The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 19 July 2003
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Title Section26 2003-07-19 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR Saturday, July 19, 2003 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 090/03/200326 words
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606 2003-07-19 1 SHERWIN LOH - Under the pact, 5,400 new visas a year will be offered to talented individuals; their stay can be extended indefinitely §a SHERWIN LOH LAST-MINUTE additions to the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA) will open thousands of jobs in America606 words
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Article, Illustration50 2003-07-19 1 BREATHE DEEPLY NOW Singapore Civil Defence Force personnel became “victims” of a mock gas attack recently. The exercise was staged in an MRT station to demonstrate how the Special Rescue Company would handle the aftermath of a chemical or biologic»' attack. [See Page 5] HOW HWEE YOUNGHOW HWEE YOUNG - 50 words
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508 2003-07-19 1 CHRISTOPHER TAN; and DIANA SER - By CHRISTOPHER TAN and DIANA SER WHEN the demand for public housing picks up, priority will go to building flats around the Buangkok train station, which remains closed for now because there arc too few residents in the area. Giving residents of the area508 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement62 2003-07-19 1 C R I M F, Baby Killer Gets Death Soosainathan Dass Saminathan, 41, sexually abused the six-month old baby before dumping her into the chute from his ninth-floor flat, page 6 H o M F. RJC 'Secret Videotape' Fracas Boy, who secretly taped a teacher scolding a fellow student and62 words
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PRIME
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Article585 2003-07-19 2 Btj NARENDRA AGGARWAL; and CAMILLA CHIAM - Exports surge 18.7% compared to a year ago, tourists are Back, and flights grounded by Sars scare cleared for take-off By Btj NARENDRA AGGARWAL and CAMILLA CHIAM SINGAPORE’S economy is taking off again. Exports surged 18.7 per cent last month from a year ago, and the585 words
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Article, Illustration456 2003-07-19 2 HO KA WEI - Esplanade goes high-tech with ticket via SMS By HO KA WEI A PILOT project has been launched at the Esplanade Theatres on the Bay that will let people book a seat for a concert next week online and use an SMS “receipt" as the “ticket” to gain entry. This serviceBRYAN VAN DER BEEK - 456 words
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554 2003-07-19 2 i SALMA KHALIK - By i SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT MANY of the stringent measures imposed on public hospitals and private clinics during the battle against Sars will be removed within the next couple of weeks, signalling Singapore’s confidence that it has eradicated the virus here. This assurance, given554 words
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266 2003-07-19 2 CHANG AI-LIEN - By CHANG AI-LIEN SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT HEALTH-CARE giant Roche has developed a sensitive and accurate Sars test, based on ground-breaking work by the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS). The company said the test is close to 100 per cent accurate, can detect Sars before266 words
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604 2003-07-19 3 REBECCA LEE; REPORTING BY BRENDAN Pereira in Kuala Lumpur - Foreign Ministry says it’s a rehash of old arguments and is puzzled by the timing of the campaign against the Republic *L REBECCA LEE REPORTING BY BRENDAN Pereira in Kuala Lumpur SINGAPORE said on Monday that a series of advertisements Malaysia604 words
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421 2003-07-19 3 KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has defended his government’s advertisements about the water dispute with Singapore. “People should know the facts, tnat is all,” Bernama quoted him as saying on Thursday. The advertisements, placed by the National Economic Action421 words
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Article260 2003-07-19 3 NEW STRAITS TIMES IT NEED not have come to this. But since Singapore has chosen to tell its side of the story on the water dispute and smeared this country’s image by doing so, Malaysia is left with no choice but to respond accordingly. However, unlike it, we260 words
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560 2003-07-19 3 CHRISTOPHER TAN - B y CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT IN A move that would be a coup for Singapore, German luxury carmaker BMW said on Wednesday it is considering setting up a design centre here. BMW or Bayerische Motoren Werke, to give its full name is560 words
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HOME
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Article1070 2003-07-19 4 Prices of country club memberships, which had drojyped by as imich as a third in the past three years, are finally inching back up. Is this the time to go shopping for the last of your 5Cs? KELVIN WONG and CAMILLA CHIAM ask the experts.1,070 words
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Article, Illustration249 2003-07-19 4 THE Colbar, the 50-year-old eatery in Portsdown Road’s “little Bohemia”, dished up its last chicken curries and closed down on Wednesday. The restaurant and two adjoining shops, will he tom down to make way for a new road Unking Queensway to the Ayer RajahHOW lIWEE YOUNG - 249 words
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280 2003-07-19 4 TANYAFONG - Ba TANYAFONG ABOUT 1,200 pairs of fake Levi’s jeans and 1,000 pirated Levi’s T-shirts went up in smoke yesterday in Tuas. They came from a hus-band-and-wife team who had sold the counterfeits at their Housing Board flat in Whampoa. The world-famous jeans maker from280 words
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Article, Illustration620 2003-07-19 5 GLENYS SIM - SCDF’s Special Rescue Company is ready for any chemical attack here Bjl GLENYS SIM IT IS a nightmare scenario: Terrorists launch a chemical attack here, along the lines of the 1995 Tokyo subway nerve gas incident that killed 12 and hurt 5,500 seriously. IfBRYAN VAN DER BEEK - 620 words
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Article, Illustration228 2003-07-19 5 WHEN a Raffles Junior College teacher hauled up a student and gave him a thorough ticking-off, she did not know that another student was recording it all on video. He then posted the threeminute video clip on the Internet. It shows the General Paper teacher telling a228 words
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432 2003-07-19 5 SANDRA DAVIE - Teacher also advised on handling such situations SANDRA DAVIE EDUCATION' CORRESPONDENT THE Raffles Junior College boy who filmed a classmate being scolded by a teacher and posted it on the Net, has been let off with a stern reprimand and a warning tnat such432 words
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Article, Illustration980 2003-07-19 6 In the light of the Prime Ministers revelation that the Government is employing openly homosexual people one gay Singaporean tells THERESA TAN about his coming ouf experience. WHEN he was nine, Mr Jim Chow remembers watching Taiwanese movie legends Lin Ching-hsia and Chin HanCHEW SENG KIM - 980 words
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Article, Illustration523 2003-07-19 6 TANI A FONG - Bu TANI A FONG A JOBLESS man was sentenced to death on Tuesday for the murder of a six-month-old baby girl found in a rubbish chute in Hougang last year. Soosainathan Dass Saminathan, 41, had sexually abused the girl before sedating her, tying her hands523 words
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Article, Illustration667 2003-07-19 7 GLENYS SIM - Care centre at police’s sex crime unit has soft lights, aromatherapy jars and toys to help victims recount their ordeal B„ GLENYS SIM GIVEN the terrible crimes recounted in these rooms, the aromatherapy iars are a surprise, albeit a pleasant one. They areBERITA HARIAN - 667 words
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Article257 2003-07-19 7 RAPE and molest may be the most frequently discussed topics in the the Victim Care Unit at the Serious Sexual Crime Branch. Nevertheless, the word “rape” is never used by the police officers there when talking to someone who has undergone such an ordeal. Neither257 words
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Page 7 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1061 2003-07-19 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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Article600 2003-07-19 8 MONDAY July 14,2003 AN EXCHANGE last week at a United States congressional hearing between General Tommy Franks, the just-re-tired commander of US forces in the Middle East, and a congresswoman typified what is wrong with the Bush administration’s conduct of the war in Iraq. Gen Franks had600 words
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Article608 2003-07-19 8 WEDNESDAY July 16,2003 PHILIPPINE security chiefs are puzzled how a prime terrorism suspect, Fathur Rohman Al-Ghozi, vanished in the dark a.m. hours of Monday from a detention cell at national police headquarters in Manila. Should they be? They would know the door had been flung open608 words
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1055 2003-07-19 8 i chualee HOONG - SATURDAY With 'i chualee HOONG THERE is something profoundly surreal about the series of Malaysian advertisements on the Singapore-Malaysia water dispute appearing in the Asian Wall Street Journal (AWSJ), and Malaysian media, this week. It’s not just the fact that an enormous sum of money1,055 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration1759 2003-07-19 9 The Govenvnent will study—without blinkers the Remaking Singapore Committee’s report ami respond to it over the next few months. And even if some ideas are not taken up, it could be ‘not yet rather than no’, says Prime Minister GOH CHOK TONG. This is his full1,759 words
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683 2003-07-19 9 LESLIE FONG - By LESLIE FONG EDITOR-AT-LARGE THE mass protest in Hong Kong on July 1 over the proposed enactment of a highly controversial national security law must have left Beijing feeling trapped between a rock and a hard place. There is no doubt that683 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1789 2003-07-19 10 LYDIA LIM - Spoilt and fussy used to be the words of choice to describe jobless Singaporeans. But increasingly, graduates and white-collar workers are shrugging off the social stigma to take on jobs as waiters, caregivers and cleaners. Our Senior Political Correspondent reports. B'J LYDIA LIMPHOTOS: BRYAN VAN DER BEEK - 1,789 words
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Article, Illustration1069 2003-07-19 11 CHI'A MCI //OO. VC - TH IN KING ALOUD CHI'A MCI //OO.VC CHEWING gum, gay rights and satellite dishes. It’s time for a U-turn on these policies. Not only because gum-chewers, homosexuals and television viewers stand to benefit from the changes. Rather, the wholeMill. - 1,069 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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Article, Illustration671 2003-07-19 12 LUZ BAGUIO RO; and DERWIN PEREIRA - Govt puts up $166,000 reward in bid to capture bomb expert after jailbreak; South-east Asian countries on high alert LUZ BAGUIO RO IN MANILA and DERWIN PEREIRA IN JAKARTA MANILA The Philippine government has offered a nve-million-peso reward (*****,000) for information leading to theREUTERS; Graphics: CHRISTIAN INTON and MIKE M DIZON - 671 words
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619 2003-07-19 12 Derwin Pereira - Derwin Pereira JAKARTA Security authorities in South-east Asia went on high alert as they mounted a massive manhunt for Fathur Rohman Al-Ghozi, a top terrorist convict who bolted from a maximum security prison in the Philippines just days ago. Amid concerns that the fugitive619 words
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211 2003-07-19 12 – Luz Baguioro - MANILA Contrary to what officials have claimed, Jemaah Islamiah bomber Fathur Rohman Al-Ghozi was not detained in a high-security facility. Instead, Al-Ghozi's cell in Camp Crame the national police headquarters was secured by only grilles and a single padlock. Al-Ghozi shared a second-floor211 words
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MONEY
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677 2003-07-19 13 TRADING on the local bourse seemed to climax this week with volumes and prices setting fresh records. The Straits Times Index gained 36.1 points to close at 1,580.96 while average daily turnover rose 18.48 per cent to 1.6 billion shares worth $796.20 million.677 words
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Article126 2003-07-19 13 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents 4» Volume JMH US25C 400 670 79.3 7.2 568.800 DBS Grp 1190 70.0 6.3 24,273,000 VentureCorp25c 1770 50.0 2.9 4,293,000 F&N 990 45.0 4.8 3.502,000 SIA 200 1090 30.0 2.8 104.800 SIA 50c 1090 30.0 2.8 11,370,000 OUE ...740 25.0 3.5 643,000 TIH 50c 182 25.0126 words
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Article128 2003-07-19 13 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents Volume PanpacMed W*****9. 2.5 150.0 1.5 1,297.000 SP Corp 5c 10 81.8 4.5 749,000 BakerTech20c 16 60.0 6.0 132,000 CSC W*****7 1.5 50.0 0.5 108.000 Vicplas W*****9 3 50.0 1.0 8,038,000 GreenWorld 20c ...28 47.4 9.0 1,515,000 Nam Lee 10c 30.5 45.2 9.5 8,695,000 RoyalClic 10c128 words
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Article124 2003-07-19 13 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents Volume GreatEast 50c 1010 -20.0 -1.9 1,363,000 Robinson 640 -15.0 -2.3 94,000 City Dev 50c 478 -8.0 -1.6 18,718,000 Singapura Fin 125 -8.0 -6.0 103,000 Oatacraft10c 113 -7.1 -3.4 79,210,000 TAC BU0 200 159 -7.1 -2.5 53,138,600 KeppelLand50c 148 -7.0 -4.5 6,865,000 CMS Rmbl 550 -6.8124 words
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Article129 2003-07-19 13 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents Volume GMG Global 5c ...2.5 -28.6 -1.8 9,863,000 El-Nets 1c ...1.5 -25.0 -0.5 44,299,000 Reed Grp 5c 10 -23.1 -3.0225,047,000 Nylect 15c 8 -15.8 -1.5 294,000 LHT HldqslOc 8.5 -15.0 -1.5 487,000 Chuan SoonHuat W03. 3 -14.3 -0.5 1,223,000 New Toyo W*****7.... 3 -14.3 -0.5 2,738,000129 words
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Article75 2003-07-19 13 Straits Times Index The Straits Dims Index rose 36.1 points on the wee* to 1581. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1,574.46 (*29.6) 2.3b (1.0b Tuesday 1,588.67 (*14.2) 1.4b (879.40m) Wednesday 1,595.92 C7.3) 1.9b (844.63m) Thursday 1.585.92 (-10.0) 1.5b (718.84m) Friday 1,580.96 (-5.0) 1.1b (536.26m) BT-SRI Index The BT-SRI75 words
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Article, Illustration675 2003-07-19 13 AZHAR KHALID - Drop in average selling price of wafers keeps cnipmaker mired in the red with net loss of sl6om, despite better sales Bit AZHAR KHALID CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing, the world’s fourth-largest maker of microchips, has reported a US$9O-million (Ssls9-5-million) net loss for the three months675 words
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Article, Illustration590 2003-07-19 14 EDNA KOH - Central bank rebuts critics, says export competitiveness should be maintained oy measures other than monetary policy By EDNA KOH FINANCE CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE’S central bank, which has drawn flak from some economists for not loosening monetary policy earlier to spur the economy, on TuesdayLUDWIG ILIO - 590 words
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475 2003-07-19 14 LEE SU SHYAN; and AUDREY TAN - By LEE SU SHYAN and AUDREY TAN SINGTEL chief Lee Hsien Yang was promised nearly 1.41 million shares last month if he meets share price and profit performance targets. The shares are worth $2.2 million based on the counter’s closing price on Monday. The475 words
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621 2003-07-19 14 LORNATAN - Bu LORNATAN POLICYHOLDERS may be better protected should their insurer go bust when a protection fund is set up next year. But they are also likely to bear some of the set-up costs through higher premiums, say industiy experts. The policyholders621 words
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FORUM
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1281 2003-07-19 15 The RJC Controversy YES I REFER to the reports, “Student’s ticking-off goes from RJC to Net” and “RJC boy to be disciplined for filming ticking-off” (ST, July 12 and 13). I was shocked to learn that the majority of respondents to the ST Online Poll felt1,281 words
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Article475 2003-07-19 15 WHILE there may be an expectation of privacy in many places, including in changing rooms and within one’s home, there is no general law of privacy in Singapore. Even if there was, it is debatable how far a claim of privacy can or should be allowed to475 words
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Article, Illustration515 2003-07-19 16 LEONG CHAN TEIK - Bjl LEONG CHAN TEIK THAT seemingly magical device that turns air into water has started rolling off the production lines here. Hyflux, the water-treat-ment specialist which makes it, said on Tuesday that 1,000 units could be produced a month. Production will increase when contractAZIZHUSSIN - 515 words
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550 2003-07-19 16 EDNA KOH - In a letter, PM Goh urges Cheney to allow ST Telemedia to buy Global Crossing; decision rests with 12-member US panel By EDNA KOH FINANCE CORRESPONDENT PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong has written to United States Vice-President Dick Cheney, urging550 words