Today, 25 February 2002

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    8 1 TODAY ]Mollday February 25, 2002 > MITA (P) 063/11/200)
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    494 1  -  Zackaria Abdul Kahim Muis' informal list caught in a dilemma by zackaria@newstoday.com.sg HAMBALI. Abu Bakar Bashir. Ibrahim Maidin. Each one was a suspected mastermind of the terror network in Singapore. And each one was a freelance religious teacher. As Singaporeans worry if there is a link between the
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    Lock icon Getting too close: KL
    87 1 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia hopes that Singapore's land reclamation programme will no encroach on its territory, Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday. "Singapore's land reclamation activity is getting closer to Malaysia's border. What they do within their borders is their affair," he told reporters.
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      44 1 ■H Hi. i COMMENTARY/ 12 Memo Sabnani expects a period of calm before market recovery in two months FRENCH MUSCLE/ 19 Ivan Lim goes to Paris to check out the Rafale fighter MAKING HISTORY/30 Arjun Atwal becomes first Indian to win on European Tour
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Fear business
      417 2 AFP At Aerospace, manufacturers bank on defence DEFENCE and security will take centre stage at the first international aerospace show which starts at the Changi Exhibition Centre tomorrow. "I expect a lot of the large manufacturers to focus on defence more than they would have had during previous
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      Lock icon One for the memories
      40 2 ERNEST CHUA Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong signing autographs for members of the Changkat Community Club at a Chinese New Year Garden Party, which was hosted by the Cabinet, at the Istana yesterday. Today photo by
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      Dr Tan: Don't overlook conventional threats
      258 2  -  Tan Hut Leng EVEN as all eyes are now on the fight against the unconventional enemy of terrorism, Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan (picture) pointed out that conventional threats to security must not be overlooked. "Nations still have to defend their sovereignty and national
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      357 3 Agencies Jayalalitha back in power but Vajpayee's party is routed MADRAS It was the day when Indian politics came a full circle. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was routed in the state elections. The Congress Party that had traditionally ruled India for more than four decades seemed
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      Lock icon Laos goes to the polls
      51 3 Reuters photo Laos President Khamtay Siphandone casting his vote yesterday at a polling station in Vientiane. Half of the Laotian pop ulation of 5.4 million went to the polls to elect 109 National Assembly members from 166 candidates chosen by the ruling Lao People's Revolutionary
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      Lock icon Where Thais Feer to tread
      166 3 AFP BANGKOK The Thai government yesterday showed signs of backing down from its threat to expel two Far Eastern Economic Review (Feer) reporters based here. Official spokesman Youngyuth Tiyapairat said: "This government does not have any policy to support or interfere with any media outlet
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      Pressure on Queen's envoy to resign
      157 3 CANBERRA Australia's embattled Governor-General, Mr Peter Hollingworth (picture), is on the brink of resigning over allegations that he mishandled complaints about church child-sex abuse claims, a report said. Government sources told The Australian newspaper that leading conservatives were putting pressure on Mr Hollingworth, Queen
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      Banned drugs still used on chickens
      142 3 KUALA LUMPUR Farmers here are still using banned drugs that could cause cancer to hasten the growth of chickens, the government said. Health Ministry Parliamentary Secretary S Sothinathan told the New Sunday Times that apart from nitrofuran, betaagonist and chloramphenicol were being used to
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      CPI falls again
      161 4 THE Consumer Price Index (CPI) continued to dip for the sixth consecutive month, thanks to lower cost of housing, as well as cheaper clothing and other items. The figure for January was down by 0.1 per cent over December last year. Lower electricity tariffs lowered housing cost
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      $12m Toto prize
      83 4 SOMEONE could be a millionaire many times over today. The Toto Hongbao Draw will see a record prize of $12 million. The prize has grown partly because no one won the last jackpot of almost $1.3 million and the prize snowballed. The other reason could be seen
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      Justice L P Thean retires
      127 4 AFTER an illustrious and active legal career, 69-year-old Supreme Court Judge, Justice Thean Lip Ping, (picture) retired yesterday. Born in Malaysia, he read law in the United Kingdom, after which joined Y S Lee Co in Malaysia. In 1960, he became a partner in the
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      TJC e-newspaper to help remake S'pore
      131 4 WEB-SAWY young students can now offer their ideas on remaking Singapore through a platform run by fellow students. The lively fount of thoughts and ideas would come from on-line multimedia newspaper, Temasek Times, which is run by budding journalists from Temasek Junior College. "A
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      Big specks
      390 6  -  Tay Kim Lian Screening is crucial, as two of my friends found out I AM worried that your article, "Little specks, lost breasts" (Today, Feb 21), might hinder the Health Ministry's campaign to get more women screened early for breast cancer. As it is, many people fear going
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      HDB: Art exhibition in flat may cause disturbance to other residents
      319 6  -  Tan Bing Chui I REFER to the letters "Art land will happen again if by Mr Philip Tan and "Red tape and the kiasu mentality" by Mr Herbert Teo (Today, Feb 21). Mr Tan and Mr Teo said that
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      281 8 Good English AFP helps Singapore pip HK SINGAPORE has toppled Hong Kong as Asia's least bureaucratic economy, a regional survey has revealed. The Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (Perc) survey, which highlights how the human and regulatory dimensions of Asian bureaucracy posed major frustrations, rated Hong Kong as the most
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    • Corporate Briefs
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        Moroccan deal
        76 8 HONG Leong Group Singapore's international hotel arm has clinched long-term management contracts to operate two fivestar hotels in Morocco. The Millennium Hotel Agadir, a 284-room and sevensuite hotel in Baie des Palmiers in the resort city of Agadir, opens at the end of this year. The Millennium Hotel
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        Dell Monte profit lower
        52 8 DELL Monte Pacific's net profit for the 2001 financial year fell 15 per cent to U5529.5 million ($54.07 million). Turnover fell nine per cent to U*****.3 million. This was due to lower sales volume in Europe, currency translation in Asia and weak pricing in North America
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      Lock icon How far, this clean-up?
      434 11 AFP Malaysia needs to show it is serious about corporate shake-up KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's clean-up of some of its most heavilyindebted but well-connected corporations has raised hopes of greater transparency in the business sector. Analysts and business leaders said there appeared to be a policy shift
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      254 11 AFP KUALA LUMPUR A delay in a decision to list new shares in Technology Resources Industries (TRI) could spook investors in Malaysia. The Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, pressed for a quick decision, stressing: "There is an urgency for them to make a
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      Lock icon Striking fear into audit committees
      121 11 Bloomberg WASHINGTON The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will scrutinise the behaviour of corporate audit committees in its investigations into companies' financial reporting, the agency's enforcement chief, Mr Stephen Cutler, told hundreds of securities lawyers in Washington. "An audit committee or audit committee member cannot
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      The May watch
      778 12  -  Mano Sabnani Commentary Expect market recovery in next two months by_ THE ongoing correction in the stock market is healthy and necessary. After all, Singapore has seen the STI Index move from 1,200 points to as high as 1,800 earlier this month. That was a movement of
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        Singapore
        261 12 THE week started on a quiet note. The festive mood continued with volumes generally a lot lower than they were in January with the absence of any significant volume selling. Excluding Friday, the STI was caught in a very tight range between 1,700 and 1,750 with a firm undertone,
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        Malaysia
        74 12 THE stock market was broadly lower last week, with the benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index falling 11.37 points, or 1.6 per cent, despite the market reporting good corporate results and a Wall Street rebound towards the end of the week. Expect a rocky start this week with sentiment dampened
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      129 11 /UST THINK what it would mean to you if you could read S comprehend twice faster than you do now. If you're a student, in business or the profusions, given the ever-increasing amount of written material you have to read process, it would mean you save time, learn more and
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Blair again
      304 14 To meet Bush on action against Iraq LONDON Will Iraq become the next target in phase two of the war against terrorism? The answer appears to rest with President Saddam Hussein. The Observer reported yesterday that British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who played a pivotal role in supporting
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      What the regional papers said yesterday ...
      107 14 What the regional papers said yesterday The Star/Malaysia Ulamas can be criticised but not insulted, says Nik Aziz Ulamas can be criticised or rebuked but they definitely cannot be insulted, said PAS spiritual advisor Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat. The Jakarta Post/Indonesia City finally Starting health programme for flood ailments
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      Lock icon Hole dug in US embassy wall
      123 14 Reuters ROME Police have discovered a hole carved into an underground passageway next to the US embassy and suspect terrorists were planning to plant a chemical bomb there, a judicial source said yesterday. The news came a few days after the arrest of four
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      Lock icon 'No more talks'
      125 14 Agencies JERUSALEM The Palestinians yesterday cut ties with Israel after the Israeli Cabinet decided to allow Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to leave his compound but not Ramallah city. The Cabinet met after the Palestinian Authority arrested three suspects in the killing of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi,
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  • COMMENTARY
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      The new order ...
      588 15  - The new order Teo Chia Leen as Singapore gets set for big changes by_ IT'S my first Chinese New Year in Singapore in three years. The last two years were spent in Hong Kong as Channel NewsAsia's bureau chief for the Special Administrative Region. At that time, instead of returning
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      266 15 PRIFYSGOL Wfm Bthl cymru University of Wales I The University of Wales is one of the I largest universities in UK and is a member lof Association of Commonwealth Wtj^^m^Wiff)l§J^n I Universities (ACU). The university has a I tradition of excellence in education and I its qualifications are well sought
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  • UPFRONT
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      The foreign invasion
      712 16  -  Serene Foo Is popularity of Hong Kong TV shows a threat to local talent? by serene@newstoday.com.sg NNADIA Chan, Nancy Sit and other Hong Kong stars are once again becoming prime-time fare on television. For example, between the 7pm and 9pm slots, MediaCorp TV Channel 8 has Happy
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      Pop the question
      842 18 Couples share their thoughts on love and proposals YOU'VE known each other for a long time. You feel comfortable together and, now, you feel that this could be the person you want to spend the rest of your life with. What do you do next? "It's hard
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      Empowering couples to ensure a sweet, lasting union
      358 18 LOVE means never having to say you're sorry. Or so we'd like to believe. The truth is much less fairy tale-like than this popular saying. Marriage is, after all, a serious and long-term commitment between two people, a vocation of love. Fortunately,
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  • LIVINGLEARNING
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      For mature students
      412 19 Edith Cowan University provides rigorous training for service professions SERVICE, professionalism and enterprise. These are just three of the many defining themes which have positioned Edith Cowan University (ECU) as a professionally-oriented tertiary education institution, providing service to students to prepare them for knowledge-based service professions. The
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      French muscle takes to the skies
      658 19  -  Ivan Lim in Paris by ivan@newstoday.com.sg IT looks like a hot rod and the cockpit is as spacious as that of a Formula One car, but once strapped inside, you sense that you are in a firstclass fighting machine. On the canopy is a
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      Lock icon Tale of two tongues
      506 20 -AFP Hard times for Indian language writers in English-dominated market NEEMRANA (India) A week-long festival on Indian literature has laid bare a bitter rift between Indian writers who choose to write in their native language and their betterknown compatriots who opt for English. Indian language writers,
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      Coping with exams
      463 20  -  Lorna Whiston by lorna@lornawhiston.com.sg IT'S tough being a parent at the best of times. If you are feeling stressed about preparing your child for exams, try these sure-win revision tips: Plan a revision timetable with your child. If you impose a schedule on him, he is more
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      Lock icon Business, China-style
      394 21  -  Low Shi Ping Curtin's degree programme shows you how b.y shiping@newstoday.com.sg LAST year, China joined the World Trade Organisation (WTO). In 2008, it will be hosting the Olympic Games in Beijing. There will, therefore, be a greater need for qualified business professionals. Curtin University of Technology's Curtin Business
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  • EATOUT
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      Say 'cheese' and win at KFC
      136 22  -  -ElisaChia FRIES will never be the same again. Instead of eating them plain or with the usual chilli and tomato sauces, you can have them with cheese. Stop at a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet and try out the new cheese fries (picture). Cheese fries
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      Classical Citrine
      334 22  -  Elisa Chia Where French fare tickles your taste buds IT came, it wooed and it conquered clientele with its radical European cuisine. Now, Citrine Chocolat's Chef Damian D'Silva has introduced a new a la carte menu. Ninety per cent of the items are now classical French fare from
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon Crossing the borders
      317 24 ■Reuters Japanese hit Spirited Away faces uncertain reception abroad TOKYO Spirited Away, the highest-ever grossing film in Japan, scooped up the top award at the Berlin Film Festival last Sunday, but critics say box office success in foreign territories is far from assured. Some fear the animated
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      Lock icon Mission Impossible: Improve grin
      108 24 -Reuters LOS ANGELES Improving on Tom Cruise's smile may seem like Mission: Impossible, but the Hollywood star wants a bit more perfection in his famous grin. Cruise, who turns 40 in July, started wearing braces during the past week in a bid to improve his bite,
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      Lock icon End of the road, beep! beep!
      285 24 ■Reuters LOS ANGELES Chuck Jones, the Oscar-winning animator who helped bring Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig and Daffy Duck to life and personally created Wile E. Coyote and his fruitless hunt for the Road Runner, died on Friday of congestive heart failure at age 89,
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      Lock icon Beatty award
      57 24 AFP. LONDON Oscar winning US actor Warren Beatty was to be honoured at an awards ceremony of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) yesterday for his contribution to world cinema. Beatty will receive the annual Academy Fellowship, the highest accolade bestowed on an individual at
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      Lock icon Towering treats
      631 25 Reuters/Variety More tricks and return of Gollum in Rings sequel LOS ANGELES With the first instalment of his Lord of the Rings trilogy a prime contender for Oscar honours, director Peter Jackson says he has reached deep into his bag of movie wizardry to deliver fresh characters and
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      John Q. worries hospitals
      167 25 LOS AJNGELES Some hospitals in the United States are afraid that John Q. will inspire copycat cases of "waiting room terrorism" depicted in the film. John Q. has star Denzel Washington (picture) playing a desperate father who holds a hospital hostage when he's told that his
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      102 27 THE MEDICAL ALPHABET homeland and our hearts. It (Wednesday, 9.30pm) focuses on the lifestyles, A new medical programme, health topics, current affairs, where viewers will be able to and interest of Singapore and get information on the com- her people, mon diseases from cause, to prevention, to cures all in
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      408 29 Agencies SALT LAKE CITY Riot police opened fire on rampaging Winter Olympics revellers here yesterday as reports of a major drugs scandal threatened to dominate the last day of the trouble-plagued Games. Police fired rubber bullets on youths after disturbances broke out
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      Zimbabwe on brink of defeat
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      760 31 AFP English Premier League Sunderland 0 Newcastle 1 One goal enough as Given shines NEWCASTLE The Newcastle title pursuit is very much alive and kicking. It beat Sunderland 1-0 in yesterday's highly charged north-east derby at the Stadium
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