The Straits Times, 6 October 2005

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  • 566 1  - Great S'pore Sale rings up record $5b in takings Krist Boo Marcel Lee Pereira By Sparkling growth moves STB to next target it as the main event in Asia THIS year's Great Singapore Sale (GSS) totted up a phenomenal $5 billion at the cash till, up from $1.4 billion just
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  • 124 1 BRAVO, VIC, CARRERAS Spanish tenor Jose Carreras gamely signs autographs for and poses with guests at a reception after his performance of opera arias at Victoria Concert Hall's 100th anniversary concert. Last night's full-house concert was the first of three shows the 59--year-old singer, best known as one of the
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  • 487 1  -  Christopher Tan Senior Correspondent By CERTIFICATE of Entitlement (COE) premiums tumbled yesterday, and dragged car prices down along with them. Now, car prices are at levels they were in 1980s, before the COE scheme to control the vehicle population took effect. As
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1011 1  -  Lee Tee Jong By South Korea Correspondent In Seoul A BRITISH documentary is giving South Koreans an unprecedented look at life in North Korea, taking its audience backstage to the annual mass games meant to showcase the virtues of the reclusive state. The
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  • IN A FLASH
    • 52 2 Jail for molester Serial molester gets 17 months' jail. PAGE HI Responsible gaming Singapore casino licence bidder Las Vegas Sands ties up with Harvard Medical School to help gambling addicts. PAGE H3 Jets in classroom Super Skyhawks fighter jets to be used as teaching aids in four tertiary institutions.
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    • 36 2 China's party plenum Hu Jintao may choose his successor at the Communist Party's annual meeting. PAGE 10 Operation for twins Indian conjoined twins may be separated as soon as their father gives permission. PAGE 13
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    • 41 2 Is New York ready? New Yorkers wonder if their city can handle a powerful hurricane. PAGE 18 Preventable deaths In the next 10 years, 388 million people will die from chronic preventable diseases such as diabetes, warns WHO. PAGE 20
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    • 17 2 View of the US Anti-Iraq war sentiments of Arabs may not necessarily be anti-Americanism. PAGE 27
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    • 35 2 Ban smoking quickly National Neuroscience Institute calls for a total ban on cigarette smoking. PAGE H7 Thanks, PM Lee Indonesian thanks Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for visiting blast victims in Bali. PAGE H7
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    • 50 2 Commitment needed Singapore National Olympic Council president Teo Chee Hean voices disappointment with the 400m relay team, saying athletes who represent a country must show commitment. PAGE H8 Wie's big bucks Golf proaigy Michelle Wie is expected to earn up to $70 million per year in endorsements, PAGE H8
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    • 50 2 Takeover bid Filipino tycoon John Gokongwei heads for a clash with banking legend Wee Cho Yaw with his $1.7 billion takeover bid for UIC. PAGE HlB Higher estimate The Government will raise Singapore's growth estimate for this year after a robust third quarter economic performance, say analysts. PAGE HlB
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    • 36 2 SECTION ONE Prime 3-4 Asia 6-14 World 18-24 Review 26-28 FYI 29 SECTION TWO Home Hl-H6 Forum H7 Sports HB-Hll Obituaries Hl2 Money Hl3-HlB LIFE! Buzz L2.L14 Life L3, L6-L7 Arts L4-L5 Books LB-LlO Events&TV... Ll2-Ll3
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  • PRIME
    • 454 3  - Warwick U a step closer to opening branch here Ho Ai Li By Positive feasibility study awaiting a vote by its council on Oct 18 SINGAPORE is a step closer to getting a second full-fledged foreign university. Britain's Warwick University has released a positive report on setting up a branch
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    • 87 3 DIG THIS A HILL THAT GROWS This giant hill along Jalan Gali Batu that towers over homes in Choa Chu Kong is man-made. It grew from a small pile of rocks dumped there while the Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) was building an underground ammunition facility. The hill will
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    • 361 3  -  Salim Osman BALI BOMBINGS By Indonesia Correspondent In lajcarta INDONESIAN police are hunting for five men in Java suspected of links with the recent Bali bombings amid fears that fresh strikes are in the advanced stages of preparation. Banten police chief senior
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    • 450 4  -  Kelvin Wong By Koh Boon Hwee to replace him; Stephen Lee to fill Koh's SIA position A MYSTERY that has intngued corporate watchers for weeks was solved yesterday with news that Mr S. Dhanabalan, 68, will retire as chairman of DBS Bank and DBS
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    • 128 4 A man is disarmed by a robot outside a Wells Forgo bank he tried to rob in Tucson, Arizona. Sergeant Jeffry Leon Lewis Jr, 33, an army sergeant from Fort Huachuca, walked into the bank on Monday and presented a note saying there was a bomb
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    • 565 4  -  Salma Khalik By iealth .orresfwnden t NEPALESE twins Ganga and Jamuna have come and gone, but only half their hospital bill of about $25,000 has been paid. Now, Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and East Shore Hospital are caught in a wrangle over whether more
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    • 63 4 etu J[ n i 0 i 1 scheduled [Resales? 1 Developers' appetite has accelerated the release of govt reserve-list sites. Will govt now reintroduce the confirmed list -where sites are launched according to a prepared schedule? Today in The Business Times I CHEATING WIFE MURDER TRIAL Husband's furious SMS 2
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  • ASIA
    • 686 6  -  Devi Asmarani "There is a race going on now between us and the terrorists. They are getting better all the time. We have to do the same." GOLKAR MP THEO SAMBUAGA, who supports a new Indonesian Bill to beef up intelligence-gathering By Indonesia
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    • 220 6 Bali PRESIDENT Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday said the bombings in Bali and other terror attacks have battered Indonesia's reputation and called on the military to stamp out terrorism. "The terrorist acts have spoiled Indonesia's reputation in the eyes of the world," President Yudhoyono
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    • 518 6 Indonesia's former National Intelligence Agency chief A.M. Hendropriyono examines what the country needs to do to prevent another terrorist attack. Excerpts from an opinion page article he wrote for the Jakarta Post on Wednesday: FOR me, this latest bout of terrorism offered an unwelcome sense
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    • BALI BLASTS II
      • 447 7 "It is an underground movement. We can only ban an established organisation." INDONESIAN PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN ANDI MALARANGENG, responding to calls to ban Jemaah Islamiah Downer to visit Jakarta to push for action against terror group Sydney AUSTRALIA is urging Indonesia to
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      • 272 7 EXPERTS are not unanimous in insisting that Indonesia ban the Jemaah Isia mi ah, the militant Islamic organisation widely believed to be behind the weekend terror attacks in Bali. The JI was listed as a terrorist organisation by the United Nations and was banned
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      • 339 7 Sydney AUSTRALIA yesterday protested strongly against any further reduction in the jail sentence of Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, Bali bombing conspirator and alleged spiritual head of a terrorist network. He already had his sentence cut by 4'/i months as part of Indonesia's Independence
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    • BALI BLASTS II
      • 687 9  - BALI'S DAY OF PRAYER Tanya Fong "The feeling of hostility will be defeated by the feeling of peace." PRIEST GEDE BANG BURUAN MANUABA at a Hindu temple in Bali By In Bali Residents stop by blast sites on way to temples to celebrate local Hindu festival BALI paused for prayer
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      • 432 9  -  Devi Asmarani In Jakarta and Tanya Fong In Bali By NEWSPAPERS have been a hot commodity in Bali in the past few days, snapped up by the locals and tourists hungry for the latest news on the bombings. Quickly sizing
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  • CHINA
    • 528 10 He could tighten grip on power by putting allies in key places Beijing CHINA may unveil the potential successor to party leader Hu Jintao as the ruling Communist Party holds its closed-door annual meeting on Saturday. The meeting is also expected to chart
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    • Article, Illustration
      46 10 Pictograms found carved on rocks in the Ningxia autonomous region, north-western China, could be the earliest samples of Chinese characters. Chinese experts have said the script is at least a few thousand years older than the oracle bone script of the Shang Dynasty (1600BC-1100BC).
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    • 163 10 Taipei GOOGLE, the most-used Internet search engine, said its description of Taiwan as a province of China is consistent with international naming conventions such as those followed by the United Nations. Google faces protests from Taiwan's government because of the description, which is
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    • 319 10 Beijing A COPY of an internal New York Times memo is all Beijing can use to indict a detained Chinese researcher, according to a confidential document of the Chinese State Security Ministry. Researcher Zhao Yan has been held for over a year
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    • 166 10 Hong Kong THE mainland authorities remained silent over the fate of detained Straits Times journalist Ching Cheong, whose case was due to be transferred to China's prosecution bureau yesterday. The 55-year-old, detained since April, was formally charged with spying for Taiwan on
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  • EAST ASIA
    • 446 11 Removal of official close to Pyongyang could worsen spat with the North Seoui SOUTH Koreas Hyundai Group yesterday ousted its former pointman for business with North Korea over alleged corruption. The move set the stage for a showdown between Hyundai's female
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    • 285 11 HONG KONG CHINA will launch its second manned space flight at 11am next Thursday, a Chinese official said yesterday. "We expect to launch the flight on Oct 13, if weather permits," said Mr Jiang Jingshan, a member of the Chinese Academy
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  • INDIA
    • 495 13 Strong economic growth leading to big pay hikes but economists warn of inflation New Delhi A GLOBAL survey has shown that private-sec-tor salaries are rising faster in India than anywhere else in the world, serving as the latest indicator of India's strong
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    • 331 13  -  Ravi Velloor By] India Bureau Chief In New Delhi CONJOINED twins Farah and Sabah Shakeel, 10, confess to a fondness for ice cream and a crush on Bollywood actor Salman Khan. The last Hindi movie they watched was Will You Marry Me? Dr Benjamin
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 562 14  -  Nirmal Ghosh Bv Ilia i land orresfxtndent In IVwi.kok UN issues warning even as it praises Thai housing schemes for urban squatters THAILAND yesterday drew praise from the United Nations for making progress on housing for poor urban families. But the presence of
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
      • 104 14 PUTRA JAY A: Singaporeans may want to be more careful while driving in Malaysia during the upcoming festive season, as on-the-spot fines of up to RM3OO (551.15) would be imposed on traffic offenders. Malaysian Transport Minister Chan Kong Choy said yesterday the new measures will be
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      • 77 14 BANDA ACEH: A strong earthquake rocked Indonesia's Aceh province yesterday, damaging some buildings and sparking an exodus to higher ground in the region worst effected by last year's tsunami. There were no reports of casualties, and the fears of a tsunami appeared to be unfounded. The
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      • 79 14 BHUBANESHWAR (India): India yesterday successfully tested a surface-to-air missile as part of accelerated trials of its five separate airborne warfare systems, offii uil.x said. The Tnshul (Trident) missile was fired from a coastal range in the eastern state of Orissa two days after its multi-target missile
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      • 100 14 HONG KONG: A Hong Kong Democratic Party member once banned from the mainland said yesterday he has been granted a 10-year China travel permit the latest goodwill gesture from Beijing towards the territory's pro-democracy camp. District councillor and university professor John Tse said he
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      • 94 14 TOKYO: Nearly two-thirds of Japanese citizens oppose revising the pacifist clause of their country's Constitution, and a majority favour other changes to the USdrafted document, a poll published yesterday showed. The survey by the Mainichi newspaper showed 62 per cent of respondents were opposed to altering
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 474 15 Five more embassies receive mail threats KIJAIA I llMl'llll FIVE more major embassies reported receiving mis picious packages yesterday, a day after the scare struck six foreign missions, including Singapore's. Police, bomb disposal squads and hazardous materials experts rushed to the US, British, Australian, French and Russian embassies here after
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    • 533 15  - Two -term limit for MCA leaders in Cabinet posts Carolyn Hong By Malaysia Correspondent In Kiiaia Lumpur Party wants to give younger members a chance to rise through the ranks THE Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) will limit the tenure of its leaders serving in government to allow young members to
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    • 187 15  -  CAROLYN HONG Kuala Lumpur HERITAGE Minister Rais Yatim yesterday irreverently described them as the "Rocks of Gibraltar", and included himself among them. They are the long-serving ministers in the Cabinet who have chalked up more than 20 years in public service each. Trade Minister Rafidah
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  • WORLD
    • 667 18 New York IT'S coming, with skyscraperrattling winds and a 9m storm surge that threatens to submerge Wall Street, flood the subways and turn Coney Island into a water
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    • 71 18 If a Category 4 storm stri kes... Among the possible scenarios: M The East and Hudson rivers may flood Lower Manhattan, submerging the island from its southern tip to Canal Street. More than three million people in the city may have to be evacuated. The Rockaways in Queens, Coney Island
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 170 19 THE German boy who has been the face of Kinder chocolates for 32 years has finally revealed his identity. Mr Guenter Euringer, whose dazzling smile has helped sell millions of boxes of chocolate bars, is now 42 and ready to talk about his secret
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      • 178 19 A 45-YEAR-OLD accountant has become India's first single man to father an in-vitro fertilised baby but he faces hurdles to his bid to keep the boy, legal and medical experts said. Mr Amit Bannerjee, whose childless marriage ended in a divorce many
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      • 186 19 HE IS better known as the director of the blockbuster movie trilogy. The Lord Of The Rings (LOTR). But Oscar-winning film director Peter Jackson's upcoming project will come from the world of video games he and his team will produce a movie based on
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    • 545 20 Geneva "This is a preventable epidemic. We know what to do, we know how to do it, preventions are very cheap." MR ROBERT BEAGLEHOLE, co-author of a WHO study on preventing global diseases Taking preventive measures can save 36 million lives, says WHO OVER
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    • 396 26 IV 1529, the Ottoman lurks got us far as the gates of Vienna before their advance into Europe was halted. In 2005, modem Turkeys desire to join Europe was again almost halted at the gates of Vienna when the Austrian government threw up last-minute objections
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    • 284 2  -  PHOTO: By Tracy Sua A MOTORCYCLIST had a narrow escape when a tree fell into his path as he was riding along Eu Tong Sen Street yesterday. The tree also struck a metal pole, bringing it crashing down on the windscreen of a passing
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    • 195 3 THE hunt for the Aedes mosquito continues as 187 breeding sites were found and destroyed last Saturday. The weekend blitz was the third in a series of operations to weed out mosquito breeding sites in common and outdoor areas in housing estates. The exercise covered
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    • 55 3 No. of dengue cases reported for Oct 5: 75 Cumulative seven-day total of cases (Sept 28 to Oct 5): 506 No. of dengue cases admitted to public hospitals on Oct 4: 58 No. of beds taken up by dengue cases on Oct 4: 243 Some symptoms: High fever,
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    • 353 3 By Sue-Ann Ciua A LONG-RUNNING dispute between the L&M Group of Companies and its employees over unpaid wages has finally been settled. The three companies in the group L&M Precast, L&M Prestressing and L&M Concrete Specialist have agreed to pay the salaries owed
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    • 116 4 AND TWO BECAME ONE AGAIN. The cockpit and the tail an joined up and ready for class. The whole process is costing the polytechnic $60,000. TOUCHING DOWN. The front section of the plane is lifted to its new
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    • 456 4  -  Jeremy Au Yong By IT IS an aeronautical student's dream come true: A chance to tinker with a real fighter jet. Not in some aircraft museum or factory, but right in the classroom itself. Four tertiary institutions are each getting an A-4SU Super Skyhawk
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    • 374 4  - Blinking studs to alert drivers Goh Chin Lian By Trial on at two junctions they will light up when pedestrians use crossings BLINKING road studs are being tested at two traffic junctions in Toa Payoh from today to warn motorists who are making right turns to watch out for pedestrians.
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    • 142 5 PHOTO: Call it the great grape stomp. Representatives from major wine producing countries such as Australia and the United States took part in a friendly grape-stomping contest on Tuesday at IndoChine's Bar Opiume at the Asian Civilisations Museum to promote the upcoming Wine for Asia exhibition. The winner
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    • 492 5  -  Peh Shing Huei By Kent Ridge premises too small for the 200 students the sehool expects to have when a new master's programme starts LAW students of the National University of Singapore are unlikely to have the Bukit Timah campus to themselves. The Lee Kuan Yew
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    • 91 6 Muslims' holy fasting month begins ABOUT 150 Muslims gathered at Al-Iman Mosque in Bukit Panjang yesterday evening to break fast together at 6.57pm. Yesterday marked the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Aside from fasting, the month is also marked with
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    • 408 6  - Games on the go with StarHub s i-mode Alfred Siew By In Tokyo It's also planning mobile banking and news updates with new phone service STARHUB is about to make an aggressive bid to jumpstart the sluggish mobile Internet market in Singapore with a service that has already taken Japan
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    • 50 6 >> What's planned StarHub may offer mobile banking, games on the go and news updates. A service, GameMaster, will allow users to download a dozen games for about $4.50 a month. ►> What's needed Users must have compatible phones, like those made by Japanese manufacturers NEC, Panasonic
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    • 291 6  - Touched by grandma's sacrifices Yap Su-Yin By WIDOWED at 36, Madam Teo Ah Mai toiled as a road sweeper in the mornings and a washerwoman in the afternoons to put her six children through school. Later, when her eldest daughter had kidney failure, she donated a kidney to save her
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      • 511 7 No reason to wait 10 years to ban smoking IT WAS with great interest that we read about cancer specialists from a group of Asian countries calling for a ban on tobacco within the next 10 years ("Singapore cancer specialists to push for tobacco ban"; ST, Sept 22). Among the
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      • 287 7 I WRITE to share my unpleasant experiences at Changi General Hospital. On June 28, I went to the A&E Department and was seen by a doctor. After seeing the rashes on my body, he was not sure what the problem was and suggested
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      • 280 7 CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL REPLIES Medical management was appropriate I REFER to the letter by Ms Lee Limin. Changi General Hospital has been communicating with Ms Lee on her concerns since July 8. Ms Lee visited our A&E Department on June 28 because of reddish rashes on the body. Our A&E
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      • 205 7 No way to treat foreign students ON SEPT 26 I accompanied a young friend to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) to collect his student pass. At around 5.30pm, after having waited close to 90 minutes, our queue number flashed, directing us to Counter 22. Without looking at us, the
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      • 148 7 I SAW on television Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong visiting victims of the Bali bomb blasts, together with our President. I was really proud of him. He demonstrated to all of us that he and all Singaporeans are our real friends. Some
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      • 146 7 RETURNING to Bali on SQI42 on Monday afternoon, I was happily surprised to see that the plane was 80 per cent full. At the airport, there were the usual queues at immigration. Going for dinner at Trattoria in Seminyak with some friends, we had to
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      • 360 7 BISHAN North, a small neighbourhood situated in the Central-North zone, was once hailed by then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong as the premier district to live in, because of its beautiful designs and quality flats. It can be identified easily by
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      • 183 7 I REFER to the letter, "Four bedroom flats needed" (ST, Sept 27), by Madam Ong Soek Peng. Our current four- and fiveroom flats come with three bedrooms, and some fiveroom flats have a study area that can be converted into an additional bedroom. These
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      • 146 7 I REFER to Ms Jocelyn Chan's letter, "Faxed personal papers go missing" (ST, Sept 30). Based on our records, Ms Chan had applied for an American Express corporate card which is issued to employees of a company that has a commercial-card relationship with us. The standard
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      • 403 8  - Relay team a let- down: Chee Heart Chan Yi Shen SEA GAMES By SNOC chief wants athletes who represent country to show commitment BE COMMITTED when you represent your country. Singapore National Olympic Council president Teo Chee Hean made the call when expressing his disappointment with the 4x400-metre relay team
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        305 8 "We gave them the maximum time and opportunity to establish their credentials. I'm disappointed that they couldn't come together and run." TEO CHEE HEAN, SNOC president, on the 4x400m relay team DISAPPOINTED about 10 tournaments since January. While none of them has won a Grand Prix event, the results have
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      • 897 8 GOLF Michelle Wie's not worth $17m? How about $70m then? New York IF YOU think US$lO million (Ssl7 million) is a lot of endorsement money for a 15-year-old, chew on this. Michelle Wie is expected to earn up to US$4O million a year soon. Even as critics started sniping at
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      • 70 8 Sports richest women 1 Maria Sharapova (tenriis) Total earnings in 12 months to June 2005: US$lB.4 million £$31.3 million) 2 Serena Williams (tennis) US$l2.7 million 3 Annika Sorenstam (golf) US$7.4 million 4 Venus Williams (tennis) US$6.5 million 5 Lindsay Davenport (tennis) US$6 million Tiger Woods earned .US$B7 million in the
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      • 645 9 SOCCER Absence of injured Cole and Neville means England need defensive rejig Manchester NO WAYNE Rooney, no Gary Neville. Now, no Ashley Cole for England too. The Arsenal left-back has a stress fracture in his right foot, and is ruled out for England's must
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      • 113 9 Stephen Warnock (Liverpool, age 23, no cap) Has potential but no international experience. Played in Champions League qualifiers this season. Jamie Carragher (Liverpool, 27, 20 caps) Has played at full-back but is more of a central defender. Would not offer Cole's attacking threat but would be
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      • 410 9 Manchester IT HAS become the most quoted statistic among England players:' That Sven-Gor-an Eriksson, as their coach, has lost only one qualifying game. "To talk of the head coach's position after his only defeat in qualifying matches was ridiculous," Gary Neville had
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      • 342 9 London THIRTY-TWO years after Poland's Jan Tomaszewski was famously dismissed as a clown before thwarting England's World Cup dream, his heir and countryman Jerzy Dudek has his sights set on a repeat performance. In 1973, on a dramatic night at Wembley, Tomaszewski pulled off save
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      • 462 9 Paris FRANCE may be on the brink of World Cup qualification, but they are still haunted by memories of past failures. Strange as it may seem, the last time the 1998 champions reached a World Cup via the qualifying rounds was 20 years ago, when
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      • 302 9 Manchester DEFENDER Rio Ferdinand has admitted to the dip in form critics say should cost him his place in the England team for Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Austria. He has been under fire from the media, Manchester United and England fans following below-par displays
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      • 107 9 Saturday Group One Czech Republic v Holland Live, Ch2l, Sunday, 2.25am Finland v Romania Group Two Denmark v Greece Georgia v Kazakhstan Ukraine v Albania Group Three Portugal v Liechtenstein Russia v Luxembourg Slovakia v Estonia Group Four Cyprus v Ireland Israel v Faroe Islands Switzerland v France
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      • 320 9 SOFTBALL Paris SOFTBALL is in a race against time to try and be reinstated tor the 2012 Olympics in London. International Softball Federation president Don Porter met International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge at the lOC headquarters in Lausanne on Tuesday and
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      • 429 10 TENNIS L'Equipe alleges French Open finalist took banned drugs, a claim he denies Paris FRENCH Open finalist Mariano Puerta has tested positive for a banned drug at the tournament, reported French newspaper L'Equipe yesterday. However, the Argentinian tennis player has vehemently denied the accusations. If
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      • 652 10 SOCCER Liverpool DJIBRIL Cisse is clearly a frustrated striker. Bought by Liverpool for a club-record £14 million (Ss42 million) last season, the Frenchman has been used just 240 minutes in the opening six Premiership matches of the season. "I am patient," the 24--year-old
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      • 414 10 Madrid WELCOME to the Real Ma drid zoo. Several Brazilian players in the Spanish Primera Liga side have taken to celebrating goals by imitating animals a cinrkroach, frog and horse, in particular and the displays are not going down too well
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      • 186 10 RENAULT'S Formula One team principal Flavio Briatore has revealed how he and Fl commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone came close to buying English football club Chelsea. "We had a big programme to take over the club when Roman Abramovich arrived by boat," the Italian told The
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      • 342 10 BASKETBALL Miami (Florida) SHAQUILLE O'Neal ranked among the National Basketball Association's leaders in scoring and rebounding a year ago, helped carry the Miami Heat within one game of the NBA Finals and was a close runner-up to Steve Nash in the Most Valuable Player
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        • 79 10 LONDON: Police are investigating claims that a Premiership footballer and a friend took turns to rape two women in a five-star hotel, it was reported in the English press yesterday. The unnamed star, reportedly a multi-million-aire international, was alleged to have taken part in the
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        • 86 10 LONDON: Former Everton player Mark Ward was jailed for eight years on Tuesday for dealing in drugs. He pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine with intent to supply, after police found 4kg of cocaine, plus drug-dealing paraphernalia in May in a house which he had rented,
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        • 84 10 ATHENS: Greece is carrying out a feasibility study into the construction of a Formula One track, Tourism Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos said yesterday. Avramopoulos, who did not give any details on the circuit's proposed location, said "interest in this project was big and the organisation behind
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        • 73 10 MELBOURNE: Australia crushed the cream of world cricket to claim the opening Super Series one-day tournament by 93 runs here yesterday. They compiled a competitive 255 for eight off their 50 overs before running through the World XI for 162 in 41.3 overs. Only Sri Lankan
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      • 487 11  - Clubs are wrong, says ex- COE head Niciioias Fang SWIMMING By Centre's objectives, entry criteria not altered since launch, contends Eng Liang THE Singapore Swimming Association's centre of excellence never deviated from its original objectives nor changed any of its entry criteria, says its former chairman, Dr Tan Eng Liang.
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      • 375 11  -  Chan Yi Shin BILLIARDS By TWO golds at next month's Southeast Asia Games, followed by an Asian Games gold next year and, finally, a gold in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. National billiards and snooker HMck Peter Gilchrist believes his team can achieve these lofty
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        • 48 11 World XI Super Series one-day international in Melbourne: Australia 255 8 in 50 overs (S Katich 58 Muralitharan 2 41. Vettori 4 33) World XI 162 in 41 3 overs (K Sangakkara 64; Lee 2 31 McGrath 2 13. Watson 3 43) Australia win by 93 runs
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        • 146 11 ATP/WTA Japan Open Men's 2nd rd: Robby Gmepn (USA) bt Alex ander Popp (Ger) 6 4 6 0. Man ano Puerta (Arg) bt Eric Tamo (USA) 6 3 6 4 Women's Ist rd: Nicole vaidisova (Teh) bt Akiko Mofigami (Jpn) 4-6 6-1 6-1. Ta tiana Golovm (Fra) bt Abigail
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        • 37 11 HOME United beat the Young Lions 3-2 in an S-League football match at the Yishun Stadium yesterday to move into fourth place on 40 points. The Young Lions are sixth on 36.
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        • 45 11 THE Singapore men's sabre team won gold at the Australia Open Championships in Sydney on Tuesday, the last day of competition, while the women's foil team took another bronze. Singapore's haul for the tournament: two golds, one silver and five bronzes.
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      • 359 14 Its lawsuit claims that the firm enjoys pre-emptive rights to PetroKaz shares Almaty (Kazakhstan) LUKOIL has gone for international arbitration to block the sale of PetroKazakhstan (PetroKaz), a Toronto-listed oil firm with assets in Kazakhstan, to China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC). A lawsuit
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      • 190 14 New York GROWTH at service companies in the United States slowed more than expected last month as hurricanes Katrina and Rita shut down businesses along the Gulf Coast and drove up energy prices to records, an industry survey showed yesterday. The Institute for
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      • 46 14 Yesterday's close: 13.689 89 (-41.15 points) The index lost 0 36 percent retreating from a tour-year high set earlier m the day as some technology stocks fell after a report that Pioneer Corp would incur its first operating loss in 10 years RCUTERS
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      • 45 14 Yesterday's close: 15.161.03 (-221.18 points) Hong Kong stocks slipped to their lowest level in 10 days, down 1 44 per cent, wrth property stocks hurt by fresh jitters over interest rates and profit-taking in telecommunications snares after a recent rally RCUTERS
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      • 58 14 Fridays close: 1.155.61 (+Ol3 point Chinese markets are closed this week for a national holiday -100MKR6 NEWS Yesterday s close: 4.543.5 (100.1 points) Australian share prices plunged more than 2 per cent in the market s biggest one day fall for more than three years amid profit-taking
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      • 37 14 Yesterday's close: 927.51 (+2.75 points) Malaysian share prices closed 0 3 per cent higher led by plantation stocks on expectations of higher crude palm oil prices after positive comment on the industry outlook AFP
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      • 29 14 Yesterday's close: 1.104.05 (+2.88 points)) Indonesian share prices closed 0.26 per cent higher, boosted by gains in car distributor Astra International and in blue-chip Indosat AFP
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      • 27 14 Yesterday's close 717.17 (+2.27 points) Thai share prices closed 0 32 per cent higher in a rebound led by purchases of big-cap shares. AFP
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      • 548 14  -  San Francisco INTERNET search king Google and US technology giant Sun Microsystems said on Tuesday they were teaming up to offer free spreadsheet and wordprocessing software online in a headon challenge to rival Microsoft. The companies gave few details, saying that
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      • 275 15  -  FINANCIAL TIMES Hong Kong BANK of China (BOC) is aiming for a bigger market value in its planned overseas listing than its larger rival China Construction Bank's (CCB's) expected US$56 billion (5>95.4 billion) capitalisation, in a sign of the growing ambitions of
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      • 70 15 PHOTO: Apple's invitation to a special event next Wednesday has prompted talk that it will unveil an iPod with video functions. The invitation says simply: "One more thing..." Apple CEO Steve Jobs (left) has at events saved the largest products that most delight the Apple
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      • 443 15 San Francisco Industry players expect it to unveil aniPodthatcan display videos APPLE Computer which has trumped home-grown Creative Technology in the MP3 player market has sent e-mail invitations to reporters for a special event next week, prompting speculation on the Internet that
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      • 338 15  -  FINANCIAL TIMES New York PROCTER Gamble (P&G) is turning to palm oil and coconut plantations in Asia as an alternative ingredient to make its Tide laundry detergent and Head Shoulders shampoos, as the world's largest consumer goods company makes a strategic bet
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      • 608 16  - Finance execs put 'too much time into routine jobs' Risk management The percentage of companies that have not instituted a risk management programme They lag behind region in critical tasks like fraud management: Poll By Grace Ng THE finance chiefs of Singapore companies and their teams are being overworked and
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      • 560 16  -  Narendra Aggarwal By Economics Correspondent RISING inflationary pressure in the United States from sky-high oil prices means that "the Fed will be very watchful", with interest rate increases likely, said the International Monetary Fund's (IMF's) chief economist, Mr Raghuram Rajan. Yet Mr
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      • 328 17  -  Fiona Chan By INVESTORS seeking to oust the executive chairman of FirstLink Investments have finally filed a valid request for a shareholders' meeting to effect his dismissal. The development came barely a month after tneir first attempt to call a meeting was
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      • 404 17  -  Goh Eng Yfow TAKING STOCK By ORCHARD Road is so hot with investors these days that if an ice cream vendor along the strip launched an IPO, it would go through the root Anything with even a hint of frontage along the shopping mecca has
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      • 471 17  -  Joyce Teo By This follows its purchase of a majority stake in Tat Seng for $17m PSC Corp, which runs the Econ minimart and i-Econ chains, is making a takeover offer for a company that makes and sells paper packaging Tat Seng Packaging
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      • 227 17 DIRECTORS' TRADES TELECHOICE PRESIDENT BUYS 500,000 SHARES DIVIDEND play TeleChoice International received a major boost when its president bought 500,000 shares in the company recently. Mr Clive Lim made the purchase at 24 cents apiece last Thursday, according to Singapore Exchange (SGX) filings. The transaction raised his deemed stake in
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    • 109 18 All engines firing SERVICES 9> Retail and hospitality industries should get a boost from strong tourist arrivals. *9 The stock market has been perky, with trading volumes up 70 per cent. w9 Trade-related services such as logistics and port services are getting a lift from increased regional trade. MANUFACTURING ww
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    • 120 18 JOHN GOKONGWEI UIC deputy chairman Analysts wonder if he will have the financial muscle to pull off the $1.7 billion takeover of both UIC and SingLand. His flagship company, JG Summit, has a shareholders' fund of US$l.2 billion (552.04 billion) and assets of U553.46 billion. WEECHOYAW UIC chairman
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    • 211 18 CASH FLOW CRUNCH Citiraya unit files for judicial management BELEAGUERED waste recycler Citiraya Industries announced yesterday that its wholly-owned subsidiary, GES Global Environmental Solutions, has filed a petition to place itself under judicial management. GES Global directors said that in the interest of its stakeholders, including creditors and staff, the
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        • 95 12 Esplanade Theatre. Tomorrow Oct 17: 8pm (Fr! Bun), also 2pm on Sat A Bun, 7pm (Wad A Thu), Tickets. 630 6100, Tal: 6348-5555 Fly off with Peter Pan to the magical world of Neverland where Captain Hook, swashbuckling pirates, crocodiles, mermaids and fairies hold sway. This musical production
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    • 1135 17 Recruit Guide Classi. 1. 1) Jobs Executive Appointments wowmw CLASSIFIED JOBS 1800-289-9988 E-mail cats@sph.com.sg tt| 605 K* AppkcatKjr 534 Cal C«--HAel«m*rk*t»ig ActnoiMtdgtments 636 Customer Service 658 General Production^ 606 Professwrvw/E-ecuTives 639 Agents/Brokers/Trader. 660 Inte-nsho/AprxeniicesNp/ 609 Engr<c*-i 6« HoteMtestaurantAounof Atuchment 612 IT/lnfrxc- 6A3 FoodSulrs 663 Warehousmg^iventory 615 LfCtunng/Teachirig 645 Ha-«eaury 666
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    • 1065 18 Jg^ g^ lAS PI A I ~fr CITIGCMS I rVyl Ifl L-* lee hwa jewellery GEMS OF AFF ECT lON I With our rapid expansion, we are looking for young and dynamic I individuals to join as Senior Customer Service Executive MWkl±_^_M_J_^_m I Responsibilities: I Responsible for the on-going supervision
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    • 302 18 W We are an AV Digital HI Products distributor. We I I invite suitable applicants for. I 1 year related working expenence Possess at least 'N' level ITE or above Fluent in English Mandarin •Basic salary $1K 1% commission Willing to work on Public Holidays weekends j Malaysians are welcome
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    • 858 18 g^SAUS jps^lES TOW* DDKUmiS OFFICERS (WaOH/UU/aVSIIMIA/ASU) Min. 2 yrs experience in counter sales Knowledge of Abacus Service oriented pleasant personality with self-motivation TICKET! NG EXECUTIVES OfFICERS Min. 3 yrs relevant experience in travel agencies Knowledge of Abacus Highly motivated with strong interpersonal communication skill All applicants must be bilingual in
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    • 589 18 WE WANT RECUITMENT CONSULTANTS _d Town. Dip. Speaks Chinese. Sale: oriented. 6324 3320. C*****11 Email: georgez@reachfield.com IMMEDIATE MARKETING EXEC. $1.3K up! Goot Prospect! Training incentivi provided. GCE 'N7 '07 ORD are welcome. Call/ SMS: 9180-2751 I* Male or Female Experience preferred M'sians to have Form 5 Qualifications Driving Licence a
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    • 595 18 g> SALES PROPERTY AGENTS WANTED. Can earn $100K/yr. Training guidance provided. 9455 9595 C&H. PROPERTY AGT WANTED. Earn as you learn. Training, guidance full support provided. *****000 BRANDED BOUTIQUE REQUIRES Part/ Fulltime Sales Associates Call *****738 for an interview MAID AGENCY LOOKING for expe rienced sales staff. M'sians wel- come.
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    • 542 18 HK CALL CENTRES/ WW TELEMARKETING 1. TELEMARKETEER BASIC. $1600 Commission. Aggressive with Positive Attitude. S'pore PR Only. Call 9176 6686, 2. Adminis trator. PC literate. 6725 9239 ENG CANTONESE. MANDARIN, Japanese speaking. Shift hours/ Tampines. Immed. (C6OO9OlE> Email: mrm3B3i*hotmail.com TELEMARKETEERS REOUIRED! $5 commission. Good spoken Eng. Call 9798 7000/ 9832
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    • 656 19 Carrefour 4f± Customer Service Executive Diploma in any discipline Minimum 2 years' relevant experience m retail or hospitality Patient, em pathetic, assertive I Strong communications skills To apply, plane submit a detailed resume and recent paaeport-suwd phocofraph by 20 October 2005 to The Human Resources Department Carrefour Singapore Pte Ltd
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    • 553 19 WK HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ WK HOTEI7RESTAURANT/ \Wif LOUNGE lij? LOUNGE Wc arc an established golf club in Tuas, with two 1 8-holc golf courses. Join us as a: You will train, guide ard supervise F&B Service Crew. You will also wait on tables and provide I] service to members and golfers. II
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    • 567 19 WE WANT CATCRING COMPANY AT Bt Timah requires Cook (Local/Western delicacies). Kitchen Assistant Stewarding. M'sians welcome, interested please call 6465-2930 needed <£> Cake Shop in Bukit Timah Pis call 9066-3408 for interview Restaurant Cum Caterinq Co Jurong Pier Requires 1) CHEF (Asian/ Continental). Mm $I.BK. 2) ASST COOK (Asian/ Continental).
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    • 592 19 |fft HAIR/ BEAUTY HAIR/ BEAUTY nejjt Join an exciting and dynamic hair salon as a Trainee Stylists H ReCeptiOniSt (5-days work, long working hrs) Next Salon is lookinq for Trainee Stylists Receptionist to join our team at Holland Village. If you're young, enthusiastic and eager to learn, we'd like to
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    • 498 19 WK ADMINISTRATIVE/ MP CLERICAL A MNC has IMMEDIATE vacancy torAdmin Assistant Up to $1.5K Min '0' level with 2 years of j RELEVANT experience i working in Japanese firm preferred MUST be YOUNG ENERGene MUST be well versed in ENGLISH MANDARIN WORKPLACE HARBOURFRONT Singaporean PR those who are able to
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    • 577 20 Pf| ADMINISTRATING/ I A Japanese freight forwarding Co. Changi Airfreight Centre Requires SENIOR ACCOUNTS ASST a '0' level/ LCCI/ Diploma a A tew years m airfreight accounting is an advantage a Handling full set of accounting a Bilingual m Eng Mandarin 1 a Energetic/ Hardworking/ PC L literate a Female
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    • 595 20 WK ADMINISTRATIVE/ f CLERICAL IS i BECEPTIONIST Cum Admin. Ci Übi CBD 'N' '0' Spks Chinese rt •PC Literate Fresh school teav- yi ers welcome Tel *****775. Int'L e Pia/a N2303. (B*****1G) An Established freight forwarding Co in Changi Cargo Complex requires Knowledge of Air Sea Freight With invoicing experience
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    • 778 20 JK ADMINISTRATIVE/ i! JP CLERICAL |j Li WE WANT YOll I ATERING COMPANY AT Bt Timah equires Purchasing Executive. 2 rrs relevant experience. Inter- fsted please call *****689 IMMEDIATE ADMIN CLERK BY renovation CO. PC literate. GCE '0' level. Chinese speaking. Tel: 6484 4914 Email: dignity&smgnet.com.sg STUDENTS RELATION ASSTS. Bilingual
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    • 479 20 SK SECRETARIES/ |P PERSONAL ASSISTANTS AW FIRM IN Cecil St reguires a ecretary. Must be PC literate. 5 ays wk. Sch. leavers are welome. Call Ms Goh 6226-2824 EMP EXPERIENCE CONVEYANC «G Secretary (14/10, 1-2 mths) j op law firm Raffles PI C*****1F vonnedbachievecareer.com g^TECHNJCAL Diving Company in Tuas looking
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    • 764 20 m -ECHNICAL PJK TECHNICAL fjh TECHNICAL WW WW WW I0- I A United Technologies Company Otis Elevator, one of the world's largest companies In the design, sales, Installation and maintenance of elevators, escalators and passenger conveyors, has Immediate vacancy for the following: Service Technician The Job: Carry out the service
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    • 635 20 Rh TECHNICAL AutoCAD Draftsman (SI.BK to $2.2K, Woodlands) Min diploma, proficient in AutoCAD 2000 1-2 yrs relevant experience in designing piping, utilities. electrical, etc Able to start work asap Email CV to: tempdiv -jac. com sq or call 6224 6254, Leon Lie no: A*****31 DRAFTSPERSON Diploma To do 2D drawing.
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    • 1268 20 HK GENERAL \Wffi GENERAL \JO PRODUCTION |pP PRODUCTION mPp- «a <a <a a. aa «4B| I »QC INSPECTORS I Nitec (NTC) in Electronics. GCE If level in a I Mech. or Mechatronics Engrg technical stream PC-literate and related work PC-literate and QC exp. in rrrfg will be considered experience preferred
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    • 1394 21 E*"-' g^* 0 -ft***™ l^sraanT [^security Sg""^ f Jf M Jf j»e -J-T I DRIVE WITH SMRT TAXIS. rl!l___X_KfHE sr: Are you ready for Action? li__r jaajf Tho Induitry. Most Flexi-hour Part of the job of an armed Auxiliary Police Officer is to guard property and valuables, protect and escort
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    • 562 21 PJ\ CLLANERS HOUSEKEEPING CLEANERS AT Übi tam 410 pm 5". day. $800. Dishwasher 10am /pm./ Bam. 4pm $800 lmmed 6?91 0313 WANTED CLEANERS. MALE environment. For Bales tier Condo Stay near Bal estiei $BSO Anthony 9 188/ 101 CAR WASHERS NEEDED $1400 at CCK area Call Mr Kent l i4S')4/^4
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    • 654 21 COMPANY cum PERSONAL DRIVER -I Possess Class 3 lie J Must possess Vocational lice J Experienced J Able to speak, read write Enqlish Indonesian J Diligent and hardworking Interested, please walk-In on 6th October 2005 strktly between 2 00 3 30pm Canteen 7 Chetsworth Road ing-B-ro 24»T61 niME MOVER DRJVEis|
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    • 462 21 Earn up to $15 per hour Promote Star hub Cable IV I Broadband Services. Must be able to work mini mum 3 Weekdays Mon 1 n (7pm lOpm) I Weekend (Sat or Sun Ham 6pm) Bilingual In English Man darin Training and leads provid ed Interview on: Oct (Thurs) 4pm
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    • 560 21 Accounts Assts/ Execs Call 6438-0990 OR Email: shenton recruit express, com. sg (Lie no: C*****28) PART-TIME FARM EVENTS Co or dinator needed. Able to work on weekend public holidays Knowledqe of planls/ ii. Mui, le male environment. (I ic *****21). Interested fax: *****319/ I m.ni )ob?matchwyahoo.c om.sg ISLANDWIDE ICE-CREAM PROMOTERS.
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    • 820 21 g) OTHER g) OTHER A Chemical Logistics Specialist Company is looking for: Job Responsibilities: To provide up to d.itc information and report to customers on the progress of their orders To process relevant documentation (eg. Invoice, PO, etc) and to ensure compliance to statiMi procedures Tht Requirements: Minimum A levels
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    • 12 22 THE STRAITS TIMES Recruit Executive Appointments: TOLL FREE 1800-289-8822 Classified Jobs: 1800-289-9988
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    • 386 22 Dear Dr R, I am working in a local group of companies as an accounts assistant. I notice that the company contributes to my CPF under the name of a few different companies. I am told by HR that this is because I am taking care
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    • 625 22 Writing the perfect cover letter Make a lasting impression on potential employers with your cover letters FILE PHOTO COVER letters are your very first point of contact with a prospective employer, so do not have the impression that a handwritten note saying "Please find my curriculum vitae (CV) attached" will
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    • 243 22 Official CATS Logo Jigsaw Entry Form Win a treasure of $10,000 cash! L Plus consolation prizes of $100 cash each Have you started collecting your jigsaw pieces? If not. start hunting for them in the Classified or Recruit Section from these newspapers now: The Straits Times OR Lianhe Zaobao: 28
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    • 166 5 French cosmetic testing company Syres set up a Singapore office here last month. Founded in 1996, Syres (pronounced: See-hee-ASS) oversees the pre-retail testing of products from some high-end American, French and Japanese brands before they hit the market. Due to a company confidentiality clause, Syres can't reveal specifically
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    • 192 5 Toni Guy Hairdressing will celebrate its 10th anniversary at Attica at Clarke Quay next Thursday with a party and fundraising event called "Journey". The salon chain was started here in October 1995 by David Mercer, the former educational director for Toni Guy in Britain. He is currently the
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      • 531 5 HEY, GOOD-LOOKING /Leong Su-Lin iTv^in f*n_-_-/" k l_'c _"\i it tKrci oi#*v"V"iUILaJI I L-i lt_J\^lN*> s.. ;^«i II ItJ DvAJvJ C7IO UI condo Park Inrina featured a >exF Russel \A/r~.ry~t i-ii--»r_ri Ann \.A-/cv nop sp^i Who: Yvonne Yak, 32, freelance actor and Wearing: Levi's jeans and my top is from
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      • 501 6 MMfIraNBIwSSaSHS ©Pair gold and vintage, and you get this quirky pair of JT H mis-matched earrings that will make you stand out in a v B crowd. $42, from Green Petals, 03-46 Far East Plaza. _JjL H BflßßßJ^^^^^B ___HB f _B^B __r __H_B f /Mk K^ _____H r_a__\**ap ¥fl _----B
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      • 829 8 Good Morning -towels anyone? The Good Morning towel is a common sight in both homes and hair salons. But where do they come from, asks HAZEL YONG all it nostalgia or convenience, but kj hair salon manager Karen Lai swears by the Good Morning towel. The 48-year-old, who runs WL
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    • 573 9  -  towel import company, say they do not buy their towels from San You. He declines to provide the names of his manufacturers. "The copyright law in China is quite lax so any manufacturer can print similar Good Morning towels with just a change of a Chinese
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    • 433 9 Addy Lee. 33 (left) Owner of Monsoon Hair House at Bugis function, Sandstorm and Storm Hair in Jurong Point as well as Heatwave in Marina Square Addy Lee loves the Good Morning towel so much he credits his hairdressing feats to the white piece of
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    • 822 10 You know what they say about women with big feet big shoes. The most common sizes for women in Singapore are 37 and 38, though some stores stock up to 39 which is bad news for women who wear a size 40 and up. That group, by the way, includes
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    • SINGAPORE JEWELFEST SPECIAL
      • 649 11 GOLD COUNSEL Mention gold and colours like yellow and orange glow in your head. But gold is also giving off new sheens like green, blue, black and even purple. And such designs are making their presence felt in this year's Singapore JewelFest, the third annual consumer event geared towards jewellery
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    • SINGAPORE JEWELFEST SPECIAL
      • 43 12 Now that gold prices are hovering at a 1 7-year high price of about U*****.30 (*****.85) per ounce, it may be a great time to invest in some gold jewellery. Here are seven things you should know: a
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      • 107 12 1 Look for lionhead s 24K is pure gold but is too soft for jewellery-making. Hence, 22K (91.6 per cent) and 18K (75 per cent) are more widely used as they are strengthened by alloys of copper or silver. Sometimes, jewellers sacrifice some purity for strength. At The Jewel Box,
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      • 53 12 Buy from a retailer which is affiliated to a professional trade body, such as the Singapore Jewellers Association. Most SJA members have a code of conduct to follow and have to meet What it means for the consumer are fairer pricing and better after-sales services, such
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      • 28 12 Like a potential mate, jewellery should look good at the front and back. Say no to badly-designed clasps and unrefined finishes at the back.
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      • 70 12 White and pink gold jewellery are increasingly common so finding someone to modify them is no sweat. But when it comes to rarer hues like black and purple, it may be inconvenient to find another jeweller other than the original maker- to recolour, replate or resize them.
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      • 68 12 These are one-of-a-kind gold-mounted pieces set with rare materials or organic shapes (corals, odd-shaped pearls, fossils) that cannot be replicated in a second piece. They command very high pieces. For first-time buyers, Lotus Arts de Vivre's marketing manager Esther Ho says the design mix is very important:
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      • 41 12 One of the current gold trends is to imitate fabric. At Poh Heng, its Summer Wine and Chorus lines are made of spun gold to resemble scarves. Over at Joon, chokers and bangles are handwoven to resemble twill fabrics.
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      • 166 12 Besides the commonly used highly-polished, high-shine finish, jewellers are experimenting with different styles. To create less gaudy designs, they employ the duller matt finish or allow gold dust to settle on gold surfaces during setting to create the "dusted" look. Gold pieces are also enamelled in a
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      142 14 ROCK STARS Who are the people behind the jewellery you buy? HAZEL /ONG checks them out Q ingaporeans do love their bling-bling. The jewellery industry here is made up of about 800 stores whose turnover is estimated to be worth 1 .8 billion a year. While the bigger players design
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      383 14 Eunice Lim, 47, merchandiser at Poh Heng Jewellery. She manages six designers who work in two-man teams in Hong KongItaly and Singapore. Come Oscar or Grammy season each year, Eunice Lim gets excited. She wants to see what stars like Gwen Stefani and Nicole Kidman wear to the
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    • 473 14 Kayde Yeo, 22, merchandising planner-cum-designer at Soo Kee. She is among three designers in a six-person team whose other members are a senior merchandising planner, merchandising director and marketing director. Her parents were concerned when Kayde Yeo decided to major in jewellery 7 design at the Nanyang Academy
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    • 482 16 ORCHARD ROAD STAKEOUTS Davixx Kok, 38, senior fashion and merchandising manager at Aspial Corporation, which comprises Aspial, Citigems and Lee Hwa Jewellery. He oversees five jewellery designers here, with the help of an executive. Don't be alarmed if Davixx Kok seems very interested in you. The man, who has handled
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