The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 12 January 2002
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Title Section20 2002-01-12 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday, January 12, 2002 Price: S$ 1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA 304/03/200220 words
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Article616 2002-01-12 1 CHUALEEHOONG - Attacks aimed at Americans Eight trained by Al-Qaeda Two years' detention for 13 Bu CHUALEEHOONG plotting for years to attack targets here, including those in Changi and Yishun. They took direction from and communicated with foreigners, some of whom they knew only by code names.616 words
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Article, Illustration116 2002-01-12 1 These 13 men were members of Jemaah Islamiyah, a clandestine network with at least three cells here. Six of them did full-time national service in the army and were NSmen. Mohamed Ellias Mohamed Khan, 29 Manager Hashim Abas, 40 Service engineer Faiz Abu Bakar Bafana, 39 Businessman/contractor Ja116 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement58 2002-01-12 1 C ONSERVATION Hot Spring Reveries V Voices in the wilderness calling for the preservation of the last hot spring on mainland Singapore are growing in strength. page 12 Labour Human Touch In Layoffs The labour union, in a letter, makes a strong case for preserving the dignity of the worker58 words
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PRIME
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Article1457 2002-01-12 2 In secret, a group of men plotted to hit American-linked targets in Singapore, according to the Internal Security Departmen t. We piece together the story A STORY usually has many beginnings, and the tale of the 15 men arrested for what seems to be plans1,457 words
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Article, Illustration391 2002-01-12 2 LYDIA LIM - ĕ !a LYDIA LIM A VIDEOTAPE discovered amid the rubble of an Al-Qaeda leader’s house in Afghanistan might well have saved many lives in Singapore. It revealed a plot to target a shuttle bus that ferried American military personnel between Sembawang Wharves and Yishun MRT station.ALBERT SIM - 391 words
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333 2002-01-12 3 LYDIA LIM - Bv LYDIA LIM A NEW national security secretariat has been set up within the Defence Ministry to strengthen coordination between all security agencies here, Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan said on Sunday. It includes representatives from all the agencies and is part of333 words
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Article, Illustration775 2002-01-12 3 ArlinaArshad - ArlinaArshad MALAY/MUSLIM leaders here last Saturday came out in strong support of the Government’s crackdown on a terrorist network, and emphasised that the actions of the few extremists were not condoned by the community nor Islam. Muslims and non-Muslims, they said, should react calmly and775 words
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401 2002-01-12 3 GOVERNMENT leaders yesterday condemned the acts of the 13 men detained under the Internal Security Act, calling them “social saboteurs” out to undermine Singapore’s efforts at building a multiracial society. Mr Yatiman Yusof, Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Information, Communications and the Arts), said: “If a401 words
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HOME
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Article599 2002-01-12 4 SUE-ANN CHIA - Group will step up training of workers, improve job-matching services ana give information on assistance schemes Bu SUE-ANN CHIA A NEW ministerial-level Jobs Task Force was set up on Monday. It was given the urgent task of saving jobs and improving job-matching programmes,599 words
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Article, Illustration465 2002-01-12 4 WONG SHER MAINE - sa WONG SHER MAINE MISS Clara Lim, 22, has applied to 10 companies for a job since she graduated two months ago with a degree in mechanical engineering. Not one has replied. But the Nanyang Technological University graduate manages to earn more than $l,OOO465 words
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Article, Illustration458 2002-01-12 4 KOH BOON PIN - Bu KOH BOON PIN THE retrenchment rate among service-sector workers is expected to rise in the first half of this year, from the figure of one in three workers reported in the fourth quarter last year. Some unions are now discussing458 words
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399 2002-01-12 5 ARLINA ARSHAD - Business failures lead the pack as the number peaks at 2,904 as of last November, surpassing the previous record for 1999 Bt, ARLINA ARSHAD THE number of bankrupt Singaporeans has reached a record high, with the biggest group made up of people who failed in399 words
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Article, Illustration418 2002-01-12 5 CHONG CHEE KIN - Bu CHONG CHEE KIN HIS bags were packed and he was ready to go. But businessman Xavier Gregori was forced to stay on in Singapore when a taxi driver drove off with his belongings on Jan 4. The 33-year-old, a French national and vice-president of418 words
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Article519 2002-01-12 5 JUST over a year ago, a 39-year-old remisier was making at least $9,000 a month, owned tw r o condominium apartments and splurged on luxury' cars. “Spending $3,000 a month to service my Mercedes-Benz was normal,” said Mr Koh, who did not want his full519 words
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381 2002-01-12 5 ALETHEA LIM - By ALETHEA LIM A HOUSEWIFE who wanted to take the Traffic Police to court for revoking her driving licence after she crashed her BMW during an asthma attack, will not have her day in court. The High Court on Monday threw out Ms381 words
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Article, Illustration448 2002-01-12 6 KRISTBOO - Of 13 survivors, one plans to do her MBA while another, like two before him, is returning to work By KRISTBOO FOURTEEN months after SQ 006 crashed on take-off in Taiwan, more of the 13 Singa- pore Airlines (SIA) crew who survivedDESMOND WEE - 448 words
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263 2002-01-12 6 A HEALTHY 29-year-old Singapore woman died in Beijing of complications following pneumonia, just days after coming down with the flu. Ms Margaret Liong, who was second secretary in the Singapore Embassy there, fell sick just before Christmas, during one of Beijing’s coldest spells.263 words
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Article, Illustration337 2002-01-12 6 PAULINE LEONG - RC POISONING CASE ‘Satay and water then I fainted’ By PAULINE LEONG ONE hour after he sampled the satay, electrician Wong Ah Kim, 38, recalls being overwhelmed by an intense feeling of fatigue. He went to wash his face in a nearby washbasin and the next thing he knew rDESMOND WEE - 337 words
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209 2002-01-12 6 LIANG HWEE TING - Ĕ!L LIANG HWEE TING NURSING courses are a hit this year, with three times as many applications as places in entry-level courses at the Institute of Technical Education. It received a record 201 applications for its January intake, up from 118 last year209 words
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557 2002-01-12 7 M. NIRMALA - New multi-disciplinary courses inspired by pioneering NUS’ University Scholars Programme being offered to all students *L M. NIRMALA A PILOT programme in which students are trained to think, speak and write well has resulted in new courses being offered to all undergraduates at the557 words
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Article, Illustration613 2002-01-12 7 ASPECTS of sex are being depicted in new forms of art by some National University of Singapore (NUS) undergraduates in their classrooms. And their lecturers are not frowning. In a new course, known as Cvberarts, undergraduates blend art and technology to produceWANC HU I FEN - 613 words
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517 2002-01-12 8 CHAN KAY MIN - Bioethics committee to advise setting up of stat board for controversial field of research SIL CHAN KAY MIN THE Bioethics Advisory Committee (BAC) will recommend that a new statutory board be set up to oversee embryonic stem-cell research here. And this new body should517 words
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Article, Illustration47 2002-01-12 8 SUKRCIOC COMES TO SIN6APORE: The world’s first replica of the SuperCroc greets shoppers at Plaza Singapura. The fossilised remains of the 110-million-year-old Sarcosuchus imperator (flesh crocodile emperor) at around 12 m long is twice the size of the largest living crocodile. STEVEN LEESTEVEN LEE - 47 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1061 2002-01-12 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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Article, Illustration387 2002-01-12 9 CHAN TSE CHUEEN - SAILING Bit CHAN TSE CHUEEN AT NIGHT, Mr Robert Theseira, 51, drives an NTUC Comfort taxi. In the day, he windsurfs at the People’s Association East Coast Sea Sports Club. But the father of two is no bumbling middle-aged man who whiles awayTAN SUAN ANN - 387 words
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Article, Illustration538 2002-01-12 9 PHILIP ALLEN - Inquiry into Geylang’s 0-8 fiasco faults olayers and 3onus dispute SOCCER Bu PHILIP ALLEN THE behaviour of Geylang United players in the 0-8 thrashing in the Singapore Cup final was just plain unprofessional. That was the finding of the Football Association of Singapore disciplinary committee inquiry,538 words
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513 2002-01-12 9 PHILIP ALLEN - But Asian Games is still S’porean champion’s target this year, with an eye to the 2004 Olympics B'l PHILIP ALLEN SOUTH-EAST Asia Games silver medallist Rachel Ng won the women’s Mistral title at the Tudor International Windsurfing Championships on Sunday and then reiterated her513 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration687 2002-01-12 10 REME AHMAD - Police say they belong to cell of group bent on creating Islamic state comprising Indonesia, Malaysia and south Philippines By REME AHMAD IN KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN police have arrested 13 men after uncovering a new wing of an Islamic militant group with links to Zacarias687 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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658 2002-01-12 11 DERWIN PEREIRA - They view the detention of militants in Singapore and Malaysia as a plot against Islam and urge Jakarta not to follow suit b<j DERWIN PEREIRA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA Leaders of several Muslim groups here, including two of the country’s largest, said on Monday that658 words
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Article, Illustration467 2002-01-12 11 LUZ RAGUIORO - B y LUZ RAGUIORO PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT MANILA Rebel Muslim leader Nur Misuari arrived back on Philippine soil on Monday and faces charges of rebellion after being deported from Malaysia, where he had been detained for six weeks. Misuari arrived in Manila in the earlyAP - 467 words
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371 2002-01-12 11 DERWIN PEREIRA - DERWIN PEREIRA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA Politicians in Indonesia are increasingly turning to dukuns, or sorcerers, to bail them out of their troubles. Forget conventional strategies of fighting foes in Parliament. The political elite prefer turning to the spirits and black magic to ward371 words
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COMMENT
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Article618 2002-01-12 12 THURSDAY JANUARY 10,2002 THE Ministry of Education (MOE) on Tuesday gave an exhaustive reply in the Forum Page on grievances raised by parents over an old bugbear: the “sight-unseen” choosing of Secondary 7 1 schools by Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) pupils. The laborious administrative618 words
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Article600 2002-01-12 12 WEDNESDAY JANUARY 9,2002 DATA from the Manpower Ministry show that 16,500 degree and diploma holders were jobless as of September last year. The two main universities, the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University, had between 30 and 40 per cent of their 2001 graduating batches still600 words
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Article, Illustration1069 2002-01-12 12 WITH CHUA LEE HOONG - SATURDAY WITH WITH CHUA LEE HOONG THE appeals flowed as swiftly as the water spurting from the spring, and with as much heat. Not mincing her words, a housewife in her 40s declared: “There’s nothing much to see in Singapore; this is one of the1,069 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration995 2002-01-12 13 ANDYHO - MY VIEW b>j ANDYHO WE ARE wonderfully and fearfully made. So, it is only 12 days into 2002 and you have already broken your New Year resolution to exercise at least once a week. Maybe you are slouching in yourLUDWIG ILIO - 995 words
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Article1052 2002-01-12 13 WITH ASAD LATIF - HEART TO HEART WITH WITH ASAD LATIF THE horror of it all did not strike me till it was too late. Engrossed by the exhibits in Sentosa’s Pioneers of Singapore museum, I failed to notice that the visiting hours were over, everyone had left, the1,052 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1757 2002-01-12 14 The Chinese love their mother tongue hut have been ambivalent about the written form. Even renowned Chinese scholars once criticised what they viewed as an archaic system. But for all the attempts to reform, simplify and latinise the script, the ideograms are1,757 words
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Article, Illustration508 2002-01-12 14 TEACH the spoken language early and separately from the written language. That, assistant linguistics professor Xu Jie believes, is the key to mastering Chinese. The National University of Singapore don says that the critical period of language-learning is from the age ofALAN LIM - 508 words
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1211 2002-01-12 15 ASAD LATIF - THINKING ALOUD B'J ASAD LATIF RELIGIOUS revivalism has been a theme of international politics for some time now, but it is likely to move into higher gear following the terrible events of last year. It is simply wrong to blame any religion for1,211 words
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MONEY
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283 2002-01-12 16 HEARTENED by data in the United States that showed job losses had slowed last month, local investors continued to build up their positions, mainly in blue-chip stocks, on hopes that the domestic economy is poised for a recovery. Investors shoring up stocks283 words
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Article73 2002-01-12 16 Straits Times Index The Straits Tiroes Index gained 23.4 points on the week to 1704.07. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1695.95W7.27) 1.05bil ($624.9m) Tuesday 1704.02 (+8.07) 843.8m ($638.4m) Wednesday 1686.20H7.82) 606.6m ($718.6m) Thursday 1706.64(+20.44) 749.8m ($799m) Friday 1704.07 2.57) 770m ($800.3m) IT-SM Index The BT-SRI index gained 12.4973 words
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Article450 2002-01-12 16 LOH CHENYI - Economists raise top range of estimates by over 3 percentage points after only six weeks, reflecting fresh optimism BIJ LOH CHENYI THE Singapore economy may grow as much as 7-4 per cent this year, said National University of Singapore (NUS) economists at a regional forum450 words
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Article440 2002-01-12 16 Company Date avtn Net earn TY ir ($m) ($m) EPS TY (cts) LY (cts) Addvalue Tech 13-Dec I 0.057 0.438 0.01 0.12 Asiatravel.com 14-Dec P 1.177 1 894 0.87 1.39 Boustead Spore 27-Dec 1 5.4041 1.386L 2.92L 0.77L Brilliant Mfg 12-Dec P 1.61 6.113 0.4 1.53 Cam Inti440 words
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Article272 2002-01-12 16 Payment (cts) Ex date Books dose Pay date AP Brew F 9N 04-Feb 07-Feb 21-Feb Avaplas Ltd 1 0.1 18-Jan 23-Jan 04-Feb CASA Hldgs 10c b 5 12-Mar 15-Mar 27-Mar Cent repoint 50c F 2N 01-Feb 06-Feb 20-Feb Cerebos Pac 25c b 6 07-Mar 12-Mar 27-Mar Cerebos Pac272 words
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Article147 2002-01-12 16 BONUS ISSUE ExBooks acc a Company Ratio date close Paymt HTL Intnl one-for-two 10-Dec 13-Dec NA Chosen one-for-five 05-Dec 10-Dec NA RIGHTS ISSUE ExBooks Acc a Company Ratio date dose Paymt OTHERS ExBooks Acc a Company Ratio date dose Paymt HDB $$300,000,000 3 875% Fixed Rate Note due147 words
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Article155 2002-01-12 16 Company Place Date Time Cybermast Ltd E 9 Temasek Boulevard 627A Aljunied Road #07-02 Biztech Centre 01-Feb lO.OOai F&N A 438 Alexandra Road Alexandra Point Level 2 31-Jan lO.OOar CK Tang E Belimbing Room Level 2 Marriott Hotel 320 Orchard Road 31-Jan 11.00ar Kim Eng Hldgs E 9155 words
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614 2002-01-12 16 Stock Trans Date Sub sari tial Shareholder/ Director Boy Sell Conv NO Of Shares ‘000 Price Per ShrS Before ('000) Shareholding After COOO) Kim Eng Hldgs 09-Jan-02 Yuanta Core Pacific *Buy 114 0.84 ***** 12.3 ***** 12.4 Kim Eng Hldgs 09-Jan-02 Yuanta Securities Buy 114 0.84 *****614 words
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Article2185 2002-01-12 17 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS i ABN Amro Asset Mgt (S'pore) Star Europe Eqty! A 0.832/ 0 998/ 0.906/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 0.808/ 1.234/ Star Asia Balanced 0.869/ Star Global Technology Fund 0.341/ StarBhv Finance Japan Fund!** 0 789/ AIB Govett (Asia) Ltd. Govett Asia Pac Growth 1 063/1.1172,185 words
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Article151 2002-01-12 17 Foreign Currency Note Rates (9am, Jan 11) Buying OD Selling Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 0.9580 0.9750 Canadian dollar 1.1410 1.1650 Euro 1.6390 1.6630 NZ dollar 0.7790 0.8010 Sterling pound 2.6430 2.6710 US dollar 1.8380 1.8500 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency151 words
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Article5077 2002-01-12 18 Transaction date: Jan 11,2002 MULTI INDUSTRY 52-Wk Currency last High Ira Company Trated Sale ♦or•Vol '000 Hiqli Day Ira Gfs On Net P/E M Cap $mti Wt Avq Price 45.1 8 c Acma 50c 10.5 -0.5 8024 11 10.5 0.5 4.3 82 11 16 65,077 words
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Article1393 2002-01-12 19 52-Wk Currency last High Low Company Traded Sale ♦er'Vol 000 High Day Low Gr's Div Net P/E M Cap Srnil Wt Avg Price MANUFACTURING 40.5 12 CAP Oil 5c 19 -0.5 75 19 18.5 4.9 16.7 19 85 27.5 C AS Auto 10c 57 +5 6048 57.5 52.51,393 words
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Article235 2002-01-12 19 FINANCE 52-WK High Low Company Currency last Traded Sale *or'Vol '000 Day High Low Gr's Oiv Net P/E H Cap Smil wt Avg Price ***** 9210 s Diamonds US9900cd 6890 3830 s IS OJ US Tech US5800 555 440 s IS MSCI Spore US450 ***** 9870 s IS235 words
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Article164 2002-01-12 19 Transaction date: Jan 11,2002 52-Wk High Low Curr Last Company Traded Sale Vol ♦or>000 Day Gross High Low div Net P/E M Cap $mil HONGKONG STOCKS Cathay Pac 20c HK720 265 6 *****.2 Cheung KongSOc. HK1780 240 3 *****.5 68 33 Citye-Solutions Lt.. HK45 2 44.6 172.4 HK164 words
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478 2002-01-12 20 COLINTAN - Measures to sell off 17,000 excess Housing Board flats with no mention of pnce cuts are seen as shoring up private home market COLINTAN PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT PROPERTY stocks rose 2.1 per cent on Thursday, buoyed by the fact that the Government had not478 words
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595 2002-01-12 20 IGNATIUS LOW - IGNATIUS LOW FINANCE CORRESPONDENT TWO online unit-trust distributors and a foreign bank are looking to start an “investment intermediaries association" in Singapore, which they hope will reduce sales charges by up to 20 per cent and provide better information for unit-trust investors.595 words
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Article, Illustration521 2002-01-12 20 REBECCA LEE - REBECCA LEE TRANSPORT REPORTER SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) is doing everything possible to avoid incurring its first-ever loss, newly appointed chairman Koh Boon Hwee said on Thursday. He was cautiously optimistic that the airline industry’s outlook was improving but said it was too521 words
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FORUM
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236 2002-01-12 23 I REFER to the report, “US parents urged to vaccinate day-care tots against common germ” (ST, Jan 5). The Environment Ministry (ENV) should learn from the American experience, as well as our own hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) epidemic, which caused the death236 words
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239 2002-01-12 23 I AM a single woman living with parents, who are both over 65 years of age. When my mother suffered a stroke about two years ago, I had to employ a maid to look after her. I recently received a letter from the239 words
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367 2002-01-12 23 I REFER to the report, “CDCs are not welfare agencies: PM” (ST, Jan 6). In it, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong reiterated the role of Community Development Councils, which is to pull people together as a community. While this goal is an admirable367 words
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Article, Illustration345 2002-01-12 23 I REFER to Mr lan Foo Hee Yang’s letter, “Retrenched local bank staff getting poor deal” (ST, Jan 4). Retrenchments are unavoidable when companies restructure or downsize. The current economic downturn compounds the problem manifold. As the labour movement, our priority is to save345 words
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555 2002-01-12 24 TRACY QUEK - A-level passes in chemistry and two other subjects, including either biology or physics, needed Bt I TRACY QUEK MORE students might qualify to study medicine now that the National University of Singapore (NUS) has relaxed requirements for admission. When the new academic year starts in555 words
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Article, Illustration446 2002-01-12 24 CHONG CHEE KIN; and TOMMY WEE - Wilted roses Champagne glass A love note and two rotting corpses By CHONG CHEE KIN and TOMMY WEE THE decomposing bodies of a man and a woman were found on Monday night in a silver Daewoo Chairman 400 left unattended for days in the carpark of Orchard Towers. The man’sSHIN MIN - 446 words
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207 2002-01-12 24 THE dead man found stuffed in a wicker basket on the back seat of a car in the Orchard Towers car park was identified on Wednesday as Kho Nai Guan, 46, a chauffeur described by friends as a ladies’ man. The body of the dead207 words
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454 2002-01-12 24 LYDIA LIM - fi!l LYDIA LIM ONE in two Singaporeans in the queue to buy new Housing Board flats dropped out last year, leaving the Government with 17,500 unsold flats in new towns across the island. The bulk of these flats 12,813 are five-room454 words