The Straits Times, 21 May 1997

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  • 526 1 Beijing welcomes move; battle looms m Congress WASHINGTON US President Bill Clinton has announced he was renewing China's Most Favoured Nation (MFN) trade status for another year, firing the opening shot m what is expected to oc a new foreign policy battle with Congress. "I
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  • 501 1  -  Jasbir Singh Singaporean's fall from JB hotel By If that was so, why was he wrapped m a bedsheet when his body was found?' Madam Ong Fei Mm (above) doubted that her husband, Mr Huang Jing Quan (inset) committed suicide by jumping out
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  • 616 1  -  Narendra Aggarwal By l SINGAPORE has once again been ranked as the world's most competitive country excelling m nearly every major area that counts m terms of competitiveness. The Republic came out on top for the second consecutive year m the Global Competitiveness Report
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  • 362 1 A BABY is among the 33 Singaporeans who were infected with HIV, the virus that causes Aids, m the first quarter of this year. This is the first time since 1991 that a baby had contracted HIV through its mother. A baby can get
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    • 98 1 Possible loss of 170,000 US jobs tipped Clinton's hand: Page 20 156 PAGES TODAY: The Straits Times comes in a 156-page five-part edition main paper (two parts), Life!, Classified and a 56-page Computer Times. Make sure you get all five parts. The New Paper will not be published today because
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    • 384 2 We have to push Singaporeans to the stage when they can actually lead a healthy lifestyle.' IT WILL be difficult to ignore the healthy lifestyle movement this year as messages will be posted at hawker centres, schools and community
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    • 93 2 WELL before the annual Vesak Day devotions could begin at the Phor Kark See temple m Bright Hill Drive yesterday, the early birds left their mark. Actually they left shoes, slippers, brooms, stones and bottled drinks, all taped to the ground. They came from as early
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    • 516 2  -  Felix Soh By THE axe will not be wielded and US military strength m the Asia-Pacific remains at its current level of 100,000 troops. This decision, announced after a major review of American defence policy, is a "great reassurance to the Asia-Pacif-ic
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    • 461 3 XL minister: We are not anti-Singapore PETALING JAVA Certain Singapore leaders are trying to instill fear among their citizens to discourage them from visiting Malaysia, Culture Tourism and Arts Minister Datuk Sabbaruddin Chik has claimed. The Star newspaper yesterday quoted him as
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    • 192 3 A SENIOR lawyer was yesterday charged with alarming the staff of Bugis MRT station on Jan 3 this year, resulting m the disruption of a train bound for Boon Lay. On that day, there was a bomb threat at the Bugis station, resulting m a delay
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    • 528 3  -  Elena Chong KFJKFKLFAL By CHAN Toh Kai (left) was one of Singapore's top anti-graft fighters, commended and promoted over the years for his work m putting away the corrupt. But the senior special investigator of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau threw a
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    • 359 3 TWO experienced divers died while clearing debris underwater near the shoreline off Piflau Ayer Merbau on Monday afternoon. Mr Salleh Kudin, 41, and Mr Aminnuddin Che Kassim, 47, were doing maintainence work at an off-shore petrochemical cooling plant when they drowned. They were working
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  • WORLD
    • 655 4 Britain's Cook in a stew over human-rights drive pampaign may hurt British arms trade Ministers quandary 'An ill-judged word from the Foreign Secretary, a sudden fit of morality offensive to a touchy foreign government, could cost thousands of jobs m the defence industry many of them those of Labour voters/
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    • 531 4 Trendy drink targeted at young who cannot handle liquor Boy, 14, sets school on fire after drinking alcoholic lemonade LONDON A judge has blamed alcopops for turning a boy of 14 into an arsonist. The youngster, who had never been m trouble before, started a £750,000 (Ssl.B
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    • 178 4 BRUSSELS European Union ministers are to set rules for "pig hotels" rest centres for farm animals on marathon journeys across the continent. They hoped to strike a political deal at their meeting here later yesterday. The centres were part
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    • 482 6 Pentagon unveils strategy for 21st century WASHINGTON The Pentagon has unveiled a long-awaited strategy for the 21st century that relies on a smaller, smarter military force, cutting troops and bases to pay for new aircraft and computers. The Quadrennial Defence Review made
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    • 425 6 WASHINGTON The United States is likely to remain the world's sole superpower through 2015 with no global competitor or regional coalition to match it, a new US strategy review has predicted. Russia and China are seen as potential rivals beyond that time
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    • 212 6 Wanted: $1.4 b to develop defences against germ war WASHINGTON— A Pentagon review has recommended that US$l billion (Ssl.4 billion) be spent to develop defences against chemical and biological weapons, citing a rising threat m places like the Korean peninsula. US Defence Secretary William Cohen said that Washington had underestimated
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    • 363 9 ■Mobutu, family and !aides arrive m Togo LOME (Togo) Ousted Zairean leader Mobutu Sese ;Seko is currently staying at the -presidential palace m Togo, >hile members of his family are putting up at a luxury hotel, -said reliable sources here. The sources said the ailing
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    • 181 9 Thousands flee ousted President's home region BANGUI Thousands of Congolese, among them soldiers, have started fleeing ■ousted President Mobutu Sese Seko's home region into the ■neighbouring Central African .Republic, aid workers said, ■quoting witnesses. The exodus, particularly m the region of Mr Mobutu's former jungle palace at Gbadolite, began m
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    • 504 9 Politics of fashion in the new Congo Out: Tommy Hilfiger and Cartier watches In: White rag bandana and dowdy Republican attire KINSHASA Tommy Hilfiger is not cool anymore m Kinshasa. Karl Kani neither. Cartier watches and crocodile loafers are also off the must-have list. For the moment, luxury Western designer
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    • 588 11 Children of Mitterrand, Le Pen and de Gaulle taking part m election PARIS It could be Dynasty replayed: Scores of candidates running m the French election are none other than the children of big-name political families the Mitterrands, Le Pens and de Gaulies. In this family affair,
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    • 411 11 WASHINGTON The first female B-52 pilot has sought an honourable discharge to avoid a court-martial for adultery m a case that has aggravated the US military's angst over sex and its soldiers. The Air Force has charged Lieutenant Kelly Flinn,
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    • 161 11 NEW DELHI At least 500 people were killed and several hundred were missing after a cyclone slammed Bangladesh's south-eastern coast, Indian newspapers reported yesterday. The Times of India and other newspapers, quoting official sources m Dhaka, said 400 people were reported killed at
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    • 166 11 The lowdown on Nessie Ever wondered what "Nessie", the legendary Loch Ness monster looks like? Britain 's only professional monster hunter, Mr Steve Feltham, 34, has come up with the following description, based on a sighting of an unexplained 'disturbance" on the water and other witness accounts. He claims that
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    • 543 13  -  Lol Wee Nee By Increase m number of S'poreans going to Australia The attraction Proximity to South-east Asia. Lower tuition fees and cost of living. More favourable exchange rate. .MALAYSIAN and Singaporean -students are still heading to P.Australia for further studies, despite
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    • 267 13 CANBERRA A donkey named Murphy has been posthumously decorated for jf bravjifi 82 years after it carried wounded Australian soldiers to safety hi the World War I battle at Gallipoli. In a ceremony conducted by Australian Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer
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    • 322 13 SYDNEY Support for Australian Prime Minister John Howard has slid to a new low, according to a survey released yesterday amid persistent criticism of his handling of the nations race debate. Meanwhile, support for an-ti-Asia MP Pauline Hanson has levelled off at about
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    • 285 13 CAMBRIDGE Britain has launched a supercomputer powerful enough to turn scientists into "grand masters" of the universe. The £2 million (554.5 million) Cosmos is the country's first national supercomputer dedicated to cosmological research. It will allow scientists to test their theories about the
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    • 336 16 WASHINGTON Americans tend to base their retirement plans on "wishful thinking", and most are unwilling to make the tough choices that could help keep them and the beleaguered Social Security system afloat m the 21st century, a new study reported. The national survey,
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    • 54 16 TURKISH pop star Bourak Kut (left) and Greek singer Sakis Rouvas showing off their vocals during a peace concert m divided Cyprus on Monday. Police mounted a massive security operation m the capital Nicosia to ensure that a United Nations-sponsored peace concert scheduled to take place
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    • 536 16 Indentured servants were the first to arrive Major contributions Participated m the Cuban war of independence. Contributed to Cuban reliance on rice as a staple food. HAVANA With a spiffed up Chinatown and proud efforts > o preserve Asian culture, Cuba is preparing
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    • 183 16 PLYMOUTH (England) Twenty consecrated virgins from around Britain gathered at Plymouth cathedral on Monday to renew their lifelong vows of chastity. The mass marked the 25th anniversary of the revival of committed lay virgins the forerunners to nuns m the Roman Catholic Church. The tradition,
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    • WORLD FILE
      • 62 16 A four-year-old boy was killed m a small town m north-eastern Brazil by a lion, local television news said on Monday. The lion mauled the boy to death, after it broke loose from its tamer who was was taking the animal for a stroll around the town's streets
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      • 61 16 Inmates m a prison m Sao Paulo released 500 hostages on Monday, ending a tense 26-hour stand-off with police and returning control of the jail to the authorities. The inmates had taken 500 visitors and prison guards hostage when they took over a cell block during visiting hours
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      • 58 16 Colombian drug bosses have placed President Ernesto Samper and US Ambassador Myles Frechette on a hit list of assassination targets, police said on Monday. Police intelligence sources confirmed the l«st was drawn up m reprisal for recent moves m Colombia's Congress to endthecountiys six-year-old ban on the
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      • 49 16 At least 16 Indian Muslims were electrocuted when a float m a religious procession brushed against an overhead electric wire, the Press Trust of India reported yesterday. Around 40 others suffered burns following the accident on Monday at Dag town m the northern state of Rajasthan. AFP
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      • 59 16 Three scuba divers, including a diving instructor, died on Monday while exploring a grotto near the French Riviera resort city, Antibes, rescuers said. The dead, two men and a woman, were part of a group of 11 exploring the grotto. Three others were injured. There was no
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      • 63 16 The attorney representing the family of an Australian nurse murdered m Saudi Arabia on Monday demanded the death penalty for two British colleagues charged with killing her. Deborah Parry, 41, and Lucille McLauchlan, 31, were charged with the murder of Ms Yvonne Gilford, 55, m the eastern oilcityofDhahranon
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    • PEOPLE
      • 186 17 McDonald's heiress is donor behind $21m gift GRAND FORKS (North Dakota) An anonymous donor who gave US$l5 million (5521.4 million) to victims of last month's floods m the US Northern Plains has been identified as Joan Kroc (above), heiress to the McDonald's hamburger fortune, reports
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      • 139 17 Popular even in death NEW YORK Connections to some of the century's most powerful men made Ms Pamela Harriman's reputation m fife and made a success of her estate sale on Monday night at Sotheby's. A painting of liquor bottles by Sir Winston Churchill, her one-tune father-in-law, sold for US$lB4,OOO
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      • Article, Illustration
        126 17 AUCKLAND A Slovenian couple travelled the world to have their son born on a New Zealand beach, the New Zealand Herald reported yesterday. The couple, Ms Alenka Vlaj and Mr Tone Koscak (above), were determined their son would be born m a natural setting. Mr Koscak, who toured
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      • 132 17 Meanwhile JACKO FACES $1 3M SUIT: A Brazilian student is suing popstar Michael Jackson for US$9.5 million (5513.5 million) over a car accident that happened four years ago. SALINGER'S AGENT DIESrMs Dorothy Olding, 87, longtime literary agent for J.D. Salinger and chief guardian of the reclusive author's privacy, who at
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      • 57 17 1 felt empathy with Diana. There have been similarities, right down to our engagement rings They were both just mirages of happiness/ Twice-divorced Frances Shand Kydd, 61, mother of Princess Diana, on how her daughter's married life had mirrored her own, with both women marrying men 12 years their senior
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    • 111 6 In 1995, Ms Chan Choy Har won the top award with this painting. who will win Expressions m Art m 1997? In support of local artists, Sing Tel is holding the second Expressions m Art contest, open to all citizens and permanent residents over 18. First prize winners m each
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  • EAST ASIA
    • 77 18 Ma&u casino tycoon Stanley Ho paid tribute to the late "God of Gambling" Yip Hon, who helped launch him m business. Speaking after the funeral on Monday, Mr Ho recalled how the pair worked together to launch the casino monopoly m the
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    • 174 18 TAIs?EI Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui yesterday marked the first anniversary of his ffctory m the island's first direct presidential election amifl criticism of his governmert over a series of unsolved murqers. Ije spent the day visiting an old folks' home m northern Taiwan
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    • 516 18  - HK's post-handover go vt names Chief Justice Wang Hui Ling Choice of Queen's Counsel a popular one, say analysts By Hongkong correspondent Long career as civil lawyer MR ANDREW Li Kwok Nang, 48, was born m December 1948. He obtained his law degree from Cambridge University, and was called to
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    • 321 18 Blair may attend handover ceremonies WASHINGTON New British Prime Minister Tony Blair is considering attending ceremonies marking the handover of Hongkong to China on July 1, British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook has said. Mr Cook, on a one-day visit to Washington, told a news conference on Monday that he himself
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    • 219 18 BEIJING has asked the Macau authorities for information on triad members who have been active m the Portuguese enclave m recent years, a Hongkong daily reported. The move is seen as determination among Chinese leaders to help fight violence m
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    • 763 20 -jpnce feared -hs fierce, able soldiers, former Gurkha soldiers are forking as domestic servants m Hongkong r .iiONGKONG Finding it dif- Jkult to make ends meet on TOSir low pension, hundreds of retired Gurkha soldiers, famed the world over as fierce, able Maters, have
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    • 515 20 BEIJING China's propaganda czar, Mr Ding Guangen, protege of the late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping, is to head a new nigh-level group m charge of ideology for the Chinese Communist Party, signalling that his star is rising, Chinese sources said yesterday. Mr Ding,
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    • 449 20 Renewal of China's MFN status WASHINGTON Higher US prices for imports, loss of jobs and a possible disruption of Hongkong's economic stability helped shape Washington's decision to renew favoured trading status for China, officials said. Revocation of the status would cost
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    • 259 22 BJEIJING China's Foreign Minister Qian Qichen has called for an urgent start to stalled four-way peace talks aimed at securing a lasting peace on the Korean peninsula, Chinese media reported yesterday. i In a meeting with his South Korean counterpart Yoo
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    • 62 22 A young man fighting to land a fish on Saturday at an indoor fishing hall m Urumqi, capital of north-western China's Xinjiang province. Indoor fishing halls are fast becoming popular m the more remote regions of China. The pole costs 20 yuan (553.30) to rent for
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    • 604 22  -  Kwan Weng Kin By Japan Correspondent Four areas that could trip Japan up HUMAN RESOURCES: The lowest ratio of graduate students to undergraduates among major developed countries about halfthat m the United States and a third that m France. R&DS Ranks low compared to
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    • EAST ASIA FILE
      • 43 22 China yesterday accused the Philippine government of violating its territorial sovereignly m the South China Sea. Its Foreign Ministry spokesman Shen Guofang also warned Manila against sending naval vessels to the disputed Huang Van Island, also known as Scarborough Shoal. Kyodo
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      • 54 22 Russia would like to boost military and technologies cooperation with China, Russian Defence Minister Igor Rodionov said. Stronger military ties between Russia, China, the United States and Japan will improve the situation m the Pacific, he said after meeting General Yu Yungbo, a member of China's Central Military
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      • 52 22 Hongkong legislators have decidednot to demand full disclosure of the Independent Commission Against Corruption report into former immigration chief Laurence Leung. The Select Committee believed that no important information had been withheld from the committee following Thursday's report from Chief Secretary Anson Chan, the South China Morning Post
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      • 64 22 Taiwan's Defence Ministry spokesman Kung Fang-ting said yesterday it had not detected any Chinese spy vessels spying. He was commenting on recent media reports that vessels disguised as Chinese fishing boats, but with an unusually large number of antennae, were sighted off Taiwan's Hsinchu county near the
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      • 49 22 theft of grenades, bullets and other military equipment from an army depot m China's Liaoning province has shocked Chinese President Jiang Zemin and other top officials. The Hongkong Standard reported yesterday that a thorough investigation has been ordered, even though all the items have since been recovered.
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      • 56 22 An investigation was launched by Hongkong's Queen Mary Hospital after a couple paid a woman HK$4O,OOO (557,476) to have their baby. Professor Ho Pak-chung, head of the Queen Mary's obstetrics and gynaecology department, said the couple must have "misunderstood" that the hospital would carry out the arrangement, the
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      • 38 22 Hongkong's former stock-exchange chairman, Ms Chen Po Sum, was cleared of bribery charges m the High Court on Monday. A Hongkong Standard report yesterday said the mother of three was hugged by her supporters after the trial.
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 361 24  -  Chua Lee Hoong By m Hanoi A SENIOR Vietnamese official has urged Singapore to import fish from Vietnam. Mr Nguyen Van Tv, president of the Vietnamese General Confederation of Labour (VGCL), suggested to Briga-'dier-GeneraT George Yeo m Hanoi yesterday that Singapore consider buying
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    • 446 24  -  Derwin Pereira Crowds turn ugly, burning tyres and pelting police with rocks By m Jakarta SPORADIC clashes broke out m several parts of Jakarta yesterday as security forces battled with supporters of the Muslim-based United Development Party (PPP). Sources said that thousands of PPP
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    • 418 24  -  Susan Sim By Indonesia Correspondent PONTIANAK (West Kalimantan) Golkar party chief Harmoko yesterday promised to bring investments to this troubled province, traumatised earlier m the year by fierce fighdng between indigenous Dayaks and Madurese migrants. Addressing some 5,000 supporters m the coastal
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    • 381 24  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Philippines Correspondent MANILA World Trade Organisation (WTO) chief Renato Ruggiero yesterday called for speedy liberalisation of the financial services sector, saying the stakes m this sector were very high. He also cautioned against the preferential nature of regionalism compared with
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    • 557 25 Modus operandi The "snake head" or leader of the human smuggling ring stayed m Bangkok while the "ducklings" (illegal Chinese immigrants) were "reared" m Phnom Penh as they waited for their false documents. BANGKOK The Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, is
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    • 257 25 Long gone but not forgotten PHNOM PENH Cambodians yesterday were invited to take part m one of the world's most unusual commemorations National Hate Day an outlet for people to vent their anger at Khmer Rouge atrocities. May 20 is believed by many to be
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    • 439 25  -  Luz Baguioro High-tech the way to go: World body By m Manila ASIA-PACIFIC countries need to adopt new technologies and upgrade existing infrastructure to head off congestion and other problems that may arise from an expected tourism boom m the region by 2010.
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    • 174 25 MANILA A senior Philippine official yesterday warned that neither Asean nor the United States could afford to isolate Myanmar over its hu-man-rights record, saying such a policy would be "counter-productive". Foreign Undersecretary Rodolfo Severino also said that had Asean imposed the same standards on the Philippines
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    • 222 27 HANOI US Ambassador to Vietnam Douglas "Pete" Peterson yesterday attended the handing over of suspected remains of US servicemen m a further sign of Washington's will to get the fullest possible accounting of its MIAs (Missing m Action) m the Vietnam War. In
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    • 679 27  -  Derwin Pereira Those earning less than the minimum wage qualify By m Jakarta lightening their load Steps taken by Jakarta to ease workers' burden: Increasing minimum wages by 10 per cent from April 1. A worker m Jakarta now earns about 172,500 rupiah
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    • 367 27  -  Nirmal Ghosh By PHllippines Correspondent KIANILA The Philippine notary expects to receive offers for fighter jets and offshore patrol vessels by the end of the month and begin contract negotiations soon after. Armed forces chief General Amuifo Acedera said
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    • REGIONAL FILE
      • 73 27 Fourteen Filipinos drowned and three were missing after a boat which was carrying suspected illegal immigrants trying to cross into Sabah capsized. Twenty people were rescued. Mr Anuar Bashah Sohore, police chief m the Malaysian town of Sandakan, said yesterday that the boat, with 37 people on board,
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      • 66 27 All non-oil and gas mining companies operating m Indonesia will be required to have their discoveries verified by the government before they are made public, The Jakarta Post reported yesterday. The Mines and Energy Ministry's new secretarvgeneraf, Mr Darmoko Slamet, was quoted as saying that new mining regulations
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      • 66 27 Forensic tests are to be carried out on the remains of 42 women to match them against a list from self-proclaimed sorcerer Nasib Kelewang. North Sumatra police spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Amrin Karim said yesterday that the search for more bodies had been suspended to allow the tests to
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      • 54 27 Indonesia promised to give US$5 million (557.2 million) to the Palestinian Authority to support its efforts m sustaining the Middle East peace process, a Palestinian envoy said yesterday m Jakarta. Dr Assad Abdulrahman, a special delegate from the Palestinian Executive Committee, said that some of the money had
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      • 70 27 Indonesian security authorities arrested two Japanese nationals trying to take out of the country 42 animals and birds on the country's protected list, reports said yesterday. Shibano Tosaihito, 37, and Kitaoka Isao, 34, were arrested at Jakarta's Sukarno Hatta airport on Friday, Kompas daily quoted the head of
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      • 65 27 Vietnamese Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet left yesterday for a week-long official tour of Poland, the Czech Republic, Italy and Hungary, his third European tour m four years, the Foreign Ministry said. It said he would sign airtransport pacts m Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary and
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 392 29 KUALA LUMPUR Citing "national interest", senior Malaysian officials yesterday said that the country was not prepared yet to sign a global deal on government-procurement procedures, an initiative aimed at providing a framework to improve efficiency and provide freater transparency m such proceures.
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    • 327 29 AUCKLAND One Malaysian and six Sherpas m a team trying to reach the summit of Mount Everest are expected to make it to the top of the world's highest mountain. A team of 10 Malaysian climbers has been trying to
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    • 232 29 MALACCA The two girls from Kampung Solok M usai, near here, who were left to fend for themselves after being abandoned by their parents, were picked up by their mother last Tuesday. Ms Makmin Tambi, 54, a neighbour of Siti Hasliza Abdul Rahman, six, and
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    • MALAYSIA FILE
      • 43 29 Kelantan's chief of protocol, Tengku Datuk Feissal Sultan Ibrahim, an uncle of the Sultan, died on Monday after choking on his lunch, The Sun said yesterday. The state government said he was survived by a widow, three sons and six daughters.
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      • 43 29 Acting Prime Minister Datuk Sen Anwar Ibrahim yesterday said the new Malacca Chief Minister would be appointed this week. He said he had not decided on the candidate to replace Datuk Sen Mohamed Zin Abdul Ghani, who died last week. Bernama
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      • 40 29 The ruling National Front will be involved m straight fights m the Kuala Selangor parliamentary by-election and the Permatang and Repah state by-elections on May 29. The candidates' names were announced at the Tampin town hall yesterday. Bernama
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      • 47 29 The Tunku Abdul Rahman College will continue to provide diploma programmes and will not change its college status, Malaysian Chinese Association president Datuk Seri Dr Ling Liong Sik said. Although it offered degrees m certain courses, it would not be called a university, he NST
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      • 71 29 An Indonesian journalist was sentenced to a year's jail and three strokes of the cane by a magistrate's court m Alor Gajah yesterday for breaching a five-year ban on his re-entry imposed m January. Magazine reporter Harris Hata Muchlis, 49, admitted re-entering and remaining m Malaysia after being
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    • 316 30 *No big loss if they stop coming because we have other visitors' JOHOR BARU Johoreans should not be unduly worried over a fall m the number of Singaporeans visiting their state because the local -tourism industry does not depend entirely on arrivals
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    • 197 30 KUALA LUMPUR There are cer tain groups m Singapore which are trying to prevent Singaporeans from visiting Malaysia and the Malaysian government will study its effects on the country's tourism industry, a senior official said yesterday. "We know there are certain authorities
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    • 451 30 What' s behind Singapore's actions on travel issue? We reproduce a commentary by Hani bah Ab Latif which was published m the Watan tabloid yesterday entitled "Puzzled by Singapore's behaviour". WE ARE puzzled by jfe Singapore's behaviour. iour. Several days ago, there was news that its government forbade its citizens
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    • 243 30 KUALA LUMPUR The trade and business relationships between Malaysia and Singapore were going on normally, Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Kerk Choo Ting said yesterday. Despite recent developments between them, both countries had to look at the business and trade point of
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    • 391 30 MALAYSIAN newspapers yesterday played up a Reuter feature on prostitution m Singapore m their news pages. The main English-language New Straits Times ran the feature m full, giving it banner treatment with a photograph. The news agency had reported that soliciting and pimping
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    • 637 31  -  Brendan Pereira Two views on the issue of water supply to Singapore By m Johor Baru Malaysia is, of course, a civilised country. I am sure Singapore will want to claim that it is a civilised country. In a civilised society, there is
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    • 606 31 'Don't wield bilateral pacts like sticks, but The supply of water between countries has been and will increasingly be a sensitive matter m international relations, noted veteran journalist A. Samad Ismail m an article m the May issue of Dewan Budaya, a monthly Malay-language news magazine published m Kuala Lumpur.
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    • 403 31  -  Brendan Pereira By m Johor Baru 'S'poreans, don't think we're stupid' What's the importance of Singaporeans pasting the statement by our Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir, who said m his speech that Singaporeans urinate m the lifts? To me, the motive is simply to
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    • 324 31  -  Ho Wah Foon By m Kuala Lumpur SINGAPORE Home Minister Wong Kan Seng should not have made a statement which supported the impression that Malaysia did not wql come Singaporeans as this would not improve ties, Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang said
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    • 139 31 Meanwhile, Chinese newspapers m Malaysia yesterday urged Malaysia and Singapore to put an end to current hostilities for the sake of long-term peace and mutual interests. An editorial m the Nanyang Siang Pau catutioned Singapore not to forget that the Republic and Malaysia were
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  • HOME
    • 560 32  -  Alison de Souza Ranking of top 50 universities m Asia NUS has better reputation, while NTU gives more value for money By >'AN ASIAWEEK survey of the top 50 universities m Asia has ranked the National University of Singapore (NUS) fourth and the Nanyang
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    • 345 32 TO MAKE sure that his fish look their best before competitions, retired fish-breeder Lee Boon Chai feeds them a special paste made of ground cow's and pig's hearts, Deef, prawns, algae powder, wheat flour and milk powder. Vitamins and ammo
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    • 389 32 AFKFKFLALFL EVERYTHING from gardening bills to graduation rates were asked m Asiaweek's first survey of universities m Asia. Universities nominated by the magazine's editors were asked to fill out a questionnaire on themselves and to rank their peers on a scale of one to five, said
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    • 639 33  -  Lee Siew Hua R-Adm Teo examining new methods to improve education m Spore By US Correspondent WASHINGTON A microphone hangs over the work table as Jason Rubenstein, 15, measures the density of liquids through how well they conduct sound an exciting hands-on application of his science,
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    • 169 33  -  LEE SIEW HUA AFKSFASF;F; ALL students at the Montgomery Blair High School m Maryland that Education Minister Teo Chee Hean visited on Monday can have an Internet account, and computers feature fairly prominently m laboratories and classrooms. The school is the only one among
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    • 334 33 Keeping prison warders on the job TO ATTRACT and keep warders on the job, the Prisons Service has increased the monthly allowances given to junior officers by between $50 and $100. Those who serve six years or more will also get a one-off special
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    • 347 34  -  Lim Seng Jin He was trying to stop group of men attacking a man By AN AMERICAN saw a group of men attacking a man, and tried to help the victim. But the group turned around and attacked Mr Jason Michael Predmore, 22, a security officer at
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    • 279 34 AN ODD-JOB labourer is on trial for raping his daughter when she was 13 years old. The 47-year-old father of five faces five rape charges and one of attempted rape of the girl, who is now 15 years old. He had faced 52 charges
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    • 318 34  -  Elena Chong By TWO British servicemen accused of robbing a taxi-driver of $43 were represented by a lawyer yesterday who asked for the case to be adjourned for eight weeks. Mr Shashi Nathan said he had just been engaged to act for
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    • 222 34 A COFFEESHOP owner who had been arrested kicked the door of the police car he was m repeatedly, and caused $56 worth of damage. For that, Too Pee Kok, 40, was yesterday fined $9,000 on one charge of mischief. He was fined $2,000
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    • 278 34 Hot dogs for 25 cents, root beers for 20 cents THIS food stand sells hot dogs, chili con came and root beer at 1927 prices. So hot dogs went for 25 cents and rootbeer at 20 cents a cup yesterday to kick off the Marriott Hotel's
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    • 187 34 TELECOMMUNICATES giant Motorola has filed its second suit against two subsidiaries of locally-listed Goldtron Ltd for infringing its patent by making and selling the Legend 2000 pager. Motorola Electronics filed the suit against Goldtron Telecommunications and Goldtron International on Monday. It claims damages and seeks a
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    • 356 37  -  Raoul Le Blond By TWO National University of Singapore deans are stepping down from their posts next month. They are science dean Associate Professor Bernard Tan, who is leaving his position after 12 years, and arts and social science dean Associate Professor
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    • 151 37 CHINESE Vice-Premier Zhang Siqing will be here on an official visit from tomorrow till next Tuesday at the invitation of Attorney-General Chan Sek Keong. Mr Zhang is also the Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate of the People's Republic of China. The agency
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    • 313 37 Illegal cigarettes found m modified van FOUR large tears on the grey carpet of a passenger van alerted Customs officers to a surprising find yesterday a special compartment constructed beside the fuel tank to hide contraband cigarettes. The 41 -year-old driver of the Malaysian-registered van was
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    • TRAVELS IN CYBERSPACE
      • 196 38 THE virtual pet craze that is sweeping the world has invaded cyberspace. There are no fewer than 80 different web sites from around the world, all dedicated to the electronic pet, the Tamagotch. A sample of the addresses of some of these home pages: http://www.bhome.com/tamagotc.htm
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      • 204 38 THE pioneer batch of graduates from Nanyang Technological Universit/s School of Communication Studies is graduating soon and they plan to stay m touch m cyberspace. The virtual alumni, which will be ready next month, will have an e-mail list for members to refer to, an electronic
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      • 135 38 YOU can go around the world and see the sights m 80 seconds, or less. By surfing the Net, that is. There is a web site that allows you to hook up to any of more than 100 video cameras connected to the Internet around
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      • 157 38 SFSFFKLFLFFFF A 26- YEAR-OLD man who had just robbed a bank m Peterborough, Ontario, was caught a few hours later after he tried to deposit his loot into his account at the same bank. He was sentenced to six years m prison. Police m New
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    • 538 39  -  Yeow Pei Lin itTI be good to re-live the old days again and doing fun things with my old Mends 60-year-olds show they are still game for the outdoors By GIRL GUIDE Anna Tham, 63, spent her school days pitching tents on deserted beaches ana plantations,
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    • 360 39 THE Singapore Armed Forces is sending an officer to war-torn Afghanistan on a United Nations peacemaking mission Lieutenant-Colonel Lo Yong Poo, who will be the first UN military adviser from Singapore. His mission: To help broker peace there, by getting the warring factions to the
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    • 319 39 Tanglin Club election MORE than 600 members of the Tanglin Club m Stevens Road turned up on Monday night to vote m a new team which calls itself "cosmopolitan". It comprises Singaporeans, Europeans, a Briton and an American. The new team, which includes
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    • 356 41 New curriculum cuts repetition m courses COMPET ENt dentistry students will be able to progress at a faster rate under the new dental curriculum of the National University of Singapore. And those students who need remedial work can be given more intensive training.
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      295 41 m I&ds click into library's CD-ROM server CHILDREN at the new Changi Simei Community Children's Library can not only borrow books but also access a library of oh CD-ROMs with a click of the mouse. The library at the void deck of Blk 120, mm Simei Street 1 has
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    • 239 41 Muis gives out $582,600 to 16 groups THE Pertapis Centre will soon employ a child psychologist ana four more social workers tp beef up the 11 -strong support staff at its children's home. The extra staffing was made possible by a grant of $150,400 from the Islamic Religious Council (Muis).
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    • 102 41 A MAN was found dead under a canvas sheet m Dairy Farm Road early yesterday morning. The man, believed to be m his 30s, was found lying on the dirt road at about 7.25 am, wrapped m a plastic bag and covered with a blanket and
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  • COMMENT/ANALYSIS
    • The Straits Times
      • 687 42 THAILAND beat back an offshore assault on its currency, the baht, last week. That exercise, synchronised with the central banks of its Asean allies, has given the country more time to re-exam-ine its fiscal management and sluggish export performance. It should use the reprieve prudently, as
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      • 59 42 "I think war is becoming less and less likely. On the Korean Peninsula, whoever starts a war will die." Han Zhenshe, one of the most influential North Korea watchers m Beijing. "It would be a mistake to say there is peace m Bosnia. We have only the absence of war."
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    • 817 42  -  Sia Cheong Yew SECOND LAST WORD By NOW that medical clinics, hospitals and laboratories have been allowed to advertise m newspapers and on the Internet, what does it mean for the consumer? For those who cannot tell the difference between a vasectomy
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    • 1211 42 New deal with Nato made on terms of alliance The Economist FFLFLLFASIFIF Natos objective: To ensure that new members have the same rights as old ones notably that Article 5 of the Nato treaty, which commits members to defend each other from attack, applied to them fully.
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    • 813 43  - E. Asians need to engage China as an equal Takashi Inoguchi By REALITY CHECKS How should the West react to China's growing power? Here are the three main schools of thought and their drawbacks. "Balance of power" realists: China is an emerging menace that requires unity among its potential prey.
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    • 654 43  - EU's 3% Zero Reginald Dale Deficit limit spells trouble for euro By International Herald Tribune LONDON European governments are losing all sense of proportion over a single statistic which they have allowed to become the main determinant of membership m the European single currency, the euro a load that the
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  • FORUM
    • New measures to cut HDB waiting time
      • 663 44 Finance-finance scheme's $5,000 deposit will cause hardship The introduction of the $5,000 deposit is actually unnecessary and will, m fact, cause undue hardship to these young couples. Despite the many applications from people who abuse the fiance-fiancee scheme, there are many who are sincere m wanting to build a home
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      • 142 44 LITTLE is known of the fate of existing applicants who have registered under the joint applicant scheme. The scheme gives priority to those who apply for new flats together with their parents. I am a first-timer while my parents are upgraders, and
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  • SPORTS
    • 492 45  -  Joe Dorai Lebanon team hit by suspension, injuries for pre-World Cup tie SOCCER By HIGH on the list of achievements m Lebanon coach Terry Yorath's credentials is the fact that he had coached Wales to beat Brazil m a friendly match m Wales six
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    • 445 45 FFLSLF;F'A'' LONDON A British newsBaper tracked Manchester taited star Eric Cantona to his parents' home m southeast France after his decision to quit football to find him enjoying a game with his eight-year-old^ son Raphael. Tuesday's Mirror said Cantona had travelled to Albert and Isobel Cantona's
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    • 228 45 MILAN Brazilian star Ronaldo could be on his way from Barcelona to Inter Milan next season, the Italian press reported yesterday, 'while Manchester United has, its eyes on Roberto Baggio. Ronaldo, whose goals have guided Barcelona to the European Cup-Winners' Cup and second place m
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    • 349 45 LONDON The simmering club versus country row between England boss Glenn Hoddle and Liverpool finally boiled over yesterday after the club withdrew Steve McManaman and Robbie Fowler from Hoddle's squad. It means the pair are both ruled out of Saturday's friendly with South
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    • 340 45 FOR 17 competitive games, Lebanese national goalkeeper Ali Fakih went without conceding a goal a record m his country. He was expected to extend his proud record when Singapore visited Lebanon's National Stadium on April 13 for their pre-World Cup qualifier. But his
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    • 475 45 FLFAS;LF;A;[F;; MILAN Inter Milan will be turning to Maurizio Ganz to end its European goal drought and win the Uefa Cup here tonight, when it faces Germany's Schalke 04. Roy Hodgson's side has lost both its last two matches m the tournament 0-1 the second
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    • 252 45 RESERVE LEAGUE TWO LATE goals from^midfielder Faizal Saaudi helped Home United beat Geylang United 2-0 last night to maintain top spot m the Tigerßeer Reserve League. Faizal, who had been booked for rough play m the 38th minute, became the toast of the Home
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    • 305 45  -  Chan Tse Chueen VOLLEYBALL By THE Volleyball Association of Singapore has recruited a new national men's team head coach. He is Xv Wenxin from China, the second coach on the VAS' payroll. The other is national women's team coach Shen Keqin, who has been
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    • 566 45 BADMINTON Sudirman Cup World Team C'ship m Glasgow Group 3: Australia 5 Finland 0, HK 5 Austria 0, N.Zealand 4 Norway 1, Scotland 3 India 2. Gp 4: Poland 5 Bulgaria 0, US 4 Iceland 1, Wales 4 Czech Rep 1, Ukraine 5 Switzerland 0. Gp 5:
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    • 350 46 NEW YORK American Express Company hopes to have fired a hole-in-one by signing golf sensation Tiger Woods as a spokesman. The move is expected to raise the exposure of the travel and financial services company worldwide, analysts said. The first advertisement featuring
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    • 124 46 Tiger closes in on Great White Shark L*ONDON Masters champion Tiger Woods moved to within a point of Mo. 1 Greg Norman m the world rankings following his victory m the Byron Nelson Classic. Woods fired a final-round two-under-par 68 to finish 17 under par, two shots ahead of Lee
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
      • 98 46 CELEBRITIES and sportsmen will take on a team of pressmen this weekend during the Laguna National Open Community Golf Championship. Television personalities .James Lye, Darryl David and Lance Alexander will Jeam up with sportsmen i'andi Ahmad, David Lee, David Lim and Sheik Alaud- din to play against
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      • 74 46 pENHAM (England) European No. 1 Colin Montgomerie was again woeful with the putter but too good Jrom tee to green for Jose Maria Olazabal, beating the Spaniard two and one m the Anderson Consulting world Championship regional competition on Monday. Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke upset German Bernhard
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      • 64 46 3THE Singapore Cricket jClub Soccer Sevens will not fee held this year. Organising committee Chairman Rashid Gaffoor yesterday that the annual affair would not proceed next month due to problems m scheduling and getting a main sponsor. SCC-TNT Express Worldwide's three-year sponsorship deal ended last year
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      • 76 46 SINGAPORE'S top athletes Mill be using the Nike-Swift "annual athletics championships (May 24, 25 and June .8) as one of the stepping 'stones to October's South fjaSt Asia Games. The meet, to be held at the Singapore Polytechnic, has attracted some of the best local names
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      • 71 46 PARIS Boris Becker has withdrawn from next wpek's French Open due to an undisclosed injury, French Tennis Federation officials said. The German was to have been seeded No. 12 at Roland Garros. Meanwhile, American world No. 1 Pete Sampras' participation m the French Open was thrown into
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    • 977 46 NBA BASKETBALL Utah 101 Houston 86 Game Two at Utah will be shown live on ESPN from 8.30 am tomorrow. SALT LAKE CITY (Utah) Not draw attention to himself? In what lifetime? In this one, Karl Malone had been named the
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    • 294 46 NEW YORK A top North Korean basketball player who defected to Canada cannot sign up with any of the National Basketball Association's 29 teams. The NBA, m a memo to all its teams, said that 2.32-metre tall Ri Myong Hun, who
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    • 574 46 Jordan Fragrance: It 's all in the nose WASHINGTON The Michael Jordan fragrance, introduced m November, is a rousing success. The world, it seems, could not wait to smell like a filthy-rich athlete. Children as young as seven have become enamoured of it. In its first two weeks on the
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    • 434 46 Concern in Fl over tobacco threat LONDON Formula One teams expressed concern over the ban on sponsorship of sporting events m Britain by tobacco companies. Motor racing's top outfits are supported heavily by cigarette manufacturers, including McLaren, Benetton, Williams and Jordan, and they could be forced to search for alternative
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    • 215 46 SAN FRANCISCO Anti-to-bacco advocates and AsianAmerican groups have appealed to tennis star Michael Chang to stop participating m the Salem Open and other tournaments sponsored by cigarette companies. The group said that by playing m the tournaments and appearing m advertisements for them, he
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    • 106 45 MM Next Draw No. 1182/97 Thursday, 22 May 1997 Group 1 Prize $1,038,000 Group 2 Prize $316,000. WINNERS FOR DRAW NO. 1181/97 Group 1 Prize: $358,579 No Winners Group 2 Prize: $166,565 3 Winners Shared Equally Sold at: 1) Gerk Chwee Trading, 4 Kensington Park Road (One Quick Pick System
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  • Page 45 Miscellaneous
    • 37 45 I TODAY'S EVENTS! SEPAK TAKRAW Perses National League/Marathon: Toa Payoh CSC v Perses/Spex 2000, Telok Selatan SC v Kg Übi CC, Ponggol CSC v Telerec Assn (Perses Centre, Bpm). TENNIS Dunlop Intermediate Singles (Singapore Tennis Centre, 6pm).
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 456 47 I YEO SEOW KWANG II I (S.K. YEO) II I AGE: 70 II passed away peacefully on 19 May 1997. SONS: DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW: YEO SEE MIANG RICHARD CHEN YEN PING SALLY YEO SEE HIANG JOHNNY CHANG HSIAO-MIN DAUGHTERS: SON-IN-LAW: YEO LAN
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    • 57 47 AL-FATEHAH MOHD AYOOB BIN PEER MOHAMED Departed on 17 May 97 The Family of the late would like to express their heartfelt thanks sincere appreciation to all relatives, friends for their condolences, donations, assistance, prayers and attendance during their recent bereavement. May Allah bless him, Amin. Blk 108
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    • 371 47 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths YEO YAU CHONG Age: 85 Passed away peacefully on 19 May 97 leaving behind: Wife Ho Bee Hong Sons Yeo Hui Ann Daughters-in-Law Yee Kam Moi Yeo Keng Ann Ang Poh Geok Yeo Joo Ann Irene Lee Ai Tin Daughters Eyow Joo
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    • 56 47 MEMORIAL SERVICE A SERVICE IN MEMORY OF ROBERT THOMAS TANNER affectionately called "BOB" who was called Home to be with the Lord on sth May 1997, m London, UK will be held on 24th May '97 at 5.30pm m St. Peter's
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      103 47 Theresa Goh Ah Moy Age: 80 passed away peacefully on I 19.5.97, leaving behind Son: Peter Tay Daughter-in-law: Patricia Tay Kirn Neo Daughter: Annie Tay Son-in-law: Joseph Ang Grandchildren, Sisters, Nephews, Nieces i ft all loved ones. Cortege leaves Blk 137 Bishan St 12 T«fc *****03 on Fri
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  • SPORTS/RACING
    • 408 48  -  Shirlynn Ho-Pereira STBC to be given biggest financial aid under SSC's Co-operative Agreement BOWLING By IT WAS the last but certainly not the least, as the Singapore Sports Council official said. And so it was, when the SSC signed a Co-operative Agreement with the Singapore
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    • 224 48 Race driver Schumacher takes to playing footy F.LAS;/FS'''A' SOCCER Si AUBONNE (Switzerland) Ferrari's Formula One racing ace Michael Schumacher has made his debut m Swiss amateur soccer, but with considerably less success than as a driver. e& The two-time world champion, who lives near Lake Geneva, played centre-forward for Aubonne
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    • CALLING ALL SPORTS...
      • 169 48 JURONG FC team manager K. Suppiah feels that his team is the fastest maturing team m the S-League. Asked if he agreed that there was a gap between the S-League's top five teams and the bottom four, he replied: "On paper, the line can be drawn
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      • 131 48 THE masking tape, owing to its many uses, has now become an important item of hockey equipment m the Singapore Hockey Federation Premier League matches. Last Saturday, when Singapore Recreation Club met Indian Association, the tape was seen on hockey sticks, goalkeepers' pads as
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      • 131 48 JESMINE HO was stopped dead m her tracks when she wanted to leave before the end of a dinner hosted by the Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress to honour its top keglers last Wednesday. Ho looked shocked when STBC president Dr T.T. Ong turned down her
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      • 117 48 THE Malaysian team participating m the ongoing World Badminton Championships m Glasgow was threatened with eviction from a leading city centre hotel on Monday for cooking m the bedrooms. The manager of the Glasgow Thistle Hotel, a four-star establishment, informed the tournament authority, the Scottish
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    • 305 48 BADMINTON GLASGOW A new multi-mil-lion dollar sequence of tournaments on the World Grand Prix circuit, called the "Spectacular Seven", was announced by the International Badminton Federation at the World Championships here on Monday. Likely to include four major Asian events, two European and one American, the
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    • 1022 48 Readers, here's your chance to win a trip to Hongkong TAKE part m the Tiger Beer Triple Challenge Contest and win a four-day, three-night holiday to Hongkong for two, courtesy of Tiger Beer. All you need to do is pick the correct answers to
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  • MONEY 6
    • 347 49 May 20 1997 HK$ ASMPacide 4.95 unch AlMed kid bH'l 3.70 +0.08 A»ad Oversea 084 +0.01 AalaSeck* 3.27 +0.15 Bank Ol EA 28.00 -0.15 C.P Pokphand 2.17 unch CDLHotel 3.35 unch CaieDe Coral 2.02 -0.02 CathPacAlr 11.85 -0.10 CenJury Ctty 3.00 +0.02 Cheung Kong 79.00 unch China Light 37.40
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    • 384 49 May 20 1997 YEN AdvantestCorp 6860 -50 Ajlnomoto 1210 -30 Akal Electric 363 +1 Amada 965 -H AaaniCnemlnd 696 -8 AsahiGlaw 1200 +30 BkofTVy-MHtubteN 2100 -30 Brldgettone 2750 unch Canon 2850 -30 Caeio 908 +18 Citizen 905 -4 Oat Nippon 2500 unch Daiichi Kangyo ...1390 -80 Oalei 772 +38
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS ROUND-UP
      • 86 49 HONGKONG stocks rose for a third day yesterday, driving the benchmark Hang Seng Index to a record high, as Chinabacked companies posted their biggest gains m four months. Companies that do most of their businesses m China, or red chips, such as
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      • 100 49 Stocks re- corded their biggest one-day gain m two weeks yesterday, led by bank shares such as Malayan Banking, as investors viewed their prices as cheap relative to future earnings. The benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index of 100 stocks rose 17.23 points or 1.65 per cent to 1,058.62.
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      • 72 49 Share prices closed 0.8 per cent lower yesterday, with the Nikkei Stock Average pressured by selling on the sharp fall of the dollar against the yen, brokers said. The leading barometer of the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell 156.92 points to finish the session at 20,332.83 while the broader Topix
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      • 35 49 May 20 Change XL Composite 1058.62 +17.23 Hang Seng *****.20 +127.38 Nikkei Average *****.83 —156.92 Australian AlWrd 2530.70 —0.30 Dow Jones (Mon) 7228.88 +34.21 FTSEIOO(Mon) 4645.20 -48.70 Jakarta Composite 652.83 +0.28 Thailand SET
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      • 68 49 Share prices eased as key resource stocks struggled to outweigh a weaker banking index which retreated ahead of the US Federal Reserve meeting late yesterday. The Australian Stock Exchange's main indicator, the All-Ordinaries Index, fell 0.3 point to 2,530.7. The All-Resources Index rose 7.8 points to 1,484.9 while the
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      • 53 49 Share prices closed higher slightly on Monday after a late rally m blue chips lifted a session muted by caution ahead of the Federal Reserve policy-setting meeting. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 34.21 points at 7,228.88. Some 348 million shares were traded on the New York
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      • 34 49 Share prices fell sharply on Monday amid caution Wore yesterday's meeting of the US Federal Reserve Open Market Committee. The FTSE-100 index fell by 48.7 points or 1.04 per cent to 4,645.2. AFP
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      • 51 49 Share prices closed firmer yesterday amid uncertainty over US interest rates, concern over the Thai baht and outbreaks of violence m Indonesia's election campaign, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed 0.28 point higher at 652.83. AFP JThe financial market m Bangkok was closed for a holiday
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    • 88 49 Physical (Ss) Tim Mon Kilobar *****-*****.26 *****-*****.80 100 gm 1577-1652.12 1589-1665.51 50 gm 790—831.21 796-837.39 20 gm 315-337.84 317-340.93 sgm 79-91.67 79-92.70 1 gm 16-24.72 16-25.75 Bullion coins (Ss/oz) Spore bullion coin 503-509 507-513 Canadian maple leaf 503-509 507-513 Australian nugget 504-527.36 508-531.48 ÜBS gold Kliwl»r«(Ss/oz) 502-537.66 506-541.78
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    • 120 49 Contract date: May 20 1997 UNrr ONE 3 6 9 12 r VALUE UNIT MTH MTH MTH MTH MTH CAU DATE US$ 5* 5w 5 5 5V,, sv> 4v, 22/5/97 A$ 5% 5% 5% 5% 5'/ 16 4tt 22/5/97 NZ$ 6y 16 6w 6V4 6* 6% 5"/
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    • 3151 49 Transaction Date: May 20 1 997 9 Adjusted for new Issues; Par value Msl unless otherwise specified; P/E ratios are not adjusted for currency differences. I 1997 Last Vol N«t High Low Company Sal* ('000) PIE INDUSTRIALS Consumer Products 790 560 Ajlnomoto 585 10 3 32.4 448 293
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    • 303 49 BUSINESS LOANS Local Enterprise Finance Scheme (LEFS) and Local Enterprise Finance Overseas Scheme (LEFSO) loans are available from 30 banks and finance houses. Export Factoring 1 year 3'/j* Domestic Factoring 1 year 6 v* Equipment and Factory loans up to 4 years 6. Equipment and Factory loans 4—lo
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    • 8 49 Closing prices (Ms/kilo) KLTin $14,131-0.04) Turnover 90(+36)
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    • 62 49 CRUDE PRODUCT PRICES CRUDE/PRODUCT MONTH* CHANGE PRICE (US$) BBL BRENT BLEND Jun -0.20 0.20 20.08 20.13 WEST TEXAS Interm Jun -0.70 0.70 21.39 21.43 DUBAI FATEH Jun +0.12-0.12 19.17-19.22 TAPIS BLEND Jun 0.00 21.55-21.65 MINAS Jun 0.00 19.20 19.30 NAPHTHA (CIF Jap) 1.25-1.25 211.50-214.00 NAPHTHA 0.00 22.10-22.30 CST-18OHSFO +0.50 0.50
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    • 164 49 Singapore dollar* to on* unit of foreign currency Buying 00 Selling US dollar 1.4172 1.4364 Sterling pound 2.3021 2.3636 Australian dollar 1.0836 1.1200 Canadian dollar 1.0260 1.0516 NZ dollar 0.9678 1.0029 ECuntt 1.6497 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 11.5765 12.1213 Belgianfranc 3.9638 4.1189 Danish
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    • 255 49 May 20 1997 Rubber Future* (Closing prices) RSS I Contract Month High Low Jun 97 Jul Aug Sep Oct/Dec 97 RSS 3 Contract Jun 97 114.00 112.50 Jul Aug Sep Oct/Dec 97 TSR 20 Award Contract Jun 97 157.25 157.25 Jul Aug Sep TSR 20 FOB Contract Oct/Dec
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    • 35 49 Crude palm oil (IM$/tonne} May 1295.00 (south) Refined palm oil (US$/tonn«) RBO Palm Oil May 550.00 (seller) June 545.00 (seller) RBD Oleir. May 590.00 (seller) Jun 585.00 (seller) RBD Stearin May 412.50 (seller)
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    • 381 49 May 20 1997 Open High Low Sett Est Vol Spot 347.92 350.50 341.65 342:04* May 97 349.0/ 350.8 342.8 343.0 1748 348.0 Jun 346.5 347.5 340.3 340.2 352 Jul 343.0 339.0 338.0 435 Sep 334.0 0 Dec 332.0 0 Act Vol (Mon): s<r9. Open Int (Mon): 7458. MSCI
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    • 18 49 Closing prices (US$/troy oz) Tim Mon Singapore 4.710-4.720 4.680-4.690 Mon Fri New York 4.710-4.720 4.690—4.700 Source: Rothschild
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    • 1678 49 L;LFL;';FAF MALAYSIAN STOCKS (in Ss) ava 1997 Curr Last Vol Day Dlv Net MCap High Low Company Traded Sale or- 000 High Low P/E Smll 476 296 m MSB 50c 318 +2 66 322 310 6.0 66.0 326.2 H37 90.9 m AMOBSOc 93.5 +1 156 94 93 4.0
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  • MONEY 5
    • 659 50 r fhree Cabinet ministers hold accounts at broking house The dealings were m government bonds and trust funds...none of which is an instrument m which special favours could be granted/ Mr Ksgiyama. TGKYO A scandal centred onj Japan's giant Nomura Securities took a
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    • 256 50 Gates to sell 1.2 m Microsoft units as share price rises REDMOND (Washington) Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates has filed to sell 1.2 million shares, and several other top executives have also sold stock or filed to sell as better-than-expected earnings boost shares of the software maker. Mr Gates filed
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    • 288 50 SEOUL South Korea's financial reform body said yesterday it would block access by large conglomerates to bank management, taking a step back from its earlier plans for a sweeping overhaul of the industry. The Financial Reform Committee, which was set up m
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    • 189 50 New products boost Marks Spencer gains LONDON Marks Spencer said its fiscal 1997 pre-tax profit rose 10.9 per cent, as expected, as new product lines and store layouts lifted sales. Britain's largest clothing retailer said profit for the year ended March 31 was £1.1 billion (552.6 billion), up from £965.8
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    • MONEY WORLD
      • 89 50 Japanese car maker Honda Motors said yesterday its consolidated pre-tax profit surged 239.4 per cent from a year earlier to 390.7 billion yen (Sss billion) m the year to March. It said revenue jumped 24.5 per cent to 5.2 trillion yen m the period. Net profit
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      • 89 50 PT Mulia Indus trindo, an Indonesian maker of glass and ceramic tiles, said first-quarter profit plunged 30 per cent as glass prices rose and interest expenses gained. Profit fell to 16.03 billion rupiah (559.5 million), or 18 rupiah a share, from 22.85 billion rupiah, or
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      • 59 50 Daewoo Motors, South Korea's third-largest car maker, said it may make a 100 per cent investment m Ukraine's state-run passenger car maker, Autozaz. This is part of Daewoo's plan to be one of the world's top 10 car makers by 2000 with an annual capacity
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      • 85 50 New Zealand-based Brierley Investments should receive a small credit upgrade from Standard Poor's Corp to 888 when the company is re-rated, ANZ Investments said. The company was last rated by S&P m 1994, and its long term debt rating is expected to be reviewed m the
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    • 1248 51 If fj WBL CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated m Singapore) Hfci Jlli M ANNOUNCEMENT Results The unaudited results of the Group and of the Company for the financial half year ended 3 1 March 1 997 are as follows: GROUP COMPANY 1997 1996 1997 1996 $000 $000 $000 $'000 Turnover 381,139 357,021
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    • 1193 51 I r k\VJ WEARNES INTERNATIONAL (1994) LIMITED |k k^ (Incorporated m Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT Results The unaudited results of the Group and of the Company for the financial half year ended 3 1 March 1 997 are as follows:- COMPANY 1997 1996 1997 1996 $000 $'000 $'000 $'000 Turnover 207,257 234,841
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    • 63 53 MAIN CLOB Up On Unch Up On Unch Industrial 77 35 32 29 9 6 Finance 19 5 6 7 2 0 Hotels 4 4 4 2 0 1 Properties 111 3 14 2 1 Plantations 0 0 0 4 3 1 Mining 0 0 0 10 0 BLW
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    • 33 53 HK Land US$O.l 9,284,000 MBf Capital 8,026,000 Tye Soon 10c 7,133,000 Renong Bhd 50c 4,334,000 Sing Tel 15c 4,255,000 MBfHldgssoc 4,021,000 Popular 10c 3,857,000 RenongWtOO 2,998,000 MOIL US$O.O5 2,945,000 MMIHWgsiOc 2,457,000
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    • 63 53 Total Market Mon Tim Industrials 67.174 m 58.991 m Finance 21.641 m 20.108 m Hotels 1.665 m 1.657 m Properties 6.622 m 9.320 m Loans Stocks 4.275 m 12.549 m Plantations 230.000 716.000 Mining 30,000 1 72.000 Total volume 101.637 m 103.514 m total value m S$ 240.699
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    • 3505 53 TranswtionDataMa^ZOlgST^ 19 97 Cucr Last Vol Day Or* Net MCapWlAvg High Low Company Traded Sale +or- 000 High Low Div% P/E $m» Price ASENTSIO 200 US mk 38 155 A^sS *****0 Ul S8 '+4 796 188 1M 5.uN 13. 8 30?9 I 340 240 ml EmVSoc 248 cd
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    • 423 53  -  SIM WAI CHEW MARKET REPORT SHARE prices closed higher slightly on improved sentiment yesterday due to better than-expected April trade data. The benchmark Straits Times Industrials Index closed 3.05 points higher at 2,053.99 after touching a high of 2,072.07. On the wider market,
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    • 1703 53 BONDS,LOANS WARRANTS AN share* quoted havt par value of $1 unless otherwise «pecif Jed. bi trading m this stock it restricted to buylng-in market only. Adjusted for scrip/rights. N Tax-exempted dividend. P/E ratios reflect the last annual consolidated rasults. P/E ratios and Grs V Id of foreign shares are adjusted
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  • MONEY 3
    • 368 54  - GIC buys US office tower for $105 m Douglas Wong Second acquisition m Arizona made through American subsidiary By THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has made another major property purchase, buying a 24-stq-rey office tower m the American state of Arizona for US$73 million (Sslos million). The landmark
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    • 369 54  -  Luz Baguioro By m Manila THE Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are investigating separately four stockbroking firms for allegedly defrauding a newspaper columnist of seven million pesos (*****,700). Those under investigation include affiliates of Indonesia's Dharmala
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    • 351 54 THE rollover balance on credit card spending increased 4.2 per cent year-on-year m the first quarter of this year, the lowest quarterly growth since the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced guidelines last February to limit credit available to cardholders. Such credit
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    • 262 54 BANKS and other financial institutions which do not wish to be slapped with legal suits should make sure their operations are not affected by the "millennium bug" a computer glitch that will cause systems to break down m the year 2000.
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      58 54 I A worker surveying monorail tracks leading towards the new US$3.6 billion (555.2 billion) Kuala Lumpur International Airport m Sepang on Monday. Work on the airport will be completed m less than 120 days as scheduled despite delays m construction, said Mr Clifford Herbert, chairman for Kuala
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    • 408 54 CHINA is the hottest attraction on earth for global investors, followed by the United States and India, according to a survey of 3,000 world business leaders by the Swiss-based World Economic Forum (WED. Indonesia and Brazil were the fourth and fifth
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    • 442 54 HONGKONG Japanese monetary policy is likely to have been the main catalyst for recent speculative attacks on various Asian currencies, most notably the Thai baht, Deutsche Morgan Grenfell (DMG) said m a research report. "In the past two weeks there has
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    • 382 54 GERMAN Chancellor Helmut Kohl has appointed a special commissioner to promote joint ventures between German and Singapore companies m China. Dr Dieter Lorenz-Meyer's appointment launches an initiative of Chancellor Kohl and Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew for greater economic cooperation between
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    • 279 54 THE Singapore Chinese Merchandise Importers and Exporters Association is scouting around to invest up to $50 million m tourism-related projects m China. "We have set up an investment holding company with a registered capital of $50 million m 1994, but have yet to
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    • 276 54 Indonesian go vt will not guarantee loan to Timor JAKARTA The Indonesian government will refrain from guaranteeing a multi-million-dollar loan provided to the pro ducer of its so-called national car maker, PT Timor Putra Nasional. "We won't provide a government guarantee to Timor Putra. Even state firms cannot get a
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  • MONEY 2
    • 502 55  -  William Choong But profit drops 28% at Sesdaq-listed subsidiary By WBL Corp yesterday announced a 66.8 per cent jump m net earnings to $15.78 million for the halt-year ended March 31, despite its subsidiary Wearnes International suffering a 28 per cent drop m
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    • 375 55 THE Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) has sold three-quar-ters of its 40 per cent stake m the Singapore ONE infrastructure project to two competing Internet operators CyberWay and Pacific Internet (PD. The move, barely a year after news of its
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    • 607 55  -  Ho Wah Foon J3y m Kuala Lumpur It was a condition m the sales agreement that he must leave KFC. There will be conflict of interest if he stays on as KFC also has the franchise to operate another pizza chain.'
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    • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
      • 88 55 Belgian telecommunications company Belgacom yesterday denied a newspaper report that it was proposing a US$2 billion-plus (552.85 billion-plus) initial public offering for the state's 50.1 per cent stake. The Wall Street Journal Europe said earlier that senior managers of Belgacom were urging the Belgian government to
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      • 101 55 Hongkong garment exporter Easyknit International Holdings has proposed a one-for-two rights issue of 764.8 million shares to raise about HK5290.6 million (5553.5 million). Each rights share will be priced at 38 HK cents, a 55 per cent discount to the closing price of 84 HK cents m
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      • 84 55 Pan Malayan Holdings has signed two deals to buy a total of 10.75 million shares m Sin Lee Investment Holdings for $10.75 million, which will raise its stake to 62.5 per cent from 35.59 per cent. Sin Lee, an investment holding company, has a 95 per
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      • 21 55 Pengkalen Investments yesterday announced that Mr Choo Teow Meng has resigned as managing director and a director of the company.
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    • 137 55 MAINBOARD-LISTED property developer United Overseas Land (UOL) will put on sale its Island Country Villas on Sunday. The 99-year-lease project consists of 58 semi-detached houses and one bungalow to be built at Old Upper Thomson Road. There are seven types of homes available, with land areas
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    • 222 55 Maju buys stake steel firm for $583 m KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Maju Holdings Sdn Bhd has entered into a pact with steel firm Perwaja Terengganu Sdn Bhd to buy from Perwaja a 51 per cent stake m Equal Concept Sdn Bhd for M 51.02 billion (*****.3 million). The deal was
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    • 393 55  -  Kalpana Rashiwala By CITY Developments has received provisional permission to develop 11 Good Class Bungalows at its 171,307 sq ft freehold site at Swiss Club Road near the Singapore Turf Club. The mainboard-listed group acquired about half of this site 94,199
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    • 574 56  -  Yong Siew Min By APRIL'S surprise 5.9 per cent growth m non-oil domestic exports was the first improvement after five consecutive monthly declines. The increase due mainly to higher exports of semiconductors and other electronic components perked up the market. However, the all-important recovery
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    • 402 56  -  Kalpana Rashiwala By A TRUST, set up by a prominent Arab merchant who lived m Singapore m the early 1900s, is building a 220-unit service apartment project on its sprawling freehold site m Orange Grove Road. The Sallim Talib Family Settlement trust was established
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  • Life
    • 5 1 Life WEDNESDAY MAY 21, 1997
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      • 1270 2 SHOPPING FOR BUDDHAS Buddhist art: Where I to find it Asian Civilisations Museum, Armenian Street: Some 30 a& tefacts show how elements of traditional Chinese reii; gions became meshed with Buddhist art. See statues of Bodhisattva Guanyin, and a metrehigh statue of
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      • 1114 3  -  CHUA WEI YNG Some customers dress their dogs up glamorously for special occasions like Christmas and birthdays Fun run COME Sunday, the SPCA will be holding its first-ever Family Walkathon and Funßun to raise money to cover its million-dollar annual operating costs.
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      • 1112 4  -  KARAMJIT KAUR L;LXVC;FLLO D 0... Smile and say "sorry" if you knock into someone accidentally. Wear sunglasses if you want to avoid eye contact and are the type who tends to stare. Give up your seat to others who need them,
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      • 807 5 *In the future, I think there will be a shop like this m every office building/ Vending machine designer iunichi Nozaki on RoboShop People are toying to figure out how they feei about IBM computer Deep Blue whipping the world's
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      • 515 5 AN ALUMINIUM party boat called Sunshine left its dock m Sheepshead Bay, New York under a leaden sky one Saturday morning with 40 people on board. Thirteen were members of Helen Keller Fishing Club, an organisation that takes blind people deep-sea fishing.
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      • 660 6  -  SIM CHI YIN Last year, they performed four outdoor concerts before 45,000 people, drawing more fans than Andy Lav, Emil Chao, Phil Collins, Alanis Morissette and Sting did m their Taiwan gigs HE IS the egg, his band is the nest.
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      • 536 7  -  TEO PAU LIN television-show hosts have moved into sitcom and are enjoying their new roles ]SOR someone used to hostiflg programmes togged m suave outfits, television compere Guo Liang has takom to his first acting role vfth great relish. The moustache that he
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      • 162 7 MOVIE star Sylvester Stallone married Jennifer Flavi& his long-time girlfriend and mother of his daughter, m I a private weekend ceremony m London. Confirming weekend news reports from Britain, his publicist Paul Bloch said the wedding took place on Saturday. The blessing service at Blenheim
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      • THE BUZZ
        • 178 8 EVERYTHING that Sylvester Stallone learnt at Ram-bo-training school could have been put to the ulti- mate test when the windshield of the private plane he ";;was travelling m blew out -during a recent flight. He was on his way to the
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        • 246 8 FOR the last few weeks, TCS has been flashing inane messages on the TV screens, telling viewers: "It's coining." At first, the scary sound effects and images of people looking terrified made one sit up and stare hard. Until one realised it was the
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        • 156 8 JIM CARREY may be laughing all the way to the bank with his new hit movie, Liar Liar, but it is all tears when it comes to his marriage. The comedian and his wife, Lauren Holly, are said to be headed for a divorce, and
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        • 166 8 IF JODIE FOSTER is thinking of doing an Ellen and coming out on a TV sitcom like Ellen Degeneres recently did, she can forget about it. Her brother has done it for her m his new book, Foster Child. In it, Buddy Foster speculates over
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      • THE BUZZ
        • 217 9 THE FIFTH ELEMENT'S cyberbabe Milla Jovovich has a pretty straightforward way of dealing with directors. She tells them: "You just need to know what you want, and I'll give it to you." Well, it seems like French director Luc Besson took this as a
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        • 226 9 old Dudley Moore's career down m the dumps. After* spending his early Hollyjgvood career cavorting m the Braves with perfect 10 Bo Derek, jjijie comedian is now resorting to Cut' parts m children's pantoR» He t wiH soon be seen as But■fcms
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      • 870 11  -  Jason Leow Early sales hit 10,000 mark but she had no formal training before she put together 10-track collection of originals Chinese Pop Update REMEMBER Ann Kok TCS and Hype Records WITH all the hype about this album, how can Kok not do well?
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      • 515 11 FOR an actress who was rumoured just a year ago to have retired or semi-retired, Maggie Cheung seems to be quite busy lately. She can be currently seen m Singapore m The Soong Sisters. And she is m two other projects. One is the Wayne
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      • 515 12 TWO of the directors honoured with the 50th Cannes Festival's leading awards on Sunday have fought a common cause against censorship. Veteran Egyptian Youssef Chahine, awarded a special anniversary prize for his career as a whole, had his last-but-one movie, The Migrant,
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    • Community
      • 684 13  -  JANET HO Wang Da wen, who emigrated from China to the US m the '80s, has devoted herself, for the last decade, to painting Buddhist symbols LIKE many people, Chinese artist Wang Dawen cannot put her finger on why she is so drawn to
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      • 380 13  -  Junaidah Dahlan Malay Albums IMPMNYANGNYATA fadey(BMG) JHIS is Fazley's first album and has a pop and ballad Concept. It has good numfjfers contributed by established composers such as Adnan Abu Hassan and FauStMarzuki. The strength of the album lies m the collection of 3songs rather
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      • 624 13 YOU can listen to the sweet sound of gamelan, a traditional Javanese orchestra, m the city of Paris. If you are keen, you can also learn how to play its instruments. That is the beauty of the new Museum of Music where a gamelan orchestra
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      • 484 13  -  You Jin Descendants Of The Dragons THE variety of style and subject matter m Pan Yutong's prose anthology Jingshui Daxue (Still Water Heavy Snow) reflects the author's effort and bold attempt at developing new material. Pan, who has a
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      • 313 22  -  TAN BAH BAH NASTASSHA KINSKI was on the verge of becoming a .major, or even huge, star when she was m her teens. But she kept failing for the wrong guy and before she knew it, she is already 37 and talking about being on the
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    • 1073 7 406 Dll a2l Newton/ Bt Timah/ Clementi PTE APTS Rent ALL DISTRICT 21 Grand Chateau (2 units) 3+l. Brand new. F/furn. Pool view. Quiet ambience. Near Canadian School. Sherwood Twri. 3+l. Mais. 1600 sq.ft. Condo. facilities. F/furn. $2 6K neg. Pare Oath. 3+l. $3.8 X neg. Hong Laong Gdn. 3+l.
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    • 1069 7 408 Dl 2-14 Balestier/ Macpherson/Geylang PTE APTS Rent $1600/ $2800 CONDO. facilities. Exclusive/ convenient. F/furn. Single/ couple. Pg. owner 9801-6449 $2200 ONLY TORIEVILLE apt. F'furn aircon. 3 bdrms. Call 9689j»043/Pg^2^9J^_ i((B^ 410 Dl 5-16 East Coast PTE APTS Rent BRAND NEW, THE Bayshore, Resort ambience. Full facilities. 2+l $2700 $3500
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    • 1065 7 410 Dl 5-16 East Coast PTE APTS Rent D.16 BAYSHORE PK./ The Bay shore. High fir. F/furn. p/furn. View to offer. 9540-5619. D.16 BAYSHORE PK. Sea view. High fir. 2 rm. $3000, 3 rm. $4000. Okoku *****88/ *****682 Paul. D.16 BAYSHORE NEWI High fir. 21- 3/- 4+l. Full sea view.
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    • 922 7 414 Dl 9-20 Serangoon/ Thomson PTE APTS Rent D.19 APT. FOR rent. 1500 sq.ft. Air;on. P/furn. 3-rms. 2 halls. $2300 neg. 9592-4682 Agt D.19 JADE TWRS. 1500 sq.ft. 3+l. P/furn. Split dining/ living. $1,800. SRD *****04/ *****681 D.19 LAUREL PARK. Spacious ground fir. mais. Opens out to gdn. Rental $3.5K
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    • 1103 7 420 Houses For Rent D.19 INTER. TERR. 2+l. $2.2 K. D.19 corner terrace. 4+l. $2.6 K. D.19 inter, terr. 3+l. MRT. $2.2 K. D.19 Hse. 3+l. $2.7 K. *****911 JT D.19 SERANGOON GARDENS S/storey Terr. 2,800 sq.ft. 3-bdrm. Renovated. Aircons. P/Furn. big gdn. $2.2 K. 285-4959 Agt. D.21 3 STOREY
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    • 1074 7 420 Houses For Rent D.lO NASSIM ROAD Bungalow for Lease. Enquiries call *****11. 422 HUDC/ HDB Apts For Rent A.M. Kio/ Patir Rd $1 3K-SI.6K Bedok/ Q'stown $1 5K Baach Rd.l Sea view, MRT) $2.2K CCX (MRT) $1.6K-S2K Radhill $1.6K Jurong (MRT) $1.2K-SI.6K Henderson/ Whampoa $1 3K Pandan Gdn. (Nice
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    • 1075 7 422 HUDC/ HDB Apts For Rent BLK. 183 3-RM. Walk-up Toa Payoh Central. Unfurn. $1200. Pg. 9523 3933 agt. BLK 211 BEDOK Central. 3 room. Near MRT/ coffeeshop/ 1 room aircon. Tel: *****286. BLK. 863 TAMPINES Exec. Mais. 100% move-in. Interchange/ MRT. $2000 neg. 9213-8883 DW Sally BT. BATOK BLK.
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    • 1110 7 426 Rooms For Rent AIR STEWARDESS! TAMPINES ST. 91. Designer's decor condo. style. Big pte. rm. with TV/ video/ Aircon./ Pte. tel. All new. No cooking. $550. Pg. 9-*****41 CONVENIENT ft QUIET. 5 mins walk/ opp. Yio Chu Kang MRT station. F/furn. Master bdrm. with attached bath. No cooking pis.
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    • 1032 7 426 Rooms For Rent MASTER RM. IN A.M. Kio. MRT/ aircon./ furn. $750. Can cook/ wash. Immed. *****76 owner. NEAR BT. TIMAH Plaza 1 bdrm attached bath, kitchen, aircon. Pte entrance. $900 *****26 NEAR NTU. STUDENTS preferably ladies. Amenities. Use of kitchen. Aircon. rms. 9-*****58 owner NEAR ORCHARD/ MRT share
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    • 2202 8 432 Property Financing/ 432 Property Financing/ 432 Property Financing/ Insurance Insurance Insurance ~~WhyH roots down m a X office? Commercial Property Financing Our commercial property financing can help you purchase your own business premises. With up to 80% financing, you'll enjoy competitive interest rates, easy repayments and fast approval. To
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    • 2110 8 440 DOl-08 City 440 DOl 08 City 440 DOl-08 City 440 001-08 City 440 DOl-08 City South-West South-West South-West South-West South-West HOUSES Sale HOUSES Sale HOUSES Sale HOUSES Sale HOUSES Sale 3PEN FOR SALE NOW EASY INSTALMENTS Prestige 3-Storey Terrace At The function ofPasir Panjang And Chwee Chian Rds Houses
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    • 373 8 451 Dll &21 Newton/ Bt Timah/ Clementi PTE APTS Sale Best unit. 4 bdrms. 1,722 sq.ft. Blk. 56, #09-11 (TOP soon). $1,000 p.s.f. Contact Florence at ***** 16 D.21 MAPLEWOODS. BRAND new. 1808 sq.ft. 4+l+ balcony. Face south. Beautiful pool/ garden view from all bdrms. Full facilities. $1.75 M. Aria
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    • 1039 8 451 Dll &21 Newton/ Bt Timah/ Clementi PTE APTS Sale D.21 PANDAN VALLEY. 2100 sq.ft. F'hold. 4+l. Good layout. Full facilities. Near amenities. Upgrading! 9-*****69 DEANS. D.21 PINE GROVE Blk. ID. 1770 sq.ft. Good facing. High fir. $150K renovation. Selling near valuation. Call 9-*****02/ 9634-7332 C&H D.21 SPRINGDALE CONDO. 999
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    • 1000 8 455 012-14 Balestier/ Macpherson/ Geylang HOUSES Sale G. KELVIN 9808-3638 ERA D.13 SENNETT ESTATE $480 P.S.F. 0.N.0. Semi-Detached Freehold, 4 years Near future MRT F/aircon. with split level, living dining area 5700/ 4900 sq.ft. PIE/ CTE/ Sch. amenities View To Off«f! 1 %1 f D.14 BEAUTIFUL ENGLISH architect design. 3
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    • 738 9 456 012-14 Batestiar/ Macpherson/ Geylang PTE APTS Sale 0.14 SARINAVILLE. F'HOLD. Walk-up apt. near Kembangan. 4rm. 1 big hall. Pool. 9571 3753 TP 0.14 SIMS VILLE, 2+l/3+l+l. Quality resort style. Good facing. Mins. MRT. Pg. 9303-6368 Smart. D.14 WINDY HEIGHTS. Condo facilities. 4+l, p/ renovated, SI.2M. ET Co. *****54/ *****067
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    • 974 9 460 D l 5- 16 East Coast 460 D l 16 East Coast 460 D l 16 East Coast 460 D l 16 East Coast HOUSES Sale HOUSES Sale HOUSES Sale HOUSES Sale >Sk_*v^MTCTRAI lilHl -I_«_tf_fl_fll iin 11 l. |p jfiM R ■fill 8 i ic ii t J!i* N
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    • 543 9 D.16 JLN. TANJONG inter, terr. 2041 sq.ft. 4+l. Designer's decor. Near MRT. F'hold. KR *****788 D.16 SEA BREEZE 3-storey inter, terr. 1774/ 2554 sq.ft. Nice no. Face S. Renovated. 9218-7840 PN. D.16 4+l TERR. MRT. 1981 sq.ft. F'hold. High ground. Renovated. Breezy. $1.28 M. *****814 agt. ENJOY TERR- LIKE living
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    • 633 9 461 Dl 5-16 East Coast PTE APTS Sale PENTHOUSE AMBER Pt. Approx. 3550 sq.ft. s+l. Breathtaking sea view! Luxuriously rneovated. Only for the rich famous. Call to view or regret. *****807 SR. BAYSHORE PARK. MUST sell this well kept 2 bedrooms located on high floor with sea view. Is priced
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    • 794 9 461 Dl 5-16 East Coast PTE APTS Sale D.lB CHARMING WALK-UP. 1216 sq.ft. 3+l. Good ambience. F'hold. Don't miss! *****172 DW D.lB COSTA RHU 1647 sq.ft. 3+l. Best unit, blk. 3, panoramic pool view, TOP soon. 9-*****01 D.16 CULFORD GDN. F'hold. 1600 sq.ft. F/aircon. Condominium status. $950 K. Pg. *****887
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    • 1811 9 461 D l 16 East Coast 461 015-16 East Coast I 461 D l 16 East Coast 461 015-16 East Coast PTE APTS Sale PTE APTS Sale PTE APTS Sale j PTE APTS Sale SB- ™S— -5 The Window of Opportunity is Closing... Imagine a world that's worlds apart. a
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    • 526 9 470 Dl 9-20 Serangoon/ Thomson HOUSES Sale nr Ur tN =IHOUSE= OPEN HSE. WED. 21/5. 12-3pm. No 1A Chepstow Close. Brand new. 2ft storey bungalow. 5026 sq.ft. 7 rms. Aircon./ autogate/ alarm/ curtains. Offer around $3M secures. Pg: 9212-3633 ERA. qTophTld' nIHOUSEIn BEST UNITI TAI Hwan d/storey inter, terr. 4
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    • 1000 9 470 D l 9-20 Serangootv Thomson HOUSES SHa D.19 PORTCHESTER AYE. 4200 sq.ft. semi-d. Renovated. 5 rms. Move-in cond. Near amenities/ NTUC/ Club. 9203-0929 agt D.19 SELLING BELOW valuation. F'hold. 2 storey corner terr. Lor Ong Lye. 4+l rms. 3720/ 3000 sq.ft. 51.65 M neg. *****140 C&H D.19 SERANGOON GDN.
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    • 793 10 468 Dl 7-18 Changi/ 465 Dl 7-18 Changi/ 465 D l 7- 18 Changi/ 465 D l 7- 18 Changi/ 465 Dl 7-18 Changi/ 465 D l 7- 18 Changi/ Pasirßis Pasirßis Pasirßis Pasirßis Pasirßis Pasirßis HOUSES Sale HOUSES Sale HOUSES Sale HOUSES Sale HOUSES Sale HOUSES Sale The Straits
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    • 478 10 470 Dl 9-20 SerangooiV Thomson HOUSES Sale SELL AT VALUATION. Rosyth Rd. 2 storey terr. 1660/ 2000 sq.ft. Renovated. *****905 sole agt. SERANGOON GDNS. S-STOREY Terrace. 2.800 sq.ft. 999 yrs. 3+l rms. 51.28 M. Pg: 9578-9889 CR. SERANGOON QD. S/STOREY inter, terr. 2800 sq.ft. Orig. cond. 51.32 M neg. XT
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    • 765 10 471 Dl 9-20 SerangooiV Thomson PTE APTS Sale D.19 KENSINGTON PK. #03 Walk-up about 1658 sq.ft. Reasonable offer secures. 9304-8455 MV D.19 NOUVELLE PK. 1615 sq.ft. Pool view. High ceiling. Designer's decor. Audrey 9319-8366 TP. D.20 BRADDELL VIEW. Approx. 1500 sq.ft. 3+l. Very high fir. Facing pool. HB: 250-8070/ 9709-7838
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    • 1222 10 475 022-28 West 475 D 22-28 West North A North HOUSES-Sale I HOUSES-Sale WOODLANDS GARDEN 3/storey Terrace Within walking distance to Marsiling MRT Station Next to Singapore American School Within easy reach to BKE/ SLE/ PIE 1900/ 2900 sq.ft. (land) 2700 sq.ft. (built-up) Show house open from 10am. to 6pm.
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    • 877 10 476 D 22-28 West ft North j PTE APTS Sale I D.22 PARC OASIS 3+l 1227 sq.ft. Panoramic view. Face N.E. SBSOK only Pg 9 *****58 LV D.22 PARC OASIS. 1500/ 1733 sq.ft. 3+V 4+l. Design decor. Full facilities. MRT. Pg. 9590-4254 DW D.22 PARC OASIS. 1227 sq.ft. 3+l. High
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    • 2256 11 476 D22-28West 476 D 22-28 West 476 D 22-28 West North North North PTE APTS -Sale PTE APTS Sale PTE APTS Sale PARC J/\ S T A Choice apartments with beautiful lake views, facing the Caheside <M C B^T station. I Mi lifliil L I VISIT OUK NEW SHOW APARTMENTS
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    • 961 11 492 HDB Apts For Sale (Ang Mo Kio) 4 'NG' OR-TO-DR. Blk 209. High fir. MRT. Amenities. Can contra. Move m cond. 9-*****81 IDA 4-RM. 'NO' A.M. Kio Aye. 6, Blk. 646. School/ all amenities near by. 5 mins. walk to MRT. 9414-2315 S 'A' BLK. 259 A.M. Kio Aye.
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    • 4292 11 493 HDB Apts For Sale 493 HDB Apts For Sale 493 HDB Apts For Sale 493 HDB Apts For Sale 493 HDB Apts For Sale 493 HDB Apts For Sale (Bedok/ Chai Chee) (Bedok/ Chai Chee) (Bedok/ Chai Chee) (Bedok/ Chai Chee) (Bedok/ Chai Chee) (Bedok/ Chai Chee) The Straits
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    • 618 11 494 HDB Apts For Sale (Bishan) 4 'S' BISHAN Central blk. 106, high fir. Windy, move-in, walk to MRT/ Rl. Pg. *****980 sole agt. 4 'S' BISHAN. Blk. 136. Well renovated. High fir. Can contra. $38K cash only. Transworld 9315-4626 4 'V BISHAN Blk. 149. High fir. Unblocked. Move m
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    • 1102 12 496 HDB Apts For Sale (Bukit Batok) ARY PROPERTY NETWORK Exec. Mate. Bt. Batok Blk. 366 8 'A' Marsiling Rise Blk. 120 4 'A' Bt. Batok Blk. 341 4 'A' Bt. Batok Blk. 388 4 'A' Jurong West Blk. 820 Sam 9838-3387/ 9822-1799 LOW CASH! BT. Batok Exec. Apt./ Mais.
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    • 1283 12 496 HDB Apts For Sale (Bukit Batok) URGENT. LOW CASH! 3 "NG' blk. 508, nicely renovated, near amenities. $175K *****642 CR URGENT SALE! 3 "NG' Hillview Blk. 3, high fir. Unblocked. Windy. Amenities. Orig. *****586 ERA URGENT. 4-RM. 280, Bt. Batok, high fir. Corner, near shops, move m Low cash.
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    • 1158 12 496 HDB Apts For Sale (Bukit Batok) 8 'I' BLK. 426 with access area. High fir. Well renovated. Good view. Can contra. 9524-8786 WB 8 'I' BT. Batok East. Clear view. MRT. Convenient. Move-in cond. *****886 Julie/ *****656 Adam. 8 'I' HILLVIEW pt. blk 12. High fir. Very nice view.
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    • 1086 12 497 HDB Apts For Sale (Bt Merah/ Q'town/ Telok Blangah) 3-RM. C'WEALTH BLK. 81. High fir. Unblock. F/ renovated. 100% Move-in. Pg. 9203-4687 JM. 3-RM. C'WEALTH DR. blk. 75. Well kept, lift landing, mins. to MRT/ mkt., valued 9205-2325 agt. 3-RM. COMMONWEALTH CRES. Blk. 108. Mid fir. Unblocked. MRT. Price
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    • 824 12 500 HDB Apts For Sale (Choa Chu Kang/ Bukit Panjang) CALL NOW Illl! 8 'A' CORNER 429 CCX <i Must sell! Valued S4OOK it Good location/ unblocked 8 T CORNER 140 PETIR RD it View to offer/ high floor ■to Valued S34BK, face open field All above units can contra.
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    • 1276 12 500 HDB Apts For Sale (Choa Chu Kang/ Bukit Panjang) EXEC. APT. BLK. 129, Pending Rd. High fir. F/ renovated. Contra. Valuation $463 K. *****941 C&H EXEC. APT. CORNER. Blk. 419 CCX. Low cash. Move m cond. Valued $490 K. 9511-2839 DW. EXEC. APT. BLK. 151. Renovated. Near LRT/ shpg.
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    • 915 12 I 500 HDB Apts For Sale (Choa Chu Kang/ Bukit Panjang) B 'A' CCX. Blk 353. High floor. Central location. Near MRT. Valued $406 K. Pg.: 9707-6489 CJ. B 'A' CCX. 421. Valued $406K/ 5 'I' 352. 5386 K./ Mais. 203, 208, Teck Whye 108. 9314-9311, ERA. 8 'A' CCX
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    • 1184 12 501 HDB Aptt For Sale (Clementi/ West Coast) GHIM MOH 4 5-rm. Both marble flooring, high fir., no block, near MRT/ interchange/ good schs./ wet mkt. 9-*****45 agt. GOOD LOCATION! 8 T Clementi Blk. 342. High fir. Move m cond. Near good schs./ amenities. Can contra. Price neg. 9515-2297 DJ
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    • 1164 12 501 HDB Apt* For Sale (Clementi/ West Coast) 3 'NG' BLK 714. Clementi W. Low fir. Orig. Contra. Valued $160 K. $205K secures. 9522-2161 PSP. 3 'NG' BLK. 309 Clementi. Valued. Asking $210K neg. Interested call Edah 9602-4496 Ginza. 3 "NG' 8LK.379, Clementi. High fir. Renovated. Near shops/ mkt./ MRT/
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    • 1013 12 502 HDB Aptt For Sale (Geylang/Eunos/ Macpherson) BEAUTIFULLY RENOVATED BLK. 130, #05 GEYLANG EAST Exec. apt. 3+l bdrms. Near MRT/ shops/ school. Imported renovation. Fully airconditioned Easy access to PIE/ ECP. Can contra. Pg. 9213-0312 REM. JOO CHIAT/ ÜBI/ EUNOS 3 'A' BLK. 4. Joo Chiat Complex. High fir. Can
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    • 887 13 502 HDB Apts For Sale (Geylang/Eunos/ Macpherson) 4 'A7 4 f Übi blk 323, 320. Mid/ high fir. Can contra. Near sch./ amenities. Pg. 9-*****22 agt. 4-RM. SIMS DR. Well renovated. 3 rm. split aircon. 5 mins. to MRT/ wet mkt. Must sell! Pg. 9217-1734. 4 'S' BLK. 322 Übi.
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    • 1003 13 504 HDB Apts For Sale (Hougang/ Serangoon/ Yio Chu Kang) 4 'NG' CORNER Hougang blk. 352. High fir. unblock, good view. Near CHU/ mkt./ bus terminal. Chinese not eligible. *****818 ARN 4 -NG' CORNER Serangoon Blk. 226. High fir. Best facing. Renovated. 5 mm. to central/ future MRT. Can contra.
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    • 1217 13 504 HDB Apts For Sale (Hougang/ Serangoon/ Yio Chu Kang) JUST 8 YRS.I Exec. Mais./ 5 "I' Serangoon N. Aye. 4. Low cash! High fir. Airy. Multiplex 9206-4397. LOR. AH SOO b1k.137. 4 'A' high fir. 101% move-in cond. good view. Marble. 9494 8222 ERA LOW CASHI HOUGANQ 4 "A
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    • 987 13 504 HDB Apts For Sale (Hougang/ Serangoon/ Yio Chu Kang) 4 'S' HOUGANG Blk. 613/ 532. Low fir. Amenities. Simple renovation. No contra. *****950 Ginza 4 'S' HOUGANG blk. 507. Must sell. $10K cash above valuation. Call Marc 9805-2325 ERA 4 'S' SERANGOON Central blk. 206. F/renovated. Near future MRT/
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    • 1030 13 505 HDB Apts For Sale (Jurong) JURONG Watt BLK. 559. 5 'A' mais. Unblocked/ quiet. Near amenities. Costly design. Asking I $440,000 only. Harvest *****352 LOW CASH 4 'A' Jurong W. blk. 725. Lovely interior. Good facing. Unblocked. Near amenities. Only $283 K. Pg. 9410-3559 Agent. LOW CASH! JURONG 4
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    • 1295 13 505 HDB Apts For Sale (Jurong) LOW CASH. S2BK neg 4 A' Jurong. Blk. 717, 923, 545. Near amenities. 9556-8521 AA Realty LOW CASHI MUST sell! Exec mais. Jurong W. Blk. 407, high fir. Windy. Amenities. *****132 ERA LOW CASHI BLK. 426. 5 'A'. High fir. Move-in cond. Valued $375K+
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    • 1170 13 505 HDB Apts For Sale (Jurong) 4 'A' JURONG W. Blk. 813. High fir. Renovated, near NTU. Cash $20K neg. Pg. 9-*****72 YSP. 4 'A' JURONG W. extension. Blk 908. Amenities. Sch/ mkt. Near to MRT. Best buy. Pg. 9-*****01 4 "A" (LOW cash) Jurong West extension St. 81. Well
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    • 771 13 506 HDB Apts For Sale I (Kallang/ Whampoa) 3 RM. UPGRADED JLN. Bahagia blk. 32. Low fir. Near mkt./ food i ctr./ shops. Pg. 9570 7570 agt. 3-RM. WHAMPOA DRIVE. sth fir. Near amenities, shop, mkt. S2IOK. Call: *****16. 3-RM. WHAMPOA DR. Blk. 74. High fir. Renovated. Unblocked. View to
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    • 772 13 512 HDB Apts For Sale (Pasir Ris/ Changi) i PASIR RIS 4 'N.G' Blk. 446 High floor. No blockage. Near amenities. 8 'I' Blk. 421 High floor. No blockage. m 8 'I' Blk. 566 Near MRT/ amenities Exec. Apt. Blk. 246 Reasonable price. Pg: 9202-1466 TP Albert PASIR RIS EXEC.
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    • 1146 13 512 HDB Apt* For Sale (Pasir Ris/ Changi) URGENT SALEI EXEC. Apt Pa sir Ris Blk. 243. Just 5 yrs. Marble fir. Bright breezy. Schs7 shops. Any offer considered. 9-*****92 VIEW TO OFFERI Corner 5 'I' Blk. 125. Pasir Ris. High floor. Open view. Well renovated. Fully furnished. Valued S42OK.
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    • 955 14 512 HDB Apts For Sale (Pasir Ris/ Changi) VERY VERY CHEAPI 4 "A7 5 T Pasir Ris blk 106. High fir. Ist offer secures! Hurry! Pg. 9607-2042 VIEW TO APPRECIATE!! Exec. Apt. Blk. 460/ 238. Very New! Valued $554K/ $560 K. *****836 C&H. SIBK CASHI 4 'A' BLK. 484 Pasir
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    • 1002 14 514 HDB Apts For Sale (Tampines/ Simei) ALL TAMPINEBI 4 A' blk 444/ 813, 5 'I' blk 872, 5 'A' blk 477/ 912, exec. apt. blk 427, exec. mais. blk 431/ 867A/ 940. 9668-1087 SML ASKING CASH SSKI Simei 5 T corner, spacious layout, Blk. 112, high fir. unblocked, MRT/
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    • 1241 14 514 HDB Apts For Sale (Tampines/ Simei) EXEC. MAIS. TAMPINES. Blk. 245. Opp. MRT/ sogo. Mid fir. Lift level. Amenities. *****199 ERA EXEC. MAIS. BLK 149 Tampines. Low fir. Near all amenities. Move m cond. Pg. 9-*****64 W2l. EXEC7 8/ 4-RM. 125, 149, 363, 894, 940/ 306, 932, 440/ 235,
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    • 1220 14 514 HDB Apts For Sale (Tampines/ Simei) 4 'A' TAMPINES. Blk. 871. Renovated. Aircon. Move-in cond. View to offer. No contra. Pg. *****820 4 'A' TAMPINES Blk. 272. Mid fir. Unblocked. Quiet. Amenities. Valued. No contra. 9-*****22 DW 4 'A' TAMPINES, 4878. High fir. lift level. Unobstructed view. Contra. ARN
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    • 1077 14 516 HDB Apts For Sale (Toa Payoh/ Potong Pasir) EXEC. APT. Blk 101 8 T. Payoh, high fir. Near 5 yrs. Unblock. Designer decor. 3 mins. to MRT. Can contra. Price neg. *****398 Agt. 5-RM. PT. BLK. 217 Toa Payoh. High fir. Marble. Well kept. Move m. Near MRT/ PIE/
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    • 798 14 517 HDB Apts For Sale (Woodlands/ Sembawang) \1 1 'I' hill' Kla^B^^^^L^BH 4 -NG- BLK. 26 Marsiling. Fully renovated. Move-in cond. Upgrading. Amenities. 24-hr, security/ police post. Pg. 9604-7130. ATTN! 3 'NG' Block 23 Marsiling. 5 T Blk. 165. Woodlands St. 13. Renovated. Windy. *****288 Agt. BLK. 304 JUMBO, Woodlands.
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    • 828 14 518 HDB Apts For Sale (Yishun) ALL YISHUN BEST 3-RM. 320, 394, 622, 774, 783, 861 4 -S' 250, 395, 646, 771, 758, 794 4 *A' comer 872, 861, 844, 850, 829, 820, 771, 412, 386, 367, 350, 345, 346, 331, 322, 321, 283 8 'I' corner 935, 873, 850,
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    • 1120 14 518 HDB Apts For Sale (Yishun) 4 'S' LOW fir. blk. 638. MRT/ blk. 425 can early move-in/ blk. 166 mid-fir, renovated. Near ameniities. Can contra. *****818 ARN. 8 'I' YISHUN Blk. 288. Mm. cash. Near sch. amenities. Good facing. Move-in cond. Pg. ii 507-5388 Fait. Co-broke welcome. ACT FAST!
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    • 1274 14 518 HDB Apts For Sale (Yishun) $38,000 CASH. 8 T BLK. 238 Yishun Ring Rd. Newly renovated. Near MRT. Pg: 9-*****38. SSK UP. 6 'A'. Door step amenities. Blk. 292. Nice decor. Best price. Hurry! 9307-1613 UEM 3 'A' BLK. 287 Yishun. High fir. All races. No blocking. Can contra.
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    • 1093 14 518 HOB Apt* For Sale (Yishun) I I 4 'S' YISHUN BLK. 395/ 437. High floor. Renovated. All races. Can contra. 9300-1881 RG 4 'S' YISHUN Blk. 634. Low fir F/aircon. Near MRT/ shops. Value for money! Pg. 9411-5367 Nick. 4 'S' YISHUN Blk 638. mid fir. 100% move m.
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    • 716 15 524 Rooms Wanted (Rent) DEAR INDIAN OWNERS. Master/ common rms. wanted urgently m all areas. Call *****93 Sheila INDIAN OWNERS. 1/ 2/ 3 rms. needed m all areas. For single/ couple/ workers. Call *****780. LADY TEACHER NEEDS room m Pasir Ris St. 51 to 53. Prefer Lady owner/ no owner.
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    • 992 15 527 HUDC/HDB Apts Wanted (Rent/ Buy) GENUINE INDIAN FAMILY urgently requires 3/ 4/ 5-rm./ exec, mais. Good budget. Owners pis. call *****61/ 9-*****23. No agts. LARGE GROUP OF Expats, from HK office moying to S'porel To rent, A.M Kio/ Bishan/ Serangoon/ T. Payoh. Owners call *****132 PROFESSIONALS NEED TO rent
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    • 510 1  -  GRACE CHNG By Contests to encourage students to publish their educational projects on the World Wide Web are fast becoming a trend here. The most recent was CyberFair 97. It saw two schools here winning top prizes m this international competition which attracted some 20,000 students
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    • NEWS
      • 325 2 The new outlet will have a library and a store under the same roof. Challenger Superstore has opened its computer supermarket m the east coast. Located at the DBS Tampines Centre, it is as big as the current super- store m Funan Centre. Mr L. T. Loo,
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      • 995 4  -  Lee Pang Chuan Intel's Pentium II processors can handle visually complex and CPU intensive applications. By In Hongkong Taking two buses to work The new Pentium II processors feature MMX technology and dual independent bus (01 B) architecture. Although both innovations are already available on Pentium
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      • 765 6  -  Melanie Liew The network computer is on course to take over the PC. By Vendors must know how to be profitable by making USS2OO NCs. LLFKJLKFAOFFO While network computers hog the headlines, users are not so gung-ho. One IDC conference participant told Computer Times
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      • 242 6  -  Melanie Liew Windows NT is slowly eroding Unix as a server operating system. The Windows NT platform will pose a serious challenge to the Unix market, said Mr Lawrence P. Llamzon, manager for Asia/Pacific systems and storage unit at research firm Interantional Data Corporation. It will continue
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      • 472 8  - Java set to blossom by year end Ong Boon Kiat Putting Java into practise will convince corporations that it is robust and secure business platform. By Gene Banman reveals that the network computer (NC) will get beefier by year-end, but only m terms of cache memory. Java computing, first seeded
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      • 749 11  -  Jenny Chin The promise to deliver write once, run anywhere Java software comes true. By LLF;FA;'''''LLFK Show us your flair for designing great computer graphics and we will reward you handsomely. Calling all graphics enthusiasts. Here is a chance to win about $10,000 worth of Tektronix
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      • 572 12  -  Yeo Suan Fatt Kasparov's defeat to IBM's Deep Blue does not mean computers will now rule the world. By A computer that thinks, plots and conquers? It is a prospect that grips many with terror, indeed few events command as much publicity
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      • 208 2 In the story "Videoconferencing made easy" which appeared m the May 7 issue of Computer Times, the telephone number of IntreSource is wrong. It should be 375-0919. We are sorry for the error. M|| f| III 1 1 We welcome your suggestions, comments, questions, bouquets and brickbats. Send them to:
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      • 554 13  -  Ang Lee-Na Here are some sites to keep you and your child occupied for the coming June school holidays. By It really goes without saying that the Internet offers limitless hours of fun, entertainment and education. But if you are unfamiliar with this strange
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      • 484 14  -  Lee U-Wen Say hello to the wet and wild occupants of Asia's largest oceanarium. By Asia's largest oceanarium, Underwater World m Sentosa, allows you to peek into its exhibits of nearly 6,000 marine creatures. A site tour takes visitors around to its various exhibits
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      • 850 16  -  W.D. Yang The Internet's potential as a true multimedia environment is best seen with Progressive Networks' Real Player technology. By F;LFA L;'D' Real Audio •Audio Net http://www.audionet.co m/events/ra3o/ •Sony Music http://www.music.sony. com/Music/Multimedia/ realaudio3o.html •Real Audio Timecast http://www.timecast.com/ ABC Radionet http://www.abcradionet. com/ Real
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      • 314 17  -  W.D. Yang The Data.Cast Internet service offers its trialists a cheap and fast way of getting mainstream information on the Internet. By Media Manager's Data.Cast channel pilot Internet service uses air waves to distribute World Wide Web sites and software m Singapore. The company
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      • 172 17  -  W.D. Yang While the Data.Cast service seems to meet the requirements of Internet users who need fast access at cheap rates, there are two issues to consider before signing up. First, what comes through the air waves is pre-seleeted by Oata.Cast provider, Media Manager. Thus, users
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      • 560 18  -  Ong Boon Kiat From hire to page 27, Computer Times provides first-time computer buyers with a guide on how to select your home desktop PC. We include some tips and tricks on surfing and how to organise your computer and table. PCs will get
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      • 606 21  -  Ong Boon Kiat You can extend the functionality of your PC by connecting it to peripherals. By Peripherals makes your PC more useable. For the home user, some are absolutely essential, like a printer; while others are good-to-have, like a scanner. Let us turn our
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      • 803 22  -  Ong Boon Kiat To work efficiently at the computer, clear that desktop mess and settle down comfortably. By An office worker today has to contend with two types of workspace. The space occupied by the computer and its user: the desk and chair; The computer itself: the
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      • 729 24  -  W.D. Yang Tips: Avoid downloading multiple files and get at least 32M8 of RAM. By For newcomers, the Internet has lots of interesting things to offer. But after a few months, the novelty of going online would have worn off. Maximising Internet
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      • 272 25  -  W.D. Yang Is your Internet access package sufficient? Most users start off with a basic connection account which typically offers around 12 hours of usage. Unfortunately, for newbies, this is insufficient. They are likely to chalk up several times more than that m
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    • SMALL BUSINESS
      • 884 28  -  Lee Ti an Lee If you want a problem-free network, you must ask the right questions. By There are 95,000 small businesses m Singapore, some of which are looking for a more sophisticated computer system to help them manage their businesses better. The server
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    • USER REPORT
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      • 459 32  -  Ong Boon Kiat Keep track of appointments, phone numbers and things to do m a very wellintegrated software. By Product: Claris Organiser 2.0 Price: $104 Availability: Call Pac Rim Systems at 283-7770 Requires Mac OS running on 680x0 and PowerPC System 7.0 or later 4 MB
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      • 459 33  -  Ong Boon Kiat When it comes to the things that matter, the Ranger 3D Wonder is right on target. By 166 MHz Intel Pentium MMX processor 32 MB RAM, 2.1 GB hard drive 12-speed CD-Rom drive ATI Xpression+ PC2TV with 2 MB video RAM 15-inch Philips
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      • 540 34  -  W. D. Yang An original Mac desktop that features a 180 MHz 603e PowerPC chip and 256 KB "of L 2 cache. By Product: Apple PowerPC Performa 5400/180 Price: Ssl,BBB (excluding GST) Availability: Only at Fullmark Data This entry-level Macintosh is cheaper than any
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      • 381 36  -  Jeffrey Tsang Below are reviews of Canon's latest digital camera offerings, the Power Shot 600 and the 350. ■ThePowerShot 600 offers basic camera functions and ease of use. By Product: Canon Power Shot 600 Price: $1,599 Availability: Call Canon Marketing Services at 273-5311 The Power Shot
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      • 503 36  -  Lee Pang Chuan ■Canon's Power Shot 350 has a 4.5 cm colour LCD screen for easy framing and focusing of objects. By Product: Canon Power Shot 350 Price: $889 (without GST) A Availability: June. Call Canon Marketing Services at 273-5311 Weighing only 250 g and smaller
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      • 596 38  -  Lynette Herbert Adobe Photoshop 4.0 offers more flexibility m most of its commands. By Product: Adobe Photoshop 4.0 Price: $1,343 (full package); $224 (upgrade price) Availability: Funan Centre and Sim Lim Square Adobe Photoshop 4.0, the latest upgrade, makes for easier and more logical
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      • 723 38  -  W.D. Yang AST's PBO may just be the cheapest 166 MHz MMX Pentium portable which offers a rich configuration. By Product: AST Ascentia PBO Price: $6,388 Availability: Funan Centre and Sim Lim Square FJKLSFLSLKDK 166 MHz MMX Pentium. •Removable 3GB hand disk drive. 32M8 fast EDO RAM. 2MB
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      • 714 40  -  M.K. Wong Epson's Stylus Photo can print more colours for more true-to-life outputs. By Product: Epson Stylus Photo Price: $759 (with GST) Availability: Authorised Epson dealers Before its competitors could respond to the company's foray into the high resolution 1,440 dpi market, Epson produced another winner,
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      • 265 39 Workgroups need smart solutions to keep abreast of the latest technology. And that's exactly what Seagate's new TR-4 A minicartridge tape drive is. A remarkably M reliable backup solution at a remarkably M f^\M affordable price. I m With up to 8 gigabytes of compressed data on a single Travan
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    • CASE STUDY
      • 502 42  -  Melanie Liew An office need not be confined by four walls as some Digital employees found out. By Twenty-one regional sales, marketing and technical support professionals within the Systems Business Unit of Digital Equipment Corporation Asean are no longer confined to office space or
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      • 268 42 "My PC Creates CDs Mb Kit. JftOAILS Ct> Create Music CDs from cassette fwfm jUB tapes, music CDs and other Audio j_ '^1 P*| sources. iJ^^^***-^ iSS^^UiL^ Bk Configurations: m w9 Intel Pentium® 166 MMX MHz CPU w3 FV 32M8 EDO RAM S3 Virge 3D VGA Card w/2MB 40ns EDO
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    • EVE ON THE MRRHET
      • 460 44  -  Melanie Liew Don't leave your CDs strewn all over the floor, get a CD-holder and do some serious housekeeping. By The popularity of multimedia games, entertainment and information on compact "disks (Cds) has seen the number of CD titles growing. For those who have many CDs, organising
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      • 132 44 Novell certified instructors One person to one PC I Novell developed course kits Small class group size ll' I IT J I* Hands-on experience with Compaq Pentium computers mAhßbhbbbbhmh Nove!l products State-of-the-art training Ideally located at the heart of facilities I I l|l U Orchard Road Tea-break provided I Close
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    • BYTE TALH
      • 546 45  -  Ong Boon Kiat Selecting your monitor requires more than a cursory glance. By Your monitor is probably the most intimate interface between you and the computer. It is also the most expensive. Yet, many people buy entire PC systems without even considering the quality of
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      • 351 45 THE KNOCK-DOWN, DRAG-OUT, ABSOLUTE EXTREME OF VISUAL ACCELERATION UtHW JTE, Ui JK ill 3-D The fastest 2-D and 3-D acceleration we've seen. Period." Windows Magazine (August 96) CAD "If you expect Windows NT to integrate AutoCAD with drawing, spreadsheet, [and] visualization applications m multiple windows, then this is the board
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    • ESPHCE
      • 704 46  -  James M. Ehrhart ■How businesses can identify Inter-net-enabled opportunities. By The Internet is the most significant development resulting from the convergence of computing, communication and knowledge. Its universal and übiquitous nature allows businesses to overcome the constraints of time, place and form, enabling more effective business
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      • 255 46 OLIVETTI ECHOS PI33E n 4 X^S^B lntel 133 MHz Pentium Processor m •8 MB Ram Expandable to 40 MB PSnVM 1 ■^V^Vv^g 16-bit Audio-Sound i w^^ Compatible $3; 499 I P^^ PCI Bus Architecture I FRcci (exd Q^ r >%^ 3 Years International Warranty I ♦8 MB Ram WJ^ sr
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      • 769 47 Three CDs to quench your thirst for fun and knowledge. EYEWITNESS ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE 2.0 Published by DX Multimedia Price: $69.90 Format: Win3.l/95 Macintosh Everything a beginner would want to know about m science is m this Encyclopedia. Well, almost everything. The information is grouped into
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      • 311 47 DISNEY'S PRINT STUDIO Published by Disney Interactive Inc. Price $44.90 Format: Windows 95 and 3.1 Contact New Era Interactive Software at *****38 for more information. Disney's Print Studio CD-Rom features all the characters from the classic Winnie the Pooh cartoon. There are 19 different personalised projects
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    • GAMES
      • 847 48  -  Alvin Chee John Wayne and Clint Eastwood wannabes can now engage m shootouts of death. Draw!! By The good Marshal is forced out of retirement when the bad guys kill his wife, burn his house and kidnap his young daughter. The story is told between shootouts,
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      • 121 48 You are invited to attend a free seminar on the latest m Adobe® software. You'll see the new Adobe Illustrator® 7.0 for Mac® and Windows®, plus Adobe's paper and web publishing solution which seamlessly links Adobe PageMaker® mm y—y 6.5, Photoshop® 4.0, Illustrator 7.0 and Acrobat®. The seminar will be
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      • 110 48 New game releases Fallen Haven J^F Developer: interactive Magic Type: Strategy Description: Earth scientists made contact with hostile aliens with one aim m mind total conquest. Choose to command the defend ing humans or the invadi ng aliens Test Drive Off-road Developer: Accolade Type: 3D racing game Description: Race with
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    • LETTERS
      • 1151 49 Answers by our Technology Resource Panel which comprises Sembawang Media, M X Wong and AJvin Chee, and edited by Lutin Reutens Disappearing taskbar I am using a Pentium 75 Acer computer with Windows 95. Recently, my taskbar would not appear on the screen and I have had
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      • 56 49 We want to hear from you Send your letters to: comtinrie2@cyberway.com^ Computer Times Please include your name Special Projects Unit address and telephone Singapore Press Hold- number, ings Ail replies will appear on 7th level, News Centre these pages. 82 Genting Lane Letters may be edited and Singapore *****7 pseudonyms
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      • 163 49 Unbeatable Price Performance at Sslo per MHz! Performa 5400/180 MHz 16MB RAM 1.6G8 HD with 8X CD !S!pl7yy w/gst or SsloOO w/GST ""^N. 0M? £P££ Supra-Express 33.6 Kbps Fax Modem J X \Tr\ut 3 boxes of Fullmark Diskettes pmwFSJ FULLMARK DATA PTE LTD 3rd Floor, Fullmark Ind Bldg, 10 Soon
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    • FACE-TO-FACE
      • 375 50  -  Melanie Liew Network Peripherals stays on ground level to know its customers' desires and comments. By Good products incorporating great technology do not sell themselves. Companies must be customercentric to succeed. Mr Don Morrison, 39, senior vice president, Network Peripherals Inc (NPI), believes that companies must be
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      • 380 50  -  Melanie Liew Data warehousing solutions can help organisations store and retrieve data effectively to aid decision making. Mr Peter Zoldos, 32, is an evangelist. He talks passionately on one of the hottest IT topics: data warehousing. As client services manager of Sybase Australia, he is one
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      • 429 50  -  Melanie Liew Mr Roberson of NCR Corporation travels the world to find out what IT applications organisations and governments are using. Atechno-tourist, Mr Dennis A. Roberson, 48, travels the world to get a first-person understanding of the technology trends and directions m the different
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    • BOOKS
      • 465 51  -  Kow Kee Nge By Title: Measuring the impact of your web site Authors: Robert W. Buchanan, Jr., and Charles Lukaszewski Publisher: John Wiley, 1996, 316 pages Price:ss2 Available at major book stores Books on managing the back-end of a Web site are not common. If you
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      • Article, Illustration
        204 51 Take Charge Computing for Teens Parents Author: Pam Dixon Publisher: IDG Books Worldwide Represented here by Longman Singapore Publishers Price: $35.99 353 pages Available at major bookstores This book is a guide to teens and parents to find the most relevant, useful software and World Wide Web
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      • 142 51 Fix Your Own PC, 3rd Edition Corey Sandier Publisher: MIS Press Represented here by Longman Singapore Publishers $42.50 462 pages Available now at all major bookstores This is a must-have guide for those interested m diagnosing, fixing and understanding PCs. This edition covers all systems through the
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    • INTELLIGENT ISLAND
      • 808 52  -  Yeo Piah Choo In the near future, we can buy a movie ticket or reserve a table at our favourite restaurant all from the comfort of our home or office. By It is Saturday night. You have had a long week. A nice
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      • 228 52 If you have a flair for graphics design, send us your Rules masterpiece and you will be m the running for 1 Send only hard copy, ie printouts. $10,000 worth of prizes. You could win a Tektronix D t i,2; Printouts must be at least A4 size, colour printer two
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    • PRODUCT NEWS
      • 145 53 Compro gets more power from the Pentium II Sun Microsystems has announced the availability of new 4 MB external cache 250 MHz UItraSPARC modules for its Ultra Enterprise 3000 through 6000 servers. The new modules, combined with enhancements to the compilers, have helped boost compute
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      • PRODUCT BRIEFS
        • 57 53 IBM has expanded its ThinkPad 760 notebook computer series featuring Intel's multimedia Pentium processor with MMX technology. Estimated street prices for the ThinkPad 760XD and XL start from $7688. Both come with 32K8 internal cache that delivers a significant increase m system performance enabling enhanced audio, video
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        • 61 53 Compaq Computer Asia has announced its Armada 1500 series of value-priced notebooks, with prices from $3199. The series includes two models which features 133 Mhz, 16MB EDO RAM, 11.3 inch colour STN or 12.1 inch colour TFT displays, two Type II or one Type 111
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        • 62 53 S3 Incorporated has announced the ViRGE/MX 2D/3D mobile accelerator. It incorporates technologies such as TV-out, Duo View dual display capability and AGP support. It can deliver high quality, visually accurate 3D images. Video acceleration includes arbitrary stretching with X and V interpolation, double
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        • 61 53 The Chinese version of DacEasy Accounting, version 5.10, produced by local company Silk Technologies is the first and only foreign accounting software to receive official endorsement certificate from the Ministry of Finance, People's Republic of China. Enhanced to meet the Chinese new accounting rules and regulations,
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        • 81 53 Diamond Multimedia Systems Inc has announced the addition of its own Back Web channel to keep users informed of the latest product news and firmware updates for its Supra Express 56 line of fax/modems. The "Diamond Channel" for communications products provides customers with instant notification and
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        • 105 53 AutoCAD, the flagship software by the US-based software company Autodesk, has been upgraded to version 14. The new version, designed to run on Windows NT or 95 with 32 MB RAM, is twice as fast as its previous version, said Autodesk. It also features tools that allow
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      • 468 54  -  Teo Li Li Preview the latest blockbusters to hit town m this month's Wiz. By Don't miss all the fun m this month's Wiz, electronic magazine. Among the many things you get to see and hear, is the feature on Clarke Quay which lets you explore
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      • 232 54 Digital Equipment Corporation has announced a new line of personal workstations which are manufactured m its plant m Ang MoKio. The Digital Personal Workstation au-Series are priced from US$l2,OOO ($17,040) and are based on Digital's 64-bit Alpha microprocessors. The Personal Workstation 433au and
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      • 183 54 The NEC HO identifies a person by... ...matching a "live" fingerprint against stored fingerprints on smart cards ora database. NEC Singapore has developed the Positive Identification System (PID) which uses a person's fingerprint for identification. PID is a fingerprint capture* storage and search system that
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      • 230 53 5520,000 REWARD I FOR INFORMATION ON COMPANIES USING UNLICENCED SOFTWARE You should know that the use of unlicenced There could be potential loss of business software is wrong and must be stopped. You The integrity of the business will be could do the right thing by exposing those compromised who
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      • 143 54 uic VIC Education Centre fa) competitiveness J convenience J customer service) C care commitment J Promotions Now On! Certified Lotus Professional (CLP) and Certified Novell Administrator (CNA) and Certified Novell Engineer (CNE) Certification Courses. *CLP and CNE Certification Courses are 50% funded under the Critical IT Resource Program (CITREP), NCB.
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    • EVENTS
      • 156 55 Netscape Communicator vs Internet Explorer In our next issue oil I June 4, Computer Times will evaluate the two soon-to-be-un- veiled World Wide Webbrowsers. The Netscape browser, I the first on the Web, is trying to stave off the stiff challenge posed by the Internet
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      • EVENTS
        • 131 55 Jointly organised fes th^ Jnf ortnaifcidri Technology Institute and Data Processing Man^gf rbfefai Association, Singapore, the two-day 2nd IT Be^lfrW^K^ 8 Seminar 1997 will be held on M?y 28 arjc} at the Hotel InterContinental, Singappre'at 8:30 am. The seminar aims to foster trie adoption
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        • 106 55 Efixir Technology Singapore's list of courses for the month ahead are as follows: Object-Orientated Analysis Design with Lore (UML 1.0) from May 28-30. This course encourages the development of good ob-ject-oriented designs and correct software systems. Fee: $1,050 Win 32 Programming for Windows 95
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        • 73 55 For Macintosh fans, Mac World Expo comes back to Singapore m August. For three days, fans will be able to see the latest Apple products as well as other Mac hardware and software at the convention centre at Suntec City. The event, organised by IDG World
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        • 73 55 Internet commerce Expo (ICE) Singapore 97 will be held from Oct 22-24 at the Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre. Held annually, the exposition-cum-conference is dedicated to the development of Internet commerce via the World Wide Web and the growth of the corporate intranet. The
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