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  • 7 1 TODAY Monday May 20, 2002 MITA(P) 063/11Q00]
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  • 779 1  -  Elisia Yeo What to make of new report on Osama's terror plan? by elisia ©news today, com. sg HOT on the heels of the political blame game on whether President George W Bush's administration did enough to prevent the Sept 11 attacks, comes news that the
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 343 2  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Govt link doesn't mean open doors: PSB Corp by zac karia@news tod ay. com. sg A GOVERNMENT-linked brand name does not guarantee open doors. Government-linked companies came under scrutiny in Parliament last week, as MPs called for them to compete on equal terms with
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    • 188 2 THE night-time electronic road pricing (ERP) along the Central Expressway (CTE) will come into effect only after the North-East line opens in December. Minister for Transport Yeo Cheow Tong disclosed this while launching the new Toa Payoh Interchange, the first air-conditioned bus interchange, yesterday.
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      59 2 A milk bottle symbolising babies who died from Aids was on display at the Singapore Aids Candlelight Memorial 2002 at Skate Park last night. The event commemorated the 19th International Aids Day. Organised by Action for Aids, the event was attended by religious leaders from the InterReligious Organisation of Singapore,
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    • 177 2  -  —Jose Raymond THE first of two delegations from the Malaysian opposition group Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) yesterday concluded a one-day visit to Singapore. Led by PAS women's wing secretary Hajjah Nuridah Salleh, the group met the Association of Women for Action and Research, Pergas (the Islamic Religious Scholars
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    • 200 2 THERE is strength in numbers, as evidenced by the growing reach of the workers' union in these times of economic hardship. The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) is now closer to its target of 380,000 members by year-end, thanks to the success of its latest membership
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    • 73 3 Agencies JERUSALEM At least one person was killed and about 28 others were wounded yesterday when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a busy market in the central Israeli city of Netanya. Witnesses told Army Radio they believe the bomber was in an Israeli army
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    • 294 3 Agencies Tensions rise in India, Pakistan NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Mrs Sonia Gandhi, leader of the main opposition Congress party, held discussions yesterday on last week's bloody attack in Kashmir, The talks were aimed at building political consensus on India's next moves in
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    • 230 3 Agencies AMBON Indonesian militant Muslim group Laskar Jihad handed over hundreds of weapons ranging from rifles to homemade bombs to the military yesterday. But, the group said it would only surrender additional arms if the authorities would take more action against a radical Christian faction
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      483 4  -  Tan Hui Leng by huileng@newstoday. c om. sg HOSPITALS these days extend the same level of care and concern which they provide to patients to their own staff. In an ever-evolving economy, investment in human capital has become very important, and healthcare institutions have become caregivers for
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    • 235 4  -  Serene Foo PRESS reports have suggested that unhappiness is festering among some MediaCorp artistes over revisions in their new contracts. Veteran artistes like Zhu Xiu Feng was quoted by Chinese newspaper Skin Min Daily News as saying that she would not renew her contract because it
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    • 63 3 I want to thank the leaders and given all of us the chance to remember that freedom is precious and your rreedom has been paid Former US President Bill I Clinton on arriving in Dili for 9 I the birth of a new nation. Singapore's President SR Nathan and Prime
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    • 79 4 PEOPLE DTSkF ELOPER THE People Developer Standard is a mark of distinction. This national standard distinguishes organisations that have a comprehensive system for developing their people. They provide their people with individual training and career development plans. These companies can assure customers that their goods and services are supported by
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  • LETTERS
    • 383 6  -  Ann Devadas English mum, Indian dad and language policy RAVI Veloo's commentary, "Message to Mums" (Weekend Today, May 11), was inspiring and thought-provoking. As a mother of two, I smiled at the images invoked by a world ruled by Mother Power. Two statements in the article led me to
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    • 92 6  -  Samantha Chan Wei Bing I REFER to the letter, "A place to put the burden" (May 15), by Ms Avana Anna, suggesting that heavy textbooks could be kept in school. She said schools could provide lockers or allow students to leave their
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    • 49 6 IN the Motoring section of Weekend Today (May 18 19), we reported that the price of the Mini Cooper CVT was $82,988 with COE. That is incorrect. The actual price for the new Mini Cooper CVT is $92,000 excluding COE. We apologise for the mistake.
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    • 391 7 The National Healthcare Group proudly announces the achievement of the I National People Developer Standard by our f/ Healthcare member hospitals Alexandra Hospital, Group National University Hospital and Adding years of healthy ufe TanTock Seng Hospital. PEOPLE DEN^ELOPER VJflfc SINGAPORE j T iWw| X i committed to developing staff focusing
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      351 8 Bloomberg We only want connections to India, says StarHub STARHUB, Singapore's second largest phone company, said it approached Reliance Communications to connect calls to India, denying a report it is in talks with the India phone company to build an undersea cable. Malaysia's Business Times newspaper on Friday
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    • 79 8 MAYBANK Singapore's first off-site automated teller machine (ATM) under the Qualifying Full Bank (QFB) privileges was launched at Jurong Point Shopping Centre last Friday. QFB banks are allowed up to five off-site ATMs. "This move will enhance our contact points with our customers," said Mr Vincent Yap, Maybank
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    • 114 8 SINGAPOREANS can now make tax payments from the comfort of their own homes via Internet direct debit. Network for Electronic Transfers (Nets) has made this possible by working with the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) to offer the eNets Debit payment service as an
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    • 410 8  -  Vasu Menon by CHUAN Hup's management seems to feel strongly that its shares are undervalued. The company has been repurchasing its shares quite aggressively from the open market in recent months. For example, between March 25 and April 25, Chuan Hup spent a hefty $9.1 million to
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    • 213 10 -AFP TOKYO Two former executives of a Japanese meat packer were arrested on Saturday on suspicion of defrauding the government of subsidies in a food mislabelling scam that is linked to Japan's mad cow scare. Police arrested Hiromi Sakurada, 61,
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    • Market Watch
      • 115 10 THE Straits Times Index (STI) closed down a mere 2.3 points last week to 1,734, ignoring the strong performance in the American markets on the upside. Local factors were the main focus with the main dampener on the market being the once high-flying bluechip Datacraft, which suspended its shares
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      • 53 10 Index Value Changs its Nikkei 225 *****.32 +108.63 +0.93 Hang Seng •Jl Ordinaries faiwcn Wld *****.61 3361.90 5789.84 +141.84 +18.60 -11.63 +1.20 +0.56 -0.20 Korea Comp SET Index lata la Comp 875.03 378.23 531.58 +16.99 +2.05 +1.B3 +1.98 +0.54 +0.35 Phils Comp ihenzen B 1349.63 222.21 -6.11 +1.02
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      • 36 10 US$ 0.5570 UK 0.3820 Veil 70.166 HKS 4.3443 RM 2.117 Euro 0.6047 Rupidh 5,055.0 Bnhl 23.732 Peso 27.461 A$ 1.0088 Indian R; V-11l Won 700.18 CS 0.8605 Yuan 4.6104 NZ$ 1.2014 NTS 19.18!
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      • 20 10 GclJim/di 310.90 Silusr ust/oi 4.665 Platinum ust/oz 537.70 Ruhber [enis/kg 124.75 Palm oil RM/imnie 1251 Brent trude ust/homJ 26.97
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      • 5 10 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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      • 54 10 By volume May 13-17 Ipco DatnrrftUSS KLW Raly UaiFood '000 93,761,000 71,035,000 65,933,000 60,426,000 50,521,000 QianHu Seotawn PFood Gal-dtron FirstEng '000 49,665,000 45,191,000 43,905,000 42,110,000 37,599,000 By value May 13-17 UOB DBS Chartered DatDuftUSS 0C8C 161,260,368 159,948,118 154,887,677 120,110,510 94,627,665 Venture SIA SPH PFood Sltaemb 81,058,774
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      • 75 10 Bloomberg By$ May 13-17 Clew Change ISS&P*****USS 106.400-12.400 CMShekau 100 HKS 6.000 -0.800 OCBC 12.900 -0.500 By percentage May 13-17 Close Change Want Wanl W*****4USS 0.350 -S4.S4S NBwToynW0410!7 0015-40.000 MMIW*****4 0.030-2.5.000 DntmiftUSS 1.530 -0.490 DntatrftlTSS 1.530-24.257 WantWnnlWB41(l24LSS 0.350 -0.420 ISM 0.060 -20.000 SPH 22.100 -0.200 IIOYENA
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    • 75 13 Bloomberg HONG KONG Major Hong Kong property developers may sell at least 9,350 private residential units before the government resumes sales of subsidised housing in July, reported the South China Morning Post. New World Development may sell 5,400 units at four residential projects, while
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    • 391 13 Bloomberg HONG KONG Morgan Stanley Co doubled the amount of bonds it sold this year in Asia, excluding Japan, by arranging Petroliam Nasional's (Petronas) record sale, cementing its top ranking. Morgan Stanley underwrote U552.35 billion ($4.22 billion) of the US$7.7 billion of
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    • 182 13 Bloomberg FOLSOM (California) It would now be hard for energy traders to manipulate California's power market the way Enron Corp memos describe, said analysts and state officials. The raemos, released last week, showed the bankrupt energy trader moved power in and out of the
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 313 14 Reuters New plan to ban secret paternity tests in UK LONDON New laws proposed by a government watchdog will make it a crime for fathers to conduct secret paternity tests on their children. The Human Genetics Commission said the new laws were aimed at protecting children and
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    • 194 14 -AFP SEOUL South Korean President Kim Dae Jung remained unfazed by the arrest of his third son on bribery charges, vowing to see out his term in office next February. Presidential spokeswoman Park Sun Sook said in a statement yesterday: "It's very regrettable.
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    • 78 14 -AFP BANGKOK Thailand will not ban British football hooligans from entering the kingdom or using it as a transfer point to World Cup hosts Korea and Japan. A senior police official told the Bangkok Post "If all their documents are right, we have no reason not to
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      61 14 AFP photo Asia's tallest woman, Ms Yao Defen of China, thanking her doctors and nurses at the Sanjiu hospital in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou for ensuring that she would not grow any taller. The 2.3-metre tall woman from central China's Anhui province has beengiven a clean
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    • 234 14 Agencies TAIPEI As Taiwan President Chen Shuibian marks his second anniversary in office today, analysts warn that he has yet to prove his worth. Professor Wang Yeh-li, who teaches political science at Tunghai University, said: "The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government has been sluggish in handling Taiwan's
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 220 16 A new beginning for East Timor the first new nation of the millennium Reuters DILI (East Timor) Kneeling in the dirt, East Timorese prayed for a better future yesterday as they counted down to the birth of their nation after a long and bloody struggle for freedom from foreign occupation.
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    • 665 16  -  Herman Phua or why broking firms must remain committed to researching small caps by THE minnows of the corporate world have had a tough time attracting the attention of investors over the past few years. Not only did smaller companies look more vulnerable with dark clouds gathering
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  • UPFRONT
    • 418 18  -  Serene Foo SOME eight months have passed since Sept 11 the day that shook the world. Although life has returned to normal in most parts of the world, it will never be the same again for media executive Ms Beverly C Chell (picture) and
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    • 570 18 Reuters Critics say chick lit trivialises lives of women LONDON They've been touted as turbo-charged romance, analysed as fictional self-help and panned as pure froth. Chick-lit books a publishing phenomenon spawned by Helen Fielding's hugely successful Bridget Jones's Diary dominated best-seller lists in the
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    • 486 19 Dear PRU Adviser, I am 35 years old and earn $3/000 a month. My husband earns $5,000 a month. We would like to start planning for my retirement and children's education. Should I have a separate investment strategy for each of my financial goals or can
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  • LIMELIGHT
    • 343 20  -  Ambiga Raju Who will win at this year's Indian TV and radio awards show? WHAT'S in a name? A lot it seems when it comes to pitting Singapore's best Indian radio and TV talents against each other. Nineteen awards will be given out at Pradhana Vizha 2002,
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    • 522 20  - Back to nature with the Cathay Pacific/ Today wilderness experience Mark Seah by IT'S time to select two Singaporean teenagers to attend the Cathay Pacific/TtyMr International Wilderness Experience in South Africa. It will be the third time that Singaporeans will be taking part in this annual event. They will join
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    • 751 22  -  Don Bosco Getting a doctorate degree requires lots of sacrifice and it is not an easy ride HI bo sco@n ewsto d ay. c o m.sg What are your family's plans over the next few years? Have you got your wife's or husband's support? Will you
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    • 483 24  -  Don Bosco Thames keeps its students in touch with changes I by boscQ@newstoday.com.sg AT Thames Business School, a number of part-time students are engaged in finding out about the theories that explain how and why their working lives have been changing so drastically in recent
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    • 516 24  -  Don Bosco WHETHER you are applying for admission to a post-graduate course or seeking professional certification, you are likely to be asked to submit a short essay explaining your motivations and also to demonstrate your analytical and expressive abilities. In today's
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    • 555 26  -  Don Bosco Stada programme helps companies harness the best from their human resources I by by bosco@newstoday.com.sg BACK in the 1980s, the Singapore Training and Development Association (Stada) pioneered learning by experience and actively promoted this as an effective method for corporate training. Moving with the
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    • 467 34 Reuters/Variety Christensen faces the battle for his attention CANNES Anakin Skywalker sure needs the Force right now. Young Canadian actor Hayden Christensen (picture), suddenly propelled to international stardom as the hero of the latest Star Wars epic, must be wondering what hit
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    • 383 34 -AFP CANNES A celebrated US documentary maker known for his crusading films, Michael Moore (picture), launched a scathing and derisive attack on the "war on terrorism" here on Friday, and accused US President George W Bush of Orwellian manipulation. Speaking at a press
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    • 461 35 -Reuters Not ready to give up the Bond mantle, Brosnan will return for sth film CANNES Pierce Brosnan is not ready to surrender his crown yet he wants to make another James Bond movie. "Number five still appeals," he told Reuters on Saturday after flying
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    • 156 37  -  OngPoh Chin YOU would have had a heavenly experience if you were at the Jacky Cheung 2002 Music Odyssey concert last weekend at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, Jacky's fans, who were there in droves, were treated to his old hits. The Heavenly King delivered
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      257 37  -  Tilly Soelistyo Come see Xinjiang's best perform by tilly@ne wstoday. c om. sg QINGAPOREANS will get the Oopportunity to see the famous Xinjiang arts and culture troupe (picture) from China perform here this weekend. The troupe comprises 60 artistes from the renowned Xinjiang Fine Arts and Culture Academy
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  • 403 39  -  Jose Raymond But Sharks still league leader after first round by. j ose@newstoday. com. sg THE first round of the NTUC FairPrice 2002 Netball Super League (NSL) ended on a terrific note for the Standard Chartered Dolphins on Saturday when they defeated the Nike Northern Marlins by
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  • 468 39 Reuters KINGSTON West Indies batsman Wavell Hinds was thrilled on scoring a Test century before his home crowd against India at Sabina Park on Saturday. The 25-year-old, recalled to the West Indies team in the fourth test at Antigua
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    • 562 40 NBA Western Conference finals Sacramento Kings 99 Los Angeles Lakers 106 Lakers wins 12th consecutive road game SACRAMENTO Phil Jackson saw no reason to rattle the Kings' collective cage after the Lakers' resounding Game One victory in the Western Conference finals. The pre-game rattling, followed
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      84 40 Today photo by ALMOST 69,000 people took part in the New Paper Big Walk yesterday morning. The 13th edition of this annual event was flagged off by the Minister for Community Development and Sports, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim. All participants covered a 10- kilometre route that took them from
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    • 314 40  -  Kelvin Phang SINGAPORE National Olympic Council president Rear Admiral Teo Chee Hean is confident that Team Singapore will return home with medals from the upcoming XVII Commonwealth Games in Manchester. Speaking to reporters after kicking off the Singapore leg of the Queen's Jubilee
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    • 140 41 HEIDELBERG Colin Montgomerie held off a fast-charging Tiger Woods to stay in the lead after the third round of the Deutsche Bank-SAP Open yesterday. The Scotsman fired a seven-under-par 65 to hold a one stroke lead over the world No. 1, who stormed up the leaderboard with
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    • 111 41 NTUC Income-TODAY Fan of the Week WINNERS of the NTUC Income-ToDAY Fan of the Week contest came up close with their favourite S-League stars (above) yesterday at the Oriental Hotel. Bedok ITE student Mohd Juffrey Afendi was thrilled that he was able to share a
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    • 499 41  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin@newsto day. c o m. sg AN INJURY to semi-final hero Hafiz Hashim and Indonesia's overall strength dashed Malaysia's hopes of winning its sixth Thomas Cup yesterday. In a pulsating final in Guangzhou, Indonesia edged out the Malaysians 3-2 for a
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    • 393 42 Reuters LONDON World champion France handed its fans an unwelcome parting gift on Saturday in the shape of a 2-1 defeat by neighbour Belgium. It was its first home loss for three years and hardly the script the Blues wanted as they head off
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    • 547 42  -  Stanley Ho Singapore v Uruguay Tomorrow, National Stadium Uruguay's final warntup game by stanley@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Diego Forlan sensationally snubbed Middlesbrough in favour of a £7 million ($18.3 million) move to Manchester United early this year, Boro manager Steve McClaren tried desperately to warn Forlan that first-team
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