The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 1 February 2003
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Title Section25 2003-02-01 1 PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday, Februaiy 1,2003 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 098/03/200225 words
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Article683 2003-02-01 1 ZURAED AH IBRAHIM - Issue is Singapore’s sovereignty and about honouring agreements Bu: ZURAED AH IBRAHIM POLITICAL EDITOR THE heart of the water dispute with Malaysia is not money but Singapore’s very existence as a sovereign country. Foreign Affairs Minister S. Jayakumar put the issue in these stark terms683 words
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Article, Illustration366 2003-02-01 1 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong is predicting better economic results this year as he believes the big uncertainty over Iraq should be over by the middle of the year. And if the United States has the strong recovery it expects, this means366 words
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Advertisement69 2003-02-01 1 Lifestyle i Hod For living Up In The Sky HDB survey finds that many are even willing to live on houses 50 floors up. It will be nice and breezy, with a breathtaking view they say. page 6 Lifestyle 2 Starting Young At The Gym Kids as young as 12,69 words
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PRIME
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Article, Illustration1537 2003-02-01 2 Foreign Minister S. Jayakumar presents a chronology of events that shows Malaysia has been shifting the goal posts continually. i mPRHwm Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong agrees with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's proposal to resolve the outstanding bilateral issues, including the long-term supply of1,537 words
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Article, Illustration2414 2003-02-01 3 The questions came fast and furious from 26 MPs after Foreign Minister S. Jayakumar spoke about Singapore-Malaysia relations in Parliament last Saturday. Below are excerpts of the exchanges. ♦Sensitivity of agreements Dr Ong Chit Chung (Jurong GRC): It’s clear from the presentation given2,414 words
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Article, Illustration855 2003-02-01 4 DERWIN PEREIRA; and DEVI ASMARANI - BILATERAL SPATS By DERWIN PEREIRA and DEVI ASMARANI THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Malaysia took several measures including firing shots to warn off Indonesian military personnel in some cases to stake its claims on the once-disputed islands of Sipadan and Ligitan. AndTIEN CHUNG PING - 855 words
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293 2003-02-01 4 LEE KIM CHEW - By LEE KIM CHEW CHIEF REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT FOREIGN Affairs Minister S. Jayakumar laid out Singapore’s position on Pedra Branca and had one word to describe Malaysia’s claim to the island and its alleged right to patrol its waters untenable. Malaysia should stop293 words
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521 2003-02-01 4 LAURELTEO - Govt is right to break its silence and make details public, say S’poreans, who overwhelmingly back it in a street poll Bit LAURELTEO IT IS about time. These words kept cropping up in a street poll The Straits Times conducted on521 words
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487 2003-02-01 5 REME AHMAD - Only treated water will be sold to S pore after 2061 if price is right By REME AHMAD KUALA LUMPUR THE Malaysian government said on Thursday that it is exploring all available avenues to enable it to raise the price of raw487 words
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913 2003-02-01 5 BRENDAN PEREIRA - Malaysian leader accuses S’pore of waging a hate campaign to divert attention from its economic woes By BRENDAN PEREIRA M ALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday ruled out going to war with Singapore, and maintained that913 words
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369 2003-02-01 5 UNMOVED by the rhetoric from its northern neighbour, Singapore yesterday restated its position on the water dispute with Malaysia: The real issue is not money. It again made clear that if Malaysia unilaterally raises the price of water, thereby369 words
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309 2003-02-01 5 THE Young PAP on Wednesday came out to defend itself against accusations by the Malaysian press that it was instigating talk of war on its online forum. Dismissing such remarks as baseless, it said it was actually doing its best to contain309 words
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HOME
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Article, Illustration656 2003-02-01 6 WENDYTAN - Btl WENDYTAN FROM any window in their 30th-storey five-room flat in Toa Payoh Lorong 2, the Wong family can see almost clear across the island. Their south-facing unit was picked for just that theLAU FOOK KONG - 656 words
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336 2003-02-01 6 A NEW $35 million manufacturing facility, which helps companies shift their drugs from research labs to clinical trials, was opened here on Wednesday. Its first assignment: To work with United Statesbased biopharmaceutical firm Inhibitex to develop a serum for a bacterial infection. Called the336 words
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442 2003-02-01 6 KARAMJIT KAUR - By KARAMJIT KAUR TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT IT IS a problem that’s been hard to lick. Traffic policemen have been called in, no-waiting signs and surveillance cameras have gone up. And still, many Singapore motorists try their utmost to avoid paying higher Electronic Road442 words
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Article611 2003-02-01 7 SANDRA DAVIE - Both exams are different here and, unlike in Britain, students have a wide range of quality choices beyond secondary level By SANDRA DAVIE EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE is not considering scrapping the O and A levels despite proposals in Britain to overhaul the education611 words
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Article, Illustration563 2003-02-01 7 TRACY QUEK - B£ TRACY QUEK ONCE or twice a week, Aloysius Goh works out at Planet Fitness, where a personal trainer puts him through an exercise programme designed just for him. He lifts weights to build up his muscles ana hits the treadmill to improveENRIQUE SORIANO - 563 words
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Article, Illustration517 2003-02-01 7 ELENACHONG - From court reporter to lawyer at age 63 Ex-journalist with Nanyang Siang Pau is now a pupil with a law firm >llL ELENACHONG FOR MR Ung Gim Sei, qualifying to become a lawyer at tne age of 63 has been one long, winding journey from the days when he wasSTEPHANIE YEOW - 517 words
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669 2003-02-01 8 SALMA KH ALIK - It’s a double whammy as more foreign patients go to Malaysia and Thailand and local patients turn to subsidised public hospitals By SALMA KH ALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT PRIVATE hospitals are feeling the heat from public hospitals here, and also from competitors in669 words
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533 2003-02-01 8 LAURELTEO - Last step in deregulation may nelp ease rusli for cabs at peak times Bjl LAURELTEO MORE taxis and taxi companies could roll out under a law passed last Saturday, a change that marks the final step in the533 words
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510 2003-02-01 8 ELENACHONG; and KAREN HO - By) ELENACHONG and KAREN HO PART-TIME salesman Tan Kok Ing, 54, was unfortunate enough to be hurt in two accidents. In 1991, when he was a marine engineer, a bumboat hit the motor launch he was in. Six510 words
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Article, Illustration520 2003-02-01 9 SHARMILPAL KAUR - Firm here uses special bacteria to eat up food waste stuck in pipes. There are plans to use similar ougs for drains §1 SHARMILPAL KAUR TELL Mr Philip Leone your kitchen pipe is blocked, and chances are he will whip outPHOTOS. WANG HU\ FEN - 520 words
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Page 9 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1062 2003-02-01 9 RADIO SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL (ENGLISH) PROGRAMME SCHEDULES 1100 1400 Hours (GMT) 6015 KHz (49 M 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 Written1,062 words
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COMMENT
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Article628 2003-02-01 10 WEDNESDAY January 29, 2003 THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) has inflicted on itself the unnecessary task of auditing taxi companies’ radiophone bookings, a most lucrative service which requires least policing. It let pass the opportunity in this rare performance review to persuade the three operators to consider628 words
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Article605 2003-02-01 10 MONDAY January 27,2003 IT IS not unusual for ministers to present compendious statements to Parliament. Even so, Foreign Minister S Jayakumar’s account of Singa-pore-Malaysia relations last Saturday was in a class by itself. That he was forced to reveal so much letters and demarches, treaties605 words
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Article, Illustration886 2003-02-01 10 WITH CHUA LEE HOONG - SATURDAY WITH CHUA LEE HOONG THERE’S an old Bedouin legend that journalists who have spent years covering the Middle East like to tell. It goes like this: An elderly Bedouin leader thought that by eating turkey he could restore his virility. SoLOHJ AHAN - 886 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTWE
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Article, Illustration920 2003-02-01 11 SHARON LOH - THE WAY I SEE IT By SHARON LOH THE Education Ministry’s shiny new Eromises for pre-school education as left lots of people with a good deal of homework. To be sure, things are looking up; the initiatives unveiled on Monday were almost radical for theirCHEAH SIN ANN - 920 words
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956 2003-02-01 11 MAFOOT SIMON - Btl MAFOOT SIMON THERE are only two ways to deal with a problem: face it squarely or turn your back on it. Sembawang GRC MP K. Shanmugam was gallantly trying to do the former in Parliament last Monday, in analysing the possible causes that gave956 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1915 2003-02-01 12 — Additional reporting by Neo Hui Min; Helmi Yusof - Once considered taboo subjects, issues of race and religion are now discussed at length at public forums, in the media and on the Internet. Are such discussions good or bad, or can they turn ugly Our senior correspondent1,915 words
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1045 2003-02-01 13 ASAD LATIF - THINKING ALOUD ASAD LATIF TWO Muslims in the news visited Singapore recently. Indonesian Ulil Absnar-Abdalla is head of the Liberal Islam Network, which champions what else but a liberal interpretation of Islam. Malaysian Zainah Anwar is executive director of Sisters In Islam,1,045 words
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915 2003-02-01 13 JAN ADAS DEVAN - §IL JAN ADAS DEVAN WOULD William Wordsworth have been a Wordsworthian if he had lived in the jungles of Borneo? Aldous Huxley asked this same ouestion more than 70 years ago, in a delightful essay entitled “Wordsworth in the Tropics”. His answer was915 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration1009 2003-02-01 14 TAYCHENG KHOON - A two-stroke swing on 72nd hole allows Chinese pro to win Caltex title in biggest local golf upset GOLF By TAYCHENG KHOON DEPUTY SPORTS EDITOR ZHANG LIANWEI had only one crack at the US$9OO,OOO (551.56-million) Caltex Singapore Masters. But when the opening came on the lastPHOTOS: LAU FOOK KONG - 1,009 words
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Article, Illustration511 2003-02-01 14 MARCUM - It brings all but the kitchen sink to ensure its players meet top-four target SOCCER in MARCUM FOR the next nine months, a band of Chinese footballers will make Singapore its home a country most have not even set foot on until last Sunday.511 words
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MALAYSIA
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586 2003-02-01 15 Another suspect, a security guard, has also been held. Both are believed to be JI members AP, The Star/Asia News Network, AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police have arrested a Malaysian Air Force officer and a library security guard on suspicion ofAP, The Star/Asia News Network, AFP - 586 words
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450 2003-02-01 15 KUALA TERENGGANU The Parti Islam SeMalaysia state government has come under fire after it admitted that the children of three of its leaders received funds from religious tithes to pay for their studies. The Malay daily Utusan Malaysia on Monday reported that450 words
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Article, Illustration60 2003-02-01 15 AMM V UAIII NEW STRAITS TIMES GRISLY HAUL Bones and pelts of five tigers and elephant tusks, worth a total of RM200,000 (5591,300), have been seized in raids in Permas Java, Johor Barn, and at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Officials believe two of the tigers were killed inNEW STRAITS TIMES - 60 words
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275 2003-02-01 15 AFP, AP KUALA LUMPUR To plug labour shortages in the construction and manufacturing sectors, Malaysia will lift restrictions on the hiring of Indonesian workers. The move, announced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Tuesday, came just over a year after the governmentAFP,; AP - 275 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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Article, Illustration638 2003-02-01 16 Btj TOM FAWTHROP IN PHNOM PENH; ARNAUD DUBUS IN BANGKOK for THE STRAITS TIMES - Popular actress Suvanan Kongying (right) denies saying Angkor Wat was stolen from Thailand, after Cambodian press reports spark anti-Thai riots and angry tit-for-tat protests break out in Bangkok Btj TOM FAWTHROP IN PHNOM PENH and ARNAUD DUBUS IN BANGKOK for THE STRAITS TIMES638 words
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508 2003-02-01 16 LUZ RAGUIORO - By LUZ RAGUIORO PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT MANILA The police force will begin drafting civilian volunteers to form “vigilante squads” to counter the communist problem even as a proposed government peace plan offered full amnesty to the rebels if they turned in their guns508 words
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MONEY
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663 2003-02-01 17 ANOTHER down week for the local bourse as the impending war with Iraq became the focus of global stock markets. The Straits Times Index (STI) fell 5 per cent or 66.4 points on the week to 1,291.61 as average daily turnover shrank by a663 words
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Article131 2003-02-01 17 WEEK S TOP RISES Cents Volume JMH US25C 400 615 8.7 0.8 352,000 YHS 25c 247 7.0 2.9 10,000 DairyF900 US5.56C 85 6.1 4.3 424,800 NatSteel 50c 203 6.0 3.0 767,000 CSA Hldqs 20c 115 5.0 4.5 67,000 S Coffeemix 5c 31.5 4.5 16.7 8,958,000 Want Want USIOc.... 75.5 4.3131 words
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Article135 2003-02-01 17 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cants Volume Koh Bros W04 4 100.0 2.0 3,000 Wizoffice 5c 4 60.0 1.5 4,013.000 Shining 15c 7.5 36.4 2.0 82,000 Health Mgt Intnl 6 33.3 1.5 1.999,000 Yongnam 20c 2 33.3 0.5 2,316,000 BRC Asia 2.5c 7.5 25.0 1.5 51,000 Falmac Ltd 20c 2.5 25.0 0.5135 words
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Article75 2003-02-01 17 Straits Times Index Tha Straits Times Index tell 66.4 points on the week to 1,291.61. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1,331.25 (-26.8) 262.93m (288.88m) Tuesday 1,339.69 (+8.4) 220.27m (212.31m) Wednesday 1,302.85 (-36.8) 249.29m (341.93m) Thursday 1,295.89 (-7.0) 393.79m (272.69m) Friday 1,291.61 (-4.3) 134.98m (151.10m) BT-SRI Index The BT-SRI75 words
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723 2003-02-01 17 LEE SU SHI AN - It cites rising listing costs owing to new SEC rules and the small trading volume as reasons for its pullout By LEE SU SHI AN COMPANIKS CORRESPONDENT WHEN Creative Technology became the first Singapore company to attain tne Erestige of listing on the723 words
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538 2003-02-01 18 NARENDRA AGGARWAL - Factory output for December chalks up fastest rise in 2 years, far exceeding all market expectations By NARENDRA AGGARWAL ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE’S all-important factory output grew at its fastest pace in two years last month, up 19 per cent from December 2001, and538 words
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Article, Illustration1215 2003-02-01 18 DENESH IHVYANATHAN - Catcha.com boss cuts losses and aims for a listing again By DENESH IHVYANATHAN TECHNOLOGY REPORTER BACK in the heady days when Internet start-ups were sexy, he was glamorised as an icon of the brave new online world. But when the dot.com bubbleLEE CHEE CHEW - 1,215 words
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FORUM
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Article, Illustration552 2003-02-01 19 BILATERAL DISPUTES AFTER listening to feedback from Singaporeans and speeches by the various ministers and MPs over the weekend, I realised that many of us maybe approaching the various disagreements with Malaysia from our own viewpoints and have failed to understand552 words
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576 2003-02-01 19 I REFER to the two letters published under the heading, “Why have them repeat JCl?” (ST, Jan 22). I am a first-year university student, having graduated from one of the top five junior colleges in 2001. My classmates entered JC with a576 words
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Article275 2003-02-01 19 THE truth and facts behind the Singapore-Malaysia diplomatic hiccup are finally out at least for those of us in both countries who are rational, realistic and willing to accept and digest the truth. I applaud Foreign Affairs Minister S. Jayakumar’s release of diplomatic documents and correspondence275 words
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286 2003-02-01 19 I HOPE that SBS Transit, as the operator of the new North-East MRT Line, will not charge higher fares. Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong told Parliament that the $5 billion underground line is a costly project, and that the Public Transport Council (PTC)286 words
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Article, Illustration64 2003-02-01 20 ROOMS WITH A VIEW After waits of up to six years, new residents of the Punggol 21 estate, seen here from Changi Beach, will be enjoying views to die for as they look out over the water. They will also have access to what are toutedAZIZ HUSSIX - 64 words
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514 2003-02-01 20 KARAMJIT KAUR - Ministry willing to expand the Public Transport Council if more suitable grassroots •°i r l representatives can be iound By KARAMJIT KAUR TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT BUS and train operators will be out of the Public Transport Council (PTC) today, seven months before their term514 words
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483 2003-02-01 20 SUE-ANN CHIA - Bjl SUE-ANN CHIA CONTRARY to the predictions of the pessimists, unemployment eased to 4.2 per cent in December, instead of rising further. There were still 81,500 Singaporeans out of work, but that was fewer than last September, when the jobless rate483 words