The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 15 September 2001
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Title Section19 2001-09-15 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday September 15,2001 Price: S$ 1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA 072/08/200019 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement61 2001-09-15 1 Grandparents’ day Age Is No Barrier At a robust 82 years of age, Mr Edmund Tan prefers weightlifting to sitting at home with his grandchildren. PAGE 6 Community Cleaning Up Their Act For some litterbugs, once is not enough. Of the 238 people who served Corrective Work Orders so far61 words
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PRIME
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America UNDER ATTACK
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Article, Illustration808 2001-09-15 1 Thousands are feared dead in Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in America. Singaporean Rachel Lau, 33, who was on the 38th floor of New York’s World Trade Center which was hit hu two airplanes, survived the nightmare. KARAMT KAUR spoke to her family in SingaporeCHEW SENG KIM - 808 words
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Article, Illustration714 2001-09-15 2 KAREN WONG; and JANE LEE - KAREN WONG and JANE LEE ALL four Singaporeans who were in New York when the terrorist blasts occurred are safe, the Singapore Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Thursday. Earlier, there was concern as all four had been uncontactable immediately after the blasts at theAZIZ HUSSIN; CHEWSENCKIM - 714 words
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Article, Illustration506 2001-09-15 3 Number of unemployed degree and diploma holders aged 40 and older has increased more than three-fold in four years MORE unemployed people with university degrees ordiplomas, who are aged 40 and above, are finding it difficult to get new jobs quickly. Their numbers have risen by506 words
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240 2001-09-15 3 FOR those who may have problems paying the $lOO needed to quality for the Central Provident Fund (CPF) topup, three community development councils (CDCs) and grassroots organisations are stepping in to help. While Central Singapore CDC and its grassroots organ- isations are240 words
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Article294 2001-09-15 3 KWAN WENG KIN; and MARGARET PERRY - By KWAN WENG KIN IN TOKYO and MARGARET PERRY IN SINGAPORE BEEF imports from Japan have been banned, following the news that a dairy cow there may have madcow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) announced the immediate ban294 words
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HOME
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401 2001-09-15 4 M. NIRMALA - One proposal is a school stressing bilingual and national education, and the other, a back-to-nature university *!L M. NIRMALA TWO proposals to set up private schools here will be submitted to the Education Ministry, just a week after Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong401 words
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Article, Illustration405 2001-09-15 4 LEE HUICHIEH - Btt LEE HUICHIEH FOR some litterbugs, once is not enough. Of the 238 people who have served Corrective Work Orders (CWOs) so far this year, 17 have done it before. One of them, IT administrator Liew Siew Leong, 41, said in Mandarin:TREVOR TAN - 405 words
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254 2001-09-15 4 IGNATIUS LOW - By IGNATIUS LOW FINANCE CORRESPONDENT WOULD-BE market manipulators will soon have to contend with an extra pair of “eyes” monitoring market activity on the Singapore bourse. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) says work on a high-tech surveillance system, which will be capable of254 words
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219 2001-09-15 4 TAN YEN NEE - *!L TAN YEN NEE INMATES of Changi Women’s Prison will soon have access to a well-stocked library, and some of them may even learn how to run and manage it. The 900 staff members of the National Library Board (NLB) have volunteered to train219 words
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Article, Illustration516 2001-09-15 5 G. SIVAKKUMARAN - Foundations refuse to help fund the group's $220,000 yearly budget because they view its work as political activity By G. SIVAKKUMARAN THE Media Watch Community is closing shop because it could not raise a single cent to fund its workJOYCE FANG - 516 words
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443 2001-09-15 5 i CHANG AI-LIEN - *L i CHANG AI-LIEN RESEARCH into human embryonic stem cells, a field in which Singapore is emerging as a world leader, is a hot topic of discussion among people eager to help shape ethical guidelines covering this new and controversial field of science.443 words
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510 2001-09-15 5 SHARMILPAL KAUR - Bi/ 1 SHARMILPAL KAUR SINGAPORE’S first recycling association has been set up and all are welcome to join from housewives to multinational companies. Called the Waste Management and Recycling Association of Singapore (WMRAS), it already has 52 companies as members all in the wastemanagement510 words
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Article, Illustration427 2001-09-15 6 Grandparenting will get a publicity boost on Nov 25, which has been set aside as Grandparents’ Day. Senior Parliamentary Secretary (PMO and Health) Chan Soo Sen said recently that active grandparents can not only help busy parents to cope but also replace theTREVOR TAN - 427 words
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Page 6 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1061 2001-09-15 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 Word1,061 words
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SPORTS
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SEA GAMES 2001
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Article, Illustration672 2001-09-15 7 MARCUM - SHOOTING By MARCUM IN KUALA LUMPUR ONE second was all it took to decide who would win the South-east Asia Games individual trap gold medal at the Subang Shooting Range on Sunday. Singapore’s Michael Kwa Eng Cheong and Filipino Jethro Dionisio were tied 133-133 with672 words
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Article553 2001-09-15 7 CHANTSE CHUEEN - Singapore’s 800 m freestyle relay team acts in unison to break the recent drought of medals SWIMMING By CHANTSE CHUEEN IN KUALA LUMPUR HOW can you swim a good race when your goggles slip down to your teeth, forcing you to take it off and carry553 words
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Article248 2001-09-15 7 Chan Tse Chueen - Chan Tse Chueen SHE won two gold medals, but all swimmer Joscelin Yeo wanted to talk about was the men’s win in the 4x200 metres freestyle relay. The US-based swimmer was virtually unchallenged in the 100 metres freestyle and the 200 m individual medley248 words
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COMMENT
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Article593 2001-09-15 8 MONDAY September 10,2001 FIFTY years ago, Japan signed the San Francisco Peace Treaty, formally establishing peace with all its opponents in the Second World War, except the Soviet Union and Nationalist China (terms with them followed later). Unlike the Versailles Peace Treaty ending the First World War, which593 words
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Article568 2001-09-15 8 WEDNESDAY September 12,2001 FOR the umpteenth time, China has itemised for Taiwanese consumption the unabridged democratic freedoms it is theirs to preserve, subject to the one-China proviso. And for the umpteenth time, Taiwan and its Mainland Affairs Council are going to say as a matter of568 words
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918 2001-09-15 8 CHUA LEE HOONG - SATURDAY By CHUA LEE HOONG MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and Singapore’s Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew shared the limelight at the Ritz-Carlton on Monday night, but the occasion was also one when it seemed as if the two men, for all their being918 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration901 2001-09-15 9 ANDYHO - MY VIEW B,j ANDYHO PART man, part mouse. That’s the hunk you are dating, for he has undergone a stem-cell transplant to cure his juvenile diabetes. If wedding bells ring, could some mouse genes or viruses be coming your way? Such concerns mayLUDWIG ILIO - 901 words
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Article1021 2001-09-15 9 With ASAD LATIF - HEART TO HEART With ASAD LATIF IN HIS National Day Rally speech, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong revealed his sadness over a letter to The Sunday Times in which a young Singaporean derided the Chinese people as cheena. The letter-writer had called people1,021 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration2674 2001-09-15 10 The public is right health-care costs in Singapore are going up year by year, be it for hospitalisation, medical treatment or drugs. Whatever happened to the notion of affordable health care How can patients keep their bills down? Are they making theTREVOR TAN - 2,674 words
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1587 2001-09-15 15 WARREN FERNANDEZ - THINKING ALOUD By' By WARREN FERNANDEZ JUST about everybody has a story to tell about poor service in Singapore. Here’s mine, with some service-boost-ing suggestions thought aloud. Last Christmas, my wife bought me a spifly Swatch watch. It was one of those chrome-plated models1,587 words
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Advertisement8 2001-09-15 11 '.QLALrrvcuss ake Charge. Plan Early. Secure Your Retirement8 words
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Advertisement22 2001-09-15 12 Li ui luiv/i ui n lunuj iu j wwi wivjiiiui j nviwuiu, juvn lOUU-OOO-OUU*' Q {-^"Singapore QUALITY GLASS Take Charge. Plan Early.22 words
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Advertisement7 2001-09-15 13 Secure Your Retirement 4""‘ PEOPLE DE^^ELOPER SINGAPORE7 words
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CPF NEWSLINE A CORPORATE NEWSLETTER OF THE CPF BOARD
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321 2001-09-15 14 If you are selling your private property bought with CPF savings, you would have to refund the principal CPF amount withdrawn plus accrued interest. This is because CPF savings are primarily for old age needs. Should the sales proceeds be insufficient to cover321 words
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CPF IN SHORT
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Article52 2001-09-15 14 From end July 2001, members have been able to view and print their detailed CPF transactions on a monthly basis from the current month to the last 14 months’ records (ie. up to 15 months’ records). To use this new CPF PAL-Internet service, you need52 words
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Article43 2001-09-15 14 CPF members should have received their half-yearly statement for January to June 2001 by August. If you have not received your statement, you may call us to request a copy. You can also access this statement on CPF PAL-Internet.43 words
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Article84 2001-09-15 14 The interest rates for 1 October to 31 December 2001 are: 2.5% pa for Ordinary Account savings, and 4.0% pa for Medisave, Special and Retirement Account savings. The concessionary interest rate for HDB mortgage loan, which is pegged at 0.1 percentage point above the CPF interest rate84 words
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Article, Illustration37 2001-09-15 14 The CPF Annual Report 2 0 00 is available for pu r c h a s e at the 2nd storey cashier counter, CPF Building, Robinson Road. The price is $20 (inclusive of GST).37 words
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Article103 2001-09-15 14 The Board was recently awarded the SHARE Programme Platinum Award and the 5 Year Outstanding SHARE Programme Award by the Community Chest. The former is given to organisations that have achieved a staff participation rate of at least 95%, while the latter award is for organisations103 words
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Article, Illustration262 2001-09-15 13 From 1 October 2001, the interest rate for savings in the Medisave Account will be pegged to that of the Special Account. This was announced by the Minister of Health on 29 August 2001. Medisave savings, like those in the Special and Retirement Accounts,262 words
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Article156 2001-09-15 13 Yes, life expectancy is rising and Singaporeans are now living longer than before. To help meet retirement needs, CPF members are encouraged to buy a larger annuity to give them a higher monthly income for life. Under the CPF Minimum Sum Scheme, members upon reaching156 words
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Article, Illustration103 2001-09-15 13 If you are getting your own statements, please bring along your identity card. If you are collecting statements on behalf of a CPF member, you must show your identity card, the member’s identity card and a letter signed by the member authorising you to103 words
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Article, Illustration334 2001-09-15 12 To enable members to build up more old age savings, the Board will be phasing out the withdrawal of profits for both CPF Investment Scheme investments and discounted Singapore Telecom shares. This was announced in August 2000. The next334 words
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Article, Illustration351 2001-09-15 12 Annual Investment Profit Loss Computation Starting 22 October 2001, CPF Investment SchemeOrdinary Account (CPFIS-OA) investors will receive their annual Profit and Loss Statements from their agent banks. CPF members who hold only discounted Singapore Telecom (ST) shares will receive their Profit and Loss Statements from the Board from 17 October.351 words
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Article, Illustration574 2001-09-15 11 CPF Top-Up and MediShield for the Elderly Here's good news! Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong announced at this year’s National Day Rally Speech that: the 187,000 Singaporeans who missed out on the CPF Top-Up of between $500 and $1,700 have574 words
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Advertisement9 2001-09-15 14 u (—^Wk '.QUALmCUSS Charge. Plan Early. Secure Your Retirement9 words
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MONEY
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274 2001-09-15 16 THE terrorist attacks in the United States that brought New York the financial capital of the World’s biggest economy to a complete standstill, also sent global stock markets into turmoil this week. The benchmark Straits Times Index lost a hefty 176.65 points to 1,400.3.274 words
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Article1715 2001-09-15 16 Net earn EPS Date TY LY TY LY Company ann <$m) <Sm> (cts) (cts) Ace Dynamics 07-Sep 1 0.65 0.537 0.66 0.54 Achieve 15-Auq 1 3.819 3.892 0.92 1.19 Adroit 07-Sep P 15.837L 1.817 6.32L 0.96 Allcom Tech 09-Aug 1 1.272 3.23 0.92 234 Allgreen 31-Auq 1 38.9751,715 words
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Article163 2001-09-15 16 BONUS ISSUE ExBooks Acc Company Ratio date dose Paymt CircuitsPius one-for-five 17-Sep 20-Sep NA Total Auto ona-for-two 04-Oct 09-0ct NA RIGHTS ISSUE ExBooks ACC i Company Ratio date close Paymt CircuitsPius ono-for-ten @$0.12 17-Sep 20-Sep Easyknlt one-for-two @HK$0.1S 10-Aug 15-Aug Presscrete ono-for-one @S0.10 08-Jun 13-Jun OTHERS ExBooks Acc163 words
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Article268 2001-09-15 16 Company Description Royal Clicks Proposed acquisition of 25.6% interest in the enlarged issued share capital of Westco Jeans Pty Ltd. The Board of Directors announced that the Company had obtained the approval in-principle of SGX-ST for the listing quotation of 7,741.000 new ordinary shares of S$O.K> each in268 words
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Article73 2001-09-15 16 Straits Tines lata The Straits Timas Index fell 176.65 points on the week to 1,400.3. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1588.45 (-18.5) 1566.76 8.31) 1450.45(-116.31) 1438.67( 11.78) 1400.3 (-38.37) 223.2m($304.6m) 301.7m ($489m) 463.3m($778m) 234.2m ($416.6m) 360.8m (S537.6m) BT-SM Index The BT-SRI Index fell 50.9273 words
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Article669 2001-09-15 16 Payment (cts) Ex data Books closa Pay data Alexandra Hldgs b 1 30-Aug 04-Sep 18-Sep Amtek 20c F 0.8TE 06-Dec 11-Dec 20-Dec ASA 10c b 1 04-Sep 07-Sep 21-Sep Auric Pac 50c 1 2 04-Oct 09-0ct 25-0ct Australand A50 m A3 10-Sep 13-Sep 27-Sep Avaplas 5c F 0.2669 words
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Article146 2001-09-15 16 Company Place Date Time Koppol FELS E Marina Mandarin S'pore Orion Room 1*3, Level 2 6 Raffles Boulevard Marina Square S'pore (*****4) 05-Oct 10.00am tpco A 24 Pandan Road S'pore (*****5) 28-Sep 10.00am interform Ceramics A Plaza 1 to ill, Lower Lobby, Century Hong Kong Hotel, 238 Jaffa146 words
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Article943 2001-09-15 17 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS 1 UNIT TRUSTS Aberdeen Asset Mqt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Asian Fixed income Fd China Opportunities Fd!** 1.093/1.127 0.800/0.841 0.697 /0.733 0.927 /0.974 Philippine Equity Fd!** 0.344/0.363 1.358 /1.427 Thailand Equity Fd!** 1.042 /1.095 ABN AMRO Asset Mqt (S) Ltd 0.742 Europe Bond Fund Europe Balanced943 words
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Article109 2001-09-15 17 Foreign Currency Note Rates (9am, Sep 14) Buying OD Selling Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 0.8880 0.9100 Canadian dollar 1.0980 1.1210 NZ dollar 0.7280 0.7440 Sterling pound 2.5430 2.5700 US dollar 1.7320 1.7430 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 11.39109 words
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Article5140 2001-09-15 18 Transaction date: Sep 14, ***** MULTI INDUSTRY 52-Wk Currency last High Law Company Traded Sate ♦ar'Vol '000 H* Day Low Gr*s Oh Nat rn M Cap Wt Avg Price 143 25 c Acma 50c 27 -3 234 29 25 0.5 7.1 46.9 29 41 85,140 words
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Article1311 2001-09-15 19 52-Wk Currency last Hi*h Lew Company Traded Sale ♦er'Vol '000 Hieh Day Lew Gr's Dtv Net P/E M Cap Avq Price MANUFACTURING 40.5 15 CAP Oil 5c 15 -1 323 16 15 3.8 13.2 16 168 32 C AS Auto 10c 33 -3.5 415 36 32 10N 4.81,311 words
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Article224 2001-09-15 19 FINANCE 52-Wk Hi* Low Company Currency last Traded Sale ♦or*Vol '000 Day Gr*s Hi* Low Die Net PAE M Cap $0« wt Avq Priet ***** ***** s Diamonds US*****cd susp 555 510 s IS HSCI Spore. US530 ***** ***** s SPDRS US*****cd SUSP STOCK PRICES LEGEND Straits Times224 words
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Article159 2001-09-15 19 Transaction date: Sep 14,2001 52-Wk High Low Curr Last Company Traded Sale Vol ♦or'000 Day High Low Gross div Net P/E M Cap $mil HONGKONG STOCKS Cathay Pac 20c HK720 265 6 *****.2 Cheung KongSOc .«..HK1780 240 3 *****.5 68 5 Citye Solutions Lt. HK53 2 52.5 203.1159 words
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Article, Illustration695 2001-09-15 20 REBECCA LEE A MCDADT D rDADTDD - Ansett’s parent will receive sll2m from the S’pore carrier in return for the increased equity, made up of new shares By REBECCA LEE A MCDADT D rDADTDD TRANSPORT REPORTER SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) on Thursday finally won clearanceMIEL - 695 words
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485 2001-09-15 20 IGNATIUS LOW - By IGNATIUS LOW FINANCE CORRESPONDENT THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is examining its rules on settlement procedures for cornered stocks to see if improvements can be made. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), in a written response on Monday to Straits Times queries, added that485 words
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387 2001-09-15 20 FELISA BATACAN - By FELISA BATACAN PROPERTY REPORTER THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Thursday rescheduled the tender closing dates for two commercial sites and two residential ones, waiting for the property market to calm in the aftermath of terrorist attacks in the United States. “It’s a387 words
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Advertisement17 2001-09-15 17 EDUCATION/ TRAINING The Straits Times Classified. Classifications 703 794. St*» CAXI Buy It. Sell It. Find It.17 words
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Advertisement1115 2001-09-15 21 MM it* National a Healthcare m i Group ing years of healthy life to the people of Singapore The National Healthcare Group is a leading healthcare service provider managing a consortium of hospitals, medical institutions and polyclinics. We are dedicated to being at the forefront of medical development and delivering1,115 words
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Advertisement1040 2001-09-15 22 O SGL CARBON GROUP Corrosion Protection SGL ACOTEC (Sj PTEL TO is a member oflhe worldwide SGL Carbon Group. We solve our customers' problems of corrosion management through surface protection with the best solution for each individual need. We are a market leader in the manufacture and installation of polymerbased1,040 words
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FORUM
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305 2001-09-15 23 ONLY in New York can one get a sense of living out a movie like Armageddon. As I stepped out of the subway station, a plume of dark-grey cloud disfigured the clear blue sky. My first reaction was Is it going to rain? As305 words
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396 2001-09-15 23 Harper Lee spoke of the senseless killing of mockingbirds by children, mockingbirds that did no harm and instead sung their hearts out for people to enjoy. Years ago, she wrote in analogy about the killing of the helpless and the396 words
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Article, Illustration130 2001-09-15 23 ‘Who are we going to call? There are no Bruce Wiuises or Schwarzeneggers to save the day. 9 Mr Kelvin Chen, who works in New York ‘Some might counsel restraint hut it is never in human nature to condone a violation, not just of a nations security, hutAP - 130 words
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187 2001-09-15 23 Just imagine passenger jets slamming into the Westin Stamford or the UOB building, or if City Hall were blown up with a car bomb. WHILE I can understand the pain and trauma Americans are going through, we need to realise that now is187 words
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Article73 2001-09-15 23 I WAS appalled to learn that some Palestinians in Lebanon greeted news of the terrorist attacks on the United States with jubilant gunfire, dancing and cheering. I am no great supporter of America but is this any way to behave when innocent blood has been shed73 words
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573 2001-09-15 24 AHMAD OSMAN - In addition to improving efforts to help the unemployed get back to work, it will also consider the plight of older workers AHMAD OSMAN LABOUR CORRESPONDENT A NATIONAL task force has been set up to co-ordinate and improve efforts to help workers who have573 words
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Article, Illustration138 2001-09-15 24 THE GOLDEN GIRLS AND BOY THE GOLDEN GIRLS AND BOY: Histoy was made at the Bukit Jalil pool this week when Singapore youths smashed records and took gold medals at the SEA Games in Malaysia. On Monday, Nicolette Teo (left), 15, clocked lmin 12.645ec in the 100 metres breaststroke toHOPANCYEW; AP; SIM - 138 words