. Aircon. Furn. Near MRT. Price neg. Immed. 6755-6378/ 9618-7694 RMS f AMK, Bedok, Bishan, Clementi, Jurong, Woodlands
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        858 11 fflfl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ ■uICJ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND HOUSES -SALE GOOD CLASS BUNGALOW, off Old Holland Rd. 27.600/ 10,000 sqft. 6+2. South East facing. Elevated. Wide frontage. 30m pool, squash court, etc. 9794-1086 Camay CAPITOL PK BY appt. 6500 sqft. $3.KM/ Gallop Rd ***** sqft $6.KM/ Gallop Pk Rd ***** sqft. $6.KM.
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        625 12 a 009-10 ORCHARD/ TANGUN/ HOLLAND PTI APTS -SALE D.09 RIVERSHIRE. WALK to Orchard Rd. 1227 sq.ft./ 3 bdrms. Renovated. Good move m cond. Facilities. F'hold. 9666-2628 IpDebenhamJ I Tie Leung GOOD ft INVESTMENT iP DUCHESS CT. 4+l. Approx 3100 sqft. Renovated. Enbloc potential Quiet exclusive. Below value. $1.38 M secures.
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        908 12 I Wffl DO9-10 ORCHARO/ lylij TANGUN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -SALE LUCKY TWR. "F/RENOVATED" ultimate living 2600 sqft 4+l superior quality. neg! *****530 agt WILLYN VILLE/ ALLSWORTH. 925/ 1033 sqft. 2 rms. Holland Village. $650K/ $750K neg. *****693 D.lO FOUR SEASONS Pk 2874 sqft. High fir. Vacant possession. $4M. CBRE *****686/
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        932 12 WTTi 011 &21 NEWTON/ Kyi BTTIMAH/ CLEMENTI PTE APTS -SALE 1 1^^j \-.^k i JiM^ ifll 1 1 il BEAUTIFUL GDN VIEW! Hillside. F'hold 2 yrs. 3+l rms. 1302 sqft. Open view. Asking $738K only! Hurry! *****438 EXCELLENT APT. Pine Grove. High fir 3+l rms. 1754 sqft. Bright airy. Serene.
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        761 12 Wff\ Dl 5-16 EAST COAST mj HOUSES -SALE Exclusive^ JL-*****555 JLN Senang 2-sto-rey bunglw. 4550 sqft. $1.55 M. Also Jin Limau Purut 2-storey semi-d. 3400 sqft. $1.25 M. F'hold ■■■US ERAfcWm Ell ESTATE ■■[■j BEDOK TERRACE. INTER-TERR 2storey. 1700/ 2200 sqft. 999 yrs. Renovated. Face N. Windy Near MRT/ sch/
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        937 12 Wffi Dl 5-16 EAST COAST m| PTE APTS -SALE ERA^SL mi eit>ii ■BBaVJMaVJ CASAFINA 1302 SQFT 3+l. $520k+ Bayshore Pk 950 sqft. 2 rms. Makena 1187 sqft. 3 rm. $850k+ Costa Rhu 2 rm 990 sqft. $52Ok+ Costa Rhu 1970/ 2056 sqft. 4+l. Mrt Lai EAST MEADOWS 2+l/ 3+l/ 4+l.
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        748 12 Wff\ 017-18 CHANGI/ iZI PASIRRIS PTE APTS -SALE 5 MINS SIMEI/ Eastpt Shopping. Simei Green exec condo. 5 years. 2 bdrms. 1195 sqft. Face E. Blk 3. #09. F/ facilities. Extremely cheap! $445K+. Bright windy!! la hHT^iH 5 MINS SIMEI MRT/ Eastpt Shpg. Simei Green exec condo. 5 yrs. 1754/
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        866 12 t 019-20 SERANGOON/ THOMSON HOUSES -SALE BRAND NEW F'HOLD semid Bright Hill Cres. 3748/ 3332 sqft. s+l. Spacious basement. Amenities/ SICC. Call Lee 9022-0525 SEMI-D MEI Hwan 4900/ 2700 sqft. F'hold. Modern concept. $250K renovation. 3+l bdrm. Huge master rm. *****405 PN ST NICHOLAS VIEW.v3-storey In-ter-terr. 4 yrs. 1700 2600
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        839 12 mm WM a VM/M n;H F'HOLD. SEMI-D. KRANJI MRT. 4100/ 1800 sq.ft./ park 2 cars. 12M frontage. Below bank value. Rare! S92OK neg. 9388-0015 DW nm Dreanf ERA Home lIIL [ITIII SmQ LENTOR PLAIN. 3 storey corner terr. 2200/ 2900 sq.ft. s+l. F'hold. Tip top. Quality finishes. Below value. MRT.
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        1149 12 Hffi 025-28 NORTH m PTE APTS -SALE OPEN HSE 1-SPM By appt. Green Meadows. Upp Mais. 1800 sqft. 3+l bdrms. Quiet/ greenery. Good bargain. HB 9066-3332 "♦CASTLE GREEN $448,000! Bank Sale. 7th fir. Unblocked. Face North. 1150 sqft. 99 yrs. 3+l. Walk to YCK MRT. (9181-1819) DINE UNDER THE moon/
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        1060 12 Wftfl HDB APTS FOR SALE mj (ANGMOKIO) 3'NG' AMK BLK 211 #07. 67 sq.m. Orig cond. Bright/ windy. Urgent sales! SI63K neg. *****232 REA 3'NG' BLK 606 AMK. Renovated. Mkt/ shops. Cheap! No cash! HDB value! 9062-8807 agt 3'NG 1 AMK BLK 441 #04. N.S. facing, Orig cond. Unblock. 10
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        1060 13 BfRI HDB APTS FOR SALE I^l (BEDOK/ CKAICHEE) 3 'NG' BEDOK N. blk 525. High fir. Lift level. Near amenities. Below HDB value SI6OK. Agt *****939 31-i-RM CORNER BEDOK 520, 3 T upgraded Bedok 29. High fir/ airy. MRT. neg! *****022 CEA 3'S' 8LK.139 BEDOK Res. Unblocked. F/renovated. Mins to
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        1253 13 T Iff! HDB APTS FOR SALE Hrn (BUKIT BATOK) 1) 3 'NG' Bt Batok 213, 304. MRT. 2) 4 'A' 288C,D,E/ 289/ 291 6yr! 3) 4 'A' corner 290 D, E, A/ 291A. 4) 5 'A' 170 Newly renovated,#2o up. Value $10K. PN 9186-1888 BLK 364. 3 'NG' Bt. Batok.
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        1194 13 a HDB APTS FOR SALE (BT MERAH/O'STOWN/ TELOK BLANGAH) 3 T l3O corner. Lift landing. Mins to Tiong Bahru Plaza/ MRT/ amenities/ mkt/ sch. Greenery view. Windy. Hurry! *****285 DW 3-RM. BLK. 36 Tanglin Halt Rd. #02. Upgraded. Renovated. Malay owner. Beside lift. Near amenities. neg. Call 9327-0068 PN •3
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        1181 13 881 HDB APTS FOR SALE (CENTRAL/CITY) 5 'A' PT Blk Rowell Ct. High fir. City view. MRT. 4 bedrms. Marble. neg! Must sell! 9272-2038 5 'I' CORNER Cambridge Rd 37, #07. Open view, move-in, 7 yrs. $0 cash. MRT. 9147-0138 ART Bill HDB APTS FOR SALE mU (CHOACHUKANG) RHO Group
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        1070 13 HDB APTS FOR SALE (CHOACHUKANG) 5 T 661 679 mid fir tip top $288k 5 T 568 544 296E high fir $288k 5 'A' 427 512 610 642 ******171 5T 8LK.665, 4-BDRM. Well renovated. Selling below HDB value. Ist owner. Just syrs. 9178-6295 5 'I' CORNER Blk 484. High fir,
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        1077 13 RH HDB APTS FOR SALE WjilS (GEYLANG/EUNOS/ MACPHERSON) 3 Room BLK 53 SIMS Place. Upgraded. Near MRT/ shops/ coffee shop/ hawker centre. Convenient! Sell below value. All races. *****-401 3-RM x 2 (Jumbo 4 'NG') 135 sqm. Kampong Arang Sea view. Unblocked. 3 'NG' Haig Road. High fir. Nice. City/
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        1028 13 Effl HDB APTS FOR SALE EiiiJ (HOUGANG/S'GOON/ YIOCHUKANG) NICELY RENOVATED. NO Regrets! 5-rm 643 Mid/ high fir. City/ pk view. Granite/ parquet fir. Highest offer secures!! 9782-2848 i*^^»j»jwT^"Tj*j^^aT<T"TSTWn IDEAL FOR THE YOUNG! 4 'NG' 211 S'goon 403 Hougang. Bright, simple spacious. Near amenities. Very convenient. 9018-8219 4 'AY BLK 160
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        1383 13 Ufl HDBAPTS FOR SALE EiLkJ (HOUGANG/S'GOON/ YIOCHUKANG) 4 'NG' S'GOON Blk 228. Nice hse! 4 'A' Hougang Corner 835. High fir. MRT/ Amenities. 9008-6649 4 'NG' 706 Hougang Mid fir. Dr to dr. Unblock. Move m. 3 aircons. Cheap! Below value! *****192 4'NG' CORNER HOUGANG Blk 248. 4'A' Blk 169,
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        1122 13 (ffl HDBAPTS FOR SALE l^ygußONG) MAZANKHOSAIME^^^J 9027 3396 mfd MUST VIEW! 2858 Toh Guan Rd. Low' fir. Malay hse. Renovated. IMM amenities. Very convenient. Serious seller. Don't miss! ■Debenham« Tie Leung m BEST AL PRICE Jff EXEC MAIS BLK 549 Jurong West. Corner Recess. Renovated. Facing park. Selling below valuation.
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        823 13 RH HDBAPTS FOR SALE 4 'NG' CORNER 217 Jurong E. High fir. Amenities/ sch/ MRT. Any time by appt. Cherie 9107-1268 4'NG' CORNER Blk 478 #8 lift. Well kept. Near MRT. Below HDB value! $500 reward. *****208 4 'S' CORNER blk 420 Jurong W. High fir. Unblocked. Windy. NS facing.
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        984 14 a HOB APTS FOR SALE (PASIR RIS/CHANGI) lAYPHENG 1 J 9852 3942 PANORAMIC SEA VIEW! Sure like it! Exec Apt 501. High fir. Renovated. Bright windy. MRT/ Whitesands shpg ctr/ sch. Must view! II »»^J GRAB NOW! SPACIOUS 5 T corner Blk 724 Pasir Ris. High fir windy. 4 rms.
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        955 14 RCI HDB APTS FOR SALE I Wttl (SEMBAWANG) ■Debenham* Tie Leung BELOW 4 VALUATION EXEC APT 338 #15. Best facing. F/renovated. High fir. Lift level. Bright/ windy. No noon sun. See < to believe! Kelvin *****186 DTZ < 5T CORNER 338. S2SOK up!!! 5T 480. 200% move-in. $285K 4'A2' 477.
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        1175 14 Rfl HDB APTS FOR SALE (TAMPINES/SIMEI) 52 DEPOSIT! 4 'A' Corner 832/ 336. Near St Hilda's. High fir. 5 T :orner 341/ 724. Exec Apt 892A &06/ 892 #08/ 737. *****268 3 'A' BLK 107 Tampines. Wow! So iigh that Jack forget about his Beanstalk. Coolness everywhere. Vlarble fir. Move
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        1067 14 Ril HDB APTS FOR SALE |H (TAMPINES/SIMEI) 5 T $30XK!! Blk 734 Corner. Brand New! Spacious. 124 sqm. 100% move m. Hurry! *****392 5 T CORNER Tampines Blk 701. High fir, unblocked. Renovated. Move m cond. 9763-4994 agt 5 'I' 298 TAMPINES. Designer decor. Breezy. Mkt. Very convenient. PIE. DTZ
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        1085 14 ■HI HDB APTS FOR SALE m (WOODLANDS) Damlen Urn *****011 C2l ML 4 'A' 506,502 A granitef Ir.MßTneg 4 'A' 540,524,796 Corner .198K up 4 'A' 668,7868,729 Corner. neg 4 'A' 681A/D.684D CornerMßT neg 4 'A' 701,8940,729 Movein2lsKup 4 'A' 638,734.740 MRT 215Kup 3'/2-rm 202,101 corner.high fir neg 5 'A'
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        1023 14 RE] HDB APTS FOR SALE (WOODLANDS) Debenhamj* Tie Leung DONT& MISS 5 'I' 846. High fir. 125 sq.m. 4 bdrms. F/renovated. MRT/ sch. 4 'NG' corner 154 high fir. $183K! 3 'NG' 2A move-in, aircon $127K! 4 'A' corner 428/ 429 *****626 eraJ^L e»l iit«ii ■HL4t_a^H 23 3'NG' ASKING $125
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        1228 14 Hfi HDB APTS FOR SALE m (WOODLANDS) EXEC APT 789 Corner MRT. Marble/ aircon. 100% move-in. Malay owner. 9060-5609/ 9004-8020 EXEC MAIS WOODLANDS 804/ 5 T 550. High fir. Nice decor. Malay hse. Below HDB value *****478 EXEC APT BLK 520 Woodlands, #06. 8 mins walk to Civic Plaza. Move-in.
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        1052 14 Hfl HDB APTS FOR SALE B^U(YISHUN) L *3 PETER TAN V£. JU 9023 3095^^1 5 T 786. Malay hse. Renovated. 5 T 817. MRT. Vacant. Must sell! 5 T 716 #06. Unblock. 131sqm. 5 T 298 #06. Park view. Move m. 5 T 805 #10. Lift level. Unblock. 4 'A'
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        995 14 Hfl HDB APTS FOR SALE ■^(YISHUN) 4 f S' 772. 84 sqm. High fir. Bright. Yishun MRT, swimming pool. View to offer! 9066-5775 CBS 4 'S' BLK 389. High fir. Unblocked. No noon sun. SI6SK neg. Agts welcome. Call owner 9687-0707 4'S' BLK. 433 Yishun. Lift level. 4'S' Blk. 285
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        879 14 I era ypy PERSONALLY SOLD MORE than 919 hses. Let my passion m selling produce results for you. For the fastest transaction call now^ RENTING YOUR HDB Apt??? We have legal tenants, couple/ family looking for whole units m any areas. 3/ 4/ 5-rm. Legal documents provided. Call 6665-0405 BRITISH/
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        760 15 Rfl FACTORY SPACE RJI FACTORY SPACE Rfl FACTORY SPACE ■^yFORRENT ■^MfOR^RENT tn DruT iv Jirvmo CR\ housing IVIiJ T UK f DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP AMK Autopoint call us at: 6866 3076 205 HENDERSON INDUSTRIAL Park. 2415 sqft. Loading/ unloading bay. Immed. Rent neg. Also for sale. Call Lucy 9687-6637 JURONG: JTC
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        675 15 Rflj FACTORY SPACE RCI FACTORY SPACE Itjiiiii 1 1 JL- -j l A ■jl i -iJ i**J^^S i »^i II ,11 m 'V|k J i■■Mi E ft* fV^B B^B II M^Hi mm II V 1 j\ J ]T.T" j rcKrcCT UIMI T 3 Al PERFECT RATES! New Terrace units for
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        605 15 RR FACTORY SPACE RH FACTORY SPACE RTJ FACTORY SPACE sq ft to 20,000 sqft^^^^^ r" Good ceiling height j Private loading bays Your dedicated car lorry lots Attractive price package Please call: Shirley 9690 0581 Kelvin 9386 6878 Jeffrey 9853 0684 Raymond 9025 4855 Catherine 9790 0359 Rffl OFFICE SPACE
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        980 15 |H] OFFICE SPACE Rfl OFFICE SPACE 257 sq ft to 3584 sq ft Beautiful view overlooking Orchard Road Suitable for commercial school, fitness centre, training centre, employment agency, customer service centre, trade representative office etc Immediate Occupation Alfie Foo 9009 5577 Daphne Low 9423 2927 Tanl Er 9758 6887 Winsland
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        915 15 RII OFFICE SPACE I^Uforrent Debenham" Tie Leung NEARf*T) MRT PECK SEAH ST. Brand new offici blk. Office 500-5300 sqft. Shoj 810 sqft. Near Tg Pagar MRT I URA bldg. Cynthia 9389 6388 NEAR MRT j GEYLANG MAIN RD. Near CBD/ Parking/ amenities! Self-con tamed units. Fr 150 600 sqft Fitted.
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        963 15 rji office space I^Uforrent NEAR EUNOS MRT. Opp Renault i Showrm. F/ furn. 120 sq.ft. $280 p/ mth. 9005-3886/ 9385-1087 LOW $1 RENT/ Sale. Manhattan Hse/ Chin Swee Rd. Outside CBD. 660 sq.ft. High fir. *****049 MACPHERSON OFFICE RM avail immed. 24 hrs own access. Free parking nearby. $330. 9146-1774
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        618 16 j .7 i j 3TiT[SJ^^BBEI2S'Z3IHI m SHOP SPACE FOR RENT ■CHANGE ALLEY! AERIAL PLAZA J Shop space of 57, 1 56, 204, I I 240, 281, 429, 669, 720 sqft I H Suitable for all kinds of retoif I I business except food and I I beverages fl ■MANDARIN I
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        1002 16 RCI SHOP SPACE mja for rent tl-pjJTjlM® $L REAL ESTATE GHOUP ALL SUPER PRIME location! City/ Town. Heavy human traffic From 100-***** sq.ft. Near MRT. Rent neg! Cheap! 9270-0065 Near ERA MRT AMY 9455-2121. GOLDHILL 1330 i sq.ft. office/ showrm. Renovated. F/fitted/ T Payoh Central shop avail for salon/ nail
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        1012 16 RU SHOP SPACE FOR RENT I SHOP @> AMK AYE 5 for rent. Suits all trades. Reasonable rental. Call: 9273 7718 Owner BISHAN CENTRAL Vi Shop. 230 sq.ft, Blk 505 C. Suitable for all trades. Pg Owner 9604-6626 HOLLAND DR. GOOD frontage. MRT/ bus stop. For cake/ books/ beauty. 400
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        803 16 Rfl SHOP SPACE |^J FOR SALE Lav* STEVEN UU ILi J| 9487 621 8|^J MARINE PARADE CENTRAL 2-sto-rey. $1.3 M/ Upp Thomson Road. Freehold. 2-storey. $1.7 M/ Thomson Plaza 969 sqft. $1.05 M. ihh r~» j j ERA JP^ REAL (STATE |^^Bl_Jk_ JH SIM LIM SQUARE #04. All Investors, IT
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        627 16 E RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE SPACE FOR RENT SUNTEC, SCOTTS, INT'L Plaza, Novena, Circular. Restn, cafe, eating hse, stalls for rent takeover. 280-3600 sqft. 9855 5501 NO TAKEOVER FEEI Brand New designer decor pub. Circular Rd (Boat Quay) f/fitted *****846 FAMILY RESTN HOUGANG St 21. 2storey, brand new. Move-in cond. No takeover
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        278 20 BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 20) BANKRUPTCY RULES IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE IN BANKRUPTCY N0.*****/2003/M RE CHAN KIN WENG ALEX (NMCN0.*****076/G) JC-PARTE CITIBANK N.A. (RCNO.FOOSS6C) ...Creditors In the math* of a Creditors' Bankruptcy Petition Filed on the 10th day of October 2003 NOTICE Of ADVERTISEMENT To: CHAN
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        1222 20 Liquidated Companies' Assets Stocks I Lots Office IT Equipment, Office Furniture, Qty of New Model Computers, Notebooks ft PDAs, Test Equipment, Copiers, Servers, Cameras, HandPnones, Jewellery Auction Date /Tims' Featured Items: r™™. zT "7 onnA Lots Computers Notebooks (Model Fnday, 13th August 2004, Centrino/ pVp 3 /P2), Ma ny Phone
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        842 21 PTTI PROFESSIONAL/ Wjfl PROFESSIONAL/ mij EXECUTIVE my EXECUTIVE Architectural firm has vacancies for the following positions: DESIGN ARCHITECT PROJECT ARCHITECT Preference for those who have worked m China and are familiar with building codes and regulations m Shanghai. Successful applicant will be expected to work overseas. To submit immediately full
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        566 21 iffl PROFESSIONAL/ mj EXECUTIVE BRAND/ PRODUCT EXECUTIVE m Personal Care/ Cosmetics needed m Town. Formulate and implement marketing strategies and brand mgmt. (C*****1F) Email rm@achievecareer.com A CPA FIRM requires Audit Assistants with experience. Applicants, should be Spore IC holders, are invited to call Mr Chan (Tel *****194) for interviews $2.5K
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        1127 21 ■IjHj ENGINEERS Wjfli ENGINEERS gmf An established and dynamic engineering |"firnT tJLJBIfF specialising m marine and offshore industries seeks I suitable, highly motivated and dynamic I individuals to join our team as: SALES ENGINEER i Requirement: Diploma/ degree on electrical/ engineering or related discipline Minimum of 2 years related experience
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        694 21 •ffl ART/CREATIVE PCTI ART/CREATIVE Requirements: 1 Diploma/Certificate m Graphic Designer preferably from Baharuddin, Nanyang m\ Academy of Fine Arts, Lasselle or Temesak Polytech I 2 years relevant DTP Design experience m the WtyliTu Mac/Windows environment 2 years working experience j IfC^r m Pagemaker/Quark Xpress. -\^^^±j^±a^±j^^ Freehand and Illustrator. Independent able
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        1767 22 m^ We are an established group of companies m m r^ with diversified activities including /\|V I §C/% ColnO Pnnr^llllonTO international trading distribution and makTs life bTTt* N/IIMX l.nnNl IHI IS OSimi retailing of consumer electronic products, UUIUV WUllwUllUlllw vJII f including our house brand AKIRA. We invite self-starters and
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        504 22 BARANG BARANG PTE LTD Due to expansion the company Is looking for committed and capable candidates to fill the position of: FULL TIME SALES EXECUTIVES Able to communicate at all levels Sales experience preferred but those with the right attitude and mind set may apply Work retail hours In-house training
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        427 22 Estab. Sports Shop urgently requires: RETAIL SALES ASSTS (Full/ Part-Time) Good communication customer service Sales orientated and a good team player Male must complete NS Salary $1100-slBoo++ Call Mr Chua 9066-2139 for an appt or walk-In on Mon-Fri 11am-3pm Famous Brand Jtoi-Oi Capitol Centre North Bridge Rd (Opp. City Hall
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        485 22 ""3 lifestyle/ furniture store requires SHOWROOM EXECUTIVE Good working attitude Willing to work on weekends public holidays With retail experience Preferably with flair for design Walk-In Interview 1-6pm at 68 Pagoda Street Email: Hfestyie@theredpMch.com Fax: *****-295 Leading watch shop requires:- SALES ASSISTANT Salary allowance c incentive 3 days off m
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        671 22 **9HH§ Why arayou itesitßling??? MB SUCCESS comes wtti V very personalized rSt wm guidance and training. f It is just a call away J»Jfe "ill show you the way. AdWM My associates earned ■V als29K m one month Ctntnl Pten (ibow Tioog Bihni MRT) MARKETING EXECUTIVE 3 Up to $2000
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        660 22 p S<LES SALES COORDINATOR. OWN trpt. Experienced. Hardworking bilingual. Pis call *****188 SALES EXEC WITH class 3 lie. Salary commission. Call Ms Athena @> 6254-6041. Toa Payoh North PERMANENT RETAIL ASST. PC skills must. Nice work place i near City Hall MRT. Call 9068-9252 SALES CO-ORDINATOR FULL-TIME. Work on weekends.
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        759 23 Iff] HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ iffi HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ I Tangun Club FOUNDED 1865 1 ctticr vm I* Possess 5-8 years' experience m major hotels or clubs with last 3 years as Baker. Knowledge to control food cost and manpower Creative, innovative, self driven Must have excellent know how of modern contemporary European bakery products
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        595 24 B ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL URGENT POSTS TO BE FILLED 3 Training/ HR Exec (SI.BK) East, MNC, 5-day wk Fresh degree holders with interest m training admin/ HR welcome. Excellent command of English 1 HR Officer/ Asst (1.4K-Sl-8K) Town/ Alternate Sat Dip. 1-2 yrs m HR (full/ partial) -i Sales Coordinators (SIK-SI.SK)
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        515 24 Iffl ADMINISTRATIVE/ ADMIN ASST Young pleasant looking Experienced, PC literate Bilingual m English Mandarin. S'porean or PR. Please walk-In for interview at Telok Mansion No. 239 Telok Kurau Rd Lorong L Tel: 6297-2422 SlgSfilfiHlliilljSl 1) ADMIN ASST 2) ASST EXEC ADMIN Able to speak Chinese For enquiries, email rosanne@tspartnerspl.com.sg or
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