Today, 27 January 2003

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  • 12 1 TODAY M 0 11 Cl ay January 27, 2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • 486 1 Agencies SHANGHAI/TAIPEI A half century after Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek fled the advancing communists by flying to Taiwan from China, his grandson turned up at Shanghai airport to board a flight marking the resumption of air links. Mr John Chang Hsiao-yen, an opposition
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  • 763 1  -  Ng Boon Yian As Bogeyman Singapore shows up a touchy neighbour by boonyian(s)newstoday.com.sg LAST Saturday, Foreign Minister Prof S Jayakumar took the reluctant but highly-unusual step of laying bare letters and diplomatic notes between Singapore and Malaysian leaders on bilateral issues, especially water. This coming Saturday, Newater
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 479 2  -  Derrick A Paulo EDB data may show how we fared by dernckWnewstoday.com.sg SO, was it or wasn't it a double-dip recession in Singapore last year? We'll get a big clue today. The Economic Development Board will be releasing the figures for the country's fourth quarter Industrial Production Index
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    • 186 2 Newsßadio 93.8 ONE million dollars worth of pirated products were seized by the police on Saturday. Five men aged between 22 and 57 were arrested for distributing and selling the 80,000 pirated items, which included CD-ROMs and uncensored DVDs. Deputy Head of Intellectual Property Rights
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    • 276 3 SEOUL South Korea seems to be the hardest-hit among the countries affected by the latest computer virus which caused major delays in Web traffic from Asia to the United States. Called WORM_SQLPI434.A, aka SQLSlammer or Sapphire, the worm carries a self-regener-ating mechanism that enables it to
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    • 158 3 Bernama Reuters KUALA LUMPUR For Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Serf Dr Mahathir Mohamad (picture), there is only one reason why the United States wants to attack Iraq oil. The outspoken Asian leader made the comment on returning from the annual World Economic
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    • 90 4 A NEW sculpture at DSO National Laboratories in the Science Park pays tribute to Singapore's home-grown scientific and technological minds. Unveiled by A*STAR chairman Philip Yeo on Friday, it was designed by local sculptor Han Sai Por, who is famed for her many stone sculptures.
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    • 109 4 FOUR men have been charged with the murder of a man who was stabbed to death on Saturday morning at the Silver Tortoise Super Dangdui Dance Club in Orchard Point Aidi Ali, 31, was at the discotheque at about 2.45 am when a
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    • 402 4  - 'One-night stands' Val Chua and how it is linked to charity by val(s>newsto day. com. sg NON-committal donations and one-off social projects are like "one-night stands". They make volunteers feel good, but do not necessarily lead to great things. Using this analogy to describe the sporadic help some charities receive,
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 153 6 Channel News Asia MORE than 2,000 regulars and National Service (NS) men were involved in the Singapore Army's first open mobilisation exercise of the year yesterday. By the end of the drill, the Defence Ministry (Mindef) said over 90 per cent of them had reported
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    • 370 6  -  Tor Ching Li Proposed changes to transplant Act include call for cornea, liver donation by chingli@newsto day. com. sg "WILL I be able to see in the afterlife without my corneas?" "Can I opt in but specify that my organs be donated to a Muslim?" These were some
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    • 282 6  -  Val Chua DEPUTY Prime Minister Tony Tan (picture) said Singapore will continue its joint military exercises with Malaysia, even as the Republic asserts its growing displeasure over its neighbour's disputes on the water issue and Pedra Branca. There is no reason to call off
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  • LETTERS
    • 342 9  -  Tan Kin Lian I REFER to the commentary, "When Dr M props the market" by Mr David Deßosa (Today, Jan 22). The writer said Malaysia is using "government money and public pension fund assets to prop up the local stock market" and that this
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    • 319 9  -  Jason Lee Boon Hong Do M'sians want to resolve conflict? THE truth and facts behind the Singapore-Malaysia diplomatic hiccups is finally out I applaud Foreign Affairs Minister S Jayakumar's release of diplomatic documents and correspondence between the leaders of both countries. They show the sincerity of Singapore in
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    • 420 10 Affirmative action must not cripple self-respect ABOUT 15 years ago, I was involved in the debate on Section 152 of the Singapore Constitution, holding discussions about the unfairness of the Government to terminate free university education for Singapore Malays. One night, I explained to my daughter (then
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    • 303 10  -  Leow^ S^e i/zaw Today photo by I REFER to the report, "That single question" (Today, Jan 14). The Housing and Development Board (HDB) will not be extending the studio apartment scheme to singles below 55 years of age because its survey shows that almost two-thirds of singles
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 330 12 Bloomberg needed for SEC report on credit-rating firms WASHINGTON The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has called for further study of the credit-rating companies Standard Poor's (S&P), Moody's Investors Service and Fitch to determine if more oversight is needed after their failure to predict the collapse of
      Bloomberg  -  330 words
    • 83 12 AFP photo A shop employee in Hanoi opening a box containing a Toshiba refrigerator for a customer. Vietnam and Japan are negotiating an investment pact that Tokyo hopes will give Japanese investors, recently rattled by Hanoi's erratic policy-mak-ing, better access to the communist nation's markets. The
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    • Market Watch
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      • 15 12 Gold uss/oi 368.400 Silver uss/oi 4.885 Platinum uss/oz 635.100 Brent crude uss/barrel 33.280 aghfh
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      • 85 12 The STI closed last week about 8.8 points down to 1,358. Volumes were thinner as investors decided to stay on the sidelines. The IPO market for the year started on a poor note, with all three issues falling below their issue price, given the uncertain market This suggests that
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      • 36 12 US$ 0.***** UK£ 0.***** Yen 68.3172 HK$ 4.***** RM 2.***** Euro 0.***** Rupiah 5151.91 Baht 24.7332 Peso 31.062 A$ 0.9799 Indian Rs 27.739 Won 676.39 C$ 0.8808 Yuan 4.7995 NZ$ 1.0545 NTS 20.021
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    • 140 13 Reuters DAVOS (Switzerland) Hewlett-Packard (HP) chief executive Carly Fiorina (picture) said on Saturday that she saw no signs of recovery in the US economy at the moment, but expressed optimism about prospects for a longer-term pickup. Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Ms Fiorina said
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    • 324 13 AFP XL aims to 'buck the gloom' KUALA LUMPUR Prospects for Malaysia's manufacturing sector remain hazy but a forthcoming economic stimulus package may bring some cheer, observers and analysts said. Manufacturing applications grew 13.7 per cent last year despite mounting competition from China, Thailand and Singapore.
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    • 112 14  -  Chan Chao Peh AS part of its campaign to promote the use of data services, Sing Tel has launched MyCupid, a "mobile matchmaking" service that allows customers to make new friends using mobile phones. "Unlike some chat rooms and dating services on the Internet that
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    • 313 14 AFP China to let in foreign insurance firms BEIJING China is to begin a massive reform of its insurance industry by introducing foreign insurers in a bid to transform the state-owned operation into a sophisticated publicly-traded operation. Senior government representatives said that, by introducing more private and foreign
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    • 186 15 AFP SINGAPOREANS flocked to car showrooms over the weekend in response to eased restrictions on automobile financing. In the first weekend since the Monetary Authority of Singapore lifted a 1995 ruling requiring car buyers to make a 30 per cent cash downpayment and
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    • 418 15 Bloomberg Firm achieves peak revenue, plans to grow DAVOS (Switzerland) Dell Computer, the world's largest maker of personal computers, had "record" revenue last year, chief executive officer Michael Dell (picture) said. While some technology companies saw last year's revenue fall by as much as 70 per cent, "we
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    • 185 15 Reuters DAVOS (Switzerland) Sun Microsystems chief executive Scott McNealy said that the US computer and software maker is in good shape for this year. He said the 20 per cent staff cuts it announced in October were appropriate. But some investors viewed the cuts as
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    • 465 16  -  Carmen Lee SGX has an attractive yield and there may be a special cash payout by THE appointment of Mr Hsieh Fu Hua (picture) as the CEO of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) has put to rest concerns over who would lead Singapore's integrated securities and derivative
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 334 18 US worried Baghdad may use dangerous weapons WASHINGTON The United States is considering using nuclear weapons in a possible war against Iraq to destroy underground command posts and stop Iraqi forces from using weapons of mass destruction, a top US private military expert warned. Citing multiple sources,
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    • 189 18 -AFP WASHINGTON A recent US court ruling may have a "chilling effect" on private communications such as e-mail and Internet surfing. The debate stems from a US federal judge's order to Verizon Communications an Internet service provider (ISP) to identify an Internet user suspected of copying music
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    • 61 20 AFP photo Ferrari Formula One champion Michael Schumacher (centre) shaking hands with the relatives of Fiat honorary chairman Giovanni Agnelli during a ceremony in his honour on Saturday in Turin. Mr Agnelli, one of the most powerful businessmen in Europe, who controlled Ferrari among other
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    • 98 20 Agencies SYDNEY It may have been a day of celebration in honour of Australia Day yesterday but not many Australians, least of all the firefighters and those affected by bushfires, were enjoying it A week after blazes ravaged the country's capital city of Canberra, bushfires have now
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    • 143 20 Reuters STOCKHOLM A British Airways pilot, who was about to fly a passenger jet to London, has been caught over the alcohol limit at an airport near Stockholm. The tipsy pilot was detained by police and given a breathalyser test shortly before the flight was to
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    • 276 20 Agencies as Sharon is assured of polls victory GAZA Palestinians were picking up the pieces yesterday as Israeli troops withdrew from the biggest attack on Gaza City since 1994, which left at least 12 people dead and 64 wounded. The weekend offensive, which saw the destruction of property
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    • 184 20 -AFP PARIS A team of New Zealand researchers have produced the world's first genetically-modified cloned cows whose milk is intended as food. The researchers, led by Dr Goetz Laible at the Ruakura Research Centre in Hamilton, have produced nine duplicate, transgenic calves
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    • 308 22 AFP N Koreans try to provoke US, S Korea PANMUNJOM Provocation antics, it seems, are not above the presumably best and highly disciplined North Korean soldiers stationed in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea. At their closest, the North Koreans are just metres from their
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    • 159 22 Reuters WASHINGTON The United States, reluctant to offend China, spumed a request from Taiwan for a show of support this week after talks with Beijing over North Korea and Iraq, a Bush administration official said on Saturday. Taiwan had invited Mr John Bolton, the Under-Secretary of State,
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    • 140 22 AFP HONG KONG A round-the-clock border crossing with China opened yesterday, more than five years after control over the territory reverted to Beijing. China approved the 24-hour service at a meeting in December with Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa and expects 1,000 people to
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 964 24  -  Dr Khoo How San by news(s>newstoday.com.sg EXPECT the possibility of more arrests, expect more security measures, expect the worst may happen as the regional terrorist network probes for weaknesses, but be assured that Singapore's security agencies are ever vigilant and cooperating actively with
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    • 138 24 "For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain" Philippians 1:21 GOH HOE FATT Age: 79 passed away peacefully on 25 January 2003. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Tan Chin Foong Sons: Daughters-in-law: Goh Kee Fong Dolly Koh Goh Hiang Fong Melissa Seah
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  • UPFRONT
    • 657 25  -  Chan Chao Peh An old movie theatre gets a new lease of life as a three-storey shopping paradise THE 75-year-old Majestic Theatre, which at one time screened silent movies and had Cantonese opera, has been renovated and refurbished as a shopping mall. Owner Cathay Organisation one of Singapore's
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  • LIMELIGHT
    • 295 26  -  Torching Li HEY guys, it may be the Year of the Goat but goaties aren't going to help you score with the girlies. Oh, and spare the hair gel, too. For neither facial hair nor fancy coiffure is what sets female hearts a-flutter.
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    • 568 26  -  Janice Lee Some fans get to see MTV Asia Awards for free by janice@newstoday.com.sg FOR some, it was a dream come true. But, there was no doubt that all who attended the 2003 MTV Asia Awards on Friday night had a good time. Those who turned
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    • 455 27  -  Serene Foo Spread all the rumours you like, but when it comes to family by serene(s>newstoday.com.sg THE real lives of Gallen Lo (picture, left) and Louis Koo (right) could rival the sizzling plot of their TV drama, At the Threshold of an Era. The popular Hong
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    • 303 27  -  Janice Lee SHE'S been hailed as the queen of hip-hop and is already treated like a legend in the music business. But that hasn't stopped Missy Elliot from working towards higher goals. She says she's always "under construction", which is the name of her new
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    • 49 27 The second series of At the Threshold of an Era will be aired every Monday to Friday at 9pm on MediaCorp TV Channel 8, starting Feb 10. A Threshold concert will be staged at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on March 29. For ticketing details, call Sistic at 6348 5555.
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  • INCINEMAS
    • 248 28 AFP Top Sundance awards go to film and documentary PARK CITY (Utah) The movie of a struggling comic book writer, American Splendor, and the family documentary, Capturing the Friedmans, snatched top honours at the Sundance independent film festival on Saturday. The films won Sundance's Grand Jury prizes,
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  • EAT OUT
    • 444 30  -  Karman Tse Ristorante Bologna's dessert platter steals the limelight Ristorante Bologna's baked veal tenderloin (left) and the chefs signature dessert platter which will steal your heart. RESTAURANTS with a view are so easy to love. But while your love for the view is far from blind, there's
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    • 319 31  -  Karman Tse Sit back and relax as Kriston takes care of your CNY dinner by karmancffnewstoaay. com. sg WHAT'S the best way to celebrate Chinese New Year? I'd say a cosy, scrumptious and nofuss celebration. It would mean having a feast of a reunion dinner in a snug
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