The Straits Times, 8 September 2003

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  • 32 1 The Straits Times BEST IN NEWSPAPER DESIGN IN ASIA Established 1845 JVI OnCliiy September 8, 2003 •62 Pages m five parts mita (P) 033/03/200.3 MS A Singapore Press Holdings publication OU Cents
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  • 646 1  -  SANDRA DAVIE Bi, F.DI CATION CORRKSPONDFVI ■y A new private foreign university offering I p| undergraduate courses, to lure more foreign students rUffl Two or three private schools catering to lIIV 13 to 18-year-olds VC ADC Schools specialising m the arts, design, I LftUd
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  • 53 1 TAN SUAN ANN Not former-"remisier king" Peter Lim and bride Cherie, at their wedding party m Devils Bar last night. If only the bride had stripped down to a tank-top and a mini-skirt... but the normally bullish groom might have got bearish. See
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  • 387 1  -  ABRAHAM RABINOVICH ONE MORE BLOW TO PEACE PLAN Bif i FOR Til K STRAITS TIM FS JERUSALEM A threat of chaos hangs over the Middle East after Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas' resignation and Israel's attempted assassination of the Hamas spiritual leader, Sheikh
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  • NEWS FLASH
    • 138 2 ALTERNATIVE TO SCV IN DOUBT THERE may not be an alternative pay-TV operator to Star Hub Cable Vision (SCV) after all. This is because the Media Development Authority has yet to resolve a major issue less than three weeks before the tender deadline. The issue is whether SCV should
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    • 56 2 U.N. SHOULD PLAY ROLE IN IRAQ WASHINGTON has asked the United Nations to play a bigger role m Iraq. The international community should support humanitarian aid and reconstruction assistance for the war-torn country. Failure to help m the reconstruction and political transition of Iraq means risking instability, underdevelopment and
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    • 81 2 TEACHERS CAN STIFLE CREATIVITY A READER'S daughter, a Primary 1 pupil, was given an assignment to "look at the pictures and fill m the blanks with the correct words". However, the teacher marked three of her 10 answers with red crosses. The questions were straightforward, so what had gone
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    • 93 2 PLAY WITH STINGING ATTACKS PLAYWRIGHT and actress Li Xie staged a Mandarin adaptation of The Vagina Monologues three years ago to critical acclaim. Now she is back with The Vaginalogue, m which she delivers a stinging attack on targets that range from misogyny, the National Arts Council and American
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    • Article, Illustration
      123 2 HO M E Another estate may say no NEXT on the list m the Government's Main Upgrading Programme are five Housing Board blocks m Paya Lebar Way, but some residents have reservations. They are reluctant to spend money m a time of retrenchment, pay cuts and upcoming cuts to Central
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    • 72 2 Freedom, chaos m Iraq IRAQ has more freedom than any other country m the world, but since freedom without law and order is chaos, it is also this most dangerous. There are no policemen, no judges and no poliijs stations to report robberies or outrages. |jp? Everything is left
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    • 78 2 More Japanese find work m China AN INCREASING number of older Japanese workers are seeking jobs m China. And Chinese companies may benefit from the expertise of these workers. As the number of jobless m Japan continues to hover around 5 per cent, China presents brighter prospects for older
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    • 71 2 ARBITRATION WAS LAST RESORT MALAYSIA chose international arbitration m its dispute with Singapore over reclamation at Pulau Tekong and Tuas after negotiations ended m failure. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Malaysia had tried to negotiate with Singapore for years, "but they have gone and toldothers that they are right
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    • 70 2 SWISS GIANT PICKS SPORE DIETHELM Keller Siber Hegner, a Swiss-based company that is Asia's No 1 marketing and services group, will make Singapore the regional headquarters of two of its biggest businesses. It plans to move the regional headquarters of its health-care business to Singapore from Bangkok at the
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    • 72 2 SPACE SHUTTLE BACK NEXT YEAR? THE United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration plans to resume space shuttle flights by next year. It will include steps to comply with recommendations of the board that investigated the Columbia accident m February and will even go beyond those recommendations. Its plan
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    • 63 2 FEWER CHINESE HEAD OVERSEAS PEOPLE m China are now less keen to venture abroad. This is because they find it more convenient to make less money m familiar surroundings, rather than big money m a lonely and inhospitable land. There are also more options at home. In Fujian province,
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    • 63 2 MONEY SETS NEW RECORD WAYNE Rooney's 53rd-minute equaliser m England's 2-1 win over Macedonia was not only his first international goal but also made him the youngest -ever England goal-scorer. On Saturday night, when all had seemed lost after Macedonia were handed the lead, Rooney set Sven Goran Eriksson
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  • PRIME NEWS
    • 458 3  -  LESLIE LAU Aim to address shortage of doctors and improve relations with China m bid to boost share of Malaysian Chinese vote By IN Xl AI.AI TMPI R 'BESIDES ENCOURAGING MORE MAUYSIANSTO STtHIY IN CfIRU, WE ARE ttSO ENCOURAGING MORE STUDENTS FROM OKA ra
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    • 450 3  -  SHERWIN LOH «v FROM parents with strollers, to children on bicycles and old people keeping fit, the National Stadium was rilled with people from all walks of life, toting water bottles and towels for The New Paper Big Walk. One,
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    • 475 4  -  LEE H UI CHIEH BEN N AD ARAJ AN He was one of four victims as staff rushed to evacuate quests while flames swept from top floor at 3am yesterday Reports by IN BATAM and IN SINGAPORE 'THEY JUMPED OUT FROM THE
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    • 192 4  -  Lee Hui Chieh MR KULDIP Singh Minhas, 38, was asleep m his fifthfloor room when he was woken by banging on the door. The Indian national, a contract manager m a construction firm m Singapore, was on a weekend business trip. He said: "I
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    • 562 4 Advertising firm's art director dies of excessive smoke inhalation MR HAROLD was an avid golfer who made frequent trips to Batam to tee off at the South-inks Country Club. But the bachelor's latest trip to the Indonesian island on Saturday ended m his
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    • 597 5  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA Dispute Over Land Reclamation Negotiations with Singapore failed so XL referred the problem to arbitration, says Malaysian Prime Minister \l\l ns|\(()KRKSP()M)KM KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Malaysia sought international arbitration m its dispute with Singapore over rec- lamation at Pulau
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    • 632 5  -  VLADIMIR GUEVARRA Hi, 'I HOPE HE ENJOYS MARRIED LIFE IN A WAY HE SO RICHLY DESERVES.' Mr Jopie Ong, agood friend of the groom PHOTOS: IT WAS a wedding party that took eight years m the making. Last night, former "remisier king" Peter
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    • 296 5 Miss Taiwan not interested in being Miss China too TAIPEI China is inviting Taiwanese women to compete m its Miss China beauty pageant. But there is a catch the participants must "love the motherland passionately" and "support the Communist Party", a newspaper reported yesterday. Already, the reigning Miss Taiwan, Miss
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  • WORLD
    • Article, Illustration
      212 6 WHO'S THE ENEMY? BAGHDAD A missile attack on a US military aeroplane highlights an ever-pres-ent danger for occupying American troops their commanders do not know who or where the enemy m Iraq is. In the third missile attack of its kind by guerillas since May 1, when Washington declared an
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    • 658 6 A war that was supposed to free Iraq from tyrannical rule has left the country m chaos, and Iraqis are bitter. Peruvian novelist MARIO VARGAS LLOSA records his observations for The Guardian after a visit to Iraq BAGHDAD Four months after the war was
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    • 522 7 He will tell Americans why the US must stay m Iraq and that he will be seeking more help from the UN WASHINGTON With his eyes on the November 2004 presidential elections, US President George W. Bush has resolved to ask the
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    • 492 7  -  JOHN ZARCOSTAS By KIRTHK STRAITS TIMKS GENEVA The world's top trade official has called for political decisions and an end to persistent talks to make headway on the global trade front, ahead of a crucial ministerial meeting starting on Wednesday m
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    • 147 7 NEWPORT NEWS (Virginia) Former president George Bush chalked his initials on a metal plate during the keel-lay-ing ceremony of a US$4 billion (Ss7 "billion) aircraft carrier that will bear his name. A welder then etched the initials, GHWB, into the plate during the
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    • 379 8 Muslim women threaten legal action CAIRO Some Egyptian state television presenters say they have been yanked off the air because they wear veils. The Muslim women say they are planning to sue the state-owned broadcaster for banning them from appearing on screen
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    • 220 8 JERUSALEM Prime Minister Ariel Sharon warned yesterday that Hamas leaders were "marked for death" and would not have a moment's rest after Israel botched a bid to kill the top Hamas echelon with a 250 kg bomb dropped on a Gaza City apartment. Hamas
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    • 650 8 Resignation of Abbas shows that no Middle East peace process can succeed without Arafat's support WASHINGTON The sudden resignation of Mr Mahmoud Abbas as prime minister of the Palestinian Authority has raised fresh questions about the American strategy of trying to marginalise the wily
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    • 205 8 Decision to resign final, insists Abbas RAMALLAH (West Bank) Amid speculation that he would reconsider his decision to quit, Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday that his decision was final. Asked whether he would accept the post again, he told reporters: "It's very premature to talk about this right
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    • WORLD FILE
      • 78 8 PRESSURE mounted yesterday on British Prime Minister Tony Blair to quit over his part m the suicide of a weapons expert at the heart of a row over the government's case for going to war m Iraq. A poll m the Mail on Sunday
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      • 46 8 AUSTRALIA'S government has warned the country's 100,000--strong Jewish community that it could be targeted by terrorists, the president of the New South Wales state Jewish Board of Deputies, Mr Stephen Rothman, said m an interview broadcast on Channel Nine's Sunday programme. AP
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      • 67 8 BRITAIN has scheduled a Security Council vote for Tuesday to lift UN sanctions against Libya that would release US$2.7 billion (Ss4.B billion) to the families of 270 victims killed m the 1988 airliner bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland. British UN Ambassador Emyr Jones Par- ry,
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      • 66 8 SYDNEY-BASED MUSLIM PROBED INTELLIGENCE officers m Canberra are working with their Lebanese counterparts to investigate alleged links between a Sydneybased Muslim and Middle East terror groups, the government said yesterday. The Lebanese authorities have issued an arrest warrant for Syd-ney-based Bilal Khazal and his brother Maher for allegedly helping to
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      • 69 8 A NEW study shows that divorce, inheritance and sexual equality m schools have helped Britain's women overtake the men m terms of numbers of millionaires, London's Sunday Times said. The report to be published this week by research company Datamonitor based on information from tax collectors,
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    • PEOPLE
      • 177 9 Akihito's pampered life revealed $422 M IN ANNUAL COSTS TOKYO A new book is revealing interesting details of how Emperor Akihito spends his annual share of US$24O million (***** million) of public money. The London Telegraph reported that his staff list includes four doctors on call 24 hours a day,
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      • 128 9 NEW YORK A despairing Jacqueline Kennedy spoke repeatedly to a priest about suicide m the months after her husband's assassination, according to a new book about the Kennedy ly"lt is so hard to bear," she told Father Richard McSorley about five months after President John
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      • 90 9 GLASGOW Seven-teen-year-old schoolboy Paul Smith has admitted sending a letter apparently containing a deadly poison to Prince William, second m line to the British throne. He also confessed to sending a bottle of aromatherapy oil laced with caustic soda to Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife Cherie
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      • 68 9 BELFAST A Norwegian man set a world record for eating oysters on Saturday, downing 187 of them m three minutes. Mr Rune Naeri said he felt "fine, wonderful" after shattering the previous official record of 97 at the annual Hillsborough oyster festival m
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      • 68 9 Sting admits he's not such a stud after all. He made headlines a few years ago when he claimed that he could make love to his wife, Trudi Styler, for hours at a time. He now admits he "sexed up" his claim. Balinese dancer and choreographer Wayan Limbak, who helped
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      • 51 9 Quoteworthy 'Germans shouldn *t get so worked up about the few dollars I'm getting. German "Florida Rolf", who reportedly received U552,200 (553,900) a month from the (icrman welfare office for a comfortable life at Miami beach. Mr Rolf also convinced officials to pay another US$ 150 a month for a
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    • 486 9 Its Return to Flight plan complies with and goes beyond recommendations of a board investigating February's Columbia tragedy Plan of action Coatiiwißf impact tots __l_M_l____lH_rf_MU breached osCetuabia's wiin to htrtlrt nwpfltur ii©wwapM^a beat-resistastaitertal tturt cm ii ipplii tNts Md ether Batoriais. separate
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    • 436 6 No Veils On TV 1 0ml Shuttle To Fly Again Vff Akihito's Life Of Luxury KjS Some Eg\ptian T\ 7 presenters have been Lffli *"jy t i Nasa aims to resume space shuttle flights r ir^ The Japanese Emperor, who has 160 I g^ banned from appearing on screen because
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  • COMMENTARY ANALYSIS
    • 896 10  -  SERGEI KARAGANOV The UN cannot be preserved and reformed without cooperation from the US, however distressful this may be to some. THE United Nations is m the midst of a serious, long-term crisis. That crisis will not go away unless its sources are
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    • 567 10 The StraitsTimes MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2003 A wholly good deal IT IS rare when a negotiated settlement m a multilateral forum is wholly good. That rare instance occurred when the World Trade Organisation (WTO) reached an agreement to allow poor countries that do not have their own drug manufacturing capability
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    • 1127 10  -  EVELYN GOH By FORTHE STRAITS TIMES AS THE Bush administration returns to the United Nations Security Council to re-negotiate a bigger role for the UN m Iraq, the debate has come full circle to why the war should have been fought,
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      5 10 JALEHA HASHIM
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    • 1044 11  -  ANG PENG HWA WAYNE FU By am KOK IHK sIKAITS I I Ml S A GOVERNMENT-LINKED COMPANY SHOULD OWN AND CONTROL THE CABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT LEASE OUT ITS WIRES TO MULTIPLE COMPETITIVE PLAYERS FOR END-SERVICE PROVISION. CABLE television operator SCV has been
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    • ASIAN CURRENTS
      • 109 11 INDONESIA CONCERNED is how Indonesians feel about the country's land infrastructure. More than I,oookm of railway tracks m Java and Sumatra are unusable because of old age. A quarter of usable tracks are between 70 and 137 years old. Thousands of kilometres of roads are
        Reuter  -  109 words
      • 114 11 I\p BUSINESS restructuring to cut costs has kept the unemployment rate at more than 5 per cent m Japan. For workers who kept their jobs, layoffs have caused a rapid rise m overtime for them. One m 30 workers works more than 3,000 hours a year,
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      • 121 11 S< »i m m >ki SOUTH Korea, already an ageing society, is facing its lowest birth rate, registering 1.17 births per couple last year. This will lead to an increase m the number of aged people and a shortage of labour. Young couples are
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      • 112 11 MALAYSIA THERE has recently been a spate of student gangsterism m boarding schools m Malaysia. Many cases of bullying and other forms of physical violence have been reported, leading to calls for bullies to be flushed out and sent to reform school. Administrators and teachers
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      • 111 11 TAIWAN TAIWAN'S media has been plagued by political influence as many politicians have a stake m television stations and the like. Not only that, press freedom m Taiwan is also restrained and media companies which criticise the government often risk libel charges and raids.
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  • FORUM
    • 108 12 Alternatives to takeaway containers I REFER to the letter by Mr Goh Shih Yong of the Agri-food and Veterinary Authority, "Takeaway containers safe but don't use them again and again" (ST, Sept 3). More people will now dispose of the plastic containers after using them once, which may pollute the
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    • 330 12 TO THE TEACHER, THERE COULD BE ONLY ONE ANSWER TO EACH QUESnON. THIS REFLECTS THE INFLEXIBILITY OF SIHGAPORE'S EDUCATION SYSTEM... which emphasises rote-learning instead of creativity. As a parent of two children, I know that this is not an isolated case. There have been
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    • 101 12 Sentosa bus drivers' English affects image TWO Sundays ago, I was m Sentosa and rode the buses there. Apparently, the drivers have to provide a bit of information about even 7 stop. While tnis was thoughtful, they did it m Singlish, broken English and with poor pronunciation. I was embarrassed
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    • 221 12 IT WAS reported m the article, "What Wal-Mart can teach Spore companies" (ST, Aug 27), that Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan cited Wal-Mart as an example of a company which is committed to its workers. The view from the top can be quite
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    • 213 12 I REFER to Madam Ng Ai Lin's letter, "IMEI numbers of no use" (ST, Sept 4). She has been advised correctly that Ml is not able to block the use of her lost mobile phone. The process of "blocking" will impact
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  • The Straits Times home
    • 8 1 The Straits Times home Monday, Septemter 8, 2003
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    • 66 1 PLUS OR MINUS, IT'S STILL F4 Take that boy band F4. If one person leaves the group, people will still call it F4. If one person joins the group... You cannot call it F5, F6 or F7. Mr Jimi Wong, 48, honorary secretary of the Singapore Electrical Trades Association, on
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    • 816 1  - Upgrading? Maybe later. LEONG PIK YIN Lean times, so Paya Lebar residents not keen Bu NICE IDEA, BUT NOT NOW 'Having lifts that stop on every floor would be very useful, but it's expensive and times are so bad now. Mrs Kelh Tang, 38, a housewife DANGER OF LOSING OUT
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    • 669 2  - Second pay-TV bidding may turn into non-event KELVIN WONG Tenders for licence unlikely unless MDA rules on SCVs exclusive contracts with major content providers, say analysts ft WHAT MAJOR PLAYERS SAY SCV It has asked for its exclusive deals with major content providers like HBO and ESPN to be exempt
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    • Article, Illustration
      90 2 WANG HUI FEN Sales representative Grace Chang, 26, and her two-year-old golden retriever Jester had to settle for third place after battling their way around this assault course as part of a Beach Olympics contest on Sentosa's Siloso Beach yesterday. The event, featuring seven canine-and-master teams, was part
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    • 428 2  -  CLARENCE CHANG Swee Say: It's not that we don't care about pain of middle class Bu ENVIRONMENT Minister Lim Swee Say yesterday took pains to deflect criticism by middle-income Singaporeans, the hardest-hit group, on the wide-ranging changes to the CPF system. Speaking to
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    • CASE FILE
      • 102 2 AN UNEMPLOYED man who allegedly used a cigarette to burn the forearm of his five-year-old stepson was charged m court yesterday. The 37-year-old man, who claimed trial to causing hurt to the boy, is also alleged to have poked the boy's chest and pelvic region
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      • 79 2 AN ELDERLY man was knocked down by a car while crossing Kallang Road on Saturday morning. Mr Kalimuthu Retnasamy, 66, died at Tan Tock Seng Hospital that night. He was crossing the road when he was hit by the car which was m the extreme
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    • 444 3 Unique treasure hunt by MMS Community game requires teams to race around a mall and snap four items with high-tech cell phones OFFICE manager Emmeline Tay ran to the second level of the IMM Mall m Jurong yesterday and took a picture of a merry-go-round there using her cell phone,
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    • 359 3 TROUBLED people who feel more comfortable writing about their problems than talking about them, can now contact the Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) by e-mail. And they can expect a reply within 48 hours or so; sooner, if their need is more
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    • 518 4 Exec secretary fails to explain discrepancies; chairman cleared of any wrongdoing By BEN NADAKAJAN HE HAD accused his chairman of misappropriating funds from the f Singapore Statutory Boards Employees' Cooperative Thrift and Loan Society but, m the end, he was the one who was
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    • 610 4  - Job row: Firm sues for $1.2m Diploma holder tola to pay $41.60 SELEVALUM Bu Two sides The film's version ISO Promotions considered Miss Sherry Ng "uniquely suited" for the job. It claimed that the search for the woman's replacement took up a lot of the company's time. The defendant's version
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    • 82 5 ENRIQUE SORIANO These children (from left) Noralif, 11, Noralim, 11, Khairul, 14, and Norishan, 13 from Beyond Social Services Centre had a great time leaving their mark on the hoarding outside Wisma Atria. They were among 20 underprivileged children invited to paint murals there. It
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    • 469 5  -  LEONG PIK YIN Bank supports Chip Huat's petition for judicial management BELEAGUERED construction firm Chip Huat may yet escape bankruptcy, thanks to one of its creditors. Maybank had wanted to place its debtor under receivership but eventually decided otherwise. The bank declined to say what
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        554 6 STUDENTS CAN INITIATE OWN CCA ACTIVITIES not on the existing list of co-curricu-lar activities (CCA) could count towards a student's CCA grade, especially if the youngster initiates them. For example, if wakeboarding is not offered by the school, the student can gather a few others who are interested
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        958 7  -  HO KA WEI B<i YOU CAN SCROLL RIGHT AND LEFT WITH THIS MOUSE MICROSOFT Singapore last Friday let loose a new Dreed of mouse, one that is clad m leather and which tilts so you can scroll left and right and not just up or down. There are
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      • 62 8 Videocam the size of a playing card SONY plans to introduce the world's smallest and lightest video camera next month. The US$l,3BO (552,430) playing card-sized 1 07-megapixel DCR-IPlk video camera measures 39mm wide, 91mm tall and 69mm long, and weighs 230g, excluding the batten. It will go on sale m
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      • 337 8 Songs deal means repeat offenders could face heavier penalties LOS ANGELES The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) plans to file its first wave of copyright-infringement lawsuits as early as this week against hundreds of people who share songs online. At the same time,
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      • 639 8 Scientists unveil world's first efficient 'bacterial battery' PARIS Damnation your mobile phone, on which your work and social life depend, has become a useless lump of plastic and silicon: the battery is dead. No problem. Just reach for the nearest bowl of sugar, flip open the phone, top
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  • The Straits Times asia
    • 8 1 The Straits Times asia Monday, Septemljer 8, 2003
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    • 29 1 TRIED-AND-TESTED LOGIC If it ivorks in Bogota, it will work in Jakarta.' Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso, fending off criticism against a proposal to copy the Colombian capital's public transportation system
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    • 881 1 Decentralisation blighted by graft Indonesia's Move Towards Regional Autonomy GIVE UP POWER? NOWAY SIGNS of a prospering Kutai Kartanegara, just on the tip or the Borneo rainforest, makes its regent Syaukani (left) smile. And it's all thanks to decentralisation, he says. "There is no turning back," he adds. Mr Syaukani,
      AGRI WINATA  -  881 words
    • ASIA
      • Article, Illustration
        509 2  -  Robert Go With less red tape, regions can plan for their own needs better 'OUR PROGRAMME FOCUS IS ON FIXING THE SYSTEM INSTEAD OF RAISING FUNDS. MOST REGIONS FOCUS MORE ON THE SECOND APPROACH. THAT IS A PROBLEM/ Ms Rustriningsih of the Kebumen regency KEBUMEN and Semarang m
        LOH JAHAN; AGRI WINATA; NYT  -  509 words
      • 180 2 INDONESIA'S decentralisation was implemented m 2001 but has its beginnings m 1999 when former president B.J. Habibie's interim government drafted two constitutional laws for regional autonomy. The first law focused on political decentralisation. Governments became responsible for delivering public services, and setting agricultural and
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      • 480 2 Regional govts levy new and strange taxes to raise revenue 'PROJECTS «YE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CORRUPTION. MARK-UP LEVELS ARE...SOMETIMES MORE THAN 300 PER CENT. THERE IS NO QUESTIONING FROM THE PEOPLE' Dr Tukiman Taruna, a community development specialist DECENTRALISATION has resulted m dubious enterprises m Kutai Kartanegara and strange
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    • CHINA
      • 593 3 America is no paradise. It was the same routine every day for six or seven years. Get up. Work for 16 hours. Go to bed. Get up again. I was a JOOI. /l DiaCHllie Mr Zheng, who returned to his village after seven
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      • Article, Illustration
        49 3 PHOTOS: EPA The blades are turned upwards all 36 of them as a member of the Tujia ethnic group steps on the knives to climb up a 10-m-high pole in Zhenyuan county, western Guizhou province. The performance is supposed to demonstrate the supernatural power of the climbers.
        EPA  -  49 words
      • 223 3 BEIJING A mysterious explosion here injured 10 people and two gas explosions m the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang killed two people and injured seven others, state media reported yesterday. The Beijing blast happened on Saturday morning, and police were still trying to determine
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      • 300 3 HONG KONG Emboldened by the government's withdrawal of a controversial anti-subversion Bill, opposition lawmakers said yesterday they will push for a motion urging full democracy for Hong Kong. The motion, to be introduced when the Legislative Council convenes next month, would help to
        AFP; AP  -  300 words
      • 154 3 HONG KONG -Beijing has reportedly agreed to permit mainland Chinese children born to Hong Kong parents to settle m the territory, if they make their applications before they are 18 years old, a pro-China politician said yesterday. Democratic
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    • ASIA
      • 703 4  -  KWAN WENG KIN Older Japanese workers with skills and experience but who have lost their jobs at home are turning to work m China By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT SHANGHAI: Good money awaits A REPORT last year by chinanews.com said there was a shortage of personnel m
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      • 259 4 TOKYO North Korea is importing trailers to be used as launch pads for its mid-dis-tance Rodong ballistic missiles, say Japanese officials. In May, a car dealer m Fukuoka prefecture was found trying to export part of a 30--tonne trailer to North Korea via
        Yomiuri Shimbun; ASIA News Network; AFP  -  259 words
      • 52 4 AP Two girls peek through a scope at the rear of a cow sculpture on a Tokyo street while their friend peers through the other end. The CowParade, a Swiss-born public art event, is being showcased in the Japanese capital's renovated financial district to mark its
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      • 347 4 Israeli leader begins landmark trip to India NEW DELHI Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is m New Delhi today to start four days of talks m the first public display of what has been a secretive relationship. Since the two countries established full diplomatic relations m 1992, this is tne
        AFP; AP  -  347 words
      • ASIA FILE
        • 77 4 A CHINESE court has rejected the appeal of fallen flower baron Yang Bin, sentenced to 18 years m jail for commercial crimes m a case that emerged soon after North Korea named him as head of a planned free trade zone. The High People's
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        • 51 4 ABOUT 3,000 people marched through Taipei yesterday morning to show support for Taiwan's official name the Republic of China after demonstrators on Saturday called for it to be changed to Taiwan. China yesterday blasted Saturday's demonstration by 30,000 people, accusing the demonstrators of seeking independence.
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        • 65 4 INDIA will produce at least 30 more short-range surface-to-surface missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, a report said yesterday. The decision to build more Prithvi missiles, which have a range of 150-300 km, was made last week at the first meeting of the country's Nuclear
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        • 51 4 INDIAN and US commandos are training together m the rugged Himalayan mountain region near India's borders with China and Pakistan, a US Embassy official said yesterday. The three-week exercises m the Ladakh region of Jam-mu-Kashmir state will conclude later this month, the officer said.
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA MALAYSIA
      • 482 5 Terror Warning Terrorism experts say the airport is the most vulnerable m South-east Asia to missile attacks on passenger aircraft 'Particularly because of the amount of arms trafficked through Thailand, I would say Bangkok is the airport I have greatest concern about m South-east Asia.
        The Nation; AP  -  482 words
      • 399 5 New leaders for Myanmar constitution commission YANGON Myanmar's ruling junta has named new members to a commission charged with overseeing the drafting of its new constitution m a step towards implementing its recently announced democracy road map, the state press said yesterday. The Prime Minister, General Khin Nyunt, detailed on
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      • 224 5 PORT KLANG Like a knight on a winged horse, Mr Derrick Tan flew m on a helicopter to fetch his bride during their wedding ceremony at Pulau Ketam yesterday. After a short tea ceremony, Mr Tan was off again with wife, Ms Chua Ooi Yun,
        The Sunday Star; Asia News Network; THE STAR; ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  224 words
      • 129 5 BANGKOK People raising hornbills, crocodiles, snakes, monkeys, tigers, green peafowls, golden cats and other species have stepped up to register their animals before an amnesty granted under new wildlife legislation ends. Nearly 500,000 protected and endangered animals kept privately by Thais have been registered ahead
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      • REGIONAL FILE
        • 65 5 RESCUERS pulled 160 people from the sea after an Indonesian ferry travelling from Bali sank early yesterday, killing five and leaving at least five others missing, a rescue official said. The Wimala Dharma sank at 3.45 am while on its way to
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        • 64 5 A BOMB left from the Vietnam War m the 1970s and found m a Cambodian river exploded, killing five children who were trying to cut it up for scrap metal, officials said yesterday. An 18-year-old fisherman and his four younger brothers died instantly m
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        • 65 5 FOOD products m Malaysia, especially health products, must now carry specific nutritional information to prevent consumers from being misled. And manufacturers will no longer be allowed to cam- information claiming their products can cure or protect consumers from diseases and ailments. The changes
          The Star; ASIA News Network  -  65 words
        • 71 5 THE toppling of President Gloria Arroyo m a coup could plunge the Philippines into civil war, Foreign Secretary Bias Ople warned yesterday amid concerns about attempts to destabilise the government. The campaign "is seriously hobbling the economy, discrediting the country's image abroad and keeping
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        • 80 5 SOLDIERS and two helicopter gunships were hunting about 30 communist guerillas yesterday after they attacked a police station and a government office m the central Philippines, damaging property but injuring no one, a military official said. The incidents occurred on Saturday m Esperanza town
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      • 302 5 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Airlines is scheduling 40 special charter flights to prepare for a flood of Chinese tourists from now until the Chinese New Year period. The airlines will be flying 25 wide-bodied and 15 narrow-bodied charter flights from China until Chinese
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    • The Straits Times sports
      • 1068 6  -  JEFFREY LOW At 17, Everton boy becomes the youngest player to hit the net for England SOCCER CORRESPONDENT I MATCH CHATTER lis match was the portant one. I'm not I we deserved to be down but it was pieter again that light us through.' England skipper
        TIEN CHUNG PING; AP; REUTERS  -  1,068 words
      • 494 6 SPITTLE, YUCKS: David Beckham said he was spat at and received death threats from Macedonian players. He also complained of racist chants aimed at Emile Heskey. "Other players were spat at as well," said the skipper. "One of their players told me, "You won't get out of here
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        254 6  -  Jeffrey Low THE star of David kept on shining m faraway Skopje. leading England up the path to Portugal m almost orchestrated timing. At a time when the juices of his forthcoming biography has been serialised to death m order to promote sales, David Beckam kept the publicity
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      • 46 6 HAPPY, HAPPY CHAMP 7 don Y know how I'm gonna celebrate, but I just can tell you that I'm the happiest woman in the world right note.' Justine Ileum- Harden ne. after beating Kim Clijstcrs to win the US Open women's singles crown. See AS SOCCER
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      • 640 7 SOCCER Win over Wales avenges defeat last year and soothes pain of early Cup exit MILAN Italy's 4-0 win over Wales m Saturday's Euro 2004 qualifier proved the tonic to hnally despatch the country's post-World Cup hangover, the ltalian sports media pronounced yesterday.
        Reuters; AFP; REUTERS  -  640 words
      • 446 7 BERLIN Germany coach Rudi Voeller has rounded angrily on his critics after his side ground out a 0-0 draw against Iceland m their Euro 2004 qualifier on Saturday, saving ne would not put up with the attacks much longer. "I'm not going
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      • 577 7 BUENOS AIRES Beleaguered Argentina coach Marcelo Bielsa was at a loss to explain how his team threw away a two-goal lead m a 2-2 draw against a Chilean team he described as inferior on Saturday. Bielsa, badly needing a good result m
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      • 155 7  - Calls to end penalty shootouts Peh Shing Huei DO AWAY with penalty shootouts for the NTUC Income SLeague. That was Woodlands Wellington coach M. Karathu's plea after seeing his side lose 3-4 on penalties to Sengkang Marine at the Hougang Stadium last night. The match had ended goalless after 90
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      • 760 8  -  Los Angeles Times TENNIS She overcomes dehydration to beat Clijsters m a gritty final for US Open title NEW YORK Justine HeninHardenne looked pale and frail on the medical training table m the wee hours on Saturday. The blankets kept her legs warm, and intravenous
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      • 272 8 NEW YORK The future of men's tennis is here: say hello to Juan Carlos Ferrero and Andy Roddick. The pair battled early this morning (Singapore time) m the US Open final m a scenario that could be played out many more times m future. Ferrero
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      • SPORTS FILE
        • 67 8 MALAYSIAN badminton champion Lee Chong Wei's hopes of bagging his first international crown was dashed by Chinas world No 1 Chen Hong m the men's singles final of the Malaysian Open badminton championship at the Likas Indoor Stadium m Kota Kinabalu yesterday. The 21 -year-old
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        • 94 8 ENGLAND got the perfect send-off for the World Cup when they thrashed France 45-14 at Twickenham on Saturday to provide a perfect riposte to the defeat by their opponents a week earlier. England ran m five tries to France's one with winger Ben Cohen scoring
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      • 363 8  -  JOHN BELL HORSE RACING Written By CHAMPION jockey Saimee Jumaat believes Super Racer, a brilliant winner at Kranji last Friday night, is well on the way to becoming a force m Class 1 racing m Singapore. The Last Tycoon gelding, out of former class mare
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      • 656 8 Track: Good. Race 1 -Class 5 (4) 1700 m 1 SUMPTUOUS T Asogan I 12 Wm Bravo B Tai 2 7 Marsgar H Samsir 3 Ma'gms 2 14 'en x 1/2 len Time 46 8 Nos 1, 12. 7 Win $32 Place $6.
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      • 1543 8 BADMINTON Malaysia Open, finals Men's singles: Chen Hong (Chn) bt Lee Chong Wei (Mas) 15-9 15-5. Doubles: Lee Dong Soo/Kim Dong Moon (Kor) bt Fu Haifeng/Chai Yun (Chn) 17-15 15-11. Women's singles: Zhou Mi (Chn) bt Camilla Martin (Den) 11-1 7-11 11-5 Doubles: Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen (Chn)
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    • 481 9  -  PEH SHING HUEI SINGAPORE'S James Wong will not be the least concerned if he were to heave the discus a mere one metre during the South-east Asia Games m Vietnam as long as it is good enough to win him the gold medal. The Republic's
      TAN SUAN ANN  -  481 words
    • Obituaries
      • Obituary, Illustration
        332 9 s. SATI Age: 69 passed away peacefully on 6 September 2003, leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Supramaniam, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: S. Rajan Barathi S. Mahendran Tamilselvi Daughters: Sons-in-law: Ratha (Chandran, deceased) Amutha Rengayah Indra Murthy Her fond and beloved grandson Aravinn, grandchildren, relatives and friends. Cortege leaves Bik 761, Pasir
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        253 9 ANBE SIVAM KALIMUTHU (MUTHU EX PUB) Aft. 66 passed away peacefully en 6.9.03, leaving behind: Beloved wife: Suppammal Son: K. Raja Daughter-in-law: Shanthi Daughters: K. Santhi K. Lavanya grandchildren, relatives friends to mourn him. Cortege leaves Bik 110 Aljunied Crescent, *02-86 Spore on 8.9.03 at 4.00pm for Mt Vernon Crematorium.
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        248 9 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolence* to The Family of Our Late Executive Director JOHN KO CHEOW HEAN Departed 5 September 2003 From: The Board of Directors Management Staff of Jurong Brick Works Limited L 4 r_S-____HiHßHV______--------------a--raWa The Family of The Late NG SWEE HAN Departed 2-9-2003 wishes to express their
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    • MONEY
      • 686 10 ROUND-UP Overseas markets HONG Kong stocks are tipped to move higher this week, driven by strong liquidity as investors remain buoyed Dy the positive sentiment m United States markets. The Hang Seng Index gained 269.62 points or 2.47 per cent to close last week
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      • 114 10 Sing a- foreign f stinks. Value mlrutnted using Monday* ejrvhtimj* mlrs. TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) M»ln Sdq Tet»l M«tn Sdq ToUl Multilnd 37,322 37,322 25.893 25 893 Manufacturg 603,117 114,446 717.563 407.978 40 89' 448 869 Commerce 90,448 30,585 121,033 41,243 9,824 ***** Tpt/Stor/Com 121.305 15,844 137,149
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      • 133 10 Acthr eounten with no vohune VhUw aft riot included. MAIN SDO TOTAL Up Dn Unch Up Dn Uncft Up Pn Uncn Multilnd 954 000 954 Manufacturg 98 15 24 29 9 11 127 24 35 Commerce 38 13 11 10 5 1 48 18 12 Tpt/Stor/Com 19
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      • 44 10 Changs Change Straits Times Index 1617.84 *7.61 BT 08/ OS -71.00 +240.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +163.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -7.00 UOB Sesdaq _..103.74 +1 92 UOB Blue Chip 601.42 +2.92 STI Futures 1611 +8 MSCI Singapore 198.89 +0.89 SiMSCI Futures 197.90 +0.90
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      • 38 10 Chart SemiCond 26c 241.496.000 AnnAik 10c 180.797,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 169.827,000 Beyonics 10c 141.008.000 GoodpiCh lc i 09.284.000 JuKen Tech 10c 106,648.000 Pac Andes 20c 96,209.000 CatacrattlOc 86,658,000 Sinqpt 25c 86,221.000 Cosco Inv 20c 79,975.000
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      • 430 10 ABN Amro Bank NY 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 SPA 7.25 Banca Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena S.P.A 5.6 Commerciale
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      • 425 10 REVIEW Currencies ASIA-PACIFIC currencies had a mixed performance against the US dollar, with the yen and baht making gains against the greenback but others remaining flat or slipping marginally. JAPANESE YEN: The yen climbed against the dollar, reflecting gains m Japanese share prices and
        AFP  -  425 words
      • 363 11 Rafidah isn't too optimistic about outcome of the WTO meet this week KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia, which pursues an exportoriented economy, woula like to see benefits outweighing the costs of opening up markets m every area of negotiations at the fifth World Trade
        Bernama; Reuters  -  363 words
      • 599 11 Most of 2.7 m US jobs lost since 2001 gone for good Economy has changed permanently m this recession and new sectors will have to emerge to bring jobs back, study finds WASHINGTON The vast majority of the 2.7 million job losses since the 2001 recession began were the result
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      • 545 12  - Trade exhibition industry goes after big game NICHOLAS FANG It hopes to attract conferences of up to 20,000 delegates to offset lower margins caused by rising regional competition THE Singapore convention and exhibition industry is thinking big. Really big. With bigger facilities, such as Singapore Expo, it is hoping to
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        • 94 12 PATRICK LAU LI TAH: Appointed as the executive vice-president of finance of rail operator SMRT Corp. Before joining SMRT, Mr Lav, 48, had a stint as chief financial officer of educational group Informatics Holdings, which he joined m March. He also spent about five years, starting
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        • 159 12 TEO PECK HAR: Appointed as the financial controller of waste recycling company Ecowise Holdings. Ms Teo, 40, brings to the position more than 15 years of experience m auditing, accounting and financial management both m the public and private sectors. Before joining Sesdaqlisted Ecowise, 40-year-old
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      • 710 13  - Wanted: S'pore investors for new Bangalore airport NARENDRA AGGARWAL It is not only looking for aviation-related firms but also partners m the setting up of facilities like hotels and shopping malls Bu ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE companies will be invited to participate m the development of the new Bangalore International Airport,
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      • 521 13  - 9/11 anniversary to lend sober mood to market COLIN TAIN TAKING STOCK B. MARKETS CORRESPOS DEST THE local bourse is expected to stay trapped m a narrow trading range this week ahead of the second anniversary of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre m New York
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    • 111 11 [Entrepreneur's Club (Singapore), co-organiser of Global I Chinese Entrepreneurs' Forum, presents free Seminar for I Singapore companies, to better grasp on global business I opportunities m China and Asia Region. _J 1 Topic 'Current Issues m Global Market' by BDO (Singapore) Speaker Business Development Director. Dons Scow. fcca. mba 2
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    • 156 13 This announcement appears as a matter of record only September 2003 HEETON HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated m Singapore on 7 July 1976) Invitation m respect of 30,500,000 new ordinary shares of $0.20 each, comprising:--(1) 850,000 Offer Shares at $0.21 for each Offer Share by way of public offer; and (2) 29,650,000
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    • 13 1 Life! CELEBRATES THE WONDER OF LIFE The Straits Times Monday, September 8, 2003
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    • 227 2  - Royston did not win in Venice... ONG SOR FERN By FILM CORRESPONDENT ROYSTON TAN'S controversial movie, 15, left the Venice Film Festival empty-handed last Friday. The Singapore film about the lives of a group of teenaged delinquents was competing for a US$lO,OOO (5517,500) critics' prize and the Lion Of The
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    • 322 2 but they did VENICE The top trophies at the Venice Film Festival went to first-time Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev and cult Japanese film-maker Takeshi Kitano. Zvyagintsev's intense Russian father-and-son drama, The Return, won the Golden Lion award for Best Picture last Saturday, but he remained shaken by the death of
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    • 196 2 TAIPEI As F4's Jerry Yen (right) flew to Hong Kong last Saturday to film his first movie, Magic Kitchen, one question whirled m the heads of fans and shampoo sellers alike: Will he lose his signature long locks? Director Lee Chi Ngai was quoted m
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    • 99 2 LONDON Will Demi Moore's romance with Ashton Kutcher crash and burn soon? The Dude Where's My Car? actor has been seen "canoodling" with heiress Paris Hilton m a club m Miami, says Britain's People News website. Predictably, his spokesman has denied everything, saying: "Ashton was having
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      • 562 3  - Some Hits, some misses TOMMY WEE A stellar line-up turned up for Singapore Hit Awards 2003, but some stars had to skip the gig, leaving their fans disappointed By SINGAPORE HIT AWARDS 2003: Selected winners Best Group: SHE Best Local Act: Stefanie Sun/A-do Best New Act: Wayne Lin Junjie Most
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    • 600 5  -  Ho Ai Li 'DRAMA SERIALS ARE LIKE RUBBISH. IT'S LIKE INSTANT NOODLES WHICH YOU EAT AND IMMEDIATELY THROW AWAY. HOW CAN YOU BLAME EVERYTHING ONUS?' Cheng Wen-hua (left), the firebrand scriptwriter behind Fiery Thunderbolt, on a fire m Taiwan being inspired by the villain's
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    • 743 6  -  K VM) MIRANDA STRAIGHT TALK Achieving the five Cs is an important goal for many girls. But not enough emphasis is toeing^placed on the things that truly I enricli life, and those include Character I SINGAPORE girls, are you really shallow? I was recently talking
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      100 6 Who's that? I've never heard of her m my life.' Mary). Bligi (right) whet asked abou hip-hoj wannabi Victoru Beekhan Tm an actress but I also have to get my kids' supper read}.' Uma Thurman on lier sex symbol image Ang, my boy, the Oscar should be
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    • 414 6  -  HO AI LI THEATRE THE VAGINALOGUE Drama Box Esplanade Theatre Studio l.a.st rdnt'sdav Bu AN OBSCENITY m English just does not have the same piquancy of its locally-used Hokkien equivalent. For this reason and others, playwright and actress Li Xie's rawer and
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    • 523 7  -  TAN SHRZ EE The musical approximates an extravagance that at times wears a little thin and a little too long MUSICAL FORBIDDEN CITY Singapore Repertory Theatre F.splanatlt- Tlit-atir Saturila\ night Bt, ARTS CORRESPONDENT THERE is nothing quite so forbidden about Forbidden City. If anything, it is a
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    • 343 7  -  CLARISSA OON Wild Rice deftly shows tiiat George Orwell's farmyard intrigues still resonate m the here and now THEATRE ANIMAL FARM Wild Rice Jubilet- Hall last Friday By ARTS CORRKSPONDKNT A CORPORATE stiff, a national serviceman, a kebaya-clad Singapore Girl and other automatons shuffled about
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    • 434 10 Mui's friends offer to sing GROUP15D SINGERS JACKY CHEUNG, SAMMI CHENG AND KELLY CHEN HAVE PLEDGED TO PUT ASIDE THEIR VARIOUS WORK COMMITMENTS TO SING AT THE EIGHT SHOWS IN HER HONG KONG CONCERTS IN NOVEMBER HONG KONG Pop diva Anita Mui's famous friends stood by her last Friday when
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    • 299 10 JET LANDING?! Jet Li, who has just turned 40, says he is focusing his energies on Buddhism and fading out of movies. He has just turned down two Hollywood deals. GOOD NEWS: Mark Wahlberg's girlfriend gave birth to their first child, Ella Rae, last Tuesday, on
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      • 357 13 ■SI OTHER CAREER Rfl OTHER CAREER J DEVELOPMENT/ |£fl DEVELOPMENT/ [WXAnOMIftOGftAtMES |J| EDUCATIC*UL PWCRAIift S IM^WH___________P^^ Vv^ KUI MCDS lii;l_MHl[»llHl^-H!lL[t%, ACCREDITED^ IV2 year part-time course *nAAN^*^ Inclusive of Montessori Mtffl-V curnculum 1 1 September 2003 Intake Accredited by MOE MCDS SRP Approved Course ""Sin September/ October 2003 {^**XAAA •6-1 2
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      • 570 14 ITfjl SALES POSITIONS We are a dynamic expanamq company with regional presence. CORPORATE SALES EXECUTIVE 1. Cosmetics 2. Corporate Gifts Candidate profile: several years of corporate sales experience enthusiasm and passionate attitude result onentea strives to r excellence Join us for a: challenging career with an interesting proauct line: rewarding
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      • 372 15 MEfjl SALES POSITIONS f j VAN SALES J REPRESENTATIVE [i (Male/Female) ."_»_>___ jooacjnts pause uaftm I LADIES FASHION BOUTIOUE m Orchard requires BOUTIOUE ASSISTANT Hi DH experience preferred Basic alteration/ measurement knowledge preferred Self motivated result oriented Outgoing personality Fluent m English Fm time CALL: 6732 2762 FOR APPT Internet
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      • 712 15 Wfjl SALES POSITIONS SALES MANAGER 07 A level. Mandarin speaking preferred. Attractive remuneration. 6338 5655 PROPERTY AGENTS WANTED. Per sonal Guidance by PROPNEX Top Managers with Guaranteed Results. Hotline Pam: 6820 6112 SALES EXECS. BASIC Sl5OO. trpt. SBOO good commission! Sell new super delicious snacks to pubs, restns. snacks mail.
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      • 516 15 •fW HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ jfcj LOUNGE POSITIONS West Coast Seafood Restaurant requires FerrtHe working environment S'porean/ M'sian welcome Call: 6776-2090 9270-1023 Walk-in: No 7 Jin Mas Puteh (Opp. West Coast Esso station) Possess 10 yrs experiefice m western international cuisoie Able to plan menu 4 organize *orX flow Manage a team adopt
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      • 149 15 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS F&B Company requires the following positions: 1) ACCOUNTS CUM ADMIN ASST (Macpherson Area) s'^ days (Alt Sats Off) Salary $1200 Experience m A/CS& admin Knowledge m Accounting software Able to work under pressure independent 2) ADMIN ASST (Bedok area) 5' j days (Sats: 9am 3pm' Salary $950
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      • 1599 16 ■Till AUMINI.IHAIIVt/ I CLERICAL POSITIONS ACCOUNTS CUM ADMIN. Able to do full sets a/cs. Bilingual m English Chinese. 22, Woodlands Link I*o4-01. Tel: *****928 ADMIN ASSISTANT FOR Sengkang and Jurong East. Near MRT. Bilingual m Eng Mandarin. Must work on weekends. *****456 RECRUITMENT OFFICERS. ABLE to start work immed. Pis
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      • 781 17 H PRODUCTION iRI PRODUCTION WEI PRODUCTION POSITIONS jjifi HBTCJgj IfoMl POSITIONS yr_-l l™ Panduit is one of the world's leading US manufacturers^ I _H\fl_oUlT .u-ii'ty products for data communication I I L____H 1 structured cabling system and electrical wiring. We I strongly believe m staff development and are committed I:
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      • 319 18 YKK AP SINGAPORE PTE LTD A member of the YKK Group of Companies specialises m the fabrication and installation of aluminium architectural products, invites applications for the following position: I« Appointment based on contract basis j I sto 10 years' experience m construction and contract administration I Experience m facade
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