Today, 4 July 2001

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    Masthead
    8 1 TODAY Wednesday ju| y 4 > 2° ol »»*Amwunm
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    Lock icon Guess who?
    68 1 -AFP IT'S Yoko Ono, widow of former Beatle John Lennon. She received the honorary title of Doctor of Law yesterday, during a ceremony at Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall. The degree recognises her work and patronage of the John Lennon Memorial Scholarship Fund, which she founded in 1991. She also
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    Lock icon Fund for bumiputras
    88 1 -AFP I KUALA LUMPUR To help ethnic Malay businessmen weather the current economic slowdown, Malaysia yesterday introduced a RMSOO million ($239.6 million) Entrepreneurs Recovery and Development Fund. Of the total, RM3BO million have been allocated as loans to provide working capital for Malay entrepreneurs. The remaining 120
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    Lock icon Goodbye, spy
    71 1 -AFP BEIJING The remaining parts of the US spy plane stranded on the southern island of Hainan for the past three months were airlifted out of China yesterday. The plane made an emergency landing on April 1 following a mid-air collision with a Chinese fighter jet, sparking a
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    The mail-mole
    490 1  -  Observer rats on online discussion, one office takes action bj zackaria@newstoday.com.sg Zackaria Abdul Rahim THE topic under discussion was Islam. The man voicing his opinion that "the British are smarter than Americans" in their approach to the religion posted his views regularly on the online mailing list. He
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Cpt Tsu's S-bends
      210 2  -  Elaine Quek by elaine@newstoday.com.sg THE man who piloted the ill-fated Silk Air MI 185 flight had once scared the wits out of a colleague, the court heard yesterday during the civil suit against the airline. Mr Lawrence Dittmer, who has been a First Officer with the airline
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    • Article
      Sex change of mind ...
      359 2  - Sex change of mind Kim-Kyna Tan Clinic to reopen, great news for transsexuals by kim@newstoday.com.sg IF the subject of sex is taboo, don't even talk about sex change in conservative Asian society. And so it was when Singapore's one and only sex change clinic closed its doors to transsexuals in
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      Bionix won something else: CEO
      183 2  -  Chan Chao Peh by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg ST Engineering built a product that, by most accounts, had the ability to give its competition a run for their money. This product is the Bionix armoured vehicle. But the company lost out in the US$4 billion ($7.4 billion) US
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      Lock icon S'pore-lndia partnership
      87 2 AFP SINGAPORE and India have agreed to work closely in the information and communications technology sector. Among the areas of co-opera-tion discussed on Monday is a Singapore proposal for an Asian belt of information technology cities, and an Indian initiative for a media laboratory project. They also agreed
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    • Article
      He saves his wife but ends up in jail
      175 2 A 48-YEAR-OLD man who tried to protect his wife from the law got into big trouble. On June 5 last year, the couple's Indonesian maid, Sulastri, told the police that Madam Phung Thanh Huong, wife of Ng Jee Kay, had beaten
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    • Article
      She went too far for sake of beauty
      144 3 BEAUTY came at a high price for Lim Siew Mun. The 22-year-old woman had been approached to be a model. So she decided to enhance her beauty regimen with herbal masks, facial foams and whitening creams. But she had no intention of
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      Pick us, pick us!
      267 3  -  Ivay Tan Transfer card debts -at a discount by ivay@newstoday.coin.sg FIRST, the banks slashed their revolving credit rates. Now, Standard Chartered has shaken up the credit card market by offering rates as low as 6.99 per cent for the first six months if you cancel another
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    • Article
      Man runs off with friend's race takings
      151 3 THE horse that Mr Ko Chew Koon bet on won the race. But he did not get the prize money because his friend was dishonest. Sometime in April 1999, Mr Ko had asked his friend, Lek Wee Soon, 41, to place a bet
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      167 3 l|bp§yiF TlEflVlEC^ <J?s^*^ INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT EDUCATION CENTRE «*«i£sgT2j>s- A division of International Centre for Management Development Private Limited ak^y' What is the "f>r^r SrfM- National IT. Literacy BllwVnFEllßll^^^ TO Program (NITLP)? \I A. This program is managed by IDA, with a IDA Authorised Training Centre t^ l^^B subsidy
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  • LETTERS
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      Are we 100% sure about this?
      287 4  -  Debbie Yang Huashi, Lim Hong Yun Ng Lay Geok Don't adopt a practice just because others do it MY friends and I are concerned about the article, "BCG myth shattered" (Today, June 28). We have some nagging doubts in our minds. Is one BCG
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      Why no 'all cash' alternative for OUB?
      182 4  -  Narayana Narayana THE hottest events on the local financial scene at the moment are the rival bids for OUB from DBS and UOB. DBS appeared to have entered a low cash component ($1.14 per share) into its bid in the hope that OUB
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      Punish teens who solicit sex online
      127 4  -  Jasmine Li I REFER to the case about the three men who had sex with an underaged girl they met on the Internet. I felt sad and angry over what the girl had done. The men, who were also at fault, were jailed 12
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      Import ban not a solution
      262 4 I REFER to the letters, "Adopt a stray" and "What happens to unsold dogs" (Today, June 25 and June 27). The centre for animal welfare and control impounds an average of 4,000 stray dogs and 6,500 stray cats each year. These impounded animals are mostly
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      117 4 Reach us at T&dw n Lktters jS'HO**TAUC Yo advertise Want to get something off your chest? Showcase your new product. Let your business associates know who's on More than 200,000 copies (audited) are printed Write to us with your views. Give us your Send us a concise description including price,
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      108 4 READ 0N... Protest by pilots But Cathay Pacific sticks to its guns/1 1 jailed: TV host killer But motive for shooting still unknown/ 13 When the accused become victims Don't turn to the court of public opinion for justice/14 Singing for the world Prestige of performing for the UN leads
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Royal luxury
      279 6  -  Tan Hwee Yee Sports goods distributor to merge with F J Benjamin by reporter@newstoday.com.sg SPORTS good distributor Royal Clicks is to acquire luxury goods distributor FJ Benjamin Holdings (FJB) in a $66.3 million deal. Royal Clicks will offer 0.39 of its new shares for every FJB share. This
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      Lock icon Cheaper COEs prop up car sales by 3%
      181 6 Channel News Asia SINGAPOREAN car buyers shifted up a gear in the first half of the year, buying three per cent more cars than in the same period last year. Car dealers said this was largely due to cheaper Certificates of Entitlement
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    • Article
      Six sites on standby for sale
      177 6 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority yesterday placed six land parcels on standby for auction. Developers can build about 1,485 homes on these land sites. The sites for private residential developments are at Jellicoe Road, Lorong 9/11 Geylang, Lengkong Empat, and Tampines Road. Two sites for
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      Money talk with BG Lee
      143 6 THE following is an excerpt of a recent interview with Deputy Prime Minister BG Lee Hsien Loong in the Hong Kong Economic Journal: In addition to changes in the banking sector, what other monetary policy changes do you see coming? We have opened up many
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    • $ Market Watch
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        Merger can save up to $100m:OCBC
        253 6 OCBC Bank yesterday issued its takeover offer documents to all shareholders and warrant holders of Keppel Capital Holdings (KCH). It is offering $3.38 in cash for each KCH share and $1.01 for each KCH listed warrant It expects the acquisition to save as much
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        OUB's new independent financial adviser
        87 6 OVERSEAS Union Bank has appointed ANZ Singapore as its independent financial adviser in connection with the conditional offers by DBS Group Holdings and United Overseas Bank. It said the recommendation of the bank's independent directors and the advice of ANZ will be posted to shareholders
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        Your S$1 buys...
        29 6 US$ 0.5488 t.UKJE 0.3887 I Yen 68.106 t;HKS 4.2802 [KM 2.0853 ■Euro 0.6457 L Rupiah 6213 Baht 24.925 Peao 28.988 A$ 1.0620 Rupee 25.857 Won 709.19
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      Lock icon Knitting way to profits
      419 8 SMALL STOCK FOCUS Sing Lun has been in the textile trade for 50 years SING Lun is an apparel manufacturer whose experience in the textile business spans half a century. It was started as an importer, exporter and wholesaler of textiles back in 1951 by the
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      'Boutique' cluster homes to be launched
      168 8 THE Areca, a "boutique" development of 21 cluster homes (picture) in Bunga Rampai Place, off Paya Lebar Road, will be launched this weekend. The 99-year leasehold two-storey townhouses with four bedrooms, basement and attic are priced from $818,000, and average $383 per square foot.
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    • Market News
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        Singapore
        260 8 SINGAPORE shares finished on a mixed note yesterday as merger and acquisition (M&A) related stocks consolidated following recent sharp gains, while investors switched attention to the penny caps. The ST Index traded listlessly throughout and ended 3.35 points down at 1,703.27 in a lacklustre session. There were 163 losers
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        Malaysia
        176 8 THE Malaysian stock market remained firm yesterday, with the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index closing at its intra-day high of 591.2, up 4.9 points. The overall tone of the market was positive, with gainers outnumbering losers 303 to 191. Trading volume, however, was a pathetic 88,539 lots. The firmer market
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Protest by pilots
      283 11 Reuters But Cathay Pacific sticks to its guns HONG KONG The row between Cathay Pacific Airways pilots and the airline deepened yesterday as the pilots launched a work-to-rule protest after talks over pay and job conditions with the management failed. However, Cathay vowed there would be no
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      Lock icon Horror attack on Girl X
      117 11 Reuters CHICAGO A man who poured cockroach killer down the throat of a nine-year-old girl, leaving her blind and nearly paralysed, has been jailed 120 years. Patrick Sykes sexually assaulted and savagely beat the girl, then left her to die in a stairwell after luring
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      Lock icon Mercury in fins
      101 11 Reuters BANGKOK Asians ought to beware of the lurking dangers in shark's fin soup, experts said yesterday. International environmental watchdog Wild Aid said shark's fins exported mainly from Hong Kong and sold in restaurants throughout Asia and the rest of the world contained dangerously high levels of
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      Lock icon Two hostages freed
      124 11 -AFP ZAMBOANGA (Philippines) Two Filipinos walked free yesterday following five weeks in captivity at the hands of Abu Sayyaf guerrillas, after reportedly paying thousands of dollars in ransom. Mr Luis Bautista and 15-year-old schoolgirl Lalaine Chua's release leaves 21 people still in the Muslim rebels' hands on
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      Lock icon King sacks royal guards
      65 11 Reuters KATHMANDU King Gyanendra of Nepal has dismissed four royal bodyguards for negligence during the royal massacre on June 1. The Gurkha bodyguards were to protect King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and Crown Prince Dipendra. The 29-year-old prince killed his parents and seven members of the royal
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      Lock icon Jailed: TV host killer
      387 13 Reuters But motive for shooting still unknown LONDON An "obsessive" man accused of murdering top British television presenter Jill Dando was jailed for life on Monday. Barry George, 41, (picture) had deniec killing Dando, whose brutal murder at the age of 37 in April 1999 caused
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      Lock icon Lawsuit over 'maggotburger'
      89 13 Reuters DETROIT An 11-year-old Detroit boy filed a US$l million ($l.B million) lawsuit against fast food giant McDonald's Corp on Monday. Vincent Ingram discovered the maggots after biting into the cheeseburger at home on June 19, said his lawyer Arnold Reed. Mr Reed said Ingram swallowed at
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon When the accused become victims
      923 14  -  Lee Foong Ming Channel News Asia Don't turn to the court of public opinion for justice IN the High Court last Thursday, Chief Justice Yong Pung How upheld the acquittal of British lawyer Julia Elizabeth Tubbs for negligent driving that caused the deaths of a
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
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      1391 17 H Saigon bargirl, and her lover Date: Today-July IS, Bpm, the Singapore Symphony JrhGQtr6P6ol Chris, aUS Marine.They are additional 2.30pm performances iVIUSICPCOt Orchestra. Gifted 1 3-year-old separated from each other just on Saturday and Sunday. I Keegan Ng plays Mozart's The Seventh Drawer before the Americans withdraw No performances on
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  • RELAX
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      Singing for the world
      416 18  -  Jenny Kong Prestige of performing for the United Nations leads group to better things by jenny@newstoday.com.sg T ocal group Dreamz Flying JL/machine (Dreamz FM) may not charm you with their looks but their harmonious vocals will make you think twice about them. With their song, The
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      Lock icon PCK & Son Pte Ltd
      75 18 PCK Son Pte Ltd HEY! Is that Phua Chu Kang Junior? No, it is twelve-month-old Johnny Pan with his mother, Jessica, who stopped to pose for a Polaroid shot beside the poster of the popular local sitcom. It was one of the attractions at the MediaCorp carnival at Ngee Ann
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      Lock icon Baggies next summer
      226 18 AFP PARIS Baggy outfits for men are the IN thing next summer if the showings of three Japanese designers at the four-day 2002 men's collections in Paris are anything to go by. Old-timer Yohji Yamamoto, whose first line appeared at the beginning of the 70s, chose striking
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Memento's glue
      532 20  -  David Ngiau Nolan's reverse narrative makes it hard to leave your seat by david@newstoday.com.sg Memento is easily the most intriguing film this year. The day after I first saw it, I was already thinking about watching it again. Like The Usual Suspects, Seven and Fight Club, this film
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      Lock icon PASSPORT: SWORDFISH
      160 21 Your chance to get these cool movie props Yes! Now you can own a genuine piece of the Hollywood blockbuster Swordfish] Remember that cool German passport brandished by top hacker Axl Thorvald, that cool FBI namecard of Don Cheadle's character J T Roberts, and the lighter John Travolta
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      Lock icon Curb your blurbs
      268 21 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Ten classaction lawsuits were filed against Hollywood studios on Monday, alleging that members of the public are duped when they read favourable blurbs in movie advertisements from film critics who have been wined and dined on lavish press junkets. The complaints filed in LA Superior
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      Lock icon Britain censors Tomb Raider
      153 21 Reuters LONDON Citing the film's "glamorisation of knives," Britain's censors have forced Paramount Pictures to cut scenes in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in order to get a childfriendly rating. The studio made the necessary trims to the Angelina Jolie movie to meet the guidelines for a
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  • motoring
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      A life less Audinary
      630 22 With its dean<ut styling and superbly crafted interior, the new Audi A 4 is clearly no ordinary compact executive car. COLIN YONG finds out if it's as good to drive as it is to look at I AM not a great beiiever in the concept of
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      Great design is in the details
      313 22 AUDI'S Design Manager Christian Labonte is the first person to admit that while it is undoubtedly eye-pleasing, the A 4 isn't radically different in its exterior and interior design. "It's important that people recognise the car as an Audi, and they feel comfortable sitting
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      853 25 appointments Maruf Majed John Yong JM fck Vice President, Asian Operations Managing Director j web Methods Inc. m IsecureP i *5k jtf Leading provider of integration software, web Methods Inc. S& ISecureP announces the appointment of John Yong as Managing appointed Maruf Majed as Vice President of Asian Operations. Director
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      901 26 appointments "A pioneer In the design of building components, -< Yong Tai Loong is always in a perpetual state of progress." JKv f J JJ YONG TAI LOONG r requires cert. n0.:0>2-m>«u Public Utilities Board iTivH JIUaSUIBaJ Job Scope Growth in more ways than one... Execute general administrative functions Building
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Godfather Samaranch prays for 'holy trinity'
    674 27 AFP Retiring chief has three ambitions left to fulfil PARIS Outgoing Olympic supremo Juan Antonio Samaranch is hoping to mark his departure after 21 years as the most powerful man in sport by pulling off a triple coup. The 81-year-old International Olympic Committee (IOC)
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    Lock icon Arsenal rebel apologises, but still wants to leave
    266 27 -AFP LONDON Unsettled Arsenal star Patrick Vieira has apologised to manager Arsene Wenger over his criticism of the club, it was reported yesterday. Vieira launched a blistering attack on Arsenal last week through the pages of a tabloid newspaper here, accusing the
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    Club sells itself
    114 27 BUCHAREST Romanian club Baia Mare, recently promoted to the first division, sold its place to FCM Bacau on Monday because of its poor financial situation, Baia Mare's owner said. The unusual transaction, the first registered in the Romanian first division's 92-year history, was confirmed by both sides.
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Home United's million-dollar man
      514 28  -  Jose Raymond by jose@newstoday.com.sg WITH his golden locks, goatee and sharp features, Martin Spanring quietly slipped into Singapore last weekend for a trial with doublechasing Home United. Martin who? Even the Protectors' players asked. Well, he just happens to be the man Home thinks is the
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      Is there any desire left in Sampras to be the best?
      556 28 Wimbledon WIMBLEDON The 19-year-old challenger with the white bandanna and short ponytail spanked the historic and match-winning forehand past the champion, who helplessly watched nearly a decade of dominance sail by. Then Roger Federer sank to his knees, rolled
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