The Straits Times, 27 September 2004

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    32 1 The Straits Times BEST IN NEWSPAPER DESIGN IN ASIA Established 1845 M OndaV September 27, 2004 •74 Pages m five parts mita (p) 048/03/2004 9B A Singapore Press Holdings publication Ov/ Cents
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    Lock icon Radical shift in school ranking lists
    744 1  - Radical shift in school ranking lists SANDRA DAVIE Banding replaces ranking of secondary schools and there is now a greater emphasis on the non-academic areas By EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT THE latest school rankings no longer rank secondary schools here on how well they did m their O-level results. Instead, they band
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    Lock icon Giving a run for the money
    147 1 MORE than 60,000 people pounded pavement near the Esplanade early yesterday morning for the Sheares Bridge Run and Army Half Marathon. They ranged m age from a six-year-old who walked much of the distance to an 82-year-old man. The event was divided into three
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    Lock icon Arts sponsorship hits record high
    460 1  -  TEO PAU LIN Donated last year: Cash and kind gifts worth $77.7mi11i0n By DESPITE a poor economy and Sars, Singapore's arts scene received its highest sponsorship ever last year. A record $77-7 million m cash and kind was handed to the arts, 2' ■> times
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      38 1 LOOKING UP* Private property prices set to rise further with condominium sales up page 3 HB^H!^_H9H^^^^ffiR_iB_H m^^^ m^\^-^^ m^^^A—^ m^ m m A\ m^ m^^Amm^mmmmm^m\m\mmm *^^^^^i Design: LEE CHEE CHEW Photo (left): REUTERS ■IfclHl B^BMli^^B^BTf^T^H k, B^bl B^B^taJk^B^B^L^BH
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      122 2 CHARITIES OPEN TO SCRUTINY CHARITIES and other non-profit organisations face greater scrutiny, thanks to recommendations by the Council of Governance of Institutions of a Public Character, but they are confident they can stand up to it. The recommendations call for greater disclosure of Icey information" during the fund-raising process
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      82 2 MALAY UNITY STRONGER THAN EVER THE address by the Umno president at the party general assembly is important because what Umno decides anchors national policies, and what Umno talks about Malaysia, as a whole, should take seriously. The Prime Minister chose his words carefully when he addressed party members.
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      75 2 3 Cs APPROACH TO MOTHER TONGUE READER Rajamanickam Venkatesh suggests *H;hree Cs" that may help create an abiding interest m the mother tongue: Culture, which means students should immerse themselves m the culture of the language they are studying. Content, which can be jazzed up with pop culture to
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      91 2 BY GEORGE HE HAS LOST IT A long time ago m a galaxy far, far away, film-maker George Lucas changed Karl Ho's life with the Star Wars trilogy. But when the movie series' DVD box-set, which featured amended scenes, was released last week, the writer was devastated. To him,
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      80 2 Trash-for-food event ahit HONG Kah North residents flocked to all eight Residents' Committee centres m their neighbourhood yesterday to exchange old clothes and newspapers for coupons for rice ana instant noodles. The coupons are "payment" from recycling companies, which will collect the "karangguni" stuff collected by grassroots leaders. The
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      110 2 s ports Spore shuttlers win m US Open THEY may only be teenagers but Singapore shuttlers Kendrick Lee and King Aiying have joined Ronald Susilo as the Republic's only champions m badminton's Grand Prix circuit. Kendrick, 19, and Aiying, 15, won yesterday morning at the US$3O,OOO (S$51,000) United States Open
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      93 2 2-pronged plan for Iraqi polls THE United States and Iraq are crafting a two-pronged plan to prepare for Iraq's first democratic election m January, combining an autumn military offensive to evict insurgents from volatile areas with creative approaches to ensure that voters participate m the historic polls. To address
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      79 2 IDA URGED TO BE MORE PROACTIVE THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) should be more proactive m promoting competition m the telecoms industry, and it could learn some lessons from its more experienced counterpart Down Under, says Australia's Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications. Its national executive for strategy, Mr Maha
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      61 2 FOURTH HURRICANE IN A ROW HURRICANE Jeanne sent wind and huge waves crashing ashore as it slammed into storm-weary Florida early yesterday, forcing thousands into shelters and tearing part of the roof from a hospital. The storm made landfall just weeks after Frances ravaged the same stretch of coast,
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      127 2 STIU WORKING IN TROUBLE SPOTS THE Philippine government's ban on labour deployment to Iraq has not really stopped Filipinos from getting into harm's way. Dozens of recruitment agencies deploy computer programmers, hotel employees, engineers and other skilled workers to other strife-torn areas such as Angola and Haiti. ASIA: Al
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      90 2 EYES ON INDIAN LONG JUMPER ALTHOUGH Asia's Olympic gold medallists at Athens Japan's Koji Murofushi and M izuki Noguchi and China's Liv Xiang and King Huina will only conduct clinics at the Enzer Asian All-Stars Athletics Championships at the Choa Chu Kang Stadium tomorrow, the participants are no pushovers.
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      Lock icon Private home prices set to rise even more
      654 3  - Private home prices set to rise even more DARYL LOO URA's three-month price index, to be released on Friday, expected to show higher prices thanks to better sales of new coiidos *SL PRIVATE home prices are likely to rise even further this quarter after a small but long awaited turnaround
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      91 3 'HOPEFULLY, THE BUYING MOMENTUM WILL CARRY ON INTO THE REST OF THE YEAR.' Knight Frank executive director Tay KahPoh I FELT IT WAS A GOOD TIE TO BUY AS PRICES SEEM TO BE AT THEIR LOWEST RIGHT NOW, AND THE ECONOMY APPEARS TO BE ON ITS WAY HP.'
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      Lock icon Auction sales also soaring
      255 3 AUCTION sales also showed a robustness m the third quarter, hitting $58.4 million significantly higher than sales m the previous two quarters, said property consultancy Colliers International. First- and second-quarter sales totalled $32.9 million and $36.8 million, respectively. Colliers attributed the increase largely to higher sales
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      Lock icon Four in UK'dirty bomb plot' nabbed
      426 4 Four in UK 'dirty bomb plot' nabbed Police say they acted on information from newspaper that a gang was trying to buy radioactive material for bomb LONDON British police said yesterday that they were holding four men under antiterrorism legislation after a tip-off from a newspaper which said the suspects
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      Lock icon Concubines' rights tested in $220m case
      483 4 Concubines' rights tested in $220 m case Court case involving tycoon questions if concubine should be treated as wife HONG KONG Courts here are mired m confusion over the rights of concubines as they try to untangle a HK$l billion (Ss2l9 million) case between an elderly property tycoon and his
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      Lock icon Japanese firm's entry boosts gaming in S'pore
      628 6  -  HO KA WEI Branch aims to come up with four titles within three years; another company expected to open office here by year end *L 7ft not often you'd find people saying "YayFrm going to work", but that's what it is for me
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      Lock icon DESPERATE FOR FOOD AFTER STORM FLOODS
      80 6 Haitian men, two of them armed, fight over a sack of rice they stole from a passing lorry m the Haitian north-eastern town of Gonaives six days after floods inundated the city and its surroundings. The floods were caused by heavy rains after tropical
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      403 6 THAI HUMAN-TO-HUMAN BIRD FLU CASE? BANGKOK Thailand was scrambling yesterday to determine if human-to-human transmission of bird flu had occurred m the recent deaths of a girl and her mother. As medical sleuths conducted batteries of laboratory tests, the Thai
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      365 7 Thousands of residents scurry for cover as the state is battered by its fourth hurricane m six weeks STUART (Florida) Hurricane Jeanne sent wind and huge waves crashing ashore as it slammed into stormweary Florida early yesterday, forcing thousands into shelters and tearing part of the roof
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      261 7 PALM BEACH (Florida) Nothing was going to get m the way of Mr Robert Lawson, 36, and Miss Cosandra Hochreiter, 33, who had planned to get married on the beach on Saturday morning. For what's a hurricane when you're m love
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      Lock icon British Muslims try to secure hostage's release
      623 8 Team arrives m Iraq to try to influence Kenneth Bigley's kidnappers, who have threatened to kill the 62-year-old Briton The head of the British Muslim delegation to Iraq, Mr Daud Abdullah (far left), and team member Musharraf Hussain talking to journalists m Baghdad
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      Lock icon Bigley's Thai in-laws join pleas for mercy
      283 8 BANGKOK The family of Mrs Sombat Bigley, tne Thai wife of British hostage Kenneth Bigley, has joined pleas for the man's release. Mrs Bigley's father Lib Sa-gnuandee told the Bangkok Post that his son-in-law, whom he referred to as Ken, was a decent
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      Lock icon Labour sups to third place in UK poll
      363 8 BLOW TO BLAIR LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair has seen his ruling Labour Party slip to third place m a newspaper poll on the eve of its annual conference. Two other polls brought similar bad news, raising doubts about his re-election
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      Lock icon US plans offensive ahead of Iraqi election
      535 9 Decisive strikes will be conducted to evict insurgents and make it safe for voters to register and cast ballots WASHINGTON The United States and Iraq are crafting a two-pronged plan to prepare for Iraq s first democratic election m January. It will combine
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      Lock icon 70 attacks a day on troops, contractors
      214 9 BAGHDAD Less than four months before the planned national election, attacks against US troops, Iraqi security forces and private contractors number m the dozens each day and have spread to parts of the country that used to be relatively peaceful. More than 250
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        Lock icon ISRAELI TROOPS RAID GAZA REFUGEE CAMP
        111 9 GAZA Israeli forces stormed a Palestinian refugee camp, killing one man and flattening rows of houses, m a growing cycle of violence that threatens to complicate Israel's plan to withdraw from Gaza. The raid m the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday followed a mortar
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        Lock icon FRENCHMAN SHOT DEAD IN SAUDI ARABIA
        95 9 JEDDAH A Frenchman was shot dead m the Saudi city of Jeddah early yesterday, m a killing that mirrored recent attacks by Al-Qaeda militants trying to destabilise the world's largest oil exporter. An Interior Ministry security spokesman told the Saudi Press Agency that police
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        Lock icon 3,000 SYRIAN TROOPS LEAVE LEBANON
        138 9 BEIRUT Syrian forces have achieved more than 80 per cent of their limited pull back operation from Lebanon which is expected to end today, a senior Lebanese army officer said yesterday. He said 3,000 officers involved m the operation "have all returned to Syria". Critics
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        Lock icon SEA REPTILE'S SNEAKY HUNTING METHOD
        162 9 WASHINGTON A long-necked sea reptile that lived millions of years ago m what is now China may have used its stiff neck to sneak up on unsuspecting prey and suck them m, scientists said. Dubbed Dinocephalosaurus orientalis or "terribleheaded lizard from the Orient", the monster
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        Lock icon BOMB THREAT FORCES PLANE TO LAND
        90 9 LONDON A bomb threat that mentioned Iraq forced a New York-bound Greek airliner to make an emergency landing yesterday at London's Stansted Airport escorted by military jets, the authorities said. Britain's Royal Air Force scrambled planes to assist the Olympic Airlines jet. The plane,
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      Lock icon Welcome to Kerry's California
      1434 10 Welcome to Kerry's California With Americans just five weeks away from electing their 44th president, Straits Times correspondent PAUL ZACH is back m the land of his birth after working m Singapore for 20 years. There he has embaiked on a 4,oookm journey to rediscover his native America, hitting the
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      Lock icon Foreign insurgents out to disrupt Afgnan polls
      519 11 US commander warns that attacks will escalate as 2,000 rebels, many from Pakistan, try to sabotage Oct 9 elections THE Will AND RESOLVE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN THE FACE OF DANGERS CANNOT BE VIEWED AS AN ACHILLES' HEEL FOR TERRORISTS TO STRIKE.
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      174 11 Cairo move to unify prayer calls gets blasted CAIRO The Egyptian government said on Saturday it wants to unify the calls to prayer that blare separately From thousands of mosque loudspeakers m the capital, but the idea was criticised by radicals as un- Islamic. "We need one live voice prayer
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        Lock icon Scorpion Queen turns national star
        157 11 XL TO HELP WITH EDUCATION KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian woman who claimed a world record by staying for 36 days m a room with thousands of scorpions is being nailed as a "national star" by the government. Ms Nur Malena Hassan, 27, endured 17 scorpion
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        94 11 LOS ANGELES He has his hands full as governor of California, but Arnold Schwarzenegger is being courted for at least a small role m the next Terminator movie. Fourteen months after Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines premiered, the same producers plan to start
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        108 11 SEATTLE A judge has upheld a will excluding the brother of Jimi Hendrix from the guitar legend's posthumous releases, royalties and merchandise. Jimi's father, Mr Al Hendrix, had inherited the rights to his music when the rock star died m 1970. Jimi's brother, Leon, said
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        61 11 PARIS The youngest son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was involved m a high-speed police chase through central Paris that ended m a scuffle, French officials said. The Porsche-driving Moutassim Gaddafi, 28, raced down the Champs Elysees early yesterday, the Daily Telegraph said. An
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  • COMMENTARY ANALYSIS
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      796 12  -  SUN AND A K. D ATT A-RAY KJHTHt STRAITS TIMhS WITH SO MANY CONCERNS, AND LIVING UNDER THE SHADOW OF DEATH, RAMS ARE UNLIKELY TO BE IMrNtooul BT MR ALLAnI S VARIANT OF THE DOMINO THEORY. IRAQ presents the world with an
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        Lock icon Smooth final act in China
        589 12 THE departure of Mr Jiang Zemin as head of China's military command is positive for Beijing m one key respect. This final act to complete the transfer of power has been part of a generational change mandated by the Communist Party, itself remarkable m a
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      Lock icon Umno smoothly alters the Malay agenda
      980 12  -  OOI KEE BENG Bu FOR THE STRAITS TIMES IF MAUY SELF-CONFIDENCE AND WUUN6NESS TO ACCEPT CHANGE ARE VITAL TO THE INTERRACIAL HARMONY IN MALAYSIA, AS UMNO'S LEADERS SEEM TO THINK, THEN THINGS LOOK GOOD. DEMOCRACY m Malaysia functions at three levels within the United
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      Lock icon Malay capitalists: ambassadors for moderate Islam
      643 12  -  TERENCE CHONG Bu FOR THE STRAITS TIMES IN HIS speech at the 55th Umno general assembly, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dwelt on his vision of a progressive Islam what he calls Islam Hadhari and the need for a globally competitive Malay community.
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      Lock icon BAMBANG The man behind the leader
      858 13  - BAMBANG The man behind the leader DINO PATTI DJALAL FORTHK STRAITS TI NIKS ON OCT 20, Indonesia will have a new President m Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, known popularly as SBY. Much is already known about his track record: his military background, his tenure as security chief, his counter-terrorism credentials and
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      Lock icon Chinese in Indonesia can breathe easier
      768 13  -  LEO SURYADINATA 8,, FOR THE STRAITS TIMES NOW the dust has settled, one interesting question is how the ethnic Chinese voted m both rounds of Indonesia's presidential election. In the first round, all five candidates Mr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Ms Megawati Sukarnoputri, Mr Wiranto,
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      400 14 WE REFER to your recent articles and Forum letters on Medisave contributions for the self-employed. Through Medisave, Singaporeans pay for their own medical needs and purchase MediShield to insure themselves against large hospitalisation bills. Just because a person is self-employed does not mean
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      1296 14 3 Cs to learning mother tongue Change Chinese syllabus, it's as dull as ditchwater! AS A Secondary 4 student, I frankly admit the Chinese syllabus has the most outdated, dull and childish syllabus of all the subjects m Upper Secondary. Unrealistic talking cats, inane dialogue and 1960s propaganda-like passages do
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      203 14 WE REFER to the letter by Mr Ong Kwee Beng ("HDB should negotiate bulk rates for window checks"; ST, Sept 11). The upgrading works m Mr Ong's flat were completed m December 2001. The HDB has inspected Mr Ong's flat and found that
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      7 1 The Straits Times Monday, September 27, 2004
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      53 1 GOOD JCs GO BEYOND GRADES 'Every school can produce a student with 4As nowadays. What sets you apart are the JCs that can teach you morals, values ana how to be a leader. Catholic JC student Joseph Toy, on the new honour roll that highlights JCs' strengths m non-academic areas
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      343 1 CHARITIES might be all for transparency when it comes to administration, fund-rais-ing practices and financial management, but when it comes to disclosing the salaries of their top three executives, it is a different story. They are split down the middle on
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      636 2  -  ARTHUR POON They offer various f reebies to entice such travellers to sign up, as this group of people are likely to be big spenders Bu WITH the year-end travelling season nearly here, creditcard companies are battling to woo card holders to
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      485 2 Outsourcing creates new job openings: NTUC chief THE current unemployment rate of 4.5 per cent can be exf>ected to drop to 4 per cent or ower, even with more restructuring and outsourcing by firms here, said labour leader Lim Boon Heng yesterday. Outsourcing wall create new opportunities for workers, he
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      112 2 AMP to hold first summit for young professionals THE Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) will hold its first Young Professional Summit on Oct 10, which also marks its 13th birthday. The event to let Malay-Muslim professionals engage political and corporate leaders on community and national issues will also see the
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        129 2 TRANSPORT Minister Yeo Cheow Tone will be attending the 35th Session of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Assembly m Montreal tomorrow. He will be accompanied by officials from the Transport Ministry and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore. At the event, which lasts till
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        132 2 HINDU charity Shree Gniananda Seva Samajam has donated $75,000 to the Man Fut Tong Nursine Home, with funds raised through ticket sales for a charity draw. Yesterday, it presented a cheque for the amount to the nursing home at an event held at the Sri
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        136 2 SINGAPORE'S Navy chief, Rear-Admiral Ronnie Tay, arrived m India yesterday on a four-day visit. This is his first visit to India as navy chief. During his stay m India, Rear-Adm Tay will meet the country's chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee and
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        144 2 THE Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, Dr Lee Boon Yang, arrives m the United States today to attend the HewlettPackard Leadership Retreat. Dr Lee, who was invited by HP chairman Carly Fiorina to the Santa Barbara event, will meet government and industry
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      171 3 ABOUT 200 internationally renowned scientists and professors are m Singapore for a threeday conference on bioengineering and nanotechnology. The event starts today. It is the first time such an event has been organised by Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), the American Institute
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      946 4  - Rising from the ashes DARYL LOO MATTHEW THOMPSON lh, IT IS the kind of thing that gives rise to typical schoolboy ghost stories: A school campus right next to a columbarium, sited atop where an ancient cemetery once stood. But far from spurring such stories, the Kwong Wai Siew Peck
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      195 4 then now Date: 1870: Kwong Wai Siew Peck San Theng cemetery built by immigrants from Guangdong, China, on land acquired from the British colonial government. 1890: Peck San Theng temple built for visitors to the cemetery, as well as squatters who lived m the area, to worship at. April 1979:
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      271 5 It'S hip-po to visit ethnic districts like Chinatown, Little India and Kampong Glam and tourist attractions like Sentosa, Bugis Village and Clarke Quay aboard the open-top double-decker buses. YOU can now hop on two open-top double-decker buses to take you to shopping mails,
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      382 5  -  JOYCE TEO Plentyrooms.com, to be launched on Oct 15, will allow bookings, cancellations to be made free M LAST-MINUTE travellers will soon have another online hotel booking option. Plentyrooms.com, a Singapore-based real-time hotel booking platform, is set to launch its services on
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        759 6  - FINALLY, AT THE TOP HO AI LI River Valley High takes its place among the best schools Toy being one of just three to win School Excellence Award By RIVER Valley High has broken into the ranks of Singapore's elite schools, by becoming one of only three to win a
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        324 7 NEW BANDS, NEW FOCUS: WHAT THEY SAY Less stress "Banding schools will definitely stress on teachers. In the past, the difference between schools' positions may be just 0.1 or 0.2. By grouping schools m bands instead ot ranking them, people would be less particular about the position of the school.
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        597 7  - GOING A STEP FURTHER SANDRA DA VIE COMMENT Bu EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT New-look tables are a step m right direction, but they could be refined to reflect overall standings better THE Education Ministry took a step m the right direction m overhauling the school ranking tables this year to de-emphasise examinations
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        439 7 ALL-ROUNDED AWARDS THREE schools have won the new School Excellence Award, the top award m a step-ladder honour roll developed by the Education Ministry (MOE). Raffles Institution, Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and River Valley High bagged the award for excellence spanning academic results, the arts, sports and management. Waiting m the
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        99 8 "It's a right move to recognise schools which have been doing; many meaningful things for their students. These schools are very successful m different aspects, but previously they wouldn't show up on tne annual ranking if they weren't as strong academically as others. This new system will
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        53 8 "It will make schools focus on areas other than academics, which means more non-academic activities that students like me can look forward to." Choi Wen Ting, second-year student at Jurong Junior College More areas recognised "I'm glad there are more areas m which schools can be recognised." Anglo-Chinese
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        86 8 "The message it's sending to parents is that there's not one criterion academic grades m picking a school. Parents now have more options to help their Idas choose from because they can see what schools are good at. It'll be rewarding for teachers and students who've
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        82 8 On Integrated Programme schools not Featuring; m tables: "It's inevitable. Once we don't all have to do the O levels, there's no common exam. The benchmark has to be more qualitative, m terms of teaching or the learning environment. This is expressed m awards like the Best
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        1056 8 The Education Ministry's new-look achievement tables make their debut this year. Gone are the detailed scores that ranked schools based on their O-level results. Instead schools with similar exam results will be grouped m a band. Four more columns will highlight how well they do m value-added
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        984 9  - STRENGTHS OUT OF THE CLASS LYNN LEE Less prominent schools are among the winners of MOE's second-highest award *L Getting the best fit "I want to find my daughter a school which suits her best ooth academically and m the area of music which she is interested m. This system
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        202 9 ALTHOUGH not included m the school achievement tables, the schools offering the integrated programme (IP) are also winners of various achievement awards. Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) Won School Excellence Award and School Distinction Award. Won three Sustained Achievement Awards m physical health, sports and uniformed
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      703 10  - NO MORE LISTS? NO WORRIES MARIA ALMENOAR For JCs, it's 'goodbye, ranking', nello, branding' *i -4 JCs win Distinction Award Hwa Chong Junior College Raffles Junior College Temasek Junior College Victoria Junior College HWA Chong has shrugged off the Education Ministry's decision to abolish the annual ranking of junior colleges
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      8 1 The Straits Times asia Monday, September 27, 2004
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      29 1 THANKS, BUT NO THANKS Ifou can never finish them all and you just end up throwing them away. Taiwanese Chao Mei-kuie, on why she hates getting mooncakes as gifts
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      595 1  - Filipino workers going to not spots LUZ BAGUIORO Banned from working m Iraq, desperate Filipinos are braving bombs and bullets m other strife-torn places such as Angola Bu PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT WORK BEFORE SAFETY Kidnap victim Angelo de la Cruz (above) before his release in July. His ordeal has not deterred
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        641 2 HK Democratic Party to groom young leaders Vow After Polls Setback Overhaul aimed at regaining ground lost at Legco polls, m which the party was hurt by stiff competition and scandals Jlj.Jv Qcmocr<its invited HONG KON6 Cfcfei to tevttti ttrtt wort pro d«wicr»cy politic lw to tafc# pvt hi cttefcritiMS
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        282 2 Similar to cruise missiles, they have a range of up to 300 km TAIPEI Taiwan has developed and successfully testfired surface-to-surface missiles that could hit coastal or interior Chinese cities, a newspaper reported yesterday. The missiles, dubbed Hsiung-feng 2A and Hsiungfeng 2E,
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        265 2 BEIJING China's Communist Party published a lengthy policy paper yesterday on how to preserve power m the world's most populous nation amid threats firom "hostile forces". The 36-page Central Committee decision warned that the party's ruling status was by no means a
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        91 2 BEAUTY contests are not just for the young. Chinese men and women over the age 0?55 have been invited to take part m a nationwide competition known as trie first China Beauty of the Elderly Contest, the China Daily reported. Participants are judged on their
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        282 2 Military chief Hu promotes 2 senior officers BEIJING President Hu Jintao has promoted two ranking military officers, his first important official act since becoming commander-in-chief a week ago, state media reported yesterday. In his new capacity as the chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), he elevated China's missile forces
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        299 3 BEIJING China's largest city, Shanghai, is about to become even larger as the metropolis awaits its third baby boom m modern history, according to state media. The city of nearly 17 million will grow by more than 100,000 people a year over the
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        54 3 Girls born during a previous baby boom m the early 1980s, are now reaching childbearing age. A growing number of women from other parts of China are marrying Shanghai men with above-average incomes. China's one-child policy allows couples who are both the only child m their families to
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        203 3 BEIJING China will impose stricter standards on petrol and diesel sold m Beijing, allowing the capital city to add yet more cars without excessive damage to the environment, state media said yesterday. From the beginning of next month, petrol stations here will
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        586 3  - Chinese mooncakes that cost the earth ONG HWEE HWEE Manufacturers are offering lavish sets to cash m on gift-giving tradition of Mid-Autumn Festival §x HOW much would you pay for a box of mooncakes? A shopping mall m Lhasa, Tibet, has come up with a super-luxurious mooncake set that costs
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        185 3 TAIPEI It is mooncake time and the Chinese are giving away the pastries to family members, friends and customers to mark the Mid-Autumn Festival tomorrow. But it can be hard to find people who like eating the cakes. Boxes of them pile up m offices
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        572 4 Concern sparked by signs that a missile test is m the works but Pyongyang brushes off reports as mere speculation YOKOTA AIR BASE (Japan) Signs that North Korea is preparing to test a ballistic missile are of great concern, a US commander said
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        90 4 THIS painting, tided Pansy, is the work of this chimpanzee, busy creating a work of art at Izu Shaboten Park m Ito, south-west of Tokyo. The three-year-old chimpanzee, Asuka, is Japan's most celebrated painting chimp. She grips her palette and slaps and jabs the canvas
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        386 4 No progress in talks on Japanese abductees Tokyo mulls over sanctions against Pyongyang BEIJING Talks between Japan and North Korea aimed at resolving a dispute over Japanese nationals abducted by the North decades ago ended yesterday without progress, Japanese officials said. Tokyo also reportedly seized the opportunity to express concern
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          101 4 JOHOR BARU The Malaysian and Indonesian Customs have started joint patrols m the Malacca Strait to check smuggling and other crimes. The week-long Patkor Kastima operation is targeted at areas prone to smuggling m Tanjung Piai, Pontian m Johor and all the way to
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          100 4 TOKYO Typhoon Mean lashed Japan's southern islands yesterday with heavy rain and winds that injured one man and reportedly killed another, and prompted the authorities m Taiwan to issue a warning about rough seas. Powerful gusts knocked over a 73-year-old man on the southern Japanese
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          116 4 TOKYO Former Japanese prime minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (right), former ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) kingmaker Hiromu Nonaka and one-time Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki will not be charged m an alleged bribery scandal, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office said yesterday. All the LDP heavyweights
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          62 4 BEIJING Three people were killed and 4O passengers went missing after a bus was swept off a bridge by a swollen river m China's south-west, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. The accident occurred late on Saturday on the outskirts of Chongqing, a
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          53 4 JAKARTA Indonesian troops have shot and killed 11 suspected rebels m the strife-torn Aceh province, an army spokesman said on Saturday. Six insurgents were shot dead m three separate gunbattles m North Aceh district, and five were killed m two firefights m Aceh
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          76 4 YANGON Myanmar's new Foreign Minister Nyan Win, a major-general who left the army to take up the post, is expected to represent the military government at an Asia-Europe Meeting (Asem) summit m Hanoi next month, Asian diplomats said yesterday. Mr Nyan Win, who succeeded
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          112 4 BANGKOK Pre-marital sex is no longer taboo for more than half of Bangkok's high school students, according to survey findings yesterday. Public displays of affection among teenagers are virtually the norm now m the once-staid Thai capital as young people bombarded by erotic
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          93 4 COCHIN Suspected Hindu hardliners used iron rods to attack a group of Christian missionaries distributing food to poor lower-caste villagers m southern India, injuring all seven and their two drivers, police said yesterday. The victims, who included three nuns, were hospitalised with head injuries after
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        456 5  - Jakarta military bows out DEVI ASMARANI With parliamentary seats gone, it focuses on defence INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA Indonesia's powerful military will bow out of politics for good after losing its reserved seats m the country's top legislative body, armed forces cnief General Endriartono Sutarto said yesterday. He told the National
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        518 5  -  DEVI ASMARANI One-time presidential aspirant is quitting politics By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA Indonesia's National Assembly Speaker Amien Rais is bidding politics goodbye and preparing to go back to his "habitat" m the campus. One of the country's key political players m the past six years, Dr Amien
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        492 5 BANGKOK There are more than 10,000 militants and supporters m the separatist movement m southern Thailand with many "ready to die" to protect Islam, an intelligence officer said yesterday. Since suspected militants I m the south sparked a wave of violence m January,
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        138 5 Paragliders take fight to new heights BANGKOK Thailand's rattled military has taken to using paragliders m its latest bid to combat a separatist insurgency m the Muslim south of the country. The sixth infantry regiment providing security m Pattani, one of three southernmost provinces plagued by violence this year, has
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        451 6 Dissent In SBY Camp Those who did nothing should not get plum jobs, they say JAKARTA Political parties that supported Mr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono m the Sept 20 run-off poll are accusing him of breaching a preelection agreement. Insider sources said the Democratic Party, the
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        58 6 REUTERS Michael Boennelykke Pedersen, 26, arriving m his home town of Aarhus, Denmark, on Friday after a 22,000 km journey from Thailand by tuk-tuk, the popular Thai motor tricycle taxi. He started the journey m February and succeeded m getting the vehicle across the Himalayas, through deserts, past
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        118 6 JAKARTA Indonesian police say they are justified m detaining five employees of a US mining subsidiary over pollution accusations. But they also said yesterday that the men could be released on certain conditions. The employees have been detained at police headquarters m Jakarta for
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        372 6 Oil-rich Brunei signals intent to compete Need to diversify economy and reform politics tops agenda of first session of parliament m 20 years BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Oil-rich Brunei is signalling a resolve to compete with its neighbours as it cautiously implements political reforms and takes steps to diversify its economy,
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        646 7  - Suspicions of money politics taint Umno gathering REME AHMAD Rumours that votes were bought for $890 each follow the surprise elevation of unlikely personalities to top posts NEWS ANALYSIS Hu MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR Money politics is what the recently concluded Umno general assembly might be best remembered for.
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        198 7 Umno members slam 'immoral' TV shows KUALA LUMPUR Members of Malaysia's ruling party have called for curbs on reality television shows which they claim tarnish moral values and violate Islamic principles. The popular Western series Fear Factor and local talent show Akademia Fantasia were not aligned with the values of
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        845 7  -  JOCELINE TAN Abdullah, Najib may be the stars but V-P vote signals renewal By THE STAR NAJIB: 'No backstabbing' vow Badawi and vowed never to backstab the Malaysian Prime Minister. Speaking on the last day of the Umno general assembly, Datuk Sen Najio, who
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        625 8  -  MARC LIM BADMINTON Teens Kendrick and Aiying win men's and women's titles at US Open Bu THEY are teenagers considered sec-ond-rung compared to Singapore's top badminton players Ronald Susilo and Li Li. But yesterday, Kendrick Lee, 19, and King Aiying, 15, showed there is more to Singapore
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        562 8  -  MARC LIM ATHLETICS Bu Tournament details What: Enzer Asian All-Stars Athletics Championships Where: Choa Chu Kang Stadium, admission free When: Tomorrow, from 5pm Lucky draw: Over 10,000 worth of Enzer products to be won. First prize is an Enzer DVD home theatre system, a
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        628 8 MOTOR RACING PEH SHING HUEI IN SHANGHAI IN A country where red is a symbol of luck and political orthodoxy, it was perhaps fitting that China's first Formula One race should be won by a red car. Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello showed that the
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        177 8 1 Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Ferrari lhr29minl2.42osec 2 Tenson Button (Gbr) BAR-Honda 1.0355 ec behind 3 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) McLaren-Mercedes 1.469 4 Fernando Alonso (Esp) Renault 32.510 5 Juan Pablo Montoya (Col) Williams-BMW 45.193 6 Takuma Sato (Jpn) BAR-Honda 54.791 7 Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Sauber-Petronas 1:05.464 8 Felipe
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        599 9 Real beaten again, Becks says no crisis SOCCER He's confident of turning the corner despite their third loss m four games MADRID Just when they thought things would change for the better, Real Madrid slipped back into the mire of possibly a disastrous Spanish Primera Liga season. They slumped to
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        901 9 TABLES PORTSMOUTH (England) Tim Cahill kept Everton within two points of leaders Arsenal as his goal saw them to a 1-0 victory over a difficult Premiership game at Portsmouth yesterday. This time, though, the Australian midfielder celebrated his goal m a calmer
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        528 9 ROME Another week, another European soccer coach gone. Roma's Rudi Voeller became the latest coaching casualty, handing m his resignation after the club's 1-3 away defeat by nine-man Bologna on Saturday. Under the German's 26-day tenure, Roma have taken just four league points
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        337 9 TENNIS BEIJING Top seed Serena Williams celebrated her 23rd birthday yesterday by beating Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 m a bad-tempered final at the inaugural U*****,000 (*****,000) China Open. Williams, who smashed her racket while arguing a line call m the first
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        651 10 GOLF Steady even-par 72 keeps him two ahead of DiMarco going into tinal round PENNSYLVANIA Vijay Singh is making it look easy by winning tournament after tournament, and millions upon millions of dollars, while chasing Tiger Woods' singleseason money record. A slow-lifting fog and
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        659 10 Windies' B B have England for breakfast CRICKET LONDON The West Indies' 25--year wait for another major one-day international trophy is over, after they beat England m dramatic style at the ICC Champions Trophy final on Saturday. Set 218 to win, they were dead and buried on 147-8 until, m
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          70 10 808 and Mike Bryan sent the United States to their first Davis Cup tennis final since 1997 as they beat Max Mirnyi and Vladimir Voltchkov 6-1, 6-3, 7-5 on Saturday for an unassailable 3-0 lead m their World Group semi-final at Charleston, South
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          54 10 GEYUNG BEAT WEAKENED HOME GEYLANG United beat a Home United, who rested a number of key players like strikers Indra Sahdan Daud and Egmar Goncalves, 2-0 m an S- League soccer match at Bedok Stadium last night. Rudy Khairon scored the opener m the 19th minute and Mohammed Noh Rahman
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          56 10 THE Singapore Cricket Club rugby team swept the Division Two and Singapore Bowl Champions titles for the third consecutive year with a 6-0 win over Blacks at Sentosa. In a closely-fought match, m which the two defences took the spotlight, they earned a penalty m
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          105 10 CHINA have an insurmountable lead going into tomorrow's final day of the 12th Paralympic Games m Athens, after four gold medals from the pool and and three more from track and field on Saturday. They have 45 gold, 41 silver and 24 bronze medals for a
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        1231 10 BASEBALL Amtrican Ltaaat: Baltimore 3 Detroit 0. Anaheim 5 Oakland 3. Tampa Bay 6 Toronto 5, Chicago White Sox 5 Kansas City 1. Cleveland 5 Minnesota 3. Boston 12 NY Yankees 5, Texas 5 Seattle 4. National Lm«m: St Louis 10 Colorado 6. NY Mets 4 Chicago
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        585 12 ROUND-UP Overseas markets THE London share market could reach new two-year highs this week if worries about rising oil prices and the outlook for company earnings ease, analysts said. The FTSE-100 index of leading London shares reached a two-year high of above 4,600 points
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        119 12 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) M«tn SOq Tofl M»ln Sdq Total ManuUcturq 202.712 12.881 215.593 189.048 3.364 192.412 Commerce 48.947 2.465 51.412 43.823 459 44.282 Tpt/Stor/Com 130.285 714 130,999 264.024 364 264.388 Finance 15.833 55 15.888 88.084 22 88.106 Construction 17.795 17.764 35.559 3.639 594 4,233 Properties 12.517
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        162 12 MAIN SDO TOTAL Up On Unch Up On Uncn Up On Unch Multilnd 5 7 5 0 0 0 5 5 ManuUcturg 52 77 32 9 22 17 61 99 49 Commerce 24 29 13 11 6 7 35 35 20 Tpt/Stor/Com 9 15 7 Oil 9
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        37 12 CHMH» Straits Times Index 1973.46 -15.18 BT 08/ OS 29.00 -116.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -14.00 BT 10-day MA ***** 00 *2.00 UOB Sesdaq 92.95 *0.52 STI Futures 1980 unch SIMSCI 238.05 -1.14 SiMSCI Futures 238.30 *0.10
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        37 12 Cosco Corp 2Oc 111.638.000 SPH DB *CW*****8 103,830.000 NOL 81.722,000 Advanced Hldgs 4c 79,515,000 UTAC USISC 57.722.000 SPH 20c 57,533,000 KepCorpSGA »CW*****8 57,494.000 MMI Hldqs 10c 47,592.000 Jay* Hldqs 10c 42.265.000 Sing Tel 15c 41,416.000
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        417 12  -  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 Bangkok Bank 6 Bank of America NA 5 Bank of China 5.5 Bank of Communications 5.5 Bank
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        432 12 Asia-Pac currencies weaken against US$ REVIEW Currencies ASIA-PACIFIC currencies weakened slightly against the dollar following an interest rate increase by the United States Federal Reserve, which indicated that further rises were likely as the American economy regained traction. JAPANESE YEN: The yen slipped against the dollar last week after the
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        373 13 Promote corporate standards, Asean firms told Region's companies can do more to attain the global recognition enjoyed by those m other countries, says Bursa Malaysia chief exec KUALA LUMPUR Bursa Malaysia chief executive officer Yusli Mohamed Yusoff has urged companies m Singapore, Malaysia and the Asean region to maintain the
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        337 13 TOKYO Japan's mounting public debt may be difficult to reduce because interest rates will increase as the world's second-biggest economy recovers, said Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki. Rising interest rates may thwart Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's pledge to curb Japan's 729.23
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        562 14  -  GOH ENG YEOW Keen to tap new markets, banks offer fat pay packets to candidates who have the right client base By WANTED: Experience and skills BANKS are willing to pay for senior people who can build up an asset/revenue base quickly, and bring
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        433 14  -  NARENDRA AGGARWAL CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY *L ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE will help India's huge construction industry with dispute resolution, lending a hand to clear unresolved disputes that have stalled projects worth nearly US$l2 billion (5520.4 billion). The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (Siac) has been called upon
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        537 15  -  SUSAN LONG It is also studying Japan, Thailand and Malaysia markets and may start a fund to build malls m China, says CEO Liew IN GUANGZHOU The real estate investment trust or Reit market m Asia has the potential to grow to at
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        507 15  -  AZHAR KHALID TAKING STOCK »>l MARKETS CORRESPONDENT RENEWED concerns over creeping oil prices and profit warnings m the United States ahead of the quarterly reporting season may cause Singapore stocks to end up lower this week. Market strategists say that the uncertainty m
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        51 15 WEEKS TOP RISES Cmts KeppelCorpsOc 790 45.0 6.0 JardineC&C 815 Z5.0 22 JuronqEnqqSOc 256 17.0 7.1 JSHUSSCSOO 640 16.9 16 TIHSOC 220 12.0 5.8 Robinson 680 W.O 15 SPCSOc 320 10.0 32 FuYuCocpWc 124 8.0 6.9 NoWeGrpHK2sc 117 8.0 7.3 RepCorpSGA eCWOS 26.5 7.0 35.9 *AY Jennings A2sc 190 6.0
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          87 15 INNOVALUES Precision executive director Hem Ke Long unloaded half of his stake m the precision component manufacturer last Wednesday through married deals. Mr Hem, who held 10.1 million shares before the deals, sold five million shares at 62 cents apiece from his directly owned shares.
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          74 15 CHUAN Hup Holdings executive director Ong Kok Wah raised his stake m the company last Tuesday when he bought one million shares at about 60.8 cents apiece from the open market. Following the purchase, his stake m the marine transport equipment supplier was increased
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          91 15 EZYHEALTH Asia Pacific managing director and chief executive, Ms Sin Keng Choo, raised her stake m the company to 25.97 per cent from 23.74 per cent, when she bought 5.8 million shares on Thursday. Ms Sin bought five million shares at five cents apiece
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        351 15  -  AZHAR KHALID §h SEASONED stockbroker Gabriel Yap, who left local brokerage Kirn Eng Securities last month to go on a six-month cycling trip, has cut short his plans ana re-emerged m the industry, this time with Phillip Securities. Mr Yap, formerly
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        395 15  -  SUKI LOR By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR OSIM International, which sells massage chairs and other lifestyle products, has signed a deal giving it an option to buy a 31.13 per cent stake m Global Active, m which it already owns a
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        171 15 Wee Poh requests for trading halt TROUBLED construction firm Wee Poh Holdings has requested for a trading halt today, pending an announcement The debt-laden firm also said on Saturday that it was appointing Mr Ng Choon Kiat as an executive director of the company, with immediate effect. Mr Ng had
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        914 16  - Aussie teleo urges IDA to be more proactive BRYAN LEE It should take greater initiative to free up bottlenecks m facilities owned by incumbent Sing Tel, says Macquarie Bu THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) should be more proactive m promoting competition m the telecoms industry, and it could
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        49 16 The IDA has been vigorous m promoting competition, as evidenced by several key decisions made recently, IDA deputy chief executive Leong Keng Thai (left) said, m response to Mr Krishnapillai and Mr Alston (right), who said that competition is essential to ensuring innovation m the telecoms sector.
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      53 10 SPORT ON TV AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL: Oakland Raiders v Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Live, Ch23, 8.30am) GOLF: EPGA The Heritage, final day (Delayed, Ch22, noon) SOCCER: EPL: harltou Athletic v Blackburn Rovers (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 2.55 am). SOCCER Tif.tr Bttr Inttrnational Strits: Young Lions Invitation v Solomon Islands (Jalan Be sar
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      611 1 r~gaS~~| STRAIGHT TALK ■Er£ I Has George Lucas W^ vl run out of steam? Monday ARTS Tuesday TRAVEL Wednesday MOVIES Thursday FASHIO N^djfl fettl 1^1 C Saturday DESIGN Sunday LIFESTYLE Hossan Leong and Selena Tan are WB^aClJ^^ hailed as two of Singapore's best Jl^^ <■■ stand-up comedians. HONG XINYI irli\K
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      284 2 HONG KONG MTV Taiwan has apologised to Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung for releasing a photo which may see him fined for being out m the street during an air-raid drill m Taipei. The station said it was negligent m releasing the photo to the media,
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        620 5 HONDA FOR SALE NO CASH INVOLVED!! Driveaway 10 units 93 Civic 1.6ESi auto/ manual. Choice of colors. New 2K paint, leather, 15" OZ rims, mthly $200 x 7 yrs. COE 08/2011. 224 Tlk Kurau Lor L #01-06 Uni Bldg Tel *****000 CONFIRMED $0 DOWNPAYMENTI '93 Civic LSI/ ESI 4-dr Manual.
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        331 6 Wm PEUGEOT FOR SALE 9/'2ool2o6slDownpayment!l.6 Auto. 1 owner. OMV $15,331. Done ***** km. S/rims. 9185-3232 Wfk RENAULT FOR SALE *^**£X*J 1 CAREFUL OWNER 10/02 Megane I Classic 1.6 auto. Leather, s/rims. 26,000 km. Under warranty. $3K cash rebate Mthly $640. $0 dri- veaway. *****799/ *****117 FREE 6 MTHS Maintenance Vi-
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        1035 7 CTI SPORTS/ COUPES/ BIVI VEHICLES FOR CABRIOLETS WE BUY ALL Sports/ Coupes/ 3- BLUE RIO RENTALS Hotel Royal dr/ Turbo/ Cabrio/ Mini/ Civic fr Newton. New Budget Cars, 1994-2004. Call *****166 Shen MPV goods van, SUV M'sia use •01 SUBARU WRX 2.0 manual. Ful. 6352 1115/ 9855 &977 done up.
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        602 7 BfSI VEHICLES WANTED VEHICLES Double Check Your Price I PA/ PB Bus, Doublecab P! Best Price For Hi Toyota Liteace, Hiace, Special Price For 14 Isuzu NHR69, NPR66, N Mitsubishi Canter FE63 Nissan CPBI4/ MKB2IO Tipper, Prime Mover, C< All Range Of Lorries Wi HIGHEST PRK i i BUY/ SELL/
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        2296 8 es 1 Rfl MINIBUSES BfH MOTORCYCLES-" BfS| 009-10 ORCHARD/ I KI!U FOR SALE Ufi] SCOOTERS mihi TANGLIN/ HOLLAND I k^ PTE APTS RENT 2 UNITS PA Bus 1 owner, late '99. MBIOO 02 Vito 108CDi. 10- I fl seater. Ask $20.5 K. *****555 4 GRAB NOW! NEW COE 3/2014 ///^V^fT/y
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        514 8 I DO9-10 ORCHARD/ LyJ TANGLIN/ HOLUNO PTE APTS- RENT JRANGE RESIDENCE. BRAND new 4+l, pool view, resort facilities. >12K. 9061-5167/ 98,18-1983 Agt 9.09 ASPEN HEIGHTS 3+l MRT. •"/turn, f/facilities. face greenery Dr Yap *****039. Agts welcome I+l/ 2+l FURN. Farrer Court, near Drchard/ Bt Timah/ hawker cen;re. $450/ $800 Lena
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        363 8 ■Wjl HOUSES FOR RENT HRji HOUSES FOR RENT H| Matured Lush Greenery yH Raised single storey f I• 6 huge bedrooms with ■t IH^^^^HSJ i. JP Connected outhouse with jl jB^T- --3K laundry maid's room 1m .^^^ET Newly refurbished. Df Walking distance to r lease call: Parkway Parade. L 9MO
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        299 8 D.lO HOLLAND VILLAGE. Chip Bee i Gdns 2-storey terr. 3+l rm. Uni furnished units. *****442 OPEN FOR viewing Harvey/ Sixth Aye/ Sunset/ Seagull/ Highland Cl/ King's Rd. *****732 HOLLAND GR VIEW 3-storey Corner Semi-D 4+l+basement. 3min MRT. Cul-de-Sac. 9105-6637 NEAR BINJAI CHARMING 4+l+l detached. Lovely patio/ gdn. $9.5 < Connection
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        493 8 RJJJ HUDC/HDB m| APTS FOR RENT HI, 2*l, 3*l. Many units avail m all areas. Furn/ unfurn. Aircon. MRT. All races. neg. *****343 OPEN FOR viewing. Opp MRT. All area approved unit. Call/ SMS 9459-1732 your budget/ location GOOD NEWS! WOODLANDS 2+l/ 3+l. $900. Aircon. MRT. Suitable family/ engineer, call
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        287 8 m APARTMENTS |fly APARTMENTS pPinLocated above Far East Plaza t" I H Next to Grand Hyatt Hotel ft I 5 m n W k tO Orchard MRT K^ I •2- and 3- bdrm apartments Wf'~* SS^^^^H penthouses ■f I Housekeeping, free launderette, |j K> MI < Nwiinmiim uimil. Ixlliani J
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        270 8 BH DOl-08 Kill CITY SOUTH-WEST PTEAPTS-SALE RIVER PLACE BRAND new 2/ 3 bdrm units, near Clarke Quay. immed. Guarantee rental income 5% for 2 yrs. Full Condo Facilities. Owner *****190 WESTVALE CONDO MAIS. 334 Pa sir Panjang Rd. 2012 sqft. F'hold. Near amenities. *****155 WSR DOVER PARKVIEW. 2 bdrms. Pool
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        1573 9 WJjm UU*-|UUKLnAKU/ .frill UO'IO LM3I LUAiI fciij TANGLIN/HOLLANO feiXl HOUSES SALE I PTE APTS -SALE I 8-A BEDOK AYE semi-d, off Jin 3 Haji Salam, 4100 sqft/ built-up 0 MAPLEWOODS PENTHSE 3000 sq 3200 sqft. Huge 4+l rms. Nicely :ai ft 4+l+l. Pool view. F/renovated renovated. Owner 9786-3637 CUSCADEN RESIDENCE
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        829 9 Filifil nuD Aria run 3alc 'NG' SHUNFU 304. #08. Next to orner. f/renovated. Move m. 2 ircons. MRT/ shops. *****001 'S f BLK 171. Very near to MRT/ hopping mall. Beautifully renoated. Low Pg. 9200-2011 T CORNER Pt Blk 163 with bal- ony. High fir. Fully unblocked. 4 ML MRT/
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        928 9 KiU (HOUGANG/ S'GOON/ YIOCHUKANG) AI KELVIN WONG CALL 9200-2011 HOUGANG Exac Mais 230, High fir (Low Exac Mais 705/712 corner (Low $> Exac Apt 959 A1 decor; Low 5 'I' 698A/ 6988 Nice(Low 5 'I' 957/ 964 A1 decor (Low > 5 'I' 926/ 925 High fir (AI decor) 5
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        883 9 Rfl HDB APTS FOR SALE m (TAMPINES/ SIMEI) 4'A' 165 SIMEI, high fir. Unblocked. Renovated. Near amenities. Askmq $290 K. 9109-6218 5 'A' CORNER 842H, high fir, unDiocked, f/renovated, spacious. 9 yrs. Co-broke *****373 Orion 5T 489A CORNER move-in, unblocked. Renovated/ 4 A 728 Mid fir, move-in. 9008-8213 ST 8LK.491D
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        768 9 ■r idtc I cirTnovCDirc I nrrnDvcDirr I necxre coirr I nmi>r cbici WANTED (RENT/ BUY) I JAPANESE/ EUROPEAN TENANTS need 1-4 rms Apt/ Condo. Any locations considered. Flexible budget. Owners call SGS *****030 UNIT FOR RENT? Call us *****328. Ready tenants looking for AMK. S'goon, C'wealth etc. APTS WANTED IN
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        939 9 I^FORRENT^ I^UfOR^NT I FACTORY FOR LEASE I 1 ,000-2,600 sq ft onwards per floor 3,000-7,600 sq ft terrace units (some with furnished office) Central location $&z. Parking m front of unit fEi xci: 6344 2002 STJisL. I 53 ÜBI AYE 1 #01-11^3 IvTAVlld-fl-I ECU OFFICE SPACE iB/alfilni'/alll EPy FOR RENT
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        485 9 rvr.i wrnv,cjr«i,t i-vfi urnnirßii J^Uforrent B^Uforrent Office space from 1 055 sq ft to 2605 sq ft In the heart of CBD Between Telok Ayer St. and Cecil St. Close proximity to Tanjong Pagar MRT Station Very reasonable rate Show units available for viewing Paul Poh 9066 0792 Tani Er
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        589 9 KjUPERI Baluei SERVICED OFFICE GOLDHILL Plaza Novena. Furn broadband 24 hrs access $600. Other virtual office services $30. 9762 8618 Move-in Condition D.Ol CONSERVATION SHOPHSE m CBD. Fitted with aircon, partition, furniture etc. Near MRT/ easy parking. 3 sizes!!! 9760-9206 LIAN HUAT BLDG. 400/ 600 sq.ft. Fitted. 1 mgr rm.
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        670 10 PROPERTIES T TRAVEL M _________________________________________B__________5 ■Wl HDB APTS FOR SALE WBtl HDB APTS FOR SALE |[R| HDB APTS FOR SALE WfiA HDB APTS FOR SALE VRI HDB APTS FOR SALE RWI HDB APTS FOR SALE (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) fc^| (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) (BEDoK/CHAICHEE)
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        380 10 Rf] SHOP SPACE Rfl SHOP SPACE jyijWRENT^ ■^^FORRENT^ Prime location at Orchard Road Claymore Road^ junction Good catchment of office, retail and residential crowd and tourists 700 to 2.976 sq ft Possibility of connecting water supply Suitable trades: Florist, Newsagent, Bookshop, Clinic, Children Enrichment Centre, Fashion and Accessories, Bookshop, Electronics,
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        501 10 Rfl SHOP SPACE |^MfORRENT PropN#x PHFVI UPP PAYA LEBAR 1300-2600 sqf t Free parking. Suit car trade/ showrm/agency. Loyang Pt 400 sqft. Good frontage *****811 w Aw m u/vr lIHHI iivi TARGET SMU STUDENTS!! Cannot miss! Ground fir shop, across st I fr university! Most trades. 1033 sq.ft. $13 psf.
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        507 10 Rfi SHOP SPACE |^MfORSALE ONES. ONLY! NO PILLAR! 1066 sqft, Ist storey Facing main hall, F'hold Katong Shopping Ctr Owner 9350 2313 HDB SHOPHSE 119 Geylang E Central. 145 sqm. Best frontage. Easy loading. Renovated MRT/ mkt./ 44 Bendemmeer Rd. HDB shop for takeover. Good location/ frontage. Hurry *****708 PN
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        353 10 «fffl RESTAURANT/ ■ill LOUNGE RESTN/ F&B/ CAFETERIA space wanted m prime areas. All sizes. Call: 9109-1071 agt Rfl WAREHOUSES/ ■ifi] STORAGE SPACE FOR RENT Ruby Land Complex 52/54 Gentlng Lane tm •Grd fir -2859/3500/ Jim 5188sqft L*J 23MV28W34ffl5Q»3sqft •Fitted units available •Ngh oiling/good kadino Basement carpart -H For enquiries, pis
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        517 10 ■Tfi WAREHOUSES/ KifiJ STORAGE SPACE FOR RENT aaaar^^^^^H^aaa^llE^a^i aaaaVw_ Z^K^^b WAREHOUSE/ OFFICE SPACE (Newly Retrofitted) 1 y Vfli PROPERTIES IN mj SOUTH EAST ASIA CAMERON HIGHLANDS/ FRASER'S Hill/ Genting Highlands/ Port Dickson. Choice holiday homes apartments. Prices from RMIOOK (apartments) to RM3M. Call Michael 603-*****148/ 012-*****90. Kindly visit: www.msproperties.com.my (E*****)
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        688 10 ERE! WAREHOUSES/ KaUl STORAGE SPACE FOR RENT Renovated office with air-con Flexible rental scheme J In-house storage/forklift services Floor area from 500 sq.ft. onwards Automatic car parking system/CCTV RSI AIR TICKETS MM k.M—i Baa^aS* J^L JBk Adelaide $430 Manchaster 680 Auckland $090 Melbourne $430 Bali $200 Montreal $1050 Bangkok $123
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        648 19 Rfl TUITION I 1 TO 1 PRIVATE HOME TUITION (All Level/ Subjects/ District) MM inglish. Maths. Science, 2nd lang iac 1-5/ 'A' Laval: </ II Cl F Maths, Physics, Chem, :ng, GP, Chinese, Malay, Tamil. Accounts, Econs, Literature, listory, Geography, Biology 1 Can talk to tutor personally Pli call: 6-*****05
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