Today, 14 May 2003

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    8 1 TODAY Wednesday May 14, 2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    Lock icon Major setback in Sars battle
    712 1  -  Lee Ching Wern 30 patients and staff of Institute of Mental Health affected by chingwern@newstoday.com.sg FOR days, Singaporeans had been keeping their fingers crossed that May 18 would come and go with no new cases of Sars being found. But Singapore's hopes of being declared
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    Lock icon Al Qaeda back with a vengeance?
    285 1 Agencies RIYADH The terrorist attacks were not unexpected, the suspects (Al Qaeda, who else?) identified quickly. Still, the series of deadly bomb blasts which rocked the Saudi capital shortly after midnight on Monday serves as a grim reminder to the United States that it
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      33 1 /A=±ojJ\£orp HAPPY VESAK DAY TODAY will be taking a break on Thursday due to a press holiday. We will be back on Friday. Carrefour <f^ Singapore DONI MISS TODAY'S OUTSTANDING SUPERBUV! CHECK INSIDE!
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  • HOT NEWS
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      SIA mulls longer unpaid leave
      108 2 SINGAPORE Airlines is mulling increasing the unpaid leave that cabin crew take to one week every month. SIA staff are currently taking one week unpaid leave every two months. Channel News Asia reported that according to Dow Jones newswires, the carrier may cut more jobs
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      SARS UPDATE
      220 2 SOME 1,000 scientists and medical experts will converge in Kuala Lumpur on June 1 7 for a two-day meeting on Sars. The World Health Organisation said it had switched the venue from Geneva because most delegates were from Asia. THAILAND'S eighth Sars case is a Thai worker who
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      Lock icon German grit
      665 2  -  Ng Boon Yian Leader's visit shows importance of region by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg DESPITE being the first foreign dignitary to fly into Singapore since the outbreak of Sars, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder had to have his temperature checked. Describing it as a "pain-free process", the German leader, who flew in
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      Lock icon Aceh rebel leader defects
      151 3 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia's military chief said yesterday that a senior Acehnese separatist rebel leader has defected. "We thank God that Amri Abdul Wahab has made a statement to return to the motherland," military chief General Endriartono Sutarto said. The Free Aceh Movement (GAM) said army special
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      Lock icon Arroyo gets tough on MILF
      351 3 -AFP Separatists to be treated as terrorists if they don't stop attacks MANILA Philippine President Gloria Arroyo yesterday gave Muslim separatists a June 1 ultimatum to end attacks on civilians and cut links with terror groups, or be treated as terrorists themselves. The warning brought
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Claims clamp
      349 4  -  Derrick A Paulo NTUC Income acts against rogue workshops by derrick@newstoday.com.sg NTUC Income has latched on to a plan that could bring down rising motor insurance premiums in Singapore or so it hopes. The company's strategy hinges on one thing: Curbing inflated third-party claims, which it estimates are
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      Health kits for some SIA flights
      91 4 IN another move to bolster passenger confidence, Singapore Airlines will be handing out health kits on flights to and from Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei and Manila. Each kit contains two surgical masks, three antiseptic wipes and a single-use clinical thermometer. Passengers will also
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      Star Hub's new super deal
      223 4 HOT on the heels of its Max Online 1500 deal at $58.24 (with GST) a month, Star Hub yesterday launched its new premium unlimited broadband Internet access plan, Max Online 3000 Max Online 3000 allows for higher download speeds of up to three megabits per
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      'Critical year' row unresolved
      254 6  -  -Joy Frances FOUR hours of talk and often heated exchange failed to settle the row between American International Assurance (AIA) and about 100 policyholders over what has been described as the "critical year" issue at a forum yesterday. The policyholders left disgruntled as they were in
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      NE Line will start battle for commuters
      306 6  -  Tan Hui Leng THE integration of the North-east MRT Line (NE Line) with those of the SMRT is expected to be seamless when the former comes into service soon. But the two companies SBS Transit runs the NE Line are rivals and will
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      Mixed degrees
      567 6  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Oral ones the best says thermometer study by kim@newstoday. com, sg THERE are thermometers and then there are thermometers. With the spectre of Sars spiking public paranoia to a fever pitch, there has been a proliferation of temperature measuring devices, leaving consumers none the wiser. That's
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      NGOs and the correct slant
      186 8  -  Melvin Tan I REFER to Mr Zulkifli Baharudin's comments in the report "New Eye on Singapore" (Today, May 13). A non-governmental organisation (NGO), by the World Bank's definition, is "any non-profit organisation which is independent from government". Therefore, unlike what Mr Baharudin claims, that NGOs
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      Fare puzzle
      289 8  -  Yak Chin Hua Why did PTC allow higher NE Line fares? I REFER to the letter "Give us a break" (Today, May 12). One reason given by the Public Transport Council (PTC) for the last round of fare hikes was that profitability of SBS Transit and SMRT would
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      Denied entry – my sister-in-law, the hero
      171 8  - Denied entry my sister-in-law, the hero Wong Mci Leng MY SISTER-IN-LAW works for the National Healthcare Group and trains nurses at the National University Hospital (NUH). Recently, my mother-in-law needed to visit her cardiologist at Mount Elizabeth's specialist clinic for a checkup. However, we were told by the clinic that
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Ratings cut?
      181 11 AFX-Asia But Sing Tel fundamentals unchanged SYDNEY Standard Poor's Ratings Agency (S&P) said it may cut its ratings on Sing Tel and its Australian unit Optus because of the Singapore Government's plan to sell its stake in the company. S&P is placing its "AA-" long term and "A-1+"
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    • Market Watch
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 11 us$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.5770 0.3592 67.5465 4.5004 2.1927 0.5013 4870.16 24.45 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NTS 30.0923 0.8940 27.21 692.18 0.8014 4.7761 1.0020 20.03
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        Commodities
        21 11 Gold uss/oz 351.15 Silver uss/oi 4.84 Platinum uss/oi 654 Rubber cents/kg 169.5 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1491.5 Brent crude uss/borrel 27.35
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        Straits Times Index- Intra-day Chart
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        Lock icon Singapore
        144 11 Bloomberg THE Straits Times Index fell yesterday, led by Sing Tel on concerns that the Government may pare its 68 per cent stake in the company. At the close, the index fell 4.26 points, or 0.3 per cent, to end at 1,323.16. About $636.2 million worth of shares were
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        World markets
        53 11 Index Value Change Pts NIKKEI 8190.26 -30.86 -0.38 HANG SENG 9119.04 -36.53 -0.40 ALL ORDINARIES 2952.10 6.60 0.22 TAIWAN WED 4334.59 73.57 1.73 KOREA COMP SET 614.07 386.79 -16.97 -2.69 3.30 0.86 JAKARTA COMPOSITE 473.51 -0.42 -0.09 PHILIPPINES COMP 1058.57 -2.83 -0.27 SHEN7HEN B MUMBAI 205.64 2960.62 -7.34
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        SGX most active
        59 11 By volume May 13 Sing Post BIL Intl UniFiber Pac Cent Hint PFood AsiaFoodP Chartered Goldtron DatacrftUSS Close 0.640 0.795 0.100 0.275 0.285 0.805 0.110 0.805 0.020 0.630 Change -0.010 -0.010 -0.015 +0.005 +0.060 +0.015 -0.020 -0.030 -1.2 -9.1 -5.2 +1.8 +8.1 +15.8 -2.4 -4.5 '000 164,847
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        SGX top rises
        82 11 By$ May 13 Close Change DBS Bk 6% NCPS*****.000 +0.200 SPH 17.100 +0.100 Thai Prime200USS 5.300 +0.100 PFood 0.805 +0.060 DBS 9.550 +0.050 Transmarco 0.480 +0.050 CITYDEV 3.620 +0.040 KepCorp 4.520 +0.040 TAC200USS 0.840 +0.040 Transpac 1.460 +0.040 By percentage May 13 Koh Bros W*****6 Close Change
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        SGX top falls
        83 11 By$ May 13 JMH 400USS Close Change 6.000 -0.100 OUE 5.800 -0.100 SIA 9.700 -0.100 SPH 100 17.000 -0.100 Venture 14.800 -0.100 F&N 7.950 -0.050 SIA 200 9.750 -0.050 STIETF100 13.560 -0.050 SingTel 10 ST Engg 1.410 -0.040 1.650 -0.040 By percentage May 13 MediaS Close Change
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      Lock icon UOB and Goldman Sachs completes $2.9b transaction
      103 12 AFX-Asia UNITED Overseas Bank and Goldman Sachs International said they have completed a US$l.7 billion ($2.9 billion) Collateralised Debt Obligation (CDO) transaction. This is the third CDO UOB has made since it launched the first one in September last year. The portfolio comprises
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      DBS beefs up online banking
      376 12  -  Val Chua by val@newstoday.com.sg DBS is beefing up the security of its Internet banking system, with the help of the mobile phone. The beef-up comes after 21 online accounts were hacked into last year. Come July, a second layer of authentication via unique passwords will
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      Former Bedok cinema for sale
      174 12  -  Lee Yew Meng A FORMER cinema building in Bedok which houses the Geylang United Football Club, has been put up for sale by public tender. Previously known as the Liwagu Cinema, it is mortgaged to the Singapore branch of Taiwan's First Commercial Bank. The bank
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      VPN tsunami
      357 14  -  Chan Chao Peh Net-based private networks in Asia to boom by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg THE Asia-Pacific market for Internet-based virtual private networks (IP VPN) will see strong growth in the coming years, as multinational companies seek to improve connections among regional offices. According to research firm Gartner, the Asia-Pacific IP
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      A good first day for SingPost
      176 14  -  Chan Chao Peh SINGPOST shares yesterday made a strong debut on the Singapore Exchange, as investors who did not get enough of their share allotment soaked up the stock that was around 10 times subscribed. Less than five minutes after Sing Post senior executives
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      117 14 AFX-Asia KOH IS NEW CHIEF: SIA Engineering Company said it has appointed Mr Koh Boon Hwee as chairman effective May 22. Mr Koh's appointment comes at a time when the Sars outbreak continues to threaten the airline industry. Tourist arrivals here for the week of April 29 to
      AFX-Asia  -  117 words
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      113 16 Bloomberg AFX-Asia PROPERTY UP: City Developments Ltd said it plans to sell a second block of homes at its 201-unit river-front apartment complex. It sold 60 per cent of the first 100 units at The Pier two weeks ago. Yesterday, Far East Organization said it sold 80 per
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      Lock icon Capita Mall to acquire IMM Building
      157 16 AFX-Asia CAPITAMALL Trust Management which manages the Capita Mall Trust said its acquisition of IMM Building is expected to increase the annualised distribution of each unit to 8.03 cents this year. The earlier revised annualised forecast distribution had been at 7.35 cents. The distribution
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      Lock icon F&N reaches beyond Asia
      318 16 Bloomberg Drinks giant to triple property operations FRASER Neave (F&N), one of Singapore's three biggest operators of serviced apartments, plans to triple the size of its chain worldwide in 2005. The chain, Fraser Serviced Residences, aims to have 3,000 units in 14 locations, including Manila, Seoul,
      — Bloomberg  -  318 words
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      Lock icon Steaming to a recovery
      283 18 Bloomberg Rising US-Asia trade reinforces shipping bid for cargo fee hike SHIPPING lines, which lost US$2 billion ($3.4 billion) last year on trans-Pacific routes, have started to raise rates by as much as a fifth this month after US-Asia trade increased. A group of 14 shipping
      — Bloomberg  -  283 words
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Dr Germ's capture may help uncover weapons
      179 22 -AFP WASHINGTON US forces have detained the former head of Iraq's biological warfare programme. Ms Rihab Rashid Taha, known as "Doctor Germ", is being held by US forces. "I don't have details of how she came under our control," said US Central Command
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      Lock icon All eyes on oil
      336 22 Reuters No carte blanche for allies UNITED NATIONS France has set conditions for lifting UN sanctions on Iraq as Security Council members began to dissect a US-drafted resolution that will allow Washington broad control over Iraq's oil industry. All 15 Ambassadors of nations on the Security
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      Lock icon Minister's parting shot
      311 24 AFP Short raps Blair and calls for 'elegant succession' LONDON A day after her resignation as International Development Secretary, Ms Clare Short (picture) yesterday called on Mr Tony Blair to prepare to step aside as the British Prime Minister. Following a scathing attack on Mr Blair's policy
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      Lock icon UN official seeks probe
      180 24 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR The alleged assault on two supporters of jailed former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim by camp guards requires an urgent and immediate independent inquiry, a United Nations official said yesterday. "Custodial assaults of detainees by security officials are a matter of grave
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      Lock icon Crying baby drugged
      155 24 Reuters DETROIT A former Northwest Airlines Corp flight attendant pleaded guilty to slipping a drug into a 19-month-old girl's juice to quieten her during an international flight. Federal officials said Daniel Cunningham, 39, put Xanax in a cup of apple juice and gave it to the toddler
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      761 26  -  Ma Hui Hsing In these uncertain times, new business ethics can help restore confidence by news@newstoday.com.sg MUCH has been written about the US-led war in Iraq. Opinions are divided on what was clearly the most mediaintensive event of the fledgling 21st century. Despite the plurality
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      1227 28  -  Richard Corliss by news@newstoday.com.sg STRAP yourself in for a road-rage theme-park ride in The Matrix Reloaded. Trinity, coolest of woman warriors, is revving down the street with an old Asian man called the Key Maker in the back seat, her boss Morpheus riding shotgun and
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      410 35 -AFP Boston swept for only the second time NBA playoffs Celtics 101 Nets 110 Kidd inspires New Jersey BOSTON The New Jersey Nets, once again led by stellar all-around play from Jason Kidd, fought off a last-gasp effort by the Boston Celtics yesterday to complete a 4-0 sweep
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      167 35 Reuters EL SEGUNDO Coach Phil Jackson is expected back on the bench of the Los Angeles Lakers for game five of its Western Conference semi-final series today, three days after undergoing a heart procedure. Jackson rejoined the team on Monday, met with the coaching staff
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      549 37  -  Stanley Ho Ex-Man United starlet Fitzpatrick looks to S-League club Sengkang for a fresh start by stanley@newstoday.com.sg HE HAS starred in the youth ranks of arguably the biggest football club in the world. And now, Singapore fans will have the chance of watching exManchester United youth
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      315 37 Reuters LONDON West Ham United has turned down Jermain Defoe's transfer request, which the 20-year-old striker handed in on Monday, less than 24 hours after the club was relegated from the Premier League. Defoe, who scored 11 goals this season, has two years remaining
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      787 39  -  Leonard Thomas by leonard@newstoday.com.sg The Brazilian's fitness will decide Real Madrid's fate Champions League, semi-final, 2nd leg Juventus v Real Madrid Live, tomorrow morning, Ch 5, Ch23, 2.30 am HE has felt the wrath of the Bernabeu. Scribes have condemned his physical fitness, media experts have
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      208 39 Reuters DAMBULLA Tillakaratne Dilshan smacked four boundaries in an over to give Sri Lanka a five-wicket victory over New Zealand in a low-scoring tri-series match yesterday. Set only 140 to win in the third match of a series which also features Pakistan, Sri Lanka was wobbling at
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      198 39 Reuters LONDON Everton's David Moyes has been voted manager of the year by his fellow Premier League bosses in recognition of the 39-year-old Scot's impressive first full season in charge at Goodison Park. Moyes, the youngest manager in the Premiership, was presented with the award
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