The Straits Times, 22 December 2001

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    25 1 The Straits Times Established 1H45 Saturday December 22, 2001 158 Pages m seven parts mita (P) 024/12/2000 L^y A Singapore Press Holding publication OvJ (tuts
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    Lock icon US stimulus plan fails in Senate
    404 1  -  LEE SIEW HUA Inability of Democrats and Republicans to agree on right mix of tax cuts, spending spells doom for economic recovery move By rSCOHHKSPONDKST WASHINGTON A stimulus package designed to spark the United States economy after the Sept 11 attacks has collapsed m
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    Lock icon Argentine President quits abruptly
    535 1 BUENOS AIRES Argentine President Fernando de la Rua resigned after two days of anarchic street protests, leaving the country rudderless and on the brink of bankruptcy. His abrupt exit on Thursday came after widespread protests over his government's stringent economic policies left more than 24 people
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    Lock icon 435 axed in first round of UOB cuts
    406 1  -  EDNA KOH By FINANCK CORRF.SPONDF.NT UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) yesterday retrenched 435 employees m the first round of staff cuts after a SlO-billion merger with Overseas Union Bank, but its timing and tactics have offended some people. Some axed employees apparently first
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      304 1 DE Wy, China, Japan agree to end eight-month row over import restrictions page 4 LafiaaaaaaaVal LVI iKaaH Our grtt to you wi make this Chr '*t ma unforgettable. In the spirit of giving, we're offering all UOB and OUB bTi aaPa^laaraPaayjaara^aaWaar aal Lamr n K/^Wfl H Credit Cardmembers the Triple
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      18 1 [See also MONEY: SI 1] 8 '*****1' *****7 The Straits Times interactive: http://straitstimesasial.com.sq is available from 6 am.
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  • NEWS FLASH
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      206 2 WHERE'S MY CHRISTMAS CARD? PEOPLE are sending fewer Christmas cards this year, says Singapore Post. More than 1O million festive greeting cards were posted last year, but their numbers are set to tall to just eight million or so this year. Reasons tor the 2()-per-cent drop include the economic
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      97 2 SHADES OF WHITE AUSTRALIA' AUSTRALIA'S diplomats and politicians would like the world to believe that its "White Australia" policy is dead and buried. And they are quick to point to the sound beating suffered m the recent election by politician Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party. But most analysts believe
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      88 2 SKYUNE SERVES AS MUSEUM SINGAPORE'S skyline is superior to Tokyo's, says well-known Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa. Except that most landmarks here happen to be the work of luminaries such as Norman Foster and I.M. Pei. But that makes Singapore an "architectural field museum", he adds. Mr Kurokawa, who is
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      91 2 AS I A Students inarmed clashes held THAI police detained more than 200 students, following a clash between rival groups armed with guns, knives and explosives at a Bangkokvocational college on Thursday night. The gangland-style battle the worst case of student violence m many years had left one student killed
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      87 2 Hackers climb m by Windows XP MICROSOFT has announced that its Windows XP operating system has a big security flaw it allows hackers to erase or take control of files from Internet-connected computers. More than seven million XP users also risk having their PCs directed secretly by hackers to
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      93 2 Boos for boozy players ENGLISH football players are known to like their tipple. But fresh revelations of some of their boozy antics have brought a new round of condemnation from several national newspapers. The latest case of a West Ham player urinating on a nightclub bar proved to be
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      58 2 CHINA PUNT FOR CHARTERED? China could be a possible site for a Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing plant, after its planned purchase of a stake m a Chinese chipmaker. Chartered already has five operational wafer-fabrication plants m Singapore, but plans to export chips to China from its local facility or build
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      71 2 LITTLE HELP FOR ARGENTINA ARGENTINA'S crisis is worsening. But while government and financial leaders worldwide expressed their concern, they offered little concrete support. Four years of recession have brought the South American country to its knees and bled it nearly dry of foreign reserves. But US Treasury Secretary Paul
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      150 2 AS I A MORE THAIS DIVORCING WITH divorce rates climbing m Thailand, more Thai women are opting to stay single rather than go through a broken marriage. Thai social workers warned that the trend could lead to other problems such as juvenile delinquency, drug abuse and unhealthy marriage patterns. In
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      69 2 WHY NIELSEN SAID NO' PREMIERSHIP scout Tommy Nielsen would have to take a pay cut of at least $30,000 a month if he had accepted the Home United coaching job earlier this month. The 40-year-old Everton FC staffer turned down the opportunity to coach the Singapore Cup champion, which
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      1064 2 MAIN Prime 3,4,7 World 8-24 Editorial 26 Commentary 26.27 Forum 28,3] HOME Home Hl-H7 Insight.. HlO-Hl2 Tech Science H13,H14 ASIA Asia Al East Asia A2-Al4 S-EAsia.Al6-A25 Malaysia. A26- A3 l Weather A32 SPORTS/ MONEY Sports Sl-S7 Money S9-Sl4 LIFE! Comics L 4 Motoring L 8 Design L9-Lll Books L12.L13 Travel
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  • PRIME NEWS
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      Lock icon Don't be apart, Malays told
      487 3  -  LYDIA LIM Abdullah urges community to integrate, and show what Islam is about by their lifestyle and how they relate to others §1 MUSLIMS here must engage the other communities and not segregate themselves, said Mr Abdullah Tarmugi last night at an Istana dinner to
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      Lock icon Motorists get 10 centres for crash checks
      433 3  -  EUNICE LAU By MOTORISTS involved m accidents have to send their vehicles to any of the 1O independent assessment centres (lAC) to be set up m about six months' time before repairs can be carried out. All the 36 motor insurers under General
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      Lock icon MYSTERY SQUID FOUND
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      Lock icon Polls body should be autonomous
      350 4  - Polls body should be autonomous TAN TARN HOW FEEDBACK SUGGESTION By SELECTIONS COMMISSION AUTONOMOUS OF THE GOVERNMENT WILL MARE THE ELECTION PROCESS SEEM MORE TRANSPARENT A POLICY feedback group will be suggesting to the Government that it "consider" setting up an "autonomous elections commission". Mr Viswa Sadasivan, who leads the
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      Lock icon China, Japan end 8-montn trade row
      430 4  - China, Japan end 8-montn trade row MARY KWANG In last-ditch deal Japan agrees not to impose curbs on farm products while China eases tariffs on consumer durables By C HIWC OK H IS POM) F. NT BEIJING Japan stood to lose with punitive tariffs slapped on its mobile phones, cars
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      Lock icon Tough job for 'young elder' Karzai
      414 7 Afghanistan gets 44-year-old as interim head who must steer rival factions to appoint transitional govt and have polls KABUL Mr Hamid Karzai, a young elder at the age of 44, will become Afghan's interim leader today. The Pashtun tribal elder will be sworn m
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      Lock icon FIVE-STAR SERVICE
      66 7 DESMOND WEE Royal Plaza on Scotts' doorman, Mr Syed Kadir Syed Hameed 47, has been in the limelight since he donned his new uniform this week. The battery-operated outfit twinkles with 384 blue and white fairy lights every few seconds For two hours each night from 7.30 pm,
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      Lock icon Cheer up at River Hongbao
      400 7  -  SUE-ANN CHIA Dinosaurs among the attractions to ring m Year of the Horse Hu BRINGING cheer to Singaporeans during this economic downturn is the main aim of next year's Singapore River Hongbao at Marina Promenade. Despite a slight cut m budget to $1.4 million, the
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      1071 3 TheßusinessTimes "l "l weekend Why some property analysts are expecting a 5 to 8 per cent fall m Singapore office rentals m the next six months. The pros and cons of using CPF as risk capital to promote local enterprise. The ultimate gift guide what to get for those who
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Fall from grace
      296 8 Fall from grace Exit Argentinian President Fernando De La Rita His departure after rioting m Buenos Aires sparked by a huge debt and unpopular austeiity moves brings cheers BUENOS AIRES A crushing US$l32-billion (***** billion) debt burden and the imposition of unpopular austerity measures fed riots that forced President Fernando
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      Lock icon No outside help for Argentina
      723 9 Although the country is on the brink of financial default, no cavalry has stepped forward to rescue it from economic chaos 'Nobody's going to rescue Argentina until the Argentines rescue themselves. That's the bottom line. -"~:S3£B NEIGHBOURS' REACTIONS: Calm and consternation REACTION among Argentina's neighbours
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      Lock icon De la Rua failed to deliver on promises
      402 9 His two-year tenure as president ends with protests BUENOS AIRES Mr Fernando de la Rua cast himself as a candidate of change, a dull but steady hand to guide Argentina out of a recession after a decade under the flamboyant Carlos Menem.
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      Lock icon Korean couple commit suicide after looting
      203 9 Korean couple commit suicide after looting BUENOS AIRES A Korean couple whose shop outside the Argentine capital was looted committed suicide on Thursday, according to local news reports. The husband and wife took their lives at their home at Cuidadela, 10 miles outside Buenos Aires. They were said to have
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    • PEOPLE
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        Lock icon American TV host signs $120m deal
        202 11 American TV host signs $120 m deal HIGHEST PAID ANCHOR LOS ANGELES A top US news presenter has signed a new contract worth around US$65 million (Ssl2o million), making her the highest paid news personality m American television history, industry sources said on Thursday. NBC's Katie Couric, who presents the
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        Lock icon RARE INSECT NAMED AFTER NZ PREMIER
        101 11 WELLINGTON It is not the sort of honour usually bestowed on a country's leader, but New Zealand's Prime Minister Helen Clark yesterday graciously accepted having a hairy beetle named after her. Entomologist Richard Leschen said he chose to name the "very beautiful" beetle after
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        Lock icon 19 MARRIAGES 'DID NOT VIOLATE LAW'
        89 11 CAIRO Defence lawyers for a wealthy Muslim conservative businessman accused of having more than four wives at once said m their final plea on Thursday that their client did not violate Islamic law m any of his 19 marriages. "What he did was no
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        Lock icon HOLLY HUNTER'S MARRIAGE AT STAKE
        76 11 LOS ANGELES Os-car-winning actress Holly Hunter's festive season was cast into gloom on Thursday when her cinematographer husband filed for divorce m a Los Angeles court. Film-maker Janusz Kaminski, who has won two Academy Awards himself for his work on Schindler's List and Saving Private
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        53 11 Radio talk-show host Rush Limbauqh may regain up to 50 per cent of his hearing, said doctors who performed cochlear implant surgery on him. Saudi Princess Buniah al-Saud faces a lawsuit filed by her Indonesian maid who wants "m excess of US$l5,OOO (5528,000) M for the beating she allegedly got
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        47 11 Quoteworthy It's not through lack of trying. I've found people I want to get married to, but tfiey didn *t want to get married to me. Conservative British MP Adrian Flook. .'IN, who det -hired m a parliamentary magazine- that \w is It iLini; for a *Mm
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      Lock icon Chips in banknotes could foil money-launderers
      489 11  -  GRACE SUNG Chip makers are planning to put minute radio frequency identification tags into euro banknotes to fight counterfeiters By F.I ROPK CORRESPONDENT TAGS: Similar to smart card technology A radio frequency identification tag would comprise at least a chip and an antenna. The
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      Lock icon Hamas orders halt to suicide and mortar attacks against Israel
      551 13 Hamas orders halt to suicide and mortar attacks against Israel The decision is made after 15 months of violence 'to preserve Palestinian unity', says a leaflet circulated by the group GAZA CITY (Gaza Strip) The Palestinian militant group, Hamas, vsterday ordered a halt to suicidebombing attacks and mortar barrages against
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      Lock icon India recalling envoy to Pakistan
      203 13 ATTACK ON PARLIAMENT NEW DELHI India said yesterday it was recalling its ambassador from Pakistan and terminating rail and bus services that connect the two nations, as relations worsened following a suicide attack on Parliament that New Delhi blames on Islamabad. Foreign Ministry spokesman Nirupama
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      Lock icon 30,000 Australian jobs at risk as tourists stay away
      411 18 Visitor arrivals dropped by more than a fifth last month, causing alarm m the $12b international tourism industry DOUBLE BLOW TO TOURISM THE effects of Ansett's collapse and the Sept 1 1 attacks continued to have an impact on tourism, with
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      Lock icon THIS CAT IS PART OF ROME'S HERITAGE
      50 18 REUTERS A cat sunbathes among the ruins X temple m Home, one ot thousands who have made their homes among city's ancient ruins. They are now as protected as their surroundings after the city council nominated them as part of Rome's historical heritage.
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      Lock icon Woman's heart cut out in bizarre murder
      232 18  -  ALFRED LEE By STRAITS TIMES El ROPE BIRKM LONDON Police are hunting for a murderer who killed a 90-year-old woman and then expertly cut out her heart and placed it two metres from her body. They fear the woman could be the first
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    • WORLD FILE
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        Lock icon PIT BULLS BANNED IN TEGUCIGALPA
        41 18 HONDURAN officials said on Thursday they plan to kill or expel all of the pit bulls m the capital of Tegucigalpa because they arc considered a threat to the two million people who live there. AP
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        Lock icon RUSSIA TO EASE VISA ISSUANCE
        49 18 NEXT year, it will be possible m Russia to buy a short-term entry visa upon arrival. The 72-hour visa can be bought at passport control for US$35 (SS6S) starting Feb 1, Ria Novosti cited the government's top tourism official Alexander Sorokin as saving. AFP
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        39 18 DESPITE stepped-up border controls, an out- break of the deadly Ebola disease has spread from Gabon to neighbouring Republic of Congo, the World Health Organis- ation and government officials said on Thursday. AP
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        27 18 THE New Zealand government yesterday lifted sanctions against Fiji after the Commonwealth readmitted the South Pacific country to the 54--member organisation. AP
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        46 18 A NIGERIAN lawmaker was bludgeoned to death by armed attackers, sparking street fighting between supporters of a state governor and his deputy, police and witnesses said on Thursday. Mr Odunayo Olagbaju was killed on Wednesday outside his home m thecilyof Ife. AP
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  • COUNTERSTRIKE AGAINST TERRORISM
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      55 20 AN AFGHAN child holds up a leaflet warning people not to pick up unexploded ordnance. US soldiers m Mazar-e-Sharif have handed out more than 7,000 leaflets to help protect and warn the people of the dangerous conditions. On Thursday, an explosion shattered the city's central market,
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      Lock icon Explosion rips through Mazar-e- Sharif market
      331 20 The blast injures 100 at a moneychangers' section of the city market m the northern city. It is not clear if it is a terrorist act MAZAR-E-SHARIF An explosion ripped through a market m the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Thursday, wounding 100
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      383 20 Afghans warn Pakistani minister to stay away IF HE COMES HERE WE CANNOT GUARANTEE HIS SAFETY. IN FACT, IF I COULD LAY MY HANDS ON HIM I WOULD MYSELF CUT HIM INTO SMALL PIECES.' Afghan police official Abdul Basi i KABUL Afghans have warned Pakistan's Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar to
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      563 23 ABC News' translation reveals names left out of original Pentagon version and that Saudi religious leaders had hailed attacks WASHINGTON There are omissions m the official translation of the \ideotape showing Osama bin I,aden gloating over the Sept 11 attacks that could
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      261 23 Western media slandering us: Saudi minister RIYADH Venting new frustration at how Saudi Arabia is being portrayed m the West, two top officials have publicly assailed what they called unfair and biased news coverage, with one citing a "slanderous campaign. In remarks published m Saudi newspapers on Thursday, the Defence
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      59 23 ON THE 100 th day after terrorists attacked the United States, President George W. Bush took action on Thursday to cut off financing to two more groups. This includes Umnah Tameer E-nau, a Pakistani group he said had helped Osama bin Laden's Al-Qae-da terrorist
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      99 23 US SECRETARY of State Colin Powell said the United States' military success m Afghanistan does not indicate that a similar action m Iraq would succeed. While acknowledging there might be terrorists m Iraq, the Bush administration's focus remained on Osama bin leaden and Afghanistan,
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      54 23 EIGHT foreigners suspected of having links to terrorism were arrested m Somalia on Thursday, an official of the Somali transitional government said m Nairobi yesterday. The eight were arrested m swoops and were being questioned b\ intelligence services, while others were still being sought,
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      679 24 Opinion leaders around the world say US policies brought on the attacks, reflecting their love-hate r attitude VULNERABLE. THAT'S GOOD 52 per cent of the foreign leaders said US policies were responsible for the attacks, while only 18 per cent of the US
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        583 26 THE fall of President Fernando de la Rua will not solve Argentina's massive economic problems, and Thursday's riots could be a harbinger of worse things to come. Whoever takes charge it looks like the return of the Peronists will face the same arduous task of reversing Argentina's
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      606 26  -  TOM PLATE By LOS ANGELES Is the tabled and fearsome Law of Unintended Consequences about to descend on India and Korea? As the United States military proceeds impressively to reduce Al-Qaeda and the Taleban to scraps of history. New Delhi and Seoul are
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      1115 26  - Lessons from Argentina s economic crisis MARTIN WOLF H) KINANCIAI.TIMF.S THE STORY OF ARGENTINA'S FALL ILLUSTRATES THE DIFFICULTY FACED BY THE IMF IN AVOIDING CAPTURE BY ITS BORROWERS. ARGENTINA'S reckless rectitude has foundered on the rocks of popular protest. With the departure of Mr Domingo Cavallo, Economy Minister and creator
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      1382 27  -  KALINGA SENEVIRATNE Immigration Policies Bu THE WHITE AUSTRALIA POUCY IS DEAD AND GONE. HOWEVER, IF INFLUENTIAL AUSTRALIANS HAVE THEIR WAY, IT MIGHT SOON BE REPLACED BY A MUSUM IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION ACT 0R r PERHAPS, A JUDEOCHRISTIAH AUSTRALIA POUCY.' DURING a visit back home earlier
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      449 28 Although the study found that a combination of beta carotene, Vitamin C, Vitamin E and zinc is beneficial for persons with AMD, the investigators advised smokers that it may be prudent for them to avoid taking beta carotene. I THANK Mr Phua Kirn Hiang
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      242 28 IN MANY COUNTRIES, TOUR GUIDES ARE PAID A MEAGRE SUM OR ARE NOT PAID A SALARY. THEY, THEREFORE, RELY ON TIPS AS THEIR MAIN SOURCE OF INCOME. I REFER to the letter, "Issues with tipping, tour-group size" by Ms Joanna Phan Swee Lee, (ST,
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      249 28 I THANK Mr Hua Pak Cheong ("PSA must stay competitive"; ST, Dec 5) and Mr Lim Boon Hee ("Price critical for PSA as others compete"; ST, Dec 18) for their interest m PSA's pricing policies. The mass media is not the forum for discussing
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      127 28 Charges for e-payment system in line with industry I REFER to Ms Ng Bee Choo's letter, "Bank charges too high tor small firm" (ST, Dec 19). We would like to explain that while we understand Ms Ng's situation, our decision to provide an online end-to-end purchase-order-to-e-payrnent infrastructure tor our Internet
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      568 31 The ungoverned nature of the Internet makes it difficult for Internet service providers to promise subscribers guaranteed access speeds. What many operators, including SCV, can at best do is to indicate tlie maximum speed attainable on a best-effort basis. SINGAPORE Cable Vision thanks readers
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      81 31 Personal queries keep Shaw site secure IRKFKRtoMrGerry Choo's letter, "Shaw website cumbersome" (ST,Dec2l). Security is the primary reason for requesting personal details of our customers. The information helps us guard against credit-card fraud and also assists m tracing any problems our customers may nave. All information and booking transactions are
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      291 31 Capital gains taxable' under SRS A PERSON PLANNING FOR RETIREMENT SHOULD BE AWARE THAT PART OF HIS CAPITAL GAINS COULD BE TAXABLE I WOULD like to highlight the fact that capital gains, or investment gains, could be taxable under the Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS). The Government maintains that capital gains
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      148 31 Chek jawa reversal courageous THE report, "Übin's nature beach gets a reprieve" (ST, Dec 21), augurs well for the conservation of our natural heritage. The mud and sandflats of Tanjong Chek Jawa are an important treasure trove that must be preserved. I applaud the courageous move by Minister for National
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      8 1 The Straits Times home Saturday, December 22, 2(X)l
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      450 1  - Fewer Christmas cards in the mail STEVE DAWSON The current economic downturn may be partly to blame but the ease of e-cards has made a lot of converts too By TFCHNOI.OGV CORRESPONDENT MORE than 10 million festive f;reetings were sent during the cad up to Christmas 2000 but Singapore Post
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      31 1 THE JOY OF RECEIVING Tm so happy! I know I act like a child sometimes. I love getting presents. Retiree Sim Siok Bway, 74, who received a slow -cooker from .SingTel
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      177 1 GREETING CARDS A HOT BUSINESS ON THE NET Tve been so busy that I missed the deadline for posting cards overseas. E-cards are proving to be a great last resort. E-cards are so easy/ Housewife Jacqueline lit", who usually sends about 30 Christmas cards a
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      522 2  - Balakrishnan steps down as SGH chief LIANG HWEE TING CEO thanks his team as he leaves to take on minister post; Prof Y.Y. Ong to be acting CEO till new head is found By THE chairman of Singapore General Hospital's medical board will hold the fort at Singapore's largest and
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      185 2 THE Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and Sing Health have raised $30,000 for The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund. Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, who is stepping down as the chief executive officer of SGH, presented the cheque to Straits Times editor Leslie Pong last night. The
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      140 2 Call the School Pocket Money Fund hotlines: 1900-914-0005 to give Ss° 1900-914-0010 to give S10" All c;dl charges sponsored by DBS Bank Make out a crossed cheque to The School Pocket Money Fund", and send it to: MsSelinaLee Finance Division, Singapore Press Holdings Level 3, Annex
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      346 2  -  K.C. VIJAYAN By THE Public Utilities Board will spend more than $5 million beefing up security at vital installations m the coming year. The security measures include installing more cameras and high-tech fenceintrusion detection and alarm systems at remote, unmanned areas. PUB
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      495 4  -  LALRELTEO BOOK LAUNCH Hu In those clays, there were no big MNCs to offer us good jobs. The private sector could not match the civil service m terms of salaries. So joining the public service was the natural thing to do. Mr Harry
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      176 4 SHOPPERS buying their festive goodies m town can make a quick stop at Orchard Road to donate blood this weekend. The Singapore Red Cross Society and The Heeren shops are organising a blood-dona-tion drive cum roadshow today and tomorrow at The Heeren. Ms Carol Teo,
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      391 4  -  KRIST BOO fh STEVEN Chong was drinking Hooper's Hooch when he was 17, even though he was one year shy of the legal age to buy alcohol. Quite often, he said, he just took the bottles off supermarket shelves. Now 20 and working as a
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      449 4  -  TRACY QUEK Manjusri Secondary says if it is true that its students were involved m the assault case, it will help them learn through this incident THE hammer attack on a student from Manjusri Secondary and his four friends last Saturday was the first assault
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      511 6  -  ELENA CHONG SIL A WOMAN who claimed the injuries on her domestic maid were self-inflicted was sentenced yesterday to 10 months m jail for scalding the teenager and kicking her m the back. Housewife Lim Kirn Luan, 33 and a mother of
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      Lock icon Man gets jail and cane for blinding co-worker
      363 6 The victim, who was bashed on the head with an iron rod, was an onlooker at first when the attacker and another man were quarrelling A MAN hashed his co-worker on the head with an iron rod during an argument, blinding him
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      Lock icon Researcher forged doctor's signature out of spite
      242 6 Researcher forged doctor's signature out of spite A RESEARCH coordinator at the National Cancer Centre forged the signature of a doctor colleague on two prescription forms to get him into trouble. But Leong Chin Hwang, 27, got himself into trouble instead. He found himself m the dock m a district
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      Lock icon Retiree, 64, molested neighbour four times
      348 6  -  ALETHEA LIM Ih, A 64-YEAR-OLD man molested his 20-year-old neighbour m the lift of their apartment block, and even assaulted her m her flat. The woman is mildly retarded and retiree Tan Sin Yong nearly got away with his crime, because she did not
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      Lock icon 'Sis-in-law to blame' for pawnshop loss
      395 6  -  WONG FEI WAN Hi, A PAWNSHOP director said millions of dollars m pledged jewellery was released to a client, although it had not been properly redeemed, because he nad "deferred" to his older sis-ter-in-law. At two other shops, her son let the same customer
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      505 7  -  ALICIA YEO Singapore's big companies are not forgetting the needy this festive season even though all have tightened their belts H U RETIREE Sim Siok Bway, 74, who is single, boils herbal soup for dinner almost every day but finds it troublesome as she has to
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      Lock icon Flood-hit Vietnam gets S'pore medical aid
      697 7  - Flood-hit Vietnam gets S'pore medical aid KAY JOHNSON Bu IN DONG THAP PROVINCE. VIETNAM 7 think we do make quite a bit of difference. As health-care professionals, we have something concrete to contribute. It makes all the hard work worthwhile.' Dr Wong Mum Yew, 30, an obstetrics and gynaecology specialist
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        195 10 Election deposit Complaint: It is much too high at $13,000. It stood at $1,500 per candidate until 1988, when it became pegged to the allowances paid to Members of Parliament. The opposition said it was tough to find the money, especially when contesting big group representation constituencies. Rally
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        1382 10  - Should S'pore have an independent elections agency TAN TARN HOW Many decry Singapore's election rules as unfair to the opposition. Our senior correspondent discusses ivhetJier it is time for an independent elections commission By DON'T fix it, so the cliche goes, if it ain't broke. When it comes to Singapore's
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        117 11 Dr Gillian Koh, a researcher at the Institute of Policy Studies Balance the power of such an electoral commission with that of the judiciary, which can adjudicate on legal and constitutional tangles. Associate Professor Thio Li- Ann, from the National University off Singapore Wide-ranging oversight powers, including ensuring
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        567 11 Voting safeguards: How other countries do it Your comments IF YOU have any feedback on this issue, e-mail us at stlocal@sph.com.sg or fax us on 732-0131. IN NEW Zealand, those who fed that changes to electoral boundaries are unfair need not just whine. They can appeal to have the decisions
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        1576 12  - Medical hub: A case of back to the future? WARREN FERNANDEZ THINKING ALOUD ANY ATTEMPT 10 REMAKE SIN6APORE AGAIN IN THIS FASHION Will HOW HAVE TO ADDRESS SEVERAL SERIOUS QUESTIONS, WHICH CAUSED SOME KEY PLAYERS TO DAULK THE LAST TIME THEY WERE FIRST, HOW WILL THE EVER-SPIRALLING COST OF HEALTH
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        364 13 Vulnerability of Internet-connected PCs using Microsoft's new operating system stems from its plug-and-play feature SAN FRANCISCO Microsoft has announced that its flagship Windows XP operating system has a major security flaw that allows hackers to erase files from or take control of
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        76 13 AFP Nasa researchers are developing a new prototype land rover that may someday explore the steep hills and gullies of Mars. Recent Mars Global Surveyor images suggest the possibility of rich water-borne mineral deposits that extend to cliff bases. Called "cliff-bots", these rovers work m teams
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        298 13 ARMONK (New York) International Business Machines (IBM) has won a contract to build a supercomputer nearly twice as powerful as the top machine in use today. A European consortium will use it to forecast the weather. The largest computer maker will use about 100
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        261 13 TOKYO Sony's game unit Sony Computer Entertainment and Softbank, Japan's iargest Internet investor, will jointly develop services using high-speed Internet access, the two companies said. Softbank will supply content now provided by Yahoo! Japan such as news, sports and auctions to
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        423 14 Molecular-sized circuits is top breakthrough Advancements m molecular computing this year hold great possibilities for future innovation, says journal Science WASHINGTON This year's top scientific breakthrough was the advancement towards making electronic circuits the size of a single molecule, according to the editors of Science, one of the world's top
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        53 14 REUTERS I giant, multi-coloured sun dial is set to become Britain's latest roadside artwork and its largest sculpture, towering over the M 1 motorway. Planned for a park near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, artists Richard Swain and Adam Walden hope corporate sponsorship will raise the £350,000 (S$928,000) needed to build
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        226 14 ROCHESTER (New York) Palm might have to stop using the handwriting-recognition software on some of its popular handheld computers, after a federal judge ruled the technology infringed a Xerox patent. Xerox sued Palm, the biggest maker of handheld computers, its then-parent 3Com and United
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        205 14 SEATTLE Microsoft says a maker of software that allows Windows programs to run on the Linux operating system is infringing on its Windows trademark by using the name Lindows.com. "Lindows.com is developing a computer operating system to compete directly witn Microsoft's Windows operating system, and
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      92 1 tH T* V |O P I. E Who's New SGH Chief? Prof Y.Y. Ong, chairman of the SGH medical board, will be acting CFO. pace hs c: r i m c School Breaks Silence Manjusri Secondan says hammer attack on student is its first assault incident. paceh4 H m |^pn
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      17 1 The Straits Times asia Saturday, Dcu'iiilkt 22. 2()01 The Straits Times money o Saturday. December 22. 2001
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      42 1 ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS The EU should grant them asylum if they are so concerned about these people. Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman, rebuffing a plea from the European Union to give refuge to 796 ethnic Karen fleeing the fighting in Mvanmar
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      404 1  -  MARY KWANG Tensions caused by a large low-income population dominated by a small elite will be tough to eradicate, says professor By CHINA CORRESPONDKNT WHY THE DECLINE State-sector workers, once Chinas middle class, are now underprivileged. Growth of middle class has also been hampered by household registration
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      225 1 TAIWAN'S SCOOP MAGAZINE CO-ROM SEX SCANDAL EXPOSE.. TAIPEI The mastermind of a voyeuristic CD-ROM allegedly featuring former Taipei city councillor Chu Mei-feng might be her own "bosom friend", a source said. The revelation fits Ms Chu's own statement on the scandal on Thursday, m which she
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        357 2 IN JAPAN: World's fastest roller-coaster opens with a bang and closes m a flash FUJIYOSHIDA (Japan) Reaching 172 kmh from a standing start m under two seconds with Mount Fiji as a backdrop is not for the faint hearted. It is like being fired from a rocket. You
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        247 2 HONGKONG Two accidents on Ocean Park's new ar-tificial-snow slide at the weekend have left two toddlers with broken bones. The separate incidents happened on Sunday when the children, aged two and three, were sledging on the Winter Sled and Slide,
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        19 2 on the newly installed roller-coaster at the Fujikyu Highland before bad weather stopped further runs.
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          551 3  - Both sides don't want minor issue to disrupt trade ties, say analysts DAVID HSIEH By STRAITS TIMFS CHINA Bl KK U xcvfbvfbbfgb BEIJING The agreement hammered out after an eight-month-long trade impasse between China and Japan was an indication that neither side wanted to let a relatively small dispute disrupt
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          Lock icon Case of leeks, mushrooms and tatami
          145 3 Case of leeks, mushrooms and tatami THE trade row began m April when Japan imposed a 200-day import restriction on leeks, shiitake mushrooms and rushes used to make tatami mats, products imported mostly from China. Beijing retaliated m June by imposing 100 per cent punitive tariffs on imports of Japanese
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          465 3  -  HAU BOON LAI By SI HUTS TIMKS JAPAN HI KKU gfnfbgbg TOKYO Japan needs China more than China needs Japan. This was a relatively common assessment of Japan's economic fortunes among husiness leaders here following China's entry into the World
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        618 4  -  HAU BOON LAI Is Japanese money being used against the nation itself? That is the question following the failure of two credit unions By STHAITS TIMES JAPAN BIHKAI LOANS SCAM: Billions embezzled THE Chogin Tokyo and the Chogin Kinki credit unions each
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        283 4 TOKYO The Tokyo authorities have unleashed their deadliest measure to date m the battle to rein m the city's ornery crows an extermination plan aimed at wiping out 7.000 of the big black birds by March. Mischievous and aggressive, Tokyo crows brandish blade-sharp beaks
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        Lock icon Former Hongkong legislator jailed for influence-peddling
        409 5 Judge says Gary Cheng's selling of government secrets to a client has caused an erosion of trust m lawmakers HONGKONG Former legislator Gary Cheng, brought down by an influence-ped-dling scandal, was sentenced yesterday to 18 months m jail for selling government secrets to a
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        205 5 HONGKONG Ms Zhang Zhuan, the girlfriend of Gary Cheng, has promised to wait for him m spite of his conviction and jail sentence because she loves him "just as he is". "No matter what the world will become, what will happen... if Gary
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        245 5 HONGKONG A Hongkong newspaper has been ordered by a judge to pay a "timid" lawyer more than HKS3.6 million (S$85O,OOO) for depressing her so much with an untrue front-page story that it led to her giving birth prematurely. Justice Maria Yuen, m her
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          56 5 EXILED Chinese writer Wang Ruowang has died of lung cancer m a New York hospital, aged 83. Jailed for backing the Tiananmen Square prodemocracy movement m 1989, Mr Wang was allowed to leave China m 1992 along with other dissidents for America, where he produced articles
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          68 5 ONE worker was feared dead and four others were injured yesterday after being crushed between a hydraulic-ally raised platform and the stage of a theatre m Tokyo, police said. They were conducting a regular check of the elevator platform when it kept rising
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          57 5 A HONGKONG couple decided to commit suicide because they had been unable to repay more than HK$8OO,0()() (8$188,4OO) m debts.and pay their housing mortgage. Their bodies were discovered when the couple's employer went to the flat after they had failed to report for work since
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          67 5 FOUR elderly women trying to pick seaweed to eat during New Year festivities drowned yesterday after being swept away by high waves. The women, all m their late 60l or 70s, apparently frequented the shore on the west coast m the northern Aomori Prefecture of Japan
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          55 5 SOUTH Korea and Japan agreed yesterday to waive visas for visitors from each other's country during next year's World Cup finals which they are co-hosting, the foreign ministry m Seoul said. The South Koreans or Japanese can stay for up to days without visas m
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        537 6  -  LAWRENCE CHUNG Enough is enough, says producer-actor Bobby Hou about his show on the former president, who is 'hurting the island' By STRAITS TIM IS TAIWAN BUREAU TAIPEI The popular impersonator of former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui has decided to stop his
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        Lock icon 10,000 Taiwan businessmen in China's communist party
        237 6 TAIPEI At least 10,000 Taiwanese businessmen m China have joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to a ruling part)- legislator. The claim came amid controversy over the set up of a CCP cell m the Shenzhen subsidiary of a Taiwanese firm. Mr
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        305 6 PARIS Chinese and Japanese who are convinced that the number four brings fatal bad luck could be signing their own death warrant. Millions of Japanese and Chinese shun the number four because m Mandarin, Canionese and Japanese the sound
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        473 9 FATAL INJECTION OF MORPHINE Pregnant victim had filed molest charges against him DRUGGED, MOLESTED AND THEN MURDERED MS CHAN YUEN LING, 29, and her husband arrived m Australia m 1995 on student visas. She was seven months pregnant when she was
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        347 9 HK people keen on owning mainland property In a survey, 23% say they already own or have relatives who have property across the border HONGKONG More than half of Hongkong people have bought a residential property m China or would like to do so, with most of these people keen
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        Lock icon Move to limit public housing a time bomb'
        223 9 Move to limit public housing a time bomb' HONGKONG A Hongkong Housing Authority plan that will result m more families being screened out of public housing was described as going "against humanitarianism". At a legislative Council housing panel meeting, lawmakers questioned whether the plan was politically motivated to help fulfil
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        Lock icon Reluctant liver donors force more live HK transplants
        338 10 Appeal goes out for the people, who are among the world's meanest post-mortem donors, to stop straining medical resources 111 HONGKONG Hongkong doctors have been forced to carry out an increasing number of live liver transplants, a more expensive and risky surgery,
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        Lock icon Father donates liver so son will not have to wait
        236 10 HONGKONG Mr Choi Kwok Wai, 37, chose to donate part of his liver to his two-year-old son, Xi Sang, to avoid the long waiting list for organs from dead donors. When Xi Sang was only a few months old. he
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        194 11 The number of criminal cases between January and November climbed by 12.6 per cent to 2,508,983 from the same period last year. The 11 -month total already exceeds the 2,443,000 cases handled by police all of last year, which was the worst annual figure since
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        Lock icon Japan crime rate soars by 12% but arrest rate falls to a new low
        261 11 Japan crime rate soars by 12% but arrest rate falls to a new low Crime cases rise as Tokyo battles a severe economic slump TOKYO Crime m Japan rose to a record high during the first 11 months of this year, while the arrest rate fell to its lowest level
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        Lock icon Osaka's homeless prefer life on the streets
        269 11 Osaka's homeless prefer life on the streets Only 20 of 130 people camping m Nisninari Park want to move into official shelters built for them OSAKA Many homeless people m Osaka prefer living on the streets instead of m municipal shelters, according to a survey that has shocked officials. The
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        398 12 Former ambassador's appointment highlights the oddities as well as weaknesses of the judicial system TOKYO Ms Kazuko Yokoo has an excellent resume. She was Japan's ambassador to Ireland. She ran the government's Social Insurance Agency and was a senior bureaucrat m the
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        141 12 TOKYO -The pilot of a Japanese passenger jet forgot his passport yesterday, forcing the plane he was scheduled to fly to delay its departure by almost 90 minutes. JAL Flight 791 left for Shanghai from Tokyo's main international airport at Narita at 11. 39 am with
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        157 14 HONGKONG One of the world's tallest towers has been opened to visitors m Macau on the second anniversary of the former Portuguese colony's handover to China. The 338-m-tall Macau Tower has a revolving restaurant and observation decks. An adjacent complex houses a convention and
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        412 14 Boost for Korea talks as Seoul lifts alert South Korea expects the North to come to the negotiating table soon as it ends the anti-terror alert SEOUL South Korea lifted its anti-terrorism military alert status yesterday, a move that is certain to help revive stalled dialogue with its northern communist
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        84 16 IMIOIOS: THE NATION ASIA NEWS NETWORK It seemed as if her whole world was crumbling when Thai mother Usance Chaisook, 20, found out that her five-day-old baby had been abducted from Khon Kaen Hospital last Saturday. But tears turned to pure happiness when the kidnapper
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        Lock icon One in five Thai marriages ending in divorce
        589 16  -  EDWARD TANG Rampant adultery among men is prompting better-educated women to opt out of marriage Bu THAILAND CORRESPONDED BANGKOK Divorce is on the rise m Thailand, and more women are opting for singlehood because of the rear of broken marriages. Of the
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        461 17  -  LUZ BAGUIORO The issue, which threatened to strain Manila's ties with Kuala Lumpur, is finally resolved after Islamic ministers meet Arroyo and her aides Hu PHII.IFPINKSCOHRFSPONDKNT MANILA Rebel leader Nur Misuari will be deported from Sabah m early Januaiy to face
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        592 18  -  DERWIN PEREIRA Sources of conflict between Muslims and Christians are too deep-rooted for Jakarta to eradicate and it anticipates more clashes By STKAITS TIMKS INDONESIA BUMEAU JAKARTA The truce between Christians and Muslims m strifetorn Central Sulawesi province is unlikely to end further
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        314 18 Re-greening to bring back monkeys and tourists But lack of funds hampers island habitat's reforestation JAKARTA Kaget Island, once known worldwide as a tourist destination m South Kalimantan because of its proboscis monkey population, has been abandoned by tourists after a 1996 drought led to the withering of trees and
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        203 18 Thailand plans 'three-country' golf course BANGKOK Thailand hopes to build the world's first "three-country" golf course across its borders with Cambodia and Laos in an area currently strewn with landmines, officials said yesterday. Cabinet Secretary Vissanu Kreungarm told reporters that Thai officials had hatched the idea for the course in
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        301 19 JAKARTA Former Indonesian president Suharto is struggling to recover from a life-threatening bout of pneumonia and will stay m hospital at least until the end of the week, doctors said yesterday. Mr Suharto, 80, was admitted to Jakarta's Pertamina hospital
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        58 19 AP A soldier walking away from the charred wreckage of an Indonesian Air Force C-13U Hercules transport plane yesterday at Malikussaleh airport, 30 km south of Lhokseumawe, Indonesia. All 95 passengers and crew on board managed to get on before the plane burst into flames
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        117 19 BANGKOK Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday said that Thailand would play a more active role m both the economic and political affairs of the region and suggested the possibility of getting involved m the standoff between Myanmar's ruling junta and the opposition. Speaking
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        501 19 Fall of Gus Dur splits his party into two Leadership conflicts emerge m PKB, with one faction loyal to Alwi and the other to Matori JAKARTA Just six months ago, tht National Awakening Party (PKB) was at the forefront of national politics. But since its patriarch Abdurrahman Wahid lost the
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        357 20 Reprimand To Civil Servants During his recent US visit, aides left ministers to attend meetings and went on shopping sprees, he says BANGKOK No more shopping on official foreign trips please. This was the message from Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to government
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        316 20 Boutique inns may be answer to Thailand's tourism woes BANGKOK Reasonably- priced hotels with traditional interior decor and architecture could be the answer to Thailand's ailing tourism industry which is trying to woo iaded big spenders from Japan who now want to spend their money on more traditional experiences. A
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        340 23 Money to be made from Bangkok's garbage Communities will be encouraged to earn money m a scheme involving a network of trash-trading centres Garb*€€ trading centres will be MtWtGII uM By *ltv pPwwIIV* ftar h AOO will K# Ufll Wlfw WI II If* 9* w wfl I* Will Ischirfft hanriliiwi
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        65 23 IN THE hope that it may one day help save the lives of its fellow canines, the owner of this dog allows veterinarians at Thailand's Kasetsart University veterinary' clinic to extract blood. And this is not the first time Satang, the dog, has done so. Mr Samruay
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        356 24 Following a sharp drop m production of the narcotic m Afghanistan, Myanmar has regained the top spot, a US survey shows BANGKOK Myanmar is once again the world's biggest opium producer because of a sharp drop m the production of the illegal narcotic
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        78 24 BUDDHIST monk Tavee Ayutwattako counsels a young addict during a drug-treatment retreat at a temple in Path'umthani province, north of Bangkok. Thailand is trying all means from Buddhist philosophy and traditional medicine to spit-and-polish discipline at army boot camps to cope with its worst social scourge: addiction
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        308 24 Thailand enlists monks to fight scourge of drugs LAD LUM KEO (Thailand) The Thai anti-drugs agency is training monks at 300 Buddhist temples m the hope that they can help m the long-term renabilitation of addicts. The move is the latest m Thailand's efforts to employ a wide range of
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        643 25 Despite an international slowdown, Manila has achieved its economic targets and is back on the track of sustainable development, she says MNC VIEW: A bad investment site MANILA Multinational companies now view the Philippines as among the worst investment destinations in Asia, said a
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        209 25 MANILA Police detonated a 20--kg box of ammonium nitrate explosives yesterday morning m the crowded downtown financial and shopping district after workers reported a suspicious package at a construction site. British and Canadian diplomats were evacuated from their embassies, and holiday shoppers fled as bomb
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        556 26 Police will interview stars to help shed light on the killing of Nida Blanca who was stabbed to death last month DISPUTE: Over properties Ms Blanca (above), one-time co-star of former president Joseph Estrada, was murdered on Nov 7. Her properties, valued at more
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        254 26 Pedestrian-only streets a hit with Bangkok residents BANGKOK Bangkok, a mega-city of some 10 million inhabitants and legendary tor its traffic jams and polluted air. is beginning to discover the delights of pedes-trian-only streets. Each day, 2.b" million vehicles circulate on a small network of roads m the city. one
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        361 27 Bangkok students fight with guns and explosives The clashes at a college leave one dead and 32 injured m one of the worst cases of student violence BANGKOK Police detained 210 students yesterday after rival groups fought with guns, knives and explosives m a gangland-style clash at a Bangkok college
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          Lock icon POLICE RESCUE WOMAN HOSTAGE
          44 27 POLICE RESCUE WOMAN HOSTAGE POLICE yesterday rescued a woman held hostage by former guerillas near the southern Philipfrine city of Cotabato, <>ficials said. Regional police chief Superintendent Bartolome Baluyot said his men rescued rice trader Martina Martin but that her kidnappers had fled. AFP
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          Lock icon GUNMEN KILL OIL WORKER IN ACEH
          35 27 UNIDENTIFIED gunmen killed an Indonesian employee contracted by oil company ExxonMobil Indonesia m its j^as fields m the troubled northern province of Aceh, the company's spok'^man said yesterday. AFP
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          Lock icon SHIPS COLLIDE IN GULF OF THAILAND
          61 27 THREE members of a fishing crew were ■eri</asly injured and tfcree o^ierjyTiissin^aftej^wo ships collided m the Gulf of Thailand on Thursday, a police officer said. The collision between the fishing vessel, Sin Manee Chan 1, and a large unidentified cargo ship took place 56
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          Lock icon YANGON FREES FOUR PRISONERS
          30 27 MYANMAR'S military regime on Thursday freed tour political prisoners belonging to democracy leader Aung San Sun Kyi's National League for Democracy, ■aid an official statement. AFP
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          Lock icon CANBERRA TO PULL OUT TIMOR TROOPS
          33 27 AUSTRALIA plans to withdraw several hundred troops from East Timor, but will continue to help the fledgling nation after independence, Defence Minister Robert Hill said yesterday.. AP
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        Lock icon Student segregation: Union lying, say officials
        528 28 It failed to investigate before saying schools are separating students according to race, says politician KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's biggest teachers' union is lying about racial segregation m schools, said the authorities amid a gag order by the Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad
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        Lock icon 76 years old and he beats students at weights
        208 28 76 years old and he beats students at weights KUALA LUMPUR At an age when his students might be expected to nod him physically, lecturer Mohamea Nor Che' Noh, ~6, carries weights that they can hardly lift. "It normally happens when I'm giving them demonstrations on how to lift weights,"
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        Lock icon Ruling coalition faces challenge from Keadilan in Perlis by-election
        530 29 Ruling coalition faces challenge from Keadilan in Perlis by-election The by-election, caused by the death of a state assemblyman from the MCA r will be a test of support for the Barisan Nasional MCA MAN TO CONTEST A two-cornered fight between BN and Parti Keadilan is expected in the by-election
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        Lock icon Teen breaks neck in freak incident
        188 29 BACHOK (Kelantan) A teenager died of serious neck injuries when he stuck his head out of a car and hit it against a tree while his brother was reversing the vehicle. In the incident, 15-year-old Zulkifli Zakaria suddenly opened the door of the front
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        Lock icon MCA dissidents put their case to grassroots
        504 30 They plan to tell members of the Youth and Womens' wings across the country that their suspension violates the party's constitution 'THE WAY THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE FUNCTIONS IS BASED ON MAJORITY, NOT RIGHTEOUSNESS/ Datuk I Jm, on the body** decision to suspend Youth
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        Lock icon Ex-rice trader now 'most favoured' businessman
        735 31  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA The Mahathir administration has entrusted Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar with a massive $1.2-billion construction project lit/ MAI U si I CORRESPONDENT Keeping a low profile THE not-so-flashy lifestyle of Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary (above) has also won him some points. Although
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        70 31 Cake bis enough for a double celebration PRIME MINISTER Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad (centre) cutting a cake to mark his 76th birthday at the wedding of teachers Naritasnema Shamsuddin (second from left) and Syed Rizan Syed Nordin (far right) m Changloon on Thursday. The bride's father, Mr Shamsuddin Ahmad,
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        Lock icon 500 orang asli learn how to manage their lives
        253 31 500 orang asli learn how to manage their lives JOHOR BAKU Mm than ;■>()() orung aaH m Johor attended a course aimed to help them "open their minds", better manage their finances and run their (amilies. Organised by the Oiang Asli Welfare Department (JHEOA), the year-long course was attended by
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        Lock icon Ministry names 2 'safe schools' for pilot project
        276 32 Ministry names 2 'safe schools' for pilot project They will have an environment which is free of threats SEREMBAN Two schools had been picked for a "safeschool" pilot project aimed at providing a safe environment for students. "The safe-school concept is interpreted as a school with safe surroundings where the
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        Lock icon Victim of brutal murder
        371 32 Body of youth found stabbed 40 times, slashed 90 times Eyes gouged, penis severed Jaw smashed and dislocated KUALA LUMPUR In one of the most brutal murders m Malaysia, a youth was stabbed 4() times, slashed at least 90 times, had his eyes gouged and penis
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        Lock icon Botched smuggling bid sparked riot at rehab centre
        234 33 JOHOH HART A botched smuggling attempt was the cause ot rioting at a drug rehabilitation centre m .lohor that destroyed nine blocks of buildings m October. Johor Social Welfare and Unity Committee chairman Datuk K.S. Balakrishnan said the inmates involved m the
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        Lock icon Criticisms against Attorney-General 'politically driven'
        466 33 A newspaper commentary defends Datuk Abdul Gani's appointment against attacks that 'ignore the facts and rule of law' ARGUMENTS TO SUPPORT NEW A-G THE government, as an executive body, has a right to appoint anyone who is qualified, and that right cannot be questioned. The
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          Lock icon NEW BASE TO STATION HELICOPTER FLEET
          89 33 THE Malaysian Navy will station its helicopter fleet at a RMf>()-million (SS24-million) base to be built m Sungai Wangi m Sitiawan, 15 km from the Lumut naval base m Perak. The delivery of 12 French and British-made helicopters costing RM1.33 billion to the navy
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          Lock icon HIGH COST OF DIALYSIS 'KILLING PATIENTS'
          63 33 MORE than half of the kidney patients m Malaysia died this year because they could not afford dialysis treatment, said the National Kidney Foundation of Malaysia. Its board member Lion Tai Lung Khoon said the cost of each session ranges from RM1.35 (SS6S) to
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          Lock icon POLICE LOCK-UPS IN A POOR STATE
          66 33 MANY police lock-ups m the country are situated m old buildings and m a poor state, said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Norian Mai yesterday. He said such a situation contributed to escape attempts, like m the case of the six remand prisoners who
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          Lock icon MAN FALLS TO DEATH WITH AILING WIFE
          71 33 AN 82-YEAR-OLD man. who could not bear seeing his wife suffer from chronic urinary problems, took her with him to the 15th storey of an apartment building and fell to their death together. A neighbour said his 72--year-old wife had been complaining of
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          Lock icon MEGA SALE CARNIVAL EXTENDED BY TWO DAYS
          64 33 MAI.AYSLVS nationwide mega sale carnival has been extended by two days until Jan 1, 2002. m a move to boost the tourism industry and encourage economic growth. The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry said the carnival, originally scheduled to end on Dec
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          Lock icon FOUR HOSPITALISED FOR SUSPECTED DENGUE
          39 33 FOUR people have been admitted to the Malacca Hospital for suspected dengue. The authorities believe the victims had contracted the fever elsewhere as they had been out of the state. New Straits Tim es
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        46 35 LOVE IS PLAYING FOR SANTOS 'Love for your club isvlayingfor Santos for 15 years. I had offers to play for AC Milan. I was happy at Santos, I stayed. Pelf, condemning the money-go-round in modern football where players switch loyalties every time they are paid more
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        Lock icon Stars on the field, louts off it
        996 35 ENGLISH six ll( Alcohol-fuelled antics of urinating West Ham player anger the press BOWYER DECIDES TO PAY FINE LEEDS Leeds midfielder Lee Bowyer (right) has paid a club-imposed tine of £64,000 (SS171,OOO) and taken off the transfer list. The England international, who had
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        Lock icon Philip ousted in fourth round
        365 36  -  CHAN TAU CHOU BADMINTON /i I WAS LESS NERVOUS THAN I FELT IN THE MORNING, BUT HE WAS TOO POWERFUL AND TOO FAST. BUT I'M NOT THAT DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE I REALLY TRIED MY BEST.' Philip Phua (above) AFTER playing three matches m a day, Singapore's
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        Lock icon Chanin keeps cool to win
        710 36  -  PHILIP ALLEN GOLF Despite early pressure, Thai teenager nolds off the competition to claim SICC junior title 5s 'THEY PUT ME UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE. I HEARD THAT THEY WERE THREE 08 FOUR UNDER PAR AND I WAS NOT UNDER PAR. BUT EVERYTHING SEEMED
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        Lock icon Holiday shake-up will show up pretenders
        628 37 I M.I ISIIS<H < I R The most open title race m years will close up once the tough festive schedule is over LONDON On Dec 8, it was all over. Manchester United was out of the title race after suffering its worst indignity,
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        Lock icon PREMIERSHIP
        191 37 P W D L F A Pts 1 Newcastle 17 10 3 4 30 20 33 2 Liverpool 16 10 3 3 25 15 33 3 Leeds 17 8 8 1 23 13 32 4 Arsenal 17 8 6 3 35 21 30 5 Chelsea 17 6 9 2
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        Lock icon Milestone match for Magpies' Lee
        223 37 LONDON Newcastle goa into todays match with Leeds as Premiership leader for the first time since 2!i Novemher 1996. Bobby Robson's team is chasing a fourth League win on the trot, knowing that victory would take it three points clear at the summit, at least
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        Lock icon TODAY'S MATCHES
        432 37 DERBY v ASTON VILLA (Live at 7.50pm on Ch23) DERBY must continue its bid to MDMfIB from the drop zone without Darryl Poweli. who needed stitches to a head wound suffered m last veekendsO-1 defeat by Fverton. Villa's Colombian striker Juan Pablo Angel, who KOrad twice m Monda\
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        Lock icon Chievo wants last miracle for year
        662 38 lI AM AN SOCCER But opponent Roma also seeks victory m its bid to retain the Serie A crown Mil AN Chievo hopes to conclude a golden year with one last miracle today when it hosts defending Serie A champion AS Roma, the last
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        Lock icon Real wants to stay on top at Xmas
        291 38 SPANISH SOCCER MADRID Table-topping Real Madrid aims to sign off for Christmas by consolidating its position as Spanish league leader with a victory over struggling Real Mallorca tomorrow. The defending champion has 31 points from 17 games and is ahead of Real
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        Lock icon PRIMERA LIGA
        196 38 P W D L F A Pts 1 Real Madrid 17 9 4 4 32 20 31 2 Realßetis 17 9 4 4 19 13 31 3 Alaves 17 9 3 5 19 10 30 4 Deportivo 17 9 3 5 30 22 30 sCeltaViqo 17 7 7
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        Lock icon Up there among the sport's best
        562 39 ATHLETICS Dragila takes women's pole vaulting to new heights with her world marks ana awards 'A few years ago people were laughing at us, saying this sport isn't going to take off.. Ajut every year, the record keeps rising. Pole vaulter Stacy Dragila STACY
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          Lock icon HOME TO CONDUCT COE TRIALS
          54 40 HOME United will be holding trials for both its I'nder-lb" and U-18 Centre of Excellence teams. Trials for the U-lb's will be held on Monday and Thursday, while trials for the U-18s will take place on Wednesday and Friday. The trials will be held at
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          Lock icon AUSTRALIAN GP TO PROCEED AS PLANNED
          73 40 NEXT year's Australian Formula One Grand Prix will go ahead as planned, Australian media reported yesterday, after the coroner investigating the death of a race marshal at the 2001 race said he would not stand m the way. The opening event on the 2002
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          Lock icon VIEIRA IS FRENCH PLAYER OF THE YEAR
          54 40 ARSENAL midfielder Patrick Vieira was named French Footballer of 2001 by a panel of former winners of the annual award organised by France Football magazine. Vieira gathered 105 points, 10 more than his Highbury team-mate Thierry Henry, with Real Madrid's Zinedine Zidane ranked
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        Lock icon SCORES
        216 40 BASKETBALL NBA: Toronto 96 Chicago 91. Memphis 90 New York 88. Dallas 113 Milwaukee 101 LA Lakers 107 Houston 101. BIATHLON Work Cup In Brezno-Osrblie. Slovakia Women's 15km Individual: 1 Magdalana Fors berg (Swe) 49m>n 469 sec 2 Olena Zubnlova (Ukr) *2.53 .7 3 Katja Holanti (Fin) *3.03 4
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        Lock icon Home opts for Withe's son
        635 40  -  MARC LIM S-LEAGUESOCCEB First-choice Nielson declines coaching offer because of big wage gap Hu FACTFILE: Jason Withe Age: 30 Coaching qualifications: Football Association Advanced Coaching Licence, Uefa"A" Licence Advanced Coaching Licence Previous coaching experience: 1999-2001: Head coach of BEC Tero Sasana FC, Thailand 2000-2001: Specialised
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        Lock icon Rain cools fired-up England
        365 40 CRICKET BANGALORE Rain and bad light frustrated England's Did to put India m the dock on the third day of cricket's final Third Test here yesterday. The tourists, looking for a win to draw the threematch series, embarrassed India's batting might to reduce the host to
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        Lock icon Nq rues missing perfect game
        325 40  -  Marc Lim BOWIJNC. NATIONAL howler Shaun Kg was disappointed despite making the cut for the semifinals of the Cathay Bowl Junior Classic yesterday. He had bowled the day's highest total of 1,72.9 pintails and was m good form leading to todays final day. Vet the
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        Lock icon USGA plans to place curbs on size of clubhead
        481 40 GOLF FAR HILLS (New Jersey) The United States Golf Association has announced plans to place restrictions for the first time on clubhead size and the length of cluhs other than putters. This will be the first time golfs governing body has
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        Lock icon Korean girl turns tables on Taiwanese wondergirl
        220 40 TENNIS HONGKONG South Korean Cho Yoon Jcong ended Taiwanese wondergirl Hsieh Su-wei's hopes m the Asian Championships yesterday with a comprehensive semi-final victory. The 6-4, 6-2 triumph was extra sweet tor the 22--year-old Korean No. 1, who had lost their previous meeting m
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        Lock icon Hobbling Fisher trips Houston
        786 41 BASKETBALL Laker scores 23 points to condemn Rockets to 15th straight loss Tm proud of the way we played. Sometimes I wonder how we do it. We fought and fought and gave them a good game. Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovicn CARTER LEADS IN ALL-STARVOTING N E
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        Lock icon NBA STANDINGS
        173 41 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pet GB New Jersey 16 7 .696 Boston 15 8 .652 1 Washington 12 12 .500 4 Orlando 13 14 .481 5 New York 12 14 .462 5Philadelphia 10 15 .400 7 Miami 5 18 .217 11 Central Division W L Pet
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        Lock icon Knicks fail to score when it count
        324 41 NEW YORK Marcus Camby's lay-up hung on the rim and fell out. He tipped the ball and it missed, and Kurt Thomas did the same. The ball bounced out to Mark Jackson for a five-footer that also hung on the rim but would
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        874 41 7hl a f V £l° U9ht the good fightl have finished the race > hhea *c >«?Pt thetaith 2 Timothy 4:7 TAN ENG GUAN Age: 62 was called home to be with the Lord on 20 Dec 2001 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Madeleine Lim Kay Nguang Mother-in-law: Tan Peck
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        947 42 2 TIMOTHY 4: 7 JOSEPHINE THERESA D/O RETNAM AGE: 66 At Home In Glory with the Lord Jesus Christ on 20 December 2001. Husband: Maideen Kannu Sister Brother-in-law: Mary Jeyaram Sons: Daughters-in-law: (Santhanasamy, deceased) Shawal Momdath Behum Ansari Mariam Shajahan Tara Salim Rashida Abd. Rahim (Abu Bakar, deceased) Mabibah Daughters:
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        155 43 Foreign Currency Note Rates (9am, Dec 21) Buying OD Selling Singapore dollars to one unit 0' foreign currency Australian do"ar 0.9250 0.9500 Canadian dona' 1.1540 1.1780 NZ dollar 0.7510 0 7720 St»rhng pound 2.6570 2.6850 US dollar 1.8360 1.8480 Singapore do'lars to 100 units of forugn currency Austrian schilling
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        Lock icon Consumer sentiment in US rises again
        386 45 Consumer sentiment in US rises again The University of Michigan index climbs to 88.8 this month, well above its 81.8 low m September NEW YORK A key gauge of consumer sentiment m the United States rose tor the third straight month this month, market sources said yesterday, as an improved
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        245 47  -  DENESH DIVYANATHAN THE Singapore Kxchange (SGXj said yesterday that it would launch its securities lending programme on Jan 7 next year. At present, SCiX's lending pool has a market value of $534 million and 892 lending participants, it said m a statement
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        514 14  -  Magdalene Lum Christmas Abroad From parties m Europe io a white Christmas at Tokyo Disneyland, plenty of Yule travel options exist bgnb v fvfbngvbfbgfgbfvnndmvbjkbgfbgd gvd YOU may love Paris m the springtime but Ms Rapheal Liang, an advertising and promotions manager m her
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      242 20 BUZZING... A BEATLE'S DENIAL Paul McCartney s spokesman denies a Los Angeles TV station report that said George Harrison died m his Beverly Hills home. McCartney did not rent a home for Harrison's use m his last days. THEIR OWN CARTOON SHOW: Westlife has teamed up with the makers of
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      756 4 bgnghng ggb 871 PETS/ PET CARE PAWPETS CORNER CHRISTMAS NEW YEAR SALES!!! SELECTED BY TOP AUSTRALIAN BREEDERS! FULLY VACCINATED! FULLY DEWORMED! PASSED ALL HEALTH INSPECTIONS! SALE LOWEST PRICES! MINIATURE TOY PUPS MALTESE (Very tiny, cute) JACK RUSSELL (Nice Colours) SILKY I Very tiny, adorable) SHIH TZU (Very very tiny) ENGLISH
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      594 4 Kffl PETS/ PET CARE ERICSSON: PERFECT MARKINGS Border Collie, Boxer. Bull Mastiff. Rotti, German Shepherd. Silky. Labrador, Golden Retriever. Shih Tju. CocKer. Schnau/ei. Beagle, Maltese, Chihuaiiua 583 3313 ■fl PLEASURE BOATS/ SEA SPORTS SAF YACHT CLUB caters to all your wake boarding, water skiing, sailing, kayaking, power boating, diving sports
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      632 4 Ifjfi HOME FURNISHING WE ACCEPT BIG or small jobs. Factory price. Good workmanship. Our services: Repair make good to old furniture. To supply install all woodwork. Kitchen cabinets a 565 p.f.r. *****787 FREE DESIGN DIRECT from fty: kitchen cabinets, wardrobes etc 10-day delivery. $100 p.f.r. *****88/ *****88 (Day/ Night) ANNE
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      328 4 PARTITION. CEILING. CARPET. V nyl Tile. Painting, Classic Door Dismantling Work *****799 Kjfl PEST CONTROL FACING PEST PROBLEM With Pest Killer Svcs. pest problem wiM be under control. Tel: 252 9823 I After service G teed CALL 463-5466. 24-HRS. Ser cc Royal Flush Pest Management ENV. regd with certified tech
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      741 14 fvfh bgd RSI PORSCHE FOR SALE '81 924 TURBO m good tond New 10 yrs COE Asking $52K neg Must view Eurosports *****95 993 C 2 MANUAL. Aug 95 Mid night blue/ savana. Many extras. immaculate. Tel. 9679-8860 LIMITED EDITION '89 Speedster Cabno. White 56.000 km New tax Owner 9680
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      614 20 ■TTI PTEAPTS/HOUSES ■dfcj FOR RENT BELOW SI.2K/MTH SAUUNGS! IMMED! CHARLTON CT. Pte car park/ s/pool/ security. F/furn. 3 rms. 3 toilets. Approx 1100 sq.ft $1200 neg. *****790/ *****061 CONDO APT FOR rent 3 bdrms All aircon. F/facilities. Lowest rent $1180. Tel: 5544-550 Owner PEACE MANSION. NEAR Selegie Rd Small Apt.
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      876 20 KTI HOUSES FOR RENT 0.19 JALAN RIANG. Off Braddell Road. 2 storey terrace 3+l. Air con Furnished. Ouiet. Amenities $1.4 K. 9066 2918/ 9500 9181 DW D.09 CAIRNHILL ROAD 2' i storey beautiful conservation hse. 3600 sq.ft 4 bdrm F/aircon. 5 mins to Orchard Rd. 9686 5099 Owner YUNNAN CDN.
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      970 20 PTfl HOUSES FOR RENT D.16 2/STOREY TERR. 3+V Approx 2200 sq ft Spacious Designer decor F/aircon ***** 796 aqt D 19 HOUGANG 0/STOREV terr Furn 2000/ 2400 sq ft 3+l. Air con. immed. *****373 GPC D.20 JLN. GELENGGANG terr 3 rms Immed. Near amenities. Convenient. $1500 737 0294. CHEAP SEMI-D.
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      1098 20 WTEI HUOC/HDB FOR RENT MARINE DR. 5-RM/Shun Fu/ Pet.r Rd/ Bedok N-3 rm. F/furn Air con. Near amenities. Avail im mcd. Prefer Indians/ profession als families 9567-7070 ERA INDIAN EXPAT. 1-RM 1 hall AMK Yishun MRT, Clementi/ 2 srm ap proved Bendemeer. Houqanq. AMK. Juronq, Bt Batok. CCX. Pa sir
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      1087 20 VR| HUOC/MDB U£9 APTS FOR RENT APPROVED TAMAN JURONG. 5 rooms Blk 322. High fir corner. Furn. Chinese Garden. Avail 1 January. 9101 7155/ 9101 7266 APPROVED 4 'A' Hougang b.k 450. f/aircon, f/furn. Nice ambi ence Convenient. Avail Jan 02. Pnct neq Pq 9492 7385 ERA ATTENTION! BLK 895A
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      1049 20 BHUDC/ HOB APTS FOR RENT BLK 40 CIRCUIT RD 3 rm 81k 246 Pasir Ris Exec apt high fir. Air con Amenities Agt *****864 KELANTAN LANN 3-RM flat for rental Can cook Pis call 902 333 20 1-ROOM. 1-HALL CLEMENTI MRT Furnished/ aircon. 5650 neg 9514 9700 Agent (No co
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      1168 20 VM ROCMS FOR RENT $350 AIRCON RMS. CCX/ Jurong/ Bt Batok/ Bishan/ AMK $400 Master rm Yishun 757 2690 ag $280 FURN RM for lady Fan. TV. Cook. Upp Al|unied/ MacPtierson Owner *****266/ *****589 1 ROOM AVAIL for rent F/ f Without aircon m Bishai. Ouiet ambience Tel 9669 1133
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      837 21 ifflj ROOMS FOR RENT $250 NEW FLAT »15 clean, pleas ant. Bus to city Punggol 21 No commission. Owner 9386 7331 SENGKANG 2-RM FOR rent F/furn. Freedom. Can cooK/ wash. *****67/ *****013 COMMON $500/ MASTER 5550 Near MRT No owner. Clean/ furn High dr. Call: *****78 EUNOS MRT 5 mins
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      777 21 Pffl ***** ■yiij CITY SOUTH WEST HOUSES -SALE D.05 WEST COAST PI 2 Storey inter, terr 2000 sq.ft. 3*l. Split liv ing/ dinmq, marble flooring. Face parK. View Sun 2-spm. *****-163 $MOK OMLV! 2336 sq.ft. Gryphon terr. Townhse. F'hold. 3-storey. 3*l. S/ pool. Showroom cond. Rare 1 NUS. 9007 8948
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      1032 21 a OO9-10 ORCHARD/ Pffl 009-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND K*£| TANGLIN/ HOLLAND HOUSES SALE II HOUSES SALE 5 spacious ensuite bedrooms 1 maid's room Average land floor area: 4,500 3,900 sq. ft. HShowhouse open daily 9 469-2073 9008-8216 BIN TONG PARK Grand majestic good class 2- sty bungalow. Elevated land *^^gk
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      1414 21 Wt7\ DO9lO ORCHARD/ PTW DO9-10 ORCHARD/ PfTl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ P!IW| 009-10 ORCHARD/ Wff\ 009-10 ORCHARD/ Wff% ***** ORCHARD/ |yj|j| TANGLIN/ HOLLAND |yuJ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND lyiij TANGLIN/ HOLLAND KjuJ TANGLIN/HOLLANO BlmIJ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND KaIJ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -SALE PTE APTS SALE PTE APTS SALE PTE APTS SALE PTE APTS SALE
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      2518 22 gbg nghjkhjhh n aD11& 21 NEWTON/ BfTI 011 &21 NEWTON/ BTTI D11& 21 NEWTON/ PTTI Dll &21 NEWTON/ BTTI Oil &21 NEWTON/ BT9I 012-14 BALESTIER/ Bffl 012-14 BALESTIER/ Bf9l 012-14 BALESTIER/ Bf9| Dl 2 14 BALESTiER/ Pffl ***** BALESTIER/ BTTIMAM/CLEMENTI KOj BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI KCiJ BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI UiJ BT
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      355 22 D.ll LINCOLN LODGE. F hold. High tir. 3+l. Well kept. Bnqht. breezy. Greenery view. Near Novena MRT/ United Sq 9595-8690 DW D.21 HILLVIEW GREEN 2 units. 1001 sq.ft. 2 rm. High fir. Unblocked view. Face pool. No 'oon sun. Facilities RE/MAX 9450-7984 SSBOK SECURES! SYMPHONY Hgts. 969 sq.ft. 2 rms.
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      441 22 NEWTON LOOGE. 1250 sq.ft. 2+l 2 attached baths Good layout. 3 mms. MRT. 9735-7117/ *****21 D.21 KILAT CTR. 'Beauty world) 3+ 1 bdrms F'hoid Cheap! $480,000. HARVEST *****755 0.21 BROOKVALE. F'HOLD Fu'l condo facilities 1615 sq.ft. Ouick $850,000 HARVEST *****668 DAIRY FARM 2207 sq ft. Freehold garden mais. beiow $1M
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      581 23 aDI2M BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/ GEYLANC HOUSES SALE StrtntGoh Z *****000 W > tmm $770,000 YET NEC! 2 storey m ter terr. Jin. Muhibbah (Mac Cherson Gdn.) Fhold. 1350/ '300 sq.ft Renovated. 3 rms, yard. F HOLD. JLN GEMBIRA. MacPher son vicinity D/storey inter terr. 2-rms. 990 sq.ft. Mar Die. Good facing.
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      3397 23 PHI 012-14 BALESTIER/ PHI 01? 14 BALESTIER/ Wffi D\2 14 BALESTIER/ Pffl ***** EAST COAST Pffl 015-16 EAST COAST Pffl 015 16 EAST COAST fflU Dl 5 16 EAST COAST fflfl Dl 5 16 EAST COAST KQJ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG K|±J MACPHERSON/GEYLANG |y±l MACPHERSON/GEYLANG KoJ HOUSES SALE KoJ HOUSES SALE IHil p
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      719 23 ghdfh hg WfTi 015-16 EAST COAST PTEAPTSSALE CHAPEL CT. 1600 IQ.il Opp Pao aoe New renovations F hold Mu'ti-ievei S/pooi Cobroke welcome 9414 3775 ERA Je%s*Koh 4 9200 3440 ■Bryr^l 0.15 '0' FOCUS Ld«ury Apt. Freehold. 1700 sq ft 3*l F/aircon. Bright breezy Very spacious. Movem cond 9200 3440 ERA
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      922 24 ghg gf WK% Dl 5-16 EAST COAST VfJl Dl 7 18 CHANGI/ K7l Dl 9 20 SERANGOON/ VET] 019-20 SERANGOON/ PWI Dl 9-20 SERANGOON/ VRI Dl 9-20 SERANGOON/ WCti D 1920 SERANGOON/ KOI PTE APTS SALE KOJ PASIR RIS K2AJ THOMSON IJiJ THOMSON MiWl THOMSON |I|| THOMSON Kill THOMSON PT
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      580 24 THE TROPICA. 3& 4 bedroom apartments available. Ist 2nd floor with pool view and good facing. Close to amenities with full condominium facilities. °ls call *****83 lj£L^2D3a%^^^Baaaaaaßi EASTPOINT GREEN. 958 sq U 2 bedrms. Designer decor Below l»05 Pool facing. Aircon 3 yrs Near MRT. *****811 Avnl (RS' TROPICA URGENT
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      523 24 IibJ^^L^PPEN HOUSE \\\W 1 "'&tk 'la^Hteai V ->- nil I 1 < t j^NS^* 1 a\ fytt rirZi li 1 s HulblHk 7 ■li l,^srraiT i lil &J i B£fl county cu> t« B^B^B^B^B^B^B^h Acrwmpchom»Joodc«otr»BJ B^B^B^B^B^B^B^H B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B z zhonghua Q cofnoisß BBVBVBVBVBVJ B^B^B^B^B^B^Bj Hil'f.liß'lill'l 3 r M A »wn I
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      480 24 IQTJDebenham* Fie Leung open ifo HOUSE ISI THOMSON GARDEN ESTATE. Jin Pmtau. Inter terr. 1934 sq.ft. Quiet serene environment View by appointment. *****369 DTZ Qfefino' HOUSE 2PM-6PM 28 Phillips Aye New 3 storey corner terr. 2185/ 3247 sqft. s+l+l rms. Roof gdn. 999 yrs. 9856-8897/ 9028-2533 LS ONLY 51.05 M
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      625 24 PENSHURST PLACE BUNGLW. 5500/ 3500 sq.ft. 2-storey. F'hold. Selling SI.7M neg. Near S'goon Circle. HB 9700-7001 D.19 FLORENCE RD. 2/storey bunglw. *****/ 5000 sq.ft. B+l rms. Beautifully renovated. MRT/ amenities. 53.3 M. *****382 D.20 MARYMOUNT. NEW big 3/ storey inter terrace 2100/ 3300 sq.ft. 6+l. Freehold. Excellent location. SI.4M. CVP
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      628 24 :?^i^-kj "■'?r l Vffllrri .V< N«ar future Kovan I S goor MRT Rosytn Paya Leoa' WGS 'X2-2OO2scf VftHJßft Quality finshes J-' \M At**: Venn Real Erfatr V.in I' 1 v irimrt alt stjti-. torn < .-illr.il i.-u(.i I l.iiiuaiii; St-1 I TOP SOON 2 bedrm/3+l. 3+study+l bedrrr 980 if to
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      790 24 EVERGREEN PK. 3+l. High fir with unblocked view 1065 sq ft. Ideal for small family Well designed modern layout 9564-7119 DW 1 REGENTVILLE 2 untts. 1163 980 L Sd ft 2+ 1. Ground/ mid fir No noon sun Bright Motivated sell I er Near Rosyth Sch. *****863 III! Th9r*mJ v
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      619 24 IR3 D 2228 ■OCJ WEST NORTH HOUSES-SALE D.28 F'HOLD CLUSTER HOUSES 3500 sq.ft. onwards 4/ 5 bdrms Swimming pool TOP 2005 EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT *****877 (NO AGTS) •LENTOR VILLAS( 51.33 M) F ho 3 storey terr. Land 2128/ 3405 sq.tt 5 bdrms. 3. yrs •BANYAN VILLAS(SI.6BM)F hold 3 storey terr.
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      855 24 RCn D 22-28 ■dCj WEST NORTH HOUSES-SALE D.22 YUNNAN GON. Own a t hold terr at less tnan $420 psf Big iano 2950 sq.ft. Build up 2800 sq.ft Near NTU 9002 5750 RH D.23 CHESTNUT VICINITY 2 Storey semi c. 3500/ 2800 sq.tt 999 yrs Good location! Too good to
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      804 24 WTFX ***** ■uAJ WEST NORTH NORTHVALE BLK. 69. Apprcr 1507 sq.ft 4+l. F/aircon F/facihties. 2 rms with attached. Faces N.E MRT/ LOt 1 Susan *****182 SEMBAWANG COTTAGE F MOLD Mais Apt 1658 sq ft High ceiling Beautiful hse. F/aircon Near food ctr.bus stop View to appreciate' REGENT GROVE. TWR A
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      896 25 a 022 28 PT7I 022-28 KT7I D 2 2 "28 WEST NORTH KlLl WEST NORTH KILI WEST NORTH PTE APTS SALE PTE APTS -SALE PTE APTS SALE I Bp <1 I M B HI 111 I i Ill* 1> BH i 90 I I tfIHIIM B) t Mi- bY uit
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      335 25 WWi HUOCAPTS \\A\Wi forM Excellent Location EUNOSVILLE 1700 SO It 3+l Mais N S racing. Unblocked. High fir. Opp Eunos MRT. Near amenities/ schs. Hurry. neg. 9009-1189 FULL BEDOK RES. View! Corner Mais. Renovated, split aircon. Cobroke. X L Goh *****766 Orion EXEC MAIS. 715. Hougang. 1700 sq.ft. 3+l. High
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      480 25 Tor publication from Thursday to Sunday! Example: HONG LEONG GDN 2+1. 999 yrs. $450K Move m cond. Jimmy *****567 TOPAZ MANS 6 yrs F'hold 2*l Nice unit No noon sun. $490 K. Jimmy *****567 'Conditions apply a HOB APTS FOR SALE (ANG HO KIO) BEST BUY! SELL below valuation' 5
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      2422 25 ESS i?K. B r A u^m, R SALE ESI H O^I SF RSALE IRI HDB APTS FOR SALE if{l HDB APTS FOR SALE Pffl HOB APTS FOR SALE gf(| f C r T- .nrnnifr-u.Turr. fui, rucr, CHAI CHEE) cd NC F'/?enov 7 a 9 .e H a iq F)aircSn OC
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      441 25 3' 2-RM CORNER BLK 122 Bedok N High fir. 101% unblock. MRT. Renovated. Contra. 9768-7793 agt 4 'A' 6136 Bedok Res. High fir. Malay, renovated. 100% move-in. Can cobroke sole agt *****235 4 'A' CHAI Chee Rd blk 2 mid fir. lift level, f/ renovated, amenities Can contra. *****646 CPPL
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      695 25 1 1 3w j Pffl HOB APTS FOR SALE ■^UiBEOOK/CHAICHtEi 5-RM. PT BLK '9 Bedok S High fir Quiet N facing. Renovated Mkt/ MRT/ Town Ctr 9805 5588 Agt. aHDB APTS FOR SALE (BISHAN) ASSURED BEST BUY! BISHAN KELVIN WONG H/P *****116 PN 5 'I' Blk 268 corner. A th
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      748 25 Pfjfl HOB APTS FOR SA'.E |^y (BISHAN) Prop Hex U**J S2BOK 0.N.0. SECURES! 4 S b'k 114 Bishan High fir Nent to cor ncr N.S facmg Simple Near MRT. Convenient 9409-3868 »20*!! 5 T Bishan Hgts 5 yrs 4 bdrms. F/aircon 123 sq.m. Very reasonable offer Hurry' Almost sold! Pamela
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      581 26 l;vndbnkl BHDB APTS FOR SALE HWI HDB APTS FOR SALE iWI HDB APTS FOR SALE PTTI HDB APTS FOR SALE l?pE| HOB APTS FOR SALE RWI HDB APTS FOR SALE (BEDM CHAI CHEE) CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) |^J (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) WtiAl (BEOOK/CHAICHEE) mUAI (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) The Straits Times
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      1755 26 HfH HDB APTS FOR SALE Wflfi HDB APTS FOR SALE Will HDB APTS FOR SALE (BUKIT BATOK) (BUKIT BATOK) (BUKIT BATOK) I try Ir* mi irj I CORNER. 4 'A' Blk. 291 E. High fir. 5 yrs. old. Renovated. Lift level. Move m. Good layout. Near MRT/ Mkt/ Sch. Ke'th
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      684 26 a HOB APTS FOR SALE (BT MERAH/O'STOWN/ TELOK BLANGAH) 5 'A' MEI Ling 146 Corner. Best 4 A' Strathmore Blk 82 corner. 5-rm Redhill 87 low *****958 5 T T. Biangah 39. Almost sold 1 High fir. Morning sun, marble, big recess. *****600 Cypress 5 T CORNER Blk. 14 Jin.
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      564 26 ITfl HOB APTS FOR SALE EiliJ (CHOACHUKANG/ ■■BUKITPANJANG) ALL BUKIT PANJANG 4 'A' 116. Corner.. Lift level. Mid fir 4 'A' 140 High fir. Unblocked 4 -A' 251 High fir. Lift level 5 'I' 202. Pt Mk $0 cash 5 T 440 Mid fir Below value 5 T 427. Pt
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      653 26 H!f!l HDBAPTS FOR SALE ETiJ (CHOACHUKANG/ I BUKIT PANJANG) DONT MISS CCX BLK. 632. 5 T Today' 35pm Must sell 1 Greenery vie.v $40K decor. Parquet fir. Huge rm. Aircon Opp MRT. 9229 9881 EXEC MAIS 101 Teck Whye Mid floor. Lift level, renovated. Chinese owner, near LRT. neg Buyers
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      755 26 Rfl HDBAPTS FOR SALE EIUJ (CHOACHUKANG/ ■■BUKITPANJANG) SO CASH YET neg' Exec Apt. Blk 233 Pending Ro. High tlr Reno vated. LRT. Amenities. Don't miss! To view call 9382 5283 PN SOK! EXEC APT Blk 603. »05 Ex pensive marble. Gigantic layout! 2 halls. 3 balconies Valued S4OOK. Helen *****138
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      1038 26 WJfJI HDB APTS FOR SALE ■XLJ (CHOACHUKANG/ I BUKIT PANJANG) '<*Tng As M 9450 6667 Wm<Jß 5 'A 1 BEAUTIFUL Units' Blk 786/ 614 Very high fir. Designer de cor 100% move m Near Yew Tee MRT/ amenities Buyers call! 5 T CORNER BLK 251 «04 Sell at value (neg)
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      1061 26 R!jl hDB APTS FOR SALE EiJiJJ (CHOACHUKANG/ JJ BUKIT PANJANG) 4 'A' BLK 289 M>d fir Spacious hall. Windy unblocked. Mkt/ sch/ amenities *****007 Kaizer 4 'A' CORNER 639. Mid floor 5 years. Split aircon. Built-in Face park MRT. can 9700 9209 4 'A' (S10K) 3! Paniang Plaza Bik 171,
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      940 27 ■TTI HDB APTS FOR SALE KALU (CLEMENTI/ WEST COAST) IJJJDebenham', I Tie Leung DONTj^ MISS VERY FEW UNITS) 4 A Corner Blk 610 Clementi West. Mid fir. Near Ginza/ NUS/ shops/ amenities. View to Offer! 9500-3153 Terry WHY SPEND ON renovation! Showrm cond. Sunset Way 4 A' Blk 113 High
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      861 27 ■7TI HOB APTS FOR SALE KiUI (CLEMENTI/ WEST COAST) S'I'PTBLK corner High fir. Neat Gmza Pia/a all amenities. Mkt no noon sun. No agts. 9647 5738 5-RM DOVER BLK 13 Urgent sale Very high fir. Renovated. MRT/ shpg ctr/ ACJC. *****249 PN 5-RM PT BLK 13 Dover High fir Bright.
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      744 27 ■TH HDB APTS FOR SALE Ei!l| (GEYLANG/EUNOS/ ■■MACPHERSON) 5 T BLR 56 Pipit Rd. Very high tlr. Designer decor. 100% moveI m Unblock. Amenities. *****499 5 T CORNER Blk 336 Übi. Urgent sale! Hurry! 5265K only! Move m Maha Bodhi/ MRT. *****155 ERA S-RM CORNER BLK 56 Pipit Rd. Just
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      958 27 H HOB APTS FOR SALE Jjfl HOB APTS FOR SALE (ffl HDB APTS FOR SALE (HOUGANG/ SGOON/ {Ufl (HOUGANG/ S'GOON/ Kfill (HOUGANG/ SGOON/ YIOCHUKANG) I YIOCHUKANG) NEW LISTING 4 S' Hougang 613. BE SOLD! Jj^ 5T 572 Hougang 1 1 ,868 above valuation A W m 21 Pays W^ MU
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      605 27 Bright breezy. Well kept. High fir. Sports/ s/pool. Km Ming Sch. Can Contra. 9270-3624 OMH NEW LISTI 5 T Corner S goon N. Blk. 534. High fir. No noon sun. Windy. 4 rms. Well-kept Rosyth Sch. Valued 9542-3355 RS NEW LISTING! 8LK.416. 5 I dr to dr. High fir. Move-in.
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      776 27 (Ef| HDBAPTS FOR SALE K^lJ (HOUGANG/ S'GOON/ I YIOCHUKANG) *****929 WML JM 3 'S' BLK 253 Sgoon ctr. F/renovated. central. Unblocked. Can contra. View to offer! Co-broke welcome. Singles eligible 4 'A* CORNER. 456/ 536 Hougang. Mid fir. Unblocked Windy Valued. Sch/ amenities. View to offer. 9308-9223 All-Link 4 'A'
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      2052 27 vfms.fmlk;svkjkfe. HHDB APTS FOR SALE (HOUGANG/ S'GOON/ YIO CHU KANG) I ill Ther»S) ■m:« For *w V 5 Room 5 T CORNER 550 Serangoon N. High fir. 5 yrs.+. Huge sq. hall. No noon sun 100% move m Can contra. Valued S34OK *****767 5 T CORNER Blk 919 Hojgang New
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      963 28 fjlvdm,bvmkm H HDB APTS FOR SALE (HOUGANG/ S'GOON/ YIO CHU KANG) 5 '17 EXEC Mais SO cash! 533/ 539/ 525. S'goon N. F/renovat cd. Big hall. Unblock 9380 1500 5 'I' CORNER Blk. 114. S goon N. Aye 1 High fir. Serious seller! Good unit! Hurry! Pg 9227-9886 S 'I'
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      675 28 a HDB APTS FOR SALE (ffj HDB APIS FOR SALE WjfJ HDB APTS FOR SALE (JURONG) I^JUURONG) |^J(JURONG) CORNER EXEC APT 831 8 yrs Lift level. Family living rm. Very good cond. spacious layout. Early movein. Serene *****339 DW EXEC. APT. CORNER Blk 827. Ju rong W. High fir/ marble.
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      1096 28 I 11 I Th^mmf MS« ForJf V 5 Room 5 T UNBLOCKED. Jurong W St 93 Blk 978. Low Dr to dr. 2nd fir. Sch/ mkt/ McDonalds/ shops. Move m. 4 bdrms. 9651-6778 5 T CORNER Blk 693 High fir. Opp Jurong Pt MRT. A1 decor. 4 A' Blk 640
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      750 28 Rfl HDB APTS FOR SALE I^ytKALLANG/ WHAMPOA) I J ftj) A RARE GEM! 3 T Corner I French Rd Blk 801. Unrivalled amenities your door-step! Assure sell! Call now buy today! BEAUTIFUL CORNER HSE. Exec Apt Blk 110 M'Nair Rd. High fir. 3+l. T otally no blockage. Condo layout. Jane
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      799 28 Rfl HOB APTS FOR SALE Rfl HOB APTS FOR SALE Rfl HOB APTS FOR SALE Rfl HDB APTS FOR SALE Rfl HDB APTS FOR SALE Rfl HDB APTS FOR SALE m| '"'"'"m.n.r.r, |^J (PASIR R| S/ CHANGI) |fl|| /Diem o.c/ r»iMr..i m .'uLccimh, n^^rc,^ 1 M. PARADE 4 rms. Blk
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      1043 1 He plays daddy to his staff and forbids his chefs from saying 'no 9 to any diner Is it any wonder zchy the restaurant empire ofMrAngelo D. Sanelli just grew and grew from its birthplace m Holland Village? KAREN CHO sees how he makes diners an offer
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        1536 1 .hjnmmj,jkl,k,gm JOBIJXES Personality Profiling Japanese Speaking Merry Christmas S Japanese-Speaking Free Seared For Executive Search Creative, Web Seeking The Right Job? Perm Jobs Islandwide! Career Spnnqboard Jobs -EPS S£iE. lhatniatchesvour EwcHtiwSMreh Happy 2002! Professional Match Employers Technical Seek Us First! For local/PR Only jodsmerT ■mnniliiimiiß IT Banking Logistics Tel: 222
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        910 2 b I NATIVE ENGLISH-SPEAKING TEACHERS I I FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG I (SALARY: U552,055 TO 4,941 PER MONTH) 1 ROLL TERMS OF APPOINTMENT SALARY I To teach English to Chinese ESL students and assist m teacher The appointment will be on a two-year contract from 1 6 I
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        393 2 I XX WOMEN* WD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, the Hospital of Choice for Women and Children, invites you to join us. 1. Medical Technologist The successful candidates will be responsible tor performing routine and specialized tests m the following lab sections: Haematology, Biochemistry, Immunochemistry and Wood Banking. Shift rotations may he required.
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        867 3 MERCK MERCK (S) PTE LTD a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Germany, is the regional office for Merck's activities m Malaysia and Singapore. We are engaged m the trading of Pharmaceuticals, laboratory chemicals and specialty chemicals like pigments, liquid crystals, vitamins and electronic chemicals. Merck also supplies chemical supply systems and
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        882 3 T H F ASCO7T GROUP iaWHHBI The Ascott Group Limited 8 Shenton Way, #13-01 Temasek Tower ■LA Singapore *****1 Fax: 586 7104 j^^^^^^U^^^^^^^ E-mail: career athe-ascott com http://www.the-ascott.com a^^^^^l^^^^^^H General Managers i *|f^' a^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^BHB^L^I (Based m China, Korea or Japan) -rifejl 1 responsible tor ilu overall '^^^j^^Sß^^^^^y^ixif^.X^S^ oper.itum.il and financial
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        1093 4 bfbgbf fbg the world of advanced packaging Datacon manufactures highly precise assembly equipment for the semiconductor industry With over 380 employees. Datacon has developed into a leading international producer m the advanced packaging market We are pursuing a strong course of expansion here m the Asia Pacific region. [General Manager,
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        610 4 AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE AIRLINES AT NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MANILA, PHILIPPINES We, the ISO 9002 -certified and leading international airline caterer m the Philippines, with global affiliations, are inviting topnotch professionals to join us, as we move forward with our business! If you have the right attitude, team
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        852 4 BMC' Software is the world's leading provider of management solutions thai ensure the availability, performance and recovery ot business critical application* and data m complex computing environments. We are boosting our presence m rhe region .md now we have exciting opportunities tor a suitahly-qualitied individual tor the following position: Assistant
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