Today, 1 June 2004

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    23 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Tuesday June 1,2004* mita(P) 002/11/2002 I TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Tuesday June l,2004« mita(P) 002/11/2002
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    Challenges ahead ••• and opportunities I
    113 1  - Challenges ahead and opportunities I I am moved by the trust which my Cabinet col- leagues, my fellow PAP MPs and the Central Executive Committee of the PAP have shown in me. I am deeply conscious of the heavy responsibility which I am taking on. Under Prime Minister Goh Chok
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    DPM Lee endorsed as next Prime Minister
    764 1  -  Lee Ching Wern Handover date will be announced next month chingwern@newstoday.com.sg THREE MEETINGS, held over seven days last week, decided what Singaporeans knew all along: Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong would be taking over the top job from Prime Minister Goh Chok
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    And the judges are...
    404 1  -  Serene Foo serene@newstoday. com, sg FINALLY, the speculation can end. And yes there is a twist at the end of this tale. After months of keeping Singaporeans on their toes, MediaCorp TV finally revealed its judges for Singapore Idol yesterday. Instead of the popular formula of
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      47 1 ATHENS 2004 999 fIIEDIACORP NEWSJW/TEWS I Siew Kum Hong I The SLF and its commercial ventures/3 MediaCorp gets two new directors/8 Today will not be published tomorrow because of the Vesak Day holiday. I Publication will resume on Thursday. We wish our readers a Happy Vesak Day.
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  • HOT NEWS
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      More S'porean's than foreigners hired
      220 2 THE Manpower Ministry has released figures to back up its claims last year that more jobs went to Singaporeans than to foreigners from 1998 to 2003. In a paper on employment trends, the Ministry said Singapore's reliance on foreigners dropped from 30 per cent in
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        Stat board, or business enterprise?
        769 3  -  Siew Kum Hong Public should know why SLF is involved in business and why it cannot be a charity IN the May issue of NTUC News, the Singapore Labour Foundation (SLF) announced that it was giving up its charity status because it was "no longer
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      Lock icon Saudis hunt militants who slipped net
      296 4 Agencies RIYADH Saudi Arabian security forces were combing the vast kingdom for the three suspected Al Qaeda militants who escaped a massive security cordon after a bloody rampage left 22 people dead. Witnesses reported that the gunmen appeared to have given their pursuers the
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      Lock icon Hostage-takers singled out foreigners
      223 4 KHOBAR People who witnessed Saturday's terror attack in Saudi Arabia told of how suspected Al Qaeda militants had singled out Westerners and their families. The gunmen had gone systematically from house to house, rifling through papers, studying home decorations for clues and rounding up the foreigners.
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Printers next to feel 'Dell effecf
      243 7  -  Francis Chin COMPUTER hardware maker Dell will introduce low-priced printers, ink cartridges and other consumer electronics goods in the region by the end of the year, said the company's founder, chairman and CEO, Mr Michael Dell. Though not a term coined by the company,
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      MDA introduces new ratings for video films
      440 7  -  Kevin Tan kevin@newstoday.com.sg RENTING and buying uncensored versions of movies such as Blackhawk Down, Aliens and Saving Private Ryan may soon be possible under a government initiative announced yesterday. The Media Development Authority said yesterday that it was widening the range of videos
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      New headmaster for UWC
      437 8  -  Derrick A Paulo Incumbent head Andrew Bennett not required to serve out his term derrick@newstoday.com.sg UNITED World College South East Asia will get a new headmaster by next week. In the latest episode of a dispute first reported by Today last month, the school's Board of
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      NUS team races to the finish line
      85 8 NUS students around their custom built Singapore Racer Zero One (SGR-Olj car. Seated in the car is their project supervisor Associate Professor Seah Kar-Heng. The car was entered into the Formula-Society of Automotive Engineers (FSAE) Competition interuniversity race in Pontiac, Detroit, in the
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      MediaCorp gets 2 new directors
      84 8 FROM today, MediaCorp will have two new directors Mr Ho Kwon Ping (picture, left) and Mr Soo Kok Leng (picture, right). As chairman of The Banyan Tree Group Mr Ho, 51, brings with him a wealth of experience from the hospitality industry. He is also
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    • SINGAPOREsnippets
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        Mahbubani named dean
        67 8 Singapore's Permanent Secretary to the UN, Mr Kishore Mahbubani, has been named the first dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. The school will be established as an autonomous body of the National University of Singapore (NUS) on Aug 1 6. NUS says the
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        Student passes not needed
        53 8 Visitors to Singapore on short-term Social Visit Passes will no longer have to apply for a separate Student's Pass from today if they pursue a short course here, subject to certain conditions, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said yesterday. Details are available by calling 6391 6100
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        Security stepped up
        48 8 Uniformed security personnel will be deployed at MRT stations and bus interchanges from today to strengthen the security of the public transport system. The personnel, who can be identified by their 'Transit Security' badge, will patrol the areas and conduct random bag or parcel checks.
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      URA announces plans for new leisure centre
      436 8  -  Loh Chee Kong PICTURE a building ablaze with glitzy video walls and light sculptures, housing film studios, cinemas, an indoor theme park and performance areas that support smaller arts groups. After launching its plan for a financial district last Thursday, the Urban Redevelopment
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      Rap group Vintage Flav'r is amazing
      275 10  -  Douglas Airlie Opening acts as exhilarating as headliner at Peas show MY FRIENDS and I were at the Singapore Indoor Stadium to watch the Black Eyed Peas in concert I found the opening acts Vintage Flav'r, a rap group; the band Trivalation and Wicked
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    • Debate on teachers' leave
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        Globe-trotting teachers...
        172 10  -  Gina Cheng I REFER to the letters by Mr James Chi ("Not fair for teachers to get so much paid leave", Weekend Today, May 29-30) and Mr Mark Lim Choon Lye ("The unseen work of teachers", Today, May 31). The setting of papers, marking and other miscellaneous tasks
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        ... and teachers who are recalled
        205 10  - and teachers who are recalled Eddy Tanumihardja MR JAMES CHI'S letter contained a number of faulty premises primarily, that teachers get two months of holidays. I speak for my wife and brother, both teachers who have to return to school more than 75 per cent of the time during the
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      255 10 it's all about living How to Enjoy Life and choose the right supplements I find that it's easy to run a business if you enjoy it. It's easy to enjoy most things if you're healthy. It's easy to stay healthy if you find the right health supplements. And that's easier
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      That lapsed offer
      305 12  -  Val Chua It baffles UOL minority shareholders val@newstoday.com.sg MINORITY shareholders and market watchers have expressed mixed reactions over United Overseas Bank's (UOB) second rejection of Temasek Holdings' offer to buy the bank's property affiliate. The $2.26-per-United-Over-seas-Land (UOL) share bid was left to lapse last Friday. Though expected,
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      Lock icon UOB to pays$l96m for Indon bank stake
      154 12 Dow Jones UNITED Overseas Bank will pay $196 million in cash for a 23-per-cent stake in Bank Buana Indonesia, to become the latter's second largest shareholder. UOB said in a statement to the Singapore Exchange that it will buy the stake from "various
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    • MarketWATCH
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        Singapore
        57 12 YESTERDAY, Singapore's trading volume was the year's lowest because of the US Memorial Day holiday which kept institutional players away. Share prices here closed barely higher to push the ST Index up 1.48 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 1,788.66. Decliners led advancers 21 1 to 104 while 283
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        Lock icon STI-1,788.66+1.48
        37 12 Dow Jones gapore-based marine companies can get more lucrative contracts pushed both counters higher. Keppel rose 25 cents, or 3.8 per cent, to $6.90 while SembCorp added 3.5 cents, or 4 per cent, to $91.5 cents.
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        World markets
        61 12 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.37 C Pis -73.20 Change -0.65 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd *****.24 3460.20 5977.84 +81.37 +9.80 -159.42 +0.67 +0.28 -2.60 Korea Comp 803.84 -12.67 -1.55 KLCI 810.67 +2.23 +0.28 SET Index 641.05 +2.46 +0.39 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B 732.51 1511.36 266.20
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        Commodities
        21 12 Gold uss/oi 394.900 Silver uss/oi 6.110 Platinum uss/oz 829.200 Rubber centsAg 256 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1610 Brent crude uss/borrel 36.58
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        Lock icon Your S$l buys
        42 12 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by US$ 0.5885 UK£ 0.3211 Yen 64.858 HK$ 4.5866 RM 2.2363 Euro 0.4815 I Rupiah 5452.4 Baht 23.875 Peso 32.897 A$ 0.8236 Indian Rs 26.762 Won 685.54 C$ 0.8017 Yuan 4.8709 NZ$ 0.9305 NTS 19.685
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        SGX most active
        58 12 iyvol By volume Lasseters SingTel fccendasreit Bio-Treat ChinaCast Armarda NOL UnitedTAC teiaDekor USS Interra Close 0.305 2.230 1.440 0.900 0.375 0.225 2.140 0.770 0.055 0.180 Change -0.020 +0.040 +0.040 -0.015 -0.015 -0.025 -0.015 +0.005 -0.010 -6.2 +1.8 +2.9 -1.6 -3.8 -10.0 -1.9 +10.0 -5.3 'OOO 11,252 9,280
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        SGX top rises
        70 12 (epCorp SreatEast 6.900 +0.251 12.000 +0.201 iukil Sem 13.400 +0.101 KBC 12.100 +0.101 )UE 6.850 +0.101 iBSTransit 500 1.590 +0.091 law Par 4.740 +0.061 (obinson 5.800 +0.051 >hangAsia 2kHK$ \scendasreil 7.650 +0.051 1.440 +0.041 El Nets 0.020 +33.3 Goldtron 0.020 +33.3 Inno-Pac 0.030 +20.0 lopGlobal 0.185 +19.4
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        SGX top falls
        81 12 By Close SIA200 10.400 Change -0.300 JMH400USS 10.300 -0.200 STIETF100 18.180 -0.120 CITYDEVW*****0 2.590 -0.110 CITYDEV 5.100 -0.100 Creative 50 17.000 -0.100 DBS Bk 6% NCPS 10 106.000 -0.100 F&N 13.400 -0.100 SIA 10.400 -0.100 UOB 12.900 -0.100 By percentage Wee Poh Close 0.010 Change 33.3 MediaS
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      Lock icon OCBC makes GE its subsidiary
      336 14  -  Chan Chao Peh Separately, bank raises minimum dividend payout ratio to 35% of core earnings chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg THE move by Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) to take Great Eastern Holdings (GE) private is gathering pace, with the insurer becoming a subsidiary of the bank last Friday. The
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      Lock icon CORPORATEbriefs_
      155 14 Dow Jones Dow Jones Channel News Asia China-based China Petrotech Holdings, which provides technological services to the oil and gas industry, aims to raise about $14.5 million in net proceeds from its initial public offering (IPO) launched yesterday. It is offering 62 million shares at 34 cents each, of
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      Lock icon GIC buys 70% stake in JB mall
      231 16 Dow Jones GIC Real Estate (GIC RE) the property arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corp, which manages the country's foreign reserves has bought 70 per cent of the Johor Bahru City Square shopping mall. "The attractions of this property are its
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      Lock icon Private investment key to gas hub plan
      164 16 Dow Jones PRIVATE investment will be a critical factor in Singapore's planned entry into the liquefied natural gas (LNG) market, said Minister of State for Trade and Industry Vivian Balakrishnan. Singapore is considering building an LNG receiving facility that could reduce the republic's
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2247 16 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Enquiries: Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not guaranteed by Upper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy Call
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Lukewarm start to Mega's re-election bid
      470 18  -  Fabio Scarpello Indon president unveils ambitious economic, social programmes but evades questions from press in Jakarta news@newstoday.com.sg INDONESIAN President Megawati Sukarnoputri delivered many ambitious promises but evaded a number of questions during the de facto launch of her presidential campaign yesterday. At her house
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      Lock icon Terror crimes out of Turkish courts
      127 18 AFP ISTANBUL The trial of 69 suspects over four massive suicide attacks in Istanbul last November was effectively frozen after the Turkish state security court said yesterday it was not competent to try them. The court made the decision after both defence lawyers and
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      Pak Lah's style is 'different'
      254 18 KUALA LUMPUR Under the leadership of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysia may have changed its approach to dealing with Singapore but that does not mean it has changed its stance, said Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar. In an interview with the New Straits Times,
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Cheney's hand in deal
        76 18 AFP A Pentagon e-mail said Vice President Dick Cheney's office "coordinated" a multibillion-dol-lar Iraq reconstruction contract awarded to his former employer Halliburton, Time magazine reported on Sunday. The March 5, 2003, email, from an Army Corps of Engineers official, said that top Pentagon official Douglas Feith
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        Lock icon Death by durian
        50 18 AFP A 68-year-old Thai man in Chiang Mai province died after eating too many durians, police said yesterday, becoming the country's second person to die this month from consuming the so-called king of fruit. Earlier, a diabetic from the province of Singburi died after eating four durians.
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        Lock icon Online cockfight betting
        49 18 AFP The Philippines is to launch online betting on cockfights in the next few weeks, officials said yesterday. The Internet-based betting system will be operated by a state-run company, which said it sees the game generating annual revenue of some 60 billion pesos (about $1.7 billion).
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        Lock icon Whipping demo stopped
        46 18 AFP Malaysia yesterday suspended a nationwide programme of whipping demonstrations in primary schools, which was designed to discourage children from turning to crime, after it drew public condemnation. Mr Chia Kwang Chye, deputy internal security minister, said the government would rethink the idea.-
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  • COMMENTARY
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      The end of a great Western dream
      900 20  -  Emma C Murphy The Afghan, Iraqi wars were justified as the means to a democratic end, but that dream is slipping away A LARGE section of the populations of Britain and, to a lesser extent, the United States, were unhappy at the idea
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      First the World, then the Universe
      508 22  -  Lim Kuan Chiang kuanchiang@newstoday.com.sg That seems to be a trend at this year's biggest beauty pageant THOSE life-affirming lines from Christina Aguilera's song Beautiful "I am beautiful, no matter what they say could well be the mantra of some of this year's Miss Universe
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      A LETTER FROM ECUADOR
      192 22  -  Sandy Chua "Singapore! W^&^ i^Sllli "own. e a d mont h fcappmess and MO fowfe to feeflMfy. SSS S key to happiness We Z Zll° affet d h Mothers and the media say about us. Other people's ideas of beauty take over our Lsan d we
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      China's Dylan speaks
      229 24  -  Yong Shu Chiang shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg FOR more than 10 years, Chinese folk musician Yang Vi (picture) has been singing about the everyday troubles of his countrymen, often strumming his tunes in the streets. Tonight and tomorrow night, he will find himself in the more enclosed confines of the
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      For their 15 seconds, of Idol fame ...
      818 26 For their 15 seconds, of Idol fame Elisa Chia meets some of the Singapore Idol wannabes as they prepare for the big audition this Saturday IMORASHIKIN BTE JUMAHAT 23, administrative officer Is this your first singing contest? This is the third time. I won the second prize in one of
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      Lock icon Day After Tomorrow opens big, but Shrek's still bigger
      242 26 Reuters LOS ANGELES Shrek 2 overpowered the new disaster picture The Day After Tomorrow to retain the crown at the North American box office during the first three days of the four-day US Memorial Day weekend. According to studio estimates issued
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      Watch Jeff Wang
      377 27  -  Wendy Cheng Has the MediaCorp actor's lucky break finally arrived? wendy@newstoday.com.sg FLASHING his new $1,960 Longines watch at the Longines press conference last Friday, Jeff Wang looked every bit a happy star. He has every reason to be, too. The 28-year-old entered the entertainment scene five years
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      Lock icon When oil and fat are good ...
      456 28  - When oil and fat are good Lynette Leong Survey shows men over 70 and women under 30 most at risk of Irritable Bowel Syndrome FOR more than three years, financial planner Eliezer Tan alternated between constipation and diarrhoea. The 32-year-old told Today: "There were times when I moved my bowels
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