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Title Section19 2000-09-02 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday September 2,2000 Price: S$ 1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA 072/08/200019 words
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676 2000-09-02 1 SUSAN LONG - Let those with young children work from home too, says panel looking into declining birth and marriage rates By. SUSAN LONG THE latest measures to address Singapore’s declining marriage and birth rates include steps to give civil servants leave to get married, and to676 words
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Article, Illustration265 2000-09-02 1 YESTERDAY marked the first day for orators at Speakers’ Comer the square of green in Hong Lim park, where any Singaporean can air his view on anything except for topics on race and religion. It saw a cool start in the morning, withSIM CHI YIN - 265 words
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Advertisement67 2000-09-02 1 Courts Hello Kitty Assault: Two Jailed A man (right) and his son, who assaulted a doctor queueing in a McDonald s outlet for Hello Kitty collectibles, were given four months’ jail. page 5 Eworldofsports saga Passports Impounded by CAD The staff of UOB Asia involved in the disastrous initial public67 words
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PRIME
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Article454 2000-09-02 2 M. NIRMALA - Chinese students doing best all round, with Malays and Indians showing big improvement from 10 years ago Bu M. NIRMALA MORE students from all races are now going on to post-sec-ondary education, pushing the national average up to almost 90 per cent. Last year,454 words
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Article, Illustration176 2000-09-02 2 FROM Monday, commuters rushing to work or school can pick up their free copy of Streats from bright orangecoloured booths near bus interchanges, MRT stations and shopping centres islandwide. Streats, the 12th newspaper from media group Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), will be available from 7 am,176 words
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340 2000-09-02 2 Bt/ TAN OOI BOON; NEAL COOKE - Bt TAN OOI BOON and NEAL COOKE MOTORISTS are not required to insure the value of their vehicle’s Certificate of Entitlement (COE), the Land Transport Authority’ has said. They will not suffer any loss on the COE if their vehicle is wrecked or340 words
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404 2000-09-02 2 KAREN WONG - Bn KAREN WONG AN INDONESIAN teenager who hacked into a Singapore server from abroad, and modified it, was slapped with a fine of $15,500 in the Juvenile Court on Wednesday. The 15-year-old private student who later hacked into the same server again404 words
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226 2000-09-02 2 EUNICE LAU - EUNICE LAU FIRST, Singapore-trained nurses were wooed to work in Britain. Now, it appears, health officials from Singapore may be hoping to persuade young Singaporean medical students and doctors being trained in Britain to return home. A senior health official will be visiting final-year226 words
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367 2000-09-02 3 SANDRA DAVIE - SANDRA DAVIE EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT SINGAPOREANS from all walks of life from ministers and industry chiefs to policemen and teachers will soon get a crash course on the basics of life sciences. The National University of Singapore, which has already conducted some for the367 words
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Article708 2000-09-02 3 LAURELTEO - This is one million more than the figure 10 years ago; foreigners now make up one quarter of the total numbers By LAURELTEO Singapore’s population has surged past the four-million mark, with the increase being made up largely through an influx of foreigners. More than708 words
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Article, Illustration249 2000-09-02 3 Bij EUNICE LAU; CHONG CHEE KIN - Bij EUNICE LAU and CHONG CHEE KIN A MAN was found shot dead in the Chin Swee Road area last Saturday night. The victim, Jagabar Sathik, 39, a Singapore permanent resident, was an assistant to a money changer. He was married and had threeNC SOR LUAN - 249 words
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Article, Illustration351 2000-09-02 3 A TOTAL of 296 out of 397 commercial buildings and private apartment blocks which are more than 25 years old have been checked over the past four days, after a scare over contaminated drinking water. The Ministry of the Environment (ENV) said in a press351 words
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HOME
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MAKING SINGAPORE FAMILY-FRIENDLY
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Article, Illustration477 2000-09-02 4 CINDY LIM; and ARLINA ARSHAD - The odds are that young people thrown together will take to each other, so Govt to look into building more hostels CINDY LIM and ARLINA ARSHAD TWO Raffles Hall second-year undergraduates spent so much time rehearsing their lead roles for their hostel’s drama productionGEORGE GASCON - 477 words
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Article, Illustration548 2000-09-02 4 CINDY LIM - By CINDY LIM ONLY three childcare centres in Singapore look after children from two to 18 months and two of them can care for only seven babies at any one time. The three centres are The Children Learning Centre (TCLC) at KK Women’s548 words
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Article452 2000-09-02 4 SUSAN LONG - By SUSAN LONG EMPLOYEES at the Central Provident Fund Board used to saunter in at 8.30 am on Saturdays, work through the morning, then scuttle off to enjoy their I V2 -day weekends as soon as it was 1 pm. Not any more. Now 7 they452 words
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Article, Illustration500 2000-09-02 5 KAREN WONG - Bu KAREN WONG A MAN and his son, who assaulted a doctor queueing in a McDonald’s restaurant earlier this year for Hello Kitty collectibles, were both given four months’jail on Monday. In sentencing lorry driver See Chet Pin, 45, and full-time national500 words
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384 2000-09-02 5 A MAN who poured urine on the face of a woman and punched her boss was described as “thoroughly uncivilised” by the Chief Justice and packed off to jail for four weeks. Car dealer Teo Chui Suwa, 46, had been fined a total384 words
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Article458 2000-09-02 5 LYDIALIM - Give your views as urban planners work on how to make use of the limited land here to house a larger population By LYDIALIM HOUSING CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE could face a shortfall of 4,000 ha of land when its population swells to 5.5 million, which it458 words
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163 2000-09-02 5 THE Government has signed its first agreement with a private-sector company to help bring in 1,000 information technology professionals within a year from the region. The agreement, which will help alleviate the shortage of IT workers here, was signed last163 words
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Article271 2000-09-02 6 It plans to embark on special drive to meet its target of upping membership to 360,000 by the end of next year THE Singapore labour movement is determined to increase its membership by 60,000 workers by the end of next year. The National Trades Union271 words
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Article, Illustration72 2000-09-02 6 MYSTERY HALO: Those who looked up at the sky last Saturday afternoon would have spotted a halo around the sun, as seen in this picture taken along Kim Seng Walk at about 2.45 pm. Excited readers who called The Straits Times with UFO-sightings will be disappointed though. TheDARREN SOH - 72 words
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Page 6 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1062 2000-09-02 6 RADIO SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL (ENGLISH) PROGRAMME SCHEDULES 1100 1400 Hours (GMT) 6015 KHz (49M BAND) 6150 KHz (49M BAND) MONDAY 1100 News 1109 Business Market Report 1115 Arts Arena 1130 News 1135 Wired Up 1145 Newsline 1200 News/Weather (AsiaPacific) 1210 E Z Beat 1230 Business Market Report 1235 The Written Word1,062 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration528 2000-09-02 7 CHANTSE CHUEEN - Top players from Singapore have been receiving offers from Japanese and European clubs since May TABLE TENNIS ill CHANTSE CHUEEN SINGAPORE’S top table tennis players are wanted by clubs in Japan and Europe. Offers to hire them have been pouring in since May, according to the SingaporeALBERT SIM - 528 words
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Article, Illustration305 2000-09-02 7 Ernest Luis - MOTOR RACING Ernest Luis SINGAPORE’S motor racing hope Christian Murchison may have finished second in Australia’s Formula Holden Championship series but he has been voted the Rookie of the Year. He finished second overall in the last race of the eight-leg championship305 words
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Article280 2000-09-02 7 KAREXWONG - S-LEAGUE Bi, KAREXWONG TWO foreign S-league footballers were charged with corruption on Tuesday. Australian Mirko Jurilj, 26, a defender from Sembawang Rangers, and German goalkeeper Lutz Pfannenstiel, 27, from Geylang United, each face three charges of agreeing to accept bribes in exchange for fixing matches280 words
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MALAYSIA
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633 2000-09-02 8 LESLIE LAU - The slowdown in the community's birth rate is not setting off alarm bells because it lightens the burden on the community, say Indian leaders Bu LESLIE LAU IN KUALA LUMPUR INDIAN leaders in Malaysia are not sounding any alarm bells over the declining birth633 words
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Article, Illustration74 2000-09-02 8 PORTRAIT OF HISTORY! Malaysians look at a painting in downtown Kuala Lumpur showing Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and the country’s former prime ministers during an art exhibition. Malaysia celebrated its National Day on Thursday, the 43rd of its history. In a show of national pride, state governmentsAP - 74 words
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511 2000-09-02 8 Bernama, AP KUALA LUMPUR There will be more interaction, especially between the younger leaders of Malaysia and Singapore, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said on Sunday. He said Umno Youth leader Datuk Hishammuddin Hussein w r ould lead a delegation toBernama,; AP - 511 words
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259 2000-09-02 8 Bernama LONDON Two months after running from her parents, 15-vear-old Oxford prodigy Sufiah Yusof has made her plans clear she w r ants a court order to remain with her foster parents and does not want to go back to Oxford University*.Bernama - 259 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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387 2000-09-02 9 LUZBAGUIORO - LUZBAGUIORO PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT MANILA The Philippines on Wednesday came under renewed pressure to get tough with Muslim extremists after its policy of restraint encouraged them to add an American tourist to their growing list of captives. But while politicians espouse military action387 words
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479 2000-09-02 9 ROBERT GO; SUSAN SIM - There is still confusion as to whether Jakarta wants to renegotiate terms of US$5-billion, three-year credit deal %ROBERT GO and SUSAN SIM STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Indonesia has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to postpone an upcoming board review479 words
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408 2000-09-02 9 DERWIN PEREIRA - By DERWIN PEREIRA STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA— Former President Suharto on Thursday failed to show up for trial, further tainting the Indonesian legal system and casting serious doubts on whether Jakarta will be able to pursue its most high-profile corruption case. A panel of408 words
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Article, Illustration163 2000-09-02 9 AFP DILI East Timorese in their thousands on Wednesday commemorated the first anniversary of their costly vote for independence from Indonesia with thanksgiving and prayers for their dead. But in Indonesian-ruled West Timor the pro-Indonesia militia responsible for last year’s post-vote carnage, ran amok beating up journalists, smashingcars– AFP; AP - 163 words
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COMMENT
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Article582 2000-09-02 10 TUESDAY AUGUST 29,2000 ON MONDAY, a governmentappointed committee which had been studying ways of stimulating marriages and births presented more pro-fam-ily measures. Its main recommendations for the Civil Service three days’ paternity leave for up to three children, mothers working from home where practicable, flexible starting times582 words
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Article560 2000-09-02 10 WEDNESDAY AUGUST 30,2000 THE trade agreement which Singapore and New Zealand initialled will not bring down tariffs much lower than they are on either side. That was not the purpose, as both are undistorted economies whose small home markets have made a necessity of integration with560 words
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Article, Illustration755 2000-09-02 10 SIACHEONGYEW - SECOND LAST WORD By SIACHEONGYEW DRAMATIC changes are sweeping the world. With deregulation and liberalisation, we are now competing in a globalised economy. Rapid technological advances are hitting us. Go for skills upgrading to survive the new economy. By now, I can almost755 words
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Article, Illustration1104 2000-09-02 11 LYDIA LIM - MY VIEW By LYDIA LIM THERE was a time when most of us ate simply and fish and meat were seen as festive fare. Now a growing number of us can afford to dine on East-West fusion cuisine and kawa-kawa fish from Fiji- Once weLUDWIG ILIO - 1,104 words
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1202 2000-09-02 11 IRENE N G - THINKING ALOUD B'J IRENE N G EVERY so often, we would peer at our watches. We were waiting for Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s one-on-one meeting with Malaysian Premier Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad to end. It was past the scheduled one1,202 words
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Sharing the nation's wealth with Singaporeans
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Article452 2000-09-02 12 / 13 Government to pay the basic premium for 2 years MediShield Scheme for the Elderly is a scheme introduced by the Government to help elderly Singaporeans aged 61 and above meet the medical cost of major or prolonged illnesses that their Medisave balances may not have enough452 words
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Article, Illustration405 2000-09-02 12 / 13 Government to top-up between $500 and $1,700 The Government will be giving a CPF Top-up to share with Singaporeans some of the wealth resulting from the better than expected performance of the economy. The top-up ranges from $500 to $1,700 and will be paid in 2405 words
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Advertisement18 2000-09-02 12 / 13 You can also visit our CPF website at www.cpf.gov.sg 'Singapore Take QUALITY CLASS Charge Plan Early. Secure Your18 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1862 2000-09-02 14 In his National Day Rally speech, the Prime Minister called on Singaporeans to think and act like revolutionaries to meet the challenges of the new economy. He quoted management consultant Gary Hamel, who thinks that insurgents are defeating incumbents in the new industrialNOEL ROSALES - 1,862 words
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Article, Illustration1407 2000-09-02 15 CHUA LEE HOONG - LAST WEEK IN POLITICS By CHUA LEE HOONG BLAME it on the sexual revolution. The demographic disaster that looms over Singapore has its roots in one simple fact: Women stepped out of the home and into the workplace. If they got back to home andJAHAN - 1,407 words
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498 2000-09-02 15 Sandra Davie - WHAT READERS SAY Sandra Davie IT. IS time to recognise the polytechnic route as a legitimate way to university and allot more places to diploma holders in the local universities. This summed up the thrust of what 46 readers said in response to498 words
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MONEY
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314 2000-09-02 16 Azhar Khalid - Azhar Khalid THE Singapore market ended slightly lower this week on lacklustre trading with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) losing 5.59 points over the week to 2,160.7 points. After a brief rebound on Monday the market fell for the next three sessions but314 words
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Article2371 2000-09-02 16 Company Date ann Net earn TY LY <$m) <$m) EPS TY LY (cts) (cts) Achieva Aug 14 1 3.892 1.886 1.19 0.61 Alexandra Jun 20 P 4.018 0.436 13.4 1.45 Allied Aug 29 F 5.879 5.356 2.7 2.9 Air Ocean Jun 26 P 4.611 3.395 2.02 1.49 Amtek2,371 words
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Article183 2000-09-02 16 BONUS issue ExBooks Acc Company Ratio date dose Paymt Comfort one-for-two Sep 13 Sep 18 NA Lung Kee one-for-four Sep 7 Sep 12 NA Gul Tech one-for*five Aug 23 Aug 28 NA RIGHTS ISSUC ExBooks ACC Company Ratio date dose Paymt OTHERS ExBooks Acc Company Ratio date dose183 words
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Article251 2000-09-02 16 Company Place Date Time G8 Holdings A 29 Loyang Crescent S’pore (*****5) Sep 25 10.00am SingTel A 31 Exeter Road E Comcentre Theatrette 3rd Floor Comcentre 1 Podium S’pore (*****2) Sep 23 2.30pm Vickers Balias E Crystal Ballroom Level 2 Holiday Inn Park View S’pore (*****6) Sep 20251 words
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Article76 2000-09-02 16 Straits Tims Index The Straits Times Index fell 5.59 points on the week to 2160.70 DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday IT-SII Index 2176.1K+ 9.82) 2166.68 9.43) 2165.34 (-1.34) 2147.77 (-17.57) 2160.70 (+12.93) 214.9m ($368.8m) 192.8m ($368.2m) 218.5m ($396.9m) 193.6m ($413.3m) 225.6m ($386.6m) The BT-SRI76 words
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Article707 2000-09-02 16 Payment (cts) Ex date Books close Pay date Australand ASOc f A3.0 Aug 30 Sep 4 Sep 22 Amtek Engrg 20c F 0.8TE Nov 30 Dec 5 Dec 14 BMT $10 F 56 Nov 2 Nov 7 Nov 16 BukitSemb b 20 Sep 4 Sep 7 Sep 15707 words
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Article97 2000-09-02 16 Company Description Presscrete Proposed private placemant Hldgs of 12,000,000 new ordinary shares of S$0.10 each in the capital of Presscrete Holdings Ltd. In-principle approval has been granted by the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Ltd for the listing and quotation of the 12 million ordinary shares of $0.10 each97 words
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Article1870 2000-09-02 17 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Sep 2, 2000 Managers' prices (S$) UNIT TRUSTS Aberdeen Asset Mat Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select PortfolioGlobal MNC Fd 0.954 1.002 Global Technology Fd!** 1.497 1.573 UK Blue ChipFd’** 0.907 0.954 American Opoort Fd 1.092 1.147 Continental Euro Eqty Fd!** 1.226 1.288 Japan Eqty Fd!** 1.448 1.521 Asian1,870 words
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Article, Illustration718 2000-09-02 17 NICHOLAS FANG - Port operator hopes that consultancy it has provided for foreign ports will see a payoff in operating contracts Bu NICHOLAS FANG PSA CORPORATION has been planting more than 100 “seeds’* quietly around the world which, if they bear fruit, could result in a mound ofRAYMOND LEE - 718 words
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309 2000-09-02 17 AZHAR KHALID - Bu AZHAR KHALID THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) will allow remisiers to negotiate freely with their stockbroking houses their share of the commissions ahead of the liberalisation of broking fees in October. The SGX said on Monday that it would amend its309 words
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Article5253 2000-09-02 18 Transaction date: Sep 1, 2000 MULTI INDUSTRY 52-Wk High Low Curr Last Company Traded Sale ♦orVol >000 Day High Low Gr*s Div Net M Cap P/E $mil Wt Avg Price 163 101 m c Acma 50c 113 ♦2 56 113 111 5 14.1 196.1 1115,253 words
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Article1467 2000-09-02 19 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Transaction date: Sep 1,2000 52-Wk High Low Company Last Sale ♦orVol •ooo Day High Low Last Ouote Buyer Seller Wt Avg Price 51.5 12.5 s Acma W*****4 12.5 -0.5 74 13 12.5 12.5 13 13 38 4 s AIITech W*****7 5 unch 6 5 4 4.5 51,467 words
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Article1134 2000-09-02 19 52-Wk High Low Curr Last Company Traded Sale ♦orVol '000 Day High Low Gr's Div Net P/E M Cap $mil Wt Avg Price MANUFACTURING 200 98.5 c AS Auto 10c 109 +1 193 110 109 10 N 43.6 143.1 108 82 48 c ASJ Hldgs20c 52 3.8 11.71,134 words
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Article155 2000-09-02 19 Foreign Currency Note Rates (9am r Sep 1) Buying OD Seliinq Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 0.9840 0.9980 Canadian dollar 1.1560 1.1800 NZ dollar 0.7280 0.7440 Sterling pound 2.4820 2.5080 US dollar 1.7150 1.7260 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling155 words
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Article591 2000-09-02 20 IGNATIUS LOW - Parent UOB declines to name those relieved of duties following outcry and probe into handling of eWOS IPO The eWorldofSports Saga Reports by IGNATIUS LOW FINANCE CORRESPONDENT ,>\LL United Overseas Bank UOB) Asia staff involved in the disastrous eWorldofSports.com (eWOS) initial public offer (IPO) “have591 words
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125 2000-09-02 20 FELISA BATACAN - Bn FELISA BATACAN SINGAPORE’S largest owner of private hospitals, main-board-listed Parkway Holdings, plans to sell its loss-mak-ing Heart Hospital in Central London. Parkway Group Healthcare managing director Lim Cheok Peng told The Straits Times: "We intend to sell the hospital, but so far125 words
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Article, Illustration411 2000-09-02 20 DENESH DIVYANATHAN - By DENESH DIVYANATHAN THE Internet bug has struck again. This time, it has bitten two of Singapore’s most highprofile women Dr Lee Tsao Yuan and Mrs Theresa Foo. Dr Lee, who in May announced her decision to step down as director of the411 words
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363 2000-09-02 20 NICHOLAS FANG - Bn NICHOLAS FANG SINGAPORE-LISTED City Developments’ (City Dev’s) restructuring, announced earlier this year, appears to be paying quick dividend. The property developer on Wednesday turned in strong results for the first half of the year. It recorded a 20.3 per cent increase in363 words
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305 2000-09-02 20 LEONG CHAN TEIK - Bn LEONG CHAN TEIK STOCKBROKER Ong Asia’s net earnings tumbled 69.6 per cent for the half-year ended June to $2.9 million, or 0.71 cent per share the third stockbroker to report falling profit. In its first financial report since it listed in April, Ong305 words
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Advertisement17 2000-09-02 19 SPECIAL INTERESTS The Straits Times Classified. Classifications 52 86. I CATS. Buv It. Sell It. Find It.17 words
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Advertisement1025 2000-09-02 21 The Straits Times Weekly Edition r JURONG BIRDPARK A SmGAPOfiE ZOOLOGICAL GAftoens MARKETING MANAGER (INTERNATIONAL) (Based in Singapore Zoological Gardens) We require a top notch manager to market the Zoo and Night Safari to international tourists as well as to sell the two attractions as venues for incentive and corporate1,025 words
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Advertisement1361 2000-09-02 22 Realise your career aspirations with the organisation that takes them seriously. We’re only as good as our people. Being the market leader in our business testifies to the calibre of our people, a calibre we constantly seek to uphold with timely training and ample opportunity for career advancement. If you1,361 words
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FORUM
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366 2000-09-02 23 I READ with incredulity the remarks of the Minister Without Portfolio Lim Boon Heng regarding the issue of the five-day work week. He asserts that a shift to a shorter working week would send a “wrong signal”, and that “workers throughout the economy” would then366 words
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415 2000-09-02 23 I AM sure Mr Dennis Tan Kheng Jin (see above) will agree readily that looking after children is not a weekend task. It is a seven-days-a-week responsibility. Therefore, it is better to work out flexible hours so that parents can415 words
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Article, Illustration250 2000-09-02 23 FOR more than a decade, I have worked with couples who are going through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) and I share their emotional stress and traum^. It is especially stressful for patients coming from the lower-income group. IVF treatment can be expensive. The cost of treatment escalates250 words
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238 2000-09-02 23 WHILE I fully support PM Goh’s call for a shift from the incumbent mindset, I feel that more specific actions should have been announced to initiate such a shift. One example I can think of is a review of the elitist system in238 words
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310 2000-09-02 23 I TRIED recently to register a domain name with Sgnic, Singapore’s only body for registering third-level domain names. The experience was most disappointing. The website was filled with legalese and technical jargon and little attempt had been made to make310 words
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819 2000-09-02 24 AHMAD OSMAN - Older workers to set aside more in special retirement account; Medisave savings to go up by one point too By AHMAD OSMAN CENTRAL Provident Fund members will be able to put more money into their special retirement accounts with progressively higher payments as819 words
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Article, Illustration286 2000-09-02 24 JOHN COSGROVE - By JOHN COSGROVE IN SEMPORNA. SABAH SINGAPORE’S gutsy team completed the gruelling EcoChallenge expedition race in Sabah on Thursday. They emerged No. 37 in a field of 76 in a competition in which completing the course is a prize in itself. They finished despiteJOHN COSCROVE - 286 words