Today, 29 May 2002, Afternoon Edition

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    7 1 TODAY Wednesday May 29, 2002 MTLAm 063/11/2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Another step closer to West
      392 1 AFP Russia may join the WTO next year WASHINGTON Russia could join the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by the end of next year, joining 144 nations already abiding by the same rules, US Commerce Secretary Don Evans said on Tuesday. "I think it could be
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      Lock icon Palestinian kills three
      117 1 Reuters JERUSALEM A Palestinian gunman went on a shooting spree in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank yesterday, killing three Israelis and wounding two before a settler shot him dead, a settler official said. The attack occurred at a Jewish seminary in the settlement of Itamar,
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      Lock icon US stocks, dollar drop
      117 1 Reuters NEW YORK Stocks and the dollar fell sharply yesterday in very light trading on lingering worries about corporate profits and a mixed consumer confidence report. While the main gauge of consumer confidence edged up in May, a measure of consumers' sixmonth outlook dipped slightly, according
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      Good news, finally
      533 1  -  Val Chua GOOD news has been in such short supply of late that it was something of a surprise to hear it twice yesterday. In the morning, nine companies, including brand names ExxonMobil Chemical Asia Pacific and Toyota Motor Asia Pacific, announced they would increase their regional
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Three more Slim 10 cases
      162 2 Channel News Asia THREE more people have reported adverse reactions to the slimming drug Slim 10. The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) told Channel News Asia that one of them has developed liver problems, while two others have shown symptoms of hyperthyroidism. There are now altogether
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      Maid agency standards
      173 2  -  Joy Frances A NEW scheme to step up maid agency standards might improve the relationship between foreign domestic workers and their employers. The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) yesterday launched the Case Trust Accreditation Scheme, which will assess agencies willing to pay $2,000 each to gain Case's
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      Lock icon India goes ballistic over missiles
      159 3 Agencies NEW DELHI India yesterday ruled out having talks with Pakistan at a conference in Kazakhstan next week. Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered to mediate between Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on the sidelines of the June
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      Lock icon What's real?
      565 3  -  Jose Raymond Does PAS wear one mask for Chinese voters and another for Malay? LISTEN to PAS Youth chief Mahfuz Omar speak and one is tempted to accept his claims that the image of his party as a radical Islamic organisation has been created by the media. "Do
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      Lock icon Loud and clear
      85 4 BOTH of them are avid divers and fervent believers of shark conservation. That's why Mr Lester Kwok and Ms Juliana Khoo yesterday tied the knot in a tank teeming with sharks at the Underwater World at Sentosa. Shark's fin, a delicacy for many Chinese diners, would not
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      Back in the news...
      378 4  -  Joy Frances Dr Chee and Zulfikar to appear in court today TWO figures who have been stirring up the political scene here are making the headlines again. Today, Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief Dr Chee Soon Juan (picture) and ex-CEO of fateha.com, Mr Zulfikar Bin Mohamad
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      Meeting at Istana
      81 4 CHINESE Vice-Premier Li Lanqing, here on a four-day visit, yesterday discussed bilateral relations with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong in a meeting at the Istana. They also shared views on the proposed AseanChina Free Trade Agreement and the dangers posed by extremism and international terrorism, Mr Goh
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      Training teachers for the tots
      220 4  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim PRE-SCHOOL educators will be providing more skills upgrading courses for teachers. At the launch of a two-day seminar yesterday, the PAP Community Foundation (CF) and Ednovation announced they would be incorporating e-learn-ing components within six programmes for teachers. The PAP CF added
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      From support to meddling
      125 6  -  Lee Ckay Pian I REFER to the news about the Parti Islam Malaysia's (PAS) recent visit to Singapore. They came to offer support to the families of the tudung children. It has now come to light that PAS has collected RMIO.OOO ($4,700) for these parents to
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      Police response
      72 6  -  Phillip Mah I REFER to the letter, "Of noise pollution, an unruly relative and the police" (Today, May 28) from Ms Sharon Foo. We are very concerned about the quality of service provided by our officers. We request Ms Foo to contact our Service Improvement Unit at 1800
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      Private hospitals better?
      254 6  -  Kathleen Kwan Can we have a survey to get the answer? MR Lim Boon Hee's letter, "Private hospitals, stop dumping patients on the govt" (Today, May 24), prompts several niggling questions on the issue of affordable healthcare. It will be interesting if a survey is commissioned to
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        78 7 INVESTORS returned yesterday from a brief break with spirits affected by the escalating tension in the Indian sub-continent and falling prices on Wall Street last Friday. The STI started the week touching a low of 1697.76, breaking the key 1700 support level. It settled 13.68 points down at 1708.63,
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 7 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        57 7 Gy volume May 28 '000 _i_ed 19,900 Wiling 15,570 ElLlnfl 13,236 WesTech 11,083 SI Engg 10,673 Gy value May 26 UOG 28,394,200 SI Engg 21,394,788 OCBC 20,799,687 SPH 18,442,100 DBS 17,246,842 '000 Oian.u 7,091 Galdlron 7,000 11 Int 5,452 Penlon 5,644 LeongHin 5,217 Chartered 13,966,430 SIA 13,725,300
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        SGX top rises
        77 7 Way 28 Close Change M Prime2001ISS 4.920 +0.220 iembtog 2.220 +0.130 lukitSem 12.400 +0.100 iPMOO 21.500 +0.100 IPH 21.600 +0.100 ip Land 3.540 +0.060 ip Land W05D323 1.380 +0.040 .URIC 1.100 +0.040 >i<ig.mnsC2I.H_ 1.530 +0.040 .public 0.G25 +0.025 By percentage May 28 Close Change GMG USS 0.025
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        SGX top falls
        73 7 By$ May 28 Creative 50 Close Chcige 18.700 -0.500 Venture 16.000 -0.200 KepCor STICTF10Q 4.220 0.160 17.140 -0.130 UOB 14.500 -0.100 CITYDEV 6.500 -0.100 DGS 14.500 4100 OCGC 12.800 ..IW SIA 13.600 -0.100 GreatEa.t 11.300 -0,100 By percentage May 28 Close Change HoGCen W*****2 0,0)0 -33.333 Ponpc_MedW*****90.040
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        World markets
        55 7 Index Value Change Nikkei 225 *****.08 -40.27 -.3' Hang Seng ill Ordinaries In i n V.'ic *****.58 3337.70 5669.53 +16.85 +4.40 -60.37 +.11 +.i: -1.01 Korea Comp SET Index 848.80 403.04 +8.23 +10,95 +.91 +2.7 1 Inkortn Camp 513.58 +.79 +.1! Phils Ura Shenzen 8 1325.12 215.50 -7.97
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        You S$1 buys
        35 7 l)S$ 0.5571 0.3819 Yen 69.484 HK$ 4.3451 m 2.1169 Euro 0.6017 Rtipioh 4940.5 Bcht 23.732 Peso 27.896 M 0.9940 Indian Rs 27.285 Won 683.71 C$ 0.8530 Yuan 4.6110 NZ$ 1.1710 MT$ 19.069
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        Lock icon Commodities
        19 7 Bloomberg Gold 321.300 Silver ust/o 4.830 Platinum \sa/a 540.500 i__/kg 129.25 Palm oil _j___ 1332 Br.iv (rude 25.535
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      Lock icon Dynegy CEO quits
      36 7 Bloomberg HOUSTON Dynegy Ine chief executive officer Chuck Watson has quit after investigations of the energy compa- ny's trading and accounting contributed to a 64 per cent drop in its stock this year.
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      Lock icon US investor keen on Penton
      42 7 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S Penton International Ltd, facing a shortage of cash at its UK units, said a US investor pledged to buy a US$l2 million ($21.53 million) stake in the company. Penton designs and manufactures clastic injection moulds.
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      Lock icon S'pore-Australia FTA in October?
      165 8 Channel News Asia SINGAPORE and Australia plan to sign a free trade agreement in October, when their Prime Ministers attend an Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Mexico. Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile said: "We've been instructed that it is to be ready for signing by
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      Why they set up shop here
      546 8  -  Richard Seah FROM a pro-business Government to the quality of life including "delicious food" corporate chiefs of some of the world's biggest companies found plenty of reasons to locate their business, manufacturing and operational headquarters in Singapore. "It is a wonderful place to live
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      Lock icon SEA gas cartel?
      508 9 Bloomberg Malaysia joins Indonesia and Brunei to tackle LNG woes BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Brunei) Malaysia said it will cooperate with Indonesia and Brunei on the production and shipping of liquefied natural gas (LNG), bringing together the producers of half the world's LNG as prices fall. The South-east
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      Lock icon Palm oil prices boost Sime Darby's profits
      169 9 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR Sime Darby Bhd, Malaysia's oldest diversified group, said profit in the third quarter ended March 31 rose 22 per cent as palm oil prices increased. Profit at the plantations, power and auto group rose to RM180.3 million ($85.20 million) from
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      Pioneer Investments to offer offshore funds here
      175 9 US ASSET management house Pioneer Investments is taking advantage of Singapore's moves to further liberalise its fund management industry. It plans to launch a number of offshore funds for Singapore investors when measures under the new Securities and Futures Act take effect on
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      SingTel, Optus launch S-XPAN
      106 9 SINGTEL and its Australian unit Optus have launched their first joint communications product a suite of managed data hosting services called S-XPAN. Through this initiative, Optus' customers with overseas operations in Asia will be able to house their computer servers and IT services in SingTel's data
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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      Suspended
      69 12 THE Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore yesterday suspended the bunkering licence of Coastal Bunkering Services. This follows the conviction of five surveyors last Friday for accepting bribes from the company. With the licence suspension, the company is now banned from operating as a bunker supplier and bunker craft
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      Progen's offer
      76 12 PROGEN is joining the recent share placement rush, proposing a one for two bonus share issue. Its the 11th Singapore-listed firm in the past few weeks to place out shares. Kingboard Copper Foil began this latest spree, announcing plans last month to raise $16 million by issuing 52
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      Siren deals
      298 12 M'sia steps up drive to be aviation hub KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia vowed yesterday to step up its ambitious campaign to become the region's aviation gateway to compete with Singapore by offering "more attractive" deals. "We are working towards becoming the aviation hub," Malaysian Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon On track
      342 13 Suzhou park aims for listing in 2004 THE Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) has made significant progress in the past one and a half years, and it's on track for a listing in 2004. Giving the first progress report on the China-Singapore joint venture after the park was handed
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      Thai ministers keep jobs
      212 13 BANGKOK Despite a no-confidence debate last week, 15 ministers in Thailand have managed to hold on to their jobs. "This Parliament has voted with more than a simple majority to support the ministers, thus all the ministers may continue their work in their positions," the House
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      BMW recall
      91 13 TECHNICAL problems in the 7Series BMW cars have prompted the German car maker to launch a worldwide recall of the vehicles. BMW Singapore said 90 of the 7-series luxury cars sold here needed to be brought in for inspections, Channel News Asia reported. It stressed that there is
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      Lock icon Joining the Nato fold
      148 14 Agencies PRATICA DI MARE (Italy) Taking his seat on the NatoRussia Council yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country's new relationship with Nato would not be more than a statement of intent. Mr Putin told the inaugural meeting of the council that Moscow would play
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      Lock icon Missing link
      317 14 Agencies China: Crash shows need for more contacts BEIJING China is using Saturday's plane crash in which 225 people died to push for direct trade links with Taiwan, The China Daily quoted officials as saying the disaster arose out of Taiwan's insistence that air passengers and cargo travel
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      Lock icon China Airlines jet in take-off scare
      67 14 AFP TAIPEI A China Airlines (CAL) aircraft with 155 people on board scratched its tail protector on the runway while taking off too steeply. The plane landed safely. The tail protector, which prevents contact between the plane's tail and the runway during take off,
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Why it could go wrong...
      1035 18  -  Sanjay Kapoor Only hope is for US to keep India and Pakistan away from the brink IT isn't funny living in the shadow of a nuclear threat. And what deepens your darkest fears are the reports based on gaming exercises about how many people will
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  • UPFRONT
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      Double standards, anyone?
      630 20  -  Audrey Perera Why should celebrities take a stand when ordinary folks don't? WELCOME to celebrity-dom in Singapore. A country where one's throwaway comments, one's taste in dressing, one's personal life and one's talent become the subjects of public discussion. And, where one is depicted as a "golden"
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      169 22 Matrix team make sure their act can't be followed MATRIX producer Joel Silver promises the visual effects in Matrix Reloaded will blow the audience away, reports Sci-Fi Wire. And the reason for pushing the boundaries of innovation? Silver said the Wachowski brothers, the directors of the Matrix films, were
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      119 22 ACTRESS Tea Leoni (picture, right), who is married to X-Files star David Duchovny (picture, left), says she and her husband are planning on leaving Los Angeles because they don't want to raise their children there, reports World Entertainment News Network. There are too many spoiled rich kids
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      71 22 SPANISH movie stars Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz will reunite with compatriot Pedro Almodovar, the acclaimed director who propelled them onto the world stage. The re-teaming means only good news for Spanish filmmaking. Screen Daily reports the actors are likely to star in Tarantula, a tale based on
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      424 25  -  Sian E Jay STPI's inaugural exhibition is ode to Abstract Expressionism star WITH the publicity surrounding the opening of the Singapore Tyler Print Institute (STPI) last month, a great deal of planning and thought had to go into the inaugural exhibition. A facility of this magnitude and importance needed
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      603 27  -  Stanley Ho International panel, among others, to help steer sport in Singapore SPORT in Singapore will probably never be the same again. At least that is what its officials are hoping for. Yesterday, at a media conference, Singapore Sports Council (SSC) officially announced its new look to
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      357 27 -AFP SEOUL Embattled Fifa president Sepp Blatter all but ensured his re-election as president for another four years when he ruthlessly wielded his presidential powers to silence critics yesterday. The 66-year-old Blatter will present himself before the Fifa congress today as the saviour of
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      Fajar to let it go
      146 28 FORMER national under-23 goalkeeper Fajar Sarib, who was released by Balestier Central last week, will not be lodging a complaint with Fifa. This is despite I vie a Raguz' successful application to Fifa, which has ordered SAFFC to compensate the player (see story, right). Fajar
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      Fifa: Pay him, SAFFC
      690 28  -  Jose Raymond But Warriors to battle world body's compensation ruling IT MAY seem as if Ivica Raguz (picture, in Woodlands Wellington colours) has won his contract dispute with SAFFC, but it looks to be only round one of what is now turning out to be a
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      110 28 -AFP SEOUL South Korean police will take action against a Senegalese World Cup footballer for stealing a US$24O ($430) gold necklace from a shop, a news report said yesterday. Yonhap national news agency said the unnamed player allegedly took the necklace while the owner of
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      Rams floored by late goal
      268 29  -  Stanley Ho WHEN the final whistle was blown last night, Woodlands Wellington's players sank to their knees utterly shattered. Despite being the better side, the Rams were knocked out of the NTUC Income Singapore Cup, losing 1-0 to defending champion Home United in last night's
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      123 29 Today photo by THIS young lady is a cheerleader for Woodlands Wellington, but do not expect any suggestive dance-steps or see-through dresses from her. "No way I'm going to do that," squealed 16--year-old Seah Nur Fadilah, who performs for the Rams at every home
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        50 30 Hot on the footsteps of a fight between two members of the Sweden squad, two Danish players had their own train-ing-ground bust-up this morning. Chelsea's Jesper Gronkjaer (right) and Bolton's Stig Tofting were involved in a wrestling match after good-natured horseplay turned sour when Gronkjaer hurt his eye.
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        60 30 Reuters BASEL The Czech Republic shocked favourite France to lift the European under-21 championship crown with a 3-1 victory in a penalty shoot-out this morning. France buckled under the pressure as Alain-Pierre Frau, Julien Escude and Alain Boumsong all missed from the penalty spot after the two sides
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        Parlour for Leeds?
        66 30 LONDON Arsenal's Ray Parlour is heading to Leeds for £7 million ($18.3 million) to make way for Dutch ace Mark van Bommel. Parlour will complete his transfer from Highbury once Lee Bowyer makes his £15 million move from Leeds to Liverpool as part of an amazing midfield
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        Burning the midnight oil
        374 30 TSUNA It wasn't a miracle that ensured David Beckham's speedy recovery from his foot injury. Apparently, the England captain and his fellow crocks are burning the midnight oil to get fit for the World Cup. Sven-Goran Eriksson revealed to The Sun that his troops are running
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        Lock icon Keane: I will not come back
        285 30 Reuters LONDON Former Ireland captain Roy Keane has ruled out a return to his country's squad for the World Cup finals, just hours after manager Mick McCarthy had given rise to speculation that he might be set for a dramatic recall. "I do not
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      Lock icon Cup glory for England
      808 31  -  S Gulam Cool Eriksson will inspire young team THE first ball has yet to be kicked, yet the game is already afoot. The World Cup predictions game, that is. Who will win football's ultimate prize it is favourite coffeeshop banter once again as fans argue for
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      271 31 -AFP SEOUL French playmaker Zinedine Zidane could miss all of France's first round World Cup matches after being put under intensive treatment yesterday in a bid to limit the damage, a team doctor said. Zidane and France confirmed that he will miss
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