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Title Section19 2001-01-13 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday January 13,2001 Price: S$ 1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA 072/08/200019 words
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464 2001-01-13 1 LAUREL TEO - Bedok plant’s Newater is purer than tap water, but a restructured PUB will also call for tenders for supply of desalinated saltwater *L LAUREL TEO NEW water for old; ultra-clean water for the stuff that now simply goes down the464 words
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Article, Illustration184 2001-01-13 1 JULYNKAXG - Ĕ!L JULYNKAXG A 41-year-old woman who is alleged to be the owner of an all-women pornographic VCD sales outlet in Peninsula Plaza faces up to three months in jail and fines. Lim Kwee Kee is charged with having 4,239 pieces of VCDs and DVDs containingLIANHE ZAOBAO - 184 words
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Article249 2001-01-13 1 ONE of two primary school teachers investigated in separate molest probes faces 24 charges for molesting four schoolgirls at school. He allegedly molested one of the girls 17 times, touching her private parts or rubbing himself against her. The other teacher, who teaches at a249 words
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Advertisement52 2001-01-13 1 Corporate news SPH Stalwart To Retire Singapore Press Holdings deputy president Denis Tay will call it a day on March 16 after 37 years of service. page 3 M ARKET BLAZE Telok Blanqah Fire Police are probing several possibilities, including arson, for Thursday s late-night blaze which damaged two stalls.52 words
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PRIME
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549 2001-01-13 2 SITIANDRIAME - S pore may not attain projected 5- to 7-per-cent growtn if low US consumer confidence dashes hope of soft landing *L SITIANDRIAME A SUDDEN drop in consumer spending in the United States could spell trouble for Singapore, said Senior Minister Lee549 words
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Article344 2001-01-13 2 NARENDRA AGGARWAL - By By NARENDRA AGGARWAL ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT MALAYSIA has surged past the world’s largest economy, the United States, to become Singapore’s top trading partner for the first time in five years. Two-way trade across the Causeway hit an all-time high of $75.7 billion for the first344 words
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Article, Illustration338 2001-01-13 2 LESLIE KOH - By LESLIE KOH TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE Expo is now just a train ride away, with the opening of the Expo MRT station on Wednesday. Trains will shuttle between Tanah Merah and the new station every 15 minutes. More trains will beAZIZHUSSIN - 338 words
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Article, Illustration419 2001-01-13 3 SALMA KHALIK - *L SALMA KHALIK SINGAPORE Press Holdings deputy president Denis Tay will retire on March 16, after 37 years of service. SPH executive chairman Lim Kim San said Mr Tay, 60, had served SPH and its predecessor companies with distinction. Mr Tay, who hasPROJECT EYEBALL - 419 words
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616 2001-01-13 3 LOUISE BRANSON - Leading US political journal ranked it ahead of 49 developed nations and emerging markets for its openness and integration with other countries LOUISE BRANSON IN WASHINGTON SINGAPORE has been ranked the world’s most “globalised” nation in a report published in a leading American political616 words
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317 2001-01-13 3 JASON LEOW - JASON LEOW ROSY economic growth last year helped fatten pockets in Singapore, but it is anybody’s guess which way salaries will go this year with the economic uncertainties. A survey by international management consultants Hewitt Associates revealed that salaries went up by an317 words
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384 2001-01-13 3 ALETHEA LIM - JAIL FOR RAPIST UNCLE *l ALETHEA LIM A 39-YEAR-OLD storekeeper who raped his 11-year-old niece on three occasions was yesterday sent to jail for 24 years and ordered to be given the maximum 24 strokes of the cane. He cannot be named384 words
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HOME
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447 2001-01-13 4 SALMA KHALIK - Bold move allows these doctors to send their patients to public hospitals; govt doctors can take on private patients for a fee SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT PRIVATE-SECTOR specialists can now place their patients in public hospitals, under a bold plan by the Health447 words
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Article, Illustration70 2001-01-13 4 HANDS UP IF YOU LAUGH: Members of the Changkat CC on Thursday gathered to practise laugh therapy that went by the names lion laugh, swinging laugh, one-metre laugh and the teh tarik laugh. The exercise is believed to reduce stress. The Laughter Yoga exercise madeTAN SUAN ANN - 70 words
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352 2001-01-13 4 BRENDAN PEREIRA - By BRENDAN PEREIRA MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR Academic Lily Zubaidah Rahim has expressed sadness that her book on Malays in Singapore had been misunderstood and used to “settle scores with neighbouring countries”. She said that she was moved to clarify her views from352 words
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240 2001-01-13 4 FISH from Malaysia is okay, but bringing Malaysian bak kwa (sweetened barbecued pork) into Singapore will land you in hot soup. With Chinese New Year just two weeks away, the Agrifood and Veterinary Authority (AVA) expects more people to return with food from240 words
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211 2001-01-13 4 CHONG CHEE KIN - bsl CHONG CHEE KIN SINGAPORE’S relentless war on drugs has paid off, with the number of drug abusers caught falling to a 15-year record low of 2,324 in the first nine months of last year. But Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng, who211 words
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Article400 2001-01-13 5 MARGARET PERRY - 126 new cases of hand, foot and mouth disease were seen last week but taskforce says overall situation remains under control *L MARGARET PERRY A TOTAL of 126 new cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) were seen here last week, a significant400 words
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Article, Illustration415 2001-01-13 5 ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM - ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM IN SAN FRANCISCO FORMER Singapore Airlines steward Zaini Jeloni, who was jailed in a California prison for killing his female colleague, was freed on Monday morning here, but found himself sent promptly to another detention centre415 words
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Article, Illustration37 2001-01-13 5 lIEIH VCAD ITICCCC. NEW YEAR Aloooo! Reptile-keeper Jonathan Kang gets intimate with a Burmese rock python at the Golden Snakes Lunar New Year Exhibition launch at Chinatown Point earlier this week. SEAH KWANG PENGSEAH KWANG PENG - 37 words
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400 2001-01-13 5 LEONG WENG KAM - *L LEONG WENG KAM THE Central Provident Fund (CPF) top-up scheme should not be seen as an automatic entitlement but a sharing of the country’s budget surplus, said Health and Second Finance Minister Lim Hng Kiang yesterday. The scheme is for all adult400 words
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472 2001-01-13 6 f M. NIRMALA - Panel of international experts advising Singapore also suggests that the university should have a practical bent in f M. NIRMALA SET up a fourth university with a practical bent that provides training up to degree level for adults across different age472 words
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403 2001-01-13 6 PAULINE LEONG - PAULINE LEONG ADVENTURE-TOUR operator Wong Yuen Lik is looking for 100 volunteers to repair an old primary school in Tibet and add a new block to it. To be called Operation Tashi Deleg, the Singaporean community project, probably the first in Tibet, will benefit403 words
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Article, Illustration105 2001-01-13 6 MEDIACORP actress Vivian Lai Yi-lin, 24, was fined $1,900 and banned from driving for 15 months on Wednesday for committing three traffic offences. The 1999 Star Search winner, who did not have a Singapore driving licence, was driv- ing her father’s car on Aug 1LAU FOOK KONG - 105 words
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251 2001-01-13 6 SHARMILPAL KAUR - By SHARMILPAL KAUR BUSES, taxis and lorries here could be running on clean natural gas instead of dirty diesel in a few years, if a trifd run of this new fuel shows it is commercially viable. The trial, using a fleet of 30 SBS251 words
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364 2001-01-13 6 BRAEMA MATHI - By BRAEMA MATHI COMMUNITY CORRESPONDENT THE elderly will soon be able to turn to one of six “neigh-bourhood-link” centres for their social-service needs. The centres will give them information on how to get their wounds dressed or where they can go to learn364 words
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214 2001-01-13 7 Channel U signs deal with CTV and TVB SPH Mediaworks, the broadcast arm of media giant Singapore Press Holdings, has given its programming another boost by tying up with Taiwanese broadcaster China Television (CTV). The two-year alliance will provide Channel U, MediaWorks’ Mandarin214 words
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387 2001-01-13 7 LEE SU SHYAN - It makes comeback after losing out to Australia last year, coming in first in two out of four areas reviewed in NUS study technical service and pricing *IL LEE SU SHYAN SINGAPORE has regained its crown as the region’s most competitive telecommunications hub after387 words
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Article, Illustration262 2001-01-13 7 SINGAPORE’S first production of stamp coins went on sale on Thursday. A stamp coin features a stamp reproduced on a gold or silver coin and is fully backed by the Singapore Mint, according to the face value of the stamp. TheseWONG MAYE-E - 262 words
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431 2001-01-13 7 LIANG HWEE TING - ĔIL LIANG HWEE TING A RASH of flu cases, not unlike the epidemic of the past two years, is making a reappearance. And children seem to be the main victims. Doctors at the children’s emergency department at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital have431 words
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Article114 2001-01-13 7 FOUR days after a woman was found stabbed to death in her flat in Sembawang, police believe they have her killer. They arrested a 29-year-old man on Wednesday in his flat in Marsiling Road. He is related to the dead woman, Madam Zaiton Abu Bakar, 45.114 words
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Article, Illustration420 2001-01-13 8 LAURELTEO - ĔIL LAURELTEO BENCOOLEN Street may soon lose its reputation as Backpacker Land when two more budget hostels in the area shut down at the end of this month. At least three have already closed shop because the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) did not renew theirJOYCE FANG - 420 words
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Article172 2001-01-13 8 DEBBIE GOH - §IL DEBBIE GOH THE liberalisation and growth of the Singapore media industry have prompted the Singapore Polytechnic to set up a new course to meet the increased demand for trained media practitioners. The three-year diploma in Media and Communication will begin in July, said the172 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1061 2001-01-13 8 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 Word1,061 words
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SPORTS
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350 2001-01-13 9 GERARD WONG - S-LEAGLE SOCCER *L GERARD WONG AMBITIOUS Clementi Khalsa is on the verge of keeping its promise to sign a quality Japanese player for this season’s S-League campaign. The West Coast side will fly in two J-League footballers next week for trials, team manager Balbeer350 words
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Article, Illustration163 2001-01-13 9 SAILING DEFENDING champion Gotcha Lagi of Malaysia drove into a storming finish to win Race Two of the Straits Regatta on Thursday. Having finished last in Race One, what was Wednesday’s wayward wind off the Raffles Marina turned into a howling monsoonONG WAN SHU - 163 words
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RADMINTON
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363 2001-01-13 9 GERARD WONG - The 36-year-old former world champion signs two-year, part-time contract to take charge of the men’s singles team By GERARD WONG FORMER ace Chinese 4>adminton player Zhao Jianhua has renewed his ties with the Singapore Badminton Association by becoming its latest men’s singles coach. The363 words
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427 2001-01-13 9 GERARD WONG - Bij_ GERARD WONG THE Singapore Open will return this year with a new scoring system. According to Singapore Badminton Association secretary Robin Chan, the national body is determined to revive the World Grand Prix event after scrapping it last year because of a427 words
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MALAYSIA
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297 2001-01-13 10 Countering a proposal from PM Mahathir for a dialogue on Malay unity, opposition leaders want talks on national issues instead AP, The Star/Asia News Network KUALA LUMPUR Opposition leaders have asked Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad to meet them for talks on– AP,; *, The Star/Asia News Network - 297 words
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179 2001-01-13 10 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s new top judge Tan Sri Mohamad Dzaiddin Abdullah started work in court yesterday amid pleas from lawyers to restore the judiciary’s tarnished reputation to its “glory days”. “I hope you will bring back the glory days of the judiciary,”– AFP - 179 words
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Article258 2001-01-13 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s Internal Security Act (ISA) may be used against website hackers, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Zainal Abidin Zin has warned. He said the authorities so far had failed to arrest any hackers as they used false identities. “As smart as theyBernama - 258 words
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144 2001-01-13 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has confirmed that a Cabinet reshuffle is imminent. Asked when an announcement would be made, he said he needed time to make a thorough study. “God willing, hopefully soon. This is a government,Bernama - 144 words
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Article, Illustration74 2001-01-13 10 ERRANT S'PORE MOTORISTS NABBED: One of 132 Singaporean motorists stopped in Johor Bam on Monday for outstanding traffic summonses, this man as well as all the others paid his fine. Johor Traffic chief Hasanudin Hassan said RM 14,110 (556,310) in fines was collected. Police are targetingTHE SUN - 74 words
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313 2001-01-13 10 Bernama PENANG Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi hit out at those who criticised Chinese lobby group Suqiu for retracting its demands on the special privileges of the Malays, saying that the critics were frustrated that “there is nothing else to talk about”. “TheyBernama - 313 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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269 2001-01-13 11 ARTURO BARIUAD - B yi ARTURO BARIUAD STRAITS TIMES PHILIPPINES BUREAU MANILA In a bizarre twist of irony, a senator sitting as a judge in the landmark impeachment trial of President Joseph Estrada found himself accused of corruption. Senator Renato Cayetano was accused of pocketing huge269 words
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155 2001-01-13 11 AFP MANILA A wave of deadly bombings in Manila just before the new year could be linked to the Christmas Eve bomb attacks on Indonesian churches, Philippine National Police Chief Panfilo Lacson said on Wednesday. “It appears that there is a link between the– AFP - 155 words
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319 2001-01-13 11 EDWARD TANG - The financial schemes promised by his party are estimated to cost the govt billions of dollars By EDWARD TANG THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK There will be no political honeymoon for Thai Prime Minister-elect Thaksin Shinawatra. Barely three days after his massive election victory, the319 words
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148 2001-01-13 11 AFP JAKARTA Seven bodies, including those of the provincial chiefs of police and military, were found on Wednesday in the wreckage of an Indonesian navy plane which crashed on a jungle-clad mountainside in the easternmost province of Irian Jaya. Another two people both crew– AFP - 148 words
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Article, Illustration67 2001-01-13 11 CRACKDOWN ON CRACK! A Thai policeman displaying packets of drugs to the press on Tuesday, after a massive haul from two fishing trawlers in the Andaman Sea. Compressed heroin worth about two billion baht (SsBo million) was found, along with five million amphetamine pills. Police believe theAFP - 67 words
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249 2001-01-13 11 DERWIN PEREIRA - By DERWIN PEREIRA STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA More than 50,000 supporters of embattled President Abdurrahman Wahid are heading for the capital next week for a possible showdown with anti-gov-ernment forces plotting to topple the Muslim cleric. Facing both camps will be a 40,000-strong249 words
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COMMENT
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Article587 2001-01-13 12 MONDAY JANUARY 8,2001 THE Prime Minister’s caution to religious activists last week had an urgency which should not be mistaken by the intended audience for a mere lament. It was a yellow-card warning period. His proposition, in paraphrase, is well understood: Race and religious harmony in a multi-cul-tural587 words
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Article581 2001-01-13 12 THURSDAY JANUARY 11,2001 SINGAPORE and American negotiators were due to resume talks overnight in Washington for a free-trade agreement (FTA) that would also have security implications for South-east Asia. It would be the United States’ first FTA with an Asian country, and anchoring that in this581 words
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Article, Illustration931 2001-01-13 12 h CIIL A I.EE HOONG - SATURDAY With h CIIL A I.EE HOONG THERE was this news item I caught briefly on television on the last day of last year, smack in the middle of other programmes about the partying going on around the country. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong was931 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration937 2001-01-13 13 TAN 001 BOON - MY VIEW B,j TAN 001 BOON IT USUALLY starts with loud banging on the door in the middle of the night. Then threatening messages are spraypainted on the wall. This is not all. Flower pots are smashed and animal innards and other wastesLUDWIG ILIO - 937 words
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909 2001-01-13 13 With ASAD LATIF - HEART TO HEART With With ASAD LATIF DEAR Simran, You chose to leave this world just as your father found out that you had altered your examination results. I am not blaming your father. He wanted the best in the world for you. I909 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1998 2001-01-13 14 SALMA KHALIK - By SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT IT ALL started with the news that Singapore General Hospital is in talks with the Parkway Group to lease clinic space either at Mt Elizabeth Medical Centre or Gleneagles Hospital. Letter writers to The Straits Times arguedNOEL ROSALES - 1,998 words
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1079 2001-01-13 14 HAN FOOK KWANG - THINKING ALOUD By HAN FOOK KWANG IF YOU believe all the things being said in the newspapers and on television, you would think that we just had a really terrible year. And, that if it was indeed bad for you,1,079 words
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MONEY
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Article258 2001-01-13 16 CheeJannPerng - CheeJannPerng THE Singapore bourse was back to its old listless form less than a week after US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan took global stock markets by surprise with an unexpected 50 basis-point cut in interest rates. Trading volume remained thin and investors were still on258 words
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Article2502 2001-01-13 16 Net earn EPS Date TY LY TY LY Company ann (sm) (sm) (cts) (cts) ASTI Sep 05 I 6.182 2.476 4.69 2.39 ABR Hldgs Sep 19 I 2.343 0.491 1.21 0.26 ACE Dynamics Sep 05 I 0.537 0.517 0.54 0.63 Acma Sep 29 i 4.088 6.114 2.40 3.702,502 words
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Article208 2001-01-13 16 BONUS ISSUE Ex- Books Acc Company Ratio data close Paymt Noel Gifts one-for-two Jan 8 Jan 11 NA Allied one-for-two Dec 20 Dec 26 NA Strike one-for-one Dec 6 Dec 11 NA RIGHTS ISSUE Ex- Books Acc Company Ratio date dose Paymt China one-for-four Dec 13 Dec 18208 words
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Article170 2001-01-13 16 Company Place Date Time Avimo A The Regent S'pore Mar 5 11.30am Tanglin IV Level 2 1 Cuscaden Rd S'pore (*****5) Spore E 9 Raffles Place Jan 31 10.30am Finance #61-00 Republic Plaza S'pore (*****9) Hong Leong E 9 Raffles Place Jan 31 11.00am Finance #61-00 Republic Plaza170 words
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Article82 2001-01-13 16 Straits Tines Index The Straits Tines Index fad 55 points on the «reek te 1,919.82 points DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1951.2 (-23.62) 182.6 m <5475.9m) Tuesday 1968.07 (+16.87) 222.3 m ($531.4m) Wednesday 1969.91 1.84) 265.1 m ($534.1m) Thursday 1915.02 (-54.89) 203.8 m ($491.8m) Friday 1919.82 4.80) 199.882 words
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Article376 2001-01-13 16 Payment Ex Books Pay (cts) date close date AP Breweries F 9N Feb 28 Mar 5 Mar 16 Avimo 20c F 43 Mar 13 Mar 16 Mar 28 Avimo 20c F I.7TE Mar 13 Mar 16 Mar 28 Casa 10c b 0.5 Apr 16 Apr 19 Apr 27376 words
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Article161 2001-01-13 16 Company Description Spore The company announced that Reinsurance SGX had given in-principle approval for the proposed sub-division of each existing ordinary share of S1.00 each into 5 ordinary shares of $0.20 each. Flairis Tech Proposed Bonus Issue of 113,912,510 new ord shares of par value $0.10 each on161 words
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Article2541 2001-01-13 17 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Jan 13,2001 Managers' prices (Ss) UNIT TRUSTS Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNC Fd 0.832 0.875 Global Technology Fd!** 0.857 0.900 UK Blue Chip Fd!*’ 0.843 0.886 American Opport Fd 0.884 0.929 Continental Euro EqtyFd!** 1.166 1.226 Japan Eqty Fd!** 1.161 1.220 Asian2,541 words
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Article167 2001-01-13 17 Foreign Currency Note (9am, Jan 12) Buyinq OD Rates Sellinq Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 0.9660 0.9790 Canadian dollar 1.1490 1.1730 NZ dollar 0.7740 0.7910 Sterling pound 2.5860 2.6130 US dollar 1.7290 1.7410 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 11.87167 words
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237 2001-01-13 17 Bn NARENDRA AGGARWAL - All firms in S’pore with paid-up capital of over $500,000 must join Singapore Business Federation Bu Bn NARENDRA AGGARWAL ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT SUPER C, the soon-to-be-born super chamber of commerce for Singapore businesses, will get a big boost next month when a Bill237 words
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385 2001-01-13 17 DENESH D IVY AN AT H AN - By J By DENESH D IVY AN AT H AN TECHNOLOGY REPORTER FRANCE Telecom's wholly owned mobile phone arm, Orange, is in active discussions with Ml’s shareholders to acquire Cable Wireless’ (C&W) 15 per cent stake in the mobile operator. It is385 words
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286 2001-01-13 17 LEONG CHAN TEIK - br. LEONG CHAN TEIK A NEW fund-management company has come to town with its eye on the billions of investible Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings as well as the institutional market. US-based Zurich Scudder Investments, among the world’s 20 largest investmentmanagement firms,286 words
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Article5056 2001-01-13 18 Transaction date: Jan 12,2001 MULTI INDUSTRY 52-Wk Curr Last Vol Day Gr's Nat M Cap Wt Avg High Low Company Traded Sala »or- 'OOP High Low Pi» Sb P/C Smil Prica 158 65 me Acmasoc 67 -0.5 214 68 66 5 8.4 116.3 67 43.55,056 words
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Article1272 2001-01-13 19 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Transaction date: Jan 12 t 2001 j 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Wt Avq High Low Company Sale ♦or- 'OOO High Low Buyer Seller Price 47 1.5 s Acma W *****4 2 unch 10 2 2 1.5 2.5 2 26.5 2.5 s All Tech WOlOBO7 31,272 words
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Article1159 2001-01-13 19 52-Wk Curr Last Vol Day Gr's Net M Cap Wt Avg High Low Company Traded Sale +or- 'OOP High Low Ply P/E Smll Price MANUFACTURING 200 71.5 c* AS Auto 10c 74 unch 377 75 72.5 lON 29.6 97.2 77 82 30 c ASJ Hldgs 20c 51 3.81,159 words
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363 2001-01-13 20 NARENDRA AGGARWAL - Smaller European economies are keen and the Republic hopes to interest the EU, says Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo By NARENDRA AGGARWAL ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE wants to have a bilateral free-trade agreement (FTA) with Europe, in addition to the pacts it is negotiating363 words
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Article, Illustration343 2001-01-13 20 NICHOLAS FANG - By NICHOLAS FANG TRANSPORT REPORTER SINGAPORE port operator PSA Corporation handled a record 17.04 million boxes at its local operations last year, a 7-2 per cent increase over its performance in the previous year. The year-on-year increase of some 1.1 million343 words
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Article198 2001-01-13 20 SINGAPORE Power, Singapore’s main electricity supplier, is asking investment banks to pitch for the job of managing its first-off share sale, one of the biggest from the city-state slated for this year. The invitation signals the Government’s resolve to resume its delayed plan to198 words
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Article, Illustration343 2001-01-13 20 CHEE JANN PERNG - By CHEE JANN PERNG COMPANIES REPORTER SEMBCORP Utilities, a subsidiary of SembCorp Industries (SCI), is considering an investment of about $l5O million into the construction of Singapore’s first natural gas liquid plant. The company is carrying out a feasibility study which it expects toARTHUR LEE/BT - 343 words
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Advertisement16 2001-01-13 19 TRAVEL GUIDE The Straits Times Classified. Classifications 573 587. CATS. Bay It. Sell It. Find It.16 words
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Advertisement963 2001-01-13 22 EAST SHORE HOSPITAL (A Parkway Group Healthcare Facility) We are looking for dedicated and dynamic team players who enjoy working in a challenging environment to join us in our Eastern Specialist Centre (Bedok) as: ASSISTANT MANAGER Responsibilities: Responsible for the daily smooth operations of the Centre Gather statistics, track and963 words
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FORUM
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Article, Illustration148 2001-01-13 23 MANY of us have been getting on very well without that big bang over the Chinese New Year and there is no reason why this should be re-introduced through the new Technocracker, as reported in “Blast this without getting busted” (ST,DARREN SOH - 148 words
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246 2001-01-13 23 Given that both smokers and their families are exposed to the harmful effects of the chemicals contained in every stick of cigarette, isn’t it time the Government implemented more measures to stamp out this deadly addiction? Everyone has a right to246 words
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820 2001-01-13 23 I REFER to your editorial, “Let 2001 be placid” (ST, Jan 1). Your editorial argued that “certain events in Malaysia and Indonesia have emboldened a growing number of individuals here in seeking to re-design the long-established Chinese-Malay compact”. It cautioned on the dangers of820 words
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197 2001-01-13 23 I READ with interest the reports, “Post agencies in spat over mail delivery” and “Bypassing Sing Post: Was cost a factor?”, and the Forum letter, “Sing Post will replace spoilt stamps”, in The Straits Times of Jan 4. Since around Nov 21 last197 words
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Article121 2001-01-13 23 I RECEIVED a parcel from France last Thursday. However, the postmarked date on the package said “August 2000”. Although it was sent by ordinary surface mail, I am still appalled that it took so long to reach me. Another factor seems to have contributed121 words
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Article, Illustration301 2001-01-13 24 IRENE NG - SM reacts sternly to the idea of dipping into reserves to offset health costs of aged, as Bill on income from reserves is debated By IRENE NG POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT A SUGGESTION to use part of the nation’s financial reserves to subsidise health-care costs301 words
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Article, Illustration206 2001-01-13 24 SELINA LUM; rmr/JULYN KANG - By SELINA LUM rmr/JULYN KANG A LATE-NIGHT fire that damaged two stalls at the Telok Blangah Rise market on Thursday broke out at one stall located next to a fuse box. But it is too early to say if the fire was causedDARREN SOH - 206 words
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403 2001-01-13 24 LESLIE KOH - BIL LESLIE KOH FIRE insurance goes for as little as S2O a year, but many wetmarket stallholders believe it is unnecessary as they tend to store very little in their stalls. With most of their meat, fish or vegetables sold by the time403 words