Today, 16 June 2004

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    11 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Wednesday June 16,2004* mita(p) 002/11/2002
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    Constructive move
    477 1  -  Ns Shins Vi Govt to address unfair practices in building industry NEW laws now being shaped will ensure that sub-contrac-tors are not left high and dry with unpaid bills, especially when a main contractor faces problems and passes the project to another contractor. The Building and Construction Authority
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    Hi-tech armed forces prompts shorter NS term
    420 1  -  Lee Ching Wern chingwern@newstoday.com.sg FULL-TIME National Service will, from December this year, be just two years for all recruits, thanks to the Singapore Armed Forces' ever-growing use of advanced technology. Currently, national servicemen who hold the rank of corporal and higher have to
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      Lock icon Baby racket busted
      582 2  -  Tay Tsen-Waye Singaporean woman arrested in Jakarta waye@newstoday.com.sg FOLLOWING the arrest of a Singaporean woman for baby-trafficking, Jakarta police have found one more baby at a maternity clinic waiting to be sold to Singapore adoption agents by a network in West Jakarta, reported Hie Jakarta Post yesterday.
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        Regulate Spores private schools
        819 3  -  Dharmendra Yadav MOE should set up statutory body to ensure high quality of education here IF A Singaporean Shakespeare were to write Hamlet today, Marcellus would say: "Something is rotten in the state of private schools in Singapore!" A few private schools here have been in
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      Lock icon EU in row with Asean
      346 4 Agencies Asem summit in the balance as host Vietnam battles for a compromise LUXEMBOURG A summit between the European Union and the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) to be held in Vietnam hung in the balance as a row over military-ruled Myanmar took a
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      Lock icon Age limit on maids to be reinforced
      210 4 Channel News Asia IN a move to crack down on underaged maids, the Manpower Ministry (MOM) is putting pressure on maid agencies to ensure that all foreign maids working in Singapore are at least 18 years old. The MOM says maid agencies would
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      Thai media uproar over bugging devices
      209 4 BANGKOK The discovery of hidden microphones in a press room at Thailand's telecoms ministry has stirred suspicion in the media which is accusing the government of spying on journalists and violating press freedom. The Thai Journalists' Association yesterday urged the government to investigate the
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      224 3 vii j i j uxu ij;<«M;n,'i',n:[t^ r,'j^Mi]4.i:»»]jjii^M:ii;[^ 27 E.C IN VISUAL BASIC PROGRAMMING E.C IN INT. WEB PAGE DESIGN 27 E.C IN VISUAL C++ PROGRAMMING *7 EC IN WEB SOLUTIONS a E.C IN C PROGRAMMING *> E.C IN DIGITAL ART i) E.C IN JAVA PROGRAMMING 27 E.C IN DIGITAL VIDEO
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      96 4 Winning I Magic Minute I Mon, 14 June I 09:09 I ¥5 "Blessed are the ,?|%t peacemakers, J£l£ for they will be called The more you honour me, SODS 01 VjOCl *&c wore m/»'// bless you. Mum^iual MArrs:9 B Special Talks on Prayer. Vocations and to teach you to pray.
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  • HOME NEWS
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      13,700 jobs created in first quarter
      330 6 MOM's latest report says jobless rate remains at 4.5% SINGAPORE'S economy generated a net 13,700 new jobs in the first three months of this year, the Ministry of Manpower's (MOM) latest labour market report said. It was the third consecutive quarter of increase, but
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      The Carrefour challenge: On your trolleys, ready, GO!
      117 6 Hypermart Carrefour witnessed a shopping frenzy last Saturday, but all for a good cause. A total of 40 four-member family teams took part in the Carrefour Family Shopping Challenge, a competition which required them to memorise 24 shopping items, scour through the
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      Lock icon MOE to announce 'new mandarin elite' scheme
      373 8  -  Tor Ching Li Ministry studying possible 'China Studies' elective in JCs DETAILS of Singapore's "new mandarin elite" scheme will be announced by the Ministry of Education (MOE) within the next three months, said Acting Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam in Parliament yesterday. The MOE
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    • PARLIAMENTARYbriefs.
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        Lock icon Allow singles to buy resale flats
        66 8 Channel News Asia Opposition MP Chiam See Tong wants the Government to allow singles, aged 30, to buy resale HDB flats. But National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said these singles, who might still get married, should be encouraged to live with their parents.
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        Lock icon Paying part of security costs
        75 8 Channel News Asia Minister of State for Transport Balaji Sadasivan yesterday reminded Singaporeans that "it's not unreasonable" for commuters to bear part of the cost of stepped-up security at train stations and bus interchanges, if necessary. Transport operators have absorbed the cost so far and
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        Lock icon Cisco to be corporatised
        60 8 Newsßadio 93.8 Cisco will be corporatised and no longer be a statutory board under the Home Affairs Ministry. Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng said this move will create a level playing field for all players in the armed security industry. The change will also allow
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      Singapore lawyers practise part-time
      175 8  -  Tor Ching Li LAWYERS here can now practise freelance, without having to be employed by a law firm, following an amendment to the Legal Profession Act yesterday. These lawyers will be able to practise using a new class of conditional de-linked practising certificates for "locum lawyers".
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      Higher CCA points for sports alone is arbitrary
      391 10  -  Paul Tan Beng Hwee IN JUNIOR college, I trained to be a debater and later, I trained others. The training sessions were both intellectually and physically gruelling, each stretching for hours on end, with as many sessions as there are days and
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      Lock icon War on terror can only be won by citizens
      264 15  -  Atanu Roy No dictator, war expert or state-of-the-art weapon can I REFER to the article, "Democracy's power to obstruct" (Today, June 14). I am pained to find, in the 21st Century, someone arguing for dictatorship in place of democracy, all in
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      External grilles pose more problems
      183 15  -  Tay Boon Sun I REFER to the letter, "Allow grilles in front of windows" by Mr Steven Lo Chock Fei (Today, June 10). Mr Lo commented that fixing window grilles behind window panes makes it inconvenient for one to open or close windows. He suggested
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      So hard to raise funds in S'pore market
      125 15  -  Christopher Harvey I REFER to the commentary, "In the US, raising cash can be so easy" (Today, June 9). The writer, XC Loh, is absolutely correct. Raising funds in the Singapore market is near impossible. After seven years of trying to raise
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon TMB names chief
      195 17 DBS Group to own 16.1% of merged Thai bank BANGKOK-Thai Military Bank (TMB) president Subhak Siwaraksa will head the lender to be formed by its combination with DBS Thai Danu Bank and Industrial Finance Corp of Thailand, Bloomberg reported yesterday. DBS Thai Danu is the Thai unit
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    • Market WATCH
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        ST Index—1,820.50 +6.44
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        Singapore
        74 17 SHARES closed slightly higher yesterday in light trading. The ST Index rose 6.44 points to 1,820.50. On the broad market, advancers led decliners 1 62 to 137. Volume was 438.4 million shares valued at $478.9 million. Investors were largely sidelined because of the Euro 2004 competition and ahead of
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        World markets
        59 17 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 11,387.7 -103.96 -0.90 Hang Seng 12,050.69 -25.88 -0.21 All Ordinaries 3,468.40 -9.70 -0.28 Taiwan Wtd 5,646.49 +72.41 +1.30 Korea Comp 752.1 +13.31 +1.80 KLCI 810.03 -7.58 -0.93 SET Index 613.76 -0.24 -0.04 Jakarta Comp 707.411 +11.073 +1.59 Phils Comp 1,547.25 +10.42 +0.68
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 17 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 382.70 Silver uss/oi 5.65 Platinum uss/oi 772.00 Rubber cents/kg 235.00 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,541 Brent crude uss/barrel 34.99 Information provided by
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        SGX most active
        59 17 By volume UniFiber AsiaPharm SingTel DMXTech NOL FibreChem ChinaCast Informatics China Petro Bio-Treat Close 0.180 0.510 2.200 1.070 2.220 0.390 0.290 0.380 0.505 0.900 Change +0.010 +0.020 -0.030 +0.110 +0.040 +0.015 -0.015 -0.010 +0.015 +0.010 +5.9 +4.1 -1.3 +11.5 +1.8 +4.0 -4.9 -2.6 +3.1 +1.1 'OOO 52,376
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        SGX top rises
        74 17 By$ Creative 50 Close Change 17.100 +0.200 By percentage L&M Close Change 0.015 +50.0 DBS 14.800 +0.200 Globa 0.020 +33.3 UOB DMXTech 13.300 +0.200 1.070 +0.110 Yongnam FHTK 0.025 +25.0 0.065 +18.2 Venture SPC ChinaAvOil Haw Par 17.400 +0.100 2.970 +0.080 1.590 +0.060 4.940 +0.060 Eastgate W*****1
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        SGX top falls
        78 17 By Close Change OCBC4.55SNCPS100 101.600 -0.300 By percentage Close Change PakTech 0.060 -20.0 Jardine C&C 6.300 -0.200 GMGUSS 0.025 -16.7 Thai Prime200USS 9.400 -0.150 Inno-Pac 0.025 -16.7 GP Bat 3.480 -0.100 Gales 0.165 -13.2 GrealEast 12.000 -0.100 Inchem 0.200 -13.0 SIA200 10.300 -0.100 KianHo 0.175 -12.5 APB
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        Your Ssl buys
        36 17 USS UK£ Yen HKS RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.5818 0.3206 64.685 4.5349 2.2098 0.4831 5,479.5 23.846 Peso AS Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZS NTS 32.596 0.8530 26.384 676.45 0.8008 4.8188 0.9318 19.607
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      Showbiz investment
      393 19  -  Chan Chao Peh Box office hits help Media Asia to reduce its risks chaoDeh@newstodav.com.se TO the retail investor, investing in a film-maker might seem like a high-risk proposition. After all, the history of the film industry is littered with flops and surprises. Mindful of this boom-and-bust pattern, Media
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      SGX plans roadshow to US, UK this month
      180 19 THE next Singapore Exchange (SGX) roadshow will leave for the United States and United Kingdom later this month. SGX organises international investor roadshows periodically, to raise the profile of locally-listed companies. This is because an IPO is only the beginning for a
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      CORPORATEbriefs
      187 19 The Hong Kong unit of DBS Group Holdings has hired Standard Poor's (S&P) to provide its clients with independent research on funds. The bank's retail banking clients in Hong Kong will have access to S&P's models on fund investments and research on the best funds. As of yesterday, the
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      Lock icon Keppel to gain from oil boom
      410 20 Agencies Strong demand for rigs as major oil companies look beyond Middle East KEPPEL Corp, Singapore's largest diversified company, expects to win more large contracts in coming months because of the growing demand for new oil rigs amid a booming oil and gas exploration
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      April retail sales up 14.4%
      151 20  -  Dow Jones SINGAPORE'S retail sales index rose 14.4 per cent in April from the year-earlier month, helped by the low base last year due to the Sars outbreak. The rise was much smaller than expected. According to a poll of seven economists by Dow Jones
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      Lock icon CommunicAsia opens on upbeat note
      226 21 AFP CommunicAsia 2004 ASIA'S largest annual telecommunications trade fair, CommunicAsia, opened in Singapore yesterday on an upbeat note with the biggest players predicting continued robust growth for the industry. A major highlight at this year's fair is expected to be the demonstration of third generation
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      Lock icon Infocomm sector here hit $33b last year
      341 21 Agencies Revenue is expected to rise by 6% to 7% this year REVENUE in Singapore's information technology and communications industry grew by 1.7 per cent to $32.7 billion last year from 2002, said Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Lee Boon Yang
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      Lock icon Asia's telecom demand is 'coming back'
      126 21 Bloomberg LUCENT Technologies, the biggest telephone-equipment maker in the United States, said that demand is on the rise in Asia after a three-year slump. "It is coming back," said Mr Martin Geh, Lucent Technologies Asia-Pacific president, in an interview at CommunicAsia. "The mood has
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      217 20 ELECTRICITY TARIFFS The electricity tariffs from 1 July 04 to 30 September 04 will be as follows: Usage Charge EXISTING REVISED EXISTING REVISED EXISTING REVISED per kWh) 11.62 12.21 12.57 13.11 15.80 16.35 (7.00am-11.00pm) Off-Peak Period 6g2 76Q 7m 770 15 8Q 1635 (11.00pm-7.00am) Reactive Power Charge (t per chargeable
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      100 21 Spring/Summer iik jggjfl A 2004 Collection I Reputed for their men's footwear, Clarks now features a superb range of fully imported shoes, for everyday casual and smart occasions. The look is warm and natural, in tumbled leather and waxed suede for casuals while the smart formal range comes in clean
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Koreas' loudspeakers fall silent
      321 22 Agencies 50-year-old propaganda broadcasts end SEOUL In an unprecedented move to ease tension, the two Koreas ended a 50-year old propaganda broadcast programme along their border yesterday. The ear-splitting broadcasts came to a halt shortly after midnight and South Korea turned off electronic signs that flashed
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      Saddam handover: Conflicting reports
      199 22 BAGHDAD Iraq's interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said the United States will hand former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein over to the new Iraqi government for trial within two weeks. Mr Allawi made the statement on Aljazeera television on Monday, AFP reported. But CNN reported Pentagon officials
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      China tells Taiwan firms not to worry
      137 22 BEIJING China reassured Taiwanese businessmen yesterday that they would not be harassed for their political views. In the first official comment on the issue, Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman Zhang Ming-qing said Beijing was not looking into what Taiwan investors thought about independence for
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Court-martial for four soldiers
        57 22 Britain said on Monday that it will court-martial four soldiers from the Royal Fusiliers for the abuse of Iraqi detainees that allegedly took place while civilians were temporarily held. In a statement, Attorney-Gen-eral Lord Goldsmith said the trial would be held in a military court and
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        Lock icon Somali faces US terror charges
        65 22 Agencies US authorities have charged a Somali immigrant with conspiring to help Al Qaeaa blow up a shopping centre in the state of Ohio, said US Attorney-General John Ashcroft. The charges against Nuradin Abdi, 32, include conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to
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      Lock icon It could have been 511, or 611
      252 23 Agencies WASHINGTON Al Qaeda might have timed the 911 attacks for May or June of 2001 but could have postponed them because their lead hijacker had not been ready, reported The Washington Post. Citing unidentified sources privy to a panel investigating the attacks,
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      Lock icon US court dodges decision on Pledge
      363 23 Agencies WASHINGTON The United States Supreme Court has been accused of dodging the emotive issue of church-state separation as it ruled, on technical grounds, against an atheist's attempt to have the phrase, "under God", removed from school children's Pledge of Allegiance. The pledge is
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      Union jitters over Air Asia's domestic move
      136 23 PETALING JAVA Malaysian Airlines (MAS) employees have warned that thousands of jobs were at risk if budget airlines took over domestic routes in the country and called on the government to reject such moves, reported The Star. The MAS Employees Union of Peninsular
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      Asia trips the spam alarm
      726 24  -  RajaM But anti-spam laws could actually feed the disease WIDENING the anti-spam front in Asia, Singapore last month announced legislation hoping to combat unsolicited commercial email. The legislation will be in place next year. A frustrating headache in our increasingly Internet-dependent lives, junk email or
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      263 25  -  Wendy Cheng r I time, it s ior real. _L American Idol reject-turned-novelty "pop star" William Hung is coming to Singapore for a concert, the first in Asia (for a ticketed audience at least). And he'll perform at the high-brow Esplanade, of all places. Flying
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      380 32  -  TANYO-HINN yohinnisnewstoday.com.sg HE WAS a picture of frustration yesterday, throwing his gloves and golf bag aside angrily as he went to sign his scorecard. Despite finishing the opening day of the Singapore Junior Golf Championship (Jun 15-17) in the lead, defending champion
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      701 32 Agencies Shag, Kobe and Co face must-win situation atThe Palace NBA FINALS, GAME 5 Pistons v Lakers (Pistons lead best of seven series 3-1) AUBURN HILLS, Michigan An NBA title and a dynasty hang in the balance, as the Detroit Pistons look to complete their
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      497 34 Agencies Stars defiant as hosts face make or break match EURO 2004, GROUP A Portugal v Russia ALCOCHETE, Portugal Portuguese fans are on a knife-edge, as they face up to the possibility that their side could be heading for a humiliating first-round exit from Euro 2004.
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      245 36 Agencies LISBON Before the tournament kicked off, Robert Pires angered the England players by saying they would lose to France 3-1. Now, the midfielder believes his arch-rivals can reach the Euro 2004 final. Pires and Co scraped past Sven-Goran Eriksson's side
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