The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 14 June 2003
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The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition
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Title Section25 2003-06-14 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR Saturday, June 14,2003 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subsription only MITA (P) 090/03/200325 words
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Article570 2003-06-14 1 SUE-ANN CHIA - Job market expected to hit rock bottom in coming months, with recovery anticipated only near the end of the year *L SUE-ANN CHIA THE Iraq war and the Sars outbreak snuffed out hopes of early recovery in the job market in the first quarter as570 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement89 2003-06-14 1 Obituary Former Top Cop Dies Former Commissioner of Police Tan Teck Khim dies of a heart attack—just one day after his former deputy dies in New Zealand. page 4 Retail Shopping All Day And All Night Mustafa Centre, popular with tourists and Singapore shoppers alike, is introducing a 24-hour shopping89 words
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PRIME
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643 2003-06-14 2 LYDIA LIM - By LYDIA LIM PRIME MINISTER Goh Chok Tong last Sunday predicted that economic growth in the third quarter would be flat and said that whether Singapore would slip into a recession this year would depend on the fourth quarter. A decline in643 words
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634 2003-06-14 2 DOMINIC NATHAN - Patients who lie to doctors about their health condition and travel history can be fined up to $lO,OOO and jailed six months By DOMINIC NATHAN DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR IN ITS strongest signal yet that the war on Sars is far from over, the634 words
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Article, Illustration113 2003-06-14 2 MALCOLM MCLEOD - Picture and story by MALCOLM MCLEOD A COLLECTOR of rare turtles and tortoises is planning a $1.6 million expansion of his year-old Live Turtle and Tortoise Museum at the Chinese Garden in Jurong. The 185 sq-m museum by Mr Danny Tan (above)113 words
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Article, Illustration236 2003-06-14 3 LESLIE LAU - LESLIE LAU IN KUALA LUMPUR A BLANKET of choking haze has descended on the Malaysian capital and other parts of the country, in what has become an annual ritual. While most towns are still recording moderate air quality, conditions on Penang island have reached236 words
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Article595 2003-06-14 3 SHERWINLOH; and KEN LEE - By SHERWINLOH and KEN LEE TAXI drivers who take passengers on a long and winding ride home or keep the meter running longer than necessary will be hit with demerit points and fines. And depending on how many points they chalk up over a595 words
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544 2003-06-14 3 NICHOLAS FANG - It will announce by the end of the year whether it plans to set up a low-cost carrier with its own brand identity By NICHOLAS FANG TRANSPORT REPORTER SINGAPORE Airlines will decide by the end of this year if it should start a new,544 words
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HOME
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Article474 2003-06-14 4 To cut start-up costs and expenses new Home Office scheme allows most businesses to be run from one million HDB flats and private homes. VUDIMIR GUEVARRA reports GO AHEAD, feel right at home in your office. Because you can now have your office at474 words
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Article, Illustration506 2003-06-14 4 BEN NADARAJAN - *l. BEN NADARAJAN THEY were Singapore’s top cops and household names in the 1960 s and *****, in an era when it was normal for police officers to start as constables. Last week, former Commissioner of Police Tan Teck506 words
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671 2003-06-14 4 NEOHIIMLN - §1 NEOHIIMLN AFTER six months of intense debate over its exact wording, leaders of religious groups here have worked out a declaration on religious harmony that all parties are comfortable with. And from this year, the groups will hold activities to recite671 words
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378 2003-06-14 5 M. MRMAJLA - By M. MRMAJLA SENIOR CORRESPONDENT A SENIOR member of the Singapore Jemaah Islamiah terror group who had been on the run for l'/2 years was caught in Bangkok last month and brought back here. The arrest of the Singaporean, Arifin Ali, also known as378 words
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548 2003-06-14 5 K.C. VIJAYAN - PEARL HARBOR MURDERS By K.C. VIJAYAN SAILOR David DeArmond has been sentenced to 22 Vi years’ jail for killing his Singaporeborn wife and her mother in Hawaii one year ago. DeArmond, 32, used an iron skillet to club his wife548 words
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Article, Illustration647 2003-06-14 5 LEE HUICHIEH - B}L LEE HUICHIEH IN ABOUT three weeks, Iranian twins Ladan and Laleh Bijani, who are joined at the head, will undergo an operation that will change their lives forever. They could be separated and healthy, finally ableFRANCIS ONC - 647 words
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639 2003-06-14 6 NICHOLAS FANG - Tickets going at half price or even lower have been snapped up, but hot sales are unlikely to pull SI A out of the red this quarter By NICHOLAS FANG TRANSPORT REPORTER PHONE lines at Singapore Airlines’ (SlA’s) offices around the world have been ringing639 words
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544 2003-06-14 6 REBECCA LEE - By] REBECCA LEE The wage dispute between Singapore Airlines (SLA) and its pilots will go before the Industrial Arbitration Court, whose decision will be final and legally binding. The parties are going for arbitration after four meetings over two weeks, and despite544 words
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Article, Illustration419 2003-06-14 6 ARTIMULCHAND - BiL ARTIMULCHAND THE 24-hour store makes a comeback in Singapore today, about 15 years after it failed to take off. Mustafa Centre, popular with tourists and Singapore shoppers alike for its bargainbasement prices, hopes round-the-clock shopping will give its Sars-battered business a boost. But SarsMALCOLM MCLEOD - 419 words
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Article, Illustration639 2003-06-14 7 GRACE CHUA - Cases of accidental childhood poisoning rose last year, but most could have been averted if parents hed exercised more care Bti_ GRACE CHUA NEARLY every day last year, at least one child was poisoned at home, either from putting pills or household Products into their mouths,TIEN CHUNG PING - 639 words
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Page 7 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1061 2003-06-14 7 RADIO SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL (ENGLISH) PROGRAMME SCHEDULES 1100 1400 Hours (GMT) 6015 KHz (49M BAND) 6150 KHz (49M BAND) MONDAY 1100 News 1109 Business Market Report 1115 Arts Arena 1130 News 1135 Wired Up 1145 Newsline 1200 News/Weather (AsiaPacific) 1210 E Z Beat 1230 Business Market Report 1235 The Written Word1,061 words
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COMMENT
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Article599 2003-06-14 8 WEDNESDAY June 11, 2003 GOVERNMENTS and lending institutions have acted with dispatch, pledging aid to rebuild a Sri Lanka scarred by two decades of civil war. Led by Japan and the Asian Development Bank with US$l billion (551.73 billion) each, up to US$4.5 billion was raised599 words
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Article610 2003-06-14 8 THURSDAY June 12,2003 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong’s prediction last Sunday that third quarter growth is likely to be flat probably surprised some pundits. This is especially so as the data which came out last week from the United States showed positive signs for the key610 words
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778 2003-06-14 8 HIRO KATSUMATA - h. HIRO KATSUMATA FOR THE STRAITS TIMES SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew received an honorary Doctor of Laws from Waseda University when he visited Japan early this month. He joined other prominent world figures who nave been conferred this honour by one of778 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration902 2003-06-14 9 TAN HSUEH YUN - THE WAY I SEE IT By TAN HSUEH YUN EXCEPT for its distinctive browntiled facade, the historic Cathay building and cinema is being tom down. By 2005, a gleaming new 15-storey complex will rise in its place, complete with offices, apartments, cinemas and retail space.LUDWIG ILIO - 902 words
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913 2003-06-14 9 EDDIE LEE - By EDDIE LEE SENIOR WRITER UNITED States President George W. Bush finally expressed support for a strong dollar last week, but he added the now familiar phrase that foreignexchange markets should determine its value. That, of course, got traders wondering again913 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1845 2003-06-14 10 The recent terror attacks in Saudi Arabia and Morocco are a grim reminder that even though the Al-Qaeda network has been disrupted, its affiliates have not been de-fanged. What about Singapore's own Jemaah Islamiah members? How is their rehabilitation proceeding? H. mm speaks toNOEL ROSALES - 1,845 words
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343 2003-06-14 10 THEY can visit the Whitley Road detention centre at any time of the day unannounced. They are 50 Justices of the Peace who have the right, under the law, to be placed on a rotation scheme to visit all prisons, to343 words
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955 2003-06-14 11 TAN TARN HOW - No sign of Iraqi weapons: How now Singapore? THINKING ALOUD By TAN TARN HOW THE glaring failure so far of the Americans to find any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq is not just an embarrassment for the Bush and Blair administrations. The Singapore Government, too, may be put in955 words
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934 2003-06-14 11 MAFOOT SIMON - B£ MAFOOT SIMON IT’S time for precise, accurate intelligence in the war against terrorism in South-east Asia. Security analysts believe the terrorist situation in the region is similar to a balloon only partially blown up: Squeeze one part and air simply flows into the934 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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507 2003-06-14 12 BRENDAN PEREIRA - It features hudud laws for all Muslims while non-Muslims would remain subject to the criminal penal code By BRENDAN PEREIRA MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR The much-awaited PAS vision of Malaysia as an Islamic state is ready, and it makes it clear for the507 words
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Article509 2003-06-14 12 ROGER MITTON - By ROGER MITTON US CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON US President George W. Bush and Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra have agreed to pursue plans for a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two nations, similar to the one pioneered by Singapore. Mr Thaksin said both leaders509 words
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Article, Illustration441 2003-06-14 12 DEM ASMARANI - By DEM ASMARANI THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA The Indonesian parliament on Wednesday endorsed a controversial education Bill that forces all public and private schools to provide religious education for students of all faiths. On Wednesday night, after more than a month’s delay,441 words
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MONEY
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668 2003-06-14 13 THE rally on the local bourse continued to surge ahead eventhough many market players expect a pull back soon. The Straits Times Index (STI) rose 40.1 points on the week to 1,479.3 as average daily turnover slipped 9-63 per cent to 1.1668 words
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Article121 2003-06-14 13 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents Volume UOB 1270 60.0 5.0 14,692,000 OCBC 1030 55.0 5.6 15,596,000 OUE 695 50.0 7.8 515,000 8 Sembawang 1240 40.0 3.3 41,000 SI A 200 1090 40.0 3.8 115,400 SIA 50c 1090 40.0 3.8 10,567,000 VentureCorp25c 1630 40.0 2.5 7,410,000 F&N 870 30.0 3.6 2,248,000 Sea121 words
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Article130 2003-06-14 13 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents Volume Armstrong W*****0 4 100.0 2.0 7,431,000 Rotol 10c 11.5 53.3 4.0 6,064,000 PanpacMed W*****9 1.5 50.0 0.5 176,000 ASTI W*****1 6.5 44.4 2.0 79,000 Enzer IT 41.7 5.0 244,000 ‘Over&Gen 10.5 40.0 3.5 27,000 HuaKok 5c 7.5 36.4 2.0 1,444,000 GenMag 20c 19 35.7 5.0130 words
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Article134 2003-06-14 13 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents Volume HK land USIOc 129 -12.1 -5.1 4,928,000 Blu Inc 24c 20.5 -11.0 -34.9 20,552,000 Elec SEItek 80c 188 -10.4 -3.1 4,857,000 C&C 525 ■10.0 •1.9 2,312,000 Innovalues 5c 117 -10.0 •7.9 1,692,000 SIA Engg 10c 177 -4.0 -2.2 1,556,000 DairyF 900 US5.56C. 123 •3.5 -1.6134 words
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Article136 2003-06-14 13 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents Volume Blu Inc 24c 20.5 -34.9 -11.0 20,552,000 Circuits Plus W06 ....3.5 -30.0 -1.5 2,039,000 NewToyo WO41O27... ....2.5 -28.6 -1.0 335,000 Benefun2Ok HKIc 1.5 -25.0 -0.5 33,660,000 El-Nets 1c 1.5 -25.0 -0.5 37,731,000 Craft Print 15c 5.5 -21.4 ■1.5 13,000 GuangzhouHKIOc 12 -20.0 -3.0 10,000 Hiap136 words
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Article75 2003-06-14 13 Straits Times Index The Straits Times Index rose 40.1 points on the wook to 1,479.30. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1,443.73 (*4.5) 1.1b (610.11m) Tuesday 1,440.92 (-2.8) 1.1b (597.67m) Wednesday 1,448.79 (*7.9) 1.5b (760.16m) Thursday 1,479.41 (+30.6) 976.22m (718.18m) Friday 1,479.30 (-0.1) 884.96m (527.37m) IT-SII Index The BT-SRI75 words
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Article, Illustration458 2003-06-14 13 BRYAN LEE - Fierce debate between firm’s directors and minority shareholders continues; end result may lie in market’s hands BtL BRYAN LEE MAJORITY owners of Wah String International thought they were doing minority shareholders a favour by offering them a chance to exit their investments458 words
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869 2003-06-14 14 AUDREY TAN - Rules or no rules, insurers must tell clients that critical year feature is not guaranteed, states policyholders’ guide Critical Year Policy *L AUDREY TAN POLICYHOLDERS who were misled on the critical year feature in insurance policies still have a case for action,869 words
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Article, Illustration364 2003-06-14 14 VLADIMIR GUEVARRA - By By VLADIMIR GUEVARRA CAPITAMALL Trust (CMT), Singapore’s first property trust, has started selling nearly 120 million new units for $1.07 each on Thursday to help fund the purchase of its fourth mall the IMM building in Jurong. Worth $268.7 million, the364 words
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563 2003-06-14 14 BRYAN LEE; and AUDREY TAN - By BRYAN LEE and AUDREY TAN SINGTEL chairman Ang Kong Hua’s purchase of $310,000 worth of shares in rival Ml, which he has since sold, has divided Singapore’s corporate world. Analysts and investments bankers said it was no big deal, rejecting claims that563 words
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Advertisement27 2003-06-14 13 Log on to check prices Readers who want to see the latest stock-price and unit-trust listings can log on to the following websites: business-times.asial.com.sg www.asial.com www.ftmdssupermart.com www.singaporeexchange.com27 words
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FORUM
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501 2003-06-14 15 I REFER to Mr Tan Tarn How’s commentary, “No sign of Iraqi weapons: How now Singapore?* (Page 11). Mr Tan’s article poses a number of questions about weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq. Other people have asked similar questions. But501 words
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Article, Illustration320 2003-06-14 15 I REFER to the quote, “Singapore stands by decision on Iraq” (ST, June 9), Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong’s response when asked about Singapore’s support of the war on Iraq. As PM Goh said, everyone has 20/20 vision now. Hindsight is a320 words
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104 2003-06-14 15 1 WOULD like to know if the Ministry of Education has a less extreme plan to allow students with temperatures of more than 37-9 deg C to take their examinations in separate rooms, rather than barring them totally. I wonder if the ministry104 words
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Article593 2003-06-14 15 Thanks for the legacy Dad WITH Father’s Day round the comer, I wish to pay tribute to my father by sharing some of the thoughts from his notebook. Father was not rich, famous or extraordinary but he was a living example of the values of life he left as a593 words
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Article, Illustration951 2003-06-14 16 NEOHUIMIN; and REBECCA LEE - It will help if political ‘OB markers’ can be less ambiguous and Singaporeans get a bigger voice on issues here, says panel By NEOHUIMIN and REBECCA LEE TO SINGAPOREANS who often complain that they do not feel a sense of home951 words
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Article279 2003-06-14 16 GIVE civil servants a five-day work week so that they can have more time for fun. As the largest employer in Singapore with 60,000 employees, the Government will thus send a strong signal that it is important for people to have a Fetter work-life balance,279 words