Today, 12 August 2004

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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Thursday* August 12, 2004 mita (P) 103/07/2004
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    Lock icon Mr Goh: I'm still part of the crew
    509 1  -  Derrick A Paulo Outgoing PM 'relaxed' and Very happy' as he chairs his final Cabinet meeting derrick@newstoday.com.sg NOT since the time when Mr Goh Chok Tong became prime minister has the Government's weekly Cabinet sessions been gatecrashed by the media. But yesterday,
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    Lock icon Kenyan boxer is first Olympic competitor thrown out for drug-taking
    129 1 Agencies NAIROBI Kenyan Olympic officials have been left appalled and humiliated. They have earned the dishonour of being the first nation to have a competitor thrown out of the Olympic Games 2004 yesterday, two days before the opening ceremony in
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      32 1 NEWSX\YIEWS Keep it simple PM-designate wants solemn swearing-in ceremony/2 Athens action All the Olympic events on MediaCorp TV/28-29 Carmen's story What life was like for her in the bin Laden family/30 swift
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      'Keep it simple'
      691 2  -  Teo Hwee Nak PM-designate also wants a cross-section of S'poreans at swearing-in ceremony hweenak@newstoday.com.sg TONIGHT, Singapore will witness the swearing in of its third prime minister and his team. And as preparations for the big event at the Istana got underway, the man who will take centrestage
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      Lock icon UOB heads banking wage reform by signing agreement
      208 2 Channel NewsAsia UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) has set the pace in the banking sector as far as wage reforms go. It signed a Memorandum of Agreement yesterday with its two major unions the Singapore Bank Employees' Union and the Singapore Bank Officers'
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        How to be true to our roots
        749 3  -  Dharmendra Yadav Instilling pride in the hearts of my countrymen may help ensure they stay Singaporean IN THE early hours of National Day, as I arrived at Singapore Inc's answer to our former colonial master's Ministry of Sound the institution of nightlife known
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      Abdullah confident of better M'sia-S'pore ties
      323 4 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has expressed optimism that bilateral relations with Singapore will be further strengthened under the leadership of incoming Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Congratulating Mr Lee ahead of his appointment as Singapore's prime minister today, Mr Abdullah
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      Lock icon S Korea names new capital site
      188 4 Agencies SEOUL South Korea yesterday announced that it had chosen an area straddling Yeongi and Gongju counties in the central South Chungcheong province as the site for its new capital. The government wants to move the capital, as Seoul and its surrounding Gyeonggi Province
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        Lock icon Security stepped up to protect Italy's art cities
        51 4 Reuters Security in Italy's art cities including Venice, Florence and Rome will be tightened over the coming holiday weekend, following threats from the Abu Hafs Al Masri Brigades militants to pull the country's forces out of Iraq or face attacks, officials said
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        Lock icon Thai violence suspects held
        50 4 Reuters Malaysia has detained three people it suspects were involved in the violence in Thailand's largely Muslim South that has claimed more than 300 lives since January, Thai officials said yesterday. One of the three suspects could have been an author of a booklet promoting separatism.
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  • HOME NEWS
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      He gets his Moment
      144 6  -  Tan Hui Leng THE official opening of Mount Alvernia Hospital's Brain Centre yesterday proved to be a unique event in more ways than one. Centre co-ordinator Timothy Lee, in inaugurating the new facility that will provide more affordable private neurological care, skipped the requisite speech. Instead,
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      Sub-contractors grilled
      517 6  -  Wong Fei Wan Nicoll Highway Collapse Inquiry: Day 7 They tell Nicoll Highway inquiry that they worked only within their scopes of responsibility feiwan@newstoday.com.sg THE chairman of the Nicoll Highway inquiry, Senior District Judge Richard Magnus, grilled several sub-contractors yesterday on their supposed failure to take measures that
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      MediShield needs readjustment: Khaw
      354 7  -  Tan Hui Leng huileng(gnewstoday.com.sg MEDISHIELD has lost its effectiveness, Acting Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan (picture) said yesterday. A revamp by the Health Ministry on the medical insurance scheme introduced in 1990 is underway, and a national medical insurance using Medisave funds for premiums is in
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      Lock icon NTUC's Deputy Sec-Gens look forward to new appointments
      297 7 Newsßadio 93.8 THE two Deputy Secretary-Generals of NTUC Mr Heng Chee How and Mr Matthias Yao will leave their posts at the National Trade Unions Congress (NTUC) to take up their new appointments today. Mr Heng will become Minister of State for
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      Inter-disciplinary courses become the norm at Ngee Ann Polytechni
      353 8  -  Lee U-Wen u-wen@newstoday.com.sg FOUR years ago, Ngee Ann Polytechnic students would take just three modules outside their core academic disciplines throughout their three-year course. How times have changed since then. Since the school's broad-based learning model was launched in 2001, all
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      STB announces award for events
      523 8  -  Ted Chen New category to recognise the industry's efforts to promote S'pore as premier business travel destination tedchen@newstoday.com.sg TO reflect the emphasis on thinking out of the box, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has added a new award category the Best BT/Mice (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences
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        Lock icon Minister to promote sports as a way of life
        88 8 Channel NewsAsia Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, who has been named Acting Minister of Community Development, Youth and Sports in the new cabinet line-up, said he wanted to give young Singaporeans more opportunities to pursue their aspirations and contribute to society. He would
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        Lock icon Dengue fever incidence hits a record hiqh
        92 8 Newsßadio 93.8 The incidence of dengue fever cases has reached a record high for this year with 312 cases last week. According to the National Environment Agency (NEA), the average number of cases weekly this year is 114. The weekly average last year
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        Lock icon New National Library Board chief named
        66 8 Newsßadio 93.8 Dr N Varaprasad, who is now deputy president of the National University of Singapore, will helm the National Library Board as its new CEO from the middle of next month. He replaces Dr Christopher Chia, who is now the CEO of Media
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        Lock icon SAF in maritime exercise off Australian coast
        79 8 Channel NewsAsia The Singapore Armed Forces and the Royal Australian Navy and Air Force are now taking part in a joint maritime exercise off the coast of Darwin, Australia. Exercise Singaroo, which began on Wednesday, is the eignth in the "Singaroo" series of
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        Lock icon Special job fair for workers aged 40-plus
        102 8 Newsßadio 93.8 More than 800 people turned up yesterday at a special job fair for workers above the age of 40. Organised by the South-East Community Development Council, the fair aimed to correct the misconception that companies only hire young workers. CDC Employment
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        Lock icon Companies with succession plan 'perform better'
        89 8 Channel NewsAsia Companies with good succession plans tend to perform better, says international food and beverage giant Nestle's vice-chairman and CEO Peter Brabeck-Letmathe. He was speaking at the inaugural Raffles International Lecture presented by listed developer CapitaLand. Citing Singapore as an example, he said:
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      MAS should disclose rate of return on investments
      218 10  -  Leong Sze Hian I REFER to reports about the Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) profit of $5 billion for the year ended March 31, which was up from $623 million in the previous year. MAS' assets grew 16.8 per cent to $179
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      Fight extremism in all its forms
      415 10  -  Hamidah Nazir No simple antidote for 'Osama Islam' I REFER to Mr Haj Mohamed's letter, "Media should help mainstream Muslims" (Aug 7-8). The writer underplays the danger posed by extremist Islam. He asserts that "some media organisations" propagate "Osama Islam" rather than the majority
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      Children of today a sad bunch
      121 10  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming I READ with much sadness at Mr Silva Kandiah's commentary to let children play for the sake of playing, not because I do not agree, but because children today are not even allowed to do one important thing: Be happy.
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    • Market WATCH
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        World markets
        58 12 ndex Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries foiwan Wtd Korea Comp KLCI SET Index Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex Value *****.46 *****.13 3511.10 5367.34 753.06 821.45 595.60 763.94 1592.40 242.12 5175.16 Change +95.91 -64.91 +11.50 -26.39 +4.44 +0.67 -11.34 +11.50 +13.14 -2.10 -76.89 -0.52 +0.33
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        36 12 US$ 0.5838 UK£ 0.319 Yen 64.891 HK$ 4.5463 RM 2.2153 Euro 0.4764 Rupiah 5363.3 Baht 24.161 Peso 32.448 A$ 0.8173 Indian Rs 27.024 Won 673.3 C$ 0.77 Yuan 4.8253 NZ$ 0.8932 NTS 19.878
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        Commodities
        21 12 Gold uss/oi 398.900 Silver uss/oi 6.655 Platinum uss/oz 845.000 Rubber cents/kg 239.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1427 Brent crude uss/barrel 40.61
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        Lock icon Singapore
        106 12 Dow Jones SHARE prices gave up early gains to close lower, following the US Federal Reserve's move to raise key interest rates. The ST Index fell 5.22 points, or 0.3 percent, to 1,896.19, down for the third consecutive session. The Fed's decision to raise the benchmark rate to 1.50
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        ST Index: 1,896.19 -5.22
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        SGX most active
        62 12 fy volume iTATS ChipPAC )IL Intl SingTel i\ Ween JTelecom Mo-Treat hhk Grp Chartered (1 Ventur Close 1.050 0.840 2.180 1.600 0.140 0.255 0.795 0.920 1.060 0.320 Change -0.050 -0.025 -0.010 -0.010 +0.010 -0.035 -0.010 -0.035 -0.040 -0.010 -4.5 -2.9 -0.5 -0.6 +7.7 -12.1 -1.2 -3.7 -3.6
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        SGX top rises
        70 12 IMH 400USS Close Changi 13.800 +0.401 DBS 15.900 +0.301 \?i Breweries Robinson PakTech Easycall HL Fin MatSteel 7.600 +0.051 5.850 +0.051 0.100 +0.041 0.150 +0.031 2.940 +0.031 2.200 +0.031 MOVENA Sunningdale 0.240 +0.031 0.610 +0.02^ By percentage L&M PakTech jolillron UediaS Easycall NeoCorp 3MG USS [eamsphere FHTK
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        86 12 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by )y$ Close Venture 16.000 Changi -0.401 :iTYDEV 5.750 -0.301 ilA 200 10.500 :iTYDEVW*****0 3.360 -0.301 -0.221 :&N 14.300 -0.201 ilA 10.500 -0.201 >etnb Log 2.140 :iTYDEV DBSeCW*****6 0.520 Ireative 50 17.600 -0.1 II -0.10. -0.101 (epCorp 7.150 -0.101 By percentage Close Semilech
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      Lock icon OCBC to buy backssoom of shares
      396 12 Dow Jones The banking group also enjoys 35% on-year rise in Q2 profit to $303.4 million OVERSEA-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) will use $500 million to buy back shares on the open market as part of its efforts to return excess capital to shareholders. "The
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      Lock icon SembCorp profit falls on lower exceptional gains
      280 14 The group's utilities business was its biggest profit contributor CONGLOMERATE SembCorp Industries reported a 49.5-per-cent year-on-year fall in second-quarter net profit because of lower exceptional gains compared to a year ago. The group imports natural gas from Indonesia to power its 815-megawatt cogeneration
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      CORPORATEbriefs
      266 14 Mrs Lim Hwee Hwa has resigned from her posts of director of Keppel Corporation and Singapore Post as she prepares to take up her appointment in the new Cabinet as Minister of State, Finance and Transport. Kim Eng Holdings reported a net profit of $42.6 million, or 7.03 cents
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      SGX nod for Informatics shares
      119 14 INFORMATICS Holdings has received in-principle approval from the Singapore Exchange for the listing of and quotation for nearly 81 million new ordinary shares arising from a rights issue and the warrants attached to these shares. The approval is granted subject to confirmation from a bank
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      Lock icon UOB appoints bond sellers
      129 14 Bloomberg UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB), which is seeking regulatory approval to raise capital, named JPMorgan Chase Co as the coordinator of its sale of 15-year bonds. UOB said that JPMorgan, Citigroup and its own bank will sell its Singapore dollar debt, while JPMorgan and Merrill Lynch
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      Lock icon Asian central banks cautious on rate hike
      452 17 Dow Jones Regional rates still higher than those in the US THE signal by the United States Federal Reserve that it will keep raising US interest rates gradually puts pressure on other central banks to follow suit but many in Asia are hoping
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      Lock icon Cheaper Windows to forestall Linux
      145 17 Bloomberg MICROSOFT Corp said it would introduce a cheaper version of its Windows operating system in Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia to help stem the appeal of free Linux software. Microsoft's Windows XP Starter Edition will go on sale in October and will also be available
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      Lock icon Japan ruling may lead to world's largest bank
      151 17 Dow Jones TOKYO The Tokyo High Court ruled yesterday that UFJ Holdings could resume merger talks with Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group (MTFG), paving the way for the creation of the world's biggest banking group. Following the news, UFJ said the two Japanese
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  • Savvy Investor
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      Guaranteed returns
      433 18  -  Val Chua DBS launches more trigger funds amid strong demand val@newstoday.com.sg AFTER the success of the first trigger fund in Singapore, DBS has launched another two such funds to ride on their popularity among investors. Called the Trigger Express Guaranteed Fund (SGD) and Trigger Express Guaranteed Fund (USD),
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2607 18 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not guaranteed by Upper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy or sell
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon New CIA head Porter Goss draws mixed responses
      206 20 Agencies WASHINGTON US lawmakers yesterday gave a mixed response to President George Bush's nomination of a new director to head the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Mr Bush's choice of Mr Porter Goss, the 65-year-old chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, to run
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      Lock icon Darfur crisis deepens
      238 20 Agencies Govt forces blamed for new attacks KHARTOUM The already desperate situation in Sudan's western region of Darfur has worsened with rapes, helicopter attacks and raids on refugee camps carried out by Sudanese forces and Arab militiamen, rights and humanitarian groups said yesterday. Human Rights Watch (HRW)
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        Lock icon China quake kills 3
        41 20 AFP Local hospitals in China's Yunnan province yesterday struggled to cope as rescuers continued to search for survivors following an earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale that killed at least three people and injured almost 600.
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        Lock icon Second Jordanian kidnapped
        39 20 -AFP A Jordanian man has been kidnapped in Iraq, the second in 24 hours. Earlier, a Jordanian businessmen was snatched from his Baghdad home by an unknown group demanding a U*****,000 ($428,213) ransom for his release.
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      Lock icon Afghan's lone lioness
      403 22 Reuters The only female presidential candidate is a brave doctor KABUL Dr Massouda Jalal's visiting card is a statement of intent "Candidate for presidency of Afghanistan." On Tuesday, she made it to the final list of presidential candidates approved by the United Nations and the Afghan election
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      Lock icon Chimney filth caused the fire
      172 22 AFP ASUNCION (Paraguay) A build-up of meat grease in a chimney was the probable source of the shopping centre blaze that killed 380 people here on Aug 1, according to a preliminary report by prosecutors. Grease and charcoal remains that had accumulated in a chimney
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        Lock icon FBI suspects enter plea
        37 22 Reuters Two men accused of helping an FBI informant in a fake plot to kill Pakistan's ambassador to the United Nations with a missile pleaded not guilty at a United States federal court.
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        Lock icon Serial rapist wins $ 13m
        35 22 Serial rapist wins 13m AFP Rapist and serial sex attacker lorworth Hoare, who is serving life in a British prison, has won £7 million pounds ($12.8 million) on the country's national Lottery, reported the Sun.
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      Lock icon US-Sadr final showdown
      389 23 Mission now: Destroy Mehdi Army NAJAF The stakes were raised yesterday in a looming final showdown between American forces and Shia militiamen, after their radical cleric urged his fighters to battle on even if he is killed. The United States forces also upped the ante by declaring
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