The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 7 September 2002
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The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition
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Title Section25 2002-09-07 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR Saturday, September 7,2002 Price: S$L2O (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 098/03/200225 words
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739 2002-09-07 1 TAN TARN HOW - Surprise change in tack comes on second day of talks between Singapore and Malaysia 5a TAN TARN HOW TALKS between Malaysia and Singapore took a radical turn on Tuesday, after Malaysia switched tack on the agreement to discuss the ongstanding bilateral issues739 words
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Article, Illustration71 2002-09-07 1 It was all smiles and happy faces at the Tourism Court on Thursday, when the Singapore Tourism Board revealed plans for this year's Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations from Sept 14-21. Zong Qiu Jie, which falls on Sept 21, is always marked with mooncakes and lanterns. The celebrations will be71 words
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359 2002-09-07 1 SHARMHTAL KAUR - By SHARMHTAL KAUR SINGAPORE is pushing ahead with plans to collect rainwater from up to twothirds of the island. Instead of relying on traditional catchment areas, more housing estates and other built-up areas will soon channel rainwater into the reservoirs here. Only359 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement73 2002-09-07 1 ACS SAGA Principal Cleared By Board Allegations of improper behaviour while counselling a teenage boy are put to rest as board reinstates Mr Ng Eng Chin to his post. page a R un-up to septi i S'pore Is No Soft Target A few days to go before the first anniversary73 words
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PRIME
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Article, Illustration138 2002-09-07 2 Researchers first remove a piece of muscle tissue, about the size of a finger, from the patient's thigh. Using special chemicals, the muscle is split into individual cells, which will then be grown in a laboratory. These muscle stem cells, or myoblasts, are capable of growing into anyGraphics. JALEHA HASHIM Photos: ENRIQUE SORIANO - 138 words
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551 2002-09-07 2 CHANG AI-UEEN - Singapore doctors are waiting for the green light to become the first in Asia to inject new cells into damaged hearts By CHANG AI-UEEN SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT DOCTORS here will soon be using a new technique to treat those who suffer heart attacks, by injecting new551 words
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459 2002-09-07 2 AHMAD OSMAN - Bu AHMAD OSMAN IT WILL not just be Muslims distributing food to the poor and needy to break fast during the month of Ramadan in November. At least, not at Southeast Community Development Council. It is working with Muis, the Islamic459 words
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306 2002-09-07 2 SATELLITE tracking technology could well replace overhead gantries in a smarter version of the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system. In-vehicle units for the Cash Card may also come equipped with systems that will help motorists navigate and decide which routes to take. The306 words
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Article, Illustration1107 2002-09-07 3 Foreign Minister S. Jayakumaron Tuesday took questions from reporters after talks with his Malaysian counterpart Syed Hamid Albar, which saw a sudden shift in Malaysia’s position on how to settle the string of issues hanging over bilateral ties. Here are excerpts cfhis comments. “I1,107 words
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601 2002-09-07 3 B REND AN PEREIRA - They say KL came out on top with regard to water issue By B REND AN PEREIRA MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR Most mainstream newspapers here believe that Malaysia came out of talks with Singapore over the package of unresolved issues in a slightly better601 words
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HOME
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Article, Illustration518 2002-09-07 4 SANDRA DAVIE - Board reinstates him, suggests formal training in counselling to prevent his intentions and actions being misunderstood By SANDRA DAVIE EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT AFTER more than three months of uncertainty, Mr Ng Eng Chin is back at work as principal of Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road). StudentsLAU FOOK KONG - 518 words
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Article567 2002-09-07 4 Sandra Davie - Sandra Davie THE former Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) student who accused his principal of improper conduct shot himself in the foot when he contradicted himself before the school’s inquiry panel. At one point, the 17-year-old boy even said that Mr Ng Eng Chin did not touch567 words
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466 2002-09-07 4 SELINA LUM - ii SELINA LUM TWO years on, the crowds may have thinned at Speakers’ Corner, but a couple of old faithfuls keep coming back. The free-speech corner in Hong Lim Park turned two on Sunday, with evidence to suggest that interest in it466 words
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Article, Illustration455 2002-09-07 5 ELENA CHONG - ELENA CHONG AN INSURANCE agent who molested a woman on a public bus picked the wrong victim. 'Hie petite 23-year-old turned out to be an off-duty police officer. The corporal had boarded the Jurong-bound SBS Transit bus service 51 at455 words
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Article800 2002-09-07 5 K.C. YIJAYAN - Brief visit yesterday was in prison; he met his dad in a Johor court on Wednesday before crossing the Causeway to stay in a foster home Bv K.C. YIJAYAN THE little boy abandoned in Johor Barn three weeks ago was reunited briefly with his800 words
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Article, Illustration380 2002-09-07 5 AFTER reining in Golden Horse awards for brilliant acting, former Taiwanese movie star Loretta Yang Hui-shan is now using a horse sculpture to rein in charity dollars in Singapore. Miss Yang, 50, who won the highest accolade for actors in ChineseAZIZHUSSIN - 380 words
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Article, Illustration601 2002-09-07 6 Instead of comine under one body, it is better if they pool resources to cut costs and improve services, says DPM Lee DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday gave community self-help groups a simple recipe for staying distinctive whileLIANHE ZAOBAO - 601 words
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561 2002-09-07 6 ALICIA YEO - By ALICIA YEO THOUSANDS of national servicemen have marched, wielded rifles, learnt first aid and had their dental check-ups at the Beach Road military camp. Now their memories will live on because the building and its neighbours the old Singapore Armed Forces NonCommissioned561 words
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335 2002-09-07 6 WHILE some of her peers are losing sleep over finding jobs after graduation, Miss Cathleen Tung is gainfully “employed” by being her own boss. At the ripe old age of 23, she is the owner of a boutique at The Heeren, a335 words
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572 2002-09-07 7 LIANG HWEE TING - Expect off-putting images of r r .o o. 1 1 1 diseased lungs, along with health warnings and a ban on sale of small packs of cigarettes *L LIANG HWEE TING SINGAPORE’S war-on-smok-ing campaign is about to enter a new phase. Gory572 words
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Article, Illustration404 2002-09-07 7 A SELLER of bak kwa, the übiquitous Chinese New Year roasted sweetmeat, has won its legal battle against a rival for reproducing its logo without permission. Bee Cheng Hiang Hup Chong Foodstuff had used the logo of Fragrance Foodstuff in an advertisement,404 words
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331 2002-09-07 7 JUST five months after he was fined $15,000 for illegally accessing Mobile One’s (Ml) customer database, lawyer Colin Caines was on Monday jailed for four years for pocketing $213,000 of his clients’ money. Caines, 43, who has been a practising lawyer for 18 years,331 words
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Article, Illustration414 2002-09-07 7 A HIGH-RANKING civil servant who used to head the Singapore Consulate in Chennai, India, was on Tuesday sentenced to six months’ jail for accepting $535 worth of bribes. Even though the bribes which former vice-consul Aloysius Michael, 32, accepted were small, District Judge Tey414 words
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Article, Illustration530 2002-09-07 8 Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong presents a report card of the health habits of some of his ministers, not sparing himself. Guess who’s not up to the mark? HEALTH NUTS CHAN SOO SEN, 45, MINISTER OF STATE (Prime Minister's Office Community Development and Sports) Daily at gym:Design: PETER WILLIAMS - 530 words
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524 2002-09-07 8 PM Goh reveals weakness of some for food, lack of exercise at launch of the month-long Healthy Lifestyle campaign IT’S one thing to talk about healthy living. It’s another to hear the actual habits of Singapore’s political leaders. On Monday, with a wide524 words
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Article, Illustration461 2002-09-07 9 KAREN HO - Cleaner is believed to have drowned while fishing along the banks of Kallang River at high tide KAREN HO A 47-YEAR-OLD man, who was trying to catch flowerhorn fish along the banks of Kallang River, was found dead in the murky river on SundayTHE NEW PAPER; LIANHE ZAOBAO - 461 words
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Page 9 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1060 2002-09-07 9 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 Word1,060 words
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COMMENT
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Article633 2002-09-07 10 FRIDAY September 6,2002 IT WAS one of those disputes where one wishes it were possible for both sides to lose. In the event, it was the European Union which won when the World Trade Organisation (WTO) allowed it title right to impose a record US$4 billion (Ss7633 words
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Article590 2002-09-07 10 WEDNESDAY September 4,2002 SMOKING control campaigners are correct to aim their message at the young, as the nicotine lure is trapping more teenagers and young adults. The national smoking rate is down to 14 per cent, from 18 per cent a decade ago. But the steady590 words
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Article, Illustration998 2002-09-07 10 with CHUA LEE HOONG - SATURDAY with CHUA LEE HOONG WATER talks? If only it could. Lately, I have been hearing more Singaporeans say they are so jaded by the interminable toing-and-froing between Singapore and its northern neighbour that they wish the Lion City would just forget aboutCHEAH SIN ANN - 998 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration998 2002-09-07 11 hj BERTHA HENSON - MY VIEW By hj BERTHA HENSON SOME 20 years ago, my father dreamt of emigrating to Canada, to a small farm, with fat chickens and fruit trees in the garden. He dreamt of relaxing in an armchair in a cooler clime. If anyone had calledLUDWIG ILIC - 998 words
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862 2002-09-07 11 With ASAD LATIF - HEART TO HEART With ASAD LATIF IF AMERICA has a message for South-east Asia in these difficult times, it is the need to separate religion from the power of the state. That message came through clearly at an international conference on religious862 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration2063 2002-09-07 12 The A-level exams in a few weeks’ time will pose questions vastly different from the past, ana more akin to what you see now at university. Our education correspondent SANDRA DAVIE examines how the change is affecting students, teachers, parents andWONG MAYE-E; BERITA HARIAN - 2,063 words
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1471 2002-09-07 12 WARREN FERNANDEZ - Stayer, quitter, dreamer, planner which will it be? THINKING ALOUD By By WARREN FERNANDEZ A BRIGHT, young friend sent me an e-mail this week which read: “Young adult Singaporeans are really pissed off at the wnole stayer/quitter thing. Many, many people are quite upset.” It came attached with a copy1,471 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration582 2002-09-07 14 G. SIVAKKUMARAN - But Singapore’s top sprinter knows he will be underdog at the Track and Field Championships at the Serangoon Stadium ATHLETICS sa. G. SIVAKKUMARAN FOR one year, Singapore’s top sprinter U. K. Shyam has been waiting to get his revenge over582 words
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Article, Illustration762 2002-09-07 14 ALVIN FOO - SPORTSPEOPLE ii ALVIN FOO SHE did it the first time two years ago, and again this year. Joan Liew, who was reading a book on physical fitness when other girls her age were playing with dolls, is now a two-time Asian bodybuilding championDESMOND FOO - 762 words
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MALAYSIA
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646 2002-09-07 15 LESLIE LAU - Mahathir promises swift investigation of allegation that Malaysian policeman attacked 13-year-ola Filipino deportee By LESLIE LAU IN KUALA LUMPUR IN A further souring of ties between the Philippines and Malaysia over illegal labour, President Gloria Arroyo has expressed “personal outrage and that646 words
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Article, Illustration402 2002-09-07 15 LESLIE LAU - By LESLIE LAU IN KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE investors are chasing the heritage dollar in Penang, buying up and restoring old Georgetown shophouses that are being threatened by decay and demolition. The inner city in Georgetown is home to nearly 10,000 pre-war shophouses, and402 words
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392 2002-09-07 15 -AP, AFP, Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network KOTA KINABALU Conditions at Malaysian detention centres where Filipino deportees were allegedly mistreated last month are “generally satisfactory” but better care could be taken of women and children being held there, according to inspectors from the-AP,; AFP,; Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network - 392 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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486 2002-09-07 16 MARIANNE KEARNEY - Three dead as experts predict worsening fires but stumped provincial govt says only way to stop forest fires is to pray for rain By MARIANNE KEARNEY THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA The thick haze in Central Kalimantan province has claimed its first victims,486 words
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Article, Illustration540 2002-09-07 16 DEVI ASMARANI - By DEVI ASMARANI THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Parliament Speaker and Golkar chief Akbar Tandjung was found guilty of corruption and sentenced on Wednesday to three years’ jail. One of the highest-ranking political office-holders to be found guilty of corruption, he was convictedAP - 540 words
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483 2002-09-07 16 EDWARD TANG - By EDWARD TANG THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK The Golden Triangle, an area north of Thailand known for opium production, has earned a new reputation as an arms haven for regional rebel groups, including terrorist organisations with links to the AlQaeda terrorist network. Heavy483 words
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201 2002-09-07 16 -AFP JAKARTA Indonesian prosecutors on Thursday indicted the half-brother of former president Suharto for embezzling state reforestation funds. They charged Probosutejo, 72, with misusing 100.93 billion rupiah (5521.2 million) worth of funds designated by the Forestry Ministry for two of his companies in 1993,-AFP - 201 words
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MONEY
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296 2002-09-07 17 ANOTHER down week for the local bourse as a wicked combination of local and foreign news erased 3.08 per cent or 45.92 points from the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI). Average daily turnover expanded 4.57 per cent to 323.83 million shares worth $304.87 million. Monday:296 words
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Article130 2002-09-07 17 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents Volume JMHUS25C 400 600 35.0 3.4 362,400 Cerebos 25c 202 14.0 7.4 363,000 DBS Grp .1200 10.0 0.8 6,685,000 GreatEast 50c 940 10.0 1.1 598,000 Berger Int 25c 30 6.5 27.7 806,000 SPH-SIA DBeSCW03... 63 5.0 8.6 1,254,000 Keppel Corp 50c 446 4.0 0.9 6,307,000 LHT130 words
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Article128 2002-09-07 17 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents Volume Easyknit 200 20 81.8 2.0 5,400 LHT Hldgs10c 11 57.1 4.0 88,000 L&M 50c 4 33.3 1.0 19,957,000 Berger Int 25c 30 27.7 6.5 806,000 El-Nets 1c 2.5 25.0 0.5 275,000 Presscrete 6c 5 25.0 1.0 52,000 Oculus 7.5c 9.5 18.8 1.5 749,000 Pertama 25c128 words
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Article124 2002-09-07 17 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents Volume Creative T 25c 1250 180.0 12.6 2,287,400 SIA 20C 1060 110.0 9.4 116,200 SIA 50c 1060 100.0 8.6 6,699,000 VentureCorp25c 1190 100.0 7.8 9,066,000 SPH 1880 80.0 4.1 1,735,000 SPH100 1910 70.0 3.5 51,200 Chart SemiCond 161 49.0 23.3 117,118,000 B Sembawang 1180 40.0 3.3124 words
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Article130 2002-09-07 17 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents Volume Labroy M Wt02 2 50.0 2.0 4,150,000 PNE Ind W*****8 4 46.7 3.5 61,323,000 Rotol 10c 4 38.5 2.5 2,000 PanpacMed W04 2.5 37.5 1.5 176,000 IRECorp 10c 4.5 35.7 2.5 199,000 SembCorpDBeCW03.. 1 33.3 0.5 2,445,000 Strike W*****0 1 33.3 0.5 184,000 BakerTech20c 7.5130 words
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Article75 2002-09-07 17 Straits Times index The Straits Times Index fell 45.9 points on the week to 1442.6. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1,460.68 (-27.8) 328.07m (317.94m) Tuesday 1,454.92 (-5.8) 366.41m (317.78m) Wednesday 1,457.48 (+2.6) 319.03m (306.84m) Thursday 1,447.77 (-9.7) 273.97m (284.89m) Friday 1,442.58 (-5.2) 331.66m (296.90m) BT-SRI Index The BT-SRI75 words
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360 2002-09-07 17 REBECCA LEE - Deal will see shipping line go on moving ‘significant volumes’ througn Spore and opening door to new global partnership By REBECCA LEE TRANSPORT REPORTER YET another big shipping line has decided to keep a foot in PSA’s camp despite moving a360 words
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320 2002-09-07 17 NARENDRA AGGARWAL - By By NARENDRA AGGARWAL ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE’S key manufacturing sector expanded for the sixth straight month in August despite an unexpected fall in the so-called purchasing managers’ index (PMI). The 1.5-point fall in the forward-looking index to 50.8 could indicate that the nascent manufacturing-led320 words
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344 2002-09-07 18 EDNA KOH - By EDNA KOH FINANCE CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE banks wrote off 53 per cent higher credit-card bad debt in July compared to the same period a year ago, as lingering joblessness kept more people from paying off even a small fraction of344 words
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Article, Illustration514 2002-09-07 18 NARENDRA AGGARWAL - Experts in MAS poll trim forecast, citing weak global tech outlook and slowing US recovery, but stick to their 4% estimate for this year By' By NARENDRA AGGARWAL ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT LOCAL economists are confident the Singapore economy will continue its strong pick-up in the514 words
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407 2002-09-07 18 LEE SUSHYAN; and VLADIMIR GUEVARRA - UNEXERCISED STOCK OPTIONS By LEE SUSHYAN and VLADIMIR GUEVARRA TO SIMPLIFY life for employers and employees, foreigners will have to settle the tax payable on their stock options once they leave the company, even if they have not exercised them yet. This is407 words
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338 2002-09-07 18 SIMON WILCOX - Bu SIMON WILCOX AFTER logistics, financial services, technology and life sciences, Singapore is setting its sights on becoming a hub for yet another sector: disaster recovery. To this end, a new professional certification body the Disaster Recovery Institute (Asia) (DRI Asia) has been338 words
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Page 17 Advertisements
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Advertisement74 2002-09-07 17 11l 111 Util mjg tM=K 1 1 mi mi i 11! in in nu% iLaLmii w More space for stories that matter WE HAVE replaced the four pages devoted to tracking Singapore stock prices and unit trusts with news stories, to keep readers abreast of news that matters to them.74 words
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FORUM
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784 2002-09-07 19 I REFER to your editorial, “Duty of Muslims’* (ST, Aug 21), which recapitulated the Prime Minister’s National Day Rally speech about the importance of Singapore Muslims treading the middle path of Islam. The editorial also reiterated Mr Goh Chok Tong’s call for784 words
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Article, Illustration662 2002-09-07 19 I REFER to the letters, “Law elsewhere protects older workers” by Mr Chan Hean Chwee (ST, Aug 26), and “Employers should be more flexiole in hiring older workers” by Mr Stephen Lim Ting Hein (ST, Aug 23). In the light of662 words
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325 2002-09-07 19 I REFER to Laurel Teo’s article, “Feedback group: What’s wrong with people leaving?” (ST, Aug 30). The article mentions that one of the reasons that drives people to leave Singapore is the way the Government treats feedback. A bank manager is quoted as having325 words
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Article, Illustration464 2002-09-07 20 SELINA LUM - Spore agencies are maintaining greater level of vigilance to send clear signal that Republic is not a soft target Sal SELINA LUM SECURITY at Singapore’s border checkpoints and key areas around the island has been stepped up as the first anniversary of the SeptWANG HUI FEN - 464 words
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480 2002-09-07 20 CHONG CHEEKIN; and LEE HUICHIEH - By CHONG CHEEKIN and LEE HUICHIEH ABOUT 170 Chinese foreign workers here were left high and dry after the director of their construction company allegedly left the country with more than $BOO,OOO of their money. The money came from the workers who said480 words
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348 2002-09-07 20 TWO youths who printed and used fake $5O notes were each jailed for seven years on Wednesday for counterfeiting and using the notes as genuine currency at various places. Eddie Lim Guo Xiang, 17, a school dropout, got the idea for counterfeiting money from348 words