Today, 21 November 2001

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  • 8 1 TODAY WcdilGSday ♦November 21, 2001 I MITA|P)O63/11,; 2001
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  • 288 1 Ng Boon Yian THE infamous Jurong market incident is back to haunt Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew are suing Dr Chee over the defamatory remarks which
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  • 575 1  - Where the rich go .'rancis Kan byF frands@ne ws to d ay.com.sg CASH is often king in times of trouble. Customer deposits in banks here stood at $176 billion at the end of September when Singaporeans were still feeling jittery over the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the United States
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 246 2 Woo Sue-Ann COME Nov 19 every year from here on, the world wil have to take a moment to observe good toilet habits. At the Inaugural World Toilet Summit yesterday, the WTO (World Toilet Organisation) declared Nov 19 World Toilet Day. A total of 14 countries,
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    • 521 2  -  Tan Hui Leng Networking platform for Spore firms byl huileng@newsto day. c o m.sg GO east that's the message that the Government has been sending out to local companies. And Singaporean businesses have been eagerly jumping onto the bandwagon. In the early *****, the Suzhou Industrial
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    • 184 2 Channel News Asia THE new Minister of State for National Development, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, will focus on public housing issues. Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan revealed this after he launched the building and construction trade fair, Baucon Asia 2001, yesterday. Mr Mah said his
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    • 109 3 Agencies MOSCOW Terrorism is not being ruled out in a plane crash that occurred yesterday in the Siberian region. All 25 people on board the Ilyushin ILIB turboprop aircraft are believed to have died. The plane, which can carry up to 100
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    • 291 3 Agencies Hunt for Muslim leader following uprising in south Philippines MANILA-MusUm leader Nur Misuari (picture) is now the No 1 enemy of the Philippines army following an uprising in the southern Philippines on Monday. "Nur Misuari is now the subject of a manhunt by military authorities because
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    • 132 3 Reuters TAIPEI Going after the vote-buyers is serious business in Taiwan as it gears up for the Dec 1 polls. The Ministry of Justice said it has hauled up more than 1,600 cases of alleged vote buying. More than 1,000 cases were linked to
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    • 375 4  -  Leong Phei Phei Why women 'deserve' new NUH clinic for them by phe i phei@newstod ay.com. sg WHILE men and women suffer from "common diseases" such as lung cancer and heart problems, women also have their own specific health problems. That is one of the reasons why
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    • 94 4 AN English-language magazine, published by SNP Media Asia to showcase Media Works stars, has been suspended seven months after it was launched. In a letter addressed to its trade partners yesterday, Works Weekly (WW) stressed that the suspension was only temporary. The last issue will be released
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 483 6  -  Elaine Quek Witness tells how 15-year-old finally killed woman by I el am c @newstoday. com. sg SEVEN times-that was how often former website designer Anthony Ler took the 15-year-old alleged killer of his estranged wife to where she lived, the High Court heard yesterday. A prosecution
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    • 123 6 -AFP SINGAPORE will pump in US$lO million ($18.4 million) to groom a pool of high-tech professionals over the next three years. The fund is for local and overseas training and the attachment of fresh graduates and professionals and will complement two Internet training
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  • LETTERS
    • 125 8  -  Philip Chai I REFER to Mr Jason Lee Boon Hong's letter, "Why no female ministers?" (TODAY, Nov 20). Like many others, including Mr Lee, we welcome the inclusion of women MPs as ministers. Perhaps the reason why the Prime Minister has not selected any woman
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    • 476 8  -  Prem Singh What we need are civic entrepreneurs I REFER to the Roundtable's recent letter on how the lack of political competition would hurt the PAP and Singapore. Why blame the PAP if it enjoys walkovers? An effective opposition requires team players. One must be able
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    • 250 8  -  Motomi Anal LOCAL banks are shedding staff as they merge and go electronic. But when are banks all banks going to modernise this archaic telegraphic funds transfer system for customers who want to remit funds overseas? I have had funds go missing for many
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    • 325 8 £n&~ YOU Are lnviTed /VI THE SINGAPORE RIVER \r m^Cyi BUSKERS> FESTIVAL™ \l 17-25 November 2001 VLS Takin' it to the Streets m i^^i^i^i^^ Clarke Quay m jm|F W One Fullerton M IfT* Robertson Walk m The Quayside a, UE Square flllCn rtsnvfti details Catch on oddball assortment of some
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 226 10 THE Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the US have had an adverse effect on pay trends here, according to a survey by human resource consulting firm Watson Wyatt. A majority of 223 companies across 20 industries surveyed indicated they are scaling back on projected
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    • 228 10 That's $160 million for construction industry A SYSTEM that will help the construction industry make huge savings was launched by Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan at the Baucon Asia 2001 trade show yesterday. The first three deliverables of CORENET, said Mr Mah, will also help
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    • 170 12 -AFP JAKARTA The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached an agreement with the Indonesian government on various economic reform programmes, IMF director for Asia-Pacific Daniel Citrin said yesterday. "I'm happy to announce that we have reached an agreement on the new letter
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    • 250 12 AFP Regional recovery expected in late 2002: Researcher DEMAND for servers in the AsiaPacific region, already crumbling because of the global downturn, took a further hit from the Sept 11 attacks in the United States, a research house said yesterday. International Data Corp (IDC) researcher Avneesh
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    • 151 12 LONDON Barclays Bank has confirmed that the head of its French banking division has been questioned by police in connection with a vast money laundering network. Barclays in London said employees, including the managing director of Barclays France, Mr Henri-Paul Pelligrino, are assisting police with their inquiries,
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    • 27 12 Your S$1 buys lUSS 0.5444 UK£ 0.3837 Yen 66.930 HK$ 4.2458 RM 2.0686 Euro 0.6165 Rupiah 5734.9 Baht 24.162 Peso 28.386 A$ 1.0446 Rupee 26.111 Won 696.24
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    • Market Watch
      • 86 12 -AFP LONDON British cruise company P and 0 Princess said yesterday it was merging with Royal Caribbean Cruises to create the world's largest cruise vacation group. Pooling of operations would create a giant capitalised at US$6 billion ($ll billion), with 41 ships, 75,000 berths and three million
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      • 97 12 BUSINESSES located in the CBD can now subscribe to Star Hub's new fixed line telephone service being rolled out to over 580 buildings. Customers who sign up for this service before Dec 31 this year do not have to pay monthly subscriptions, meaning they will only
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      • 95 12 Bloomberg THE Ascott, a Capita Land unit, will form a venture to manage apartments in London as part of its plan to increase assets in Europe and the US. The 50-50 venture between The Ascott and UK developer Crown Dilmun Holdings will buy 56 apartments
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    • 325 13  -  Ivay Tan Frontline Tech sees increase in earnings from operations there by ivay@news today.com.sg IT SERVICES company Frontline Technologies Corp yesterday reported a 38.3 per cent jump in net profit to $5.65 million in the first half of the year. However, for the whole financial year, it is
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    • Market News
      • 211 13 PROFIT-TAKING trimmed initial gains yesterday as traders cashed in from the post Deepavali holiday to "contra" their positions which became due yesterday. The ST index's morning advance to 1481.05 was sharply reduced at the close to 1446.82, down 5.38 points. Volume was healthy at 620 million shares valued at
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      • 148 13 THE higher overnight close of the Dow Jones and Nasdaq provided a temporary boost to the market yesterday morning. At the mid-day break, the KLCI was up 4.4 points. At the close of trade, the KLCI ended down 2,8 points to 625.4 due to prof-it-taking reversing gains. Losers numbered
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    • 1916 13 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices are indicative) Fund Name Bid Price/NAV Offer Price Aberdeen Assel Management Asia Lid Aberdeen China Opportunities Fund 0.903 0.949 AherdeenGlohalMNCFond 0.671 0.706 Aberdeen Glohal Technology 1 Fund 0.552 0.580 Aberdeen UK Blue Chip Fund 0.750 0.788 Aberdeen American Opportunities Fund 0.745 0.783 Aberdeen Continental Europe
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  • THE NEW WAR/MAKING THE RIGHT MOVES
    • 138 14 -AFP DOHA (Qatar) The Taliban claims that terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden was in Kabul when it fell to the Northern Alliance but that it has since lost track of him. Osama "was in Kabul during its fall (on Nov 13). He left there
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    • 98 14 Agencies ISLAMABAD Under pressure from the USled coalition, the Northern Alliance has agreed to a "multi-ethnic, broadbased" government which includes the majority Pushtun ethnic group linked to the Taliban. The Alliance has been dead set against a government with Taliban members in it. US Ambassador
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    • 404 14 Agencies WASHINGTON President George W Bush, mindful of the need to hold on to Muslim support, threw open the doors of the White House on Monday night to host a Ramadan dinner for Muslim leaders. Seated next to Prince Bandar bin Sultan Abdulaziz
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    • 321 15 Agencies No US solution to end M-E violence JERUSALEM United States Secretary of State Colin. Powell has spelled out Washington's vision for peace in the Middle East, announced a diplomatic mission to the region but offered no solutions to end Israeli-Palestinian violence. In the long-awaited statement on
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    • 206 15 What the regional papers said yesterday The Star Malaysia Law student challenges nullification of exam results A chambering student, who is among the 900 affected by the nullification of this year's Certificate of Legal Practice (CLP) results by the Legal Profession Qualifying Board, is challenging the legality of the decision
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    • 146 15 AFP YANGON The Myanmar government says it is "difficult to accept" claims by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) that forced labour continues in the country despite an official ban. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday the ILO report, published two weeks ago, prompted
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 704 16  -  Susan Ferroa Channel News Asia. Time to test our female politicians further by MARRIED. Divorced. Re-married. Single. A new mother-to-be. All women. All with different backgrounds. All came together to sit at the same table, one Saturday afternoon. Each chose to give up a few hours from
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    • 132 16 JKJHH MBk Anthony WT JROBBINS s. RETURNS!! A The World's No.l Success Coach is reluming to ■F Singapore! Hear from Singaporeans who met toff him ho* :neir ives have change: From sucents ■vi"^ to CEOs, in these tougher times Ehey are ,(ii\iiys '»J EXCELLING FIND OUT WHY AND HOW! c,391-5808
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  • UPFRONT
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      542 17  -  Leong Phei Phei A prodigy who hears the music in her heart by pheiphe i® newstoday, co m, sg BEFORE Claire Yeo (picture left) went on stage to perform Chopin's waltz, her hands were cold and clammy. The nine-year-old was unusually quiet and nervous. Not even mummy's
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    • 167 17 Leong Phei Phei FOR the first time, the arts, science and technology will be mentioned in the same breath. Creativity is the key thrust binding these three in a public forum on "Creativity in the Arts, Science and Technology" this Saturday. Organised by the Tan
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  • PORTFOLIO
    • 908 18  -  Peter Siong Is a term insurance policy or a permanent life policy more suitable for you? by_ time the investor should be able to secure a better return over an insurance policy. Size up the difference The size of the premium that you have budgeted for
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    • 268 18  -  Vasu Menon by, 1 THE recent rebound in stock markets may be more than just a flash in the pan. Sentiment appears to have taken a turn for the better and this, coupled with the sizeable liquidity, could send stocks higher over the next 12 months.
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  • INCINEMAS
    • 325 20  -  Rachel Lo FILM REVIEW Bubble Boy (Now showing) A road trip comedy that's one hilarious ride EVERYONE loves a road trip comedy. Bubble Boy tries to be one with a different twist. Jimmy Livingstone (Jake Gyllenhaal), who was born without an immune system, lives in a
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    • 248 22 Reuters/Variety Tribe of critics hail Survivor host's film debut LOS ANGELES Survivor host Jeff Probst, best known for uttering the phrase, "The tribe has spoken", is now winning attention for his debut as a film director. The film organisation American Cinematheque has named Probst one of
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    • 745 22 THETUNNEL R(A) Venue: GV Plaza Singapura subtittes Date: Today Director/screenplay Achim Time: 7pm 2000, 95 mins, in German with yon Borries Venue: GV Great World English subtitles Director: Andreas Dresen When the doctors tell 2001, Colour, 157 mins, in Valeri that his days are numGerman with English subtitles Policewoman Anne
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  • TV&RADIO
    • 500 23  -  Jeremy Phua MUSIC REVIEW Alkia Keys Songs In A Minor byJ j phua@mediacorpradio. com.sg CLIVE Davis is a living legend and marketing genius. Formerly the head honcho at Arista, he bounced back with a bang by starting his own label, J Records, named after
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    • 76 23 CHANNELNEWSASIA.COM has started an online contest called "Guess the Mystery Objects". The participants will be given text and picture clues to guess these objects. A lucky draw of the correct entries will be held every week. Winners will walk away with $250 in cash. The month-long contest
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 1457 24 A* The Prattke Officers of Uefa Champions League Deportivo vs Detective Investigation Files IV channel B,9 P m the Court Channel S r lflp Arsenal, Live City TV, 3.30 am Guotai is sentenced to 20 years in prison and Wanlan is Ml MB— f— Tfci it remains a mystery why
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    • 582 25 TjmeOut Three-day MUSIC Price: $32 and $42 Elton John A Journey Through Time $60 and $70 (pre and post-theatre package} Entertainer-extraordinaire Sir Elton John will Tickets: Call Sistic at 348 SSSS take you on a journey that spans 34 years of his career. Joined at the Head Date: Tomorrow About
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  • JOBBEAT
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      709 26  -  Jeffrey Tan Good managers know how to delegate SOME say managers are bom, not made. And it would seem that for some people, getting others to do work for them is as easy as 1-2-3. But if you find yourself apologising each time you ask a subordinate
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    • 197 26  -  Roger Konopasek by] rogoko@p ac if ic. net. sg TWENTY years ago, Dennis M Hope was a man with a dream wanting to find a business opportunity unlike any other, something truly different. As he sat musing about opportunities, he started looking at
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  • SPORTS
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      856 27  -  Rohit Brijnath And other Australian soccer stories EVERYONE'S life is interspersed by a series of defining moments. (This does not necessarily include Mike Tyson realising mid-bite on Holyfield's ear that he likes his steaks raw.) Anyway, last week, I had one: what it told me is that all
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    • 333 27 LAS VEGAS Lennox Lewis does not seem to think very highly of Mike Tyson these days. Iron Mike, who is close to signing a contract for a £100 million ($259.73 million) showdown with Lewis next spring, had warned the newly-crowned champion: "Your days
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    • 90 27 Reuters NEW YORK Barry Bonds, who set the single-season home run record at 73 this year, won a record fourth Most Valuable Player award yesterday. The San Francisco Giants leftfielder received 30 of the 32 firstplace votes and 438 points in the balloting for National League
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    • 775 28 -AFP Wenger must solve Gunners' poor away form to get anything MADRID Deportivo La Coruna coach Javier Irureta (above) often wears the look of a haunted man. But he can exorcise a few of the demons that seem to possess him when the Galicians host English Premiership
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    • 327 28 -AFP TURIN Juventus goes into today's (early tomorrow morning, Singapore time) Champions League clash with Bayer Leverkusen of Germany buoyed by the weekend 3-1 victory over Parma that ended a six-match winless streak in Serie A. Once again, it was the goalscoring tandem
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    • Article, Illustration
      502 29  -  Fose Raymond Today Exclusive Tampines already looking a formidable outfit for next season by J Josejose @news tod ay. com. s g DON'T be surprised if you step into Tampines Stadium next year and sense a Warriors' flavour about the Stags. For there will be a few
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    • 219 29 Reuters BEIJING China has stripped a men's rowing crew of a gold medal at the National Games as the event was hit by a new drugs scandal, the official Xinhua news agency said yesterday. Zhao Ying, a member of the victorious lightweight quadruple sculls crew from
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    • 660 30 -AFP Muscat the hero, but Uruguayans show enough to suggest it can overcome the deficit in return leg MELBOURNE Get ready for fireworks in Montevideo. A Kevin Muscat penalty 12 minutes from time gave Australia a slim, but what could yet prove to be a really
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    • 251 30 Reuters MEXICO CITY- Mexico striker Cuauhtemoc Blanco has said he is quitting the national team in an extraordinary row over plane tickets. Blanco's nine goals for Mexico in the World Cup qualifiers almost single-hand-edly propelled it to next year's finals in Korea and Japan. But
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    • 252 30 Reuters AMSTERDAM Holland's most famous footballing son Johan Cruyff said he will not consider returning to coaching with the Dutch national team and has criticised coaching standards in the country. The 54-year-old former Ajax Amsterdam and Barcelona coach, speaking at the launch of
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    • 388 31 Reuters PORT ELIZABETH Sachin Tendulkar has been given a suspended one-match ban for ball tampering during the second Test against South Africa, sparking Indian outrage yesterday. Tendulkar, widely regarded as the world's leading batsman and revered in India, was also fined 75 per cent of his match fee
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    • 156 31 -AFP LONDON A fresh round of talks aimed at preventing a threatened players' strike in the English Premier League broke up in stalemate yesterday. Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) chief executive Gordon Taylor met Premier League counterpart Richard Scud am ore at the PFA's headquarters in
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