The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 14 September 2002
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Title Section25 2002-09-14 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR Saturday, September 14,2002 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 098/03/200225 words
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543 2002-09-14 1 IGNATIUS LOW - ERC sub-committee calls for: Relaxation of immigration rules Sweeping away of red tape ♦Less restrictive legislation By IGNATIUS LOW FINANCE CORRESPONDENT WHAT will it take for Singapore to produce another Creative Technology founder Sim Wong Hoo? The Entrepreneurship and Internationalisation Subcommittee (EISC) says sweeping measures543 words
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Article, Illustration69 2002-09-14 1 911 REMEMBERED: Landy Eng Jr, nine, holds a small US flag at a memorial service held at the US Embassy in Singapore. The Hongkong-bom American citizen joined 1,000 others who stood in the morning rain on Wednesday to pay tribute to the 3,042 victims of last year’s SeptGEORGE GASCON - 69 words
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Advertisement54 2002-09-14 1 H EALTHCARE Public Hospitals Raise Charges Public hospitals are raising the price of some of their services and wards, with increases to be done in phases. pages 4,5 Goodbye, Theatre Man Singapore’s theatre pioneer Kuo Pao Kun died on Tuesday at 10.10 pm after a long battle against cancer. He54 words
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PRIME
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SEPT 11 ANNIVERSARY OF TERROR ATTACKS: IN SINGAPORE
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Article, Illustration626 2002-09-14 2 SUSAN LONG - From suited diplomats to housewives in flip-flops to schoolchildren, many all over Singapore commemorate 911 SUSAN LONG ON THE first anniversary of Sept 11, they came to mourn lost lives and celebrate heroism. About 1,000 guests stood in the morning rain on WednesdayTERENCE TAN; FRANCISLEE - 626 words
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426 2002-09-14 2 ALICIA YEO - By ALICIA YEO NEW YORKER Iliana Cavazos could have chosen any day to fly back home, after vacationing for over a week in Singapore. But the American chose to leave the island on Wednesday, the first anniversary of the Sept 11 terrorist426 words
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303 2002-09-14 2 Susan Long - Susan Long MINUTES after New York’s World Trade Center was smashed into powdery fragments on his TV screen, United States Ambassador to Singapore Franklin Lavin’s home phone rang. It was Singapore’s Foreign Affairs Minister S. Jayakumar calling to express his condolences303 words
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SEPT 11 ANNIVERSARY OF TERROR ATTACKS: IN ASIA
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Article, Illustration431 2002-09-14 3 BRENDAN PEREIRA - By BRENDAN PEREIRA MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR The United States Embassy here was shut for the second day running on Wednesday, amid fears that the building may be targeted by the Jemaah Islamiah (JI), a group linked to Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda.AP - 431 words
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206 2002-09-14 3 COLIN TAN - By COLIN TAN MARKETS CORRESPONDENT ASIAN bourses survived the first anniversary of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks without any major hitches. Most stock markets edged marginally higher despite a lower-than-usual turnover, dealers said on Wednesday. The majority of investors opted for the security of the206 words
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581 2002-09-14 3 DEVI ASMARANI - Unhappy government claims this puts country in bad light; U S envoy says he does not know when embassy will reopen By DEVI ASMARANI THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA The United States kept its diplomatic missions in Indonesia shut for the third day581 words
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HOME
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Article, Illustration870 2002-09-14 4 Increases in service and ward prices, ranging from 10 cents to $9O; no change in polyclinic fees PUBLIC hospitals are raising the price of some of their services and wards, with increases that could range from 10 cents for a ward procedure like changingLIM YONG - 870 words
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453 2002-09-14 4 LIANG HWEE TING - By LIANG HWEE TING THE tale of how two hospitals ended so deep in the red was told on Wednesday, when public hospitals released a new price chart for their wards and services. Woodbridge, in topping the list with an average increase of 8453 words
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759 2002-09-14 5 SIM CHI YIN - Range of increases at Alexandra Hospital and NUH similar to that of higher fees for patients o 1 t in most subsidised wards here Bu SIM CHI YIN TWO public hospitals have announced that charges for its Aand 81-class patients are759 words
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675 2002-09-14 5 Best not to let fee increases bunch up says minister Health Minister Lim Hng Kiang explains why fees had to go up and why they had to go up now. Here are excerpts from the press conference on Wednesday. WHY the need for the fee revision? Our philosophy is: better675 words
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200 2002-09-14 5 ONLY three out of the 1,570 patients who applied for Medifund help to pay their hospital bills at Alexandra Hospital in the first eight months of this year were rejected. After investigating their claims, it was found that they could still afford to pay.200 words
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560 2002-09-14 6 ANGELA TAN - Ministry of Finance outlines precautions that can be taken to prevent confusion over compensation sums and payouts By ANGELA TAN THE BUSINESS TIMES THE Ministry of Finance (MOF) has distributed to all public officers a list of lessons to be learnt from the560 words
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Article, Illustration406 2002-09-14 6 siM cm YIN - Bu siM cm YIN THERE is still a healthy demand for Housing Board flats despite a slew of recent condominium launches arising from the relaxation of down payment rules. At the HDB’s latest walk-in selection exercise for flats in BukitAZIZHUSSIN - 406 words
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Article397 2002-09-14 6 LAUREL TEO - *1 LAUREL TEO HONGKONG tycoon Li Kashing and his Hutchison Whampoa Group are giving $19.5 million to the Singapore Management University (SMU), the largest donation received by a tertiary institution here. Of that amount, $l5 million will go towards the endowment of a new397 words
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Article, Illustration498 2002-09-14 7 ONGSORFERN - The veteran bilingual playwright dies at home after a long battle against cancer. He was 63 Bu ONGSORFERN SINGAPORE’S theatre pioneer Kuo Pao Kun died on Tuesday night at 10.10 pm after a long illness. He was 63. A family member said that he498 words
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Article436 2002-09-14 7 SHARMELPAL KAUR - By SHARMELPAL KAUR THE heat is on, says the weatherman, despite the occasional showers of the past couple of weeks. Temperatures have been hovering near the maximum of about 36 deg C and, as a precaution, park officials are watering plants twice as often.436 words
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Article, Illustration653 2002-09-14 8 SANDRA DAVIE - SANDRA DAVIE EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT A WORLDWIDE search for a new president to lead Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has ended with the appointment of a local man, Dr Su Guaning, to the top job. After evaluating 150 peo- pie from the United States, Europe653 words
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562 2002-09-14 8 ASADLATIF - It has helped in nation’s defence and also brought people from different walks of life together, says PM Goh at book launch Bu ASADLATIF AT A dinner resonant with history, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong paid tribute last Saturday to two generations562 words
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Article214 2002-09-14 8 SHARMILP.VL KAUR - By SHARMILP.VL KAUR MORE people are coming down with dengue, which has killed three so far this year. A 66-year-old woman, a 17-year-old girl and a 47-year-old man died in June and July after contracting the virus. Last year, four people died from dengue,214 words
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Article, Illustration689 2002-09-14 9 ALICIA YEO; and LOW SIOK HWEE - HDB move Bukit Merah's loss is Too Payoh's gain Business is booming around O HDB s new headquarters but Bukit Merah has lost its bustle and shopkeepers are worried By ALICIA YEO and LOW SIOK HWEE MADAM Ong Chu Eng and her seven workers are putting in two extra hoursDESMOND FOO - 689 words
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Page 9 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1062 2002-09-14 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 Word1,062 words
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COMMENT
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Article606 2002-09-14 10 TUESDAY September 10, 2002 THE Sept 11 anniversary’s observances and agitated talk will be dominated by the question of Iraq, and whether President George W. Bush will commit the United States to waging war against it for a defensible cause or on a whim. The background chatter606 words
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Article587 2002-09-14 10 WEDNESDAY September 11, 2002 THERE has been a steady rise in the incidence of dengue fever in Singapore this year, with three deaths and a few hundred cases reported since June. These numbers will not cause alarm when viewed against the 1997-98 epidemic in South-east Asia, when587 words
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893 2002-09-14 10 iCHUALEE HOONG - SATURDAY With iCHUALEE HOONG FOR better or for worse, is how they say it in marriage vows. Sept 11 shocked America. But it also drew Americans closer together. Social commentator Robert Putnam, in fact, says those terrorist attacks connected Americans “in ways they893 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration836 2002-09-14 11 ANDY HO - THE WAY I SEE IT By ANDY HO TEMASEK Holdings’ steadfast refusal to divest its companies simply because they are linked to the Government was bolstered last week by findings from an anti-corruption watchdog that GLCs are a major reason for the Republic’s corruption-free reputation. ItLUDWIG ILIO - 836 words
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866 2002-09-14 11 With ASAD LATIF - HEART TO HEART With With ASAD LATIF WHAT are some of Singapore’s most important interests? I would list at least these: the security of its land and people, peace among its races and religions, and its economic viability, which rests on an international866 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration2364 2002-09-14 12 They attend feedback sessions to complain the Government does not listen to feedback. Having sat through five ofsix recent dialogues held by the Feedback Unit, our political reporter LAUREL IEO ponders on the power, the promise and the irony of an institution that2,364 words
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1210 2002-09-14 13 r ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM - THINKING ALOUD By r ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM WHEREVER you were last Sept 11, without a doubt, you remember it vividly. After the planes rammed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, the television set in my flat stayed on for1,210 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration807 2002-09-14 14 MARCUM - Formerly a Jack of all trades, national shooter Ler Soon Tien is now master of one and will be on his way to the Busan Games MARCUM AS FAR back as he can remember, national double-trap shooter Ler Soon Tien wanted to be an athlete who wouldALBERT SIM - 807 words
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260 2002-09-14 14 JEFFKEY LOW - SAILING %L JEFFKEY LOW NEW ZEALAND on Thursday sent Singapore an invitation: Come, take part in the America’s Cup. If we can do it, so can you. Singapore’s response: Worth considering, but only after 2008. The invitation to the world’s oldest sailing event and260 words
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Article292 2002-09-14 14 BEN NAPARAJAN - BOWLING in BEN NAPARAJAN NEW Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress president Jessie Phua has begun wielding the broom in earnest by divesting two of her vice-presidents of virtually all responsibilities. T. T. Nathan, who was in charge of Sports for All, which covers matters related to292 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration62 2002-09-14 15 INDONESIAN workers deported from Malaysia are swamping the immigration office in Nunukan (right) to apply for passports. Some 2,000 passports have been processed daily since the first deportees arrived. About 13,000 Indonesian workers are still living on the island in hopes of getting the documentPHOTOS: JOSE ENRIQUE SORIANO - 62 words
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191 2002-09-14 15 The Jakarta Post/ Asia News Network NUNUKAN (East Kalimantan) Minister of State Enterprises Laksamana Sukardi said the Indonesian government would open palm-oil plantations in Nunukan district, bordering Malaysia, to help alleviate the country’s unemployment problem. After visiting migrant workers in Nunukan on Tuesday, heThe Jakarta Post/ Asia News Network - 191 words
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356 2002-09-14 15 The construction industry is already suffering, punishing these bosses will only worsen the situation, says Mahathir ourselves.” Bern am a, The Star/Asia News Network BANGI The government has no intention of penalising bosses who once employed illegal foreign workers, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamadourselves.” Bern am a, The Star/Asia News Network - 356 words
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583 2002-09-14 15 BRENDAN PEREIRA - By BRENDAN PEREIRA MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR A damning verdict by Malaysia’s highest court that the detention of five rtformasi leaders by police was illegal has created a few ripples that could influence how the force uses the Internal Security583 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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374 2002-09-14 16 Philippine Public Attorney’s Office has gathered affidavits ana may take cases to International Court Philippines Daily Inquirer/ Asia News Network ZAMBOANGA At least 30 Filipino deportees have prepared affidavits along with medical proof of mistreatment in a bid to sue the Malaysian government, thePhilippines Daily Inquirer/ Asia News Network - 374 words
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525 2002-09-14 16 EDWARD TANG - By EDWARD TANG THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK Thailand is fast gaining the reputation as the car capital of South-east Asia. When not making headlines for traffic jams, it is capturing new deals with major carmakers. In the past year, it has been the beneficiary of525 words
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Article, Illustration47 2002-09-14 16 ELEPHANT ENSEMBLE! American elephant conservationist Richard Lair conducts his “orchestra” at a centre in Lampang, north of Bangkok. Buoyed by the success of a first CD, Thai resident Lair is planning a second for his charges who play everything from wind instruments to xylophones. REUTERSREUTERS - 47 words
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386 2002-09-14 16 MARIANNE KEARNEY - ?}L By MARIANNE KEARNEY THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Ethnic Chinese Indonesians the dominant force in Indonesian business are hoping to woo even more Chinese investors, as China’s top legislator prepares to meet businessmen in Indonesia’s second-largest industrial city, Surabaya. Ethnic Chinese businessmen386 words
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MONEY
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Article319 2002-09-14 17 THE first anniversary of “the day of infamy” came and went without incident for the stock markets around the globe but continuing worries over the economic health of the United States, a possible war with Iraq and further corporate downgrades eroded market sentiment. As expected,319 words
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Article75 2002-09-14 17 Straits Times Index The Straits Timas Index fell 10.6 points on the week to 1432. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1,423.89 (-18.7) 259.61m (216.67m) Tuesday 1,447.88 (+24.0) 333.48m (290.73m) Wednesday 1,448.48 (+0.6) 292.94m (207.62m) Thursday 1,433.43 (-15.1) 246.63m (253.70m) Friday 1,432.00 (-1.4) 250.95m (302.25m) BT-SRI Index Tlw BT-SRI75 words
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Article, Illustration570 2002-09-14 17 JASON LEOW - Being cosmopolitan gives Republic ‘maximum advantage’, says SM Lee By JASON LEOW THE STRAITS TIMES CHINA BUREAU BEIJING The rise of China does not mean Singapore has to become more Chinese. Nor should it, because Singapore has value by being plugged into570 words
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Article, Illustration743 2002-09-14 18 NARENDRA AGGARWAL - Fears of the impact overblown, with both economies picking up less than a year after the terrorists’ action on twin towers By A By NARENDRA AGGARWAL ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT DOOMSDAY economic scenarios that emerged after last year’s Sept 11 terrorist attacks haveRAYMOND LEE - 743 words
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519 2002-09-14 18 KARAMJITKAUR - By KARAMJITKAUR TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT HEADHUNTERS have been brought in to find a new SMRT chief, who for the first time in the rail operator’s 15-year history could come from outside the public sector elite. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Management Services has been hired by the519 words
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285 2002-09-14 18 SOH WEN LIN - By SOH WEN LIN PROPERTY REPORTER MORE land. More high-end residential projects. Hongkong tycoon Li Kashing’s property conglomerate Cheung Kong Holdings is setting its sights on investing more in Singapore. And the cash-rich player, with total net assets of more than HKSI6S285 words
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FORUM
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196 2002-09-14 19 I REFER to the article, “Public hospitals to raise some charges” (ST, Sept 12). Once again, profitability takes priority over the financial burden of the average citizen. I cannot agree with the view that, because the economy is set for a strong rebound, the196 words
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Article, Illustration250 2002-09-14 19 I REFER to the Health Minister’s announcement of hospital fee hikes with effect from yesterday (“Public hospitals to raise some charges”; ST, Sept 12). The explanation for the hike is again the argument of “small, regular fee increases against large, infrequent increases”.250 words
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545 2002-09-14 19 I REFER to the letter, “Iraq issue affects humanity as a whole” (ST, Sept 6), from Ms Elaine Ong Mei Lin. I think she is missing the point of the call by four Muslim groups here for the545 words
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270 2002-09-14 19 I REFER to Ms Karamjit Kaur’s article, “LTA looking at 5 sites to set up HQ” (ST, Sept 10). While it was noted that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) had cited the reason of excess space for shelving plans for the270 words
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Article, Illustration47 2002-09-14 20 ART MUSEUM BARES ALL l Singapore Art Museum’s latest exhibition, Naked Perfection, opened on Thursday. The museum’s first nude-themed exhibition showcases works by 39 Asian artists. Curator Bridget Tracy Tan, 29, said: ‘T think many people will come out of curiosity.” THOMAS WHITETHOMAS WHITE - 47 words
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501 2002-09-14 20 SUE-ANN CHIA - Bu SUE-ANN CHIA LABOUR chief Lim Boon Heng on Tuesday came out in robust defence of Singapore workers who were recently ranked among the least committed employees in the world. He blamed workers’ disenchantment on employers who sought to maximise shareholder value at the501 words
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442 2002-09-14 20 LESLIE LAU - But the Malaysian PM also indicates that KL will not object to it being part of package By LESLIE LAU IN KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA may want to resort to arbitration to settle the water issue with Singapore. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on442 words