Today, 9 April 2004

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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Friday Apni9, 2004 1 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    When will the baton be passed?
    652 1  -  Lee Ching Wern SINGAPORE'S first quarter economic report card to be released on Monday is expected to show gross domestic product growth of almost 6 per cent, signalling not just a welcome return to economic health but also the imminent handover of political leadership.
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      61 1 NEWS£yWWS Wimar Witoelar Art of the deal in Indonesia/3 mr brown How to watch Miss Singapore on TV/20 Get well, Henry Arsenal banking on striker's recovery/31 WORKING CLASS DEMON Today is taking a break this weekend. We will be back on Monday. TbEWY FREE COPY f^l FROM 8 AM LaJ
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Housemate of slain S'poreans to be grilled
      158 2 Channel News Asia SYDNEY More than six months since the murder of two Singaporean students in Sydney, Australian police are now interested in interviewing the housemate of the victims who had claimed that he had slept through the killings. Police said the two
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      Lock icon S'pore's pride on display
      418 2  -  Elisa Chia Fabric of the Nation for all to see at the HDB Hub WHAT began as a project to highlight the strength and resilience of Singaporeans in the battle against Sars has grown into a national work of art The idea of the patchwork quilt,
      DAVID YEO  -  418 words
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      The art of the deal in Indonesia
      706 3  -  Wimar Witoelar |\IEWS£2S—£SL. NOW that the parliamentary elections have been held, it is clear that Indonesia is well on its way towards democracy. But more excitement will follow as political deal-making heats up and Indonesians figure out what the chances are of the
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      Lock icon Indon parties unite to choose presidential candidate
      114 4 AFP JAKARTA Eleven Indonesian political parties and several public figures agreed to form an alliance yesterday to try to agree on a candidate for the July 5 presidential election. The private talks included four major Muslim-oriented parties and two self-proclaimed presidential candidates former
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      Lock icon Troubling 'chatter'
      244 4 Agencies But nothing could have prevented the Sept 11 attacks WASHINGTON United States national security adviser Condoleezza Rice (picture) testified before the 911 commission yesterday in the highest profile national security testimony since the IranContra affair nearly 20 years ago. Dr Rice said US intelligence picked up warnings
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    • Article
      M'sia to reduce foreign labour
      188 4 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government is to draw up a "Human Resource Master Plan" with the aim of reducing foreign labour, the New Straits Times said. It quoted Human Resources Minister Fong Chan Onn as saying that the country's Economic Planning Unit (EPU) has been
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Reverse thinking to pull in tourism dollar?
      423 6 Newsßadio 93.8 Shrinking tourism market blamed on a lack of new draws in Singapore SINGAPORE'S market share for the tourism dollar has shrunk in the last five years. When this was revealed at the Istana meeting Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew had with
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    • Article
      Kang lied to lawyer that co-owner of $835,000 apartment was his niece
      228 6  -  Wong Fei Wan WHEN Joachim Kang bought a $835,000 apartment here with his "god-daughter" Mabel Chia Li Ling, he lied to the conveyancing lawyer that she was his niece. That was not the only time he fudged the
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      Valuair flights may take off next month
      226 6  -  Tor Ching Li WITH its first flight scheduled to take off early next month, budget air carrier Valuair could get the green light before the end of this month, said Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong yesterday. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the
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  • LETTERS
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      Huge reserves not wrong
      184 10  -  Jeffrey Law Lee Beng Wise of NKF to pile up funds as long as they are accountable I READ with concern the report, "Behind those NKF millions" (Today, April 8). I cannot agree with the suggestion that one or two years' worth of reserves is enough
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      NKF could raise funds with other charities
      200 10  -  Ganesha I WAS astonished to learn that the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has such large reserves and it made me wonder if I should donate this year. I feel there are other charities such as Minds (Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore)
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      Academic merit not the goal
      129 10  -  Tan Chin Kong I APPLAUD Mr Lee Han Shih for his critique of the proposed Arts School's admission criteria in "Everything but a passion for the arts" (Today, April 7). The proposed Arts School must be clearer about its goals. If it is to develop
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon S&P affirms credit ratings for S'pore
      361 12 Bloomberg Only Asian country rated AAA on par with US STANDARD Poor's reaffirmed its highest credit ratings for Singapore, citing its "enduring fiscal and external strengths and solid economic policy record". The ratings agency has a stable outlook on the assessment, meaning the rating
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      Lock icon CORPORATEbriefs
      125 12 SembCorp Environmental Management's subsidiary, SembWaste Cleantech, will divest its horticulture business to its new joint venture company, SembEnviro Hydroculture, for $540,000. Hydrocul-ture-Scape, a local horticulture company will own 51 per cent of SembEn- viro Hydroculture. SembWaste Cleantech will own 49 per cent. SembCorp Industries, which had tried to privatise
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    • MarketWATCH
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        ST Index- 1901.92 +17.49
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        Lock icon Singapore
        229 12 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday. The ST Index closed up 17.49 points, or 0.9 per cent, at its intra-day high of 1,901.92. Gainers outnumbered losers 214 to 98 as 843.1 million shares were traded. Singapore Press Holdings (SPH] topped gains on capitalrestructuring plans while contract manufacturer Venture Corp led
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        SGX most active
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        SGX top rises
        77 12 By$ Close Change Creative 50 18.900 +0.500 SPH 21.000 +0.500 Venture 21.700 +0.500 SPH100 21.000 +0.400 FSN 14.500 +0.300 UOB 13.700 +0.300 OCBC 12.400 +0.200 Bukit Sem 13.700 +0.100 DBS 14.200 +0.100 GrealEast 11.900 +0.100 By percentage Benefun 20k Close 0.020 Change +33.3 Goldtron 0.025 +25.0 Hua
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        SGX top falls
        83 12 By$ Close Change SIA 200 11.000 -0.200 CITYDEV 6.250 -0.150 CMShekou 100 HKS 8.800 -0.150 Jariline C&C 6.700 -0.150 OUE 6.650 -0.150 AVJennings AS JSH 500USS 2.030 -0.130 5.400 -0.100 Noble 4.540 -0.100 SingamasC2kHKS SIA 4.275 -0.100 11.100 -0.100 By percentage Koh BrosW*****6 Close Change 0.005 -50.0
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        World markets
        54 12 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.66 Change Pis +94.52 +0.94 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd *****.10 3216.30 5858.32 +37.52 +22.60 -8.73 +0.30 +0.71 -0.15 Korea Comp 806.08 +14.95 +1.89 KLCI 790.28 -3.32 -0.42 SET Index 678.67 +4.67 +0.69 lakarta Comp 653.15 -0.17 -0.03 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1383.32 271.79
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        Lock icon Commodities
        27 12 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 423.40 Silver uss/oi 8.19 Platinum uss/oz 883.00 Information provided by Rubber centsAg 232.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1 937 Brent crude uss/barrel 36.36
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 12 US$ 0.5958 UK£ 0.3238 Yen 62.889 HK$ 4.6446 RM 2.2639 Euro 0.4928 Rupiah 5102.04 Baht 23.2915 Peso 33.4862 A$ 0.7823 Indian Rs 25.9067 Won 681.199 C$ 0.781 Yuan 4.9317 NZ$ 0.9071 NTS 19.5851
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      Lock icon SGX net profit nearly triples in 03
      513 14 Dow Jones Strong trading volumes, China-related plays credited with boosting exchange's bottom line SINGAPORE Exchange Ltd (SGX), which runs the country's securities and derivatives market, reported an almost three-fold rise in third-quarter net profit buoyed by strong trading volumes and a rise in
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      Lock icon Malaysian Plantations boardroom fight may complicate any stake sale
      465 14 Bloomberg MALAYSIAN Plantations' board said it was prepared to defend itself after Mr Chua Ma Yu and a group of other shareholders sought to remove six directors from the board, including Mr Amin Shah Omar Shah, a stakeholder, and its chairman,
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      Lock icon Fears over Iraq insurgency hit greenback
      218 14  -  Dow Jones THE SINGAPORE dollar was stronger against its American counterpart late yesterday amid growing concerns about escalating violence in Iraq. At lunch time yesterday, the US dollar was at $1.6740, down from $1.6791 on Wednesday. It traded in an intra-day range of $1.6738
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      Lock icon Ascendas shares rise to record close
      130 14 Bloomberg ASCENDAS Real Estate Investment Trust a Singapore industrial property trust said three of its complexes are almost fully occupied as it has signed up more tenants. At least 95 per cent of The Honeywell Building, Changi International Logistics Centre and the Siemens Center
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Iraq on verge of civil war
      590 16 Agencies One year on, coalition still has no plan for the country, say analysts BAGHDAD One year ago today American forces rolled into the heart of Baghdad, toppling a large statue of president Saddam Hussein to symbolically bring the curtain down on his brutal
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      Lock icon Algerian presidential election is its freest since independence
      158 16 Agencies ALGIERS Algeria's presidential election yesterday was seen as a key test for the country's emerging democracy in the aftermath of a civil war between the secular government and Islamic guerrillas. The poll in the North African country is expected to be
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      Lock icon Jewels in the eyes of the beholder
      84 16 REUTERS Body piercing and tattoos make way. The latest fashion trend to hit the Netherlands is eyeball jewellery. Ms Jannemiek Sonneveld, 27, showing off her "Jewel Eye", pioneered by the Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery. The fashion accessory is made of platinum
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      Lock icon Koizumi to step down as PM in 2006
      179 16 AFP TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi yesterday said he would step down in 2006 after pushing through his reform programmes. "For the next two years, I will have to continue to clench my jaw and stand firm," said Mr Koizumi, whose
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Myanmar junta invites NLD to national convention
        61 16 AFP Myanmars military government has Formally invited political parties, including Ms Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) to a national convention aimed at drafting a new constitution for the country. The NLD has not decided if it will attend [he
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        Lock icon Militant's call to kill Americans
        61 16 Reuters One or Saudi Arabia s most wanted Al Qaeda militants has called on Muslims to kill Americans everywhere and vowed attacks against Arab leaders allied to Washington. A masked man identified as Abdulaziz Al Muqrin said in a video on the Islamic Dirasat website
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        Lock icon M'sia ghostbusters to the rescue
        63 16 AFP Malaysian ghostbusters were called to exorcise spirits at a national service training camp after two groups of youth claiming to have seen ghosts became hysterical, the New Straits Times said yesterday. The youngsters were hospitalised and discharged the next day. A camp instructor said
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Don't drool when watching Miss S'pore
      1038 20  -  mr brown Being a beauty queen may be tough, but it's tougher being a male viewer I FEEL so sorry for the contestants of the recent Miss Singapore Universe pageant It's hard enough to gather the courage to catwalk elegantly in evening wear without
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      WORKING-CLASS DEMON
      1042 22  -  Ross Wallace Like his creators, Hellboy is just an ordinary guy f FORGET the fact that his skin is blood-red and that he has horns sprouting from his forehead. Or the small matter that he was spawned in the underworld. Hellboy is just a regular Joe. At least
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      surERHERO surREME
      324 22 WORRIED the superhero supply may be running low after recent big-screen adaptations of Daredevil, Spider-Man, the X-Men and the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? Those were just a drop in the inkwell. Here's a sampling of movies to come: The Punisher (US release date: April 16) After his wife
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        The young man and the sea
        204 24 THERE may not be as many scuba divers as golfers in Singapore, but the gap is closing. Over the last couple of years, the ranks of divers in Singapore has been increasing steadily, Pannida Sunananta, Assistant Project Manager of Sim Integrated Media, told Today.
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        The Prince and Me
        200 24  -  SERENE FOO BEST described as a cross between The Princess Diaries and Cruel Intentions, The Prince Me is not as good by half. Idealistic pre-med student Paige Morgan (Julia Stiles) wants to become a doctor to help the sick in underprivileged countries and "heal the world",
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        Monster mash
        445 26  -  Ross Wallace Laughs give creature feature dose of humanity IT'S tough to take a movie called Hellboy too seriously. And from the outset of this flawed but funny take on the superhero and horror genres based on a comic book series of the same name it's obvious we're
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