The Straits Times, 4 November 2002

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    31 1 The Straits Times PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR Established 1845 JYlOnClciy November 4, 2002 •72 Pages m five parts mita (P) 094/03/2002 %RB A Singapore Press Holdings publicatkm OvJ Ceab
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    Lock icon S'pore can ride out rough patch, says SM
    471 1  - S'pore can ride out rough patch, says SM SUE-ANN CHIA FT As, high education levels coupled with Singaporeans' confidence will help tide the country over the economic crisis THINGS might look overcast on the economic front, but there are some silver linings. Despite rising unemployment and the bleak economic outlook,
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    22 1 THE Prime Minister sends Deepavali greetings to all Hindus. The Straits Times wishes all its Hindu readers a Happy Deepavali.
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    Lock icon S'porean tourists in dramatic escape from tour bus inferno
    534 1  -  JANE LEE &L It was one of those worst nightmare situations. She was pretty hot, not the sort of thing anyone stuck inside could have survived. Te Anau fire chief Graeme Humphries A GROUP of Singaporean tourists escaped with their lives
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      60 1 INDONESIAN GAFFE: Suspect held for Bali bombing has nothing to do with incident page 4 THE BACHELOR I'm drawn to those shameless women, says tommy wee of reality TV show, The Bachelor. TONGKANG SURPRISES The strange catches that photographer CHEW SENG KIM found m Spore canals. 8 "*****1 *****7 The
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  • NEWS FLASH
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      229 2 RESIDENTS: LEAVE OUR ROAD ALONE RESIDENTS along a winding road m Serangoon Gardens are upset about plans to remove palm trees on one side and to flatten the kerb. They say this will affect their privacy and safety. The road-widening plan for Tavistock Avenue was approved by the LTA
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      98 2 SIR POLICY 'LACKS TRANSPARENCY' HUNDREDS, if not thousands, of people are left frustrated by the "careful assessment" policy of Singapore Immigration and Registration, which at the same time lacks transparency, writes reader Mohamad Azni Abdul Ghani. While everyone has heard of those who get citizenship quickly like talented ping-pong
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      70 2 LIFE OUTRAGEOUSLY SEXIST SHOW MORE than 208,000 people m Singapore tuned m recently to watch The Bachelor, the latest TV reality show. It's the most riveting thing m months with a simple, yet outrageously sexist idea, says Tommy Wee. One man, real-life management consultant Alex Michel, 31, gets to flirt
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      123 2 Bollywood fans go for Hindi classes SOME Singaporean fans of Indian movies are no longer content with just watching the films they want to understand every word uttered. And that is why they have been taking Hindi lessons. Chinese, Malays and expatriates account for up to 60 per cent
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      86 2 Queen m fiasco QUEEN Elizabeth is caught up m a storm following a surprise admission from her that cleared Princess Diana's butler of theft. The fiasco has caused embarrassment to the British police and judiciary, as the Regina vs Burrell case had to be dropped suddenly, nearly two years
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      74 2 Push for English byKL 'rock star' AN OWNER of a language school who has a rock-star image among Malaysian Chinese is spreading the word that learning English spells progress for them. Mr Eric Chong preaches the importance of learning English to fervent audiences m packed halls throughout the country.
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      84 2 CALPERS' STORE EQUITIES SHRINK AMERICA'S top pension fund has seen the value of its Singapore share investments falling by one-third since February last year. But this was not a conscious decision to pare its Singapore portfolio, says the California Public Employees Retirement System (Calpers). Its ruling that four developing
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      226 2 WILL CHINA'S IRON LADY MAKE IT? THE odds are against China's State Councillor Wu Vi, 64, getting elevated to the Chinese Communist Party's select seven-member Politburo Standing Committee this month. No woman has ever made it to this pinnacle power group ever since the party was founded m 1921.
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      66 2 SMART BET'S THIRD BIG WIN THE five-year-old Smart Bet lived up to its name when it raced to victory m the $1.25 million Singapore Gold Cup at Kranji yesterday. And with that, the Australian-bred gelding gets into strong contention for Horse of the Year. It had come from behind
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      418 2 MAIN Prime 3,4,6 World 8-13 Editorial 14 (.'onnnentary 14. 15 Forum 18. 19 HOME Home Hl-H5 Education H7 Tech Science HS ASIA/SPORTS/ MONEY Asia Al, A4, A5 China A2,A3 Terror m S-E Asia. and beyond A6 S-E Asia A7 Malaysia A8 Sports AlO-Al2 Money... Al4-AlB LIFE! The Buzz L 2
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  • PRIME NEWS
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      Lock icon Spice Girl in shock after kidnap attempt
      517 3 Spice Girl in shock after kidnap attempt LONDON Police, acting on a tip-off from a newspaper which infiltrated a gang of Albanians and Romanians, have arrested nine people m connection with an alleged plot to kidnap Victoria Beckham, former Spice Girl pop star and wife of England football captain David
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      Lock icon PM Goh in Phnom Penh
      113 3 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong is attending the eighth Asean summit m Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit begins today and ends tomorrow. He will also be present at the inaugural Asean-India summit, also m Phnom Penh, tomorrow. And Mr Goh
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      Lock icon Trade, tourism, terrorism
      537 3  -  CHITA LEE HOONG Focus on unlikely trio at Asean summit opening today By INPHNOM PENH THE unlikely trio of trade, tourism and terrorism jostle for attention m the Cambodian capital today, as the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) opens its eighth summit against a backdrop of
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      Lock icon Jakarta gets wrong man for Bali blasts
      455 4  - Jakarta gets wrong man for Bali blasts DERWIN PEREIRA Red faces among police top brass as they admit that man 'who looked like suspect sketch' had nothing to do with the attack By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA In an embarrassing gaffe, Indonesian police have released a man they arrested after saying
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      Lock icon Don't call me xiaojie
      174 4 TAIPEI Please call me tongzhi or "comrade". Young women m China are shunning the address xiaojie or "miss", as the term has become synonymous with bargirls and hostesses, according to a Taiwanese newspaper. Other favoured terms are dajie, which literally means "big sister", or shifu, which
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      Lock icon Weekend of road deaths
      68 4 CHEW SENG KIM THE driver of this sports utility vehicle died when his vehicle crashed into a tree just outside Punggol Marina last night. The car caught fire, and the driver's body had to be extricated from it The accident was one of five fatal road
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      Lock icon Russia halts withdrawal plan
      259 4 CHECHNYAN CONFLICT Campaign to intensify after 'evidence of planned terror attacks' MOSCOW Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov has ordered a halt to a planned army withdrawal from Chechnya, following the recent Moscow hostage crisis, which left 119 civilians dead. "I have made a decision to interrupt
      AFP; AP  -  259 words
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      Lock icon Bed says it's time to wake up
      82 6 THERE'S no relaxing for high school student Iris Koser at an international Inventors Fair m Nuremberg, Germany not when her invention, the Wake-Up-Bed, is equipped v\ith a hvdraulie mechanism that throws a person out when it is time to get up. It's got
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      Lock icon Saddam's order: Kill opposition leaders in exile
      450 6 Greater threat 'We've been informed by the British authorities that there's an increased threat from Saddam.' The London spokesman for the Iraqi National Congress (INC), an umbrella group that opposes President Saddam's rule He has told his agents to murder them J by
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      Lock icon Arrested: Osama's favourite wife, son
      360 6 WAR ON TERROR LONDON The war on terror has caught up with Osama bin Laden's family. Reports said his youngest and favourite wife had been detained following a gun battle at her father's compound m Yemen, while one of his sons was arrested by Iranian
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon ROYAL SURPRISE
      164 8 The charge Princess Diana's butler, Mr Paul Burrell, was accused of stealing more than 300 personal items belonging to the princess after she died m a car crash m Paris m 1997. The turning point Last week, m a surprise admission, Queen Elizabeth told her son, Prince Charles,
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      Lock icon Fiasco over butler who didn't do it
      539 8 Plenty of red faces m London after Queen Elizabeth's revelation leads to dropping of theft charges against Diana's butler LONDON The case involving Princess Diana's butler. Regina vs Burrell, has caused grave embarrassment to the police, the crown prosecution, the royal family and
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      Lock icon US sniper may have claimed more victims
      468 9 US sniper may have claimed more victims Investigators have evidence that a woman killed m September died of a bullet from the suspect's rifle WASHINGTON Investigators m the US sniper case say the series of shootings near the US capital could have started earlier and the suspect could have shot
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      Lock icon KILLER'S LETTER: Search for clues in the writing
      161 9 KILLER'S LETTER: Search for clues in the writing WASHINGTON The letter which the US sniper left for the police is causing a buzz m the research community. Researchers are studying the handwritten note, which threatened "your children are not safe anywhere at any time", m hopes of gaining new insights
      The Washington Post  -  161 words
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      Lock icon Mass funeral for quake victims in Italian town
      151 9 Mass funeral for quake victims in Italian town SAN GIULIANO DI PUGLIA (Italy; Families, friends and neighbours gathered yesterday For the funeral of 26 children ami three adults killed when an earthquake flattened this town's only school and crushed buildings. The tiny coffins were carried up the parched slopes of
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      Lock icon US mid-term election too close to call
      636 10 Republicans must win at least three seats to take Senate Democrats need net gain of six seats to capture House WASHINGTON Republicans face stiff odds m their bid to reclaim a Senate majority, but Democrats have an even tougher climb to take back
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      Lock icon Democrats have slight edge in Senate battle
      136 10 WASHINGTON Three days before elections, Democrats appear to have improved their chances for retaining control of the US Senate, but their advantage is razor-thin and the election remains too close to call, weekend opinion polls showed. The surveys indicate that control of the
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      Lock icon Cockfighting on ballot card for Oklahomans
      238 10 OKLAHOMA CITY While voters m 50 American states will decide the make-up of Congress on Tuesday, voters m the state of Oklahoma will also be considering whether to continue to allow the bloodsport of cockfighting m their part of the worla. A referendum on
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      Lock icon Bush and Bush face Florida challenge
      218 10 Bush and Bush face Florida challenge SAVANNAH (Georgia) Throwing his weight behind his brother, Governor Jeb Bush, President George W. Bush on Saturday implored Democrats, independents and "people who don t give a hoot about politics" to back Republican candidates as he headed to Florida. The President finds himself competing
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      Lock icon Netanyahu joins Sharon's Cabinet as foreign minister
      357 11 Netanyahu joins Sharon's Cabinet as foreign minister JERUSALEM Former Israeli leader, Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday accepted the position of foreign minister offered by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, public radio said. However, the radio said he only signed up to the deal on condition that early elections were held. There was no
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      Lock icon Kurds in training for battle
      77 11 Kurds in training for battle AP IT COULD almost be a beautiful necklace this young woman is contemplating but the camouflage ofleaves and the rifle-butt at her shoulder give the clues to reality... that "necklace" is a belt loaded with machine-gun bullets and it is being held by an Iraqi
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      Lock icon Even on campaign, Bush keeps up pressure on Iraq
      471 11 US leader's campaign stops are punctuated with speeches on need for the UN to act on his No. 1 foe UNITED NATIONS Although President George W. Bush was extremely busy with the election campaign m the United States, he did not
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        Lock icon HARD-PRESSED TURKS GO TO POLLS
        72 11 TURKS suffering from a crippling economic crisis yesterday went to the polls which were expected to put a new, controversial party with Islamic roots m Parliament. Many parties now m Parliament, including all three m Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit's coalition, are m danger of
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        Lock icon NY IS U.S. PICK FOR 2012 OLYMPICS
        79 11 NEW York City turned on its star power, flexed its financial muscle and touted its status as the "world's second home" and beat San Francisco to become the US candidate for the 2012 Summer Olympics. New York organisers, assuring the USOC that they
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        66 11 COLOMBIAN President Alvaro Uribe. has vetoed a judge's order to free the biggest drug traffickers Colombia has captured, avoiding a possible clash with the United States. Brothers Gilberto and Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela, one-time heads of the world's largest drug syndicates, have been m prison
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        Lock icon PLANE DIVERTED AFTER FALSE ALARM
        63 11 A UNITED Airlines flight bound for London made an emergency landing m the Canadian east coast town of Gander after a light indicated falsely that there was a fire m one of the engines. The Boeing 777 canying 263 passengers had just left Newark, New
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        Lock icon MANDELA TO WORK WITH DIANA FUND
        67 11 FORMER South African President Nelson Mandela said his foundation would work with the fund honouring the late Princess Diana to help South African Aids su£ ferers and their families. He said the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund and The Diana, Princess Of Wales Memorial Fund,
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    • PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Jiang jests with college students
        148 13  -  David Hsieh CHINESE LEADER'S WITTY SIDE BEIJING During his recent visit to the United States, Chinese President Jiang Zemin displayed his humorous side during a meeting with American students last month. Noting that he had earlier met former US secretary of state James Baker, he
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        Lock icon CIA WAS NOT FIRST CHOICE OF ANALYST
        189 13 WASHINGTON Senior intelligence analyst Jami Miscik has the 1980s recession to thank for landing one of America's top jobs. She had planned a career as an economist but a poor job market led her to the CIA m 1983. After working her way
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        Lock icon TOKEN FINE FOR BARING BREASTS
        52 13 INDIANAPOLIS A French woman who bared her breasts during a US airport security screening has been fined a token US$l (S$1.80) after pleading guilty to being a nuisance. But Eliane Aguillaume, 56, also had to pay court costs of about US$l3O, Ananova.com reported. She stripped
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        Lock icon LONE SAILOR SAVED FROM THE BRINK
        80 13 LONDON A lone sailor on the brink of death after 26 days of being lost at sea m the Caribbean has been rescued by a British warship. Mr Lenny Peter had spent almost a month without food or drink after his boat lost power.
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      206 13 US cities to allow ads on police cars ATLANTA American cities could soon receive donated police cars m exchange for placing advertisements on them. Cities buffeted by the recession and a post-9/11 travel lull are jumping at the deal. Since May, some 20 cities have signed contracts for the cars,
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  • COMMENTARY • ANALYSIS
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        586 14 Make them buy, buy NOT for the first time and certainly not the last, Singaporean retailers have been told they lack imagination. Malls and shopping streets have a dreary sameness same product mix m the same shop-floor configuration, same brands, same sales gimmicks, all targeting the same clientele. It should
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      953 14  - China-Asean trade pact a landmark agreement? CHUALEE HOONG By IS I>H\O\I I'ESH THE centrepiece of the current Asean summit m Phnom Penh is expected to be a framework deal between the 10--member grouping and its biggest dialogue partner, China, which will be signed today. It sets out how the two
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      Lock icon Koizumis pride may prove to be his fall
      989 14  -  KWAN WENG KIN By J\PA\ CORRESPONDENT TOKYO Winning five out of seven seats m the recent parliamentary byelections is no cause for celebration for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi for, as the ruling coalition was quick to warn him, the victories are no
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      Lock icon Indonesia's worries are regions as well
      1063 15  -  UM SAY BOON B, JAKARTA'S actions to date against suspected terrorists are unlikely to restore international investor confidence. Sadly, the theatre of the absurd surrounding the detention of Abu Bakar Bashir the suspected spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiah has only reinforced the perception of
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        89 15 CHINA, U.S. CLOSER AFTER SUMMIT THE recent summit m Texas between Chinese President Jiang Zemin and his United States counterpart George W. Bush has brought China and the US closer. The consensus the two leaders reached on various issues such as the Taiwan question, the war against terror and
        China Daily  -  89 words
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        111 15 NATIONAL SERVICE WILL UNITE RACES REQUIRING Malaysia's youths to do a stint of national service will be useful m building a more competent workforce. It will also help to strengthen racial interaction and understanding between youths of different races. But implementing even a modified national service requires careful planning
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        103 15 CUT SPENDING TO BOOST INVESTMENT THE Hongkong government will not be able to win investor confidence and boost economic development if it raises taxes to cut the budget deficit, without first slashing public expenditure. If the government does not take the drastic step of reducing spending m order to
        Sing Tao Daily  -  103 words
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        100 15 SOUTH KOREA-CHILE FT A SIGNIFICANT DESPITE some onesided criticisms, mostly from election-minded politicians, the historic and practical importance of the South KoreaChile free trade agreement (FTA) should not be overlooked. First of all, the Chilean market for major South Korean export products, from cars to cellular phones, will
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        98 15 POLICE SHOULD NOT BE ABOVE THE LAW THERE has been a marked increase in cases of abuse of authority by the police in Pakistan after the introduction of the new enforcement and investigation system earlier this year. The sheer number of such incidents strongly suggests that there are serious
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      300 18 Retract travel advisory Just because heart surgeon Victor Chang was brutally murdered m Australia, do we issue warnings...? Or, for that matter, the murders m Monash University...?' REGARDING the Australian advisory for Australians to avoid Singapore, Minister of State (Foreign Affairs) Raymond lim should not only press for a correction
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      145 18 THE number of those jobless for more than six months rose from 12,100 m June last year to 31,300 m June this year, so why is there still a huge surplus of around $15 million for the Economic Downturn Relief Scheme? ("Too much aid or not enough?";
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      244 18 Spell out policy on PR clearly WELL, SIR, HUSBANDS, WIVES, MOTHERS, FATHERS... OF LOYAL SINGAPOREANS HAVE NO GOLD MEDALS TO BRING HOME, BUT... WE WANT THEM TO STAY.' I SHARE Mr Lester Lee's frustrations ("Please, SIR, help my mum be a 'stayer' ST, Oct 30). Mr Lee may like to
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      291 18 I REFER to the letters objecting to alternateday waste collection ("Fewer trash collections? Idea stinks"; ST, Nov 1). The waste-collection service m Singapore is among the best m the world. Yet many do not appreciate it. One needs only to live m countries like Britain,
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      202 18 Stayer vs quitter poser for Govt THE Government has been asking us whether we are stayers or quitters. Let me pose the same question to the Government. Why? Because we have been experiencing one price rise after another. First, transport fares went up, then electricity prices, next the GST and
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      40 18 THE new bus stops m Yishun housing estate look chic but someone forgot to ensure that they connect to the covered walkways. The walkways are as good as useless when it rains. MOHD YAZID S ALUM
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      254 19 Job discrimination Not really In the *****, 70s and 80s, the Chinese educated who could not write or read English were at a disadvantage. Now the situation has changed m favour of those who can speak Mandarin and write Chinese as more organisations look towards China for their business and
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      149 19 IF I am doing business m Singapore, the bulk of whose people are Chinese, it is crucial for my employees to know the Chinese culture, customs and language. This is not "subtle discrimination". In France, everybody speaks French, including ethnic minorities, who have no complaints
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      114 19 MS NURSHIDA Hussin attributed her inability to secure employment to "subtle discrimination" based on language. Organisations are pragmatic. The selection of a candidate is based on a multitude of factors, of which language proficiency is but one. Academic qualifications, relevant work experience, personality,
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      131 19 Delay in seeking witnesses MY FATHER died after he was knocked down by an SBS bus while on his way to work on Oct 11 at 6.30 am. We have been deeply distressed by his passing, and finding healing and strength during this difficult period has not been made easier
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      606 19 No basis for 'no apologies' remark WE DO NOT LABEL ACTIONS OF DRESS AND PREFERENCE FOR FOOD AS MODERATE OR EXTREMIST. BUT WE DO VIEW THE BLOWING UP OF PEOPLE WITH EXPLOSIVES IN ANY FORM AS THE WORK OF EXTREMISTS. I N"DONT apologise for being devout, says don" (ST, Oct
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      8 1 Monday, November 4, 2(X)2 The Straits Times home
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      702 1  -  ALICIA YEO Concerns over pedestrian safety and homeowners' privacy as well as loss of sidewalk greenery are their main gripes By GIVE US BACK OUR GREENS, TOO It 's nice to have trees there. Without them, the place will look
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      600 2  -  THERESA TAN Non-Indians are learning Hindi for work purposes and also for a love for things Indian especially made-in-lndia movies 3i ACCOUNTANT Madelene Cheong is such a big fan of movies made m Bollywood that she is taking classes m Hindi, so that
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      484 2  -  NEO HUI MIN §1L IT CAN be awkward living m the same house with someone whose language you do not speak and who does not speak yours. Some Chinese who employ Indonesian maids are so uncomfortable about it that they are taking Malay lessons
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      486 3  -  LEE HUI CHIEH Explosion believed by SCDF to have been caused by an underground gas leak; it injured two workers fixing a water pipe By AN EXPLOSION at a Marina South food court yesterday morning ripped a hole m its roof and
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      275 3 FOUR people were killed m separate road accidents over the weekend. On Saturday, a motorcyclist was killed instantly m a collision with a car on the Seletar Expressway at about 5.15 pm. Both vehicles had been travelling towards Johor. Mr Tan Chee Hoo, 21,
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        100 3 AN UNEMPLOYED man was charged m court on Saturday with making a hoax phone call about a bomb to the Internal Security Department (ISD). The man, Ramiahthevar Thevadas, 48, allegedly called the ISD from a Woodlands payphone last Thursday and said: 'There is a bomb
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        114 3 A YISHUN housewife became the sixth person m recent weeks to be robbed by snatch thieves just after withdrawing a large sum from the bank. The 43-year-old woman lost almost $25,000, which would have been used for a family holiday m Japan. The thief ripped off
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        36 3 FIVE cars at a multistorey carpark m Block" 462A, Choa Chu Kang Avenue 4, had their rear windows smashed on Friday night. A Cash Card was reported missing from one of the cars.
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        98 3 THREE drug traffickers were arrested m separate busts and drugs with a street value of more than $40,000 were seized. The first arrest was made on Thursday, when customs officers at the Woodlands checkpoint found ketamine, Ice and Ecstasy pills m the motorcycle helmet of
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      217 3 PEOPLE who bought CashCards before or during 1998 should check the expiry dates as their validity is close to an end. Card owners can log on to the Internet at www. nets, com.sg or call the customer service centre of the Network for Electronic Transfers
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      278 5  - Pasir Ris longkang reeling in the crowds CHEW SENG KIM The lure of catching prize specimens like the luohan fish and sea bass has drawn young and old to Sungei Tampines canal Pictures and text bu A CANAL m Pasir Ris is getting people hooked. Crowds are making a daily
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      Lock icon Lessons on Hinduism in temple visit, talk
      297 6 Lessons on Hinduism in temple visit, talk THE Hindus believe the darker a henna tattoo on a bride's hand, the fonder the groom's mother will be of her. That was just one of the things 15-year-old Natalia Chen of Chung Cheng High (Main) picked up yesterday during a tour of
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      189 6 FOREIGN Affairs Minister S. Jayakumar used his Deepavali message to Hindus to remind all Singaporeans not to let race and religion get m the way of getting along with each other. Events at home and abroad following last year's Sept 11 terrorist attacks m the
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      257 6 A SMALL, sweet and sticky treat was used to symbolise friendship and understanding by Chua Chu Kang's Muslim community yesterday. Dates, a traditional food used to break fast m the month of Ramadan, were dropped off at 5,000 homes m the constituency, together with a
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      351 6  - Streets to light up on time, right on time KARAMJIT KAUR New, more reliable electronic timer switches will turn public lighting on and off islandwide from January a TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT SOME evenings, street lights do not turn on when they are supposed to, and some mornings, they light up. For
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        Lock icon Xinmin's principals of success
        614 8  -  JANE LEE School's transformation from dumping ground for rejects to an award winner inspires a book to guide managers iIL NEIGHBOURHOOD school Xinmin Secondary is being held up as a role model by a university don for organisations. Dr William Koh, an associate professor at the
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        209 8 BUSINESS lecturer William Koh distilled what he had observed from the leadership styles of the current principal of Xinmin Secondary, as well as his predecessor, into these principles: Honest)', integrity' and humility. Effective leaders build their dreams and visions on these moral values. Vision counts. Dare
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        Lock icon Future NTU chief wins medal
        299 8 PROFESSOR Su Guaning, the man who will be m charge of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) from next year, can now add another award to his impressive resume. He has been given the inaugural medal of excellence from the Institution of Engineers Singapore as well as
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        479 9 Antitrust ruling stings, 11 T but it doesn't really hurt SAN FRANCISCO When the federal government and 20 states filed their sweeping antitrust suit against Microsoft m May 1998, the company dominated the personal computer business and was aggressively moving into the neighbouring markets of software for handheld
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        Lock icon RIVALS RESIGNED
        842 9 NO IMPACT 'Microsoft may be a little bit more restrained and a little bit less aggressive... but not much. Harvard Business School's Professor Yoffie DISGUSTED In Silicon Valley, people were disgusted, but not shocked We assumed I that this was the way we would have to live with
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      210 1 L F. 1 S I RE Hooked By Pasir Ris Canal People are drawn by the luohan, sea bass and golden carp they can catch there, pace H4 b^ x -Si^y L A N I AC E Clans' Malay Course A Hit Many m the inaugural course took lessons to
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      37 1 BOLLYWOOD LESSONS "Their culture is very rich and colourful. Their movies have strong morals. And as a Chinese, I can relate to those morals. Miss Gwen Sin, a Bollywood movie fan who has taken Hindi language lessons
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      349 2 To avoid any inconvenience, cardholders are advised to check if their cards are due to expire and replace them prior to expiry and obtain a refund on the monetary value and deposit. Find out if your Cash Card is expiring by performing either of the following simple steps: 1 I
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      226 5 Meet Admissions Directors of the world's top business schools Singapore MBA Fair Saturday 16 November (13:30-17:30) The Pan Pacific Hotel 7 Raffles Boulevard, Marina Square Exclusive Scholarships •MasterCtass m Leadership •MBA Admissions Seminar dhr before opening) Exec MBA Village GMAT /TOEFL Strategy Session •First 100 visitors receive The MBA Career
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      671 1  -  LESLIE LAU Singing a rap song, Chong whips his audience into a fervour m a road show to motivate them to learn good English By INKIAI.AI.I MPIR EVEN as the plan to introduce English m Malaysian schools next year continues to stoke
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      207 1 They should get language lessons KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysia), government will lose 75 per cent of its ei\il servants who are proficient m English by 2005 and it was time those m senice be sent for periodic language courses, the Minister m the Prime Minister's Department said on
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        Lock icon Round-the-clock work at site of Three Gorges Dam project
        931 2  - Round-the-clock work at site of Three Gorges Dam project XIE HONG The team is rushing to complete a cofferdam to create a watertight area for building the remaining part of the dam By THE STRAITS TIMES CHINA DESK Features of world's largest dam project Location: Sandoupinq of Yichang city m
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        Lock icon Taiwan 'drove away Chinese spy ship'
        444 2 Third time' that the vessel has entered its waters this year TAIPEI Taiwanese navy and coast guard vessels chased away a Chinese spy ship m the island's territorial waters after fresh warnings that China has expanded naval operations against Taiwan, officials said yesterday. After
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        Lock icon Like it or not, here's the bribe...via phone card
        293 2 Like it or not, here's the bribe... via phone card NANJING Criminals m China have come up with a novel way of forcing bribes on both willing and unwilling government officials. They are topping up the stored-val-ue cards of mobile phones owned by the officials. Crooks who want to grease
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          79 2 THE journey of two British "Long Marchers" is well under way, as they trace on foot the path the Red Army made on its epic Long March m the mid-1930s through west China. Both Mr Andrew McEwen, 36, and Mr Ed Jocelyn, 34, having worked
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          Lock icon CHINA'S PLATINUM CLASS HOTELS
          61 2 CHINA is going to reclassify some of its hotels as "Platinum Five-Star", a newly added category for the finest m the industry, it was reported yesterday. Hongkong's Sing Tao Daily said the addition was necessary as the facilities and services at several major hotels m the
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          56 2 NEARLY 23 per cent of youths m Beijing who turned up for pre-nation-al service enlistment fitness tests have been found to be obese, it was reported yesterday. Around 20 per cent of those who toent for the medical check-ups were also found to be
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          Lock icon 100 CRATER LAKES FOUND IN MONGOLIA
          75 2 CHINESE geologists have discovered more than 100 crater lakes on the eastern part of Arxan Mountain m north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The lakes, formed m the wake of a volcanic eruption, were divided into the more common crater lakes and barrier lakes,
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          Lock icon NO FLYING AT ZHUHAI AIR SHOW
          106 2 THERE will be no flying this year at the Fourth China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition because of safety concerns following a tragedy at a Ukraine air show m July when a Rus-sian-built warplane crashed into the crowd, killing 76 people. Zhuhai, a special
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        982 3  -  LESLIE FONG Run-up To i6th Party Congress By DITOR-AT-LARGE Wu Vi may become the first woman promoted to the Politburo Standing Committee, but she may face gender bias STATE Councillor Wu Vi, 64, will make history if, as speculated, she is promoted to
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        Lock icon Las Vegas casino sues HK gambler over $ 1.25m debt
        212 3 Las Vegas casino sues HK gambler over 1.25 m debt HONGKONG A Las Vegas casino has sued a Hongkong businessman who allegedly owed it HK55.46 million (551.25 million) m debts, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Venetian Casino Re- sort, owned by Mr Sheldon Adelson, chairman of Las Vegas Sands Inc,
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        259 3 China closer to manned space flight BEIJING China is on track to launch a fourth unmanned space capsule later this year, likely to be the last such test before it makes a bid to put a human into outer space, a top government aerospace official was quoted as saying yesterday.
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          Lock icon HUSBAND SUES WIFE'S LOVER
          62 4 A LOVE-SICK Taiwanese who went to his lover's house to propose to her m front of her surprised husband and family, is being sued by the furious husband, the Taipei Times reported yesterday. The man, a van driver, had been having an affair with his married
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          78 4 INDIA'S decision to buy Hawk fighter jets worth more than £1 billion (552.7 billion) from a British firm has been delayed after lobbying by a Czech company, a defence source said yesterday. But the Czech offer could fail as the jets contain Ameri-can-made parts.
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          Lock icon QUAKE TRIGGERS LANDSLIDE DEATH
          56 4 A LANDSLIDE triggered by an earthquake m Pakistan's Karakoram mountains on Saturday killed a bus passenger as he tried to remove rocks blocking the Old Silk Road m the country's north. The quake measured 5.6 on the Richter scale and the resulting landslide blocked a 2-km
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          Lock icon ROBBERS UNIMPRESSED BY YIP VICTIM
          58 4 GUNMEN robbed Taiwanese lawmaker Chen Hsueh-sheng and his wife of more than NT$lO,OOO (SssOB) m cash and valuables on Saturday, ignoring Mr Chen's repeated stress on his status, the United Daily News reported. He and his wife were robbed after being stopped as they drove
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          69 4 A DIPLOMATIC row between Thailand and Taiwan has been solved after Bangkok agreed yesterday to issue a working-visit visa to Taiwan's labour affairs minister. In August, Ms Chen Chu rejected a tourist visa and boycotted the signing of a bilateral agreement. The decision to issue
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          30 4 WOMEN MPs from Pakistan's most religiously conservative province pledged at the weekend to reform female health and education and repeal gender-biased laws. AFP
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        101 4 The ailments that affect the older generation insomnia, hypertension, spinal problems, for example start earlier nowadays. And these younger people realise that taiji helps them a lot. Taiji master George Thomas Clear benefits 1 can take two-minute breaks from work and do some taiji exercises. It helps
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        587 4  -  NIRMAL GHOSH Instead of taking cigarette breaks, they take time out for the ancient art of taiji to help them de-stress and stay focused By INDIA CORRESPONDENT BANGALORE Mr Govind Krishna, 40, the general manager of product development m a software firm,
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        Lock icon HK stars lead hundreds in protest against magazine
        333 4 FURORE OVER TOPLESS PICTURE HONGKONG Hongkong movie stars and singers led several hundred demonstrators yesterday m a protest condemning a tabloid magazine that featured an actress who was apparently photographed topless against her will years ago. Nearly 300 people gathered outside government
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        152 4 Talks on Korean reunions collapse SEOUL Talks on reunions of families kept apart by the division of the Korean peninsula have collapsed m a setback to Seoul's efforts to improve relations with North Korea, officials said yesterday. The three-day Red Cross meeting at the North's Mount Kumgang resort ended on
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        148 4 NEW DELH The Indian police shot dead two suspected Islamic militants yesterday m one of New Delhi's most prestigious shopping malls. An official from the police control room said the two guerillas belonged to the panIslamic Lashkar-e-Taiba guerilla group. Zee TV network
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        413 4 WASHINGTON North Korea says it wants to negotiate with the United States over Pyongyang's newly disclosed nuclear weapons programme, and is open to meeting the Bush administration's demand that it shut down its previously secret ura-nium-enrichment facilities. In a
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        435 6 Extra fat and extra taste of new breed a success story HACHIOJI (Japan) The tasty pork provided by a newly developed breed of pig called Tokyo X is enabling farmers working land on the fringes of the Tokyo metropolis to increase their income
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        247 6 60,000 S. Koreans desperately want to have 'sex' SEOUL Nearly 60,000 people here want sex www.sex.co.kr, that is. The Internet domain name has emerged as the most hotly sought after among more than 8,000 put up for sale since the South Korean government recently lifted a ban on site names
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        496 6 We have virtually agreed to everything. We have made progress that no one thought was possible. Sri Lanka's top negotiator C.L. Peiris Breakthrough m peace talks includes agreement to discuss power sharing and plans to rebuild war-torn areas NAKHON PATHOM
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        725 7  -  MICHAEL HOARE It is spending millions to keep terrorists out of the country and using get-tough tactics to weed out those already m Bj 1 FIND IT AMAZING THAT PEOPLE COULD SERIOUSLY QUESTION THE NATIONAL NEED FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.' Prime Minister John Howard, defending
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        261 7 Defence money needed to fight terrorism 'not clear' SINGAPORE Australia must resolutely fight terrorism within its borders but how much more defence spending is needed following the attack on tourists m Bali last month remains unclear, Australia's chief of defence forces said yesterday. "No area can be guaranteed to be
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        366 7 The alliance is another channel of anti-terrorism cooperation PHNOM PENH Thailand says it will join Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines m forming an an-ti-terrorism coalition, broadening a security alliance m a region regarded as a terrorist breeding ground. Thai Foreign
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        109 7 REVISED: US travel advisory MANILA The United States has moderated its travel advisory to the Philippines to take into account tighter security against possible new terror attacks m the country, a presidential spokesman said yesterday. President Gloria Macapagai Arroyo's spokesman, Mr Rigoberto Hsiao, said the Philippines welcomed the revision of
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        180 7 CANBERRA The alleged spiritual leader of the radical Islamic group Jemaah Islamiah (JI) visited Australia 11 times m the *****, probably m a bid to establish influence m the country, the government said yesterday. Federal Attorney-General Daryl Williams said Abu
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        Lock icon US accused of trying to crush S-E Asian Islamic groups
        254 7 MANILA The Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group yesterday accused the United States of carrying out a campaign to crush all Islamic groups m South-east Asia. Eid Kabalu, spokesman for the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), made the allegation as
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        147 7 THAI Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday angrily denounced a late-night ambush of three police officers m the country's troubled deep south, vowing to end the mounting unrest swiftly. The shooting late on Friday marked a violent new twist m a series of attacks m Thailand's
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        117 7 INDONESIAN police have arrested a third suspect for questioning over a September grenade blast near a house belonging to the US Embassy, a senior official said yesterday. Ali Ridwan, a suspect m the Sept 21 explosion inside a car m a residential area m central Jakarta,
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        133 7 THE Philippine army plans to offer a reward of as much as 100,000 pesos (553,360) to any tipster who would give "A-l" information which could lead to the prevention of terrorist attacks, Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Benjamin Defensor said on Saturday.
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        151 7 SOLDIERS overran a Muslim separatist guerilla camp m the southern Philippines and found a bombmaking workshop, a military report said yesterday. However, the guerillas had already fled, the report said. The workshop was discovered after soldiers went into what was believed to be a Moro Islamic Liberation
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        527 8  -  EDWARD TANG Month-old school is first of its kind m city and plans to expand to offer quality education to Muslim kids from all over Bu THAILAND CORRFSFON DENT BANGKOK It all began a year ago when university lecturer Hassan Iqbal
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        43 8 PHOTOS: EDWARD TANG THE Al-Raihan school teaches Muslim children about Islamic culture, the Quran and prayer, without neglecting English, science and maths. Mr Hassan Iqbal and his Thai wife started the school m response to a need they saw.
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        228 8 PHNOM PENH A hostage stand-off m the north-west Banteay Menachey province ended late yesterday with all six hostages freed unharmed, one soldier killed and two of the kidnappers committing suicide, according to witnesses. "The situation is over, completely over, and the kidnappers,
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          37 8 THE body of a British national was found floating near a resort m Mindoro island, south of Manila. Police believe Mr Malcolm Harrison, 48, had died of a heart attack. AFP
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          39 8 A SNIPER killed a civilian and injured three others m Ambon, m Maluku province, Indonesia, on Saturday night. Witnesses said the four were all motorcycle-taxi passengers. Jakarata Post/Asia News Network ASIA NEWS NETWORK
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          Lock icon KIDS ABUSING POLICE HOTLINE IN THAILAND
          41 8 THAI police say children as young as eight are responsible for many of the prank calls made to their toll-free emergency response centre. They said up to 10,000 prank calls were received a day. AFP
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          43 8 ROAD accidents claimed 12,936 lives and injured two million people m Thailand last year. Public Health Minister Sudarat Keyuraphan said motorcyclists accounted for 80 per cent of the casualties. The Nation/Asia News Network The Nationa/Asia News Network
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          53 8 THE Vietnam Friendship Village, built for victims of the Vietnam War, is calling on its international donors to help with expansion plans. The village, which currently accommodates about 140 Agent Orange victims, hopes to have space for 200 residents by 2004. Vietnam News/Asia News Network
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          Lock icon SABAH SCRAPS RECLAMATION PLAN
          77 9 LIKAS Bay m Kota Kinabalu looks set to be preserved for future generations now that the state of Sabah has scrapped plans to reclaim some 600 ha of seafront for a commercial project. The project, proposed m 1998, was part of a land swop deal between
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          60 9 MAJOR renovation work on Parliament House m Kuala Lumpur, a RM49-million (Ss23-million) project expected to be completed m February 2004, began on Friday. The work, to be carried out by Syarikat Pembinaan Anggerik Sdn Bhd, will begin at the Tower Block where the MPs' rooms
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          63 9 EXPRESS and tour bus owners will be required to install a new generation of black boxes starting January. The black box is a monitoring device that records, among others, the driver's identity, dates and routes, total distance travelled, speed every 10 seconds, and
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          58 9 SARAWAK will build a new State Legislative Assembly building with a unique architecture on top of a nill overlooking a river. Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud said the new building would replace the present House which was built m 1974 along with Wisma Bapa Malaysia
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          57 9 THE presence of the Royal Police Horse Unit m Klang over the last two weeks had reduced significantly the number of snatch thefts and break-ins during daytime. In Taman Sri Muda alone, police had noted a 50 per cent drop m both crimes since the
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        439 9 LIFE AFTER NIPAH VIRUS OUTBREAK IPOH Former pig farmers of Ulu Piah, robbed of their livelihood by the Nipah virus outbreak three years ago, are slowly picking up the pieces. Most of them have switched to fruit and vegetable farming while others
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        66 9 BERITA MINGGU MALAYSIA AN ELDERLY woman, overcome by smoke inhalation, being carried to safety by a neighbour during a fire that razed seven houses m Sungai Keladi just outside of Kota Baru on Saturday. A 55-year-old woman and her 25-year-old son were injured m the fire, and about
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        217 9 KUALA LUMPUR Opposition leaders yesterday rebuffed Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's invitation to ioin the ruling coalition, calling it a "deception". They claimed that the move was designed to bolster support for Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir as he embarks on the final year of
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        642 9  - Ornamental fish offers lifeline for local economy REME AHMAD Kuala Lumpur is giving the lucrative industry a helping hand to offset the effect of dwindling foreign investments By IN KUALA LUMPUR AROWANA: Breeding success In the *****, Xian Leng Holdings and the Malaysian Fisheries Department successfully produced an Asian arowana
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        183 9 PUTRAJAYA National primary schools are likely to start teaching Chinese, Tamil and Arabic as communication languages during normal school hours beginning next year, Gerakan president Lim Keng Yaik said yesterday. He said two periods would be allocated for the teaching of these languages, which
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        64 11 'It *s easier for me to start at 85 per cent if* and gel to 100 per cent than it is for me to come m at 100 per cent and stay there.' Los Angeles Lakers centre Shaquille O'Neal (left), who is recovering
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        687 11  -  MARC LIM BADMINTON Singaporean's anxiety finds him losing 10-15,5-15 to a superior Chen By HE HAS THE TALENT AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SUCH A WASTE IF HE MDN7 MAKE USE OF IT. THE FACT THAT HE CAN MAKE IT TO A WORLD JUNIOR
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        459 11  -  BEN NADARAJAN ASIAN GAMES AWARDS B V MAP: What they got... Remy Ong (bowling): $416,000 (2 mdv, 1 team golds). Halim Haron (bodybuilding): $250,000 (1 gold) Simon Chua (bodybuilding): $250,000 1 gold) Lee Yu-Wen (bowling): $166,666 (1 team cold) Sam Goh (bowling):
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        519 12  -  MARC LIM HORSE RACING Singapore Gold Cup win puts him m line for Horse of the Year title Bjt SINGAPORE GOLD CUP 2,200 m Singapore Group 1 1 Smart Bet (Cooksley) 2 Thunderaway (Dv Plessis) 3 Striking Diamond (Woodworth) 4 Petroselli (De Montfort)
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        333 12  -  BEN NADARAJAN RUGBY Bu WHEN it mattered most, Philip Burger's kicking let him down. The Durban Harlequins centre had converted all four of his team's tries m the Ablitt Cup final against Fiji's Davetalevu at the Singapore Cricket Club International Sevens yesterday. But, with just seconds left
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        396 12 BASKETBALL HOUSTON Chinese fans of Houston Rockets centre Yao Ming cheered his home-court debut with a party m his hometown of Shanghai. And the National Basketball Association's No 1 draft was just as big a hit with the fans here too as they
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        432 13 TENNIS PARIS Marat Safin hit winner after winner to beat world No 1 Lleyton Hewitt 7-6 (7-4), 6-0, 6-4 yesterday to capture his second Paris Masters title. The third seed closed out the straight-set victory with a service winner
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        Lock icon Vijay hopes the third time is his charm
        382 13 GOLF ATLANTA Vijay Singh is m a familiar position, albeit a dubious one. For the third time m as many Tour Championships held "at East Lake Golf Club, the Fijian has the 54-hole lead, sinking an 80-foot eagle putt on Saturday en
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          104 13 ORACLE BMW Racing vaulted to second place m yachting's Louis Vuitton Challenger Series on the eighth and final day of round room two, after winning two races against Le Defi Areva and Victory Challenge yesterday. With the conclusion of round robin two, the Louis Vuitton Cup
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          74 13 PARK WINS WORLD MATCHPL AY TITLE GRACE PARK captured her third United States Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour title when she defeated Japan's Midori Yoneyama m the World Ladies Matchplay Championship final m Narita, Japan yesterday. The South Korean, who had trounced Carin Koch of Sweden five and four m
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        Lock icon Arsenal's victory, thanks to Marlet
        369 13 SOCCER The Fulham striker's own goal helps stop Gunners' losing streak at four LONDON Champion Arsenal ended its run of four successive defeats m unconvincing fashion yesterday as an own goal by Steve Marlet gave the Gunners a 1-0 win at Fulham. North and south-west
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        191 13 note Table does not reflect result of late Charlt on S underland game. r f i i f i ik Liverpool 12 9 3 0 24 9 30 Arsenal 12 8 2 2 27 13 26 Manchester United.. 12 6 4 2 16 9 22 Chelsea 12 5
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        230 13 ROME AS Roma fought back for a 2-2 draw with Perugia m an Italian Serie A match yesterday despite playing the entire second half with 10 men after its goalkeeper Francesco Antonioli was sent off. Second-half goals from Christian Panucci and Francesco
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        161 13 NOTL Table docs not reflect late Parma- Chievo game. r i f «s Inter Milan 7 6 1 0 M 4 19 AC Milan 7 5 1 I 21 5 16 Juventus 7 4 3 0 11 4 15 Lazio 7 4 2 1 12 7 14 Bologna
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        235 14 MDM LEE CHWEE TIAN AGE: 69 passed away peacefully on Sunday, 3/11/02. Husband: Sim Seng Yam Henry Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lawrence Sim Lena Khoo Tony Sim Molly Tay Paul Sim Daughters: Sons-in-law: Amy Sim Tony Tan Jenny Sim Koh Swee Huat Alison Sim Simon Tan (Lily, Sim, deceased) Anthony Tan Ruby
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        366 14 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences To Our Managing Director MSJOYNAQUEK on the demise of her beloved Mother MDM TAN GEE LAN Departed on 1 November 2002 From: The Management 4s- Staff of S-ll Food Marketing Pte Ltd Tong Le S-ll (Siang Garden) Food House S-l 1 Cuppage Terrace Pte
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        310 14 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Our Managing Director, Ms Joyna Quek on the demise of her beloved Mother MDM TAN GEE LAN Departed on 1 November 2002 From: The Management and staff of S-ll F&B Holdings Pte Ltd With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences To Our Managing Director
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      654 15 ROUND-UP Overseas markets IT WAS what American investors wanted to see: After hitting fiveand six-year lows, the market staged a stunning October rally, raising hopes that the month would live up to its reputation as a bear Killer ana spur Wall Street to extend
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      102 15 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) Main Sdq ToUl Miln Sdq Tom Multilnd 28,856 28.856 38.680 36 660 Manufacturq 108.893 12,524 121,417 92,690 3,343 96.033 Commerce 24,426 F56 24,964 7,958 110 8 066 Tpt/Stor/Com 26,756 26,756 33,221 33,22' finance 12.498 12.498 81,684 61 684 Construction 22,722 3,447 26.169 5.380
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      127 15 MAIN SDO TOTAL Up On Unch Up Dn Unch Up Dn Uncfi Multilnd 575 000 575 Manufacturg 22 82 15 4 29 10 26 111 25 Commerce 13 33 12 4 7 3 17 40 15 Tpt/Stor/Com 6 21 1 0 0 0 6 21 1 Finance
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      41 15 Change Straits Times Index 1427.60 -3577 BT 08/ OS _-121.00 -182.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -158.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -12.00 UOBSesdaq 54.30 -1.32 UOB Blue Cnip 482.84 -8.36 STI Futures 1420 -44 MSCI Singapore 176.72 -4.90 SiMSCI Futures 175.30 -6.50
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      40 15 Citiraya 2.5 c 78.619.000 BIL Intl US2OC 62,151,000 Chart SemiCond 26c 41,509.000 People's Foofl HGK 50c 40,408,000 Datacraft 10c 38,155,000 IPCO 20c 37.612,000 SembMar 10c 37,458.000 TPVUSIC 35 997 000 IPC Corpn 5c 33,940.000 TT Int 15c 30.712,000
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      433 15 2^3C3 ABNAmroßankNV 5.25 ABSA Bank Limited 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 American Express Bank 5 Arab Banking Corp 6 Arab Bank PLC 5 Banca Di Roma 5.5 Banca Intesa Banca Commerciale Italiana SPA 7.25 Banca Nazionale Del Lavoro SPA 5 Bangkok Bank
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      452 15 REVIEW Currencies HONGKONG There was little movement among major regional currencies last week as weak US economic data kept the value of the greenback down. JAPANESE YEN: It rose against the US dollar, shrugging off a midweek decision by the Bank of Japan to
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      237 16 Korean chip firms to raise prices SEOUL South Korean semiconductor firms will soon raise prices by 10 per cent to meet demand from major personal computer makers, reports said yesterday. Samsung Electronics and local rival Hynix will start negotiations on contract prices, Yonhap news agency said. The move by the
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      150 16 SAN FRANCISCO Union dockworkers and shipping firms m the United States have reached a tentative agreement on Icey issues" for a labour contract to keep ports on the West Coast open, a feaeral mediator said. The agreement reached on Friday focuses on the introduction of
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      233 16 EIGHT-NATION EFFORT KUALA LUMPUR Eight Muslim nations launched a global agency yesterday to set standards for an Islamic financial system that will end "debt slavery", said Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. The basic principle of Islamic banking is prohibition of interest. It
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      515 16 Top economic adviser Lawrence Lindsey, SEC chairman Harvey Pitt and Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill may be replaced WASHINGTON White House officials are considering a major reshuffle of President George W. Bush's economic team and have told key lawmakers that top economic adviser Lawrence Lindsey and
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      288 16 US regulator sues Ernst Young SUPERIOR BANK FAILED BECAUSE OF IMPROPER ACCOUNTING BY ERNST S YOUNG, SAYS THE REGULATOR NEW YORK A United States banking regulator has filed a US$2 billion (553.5 billion) suit against Ernst Young (E&Y) for its role m a bank failure, saying the firm covered up
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      Lock icon Preview tickets a big hit with car companies
      411 17  -  LEONG CHAN TEIK SINGAPORE MOTOR SHOW ft THE ka-ching sound of the cash register is ringing early for the upcoming Singapore Motor Show. More than 4,500 tickets have been snapped up for the exclusive preview day on Nov 14. Fewer than 500
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      716 17  -  SOH WEN LIN New penalty system for those who fail to pay short-term lease fees on time could actually leave some culprits better off PKOPKRH RH.I'ORTKR RUNNING a cafe with tables spilling onto the pavement but forgot to pay the shortterm
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      365 17 SYDNEY Trade Minister Mark Vaile said yesterday that the implications of the free trade pact Australia and Singapore have sealed extended beyond commercial ties and beyond Singapore. The signal it sent out to the region would be "very, very powerful", he said. "It's a
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      56 17 It's a clear signal that Australia is obviously going to remain and increase our engagement right throughout EastAsiabut particularly South-east Asia.' Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile, on the implications of the free trade pact REUTERS The pact has far-reaching implications, says Mr Vaile, who attended the recent
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      Lock icon Investment group 'eyeing BIL's Thistle Hotels stake'
      163 17 LONDON Investment group Orb Estates is close to buying Singaporebased BIL International's 46 per cent stake m Britain's biggest hotel chain, Thistle Hotels, the Sunday Times newspaper reported. Orb, based m the island tax haven of Jersey off the south coast of England,
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        74 17 CHINA said yesterday it will allow foreign companies to buy stakes m listed companies now held by the government, reversing a 1995 ban to seek overseas capital to restructure ailing state enterprises. The official Xinhua news agency said China's securities regulator, finance ministry and
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        Lock icon MIZUHO PLANS 10% PAY CUT AND LAYOFFS'
        101 17 MIZUHO Holdings may cut workers' annual salaries by about 10 per cent and wifl slash a fifth of its workforce to 25,000 by March 2004 to improve its balance sheet, Yomiuri newspaper reported, without citing anyone. Mizuho will cut a further 2,000 to
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        107 17 TELSTRA FACES PERJURY PROBE AUSTRALIA'S major opposition party has called for a federal Royal Commission to investigate allegations of perjury and obstruction of justice by Telstra, potentially dealing a blow to the government's plan to sell its As3l billion (5530.7 billion) stake. The allegations, revealed on Nine Network's Business Sunday
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        77 17 CHINA Telecom, which delayed its US$3.6B billion (556.5 billion) initial public offering (IPO) due to weak investor demand, may cut the size of the deal by as much as 50 per cent, banking sources said at the weekend. "We could reduce the size substantially,
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        80 17 THE United States, Canada and Latin America have agreed to a strict timetable to negotiate a free trade zone that would span the Americas by 2005. Under Friday's agreement at a meeting of ministers m Ecuador's capital, Quito, countries must present draft trade
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      489 18  -  KEL VIN WONG ES Cell International plans two rounds of private equity financing; talks are under way with 13 investor groups *1L VENTURE capitalists may be keeping close tabs on their money m these tough times but that has not deterred ES Cell
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      Lock icon WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR?
      73 18 TANSUANANN 'It's the characteristic of being very, very passionate about their business... of knowing the business inside out they can really tell that this is something that is going to happen m the industry and they position the company the 'never say
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      Lock icon Doctor dispenses tips to would-be entrepreneurs
      505 18  -  LORNA TAN WRITING FROM EXPERIENCE COMPANIF.S CORRESPONDENT EX-MEDICAL doctor turned businessman Michael Leong has shown some market savvy m the timing of his newly published book: Be An Entrepreneur. After all, "entrepreneur" is the business term on everybody's lips, with a strong gov-ernment-led push
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      77 18 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents SPPSc 7.5 87.5 3.5 Armstrong WO4 1.5 50.0 0.5 BBR Hidgs 5c 1.5 50.0 0.5 WeePoh2oc 7.5 50.0 2.5 Circuits Plus W06 4.5 28.6 1.0 Compact 10c 7 27.3 1.5 DraqonLand 10c 5 25.0 1.8 GRP2OC 10 25.0 2.0 Pertama2sc 13.5 22.7 2.5 Eastern Pub 10c
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      73 18 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents SembCorpDßeCWo3 0.5 50.0 0.5 Cybermast Ltd 8.5 37.0 5.0 AcmaWo4lll6 2 33.3 1.0 ReedGrpsc 2 33.3 1.0 Strike W*****5 1 33.3 0.5 Falmac Ltd 20c 4 27.3 1.5 Intl Press 12 27.3 4.5 El-Nets 1c 1.5 25.0 0.5 KLWHldqsiOc 8 23.8 2.5 BakerTech2oc 7 22.2 2.0
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      705 18  -  AZHAR KHALID B§) markets c(miit:spo\Di:\r DOMESTIC economic concerns, especially over the likely rise m unemployment, may cause a downward spiral m investor sentiment m the Singapore bourse this week. Dealers said last Friday's comments by Manpower Minister Lee Boon Yang that the
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      13 1 Life! THE STRAITS TIMES Monday, November 4, 2002 celebrates the wonder of life
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        365 1 "jj»^^»~| STRAIGHT TALK B|<^i The Bachelor is great, o, but The Spinster is something else Monday ARTS Tuesday TRAVEL Wednesday MOVIES Thursday FASHION Friday MUSIC Saturday DESIGN Sunday LIFESTYLE B I^^^^^Hfc bMbSbb^^^^^^^^b^bl b^^^^B W >^y^t V b Ib^bl iL r b w jb P^^^^ b B V W V B
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      295 2 UNDERGRADUATE Lim Deng Li is not usually an early bird. But the 19-year-old business student from the Nanyang Technological University had to wake up at 6 am last Thursday to study for her examinations. And by a stroke of luck, she was the first to sign
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      363 2 AFTER having his radio programme Hip Parade axed From Perfect Ten 98.7 FM last week, well-known DJ and music critic Chris Ho has tuned m to offers from other radio stations. There are plans for him to have his own weekly show on the National Arts
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      159 2 THAI-CHINESE duo China Dolls plan to continue looking like the title of their hit album Single Eyelid Girls by not going under the knife. "We're not very pretty. Neither do we have very good bodies," says Taiwanese Wawa (Chen Guanhua), 23, the more articulate of
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      238 2 TORONTO Canadian author Rohinton Mistry has cancelled the second half of a United States book tour, complaining of "unbearable" humiliation as a result of racial profiling, the Globe and Mail reported on Saturday. Mistry "has been extremely unhappy about the way he
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      226 2 NEW YORK Rapper Eminem (left) says he worked up to 16 hours a day to get details right m 8 Mile, a movie based loosely on his troubled youth. "I'm like, yo, watch my facial expression here, it's not the greatest m the world,"
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        1307 3 Singapore's role as middleman to Asian artistes is a complex issue because of the diversity of Asian arts, rriihsh■•// CLARISSA OON AMIDST North American brand names like soprano Jessye Norman and the New York Philharmonic, works by Asian performers were very much on display at the Esplanade's
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        73 3 IN RECENT years, Singapore has drawn Asian artistes for artistic exchange and to create new works. And nowhere was contemporary Asian arts more on display than at the Esplanade's opening festival. But Singaporean and Asian artistes and critics say that "Asian contemporary" is extremely diverse. While Singapore has the
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        127 3 Singapore Arts Festival Since 2000, the festival, which is organised by the National Arts Council, has adopted a pan- Asian focus and showcased more contemporary works. Its successes include this year's commissioning of Occupation (right), a play by Malaysian director Huzir Sulaiman, to mark the 60th anniversary
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        1148 4 And the winners are... By Ong Soh Chin, Onq Sor Fern, Tan Shzr Ec, Suhaila Sulaiman and Clarissa Oon As the Openin^Festival of the Esplanade Theatres on the Bay wraps up after 22 days of 70 productions and 600 free events by 1,300 artistes from 2z countries, Life! presents its
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        94 4 DRUMROLL, PLEASE SMOKESCREEN: cesana Evora (above) lit up a cigarette during a break while a dancer from Anaphaza (left) did it during the performance. STRINGING ALONG (left): Kazue Mizushima and her band from Japan were like hyper-active flies rubbing against strings m Stringraphy Tapestry. EN-CHAN-TING (right): Kit chan was all
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        144 5  - ONG SOR FERN MUSIC JAZZ FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THE MUSIC OF ARTBLAKEYAND WYNTON MARSALIS Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Esplanade Cornell Hall Last Saturday By i THE Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra's two gigs on Saturday were ample proof that the 15--member band is the finest collection of jazz
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        496 5 the audience through a guided tour of the life and work of composer-bassist Charles Mingus. The band played pieces short and sweet, beginning with the catchy Better Get Hit In Your Soul and working through to more challenging pieces like Meditations For Integration. It was
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        358 5  - A bash to take note of m Six Memos CLARISSA OON PERFORMANCE SIX MEMOS FOR THE NEXT MILLENNIUM Shakespeare's Wild Sisters Group (Taiwan) and Gimmaku-Yugaku Replicant (Japan) Esplanade Theatre Studio Last Saturday *1L IMAGINE five spikyhaired moppets let loose m an electronica-styled universe of blips, beats and human squeals, and
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        632 5  -  SONNY LJM With expressive body movements, Jessue Norman sang to, not at, the audience m her dark, burnished and powerful voice CLASSICAL JESSYE NORMAN IN RECITAL Esplanade Concert Hall Last Friday »L AT THE end, I thought the thunderous standing ovation for Jessye Norman was never going to
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        390 5  -  TANSHZREE PERFORMANCE EMBRYONIC GARDEN Shane Thio, Suzaki Misumi Esplanade Recital Studio I-ast Friday *L IT IS rare to see classical musicians here moving out of their self-contained circle to peek out of the canon of set repertoire and collaborate with nonmusicians on the
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        546 7  -  SAMVELLEE Actress Carol Cheng says men should accept that women, like her character m TVB drama War Of The Genders, are stealiiig their thunder m society ft DON'T ASK SILLY QUESTIONS: Playing a successful single lawyer m the show War Of The Genders, Carol Cheng says that
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        606 7  -  Samuel Lee EJ WAS IT a coincidence? Or was it an effort by Channel U to ride on Channel s's coat-tails? The Mandarin Media Works channel started airing Carol Cheng's War Of The Genders on Oct 24. This was two days after its Englishlanguage MediaCorp rival
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        466 7  -  FOONG WOEI WAN DRAMA ROMANCE OF THE BOOK AND SWORD Channel V Mondays to Fridays, 9 pm *L AMAZING GRACE: Actress Esther Kwan is so lovable and Chinese gongfu expert Zhao Wenzhuo exudes such grace that these two make very good reasons to catch the show.
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        533 8  -  SAMUEL LEE Steely beauty Asha Gill bares her fangs to display some much-needed B-jactor m Channel 5 gameshow REVIEW THE WEAKEST LINK Channel 5 Sundays 5.30 pm By IF YOU were disappointed by the absence of bitchiness m Channel Bs spin-off of The Weakest Link,
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        548 8  -  TAYYEKKEAK It is a cross between Ally Mcßeal and Doogie Howser, M.D. REVIEW SCRUBS Channel 5 Mondays 1 1 pm ititirtrC? Bu IF I ever need medical attention, I want those doctors from Scrubs. Three episodes have passed and already it looks like the freshest
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        230 12 The Amazing Race 3 airs on Channel 5 on Thursdays (3 and 8 pm) and AXN (Star Hub Ch 19) on Thursdays at 8 pm and midnight (repeated on Fridays at 1 pm, and Sundays at 1 and 6 pm). A CHANNEL 5
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        345 12 FOR the past nine years, the NAC-SPH Golden Point Award has been commending Singaporean writers for their short stories and poetry. Now, this bi-annual award by the NAC (National Arts Council) and SPH (Singapore Press Holdings) has gone one step further. The works of last
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        304 12 HONGKONG Hongkong actor-director Lo Lieh (above), most well-known as gongfu film's greatest baddie, died m Shenzhen, China, on Saturday, aged 62. He died reportedly of a heart attack after being ill for a year, Hongkong's entertainment media reported. Born Wang Li Da m Indonesia into a family
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        713 9 BOH 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMEMTI HOUSES SALE D.21 BURGUNDY 3-STOREY Semi-D s*l 3068 sqft. 99 yrs. Sale value! 9026-8522 Bcomm D.21 ALMOST SOLDI $I .6XM. Upp Bt Timan Semi-D. F'hoid. 4000 sq.ft. Hurry! *****088 CBre ton 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMEMTI PTE APTS -SALE OPEN HOUSE Call for Appt MAPLEWOODS S9OOK ONLY! Sill
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        293 9 WfJk Dl 7-18 CHANGI/ |u±J PASIRRIS m PTEAPTS-SALE NEW CONDOMINIUM LAUNCHING NOW!!! Book a unit from S2sK++ Deferred payment scheme Safari park theme Full furnishes with choices Full condo facilities Early bird discounts special incentive Stanley 9853-6866 ERA NEW CONDO LAUNCHING Simei MRT S'porc's Ist Condo-Park 2/3/4 bdrms/ Penthse Attractive
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        633 10 1017-18 CHANGI/ PASIR RIS PTE APTS SALE -BRAND NEW CONDO** Up to 12% Discount Up to $30K Discount Very attractive pricing! 2/3/4 bdrms penthouses F/facilities with Bowling Alley Near MRT, Excess to PIE/ TPE To get 0- number 9069-1312 ERA ERA j^HP^ BELOW DEVELOPERS PRICE. Brand new condo soft launch
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        620 10 (JItI HDB APTS FOR SALE I^^ (CHOA CHU KANG) CCX/ Teck Whye Specialist T. K. Wee 6466-4496 ERA CHOA CHU KANG Exec Mais 764 High fir. Alcond Exec Apt 531 5100K decor! Neq Exec Apt 448. High fir. MRT Exec Mais 287. Al decor. MRT Exec Apt 204. High fir
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        790 11 HHDB APTS FOR SALE (CLEMENTI/ WEST COAST) "BEST BUY IN CLEMENTI" ELIS CHAI 9512-1261 PN 3 NG' BLK 307 Open view Move-in conq. Amenities Sneq 3 'NG' Blk 308. Fully renovated. Valued SI4IK. Hurry! neg 3 'NG' Blk 310. MRT. High/ Renovated. Valued S'4s-5... neq 3 'NG' Blk 449. Central/
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        908 11 ■TTI HDB APTS FOR SALE EiL|J (HOUGANG/ S'GOON/ gfl YIOCHUKANG) BELOW VALUATION! OPEN Hse 2 spm on Sun/ Mon. Hougang Blk 719, 1700 sq.ft. high fir, unblock, windy, face NS. 9625 6870 Agt. BELOW VALUE! 5 T Corner Blk 920 #04. Full wardrobe. 3 aircon. Malay owner. Hougang Pt. Valued
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        710 11 ■jTH HDB APTS FOR SALE KiLy (HOUGANG/S'GOOS/ MB YIOCHUKANG) 5 T CORNER 81k.915 Hougang. Best unit. #02. 100% renovated. Unblocked. Must sell! 9816-6018 569 5 'I' corner Hougang. High fir. Unblocked. 100% move m. Sch. Serious seller. 9488-3948 fjjfjj HOB APTS FOR SALE 5 'A' 310 Jurong E. High fir.
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        676 11 ■Wl HDB APTS FOR SALE mj (MARINE PARADE) PATRICK r»u KSI 7^ f^.'h^- I I I I fop defeevers 1953 2001 Mill SWlm&Buyeri f~\ I Enquires Welcome \t^>f 120% Committment ,JW^fcJ www. patrickpu. corn] 5 T CORNER Pt. Blk. 79. New list! High fir. Bright/ breezy. Near central/ NTUC/ library/
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        777 11 mHDB APTS FOR SALE (SEMBAWANG) EXEC APT CORNER Canberra 303 Mid/ lift level. Unblock, windy Cosy home. 9214-3289 JIREH EXEC APT 308. 13th fir. Cornet Unblocked. Best layout. Windy MRT/ Sun Plaza. 9023-6699 PV\ 4 'A' BLK 308 Sembawang higl fir. Lift level. Malay owner. Rene vated. Valued. 9007-7673 5
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        888 11 RTI HDB APTS FOR SALE ■^^J(TAMPINES/ SIMEi) EXEC APT 230 J. Corner. High fir. All built m. Contra. Good facing. Morning sun. *****600 Cypress EXEC APT CORNER 312 Tampines 808. 4-bdrm. F/aircon. UnblcckMarble Valued S43BK *****043 HOLIDAY SPECIALI LOW 5-rm Tampines St 22, blk 294. High fir, renovated, vacant. *****270
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        765 11 R6l HDB APTS FOR SALE (WOODLANDS) EXEC APT BLK 128 Marsiling. Beautifully renovated. High fir. Lift level. Greenery view/ Sports complex. Contra. *****382 ERA. EXEC MAIS BLK 893 D. Low fir. Fully renovated. Can contra. Near amenities. S neg. Almost sold! Patrick 9705-3363 RH JUMBO ALL RACES! Blk 849 Woodlands
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        564 12 WRI SHOP SPACE CHINATOWN MRT PAGODA St or 2 units. T an,ong Paq3r MRT. Plaza. 700/ MOO sq.ft. 9771-6341 KIME SHOP SIK-S2K (100 sq.ft) >2K-S4K sq.ft.) SSK-SIOK (500 sq.ft.) MR *****033 FAR EAST PLAZA. 902/ 803/ **05. Suit food/ fashion. With water supply. Hp: *****409 Kaizer TOA PAYOH CENTRAL BIK
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