The Straits Times, 28 September 2004

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    32 1 The Straits Times BEST IN NEWSPAPER DESIGN IN ASIA Established 1845 T lfe&day« September 28, 2004 •80 Pages m five parts mita (p) 048/03/2004 fIV A Singapore Press Holdings publication (D\J Cents
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    Lock icon Pakistan deals big blow to militants
    441 1 Pakistan deals big blow to militants Al-Qaeda man linked to plots against Musharraf and a US newsman's death shot dead. Another killed m Iraq ISLAMABAD Two key AlQaeda members were killed by security forces over the weekend, inflicting a heavy blow on the terrorist network. In Pakistan, security forces shot
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    Lock icon Lighting up the mid-autumn night
    116 1 MORE than 1 ,000 lanterns dot the sky above the Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery m Toa Payoh for the mid-autumn festival which falls today. The temple began its week-long festival celebrations last Saturday, with nightly events such as a lantern riddles display, lion and
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    Lock icon Registers of electors open for inspection
    566 1  -  M.NIRMALA Arrangements being made for Singaporeans overseas to vote for the first time By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT THE list of Singaporeans here and overseas wno are eligible to vote m the next presidential and general elections is open for inspection from today, at community clubs
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      103 1 NEW LINE-UP: Koizumi's third reshuffle m as many years is aimed at speeding up postal reforms page 4 ■■r ii of i^F I B ooooV A^B k^ I Now M^H^^L^^^^^^ H L^L H^^^ H^ H^^ MH H }< ißv^^ooooooooohM IMf oooT* A»: V .V \ii 1 1 k •ni*^aWo^ii^»^»ai kg
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      136 2 KIWI-FRUIT MOONCAKES, ANYONE? MOONCAKES filled with lotus seed paste are giving way to those with unusual stuffings such as kiwi fruit, peanut butter and durian. Hotels, bakeries and food outlets are offering new varieties of mooncakes to gain an edge over their competitors and many have Reported record sales.
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      92 2 DEMOCRACY CAN EXIST IN MHKAST IS IT true that democracy cannot take root m the Arab world? After all, half the world's countries are democracies, yet none of them are Arab, points out former assistant US defence secretary Joseph Nye. But democracy can indeed be achieved. What's needed are
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      95 2 HO ONE WAY TO DISCIPUNE KIDS A RECENT study by the Institute of Mental Health showed that reasoning or caning alone may not always be the best way of disciplining children, writes Dr Daniel Fung, deputy chief of child and adolescent psychiatry at IMH. He adds that there is
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      80 2 HIGH HOPES FOR IHE FUTURE COLUMNIST Tan Shzr Ec recently quit her job as a full-time journalist to study Asian music m London. But why London? She says her course of study, ethnomusicology, is not available here and she is not sure if trie jiowers that be even believe
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      14 2 CHEW SENG KIM Keeping travellers happy, with constant innovation and great duty free shopping.
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      98 2 Changi keeps racking up awards CHANGI Airport has won 1 1 awards given out by aviation bodies and industry magazines so far this year, and is on track to surpass last year's haul of 20. This month alone, it won six. These include being named the No. 1 airport
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      101 2 Blood test can tell Sars from dengue DENGUE fever and Sars have similar symptoms, such as a persistent high fever and muscle aches, and it can be difficult to tell the two apart m the first few days after a patient falls ill. But help is on the way.
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      Lock icon MONEY
      93 2 Factory output down 1.1% SINGAPORE'S factory production fell 1.1 per cent last month from July, an unexpected drop that has been linked to a plunge m pharmaceutical production output. However, all other sectors performed strongly, with the electronics cluster surging ahead with 29.9 per cent growth. Analysts said tjje
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      66 2 SPORE FIRMS' LAX INFO SECURITY SINGAPORE companies pay too little heed to information security, m particular, possible internal threats, a survey has found. Fewer than 40 per cent conduct a regular assessment of their information technology providers to monitor compliance with information security policies. And while companies remain focused
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      82 2 HAMAS OFFICIAL KllifD M SYMA ISLAMIC militant group Hamas has warned that it may take its fight against Israel outside of the Palestinian territories, after one of its officials was killed m a car bomb attack m Damascus, the Syrian capital. Syria and Hamas officials blame Israel for the
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      139 2 TAIWAN'S President Chen Shui-bian is prepared to defend a NTs6lo billion (5530.8 billion) arms deal with the US m Parliament, amid a furore sparked by an inflammatory remark from nis Premier. Mr Yu Shyi-kun had vowed a tit-for-tat attack on China last Saturday, triggering a political row on both
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      78 2 VUAY BREAKS TWER'S MONEY MARK IN THE space of three weeks, Fijian Vijay Singh has displaced Tiger Woods as the world No. 1 golfer and broken the American's single-year PGA Tour money record. On Sunday, Vijay picked up U*****,000 (551,285,200) by winning the 84 Lumber Classic to boost his
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      Lock icon 70% ot utility vouchers tor needy unused
      619 3  - 70% ot utility vouchers tor needy unused ALEXIS HOOI Few among the poor aware of one-off gift from Sing Power to help pay power bill. MPs also wary of encouraging welfarism B^ JOBLESS for almost six months, former air-con mechanic Jamil Aumany became desperate as the bills piled up. The
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      Lock icon China curbs SMS lotteries after 'Beslan bets' furore
      298 3 SHANGHAI China has ordered TV networks not to run unauthorised contests using mobile-phone text messaging, after a state-run station held a lottery to guess the death toll from the school siege tragedy m Beslan, Russia. Official media yesterday carried a notice from
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      Lock icon Koizumi pushes postal reforms with new line-up
      614 4  -  KWAN WENG KIN Heizo Takenaka is named to spearhead the privatisation of postal services but most key ministers retain their portfolios JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi yesterday reshuffled his Cabinet for tne third year m a row, this time expressly
      REUTERS  -  614 words
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      Lock icon 5 dead in Dubai airport accident
      259 4 DUBAI A steel mesh wall collapsed on workers building a multi-billion-dollar extension to Dubai's international airport yesterday, leaving five dead and 12 injured, authorities said. "During the preparation of a wall, a section of the reinforcement cage fell, trapping workers," Dubai's Department of Civil
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      Lock icon Human-to-human bird flu tears ease
      487 6 Thai woman is diagnosed with infection after two of her relatives die, but she is known to have had contact with chickens No evidence so far, says Thailand THE HUMAN-TOHUMAN TRANSMISSION IS AN ASSUMPTION. WE DO NOT HAVE EVIDENCE TO PROVE THERE IS TRANSMISSION BETWEEN
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      124 6 FAULTY air-conditioning has led to the aspergillus and penicillium fungi spreading throughout Johor's Sultan Ismail Specialist Hospital. The fungi could cause problems such as fatigue, cough, shortness of breath, congestion, fever, nausea, and eye, ear and throat irritation. "It can also lead to extremely severe, life-threatening diseases,"
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      Lock icon Deadly fungal attack closes new Johor hospital
      292 6 Deadly fungal attack closes new Johor hospital KUALA LUMPUR A two-month-old government hospital m Johor has been shut down because of a deadly fungal invasion believed to have been caused by shoddy workmanship. Faulty air-conditioning has led to the aspergillus and penicillium fungi spreading throughout the RMSSB million (***** million)
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      Lock icon Hamas official dies in car bomb attack in Syria
      660 7 Militant oroup and Damascus blame Israel for the killing, which takes the conflict into new territory outside occupied area CAIRO An official of the militant organisation Hamas has been killed m a car bomb attack m Damascus, the Syrian capital. The
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      Lock icon Las Vegas hedges its bets
      1020 8 Las Vegas hedges its bets Straits Times correspondent PAUL ZACH is on a 3,B3okmjourney through his native United States. Today he looks beyond the neon limits and roulette wheels of Las Vegas m Nevada, to get a feel for the odds on the coming US presidential election. LAS VEGAS An
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      Lock icon Bush and Kerry aides trade jabs ahead of debates
      384 8 Bush and Kerry aides trade jabs ahead of debates WASHINGTON The US presidential campaign is entering a pivotal two-week period at a boil. Senator John Kerry and President George W. Bush are battling over the Iraq war and the threat of another domestic terrorist attack, making emotion-charged arguments to set
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      Lock icon Hurricanes leave Florida reeling from $42b losses
      454 9 Hurricanes leave Florida reeling from $42b losses Nineteen counties m the state have been declared natural disaster areas, giving residents access to special federal loans MIAMI Florida faces losses of some US$25 billion (Ss42 billion) because of damage caused by four hurricanes over the past six weeks, a US risk
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      Lock icon Thousands ignore evacuation order
      480 9 RIDING OUT THE STORM MIAMI As Hurricane Jeanne approached this weekend on a nearly identical path, residents once again made preparations. But mindful of the difficulties they had trying to get back to their homes after the last storm, Ms Jean Downing, president of the Condominium
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      808 10 Japan wants labels to reflect traditional brewing method while other makers feel each country should make its own decision WASHINGTON It is the king of Asian condiments, a 2,500-year-old dark, bittersalty brew that goes with everything from stir-fry to sushi. But these days, soya sauce is not
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      Lock icon US biker's 330kmh speeding ticket: Did cop pulla fast one?
      267 10 US biker's 330kmh speeding ticket: Did cop pulla fast one? MINNEAPOLIS People across the country are shaking their heads over a 20-year-old motorcyclist handed a ticket for allegedly riding his machine at 330kmh some out of disapproval, others because they doubt he went that fast. Ever since a State Patrol
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      Lock icon Malaysia calls for end to stereotyping of Muslims
      359 10 UNITED NATIONS Malaysia called for a halt to the arbitrary linking of Islam with international terrorism, saying that there is "an urgent need" to stop tarnishing the Muslim world with stereotypes. "We must cease associating Islam with violence, poverty and indignity," Prime
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      Lock icon Putin wants to strip Russians of voting right
      118 10 MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin, seeking to overturn post-So-viet institutions, is about to submit a draft law to scrap Russians' right to elect regional leaders, a senior parliamentarian said yesterday. The reform is part of Mr Putin's plan to bolster central authority after
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        Lock icon Branson plans space travel for thousands
        152 10 MAIDEN FLIGHT IN 3 YEARS LONDON British airline magnate Richard Branson announced a hugely ambitious plan yesterday for the world's first commercial space flights, saying he would send "thousands" of fee-paying astronauts into orbit m the next five years. The flamboyant tycoon said his
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        Lock icon ROCKER TO DO TIME IN FRENCH JAIL
        72 10 VILNIUS (Lithuania) French rock star Bertrand Cantat, convicted of manslaughter for beating his actress girlfriend to death, has left for France to serve the rest of his eight-year prison sentence. His lawyer, Mr Virginijus Papirtis, said that the musician left Vilnius yesterday. Cantat
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        Lock icon SHEEN STUMPS FOR EX-COLLEAGUE
        91 10 KANNAPOLIS (North Carolina) Actor Martin Sheen has done some real-life politicking for a congressional candidate who used to work on his television series, The West Wing. Mr Sheen, who portrays fictional president Josiah Bartlett on the TV series, attended private fund-raisers last Saturday m Charlotte and
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        Lock icon GYNAECOLOGIST, PMS PIONEER DIES
        89 10 LONDON Dr Katharina Dalton, a gynaecologist who did pioneering research on pre-men-strual syndrome (PMS) and was said to have coined the term, has died. She was 87. Dr Dalton died on Sept 17 m Poole, Dorset, her family said. The family did not specify the cause
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        113 10 Former Chilean president Augusto Pinochet was quizzed for half an hour on Saturday about allegations of human rights abuses during his 17-year military rule, a month after he lost his legal immunity. Pete Schoening, a mountaineer who saved a rope team of six men by single-handedly holding their weight on
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      Lock icon RAF fighters escort jet to airport after bomb scare
      538 11 NY-bound Greek airliner makes emergency landing m London; threat turns out to be a hoax LONDON Two British Royal Air Force (RAF) Tornado jets were scrambled for what was described as a "detect, defer or destroy" mission on Sunday following a
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        Lock icon IRAQI POLLS WORRY POWELL AND ABIZAID
        87 11 WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Colin Powell warned on Sunday that the insurgency m Iraq was "getting worse" and could hinder the organisation of Iraqi elections planned for January. The top US military commander m the region, General John Abizaid, said he could not
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        Lock icon AUSTRALIA TO BEEF UP BORDER CONTROL
        85 11 SYDNEY Australia's government pledged yesterday to spend an extra As 39 million (Ss47 million) on immigration controls and border protection measures, including new Customs offices m Beijing and Jakarta. Attorney-General Philip Ruddock and Customs Minister Cnris Ellison said A513.9 million would be spent over
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        Lock icon SCHROEDER'S PARTY LOSES FOR 13TH TIME
        86 11 BERLIN German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democratic Party has lost m yet another election, rounding off a year of 13 losses m 14 elections. Sunday's vote for councils and mayors m North Rhine-Westphalia, a traditional stronghold of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's party, saw the Social
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        80 11 GENEVA Swiss voters have rejected government proposals that would have made it easier for some 200,000 people to become citizens. Some 56.8 per cent of those voting refused the proposal to grant automatic citizenship to third-genera-tion Swiss residents. By a narrower margin 51.6 per
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        65 11 PARIS France's ruling Conservatives have lost their outright majority m the Senate m elections to the Upper House of Parliament, initial estimates from the chamber showed. The Conservative party remained the biggest party m the Senate but lost out to gains made by opposition Socialists
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  • COMMENTARY • ANALYSIS
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      769 12  -  ADAM CLYMER By WITH United States President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry set to debate on Thursday, American political journalism is proclaiming that the occasion is a crucial "test" for Senator Kerry, and perhaps for Mr Bush. Indeed. But it
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        594 12 THE move to make charities more open m their fund-raising and expenditures recognises the fact that charitable giving is a growth industry. Any voluntary public undertaking that can raise $512 million m a year from individuals and companies, which charities collectively did last year, will require
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      Lock icon Old soldiers still have something to teach
      655 12  - Old soldiers still have something to teach DAVID BOEY By DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT AS SINGAPORE Armed Forces (SAF) planners look to the future, they may want to take a look at the blasts from the past that can be provided by old soldiers. Retired SAF personnel, military men who left the
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      Lock icon Is democracy possible in the Arab world?
      919 12  -  JOSEPH S. NYE M SINCE THE MIDDLE EAST'S AUTOCRATIC REGIES DESTROYED THEIR LIBERAL OPPOSITIONS, IN MANY COUNTRIES RADICAL ISLAMISTS REPRESENT THE ONLY DISSENT. WITH Iraq rapidly descending into bloody chaos, the prospects for holding successful democratic elections m January, as the United States
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      Lock icon Beslan: Tackle grievances, not just terrorists
      1289 13  - Beslan: Tackle grievances, not just terrorists MUHAMAD HANIFF HASSAN Bu FOR THE STRAITS TIMES THE Sept 2 seizure of a school m Beslan m the Russian Caucasus by Chechen separatists resulted m the deaths of more than 320 hostages, and shocked and saddened the world. Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev
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      Lock icon Spend on nukes? Iran should tend to its poor first
      1093 13  - Spend on nukes? Iran should tend to its poor first PRANAY GUPTE By SENIOR WRITER IS IRAN with oil-export revenues of more than US$3O billion (Sssl billion) expected this year on its way to producing nuclear weapons that would threaten not only neighbouring Middle East enemies such as Israel but
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  • FORUM
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      222 14 Many maid employers are good I APPRECIATE every word m Mr Brian Koh Chin Mong's letter, "All my family's maids were 'rejects" (ST, Sept 11). I have heard a lot of stories about maids being returned to the agencies by their employers afterjust two or three days anc that the
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      Lock icon Caning of children cannot be justified on any grounds
      676 14 I REFER to the letter, "Cane but tell child the reason" (ST, Sept 21). Madam Lynda Kiong Chiew Mm questioned the validity of the Institute of Mental Health survey findings that children who have not been caned were less likely to
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      274 14 NTUC to protect interests of women workers I REFER to the commentary, M MPs: Workers need more safeguards" (ST, Sept 22). I was pleased to note that Ms Lydia Lim had taken up the concerns voiced m Parliament about the potential for discrimination against pregnant women by employers, following amendments
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      Lock icon Reasoning alone may not always be best
      513 14 Spare The Rod And Spoil The Child? I REFER to the letter, "Cane but tell the child the reason" (ST, Sept 21), by Madam Lynda KiongChiewMin. We wish to inform readers that the Institute of Mental Health's study is a preliminary survey into
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      8 1 The Straits Times home Tuesday, September 28, 2004
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      Lock icon Exotic tastes take the (moon) cake
      640 1  - Exotic tastes take the (moon) cake JOYCE TEO Many shops report record sales of mooncakes as unusual flavours and Innovative 9 fillings draw more customers *L MOONCAKE sellers are over the moon this year, with consumers biting into new and m some cases, unusual flavours they have put out to
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      53 1 NATURE'S FURY 'The trip was a very humbling experience. I got to see the full force of nature and realised what small specks we humans are when compared to nature. Businessman Soam Dutt, 64, who was at a Cayman Island holiday resort with his wife Sheena when Hurricane Ivan swept
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      Lock icon All Nanyang girls may skip O levels soon
      478 2  -  LYNN LEE School to offer integrated programme from Sec 1 onwards next year, but it won't be doing away with 0 levels for some time Bt v NANYANG Girls' High is opening up its integrated programme to all students from Secondary 1
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        162 2 FORMER Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad will be m Singapore next month to speak on Asian leadership m the secona of the Ho Rih Hwa Leadership m Asia Public Lecture Series. The Singapore Management University, which is organising the lecture series, credits the
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        163 2 MORE than 1,000 children learnt about safety rules they should follow m the home and how to prevent conditions like obesity at a health fair held by the Northeast Community Development Council and the Health Promotion Board at Hougang Mall yesterday. Part
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        107 2 MEMBER of Parliament Wang Kai Yuen is leading a three-member delegation of MPs to the 111 th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union which began m Geneva on Sunday. With him are Mr R. Ravindran (Marine Parade GRC) and Madam Ho Geok Choo (West Coast
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      546 2  -  SERENE GOH By YOGA has been catching on m a big way m Singapore. In the last 12 months, at least six centres have opened, and by the end of next month, another Singapore's largest will open at Pacific Plaza m Scotts Road. The
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      309 2 Six awards in Sept for Changi Airport CHANGI Airport is giving its competition a run for the money: It has bagged six awards given out by aviation organisations and industry magazines so far this month. These include being named best airport m the world for the 13th straight year by
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      461 3  -  LEE HUI CHIEH Routine screening can help segregate, m the first few days, Sars sufferers from dengue patients, who both share similar symptoms Bi A ROUTINE blood test could hold the key to telling whether a person has dengue fever or
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      355 3  -  TANYA FONG By MORE than $1 million worth of forfeited goods are up for bidding at a public auction to be held today at the Royal Hotel m Newton Road. They include diamonds, pearls and diamond-studded designer watches by Piaget, Audemars Piquet and Bvlgari.
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      352 3 SINGAPORE has not received from Britain any contaminated blood products that could possibly cause mad cow disease, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said. In a statement yesterday, it said: "The Health Sciences Authority assures the public that there has been no importation of
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      307 3 THIRTEEN shipyard workers suffered burns m a flash fire on board a vessel owned by an Indian company at Jurong Shipyard yesterday. All of them were Indian nationals between about 25 and 35 years old. They were rushed to the Singapore
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      111 3 ELECTRICITY tariffs will increase by an average of 1.1 per cent or 0.18 cents per kilo-watt-hour (kwh) from Oct 1 to Dec 31. The tariff increase is primarily due to the higher cost of electricity resulting from higher oil prices. Current tariffs are pegged to
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      528 4  - Maid faked suicide after strangling woman ELENA CHONG She killed employer's mum-in-law after being scolded. Originally charged with murder, she pleads guilty to manslaughter *L AN INDONESIAN maid, angry when her employer's mother-in-law scolded her, strangled her and later cut her wrist to make it look like the victim had
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      81 4 Punvanti Parji (above) pleaded guilty to manslaughter yesterday. She hatched the plan to kill Madam Har Chit Heang (left) because she was angry at being scolded. She sat on Madam Har and strangled her with both hands m the victim's bedroom on Aug 4 last year.
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      52 4 "Doused with cold water", states the training guide. When asked what "douse" meant, WO Anbarasan (right) said it was "okay" for trainees to be plunged into water or have water thrown over them "provided safety was not compromised". Earlier, he said there should be no dunking.
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      321 4 A MAN believed to be responsible for the death of a secret society member during a brutal gang fight nine years ago appeared before a district court yesterday. Lee Scow Puay, 45, was charged with being part of an unlawful assembly which caused the death of
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        83 4 A NEWS VENDOR was robbed of $4,600 m a pre-dawn attack by two youths on Saturday, his third time m two years. Mr Lav Hang Ching, 64, was setting up a makeshift stall at the void deck of Block 202, Tampines Street 21, when the
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        99 4 A 26-YEAR-OLD technician, sitting m the rear of a car, died when it slammed into the rear of a lorry at the Pan-Island Expressway, near Toh Guan flyover. Mr P. Laurence Mathew suffered serious injuries and died at the National University Hospital on Monday at
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        68 4 ABOUT $2,500 worth of cigarettes were stolen from a coffee shop m Block 123, Bedok North Street 2, on Sunday. The owner also lost about $200 m cash that he had kept m an un- locked metal cabinet. He had locked up the shop at
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      520 4  -  SE LIN A LUM Bit COMBAT survival trainees undergoing mock interrogation should not be dunked m water, according to the training guide, but a former instructor yesterday conceded that dunking was "okay", as long as it was done safely. Warrant Officer Anbarasan Velu,
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      851 5  -  WOON WUI TEK They may affect understanding of how it started as they show buckled beams not quite the way witnesses have recalled it Bu SENIOR CORRESPONDENT A SURPRISING twist m the form of a new batch of photographs greeted the resumption
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      69 5 A SINGAPORE Polytechnic student fell four floors to her death from one of the Polytechnic's campus buildings m Dover Road at about 9.50 am yesterday. Miss Lorraine Ong Siu Yann, 19, was taken to the National University Hospital where she died at 2pm.
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      628 5  -  K.C. VIJAYAN By THE family of Malaysian crane operator Vadivil Nadeson, wno was killed m the Nicoll Highway collapse, will not accept the sum of $111,000 being offered by tne Ministry of Manpower (MOM) under the Workmen's Compensation Act. Instead, it will wait till the
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      622 6  -  K.C. VIJAYAN Close Brush With Hurricane Ivan Singaporean holiday makers m the Caribbean Bu Monster storm Hurricane Ivan tore through the Caribbean Sea two weeks ago with winds reaching 260kmh, killing 70 people and causing great damage. It then
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      654 6  - 'Shutters rattled and bulged, and almost gave way DAVID BOEY Singaporean employee m Alabama Bu HURRICANE Ivan will be remembered forever by some employees of Singapore aircraft maintenance company Mobile Aerospace Engineering m Alabama m the United States as the storm that nearly blew apart their "hurricaneproof aircraft hangar. But
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      574 7  - Sun Vat Sen exhibits to be shown in Hong Kong LEON G WEN G KAM Sun Vat Sen Nanyanq Memorial Hall sharing its collection on Chinese revolutionary; talks on for shows m Taiwan and Thailand *L EXHIBITS at a Singapore museum that showcases tne activities of Chinese revolutionary Sun Vat
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        793 8  - Big push for radio tags that tell you what's in the box New York Times The benefits LARGE retailers, led by Wal-Mart, and major consumer goods companies like Procter Gamble and Gillette see the tags initially as tools to combat theft and make their supply chains more efficient. They say
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        311 8 SINGAPORE has been one of the earliest countries to make use of RFID (radio frequency identification) technology. The Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantries use RFID to detect the cars that pass through them. Books m public libraries are also tracked by radio tags that
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        627 9 With information stored on mobile phones almost doubling yearly, and 3G handset potential, memory market set to explode SHANGHAI When most people talk about beefing up their memory these days, they're referring to chips m their personal computers. But as third-generation mobile telephone networks
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          160 9 HEWLETT-PACKARD recently launched a slew of digital entertainment and photography products m Shanghai. HP's Fall 2004 lineup of consumer products includes digital cameras, photo printers, scanners, home-theatre projectors, wireless handnelds, en-tertainment-based notebooks and desktop PCs. Its new digital cameras and photo printers are supported by
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          168 9 DIGITAL photo and digital video hobbyists can now use two new software products from Adobe Systems to edit the images they produce. They are Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 and Adobe Premiere Elements. Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 has new imaging editing tools and allows collaborative work,
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          90 9 GO WIDESCREEN FOR UP TO 3 HOURS THE new Philips portable DVD player, PETBOO, plays movies for up to three hours at a stretch. You can watch it on its 8-inch widescreen LCD display. Smaller than A4 size, the player weighs 905g without the battery. It plays DVD, DVD+R and
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          78 9 BENQ'S new digital music player line, the Joybee 180, comes m three different designs, each with an additional cover you can swop around. The Joybee 180 has 256M8 of memory and features an organic lightemitting diode (Oled) display screen. It can play your favourite
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        552 10 New drug based on the hormone, which is sent to the brain to signal the person has eaten enough, undergoes clinical trials MERCK Co has obtained rights to license an experimental drug to treat obesity that has generated scientific interest because it is
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        449 10 CHICAGO Beyond the tired cliches and sperm-and-egg basics taught m grade school science class, researchers are discovering that men and women are even more different than anyone realised. It turns out that major illnesses such as heart disease and lung cancer are influenced
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        135 10 SOME examples of how diseases affect men and women differently: Heart attacks m women often don't involve chest pain and may involve vague, flu-like symptoms Women who don't smoke appear to be more susceptible to lung cancer than non-smoking men. Women also tend to get lung
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      81 1 C O I KTS Maid Admits To Manslaughter She strangled boss' mother-in-law and then cut her wrist to fake suicide. pageim Hich way Collapse Family Says No To $111,000 Compensation not enough, say victim's kin. They'll file civil suit after inquiry. page hs H [STORY Exhibits Go On The Road
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      65 6 Computer Times WITH THE STRAITS TIMES, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2004 1 'MM 1 I want II \l \l myMP3 \l \j j The iPod singleplenty of other MP3 players m the market now, MP3 music is all the rage. Find out how to pick the best one for you. ,M
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      8 1 The Straits Times asia Tuesday, September 28, 2004
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      47 1 WHFPF'C THF PARTY? if iiIIIL 0 InL rim i We were expecting all-night parties. But I don't see anything out here. Mr Alain Appel of Switzerland, who went to view the Taj Mahal an j was disappointed by the low-key festivities to celebrate its 350 th anniversary
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      890 1  - Fuel costs an explosive issue for new leader DERWIN PEREIRA sfddgfdg FIRST OF A THREE-PART SERIES: FUEL SUBSIDIES THE TALK IN JAKARTA B !L inijunkma iivnr.AU Bambang must juggle harsh economic reality with promises not to raise fuel prices as restive opposition lies m wait JAKARTA Likely president Susilo Bambang
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        Lock icon Chen ready to defend US arms deal in Parliament
        552 2  -  LAWRENCE CHUNG Taiwan President's unprecedented move is spurred by deep split over issue and Premier Yu's 'counter-attack' remark TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI In an unprecedented move, Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said he is willing to defend a controversial arms deal m Parliament,
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        275 2 Taiwan minister slams George Yeo's comments TAIPEI Taiwanese Foreign Minister Mark Chen yesterday slammed his Singaporean counterpart George Yeo for his remarks on Taiwan at the United Nations General Assembly last Friday. Mr Chen described Singapore as "a tiny country no bigger than nose dropping" m an angry response to
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        119 2 MUttK CMmh ■MlyiU yttttrjty •ffiw«toffcyTilw«i toft wttfc of v*HKSf HnH hM MMMb sHBMi M ■■^•■^■p 19 mNNM rTHMf ill SfcfHni'i ttMNts, *Wdi Im prMriMd f iimicw-ii "bttaMt if nn«r f m •MlystsittcriMtlMtlrMtsMMettor. 'TilwMiwti'tNaMttitiarißtotitt MtullytferaifliMtnurectM-alalMcttf ttnw/'uMMrWaiiMHMßriMaitf Tatww ttMtei at tfct t# m if
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        52 2 XINHUA Elaborately dressed dancers strutting their stuff at a rehearsal for a carnival at the Beijing Amusement Park. During the week-long National Day holiday next month, nine parades will liven up the park, featuring more than 200 sets of lanterns depicting international cartoon characters, nine colour floats and
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        327 2 Taiwan assures US on dealings with ex-envoy TAIPEI Taiwanese Foreign Minister Mark Chen has assured Washington that the island's intelligence officers did nothing to hurt bilateral ties m their dealings with a former American diplomat who is now under US investigation. Mr Chen, who, was returning from the United States
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        Lock icon Communist Party's hold on power 'not ironclad'
        660 3  -  CHUA CHIN HON China's ruling party adopts self-critical paper on future directions but analysts say it is too vague and devoid of details By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING In an unusually self-critical policy paper, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has admitted that its continued
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        27 3 A wax figure of Chinese President Hu Jintao waving from an aircraft has just been unveiled at Hong Kong's Madame Tussauds museum. AP
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        340 3 BEIJING More couples m China are sending their children for paternity checks, with one hospital m Beijing reporting a 20 per cent rise m the number of DNA tests it conducts each year. The key reasons cited for such tests: husbands and wives
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        216 3 BEIJING The 14-year-old boy picked by Beijing as the new Panchen Lama, the second-highest figure m Tibetan Buddhism, has praised communist rule m Tibet m what the government described as his first published interview. Gyaltsen Norbu also reportedly said religious freedom m Tibet
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        450 3 Lesson on love for Shanghai students SHANGHAI Love is m the air. Now, it is also m the Chinese public school curriculum. Shanghai schools have unveiled a textbook which carries a chapter on the nature of romantic love a topic that has long been taboo m China's socially conservative education
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        521 4  -  MARY KWANG Rental and sale sectors enjoy boost from relaxation of rules for Chinese companies to open offices m Hong Kong By HONG KONG CORRESPONDENT HONG KONG Local property developers and real estate brokers are wooing mainland enterprises following Beijing's relaxation of rules for mainland
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        390 4 TOKYO Japan is demanding more detailed reports from North Korea on the fate of Japanese citizens kidnapped by the communist country m the 1970s and 1980s, a top government official said yesterday. The two sides met m Beijing over the weekend for details
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        50 4 AFP Lying on its back, a statue of the elephant-headed Hindu god Lord Canesh is being ferried on a nsning Doat to be immersed m the Bay of Bengal m Chennai, India. The practice marks the end of 10 days of celebrations and prayers during the Ganesh festival.
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        358 4 HK's health chief knew he was in trouble over Sars Yeoh quit to help victims put crisis behind them HONG KONG Hong Kong health chief Yeoh Eng Kiong, who resigned over his much-criticised handling of Sars, said he knew all along there would be "recrimination's" but, m retrospect, would not
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        249 4 Terror alert during Golden Week BEIJING Beijing police are on alert for terrorists and bombers before the week-long National Day holiday which begins on Oct l, and are linking up with security forces m shopping areas and public places to "fight terrorism", state press said yesterday. "During this year's Oct
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        639 5 More violence in south of Thailand Gunman on motorcycle kills policeman m latest attack; those prosecuting militants will be given bulletproof vests BANGKOK Violence m Thailand's restive southern provinces has taken a turn for the worse even as the authorities scramble to hand out bulletproof vests to officials prosecuting militants
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        77 5 TO CHECK on the progress of Thailand's new Suvarnabhumi airport now under construction, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (left picture, middle) will not only hold a Cabinet meeting at the site today, but also spend a night there m a tent On Sunday, workers were putting
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        210 5 MANILA The Philippines is investigating possible links between Hong Kong drug syndicates and nine foreigners arrested m a United Statesbacked raid for allegedly running a huge secret drug laboratory, officials said yesterday. Anti-narcotics officials said they had asked their Hong Kong counterparts to
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        99 6 MEW: Tours to learn English Philippines has a new attraction for Asian tourists camp on the beaches and learn English. Government agencies yesterday signed an agreement to launch a programme offering such tours, the Foreign Affairs said. The programme would be set up to capitalise on the relatively low cost
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        297 6 MANILA The Philippine government will consider opening newspapers, radio and television networks to foreign ownership, a senior official said yesterday. "It is a good idea because once media operators come to the Philippines-then the Philippines could be a centre for media distribution throughout
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        575 6  -  SALIM OSMAN Security is tightened as thousands crowd to see likely president, who devotes an hour every evening to hear them out By IN BOGOR (WEST JAVA) THE sprawling housing complex m Bogor is ringed by high walls and security fences.
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        403 6 'WE WILL STUDY CAREFULLY THE PRACTICES AND EXPERIENCES OF OTHER COUNTRIES, LEARN FROM THEIR SUCCESSES AND MISTAKES AND DECIDE WHICH SYSTEM IS REST SUITED TO OUR CIRCUMSTANCES.' BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Brunei's newly reopened Parliament has approved a constitutional amendment for
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          107 6 HONG KONG Outspoken Hong Kong film-maker John Shum, who had been banned from .China for 15 years for his pro-democracy views, has been given a long-term entry permit for his homeland, local radio reported yesterday. Mr Shum told RTHK radio that he was given
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          97 6 BEIJING The Chinese port city of Tianjin is to spend nearly 40 billion yuan (SsB.3 billion), mainly on hotels and a shopping centre, m a bid to cash m on the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. Tianjin, 125 km from
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          84 6 TAIPEI A court ruled yesterday that a former chief accountant m Taiwan's spy agency was innocent of embezzlement charges m one of the government's biggest corruption cases. Mr Hsu Ping-chiang was accused of transferring NT$255 million (Ssl3 million) from National Security Bureau accounts to
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          78 6 KUALA LUMPUR A 25-year-old Indonesian maid has accused her Malaysian employer of forcing her to eat excrement and drink from the toilet bowl m the latest alleged case of maid abuse m the country, police said yesterday. The maid claimed her 27-year-old employer m Kelantan
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          84 6 THE inaugural Asean-China Ministerial Meeting on Youth will kick off today m Beijing. Participants at the four-day meeting will discuss issues and challenges facing the youth, said a press statement from Singapore's National Youth Council (NYC). They will also sign the Beijing Declaration, which
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        794 7 It's time to review Malay agenda: Umno Youth chief KUALA LUMPUR One of the most outspoken speakers at the Umno general assembly, which concluded on Saturday, was its Youth chief Hishammuddin Hussein. He spoke passionately about the Malay agenda and threw down the gauntlet to anyone who dared harbour a
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        461 7  -  KALIMULLAH HASSAN COMMENT H,j SEW STRAITS TIMES KUALA LUMPUR A disturbing trend has emerged m Umno during the past two decades which refuses to die. That trend is the practice of giving money to delegates to secure support. Sure, some money
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        195 7 Rafflesia may fall prey to herbal fad IPOH The world's bigfest flower, the Rafflesia, is ecoming increasingly scarce as a consumer tad for traditional herbal medicine takes root. The flower has been used for centuries by the country's indigenous people, the Orang Asli, as a remedy for internal injuries, and
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        370 7 GEORGETOWN A 12--year-old boy and his 10-year-old sister miraculously survived a fall from the 17th floor when they landed on the roof of a parked car but suffered serious injuries. They were believed to have been pushed off the apartment block
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        1337 8  -  MARC LIM CHIA HAN KEONG ATHLETICS Hammer champ Murofushi aims for his double at Beijing 2008 No ties please, just give me a karaoke mike, pleads hurdling star Liv By Enzer Asian All-Stars C ships Details Choa Chu Kang Stadium, from spm. Admission is free.
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        386 8 SOCCER THE S-League season might be almost over, but the scramble for places m the Singapore team for upcoming World Cup qualifiers against India and Japan as well as December's Tiger Cup is just hotting up. Woodlands midfielder Goh Tat Chuan staked
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        863 9 GOLF VI] AY'S $17 -MILLION QUEST VIJAY Singh is trying to be the first golfer to earn more than US$lO million (Ssl7 million) a year purely from prize money. This is mind-boggling, considering that just 10 years ago, Nick Price topped the money list
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          55 9 CHINESE table tennis player Zhang Yining captured the Japan Open title of the ITTF Pro Tour after defeating compatriot Niu Jianfeng 11-8, 11-9, 11-5, 11-5 on Sunday. Zhang, the world No 1, had beaten Singapore's Li Jiawei 11-6, 11-9, 11-4, 11-3 m the quarter-finals
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          98 9 GOLFER Christina Kirn fended off challenges from veterans Karrie Webb and Julie Inkster ana red-hot Han Hee Won to win her first LPGA title on Sunday, a one-stroke victory m the USsl-million (Ssl.7 million) Longs Drugs Challenge m California. Anna Acker-Macosko also made a scintillating
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          54 9 FOUR more athletes tested positive on Sunday for banned substances at the Athens Paralympics and were disqualified, as organisers said they target highrisk sports and countries for testing. Three powerlifters the Paralympics equivalent to weight lining from Estonia, Syria and Iran were disqualified, along with a
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          105 9 WORLD No 8 woman squash player Nicol David slumped to an opening day defeat at the world team championships m Amsterdam as Malaysia struggled to beat France 2-1. David lost m four games to France's No 1 Isabelle Stoehr who clinched a 9-O, 9-10, 9-O, 10-9
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          109 9 ANDRE Agassi has not played Davis Cup tennis since 2000, but US captain Patrick McEnroe said he would not rule out a return for the eight-time Grand Slam champion. Andy Roddick, Mardy Fish and Bob and Mike Bryan combined over the weekend to put the
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        487 10 SOCCER LONDON Nobody has more problems at the start of the Champions League season than Real Madrid unless it's Italian side AS Roma. By coincidence, they face each other tomorrow (Singapore time) m Europe's top club tournament. Both have named new coaches since their
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        723 10 Profits down 30 per cent, United took to the teen to win titles and grow revenue LONDON Wayne Rooney will make his Manchester United debut against Fernebahce m the Champions League tonight, but the club were hit by news yesterday that their annual
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        596 10 BARCELONA Valencia and Barcelona maintained their unbeaten records this season, and remain neck-and-neck at the top of the Spanish first division, after convincing wins on Sunday. Goals from Vicente Rodriguez and Stefano Fiore gave Valencia a 2-0 win over Racing Santander. The champions are ahead
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        338 10 OTHER MATCHES TODAY GROUP A MONACO v DEPORTTVO Monaco's Shabani Nonda and Javier Chevanton could return after lengthy absences to face Deportivo La Coruna. The Spanish side are still without Mauro Silva (calf strain), yet will welcome back Diego Tristan after a stomach complaint. The striker did not play m
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        433 10 MOTOR RACING SHANGHAI China's inaugural Grand Prix ran as smoothly as a well-oiled engine but organisers have been warned they must make the glamorous sport more affordable for it to really take hold m China. As Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello and the other Formula
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        1486 11 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL: Denver 23 San Diego 13. Seattle 34 San Francisco 0. Indianapolis 45 Green Bay 31, New Orleans 28 St Louis 25, NY Giants 27 Cleveland 10. Minnesota 27 Chicago 22. Jacksonville 15 Tennessee 12. Houston 24 Kansas City 21. Philadelphia 30 Detroit 13. Baltimore 23 Cincinnati
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      937 11 LOH JOO MARIA AGE: 94 called Home to bt with the Lord on 26 September 2004, leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Ouek Chee How, deceased) Sister Lee Soo Sim Son* oauahters-m-tow: Ouek Kuan Ming Tan Bee Guat, Janet f Ouek Kwang Heng. deceased) Ouek Kwang Heong Lim Son Cher
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        62 12 Sep27 CHANCE HONGKONG: Hang Seng *****.90 -44.94 MALAYSIA: KLSE Comp 848.28— -7.04 CHINA: Shenzhen B 244.99 -4.23 AUSTRALIA: Sydney All Ord 3632.80— -2.80 JAPAN: Nikkei *****.32 -35.84 THAILAND: SET Index 646.78 -7.82 INDONESIA: Jakarta Comp 815.58 -4^4 PHILIPPINES: Manila Comp 1760.33 -2.97 SOUTH KOREA: Seoul Comp Closed S—
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        32 12 KepCorpSG AeC W*****8 36.133.000 SembCorp Ind 25c 22.600.000 Cltlraya2.sc 17.967,000 Broadway 20c 16.479.000 JayaHMgsiOc 15.944.000 Advanced HkJgs 4c 12.941,000 GuarxjzhaolFß 5c 11,545,000 SPHDBeCWOSO22B 10,836.000 Sing Tel 15c 9,904.000 Beyonlcs2sc 9.883,000
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        153 12 MAIN SOO TOTAL Up On Unch Up Pn Uwcn Up On Uncl> Multilnd 655 000 655 Manufacturg 52 41 S2 12 n X) 64 52 62 Commerce 16 13 26 4 2 7 20 15 33 Tpt/Stor/Com 17 4 9 1 0 0 18 4 9 Finance
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        35 12 Change Straits Times Index 1983.39 +9.93 BT 08/ OS -111.00 -140.00 BTCADI -.-*****.00 *33.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -11.00 UOB Sesdaq 93.07 +0.12 STI Futures 1980 unch SIMSCI 239.04 *0.99 SIMSCI Futures 239.00 +0.70
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        106 12 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) Main S<q Tot«l M«ln S<tq Tof I Multilnd 37,831 37,831 114,847 114,847 Manufacturq 190.987 10,594 201.581 168.741 2,259 171,000 Conwntrct 37,616 2,495 40,111 33,650 655 34,305 TDt/StOf/Com 71,323 701 72,024 110,206 761 110.967 HMntt 13.177 4O 13.217 92.722 16 92.738 Construction ***** 13.559
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        636 13 'Legacy' airlines are suffering from surging fuel costs, competition and lower air fares, but so are their smaller rivals NEW YORK As larger United States carriers suffer growing losses, low-cost carriers, previously thought to be invincible, are not far behind, industry experts say,
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        368 13 FEAR OF POACHING BY INVESTMENT BANKS NEW YORK Mr Bruce Wasserstein, the veteran Wall Street dealmaker who runs private investment bank Lazard, is demanding that investment banks eager to underwrite Lazard's planned initial public offering (IPO) promise not to poach the firm's
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        143 13 Sep27 Com— ny Clo— Ctm— ny Ct— Bank Of China HK 13.85 -0.15 H X (China Gas 14.45 0.10 Bank Of Cast Asia 21.80 -0.20 HK Electric 34.60 unch Cathay Pacific 13.30 unch HSBC Hdgs 123.50 unch Cheunq Kong 66.25 -0.25 H Whampoa 60.25 -0.24 Ch Kong Infra
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        131 13 Company Cl— Company g— AMP Limited 6.11 -0.11 Oantas Airway* 3.41 unch ANZ Bank Grp 18.71 0.05 Rio Tinto 37.18 -0.06 Brambles Ind 7.05 0.07 Spore Ttltcoms 1.95 -0.03 Broken Hill Prop 13.76 0.02 St George Bank 21.55 O.TI Coles Myer 9.24 -0.08 SunCorp-MetWay 15.17 -0.07 28.94 0.14 T»l»com
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        132 13 Company Cte— Camjany Clew AMMB Holdings 3.24 unch Malayan Banking 10.90 -0.10 B Amer Tobacco 48.00 0.50 Malaysia Airports 1.41 unch Btrjaya Sports 3.86 -0.02 Malaysia Mining 1.90 unch Commerce Asset 4.60 -0.06 MAS 4.04 -0.04 Digi.com 4.68 -0.06 Nesti* Malaysia 22.40 -0.10 Gamuda 4.86 -0.24 Pttronas Oagan
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        101 13 Rubber Futures (Closing pricts) TSR 20 (FOB) (US cents/kg) RSSKSctnfi/kg) Month Wo* Low Sett Vot o*on Irrt V Octo4 115.75 ,15.75 115.75 240 octo4 216.50 Nov 04 117.50 117.25 117.50 300 4840 Nov 04 215 75 D#c 118.50 6080 Dec 04 215 75 J«n/M«rOs 119.75 119.75 119.50 300
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        58 13 CRUDE PRODUCT PRICES CruoWProduct Month* Ch«no. Prlct (US$) BBL Cnm/Product Month* Ch»no. Prte« (US$) BBL Br»ntßltnd 1-Mth F -0.46 45.07 Mints J *020 46.10 W Texas lnt»rm Ntar Mth +0.55 48.98 tN*phthaCFß Jap +4.75 438.25 Dubai Fatoh 1-Mth F *O.H 36.56 Naphtha.... ♦0.50 46.85 Tapis Bl»nd ♦O.K) 50.00 TCST-180HSF0 •Timing
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        129 13 Sep27 I Com*— y Clow Cww—wy Clo- Canon Inc 5150 80 Millea Hidgs MOOOOO ***** Denso Corp 2585 -50 Mizuho Hldqs *****0 0 East Japan Rail *****0 -***** Nissan Motor 1179 -24 Fanuc Ltd 5860 -20 Nomura Hldgs 1435 -9 Fuji Photo Film 3520 -20 NTT Data Corp *****0
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        516 13 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES QCBC Eg gf 2S§ 258 SBS 2^ SS S* SS SB "S3 2 SS ST 1^ 00 3 o SS§ S£§ 2 53 13
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        157 13 Sep27 Company Close Com—ny Of Anhui Gujing 0 B 3.28 0 12 Livzon Pharm 7.06 0.02 Beijing Or Elec B 3.86 -0.01 Luthal Tert B 6.40 -0.04 Benqanq Steel B 3.04 -O.OS ShdongCh Paperß 5.04 -0.04 Ch Int Marine 13.76 -0.48 ShJzhuangßaoshi 2.23 -0.07 China M Shekou B 6.06
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        125 13 Foreign Currency (9am, Sep 27, 2004) Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 1.1990 1.2130 Canadian dollar 1.3170 1.3330 Euro 2.0630 2.0870 NZ dollar 1.1190 1.1440 Sterling pound 3.0340 3.0690 US dollar 1.6800 1.6990 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Chinese renminbi 20.30 20.70
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          114 14 SALES of new homes m the United States lumped 94 per cent last month, the fastest acceleration of sales m almost four years, as a fresh dip m mortgage rates attracted buyers, a report showed yesterday. Sales of new single-family homes
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          107 14 CHINA'S securities regulator is drafting rules to protect the interests of minority shareholders as part of reforms to bring the country's stock markets m line with international standards. Under the new rules, listed companies must gain the approval of more than half of the
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          96 14 UNITED States mortgage finance giant Fannie Mac agreed to keep billions of dollars more cash on hand while it corrects accounting problems, its government regulator said yesterday. Fannie Mac would have to maintain 30 per cent more capital than current rules demand it
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          91 14 BAOSTEEL GETS GREEN LIGHT FOR SHARE SALE SHAREHOLDERS of Baoshan Iron Steel Co, the listed arm of the world's sixth-larg-est steelmaker, have approved China's biggest domestic stock sale. The sale may raise as much as 28.4 billion yuan (555.88 billion), based on five billion shares valued at 5.69 yuan each,
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        170 14 BEIJING Japanese office equipment and camera maker Canon said sales growth m China has dropped by more than half over the past few months, hurt by the government's efforts to cool its economy. In a sign that credit-tightening measures are starting to take their toll
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        574 14 Some of region's major economies and companies are slashing growth forecasts as global demand for exports slows ASIAN economies are slowing as global demand eases for the electronics goods that have driven growth, including laptop computers made by Acer and Samsung Electronics' flat-panel
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        630 15  -  NICHOLAS FANG CEO says airline will use cheaper media like taxi-top and radio ads to build brand instead of relying on an individual or icon Bu These have been less expensive but were able to create good brand recognition and awareness
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        401 15  -  HO KA WEI Bu Sense and Simplicity. That's the new promise from Philips Electronics as it revamps its global image with the proposition to offer technology that makes sense and is simple enough, even for your grandmother. The Dutch giant
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        535 16  -  N ARE N DRA AGGARWAL Unexpected drop is due to a poor showing m biochemicals, possibly after changes m production mix and maintenance shutdowns; all other sectors hold strong By ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE'S factory production unexpectedly fell 1.1 per cent last
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        271 16 RECENTLY-LISTED Daka Designs, which issued a profit warning last Wednesday, said yesterday it was unable to raise the red flag any earlier as the factors affecting its bottom line became certain only last week. The Hong Kongbased designer and supplier of lifestyle
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        281 16 GLOBAL ENTREPOLIS 2004 MONTE Jade Singapore, the local chapter of the United States-based nonprofit science and technology networking organisation, is holding its second annual gala event here on Oct 11. The event will take place m conjunction with a business conference, the Global Entrepolis
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        399 16 CRUDE oil prices hovered near an all-time record high of US $49-40 as supply fears m Iraq and other key producers pushed up early trading yesterday, while the market took stock of Hurricane Ivan's impact on oil rigs m the Guff
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        416 17  - ComfortDelGro to set up $44m bus operator in Shenyang CHRISTOPHER TAN The venture, its third m the Chinese city, will help the firm realise its goal of beefing up overseas revenues SKNIOR CORRESPONDKNT DETERMINED to expand its overseas wing, listed public transport giant ComfortDelGro Corp yesterday signed a 30-year contract
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        443 17  -  AZHAR KHALID TAKING STOCK By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT THE Singapore market was the region's star performer yesterday, being the only bourse to start the week on a positive note, thanks to ongoing interest m marine and energy-related stocks. Rising oil prices dampened
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          94 17 PROPERTY developer City Developments (CDL) said Wrep Thailand Holdings, m which it has a 50 per cent interest, has sold its entire 37 per cent stake m Thai-listed real estate developer Amarin Plaza for US$5l.2 million (SsB7 million) m cash.
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          101 17 ZHONGHUI Holdings, a China-based provider of solid waste management solutions, yesterday lodged its preliminary prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore m preparation for a listing on the mainboard. The company said that profit before tax grew at a compounded annual rate of 305
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          72 17 PHARMESIS International, a Chinabased drug company, yesterday launched its initial public offering (IPO) to raise net proceeds of $11 million to fund expansion m China and overseas. It is offering 50 million shares for sale at 25 cents apiece, comprising 3.8 million
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          88 17 MAINBOARD-LISTED systems integrator CSE Global said yesterday that it recently won two sub-contracts worth $21 million related to the electronic road pricing (ERP) system here. "Both projects, being multi-year m nature, will have a positive impact on CSE's net earnings for this year and
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        438 17  - Keppel Corp shares hit 8-year high on talk of new orders AZHAR KHALID sk. THE share price of conglomerate Keppel Corp nit an eight-year hign yesterday, fuelled by speculation that its offsnore and marine unit may receive new orders to build and repair oil rigs following a spate of hurricanes
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        359 17  -  LORN A TAN By PHILLIP Capital aims to raise $30 million m the first year of a new service that offers to manage clients' money by investing m unit trusts. Under the scheme, the respective fund managers have agreed to
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        648 18  - S'pore firms not doing enough to guard databases ARTHUR POON Fewer than 40% of them assess their IT providers regularly to check compliance with security policies, survey shows By DESPITE the corporate nightmare of a massive failure of information databases m an increasingly wired world, a new survey has found
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        87 18 Companies often paid too little attention to possible internal threats to information security. The two main obstacles cited by Singapore respondents m maintaining effective security within their organisations were "budget constraints or limitations", followed by "unavailability of skilled staff/retention". CEOs are increasingly aware of the risks posed to
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      13 1 Life! The Straits Times Tuesday, September 28, 2004 EBRATES THE WOXDER OF LIFE
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      26 2 AP In his new memoir, Bob Dylan reveals that he was an unwilling icon of the 1960s counterculture m the United States.
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      95 2 REUTERS The bride, former model Christine Baumgartn Jr, wore a Monique Lhuillier wedding gown and her groom, actor Kevin Costlier, was m Ralph Lauren. Their wedding took place at his Aspen, Colorado mountain ranch last Saturday. Costner gave her a ring with a diamond bigger than
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      586 2 NEW YORK Folk legend Bob Dylan reveals m his longawaited memoir that, contrary to his image as an icon of 1960s counterculture, he was an unwilling rebel who dreamt of a simple, nine-to-five existence. While a generation of hippies and rebels gyrated to his voice and music,
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      174 2 HONG KONG A wrangle between Hong Kong actors Nicholas Tse (right) and Dicky Cheung and a mainland Chinese actor appears to be over for now. Tse and Cheung had met Chinese actor Wang Bozhao and apologised to him over an alleged beating about a week
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      600 3  - Venturing into unfamiliar territory CLARA CHOW Watercolourist Ong Kirn Sengs stint as a printmaker at the Singapore Tyler Print Institute encouraged him to experiment with more abstract styles of painting By ARTS HKI'OH I i:H EARLIER this year, painter Ong Kirn Seng literally suffered for his art. While participating as
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      22 3 REUTERS With his new album boasting two anti-war songs, John Fogerty plans to play at anti-Bush concerts next month.
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      456 3 LOS ANGELES Guitarist John Fogerty first realised he was a failure about a decade ago. Sure, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame m 1993 for his work as the singersongwriter with Creedence Clearwater Revival, one of the great American bands to
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      1324 4 'I NEVER WATCH THE SHOW (AMERICAN IDOL) IT'S NOT GOOD. I MEAN CLAY WHEN HAS A GOOD YOKE BUT MS MUSK IS SOMETHING ELSE' Richard Marx prefers Nashville Star, a show that lets contestants write songs and play instruments. He's also back m the limelight, with
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      120 4 1963: Born m Illinois to musician parents. The only child took guitar and piano lessons and moved to Los Angeles m 1982 after graduating from high school to pursue his musical dreams. 1987: Releases self-titled album which goes triple platinum and spawns four hits like
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      853 5  -  NEO HUI MIN Film-makers showcase the not-so-pristine side of the country, where they say dialogue is budding By IN LONDON EXTREME MAKEOVER: The tattooed and pierced boys m Royston Tan's 15 live on the edge of society. But the film-maker said that after his movie
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      464 5 Bigger, better. pricier *We didn't do this lightly. We deliberated over many months. Art institutions are not inexpensive places to run' MoMA's chief operating officer James Gara With the upgrade of New York's Museum of Modern Art comes a hefty admission fee increase NEW YORK Does MoMA now stand for
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        178 6 Ride off the beer sausage YOU worry that consuming too much beer and sausage during the German Oktoberfest will pile on the kilos. But if you celebrate it at Riders Lodge m Kulai, Johor, you can work off the calories via horse-riding. The place, which is 1 ■> hours' drive
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        19 6 AMAZING PACE! Participants are expected to reach the summit of Mt Kinabalu m less than three hours.
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        438 6  -  Magdalene Lum m THE WATERS AROUND PULAU REDAN 6 ARE TURQUOISE WHILE THE BEACH IS WHITE AND SANDY. SNORKELLING IS A COLOURFUL EXPERIENCE WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW CLOWNFISH (above), PARROT FISH, TURTLES AND EVEN BABY SHARKS' Jeasmine Tan (right) WHO: Jeasmine Tan, 24, a marketing executive
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        1264 8  -  Tan Shzr Ee CULTURE VULTURE Many asked why I quit my job to study Asian music m London. Recent developments m the music scene here are encouraging and I hope there's a place for people like me when I return EXACTLY two weeks ago, I emptied my
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        97 8 'I know something is me if it's black and has studs and bondage straps.' Singer AvrU Lavigne (above) on her style 'You can be curious and look, but always make sure you have a return ticket.' Brazilian director Walter Salles (right) on working m Hollywood 'I showed
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        720 9  - Under the Tuscan stars CHRISTINE KHOR It may have been called the Tuscan Sun Festival, but all the music, art, literature, food and wine abounded at night Bu IN THE Etruscan mediaeval city of Cortona, classical music's creme de la creme recently gathered to work and play under the Tuscan
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        19 9 In addition to the Tuscan Sun Festival, Cortona served up plenty of good food and wine (below).
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        568 9 EAT! Restaurants (sss) Osteria del Teatro Via Maffei, 2 (0575-630-556) Delight m the fine food and laughter of the owner, both specialities of the house. Surrounded by opera music, enjoy the veal m wine and end with a pear swimming m chocolate. Tonino Piazzale Garibaldi (0575-630-5OO) Under
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        435 9 AGRA, India The 350 th an- niyersary celebration of the Taj Mahal, India's most famous monument, got off to a low-key start yesterday with festivities limited to avoid marring the 17th-century building. Local tourism officials placed marigold garlands around the necks of visitors to the northern
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        290 10 ISO 9001 •w- *^r yhat started as a humble bakery m V V BukitTimah Plaza 26 years ago is now Gardenia Foods, owned by food conglomerate, QAF. Starting with its signature white sandwich loaf, Gardenia has gone on to produce several variants, including its Wholemeal, California Raisin
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        314 10  -  KAYLENE TAN The ISO/FDIS *****:2004 has been improved subtly. *By The ISO/FDIS I4OOI is an internationally recognised standard for environmental management systems (EMS). It was last revised m 1996. The changes are not drastic. There are no new requirements to fulfil. Fundamentally, we are sticking to the
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        172 10 f I <|he Inti Ceramic factory I m Jakarta acquired ISO -A. certification five years ago. In June this year, its distribution office here decided to embrace ISO too. Although the office here undertakes distribution and not manufacturing, it decided to go for ISO certification to provide better
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        25 11 These companies obtained ISO certification and saw an increase m revenue, customer satisfaction and more. Reports here and on page 12.
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        295 11 ISO 9001:2000 "V "T "Then the staff of Coffee Club make a macchiato, an W v espresso topped with milk foam, they froth the milk first before they pour the coffee. In this way, the coffee doesn't get cold. You are likely to get a consistently
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        235 11 ISO 9001:2000 The employees of Bentz Jaz did not consider the implementation of ISO, just last July, as a nuisance. The staff of Bentz, which supplies technology, equipment and chemicals to pest control operators, was all ready to change. Said sales manager, Allan Heng: "We were able
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        219 11 ISO 9001:2000 Jay-Tech Martine Projects has been getting work on its steel fabrication projects right the first time round. It is also able to meet deadlines, almost without exception. The company's managing director, Mr Javis Sim, attributes these benefits to the ISO 9001:2000 system which it adopted
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        241 11 ISO 9001:2000 United Express Coat found that its administration costs went up when it implemented its ISO system m the company. However, according to Mr Teu Gee Sing, managing director, this was more than offset by improvements m productivity and reduction m other costs. Rejection
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        326 12 ISO 9001:2000 It was a small set-up with only five workers when it started 12 years ago and that is why scaffolding specialist firm Goh Kwang Heng did not adopt the ISO system until early this year. Said its managing director, Mr Goh Koon Kang: "In the
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        210 12 IS0 *****:1996 By getting ISO *****:1996 certification this April, Singapore Asahi Chemical Solder Industries was able to reap the benefits of being a "green" company. It also managed to bag another certification along the way. Sony certified it under its Green Partner programme.
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        179 16 LONDON Prison may be a safer place for John Lennon's murderer Mark Chapman. Fans are promising to take revenge after news got out that he could be released from jail next month. Chapman, 49, will have a parole hearing next week, The Observer reported New York parole
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        121 16 HONG KONG It is now Hollywood megastar Robert De Niro's turn to praise Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu Wai Oriental Daily said he has invited Leunjjj and director Wong Kar Wai to dinner after the Italian premiere of Wong's 2046 next month. De
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        95 16 Hong Kong star Andy Lav (centre) on Sunday satisfied his fans' fantasy of seeing him m the buff by doing a striptease m front of 1,000 of them at his 43rd birthday bash. Tney wanted to see if he was as muscular as the male-stripper character he played
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        132 16 NEW YORK Nipplegate apparently isn't over for Janet Jackson (left). Sources have told New York Post that CBS is thinking of fining the singer U*****,000 (*****,450) the same amount the authorities slapped on the network after her nipple was bared on the Super Bowl half-time
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      870 1 CULTURE VULTURE fc^M In pursuit of ■j^^L ethnic music m By Tan Shzr Ec II PAGE 8 Monday ARTS Tuesday TRAVEL Wednesday MOVIES Thursday F A Sfl LSatu r d a y DESIGN Sunday LIFESTYLE Watercolourist Ong Kirn Seng's stint as a printmaker I led him to experiment m an
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      370 2 WHAT'S ON is on Page 14 TOMORROW Life! m film: Movies on Wednesday Promotion valid all E55 2/ September 2004 (Mon) 2 October 2004 (Sat) W WINNER %j W\&£\ WINNER^) 9 WINNER %j Ifl SK "> 1988 IX I 1989 KM 1991 A 1993 >^fl M iV Golden Cup Medal
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