Today, 16 April 2004

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    11 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Friday Apru 16,2004 mita(p) 002/11/2002
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    Lock icon Unsettling Israeli settlements
    840 1 Agencies Bush's Middle East policy shift angers Palestinians WASHINGTON It has stood for decades, but only took a few hours to change. In a landmark shift in the United States' Middle East policy, President George W Bush yesterday declared that Israel could keep parts of the territory
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    S'pore remade... but more to come
    724 1  -  Lee Ching Wern IT TOOK over 10,000 Singaporeans and more than two years to "Remake Singapore". Yesterday, the exercise finally came to an end with Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, who led the effort, meeting the media with an impressive report card. Of the 74 recommendations
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      46 1 NEWSX^/lEWS Osama's offer A truce with European states but not the US/4 Easier credit MAS relaxes rules on credit card issuance/18 $683 m profit PSA boosted by surge in container volumes/22 Stanley Ho Exclusive: Dalian Shide eyes S-League spot/72 MM far 9i A. V |MHBI| ■■nHBHIMMj
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  • HOT NEWS
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      The means testing health debate
      622 3  -  Tan Hui Leng N E WSSSOUOSOL THE RICH pay more, the poor pay less Acting Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan has been appealing to Singaporeans to understand his fundamental rational for means testing. While the principle is universal, some better-off Singaporeans insist there is an
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      Lock icon 'Osama tape' offers truce with Europe
      311 4 Reuters Experts: Al Qaeda shifting and refining tactics DUBAI In an audacious move, a new audio tape message purportedly from terror chief Osama bin Laden has offered a truce with European countries if they stop attacking Muslims, but not with the United States. "I
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      Lock icon Tung says electoral changes needed
      201 4 Reuters HONG KONG Hong Kong's unpopular leader, Mr Tung Chee-hwa, recommended yesterday that Beijing alter the way it chooses its leaders and lawmakers from 2007. Analysts saw this as window dressing to appease growing calls for change. Mr Tung's recommendations are pivotal because they lay
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      Lock icon Pro-govt Uri Party wins S Korea vote
      110 4 -AFP SEOUL South Korea's pro-government Uri Party won an overall majority in parliamentary polls here yesterday in a stunning victory for impeached President Roh Moo-Hyun, according to exit polls. The progressive Uri Party, which supports Mr Roh's reformist programme, won between 155 and
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Baby steps to infant care
      396 6  -  Tav Tsen-Wave Govt encourages set-up of facilities by showing how easy the process is ALTHOUGH more than a third of the 300 infant-care places here are unfilled, the Ministry of Community Development and Sports wants to double the number of places by April next year
      CHAN CHAO PEH  -  396 words
    • Article
      BT sales drop 6.3%
      230 6 SINGAPORE Press Holdings said daily sales of its sole business newspaper, the Business Times (BT), dropped 6.3 per cent in February year-on-year, citing weak economic conditions. "The residual effect of the Sars crisis continued to impact on business in the first half ended Feb 29, 2004,"
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      Overall crime rate drops 7 per cent
      199 8  -  Raymond Andrew THE OVERALL crime rate in the first three months of this year dropped by 7-per cent compared to the same period last year. Minister of State for Home Affairs Ho Peng Kee announced the good news at the annual Police Workplan
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      Lock icon Transport security to push fares up
      300 8 Newsßadio 93.8 GUARDS, who may be armed, will soon be deployed at a transport station near you because public transport operators SMRT and SBS will be required to deploy their own security personnel at key locations. The move is one of the recommendations made
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    • Article
      Taxing questions on HDB fee hike
      569 8  -  Val Chua First rise in 14 years still raises some eyebrows THE amount is small and it's the first increase in 14 years. Yet, the HDB property tax hike that was announced on Wednesday still raises nagging questions. Why now? And is it absolutely
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      NKF seen as a model organisation
      465 10  -  Lee Ching Wern Foreign kidney centres are keen to learn from it THE NATIONAL Kidney Foundation (NKF) may have drawn flak recently over the size of its reserves and its elaborate donation drives, but established kidney centres from around the world say these traits
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      Autism myth prompts fund-raising problems
      241 10  -  Ng Shing Vi YOU MAY remember the furore in the newspapers early this year when a man slapped a child for touching him in a restaurant. That child, a member of the Autistic Association, had sensory problems, said Dr Bernard Yip, the Autistic Assocation's CEO.
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      Let's preserve the Fabric
      444 14  -  Lai Yiling Karin so that future generations can admire this tribute to the nation's strength I WOULD like to congratulate the organisers of the Fabric of the Nation project MediaCorp and the Ministry of Community Development and Sports (MCDS) for the successful unveiling of the completed
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      Need for safety steps in event of more blackouts
      175 14  -  Michael Chong Mm Fon I WAS one of those affected by Tuesday's blackout, having reached the Choa Chu Kang bus terminal at around 11.55pm. I was surprised that even the street and bus stop lights were affected. Only the MRT station
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      $10,000 deposit for a credit card
      300 18  -  Kevin Tan Now even those who don't have an income can be issued a card The MAS said the relaxation "does not compromise" its objective of discouraging people from spending beyond their means. Mr Mark Rowley, general manager of the Credit Bureau, said the
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      Lock icon CORPORATEbriefs
      158 18 I Dow Jones Channel News Asia Singapore Airlines filled 70.9 per cent of capacity in March, up from 67.3 per cent a year ago. SIA filled 74 per cent of passenger seats, up from 65.9 per cent a year ago. It also filled 68.5 per cent of cargo capacity,
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        Lock icon Singapore
        236 18 Dow Jones Share prices here ended lower in tandem with other regional markets as investor sentiment was hurt by the spectre of a sooner-rather-than-later US interest rate hike. The ST Index closed down 25.29 points, or 1.4 per cent, at 1,844.38. Decliners outnumbered advancers 1 87 to 117, with
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        SGX most active
        55 18 By volume PanpacMed Bio-Treat Intend ChinaFlexP SingTel teia Env Horizon UnitedTAC Qtiraya Adroit Close 0.175 1.260 0.265 0.985 2.270 0.510 0.160 0.945 0.480 0.100 Change +0.060 +0.060 +0.005 +0.015 +0.045 +0.010 -0.005 +0.015 +52.2 +5.0 +1.9 +1.5 +9.7 +6.7 -0.5 +3.2 '000 154,074 43,315 38,796 35,536 29,834
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        SGX top rises
        77 18 By$ iukil Sem Close 13.800 Change +0.100 )io-Treal 1.260 +0.060 3P Bat 3.680 +0.060 'anpacMed 0.175 +0.060 rpv 1.150 +0.060 HTL Int 1.350 +0.050 Was 0.710 +0.050 kia Env 0.510 +0.045 3ec OSS 3.140 +0.040 iPC 2.910 +0.040 By percentage PanpacMed Close < 0.175 Changi +52.: Ibngnam
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        SGX top falls
        75 18 By$ /enlure Close 20.000 Changi -0.701 Creative 50 18.000 -0.401 IMH 400USS 10.600 -0.401 SPH 20.600 -0.301 Noble 4.140 -0.281 ISH 500USS 5.300 -0.251 DBS 13.800 -0.201 F&N 14.000 -0.201 3realEast 11.800 -0.201 XBC 12.000 -0.21 By percentage Wee Poh Close 0.020 Change -20.0 BBR 0.030 -14.3
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        World markets
        57 18 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.40 Change Pis -297.78 -2.46 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries faiwan Wtd *****.26 3425.70 6736.79 -190.60 -15.10 -143.39 -1.50 -0.44 -2.08 Korea Comp 916.31 -1.32 -0.14 KLCI 861.19 -5.10 -0.59 SET Index 701.72 +10.33 +1.49 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B 772.98 1483.20 299.62 -5.00
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 18 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 399.500 Silver uss/oz 7.015 Platinum uss/oz 923.000 Rubber centsAg 237.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1904 Brent crude uss/barrel 32.78 Information provided by
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 18 USS 0.5951 UK£ 0.3323 Yen 64.665 HK$ 4.6406 RM 2.2614 Euro 0.4975 Rupiah 5120.1 Baht 23.373 Peso 33.237 A$ 0.8098 Indian Rs 26.036 Won 686.89 C$ 0.8002 Yuan 4.9259 NZ$ 0.937 NTS 19.591
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      Lock icon A-Reit will distribute $45.5 million to unit holders
      174 22 Agencies ASCENDAS Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit), Singapore's only industrial property trust, will distribute to unit holders a total of $45.5 million, or 8.16 cents per unit, for its financial year ended March 31. The amount is 15-per-cent higher than what A-Reit
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      PSA net profit hits $683m
      328 22  -  Chan Chao Peh Boosted by surge in container volumes PORT operator PSA Group yesterday said that its net profit surged 22 per cent for the year ended Dec 31, boosted by a surge in container volumes and cost-control measures. For the year ended Dec 31,
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      Valuair gets licence to operate
      213 22  -  Chan Chao Peh VALUAIR, the first Singaporebased airline since Silk Air took to the skies in 1989, has received its licence to operate, paving the path for three other budget carriers that are also expected to take off by the end of the year. The
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      Lock icon Retail sales grew 40.5% in February
      289 26 Dow Jones It is Singapore's biggest year-on-year increase since January 2000 SINGAPORE'S retail sales grew 40.5 per cent in February from that of a year ago, helped by purchases of big-ticket items such as cars, jewellery and watches. The increase the biggest year-on-year gain
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      Lock icon Informatics share trade suspended
      223 26 Dow Jones INFORMATICS Holdings shares were suspended from Thursday until it announces its full-year results which could be as late as till the end of this month. This is to "ensure orderly trading of the shares," Informatics said. On Wednesday, the company made a profit warning
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      SingTel is dominant, say its competitors
      201 26  -  Chan Chao Peh PROTEST has greeted SingTel's application to be exempted from being classified as a dominant player in the international capacity services (ICS) market. Under this classification, Sing Tel must provide network capacity to resellers and declare the prices which it charges for
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  • BUSINESS
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      Lock icon MAS – world class in fighting inflation
      730 33  - MAS world class in fighting inflation Andy Mukherjee Bloomberg COMMENTARY Other central banks in Asia can learn from it NO OTHER central bank in Asia has been as consistent in fighting inflation, or as conscientious, as the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). In the past 21 years, consumer prices in
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      1233 33 Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited and its Subsidiaries OFL ceased to operate as a licensed finance company on 3 November 2003 and will remain inactive, except for the holding of investments in properties and subsidiary companies. Following the Scheme, OFL changed its name to OCF Limited. Following the integration of the
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      1424 34 BANK OF SINGAPORE LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) AUDITED BALANCE SHEET AUDITED CASH FLOW STATEMENT as at 31 December 2003 for the financial year ended 31 December 2003 2003 2002 2003 2002 Notes S S ~~~~~~~T7r7~T7^ Casn flows from operating activities SHAREHOLDERS'EQUITY Loss before tax (1,403,413) (4,359,426) s Adjustments for non-cash
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      1335 35 BANK OF SINGAPORE LIMITED (ii) Transactions and balances (d) Foreign exchange risk Foreign currency transactions are translated into the measurement currency using the exchange rates prevailing at the The Bank has no significant concentrations of foreign exchange risk. date of transactions. Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement
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      598 36  -  Fabio Scarpello Community expected to rally behind former general Susilo IT MAY seem like a small number, but among the 450,000 candidates contesting Indonesia's April 5 legislative elections, 280 are ethnic Chinese. Of those Chinese candidates, "20 are expected to win", said Chinese Indonesian Association chairman
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      434 40 Agencies Expert: Foreign civilians lack training to cope with risks in war-torn country BAGHDAD Civilian contractors are sending foreign workers into Iraq with none of the combat-zone awareness training that has become the norm for war correspondents and aid workers, said a British firm which specialises
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      202 40 Reuters WASHINGTON The head of the Central Intelligence Agency did not inform a vacationing President George W Bush in August 2001 that a suspected Islamic extremist had been detected taking flight lessons, the 911 Commission heard. Commissioner Tim Roemer, a former
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        100 42 -AFP earthquake A US geophysicist has set the scientific world ablaze by claiming he could predict earthquakes accurately. Russian-born University of California at Los Angeles professor Vladimir KeilisBorok said he could foresee major quakes by tracking minor tremors and historical patterns in seismic
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        81 42 Reuters Australia announced the abolition of its main Aboriginal body yesterday, saying an experiment in self-determination for the impoverished indigenous community had failed. Prime Minister John Howard said the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission had become obsessed with symbolic issues, rather than delivering basic services
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        81 42 -AFP An employee of auction house Sotheby's New York was charged with stealing tne possessions of the late John Kennedy Jr. Among the 30 or so items stolen are a Father's Day card dating from 1 963, a letter from Britain's Queen Elizabeth II
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      247 42 XL rejects Selangor's plan KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government has shot down a proposal by the state of Selangor to sell cheap houses meant for the poor to rich buyers after the plan sparked public outrage. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the houses
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      177 44 Agencies JOHANNESBURG South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) was heading for a landslide election win yesterday with the electorate handing it a third mandate 10 years after the end of apartheid. The ANC held a commanding lead of 66.6 per cent
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      429 44 -AFP Cheney irks China by reaffirming US commitment to defend island SHANGHAI US Vice-Presi-dent Dick Cheney reaffirmed America's commitments to arm Taiwan yesterday, despite strong pressure from China not to send the "wrong signals" to the island. "We are obligated under that act (Taiwan
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      101 44 -AFP COLOMBO Sri Lanka's Tiger rebels have named the poisonous glory lily as their "national flower" and asked residents in rebel-held areas to grow the tropical creeper, a pro-rebel website reported yesterday. The yellow and red flower shares the colours of the Tamil Tigers' flag,
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      70 46 AFP I Sisters Pam Gregory (left) and Angle Longford, owners of G&L Garden Center, adjusts a sarong to fit a concrete lawn statue on sale in Hartsville, Tennessee. Several statues were draped with the home-made covers after passers-by complained about nude figures displayed at the centre's
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      1278 48  -  mr brown When urban softies woke up to the uncertainties of power failure WHEN I told everyone that the west and far north bits of Singapore were ulu, people said I was a Eastern-living snob. Well, there you have it proof of ulu-ness as large parts of
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      556 50  -  Elisa Chia Jerri Manthey, twice-booted from Survivor, has clawed her way from girl-most-hated to semi-celebrityhood SO, YOU'RE a Survivor fan? That sure speaks a lot about your "desire to see other people suffer", Jerri Manthey suggested with a caustic laugh. Claws were already out minutes into her
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      492 52  -  Serene Foo Thai kickboxing champ discovers his feminine side for film THAI kickboxing champ Asanee Suwan can endure all manner of physical blows in the ring. But when he had to play famed transvestite kickboxer Parinya Charoenphol now a woman after going under the knife in the
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        460 54  -  Yong Shu Chiang Efforts of Stiller, Wilson will keep you laughing FILM REVIEW Starsky and Hutch GETTING your nuts caught in your zipper is painful. Having it exhibited for all to see is excruciating excruciatingly funny when Ben Stiller's the victim. Stiller's very public humiliation in films
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        268 56 Stephen Fung's debut film shows promising flair FILM REVIEW by serene foo~] Enter the Phoenix THE most important thing for a film director to have, in my book, is a signature style. It doesn't matter if the film has more style than substance, or vice versa.
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        168 58  -  YONG SHU CHIANG FILM REVIEW BY Zatoichi TAKESHI Kitano, one of those performers who cannot fail to be cool, has an eccentric sense of humour and an original vision that never fails to come through in his films. In Zatoichi, Kitano plays the title
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        288 60 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter First two arrests of movie pirates using camcorders in cinemas made in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES The lobby group for Hollywood's top studios announced on Wednesday the first arrests under a new California law targeting movie pirates who use camcorders in cinemas. Mm Jae Joun was
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        206 60  -  Tan Hui Leng FANN Wong would have you believe that she has weight problems, too. At the launch of slimming product Xando Tablet on Wednesday which Farm is endorsing the MediaCorp artiste claimed it helped her shed 2kg in just one month. The 1.71m-tall artiste,
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        189 60 MARINE leisure and boating fanatics can expect a splash at Boat Asia 2004. Held at Sentosa Cove, the pre-eminent leisure boat exhibition opened yesterday and is on from 10am to 6pm daily until Sunday. Over 70 companies from 15 countries are showcasing
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      534 67 Reuters Wenger praises team's fire, warns of complacency ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Arsenal v Leeds LONDON Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal need to make the most of their final three home matches, starting against struggling Leeds United today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time), if they want to make sure
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      588 68 .Spaniard claims intimate knowledge of footballer as proof of their affair LONDON--Rebecca Loos '(picture) said i'yesterday she mas ready to tell ,a court about tynarks on David feeckham's most B"intimate parts" to prove her claims of an affair are true, The Sun. In a TV interview
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      285 68 Agencies LONDON Two days ago, reports first emerged that Manchester United's Ruud van Nistelrooy was a target for Barcelona in the summer. The celebrated Dutch striker publicly denied the story, but yesterday The Sun reported that despite his denials, Van Nistelrooy's
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      292 68 LONDON -Claudio Ranieri's future at Chelsea hinges on what will transpire in the Champions League. The Italian coach and club chief executive Peter Kenyon had what was reported to be a cordial meeting lasting just over an hour at Stamford Bridge on
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