The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 12 October 2002
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Title Section25 2002-10-12 1 The Straits Times PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR Weekly Edition Saturday, October 12,2002 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 098/03/200225 words
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403 2002-10-12 1 ARLEVA ARSHAD; LAUREL TEO - In biggest show of solidarity, 123 groups say Islam does not permit violence against innocent people By By ARLEVA ARSHAD and LAUREL TEO MUSLIMS from all walks of life and representing all manner of organisations have put their names to a statement (below) condemning403 words
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Article366 2002-10-12 1 SINCE the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York last year, Muslims and Islam have come under very close scrutiny. This is also the case in Singapore, particularly after the arrests here of members of the Jemaah Islamiah. The fact that there are terrorist groups366 words
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Article, Illustration217 2002-10-12 1 MARCUM - By MARCUM IN BUSAN BOWLER Remy Ong capped a remarkable week when he won his third Asian Games gold medal here on Wednesday a feat bettered only once, 51 years ago. In beating Qatari Mubarak al-Muraikhi, Ong became the first Singaporean athleteALBERT SIM - 217 words
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Article152 2002-10-12 1 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong has dropped another hint on when he intends to step down from office, saying that he will still be around next October. He revealed this at a press conference on the sidelines of the East Asia Economic Summit152 words
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Advertisement58 2002-10-12 1 cr 002 INTHECOURTS SOP Leaders Prefer Chee Soon Juan (right) and Gandhi Ambalam, found guilty of breaking the law at an illegal Labour Day rally, decline to pay the fines. page 7 Marital spat Ex-hubby Gets Macaw Court tells Madam Bettina Chew to give the macaw, among other things, back58 words
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PRIME
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Article, Illustration603 2002-10-12 2 B REND AN PEREIRA - Ahmed Ibrahim was handed over to US officials who flew him back home even as his lawyer accused FBI agents of torturing him By B REND AN PEREIRA MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR Terror suspect Ahmed Ibrahim Bilal was flown to the United States before603 words
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Article, Illustration418 2002-10-12 2 LUZ BAGUIORO - By LUZ BAGUIORO PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT MANILA Philippine immigration authorities on Tuesday arrested a Jordanian accused by the military of being “one of the brains” behind last week’s deadly bomb attack in the southern Philippines. Immigration chief Andrea Domingo said Mohammad AminAFP - 418 words
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265 2002-10-12 2 Luz Baguioro - By Luz Baguioro MANILA Philippine police are hunting for two Indonesian terrorists who are believed to have trained local Muslim extremists behind last week’s lethal bomb explosion in Zamboanga City. The two Indonesians, both suspected members of the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terror group,265 words
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119 2002-10-12 2 Luz Baguioro ~• i - Luz Baguioro i MANILA The Philippines is conducting a census of illegal Indonesian migrants as part of an ongoing counter-terrorism sweep. Following the arrest of several members of the militant Islamic group Jemaah Islamiah here, officials said they had been forced to119 words
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Article, Illustration525 2002-10-12 3 MOE says it is prepared to deal with all threats, upon news that its Buona Vista HQ was eyed by JI members as a likely target THE moment anyone steps into the premises of the Ministry of Education’s (MOE’s) headquarters in Buona Vista, hisPICTURES BY CHEW SENG KIM - 525 words
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205 2002-10-12 3 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Youth Council (MBM) deputy president was detained at Miami International Airport for 29 hours as his passport showed that he had visited Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Mr Abdullah Abu Bakar was detained together with nine MBM205 words
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450 2002-10-12 3 Indonesian President ‘still an assassination target’ KUALA LUMPUR Several members of the radical Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia (KMM) group were involved in a failed plot to assassinate Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, according to terrorism expert Rohan Gunaratna, who added that450 words
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HOME
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711 2002-10-12 4 A recent government survey showed that single women in their 30s are least likely to think that marrying and having children is better than staying single. But matchmaking agencies and singles themselves tell THERESA TAN another story FINANCIAL planner Sofia Lim, 37,711 words
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175 2002-10-12 4 IN FEBRUARY next year, Singapore will turn into a gigantic love nest when the Romancing Singapore campaign kicks off. Singles and couples will be encouraged to express their feelings for the special people in their lives. The campaign will be spearheaded by Family175 words
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Article, Illustration270 2002-10-12 4 JAZZ pianist and vocalist Jeremy Monteiro has won this year’s Cultural Medallion, Singapore’s top honour in the arts. Monteiro, 42, received the medallion on Tuesday night from Mr David Lim, Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, at a ceremony at theALAN LIM - 270 words
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523 2002-10-12 4 KRISTBOO - Snip snip snip. 200 red-tape rules cut Pro-Enterprise Panel makes doing business in S’pore easier KRISTBOO A MOVEMENT to cut red tape has, over the past two years, managed to have about 200 regulations that stood in the way of businesses functioning more efficiently dropped or relaxed. From fighting bureaucrats523 words
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611 2002-10-12 5 SALMAKHAUK - SCHEME NEDS JUST 250,000 PEOPLE TO BE VUHE By SALMAKHAUK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT ALTHOUGH 400,000 people opting out of Elder Shield might seem like a high number to some, Health Minister Lim Hng Kiang does not think so. On the contrary, the insurance611 words
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Article, Illustration81 2002-10-12 5 RETRACING DAD'S FOOTSTEPS; Australian Laurie Sams, 53, adjusts his artificial leg by the Nicoll Highway while on a walk from Changi Prison Museum to Tanjong Pagar rail station. He was on the first leg of a personal odyssey to retrace the steps of his father who, asTERENCE TAN - 81 words
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504 2002-10-12 5 LIANG HWEE TING - &L LIANG HWEE TING FAR from being expensive duds, Singapore’s two healthcare clusters have cuts costs for hospitals, and helped patients enjoy better, faster and cheaper treatments, say the two men who head them. After coming under a barrage of criticism in the debate504 words
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256 2002-10-12 5 BLAME it on the El Nino. The number of new dengue fever cases has increased sharply this year, with an average of 67 cases reported every week, compared to 49 cases a week last year. Already, there has been about 2,500 cases, including256 words
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Article, Illustration281 2002-10-12 6 Prof Sydney Brenner, co-chairman of Spore advisory panel gets award with fellow Briton and American; trio share Ssl.7Bm prize money AP, AFP STOCKHOLM A scientist connected with Singapore’s push into biomedical research is among a trio who have won this year’s Nobel prize– AP,; AFP - 281 words
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Article, Illustration550 2002-10-12 6 But there’ll be no compromise on safety, say air-traffic control experts THE air space over Singapore and to the north-east of it will get busier now that aircraft are allowed to fly just 305 m apart in altitude, half the distance comparedGraphics: LIM YONG - 550 words
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202 2002-10-12 6 THE noise from military fighter planes zooming by and the pollution from industrial parks did not deter buyers at HDB’s seventh walk-in selection exercise for flats at Jurong West. By 7-50 pm on Thursday, the first day of the exercise, nearly a202 words
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337 2002-10-12 6 SHARMELPAL KAUR - Bu SHARMELPAL KAUR EVEN before the recent surge in oil prices, scientists in Singapore were working on another source of fuel food waste. Researchers at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have spent nearly two years on a project to turn food scraps337 words
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Article52 2002-10-12 6 FOOD waste from restaurants, food companies, markets and households accounts for nearly a fifth of the 2.8 million tonnes of municipal waste collected here each year. Only 6 per cent of these food waste is recycled. The national target is to recycle 30 per cent of such waste52 words
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528 2002-10-12 7 SINGAPORE Democratic Party (SDP) leaders Chee Soon Juan and Gandhi Ambalam on Wednesday chose to go to jail rather than pay their fines after they were found guilty of breaking the law at the party’s illegal Labour Day rally at the Istana.528 words
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Article, Illustration804 2002-10-12 7 CHONG CHEE KIN - But counsellors concerned about social impact; gamers might spend too much time in the virtual world &L CHONG CHEE KIN THE virtual world of dungeons, dragons and armour-clad warriors is about to invade the lives of more Singaporean youths. IndustryTHOMAS WHITE - 804 words
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523 2002-10-12 7 ART IMULCHAND - By ART IMULCHAND BAR owners call alcohol lost inevitably to evaporation during ageing “the angel’s share”. But there are dark forces at work as well in the booze business, costing the industry millions in losses each year. According to bar owner Dennis Foo,523 words
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Article, Illustration704 2002-10-12 8 TRACY OUEK - The small number ofstudents opting for the simplified Chinese Language syllabus at the O levels may ease fears that its introduction would lower language standards in: TRACY OUEK TWO years since a simplified Chinese syllabus was handed as a lifeline to students weakADAM LEE - 704 words
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Article, Illustration336 2002-10-12 8 Scale a mountain in Spore in a granite quarry OUTDOOR enthusiasts in Singapore need not necessarily travel abroad to pit their rockor mountain-climbing skills against great odds they could now do it in their own backyard. All they need to do is take the techniques they have learnt to theWONG KVVAI CHOW - 336 words
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Article, Illustration670 2002-10-12 9 ELENA CHONG - ♦His parrot ♦his telescope 3 sapphires MEGABUCKS MARITAL SPAT By ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT GIVE the macaw back to your ex-husband, the judge ordered Madam Bettina Chew on Thursday. He also told the 42-year-old Singaporean to return her ex-husband’s U 553,500 (556,230) computer-con-trolled telescope,TAN SUAN ANN - 670 words
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Page 9 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1062 2002-10-12 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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Article589 2002-10-12 10 FRIDAY October 1 1, 2002 THE Esplanade Theatres on the Bay is a mouthful. It is one of those attenuated names branding consultants delight in. Remember Airtropolis? The mongrel word was affixed to Changi airport’s classy name when the airport was enlarged in 1990. To Singaporeans’ eternal gratitude,589 words
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Article586 2002-10-12 10 WEDNESDAY October 9, 2002 THE Majulah Connection, a Singaporean expatriate network launched in San Francisco last week by Senior Minister of State Khaw Boon Wan, is not a new invention. Its origins can be traced to the web of Singapore social clubs and business associations started in586 words
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980 2002-10-12 10 with CHUA LEE HOONG - SATURDAY with < with CHUA LEE HOONG IT SHOULD have come as no surprise that 13 volunteers, including the passionate consumer advocate Stephen Loke, walked out on the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) recently. What ought to be surprising is that980 words
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COMMENT / PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration873 2002-10-12 11 GODFREY ROBERT - THE WAY I SEE IT Byi By GODFREY ROBERT COINCIDENCE or not, a day after the recent Straits Times story about South Korean soccer’s No. 1 official, Mr Chung Mong Joon, officially announcing nis candidacy for the country’s presidency, I received an e-mail from another soccerLUDWIG ILIO - 873 words
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894 2002-10-12 11 ONGSOR FERN - The only advice, indeed, that one person can give another about reading is to take no advice.’ —Virginia Woolf fi L ONGSOR FERN IT MAY seem unthinkable to begin a defence of literature by quoting Virginia Woolfs dictum. Trying to persuade people to894 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration992 2002-10-12 12 That’s a question voiced by many Singaporeans unable to square the multiple price hikes with the bleak economic outlook. But battle-scarred civil servants on the receiving end are begging to recast the public rant to: What’s wrong with you people? Our senior correspondent SUSAN LONG992 words
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878 2002-10-12 12 y DOMINIC NATHAN - THINKING ALOUD By y DOMINIC NATHAN TRANSPARENCY is the buzzword of the year. It is being demanded of every one from transport companies, when they raise fares, to CEOs, when they pocket milliondollar pay cheques, to even movie halls fixing ticket prices. Here878 words
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Article, Illustration843 2002-10-12 13 MR GOVT SHEESH, such negativity. The world is filled with three kinds the half-full type, the half-empty type and the Singaporean ingrate. Presented with a glass of water, the typical Singaporean will complain about it not being Chardonnay, demand loudly that it be filled toLOH JAHAN - 843 words
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SPORTS
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379 2002-10-12 14 MARCUM - The haul improves on the Republic’s showing in the 1998 Games with bowler Ong winning his third gold medal in Busan ASIAN GAMES IN BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA By MARCUM IN BUSAN BOWLER Remy Ong capped a remarkable week when he won379 words
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Article, Illustration496 2002-10-12 14 JEFFREY LOW - Bv JEFFREY LOW NOT a single cent will be taken from the $812,500 that will be paid to Singapore’s five bodybuilders who won medals at the Asian Games in Busan. In a rare departure from the norm, Singapore Bodybuilders’ FederationWONG KWAI CHOW - 496 words
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SINGAPORE FILE
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Article125 2002-10-12 14 BODYBUILDING’S debut at the Asian Games was marred by accusations of biased judging by both officials and athletes on the last day of the two-day programme. When it was announced that Singapore’s Halim Haron and Amir Zainal won the bantamweight gold and bronze respectively at the125 words
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Article160 2002-10-12 14 Marc Lim - Marc Lim SINGAPORE’S U. K. Shyam was second in his 100 metres semi-final at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium on Tuesday. Unfortunately, it was only over the first 10m. Despite a good start that saw him second off the blocks, behind Thailand’s Reanchai Seeharwong, the 26-year-old national160 words
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Article184 2002-10-12 14 Chan Tse Chueen - Chan Tse Chueen THERE will be no golden finish in the Asian Games for Singapore’s sailors, the nation’s darlings of the 1998 Games. There will be at least two bronzes as, with one day of racing left, they are assured of a bronze from 470 sailors184 words
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Article165 2002-10-12 14 Jeffrey Low - Jeffrey Low BODYBUILDING’S haul of five medals at the Asian Games, including two golds, will be its strongest claim for returning to national recognition. And that means the reinstatement of the Singapore Bodybuilders Federation to the Merit category under the Singapore Sports Council’s Sports Excellence Programme165 words
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MALAYSIA
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583 2002-10-12 15 IGNATIUS LOW - East Asian countries must look to the combined force of their own markets for future growth, say Malaysian and Thai ministers By IGNATIUS LOW FINANCE CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR Twenty years ago, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed introduced a Look East policy for economic growth.583 words
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Article, Illustration55 2002-10-12 15 miinr ctiiaii imnrn nmiwtr intM.wMiAAiivnAtnvuKK BARGE STUCK UNDER BRIDGE! Workers try to dislodge a barge trapped under the Connaught Railway bridge in Klang during high tide. Panic arose at one point as the rising water threatened to rip the bridge apart as a train was passingTHE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK - 55 words
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Article485 2002-10-12 15 IGNATIUS LOW - Deepen economic integration Link up with key Asia-Pacific economies Become the “interface” for interaction between China, Japan and South Korea, and help forge an “East Asian community” Take advantage of opportunities in China, and prevent the loss of foreign investments to it by restructuring485 words
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277 2002-10-12 15 A DIPLOMAT who has spent 18 years in the foreign service has been appointed as Singapore’s next High Commissioner to Malaysia. Mr Ashok Kumar Mirpuri, 42, who was the Republic’s High Commissioner to Australia from July 2000 to August this year, will assume his277 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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452 2002-10-12 16 LUZ BAGUIORO - LUZ BAGUIORO PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT MANILA Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) account for as much as 30 per cent of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) cases in the Philippines, highlighting another social cost of the continuous labour deployment abroad. According to the National Epidemiology Centre452 words
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Article, Illustration524 2002-10-12 16 DEVI ASMARANI - To be headed by the President, it would integrate decision-making on defence, international security Separatist rebels Communal conflict Armed militants By DEVI ASMARANI THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA The Indonesian government and Parliament have agreed on the need to set up aREUTERS; AFP - 524 words
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388 2002-10-12 16 LUZ BAGUIORO - LUZ BAGUIORO PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT MANILA Eight people were killed and 19 others were injured on Thursday when a bomb exploded in a crowded bus station in the southern Philippines, the second deadly attack in the troubled region in just over a week. Muslim388 words
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MONEY
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640 2002-10-12 17 SINGAPORE stocks posted mild gains this week, helped by some foreign buying in the index heavyweight counters. The key Straits Times Index (STI) gained 6.1 points on the week to 1,373.69. Monday: Japan led Asian stock markets down as worries about640 words
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Article131 2002-10-12 17 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents Volume H Msia 2000 300.0 17.6 7,000 SIA 50c 1030 70.0 7.3 7,079,000 SIA 200 1020 55.0 5.7 84,800 DBS Bk 6% NCPS10 ***** 30.0 0.3 8,000 NatSteel 50c 205 22.0 12.0 62,203,000 OCBC 990 20.0 2.1 9,138,000 Datacraft 10c 66.5 18.8 18.8 113,693,000 TAC BtIO131 words
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Article129 2002-10-12 17 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents Volume Acma W*****6 3 500.0 2.5 5,000 Presscrete 6c 5 66.7 2.0 10,000 Goldtron 5c 1.5 50.0 0.5 8,614,000 Sin Soon H 10c 4.5 28.6 1.0 150,000 BakerTech20c 9.5 26.7 2.0 16,000 Kian Ann 20c 18 24.1 3.5 208,000 Seksun W*****6 42 23.5 8.0 2,648,000 Superbowl129 words
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Article75 2002-10-12 17 Straits fines Index The Straits Tints Index rose 6.1 points on the week to 1,373.69. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1,378.61 (+11.0) 183.91m (269.42m) Tuesday 1,396.51 (+17.9) 332.14m (405.59m) Wednesday 1,376.58 (-19.9) 234.11m (269.64m) Thursday 1,357.35 (-192) 244.94m (318.94m) Friday 1273.69 (+162) 297.79m (269.47m) IT-SM Index The BT-SRI75 words
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749 2002-10-12 17 Edward Tang in Bangkok, Robert Go in Jakarta, Jason Leow in Beijing, Mary Kwang in Hongkong, Goh Sui Noi in Taipei, Kwan Weng Kin in Tokyo, AP - Exporters count the costs but all’s not well yet as backlog will take weeks to clear; 80-day cooling-off period expected With reports from Edward Tang in Bangkok, Robert Go in Jakarta, Jason Leow in Beijing, Mary Kwang in Hongkong, Goh SuiReuters, Bloomberg News - 749 words
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412 2002-10-12 18 KELVIN WONG - Good showing for container traffic despite fewer calls by ships at PSA and Jurong Port terminals *L KELVIN WONG SINGAPORE ports chalked up an impressive 9.2 per cent year-on-year jump in container throughput in August, while non-containerised conventional cargo rose by a more412 words
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Article, Illustration336 2002-10-12 18 SOH WEN LIN - By SOH WEN LIN PROPERTY REPORTER TODAY’S ditch could be tomorrow’s pay dirt, thanks to the Singapore Land Authority’s (SLA’s) increasing efforts to optimise small and unusual plots of land. Take that forgotten “no man’s land” that lies in the shadows under MRTTAN SUAN ANN - 336 words
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390 2002-10-12 18 LESLIE LAU - By LESLIE LAU IN KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA has overtaken Singapore to become China’s largest South-east Asian trading partner, says Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. He also told businessmen here that they should look to the Asian giant as a land of opportunity and not just390 words
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396 2002-10-12 18 DENESH DIVYANATHAN - By] By DENESH DIVYANATHAN TECHNOLOGY REPORTER LOCAL defence giant Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engg) retrenched 460 staff unexpectedly on Monday, as it restructured its land-systems division, ST Kinetics. The changes will enable the company to focus on delivering advanced technologies that serve the changing396 words
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FORUM
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Article, Illustration647 2002-10-12 19 Much has been said about our artistic aspirations for Esplanade Theatres on the Bay. As a fan of Chinese classical music and Chinese opera, I feel only despair at yet another attempt to glorify the Western performing arts. Chinese opera is usually staged in backwater settings.647 words
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563 2002-10-12 19 I REFER to the article, “You can’t smoke on these streets” (ST, Oct 6), by Mr Kwan Weng Kin. Applause must be given to the people behind the move to ban smoking on streets in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward. This brings563 words
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473 2002-10-12 19 I REFER to the article, “Kitchen marvels don’t need paper” (The Sunday Times, Sept 29), and the articles which appeared alongside it, all by Tee Hun Ching. The experiences cited in the article were exaggerated and the facts will show that our critics misrepresented their cases.473 words
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569 2002-10-12 20 LYDIA LIM; and BRENDAN PEREIRA - By LYDIA LIM IN SINGAPORE and BRENDAN PEREIRA IN KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA has told Singapore it wants to discontinue the package approach to resolving the outstanding issues between the two countries. This was stated in a letter dated Oct 7 from569 words
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643 2002-10-12 20 DENESH DIVYANATHAN - Flash figures show sharp 10.3% fall from 2Q. Forecast of 3-4% growth this year may not be met By] By DENESH DIVYANATHAN TECHNOLOGY REPORTER THE economy has suddenly run out of steam. But it may scrape through the year without slumping into another643 words
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Article, Illustration160 2002-10-12 20 BAR-TOP dancing might be taboo here, but another kind of dancing is heating up coffeeshops in the HDB heartlands pole dancing. On Thursday night, more than 300 people mostly mid-dle-aged men were at the Hup Kah coffeeshop in Tampines Street 21 to catch two dancers shimmying aroundRAJ END RAN NADARAJAN - 160 words