Today, 8 May 2002

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    13 1 TODAY WC Cl II C S (1 2i\ Ma y 8' 2002 M'"TA(P)O*3/l]/2tM)l
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    Lock icon 2 AM LATEST
    113 1 Reuters Rates unchanged WASHINGTON US Federal Reserve policymakers opted yesterday to keep interest rates steady at four-decade lows, trying to keep an unevenly paced recovery rolling with cheap credit. Policymaking members of the Federal Open Market Committee voted to keep its trendsetting federal funds rate for overnight
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    Old skeletons get new airing
    658 1 Why is ex-chief imam revisiting Umno scandals? KUALA LUMPUR For the past two weeks, Malaysia's political grapevine had been abuzz over the "big secret" that a former religious leader was said to be keeping. It was widely speculated that the "secret" was related to jailed
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Buckle up or face $120 fine
      83 2 Channel News Asia STARTING today, drivers who do not put on their seat belts will be fined $120 and given three demerit points. The same penalty applies to passengers in taxis and vehicles. Drivers who do not put their children into child seats will
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      Pierre donates half his liver
      212 2 MEDIACORP artiste Pierre Png (picture, left) donated almost hah 1 his liver to girlfriend Andrea De Cruz (picture, right) last night in a procedure that started at Bpm. The couple has made history here, as this is the first trans- plant involving a living, nonrelated
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      3 untouchables
      363 2  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim and ISA is not one of them by zackaria@newstoday.com.sg THREE months after its formation, the Remaking Singapore committee has received suggestions from more than 1,000 people in feedback sessions and 600 e-mails. The committee was formed in February to complement the work of the Economic
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      Ship rams into wharf
      128 2  -  -Jay Frances ONE of Shell's largest wharves on its Pulau Bukom refinery was damaged on Monday after a ship collided into it and caused a minor oil spill. The Dutch-registered dredger, Seaway, encountered engine failure and crashed into Wharf 8 at around 10.25 pm. The wharf's
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      LRT service breaks down
      126 3 THE Bukit Panjang LRT service broke down at about 8.20pm yesterday. At press time, there was no confirmation as to the cause, nor any indication as to when the service would resume. An SLRT spokesperson said temporary bus services were provided for commuters. The LRT has
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      Lock icon Taiwan's bold plan rebuffed
      137 3 Reuters TAIPEI A bold, multi-billion-dollar plan to boost the economic health of Taiwan was met with lukewarm response yesterday. Premier Yu Shyi-kun said NT52.65 trillion {$139 billion) would be spent over a six-year period, with NT$922 billion coming from the private sector and the rest from
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      Lock icon Fight against Islamic state
      255 3 Agencies Jakarta, KL, Manila sign regional pact PUTRAJAYA (Malaysia) Regional cooperation to combat terrorism was given a boost yesterday when a trilateral security pact was sealed. Foreign ministers from Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines inked the agreement, which "is also open to other Asean members". A
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      Timely rescue
      375 4  -  Chung Lyn-Yi Temporary inspector jobs offered to needy families in Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC by reporter@news to d ay.com, sg ALONE and jobless, and with two grown-up children to support, Mary is among the many who have been hit hard by the current recession. Her situation seems bleak. She
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      Naughty man jailed
      191 4  -  Joy Frances A SCHIZOPHRENIC man went before Chief Justice Yong Pung How yesterday to ask for a reduction in his nine-month sentence. The 50-year-old former woodwork teacher, Seng Soon Kia, had threatened to chop off his neighbour's head with a sword in January. The terrified woman called
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      194 2 Tel: 6788 5255, website: today.income.com.sg, email: mkquot@income.com.sg Our motor insurance 'Quality Plan' now offers you 2 options: Discounts Option 1 A 5% discount wilt be given for loyal policyholders who have the excess for first two accident repairs will be waived insured their vehicles with us for at least 3
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      209 4 _^^^T^M^^^^^^^^TJ J^t^tjj^B Jn\ CO-FOUNDERS: ANTHONY THEN AND GOH SOO KHIM i (5? ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: GOH SOO KHIM |f SINGAPORE DANCE THEATRE flamenco Tfcvo Iftfe., Carmen U\omero Sz Camkla Jlamcnca and talked about -^m^tl^^m fa* ieaUiniw* ft It A JHigucl de la <Bast«U outdoor arts event l€J Wi in Singapore!" .\^/m\
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      219 5 A f\ YEARS I N SINGAPORE citibankr ■:-&Ji^ WIW _-*^&KO/0&M WP" H*.. v B| !:^tli:.\;- 1^ [m f?i [mar [m I^V II As part of our celebration of 100 years in Singapore, Citibank is giving away a total of $1 million over 10 months. From January- October 2002, you get
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  • LETTERS
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      The real aims of Dr Chee
      289 6  -  Jason Lee Boon Hong One is to get the attention of foreign media THE Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief Dr Chee Soon Juan said his party wanted to use the rally outside the Is tana on Labour Day to address workers "who need a
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      Community bonding in an inspired green setting
      534 6 WE refer to the letter, "Create from nature" (Today, April 25), in which the writer has suggested that the natural landscape be remade to inspire innovators. Over the years, the National Parks Board's (NParks) mission has evolved from realising a vision for a
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  • YOUR FINANCILA HEALTH
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      Great dreams
      721 7  -  Koulee Jane F Calayag and the importance of time to women TIME flies quickly with its tremendous demands. Like shifting sands, it changes fast. But perhaps, women in their 50s feel differently about it. They embrace time as an invaluable resource to make their dreams of a meaningfully
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      FINANCILA PLANNING AND YOU
      301 7  -  Angeline Tan, CFP 11 Do you think women should save more than men for their retirement? Only six per cent of working women aged 21 to 45 interviewed in a recent poll think so. Firstly, women live, on average, five years longer than men and therefore
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      27 7 A Financial Planning Series for women Today Head Office: 1 Pickering Street #01-01 Great Eastern Centre Singapore *****9 Visit us at our website: www.Lifeisgreat.com.sg Lifer U gTBaV!
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Get set for Man U cafés in Asia
      218 8  -  Chan Chao Peh by thaopeh@newstoday.com.sg MANCHESTER United fans in Asia will soon be able to sip beer and eat fish and chips while watching their favourite team play. The local apparel distributor, F J Benjamin, has entered into an equal joint venture
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        118 8 WALL Street had many traders waving the white flag yesterday as the Dow Jones Industrial dived 198 points and the Nasdaq shaved off another 34 points. The STI opened at 1,707 before bar-gain-hunting lifted it to close just 1.07 points down at 1-720.98. Blue chips continued to see recycling
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        World markets
        51 8 Index Value Change Us Nikkei 225 *****.04 -234.97 -2.03 Hang Seng 41! Ordinaries ~;iki. '.Vid *****.98 3273.70 5663.98 +59.78 -19.80 +21.50 +0.51 -0.60 +0.38 Koreo (omp SET Index 826.34 374.65 ■0.53 +0.60 ■0.06 +0.16 Jakarta Comp 544.89 +5.0B +0.94 Phils Camp Shenzen 3 1343.83 228.66 -13.82 ■0.98 -1.02
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 8 US$ 0.554 IKE 0.3775 Yen 70.5417 HK$ 4.321 S RM 2.1052 Euro 0.6055 Rupiah 5154.63 Baht 23.7976 Peso 27.5595 AS 1.0279 Indiunßs 27.112 Won 709.723 C$ 0.8661 Yuon 4.5563 NZ$ 1.2365 NT$ 19.121
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        Commodities
        20 8 Golduss/oi 311.500 Silver uss/»z 4612 Platinum uss/k 515.800 Rubber«na g 121.25 Pdm oil (M/tonnc 1210 Brent erode uss/b»™l 21.98
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 8 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        53 8 By volume May 7 '000 Unisteel 78,283 AirOcean 38,374 Roly 24,049 PohTC 21,495 QianHu 20,046 By value May 7 Venture 76,661,100 Unistwl 66,377,930 DBS 29,689,750 SIA 23,754,300 Chorlered 22,729,840 '000 UniFood 16,431 Gnldtron 16,130 Europtron 13,287 Chosen 11,093 fahrah 9,888 QinnHu 16,752,735 SPH 14,630,100 SingTel 13,256,080 Roly
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        SGX top rises
        77 8 May 7 GteotEasI Close Change mOO +0.300 APE BrEmies 5.40O +0.200 SPH 100 22.700 +0.200 GUE 6.800 +0.150 CK 5.050 +0.130 DBS 13.900 +4100 SPH 52.700 +fl.lOO *****':■•■: 11,i lufoimaiks 1.200 +0.OBO 1.650 +0.070 JSH SOOUSS 3.040 +0.070 fy u:- :r:ri-.i I. May 7 Close Change ChuartSH
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        78 8 Bloomberg May 7 Close Change ktfme 16.000 -0.400 ;reoiive50 20.200 -0.200 M200 13.700 -0.200 ilA 13.600 -0.200 3BS Bk 6S NCPS *****.100 -0.100 IN1H4OGUSS 5.950 -0.10O iinpmasC 2kHKS 1.460 -0.070 Jmsleel 0.845 -0.060 bartered 4.340 0.060 F£H 7.450 -0.050 By percentage May 7 MMIW*****4 dose Change 0.030
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      Shophouses for sale
      87 10 TWO units of shophouses in Boat Quay have been put up for sale by tender. The marketing agent, CB Richard Ellis, expects the 99-year leasehold three-storey conservation shophouses to fetch more than $4 million each. Said Mr Chan Fook Kheong, its executive director of investment sales; "If
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      Lock icon Qantas, Virgin Blue and the market watchdog
      157 10 -AFP SYDNEY Qantas Airways, Australia's biggest airline, is facing court action by the competition watchdog, which yesterday accused it of trying to force out the cut-price airline, Virgin Blue. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) accused Qantas of misusing its market power
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      Subscribers on the rise
      274 10  -  Chan Chao Peh SingTel Mobile has 22m in region by cha o peniffnewsto aay. c o m.sg SINGTEL, the sixth-largest Asian telecom company, said its regional mobile subscriber base has increased to more than 22 million. SingTel, which has operations in six mobile markets, said it
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2174 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (Ml prices aie indicative) Enquiries: Cull 852-2973-6600 E-rtioil iippef.fcrD@reuterc.toin I ..in! N. HiY/BMPrfct Dflt'Priie 4btr*.nisiri Mom.jnn.nl (Aik.) Mian hi (r«i<yii%u1»1liB 1.771 0.7*5 lardiaM Hsi.nn Fixed feint I. Hi 1312 .'.SEriif- -e jl:;oli:.-i.- LIB 1*51 ;!):i:if c ;i::ur:jiii:.«g. 1.1? l«! tlnxi-hl -diircinLqirf,' 1J11 i-IM lieirit'ti ]«|ihii«it IJK? 10W
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      Lock icon DBS denies report of BPI sale
      125 12 Bloomberg MANILA-DBS Group Holdings has denied a report that it is selling a 20 per cent stake in Bank of Philippine Islands (BPI), the country's sec-ond-biggest lender by assets. The Philippine Daily Inquirer said yesterday Singapore's biggest bank will sell the stake because it
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      Lock icon Costly Optus
      283 12 Bloomberg It is expected to affect SingTel's Q4 profits SINGTEL, South-east Asia's biggest phone company, will probably say fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell because of costs related to its Australian operations. Analysts expect SingTel's profit in the three months ended March 31 to fall to $255 million from $438
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      5 10 KCT^jS T|i|T f3|l_ssi^^^n KT7STI JC-}»L'LI
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Felled by genie?
      318 15 Agencies Fortuyn's death sends shock wave across Europe THE HAGUE The shooting of Dutch antiimmigration crusader Pirn Fortuyn (picture) on Monday dramatised growing anxiety over the rise of extreme-right and xenophobic movements across Europe. Although the arrested suspect for the assassination, a 33-year-old white Dutch male, revealed
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      Lock icon M'sian bomber to die
      91 15 Agencies JAKARTA A Malaysian convicted of bombing a shopping mall in central Jakarta was yesterday sentenced to death by an Indonesian court. Taufik bin Abdullah Halim, alias Dani, 32, lost a leg when the bomb he was carrying exploded prematurely at the Atrium Senen mall on
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      Lock icon Italian obstacle
      129 15 Agencies BETHLEHEM As Israelis and Palestinians reported a deal yesterday to end a five-week-old armed standoff at the Church of the Nativity, a obstacle could come from Italy. After intensive talks brokered by US and European Union officials, the Palestinians agreed that 13 militants holed up in the
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      Hit by the economy
      234 16 YANGON Doubts still persist about the government's will for genuine political change but the consensus after Ms Aung San Suu Kyi's release is that Myanmar's crumbling economy had been the junta's breaking point. Diplomats and analysts said Ms Suu Kyi's release after 19 months of house
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      Lock icon 'Axis of evil' expands
      148 16 AFP WASHINGTON The United States has put three more countries on the waiting list of the "axis of evil", which comprises Iraq, Iran and North Korea, after accusing them of sponsoring international terrorism. Cuba, Syria and Libya are also accused of seeking to acquire weapons of
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      Lock icon More bombs found
      109 16 Agencies WASHINGTON Fear is spreading throughout the American Midwest as two more pipe bombs were found in Colorado and Nebraska, bringing the number of states affected to four. The authorities said all the bombs explosivefilled metal pipes rigged to blow up when moved are similar. They believe
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  • COMMENTARY
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      What do I tell my sons?
      903 18  -  Lee Foong Ming if they ask me why they should give their lives for Singapore AS SOMEONE who gave up one citizenship to take up another, perhaps I am not qualified to join the debate on loyalty to one's country and whether one should
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Preeclampsia? What's that?
      246 22 -Reuters LOS ANGELES Women who get pregnant for the first time, or when they are older than 35, are more at risk for life threatening high blood pressure than women who are overweight. "Once you have high blood pressure, weight is not very predictive of preeclampsia," said
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      Let's talk about sex
      476 22  -  Janice Lee S'poreans are not shy, says Aussie doctor 'T^HIS doctor makes a living by talking X about a subject that still makes many Singaporeans blush: Sex. But to her surprise, Australian sexual health expert Dr Rosie King found a receptive audience here when she gave
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  • PORTFOLIO
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      Retire happy
      652 23  -  Gary Lim Hock Seng Leaving the workforce need not be something to fear by garylim@ni.com.sg DOES the word "retirement" evoke fear in your mind? It may, to those who are nearing retirement and feel they are not financially ready. The truth is, everyone is guilty of some procrastination
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      Fund managers still bullish about Asia
      273 23  -  Vasu Menon by INVESTORS in Asia are nervous because US stock markets have been very weak in the last few weeks, especially the Nasdaq index, which broke the critical 1,600 support level on Monday. But fund managers say that this is not the time
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon Behind enemy lines
      598 24 -Reuters/ Documentary gives insight into the ravages of war NYON (Switzerland) James Nachtwey (picture), who has taken award-winning pictures of machetescarred Rwandans and Chechen orphans over a career of dodging tear gas and bullets, believes photography can be a powerful antidote to war. The American photojournalist, legendary
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      Lock icon From This to That
      107 24 -Reuters/ HOLLYWOOD Cathy MoriartyGentile will re-team with Raging Bull costar Robert De Niro (picture) in Analyze That, the Warner Bros sequel to its comedy hit Analyze This. Moriarty-Gentile plays a formidable Mob widow who takes on her late husband's business. But she is not afraid to
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      SINGAPORE TOP 10 (MAY 3-5)
      65 25 Rankings according to Cinematograph Exhibitors Association Last weekend's position in brackets, denotes new release. j i I 1 T 0 n (i) (2) (3) (4) (6) (5) r) (9) (10) Spider-Man The Scorpion King John Q Another Heaven (Japanese) My Sassy Girl (Korean) Monster's Ball
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      NORTH AMERICAN TOP 10 (MAY 3 – 5)
      113 25 NORTH AMERICAN TOP 10 (MAY 3 5) Figures according to Reuters/Variety. Last weekend's position in brackets, denotes new release J I I i r > I 0 n (i) (2) (4) (5) (6) n (7) (3) (8) weekend gross Spider-Man US$ 114.90m The Scorpion King US$ 9.05m Changing Lanes US$
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      331 25 Reuters/} HOLLYWOOD Executives at Sony, where Spider-Man caps a years-long saga of franchise rights squabbles, were over the moon about the webbed wonder's big-screen performance over the weekend. "People have asked me all weekend, 'Are you on Cloud Nine?' I think I'm on about Cloud 40,"
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      462 35 SACRAMENTO Steve Nash helped provide the finishing kick for the Dallas Mavericks. He poured in a play-off career-high 30 points and made several huge plays late as the Dallas Mavericks posted a 110-102 victory over the Sacramento Kings to even their Western Conference semi-final series at
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      706 36 Tomorrow marks the start of the second round of the NTUC Income 2002 S-League. As expected, the first round produced some exciting moments, a dollop of controversy and, let's face it, some abysmal performances. Today journalist JOSE RAYMOND presents his report card. Most
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      626 37 RIO DE JANEIRO It looks as if one of the great international football careers is all but over. Veteran Brazil striker Romario's (picture) hope of a World Cup swansong was dashed yesterday when he was not included in coach Luiz Felipe Scolari's 23-man squad
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      679 39  -  Leonard Thomas Fergie will pull out all the stops to prevent another Alamo I English Premier League Manchester United v Arsenal Live, tomorrow, Ch23, 2.30am I by leonard@newstoclay.com.sg ALEX Ferguson (picture) must feel like he's under siege at the moment. For probably the first time since his
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      49 39 INDIA'S Karnataka State Cricket Association will play Singapore in four one-day matches as part of the latter's preparations for the Asian Cricket Council Trophy in July. All matches 50 overs a side will be played at the Kallang cricket ground on 10th, 11th and 12th May.
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