Today, 30 September 2003, Afternoon Edition

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  • 8 1 TODAY todayonline.com Tuesday September 30,2003* > MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
    • 585 1  -  Lee Ching Wern Comparisons may force charges down by: chingwern@newstoday.com.sg IN a move that shows what different hospitals charge for a treatment but hides some potential pitfalls the Ministry of Health has published statistics on hospital fees for 28 major illnesses on its website. At first sight,
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    • 190 1 Agencies NEW YORK Canada's Manulife Financial Corp will pay US$ll billion ($l9 billion) for John Hancock Financial Services in the form of a taxfree, stockfor-stock deal valuing the merged entity at U5525.6 billion ($44.3 billion) and making it the secondlargest life insurer in North
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    • 65 1 Reuters NEW YORK Stocks rose yesterday as investors scooped up stocks that were hit in last week's slump. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 32.49 points, or 1.81 per cent, to 1,824.56, while the bluechip Dow Jones industrial average gained 67.16 points, or 0.72 per cent to 9,380.24.
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    • 35 1 lee hem shih Says agencies making big mistakes must apologise/3 William pesek Wants Asian govt to resist urge to weaken their currencies/1 6 fcRANTS L I should B have been a rock M star/24 SHAR^OURjFRSSiSEX
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 514 2  -  Val Chua Firms paid to analyse small and mid-cap stocks but will reports be impartial? by val@newstoday.com.sg IT SEEMS a good solution to the plight of the unknown stocks: Pay research firms a fee to include these stocks in their coverage. The equity research community gets
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    • 105 2 THE Philippine government is in a dispute with West LB bank over funds stashed away by former President Ferdinand Marcos. The funds about US$22 million ($3B million) are being held in the Singapore branch of West LB, Channel i reported. The funds are a portion of
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    • 320 2 Prepare Your Will Today Let WillTrust Safeguard It There are many people who know that Wills are important but procrastinate making one. They are also aware that a Will prepared by a lawyer will save their loved ones unnecessary costs and delays, but are worried about being charged high legal
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    • 630 3 News Comment/Lee Han Shih Public and private sectors must be accountable for botch-ups WHY do political and corporate bigwigs find it so difficult to apologise in the public? Look at the two events that shocked Singapore recently. At listed Asia Pacific Breweries, a trusted finance manager
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    • 455 4  -  Lee Yew Meng HDB moves to help affected buyers in Sengkang by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) has terminated the services of two contractors building flats in Sengkang, after it found that the building works were busting schedule. In order to get back
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    • 109 4 AFP PARIS Air France and KLM entered the final phase of a merger, creating the biggest airline in the world in terms of sales. Final approval for take-off of the Air France-KLM alliance depends on approval from the Dutch government, which owns 14.1 per cent
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    • 469 4 MYTH Even if I were brain dead, I may still regain consciousness one day. Hence I should II not pledge my organs. FACT: Brain death is the complete and irreversible cessation of all the functions of the brain, II 1 followed by the stopping of all vital body functions including
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  • LETTERS
    • 210 6  -  Jeffrey Law Lee Beng I REFER to the report, "Robinsons' CEO pledges continuity of good service" (Today, Sept 29). Since news broke recently that another party would buy over Robinson's retail assets, some loyal customers are uncomfortable in relation to store closures, staff retrenchment
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    • 268 6  -  Irene Ngoo Chinese newspapers ran six articles on Everyone Wins this year WE REFER to the article "Not everyone wins" (Today, Sept 24), regarding Mr Robert Chua's (picture) complaint about the sparse coverage of his game show, Everyone Wins, by the Chinese newspapers in Singapore. Mr Chua has
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    • 151 6  -  Fazryl Fazmi I REFER to your article, "Affairs after 6 months of marriage" (Today, Sept 29). I agree that affairs start when both sides are not happy about their marriage. This is often due to their needs not being met However, there are other reasons
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    • 186 8  -  Eng Leng ON 4 September 2001, the Ministry of Manpower published on its website a statement concerning a raid at various worksites in Singapore. As a result of these raids, it was discovered that there were illegal foreign workers being employed by some cleaning
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    • 269 8  -  Tan Soon Meng Luxury of making mistakes should not be confined I REFER to the letter by Michael Loh, "Let's not be hasty" (Today, Sept 27). I agree with him that people should be allowed to learn from their mistakes. The problem, though, is that only
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      • 323 10 SMALL and medium enterprises (SMEs) make up 90 per cent of businesses here and employ half the workforce. But they contribute only one-third of value-add in Singapore, said Mr Lee Suan Hiang, the outgoing CEO of SPRING Singapore. The insufficient use of technology is
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      • 846 10  -  Val Chua Sauce-maker gets a boost with the right automation tools from HP by val@newstoday.com.sg ON the surface, IT and food do not match one is hi-tech and intimidating, the other is as traditional and comforting as it comes. But sauce-maker Sin Hwa Dee
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      • 220 11 THERE is no need to worry about high IT costs and complicated implementation anymore. With its new US$lOO million ($173 million) regional strategy, HP promises to take care of their smaller customers' IT needs and more. What's impressive is an enhanced suite of financing options, which
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 286 13 Bloomberg No change in Star Hub plans STARHUB, Singapore's only cable television operator, will continue with plans to introduce digital television services, Chief Executive Officer Terry Clontz said, as the company seeks to increase subscribers. The service enhancement had been planned to tackle competition expected from the
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    • 183 13  -  Dow Jones UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) yesterday confirmed it was bidding for a 51 per cent stake in PT Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII). The bank has submitted a "non-binding preliminary bid" and has been invited by the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency to proceed
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      240 14 Dow Jones Sing Power's profit more than doubles to $749 m SINGAPORE Power's net profit for the year ended March 31 more than doubled to $749 million from $332 million, despite a fall in revenue to $4.4 billion from $5 billion, following the liberalisation of Singapore's electricity market
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    • 300 14 Dow Jones Bloomberg Bloomberg Bloomberg AFP Sunray Holdings has lodged its preliminary prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for a listing on the main board of the Singapore Exchange. The company specialises in the design, manufacture and distribution of medical apparatus in China. The IPO is
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    • marketWATCH
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      • 108 14 SINGAPORE shares ended flat yesterday in quiet trading as investors turned cautious ahead of key US economic data expected this week. The ST Index inched up 1.17 points, or 0.07 per cent, to close at 1,628.71. In the broader market, losers outnumbered gainers 174 to 158, while 263 counters
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      • 57 14 By volume Close Change lapan Asia [Tint t\ Ventur Qtiraya Pac Cent Ihakral Cosco Inv RongWoon Chartered Goodpatk 0.110 0.365 0.245 0.595 0.295 0.140 0.520 0.405 1.490 0.760 +0.050 +0.020 +0.020 +0.005 +0.015 +0.015 +0.020 +0.010 +15.9 +8.9 +3.5 +1.7 +3.0 +3.8 +1.4 +1.3 63,765 54,156 39,436
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      • 71 14 )y Close Changi DIAMONDS 10USS 20.600 +0.601 ihangAsia 2kHK$ 6.750 +0.301 Haw Par 4.300 +0.121 \PB Breweries 6.200 +0.101 )BS 12.800 +0.101 irealEast 10.400 +0.101 selan(S) 3.380 +0.101 XBC4.5MPS100 103.100 +0.101 iPH 18.400 +0.101 By percentage SeeHS W*****0 Close Change 0.050 +150.0 Flextech 0.425 +23.2 ASTIW*****1 0.225
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      • 75 14 By Close Change OCBC 11.300 -0.200 DBS Bk6% NCPS10 107.900 -0.100 F&N 10.300 -0.100 Robinson 7.900 -0.100 SingamasC 2kHKS 3.750 SIA 10.700 -0.100 -0.100 Venture 19.700 -0.100 StamfordTyre 1.360 -0.080 OUE 6.650 -0.050 Innovalu 1.490 -0.040 By percentage Sunlight W*****4 Close Change 0.045 -30.8 BBR 0.020 -20.0
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      • 60 14 Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp Value Change Pts 10,229.57 -88.87 11,141.28 -148.87 3,170.30 -5.40 5,643.50 -6.61 696.06 -1.34 -0.86 -1.32 -0.17 -0.12 -0.19 KLCI 736.16 -6.06 -0.82 SET Index Jakarta Comp 580.93 +0.06 597.14 -2.70 +0.01 -0.45 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1,310.36
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      • 22 14 SGXJ Bloomberg Information provided by. Bold us$/oz iilver us$/oz )l_*: 181.00 Rubber centsAg 5.145 Palm Oil RM/tonne 7U.JU 1,475 m nn
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      • 38 14 us$ 0.5776 UK£ 0.3503 fen 64.47 HK$ 4.477 RM 2.195 Euro 0.5056 Rupiah 4,860 Baht 23.17 Peso 31.71 4$ 0.8635 Indian Rs 26.49 Won 664.5 C$ 0.7862 I'll a n 4.781 NZ$ 0.9831 NTS 19.52
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
    • 715 16  -  William Pesek Jr Bloomberg Commentary to weaken rising Asian currencies by news@newstoday.com.sg AN extraordinary thing is happening in economies around Asia: Currencies are rising and governments are letting it happen. It's not clear that the tolerance will last In fact, history suggests it won't Japan, for example,
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 346 18 Agencies Japan ordered to 'educate' citizens over sex scandal BEIJING China has detained suspects over a major sex scandal, involving almost 1,000 Japanese tourists and Chinese prostitutes. "The police detained some suspects. We don't know if they include Japanese tourists," a police spokeswoman for Guangdong province said
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    • 152 18 CANBERRA Australian Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock has been appointed AttorneyGeneral in a major Cabinet reshuffle. Mr Ruddock, who has been the Immigration Minister for almost eight years, had drafted controversial laws that led to a crackdown on illegal migrants and asylum seekers. Ms Amanda Vanstone, another
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    • 72 18 Reuters photo Mr Lloyd Scott, 41, dressed in an antique deep-sea diving suit in Loch Ness in Scotland on Sunday. Mr Scott, a former leukemia patient, will attempt to set a world record a 14-day underwater marathon to raise money for children suffering from leukaemia.
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    • global roundup
      • 70 18 Agencies South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun said yesterday he would quit the ruling Millennium Democratic Party (MDP) founded by former President Kirn Dae Jung, following the mass defection of his loyalists. The presidential Blue House did not say if Mr Roh would oin
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      • 88 18 VV II II II YVVJO l_l II I^7 J\J*s Reuters A gorilla escaped from Boston's Franklin Park Zoo on Sunday and injured at least one person before it was subdued with tranquilliser darts. A police spokeswoman said a "juvenile" was taken to hospital with injuries
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      • 56 18 AFP Couples will find it easier to settle in New Zealand under new immigration rules announced yesterday. Couples whether married or not, heterosexual or homosexual will have to prove they have been living together in a stable partnership for 12 months or more at the time
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      • 38 18 Reuters Electricity nas been restored across Italy following a nationwide blackout. But Mr Anarea Bollino, chairman of the national grid GRTN, said targeted power cuts were planned for yesterday to avoid overloading the network.
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      • 124 18 JAKARTA Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, is drafting regulations that could outlaw sex before marriage, living together outside wedlock and homosexuality, an official said yesterday. Mr Abdul Gani Abdullah, director-general of legislation, said the draft revisions would also ban witchcraft. Muslim
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 1162 20  -  Dr Joseph Liow Can PAS make the political compromises? by news@newstoday.com.sg THE 49th Congress (Muktamar) of the Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) held in mid-September confirmed the Terengganu Mentri Besar and cleric, Mr Abdul Hadi Awang, as party president It also elected another ulama (religious scholar), Mr
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  • WATZUP?
    • 326 22 -Reuters A YOUNG man stands behind a microphone in the middle of an empty dance floor, nervously shuffling his feet as he begins a poetic rant on urination and mandatory army service. The crowd cheers raucously when the poet reads his last line, as
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    • 719 22  -  Tor Ching Li 15 days of pleasure and pain for Emil Chau and band (and a cricket named John) by chingli@newstoday.com.sg WATCH out and listen up for the same old, brand new Emil Chau Wakin. At 43, the indefatigable singer has remade himself
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    • 795 24  -  Tan Hui Leng by huileng@newstoday.com.sg WHEN cops tell you that they love your books, it's a sign that you're no less than lan Rankin, the UK's best-selling crime author who is also no stranger to the bestseller lists in Singapore. All
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    • IN CINEMAS
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        217 28  -  Yong Shu Chiang 30 films from twc festivals by shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg EUROPEAN film buffs will be able to feast their eyes on a whopping 30 films in the coming weeks when the European Union Film Festival and the first-ever Czech Film Festival take place here. From Thursday, the latter
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      • 68 28 AFP NEW YORK US director/writer Elia Kazan, who rose to the top of Hollywood and Broadway but became embroiled in a controversy over the naming of suspected communists during the McCarthy era, died on Sunday at the age of 94 at his Manhattan home. Known for
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      • 365 30 WHAT better way to record your most memorable moments than to capture them as photographs? Last month, the Dairy Farm Group organised a photo contest called My Favourite Moments. Supported by Kodak and Today, the contest was categorised into four themes: Me my Looks, Me my
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    • BUSY COOK
      • 517 31  -  Pauline DLoh Tea-flavoured eggs in a soy sauce stock is great hot or cold THIS was my favourite tummy filler when I was pounding the pavements of Hong Kong as a foreign correspondent In the alleys off Causeway Bay, little roadside stalls would have a ceramic urn
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        248 31 Tea-flavoured soy sauce eggs Ingredients (serves four to six): 200 ml or 2 cups prime quality light soy sauce 4 cinnamon quills 4 five-star aniseed pods 10 cloves 50 g rock sugar 30 g Chinese tea leaves 6 eggs, hard-boiled 10 quail eggs, hard-boiled Method: Prepare eggs: 1. Place
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    • HEALTH
      • 191 32 DID you know that our bones reach their peak strength when we hit 30 and start to weaken gradually from that point on? This occurs naturally and applies to both males and females. Bone-mass loss, or osteoporosis, is a health risk as osteoporotic patients are
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      • 157 32 WHEN choosing cleaning products, can you tell the difference between a disinfectant, an antiseptic, a deodoriser and a cleaner? How do you know which type works best for your needs? An antiseptic inhibits the growth of germs but does not destroy them. Ordinary cleaners only clean
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      • 597 32  -  Genevieve Woo 2 of 3 diabetics risk cardio-vascular death by genevieve@newstoday.com.sg WHEN we speak of diabetes and its complications going blind, losing limbs or kidney failure are the most wellknown and commonly-quoted risks. However, Dr Tai E Shyong, a consultant endocrinologist at the
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      • 478 47 Reuters Superstar Hamm not needed as the Americans set up Norway date Women's World Cup, Group A USA 3 North Korea 0 China joins the US in quarter-finals COLUMBUS The United States took the chance to rest Mia Hamm and captain Julie Foudy as it cruised
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      • 352 47 Reuters LONDON Manchester United will show it is still a financial force to be reckoned with, despite David Beckham's move to Real Madrid and Chelsea's new found wealth, when it unveils its annual results today. The English Premier League champion, which sold
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      • 324 47 Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO World Cup winner Rivaldo kept his place in the Brazil squad yesterday despite being stuck on the substitutes' bench at his Italian club AC Milan. Rivaldo, who agreed to stay with the European champion earlier yesterday, was
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    • 507 48 American refuses to crack, breaking PGA Tour's scoring record by two strokes Golf Texas Open Armour hits 26-under-par total SAN ANTONIO Tommy Armour 111 went from off the radar and into the PGA Tour record books. Winless in his previous 366 starts, Armour ended 13 years and eight
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    • 390 48 Golf Dunhill Links Championship Englishman holds off Els ST ANDREWS Lee Westwood was left to reflect on what he described as an "incredible" turnaround in his fortunes after winning the Dunhill Links Championship by one shot on Sunday. The former European No 1, who won
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    • 214 48 AFP PORTLAND Doing something unprecedented is nothing new for Annika Sorenstam (picture), but she almost outdid herself on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Sorenstam came within inches of recording three straight eagles on the front nine, then birdied the 17th hole to defend her title with
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    • 506 49 Agencies Wenger loses four key players to injury, faces uphill battle against Lokomotiv Champions League Group B Lokomotiv Moscow v Arsenal Live, tomorrow on Chs, 2.35 am LONDON Facing the possibility of losing six players to suspension for misconduct, Arsene Wenger must now cope with a
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    • 349 49 AFP Champion's League Group B Inter Milan v Dynamo Kiev Live, tomorrow morning on Ch24, 2.30 am MILAN Inter Milan, buoyant after its stunning 3-0 win at Arsenal in its opening Champions League match, can take control of Group
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    • 775 50 Reuters With a sixth world crown on the way, the German is about to pass Fangio INDIANAPOLIS Michael Schumacher arrived in the US looking for a Formula 1 showdown and he left on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) with one rival's title hopes dead and buried and another's
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    • 517 51  -  Jose Raymond Technical director's post expected to go to U-23 coach, Fandi tipped as FAS coach by jose@newstoday.com.sg AS SINGAPORE coach in 1992, PN Sivaji endured the ignominy of seeing the Lions relegated to Division Two of the Malaysian Premier League. Despite masterminding promotion and
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    • 237 51  -  Tan Yo-Hinn OVER the four legs, they made a clean sweep of the gold and silver medals at this year's Asian Grand Prix. And now, the South-east Asia (SEA) Games shot put gold and silver medals should also be heading to Singapore, after the citizenship
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