Today, 18 May 2004

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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Tuesday May 18, 2004 mita (P) 002/11/2002
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    Lock icon MTI forecast bright but market plunges
    844 1  -  ValChua Kevin Tan Investors see oil prices, interest rates and China as risks IF THE stock market is supposed to be a barometer for the economy, a strange phenomenon is taking place in Singapore. On a day where the Government upgraded its economic forecast
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    Lock icon Not yet in power but Sonia Gandhi's already in crisis
    559 1 NEW DELHI Indian prime ministerelect Sonia Gandhi faced her first crisis yesterday, before even taking power, when pivotal leftists refused to join her government formally and markets crashed on fears over economic policy. Shares on the Mumbai bourse plunged as
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      31 1 NEWSJW/TEWS Karim Raslan SE Asia's Muslims angered by prisoner-abuse scandal/3 Starry night Bollywood stars in town to grace Indian 'Oscars'/22 M'sia Cup plan Young Lions may play in M'sia Cup tournament/37
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Time for pay rise
      384 2  -  Tor Ching Li NWC urges first wage increase and restructuring THE time for wage restructuring is now, urged the National Wages Council (NWC) yesterday as it released its wage guidelines for the coming year. After nearly a month of deliberations, the council comprising employers, unions, the
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      94 2 The first quarter economic growth may be strong, the rest of the year might not be as good, said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Speaking on the final leg of his visit to China, Mr Lee named several factors that could affect growth. "The risks, firstly, are an economic
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      US not practising what it preaches
      694 3 n EWS&ftmmfiiiL SE Asia's Muslims angered by Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal A GOOD number of South-east Asia's Muslims, long unhappy with the United States' policy in Iraq, would have been angered further by the images of abuse at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison. Indeed, there
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      Lock icon Iraqi council man killed
      330 4 Agencies BAGHDAD -In the latest of a series of blows to the United States-led coalition that is battling a Shia insurgency, the current head of the US-appointed Iraqi I Governing Council, Mr Ezzedine Salim, was killed in a car bomb blast yesterday. Mr Salim's car was
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      Woman killed outside factory
      392 6  -  Jose Raymond Husband out on bail for assaulting her now back in police custody ONE month ago, Krishnasamy Naidu was charged in court for causing grievous hurt to his wife by stabbing her in the abdomen in their Teck Whye Lane flat The 43-year-old taxi driver
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      First weekend day rehab service for elderly, disabled
      181 6  -  Liew Mci Van AGEING Singapore will finally see a much-needed service for the elderly and disabled. For the longest time, day care centres for the elderly have been operating on weekdays only. From May 29, Toa Payoh and Geylang Senior Citizens' Health
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon The ITE route to success
      486 7  -  Ng Shing Vi She opts for the 'dumping ground for bad students' and emerges winner WITH an aggregate of 14 points for her GCE '0' level examination, Ms Fiona Chan had many of the 16 junior colleges and any of the five polytechnics within her
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      Porn video clips: Teacher suspended
      188 7  -  Loh Chee Kong A TEACHER of the Institute of Technical Education, who allegedly showed pornographic videos to his students, has been suspended from his teaching duties while investigations are taking place, said an ITE spokesman yesterday. The ITE started investigations against the married teacher after
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      Hostage at Cotswold Close
      110 7 A YOUNG woman held hostage in her Cotswold Close home last August said her captor demanded $150,000 and threatened to kill her if she didn't comply. Yesterday, Selvaraju Satippan, 46, pleaded not guilty to mischief by fire, kidnapping Ms Nina Varghese, chopping her left forearm, and
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      LTA incentives cannot buy safety awareness
      306 8  -  Timothy Tang Nam Yen Also, it must provide facilities needed by the public I REFER to the article, "LTA makes changes after Nicoll disaster" (Today, May 13). I fail to see how incentives in the form of monetary rewards or penalties would promote safety
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      Aim for 80%, then learn to enjoy life
      260 8  -  Tan Kin Lian LIFE in Singapore schools is stressful. Students compete aggressively for the top position. Many aim to score 100 marks to be better than their classmates. We seem to be teaching the wrong values to our young. They think being
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      Growing old can be enriching, meaningful
      166 8  -  Jeffrey Law Lee Beng I REFER to the insightful commentary, "Who gave old age a bad name" (Today, May 13). Though I agree with the writer that perceptions of old age depend on one's attitude and age, it is sad our society generally believes
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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        Lock icon Singapore
        173 10 Dow Jones SHARES here plunged yesterday as regional markets succumbed to fur- ther selling amid ongoing fears of i high oil prices and a rise in US inter- est rates. The ST Index fell for the fourth day in succession, closing 54.63 points, or 3.1 per cent, lower at
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        SGX most active
        57 10 By volume Wee Poh SingTel Informatics NOL ChinaCast AsiaPharm Chartered FibreChem UnitedTAC Citiraya Close 0.015 2.140 0.330 1.950 0.425 0.460 1.350 0.380 0.745 0.425 Change -0.050 -0.035 -0.110 -0.025 +0.010 -0.030 -0.025 -0.030 -0.015 -2.3 -9.6 -5.3 -5.6 +2.2 -2.2 -6.2 -3.9 -3.4 'OO0 84,985 33,612 30,329
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        SGX top falls
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        World markets
        57 10 Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp KLCI SET Index Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 10,505.05 10,967.65 3,349.400 5,482.96 728.98 781.05 581.61 668.477 1,486.99 245.55 4,505.16 Pis -344.58 -309.21 -17.300 -294.36 -39.48 -12.92 -28.11 -54.232 -34.62 -3.57 -564.71 -3.18 -2.74 -0.51 -5.10
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        Your S$1 buys
        31 10 IIK£ 0.3289 fen 65.905 HKS 4.5281 m 2.2093 Euro 0.4828 Rupiah 5,239.1 Baht 23.765 Peso 32.508 0.8369 Indian Rs 26.515 Won 687.84 cs 0.8060 fuan 4.8016 NZS 0.9598
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        Lock icon Commodities
        27 10 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Sold us$/oi 382.71 iilver us$/oi 5.89, 'latinum us$/oi 810.001 (ubber cents/kg 234.51 'aim Oil RM/tonne 1 896.51 irent crude us$/barrel 38.1
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      SGX to appoint investigator to probe IPO applicants
      268 10 THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) will soon be able to appoint an investigator to conduct checks on initial-public-offering (IPO) applicants, under new listing rules which come into force next month. Such a check could involve the personal and business backgrounds of "two or
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      Lock icon Stocks tumble across Asia
      327 10 Reuters Oil, China, US rate hike spark fall ASIAN stocks tumbled yesterday on fears that record high crude oil prices, a slowing Chinese economy and an early United States interest-rate hike would choke off economic growth. Singapore's ST Index suffered its biggest intra-day drop since March
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      Lock icon 7.5% growth seen for S'pore
      265 12 Bloomberg Third straight quarter of expansion as electronics industry picks up SINGAPORE has raised its growth forecast for this year by 2 percentage points to as much as 7.5 per cent, as a pick-up in the electronics industry helped the economy post its third straight
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      Lock icon S'pore stands by Suzhou park
      89 12 Channel News Asia DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Singapore would continue to play a strong supporting role in the future development of the SingaporeChina Suzhou Industrial Park. New investors have continued to flow into the park, with cumulative direct investments reaching US$l6 billion
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      Lock icon CORPORATEbriefs
      139 12 Dow Jones Singapore Airlines reported yesterday that it filled 66.3 per cent of its capacity in April, up from 58.7 per cent a year ago, when the Sars outbreak was at its peak. The airline filled 72.3 per cent of total passenger seats in April, up sharply from 49.2
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      Lock icon British Virgin Islands to thrive
      219 15 -Dow Jones Task force nod, telecoms advances boost growth A CLEAN bill of health from the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) and advances in telecommunications will help offshore financial centres like the British Virgin Islands (BVI) thrive in coming years, the head
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      Lock icon Japan's surplus hits record $262 billion
      92 15 AFP TOKYO Japan's current account surplus in the year to March rose 29 per cent to hit a record 17.27 trillion yen ($262 billion) on the back of robust trade with Asia, the Finance Ministry said yesterday. The surplus was boosted by a narrower
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      Lock icon Sate to fend off Changi rivals
      312 17 Agencies SIA unit also targets 40% dividend payout SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services (Sats), which controls about 80 per cent of Changi Airport's ground handling business, will defend its market share strongly in the face of increasing competition. Sats group chief executive Ng Chin Hwee
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Gays get licence to marry
      176 18 CAMBRIDGE (Massachusetts) Marcia Hams, 56, and Susan Shepherd, 52, became the first lesbian couple to get their marriage licence after Massachusetts became the first American state to legally allow gay marriages. The couple, who have been together for 27 years, planned to wed this Sunday,
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      Lock icon Bomb attacks target HSBC
      305 18 Agencies Blasts on eve of Blair's visit to Turkey ANKAEA Three homemade bombs exploded in front of branches of HSBC Bank in Turkey's two main cities of Ankara and Istanbul just hours ahead of a visit here by British Prime Minister Tony Blair. A police official
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      Lock icon Beijing threatens, tempts Taiwan
      155 18 Reuters BEIJING Just days before Taiwan President Chen Shuibian is sworn in for a new fouryear term, China yesterday vowed to "crush" Taiwanese independence moves "at any cost" but it also offered to reward the island if it toes Beijing's line. Taiwan's leaders must choose between
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      Lock icon Powell admits to 'inaccurate' claims
      390 19 Agencies Says CIA was wrong about Iraq weapons labs WA»±iii\Lriui\ united states secretary of State Colin Powell admitted the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was wrong about Iraq's purported pre-war mobile biological weapons laboratories the centrepiece of his now famous attempts to convince the United Nations
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Cop denies racism led to Aborigine riot
        82 19 Heroin trade, not racism, was the "true cause" of the conflict between the police and residents of the Redfern suburb in Sydney, said a police sergeant in his submission to a parliamentary inquiry into the riots three months ago. Sergeant Paul Huxtable said
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        Lock icon Aussie scramjet to take off next year
        78 19 AFP The world's fastest air-breathing engine the scramjet will take off from an Australian outback rocket base next year in an experiment that could lead to two-hour jet flights from Australia to Britain. The experiment, which is expected to provide a major boost
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        Lock icon First-time voter registrations down in HK
        63 19 AFP Observers said yesterday that China's hardline ruling against full democracy in Hong Kong has deterred citizens in the city from registering to vote in the Sept 12 legislative elections. Although the government said the 420,000 voter-application forms that had been received exceeded expectations,
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      Lock icon PKB may back Wiranto as Wahid fails test
      154 19 Reuters JAKARTA Indonesian presidential contender and former military chief Wiranto may get the backing of a large rival party after that party's candidate failed a medical test for the July 5 election, an official said yesterday. Endorsement from the Nation of Awakening
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon The flip side of democracy
      1127 20  -  Michael Backman When the electorate is not homogeneous, political freedom tramples good governance. Look what happened in India THE defeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led coalition government and the peaceful transition of power to the Con-gress-led opposition has been portrayed as a sign
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      Lock icon Bollywood INVASION
      739 22  -  Shanoo Maharaj Stars descend on Singapore to grace the Indian equivalent of the Oscars KYLIE Minogue and Las Ketchup have performed at it, Miss World beauty queens have anchored it and movie stars such as Angelina Jolie and Jackie Chan have graced its glitzy functions. No, we're not
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        Lock icon Seeing is believing
        330 24  -  Serene Foo The Great Moscow Circus is back to amaze HE ISN'T called the Circus Superman for nothing. After a traumatic accident during a performance in 1993 when splinters of wood pierced his body, doctors believed circus strongman Fakhridin Akhnazarov would have to live the rest of
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        Lock icon The Apple of Gwyneth's eye
        135 24 Reuters LONDON Oscarwinning Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow has given birth to her first child, a daughter named Apple. Paltrow, 31, and her British husband, Chris Martin, 27, lead singer for the band Coldplay, said they were "ecstatic" after the baby was delivered on Friday following
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        Lock icon Indian woman had two 12cm worms in eye
        186 26 AFP NEW DELHI Two worms measuring 12 cm were removed from an eye of a 64-year-old Indian woman by doctors in the southern Indian state of Kerala, the Press Trust of India reported on Saturday. Doctors at the Malabar Eye Hospital and
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        TAKE CONTROL
        450 26  -  Lynette Leong MADAM Namasivayam Kanaki has been battling asthma all her life. The 51-year-old housewife, who was born with asthma, told Today: "It is really difficult to live with asthma. "Whenever I have the flu or a running nose, I will get an asthma attack. "The last attack
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        Into Spidey's psyche
        70 27 The people behind Spider-Man 2 take you into the superhero's mind by rolling out not one, but three, posters of the movie. Named (from top), Sacrifice, Choice and Destiny, the posters reflect Spidey's emotions as he grapples with being a superhero. The film directed by Sam Raimi
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        Lock icon Lone voice in the box
        404 27 Reuters Hollywood stars say doing voiceovers is fun but it's the loneliest job around CANNES For Hollywood stars living in the glare of publicity, seizing the microphone in a voiceover studio is the perfect antidote. From Will Smith to Julie Andrews, they revel in the
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      362 33 Agencies PRIMERA LIGA Murcia 2 Real Madrid 1 MADRID As Sven-Goran Eriksson prepared to announce his England squad for Euro 2004, his skipper gave a new, worrying demonstration of his impetuous streak by getting sent off for Real Madrid. After growing frustrated
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      336 35 Eriksson confident in Euro 2004 squad LONDON England coach SvenGoran Eriksson yesterday named defenders Ledley King and Jamie Carragher in his 23-man squad for next month's European Championship in Portugal. King, 23, and Carragher, 26, were handed their chances after Eriksson's back-up options for central
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      140 35 Reuters NBA PLAYOFFS Sacramento 104 Minnesota 87 (Series tied at 3-3) SACRAMENTO, California The second-round series between Sacramento and Minnesota is becoming as much about bad tempers as it is great basketball. Peja Stojokivic scored 22 points and Brad Miller contributed 17 as the Kings
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      433 36  -  TANYO-HINN National shuttler attributes title success to gruelling training regime HOW an athlete performs does not always depend on how diligently or conscientiously he trains. It also depends on his attitude to training. National badminton player Kendrick Lee has never underestimated the importance of hard
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      196 36  -  Koh Wei Ling FOOTBALL, AFC CUP Geylang v Island FC, 7.30pm, Bedok Stadium GEYLANG United's Asian Football Confederation Cup clash against Island FC tonight is no longer a formality. To qualify for the quarter-finals, teams who finish second in their respective groups will have their
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      556 37  -  JOSE RAYMOND Proposal discussed at FAS executive council meeting in March THE Malaysia Cup may have ended for Singapore in 1994, but certainly, the traditional rivalry between teams from both sides of the causeway still burns bright This was evident in Sunday's Sultan of Selangor's
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      198 37  -  Stanley Ho THE unassuming young Australian is becoming one of the most respected coaches in the S-League. After winning the S-League Coach of the Year award last season, Geylang United's head coach, Scott O'Donell, has added another accolade to his name the NTUC Income-TODAY
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      143 37 AFP BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said that an announcement by Liverpool concerning his bid to buy a stake in the club was imminent A signing ceremony could be held on Friday. In the meantime, Thaksin acknowledged that he was holding talks with
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        64 37 THE national women's sevens rugby team finished runners-up in the Asian Women's Sevens tournament in Kazakhstan on Sunday. Singapore defeated Thailand (21-17) and Uzbekistan (19-12) and faced favourites Kazakhstan in the final. They were eventually beaten 48-5. Singapore coach Faizal Ahyar said: "The team has
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        91 37 ROME Cash-strapped Lazio have sold Jaap Stam to Italian champions AC Milan for 10.5 million euros ($21.7 million), after the defender turned down a contract extension. Stam's contract at Lazio would have ended on June 30 next year. The 31-year-old joined Milan on a two-year
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        69 37 LONDON Liverpool striker Emile Heskey (picture) is poised to join Birmingham City, the club's manager, Steve Bruce, said yesterday. "We are close to agreeing a new deal and we hope to complete it within the next 48 hours," Bruce said. Birmingham have reportedly agreed
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        65 37 LONDON Tottenham were ready to move for Celtic's Martin O'Neill after telling caretaker manager David Pleat he was no longer needed, it was reported yesterday. The Daily Mail claimed that Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy had told Pleat, in charge since Glenn Hoddle was sacked last
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        82 37 COLOMBO Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahindra Rajapakse is to sue the International Cricket Council (ICC) for banning a delivery bowled by Muttiah Muralitharan. "The Prime Minister has decided to take legal action against the ICC and its decision to prohibit the doosra," a statement
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