Today, 21 May 2002

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    8 1 TODAY Tuesday May 21, 2002 MITA(P)O63o, l 1/2001
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    Lock icon The CEO who spooked Warren Buffett
    726 1  -  Michael Lewis Bloomberg by 11 ews@newstod ay. com. sg THE most interesting message when the world's sawiest investor Warren Buffett delivered last week was that his outrage towards CEOs was growing fast. After pointing out that chief executive officers of public companies are the
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    The link woman
    376 1  -  Richard Seah by ri chs newstoday. com.sg AT a time when G ove rnment-linked companies are reexamining their niches, Madam Ho Ching has been given a key post at Temasek Holdings, which has a foothold in most major industries and a total worth that is probably well
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      When our hands are tied...
      372 2  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim WHILE synthetic medicines are subjected to stringent checks, the Health Sciences Authority's (HSA) hands are tied when it comes to Chinese proprietary medicine and health supplements. Under its current policy, importers of such products only need to declare that the consignment does
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      Lock icon East Timor's big tasks for Gusmao
      336 3 Agencies DILI The joyous celebrations have come and gone and now a monumental challenge lies ahead for Asia's newest country that will depend on the goodwill of its neighbours. "It is difficult because instead of being fully happy I must say that two-thirds of
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      Pierre Png tells of his Mercedes scar
      223 3 MEDIACORP artiste Pierre Png and his girlfriend, Andrea De Cruz, will be discharged from Gleneagles Hospital today. They will appear at a press conference in the afternoon before leaving the hospital. Pierre, 29, donated almost half his liver to 27-year-old Andrea in a
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      Handphones – a safety label
      138 4  - Handphones a safety label Chung Lyn-Yi A NEW scheme has been introduced to inform users of the radiation levels of their handphones. The new programme rolled out by PSB Corporation and supported by the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case), wants to have all handphones sold in Singapore labelled with their
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      Faster lift upgrades for HDB blocks
      115 4  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim OWNERS of some 138,000 flats may get faster lift upgrades at their blocks with the introduction of a new scheme later this year. Called lUP Plus, it will be offered in tandem with interim upgrading works at the block and precinct
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      'High' heels
      275 4  -  Chung Lyn-Yi Drugs found in woman's platform shoes by ly nyi@ne wstoday. com.sg A PAIR of platform shoes served as more than a fashion statement for a woman at Changi Airport last Saturday. The 24-year-old Thai national had stuffed her heels with almost 6,000 Yaba tablets, which had
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      Money musings
      469 6  -  Adelina Koh Kui Hong The squeeze that Singaporeans find themselves in I READ with interest this year's debate on the new Budget and proposed changes to existing economic structures. While we hear proposals to restore CPF contributions, we also hear contradictory proposals to cut the rate of CPF
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      Set up fund to help smokers who want to quit
      187 6  -  Tan Kwee Bin I READ with interest the article, "Fund to help smokers quit" (Today, May 17), about an Australian woman who wants tobacco giants to hand back As23o million ($228 million) in taxes to set up a fund to
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Appeal declines for S'pore bonds
      124 8 SINGAPORE 10-year bonds fell, tracking US Treasuries which had their biggest weekly drop in two months after an unexpected increase in a measure of US consumer confidence this month, making debt less attractive. The preliminary reading of 96 in the University of Michigan's index of
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        122 8 THE STI closed 9.04 points down at 1,724.57 on a mixed showing while penny caps flip-flopped on rotational interest. For every stock that rose, about two fell while 310 counters were unchanged. Volume traded was 386 million shares valued at $370 million. F&N reported results that came in 30
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        World markets
        55 8 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 Hung Seng All OrdinnriBS Taiwan Wtd *****.54 *****,61 3344,80 5574.71 +9.22 +141.84 -17.00 ■215.13 +.08 +1.20 -.51 ■3.72 Keren Camp SET Index 865.76 3810! ■9.25 +2.79 ■1.06 +.74 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Sbenzen t Mumbai 526.93 1344.02 120.52 3282.81 -4.64 -5.61 -1.69
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 8 US$ 0.5573 IJKE 0.3317 Yen 70.015 HKS 4.3466 RM 2,1179 Euro 0.6056 Rupiah 5,038.6 Bahr 23.720 Peso 27.502 AS 1.0109 Indian Rs 27.326 Won 695.29 C$ 0.8597 Yuan 4.6130 NZ$ 1.1971 NT$ 19.1612
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        Commodities
        20 8 Goldust/a! 31 D.9OD Silver XV« 4.665 Molinurn uss/k 537.700 Rubber tmfa 124.75 Polm oil XM/ioniK 1251 Brent crudEiist/bßrrel 27.0!
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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
        55 8 By volume May 20 '000 '000 AsiaMed FJBea PFood 37,109 15,508 11,B82 11,334 UniFood llini'.'i DalacrflUSS 311 Irtll 9,990 9,566 B r 9B9 7,970 GfantWlech 11,236 fcioFcodP 6,884 By value May 20 SPH DBS OCBC Chorleied SIA 49,243,645 38,028,588 37,403,788 24,580,376 16,041,660 PFood DirlacrflUSS UOB CITYDEV FJBen
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        SGX top rises
        76 8 By J May 20 FKN100 Close Change 7.900 +0.200 By percentage Moy 20 Seulowri Close Change 0.030 +20.000 CUYDEY 6.650 +0.150 FJBen 0.65O +16.071 SIA Ertgg DBS 2.320 +0.120 14.700 +0.100 Nippecrafi UPP 0.080 +14.286 0.435+11.538 PFood FJBen 1.300 +0.090 0.650 +0.090 Ezyheollh Sunlighi 0.105 +10.526 0.340
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        74 8 Bloomberg By$ May 20 SPH 100 Close Change 21.900 -0.400 By peicenlage May 20 dose Change EostTech 0.555 -20.144 Creative 50 20.000 -0.300 StrikeW*****5 0.025 -16.667 Ho Negara OCBC SPH 2.740 -0.260 12.700 -0.200 21.900 -0.200 Wee Poh 0.100 -16.667 Bousted W*****! 0.115 14.815 GuET«hW*****7 0.145 -14.706
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      Lock icon Route to recovery
      417 9 Bloomberg British Airways reduces fourth quarter loss to $113 m LONDON British Airways said its loss narrowed in the fourth quarter as Europe's biggest airline reduced costs by firing workers and dropping unprofitable routes after the Sept 11 attacks. The carrier had a net loss of £43
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      Lock icon Sats waits for approval
      332 9 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services (Sats) expects to win approval from Indian regulators to keep its catering venture with The Indian Hotels Co. Last month, the Economic Times of India reported that the Foreign Investment Promotion Board of India objected to the Singapore company's US$l7.7 million
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      Up for sale
      105 9 A FREEHOLD bungalow with a land area of 53,882 sq ft in Leedon Park is up for sale by tender closing on June 25. Currently vacant, the site is owned by the US government, which is putting it up for sale as part of its Global Asset
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      JTC to extend rebate
      137 9 THE JTC Corporation will extend its 10 per cent rental rebate to some 9,000 customers in its industrial estates for another six months. The rebate, which was given last July for a one-year period, was part of a package of measures by the JTC to help
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      Lock icon A slow market but SingTel Optus gaining share
      177 10 Bloomberg SYDNEY Australian wireless phone carriers added 45 per cent fewer customers in the three months to March 31 compared to a year ago, a JB Were analyst said. About 347,000 new customers were added to the wireless market in the latest
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      Lock icon $300m Tuas Power bond
      122 10 Bloomberg TUAS Power, Singapore's thirdlargest electricity producer, said it will sell $300 million of seven-year bonds to help repay existing loans and finance the construction of new power plants. The bonds will pay a coupon of 4.5 per cent semi-annually, the company said in a statement.
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      Fund trip
      273 12  -  Val Chua by val@newstoday. com. sg WITH the spotlight on financial planning, it is inevitable that the largest retail bank in Singapore in terms of size DBS Bank is also getting into the act. The bank is spending over $20 million to roll out financial planning for the
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Major setback for pro-whaling lobby
      146 14 Agencies SHIMONOSEKI (Japan) The pro-whaling lobby suffered a "major setback" yesterday when Iceland lost its bid for voting status in the International Whaling Commission (IWC) at the start of meetings here. The whaling body's annual plenary meeting, which has been thick with tension between proand
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      Lock icon Osama alive?
      298 14 Agencies LONDON A video featuring Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden that surfaced this week in London has raised more questions. The Sunday Times newspaper reported that the video was obtained by a British-based Islamic news agency which claims that Pakistani intelligence officials, who supplied the film, said
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      Lock icon He's not to blame
      361 16 Agencies US concession to Arafat despite blast in Israel WASHINGTON The United States has said that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat cannot control all the sources of antiIsraeli terror. The rare concession came after a suicide bombing in the Israeli town of Netanya on Sunday. Commenting on
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      Lock icon Aussie-S'pore free trade talks
      117 16 -AFP SYDNEY Australia and Singapore have resumed talks aimed at securing a free trade agreement they hope will set the pattern for a series of similar regional pacts. The talks were bogged down late last year over the key issue of improving market access to Singapore's
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      Lock icon India gets ready for war
      179 16 Agencies NEW DELHI India is preparing for all-out war against Pakistan over Kashmir, analysts said, as troops on both sides of the disputed border pounded each other with artillery fire and militants launched more attacks on Indian army bases. "They are preparing for war," said
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon World Cup and GDP
      808 17  -  William Pesek Jr Bloomberg columnist. Goldman Sachs man plots a link between economics and soccer by in Seoul A SINGLE thought runs through one's head upon arrival in South Korea: Football! The place is awash in props, promotions and enthusiasm surrounding Asia's first-ever World Cup. You
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  • UPFRONT
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      Life's little rituals
      618 18  -  Neville Stack Daily routines help people gain control but do we need the same thing every day? by SO you're in a rut? So be thankful. It seems that the more that ritual and routine govern your working life and, for all I know, your social affairs,
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  • BUSY COOK
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      Healthy chicken rice
      653 19  -  Pauline DLoh Make this hawker centre staple at home in the rice cooker THIS recipe comes from a Hainanese, and as we all know, they make the best chicken rice. The lady I learned this recipe from is one of those rare creatures God made an understanding
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      Goat cheese pizza with sun-dried tomatoes and garlic
      164 19 MY yuppie set has just discovered goat cheese, a spreadable feta-like cheese that can also be grilled and served on salads. It's pretty hard to get unless you visit the gourmet supermarkets, so I was delighted to find it in Carrefour (see
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  • INFOTECH
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      The fast office workhorse
      889 20  -  Ariel Tarn One network laser printer can be shared by many employees, many computers SPECIAL REPORT Network Laser Printers THE growing popularity of network laser printers is not surprising. The machines are becoming an important part in both big and small enterprises. This is because several
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      Improving the Net experience
      485 22  -  Ariel Tarn So firms can enjoy greater business value by art eWn ews tnd ay. com.sg MACROMEDIA has a new vision and it's aU about improving the Internet experience. According to Mr Jeremy Allaire (picture), Macromedia's chief technology officer, new products from the company work together
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      Pacific Internet, NEC sign DSL deal
      166 22 PACIFIC Internet has signed a strategic deal with NEC to deliver a new business-grade broadband digital subscriber line (DSL) service over NEC's Nextep network in Australia. The first services will be launched in June. By delivering broadband DSL over the Nextep network, Pacific Internet
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    • BUSINESS IT
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        Exploring Web services
        1204 23  -  John Gage It's the business world's gift from the scientific world We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time —from "Little Gidding, Four Quartets" by T. S.
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      Small and easy to manage
      379 24  -  Rick Broida Dell OptiPlex runs on a par with similarly configured systems by DESIGNED for corporate cubicle use, the Dell OptiPlex (picture) is small, self-contained and easy to manage. Powered by a I.3GHz Celeron, 256M8 of PCIOO SDRAM and an integrated Intel 810E graphics chip,
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      National service, PCK-style
      448 25  -  Low Shi Peng What can a pampered guy look forward to? by sh i p i ngt'f newstoday. com.sg TONIGHT, MediaCorp TV Channel 5 brings you a Phua Chu Kang Special about National Service (NS). Aloysius Phua (Marcus Ng, picture) is completely clueless about life as an
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      Laughter from the Second City
      283 25  -  Janice Lee THEY'RE hilariously funny onstage and off, and they're ready to take Singapore by storm with their crazy antics and zany frolicking. Renowned for their cheeky satire and wit, the Second City troupe from Chicago is all about fun, madness and improvisation. And the
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      Lock icon Animated spirit
      349 26 Reuters/Variety Who says Cannes is all about art/ fare? It's now a showcase for animated films CANNES With monster caper Shrek enjoying runaway success and Spirit (picture) the stallion now galloping across screens, the Cannes film festival is fast becoming the world's top showcase for animated feature films.
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      Lock icon Biopic Pinero tops Latin awards
      219 26 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Pinero, a biopic about poet-play-wright Miguel Pinero, triumphed on Saturday at the American Latino Media Arts (Alma) Awards, nabbing three honours, including one for motion picture. Benjamin Bratt was feted for his portrayal of the title character, as was scribe-helmer Leon Ichaso, who
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      473 27 Reuters/Vartety Actor famous for comedies stars in gritty Cannes film CANNES Adam Sandler, the accident-prone comic hero of simplistic US hits such as Big Daddy and The Waterboy, gate-crashed the rarefied world of art-house film on Sunday. Sandler performs a 180--degree turn in Punch-Drunk Love, a romantic comedy
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      Lock icon Miramax finds foothold in France
      143 27 Reuters/Variety CANNES The European film industry gained a new heavyweight when US producer Miramax joined forces with French broadcaster TFI in a venture Miramax on Saturday said could spark further movie marriages across Europe. Disney-owned Miramax, which backed blockbusters such as Shakespeare in Love and
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      Lock icon Where to find them next
      111 27 Reuters/Variety Reuters/Variety PLAYING a gypsy girl who dupes a peasant will be Penelope Cruz, who will star in Fanfan la Tulipe, a French-language remake of a 1952 adventure-comedy. Fanfan marks Cruz's return to French-language film-making after Vanilla Sky. AFTER he finishes snarling as Wolverine in
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
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      1639 28 OnTV'* •W3 Channel News Asia, 9 30pm Fabrik Silk fl Wk •Mr Ktasu All Boxed Up/ Who Kept Gilmore Girls Nick "Ifipj^""^^ j^^aPJ^jE to look at the. making o) J^ W^J; J decide to join a free aerobics class and go for the most diffi- Lorelai's dinner party for Luke's
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    Lock icon Missing stars, no problem
    473 29  -  Stanley Ho by Stanley® newstod ay. com.sg ITS key quartet did not turn up. But one star, who will play no part in the World Cup, came uninvited. That was the story behind the Uruguayan World Cup team when it arrived in Singapore last night. Inter
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    Three in a row for Tiger as Monty finally succumbs
    169 29 HEIDELBERG Tiger Woods clinched a dramatic victory on the third extra hole at the Deutsche Bank-SAP Open yesterday after a titanic battle with Colin Montgomerie, reported BBC Sport Online. Woods thus retained his title, the third in a row. The
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    Figo doubt
    87 29 LISBON Portugal's World Cup planning suffered a setback yesterday when inspirational midfielder Luis Figo was virtually ruled out of his team's friendly against China in Macau on May 25. The Real Madrid star has been suffering from an injury to his right ankle since midFebruary which has severely
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    SMCCI golf
    110 29 THE Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce Industry (SMCCI) has come up with a sporting way to strengthen interracial ties in Singapore through a friendly game of golf. On May 29, the SMCCI will be organising the annual Prime Minister's Friendly Golf Tournament Challenge Trophy at the Palm Course,
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    Lock icon Beckham and Dyer back in training
    376 30 AFP SEOGWIPO David Beckham trained in public yesterday for the first time since breaking his foot as replacement captain Michael Owen insisted England will not ease up on its World Cup preparations, despite injury problems. Beckham and Kieron Dyer both trained at the Jeju
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    Lock icon Positive Brazil eases into KL
    491 30 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR The first World Cup in Asia will go to one of the exclusive club of countries which has already won the biggest prize in sport, Brazilian coach Luiz Felipe Scolari predicted yesterday. And despite the trouble his squad had qualifying for the
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    910 31  -  Razali Abdullah The Beautiful Game is dead, so Italians will triumph by ra za I i@ n c wstoday. com.sg I HAD a small argument with a friend the other day while we were talking about the World Cup. She said the Italians are an attractive lot.
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