The Straits Times, 29 December 2003

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    30 1 The Straits Times Established 1845 BEST IN NEWSPAPER DESIGN IN ASIA rvrOM€Tay December 29, 2003 •68 Pages in five parts mita (p) 033/03/2003 •■A Singapore Press Holdings publication OIJ Cents
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    Lock icon S'pore's Sars defences in good shape
    595 1  - S'pore's Sars defences in good shape LYDIA LJM When a Taiwanese scientist who had visited the Republic fell sick, anti-Sars plan proved it can contain the threat Bu SENIOR CORRESPONDENT IF SARS HAPPENS AGAIN, WE ARE CONFIDENT WE CAN CONTAIN FT TO THE SMALLEST NUMBER POSSIBLE. IT Will NOT BE
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    Lock icon Iran quake: Rescue hopes dim
    538 1 Death toll passes 20,000, but figure could double BAM (Iran) This earth-quake-devastated city was nlled with the stench of death yesterday as hope of finding survivors faded and the authorities prepared to stop searching for victims of Friday's disaster. Iran's Interior Minister Abdolvahed Mussavi Lari
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      164 2 IHTEREST COOLS IN HOT SPRING THE crowds at the hot spring in Sembawang have thinned drastically. No more than about 50 people are there at any one time, and then generally on weekends and public holidays. Regulars are there as much for the company as for the waters, which
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      93 2 COM M ENTAR Y SOROS BACKS CAMPAIGN UN MR GEORGE Soros has contributed millions to independent organisations that are legally forbidden from coordinating their activities with the political parties or candidates. This, he says, is so his contributions are made in the common interest, to support causes like voter registration,
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      69 2 HOW MUCH FISH SHOULD WE EAT? SURELY the Health Promotion Board is not serious in its recommendation that people have just one to two servings offish a week, says reader Seah Leong Khai. This would mean too many meat-filled meals, which would not be healthy because of the amount
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      64 2 HEARTIANDERS COP OFF TO KL HEARTLANDERS hunk Aaron Aziz is leaving Singapore and the television series to accompany his wife to Kuala Lumpur, where she has a new post. The 28-year-old, who believes there are more opportunities there, said he has already received various offers, one of which is
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      110 2 US shelves grand plans for Iraq PLANS to privatise state-owned businesses in Iraq have been dropped. So too has a demand that the Iraqis write a constitution before a transfer of sovereignty. Time and threat have tempered ambitious American plans for the Middle Eastern country. The US has to
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      95 2 Diligent polite, put no job offers THE bleak job market has halved the number of intellectually disabled who work alongside the non-disabled. Only about 10 to 12 do so now. But those who do employ these people find them diligent and polite. Motorola Electronics, which employs five such workers,
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      70 2 Mother tongue review A CREATER number of students may be allowed to take more demanding courses in their mother tongue. The Ministry of Education is considering changing some of the eligibility criteria to allow this. This is to encourage everyone to go as far as he or she can,
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      68 2 STOCK PRICES SHOULD RISE SHARE prices are expected to rise in the first six months of next year, on the back of corporate earnings fuelled by the global economic recovery and the weakening of the greenback. But after that, research analysts are predicting a far less rosy scenario. They
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      59 2 RELIGION DIVIDES EUROPEAN UNION EUROPE with its strong Christian roots but diverse racial mix is increasingly divided as much by religion as it is by social, cultural and political differences. The arguments over whether or not Christianity should be mentioned as part of Europe's heritage in the European Union's
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      177 2 SEOUL HAKES BOLD PUNS SOUTH Korea has grand plans for the future, that includes being a cutting-edge logistics hub. It has made the port city of Incheon a special economic zone in a US$2OO billion (Ss34o billion) 20-year project. Two more such zones are in the pipeline. To draw
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      67 2 BLUES WIN 3-0 CHELSEA put its Premiership challenge back on track with a 3-0 win against Portsmouth at Stamford Bridge. After 65 minutes, defender Wayne Bridge fired from 18m for his first league goal in blue. Frank Lampard put in No. 2, and Njitap Geremi provided the final flourish.
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      Lock icon Older Singaporeans are healthier tnan expected
      542 3  -  S ALMA KHALI K Subsidised screenings turn up rosier picture than 2001 estimate Still, 3 in 5 over 50 have diabetes, high cholesterol or blood pressure lIKAI .iII COKKKSI'ONDKNT PEOPLE here in their 50s or older are in better shape than the Health Ministry
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      57 3 TwooftheßSS Endurance's 160 crew prepare Mistral surface-to-air missiles in the northern Arabian Gulf on Saturday. The Singaporean landing ship tank has just started its fourth mission in the region, which involves protecting the important Al Basra Oil Terminal just off the Iraqi coast, patrolling sea routes
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      Lock icon US mad-cow case may have come from Canada
      342 3 WASHINGTON Investigators have tentatively traced the first American case of mad-cow disease to Canada, but officials there say the link is premature. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) chief veterinarian Ron DeHaven said on Saturday the cow was probably from a herd
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      Lock icon China steps up Sars alert after possible case
      590 4  - China steps up Sars alert after possible case MARY KWANG Nationwide checks on travellers from Guangdong after man from area becomes country's first suspected case since July By HONG KONG CORRKSPOMJKVT CHINA has stepped up a nationwide alert for a possible new Sars outbreak after a patient in a Guangzhou
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      Lock icon What it should have been
      125 4 IN SATURDATS report, "Singapore Power's president resigns from post after a year we erroneously said that Rear-Admiral (retired) Kwek Siew Jin joined the utility company on Jan 1 this year. Rear-Adm Kwek, who was formerly at the helm of SMRT Corp, became Singapore Power president
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      246 4 LONDON America's chief administrator in Iraq derided British Prime Minister Tony Blair's assertions about Saddam Hussein's alleged clandestine weapons labs before he was told in an interview broadcast yesterday who made them. An interviewer from Britain's ITV cited Mr Blair's comment, without naming its source,
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      122 6 An elated Japanese team cheers the driver of a "clean, green" car as it arrives in Sydney after a nine-day cross-continental journey fuelled by just hydrogen and solar power. It was the first crossing of a continent in a car of this type. The
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      621 6  -  REME AHMAD New plans for religious learning in national schools to reduce attraction of madrasahs and pull of radicalism By INKI'ALAIA MPI K IF GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS OFFER THESE OPPORTUNITIES, THE QUESTION OF STUDYING IN EVENING RELIGIOUS CLASSES OR LEARNING THE KORAN AT NIGHT DOES
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      280 6 KUWAIT The government here is removing references that could encourage religious extremism from textbooks used in state schools, the Gulf state's Education Minister said yesterday. The decision follows an agreement between Gulf states to combat the roots of Muslim militancy in a region that has suffered
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      592 8 A city in mourning Shattered buildings, shattered lives, one of the world's most lethal quakes in a decade leaves Iranians virtually helpless BAM (Iran) Just before she went to sleep on Thursday evening, four-year-old Nazenine Karimi gave her father a drawing and kissed him four times. "Why four times?" her
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      Lock icon Disaster relief a test for Islamic regime
      274 8 LONDON Earthquakes have shaken governments before, and the one that flattened the city of Bam may turn into a crucial test for the Islamic regime in Iran. During the series of earthquakes in Iran before the revolution of 1979, the then-ruling Shah and
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      156 10 AMMAN More than 600 lawyers have signed up to defend captive former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. The head of Jordan's Bar Association, Mr Hussein Mjalli, told the Jordan Times newspaper yesterday that the intention was "to form a higher committee for the defence of
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      Lock icon US backs off on ambitious plans to change Iraq
      633 10 The reasons: Increasing urgency to end the civil occupation of Iraq as well as more threats to US troops BAGHDAD The United States has backed away from several of its more ambitious initiatives to transform Iraq's economy, political system and security
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        Lock icon TOUGH CHOICE FOR SERBIAN VOTERS
        84 10 TOUGH CHOICE FOR SERBIAN VOTERS SERBS voting in a general election yesterday had to choose between ultranationalists led by a warcrimes suspect wno is behind bars in The Hague, and feuding reformers, now in disarray three years after ousting Slobodan Milosevic. The Radical Party, led by firebrand nationalist Vojislav Seselj
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        58 10 NOR WALK VIRUS HITS CRUISE LINER MORE than 160 passengers and crew have been stricken by a stomach virus aboard a P&O cruise liner in the South Pacific. A P&O Cruises spokesman said 150 of 1,530 passengers and 16 of the 606 crew on the Pacific Sky were suffering from
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        58 10 A SECOND round of Saudi Arabia's Convention for National Dialogue opened in Riyadh at the weekend with 60 Muslim clerics and intellectuals, male and female, facing up to five days of talks. Delegates will be informed by more than a dozen researchers during closed sessions
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        75 10 SCIENTISTS were waiting anxiously yesterday for a sign that Europe's first Mars probe had landed safely on the Red Planet, hoping that powerful radio telescopes would pick up transmissions from the Beagle 2 craft. Britain's largest radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory has so far
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        38 10 THREE European cyclists kidnapped in Iran earlier this month have been released. An Interior Ministry spokesman said yesterday the trio, two Germans and an Irishman, had been snatched in Iran's rugged eastern region. Reuters
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      33 12 EPA Lack of a winter ice carpet didn't stop the annual sleigh-dog races in Benneckenstein, Germany, at the weekend the hardy dogs pulled carts instead of sleighs.
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      Lock icon Suicide bomb kills five Kabul officials
      126 12 KABUL Five Afghan security officials were killed in the capital Kabul yesterday when a "terrorist" they had detained blew himself up, a Defence Ministry spokesman said. The blast, at around 5.30pm, destroyed the car in whicn the six men were sitting just south of
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      510 12 Mohamed Elßaradei praises the country's new openness as he begins unprecedented visit to inspect its weapons programme TRIPOLI Libj'i was not close to buildinr a nuclear weapon, said UN nuclear chief Mohamed Elßaradei as he began an unprecedented threeday visit to
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      229 12 Britain to place sky marshals on some flights LONDON Britain plans to deploy armed sky marshals on some passenger flights in response to the heightened terror alert in America, the government said yesterday. The Department for Transport did not specify when or where the marshals might travel, but a govern-ment-commissioned
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        191 12 PRODI TARGETED AGAIN ROME European Union Commission President Romano Prodi escaped unhurt after opening a parcel bomb at his home in Bologna. "There was a big burst of flame but... only the furniture and a carpet were slightly damaged," he told reporters on Saturday.
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        107 12 TAIPEI Ms Kao Ching-hui was crowned Miss Taiwan yesterday, two days after she tearfully denied allegations that she had worked at a hostess bar, which the contest bans because of such bars' link to prostitution. Ms Kao, 25, the first runner-up at the Miss Taiwan beauty
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        87 12 MOSCOW Russian ul-tra-nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky has pulled out of next year's presidential election. A BBC report said he had announced plans to run in the March 14 election, but suddenly said he had changed his mind. "I will not be a candidate... to avoid creating a
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        89 12 MEXICO CITY Mexico's Madonna pop star Gloria Trevi nas declared herself on a hunger strike in jail, where she is awaiting trial on charges of corrupting and abusing minors. She stopped eating on Dec 24 when the authorities refused to allow her to serve
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        50 12 Hindu nationalist leader Kushabhau Thakre, a former president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, died of cancer yesterday. He was 82. Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk, 81, said he would go to China next month for treatment of a constricted blood vessel m his neck that could lead to a debilitating stroke.
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        41 12 Quoteworthy 'Poland is the most pro-American country in the world including the United States. Johns Hopkins foreign affairs specialist Michael M iiulclha 1 1 in after visiting the country which is the biggest advocate of a permanent US militarypresence in Europe
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      814 13  - God bless or divide the EU TAMARA THIESSEN Do Europe's Christian roots have a place in the EU's Constitution? Its increasingly diversified members struggle to agree By FOR THE STRAITS TIMFS STRASBOURG As thousands packed into this historic city's churches and Cathedral for midnight mass on Christmas Eve a sacred
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      264 13 Saudis deny arrest of suicide bombers targeting B A plane RIYADH Saudi Arabia denied yesterday a British newspaper report alleging the kingdom had arrested two Muslim suicide pilots preparing to fly two light aircraft into a British Airways jet. "A Saudi security official said that a report by The Mail
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      43 13 SOLDIERS pour bullets into a stove (left) at a camp near Skopje in Macedonia. The blaze (above) on Saturday was part of the destruction of 100,000 items of ammunition and explosives surrendered in a recent amnestv. EPA AP
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    Lock icon The Straits Times MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2003 Japan shield sets poser
    573 14 The Straits Times MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2003 Japan shield sets poser JAPAN'S decision to deploy an Americanmade missile defence system comes at a time when it faces an unpredictable North Korea that shows no sign of scrapping its nuclear weapons programme amid the scourge of terrorism. Citing the "spread of
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    1635 14  - Major shift in Japanese defence policy MICHAEL RICHARDSON By FOKTIIK STRAITS TIM FS DURING AND EVEN AFTER THE COID WAR, THE MAM THREAT WAS PERCEIVED TO COME FROM A URGE-SCALE INVASION OF THE JAPANESE HOME BUNDS RY THE SOVIET UNION OR CHINA. NOW THE CHEF THREAT IS SEEN TO RE
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    898 14  -  YOICHI FUN ABASH I ASM 1 1 SHIM IU N JAPAN LEARNT THE HARD WAY THAT WEALTH AND POWER ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. WHEN announcing the decision to send the Self-Defence Forces (SDF) to Iraq recently, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi read the following excerpts
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    805 15  - Battling the Bush advantage in campaign finance GEORGE SOROS By I AND a number of other wealthy Americans are contributing millions of dollars to grassroots organisations engaged in the 2004 presidential election. We are deeply concerned about the direction in which the Bush administration is taking the United States and
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    845 15  -  ABRAHAM COOPER HAROLD BRACKMAN fix, and WITH SADDAM UNDER LOCK AND KEY, THE WORLD MUST HEED THE SUNT ONES OF IK KURDS AND THE 300,000 OTHER ANONYMOUS VICTIMS DISCOVERED IN MASS CRAVES BY COALITION FORCES. SMOKED out of his rat hole by
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      216 16 Ties With Malaysia THE Jan 12 visit to Singapore by Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and the invitation extended to Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and his Cabinet to the Chinese New Year Open House Kongsi Raya in Johor Baru next month underline the importance
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      191 16 Oil tanks on lorries look unsafe IAM writing about a safety hazard that I have noticed on the roads: makeshift road tankers such as the one in the picture above. These vehicles are fitted with an oil tank which seems to contain diesel, and they can often be seen plying
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      335 16 SCAM NO. 1 MY FRIENDS mother, who lives in Malaysia, recently came to visit her family here. Last Monday, a man approached her while she was shopping in Tampines. He showed her a microchip and persuaded her to "invest" in the product which, he said,
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      242 16 If an order sounds too good to be true. SCAM NO. 2 RECENTLY, someone from Lagos, Nigeria, tried to place a Targe order with our company. The customer was not specific about the items she wished to order but asked only for them to be sent to her urgently, claiming
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      Lock icon How much fish should we eat?
      146 16 I REFER to the letter, "Safe to eat tuna, mercury content within permissible level" (ST, Dec 25), from Mr Goh Shih Yong of the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority. The letter said "the Health Promotion Board recommends consumption of one to two servings offish per
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      40 1 'They're very diligent and polite... We hired them because we believe they deserve an opportunity to work.' Human resource director Cecilia Chia of The Ritz-Carlton, M illenia Singapore, on the intellectually disabled laundry valets it employs
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      552 1  - 800 kids from poor families to get cash head start LYDIA LIM They will get $50 monthly allowance from PAP Community Foundation fund; the children will be mentored as well Bu Who qualifies TO BE eligible for Headst a rt a child must be a Singapore citizen aged four to
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      29 1 HOW HWEE YOUNG A light-hearted moment during the PAP Community' Day, as PM Goh points to himself bemusedly after receiving a bouquet of flowers.
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      247 1 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday rebutted the claims of some opposition politicians that the ruling People's Action Party can no longer deliver on its promises of material well-being for Singaporeans. The PAP will continue to deliver both economic growth and jobs, he
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      57 2 RSS Endurance gears up for new mission Since arriving In the Gulf in November, the RSS Endurance has finished three sea deployments and is starting its fourth. The task group queries and inspects merchant ships and cargo dhows sailing in the waters near the Iraqi coast to make sure they
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      743 2  - Singapore forces patrol Iraqi coastline DAVID BOEY 160 RSS Endurance crew protect the Al Basra Oil Terminal as part of S f pore's efforts to help re-build Iraq By DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT ABOARD RSS ENDURANCE (In the northern Arabian Gulf) As Singaporeans get ready to usher in the new year, the
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      482 3  - Tougher now for disabled to get jobs VIVI ZAINOL Economic slump so only 10 to 12 mentally disabled have work now, compared to 20 to 30 in the past By FEWER Deople with intellectual disabilities have jobs now, according to the Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (Minds). In
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      159 3 SOME students must get their concession ez-link cards revalidated to continue getting concessionary rates for public transport: Those repeating Primary 6, and Secondary 4- and 5 students who took their GCE O levels, whose concession cards will expire on Dec 31. Those repeating Primary 6
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      94 4 MINISTER for National Development Mah Bow Tan yesterday distributed souvenirs to about 200 pilgrims who will be leaving for the haj next year. The event, which was held at the Tamnines North Community Centre, was jointly organised by the Tampines GRC Citizens Consultative Committee and
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      670 4 Based on court testimonies, WONG SHER MAINE and BEN NNMULMN piece together the moments leading up to the Jan 3 accident that claimed four lives. The trial of two navy officers, who face negligence charges, continues today IT WAS a clear night,
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      379 4 ONot gone against the flow of traffic in the east-bound lane Prosecution: This was against Rule 10(b)(i) of the collision regulations and posed hazard to other vessels going in the right direction. rss Courageous captain: Navy shins are allowed to go
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      255 5  -  ALEXIS HOOI 900 students from 30 countries taking part in 900 debates By BATTLE commences today in the World Universities Debating Championships that President S R Nathan officially opened yesterday at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). The largest universitylevel debating tournament will see nearly 900 students
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      458 5 Higher mother tongue criteria under review More students who have the interest and aptitude may be able to take Higher Chinese soon A LARGER number of students may be able to take more demanding mother tongue courses or what the Education Ministry terms higher mother tongue subjects. The ministry is
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        92 5 A RESTAURANT in Toa Payoh Lorong 7 lost $12,295 in cash after it was broken into between 11.30pm on Christmas Eve and 5.50am on Christmas Day. A kitchen helper at the Crystal Jade Kitchen restaurant found the back door unlocked, and the place ransacked that morning. The
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        85 5 A TWO-STOREY house in Tanjong Katong Road was broken into on Saturday. The thieves made off with about $1,560 in local and foreign currencies and a Rolex watch worth about $20,000. The theft was discovered at about sam when a woman occupant of the house
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      167 6 then now Jail 6, 2002*. Crowds flock to the Sembawang hot spring, which caught the eye of Singaporeans when the surrounding land was cleared to build an extension of Sembawang Air Base. Jan 14, 2002: Sembawang community leaders gather signatures to petition the Defence Ministry, which was preparing to fence
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      1027 6  -  GOH CHEN LIAN With the novelty wearing off and restrictions on access, Sembawang spring is abuzz only on weekends Bt^ MANY have lost interest, but for one man a hot spring in Singapore is a symbol of hope fulfilled. Almost daily, the 55-
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        920 7  -  LYNN LEE By It's happening on the school scene, not just in the corporate world THIS Friday, when Secondary 4 student Colleen Lim dons her uniform to report for the first day of school, she will not be wearing the grey blouse and skirt of Delta Secondary, the school
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        139 8 It is aimed at getting upper secondary and junior college students up to speed in current affairs and English and comes in three parts: the story, the lesson and the worksheet. This week's article discusses the belief that cities can improve their economies by encouraging a bohemian
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        747 8  - Rebels: A prize catch SUSAN LONG ST HOME LEARNING CENTRE Bu Ilic I STORY I BOHEMIANS once spurned and denounced as weirdos, wackos and wastrels are these days considered a prize catch. A growing United States public policy movement that preaches the economic power of nip ness is seeing cities
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        1076 8 i^^^^^^^^H ffnillliU IffLLL* great way to improve your writing is to learn from professional writers. ■JR^L^jy^^ The comments below suggest ways you can use some of the techniques employed by the author of this article in your own writing. This week's piece displays the qualities of good writing that we
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        563 9 the EXPERT I is in MY HUSBAND will be posted to Taiwan for three years. We intend to take our two boys, who will be in Primary 1 and Primary 4 next year, along with us. As we will not
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        319 9 SELLING BOTTLED WATER AS PART OF CELEBRATIONS CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School is selling its own bottled water as part of its 70th anniversary celebrations this year. Bottled in Singapore, the oxygenated beverage is named lifeSpriNGS to reflect the initials of the school. The light-blue and purple label on the
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        114 9 STUDENTS who have lost their concession cards over the December holidays can replace them by post. Application forms for this can be collected at any TransitLink ticket office or downloaded from the company's website at http://www.transitlink. com.sg Forms should be posted to
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        25 9 St Nicholas Girls' School chose to sell its own bottled water as it signifies the school values of gratitude and humility.
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        177 9 TWENTY-FIVE youngsters from seven schools, such as Siglap Secondary, Damai Secondary and Montfort Secondary, spent four hours visiting children aged five to 15 at Pertapis Children's Home last Monday, under a project by the Northeast Community Development Council (CDC). Said Secondary 4 student
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      189 1 A Home -LasLWeelL Politics: A question of purity? Was Non-Constituency MP Steve Chia right to quit his leadership posts in his own party, the National Solidarity Party, and the Singapore Democratic Alliance in the wake off the photo scandal? Total vote count: 575 Not sure 24 Should Mr Chia remain
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      99 6 I CELLPHONE MUD feTRAP WOES** r^rafc r^Wg^B About 9 out of 10 More can be done J| W cases of extra-marital to make workers' 1 affairs exposed through lives less -sSI lP^^^ phone clues, says miserable, -<m KHUSHWANT SINGH says CONRAD RAJ \^lBr BCjbi*Jv?S H@B 7 i t^ nii^ I
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      60 9 Send us your question IF YOU have a problem with your child's education, tell us and we will ask the experts. Mail your question, marked "The expert is in", to the ST Education Desk, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium, 2nd storey, Singapore *****4, fax to 6732-0131 or e-mail to stlocal@sph.com.
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      418 10 |^VP^\UJ^H^2^^ Information Day iayj Saturday 3, Jan 2004 1 1 am 6pm. The Oriental Hotel, Marina Square, tn oor nel Taeping Rooms. Staff from the following institutions will be interviewing and making offers to qualified students for courses commencing Feb/July 2004. Bring your academic certificates for assessments. Ring OAL at
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      8 1 The Straits Times asia Monday, December 29, 2003
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      48 1 *We are not the only girl on the beach, there are many girls on the beach.' Mr Tyronne Fernando, Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister, calling on his president and prime minister to resolve their political feud to prevent foreign aid donors from turning away
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      13 1  -  TIEN CHINC PING Photos: and AFP REUTERS
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      Lock icon HUB & SEOUL OF NORTH-EAST ASIA
      1266 1  - HUB SEOUL OF NORTH-EAST ASIA WILLIAM CHOONG South Korea means business: In logistics, finance and drawing multinationals *!L AS A young man in the *****, Mr Lee Sun Jin, now a senior official at South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, savoured the toprating American television comedy M*A*S*H. Broadcast
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      37 2  -  'Eventually, the whole of Korea will evolve into a special economic zone.' Dr Y.D. Ahn, director-general of investment promotion at the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority TIEN CHUNG PING Photos: and AFP REUTERS
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      Lock icon S. Korea to set up govt investment arm
      387 2  -  WILLIAM CHOONG *L TAKING its cue from the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), South Korea is setting up a similar state-run investment arm in its bid to become a financial hub for North-east Asia. To be named the Korea Investment Corporation
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      434 2 ASIA THIS WEEK Dec 29- Jan 4 CHINA THE United States special envoy on Iraqi debt James Baker will meet President Hu Jintao tomorrow to discuss a cut in the sum owed by Baghdad. Mr Baker meets Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi today on the same issue. Beijing will launch
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        491 3 Move aims to prevent officials at county, township and village levels from seizing farmlands in the name of economic growth BEIJING Beijing has decided to take control of all land issues in the country by making officials in charge of land
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        62 3 REUTERS The 110 th anniversary of Mao Zedong's birth is an occasion for China to celebrate with a plethora of exhibitions, concerts, movies and book launches. In front of a bust of the young Mao, these students contemplate the late chairman's accomplishments at
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        157 3 TAIPEI About 600 blue-collar foreign workers took to the streets yesterday in an unprecedented demonstration for labour rights in Taiwan. Organisers said the demonstrators, mostly from the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, represented a minority group of some 300,000 foreign labourers whom they said
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        657 3  -  LARRY TEO PASSPORT TO BETTER FUTURE They are driven by career concerns rather than ideals or ideology: Scholar By THE STRAITS TIMES CHINA DESK MORE and more university graduates in China want to join the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to a study by
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        400 3  -  Larry Teo THE Chinese Communist Party might have adopted a pro-graduate policy, but approval of membership remains as strict as ever, says Dr Zou Keyuan of the East Asian Institute (EAI). "There might be more graduates in the CCP after 1989, but the increase
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      520 4 Japan's growing export J-culture The nation's new global influence triggered by manga, food and J-pop made $21 billion in royalties last year TOKYO Business leaders and government officials are now referring to Japan's "gross national cool" as a new engine for economic growth and national self-confidence. Analysts are marvelling at
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      Lock icon Hai, hai, world just loves Japanese things
      326 4 Architecture: Mr Tadao Ando, winner of both the Pritzker Prize and the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal, designed the Modem Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. Food: Sushi has become as globally übiquitous as the Big Mac. Brazil's Veja Magazine reported this
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      396 4 ISLAMABAD Two of the suicide bombers who tried to kill Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf last Thursday have been identified. One came from Chechnya, while the other was a member of a Kashmiri militant outfit banned two years ago. Local newspaper The Nation
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      309 4 'UNDEMOCRATIC PRACTICE HONG KONG Critics yesterday accused Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa of acting undemocratically by using his authority to appoint 102 people to the district councils, but newspapers credited him for choosing fewer political allies than he did at the last polls.
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      313 4 BEIJING Investigators yesterday stepped up an inquiry into a gas blowout that killed 198 people and left thousands injured, as military units in south-west China's Chongqing municipality combed deserted villages for more victims. Efforts to locate victims and find the cause of the
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        77 4 SOUTH Korean President Roh Moo Hyun replaced three ministers yesterday in a Cabinet reshuffle, his office has announced. Ajou University dean Oh Myung replaces Mr Park Ho Koon as the minister of science and technology. Korea Electric Power president Kang Dong Suk was named
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        61 4 NORTH Korea signalled its readiness yesterday to attend a second round of nuclear crisis talks early next year. The intention to take part in new six-way talks was indicated at a meeting last week between Chinese and North Korean diplomats, a North Korean Foreign
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        60 4 TAIWANESE police has announced that the brutal murder of an insurance agent has been solved after the result of DNA analysis directly linked the suspect, Chen Chin-huo, to the crime. The Taipei Times reported yesterday tnat a piece of fibre which contained Ms
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        52 4 TWO members of China's parliament, Mr Chen Mansheng and Mr Yan Liangzhong, have been dismissed for their involvement in two unrelated bribery cases. Such decisions, once kept secret, are now publicised in an effort to reassure the public that the government is tackling rampant
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        871 5  - Successor in good form BRENDAN PEREIRA Abdullah off to flying start, but many challenges await new PM MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT gjdfsgakgjka KUALA LUMPUR Just a few months ago, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi looked like a prime minister-in-waiting with some serious question marks: He was too indecisive; he was too nice;
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        429 5 DPM SOMKID ON 2004 PATTAYA Thailand is ready to step forward and become part of the First World by next year, Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said at a seminar. Addressing Thai Rak Thai MPs last week, he said next year would
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        239 5 MANILA An aide to one of the top leaders of the infamous kidnap-for-ransom Abu Sayyaf group has been captured in the southern Philippines, the military said yesterday. Mohammad Sa-id, suspected to be the right-hand man of Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon, was
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        492 5  -  Brendan Pereira Datuk Serf Najib Tun Razak: The son of Malaysia's second prime minister is widely tipped to be appointed deputy prime minister. If this nappens, his every step, word and action will be magnified by the media. As Defence Minister, he oversees the
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        170 5 BANGKOK Bursting with self-confidence, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra told the ruling Thai Rak Thai party faithful that he intended to serve as premier for two straight terms, but would not rule out the possibility of staving on for a third term. This, however, would
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      58 6 7 don't think any club will again allow a player to miss a test. If a bus runs over me tomorrow and that's all we achieve, then it was worth it.' Football Association chief executive Mark Palios, insisting that they were right to make an example
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      682 6 SOCCER Ranieri's men score three times in last 25 minutes to beat Portsmouth LONDON For 65 minutes yesterday, it seemed that Harry Redknapp's prediction that Chelsea were not going to be a "runner" in the title race was going to come true.
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      757 6  -  JEFFREY LOW By SOCCKR CORRKSI'ONDKNT UNITED AND CHELSEA IN FIGO RACE MANCHESTER Manchester United have entered into a race with Chelsea for Real Madrid's Luis Figo. Both clubs are keen to bring him to England for the start of next season, said Spanish daily
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      526 6 LONDON David Beckham is trying to keep his marriage with Victoria together by splurging on gifts, including a £l milRon yacht for Christmas. Since his move from Manchester United to Real Madrid in July, there have been numerous reports
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      519 6 MADRID David Beckham will be devastated if he fails to emulate teammates Ronaldo, Luis Figo and Zinedine Zidane and win a trophy in his first season with Real Madrid. He hopes to do even better ana repeat the stunning Treble he achieved
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      557 7 2003 IN REVIEW PARIS THG were three letters which blighted athletics this year. The "designer steroid" was unknown to testers at the start of the year but, by the end of it, it was obliterating memories of the world championships three months
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      379 7 LONDON The last time Arsenal met Southampton, it was in last season's FA Cup final at the Millennium Stadium, and the Gunners could not have asked for a more comfortable 1-0 win. Today, though, Arsene Wenger takes his side to St Marys Stadium,
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      315 7 AMERICAN FOOTBALL "JTL; New England 31 Buffalo 0 Seattle H San Francisco 17 Philadelphia 31 Washington 7 BASKETBALL MA: Detroit 87 Atlanta B4 New fork 100 Miami 80 New Jersey 82 Indiana 75 Chicago 100 Washington 86 Dallas 104 Memphis 98 Minnesota 104 Seattle 86 CWICKET Utmt
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        112 7 JASON Kidd recorded his second tripledouble in as many nights and Kenyon Martin had 23 points and 13 rebounds as New Jersey held on for an 82-75 victory over Indiana in their National Basketball Association match on Saturday. Kidd had 16 points, 14 assists and 10 rebounds
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        131 7 FERRARI'S technical chief Ross Brawn has fired the first salvo in a war of words ahead of the 2004 Formula One season when he claimed that Juan Pablo Montoya's move to McLaren in 2005 could cause problems for Williams. "If Williams are extremely competitive and run
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        97 7 FOOTBALLER Frederic Kanoute looks set to turn his back on France and play for Mali, dealing Tottenham a major blow as they fight against relegation. "It is 95 per cent certain that Kanoute will play at the Nations Cup finals," Mali coach Henri Stambouli told
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      562 7 SOCCER But Arsenal defender says he has learnt from the last 12 eventful months LONDON Sol Campbell is happier than most to see the back of 2003, having endured one of the worst 12 months of his life, both on and off the pitch.
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        328 8 AH LAN d> ON6 HWEE LAN Af«v:6s passed away peacefully on 26-12-2003 leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Lim Fok Sim Sons: Daughters-in-law. Lim Yeow Mun, Norman Lee Son Hwa, Cynthi* Lim Kok Hwa. Victor Lim Pauline Daughter. Son-in-law: Lim Mui Lena,, Joyce Shya Beng Kait, Thomas Grandsons: Granddaughters: Lim Yighao,
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        283 8 TAN YUK HAI AGE: 73 passed away peacefully on 27/12/03. Dearly missed and always remembered. Wlft: Tay Siew Hong Sons: Daughter-in-law: Tan Wui Kuan Lim Pow Lee Tan Wui Teck Daughters: Sons-in-law: Tan Hwee Bin Chua Peng Tong Tan Hwee Koon Tan Hwee Pin Tan Hwee Chinq Tee Song Jue
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        136 8 r2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of 1 Robin lim Sin Chew went Home to the Lord on 29 Dec 2001 rln our hearts you live; And always u>iu\ in memory Fondly remembered by v^ Wife: Linda Children: Melissa, Kim Wei, r Sa) Mark, Ming Yl loved ones. J|> 2nd \A/iruo€r^ar{/y
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        294 8 f IST ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory Of lEdmond Joseph Raj Departed 29 Dec 2002 I remember the day I met you, And the day God made you mine, I remember the day God took you, And will till the end of time We made our vow together, Until death do
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        167 8 In Loving Memory BOBBY TAN CHIN WAH Gone home to be with the Lord on 29 Dec 200 1 Without you, life has lost its spice We miss your wit, fun and passion Bob, we miss you very much... Cherished by family and friends $> In Locing Memory Of i
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        179 8 TAN KAH THYE JOHNSTON A««: 64 passed away peacefully on 26/12/03. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Ng Poh Chan Sons: Tan Yoke Choon Lawrence Tan Yoke Weng Linsey Daughter-in-law: Lim Bee Ling Joni Daughters: Tan Yoke Ruan Lina Tan Yoke Sim Lisa Sons-in-law: Ong Pau Choy
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        701 9 ROUND-UP Overseas markets TOKYO stocks are expected to rise in the last two sessions of this year, with small investors eager to snap up potential new year winners so long as Wall Street puts in a reasonable end-of-year performance. The Tokyo Stock Exchange
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        423 9 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 Bank PLC 5 Banca Di Roma 5.5 Banca Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena S.P.A 5.6 Commerciale Italians SPA 7.25 Bangkok Bank 6 Bank of
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        106 9 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE ('000) touj mm s« Tom Multilnd 5,201 5,201 4 929 4 929 Manufacturg 133,228 33.697 166.925 105,557 8 774 114 332 Commerce 66,411 1,909 68.320 34.025 605 ***** Tpt/Stor/Com 26.319 345 26.664 41,892 297 42 190 Finance 4.658 4.658 23.386 23 386 Construction 8.691
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        40 9 Chang* Straits Times ln<J»» 1730.23 *4.24 BT 08/OS -4.00 *73.00 BT CADI -*****.00 ♦159.00 BT 10-d*y MA -*****.00 UOB Sesdaq 106.36 *1.07 UOB Blue Chip 624.78 *2.81 STI Futures 1730 uoch MSCI Singapore 211.82 *0.47 SiMSCI Futures 212.00 unch
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        38 9 L antro Vis 2c 95.368.000 BetutyChina HKIO 81,052.000 Asia Env 5c 55.836.000 Hi-P 5c 53.555.000 CrettivMast HKIOc 50.751,000 Chart SemiCond 26c 48.129.000 TAC BtiO 200 28.133,800 BrightOrient USI.Sc 22.213.000 SingTel 15c 21.902.000 KXO Digit*! 4.3c 18,857,000
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        444 9 REVIEW Currencies THE US dollar was mixed against Asia-Pa-cific currencies at the end of the week, with the greenback remaining under pressure because of its high deficits and worries over mad cow disease. JAPANESE YEN: The yen gained ground during the week as the
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        3772 9 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS MNtaTCtaMtNIKS-pm) Star Em* 0.734/ <*Mlrnm** 1259/ SUrEaroptU 1.043/ SUAsiMngtrEalT 0.86/ StarAsialoiid IJI4/ Star Mi Mmd 0.915/ SUr MM TKtMtogy F»»_»* 0232/ Star Mm Fawn Japan Fwdr" 0.693/ IM Strategy Fd 1.009/ Star taw BondCUSD) 0.769/ IMb Stratta* FdOJSO 1.038/ *X kmM Carparattaa tS) LW MOT Homy ItarM
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        370 10 China set to be world's fourth largest trader Exports this year will touch USs43ob, while imports will hit US$4lOb r putting it behind only the US, Japan and Germany BEIJING China's foreign trade is expected to top US$B4O billion (551.44 trillion) this year, up 35 per cent from last year
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        332 10 IN THE BAG Reliance has secured an order from US' Sovereign Bank and expects three toiour more clients in the next few months. It bought Britain's Flag Telecom for $355m. MUMBAI India's largest private group Reliance will hire around 2,000 call centre workers in anticipation
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        276 10 JAPAN'S FINANCIAL REFORM Big banks' bad loans may fall below 5% soon TOKYO Japanese Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Heizo Takenaka said the proportion of bad loans held by large banks in Japan is declining quicker than he expected and is approaching a level of less than 5 per cent.
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        540 11  - India or China? Only the best firms should pick both AUDREY TAN Also, avoid local joint ventures, and be a leader in fewer markets rather than a follower in many, says A-list consultant *L CHOOSE India or China, but not both, a top business consultancy has warned Singapore businesses attracted
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        578 11  -  AZHAR KHALID YEAR-END TRADING TAKING STOCK By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT LIGHT trading activity with no big surprises, yet the chance of a pre-new year bonus looms. That is the outlook for a Singapore stock market this week still very much in a festive
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        30 11 Medical-related stocks such as Singapore's Eu Yan Sang (left) could benefit from a Sars scare while airline shares such as Hong Kong's Cathay may take a dive.
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        687 11 BEIJING Asian travel-related stocks including Cathay Pacific Airways and China Eastern Airlines may drop after China reported a suspected Sars case, its first since the global outbreak earlier this year. China's Ministry of Health said a 32-year-old television producer was
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          82 11 NGAI KOK HOONG: Appointed financial controller For luxury watch retailer Cortina Holdings. Effective from last Monday, Mr Ngai, 42, will be responsible for the group accounts, finance, taxation, secretarial and other related functions. Cortina said that he has worked as financial controller, senior financial manager and
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          95 11 D.S. AN A\D: Appointed as a business development consultant to the newly refurbished Carlton Hotel on Bras Basah Road. He will be responsible for developing the overall business strategy and will also oversee the sales and marketing efforts of the hotel, which is popular with businessmen.
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        49 11 Ctnti FSN 1240 50.0 4.2 OCBC4.S%NCPS ***** 50.0 0.5 DBSGfp 1470 40.0 2.8 TAC BtK) 200 186 34.1 12.0 Venture Corp2sc 2010 30.0 15 BSemtawang 1550 20.0 13 SPHKJO 1850 20.0 11 UOB 1270 20.0 16 ElecSElteh 260 15.3 3.6 Sea View 900 15.0 17
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        55 11 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cwts Wee Poh 0.5c 3 42.9 0.9 Mistook 22.5 40.6 6.5 Benefun2ok HKk 2 33.3 0.5 Mediastream 5c 3 20.0 0.5 JK Yarning 20c 40.5 19.1 6.5 Unkfcix6c K) 17.6 15 Network Foods 10.5 16.7 15 Health Mgt Intl 7.5 15.4 1.0 Green World 20c 38 15.2
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        49 11 Ctnts JSHUSSCSOO 400 51.1 7.0 Creative T 25c 1730 20.0 11 GreatEastsoc 1070 K>.o 0.9 CreativMast 36.5 7.5 17.0 Juronq Enqg 50c 261 6.0 22 TIHSOC 155 5.0 3.1 Aussino2.sc 48.5 4.5 8.5 Koonsc 31.5 4.0 113 LartroVis2c 17 4.0 19.0 Esmartk 18 3.0 14.3
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        54 11 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Onts L&Mlc 1 33.3 0.5 SHC Capital K)c H5 20.7 3.0 LantroVs2c 17 19.0 4.0 CreativMast HK10c 36 5 17.0 7.5 EINetS k 2.5 16.7 0.5 See Hup Seng W05 17 15.0 3.0 Esmartsc 18 M.3 3.0 SP Corp 5c 7 12.5 10 FDSNetwUSSc 15.5 11.4 2.0
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        511 12  -  COLIN TAN Analysts expect a rosy first half as funds miarate from the US to Asia, and a slight deflating afterward as discretion increases Ihj MAKkI TSCOKKKSPONOF.NT THE "easy money" days of 2003 will not be repeated when the new year rolls around,
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        690 12 Parmalat declared insolvent by Italian bankruptcy court PATH CLEAR FOR RESTRUCTURING FOUNDER IN JAIL PARMALAT founder Calisto Tanzi was arrested on a Milan street on Saturday evening and faces charges in connection witn the industrial group's bankruptcy, Italian news agency Ansa reported. The 65-year-old man spent the night in a
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      792 1 China Tackling Land Abuse China wants local land officials to report only to central govt. pacea3 b^L^Hll^iSK__ Asia Foreign Bombers MusharraFs attackers are from Chechnya and Kashmir. pagea4 South-east Asia '10 S'pores In Thailand' Bangkok set to catch up with advanced Asian nations, pace as sports Starts on A6 How
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      111 5 TheStraitsTimes What's The Scoop: o i News National Global News Time: 8.30am, noon 6pm STSports Sports News Time: 6.30am, noon midnight How to receive it: Stepi Go to "Create Message" under SMS function Stßp 2 Key in one of the following listed codes for your preferred news. STNews OR STSports
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      1048 7 HORSE RACING Wnttan By JOHN BELL Smiles all round after Titan success GIFTED gelding Titan Smile signaled a^ _eeaaaaa| his arrival as a new force in Singapore i^H^^^^^^^Hj^^^^H j^^H ■Hfe^ H racing when he graduated to Class §^^B 1 company in impressive fashion at B^J»^^ sa^Mr flat I Kranji on
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      40 7 SEPAK TAKRAW ■arta* Pwifcat Caa C'sWa: SAFSA v Bawean Putra SC (Gp 0) Pprses Gemerlanq Team v Kebun Baru (Gp C) Perses COf Beflok North Rd Bpm) WINDSURFING Staaaaart Oa«a OiaiplmMai (Pasta Fresca Sea Sports Centre Cast Coast Park Miami
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      27 7 SPORT ON TV AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFi. Pittsburgh Steelers v Baltimore Ravens (Live, Ch23, 9.30am). SOCCER! EPL: Southampton v Arsenal (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 3.55am. Delayed, Ch23, tomorrow, lpm).
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      44 8 "In Mrmnriam" is for the loved ones whom yon renwniMr,«»« Sot dead, but passed beyond, The mist that binds us here, Into the newer larger life, Of that clouded sphere. bituaries For booking enquiries call 1800-289-9988 (office hours) 6319-5192 (after office hours) Fff BuyK.S«fltt.Flndit
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      87 10 December 28 2003 FIRST 7993 SECOND 6681 THIRD 6665 STARTERS 1209 0887 4110 3295 9689 5539 1961 0573 1115 7425 CONSOLATIONS 1614 7884 9373 0744 4048 3361 4308 2251 8362 3357 PRIME SUNTEC OFFICE M WVk FOR SALE BY TENDER #i£ High Floor/ Sea view WM Strata area: 12,045 sf
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      238 12 INVKST M K N T S India Or China? Don't over-stretch resources by investing in both countries, says business expert, pace ah T HAVE L S KCTOR Sars Or Scare? Travel- related stocks in Asia may slip on report of China's suspected Sars case. pace ah Japan Faster Than Forecast
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      13 1 Life! THE STRAITS TIMES Monday, December 29, 2003 CELEBRATES THE WONDER OF LIFE
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      305 2 BEIJING Chinese drama-tist-translator Ying Ruocheng, who appeared in Bernardo Bertolucci's 1987 film The Last Emperor, has died in Beijing from liver disease, the state press said yesterday. He was China's Vice-Min-ister of Culture when he acted in the film. He died early last Saturday morning
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      192 2 ATLANTA American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken has granted a fan her Christmas wish. Jennifer Wilson, a 15-year-old-girl with cerebral palsy, was at one of his concerts earlier this month holding a sign for the singer decorated with holiday lights. When her father lifted
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      142 2 A boy for Winslet and Mendes LOS ANGELES British actress Kate Winslet's Christmas present arrived three days early. Of her newborn son, born last Monday, she told British daily The Sun: "It's the perfect Christmas present. We couldn't be happier." Joe Mendes is her first baby with her film director-hus-band,
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      114 2 LONDON Madonna (right) is to play a fairy godmother in the movie version of her first children's book. She cast herself for the role in The English Roses, which is to be turned into a cartoon musical next year, The Sun reported. Madonna, 45, said:
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      652 3  -  Malaysia's vast opportunities beckon, and Aaron Aziz is giving himself two years to break into the industry ACTOR Aaron Aziz is packing up and moving to Malaysia. The full-time artist, whose most famous role is that of a policeman in Channel s's Heartlanders, is following his wife
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      832 4 Countdown party organisers are facing the heat from competition this New Years Eve. Are there too many parties for revellers TOMMY m finds out COME New Year's Eve on Wednesday night, five big-scale countdown parties will be slugging it out for your party dollar. For revellers looking for
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      868 5 THE NATION'S COUNTDOWN 2004 When: Dec3l, 7pm to 6am Where: Tanjong Beach, Sentosa Organisers: MediaCorp TV and S< 1 1 1 osa Admission: $25 for tickets bought before Dec 31 $30 at the door. Special rate of $22 for a minimum purchase of 30 tickets. Expected turnout: 15,000
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      1066 6  -  Pradeep Paul STRAIGHT TALK Like my friends, it was not about money, politics or jobs but something close to the heart. I took my mother on holiday ITS that time of the year again. Vknow, just days before you toss the old calendar into
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      32 6 REUTERS Spanish international soap bubbles artist Pep Bou (right) performing in the Catalan National Theatre in Barcelona last Saturday. He and his partner, Lluis Bevia, get going in spectacle, Diafan.
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      98 6 'David always gets No. 1 in the sexiest man poll. I get No. 1 on who you would most like to go shopping with.' Singer Victoria Beckham (above) England is a country that does not nave a reputation for changing its underwear very often.' Model Elle MacPherson
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        472 7  -  TAN SHZR EE It is music to the ears as three homegrown musicians are making heads turn on the international scene By ARTS CORRESPONDENT IT IS a hat-trick for Singapore musicians. Violinist Tang Tee Khoon has scored her first big gig at New York's Carnegie Hall since she
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        461 7  -  CLARISSA OON *l THEATRE ESTON The Fun Stage Ngee Ann Auditorium, Asian Civilisations Museum Last Saturday YOUNG, newly-emerging theatre groups here have it tough when it comes to making a professional go at their craft. Bigger, more established companies already have the lion's share of
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      275 10 'I would have shot myself BIZ/INC LONDON Rocker Pete Townshend says he contemplated killing himself after he confessed to downloading child pornography. "I remember thinking: 'Do they want me to kill myself?' If I had had a gun, I would have shot myself, he told The Observer in an interview
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      214 10 One is enough HONG KONG Teresa Cheung said she stops at one one topless scene, that is. That is why she has dropped out of her debut movie, even though she had just posed in a series of raunchy publicity shots for it. The pictures of the former Mrs Kenny
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      134 10 LO N DON Teetotaller actress Gwyneth Paltrow (inset) has become the face of Martini. A £$3 million (Ss9.l million) cheque reportedly made her compromise her cleanliving values, reports said. Paltrow, who is four months pregnant and recently married teetotaller-rocker Chris Martin, spent four days filming two
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      102 10 LONDON Malaysian-born singer Guy Sebastian (right, with American Idol Kelly Clarkson) is said to have a shot at winning World Idol, to be named on Thursday. He was one of the few performers to gain uniform praise from judges at a World Idol show in London last
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      167 10 LONDON British singer Robbie Williams has registered himself as a trademark to stop people from cashing in on his name, itv.com reported. He reserved the right to use his name on anything from music, videos and CDs to clothes, crayons and paper napkins. He joins stars
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      269 10 SEE DOUBLE: Abhishek Bachchan had "the fright of his life" while shooting LoC (Line Of Control), about the 1999 Kargil clash in Kashmir. He opened his hotel door to find a man who looked like the dead soldier he plays, Vikram Batra The man turned
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      763 1 B STRAIGHT TALK I'm glad I took my mother to Belfast By Pradeep Paul PAGE 6 Monday ARTS Tuesday TRAVEL Wednesday MOVIES Thursday FASHION Friday MUSIC Saturday DESIGN Sunday LIFESTYLE Goodbye, S r pore; Aaron Aziz is fotfowing his wife who is up a job in the Malaysian pH capital.
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      351 2 THE BUZZ WHAT'S ON is on Page 8 TOMORROW life! goes places: Travel on Tuesday CALLING ALL SLI ■my^Kl ijMr sl^^H For Just 40 SunPerks points, you can get yourself a pair of I Mi k ll M1 Box Office movie tickets* to the action thriller Paycheck. Mtim m W^l
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      461 3 Wear a new you this festive season. For these lovely ladies here, losing weight and toning up has been a dream run in the last few months. **^m Now lookin g radiant, confident and glamoured up for the Christmas party mood, they know they'll have a jolly good time. Just
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      83 5 /V*l The Sarangapany Education Trust Fund S.^gd o. Bv*ngspany-Fe«M«r*fTaMllM«r*i4i W V_y fl>li?^ (iJ3(J<fr VOKE OF THE COMMUNITY Reach In and GIVE For the future of our children -^^B B Bi jC3B H j 2L. V fv L.**"~>.^ *^B T^MM M^M 3^^^ 1 4 <W M^m\^^M^^lH^Mh V 3U^^!^^^^^^^^^^^ MM V^MEI V
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        775 6 K£l NISSAN FOR SALE SIK DRIVEAWAY. 9/'OI Sunny I.6SS auto. OMV SI6K. Leather. incl transfer/advance/insurance. 1 owner 3 yr warranty *****200 •DRIVEAWAY $4001 MTHLY $610. 7/01 Sunny 1.6 S/S auto. 1 owner. i (incl. ins. transfer advance) View now! Call 9367-1044 Victor VICOM EVALUATION 6 mths free maintenance! 12/'O2 March
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        435 6 BVfl SKODA FOR SALE $0 DRIVEAWAY. 12/2000. Skoda I Octivia 1.6 auto. 1 owner. Leather seat. New tax. S/rims. Svc by agt. Mthly $690. 6475 4484 BfR SUBARU FOR SALE U Law Downpayment 4 tOU% Financing Full Body-hit option BOOK NOW WITH Mysterious Gift! $0 downpayment for Latest Legacy. Impreza.
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        847 8 rlkwl;lkt;wlt; a 009-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-RENT HORIZON VIEW. APPROX. 3000 sqft High fir. 4+l. F/facilities. pte I lift, amenities, immed. *****011 D.09 FAR EAST Mansion. 3 bdrm apt, unfurnished, convenient. Rent $1400. Tel: 6337-2165 STUDIO 2/ 3 bdrms. Opp MRT. New devt. $*****800 (all areas) Condo facilities. *****732 FOUR
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        470 8 ■TTI HUDC/HDB mj APTS FOR RENT AMK BLK 547. 4-rm. F/furn. Aircon. MRT/ Amenities. Available immed. Rental $800. 9546-3763 3-RM CLEMENTI/ 5-RM Bt Paniang. (Jelabu) Blk 184 furn, near MRT. $850/SIK. 6773-2011 agt JURONG WEST BLK 532. 5 rm lock 1 rm. 200% move-in. Cheap rental. MRT/ amenities. 9546-3763 APPROVED
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        339 8 HDO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -SALE D.lO GRANGE RD. Exclusive fhold apt. 4300 sq.ft. 4+l. F/renovated furn with elegant designer's decor. Move-in cond. S3.BM. Owner's rep: 9677-8286 $710K-SIMI HIGH Nr 3+l: Tanglin Regency 1292 sqft, Emerald Mansion 1680 sqft, Sam Kiang Mansion 1206 sqft. 9067-8087 PN Must F^J D.09
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        803 9 I aD2S-28N0RTH PTE ACTS -SALE ROSEWOOD NEW CONDO. Mins to Causeway Pt. MRT sens. ttO3/ »10. 5525K/ $565K. 1174 sqft. 3*l rm. pool view. Vincent *****663 IB 55^"" "k\ SEILINGP For solutions. r A caiiFaiz® 4 m 9186-5168 -+J for a non obkoation A->^^ discussKXiSyour B^B problems will be MMlllfnffapOTrati
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        658 9 BWI HDB APTS FOR SALE PWI HDB APTS FOR SALE (Wl HDB APTS FOR SALE BRI HDB APTS FOR SALE RWI HOB APTS FOR SALE RISI HDB APTS FOR SALE m ">"""' rum B^| f IM^ /f imiBEDOK/CHAI CHEE) fcttJ (BEOOK/ CHAI CHEE) 'h'db estates i S Buy It. Sell
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        464 9 Lfffli HDB APTS FOR SALE BJ^y (CHOA CHU KANG) BELOW VALUE 5 'I' Blk 437 Fajar Rd. Mid fir. Ist sale. Renovated. Near LRT, shpg. *****630 agt EXEC MAIS 287 CCK. Sell below HDB value. 100% renovated. Mid fir. Unblocked. Hurry! *****681. EXEC APT CORNER. Blk 659. Be low HDB
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        601 9 B HDB APTS FOR SALE (HOUGANG/ S'GOON/ YIO CHU KANG) < S'goon Lowest Price > 4 'NC' 224 Betow value! Opp MRT/ Interchange. Fully unblocked 5 'I' 416 MRT. Sell below HDB value 4 'A' 420 Huqe 113 sqm. MRT/ mkt < Hougang Lowest Price > Exec Mais 454. $60K
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        556 9 Rfjl HDB APTS FOR SALE |^fl (MARINE PARADE) 3-RM CORNER MARINE Parade Blk 58. Malay eligible. SISK above HDB valuation. 9858-0946 Agt ■ffl HDB APTS FOR SALE ■^9 (PASIRRIS/CHANGI) BEST YEAR END SALES 4 'A' 458 renovated. 5245K nag 4 'A' 416. 114 sgm, high Mr, unblock 4 'A' 770
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        640 9 WTTi HDB APTS FOR SALE (TAMPINES/ SIMEI) BLK 497C TAMPINES. 4 rm. De sign built. High fir, unblocked. Bright, breezy. Renovated. Near amenities. S neg. 9027 7195 FT 4 'A' BLK 914. $240K only MRT 4'A' Blk 878 Renovated. Corner. 4'A' Blk 876 Lift level. High fir. All Tampines! Jerry
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        610 9 Hfl HDB APTS FOR SALE m (WOODLANDS) SERIOUS SELLER! CORNER 623. 5 rm. 122 sqm. No noon sun. Nice decor. Tip-top cond. *****780 SIBSK UP! 4 A2' 539 Woodlands. Renovated. Vista Pt/ sch/ amenities. Don't mi55!*****538 agt 5245K 5 T corner blk 878 Woodlands, mid fir. mkt/ sch. Open view.
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        1246 10 dgskl;klkh r vn "Ln i <« RARE OPPORTUNITY >» Th« Arcade (Prime Raffles PI) 24 hrs aircon/ 1200 sq.ft. New, high quality renovations, fixtures, flttinqs. 4 partition rooms, 1 working area New hiqh quality furniture New office equipment, telephone system, fax copier Bright with windows on 2 sides CALL 9631
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        769 10 Rfl OFFICE SPACE B^^J FOR RENT 80 ROBINSON RO. 1607 ***** sq. ft. Sea view. Mgr/ conference rm/ workstations. Attractive rent. Sole agt Andrew *****207 l^^^^iT^^ LJifl.Ka'l^.ifc-aVi.i'l'JJ SUNTEC TWR 2. 2368 sq.ft. High fir, panoramic view, lobby frontage, fitted, 2 VP, 3 mgr, server rms. Immed. Jenny 9005-0505 PRESTIGIOUS 101
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        751 10 RJI SHOP SPACE RE] SHOP SPACE |^M rnporuT I Excellent ground floor restaurant space 31 79 sq ft I Close proximity to prestigious hotels, shopping I centres/ offices within Orchard Road tourist belt. I Available from May 2004 I Darnel Wong 9639 3879 PrisciNa Low 9101 6778 I Jerome Lee
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        749 10 TAMPINES BLK 825 near mkt. crowded. M 52.3K whole $SK. Chai Chee $IK. *****080 SPORE SHOPPING CTR 400 to 3200 sqft. For rent or sale. Contact Mr Say d> 9633-5555 JOO CHIAT RD Yio Chu Kang Rd shops for rent. Any biz. Long or short term avail. Call *****069 $1
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        522 10 ■RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE SPACE FOR RENT GEYLANG MAIN RD coffeshop/ restn. New renovation. S3.BK. i Heavy human traffic *****080 PROFITABLE AIRCON FOOD Court for takeover in Pasir Ris. 11 stalls. Good crowd. 9029-8325 Sng BOAT OUAY (CIRCULAR Rd Pub). 1000 sqft. Full licences. 3 am. I Good sponsorship. 9639-9932 FACE BT
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        743 10 j^Jj^CEWRRENT I RIVER VALLEY J 1 WAREHOUSE I Quick access to city 1 P 1 ,000 13.000 sq ft up I Direct container access C&" I capability m\\ 1 1 Good staff amenities \m o'*'^ _v 1 •We cater to M^^\\ short-term requests >s^^^^^^^ o^i Ruby Industrial Complex WA^HQHUSE OFFICE
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        472 14 sgmkmslgk Rfl PROFESSIONAL |££J COOKING/BAKING I COURSES BECOME A PROFESSIONAL Asst Chef/ Cook in 6 mths with an ITE Certificate. St date 05/01/04. (90% SDF). Call *****456. ■Til PROFESSIONAL m| DANCE COURSES Wu Kktz Dtncwsnjb, Stntt Jtzz, Hip Hofi^ PtltH MiAtrvi DtKt rtnvntfKt TrttninQ Count I J^k^ 1 33 C»dl
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        1045 15 Singapore Turf Club is an ISO 9001:2000 certified organisation I that provides high quality, competitive and entertaining horse-racing and gaming services to the public. Tenders are invited for O The appointment as Singapore Turf Club's insurer (PP/3/*****) Q Supply and delivery of one (1 unit of Four-Wheel-Orive Vehicle (PP 6
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        1485 15 sglsklgksg I 40Et KEPPEL CLUB I I KEPPEL I CLUB B I TENDER NOTICE I I Tenders are invited for: 6 I PROJECT 1 The Supply And Installation Of Point Of Sales System I I At The Keppel Club H I PROJECT 2: The Supply And Installation Of Information Display
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        1015 15 I ANG M O KIO E: TANJONG PAGAR I tJJU I TOWN COUNCIL TOWN COUNCIL I |HEB3E9EB3E3[HID[I3DDK3[||^HI I Tenders are invited from BCA Registered Contractors for the following: I DOCUMENT COST I (INCLUSIVE GST)/ 1 PROJECTS CLOSING DATE (A) CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. COVERED LINKWAY/VEHICLE GATEWAY $105 I CONNECTING BLOCKS
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        634 15 HT^ A INFOCOMM ill f\ DEVELOPMENT I I AUTHORITY OF I BV^/ SINGAPORE CALL FOR COLLABORATION (CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY) IDA(CFC)-011 The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) invites industry partners who are interested to participate in the Connecting the Community Call for Collaboration (CFC) to attend the public briefing session
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        3776 16 "■T^ The Straits Times Recruit sdgjkjsg m PROFESSIONAL/ iiM PROFESSIONAL/ EXECUTIVE fc^ cvcViithic U QA MANAGER > Min. 4 years manufacturing experience in QA function supervising or managing people A Well-verse in QS of ISO 9001 QMS E» QC SUPERVISOR •> Min. 2 years experience as QC Supervisor in plastic
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        689 16 Top international company expanding again for our 9th year in Singapore. Available to start on sth January 2004 Singaporeans or PRs only Smart appearance Good people skills English-speaking (knowledge of other languages is advantageous) The desire to succeed Very high earning potential (SsBooo* per month) Full training FREE materials Overseas
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        1691 17 K Metro, as one of Singapore's leading j^^^^^^^^ retail chains, is well-known for its quality fl merchandise and service. It is the kind of ft V organisation which is |ust the place for you to build a quality career m H*^m^ m^ m 1 CASHIERS v SECURITY 'SALES ASSOCIATES OFFICERS
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        490 17 BATA SHOP Sun Plaza requires Young energetic Fulltime Sales Asst. Walk-in interview. TEMP BRANDED Hair Colour Promoters. Speaks Chinese, immed--21 Jan. 6323 6080 (C*****1F) PROPERTY COORDINATORS k Aqts. Commission Basic. IMM Bldg. Training/clients. *****155 FASHION COMPANY NEEDS experienced Sales Promoter. Bilingual. Any age. Town area. *****553 OPTICAL CHAIN STORE needs
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