The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 9 August 2003
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Title Section28 2003-08-09 1 PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday, August 9, 2003r* j Price: SSI .20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription onlv MITA (P) 090/03/200328 words
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641 2003-08-09 1 LAUREL TEO - If people accept the changes needed to cut costs, the country can make the most of business conditions when they pick up Btl LAUREL TEO PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong last night took stock of the nation's strengths and promised Singaporeans that their battered641 words
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Article, Illustration53 2003-08-09 1 TAKING a breather from the rigours of rehearsing for the National Day Parade, these full-time national servicemen watch proceedings from the top of the National Stadium. At the event itself on Saturday, they will be responsible for ushering people to their seats, first aid and maintaining security. BRYANBRYAN VAN DER BEEK - 53 words
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446 2003-08-09 1 CHEONG SUK-WAI - By CHEONG SUK-WAI THE light of Singapore’s 38th birthday candle this year is one of hope shining bright. That much may be seen from the list of brave hearts honoured in the Republic’s first National Day Awards For Overcoming Sars. Leading them446 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement59 2003-08-09 1 V Sports School Opens New school for sports champs gets off to a flying start, with 800 hopefuls signing up for trials after it holds its first public talk. pace 4 Technology A 'Hacker' On Your Side He’s just 18 years old, but Indian whiz-kid Anldt Fadia has already written59 words
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PRIME
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CARNAGE IN JAKARTA
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568 2003-08-09 2 KELVIN WONG; Camilla Chiam; Camilla Chiam, Fiona Chan; Tan Hui Yee; Tan Hui Yee - IN SINGAPORE in KELVIN WONG Additional reporting by Camilla Chiam, Camilla Chiam, Fiona Chan and Tan Hui Yee Tan Hui Yee THE shockwaves of the bomb blast that rocked the JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta on Tuesday do not seem to have had568 words
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Article381 2003-08-09 2 ALEXIS HOOI; Devi Asmarani in Jakarta and; K.C. VlJAYAN - Wife of injured Singaporean describes Tier harrowing time waiting for news; embassy contacts 17 staying at Marriott IhL ALEXIS HOOI Additional reporting by Devi by Devi Asmarani in Jakarta and in Jakarta and K.C. VlJAYAN in Singapore FOUR Singaporeans were among those injured in Tuesday’s381 words
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Article, Illustration529 2003-08-09 2 ARTIMLLCHAND - Bjl ARTIMLLCHAND MINUTES after he heard a deafening blast, Mr Andrew Moore saw a man staggering towards him. He was in a construction site office near Jakarta’s JW Marriott Hotel and it took him some moments to realise that the man whose face and handsCHEW SENG KIM - 529 words
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649 2003-08-09 3 M. NIRMALA - Information will help S’poreans figure out what skills they need to stay employed and also better understand foreign talent policy M. NIRMALA S E MOR COR RES PON D E NT FAR from dying, the controversy sparked by a flawed report on foreign workers649 words
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Article75 2003-08-09 3 7 would like to see how MOM worked out this data so that I can tell mxj constituents the Government is doing a good job. I would not keep it a secret and for political mileage, I’d brag about it. Mr Charles Chong, MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol75 words
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Article, Illustration146 2003-08-09 3 WITH branches stretched out as if in welcome, this gnarled tree in the Istana grounds was irresistible to children. Along with about 20,000 others, the climbing kids were visiting the official residence of Singapore’s President last Sunday, during its open house in celebrationAZIZ HUSSIN - 146 words
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524 2003-08-09 3 CHANG AI-LIEN - By CHANG AI-LIEN ACTING Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen last weekend explained w’hy the Government came down hard on the two economists who released a flawed report on employment figures. Countering suggestions the Government was too harsh in its response to the report524 words
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HOME
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575 2003-08-09 4 C. SIVAKKUMARAN - 3,000 turn up to hear first public talk by school and 800 sign up for trials proving that many parents do believe that sports and good grades can mix Bi/i C. SIVAKKUMARAN people at the Singapore Expo to near the Singapore Sports School575 words
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573 2003-08-09 4 TRACY QUEK - Teachers drop talk-and-chalk style, to ensure graduates get glowing grades By TRACY QUEK MR SEAH Poh Chua has a challenging task ahead of him getting his students in the new Sports School to love the Chinese language as much as they love sports. So, six573 words
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Article, Illustration286 2003-08-09 4 SELECTION trials will be held later this month. Those who wish to attend them should contact the school via e-mail at selection@sportsschool.edu.sg or by fax at 6766-2100. They will feature: Technical tests: To ensure that students have the skills and talent to excel in the sport. PsychologicalTAN SUAN ANN - 286 words
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Article868 2003-08-09 5 TRACY QUEK - Human resource consultants and managers say the days of‘last in, first out’ are gone; it’s staff who add value who’ll escape the axe sa. TRACY QUEK WHEN senior technician Mohamad Abdul Hyie received the pink slip in February, his first question was “Why me?” The868 words
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533 2003-08-09 5 GOH CHIN HAN - This comes after a closed-door dialogue on bus routes §1 GOH CHIN HAN EMOTIONS ran high at a closed-door dialogue Thursday night when about 100 grassroots leaders aired their grievances about the move to cut bus services that run along the same route533 words
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Article, Illustration138 2003-08-09 5 STRETCHING to 3.5 m, the Alphorn was much longer than nine-year-old Crystel Wee (left) but she gave it a go anyway with a few tips from Dr Hans Danuser, 56, leader of the St Moritz Alphorn Show Band. She was among Tampines residents who gotDESMOND WF.E - 138 words
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562 2003-08-09 6 TAN TARN HOW - Group formed by four overseas graduates hopes to get people talking informally and spontaneously about key issues B y TAN TARN HOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT A BAND of four twenty-some-things called the Kopitiam Discussion Group wants Singaporeans to be more active citizens562 words
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Article, Illustration588 2003-08-09 6 K.C. VHAYAN - By K.C. VHAYAN A NEW Public Enemy No. 1 has emerged in the drug war in Singapore. Synthetic drugs, with such exotic names as Pink Lady, Kit Kat and Shabu, have taken the top spot from heroin, the longtime menace. The change mirrors a worldwide588 words
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424 2003-08-09 6 KELVIN WONG - At $176 per leg, Hip-Hop pass aims to boost travel in the region Bl KELVIN WONG ASEAN countries have introduced a new flying fare in order to encourage their people to travel to each other’s country. It is aimed at those who want to424 words
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Article, Illustration568 2003-08-09 7 HO KA WEI - The expert on cybersecurity helps to protect systems by finding and fixing weaknesses and he’s only 18 years old By HO KA WEI FOR Indian whiz-kid Ankit Fadia, being a hacker puts him squarely on the side of the good guys. To the digital568 words
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Page 7 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1062 2003-08-09 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 Word1,062 words
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COMMENT
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Article608 2003-08-09 8 TUESDAY August 5, 2003 SINGAPORE formalised on Monday a crucial second energy link with Indonesia. This is a 470 km overland and undersea pipeline that will begin sending gas from Grissik in southern Sumatra in a week’s time. Together with the first undersea line —640 km608 words
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Article564 2003-08-09 8 THURSDAY August 7,2003 TWO aspects of the bomb attack in Jakarta on Tuesday ought to be taken as grim forebodings by South-east Asian governments and their intelligence services. One is the demonstrated ability of the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) network to carry out large-scale terrorist attacks after564 words
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Article, Illustration1018 2003-08-09 8 hCHUA LEE HOONG - SATURDAY Wtth h CHUA LEE HOONG IS THE ratio one to three, nine to one, or something else altogether? Last week, economists from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) threw the nation into a flap when they declared that for every four new jobs created between1,018 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration772 2003-08-09 9 TAN TARN HOW - THINKING ALOUD By TAN TARN HOW THE surprising aspect of the study of inter-racial mixing among schoolchildren is not that children lead segregated social lives, but the extent of that segregation. The research, carried out by a National Institute of Education team and772 words
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902 2003-08-09 9 SHARON LOH - THE WAY I SEE IT By SHARON LOH TODAY, thousands of people will gather at the National Stadium, and thousands more around their televisions, for what has been billed as the biggest birthday bash of the year. By now, everyone knows what to expect902 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration2225 2003-08-09 10 Thousands of well-educated and highly qualified Asian expatriates quietly go about their work in Singapore. While foreigners' share of the employment pie became a topic of controversy last week it is also a challenge to understand what is going on at aTAN HOWE YANG - 2,225 words
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Article, Illustration226 2003-08-09 11 MR GIRIJA Pande, 53, believes word is spreading among Indian nationals that Singapore is a good place to work and live in. Recently, Mr Pande, regional director of Tata Consultancy Services here, met three Indian nationals in the United States who were keenWONG KWAI CHOW - 226 words
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389 2003-08-09 11 WAIT AND SEE WHEN Chinese national Li Jing booked her air ticket to Singapore, she did not plan to stay for more than three years. All she wanted to do was to complete a diploma in graphic design at the Nanyang Academy389 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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563 2003-08-09 12 DEVI ASMARAM - Nervous foreign investors and tourists are expected to stay away once again just as the country was recovering from Bali blasts CARNAGE IN JAKARTA By DEVI ASMARAM THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU the Iraq war and the Sars outbreak. As they struggled to return563 words
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510 2003-08-09 12 DERWIN PEREIRA - B«/ DERWIN PEREIRA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA The message from the terrorists was loud, clear and deadly. The JW Marriott Hotel was the physical target of what appears to he a classic Jemaah Islamiah operation. But, in broader terms, intelligence officials believe the strike510 words
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Article, Illustration451 2003-08-09 12 Devi Asmarani - By Devi Asmarani Sheer panic followed the initial shock as guests and employees fled JAKARTA It was lunchtime at the Syailendra, the popular first-floor coffee shop near the lobby of the JW Marriott Hotel in downtown Jakarta. A cheerful crowd was tucking into their mealsAP - 451 words
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MONEY
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698 2003-08-09 13 STOCKS continued to consolidate during the past week in the absence of strong market moving news. The Straits Times Index (STI) fell 22.5 points to 1,534.5 while average daily turnover slid 1.18 per cent to 879.42 million shares worth $568.76 million.698 words
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Article128 2003-08-09 13 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents Volume Sea View 910 285.0 45.6 242,000 JMH US25c 400 680 26.3 2.3 650,400 H Royal 166 26.0 18.6 80,000 HLAsia 20c 158 13.0 9.0 14,985,000 RoyalClic 10c 58 13.0 28.9 5,000 AustralandA50c 172 10.3 5.5 6,000 DBS Bk 6% NCPS10. ***** 10.0 0.1 19,000 F&N128 words
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Article75 2003-08-09 13 Straits Times Index Tha Strait* Tima* Indti tall 22.5 point* an tha weak to t,534.5. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1,537.28 (-19.8) 772.81m (483.47m) Tuesday 1.508.69 (-28.6) 899.66m (617.03m) Wednesday 1,510.18 (*1.5) 959.37m (619.49m) Thursday 1,533.61 (+23.4) 909.99m (613.94m) Friday 1,534.54 (+0.9) 855.26m (509.89m) BT-SRI Index TIm BT-SRI75 words
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Article131 2003-08-09 13 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents Volume Sea View 910 45.6 285.0 242,000 RoyalClic 10c 58 28.9 13.0 5,000 Goldtron NCCPS 5c... 6 20.0 1.0 29,000 H Royal 166 18.6 26.0 80,000 GRP 20c 10.5 16.7 1.5 89,000 NewToyo W*****7... 15 15.4 2.0 17,689,000 BRC Asia 2.5c 9 12.5 1.0 2,654,000 PDC131 words
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Article128 2003-08-09 13 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents Volume OCBC 4.5%NCPS 100. ***** -110.0 •1.1 23,700 B Sembawang 1260 -60.0 -4.5 2,000 DBS Grp 1100 -60.0 -5.2 21,414,000 VentureCorp25c .1750 -50.0 -2.8 2,922,000 UOB 1270 -40.0 -3.1 15,569,000 CSC 515 •20.0 -3.7 1,772,000 Creative T 25c .1420 -20.0 -1.4 1,456,300 Elec S Eltek 80c128 words
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Article139 2003-08-09 13 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents Volume Chuan SoonHuat W0312 1.5 -57.1 -2.0 63,000 PanpacMed W*****9... 1 -33.3 -0.5 125,000 Wepco 50c 500 22 -26.7 -8.0 10,500 El-Nets Ic ...1.5 -25.0 -0.5 12,376,000 Mediastream 5c 3 -25.0 -1.0 13,820,000 Colex Hldqs 10c 11 -21.4 -3.0 20,000 Craft Print 15c 6 •20.0 -1.5139 words
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Article, Illustration621 2003-08-09 13 BRYANLEE - But investors eyeing its buoyant results shrug off the move sparked by Govt’s intention to pull out of telco Reports by BRYANLEE IN A widely expected move, Sing Tel had its credit rating cut by ratings agency Standard Poor s (S&P), which cited621 words
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703 2003-08-09 14 LEE SU SHY AN - Effects of bombing likely to be temporary if it is not followed by similar terrorist acts. But investor confidence may still be badly hit Analysts On Jakarta Blasts Bu LEE SU SHY AN TUESDAY'S bomb blast in Jakarta will703 words
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Article, Illustration784 2003-08-09 14 LEONG CHAN TEIK - At 43, he got laid off now his family is worth $29m Bij] LEONG CHAN TEIK MEETING Mr Lee Kian Soo, smartly clad in a suit and tie, for the first time, you’d never guess that he used to do menial work as a sailor on a globe-cir-cling cargo ship.LAU KOOK KONG - 784 words
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FORUM
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Article, Illustration274 2003-08-09 15 I REFER to Associate Professor Lee Wei Ling’s letter, “Do we want to encourage mindless risk taking?” (ST, July 25). I take her point concerning the difference between "calculated” and “mindless” risk taking. However, is any personal assessment of the risks involved274 words
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173 2003-08-09 15 I REFER to the letter by Ms Chua Hui Kee, “Working-visa posers from S’porean in US” (ST, July 26). The quota 0f5,400, which Ms Chua was concerned about, applies only to a special visa category created under the US Singapore Free Trade Agreement173 words
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Article604 2003-08-09 15 The Foreign-Worker Controversy I REFER to the commentary, “Stats saga obscures important trends”, by Ms Chua Lee Hoong. Referring to the different figures on jobs created for locals and foreigners published by the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) professors and the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), Ms Chua604 words
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Article409 2003-08-09 15 I REFER to the report, “Appeal for more foreign workers data”. I agree fully with Member of Parliament Dr Amy Khor that figures showing which sectors are taking in foreign workers would be useful to Singaporeans. The information would help them see whether they409 words
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Article162 2003-08-09 15 I EMPLOY factory workers and I pay $l,OOO in salaiy for starters. Malaysian workers cost me $1,030 (sl,ooo+ $3O levy) while Singaporeans cost me $1,160 (sl,ooo+ $l6O [l6 per cent CPF]). Too expensive, so I employ foreign workers. Even if a Singaporean worker is better and162 words
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Article, Illustration635 2003-08-09 16 KARAMJITKAUR; and ARTIMULCHAND - Knife-wielding man demands $30,000 during three-hour standoff at Braddell house, but the two women manage to escape By KARAMJITKAUR and ARTIMULCHAND AN UNEMPLOYED man and scores of policemen were locked in a tense three-hour standoff Thursday morning after he took a 22-year-old woman andPHOTOS; FRANCIS ONG - 635 words
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601 2003-08-09 16 NATALIE SOH - As in America, industry here is gunning for those wno flout copyright Bi/J NATALIE SOH MUSIC file-swoppers in Singapore, take note. You could get into trouble if you are downloading songs illegally. The Recording Industry Association of Singapore (Rias), which protects601 words