The Straits Times, 19 September 2001

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  • 312 1 Day 2: Modest rally on Wall Street NEW YORK Stocks staged a modest rally in early trade yesterday as Wall Street attempted to stabilise the day after tearful investors put shares in a free fall. About 3V$ hours into trade, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 45.59 points,
    AP; Reuters; AFP  -  312 words
  • 611 1 Taleban terms for handing over Osama Afghan rulers may be ready to hand over suspect to an Islamic nation in return for recognition of their govt, says paper For S'poreans in Mid-East THE Foreign Ministry yesterday advised Singaporeans living in and travelling to the Middle East and West Asia to
    AFP; AP; Reuters  -  611 words
  • 431 1 'IN OUR ANGER AND EMOTION, OUR FELLOW AMERICANS MUST TREAT EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT. WOMEN WHO COVER THEIR HEADS IN THIS COUNTRY MUST FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING OUTSIDE THEIR HOMES. MOMS WHO WEAR COVERING MUST NOT BE INTIMIDATED !N AMERICA. THAT'S NOT THE AMERICA I
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  • NEWS FLASH
    • 224 2 GUNMAN GETS LIFE AND CANING ROBBER and gunman Lim Peck Hui was sentenced to life imprisonment and eight strokes of the cane yesterday. Lim had smuggled in an automatic pistol gun from Malaysia, intending to use it for stealing expensive cars. In May last year, while driving around with
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    • 80 2 TWO REASONS FOR OPTIMISM UNLESS serious hostilities break out in the wake of the terrorist attacks, there remain two reasons for optimism for a fourth-quarter recover)' in the United States. These are current low production inventories in the US and the recent tax cut, writes Rudi Dornbusch, economics professor
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    • 61 2 STORY OF SPORE POP STARS THE Quests, that hot pop group of the Swinging Sixties, is back in book form, anyway. This Singapore band was big regionally too with huge followings in East and West Malaysia, Hongkong and even Australia. The story of this homegrown phenomenon is told in
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      109 2 Have diplomas, will bag degrees, PnDs HE WANTS to be known as Dr Justin Chu before he is 28. And now that he has a first-class honours in microbiology, he is edging nearer to his goal. Mr Chu, 25, is one of 301 former polytechnic students who graduated from
      CHEW SENG KIM  -  109 words
    • 82 2 Hijack suspects were in Malaysia recently SEVERAL suspected terrorists, strongly linked to the attacks on the United States, had entered Malaysia recently, the police have confirmed. And investigations are now on, based on an FBI list of some 150 suspects. Some of the suspects had been filmed by surveillance
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    • 94 2 Thai teens in trouble THAILAND'S war against teenage prostitution, drug abuse and underage drinking is gaining pace, with teachers and school staff now joining student patrols. The volunteers go round shopping malls and nightclubs with the police, pointing to drag dealers or underaged clubbers. Nightclubs are also having to
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    • 66 2 LIFT FOR TECH FIRMS DELAYED THE hoped-for recover)' in the global technology sector could be pushed back by two quarters by falling consumer confidence from last week's terrorist attacks in the US, said analysts and chieftechnology companies yesterday. Companies would be hurt by reduced spending by consumers and the
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    • 222 2 ALL HAIL CHINA'S WTO ENTRY CHINA'S entry to the World Trade Organisation will boost the world economy and drive economic reform in the country, its main trading partners said yesterday. Among the first to react was the United States, saying that the move would strengthen the global economy and
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    • 68 2 REAL OR FALSE MADRID REAL Madrid, brilliant but erratic in its early-season form faces another test today, against Russia's Lokomotiv Moscow in the Champions League. Winless in the Primera Liga after three matches, the Spanish aristocrat of European football slipped incredibly into the relegation zone last Saturday after crashing
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    • 1200 2 MAIN Prime World 8-16 Editorial Commentaiy I Forum 20,21 HOME Singapore V ws Hl-H6 Tech Science H7 ASIA Asia Al I S i iaa A5-A7 M itr si A11.A12 Weather Al2 SPORTS/ MONEY Sports Sl-S4 Money S6-Sl2 LIFE! as On L2 Movies L5,L6 Comics L6 Arts L7 Cinema L8 Cable
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  • PRIME NEWS
    • 610 3 Arafat declares unilateral ceasefire, Israeli PM Sharon responds by suspending all ops against Palestinians 'We will help Arafat' 'If Arafat really wants to calm the area, we want to help, tc give Arafat a chance.' Israel's Defence Ministry spokesman Yarden Vatikay Tm committed to truce'
      AP; AFP; REUTERS  -  610 words
    • 510 3  -  DAVID HSIEH By STPAITS TIMES CHINA BUREAU BEIJING Taiwan got the green light yesterday to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO), a day after China was approved, officials said. A WTO working party on Taiwan's accession package gave formal approval in a closed-door session to
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    • 468 4  - Suspects in US attacks were in Malaysia earlier LESLIE LAU They were not stopped because they carried valid travel documents and appeared to be tourists, says police chief By V LUMPUR 'AS FAR AS WE ARE CONCERNED, AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, THEY WERE BONA FIDE TRAVELLERS, BUT WE WERE AWARE
      THE STAR  -  468 words
    • 41 4 REUTERS Giant pandas play at the Wolong sanctuary- in Sichuan province. China. Panda sanctuaries there are witnessing a baby boom as more than nine pregnant pandas kept in captivity are likely to give birth soon.
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    • 441 4  -  NARENDRA AGGARWAL '!l ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT HONGKONG attracted four times as much in foreign direct investments (FDI) last year as the combined total of the 10 Asean countries. A closely-watched United Nations report released yesterday confirmed fears that Asean has started losing out to North-east Asia in
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    • 490 6  - S 'pore's R&D spending tops $3b CHANG AI-LIEN The figure for last year was a 13% increase over the previous year's and approximates rate in developed nations Bu E CORRESPONDENT R&D in 2000 SPENDING: $3.01 billion, up from $2.66 billion in 1999. AS A PROPORTION OF GDP: 1.89 per cent,
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    • 609 6  - Dramatic turn in dispute over temple NEO HUI MIN By How the dispute started THE trouble at Zu-Lin temple had its roots in an extraordinary general meeting (EOGM) last May. The sitting committee was booted out *nd a new committee, which included Mr Teo Twa Tee's faction, was voted in.
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  • America On The Offensive
    • 517 9 T he Eagles have landed Agents from the US special forces are already in Pakistan, preparing the ground for military action against Afghanistan, say sources ISLAMABAD The United States has already deployed up to 50 agents including some from the special forces in Pakistan, say tern and Pakistani sources. Most
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      218 9 LUCKY JACKIE Late scnpt saved him from terrorist attack HONGKONG Hongkong gongfu superstar Jackie Chan might have perished in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center if not for a movie script that was not finalised in time. Chan, who had originally planned to start shooting a new movie
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    • 413 10 Some top companies issue profit warnings on a day when the Dow falls to its lowest level since December 1998 YORK The attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon continued to tear into the fortunes of corporate America on Monday, with a
      Reuters; Bloomberg News  -  413 words
    • IN ASIA
      • 288 10  - Stocks rise in early show of confidence AZHAR KHALID By MARKET CORRESPOND* I ASIAN stocks rose yesterday after Wall Street dived less than feared overnight am the US Federal Reserve and other leading central banks cut interest rates to try to stave off a plobal recession. But growing talk of
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      • 76 10 TOKYO Japan is probing a surge in the trading of Nikkei-225 stock index futures a day before the terrorist attacks, to see it anyone profited from the assaults. The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission said it is probing futures trade in Tokyo and Osaka. On the
        Bloomberg News  -  76 words
      • 211 10  - Forbes chief all for 'full-scale attack' by US IGNATIUS LOW Bv FORGET about a measured response to the terrorist attacks on the US last week, Forbes chairman and former US Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger said during a visit to Singapore. He said a "full-scale attack" causing the "complete devastation" of
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    • 349 11 The US Congress has been asked to come up with an economic stimulus package to put America back on Its feet WASHINGTON US President George W. Bush on Monday said he w r as prepared, in the light of last week's
      AFP  -  349 words
    • 234 11 WASHINGTON US cc -^ressional leaders are considering a request by u dines for US$24 billion (SS4I billion) in assistance as President George W. Bush ordered his government to develop a comprehensive package for the battered industry. "He directed his staff to develop a set
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    • 96 11 YORK General Electric Co, Intel Corp and Cisco Systems Inc are among more than 75 companies that announced share-repurchase plans after regulators relaxed rules to ease the effect of last Tuesday's terrorist attacks on stock markets. Business-softw are maker Siebel Systems Inc,
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    • 93 11 TOKYO Bank of Japan policy-makers voted yesterday to lower borrowing costs and pump more money into the economy, joining a global effort to avoid recession after last week's terrorist attacks on America. The move came as South Korea announced plans to pump as much as 6.8
      Bloomberg; Reuters  -  93 words
    • 680 14  - 'The phone went dead. I knew she was dead. LOUISE BRANSON Barbara Olson, wife of Solicitor-General Ted Olson, was on the plane which slammed into the Pentagon. He gives an account of her final phone calls Bu STKAI rS TIMES I NITED STATES BUREAU lINGTON She had long blonde hair
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    • 307 14 Til find him. My son is strong, My son is strong. I won't go home without him.' NEW YORK His son is a fireman buried under tonnes of rubble at the World Trade Center, and no force in the rse can stop Mr Henry Tirado from
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    • 449 15 DEADLY 'SLEEPERS' Three Arab students living in Germany were terrorists in waiting Germany) Only in retrospect were there signals that three Arab students living and studying in Germany were terrorists in waiting. Final farewells. Cryptic questions. Dedicating work to Allah. On their own, none of this portended very much. But,
      AP  -  449 words
    • 275 15  -  ALFRED LEE Bu STRAITS TIM; 5 EUROPE B 1 LONDON Three Muslims have been seriously injured and at least another 107, including many women, have been attacked in cities and towns in Britain in the wake of the terrorist attacks in the US. Gangs
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    • 97 15 BSITE dedicated to Singapore's Muslim community has launched an online condolence book in memory- of those who died in the Sept 11 attack in the United States. Internet users, both Muslim and non-Muslim, are invited to contribute their thoughts to the e-book, which can
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    • 158 15 GAZA CITY Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said yesterday he was ready to join US President George W. Bush's global coalition against terrorism. Mr Arafat said he had informed Washington of his readiness "to put ail our capabilities at their disposal, and of our readiness to
      AFP  -  158 words
    • 477 16 New anti-hijack weapon: Airline passengers versus terrorists Pilots say the new threat from terrorists, who have made planes their weapon of destruction, calls for new forms of defence PASSENGERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ASSUME A LOT MORE RESPONSIBILITY. WE'RE THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THE HELP/ Captain Steve Lucke\ w
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    • 160 16 American school tightens security THE Singapore American School (SAS) in Singapore has tightened security by covering up the school's identity on its buses, a bulletin on its website said. "As an additional security precaution, all of our school buses have masked the school identification. This will continue for as long
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    • 91 16 WASHINGTON A group of Chinese journalists have denied reports that they had been expelled from the US for applauding television footage of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. The 14 TV journalists were still in Washington on Sunday when they saw the AFP report,
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    • 69 16 PRAGUE Czech police are investigating a report that extremists linked to Osama bin Laden nat^ bought anthrax and botulism the toxins linked to biological warfare from a laboratory in the capital city of Prague. Prime Minister Milos Zeman said on Monday that special teams were
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    • 64 16 BEIJING A cautious China yesterday pledged to join the United States and the vvorld in considering "any proposals" to eliminate terrorism. It stressed, however, that retaliation should be weighed carefully and follow international law. Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhu Bangzao also said at a regular briefing
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    • 66 16 JAKARTA Indonesian police yesterday promised to protect US interests and American citizens after a Muslim group threatened to besiege the US Embassy if Washington launched retaliatory strikes against Islamic nations. National police spokesman Colonel Anton Bahrul Alam downplayed the threat raised bv the Islamic Defenders
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    • 64 16 WASHINGTON Citizens of nearly 62 nations are among the more than 5,000 people feared killed in last Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the United States, the State Department said on Monday. "We know of 62 countries now who have lost people in the bombings,
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    • 90 16 NEW YORK The US television networks have been praised for their initial coverage of last week's terrorist attacks, but critics said a dangerous note of jingoism had crept in since President George W. Bush declared war on terrorism. Critics such as Ms Caryn James of
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  • COMMENTARY • ANALYSIS
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      • 548 18 Watch the backyard FROM the thicket of recent writings on transnational terrorism, one paper is prominent for its postulation about the involvement of a strand of radical Islam in the world's ethno-religious hot spots. The contention breaks no new ground but, as a departure point from the author's theme, the
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      5 18 CHIT CHAT CHEAH SIN ANN
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    • 1039 18 Trade and Inch tstry Ali 11 ister George Yeo t(K kled the issue ofbioethics and the social implications of genetic testing when he delivered a wide-ranging speech at the 35th annual dinner of the Institution of Engineers Singapore on Monday. This is
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    • 679 18  -  RUDI DORNBUSCH Bti IF AMERICA'S economy goes into a tailspin in the wake of the terrorist attacks, the world economy would move into perilous territory. That risk is real, because America can go only one of two ways: up or down. If America and
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    • 922 19  - Air travel can rise to its greatest challenge ROBERT AYLING Bu H\ \\l I VI.TIMKS THE magic of flight last week became the nightmare of mass murder. Air travel, the safest means of transport, the indispensable conveyance of people for work or pleasure, the physical expression of our freedom to
      NOEL ROSALES  -  922 words
    • 578 19  -  PAUL KRUGMAN NEW YORK Right now, most Americans are focused on punishing the perpetrators. But last week's tragedy was partly self-in-flicted. Why did Americans leave themselves so vulnerable? For this is a tale not just of villainy, but also of penny-pinching that added up
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  • FORUM
    • 290 20 Medisave rules on insurance schemes under review I REFER to the letter. Allow use of Medisave to buy private insurance" (ST,Sept7). The Medisave scheme is primarily designed to help individuals save to meet their personal or immediate family's hospitalisation expenses. Over the years, the use of save has been extended
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    • 204 20 Age no barrier? Unfussy, 43, and jobless for two years I REFER to the article, "Age no barrier to getting jobs, says Mah" (ST, Sept 17). I fall within the category of the older worker who is rinding it hard to get a job. I am 43, and following my
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    • 121 20 I REFER to the letter, "After Ansett debacle, what next, SIA?" (ST, Sept 18), by Mr Denis Distant. Regarding SlA's willingness to take a 49-per-cent stake in Air New Zealand at NZ$l.3l (550.95) per share in June this year, the understanding then was
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    • 214 20 What a waste when GPs turn private tuton THE report, "Doctor takes pay cut to be private tutor" (ST, Sept 17), reveals the absurdity when private general practitioners opt for easier professions when their clinics Fail. Those doctors in similar circumstances who return to serve in the public sector deserve
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    • 283 20 I REFER to Derek Cable s letter, "Implement laws to prevent more bus accidents" (ST, Sept 17). He suggests enforcement against public-bus drivers who chat with colleagues while driving, and that passengers be kept from obstructing the driver's view of bus mirrors. I have
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    • 421 21 Don' t direct ill-will at innocent groups IT IS THROUGH INCREASED MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND DECREASED RACISM AND PREJUDICE THAT TERRORISM CAN BE DEFEATED. I AM a citizen of the United States and a permanent resident here. The recent terrorist i tacks in the US have had a deep impact on
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    • 472 21 I REFER to the letters, "Let existing insurance customers upgrade policies" (ST, Sept 12) by Mr Loh Kwang lan and "Use layman's language in policies" by Mr Kevin Chan Wai Tuck (ST, Sept 15). Mr Loh said an option was not offered to his
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    • 256 1 T RAG E D Y No Chance To Say Goodbye The loss of Lam Sze :Boon, 39, means Iship for pregnant wife, daughter, mci u ClllßT CJ Reads The Riot Act C] Yong Pung How urns rioters who •appeal that they will get 5 years' jail, page h2 EDIt.A T
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    • 47 1 The increase in the number of drug abusers arrested is a clear reminder that we cannot be complacent about the problem of drug abuse.' Home Affair* Minister Wong Kan Seng, on the rising number of drug offences in the first half of this year
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    • 176 1 MR JUSTIN Chu (left) is aiming to add "doctor" to his name before he turns 28 a goal he set back in his Singapore Polytechnic day's. Bagging a first-class honours degree in microbiology from the National University of Singapore on Mond.iv, the 25-year-old is one step
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    • 320 2  - Rioters who appeal will get 5 year's jail ALETHEA LIM Bu CHIEF Justice Yong Pung I low yesterday gave this warning to rioters who come before him to have their sentences reduced: They will get the maximum five years' jail. He said this after rejecting an appeal from a man
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    • 286 2  -  JANE LEE By SOMETIMES all a worried child needs is to hear a friendly voice. And svith the dial-a--counsellor programme, that is what up to 100 pupils have been doing daily since a tollfree hotline was set up lasi Wednesday, to help them deal with
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      • 274 2  -  K.C. VIJAYAN Bij THE woman who died following Sunday's collision between two identical Honda Civics had plans to mam the driver of the car she was riding in. But the dreams of Miss Lee Lian Mui, 35, died with her in the smashed-up car driven by her
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      • 306 2  -  TAN YEN NEE By' WHEN housewife Huang Yun Ling gives birth to her second child in January, her husband will not be there to give her comfort, nor will the newborn baby ever feel his touch. Mr Lam Sze Boon, 39, a technician, and Mr
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    • 456 3  - Mail claims half share of shophouse ALETHEA LIM A RETIRED doctor from China is claiming a half share of a shophouse worth over a million dollars, which once belonged to a man, now dead, who adopted him as a son. Zheng Song 80, 65, claimed that his adoptive father had
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    • 152 3 Cop kicked mail in the groin A POLICE corporal who kicked an odd-job labourer in the groin, causing the man to be warded for a day in hospital, was yesterday sentenced to nine months in jail for assault. John Vance Doray, 22. \va.s also ordered to pay his victim, Mr
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    • 153 3 SDP to hold public rally THE Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) will hold a pufclic rally on Sunday, which it is billing as the start of its election campaign. The SDP's secretarygeneral, Dr Chee Soon Juan, said the police have granted the party permission to hola the rally at the Yio
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    • 355 3 Life term for man with gun in robbery The judge also orders caning for secret-society man who fired in the air while robbing businessman A HIGH Court judge slammed gunman Lim Peck Hui yesterday, describing Lim's criminal act as a "very disturbing picture". Putting Lim behind bars for life for
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    • 465 4  -  M.NIRMALA Reputation precedes Prof Ronald Frank, appointed the varsity's new president, who will be based full-time in Singapore B, AMERICAN business consultant and former academic known for his fundraising ability and for turning business schools around, has been appointed the Singapore igement University's ew
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    • 288 4 18% rise THERE were 1,684 drug arrests in the first six months of this year. This is an 18-per-cent increase over the same period last year, but it is fewer than the almost 2,000 drug abusers arrested in the first half of 1999.
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    • 236 4 Buses and commercial vehicles to pay full ERP rates ALL commercial and public transport vehicles will have to pav the full Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates from Monday. This is the fourth and final stage of a scheme to phase in ERP rates for such vehicles. Drivers of these vehicles
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    • 1096 5  - Tough times for Muslims, ana policy -makers CHUA LEE HOONG \vi:n\Esn\) With There is no doubt that Singapore remains a staunch ally of the United States, even if it is circumspect in how it voices that support Not that anyone would seriously doubtthe Republic's standing side by side with the
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      • 317 6  -  SHARMILPAL KAUR By ONE third of the 56 companies on Jurong Island have switched to recycled water, taking all the treated water that SembCorp Utilities (SCU) can supply. SCU operates a $32--million plant on the island, producing 6.5 million gallons of water a day (mgd)
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      • 403 6  -  OO GIN LEE Start-up Co-Financing Scheme will see EDB providing matching grants for seed funding raised by private-sector start-ups Bv ENTREPRENEURS have a new 850-million government fund to draw from to pursue their business dreams. The Economic Development Board (EDB) will match dollar for
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    • 536 7 s National Science and hnology Awards recognises 10 7 7 researchers who have contributed to the advancement of science and technology in Singapore. CHAN KAY MIH profiles the winners. 7 view the award as a challenge. It is given as an expectation of my future work.
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    • 296 7 Leech inspires invention by dons A LEECH started it all. The slimy bloodsucker was what inspired three researchers here to invent an electronic circuit that promises to speed up communications. Their technology allows more information to be carried using simple off-the-shelf components. For their brainwave, professors Chow Shui Nee and
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    • 308 1 East Asia Xiamen Get-together Singaporeans living in Fujian province meet President Nathan at a option. pa<.i vi S O ITH-F.AST A S 1 A Commandos To Save Reefs Commandos are to be groomed by the Thai oavy to protect marine life. p u.e \6 M LAYSIA Upgrade For Fighter Jets
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    • 8 1 The Straits Times asia Wednesday, September 19, 2001
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    • 46 1 'All women want to look pretty, and poorer women want it even more.' Taiwanese Tsai Ven-ping, who own* one of die largest eosmetie chains in C lima, on the reliance of some women on appearance in order to move up the social ladder
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    • 546 1  -  JAMES EAST Students sign up to patrol malls and monitor bars with police, and universities offer alternatives to the 'evil' nightlife Hu STRAITS TIMES THAILAND BUREAU POLLS show that Bangkok residents back the Interior Minister's campaign against the city's nightlife. An Assumption University survey of
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      • 366 2 Beijing's main trading partners welcome news of its entry into the WTO, saying it will spur economic reform in China BEIJING China's main trading partners yesterday said the Asian giant's entry to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) would boost the world economy and
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      • 243 2 Illegals are now trying to get into China BEIJING Long a source of migrants smuggled abroad, China says it is also becoming a destination for illegal immigration because of its booming economy. A new report by Chinas border-control agency said it had recorded 85,000 illegal entries by the end of
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      • 392 3  -  LAWRENCE CHUNG Some Taiwanese say Chen Shui-bian's name, which can be construed to mean 'battered by water', has brought bad luck since he took office Bit SIKAI is I I\H s IWIW A\ Bl TAIPEI Mr Wang Wen-han has boon pumping water out of
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      • 39 3 REUTERS A mooncake, shaped like the 6OO-\ ear-old Temple of Heaven and kept at a Beijing shopping mall, is about 3 ni tall, weighs 500 kg and will be cat into 10.000 pieces for the Mid-Autumn festival.
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      • 191 3 HONGKONG Hongkong is set to suffer a loss of HKS22 billion (Sss billion) in exports bound for the United States in the wake of last Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, a legislative councillor has said. The brunt of the
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      • 237 4  -  MARY KWANG />''/ C.lll\ACOHHi:si'()M)|,\ I SHANGHAI President S. R. Nathan yesterday said that South-east Asia and China could find comfort in each other in the economic field, in the same way that Asean had used economics to enhance the group's unity. He said
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      • 247 4 Seoul and Pyongyang end a six-menth freeze on contacts, and renew the process of reconciliation SEOUL North and South Korea agreed to reactivate a reconciliation process and allow the reunions of families split apart by the Korean a joint statsment said vesterdav. The agreement followed
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        • 80 4 HONGKONG'S government yesterday said it had approved a tunnel option for the construction of a controversial new rail link with mainland China which would cut through a wetland habitat for rare birds. The decision was hailed as a victory for nine environmental groups
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        • 47 4 HONGKONG'S anti-graft agency said yesterday that it has broken up a syndicate responsible for laundering as much as HK$5O billion (5511.2 billion) in the territory and arrested 39 people, some of whom are suspected syndicate members and senior officials of Po Sang Bank. AP
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        • 63 4 THE son of a Nigerian diplomat in Hongkong was jailed for two years after pleading guilty to possessing a stun gun without a licence. Oluwaenia Olusanmokun, 21, however, denied wounding police chief inspector Michael Armstrong, when he was convicted last Friday, over a
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        • 64 4 FOUR people, aged between 21 and 79, have undergone surgery in Hongkong to remove severely infected tissue from their limbs after receiving unhygienic acupuncture in the territory and in Shenzhen. The three men and one woman had experienced stiff limbs and other difficulties after
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        • 68 4 SEVENTY-ONE cows have been sold in Japan by the farm where the nation's first cow suspected of having mad cow disease was born, officials said yesterday. The farm on Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido sold 35 of them, which showed no symptoms of the
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      • 638 5  -  DEVI ASMARANI Investigations on abuses in East Timor have made no progress and observers say officials lack the will to push forward Bu\ STRAITS INDONESIA BUREAI Y*£j il 1 I 1 1 I I\Titl 1 r^ W* I*l fi Tl m^ M THE lack
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      • 169 5 Afghan migrants flee prison island JAKARTA More than 90 Afghan migrants have escaped from an Indonesian prison island and sailed away in fishing boats, possibly towards Australia, officials said yesterday. Immigration official Endah Hadi confirmed that 92 refugees had broken out of the detention centre on the island of Nusakambangan
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      • 360 5 Elite unit also sacks 20 soldiers after clashes in East Java town J \k ARTA An elite Indonesian army unit has sacked two top officers as well as 20 soldiers from the battalion following a deadly street battle with police in an East Java
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      • 502 6 In addition to combat operations, the navy will prepare its frogmen to perform marine conservation tasks .TtKOK- The Thai navy is revamping its training course for elite forces to prepare commandos for marine conservation, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday. A^ide from
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      • 107 6 Museum fit for a king A COMPLETE collection of the personal belongings and lite ran 7 works of former Thai ruler King Prajadnipok are to be displayed at a new museum dedicated to the monarch, also known as King Rama VII. A government building is being renovated into a museum,
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      • 205 6 MANI 1 A. Philippine President Gloria Arroyo will have an oil depot near the presidential palace relocated as a precaution against sabotage in the wake of the terrorist attacks in the US. "It is a fire hazard and a national security hazard," her
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        • 58 7 FOUR men riding a motorbike were killed by a Vietnamese express train as they ed the tracks at a crossing where the protective barrier had not closed, an official said yesterday. The tour men, who were sharing the same motorbike, were killed instantly
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        • 38 7 A MAJOR fire gutted an entire block of shacks in Kebon Kacang, Central Jakarta, on Monday morning, leaving at least 58 families, mostly poor migrants, homeless. The Jakarta Post Asia News Network
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        • 50 7 A YANGON court has sentenced to death two men convicted of exporting 357 kg of heroin to Fiji last year, news reports and officials said yesterday. The heroin was seized at a Fiji port, hidden inside boxes containing shorts with "Made in Myanmar" labels. AP
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        • 51 7 FOUR policemen, including three senior officers, have been charged with the murder of former Philippine f resident Fidel Ramos pubicist and his driver, prosecutors said on Monday. The two victims were abducted in Manila last year and their burnt remains were found several months later.
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        • 38 7 AT LEAST 109 Thai Muslim pilgrims developed meningitis after returning from this year's haj in Saudi Arabia, Thailand's PublicHealth Ministry said. Thir-ty-five of the patients have died. The Nation Asia News Network
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      • 413 7 An international task force threatens Manila with sanctions if it does not pass laws to fight money laundering before the end of this month MANILA An international watchdog against money laundering has threatened to impose economic sanctions on the Philippines next month after rejecting the
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      • 143 7 BANGKOK Some Thai youths are using the sexual favours of their girlfriends as stakes in video-game competitions, said a prominent senator. Speaking at a seminar on the moral crisis among youth, Senator Wallop Tangkananurak said on Monday that these teenagers swopped
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        • 39 11 THE ruling Sarawak state coalition, Barisan Nasional, won four seats which went uncontested on nomination da) yesterday in the state election for the 62-seat Sarawak state assembly due on Sept Bern am a
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        • 30 11 BRUNEI'S Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah arrived in Kota Kinahalu yesterday for a threeday official visit to the state. He was accompanied by three wives. Bernama
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        • 58 11 SHELVED since 1997 due to economic turmoil, Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Bhd (Proton) said it would revive the RM3-biHion (SSI.4 billion) Proton City Project in Perak that involves the development of about 1,600 ha of land. The plan includes construction of a plant, a housing
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        • 25 11 A TAXI driver was fined .000 (552,300) in Kuala Lumpur yesterday for running a brothel in the at} Bernama
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        • 44 11 PRESIDENT of the People's Progressive Party (PPP) Datuk M. Kayveas has received death threats to himself and his family for allegedly meddling in the internal politics of a rival political party, the Malaysian Indian Congress, China Press reported yesterday.
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      • 245 11 KUALA LUMPUR The discovery of a 170-year-old shipwreck off the Desaru beach in Johor is expected to unveil a wealth of information on international trade and shipbuilding technology in the 19th century. The wreck, believed to be that of a Chinese trading vessel, held many ceramic
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      • 470 11  -  BR ENDAN PEREIRA The discovery of Islamic extremists bent on violence has made them cautious about channelling in more investments By \1 \i UM \(lllililM'l)\HI I 'foreign investors... fear for their safety and for the huge sums of money invested in malaysia as
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      • 126 11 PENANG Eight men have been arrested after allegedly dousing a 36-year-old Bangladeshi worker with petrol in an attempt to burn him during a robbery at his home. The attackers, in their early 20s, had entered the victim's house in Jelutong here at about 3
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    • 83 12 Victim's skull broken A A 31-year-old accounts clerk is in hospital with a broken skull following a fall when tw thieves on a motorcycle snatched her handbag as she was walking home from we k. Police said f he incident occurred about 5 pm last Friday when Miss Chua Hui
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    • 418 12 The Pentagon's $78m deal would help make Malaysia's fleet of eight F/A-18Ds invisible to enemy radar BOEIXG'S PROPOSAL BOEING hopes to make Malaysia its firstinteniation.il customer for the Super Hornet. The plane, bearing the tag F/A-18E/F, is a new class of strike/attat I fighter
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    • 63 1 S O C EH Real Looking For Win V\ n less in LiiLi^ Real Madrid is looking far victory in tbe league. S2 •j Tennis This One's For You, Pat ilia wants to win the Davis Cup for veteran Pat Rafter, u ho may retire soon. S4 How to reach
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    • 14 1 The Straits Times sports w i i L iri -.nrvi Wednesday, September 19, 2001
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    • 42 1 'This is not the end of the world. There are bigger tournaments abroad for them to win.' Singapore SEA Games vhef-dv-mission Kwan Yue Yeong, on the much-touted bowline team's failure to land any gold medals 5
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    • 515 1 JAKAK i A For a nation accustomed to regional sporting supremacy, Indonesia's thirdplacing in the medal tally for the second time in consecutive South-east Asia Games has proved too much to bear. Its showing in last week's Games in Kuala Lumpur was slammed by
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    • 570 1  -  GERARD WONG Downcast coach apologises after bowling team fails to deliver at SEA Games Bui NATIONAL bowling coach Ron Hoppe turned up at Changi Airport yesterday to apologise to Kwan Yue Yeong on the chef-de-mission's return from the Kuala Lumpur South-east Asia Games. The American had
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    • 51 1 KUALA LUMPUR ia's Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has decreed Saturday a public holiday to mark the country's first overall championship in the just-concluded South-east Games. He said the holiday was a "gjft" to Malax sians for their strong support n country's SEA Ga contingent.
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    • 327 1  -  Gerard Wong IUDMIMON SINGAPORE shuttier Ronald Susilo's return to international competition after recovering from a leg injury is likely to end up in frustration rather than joy. The Indonesia-born permanent resident will compete in this week's five-star China Open, his first major
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    • 160 2 ROME AS Roma president Franco Sensi and the club's managing director Fabrizio Lucchesi have been formally charged with offences relating to the 1999 scandal in which Rolex watches were allegedly given to Italian referees, judicial sources revealed. The timing of the charges could not have
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    • 779 2  -  WILFRED YEO WILLY NILLY THE two most dreaded words for reporters are not "shut up" which would mean the interviewee wants no further comment from the reporter but "no comment", which would mean the interviewee wants to shut up. And there are
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    • 624 2 What gives me confidence T r 7 7 is not the fact that we know the pitch or have beaten German sides. It is simply the fact that toe are playing well. We cant say we have to forget what happened there oecause some of
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    • 540 3 BVSkI IB VI I NBA website lists him as a Wizards player before official confirmation JUMPING THE GUN Just a clerical error. Our Internet department was making preparations in case he comes back. NBA spokesman Tim I' rank "V -J" EW YORK NHe is back! He is
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    • 347 3 LONDON A weekend of violence and shame in the English Premiership has prompted the Football Association to take action. The Mirror Online reported that FA boss Adam Crozier is set to launch the offensive by giving the FA video panel greater
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    • 279 3 s<>< < IK LONDON Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler's future with lerseyside club has been thrown into doubt again. The Independent Online reported that the forward has had a new row with Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier. The 26-year-old England striker was told by the Frenchman
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    • 305 3 LONDON Former Rangers striker Rod Wallace has completed a move to Premiership side Bolton Wanderers. The 31-year-old, who began his career at Southampton and also played for Leeds, has been without a club since leaving Ibrox in the summer. He spent three years
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    • 356 3 LONDON Manchester United's new defender Laurent Blanc had expected to play alongside Jaap Stam. The former French international's claim on onefootball.com only adds to the debate that the Dutch defender was sold because of his comments about his United boss and teammates.
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    • 418 3 GOLF NEW YORK With the Ryder Cup postponed until next September, the PGA of America met to figure out the future of the matches. Its chief executive Jim Awtrey said moving the Ryder Cup to even-numbered years would be the "cleanest" solution. "We want a
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    • 214 3 LEICESTER Goals in the last five minutes by Paul Ince and Jonathan Greening gave Middlesbrough a 2-1 comeback victory over Leicester City in a scrappy English Premier League clash at Filbert Street. The team from the Northeast, which lost its first four League
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    • 437 4 J I SMS Australians want to capture Davis Cup Tor team-mate who is thinking of retirement SYDNEY Australia clashes with fellow-Davis Cup heavyweight Sweden this weekend for a place in the final and every member of the Australian team will be putting in
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    • 339 4 BASEBALL PITTSBURGH With tears flowing, flags flying and tighter security at stadiums, American Major League baseball made an emotional return after a six-day hiatus following terrorist attacks. Moments of silence, the singing of God Bless America, and videotaped tributes to the memory of victims
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    • 221 4 BASEBALL National Leaque: Philadelphia 5 Atlanta 2, Florida 10 Montreal 6, New York Mets 4 Pittsburgh 1. St Louis 2 Milwaukee 1, Arizona 7 Colorado 3, San Diego 6 Los Angeles 4. CRICKET Fifth day of 2nd Test in Bulawayo: Zimbabwe Al9-9 declared (A. Campbell 77, D.
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    • 290 4 SOCCER ANDREWS Avenue completed the amateur League and Cup double with a 5-0 win in the Singapore Pools FA Cup final last night against Tessensohn Khalsa Rovers at the Choa Chu Kang stadium. Talk of potential promotion and relegation for the SLeague seemed
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      547 5 LOH SOK CHOC Age: 51 passed auay peacefully on 17 th September 2001. Sadly missed by family and loved ones. Beloved Husband: Lim Koon Yew Son: Daughters: Lim Wei Ping Lim Sze Min Lim Ee Min Godson: Lim Voon Tat Body is resting at 1 Rosyth Avenue. Tel: 285
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      • 72 6 Sep 18 CHANGE MALAYSIA: KLSE Composite 607.64 -1.36 JAPAN: Nikkei 9679.88 +175 47 HONGKONG: Hang Seng 9307 90 -11 45 THAILAND: SET Index 274.21 +360 INDONESIA: Jakarta Composite 413.83 +6 58 PHILIPPINES: Manila Composite 1206.38 +28 27 SOUTH KOREA: Seoul Composite 484.93 +16 17 CHINA: Shenzhen 6 239.25
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      • 154 6 Foreign Currency Note Rates (9am, Sap 18) Buying OP Selling Sinqapore dollars to one unit of foreiqn currency Australian dollar 0.8530 0.8740 Canadian dollar 1.0940 1.1170 NZ dollar 0.7040 0.7190 Sterlinq pound 2.5320 2.5580 USddllar 1.7300 1.7410 Sinqapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 11.53 11.77
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      • 112 6 Contract dirt*: I Sep 18.2001 One 3 6 9 12 Value Unit mth mths mths mths mths Call date USS 2'/ 2 2'Vjz 2%, 2'7 H 2'Vji 2 20/09 AS 3"/*, 3V, 3'/. 3'/. 37. 3 20/09 NZS 57 3 2 5Vi 4 3 5 5 4
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      • 94 6 SINGAPORE Physical (Ss) Tue Mon Kilobar *****- *****--*****.15 *****.52 lOOqm 1611- 1598--1705.66 1692.29 50 qm 806- 799- 856.96 20 qm 322- 320- 354.32 5 qm 81-106.09 80-105.06 1 qm 16-37.03 16-37.08 Bullion coins (SS/oz) Tue Thu S'pore bullion coin 516-528 520-532 Canadian maple leaf 516-528 520-532 Australian nuqqet 511-
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      • 371 6 Sepia A$ -2 Park Street Trt 3.75 unch Alintaqas 3.40 0.14 Amcor 5.90 0.18 AMP Limited 17.16 0.60 ANZBankinq Group 15.20 0.35 Aristocrat Leisure 5.84 -0.18 ASX 10.97 0.35 Austar United Comm 0.32 0.02 Austereo Grp 1.32 0.02 Australian Gas Liqht 8.81 0.15 AXA Asia Pacific 2.51 -0.10 Billabong
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      • 426 6 Seplß Bant ABN Amro Asia 19.50 0.75 Adkinson Sec 8.60 0.10 Advance Agro PCL 13.75 0.25 Advanced Info 454.00 12.00 Advanced Info Service 454.00 12.00 Asia Credit 5.30 unch Ayudhya Inv. Trust 4.00 0.10 Bangchak PetrolL 5.30 0.10 Bangkok Bank 30.75 0.50 Bangkok Bk FB 39.50 unch Bangkok Express
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      • 592 6 Sep 18 RMB Anhui Gujing Distill B 7.19 0.21 Beijing Orient Elect B 6.81 0.13 Bengang Steel Plates B 2.89 C.lO Changchai Co B 4.50 0.10 Chengde Dixian Tex B 6.99 0.07 China First Pencil B 0.74 0.02 China Int'l Marine Cont 26.50 0.52 China Merch Shekou B 6.54
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      • 89 6 Sep 18 Rp Akbar Indo Mk 625 0 Astra Aqro 1000 50 Astra Grapnia 355 0 Astra Int'l Inc 2200 25 Bk Central Asia 1325 -25 Gudanq Garam ***** 400 H M Sampoerna -.***** 650 Indah Kiat P&P 315 0 Indofood Sukses 775 25 indosat 8600 500 Karka Yasa
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      • 769 6 Sepia Yen ACOM ***** -140 Advantest Corp 5450 0 Aiful ...***** 320 AisinSeiki 1547 2 Ajinomoto Co 1291 26 Alps Electric 731 41 ANA 292 0 Arabian Oil 950 13 Asahi Bank 130 0 Asahi Breweries 1110 38 Asahi Glass 619 -1 Asahi Kasei 395 10 Banyu Pharmaceutical 2165
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      • 34 7 SmqTei 15c 21,879.000 Fu Yu Mfq tOc 11,782,000 VentureMfg2sc 9,000,000 Cnart semiconductor 26c 8,822.000 PacificCer.turytOc 8,694,000 City Dev 50c 7,246,000 AEM-Evertech 5c 7,179.000 KlVentures 10c 6,334,000 Autron 6.268.000 Poh Lian 10c 6,267,000
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      • 138 7 MAIN SDQ TOTAL Up Dn Unch Up p n unch Up p n Unch Multi Ind 10 43 0 0 0 10 4 3 Manufacturg 35 47 33 9 ,5 9 44 62 42 Commerce 17 19 12 15 3 18 24 15 Tpt/Stor/Com 12 97 000,
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      • 46 7 Change Straits Times Index 1324.30 -10.15 BT 08/OS -1256.00 -35.00 BTCADI -*****.00 -29.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -126.00 DBSSOinden 428.38 -4.66 OCBC 30 427.56 -5.03 UOBSesdaq 43.44 -0.50 UOB Blue Chip 464.70 -3.14 STI Futures 1320 *2 MSCI Singapore 162.82 -1.92 SiMSCI Futures 163.10 -1.70
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      • 97 7 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) Main Sdq Total Main Sdq Totai Multilnfl M.176 ,4,176 16,310 16,310 Manufacturq ,45,72, ,7,4,8 ,63,139 ,73,158 1,612 174,770 Commerce 23,48, „074 24,555 8,1,8 247 8,365 Tpt/Stor/Com 51,894 5,,894 ,03,169 ,03,,69 Finance 28,697 28,697 99,603 99,603 Construction ,7,872 5,468 23,340 4,625 439 5,064 Properties
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      • 5012 7 Transaction date: Sep 18, 2001 1 52-WH Currtncy last 'Vol Day Ir's Ntt M Cap Avg mm U» Umtm, Tratd U* -f '000 Ht# Urn My P/E $wM PrltS 143 23 c Acma 50c 25 unch t22 31 23 0.5 6.6 43.4 26 41 8
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      • 1257 7 W Currency last 'Vol Day Gr's Net M Cap Ava Higtt Low Company Traded Sale +or- 'OOP Wa* Urn My PH tmm *ti MANUFACTURING 40.5 12 CAP Oil 5c 13.5 +1 462 14 13 3 5 11 8 15 168 28 cAS Auto 10c 30 unch 246 31
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      • 235 7 STOCK. PRICES LEGEND Straits Times Index Stocks bi t>uying-!n s scriplessandnonCPF c Stocks approved under CPF Investments Scheme N Tax-exempted divider.J xdex-divldenS cd cum dividend ct conditional trdij cri cum rlqht issue cil cum bonus issue co cum offer xall ex-all cdxa cum dividend ex-all cdca cum dividend
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      • INFLATION: Pulling in two different directions
        • 235 8 BRUSSELS European inflation slowed for the third month last month, leaving the door open for more inteivstrate reductions amid concern the terrorist attacks in the United States may Lip the world economy into recession. Prices in 12 countries using the euro were unchanged last month, the European Union's statistics
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        • 261 8 WASHINGTON US consumer prices increased last month, led by higher costs for medical care and housing, government figures showed. Americans paid less for energy, the prices of which may start to rise in the wake of last week's deadliest terrorist attack in the nation's history. The consumer price index
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        • 59 8 ULAND seems set to delay November's planned share offer by Thai Airways International in the wake of dramatic share price falls following the attacks in the United States. Prime Minister Thaksin Shmawatra said yesterday the global economic and political unease, which have hit the
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        • 106 8 GARUDA Indonesia has won approval for a plan to restructure US$339 million (*****.8 million) of debt, bringing the stateowned airline a step closer to reorganising about USSI.I billion that it owes its creditors, said Mr Eddie Goh, a Deutsche Bank director advising the
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        • 56 8 TAIWAN will cut the daily limit by which stocks may drop to 3.5 per cent from 7 per cent today when it reopens its stock market after a two-day halt caused by a typhoon, the Finance MinIstrj said. The stricter limit will be in
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        • 76 8 INDONESIA has hired Bahana Securities, Merrill 1 .ynch and ÜBS Warburg to sell a stake in domestic call monopoly Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom), as the country- raises funds to till its US$5.B billion (SslO billion) Budget deficit. Indonesia aims to sell as much as 14
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        • 77 8 GENERAL Motors (GM) has reached an agreement to buy most of Daewoo Motor from Daewoo's creditors for about US$l billion (551.74 billion), but to leave the most troublesome parts on the creditors' hands, at least for now, people in the industry said. A
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      • 446 8 To support its stock price, which fell 10% on Monday, the US contract manufacturer will buy back up to $348 million of shares Solectron cites restructuring charges and weak demand from brandname makers of computers ana communications gear as reasons forthefourthquarterloss of $435.8
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      • 329 8 PREMIUM OF 68% AUSTIN (Texas) Dell Computer bought back shares in its fiscal second quarter for an average price that was 68 per cent higher than the market price, according to the the company's most recent financial statement. The world's biggest personal computer maker bought
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      • 241 8 Dresdner to decide on 1,300 more job cuts FRANKFURT Dresdner Bank's supervisory board is set to decide on a cut of an additional 1,300 or so jobs by the end of 2003, Dresdner Bank sources said. Most of the cuts would be made at Dresdner's Frankfurt headquarters and elsewhere in
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      • 105 9 fapan needs deeper economic action than merely pumping more (none) into among system, says fg m i ier Bundesbank president, Dr fans Tietmeyer (right). This vw )uld include faster implementati< mot Prin le Minister Junidiiro Koizumi's i >Ln to force banks to write off their vw
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      • 382 9 cash injections into the economy, thinking that monetary policy can solve all the problems, will not work. "Providing only liquidity will not bring new activity." Japan's economy shrank 0.8 per cent in the second quarter from the first. It will probably shrink 0.2 per
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      • 195 9 ON THE AUCTION BLOCK? HONGKONG The Hongkong government has stopped taking applications from wouM-be operators of so-called third generation, or 3G, mobile-phone networks in the city, but would not say whether it has enough applicants to trigger an auction for the four available licences.
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      • 164 9 SEOUL A trust unit of Hyundai Group said yesterday half its 1,400 staff resigned to protest against an expected capital write-down in the latest challenge to South Korea's biggest foreign investment deal. A US consortium led bv American International Group and private equity firm
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      • 405 10  -  REBECCA LEE NICHOLAS FANG New administrators say it may be possible to 'stabilise' the airline, and finance operations against its assets Bu and IKWM'ORT KKPOKI I KS THE new administrators of Air New Zealand's (Air failed unit Ansett yesterday said the grounded carrier was
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      • 192 10 1 1 firms qualify for water plant bid in S'pore \PORE said 11 companies and ventures, including a unit of the world's largest water company, Vivendi Environment, have shown interest in building the island's first sea-water desalination plant. The Public Utilities Board (PUB), which is calling for the tender, said
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      • 354 10  -  SOH WEN LIN POLITICAL, ECONOMIC REFORMS NECESSARY By ASIA is still a land of opportunity despite recent setbacks to the global economy, including last week's US terrorist attacks, said financial media mogul Steve Forbes. "Of course, the attack in New York shook up the global economy
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      • 285 10 New POSB MasterCard attracts 30,000 applications DBS BANK said POSBs inaugural credit and debit cards were a huge draw, with more than 30,000 applications received within five weeks of their launch. The bank attributed the strong demand for POSB's MasterCard to affordable fees, a strong affinity among Singaporeans to the
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      • 189 10 Cathay Pacific not keen on air line MELBOURNE Cathay Pacific Airways, Hongkong's only long-haul carrier, has denied a newspaper report that it wants to buy assets of failed Australian airline Ansett Holdings. "My brief is that we aren't" interested in buying parts of Ansett, said Mr David Bell, Cathay Pacific's
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      • 298 10  - BNP Paribas to cut 20 back-end jobs in S'pore HUGH CHOW Bu I 1\ \\C K( OKKKSPONDKVI BNPParibas Peregrine will stop providing broking services to retail clients and focus on core activities of corporate finance, institutional securities and equity capital markets FRENCH investment bank BNP Paribas is cutting about 20
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      • 339 10  -  EDNA KOH By I IN 1 < OKKI M'<;\|)l I AMID the rout on Wall Street, fund manager SG Asset Management (SGAMI is doing what seems to be lue unthinkable. It is launching, of all things, a fund invested in US stocks. Sheer foolhardiness? Not
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      • 422 11 Insiders 1 of blue-chip companies here have gone into the market to buy shares, but experts say move may be too early Insiders may be buying, but it doesn't mean this is the bottom. They have been proven wrong over and over
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        • 100 11 REAL-ESTATE operator LKN-Primefield yesterday said it has appointed Ernst Young Regional Services as its financial adviser after reporting a worsening of its interim net loss from $96 million to $15.7 million. This was despite a 23.4 per cent jump in turnover to $26.3 million for the six
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        • 49 11 RAFFLES International Hotels Resorts yesterday announced that The Westin Plaza will be renamed Raffles The Plaza. Raffles, the new manager, spent $45 million to renovate parts of the 800--room hotel and will assume control on Jan 1 when the name change takes effect.
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        • 64 11 RESISTOR-MAKER and electronic components distributor ASJ Holdings incurred an 11.1 per cent d~op in interim net earn.^s to $3.3 million for the period ended June 30. Turnover fell 15.4 per cent to $23.3 million. Earnings per share fell 11.6 per cent to 2.45 cents, while
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        • 67 11 CHINA-BASED Cytech Software announced a 7-9 per cent rise in net profits to 23 million yuan (554.9 million) for the six months ended June 30. Turnover rose by some 21.7 per cent to 55.5 million yuan. Earnings per share fell some 13.5 per cent
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      • 254 11 SINGAPORE Telecom (SingTel) announced yesterday that its takeover offer tor Cable and Wireless Optus (C&W Optus) had closed with almost full acceptance by the Australian firm's shareholders. "'We are very pleased with the result of our offer for Cable and Wireless Optus," said
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      • 339 11  -  LORNA TAN Hn CHINA-BASED People's Food Holdings bettered its interim net profit by 4O per cent to 311 million yuan (5566.1 million), following a boost in sales and the effective implementation of cost controls. Turnover surged 36 per cent to 2.1 billion yuan in the
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      • 341 11  -  COLIN TAN SPECIAL DIVIDEND OF 22% By PROI'KRTY CORRESPOND! LISTED investment holding group Lum Chang plunged into the red for the year ended June, inking a $21.3 million net loss compared to a $20 million profit previously. But shareholders need
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      • 550 11  -  AZHAR KHALID TAKING STOCK By FRAGILE investor sentiment caused more losses in the Singapore market yesterday as growing talk of war prompted investors to take whatever profits they could. Trading began on an upbeat note as local shares rebounded in
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      • 71 11 TOP RISES Sep18 Cents GreatEast50c 800 45.0 6.0 HKLandUSIOc 155 122 4.7 TACBt10 200 KM 12.2 7.2 WWantUS20c 146 10.4 4.3 Creative T 25c 1010 10.0 1.0 OUE 540 10.0 1.9 Omni Ind 10c 302 10.0 3.4 SIA50C 830 10.0 1.2 OUT 328 8.0 2.5 Prima 376 6.0 1.6 SingTel
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      • 71 11 TOP FALLS Sep18 Cents DBSGrp 1070 60.0 5.3 VentureMfg25c 865 35.0 3.9 UOB 970 30.0 3.0 City Dev 50c 378 Z6.0 6.4 DatacraftiOc 290 20.8 4.0 SPH 1660 20.0 12 SPH100 1660 20.0 12 Sing lnv& Fin 100 17.0 14.5 UPP25c 39 13.0 25.0 OCBC 960 10.0 1.0 JMHUS25C400 600
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      • 70 11 TOP FALLS Sep18 Cents Asia Food WtOi 0.5 50.0 05 MMIW02 6 33.3 3.0 Superbowl 15c M 31.7 6.5 RotoMOc 6 29.4 2.5 LabroyMWt02 6.5 27.8 2.5 UPP25C 39 25.0 13.0 Stratech 5c 21.5 24.6 7.0 ACE Dynamics20c 10 23.1 3 0 NetworkFoods 5 23.1 1.5 Flairis WO***** 3.5 22.2
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      • 539 12  - Tech rebound delayed by at least 6 months WILLIAM CHOONG LEE SU SHYAN The sector, already battered by profit warnings and other bad news, takes another blow from US terrorist attacks and THE keenly awaited recovery in the global technology sector vital to Singapore's economic fate looks to have been
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      • 45 12 A fall in consumer confidence, and spending, could result in a drop in demand for products ranging from computers sold by salesman Paul Witt at a CompUSA store in Santa Clara, California, to Dram chips made by South Korea's Hynix. AFP
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      • 321 3 'ONNA has vowed to quit touring in the wake of last week's terrorist blitzes on New York and Washington. The American singer, who has just completed her Drowned World Tour, told friends she was so horrified she never wanted to go on the road again,
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      • 208 3 WA I CH five mo\ies at your leisure for just This is the latest carrot that Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) is dangling to draw movie-lovers. SCV has introduced a new pay-per-view movie package that will run for two weeks from Oct 15 to
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      • 394 3 Back To Basic Some of your favourite TV personalities will be put through basic training of sorts in a new Singapore Armed Forces series DONT laugh if someone tells you that the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is the subject of a new infotainment
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        1979 4  - RETRO REQUESTS Samuel Lee The Quests has found a new mission. A new hook on the popular 1960s homegrown band seeks to capture the legacy of Singapore's pop social history I960! The Quests begins as a duo with Raymond Ijeong and Jap Chong. Bassist Henry Chua and drummer Lim Wee
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    • LIFE! •MOVIES
      • 473 5  -  HELMI YUSOF Watching The Detective Only an exceptional performance by Morgan Freeman saves this James Patterson thriller from the duds' bin ALONG CAME A SPIDER (PG) 103 minutes Opens tomorrow ft FOR aspiring actors. Along Came A Spider offers profound lessons in the art of transcending a
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      • 81 5 TOP 10 GROSSING FILMS the in'ckiiid from Sept 14 to 16) SINGAPORE 1 The Animal 2 A. 1.: Artificial Intelligence (below) 3 Kakashi 4 Rat Race 5 Cats And Dogs 6 Soul Survivors 7M> Schoolmate, The Barbarian 8 Druids 9 AKjrght'sTale 10 Rush Hour 2 US 1 Hardball 2 The
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      • 548 5  -  TAY YEK KEAK A portrait of five women who work in an LA strip dub DANCING AT THE BLUE IGUANA (RA) 121 minutes Opens tomorrow ?2 DANCING AT THE BLUE IGUANA may sound like a skin flick straight out of the same inconsequential stable as
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      • 365 5  - A short cut to Chinese history FOONG WOEI WAN SINO-DUTCH WAR 1661 (PG) 105 minutes Now showing DIRECTOR Wu Ziniu is a man with a sixth sense. Wu, a classmate of Chinese auteurs Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, may not have as much movie-making oomph as his peers, but he
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      • 774 6  -  Kelvin Tong Twin Towers As I watched the tragedy unfold on CNN, I couldn't help but be reminded of the Hollywood blockbuster Independence Day LIKE everyone else, I was stunned when I flipped on CNN last Tuesday and saw the twin towers of the World Trade Center
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      • 317 6  -  HELMI YUSOF JAY AND SILENT 808 STRIKE BACK (RA) 100 minutes Opens tomorrow 'll NOT everyone's going to like this movie and its eponymous characters Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Kevin Smith, who is also the director). They are a couple of lowlife slackers from
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        117 6 'My worst moments were going without sleep. I think it's the worst human torture MediaCorp actress Fann Wong (above, with 'o-star and reputed boyfriend Christopher Lee) on filming Channel B's Madam White Snake in China There's nothing natural about what I do. I mean, I hit things
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    • LIFE! • ARTS
      • 412 7  -  TAN SHZR EE *S WHITE is the new black. And it is not just fashionistas, but the arty types who are saving that. Danny Tan, 28, artistic director of the 19-month-old Odyssey Dance Theatre, has used the colour and its connotative attributes as
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      • 59 7 VOCAL talents Reuben Lai and William Lim will stage a concert tomorrow. In a pleasant departure from the usual dose of opera arias, they will tackle songs by Brahms and Schumann's monumental cycle, Dichterliebe (A Poet's Love). Singapore's most soughtafter accompanist Shane Thio supports on
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      • 61 7 fdfd SHANGHAINESE conductor Xia Fei Yun will lead the Singapore Chinese Orchestra for its Twin Celebration concert on Sunday. The master pedagogue and resident guest conductor of the group will lead musicians in an evening of works by Singapore composers. Expect to hear musical strains inspired
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      • 75 7 NEXT week will be a bumper slot for dance enthusiasts when two companies, fresh from overseas tours, present shows. The Singapore Dance Theatre presents earth, man. woman A Dance Trilogy, from Wednesday to Saturday. It recently performed in Korea and France. And Singapore choreographer Tammy
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      • 444 7  -  TAN SHZR EE Tinkle Couple Making musical banter with the audience and with each other, the London-based duo hope to transmit their love of music §1L SINGAPORE'S happy couple of piano music are in town again. Toh Chee Hung and Dennis Lee, the London-based duo,
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    • GLOBAL FRANCHISING 2001
      • 839 9  - SPECIAL BANKING ON A BRAND GERALDINE YEO If the entrepreneurial spirit has bitten and you want to start a business, go shopping at Global Franchising 2001 for a venture that can make you a household name. "byi EVENT INFO What: Global Franchising 2001, the 3rd Internationa! Exhibition and Conference for
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      • 327 10 Homegrown businesses tell EVELYN YAP why they'll be at the Global Franchising Conference for the first time, here and on Lll. No reason to Blush! As far as fast expansion for his lingerie venture goes, businessman Patrick Chai is not blushing. The founder of Blush!, a chain
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      • 262 10 FamiSy Health.Com may be small, with just eight stores in Singapore. But it has gone big on building a "good name" for itself by selling natural supplements at affordable prices. It is this formula that the chain is banking on to take the name farther.
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      • 283 10 Profit is a strong motivation to push someone else's name instead of your own. And for their efforts, franchisees can expect a rosy bottom-line within one year of opening a House of Sundanese Food restaurant. Sundanese Food Management runs the seven-outlet House of Sundanese Food
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      • 275 11 Simply fending off rivals cannot be the way to grow. So founder Wilfred Toh decided that his Ichiban Furnishing Group must do one better, and it did that Dy franchising its name. Ichiban enjoyed $8 minion in sales turnover last year. it hopes that franchising will help
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      • 243 11 Business software developer Biz Kits Systems is just one month old. But it is already franchising its name. v? A good product alone does not mean success, said Ms Corinne Goh, 34, who co-found-ed the company with Mr Vasu Dev Veerappa, 37. "There is a new awareness that
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      • 850 11  -  GENEVIEVE GASPAR Keen about franchising but don't know if it is for you? Before you jump on the franchise wagon, pick up some tips from two master franchisors. By_ WHAT 1$ IT? The Friends of Franchising status is accorded to an internationally reputable practicing franchisor who believes in
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    • THE BUZZ
      • 254 14 WEDDING bells may not ring for Britney Spears and boyfriend Justin Timberlake after all. The pair was said to have had an emotional engagement last month when "N Sync's Timberlake popped the question in a recording studio to a tearful Spears. But his grandmother has come
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      • 246 14 MILAN iA I .Y Opera superstar Luciano Pavarotti told a court on Monday that he felt no guilt for failing to declare earnings to Italy's taxman. "I don't feel guilty and I have anyway always acted in good faith," the tenor, 65, said in pleading innocent
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      • 174 14 Kwan and beau back safely FANS of Rosamund Kwan can relax. Reports that she and her beau might have been victims of the terrorist strikes in New York were a false alarm. The 38-year-old actress and her 30-year-old modelactor boyfriend Jimmy Wong returned to Hongkong from Paris on Monday after
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      • 139 14 BON JOV! TO BOND WITH ALLY?: Jon Bon Jovi is in talks to replace Robert Downey Jr as Calista Floekhart's love interest in Ally Mcßeal. Downey was booted from the show after his April drug arrest. CHURCH-STREISAND DUET: Chariotte Church, 15, and Barbra Streisand, 59, are to record a
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      • 191 14 NEW YORK Humour was muted as late-night shows and other entertainment fare returned on American media after heeding President George W. Bush's advice to get back to work on Monday. David Letterman's guest on Monday was CBS newsman Dan Rather. Normally cool under fire, Rather choked
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      • 160 14 LOS ANGELES Actress Anne Heche tried to get pregnant a year ago to save her relationship with her ex-lesbian lover Ellen DeGeneres, the National Enquirer reported. Heche, who is three months pregnant after marrying cameraman Coley Laffoon recently, allegedly had a private procedure using the
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    • 771 1 TELEVISION Beyond The Camouflage The SAF in a TV show PAGE3 The Quests is back between covers Mm^w mßi bRw^PPPP^bbB TT n f/i^ *****, a homegrown group called The Quests enjoyed almost m Hj not jws^^^* l^^ ffte group's rise and fall but also that vibrant but u^ i&o —^^m
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    • 426 2 -■<■?■- %'*-•< &l f^Bfe f vHrV K^ JMpHI i 1if ?r mll T^iH 4H S JBf Scp 21 &22 (Fri Sat) THE TWO VIENNESE SCHQOLS/RACHMANINOVS PIANO CONCERTO No. 2 ffffff=» Choo Hoey conductor Alexander Markovich piano jf*™*^ S fc_w^ gg I ?r Haydn: Symphony No. 104 "London"/ Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto
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    • 436 2 *j^H 3^**' T A man haunted by German guilt, dramatist-novelist Herbert Achternbuschs film The Last Place On Earth (RA) is surreal but relates to events in the film-maker's life. Fniß Closed on Mon £m ITO Tickets: $1.50 (senior citizens <L students $3 THE FILMS OF HERBERT ACHTERNBUSCH Tel: 332 3222
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    • 284 2 LIFE! •WHAT'S ON THE 2001 TERRY FOX RUN School of Physical Education. Bukit Timalt Campus Sept 30: 7.30 am Fee: $10 (child) 6 $20 (adult) with free T-shirt, while stocks last (registration is now on till Sept 29) Tel: 733-8888 HELP raise funds for cancer research when you join the
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    • 470 2 Tel: 333-1055 A DETAILED study of sculptor Tan Teng Kee's artistic years, it includes his significant engagement with two-dimensional medium and also features his works in prints and paintings. JEAN PATTOU, A FRENCH ARCHITECT p35 *^T TRAVEL to the world's most beautiful cities like Paris, London, Venice and Istanbul with
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    • 273 3 Enjoy it while you can Drowned World tour highlights Dial on cell phone for link P\m 88*******3 For more information, call SCV's hotlines 873-7373 (existing subscribers) and 873-3333 (new customers) from tomorrow. After a Big Success in August 2001, with More Than 30,000 Visitors, Now Back by Popular Demand at
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    • 242 3 K 1 Pamper yourself with exquisite jewellery from Hta tef^^^'- JP |e laime. Each beautiful piece is individually hand mL-,' m?\ Wa!^J[ Hk^ K^il 1% Bt/ J*m\ crafted and unique in every way. because you MMMB mi ■>' 'jH •'«Au^B deserve nothing but the best. Whether you are Infll H£L_v.*^&i
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    • 32 3 The Mandarin version of Beyond The Camouflage debuts next Tuesday on Channel V at 8.30 pm while the English version starts airing on TV Works on Sunday, Sept 30 at 9 pm.
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    • 79 4 X^ A >£Sfc THi FANATICAL !r- Diehard speed demons are gearing up for 'The Fast and The 1 S^fSl^ lok Furious Championship", the biggest car-park race ever in B^^^^k if Hii JPr Singapore. All eyes are on the prolific Wong team who djzzles Wm W W *VM wL\' JB^UHBrif^T w
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    • 50 4 Call It Shanty by Henry Chua ($18.90) will be available at book stores and music outlets tomorrow. The book tvill be launched officially next Friday with an autograph-signing session from 7-9 pm at lihrary@orchard #05-22/26 Ngee Ann City Podium Block. Visit htt p-.1/home 1 .pacific. net.sg/~pisces/for more on The Quests.
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    • 400 6 NON SEQUITUR TELL NK£ NKV OP\M\ON. TQ.LL NK& NM op\N\iON. T&LL NOfop\NVOM... V J I J I WARPED GET FUZZY f^l I HOWS TW j J|N TT I'M &UO«.XOUONLX I k i cui^iKitrz^. tcoKSt/ H UMONApe V fIHSd THE i tSXSO 0I& PERSON /...WHICH AMP W^hPTl WMNt^ iK-^*i j 5S
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    • 118 7 Odyssey Dance Theatre's The White Sensation runs at the Victoria Theatre on Friday and Saturday at 8 pm. Tickets at $21, $31 and $41 from TicketCharge on 296-2929 or a wic ticketcharge.net. sg FREE ADMISSION Presents A fascinating and splendid collections of fine quality products: Home Decor Accessories, Silverware, Arts
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    • 214 7 The show is on at the Young Musicians' Society tomorrow at 8.01 pm. Tickets at $12 on 332-5813 or makcmusic@yms.org.sg Xia Feiyun leads the Singapore Chinese Orchestra on Sunday at the Singapore Conference Hall at 8 pm. Tickets at $16, $21, $31 ir $51 from Sistic (tel: 348-5555). Wednesday-Saturday at
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    • 113 7 Toh Chee Hung and Dennis Lee play at the I niversity Cultural Centre, .NT'S, on Saturday at 8 pm. Tickets are free but must be obtained from Sistic (tel: 348-5555) with a $1 handling charge. "GO SEE MISS SAIGON" FINAL EXTENSION NEW SEATS ON SALE NOW 3 fli bK 2
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    • 150 9 Make Your Franchise A Global One Here In Singapore* The magic is in the marketing. Differentiate your brand and sharpen your company's competitive edge with effective business strategies jLt* and the right marketing talent armed with relevant market IfejJ knowledge. Recognising the importance of marketing, the Singapore Trade Development Board
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    • 1325 10 Catch these and 150 other franchises at franchising2ooi Brand Franchise Clinic JW'^?^T'?l^RTffffr^TS GLOBAL franchising 2001 international conference plenary Do you have a nagging question about franchising? The doctor is in! With iHliinnilMltf-tt-MJ THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT: CREATIVITY, IMAGINATION AND BEYOND the Objective Of providing a varied but related range Of business
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    • 115 11 The 3rd international Exhibition and Conference for Franchising, Licensing and Business Opportunities 19-21 September 2001, Opening Hours: 10.30 am 6.00 pm Singapore International Convention Exhibition Centre (Suntec), Level 4 Featuring 1 50 Business Opportunities from over 18 countries. I I Enticing you further is the Global Franchising2ool International Conference, Workshops
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    • 105 12 IN TODAY'S computertimes P^^ Wednesday, Sept 19, 2001 computertimes.asial.com.sg IGHTj a I MM jii H| i _ljii_i.iiiF m mR It Laser printers that print black y— —"If and white are now faster and ft, *LmJ very affordable. With prices I m^ starting around $400, £jj &J it is worth checking
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    • 449 12 NGC Ch35 AM 6.00 Wild: Return Of The Lynx 6.30 Wild: Wild South, Colony Z 7.00 Tribal Tuesdays 8.00 Ocean: Whales Song 9.00 Wild: Secret World Proboscis Monkey 10.00 Adventure 1 11.00 Explorer's Journal PM 12.00 Kangaroos Comeback 1.00 Family Hour: Wild South. Swan Lake 1.30 Family Hour: Lord Of
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    • 229 12 MIRACLE IN LANE 2 The true story of 13-year-old Justin who wants to emulate his older athletic brother and win his own trophy, despite being confined to a wheelchair. Stars Frankie Muniz (right). Disney Channel (Ch 33), 11 pm SAMURAI X A very popular Japanese anime series about a fledgling
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    • 628 12 CABLE TELEVISION CHOICE VIEWS RAW DEAL J**^^fe^3Pk Arnold Schwarzenegger (below) stars as a former FBI agent who is recruited by his £T mji fo^rner boss to infiltrate the Chicago mob as f^**"' Star Movies (Ch 58), 9 pm 1/1 r V-^w^ autobiography of Dorothy Dandridge the first black actress to
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    • 237 12 AXN Ch19 AM 6.00 Flame Of Recca 6.30 Cooking Master Boy 7.00 Shin-Hakkenden 7.30 SlamDunk 8.00 Samurai X 8.30 Boardwild 9.00 Earth Final Conflict I: First Of its Kind 10.00 Flame Of Recca 10.30 Cooking Master Boy 11.00 Shin-Hakkenden 11.30 SlamDunk PM 12.00 Samurai X 12.30 Boardwild 1.00 Exploring The
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    • 221 12 VVEnt CH56 AM 7.00 Marooned Movie) A cop is contented with the simple life he leads with his girlfriend in Macau. The latter, however, longs for more. Stars Andy Hui and Gigi Leung. 9.00 Devil War (Movie) When a business rival casts a black spell on John, his girlfriend goes
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 100 13 TVWorks PM 5.30 Oshin (English-dubbed Japanese soap drama) The popular telenovel about a self-sacrificing Japanese daughter and mother returns, digitally remastered. J 6.30 The Dating Game (Game show) Hosted by Chuck Woolery (above). 7.00 Ripley's Believe It Or Not (Reality) 8.00 Invisible Man (Drama) 9.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (See highlights)
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    • 221 13 Channel U AM 10.00 Modern China (Infotainment) 10.30 ShowBiz (Entertainment news) 11.30 Battle Of The Wit (Variety) PM 12.30 Entertainment News 1.30 Surviving Shangri-La (Reality) 2.30 ShowBiz 3.30 Culinary Mission (Infotainment) 4.30 A Woman's Strength (Drama) Suyun is forced back into the bar, causing much distress to Minqyu. Yue Er
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    • 247 13 jtjfgjfa* CHCICE VIEWS LADY WARRIORS SANJURO 5B -~1 OF THE YANG Sanjuro sees Toshiro Mifu.ne '•jH <»* **W FAMILY (below) as a busted old The citizens are cynical of tne warrior who is dirty and JflK !iil J Yang maidens going to the disrespectful on the surface, Hk. battlefield and
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    • 145 13 TODAY'S TELEVISION Central AM 9.00 Kids Central: The Hoobs 9.30 Mona The Vampire 10.00 Y? 10.30 Fat Dog Mendoza 11.00 Catdog 11.30 Silver Surfer PM 12.00 Hot Science 12.30 Sesame Street 1.30 The Hoobs 2.00 The Upstairs, Downstairs Bears 2.30 Jay Jay The Jet Plane 3.00 Dora The Explorer 3.30
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    • 113 13 NewsAsia AM 6.00 Headlines 6.02 Asia Speaks (R) 6.30 Daybreak: World Market Report 7.00 Prime Time Morning 8.00 Asia This Morning 8.30 Headlines/Singapore Update/Traffic Report/Sports Update/Business Report 9.00 Asia Today 9.30 Headlines/Singapore Update/Traffic Report/Sports Update/Live News From USA 10.00 World Today 10.30 Headlines/Singapore Market Report/Live News From USA 11.00 Asia
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    • 186 13 5.30 Asian Market Report 6.00 Headlines 6.02 Asian Perspective 5 6.30 Asian Market Report (R) 7.00 Asia To.iight 7.30 Singapore Update 7.32 In Conversation With Steve Forbes He owns one of the most prestigious business magazines in the world and contested in the 1996 and 2000 Presidential Elections. Steve Forbes
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    • 445 13 Channels AM 6.00 Power Of Attorney 6.30 Business Morning 9.30 Wheel Of Fortune 10.00 The Price Is Right 10.30 Design For Living 11.00 East Meets West With Ming Tsai(lnfo-ed) 11.30 Melting Pot (Lifestyle) PM 12.00 Power Of Attorney 12.30 The Aquanauts (Variety) 1.00 Days Of Our Lives (Drama) Jose, one
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    • 486 13 Channel 8 AH 6.00 Sunny Pig 6.30 World Famous Tales 7.00 Good Morning Singapore 9.00 Yo Yo Dian Dian Ming 9.30 Risky Numbers 1, 2, 3 4,5 10.00 The Awakening I! (Drama) 11.00 Gift Of The Gab (Drama) PM 12.00 Celebrity Squares (Variety) 12.30 The Void Deckers (Sitcom) 1.00 Mid-Day
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    • 576 10 cssa ?-i irrs DEVT. RENTAL SPECIALIST RIVER PUCE :s of 4 oedrooms. jenthouse available. 3 CD. Pool/ river view TANGLIN VIEW _s choice units avail. 4 Dedrooms. jw fir. Pool/ city view. X upwards. AROMORE PAR\ :s of: 2385 sq.ft. r eeiiery view. .00 onwarcs 9385-7933/ 9385-9953 Alan I*l Int'l
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    • 796 10 HCITY SOUTH-WEIT PTE APTS RENT ANCHORAGE 2/ 3*l 1163/ 1750 High !lr. Pool view/ Low fir. $3.5/ $5k neg. *****983 Scott EMERALD GON 2 rms. 900 sq.ft. F/furn. Face pool. 53.5K. Pis call Toshiko FPDSavills 9388-3112 TERESAVILLE. FURN/ UNFURN. 4+l/ Penthse. High/ low fir. F/ facilities. Immed. *****577 Peter CENTRAL
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      • 457 12 It doesn't matter black or white While a colour laser printer makes all the difference to a picture perfect page, a small office, home office user (Soho) may not be able to afford one. The alternative: the monochrome laser. W.D. YANG checks out nine of these for Soho users. Stories
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      • 585 13 For a start, look at speed, resolution and paper handling. So many brands of laser printers touting so many special features. How do you make a choice? Speed, resolution and paper handling are some common things to look for when buying a printer. But
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          254 14 Brother HL-1240 and HL-1250 $549 and $649 respectively (without GST) Available from Sim Lim Square and Funan The IT Mall Brother's HL-1240 and HL-1250 are two excellent laser printers which offer a great balance of printing performance, print quality, upgradability and usability to small office, home office (Soho)
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        • 208 14 Canon LBP-810 $529 (suggested) Available from Canon authorised dealers The Canon LBP-810 has a small footprint and is basically identical in design to the old HP LaserJet 1100. The LBP-810 is simple to use and relatively configuration free. It's a middling performer with good print quality. Canon's
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        • 690 14 The test platform was a Dell Inspiron 8000 850 MHz Pentium 111 portable with 256 MB of memory. The laser printers with USB (universal serial bus) ports were tested using this faster interface. The rest were evaluated using the standard Enhanced Bi-Di-rectiona] Parallel port. To evaluate the printers,
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        283 15 F ast to print Epson EPL-58OOL $399 (with GST) Available from Epson distributors Considering that Epson's forte is in inkjet printers, the Epson EPL-58OOL is a surprisingly good 10 ppm-rated laser. The EPL-5800L was one of the fastest printers in this roundup. It uses a smart software and fast printer
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        213 15 Fuji Xerox DocuPrint PBex $499 Available from Sim lim Square and Funan The IT Mall or call 467-9898 The Fuji Xerox PBex is an 8-ppm rated 600 dpi laser with 1,200 dpi-like image printing qualities. It has a 66 MHz Rise-based printer controller and 4 MB of
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      • 255 16 HP LaserJet 1200 $699 Available from authorised HP resellers The HP LaserJet 1200 is very much the performance and qualityleader among the printers in this roundup. Like a thoroughbred racehorse, the LaserJet 1200 raced through the tests. With a first-page print time ofjust 15 seconds in
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      • 304 16 Lexmark Optra E.312L $499 Available from all major superstores Lexmark's traditional attention to detail in its printing software continues in its Optra E3I2L. I particularly liked the detailed-graphics printing options. When you print photographs, for example, there are options for dither control and contrast settings to
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      • 192 17 And the PagePro 1100L delivers the second-best photo print-out in this round-up Minolta PagePro 1100L •$399 Available from Funan The IT Mall and Sim Lim Square The Minolta PagePro 1100L is a no-frills 10 ppm, 600 dpi printer. It uses Mitsubishi's M3807 Rise controller with 4MB
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        225 17 Ricoh Aficio API4OO Promotional price $699 (usual price $1,435) Call WyWy at 472-2155 The Ricoh Aficio API4OO is actually a workgroup printer which is capable of handling huge workloads and has a lot of room for expansion. However, you need to add in the optional Ethernet networking module if
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        376 18 Up to speed nderstand the mechanics of printing to hasten the process. The speed of a laser printer is measured in pages per minute, delays between pages in a similar print job and the time it takes to print out the first page of a print job. For any given
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      • 196 18 Once print data has been transferred to a printer, it's time for the printers mechanism and electronics to do their part. Three critical factors determine the speed of your printer: Printer controller: This largely determines how quickly a received file can be processed and printed. A
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      • 583 19 Want to do your bit for global conservation? Here's how. Strategise and print less for the sake of the environment. A small office, home office (Soho) user may want to stretch every dollar on consumables such as ink and paper. Besides, it is
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    • ISSUES
      • 599 20  -  TOGETHER WITH THE SURVIVORS Anger, sorrow and compassion race through cyberspace as the terrorist attacks on America trigger possibly the largest traffic in Internet history. Radha Basu As terror rained on America last Tuesday morning, millions scoured the Internet for information and succour In a world that,
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      • 573 21  - Are you prepared for a disaster? Chu Hain Hou Ijirger Singapore companies are wellprepared for emergencies, but SMEs have taken things Jor granted. Don't take things for granted The Government, banks and multi-nationals are well-prepared for an emergency like the terrorist attack in the United States, say key business continuity
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        471 22 On guard! Back up your data regularly Conduct disaster recovery drills ♦The entire management team should not travel together Alternate redundant data centres should be located at least 50 km away, if possible If you haven't thought about how your company can survive afire in the office, you
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      • 1045 24 Unified, robust enterprise portals can help companies reduce costs and improve communications with customers and suppliers ■w^SUN IVDCROSYSTEMS NET ■--> EFFECT |^j incorporate JAVAI4LK Point of access to important information Building enterprise Internet services Here are five key starting points for executives to consider
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      • 399 25  -  Mok Heng Ngee Build Java 2 enterprise applications using the best strategy practices and recommended design patterns. Title: Designing Enterprise Applications with the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition Authors: Nicholas Kassem, Enterprise Team Publisher: Addison Wesley Price: $47 The Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) comes in
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      • 679 26  -  Alfred Siew Multimedia data files are being stored in accessories as small as a stamp, coin, match box or a stick of gum For more than a century, silver halide film was the medium of storage for photographs. But thanks to a few short years of
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      • 478 27 Apart from Sony camcorders, music players and PDAs, car audio players from Alpine and printers from Epson (in the US) also sport Memory Sticks. Sony sells 8 MB to 128 MB of Memory Sticks now, with a 256 MB version expected next year. It
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      • 429 28 Add-on gadgets combined with mobile software solutions can turn Palm-based handheld devices into usefid business tools. BILLY TEO explores the possibilities -y ike a Transformer toy that can change from -i:i robot into a mean filing machine, there is more to your Palm-based handheld than meets the
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      • 293 28 Thanks to his trusty Palm lIIC, Mr Jazz Lee, 46, a property agent with Dennis Wee Realty has said goodbye to the tedium of cutting out classified advertisements from the newspaper. Using the RX (Real Xchange) Turbo software developed by Eon Infotech,
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      • 79 28 The "To Do" list helps to prioritise the important tasks. Set alarms for meetings scheduled in the datebook, as a reminder to be on time. Back up data at least once a day to the PC through hot synchronisation with the Palm, so that
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      • 95 28 Some hardware add-ons that can extend the capabilities of your Palm 111 or V series of handheld devices, from Sunderland Technologies: Software solutions developed by Sunderland Technologies to work with the Palm hardware: OrderCentral for taking and managing inventory Bon-appet.it for taking orders in a restaurant OMNlassist for
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    • REVIEWS
      • 573 29  - Made for mobility Edward Lim You'll never be out of touch ivith the Compaq Evo Nl5O. With its choice of connectivity options, getting online is easy. The 8x DVD drive makes the Evo Nl5O an ideal companion for travellers. Pop in a DVD, plug in a headset and you are
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      • 373 30  -  Alfred Siew With a powerful processor and a low price, the Digitek Venture Value PC is a worthy workhorse. What you get 1 GHz AMD Athlon processc MSI KTI33A-based motherboard ♦20 GB hard disk ♦64 MB SDRAM ♦50x CD-ROM ♦8 MB AGP VGA Card ♦15-inch Digitek
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      • 241 30  -  Adli Yashir Casio QV-2900UX $799 Available from authorised Casio dealers Casio's latest digital camera, the QV--2900UX is classily designed and has an ergonomic non-slip handgrip for good handling. It has the usual features built-in flash, an 8x optical zoom, self-timer and automatic exposure functions and
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      • 520 31  -  Mok Heng Ngee Files which you've put away, intentionally or otherwise, can be now be "resurrected" magically with FinalData. FinalData 1.0 Standard Version (for Windows 9x/ME) $180 Available from Snrtec. Contact sales@snrtec.com or call 334-2383 p-w-^he transition from MS-DOS to Windows JL 95 by Microsoft saw
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      • 54 31 A demo version of FinalData, which allows you to recover a maximum of three files each time, can be freely downloaded from www.snrtec.com Other useful tips on how you can tap on undeletion software: Up the buffer size of the Recycle Bin. Do regular backups. Refrain from
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      • 407 32  - Be Napoleon, or beat him Andrew Lim A slice of history comes alive controlling your army and strategising battle plans require great skill. Waterloo: Napoleon's I,ast Battle $57-90 Available from New Era Entertainment. Call 2J~>--2338 By 1812, the brilliant French general Napoleon Bonaparte had conquered almost all of Europe. He
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      • 323 32  -  Angelena Lim Ms Frizzle and her magic bus are up to their tricks again! The Magic School Bus in Concert (for ages six to 10) $39-90 Available from Horizonplanet IQ. Call 353-1600 If you've heard of The Magic School Bus TV series, you'll be familiar with Ms
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      • 339 32 Micro Portable Multimedia LCD Projector £g qft 9 PLC -S W I S/S VGA/850 Lms JS& High brightness |g BE aS^F S Quiet and smootj 1 operation iy^ Wireless remote control with mouse functions Sfißfii^-^-^^^BBll^^tes^Hfc.— x^flfe&Hk Lightweight arid compact with SVGA real pro'»ction Btefifel^^Pfi ■■Ji^ I Ideal tot office and
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      • 118 34 Give your PC the whole works for peak performance The new Norton SystemWorks 2002 software suite (left, estimated retail price $149) from Symantec is a matching companion to the new Windows XP operating system, for optimal performance of your PC. It contains the latest ("2002") full versions
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        90 34 Get a free Che-ez mini digital camera (right) worth $179, when you buy any Canon S-series Think Tanks printer and USB (universal serial bus) scanner. If you buy just one Canon device, you can still get the option to buy the Che-ez camera at a special price of
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      • 72 34 Go for XML-based ...education courses at the new XML Academy set up by Software AG in Singapore. IT professionals undergoing courses have the option of sitting for certification exams to be recognised as XML engineers. Courses include XML application programming and a technical introduction to
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        178 34 New IBM server The IBM eServer pSeries 66( Model 6MI system is a midrange rack mountable server, with an 8-way symmetric multiprocessor for Web serving, commercial transaction processing and Java processing. It uses the same RS 64 1V processor found in the 24-way IBM p6BO server, which is
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    • OPINION
      • 523 35 When the virtual world really lends a hand A need arises, and the World Wide Web becomes a global pool of kindness. At the office last week, my colleagues and I were shocked at the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Many of us had friends in either or
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      • 463 36 The US tragedy last week made a global impact EILEEN YU gives a first-hand account from Atlanta, while ALFRED SIEW in Singapore discovers that the Internet has a new role to play. Barely 15 hours before the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, I was in
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      • 520 37 I was still at work last Tuesday night when I got a curious message on the phone. A plane had crashed into one of the two World Trade Center towers in New York, a colleague informed me. It's an accident, I thought. These things happen.
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