Today, 23 April 2003, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY V ri O O N ri N a, I 50 I c
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Dow soars
      53 1 Reuters NEW YORK US stocks soared on Tuesday on solid earnings news from defence contractor Lockheed Martin Corp and other companies. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 158.19 points, or 1.90 per cent, to 8,487.09. The S&P 500 rose 19.40 points, to 911.41 and the Nasdaq gained 26.96
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      Lock icon France calls for end to Iraq sanctions
      93 1 Agencies ANKARA-In a diplomatic shift welcomed by the US, French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin (picture), on a visit to Turkey, has called for an end to the 12-year-old UN economic sanctions against Iraq. The US has also pressed for the lifting of
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      Lock icon Greenspan wanted for another term
      76 1 Agencies WASHINGTON US President George W Bush yesterday backed another term for Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan (picture), ending speculation about the White House's plans after a rift over the need for new tax cuts. The endorsement came as Mr Greenspan, widely considered as the
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      From the PM, loud and clear
      784 1  -  Ng Boon Yian In an open letter to the nation, he chides irresponsible, irrational behaviour by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg AFTER trying twice over the last two weeks to coax and cajole Singaporeans to exhibit social responsibility in the face of what is believed to be the
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Reckless family
      395 2  -  Lee Ching Wern Now, one member has Sars FOUR of the eight family members who ignored a doctor's advice to wait for an ambulance are now down with Sars. Three of them are children and the fourth is a 41-year-old woman. Another new Sars case is a 39-year-old
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      SARS UPDATE
      176 2 The Courage Fund has raised some $2.55 million to date. It received an injection of $200,000 from the Lee Foundation. Mr Tay Boon Kiat, assistant GM of the traditional Chinese medicine company, Sinchong Meheco, said customers who had bought 4D on Saturday using the company's head office unit
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      Lock icon Battle over a memo
      324 3 Bush aides in tussle over Rumsfeld note on ouster of Kirn Jong II WASHINGTON While the White House was working on negotiations with North Korea aimed at disarming Pyongyang, a secret memorandum was circulating among key administration officials calling for regime change in North Korea. The
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      Half of Singaporeans indifferent to war in Iraq: Survey
      149 3 HALF of Singaporeans remained indifferent towards the war in Iraq before and during the launch of hostilities in that country, a survey said yesterday. Findings from two surveys conducted over a six-month period before and after fighting began showed that Singaporeans'
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      Lock icon Dr M irate at photo mix-up
      103 3 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR The Asian Wall Street JournzA carried an embarrassed correction yesterday after running a picture of a top terrorist suspect which it identified as Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. The photo of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, allegedly the Al Qaeda mastermind behind the
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      Goodbye, Mr Tropicana
      598 4  -  Joy Frances Shaw lived a life as colourful as his cabaret joy@newstoday.com.sg THE man who started Singapore's first topless cabaret, the Tropicana Theatre Restaurant and Niteclub in Scotts Road, died on Sunday at 93. Mr Shaw Sung Ching had been suffering from lung problems before his death.
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      Only $10 of greens for each NTUC shopper
      272 4 NTUC Fair Price has announced drastic measures to curb the recent spate of panic vegetable buying by consumers since the Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre was closed on Saturday due to the Sars outbreak there. Yesterday, Fair Price chairman S Chandra Das said
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      Just as safe
      89 4 THE Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) yesterday "rubbished" the public's concerns that the odds of getting Sars are higher in an aircraft than elsewhere. Calling it a misconception, AAPA director-general Richard Stirling said the worries stem from a lack of knowledge about air circulation in the
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      20 2 MediaCorp salutes Healthcare workers Please donate generously to the Courage Fund. Call 1900-*****11. Each call is a donation of $5.
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Fever monitors
      465 6  -  Tan Hui Leng Students to be given thermometers to take their temperature by huileng@newstoday.com.sg ALL students in Singapore now have to carry one more item in their pencil cases a thermometer. Not only will they be carrying thermometers to and from school, they will also need to hand
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      Lock icon Quieter May Day
      133 6 Channel News Asia LABOUR Day is just around the comer but in the light of the Sars crisis, May Day activities will be scaled down as a precautionary measure. While annual events, such as a family gathering involving thousands of workers and a visit to a home
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      This is your PM writing
      978 8  -  Goh Chok Tong I'm deeply concerned about the behaviour of some Singaporeans Dear fellow Singaporeans and residents, On Saturday, I appealed to Singaporeans to exercise personal responsibility in our fight against Sars. Only when you follow faithfully all the rules, procedures and recommendations we have
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      One day at a time ...
      555 9  - One day at a time Chan Sect Fun A housebound father, a caring son by news@newstoday.com.sg PART-TIME painter Ong Oon Heng, 39, wants to convey his sincere thanks to everyone who donated during the recent National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Charity Show. "Actually, I am quite paiseh (embarrassed). People are willing
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      Her kidneys began to fail when she was only 24
      664 9 LIFE dealt her a big blow early on. She found out, at the age of 24, that her kidneys were failing. She was three months pregnant at the time. Recalled Madam Lum Yau Sin (picture), now 43: "The doctor said
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      3G tie-up
      259 10  -  Chan Chao Peh NTT DoCoMo, Sing Tel to develop compatible applications by NTT DoCoMo, Japan's leading mobile operator, and Sing Tel announced a deal yesterday to jointly develop next generation or 3G mobile technologies. The two Asia-Pacific mobile heavyweights aim to develop technology and services of the W-CDMA
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    • Market Watch
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        Lock icon Singapore
        117 10 Reuters SINGAPORE shares finished flat yesterday on worries over the economic impact of the Sars outbreak. But, shares of South-east Asia's largest bank, DBS Bank, rose a day after it reported strong firstquarter earnings. The benchmark Straits Times Index finished up 0.24 per cent, or 3.08 points, at 1,274.37.
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        World markets
        53 10 Index Value Change Pis NIKKEI 7790.46 -178.62 -2.24 HANG SENG 8571.91 -7.23 -0.08 ALL ORDINARIES 2942.20 25.20 0.86 TAIWAN WTD 4556.10 -92.02 -1.98 KOREA COMP 603.32 -17.51 -2.82 SET 378.97 -6.53 -1.69 JAKARTA COMP 442.74 -5.20 -1.16 PHILIPPINES COMP 1117.12 -8.10 -0.72 SHEN7HEN B 220.25 -0.17 -0.08 MUMBAI
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 USS 0.5635 UK£ 0.3578 Yen 67.5386 HK$ 4.3947 RM 2.1410 Euro 0.5143 Rupiah 4921.95 Baht 24.0731 Peso 29.5754 A$ 0.9088 Indian Rs 26.6792 Won 687.186 C$ 0.8175 Yuan 4.6639 NZ$ 1.0073 NTS 19.6174
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        Lock icon Commodities
        22 10 SGX Gold uss/oi 335.55 Silver uss/oi 4.54 Platinum uss/oi 632 Rubber cents/kg 177 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1452.5 Brent crude uss/b„rrel 30.88
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        Straits Times Index Intraday Chart
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        SGX most active
        59 10 By volume April 22 Informatics Medtecs EuYanSang DMXTech Jaya Hldg NOL Chartered TTInt TianjinZUSS ACCS Close 0.670 0.200 0.335 0.205 0.320 1.190 0.665 0.455 0.410 0.370 Change -0.150 +0.015 +0.065 -0.020 -0.010 -0.040 -0.015 +0.045 -0.005 -18.3 +8.1 +24.1 -8.9 -3.0 -3.3 -2.2 +12.3 -1.3 '000 22,337
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        SGX top rises
        78 10 By$ April 22 CentralP Close Change 19.500 +0.500 GreatEast 9.700 +0.400 UOB 10.500 +0.200 SingamasC 2kHKS SIA 2.350 +0.100 8.800 +0.100 SIA 200 8.800 +0.100 Penguin EuYanSang 0.180 +0.075 0.335 +0.065 DBS 8.800 +0.050 JMH 400USS 5.550 +0.050 By percentage April 22 Penguin Close Change 0.180 +71.4
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        81 10 Bloomberg By$ April 22 SPH 100 Close Change 16.300 -0.300 Venture Informatics 14.200 -0.200 0.670 -0.150 OCBC 9.400 -0.050 OUE 5.500 -0.050 KepCorp NOL 4.480 -0.040 1.190 -0.040 Prima 4.740 -0.040 SingTel 10 PFood 1.410 -0.040 0.965 -0.035 By percentage April 22 Close Change AcmaW*****6 0.020 -55.6
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      MediaCorp buys TVMobile stake
      224 10  -  Chan Chao Peh MEDIACORP has bought Nera Telecommunications' stake in their joint venture, TVMobile. In separate announcements yesterday, the two companies said MediaCorp will pay Nera $1.5 million for its 20 per cent stake in TVMobile, the world's first outdoor digital TV channel. While a similar
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      Lock icon SingPost IPO
      41 10 WONG KHING CHONG A worker sorting mail in the Singapore Post Centre. Investors have until May 6 to subscribe for the 1.14 billion shares offered in Sing Post's IPO, which is expected to raise $684 million. photo by Today
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      Lock icon Rival hub threat
      303 11 -AFP Malaysia, Dubai to build new logistics base in Johor MALAYSIAN and Dubai businessmen are planning to build a new logistics hub in Malaysia in a move that could challenge Singapore's position as the region's leading shipping and logistics centre. The Business Times said Dubai economic czar
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      Confident Alabbar unveils largest Zara store in Asia
      279 11  -  Lee Yew Meng THE Sars outbreak and the consequent sharp drop in tourist arrivals this month are not stopping Royal Clicks from opening its new flagship Zara store in Orchard Road today as scheduled. It is the largest Zara store in Asia
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      When it's critical to know
      218 12  -  Lee Yew Meng Insurance leaders to explain critical-year policy at forum by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg TOP executives from the insurance industry will gather at a public forum next month to explain the controversial topic of critical-year policies. The forum is organised by the Consumer Association of Singapore
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      Lock icon Flextronics introduces Sars measures
      137 12 Reuters SAN FRANCISCO Contract electronics manufacturer Flextronics International said on Monday that it has taken steps to prevent the Sars virus from infecting employees at its facilities in Asia. Flextronics, a US firm based in Singapore, said in a statement that it has imposed travel restrictions,
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      Lock icon SIA drops war charge
      94 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Airlines Cargo, the freight unit of Singapore Airlines, said that it cancelled a war surcharge of 25 US cents (44 cents) a kilogramme that it imposed on freight shipments a month ago. SIA Cargo imposed the surcharge on flights through the Middle East on
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      Lock icon Property woes
      234 14 Reuters Keppel Land likely to report fall in Q1 net profit KEPPEL Land is likely to report a drop in net profit when it kicks off the first-quar-ter reporting season tomorrow for local developers, which have been hit by poor turnover in the residential market Singapore's sixth-largest property
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      HLF expands services
      70 14 HONG Leong Finance (HLF) yesterday launched its unit trust services and products through all 28 of its branches a month after a pilot programme for the new service at five branches. "The result of our one- month pilot was very encouraging," said Mr lan Macdonald, the company's
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      Asiatic IPO oversold
      61 14 FIRE protection firm, Asiatic Group, said yesterday that its initial public offering was 9.2 times oversubscribed, based on the three million shares available for public subscription. Asiatic Group's shares were launched at 22 cents per share in conjunction with its Sesdaq listing. Investors had applied for a
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3638 14 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not guaranteed by Upper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy or sell
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Arms secrets
      340 16 Reuters Iraqi scientists are now the ones being watched WASHINGTON The United States is shifting its focus to the scientists who hold Iraq's weapons secrets in their heads, now that it has failed to find former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's arsenal of nuclear, chemical and biological arms. Some
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S DEVELOPMENTS
      200 16 A key member of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's inner circle and one of the most wanted Iraqis has been taken into US custody. Mohammed HamzaAl Zubaidi was arrested by the Free Iraqi Forces and turned over to US troops. US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has denied that
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      Lock icon Boat people in troubled waters
      140 16 Agencies CANBERRA Australia has rebuked Indonesia for turning away a boat carrying Vietnamese asylum seekers less than two years after Canberra had adopted the stance of blocking access to all boat people. The boat > v*^ 42 Pe°Ple> was found akaxta stranded without fuel in
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      Lock icon Bush gears up for new fight
      301 18 Re-election drive to start near 911 anniversary WASHINGTON With the war in Iraq effectively over, US President George W Bush is preparing for another battle. This time, it's his campaign for re-election in next year's presidential polls. According to The New York Times, Mr
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      Lock icon Sri Lankan forces on alert
      143 18 Agencies COLOMBO Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga placed security forces on red alert yesterday after Tamil Tiger rebels suspended peace talks with her government, a spokesman said. Ms Kumaratunga, who is also Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, held an emergency meeting of top military officers
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      Nigeria polls violence
      119 18 ABUJA Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo (picture) was poised for re-election yesterday, with votes from more than 96 per cent of the country accounted for, as violent tensions ran high in the wake of his disputed victory. During the presidential and state election weekend, five people were killed
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon China's challenge
      785 20  -  Sunny Goh Will Hu govt be able to rebuild trust after Sars fiasco? by sunny_goh@pacific.net.sg YOU can stand back and marvel at the rich culture, the booming economy and the intellect of the Chinese people but China as a global player, with global responsibilities, is far off the
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      Lock icon Four millionth Kiwi arriving tomorrow, as NZ punches above its weight
      314 20 -AFP AUCKLAND Sometime tomorrow, New Zealand is expected to welcome its four millionth citizen a population landmark which comes as a surprise given the South Pacific nation's prominence on the world scene. With a New Zealander born every six
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  • WATZUP?
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      Unmasking the hero
      925 22  -  Felix Cheong There's an outbreak of these flicks every decade or so by news@newstoday.com.sg Tp paraphrase an old Tina Turner number We don't need another superhero. Or do we? Going by box office takings for Daredevil at more than US$lOO million ($l7B million) in North America two
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      Mad Phoenix defies Sars
      275 23  -  Serene Foo HK play returns to Spore for another run by serene@newstoday.com.sg AT a time when performances have been cancelled or postponed over fears of the Sars virus, one play is returning for a re-run. The Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble's presentation, Mad Phoenix, is the Mandarin
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      Lock icon Au revoir, Nina
      612 24  -  Janice Lee Blues world loses an icon as Nina Simone dies at 70 by jani ce@newstoday.com.sg WHILE I was celebrating my birthday on Monday, my musical hero, Nina Simone, died at her home just outside of Marseille, France. The world celebrates Mother's Day every second Sunday in
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      Happy Mother's Day
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      New NAC division
      105 24 ANEW division has been set up in the National Arts Council (NAC) to spearhead business and manpower development in the arts industry, the applied arts and related industries such as local recording and literary publishing. Called the Arts Business Development Division, it will work closely with economic
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    • IN CINEMAS
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        Lock icon Anger grows
        316 25 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter Nicholson/Sandier film fends off three newcomers LOS ANGELES Fending off three new releases, Sony's Anger Management found the Easter weekend to be another profitable session as the Revolution Studios comedy clocked U5525.01 million ($42.63 million) and held the top spot for the second consecutive week. The
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        Lock icon A girl for Zeta
        85 25 Reuters LOS ANGELES Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones (picture) has given birth to a daughter, her second child with her husband, actor Michael Douglas, publicists for the couple said on Monday. Carys Zeta Douglas was born at 4.50 am (5.50pm Singapore time) on Sunday at Valley Hospital in
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        Lock icon Web of legal woes
        377 26 -Agencies Marvel sues Sony Pictures over Spider-Man merchandising rights LOS ANGELES Spider-Man has caught studio Sony Pictures and comic book publisher Marvel Enterprises in a sticky legal web over merchandising rights to the blockbuster, which has a sequel already in production. Marvel, which holds the rights
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