Today, 19 May 2003, Afternoon Edition

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    11 1 TODAY M on d ay Ma yi9 2°° 3 MITA(P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Indonesian military attacks Aceh rebels
      303 1 Reuters BANDA ACEH- Indonesia's military launched a rocket attack on rebels in Aceh early today and said it would begin the main assault later in the j morning, just hours after the province was placed under martial law. "The main start will be the parachuting
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    • Article
      Tourism hard hit
      387 1  -  Chan Chao Peh Q1 GDP up 1.6 pet, full-year forecast unchanged by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg AFTER edging to a slight recovery in the fourth quarter last year, business for the hotels and restaurants sector in Singapore plummeted in the first quarter of this year making it the worst-hit segment
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      SingPost net profit $108.7m
      224 1  -  Chan Chao Peh by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg SINGPOST has delivered a net profit of $108.7 million for the full year ended March 31, up 7.2 per cent from the previous year, as contributions from its associate companies more than doubled. Listed only last week, Sing Post has been
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      125 1 jAbdja^Corp Celebrate life on the bay in support of the Courage Funa^sS how to donate BY CHEQUE: BY CASH: BY PHONE: V^ A crossed cheque made out to "The There are donation boxes at the The public can donate to the fund jfo fl^ftM ~i Courage Fund" should be sent
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      8 1 Carrefour 4&\ Singapore dontmisstodhts OUTSTANDING SUPERBIYI ICHECK INSIDE!
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon SARS UPDATE
      340 2 Agencies TAIWAN yesterday reported five more Sars deaths, including that of a nurse, in addition to 36 new cases the most announced in a single day. The death of Ms Cheng Hsueh Hui, 49, a nurse at the now-shuttered Taipei Municipal Hoping Hospital, brought to 41 the number
      — Agencies  -  340 words
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      Lock icon Temple troubles
      430 2  -  Jose Raymond TODAY EXCLUSIVE Construction and contract allegations lead to CPIB probe by j ose@newstoday.com. sg n SMALL temple with a colourful history is now going through a particularly trying phase. Quibbling and complaints have not been uncommon at the Sri Muneeswaran Temple (picture) in Commonwealth Drive. But
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      Lock icon Red alert as cargo seized
      157 3 AFP BERLIN-A cargo of 30 tonnes of sodium cyanide, which can be used to manufacture chemical weapons, has been intercepted en route to Singapore by the German government, reported Der Spiegel. The German weekly said the cargo, officially being shipped by a German company to
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      Lock icon Asia's explosive brew
      436 3 Agencies Separatist campaigns in the region threaten security BANDA ACEH/MANILA While the battles against Sars and terrorism have gripped popular attention, South-east Asia has moved to the brink of other conflicts that could unhinge security in the region. Last minute talks in Tokyo aimed at salvaging a
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Lest we forget them ...
      184 4  - Lest we forget them Tor Ching Li THOSE who kept vigil at the annual Singapore Aids Candlelight Memorial held at the Youth Park last night lit up candles to chase away the shadows of prejudice against people living with HIV/Aids. Women caregivers and female HIV-positive patients, who face double discrimination
      WEE TECKHIAN.  -  184 words
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      Diagnostic kit out soon
      431 4  -  Chan Chao Peh Spore gains edge in battle against Sars by chaupeh@newstoday.cum.sg ALTHOUGH hopes for a clean bill of health from the World Health Organisation have been dashed, the good news is that the first Sars diagnostic kits will be ready in around two weeks. The
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      Life planners, not agents
      356 6  -  Tan Hui Leng Great Eastern takes a more holistic approach by huileng@newstoday.com.sg AN INSURANCE agent by any other name will be just as indispensable to your "life planning", from the cradle to the grave. That's the message that Great Eastern (GE) wants to convey by renaming
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      Lock icon Learn about Newater in four languages
      123 6 WEE TECK HIAN THE new and improved Newater Visitor Centre in Bedok now comes equipped with multi-lingual resources to reach a wider audience in the PUB's efforts to educate the public on Newater. The new features implemented yesterday include pocket-sized brochures in four languages,
      WEE TECK HIAN  -  123 words
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      181 4 3 j Courage Fund I 1900 112 ***** Upgrade your employees and enjoy $3,600 SDF subsidy DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS STUDIES ACCREDITED BY CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY Leading to Bachelor of Business Studies Why Business Studies? Broad based qualification covering Accounting Economics Business Law Business Communication BTP^^^^l Marketing Fundamentals Hn'FrVnH Enables progression
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      202 6 Upgrade your employees and enjoy $3,600 SDF subsidy UNIVERSITY OF LONDON DIPLOMA IN LAW Leading directly to Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) second year Why Law? All of us are presumed to know the law Do we really know the law? Knowing the rules will help you succeed in business and
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      Heroes too: The cleaners ...
      144 9  - Heroes too: The cleaners Ang Weixiong Benson I AGREE fully with the report, "So easily forgotten" (Weekend Today, May 17-18). We have certainly overlooked the contributions of, and the risks taken, by cleaners and housekeepers, in light of the Sars outbreak. Janitors should be honoured like the healthcare workers because
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      ... and the researchers
      141 9  - and the researchers Ho Guang Fu THE report, "So easily forgotten" (Weekend Today, May 17-18), highlighted the sad truth about our janitors being overlooked by the rest of Singaporeans in the battle against Sars. Another group of people that Singapore, and the world, have forgotten is the group of researchers
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      Tough rule
      270 9  -  Preeti Mohan A plea by foreign student in Singapore AS A third-year computer engineering student at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), I would like to refer to the recent Ministry of Education measures for foreign students in Singapore. While the schools and junior colleges were closed in March
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon SingTel joins Asian giants
      587 10 -AFP Overseas growth, led by Australian unit Optus, making up for small local market SINGAPORE Telecommunications (Sing Tel) has achieved its goal of becoming a major Asian player after a strong performance from regional associates led by Australian unit Optus, analysts said. Wholly-owned Optus emerged as
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    • Market Watch
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        Lock icon Singapore
        63 10 -AFP SINGAPORE'S stock market will be cheered next week by any positive news on the Sars situation. The Straits Times Index closed at 1,304.91 on Friday down by a marginal 4.69 points from the previous week. Over the past week, average daily volume was 847.76 million shares valued at
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        Your S$l buys
        36 10 USS 0.5793 UKE 0.3573 Yen 67.395 HK$ 4.5183 RM 2.2011 Euro 0.5056 Rupiah 4895.7 Baht 24.461 Peso 30.470 A$ 0.8987 Indian Rs 27.307 Won 695.12 C$ 0.7985 Yuan 4.7952 NZ$ 1.0054 NTS 20.108
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        Lock icon Commodities
        23 10 SGX Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 354.75 Silver uss/oi 4.77 Platinum uss/oz 666 Rubber centsAg 169.5 Palm oil RM/tonne 1493.5 Brent crude uss/barrel 29.14
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      Lack of cover
      601 13  -  Val Chua Why non-life insurers are reluctant to include Sars by val@newstoday.com.sg MR DESMOND Lim was caught in the middle of the nation's Sars crossfire last month and is at least $200,000 poorer because of it The 29-year-olds three-year-old fresh fruit delivery business, called Fresh Direct, came
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      Lock icon S Korean firms have sharply lower Q1 profits
      165 14 AFP SEOUL South Korean firms saw their first-quarter net profit shrink sharply, with their performances dampened by an economic slowdown. The Korea Stock Exchange said the March quarter net profit of 529 listed companies fell 35.47 per cent year on year to
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      Lock icon 7unknown flight of fancy?
      336 14 -AFP Indian carriers cut fares, start bidding to up sales NEW DELHI With the tourism industry reeling from a double blow of the Iraq war and panic over the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars), Indian airline companies have launched a price war to fill
      -AFP  -  336 words
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      Lock icon 45,000 at HK job fair
      572 16 -AFP Unemployment rate expected to worsen in Sars-hit territory HONG KONG Ms Lee Wai-lam craned her neck to view the thousands of people joining the enormous queue behind her for a routine Hong Kong job fair. "I've never seen so many people line up for
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      The power of connections
      527 16 SIM members' network brings together experts and professionals THE Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) is more than just an educational institution. It is also a great place to make connections. This is good news for professionals who want to exchange ideas or learn from the experts.
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      Lock icon Ray of hope
      585 18 Reuters G7 ministers upbeat, committed to reforms DEAUVILLE (France) Bereft of a quick fix to ward off recession, the world's leading Finance Ministers have voiced confidence in stronger growth and committed to deep-seated reforms for rich and poor regions as the remedy. Meeting for the first time
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      In the firing line
      2245 20 Takenaka's policies blamed for Resona's bail out TOKYO Anxiety about the state of Japan's banks, rekindled by the government's decision to bail out the nation's fifth-biggest banking group, has turned up pressure on the administration to kill profit-destroying deflation. The rescue of Resona Holdings also re-ignited
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Australia to use reservists to boost security
      138 22 Agencies SYDNEY The Australian government yesterday unveiled plans to use army reservists as a new counter-terrorism unit to guard key infrastructure and provide security at major events. Volunteers for the new unit, to be known as the Reserve Response Force, are expected to
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      Lock icon Deadly backlash
      412 22 US foreign policy blamed for suicide bombings CASABLANCA (Morocco) While Friday's suicide bombings here bore the hallmarks of the Al Qaeda network, many ordinary residents of the Moroccan economic capital place the final blame on US foreign policy. "Since Sept 11, 2001, the Americans have been constantly seeking
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      Lock icon Malaysia works on image as a safe country
      242 24 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR Following a renewed US warning to its nationals against visiting Malaysia over terrorism concerns, foreign envoys based here will be briefed by Malaysian authorities to reassure them of the nation's safety. Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said that
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      Lock icon Lessons from Aids
      467 24 -AFP The parallel with Sars PARIS Twenty years ago this week, scientists identified the virus that causes Aids, a discovery that met with a complacency which changed after the disease claimed as many lives as a world war. The battle against this disease is continuing on its
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Can Govt trust us to behave?
      990 25  -  Dr Ooi Giok Ling The sad truth is that only the threat of fines keeps Singaporeans in line by news@newstoday.com.sg IT MUST have been a sad day for some of us when the political leadership expressed the view that fines are, perhaps, the one
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  • WATZUP?
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      Solve the puzzle
      1049 26  -  Felix Cheong Why movies like Ararat will make you think by news@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS an atrocity that had slipped from memory the 1915 massacre of thousands of Armenians in Turkey. And it remains a matter of contention to this day because the Turks continue to deny that
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      Lock icon Courage on the Bay as artistes entertain
      169 27  -  II I_UIUI __.T__LL4.__._l Serene Foo MEDIACOKP artistes Zoe lay and lay Ping Hui joined a host of other stars in the Marina Bay area over the weekend to encourage Singaporeans to step out and have fun. The series of fund-raising events involving celebrities
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      Stars shine in their own right
      361 27  -  Elisa Chia Celebrity ties will not help pull strings in Star Search finals i /\,\i i. by] elisa@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Christopher Lee's younger brother sought his consent to take part in Star Search, the star remembered telling his brother: "Don't ask me." The advice Christopher
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      He's the other One
      441 28  -  Serene Foo Move over Keanu, Anthony's the star of Enter the Matrix HEARTTHROB Keanu Reeves may be The One in the Matrix films. But in the Enter the Matrix video game, actor Anthony Wong (picture) is the star. Speaking to Today in a recent telephone interview,
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    • IN CINEMAS
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        Lock icon Back to the real
        297 29 Reuters Normalcy returns after a weekend of blockbusters CANNES The Cannes film festival moved on from its Saturday blockbuster open films such as The Matrix Reloaded and Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines and settled down to what it is best known for: Arty-farty, foreignlanguage
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        Lock icon Devdas sweeps India's 'Oscars'
        279 29 -AFP NORTHGATE (South Africa) The tragic love story, Devdas, directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, swept the International India Film Academy awards on Saturday as Bollywood's galaxy of stars were welcomed by Zulu dancers here, on the northern outskirts of Johannesburg. Devdas, a dark tale which delves
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    • EAT OUT
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        You're welcome for lunch
        700 30  -  Katrina Karim Domvs opens its doors in the day for the first time, offering a superb menu FOR the first time in its 17 years ot operation, Domvs, the fine-dining Italian restaurant at the Sheraton Towers, opens its doors for lunch. Since last month, Domvs has
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        FOODNOTES
        190 30 WAKE UP AND SMELL NESCAFE Nescafe introduces its new 3-in-l coffee that's good for all occasions. Mild, regular or rich, choose the one that suits you most.While Nescafe Mild offers a creamy and smooth blend for light coffee drinkers, Nescafe Regular gives daily :offee drinkers a balanced dosage and
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        Carrefour is here to stay
        490 31  -  Justine Moss The hypermarket chain continues to expand as it celebrates its 40th anniversary by eatout@newstoday.com.sg IF YOU'RE an avid shopper, you will have heard by now that Carrefour is celebrating its 40th anniversary worldwide. From the time it opened the doors of its first
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      Lock icon I dream of ... exams
      548 32  - I dream of exams Jason Chong When working adults have nightmares of sitting in the exam hall by news@newstoday.com.sg JUST as she was about to turn over the question paper in the exam hall, Alice Leong realised she had not brought a pen. wave of panic hit her, until she
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    • LIVING LEARNING
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        The business of education
        492 33 Three-day workshop for entrepreneurs who want to run a commercial school TO help boost the entrepreneurial spirit among Singaporeans, the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), a division of the Stansfield Group, is organising a three-day workshop on starting an education business in Singapore. The workshop,
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      418 35 I NBA playoffs Dallas 112 Sacramento 99 Mavericks now face the Spurs DALLAS The nickname "Big D" stands for two things now: Dallas and Dirk. Dirk Nowitzki earned the right to share that moniker after his best game of the
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      176 37 LIVING up to the billing, Smart Bet did not disappoint punters at the Kranji Race Track on Saturday night Singapore's reigning Horse of the Year, Smart Bet, romped home to win the $1 million Orchid Cup race at the Singapore Turf Club. Smart
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