The Straits Times, 8 March 1999

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    25 1 The Straits Times Established 1845 Monday March 8, 1999 96 Pages in four parts mita (P) 054/12/98 MP A Singapore Press Holdings publication \J\J Cents
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    Golkar chiefs prefer Akbar as President
    686 1  - Golkar chiefs prefer Akbar as President SUSAN SIM State Secretary is front-runner for the elections but seems inclined to give precedence to President Habibie By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA President B.J. Habibie's re-election chances appeared shaky last night as senior executives of ruling Golkar met to decide on their slate of
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    STAYING AHEAD
    2 1 STAYING AHEAD
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    Lock icon 'Spy' feature in Windows to end
    220 1 SAN FRANCISCO Microsoft Corporation has moved to defuse a potentially explosive privacy issue, saying it will modify a feature of its Windows 98 operating system that has been used quietly to create a vast database of personal information about computer users. Microsoft has in
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    China warns against missile system
    470 1  -  MARY KWANG US- JAPANESE DEFENCE COOPERATION 'WILL AFFECT REGIONAL STABILITY' By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING China warned yesterday that US- Japanese cooperation on the Theatre Missile Defence (TMD) system would damage regional and global strategic balance and stability into the next century. Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan,
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  • PRIME NEWS
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      Lock icon Pol Pot aide to be tried in Cambodia
      423 2 The government rules out an international trial for captured military chief nicknamed 'Butcher' PHNOM PENH Detained Khmer Rouge military chief Ta Mok will face trial in a domestic and not an international court on charges related to genocide, the Cambodian government announced
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      Lock icon Australia may ask some tourists for bond
      365 2 Australia may ask some tourists for bond MOVE TO CURB ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SYDNEY Australia would consider asking some tourists to pay a bond Defore entering the country in a bid to reduce the number of illegal immigrants, Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock said yesterday. He said that there were up to
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      Lock icon THE BUTCHER' IN MILITARY CUSTODY
      70 2 BANKOK POST THE one-legged Ta Mok, believed to be 72, was the last Khmer Rouge leader still on the run. He was arrested on Saturday as he crossed into northern Cambodia from Thailand and is in military custody. Nicknamed "Butcher" during Khmer Rouge rule, he
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      Lock icon Good leaders deliver 'hardware'
      605 3  - Good leaders deliver 'hardware' JASON LEOW A community's quality of life depends very much on effective MPs and grassroots leaders, says PM Goh iIL PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tone yesterday underscored the importance of effective leadership among MPs and their grassroots leaders in giving residents the good life, noting that
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      Key networks safe from hackers
      329 3  -  SAMANTHA SANTA MARIA NOT UNKED TO INTERNET Bt GOVERNMENT computers here are generally safe from hackers Decause key networks and systems are not linked to the Internet. Mr Goh Seow Hiong, the National Computer Board's assistant director of IT security, added that where a sys-
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      DOING DAMAGE HERE AND ABROAD
      182 3 COMPUTER crimes have been in the news lately both here and abroad. In Singapore, David Kok Tuck Whye, 22, and Pang Soon Chen, 19 were arrested for allegedly obtaining thje passwords of 17 SingNet subscribers illegally and posting them on a website called SickNet. They
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      Tax revenue fell by $1.23 billion in'98
      636 4  - Tax revenue fell by $1.23 billion in '98 NARENDRA AGGARWAL The 7.3% slide from the 1997 revenue is mostly attributable to a slump in stamp duty and property tax takings b M THE SHRINKING KITTY In million change 1997 1998 I Stamp duty 1,700 1,060 -37 Property tax 2,360 1,810
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      Lock icon All Moscow officials pull out of Chechnya
      194 4 All Moscow officials pull out of Chechnya GROZNY (Russia) All Moscow officials have been evacuated from the breakaway republic of Chechnya following the kidnapping of a Russian general, security sources said yesterday. Kremlin representatives had all left Chechnya by 12 pin (5 pin Singapore time) and no date was set
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      Lock icon Balloon world trip ditched
      168 4 TOKYO British balloonists Andy Elson and Colin Prescott yesterday ditched off the coast of central Japan, ending their bid to become the first balloonists to circle the world non-stop, an official spokesman said. The spokesman for the m Japan Self Defence Forces said that a helicopter
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      268 2 INSIDE World 6-10 People 9 East Asia... 11, 12. 17, 18 South-East Asia 20,21 Malaysia 22,23 World Focus 24 Home... 25-27, 30, 31, 33-a5 Weather 29 Home Focus 36, 37 Editorial 38 Forum 40, 41 Sports 42-45 Racing 45 Money 47-52 Stocks 47 Currency 47 LIFE! When in US, don't
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Delhi plan to unlock private gold hoards
      329 6 The Indian government wants to get its hands on a vast but idle asset squirrelled away by individual owners NEW DELHI An estimated 9,000 tonnes of gold, worth around US$lOO billion (Ssl73 billion), is gath- ering dust underneath the floorboards in India. Gold-crazy
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      Lock icon Crash! Crash!
      48 6 WITHIN 48 HOURS REUTERS MADRAS! Rescue workers siftino; through the wreckage of the Air France cargo plane which exploded after crash-landing on Saturday. The five crew members escaped down rope ladders AFP NEW DELHI! A victim of the air crash being carried from the wreckage yesterday.
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      Lock icon 23 killed as Indian Air Force plane hits Delhi water tank
      128 6 23 killed as Indian Air Force plane hits Delhi water tank NEW DELHI An Indian Air Force transport plane crashed at Delhi airport yesterday, killing 23, officials said. The plane, coming from the central Indian city of Gwalior, was preparing to land, the news agency said. A police officer said
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      Lock icon Air France cargo plane explodes after crash-landing
      115 6 Air France cargo plane explodes after crash-landing MADRAS An Air France cargo plane exploded after it crash-landed in this southern Indian city just after midnight on Saturday, but all the crew members were rescued, officials said. The Boeing 747-200, flying in from the nearby city of Bangalore, skidded on the
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      Lock icon Chip-maker Intel in anti-trust battle
      331 7 The case is expected to be followed closely because it centres on a vital issue intellectual property SAN FRANCICO First it was Microsoft. Starting tomorrow, it will be Intel's turn to battle the United States government over charges that the microprocessor giant is stifling market
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      Lock icon Be ready to take on Saddam, Cohen tells troops in Riyadh
      247 7 RIYADH US Defence Secretary William Cohen told US troops manning a Patriot anti-missile battery here yesterday to be ready to "take on" President Saddam Hussein, but his Middle East tour came under attack in the Gulf press. Mr Cohen
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      Lock icon Watch US comedian transformed live on Net
      359 7 Byner to take plastic surgery 'out of the closet' LOS ANGELES Veteran comedian John Byner wants to change the face of plastic surgery. He plans to let the world see him shed the years in what is being billed as the first facelift
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      Lock icon 7 killed in bomb blasts
      88 7 7 killed in bomb blasts DHAKA Seven people were killed and more than 200 iniured when two powerful bombs exploded at a cultural show in Bangladesh's western Jessore district yesterday, officials and witnesses said. The bombs exploded at around 1.30 am when thousands of people were watching an open-air show,
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        Lock icon ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DROWN OFF FLORIDA
        37 7 TWO boats trying to smuggle 36 Haitians into the United States sank off the Florida coast early on Saturday and only three survivors have been found, the US Coast Guard said. Reuters
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        Lock icon MUSLIM MUTANTS KILL SIX SHEPHERDS
        38 7 SIX teenage shepherds were found dead on Saturday, their throats slit in an attack believed to have been carried out by the Armed Islamic Group near Algeria's western Chief region, residents said. AFP
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        Lock icon NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL FOR ISRAEL
        55 7 ISRAEL'S Cabinet yesterday approved the formation of a National Security Council which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said would focus on the threat of non-conventional weapons and ballistic missiles. Mr David Ivry, a former director-general of the Defence Ministry and former chief of the Israeli air
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        Lock icon ARMS FOUND IN RUSSIANS' SUITCASES
        28 7 FIVE Russian nationals were detained in Montevideo on Saturday after airport Customs officials found weapons among their personal effects, Urufisvan police said. AFP
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        Lock icon KENYAN TRIBAL WAR LEAVES 40 DEAD
        36 7 AT LEAST 40 people were killed when two rival Kenyan tribes, Turkana and Pokot, exchanged gunfire following a cattle-rustling incident in the north-west-ern Turkana district last week, officials said. AFP
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      Lock icon Hunt for couple on the run with sick bab
      158 8 AUGSBURG (Germany) Police have issued an international arrest warrant for a German couple who have fled with their six-month-old baby to prevent him undergoing cancer treatment. Police said Muslims Sven and Lamia Maerske follow the teachings of a Sunni order which
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      Lock icon Primakov under fire over failed IMF deal
      307 8 FROTEGE FIRED velopment, Presir dent Boris Yeltsin has ordered that his protege, Mr i Boris Berezovsky, be fired from his post as the chief executive of the Commonwealth of Independent States, an ineffectual organisation of 12 former Soviet republics. Few expect the ousting
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      Lock icon Chicago mum charged with kids' murder
      216 8 CHICAGO A suburban Chicago mother was charged with first-degree murder on Saturday for allegedly drugging her three children, putting them to bed and then suffocating them while they slept, prosecutors said. DuPage County State Attorney Joseph Birkett said Marilyn Lemak, 41, was charged with
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    • PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Sprint king's $17,300 gift to Thailand
        158 9 MONEY FROM ASIAD PRIZE MAEBASHI (Japan) Koji Ito, Asia's fastest man, has donated part of a US$lOO,OOO (*****,000) prize from last year's Asian Games to host nation Thailand. Ito gave US$lO,OOO from his Most Valuable Athlete award to Thai charities after coming fifth in
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        Lock icon SINGER JONES HURT IN CAR CRASH
        81 9 WASHINGTON Country and Western linger George Jones was in critical condition in hospital on Saturday after smashing his four-wheel-drive car into a bridge near his home, officials said. Among other injuries, the singer sustained a ruptured liver and collapsed lung. Police said the entertainer
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        SENATE CHIEF'S POST VACANT SOON?
        80 9 MANILA Philippine Senate chief Marcelo Fer- nan, 71, is recuperating from surgery and insists he is fine, but already there is speculation that his post may become vacant, The Philippine Daily Inquirer reported on Friday. He underwent surgery at Stanford in California in September for
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        Lock icon ANDREW VISITS CU CHI TUNNELS
        121 9 ANDREW VISITS CU CHI TUNNELS HANOI The Duke of York, Prince Andrew, on Saturday spent part of his last day in Vietnam touring the famous Cu Chi tunnels outside Ho Chi Minh City. The trip capped a fiveday official visit to Vietnam during which he met Vietnamese President Tran Due
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      Lock icon Poor left behind as US economy surges
      371 9 As rental rates rise and the supply of public housing falls, the poor now have to wait longer for a home WASHINGTON A strong national economy that is rewarding many Americans through steady employment, low interest rates and rising stock prices is hurting
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      Lock icon First son of late takes over
      459 10 First son of late takes over ...new blood Old guard... The death of Sheikh Isa bin Sulman al-Khalifa on Saturday was sadden. He had not been ill but had had heart problems before. He underwent an angioplasty operation in the US just last year. Thrust into leadership, Crown Prince Sheikh
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      Lock icon When Gaddafi travels, so does his tent
      226 10 CAIRO Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is not one to leave his tent behind when he travels. The Libyan leader, who began a rare visit abroad on Saturday, is in Cairo for talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. He has rejected five-star accommodation and
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  • CHINA'S NAtIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS
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      China criticises report that it stole N-secrets
      444 11  - China criticises report that it stole N-secrets MARY KWANG Chinese Foreign Minister says such reports are not uncommon and only show there are always some who want to obstruct Sino-US trade ties By CHINA CORRF.SPONDKNT BEIJING China has lashed out as irresponsible and baseless an American newspaper report that it
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      Lock icon NOTHING UNUSUAL: Objections to Sino-US ties
      55 11 There are always some people who do not want to see Sino-US relations develop... and they have always wanted to do anything to disturb the development of such relations. But I believe that tlieir attempt will get nowhere and will be futile. Chinese Foreign
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      State of relations
      213 11 Describing China's international status as having been enhanced and its influence spreading. Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan, after a year in office, sums up the country's relations with different countries or territories: UNITED STATES 'China is willing to bring a sound and stable relationship between the two countries
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      Beijing denies thaw in ties with Vatican
      220 11  -  Mary Kwang BEIJING Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan denied yesterday that China had made a breakthrough i.i its relations with the Vatican. He said that China was willing to improve relations with the Vatican but only if the latter first cut its diplomatic
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      Lock icon No let-up in reform of China's state firms
      391 12 Premier Zhu stresses that, despite rising unemployment, the restructuring of state-owned enterprises must be carried out f uiiv BEIJING Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji yesterday stressed Beijing's commitment to cut redundant capacity and curb losses at state-owned enterprises (SOE) and to re-employ laid-off
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      Lock icon '2 SYSTEMS, BUT REMEMBER IT IS 1 COUNTRY'
      81 12 CHINESE President Jiang Zemin yesterday urged Hongkong delegates to the National People's Congress (NPC) to emphasise ties and not differences with China, sources said. A delegate said that during a group discussion with Hongkong legislators, "President Jiang was happy to see the
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      15% OF STUDENTS PASS PHYSICAL FITNESS
      73 12  -  Mary Kwang MR ZHANG Faqiang, a delegate to the Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), told reporters that only 15 per cent of students had passed the high-school physical-fitness test. Mr Zhang, who is also the deputy head of the State Sports Bureau, said
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      HOME AWAY FROM HOME
      86 12  -  Mary Kwang CHONGQING delegates to the NPC held their first meeting last week in their own chamber, the newly-opened Chongqing Chamber, in the Great Hall of the People. Delegate Chen Guofen said the place reminded her of home. Part of the interior was decorated with replicas
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      20 PROPOSALS FROM ENTHUSIASTIC DELEGATE
      62 12 MR ZHANG Tongmeng, deputy chief procurator of Fujian, was eager to get started as a CPPCC member. According to the China Daily, shortly after he checked into his Beijing hotel, he submitted 20 proposals for consideration. They covered varied topics, ranging from education, environmental protection,
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon PICTURE-PERFECT NAILS IN A JIFFY
      92 17 REUTERS These fingernails on a woman's hand (above) are decorated with tiny pictures produced by Atlus Inc's new machine, NailMore. It paints tiny designs onto fingernails with a precision ink jet. The coin-operated entertainment machine (right) provides over 100 designs the user can select from
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      Lock icon S. Korean cops nab grave robber
      128 17 S. Korean cops nab grave robber SEOUL South Korean police said yesterday that they had arrested a man who later confessed to stealing the remains of Lotte chairman Shin Kyuk Ho's father and ransoming them for about U*****,000 (Ssl.l million). A police spokesman identified the man only as "Lim" and
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      Lock icon Minister may quit today over Arnie blunder
      526 17 Minister may quit today over Arnie blunder Japan's justice official is facing pressure to resign over allegations he pocketed a lost-passport report filed by his movie idol Schwarzenegger TOKYO Japan's Justice Minister Shozaburo Nakamura is being pressured to resign following an immigration blunder involving > His movie hero, Arnold Schwarzenegger,
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      Lock icon Perry tight-lipped about Taiwan mission
      110 17 TAIPEI Former US Defence Secretary William Perry flew to Taiwan yesterday for a two-day visit amid a stalled dialogue between Taiwan and China. He had earlier met Chinese President Jiang Zemin and other senior officials while in Beijing. He was tight-lipped when asked to comment
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      WOMAN MASTERS
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      China's women show their mettle in crisis
      514 18  -  SUNNY GOH The jobless have turned to innovative ways to earn a living while the retrenched have taken up re-training, says its ambassador to Singapore Bu JOBLESS women in China have turned to innovative ways of earning an income while the retrenched ones
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      On S'pore 'sisters'
      50 18 On S'pore 'sisters' 'IN THE face of the financial crisis, the Singapore sisters remain cod-headed and prepare themselves, by taking part in re-employment training, to meet the challenges of the new century featuring high-technology. I am deeply touched by their spirit and wish them greater success.' Chinese ambassador Chen Baoliu
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      Lock icon The long, long wait for trie Pul
      146 18 TOKYO Japanese women were fuming over their de-cades-long wait for the Pill and the authorities' failure to give approval even after nine years of official debate, while the male anti-impo-tence drug Viagra was approved in January after six months' consideration. The pharmaceutical committee
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  • INDONESIA IN TRANSITION
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      Lock icon MEN FROM MALUKU
      92 19 The men Nineteen high-ranking officers who were bom and raised in Maluku. Mission Do a more effective job in calming the warring communities in Ambon because they fully understand the culture and customs of the local people. Modus operand! Tbe team would operate in the field, personally
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      408 19 Top brass born in Maluku sent to Ambon Wiranto hopes the mix of Christian and Muslim officers who were raised there will be able to restore calm in the capital JAKARTA The Indonesian military yesterday sent a team of high-ranking officers to riot-torn Ambon in yet another bid to try
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      115 19 JAKARTA More than 50,000 Muslims marched through the streets of the Indonesian capital yesterday to protest against the military's failure to quell Christian-Muslim bloodshed that has killed more than 200. Forming a column about 2 km long, they chanted "Allahu Akbar''' (Allah is Great) and "Jihad!
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      92 19 JAKARTA President B.J. Habibie has given the green light to a request from Germany to release Budiman Sudjatmiko, leader of the once-banned left-wing Democratic People's Party (PRD), who is currently serving a 13-year jail sentence for subversion. The leading Indonesianlanguage Kompas daily quoted Justice Minister
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      249 20 MANILA More than 27,600 families or about 138,000 people have been displaced^ by armed conflicts in the Philippines in the first seven weeks of this year, a senator said yesterday. Opposition legislator Loren Legarda warned that a resumption of fighting between the government and communist
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      38 20 Filipino tribal woman sacrifices her crowning glory on Friday, in front of the Department of Environmental Natural Resources in Manila. She and other tribespeople were protesting against mining activities on their ancestral lands. REUTERS
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      438 20 Myanmar 'in way of Thai drug blitz' Thailand's Prime Minister Chuan will press the anti-narcotics issue during meetings with his Myanmar counterpart which start today Iff CAN SEE IK ROOFS OF THE FACTORIES ACROSS THE BORDER BUT CANNOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY ARE llwwWl* lrl I fllilrinn* Government spokesman Akapol
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      166 20 LONDON A group of British mercenaries is mounting a series of legal actions around the world to attempt to seize the assets of the government of Papua New Guinea, The Sunday Telegraph has reported. The paper said the mercenaries have begun legal moves in
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      425 21 Cambodians want answers from Khmer Rouge trial TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF BRUTALITY They want to know why so many died and they are hoping that Ta Mors court case will throw some light PHNOM PENH More than 20 years after the radical Khmer Rouge was driven from power, many
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      568 22 '...Even if Umno wins enough seats to form a wholly Umno government, we will not do this because we are willing to share the government with other ethnic groups. Dr Mahathir, on sharing political power with other races despite the National Front now allocating Umno
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      323 22 Group alleges that federal leaders have unfair advantage KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Election Commission is being urged to ensure this week's Sabah state polls are fair amid allegations that federal leaders are bribing voters with promises of more spending. Aliran, a non-govern-mental organisation, said leaders from
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      225 22 Report lodged against ex-police chief KUALA LUMPUR A former Internal Security Act detainee has lodged a report, urging the police to investigate and initiate action against former InspectorGeneral of Police Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Noor for assaulting former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. Mr Abdul Malek Hussin, a former PAS
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      497 23 THE ARGUMENT 'When jurisdiction is expressly conferred on Syariah courts to adjudicate on matters relating to conversion into Islam, in our opinion, it is logical that matters concerning apostasy could be implied in and falls within the jurisdiction of Syariah courts.' Federal Court judge
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        51 23 THE Sultan of Kelantan, Tuanku Ismail Petra, yesterday conferred the state's highest award on the two consorts of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei. He bestowed the Darjah Kebesaran Yang Amat Dihormati on Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Hajah Saleha and Pengiran Isteri Hajah Mariam binti Haji Abdul
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        53 23 PENANG snake man Mohamad Noor Abdullah, who had lived with 250 king cobras for 28 days, wants to achieve yet another deathdefying act by living with two tigers. The Sun yesterday quoted him as saving that he had spoken to the Wildlife and National Parks Department
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        57 23 A PYTHON, reputedly the largest of its kind in Malaysia, was among several ani- mals killed when fire gutted a three-storey supermarket that was holding an exhibition of wild animals in Tanah Merah, Kelantan, yesterday. The Kelantan Fire and Rescue Department said several tigers and
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        46 23 VILLAGER Harun Ishak, 51, who used a broom to hit his 18-month-old son and caused his death was yesterday jailed for eight years by a court in Kelantan. Harun pleaded guilty to causing the death of Mohamed Firdaus in 1997- Bernama
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        56 23 CUSTOMS officers seized 2,000 kg of pork valued at about RMi 8,000 (558,200) as the meat was about to be smuggled out of the country to Thailand from Kelantan on Saturday night. The officers moved in as the meat from a lorry was
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      293 23 KL wants war games tweaked to suit its needs KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia wants the format of the joint military exercise with its partners next month modified to meet its security needs. The Sunday Jawi newspaper Utusan Zaman quoted Defence Minister Datuk Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha as saying that although
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      477 24  - Zhu's US visit means more to the Chinese Lee Siew Hua BEHIND THE SCENES FROM STRAITS TIMES OVERSEAS BUREAUS "^r "w- ~y ashingm l\ I TON ana lysts suggest that Chinese T Premier Zhu Rongji's visit to the US in spring is more important to China than to the US.
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      262 24  -  Kwan Weng Kin POLL DATE HINGES ON ECONOMY ANALYSTS say that prospects of an early general election in Japan this year hinges on the performance of the Japanese economy. To be more specific, it depends on whether Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi can keep his promise of 0.5 per cent
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      131 24  -  Mary Kwang FLAP OVER JIANG'S MAO SUIT CHINA President Jiang Zemin wore a Mao suit to a welcoming banquet hosted in his honour by the Japanese Emperor Akihito, when the Chinese leader was in Tokyo last November. His attire was discussed between Chinese and Japanese officials before the trip
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      415 24 WEATHERING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS VIENTIANE Battling its worst post-war economic crisis, Laos has been gripped by lottery fever as the communist government seeks to boost its slender revenues for investment. A draw for the state lottery is held every month. Most recently, 66 winners
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      335 25  - A traffic jam. .in the park SAMANTHA SANTA MARIA Cyclists, in-line skaters and pedestrians all jostle for space on tracks in East Coast Park Bg THE latest nasty pile-up in the East Coast did not happen on the expressway, but on the parallel track in the park, where a cat
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      333 25 Inconsiderate people 'the cause ot most accidents' STRAYING FROM THE RIGHT PATH 'YOU'VE SOT MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE DOING DIFFERENT THINGS AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. OF COURSE THERE WILL BE ACCIDENTS.' Mr Trevor Chong, 49 EAST Coast Park traffic accidents are caused mostly by inconsiderate individuals, said 17 of the 20
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      547 26  - Software 'should be given away free' SAMANTHA SANTA MARIA Richard Stallman speaks intensely about how copyright, monopolies and big-business software development should be eradicated Bu MR RICHARD Stallman, 46, is a tireless campaigner for free software for the masses. And he has the energy to match. His walk is a
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      200 26 HARVARD graduate Richard Stallman left the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Artificial Intelligence Laboratories in 1984 to start his Gee Not Unix (Gnu) project. Unix is a language that was once used commonly and almost exclusively by programmers. He set up the Free Soft- ware
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      141 26 THE public lecture given by Mr Richard Stallman is organised by the Singapore Airlines-Neptune Orient Lines scholars from India. In organising the talk their first venture into organising a public lecture they want to send a clear message to Singapore that they are "able, willing
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      162 26 SOME years ago, when Mr Richard StaUman was visiting the Bill Gates building at Stanford University in California, he decided to initiate a new ritual. He stood in front of its imposing edifice and gave it the finger. "I encourage anyone who works
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      642 27  -  WENDY TAN Most in favour of new insurance plan for long-term health care costs as long as they don't need to pay cash by YES, IF THE PREMIUM IS LOW Tve never been crazy about insurance. Why pay? Yd rattier use the money to op
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      66 30 Prancing lions and masked dancers welcome the First Lady, Mrs Ong Teng Cheong (extreme right), to the Family, Fun, Food And Fitness Fair organised by the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations at its centre in Waterloo Street yesterday. The Minister for Community Development, Mr Abdullah Tarmugi
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      411 30  - 15 travel agents form new alliance EVELYN YAP Bloc aims to give corporate travellers better service by cooperating in areas such as beefing up reservation systems Btf. ALLIANCE THE group of 15 travel agents aims to give the business traveller better service by cooperating in areas such as staff training
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      269 30 GRASSROOTS leaders have an important role to play in educating Singapore families not to use community services to replace family care for the young and old, said several MPs yesterday. They were responding to Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's comment, made at the
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      326 31 HE WAS the pick of the crop, but he could not keep up the pace. Now a second-year Tampines Junior College student, Mohammed Azuan Tan, 18, was in the top 10 per cent of Muslim students in the Primary School Leaving Examination for his year. He scored
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      393 31  -  ZUZANITA ZAKARIA It hires private agencies to hot-house about 200 promising students from Primary 5 to Secondary 4 Hi, THESE STUDENTS MUST REALISE THAT BERK IN TOP SCHOOLS MEANS THAT THEY ARE IN A POSITION TO MAKE USE OF THE BEST FACLmES
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      327 31  -  WENDY TAN by MORE than 30 women representing the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ) schools here have gone to Rome to witness the beatification of the founder of the IJ order, Father Nicolas Barre. The beatification, by Pope
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      568 33  - There's something about Mary... SOH CHUNG KIAT She was among the first batch of 10 women who joined the police in 1949 and eventually reached the rank of assistant superintendent Bu_ 1 SStHMF Illllf ATTITUDES WERE VERY DIFFERENT THEN, ff WAS UNHEARD OF FOR WOMEN TO BE IN THE POLICE
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      278 33 TOURISM in Singapore continued on an upbeat note in January as visitor arrivals rose 11.9 per cent over arrivals for January last year. But the Singapore Tourism Board said the growth was largely because of "much lower bases" in January last year. More visitors came
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      329 34 A technician who placed an ad on the Internet to sell his video-camera is beaten unconscious and robbed A 22-YEAR-OLD technician who placed an advertisement on the Internet to sell his vid-eo-camera was beaten unconscious and robbed of his camera by two young men responding to
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      78 34 Hit from behind, technician Loh Siew Onn, 22, fell unconscious. He woke up to find his video-camera gone. MR LOH Siew Onn had placed the ad on SingNet's Classified Ads last Wednesday. Two days later, he received a call. The callers negotiated a price of $2,500 for the
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      198 34 lUPAT BEDOK MEANWHILE, 15 blocks at Kampong Chai Chee HDB estate Blocks 414to428inBedok North have been selected for an lUP package costing $11 million. WATCHING the sun set from a special viewing gallery that is what Clementi residents can look forward to doing each evening. The
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      737 35  -  EDMUND TEE Sharon, 14, scrapes together enough money to buy what she feels is her ticket out of the poverty trap software to give her an edge in school M 7 may not have much, but I computer, and my hope jor her.
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      439 35 Don't start children on IT too early CHILDREN should be exposed to computers as early as their kindergarten years, but not before then, say early childhood specialists. Associate Professor Khoo Kim Choo, who lectures on early childhood development at the National University of Singapore, said that at that age, a
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      338 35 WHILE it would be ideal for every student to have a home computer, it is not the only way to get people to tap the potential of IT. Ms Pam Soh, the deputy director of the National Computer Board's IT culture promotion department,
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      181 35 PROVIDING multi-media facilities such as CD-ROMs at community children's libraries acts as an "equaliser" between lower-income and higher-income families, said Minister without Portfolio Lim Boon Heng yesterday. He said it allowed the poor not to lose out in learning with high-technol-ogy tools. Speaking to
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      458 37 TREATMENT for back problems is not always completely effective, and surgery should be the last option, said Dr Joseph Thambiah. A core part of treatment is physiotherapy, and this includes medication to relieve pain and relax the muscles, heat treatment, spinal manipulation and muscle
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      688 37  -  TAN BOO BOON THE LAW PAGE by The relevant touchstone in these cases is not the position which the accused occupies or the title that he holds, but the degree and nature of his participation in the employment process. Chief Justice Yong Pung
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      383 36 Applications are invited from teachers and other professionals in the Presentation by field of ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING for this well established Ms Maree Sandeford programme, offered by the School of Education. The MA TESOL is Monday 15 March 1999 taught entirely in Singapore by Nottingham tutors. Auditorium, 4th Level Features
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        Tokyo back to the future?
        608 38 IT WOULD be fair to ask why the question of legalising Japan's flag and its national anthem should arouse alarm instead of astonishment. What should be surprising is that they have not been legalised already. After all, it is no secret that a nation-state tends
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      1004 38  -  DAVID ROCHE Oil The only way to ensure exchange rate stability is to pursue the right policies. It is impossible in today's world to match the 'right' exchange rate to the 'wrong policies, as Brazuhas discovered. LONDON Fixed exchange rates and currency
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      The mystery of economic growth
      915 38 T he mystery of economic growth ic ECONOMIST ECONOMIC growth is notoriously the blackest of the many black boxes in economics. Familiar as the "stylised facts" of growth may be, attempts to account for them with a single theory have had mixed results, at best. The dominant family of theories
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      Lessons from the Jin Tai cock-up
      1139 39  -  TAN SAI SIONG BY THE WAI by TASTE OF HARDSHIP to become a culture among Singaporeans, especially the young, to put in more volunteer hours with the underprivileged, preferably abroad in crisis-ridden countries, like the Peace Corps used to do in the 60s. With
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        137 39 BALI INDONESIA'S RAY OF HOPE WE READ in the daily newspaper Kompas that Bali now resembles a ray of hope in the gloomy economic picture that has dominated Indonesia for the last two years. Bali has largely recovered from the economic crisis and is on the road to further
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        106 39 PRESIDENT BREACHED THE CONSTITUTION COMPARED to Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, his Taiwan counterpart has a tougher job. Mr Zhu faces tremendous pressure to maintain social order amid massive unemployment but, at least, he has the support of the Communist Party. In contrast, Taiwan s Premier Vincent Siew had the
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        149 39 ELIMINATING SEXUAL HARASSMENT THE tireless lobby by various groups for action to tackle sexual harassment, especially in the workplace, has borne fruit. The Human Resources Ministry's announcement outlining measures to better deal with this problem holds promise. At a time when the nation is focusing on enhancing productivity, eliminating
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        89 39 RETURN OF STRAINED US-CHINA TIES WHILE the ban on the sale of a commercial satellite by the United States to China may look insignificant on the surface, it signals the return of strained bilateral ties reminiscent of the early 90s. While there is no apparent threat of China seeking
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        97 39 DISNEY GOES 10 HuNGnuKG WHILE Walt Disney's plan to build a theme park in Hongkong comes with stringent conditions like free land at a site to be chosen by the entertainment giant, the authorities have demonstrated their determination to overcome the crisis by making concessions. A Disney theme park
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        147 39 THE MILITARY'S FAILURE NEVER before has this country been rocked by such violent riots and inter-group and inter-religious conflicts. This seems to go on against a backdrop of the Armed Forces' weakening operational capability and dramatic plunge in popularity both here and abroad. The military's response to unrest has
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      1169 40  -  JOSEPH KAHN Bu THE NK.WYORKTIMKS NEW YORK Merrill Lynch Co, the United States' largest American brokerage house, dipped its toes into Internet stock trading. Now, it has to show it can swim. In the evening hours, its technicians switched on the firm's long-awaited Net trading option
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      437 41 Why not merge ATM networks to benefit all? I WAS surprised that the recent withdrawal of DBS from the principal ATM network in Singapore did not receive any comment in your Forum pages. Newspaper reports took the view that this was an inevitable "business decision" in view of the DBS/POSB
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      Jin Tai exercise lent touch of realism
      287 41 I READ with interest the recent articles and letters concerning the mock defence exercise gone awry in Jin Tai Secondary. Most people are quick to lay blame and demand a formal apology from the principal, Mr Tang Swee Chay, and the teachers responsible
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      238 41 I HAVE always held the postal service in Singapore in high esteem because of its credibility, efficiency and affordable prices. However, things have become rather discouraging recently. Letters that bear other addresses have often landed in my mailbox. What if important letters have been posted wrongly?
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      106 41 Vehicles caused road damage ON FEB 28, two heavy vehicles, a forkl'ift and a medium-sized crane, presumably from the Public Works Department, were cutting trees in front of the bus stop in Braddell Road, before the flyover to Toa Payoh. When they departed, they left behind heavy track marks on
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      375 41 IN THE midst of the mass worship of cyberspace and information technology, it is timely to reflect on its effects on our lives ('Thinking Aloud" by Mr Sonny Yap, ST, March 6). Computer technology is turning humans from social animals to solitary beings feeding on and
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      483 42 SPOTLIGHT ON THE ENGLISH FA CUP SHOWDOWN SOCCER Red Devils just cannot score even with numerical advantage MANCHESTER Gritty Chelsea overcame a first-half sending-off to hold out for a 0-0 draw against Manchester United in a one-sided FA Cup quarter-final at Old Trafford yesterday. United dominated
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        97 42 LEADER LAZIO HANDS OUT 6-1 DRUBBING LAZIO recovered from the shock of conceding an early goal at the Olympic stadium to thrash Salernitana 6-1 on Sunday to retain its lead at the top of the Italian Serie A soccer standings. Fiorentina moved into second place above high-flying Parma after beating
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      For once you were wrong, Fergie
      407 42  -  GODFREY ROBERT TV VIEW bu CHELSEA, down to 10 men after 45 minutes, gallantly took Manchester United to Stamford Bridge for the FA Cup quarter-final replay. And The Blues, who lost Roberto di Matteo with a red card, had one man to thank for
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      259 42 LONDON Coventry boosted its survival hopes by recovering from a coal down and having Australian John Aloisi sent off to earn a vital 2-1 win at home to fellowstruggler Charlton Athletic. John Robinson touched in the opening goal for Charlton 10 minutes after half-time and
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      341 42 LONDON Nigerian World Cup star Nwankwo Kanu was delighted to be the centre of attention for all the right reasons after his 89th-minute winner against Derby sent Arsenal into the English FA Cup semi-finals on Saturday. The former Ajax and Inter Milan star figured
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      383 42 MATCH STATS FA Cup quarter-finals: Arsenal 1 (Nwankwo Kanu 89th min) Derby County 0. Red card: Dean Sturridge (Derby). Attendance: 38,046. Barnsley v Tottenham Hotspur postponed because of snow. English Premier League: Coventry Citv 2 (Noel Whelan 67th, Trond Egil Soltvedt 8&h) Charlton Athletic 1 (John Robinson
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      907 43 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX FORMULA ONE MOTOR RACING IN MELBOURNE RESULTS: How they finished (average speed 190.852 kmh) 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Ger) Jordan 1.0265ec behind 3 Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Williams 7.012 4 Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Benetton 33.418 5 Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Stewart 54.697 6 Pedro de la Rosa
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      439 43 ATHLETICS MAEBASHI (Japan) American sprint king Maurice Green and emperor of distance running Haile Gebrselassie stuck to tiie form book on the final day of the World Indoor Athletics Championships which saw several shock defeats. Olympic 100 metres women's champion Gail Devers and African stars
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      Lock icon Clippers' losing streak hits 15
      437 43 BASKETBALL SAN ANTONIO (Texas) Like an out-of-control truck rolling downhill, the Los Angeles Clippers' losing streak reached 15 on Saturday with a 114-85 defeat by the San Antonio Spurs in their National Basketball Association game. And with back-to-back games against the Los Angeles Lakers this
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      Yusof fails to make the cut
      91 43 SINGAPORE'S Yusof Alias did not make it to the second round of the 60 metres in the World Indoor Championships. Neither was he able to register the 6.7Osec time he was hoping for in his first indoor race. Still, it is unlikely the 26--year-old
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      36 43 TENNIS: Marcelo Rios (right) won the Newsweek Champions Cup last year. Who will it be this time round? Tune in tomorrow on ESPN. Ch 23 and 25 at 4am to monitor the Cup.
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      976 43 ATHLETICS World Indoor C'ships in Maebashi, Japan (All finals) Men's 60m: 1 Maurice Greene (US) 6.42 2 Tim Harden (US) 6.43 3 Jason Gardener (Brit) 6.46. 400m: 1 Jamie Baulch (Brit) 45.73 2 Milton Campbell (US) 45.99 3 Alejandro Cardenas (Mex) 46.02. 800m: 1 Johan Botha (SA)
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      456 44  - Mose' s hot run THOMAS KOH Navarra proves too strong for opponent who arrived late for the match by THE writing was already on the wall when Alberto Martin's taxi driver took him to the wrong location and the Spaniard arrived 15 minutes late for the Honda-Kah Open final. It
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      Loke strikes to handy $5,000 top prize
      272 44 BOWLING WITH the current economic climate the way it is, Johnnv Loke was especially grateful to pocket the $5,000 top prize at the Cosco Super Challenge yesterday. Said the 32-year-old: "The timing is perfect. My road tax is due very soon. This will
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      Recs and Theresians champions
      73 44 Recs and Theresians champions HOCKEY A BRILLIANT second-half spell helped Singapore Recreation Club beat Chenab 3-0 in the Singapore Hockey Federation Under-21 boys' final at the Delta Sports Complex. Scorers were Mohd Hafidi, Al Faizahie and Herwan Muhi. In Saturday's other final, Theresians beat Police 3-0 with goals from Alvina
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      Olympians to be honoured
      239 44 WOMEN IN SPORT THIRTEEN Singapore women Olympians will be honoured at the two-day Women and Sport Conference at the Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) at Dover Road starting next Monday. The list will be headed by Tang Pui Wah, a hurdler who took part in the 1952 Games
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        NIRMAL'S GOAL DECIDES
        73 44 A GOAL from a penalty corner by Nirmal Singh gave Singapore Airlines A a 1-0 win over favourite Chenab B in the final of the Open Men's category of the National Hockey Sixes on the Padang yesterday. Theresians Yellow defended its women's title by beating Police 1-0
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        HENDRAWAN UPSETS WORLD NO. 1
        66 44 INDONESIA'S Hendrawan upset world No. 1 Peter Gade-Christensen in straight games to lead his country to a 3-2 team badminton victor}' over Denmark in Copenhagen on Saturday. Hendrawan, ranked world No. 11, confounded the 22-year-old Dane with well-disguised shots to win 15-11, 15-11. In the
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        KRAFT STAYS ON TITU COURSE
        67 44 GREG KRAFT continued his bid for his first official PGA Tour victory on Saturday, maintaining his twoshot lead through three rounds of the Doral-Ryder Open golf in Miami. The American shot a two-under 70 at the Doral Golf Resort and Spa to move to 11-under
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        PSG BEATEN, BUT MAY ADVANCE
        76 44 HOLDER Paris St Germain was beaten 0-2 at home by Montpellier in a French League Cup soccer quarter-final on Saturday but could yet survive after appealing against the result on a technicality. Montpellier had one man too many on the field for several seconds near
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        VITESSE LOSES LONG HOME RECORD
        48 44 VITESSE ARNHEM lost its first Dutch League soccer match at home for two-and-a-half years on Saturday when a late goal from Regillio Simons gave Fortuna Sittard a surprise 2-1 victory in Amsterdam. Fortuna is 10 spots below second -placed Vitesse in the league.
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      46 44 TODAY'S EVENTS ATHLETICS Schools' National Cross-Country Championships finals (Macßitchie Reservoir, 8.30am). RUGBY Schools' National Championship Police Cup. U-17 Novice: FSS v BVS (3.30pm). RSS v PYS (spm) Grange Road. TENNIS Schools' National B Division finals: Girls: SCGS v TKG. Boys: ACS- 1 v RI (Kallang, 2pm).
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  • SPORTS/RACING
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      161 45 HONGKONG DERBY: Allan-trained Holy Grail triumphs SOUTH African favourite Resfa's hopes of landing the Hongkong Derby were left in tatters yesterday as 183-1 outsider Holy Grail surged to victory in the prestigious US$9OO,OOO (551.56 million) race. Resfa, ridden by Hongkong champion jockey Basil Marcus and trained by the territory's champion
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      3068 45  - Seaside Bank shocks DANNY KHOO SINGAPORE RACING $448 outsider outsprints fancied rivals in Tiger Beer Challenge race by YESTERDAY'S BUKIT TIMAH RACE RESULTS STC STIPES' REPORT FORM counted for little in the third running of the highly-popu-lar Tiger Beer Triple Challenge series as Seaside Bank created a major upset at
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      Lock icon Injury halts Agassi's bid
      332 45 TENNIS SCOTTSDALE (Arizona) Defending champion Andre Agassi retired from the U*****,000 (*****.000) Franklin Templeton Classic on Saturday after straining his right hamstring, sending Jan Michael Gambill to his first ATP Tour final. Gambill was disappointed that he not get to play his tennis idol on even
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      Lock icon Wales pulls off upset
      249 45 RUGBY LONDON Wales burst out of the rugby doldrums on Saturday with one of the biggest surprises in Five Nations rugby history its first victory over France in Paris since 1975. The Welsh, who last beat the French on their home soil with legends Gareth Edwards
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  • OBITUARIES
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      118 46 Andrina Wee Chye Hoon @Baby Wee beloved wife of Francis Ho Choy Koon 29 November 1920 01 March 1999 Passed away peacefully at 8.05am Beloved Mother- Grand Greatj Mother of in-law of mother of grandmother of Raymond Ivy Lim James 6 Delphuie Horatio Ho Rennie Veronica lAm Colin
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      377 46 CHUA LENG KHAR Age: 86 (Wife of the late Tan Seek Kay) passed away peacefully on 6th March "99, leaving behind loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-laic: Tan C<irk Seah Qm Ceok. dccca.sed' Ng Imij Hiui Tan i'Mrk ChpM Richard Joy Stanley Tim dirk Pin. Andrew Sally Young Tan C«irk
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      242 46 "Jesus says: "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live even though he dies." John 11:25 MOLLY CHEW HONG GEOK Age: 75 (wife of James Kwee Choon Kow, deceased) gone home peacefully to be with the Lord on 7.3.99. Sadly missed and
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      139 46 AL-FATIHAH Ml S K ABDUL WAHAB (Naqapattinam) Aqe: 69 passed away peacefully in Singapore on Sunday 7/3/99 at 12.15 am and thereafter buried. He leaves behind: Wife: Hameed R Natchia Sons: K A W Haja Mohd Farook Khalikuzzaman Daughters: Malika Begum Inun Marijan Sulthani Begum their spouses and
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      562 46 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS YIPTOH Age: 72 passed away peacefully on Saturday, (i March 1999 Sadly missed by family and loved ones. Husband: Leong Seng Chee Sons Daughters-in-law Leqng Chee Thin, Ronnie Tan Kim Kee, Helen Leong Chee lloong Tham Khuan Thve Ix'ong (.'life WVng Chua Sim Sim, Audrey Leong
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      75 46 854 CONDOLENCES 854 CONDOLENCES 854 CONDOLENCES 854 CONDOLENCES Si am the way, truth, and (he life; no one goes to the Fathei ext ept by tm H John 14:6 Our Heartfelt Condolences Deepest Sympathy To our Managing Director, on the demise of his beloved Mother Andrina Wee Chye Hoon who
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      852 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 852 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
      319 46 852 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 852 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Family of the Late JOSEPH RAJENDRAM (1899-1999) wish to thank all relatives, friends and colleagues for their invaluable assistance, kind donations, wreaths and condolence messages during their recent bereavement The family particularly wish to express their deep appreciation to: Dr. F.J. Jeyaratnam, for his dedication
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      856 IN MEMORIAM
      140 46 6TH ANNIVERSARY With Fond Momortcs Of FRANCISCO A. REYES Departed: 8 March 1993 They who think that you are gone, Because no more your face they see Are wrong- for in our hearts you live And Always Will, In Memory Always Remembered By Fimlly i Loved Ones
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      42 46 I In Ever Loving Memory I Seah Siong Soon Departed. 8-3-1991 rememßered 6y loved ones. In Loving Memory of KANG CHOON SENG SHANE Departed: 8/3/1997 Always remembered by Mother, brothers, sisters, daughter. nephews, nieces, grand-nephews, relatives and l^ friends.
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      898 REQUIEMS
      78 46 ATHMA SHANTI POOJA N The family of the Late PARUVADI GANAPATHY THEVAR Departed: 22.2.99 wishes to thank all relatives and friends for their kind condolences, attendance, assistance and donations during their recent bereavement. Karumathi will be held on 8.3.99 (Monday night) at Blk 50, #12-108, Telok Blangah Drive.
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      31 46 CORRIGENDUM In yesterday's announcement of the Late PALI. SEOW KIM JOO. departed on Friday, sth March 1999, the word should read "Mother" and not as published. We apologise for the error.
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      62 47 TURNOVER COOO) Main Sesdaq Total Multllnd 32,302 32,302 Manufacturing 48,980 8.376 57.356 Commerce 14,683 474 15,157 Tpt/Stor/Comms 9,892 792 10 684 Financt 16,077 16,077 Construction 16,051 2,063 18,114 Properties 23,206 23,206 Hotels/Rsts 1,560 4,302 5 862 Services 3,392 4.082 7,474 Others BLW 42,911 432 43.343 Total 209,054 20,521
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      665 47  -  Dennis Chan Bank and property stocks are expected to lead a market rally today. ROUND-UP Sbtgmon LAST Friday's re-cord-breaking performance by Wall Street is expected to give Singapore shares a muchneeded fillip this week, say analysts. The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 268.68 points
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      551 47 ABNAmroßankNV 5>4 ABSA Bank Limited 6' Agricultural bank Of China 6 ANZ Banking Group 6*4 Allied Irish Bank PLC 5 American Express Bank 6 Arab Banking Corp 7'« Arab Bank PLC 5%i Asahi Bank Ltd 6'_> Ban Hin Lee Bank Bhd 6'_> Banca Commerciale Itaiiana 7 4
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      86 47 MANILA Philippine shares are expected to trade within a tight range this week in the absence of major developments, say analysts, "It is still going to be in a tight range unless the market goes beyond 2,040 points," said Wellex Global Equities' Mr
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      432 47 FOCUS ON NEW YORK BLUE-CHIP stocks gained 4.61 per cent last week, finishing at a record high of 9,736.08 after a stellar performance last Friday. But analysts were divided over whether the market could sustain the momentum, which was boosted late in the week
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      886 47 ROUND-UP Overseas markets INVESTORS in the Tokyo share market are expected to target the 15,000-point mark on the key Nikkei index this week, encouraged by a 5 per cent surge last Friday, analysts said. Some profit-taking will be inevitable, they said, but Friday's rally,
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        46 47 THE greenback rose against the Sing dollar early last week on concerns about higher US interest rates. But when the US February jobs report proved to be non-inflationary, such concerns faded and the greenback fell back. It closed at 1.7273 last Friday.
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        YEN LOSES GROUND AGAIN
        26 47 THE yen fell against the Sing dollar again last week on Japan's easy monetary policy. The yen closed last Friday at 1.4075.
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        STERLING STRENGTHENS
        33 47 STERLING is looking up this week as fears about a British recession begin to lose their hold on investors. Sterling closed last Friday at 2.7734, up from 2.7623 the week before.
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        AUSSIE UNIT LITTLE CHANGED
        30 47 THE Aussie dollar ended last week almost unchanged against the Sing unit as global commodity prices edged slightly upwards. The Aussie closed last Friday at 1.0852.
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        33 47 THE euro fell against the Sing dollar last week on lingering sentiment that the European economies would not pick up soon. The euro closed last Friday at 1.8695.
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      351 48 Microsoft wins cases in China Court orders two software firms to pay 800,000 yuan to American qiant for infringing its copyright BEIJING Microsoft Corp has won its first two Chinese court cases against software pirates, in what a state-run newspaper dubbed a "landmark verdict against rampant software piracy in the
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      196 48 MIAMI Online stock trading by uneducated investors with lofty expectations is "a prescription for disaster", the chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Saturday. "With a few keystrokes you can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars," Mr Arthur Levitt cautioned at
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        100 48 THE New York Times Company's website is close to turning a profit, said Mr Martin Nisenholtz, president of New York Times Electronic Media Co. The website of the company's flagship paper, which is among several owned by the publisher of the New York Times
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        90 48 IF THERE'S one site that is making tonnes of money, it is Del) Computers' (www.gigabuys.com), which does most of its business online by accepting orders for its computers. Dell now plans to grab more of the pie by launching a site to sell more
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        97 48 US-BASED online consumer health-care network drkoop.com Inc, which was set up by former US Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, wants to raise up to US$5O million through a listing. In its filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, it said it would use the
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      45 48 Company Country Friday close 1999 tort-fey m Pacific Internet Singapore U5530,375 US$BB OzEmail Australia A53.47 A53.65 LibertyOne Australia A54.58 A55.35 E Trade Australia Australia A52.08 A53.40 HansolCSN South Korea 26,600 won 38,050 won Goldbank Communications South Korea 33,900 won 33,900 won
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      296 48 'DOT-COM FEVER' INSPIRED by lofty prices of US Internet stocks, "dotcom fever" is spreading in Asia, with Internet-related companies eyeing stock listings after Singapore-based Pacific Internet's successful debut on Nasdaq. "Basically, everyone has been bitten by this bug," Mr Ramin Marzbani, principal of Sydney-based Internet
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        45 49 BRAZIL and the International Monetary Fund have completed talks on a new aid package, paving the way for fresh loans from a US$4l5 billion (SS72 billion) credit line. Details are expected in the next few days. Bloomberg News
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        43 49 THE London and Frankfurt stock exchanges will publish proposals in the next few days on bringing their regulations, trading hours and indexes in line with each other to create a common market for Europe's largest companies. Bloomberg News
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        34 49 SSANGYONG Cement Industrial Co, the flagship of South Korea's debt-ridden Ssangyong Group, has lost 950 billion won (SSI.3 billion) from the sale of its debt-ridden vehicle unit. Bloomberg News
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        38 49 BORROWING by US consumers rose by US$l4.7 billion or 13.5 per cent to US$l.32 trillion (552.3 trillion) in January, the fastest pace in moic than three years, official figures showed on Friday. Bloomberg News
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        91 49 CANADIAN Paul Reichmann, the chairman of London's Canary Wharf commercial office complex, has negotiated a vast bonus package worth £104 million (*****.2 million) in the run-up to its flotation, the Sunday Telegraph said. Mr Reichmann told the paper that the other Canary Wharf shareholders
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        42 49 GERMAN car maker BMW has signalled that it plans to save its troubled Rover factory in Ixmgbridge, England, by filing for about £200 million (*****.1 million) in British state aid, the Financial Times reported. Reuters
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        54 49 DEUTSCHE BANK 'MUST DOUBLE' BID DEUTSCHE Bank must double to more than 20 billion deutschemarks (SSI9-2 billion) the price it is considering offering for the cable television unit of Deutsche Telekom as its proposed price of five to nine billion deutschemarks was "far too low in comparison to international measures",
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        55 49 THE Bank of England has room to cut interest rates further to prevent the British economy from weakening further and to spur growth, the International Monetary Fund said. The economy will likely grow 0.8 per cent this year, down from 2.5 per cent last
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        40 49 MERRILL LYNCH CHIEF'S PAY CUT MERRILL Lynch and Co said chief executive David Komansky took an 11 per cent pay cut last year, pocketing US$9.9 million (Ssl7-2 million), as it suffered a 35 per cent droD in net profit. Reuters
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      520 49 Extraordinary losses from the closure of bleeding affiliates and job cuts partly to blame r says newspaper TOKYO Combined net profits of listed Japanese companies will fall by more than half in the year to March 31 as many firms incur huge losses on restructuring,
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      603 49 EU meets world trade body today on bananas BID TO WIN SUPPORT BRUSSELS The European Union, incensed by an American move to penalise its exports in a banana trade row, will try to win support from the 134 countries or the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at a meeting in Geneva
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      292 49 MILAN Standard Life Investments, one of Telecom Italia's biggest shareholders, said on Saturday it has discussed opposing Olivetti's US$5B billion (*****.6 billion) takeover offer for the country's No. 1 phone company with more than two dozen investors holding as much as
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      1325 50  - India's top IT tirm set to keep growing RAVI VELLOOR IN GOOD COMPANY Bj, Once a calculators outfit operating from an attic, HCL is now a computer and IT services and training giant HEWLETT- PACKARD, the computer giant credited widely with powering the rise of America's Silicon Valley in California,
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      225 50 BASLE Asian countries in general, and China in particular, saw a sharp decline in outstanding loans from international banks in the third quarter of last year, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said. "In Asia, reporting banks reduced their exposure to all
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      573 50 HK AND SINGAPORE LOCK NORNS ARCH-RIVALS Singapore and Hongkong have raised the stakes in their long-run-ning battle for the coveted status of Asia's No. 2 financial centre after Tokyo, analysts say. The two economies, both hit badly by the regional recession, have each announced
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      549 51  -  LEONG CHAN TEIK Regional crisis and tough competition take their toll, but $20m figure still beats analysts' forecasts by VEHICLE distributor Inchcape Motors yesterday announced full-year net earnings of $20.2 million, which was better than analysts' consensus forecast of $18.3 million. However, the earnings were 43
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      32 51 ARTHUR LEE/BT REUTERS Borneo Motors kept Toyota (left) as the best-selling brand here despite lower sales. Champion Motors also sold fewer Suzuki cars. Inchcape is cautiously optimistic for this year
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      172 51 ALL of the 33 terrace and corner terrace units of Eastwood Ville project, off Bedok Road, were sold over the weekend. Housing Board upgraders made up most of the buyers, said Mr Joseph Tan, residential director of CB Richard Ellis, the project's sole marketing agent. The
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      347 51 Renong will present debt plan to banks today KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's biggest conglomerate and corporate borrower, Renong Bhd, will meet creditors today to present a widely awaited debt-restructur-ing plan, analysts said. Renong and associate United Engineers (M) Bhd (UEM) were expected to propose to restructure debts of about RMB.S billion
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      381 51 KUALA LUMPUR The worst is over for Malaysia's recession-hit economy but the stock market will be stalled by immediate concerns over poor corporate earnings and thin participation from foreign funds, analysts said. Stock prices were valued fairly at current levels
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      383 51  -  TAMMY TAN INCENTIVES FOR DEALERS B^ 'As part of our sales strategy, this effort aims to stimulate the market and customer take-up rate. We call it the 'Final Sprint Bonus'/ Mr Chia, on the similar scheme to last year's THE mobile-phone price war has taken on
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      168 51 NTA drops 6% at OUS DIFFICULT trading conditions amid the regional economic crisis sent the net tangible assets (NTA) per share of closed-end fund Overseas Union Securities (OUS) down by 6 per cent. Its NTA fell to $2.44 for the year ended Dec .31. NTA is trie preferred measure for
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      658 52  -  TAMMY TAN Co-founder of Creative aims to float new Internet company on the US market by the end of next year Rt-ports bu THE MAKING OF INNOMEDIA Ng Kai Wa, 43, foniierly chief technology officer at Creative Technology. Responsible for the development of Creatives Sound Blaster,
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      206 52 HOMEGROWN Innomedia is competing with global telecommunications giants such as Lucent Technologies and Ericsson for an Internet Protocol (IP) equipment contract with StarHub, sources said. The proposed contract will supplement StarHub's IP data network equipment contract with US firm Ascend Communications. IP telephony is a
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      49 52 WEEK'S RISES AiSliif (+37.75) Cwfo SPH 2050 90.0 4.6 SPH 100 2050 70.0 3.5 BSembawang 915 65.0 7.6 OCBC Foreign 12K) 60.0 5.2 DBS 905 55.0 6.5 CSC 680 50.0 7.9 DBS Foreign 1290 40.0 3.2 UOB 745 40.0 5.7 OCBC 800 25.0 3.2 Semb Marine 328 24.0 7.9
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      49 52 WEEK'S RISE Cmta JC-HPHWtOO 12.5 66.7 5.0 IPCOWO2 20.5 64.0 8.0 JayaWW 12 50.0 4.0 IPCOSI.7O 47 36.2 12.5 Asia Food WtO2 9.5 26.7 2.0 NippecraftiOc 15 20.0 2.5 InchMarfct 50c 114 19.4 16.5 LKHWtOO 6.5 W.2 1.0 Liang. HuatWt 6.5 18.2 1.0 Hotung Inv NTS 17 17.2 2.5
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        1564 2 Monica, The Tour MONICAS WASHINGTON While the American public is sick of Lewinsky, some tourists to the US capital have a macabre fascination with all the places that she has ever visited ARLINGTON, Virginia Scandal-skimming Washington journalists could not be more rigorous in a
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        303 2 WHAT visitors really want to see is what they cannot see on the Monica Tour the White House's West Wing, where the President was naughty. The irony is that he did this in a place where moments of American drama were most
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        499 3  -  CLARISSA OON That's Entertainment 14 supporters, coughing up about $300,000 worth of sponsorship, have allowed for tickets to be priced affordably for A Chorus Line Bg SINGAPOREANS will be getting Broadway for a song when A Chorus Line comes to town this week, with tickets going
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        193 3 NAC offers 1 0-per cent discount THE National Arts Council is offering a 10-per cent rebate for the use of its three theatres to arts groups and impresarios. Productions staged at Kallang Theatre, Victoria Theatre and Drama Centre throughout this year are eligible for the rebate on the rental of
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        203 3 HOLLYWOOD In an ending worthy of a comicbook cliffhanger, SpiderMan has been rescued from the clutches of lawyers. The nearly-eight-year legal battle over the movie rights to the last major untapped superhero ended last week on the eve of trial, with MGM relinquishing
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        193 3 HOT SHORTS ■I I^^ IN A unique effort to increase the legacy of the Os-car-nominated film Saving Private Ryan, studio DreamWorks and America Online are collaborating on a book about the movie and World War 11. The 96-page hardcover, Now You Know, due
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        114 3 New designer forYSL PARIS A new era opens at the house of Yves Saint Laurent today when, for the first time after 33 years of acclaim, its collection will be signed by another designer other than its founder. Alber Elbaz, a 37-year-old Israeli-American, was selected by Saint Laurent's right-hand man
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        208 3 BEIJING Chinese art enthusiasts have hailed an exhibition of the work of Par-is-based Chinese painter Zao Wou-ki, whose art spans more than 60 years of development from his home in China to his years in France. His larger-than-life abstract oil paintings feature vivid splasnes
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        148 3 SINGAPORE'S first brand-new, authentic jazzdance studio will swing its doors open this month, to the beat of two special guests from America, Jitterbugs Swingapore has invited swing-dance pioneers Frankie Manning and Erin Stevens for the grand opening of its Tras Street headquarters on
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      1158 4  - I took picture with PM Irene Ng Personal Touch Without speeches, both Prime Minister Goh Chok Jong and Liang Po Po give us lessons in social cohesion JACK NEO was all seriousnesi. as he told me his movie plot tor Liang Po Po about three months ago over dinner. ""Singapore
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      46 4 JEROME MING Bugis City Holdings' technician, Mr Shamsudin, 28, makes a routine check of the water fountain, which has become an icon of Bugis Junction. It is a major attraction for shoppers and especially children, who enjoy playing in it and getting wet.
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      231 4 WHAT WORKS DON'T AWFULISE' WHEN things don't go our way. some of us have a tendency to exaggerate the negative consequences of the event. For example, if someone rejects us, we tell ourselves: This is awful. It is absolutely horrible that 1 am being rejected! Consequently, we get very upset
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        835 5  - Help! My kids leave such a mess TUMINAH SAPAWI Housework For Children Control the temptation to clean up yourself. If you don't give Junior a chance to do it, how will he learn? by YOU can tell it is Cheryl Goh's room by the mess it is in. On the
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        174 5 Start him on simple tasks like wiping the table so that housework will not be a turn-off to him. Introduce more complicated chores like washing and drying plates when he is more confident. For complex tasks, make sure you are by his side to
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        827 5  -  LYNN SEAH A veteran US journalist retains her joyful curiosity §1 I'd say: 'Why don't you take it from a man's angle and talk about what a sports figure she is?' And they'd say: 'Don't you want the story?' And I'd say: 'She's a sports
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        253 5  - Bake muffins with your child's friends Tuminah Sapatwi KIDS' OUT By IT IS Sunday afternoon. Your day for lazing around at home. Your daughter suddenly reminds you that her friends will be coming for tea in an hour's time. Outside, it is scorchinghot and the last thing you want to
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        801 6 Professional wife, mother often conflicting roles women continue to balance. What are their challenges in the 21st century? Here and on the next page, high-profile and ordinary women voice their concerns and aspirations on this last International Women's Day of the millennium. ££jTnjhe pressures on women are immense.
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        884 8 International Women's Day is when women around the world take stock of their centuries-old struggle to participate in society on an equal footing with men. More importantly, it is when women gather together in strength to rally for their common beliefs and causes. International Women's
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        272 8 Aware, or the Association of Women for Action and Research, has organised some events to commemorate International Women's Day. Women A Celebration: This is an exhibition of 20 art works by local and international women artists on woment and female issues. From Mar 5 to April 5
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        796 9 "Wellness" could be the future buzzword for women and men as spas switch focus from body pampering to holistic well-being. If Mrs Theresa Chew and Mrs Elizabeth Wong had their way, all spas big and small would promote a person's total wellbeing, offering complete mind, body and soul
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      767 10  -  TAN SHZR EE Cultural Chemistry Evelyn Glennie, the world's most famous percussionist, who is also deaf r will play the works of Chinese woman composer Chen Yi tonight sjl 'My music is Chinese, and the Chinese flavour is in the blood; in
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      58 10 REUTERS Who wore what will no doubt be the talk of the town after Oscar night on March 21. A preview of what the celebrities will be wearing at the Academy Awards was revealed last week at the 1999 Oscar Fashion Preview in Beverly Hills. Among the outfits
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        777 6 Business Services Products Vehicles 239 PACKING/ STORAGE/ DELIVERY/ REMOVAL 525 PICKUP, $40 jrry, house/ Of fice removal delivery. Labour available. Pis. Tel: 785-0692 S3O UP IOFT lorry. 24 hrs house re moval/ delivery. Local to/ from -'0469/ 9" 7 '9349 HOUSE/ OFFICE REMOVAL. 7 days service, (Bam 10pm). 1 trip
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        753 6 265 OTHER BUSINESS 265 OTHER BUSINESS PRODUCTS PRODUCTS r »r ji II j ASSETS FOR SALE Bakery Equipment: 1 unit APV Twister Moulder Panner for Semi-Automatic Production of Pan Bread Viewing at 7 Fan Yoong Rd 5(b*****)0n 10th March 1 999 (Wednesday) from 9.30 a.m. to 1 2.30 p.m. only.
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        743 6 313 FORD FOR SALE 4/'93, 1 OWNER Laser 1.6 Ghia. Parf $12,948. Green. $44,800. 18 Übi Rd. 4 801-07. *****12/ *****872 LTD. NEW MODEL! 96 Ford Laser 1.6. 5-dr. Tax 11/'99. Best cond. 1 owner. Lot 28 Kaki Bukit Carmart ■91 FORD TELSTAR 2.0 auto. Beauti- ful cond. Call 774-1700
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        510 6 317 HYUNDAI FOR SALE 7/93 ELANTRA GLS. 4 dr. 5-speed. 2 owners. P/steering. Window lock. CD. Hi-fi. Beautiful. *****88. MID '91 EXCEL 1.56L5. 1 owner. Power steering. Hi-fi. New paint. Beautiful. Loan avail. *****96 3/'95 ELANTRA I.6GLSi. Manual. 2 owners. Tax 8/'99. Accident free. Perfect cond. Trade-in. *****17 319 JAGUAR
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        721 6 325 MERCEDES FOR SALE 325 MERCEDES FOR SALE 1 04/98 Benz C2OO Silver I 11/98 Benz SLK 200 Red 03/97 Benz S2BO White I 07/96 Benz E230 Beige I 01/94 Benz S2BO White 04/94 Benz ClBO Brown 10/94 Benz S2BO Blue 02/91 Benz 190E 1.8 White 04/90 Benz E2OO Beige
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        686 6 326 MITSUBISHI FOR SALE 5/'95 MITSUBISHI COLT. I.6GLXi. Auto. Fuel injection. 16 Valves. 3- dr. P/steering/ window/ lock. Airj con. S/rims. Hifi. $57,900. Loan $48,000. $681 x 6 yrs. *****086 SELLING CHEAP! '94 Lancer I.6GLXJ, auto. OMV $18,800. 2 owners. Deposit $7800. Mthly $752 x 1-5 yrs. Irresistible 1 $43,800.
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        737 6 334 PROTON FOR SALE 1 OWNER. 6/'9S Proton Wira aeroback I.SGLi. Fuel injection. P/ steering/ window/ lock. Aircon. S/rims. Hifi. Tip top. Downpayment $9,900. $615 x 6 1 j yrs. *****91 7/'9l SAGA 1.3 Aeroback. 2 owners. Silver. Tax 12/'99. $24,800. Loan/ trade-in. Lot 3 Irving Road. Tel: *****00 Scotts
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        344 6 342 SUZUKI FOR SALE 8/'92 SWIFT I.OGL. 4-dr. 2 owners. New paint/ tax. Well maintained. Beautiful. Loan avail. *****96 1 OWNER 10/'9O Swift 1.0. PARF 59.2K. New paint. Al engine $19,300 neg. *****21/ *****758 12/93 SUZUKI SWIFT 310GL. 2 owners. 4-dr. Hi-fi. Tax 5/'99. Very beautiful ccnd. Ring 284-7034 344T0Y0TA
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        990 6 344 TOYOTA FOR SALE 344 TOYOTA FOR SALE (fa |gOO MOTOR >^m Chariol24fi !bs2«n WttJiCOl jj^^^gjgj^ Emino Spacio Ipsum Homer (Lexus RX3oo) Gesto Camry Choriot Prodo Landcruiser 4.7 Corolla 1.5 Corona 1.6 Supercharged Eshmo Aheno (Lexus IS200; Odyssey Nisson Pick-up Lrte Ace Van 159, Sin Ming Rd <-/ t t
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        597 7 337 0- PLATE CARS 0' '93 CAMRY 2 2. Auto. 2 co. owners. Tax 6/'99. Svc. by borneo. Accident free. Tel: 737-7117 372 VEHICLE ACCESSORIES/PARTS TOMO-CSE I j <£^ AUTOTRIM DRIVE SH^ C TS PROBLEMS? Prfc« rtasonaO e S warranty 7-14 377 CAR FINANCING/ INSURANCE CAR LOAN Low interest rates
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        287 7 381 SCRAP VEHICLES BEST OFFER, ALL model of vehicles for scrap export. From '93. Genuine seller, call *****88 Peter ALL MODELS OF cars wanted for scrap. '94/ '95 car body for export. *****83/ *****538 Autolink BEST OFFER high price for all scrap cars, commercial vehicles COE rebates. Tel: *****20. SCRAP
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        586 7 382 VEHICLES FOR HIRE Si budget^ DAVE'S SPECIAL: $75 $130. New cars. Long/ short term. Mercedes E2CO, $250 per day. Tel: *****43, B.ooam. to 10.00pm. daily. CHAN'S CAR RENTALS. Cars from $350/ week, $1100/ mth. nett. Brand new vans 10ft. for lease. j Call: 753-2536/ 755-4218 B CARS, VANS, TRUCKS
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        3681 7 383 VEHICLES WANTED 383 VEHICLES WANTED VEHICLES WANTED Double Check Your Price Before Selling Your Vans Lorries, With Or Without COE All makes Models YJ plate (Reqn. on 93 &94 vrs.) 10 ft./ 14 ft. Lorries, Vans, Doublecab Pickup Doublecab Lorries 89-90 yrs. Scrap Van/ lorries 1.0 STARLET/ CHARADE/ Mazda/
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        488 7 Vehicles Properties 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-RENT D9 The Cairnhill Spacious Yet Elegant 4 1 bedrooms 2912 3032 sq.ft. Walking distance to Orchard Road and MRT Stations Swimming pool Large balconies/ Immediate oci cupation Tel: *****11 Far East Organization D.lO NASSIM REGENCY 3+l bedrooms (1938-1959 sq.ft.) Swimming pool, gym.
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        885 8 Properties 404 009-10 ORCHARD/ 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -RENT PTE APTS RENT m^^2mmmmmm\iiM mm fdhUf Occupation r ypv A CV\ 1 wxarkms Apartments at v Li>."V\jii c(U ul l Hi/Onkatdßd LODGE Prtmt Ktsult mial Area mm! .jBM Tranquillity of green surroundings Spaoous hvng dining rooms.
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        967 8 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -RENT D.IO PALM SPRING. Royal Blk. 1500 sg.ft. 3+l. High fir. Pool view. Morning sun. Good rent. *****388 D.IO DUCHESS CREST. 2100/ 1600 sg.ft. 4+l/ 3+l bdrms. With balcony. Direct pool view. *****181 D.IO ARCADIA GDN. 3600 sq.ft. 4+l bdrms. Mid fir. Renovated.
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        893 8 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS-RENT D.IO LUCKY TWR. 4+l. 2800 sq.ft. F/renovated, facilities. Good view. Immed. David Wee *****012 SML. D.09 ASPEN HGTS. Facilities. 1582 sq.ft. 4+l. High fir. Pool view. $4000 up. Adhome *****20 D.IO DUCHESS CREST. F/facilities. Brand new. 3+l/ 4+l. 1400/ 1800 sq.ft. Price neg.
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        1818 8 408 Dl2-14 BALESTIER/ 408 Dl2-14 BALESTIER/ 408 012-14 BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG MACPHERSON/GEYLANG MACPHERSON/GEYLANG PTEAPTS-RENT PTEAPTS-RENT PTEAPTS-RENT I CONVENIENT LUXURIOUS LIVING at AFFORDABLE RENT Choice of 68 furnished/ unfurnished apts 4 penthouses with breathtaking view Facilities include pool, Jacuzzi, sauna, gym. jogging trail, children's playground. BBQ P'i i^fktSi < ornei an <J
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        788 8 420 HOUSES FOR RENT 420 HOUSES FOR RENT HOUSESFORISsT Immediate Occupation DIST LOCATION DESCRIPTION AREA (SQ.FT) 11 Chancery Grove 3+l 2031 (3 storey townhouse) 11 Watten Estate Condo 3+l 2465 (2'/2 storey townhouse) 11 Watten Terrace 4+l 4400 21 Jalan Jambu Ayer 3+l 3060 (2 storey semi-detached) 21 Jalan Lim
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        641 8 D.28 BEAUTIFUL LARGE semi-d. S/0001. Ouiet. Land 5000 sq.ft. $3000 only! Cannes 9203-5075. D.19 RICHARD'S AVE. 3-storey. 4+l/ D.26 The Springside 3-storey. 3+l. immed. SI.BK/ 52.3K. 9532-1212 D.lO HOLLAND RD. Convenient location. Renovated. 2/storey. 4+l $6000. HH *****79/ *****982 10-500 JURONG, GEYLANG, Bt. Timah, Joo Chiat, Geylang, workers' quarters. Rent
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        768 8 422HUDC/HDB ARTS FOR RENT 1 RM 1 Han Tampines. Very near MRT/ 5-rm CCK. Blk. 753. Pasir Ris Blk. 519/ 2-rm 1 hall Haig Rd. Simei, Yishun. Marsiling, etc. 9209-2446 URGENT! $700 ONLYI 1-rm. 1-hall Tanglin Halt. Unfurn. Near mkt./ MRT/ food ctr. Immed. Short term acceptable. 9616-5164 3-5 RMS.
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        921 9 422 HUDC/ HDB APTS FOR RENT APPROVED 3-ROOM CLEMENTI 312/ 3 -'m Me. L.ng St. bik IS4 F/furn Aircon. immed. *****51. APPROVED 5-RM. WOOOLANDS f, cle. Corner. P/furn. NJm M oil les Admiralty MRT. Tel: 256-0711 4 'NC' ST. Georges Road. blk. 19. F/ furnished. Approved. Immed. Pg. MC 0608
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        610 9 429 SHORT-TERM ACCOMMODATION NEWTON/ EAST COAST. 1/2/3 I bdrm. apts. MRT. $1,000-52,800. Tel. 34b-8993/ Pg. 9576-5668 DHOBY GHAUT MRT. F/furn. Aircon. Toilet. Laundry. Cleaning. Tennis, j Security. $650. *****835 WEEKLY OR MONTHLY. 2 rms. for rent in Orchard area. Condo. facili- ties. H/p: 9748-3919. PRIVATE AIRCON. RM. $30. 2 bdrm.
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        897 9 446 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -SALE D.09 Valley Pk. 1507/ 1707 sq.ft. Mid/ high fir. 3+l. Facilities. Tennated. $880 p.s.f. Pq. 9317-8237 D.09 Rlvershire. (Panoramic view). 1700 sq.ft. 3+l. Freehold, "col. Selling cheap! Pg. 9 /o<3- 1479 D.09 Elizabeth Twr. 2000 sq.ft. 3+2. Renovated. High floor. Selling cheap!
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        868 9 451 Oil 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS -SALE D.21 PANDAN VALLEY 2088 sq.ft Split level. 3 bdrm. Open view. S9SOK. *****836 FRN D.ll PRESTIGIOUS PROJECT New devt. F'hold. $720 p.s.f. Near Newton/ CTE/ PIE. 9-*****62 Agt. BEST FACING Layout in Hume Pk. > I! Morn. sun. 1496 sq.ft. 3+l. F'hold.
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        556 9 463 Dl7-18 CHANGI/ 463 Dl7-18 CHANGi/ 463 Dl7-18 CHANGI/ 463 017-18 CHANGI/ 463 Dl7-18 CHANGI/ 463 Dl7-18 CHANGI/ PASIRRIS PASIRRIS PASIRRIS PASIRRIS PASIRRIS PASIRRIS HOUSES -SALE HOUSES -SALE HOUSES SALE HOUSES SALE HOUSES -SALE HOUSES -SALE rwasaasi r- Him MiiiiaaiiMiMiiM.imaiißßp^ IHiHWIIIMIi ■niiInIMITHHI nimill lIMHWIIIIWM The Straits Times Classified PROPERTY GUIDE
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        530 9 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) taSI I'l'i^iliiiOlilllHJfl 1 1 I?T7J|nP!7P77I SELL /BUY P*^ WIN $180,000 CASH 1 1 1 LUCKY DRAW w JEANNIE GOH i 4 'NG' BEDOK Res. Blk. 623. 805. Near central. Unblock. Facing S.W. 51 sq.m. Valued S2I2K. View to of- I fer. 9545-9956 ARN, no
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        699 9 496 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BUKITBATOK) EXEC. MAIS. BLK. 22' Mid <lr. Ren- ovated. Can contra. Amenities. Valued. Page 9512-7365 Prulink GOOD LOCATION! BLK. 221 Exec. Mais. 808. Unblock. Move-in. ValI ued S4OOK. *****256 RE/MAX S2K CASH! S T Blk. 329. #04. Cori ner. 100% move-in. MRT. Valued S2BBK. Megan
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        643 10 Properties mi^^mmm^m^m^iMmm^^^m MaamnmaniHiHi a^aaaHßßnanßiHni i^i^BßHißHii^^^i^BiaHßßiHEi 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/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) The Straits Times Classified PROPERTY GUIDE (HPB ESTATES) 505
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        638 10 501 HDB APTS FOR SALE (CLEMENTI/ WEST COAST) 5-RM PT. BLK. 355 Ciementi Ave. 2. Lift-level, high-fir. Breezy, facing green. Near amenities/ mkt./ MRT. New aircon/ window-grills. View to beiieve. Pq: 9417-0662 owner CLEMENTI WEST BLK. 704. 3 NG' Valued SI34K. Sell SI39K. Mid fir. Ceramic flooring. Pg: 9412-8443/ T«t
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        663 10 504 HDB APTS FOR SALE (HOUGANG/SERANGOON/ YIOCHUKANG) 4 'NG' BLK. 228 S'goon. High fir. Sell near valuation. Early move in. Near future MRT. Taiho *****912 4 'NG 1 S'GOON N. Blk. 103. Mid fir. Renovated. Can contra. Valued S22OK. Price neq. 275-0026 Agt. 4 'NG' $12K cash only! 155 Hougang.
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        1024 10 505 HDB APTS FOR SALE 505 HDB APTS FOR SALE (JURONG) (JURONG) DATE WEDNESDAY, 17 MARCH 1999 VENUE GRAND PLAZA PARKROYAL HOTEL, BALLROOM I, LEVEL 2 TIME 2.00PM 106 BTTERESA RD, D4, 2-sty bungalow with pool 1 1 l ->79 sf, ('hold 225 PUNGGOL 17TH AVE Dl9, 2-sty duster bungalow
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        471 10 312 HDBAPTS FOR SALE (PASIRRIS/CHANGI) EXEC. APT. BLK. 161, nice decor. Cosy. 100% move-in. Can contra. Near amenities. *****883 YES EXEC. APT. CORNER Blk. 601/ 602/ 608. Sea/ river view. 100% unblocked. Designer decor. *****50 EXEC. APT. BLK. 156. High f,r. 3 bdrms. Aircon. Tastefully renovated. Laurence, pg. 9561-7977 ERA
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        718 10 514 HDB APTS FOR SALE 514 HDB APTS FOR SALE (TAMPINES/ SIMEI) (TAMPINES/ SIMEI) Selling or Buying We make it RIGHT the RiGHT fntffCITYPLAN MANAGEMENT >#fl>_ LISTED HOUSING AGENCY w JenniferWee f Snr Assoc, Manager -TV Pg: *****056 Tampines Exec. Mais Blk. 867A 100% Move in. High ftr. Unblocked. Marble.
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        857 10 517 HDB APTS FOR SALE (WOODLANDS/ SEMBAWANG) BLK. 328, «08 Woodlands Jumbo Corner. 163 sq.m. 4 rms. Unblock. High fir. 5 yrs. 9577-3968 Orion BLK. 328 JUMBO (lift level). Renovated, Woodgrove Shpg./ 4-rm. 217, 406, 338. All races. 9491-3818 JUMBO CORHCR BLK. 820/ 821/ 847 (5 yrs.), 5 T Blk
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        1332 10 518 HDB APTS FOR SALE (YISHUN) 4 'S' BLK. 713. «07. Lift levei. All amenities, mkt./ central. Well maintained. 9283-2790 4 'S' BLK 329. Mid. fir. Very well renovated. Mkt. Sch. Amenities *****23 KT 4 T BLK. 427, high fir., windy, facS6K, Pg. 9208-0662 C&H. 5 T CORNER Blk. 820.
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        532 11 531 FACTORY SPACE 831 FACTORY SPACE 831 FACTORY SPACE FOR RENT FOR RENT FOR RENT jurona Town Corporation is Singapore's leading developer of industrial facilities. We have the following factories and workshop space for immediate rent or lease: JTC STANDARD FACTORY \^p 48 Senoko Drive -<£.! T6 corner terraced factory
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        266 11 3-STOREY MOONSTONE LANE. Huge commercial/ Ity. bldg. UO'.: 7965 sq.ft. «02: 15,083 sq.ft. »03: '7.083 sq.ft. Free parking. Wide frontage access area. Near PIE/ CTE. jane Lee 9805-2311 ERA. SIMS DRIVE MRT station: Aljunied Sizes: 1600/ 2300/ 3000/ 5000 sq.ft. Ground/ upper fir. Sales en- quines welcome. Kris Lee 9616-4750
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        294 11 HENDERSON IND. PK. 1711 sq.ft. Suitable for store/ office. Ideal loca- tion. Please call owner 2737-388 D.19 TERR. FTY. 1800 sq.ft. 200 amps. Wide entrance. Ample parang, Cheap rent. 9201-2506 KAKI BUKIT TERRACE Fty. $1 p.s.f. neg. 4500-6000 sq.ft. For sale al- I so. Chane Realty 9239-2639 NEW TERRACE. 4500/
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        939 11 532 FACTORY SPACE 332 FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE FOR SALE PRIME INDUSTRIAL FACTORY FOR SALE Address: 43 Changi South Avenue 2 Desciption: 4-storey of purpose built office and factory Land Area: 7,431 sqm Gross Floor Area: 7,733.46 sqm Tenure: JTC Leasehold 30 years wef 1 June 1995 with option to
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        1186 11 534 OFFICE SPACE 334 OFFICE SPACE 534 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT FOR RENT FOR RENT |S I NG APORt I WUt V* Oca #Wt#W /3 7 I /W I' A/Aj lAd AiJ I In {^/OmttKMfr t% Qtfty Furnished Executive Suites als ligJH«t«*. Cost Effective Flexible Lease Terms X #^BBLJ^ Underground
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        835 11 URGENT! ALJUNIED IND. Complex. I 1117 sq.ft. Convenient. MRT. Good rent. Pg. 9608-3679 GSK Valuers. MOSQUE ST. CONSERVATION I shophse. approx. 800 sq.ft. Newly I renovated. Low fir. 9300-1881 RG RAFFLES PLACE VICINITY. 402 sq.ft.-40,900 sq.ft. Capet/ aircon. Reasonable rental. Pg: 9401-8400 MAXWELL HOUSE OFFICE. Furn. 125 sq.ft. Near MRT,
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        692 11 33S OFFICE SPACE FOR SALE D.lO CUSCADEK RD. Ming Arcade. 378 sq.ft. Outside CBD. Near MRT. Rent/ sale. Contact 732-2728 SHENTON HSE. 7th fir. 947/ 441 sq.ft. Lift lobby. Frontage. Carpeted. Tenanted. 9658-0688 D.07 SULTAN PLAZA, Jalan Sultan 820 sq.ft. $600 p.s.f. Near amenities, MRT. Gatsby 295 4997 VALUE FOR
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        724 11 Properties 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT D.16 JALAN PARI Burong. 1500 sq.ft. Ample parking. 2 mins. to Spore Expo. Rent neg 9609-6138 PERAK RD. OUTSIDE CBD. *****0 sq.ft. Suitable for clinic/ showroom/ shop. Tel. 294-5166 BLK. 144 TAMPINES St. 12. 806-396. Suitable for office/ tuition ctr. For viewing call: *****93
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        741 12 Properties Travel Guide 538 SHOP SPACE FOR SALE 0.19 SERANGOON CENTRAL, 2 storey HOB shophouse. 1800 sq.ft., MT, Pg. 9502-4472. owner. REFURBISHIEO SHOPHOUSE. AT Mta> St. 991/ 1600 sq.ft. Tenanted till 2000. *****-837 DW BELOW VALUATION! MARINE Parade Central d/storey HDB shop. Approx. 1500 sq.ft. *****469 agt. FRENCH RD. 2-STOREY
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        1025 12 543 WAREHOUSES/STORAGE 543 WAREHOUSES/STORAGE 550 PROPERTY SPACE FOR RENT SPACE FOR RENT AUCTIONS/TENDERS ife*tULJi dLJnI ilrf £L At Amara Hotel, E jM IST SESSIC tJM mSU^mjM '1 3A MAYFIELD DRIVE. rdß BBBhH 5202 sf. fhold *2 529A UPPER CHANGI RI R^H^^^fl I r uiJImTKI"! 8 K HI ANI 2 st
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        635 12 550 PROPERTY AUCTIONS/TENDERS 18 March 1999 tallroom 2, Level 3 )N (1:30 PM) Z\ 2V:-sty detached with attic 2'/:-sty semi-d. 2938 sf, f hol< d, 4 172 sf.f hold ii-d ,*****f, fhold y inter ten, 1617 sf, 999 yrs S. BLK 21, Apt, 1969 sf f hole ,K 27, Walk-up
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        773 12 573 AIR TICKETS 573 AIR TICKETS Kudo Lumpur $1 90 Perth Penang $210 Sydney 490 Phuket $255 Melbourne 490 Bangkok $170 Cairns 490 Hong Kong $440 Brisbane 520 Tokyo $480 London 800 Manila $490 New York 800 j Cebu $490 Los Angeles 800 DIRECT FLIGHTS!!! MANILA $435. Penang $190, Sydney
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        413 12 581 TOURS GENTING 2D3N ™j99i LANGKAWI PENANG I SD6N 9 Meals Tour '319 CAMERON GENTING frs229 ;3D4N 3 Mea:s Country Tour I SUNWAY lAGOONKLS229 J 3D 4N 2 Breakfast Free ADM. to Theme Park ■GENTING -SUNWAY LAGOON 3D 4N Breakfast Free ADM, to Theme Park FR$l79 ABOVE TOUR, BY A/C
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        438 12 574 CRUISES 574 CRUISES 574 CRUISES SUN I7T! [.Ml Ml I .7WHU j j>j M I CRUISES J L A i V-IM^^^ 1 6D 5N Penang, Phuket Dep Sunday fr 5899 3D 2N Malacca. Penang Cruise Fly Dep Sunday f^.r „fr 4D 3N Penang, Phuket Fly Cruise Dep Tuesday rj>^fT™s2B9
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        1799 13 574 CRUISES 574 CRUISES 574 CRUISES 874 CRUISES 574 CRUISES 574 CRUISES .H^ SupcrStar Leo 1 OCHUUI i 111l I 1 1 Al ■I «s toe Best Time to gee got dob II 111 Ia n iip Free French Fries ■I U B8 111 lli I! Applicable for 14 &17
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        644 13 Travel Guide 581 TOURS 38! TOURS ■TOD lAAN ILA OR CEDU 1 1 NITE FREE_|/W!Vj Jl I Return Airfare i l I MWnTr T Apt-Hotel-Apt Transtei ir-\ (Ijf |»3 Nights Stay at Choice of Hotel^^^%^ j Daily Breakfasi Pep. Dally t£» £7?. /manila/tagaytay /cedu/manila $668 f*### i* Full Day Manila
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        848 14 Travel Guide Education Training 581 TOURS 581 TOURS 581 TOURS 581 TOURS 581 TOURS TOyßlSMffe^T^er'a go MAL/WSIA Malaysia A Ci 2D Genting 49 f d^;l;Vd Wf (Rooms. Skyway TU:ken \2D DeS3TU (Rooms. Breakfast. Transfer) frs€>O I* 2D Malacca 78 »w y f JIIJJ J.lA'i A*< >' >rns. Breakfast Ivi'ilvn i
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        69 14 709 COMMERCIAL COURSES {TFULLTIME/PAETTIMgi TffW COS] in Office SkilU)j{ L (Certificate In Butlnew Studlei) A I (,rmi|i »f Sclmols j' rt ib ßiisiinsi Mn.te Vdiimiinp/ t s^ Vrrcßs r^ rt in fa«n,\s 'l.i-lio Vi-'Pfjnu.'i _^J SDF7WFav!iilar)l^^ BRIGHTON U*****7/ 8 Fax *****56J if 1 Week-Intensive 5 Weeks Normal iT Fees $120
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        1726 22 606 PROFESSIONAL/ 606 PROFESSIONAL/ 606 PROFESSIONAL/ 606 PROFESSIONAL/ 606 PROFESSIONAL/ 606 PROFESSIONAL/ EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS y_^Y^ mtT& 1 Opposite Khatib MRT station Blk 134 Jurong East St. 1 3 *02-307A pj||fjj)jiyff!(^^^ BUYER SENIOR BUYER $2500-$4OOO SALES EXECUTIVE SlBOO-*****0 REGIONAL SALES MANAGER
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        283 22 A prestigious plant-nursery offers immediate employment for the posts of:A) LANDSCAPE DESIGNER/ JOB CO-ORDINATOR Qualification from a recognised centre of learning Ability to do perspective drawings, water colour or colour pencil presentation Experience in landscape designing At least 5 years of experience Basic Structural Engineering knowledge Able to work independently
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        565 22 I An expanding plastic injection company has J K immediate vacancies for: ilpiii I Requirements: J «>At least 3 years experience in running a quality department in precision stamping/ J| plastic injection operations ♦Has direct hands on experience in implementation of ISO9OOO quality standards J and procedures Possess good interpersonal,
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        1022 22 606 PROFESSIONAL/ 606 PROFESSIONAL/ EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS £We are seeking a dynamic person to fill the position of: Tertiary Education Professional in marketing mass communication skill Pleasant disposition Excellent oral and written communication in English Exposure to Marcom activities in IT companies will be added advantage 4 Familiarity with
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        790 23 606 PROFESSIONAL/ EXECUTIVE POSITIONS LOOKING FOR CHALLENGES Com posite insurance broking company looking for dynamic and mature person to |oin the senior management team. Associate of CM or All with 5 yrs. managerial experience j send CV, expected compensation package and recent passport pho- j to with a self-addressed envelope
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        725 23 609 ENGINEERING 609 ENGINEERING POSITIONS POSITIONS »1 n EC ASIA INTERNATIONAL \V*|r PTELTD rapitlK expanding electronics maiuitai'turing compaiq in Kullang Way invites keen applicants to be part ol Our tram tor the following post I Assistant Engineer Dip. in QednmiCS Hngineenng Microelectronics) Min. 1 sears working experience Knowledge of PC
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        636 23 612 IT POSITIONS SYSTEM ANALYST. DEGREE. Experii e r 'e in JD Edwards, world writer. *****78 x 10/ Fax: *****67 IT ENGRS. DIP. in Computer Engrg. or equivalent. Good knowledge in I PC hardwares software. 356-0713 HIS OFFICER. DIP. in IT/ BIZ. Networking/ EDP. Male below 30. Ger- man co.
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        762 23 612 IT POSITIONS 612 IT POSITIONS 612 IT POSITIONS pßßK^ib^iHb^iVlb^HllliHHHb^^Hii^bSHHbSHMMHlHHF I WALK-IN INTERVIEW f a) 9 March 1999 9.00 am 12 noon, 2.00 pm 4.00 pm Computer Operations Assistant Function: Perform tasks such as system start-up or shut-down, troubleshooting as well as monitoring and operating computer system. Requirements: At least
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        399 23 Classified Jobs JHBPPIBB THE MMi i ffliWlf COIV Junior Graphic M jirtist IS 109 North Bridge Rd, #06-00 Ft n. highly motivated indivkkials to join us as 5 1 Knowledge in Mac design K application software 1 Relevant exp. in graphic designing, tor indoor anil outdoor events I would be
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        437 23 LEADER IN IPUTER RETAILING in. qualification Sec.4or 5 ust be computer literate ust complete NS \LK-iN INTERVIEW on to Fri, 2pm spm) .man The IT Mall. 5(*****7) 627 MARKETING/ COMMUNICATIONS POSITIONS MARKETING MANAGERS An established Marketing Consultancy requires urgently a team of Marketing Managers with the following criteria:- Resourceful, experienced
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        690 23 630 SALES POSITIONS 630 SALES POSITIONS 630 SALES POSITIONS nNew Zealand Milk Products (Singapore) Pte Ltd Our company, an established marketing and distribution centre of dairy products located in Pandan Loop is looking for SALES CO-ORDINATOR Requirements: At least 3 GCE level Relevant experience in invoicing, shipping, customer services, etc.
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        221 23 I MALE SALES EXECUTIVE I $1800 JURONG Poly Dip. in Sales Marketing Only Male age 25 to 28, Bilingual in English Mandarin Min. 2 years experience in Sales Marketing Class 3 license Proficient in Microsoft Office SALES MKTG. ASST. $1600 Poly Dip in Sales Marketing Only. Female age 22 tc
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        560 23 630 SALES POSITIONS rJLearn yearn (is (i Riiti I s/titi \geitt Effective In-House Training UpGrading Course providec Personal Coachma+Guidance Overriding Comm Scheme Strong back up and with all up dated facilities Opportunity for Career Path Advancement PkOPKkU /VZr WORKSHOP The Scent Shop requires: 1) SALES SUPERVISORS 2) ASST. SALES! SUPERVISORS
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        569 24 630 SALES POSITIONS 630 SALES POSITIONS HPI I I I;' f E^H I THE LEADER IN I COMPUTER RETAILING li. Retail Sales i Associates j a. Customer Service Associates Minimum GCE A Level qualification Must have knowledge of computer Able to do cashiering Friendly service oriented people m I* Must
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        738 24 630 SALES POSITIONS 630 SALES POSITIONS EXPRESSIONS Join us for a rewarding career as female I j SALES COINSULTANTS (SliMMiNq/FAciAL/SpA) I* Result oriented, energetic and possess excellent sales track record and leadership quality Experience in slimming, beauty and health products Speaks well in both English and Mandarin I* Age between
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        477 24 Classified Jobs 630 SALES POSITIONS 630 SALES POSITIONS GCE "0" Level Age between 25 to 35 years Min 2 years outdoor sales experience preferably in office furniture With positive sales attitude, responsible, aggresive and target oriented possess own vehicle Established limber I'looring Co. requires HB^^H^^^^j m i i A 1
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        433 24 Mfr. of Baby toiletries requires: SALES PROMOTERS Attractive salary Working hours from 11am. -9pm. Age 18 above Walk-in or call 552-8155 on Mon. (8/3/99. 9-spm.) 4010 Anq Mo Kio Ave 10 tto4-09 Tech Place 1 Bus. No '26V (From AMK. Interchanqe)/ Bus. No '55' (From Bishan Interchanqe) Estab. Publishing Co.
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        1365 24 630 SALES POSITIONS SALES REP REQUIRED for Thomson Used Car Ctr. Any race considered. Must be hardworking, interested pis. call *****77 for appt. EXFANDING CO. REQUIRES Sales Coordinator. Good advancement. Good bonuses incentives. 21 yrs 0/ A level. Call Mr. Onq S *****15. CONSULTANT FIRM LOOKING for Sales Exec. Must
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        135 24 FEMALE CUSTOMER SERVICE Off. cers required urgently. s'. day week. Basic, commission other remunerations. Indians Malays preferred. Call *****19. CUSTOMER SVC. CUM Tech. Support Asst. US co. at Changi. Dip. in engrg. Handle tech. enquiries, order processing. Fluent in Eng. Mandarin. $1700. Ming *****20 CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICERS needed. Above 21
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        543 25 639 AGENT/ BROKER/ TRAOER POSITIONS DUE TO RECENT expansion in our dept. We seek the following persons to join our dynamic team as (1) Broker/ Trader (2) Price Analyst (3) Marketing Executives Work Mon.Fri. only. Only Sporean/ PR. Interested pis. call Ms. Enna at *****01 x 38 BROKERS REQUIRED. EXPERIENCE
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        933 25 642 HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ 642 HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ 642 HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE POSITIONS LOUNGE POSITIONS LOUNGE POSITIONS Wt If 'eL tune to Singapore \< newest and ino.it exciting premier hotel experience, the Biuuib Roue 1 t,i part of the emerging SjgrT' it iiu Rendezvous Hoteb International Group. We seek to fill the following positions: 1
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        606 25 Classified Jobs 645 BEAUTICIAN/ HAIR 645 BEAUTICIAN/ HAIR STYLIST POSITIONS STYLIST POSITIONS J r jjf S Leadership qualities essential. Priority given f to those with beauty knowledge •i, Bilingual, able to speak fluently I !j- )ne year of experience above needed I I No exp. required as Training will be
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        628 25 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS CLERICAL POSITIONS CLERICAL POSITIONS SIMEX An International Financial Futures Exchange SIMEX. Asia's f i rst financial futures exchange inaugurated in 1984, is a leading exchange offering a wide range of financial and energy &l^V futures products for international participants. V^^j Those who
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        307 25 Mi*- C «»e v .CC Accounting Fro'icien* MS Office Able to hondie Accounts Rece'von* Asie tc s'c fl wot immediately S.ngaporeor. "Ss need apply 5 day week Please fax you full resume to 278 1639 o' walk-n for ar interview a' Blk 1 Pos-r Paniong Roaa #09-32/34 Alexandra DM do->
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        498 25 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS rruiim LAW FIRM requires J^* IJi i I L°j hjl I|T*■ I f I I vjCE 'O I6vel with or without experience knowledge of MS Word interested, please coll 223 3227 for interview ACCOUNTS CUM ADMIN. ASSISTANT GCE 'N7 '0 1 level Chinese female preferred Bilingual
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        790 26 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS CLERICAL POSITIONS FAR EAST ORGANIZATION I requires To perform general clerical duties GCE N' or 0' Levels PC literate Min. typing speed of 35 worn Bilingual in English Mandarin Please call attend our walk-in interview between Mon-Fri: 9am Ipm, 2pm 6pm Sat: 9am Ipm
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        723 26 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS JOBS ISLANDWIDE TEMP./ PERM. Receptionists $800 $1K Admin. Assts./ Execs. $1K $I.BK Accounts Assts./ Execs. $1K $2K Sales Execs./ Engineers. neq. Sales Co-ordinators. $1K $1.5K Cleaners. $700 $850 Technicians. $1K SI.6K (OA/ CNC/ PC) Welders. neq. Rolf Personnel Services Tel: *****16/ Fax: *****73 WAREHOUSING IN KEPPEL
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        920 26 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS SHIPPING CLERKS. GCE N7 0' lev I el. Able to work independently/ i lonq hrs. Si type. Pleasant person- I ality. Able to start work with short notice. Tel: 390-0741 ADMIN. ASST. NEEDED in Jurong. Anson Rd. Female Chinese below 30 preferred. 2 3 yrs. experience.
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        950 26 Classified Jobs 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS ADMIN ASST. IN car credit/ insurance. West Coast. Prefer Chinese female above 30 yrs. *****20 BILLING CLERK REQUIRED for shipping co. at Pasir Panjang District. Fax resume to 475-4979 ADMIN. ASST. REQUIRED for tuition ctr. in Taman Jurong. GCE '0' level, work independently. *****747
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        729 26 651 SECRETARY/ 651 SECRETARY/ 6 PERSONAL ASSISTANT PERSONAL ASSISTANT POSITIONS POSITIONS A New Hotel located in the heart of Downtown Singapore requires a I CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY to start as soon as possible Requirements J GCE 'o' levels above J Full LCCI secretarial cert J PC literate j Knowledge of shorthand
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        524 26 JRGENT 2 MTHS. Sec. Town. PSC experience reporting to finance nanager. *****63 x 10. Focus 654 TECHNICAL POSITIONS (Expanding Condition 1 Monitoring/Lubrication I Co. requires I I Motivated candidates should I possess: I fc Diploma/Certificate in Mechanical/Chemical i Valid class 3 licence/own j I vehicle I 1-3 year?, experience a
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        682 26 54 TECHNICAL POSITIONS 654 TECHNICAL POSITIONS 654 TECHNICAL POSITIONS Walk in embark on a stable future. Toshiba is one of the top 40 companies in the world and we want to offer you a stable and rewarding career in our manufacturing plant in Tuas. NTC 2/3/ITC Must possess a 3oilerman
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        590 27 654 TECHNICAL POSITIONS 654 TECHNICAL POSITIONS as strong as our people. 'It u omt people at VI SH whu w\ll be the strength ot r/n' hospiuil. We utll be us strong us our fwple, as nch as our skills and iti carng a% -nir spirit at jompLissiuti. Appliance Technician Secondary
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        426 27 654 TECHNICAL POSITIONS 634 TECHNICAL POSITIONS YAT YUIN MONO COMPANY LIMITED PENERALTECHNICIANy NTC 2/3 in Maintenance Fittings with 2 years' experience in building services f Shift work required Interested candidates, please walk-in for interview at i 360 Orchard Road #04-O3A International Building i Singapore *****9 (Monday-Friday, 9am to spm) wwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmn
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        368 27 Our co. urgently requires: CNC ENGINEERS S2K Diploma holders Experience in handling CNC technical problems PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR $1500 Mechanical Dip. Experience in supervising production Call *****23 for enquiries An Established G8 Construction Company requires: PROJECT MANAGER Civil/ Structure Engrg. recognised by PE Board, with 5 yrs. experience or NCCS/ Polytechnic
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        792 27 Classified Jobs 654 TECHNICAL POSITIONS JUNIOR INTERIOR DESIGNER cum Admin. Assistant. Prefer Chinese. Please walk in: blk. 9003 Tampines St. 93 ttOI-176. Tel. 784-3676 EXPERIENCED DENTAL TECHNICIANS. Experienced in ceramic I work. Interested applicants please contact Mr William at *****97. SAFETY OFFICER. JURONG. Ship repair co. $4K (neg) Certified recognised
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        608 27 657 PRODUCTION 657 PRODUCTION 657 PRODUCTION POSITIONS POSITIONS POSITIONS MANUFACTURING SHIFT LEADER OPERATORS/ M nm Minimum NTC 2 education SPECIALISTS ITC holder preferred Preferably with a minimum of 2 Minimum Secondary 2 education workj jence m the (Malays.ans SPM 3 credits) semiconductor industry NTC holders preferred Able to lead a
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        331 27 Two rotating shift .ff 7am-3pm 3pm-Upm mJMustrune experience 'j J NTC 3 Metal Machining J Singaporean or PRs »_l Able to perform shift work m Interested please ivil 266 1788 ilk for an Mentor or h ulk-in at K 6 Penjurii CloseS (*****4) ft Bus Service "W.iMffjv Clemenitlntenhiintei PRODUCTION I
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        662 27 657 PRODUCTION 657 PRODUCTION POSITIONS POSITIONS i^P GCE 'A' level or ITC/NTC 2in Mechanical Engineering W Minimum 2 years' expenence in a manufacturing 1 1 environment ;1 Plan and supervise daily production activities, attp' i^^ to daily sales order, stock control, man \^^L productivity, perform preventive and fo- maintenance of
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        286 27 663 WAREHOUSING/ INVENTORY POSITIONS EXPERIENCED STOREKEEPER Chinese male preferred Secondary education Strong, hardworking responsible Walk-in interview at 240 Macpherson Road 803-03 Pines Industrial Building (Next to Royal Sporting House) Person in charge: Ms Sen i STOREKEEPER cum DRIVER Honest hardworking Class 3 4 licence with delivery experience Male, Singaporean only
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        1537 28 Classified Jobs/Executive Appointments Executive Appointments 1 MINISTRY OF EOUCA l lON \Sv 4# M The future will brine intense competition and chancing values. Education LEARNING NATION. We would like to invite dynamic individuals K and training are central to how Singapore will fare in the new with a vision to
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        226 28 675 DRIVER/ TRANSPORT POSITIONS Aco m Bukit Merah ueU With the following quahticalions I J Able to drive and handle a 7 lonneHiab Crane j J Possess class 4 lorn dm ing licence Interested applicants please j make immediate appointment [withAnom Te1: 278 4408 j BUS CO. REQUIRES class 4
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        232 28 675 DRIVER/ TRANSPORT POSITIONS FOR: FURNITURE CO. wants Part-Time male Driver cum Gener- al Worker at 111 Defu Lane 10 #03-02 Victory Bldg. Tel. *****19 CLASS 2/ 3 Hardwares Driver. Chinese preferred. Age below 35. Good working attitude. Walk-in: B!k. 5022 #01-31 AMK Ind. Pk.2 DRIVER CUM DELIVERY Assistant. 1
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        504 28 675 DRIVER/ TRANSPORT POSITIONS REQUIRED CONTAINER DRIVER (class 5). Please call *****23 after 10am, Alex REQUIRE DELIVERY DRIVER. Prefer Chinese. Walk in interview at Blk. 79 Commonwealth Drive, 801-565 PART-TIME DELIVERY DRIVERS required in Übi. Office hrs. Diesel Van owners welcome. 744-9248 DELIVERY DRIVER REQUIRED Dy furniture company. For interview
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        1019 28 683 P'iß' T !ML T EMPC.PiKPOSITIONS INDOOR SALES PROMOTERS re quired in Dept. Stores (Islandwide/ 6 days). Internet knowledge sales promoter experience a must. Age below 40. Work hrs l-9pm. Speaks well, immed. for 6 mths. contract. $IK+ commission training. Business Edge *****33 x 8 NEW PRODUCT (Part T ime)
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        800 29 683 PART TIME/ TEMPORARY 683 PART-TIME/ TEMPORARY POSITIONS POSITIONS I Abie to commit for at least 3 months Excellent communication skills spoken English I Pleasant voice and cheerful personality Mm. A level and above Attractive saiary package with incentives bonuses I I Comprehensive A quality training provided Working hours Mon-Fn
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        476 29 689 OTHER POSITIONS Keppel Logistics Pte Ltd invites applications for the positions of: Accounts Assistants With GCE"O" Level and LCCI qualification With at least 2 years of relevant experience Must be computer literate Warehouse Assistants Minimum Sec 3 qualification Experience in doing microfilming work preferred Knowledge in Microsoft Excel Temporary
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        555 29 Classified Jobs/Executive Appointments 689 OTHER POSITIONS 689 OTHER POSITIONS 689 OTHER POSITIONS 689 OTHER POSITIONS Let ycur Talents flemish STORE ASSISTANT STORE CLERK Secondary education ni f^l ¥Tttl#f Possess valid forklift licence \i A I^E>KJ\ Perform receiving and issuing as well as month- GGE 'OVN 1 level end stock-take PGliterate
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        196 29 <^®®& r THIS^I QUTt MNC in S'pore for 3 yrs need sales/C.S. executives for IMMEDIATE START. We provide executive services to leading companies in: i PUBLICATIONS •INTERNET TELECOMMUNICATIONS No exp necessary, training provided. Interview today! 1 *****70/*****68 Rosie. TICKETING OFFICER Min. GCE'O' level Ticketing knowledge preferred DESPATCH RIDER Able to
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        329 29 1) SHIPYARD ESTIMATOR or SUPERVISOR I With at least 3 years of experience 2) DRIVER 20-40 years old Class 3 Licence To pick up staff 0 To collect goods Preferably own a motorcycle interested call: Soo Hwee/ Salina Tel: *****44 x 12/ 27 for an appointment requires *Serious applicants only*
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        671 29 689 OTHER POSITIONS 689 OTHER POSITIONS I 88BSKSSSWSSWKK.V Sttt SM MOTORS PRIVATE LIM rTED Distributor for Volvo Cars In line with our expansion plans, we are looking for I suitable candidates to fill the following positions: SERVICE ADVISOR At least NTC 2/3 in MVM At least 3 years ot experience
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        602 29 Executive Appointments l/idi^lvl I Insurance Investment Retirement SCOnS SHOPPING CENTRE, a premier shopping centre 1 M has immediate vacancy tor the toilowmg position ISenior Customer Service Representative I 2 rotating shifts (10am to 6pm, Ipm to 9pm) s GCE 'A' level preferred Service oriented and enjoys meeting people i|| Abie
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        507 29 689 OTHER POSITIONS SIM LIM TWR. requires 1) Shop Asst. 2) Shop Asst. Cum Driver. $1200. Completed N.S. Age below 30. Chinese preferred. Call Tel: *****64 MALE SHOP ASST. require at Chua Chu Kang. No experience needed. Age below 40. Pis. walk at Blk 253 #BH4 Chua Chu Kang Ave.
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        876 30 j^^^^^^^H^^^^H' H CESMACO *O« tS*UCOPTE UUA MEHBEH OF DBS LAND GROUP uaoSaiSf 1. ACCOUNTANT The Job: Assist the Financial Controller in Company s secretarial functions like drafting of resolutions; consolidation of group accounts, budgeting, taxation, cash management, accounting system maintenance and supervision of a small team of staff \%Tbe Requirements:
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        505 30 INSIDE! ►Beauty-wise Are you wellgroomed pleasant and possess a diploma in beauty therapy v Checkout Classification $45 Tech wizard Entertainment centre seek 1 animatronie/AY technician. Must have experience in electro-mechanical equipment Classification 654 Future's pod If you are diligent, discipline and alert, Simex wants you as a trading floor official.
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        210 30 Diary Today to March 16 TODAY Effect* trie** tote** A special programme for entry-level executives. Organised by [wing Communications. Cost: $206 (includes GST). To register, call 356-1266. FRIDAY lessons from toagfc times TaHt by Mr He Meng Kit on what we can learn from tlie regional economic turmoil Organised by
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