Today, 24 May 2002

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  • 685 1  - The thorn is back Jose Raymond WHEN the man labelled as the leader of a "fringe" Muslim group declared he wanted to take a break from social activism, many thought that they had heard the last of Mr Zulfikar Mohd Shariff. He said in January that he was mentally exhausted
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  • 79 1 Channel News Asia A 28-year-old off-duty police officer is in a critical condition after he shot himself in the head after a quarrel with his wife at the Central Manpower Base (CMPB) in Depot Road. Police said the staff sergeant, with 10 years experience, had gone to
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 136 2  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim MOST Singaporeans are satisfied with race relations in Singapore and hold positive views about their neighbours. But Singaporeans under 30 are not as upbeat as older Singaporeans are. Eighty-three per cent of them said they were satisfied with race relations, compared
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    • 367 2  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim MCDS unveils more subsidies, care initiatives PARENTS and elderly Singaporeans will benefit from new measures announced by the Ministry of Community Development and Sports yesterday. Under the Flexible Child Care Scheme, parents can receive the pro-rated childcare subsidy. Non-working mothers and those who
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    • 236 2  -  —Joy Frances CONTRARY to what Sing Tel asserted on Wednesday, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) yesterday claimed no contract had been made between them. This was stated in the government regulator's written closing submissions, although Senior Counsel Davinder Singh yesterday focused on points
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    • 55 2 Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong hosted a dinner for former US President Bill Clinton at the Jade Restaurant, The Fullerton, yesterday. Mr Clinton will deliver the keynote address at the National Achievers Congress today. He is also scheduled to meet President S R Nathan and Senior Minister
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    • 297 3 Agencies Jakarta tells EU it can handle its affairs JAKARTA At a meeting presided over by President Megawati Sukarnoputri, Indonesia's top security minister lashed out at the European Union (EU) for meddling in the country's internal politics. Coordinating Minister for Political, Social and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
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    • 137 3  -  Kim-Kyna Tan A POTENT cocktail of the arts in every imaginable form will launch Esplanade Theatres on the Bay, Singapore's pride. In the span of 23 days, more than 1,300 artists from 22 countries will gather at the waterfront arts house for over 70 performances and some
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    • 198 3 Agencies GUWAHATI (India) India's Water Resources Minister has raised the prospect of choking the flow of water to Pakistan as tensions rise between the two countries. Speaking to AFP from Guwahati, Mr Bijoya Chakroborty said: "If we decide to scrap the Indus water treaty, then there will
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    • 466 4  -  Kim-Kyna Tan IT IS a game where the stakes are high and the competition stiff. The winners will represent the country to vie for the heavyweight title in the arena of tourism giants. But for the nominees of the annual Tourism Awards, it's not whether you get there,
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    • 111 4  -  Pearlyn Tham NOTHING not the recession nor even the World Cup seems to be dampening the spirit of the ninth Great Singapore Sale {GSS} that starts today. At the GSS launch press conference yesterday, Dr Jannie Tay, president of the Singapore Retailers Association (SRA), said that things
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    • 376 7  -  Sarah Chua You can top up your ez-link card, check the card value at GTMs MRT and LRT travel has become a hassle-free experience with the new General Ticketing Machines (GTMs). The machines allow commuters to top up their ez-link cards using cash or Nets, check
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  • LETTERS
    • 176 8  -  Lim Boon Hee I AGREE with the Health Minister, Mr Lim Hng Kiang, who said that by undermining XX Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH), he's "afraid of giving the wrong signal to private hospitals that they can dump all their patients on
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    • 304 8  -  Lee Seek Chuen It appears to be a futile exercise as ministers just don't budge YOUR front page article, "That issue of morale" (Today, May 22), reveals a certain attitude in our Government. Dr Wang Kai Yuen, Feedback Unit chairman, had listened to complaints about the National
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    • 90 8  -  Neo Gim Kian, I REFER to the letter, "Can self-employed pensioners join NTUC?" (Today, May 22). We welcome retired people to join NTUC. It is our way of recognising their contributions. Indeed, more than 5,000 of our members are retired and they enjoy the social and
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 175 10 Bloomberg KeppelT&Tto sell businesses KEPPEL Telecommunications and Transportation will sell its shipping and logistics businesses this year to cut debt and focus on offering consulting services to phone companies. The Keppel Corp unit said it will sell its 10 ships and three warehouses and divest its stake
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    • 99 10 I Channel News Asia THE HDB said 520 flats have been sold as of yesterday for its walk-in selection exercise for the Choa Chu Kang flats. The walk-in selection process began on May 10 with some 1,900 new flats being offered for sale. Almost
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    • Market watch
      • 176 10 SINGAPORE shares were broadly weaker on a lack of fresh leads while traders used some of the recent strength to lighten up on holdings as tension in the Middle East and between India and Pakistan affected markets. The STI index fell 19.72 points to 1,717.78 on blue chip profit-taking
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      • 55 10 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 *****.85 +17.87 +0.15 Hong Seng '■II Ordinaries raiwun Wtd *****.75 3324.80 5549.96 -170.45 -16.18 +B.32 -1.45 -0.48 +0.15 Korea Coma SET Index 845.51 392.B5 -17.55 +5.88 ■2.03 +1.52 Jakarta Comp 503.67 -7.96 -1.56 Phils Comp Jberrzen B uliiii 1323.94 221.98 3114.05 +4.36
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      • 36 10 IiSI 0.5564 UK£ ***** Ysn 69.407 HK$ 4.3396 RM 2.1142 Euro 0.6018 Rupinh 4,976.7 Kiiln 23.801 Peso 27.729 AS 1.0008 Indian Rs V.m Won 693.35 C$ 0.8543 Yuan 4.6052 NZ$ 1,1819 NT$ 19.127
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      • 20 10 Golduw.z 313.30 Silver uss/oi 4.840 Platinum usvm 540.00 Rubber cnnß/Vg 127.25 Palm oil JM/tonm 1287 Brent crude uss/bnrrel 26.35
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      • 57 10 SGX most active By volume May 23 '000 PatCenl 38,231 THCI ii 28,228 Roly 22,440 NntSleel 15,322 Sing Tel 15,049 Gy vol us May 23 OCBC 40,538,966 DBS 37,615,328 NatSleel 24,324,630 Sing Tel 23,202,630 PucCenl 19,174,855 '000 ThaiVillag 13,775 LnleTetb 13,689 FoodEirpre 13,572 Jurfah 12,035 Ipco 10,948 [holered 17,238,448 Nolßroud
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      • 66 10 May 23 (lase Change tarjnSupremelO0US$5.B0O +0.30O 3CBC 13.100 +0.3D0 iPH 21.900 +0.200 SPH100 21.800 +0.200 1oh!e 1.600 +8.130 m Breweries 5.650 +0.100 3BS 14.900 +0.1O0 >ingnmas[21<rlK$ 1.470 +0.080 EletUSS 2.750 +0.070 rCIL3t HKS 1.330 +0.050 By percentage Way 23 Close Change GMG USS 0.025 +25.000 NHCeram 0.215+19.444
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      • 81 10 Bloomberg Way 23 Close Change >soview 6.000 -0.300 fernure 16.300 -0.2D0 ■&N10O 7.60O -0.15O )UE 7.000 -0.150 ki PrimeMOUSS 4.500 -0.1 M ;&N 7.600 -0.100 >IA 13.500 -0.100 .pLond 3.460 -0.100 lotSleel 1.540 -0.070 >inglnv 1.320 -0.070 By percentage May 23 Benefun 20k ansa Change 0.015 -25.000
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    • Corporate Briefs
      • 56 11 Bloomberg THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation is buying a hotel and retail properties in Sydney. Its real estate unit will buy the hotel and retail properties at No 1 Martin Place for Asl6o million ($159.59 million). The purchase is the largest hotel transaction in Australia this
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      • 63 11 Channel News Asia THE Far East Organisation has put in the top bid for the Sinaran Drive white site that can be used for commercial, residential, hotel, civic and community uses, or a mix of these. Its unit, Glory Realty, bid $100 million, or almost 30
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    • 80 11 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR The Sarawak state government will resume a US$l.3 billion ($2.3 billion) pulp and paper project in the state after failing to buy out its partner, Asia Pulp Paper Company (APP). It will start tree planting and compensate lenders after banks demanded debt
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    • 369 11  -  Francis Kan for investors against defective prospectus COME July 1, investors who buy or subscribe to securities based on a "defective" prospectus will be able to withdraw their applications and get refunds. This ruling is contained in new guidelines issued yesterday by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
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    • 145 12 THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said it will probably lift its 2002 growth forecasts for much of Asia, with the revisions taking place in August or September. The IMF economic growth projections for 2002 and 2003 were published in its World
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    • 282 12 A push to expand US negotiating power US business leaders operating in Asia-Pacific are throwing their weight behind efforts to expand their President's ability to negotiate trade deals around the world. They are in Washington to lobby lawmakers to give President George W Bush what is called
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    • 2287 14 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (AN prices ore in dim live) Empries:CalllSs!-W3-660Q E-ffloH lipp«.mioffireulers.CL>m Fund Name NAV/Bld Price Olfer Price i A i I A A A Aberdeen Asset MannnEmEnt lasicl Aicrdcc-rSc! niisiiu: 1 .t^iji-lift 8.719 0756 1 leidnm- le! -iur.i F inn urnii 1.166 .Mj Aicttuull 5c liuj .UF-'ilJuliuI lui d
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    • 228 14 Bloomberg HONG KONG Singapore Technologies Telemedia and Hutchison Whampoa said that they will not raise their US$75O million ($1.35 billion) offer for fibre-optic network operator Global Crossing, even though talks on a formal bid were extended until today. Hutchison has changed the offer to benefit Global
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    • 331 14 Bloomberg Telekom wantsTajudin, 3 others removed KUALA LUMPUR Telekom Malaysia wants rival Technology Resources Industries (TRI) to remove founder Tajudin Ramli and three other directors by May 27 to accommodate its request for board representation. Telekom has also asked for a special shareholder meeting within 21 days, TRI said
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    • 53 14 MANGALA VIHARA (Buddhist Temple) A Happy Vesak to All The Gift of Truth excels all other gifts Come and discover for yourself the Buddha's Ohamma at our Sunday School and Buddhist Pali College and see the Relevance of Buddha's Teachings in today's world Address 30 laian EuncH. Singapore *****5 Telephone
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 308 16 Agencies Ruling party, angry over Parliament's dissolution, suspends PM KATHMANDU A decision by Nepal's Prime Minister to ask the King to dissolve Parliament and call early elections has earned him the wrath of his own party. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was suspended by members
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    • 206 16 Reuters BERLIN Europe is as vulnerable as the US to Sept 11-type attacks, President George W Bush told the German Parliament yesterday. "In this war, we defend not just America or Europe. We are defending civilisation itself... If we ignore this threat, we invite certain blackmail
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    • 103 16 -AFP PARIS Too many Big Macs could lead to obesity and be harmful to your health, the US fast-food giant, McDonald's, said in an advertising campaign it launched in France yesterday. The global chain, often maligned in France for offering mal bouffe, or bad food, to the masses,
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    • 182 18 Agencies WASHINGTON The remains of Ms Chandra Levy (picture), the 24-year-old Washington intern whose disappearance over a year ago ended the career of US Congressman Gary Condit, have been identified. A man walking his dog discovered skeletal remains and clothing early on Wednesday
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    • 275 18 Agencies SYDNEY A terminally ill grandmother has reignited the euthanasia debate in Australia by taking her own life in the presence of friends and family who risk prosecution for aiding and abetting her death. Mrs Nancy Crick, 69, who had said terminal bowel cancer was
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    • 82 18 -AFP photo North Korean refugees who caused a diplomatic row between China and Japan greeting family when they arrived at Incheon airport in South Korea yesterday. The five, who were arrested two weeks ago when Chinese police dragged them from the Japanese consulate compound in the Chinese city
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 705 20  -  S Ramesh Priority is tackling issues like poverty, not membership in Asean EVEN before East Timor could formally begin its new life as the world's newest state, political pundits were already suggesting that the Timorese should be considered for admission into Asean. But is Asean ready
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  • UPFRONT
    • 565 22 Reuters It's not your imagination the sight of food does make you hungry, even if you aren't WASHINGTON The very sight of food causes the brain to react with pleasure and that is why so many people end up being fat. The reaction looks very different
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  • LIMELIGHT
    • 314 25  -  Janice Lee Action Theatre dominates awards SINGAPORE'S theatre world rejoiced on Wednesday when the winners of the DBS Life! Theatre Awards were unveiled. Thespians from various ensembles were present to witness the recognition of talent. Action Theatre dominated the ceremony this year, sweeping five of the nine Baccarat
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    • 239 25  -  Elisa Chia IT WAS double joy for MediaCorp TVI2 Suria when it clinched two international awards in the United States recently. They were its seventh and eighth honours since its launch in January 2000. The dedicated station for the Malay community was conferred the Certificate
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    • 810 44 Reuters/Variety Russian director Sokurov makes film history but says cinema is a second-rate art form CANNES Russian director Aleksandr Sokurov has extended the boundaries of cinema with Russian Ark, the first international feature-length film shot in a single take. Hundreds of extras spent months
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    • 516 45 -AFP CANNES As the Cannes Film Festival draws to a close, a couple of films have emerged as favourites for the prestigious Palme dOr, topping a list of tales that have put grit before Hollywood glitz in stark contrast to the celebrity sheen outside theatres. Two
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    • 480 51 -AFP India's skipper blames Test series loss on mental weakness KINGSTON India skipper Sourav Ganguly (picture) said yesterday that the lack of mental toughness, rather than ability, was the main reason for his team's failure the win the overseas Test series. "The problem is not with
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    • 247 51 Agencies MONTE CARLO Unrepentant Michael Schumacher has refused to rule out team orders giving him a record-equalling sixth victory in Monte Carlo on Sunday. The four-time champion returned to the track for the first time yesterday, since being gifted a win in Austria
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    • 275 51 -AFP WASHINGTON Muhammad Ali asked United States lawmakers to form a federal panel to oversee boxing yesterday, hoping to provide some punch to ineffective laws regulating the sport. Ali, the former world heavyweight champion who suffers from Parkinson's Disease, testified at a US Senate subcommittee hearing on
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    • 125 51 Reuters SEOUL The man at the centre of corruption allegations against Fifa president Sepp Blatter said yesterday the outcome of next week's election, for the football governing body's top job, was still uncertain. Fifa general secretary Michel Zen-Ruffinen said that member countries were divided over Blatters running
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    • 925 52  - Africans will win just friends Rohit Brijnath IT DIDN'T take much convincing. I mean, think about it? South Africa's Bafana Bafana. Morocco's Atlas Lions. Zambia's Copper Bullets. Senegal's Teranga Lions (though why Senegal should choose Teranga, a word that apparently means welcoming, is another matter). Nigeria's Super Eagles. Ghana's Black
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    • 212 54  -  Stanley Ho LAST night's match between Woodlands Wellington and Jurong FC was supposed to be a potential firecracker. And the 3,170-strong crowd that packed into Woodlands Stadium last night certainly got its fair share of nail-biting moments during the 1-1 draw. After Jurong skipper R. Sasikumar had
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    • 366 54 Agencies LONDON Alex Ferguson believes Manchester United's tour of Singapore and the Far East last year is to blame for the club's failure to win trophies this year, Ferguson said while the club's regular tours to Asia were an important and
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    • 560 54 Agencies Skipper's public criticisms were the final straw, says coach DUBLIN Ireland captain Roy Keane has been sensationally sent home from the World Cup following his criticism of his country's preparations for the tournament, reports said yesterday. Television and radio reports said Keane had left
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    • 734 55  -  Leonard Thomas World's best left-back seems relaxed, despite the pressure THE footballer who holds the distinction of striking the best free-kick goal of all-time is not a very big man. In fact, pint-sized is a pretty accurate description of Roberto Carlos, Real Madrid and Brazil's left-back extraordinaire.
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    • 80 55 SOGWIPO England's Danny Murphy will undergo a bone scan today while other injured midfielders, David Beckham and Kieron Dyer, are continuing to make progress, the FA said yesterday. Murphy damaged his foot in training on Wednesday, while Beckham is on the mend after breaking a bone in
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    • 69 55 TOKYO France coach Roger Lemerre admitted yesterday he could call up Nicolas Anelka, if Thierry Henry was forced to pull out of the World Cup at the last minute. Henry's right knee problem kept him out of the game against Belgium and the practice match
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