The Straits Times, 16 June 2003

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    31 1 The Straits Times PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR Established 1845 JVI OnQciy June 16, 2003 •66 Pages m five parts mita (P) 033/0.3/200.3 A Singapore Press Holdings publication OU Cints
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    Lock icon 3,000 jobs available in electronics
    597 1  -  AUDREY TAN Htj KCOVOMICS COKKKSI'ONDKNT The key sector bucks the trend of rising unemployment, as firms are investing more m new technologies and capacity SINGAPORE'S unemployment rate may be climbing, with job losses m the manufacturing sector, but there are more than 3,000 vacancies m
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    112 1 In long, fluid movements, artist Tan Swie Hian puts up a public performance of Chinese calligraphy on a 1 1.6 m by I.Bm white canvas at Piazza San Marco m Venice. In the blistering 40 deg C heat, he paints 143 characters m just under five minutes.
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    Lock icon 5 terror suspects die in Mecca raid
    480 1 Police seize bombs and weapons m an apartment RIYADH Five suspected terrorists and two Saudi security men were killed after a raid on an apartment m the holy city of Mecca that was "booby trapped and ready to blow up," the Interior Ministry
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      120 1 ■MORF THAN FHRGIE; Keane said to be another reason for Beckhams imminent departure page as Desiga: CHRISTIAN INTON Photos: HOW lIWF.F. VOl AC ..nd WONG KW\I (HOW ■HjßWyE^^i^.- Dreaming of an extreme lifestyle, a house m Australia, an early retirement, Hpp£- r^l* or overseas degrees for all four children? Then
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  • NEWS FLASH
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      94 2 HOM E 53.4 M AWARD DISAPPOIMTHI6' ENGLISHWOMAN Jane Ong, having fought long and hard for a share m her late father-in-law's fortune, was awarded $3.4 million. But $100,000 is more likely to be what she will get, as several interim payments have already been paid to her. Worse, she may
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      85 2 TE CH S CI EN CE DEAL TO CLAD SPACE-A6E TROOPS A HUGE contract to create high-tech uniforms for American solders has been awarded to tank-maker General Dynamics. The deal, potentially worth billions of dollars, will eventually equip US soldiers with wired-up uniforms that enhances their survival and lethal powers.
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      92 2 C OM M EN TA RY U.S. MAY RUE GO-IT-ALONE POUCY FOR the future, the United States must seriously consider the consequences of its go-it-alone policy, which ignores international institutions it has helped to nurture. American and other world leaders of the past had devoted much energy and resources to
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      67 2 UNETHICAL TUITION AGENCIES SOME tuition agencies are simply out to make money. They have no concern for their students or staff, writes Ms Davina Lim, who is a tutor with several of these agencies. One she finds shockingly unethical. It deceives students and their parents, she says, and wants
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      55 2 LIF E! ANDY LAU AN IDEAL DAD? THE young people of Hong Kong have voted an unlikely celebrity as the Ideal Father singer Andy Lav, who is still a swinging bachelor at the age of 41. Singer Jacky Cheung a family man and doting father was not even on the
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      83 2 HOM E Shop till you drop: 24-hour Mustafa TWO friends went from a night out at the Hard Rock Cafe straight to the Mustafa Centre yesterday to buy watches and perfumes. They and about 3,000 shoppers families with sleepy kids, housewives and tourists were taking advantage of the popular mall's
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      133 2 P RIM E 'Radical act to spur Malays needed A RADICAL change is needed to make Malaysia's Malays more competitive but the sudden removal of special privileges, quotas and subsidies for native Malays is not the answer, says Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. It will only upset them and unleash a
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      75 2 HO ME NUS students fined MORE than 200 hostel students of the National University of Singapore chalked up fines amounting to about 810,000 for flouting the rule on checking their temperatures last month and April. But only 100 were made to pay their fines, ranging from $20 to 850. The
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      86 2 U.S. TROOPS RAID IRAQI CITIES BACKED by tanks, planes and helicopters, thousands of American troops went on extensive raids yesterday m several Iraqi cities. No figures for casualties were released by the US for the military operation, one of the biggest m Iraq since the war ended. Dozens of
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      227 2 HELP FROM QUEEN SIRIKIT LIFE would be hard for many villagers m Thailand's poor north-east if not for Queen Sirikit's Royal Projects foundation. It gives poor families a chance to earn some extra income, such as from a weaving and embroidery project. The scheme has helped to halt the
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      75 2 WHY BECKHAM MAY QUIT UNITED DAVID Beckham never wanted to play for any other club except Manchester United. But he may have changed his mind by now. Recent media reports built it up as a straightforward personality clash between him and manager Alex Ferguson. But Roy Keane, the United
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      527 2 MAIN Prime 3-5 World 6-11 EdMoridi 12 CowciitMy 12,13 Forum 14 HOME Home Hl-H5 Education H6 Tech Science H8 ASIA/SPORTS/ MONEY Asia AI.AS China A2,A4 S-E Asia A6,A7 Malaysia A8 Sports A9.A10 Money... Al2-Al6 LIFE! The Buzz L 2 FestPest L 2 Arts L4.L5 Television LT What's On L 8
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  • PRIME NEWS
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      660 3  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN SKMORCOKKISPONDKM Project chief points to complexity of the more than 500 IT systems 'F YOU WANT TO PUT UPANIMKMA UFT, YOU CM SEE IT bWml UT Mil WlKn YOU DEVELOP SYSTEMS THATAKKAVLY SOFTWARE-MDYEN, YOU BOUT GET THE FUUTUWPARENCY THAT YOU
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      Lock icon Happy Father's Day Dad, from all 63 of us
      173 3 Happy Father's Day Dad, from all 63 of us DUBAI Father's Day yesterday was extra special for an Emirati man. He was well on his way to achieving his bid for a place m the Guinness Book of Records with 100 offspring. And his name is Dad. Mr Dad Mohammad
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      Lock icon TENSE TIMES
      108 3 AP An Indonesian soldier searches an Acehnese man for weapons during a security check m Laweung Pidie, Aceh province, on Saturday. Fierce fighting between Acehnese separatist rebels and Indonesian troops continued as the military offensive launched by the government entered its fourth week. The campaign is aimed at,
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      Lock icon Arab prince ousted for supporting rights of women
      449 4 He had been asked to banish his wife, a women's rights activist; his half-brother is now crown prince of Ras Al-Khaimah DUBAI Tensions were running high m Ras Al-Khaimah, a member of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), yesterday after the crown prince
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      Lock icon HAPPY BIRD-DAY
      127 4 MALCOLM MC LEOD v v v jrr ttonour Yu-t oo Yee Shoon, Mayor ot South West CDC (centre), blows out the candles at a birthday bash with a difference at Jurong Bird Park yesterday. The All Star Bird Show, the park's biggest crowd pleaser, turned 21 Singapore Fress
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      Lock icon Bush calls for harsh action against Hamas
      470 4 Says killers must be denied opportunity to stop peace plan IT IS CLEAR THAT THE FREE WORLD AND THOSE WHO LOVE FREEDOM AND PEACE MUST DEAL HARSHLY WITH HAMAS AND THE KILLERS.' Mr Bush KENNEBUNKPORT (Maine) United States President George W. Bush has
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      Lock icon KL to let Malays keep their privileges, for now
      691 5  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA By MAI \>SI OHHI S|'()\|)| \l BUT GRADUAL DISMANTLING OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IS ON THE CARDS, HINTS MAHATHIR SOMETHING radical needs to be done to make Malays more competitive, but Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has ruled out a sudden
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      615 5  -  CHONG CHEE KIN By They cross the Causeway to tout for trade at bus terminal SINGAPORE'S cabbies face a new threat to their livelihood, and this time it comes from across the Causeway. After being scuppered by Sars, then tormented by touts at Changi Airport,
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon HAMAS: THE HIDDEN TERROR
      689 6 They are attacking us with weapons against which we can't defend ourselves. And now we have a weapon they can't defend themselves against/ Hamas leader am* a™ High-tech army no match for suicide bombers Small and deadly HAMAS is composodef fewMmdred active field operatives with smtH
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      274 6 More US children will become diabetic NEW ORLEANS One m three US children born m 2000 will become diabetic unless many more people start eating less and exercising more, a scientist with the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns. "I think the fact that'the diabetes epidemic has been
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      Lock icon US forces launch raids across Iraq
      601 8 To crush pockets of armed resistance m Baghdad and three other cities FALLUJAH (Iraq) Thousands of US troops backed by tanks, planes and helicopters carried out extensive raids early yesterday morning m this restive city and m at feast three other Iraqi cities, military
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      Lock icon 'Mobile germ labs' made only balloon gas
      366 8 A British study contradicts claims made by Blair and Bush to justify war LONDON Two trailers found m northern Iraq did not make germs for biological warfare but gas for balloons, as the Iraqis insist, an official British investigation has found out. British
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      Lock icon Teheran accuses US of meddling
      95 9 Teheran accuses US of meddling IRANIAN officials denounced the United States for backing the pro-democracy demonstrations. Iran's Foreign Ministry yesterday accused the US of "flagrant interference m Iran's internal affairs" and said the significance of the protests was being overstated deliberately by US officials. The White House on Saturday voiced
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      Lock icon Iran cracks down on pro-clergy vigilantes
      349 9 Iran cracks down on pro-clergy vigilantes Militants blamed for fuelling violence; surprise arrests a bid to stem anti-government protests TEHERAN Iran has unexpectedly put the blame for five nights of escalating clashes on the shadowy paramilitary forces that have long been the favoured means of squelching dissent here. The police
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      Lock icon Bush set to breeze through fund-raisers
      462 9 Bush set to breeze through fund-raisers He can easily collect $35m m two weeks m his bid for re-election WASHINGTON US President George W. Bush is embarking on a fund-raising sprint that Republicans say will collect at least US$2O million (Ss3s million) m two weeks and leave little doubt about
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      195 9 Fish nets biggest killer of whales WASHINGTON Nearly 1,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises drown every day after becoming tangled m fishing nets and other equipment, scientists calculate m what appears to be the first global estimate of the problem. Annually, 308,000 of the marine mammals die unintentionally m fishermen's hauls,
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        Lock icon Megawati praised for tourism work
        167 11 SHE GETS GLOBAL HONOUR UNGASAN (Indonesia) It is tourists she is aiming for and President Megawati Sukarnoputri is getting noticed for her efforts as well. Zipping from one location to another, she inaugurated two cultural festivals over the weekend that drew many enthusiasts from the
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        Lock icon MP's ACCUSER SENTENCED TO JAIL
        90 11 LONDON Trainee teacher Nadine MilroySloan, 29, who falsely accused a former Conservative lawmaker and his wife of sexual assault, has been sentenced to three years m jail for obstructing justice. After a lengthy police investigation that proved the couple were holding a dinner party at
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        92 11 WASHINGTON Former US president Bill Clinton could well be running for the post of New York City mayor, if the rumour mills are anything to go by. The London Observer said current Mayor Michael Bloomberg fanned speculation by recently saying he "fully expected" to
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        58 11 LOVE IN THE AIR, NOW UNDERWATER MUMBAI Indian couple Dipti Pradhan, 31, and Chandan Thakoor, 33, got engaged m midair and now plan to marry underwater. They wilj exchange Hindu wedding vows m diving gear m a ceremony m a swimming pool m Mumbai on June 23, with the bride's
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        73 11 Former British marine Mick Dawson was rescued by the Japanese Coast Guard yesterday. He was forced to abandon a solo nid to row across the Pacific after his rudder snapped and his boat sprang a leak. Rockville, Maryland, police chief Charles Moose's book has been posted for preorder sales on
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        49 11 Quoteworthy 'One of the hardest things about being a writer is convincing my wife I'm working when I am just lying on tJie couch. I'm thinking, really!' American writer Harlan Coben, whose pacy thrillers Tell No C hie and Ck>ne For Good have sold more than' six million copies
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      502 11 Paris minister's harsh criticism of Rumsfeld draws Washington rebuttal even as both sides try to mend fences over Iraq WASHINGTON The American and French defence set-ups have traded new barbs, as a chill that crept into their ties before the Iraq war continues to doe
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      167 11 SALT LAKE CITY Mormon crickets are on the march again, ravaging farms and turning roads "blood red". Mr Duane Anderson said the bugs are at times so thick that he could kill 10 crickets with one step on his 1,280 ha farm m Dog Valley,
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  • COMMENTARY ANALYSIS
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      777 12  -  THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN THK NKWYOHKTIMKS HAVE you noticed how often Israel kills a Hamas activist and the victim is described by Israelis as "a senior Hamas official" or a "key operative"? This has led me to wonder: How many senior Hamas officials could
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        601 12 REMEMBER Afghanistan? It is a sizeable landlocked country to the northwest of Pakistan which was m the news as recently as 2001. There were lots of baddies there Osama bin Laden and his vicious gang and it had a regressive government called the Taleban. Secure m their
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      Lock icon The war over the settlements
      908 12  - The war over the settlements GIORGIO GOMEL Bu AMOS Oz, one of Israel's best known writers, claims that the current Pales-tinian-Israeli war is actually two wars: an "unjust" war against Israel and the Jews to establish a fundamentalist Islamic state m an "Arab Palestine", and the Palestinian people's "just" war
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      Lock icon A cheap money rally to nowhere
      1029 12  -  LIM SAY BOON H,, WELCOME to the Rubbish Rally. Of course, Singapore investors cannot be faulted for riding the wassail on Wall Street. But they might also want to consider the suspect nature of the drivers behind this recent market surge. The bottom line
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      Lock icon US should return to the best traditions of its leadership
      1014 13  -  ERNESTO ZEDILLO Hi, human history. For the first time, most of the world's governments are democratic. The multilateral order has also presided over mankind's greatest period of wealth creation. Today, however, the international system appears to be m crisis. Deep
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    • ASIAN CURRENTS
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        99 13 TAIWA N TV STATIONS ASSUME FINANCIER IS GUILTY SOON after former Kuomintang financier Liv Tai-ying was charged with several financial crimes, Taiwanese TV stations competing for viewership started special talk shows about his indictment. His trial has not even begun, yet all stations have assumed he is guilty, with guest
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        72 13 MALAYSI A PLEASE, MNT IGNORE COMPLAINTS ANYMORE LOCAL town councils often ignore residents' complaints about public works and sometimes even disregard Cabinet directives. Dr Rais Yatim, Minister m the Prime Minister's Department, has urged residents to demand better service instead of keeping mum and tolerating the poor treatment. But what
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        108 13 ALIOW PROPER PROBES INTO WAR CASUALTIES THE Indonesian government has launched a probe into the shooting of a German couple m Aceh by soldiers fighting separatist rebels. The investigation started because the couple are foreigners and their story drew international attention. But most Acehnese civilian casualties do not get
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        98 13 THAI LAN D TEACH TEENS TO BE RECENT reports of teenagers here resorting to violence to solve personal problems have prompted a call for greater media censorship to stem the increase m copycat behaviour. But the proposal is not enough to convince teens that mimicry can be undesirable. Ethics courses
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        96 13 SOUT H KO REA WORKER ABUSE HURTS COUNTRY'S REPUTATION THE Bill on a work permit system for foreign workers has been long-delayed by the National Assembly, raising deep concerns about the fate of 300,000 illegal workers here. Many such workers are subjected to abuses by employers, who take advantage of
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  • FORUM
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      479 14 THIS THAT Why this... and why that? RECENTLY, I was m a traffic accident at about 1 am on a Saturday, and suspecting that the driver of the other car involved was under the influence of alcohol, I asked the policeman who turned up to conduct an alcohol test on
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      Lock icon Students' work suffering due to crooked tuition agencies
      419 14 I AM outraged by the practices of some tuition agencies, which are simply out to make money, with no concern for their students or the tutors who register with them. I am a tutor with a number of agencies and one of
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      Lock icon HDB will finish flats by delivery date
      542 14 THE HDB MONITORS THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND KEEPS BUYERS INFORMED ACCORDINGLY AS CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSES. AS LONG AS THE FLATS ARE COMPLETED BY THE DELIVERY POSSESSION DATE, THE ISSUE OF COMPENSATION DOES NOT AMSL I REFER to the three recent Forum letters regarding the
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      113 14 Safety questions about NEL THE impending opening of the North-East Line (NEL) raises safety issues. As the NEL is both driverless and underground, is there an evacuation procedure m place m the event of an emergency? If a train stalls, what will stop other trains from crashing into it? Are
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  • The Straits Times home
    • Title Section
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      8 1 The Straits Times home Monday, June 16, 2003
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      Lock icon 24 hour Mustafa Centre clocks up the sales
      568 1  - 24 hour Mustafa Centre clocks up the sales VLADIMIR GUEVARRA Hu Thousands of shoppers flocked to the mall off Serangoon Road on Saturday night when it extended its opening hours ALL dolled up, a doctor's wife and her friend strode into Mustafa Centre at 6am yesterday, ready to shop after
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      Lock icon GONE WITH THE BEACH
      76 2 ALBERT SIM What used to be a quiet jetty surrounded by villages (left) is now an open stretch of beach (above) m Sembawang Park that comes alive every weekend with the laughter and play of Sembawang and Woodlands residents from nearby. The defunct Mihad jetty received
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      171 2 RESIDENTS m Punggol will have more bus services m their estate by the end of the year, their MP, Ms Penny Low, promised yesterday. The number of services has not been confirmed, she said, but it will reduce, if not eliminate, the need for
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      532 2  -  JANE LEE By NUS hostelites had to pay $20-$5O each time they missed daily checks. But over half of them have had their fines waived 'Most of us stop revising at about sam. Imagine having to wake up at 9am to have your temperature
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      42 3 7 am not interested m their millions. All I want is enough for my children's education and a house to live in.' Mrs Ong (front), with her children (from left) Nicholas, 19, Jordana, 18, and Alexander, 20 ONG CHIN KAI
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      687 3  - $3. 4m award: Woman to appeal K.C. VIJAYAN Hu Englishwoman to get only $100,000 after deducting interim payments she received and paying the fees for experts AFTER a bitter 12-year battle for a share m the fortune of her late fa-ther-in-law, Englishwoman Jane Ong will eventually have m hand only
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        142 3 THE thieves who smashed the windscreen of 24 cars to get the Cash Cards m the Strathmore Road area two weeks ago have been arrested. The culprits were behind 51 such cases encompassing Strathmore Road, Ghim Moh, Tanglin Halt and Queens Close. A special
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        130 3 A SHOP owner, 48, who was on his way home on Friday night was beaten up and robbed. He was walking through a void deck along Admiralty Road at about 930pm when he was pushed to the ground from behind. Four men surrounded
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        92 3 THE Singapore Police Force ended its annual Police Week yesterday with $270,000 raised for charity. Police Commissioner Khoo Boon Hui said that the men m blue had exceeded the target amount of $250,000, intended for the Community Chest. The money was raised through the sale
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      48 4 'My God! Somebody actually wants to put a station there! You have two big roads ttiere. There's a canal m between, then there's the Garden Bridge... imagine what it is like during Chinese New Year. Mr Rajan, on his initial reaction to plans for Chinatown station
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      32 4 We'd never done it before. It's a completely new field. From a risk assessment point of view, something you don't know worries you more. On incorporating art into the stations
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      1533 4 The NEL's finally opening, after seven years of gruelling planning sheer hard work and setbacks. It was a jnega-challenge, its project director tells Senior Correspondent CHRISTOPHER TAN 'Some of the feedback we get is very personalised. but it's all very valid. It gives us a different perspective.'
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      89 5 Present job: Project director of the North-East MRT Line Career hijhl|hti: Started with the Housing Board. Rfesi^Mit MirinAM* for the first MRT Nne hi the 1980s. irofeci coonMHnor tot vie Boon Lay and Woodlands Mow overseeing other hichjdhicj the Circle MRT Line Kattana-Paya Lebar
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      76 5 Project started off with core team of 12 m October 1995 and eventually had more than 600 people wofkinQ on It. Nine million cubic metres of earth duo, up during the project had to be disposed of equivalent to a million lorry loads. That became
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        762 6 Parents are usually puzzled btj tlie array of pre-scliool programmes available. A child expert from the National Institute of Education shares tips on choosing one. JANE LEE reports "HYSON is 2W years old and I'd like to enrol him m a preschool. I know of the
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        170 6 OLD boys from St Joseph's Institution (SJI) will be returning to their alma mater to pay tribute to their former teachers and meet old friends this Friday. The gathering, which is organised by the St Joseph's Old Boys Association and the
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        474 8 Defence company General Dynamics wins $5b contract to make high-tech uniforms that will link soldiers, tanks and drones to a network WASHINGTON General Dynamics has won a United States Army contract, potentially worth US$3 billion, (555.2 billion) to outfit the soldier of the future
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        53 8 AFP The Helios Prototype flying wing, a large aircraft powered by electric cells, flies over Hawaii m this National Aeronautics and Space Administration image obtained last week. It is able to make use of the sun's energy to fly above storms. It uses its fuel cells to
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        195 8 WASHINGTON Space agency Nasa and eßay walked away with the most honours, while a ma-chine-generated news site trumped human editors at the seventh annual Webby Awards. It was the first Webby ceremony to be held online. Cartoon characters delivered the traditional fiveword
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        88 8 IF YOU have a pre-paid Ml card that only lets you make calls and send short messages, there's another option. Ml is letting its pre-paid users send and receive MMS (multimedia messages) too. Many young customers enjoy the novelty of snapping a picture with
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        150 8 THE latest fit-in-your-palm digital voice recorder from Olympus is versatile. For serious meetings, the DM--20 can record discussions and dictations for up to 45 hours. But for relaxing by the pool or some entertainment on the bus, it switches to a music player which
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        104 8 E-MAIL ON THE GO STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE FOR many a road warrior, retrieving e-mail is essential but can be a hassle. SingTel's new Mobile Mail offers a service which "talks" to the security m your office network and opens a smooth path into information stored m your company's servers.
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        160 8 CREATIVE MP3 PLAYERS FOR STORAGE AND MUSIC CREATIVE Technology has announced its latest range of MP3 players the LX2OO and the LXIOO. The baby of the family the silver LXIOO comes with 128MB of memory and costs $239, while the LX2OO comes m grey, has a 256M8 memory and costs
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      66 1 A FINE' CAMPUS They sure know June to hit us where it hurts our wallets. If Singapore is a fine* city, then NUS must be a fine 9 campus. Undergraduate Timothy Wong, 22, on hostelites being fined by the National University of Singapore for failing to go for temperature checks
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      110 2 plf ±awa Hfel^^s^B VV'V'^iHkw IB l^L TheStraitsTimes What's The Scoop: STNews Nattonai Globai News Time: 8.30 am, noon 6pm SjFßb Busbiess News Thne: Noon 6pm STSports Sports Mows Time: 6.30 am, noon mkMpjht How to receive it: Slßpi Go to -Creite Message" under SMS function Stop 2 Key m one
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      8 1 The Straits Times asia Monday, June 16, 2003
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      622 1  - Royal helping hand NIRMAL GHOSH Poor villagers m Thailand's north-east get a... By THAILAND CORRKSPONDKNT Traditional craft projects sponsored by Queen Sink it help boost incomes and stem migration of workers to Bangkok SAKHON NAKHON Ms Prawpena Kaewkabin, cradling her 19-month-old son Saharat m her arms, earns 10,000 baht (Ss4ls)
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon Two more tycoons under investigation
        526 2  -  LARRY TEO Btj THE STHAITS TIMES CHINA DESK Qian Yongwei and Xv Peixin are the latest to be questioned as Shanghai and HK crack down on wayward entrepreneurs FOLLOWING a probe into property tycoon Zhou Zhengyi, another two property big guns from Shanghai with businesses
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        408 2 WAR ON SARS HONG KONG A senior World Health Organisation (WHO) official yesterday commended Hong Kong's pivotal role m the battle to control the global spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars). "I would like to thank Hong Kong for its response,
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        129 2 BEIJING After four months of frantic but largely successful efforts to contain Sars m China, World Health Organisation experts are now focusing on finding the source of the illness and preventing a new outbreak. Dr Peet Tull, a Swedish epidemiologist who has been m Beijing
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        Lock icon Farmers mourn as homes and crops disappear beneath tne water
        465 4  - Farmers mourn as homes and crops disappear beneath tne water CHUA CHIN HON SPECIAL REPORT: NEW ERA WITH THREE GORGES DAM Hi/ THE STRAITS TIMES CHINA BIRKAI WUSHAN (Chongqing) Madam Xiang Jigui, 84, lay dying m a tent above the Yangtze River as the rapidly rising water threatened to flood
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        500 4  - RESERVOIR CLOGS DAVID HSIEH By THE STRAITS TIMES CHINA BUREAU Belated clean-up attempts may be too little, too late THE PROttEM WTTH THE TWEE GORGES IS THE STRATEGY OF MID FIST MB OffIMMOTM. CLEAN* LATER. IMS LEAVES UTTIf TM TO ADOPT THE TO TACKLE VERY SERIOUS nVROMENTAL PROBLEMS.' MrXißeidou,* scientist
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        Lock icon Three years on, inter-Korea ties at low ebb
        536 5 Three years on, inter-Korea ties at low ebb Anniversary of their 2000 peace summit marred by the nuclear standoff and a financial scandal SEOUL Three years after the leaders of South and North Korea hugged each other at a landmark summit and pledged peace, the mood on the divided peninsula
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          Lock icon INDIA FLOOD LEAVES 200,000 HOMELESS
          62 5 THE flood situation m India's north-eastern state of Assam worsened yesterday with more than 200,000 people left homeless by heavy monsoon rains. Rising water wrought havoc m the western Nalbari and southern Karimgani districts overnight, while the situation m the southern Hailakandi and eastern Dhemaji
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          42 5 SRI Lankan security forces were on alert across the island yesterday as Tamil Tiger rebels warned of "grave consequences" after accusing the navy of sinking one of its merchant vessels with 12 crew on board. AFP
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          61 5 $21M IN FORGED RENMINBI SEIZED TAIWAN police have seized US$l2.l million (5521.1 million) worth of forged Chinese renminbi hank notes while tackling a criminal group. Five suspects were arrested during a raid on a factory m the central city of Tali late on Saturday, police said, adding that tour others
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          Lock icon EMPRESS RULE OK, SAY JAPANESE
          50 5 MORE than three quarters of Japanese would accept a female head of state, according to a newspaper poll. A nationwide poll on June 7-8 found 76 per cent of respondents are m favour of female succession to the Chrysanthemum Throne, the Tokyo Shimbun said. AFP
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          49 5 THREE people have been charged with murdering 13 young women m China's south-western Yunnan province after luring them to the provincial capital, Kunming, with the promise of highpaying jobs. The two men and a woman were also charged with robbing their victims. AFP
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        112 5 TAIPEI The United States is to send customs and security officials to Taiwan's largest port as part of Washington's global anti-terrorism efforts, it was reported yesterday. An official from the US Homeland Security Department was quoted by the United Daily News
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        550 6  -  LEE KIM CHEW By i\ piivom i»k\h ON GUARD Facing mounting pressure to act, foreign ministers will issue a rare joint statement on the current Yangon political situation ASEAN foreign ministers meeting here today will grapple with two key issues that confront the
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        288 6  -  LAUREL TEO TACKLING PROBLEMS By IN PHNOMPKNH SINGAPORE Foreign Affairs Minister S. Jayakumar said yesterday that the Republic and Thailand have "excellent cooperation" m combating terrorism, a growing problem m South-east Asia. Noting that more than half of the 10 Asean members have discovered
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        295 6 Suu Kyi 'being protected from assassins' PHNOM PENH Myanmar's Foreign Minister said yesterday that Ms Aung San Suu Kyi was being kept m custody to protect her from a possible assassination bid, and added that no timeframe could be given for her release. Foreign Minister Win Aung refused to say
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        574 7  - Narcotics freely available in school campuses DEVI ASMARAI ANTI-DRUG TARGET IN JAKARTA: CHILDREN mi straits times INDONESIA BUBEAU Primary school kids are among the growing number of youths who are becoming addicts and drug runners JAKARTA They used to be commonly found m discotheques or dark alleyways m unsavoury parts
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        297 7  -  LUZ BAGUIORO ANTI-DRUG I TARGET IN MANILA: COPS I'llll.lHlMNF. CORRESPONDENT MANIIA The Philippines has revved up its anti-drug campaign, targeting policemen who are often found colluding with drug syndicates or are drug abusers themselves. Policemen who test positive m the randomly conducted
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        83 7 CHILDREN watching as Thai riot police demonstrate arrest techniques with the help of a trained dog as part of a youth anti-drug project on the grounds of the Riot Control and Suppression Sub-Division m Bangkok last week. Thailand is the world's largest
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        546 8  - Mahathir warns against challenges for top Umno post BRENDAN PEREIRA By MALAYSIA CORRKSPONDKNT Abdullah will likely not have challengers, he says, but predicts that those who dare step forward will face certain defeat KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad sent out his strongest signal yet that he did not want
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        40 8 UTUSAN MALAYSIA Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi cradling conjoined twins Siti Maisarah Zaidi and Siti Zulaikha m Penang on Friday. The parents are appealing for donations to allow the twins to be separated when they are older.
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        237 8 BANGKOK Malaysia and Thailand should have a joint health tourism promotion package to attract more Western tourists. "Let's be frank. Thailand can't pull all the tourists m the world to this country, and similarly, Malaysia would not be able to do the
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          51 8 TURKISH Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday paw his respects to a Malaysian police officer who died of a heart attack while providing security for the Turkish leader's visit. Mr Erdogan spent 20 minutes at the home of policeman Razali Abu Hassan's father.
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          Lock icon KL PLANS PREP COURSE FOR NATIONAL SERVICE
          40 8 A PRE-national service programme may be implemented m schools via the national youth programme to prepare youths for the "real" stint next year, said Youth and Sports Minister Hishammuddin Hussein. New Straits Times
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          Lock icon TWO KILLED IN LIGHTNING STRIKE
          32 8 A WOMAN and her granddaughter were killed when they were struck by lightning on a beach on Saturday evening during a thunderstorm m Pasir Puten, Kelantan. AP
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          41 8 MORE allegations of corruption by local councils are being received by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government following the sacking of Ampang Jaya Municipal Council enforcement director Abdul Kudus Ahmad, the Malay Mail reported.
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          42 8 ANTI-piracy raids will be carried out only on private homes suspected of storing or distributing pornographic VCDs, said Mr Wong Kam Hoong, parliamentary secretary of the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry. The Star Asia News Network
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        Lock icon Roy Keane also behind Beckham's likely exit?
        462 9 Roy Keane also behind Beckham's likely exit? SOCCER LONDON Much has been made about how the rift between David Beckham and Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is the underlying reason for the player's imminent departure from Old Trafford. But The Guardian reported that, m truth, Beckham not only had Ferguson
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        244 9 LONDON He is valued at a minimum of £25 million (SS7I million), with Manchester United hoping to get at least £30m from the sale of the England captain. But is David Beckham really worth that much? How good a player is he really? There is
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        248 9 MOTOR RACING MONTREAL Ralf Schumacher claimed his second successive pole position as his team-mate Juan Pablo Montoya helped claim an all-Wil-liams front row on Saturday for yesterday's (this morning, Singapore time) Canadian Grand Prix here. Schumacher and Montoya both ran early m the session after
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        567 9 OLYMPIA FIELDS Now that it appears his dry spell m Majors will continue for the fourth time m a row, what shall we call this barren streak that Tiger Woods is experiencing? His Grand Slammed? The round that virtually destroyed any chance of his winning this tournament
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        656 9 GOLF That explains why Furyk is 3 ahead or Leaney and 11 m front of Tiger Woods OLYMPIA FIELDS (Illinois) This is not really the US Open and, by now, everybody has figured it out, even Tiger Woods, the defending champion who was last
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        Lock icon Cubs' counter-attack v Malaysians' flair
        365 10 SOCCER IT WILL be a battle of different styles when Singapore take on arch-rivals Malaysia m today's Asean U-18 Championship semi-final m Yangon, Myanmar. The grit of the Cubs' count-er-attacking tactics will be pitted against the swagger of an offence-minded Malaysian team who have scored
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        616 10  -  CHIA HAN KEONG SCHOOLS *L Woodlands Pri's Games Day is for 'other' pupils to enjoy sports and succeed at it The lack of height did not stop her from playing captain's ball with vigour, running and jumping non-stop against taller school-mates. And that is what
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        Lock icon Lim Rewarded With Patrons' Bowl
        374 10  -  JOHN BELL HORSE RACING Written By TRAINER Stephen Gray and owner Lim Siah Mong celebrated their biggest Kranji victory yesterday when promising gelding Lim's Reward scored a last stride win m the $250,000 Patrons' Bowl over 1400 m. Lim's Reward came from near the tail
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        34 10 RACE 3 Nos. 10-5-9-7 $31,244 Scratchings 8. RACE 7 Nos. 7-8-6-4 $9,563 Scratchings: 11. RACE 5 Nos. 1-10-8-6 $29,724 Scratchings. Nil. RACE 9 Nos. 1-3-10-2 $661 Scratchings: 12.
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE QUARTET RESULTS 15 JUNE 2003
        41 10 RACE 3 Nos. 11 -9-13-14 $7,149 Scratchings: 17 RACE 7 Nos. 5-16-13-6 No winner Scratchings: Nil. RACE 9 Nos. 5-2-1-15 $121,994 Scratching*. 8. I Payouts (or $2 RACE 5 Nos. 2-8-9-14 $16,537 Scratchings: 3, 5.
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE RACING RESULTS SUNDAY 15 JUNE 2003
        747 10 Track: Good. Race 1 Benchmark 40 1600 m 1 IMPERIAL TREASURE. App M Keliady 1 10 Great Pacific, App X X Ng 2 11 Fast Eddie. V F Leong 3 Margins Nose x 2 len Time 1 37 7 Nos 1, 10. 11
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        Lock icon Nets' luck runs thin in title quest
        445 10 BASKETBALL SAN ANTONIO Unless the New Jersey Nets can make an unprecedented recovery, the curse that has haunted them since their earliest days m the National Basketball Association will continue. The Nets arrived here on Saturday trailing San Antonio 2-3 m the best-of-seven
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          Lock icon SPRINTERS WIND UP STINT IN EUROPE
          111 10 NATIONAL 100-metre sprinters Poh Seng Song and Shameer Ayub completed their week-long stint m Europe by registering times of 10.78 sec and 11.355 ec respectively m an international meet m Geneva yesterday morning. Poh came m second m his race, behind Switzerland's Andreas Oggier
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          Lock icon ORCHID CUP WINNER SMART BET DIES
          71 10 SMART BET, which won last month's Orchid Cup and last year's Singapore Gold Cup, died on Saturday night. Trainer Mohamed Yusof found the Horse of the Year m distress m the stables at around 7pm that day. Upon examination, vets diagnosed severe colic with
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          54 10 Andy Roddick, 20, swept to his first grass-court title after thrashing Sebastien Grosjean 6-3 6-3 to win tennis' Stella Artois Championships at Queen's Club, London, yesterday. The conqueror of world No 1 Andre Agassi m the semi-finals, the American without dropping his serve saw off the
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          62 10 FORMER Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic has withdrawn from next week's grass-court tennis Grand Slam tournament with a knee injury, organisers said yesterday. The 2001 men's champion picked up the injury while practising with fellow Croat Mario Ancic earlier this week. Ex-women's world No 1 and
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        539 11 POH KING CHEO Age: 73 passed away peacefully on 14-6-2003. Wife: Soh Mvi Kiow Brother: Sister-in-law: (Poh Khenq Wah, deceased) Ho Ec Lin Sister: Brother-in-law: (Poh Siew Enq, deceased) (Lim Tea Swee, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Joey Poh Poh Hui Wong Sui Ken Andrew Poh Poh Seng Christina Chua Mvi Lang
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        60 11 Is/ L/lnnioersaru iff /Booing JlCemor-y of LIN SIEW HWEE Mrs. Chin Kirn Chow Departed on 1 6 June 2002 (•od knows how much we miss her. Never .shall her memory Fade; Our loving thoughts ever wander. To the spot where she is laid. Sadly missed A always remembered by H
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        464 11 I Tan Cheow Siang NL y Age: 53 \j^ jflr Passed away peacefully on 14 June 2003 4^. J^| leaving behind loved ones. A Wife: Margaret jfl Children: Sharon and Adrian J3 1/ Brothers: Sisters-in-law: \w V the late Cheow Chay Chen Chok \f fOL Cheow Keng Dorothy Sister: Brother-in-late:
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        286 11 JOHN CHAI MAN SHEUNG Age: 82 was called home to be with the Lord on 14/06/2003. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Cecilia Chow Chun Fah Sons: Daughters-in-law: Joseph Chai Yin Kwan Theresa Poh Nya Lian (Chai Yin Han, deceased) Marcus Chai Siaw Vei Irene Onq Kwee
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        194 11 The family of the late KOH 6EOK PUI Departed: 10 June 2003 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Hospice Care Association, all relatives, friends and colleagues for their attendance, condolences, prayers, generosity and support during their recent bereavement. 2nd Annlvtrsary In Loving Mtmory of LAWRENCE SIM CS
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        689 12 ROUND-UP Overseas markets HONG KONG'S benchmark stock index is poised to challenge the psy-chologically-important 10,000 mark this week as fund managers buy local stocks, believing the worst is over now that the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) is under control. China-related
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        118 12 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) M»ln Sdq ToUl M«ln Sdq Toti MultilnO 316.123 316.123 282 741 282 741 M«nuf*cturg 1.676.553 419.824 2.096.377 1.189.482 ***** ******0 Comm.rc. 458,279 13.338 471.617 128.835 2 565 *****0 Tpt/Stor/Com 377.354 3.402 380,756 476,'74 547 477 32, !j nlnc 272.906 272.906 603.615 603 6*5
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        403 12 REVIEW Currencies HONG KONG Most regional currencies remained relatively stable last week amid expectations of a US interest rate cut. Analysts believed an imminent cut m US rates would, however, see gains against the greenback m the coming weeks. JAPANESE IENi The
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        636 13 US giant expects air traffic to rebound to 2000 levels by year-end, but analysts are sceptical about near-term prospects LE BOURGET (France) Top executives at jet makers Airbus and Boeing offered a bullish view of prospects for the airline industry over the weekend,
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        360 13 NO FARE CUTS We are not playing that panne. It's easy to do that, but m the long term we would all be dead.' Mr Suraphon Israngura Na Ayuthva, Thai's director of crisis management, on the carrier not joining m price wars launched by
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          64 13 PEOPLESOFT filed a suit last Friday m a California court to" block Oracle's US$5.l billion (SsB.9 billion) hostile takeover bid, the latest salvo m an increasingly heated battle between the rival business software companies. "Oracle has deliberately embarked on its unlawful campaign to injure
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          68 13 SIR Richard Branson's discount airline Virgin Blue hopes to launch its first international flights by the end of the year and has already short-listed about six destinations, a spokesman said. The Brisbane-based carrier, half-owned by the flamboyant British entrepreneur and Patrick Corp, particularly
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          100 13 UNITED STATES securities regulators have informed two former executives of Lucent Technologies that they may be subject to civil action related to the telecom equipment maker's aggressive sales techniques three years ago, The Wall Street Journal reported last Friday. Citing people familiar
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          86 13 CITIGROUP, the No. 1 US financial services company, has been sued by an investor who says she was defrauded into putting her money into a class of mutual fund shares that cost too much. In a complaint filed last week m a Manhattan federal court
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          119 13 STATE-RUN telecom group Telekom Malaysia said there may be room for more mergers m the country's mobile sector, a newspaper reported on Saturday. "At this point of time competition m the industry has narrowed down to three cellular operators. But we don't know what is
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          124 14 CHEW CHOON SENCx Completing one of the most closely watched leadership successions m local corporate circles, Mr Chew (above) officially took over from Dr Cheong Choong Kong as Singapore Airlines' (SlA's) chief executive (CEO) last week. Mr Chew, a 56-year-old engineer, is said to
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          58 14 JOHN ONG KEE TOO: Long-time executive of construction group L&M Group Investments, Mr John Ong Kee Yoo, has been sacked. In a tersely worded statement on Saturday, the moneylosing company said he had been removed as an executive director with effect from last Friday. He was
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          66 14 EX-SINGTEL EXEC JONS MEDIARING SIN HANG BOON: The 63--year-old joined one-time tech darling Mediaring last week as a non-executive independent director after retiring from Sing Tel last year. He brings a wealth of experience and expertise m overseas telecom markets, having been chief of SingTel's overseas investment arm. Mr Sin
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          74 14 FRANCIS LEE KWOK LOON) Appointed United Pulp and Paper's new chief executive officer (CEO) last week, five months after previous CEO Teng Kirn Chuan resigned suddenly. Mr Lee, 48, had been a non-executive director of the company since November last year. His background
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        255 14 Abating threat of Sars and signs of strengthening US economy probably boosted demand for goods made here SINGAPORE'S exports probably grew last month at about three times the pace of the previous month as the spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars)
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        492 14  -  NARENDRA AGGARWAL FREEMAN OF THE CITY OF LONDON Bu ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT LONG-TIME Singapore resident Graham Hayward, who retired last week as executive director of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce (SICC), will tomorrow receive an ancient honour that still carries clout today he will be
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        618 15  -  LEE SU SHY AN Smaller players will have to "re-think the equation", while larger hospitals "are able to survive such testing times because of their purchasing power", says Dr him. Stricter injectioncontrol measures are raising costs, some of which will have to be passed
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        553 15  -  COLIN TAN TAKINGSTOCK Bu UMiki isc(>i\iu:sro\m:\T IN THE past fortnight, the market has continued to climb higher with barely a pause even though a pull back has been widely expected for some time. But will a significant correction now take place
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        52 15 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents (JOB 1270 60.0 5.0 OCBC K)3O 55.0 5.6 OUE 695 50.0 7.8 BSembawang 1240 40.0 3 3 SIA2OO 1090 40.0 3.8 SIASOC 1090 40.0 3.8 VentureCorp2sc 1630 40.0 2.5 F&N 870 30.0 3.6 Sea View 625 30.0 5.0 Chemlnd m 23.0 26.1 Auric Pac 50c 112
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        55 15 WEEK'S TOP RISES Onts Armstrong WO4 4 100.0 2.0 RotoliOc 11.5 53.3 4.0 PanpacMed WO4 1.5 50.0 0.5 ASTIWO4O62I 6.5 44.4 2.0 Enzer 17 41.7 5.0 Overt Gen 10.5 40.0 3.5 HuaKoksc 7.5 36.4 2.0 GenMag2oc 19 35.7 5.0 Boustead W*****2 17.5 34.6 4.5 ChipEngS W*****2 2 33.3 0.5 AS
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        56 15 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cwts S HKLarxJUSWc 129 12.1 5.1 Blulnc24c 20.5 11.0 34.9 Elec Eltek 80c 188 10.4 3.1 CSC 525 WO 1.9 lnnovahi«sc 117 W.O 7.9 SlAEnggiOc 177 4.0 2.2 DairyF 900 USS 56c 123 3.5 1.6 CSAHWqs2Oc 119 3.0 2.5 GuangzhouHKlOc 12 3.0 20.0 LTA n4.81%N09 116 3.0
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        62 15 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Ctnts Blulnc24c 20.5 34.9 n.O Circuits Plus W06 3.5 30.0 1.5 New Toyo W04W27 2.5 28.6 1.0 BenefunZOk HKIc 15 25.0 0.5 El-Nets k 1.5 25.0 0.5 Craft Print 15c 5.5 21.4 1.5 GuanqzhouHKlOc 12 20.0 3.0 Hiap Hoe 0.5 c 2 20.0 0.5 Mediastream 5c 2
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        963 16  - Endowment policies push AIA into fresn dispute LORN A TAN Bu Insurer draws flak over decision m 2000 to stop paying maturity bonuses on some plans; rivals have reduced such payouts WITH the dust yet to settle on one insurance controversy industry giant AlAs "critical year" policies another dispute has
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      925 8 New Lianhe Zaobao Goes Big on China A SLEEPING GIANT awakes from X X Tl 1 its slumber, ready to emerge as a VV h\/ OM5\ Tl (Tf^ r j global powerhouse. As China .^BbV V^±±Ci± A^^^ Hm^4 continues to rise m influence 1 A ill a X importance, there
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      73 16 11 i: 1111 C v 1 Sars-taininq Profits Smaller private hospitals may need fresh approach, says Parkway chief, page ais R KCOCW ITION 'Freeman' Hayward Ex-Spore international chamber chief given ancient London honour. pageam Aviation Clearer Skies Boeing and Airbus see signs of recover) 7 m the badly hurt airline
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      13 1 Life! The Straits Times Monday, June 16, 2003 CELEBRATES THE WONDER OF LIFE
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      264 2 LONDON He is paid US$2 million (553.6 million) per film but Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe says he will not play the boy wizard again, The Daily Mail said. As hype mounts over the release of the fifth Harry Potter book, the tabloid said last
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      367 2 CANT wait for Saturday morning when the new Harry Potter book becomes available m stores here? Get a sneak read. A 105-second excerpt of the audio CD version of Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix, read by Jim Dale, the long-time narrator of
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      196 2 Sigh, girls #i LONDON Three British newspapers on Sunday said Prince William has had a long-distance romance with a woman m Kenya for two years. The Mail On Sunday, News Of The World and The Sunday Express said Jessica Craig, 21, was to be a
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      159 2 Sigh, girls #2 TAIPEI Hearts could almost be heard breaking on Saturday when Taiwan tabloids said they saw F4's heart-throb Jerry Yen playing pool with actress Chang Cnia-hsuan and alleged they were dating. Calling him by his nickname, she said: "I don't know Baolong well at all.
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      120 2 LONDON The car m which Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed were killed m 1997, now at a police station m Paris, could be sent to England for examination, The Sunday Mirror said. Coroner Michael Burgess is to re-open an enquiry into
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        659 4 Stroke of fame in Venice Three Singaporean artists are exhibiting their work at the world's oldest and most important international visual arts event THE grounds of Venice's Piazza San Marco have been pounded by millions of foreign feet over the centuries, but none quite like a visitor from Singapore last
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        315 4 PART OF ARTI Among the exhibits were Australian artist Patricia Piccinini's work (left) and South Korean artist Seoyoung Chung's work (above). Luxembourg does small countries proud by winning best pavilion award PROVING that small countries can produce great pieces of art, Luxembourg was named the best national
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        398 5  - Sweet reign of Mercy CLARA CHOW By ARTSRKPORTKR A visceral, rather than an intellect, experience, Mercy was deeply self- reflexive and gut-felt MUSIC THEATRE MERCY Meredith Monk and Ann Hamilton Victoria Theatre l-ast Satmtlnv WHILE Mercy a collaboration between Ann Hamilton, a visual artist from Ohio, and Meredith Monk, New
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        501 5  -  TAN SHZR EE By ARTS CORRKSPONDKAT MUSIC UTTLE TOYS: CHINESE FILM CLASSIC WITH LIVE MUSIC Mark Chan And Musicians Ksplanade Theatre l^ast Friday A BLACK-AND-WHITE film scored to lush, easy-lis-tening strains (above) can promise more politics than meets the eye or ear. Little Toys, China director Sun Yu's
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        757 6 I like fancy threads. But when it comes to getting dressed, I gravitate towards comfort and convenience and the good stuff never wears out m my wardrobe CLOTHES maketh the man. Or so they say. In that case, I'm ashamed to report that yours truly isn't
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        1035 8 a HDB APTS FOR SALE (GEYLANG/EUNOS/ MACPHERSON) NEW LIST! 4 'A' corner Blk 341 Übi Aye I. High fir. Movem, well kept 5 T corner Blk 14. Eunos. high fir. 3 'A' 64, Geylang Bahru, low floor 3 NG' 97 Geyland Bahru. high fir. 3 T Blk 52 Sims Dr.
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        1083 8 H HDB APTS FOR SALE (TAMPINES/ SIMEI) SOK UP! 3 A' Blk 291 Tampines MRT. Lift level Mid fir. Early move m. Grab 1 9693 4408 FT 3/ 4/ 5/ Exec 149, 157. 237 245 249. 333. 367. 4978. 498 M 856E, 930. 942 *****111 Zone 1 4 S TAMPINES
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        759 8 LfWl PRIVATE APTS WANTED (RENT/ BUY) CHINESE, BRITISH COUPLE want to rent/ buy m all dists. (2/ 3/ 4/ 5 rms.) Good bjdget Owners pis call 6765 5397/ 9389 8708 RSI HUDC/HDBAPTS I^UWANTED (RENT/ BUY) RENTING YOUR HDB Apt' We have legal tenants/ couple/ (amily looking for whole units m
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        475 8 RTI FACTORY SPACE SIMS AYE FTY 170 4V High ceiling. For light industry 01 1 1 cum storage cum show room. Immed 9678 3489 DW PAYA LEBAR NEW Bidq X 1300/ 2000 sq ft. Unit wth U m ceiling lightings aircon broad bank. $1 60 psf 9455 0460 CBre JTC
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        693 9 Jffil FACTORY SPACE |TCT FACTORY SPACE As s c > c a i s PENANG FACTORY FOR SALE Land area approx 2 36 acres > Built-up area approx i49.0395q.fi Central Air-cond factory For Enquiries Contact Exclusive Marketing Agent H/P: 012-*****60 Tel 04-*****88 Fax:o4-*****11 Rfl OFFICE SPACE Rfl OFFICE SPACE MUfORRENT
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        678 9 ■Tfl OFFICE SPACE Office Space For Bent $1.200-$4,000 Various sizes Free parking* Conditions apply 6344 2002 COMMERCIAL SCHOOL/ OFFICE I N0.28 Aliwal Street 3 storey building Estimate nett area ***** sqft Newly upgraded conservation style building I Kampong Gam Near Bugis/ Lavender MRT Bestway Properties Pte Ltd Call Anthony Tan
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        933 9 Rfl OFFICE SPACE ■^U FOR RENT BOAT QUAY fronting Singapore River, 3-storey attic. 3500 sq.ft. for commercial office use Asking $9,000 Call 6236 1188 OELTA HSE. PRIME m, 2 units I 2729 sqft each. Suitable for office or warehse. Immed. Call Mr H.T. Gan *****826 HENDERSON BLDG SHOWROOM. 5307/ 2200
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        817 9 Bfl OFFICE SPACE PARKWAY PARADE OUTSIDE CBD Area from 926 2519 sq.ft Am pie carpark. 6338 2828 AT LOW t\nt Coast office/ shop. $750 up. 25 units. Many sizes. Sa|i H/p; 9661 8806 Z1 NEWLY CARPETED OFFICE. 2357 sq ft. Sea view. High fir. MR T View to offer. HFP:
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        608 9 Bfl SHOP SPACE |mIFORSALE KING GEORGE'S AYE blk 803 Ground 2nd fir. 1400 sqft each MRT. Also rent. *****239 agt HOUGANG ST 21 Blk 212. 2 storey shophse. tenanted. 1700 sqft. S72OK Visco *****889 TOA PAYOH CTRL blk 190 186 185, 183. 178, 177. HDB Hub/ MRT. Heavy crowd. 6280-7777
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        886 13 1))))jjjjjj))jjjjjjjjjjjjjj)))))))j))))))))jj))))m TENDER NOTICE Singapore Airlines Ltd invites tenders for the following: Item N o Description TR No 1 Supplier Qualification for TR(A)4766 the Supply of Raffles Class Glassware 2 Fresh Cut Orchids and 4797 Assorted Flowers 3 Supplier Qualification for TR(A)479B the Supply of Resealable Headset Bags 4 Supplier Qualification
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        792 13 BNB /^S*\ Central vJIKJIy Provident Fund Board <•««= NOTICE Name of Deceased Members CPF Account Nos 1 AHMAD DIN BIN *****625 D MOHAMAD SHARIFF 2 CHRISTINA CHONG *****6431 3 FOO YONG KIEN *****8608 4 HAMIT BIN ISMAIL *****5438 5 HENGLEEKHENG 5U*****F 6 LER SEOW BAK *****702 D 7 LIM ENG
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        950 14 BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 20) BANKRUPTCY RULES Re CHEE KAR MUNG (NRIC No *****490F) E» Porte NTUC INCOME INSURANCE CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED (Registration No 162) Creditors STATUTORY DEMAND UNDER SECTION 62 OF BANKRUPTCY ACT Warning This is on important document You should refer to Ihe notes entitled How to comply with a
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        589 14 NOTICE THE LAND TITLES (STRATA) ACT (CHAPTER 158) SECTIONS 126 AND 126A rO:ALL THE REGISTERED PROPRIETORS of the Units comprised m the buildings erected on Lot 1911 X Mukim 15 at LAKEVIEW Singapore BLOCK 97A #02-01 to #02-04 #03-01 to #03-04 #04-01 to #04-0-1 #05-01 to #05-04 #06-01 to #0604
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        3518 15 TYT B PROFESSIONAL/ WW PROFESSIONAL/ |T!7! PROFESSIONAL/ PfSft PROFESSIONAL/ LrTfl PROFESSIONAL/ Iflfl PROFESSIONAL/ ITfl PROFESSIONAL/ EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE' POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS W^l nfnmvtuKmnn EXECUTIVE POSITIONS 10 Bank Clerks $I.lk Chemical Technicians Customer Service Offrs East Contract Telemarketers Admin Assts 6 mths contract to perm. Mm 'N'/'O'
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        323 15 BfJI SALES POSITIONS ilTl SALES POSITIONS We are currently looking for the following Shop Managers/ Supervisors ($1 ,770 $2,670 imt month) 1 3 years' supervisory experience m a retail environment Good leadership skills and proven sales record Sales Associates Mm Salary: $1,390 montim Mm age of 1 8 yrs, preferably
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        850 17 iTfl ADMINISTRATIVE/ iffl ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS POSITIONS SHIPPING COORDINATOR Female work environment Mm 'N' level with credit m English Shipping qualifications advantageous Experience not necessary Fax or email detailed resume stating qualifications, experience, current expected salary by 30/6/03 to 21 Tanjong Penjuru, Jurong Ind. Estate, Singapore *****2 Email: fredtsai@thcp-resins.com or
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        575 17 MWpositions Sumber Enqinecrinq Trading Pte Ltd. sole distributor of Hitachi Industrial Equipment m Singapore, Malaysia. Hong Kong. Indonesia and Vietnam seeks suitably qualified candidates for the post of: ASST. SERVICE ENGINEER (TS Department) NTC 2/ 3 m Mechanical Engineering Mm 1 year of experience m servicing and repairing of compressor
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        844 17 iTfl TECHNICAL fffl TECHNICAL HR TECHNICAL Ijjfrl POSITIONS l^y POSITIONS KjJpOSmONS r "T\X Daily Walk-in Interview Mon-Frt:9wn-11am;2pm-4pm c^^SS >^^ ST Assembly Teat Services Ltd 5 Yl hun St 23. Spors *****2 < Tlke TIBS 811 from Ylihun Interchange) l/^- <S Please bring along original a photocopies of certificates. I s
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        304 17 WPft PRODUCTION MfflposmoNs IMMEDIATE VACANCY AT Pandan Loop for with/ without experience Slitter Operator. Interested pis. call *****780 PROON COORDINATOR. SI.3K to SI.SK. Complete NS. Tuas. 5 days. 0' level. Liase with sub-contrac-tors. 6336-1141. (C*****1B) WOODLANDS SMT OPERATOR 8.30am-5.30pm $40. Bedok Operator 7.55am-5.28pm $42 Call 6341 9818. (Lie C*****1Z) ÜBI
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        426 17 VM SECURITY POSITIONS Temasek Twr, Capital Twr Town area, Chanqi South, Jurong, Tuas Ulu Pandan Pis bring along relevant cert. NRIC 4 photos for a Walk-In- Interview <toam-4pm) 200 Jin Sultan 802-13 Textile Ctr (S) *****8 Call 6336-7707 SECURITY OFFICERS $1,430 and above Weekly Pay Rest Day Mm Sec 2
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        762 17 SECURITY POSITIONS M SECURITY POSITIONS M SECURITY POSITIONS RW OTHER POS.T.ONS RQ OTHER POS.TIONS l^' HitttlflUyfl|MMUUK|H /rfl COLD STORAGE SINGAPORE VVBo9o?!fff9Jßj/(f9iS (1983 pTE lt d |^^|^HHlllHH|^^^Hi^^^^|H^HH|^^Bj^^^^^B c nave immediate vacancies for: Come explore your Salary, Allowances Bonus Receiving Clerk I potential with us. c 7 1 1 1 v II
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        167 17 WSJ9 DRIVER/ TRANSPORT ■UaposmpNS PRIME MOVER DRIVERS Class 4/ 5 licence Experience trucking containers Attractive incentives Leasing options available WALK IN INTERVIEW 30 Old Toh Tuck Rd 805-01 CLASS 3 DRIVER for local delivery PSA clearance Pis call 6756 0451 Immediate vacancy For: DRIVERS Must have class 3& 4 licence
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        409 17 I±r| TEMPORARY POSITIONS rssTper HouVH Scot Fetz Factory Distributor j urgently requires I wAWe to start IMMED I* No Selling No Quotas Itf Flexible oortang hrs E.y iVWs i Walk-in Today Only fr. 6 30 to 7.00pm j i 1 558<3' Floor) Thomson Rd. J j&)kMf^(Oßji.UniWSQuir«Eipirit) 1 MANY TEMP/ CONTRACT
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        429 17 BNB J m *7« jib H BLADE Adv Pta Ltd is an advertising. W^T Ifli marketing and PR company m its Oth 5 v• yMr >n sir> fl*PO r *nd Malaysia. A.^^ We Bre currer| t'V working with BJ^kß^l I w ll «stablish»d blue chip companies involving m the telecommunications.
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        430 17 Environmental Co urgently requires: GENERAL WORKERS Preferably residing at Bt Merah. Bishan Central areas Basic allowance ♦OT Interested pis walk-in 23 Pandan Avt (9-4pm) Bus no 78 from Juronq East Interchange, alight opp General Automotive Services/ US BASE COMPANY. New Division. $1300-$lBOO. Management Trainee. Advertising Trainee. No experience needed. Fresh
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        500 18 HGVB Presscrete Holding Ltd, as a public listed company, invites suitable applicants for the position of: COMPANY SECRETARY Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, you will be responsible for the overall corporate I secretarial, corporate affairs and office administrative functions of the Group. Key responsibilities include ensuring compliance with statutory
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        137 18 EVENTS f^^. Friday PR AND ADVERTISING Mr Addison James of Lowe Partners Worldwide will speak on public relations and advertising, and how to use them for greater effect. Organiser Institute of Public Relations of Singapore (IPRS). Venue: NUSS, Orchard Guild House. Time: Noon to 2pm. Cost: $45 (IPRS members), $55
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