Today, 31 January 2003

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    8 1 TODAY Friday January 31, 2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    Lock icon Politics of an insult
    800 1  -  Ng Boon Yian Thai-Cambodian blazing row not just due to wounded pride by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg A RUMOUR passed off as fact by some Cambodian newspapers has sparked the worst diplomatic crisis between Thailand and Cambodia in decades. Apparently spread by three unidentified men about two weeks ago,
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Corporate PA
      324 2  -  Kim-Kyna Tan New chief stresses business approach to win hearts by kim@newsto day. com. sg THE new helmsman of the People's Association (PA) wants to get serious about the business of community bonding. Mr Tan Boon Huat, 51, (picture) wants to turn the coordinating body of grassroots organisations
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      Funding for NNI suspended
      217 2  -  Tan Hui Leng THE recent investigations into an alleged breach of medical research ethics at the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) show that the system works. The Economic Development Board (EDB) said this yesterday even as it announced a hefty 48 per cent growth in manufacturing output
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      Family ties important in tough times: PM
      251 2 SINGAPORE should see better results this year than last year. This point was emphasised by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong in his Chinese New Year message. Said Mr Goh: "One of the big uncertainties, Iraq, should be over by the middle of this
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      Lock icon Dr M on war and those letters
      158 2 Channel News Asia PEGOH Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that the country will not go to war with Singapore over "territorial gains". But Dr Mahathir criticised Singapore's decision to publicise his correspondence with Singapore's leaders. "The facts are
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      $170b bad dream
      358 3  -  Lee Ching Wern AOLTime Warner reports mind-boggling loss by chingwern@newstoday.com.sg THEY called it a match made in heaven, when America's biggest Internet provider merged with the world leader in traditional media three years ago. But on Wednesday, dream team AOL Time Warner reported the largest annual loss
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      Rojak seller in drug bust
      124 3 A 32-YEAR-OLD rojak seller was arrested for allegedly using his stall as a front for a million-dollar drug distribution network, ChannelNewsAsia reported. Officers of the Central Narcotics Bureau nabbed the man and 14 others in an operation yesterday that lasted 24 hours. Officers acted on
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      229 2 LIVING FAITH CHURCH 8 Wishing you a blessed prosperous Jdunar Neri> }jear SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE I liiliS 2 Feb 2003 (English Service/Mandarin interpretation via headsets) I MldfflHJ Pan Pacific Hotel, I Level 1 Pacific 3 IfcVIMM Rev. Dr John Lim I All are welcome 1^ xQ Jc Finger food, coffee
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Malay students join wayang
      67 4 Students at Bukit Panjang Government High will sing in a wayang (Chinese opera) today to celebrate the Chinese New Year. The troupe's 28-member cast is unique in that it includes one South Korean and seven Malay students. The head of the school's Department for Mother Tongue,
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      A new line
      299 4  -  Sarah Chua Priceline adds hotel stays, car rentals by sarah@newstoday.com.sg PRICELINE, which pioneered the online sale of "name your own price" plane tickets, has added fixedrate retail hotel and car rentals to its arsenal. Its CEO, Mr Alfredo Gangotena (picture), said the move is in response to
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      SDP head to fight defamation verdict
      235 4 SINGAPORE Democratic Party (SDP) leader Dr Chee Soon Juan plans to contest the summary judgement awarded against him last August in his appeal hearing on Feb 7. The judgement was awarded in favour of Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Senior Minister Lee Kuan
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  • LETTERS
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      So, what's a fair price?
      225 6  -  Soh Gim Chuan Isn't the water pact a matter of two parties keeping their word? I REFER to the article, "How to break the deadlock" by Oon Yeoh (Today, Jan 30) on the current water price dispute between Singapore and Malaysia. It's a well-written, balanced
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      The N-E Line is costlier to operate ...
      236 6 The N-E Line is costlier to operate I REFER to the letter, "Driverless but costly?" by Mr Michael Loh Yik Ming (Today, Jan 23) and "Should N-E Line commuters pay more?" by Mr Nor Azam Ahmad (Today, Jan 24). We appreciate the writers' concern about the cost of operating and
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      ... but offers safer and better service
      345 6 but offers safer and better service I REFER to the letters by Mr Michael Loh Yik Ming and Mr Nor Azam Ahmad (Today, Jan 23 and 24, respectively). The North-East Line (NEL) is designed to be a fully underground system to optimise land use and help overcome the physical constraints
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon From lots to units
      172 8 Bloomberg THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) will ease restrictions on the number of shares investors are able to buy or sell from April 14. Investors currently buy or sell shares in lots of 1,000. The exchange will replace the system with a unit share market, allowing trading
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      Lock icon ST Telemedia denial
      128 8 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Technologies Telemedia, which bought 42 per cent of Indonesia's second-biggest phone company in December, denied paying commission to Indonesian officials to help it win the bid. ST Telemedia, which bought the stake in PT Indonesian Satellite Corp (Indosat) for US$63l million ($l.l billion), was accused
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      Lock icon KPMG suit
      87 8 -AFP WASHINGTON The US Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a lawsuit against the accounting firm, KPMG, and four of its partners for their audit of Xerox between 1997 and 2000. The lawsuit charges the firm and its partners with fraud and seeks injunctions, disgorgement of all fees
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        101 8 SINGAPORE shares fell, ignoring Wall Street's climb into positive territory. The STI opened in positive territory but dropped to close 6.96 points down at 1,295.89. Market breadth was mixed, though still negative while 338 counters were unchanged. Turnover was 393 million shares with a value of $272 million traded.
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        World markets
        55 8 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 8316.81 -14.27 -0.17 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd 9258.95 2943.00 5015.16 18.16 13.10 0.00 0.20 0.45 0.00 Korea Comp SET Index 591.86 370.30 8.51 0.61 1.46 0.17 Jakarta Comp Philippines Comp Shenzen B Mumbai 392.29 1039.88 209.30 3219.88 0.76 0.62 0.54
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        Your S$1 buys
        34 8 UK£ 0.3510 Yen HK$ RM 68.562 4.4954 2.1895 Euro 0.6194 Rupiah Baht 5112.3 24.595 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ 31.017 0.9815 27.554 674.40 0.8804 Yuan NZ$ NTS 4.7723 1.0546 20.001
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        Commodities
        14 8 Gold us$/oi Silver us$/oi 362.95 Platinum us$/oz 4.77 Brent crude us$/barrel 674.5 33.63
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        Straits Times Index Intraday Chart
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        SGX most active
        54 8 By volume Jan 30 Close Change '000 Cytech 0.075 +0.005 +7.1 128,546 ChewEH 0.010 63,214 Chartered 0.710 -0.005 -0.7 16,073 DatacrftUSS 0.680 -0.005 -0.7 13,685 Sunlight 0.260 +0.015 +6.1 9,002 DMXTech 0.260 +0.005 +2.0 7,608 STEngg 1.710 -0.030 -1.7 7,343 LeongHin 0.725 5,930 TTlnt 0.435 5,701 KepCorp
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        SGX top rises
        84 8 By$ Jan 30 Close Change DBS 10.500 +0.200 STIETF100 14.000 +0.100 DBS Bk 6% NCPS *****.300 +0.100 UOL 1.700 +0.070 C&C 3.360 +0.060 Cathay Org 0.190 +0.050 SIA 9.850 +0.050 SingamasC 2kHK$ 2.100 +0.050 YeoHS 2.470 +0.030 DelGro 500 2.230 +0.030 By percentage Jan 30 Close Change
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        SGX top falls
        79 8 By$ Jan 30 Creative 50 Close Change 11.500 -0.500 UOB 10.600 -0.200 SPH 18.200 -0.200 SPH 100 18.300 -0.200 CITYDEV 3.940 -0.120 KepCorp Venture 3.620 -0.120 12.900 -0.100 F&N 7.950 -0.100 JMH 400USS 6.000 -0.100 OCBC 8.950 -0.100 By percentage Jan 30 Star tech MediaS Unidux AsiaDekor
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      Oei at it again
      350 10  -  Chan Chao Peh He agrees to take 9% stake in instant coffee maker by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg WITH the takeover battle for Nat Steel behind him, corporate raider Oei Hong Leong (picture) has shifted his attention to Super Coffeemix Manufacturing famous for its brand of 3-in-l instant coffee.
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      Lock icon Indon regulator rejects Asia Pulp bail-out plan
      168 10 Bloomberg JAKARTA Indonesia's market regulator has rejected a plan to set up a trading company for Asia Pulp and Paper Co, a move proposed by export credit agencies which are owed over US$3 billion ($5.2 billion) by Asia's largest corporate defaulter. The proposed
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      86 10 Bloomberg SEMBLOG PROFITS UP 10%: SembCorp Logistics (SembLog) said its profits last year fell 10 per cent from the previous year's earnings. Profit for the year ended Dec 31 fell to $78.5 million, from a re-stated $87.3 million a year earlier. Sales fell five per cent to $447.6
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      Upwardly mobile
      234 12  -  Chan Chao Peh SingTel's Asia-Pacific subscribers now over 32 million by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg SINGTEL said that its regional mobile subscriber base which includes contributions from its five other regional associates and wholly-owned Optus has reached over 32 million. For the quarter ended December last year, the total number of
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      Lock icon T'was the time to buy phones
      89 12 Bloomberg HOLIDAY shoppers spurred the number of mobile phone subscribers in Singapore to the largest gain in 18 months in December, pushing ownership to 78 per cent. The total number of subscribers rose 2.1 per cent to more than 3.24 million from about 3.18
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      4009 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Enquiries: Call 852-2973-6600 E-mail lipper.asia@reuters.com Date Name NAV/Bid Offer Price Price Aberdeen Asset Management (Asia) 1/29 Aberdsen Sgl-Amerimn Opportunities 0.543 0.571 1/29 Aberdeen Sel-Asian High Yield 1.231 1.271 1/29 Aberdeen Sel-China Opportunities 0.933 0.91 1/29 Aberdeen Sel-Continentol Europe Eqty 0.711 0.755 1/29 Aberdeen Sel-Globol MNC 0.463 0.417
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Europe backs US
      312 13 Agencies France and Germany rebuffed LONDON In a move that signifies a gradual rift in the continent, eight European leaders have called for a unified stand against Iraq, lending much diplomatic support to the United States. The leaders of Britain, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Poland, Hungary and
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      Lock icon Seoul gave $332m to N Korea
      153 13 Agencies SEOUL South Korean President Kirn Dae Jung defended his record on North Korea yesterday after a government probe revealed that millions of dollars were transferred secretly to the Stalinist regime. South Korea's Board of Audit and Inspection said 223.5 billion won ($332 million)
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      Lock icon Ex-militia chief not guilty
      137 13 -AFP JAKARTA An Indonesian court yesterday found Mr Jaafar Umar Thalib, the former head of a powerful Islamic militia, not guilty of inciting violence during bloody Muslim-Christian fighting in the Maluku islands. The judges acquitted the former Laskar Jihad militia chief of three charges inciting violence,
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      162 13 MATTEL, INC. is the owner of the copyright, trade marks and other intellectual property rights residing in its BARBIE products, including the BARBIE trade mark. Such intellectual property rights are fully protected under the laws of Singapore. TAKE NOTICE that MATTEL, INC. will not hesitate to initiate criminal and/or civil
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  • UPFRONT
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      face the FUTURE
      1237 14  -  Elisa Chia 'Or is it the future in the face? What do the features of 12 celebs say about them?1: r by elisa@newstoday.com.sg TAY Ping Hui should wear more striped clothes, Yvonne Lim could use a tan and Edmund Chen should have another baby. If they follow
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      Fearless Fann
      268 15  -  Serene Foo by serene@newstoday.com.sg YOU would have thought that kicking butt in the fight scenes or having to "lick" co-star Owen Wilson in a Kamasutra-inspired dream sequence would be the most daunting feat for actress Farm Wong in her debut Hollywood movie, Shanghai Knights. But it was not.
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      MediaCorp steals the show with latest TV ratings
      197 15 LOCAL programmes on MediaCorp TV Channel 8 and the 2002 Fifa World Cup matches on MediaCorp TV Channel 5 drew the most viewers last year, according to data from the Taylor Nelson Sofres ratings system. Channel 8 took all but two of
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon Watch this face
      818 18  -  David Ngiau Aaron Stanford is not everywhere you look yet YOUNG Aaron Stanford appeared out of nowhere only a year ago as the lead in Tadpole to dazzle movie-goers, film-makers and studio execs at the Sundance Film Festival. The actor has worked with Woody Allen and Spike
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      Oh, Jackie ...
      385 20  - Oh, Jackie Serene Foo FILM REVIEW Shanghai Knights JACKIE Chan's movies come with a guarantee even if the plot is feckless, at least, we know his slick action will save the day. And it's such a joy watching Asia's favourite kick-butt hero in Shanghai Knights doing what he is best
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      All about luck
      338 22  -  Yong Shu Chiang FILM REVIEW My Lucky Star by shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg IF geomancers were every bit as effective as the one played by Tony Leung in the Chinese New Year crowd-pleaser, My Lucky Star, I'd be the first to see one. Why, by following afeng shui master's advice
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
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      177 23 a new way to buy GQLp VILLAGE movie tickets You can now visit over 180 AXS Stations located island-wide, I operating 24 hours a day, to buy your Golden Village movie tickets. What's more, the movie tickets are printed immediately, saving you precious time otherwise spent queuing at the box
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
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      1480 24 Programmes Friday Highlights \I v r~(-*■. i-j ry LUNAR NEW YEAR'S EVE I will be in Chinatown, while Jeff _//J >-Jl^-\i^LJs<J~ CHANNEL-O VARIETY SPECIAL 2003 d^^W/£ Wang and May Phua will be at ?r LIVE u^ T^U KW Marina Bay' j^i /ricJS 10.30pm, Channel 8 T vl^B' Ms Jack Neo
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Super Marion and Tiny Tim
      349 25 Despite track success, athletics body slams LONDON Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery have been accused of tarnishing the image of athletics by linking up with the former coach of disgraced sprinter Ben Johnson. The International Association of Athletics Federations (lAAF) has asked Jones and Montgomery,
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      Led by Kobe, Lakers start road trip impressively
      316 25 NBA Suns 90 Lakers 99 Live, tomorrow on Ch23, 12mn PHOENIX The Los Angeles Lakers kicked off a crucial stretch with a huge win on the road yesterday, reported NBA.com. Kobe Bryant scored 14 of his 40 points in the fourth quarter
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      Lock icon Tiger ready to roar
      481 26 -AFP MILWAUKEE A pain-free Tiger Woods (picture) is swinging his clubs again and eager to go head-to-head with the likes of Ernie Els and Vijay Singh. "I don't think I've ever seen Ernie swing so well," said Woods. "I think it's great that he and Vijay
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      Lock icon Nice and Casey as Els is put in the shade by young Briton
      415 26 Reuters Golf Heineken Classic Rain helps 25-year-old leader charge ahead MELBOURNE Britain's Paul Casey (picture) overshadowed world No. 2 Ernie Els to card a seven-under-par 65 for a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Heineken
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      Lock icon Ames, Tway sparkle in golf marathon
      356 26 -AFP Golf Bob Hope Classic Talented group chasing leaders LA QUINTA It did not take long for Trinidad's Stephen Ames and American Bob Tway to round into form at the PGA West course. Tway eagled his second hole yesterday on the way to a
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      Lock icon To play or not to play?
      550 27 Agencies ICC to decide on the World Cup fate of Kenya and Zimbabwe LONDON World cricket's governing body began crucial talks yesterday on whether World Cup matches in Zimbabwe and Kenya should go ahead. England's players have called for their match in Harare to
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      Lock icon Menotti thought to be Gaspart's choice for Barca coach
      371 27 -AFP BARCELONA Former Argentina World Cup-winning coach Cesar Luis Menotti was named as favourite yesterday to take over from sacked Dutch coach Louis van Gaal as the new Barcelona boss. The Vanguardia daily said Barcelona president Joan Gaspart had called Menotti
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      Fifa's fine
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