The Straits Times, 20 January 2004

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    32 1 The Straits Times BEST IN NEWSPAPER DESIGN IN ASIA Estahlislied 1H45 1 llCSClciy* January 20, 2004 66 Pages m five parts mita (p) 033/03/2003 •if A Singapore Press Holdings publication O\J Cents
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    Lock icon Rules on easy credit stiffened
    471 1  -  EDNA KOH Banks which ignore MAS rules on issuing credit cards will face fines of up to $25,000 from the middle of next month By FINANCE CORRESPONDENT IN A further tightening of the screws on easy credit, banks that break rules on issuing credit and
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    Lock icon No evening charge for CTE after all
    527 1  - No evening charge for CTE after all KARAM JIT KAUR By TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT SMOOTHER TRAFFIC THE bottleneck, between the exits to the PIE and Braddell Road, has been cleared by A fifth lane being added to the north-bound CTE m December 2002 The North-East MRT line opening last May. At
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      111 1 NEW HOPE: Mums will be asked to donate infants' umbilical cord blood to help save lives page hi Design: CHRISTIAN INTOV LEU h 7 5* iife^ flfi > ■Fa I -SB ®^^^^'***^^ra ENRIQUE SORIANO He hasn't got his degree yet, but Jonathan Quek, 24, has already landed a $100,000-a-yearjob. SANDRA
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      151 2 MAN GETS DEATH FOR MURDER A 42-YEAR-OLD man who went to his former colleague's flat to borrow money ended up bashing her to death. Yesterday, Mohamed Raffiq Mohamed Aslam was sentenced to death for murdering Madam Saratha Sangeo, 50, on Aug 7, 2002. During the trial, he had tried
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      79 2 ISRAEL'S NUCLEAR ARMS MUST 60 AMERICA'S policy on nuclear proliferation must be and must be seen to De even-handed, writes Sunanda K. Datta-Ray. Its canrot-and-stick approach of rewarding countries that abandon their nuclear ambitions while coming down hard on those that do not cannot be directed only at Arab
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      74 2 NO NEED TO REVEAL NAMES IT WAS not a good idea to reveal the names of the 12 men placed under Restrictive Orders, writes reader Elgin Toh. Doing so could make it difficult for them to continue living their normal lives, and hurt their chances of being rehabilitated. Given
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      104 2 WHAT WOMEN REALLY WAHT GETTING married and having children is not a race, columnist Clara Chow advises women m their late 2Os. Some women m this age group start dating frantically m a race to get hitched, without realising that marriage is probably the last thing they want. Perhaps
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      103 2 Anti-graft drive fuelled by politics THERE are strong political overtones to Indonesia's latest anti-corruption crackdown. By going after three former civil servants for alleged misuse of government funds, President Megawati Sukarnoputri hopes to enter this year's polls having exorcised th<j^|lemon of graft that has plagued her administration for jji§urs.
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      115 2 Brutal crime sparks anger MALAYSIANS have reacted with anger and grief at the gang rape, sodomy and murder of 10-year-old Nurul Huda Ghani last Saturday near her house m broad daylight. Some have called for the castration of convicted rapists, while others say offenders should be executed m public.
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      94 2 Ex-SIA men atValuair TWO former Singapore Airlines captains have taken up key posts at budget carrier Valuair, which is expected to take off m May. Captain Roy Chua, 50, is now the airline's chief pilot, and Captain Chow Shoon Yue, 60, is its director of flight operations. The two
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      90 2 NO CABLE ACCESS FOR 8,000 HOMES ABOUT 8,000 homes have no access to cable television services because of the protracted cabling tussle between Sing Tel and Star Hub Cable Vision. Although Information, Communications and the Arts Minister Lee Boon Yang reached a decision on the dispute last July, property
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      76 2 U.S. SCHOOLS RACIALLY DIVIDED RACIAL integration m American schools reached a peak m 1988 but, since then, the institutions have become as racially divided as they were m the late *****. A new study has found that most white schoolchildren now have "little contact" with ethnic minorities. The cause
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      169 2 NO WORRIES OVER TROOP PULLOUT SOUTH Korean President Roh Moo Hyun has moved to calm fears that a decision to withdraw US troops from Seoul will make the country vulnerable to North Korean attacks. He was quoted as saying: "There is nothing to worry about at all." The move
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      71 2 SAHA TO END RED DEVILS' BAD RUN? MANCHESTER United agreed on Sunday to sign Fulham's Louis Saha tor £12 million (Ss37 million), m the hope that the striker will end the team's recent bad run. The Red Devils have gone two games without scoring, and lost 0-1 to bottom
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      114 2 Prime 3-5 World 6-13 Editorial 14 Commentary 14, 15 Forum 16,17 HOME Home Hl-H8 Tech Science H9 ASIA/SPORTS/ MONEY Asia AI.A3 China A2 S-E Asia A4,A5 Malaysia A5 Sports A6-A8 Money AlO-Al6 LIFE! The Buzz L 2 Comics L 4 Girl Talk L 4 Travel L5,L6 Cinema guide LB,LIO What's
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      Lock icon 'I felt violated. I didn't want him to do this to anyone else.'
      1034 3 Colleagues shunned her. Outside the courtroom, Ah Peks said: It takes two hands to clap' and "Which man would want her?' The 30-year-old tells CHONG CHEE KIN why she took Shankar Aiyar to court and about the
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      Lock icon Chinese save less, spend more on credit
      448 4  - Chinese save less, spend more on credit JASON LEOW Poll of 11,000 shows changing trend of people spending more on luxury items than on children's education or health CIIINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING Chinese consumers are buying on credit, for the first time m 20 years, to feed their growing appetite for
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      Lock icon Trader gets $91m end-of-year bonus
      246 4 LONDON A financial trader here is said to have received a record £30 million (Ss9l million) bonus, the average annual income of more than 1,100 people. Colleagues of Mr Driss Ben-Brahim, a trader at United States investment bank Goldman Sachs, say he is worth every
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      450 4 HANOI A fifth person m Vietnam has died from bird flu, the World Health Organisation said yesterday. The eight-year-old girl, from northern Ha Tay province, died on Saturday, two days after she was taken to hospital m Hanoi. She started showing symptoms of the
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      Lock icon A trunk full of memories
      387 5  -  CLARISSA OON By ARTS CORRESPONDENT THE last time multi-disci-plinary artist Zai Kuning spoke to the late drama doyen Kuo Pao Kun it was over the fate of a I,OOOkg tree trunk. Nearly three years ago, Zai had 10 bodybuilders lug the trunk into the Jurong
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      408 5  - SICC members have to pay more PEH SHING HUEI Island Club members upset by charges for lease extension are told that landlord PUB is now likely to charge even more BIL IT WAS a double whammy for Singapore Island Country Club members who had petitioned for last night's extraordinary general
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      530 6 Scholls divide: black and white US schools becoming racially segregated again, says study Education along racial lines Some findings from the study: Asian Americans are the most integrated ethnic group. Hispanic students are even more segregated than African-American students. The increase m Latino segregation has been particularly marked m western
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      226 6 Four in 10 whites say no to Asian neighbours LONDON Four out of 10 white people do not want Asians or black Britons living next door to them, a survey published this week has revealed. The opinion poll found rocketing concern over immigration and asylum combined with ignorance about basic
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      99 7 THERE has long been a debate over where legitimate criticism of Israel ends and anti-Semitism begins. But the current round has touched a deeper chord because many Israelis feel that outsiders often justify die Palestinians' use of suicide bombings against civilians. Israeli Ambassador Zvi
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      Lock icon Sydney nabs 200 Mid-East crime suspects
      269 7 The men are linked to murders and robberies SYDNEY A police squad set up to tackle a wave of murders, blood feuds and drug trafficking has arrested about 200 suspects linked to Middle-Eastern crime syndicates, the authorities said yesterday. The squad, known as Task
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      Lock icon Sweden sees red over art attack
      504 7 Diplomatic Row Stockholm takes Israeli envoy to task after he damages 'anti-Semitic' museum artwork STOCKHOLM A spat between Israel and Sweden over a controversial Stockholm art exhibit showing a Palestinian suicide bomber has turned into a full-scale diplomatic row. Israel's Ambassador to Sweden Zvi
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      Lock icon Elixir of youth in a beer bottle?
      82 7 Elixir of youth in a beer bottle? BOOZE all you want and stay young and beautiful that's what this anti-ageing beer is promising. According to a BBC report yesterday, the beer invented by German businessman Helmut Fricher has key ingredients such as spirulina algae, a source oT minerals, and protein
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      217 8 Bomb hoax forces US plane to land in Ireland Jet diverted after discovery of note claiming bomb on boara DUBLIN A US plane canying 144 people made an unscheduled landing m Ireland on Sunday after a note was found m the toilet claiming there was a bomb on board. Police
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      Lock icon Smiling cleric stumbles on reform
      605 8 Iranian President Khatami Reformists' patience is running out as the mild-mannered leader takes cautious tack with hardliners TEHERAN Iranian President Mohammad Khatami at one time attracted the kind of adoration celebrities enjoy m the West, but those days are now gone. The electoral crisis gripping
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      125 8 Council won t budge TEHERAN Irsn's hirdHit GiMf dins' Cwncll his Q6i6Bv^fl its vis^wjHiitdifOfi Oi Cmiiiflfflwrtcs for "Wo elahn that the Oairolani' Council hu VwW«%Ww%ly IKIyHvIWfUW INV Wwn* WW WRI Wi Will have no impact on our Interpretation of the law," con sen spwesman uranim Aziz t tow
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      Lock icon Annan may crush US hopes for UN return
      645 11 Power Transfer In Iraq The UN leader is concerned about what role the world body will play and the security conditions BAGHDAD US overseer Paul Bremer faced the prospect yesterday of the United Nations (UN) rejecting a request to return to Iraq
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      Lock icon Shi'ite clergy poised to hold sway in new Iraq
      464 11 NAJAF (Iraq) As the June 30 deadline for the transfer of power to an Iraqi government approaches, a political incursion by the Supreme Leader of the Shi'ite majority shows a preview of a new Iraq where Muslim clergy will wield more
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      Lock icon Iowa caucuses: Unreliable but exciting contests
      352 12 WINNOWING OF NOMINEES DES MOINES lowa has had a rather poor record m picking presidents but there is still much excitement over it because it is where the first caucuses m the 2004 race are held. Mr George H.W. Bush, the current incumbent's father,
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      Lock icon Well-known Republicans fly in to work the ground
      208 12 DAVENPORT (Iowa) -The Bush campaign flew a dozen well- known RepnhMcaas into lowa on Sunday to n—turprftori— i the Democrats on caucus night. Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani held a rally with law enforcement officers at a restaurant m Cedar Rapids,
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      657 12 Democrats' tight four-way race m lowa kicks off battle for US presidency DES MOINES (Iowa) Bundling up against the winter cold, thousands of Democrats m lowa ventured out last night, meeting friends and neighbours m town halls and pizza parlours. In one of the most quaint and
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      Lock icon CRUCIAL DATES
      305 12 Jan 19: The lowa caucuses The first elections m the 2004 race and the first marker of the Democrats' choice. Jan 20: President George W. Bush delivers the State of the Union address m Washington. Jan 27: New Hampshire primary The pivotal first primary, all eyes will be
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      362 12 CEDAR RAPIDS (Iowa) Democratic presidential contender Howard Dean, facing a tight battle m yesterday's lowa caucuses, got some lastminute help from a surprise source on Sunday his wife. Mrs Judith Dean, an internist who runs her own practice m Shelbourne, Vermont, spoke for
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      342 12 WASHINGTON US President George W. Bush will get a chance to trumpet his accomplishments m Iraq, the fight against terrorism and the US economy m his State of the Union policy speech. Mr Bush on Sunday was putting the finishing touches on his
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        Lock icon Well, blow me down... Popeye's 75
        162 13 CARTOON SAILOR'S MILESTONE LOS ANGELES Maybe Popeye owes his longevity to all that vitamin-rich spinach. The cartoon sailor man, who gets his superior punching power by guzzling greens from a can, celebrated his 75th anniversary on Saturday. King Features Syndicate, which owns the rights
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        134 13 SINGER HOMESICK FOR AUSTRALIA NASHVILLE (Tennessee) Country singer Sherrie Austin has been living m Nashville for 10 years, but said she still gets homesick for her native Australia. "Sometimes it can be a little isolated over here. I mean, it's really hard to kind of find out what's happening back
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        104 13 MOSCOW A Chechen great-great-grandmother born m 1881 could be the oldest woman m the world, Russian state television reported on Sunday, saying she pipped the current record-hold-er by eight years. Mrs Pasikhat Dzhukalayeva, 122, has nine grandchildren, 18 greatgrandchildren, and seven great-great-grandchil-dren who call her "Granny
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        Lock icon RABIN'S KILLER TO WED IN PRISON
        70 13 JERUSALEM The killer of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Yigal Amir, is to wed m prison, Israel's Channel Two TV reported on Sunday. According to the report, Amir is to marry Ms Larisa Trimbobler, a recently divorced mother of four, who has been visiting
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        Lock icon Princess Hava Al-Hussein
        32 13 the half-sister of King Abdullah II of Jordan, will skipper the first Pan-Arabic women's football team m a one-off match against the women's team of English Premiership side Chelsea.
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        Lock icon South Africa's ambassador to Indonesia, Mr Norman Mashabane
        37 13 South Africa's ambassador to Indonesia, Mr Norman Mashabane who was found guilty of 21 workplace sexual harassment charges m 2000, has been invited to talk on gender equality issues m Jakarta, the South African Press Association reported.
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        36 13 Quoteworthy The Americans no longer offer the French a pout of disgust. French newspaper Le Monde, commenting on what it sees as a series of signals from Washington hinting at a desire Tor cooperation m Iraq
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      Lock icon Scientists challenge cloned embryo claim
      378 13 Where's the evidence, they ask. Fertility expert who says he has implanted the embryo m a woman's womb insists on secrecy NEW YORK A maverick fertility expert's claim that he implanted a cloned human embryo m the womb of a 35-year-old woman has been met
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      Lock icon Retreat in Iran
      586 14 IN THE latest round of the tussle for power m Iran, the Guardians' Council, a conserva-tive-dominated body, has barred nearly half of 8,000 hopefuls from standing for election on political and theological grounds. Among them are about 80 sitting members m a parliament where reformers have put
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      Lock icon Bush should make Israel ditch its nukes
      726 14  -  SUNANDA K. DATTA-RAY By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES WITH Iraq vanquished, Libya earning kudos from the International Atomic Energy Agency (lAEA) and European foreign policy chief Javier Solana applauding Iran's efforts to dispel concerns about its nuclear programme, United States President George W.
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      1084 14  - Good to cast a critical eye on public policies VIKRAM KHAN N A By BUSINESS TIMES THOSE who attended the lunch meeting of the Economic Society of Singapore last week were expecting something extraordinary from their guest speaxer, and that's exactly what they got. Former senior civil servant and current
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      731 14  -  SUKARDI RENAKIT By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES COMMANDERS AT DISTRICI AND SUB-DISTRICT LEVELS MAY NOT OBEY THEIR ORDERS TO STAY POLITICALLY NEUIRAL IT IS noteworthy that last month's visit to Jakarta by a delegation of Singapore officials, as part of their Administrative Service Foundation
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      Lock icon Taking the Mickey out of innovation
      1019 15  - Taking the Mickey out of innovation EDDIE LEE By SESIOR WRITER MICROSOFT'S next-genera-tion operating system, codenamed Longnorn, won't be ready until late next year, but an early version of it was already on sale m Malaysia last month. This surely sets some sort of record for speed. In today's economy,
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      Lock icon Rule of law must come before democracy
      870 15  -  HALF DAHRENDORF Bu THE philosopher Karl Popper had ample reason to propose a precise definition of democracy. Democracy, he said, is a means to remove those m power without bloodshed. His preferred method was, of course, the ballot box. His definition avoids theological
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      161 16 Skip the salmon, she sneezed into it I WAS having a buffet lunch at a hotel recently and could not help but notice the horrendous hygiene habits of fellow patrons at the restaurant. The Following are just some of the appalling actions I noted: One woman used her bare hands
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      481 16 THE debate m Parliament on the amendments to the Human Organ Transplant Act recently caught my attention. It brought me back to the tragedy I had experienced just days before. My beloved daughter collapsed and died from a rupture of an aneurysm m her
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      220 16 I AM all for the Human Organ Transplant Act (Hota) as long as it saves lives. However, will it exclude the poor just because they cannot afford the cost of a transplant? People can bequeath their organs upon death but does the person on
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      174 16 I REFER to the recently passed amendments to the Human Organ Transplant Act and the attendant reluctance of many Singaporeans to allow a deceased loved one to be a donor of much-needed organs. I believe much of the fear stems from the fundamental fear or
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      290 16 Questions on new cap for SRS contribution 1 REFER to the article, "New cap for SRS contribution" (ST, Jan 6), on the new salary caps for Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) contributions. I note the Government's explanation that the new caps were adopted to be m line with the new salary
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      324 16 Why reveal names of 12 on Restriction Orders? WHEN the Government announced that it was putting 12 Singaporeans with links to terror on Restriction Orders, there was general relief that we were winning the fight against terrorism ("Restrictions on 12 with terror links"; ST, Jan 15). The 10 Jemaah Islamiah
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        165 17 I recently spent a week m Singapore on vacation. 1 thoroughly enjoyed my visit and would recommend the Republic to my friends. However, I had a very unpleasant experience with an electronics store. Hie merchant sold us a used digital camera at a high price. After
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        82 17 I would like to express my appreciation to the manager of Mindef eServices Centre for going the extra mile to act on my feedback. On Jan 9, 1 came across a hotel promotion for the Chinese New Year. However, I was not able to make a
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        110 17 On Jan 7, 1 was very happy to receive a letter from Tibs asking me to collect a waist pouch. On my way home five days earlier, I had lost the pouch, which contained my house keys, wallet with a sizeable amount of cash bank cards and
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        39 17 WELL DOINE, NP arks The National Parks Board (NParks has my gratitude for installing lightning conductors on au the pavilions at Park 3, West Coast Park. I hope that this safely measure would be implemented m all parks. NGFOOKKAH
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        97 17 On Dec 30 1 informed NParks through its website that three out of four palm trees along Bishan Place, just outside McDonald's, needed pruning as their leaves were getting m the way of pedestrians. I received a reply the next day from Mr Voon Chin Seng, telling me that he
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      349 17 SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew commented on PSA's complacency while airing his concern over the dispute between SIA pilots and management ("A leaner PSA and its lessons for SIA"; ST, Jan 7)That PSA lost Maersk and Evergreen did not appear calamitous then. When asked about
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      297 17 Is it now really easier to strike it rich? $6 can now buy only two tickets, instead of three. So, is it 'higher' chances or 'lower'? I REFER to the Singapore Sweep newspaper advertisements which say, "Now, bigger prizes! Higher chances!". The first prize has been increased from $1.5 million
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      244 17 I REFER to the letter by Mr Jonathan Veel, "PR not allowed to buy a house despite his contributions" (ST, Jan 14). We encourage the many talented foreigners who are making useful and significant contributions m Singapore to sink "roots and
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      204 17 AFTER reading about Mr Jonathan Veel's predicament, "PR not allowed to buy a house despite his contributions" (ST, Jan 14), I can understand his frustrations. Many of the air-condition-ing and mechanical ventilation (ACMV) systems m buildings and high-tech industrial plants here are commissioned
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      55 1 The Straits Times home DEDICATED TO eETTWG HEX MPIOMA 'The day before she died, she even reminded me to get a medical certificate from the doctor to submit to the school. Miss Cynthia Yee on bow her mother, kindergarten principal Tracy Tang, was passionate about her work despite suffering from
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      785 1  - First public cord blood bank set up here NATALIE SOH New mums will be asked to donate umbilical cord blood &l IT'S UKE A FORM OF INSURANCE FOR YOUR CHILD, OR HIS SIBLING. IF YOU NEED IT, YOU KNOW IT'S THERE. IN A PUBLIC BANK, IT'S OPEN TO ALL IN
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      570 2  - Two ex- SIA captains to help Valuair take off KARAMJIT KAUR The men, hired to be the budget airline's chief pilot and flight operations director, said they can't resist the challenge By TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT TWO former Singapore Airlines (SIA) captains now hold key positions m Valuair, the Singapore low-cost carrier
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      379 2  -  KELVIN WONG Bu SPANISH fashion store Zara is opening its first outlet m Great World City its first outside the Orchard Road shopping belt. The move is part of an expansion plan by listed retailer RSH, which also holds distributorship rights to
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      Lock icon AIR LINKS: Flights to Hangzhou 3 times a week
      286 2 AIR LINKS: Flights to Hangzhou 3 times a week New Air China service reflects rise m travel between the two countries MORE people are flying between Singapore and China. The number doing so increased by about 20 per cent a year between 1998 and 2002. According to the Civil Aviation
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      55 2 FOREIGN Minister S. Jayakumar is m Brunei for a twoday visit at the invitation of his Brunei counterpart, Prince Mohamed Bolkiah. While there, he will have audiences with Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Crown Prince AlMuhtadee Billah and Prince Mohamed Bolkiah. Brunei's Foreign Minister will also host
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      380 3  -  JANE NG §!L Kindergarten staff diplomas Now, 11 per cent of the 1,905 teachers at PCF centres have diplomas, up from 7 per cent before the course. By 2008, one m four teachers at every kindergarten wist have a W|PIVIIM« KINDERGARTEN principal Tracy Tang,
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      379 3  -  ELENA CHONG iIL MR LJM Chee San is not only a chartered certified accountant and information technology practitioner but also a barrister. But the 44-year-old father of two cannot practise law here until he is admitted to the Bar. He was among
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      566 3  -  SANDRA DAVIE By EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT AT A time when graduates are finding it tough getting a job, one business student has already landed what is said to be a $100,000-a-year job although he will get his degree only m four months' time. This is about three to four
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      Lock icon Former co-worker bashed to death, man to hang
      516 4  -  ELENA CHONG Judge rejects accused's tale that he had confessed out of pity for her husband, who was at first charged with her murder *l Tired of living' Mohamed Rafffiq Mohamed Aslam, 42, tried to retract his confession, saying he had owned
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      53 4 A man m his late 50s died after the car he was m hit the back of a bus m Beach Road yesterday morning. The driver of the car, a man m his 60s, suffered injuries to his forehead, arms and legs. Witnesses should call the police on
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      470 4  -  K.C. VIJAYAN Bu HE CAME from a family of Chinese physicians and had joined a practice that was a well-known name m the Katong area. But Mr Daniel Yap Kwok Peng's plans for the business ended on Sunday when he died of
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      321 4  -  KAREN HO By A LOVESICK cashier at a Woodlands coffeeshop was jailed for two years for threatening to throw the female colleague he had been having an affair with from a Housing Board block. Lee Hoe Kirn, 37, told Madam Tan Lye
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      213 4 A MAN was charged yesterday with slashing a stall assistant at a crowded Chinatown food centre on Friday evening. Yeo Chiu Seng, 46, was accused of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Madam Ng Lie Hong, 30, by slashing the back of her head with a
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        Lock icon EXTENDED NEW YEAR TRANSPORT SERVICES
        145 6 The MRT and LRT, as well as selected SBS Transit and Tibs buses, will extend their services beyond their usual operating hours on New Year's Day. The last MRT trains will depart at about 2am on Thursday. The last LRT from Choa Chu Kang LRT
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        111 6 NEW Bridge Road, Mosque Street and Eu Tong Sen Street will be closed to traffic from Bpm tomorrow to 2am on Thursday. This is to facilitate the Chinese New Year countdown celebrations m Chinatown tomorrow. Two parties will be held, one at Kreta Ayer
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        62 6 OPERATING hours of the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system m the Restricted Zone will end earlier tomorrow, at lpm. ERP rates will remain the same as normal weekday rates during these hours, while operating hours and ERP rates at other gantries will remain unchanged.
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        96 6 THE Istana will be open to the public on Friday from 8.30 am to 6pm to celebrate Chinese New Year. Admission to the Istana will be free for Singaporeans and Singapore permanent residents, while others will be required to pay an entrance fee of
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      Lock icon Mad about their hongbao
      507 6  - Mad about their hongbao LIXUEYING By Vintage to Disney designs, they have them all MOST people eagerly tear open their hongbao m anticipation of the money inside. But for some, the prize is the red packet itself. While others collect stamps, wines or rare books, accountant Connie Tai, 52, retiree
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      Lock icon Sales down though prices the same
      462 6  -  JO ANN TAN §1 THE recent hike m the goods and services tax (GST) would have been a perfect excuse for Chinatown's stallholders to raise their prices. However, most vendors of Chinese New Year goodies said they have kept prices the same as last
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      Lock icon BUNGEE ACTION AT RIVER HONGBAO
      349 6  -  Joann Tan THRILL seekers looking for their next adrenaline rush can find it at the World's Tallest Swingshot during the River Hongbao carnival at Marina Promenade. The ride, brought m by amusement park operator Great World Leisure, nas two 66m-high "arms", attached to elastic steel
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      585 7  - No talk on NEL deal yet, says SMRT chief GOH CHIN LIAN Denying rumours that SBS Transit and SMRT met, Ms Saw says she doesn't even know if NEL is for sale *L 7 heard the ridership has gone up quite a lot recently because of Chinese New Year, so
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      226 7 DEVELOPERS hoping to get a piece of the eight remaining sites at Sentosa Cove under its first phase launch, will now have up to Feb 6 to submit their tenders. The nine-day extension is a result of "keen interest" from prospective tenderers, its
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        Lock icon Pioneer method to make the most of cord blood
        571 8  -  NATALIE SOH To fix shortage of stem cells from umbilical cord, they are transplanted into patient without stripping away the old tissue first *L THE umbilical cord, which mostly winds up m hazardous biological waste bins m delivery rooms, contains precious
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        683 8 Pop-up ads: will consumen revolt burst the bubble? 'I HAVENT SPOKEN TO ANY PEOPIE WHO SAY, "HOVE POP-UPS, SEND ME MORE Of IHEM"... BUT IF YOU WAKT TO ENJOY THE CONTENT OF A WEBSITE THAT IS FREE, THE POP-UPS COME WITH IT.' Mr David Moore, chief executive of an online
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        672 8 NEW YORK Beginning today, more than a dozen websites, including MSN, ESPN, Lycos and iVillage, will run full-motion video commercials from Pepsi, AT T, Honda, Vonage and Warner Brothers m a six-week test that some analysts and online executives say could herald the start
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          286 9 LAST year, 15 models of DVD recorders entered the market, seven m the last six months alone. To kick off this year, Panasonic has announced three new models from its Diga range of DVD-RAM recorders that will hit the stores here m April. The announcement
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          218 9 CONCERNED that others can gain access to your private computer files, though you don't want yet another password m order to lock them up? Singapore firm RiTech International, which launched its thumb drives m 2002, has released a slew of iMac-inspired memory sticks
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          226 9 SINGAPOREAN Sunny Oke is blasting his way to Los Angeles as the top player here of the Windows first-person-shoot-er game Halo. Mr Oke, 22, a computer technician, said he was pleasantly surprised with his win last Saturday as he picked up Halo only at Christmas.
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          104 9 IF YOU think a secondhand laptop or laser printer serves you just as well as a new one, you may want to consider shopping at TradelT, which sells refurbished IT products at reduced costs. The store at Cyberhub Singapore m Bendemeer Road opened last Saturday.
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        681 9 As peer-to-peer file-sharing programs become ever more popular, digital piracy costs developers billions every year 'It's about getting recognition. It's about being the first or the best at cracking.' Mr Drew McManus, who directs Adobe's anti-piracy operation, on how many pirates are
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      93 1 COUKTS Sentenced To Death Mohamed Raffiq Mohamed Aslam murdered ex-colleague over loan page H4 C M M I NITY The Packet Is The Prize Between them, these three have 12,000 different hongbao packets. pagehs Transport Still No Sign Of Rail Merger Three months after Govt moots idea of one operator,
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      39 1 The Straits Times asia THE SCIENCE OF PREDICTING Tm not a fortune-teller. I'm m the study of predictions. It's a science. Soothsayer Zhang Fengming, trying to make his profession sound more scientific and less superstitious Tuesday, January 20, 2004
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      603 1  - Politics behind anti-graft drive DERWIN PEREIRA THE TALK IN JAKARTA Bu ISDO\ESIACORRESPO\DE\T Winning votes is the motive for going after three ex-civil servants while bigger culprits are said to get away scot-free JAKARTA A witch-hunt is on for the corrupt and crooked m Indonesia. Within a period of a week,
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        549 2 He claims China sent note to Taiwan four years ago to say it believed both sides would handle 'one China' issue well TAIPEI Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian has claimed that China sent a message to Taiwan nearly four years ago to say it
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        197 2 BEIJING -China, which is ratcheting up pressure on Taiwan to scrap plans for a controversial referendum, looks increasingly keen for its allies to make clear where they stand on the issue. Taiwan's March referendum will ask voter: whether the island should boost its missile defence m
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        440 2 Party pushing for work safety laws INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS BEIJING The Communist Party unveiled a sweeping plan yesterday to reduce China's staggering number of workplace deaths, calling for immediate action on a problem that has long embarrassed the government at home and abroad. The proposals, announced m a front-page editorial m
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        73 2 THE bride did not come m white, but the place did. Ms Lv Kin and Mr Wang Shuo from China decided to exchange wedding vows m freezing weather m Ivalo, a popular tourist spot m Finland. Dressed m the traditional attire of the Sami (the local folk), they
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        144 2 HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Tung Chee Hwa has no plans to push again for anti-subversion legislation that had sparked massive protests, an adviser said m an interview published yesterday. But Hong Kong's mini-Constitu-tion requires such a law and if he does
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        354 2 BEIJING China has approved human trials of an experimental Sars vaccine, and 30 people have already volunteered to be the first test subjects, state television reported yesterday. Researchers cautioned that the government's approval of what it called the first phase of human trials
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        201 2 BEIJING Offering a rare glimpse into its early years, China's secretive communist government said yesterday it has declassified thousands of diplomatic documents from the 1940s and *****. The first cache of 10,000 items includes telegrams on establishing relations with Moscow following China's 1949 revolution,
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        514 3 Troops' Exit From Seoul Bid to allay fears that redeployment of troops may leave the country vulnerable to North Korean attacks SEOUL South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun has said the decision to have all US troops pull out of Seoul for the
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        138 3 SEOUL -The US military base m Yongsa n, Seoul, will be turned into i public space to rival New York's Central Park after the US army pulls out, according, to puss unveiled yesterday. Prime Minister GohKun has ordered his office to setup a task force for the
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        253 3 PoW 's home after 50 years CHIRWON (South Korea) A South Korean soldier who returned home last month, after being held 50 years m the North, was formally discharged from the army yesterday. "I am overwhelmed by emotion," said Mr Jun Yong II at a parade held outside Seoul, which
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        432 3 WORLD SOCIAL FORUM MUMBAI More than 100,000 people are taking part m the six-day World Social Forum to build a common front against everything from the US occupation of Iraq to gender inequality. Mr Joseph Stiglitz, an arch critic of
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        313 3 TOKYO An advisory panel to Tokyo's governor yesterday proposed that the city ban teenagers under 18 from visiting karaoke parlours and Internet cafes late at night m a bid to cut down on juvenile delinquency, an official said. The panel, set up to
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          Lock icon BEIJING'S LARGEST HEROIN HAUL
          44 3 A 31-YEAR-OLD woman has been sentenced to death and her accomplice thrown into jail for life after police made the single largest haul of heroin about 13.2 kg m Beijing m more than 50 years, state media said yesterday. AFP
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          31 3 JAPAN Air System discovered cracks m the engines of three planes during emergency inspections yesterday that grounded nearly one-third of the airline's domestic flights, officials said. AP
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          39 3 A CHINESE court has sentenced a company manager to death for smuggling 827,000 tonnes of vegetable oil through the southern province of Guangdong and bribing Customs officers to help him, state media reported. AP
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          31 3 THE Chinese authorities have arrested three people for improperly disposing of jars of chlorine that leaked and left 134 people ill, Xinhua news agency reported. AP
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          35 3 CHINESE police have arrested a man for setting off a bomb that injured four people yesterday at a bank m the southern city of Kunming, Xinhua news agency reported. AP
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        1209 4  -  LVZ BAGUIORO our continuing series looking at major elections m Asia this year, we turn today to the Philippines where incumbent President Gloria Arroyo is fightingfor a second term. And to Thailand, where a vote for the next governor of Bangkok is being seen as a leading
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        638 4  -  NIRMAL GHOSH By TH.MLAM) CCRRESPOS'DES'T BANGKOK The Thai capital will be a key battleground m next year's general election, and Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be keeping a close eye on the outcome of a warmup fight there m July. Bangkok Governor Samak Sundaravej is
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        706 5  -  REME AHMAD Outrage over gang-rape and murder of girl, 10, m Tonor O 7 7 J The rape and murder of a 10-year-old the second such case m less than 2 weeks spark calls to castrate and flog rapists By IN KUALA LUMPUR What
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          65 5 MALAYSIA is willing to work with the United States to prevent shipments of materials for developing nuclear weapons from passing through its waters and airspace. Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Najib Tun Razak said this was conveyed to US Undersecretary of State for
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          49 5 THE decomposing bodies of eight men believed to be foreign fishermen have washed ashore m Kelantan. The men, believed to be Thai nationals, were probably aged between 30 and 40 and could have been dead for a week, police spokesman Roslan Ahmad said. Reuters
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          48 5 INDONESIAN prosecutors yesterday called for a nine-year jail sentence for the caretaker chief of the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) group blamed for the Bali bombings. Prosecutor Haryono said Abu Rusdan hid information on the whereabouts of Bali bomber Ali Ghufron, alias Mukhlas. AFP
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          36 5 MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi paid a brief visit to Laos yesterday, his first trip to the communist nation since taking office last year. He held talks with his counterpart, Mr BoungnangVorachit. AFP
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        464 5 KUALA LUMPUR Supporters of jailed Malaysian ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim pledgea yesterday to press ahead with a month-long series of demonstrations as police action to bar a weekend rally came under fire. The ban on the rally showed that Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi,
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        179 5 BANGKOK Thai police have defused a bomb m a southern town as they continue their hunt for stolen guns and suspects involved m the latest violence m the largely Muslim region. Police said yesterday they had destroyed a bomb hidden m the ftiel
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        647 6 SOCCER LEEDS Leeds United shares dived yesterday as investors waited to hear whether the Premier League's debtladen bottom club had won an extension to a crucial repayment deadline. The shares were 11.8 per cent, or 0.5
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        Lock icon I don't throw things any more, says Fergie
        554 6 MANCHESTER Alex Ferguson is not saying what he told his players after Manchester United's shock 0-1 defeat by visiting Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday, but the fiery Scot claims he no longer throws things m dress-ing-room tantrums. "What has changed is that, as
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        752 6 Saha to goto United Red Devils to buy Fulham striker following worst week of their season MANCHESTER Just a fortnight ago, Manchester United appeared to be marching on to their annual trove of trophies. Then came their worst week of the season, culminating m Saturday's 0-1 upset by bottom club
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        602 6  - A $37-million risk in search of Euro glory VICTOR NG Bu EVEN before Louis Saha puts pen to paper on a deal at Manchester United, the British papers are already speculating about the wisdom of Alex Ferguson's decision to sign the Fulham striker. The argument centres on the availability of
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        174 7 f i i r i ri ValMCia 20 !3 5 2 36 14 44 Real Madrid 20 13 4 3 38 20 43 Dtfortm .20 12 4 4 36 16 40 Mietieo Madrid 20 10 4 6 28 23 34 VillarrNl 20 9 6 5 27 23 33
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        473 7 MADRID Ronaldo believes he is well on course to honour his pre-season promise to score 35 goals this season, after grabbing the equaliser m Real Madrid's 1-1 draw at Real Betis yesterday (Singapore time). The goal, complete with his trademark stepover, brought his tally for the season
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        425 7 SOCCER 0-0 draw with Birmingham shows Chelsea need a good right winger LONDON What Chelsea clearly need, after trying to break Birmingham down m a 0-0 Premiership draw, is a right-sided midfielder to balance the accomplished Damien Duff on the left. If Claudio Ranieri wants Chelsea's season to
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        171 7 P W D I F A Pts Arsenal 22 15 7 0 42 14 52 Manchester United. 22 16 2 4 40 15 50 Chelsea 22 14 4 4 40 17 46 Chartton 22 10 7 5 31 23 37 Liverpool 21 9 5 7 31 23 32 Fulham
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          100 7 THE United States Olympic Committee will cut off all negotiations for funding with USA Track Field until they cooperate with the International Olympic Committee m Jerome Young's drug case. The sprinter tested positive for steroids m 1999 hut was cleared on appeal and went on to
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          98 7 ALL that stands between the New England Patriots and their second American football crown m three years are the upstarts Carolina Panthers, who are set to make their Super Bowl debut. The Patriots stretched their winning streak to 14 games by beating Indianapolis 24-14 on Sunday to
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          96 7 SOUTH Korean soccer striker Ahn Jung Hwan has signed a one-year deal with Yokohama F-Marinos after failing to secure a move to Europe. The 27-year-old, who joined J- League side Shimizu SPulse after helping South Korea reach tne semi-finals of the 2002 World Cup, had been
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          100 7 A ZIMBABWEAN international footballer was arrested after allegedly assaulting a ball boy before a match m Harare on Sunday, the Herald newspaper reported yesterday. Rowen Nenzou, who won three caps for his country m 2002, was taken away to record a statement after playing
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        685 8 GOLF Second straight Sony Open win but ne takes one more extra hole than last year HONOLULU Ernie Els had every reason to believe destiny was on his side. He was m a play-off m the Sony Open for the second straight time. like
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        578 8 TENNIS MELBOURNE The big names made it safely past the first round but, at the end of day one of the Australian Open, 14 seeds were sent packing. Either through defeat or injury, the tournament was left without a dozen seeded players including
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        1676 8 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL Play-offs AFC Championship: New England 24 Indianapolis 14. NFC Championship: Carolina 14 Philadelphia 3. BASKETBALL Asian Championships m SendaL Japan, final: China 92 Japan 80. 3rd placing: South Korea 88 Taiwan 59. China, Japan and South Korea qualified for the Athens Olympic Games. NBA:
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        265 8 Hookes dies after blow on the head MELBOURNE Former Australian Test cricketer and current Victoria ftate coach David Hoofae (above) died yesterday after being struck m the head*wn« an assault, his brother Terry Cranage said. Cranagh told reportbourne's Alfred Hospital that Hookes had died around 7pm after haying been on
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        264 9 TAN LAI KHIEW Age: 96 passed away peacefully on 19 January 2004 leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Koh Siak Kirn, deceased) =M: Tan Ah Khim, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: (Koh Choon Eng, deceased) (Tan Nai Cheng, deceased) Koh Choon How Chung Chiung Chao Koh Choon Liat Yeo Geok Lang Koh Choon
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        105 9 'The Lord Is my Shepherd, I shall not want' Psalm 23:1 NAVAMANI JOHN S/0 NAVAMANI Age: 70 was called home to be with the Lord on 19 January 2004, leaving behind: Wife: Evelyn John Daughters: Son-in-law: Jeyanthi John Vasanthi John N. Sandarabose Suganthi John brother (India), sisters-in-law, brother-in-law and all
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        37 9 The family of the late ONG GUEK CHIN EVELYN Departed: 13 Jan 2004 wish to express their heartfelt thanks to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind attendance, assistance, condolences, donations wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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        30 9 In Loving Memory Of SUHAIMI BIN ROSDI Departed on 20 Jan 2003 Dearly missed sadly remembered by Management Supervisory Staff of Changl International Airport Services (CIAS) Apron Dept EH PS
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        94 9 YEO SAY KIANG AGE: 63 passed away peacefully on 19 Jan 2004, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Chew Kirn Juan Son Yeo Lai Tze Daughter: Son-in-law: Yeo Lai Yen Anson Wang Brother: Sister-in-law: Yeo Say Ho Lim Siew Boey Sisters: Brothers-in-law: (Yeo Siew Hua, deceased) c v Tang Seok Wang
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        43 9 FOO HEE LIM AGE: 87 Passed away peacefully on 19.01.2004 No wreaths please All donations to charity Body lying at Singapore Casket, Jade Room (Level 3) from Tuesday 20.01.2004 after 10am. Cremation at Mt Vernon Crematorium Hall 1 on Wednesday, 21.01.2004 at 2.15pm.
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        63 9 KHOH THIAM TENG RICHARD Age: 65 was called home to be with the Lord on 19 January 2004. Dearly missed by: OWuicU Wile. Lim Poh Ann Amy Sons: Clarence, Jeremy &A!vin Memorial Service at BNc 223 Buktt Batok East Avenue 3 on Tue 20 Jan 2004 at Bpm. Tel: 6560
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        66 9 TAN THIAM HOCK Age: 53 passed away peacefully on 18 January 2004 leaving behind loved ones. (Wife: Liaw Li Tee. deceased) Sons: Daughter-ln-Law: Tan Sek Tiong Tan Chu Li Tan Sek Kai Tan Lin Ruey Body resting at Singapore Casket, Crystal Room (Level 4). Cortege leaves on 21 Jan 2004
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        90 9 CIE CHANG ENG Age: 59 Passed sway peacefully on 18 January 2004 1 mmvinn ha/liiwf U^md iMmwina mud nfwwv one*. Husband: ChiaHeeYian IMB Kenny Chia Aik Tong Kenneth Chia Aik Peng OlMBMfi-teHwr Emily Lok Hwee Pin Rachel Lim Wan Hoon Dwfkter Jocelyn Chia Aik Sung £QA~tft-tov Mohan Samuel GrandcMtdrea Keegan
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        56 9 In Loving Memory Of C.B. NAIR Departed: 20 Jan 1994 Alwsys /vfIMMVAfVv by Sons, Daughter. Son-in-Law, Daughters-in-law, Grandchildren, Relatives Loved Ones. ATHMA SHANTI POOJA Ist Anniversary RAJENDRAN S/O RAJANCAM Departs on 31/01/2003 Always remembered by family loved ones. Prayers will be htM en 20/01/2004. 7pm at Sri Sivan Temple, 24
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        64 10 J«l1» CHANCE HONGKONG: Hang, Seng 1 32SiJt *85.55 MALAYSIA; KLSE Comp 818J91 »t.64 CHINA; Snenzhen B ClOMd AUSTRALIA; Sydney All Of d *****0 »14.40 JAPAN: Nikkei *****.33 *179.13 THAILAND: SET Indei 774.67 -3.77 INDONESIA; Jakarta Comp 766.48..- -3.85 PHILIPPINES; Manila Comp 1520.03 *2.02 SOUTH KOREA: Seoul Comp 856.80
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        125 10 MAIN SDO TOTAL Up Dn Unch Up Dn Unch Up Pn Unch Multilnd 358 000 358 Manutacturg 41 48 45 14 16 16 55 64 61 Commerce 15 25 19 4 8 4 19 33 23 Tpt/Stor/Com 14 7 8 0 1 0 14 8 8 Finance
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        42 10 Change Straits Times Index 1849.21 +12.34 BT 08/ OS -341.00 -162.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -24.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -34.00 UOB Sesdaq 115.17 +0.24 UOB Blue Chip 669.46 +4.33 STI Futures 1851 +12 MSCI Singapore 225.46 +2.06 SiMSCI Futures 227.30 +3.50
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        99 10 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) M«ln Sdq ToUl M»ln Sdq Total Multilnd 12,938 12.938 18.832 18.832 Manufacturg 407,378 43,063 450,441 376.679 11,594 388.273 Commerce 57,705 7,376 65.081 28.447 2,078 30.524 Tpt/Stor/Com 80,352 100 80,452 108,770 107 108.877 Finance 17,959 17.959 95.959 95.959 Construction 34,204 16.154 50,358 13,068 1.474
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        35 10 Speedy-Tech 5c 163.661,000 Celestial US6c 34,219,000 Cosco Corp 20c 26,022,000 Chart SemiCond 26c 24,455,000 HiP sc 21,555.000 DMX Tech US5c 17,699,000 Rotary EmjqiOc 17,074,000 MediaßingiOc 16,691.000 Vikay Ind 5c 16,356.000 Datacraft 10c 16,030,000
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        5067 10 SGX SECURITIES TRDG MAIN BOARD 52-Wk Tel Currtncy test 'Vol Day Or 1 N»t M Cap i— c-» u—mt vmt s»n -aw i— m M si !3.5 4.5 WOO AcmaSc 9.5 unch 653 10 9.5 74.2 WOl Alliance Tech n.5 susp 9.5 32.5 6.5 10W Asia Foodi Prop 29.5 unch
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        1571 10 SZ-Wk Tel Currency last 'Vol Day Gr's Net M Cap Hia» I— Cat! C— PT Trt* Salt «t- —0 la» M»% »/I Sal MANUFACTURING 42 12.9 2101 AP0il5c 31.S +0.5 78 31.5 31.5 21N 13.8 33.2 46.5 10 1501 AS Auto 10c 34.5 unch 592 36 34 N
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        697 11 Overlijlavish gifts and compensations to staff can mean that top execs have something to hide, US prosecutors say Richard Scrushy The ex-HealthSouth chief executive is alleged to have systematically paid off employees to "buy their silence" about a scheme to inflate earnings. Dennis Kozlowski The
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        353 11 OUTSOURCING TREND 'If you work at a desk, beware the foreigners are coming after your job. Mr Mike Emmons from Florida, who is running for Congress on an anti-outsourcing agenda SAN JOSE (California) Executives from Silicon Valley to Wall Street are adamant that shifting
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        140 11 Comnny Close BanK Of CMM HK '4.30 -0.05 Bank Of East Asia 24.60 005 Cathay Pacific 14.55 unch Cheung Kong 73.00 100 Ch Kong Infra 18.95 0.50 China Mobile 26.15 -0.10 China Res Entp 9.45 0.10 China Unicorn 8.60 0.05 CITIC Pacific 21.65 0.10 CLP 36.90 0.10 CNOOC
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        61 11 CRUDE PRODUCT PRICES Prices as at 18:00 19/1/2004 Source: Dow Jones Newswires Timing ot cargoes. Crude/Product Month* Chang* Prk« (USS) BBL Brent Blend Mar »U6 30.60-30.65 WTe»aslnt»rm Mar *1.47 33.96-34.00 Dubai Fateh Feb »078 28.36-28.41 Tapis Blend Feb '1.00 33.80-33.90 CrwWProduct Month* Ch«nq« Prie« (USS) BBL Minas Feb ♦1.00 32.80-32.90
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        124 11 Ford«n Currency Note Rates (9am, Jan 19) Buying Selling Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 1.2810 1.2970 Canadian dollar 1.3000 1.3150 Euro 2.0950 2.1190 NZ dollar 1.1120 1.1370 Sterling pound 3.0440 3.0780 US dollar 1.6930 1.7120 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Chinese
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        129 11 Company Clott AMP Limited 4.71 -0.12 ANZ Bank Grp 18.01 0.03 Brambles Ind 5.34 0.05 Broken Hill Prop 11.69 0.30 Coles Myer 7.34 -0.01 CSL 17.45 0.41 CSR Ltd 1.82 0.01 C'wealth Bank 30.57 -0.06 Foster's Grp 4.39 -0.02 General Prop Trt 2.99 -0.04 Hacquarie Bank 33.93 -0.39 Macquarie
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        177 11 FRANKFURT European central banks are likely to renew their five-year agreement restricting gold sales m the spring, well ahead of its expiry m September, m a move that could prolong the two-year bull run m bullion prices. The new agreement is also
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        127 11 Company Close Canon Inc 5040 70 Denso Corp 2100 70 East Japan Rail *****0 -2000 Fan jc Ltd 6660 100 Fuji Photo Film 3420 70 Fujitsu 697 IS Hitachi 715 11 Honda Motor 4670 40 Ito Yokado 3710 60 Kansai Electric 1917 0 Kao 2180 -10 Kyocera Corp 7950
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        131 11 RuMar Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low S«tt Vo< Optn Int FetsO4 215.00 Mar 04 214.75 Apr 04 215.25 May 04 216.00 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Law Sit Vol Open Int Fee 04 124.50 124.50 124.50 300 1150 MarO4._ 123.75 123.75 124.25
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        575 11 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES (clOMd) Spot JanO4 FebO4 MSCI SINGAPORE INDCX FUTURES Spot 223.55 225.83 223.03 225.46 JanO4 225.5 227.3 222.6 227.3 3166 ***** FebO4 224.5 227.9 223.2A 227.5 143 26 STRAITS TIMES INDCX FUTURES Spot 1848.88 1852.15 1833.73 1849.21 JanO4
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        675 11 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS 52-Wk Tel Last Vol Day Last Ouot* High Low Cod* Company Sale *or- 'OOP High Low Buyc SoHf 49.5 2 3698 ASTI W*****1 44 unch 133 44.5 43.5 43.5 44.5 4.5 0.5 3697 AcmaWo4lll6 0.5 unch 100 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 142 48 3602 AmtekWoso6lo "5 -1
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        129 11 Company Clew AMMB Holdings 3.42 0.02 B Amer Tobacco 43.25 unch Berjaya Sports 4.40 0.12 Commerce Asset 4.66 -0.02 oiqi.com 3.52 unch Gamuda 6.45 0.15 Genting 17.30 unch Golden Hope 3.54 -0.02 Hong Leong Bank 5.30 unch 101 Corp 8.20 unch XL Kepong 6.45 -0.05 Lafarge MCement 0.93
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        159 11 Company Close Anhui Gujing D B 4.56 0.02 Beijing Or E!ec B 7.84 -0.09 Bengang Steel B 3.97 0.02 Ch Int Marine 14.90 -0.07 China M Shekou B 8.43 0.05 Ch South Glass B 5.04 0.18 China Vanke B 5.91 0.18 Chqing C Auto B 10.37 -0.08 Dalian Refrig
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        521 12 Funds are likely to rise 10 times by 2010 and turn more diverse, with the high growth drawing more foreign players THE MARKET IS CHANGING AND GROWING VERY QUICKLY. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN MAKE FAST PROGRESS IN CHINA.' Ms
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        Lock icon Sing dollar sinks on concern over euro's decline
        296 12 BIG DIPPERS THE Singapore dollar had its biggest drop m three months on concern that the euro's decline against the greenback will make the Republic's exports less price-competitive m the 12 European nations that share the regional currency. The correlation between moves
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        325 12 SYDNEY The Australian dollar had its biggest drop m five months after a report showed investor appetite for US assets is growing, raising concern overseas buyers will put less money into Australia. The Australian currency weakened more than 1.4 per cent after
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          Lock icon AUSSIE BANK RAISES TRADING LOSS COUNT
          104 12 NATIONAL Australia Bank (NAB), the nations largest lender, yesterday saia that losses from unauthorised currency trading conducted since October might be more than triple the AslBO million (*****.5 million) it estimated last week. "There is a very low probability that the total losses will
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          Lock icon BANKRUPTCIES IN JAPAN DOWN 15%
          114 12 THE number of Japanese corporate bankruptcies fell m 2003 for the first time m four years as rising land prices m some areas and stock-market gains suggested the economy could be picking up, an independent research firm said yesterday. Bankruptcies fell by 14.6 per cent
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          Lock icon ANOTHER QUARTER OF GAINS FOR INFINEON
          110 12 INFINEON Technologies, Europe's No. 2 semiconductor maker, had a second straight quarterly profit, helped by mobilephone ana computer demand. The firm said it was seeking a partner for the fi-bre-optics unit. Net income m the fiscal first quarter ended December was 34 million euros
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        Lock icon Japan has rebounded from recession, says Koizumi
        271 12 TOKYO Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said yesterday that the world's second-largest economy has recovered from recession, the first time he has made such an assessment since taking office m 2001. "An improvement m company earnings, rising capital expenditures and other measures are showing
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        Lock icon HK jobless rate sinks to near 1-year low
        198 12 HONG KONG A tourismfuelled economic rebound helped push Hong Kong's unemployment rate to its lowest level m nearly a year m the three months to December, but the city's jobless rate still ranks among the highest m Asia. The seasonally adjusted unemployment
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        680 13  - Business chamber chief moving to MTI NARENDRA AGGARWAL David Chin will be director-general of its trade division, and Singapore Business Federation is on the hunt for a new chief By ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT Focus on Asean Mr David Chin (left) has been executive director off the super chamber since its inception
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        212 13  -  RACHEL LIN By A ROSE by any other name, it seems, just might not smell as sweet. The Singapore Promising Brand Award (SPBA) 2004, jointly organised by the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (Asme) and the Chinese language daily newspaper Lianhe Zaobao, opened for nominations
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        705 12  -  DAWN WONG Chinese New Year boom Part 2 of 4 Like any eager child, this father of three looks forward to hongbao and the extra money they bring every Chinese New Year. By Even as a 38-year-old father of three boys, Mr Matthew lim still looks
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        721 4 Bffl FORD FOR SALE I/'OI FOCUS GHIA 1.6 Auto. Now selling 558.8K neg. OMV $21. 3 K. Flawless cond. Ultimate driving experience. Call 6846-8488 now '92 LASER 1.6 auto. COE 08/2011. New paint/ leather/ tax Al cond. $288 driveaway. 6453-5542 06/'Ol FORD FOCUS 16 auto, 5 dr 1 owner. Low
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        723 5 BJI NISSAN FOR SALE VICOM EVALUATED! 7/'Ol Cefiro 2.0 auto, 1 owner, deposit $2k $936 x 90 mths. *****171 6/'OI SUNNY 1.5 auto. I owner, agt warranty, well kept, mthly $700+. $2K driveaway *****731 10/'OI SUNNY 1.5 manual. 1 owner. OMV $13. 5h. Low mileage. Full accessories. New tax. *****896
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        393 7 t HDB APTS FOR SALE (HOUGANG/S'GOON/ YIOCHUKANG) OH Must era Sell 8 t 1 (STATE DON'T MISS! 4 'S' Houqanq Blk 603 high fir. Lift level. Unblocked. Aircon. Near stadium, MRT, mall, Poly clinic. *****281 ERA NEW LIST! BLK 958. Houqanq. 5 T Corner. Just 5 yrs. High fir. Renovated.
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        604 8 RSI SHOP SPACE I^Uforrent MARINA SQUARE SHOP SPACE FOR LEASE Units of approx. 200 to 15.000 sq.ft. Fashion apparel. Accessories, etc. Lifestyle. Gifts. Books. Hobbies, etc. Enrichment centres and language schools Units available on short term basis only For enquiries, call 6335 2616/ 6335 2620/ 6335 2621 Marina Centre Holdings
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        523 8 H SHOP SPACE RCI SHOP SPACE FOR RENT |^U FOR RENT UNITED SQUARE 391 sf 529 sf prime shop units. Suitable for fashion, gifts and novelties, home accessories and other interesting trades. Available immediately Two retail kiosks on Ist storey. Suitable for fashion accessories, sunglass, tie, cosmetics, gifts and novelties,
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        395 8 E WAREHOUSES/ STORAGE SPACE FOR RENT BT MERAH 2300 sqft. $1.50 psf neg. 16 loading bay. 4/2 ton lift, toilet. Tree 48-hrs container loading/ unload. *****489 Fl SMALL LOT. GROUND fir Warehse with forkhft storekeeper ser vices. 180, 500, 1000 sqft. Pis contact 9795-6300/ 6861 7955 GROUND FLOOR WAREHOUSE. 2000
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        408 11 fill WAREHOUSING/ WX£M INVENTORY PURCHASE ORDER ASST needed m Jin Pemimpin. Possesses basic accounting knowledge. O/T required. Please call 6350-6890. STORE ASSTS. EAST. Temp/ Contract. OT required. Speak Mandarin. ORD preferred. With/ w/o ex- perience. *****619. C *****18 STOREMAN NEEDED IN Sim Lim. Young, strong energetic. Inter- ested, call 6350-6820.
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