Today, 31 July 2002

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    Masthead
    8 1 TODAY Wednesday July 31, 2002 MITA (P) 063/11/2001
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  • Article
    Wait for gold is finally over
    298 1  -  Kelvin Phang IT TOOK 40 years to end this golden drought A change in policy was also necessary. No Singaporean had returned home with a gold medal from the Commonwealth Games since weightlifting heroes Phua Chung Kirn and Tan Howe Liang managed the feat
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    Cancer bullets ring out
    468 1  -  Toh Boon Ngee SGH treatment targets tumour but spares body FACT: One in four deaths in Singapore are caused by cancer. Even sadder fact Fighting the disease is an excruciating battle involving chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery and a whole lot of pain. But a new treatment making
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon The merger challenge
      507 2  -  Chan Chao Peh StarHub-SCV union creates a competitor to SingTel's fixed-line monopoly THE merger with Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) will make Star Hub a complete telecommunications service provider. Mr Terry Clontz, Star Hub's president and chief executive, addressed this and other issues at a press conference yesterday
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      Lock icon TV Media fined, decides to refund $300,000 to Slim 10 customers
      315 2 -Joy Frances TV Media was fined $64,000 yesterday for its role in the Slim 10 saga. It also decided to refund $300,000 to those who had bought the slimming pill. TV Media's regional marketing manager, Mr Wilfred Wong, did
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      Water and bilateral ties
      209 2  -  Tan Hui Leng SINGAPORE and Malaysia will do well to have a reciprocal relationship as Singapore is yet to be self-sufficient in water, according to an essay in the monograph, Beyond Vulnerability? Water in Singapore-Malaysia Relations, published by the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies. The
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      Lock icon Dr M's new Malay dilemma
      307 3 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR In the early stages of his political career, back in the *****, Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad wrote about The Malay Dilemma. In the book, he said Malays lacked the opportunities to develop and become successful. Now, in his last 15
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      Lock icon Sun does not set for Koizumi
      120 3 Reuters TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi survived a no-confidence motion that the opposition put up against him yesterday. A total of 280 voted for him and 185 against him. Observers noted that the motion was doomed to fail because of the ruling Liberal
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      Powell's progress
      543 3  -  Kim-Kyna Tan XL may agree to set up centre to fight terror IN THE proposed anti-terrorism pact with Asean, Malaysia and the United States may join forces in setting up a regional centre to coordinate antiterrorism efforts in a region susceptible to Islamic militancy. Malaysia has also allowed
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      The $130m bet
      512 4  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Will it change the way our companies work? CAN innovation be taught? Can people be conditioned to experiment? Indeed, can Singaporeans shed their "tell-us-what-to-do-and-we'll-do-it-well" approach and think out of the box? The Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board or SPRING Singapore is betting $130 million that
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      The NDP hosts are ...
      223 4 The NDP hosts are TWO familiar faces at this year's National Day Parade (NDP) are MediaCorp artistes Gurmit Singh and Sharon Au. In Sharon Au's own words, "sparks are flying" in this effervescent combination. Hardly strangers, the duo have had numerous opportunities to collaborate as emcees in various programmes such
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      Lock icon Dr Chee fined $3,000
      216 4 Joy Frances SINGAPORE Democratic Party chief Chee Soon Juan was fined $3,000 yesterday for providing public entertainment without a licence at Speakers' Corner in February. This seemingly small sum spells the end of his parliamentary election hopes, as the law bars anyone fined $2,000 or more
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  • LETTERS
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      Licence to charge?
      309 6  -  James Chi Why must Singaporeans pay for a driver's licence? I REFER to reports of the lifetime driver's licence card that will be issued at a cost of $50 at the end of the year. This should have been implemented long ago. The lack of technology can
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      Too steep – that $10 rise
      117 6  - Too steep that $10 rise Colin Chan I REFER to the letter, "Parents at the mercy of school bus operators" (Today, July 30). There has been much talk in the papers and in Parliament about the three to five cent hikes in public transport fares. But who is going to
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      Smartvoice clarifies
      170 6  -  Chua Wai Sic WE refer to the letter "Irritating, the hawking of bank services" (Today, July 30). We would like to clarify the following: In the letter, it was mentioned that a Smartvoice employee had told the letter writer that the company had "rented" a database from DBS
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      Those cruel parents...
      171 6  -  Nishrina Amir I CANNOT agree more with Lim Boon Hee in his letter "Why a sick cat can turn into a tigress" (Today, July 29). It is unbelievable how some adults can mete out such cruelty to the women who are supposed to cook, clean and care
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      Use for 'surplus' flats
      254 6  -  Chin Yen Yen I REFER to the letter "HDB's 30-month ruling too long a wait" (Today, July 29). I agree that the HDB should review this policy since many executives in their 50s or early 60s who could afford private properties in the past may have
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      46 8 With Star Hub and SCV coming together, hubbing is here. Now you can get a whole range of services including mobile, cable TV, Internet access, international calls, business solutions and soon local calls and much, much more, all from just one place. So start hubbing now.
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Yo-yo is up again
      306 10 Bloomberg Stocks rally on US bear market ASIAN stocks rose on optimism that a surge in the US equity markets will lift consumer confidence and spending in the biggest overseas market for exporters in the region. Japan's Nikkei 225 jumped 3.49 per cent and South Korea's
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      AmCham S'pore urges TPA approval
      140 10  -  Francis Kan THE American Chamber (AmCham) of Commerce in Singapore yesterday urged the US Senate to vote to approve the President's Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) before the Senate recess next month. "We urge the Senate to quickly pass the TPA bill this week," said AmCham
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      Stats chairman retires
      69 10 SINGAPORE-BASED, Nasdaq-listed ST Assembly Test Services (Stats) said yesterday its chairman and former chief executive Tan Bock Seng has retired. Mr Charles Richard Wofford, who has been a director of the company since 1998, will replace Mr Tan, the company said in a statement Mr Tan, a
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        125 10 SINGAPORE shares closed below intraday highs in moderate volumes yesterday as weaker European markets and a drop in US stock index futures raised concerns about the direction of Wall Street after Monday's stunning gains. Technology shares like Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing and blue chips like United Overseas Bank retreated from
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        World markets
        55 10 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 *****.72 +337.05 +3.49 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd *****.25 3030.50 5005.04 +179.26 +46.30 +146.60 +1.80 +1.55 +3.02 Korea Comp SET Index 724.08 373.65 +23.73 +7.17 +3.39 +1.96 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzen B 462.82 1122.39 245.01 +7.73 +4.36 +0.79 +1.70 +0.39
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.5673 UK£ 0.3630 Yen 67.712 HK$ 4.4247 RM 2.1557 Euro 0.5777 Rupiah 5176.6 Baht 23.775 Peso 29.017 A$ 1.0413 Indian Rs 27.636 Won 676.87 C$ 0.8904 Yuan 4.6949 NZ$ 1.2036 NTS 19.171
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        Commodities
        21 10 Gold uss/oz 304.50 Silver uss/oi 4.64 Platinum uss/oi 519.60 Rubber centsAg 139.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1447 Brent crude uss/borrel 24.87
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 10 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        56 10 By volume Jul 30 '000 QianHu 16,639 Chartered 13,091 DatacrftUSS 11,844 NeraElec 10,889 BIL Intl 9,520 By value Jul 30 Chartered 39,491,970 UOB 39,036,300 Venture 36,700,800 DBS 30,399,100 OCBC 28,897,400 '000 Cortina 9,310 Ipco 8,053 TPV 7,887 Aspnetcen 7,578 UniFood 7,116 SPH 24,251,100 ChODBeCWO9IO26I US$ 16,144,000 DatacrftUSS
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        SGX top rises
        83 10 By$ Jul 30 Close Change DBS Bk 6% NCPS*****.200 +0.200 SIA 12.600 +0.200 SIA200 12.500 +0.200 SPH 18.700 +0.200 Robinson 5.550 +0.150 Haw Par 4.340 +0.120 STIETF100IOPV 15.320 +0.102 UOB 13.000 +0.100 F&N 7.850 +0.100 OCBC 11.600 +0.100 By percentage Jul 30 Easyknil 2kA HKS Frl Links
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        81 10 Bloomberg By$ Jul 30 Venture Close Change 12.300 -0.100 SPH100 18.700 -0.100 Innovalu NeraTel 1.230 -0.090 0.420 -0.055 CITYDEV 5.900 -0.050 Thai Prime200USS 4.600 -0.040 LantroVis 0.255 -0.025 Semb Eog 2.110 -0.020 Sing Inv APB Breweries 1.290 -0.020 4.980 -0.020 By percentage Jul 30 MMIW*****4 Close Change
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      Maybank helping SMEs to expand regionally
      268 12  -  Val Chua UNLIKE other foreign banks in Singapore, Maybank is not chasing the lucrative top-tier of corporate customers here. Instead, the Malaysian-based bank is carving a niche serving the small and medium enterprise (SME) market. "A lot of our customers are not top-tier players.
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      Lock icon To be 'independent'
      73 12 Channel News Asia THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is seeking feedback on its guidelines for financial advisers to call themselves independent. The proposed guidelines are broadly in line with recent reforms in the UK and Australia, the MAS noted. Only financial advisers who can clearly show
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      4422 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Enquiries: Call 852-2973-6600 E-mail lipper.asia@reuters.com Dote Nome NAV/Bid Oiler Price Price Aberdeen Asset Management (Asia) 7/29 AlerteenSe-American,Opportunities 0.563 0.592 7/29 A iere een Se -Asian High Yield Fd 1.176 1.212 7/29 A iere een Se -China Opportunities Fd 0.955 1.004 7/29 A iere een Se -Continental Europe
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      Lock icon Raffles heads north
      429 15 Bloomberg 'Singapore Sling' for Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong RAFFLES Holdings, best known for the 115-year-o!d Raffles Hotel (picture), wants to add hotels in Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong, as part of a plan to double its rooms to 25,000 over the next three years. "These are
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      Lock icon Telekom, Maxis get 3G licences
      130 15 AFP KOALA LEMPOH -Telecom giant Telekom Malaysia and top cellular operator Maxis Communications have been awarded iMalaysia's third generation (3G) mobile phone spectrum licences, the country's communications regulator announced yesterday. "The government has decided to award only two-third-gen-eration telecommunications licences, one each to Telekom Malaysia
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      Lock icon Have bears run out of steam?
      414 16 Bloomberg NEW YORK History shows that US stocks have fallen far enough compared with earnings to suggest the current bear market may be finished. When the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped last week to its lowest level in almost four years, its price-earnings ratio
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      Lock icon Qwest execs on selling spree
      189 16 Reuters NEW YORK Executives at Qwest Communications International made about US$5OO million ($BBl million) selling company stock from 1999 to 2001, as the company was releasing results it now says were exaggerated and based on improper accounting, The New York Times reported. Mr Joseph P
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Bid to assassinate Karzai: Two held
      135 18 -AFP KABUL Afghan security forces have arrested two men linked to the Al Qaeda network who were allegedly planning to assassinate President Hamid Karzai (picture) or senior ministers. An Afghan man and another suspect believed to be a foreigner were pulled over in a
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      Lock icon Osama's son Al Qaeda's rising star
      197 18 Agencies RIYADH The fate of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden remains anybody's guess but this much seems to be known: His 22-year-old son has been gaining importance in the Al Qaeda network. Saad bin Laden, who lives in Pakistan, is reported to have become
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      Lock icon US gets its wish, what about China
      403 18 Agencies One concern as S-E Asia vows to battle terror BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Asean foreign ministers, keen to dispel fears that their countries are breeding grounds for terrorist networks, have given visiting US Secretary of State Colin Powell what he wants: A commitment
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      Lock icon Beetles wreak havoc...
      128 18 -AFP HANOI A plague-like infestation of beetles has caused nearly US$2 million ($3.5 million) worth of damage to coconut plantations in Vietnam since 1999, state media said yesterday. Nine central and 21 southern provinces have been affected since the beetle outbreak began in Dong Thap province in
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      Lock icon Prehistoric treasure trove unearthed
      61 18 AFP PERTH (Australia) A prehistoric treasure trove of extinct marsupials has been found in caves on Western Australia's isolated Nullarbor Plain. The well-preserved remains of marsu- pial lions, short-faced kangaroos and a wombat the size of a small car had been entombed in the caves for
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      Lock icon Yet another accident
      35 18 The Amtrak passenger train that derailed on Monday in a northern Washington suburb, injuring 97people, six of them seriously in the fourth accident on US railways in as many months. AFP photo
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      Lock icon To kill colleague, Bollywood-style
      196 18 AFP MUMBAI Fear has once again gripped Bollywood after Indian police revealed plans by the mafia to kill heart-throb film star Hrithik Roshan. Indian police on Monday submitted audio tapes to a Mumbai court of a conversation said to have been held in November 2000 between
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Renewing Asean ties
      879 22  -  S Pushpanathan How the US can achieve a mutually beneficial relationship with Asean ASEAN-US relations took a positive turn at the tail end of the Clinton presidency. But, it is under the Bush administration and particularly after the Sept 11 incident that relations have taken a firm
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  • UPFRONT
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      Way too little Domino Dancing
      367 24  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim IT SEEMED so unreal watching Neil Tennant hammering out almost inaudible chords on the guitar to the slow and soothing beat of Home And Dry and the audience staying glued to their seats, gently applauding. This was no Pet Shop Boys concert.
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      Lock icon Stripped bare...
      696 24  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim The Pet Shop Boys are back talking about new album and their sexuality SOMEONE once wrote that you can admire the Pet Shop Boys but it is hard to warm up to them. After all, Neil Tennant, 48, is known for being flamboyant and melodramatic
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  • YOURMONEY
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      Earning money from home
      1258 26 Here are 10 ideas for starting businesses at relatively low cost READY to join the pajama set that is, the millions of people who run businesses out of their homes and can work in their pajamas until noon or later if they feel like it? Yes,
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  • TIMEOUT
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      Banking on music
      384 29  -  Priya Suri HONG Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), known for its Care for Nature programme, is reaching out to a wider audience. The bank, which is celebrating its 125 th anniversary in Singapore this year, will team up with Right Angle Media to present the Ultimate
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      Return of the Titans
      217 29  -  Yong Shu Chiang WHEN it comes to feel-good sports movies, you know it's all about winning. The worst teams, usually made up of a bunch of under-achieving misfits, overcome all kinds of obstacles to triumph. In at least one film, however, the idea of winning isn't
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  • INCINEMAS
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      212 30 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD The latest Austin Powers film bowed with appropriately outlandish style this weekend as the titular potty-mouthed British spy put its competition in the dumper. Austin Powers in Goldmember (New Line) grossed U5573.07 million ($124.55 million) at the North American box office over
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      141 30 Reuters MEXICO CITY Britney Spears ended her world tour on Sunday, on a controversial note as rain cut short her show in Mexico City, the last of a "world tour" that began in the US and Canada. On Monday, concert organisers said that thunderstorms
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      453 36 No surprises, the Golden Bear and Tiger triumph Golf Battle of Bighorn Easy for Nicklaus and Woods PALM DESERT Jack Nicklaus didn't have any post-Open advice for Tiger Woods, whose calendar-year Grand Slam bid was grand-slammed at Muirfield two weeks ago by a third-round 81, his worst score
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      Instant replay
      78 36 NEW YORK The NBA approved the use of television instant replay yesterday to help officials determine whether lastsecond shots beat the buzzer. Instant replay became an issue during the first round of the last postseason when Indiana's Reggie Miller hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to tie a
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      Blame in-laws
      49 36 ROME Cyclist Raimondas Rumsas, whose podium finish in the Tour de France has come under suspicion after his wife was caught with doping products, has said the drugs were destined for his mother-in-law. Rumsas' wife was arrested on Sunday and the Lithuanian was dropped by his team.
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      Making up
      66 36 LONDON Manchester United star Juan Sebastian Veron has said he wants to make up for his disastrous first season in the English Premiership. "I would like more consistency," he told The Sun. "I want to play the way I played for the first 10 games of last season."
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      Lock icon Warriors booted out by Jurong's Park
      440 36  -  Stanley Ho Singapore Cup quarter-final SAFFC 1 Jurong 2 (act) Warriors stunned at home YOU just can't win all the time. Despite storming to a nine-point lead at the top of the S-League championship race and being unbeaten since May 24, mighty SAFFC was
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      502 37 LIVERPOOL Same player, same problem. Just when it was thought Steven Gerrard was fit and healthy for the start of the English football season the by now inevitable injury woes surfaced again yesterday with the news that he had been sent for an X-ray on
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      Lock icon One down, more to come
      545 38  -  Kelvin Phang THE not too over-the-top celebrations that greeted Singapore's first Commonwealth gold medal triumph in 40 years said it all. Instead of whoops of joy, loud screaming and affectionate hugs, huge smiles and high fives were all that Singapore's heroic women's team exuded after
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      Lock icon Team Singapore cheers heroines
      117 38 SINGAPOREANS from all walks of life congregated last night at Yew Tee Community Club's multi-purpose hall to catch the 'live' telecast of the Commonwealth Games women's table tennis team final. The support for our team's quest to win the Republic's first Commonwealth Games gold medal in
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      Lock icon Sparkling Joscelin
      419 39  -  Kelvin Phang Singapore's golden girl in fine record-breaking form SINGAPORE'S golden girl Joscelin Yeo looks in fine fettle. Yesterday, the swimming star bettered her own eight-year old national record in the 50 metres butterfly in the 17th Commonwealth Games. She clocked 27.87 seconds to advance to this morning's
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      Lock icon Super shuttlers reach Commonwealth Games final
      358 39  -  Kelvin Phang SINGAPORE continued its giant-killing act by reaching the final of badminton's mixed team event on Monday night in Manchester. It upset second seed New Zealand 3-1 and faced top seed England in this morning's final (starts 3am, Singapore time). Victory over the
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      Super Frankie
      63 39 MANCHESTER Namibian legend Frankie Fredericks ended the men's 200 m Commonwealth Games final on Monday in tears, but for the first time in two years they were tears of joy as he won. The 34-year-old quadruple Olympic medallist had undergone two Achilles operations in two years and many
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      Three golds
      69 39 MANCHESTER Malaysia's Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim enjoyed a flying start by picking up three gold medals in the first event of the Games' weightlifting competition yesterday. The 21-year-old, taking part in the 56kg division, lifted a combined total of 260 kg to set a new record. The Malaysian also
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      Bad behaviour
      52 39 MANCHESTER New Zealand has sent home disabled lawn bowler John Davies from the Commonwealth Games after an allegation of sexual harassment, organisers said yesterday. Games team chef de mission Dave Currie said: "A complaint was laid against John and we in the New Zealand team cannot condone what
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      Shoot fest
      60 39 BISLEY India captured its eighth shooting gold medal of the Commonwealth Games yesterday when Jaspal Rana and Mahaveer Singh clinched the Men's 25m Centre Fire Pistol Pairs shooting event. It was Rana's second gold of the Games and the sixth of his career as he defended the title
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      Smooth Thorpe
      67 39 MANCHESTER lan Thorpe began his quest for a record seven Commonwealth Games titles by cruising into the final of the 400 m freestyle with the fastest time of the heats in the opening session. Team-mate Grant Hackett, reigning world and Olympic 1,500 m freestyle champion, won the preceding
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  • WORLD-CLASS BUSINESS EXCELLENCE
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      323 41 The Singapore Police Force and Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd joined the elite group of Singapore Quality Award (SQA) winners at a ceremony graced by President S R Nathan at The RitzCarlton, Millenia Singapore last Wednesday. Both organisations were lauded for their strong leadership and
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      LAUNCH OF SINGAPORE INNOVATION CLASS
      353 41 In the 2001 Global Competitiveness Ranking, Singapore organisations were ranked 26th for their capacity to innovate, far behind developed countries such as the United States, Germany, Finland and Switzerland. To succeed in the new economy, organisations in Singapore need to acquire the competencies for managing
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      Home Team's secret weapon: Staying one step ahead
      473 42  -  Joy Frances Crime rates this year went up by 10.4 per cent but that did not stop SPRING Singapore from honouring the Singapore Police Force last week with the Singapore Quality Award. In an interview with TODAY, Commissioner of Police Khoo Boon
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      Solutions on the move is ST Engineering's strategy
      495 42  -  Michael Dwyer In the 21 years since he joined Singapore Technologies Marine as an engineer, Mr Tan Pheng Hock (picture) has witnessed great changes in technology and customer demand. Now president and CEO of the combined Singapore Technologies Engineering group, his experience
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      Young stars thrill audience
      207 44 Some 400 industry leaders at the 2002 Singapore Quality Award (SQA) presentation at the Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore had an enthralling evening last Wednesday when they were entertained with a spectacular display of energy and surprises in line with the theme, Beyond the Best. President S R
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      Testing agency seeks to establish benchmarks
      479 44  -  Michael Dwyer From testing cosmetics for toxic metal contamination, to ensuring safe working environments in factories, to analysing traditional medicines for illegal chemical additives, the Centre for Analytical Science has touched the lives of most, if not all Singaporeans. The centre, part of the
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      Service improvement through customer feedback
      528 46  -  Jenny Kong When Mr David Loke (picture), managing director of marine turbocharger repair and services company, Tru-Marine, decided to enter his company for the Singapore Quality Class (SQC) scheme last year, he discovered that his company was a little "off the mark". Through a self-assessment
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      Ensuring customers are well and truly satisfied
      442 48  -  Michael Dwyer How many times can you say "customer satisfaction" in 30 minutes? You'd have to go into training to beat Ricoh Asia Pacific's managing director, Mr Shuzo Saito (picture). Acquiring a better understanding of each customer's needs is crucial to Ricoh's strategy
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      Keppel Fels aims to have all parts purring
      465 50  -  Ambiga Raju It's fitting that a company internationally recognised as a maker, designer and repairer of oil rigs would be interested in a journey towards excellence. The chief operating officer and managing director of Keppel Offshore and Marine Services, Mr Tong Chong
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      Sounds of success for dB Acoustics
      474 52  -  Ambiga Raju Broad smiles greet you at dB Acoustics Pte Ltd a leading sound engineering firm that provides solutions for cutting down noise levels in buildings. The company was among 68 firms to win the Singapore Quality Class (SQC) this year, a stamp of
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      From animal 'haven' to first-rate healthcare centre
      506 54  -  Chan Sect Fun On his first day at work, he came face-to-face with an ants' nest almost a metre high. And there were more than 100 other termite nests dotting the grounds of Alexandra Hospital. CEO Liak Teng Lit recalls walking around the
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      Yokogawa straddles East and West
      231 55  -  Michael Dwyer Yokogawa Engineering Asia (YEA) president and managing director Dr Tony Lee is happy to straddle East and West. Having previously worked for an American, Dr Lee enjoys the challenge of blending the short-term "Wall Street-watching" American approach with the Japanese longterm customer satisfaction
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      One big step for the MOH
      300 55 The Ministry of Health (MOH) was recognised as an excellent organisation last Wednesday when it joined 67 others to be inducted into the Singapore Quality Circle (SQC) league. The ministry's journey to business excellence began in May last year, when it started using the
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      Cleaning service campaigns for excellence
      462 56  -  Ambiga Raju Every supervisor working for Campaign Cleaning Services is a potential competitor, said its managing director, Mr Eddie Loh (picture). "The entry point for this business is relatively easy and anyone with a few years' experience at the supervisory level can become my competitor.
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      SQA gets thumbs-up from international assessors
      214 58 The Singapore Quality Award (SQA) assessment process received excellent ratings from two international assessors. Ms Sally Gilbert and Mr Graham James, senior assessors far the Australian Business Excellence Award, were in Singapore recently to join the teams of SQA assessors during site visits to
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      A GEM FOR AWARD ADMINISTRATORS
      264 58 The Singapore Quality Award (SQA) framework is making great strides in Asia. Singapore is one of more than 70 countries that have adopted business excellence frameworks and their related award programmes. As a regional pacesetter, the SQA is regarded as a model for countries seeking
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      Beyond the best
      356 59 In the light of intense global competition, how can companies gain their competitive edge? How do they beat the rest and become the best? Such world-class performance can be achieved with the adoption of the business excellence framework. Whether an organisation is small or large, involved in
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      A rigorous process
      588 60 The journey is the destination this aptly describes the commitment and experience of those organisations that pursue world-class standards of business excellence and seek recognition through the Singapore Quality Award (SQA) for their high standards of performance. The journey begins when the company submits its application. The
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      More than procedures
      222 61  -  Ambiga Raju Established more than 40 years ago, Tiong Seng Contractors (Pte) Ltd is a company that has held its own in a sometimes unpredictable construction industry. Despite being accredited with *****02, the family business decided to strengthen its credentials and judge itself against international standards. It
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      Business excellence the SBA way
      193 61 The Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA) added another feather to its cap when it was conferred the Singapore Quality Class (SQC) Award this year. Prior to this, SBA had in September and October last year received the People Developer and ISO 9001:2000 awards. Mr Lim Hock
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      Setting up roadmap's the way to go
      481 62  -  Chan Scet Fun Courier-service provider TNT International Express was on the path to business excellence when if drew up a "roadmap" for itself two years ago. "It was a roadmap of what we had to do to improve, not a 'How to get
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      Practising what they preach
      172 63 Why would a non-profit organisation known for its training activities be interested in the Singapore Quality Class (SQC)? "We found it a good business-excellence process that uses internationally-recognised models adopted in Europe and the US," said Ms Peggy Lim, a divisional director of the Singapore Institute
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      Making good during bad times
      243 63  -  Ambiga Raju The recession years of 1999 set MrCheah Sin Hean (picture) of Goodrich Wallcoverings and Carpets thinking. His soul-searching led the company onto the business-excellence journey, which culminated in the Singapore Quality Class (SQC) award this year. "We are very happy at winning the
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      In a class of their own
      523 65 MORE than 60 organisations qualified to join the ranks of the Singapore Quality Class (SQC) in the last 12 months, taking the total number of SQC members to 287 organisations since the launch of the programme in 1 997. Of these, 70 per cent,
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      153 43 Somelme our retenless ojfetlor aiceHawe mates us agog witi sleepless rtgnt and nair-raisijig days. Becauseoflan sutfi sartfi, Iks ongdrig edufalon.proucfcje more cpestions Ihan answers. And when we asK elisions oTttgrw sigrtlcance, open minds rgHace empty ones. As tie Irstlisted company on tie Srippore Exchange to alfin the Shg^iore Quality Ays
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      200 45 ■fc" WE f ■'< The Centre for Analytical Science (CAS) of the Health Sciences Authority is proud to be conferred the Singapore Quality Class award by SPRING Singapore. fss:" so CAS is the largest single-site testing laboratory facility in Singapore. It combines both highlyqualified and experienced scientific expertise with B.A
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      235 47 i 1 811. j I Tm^arinePtelid #J b proud to be conferred the gapore Quality Class TRU-MARINE -fl OffillrGllwljr ■*wlk >: wllflfflvlflV VljhJ* iL'^ m ||B j* mk, ■■■■A -^Bsa *ii mm am Mm fll fffflff Mmm I L' WF FtfIMS bV* bVjbOb^EVß*Jt*l '^k^bST^bSm^i^H j 3v-\Wt v If Established in
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      100 48 Hamilton Sundstrand is proud to be awarded the Singapore Quality Class f£w_ur|if Designated as the worldwide Gear Centre of Excellence ipr.. SHfc^ff^ in the Aerospace Group, achieving the Singapore Quality Class not —j* only reflects the quality culture at Hamilton Sundstrand, it also "~^lifciE^(?'"^fc I inspires us to continue working
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      4 48 Ly^iINGAPORE V. QUALITY CLASS
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      180 56 Tii.l "iLi-Lm bi Uixunr i'Lifvirm Total Solution in Elastomeric Components A Rubber Technology Centre 1" il-V^'J^ ft Fi &D for material and process W tf i-nf-i X*1 Support customers in concurrent jHI-K < i &>Jproduct design f/I J^_^-^_ l ■?< State of the Art Laboratory for both analytical mechanical testing
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      113 57 Campaign Cleaning Services is proud WBb heartiest congestions: to receive the award of f/f? Singapore Quality Class 2002 BK*#s9s 00 ft. Campaign Qeaning Services, we look forward l!o begina challenging and exciang i^U journey wiih our supportive clients towards pray din glh em world-class products and services efficiently and effectively.
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      140 58 wKr 1 y^ < >nr &*r\ icy girt* rewarded *mrr again nl In-r it« ni;fiil iun ma ki its a* i>riiiiil ;i.» Ifciu^ >i nn-iuln'r <il" \\w SinsaptitT Uiiiilil v (!1.-i». W.nileil In I_A->!Vi,\ftiHl' I SprinjE Si )i»;i| ■■>)■<■. ihia n'lln'l mir i]ii;i(jj\ mill ml HiC&mirtffl ntul Is ;i IrxittUOfl)
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      83 60 Best wishes from ail of us! Conqremulations to 0\ HBO (_J M..H.UHK.,, ASIA w^^ Ji SINGAPORE Bff^f' 'JfrjN'^isL F^o^^^^- BROADCASTING Hid! *?fT% I V AUTHORITY 1 \m liJJj Reed Exhibitioris for achieving the o^^ Singapore Quality Class Award 2002 *J^P W" "Hi Le-^l\i..vrj- r Jin- u^ VJ:i'.":TVfl'.M L#l As your
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      11 60 SINGAPORE QUALITY AWARD L# buiineii excellence Jfoll C-y^iINGAPORE V. QUALITY CLASS
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      80 62 I *wB^J We are proud to be awarded the f±.< m^Zl Cjj i Singapon QualityCl tss .^^H I^^^P" H kit "^B pA^WI ■B^S^^^M Mm Tfti mmmmm^m Wc would like to extend our gratitude to our business associates for assisting us in achieving this honour. Receiving the Singapore Quality Class Award
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      311 64 Towards Business Excellence i>"' l.vl jJ^B ij SPRING Singapore's mission is "to raise productivity so as to SINGAPORE __■»> wJ^ 1 a'j '''J DUALITY *«SrSHSi enhance Singapore's competitiveness and economic growth for a A\X7A"RF> :-jßatihi t fc 'i better q^'tyof life for our people". MiiMM mfa '■:■''■''■SSrSi'i '^d SPRING Singapore
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      864 66 They've got class! \jBF This year, two more organi- Campaign Cleaning Deutsche Bank AG, sations join the distin- Services (Pte) Ltd Singapore Branch SINGAPORE guished list of Singapore Canon Marketing (Global Securities Services) AWKRn Quality Award winners (Singapore) Pte Ltd DHL International (S) fa^L. while 68 more organise- Ca pita
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